Story one

The Heavenly Master passed by Yangzhou City.

Calculate the heavenly opportunity, Yangzhou City will experience a city-destroying fire ten years later. But the Celestial Master met two children at the gate of the city and gave him a handful of wild flowers.

The Heavenly Master was a little reluctant to Yangzhou.

Ten years later, the Heavenly Master went to Yangzhou City again, and people are always like this, they are all half-immortals, and they are still thinking of finding a way at the last moment.

The Heavenly Master is a person who has been reborn, and his face is not old. But Yangzhou City has changed a lot.

On the first day of arriving in Yangzhou, the Heavenly Master's wallet was touched by someone.

It's embarrassing.

He searched for the spell and found the thief who was counting the money in the corner.

The thief Anan wanted to escape, and was jumping onto the wall, when he was swept down by the dust of the Heavenly Master. He knew that he had encountered a hard stubble, so he turned over and knelt down and kowtowed: his sister is seriously ill and must spend money to grab medicine, and the fairy has a lot of ......

The Celestial Master pointed back: "The little girl over there is your sister?"

Anan turned his head, and behind him stood a sick child. He hugged him: Why don't you have a good rest!

The Celestial Master clapped his hands, and the girl turned back into a stone: Okay, you conservatively estimate that you can die of thirty sisters a day. Good hands and feet, want to steal something?

The thief glared at him: it didn't hurt to stand and talk. Master, I'm leaving.

The dust of the Heavenly Master wrapped around his ankles: Slow.

Heavenly Master: Where is the local land temple in Yangzhou?

Ten years ago, the Heavenly Master came to Yangzhou, and the Land Temple was in the east of the city. Now it's gone.

Anan took him to an intersection: turn left at the second entrance inside, then turn left again at the third entrance, and enter when he saw the small red gate.

The Celestial Master followed the route he said. The more I walked, the more I heard the girl's laughter. The door opened, and the garden was full of beauty.

The little thief actually let him go to a brothel.

Anan hummed a song and was in a good mood. The Heavenly Master visited the kiln, and the news spread out, which was enough for this guy to be pointed out by the people of Yangzhou for a few days.

He was in a good mood, hula was caught by something and hung upside down from the tree. The Heavenly Master smiled and crossed his arms to look at him: Do you really think I can't find you?

Anan was put down and told about the Land Temple. A few years ago, the Land Temple caught fire and no longer exists.

Celestial Master: Didn't build a new one?

Anan: It made people panic when they built one and burned another, so I didn't mention it again. Every time it is built, every time the people donate money, there is not much money in the first place, who has time to take care of this matter.

Anan: What kind of land temple are you looking for?

The news that Yangzhou is going to be burned is a heavenly machine calculated by the heavenly master, and the heavenly machine must not be leaked, otherwise it will be struck by lightning.

The Heavenly Master can only talk nonsense: finding the land is a cause.

Anan: Marriage? You're a monk, what kind of marriage is it?

Afraid that he would go to the city to hack himself again, the Heavenly Master could only continue to fool: the cause of cause and effect, I want to take in an apprentice and teach him Taoism and immortal arts.

Anan's eyes lit up: Heavenly Master, do you see that I have a Dao fate?

Celestial Master: Yo, I need to take a closer look.

Anan began to follow the Heavenly Master and became a follower.

Mortals who want to learn the Tao are all for the sake of immortality. Anan is different, and asks about some killing techniques. The Heavenly Master asked: Do you want to learn this to kill demons?

Anan: What is there to get rid of the demons, I want to avenge my sister.

Anan and his sister were sold into slavery at the prefect's house. My sister was framed for stealing the pork prepared by the prefect to worship her ancestors, and she couldn't beat her no matter what. In the end, he was lynched, hung in the courtyard and disemboweled, with some leftover leaves and no pork.

Anan then fled and became a thief in Yangzhou City.

