"Isn't that right? Why is the Dharma Building so big?" Long Xiao exclaimed as soon as he entered. He raised his head and asked, "Is this the sky or the land?"

"There is a special cave in the teaching building. This sentence means literally." Chen Shijie said, "It is made of ninety-nine fragments of the cave."

"From the outside, we saw that this building is not big. In fact, the space on the first floor alone is larger than the city of Gucheng."

Long Xiao clicked his tongue and marveled: "It is indeed the pomp of the ancient divine sect."

Zhao Xing shook his head and said: "This was built after the Lihuo Sect joined the Zhou Dynasty. Ninety-nine pieces of the cave sky were used, and more than 100,000 mechanics participated in the construction. Huang Jian, the Great Sikong during the Taizu period

Hosted by."

"So it has nothing to do with the Shenbu Shen Sect. It is purely a national project. It is not certain whether it can be built during the time of the Fire God Sect. It is estimated that there are not that many people."

"Who are you, dare to comment on the ancient divine sect?" Just as Zhao Xing finished speaking, a middle-aged man wearing a yellow robe who was passing by looked over.

Zhao Xing looked back and found that the man was dressed in a simple way, holding a dust bag in his hand, and looking at him with an unhappy look on his face.

"What's wrong with what he said?" Long Xiao asked curiously.

The man in yellow robe hummed: "Huang Jian, the great Sikong during the Taizu period, did preside over the Taoist temple's Dharma transmission project, but the materials for the Dongtian fragments were passed down from the Lihuo Sect."

"Of the 187,645 people involved in the construction, 30,000, 1,672 of them are disciples of the Lihuo Sect."

"Before the Great Zhou Dynasty was established, the Lihuo Shen Sect was the state religion of the Southern Tang Dynasty. It has trained more than ten million disciples. How can you say that the Shen Sect does not have that many people?"

"I've learned a lesson." Zhao Xing hurriedly raised his hands and said, "This junior has little knowledge, please don't blame me senior."

At first glance, this person seems to be an old scholar, and he is a relatively old-fashioned "old school".

Zhao Xing did not want to argue with others on this matter, which would only cause trouble, so as not to reveal his identity.

The man in yellow robe returned the salute, and then hummed: "In the future, you should be careful in your words and deeds, and don't make random comments about Shenzong."

"Yes." Zhao Xing looked humble and teachable, and then pulled Long Xiao and Chen Shijie away.

"This man gave me a weird feeling." Long Xiao glanced at the direction the man left, "Oh, I remembered that his words and deeds were a bit like those Fangwai monsters I had seen in the Southern Wilderness.

Lao Chen, do you think it looks like it?"

"Yeah." Chen Shi nodded.

Zhao Xing whispered: "The predecessor of the Seventy-two Taoist Academy is the sect. It is normal for you to feel this way."

"This person should be a more traditional old guard."

Long Xiao asked: "What do you mean?"

Zhao Xing used the wind to transmit the message, so that only three people could hear the message.

"The process of the seventy-two sects joining the Qiyun Dynasty system of the Great Zhou Dynasty was not smooth sailing."

"At that time, there was violent turmoil, and three situations occurred among the major sects."

"The first is those who conform to the general trend. They quickly accepted the reality, integrated into the Great Zhou Dynasty, became the dean of the Taoist Academy, and abandoned the old laws and regulations."

"The second is the extremely stubborn ones. These people in power are accustomed to being aloof, killing and taking away lives, and cannot accept the harsh laws of the Zhou Dynasty. So during that special period, they split, defected, and left with their disciples.

The territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"Third, some elders and protectors. Although they were ordered by the major sect leaders, they also obeyed the order and joined the Great Zhou."

"But their behaviors, habits, and ideas are still the same as before. They just don't want to leave the land of the Nineteen States."

"They are not that extreme. On the surface they follow the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty and accept the Qiyun Dynasty's setting of limiting cultivation."

"But in my heart, I still follow the ancient sectarian tradition."

Long Xiao sent a message: "What traditions does the sect have?"

Chen Shijie said: "For example, as for the habit of ascetic cultivation, I once saw a group of powerful Taoists in Mingshan. Every once in a while, they would meditate on the top of the mountain without eating, drinking or sleeping."

"For a few months, or for a year, you can live on your own energy and rainwater."

"These people starved themselves to the point of death. In the past, there were even cases where they went on a hunger strike to death."

Zhao Xing nodded and said: "There is also a habit of teaching the Dharma. They don't use many of the special skills. If they don't find a disciple who is willing to follow the ancient method and become a disciple, they would rather bring the special skills into the coffin."

"During the reigns of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Wen, there were many incidents where teachers beat students to death in various monasteries."

Long Xiao was surprised and said: "Why?"

