Chapter 534: Breakthrough Begins!
Chen Tangwen reappeared in the world and became a top master. He did such a shocking thing and became famous all over the world.
The Xianfeng Temple where he came from naturally attracted the attention of many people.
In fact, people in the martial arts world are not unfamiliar with Xianfeng Temple.
More than a hundred years ago, Xianfeng Temple was still a well-known Taoist sect in the world. The master of the temple had cultivated the inner view and entered the top realm of the world. He was definitely a famous and upright sect.
However, just a few decades ago, the Lotus Temple, a major Buddhist sect, suddenly announced to the world and told a shocking news.
The master of Xianfeng Temple secretly used the blood of a young child to practice evil methods, and took out a bottle of blood as evidence. Then, under the banner of acting on behalf of heaven, he encircled and suppressed Xianfeng Temple.
In the end, Xianfeng Temple was completely destroyed, and the countless classics in the temple were all transported back to its own mountain gate by the Lotus Temple and sealed in the Sutra Pavilion.
At that time, there were also rumors that the accusation of the Lotus Temple against the Xianfeng Temple was completely false, and the master of the Xianfeng Temple had never practiced any evil methods.
The real purpose of the Lotus Temple was to use this as an excuse to destroy the Xianfeng Temple, so as to seize the martial arts inherited in the temple and eventually transform it into the Buddhist martial arts inherited by the Lotus Temple.
It was from that time that the Xianfeng Temple disappeared from the world.
Over time, not many people mentioned it.
It was not until a few years ago when the Lotus Temple was hunting down Monk Juexin all over the world and called him the remnant of the Xianfeng Temple that the name of this sect returned to the public's vision.
But that was all. It did not cause too many waves in the world, and not many people even paid attention to the so-called remnants of the Xianfeng Temple.
It is different now.
The barbarians from the four states in the far north have been attacking and plundering cities and territories in the past ten years. The three kingdoms of Daxia, Dachen, and Dayan have been conquered by the barbarians, and only Dazhao is left in the Central Plains.
If the Great Zhao was also destroyed by the barbarians, then the entire Central Plains would be occupied by these barbarians, and the people here would surely become inferior people.
Not many people could accept such an outcome.
But for most people, personal strength could not compete with the army at all, and they could only watch the barbarians go south and even surround the capital of the Great Zhao, Linjing City.
Under such circumstances, Chen Tangwen suddenly appeared and rushed directly into the barbarian army, beheaded the barbarian general who led the troops, forced the barbarians to retreat, and saved the Linjing City that was about to fall.
All these things were equivalent to meeting the definition of heroes in the hearts of countless people, which naturally caused an uproar and shocked the world.
Such a person was born in the Xianfeng Temple, which had long been destroyed by the Lotus Temple, which made people curious.
What is the situation of the Xianfeng Temple, why did it suddenly appear again, was it really destroyed by the Lotus Temple decades ago, and what was the truth back then?
These questions became the most discussed topics in the world for a while.
While the news about Chen Tangwen and Xianfeng Temple was spreading all over the world, Chen Tangwen had already arrived at the Linjing Palace after more than ten years of absence.
It was the current Emperor of Great Zhao who summoned him.
Walking within the familiar palace walls, Chen Tangwen couldn't help but sigh.
When he left here more than ten years ago, he was in shackles and charged with crimes, his martial arts were abolished, his position was reduced to civilians, and he was exiled from the capital.
When he returned here again, he was welcomed back with extremely high etiquette.
The current Emperor of Great Zhao is no longer the one who demoted Chen Tangwen.
As early as seven years ago, that emperor died of illness.
After that, the prince ascended the throne and changed the reign to Deyou.
Now is the seventh year of Deyou.
Chen Tangwen, wearing a Taoist robe, walked into the Chuigong Hall. His eyes swept over the left and right sides, and there were officials with lowered eyebrows and obedient eyes. Looking up and looking forward, there was a young face on the jade steps at the end of the palace, the former prince, and the emperor today.
His actions frightened all the officials present, and some of the less courageous ones had cold sweat on their foreheads.
This guy is really brave.
He actually dared to look directly at the emperor in the court!
However, as a master who has cultivated his inner vision and reached the top of the world, he seems to have such confidence.
After looking at the emperor on the jade steps for a moment, Chen Tangwen bowed and said, "Meet the emperor."
Such a courtesy was unprecedented.
But no one in the court criticized him, and even the emperor on the jade steps still looked at him with a smile.
"Chen Qing's return this time has saved the danger of the imperial city, which can be said to be a great achievement." The emperor of Zhao said with a smile, "I want you to be the privy envoy and command the national military. What do you think?"
