If the statue of the Lord of Dao and Virtue was consecrated in the rear hall of the Daoist temple, then one would have to look at the offerings on the incense table in order to differentiate whether this place was of the Grand Clear direct lineage.
That was because apart from the Grand Clear lineage, ninety percent of the Daoist lineages in the world worshipped the Lord of Dao and Virtue.
However, the one worshiped in the rear hall was the Lord of Numinous Treasure. Without a doubt, this Daoist temple was of the Prime Clear direct lineage.
Yan Zhaoge passed through the back hall, walking within the monastery.
This place had indeed declined, and there was an aura of desolation and decay everywhere.
As Yan Zhaoge circled the area, he saw more than just a single set of skeletons.
He sighed, raising his head to survey his surroundings, "It is indeed a sect of pre-Great Calamity times."
The Daoist temple disciples who died here weren't killed by intruders.
During the Great Calamity of the past, the great thousand worlds had shattered.
The terrifying tide also affected many hidden alternate dimensions and grotto-heavens.
While the Daoist temple itself hadn't been completely destroyed, the people inside had been shaken to death.
It seemed that the top experts here were not present at the time, and those with lower cultivation bases were buried here.
After a long period of time, the protective restrictions in this place began to work again, but the dead could not be resurrected.
Similar situations were not rare.
After the Great Calamity, the people who had regained their vitality had excavated the remains of their predecessors and developed once more.
In the process of excavation, the remains of predecessors could often be seen.
In his early years in the Eight Extremities World, when he had still been a disciple of the younger generation, Yan Zhaoge had once entered an ancient site under the guidance of a senior of his sect and seen such a scene.
"May the dead rest in peace." As Yan Zhaoge walked, a massive ancestral hall appeared before his eyes.
He walked inside and saw that there were many memorial tablets there. They should be the ancestral masters of this Daoist temple.
At the very top, there was a memorial tablet that was worshipped by itself. It was named "Prime Clear Rising Profound True Legacy, Daolord Origin Peace Founding Master's Tablet".
Looking at this tablet, Yan Zhaoge raised his brows, "Prime Clear Rising Profound True Legacy … that is to say, he is a third generation disciple of the Prime Clear direct lineage, the Lord of Numinous Treasure's true disciple?"
"But I've never heard of Daoist Origin Peace or Daoist Origin Peace amongst the Prime Clear third generation disciples? Still, Lingbao Tianzun has opened his doors to teach everyone regardless of background. Tens of thousands of immortals come to his court. It's hard to say if there's a Daoist Yuankang among his disciples. "
The legend of the Three Pure Ones was already very old, almost like a myth.
Many things were fancied by later generations.
Even some things that everyone knew were still hard to distinguish between true and false.
Yan Zhaoge had originally not paid much attention to this. Still, as he browsed through some of the records within the ancestral hall of the Daoist temple, his expression involuntarily turned even stranger.
According to the records, the founder of this Daoist temple, Daoist Origin Peace, was the personal disciple of the Lord of Plentiful Treasure.
The Heavenly Lord of Plentiful Treasure was also known as Daoist Plentiful Treasure.
He was the head of all the disciples under the Prime Clear Sect's Ancestor Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord, the Eldest Disciple of the Jie Sect in the Investiture of the Gods Era.
In the entire history of Daoism, other than the Lord of Numinous Treasure, he was the only person of the Prime Clear lineage who was proficient in the complete Immortal Extermination Formation. He had once laid down the formation on behalf of his master and stood against the immortals of the Jade Clear lineage.
Now, among the three great sword cultivators in the history of the Dao Sect, Daoist Duobao was the leader. He was even above Perfected Yu Ding and Emperor Ziwei.
However, due to the long history, there was no news of this Daoist almighty figure.
There were many legends about him.
In Yan Zhaoge's memories, there was a poem in which the head disciple of the Jade Clear lineage, the Lord of Broad Accomplishment, had battled the Lord of Plentiful Treasure, "One was the Broad Accomplishment Unaging Immortal Physique while the other was the Buddha Buddha worshipped in the west."
