"It turns out that the so-called seven great immortal sects are these seven!"
In the pavilion next to the mountain gate, Shu Guan was holding a classic book borrowed from the Daozang Pavilion, reading it with gusto.
On the stone table in front of him, there was a thick stack of newspapers and magazines, as well as tea and snacks. Shu Guan was drinking tea, cracking melon seeds, holding ancient classics, and reading a long period of time. This is a recent period. For the past few months, Shuguan has rarely had a leisurely day.
Originally, the people who usually sat in this seat were basically Sixth Senior Brother Sang Li, but now he and Second Senior Brother Mu Yao went to explore the origin of the bullfrog and half-demon, and had not looked back for several days, so The responsibility of guarding the mountain gate had to fall on Shu Guan.
The matter of guarding the mountain gate, according to the rules of Shanjinguan, is for each disciple to take turns. Each person takes half a year. Originally, it was almost his turn to be at Shuguan, but now he is just taking up the post in advance.
As for the time to guard the mountain gate every day, it is from 8 am to 5 pm. There is no need to guard at night. It is almost the same as the day shift security guard, but it is much freer than the security guards in many units in Shuguan's previous life.
Basically, you just sit here drinking tea and reading newspapers. You can sit here and practice whatever you want.
In the past, I often heard Sixth Brother complain that guarding the mountain gate was meaningless. After doing it in this pavilion for a few days, Shu Guan agreed.
However, in the past few days, he finally had time to look for a few classics in the Daozang Pavilion. What he was reading at this time was the one recommended by Master Qi, which recorded information about the establishment of their Seven Immortals Alliance. A book about some things in the beginning.
"Our Taoist sect's Chunyang Immortal Lu Duanyang, the Buddhist sect's Master Xuanzang, and the Confucian sect's Immortal Wang Yun, well, these three are all I already know, and they are also the most important forces in the Seven Immortals Alliance. They belong to the Taoist temples and temples of these three sects. , academies, almost all over the territory of Great China."
"Master Xuanzang was the last true Buddha in Buddhism, and Immortal Wang Yun, like Immortal Chunyang, was a righteous immortal who was granted the title of Immortal by Heaven. Before he achieved immortality, he was a famous minister of the Great China Dynasty and also a member of the Pingding Dynasty. The greatest contributor to the Divine Monkey Rebellion, he used his meritorious deeds to fully understand the Great Dao and achieve the realm of immortality."
"The fourth one is the City Emperor Temple. The City Emperor Temple has existed since the days of Heaven. It is a place where mortals communicate between the Yin and Yang realms. Well, after the fall of Heaven, the underworld also collapsed, but the Yin realm will not disappear. Among the seven immortals of the original Alliance of Seven Immortals, one was the Ghost Immortal Zhong Zhengnan.”
"The number of Chenghuang Temples is not as great as that of Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. They can only be found in some large cities with large populations. Well, there is one here in Jingcheng, but it is a disaster for ordinary practitioners. Chenghuang Temple is We won’t interfere, the City Emperor Temple only cares about the ghosts, unless there are evil ghosts and evil spirits showing up, the City Emperor Temple will get involved.”
"...Well, this is a matter of specialization. The division of responsibilities of the Seven Immortals Alliance is very clear."
"The fifth family is Moyun Sect, founded by the leader of Moyun, one of the Seven Immortals. This family inherits the witchcraft of southern Xinjiang. According to the description in this book, although witchcraft and Taoism are somewhat similar, they are actually completely different. It’s not the same thing, witchcraft is inherited from a race of creatures called the Wu Clan in the three Yuanhui eras before ancient times.”
"As for those practitioners who practice witchcraft in southern Xinjiang, they have been their own sect since the Fourth Yuanhui's apotheosis of gods. They rarely communicate with outside practitioners, and this is still the case today."
"So in Southern Xinjiang, Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism only built a temple, a temple and an academy symbolically. The affairs of practitioners in Southern Xinjiang are almost all handled by the Moyun Sect."
"The sixth family is the overseas Three Immortals Island, Penglai, Abbot, and Yingzhou. Starting from the Fourth Yuanhui, it was the gathering place for overseas loose immortals. Four thousand years ago, the most popular overseas loose immortals at that time were The respected Madam Chongfu has also joined the Alliance of Seven Immortals."
"Nowadays, the islands off the coast of the Great China Kingdom, and the vassals of the original Great China Dynasty in the future, and the island countries that are now independent in their own affairs, all the affairs of the spiritual world are handled by the Three Immortals Island, and the three schools of Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism will also rarely interfere. .”
"Haha, this means a bit of territorial jurisdiction. Just like in our Jingcheng, strange things that happen in Jiangkou District are generally handled by Shanjiguan, things that happen in Jiangyang District are handled by the academy, and things that happen in Yingcheng District are handled by Gui Yuan Temple’s handling is the same.”
"And the last family is also the most unusual family, Tianyinmen. This family is different from the previous six families. The identities of its disciples are extremely mysterious. It is said that there are very few people and they don't even have a dojo. Among the seven great immortals back then, , and only the one from the Tianyin Sect didn’t even leave his name in the classics, only that there was such an immortal."
"People from the Tianyin Sect generally don't show up in the world. They only appear occasionally when major events of the first level occur."
"According to the records in the classics about the disciples of the Tianyin Sect who have appeared before, although the number of disciples of the Tianyin Sect is small, every disciple who appears seems to be very powerful, or at least a practitioner of the Fetal Movement Realm."
