Chapter 26: The Eight Immortals of Taoism and the Five Leaves of Zen

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"It's actually 'Fubo Yin'?"

"As expected, you have inherited the legacy of ancient military strategists."

In the pre-Qin era when a hundred schools of thought contended, those who were highly accomplished in military practice would often carve a special seal for themselves, which could be used to conquer corpse soldiers, ghost soldiers, and even soldiers.

In the Han Dynasty, because Dong Zhongshu dismissed hundreds of schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone, the military lineage inherited the Confucian worship of ancestral gods and began to have the ability to summon "heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals".

In fact, in Pei Wende's opinion, it is simply a technology for mass-producing "artificial strongmen".

It's just that unlike the yellow scarf warriors created by Taoism, military strategists do not pursue the individual strength of "artificial warriors", but use golden seals to command hundreds of soldiers and use formations to fight against all evils.

The birth of each golden seal is the result of the refinement of military practitioners combined with the luck of the dynasty.

In this era of decline of hundreds of schools, except for a few soldiers who have integrated into the Taoist and Buddhist families, the vast majority of gold seals are leftovers from the previous dynasty.

The "Fubo Seal" in the hands of the third uncle is obviously the latter.

"It's a pity that the golden seal you got is not complete, and you don't even have the ability to summon the 'Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals'."

Seeing through Fu Boyin's flaws at a glance, Pei Wende sighed with regret.

If it were a complete Fubo Seal, under the golden seal, hundreds of ghosts would be subdued and the demons would be forced to retreat. How could he be as afraid of a few evil ghosts as the third uncle?

"Compared to those colleagues on the battlefield..."

"I can escape death on the battlefield and still need this treasure to protect me for half my life. I am very satisfied."

Shaking his head gently, the third uncle, who already hated "immortal fate" because of his family, murmured.

"Now I just want to end it all quickly and let my mother-in-law rest in peace."

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Longyou Lake, Jinshan Temple.

"Eight Immortals? Celestial beings?"

Standing on the stone Buddha that Pei Wende often coiled around, Xiaoqing overlooked the temple river at his feet, but was thinking about the previous conversation with Hu Rui'er.

Through communication with Hu Rui'er, Xiaoqing not only learned about the centuries-old layout of the Buddhist and Taoist families, but also learned that the heavenly beings headed by Hu Rui'er were plotting against the "Eight Immortals".

According to Hu Rui'er, the "Eight Immortals of Shangdong" passed down by Li Xuan is not a Taoist inheritance, but an evolutionary trend of the convergence of the three religions.

According to Xiaoqing's own understanding, all practitioners who have escaped from the cage of their predecessors and embarked on the path of learning from hundreds of schools of thought and becoming a human being are candidates for the "Eight Immortals".

"If the three religions are harmonious, is Taoism completely true?"

Xiaoqing couldn't help but recall the outline of "The Eight Immortals of Shangdong" again. Xiaoqing knew that the heavenly people really wanted to seize the position of the Eight Immortals, and this sentence was their reference standard.

Even Xiao Qing himself would be qualified to become a candidate for the Eight Immortals if he could incorporate similar changes into the future "Nine Transformations of Dan Transformation".

As for the benefits of becoming an "Eight Immortals"?

Let’s not talk about the inspiration of the outline of “the three religions are harmonious and the Tao is completely true” for practitioners.

The ambition shown by Li Xuan alone is enough to show that the status of the "Eight Immortals" in the future, even if it is not as good as that of the Tao Ancestor, may not be much different.

Lao Tzu opened up the line of Taoism, and the Eight Immortals evolved Quanzhen Taoism...

This is an ancient inheritance and an ambition to carry forward the past and open up the future.

During the period of various schools of thought, there were many types of cultivation methods with ever-changing changes. Finally, during the Han and Tang dynasties, they were unified into the three religions of Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.

Taoism emphasizes transcendence and pursues immortality.

Buddhism emphasizes reincarnation and pursues cause and effect in past lives.

Confucianism advocates the worship of ancestors and ghosts and gods, believing that the three emperors, five emperors, and ancestors are all ghosts and gods, and are the best interpreters of Shinto law.

Once the "integration of the three religions and the complete truth of Taoism" advocated by Li Xuan becomes a reality, then the three religions and nine streams will once again be unified as they were during the Han and Tang Dynasties.

By then, it may become a fact that "all the arts in the world come from one family, and all three religions and nine streams are orthodox."

"What a big ambition, what a grand vision..."

Even a monster like Xiaoqing couldn't help but sigh after understanding what the "Eight Immortals" meant.

"It's a pity that Li Xuan is not the only one who understands this and embarks on this path."

Li Xuan intended to expand Taoism and bring all three religions and nine streams under the Taoist sect, and finally realize the unification and sublimation of Taoism.

But the problem is that not all practitioners who embark on this path are willing to become the "Eight Immortals".

Apart from anything else, the lineage of Zen Master Lingyou is no longer a pure Buddhist practitioner, and Pei Wende has completed the true convergence of Buddhism and Taoism.

However, neither Huiji nor Pei Wende could give up their current identities and integrate into the Taoist system advocated by Li Xuan.

"Taoism wants to play the Eight Immortals in the Shangdong Cave, and Buddhism also has one flower and five leaves."

Huiji appeared quietly behind Xiaoqing, and the smiling Huiji responded softly and said softly.

"I and Wen De came from Weishan. Although the method they practiced originated from the Sixth Patriarch Hui Neng, after these years of development and transformation, they have long been superior to others."

There was obviously no hint of humility in his words, but Huiji Yingshen's words gave people an inexplicable sense of authenticity and credibility.

"Now that I and Wen De have become disciples one after another, Weishan is the source of my bloodline, and I also intend to spread Buddhism in Yangshan..."

"So the first leaf of the five leaves of Zen Buddhism is my Buddhist sect!"

Staring at Hui Ji's body in silence, Xiaoqing was silent for a long time before slowly asking.

"Is this the 'future' that your body sees?"

Xiao Qing knows that Huiji has practiced "Leakage Clearance" and can see into the past and predict the future.

Therefore, she was not sure whether what Huiji Yingshen said now was just a vision in his mind, or whether it was the future that he had seen with his own eyes.

“There is never a certain future, only the past is truly certain.”

Shaking her head in disbelief, Huiji did not directly answer Xiaoqing's question.

"Whether the Eight Immortals in the Shangdong will achieve perfection in the future or the Five Leaves of Zen Buddhism will spread Buddhism widely is still unknown."

"The only thing I know for sure is that the world will get better and better."

She frowned slightly. Xiaoqing was not Pei Wende. She always hated Hui Ji's Zen-like chatting style.

"Speak frankly. I am not Pei Wende. I don't like playing riddles with you."

Being silenced by Xiaoqing's words, Huiji responded with a dumb smile before speaking again.

"Xiao Qing, do you think that with Pei Hui's character, he would deliberately expose his 'incarnation' to escape disaster because he is afraid that Wen De will be involved in the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism?"

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