Let's say that on the day when Zoroastrianism held a gathering of disciples, Yelu Zhongde took two black dragon soldiers, and everyone dressed up as ordinary people and went to the Dayun Guangming Temple.

Dozens of disciples in front of the Guangming Gate checked the people who went up the mountain and forbade them to carry weapons.

Under the guidance of several disciples, everyone walked through the Sun Tomb, the Evil Ghost Forest, and went straight to the Dayun Guangming Temple through a hundred stone steps, and there were disciples guarding them along the way, Yang Huaide and the four of them could no longer see the scene of that night, everything was normal.

Entering the temple, the courtyard is very large, the Guangming Hall is located on the north side, a half-person high platform is set up in the courtyard, a large table is placed on the east side, and a Taishi chair is placed on both sides of the table, which should be prepared for distinguished guests.

Everyone is guided by the disciples to visit the Hall of Light, the appearance of the main hall is the same as that of a Buddhist temple, which will make people mistakenly think that they have arrived at a Buddhist temple, but there is a golden flame fireball on the roof.

Entering the hall, there is a holy fire altar in the center, the lotus three camel base, the holy fire is endless, in the middle stands the statue of Ahula, the god of light, a Hu people's appearance, on both sides stand two statues of the head of the bird, the pillar reads "pure, bright, vigorous, wise".

Yelu Zhongde whispered: "Zoroastrianism was originally the same as Buddhism, teaching people to do good deeds and accumulate virtues, but the current female sect leader Zhai Aduo and her younger brother Zhai Pantuo are greedy for fame and fortune, and use crooked ways to curry favor with dignitaries and nobles to seek rewards from the court. ”

Everyone withdrew from the hall, and there were more guards around, Zhai Pantuo and a Khitan nobleman sat on the Taishi chair in the east, and there were more than a dozen Khitan guards behind them.

Priest Zhang Aliu walked up to the stage to announce the beginning of the initiation conference, and Zhai Pantuo ascended the stage and said, "Welcome everyone to join our religion, and Ahura, the god of light, will bless you." Today, Lord Xiao Baoxian's participation in our initiation meeting is the honor of our religion. ”

Xiao Baoxian nodded to everyone, this Xiao Baoxian was the younger brother of Xiao Fengxian, the prime minister of the dynasty, and was staying in Tokyo at the time.

Zhai Pantuo continued: "The sect leader is practicing in retreat, and I will baptize everyone. ”

I saw him holding the Huoyun sword, chanting words in his mouth, and then blew on the sword, opened his shirt, and stabbed a sword into the abdomen, and suddenly blood gushed out, everyone exclaimed, Zhai Pantuo walked around the stage, and read while walking: "Ahura, I am your devout believer, bless me!" ”

He pulled out the Huoyun sword, the sword was stained with blood, someone brought a bowl of water, he wiped the water on the wound, and then turned around, the wound had completely healed, and everyone exclaimed again.

The congregants shouted, "Ahula, Ahula! ”

Zhai Pantuo shouted, "Join Zoroastrianism, and the gods will bless you!" ”

He returned to his seat, and Xiao Baoxian said: "The deputy sect leader is really powerful, and the sharp blade pierces through the abdomen without being damaged!" ”

Zhai Pantuo said: "This is all the blessing of Ahula! ”

Zhai Pantuo asked someone to bring a wooden box with six red pills in it, and said: "My lord, this is a gift from this sect to adults and prime ministers, and after taking it, it can strengthen the body and prolong life." ”

Xiao Bao smiled first, asked someone to accept it, and said, "Deputy Sect Leader Pudu sentient beings, I will definitely report to the court to give you more rewards." ”

Zhai Pantuo also smiled: "Thank you, my lord, if you have something, we will help the Zoroastrians." ”

At this time, seven white-clothed people appeared on the stage, they are the seven protectors of Zoroastrianism, representing metal, wood, water, fire, earth, man, and god, each holding a seven holy swords.

Suddenly, a puff of white smoke came out from under everyone's feet, and the seven people formed a sun array, and in the smoke, the seven people sometimes rotated, sometimes jumped, and the swords were shining and crackling, if there were people in the array, they would have been broken into pieces.

