Chapter 2 The Demon Way Causes Trouble

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In the courtyard of the Nangong Taisha Shrine on Mount Ontake, an old vine stretches its dark green branches, and Hirata Mune sits at the stone table under the vine, silent, with a teapot on the table, the cup full of tea has cooled, but the owner has not yet tasted a sip.

At this time, the sky is darkening, and it has been a full day since yesterday's red light appeared, and the people of the Hirata Sect have not yet arrived. The anxious mood made him stand up again, bypass the old vine, and paced around the yard.

At this time, a young waiter came running and said, "Divine Master, there is a Taoist in a gray robe outside the door who has come to ask for a meeting. ”

When Hirata Zong heard this, his gloomy expression finally saw joy, and he raised his hand and said, "Please come in!" With that, he walked over to the stone table, grabbed the teacup, and drank the herbal tea. After a while, he took out another cup from the tea tray and filled it again.

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, Malu Divine Lord, I haven't seen you for many years, but it's always good." As soon as the people came, a white-haired and silver-haired Taoist had already stepped into the courtyard.

When Hirata Zong heard this, he hurriedly put down the teapot, greeted him quickly, held the hand of the Taoist and said, "Yiqingzi Daoist, something has happened, something has happened!" ”

The Taoist known as Ichikiyoko, bypassed the Hirata Sect, sat down on his robe at the stone table, took a sip of tea without hurrying, and said, "When the poor Dao received your spell message, he didn't dare to delay, and rushed here day and night. ”

"Yiqingzi Dao Chief, yesterday was born with a vision, and the red light appeared, it seems that the wine demon was born again, and the living beings will be ruined, and a catastrophe is inevitable."

Yiqingzi twisted his silver hair in his hand, stood up and paced a few steps, turned around and said: "All blessings and misfortunes have a certain number, and the way of heaven dictates it, and it is not something you and I can control. ”

"But now, how to deal with it?"

"Immeasurable Tianzun, the so-called blessing and misfortune depend on each other, there is a lifetime, there must be a gram, you don't have to be too anxious, the wine has just been born, and it will take time to recover the skill. I think that at the beginning, the master ordered me to go down the mountain and go east to Fuso, and now I have been in Japan for more than 20 years, so that is today. Yiqingzi looked calm, but in fact, he was just as anxious in his heart.

Hirata Zong's expression was calm, without the current appearance of the enemy, a hanging heart, finally a lot more steady, but still palpitating, hurriedly asked: "Dao Chief, in this way, you have thought of a countermeasure?" ”

Ichikiko shook off the dust, stroked his beard, looked at the top of Mount Ontake, pondered for a moment, smiled helplessly, shook his head, and said, "No." ”

When Hirata Zong heard this, he was like a defeated rooster, his eyes immediately wilted when he had just recovered some light, and even his body seemed to be suddenly half shorter, thinking: This Yiqingzi, who has not seen him for many years, how can he become more and more like his junior brother Xiaoyaozi, the sky is about to fall, but he is still in the mood to joke.

It turns out that this Qingzi has a junior brother, the Taoist name Xiaoyaozi, also known as the sloppy Taoist, this person has a perverse personality, likes to be alone, is indulgent and uninhibited, and is an old naughty boy at the age of the sixtieth year. Both of them are from Middle Earth, and they were sent by Zhang Sanfeng, the ancestor of Wudang, to travel east to Japan to subdue demons and subdue demons, in order to avoid one day the wine boy breaking through the seal, the demons reappearing, and the scourge of the common people. In terms of martial arts, a clear son is better than a junior and a disciple; preaching, Xiaoyaozi is better than the senior brother, it can be said that the two have their own merits.

And the original Taoist priests of Middle Earth, one is a disciple of the third generation of Wudang, and the other is a descendant of Zhang Sanfeng's lineage, why would they carry forward the spirit of international humanitarianism, cut through the waves and thorns, and come to Japan thousands of miles away, in this country where heinous crimes were committed in later generations, regardless of remuneration, without fame, and willing to "learn from Lei Feng and do good deeds"? The reason for this starts with an unexpected event 700 years ago.

