With Minghe, Fuxi, and the other five occupying the first six seats in the first row, Cheng Hao's Haotian Palace was officially opened.
Before the sermon began, congenital Deities kept entering Haotian Palace. One after another, there were no less than a thousand of them.
"There are three thousand guests in the Purple Cloud Palace. Now, there are no less than a thousand of them in my Haotian Palace. So, there are about two thousand Deities going to the Purple Cloud Palace!"
Cheng Hao roughly glanced at the gods in the square who had come to listen to the sermon. He actually found the figures of a few Ancestral Sorcerers among them. Even though they had shrunk their bodies, they still exuded an extremely violent aura, causing no one to dare to sit beside them.
"There are six Ancestors of Sorcery in Haotian Palace. So, there are also six Ancestors of Sorcery in the Purple Cloud Palace. These simple-minded guys even know how to bet on both sides. That's commendable!"
The corners of Cheng Hao's mouth couldn't help but curl into a smile. Logically speaking, most people would be disgusted by two-faced people and fence-sitters. However, Cheng Hao really couldn't bring himself to have any ill feelings towards these idiots. It was rare for them to use their brains, so he couldn't dampen their enthusiasm, right?
Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, the Haotian Palace suddenly rang with the sound of bells. The next moment, under the expectant eyes of the Deities, Cheng Hao's figure flashed and directly appeared on the high platform at the front.
Sitting on the futon on the high platform with his legs crossed, Cheng Hao looked around. Under the nervous eyes of the Deities, he nodded lightly.
"In the future, when you come to Haotian Palace to listen to the sermon, you will sit according to today's order. You can't change it at will. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Taoist Ancestor!"
Naturally, the Deities would not disobey Cheng Hao on this kind of thing. In their eyes, the seats were nothing. They came here to listen to the sermon and to go further to become Sage-to-be or even Sage. As for other things, they were not important!
"In that case, I will now begin the sermon!"
"Before the beginning of heaven and earth, there were things mixed together and the congenital earth was born. Solitary and desolate, independent but unchanging, moving around but not perilous, it could be the mother of heaven and earth. I don't know his name, but the word 'strong' refers to the Dao, and the word 'strong' refers to the word 'great'. Under the Great Dao, Heaven and Earth were the foundation, and all existences were the Dao. As the saying goes, the Great Dao is everywhere, and so is the Dao. "
"The Dao can be Dao, but it is not the Dao …"
"Name can be named, it's an unusual name …"
After all, it was Cheng Hao's first time preaching, so he finally chose this style of preaching that sounded very cool. Although it was somewhat mysterious and unpredictable, the more it was so, the more reverent the gods who came to listen to the preaching, the more reverence they had in their eyes.
It was especially so for some gods with ordinary cultivation. The more they couldn't understand, the more they looked at him with admiration.
Look, as expected of a Dao Ancestor. Although we don't quite understand, we feel that it's very impressive. It's definitely not because the Dao Ancestor doesn't speak well, but because we don't have enough comprehension. Otherwise, why would the other fellow daoists be so fascinated by it?
If others could understand it, how could I not?
Even if he didn't understand, he had to pretend that he understood!
Minghe listened to his master's mysterious preaching on the stage and felt slightly awkward.
He had followed his master for so many years and had listened to his master's preaching many times. However, every time he preached, his master would use the most straightforward and simple principles to explain various matters related to cultivation. He was afraid that his disciples wouldn't understand.
It was his first time encountering such a preaching that sounded impressive but didn't seem to give him much comprehension.
He thought that the gods might not be used to this kind of preaching. Minghe instinctively looked back. However, he discovered that the 1,000 gods were either overjoyed or in deep thought with their eyes closed. There were even some who were both sad and happy. They looked like they could die peacefully after hearing the Dao in the morning.
This scene caused Minghe to doubt himself for a moment.
'Could it be that everyone can understand while I'm the only one who's confused? Is my comprehension that bad? '
This preaching lasted for three days and three nights. It was also the most tiring Cheng Hao had ever preached. In the end, even he himself didn't know what he was talking about. Anyway, the more mysterious it was, the more difficult it was to understand. If he couldn't understand it, the gods under the stage couldn't even hope to understand it!
'I want you to be confused. I want you to be confused. Otherwise, if you can understand it as soon as you hear it, how can it show how extraordinary I am?'
Cheng Hao, who had many pro-disciples, understood the principle of teaching according to their aptitude.
After all, the gods who came to listen to the preaching today were congenital gods. All of them had extraordinary qualifications and comprehension. Although they came to listen to the preaching respectfully, it was hard to tell what they were thinking in their hearts.
Perhaps in their eyes, he was just a Tao Ancestor who was lucky to find the way to become a sage. In terms of comprehension of the Great Tao, he was not much better than them.
If he couldn't suppress the gods during the preaching today, they might not respect or even submit to him, the Tao Ancestor, in the future!
"About the Tao, I've explained almost everything. Everyone, is there anything you don't understand?" Cheng Hao felt that he couldn't drag this on any further. He stopped and looked at the gods below, who were in a daze, and spoke slowly.
None of the gods under the stage opened their mouths. They couldn't help it. From the beginning to the end, they could only understand the simple introduction of the Tao. As for the latter part, they couldn't understand it at all. Even if they wanted to ask questions, they didn't know what to ask!
"Teacher, I have a question to ask!" Seeing that there was an awkward silence, Minghe stood up consciously and bowed respectfully with his hands folded.
"Just say it!" Cheng Hao nodded with satisfaction at the performance of his eldest disciple.
"Teacher, is there a stronger existence above the Way of Heaven?"
"Above the Way of Heaven, there is the Great Tao, or Tao. Tao is the origin of everything and the most basic source of the operation of all the worlds. If the Great Tao doesn't exist, the Untainted Land won't exist, and the Way of Heaven will also cease to exist!"
Minghe was naturally clear about these principles. After all, he had followed his teacher through the Heavens and Myriad Worlds, so he still had a basic understanding of the world.
However, the gods below seemed to have discovered a new continent. All of them listened attentively, afraid that they would miss a single word.
"Teacher, when you proved your Tao, did you prove the Great Tao or the Way of Heaven?"
"I didn't prove the Way of Heaven, but I didn't prove the Great Tao either. I can only say that I just set foot on the path of proving the Great Tao. As for whether I can reach the end, I don't know!"
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