The Celestial Master went to see the prefect. As soon as he heard that the Heavenly Master was coming, the prefect immediately set up a banquet to entertain him. When asked about the Land Temple, the prefect was helpless: This matter is evil, so he simply won't mention it.

Prefect: Of course, if the Celestial Master can bless and protect the Dharma for the construction of the temple, then we will rebuild it immediately.

The prefect raised money from the people. Celestial Master: I've heard that it has been rebuilt a few times before, and each time the money raised has been spent?

Prefect: Not really. Building a temple is a money-burning job.

The land temple was built in a few days, and the money was spent as usual. The Heavenly Master went to the temple alone and waved the floating dust and called out the land lord.

Land Gong: What did you ask me to do in Yangzhou? This place is the last day, and the god of fire will come tomorrow to burn the city.

The Celestial Master smiled: Are you in charge of the local flower god?

The god of flowers knew that he was going to burn the city, so he ran away early. The Celestial Master took out a bouquet of red wildflowers from his sleeve: You asked her to come and show it for me, what kind of flower is this?

This flower is a local wildflower, called Yangzhou fire. The Celestial Master was given this flower by a child ten years ago, and he has been casting spells to store it.

He asked the god of flowers if he could make Yangzhou full of fire.

Wildflowers have no season, withering glory with the sky, and the god of flowers agreed.

Anan happily went to the Heavenly Master the next day: Master, Master, the city was full of Yangzhou fires overnight!

Anan: Everyone says it's a good omen, Master, do you think this is providential, which means that I have a destiny?

- The god of fire will come tonight, and the fire in Yangzhou is full of fire, and if it thinks that the fire has started, it will not set fire. The city of Yangzhou was also saved.

The Celestial Master looked at Anan with a smile: I will give you a task.

He asked Anan to go to the Land Temple tonight, and if he met someone sneaky, he would knock it over with a stick and take it to the Heavenly Master's residence.

Anan agreed.

He went to the temple to keep watch. Late at night, he came back and dragged in a middle-aged man, a servant beside the prefect.

Anan: Master, you're right, he wants to set fire to the temple!

- The man did it all. When the Land Temple was rebuilt for the first time, the prefect tasted the sweetness. embezzled the people's donations, set people on fire every few days, and then raised funds to build a temple.

After the servant was recruited, the Heavenly Master did not embarrass him and let him go. The master and apprentice leaned against the window and looked at the night scene of Yangzhou City covered with red flowers, Anan was depressed: Is there no heavenly punishment for such a wicked person?

Heavenly Master: Heavenly punishment is precious, and he doesn't deserve it.

From their residence, they could see the prefect's house in the distance, and the servants were cleaning Yangzhou Red out of the house. In the red Yangzhou, only the prefect's house is not red at all.

The Heavenly Master smiled bitterly: It seems that the prefect dislikes this wild flower and is not worthy of staying in his own home.

A strange thing happened that night. A fire fell from the sky, burning the prefect's house alone, and not a single brick or tile of the other people's houses was injured.

The Celestial Master took Anan out of Yangzhou. When I went out of the city gate, the Yangzhou fires were still on. Anan suddenly remembered his sister.

Anan: My sister's favorite Yangzhou is on fire. I used to go out with her to pick flowers, and when I returned to the city, she said that she saw an immortal and asked me to give him all the flowers. It can be seen that I really have a Taoist fate, and I can always meet immortals.

He didn't know that the immortals were just for the bouquet of wildflowers ten years ago, and then return to Yangzhou ten years later.

*Adapted from folklore

- "Burning Yangzhou"

Source: Fu Her Lemon Tea/WB

Story two

One

"You don't know how to do Taoism at all, do you?"

"Who said it, I, I will, but the master said that it can only be used at the most, most dangerous moment, and only, only once."

"Look at the move!"

Sakura slammed headlong into the little Taoist, but went straight through the little Taoist's chest.

"You're not at all, not dangerous."

The little Taoist priest scratched his head.