"These turned out to be the seven immortal sects of the Seven Immortals Alliance. Today we finally know them all."
Shu Guan slowly closed the book in his hand. After reading these books continuously in the past few days, he finally understood a lot more about things in the world of cultivation. He no longer had to ask his master or brothers every time he encountered something. , become a curious baby.
Putting the classics on the stone table, he then picked up the stack of newspapers on the table. These newspapers were delivered by Taiyi Pavilion every day. Perhaps this is the only meaning of guarding the mountain gate, which is to collect newspapers. .
There is a wide range of newspapers, almost all the newspapers found in Jingcheng are available here.
When Chu Shuguan came to Shanjiguan for the first time, he saw so many newspapers here, which made him feel a little strange.
Why do a group of people who seek refuge in spiritual practice subscribe to newspapers from the secular world?
Of course he now knew why.
What the masters and brothers care about is not the news itself, but the abnormal information hidden in the news that only their practitioners can detect.
For example, the master likes to read the Begonia newspaper, which specializes in publishing gossip about celebrities or gossipy rumors in the streets. Like the last news about eighteen cats dying in Xiushui Street in three days, it may be popular among ordinary people. Li Zhixia noticed something unusual in his eyes, so he ordered Sang Liren to go and check it out.
I don’t know what the Sixth Senior Brother found out later. Shu Guan was quite curious when he thought about it. He might ask the Sixth Senior Brother next time he has a chance.
Shu Guan thought so and picked up the top newspaper, "Jingcheng Daily".
This is the official newspaper run by the Jingcheng City Government. Shu Guan first glanced at the front page and saw today's front page news. It was about the new consul of the Kingdom of the Rising Sun in Jingcheng. He will arrive in Jingcheng next Tuesday. By then, Jingcheng City Chang Tan Xianrui, as well as some business leaders in Jingcheng, will personally go to the dock to greet him.
Seeing this news, Shu Guan sighed.
Regarding the Republic of China he traveled to, many things were too similar to the original China, including language and writing.
So Shu Guan naturally regarded himself as a member of the Republic of China, and the current situation of the Republic of China is very similar to that of the Republic of China in Chinese history. The territory of the Republic of China once boasted the east and west continents. The North Dynasty can now barely survive at the feet of the powerful countries in the Western Continent.
However, the Kingdom of the Rising Sun mentioned in the newspaper is not a powerful country in the western continent, but an island country on the sea to the east of Dahua. Whether it is culture or other things, it looks like a miniature version of the former Dahua Dynasty. Shu Guan had also seen this Rising Sun countryman on the streets of Jingcheng. When he saw those Rising Sun countrymen strutting through the streets wearing kimonos, he knew what kind of country the Rising Sun country was, and it was inevitable that he would have a lot of natural disgust. .
After casually browsing the "Jingcheng Daily", Shu Guan put it aside. Is it an official newspaper? Just read it casually. Sometimes, um... sometimes it is better to read the Begonia newspaper for more credibility. .
Then Shu Guanyou picked up "Dajiang Evening News". "Dajiang Evening News" is not a government-run newspaper, but a private one. However, it is a very serious and serious newspaper. It was founded by several famous journalists in Jingcheng. of.
In fact, its news is more authentic than that of "Jingcheng Daily". It has always been known for criticizing current ills and speaking out boldly. Even when it scolded Xu Pingxi, the governor of Chu and Hunan, it was extremely bitter, and Xu Pingxi was helpless.
Therefore, in Jingcheng, "Dajiang Evening News" is more popular than "Jingcheng Daily" and is read by more people.
At this time, Shu Guan was also reading very seriously, but he was not reading the news in the "Dajiang Evening News" or the commentaries on current affairs that always touched people's hearts. Instead, he turned directly to the seventh page and looked carefully. Browsing through the ads above.
He mainly looked at job advertisements.
A few days ago, after bringing back the half-demon named Niu, he asked the fifth senior brother to prepare some detoxifying medicine and send it to Meng Huibao. Naturally, Meng Huibao's injuries were cured immediately.
As for the Tianhu Gang, after losing their true backer, Banyao Niu, they naturally no longer had the strength to dominate the dock, and Meng Huibao soon took back all their territory.
I was so impressed by Shu Guan, so when Shu Guan proposed to let the young men of Taoyuan Village work on the dock, Meng Huibao naturally did not hesitate to pat his chest and promised that not only would he arrange it for Wang Dahu and the others, The easiest job will never let them be bullied in the slightest, and they will try their best to fight for better wages from the ship owners.
The work display of the young people in the village has been arranged, but Shuguan feels that it is not enough. To make the people of Taoyuan Village truly integrate into the outside world, more people must go out and get in touch with the society.
So Shuguan plans to let the young women in the village go out to work, such as working in textile factories, printing factories, or other factories that do not require heavy labor.
The villagers must learn some skills to make a living. Shuguan doesn't want the people in Taoyuan Village to eventually become cowards who can only rely on others to support them.
Because Shu Guan now knows that the danger of the guards of Tianting is still very high.
If one day I am gone, then if the people of Taoyuan Village cannot support themselves, then who should they rely on?
After reading the job advertisements in Dajiang Evening News for a while, Shu Guan selected a few good-looking targets.
But he wanted to see it on site, and he absolutely couldn't go to that kind of black-hearted factory.
Then he sorted and divided the newspapers on the table and prepared to send them to the masters and senior brothers. By the way, he asked the fifth senior brother An Zichun if he could help guard the mountain gate for him tomorrow, while he went to take a look at the few he had just selected. factory.