As soon as these words came out, the face of an old man who was originally standing at the front of the court suddenly changed.
His beard trembled slightly, and his mouth opened slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he lowered his head and said nothing.
Seeing that the old man didn't say anything, the other officials stopped thinking about making a report and remained silent.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to do this." Chen Tangwen shook his head and refused, saying lightly, "Since the day I was exiled from the capital, I have no connection with the court. Now I am just a disciple of Xianfeng Temple.
"I came to the capital this time just to protect the people of my hometown and prevent them from dying tragically under the butcher's knife of the barbarians. I don't want to return to the court."
The Chuigong Hall suddenly became silent. His words really challenged the cognition of the officials of the time.
Privy Envoy!
This is the position of prime minister with great power in the world, and he refused it so lightly?
Zhao Tianzi did not expect Chen Tangwen to refuse so straightforwardly, but he still maintained a kind expression and smiled: "Since Chen Qing does not want an official position, he should at least ask for some rewards. Otherwise, people will say that I am mean and ungrateful."
"I do have something to trouble you, Your Majesty." Chen Tangwen said in a deep voice, "Decades ago, the reputation of Xianfeng Temple was tarnished by the Lotus Temple, and it is still affected now.
"Please issue an imperial edict to announce to the world that Xianfeng Temple is the orthodox Taoist sect and the Xuanmen sect, and has never practiced any crooked and evil methods to correct its reputation."
This was a request he had thought of a long time ago, and he also wanted to use this to thank his own ancestor.
But after listening to Chen Tangwen's words, Zhao Tianzi frowned, and after a long while he said: "Chen Qing, can you change your request?"
"What?" Chen Tangwen also frowned, looking directly at Zhao Tianzi on the jade steps, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a deep voice, "Is Your Majesty worried about the Lotus Temple? "
If an imperial edict is issued to state that Xianfeng Temple is the orthodox Taoist sect and the orthodox Xuanmen sect, it is actually equivalent to saying that the Lotus Temple at that time was slandering Xianfeng Temple.
"Since Chen Qing knows this, why bother to make this request?" The expression of Emperor Zhao turned colder, and he said indifferently, "What kind of background and what kind of power the Lotus Temple has, Chen Qing, you should know better than me."
"Oh, short-sighted!" Chen Tangwen did not continue to explain, and directly left with a wave of his sleeves, turned around and left the Chuigong Palace, and walked out, "From now on, I will only protect the people in the city, and you can only wish for your own happiness! "
Before he finished speaking, he had already disappeared, leaving only the emperor and his ministers in the Chuigong Hall looking at each other in bewilderment.
Bang!
After a while, a loud noise suddenly came from the Chuigong Hall.
Then the court was dispersed, and all the officials left in a hurry as if they were escaping for their lives.
Later, there were rumors that the emperor broke the armrests of the dragon throne in anger.
Along with this rumor, there was also the news that Chen Tangwen would rather give up the reward of the Privy Councilor in the court to restore the reputation of Xianfeng Temple.
This once again caused a large-scale discussion wave in the folk martial arts world.
For a time, Xianfeng Temple was once again in the limelight, and the unsolved case of whether Lianhua Temple slandered Xianfeng Temple in the past was also paid attention to by more and more people.
At the same time, many people also inquired about the reason why Xianfeng Temple reappeared in the world.
It turned out that the immortal who gave the founder of Xianfeng Temple martial arts seven hundred years ago appeared!
This undoubtedly once again added to the legendary color of Xianfeng Temple, and it began to be noticed by more people and became more and more famous.
Of course, with it In contrast, the reputation of Lotus Temple plummeted.
More and more people believed that it was Lotus Temple that framed Xianfeng Temple in order to seize the martial arts of Xianfeng Temple.
As for the bottle of so-called child's heart blood, it was most likely forged with pig blood or duck blood.
Various jokes about Lotus Temple began to circulate in the martial arts world of Da Zhao.
However, as the Da Zhao court strictly controlled similar remarks and arrested the makers of rumors, these jokes about Lotus Temple quickly disappeared.
No one dared to discuss Lotus Temple anymore, and even Xianfeng Temple was not discussed by many people.
However, by now, the existence of Xianfeng Temple has been deeply imprinted in everyone's mind.
Whether it is martial artists or ordinary people, they all remember that there is such a sect.
On a mountain outside Linjing City.
Juexin, who has grown his hair and is wearing a Taoist robe, stood beside Chen Tangwen, looking at Linjing City in the distance, and smiled: "Junior brother, what do you think?"
