This Taoist temple is built next to the river, the left wall is the closest to the river, the distance is about three or five meters, an artificial canal about one meter wide introduces the river into the Taoist temple, the shape of the whole Taoist temple is in the shape of eight trigrams, and a vermilion gate is facing the direction of the north---- that is, the thundercloud trio comes. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

When the three of them came to the door of the Taoist temple, Zhang Jianxing suddenly took out his set of monks' outfits, and spent 50 points to change the "hairstyle", and then smiled obscenely at the two Lei Yuns, and stepped forward to knock on the door.

Zhang Jianxing knocked twice, the door opened with a "squeak", and a Taoist boy about eight or nine years old poked his head out, and Zhang Jianxing, who knocked on the door, was dressed as a monk at this time, so this Taoist boy immediately saluted in a panic and said:

"Master, you are very polite."

Zhang Jianxing immediately folded his hands and exchanged a salute and said:

"Amitabha, the poor monk is from the Tang Dynasty in the east, went to the west to worship the Buddha and ask for scriptures, today passing by the treasure land, want to ask for some fasting food, want some water to drink, and hope that the little benefactor will make it convenient."

Hearing this, Xiao Daotong looked at Zhang Jianxing, then looked at it again at the thunder clouds and Meng Yuan behind him, and asked:

"The master's treasure is solemn, and he really looks like a monk who has attained the Tao, but the two donors behind you are angry, I don't know who they are?"

Lei Yun and Meng Yuan were a little speechless when they heard this, and they said in their hearts that this place of monks can also judge people by their appearance, and it would be good if they knew that they would also change their type.

Zhang Jianxing replied:

"These two are the apprentices of the poor monks, and they have only been in my Buddhism for a short time, so their cultivation is still shallow, but they are full of good hearts, and they are not bad people."

As soon as the word "apprentice" came out, Lei Yun and Meng Yuan both kicked out at the same time and kicked Zhang Jianxing's heel, the guy who was in pain grinned, but he didn't dare to attack.

Xiao Daotong looked at the five Xuanwu guards again, and continued to ask:

"Master, who are those five fierce officers and soldiers?"

Zhang Jianxing grinned in pain at this time, and hurriedly said while inhaling the cool air:

"These are the generals sent by the Tang King to escort me."

Hearing this, Xiaodao Tong said again:

"So, what's the matter with that big bee? I've never seen a bee this big. ”

Zhang Jianxing was a little speechless when he heard this, and he held back for a long time before saying:

"Well... That is the pet of a poor monk, and I am very popular in Datang to keep bees as pets. ”

As he spoke, he pretended to hug the Xuan Bee, and the Xuan Bee immediately screamed in protest, Xiao Hong's eyes glared, and Zhang Jianxing was immediately so frightened that he quickly jumped away.

Hearing this, Xiao Daotong tilted his head and thought about it, and said:

"Okay, I'll go and ask the master."

After speaking, he closed the door at once, and after a long time, a long-haired Taoist priest about thirty years old came out and reopened the door.

As soon as the long-haired Taoist priest saw Zhang Jianxing, he saluted and said:

"Supreme Heavenly Venerable, the master has worked hard from afar, please go to the inner hall to have some light meals first."

When Zhang Jianxing heard this, he immediately returned the salute and said:

"Amitabha, since that's the case, I'll bother you."

After speaking, he took the lead into the gate, and the thunderclouds and everyone also entered.

After entering the gate, Lei Yun found that the courtyard of this temple was actually very large, only a row of more than a dozen houses on the north side, and there were no houses anywhere else, only some trees and flowers were planted sporadically.

In the middle of the courtyard, there is a red gossip furnace, which is still burning with a raging fire, and two topless fireworker Taoists are standing by the furnace and guarding, opening the furnace door from time to time to check something.

The artificial canal introduced from the outside formed a ring around the Bagua furnace, encircled the Bagua furnace, and then returned to form a circulating water system, which should have been specially designed to prevent fires caused by furnace fires.

Lei Yun and the others were arranged in a small room, and after sitting for a while, they were told to go to dinner.

Dinner was roasted soft sweet potatoes and rice porridge, accompanied by homemade pickled cucumbers and vinegar-soaked chili peppers, plus the four Taoist priests I had seen before and the old Taoist priests who cooked, a total of five Taoist priests and a few people to eat together.

Zhao Xiong and other five Xuanwu guards because of the skyrocketing body size, the amount of food seems to have become larger, a few of them followed the thunderclouds along the way, all kinds of delicacies to eat, suddenly ate this coarse grain, it was a little too full to fill the stomach, ate six large baskets of roasted sweet potatoes in a row, drank more than forty bowls of porridge to barely eat, and several Taoist priests were a little staggered.

After the meal, Lei Yun and a few people were arranged to live in the easternmost guest room, a big fire kang that runs through the east and west, it was more than enough to sleep the eight people of Lei Yun, of course, Xuanwuwei did not sleep, and several of them consciously went to stand guard at night.

