Chapter 5 Searching
The Dagushan mountain range stretches for hundreds of miles from south to north, and is more than 1,000 zhang high. Especially in Beigu Mountain, the mountain is steep, the strange rocks are craggy, and there is no road to go up. Several main peaks are even more towering into the clouds, like pillars of heaven. Mortals can only look up to its majesty, but no one can reach the top. At this time, there were several figures standing on the main peak of Beigu Mountain.
The top of this extreme peak is shrouded in clouds and mist, icy and snowy, and there is no grass. At this time, there were four men and two women, a total of six people. The six of them were all dressed as monks, in pairs and twos, and they were separated. Among them, two men were wearing gray and black Taoist robes, and they wore a boat-like Taoist crown on their heads, and their outfits were exactly the same as the old Taoist that Chen Xiaoyi had seen.
In addition, there were two men wearing purple Dao robes and a purple gold Dao crown on their heads. On the top of that crown, carved a strange rune that looked like a sword and a lightning bolt. There are two other women, both dressed in white, with silk hair flying, long skirts like smoke, like the dust of the Nine Heavens Fairy.
These six people stood on top of the lonely peak and were silent for a long time. Suddenly, a canopy like a boat burst through the air, from far and near. The two men wearing the same crown looked shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to catch the crown. The other four also looked surprised and walked over one after another.
Among them, a purple-robed old Taoist led by one exclaimed: "Could it be ...... Xuanying Zhenren has encountered an accident?", another old Dao wearing a boat Dao crown nodded sadly and said: "This crown is unique to my Creation Dao Gate, wear it for a lifetime, and return to death, this is indeed the Dao crown of Xuanying's junior disciple." ”
Then, another female monk came forward and asked, "Did Xuanying Zhenren leave any clues?" The others were skeptical, but they couldn't say anything.
The old man stood for a long time holding the boat crown, and everyone knew his grief and did not dare to disturb him. Only another young disciple of the Creation Dao Sect stepped forward and said respectfully: "Uncle Xuanying has subdued demons and subdued demons all his life, and now he can be regarded as a well-deserved death, the most important thing at the moment is to find the corpse king, and we will work together to kill it and take back the Lonely Immortal Tea, so as to comfort Uncle Xuanying's spirit in the sky." ”
The old man pondered for a long time before putting away the boat Dao crown, and said in a deep voice: "Lone Immortal Tea must not fall into the hands of demons!", the purple-robed old Dao also said: "The Ancient Corpse King has been silent for ten thousand years, I can't imagine that this time there are two Corpse Kings born at the same time, competing for the Lone Immortal Tea, causing the major forces to return with a miserable defeat, you must be careful." ”
Lao Dao nodded, and said to the others: "I have sensed the breath left by Xuanying's junior brother in front of me, would you like to go together?", the purple-robed old Dao nodded and said: "Since there are clues left by Xuanying's real person, I must go and investigate." ”。 The leading friar nodded yes.
The group floated down the mountain and soon came to Lonely Immortal Town. The old Tao of the Dao Gate led everyone all the way to Happy Street, and finally entered Happy Dang. A group of six of them, all of whom were dressed in extraordinary fashion, especially the two female monks, who were both fairies and had extraordinary temperaments, soon attracted many onlookers.
The six of them didn't care about this, and went straight into the joy. The old man of the Creation Gate stepped forward and asked the old shopkeeper, "In the past few days, can anyone come here to pawn a piece of jade pendant?" The old shopkeeper was puzzled at first, then surprised, but soon calmed down again.
He replied very respectfully, "Please wait a moment." ”
The old shopkeeper hurriedly left the counter, went to the warehouse to take the jade pendant pawned by the Acropolis, respectfully handed it forward, and said, "But this jade pendant?", the old Taoist of the Creation Gate took the jade pendant, and knew that this was an object left by Xuanying Zhenren without looking at it.