"Da Zhao is hopeless. "Chen Tangwen shook his head, he was completely disappointed.
"After this battle, the barbarians have realized the importance of top martial arts masters." Juexin said in a deep voice, "Next time we besiege Linjing City, there should be top masters with the army."
"Under the divine realm, I am not inferior to anyone." Chen Tangwen's eyes were still firm, "I will stay here and protect the people as much as possible."
"The ancestor asked me to pay attention to your safety." Juexin sighed lightly, "lest you die."
"..." Chen Tangwen was silent for a while, and smiled bitterly, "I failed the expectations of the ancestor."
"The ancestor will be satisfied if you can go back alive." Juexin patted Chen Tangwen's shoulder gently, "I will save you at the critical moment."
"Brother, there should be people from the Lotus Temple watching you here, don't take risks because of me." Chen Tangwen shook his head and said, "I can handle it."
"This is also the order of the ancestor, don't refuse. "Juexin said in a deep voice.
"...Then I'll have to trouble you, Senior Brother." Chen Tangwen sighed.
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Since Chen Tangwen no longer interfered with the city defense and only ensured the safety of ordinary people, when Linjing City was besieged by the barbarians again, the city gate was almost breached.
The reason why it was not breached was that the top master of the Lotus Temple appeared and planned to emulate the former Chen Tangwen to turn the tide.
Unexpectedly, there were also three top masters in the barbarian army this time. The top master of the Lotus Temple was seriously injured on the spot and fled.
However, just when the barbarian army was about to rush into Linjing City, Chen Tangwen stood up again and demanded that the barbarians should not harm the people after entering the city, otherwise they would take the head of their general again.
This naturally attracted the ridicule of the barbarian soldiers and officers. The barbarian general even threatened to massacre the city after entering the city and make Linjing City a river of blood.
However, after laughing, Chen Tangwen flew down from the city wall and rushed into the army, as if he was in an empty space.
The three top masters couldn't even catch the corner of his clothes, and could only watch him take off the head of the general and walk away.
The barbarians' attack on Linjing City was once again disintegrated, and they had no choice but to retreat.
After the news of this battle spread, Chen Tangwen and Xianfeng Temple became the most frequently mentioned names in the world again. Many people began to look for the whereabouts of Xianfeng Temple and wanted to learn from them, but they couldn't find any clues.
However, the barbarians did not give up the attack on Linjing City. After another half a year, they organized a large army again, and invited five top masters to support them, and besieged Linjing City again.
Chen Tangwen's request was still the same as last time. As long as Mengman didn't hurt the people of Dazhao, he could ignore the city defense.
This time, the barbarians agreed very readily. Linjing City was immediately lost. The Emperor Zhao in the palace was so scared that he abandoned the city and fled. Most of the officials in the court also fled.
But after entering the city, the barbarians broke their promise and massacred the city.
Chen Tangwen was furious. He killed the barbarian army with one sword. Not only did he take the head of the general, but he also killed more than half of the barbarian soldiers. The five top masters were also killed.
This battle shocked the world. The barbarians completely gave up the attack on Linjing City. Even after conquering other cities, they would treat the people well and dare not massacre the city again, for fear that Chen Tangwen would kill them.
At the same time, the barbarians also turned their main attention to chasing the Emperor Zhao who abandoned the city and fled.
In the end, the Emperor Zhao was captured by the "high monk" of the Lotus Temple during his escape and handed over to the barbarian generals who were chasing him. Since then, the Great Zhao was destroyed and the barbarians completely occupied the Central Plains.
Because of its meritorious service in capturing Emperor Zhao, Lotus Temple was later treated as a distinguished guest in the Yuan Dynasty court, and received huge resources and support, and grew rapidly.
After the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, Chen Tangwen returned to Xianfeng Temple and no longer cared about worldly affairs. He had successfully protected the people from being slaughtered, and his wish was fulfilled. He would concentrate on cultivation from now on.
Although Xianfeng Temple has never really appeared in the world from beginning to end, through a series of actions by Chen Tangwen, this sect has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Even ordinary people know that it was the people of Xianfeng Temple who saved them in the chaotic world at the end of the dynasty.
Many people even post the statue of the founder of Xianfeng Temple in their homes to pray for the safety and health of their families.
At this point, Cui Heng's time and space signpost has finally been completely solidified, and he can trace his own existence back to the time when he did not exist!
In the current time and space, Cui Heng, standing in the sea of chaos, suddenly opened his eyes.
His whole body began to emit a bright silver glow, and light and shadows flickered around him. An illusory river of time also appeared, and the water in the river was boiling and surging.
The breakthrough began!