Pan Long sighed, and then thought that these materials should be just the result of the preliminary collection of the Great Xia Dynasty. Within the royal family, there must be a "final completion version" of the "final completion" of the inspection of one road after another.

But those information is naturally the secret that the Emperor's family has not passed on. It is absolutely impossible for Guanwen Palace to have "internal idle people" who have no official positions to search for information freely with a letter from the Censorate.

If you want to check those information, Di Luonan is definitely qualified. The rest of the people... I am afraid that even Cang Yuan would have to ask Di Luonan to check it for him, and not see that information with your own eyes?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile relieved.

After laughing, he asked the escort: "Is there any more information about the way of immortals and Buddhas?"

The escort shook his head.

Pan Long thought about it for a while and went to find Zhang Guozhong.

In another small hall near the door, Zhang Guozhong was now looking at a very thick document, frowned while reading, obviously having encountered some difficulties.

Seeing Pan Long come in, he put down the information and asked, "Seeing that Brother Pan is quite unhesitant, I think I haven't found a satisfactory information?"

Pan Long nodded with a bitter smile and told the situation.

After listening to him carefully, Zhang Guozhong pondered for a moment, and then said, "Please forgive Zhang for being rude. What Brother Pan is looking for should not be found in this Guanwen Hall."

Pan Long sighed: "You are right."

"Although Zhang is not a martial arts person, he has a little knowledge of martial arts practice." Zhang Guozhong said, "If Brother Pan is not afraid of being misled, Zhang will have some proof of ancient and modern immortals and Buddhas. You can come again tomorrow, and I will lend you the proof of that proof."

Pan Long was surprised. He didn't expect that Zhang Guozhong had done such research. He couldn't help asking: "How could Brother Zhang study these?"

"When people get bored, everything can be done." Zhang Guozhong said with a smile.

Pan Long was about to complain in his heart that "you can't do high-level mathematics", but then he thought, the person in front of him was a talented man in the world who could recite several libraries. Maybe he could really do high-level mathematics questions...

So on the sixth day of the eighth month, he went to Guanwen Hall again.

Zhang Guozhong was indeed ready. When he saw him coming, he took out a thread-bound book about two fingers thick and handed it to him.

This book is written page by page by page, with exquisite calligraphy, which is really a rare fine product. Pan Long feels that even if the content of the book is not considered, this set of calligraphy alone is enough to be in the future society of his previous life, and be bought by those artful rich men at a high price, and put it in the study, trying to get a little literary atmosphere.

The title of Zhang Guozhong's book is "A Study of Immortals and Buddhas of Ancient and Modern Times". Pan Long briefly read it, but he saw that the preface at the beginning of the book says "Imagine in a young man, write in a young man, and write in a middle age" - it took ten years.

Ten years is naturally enough for writing stories. But it is still insufficient for doing academic research, especially for proofreading - this is also the original saying in the preface.

He couldn't help but sigh a little, and suddenly felt that this book, which was as light as a feather, had a bit of weight.

That was Zhang Guozhong’s ten years of hard work!

When he returned to the small room where he was studying, he carefully studied the book "Examination of Immortals and Buddhas in Ancient and Modern Times" and suddenly felt that he had gained a lot.

In this book, a total of 716 ancient and modern immortals and Buddhas are divided into three categories.

The first category: There is only one general name, the deeds are vague and unexplainable, and there is no magic.

The second category: There are relatively clear stories circulating, but no magic is seen.

The third category: The magical powers still exist or can be tested.

Among these three types of immortals and Buddhas, the first type is just a list, each immortal and Buddha has one or two lines, roughly introducing their names, the areas where they were chanted, the legendary deeds and abilities. There is no detailed analysis or verification.

There are 404 such immortals and Buddhas.

The second type of immortals and Buddhas have many detailed records, and each of them made a general statement. The description also includes the "road analysis" that Pan Long is most interested in. It is just that these immortals and Buddhas have not only no longer seem magical, but even their magical things are difficult to verify, so the "road" analyzed is roughly all.

