Chapter 20: The Spirit of the Dragon

Speaking of Zhang Tianxu, Yiqingzi sighed, as far as he knew, this Zhang Tianxu Taoist was talented and intelligent, and his understanding was extremely high, but it was a pity that he was careless in making friends, and unfortunately he was killed by a traitor, and as a result, he was expelled from the Heavenly Master Sect by his father.

It turned out that because he was deceived by Heitaro and the demons in the forbidden land were stolen, the leader of the Heavenly Master Sect was furious, even if he couldn't bear it in every way, he couldn't abandon the canons and ignore it, not to mention that as the head of a sect, how could he convince the public if he "committed a crime without punishment"?

Therefore, Zhang Tianxu's father had to expel him from the school with hatred, ordering him not to find the stolen demons for a day, and not to return to the church for a day.

This Zhang Tianxu is also young and vigorous, and his blood is strong, and he crossed the ocean and chased him to Japan as soon as he was angry. But when he arrived in Japan, he realized that he was one step late, and Heitaro had already caused trouble and died tragically in Mt. Hiei.

The demons broke through the seal and spread all over Japan, doing evil. And what is even worse is that due to the weak leylines in Japan, the demons are uncontrollable, and they have all reached the point of being unscrupulous, perverted and vicious, eating virgin hearts, sucking human brains, intimidating spirits, etc., and at the same time, demonic energy erodes all things in the mountains and rivers, weak creatures, and people with weak wills, unable to resist the temptation, and all turn into demons.

And those who are more determined, because of the demonic energy, they also lose their benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, and faith, and gradually develop a selfish, narrow-minded, insidious, vicious, cruel and tyrannical character.

After Zhang Tianxu found out about the stakes, he was taken aback, and decided to stay in Japan, subdue demons and subdue demons, and rescue Li Shu. On the one hand, he took a foreign country as his hometown, blossomed and scattered in Japan, and on the other hand, he recruited a wide range of disciples, and enjoyed what he had learned in his life and original Taoist techniques, bringing out an army of demons.

Among the disciples he led, there were two famous Japanese figures, one was called Ashiya Michiman, and the other was Ampei Qingming, but after the death of Zhang Tianxuxian, these two people forgot the master's teachings, parted ways, and founded the Dao Demon Flow and the Yin and Yang Flow, and later in the long-term struggle, the Dao Demon Stream gradually decayed, until it finally disappeared.

Hearing this, Princess Xiuzi and Meizi all had surprised expressions, their eyes widened, and they never thought that the well-known Yin and Yang Master An Pei Qingming was actually Zhang Tianxu's apprentice, which even Long Shaocong felt incredible.

In the memory of later generations, Ampei Qingming has been praised in Japan like a god, with the praise of "I don't know the source of the scriptures, but I know the Qing Ming Gong", it seems that those deeds of his demon subjugation and demon eradication should be true.

It's just that I didn't expect that this yin and yang great "law" master is actually a sanctimonious hypocrite, and at the same time he has achieved himself, he actually deceived his teacher and betrayed the Tao, and the whole of Japan only touted Amperey Qingming, and did not mention his master Zhang Tianxu, and because Zhang Tianxu was expelled from the Heavenly Master Sect, there is no record of this person in Chinese history books and Taoist classics.

Thinking about this, Long Shaocong couldn't help but shake his head and sigh again and again......

Seeing everyone's expressions, Ichikiyoko felt that he was far away, coughed lightly, and continued: "Zhang Tianxu for the sake of the common people in the world, and the descendants of Hemataro abandoned their previous suspicions, and the two sides reached a reconciliation and worked together with Japanese Shinto to deal with the demons. ”

"Then this Daochang Zhang, did he finally get his wish?" Long Shaocong didn't need to look up, he guessed that there could be such an innocent questioner, it must be Meizi. If he gets his wish, this lover will not be here and talk about it.

Sure enough, Yiqingzi sighed, shook his head and said: "The matter of eliminating demons can be described as twists and turns......"

Later, Zhang Tianxu found the Japanese court at that time for the sake of the world's plan, but because Japan had ended sending envoys to the Tang Dynasty at that time, his opinion was not taken seriously, and what was more serious was that the Japanese royal family was also harassed and controlled by demonic energy at that time, and Zhang Tianxu almost died.

There was no way, Zhang Tianxu had to rely on his own strength to deal with many demons. When he died, although he did not seal the demons again, before he died, he devoted his life to collecting the aura of heaven and earth, and cultivated the spirit of the dragon, which was used to gather the energy of the scattered leylines in Japan and suppress the demons.

He left behind the method of using the spirit, and worked with his descendants and disciples to formulate a plan to eradicate the demons, and with heavy regrets, he passed away in the dark, and he did not return to Middle-earth until he died.

Later, Zhang Tianxu's descendants, as well as his disciples, united with Shintoism, used the power of the dragon spirit, and finally recovered the decline in the battle with the demons, but on the eve of the imminent victory, there was infighting.