While it had not been explicitly stated afterwards, it seemed to imply that Daoist Duobao would be the future Tathagata Buddha of Mystical Mountain, the Buddha Buddha.
There was another legend where Laozi left Hangu Pass and turned into a Buddha. This referred to Daoist Duobao entering the Western Sect, descending into the central Whirling World and developing Hinayana Buddhism.
There were many similar legends in this world as well.
Still, there was no way to verify their authenticity. Buddhism had naturally never acknowledged this in the past.
While Yan Zhaoge had read extensively in the martial repository of the Heavenly Court's Divine Palace in pre-Great Calamity times and learnt of many secrets, he had not been clear on the whereabouts of Daoist Duobao after the era of the Investiture of the Gods.
It was just that looking at some of the records in the Daoist temple today, especially the notes left behind by Daoist Origin Peace, Yan Zhaoge had noticed a detail.
While it had only been a few words, according to Daoist Origin Peace, he had only entered the Lord of Plentiful Treasure's lineage after the era of the Investiture of the Gods.
If what Daoist Origin Peace knew and said was true, this revealed two pieces of information.
The Lord of Plentiful Treasure had not perished after the Investiture of the Gods. At the very least, he had not perished within a short period of time.
Apart from that, the matter of Plentiful Treasure turning into a Buddha might not be true in these heavens and earth.
It was just that the current whereabouts of this Great Heavenly Lord of Daoism were truly unknown.
There had been no news of the Lord of Plentiful Treasure appearing in that Great Calamity.
The Prime Clear lineage had suffered a great blow to its vitality in the Investiture of the Gods. It was rumoured that only the Incongruence Divine Mother had been able to escape safely amongst the disciples of the Lord of Numinous Treasure.
In the following years, the direct lineage of the Prime Clear lineage had basically all originated from the Incongruence Divine Mother's lineage, be it before or after the Great Calamity.
The Roving Jade Heavens' lineage also originated from the Incongruence Divine Mother's lineage.
The Immortal Ending Sword that Yan Zhaoge cultivated in in the martial repository of the Heavenly Court's Divine Palace had originated from those of the Prime Clear lineage who had joined the Heavenly Court after the Investiture of the Gods that year.
"The Lord of Plentiful Treasure …" Yan Zhaoge put down the document, pondering as he gazed at the numerous tablets before him.
After a while, he cupped his hands towards the ancestral temple and walked out, roaming about the other parts of the Daoist temple.
The corpses of the dead and the places where disciples of the temple had resided and cultivated were the main targets of his search.
Within a secluded room, Yan Zhaoge gained something.
It was a jade talisman. Yan Zhaoge was not unfamiliar with this as martial scriptures could be stored within.
Feeling the brutal sword-intent within this secluded room, Yan Zhaoge knew that this had been the place where a disciple of a certain Daoist temple had cultivated.
This jade talisman most likely contained what he wanted.
"I don't hope for the Immortal Exterminating Formation Diagram. I just hope that it is not the Immortal Ending Sword Manual and the Immortal Trapping Sword Manual that I already possess."
Yan Zhaoge muttered to himself as he infused his true essence within.
He was not in a rush as he instead sat in the meditative position, slowly analysing it.
This jade talisman had existed for too long, also having been affected by the Great Calamity. If he was not careful, it might directly be damaged.
Even if it was not damaged, wanting to take out the things within would also be a very difficult thing.
Why was it that when people excavated legacies after the Great Calamity, most of the martial arts they obtained were incomplete?
A major reason for this was that many of the martial legacies that were recorded had been damaged or lost due to the passage of time.
This was not a problem that could be avoided just by the carefulness of the excavators.
Yan Zhaoge did not want an incomplete copy. Therefore, he had to slowly polish it and obtain the things recorded within.
Only with the assistance of the remnant aura and concept of this place would there be greater hope.
Therefore, he could not just directly take the jade talisman away.
He had long since foreseen this. Therefore, he had directly instructed Ah Hu to stand guard at the front hall, obstructing others who might enter at any time.
And as time passed, Ah Hu who had originally been bored to death within the front hall gazed at the yellow cloth talisman on the incense burner table as his heart suddenly jolted, "Someone else is coming in again?"
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