Xu Qingnian was curious.
Daoist Wudu was also curious.
Extremely high quality spirit gold was an extremely precious material for the Immortal Sect.
It could be said that such materials were rare and scarce.
Now Daoist Spirit Refining Son, surprisingly, said that there was a place where a lot of it existed.
This was a bit odd?
Not to mention that Xu Qingnian needed the finest spirit gold, everyone needed the finest spirit gold, whether it was useful or not, they naturally wanted this kind of thing, and more was better.
If it wasn’t for Xu Qingnian helping them, honestly they wouldn’t have enough of their own extremely fine spirit gold to give it to Xu Qingnian.
“The Midcontinent Immortal Collection.”
His voice rang out, and his words made the crowd stare.
The Midcontinent Immortal Collection?
All of the people here were not idle, and had naturally heard of the secrets of the Midcontinent Immortal Collection.
Especially Xu Qingnian, who even possessed the map of the Midcontinent Immortal Collection.
Now that he had heard of the Mid Continent Immortal Collection, which hid a large amount of extremely high quality spirit gold, he was naturally a little surprised.
“How do you mean by that?”
“The Mid Continent Immortal Collection? There is a large amount of extremely high quality spirit gold?”
“What’s the claim?”
The crowd was curious, and they were full of curiosity about this too.
Daoist Spirit Refining Son stroked his beard and looked at the crowd and said.
“In the Central Continent Immortal Collection, it is not that there is a large amount of extremely fine spirit gold, but that there are countless extremely fine spirit gold.”
“The birth of spirit gold is that it takes millions of years to breed extremely high quality spirit gold in the midst of the Aura Mountains.”
“The Central Continent Immortal Collection has existed for countless years and theoretically, it fits the environment for the growth of spirit gold, so if there really is such a thing, the extremely high quality spirit gold that it contains is only impossible to estimate with common sense.”
“It would even give birth to ore and iron that is even better than the very best spirit gold.”
“Of course, this is just an idea, whether or not there really is, the poor dao really cannot say.”
Daoist Spirit Refining Son said so.
He didn’t exactly know, he had only reasoned it out himself.
However, this reasoning, which was reasonable and justified, was agreeable to Xu Qingnian.
The Midcontinent Immortal Treasure fit the environment in which the spirit gold grew, and it was rumoured that the Midcontinent Immortal Treasure had existed for countless years.
It was not enough to use a million years or ten million years.
Under such circumstances, then the Midcontinent Immortal Collection could indeed be hiding a large amount of extremely high quality spirit gold.
For a moment, Xu Qingnian’s heart became somewhat interested in the Midcontinent Immortal Collection.
The Martial Emperor had been to the Midcontinent Immortal Treasure, but he had not gone too far into it and had run into trouble.
He could go and see for himself, and if there was really some extremely high quality spirit gold.
If there was indeed a large amount of it, then one could target it.
Whether it was the fourth generation of saints or the fifth generation of saints.
Or the battle for the Buddha Sect, all the crises, all of them can be solved.
Now that the method of refining the Divine Martial Cannon had been solved, all that was lacking was the materials.
As long as there were enough materials.
Then all crises, were no longer crises.
However, Xu Qingnian still intended to put aside the matter of the Immortal Collection of the Central Continent.
At the very least, the matter of the Buddha Sect should be resolved first before considering the Midcontinent Immortal Collection.
After all, the Midcontinent Immortal Collection also contained many secrets.
“Senior Lin Zhen, junior wants to ask you a favour.”
Very quickly, Xu Qingnian looked at Lin Zhen Zhen and said.
Lin Zhen, was a first-grade powerhouse of the Returned Origin Formation Sect.
“Speak straightforwardly, Xu Sheng.”
The latter opened his mouth and looked at Xu Sheng and said so.
At the same time, he was also curious as to what Xu Qingnian wanted to do in order to find him.
“Senior Lin Zhen, can you help me engrave a few first-grade formations.”
Xu Qingnian stated his request.
He wanted to find the other party to engrave a first-grade formation.
Hearing this, Lin Lin was a little surprised, not knowing what Xu Qingnian wanted a First Grade Formation for, but he did not ask more questions and instead looked at Xu Qingnian and said.
“The first-grade formation that Xu Sheng needs, is it of that kind?”
Lin Zhen Zhen asked.
Formations were also divided into large and small, if one wanted to engrave a first-grade formation for the entire Great Wei Kyoto, it would be troublesome, one could not even think about it without three to five years, or even ten years.
Moreover, the materials and manpower required are extremely troublesome.
But if you just set up a small first-grade formation, such as a magic weapon enchanted with a first-grade formation, then it won’t take long.
It’s just mind consuming.
“It’s engraved in the magic weapon.”
“Lin Lin Zhen Zhen, this is the formation that the late generation needs, using the best formation jade.”
“The materials can be taken from the Ministry of Household, so I hope senior will do his best.”
Xu Qingnian spoke out, while taking out a list of the formations he needed on it.
The latter took the formations, and with just a glance, his expression changed slightly.
A total of eighteen first-grade formations would take some time, but what made him curious was what did Xu Qingnian need so many formations for?
To refine weapons?
That wasn’t necessary, what would one need so many magic weapons for?
Spellcraft were certainly good.
But if it wasn’t the kind of extreme magic weapon, for example, the Seven Great Daxian Sects all had extreme magic weapons, this kind of magic weapon was the most perfect magic weapon, its power was equal to half a first grade, and its overall ability, equal to a first grade.
Only, this kind of thing was definitely not something that could be refined by relying on a First Grade Formation.
This was what he was curious about.
His heart was filled with curiosity.
However, he did not think much about it, but looked at Xu Qingnian and said.
“It will take a month for all the formations to be refined.”
He stated the time, informing Xu Qingnian that it would take a month to finish refining the formations.
Just as soon as this was said, Xu Qingnian shook his head and looked at the other party and slowly spoke.
“I still hope that senior will do his best, within seven days, can it be engraved?”
A month?
That was too long, seven days was about right.
Of course, Xu Qingnian knew in his heart that this was a bit of an imposition, after all, it was an engraved formation and not a rush piece.
When this was said, the latter’s expression changed slightly, but after a while, he took a deep breath and looked at Xu Qingnian and said.
“I have asked the clan elders to engrave it together, and within seven days, it can be done.”
Real Lin Zhen Zhen gave his reply.
If it were anyone else, he would have refused outright, but Xu Qingnian was different, after all, he had obtained the upper part of the Tao Te Ching, and Xu Qingnian had great wisdom, so he might have an epiphany of some dao scripture that day.
The Immortal Sect needed to befriend Xu Qingnian, which would only have advantages, not disadvantages.
Naturally, Lin Lin was willing to agree, and it was not a bad thing to have Xu Qingnian owe him a favour.
“Many thanks, senior.”
Xu Qingnian bowed towards the other party, very grateful.
“Xu Sheng is very kind.”
“Actually, engraving an array is not too much of a ha*sle.”
“The real trouble is the Buddhist dialectic.”
“If I were to inscribe an array for Saint Xu, I would still hope that Saint Xu would step in and deal with the Buddha Sect when the time comes.”
At this moment, Lin Zhen Zhen spoke up, he was willing to inscribe the formation for Xu Qingnian, but had one request, he hoped that Xu Qingnian would go and deal with the Buddha Sect’s debate on this occasion.
It was not that the Immortal Sect would definitely lose in the debate, but there was a high probability that they would lose, after all, the Buddha Sect’s debate was known all over the world, not to mention.
The main thing is that the Buddhists have been preparing for five hundred years this time, and the last time they lost was when the Great Wei produced a sage of literature.
Nowadays, don’t dream about it.
Therefore, there was too great a probability that the Buddhists would win this debate, but today Xu Qingnian recited the Daoist Scriptures and slightly suppressed the likes of Divine Monk Huijue, which made them feel joyful, as if they had seen some hope.
Hearing the other side open their mouths, Xu Qingnian actually did not have any bottom.
Although Xu Qingnian did not know how the Buddhists debated the Dharma, he knew the dangers of debating the Dharma.
The common sense of debating the Dharma is that the original corresponds to the non-phase, and the original object refers to the non-object.
In the case of profound debates, the non-contrary to the original phase is used, and the non-object is referred to the original object.
If it is the method of sophistry, then it is the original corresponding to the original phase, and the original object refers to the original object.
These things are strange and weird, involving astronomy and geography.
But more often than not, they involve the meaning of Zen, the meaning of Buddha, the meaning of Tao, and the meaning of the universe.
Xu Qingnian can argue a few things, such as the origin of the universe, but these are all the same and not the same.
It is not a matter of the true nature of the world to use what can be known to prove what cannot be known.
But when it comes to profound debates, it’s a different story.
So Xu Qingnian did not look extremely confident, he needed to study the sutras he had read before.
It was a bit of a temporary fix, but this was something that could not be helped.
“Junior will do his best.”
Xu Qingnian nodded, sort of agreeing to do so, while at the same time urging the seniors a bit more about the extremely high quality spirit gold and the formation.
The crowd agreed directly, the Tai Shang Immortal Sect was the most straightforward, Daoist Wudu directly had people send the extremely high quality spirit gold, to the king’s residence.
At that moment.
Xu Qingnian left the Tai Shang Immortal Palace.
He was going back inside the king’s residence.
One was to take a good look at the Buddhist scriptures, and the other was to refine the Divine Martial Cannon.
Soon.
When Xu Qingnian had left, the voices of the six people also rang out.