Two

Three days ago, the little Taoist priest rushed into the city's already dilapidated City God Temple, and was bumped into Sakura Sakura, whose mouth was stuffed with tribute.

The little Taoist priest was ordered by the master to go down the mountain to practice, catch ghosts and subdue demons, and Sakura Sakura was his first goal after going down the mountain.

Looking at the little Taoist priest who was holding a peachwood sword and posing in an attack posture, looking quite stance, Sakura Sakura also conjured into pale claws.

A half-hour standoff ensued.

Half an hour later, Sakura couldn't help it and swallowed the banana in her mouth.

"Gollum ......"

The sound of swallowing was like a thunderbolt in the extremely quiet environment, and the little Taoist priest was excited, and the wooden sword in his hand almost fell to the ground.

After another five-minute confrontation, the little Taoist priest finally made a move, only to see him raise his sword and point at Sakura, and say, "You, it's time to cut your nails."

Later, Sakura learned that this stuttering little Taoist priest who carried a wooden sword on his back and pretended to be cool everywhere did not say Taoism, and he had never even fought once.

Hearing the innocent words of the little Taoist, this one couldn't be fought, Sakura had to go to the illusion, and said angrily: "Hey, what are you doing here?"

The little Taoist priest also inserted the wooden sword back into the scabbard on his back, put his right palm upright on his chest, bowed down and said: "Poor, poor Daote, I have come to persuade the girl not to stay in the world, reincarnate as soon as possible, heavy, and be a new person."

"What if I say no?" Sakura frowned.

When the little Taoist priest heard this, he was stunned: "Then, the poor Taoist will continue, and then persuade the girl."

At some point, it was snowing heavily, the narrow dirt road was covered with a layer of silver frost, the pine trees were white and green, and a few squirrels were jumping on the trees, splashing clusters of snowdrifts. I'm afraid this snow will last for a long time.

Three

The heavy snow closed the road, and the people outside couldn't enter the City God Temple, and the people inside the City God Temple couldn't get out, but fortunately, the little Taoist priest had Sakura as a companion, so it wouldn't be too boring, and Sakura Sakura, Sakura Sakura was burying her head in her knees and crying.

"I beg you, don't nag it, okay, you've been annoying me for three days, I'm going to be reincarnated, and I'm going to reincarnate when the snow stops."

Sakura looked up, and the tears on her face were clearly visible.

In the past three days, in addition to eating and sleeping, the little Taoist priest has been persuading Sakura to turn back and be a new person.

A few hours ago, it was nothing, Sakura Sakura just thought it was a mosquito around her, but it was like this for three days in a row, and now, Sakura Sakura was afraid that she would vomit disgustingly when she heard a word pop out of the little Taoist's mouth again.

"In this case, the poor man will let the girl go."

After three days of chattering, the little Taoist's stuttering was much better.

Hearing that the little Taoist priest finally stopped nagging, Sakura Sakura breathed a long sigh of relief and asked, "What kind of sect is the Taoist priest of the sect, I have never seen a Taoist priest nag like you."

"Poor Dao is the first disciple under the empty real seat of Longhu Mountain, and his law name is Jiaying."

The little Taoist priest's words were extremely smooth, and he had obviously rehearsed them many times in his heart, and looking at the proud look on his face, it was obvious that he had great respect for his master.

"What about you?" The little Taoist priest asked rhetorically.

"What?" Sakura Sakura was puzzled.

"How did you get to where you are now?" The little Taoist priest explained.

"What's your business!" Hearing this, Sakura Sakura's face turned red.

"I see that you have no wounds, no neck scars, and you died, you should not have been subjected to external forces before you died, could it be that you committed suicide by taking poison?" The little Taoist priest guessed.

"Oh, almost......"

"No, the face of the drug user should be pale, black, I see that your face is ruddy, not like taking poison, but, but it's almost the same, what kind of death is it?"

"Okay, don't guess, I'll tell you." Sakura interrupted the little Taoist, lowered her head and said, "I, I choked to death while eating cherries."

