Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang

When Zhang Zhiwei looked at the four-headed and eight-armed general, the four heads of the general also turned around, with eight eyes staring at him.

As their eyes met, a silence swept over the surroundings, as if the air had stopped in an instant.

The silence carried a pressure that frightened everyone, and Zhang Zhiwei, who was stared at by four pairs of angry eyes, was naturally the first to bear the brunt.

However, he did not look away, but looked at the powerful god general who was looking at him and establishing a connection.

Huge and mighty, this was the first impression this god gave him. This was a veritable giant, more than a thousand feet long, covered in golden armor full of thorns, and crawling under his feet was a Kuilong with four heads. It has eight arms, beard and hair standing on end, and four heads with green faces and fangs, showing an angry look.

Three of the heads have human faces, but they look like evil ghosts. Only the head on the front is a beast's head, with huge fangs turned out, resembling a ferocious wild boar face.

It is worth mentioning that these four heads do not grow in a quadrilateral shape in four directions, but on both sides of the animal head and on the top of the head. This image is equivalent to having one more head on the top of the head than Nezha, but at the same time it also Two more hands.

So he has eight arms, and each arm holds a different magical weapon, including a spear, a sword, an imperial bell, a big seal, a spear, a fuse, a bell, and a ruler. Surrounded by thunder and fire,

However, although the face of this god general is so ferocious, it does not give people a scary and weird look, but a majestic one, and even gives people a feeling that there are no surprises because of his presence.

Zhang Zhiwei glanced at the position of the divine general, and found that it was on the left side of Emperor Ziwei's empty seat. In ancient times, the left was respected, which showed that his status was still above Emperor Zhenwu.

In this way, his identity is naturally obvious. He is the Grand Marshal of the Protector of the Arctic Exorcism Academy, the leader of the Four Saints of the Arctic, and the Marshal Tianpeng whose status is only lower than the Arctic Ziwei Emperor.

As a serious Taoist priest, Zhang Zhiwei certainly would not equate Marshal Tianpeng with Bajie in the group of four Buddhist scriptures. Although both have huge tusks and look like wild boars, strictly speaking, they are not the same concept. .

Not to mention the four heads of Marshal Tianpeng, which are all Dharmakaya. Sometimes he also has the image of three heads and six arms, just talking about this animal head.

Marshal Tianpeng is the incarnation of the Pojun Star, the main killer in the Big Dipper. He is also called the Pojun Star Lord of the Big Dipper. He is also the ninth son of Doumu Yuanjun, the mother of the Big Dipper stars.

Doumu Yuanjun is an image with four heads and eight arms. Among the four heads, the head on one side is the image of a wild boar with huge mouth and tusks.

Therefore, the image of Marshal Tianpeng with four heads and eight arms, and even the animal head on the front, all inherited the image of his mother.

The second senior brother Bajie was demoted to the mortal world and mistakenly reborn as a pig, and then he became a pig demon. The source is different.

Moreover, the story of "Journey to the West" first came from a drama in the Yuan Dynasty. In it, Zhu Bajie appeared and claimed to be a chariot general under the Buddhist Bodhisattva Mali.

To put it bluntly, it is actually a horse that pulls a cart, and it is also tied by a golden lock. One day, Bajie stole the Bodhisattva's golden bell magic weapon while the guard boy was not paying attention. He opened the golden lock and broke free. He became a demon in the lower world.

In essence, Bajie is no different from the mount monsters of various gods on the way to seek scriptures, and naturally has nothing to do with Marshal Tianpeng.

But later, perhaps because each other coveted the power of each other's beliefs, the three religious beliefs that were originally distinct from each other underwent some fusion at a certain period. The Quanzhen Sect in Taoism was the product of this fusion, and the purpose of the Quanzhen Sect is also Three religions in one.