“This sutra, it is truly a supreme ancient sutra of the Dao Sect, when listening to the sutra just now, the poor Daoist inexplicably felt his Yuan Shen ascend, if nothing unexpected happens, within a year, the poor Daoist Yuan Shen will be complete.”
Daoist Wuduan lamented as he praised the Tao Te Ching and could not help but utter his voice.
In fact, this Tao Te Ching Ching had benefited them so much that they just did not say these words in front of Xu Qingnian.
After all, they were of the first rank and still had some cheek.
Now that Xu Qingnian was gone, they were straightforward and told the current situation.
“Alas, Xu Sheng is truly a great talent in all the ages, he was in Confucianism, became a saint in one year, and then also in martial arts, and then entered sainthood in martial arts, and now he also cultivates the Immortal Dao, and even inscribed such extraordinary scriptures, how could there be such a miracle man in this world?”
Lian Lingzi could not help but speak up and praise Xu Qingnian.
“However, this scripture only has the upper part, not the lower part, what a pity, what a pity, if Xu Qingnian were my disciple, how wonderful it would be.”
“No, I will have to take a trip to Xu Sheng later, make a decision that goes against my ancestors, open up the Sword Pavilion and let Xu Sheng cultivate the sword dao, maybe Xu Sheng can comprehend a truly supreme sword technique.”
“For my sword cultivation, open the gates of heaven.”
Speaking of this, Jian Wuji was a little bit foolish.
Just as soon as this was said, the rest of the few Immortal Dao First Cla*ses were also a little moved.
However, Daoist Dustless’ voice could not help but ring out.
“Fellow Daoist Wuji, although your idea is good, it is only an idea, Xu Sheng is still indulging in Confucianism, and if you ask him to cultivate the Sword Dao, he already has no time for Confucianism and Martial Dao, plus cultivating the Immortal Sect’s method.”
“How will there be time to practise the sword dao.”
Daoist Dustless spoke up, dispelling the other party’s thoughts.
When this was said, Jian Wuji’s expression changed slightly, he wanted to retort a few words, but after thinking about it, Daoist Dustless was indeed right.
And just then, Lin Lin’s voice rang out.
“It’s only the upper dao sutra, yet I feel that it can elevate me quite a bit, if it’s the whole thing, perhaps it’s possible for us to achieve superlatives, there are superlatives in the Immortal Dao.”
“If we do achieve super-grade, the qi of my immortal dao will come.”
“At that time, what can we do even if the Buddhists win the debate against us? Among the six major systems, who has the super-grade? Only I, the Immortal Way.”
“Gentlemen, I have a bold idea, and I wonder if you are willing to do so?”
Real Lin Zhen spoke, and at the end of his sentence, he even revealed a touch of seriousness.
When this was said, the crowd was somewhat curious and could not help but look at him one after another.
“What’s the idea?”
“Say it and listen.”
The crowd asked.
And the latter took a deep breath and slowly spoke.
“If this time when the Buddhists debate, the Immortal Way loses and the Confucian Way also loses, if we don’t want to sit around and wait for death, we might as well completely integrate into the Great Wei and vote our hearts and minds, willing to support the Great Wei Dynasty.”
“In this way, it would be considered as adding the Immortal Sect’s qi to the Great Wei’s national luck, which would be a bit of a loss for my Immortal Sect, but it would also be considered as suppressing the Buddhist Sect, and at the same time creating a real good relationship with Xu Sheng.”
“After all, Xu Sheng is the king of the Great Wei to pacify the chaos, and is single-mindedly dedicated to the Great Wei dynasty; we, the Immortal Sect, are idle clouds and cranes, and by adding the Immortal Dao’s qi to the Great Wei, we will both prosper and lose, so perhaps Xu Sheng will be willing to give us the second half of the Dao Sutra.”
“Once the Immortal Sect has given birth to a superlative, it would truly open up a new era for our Immortal Dao, and would also allow our Immortal Dao to leap to the top of the six major systems.”
“What do you think, Your Excellency?”
Real Lin Zhen Zhen stated his plan.
In reality, he did not think highly of the Buddhist Sect debating the Dharma, at least the Immortal Sect was certainly not capable of debating the Dharma, and losing was a certainty, it was just that they would definitely not be happy to let them just admit defeat like this.
Nor did they want to let the Buddhist Sect take advantage of them, so they might as well join the Great Wei Dynasty completely, not quite submit, not quite belong, but integrate into the Great Wei Dynasty.
Let the Immortal Sect’s qi be added to the Great Wei dynasty, so that at the very least, the Buddhist Sect would not be able to dominate.
It could still continue to meander.
When this was said, Daoist Wudu, Jian Wuji, Spirit Refining Son and the others fell somewhat silent.
This suggestion was indeed bold, but it was not a bad one, and could only be described as betting everything on the Immortal Sect.
“But what if the Buddhist Sect loses?”
Jian Wuji couldn’t help but speak up and looked at the other side curiously.
“That depends on who wins against the Buddha Sect, anyway, the Immortal Sect doesn’t have much to hope for, just those crooked people you have cultivated, it’s better not to hope.”
“The only hope is Xu Sheng.”
“So if Xu Sheng wins, then all the more reason for us to do so, to integrate directly into Great Wei and add to its national fortunes, and also to give Xu Sheng an attitude to get the second half of the Dao Sutra,”
Lin Lin said so.
When this was said, the crowd fell silent.
It was because the idea he had mentioned could indeed be given some thought.
“This matter still needs to be discussed and deliberated over.”
“But it can be reserved.”
“But right now, we should not just focus on this matter, the Buddhist Sect argues the Dharma, if they win, they win, and if they win and lose anyway, my Immortal Sect has always been suppressed.”
“The matter of the Devil’s Cave is what we have to focus on, recently the Devil’s Cave grievances are becoming more and more terrifying, the seal may break at any time, once something happens to the Devil’s Cave, that is the real trouble.”
“In fact, the Poor Dao would like the Buddhists to win.”
Daoist Wudu spoke slowly, mentioning another matter.
Once this was said, the crowd instantly understood what Daoist Dustless meant.
This statement had two meanings.
Firstly, he hoped that the Buddha Sect would win, in which case he would be able to suppress the demons in the world.
Secondly, he hoped that the Buddhists would win because he was worried that if the Buddhists lost, they would not have some evil intentions.
No one can say these things.
“Alright, no more nagging, first go back and understand the sutra properly, when we meet in some days, we will expound on our insights, this sutra will definitely benefit us greatly.”
“Brother Wuji, what you said just now, don’t think too much about it and don’t bother Xu Sheng, at least for this period of time.”
Daoist Wudu said so.
At the same time, he did not forget to admonish Jian Wuji a little, lest he should go and disturb Xu Sheng.
Hearing this, Jian Wuji nodded, but did not say anything.
Soon, the people bid each other farewell and left the place.
Just when they had left.
Daoist Wuduan quietly began to meditate, and after about half a column of incense, when they had completely left, Daoist Wuduan immediately stood up and called out to the outside.
“Ziying, come quickly.”
He transmitted his voice and opened his mouth, telling the other party to come quickly.
In an instant, Lu Ziying walked inside the great hall and looked at his master with some curiosity.
“What is it, Master?”
Lu Ziying asked curiously.
“Quickly, go within the Hidden Scripture Pavilion, take out the Twelve Ancient Scriptures of the Inner Court and send them to Xu Sheng.”
Daoist Wudu spoke up and told Lu Ziying to fetch the Twelve Ancient Scriptures of the Inner Court and give them to Xu Sheng.
As soon as this was said, Lu Ziying’s expression instantly changed.
“Master, are you crazy?”
“The Twelve Ancient Scriptures of the Inner Court, this is the core heart method of our Tai Shang Immortal Sect.”
Lu Ziying directly froze.
He did not expect Daoist Wudu to say these words.
“What core heart method or not.”
“Just now, in the Zhantian Sword Sect, your Senior Uncle Wuji even wants to open a sword pavilion and wants to befriend Xu Sheng.”
“To renew an invincible path for the sword dao, our Tai Shang Immortal Sect is the top of the Seven Great Daxian Sect, this kind of thing, definitely can’t miss.”
“I have already stabilized your Master Wuji, but I observe that your Master Wuji is always foolish, I think this is something that will happen sooner or later, instead of letting him befriend Xu Sheng, why don’t we, the Tai Shang Immortal Sect, come first.”
“Don’t talk nonsense, hurry up and remember, be careful, don’t let anyone find out.”
“If you are really found out, just say that you are sending extremely high quality spirit gold over.”
“Got it?”
Daoist Dustless said so, telling the other party to hurry over and not delay.
He even helped the other party find a good excuse.
“Master, are you serious?”
“Twelve Inner Court Sutra, this is the core merit method of the Tai Shang Immortal Sect, non-core may not be read, take it to Xu Sheng, my apprentice doesn’t feel anything to that, but I’m afraid that if something happens later, and the Tai Shang elders impeach you, then you won’t blame me.”
Lu Ziying said seriously.
“Get the hell out of here and give the scriptures to Xu Sheng.”
“So much nonsense.”
Daoist Dustless kicked on Lu Ziying and told him to hurry up and get to work.
And Lu Ziying was somewhat hard to bear helplessly.
It wasn’t because of the Twelve Inner Court Sutras, but the fact that his own master valued Xu Qingnian so much made him want to cry a little.
Originally, he was the favoured son.
Now Xu Qingnian had become the favourite of the Immortal Sect.
How could this not make him feel bad.
At this moment, Lu Ziying inexplicably felt some emotions.
