Chapter 2173: Discussion of Tao in the Virtual Realm
While I was thinking, someone suddenly came from the mountain road and soon came to the outside of the pavilion.
But it was Li Xiran who stood outside the pavilion and said respectfully: "Master, the heads of Demonic Sound Valley and Qianfu Sect are here."
Liang Yan was not surprised by this. , nodded and said: "Bring them here."
"Yes."
Li Xiran turned around and left, then turned back soon, with two more people behind him.
One of them is an old man, wearing a dark robe, short and fat, with an unkempt beard and looks unkempt.
The other person is a young woman whose appearance is similar to that of Ouyang Mengqi, except that she has a black mole at the corner of her mouth and her body is more plump.
“Greetings to Sect Master Liang!”
When the two of them arrived outside the pavilion, they both saluted respectfully.
Liang Yan turned around and glanced at the two of them with a smile on his face: "You two Taoist friends don't need to be too polite. Come in and have a taste of the spiritual tea that Liang just brewed."
For these two people This person is no stranger to him at all, he has met him many times before.
The old man in Taoist robe is Ming Yizhou, the master of Qianfu Sect, and the senior brother of Shen Qianhe; the young woman is Ouyang Nichang, the master of Demonic Sound Valley, and the sister of Ouyang Mengqi.
"Since Sect Leader Liang has extended his invitation, we would be disrespectful to refuse."
Ming Yizhou chuckled, walked into the pavilion at the same time as Ouyang Nichang, and sat down in front of the stone table.
Three cups of spiritual tea were placed on the stone table, with white smoke rising from them.
"Two heads, please!" Liang Yan made a "please" gesture.
“Thank you, Sect Leader Liang!”
Ming Yizhou and Ouyang Nichang picked up the teacups at the same time and drank the spiritual tea in one gulp.
As the spiritual tea entered the stomach, a warm feeling spread throughout the body, and the mana increased slightly. Although this increase was minimal, it also made the two of them look surprised.
After a while, Ouyang Nishang said with some anxiety: "Sect Master Liang, this spiritual tea is not ordinary! I am really uneasy to be treated like this even though I have not made any great achievements."
Liang Yan said with a smile: " You two Taoist friends don’t have to be so formal. The Shuangjian Sect is different from the Huanyu Sword Sect. As long as you don't break the rules I set, Liang will not interfere with your sect, let alone force you to do anything."
The two of them listened. Finally, they looked at each other and felt a lot more at ease.
After a while, Ming Yizhou asked again: "I wonder why Sect Master Liang called us here today?"
Liang Yan put down the tea cup and said leisurely: "Then I Let’s get straight to the point. I invited you two here today because I want to ask you something.”
After saying that, he took out the jade medal from his sleeve.
"This jade plaque was found on Zuo Wanjian. Can you two recognize it?"
"This..."
The moment he saw the jade plaque, Ming Yi Zhou and Ouyang Nichang looked at each other with surprise.
The two of them pondered for a moment, as if they were considering their words. Finally, Ming Yizhou asked: "Sect Leader Liang, you don't recognize this? This is the recruitment order of the Confucian League."< br>
Liang Yan's heart was moved, he laughed, and said with a smile: "To be honest with you two, Liang is not a local monk in Dongyun Lingzhou, but came across the sea from other continents. He doesn't understand many things. He needs to ask for advice in the future. There are still many things you can do about them. "
He did not hide his identity as a foreign monk, because he had to rely on these two people for many things, and he definitely couldn't hide it, so he simply told them directly.
Besides the Antarctic Fairy Continent, there are exchanges with other continents, so it is not uncommon to have foreign monks.
"That's it."
Ming Yizhou nodded and said with a smile: "I'll just say that with the strength of Sect Leader Liang, he should have become famous throughout the continent. How can he become a member? Wu Ming? It turns out he is a master from another continent, which makes sense.”
Ouyang Nichang also smiled and said: "Yes, I thought that our Dongyun Lingzhou was the ancestral home of swordsmanship, but I didn't expect that there are masters in other continents. This world is so big that there are so many heroes."
"Two ridiculous people Liked it.”
< br>Liang Yan waved his hand and pointed to the jade plaque on the table again: "Let's get back to the topic. What is the use of this recruitment order?"
Ming Yizhou said: "The so-called 'recruitment order' is just as the name suggests. , used by the Confucian League The tokens used to recruit people are divided into three colors: white, yellow, and green. White is the most common and appears at the annual apprenticeship ceremony. As long as they are young talents under the age of twenty, with good bones and good bones. Anyone who intends to join the Confucian League may receive a token. "
"Yellow tokens are used to recruit famous monks. As long as they pass the examination, they can generally become academy supervisors, but a very small number of them can. There is also a chance to become a college teacher.”
