Three Immortals

Chapter 165 Three Immortals

Qin Mu was stunned. He looked at Si Yunxiang, then at Granny Si beside him, and his mind was a little confused. He had always thought Granny Si was Si Yunxiang, but now there was another Si Yunxiang running out, and she was the contemporary Saint of the Heavenly Demon Cult!

He now felt very confused. This contemporary saint also had the surname Si. He had a preconceived idea, so he kept testing whether she was Granny Si. He even deliberately teased the saint several times to see if she would be shy!

It was not until Si Yunxiang tested him last time that he confirmed that Si Yunxiang was Granny Si, and now...

"This generation of saints is much safer than the previous generation. The previous generation of saints was a monster."

A white-haired elder sighed and said, "Although they are all from the Si family, this generation of saint girls will not bring harm to our Holy Church."

Granny Si glared at her.

The elder turned his head away and pretended not to see it.

Si Yunxiang came forward and came to Qin Mu, still a little shy, and bowed gently: "Young Master, Saint Si Yunxiang greets you."

Qin Mu quickly returned the greeting and said, "You're welcome, Junior Sister."

"This generation of saints is very generous and elegant."

An old man sighed and said, "It's nothing like the previous generation, where a wife actually killed the Holy Patriarch."

Granny Si was furious and shouted, "I'm still here, what do you want, old man?"

The old man quickly shut up and didn't dare to argue with her.

"Saint Lady Si Yunxiang is not an easy person to deal with."

Qin Mu's eyes flickered as he looked at the seemingly weak and shy girl beside him. He thought to himself, "She is very thoughtful. She should be the one who defeated the Buddhist disciple, and then she came to show off in front of me and test my depth. She already knew that I was the young leader, but she still showed off and tested me in front of me. What is the purpose?"

Granny Si smiled and said, "Yunxiang is from my Si family. The Grandmaster has personally taught her for several years. The Grandmaster had already found you before he found her. After meeting her, he said with emotion that if he had met her earlier, he would not have chosen you."

Qin Mu looked at Si Yunxiang, and coincidentally Si Yunxiang also looked at him. Their eyes met, and Qin Mu saw unwillingness in her seemingly gentle eyes.

Qin Mu smiled slightly.

Si Yunxiang should have been cultivated by the young ancestor according to the rules of the leader, and then she and Qin Mu were allowed to take part in the Tai Academy entrance examination in the same year, which should also be intended to compare the two.

Qin Mu never knew that there would be a competition between him and this girl.

However, Qin Mu performed so well in the exam that he beat Taoist Ling Yun all the way to the emperor. No matter what Si Yunxiang did, she would be outdone by him and it would be impossible for her to do better than him.

The subsequent Grand Master Examination tested Qin Mu's ability as a leader. After passing the examination, the young Grand Master had a crush on someone, and the person he chose was not Si Yunxiang. Compared to her, Qin Mu was more suitable to be the Saint Leader.

However, Si Yunxiang was probably not convinced, so after defeating Buddha's Heart and Son, she showed off to Qin Mu and tested him.

The young ancestor looked around and said, "Hasn't the Heavenly King Qian arrived yet?"

"Not yet."

The young ancestor frowned. King Qiantian had always been an impatient person. No matter what happened, he was always the first to rush forward. The fact that he hadn't arrived yet meant that he could no longer come.

What could be bigger than the leader ascending the throne?

There is only one possible reason why King Qiantian did not attend the leader's coronation ceremony.

"Young Master, you must treat the descendants of King Qiantian well in the future." The young ancestor whispered.

Qin Mu's heart was slightly shaken, and he was about to ask, when the young ancestor said in a deep voice: "Three hundred and sixty halls, spread the flags and return to Shenglin Mountain!"

Swish.

Large flags were unfurled, covering the entire City Lord's Mansion completely. As the flags were unfurled and retracted, the City Lord's Mansion of Yongzhou City disappeared out of thin air without a trace. The place where the City Lord's Mansion was originally located was now just a white space.

When the huge flag covering their heads disappeared, Qin Mu looked around and was shocked to see that they had left the bustling Yongzhou City and came to a place that did not seem like the human world.

There is a dome above the head and a mountain in the four directions below the feet, standing in the void, neither reaching the sky above nor the ground below.

The mountain is lush and green, but you can’t see the sun when you look up, and you can’t see the earth when you look down. This mountain seems to be out of this world.

"Is this Shenglin Mountain?"

Qin Mu looked around and saw mountains and peaks. There was a palace hidden deep in the forest. It should be the palace built by the Holy Church. However, the young ancestor did not take them to the palace, but to a pine or cypress tree.

The pine and cypress trees are lush and green, and have existed in the world for who knows how many years. Under the pines and cypresses is a thatched hut. The hut is very clean and has not shown any signs of decay with the passage of time.

There was a big stone under the pine and cypress trees. The young ancestor came under the pine and cypress trees. The 360 ​​hall masters, the 12 elders who protected the religion, the eight inspectors, the three heavenly kings who guarded the religion, and the left and right protectors sat below them respectively.

The young master motioned Qin Mu to come forward and said, "This mountain was originally on earth. The founder of our Tiansheng Sect came here and saw a woodcutter chopping wood. He was chopping this pine tree. The woodcutter swung his axe to chop the pine tree in an orderly manner, as if there were infinite wonderful principles hidden in it. After the pine tree was chopped by the axe, it grew a new piece and recovered as before. The founder knew that he had met a saint, so he asked the woodcutter for advice. The woodcutter preached to him under this pine tree for decades. The founder gained endless insights, but was still not satisfied, so he asked the woodcutter, how to become a saint?"