He let out a long sigh as he inexplicably envied Chen Shu and the others.
At the very least, although these people were not as outstanding, they were unique in their own field.
This glory of being the number one handsome person in the Immortal Dao himself was now completely taken away by Xu Qingnian.
It was hard to bear.
And at this moment.
Outside the capital of Great Wei.
The divine monk Hui Jue was chanting scriptures, and the Buddha’s light was shining, appearing to be like a Buddha.
Only, in the midst of the Buddha’s light, Divine Monk Huijue and the eight hundred scripture debating monks were also transmitting their voices to each other, which could not be heard by outsiders.
This was a unique divine ability.
“Divine Monk, Xu Qingnian has obstructed the Buddha’s teachings beyond Kyoto, and it is a bit disheartening for us to be like this.”
A sutra-defending monk spoke out, his words filled with dissatisfaction.
“How can the Buddha’s teachings be blocked outside.”
“It is just that we are not proficient enough in the Dharma.”
The Huijue divine monk corrected the other party’s words.
At these words, the latter instantly uttered.
“Amitabha Buddha, the little monk was thinking.”
He self-admitted his mistake and acknowledged the words of the Huijue divine monk.
However, the voice of the Huijue divine monk also sounded out.
“Poor monk has misjudged this Xu Qingnian.”
“He is indeed extraordinary, having such profound intentions about the Dao, but unfortunately, he does not understand Zen, nor does he understand Buddhism, still less does he understand such truths as the emptiness of all dharmas and the reflection of emptiness in all things.”
“Our enemy is still the Sublime King Chaoyang, he is our enemy, all the rest are not.”
The divine monk Hui Jue did not despise Xu Qingnian, but he still did not think that Xu Qingnian knew Zen theory or Buddhism.
It was not a matter of despising Xu Qingnian, but a matter of perception.
“Don’t think too much about it, continue to chant the Buddhist sutra.”
Soon after, Divine Monk Hui Jue spoke up, telling the crowd not to think too much and to chant the sutra before saying anything.
At that moment, the chanting of the sutras became even louder, except that the Buddha’s light was like rippling ripples, rippling past layer by layer, but it was never able to enter the capital of Great Wei.
Everyone actually understood that the Buddhist debate was about to come.
Whether they would lose or win, no one could say.
Even though Xu Qingnian had suppressed the Buddha’s teachings with the Dao Sutra today, this was only a brief encounter, neither side had really taken any real action, and it was still unknown who would win.
However, not only the divine monk Huijue, but in fact many people in the Great Wei also had their hopes pinned on Wang Chaoyang.
He was, after all, a sub-sage, with three thousand great scholars, so he was naturally different, so how could such a person not be noticed?
As for Xu Qingnian.
The people of Great Wei were supportive of Xu Qingnian and were full of trust in him, believing that Xu Qingnian could succeed in debating the law.
However, the people’s support was slightly blind and had deified Xu Qingnian.
It is not really a good thing to think that Xu Qingnian is omnipotent.
It was just that no matter what, everything still had to wait until the critical moment, and there would be a result as to which was stronger or weaker.
In the Royal Palace of Great Wei.
Lu Ziying brought the Twelve Inner Court Scriptures to the royal residence.
Inside the main hall.
Lu Ziying did not avoid anything and handed the Twelve Inner Court Scriptures to Xu Qingnian, and at the same time, he also conveyed what his master had to say to Xu Qingnian.
When he saw the Twelve Inner Court Scriptures, Xu Qingnian couldn’t help but smile dumbly.
Lu Ziying was somewhat puzzled and looked at Xu Qingnian and said.
“Brother Xu, although you inscribe the Supreme Ancient Scripture, do not underestimate the gong methods of our Immortal Sect, which is not a cultivation method, but an imprinting method, which will definitely help you.”
Lu Ziying explained, mistakenly thinking that Xu Qingnian was looking down on this heart method.
“Brother Lu don’t misunderstand.”
“Mister Xu didn’t mean that, it’s just that Brother Zhou and Brother Li had both come before, and each brought out their sect’s heart method over.”
Xu Qingnian said with a bitter smile.
Saying so.
He was not looking down on the Twelve Inner Court Scriptures, but he felt how the Immortal Sects all did things the same way.
Upon hearing this, Lu Ziying froze a little.
Good Lord, he was actually late?
For a moment, Lu Ziying was also a little depressed.
Luckily, Xu Qingnian did not continue to dwell on this matter, but took out the Tao Te Ching transcription chapter and handed it to Lu Ziying, saying.
“Brother Lu, understand it well.”
Seeing what Xu Qingnian handed up, Lu Ziying was a little surprised.
After a careful look, it was the Tao Te Ching.
For a moment, Lu Ziying was a little touched and a little less than impressed.
“Brother Xu.”
He wanted to open his mouth to say something, however Xu Qingnian shook his head, meaning simply that he was one of us, so don’t pretend.
For a moment, Lu Ziying had nothing to say, although he had pride, but in the face of the Tao Te Ching, pride selectively disappeared at this moment.
“Brother Xu’s great kindness is remembered, if I need to help with anything in the future, I will definitely do my best.”
Lu Ziying was very touched, although there was no need to make a scene, he still had to say it, otherwise he would be too ignorant of the human condition.
It was only when this was said that Xu Qingnian really spoke up.
“Brother Lu, there is really one thing that I need your help with.”
Xu Qingnian said very seriously.
In an instant, Lu Ziying also became incomparably serious and looked at Xu Qingnian curiously.
“Please speak, Brother Xu.”
Lu Ziying asked.
“I heard that the Tai Shang Immortal Sect has an immortal sword called the Tai Shang Immortal Sword, which is infinitely powerful, I wonder if it is true?”
Xu Qingnian asked.
“This is true, but if Brother Xu wants to borrow it, I’m afraid he can’t.”
“As for the other things, they can all be done.”
Lu Ziying nodded, the Tai Shang Immortal Sword, was one of the Immortal Sect’s extreme magic weapons, the Tai Shang Immortal Sect had two extreme magic weapons, and the Tai Shang Immortal Sword was considered one.
He subconsciously thought that Xu Qingnian wanted to borrow the sword, borrowing the sword was impossible, but anything else would do.
“Other than borrowing the sword, anything else is fine?”
Xu Qingnian asked seriously.
“That’s natural.”
Lu Ziying nodded and said with a certain tone.
“Alright then, Brother Lu, you go get the sword and kill all the vultures outside, can you do this favor?”
Xu Qingnian said with all seriousness.
When this was said, Lu Ziying could not help but stare.
At that moment, he got up and left directly, not saying a word to Xu Qingnian.
D*mn you.
Let me go and kill all these vultures?
Do you think I, Lu Ziying, am a fool? It wasn’t that he couldn’t beat them, with the help of the Immortal Sword, he could seriously injure the Huijue Divine Monk, but the problem was that if he really did that, he would be causing a lot of trouble.
He was sick.
“Alas, Brother Lu, Brother Lu, it’s fine to kill eight hundred scripture debating monks.”
Xu Qingnian spoke up, for a change, killing the Huijue Divine Monk was somewhat difficult, killing the Scripture Debating Monk was not difficult, right?
“Brother Xu, another would be highly intelligent.”
Lu Ziying’s voice rang out, not bothering to take care of Xu Qingnian.
Looking at Lu Ziying who left, Xu Qingnian sighed and muttered somewhat.
“Don’t say your words so full if you’re not capable, the Immortal Dao lineage really doesn’t work.”
Xu Qingnian was slightly disappointed.
And Lu Ziying, who walked out of the lobby, was even more stunned.
He was tempted to turn around and take the job, but after thinking about it he turned around and walked away, not daring to linger.
When Lu Ziying had left.
Xu Qingnian didn’t say any more nonsense either.
He was going to start smithing.
The six great immortal clans had all sent extremely fine spirit gold, adding up to five hundred and seventy pounds.
His Majesty had also sent all the extremely fine spiritual gold in the treasury, but the amount was not much, only eighty catties.
There was still about fifty jins that needed to be shipped over from all over the world.
In other words, one had six hundred and fifty jins of extremely fine spiritual gold on hand.
It was not a small amount.
But it was not much either.
It was no problem to refine a First Grade Divine Martial Cannon.
In an instant.
Xu Qingnian directly began to refine the Divine Martial Cannon.
Luckily, Xu Qingnian possessed the Sun True Flame.
This flame, which could burn everything, would have taken at least a few days just to melt the extremely high quality spirit gold if not for the help of the Sun True Flame.
After all, Xu Qingnian’s current realm was only the third grade of the Immortal Dao, so if it wasn’t for the Sun True Flame, and the augmentation of the Tao Te Ching, how would it be possible to refine a first grade magic weapon?
The flames burned.
The extremely high quality spirit gold instantly turned into golden juice.
Little by little, Xu Qingnian began to refine it. Refining the First Grade Divine Martial Cannon, Xu Qingnian naturally did not dare to be reckless and was ten times more serious than before.
And so it went.
Time pa*sed little by little.
In the blink of an eye.
Three days had pa*sed.
During these three days, the whole of Great Wei’s Kyoto seemed very calm, and apart from the Buddhist disciples chanting sutras outside day and night, nothing else happened.
However, on that very day.
A piece of news came that made the whole of Great Wei’s Kyoto completely peaceful.
Word came from the Heaven and Earth Literature Palace that Wang Chaoyang would not be participating in the Dharma debate.
That’s right.
Wang Chaoyang would not participate in the debate.
