Haotian was the supreme and the only faith in this world.
Countless believers in the world devoutly worshipped the Haotian Taoism temples all over the world with their spirit and money. The Divine Hall located in the Peach Mountain of West-Hill was the supreme center that influenced and even controlled these temples and the secular imperial power.
The West-Hill Divine Palace was led by the Hierarch Lord, and the affairs of the Haotian Taoism were managed by three Great Divine Priests. These three Great Divine Priests were extremely powerful and dignified, so they were called Great Gods.
The Three Gods were the Great Divine Priest of Revelation, the Great Divine Priest of Judgment, and the Great Divine Priest of Light.
Among them, the Great Divine Priest of Judgment was in charge of adjudicating heresy and arresting the remnants of the Devil's Doctrine. There were countless strong men under his command. He was the most powerful and had the most power on the surface. The Great Divine Priest of Revelation was in charge of comprehending the will of Haotian. He edited the classics and controlled all the Taoist temples in the world with the Seven-Fen calligraphy. He had a great influence in the secular world.
The Great Divine Priest of Light was the most special existence among the Three Gods. He did not have specific distribution of Haotian Taoism's affairs, but he had the power to touch all the affairs of Haotian Taoism. That was because anyone who could become the Great Divine Priest of Light must be the most proficient in the doctrine of the Divine Hall, with the strongest belief and the most sensitive to the darkness of the world.
A thousand years ago, the Great Divine Priest of Light brought a certain Tomes of Arcane into the Wilderness to preach. It could be said that he bore the most arduous and important historical mission of Haotian Taoism. One could imagine his status. No one knew why the Great Divine Priest of Light gave up Haotian's divine favor and created his own sect. He created a Devil's Doctrine in the world and fought against Haotian Taoism until today. Even though it was severely suppressed by the West-Hill Divine Palace, it was still not defeated. One could imagine how powerful it was.
The successive Great Divine Priests of Light of the West-Hill Divine Palace were all great figures. Therefore, although there was no ranking within the Divine Hall, the Great Divine Priest of Light was the head of the Three Gods, just below the hierarch.
Over the years, there were occasionally letters of authorization issued in the name of the Three Divine Priests of West-Hill. However, no one outside of Peach Mountain knew that the respected Great Divine Priest of Light was imprisoned by the Divine Hall in the Secluded Prison at the foot of Peach Mountain. Moreover, he had been imprisoned for 14 years.
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The middle-aged priest kneeling in front of the wooden fence could hardly suppress the excitement in his heart. Over the years, he was the only one in the world who often saw the old man behind the wooden fence, but every time he saw him, he was as excited as the first time he saw the old man.
Now, he was the most trusted subordinate of the Great Divine Priest of Judgment. Even the two Priests, Ye Hongyu and Prince Long Qing, would not underestimate him. However, no matter how high his status was, as long as he walked into the dim You Prison and came to the wooden fence, he felt as if he was still the young man who had just come to Peach Mountain from the Song Taoist temple in the East Sea, and the old man behind the fence was still the high status and beloved Great Divine Priest of Light.
The middle-aged priest believed in Haotian and yearned for the light. He was willing and only willing to devote all his love and reverence to the old man who had guided him onto the bright path, even at the cost of his life and soul.
The old man looked at the middle-aged Divine Priest calmly. The wrinkles on his face were as dense as the wood grain on the fence. The expression on his face was extremely gentle. There was no trace of the wisdom and majesty of the Great Divine Priest of Light in the past.
The middle-aged priest touched his forehead to the ground and said softly, "The Great Divine Priest of Judgment asked, so I came to see you."
The old man said, "Even if you don't come to see me, I still want to see you."
The middle-aged priest was shocked and said in a trembling voice, "Great Divine Priest, what did you see?"
The old man slowly turned around and looked out from the tiny glass hole in the room. Outside the hole was a deep fog and no sunlight could be seen, but he knew that it was the north.
The holy light in the old man's sunken eye sockets gradually dissipated. The black pupil was strangely enlarged and occupied the entire eyeball, looking like a transparent black jade without a speck of dust.
"I saw the shadow of the night appear in Chang 'an City."
Hearing this, the middle-aged priest who was kneeling outside the wooden fence trembled.
The Great Divine Priest of Light, who had been imprisoned for many years, was still the Great Divine Priest of Light. Every word he said naturally had its own reason. For the middle-aged Divine Priest, there was almost no difference from the will of Haotian.
