Chapter 145 Luohan Hall Tattoo

After all, Mingjiao has a profound foundation.

In fact, since Mingjiao spread to the Central Plains, Mingjiao has always faced various challenges.

On the one hand, the teachings of Persian Mingjiao are inherently too harsh.

For example, the leader of the Ming Cult must be a flawless woman, and there are three saints as substitutes.

Nominally these women held high positions of power, but in reality they would be burned at the stake if they violated religious rules.

Even if you treat your own leader like this, other canonical rules and teachings are even more stringent.

Although the Central Plains Mingjiao has been downplaying the influence of the Persian Archbishop, the pressure it faces from all parties has not diminished at all.

Therefore, they dug a secret passage under the bright dome of the Mingjiao General Altar in advance as a retreat.

Nowadays, Chen Xuan has made this kind of defense more obvious. He not only set up camp on the mountain, built various arrow towers and sentries, but also prepared kerosene to resist the horses.

At first glance, it doesn't look like a well-known and decent family at all. Instead, it looks like a stronghold of bandits.

However, as a result, the Yuan soldiers at the foot of the mountain did not dare to attack up the mountain.

On the one hand, Guangmingding Mountain is dangerous and difficult to attack.

Furthermore, when Zhao Min saw Chen Xuan come back, he was shaken and was unwilling to fight with him for the time being.

The days passed like this day by day.

The restructuring of Mingjiao continued to advance, and the compilation of canon rules was redefined. After eliminating some fanatical believers, there were only less than 30,000 remaining disciples.

Among them, there are less than 10,000 people who can actually fight.

Chen Xuan was also helpless about this.

Call it happy, Yang Xiao took away almost 10,000 Five Elements Flag masters, and their strength completely overwhelmed the crooked melons and jujubes in his hands.

To say that he is not happy, these people are indeed his family fortune that he has accumulated bit by bit.

Chen Xuan was originally a lazy and casual person, so he simply didn't care too much. After determining the general development direction of Mingjiao, he asked Xiao Zhao to find someone to implement it.

As for him, he tied up Gan Baobao and Dao Baifeng every day, living happily and drunkenly.

I stayed like this for several days.

Just when Chen Xuan was looking at himself as the bandit king, and felt more and more secure, Xiao Zhao brought a secret letter.

"Sir, come and take a look at this!"

"What?"

Chen Xuan was braiding red rope while holding Gan Baobao in his arms, and didn't have time to look back for a while.

Xiao Zhao was secretly angry, and really wanted to scold him, but after seeing him these past few days, he knew that he was now talking about wind and rain, without being able to explain at all, and he looked like a big fool.

In addition, this time things were a bit troublesome, so she couldn't take care of her own emotions and could only frown.

"Big things have happened in the world recently, and some of the rumors that have spread are related to our Mingjiao. If this continues, it will only damage the prestige of our Mingjiao."

"What rumor?"

Chen Xuan pinched Gan Baobao twice, and Gan Baobao gave him an angry look.

Xiao Zhao couldn't help but feel that he was such an ignorant and incompetent playboy, so he handed him the order letter directly.

"See for yourself."

Chen Xuan conveniently spread the letter on Gan Baobao's belly and glanced at it, but his face darkened as he looked at it.

The Ming Cult has many disciples, similar to the Beggar Clan.

Although they are not all martial arts masters, they are like Buddhist believers who eat fast and chant Buddha's name, and they are spread all over the world.

This secret message was passed back by a member of the congregation.

He said in the letter that when he went to the Shaolin Temple not long ago, he unexpectedly found a broken-headed Zen staff at the door and a pool of blood on the ground.

Walking inside, I saw that a huge pine tree in the yard had been blown down and broken by the wind, and half of the surrounding wall had collapsed.

Looking at the broken part of the pine tree, I could see that the veins were intertwined and broken, and it was obvious that it had been shattered by someone's heavy palm.

Only the broken part of the tree root is slightly dry, obviously it has been broken for a long time.

Then he quickly walked into the courtyard and found that there were remnants of fierce battles everywhere. On the bluestone underground, on the branches nearby, and on the stone walls, there were many marks of slashing with weapons and chopping with fists.