In other words, since the founding of Emperor Jimmu, Japan has gone through a thousand years of barbarism and ignorance, and in the 7th century AD, Prince Shotoku was the regent, committed to political innovation, sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty one by one, boarded a boat across the sea, went to Middle-earth to learn advanced culture, and modeled the Tang Dynasty system, established a centralized state with the emperor as the center.

After about 200 years, in the Heian period, Emperor Uta believed that Japan had greatly increased its national strength and culture, and in view of the fact that it was at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the warlords were divided and warlords were fighting, and the Japanese monarchs and ministers believed that there was no need to absorb culture from Middle-earth, so he abolished the Tang envoys in one fell swoop, and ordered a group of people who had gone to Middle-earth and had learned to recall them.

And among these people, there is an ancestor of the Hirata sect, called Heitaro. This person is devoted to learning the Tao, and is gifted and intelligent, and has a deep attainment in Taoist refining qi, charms, etc., as soon as he enters the Middle Earth, he will enter the Dragon and Tiger Mountain, worship under the Heavenly Master, and learn for fifteen years.

After receiving the edict to return to Japan, Heitaro was quite hesitant, out of his original intention, he was unwilling to return to Japan, but although he entered the Taoist gate, he was still a royal clan, and the emperor's edict was here, no matter what, it could not go against the holy will. Therefore, since receiving the order to return to China, he has been unable to sleep and eat every day, and seeing that the date is gradually approaching, he is even more anxious in his heart.

But said that on this day, Heitaro forcibly suppressed the irritability in his heart, meditated and practiced qi in the house all day, and waited until the evening, when he was born at the beginning of tomorrow, he hurriedly put on his robe, put on a Tai Chi sword on his back, and threw away the door, in order to hide the earth-shattering ambition in his heart for a long time.

Heitaro came to the Golden Gun Peak of Longhu Mountain, but saw that the lake at the foot of the mountain on the right was rippling, the surrounding strange rocks were craggy, the bright moon was in the sky, the silver light was spreading, and the entire Longhu Mountain was lush and green, shrouded in a haze. He stood in front of a four-corner pavilion on the mountainside, only to see the green pillar gray tile of this pavilion, and hung a plaque on it, saying: Tianyixuan.

He entered the pavilion, ordered the little Taoist boy with him to put the wine and food, and waved him to retreat. At this time, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and the breeze was blowing, but Heitaro couldn't care about the handsome scenery of the mountain, and his eyes looked at the winding path up the mountain, with an anxious face. He was dressed in a gray-brown robe, with a short stature, a yellow face and no beard, and his eyes were small but bright, revealing a terrifying light from time to time.

At this time, I saw a Taoist priest with a weak crown slowly walking under the mountain, with a slender figure, upright facial features, a blue-gray Taoist robe draped on his body, the night wind blowing, and the belt was lightly floating, which had the charm of the fairy wind of the bones.

"Brother Tianxu, you're late." As soon as Heitaro saw someone coming, he let go of his hanging heart, and his face suddenly stretched out, like a brilliant chrysanthemum. After speaking, he stepped out, took the hand of the young Taoist priest, walked into the pavilion, and sat down at the wine table.

The young Taoist priest hurriedly stood up, stepped forward and said, "The younger brother was invited by his elder brother, and he was delayed because of some things, and he still looked at Haihan." ”

"Brother Tianxu, what did you say, although I am twenty years older than you, but you and I are learning the same way, how can we distinguish each other?" Heitaro said so, but deliberately pointed out the age of the two to show that he was the best.

When the young Taoist priest heard this, he really looked more humble, and after another politeness, he sat down.

"Come, you and I take advantage of this beautiful night to have a toast first." Heitaro picked up his glass and drank it all.

The young Taoist priest had no heart for the city, and thought that this meeting was the same as usual, nothing more than talking about the moon and talking about wine, so he also drank this cup happily.