"As for the blue token in the hands of Sect Master Liang, it is rare..."
After Ming Yizhou said this, he paused for a moment and asked: "I wonder if Sect Master Liang has ever heard of it? Have you ever heard of the 'controversy between Taoism and Confucianism' and the 'disaster for the world'? As I said, I wonder what this has to do with tokens?”
"There is a connection here. Sect Leader Liang, please listen to me slowly."
Ming Yizhou said: "But it is said that in ancient times, the cultivation world in Dongyun Lingzhou was not strong until Pengzu and Yuzu He came here to preach and educate sentient beings, creating the Taoist and Confucian sects. Since then, outstanding people have emerged in Dongyun Lingzhou, and even more talented and beautiful people have achieved the status of saints. "
"But during the process of preaching, conflicts arose between the Taoist and Confucian sects. Both sides wanted to become orthodox in the human race, so there was a dispute between the Taoist and Confucian sects."
"In the early days, the two sects wanted to resolve the issue. Conflicts are all won or lost through the way of sages discussing the Tao. This method is just right. It wasn't very intense at the beginning, with both sides winning and losing, but as the struggle continued, the losing side often became unwilling to accept it, and then started a bigger gambling fight, and in the end, all the saints on both sides ended up. The fight was so devastating that some saints fell. At the same time, Dong Yunling was also severely affected. The state's environment has caused irreversible damage. ""The two sects of Taoism and Confucianism educate all living beings, but they fight in such a brutal and bloody way, which is inevitable. Therefore, after several battles between saints, Dao Kui and the Confucian leader. There was a meeting and it was agreed that the battle between monks would be changed to an arena. Fighting, and saints are not allowed to participate."
"According to this method, the two factions of Taoism and Confucianism fought for many years, until the emergence of the 'disaster of the world'..."
Liang Yan. Hearing this, his eyes narrowed slightly, knowing that he had reached the most critical point.
Sure enough, I heard Ming Yizhou continue: "This 'Disaster Realm' is actually a secret realm. No one knows how it appeared, but what is certain is that the depths of the secret realm are connected. In the world of reincarnation, there are a lot of Strange creatures! These creatures are like ghosts. After coming out of the secret realm, they suck life everywhere, leaving no vegetation alive. The world has given this kind of creatures a name, 'Tianxu'."
"Ordinary monks' spells cannot harm 'Tianxu' at all. Only masters above the Tribulation Realm can cause harm to them. In order to prevent 'Tianxu' from continuously pouring out, both the Taoist League and the Confucian League have sent saint masters to the front. to suppress it. But when they got there, they discovered that the saint had no power at all. If the Dharma enters the 'World-Disaster Realm', once it is forcibly entered, the secret realm will collapse, and then the world of reincarnation will be completely sealed, and even greater trouble will arise."
"So, Taoism and Confucianism. Each faction sent a team of Yasheng masters to enter the secret realm. After they passed During the exploration, a strange stone found in the secret realm can actually be used to seal the 'World-wrecking Void Realm', and this stone was later named the 'Border-Suppressing Stone'."
"Use the 'Boundary-Suppressing Stone'. ', with the help of a saint, the 'World-defeating Realm' can be sealed. The greater the number, the longer the sealing time will be. After the seal is loosened, the Taoist and Confucian factions will need to send people into the secret realm again to search for new 'boundary-suppressing stones'..."
"Unexpectedly. There is such a weird place!" Liang Yan couldn't help but sighed when he heard this.
The world of reincarnation is a very mysterious place. He had also touched the entrance to the world of reincarnation in Fengdu City, but the pool of reincarnation there had dried up and there was no existence similar to "Tianxu".
"Can the saints from both Taoist and Confucian schools have nothing to do with this 'disaster in the world'?" Liang Yan asked with a frown.
Ming Yizhou sighed: "No one knows how the 'World Disaster Realm' appeared, but it cannot be closed. As for the responsibility of resisting the 'Tianxu', it naturally falls on the Dao Alliance and On the body of the Confucian League..."
"For this reason, the Taoist and Confucian factions changed the rules of battle. They no longer fought each other. Instead, they each sent some monks to enter whenever the seal was loosened. 'The World's Void Realm' will determine the outcome based on the number of boundary stones they collect."
"This battle is called the 'Virtual Realm Discussion', and the winning side can win in Dong Yun Ling. The state preaches, and the losing side shrinks its power and cannot conflict with the winning side until the next time the seal is loosened, and the Taoist and Confucian factions compete again."
"That's it."
Liang Yan nodded, vaguely guessing the purpose of the token in his hand.
But he still had some doubts in his heart and couldn't help but ask: "I once saw the power distribution map of Dongyun Lingzhou. More than 90% of it was divided between the Taoist League and the Confucian League, and there were few gray areas. There are so few, what are the two factions of Taoism and Confucianism fighting for?"