There were blood stains everywhere, which showed that the fighting was extremely brutal.

There are many deep and shallow footprints in the ground, all left by masters when they competed for their internal strength.

He realized something was wrong and looked around quickly but couldn't find any bodies.

Only after walking into the Luohan Hall, I saw a lot of blood stains on the wall, and the Jie Dao Zen staff was all over the floor.

When I looked at the eighteen Arhat statues in the Arhat Hall, I found that these Arhat statues seemed to have been moved.

He looked carefully at the Arhat statue again and found that there were words written on the back of the Arhat statue.

The statue of Arhat was originally made of gold. Someone used a sharp tool to scratch out a large word "annihilation" on the golden stone Buddha, which was more than an inch deep, and the strokes revealed a powerful light.

The mark was very new, showing that it was carved not too long ago.

Then he took a closer look and found that on the backs of the eighteen Arhat statues, except for the Arhat subduing the dragon on the right and the Arhat subduing the tiger on the left, the remaining sixteen Arhats each had a character written on their backs.

Arranged from right to left, the sixteen characters clearly read "First kill Shaolin, then destroy Wudang, only I will teach the truth, and the martial arts will be king!"

"First kill Shaolin, and then destroy Wudang. Only if I enlighten the religion, will the martial arts be king?"

Looking at this line of words, Chen Xuan frowned and felt a chill in his heart unconsciously.

The baby didn't want to be willing but scolded.

"You bitch, be gentle!"

Chen Xuan came to his senses and quickly apologized.

"I can't help it, madam."

Although he said he was apologizing, he didn't let go and still tied her up.

Xiao Zhao on the side couldn't help but wonder when he saw this.

"This is obviously someone using the banner of our Mingjiao to put the blame on you. Why aren't you angry at all?"

Chen Xuan said casually.

"Why am I angry? It's just a trivial matter."

Xiao Zhao was unconvinced and said.

"This is not a trivial matter. A person's name is like the shadow of a tree. Walking in the world depends on a good reputation. If our Mingjiao's reputation is damaged, how will we be able to gain a foothold in the world and recruit disciples in the future?"

When Chen Xuan heard this, his hand movements paused slightly.

When it comes to recruiting disciples to get started, he is now a little more serious.

He didn't know this before and thought that generally martial arts sects had to pay wages to recruit disciples.

After careful questioning, I found out that not only did you not need to pay money to join the sect, but the disciples in the sect also had to pay apprenticeship ceremonies, and they also had to work hard without complaint and for free.

In other words, it’s a free apprenticeship

For example, in a small sect such as Jin Dao Men, a kung fu passed down from ancestors is called "Five Tigers Broken Gate Sword".

Generally, when disciples start at the age of twelve or thirteen, they first do various odd jobs. When they get older and have some martial arts skills, they can follow the gang leader to grab territory.

Once you seize the land, you can legitimately collect tributes from the wealthy gentry, and you can also do some business such as escorting and guarding.

As the saying goes, "A chivalrous person uses force to break the law." Most people in the world are actually not very honorable.

Mingjiao is relatively cowardly at present, and its main business is actually to deceive believers into worshiping them with their doctrines.

The disciples near Guangmingding also raise cattle and sheep in the pastures at the foot of Kunlun Mountain on weekdays to support themselves.

The reason why famous and upright sects in the world attach great importance to reputation is because it is related to the recruitment of disciples, which is a vital supplement.

The decline of a sect usually means that its reputation is ruined, its population dwindles, and it is finally annexed by a rival sect.

Now Chen Xuan is also facing this situation.

He sighed secretly, glanced at Gan Baobao with a hint of regret, and said helplessly.

"My dear madam, I'm sorry that you lay down for half the night, and in the end you didn't even make my husband happy."

When Gan Baobao saw that he was leaving, he was extremely happy for a moment.

"Bah! I wish you could leave as soon as possible. Every day, you are just messing around with nothing to do."

Chen Xuan pinched her twice helplessly, turned to look at Xiao Zhao, and said.

"Didn't I tell you to wait a moment? Are you in such a hurry?"

Xiao Zhao tilted his face.

"Hmph~ Do you think I am willing to take care of these things of yours? If you don't want to take care of it, just ignore it~"
To be continued...