Chapter 9: The Temple Fair of the Immortals (Part II)
Changning and Shen Sanniang didn't care about juggling, the two whispered and laughed in the private room, but the maid and servant woman waiting beside them couldn't take their eyes off it.
"Ahh A little maid pointed to one place and exclaimed, "Third girl, fifth girl, look! There is a Taoist chief who is performing immortal methods! β
When the two of them looked for prestige, they saw several Taoist priests on the big wooden platform in front of the Fuji Temple, which was built by the Fuji Temple for the Dharma, and ordinary people could not go on the stage. After these Taoist priests went to the wooden platform, some people danced swords, some people punched, and the swordsmanship and boxing methods were vigorous, and at first glance, they saw that they had real kung fu. One of the green-robed Taoist priests sat cross-legged on the futon, and there was actually a peachwood sword spinning out of thin air beside him, the wooden sword turned up and down, the sword aura was magnificent, and it was imposing, and it was dizzying to watch.
The Taoist priest's eyes were slightly closed, his mouth was open and wide, as if he was reciting the Fa, and his hands pinched two fingers. For ordinary people, the Taoist scriptures are profound and far less popular than such straightforward martial arts, so even the reserved monks will inevitably use their own means at the festival to attract believers.
Shen Sanniang looked back at Changning in surprise, she had seen Changning's sword technique with her own eyes a few days ago.
Changning tried to condense the true yuan into her eyes, and sure enough, she saw a circle of misty aura on the people around her, this spiritual pupil technique was not taught to her by her grandfather, but she saw it from a Taoist book called the Son of Heaven Wangqi Technique. There are a lot of books in Shen Luan's study, and Changning can read them at will, but these books have been carefully screened by Shen Luan, and he has already taken them away if they shouldn't be seen by his granddaughter. When Changning found several Taoist books in her grandfather's study at first, her joy can be imagined, but after she finished reading those Taoist books, the whole person was like being poured a basin of cold water on her head in the wax moon, and there was no excitement.
Those Taoist names have been wonderful, what beans are sprinkled into soldiers, and paper-cut objects, all of which are extremely clever spells in the cultivation world, but what they actually teach has nothing to do with those spells, but they just teach people how to use illusions and conjure up fierce spirits and ghosts. It's okay for these conjured fierce spirits and evil ghosts to scare timid ordinary people, but when you meet a more daring person, you can step on it with one foot, and it's all Taoist techniques used for performing arts, and Changning only then knows why his grandfather didn't take away these Taoist books.
The only thing she is more interested in is the book of Tianzi Wangqi, which teaches the spirit pupil technique that can make people look at qi, according to this book, this spirit pupil technique cultivation requires talent, the first time you can see the aura, it means that you have talent, the first time you don't succeed, don't try again. Changning didn't know if what this book said was true, anyway, she belonged to a gifted person, and she tried it once and succeeded, during that time she was so excited that she even read the ants on the ground, until she was tired of playing and was thrown aside by her.
If she hadn't seen the Taoist Imperial Sword this time, she would have almost forgotten about this spell. She was lucky with the Spirit Pupil Technique, and was disappointed to find that although the Taoist priest on the stage looked much more vigorous than ordinary people, he didn't see the spiritual light above his head, thinking that he was just an ordinary martial artist, why could that Taoist priest still be able to resist the sword? The sacrificial sword is to be true yuan, and the Taoist true yuan is stronger than ordinary martial artists, but it is far from Cheng dΓΉ who controls the sword. Is there any other way to sacrifice the sword?
Changning did not enter the foundation period to be able to resist the sword, is to take the way of tricks, this peach wood sword is the inheritance of the master, after the ancestors of the past generations of sacrifices, there are countless sword runes on it, she only needs to refine those talismans, you can refine the peach wood sword. Otherwise, Changning wanted to drive the peachwood sword like an arm, at least after building a foundation and refining a few true seeds. This is also the main reason why the true disciples of the famous sects in the cultivation world are envied, the deeper the sect's heritage, the richer the inheritance left to the disciples.
Although Shen Jian kept saying that his granddaughter was not allowed to be opportunistic and let her practice steadily, in fact, where would he give up any treasures, this peachwood sword was originally a talisman, but after the cultivation and tempering of the ancestors of his sect, it has already become the top grade in the magic weapon, and it may be able to enter the list of magic weapons in a few hundred years. These Changning didn't know, she couldn't even tell the difference between magic weapons, magic weapons and talismans, and naturally she didn't know what kind of treasure the peachwood sword in her hand was.
"He's different." Changning said something that only the two of them knew, "His peachwood sword is also very strange, a bit like a magic weapon, and a bit like an ordinary wooden sword. β
"Maybe it's a sword sacrifice, right?" Shen Sanniang remembered the strange things that the person told him before, "I heard that there is a faction in the martial arts sect that specializes in the method of sword sacrifice and refinement, and they spit out the luck of the sword day and night. Shen Sanniang said, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she didn't know what she remembered.
