Chapter 58 58 Heavenly Master's Three Treasures

Chapter 58 58. The Three Treasures of the Heavenly Master

The relationship between the major holy places of Buddhism and Taoism and the famous families who passed down Confucianism has always been difficult to describe.

Because of the Tang Dynasty imperial family, the major holy places of Buddhism and Taoism are generally in opposition to the famous families.

For example, the Heavenly Master's Mansion and the Jiangzhou Lin Clan are old enemies.

But there are exceptions.

For example, Fang Jian of the Jingxiang Fang Clan entered the Longhu Mountain School and became the Heavenly Master's personal disciple.

The Suzhou Chu Clan also had children who worshipped Longhu Mountain before, and are currently learning at the Heavenly Master's Mansion, but they have a different master from Lei Jun.

With the background of the Chu Clan children, they are naturally particular about choosing a master, and they will greet and negotiate in advance.

Chu Yu explained his purpose, and then introduced the boy next to him:

"This is Chu Kun, the great-grandson of my seventh uncle."

The boy was upright and polite, and saluted Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang: "Chu Kun greets the two Taoist priests."

Chu Yu smiled at Tang Xiaotang.

Although he didn't say anything, Tang Xiaotang seemed to have understood what the other party meant.

There was actually only one Taoist priest, Lei Jun, on the other side.

The other one, isn't it...

Tang Xiaotang was upset, but her attention was attracted by another aspect:

"Wait, he is your seventh uncle's... great-grandson? Then you are him?"

Chu Yu turned to look at the boy beside her.

The boy looked serious and bowed slightly to her respectfully: "Little aunt."

Lei Jun moved his mandible.

It was not the first time that he heard that the Chu girl in front of him was the jewel in the palm of the old patriarch of the Chu clan, who was born in his old age. She was young but had a high generation.

Tang Xiaotang suddenly laughed and deliberately said: "It's normal, you are not young anymore."

Chu Yu did not look like a lady as she did when she was a guest at the previous ceremony: "Xiaotang, my aunt came in a hurry this time and didn't bring you any candy."

Tang Xiaotang widened her eyes.

Lei Jun looked normal, and greeted the slightly embarrassed Lu Zhaoqing beside him, and then said: "I'm busy in the front mountain, so I won't bother you here. I and Sister Tang will receive the two guests."

The old Taoist looked at Tang Xiaotang and Chu Yu with some concern, and finally nodded and said goodbye.

Chu Yu and Chu Kun were both polite, saying goodbye to Lu Zhaoqing and watching each other leave.

Lei Jun looked Chu Yu up and down.

Unlike last year when she came to Longhu Mountain to watch the ceremony dressed as a lady from a noble family, Chu Yu was now dressed in a hunting suit, heroic and dashing.

Her temperament and beauty were also particularly flamboyant and unconcealed.

Lei Jun looked at the two blooming flowers in front of him, and the thought that flashed through his mind was...

Could this Jiangnan's most talented woman be practicing Confucian classics or divine archery?

In this world, the external differences between Confucian practitioners and Confucian practitioners may be very large.

Generally speaking, the Confucian school of the Tang Dynasty is divided into three lines of Taoist inheritance:

Confucian classics, divine archery and chanting.

In the final analysis, they all cultivate the Confucian noble spirit and literary spirit, but they go in different directions.

The previous Fang Yue was from the chanting lineage.

Judging from his appearance alone, he is quite consistent with the concept of scholars and literati in the eyes of many people, and his cultivation is indeed mainly based on the soul.

The two routes of classics and divine shooting are completely different styles. Unlike many people's impressions, compared with the "gentle" chanting school, these two schools are better at talking about the principles of "force".

Both have a long history, and classics are the current mainstream of Confucianism. The five surnames and seven families in the Tang Dynasty all rely on classics to pass down their families.

The Confucian cultivators of the classics lineage fight with others, and their style is similar to that of the Taoist talisman lineage, which is close to the concept of "dual cultivation of magic and martial arts" in Lei Jun's impression. The style of painting is a standard chic swordsman.

With such a style, it is easy to imagine that it is a cultivation of life and death, and the spirit is strong while the body is also outstanding.

As for the inheritance of the Confucian divine shooting lineage, it is even more incompatible with being weak.

As the name implies, they cultivate themselves with their own righteousness and strengthen bows and arrows, and refine their spirit and will with literary talent to make them sharper and more accurate.

Therefore, no matter the range, hit rate or penetration of arrows, they are far better than ordinary people.

Their close combat skills may be inferior, but in terms of physique, with the blessing of righteousness, they are almost the same as warriors of the same realm.

... Many Confucian classics and archery monks claim to be both civil and military, swift and unrestrained, and look down on warriors who can only fight in close combat.

There are many practitioners of Confucian archery heritage in the Tang army, which is one of the backbone forces.

The influence of the Five Surnames and Seven Famous Houses is deeply rooted in all aspects of the world today.

"This is not a place to entertain guests, little sister, should we go to another place to entertain guests?" Lei Junyan said.

Tang Xiaotang kept his eyes fixed on the woman opposite him and sat down directly on a rock:

"I think this place is pretty good, with natural elegance."