On this premise, the identities of the Taoist Doumu Yuanjun and the Buddhist Molizhitian Bodhisattva were also integrated. The Molizhitian Bodhisattva became one of the incarnations of Doumu Yuanjun, and Zhu Bajie naturally became the Doumu Yuanjun's chariot-drawing mount.

In "Journey to the West", whether due to some considerations or other reasons, Bajie changed from the mount of Yuanjun Doumu to the son of Yuanjun Doumu, and suddenly became the Marshal Tianpeng.

However, although his identity has changed, other aspects have not changed much. This has resulted in Bajie assuming the identity of the Taoist Lei Department's Grand Marshal, but doing mount work, which is why it is so inconsistent and causes Controversial, many people say that he deliberately hides his incompetence and does not work hard.

It is worth mentioning that the main god of the Arctic Exorcism Academy, the Arctic Ziwei Emperor, one of the Four Imperial Guards, is the second son of Yuanjun Doumu. In other words, the Ziwei Emperor is the second brother of Marshal Tianpeng, and at the same time , the first son of Yuanjun Doumu, the eldest brother of Marshal Tianpeng is also one of the four emperors, the Emperor Gouchen.

Both brothers and mothers exist like this. As the incarnation of the Pojun Star, the master of killing in the Big Dipper, Tianpeng was born with the power of killing, and his skills are naturally not weak. There is even a saying in Taoism since ancient times, "You can't conquer the God of Thunder without the Tianpeng. The method of thunder alone cannot be demonstrated without a canopy..."

The meaning of this sentence is that except for the "Five Thunder Methods" that use the five qi of the five internal organs to conceive thunder, Marshal Tianpeng is a hurdle that cannot be overcome for those thunder methods that can only be used through the art of talismans.

For example, among the outer talisman tools of the talisman, there is a talisman called the Five Thunder Talisman, which is the one that the elderly Lu Jin often uses.

If you want to draw this talisman, if you do not use the Heaven-Bearing Urn, you must recite the Canopy Mantra and draw the Canopy Talisman on the head of the talisman. Only in this way can the talisman be completed.

It can be said that Marshal Tianpeng is not only the second-in-command of the Arctic Exorcist Academy. Even if we look at the entire Lei Department, he can be regarded as a top-notch existence. His status is only surpassed by the Jiutian Yingyuan Puhua Tianzun who is known as the Lei Ancestor. Under countless great gods.

And the Jiutian Yingyuan Universal Transformation Tianzun is not the Wen Zhong and his ilk mentioned in the novel "The Romance of the Gods", but the Antarctic Changsheng Emperor, one of the four emperors. He and the Arctic Ziwei Emperor are in charge of the south and north, and are in charge of the Lei Department. .

Below them are the Four Saints of the North Pole. The four saints are Marshal Tianpeng Zhenjun, Tianyou Marshal Zhenjun, Yi Sheng Baode Zhenjun, Lingying Blessing Saint Zhenjun, who is also the Zhenwu Emperor.

Just think about it, how could such a prominent Taoist person lead horses for monks or become a Buddhist messenger who eats leftovers and licks plates?

Even if he is willing, his brother and his mother will be willing?

Therefore, Taoism does not recognize this, but belief is essentially the power of belief generated by believers. Even the foundation of the Taoist system is derived from the power of belief.

These majestic Dharma lineage gods are also believed by people, so they exist. Belief is the cornerstone of everything. If no one believes in them, no matter how high the priesthood is, it is bullshit.

And over the past thousands of years, with the spread of various Western games from north to south, regardless of whether Taoists recognize it or not, the title of Tianpeng Marshal Zhu Bajie has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the two have become inseparable. It can be said that the yellow mud fell into the crotch. , it’s not shit, it’s shit.

However, Zhang Zhiwei doesn't care about this. As mentioned before, Dharma Lineage is actually a company, a whole, and belief is performance. Strength does not depend on personal belief, but on the authority in the company.