Qin Mu listened carefully. The young master paused and continued, "The woodcutter said that if you want to become a saint, you must establish virtue, merit, and words. The three establishments make you immortal. The founder asked again, how to achieve the three immortals? The woodcutter said, understand reason, understand knowledge, and understand teaching. The three enlightenments make you a teacher for all. Then the founder had a great enlightenment."

The young ancestor looked up at the pine and cypress that had gone through so many vicissitudes of life: "The founder knew that if one wanted to become a saint, one must first become a teacher of all people in Sanming, so he sorted out the saint's teachings, organized them into chapters, and compiled them into a record, which is what the outside world calls the Great Yu Tianmo Sutra."

"The founder wrote the Great Yu Tian Mo Sutra and achieved enlightenment."

"Then he traveled the world for hundreds of years, passing on the principles taught by the saints to other people. After he passed on the principles taught by the saints to others, they became his principles. He spoke to you, and you spoke to him. This is knowing. The founder achieved clear knowing."

"As for the Ming Cult, the founder established the sect, and was grateful to the woodcutter for his guidance, so it was called the Tiansheng Cult, and the doctrine was established. The way of the saints is no different from the daily life of ordinary people. Anyone who is different is a heretic! Following one's nature and letting nature take its course is called the Tao. This is the origin of the doctrine of our sect."

Below, although the hall masters, guardians, and elders are all high-ranking members of the Demonic Cult, most of them are experiencing the ascension of the leader to the throne for the first time. Even the elders who protect the religion and the heavenly kings who guard the religion are not too familiar with this period of history.

They originally thought that the leader's enthronement would require some earth-shaking ceremony, but unexpectedly the young patriarch began to talk about the history of the founding of the religion.

They had occasionally seen some records about the legendary story of this founder in the scriptures of the sect, but they were only brief glimpses, not as detailed and moving as the young patriarch's.

"Mingjiao, in which jiao means to impart and educate. The founder of the sect established the sect in order to pass on the teachings of the saints to the people of the world. He achieved the three wisdoms of being a teacher to all people, understanding the principles, understanding knowledge, and understanding the sect. He also achieved establishing virtue and establishing words, but he failed to achieve merit and failed to become a saint."①

The young master said, "In his later years, he thought about it and wondered where his merits lay. Although the founder did not become a saint, he established words for the saints, founded a religion, and was virtuous. He was immortal and established the Three Wisdoms, which was far superior to ordinary people. Qin Mu, are you willing to inherit the virtues, words, reason and knowledge of the founder?"

Qin Mu bowed, clasped his hands and stretched them forward: "Disciple is willing."

The young ancestor smiled and said, "Then the teaching is yours, and you have to take it on."

Qin Mu said in a deep voice: "Disciple will take care of it."

The young master smiled and said, "Sit on the stone."

Qin Mu walked forward and sat on the stone under the pine and cypress trees.

The young master looked down and said in a deep voice, "This stone is the Saint Stone, the Saint Seat. The woodcutter who taught the founder was a saint from heaven. He has no blood relationship or interest relationship with the founder. The founder was seeking the truth, so he became his teacher and taught the founder skills. The one sitting on this Saint Stone is the leader, but he is also the Saint Master of my sect."

His eyes swept over the hall masters, the guardian elders, the inspectors, the heavenly kings, and the guardians, and he said in a deep voice, "You, please pay homage to the Holy Master with disciple etiquette."

The 360 ​​hall masters, the 12 guardian elders, the 8 inspectors, the 3 heavenly kings, and the left and right guardians all came to serve as disciples. The saint girl Si Yunxiang hesitated for a moment, but had to perform the disciple etiquette.

"Disciple pays respect to the Holy Master!"

Everyone spoke in unison, echoing throughout Shenglin Mountain.

The young ancestor looked at Granny Si and said in a deep voice, "Li Tianxing, the new leader has ascended the throne, why don't you show up? Why don't you pass on my skills? Do you want to take my sacred skills into your coffin and bury them completely?"

Granny Si's body trembled slightly, and an old voice came out of her mouth: "Disciple... obey the master's order."

She was obviously a woman, but at this moment she spoke like an old man. Her voice was very rough and carried an extremely domineering majesty, but she did not dare to be presumptuous in front of the young ancestor.

Granny Si came in front of Qin Mu. Qin Mu was about to stand up when Granny Si's palm was already on his forehead. Strands of golden light passed through Granny Si's brows. At the same time, various sounds rang out in the golden light and penetrated into Qin Mu's brows and mind.

"Master Li..." someone whispered from below.

At this moment, the one occupying Granny Si's body was none other than the former leader Li Tianxing. Although he was plotted against by Granny Si, he also implanted himself in Granny Si's heart and became Granny Si's inner demon, waiting for the opportunity to replace her and become the woman he loved most.

The various voices in Qin Mu's mind were disordered and complicated, as if there were gods preaching in the sky, demons whispering in his ears, and Buddhas chanting in his heart. It was indescribably strange.

"The voice of a saint?"

His heart was slightly shaken, and he suddenly thought of a possibility. The voice was the voice of the woodcutter who was chopping wood. What Sect Leader Li passed on to him was the scripture that the woodcutter had spoken when he was the founder of the sect!

Note ①: The three wisdoms and three principles come from the couplet in front of the gate of Wang Yangming’s former residence, “To establish virtue, to establish merit, and to establish words is the three immortals; to understand reason, to know clearly, and to understand teaching is the teacher of all people.” This sentence was used by the ancients to describe saints.