For example, a fairy Buddha called "Miaoyin Heavenly Girl". This fairy Buddha is famous for his phonological arts. It is said that he once used a song to enlighten thousands of people into the Tao, and he once recited poems on the mountain to gather birds and beasts to listen to the lectures. Zhang Guozhong analyzed: "The art of phonological arts is not uncommon in arts. Just to be magical, the deeds of this fairy Buddha do not seem to be enough to "live forever". But if she was the pioneer of this path, then this matter would make sense - after all, if later generations have traces to follow, it is naturally easier than those who have pioneers."

From this perspective, this "Miaoyin Heavenly Girl" does seem to be like a fairy and Buddha. However, Zhang Guozhong analyzed in detail the time when her legend was circulated, and then compared it with the records of some predecessors of the Tao, and finally denied this possibility.

His argument is: this Miaoyin Tiannv is a figure from the late Tianxiong Dynasty, but "sound magic" can be confirmed to have been born at the latest in the early Tianxiong Dynasty. At that time, there was a skill called "war cry". Whether it was counted as martial arts or arithmetics was not very certain. But if someone took this path, then the person would never be later than the "war cry".

Generally speaking, if one of the roads in a large field is passed, in the shortest time, other roads will often be found and walked through them one by one. There are many great masters of heaven and man who want to become immortals and Buddhas, and there are countless demons who are capable of pursuing the paths of immortals and Buddhas.

Therefore, once someone "opens the way", there will definitely be a large number of followers in the future.

According to Zhang Guozhong's analysis, the path of "Miaoyin Tiannu" is not the kind of victory that unexpectedly wins. This path should have been occupied shortly after the "War Cry".

His analysis was quite reasonable, and Pan Long nodded repeatedly when he saw it.

There are 152 immortals and Buddhas of the second type.

There are 160 immortals and Buddhas in the third category, but there are more than those in the second category.

The information about these immortals and Buddhas is more detailed. Everyone often has more than one piece of paper, and most of them even have portraits.

Among these immortals and Buddhas, Pan Long saw the portraits of the four Confucian saints, "Lu Fuzi, Meng Yigong, Li Ci, and Zhong You", which were very similar to those seen by his teacher Bi Lingkong.

However, the teacher's portrait not only contains these four immortals and Buddhas, but also other seniors from the Confucian school. Moreover, the people in her portraits have vivid expressions, not only looking lifelike, but also full of the atmosphere of life of food, rice, oil and salt.

The portraits of Zhang Guozhong here are all upright and serious, and they only look like "sovereign" feeling.

He carefully looked at the records of the Four Saints of Confucianism and found that the content was not much different from what he knew - many teachers mentioned no details and trivial things. However, there were clear descriptions of the life stories, ideas, and the way they practiced for immortality.

Interestingly, in addition to the four saints of Confucianism, there are several other records about the immortals and Buddhas of Confucianism.

Those immortals and Buddhas all achieved enlightenment as demon gods. Some of them had only a few sentences, while others had long and long articles.

There is one paragraph about the relic of the Confucian family and the demon god Yiwu.

[Yiwu's original name is Bi Lingkong, and she is also called Bi Yuewu. This god is born as a demon. She was impressed by the Confucian sages and devoted herself to the Confucian sect to study. She seems to have a close relationship with the two heroes of Daxia. When she talks about the act of "authorizing the heaven and enthroning the gods" in Wenxiang, she was the first group of participants. The star gods in the heavens have four images and three walls, and she is one of the twenty-eight constellations star officials of the Four Symbols.]

[This god later had a feud with Emperor Wu and assassinated Emperor Wu at Fengshantai. However, after Emperor Wu was assassinated, he was not furious. Instead, he felt lost and sighed that "I am alone, this is what it means"... From this point of view, the saying of "old friendship" between the two sides may not be false.]

These records are consistent with what Pan Long knows. I think Zhang Guozhong spent so much effort to make this information.

But just by looking at these, Pan Long knew that this book "A Study on Immortals and Buddhas of Ancient and Modern Times" would not be able to be published.

