In the following days, the Great Divine Priest of Light, disguised as an ordinary old man in Chang 'an, went to the inn, ate, slept, enjoyed the scenery, drank tea, listened to music, and took a nap. Every day, he would stroll around the Lin 47th Street and see Sangsang.
He saw Sangsang when he ate, slept, drank tea, listened to music, and took a nap. He went to see Sangsang every day. After finding out the name of the skinny little handmaiden in the Old Brush Pen Shop, seeing Sangsang became the most important part of his life.
One day, the old man came to the Lin 47th Street again with two bags of osmanthus cakes from the Furong Store. Seeing the little handmaiden being picked up by a royal carriage, he could not help but feel curious, but did not think much about it. Looking at the closed door of the Old Brush Pen Shop and not seeing Sangsang's busy body, the old man felt something was missing and regretful. After standing there for a while, he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten the real purpose of coming to Chang 'an.
The shadow of the dark night had long disappeared from the old man's eyes. He did not know where that person was hiding in Chang 'an or whether he was still in Chang' an. He had even completely forgotten about it these days.
Standing on the gray wall of the Lin 47th Street, he thought of it and shook his head. He put the osmanthus cakes in front of the Old Brush Pen Shop and tightened his dirty thick cotton-padded jacket. Then he passed through the cobweb-like streets of the Eastern City and came to a quiet mansion in the Southern City.
Two large locust trees stood quietly at the entrance of the alley. Their leaves fluttered weakly in the winter wind. Compared to the lofty trees peeking out from the houses on both sides of the alley, they looked a little shabby.
There were two mansions facing each other in the middle of the alley. The old man did not pay attention to the mansion on his right, but looked directly to his left. The broken seal had long been torn clean by the wind, leaving only some scraps of paper mixed in between the peeling paint of the wooden door. It looked extremely dilapidated.
The old man stood quietly in front of the shabby mansion gate with his hands behind his back and his body bent. He looked at the remaining stone lion and the old mud that had accumulated behind the base of the stone lion. An indescribable emotion appeared in his sunken eyes.
The old man stood there for a long time until a gust of winter wind blew in from the entrance of the alley and entered the collar of his thick cotton-padded jacket. He coughed a few times and his body bent even lower.
A voice came along with the winter wind.
"The winter in Chang 'an this year is much colder than before."
The old man still stooped and replied, "I haven't been to Chang 'an City for many years, so I don't know what the winter in Chang' an City was like before."
Then, he turned to look at the entrance of the alley.
A man walked slowly from the entrance of the alley. His eyebrows were straight like a ruler and his eyes were bright like a spring. He wore a cotton Taoist robe and a simple Taoist bun. He carried a long sword on his back and wore a pair of straw sandals. Every step he took was like a dragon or a tiger. The fallen leaves and mud in front of him seemed to be afraid of his power. They moved even though there was no wind and moved to the sides of the alley.
It was the Great Tang Empire's Nation Advisor, Li Qingshan.
"You can stay in Chang 'an for the next few years. Maybe you will have a deeper understanding of the winter here."
Li Qingshan stopped and looked at the old man. He wanted to keep the guest.
If he was a real guest, the Tang Empire would have good tea and wine to entertain him. If he came uninvited and had years of resentment, the so-called "keep the guest" meant something else.
The old man looked at him quietly and slowly straightened up. His stooped and thin body suddenly became tall and mighty with a simple straightening movement. A sense of solemnity and wisdom gushed out.
Facing the Nation Master of Tang, the old man was no longer the ordinary old man who drank tea, ate and looked at Sangsang.
He was the Great Divine Priest of Light.
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The leader of the South School of Haotian Taoism, the Nation Master of Tang, and almost all the people's imagination about power could be given to Li Qingshan. No one had seen him in a wonderful state these years. Because of his extraordinary status, there was really nothing that he needed to do in person.
But even the children playing in the streets of Chang 'an City knew that the Nation Master was naturally very powerful. Otherwise, how could he become the Nation Master? For people in the cultivation world, the Nation Master of Tang Li Qingshan was a master in the Knowing Destiny State. Once he made a move, he would definitely cause a storm.
However, the old man in front of the dilapidated General's Mansion was not an ordinary person. As the most respected Great Divine Priest of Light in the West-Hill Divine Palace, he still had countless loyal subordinates after being imprisoned for 14 years. Even the hierarch did not dare to kill him. Once he made a move, he caused chaos in the Divine Hall and was the first person in history to successfully escape from the You Prison.
The Nation Master of Tang was facing the Great Divine Priest of Light. No one knew who would win.
"The West-Hill sent a letter saying that you are very powerful. My Senior Brother also said that you are very powerful. He even said that you may be more powerful than the hierarch."
Looking at the Great Divine Priest of Light, Li Qingshan suddenly smiled and said, "I know that because my mind is preoccupied with secular affairs, I can't keep my Taoist Heart calm, so I always have some regrets in the realm. So if you are really stronger than me, I don't think it is difficult to accept, and I won't think it is a shame."
The Great Divine Priest of Light said, "After so many years of cultivation, if I still can't see through this, I will inevitably be a little stupid."
"So I can't see through you." Li Qingshan stopped smiling and said, "You are different from the two Great Divine Priests of Judgment and Revelation. Back then, my Senior Brother and I never saw a trace of ambition for power in you. You didn't even seem to have much interest in the glory of Haotian in the human world. You studied the scriptures hard. You saved people in trouble. You were compassionate but not compassionate. You were indifferent but not interested in indifference. You were almost a completely transparent or bright person."