Therefore, regardless of whether Marshal Tianpeng is called Zhu Bajie or the Messenger of the Purifying Altar outside, these are all outsiders' opinions. He earns faith and is not a slanderer. But in the Dharma lineage, he is still the one who can exorcise evil spirits without the Tianpeng. The Grand Marshal of the Court, with terrifying authority.

Moreover, Zhang Zhiwei is not the kind of person with colored glasses. Even after understanding the Taoist dharma, he fears humans more than gods. After all, gods are man-made, and it is humans and nature that need to be feared.

This is also the view of Zhang Daoling, the ancestral master of heaven. When Zhang Daoling founded Taoism, he worshiped "Laozi" as his teacher, worshiped heaven, earth, and water as his respects. , personified into the three emperors of Taoism, that is, the three emperors of Tianguan, Diguan and Shuiguan.

In this way, people's huge belief in heaven, earth and people has been stolen since ancient times, and it laid the foundation of Taoism. Therefore, the three officials are the cornerstone. As for the later Yuanshi Tianzun, etc., they are all based on these three officials. Made up of bricks and mortar.

Therefore, Zhang Zhiwei was very satisfied with Marshal Tianpeng being his protective general, but even so, he still glanced at Marshal Tianyou and Marshal Yisheng next to him.

Marshal Tianyou is the deputy commander of Marshal Tianpeng. He has two heads and four arms. He is also a large wrathful statue. He is very ferocious. His stature is about the same as the canopy. He stands on one side of the canopy.

As for Marshal Yi Sheng, also known as Marshal Black Killer and General Black Evil, he stood beside Emperor Zhenwu. Unlike Marshal Tianpeng and Tianyou of the Wrathful Statue, he was a middle-aged man with a somewhat benevolent appearance. He is a black killer, and the name of a black evil is somewhat inconsistent, but the shadow of a famous tree makes it seem like this kind-hearted god is also a killer.

Perhaps because Marshal Tianpeng had chosen him, not only Zhenwu but also the other two saints did not react when he looked over.

The figure of Erlang Xiansheng Zhenjun flashed in Zhang Zhiwei's mind. After thinking for a moment, he still chose Marshal Tianpeng. He only chose the fierce one, not the handsome one. It was hard to say what the two were capable of, but Marshal Tianpeng's mighty and domineering spirit won him over. His will.

As soon as the thought came to an end, Marshal Tianpeng's body suddenly started to move, with flames and lightning intertwined all over his body, fire and thunder, majestic and mighty.

Zhang Zhiwei, who was standing in front of Marshal Tianpeng, clearly felt the mountain-like pressure coming from Marshal Tianpeng.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Zhiwei's vision went dark, and he felt that he was in another world. He was in a vast starry sky, with real lightning violently interlacing around him.

And deep in the starry sky, there was a bright star, falling from the sky, heading straight for him.

"That's the Beidou Pojun Star..."

Zhang Zhiwei stared at the star as it flew over. As the distance got closer, he felt his own mental power begin to burn. The burning sensation invaded his consciousness, making his vision turn silvery white.

At this time, the stars had already fallen on him and began to merge.

Zhang Zhiwei felt that his consciousness had turned into a chaotic mass, and his soul was shaken. He vaguely seemed to see Marshal Tianpeng, standing on the top of the clouds, with swords and halberds behind him, densely packed with hundreds of thousands of heavenly soldiers.

I saw Marshal Peng's eight arms spread out, and suddenly the clouds flew up in the mist. The sky was immediately filled with dark clouds. Suddenly there was a thunder, and a golden thunderbolt struck Zhang Zhiwei.

There was a sudden pain between Zhang Zhiwei's eyebrows. This pain was not strong for him. It did not touch his root, that is, his life soul, but acted on the somewhat ethereal and uncontrollable heaven. Soul-wise.

He felt as if his Heavenly Soul was being forged by lightning, and Marshal Tianpeng was making some changes to his Heavenly Soul with an unstoppable attitude.

