In the holy land of Kunlun, Yuxu Immortal Palace, on the Qilin Cliff, there is the Miaomiao Golden Tower.
The eighty-first step, the white jade ladder, leads to the highest level, the Yuanshi Dojo.
Stepping into this place, the physical body senses the innate vitality washing away, and the spiritual realm continues to rise, as if it is soaring. You can see the majestic and supreme Golden Palace and Jade Palace. Luo Tian.
In the Yuxu Palace, people pay homage to Emperor Xu, and in Daluo Heaven, they pay homage to the Taoist ancestors.
Any immortal family or any Taoist disciple must feel some respect when they come here. This is the Taoist temple of Yuqing Taoist, Yuanshi Tianzun!
Shen Bao was no exception. When he worshiped the Chan Cult, he did not see the original deity of Yuan Shi, but only paid homage to the shadow of Yuan Shi's portrait. He was taught the Five Elements True Beginning Technique and embarked on the path of a Qi Refiner.
Shen Bao was extremely grateful to Yuanshi Tianzun, who taught him the Dharma, allowed him to step into the threshold of spiritual practice, create a flawless immortal body, embark on the road to immortality, and gave him a mountain of immortality as a dojo.
In the previous life, it was equivalent to a university president exempting a student from all tuition fees, teaching him knowledge, allowing him to gain a foothold in society, and giving the student a house to live in.
However, if I really want to meet Yuanshi Tianzun, I will inevitably feel a little uneasy. After all, his name in this life is Shen Bao!
The Shen family originated from the surname Jiang, and has a long history through three emperors and five emperors. In the Xia Dynasty, the Shen family was canonized as king by Xia Zuqi with the ceremony of two kings and three levels, and was a guest of the Queen of Xia.
The Great Xia enjoyed the kingdom, with four hundred and seventy-one fortunes. At the end of the Xia Dynasty, Xia Jie was destroyed, and the merchants of Dayi rose up. They were succeeded by emperors, respected God, liked blood sacrifices, and worshiped ghosts and gods.
Shang Zutang, with the gift of two kings and three levels, was demoted to one level and made the Shen family a duke. He was not among the eight hundred princes in the world and was a guest of the Shang Emperor.
The father of Shen Bao was the contemporary Shen Guogong of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, and the world respected him as Shen Gongzhu.
For example, the Marquis of Beibei worships the Marquis Tiger, which is the national clan, the Marquis refers to the marquis, and the tiger is the name.
Jichang is also called Xibochang. Ji is the surname, Xi means that the fiefdom is in the west, Bo is the honorific title for the leader of the western princes, and Chang is the given name.
Jiang Ziya, a famous Lu family, has a different reputation.
As the next generation of Shen Guogong, Shen Bao is qualified to use the title Gong, and the Yin and Shang nobles should respectfully call him - Shen Gong, Bao.
That's right, it was Shen Gongbao who betrayed the Chan Cult, worshiped the Jie Cult, shouted to fellow Taoists to please stay, and was the biggest deceiver of becoming a god. He was also known as the God of Declining Gods.
It was also Shen Gongbao who was finally punished by Yuanshi Tianzun, who ordered the Yellow Turban Warriors to fill up the Eye of the North Sea with his body, and was finally named the General of Dividing Water in the East China Sea!
"Brother, let's go quickly."
The urging voice of the boy Baihe interrupted Shen Bao's thoughts. He took three steps and two steps at a time and trotted up the ladder.
"coming!"
Shen Bao took a deep breath and calmed down his uneasy thoughts. No matter how bad it was, it was still the original ending. If he was on the list of gods, he would be assigned as a graduation package, but he would be assigned to a remote island.
But having said that, first he used his body to fill up the Eye of the North Sea, and later he was named the general who divides the waters of the East China Sea, thus preserving his body. Does this count as physical sanctification?
Climbing the white jade ladder, the palace stretches up and down, with tall buildings standing on both sides, with a bell and a drum respectively placed.
The Drum Tower is silent and soundless, stained with the dust of the years, as if it has been covered in dust for hundreds of millions of years.
On top of the bell tower, there stood a Taoist priest with a simple and solemn appearance, wearing a jade-clear Ruyi crown on his head and a long beard flowing down his chest. He seemed to have a Taoist spirit and a sense of freedom and ease.
"Meet the Great Sage Guangcheng."
The boy Baihe bowed slightly, lowered his eyebrows and said, "Disciple is late."
"Meet Brother Master." Shen Bao saluted. Guangchengzi took charge of the Taoism and struck the golden bell in Yuxu Palace. Many gods laughed and called him the Bell-Ringing Golden Immortal. His realm was definitely not that of a Golden Immortal. He had already achieved the Dao Fruit of the Great Sage. .