In his words, his purpose was to teach the world’s scholars, and he did not want to participate in the debates, nor did he want to participate in the debates.
Moreover, this is the Great Wei, and there are people of high calibre here, so there is no need for him to appear.
This was Wang Chaoyang’s intention.
Everyone knew what Wang Chaoyang meant by these words.
He was saying that he had nothing to do with the Great Wei Dynasty, and that if the Buddhists came to debate the Dharma in Great Wei, they would have to come from their own people.
He had nothing to do with it.
These words were uttered, causing the people of Kyoto to inexplicably loathe Wang Chaoyang.
But in reality, inside the Palace of Heaven and Earth.
Wang Chaoyang looked very calm.
He had a reason for refusing to argue the law this time, and he did not know that such a refusal would attract the hatred of the people.
But he was not allowed to argue the law from above.
He did not want to argue the case, but the main reason was because of Xu Qingnian.
Wasn’t that how the Great Wei looked up to Xu Qingnian?
In that case, he wanted to see if Xu Qingnian could successfully argue the law.
He was waiting for Xu Qingnian to make a fool of himself.
He also wanted to let the people of Wei know one thing.
That is, Xu Qingnian is not a god and he is not capable of doing everything.
Combining the above two points, Wang Chaoyang refused to argue the law.
Of course, even if there was no such thing, he could not argue the Dharma even if the top spoke up.
This time, the Buddhist sect suddenly argued the law, definitely not suddenly, but with premeditation and planning.
Many things were definitely not as simple as they appeared.
But no matter what.
With Wang Chaoyang refusing to argue the Dharma, for a while, the whole of Great Wei was a little worried.
But little by little, time pa*sed.
Finally.
It was the seventh day.
Divine Monk Huijue stopped chanting with his eight hundred scripture debating monks.
At this moment, the divine monk Huijue slowly stood up, he looked at the crowd of people looming over the walls of Kyoto and slowly spoke.
“I, Huijue of the Tianzhu Temple, have been ordered by the temple to travel eastward in the Dharma and debate the teachings of the world.”
“Today, the Dharma will be debated in the capital of Great Wei for seven days.”
As the words of the divine monk Huijue rang out.
In an instant.
A huge statue of Buddha appeared in the sky, holding the Seal of Self-Realization, and a three-dimensional golden lotus coalesced under the feet of the divine monk Huijue, looking incomparably solemn and sacred.
A golden lotus also emerged under the feet of the Eight Hundred Scripture Debating Monks, but there was no product, but it still shone with Buddha’s light.
Boom, boom, boom.
The ancient sound of chanting scriptures rang out, and the vast ocean of chanting power was added, making the capital of Great Wei incomparably radiant.
The Buddha’s will was like an ocean, the chanting power was vast and limitless.
Inside Kyoto, countless gazes had already gathered, and the world was watching, not knowing how many people had come to Great Wei Kyoto in the past seven days.
They were all waiting for this amazing debate.
Now that the debate had begun, they were naturally excited.
As the voice of the divine monk Huijue rang out, Great Wei Kyoto was also completely abuzz with excitement.
“Amitabha Buddha.”
“Dare I ask the Taoist Master of the city, Buddha has ten thousand ways, all of which lead to ultimate happiness, how many ways does the Tao have?”
The divine monk Hui Jue spoke up, but his target, directed at the Immortal Gate, presented the first argument for debate.
For a moment, the Immortal Gate was silent.
No one in the city gave an answer.
The disciples of the Seven Great Daxian Sects had all heard the voice of the Divine Monk Hui Jue, only they were not in a position to go into it, nor did they dare to answer.
After about a short while, a voice came from the Tai Shang Immortal Sect.
“The Dao is immeasurable.”
This was the response from the Tai Shang Immortal Sect.
It was one of the elders.
After all, not answering all the time was not a good thing after all, and as the Tai Shang Immortal Sect was the head of the Seven Great Daxian Sects, it naturally could not escape.
It was only when this reply rang out.
Divine Monk Hui Jue could not help but ask slowly.
“The Dao is infinite, so why is there no one who has become immortal?”
Divine Monk Hui Jue asked.
When this was said, the latter immediately gave an answer.
“The Dao is limitless, but we monastics have not yet penetrated the truth, so it is naturally normal for there to be no one who has become immortal.”
He gave his reply.
Just as soon as he finished speaking, in the Immortal Palace, Daoist Dustless could not help but shake his head and sigh.
This answer might as well not have been given.
Indeed, when he finished his answer, the divine monk Huijue could not help but fold his hands and say.
“This is a very good word.”
In an instant, the disciples of the Immortal Sect all frowned as they instantly understood what the Divine Monk Huijue was doing.
He came in and dug a hole.
The first encounter was a straightforward defeat for the Immortal Sect.
The people of Kyoto were a bit dumbfounded, not understanding what was going on, but after some careful thought, they instantly understood what was going on.
The divine monk Hui Jue first said that Buddha had ten thousand laws and asked the Immortal Sect how many laws they had.
The Immortal Gate replied that there were limitless dharmas, and the divine monk asked why there were no immortals if there were limitless.
This is in fact already digging a hole.
Common sense would have explained that it was his own incompetence and had nothing to do with the Dao.
But this was the answer that the divine monk Huijue wanted.
People hadn’t even said that your Immortal Sect was incompetent, and you yourself had admitted that you were incompetent, so what was the point of arguing the Dao?
“It is the poor dao’s lack of meditation, it has nothing to do with the Immortal Sect.”
At this moment, within the Tai Shang Immortal Palace, that elder’s face was ugly as he admitted his fault in public, and then shut up.
It couldn’t be helped.
If he didn’t take the initiative to admit his mistake, it would mean that the Immortal Sect had no capable person.
Instead of bringing the whole Immortal Sect into disrepute, it would be better to dump the pot on himself, or at the very least, it would be a final salvation.
The first encounter.
The Immortal Sect had suffered a loss.
Not a big one.
But anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Buddha Sect had really come prepared.
The Immortal Sect was indeed somewhat powerless.
It is not that the Immortal Sect is inferior to the Buddhist Sect, but it is true that the Immortal Sect is not good at debating.
It is not the same as their respective environments.
If a disciple of the Buddhist school is intelligent, the Buddhist school will let him study the scriptures, properly penetrate the Dharma, and then walk a thousand miles, follow the masters to understand all things and think about life.
Whereas if a disciple of the Immortal School is intelligent, the Immortal School just cultivates well, refuels his efforts and then is gone.
This still has to be seen before a word is said, otherwise usually everyone is practicing qi and cultivating immortality, who has time to pay attention to you.
There is a cla*sic story from the dusty world.
There were two rich men, one of them believed in Buddhism and the other in Taoism.
The one who believed in Buddhism went to a deep mountain and found an old monk who told him that he wanted to disappear into the void.
The one who believed in the Tao went to the deep mountains and also found an old Taoist, saying that he revered the Tao and wanted to cultivate immortality. The old Taoist nodded and also told him to sit in meditation for three days, but allowed the other to eat and drink, and also allowed him to walk around.
Only, after the latter had meditated for three days, when he wanted to pay homage to the master, he found that the other party had disappeared.
A message was left behind.
Don’t bother me about immortality cultivation if there is nothing to do.
This is the nature of the relationship between Buddhism and Daoism, not that Buddhism is selfless, because Buddha ferries rich, oh no, destined people.
It’s not that the Taoists are selfish, but the Taoists are about the self, the original self, the true self, if you want to practice immortality you can do it yourself, it’s not like there are no scriptures or laws, you can read them yourself and ask someone if you don’t understand.
In short, don’t disturb other people’s monasticism.
It is for this reason that Buddhism has a certain degree of systematization and compulsion.
Apart from some precepts, you can do whatever you want, and you don’t have enough time for yourself, so you don’t have time to worry about you.
You don’t cultivate immortality and wait to die, do you?
At this time.
Outside Kyoto.
The divine monk Hui Jue did not continue to speak anymore, the debate itself was a question and answer session, he asked his question and the next one was from the Immortal Gate.
There was still silence for a quarter of an hour.
The voice of the Immortal Sect of Tai Shang rang out.
This time, it was the voice of Daoist Wudu.
“Dare I ask the divine monk Huijue, where did he come from?”
Daoist Dustless spoke.
“From the Western Continent.”
Without thinking, the divine monk Huijue answered directly.
“Dare I ask if the road is far or the heart is far?”
Daoist Dustless spoke out directly and began a Zen debate.
For a moment, the divine monk Huijue was slightly silent, and then spoke.
“When there is no phase in the heart, the end of the world is a stone’s throw away.”
Divine Monk Huijue replied.
“If there is no phase, why is there a need to debate the Dharma?”
Daoist Wudu spoke indifferently.
But the divine monk Huijue looked very calm and said.
“If one does not argue the Dharma, how can one know that there is no phase?”
At these words, Daoist Dustless’s voice suddenly became louder.
“Since there is no phase, then who is the one who debates the scriptures? Is it a pig or a dog?”
So said Daoist Dustless.
This statement drew the crowd to gasp in awe.
The disciples of the Immortal Sect shouted their approval, and many people within Kyoto could not help but clench their fists and shout out a good word.
Pressing on, they did not understand.
In the Imperial Palace of Great Wei, the Empress listened quietly to the two men’s meditation, and when she heard Daoist Wudu speak in this way, she could not help but nod in praise.
As for the people, they frowned repeatedly, most of them not understanding the meaning of this zen.
“What’s all this talk?”
“Yes, I can’t even understand it, what is it?”