Zhao Xing explained: "Many Taoist students learned spells from this teacher and then went to learn from other teachers the next day."

"Such behavior is considered to be bullying the master and destroying the ancestors. Many elders couldn't stand this, so they took action to destroy the disciples' cultivation."

"This waste, without proper control, broke through the luck protection given to Taoists by Zhou Dynasty. Many Taoists also died when they fell."

"There are even more extreme sectarian monks who beat people to death just because their disciples are not awake at dawn and dusk."

A trace of shock appeared on Long Xiao's face:

"Being beaten to death for not coming to say good morning and good night to Master?"

"That's ridiculous!"

"It's quite ridiculous," Chen Shijie said. "Thanks to the kindness of Emperor Wen, he didn't kill these old stubborns."

"His policy is to send members of the royal family to enter Taoist academies, and after completing their studies, they will slowly replace those old stubborns."

"After thousands of years of changes, most of the current seventy-two Taoist academies, presidents, vice-presidents and other important positions are members of the royal family."

"That's right." Zhao Xing nodded. Like Princess Youruo's mother, she was originally the head (dean) of the Bishui Sect. Later, she gave birth to Princess Youruo, who was given the title of honorary vice dean.

If there are no accidents, this position belonged to Princess Youruo after her mother died.

It's a pity that the old witch gave up this position later, actually accepted the marriage, and married to the Holy Light King's Court in the Southern Wasteland. I really don't know what she thought.

"Your teacher Liu Tianning beat up the people in the monastery, are these the old guard?" Long Xiao asked.

"It's not beating, it's killing." Zhao Xing said, "The most cruel mode of competition among various great academies is named [Great Dao Battle]."

"In this mode, it is not only a matter of life and death, but also a matter of life and death. It is a very common way of competition in the ancient sect world to follow the path of others."

"Taizu was warlike and preserved this tradition. It was abolished for a period of time during the reign of Emperor Wen."

"But later on, he recovered. Now His Majesty likes this method even more. He has even fought seven [Dao Battles] personally."

"Oh?" Long Xiao said, "His Majesty also fought?"

"Yeah." Zhao Xing said, "In the first six games, he killed thirty-seven vice-presidents of six Taoist academies. You know the reason."

"I don't understand." Long Xiao said sincerely.

"Didn't Zhao Xing just say that those old guys are unwilling to teach the Dharma?" Chen Shijie said angrily. "You have really dulled your brain these days in Gucheng."

Zhao Xing smiled and said: "Yes, since those old guys want to bring the secret method into the coffin, then what's the use of keeping it? Your Majesty will personally send them a ride and let them enter the coffin early."

"I see." Long Xiao said, "What about the seven games? What happened in the seventh game?"

Zhao Xing shrugged and said: "After the seventh game, the master of the Bishui Sect entered the harem, and Princess Youruo was born."

"Good guy."

"..."

The three of them chatted while strolling around the first floor.

The first level is mostly where the ninth-grade Juyuan Realm and the eighth-grade Lingqiao Realm gather.

The Dharma Walls are distributed in all directions, extremely tall and spacious, enough for people to toss around.

Zhao Xing took a look and found that the Dharma Wall had many blocks and they were also classified.

For example, according to professional classification, there are martial arts, spells, music skills, soul skills (the soul skills here refer to specific priest skills, not the soul training and attack methods in the popular sense), dance skills, and magic circles.

For example, it is classified according to the five elements of wind and thunder.

As an important cultivation path, the Way of Sinong naturally has an exclusive section.

"The spells created by Houtu Guiyuan Secret Code after understanding the solar term order are very weak." Chen Shijie commented, "On the first level, you can only see what's new."

"Yes." Zhao Xing said, "There are no spells related to the Self Sect here. There are very few people in the eighth and ninth grades who have understood the growth chart of all things and the Yin and Yang Self Sutra."

"The first ten floors are nothing to see, so just go to the eleventh floor." Long Xiao curled his lips. "Those martial arts are very crude."

"Students from the Taoist Academy will really do anything in order to graduate."

"Obviously, there is a student who uses the same set of sword moves and changes his starting position, but he can actually pass it. What a fucking talent."

"..."

Zhao Xing, Chen Shijie, and Long Xiao communicated with each other and flew up the ladder.

Between floors, there are 'ladders' everywhere, with white clouds moving up and down between the sky and the earth. A proper fantasy version of an 'elevator'.

…………

Take the ladder and go all the way to the tenth floor.

When you get to the eleventh floor, there is no ladder, and you have to fly by yourself.

The Taoist Academy uses this method to isolate low-level students from going up, lest they see the powerful spells and martial arts and lose themselves.

Like Feng Qiu, there are also many people here who are very biased and fall into dead ends.
To be continued...