The old Taoist of the Creation Gate pinched the jade pendant in his hand, and asked, "Who pawned this jade?", and the old shopkeeper immediately replied: "It is a little beggar who lives in the broken temple in the south of the city, and he took it to pawn this morning." ”
As soon as the old Taoist of the Creation Sect heard the little beggar, his face immediately showed anger. He pinched the jade pendant in his palm, stared at the old shopkeeper and asked, "How much does this jade pendant cost......?" and for five hundred taels of silver. ”
As soon as the old Taoist of the Creation Gate heard five hundred taels of silver, he was immediately even more angry, and asked in a deep voice: "This jade pendant is only worth five hundred taels of silver?" ”
The old Taoist of the Creation Gate pinched the jade pendant tightly, and his anger rose from his heart. He entered the Taoist Gate with Xuanying Zhenren and practiced for thousands of years, which can be said to be more affectionate. Now, Xuanying Zhenren is dead in vain, and his belongings are so despised, so how can he not be angry. However, the other party is just an ordinary man, but he is an elder of the Dao Sect. Moreover, he also knew that it was not the other party's clumsiness, otherwise he would never be so respectful to them.
Most of the businessmen in the world are like this, and so is this old shopkeeper, but he just wants to make a lot of money. It is reasonable for him to be an elder of the Dao Sect, and it is not appropriate for him to make a move against an ordinary little old man. At this time, the purple-robed Taoist hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded: "Xuanzhong Daoist, it's important to find the little beggar quickly." ”
Xuan Zhong Lao Dao snorted coldly, restrained his anger, and instructed the disciple behind him: "And give him five hundred taels of silver, and when he finds the little beggar, he will send the pawn ticket." The old shopkeeper knelt on the ground and said, "Don't you dare...... Don't dare ......"
Although the other party didn't even dare to say it, the disciple of the Creation Sect still threw down a silver ticket of five hundred taels. A group of six people left the joy dang and hurried to the broken temple in the south of the city to find it. After a long time, the old shopkeeper got up with the help of the young man, and his back was soaked. The young man couldn't help but ask curiously, "Shopkeeper, who are these people, why have you wronged yourself so much?"
The old shopkeeper wiped his sweat, shook his head and said, "I can't say it, I can't mess with it." ”
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Two or three miles away in the blink of an eye, but the ruined temple had been reduced to ashes, but two people were crying here. The six of them followed the prestige and saw a pair of young men and girls crying in front of them. The girl was dressed in a green shirt and was extremely beautiful, but her hair was scattered and her bare feet touched the ground. Another boy was ragged and cried heartbreakingly, but he was a beggar.
These two people are none other than Acropolis and Le Siyi. The two of them hurried back to the ruined temple, but they were still too late. The ruined temple had been burned to ashes, and even the courtyard walls had collapsed. The two searched for a long time, but they didn't even find Chen Xiaoyi's body.
The Acropolis was crying so hard that he didn't notice anyone coming. He wondered in his heart why Le Siyi was crying so sadly. Le Siyi cried so much, she didn't know why she was so sad, but whenever she thought of the thin boy, she felt uncomfortable.
As soon as the old man came, he stared at the Acropolis, he came to the front in three or two steps, lifted the Acropolis, showed the jade pendant, and asked: "Let me ask you, this jade pendant is what you took to pawn?", as soon as the Acropolis looked up, he saw that he was dressed in a gray and black robe, wearing a boat crown, and screamed as if he had seen a ghost: "Ghost...... Hell ......"
When Le Siyi saw the old man, she was also frightened and took a few steps back, but she stopped again after seeing the man clearly. Xuan Chong's face was slightly angry, he had subdued demons and subdued demons all his life, but he didn't want to be recognized as a ghost. He threw the acropolis on the ground and asked, "I ask you, how did you get this jade pendant?"
Acropolis was already crying in a daze, so he mistakenly thought that Xuan Chong Lao Dao was the old ghost last night, and when he saw Yu Pei at this time, he couldn't help but panic even more, and thought that the old ghost came to him to collect debts. With a whoop, the Acropolis turned and fled. There was an angry shout from behind him: "What a thief, can you escape!"
Xuan Zhong Lao Dao cast a spell to fix the acropolis, and ordered his disciples to bind it and bring it to the front. It was only then that the Acropolis saw clearly that this was not the same old way last night. Although he didn't know the identity of the other party, looking at the other party's dress, it must be the same as the old man last night. Acropolis was secretly angry in his heart, the old Taoist killed Chen Xiaoyi last night, but there was another old Taoist in front of him who wanted to find his bad luck.