The people murmured, expecting an amazing buzz, but they had overestimated themselves.
It was completely incomprehensible.
But at that very moment.
In the middle of the restaurant, a voice slowly rang out.
It was a voice that solved the confusion for the world.
“It’s not that simple.”
“The Daoist Master of the Immortal Sect asked Monk Huijue where he came from, meaning what he came to do in Great Wei.”
“Monk Huijue replied that he had come from the Western Continent, which is a holy place for Buddhism, to promote the Dharma.”
“The Daoist Master of the Immortal Gate asked if the road was far or the heart was far, and the implication was that this time to promote Buddhism was not a bit of a big deal?”
The voice rang out and it was a monk, around thirty years old, sitting in the middle of a restaurant with wine and meat in front of him, looking out of place.
But the monk had a clear brow and was very gentle in his speech, explaining patiently with the crowd.
It was only the fact that he addressed the Immortal Gate as Daoist Master and Huijue as Monk that struck people as a little odd.
But the crowd didn’t care about that, rather they still didn’t understand, they didn’t understand.
“Little Master, can you be a little more plain and understandable, I still don’t understand it.”
“This road is far away or the heart is far away, why does it mean that again?”
The crowd opened their mouths, hoping that the other party could be a little more straightforward.
For a moment, the latter froze for a moment, and immediately afterwards he did not lose his temper, but said something else instead.
“The road is far away from the heart, this means that you have run all the way from the Western Continent, are you tired of walking or your heart is a little more tired, after all, two continents apart, you have spent so much effort to come to Great Wei, your obsession is too deep, where you look like a disciple of the Buddhist sect.”
“In fact, this is the key point of the debate, the Daoist Master of the Immortal Gate has made a move, no matter whether you say the road is far away or the heart is far away, you are tired, that is, you admit that you have distracting thoughts, you have obsessions, you are not a true Buddhist disciple, as before, whether I am incompetent or the Dao is incompetent, in fact, you are incompetent and have fallen short.”
“But Monk Hui Jue did not answer this question, but replied that he had no distracting thoughts in his heart, but only to promote the Buddha’s teachings, that the Buddha’s teachings were free of attachment, so he also had no attachment, no distracting thoughts, and that he was already the Buddha, so no matter how far away it was, everything was under the Buddha’s feet, and there was no question of whether the road was far away or the heart was far away.”
“At this time, Monk Hui Jue considered himself not a human being, but a Buddha, a Buddha without attachment, and came to the Great Wei to debate the Dharma, a Buddha’s law of nature, in accordance with the principles of heaven and nature.”
“However, the meaning of the Daoist Master of the Immortal Gate is simple: you say you are a Buddha and have no obsessions, so why come all the way to Great Wei to debate the Dharma? Why do you want to propagate the Dharma, which is not a distracting obsession, is that what this is?”
“And Monk Hui Jue replied, if you do not debate the Dharma, how can you show that you have no distracting thoughts.”
“And the Taoist Master of Xianmen asked his opponent, Buddha is formless and you are tangible, but you claim that you are Buddha and have no clinging thoughts, so is it a pig or a dog that stands before me?”
“Do you all hear me?”
The young monk spoke, and he recounted this meditation in the simplest way possible.
Just barring that, it was not said very carefully, for it involved Zen.
It is difficult to speak zen with the world, and it is good to get the general meaning out, otherwise you would not even know what the two men were saying.
After these words, the people seemed to understand.
“I see, from the very beginning, Daoist Wudu thought that the other party had come to Great Wei to promote Buddhism, not to universalize all beings, but that his heart was obsessed and false, while Divine Monk Huijue thought he was Buddha and had come to magnify Buddhism, not obsessed, but for the sake of the world’s living beings.”
Someone spoke up and summed up.
“Right.”
The young monk nodded and gave his appreciation.
For a moment, the people were a little emotional.
It was so D*mned complicated, but it was also so D*mned loaded with truth.
These days, you don’t know what people are talking about unless you read a bit.
At this moment, the people looked at the divine monk Huijue in the sky, very curious about what the other side would answer.
And after a little contemplation, the divine monk Huijue gave his answer immediately afterwards.
“Is it the pig-dog in the eyes of the Taoist Master, or is it the pig-dog in his heart?”
The Divine Monk Hui Jue spoke, and this was his reply.
You call me a pig dog, so please ask whether it is the pig dog in your eyes or the pig dog in your heart.
This is again digging a hole.
If it is the pig-dog in your eyes, it proves that you are not allowed to practise, and that you see people with the naked eye.
If it is the pig and dog in your heart, then it is because you have dust in your heart and see people as not people.
This statement was made.
The Dustless Daoist thought for a moment, and then said bluntly.
“Not the eye, not the heart.”
But as soon as this statement was made, Daoist Dustless regretted it somewhat.
For the divine monk Hui Jue folded his hands and slowly spoke.
“None.”
In an instant, Daoist Dustless let out a long sigh, and then bowed deeply towards Divine Monk Huijue.
“Poor Daoist has lost.”
He was very direct, admitting his defeat.
People were astonished, especially the disciples of the Immortal Sect, they could not understand how they had lost straight away for good reason.
Didn’t we talk about it properly just now?
How could they have lost when we were fighting each other?
In the capital of Wei, only a small number of people knew why Daoist Wu had lost, while the majority of people were filled with confusion.
Inside the restaurant, the people were also looking at the young monk, their eyes full of curiosity.
And this young monk, sighing, looked at the divine monk Huijue and said.
“Monk Hui Jue’s debating skills are indeed one of the best in Tianzhu Temple.”
“He asked the Daoist Master of the Immortal Gate whether the pig and dog you spoke of was what your eyes saw, or what your heart determined?”
“Whatever the answer, it is wrong; what the eye sees is not true, and what the heart sees is not true.”
“The Taoist Master of the Immortal Gate answered that it is neither the eye nor the mind, while the monk Hui Jue a word of nothing, which means that since it is neither the eye nor the mind, it is nothing.”
“Nothing is both empty and empty, and if it is empty and empty, what is there to cling to? All that was said before is empty, and the doubts you raised are naturally empty too.”
“So Daoist Master Xianmen has lost and Monk Huijue has won.”
The young monk replied thus.
The crowd was utterly at a loss as to what to say in reply.
This Buddhist meditation was really eccentric.
But this is the way of debate, ask a question, answer it, either you convince the other side or they convince you.
Very simple.
But now, Daoist Dustless was convinced.
“Amitabha Buddha.”
The divine monk Hui Jue folded his hands and recited a Buddhist hymn.
Afterwards, he asked the question again.
Amongst the Immortal Gate, it became even quieter.
No, it should be said that the entire Great Wei had become very quiet.
It was much quieter than before.
The Immortal Daoist of the Supreme Immortal Sect had been defeated, so who was qualified to go up against him?
A full half hour later.
Finally, someone answered the question of Divine Monk Huijue.
But unfortunately, it did not even last three sentences before he was defeated.
The whole debate lasted for four hours.
Most of it was the Divine Monk Hui Jue speaking, and there was not much talking going on in the capital of Great Wei.
These four hours came.
There was good news, and bad news.
The good news was that Great Wei was a little better off than East China, which had all but lost in two hours, and hadn’t completely failed so far in four hours.
At least the Immortal Sects could still answer a few questions, and although they were all clear losers, they were better than East China.
The bad news is that of the seven great immortal doors, three have already lost, leaving the four remaining immortal doors, even less to think about.
The voice of the divine monk Huijue stopped.
The debate was four hours long.
It was almost time, and it was impossible to keep debating the Dharma.
So it was.
The first day of the dharma debate was over.
Great Wei had lost.
If it had not been for Daoist Wuduan forcing his hand, it would have been a crushing defeat.
For a while, everyone was expecting Xu Qingnian to show himself.
At night, Great Wei looked somewhat depressed.
The people gathered in the major restaurants to talk about today’s debate.
Most of them explained the meaning of today’s debate to each other.
But the more they talked, the more the people felt the horror of the Buddhists, and also resented the fact that Wang Chaoyang had not come forward at this time.
He claimed to be the descendant of a great sage, but when the Buddhists came to his doorstep, Wang Chaoyang did not care.
He was really a good saint’s grandson.
After all, Wang Chaoyang is not a descendant of the Great Wei, so he has nothing to say about not helping the Great Wei.
It just made people feel sick.
But the matter that more people were discussing was still Xu Qingnian.
“If Xu Sheng steps in, what is a mere Buddhist sect worth?”
“That’s right, although we failed today, I still have Xu Sheng in Great Wei.”
“That’s right, Great Wei hasn’t lost yet, with Xu Sheng around, everything won’t be a problem.”
The voices of many people rang out.
They thought of Xu Qingnian, thinking that if Xu Qingnian had not stepped forward, then things still had a chance to turn around.
It was just that although most of the remarks were like this, there were also people who poured cold water.
“Xu Sheng is certainly talented, but Buddhist apologetics is not something that Xu Sheng is good at.”
“In fact, the reason why Wang Yasheng didn’t come forward may also be due to this reason, even Yasheng doesn’t dare to say that he can definitely win, and a half-saint naturally can’t even more.”
It was the reader who spoke.
From the Heaven and Earth Palace of Literature.
But what was different from the Zhu Sheng lineage of readers was that the latter did not sarcastically criticise Xu Qingnian, but rather talked about the matter.
It was just that among his words, he revered the sub-saints, believing that what the sub-saints could not do, how could a half-saint do?
