Chapter 1133: The Ceremony of Attendance
Although a group of Confucian scholars were excited, they all abided by the etiquette, and none of them opened their mouths to interrupt the lecture, and even listened more carefully to Murong Feng's explanation of the later scriptures for fear of missing a word.
Fortunately, the whole text of the Tao Te Ching is not long, and Murong Feng started from halfway, even if he had to attach a note to each chapter, it only took half a day to reach the end. However, because of the Confucian Sect listening, Murong Feng deliberately quoted many scriptures and meanings from the Analects for annotation when explaining the commentary, and listened to these old masters with a fluttering immortal, and they were so happy that they almost went to the immortal class to go to their sages.
And a group of Taoist priests also benefited a lot, and sighed that the thoughts of Taoist sages were so broad and profound, although there were only a few thousand words, it was enough for them to figure it out for several lifetimes.
Of course, several old Taoists understand in their hearts that the biggest gain today is actually that from now on, maybe the Daomen will be tied to Confucianism, which is too important for the declining Daomen. Even if the sages of both sides pursued two diametrically opposed ideological realms, it did not prevent them from joining forces to fight against the rising Momen.
At this moment, the sun was setting in the west, and the afterglow of the setting sun shrouded Murong Feng's body, emitting a faint halo that set off her like a saint preaching.
"Faith is not beautiful, good words are not believed, the good do not argue, and the debater is not good. Those who know are not knowledgeable, and those who are knowledgeable do not know. The saint does not accumulate, because he thinks that he has more and more with himself. The way of heaven is beneficial but not harmful, and the way of the saints is not disputed. Murong Feng finished the last chapter, and then slowly glanced at the people who were still intoxicated with a strange smile.
At this moment, Murong Feng also felt that a strange power was blessing her from the underworld, somewhat similar to the power of faith but fundamentally different. When this strange power rushed into her sea of consciousness, it actually made her understand a trace of the laws of the operation of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, and finally glimpsed the gate of the Dao of the Sword Venerable.
If it weren't for the mundane things, Murong Feng really wanted to retreat for a few years at this moment.
At this time, Venerable Dao Yin was the first to come back to his senses, and stood up as usual to salute his disciples, followed by Venerable Heming and a group of Taoist priests.
Seeing this, the Confucian scholars next to him also stood up and saluted Murong Feng.
Before today, Murong Feng might have pushed back, but at this time, he accepted it calmly with a smile on his face. After everyone finished saluting, Murong Feng also got up to return the salute, and then smiled calmly: "It is also a great benefit for the juniors to be able to sit and talk with the seniors today, but it is a pity that the juniors will enter the palace for a banquet tonight, so it is inconvenient to leave the seniors to drink and talk together." ”
The Water Mirror Ancestor was surprised: "Huh? Xiaoyou was also invited by the Sect Master of the Divine Sword Sect to participate in tonight's ceremony? ”
"Ceremony?" Murong Feng asked with a puzzled face, "What is this?" The juniors didn't write these when they received the invitation. ”
In fact, what kind of invitation card Murong Feng had in his hand was just a nonsense sentence. However, she has already asked the Blood Drinking True Monarch to pass the word and agree to go to the appointment tonight, but the other party has come up with a ceremony to watch the ceremony, and I don't know if it is a coincidence.
At this time, Du Guanting, the sect master of the Star Picking Sect, said: "Poor Dao also received an invitation, saying that there is a Dao monarch in the Divine Sword Sect who has been closed for thirty years and finally broke through to be promoted to Venerable, and since then, the Divine Sword Sect has one more Supreme Elder. And tonight's ceremony was held for the newly promoted Supreme Elder. ”
Murong Feng's eyes flashed, and he immediately understood everything.
No wonder the Jin family would swallow their anger so much, at first she thought that the Jin family had endured it for the sake of the great plan of the Divine Sword Sect, but it turned out that a new Supreme Elder who could balance the Golden Sword Ancestor suddenly appeared.
And in this way, many things can be explained, the Jin family's forbearance after eating deflated and the calculation of the faction behind the blood drink, as well as the fact that this ceremony was held together with the Raising Sword Conference and the rumors that the high-level of the Divine Sword Gate was going to attack the wild forest, this pile is obviously someone is setting up a big chess game.
"What are you thinking? I've been absent-minded since just now. After sending all the guests away, the sword idiot opened his mouth and asked Murong Feng.
