"Deep in the mountains, the mist is intoxicating, and the red leaves are staining several houses. I step on the white clouds to climb the steep mountains, and my hands touch the green grass to pick mulberry and hemp."
In the Tianshan Mountains, among the rolling mountains, there is a paradise-like existence. Even in winter, the red maple leaves are still all over the sky, rustling in the breeze, just like the whispers of a lover.
Among the maple leaves, there are several simple wooden houses. The eaves are hung with dried wild vegetables just like ordinary farmhouses.
In the clear stream, you can see fish swimming when you lower your head. Along the stream, there is a deep pool. Several women are playing in the water at the moment. The cold stream water in early winter cannot make them feel a chill.
On those cliffs, there were several women holding dustpans in one hand and collecting tree roots growing on the cliffs with the other. They walked on the straight and smooth cliffs as if they were walking on flat ground.
On the cliffs, there are occasionally some caves that are only accessible to one person. The caves exude a faint fragrance. Occasionally, there will be a few cute animals sticking their heads out of the cave entrances and looking around.
This is the Tiandao Palace, which is famous in the world. Its fame does not lie in how powerful it is, but because it symbolizes the morality and orthodoxy of the world. It is considered to be the most primitive branch of Taoism.
As the saying goes: In troubled times, Taoist priests go down to the mountains to save the world, and monks close their doors to avoid disaster; in prosperous times, Taoist priests retreat to the mountains, and monks go out to collect money.
In the peaceful and prosperous times, the people of Tiandao Palace lived in isolation from the world, but they paid close attention to the situation in the world. Once there was trouble in the world, they would save the people from fire and water.
And because they are indifferent to names, everything they do will be done in the name of others, and they will leave behind and hide their merit and fame.
The seemingly scattered cabins are actually arranged according to the eight trigrams. If you rush in rashly, you will fall into it. At the same time, every plant and tree around it has exquisite design, so that the huge Tiandao Palace is hidden in the mountains and forests.
There are planes circling in the sky and various explorers on the ground, but none of them can enter the territory of Tiandao Palace.
It is said that the founder of Tiandao Palace is named Yang Tiandao, which sounds like a man's name, but in fact, she is a gentle and beautiful woman.
When it comes to Yang Tiandao's name, except for people from the Tiandao Palace, almost no one in later generations knows it, but everyone knows her grandfather. Her grandfather is Yang Zhu, who is famous for his money-making among many scholars.
Yang Zhu's philosophical thoughts are very profound, but they are obviously not suitable for the secular world, especially the so-called literati of later generations. Because they cannot feel his super charm, they demonize him as a symbol of selfishness.
Perhaps because his grandfather received too much criticism, Yang Tiandao abandoned Yang Zhu's concept of benefiting the world without doing anything, and established the Tiandao Palace with Confucian and Mohist characteristics.
Although she is contrary to Taoism in many aspects, because she is a descendant of Yang Zhu, the world still regards her as an orthodox branch of Taoism.
The Tiandao Palace defends the way of heaven, and targets the most evil people. They disdain ordinary roosters, dogs, and thieves. In many eras, being targeted by the Tiandao Palace is both an honor and a disaster. .
For thousands of years, Tiandao Palace has only accepted female disciples. After these female disciples reach the age of forty, they will travel around the world and choose a disciple according to opportunities to inherit their own mantle. This is why the number of Tiandao palaces can be relatively stable. reason.
What they value most is opportunity. If the opportunity is good, they will bring back multiple disciples, but if the opportunity is not good, they may gain nothing.
Before becoming the palace master, the Master of Tiandao Palace traveled twice and brought back Mu Qingying and Cheng Wanling respectively.
The caves on the cliff are where Tiandao Palace disciples practice. Some even live in the caves all year round, with pets as companions. Therefore, some Tiandao Palace disciples have not even seen each other for decades.
The largest cave in the center of the cliff belongs to the place where the master of Tiandao Palace practices. She has been in seclusion for many days. It is precisely because she is in seclusion that the disciples of Tiandao Palace behave so casually.
