sinovels Chapter 110 The Grand Ritual of Luo Tian
Chapter 110 The Grand Ritual of Luo Tian
Chapter 110 The Grand Ritual of Luo Tian
In Laoshan, Shandong Province, China, elderly Taoist priests with white hair and beards, dressed in Taoist robes, walk orderly along the mountain path.
Inside the Taiqing Palace, a group of elderly Taoist priests in purple and gold robes surrounded a young man! This young man, needless to say, was none other than Kong Shizhang.
At this moment, countless professional reporters were setting up their long lenses and short cannons, their various equipment looking extremely professional!
Everyone knows that this young man, Kong Shizhang, is the protagonist of this story!
The news that all the Taoist sects in Shandong, China, had united to hold the "Xuanyuan Zhenwu Luotian Grand Ritual" had long been known to everyone.
This news shocked many people, since China has never liked to do these kinds of things, but this time the Taoist sect made such a big commotion and the government didn't seem to care.
Moreover, while the various factions within Taoism aren't exactly at odds, they certainly dislike each other. After all, some say cultivating both body and mind is good, others say internal alchemy is good, and still others say that to attain the Tao, one must cultivate merit. They could even argue with the highest deities, yet they've strangely come together.
It can only be described as a miracle. Chinese people have always loved watching a spectacle, and in just a few days, hundreds of thousands of people gathered at the foot of Laoshan Mountain!
As for establishing the Luotian Daoist sect for Zhenwu, why wasn't it done at Zhenwu Mountain, where the Zhenwu faith is strong, but instead in a coastal area, a rare sacred site of Daoism?
There is a reason for this. In Taoism, Zhenwu the Great governs the waters of the north, and Laoshan Mountain is adjacent to the Yellow Sea. Its geographical features of mountains and sea are quite compatible with Zhenwu's function of controlling water.
This ritual focuses on safeguarding the nation and protecting the maritime borders. Holding it in Laoshan highlights the combination of ocean and Taoist water god beliefs, and Taiqing Palace has historically also worshipped Zhenwu. Since the Song and Yuan dynasties, Laoshan has incorporated multiple pantheons, and Zhenwu, as the guardian deity of the north, has also been endowed with the function of calming the sea and ensuring peace in coastal areas.
After all, with the Xia Kingdom and the Japanese Kingdom causing such a ruckus, Emperor Zhenwu, please protect your people!
Of course, the main reason is that this Luotian Grand Ceremony can be seen as a test of the Taoist sect's attitude towards the government.
"Hello, viewers in front of your television screens. I am currently at the sacrificial square outside the Taiqing Palace in Laoshan. The first Zhenwu Xuanyuan Luotian Grand Ritual in the entire Taoist tradition in twenty years is being held here... All of us staff will pay close attention to this grand event and ensure that nothing is missed."
The housekeeper even sent someone to show his support, making the event even more lively.
The square outside Taiqing Palace was a chaotic and bustling scene, a real mix of all sorts of people!
After all, the matter concerning Zhenwu is quite exciting, with a direct divine descent to impart teachings and preach the Dao! Divine descents are not exactly rare occurrences.
There are countless recorded events from ancient times; it was only after cameras were invented that the number of miracles attributed to various religious sects around the world decreased.
However, things have become increasingly strange lately. The Japanese god Guan Yuandao has descended and is helping the oppressed Japanese to beat up the Japanese emperor.
They did it so openly and clearly in front of the whole world, and most importantly, the United States, as the supreme ruler of Japan, simply ignored it and did nothing.
The result was that the ancient tyrant once again single-handedly took on an entire kingdom, and the battle went back and forth.
Since then, no religious sect has ever casually performed any miracles again, yet China is still doing it now!
Although the story of Zhenwu spreading his teachings has caused quite a stir on the internet, it lacks some authenticity compared to others.
Many people even have a sinister suspicion that the Chinese people used the entire nation's resources to exchange for items on the Mountain and Sea Wonders List in the Mountain and Sea Realm to play tricks!
Right now, the world's attention is focused on the conflict between the Xia Kingdom and the Japan Kingdom; otherwise, someone from the Mountain and Sea Realm who had gained an opportunity might have come to cause trouble.
"It's your turn!" Someone quietly reminded Kong Shizhang from behind when the incense stick, as thick as a child's arm, inside the bronze cauldron was almost burned out.