Murong Feng smiled faintly and said, "I can't wait to meet that Divine Sword Sect Sect Master now." ”
"That Tianluo Guchen?" The sword idiot was surprised: "Is there anything wrong with that person?" ”
Murong Feng chuckled, "I just think that I and that person may have a lot in common." ”
Today, the old servant of the porter who was patronizing the escort came to report again, saying that a carriage from the palace came from outside the door, saying that it was specially to pick up the moon and the shadow. At first, the old servant thought that the other party had found the wrong door, because there was no monk with the Dao name Moon Shadow in the mansion, and it was not until the other party took out the warrant of the Blood Drinking True Monarch and explained that the old servant knew the name of his cousin and niece.
Murong Feng and the sword idiot glanced at each other and ordered, "Let the people who come wait for a while, and then we will change our clothes and then go." ”
"Yes." The old servant took the order and left.
And this wait was nearly an hour, until it was completely dark, and the two of them who had changed their outfits came to the door slowly.
I saw a very luxurious and huge palace car parked outside the gate, which was pulled by sixteen dragon horses, and there was also a group of black-armored knights in the Jindan period in front of the palace car to escort and open the way, and the person in charge of driving was actually a Yuanying monk. I'm afraid that this kind of specification is only available to the Supreme Elders and Sect Masters of the Divine Sword Sect.
Murong Feng, who was wearing a black cloak and completely covering himself, hooked the corners of his mouth slightly, and boarded the palace car very indifferently. The sword idiot in the back shook his head slightly, and also got into the car.
"Go back to the palace, drive!" The monk Yuanying who was in charge of driving the car immediately drove the palace car in the direction of the palace gate with a flick of his horsewhip, and the monks along the way all avoided it when they saw this, while the ordinary civilians knelt on both sides of the road in unison, not even daring to raise their heads.
The sword idiot withdrew his gaze from the window and asked, "Anyway, don't everyone like this feeling of being on top?" Why don't you seem to like it at all? ”
Murong Feng looked at the civilians kneeling on the ground outside the window, and said lightly: "What I need is the worship of these people from the heart, not pure awe. ”
The sword idiot scratched his head and asked, "Does this make any difference?" ”
Murong Feng didn't bother to explain, but spread her hands and saw a soft ball of holy light radiating a warm light in her palm.
"Fear breeds only jealousy, but worship breeds countless fanatics." Murong Feng put away the holy light in his palms and said indifferently: "The former can only become a dictator, while the latter can become a god. ”
"I think it's a god stick." The sword idiot pouted and said: "Now those Taoist priests look at you with the same eyes as fanatics, it is estimated that as long as you give an order, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of them, they will dare to jump down." ”
Murong Feng smiled lightly: "Don't think that I am so great, and don't think that others are so stupid, I and those Taoist priests are just mutually beneficial." ”
"Okay, okay, I'm a fool all the time." The sword idiot lay on his back on the soft animal skin sofa, unable to speak.
"Hey, I carefully selected this dress on you, don't crumple it." Murong Feng took out a lot of candy and candied fruit from the small cabinet on the side, and even ice cream that was kept warm by spells, but there were no alcoholic drinks, which made her laugh and said, "It seems that people treat me as an underage girl." ”
The sword idiot looked up at her, and said speechlessly: "Then don't eat it." ”
Murong Feng gulped down the ice cream and snorted: "After all, it's someone else's heart, how bad it is to waste it." As she spoke, snacks big enough for three or four people all went into her mouth.
The sword idiot rolled his eyes and continued to lie on the sofa in the most suitable position, he must now do a good job of recuperating his energy, lest he have to fight when the two sides disagree, then he also has the strength to slip away.
At this moment, in the Four Seasons Palace of the Divine Sword Gate, there were already a group of heroes, and almost all the representatives of the various sects had already arrived, and there were more than a dozen Dao Monarchs in the distraction period alone, and even the Momen, who rarely showed up on weekdays, also came to three. Although these three were not the highest cultivators in the audience, they were definitely the existence of the stars holding the moon, which made the group of Confucian students who were huddled in the corner look very envious, jealous and hateful. But how can they have a reputation for Confucianism, and it is too late for others to hide when they see it, who dares to come closer.
If this is left in the past, a group of Confucian scholars will not be cared for, it will be a big deal to recite poems and play against each other, but tonight these Confucian students all seem absent-minded and like wandering into the world, occasionally whispering a few words and falling into arguments, but everyone will always mention how Zhao Shi said, and how Zhao Shi commented on the whispers.
