Chapter 723 Seal Instruction Ceremony

Saturday is the day of the annual Seal Instruction Ceremony.

Today's Baimei Mountain looks particularly majestic. Because of the seal script teaching ceremony, tourist attractions are temporarily closed. Only students from various Taoist sects and Zhenhai University's temple management major are allowed to observe.

Of course, the so-called Taoist sects only include the Taoist sects of the Zhengyi Sect, and the Taoist sects of the Quanzhen Sect are not invited to come.

This kind of ceremony is naturally very lively, and everyone present, even students, is wearing Taoist robes. But everyone quickly discovered a problem, that is, this year's ceremony was even more lively than usual, and there were so many people present. It seemed that not only the Zhengyi Taoist sect in Zhenhai, but also Taoist sects in other cities were present Attend.

Baimei Palace is the second largest sect among the Zhengyi Taoist sects, second only to the Three Immortal Mountains, and one of the nine sects in the world. The seal-giving ceremony is lively, and it seems reasonable for other sects to come to observe. But then everyone discovered another problem, that is, several elder masters this year have also been replaced.

Generally speaking, in the seal-giving ceremony, in addition to the master, the master, and the supervisor, there are also masters protecting the altar, masters protecting the law, masters protecting the scriptures, masters protecting the compilation, masters protecting the Tao, masters protecting the precepts, and protecting the altar. Master, wait. Master is here. These are all the high skills of White Eyebrow Palace.

But today, everyone discovered that the Master Protector and the Master Compiler had changed. They were no longer the same ones. The two people sitting in the hall now looked very unfamiliar.

Not only that, even the sutra-protecting disciples and the sutra-protecting masters standing behind the sutra-protecting masters and the compilation masters didn’t seem to be from the White Eyebrow Palace.

For a moment, the crowd watching outside began to whisper, "Why have the Sutra Protector Master and Compilation Master changed this year?" "I'm not sure." "It couldn't be a mistake." "Don't talk nonsense. Badao, be careful not to go down to Baimei Mountain." "Why did the people suddenly change? Even the disciples here are new."...

While this group of people were discussing, an older Taoist priest said: "You are too ill-informed."

"What's going on?" "What news have you got?" "Brother Wang Dao, what's going on?"...

"I heard that a few days ago, Master Yuan, the abbot of the White Eyebrow Palace, applied for Zhang Yu, who was not a Taoist temple, to make an exception to the seal script, and it has been approved by the Tianshi Mansion. Do you know that although there have been exceptions to the seal script before, it has been approved by the Tianshi Mansion. It would be like skipping a level at most, but this time the special upgrade to seal script is different, it seems to mean that Zhang Yu can be promoted to any level according to his level of cultivation." said the older Taoist priest.

"Really or not?" "That Zhang Yu is the new vice president, right?" "You don't have to say it."... Everyone started talking again.

Another middle-aged Taoist priest asked: "Even if it is an exception to the promotion of seal script, why have the masters of protecting the sutras and the masters of compilation been replaced?"

"I heard from my elders that this kind of unconventional upgrade to seal script is the first in the past twenty years. It not only requires making a great contribution to the Zhengyi Sect, but also requires extremely high cultivation. It is said that this is an exception. The highest record of seal promotion was set by Zhang Yinling of the Tianshi Mansion ninety years ago. He was only nineteen years old at the time and was promoted seven levels in a row, reaching the rank of Taoist priest of the Great Dongbu." said the elderly Taoist priest.

"From a Chuzhen disciple to a Taoist priest of the Dadong Department... isn't that just one level away from being able to do rituals..." A young Taoist priest said in surprise.

"This is too exaggerated. At the age of nineteen, you can advance to seven levels in a row." "How do you practice?" "Who says otherwise." "Wait a minute... Listen to Taoist Wang continue first. This has nothing to do with Master Sutra Protector and Sutra Protector. What does it have to do with the Master of Compilation?”…

Sure enough, when everyone heard this, they all fell silent and only stared at the elderly Taoist priest. The older Taoist priest smoothed his beard and said slowly: "You have to know that our Taoist school does not award scriptures and seals casually. The first is merit, the second is years, and the third is Dharma letter. All of them are indispensable. Now Unconventional promotion to seal script cannot be equated with ordinary promotion of seal script. It is rumored that after Zhenren Zhang made an exception to promotion to seal script, both Gezaoshan and Maoshan also successively promoted seal script. At that time, Qiu Zhenren of Gezaoshan was promoted to five levels in a row, and Maoshan was promoted to seal script. Xiao Zhen's talent has been promoted to the fourth level in a row. Since then, Sanshan has reached an unwritten agreement, that is, up to three levels of seal script, which is an exception. If you want to upgrade to the fourth level, you have to use stronger skills..."

The older Taoist priest stole a glance into the main hall, and then whispered: "It seems that the masters protecting the sutras and the masters compiling this time are both from Gezao Mountain and Maoshan. It is even possible that the supervisors are People from Sanshan might be from Tianshi Mansion."

"According to your opinion, this time Zhang Yu made an exception and was promoted to seal script. He could only be promoted to the third level at most?" a Taoist priest said.

"Don't tell me, no wonder it's so lively today, it turns out that's what happened. Think about it, the Taoist priests over at Maoshan can only advance to four levels in a row. If we advance too much here, wouldn't it make Fairy Mountain look bad?" "Isn't it true that everyone depends on their own abilities?" "Put them down, there are so many people who all rely on their own abilities."...

The Taoist priests began to discuss again, and it was obvious that they could predict how strict this unconventional seal promotion would be, and it would never be possible for Zhang Yu to ascend it easily.

As everyone discussed, time passed by minute by minute. Not long after, the bell rang, and everyone immediately shut up. The auspicious time had come.

Immediately afterwards, everyone saw a line of Taoist priests coming from a distance, led by two people. One of them was Master Yuan from Baimei Palace. Master Yuan was wearing a set of bright yellow Taoist robes today, looking majestic and solemn. Next to her was a fifty-year-old Taoist priest, who was also wearing a bright yellow Taoist robe and had an equally extraordinary bearing.

Most of the Taoist priests and students who were watching on both sides did not know this fifty-year-old Taoist priest, but anyone could see that the status of this fifty-year-old Taoist priest was not low. Usually in Zhenhai, the only person who can sit on an equal footing with Master Yuan is Master Lu from Yangchunguan. Although Zhang Yu is also the vice-president, he has a lower seniority and has to give a nice shout when seeing Master Yuan, so he cannot do this.

The person coming down now is not Zhenren Lu, but obviously a certain Taoist from the Three Great Immortal Mountains. Of course, there are some people here who have seen it, but in this situation, no one dares to speak out.

Behind these two people, there were eight middle-aged Taoist priests wearing red robes. These were all from Baimei Palace and everyone knew them.

As they entered the hall, everyone's eyes followed, wanting to see where they were sitting. Yuan Zhenren is sitting in the middle. This is the position of the conductor. The conductor is on the right hand, but there is only one chief. The others are standing behind. The position on the left is the supervisor. The one wearing bright yellow and five Taoist priest Xun was sitting there now.

"Infinite Heavenly Lord! The seal awarding ceremony begins now!"

After Yuan Zhenren's voice settled down, bells, drums, and trumpets rang outside the hall.

From a distance, rows of Taoist priests walked in. These Taoist priests were all wearing blue robes, which are the robes worn by disciples who teach seal script. Of course, Zhang Yu is among them. Even though he is the vice president and the abbot of the Taoist temple, he has not taught seal script, so he must follow the regulations now.

Who told you that Zhang Yu grew up too fast and exceeded the standard?