At this time, the other four people also gathered around and stared at him for a long time. The female monk at the head said: "Don't be angry, let this little beggar beggar, I'm afraid he can't steal the jade pendant that Xuanying Zhenren has, I'm afraid there is another hidden reason in this." ”
Xuan Chong Lao Dao naturally didn't believe that he could steal this jade pendant from Xuanying Zhenren with his beggar, but it was because the other party regarded him as a ghost that he was angry. The other purple-robed old Taoist said to the Acropolis with a pleasant face: "Don't be afraid, child, I see that you have a pure temperament, and you are by no means a thief of chickens and dogs, you should take your time and don't panic." ”
As soon as this old man finished speaking, he stunned Le Siyi on the side. She knows the details of the Acropolis best, and that kid has done a lot of stealing chickens and dogs. To say that he has a pure temperament is even more ridiculous. When the Acropolis saw her wandering alone, he dared to rob her silver in broad daylight.
The Acropolis was also stunned, but he quickly reacted. This purple-robed old man wants to help him break the siege, although he doesn't know why, but it couldn't be better. The Acropolis was a ghost, and immediately told him how he had saved a seriously wounded old man last night, until the morning, when the old man woke up, he was very grateful to him, and when he saw that he was pitiful, he gave him a jade pendant and told him to pawn it.
Wei Cheng said spittle, but saw that the old Taoist seemed to be unbelieving, so he said again: "It doesn't matter if you don't believe it, I have evidence, I not only bought him food, but also bought medicine for him to treat his injuries." The food and medicine had now been dropped halfway, and the old man told his disciples to look for them.
After a while, the disciple found food and medicine. Seeing these things, Xuan Chong Lao Dao had already believed most of them, but asked again: "Why do you want to throw away these things, but why are you crying here?"
Unexpectedly, the acropolis actually scolded: "That old ghost is ungrateful, I waited for a good heart to save his life, but instead of thinking of reciprocating, he destroyed my home, and also killed my brother, poor my brother, did not live a good life, but suffered a catastrophe, and even the corpse was probably eaten by the old ghost." ”
The Acropolis opened his mouth and said an old ghost, closed his mouth and scolded an old ghost, scolding so unpleasantly. But when I thought of Chen Xiaoyi, I cried heartbreakingly. He cried like this, but Le Siyi on the side also cried. Xuan Chong Lao Dao was so angry that he blew his eyebrows and glared, and said angrily: "Nonsense, how can you slander Senior Brother Xuanying, and you don't recruit it from the truth!"
Acropolis pointed at Le Siyi and said, "If you don't believe me, go and ask her, that's what she saw with her own eyes." Xuanzhong Lao Dao called Le Siyi to him and asked carefully. After everyone listened, they were silent for a while, and the old Tao was speechless.
The female monk at the head sighed: "I can't imagine that Xuanying is a real person who subdues demons all his life, but he was injured by the corpse king, and in the end, he turned into a corpse demon and mutilated innocents. The purple-robed old man said to the Acropolis: "Since people are dead, it's useless to cry, I see that you are alone, and you have nowhere to go if you want to, are you willing to worship me as a teacher and join my Zixiao Sect?"
When Acropolis heard this, he immediately knelt down and worshiped the Zixiao Sect, with this backer, he was not afraid of Xuanzhong Old Dao looking for trouble. On the other side, the female monk who was the leader also said to Le Siyi: "You kid is also pitiful, you have such an encounter at a young age, I think you have learned martial arts since childhood, and you have a good foundation, are you willing to follow me into the Seven Feelings Pavilion?"
Le Siyi was stunned for a while, but replied: "I have to ask my father." The female monk nodded with satisfaction, since the Le family knew their details, it was too late to rejoice, how could there be any reason to disagree. For a while, all parties were happy, but only Xuan Chong Lao Dao was depressed in his heart.
Xuanying turned into a corpse demon and mutilated the innocent, which can be said to be a late season, and even the Dao Sect of Creation and Transformation was disgraced. At present, there are all kinds of signs that Xuanying Zhenren has been reduced to ashes, but there is nothing to be done. The most important thing is that Xuanying Zhenren has a page of "Creation Immortal Sutra" missing, which is a major loss.
Xuan Zhong Lao Dao wanted to capture the Acropolis and torture again, but this time he couldn't. He didn't feel the breath of the Creation Immortal Sutra here, so he could only sigh with his head down.