Chapter 57: Scheming (Part 2)

  After going back,

  It was actually He Dan, whom I had met a few days ago.

  The match is tomorrow, Xiao Bing has already gone back, maybe go take a look, it's also a way to pass the time. To be honest, Fang Xin has always been curious about this world of otaku.

  The address is near Wutu Guan in Liushi Building.

  Now there are cars, driving and walking is indeed much more convenient. Stopping at the Liu Shi Ling Dasha Square, looking far away at the high 80-story building, Fang Xin can't help but feel ashamed.

  In fact, in the empire, there are only two possibilities for such a tall building.

  The first is the dense office space of governments, large enterprises and conglomerates. This is an unavoidable thing, as many tasks need to be united and uniformly managed in order to accommodate some special equipment and tools.

  Secondly, it is also a densely populated living area, but this is not a proud thing, on the contrary, it is a manifestation of the middle and lower classes. If it were a private company, now most of them occupy a piece of land and build a small building, which is more dignified and atmospheric.

  This is due to the improvement of construction technology and the reduction of construction costs, but it's a different story at different times.

  The Liushi Building, from the outside, has a magnificent appearance with large blue glass. In this 80-story building, there is a combination of office space, hotel, shopping mall and residential units, making it possible to live without leaving the building.

  Fang Xin did not immediately go forward, because there was one thing that attracted him, which was the Five Diagrams Pavilion.

  The area of Wutu Guan is as large as 18.5 mu, which can be considered a Taoist temple in the strict sense. According to the downloaded materials, this place also belongs to a tourist area, but you must walk quietly and not make noise.

  When he stopped the car and walked in, there was a qilin on the gate, and three large characters were engraved on the door, which read "Wutu Guan". Below it was a line of small words that read "Tongxiu Zheng Zheru". Fangxin looked at it, although he didn't know what kind of person Zhengzhe was, nor did he think to search for it, but thinking about it, he knew: "These three characters look very dignified and satisfied, they must be a master calligrapher."

  Thinking of it, I walked through the door and came in.

  As soon as you enter the gate, it is a winding corridor. The stone steps are covered with moss, and thousands of green bamboos can be seen above. Nearby, there are several Buddhist temples. These temples use rare wooden houses, although they are not large, they are elegant. After passing through a small door, I don't know where the water comes from, it forms a small stream, and there is a bridge on it, which is called quiet and peaceful.

  In the middle hall, Fang Xin walked over and saw that it was the Three Pure Ones Hall. This was the true image of the Three Pure Ones, with nothing else around. On the image, layers of clear light shone endlessly.

  The Tao does not require incense or fire, only sincere reverence and worship will do. To make offerings with faith and propriety is to show respect, which is the proper attitude towards the Sage, who embodies the Great Way.

  Several Taoist priests sat upright on their meditation mats, silently reciting the Taoist scriptures. With each breath and each thought, a clear light emanated from their bodies, subtly merging with the Three Pure Ones.

  This clear light is extremely pure and clean, so it's called "clear". Fang Xin seems to have gained some insight from this perspective, thinking that his own virtuous and sacred light is also pure. However, compared to the former, there is still a difference, which appears to be due to the nature of things themselves.

  After several Taoist priests finished their rituals, Fang Xin said, "I have seen a few real people."

  One of them accepted the gift, while the other two immediately said: "I dare not, I am not a true man."

  Fang Xin was somewhat surprised. Among these two people, one of them looked to be only over twenty years old. He immediately said: "Before the Three Pure Ones, it is not allowed to make noise, let's go outside and talk."

  Fang Xin immediately understood and retreated outside. This person seemed to be the one who welcomed guests, seeing Fang Xin's confusion, he explained one by one.

  "My family's Daoist temple is established for those who have made a vow to transcend the mundane world. Those who enter can be called cultivators, but true individuals are those who internally cultivate the foundation of the Dao, and embody the Three Pure Lights. Only then can one be considered a True Person. I am not yet at that level; if I can attain the realm of the Three Pures before Heaven and Earth, only then can I be called a Daoist."

  "Is it necessary to have these classes when the way is so broad?"