Changning listened to it with relish, no wonder the ancients said, read 10,000 books, travel 10,000 miles. It was not enough for her to only read in the study, she was about to ask Sanniang in detail, but unexpectedly, something happened on the stage, and she didn't know where to fly a steel sword, and she actually cut off the peach wood sword at once, and the sword Taoist saw that the peach wood sword that he had been warm for many years was cut off in an instant, and suddenly his face was like gold paper, and he spit out a mouthful of blood, and everyone in the audience was in an uproar.
The faces of the other Taoist priests on the stage changed rapidly, and they surrounded the Imperial Sword Daoist, "I don't know where the master advises?" The Taoist priest who was the first to fight said in a deep voice.
"The masters don't dare, they just can't get used to seeing you deceive the public with a rotten wooden sword." Hehe's sneering sounded, and a group of people came out of the crowd, led by a big man who was seven feet tall, standing like a chicken in the crowd, extremely eye-catching. This big man was very ugly, with a slender horse face that was yellow and dry, untidy, and not even a belt, but he wore a luxurious brocade dress that did not match. As soon as his fan-like big hand was raised, the steel sword fell into his palm, and the steel sword was very long, like an embroidery needle in the hands of the big man.
Those Taoist priests saw that the face of the brocade-clothed man changed greatly, and they didn't speak for a long time.
Shen Sanniang saw this ugly man with a horse face, and her face was slightly gloomy, "He'er, it's boring here, why don't we go to the lake?" β
Changning regarded his own peachwood sword as a treasure, and saw that this person cut off a peachwood sword without asking, and the person looked so rough, it was inevitable that he would be a little more displeased with this ugly man, and nodded when he heard the words: "Okay." "This ugly man is here to smash the field, there are so many people here, when the time comes, it will inevitably riot, the family is full of female dependents, leave the place of right and wrong first. Changning instructed the servant woman of the Lin clan to send a few words, asking her to send people to evacuate the crowd here as much as possible, so as to avoid a stampede incident in a while.
However, Changning was too worried, and the Taoist priests of the Fuji Temple were quite well-cultivated, and they were knocked on the door, and they did not argue with the horse-faced ugly man in public, but asked him to come to the stage for one-on-one advice.
Changning, Shen Sanniang and his entourage boarded the boat directly from the water dock in the backyard of the teahouse, and sailed all the way to Kasawa Lake. Shen Sanniang looked at the open lake scenery and Ling'er's delicate sleeping face, couldn't help but smile lightly, and took the initiative to explain to Changning, "That horse-faced ugly man is a lackey of a wealthy family, bullying others, and doing all kinds of evil, I am really impatient to see him." β
"Oh? Could it be that the master behind this person is very powerful, otherwise why would no one clean him up? Changning asked.
Shen Sanniang said: "It is the Yangzhou Festival that makes Gai Jiayun." β
Changning doesn't know much about officialdom, but he also knows that Pingjiang Prefecture belongs to Yangzhou, and Yangzhou Jiedu is the biggest official in the Jiangnan area, especially now that the imperial power is not obvious, all parties are in charge of their own affairs, and some strong ones can even hold the appointment and dismissal of officials, "Shouldn't Yangzhou Jiedu envoy be in Jiankang?" Why are they here? β
Shen Sanniang's face was disgusted, "Because Gai Jiayun's only son is in Pingjiang, this horse-faced ugly man and another sharp-mouthed short man are the personal guards of the disgusting thing." "Shen Sanniang's family education is strict, and she can make her speak ill of that person like this, and she is extremely disgusted with that person.
"The guards are like this, and it's even more unbearable to think about the master, no wonder Sister Ah wants to leave, otherwise it would be good to frighten Ling'er." Changning agreed.
Shen Sanniang smiled slightly: "These two people don't leave that disgusting thing for a moment, so I left first, so that he didn't stain his sister's eyes." β
"Sister, is this Gaijiedu really powerful? Even our Shen family didn't dare to offend him? Changning Qi said, in her impression, the Shen family was in Pingjiang Mansion, but she didn't expect the Shen family to give in to others.
It's not that Changning is arrogant, she has been pampered in her past and present lives, especially in this life Shen Jian is a real person in Jindan, although she has to stay in the world temporarily, she spoils her granddaughter in every way, he himself regards glory and wealth, and will be noble and idle, and Changning has also developed a similar temperament. After Changning cultivated, he heard his grandfather say a lot of things in the cultivation world, and knew that this world was very big and very dangerous, except for the nine major protections in Middle-earth, the people could still live and work in peace and contentment, and the demons and monsters in the outer land were endless, and ordinary people lived a hard life.
Middle-earth is vast, but Edgeworth's flight for a few days has come to an end. And in the area under the jurisdiction of the Nine Great Gates, even if it takes several months for the sword to fly, there are tens of millions of soldiers under the door, and such power is by no means comparable to the secular magnates. Changning is not young and has a slight cultivation, but his vision was raised very high by his grandfather, and it was precisely after hearing these that Changning became more determined to the heart of the Tao, the world is so big, she wants to see everywhere.