Under the constant bombardment of thunder, the Heavenly Soul, which was originally an invisible ball of soul light, gradually turned into the image of Marshal Canopy among four heads and eight arms, young fangs, and an animal head.

"This is……"

Zhang Zhiwei's life soul quietly watched all this happen. He was no stranger to this scene. He had done this when he practiced the third stage of the Divine Mask and transformed himself into a god.

It's just that he transformed a ball of qi-like life soul into the form of "fate", so that it was perfectly integrated into "fate".

Now, the so-called granting of a protective divine general means transforming the heavenly soul into the appearance of a divine general. There are similarities and similarities between the two.

And this scene made Zhang Zhiwei think of a word in his mind - boy's destiny. Boy's destiny is called the innate destiny of cultivating Taoism. People with this destiny often have a difficult and dangerous life, but on the journey of cultivating Taoism, it is smooth sailing.

There are different opinions on the origin of the boy's fate. Taoism believes that it is caused by the inexplicable evil spirits attached to the boy when he was born.

In the plot, Wang Zizhong, a great medical expert, once said that a child's life is actually a mutation of his own soul or spirit.

Most of these mutations are malignant, but there are a few benign mutations that are very powerful. Not only will they not corrode the body, but they will also give birth to a protective god from themselves, and this god can slowly unfold. Out of independence.

For example, the little girl Liu Wukui, one of the twelve superior powers in the plot of Biyou Village, is a child with a benign mutation, and a god named Wufang Jiedi was born in her soul.

This god not only protected her, but also gave her physical fitness far beyond ordinary people. Coupled with some horizontal training methods, she could punch a big hole in the concrete pavement with one punch.

The most important thing is that this god called Wufang Jieyi has an amazing protective effect. Even the temporary worker Wang Zhenqiu cannot shake her. In the end, he used her brother as a threat to get rid of her.

Speaking of which, her brother was also born as a boy, but his luck was far worse than him. The mutation of his soul was malignant. The one who protected him was not a god, but an evil spirit that sucked his energy. This made him miserable. Liu Wukui It was also in order to save his brother that he joined Biyou Village.

Finally, the two brothers and sister joined the company. The younger sister worked for the company and the elder brother treated diseases in the company.

Zhang Zhiwei thought to himself: "Wizizhong thinks it is soul mutation, and Taoism thinks it is the invasion of evil spirits. From this point of view, Wang Zizhong's statement is not comprehensive enough, and Taoism's view is correct."

"Humans have three souls. The life soul lives in 'fate'. The heaven soul leads to the sky and is connected to the interior scene. The earth soul is a firewall that isolates itself from intrusion. The so-called boy's life is actually the evil spirit in the interior scene that invades It is the only heavenly soul among the three souls that is connected to the outside world."

"Liu Wukui was lucky. He was invaded by the Five Directions. He transformed his heavenly soul and had the Five Directions to protect his body. Her brother was unlucky and was invaded by evil spirits. The Heavenly Soul turned into an evil ghost and attacked him. They are both innate. of."

"The so-called protective gods of Taoists who are granted the title of Immortal Official by Taoists are actually using the gods in the Dharma lineage to transform their own heavenly souls, thereby achieving an acquired soul mutation."

Zhang Zhiwei immediately understood the basis of the protective gods. As we all know, he is a person with high understanding and good at drawing inferences from one instance to another.

"In that case..."

Zhang Zhiwei instantly remembered a person. The most famous person in the boy's life was undoubtedly Tang Sanzang, Tang Monk.

It is said that he has six Ding Liujia, five directions of enlightenment, four levels of merit, Dharma protector Jialan, etc., adding up to dozens of gods to protect him.

"If these are all divine generals who protect themselves, then the soul of that day is very malleable. Can I imitate it?"

Zhang Zhiwei thought about it. After all, in the third stage of his divine mask, he could barely be considered a god. Could he use his own image to create a protective god general, or give it to others?