Speaking of this young Taoist priest, he is a figure of public attention in Longhu Mountain, just because he is the youngest son of Zhang Tianshi, and he is talented and intelligent, humble, humble by nature, and has no desire for profit, and has the style of a generation of grandmasters. It's just because of age, the foundation is still shallow, and he is temporarily under the two brothers, but in the eyes of everyone, Zhang Tianshi intends to train this youngest son to take over the position of head of the sect in the future, so he is impressed with Zhang Tianxu.

Originally, according to the seniority, Heitaro should respect Zhang Tianxu as an uncle, but this little Japanese man did his best to pull into the relationship between the two, first, he was indeed twenty years older, and secondly, Zhang Tianxu really had no name, he has always been humble and humbly seeking advice, so in private, both of them are called brothers. Heitaro so much bothered Zhang Tianxu, who was twenty years younger than him, not only because he was in charge of the splendid future of the Heavenly Master Sect in the future, but also because he controlled a top secret place in Dragon and Tiger Mountain.

The two pushed the cups and changed the lamps, but they didn't realize that it was the second watch. Heitaro narrowed his eyes, looked slightly drunk, picked up the wine jug and poured a full glass of wine for Zhang Tianxu: "Come, Brother Xian, you and I will drink another glass." ”

"Brother Taro, ask me out today, see that you are in a trance, you and my brother, why be restrained, what is on your mind, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Zhang Tianxu looked at Heitaro, and his eyes were unwavering under the moonlight.

"Alas......" Heitaro sighed, picked up the wine glass and walked to the plaque of "Tianyixuan", looked at the moonlight like water, and sighed at the momentum of the "tiger roaring and dragon soaring" of Longhu Mountain, not only groaned suddenly: "There are infinite trees on Chang'an Road, only the willow pipe is separated." Brother Xian, in a few days, I will leave this place and return to Fuso. ”

Zhang Tianxu saw that Heitaro showed a reluctant expression, thinking of fifteen years of getting along day and night, he couldn't help but be stunned, but when he saw Heitaro's down-and-out back, he cheered up and comforted: "Brother Taro doesn't have to be too sad, there is a confidant in the sea, and the end of the world is like a neighbor." When he turns around, you and I may not have a time to reunite. ”

Hearing this, Heitaro turned around, looked at Zhang Tianxu with two eyes, and said gloomily: "Brother Xian, I can't hide it, I originally intended to die of old age in this dragon and tiger mountain, but the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, seeing that the Taoism was not completed and the cultivation was not refined, but I had to hurry away and leave, and I couldn't help but feel sad." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Tianxu couldn't help but feel sentimental, and persuaded: "My father once said that enlightenment is often only in one thought, if the heart is ethereal, everything in the world can be a dojo, as long as Brother Taro practices day and night, there will be a day of great success." ”

"Thank you Brother Xian for your comfort, if I have the age of Brother Xian and such understanding, I don't have to sigh here, how can I be nearly half a hundred years old, it is really difficult to achieve great success."

"Brother doesn't have to be so pessimistic, the method of the Tao is ever-changing, and it is mysterious, as long as you practice wholeheartedly, one day you will break through the earth, and you don't know."

"In this way, there is still a shortcut to Taoist practice?" Heitaro was waiting for this sentence, and when he heard that Zhang Tianxu really followed his way, his heart was overjoyed.

Zhang Tianxu only said that he misunderstood what he meant. explained: "The elder brother will misunderstand the younger brother's intentions, Taoist cultivation needs to accumulate over time before there is a day of great success, and there is no shortcut." ”

"I heard that in order to increase cultivation, the world has a method of collecting yin and supplementing yang, and can even absorb the qi of spirits and demons to help the Dao method, if it is used properly, it can be a thousand miles a day."

"This is the left way of the side door, you and I are under the Heavenly Master, the Taoist is authentic, how can I disdain to use this kind of indiscriminate means to increase cultivation."