Such remarks appeared and provoked a lot of abuse.
However, the people only scolded him a few times, so there was no need to put him on the line.
Even the sub-saints did not dare to argue the law, and the half-saints were indeed a bit vulnerable.
But no matter what.
Xu Qingnian is the only thing the people of Great Wei have to think about.
And so it was.
Little by little, time pa*sed.
The second day.
It was still the Buddhists who were the first to ask questions about the Dharma.
But the divine monk Huijue did not speak up, instead leaving it to the eight hundred scripture debating monks.
And today, too, it was still the Immortal Sect that gave the answers.
Only, the Immortal Sect was not as struck down as they had imagined and did not dare to speak.
During this day’s debate, the Immortal Gate was able to respond to it.
There were even a few good points that drew applause from the audience.
But unfortunately, in the end, the Immortal Sect was still defeated.
The good news is that today, five questions and five answers were asked.
The Immortal Sect almost won.
Day three.
With the better results of yesterday, the Immortal Sect chose to take the initiative this time.
But what was unexpected was that everything seemed to be as expected by the Buddha Sect.
Instead of being nervous or feeling any difficulty, the Buddhist Sect also launched a strong attack, so that on this day, the Immortal Sect lost badly.
Ten questions and ten answers, all of them lost, so much so that the disciples of the Immortal Sect had some doubts about their lives.
No matter how they tried to argue the law, the other side would always find a flaw.
It was infuriating.
Beaten out of temper.
Finally, it came to the fourth day.
A stone was pressed into the hearts of the Immortal Sect disciples, and they were all in a bit of a bad mood.
And on this day, it was expected to be another argument, except that, to their surprise, the Immortal Sect chose to take the initiative to concede defeat on this day.
That’s right.
The Immortal Sect had conceded defeat.
It was something that no one had expected.
But again, it was something unexpected and reasonable.
After all, for three days in a row, the Immortal Sect hadn’t won a single battle, so surrendering or not surrendering was just a matter of struggling more or less.
The Immortal Sect was not good at arguing, and it was not bad to have lasted three days.
But there was one thing that was noticed by those who had a heart.
The Seven Great Dasian Sects basically stepped forward one after another, but the Seven Star Daoist Sect was the only one that did not participate from the beginning to the end, which made people a little curious.
However, thinking of how strong the Buddha Sect was, the Seven Star Daoist Sect’s non-involvement was perhaps a way of leaving a last bit of face for the Immortal Sect.
With the Immortal Sect conceding defeat.
In an instant, between heaven and earth, rolling qi was added to the Buddha statue.
The golden Buddha statue above that heavenly dome also became more and more solid.
As long as Confucianism was defeated again, the Buddha Sect would have won this debate.
All that was left was a trip to the Southern and Northern Continents, just to go through the motions.
At this moment.
The divine monk Hui Jue revealed a smile.
As far as he was concerned, the Buddhists had won completely, and this time, they had also won the debate.
Looking inside Kyoto.
Divine Monk Hui Jue could not help but look towards the location of the royal residence.
In fact, he would like Xu Qingnian to come forward, or he would like Xu Qingnian to know what it meant to have a high level of Buddhism.
“Amitabha Buddha.”
“There is no such thing as winning or losing in a debate, Daoist Master’s words are important.”
“Tomorrow, the poor monk will debate Confucianism with the Dharma.”
The divine monk Hui Jue spoke up, he was polite and had the feeling that he had gotten a good deal, but at the same time he also told the world.
Tomorrow, he would debate the Confucian Way.
When these words were spoken, the people of Kyoto and the powers of the world were all somewhat silent.
Right now, Confucianism was the last hope.
But this hope is not great.
If Wang Chaoyang had stepped in and worked with Xu Qingnian, there might have been hope.
However, Wang Chaoyang had already made it clear that he would not participate in the debate, clearly wanting to defeat the Great Wei.
Therefore, the world was not too hopeful about Confucianism, and only hoped that Xu Qingnian would not lose too badly, preferably by two or three games.
However, Xu Qingnian did not appear for a few days, which made the crowd curious.
And it was at this moment.
In the Ping Chao King’s residence.
Xu Qingnian exhaled a long breath.
For several days in a row, he had been refining the First Grade Divine Martial Cannon.
He hadn’t had time to pay attention to the battle of the Buddha Sect at all.
Now, after several days of painstaking refinement, it had finally paid off.
In the courtyard.
A golden divine Martial Cannon appeared in front of him.
This divine Martial Cannon, crafted from extremely high quality spirit gold all over, was indestructible.
Not even to mention blasting a cannon, even using this Divine Martial Cannon as a weapon was extremely terrifying.
It can withstand the addition of a first-rate magic power.
Xu Qingnian tried to swing it, and in an instant the sound of wind and thunder rang out and the void trembled.
Extreme spiritual gold is extreme spiritual gold.
Even if the Divine Martial Cannon was really useless at a later stage, it would be fine for a martial artist to use as a magic weapon, at the very least it would be infinitely powerful.
Looking at this divine Martial Cannon.
Xu Qingnian’s eyes were filled with joy.
Right now, all that was needed was to wait for the formation jade.
As long as Senior Lin Lin’s Formation Jade was sent to him, he could try to a*semble it himself, and there was a great possibility that he could create a First Grade Divine Martial Cannon.
If that was really the case, Xu Qingnian inexplicably couldn’t wait for another rebellion to happen in a foreign country.
That way, he could try out the power of a First Grade Divine Martial Cannon.
However, it was good to think about such things, and Xu Qingnian was not stupid.
When a rebellion of a foreign nation really happened.
This kind of thing is a super killer and should never be used until the critical moment.
If it is used, the whole world will know about it and it will not be a trivial matter.
Anyone would be afraid of such a thing, would the Sudden Evil Dynasty and the First Yuan Dynasty allow Great Wei to produce such a thing?
I’m afraid that at that time, they would try everything they could, and would even go so far as to declare war in advance and demand that the Great Wei Dynasty come up with a manufacturing method.
Otherwise, it would be better to die sooner or later than to attack early when you are not really strong.
Understand this reasoning.
Xu Qingnian hid the Divine Martial Cannon inside the Hao Ran Wen Zhong.
This was something that he would not allow a second person to know about, apart from himself and the Empress.
“Your Majesty.”
“Lord Chen is here.”
At this moment, as Yang Hu’s voice rang out.
Xu Qingnian immediately got up and walked out of the courtyard.
At that moment, the figure of Chen Zhengru appeared.
Walking quickly towards himself.
“Shouren.”
“Do you have preparations for tomorrow’s debate?”
Chen Zhengru walked quickly and looked at Xu Qingnian and asked so.
“There is nothing to prepare for.”
“Doesn’t Great Wei still have a sub-sage? Let him go first.”
Xu Qingnian spoke, somewhat calmly.
“It would be fine if he was willing to go on, but he doesn’t feel like a child of Great Wei at all and has already refused to argue the law.”
At the mention of Wang Chaoyang, Chen Zhengru became a little angry, he had always been very good-tempered, but now he couldn’t help but hurl a few words of abuse.
“He has refused?”
Xu Qingnian frowned slightly.
His face did not look too good.
“En, he refused outright, right now, the Confucian lineage can only look to you.”
Chen Zhengru nodded his head.
“How many games did the Immortal Sect win?”
Xu Qingnian was a little surprised by Wang Chaoyang’s refusal.
It didn’t quite make sense.
Although Wang Chaoyang loathed himself and disliked Great Wei, he was after all preaching and receiving in Great Wei, so if he stepped in at this time, it would be considered a wave of goodwill.
No one would reasonably refuse.
But Wang Chaoyang refused.
To this extent, it was absolutely impossible to give up something that was to one’s advantage because of simple disgust.
Only a fool would be like that.
So it was someone who had told Wang Chaoyang to refuse the Buddhist apologetics.
But no matter what, Xu Qingnian knew in his heart that Wang Chaoyang was not a member of the Great Wei after all.
There was nothing to be said for not stepping forward.
“How many matches did the Immortal Sect win?”
Xu Qingnian inquired.
“Not a single win.”
Chen Zhengru spoke, his tone somewhat subdued.
“Not a single win?”
At this moment, Xu Qingnian smacked his lips a little.
He knew that the Buddha Sect’s debating method was powerful, but what he did not expect was that it would be this powerful.
It had made the Immortal Sect lose so badly.
“Not a single victory.”
Although he did not want to admit it, Chen Zhengru still nodded and gave his answer.
Once this was said, Xu Qingnian took a deep breath.
For a moment, he didn’t know what to say.
Only, after a while, Xu Qingnian looked at Chen Zhengru and said.
“Chen Ru, this four-day debate, you tell me.”
Xu Qingnian did not nag, since the Immortal Sect had not won a single match, he had to deal with it properly, regardless of whether he lost or won.
“Good.”
Chen Zhengru didn’t talk nonsense, and told Xu Qingnian all the answers and arguments he had asked over the past four days.
After listening to it.
Xu Qingnian could not help but be silent.
It was the zen machine.
The content of the debate between the Buddhists and the Immortals was a Zen machine.
It was said in terms of the original corresponding non-phase.
It could not be said to be very profound, but it was not vulgar either.
And the other side was probably not really paying attention.
Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been so.
But right.
After listening to it, it wasn’t as powerful as Xu Qingnian had imagined.
“Shouren, do you have confidence?”
Looking at Xu Qingnian’s slightly pensive expression.
Chen Zhengru couldn’t help but ask curiously.
Looking at Xu Qingnian.
“There should be some.”
