Jin Ling Shengri held office for many years, and even an immortal woman who did not recognize the smoke and fire of the world had enlightened. As for "human affairs", she understood, secretly cursing the Buddhist monks' greed.
She knew that it would be more cost-effective to give some benefits than for the church to negotiate with the church, and much more so. The Buddhist monks allowed the Yue, Yue, and Zhu beads to roam around their territory without charging, which was probably out of respect for Jie teachings and to ease her own discomfort. With a thought, a small heaven-and-earth bag automatically fell into Jianghou's hands.
"Go negotiate."
"Yes, the apprentice will obey your command."
Seeing their actions, Jin Ling Shengri finally understood that they were asking for money! You guys should have been more clear about it!
She felt very embarrassed: "Sister and nephew, I still have some savings, use mine, use mine!"
This was originally her own matter, after a few polite refusals, Jin Ling took back her heaven-and-earth bag. Jie teachings were nearly out of surplus supplies, and it was good for her as the sect leader that Guiling was willing to pay out of her own pocket.
Upon receiving the people's affairs, Jayashal weighed it for a moment, using his celestial vision to sweep the heaven-and-earth bag twice, showing his satisfaction. His figure returned to Mount Dharma and the two Arhats of dragons and tigers also led a group of monks back to chant sutras. Nine Desire Temple was restored to its former dignity and solemnity.
"Let's go, they won't interfere with us anymore." Jianghou signaled for the two saint mothers to follow her. She had a general idea of the trajectory of the Sun and Moon beads. As the Star Queen of Yin, after obtaining permission from the Buddhist sect, she could search quickly within the stars, which was her role as a star queen. It was just that she had been suppressed by the Buddhist sect before, and now it was as if she had bought a temporary usage right with money.
"Reporting to the Great Lord, the 365 primary star kings and the 14,800 secondary star kings are all here, and they are waiting outside for Your Lordship's summons."
The tall and stout celestial general reported respectfully.
Guanling Shengmu was taken aback, realizing that she was once again wearing the official robe of Doumu Yuanjun. The environment before her was not the extremely simple Daoist palace within the Biyou Palace, but a magnificent and imposing palace.
She sat in the main position, with her officers on both sides, each dressed in splendid attire. All the immortals bowed their heads, waiting for her command.
She detested this palace to the extreme, so much so that it felt like a prison to her.
"I" Her voice was a little hoarse, as reality and fantasy memories constantly collided. The scene of returning to Jie teachings after leaving the celestial court felt like a dream, and now it looked so unreal.
A voice was constantly whispering to her, "You have returned to Jie teachings? What a joke, you have been serving as Doumu Yuanjun in the celestial court. How noble the position is. Why are you unhappy?"
Yes, she had already been inscribed on the Records of Divinity. How could she dream of returning to Jie teachings? It was as if she were dreaming, all of it was illusionary.
She sat motionless in the main seat, with the various star kings coming forward one by one to pay respects and report on the important and trivial matters that had occurred in the stars under their management during that week. She robotically said a couple of sentences for each star king before moving on to the next.
Guanling Shengmu's mind kept replaying her "dream" of returning to Jie teachings. In her dream, she really went back to Jie teachings, reading a Daoist scripture every morning, starting her practice at the third hour of the day, seeking solace in nature when bored, and enjoying wine banquets and songs and dances with one or two friends when happy. That was so carefree and self-indulgent.
She remembered many familiar yet slightly unfamiliar faces. Although the Jie teachings in her dream no longer had the grand scene of thousands of immortals gathering, a few core disciples were still there. Compared to before, the Jie teachings in her dream were not as noisy, and it actually felt more comfortable to Guanling Shengmu.
The scene in her dream flashed quickly in her heart. It was all ordinary things. Suddenly, one day, Guanling Shengmu came to talk to her, going around in circles like a maze. She only understood it after a few rounds of circular conversations when she learned that her own teacher had taken on another disciple, who had replaced the spot she had been eagerly waiting for among the four external disciples of the four outer temples.
Guanling Shengmu sighed bitterly, her true spirit had been shattered after she was inscribed in the Records of Divinity, and in her dream, she dare not fight for it. Instead, she pretended not to care and expressed that she did not mind.
The dream quickly shifted to the scene of a new disciple's initiation. She saw the young girl named Kongxiao, who indeed had exceptional talent, exuding an air of spiritual grace that was much stronger than her own in her youth. The girl appeared innocent, but her eyes were constantly scanning left and right. Guanling remained indifferent, standing like a wooden man. The girl smiled kindly at her, but she did not respond in any way.
She avoided the gaze of Kongxiao and unintentionally looked behind her, where she happened to lock eyes with Deng Changyu's.
What kind of eyes was that? They were piercing and all-knowing, commanding the myriad doctrines of the world, fully comprehending all the changes of the three realms. The other party's gaze penetrated through the distance of time and space, breaking through illusions and reality, rapidly jumping between existence and non-existence, and finally landing on her.
"Old Luo, you've been mischievous again."
"Boom" With a loud noise, Guanling's world collapsed instantly in front of her, and the consciousness about to fall into an abyss returned quickly to her body.
"Sister? Wake up?"
"Uncle, what's wrong with you? Uncle, can you hear me talking?"
Jin Ling Shengmu and Jianghou's voices entered her ear, and Guanling Shengmu was dazed for a moment. The memories were disappearing rapidly, and she was very puzzled. What had happened to her?
Jin Ling Shengmu said angrily, "Sister, you must have been very happy and sad these days, with too much emotional fluctuation. As a result, your heart demons have exploited the opportunity to invade. When you return to Biyou Palace, go to the Lingtai Hall to copy scriptures. You are not allowed to leave without my command."
To be possessed in front of me, and your million-year cultivation has been so fragile?
Jin Ling Shengmu didn't spare Guanling Shengmu any face, and Guanling was extremely embarrassed. She is now a possessed body, and the overall fit is still not as good as her original body. Her mental state is like jade beads, which can be broken easily. Moreover, she has been very happy recently, which has indeed relaxed her guard against heart demons.
She had nothing to say and quietly admitted her mistake and accepted the punishment.
Jianghou was extremely guilty on the side. Guanling Shengmu was clearly affected by those two demonic thoughts within her own spiritual essence. However, there seemed to be some kind of treasure on this elder's body that shattered the demonic thoughts directly with some kind of force. Not only did Guanling Shengmu quickly recover, but Jianghou was temporarily freed from the harassment of the demonic thoughts as well.
She helped to smooth things over, Jinling did not want to make her sister-in-law too embarrassed in front of the disciples, and the matter was thus lightly overlooked.
Jinling silently calculated everything in her mind when the two weren't paying attention.
As the sect leader, she could feel the fluctuations of her own great sect's destiny somewhat hazily. In that moment, the destiny of Jie teachings had slightly moved, and then it rose slightly in a very small margin. Jin Ling Shengmu was somewhat excited. The destiny of Jie teachings had been declining before, and now its rise indicated something: it meant that extreme was met with its opposite, that Jie teachings had moved past the valley, and the entire sect's destiny was beginning to rise.