  "Not for the class, but in name only, therefore, within the inner gate there are only titles such as cultivator, true person, and Daoist. The other party didn't think much of it and simply introduced: 'In the outer gate of Daoism, one can be called human immortal, earthly immortal, heavenly immortal, or Golden Immortal of Mahārāja.'"

  "Why don't many people come to worship?"

  "Sages don't need incense and fire to practice the great way, one spirit and one way, although they come from the same source, they can't be confused." The other person seems a bit strange, this is the most basic common sense!

  Fang Xinqian humbly asked, and this person also said some common sense.

  It turned out that after Emperor Taizong of Tang, gods, immortals and Taoism began to be divided.

  The so-called gods, the Heavenly Emperor, and the Earth God are all in charge of the overall management of heaven and earth, yin and yang. The number of gods is concise (although there are many land and city gods, they can be considered as only two, the Land God and the City God). They receive the incense and worship of all living beings, and naturally take care of and manage them. This is what is meant by "receiving great offerings and performing one's duties" - in simple terms, if you accept worship, you must naturally assume responsibility. Those who cannot complete this cycle are not orthodox gods, but rather fall into the category of evil spirits.

  Xian, the outer gate of Tao, all not receiving divine duties, free and easy, and having great abilities, can be called this (of course, this is the judgment of Daoist thought on all things), since it cannot transcend the sky and earth, it is still in the midst of the sky and earth, there will be a number of calamities, therefore some Xian, will also undertake some responsibilities to resolve the calamity.

  The Way is to enter the gate of the Three Pure Ones, to practice the Great Clear Way, and to establish one's will to transcend the mundane world. Only those who receive the blessings of the Three Pure Ones can choose this path, and only the most thoroughgoing individuals will do so.

  Therefore, the Tao of God is the most prosperous, followed by the Tao of Immortals, and then the Great Tao. However, after Emperor Taizong of Tang, the Daoist academic system was that the Dao transformed into Pangu, Pangu transformed into the Three Purities, the Three Purities perfected the True Dao, each grasping the numerical patterns of the Great Dao, which became the heavenly constitution, governing the norms and constants, already a fixed number.

  In summary, it means that whatever one desires can be achieved through the Tao. If one seeks freedom, then one can achieve immortality through the Xian Tao. Those who transcend the mysteries of heaven and earth must be a Daoist.

  With this fundamental system, although there are few Taoist temples, they are the core, and only those with great wisdom, great willpower, and great vows can seek them.

  Fang Xin listened and didn't know what to think, so he just thanked him.

  The empire has reached this point, it's truly a grand accomplishment, but I don't know how many hidden dangers lie beneath.

  First, put your mind at ease. Following the address, I arrived at the 55th floor of the Liu Shi Ling Building, where He Dan's game studio was located. I rented a suite of offices and opened the door to find small rooms separated by wooden boards, each with its own nutrient warehouse, and some staff in the middle.

  "Hello, who are you looking for? What's the matter?" a little girl came up and said politely.

  "I am Fang Xin, here to collect the bill!"

  "It turned out to be Mr. Fang, General He said, you come and please go in."

  Fang Xinde nodded in response and found that most of the people here were students, very young ones at that. He spotted He Dan among them, surrounded by a large group of girls and boys, but had no idea what they were talking about.

  "Fang Xin, you're here? Welcome welcome!" He Ge saw him and greeted: "Come on, choose one for yourself, are you Prince Rabi or Sakamoto Chihiro?"

  Fang Xin was confused at first, but the young men and women were all holding strange clothes, and the makeup artist was busy making up one by one. After a while, Fang Xin suddenly understood that it was a Doujinshi convention.

  This has happened on Earth too. Those who are obsessed with games, movies and cartoons often dress up in the same clothes and gather together as characters from inside them. However, the average appearance level of people on Earth in past lives was not very good, and they were often unable to show off the elegance of the characters inside.

  But now this world has relatively improved a level, so it looks pleasing to the eye.

  What's with Rabi and Sakamoto Chihiro, he had never heard of them before, vaguely remembering from his original memories that they were the main characters of an anime, but this world should be quite familiar!

