Qi Xuansu originally wanted to get close to his subordinates and enhance his relationship, but the situation was somewhat unexpected for him.

After Zhang Yuelu came back from Zhangtang Zhenren, he immediately gathered everyone and asked them to prepare and leave Yujing within three days.

According to the original plan, Zhang Yuelu had just organized manpower, how could he run in for a month, and then perform official duties, but he didn't expect that there was another change in the Western Regions, the war in the Western Regions Daofu reached a critical moment, the lord of the Western Regions Daofu and the three deputy hall masters of Tiangang Hall were leading the main force of the Daomen to concentrate on the border line to form a confrontation with the shamans, this group of demons actually took advantage of this opportunity to boldly attack a Taoist temple, killing ten eight-grade Taoist priests and three seven-grade Taoist priests, which provoked the Daomen to be furious, and strictly ordered to eliminate this group of demons within a time limit.

The real person in charge of the hall called Zhang Yuelu for this matter.

This is also unexpected by Zhang Yuelu, according to her assumption, a month later, Xu Kou also came back, although this person is a thorn, but also a good hand, the two are not fighting for life and death, really have to fight with their lives, Zhang Yuelu is not so easy to win, with the assistance of Xu Kou and Lingquanzi, Zhang Yuelu thinks that it will not be too difficult to sweep away this demon trouble.

But a month in advance, Zhang Yuelu couldn't break his promise, and Xu Kou couldn't participate. Although she is optimistic about Qi Xuansu, Qi Xuansu's cultivation is still a little lower, and her hands are a little stretched.

However, Zhang Yuelu is not a person who likes to complain, so he did not refuse, and agreed to leave Yujing three days later and go to the Western Regions.

Since it was the meaning of the high-level of the Daomen, everyone did not dare to complain, so they could only hurry up to prepare various materials. After August 15, it has already entered the late autumn, the Western Regions and the grassland are not as cold as Jiangnan and Lingnan, and many places on the grassland have even been snowflakes, cold clothing is indispensable, as well as bright gauze or sunglasses to shade the light, all kinds of pills, marching pills and other things, but also to prepare some, can be reimbursed afterwards.

The so-called "marching pill" is to refine various ingredients and medicinal materials into pills through secret methods, as long as you eat one, you can not be hungry for three days, especially suitable for marching and fighting, so it is named "marching pill". It's just that the price of this thing is very expensive, one will cost a Taiping coin, plus it can only satisfy hunger, the taste is rough, extremely unpalatable, and the taste is like drinking a decoction, so people in the Taoist sect generally only prepare some when they go out.

The advantage of Tiangangtang is that weapons are uniformly distributed, with two swords per person, one iron and one wood.

The iron sword is the top mortal aspect, which is not much different from Qingluanwei's "thin tiger knife", called "execution", and is used to kill people.

The wooden sword is a low-grade spiritual object, far inferior to the flying sword "Green Snake", named "Meridian", which is used to deal with ghosts and demons.

In addition, with the development of firearms, Tiangangtang has also begun to issue additional handcuffs in recent decades, but it is not a high-end product like the "Shenlong Handcuff", but a second-class "Blue Bird Handcuff".

"Blue Bird Handcuff" is not produced by the Shenji Battalion, but Tianjitang in the sixteenth year of Jiushi R & D and production, bronze handle, gun tube made of fine iron, plated with cyan, muzzle size like a bird's beak, hence the name "Blue Bird". Rear loading reloading, firing pin mechanism, rifling, effective range of 80 steps, within 10 steps can break the congenital person's body protection Qi, suitable for a variety of "dragon eye" series of projectiles, the black market price is about 500 Taiping money.

The two swords and one gun are numbered, and if someone takes them to sell them for money, they will naturally be severely punished.

Qi Xuansu went to Sun Yongfeng to get his own weapons, plus his short sword is a total of four weapons, but the Taoist priests of Tiangangtang are not equipped with armor, only spiritual officials have them.

Because Qi Xuansu did not have Sumeru treasures, he could only carry double swords, with a short sword hanging on the left side of his waist and a handcuff hanging on the right.