Xu Qingnian opened his mouth, he did not dare to guarantee that he had, after all, given the current situation, if the Buddha Sect was like this, he had great confidence.
But if the Buddha Sect had kept a hand, then it would be hard to say.
Hearing this reply, Chen Zhengru could not say anything.
He could only get up and sigh.
“Shouren, no matter what, I’m with you anyway.”
“Think it over, and if you do lose, it doesn’t matter, don’t burden yourself with anything.”
“The other side itself is looking at the decline of my Confucianism, so they dare to come out and argue the law.”
“It’s not a big deal if you become a saint, then you can come back and fight in the face.”
Chen Zhengru spoke up and said so.
“En, Chen Ru, how has Great Wei been doing lately?”
Xu Qingnian nodded, while asking Chen Ru about the recent situation in Great Wei.
“Everything is flourishing, the food production is increasing, and the people are indeed starting to live a good life.”
“And everywhere is building monuments of merit and virtue for you, and the people of the world already know about the benefits of the waterwheel.”
At the mention of the recent situation in Great Wei, Chen Zhengru could not help but smile and look very happy.
“Good.”
After learning about the recent situation of Great Wei, Xu Qingnian nodded and also looked very satisfied.
At that moment.
Chen Zhengru left the courtyard.
And Xu Qingnian began to contemplate the Buddhist scriptures.
In the courtyard.
The first thing that came to Xu Qingnian’s mind was not the First Heart Sutra of Buddhism, but the Vajra Sutra.
Yes, it was.
The Vajra Sutra was the supreme sutra of Mahayana Buddhism.
And it is still in the form of questions and answers.
It was just right to use it for debating the Dharma.
There was only one, Xu Qingnian was very curious about.
The Dao De Sutra, which invoked a vision of heaven and earth.
Would the Vajra Sutra also invoke visions of heaven and earth?
En, this was what Xu Qingnian was curious about.
Moreover, if the Vajra Sutra could really induce visions, what about the Heart Sutra?
That is, the Heart Sutra of Borobudur.
This is a cla*sic of Mahayana Buddhism.
It can open up the Mahayana Dharma.
What would happen if this sutra was taken out?
“If you really can’t argue with the Dharma, then you will take the sutra and smash it.”
“I don’t believe it, I still can’t beat these vultures.”
Xu Qingnian muttered in his heart.
He then did not think too much and began to recall the Vajra Sutra, while at the same time, he was also carefully comprehending the contents of the Vajra Sutra.
It was impossible to just copy the sutra as it was written, right?
So on.
Time pa*sed little by little.
The following day.
As the sun slowly rose.
It sprinkled down on the divine monk Huijue and the others.
At this moment, Divine Monk Hui Jue opened his eyes, stopped chanting and bathed in the golden sun with a compa*sionate look on his face.
“Amitabha Buddha.”
“Poor monk Hui Jue, today I would like to debate the Dharma and discuss the scriptures in the lineage of Confucianism, dare I ask if there are any Confucians who will answer the debate?”
The divine monk Huijue spoke.
His voice was like a great yellow bell.
In Kyoto, everyone was awakened.
The people frowned, not expecting that the divine monk Huijue would be so impatient.
It was only just dawn and he was already debating the Dharma and discussing the scriptures, a bit of an ugly face to eat.
Only.
Kyoto did not, no voice gave a response.
Whether it was Xu Qingnian’s or the other Confucians, there was no sound.
The divine monk Hui Jue remained calm, he was happy to see this scene.
No one responded, as expected of them.
A quarter of an hour later.
Divine Monk Hui Jue spoke again.
“Dare I ask, is there anyone who should answer the debate on the Dharma?”
He spoke out and continued to ask.
Only there was still no response.
Another quarter of an hour later.
He spoke once more.
A third time he asked.
The voice was loud, not harsh, but distracting.
It was so early in the morning that the ghosts were shouting and disturbing people’s dreams.
But angry as they were, the crowd could not say anything, after all, they had come to argue the law.
It was just a little uncomfortable.
“Dare I ask, is there a Confucian who should answer the Dharma debate?”
The voice of the divine monk Hui Jue rang out once again.
It was a voice that inexplicably felt like a provocation.
With the decline of Confucianism and Wang Chaoyang’s outright refusal to participate in the debate, wasn’t Xu Qingnian the only one in Great Wei’s Kyoto who could step up to the plate at the moment?
He kept shouting, but wasn’t he actually saying, “Xu Qingnian, don’t you dare to come out and debate the law.
This was extremely disgusting.
But on the other hand, if Xu Qingnian still didn’t dare to come forward even though he had shouted three or four times, did this mean that Xu Qingnian didn’t have the courage in his heart?
People couldn’t help but think this way, and their hearts grew heavier.
The Imperial Palace of Great Wei.
The empress sat on the dragon chair, her eyes sulking with anger, after all, the Buddhist clan’s clamour made her a little unhappy, not so much with the noise.
Rather, wasn’t this kind of speech just mocking Xu Qingnian?
“Heaven and Earth Literature Palace, are you really not involved in debating the law?”
Ji Ling opened her mouth and slowly inquired.
“In reply to Your Majesty, it does not participate.”
Zhao Wan’er opened her mouth and replied thus.
When she said this, a cold look appeared in Ji Ling’s eyes.
Whether the Heaven and Earth Literature Palace had any other meaning in doing this, the empress did not know, but it must have wanted to disgust Xu Qingnian.
She wanted to pull Xu Qingnian down from the altar of the gods, so that the people of Great Wei would recognise one thing.
Xu Qingnian is not omnipotent.
Although this is the truth and the world actually understands it, Xu Qingnian is able to do it in such a way that the people somehow trust him.
This is what makes Xu Qingnian different.
If Xu Qingnian failed.
The people would find out that Xu Qingnian was not a god, that he could not do everything, and that it could potentially affect the country’s fortunes.
“Anyone …….”
It was also at this moment that the divine monk Huijue was just about to continue speaking.
Suddenly.
A voice rang out.
It came from the Ping Chaos King’s residence.
“It’s really noisy as hell.”
“The dawn hour has not yet arrived, and they keep making a lot of noise outside the city.”
“Is this how you Buddhists behave?”
With Xu Qingnian’s voice ringing out, for a moment, the whole of Great Wei’s Kyoto was buzzing with activity.
The people clenched their fists and waited for such a long time, just to wait for Xu Qingnian to speak out.
Now that he had spoken, for some reason, all the doubts in their hearts, all the worries, had somehow disappeared.
“Xu Sheng is here, Xu Sheng is here.”
“Lord Xu has finally come forward.”
“These vultures, they are indeed noisy.”
“Lord Xu, don’t be polite, teach these vultures a good lesson.”
Within Kyoto, a voice rang out.
Public opinion was like a sea.
And Xu Qingnian’s figure gradually floated into the air and appeared above the royal residence.
He and the divine monk Huijue were looking at each other from afar.
Xu Qingnian was indeed somewhat disgusted with the Buddhist sect, not to mention the fact that the Buddhist sect had tried to forcibly transmigrate himself before, but today, there was a lot of noise early in the morning.
He was still in the middle of his enlightenment, but he was woken up by the noise.
The sound of Divine Monk Hui Jue’s enquiry just now was enchanted with the divine power of the Buddhist Sect, and it was precisely because of this that one would wake up from deep thought.
“Amitabha Buddha.”
“Poor monk Huijue, meet Master Xu.”
The divine monk Hui Jue spoke, he was not happy or angry, and his face was full of compa*sion.
Chanting the Buddha’s name.
Xu Qingnian looked calm as he looked at the other party and slowly spoke.
“Give the question.”
Xu Qingnian spoke in a calm tone, allowing the other party to ask the question.
Don’t be nagging.
However, Divine Monk Hui Jue shook his head and looked at Xu Qingnian and said.
“Master Xu, it is better for you to ask the question first.”
He refused to ask the question first, instead allowing Xu Qingnian to ask the question.
Of course this was not a courtesy, but a confidence and a kind of Zen.
The intention of letting Xu Qingnian ask the question first was to suppress Xu Qingnian’s sharpness.
It was just this kind of petty tactic, Xu Qingnian no longer cared about anything.
Since the other party had asked him to ask the question first, Xu Qingnian asked a simpler one.
“Buddhism preaches that mind, Buddha, and all beings are empty.”
“It is said that there is no saint and no mortal, no giving and no receiving, no good and no evil, everything is empty.”
“Is that right?”
Xu Qingnian spoke, he did not ask about Zen theory, nor Confucianism, but on the Buddhist path.
When this was said, the world was curious, and the people of Great Wei’s Kyoto were full of surprise.
Xu Qingnian used Buddhism as a question, wasn’t this giving a question to someone for nothing?
This question, in particular, did not look the least bit fishy or Zen.
Inside the tavern.
Many of the people had already rushed here. There was a young monk here who knew about Buddhism, and for the past four days, this young monk had been explaining things to everyone, so that the people had gathered here.
The people gathered here to listen to his explanations.
The people gathered here to listen to his explanations, so that they would not have to be uncertain and not be able to hear the reason.
“Young master, what does Xu Sheng mean?”
Someone spoke up and asked the young monk.
“Amitabha Buddha.”
“Xu Sheng’s words are the Buddhist saying that all things are empty, that the mind is empty, that the Buddha is empty, that all beings are empty, that the Buddhist scriptures say that all things are empty, that this is not a phase, and that the world should not cling to it, otherwise it will fall into the demonic path.”
