After Zhang Sanfeng went into seclusion, Zhang Wuji, who remained in Blood Battle City, became a highly sought-after figure among the city's powerful figures.
All the powerful figures in Bloodbath City came to curry favor with Zhang Wuji, hoping that he would put in a good word for them after Zhang Sanfeng came out of seclusion, so that Zhang Sanfeng could give them some pointers.
Even some powerful individuals with unmarried daughters, granddaughters, or great-granddaughters sent matchmakers to propose marriage to Zhang Wuji, and the threshold of the city lord's mansion was almost worn down by the crowds.
After much persuasion, Zhang Wuji managed to convince all the matchmakers who had come to propose marriage to turn back. Even so, stunningly beautiful young women would still come to Zhang Wuji from time to time, wanting to take him to some interesting places in Bloodbath City.
Time passed in this agonizing way for Zhang Wuji, until Zhang Sanfeng finally emerged from seclusion.
After emerging from seclusion, Zhang Sanfeng received all the powerful figures from Blood Battle City who came to visit him with a very amiable expression, including Xuanyuan.
Zhang Sanfeng patiently and meticulously answered all the questions these powerful individuals had about various difficulties in cultivation.
In the process of guiding the powerful figures of Blood Battle City, Zhang Sanfeng not only answered their questions about their cultivation paths, but also...
It also pointed out in detail the various problems of the powerful figures in Blood Battle City and indicated the path for them after they reached the Dharma Aspect Realm.
After receiving guidance from Zhang Sanfeng, the powerful figures in Bloodbath City all made breakthroughs in their cultivation.
Xuanyuan, the strongest person in Bloodbath City, has even faintly touched the realm of Martial Dao Dharma after receiving guidance from Zhang Sanfeng.
Faced with Zhang Sanfeng, a supreme expert who was not only approachable but also selfless, the powerful figures in Blood Battle City all held him in high esteem.
Afterwards, Zhang Sanfeng told the powerful figures of Blood Battle City about his request: he wanted to establish a sect and a religion.
Zhang Sanfeng told the powerful figures of Bloodbath City that he would include all those from Bloodbath City who could pass his test in the Wudang Sect, which he was about to establish.
Those who become disciples of the Wudang School will be carefully taught cultivation by Zhang Sanfeng, and after they complete the corresponding various assessments, they will be given all kinds of cultivation resources.
Among these Wudang disciples, if there is someone with extraordinary talent and whose temperament meets his standards, Zhang Sanfeng will take him as his personal disciple and pass on his skills to him.
If someone in Bloodbath City becomes a disciple of the Wudang Sect, it means that they have voluntarily joined the religion founded by Zhang Sanfeng.
As for the religion he founded, Zhang Sanfeng named it Taoism, and those who joined Taoism were called Taoists.
According to Zhang Sanfeng's explanation, the powerful figures of Bloodbath City understood that Taoism did not have any strict requirements for its disciples.
The Taoist priests who join Taoism only need to perform rituals to worship the various deities enshrined in Taoism on a daily basis.
The supreme deity worshipped in Taoism is called the Dao Ancestor, and the deity worshipped in Taoism second only to the supreme deity Dao Ancestor is the Haotian deity worshipped by the human race.
The deity Haotian, worshipped by the human race, is not only the Supreme Heavenly Emperor, second only to the Dao Ancestor, in Taoist scriptures, but also a disciple of the Dao Ancestor.
As the supreme Heavenly Emperor, Haotian God rules over many gods except for Dao Ancestor.
This naturally includes the wind god of the winged race, the beast god worshipped by the orcs, the sea god worshipped by various ocean races, and the elven god and nature goddess worshipped by the elves.
These texts were specially adapted by Zhang Sanfeng from various ancient Taoist books so that Taoism could adapt to the environment of the Tianyuan Continent.
Even the highest Taoist deities, the Three Pure Ones and the Six Emperors, were simplified by Zhang Sanfeng into the Taoist Ancestor and the Jade Emperor.
After hearing Zhang Sanfeng say that the Wudang Sect could not only teach the human race to cultivate for free, but also that if they passed the test, they could join the Wudang Sect.
The powerful figures of Bloodbath City were overjoyed and assured Zhang Sanfeng that they would fully support the establishment of the Wudang Sect.
As for Taoism, the Haotian deity worshipped by humans, although not the supreme god of Taoism, rules over the gods of other races.
Based on this alone, the powerful figures in Bloodbath City recognized the establishment and spread of Taoism among the human race and expressed their support.
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Chapter Forty-Three: The Secret Realm
Although the powerful figures in Bloodbath City all expressed their approval of the establishment and spread of Taoism, and provided some assistance in the process of its establishment.
However, the assistance provided by the powerful figures in Bloodbath City to the establishment of Taoism was merely out of respect for Zhang Sanfeng.
If it weren't for Zhang Sanfeng's influence, the powerful figures in Bloodbath City would probably have simply ignored the establishment and spread of Taoism.
Even so, the help that the powerful figures in Bloodbath City provided to Taoism was far less than the support they gave to the Wudang Sect.
Furthermore, Xuanyuan personally issued an order that all humans of suitable age in Blood Battle City must undergo the Wudang Sect's assessment; otherwise, they would be expelled from Blood Battle City.
However, after being persuaded by Zhang Sanfeng, Xuanyuan canceled the order and issued a new one.
The newly issued decree by Xuanyuan states that all citizens of Bloodbath City can choose whether to join the Wudang Sect or Taoism, according to their own wishes.
Besides humans, all orcs who have gained freedom in Bloodbath City, as well as the half-orcs born from the union of humans and orcs, can also choose whether to go to the Wudang Sect for assessment according to their own wishes.
This command was issued by Xuanyuan under Zhang Sanfeng's unwavering will, leaving him with no other choice.
The reason Zhang Sanfeng had Xuanyuan issue such an order was because his mindset had gradually changed after he had fully digested the inheritance in his mind.
The Zhang Sanfeng of today is no longer as fixated on sectarianism and racial differences as he was when he first arrived in the Tianyuan Sacred Realm.
When establishing his new school, Zhang Sanfeng chose to teach without discrimination, welcoming all kinds of beings, regardless of their background, to his school and receive his guidance if they were destined to be taught.
With the establishment of the Wudang Sect, and after the news spread that Zhang Sanfeng, the founder of the Wudang Sect, was the supreme expert who caused the stars to shift in the sky that day, the prestige of the Wudang Sect spread throughout the human territory under the jurisdiction of Blood Battle City.
However, the Taoism that was established along with the Wudang Sect did not cause much of a stir among the human race in Bloodbath City.
After the Wudang Sect was established, as the first sect to be established in the Tianyuan Sacred Realm, the entire Wudang Sect and Zhang Sanfeng received tremendous benefits.
Zhang Sanfeng chose to establish the Wudang Sect on the summit of a peak not far from Blood Battle City in the southern part of the Origin Mountains.
As the site of the first sect established in the Tianyuan Sacred Realm, that originally ordinary mountain gradually transformed into a supreme blessed land after the establishment of the Wudang Sect.
On this once somewhat barren mountain, all sorts of rare and precious treasures and exotic beasts gradually began to appear.