Before dawn the next day, the Taoist priests waited for Hong Taiwei to bathe in fragrant soup, changed cloth clothes and linen shoes, ate vegetarian food, wrapped the holy decree in yellow cloth, carried it on his back, carried a silver incense burner, burned the imperial incense, pointed out the path, and sent him up the mountain. Hong Xin recited the Tianzun Treasure number, climbed the mountain alone, climbed two or three mountains, walked about two or three miles, his feet were sore, his legs were weak, and he was a little unhappy in his heart. At that moment, a thunderous roar was heard, and a tiger jumped out from behind the pine tree. Hongxin screamed and fell to the ground. The tiger looked at him, roared, and jumped down the hill. ”

The tiger had been gone for a long time before Hong Xin got up, packed up the incense burner, and walked forward. After walking a short distance, he was muttering to himself again, complaining that he was frightened. Unexpectedly, a gust of wind blew, and a flower snake burst out of the bamboo forest on the side of the mountain. Hong Xin threw the incense burner and exclaimed: This time I'm finished! Fell on the edge of a boulder. The snake coiled beside Hong Xin, its eyes glowing golden, and its blood-red tongue spewed a burst of poisonous gas into his face, and slipped down the mountain. Hong Xin got up and scolded the Taoist priest for being rude, if he couldn't see the Heavenly Master, he would go back and settle accounts with the Taoist priests. Hong Xin was about to move forward, suddenly heard a melodious flute from far and near, when he looked up, it was a Taoist boy, riding a ox upside down, blowing an iron flute, turning the mountain recess. Dao Tong smiled and said, "The Heavenly Master has rushed to Jingshi to make three thousand six hundred copies of Luo Tian Da Jiao to pray for the plague. When Hong Xin heard this, he thought of the fright he had just received, so he turned around and went down the mountain. ”

Hearing this, Xu Ning couldn't help but interject and said: "I think that shepherd boy is the Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain of that generation, and the colorful tiger and the big flower snake must have been conjured by the Heavenly Master to test that Taiwei Hong."

Gongsun Sheng nodded and said, "The head guess is good." And then he continued.

Back in the Shangqing Palace, Hongxin complained that the Taoist priests should not trick him into going up the mountain, and he was almost buried in the belly of the tiger's mouth. However, the abbot said that the tiger and the snake were both tested by the Heavenly Master, and that little Taoist boy was the Heavenly Master. Since the Heavenly Master has known the Holy Lord's call, he has already gone at this time, so please let the Taiwei stay for a few days and have a good time. Subsequently, the abbot set up a vegetarian banquet to invite the captain and drank until the evening. After breakfast the next day, the abbot and the Taoist priests accompanied Hongxin to the mountain. Hongxin visited various palaces, and finally came to a temple in the right corridor, only to see that the door of the hall was locked with a big lock thick in the arm, and the plaque in front of the eaves was written with four golden characters of "The Temple of the Demons". Hongxin asked: What kind of temple is this? The abbot said: This is the Tang Cave Xuanguo Master to block the Demon King, and each generation of Heavenly Master must add a cover, so that the children and grandchildren will not be allowed to open it. Hong Xin said: I want to see what the demon king looks like. The abbot hurriedly said, "Captain, this hall must not be opened. The Taiwei was angry and said, "You won't let me see it, and when I return to the court, I will tell the emperor that you have violated the holy decree, not let me see the Heavenly Master, pretending to be the Demon King, and confusing the people with evil words, and sending you all to the remote military states to suffer!" ”

The abbot was forced to do so, so he had to call a few fire workers, smash the iron lock, and open the temple door. Hong Xin walked in, and there was nothing dark inside. He ordered people to light more than ten torches, and saw a huge stone turtle in the hall carrying a stone tablet, which was engraved with four big characters: Open in case of flood. Hong Xin said: You don't let me see it, but you don't know that you were destined to teach me to watch it hundreds of years ago. Call me a few more men and dig it up with a hoe and a shovel!" The abbot hurriedly persuaded him, how could he persuade him? Taiwei ordered everyone to move away from the stone turtle, digging three or four feet deep, and saw a bluestone slab. Everyone pried open the stone slab, and Hongxin probed to see that it was a black hole in the crypt. Suddenly, there was a thunderous roar in the crypt, and a black gas rushed out, collapsing half of the corners of the hall, and rushing straight into the sky for half a day, scattering into a hundred and ten golden rays of light, and going in all directions. Everyone was taken aback and ran away. Hong Xin was dumbfounded, didn't dare to stay any longer, hurriedly packed his bags, and took the servants down the mountain. ”