The Great Divine Priest of Light did not have the ability to predict the operation of all things in the world. That was the God-given ability of the Great Divine Priest of Revelation. But as a priest with the purest and firmest Taoist Heart and light in every hair and drop of blood, he had a very special ability to see the real darkness of the world.
Many years ago, he once saw the shadow of the night floating from the Wilderness to the Tang Empire. It was because he firmly believed in this that the West-Hill Divine Palace did so many things in that powerful empire in the north at all costs.
However, it was very strange that because of that incident, he, who had a high position in the Divine Hall, was instantly beaten down to the dust. Facing the wrath of the Hierarch Lord, especially the gaze of the Taoist in indigo, as powerful as he was and as intelligent as he was, he could not do anything to resist. Thus, he became an unknown prisoner in the foothills of Peach Mountain.
The middle-aged priest asked for instructions in a trembling voice, "This matter should be reported to the Great Divine Priest of Judgment, no, the Hierarch Lord."
The old man looked at him with a smile and shook his head, saying, "This hall …"
With a faint sigh, the dust on the fence flew up.
"And the temple at the back of the hall … it has already fallen and decayed."
The Great Divine Priest of Light, who had been imprisoned for many years for no reason, had the right to coldly criticize the Divine Hall and even the Taoist temple. However, although the middle-aged priest respected him, he did not dare to reply. He raised his head and after a moment of confusion, he could not hide his excitement and said in a trembling voice, "Are you … leaving?"
The old man looked at him quietly. His sunken eye sockets had returned to their original state, and the holy radiance made his eyes look indifferent and hollow. His dry lips trembled slightly, and he said emotionlessly, "You will die. Many people will die."
"There are many people in the Divine Hall like me who are willing to give up their lives."
The middle-aged priest did not hesitate and said firmly, "For the light to come to the world."
After being imprisoned for 14 years, he finally decided to escape the You Prison of the Divine Hall because of the darkness he saw. The old man quietly looked at the middle-aged priest who was kneeling outside the fence. It was as if he was seeing the young Taoist priest whose eyes were full of awe and worship many years ago. The wrinkles on his face became deeper and deeper, filled with compassion and compassion.
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One night.
The old man got up and walked to the row of seemingly loose and low wooden fences. He quietly looked at the fence and looked at it for a long time, which he had accompanied for 5,000 days and nights. Then he said one sentence.
"I have no Confinement in my heart. How can the Confinement stop me? My Taoist Heart is bright. How can the light stop me? "
After saying this, the old man reached out and pushed the wooden fence. His action was ordinary and casual, as if he was not trying to get rid of the years of confinement, but just wanted to leave home and push open the creaking wooden door.
The old man's fingers touched the wooden fence. The wooden fence silently broke into powder and turned into countless shining dust particles that drifted everywhere. Then, like a group of fireflies, they drilled out of the small stone hole.
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The Great Divine Priest of Judgment, who was quietly sitting on the South Sea Seat of Heavenly Black Jade with his hand supporting his chin, suddenly stiffened.
Two tiny specks of light suddenly appeared in his majestic eyes that were as deep as the sea.
Puff! Thick blood spurted from his lips and dripped on the dark red divine robe.
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The fireflies drilled out of the small stone hole and entered the night fog. Like pouring oil into a fire, they ignited everything around them, especially the tiny particles in the haze.
The dark valley that had never seen light suddenly burned.
This kind of burning had no heat or destructive power, only brightness.
The burning mountain fog instantly spread up to the south of Peach Mountain and among the Taoist temples.
In the deep night, the whole Peach Mountain was burning.
Especially the Divine Hall of Light, in which Taoist chanting echoed, solemn and compassionate, shining.
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At the highest point of Peach Mountain, there was a pure white Divine Hall.
A thunder-like roar sounded in the Divine Hall.
With the thunder-like roar, the invisible flame between Peach Mountain was gradually extinguished.
The roar in the highest Divine Hall gradually became lower.
The ending sound was lingering. The ending sound was faint.
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There was an island far away in the southeast.
The storm in this ocean was more terrible than in the Storm Sea. No fishing boats or merchant ships had ever come here.
There had never been human footprints on this island before.
A skinny Daoist dressed in green stood on a high reef.
The terrible waves kept hitting the bottom of the reef, making a thunder-like sound. The island was shaking, but he seemed to feel nothing.
The Taoist in indigo quietly looked at the depths of the ocean, watching the hot fog that was evaporated by the lava of the underwater volcano.
Suddenly, he seemed to have sensed something and turned his head to look at the distant land that he could not see.
After a long time, the Taoist in indigo sighed and shook his head.