"Brother Xian's words are wrong, and the foolish brother thinks that there is no distinction between high and low cultivation methods, and the key is to see who uses it? In the hands of you and me Taoist authentic sects, the side door and left path are used for the right path, which can also benefit the common people. ”

Zhang Tianxu felt that what Heitaro said made some sense for a while, but he refused to admit defeat, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "There are clear restrictions in the sect, and no one in my sect can be contaminated with the left side of the sect." ”

Hearing this, Heitaro touched his bare chin, and said with a slight smile: "I heard that in our Dragon Tiger Mountain, on the top of the Golden Spear Peak, the spirit demon qi is sealed, which is used for the cultivation of the Heavenly Master and the elders of the sect. ”

"That's not for cultivation, it's for ......" Zhang Tianxu suddenly felt speechless, and immediately closed his mouth.

Heitaro was ecstatic, thinking that as I expected, I had been searching for fifteen years, and it turned out that I was in the forbidden land at the top of the Golden Gun Peak. He suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said calmly: "It's not for cultivation, is it for other purposes?" I think the virtuous brother seems to have something unspeakable, but I still can't trust the foolish brother? ”

Heitaro was so direct, it made Zhang Tianxu a little embarrassed, the matter has come to this point, if he avoids answering, but he seems to be a villain, thinking of this, he has to speak: "The sealed place is to dissolve the anger of the demons, so as not to cause them harm the world." ”

"Oh? In this way, the seal inside must not be an ordinary thing. ”

Zhang Tianxu couldn't refuse, so he had to reply: "What is sealed inside is indeed not an ordinary thing, but this is the secret of the Heavenly Master Sect, I said today that I know with my brother, and my brother must not reveal anything." ”

Heitaro smiled all over his face, and suddenly a brilliant chrysanthemum bloomed on his face. He took Zhang Tianxu's hand, returned to the pavilion and sat down, poured wine and said: "You and I brothers take care of each other, if the virtuous brother confesses, the foolish brother should remember that only God knows, the earth knows, you know, and I know what happened tonight." After saying that, he pointed his nose with his index finger.

The two touched another glass, and Zhang Tianxu took advantage of the strength of the wine and said: "This Golden Spear Peak is sealed with thirty-six demons, seventy-two little demons, a total of one hundred and eight demons. Among them, the most powerful ones are the Yuan Sheng, Xuanmu, Yaotian Wolf, and Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. ”

"What kind of origin are these demons, and they deserve to be so excited."

"Yuan Sheng, Xuanmu was originally two boys under the ancestor of Hongjun, at the beginning of the simple nature, devoted to cultivation, and later because of greed, cut off the door to cultivate immortals, the last thought of the difference, into the devil's way."

"Hiss......" Heitaro gasped and asked: "Hongjun Old Ancestor is the righteous god who mastered the Heavenly Dao after Pangu, the teacher of Sanqing, and the boy under him, it can be said that it is not an exaggeration to be close to the cultivation of Da Luo Jinxian, why did he fall into the Demon Dao?" ”

"Brother didn't know that in order to manage the three worlds of heaven, earth, and man, Hongjun Ancestor decided to appoint a fairy boy beside him to be in charge of the gods. Yuan Sheng and Xuanmu are the personal children of the ancestor, and they all think that they are the most qualified to go out of the Nine Heavens and live in the Heavenly Palace, so they began to fight openly and secretly. However, later the ancestor chose the inconspicuous janitor Haotian to be the Jade Emperor, and the two refused to accept it, so they fell into the devil's way and rebelled against the heavenly court, but the matter was defeated, breaking the thousand-year-old practice, and being beaten down from the world. But the two still did not repent, disregarded the grace of heaven, and continued to bring disaster to the world, the originator of this religion, Zhang Daoling, that is, my ancestor, and later inherited the way of heaven, subdued these two demons, and sealed them in Longhu Mountain. ”

"Then why did the Bright Sky Wolf and the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox break the precepts?"