  "You're busy, I'll take a look first," Fang Xin said, since he came, he might as well participate, he found a seat and focused on searching for animation videos, watching these two episodes first.

  As he watched, Fang Xin felt a little dazed. In his previous life, he had also watched anime and downloaded many of them. At that time, Saint Seiya had influenced for a period of time, and in this world, Japan was still an animation powerhouse.

  Fierce battles, beautiful paintings, the world of human imagination, watching exquisite and complex animations countless times, Fang Xin recalls the original time.

  Even if the animation of past lives is very rough in comparison, this feeling is still similar.

  There are many plots that are similar, and unintentionally, they can be linked to the classics of past lives. However, upon closer inspection, it is impossible to find a truly identical place.

  It's already a different world, Fang Xin continued to watch with a sense of sadness and regret, especially "Spirited Away" by Hayao Miyazaki from Ghibli, which is similar to "Hikaru no Go" and also similar to "Rurouni Kenshin".

  In pursuit of the strongest swordsmanship, one man and one sword, so he went on, among them, Fang Xing even saw the spirit of Miyamoto Musashi, no more than a change to a fluttering young man.

  Go discover, go find, go persist... In life, there are always such similar emotions that deeply move people.

  They immediately changed into swordsman attire and participated, when the time came, a group of people went to the parking lot under the building, then boarded two cars, and everyone went together.

  Fang Xin shook his head and got into his own car. At this time, He Dan called out to him: "Fang Xin, you have a car, great, let's squeeze in a few more people!"

  "Oh, okay!" Fang Xin nodded and opened the door. Suddenly, six people came in at once and filled up all the seats.

  Followed the car, ran for twenty minutes, and arrived at the destination.

  It turned out that this was a grand venue, but you had to buy an admission ticket to enter and watch. There were many people coming to watch, and it was very lively inside.

  I completely understand this square dance, such activities also need to book a venue and spend money, it's reasonable to charge admission tickets.

  "Hey, you guys just got here? The show is almost sold out." said a young girl greeting them.

  The clothes in the animation are very beautiful and revealing, but this is not the case with this magician's dress. The magic robe has an opening under the waist, which can be covered when standing still, but once walking, those long legs will be exposed.

  The girl's skin was as white as snow and gave off a faint glow.

  Fang Xin slightly furrowed his brow, he sensed the power within this girl's body, very similar to magical powers, extremely strong, roughly around third-tier.

  "She's already here, you can arrange it now. This is Anri from the Maiden Magicians!" He said in a low voice, knowing that Fang Xin didn't understand.

  "Hello, Ms. Anli!"

  "Hello, swordsman Sakamoto Chihiro!"

  The two of them shook hands and then both withdrew, both somewhat surprised. They hadn't expected to encounter a master in the performance of Tongren either. This was Fang Xin's first time encountering a magician on Huaxia territory!

  "Alright, everyone get familiar with the scene first, report the program list to me, I'll go arrange!" Anli noticed Fang Xin's interesting glance and followed He Dan.

  Then, on the scene, Fang Xin saw countless animated characters, most of whom he didn't know, but that didn't stop him from admiring those beautiful girls - especially the youthful girls under their exaggerated anime clothes.

  The show hasn't officially started, but you can already see the exhibition, which is filled with all sorts of costumes and props from various dramas, and even simulated weapons. People strolling around the venue sometimes pick out some items to buy as souvenirs.

  Not much time had passed before the formal plot character performances began, although they were all self-performed and self-directed, and each team's level was different, but what I liked was this atmosphere, so one program after another made people watch with great interest, even Fang Xin, who didn't understand anything, watched with relish.

  It was soon Fang Xin's turn to take the stage.

  As soon as Fang Xin stepped onto the stage, everyone cheered. The kind of demeanor, the style of swordsmanship, and the movements all appeared one by one. Those who didn't understand cheered, while those who did were secretly shocked.

  Fang Xin didn't bother with them either. He followed the program and performed a set of sword techniques, then it was time to leave the stage, ignoring some people's suspicious and uncertain eyes.