"It's not that he doesn't dare to offend, it's just that Gai Jiayun is a foreigner, he doesn't know the etiquette, there is no one with me, if someone offends him, he will be as unforgiving as the hyena, and he can't wait to destroy the three clans of that person." Shen Sanniang smiled bitterly, "He doesn't regard this place as his home, but this is our homeland, we are holding precious porcelain, how can we collide with him?" Besides-" Shen Sanniang sighed, "His son is disgusted, and he is polite to our Shen family." β
Changning understood what Shen Sanniang meant, the Shen family has been breeding in Pingjiang Mansion for hundreds of years, and has long taken root here, although it is the head snake here, even if the strong dragon comes, he will not dare to offend the Shen family lightly, but the Shen family is also a rat taboo, and he does not dare to confront the strong dragon too much, otherwise the slightest carelessness will be the disaster of extermination, "Sister, Ah Weng said that if you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, and someone will always clean him up if such a wicked person is cleaned." β
Shen Sanniang laughed at herself, "I just complained to you, and I didn't dare to really scold them." β
Changning said with a smile: "If Sister is really like this, then it is really an ignorant and reckless man, it is better to find a way to make him suffer in private." β
The two girls were eating and laughing, Shen Sanniang's friends who usually intersected together were all quiet and elegant people, and she could talk to them, but she was far less happy than Changning. Changning is knowledgeable, and her knowledge is broader than that of ordinary boudoir women, and her temperament is gentle and refreshing, Shen Sanniang originally only thought that Changning was a little sister who needed to be loved, but now she is a close friend of her boudoir.
"Can Shen San girl be on the boat ahead?" A clear male voice sounded.
Shen Sanniang heard this male voice, her face was pale, she didn't expect that she had hid in Kasawa Lake, but she was actually found by this guy, and asked the maid to drive the boat away.
Changning looked through the window screen in confusion, and saw a young man in blue standing on the bow of the boat looking at their painting boat, this young man in blue was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with picturesque eyebrows, white teeth and red lips, and a pair of eyes that seemed to have a touch of dark blue, "Who is this sister?" Changning asked.
"That's the disgust." Shen Sanniang said disdainfully.
Changning glanced at the man again in surprise, "I thought this person was disgusting, didn't he say that he was born from his heart?" "Changning is not judging people by their appearance, but this person is in good spirits, with a clear head on his head, and he is actually a monk who is not weak in cultivation. He was also the first monk Changning saw besides his grandfather, she inevitably took a few more looks, but found that there was actually a black gas like a pillar in the cabin behind the person, and the red light in the air column was faint.
Changning was taken aback, and the Son of Heaven Wangqi Technique wrote that all living beings have different colors of spiritual light due to their different identities and cultivation methods, but those who give birth to black light are all those who have killed living beings too much. Changning thought about Gai Jiayun's identity, and it was not surprising that there was such a person around his son, this black and evil spirit was sky-high and filthy, and he didn't know how many people inside had harmed them. No wonder Sister is so disgusted with this person, it is really a group of disgusting things.
Shen Sanniang saw Changning looking at Gai Tianbao in a daze, and when she really liked Gai Tianbao, she hurriedly said: "This person is not evil, and his actions are all based on his own likes and dislikes, and the little guy next to him has not been able to live for more than half a year, besides, he is handsome, if you want to say handsome, Qin-" She said half of her words and stopped continuing.
Changning saw that Shen Sanniang wanted to stop talking, her face was full of shyness, and she couldn't help but joke, "Sister, you said that handsome man is my future brother-in-law?" β
Shen Sanniang blushed, avoiding Changning's question, "Gai Jiayun is a foreigner, if he has a rough appearance, how can he get ahead?" The biological mother of this disgusting thing is also a noble daughter of everyone, the daughter of the Cui family of Qinghe, but it is a pity that she was ruined by the beasts, and she gave birth to this disgusting thing and went, and the world is always unfair to her daughter's family. Shen Sanniang said, and finally looked gloomy.
Changning was silent, and her cultivation also hoped that she could control her own destiny.
Shen Sanniang said: "That's it, don't mention these disappointments, I see that the pomegranate flowers in the courtyard are blooming, I made some peach blossom slices this year, and you picked two jars of peach dew for me, how about we enjoy the flowers and cook tea at home the day after tomorrow?" β
"Okay." Changning readily agreed.
"Three girls, five girls." While the two were talking, they saw a subordinate rushing over from a distance with a small boat, and half of his clothes were wet from the lake, "Xuanchen Dao Chang is back, and the eldest lady asked the third girl and the fifth girl to take the little lady to Fuji Temple." β
Changning and Shen Sanniang were overjoyed, and ordered the little guy to sail to Fujiguan.