The bee didn't care about the three-seven-twenty-one, and its insect habits did not change in any way because of the thunderclouds, and after occupying a position by the window, it quickly fell asleep.

At this time, it was still early, so Lei Yun motioned to Meng Yuan and Zhang Jianxing to sit in a circle, and then said:

"You must be wondering why I'm going in the opposite direction to Changshou County, right?"

Meng Yuan nodded when he heard this, and said:

"You must have your point, I do have some confusion in my heart, but I believe in you."

Zhang Jianxing is different from Meng Yuan, he is a very thoughtful person, and he also likes to use his brain, and he also said:

"I've actually thought about this issue carefully, and I think your decision is actually very wise, and there may be some unknown dangers in Changshou County."

Lei Yun glanced at Zhang Jianxing appreciatively, and then said:

"Very good, now I'll tell you the reason why I don't go to Changshou County."

"First, the task gives a time limit of 30 days, but from the point of view of the location we cut into, it only takes three days at most to rush to Changshou County, even if you consider the time wasted by fighting each other among the immortals, five days is enough, so the 30-day time limit means that it is not easy to enter Changshou County, and there is very likely to be unknown dangers outside the village."

"Second, from the perspective of the main quest, this task is not difficult to achieve, but the personnel of this mission are as high as 60 people, and so many people perform the task together, the difficulty of the task can be imagined, so I will wait until everyone else realizes the seriousness of the problem and is willing to cooperate with each other, and then I will go to Changshou County."

"Third, there was once a mysterious person who reminded me that this person's strength was far superior to mine, and I was no match for him at all."

As soon as these words came out, Meng Yuan and Zhang Jianxing were shocked at the same time, they knew the strength of the thunder cloud, one-on-one, the high burst of damage of the thunder cloud could make almost any enemy fearful, and he also had five Xuanwu guards and a perverted Xuan Bee, which was so powerful that it was about to explode, such a person would have such an evaluation of another person, and the two of them had to be shocked at the same time.

Lei Yun was suddenly silent for a long time, and said cautiously:

"However, he seems to be a lone wanderer, but we are a very complementary team, and if we meet him head-on, I am still confident that I can beat him."

Meng Yuan and Zhang Jianxing were relieved when they heard this, Lei Yun, as the backbone of the team, if they lost their fighting spirit before they fought, they might as well run away from that killing star.

Seeing that the two of them were not so nervous, Lei Yun said slowly:

"Judging from the map display, there are about thirty people gathered near Changshou County, divided into six teams, the other is the three of us and the lone wanderer, and I noticed that there are two teams that seem to be allied just now, and their positions are too close."

"Our task now is to wait, and if they still can't enter Changshou County after these teams are fully aligned, it's not too late for us to leave there, but...

Thundercloud said this, paused, and said:

"We seem to be lucky, this place obviously has a hidden mission, and I guess it will appear soon."

As if to confirm the words of the thunderclouds, there was a sudden noise in the courtyard, and then dozens of torches were lit, illuminating the huge courtyard as bright as day.

Lei Yun and the others immediately came to the courtyard together, and saw more than a dozen Taoist priests gathered around the gossip furnace, and the first Taoist priest was very conspicuous, because his height was nearly twice that of the people around him.

Although this Taoist priest is tall but very thin, with a sharp beak and monkey gills, two mouse whiskers, a mouthful of big yellow teeth, at this time he is carrying a yellow bag embroidered with a gossip pattern in his hand, there seems to be some living creature in the bag, struggling to move around, but the Taoist priest's hand is obviously very strong, holding the mouth of the bag tightly, no matter how the bag moves, he can't break free.

As soon as the Taoist priest shouted, the two fireworkers immediately opened the door of the Bagua Furnace, and the raging flames forced the two Fireworkers to retreat immediately, while the tall and thin Taoist priest stepped forward, threw the bag in his hand into the Bagua Furnace, and then closed the door of the furnace with his hand, and immediately took a few steps back.

Soon, a roar came from the gossip furnace:

"Guigu Lao Zamao, I have no grievances with you, why do you want to put me to death? I have practiced for thousands of years, and I have never killed a living being, and I will go to the Son of Heaven to sue you. ”

Hearing this, the tall and thin Taoist said coldly:

"Hushan-kun, a few days ago, several hunters in Changshou County died, all of them were disemboweled, and there were no internal organs, I can recognize that it was your method, what else do you have to say?"

At this time, Hushanjun in the furnace was burned by the fire and howled miserably, and when he heard this, he immediately shouted angrily:

"Those hunters have already killed four of my children, and I am not going to watch them kill all my children and grandchildren?"

The tall and thin Taoist man's face sank when he heard this:

"So, you admit that you killed the man? Since you have practiced for thousands of years, you should have saved people from goodness in order to achieve positive results, but now you have fallen into the devil's path by killing and killing people, and you will not be left behind. ”