Huang Ting Xiandao

Chapter 1013 14. What is useless and useful? The immortals have been arguing for a long time

Among the 24 cities, the Xuanniao City is located in the southwest of the 24 cities. Facing the vast forest, this area is full of Taoist forces. The Buddhist sect has established another foundation thousands of miles away, called the Land of Elysium, with a total of eighteen large cities.

Here, the witchcraft forces have basically been eliminated, including the underground underworld, which are already Taoist forces. The heavens entrusted gods here, mainly Taoists who died in battle. Every inch of land here is guarded by gods, but in five hundred Outside, it is already the sphere of influence of Shenting.

Daomen has established 24 cities, and the residents are basically native people. At the beginning of the establishment of Daomen, the Taoist belief was established by destroying mountains and temples. Among the indigenous people, many people dared not speak out. After the death of one generation, the new generation has long since abandoned witchcraft, converted to Taoism, and believed in the Sanqing. Moreover, the Taoists say that the gods are extremely cruel, and even describe them as human-eating monsters. Many of the new generation have become the backbone of the Taoist sect. Zhongyi borrowed talismans to display their supernatural powers. Because they did not use their own skills, they borrowed the power of the gods. They were quick to use and powerful. Many people even went deep into the enemy and spread Taoism. They were not afraid of life and death. , extremely fanatical.

However, shamanism does have many bloody acts such as offering human sacrifices, so the influence of Taoism is expanding. Many people at the bottom living under the rule of the gods are spreading Taoism and Buddhism in private, while shamanism is spreading among the upper class of the aborigines. , the witch religion tried every means to kill these people, but they often fulfilled them, because their souls had already been enshrined, and once they died, their souls would return.

The Daomen also complied with them. Once they sacrificed their lives, they would be crowned gods by virtue of the Daomen's talisman. In addition, the Daomen's immortals also used mana to increase the production of food, so the Daomen has established a firm foothold here.

After several days of understanding, Mo Xian saw that people from both inside and outside the city came to the Taoist temple on the fifth, fifteenth, and twenty-fifth of the lunar new year, listening to the teachings of the Taoist priests, with a devout look, and people respecting morality, knowing that there is nothing wrong with him here .

He walked to a tree, it was Ailanthus ailanthus, the trunk was crooked and full of warts, there were several people under the tree, arguing, when he saw Mo Xian coming, Mo Xian was wearing a scarlet golden crow robe, and the few of them Immediately recognized Mo Xian's identity, he hurriedly bowed to the side: "Please, Daoist!"

"Gentlemen, please, I saw you arguing, why?" Mo Xian asked.

"We are arguing about this Ailanthus sinensis tree. It is a useless tree, but it can last forever and grow so big. Doesn't it have a way? Could it be that the way is in uselessness?"

"The Tao is in everything. Uselessness is not really uselessness. The tree grows so big that it is not hurt by the ax and saw. Usually useful wood has long been cut down to make furniture and the like. For trees, isn't it Useless use!" Mo Xian said.

"The Taoist priest is clever, and what he said made us suddenly enlightened, but it doesn't seem right to be useless." The older man said that when they saw Mo Xian, they didn't have a trace of fear in their hearts. Returning to the truth, the performance of not harming things.

"Dare to hear the details?" Mo Xian laughed.

"I once stayed at a friend's house. The friend was happy and asked the boy servant to kill chickens to treat him. The boy servant asked the master: "One can only bark and the other cannot. Which one should I kill?" The master said: "The one that can't be killed. It’s called.’ The Taoist priest met the Ailanthus sinensis, and he was able to live forever because of his incompetence, but the chicken was killed because of his incompetence; what’s going on, the Taoist priest?”

"I will be between being good and not being good. Between being good and not being good, it seems to be in line with the Dao but not really in line with the Dao, so this will not be free from restraint and fatigue. If I can follow nature and play freely No. There is no praise or slander, sometimes soaring like a dragon and sometimes stinging like a snake, changing with the passage of time, rather than being stagnant in one direction; The earth lives in the initial state of all things, enslaves external objects, but is not enslaved by them, so how can it be constrained and tired by external objects? As for the true feelings of all things, human traditions are not like this. When there is aggregation, there is separation, when there is success, there is destruction; when there is sharpness, there is setback, when honor is overthrown, when there is promise, there is loss, when talent is calculated, and when incompetence is bullied, how? You must be stagnant in one aspect! It's sad! I'm afraid we can only return to nature!" Mo Xian said with a long sigh.

When Mo Xian said this, several people were immediately moved, and the elder bowed to the end: "Now, after listening to the chief's words, I know that the Dao is boundless. Our understanding is too shallow. The scriptures say that the Dao is natural, and we understand it!"

Mo Xian stayed in Xuanniao City for a few days, and found that the local people have been deeply involved in Taoism, and they are also very devout about Taoism. In addition, the Taoist sect is currently fighting against the gods, and a group of devout believers and Taoist officials basically do not have any corruption. One by one, like saints, Mo Xian suddenly understood that Taoism is still a new thing in this world, and it is on the rise. In addition, it competes with the gods outside for believers, and inside with Buddhism. Everything is at the beginning of the creation, the so-called Born in sorrow, but died in peace, for the local people, of course, everything is better than the witchcraft of Shenting.

If the witch religion is not reformed, it will be swept into the dustbin of history waiting for it. Even if the Emperor Shenting saw this, the gods under him might not agree.

Two months have passed like this. It seems that the war has nothing to do with Mo Xian. Now Shenting and Tianting have gone through a great battle 50 years ago. Both sides are accumulating strength. The land is less than one percent of the world, and Shenting still has an absolute advantage, but because there are many factions in Shenting, and there are many conflicts between heaven, earth, humans and gods, the Emperor of Heaven has no choice. He also wants to use this war to unify the interior. But he didn't see that the strength of the fairy world is only a very small part here, and it has gained a firm foothold.

There are also many contradictions within the fairy world. The two schools of Taoism and Buddhism compete with each other, but the structure has formed two branches of practice power, Buddhism and Taoism, and the heaven is above the two. In name, both listen to the heaven, and the divine power is controlled by the heaven , but the two sects of Taoism and Buddhism form a kind of "I am in you, and you are in me." Killing, the vision is wide, knowing that it will not be long, so the fairy world is not in a hurry, but uses this place as a training place.

At the same time, as a test field, from all levels, immortals have a long lifespan, and a hundred years is just a nap time for them.

(End of this chapter)