"Yaotian Wolf is an ancient divine beast, originally practiced with the Roaring Sky Dog, and later when the Martial King was defeated, the two beasts met Erlang Shenjun by chance, and they both wanted to enter his door, make meritorious contributions, and tear the earth and seal the gods. However, the Howling Sky Dog used trickery to deceive the Bright Sky Wolf, and he went away alone to serve the Erlang Divine Monarch. The details are unknown. Later, Yaotian Wolf was resentful because he was deceived, and thought that the way of heaven was unfair, so he joined forces with the demons and rebelled against the heavenly court, of course, he also suffered the same fate as Yuan Sheng and Xuanmu. As for the nine-tailed demon fox, I don't need to say it, my brother can also guess one or two, she is Su Daji who was next to King Yin back then. ”

After listening to Zhang Tianxu's introduction, Heitaro was stunned at first, and then he was even more surprised in his heart, and poured wine for Zhang Tianxu, using flattery to praise Zhang Tianxu for how talented and intelligent, profound Taoism, and promising future. Although Zhang Tianxu is modest in nature and does not have much desire for profit, he has been so praised by him, and he has also begun to flutter.

It's just that when Heitaro said that he wanted to go to the forbidden land and see the demons, he was rejected by this virtuous brother who he thought was wooden. No matter how he pleaded, Zhang Tianxu's head shook like a rattle, and he didn't agree, but when he said that, he was already gloomy and wanted to get up and leave.

Seeing this, Heitaro hurriedly pulled Zhang Tianxu back, chrysanthemums bloomed on his face again, and he apologized: "Brother Xian, brother Xian, brother fool actually has no dissent, it's just that he is about to leave Longhu Mountain, and he can't suppress his curiosity. With that, he picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it down.

Zhang Tianxu came back and sat down, but he still didn't say a word. Heitaro bowed deeply again, and said: "It's all for brothers, isn't it, I misunderstood Brother Xian, Brother Xian is so young, how can he go in and out of such an important place casually, I think if Brother Xian reaches the cultivation of your two elder brothers, it is estimated that the Heavenly Master will be relieved."

These words are clearly apologetic, but in fact, Heitaro saw that his pleading could not be achieved, so he tried the effect with his words. This trick really worked, Zhang Tianxu heard this, stood up suddenly, and said, "Little forbidden land, there is nothing I can't go." ”

Heitaro was secretly happy in his heart, but he said: "Brother Xian, don't be rash, just act like a foolish brother who didn't say anything, come, come, let's continue to drink." ”

Zhang Tianxu was already eight points drunk at this time, hot-headed, and too shallow in the world, thinking that I secretly took him just to take a look, who would know? Besides, without his father's seal, no one could break the barrier. So, he said loudly: "Foolish brother doesn't need to say much, just a small forbidden place, what's the difficulty, come with me." After speaking, he turned around and walked out of Tianyixuan.

Heitaro happily followed behind, and by the moonlight, the two came to the top of the Golden Gun Peak, but saw a towering rock engraved with nine big characters: Heavenly Master Sect Forbidden Land, no trespassing. Zhang Tianxu deliberately ignored this warning, raised his head and chest, threw up his two big cloud sleeves, and took Heitaro straight to a cave.

Zhang Tianxu took out a yin and yang fish casually, put it into the groove of the stone wall on the left side of the cave, first twisted it to the left, then twisted it five times to the right, and finally tapped three times on the yin eye and yang eye, only to hear the "crunch" sound, the stone door opened in response, showing a deep and long secluded tunnel, and the two walls were flickering with soybean-sized oil lamps at intervals.

Heitaro saw that it was the recipe of the river map "the sky is full of water, and the earth is sixty percent", and silently remembered it in his heart, and followed Zhang Tianxu along the tunnel to the inside, but saw that there was no other world, first a large Ming Hall, set up the Big Dipper Seven Star Array, and opposite the Ming Hall was a stone cave with a height of one person and a width of three people. There is no door at the entrance of the cave, but seeing that the inside is full of demonic energy, and the cold is pressing, there is no need to ask, Heitaro also knows that there is an enchantment at the entrance of the cave.