"Okay, I understand!" Kong Shizhang, who had been sitting in the main seat with a group of old Taoist priests tending to his hair, stood up.
The next moment, Zhao Xuanling, dressed in a Zhengyi Xuantian purple Daoist robe, with a handsome face and flowing sleeves, rode the sky with an air of otherworldly elegance. He carried a jade-made seven-star wooden sword and walked to the center of the main hall. He greeted the people on both sides with a Daoist salute, neither humble nor arrogant.
"I am Kong Shizhang, and I welcome people from all over the world to this grand gathering of our Taoist sect!"
Although many people don't know why this young man named Kong Shizhang became the lead actor in this Supreme True Martial Mysterious Origin Luotian Grand Ritual!
But everyone still gave them face and returned the gifts.
In fact, if they had a choice, the Taoist sect wouldn't want to drop Kong Shizhang, such a madman. Because he wasn't even a Taoist priest, but he still had to be the lead actor.
Kong Shizhang clearly looked down on Taoism, advocating the integration of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, not adhering to any one religion or school, and reading widely from all schools of thought to learn from their strengths!
However, this person was chosen by the True Martial Emperor and bestowed with the Azure Lotus inheritance. At least that's how it was according to everyone's final reconciliation. At the time, only Chen Yang and Kong Shizhang were actually awake and knew the whole process, and no one else believed it or had any other source of information.
The two people chosen by the True Martial Emperor were not from the Taoist sect; they were only thinking about upholding the precepts and cultivating their minds. Although Kong Shizhang later expressed his willingness to accept the ordination or take refuge in the Three Jewels!
But it was truly a case of a master begging to accept Kong Shizhang as his precious disciple, and a group of elderly Taoist priests in their seventies and eighties almost came to blows, ultimately without any resolution.
As for Chen Yang, who also received the True Martial Mandate, why is no one vying for his services? After all, Chen Yang is a legitimate member of the Bureau of Dissidents; who would dare to compete with the government for talent?
Perhaps the True Martial Emperor could, but those who live in the real world and do not possess the same great power as the True Martial Emperor cannot.
If we really anger the authorities, we'll inevitably face the calamity of having our mountains destroyed and temples demolished.
"Chaos was separated, Yin and Yang began, the Black Emperor's essence nurtured the true water, suddenly opening the mysterious aperture, the tortoise and snake coiled together, the Black Tortoise occupied the Golden Palace and Jade Capital, the imperial edict came, the three realms' talismans shone brightly, the black-armored banners and black banners shook the heavenly streets, the seventy-two peaks were forged with thunder and fire, the thirty-six thunderbolts circled the lotus platform, the left hand made a hand seal to suppress the mountains, the right palm held a seal, the rivers and seas swirled, the Taiyi Zhenwu sword was drawn from its sheath, its cold light shot straight to the Dipper and the Ox, the Big Dipper's seven stars became the sword tassel, the Southern Star and the Six Luminaries became the blade, stepping the steps of the Big Dipper, the Dipper's pivot moved, the gates of Fengdu City opened one after another, the golden clouds of Wudang Mountain surged forth, the Purple Cloud Palace connected to the Jade Purity Palace, the plum blossoms and cypress trees revealed the divine traces, the sweet dew subdued the demons and saved the netherworld, the imperial edict bestowed the title of the Supreme Emperor of the Mysterious Heaven." "The Six Jia, holding the Dipper and the Star, command the Seven Stars of Xuanwu, controlling the Six Caves of Fengdu, patrolling the Three Realms to quell the plague, overseeing the Nine Netherworlds, the sinful souls, the stars of the heavens turning with the sword, the ten directions of the world looking up to the Golden Wheel, the True Martial's original teachings are proclaimed, the jade sound shakes the colorless heaven, the eighty-two transformations reveal compassion, a hundred billion eons of cultivation, the great power of the True Martial Mountain rises, the thunder and fire before the Demon-Slaying Hall burn, the demonic atmosphere in the four continents is cleansed, the three vehicles of Dharma rain sprinkle the great thousand worlds, the Emperor Star shines in the Purple Palace, the holy light of the North Pole fills the thirty-six Thunder Departments, the drums and horns, the twenty-eight constellations line up, the banners and flags, the great calamity endures, the virtue of the Xuan Emperor endures, the celestial sphere revolves, eternal peace —" Kong Shizhang began to chant the praises of the True Martial.
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