The Daxia Dynasty did not engage in literary inquisitions, but no matter how enlightened the court was, it would not be possible to tolerate the books that explicitly discredited the great men of the dynasty to be published publicly.

Especially in this book, it not only records the affairs of the Confucian Sect, but also records the other schools of thought such as the Mo Sect. Since these records are available, the fact that Emperor Jiazi Zhao Sheng was betrayed and killed his allies in the past, and the fact that he died alone in the end will inevitably be mentioned.

Although these things are real, if you tell them out, it will be very unpolitical.

While reading this book, Pan Long thought about how he could publish the book when he overthrew the Daxia Dynasty in the future.

Although Zhang Guozhong may not be alive at that time, with his ability, if you read this book once, you will naturally be able to show it in the Classic of Mountains and Seas - after all, it is just an ordinary book after all.

It is not difficult to realize such a book.

Pan Long quickly finished reading the book and was very satisfied. He returned to Zhang Guozhong and returned the book to him.

"Are you satisfied with this book?" Zhang Guozhong asked.

"Very satisfied!" Pan Long said sincerely, "I think if someone in the world wants to learn the relevant knowledge of immortals and Buddhas, this book should be a must-read!"

Zhang Guozhong smiled slightly and handed him the book again.

"What does Brother Zhang mean?" Pan Long was shocked.

Zhang Guozhong sighed lightly and said, "No matter how good the book is, it is valuable to meet people who appreciate it. This book has condensed my ten years of hard work. Unfortunately, it is a miscellaneous study and cannot be regarded as the eyes of important officials and ministers. Some of them are not suitable... In my opinion, this book should not be published in Daxia."

Pan Long nodded.

"Zhang is busy with official business and should never leave Daxia in his life. But Pan is dominant and free and easy. So Zhang has a heartless request..."

Pan Long smiled: "Brother Zhang doesn't need to say it, this matter is for me! I promise you that within ten years, I will definitely come to see you with the published "Ancient and Modern Immortals and Buddhas"!"

Of course he understood what Zhang Guozhong meant.

"A Study on Immortals and Buddhas of Ancient and Modern Times" cannot be published in Daxia, but it can be published outside Daxia. Whether it is the countries in the Western Regions, the Indians, or even the East China Sea, the South China Sea, the snow field, the grassland... There are many places in the world where this book can be published, so why should you hang it on a tree?

But to do this, you must leave Daxia and go to a foreign country. It also requires time, energy, manpower and financial resources.

Zhang Guozhong has an official position, so he naturally cannot leave. Even if he gets old and retired in the future, he will never be able to go to a foreign country to publish books.

So, I can only ask someone else for help in this matter.

Of course Pan Long is willing to help this.

The reason why he was able to get this book was to inherit Zhang Guozhong's favor. This favor is not small and worth his time and energy to repay.

What's more, it was very troublesome to Zhang Guozhong to publish this book in a foreign country, but it was nothing to him.

With his ability, it would take only a few days to leave Daxia and go to nearby countries.

When I arrive in another country, it will not take much time to publish a book.

...It's nothing more than a matter of money. Can money be considered a problem for Pan Long?

He is indeed not very rich now, but aren’t the rich and unkind people in the world just his bank?

So this matter was easy for him. He even decided to leave for the Western Regions tomorrow to find a place where the language and writing of the Daxia could be used, and solve the issue of publishing this book.

Anyway, there are nearly ten days left before the Mid-Autumn Festival Moon Viewing Conference, which is enough!

Maybe before the Mid-Autumn Festival moon viewing meeting, he could come to see Zhang Guozhong again with the printed "Examination of Immortals and Buddhas of Ancient and Modern Times".

Pan Long is so efficient in doing things!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile and felt a little proud.

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So, I can only ask someone else for help in this matter.

Of course Pan Long is willing to help this.

The reason why he was able to get this book was to inherit Zhang Guozhong's favor. This favor is not small and worth his time and energy to repay.
To be continued...