The Great Sage Guangcheng stroked his beard and smiled calmly: "It's not too late, it's not too late. You are already here. Junior Brother Shen Bao, please come in and pay homage to the teacher."
The boy Baihe was slightly stunned, and he couldn't understand it. The registered disciple was paying homage to the Heavenly Lord, so it was definitely the Three Bells.
Shen Bao thought of Xiao Zhen's words before and carefully asked: "Senior Brother Guangcheng, what etiquette should be used to meet the teacher?"
Xiao Zhen said that Yuanshi Tianzun valued etiquette the most, and Baihe Tongzi also said that Tianzun valued ethics the most.
In Shen Bao's mind, he had already sketched out an image of a dignified and upright leader with boundless supernatural powers, who paid attention to etiquette and paid attention to rules.
Unexpectedly, the Great Sage Guangcheng smiled and said softly: "Yuanshi Wuxiang, let's go, let's go."
"when!"
"when!"
"when!"
The Great Sage Guangcheng flicked his finger and knocked three more times, resounding throughout time and space and throughout the Kunlun realm, and everyone in the Yuxu Sect could listen.
In the long palace, a splendid but deep and ancient road at the end quietly appeared. Shen Bao walked up uneasily and went to Yuxu Palace to pay homage to Yuanshi Tianzun.
The dumbfounded Baihe boy was left standing there. It took him a long time to come back to his senses, and he said half-surprised and half-suspicious: "Six shots? Master Shen Bao!"
The Great Sage Guangcheng did not respond, but sang leisurely: "There has never been a beginning or a catastrophe. There are many gods and immortals in the Yuqing Palace..."
I don’t know how long it took, but it seemed like I had walked hundreds of steps, and it seemed like I had passed through multiple universes. Shen Bao finally came to a pure, mysterious, deep, and lofty hall.
Looking at the three big characters on the plaque - Yuqing Palace, Shen Bao hesitated for a moment and stopped there, not daring to move forward.
"Don't look, there are no flowers outside Yuqing Palace."
Suddenly, a joking voice came from the hall, and Shen Bao was embarrassed, and his original sense of restraint was reduced a bit.
Entering the hall, you will see a white-haired deity wearing seventy-two colors, sitting cross-legged on a bed of clouds, holding a orb in his hand, emitting infinite light, and everything in the universe is contained within it.
A bright and pure round light hangs in the mind, evolving into chaotic images of birth and death. Billions of golden lotuses bloom in the void. Golden lamps rise among the golden lotuses. The lights flicker, illuminating the heavens and the world, and giving insight into the darkness of the human heart.
The lamp rises in the lotus, the lotus grows in the lamp, the cycle goes back and forth, endlessly, the branches and vines sway, and the infinite chaotic air hangs down, which is sacred and solemn.
"Disciple Shen Bao, pay your respects to the teacher!"
Shen Bao paid homage with a great salute and sincerely thanked his teacher for his kindness.
It is important for a person to know himself. If he had not become a disciple of Yuanshi and received the true teachings, he would not have been able to become an Earth Immortal in forty years.
There are countless monks who have practiced in ancient times and endured hardships for thousands or thousands of years. There are many monks who have not yet become immortals.
"Are you my disciple Shen Gongbao?"
Yuanshi Tianzun asked leisurely, pointing directly to people's hearts.
Shen Bao suddenly raised his head and met Yuanshi Tianzun's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and suddenly broke into a cold sweat.
Tianzun... knows!
Yuanshi Tianzun knows everything.
From the moment he worshiped in Yuxu Palace, the aura of thousands of disasters turned into a jade plaque with the word "disaster" on his waist, he should have understood and woke up long ago.
It's just that I don't want to admit it, because I don't want my biggest secret to be exposed.
He has been escaping and hiding on the Everlasting Mountain, hoping to get lucky.
Now, there is no escape.
Shen Bao was in a state of ups and downs, with a complex look on his face. The unlucky man's life of more than twenty years in his previous life appeared in his mind. He recalled the years in the Yin and Shang Dynasties, where he experienced wine pools, meat forests, and blood sacrifices of ghosts and gods. He recalled chasing the immortal way, traveling around, worshiping Yuxu, and practicing hard to become an immortal. days.
Ups and downs, joys and sorrows, ups and downs in the world, who is the true self?
He had thousands of words to say, but when he came to his lips, they just turned into one sentence:
"I am Shen Bao, and I am Shen Gongbao, the declining god."