And the reason is because of a greedy word, seeing that victory is in sight, everyone wants to obtain the dominance of the sealing of the demons, and occupy the dominance of the dragon spirit, because in the process of eliminating the demons, everyone found that the dragon spirit can not only condense the energy of the leylines and suppress the demons, but also greatly contribute to personal cultivation.

Driven by greed, everyone is suspicious of each other, elbow each other, the demon has not been eliminated, but cannibalism has begun, and later in the fight, the dragon spirit is broken into several pieces, everyone bamboo basket is empty, and the plan to eliminate the demon has been delayed, resulting in a group of demons fighting back, unable to return to the sky.

Faced with an uncontrollable situation, the three forces not only did not work together in the same boat, but instead went their separate ways. After another hundred years, the demons had come out of the mountains and forests and began to attack the towns with impunity, and even built their own castles to enslave the nearby villagers and use them as cattle and horses, which deeply touched the interests of the imperial court.

Seeing that the demons had threatened his rule, the emperor finally couldn't sit still, so the imperial court came forward and wanted to gather the three forces again to eliminate the demons, but they only united with the Ampere Yin-Yang family and Shintoism, but the descendants of the Zhang family were nowhere to be found, and they all thought that they had returned to Middle-earth.

In fact, the descendants of the Zhang family have never left Japan, because they have seen through the character of the Japanese people, so they vowed not to have anything to do with the Japanese people, hiding alone in the mountains and forests, incognito, continuing to subdue demons and subduing demons, completing the family's mission, and looking for the fragments of the dragon spirit that were lost everywhere.

Later, the Zhang family produced another strange person, named Zhang Muyuan, this person collected almost all the dragon spirit lost by the ancestors, and comprehended the method of refining the spirit aura, with this method to create two treasures, one is the dragon sword, the other is the star armor.

Although Zhang Muyuan is in the rivers and lakes, he has always paid attention to the changes in the temple, because he knows that with the strength of the Zhang family alone, he can't eliminate the demons no matter what. Although Zu Xun strictly forbade any further relations with the Japanese people, he still led his two younger brothers, in the name of immortals, to give him the Dragon Sword and the Star Armor on the way to kill Jiutian while the general Yuan Laiguang led the four great ministers to kill Jiutian.

Later, with these two treasures and the god of ghost poison wine brought by him in the royal family, Yuan Laiguang beheaded the wine boy in one fell swoop, and the dragon sword also became famous, and was called the boy Che Angang by later generations. ‘

Hearing this, Long Shaocong couldn't help but look down at the boy who was inserted in his waist, and thought: No wonder Jiutian is so afraid of this knife, it turns out that this knife contains spiritual power, and he has also killed him, thinking of this, he hurriedly asked: "Dao Chief, what happened later?" ”

Ichikiyoko continued: "At that time, Minamoto Yoriko used a strategy to get drunk with poisoned wine and cut off his limbs and head, but his head still flew around and did not die. Later, Yuan Laiguang hugged Jiutian's head with Xingdou Armor and threw it off the barren mountain cliff. ”

And Zhang Muyuan and his party had already followed in secret, sealing the head of Jiutian wrapped in the Star Hood Armor and its Yuan Shen in Yuyue Mountain. It is said that the three of them also left a proverb in the cave, and each speculated about what would happen 500 years later."

Hearing this, Long Shaocong and Meizi glanced at each other, revealing tacit expressions.

"And then?" This time, Princess Hideko and Meizi spoke at the same time, and the two little beauties forgot about their fatigue and hunger as if they were listening to the story of an elder.

Faced with such an humble and eager learner, Yiqingzi had to take off his skin, pour a sip of wine, wipe his mouth, and continue the following story.

As soon as the big demon of Jiutian was eliminated, the demons fell into the point where the dragons were leaderless, and the big demons such as the Ibaraki boy, the big tengu, and the nine-tailed demon fox were all sealed, and the little demons were eradicated one by one.

For the sake of the peace and tranquility of the people, the descendants of the Zhang family made sacrifices again, and gave the collected dragon spirit to the emperor, which were enshrined on the major dragon veins on Honshu Island, gathering acupoints to make up for the lack of innate dragon veins, and by the Shinto religion around the mountain peak that sealed the great demon, built a shrine, and sent special people to guard it from generation to generation.

When Long Shaocong heard this, he pondered for a moment and asked, "Why don't you take this opportunity to bring the heavy demon back to Middle-earth and reseal it in Longhu Mountain, so that Zhang Tianxu's descendants will have completed their mission and can return to the Zhang family tree and the Heavenly Master Sect." ”

"Because the demons have survived in Japan for hundreds of years, because they are not controlled by the dragon vein, their demonic nature has increased greatly, and they have been brought back to Middle-earth to travel across the ocean, and the change in the middle is too great, and no one dares to take such a big risk, so they can only take the method of divide and conquer, and seal the four main demons respectively, and the rest of the scattered demons can be destroyed, and those that cannot be destroyed are also sealed separately, and left for the future, the demonic nature is greatly reduced, and then brought back to Middle-earth, using the main dragon qi vein to transform its demonic nature.