After speaking, Gongsun Sheng sighed, read out a poem, and said: "Once the eternal seclusion is opened, the heavens and the earth will come out of the spring." There is nothing to do, but it is a disaster, but it is a disaster. ”

Tang Long next to him was a little puzzled, and hurriedly asked, "What does this story told by Daoist Gongsun have anything to do with the two of us?"

Gongsun Sheng smiled slightly, and said: "There were originally one hundred and ten stars in the sky in the Demon Palace, and it was said that it was a coincidence and it was destined by the heavens, and it was released by that Hongxin and landed in the world, and the two of them were one of the stars in the Demon Palace."

As soon as Gongsun Sheng's words came out, the shocked Xu Ning and the others were dumbfounded, the ancients had a superstitious saying, and they were quite in awe of the heavens and the gods, and now Xu Ning and the others were shocked when they learned that they were originally the stars in the sky, and they were naturally shocked.

"Brother, I didn't expect that you and my brother would be the star monarch in the sky, so I was born to do something vigorous." Tang Long, who came back to his senses, said excitedly.

Xu Ning also came back to his senses, although he was not as excited as Tang Long, but he also believed Gongsun Sheng's statement, and there was a faint flash of fire in his eyes.

"Does that Dao Chief know where the other Star Monarchs have gone?" Xu Ning asked.

Gongsun Sheng smiled slightly, twisted his beard in his hand, shook his head gently, and said with an unfathomable expression: "This is a heavenly opportunity, and the heavenly opportunity cannot be revealed, and the poor road is also one of the stars."

Xu Ning and Tang Long wanted to ask again, but they were stopped by Gongsun Sheng and said: "The cultivation of the poor road is limited, this matter is suspected of heavenly opportunities, even the master of the poor road, Luo Zhenren, cannot fully participate in the enlightenment, but the poor road knows that the star monarch of the demon hall will gather together in the future to do a vigorous event, and the location of this gathering is in Shandong, under the guidance of the family teacher, the poor road wants to go to Shuibo Liangshan to assist the Natota Heavenly King Chao Gai, according to the poor road, the place of righteousness is Shuibo Liangshan, Chao Tianwang, Lin Jiaotou, Zhiduoxing and others may also be the star monarch in the sky. ”

"No wonder that Liangshanbo has been able to defeat the imperial army repeatedly, and now it is so prosperous, it turns out that it is blessed by God, and the heroes of Liangshan are also the stars of God." Hearing Gongsun Sheng's words, Xu Ning and Tang Long also suddenly realized.

"Poor Dao is here today to rescue the two of them, that is, in response to the will of heaven, invite the two of them to go to Liangshan to join the gang and gather together, and take the position of the whole star." Gongsun Sheng said.

Xu Ning was a little moved, but he didn't say anything, Tang Long next to him had already had the intention of going to Liangshan, and now he heard Gongsun Sheng's star saying, he couldn't wait, seeing that his brother was hesitating, he hurriedly persuaded at the moment: "What is my brother still hesitating?" Brother is the reincarnation of that Xingjun, and he will definitely go to Liangshan Bo Juyi in the future, this is destined by God, and he will go early and late. ”

Xu Ning heard Tang Long's words, and thought that this was the case, so he immediately said: "I also want to go, but my lady and child are in Tokyo, once I go to Naliangshan, it will be against the imperial court, and the old thief will definitely not let go of my family."

Tang Long stopped talking when he heard this, and Gongsun Sheng next to him also laughed and said: "The head of the sect doesn't have to be embarrassed, the poor road will go to Tokyo to pick up the head of the sect and go to Liangshan together."