As soon as Ming Yizhou finished speaking, Ouyang Nichang next to him said first:
"Zongzhu Liang doesn't know. The power distribution map you see is only temporary. Many areas on it have both Taoist sects and Confucian academies. It's just that the Taoist Alliance won the last 'Void Realm Discussion', so many areas For the time being, the Dao League is in charge. If the Confucian League wins next time, these places will become Confucian League forces again."
"I understand."
Liang Yan smiled slightly and played with the recruitment order in his hand: "So this token in my hand is used by Confucianism to recruit heroes from all over the world in order to deal with the 'Void Realm Theory of Taoism', right?"
"Yes."
Ming Yizhou nodded: "Tao In order to deal with this battle, the two factions of Confucianism and Confucianism, in addition to sending their own masters into the 'Void Realm of Disaster', will also recruit heroes from all over the world. As long as they can pass their assessment, they will be eligible to join the corresponding camp and participate in the 'Virtual Realm Theory' Tao'."
"Last time The Dao Alliance won the 'Void Realm Discussion', and the boundary stones obtained by the two factions can seal the 'World Disaster Void Realm' in total for about five hundred years. Calculating the time, four hundred and seventy years have passed until the seal is loosened. There will only be more than thirty years left.”
Having said this, he touched his chin and continued: "According to my speculation, Zuo Wanjian most likely had contact with the Confucian League and was favored by the Confucian League, so he received an invitation. Unfortunately, he is already dead. , can no longer participate in this dispute between Taoism and Confucianism.”
When Liang Yan heard this, his heart moved and he asked: "As an outsider, are there any benefits to participating in this 'Void Realm Discussion'?"
"There are many benefits."
Ming Yizhou smiled and said: "Taoism and Confucianism are both profound. I don't know. There are so many unimaginable secret treasures. As long as you get enough boundary stones, you can redeem these secret treasures and get a chance to enter the sect's Scripture Pavilion."
Liang Yan looked astonished. , nodded and said: "This reward It's really tempting. No wonder there are so many people working for the Taoist and Confucian factions. I don't know what are the conditions for participating in this 'Void Realm Discussion of Taoism'?"
Ming Yizhou understood what he was thinking and immediately understood what he was thinking. He smiled and said, "I don't know about the Taoist League. The Confucian League has always recognized Cards do not recognize people. Since you have obtained this blue recruitment order, you are eligible to participate in the assessment. As long as your cultivation level reaches the level of transformation and calamity, and you pass the assessment, you can enter the four major academies of the Confucian League and prepare for the future. Jing Lun Tao' preparation."
"I understand."
Liang Yan smiled slightly, with a look of satisfaction on his face.
Through the introductions of Ming Yizhou and Ouyang Nichang, he had a relatively comprehensive understanding of the current situation in Dongyun Lingzhou.
The dispute between Taoism and Confucianism, the disaster of the world, the invasion of the sky... the situation here is completely different from the Antarctic Fairy Continent.
The reason why Liang Yan came to Dongyun Lingzhou was to take a further step on the path of swordsmanship. For this purpose, it was necessary to contact the Yaoguang Cave of the Dao League and the Sword Cang Academy of the Confucian League.
But he didn't want to get involved in the dispute between the two factions too quickly and be taken advantage of, so he established his own power in Yunmeng Mountain and planned to wait for the opportunity.
I didn’t expect that I came at the right time. There are still thirty years until the next “Virtual Realm Discussion”. This is an opportunity that only comes once in five hundred years!
Do you want to participate? If you participate, should you choose the Confucian League or the Taoist League?
This requires careful consideration...
Thinking of this, Liang Yan suddenly recalled the invitation Luo Qing sent to him. Now it seems that it is probably in line with this "virtual realm theory" "Tao" related!
There is also Puji from the Taoist League, who probably has the same general thoughts.
“Although the forces in Dongyun Lingzhou appear to be simpler than those in Antarctic Fairy Continent, they are intricate and complicated, and there will definitely be many overt and covert struggles...”
Liang Yan secretly thought in his heart. : "There are still thirty years left before the period of discussing the Tao. I'd better not rush to make a decision. I'll observe in secret first, take advantage of this period to refine the Youzhuang Divine Wood, and wait for the opportunity in thirty years." Let's do it."
Thinking of this, Liang Yan smiled slightly: "Thank you to the two heads for clarifying my doubts. Liang plans to stay in seclusion for a while. During this period, all matters of Yunmeng Mountain will be left to Li Xiran. "Ming Yizhou and Ouyang Nichang couldn't understand what he meant, so they immediately responded: "Don't worry, Sect Leader Liang, we will do our best to help you!"
"Yes."
Liang Yan nodded, with a look of satisfaction on his face...