Li Qingshan's voice gradually became cold. He said, "So I don't understand why you suddenly became such a person. You would do such a thing and become the first Great Divine Priest of Light to be imprisoned in the Divine Hall. I also don't understand why you still came to Chang 'an after escaping. What do you want to do?"
"All things and laws in the world are determined by Haotian. Our position in the world has long been determined. My position is above the Divine Priest of Light. My mission is to see the darkness. That's all. "
After a short pause, the Great Divine Priest of Light looked up at the messy sky behind the messy branches above the courtyard wall. A trace of compassionate smile appeared on his face. He continued to say, "If everyone knew their position and mission, everything in the world would be much simpler. When I saw the darkness, it should have been purified by Judgment. However, no one was willing to complete their mission, so I had to do more."
He withdrew his gaze and looked at Li Qingshan. He said, "Whether you see it or not, the darkness is always there. But since I saw it, I really can't pretend that I didn't see it."
Li Qingshan shook his head and said, "If all things and laws in the world are determined by Haotian, then why do we still need to cultivate and seek? Where the darkness is, it will be purified by Haotian. You just need to complete your mission in your position. Why do you still need to do these things? If you could really know your position and mission, you should still be the Great Divine Priest of Light sitting on the Divine Throne and being worshipped by all people. How could you become a stray dog that everyone wants to kill? "
The Great Divine Priest of Light was silent.
Li Qingshan looked at his old face and thought of the benevolent old man who painstakingly studied the scriptures in the Divine Hall many years ago. His heart was filled with mixed feelings of sympathy and disgust. He sighed and said, "All the Great Divine Priests of Light are the most intelligent people in Haotian Taoism. But I don't know why the Great Divine Priest of Light is the most prone to problems. The more outstanding one is, the more so. The one who preached in the Wilderness more than a thousand years ago, and the one who disappeared in the South Sea six hundred years ago. You are also the same. Why? I often wonder if it's because people like you, who have great wisdom and perseverance, have great confidence that you insist that what you see is the truth, and that it's the only truth, so you walk further and further away from the real truth? "
Listening to these sincere words, the Great Divine Priest of Light was silent for a long time. He seemed to have some emotions, but after a moment, his expression became calm and indifferent. He said, "What you see is what you see. What you see in the eyes of light is the objective existence of the world. Falsehood is also the truth."
Hearing his words, Li Qingshan could not help but be slightly angry. He said in a low voice, "But no one will think so except you! Fourteen years ago, you faked the hierarch's edict and let Li Peiyan and Xiahou do this. His Majesty was angry, and so was the hierarch. If you did not want to be the enemy of the whole world, how could the world treat you as its enemy? How could His Majesty and the hierarch think you should die at the same time? You are so virtuous and respected, how could you be locked up for so many years! "
The Great Divine Priest of Light said, "I did not fake the edict of the chief monk."
Li Qingshan slightly raised his eyebrows and said, "You mean the hierarch used you as a scapegoat?"
The Great Divine Priest of Light's tone became calmer and calmer. He said, "Who has the guts to use me as a scapegoat?"
After a moment of silence, Li Qingshan said, "But this thing was done by you after all."
"Yes."
"Have you ever considered the thoughts of His Majesty and the hierarch?"
"What does the thoughts of the Tang Emperor and the chief monk have to do with me?"
The Great Divine Priest of Light's voice was as calm as the frozen surface of a lake in winter, smooth and without any ripples or traces, as if the disaster he had caused that shocked the Tang Empire and the West-Hill Divine Palace was just a trivial matter.
Li Qingshan looked at him coldly and asked, "You came to Chang 'an after getting out of trouble. Have you not let go of that thing?"
The Great Divine Priest of Light was silent.
Li Qingshan turned to look at the dilapidated General's Mansion and sighed. "So many innocent people have died in Chang 'an just because of what you said back then. This General's Mansion has deteriorated to this extent thanks to you. Are you still not satisfied?"
The Great Divine Priest of Light said expressionlessly, "Not satisfied."
Li Qingshan pointed at the General's Mansion and scolded harshly, "All the people in the General's Mansion are dead. What else are you dissatisfied with?"
The Great Divine Priest of Light shook his head and said, "No, there is still one who is not dead."
Li Qingshan's pupils shrank slightly and he was extremely shocked.
"At that time, both the Divine Hall and the Tang Empire's princes and generals agreed to cooperate with me because no one wanted to see the Son of Yama come to the world. However, after that, everyone thought that what I saw was fake. Your princes thought that I had bewitched them and your emperor was extremely angry. So even though some people knew that there was still one person alive in this General's Mansion, they were not willing to continue the investigation and even forbade talking about it. "
"Why was I imprisoned for 14 years? Because I knew that the Son of Yama was still in this world and was becoming more and more powerful. I wanted to continue looking for him, but those people did not believe in the Son of Yama and his existence. If I continued to investigate, there would be a big problem between the West-Hill and the Tang Empire. "
"Then some people had to lock me up."
He said slowly with a sad mood, "Peach Mountain, the Tang Empire, the whole world has decayed."
"It is not that I want to be the enemy of the whole world, but the whole world is the companion of the dark night and the enemy of the light."
"I am the Great Divine Priest of Light."
"I am Wei Guangming."
"Then the whole world is my enemy."
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(I don't want to use the name of Chaos in Chang 'an anymore. The name of this chapter is more relevant. This is really a big drama. There will be a volume called The Year of the Curtain, which is probably the third last volume. Recently, I have been at home in Hubei, so I can only keep the update like this for the time being. First, the quality is guaranteed, then the quantity is guaranteed. (To be continued.) If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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