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That night, 14 Divine Priests in Peach Mountain turned into ashes in the light.
That night, a total of 300 people from the Divine Hall of Light were executed.
That night, the Great Divine Priest of Light, who had been imprisoned for 14 years, successfully escaped from the West-Hill Divine Palace.
He was the first prisoner in history to leave the You Prison behind Peach Mountain alive.
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Dusk was the warmest time in the Wilderness in winter. The red sunset hanging over the long grass in the distance emitted the last light of the day. Although it could not melt the snow, it could add some redness to the cheeks of travelers.
The sound of arrows whistling and heavy objects falling sounded in the Wilderness.
People in the camp heard Cat Girl's surprised shout from afar, "Senior Brother, your archery is so good!"
Someone went to clean up the prey. Ning Que fed the big black horse and was ready to rest for a while. When he passed by the carriage, he found Mo Shanshan beside the window, concentrating on writing in the last afterglow.
"Be careful of hurting your eyes."
He stood beside the window and said kindly.
Mo Shanshan looked up at him coldly, as if he was air.
Ning Que had been in the Wilderness for some days and found that the girl was so proud that she never looked at him directly. He was a little unhappy and thought that he did not even care about the pride of the Tang Princess, how could he be defeated by her?
So he did not bother to look at her directly. He leaned against the window and squinted to see her writing. His eyes did not fall on the paper, but on her face. He found that her slightly round face was full of concentration and forgetfulness.
Ning Que agreed that she was the most beautiful when she was serious. Once he picked up the brush, he often forgot everything around him. So when he saw the girl concentrating on writing calligraphy, his impression of her inevitably improved.
"I didn't know that you are a guy who is obsessed with books. Your writing is quite similar to my style."
The young men of the Great River Kingdom were doing physical work, putting up tents and nailing stakes. Zhuo Zhihua and other female disciples were piling firewood to make a fire and cooking. Hearing Ning Que's comments, they did not know why they laughed.
They covered their mouths and looked at Ning Que, but did not say why they laughed.
Ning Que was a little embarrassed. To cover up this embarrassment, he looked up at the sky and found that a few grain-sized stars appeared on the edge of the Wilderness, looking at the sunset across the sky. He subconsciously sighed, "There is still no moon."
Inside the window, Mo Shanshan put down the brush on the inkstone and followed his gaze. She asked dully, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Ning Que was slightly startled and thought of something. A smile gradually appeared on his cheeks.
Mo Shanshan looked at his side face through the window. The breeze on the Wilderness blew his hair and a lovely little dimple vaguely appeared. She suddenly found that this guy's smile at this time was so sincere and sincere.
Suddenly, Ning Que put his palm on the window and his body swept up and disappeared.
A light sound came from the top of the horse carriage. Mo Shanshan looked up and did not understand what it meant.
In the wind of the Wilderness, Ning Que stood on the top of the horse carriage and looked at the smoke gradually rising under the round sunset in the distance. He gradually frowned and put his hand between his lips to blow a sharp whistle.
The camp suddenly became quiet, and the war-horses began to stir.
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Accompanied by the setting sun, Sangsang ate noodles with fried eggs alone with relish.
There was not a single green onion in the noodles because she did not like to eat green onion. The reason why she used to put green onion was that someone liked it.
She put on Chenjinji Cosmetics Store's powder in front of the mirror alone, and there would not be someone who always laughed at her.
She slept alone, rolling from left to right and from right to left. The bed seemed much bigger.
On the bed, she kicked her legs and stretched her arms as she wanted. She no longer worried about who she would kick or hit.
Living alone in Chang 'an City was very comfortable, but also very uncomfortable.
Sangsang lay on the bed and looked at the tree outside the window. She looked at the stars in the leaves and wondered why there was still no moon. What was the moon that the young master mentioned? Where was the young master at this time?
Maybe because the bed suddenly became bigger and she was not used to it, Sangsang did not sleep well all night like the previous days. She tossed and turned until dawn. She got up with a yawn and rubbed her face. She pushed the door open and went to the alley to buy a bowl of hot and sour noodle slice soup. Then she sat on the threshold of the Old Brush Pen Shop.
In the bright light of the early morning, she ate alone, tasteless.
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It was noisy at Yangguan, the southernmost part of the Tang Empire. Countless caravans were waiting to enter the country.
There was an ordinary horse carriage lined up according to the rules.
In the carriage, there was an old man with withered hair and deep eyes resting.
He opened his eyes and looked to the distant Chang 'an City in the north. His eyes were full of gentle and dignified light.
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