What is an immortal official?
Chu Chen had questions in his mind, and the scene "in front of him" kept changing.
Vast green forests and vast fields change before your eyes.
A small market appeared in front of us, and countless market-goers gathered from all directions.
A middle-aged Taoist priest was carrying a bookcase and passed by the market to buy some dry food. He was about to leave. At a casual glance, he walked towards a passed out donkey.
After some discussions with the vendor, the middle-aged Taoist priest bought the donkey and took it away.
After leaving the market entrance, the middle-aged Taoist priest followed the hawker and stopped him halfway.
After some questioning, the vendor was let go.
When he left with the donkey in his arms, the middle-aged Taoist priest showed a look of joy on his face.
...
The scene changes.
Low and dilapidated houses with simple fences and earthen walls.
A group of men, women, old and young ran out of the village entrance, shouting and cheering one after another.
The children jumped up and down and sang nursery rhymes.
"Hello, Immortal. Wonderful, Immortal. Have a good sleep, Immortal is here."
"Hello, Immortal. Wonderful, Immortal. When the Immortal comes, ghosts and gods will scream..."
Every time I pass by a Zhuangzi, it is noisy and lively. Once I leave, there is silence, ebbing and flowing, just like a ballad, with the heaven and earth as the chessboard, and the people as the notes, and the melody rises and falls.
...
The picture changed again.
It was a strange scene where the sunrise and sunset intertwined and overlapped in the early morning.
Only two figures could be seen running around all the time.
Arriving at a village, he was busy exorcising evil spirits from the people.
Just after finishing my work, I hurriedly took a sip of water that the old village chief ordered me to serve. I didn't have time to rest, so I hurriedly left and rushed to the next village.
The whole day, I was either rushing or working hard.
Under the shadow of the sunrise and sunset, there are two figures running continuously.
...
Chu Chen's mind kept changing, and what he had seen and heard in the past few months kept coming to mind.
He saw that after his master Xu Ping took over as the director of the Ghost and God Division of Xin'an County, none of the new disciples he accepted had no time to pay, and they did not go home for more than ten days, coming and going in a hurry, dusty, busy, and frowning.
He saw Uncle Wu from Class B of the Ghosts and Gods Department working diligently and vigilantly for ten years, silently guarding the people's sleep.
No one knows him, no one praises him, he is unknown.
Until the last moment of his life, he fought bravely with demons and monsters and died. He bloomed the most brilliant brilliance in his life, which was dazzling and moved countless people.
He also "saw" the sensational scenes of his colleagues from the Ghosts and Gods Department slaying demons, and he also "saw" his colleagues running back and forth over trivial and false alarms...
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All the scenes related to the immortal officials emerged one by one.
What is an immortal official?
Chu Chen had countless thoughts, trying to find suitable adjectives to summarize them.
Acting for heaven?
Protect all people?
Save Li Shu?
Kill demons?
Anbang Zuoguo?
These are all correct.
However, Chu Chen felt that it was not a high-level summary.
The Taoist Monument in the Taoist Temple was erected by Taizu Dachang.
In Taoist temples in every state and county, there is a Dao Tao stele erected to test the school, sharpen the immortal officials who are admitted for further study, and ask questions.
What is an immortal official?
It was not Cang Qingzi, the dean of Guangping Taoist Academy, who asked the question, but Taizu Dachang asked the immortal officials in the world.
"Since it is Taizu Dachang who is asking the question, the pattern must not be small. I am afraid that the previous interpretation of the immortal officials was petty."
Chu Chen murmured to himself, unable to help but feel curious.
From the perspective of Taizu Dachang, where did he place the immortal officials?
Dachang Taizu severely defeated the major Taoist sects, broke the monopoly of Taoist sects by the major sects, unified all laws, founded Dachang Immortal Court, and supported the immortal officials of the Celestial Dynasty in the Taoist sect.
As an immortal official, he does not participate in the secular world and only has jurisdiction over the affairs of demons, demons and gods.
It is both deeply integrated into the secular world and yet vaguely transcendent from the secular world.
Everything he does is to allow all people in the world to live and work in peace and contentment without being disturbed by demons, demons, gods and otherworldly things.
This is the duty and obligation of the immortal official.
Everything that immortal officials do is to perform their duties, accumulate merit, and achieve immortality.
Taoist priests are those who practice Taoism for heaven.
Immortal officials perform their duties.
Thinking of this,
Chu Chen's thoughts were clear, and his thoughts transcended the barriers of the world. He was divided into two thoughts, and turned into two stalwart people, sitting and talking, laughing and talking.
Finally, he used the power of his spiritual consciousness to write eight characters on the blank stone tablet.
"Do justice for heaven and serve the people!"
...
Outside the stone monument, in the pavilion.
Taoist Yunlei and Cang Qingzi looked at Chu Chen standing quietly under the stone tablet from a distance, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.
"Brother Yunlei, I have met your junior brother, Taoist Yun Shui. He is very decent and down-to-earth. The disciples he teaches will not be any worse. They will definitely pass the test. Don't worry."
Cang Qingzi smiled and eased the atmosphere.
In fact, the nephew of his good friend Taoist Yunlei has fully met the qualifications to enter the Taoist temple to practice. Even if he jumps in line, it is in line with the rules.
With his power as the dean of Guangping Taoist Academy, he can decide the difficulty of the examination and the questions of the examination, and accept one or two people, which is a matter of one sentence.
However, he didn't want to go against his will, so he came up to talk about it.
The superiors did ask to jump in line to enter the Taoist temple, so it was best to ask questions.
It's just "best", not mandatory. There is room for maneuver.
As a fifth-grade immortal official, Taoist Yunlei looked at the entire Immortal Court and even the Celestial Dynasty. They were all in the middle and upper classes. How could he not understand the key points?
"I'm not worried, I have confidence in my nephew, but...Cang Qingzi, are you deliberately making things difficult for others?"
Taoist Yunlei was still a little grudge. He asked acquaintances for help, but not only did he not get any help, he was actually made to suffer.
He really couldn't save his face.
"Where there!"
Cang Qingzi denied: "Brother Yunlei, you also asked questions under the Dao monument. You must be very clear that this is indeed the most difficult test, but in a sense it is also the simplest test, right?"
"snort!"
Taoist Yunlei snorted and did not refute.
Cang Qingzi smiled:
"Brother Yunlei, I really am not denying you face. We have been friends for many years. How could I deliberately embarrass your nephew? Everyone knows that you and I are classmates. Your nephew jumped in the queue and entered the Taoist temple to attract attention. Only by passing Only by asking questions and taking heart tests can you convince others."
"This is also good for nephew Zhenyi, right?"
Taoist Yunlei was silent and displeased. It seemed that he was persuaded by Cang Qingzi, and the complaints in his heart faded a lot.
However, he was unwilling to give in.
A casual glance, trying to divert attention.
However, the next moment, Taoist Yunlei's face changed drastically, and his eyes showed a look of surprise.
"Brother Yunlei, why are you so expressionless? I speak from the bottom of my heart..."
Taoist Yunlei pointed to the stone tablet in the distance.
"Cang Qingzi, look at the stone tablet. The wordless stone tablet has words on it."
Cang Qingzi was stunned and turned around.
Sure enough, quietly, eight big characters slowly appeared on the wordless Taoist monument.
"Do justice for heaven and serve the people!"
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At almost the same time, these eight characters appeared on all wordless Taoist monuments in the entire Dachang Dynasty, from the imperial capital to Taoist temples in various states.