"Shui Jing, I can't wait to return to the academy now." Lin Feng Ancestor sighed: "I didn't expect the thoughts of the Taoist sages to be so unfathomable, I'm afraid only Yan Sheng and his old man can understand the subtlety." ”
The Water Mirror Ancestor shook his head slightly and said, "Yan Sheng is still cracking the ancient gold inscription on that oracle bone, I'm afraid I won't be able to spare time." ”
Lin Feng Old Ancestor pulled his beard and sighed bitterly: "How can that be good, Ran Sheng and Zhong Sheng are still in retreat in the Book Mountain, and only Yan Sheng and his old man are outside." ”
Duxi Ancestor said: "It's not too late to go back and discuss this matter, if Yan Sheng is really not available, you might as well gather all the great Confucians who have traveled around the world to come back and refer to this Tao Te Ching together." ”
"Wonderful." Lin Feng clapped his hands, and suddenly a flash of inspiration appeared: "Then why don't we invite Master Zhao and those Dao Masters to go together?" After all, this "Tao Te Ching" is the work of the sages of Taoism, and I believe they will also be happy to go. ”
How could the two great Confucians, Shui Jing and Duxi, not see through Lin Feng's calculations, this was clearly to draw the Daomen together to fight against the increasingly powerful Momen. The two of them glanced at each other and nodded slightly, obviously agreeing with Lin Feng Ancestor's clever plan.
The three Great Confucians immediately got together to discuss the feasibility of this clever plan, and then were about to go to Du Guanting, who was sitting on the other side of the main hall, to discuss it, when suddenly the originally slightly noisy hall fell silent.
The three Confucians thought that some important person had appeared, so they looked up one after another and saw a group of people swaggering in at the entrance of the main hall. I saw that the person in charge had a rich face, wearing gold and silver all over his body, and his fingers as thick as ten radishes were full of jewels and rings. The key is that these seemingly vulgar artifacts are all genuine high-grade magic weapons, and no matter which one is taken out, it will definitely attract countless covetous eyes. Therefore, if you have to use one word to describe this person, it is trench and vulgar.
"It's the Jin family, Jin Xiuquan." Lin Feng Ancestor squinted his eyes and said, "This pomp is really big enough. ”
Dusk Creek Ancestor glanced at the Water Mirror Ancestor, because he knew very well that the Water Mirror Ancestor had taught the Jin Bao a lesson, and he had formed a relationship with the Jin family, but the other party did not come to them to theorize, and they also saved their strength to make trouble for themselves.
Shuijing Ancestor narrowed his eyes, but quietly picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, and said slowly: "How can the pomp and circumstance be not big enough to show that the comer is not good." ”
"Yes." Twilight Brook Ancestor nodded and chuckled, "The rabbit is forced to bite people." ”
The three Confucians talked and laughed, and they didn't take the Jin family in their eyes at all.
Suddenly, all the people present stared at the group of people from the Jin family with a look of surprise and walked straight to the old monster of the stars, and then the two sides actually chatted happily for a few words, and then turned to another first-class cultivation sect and exchanged a few words with the other party cordially. Soon, a large group of monks of various factions also gathered around the Najin family.
The three great Confucians glanced at each other, all surprised. I didn't expect this Jin family to have such a great ability, and how many monks of various factions could be unconsciously enveloped, it seems that there is really a good show going on tonight.
And Du Guanting, who had been secretly staring at the old monster of the stars, also frowned imperceptibly, and shook his head slightly towards a few fellow disciples beside him.
At this time, a loud voice announced: "The sect master's law has arrived." I listened to the drums in the hall and the flowers flying, and then I saw a middle-aged man wearing a purple robe and a jade crown and a golden knife walking out slowly surrounded by a group of guards.
Immediately, all the people in the main hall, regardless of their cultivation level, saluted this person and said loudly, "(See) Meet the Heavenly Luo Sect Master." ”
"All friends are exempt." Tianluo Guchen has five willow captives under his cheeks, his face is like a crown of jade, elegant and handsome, holding a jade belt in one hand and a knife handle in the other, his expression is chic and uninhibited, and it gives people a sense of grace.
At this time, I listened to Tianluo Guchen's voice with a humble smile: "First of all, thank you to all the Daoists for being invited to participate in the ceremony of the new Spruce Elder of the Evil Sect, it really makes this Four Seasons Palace shine." ”
All the monks modestly echoed a few times, which made the atmosphere of the whole hall seem to become more harmonious.
Next, Tian Luo Guchen said a few more polite words, and then announced that a unique internal auction would be held in this Four Seasons Palace tonight, and the finale of the auction would be provided by the newly promoted Spruce Supreme Elder himself.
The treasure that a Cave Void Venerable took out, even if it was just a Venerable who had just been promoted to Cave Void, it was enough to make everyone present red-eyed. Therefore, the atmosphere in the main hall immediately became more enthusiastic.
The three great Confucians sitting in the corner easily noticed that there seemed to be a lot fewer monks of various factions who had gathered around the Jin family. And although Jin Xiuquan has always maintained a faint smile on his face, everyone can see that this guy's eyes are so cold that he can freeze the air.