At this moment, on a pine tree by the side of the road, a squirrel holding a pine cone in its arms let go of its paws and let the pine cone fall.

Four

"Choking? Hahaha......"

Looking at the cherry blossoms on his face that were becoming more and more pink, the little Taoist priest was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

"Laugh again!"

Sakura Sakura punched the little Taoist, the little Taoist hurriedly dodged, and Sakura made a gesture to attack again.

"Girl, stop, it's okay to fight the poor again, but you have to fight back." The little Taoist priest had a smile on his face.

"Fight back? You don't know how to do Taoism at all, do you? ”

"Who said it, I, I will, but the master said that it can only be used at the most, most dangerous moment, and only, only once."

"Look at the move!"

Sakura slammed headlong into the little Taoist, but went straight through the little Taoist's chest.

"You're not at all, not dangerous."

The little Taoist priest scratched his head.

"Since it's not dangerous, it saves our brothers a lot of effort."

The rough words sounded loudly, and the snowdrifts that were tall outside the door burst open, and the simple wooden door exploded into pieces of debris, and a cloud of black gas poured into the City God Temple.

Before Sakura could react, she stood in place, but the little Taoist's face changed suddenly, he drew his wooden sword, and took a step forward to protect Sakura behind him.

The black gas dissipated, and the two monsters appeared, only to see that the bodies of the two monsters were no different from people, but one of them was a bull head and the other was a horse face on the neck, which was the two yin divisions of the underworld.

"Little Taoist, it's none of your business, they're here to arrest me, you go quickly." Sakura came back to her senses at this moment and said hurriedly.

"How can I stand by and watch." The little Taoist priest raised his wooden sword.

"This female ghost has violated the rules of heaven by staying in the world, and according to the law, she should be sent to the eighteenth layer of hell and suffer from a thousand cuts." Bull Head Road.

"If you're nosy, be careful that I take you with you." Ma Mian also threatened.

"In that case, then, let's fight."

The little Taoist's voice trembled, but it was extremely firm.

Five

Before the little Taoist's words landed, the bull head and horse face had already transformed into black chains, and the two chains rushed towards the little Taoist priest at the same time with a whistling sound.

Although the little Taoist priest has little experience in fighting with people, he will not panic, and the peachwood sword is born to ward off yin and evil, and it is comparable to the bull head and horse face fighting when he comes and goes.

"Don't fight for long." The bull's head winked at the horse's face.

The horse face understood, and secretly moved his position during the fight, forming a front and rear attack formation with the bull head.

"Drink ......"

The powerful blow of the bull's head slammed into the little Taoist, and the little Taoist hurriedly raised his sword to defend himself, but the horse face rushed towards the cherry blossoms on the side at this time.

Seeing that Sakura Sakura was about to be taken captive, the little Taoist priest threw the wooden sword at the horse's face, ignoring the chains that were bubbling with black gas in front of him.

"Ding......

The wooden sword struck the iron armor on the horse's chest, making a crisp sound, and the horse's face flew out upside down in response.

"Poof......

The blood was all over the sky, but it was not spurted from the horse's face, and the little Taoist priest was hit by a bull's head, and the clothes on his chest were torn, and he lay on the ground unable to move.

Seeing the bull-headed horse face step by step towards Sakura, the little Taoist priest was anxious.

At this moment, a flash of inspiration flashed, and the master's advice flashed in the little Taoist's mind before going down the mountain.

"Jia Ying, you are about to go down the mountain to experience, the world is dangerous, for the teacher to give you a cloth bag with a charm, only when you are at stake, you are only allowed to open it, when you use it, just take out the charm, shout 'the photo is here'."

Trembling and taking out the cloth bag containing the charm from his arms, the little Taoist priest untied the cloth bag, only to see that there was no so-called charm in the innermost layer of the cloth bag, but a vivid painting, the content of the painting made the little Taoist face red, it was actually a middle-aged man with two sledgehammers hanging on his waist peeping at a milf woman taking a bath.

