The Great Tang Dynasty: Heavenly Official Bestows Blessings, Starting with a Little Rhinoceros Offer

Chapter 69 The Titles of the Three Great Emperors, Jiang Lin Discusses the Dao

After hearing this, Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng exchanged a glance and then smiled bitterly.

"Reporting to the Divine Lord..."

"I am ashamed to say that before your arrival today..."

"This world... has never actually seen any real gods."

"Even if they exist, they are merely what people call mountain gods and water gods."

"In the end, those are just spirits and ghosts that have been blessed by mountains and rivers."

"As for the gods and immortals in real myths and legends, they only exist in ancient books and legends."

"For thousands of years, no one has ever truly witnessed a miracle."

At this point, Yuan Tiangang seemed to realize something and waved his hands repeatedly.

"Of course, you, Divine Lord, are different among them."

"You are the first true immortal we have ever seen!"

Jiang Lin frowned slightly at their explanations, a sense of unease creeping into his mind.

"strangeness..."

"Such a world, so full of spiritual energy, so bizarre and wonderful."

"So there were no deities in the end?"

It's important to understand that this isn't a modern world where spiritual energy has long been severed.

Because it is the end of the Dharma era, the gods have retreated there.

No matter how much incense and prayers are offered, it is impossible to make the gods appear.

But here in the Tang Dynasty, it is a truly spiritually rich world of cultivation!

Moreover, people in ancient times should have believed in these things even more, so why didn't any real gods or immortals appear?

For Jiang Lin, immortals absolutely exist, without a doubt.

Leaving aside the fact that he has already entered the realm of human immortals by borrowing the spiritual energy of this world.

He himself was previously able to be reborn into a parallel world.

They were able to transcend time and space and arrive in the present Tang Dynasty.

All of this is thanks to the three supreme emperors, the Three Officials!

But now, Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng are saying that they have never seen the true god before?

Seeing this, Jiang Lin thought for a moment and tentatively asked.

"Have you ever heard of... the Three Officials?"

"Or perhaps the Three Great Emperors?"

Upon hearing this, both Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng were taken aback.

Then, he shook his head with a blank expression.

"The Three Officials...the Great Emperor?"

"I've never heard of such a name before."

"Is it some ancient deity?"

Jiang Lin was even more puzzled by this, thinking to himself.

"That shouldn't be the case..."

"The Three Great Emperors: the Heavenly Official, the Earthly Official, and the Water Official."

"Those are three extremely high-ranking deities revered in Taoism!"

"Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng are clearly members of the Taoist sect."

"Why haven't you heard of these three celestial deities of our sect?"

Jiang Lin then added to this.

"You should listen carefully when I talk about the titles of these three emperors!"

"The First-Rank Heavenly Official of the Upper Yuan Dynasty, the Great Emperor Ziwei, Bestowing Blessings".

"The Second-Rank Earth Official of the Middle Yuan Dynasty, the Great Emperor of Pure Emptiness, Who Grants Pardons Sins."

"Lower Yuan Third Rank Water Official of Dispelling Calamities, Cave Yin Great Emperor".

"Ruling over the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Water—don't you remember that?"

Even after hearing such detailed names, Yuan Tiangang and the other man exchanged glances, still completely baffled.

"My Lord, please forgive us...we are so ignorant!"

"I have never heard of it."

"There seems to be no record of this in Taoist scriptures."

Jiang Lin thought for a moment, in order to verify whether it was a problem with the entire Taoist mythology.

Then I asked about other beings in Taoist mythology.

"What about the Three Pure Ones?"

"Yuanshi Tianzun? Lingbao Tianzun? Daode Tianzun?"

"There are four more emperors?"

However, this time, Yuan Tiangang and his group were able to speak clearly.

"Of course I know that!"

"The Three Pure Ones are the supreme patriarchs of Taoism!"

"The Four Emperors assist the Three Pure Ones..."

He then recited these titles one by one.

At this point, Jiang Lin finally realized what was happening and felt a chill run down his spine.

It seems that the legend of the Three Officials is missing from Taoist mythology? What does this mean?

"Could it be...?"

Jiang Lin suddenly remembered the mission he was tasked with.

"The three emperors brought me to this Tang Dynasty era..."

"Is it so that I can spread the names of the three emperors?"

Jiang Lin couldn't understand the deeper meaning for the time being, so he kept the question in mind and planned to explore it slowly in the future.

After that, Jiang Lin shook his head and changed the subject.

"Never mind, ignorance is no excuse."

Just then, Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng noticed that the Divine Lord seemed easy to talk to.

They exchanged a glance, mustered their courage, and bowed deeply to Jiang Lin.

"God Lord!"

"Actually, we have another request."

"Our cultivation has been stuck at a bottleneck for decades."

"We're stuck in a rut, unable to make any progress no matter what we do."

"May I ask, Divine Lord... how should we break through?"

"Please, Your Majesty, enlighten me!"

However, when it comes to cultivation theory, Jiang Lin himself is only a dabbler, or even an outsider.

Whether it's martial arts techniques or supernatural powers.

It was all directly instilled in him by the Three Officials Xuanzhang.

He himself hadn't seriously studied it for even a few days, so how could he understand anything about breaking through bottlenecks?

However, facing the two people's burning gazes seeking the Dao, he felt he had to say something. So, combining his own cultivation of the Three Officials Great Dao Scripture with his own insights, Jiang Lin cleared his throat and gave them some general advice.

"Cough cough..."

"Then I'll just say a few words."

He then looked at the two of them with a deep gaze and spoke slowly.

"I can feel it..."

"Your cultivation paths are probably related to divination and prediction, right?"

Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng nodded repeatedly.

"Exactly!"

Jiang Lin then continued speaking.

"The secrets of heaven must not be revealed."

Sometimes...you interfere too much.

"On the contrary, it's easy to get yourself into trouble."

"Moreover, you are too focused on the subtlety of techniques and too reliant on prediction, thus forgetting the essence of cultivation."

"Know that the Tao follows nature and goes with the flow."

Then, drawing on the concept of cultivating both body and mind that he had learned in his previous life, Jiang Lin continued, "Cultivation is about cultivating both the body and the mind."

"Both body and mind should promote each other and neither should be neglected."

"Don't just try to predict the future."

"Sometimes, going with your body and mind... might be the key to a breakthrough."

These words seemed somewhat cryptic to Jiang Lin.

However, this news reached the ears of Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng.

But it was like a resounding bell, deafening and awakening!

Upon hearing this, the two men were startled.

A glint of light flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly realized the truth.

"boom!"

It was as if a bolt of lightning had cleaved through the fog.

"Follow your body and mind."

"I see...I see!"

"We've been so focused on seeing the future clearly that we've forgotten the path beneath our feet!"

The two were immediately thrilled and bowed deeply again, expressing their gratitude.

"Thank you for your guidance, Divine Lord!"

"As expected of a divine ruler!"

"With just a simple word, the fog of cultivation that had been troubling us has been cleared away!"

At this moment, Li Shimin was standing to the side.

Seeing that the Divine Lord had won over two highly accomplished Taoist masters of the Tang Dynasty with just a few words, they were truly impressed.

He was extremely excited, his eyes filled with admiration.