“There is no Zen meaning, it is just an allusion to the Buddha’s teachings.”
The young monk gave his reply.
He was also a little curious, not understanding why Xu Qingnian was asking about this.
After hearing this, Divine Monk Hui Jue frowned slightly, it was not that the question was difficult, but that it was too simple.
He thought about it carefully, although he did not think Xu Qingnian knew anything about Buddhism.
But still, he did not dare to take it lightly.
Right now, winning or losing was at stake.
If he won Xu Qingnian, the Buddha’s teachings would be successful in the East.
But if he lost, then all his work would be lost.
Only after thinking about it, Divine Monk Hui Jue still could not think of anything, and could only give a normal answer.
“Yes, too.”
But once this was said.
In an instant, Xu Qingnian fiercely struck out.
A slap fiercely slapped the Huijue divine Monk on the face.
This moment.
Everyone in the entire Great Wei Kyoto froze.
No one would have thought that Xu Qingnian would actually slap the Divine Monk Huijue in public.
Even Divine Monk Hui Jue did not expect it.
It was too sudden.
And inexplicable.
He was a second ranked Buddhist and could theoretically stop Xu Qingnian, it was just that he had not expected Xu Qingnian to strike out of the blue.
It left him unguarded.
So he received a solid slap in the face.
People froze.
In the Palace of Heaven and Earth Literature, Wang Chaoyang also smacked his lips a little.
He did not understand what Xu Qingnian was doing.
Couldn’t it be that he couldn’t say no and was about to take action?
“Master Xu.”
“What are you doing?”
Divine Monk Hui Jue was a little angry as he stood on the Buddha Lotus and looked at Xu Qingnian, anger in his eyes, but he held it back.
A slap on the wrist was nothing.
But he wanted an explanation.
If Xu Qingnian could not give an explanation, Xu Qingnian had lost this debate.
And it would be an extremely ugly loss.
As the angry voice of Divine Monk Huijue rang out, Xu Qingnian’s voice also slowly rang out.
“Since you agree that everything is empty, then why is there suffering?”
Xu Qingnian opened his mouth.
Looking at the other party, he said so.
At these words.
The Huijue divine Monk was instantly stunned.
The people of Kyoto included also could not help but stare.
“Hahahahahahaha.”
“Wonderful, wonderful.”
“Xu Sheng really has a wisdom phase, hahahahaha.”
“A good one: everything is empty, what is pain.”
In the tavern, the young monk was the first to come back to his senses, and he understood in a flash what Xu Qingnian meant.
Xu Qingnian had come up to ask the divine monk Hui Jue, was it right that everything was empty?
This question was indeed nothing, after all, it was written in the Buddhist scriptures.
If one says no, then it is against the scriptures and against the Buddha.
If one says yes, then one will be met with a headbutt.
There is no solution to this trick.
Hui Xin laughed loudly, seemingly happy to see his senior brother defeated.
That’s right.
This man is one of the four divine monks of Tianzhu Temple, and one of the youngest.
Divine Monk Huixin.
“Amitabha Buddha.”
At this moment.
Divine Monk Hui Jue folded his hands.
He looked calm, but ordinary people could see that he was hardly calm.
Having just met and received a big mouth, who else could keep their mind still.
In particular, Xu Qingnian had won a debate on Buddhist teachings against himself.
This really made him feel both uncomfortable and stifled.
Indeed, he had underestimated Xu Qingnian.
Thinking of this, Divine Monk Hui Jue could not help but take a deep breath, look at Xu Qingnian, and ask his question.
“Dare I ask, Master, can Confucianism be public?”
Instead of elaborating on the Buddhist scriptures, Divine Monk Hui Jue took Confucianism as his question.
“Naturally fair.”
Xu Qingnian replied indifferently.
The next moment, Divine Monk Hui Jue continued to speak.
“Then may I ask, among Confucianism, what is the crime of killing?”
Divine Monk Hui Jue opened his mouth and said slowly.
Just as soon as this was said, everyone could not help but frown.
This was because they instantly understood what the Divine Monk Hui Jue was going to say.
“Killing a living being is a great sin.”
Xu Qingnian spoke indifferently and gave a reply.
“Then how is the sin of killing a living being to be dealt with?”
Divine Monk Hui Jue continued to ask.
“Heaven and earth will not allow it, and the law will destroy it.”
Xu Qingnian fully understood what the other party was trying to say, but he was fearless and had already guessed it, so he was prepared.
Once these words were said.
Divine Monk Hui Jue’s heart could not help but rejoice, but his face remained compa*sionate as he looked at Xu Qingnian and said.
“Then, Master Xu slaughtered millions of people in Chen, why didn’t the jurisprudence perish?”
“Does the poor monk think that Confucianism has changed due to power and divided into three, six and nine cla*ses, with the first cla*s being the untouchables, who can be killed at will, and the ninth cla*s being the powerful and noble, who can trample on life and ignore the Divine Principle?”
At this point, the divine monk Hui Jue looked at Xu Qingnian with an incomparably flat expression.
When the words came to this point, it was obvious that he was looking for trouble.
This time, without Huixin’s explanation, the people could understand what Divine Monk Huijue was saying.
Since you, Xu Qingnian, said that Confucianism is the highest form of justice and that murder is a capital crime, why did you not die after killing so many people?
Is it because you, Xu Qingnian, are the prince of Wei? You are a high ranking person, so you are not under the law?
If that was the case, then wouldn’t the dynasty’s laws only target the people?
In the face of such aggressive questioning.
For a moment, many people were worried about Xu Qingnian.
This question was very tricky and odd.
It was somewhat sopH*moric.
Why did Xu Qingnian slaughter the people of Chen? It was because the people of Chen did not surrender.
But the question is, if you explain it in this way, then the divine monk Hui Jue will say, “If you don’t surrender, then kill, it’s not against heaven’s justice, and if the world is not convinced, do you want to kill all the people of the world?
If Xu Qingnian really answered in the affirmative, then his reputation would be completely ruined.
No one would like a murderous person, it is a tyrannical act and undesirable.
But if you don’t explain it that way, you can’t explain why you’re not being punished.
But just then.
Xu Qingnian’s voice rang out, with little thought.
“Killing life is protecting life.”
“To cut down karma is not to cut down people.”
As the voice rang out.
Divine Monk Hui Jue could not help but have a look of surprise in his eyes, and the eight hundred scripture-defending monks could not help but be shocked.
Amongst the tavern.
Hui Xin’s voice was even the first to ring out.
“Good.”
“A good sentence about killing life to protect life and cutting off karma not people.”
“This is a great good saying.”
“It is Zen.”
“It is Zen.”
Hui Xin was incomparably excited, he clenched his fist, as a disciple of the Buddhist sect, he was also very proficient in the art of debating.
Naturally when Xu Qingnian answered the question perfectly, he couldn’t help but get excited.
Xu Qingnian had slaughtered the people of Chen.
It was because, in the final analysis, the people of Great Wei had to be protected.
Not killing, brought more killing.
So killing was for the protection of life, and killing karma was not killing people.
By not killing them, more sins will be created in the future; it is the karma that is cut off, not the person.
Karma is the karma of evil.
This answer was too perfect.
So perfect that, for a moment, the divine monk Hui Jue did not know what to say.
He had thought that this question would break Xu Qingnian, because no matter how Xu Qingnian explained.
He could keep looking for loopholes and loopholes.
What he did not expect was for Xu Qingnian to utter the sentence that killing life was to protect life and cutting off karma was not cutting off people.
This was really.
A perfect answer.
He swallowed his saliva.
Some fear inexplicably arose in the Huijue Divine Monk.
He felt that the Xu Qingnian in front of him was definitely not as simple as he had imagined.
A long time pa*sed.
Monk Hui Jue once again bowed towards Xu Qingnian and chanted Amitabha Buddha.
The meaning was that he had lost.
As this voice rang out, there was applause within Kyoto.
The disciples of the Immortal Sect even shouted one by one, and the originally low mood was suddenly swept away.
But it was at this moment.
Xu Qingnian did not care about Divine Monk Hui Jue’s admission of defeat, but asked the second question directly.
“What is the supreme Dharma of the Buddha Sect?”
Xu Qingnian opened his mouth and asked his opponent.
This was his second question.
The Huijue Divine Monk did not think twice before saying.
“Supreme Righteousness.”
There was no need to think much about this question.
“What is Supreme Righteousness?”
Xu Qingnian asked.
“Above the first grade of Buddhism is the Supreme True Enlightenment, which opens the trunk of wisdom, comprehends the law of wisdom, and understands all reason.”
Divine Monk Hui Jue gave his answer.
“Can you see the true body of Rudra?”
Xu Qingnian asked directly.
“I can see it.”
Divine Monk Hui Jue answered directly, and without any thought.
“How can I see it?”
“The Supreme Righteousness, going to the World of Ultimate Bliss, can be seen in the true body of the Buddha.”
The Huaijue divine monk slowly uttered.
“The Buddha has no appearance.”
“How can one who has a phase be the Buddha?”
Xu Qingnian spoke directly, his voice cold.
The voice rang out.
The Huijue divine monk froze again.
It was ……..
For a moment, he didn’t know how to answer.
“How do you know that Rudra has no phase?”
Suddenly, Divine Monk Hui Jue opened his mouth as he caught Xu Qingnian’s loophole.
But the next moment.
A sutra rang out.
“All appearances are illusory. If one sees that all appearances are not appearances, then one sees the Buddha.”
This was the Vajra Sutra.
Just as the sutra rang out, in an instant, the sky changed.