"It's a pity that the cunning rabbit died, the lackeys cooked, the enemy country was destroyed, and the ministers died. After the demons surrendered, the Japanese imperial family and the imperial court thought that everything was fine, so they adopted an xenophobic approach, and the agreement reached privately by Zhang Muyuan and Yuan Laiguang and An Pei Qingming was vetoed by the imperial family, resulting in the failure of the plan to extradite the demons through formal channels. ”

"After that, Zhang Muyuan and the second brother returned to Middle-earth with the bones of the ancestor Zhang Tianxu, leaving the third brother Zhang Muzhi to continue to guard the demons."

"So, the matter of extraditing the demons back to Middle-earth is over?" Long Shaocong remembered the treacherous nature of the Japanese nation in later generations, and couldn't help but sigh again and again.

"Of course not!" Yiqingzi retorted: "Zhang Muyuan returned to Middle Earth and buried the bones of his ancestors, because he did not fully complete his mission, he did not return to the Heavenly Master Sect, but has been working hard to extradite the demons back to Longhu Mountain, and created the Dragon Sect to accept disciples. ”

"Zhang Muyuan's branch of the Middle Earth gradually declined, but there was a great figure, that is, Changchun Ziqiu, who later followed Wang Chongyang. After he became a guest of the Mongolian royal family, he still did not forget the wishes of his ancestors, and even said that Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty, sent troops to attack Japan, the purpose was to subjugate the demons who had greatly reduced their demonic nature back to Longhu Mountain after subduing Japan, so that Zhang Tianxu and his branch could return to the Zhang family tree and return to the Heavenly Master Sect. ”

"It's a pity that the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and the two expeditions were defeated by the kamikaze that broke into them for some reason. As a result, Qiu's plan fell through and he passed away with regret. ”

Regarding the two wars of resistance against the Yuan at the end of the Kamakura shogunate, Oda Hideko, who was a wealthy family, had heard the elders talk about it more than once. But what she had heard was nothing more than how the Japanese samurai fought bravely and skillfully, and with the help of the kamikaze, they achieved a brilliant victory, and now when she heard the cause of the war, she couldn't help but feel palpitations, and some could not believe her ears.

Just when the three of them thought that the story was over, Yiqingzi looked at Long Shaocong and said again: "After Qiu Chuji, nearly a hundred years have passed, and the Zhang family has once again produced a great character. ”

The appetite of Long Shaocong and the three of them was suddenly hung up again, but when they reached the critical point, Yiqingzi stopped, and his eyes were still motionless looking at Long Shaocong.

Long Shaocong was suddenly a little nervous, looked down at himself, felt nothing unusual, and cast an inquiring glance at Yiqingzi.

Just listening, Yiqingzi raised his voice and said: "This person is the ancestor of the Wudang faction, the master below, who has insight into the universe, transforms into a golden body, and is an immortal Taoist, Zhang-San-Feng." ”

Especially the last three words "Zhang Sanfeng", Yiqingzi deliberately accentuated his tone, Princess Xiuzi and Meizi didn't react much, but Long Shaocong almost didn't faint. The praise of Zhang Sanfeng in later generations can be described as a god, this person who has lived for hundreds of years has been fabricated by too many works, and now Long Shaocong doesn't know which version is true.

Long Shaocong didn't expect that he would cross by chance, and he would actually have the opportunity to meet Zhang Sanfeng, if this wish was granted, it would be worth his life.

Just when he fell into a reverie, Yiqingzi continued: "Poor Dao crossed to the east of the Wa Kingdom this time, and he was ordered by his master to come and take care of the demons for the last twelve years. I thought that after 12 years of smooth passage, the demons would return to the earth, and there would never be a chance to harm the common people, although they were not finally extradited back to Longhu Mountain, but they were also relieved of the troubles, but they didn't want to be born alone, and brought a catastrophe to the common people. ”

Hearing Yiqingzi say this, Long Shaocong hurriedly asked, "Who is this person?" ”

Yiqingzi stroked his silver hair, pointed at Long Shaocong, and said calmly: "It's you, you hit by mistake and broke the seal of Jiutian, causing the original god of the big demon to transform into a human form and reappear in the world, and it will inevitably be a living soul again." ”

Hearing this, Long Shaocong realized that this old way had said so much before, and they were all coming to him alone, and he was stunned, but he felt that the four sharp swords were shooting directly at him, and he couldn't help but feel excited, and when he turned his head, the two little beauties were glaring at him, and a sentence burst out of his eyes: It's all your fault!

Long Shaocong looked at the night sky with an innocent face, the waning moon was hanging high, the starlight was bright, and he suddenly felt that the moonlight tonight was so beautiful and gentle......