"Master, it's really a matter of life and death, don't cheat your apprentice." The little Taoist priest said secretly in his heart.

Taking out the 'charm', the little Taoist priest shouted: "The photo is here!"

Six

"Boom, boom, boom......"

As soon as the little Taoist's voice fell, the wind and clouds changed color in an instant, and the whole world seemed to be darkened, with a loud noise, three thunderbolts crossed the sky, one as thick as a thigh flew to the head of the cow, one as thick as an arm flew to the horse's face, and finally the one as thick as a hair struck straight at the little Taoist.

The bull-headed horse-faced Eryin Si was hit by the thunder light, but he was directly blasted back to the underworld, looking at the last thunder light that rushed towards him, the little Taoist priest wanted to cry without tears.

"Sneer......"

A ball of fire ignited from the little Taoist's palm, and the little Taoist priest hurriedly threw the painting on fire in his hand aside, and it turned out that the thunder light was coming at the painting.

"Little Taoist, how are you?"

Without the threat of the bull head and horse face, Sakura hurriedly ran to the little Taoist.

"I'm fine." The little Taoist priest struggled to his feet.

"You just ......"

"I used the Dao technique that Master gave me."

Hearing this, Sakura hesitated, "But didn't you say that you will only use it when it is most dangerous?"

The little Taoist priest was stunned for a moment, turned his head, and said softly: "Just now, you, aren't you in danger?"

"What did you say?" Sakura asked.

The little Taoist priest turned his head back: "I said that you can't vote now, reincarnate, what are you going to do, what should I do?"

"yes, what should I do?" Sakura Sakura looked embarrassed.

"It just so happens that I am lacking on the way to subjugate demons, and I lack a helper, you, are you willing?"

"Okay." Sakura said without thinking, "I'll go pack the tribute on the table first." ”

Looking at the cherry blossoms who were jumping in their footsteps, an unbearable smile appeared on the corner of the little Taoist's mouth.

At this moment, accompanied by a burst of clear laughter, thousands of miles away on Longhu Mountain, fireworks flew into the sky and exploded, incomparably gorgeous.

Extra one

On the mountainside of Dragon and Tiger, in front of the smallest Taoist temple, one large and one small, two figures in Taoist robes were talking.

"Master, if I, after I come down the mountain, I encounter a ghost, how should I descend and surrender?"

"You will use your incorruptible tongue and your eloquence to persuade it that it will no longer be a disaster to the world."

"Master, you, are you sarcastic about me?"

The master didn't explain, but just looked to the west, as if he remembered something: "The only time the master failed the halberd back then was to lose to a person who was very good at nagging."

Extra-two

Underworld.

"Humph......"

Looking at the bull head and horse face that was almost electrocuted into a barbecue under the hall, and his face was full of grievances, Hades slapped the table.

"Whoever dares to hurt this king, I think he is tired and crooked." Hades said angrily, "I'm going to meet ......."

"Boom!"

Before Hades's words fell, a huge iron rod was plunged straight down from above, and when the iron rod reached the ground, the entire dungeon shook three times.

"You don't need to go up, dare to hurt my Monkey King's apprentice, I have to settle this account with your Hades Lao'er."

At the top of the iron rod, a Taoist priest dressed in a Taoist robe, with his hands behind his back, and his face covered with golden hair, was straight, and his eyes were like electricity.

Extra three

"The photo is here!"

Hearing this loud shout from the mortal world, Lei Gong's heart moved.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Hitting three hammers in a row, Lei Gongchang breathed a sigh of relief, as if a stone in his heart had finally fallen to the ground.

Looking at Lei Guang igniting the 'photo' in the little Taoist priest's hand, Lei Gong muttered to himself: "The matter of peeking at the electric mother taking a bath has finally been solved, and the bastard Bi Ma Wen has been blackmailing Lao Tzu for 3,000 years......"

- "The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain"

Source: Geng Yingjun/Zhihu