Yang Huaide and the four of them also gasped when they saw it, if they met seven people at the same time that night, the consequences would be unimaginable.

After the performance of the Seven Dharma Protectors, there was another exclamation backstage.

Several disciples carried a sacred fire altar, and Zhang Aliu said, "Those who are willing to join this sect kneel under the stage." ”

About 20 people knelt under the stage, Liu Keshi was among them, and two believers led a white bull to the stage, and the two knelt next to the bull to receive a basin of bull urine, which was mixed with a pot of colorless liquid.

The six saints wore white short trousers, white boots, white feather cloaks, white turbans in their hair, and white masks, like white saints falling from the sky, and each of them gave each of them a small cup of this liquid.

Zhai Pantuo came to the stage and said: "This is the holy water that Ahura has given you, and after drinking the holy water, you are the followers of Ahura, and Ahura bless you!" ”

Liu Keshi was a little disgusted when he saw that it was the urine of the bull, and when a saint handed him the cup, there was no smell of urine, but the smell of mushrooms, and everyone drank it.

Liu Keshi didn't notice that one of the saints was Yang Xiu, but Yang Xiu recognized him and didn't dare to squeak, thinking that it must be Brother Keshi who pretended to join the sect to save her, she secretly looked at the crowd in the distance and didn't find Yang Huaide and the others.

Zhai Pantuo took a cup of holy water and circled around the holy fire altar, then poured the holy water into the holy fire, and a green flame suddenly rose.

Zhai Pantuo began to recite the scriptures, everyone drank the holy water, and after a while, they felt extremely excited, confused, and the saints gave each of them a white holy belt, Yang Xiu rushed to bring the holy belt to Liu Keshi, but Liu Keshi couldn't recognize her anymore.

In the end, Zhang Aliu announced the end of the initiation ceremony, and the Protestants stayed in the temple to practice.

Yang Huaide and others went down the mountain with the other people, waiting for news from Liu Keshi.

Yang Xiu returned to the Holy Maiden's Courtyard and happily hugged Mingyue's arm, Mingyue said: "Xiu'er, I am happy to see you, you are like a fairy descending from the earth in the saint's costume." ”

Yang Xiu just didn't laugh out loud, thinking that Brother Keshi was here to save him, and he would be able to go home soon.

After a while, Yang Xiu asked, "Sister Mingyue, what will these Protestants be arranged to do?" ”

Mingyue replied, "They will be arranged to do miscellaneous labor. ”

Yang Xiu pondered for a moment, Mingyue looked at Yang Xiu's innocent appearance, and said, "Xiu'er, you have to remember that the sect stipulates that saints are not allowed to associate with ordinary believers. ”

Yang Xiu replied, "Well, I see. ”

Let's say that Liu Keshi was assigned to the kitchen as a woodcutter, and went to the mountains with other Protestants to chop firewood for two days in a row.

Wu Abo, the head of the kitchen, warned everyone: "Don't walk around, especially in the backyard, where the sect leader, Dharma protector and holy woman live, and you can't enter casually. ”

A young man asked curiously: "Uncle Wu, when I joined the sect that day, those saints were like fairies descending to earth, and I was stunned!" ”

Wu Abel said: "Don't make a bad idea, you kid, all the saints have special skills, if you are disrespectful to them, they will throw you to feed the dogs." The young man stuck out his tongue in fright.

Wu Abel continued: "I heard that Granny Xiang brought back a little girl from the Song Kingdom, made her a holy maiden, and accepted her as an apprentice to teach her martial arts. ”

When Liu Keshi heard that he was from the Song Kingdom, he wondered if it was Yang Xiu, but he didn't dare to ask more.

That night, Liu Keshi decided to go to the backyard to see what was going on.

When he saw that everyone was asleep, he pretended to go to the latrine and sneaked out of the room, and quietly entered the backyard, which had many small courtyards and rooms.

He first saw the Holy Maiden's Courtyard, the courtyard door was hidden, through the crack in the door, he saw that the lights in the house had been turned off, so he did not go in, and then after a few small courtyards came to the alchemy courtyard, he found that there was a fire in the courtyard, and looked in from the wall, and saw that there was a copper furnace in the courtyard, and four people were adding wood.