Chu Yu smiled slightly, not being particular, and nodded and smiled at Lei Jun: "I agree with this."

Lei Jun was happy with them doing this, and he could skip the etiquette of serving tea.

"Your father, Chu Guolao, is on the same level as the previous generation of Tianshi, which is a bargain for you. The current Tianshi and the junior uncle don't treat you as a junior, and you still want to go further?"

Tang Xiaotang said bluntly: "Your nephew, you brought him to worship under the junior uncle, are you really taking advantage of him?"

Chu Yu: "How dare I, I have always admired Elder Yuan's profound Taoism. If Chu Kun is really lucky enough to be a disciple of Elder Yuan, he will be a Taoist. Except for returning home to worship his ancestors, everything else is up to each other."

She turned her head to look at the young man beside her: "If there is no affinity between Chu Kun and Elder Yuan, how dare I bring him to visit?"

"Affinity?" Tang Xiaotang was curious.

"I didn't know you were in Qingxiao Mountain before I came here, so I only prepared three latitude and longitude boxes. Please bear with me."

Although Chu Yu said this to Tang Xiaotang, his attitude didn't mean much to forgive him.

She nodded to Chu Kun, and the young man quickly took out three brocade boxes and handed them to Lei Jun.

Chu Yu continued: "A few fragrant letters and gold treasures, just to express my feelings, one is presented to Elder Yuan, one is presented to Taoist Lei, and the other is asked to be taken back to Longhu Mountain by Taoist Lei and handed over to Elder Yuan the other day. A high-ranking Taoist priest."

The latitude and longitude box is a spiritual treasure made by Confucianism. The box contains the meaning of latitude and longitude. It is also called the miniature in the bag of Taoism and the mustard seed and sumeru of Buddhism. They are both spiritual treasures that can accommodate a large number of items in a very small space.

Only high-ranking people with the five surnames and Qi Wang can see him.

Lei Jun did not open it to see what was inside the box, but said directly: "This matter needs to be decided by the master. As a disciple, I have no room to interfere."

Chu Yu: "If that happens one day, after Chu Kun gets started, he will ask Taoist Master Lei and Taoist Wang to take care of him as senior brothers."

Lei Jun: "Fellow members of our sect should be friendly and help each other. This is what we should do."

"That's it, thank you very much." Chu Yu thanked Lei Jun first, and then looked at Tang Xiaotang with a smile: "I also thank Fellow Taoist Tang."

Tang Xiaotang frowned and finally moved his eyes away from Chu Yu, turning to look at the boy next to him.

Yuan Mobai saw guests today. They were from the Fang clan in Jingxiang. Elders Fang Yue and Fang Mingyuan arrived.

Later, he met Chu Yu's "grandfather and grandson".

That night, Chu Yu and Chu Kun stayed at Qingxiao Temple and waited until the next day to leave.

In the courtyard of the guest house, Chu Kun listened to his sister-in-law's instructions honestly:

"Wang Guiyuan and Lei Jun are both extraordinary people, especially Lei Jun. If you can successfully become the disciple of Elder Yuan, you might as well spend more time with your fellow seniors."

Chu Kun hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't hold it back: "Auntie, my fifteenth uncle also mentioned that you seem to have a special regard for that Lei Jun..."

"Fifteen, his vision is too bad. Lei Jun has survived two catastrophes in less than five years, from Taoist Qi refining to the altar of Dharma. Isn't it worth looking at him differently?" Chu Yu said casually.

The young man in front of him grinned: "My aunt, you are much faster than this..."

"Okay, let me put it another way. My brother, your great uncle, competed with Elder Yuan in the early years, but his skills were inferior."

Chu Yu did not shy away from it: "I dealt with Xu Yuanzhen once and suffered a little loss.

So, it is rare for Yuan Mobai and Xu Yuanzhen to value the same person. Let's pay attention to this person, isn't it too much? "

Chu Kun felt that this young aunt was giving off a dangerous aura, and he immediately straightened his body and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "It's not too much! It's not too much at all!"

Chu Yu waved his hand, and the young man quickly ran away.

"Except Yuan Mobai and Xu Yuanzhen, now..."

Chu Yu sat alone in the courtyard, thoughtful, with a smile on his lips: "Are we going to add Tang Xiaotang?"

On the other side, Yuan Mobai was chatting with Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang in his quiet room.

"When that child was born, there was indeed some connection with me."

He briefly mentioned a few words: "At that time, I was traveling abroad and accidentally got a piece of news about the Tianshi Seal, so I looked around and met a Chu couple by chance, and we became friends."

"Tianshi Seal?"

Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang looked at each other.

As heirs of the Tianshi Mansion, the two of them are certainly no strangers to this.

Everyone knows that there are countless treasures in the Tianshi Mansion.

But there are three treasures and one altar, which can be called the highest and famous all over the world:

One altar is the altar of Wanfa Zong, which governs the authentic talismans of the world.

The Three Treasures are the Celestial Master's Seal, the Celestial Master's Sword and the Celestial Master's Robe, all of which are supreme magic weapons that have been famous in Taoism for thousands of years.

but……

There is a little problem.

Just a little bit.

The Celestial Master's Seal, the first of the Three Treasures, was lost a few years ago.