The New Year passed quickly, and the expansion work on Mount Jingxu was also successfully completed.
In addition to Jingxu Temple, Jiang Wen also built a new Taoist temple next to the giant pagoda tree.
This Taoist temple is only half the size of the main temple, but it is more refined and comfortable. With green tiles and white walls, it stands tall in the mountains, resembling a sacred place for immortals.
Jiang Wen named this Taoist temple Qingxu Temple, mainly for the official staff of Jingxu Temple to reside in. Qingxu Temple has a spiritual vein spring leading from the bottom of the mountain, and a spirit-gathering formation is also set up.
Yan Gongli also provided several defensive formations, which, once activated, even Taoist Palace Realists would find difficult to break into.
In addition, Qingxu Temple is connected to the Sumeru Realm of the Boundary Pearl, making it the true cultivation place of Jingxu Temple.
Jingxu Temple, on the other hand, serves as a Taoist temple facing the outside world, accepting believers, holding rituals, and perhaps even taking on the task of recruiting disciples in the future, no longer the place where Jiang Wen usually resides.
Many things in Jingxu Temple were moved by Jiang Wen to Qingxu Temple, even the Sanqing Hall was no exception.
As for the original site of the Sanqing Hall in Jingxu Temple, Jiang Wen placed the three statues of gods from his consciousness into it, renaming the Sanqing Hall to the Tianzun Hall, to enshrine his own statue, as well as the statues of Ziyun and his avatars. This place will also be open to the public, allowing the statues in his consciousness to officially appear in the world.
Previously, after the expansion, the old Taoist temple was not open to the public. Now that the Sanqing Hall has been moved, this place can also be opened to the public.
"I don't know what changes will happen in the future, but I'm quite looking forward to it." Jiang Wen looked at the scenery on Mount Jingxu, wanting to see what changes would occur if his divine statue was worshipped year-round.
After the relocation of Qingxu Temple was completed, Mount Jingxu was divided into three major parts. The first is the entire Jingxu Temple, belonging to the outer mountain Taoist temple of Mount Jingxu. Together with the Jade Emperor Hall and other palaces in the back mountain, it is a place open to the public. The second is the hidden place mainly composed of the giant pagoda tree and the spiritual spring valley. It is mainly open to some special people or demon clans. The third is Qingxu Temple, which is the inner gate of Jingxu Temple and is not open to the outside world.
From then on, Jingxu Temple was officially established. In the future, Jingxu Temple will no longer be just a title in Jiang Wen's mouth, but also a celestial sect.
After integrating Jingxu Temple, Jiang Wen also assigned tasks to the white foxes. Since Jingxu Temple was no longer their permanent residence, someone needed to be in charge.
The white foxes happened to be full of energy, so he let a few foxes with higher cultivation levels in the clan be in charge. He also let Moxiang and Shuxiang serve as abbots. In the future, even if they go to Dagan, Jingxu Temple will not be without anyone.
If Jiang Wen's guess is correct, the reason why Jingxu Temple can travel back and forth between the two realms is related to the three Taoist Ancestor god statues in the Sanqing Hall.
This point became more and more noticeable after Jiang Wen moved the statues of the Taoist Ancestors.
If his guess is correct, the three Taoist Ancestor god statues are like mysterious magic weapons, which can manifest various magical powers when tempered with faith power. The more faith power used, the more different the statues become. Compared with the beginning, the current Taoist Ancestor god statues already have various wonderful uses.
Sitting under the Taoist Ancestor god statue, Jiang Wen checked the god statue in his consciousness. It was already shining with golden light, indicating that he could go to Dagan again.
However, Jiang Wen was not in a hurry to cross over to that world. He planned to hand over the affairs of the present world before going.
He sought out Bai Jing, Yan Gongli, and others, and after some discussion, Bai Jing stayed in Jingxu Temple to take care of the newly born little foxes. The little pagoda tree, Ziling, also stayed in the present world to guard the house. After all, she was restricted to the giant pagoda tree and could not go anywhere.
Moxiang and Shuxiang also stayed behind, and Jiang Wen arranged for them to study. At their age, they still needed to be educated by the school.
In the end, only Yan Gongli, Ziyun, and the Heavenly Fox who insisted on staying went to Dagan with Jiang Wen.
After everything was arranged properly, Jiang Wen sat in Qingxu Temple. He looked at the Taoist Ancestor and awakened his original god statue in his consciousness.
"Let's go, it's time to take a look."
The original god statue shone brightly, and the entire Qingxu Temple trembled.
Heaven and earth spun, and the universe shifted.
Jiang Wen felt the changes in the world. That feeling was too mysterious, but he could feel it clearly.
It was as if he was approaching the spiritual vein in the sky that time, and a feeling of invisible escape came.
"Could it be that this matter of crossing is really related to the spiritual vein?" Jiang Wen thought to himself.
He stood up and walked out of Qingxu Temple, and the world changed color.
Two rounds of the moon hung high, and the foot of the mountain was peaceful.
It was just that when he looked up at the distant east, a blood-red light, like a tree branch, spread out. It grew between heaven and earth, so bright, so vivid.
What is that? Jiang Wen was a little surprised. He remembered that there was no such thing when he left. How could such a strange thing appear when he came back?
How long has passed now, and what changes have taken place in Dagan? These questions weighed on Jiang Wen's heart, and he prepared to ask someone.
Looking at the entire Mount Jingxu again, it was indeed as he thought. Without the shroud of the Taoist Ancestor god statue, although Jingxu Temple also crossed over, he could not feel the aura of the white foxes. Even the giant pagoda tree was only living on Mount Jingxu, without Ziling in it.
The entire Mount Jingxu, except for Qingxu Temple, only had creatures that originally existed in the world of Dagan.
But Jingxu Temple has come over, so what is the Jingxu Taoist temple that remains in the present world like? Could it be that there are two Jingxu Mountains in both worlds? Are the two Taoist temples really existing? If that is the case, then what kind of mysterious treasure should the Taoist Ancestor god statue be.
"Or is it that my cultivation is too low to see through the mysteries of the Taoist Ancestor?" Jiang Wen sighed.
He took out a message talisman from his storage bag, crushed it, and sent it to Li Yunshang.
However, after waiting for a long time without a response, Jiang Wen realized that something was wrong.
The message talisman itself is entangled with two talismans, which can instantly transmit messages even across the ends of the earth. Unless something happened to Li Yunshang, she would not fail to reply to him.
"It seems that many things have happened in the days I have been gone." Jiang Wen muttered to himself, looking at the blood-colored giant tree in the sky.
"Did something happen?" Ziyun asked.
"We've encountered some trouble. Something big may have happened in the Imperial Capital." Jiang Wen said.
"Since that's the case, why not go to the Imperial Capital and take a look? I'll leave some seeds in the temple to maintain the Taoist temple." After Ziyun finished speaking, she transformed into dozens of small Ziyuns. They transformed into people wearing Jingxu Taoist robes and went to Jingxu Temple to maintain normal life.
"That's fine too. Then let's go to the Imperial Capital and take a look." Jiang Wen nodded in agreement.
After explaining the situation to Yan Gongli, the group prepared to go to the Imperial Capital.
However, before Jiang Wen and the others could set off, a strange message talisman flew over. It dissipated in mid-air, and a familiar voice came out.
"Taoist friend Jiang, save me."