One of them said, "Everyone should take care of it, in a few days you can add the heart and liver alchemy of the boy and the girl, if something goes wrong, the deputy sect leader will take your life." ”

Liu Keshi thought to himself that Zoroastrianism was indeed a cult, and he actually used people's hearts and livers to refine pills, I had to find Xiu'er quickly, otherwise it would be dangerous.

He crossed two more courtyards, and found that one room was locked, and there were two people guarding it, and he could faintly hear the crying of a child, and he thought to himself that it must be a child who had been deceived inside, maybe Xiu'er was inside. But he didn't want to startle the snake, so he felt that the time was almost up, and returned to his room.

The next day was almost noon, Liu Keshi was chopping wood in the yard next door to the kitchen, and heard a holy woman say: "Uncle Wu, you put some vinegar when you fry shredded potatoes in the future, the new little sister likes to eat sour, and she will put some vinegar when she stir-fries in her hometown." ”

Wu Abel said: "You are talking about the girl from Shanxi, I have heard that people there have this habit, okay, in the future, I will ask the cook to put some vinegar every time." ”

The saint who spoke was Mingyue, who was responsible for coming to fetch food every day.

Liu Keshi was happy when he heard it, thinking that the new saint must be Xiu'er, and Xiu'er can't do without vinegar every time she eats.

As soon as it was dark, Liu Keshi sneaked into the small garden next to the Holy Maiden's Courtyard and hid behind a rockery.

After a while, the two holy women walked towards this side, Liu Keshi was on top, picked up a wooden stick and jumped in front of them, the wooden stick was horizontal, in fact, he didn't want to hurt them, and he threatened in a fake whisper: "Stop, I will ask you something, and if you don't obey, I will kill you." ”

The two saints were Mingyue and Yang Xiu, and they came to the garden for a walk.

Suddenly a masked man jumped out from behind the rockery, which really startled them.

Mingyue blocked Xiu'er behind her, and without saying a word, she took out the holy scarf and threw it at Liu Keshi, Liu Keshi blocked it with a wooden stick, and the holy towel wrapped around the wooden stick, Mingyue pulled hard, Liu Keshi was defenseless, and the wooden stick was thrown aside.

Mingyue picked up the holy scarf, Liu Keshi's arms and body were entangled, Mingyue jumped behind the tree, pulled Liu Keshi against the trunk of the tree with a force, circled the tree, Liu Keshi was tied to the trunk, Mingyue moved quickly, Liu Keshi was not ready to be captured.

Mingyue tore off his face towel, Yang Xiu said "ah", and said, "But Brother Shi is you!" After speaking, he took off his scarf, Liu Keshi looked carefully, and it was indeed Xiu'er, Xiu'er who missed him day and night.

Liu Keshi said: "Xiu'er, I finally found you." ”

Yang Xiu turned around and grabbed Mingyue's arm with both hands and shook it, and said, "Sister Mingyue, good sister, please, let him go, he is my good friend, and he is here to save me." ”

Mingyue was also very sympathetic to Yang Xiu, looking at her eager appearance, her hand shook, she took back the holy scarf, and said: "Xiu'er, I see that your friends can't save you, even I can't beat you, you are still here to be a saint with peace of mind, don't think about running away, once you are caught, you will all have to die." ”

Mingyue stepped aside and let them talk.

Liu Keshi saw Yang Xiu, who was missing day and night, and couldn't help hugging Yang Xiu, Yang Xiu lay on Liu Keshi's shoulder and cried, Yang Xiu said: "Brother Keshi, I really want to go home, I know you will definitely come to save me." ”

Keshi whispered: "Xiu'er, don't be afraid, I'm here to save you, Huaide and Huaixing are at the bottom of the mountain, and we plan to work together to rescue you and the other children." ”

Yang Xiu asked, "How are my parents?" ”

Liu Keshi replied: "They are very worried about you, and I promise them to save you back." ”

At this time, Mingyue whispered: "Someone is here, Yang Xiu, let's go." Liu Keshi and Yang Xiu reluctantly separated