After passing through the Big Dipper Seven Star Array and coming to the entrance of the cave, Zhang Tianxu turned around and said, "Brother, this is the place to suppress the demons, the demons in it have hidden their true bodies, and only the Yuan Shen is here." ”

Heitaro's eyes widened, and he looked at it fiercely, but he was congenitally insufficient, and no matter how desperate he was, his eyes were only the size of a jujube pit, and the lights in the cave were dim, only to see the red light inside exploding his eyes, the black gas was churning, the green qi was in conflict, and the sound of wind and thunder could be faintly heard. Although he didn't see the true god of the final demon, the yin qi was compelling, and even if he had been a cultivator for many years, he suddenly felt creepy, and his heart couldn't help but tremble slightly......

"Brother, let's see it, let's go back." After all, Zhang Tianxu brought outsiders into the cave for the first time, and he couldn't help but feel timid, and he didn't wait for Heitaro to reply after speaking, turned around and walked straight out.

Although Heitaro was reluctant, he didn't want to live again, so he had to deliberately drag it behind, pinch his hand and say silently: "God King Spirit, Seven Gods Chongting, I Pei Zhenfu, Serve All Souls, Hurry Like a Law." With that, something shook out of the sleeve of his robe, and a pangolin galloped towards the barrier......

The two returned to Tianyixuan again, Zhang Tianxu saw that it was close to the fourth watch, so he wanted to get up and go down the mountain, but was stopped by Heitaro on the excuse that he was about to go away.

Heitaro raised his glass frequently, Zhang Tianxu drank until the end, and he couldn't help himself, and those who came did not refuse, and within half an hour, both of them were drunk and fell asleep......

At the foot of Mt. Hiei in the south of Honshu Island, a short Taoist priest dressed in gray robes and covered with dust stood in front of a stone cave, stepping on the Tiangang Beidou and holding the law with his hands: "Those who are fighting in the army are all marching forward in array."

I saw that with a wave of one finger, the purple qi rose, and a sealing enchantment was distributed outside the stone cave. Subsequently, the Taoist priest untied the gourd on his shoulder, tore open the yellow talisman, and a gust of yin wind passed by, the grass and trees avoided, and the demons rushed out first. This Taoist priest is none other than Heitaro who drank with Zhang Tianxu in Tianyixuan ten days ago.

But he said that on that day, Heitaro set out the secret of the forbidden land in Zhang Tianxu's mouth, drunk it, stole the yin and yang fish, opened the door of the cave, used the pangolin he refined privately, drilled through the stone wall of the enchantment, and stole the demons, and then did not dare to delay for a moment, rode a horse and boat, and returned to Japan day and night.

As soon as he thought that he would use the spirit and demon qi to practice immortal magic skills, and from now on he would have the wind and the rain, and he could dominate Japan in one fell swoop, and even live in the Central Plains and conquer the splendid rivers and mountains, Heitaro couldn't help but want to laugh three times.

It's just that before he could laugh out loud, suddenly the yin wind shouted, flying sand and stones, and with a loud bang, the enchantment that was still intact just now was shattered in an instant.

"Ah......", only to hear a miserable scream, the wind passed, and there was an eerie, white and swaying corpse on the ground, the mouth of the skull was wide open, and the eyes were black holes, and the look of surprise, fear, and unwillingness when the person died......

It turned out that the Japanese archipelago was outside the three dragon veins of Middle-earth, and the earth qi was not enough to suppress the demons.

The demons are rampant in Japan, due to the lack of dragon vein terrain, the vices are worse, the demon nature is stronger, and the yin and evil qi are particularly strong, the four main demons have also gone to the ancient sages not to use their names, and they are called again, among them:

Yuan Sheng - renamed "Wine Boy"

Genme - renamed "Ibaraki Boy"

Celestial Wolf – renamed "Great Tengu"

Nine-Tailed Demon Fox - renamed "Before the Jade Bath"

It is really "greedy enough to swallow elephants, and return to the yin spring without measuring its strength". Poor Heitaro, with only one thought, gave himself a white bone, and also put the two families on the spell that they couldn't understand, and even made a nation invaded by demonic energy. And all these changes originated from the accidental appearance of one person......