Zhang Yuelu obviously has a Sumeru thing, and she doesn't see a blade with her, let alone the legendary half-immortal thing.

Originally, Tiangangtang had already prepared a flying boat, which could fly directly to the Great Snow Mountain, where the Western Regions Daofu was located, and land in Yaochi.

Speaking of the Great Snow Mountain, it was originally a holy place of shamanism, and it was one of the four palaces of the Golden Horde, but in the eleventh year of the Great Xuan Taiping, it was conquered by the imperial court and the Daomen, and the Great Snow Mountain Palace became the location of the Western Regions Daofu today, and the shamanism fought with the Western Regions Daofu several times in order to recapture the holy land of the Great Snow Mountain.

However, Zhang Yuelu rejected the arrangement of the flying boat and decided to go by land, one is that Kunlun itself is in the Western Regions, and the journey is actually not far. The second is that only by walking on the ground yourself can you truly understand the specific situation through what you see and hear along the way.

In the early morning of August 20, Tiangangtang and his party of more than 60 people left Kunyujing, and arrived at the last Taoist temple before leaving Kunlun on the evening of August 22.

After only two days of eating and sleeping, they were separated, Qi Xuansu and Zhou Bai, who often walked in the rivers and lakes, all looked as usual, while Mu Yan, who had been in Yujing for a long time, was a little difficult to hide his fatigue.

The Taoist temple has already come out, Qi Xuansu stepped forward with the documents of Tiangang Hall, explained the identities of everyone, and pointed to Zhang Yuelu, who was surrounded by everyone, and said: "This is the deputy hall master of Tiangang Hall, if there is a room, I will ask you to lead the deputy hall master Zhang to freshen up." ”

Because everyone is in regular service, the lord of this place did not expect that Zhang Yuelu, the youngest among the people, was the chief official, and thought that the older Lingquanzi was.

However, this viewer had obviously heard of Zhang Yuelu's name, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly let Zhang Yuelu and his party into the temple, and entertained Zhang Yuelu according to the specifications of the Sanpin Sacrifice Wine Taoist.

However, the rest of the people are not so lucky, and can only enjoy the treatment corresponding to their own rank, regardless of their position. Qi Xuansu and Mu Yan, Zhou Bai, Xu Zhen and others are the same deacons, but the treatment is much worse, just because Qi Xuansu is only a seven-grade Taoist.

This time, he went to the Western Regions with Zhang Yuelu, except for Sun Yongfeng and Tian Baobao who stayed behind, Xu Kou recuperated from his injuries, and the rest of the people were all dispatched.

The Taoist temple here is similar to a post station, the house is as warm as spring, Qi Xuansu just took off his outer robe, and planned to rest for a while, when he heard his subordinate Cao Liyou knock on the door and say: "Deacon Qi, the deputy hall master sent someone to invite you over." ”

Qi Xuansu answered, had to put on his clothes again, and walked with a Taoist from the Taoist Temple to Zhang Yuelu's room.

Kunlun territory is vast and sparsely populated, so the Taoist temple occupies a huge area, from Qi Xuansu's residence to Zhang Yuelu's residence, there is a short distance, Qi Xuansu passed two corridors, and then came to a single-family courtyard.

The Taoist who was in charge of guiding the way stopped there, and Qi Xuansu entered the courtyard and came to the outside of the study to knock lightly.

Zhang Yuelu's voice came from inside: "Come in." ”

Qi Xuansu pushed the door in, the warmth inside was warm, two candles illuminated the entire study, a Western-style carpet was spread on the ground, and Zhang Yuelu, who had taken off her robe, was sitting behind the bookcase, flipping through the files she carried with her.

"Sit." Zhang Yuelu didn't raise his head.

Qi Xuansu sat opposite Zhang Yuelu and asked, "Miss Tantai has something to do with me?" ”

Zhang Yuelu pushed a dossier in front of Qi Xuansu and said, "This is a summary of the demons in the Western Regions, you can take a look at it and know it in your heart." ”

Qi Xuansu took the file and responded.

"The others have already taken their files back." Zhang Yuelu said again, "You are the specification of a seven-grade Taoist, there is only one bedroom, there is not even a decent table, and the oil lamp is dim, let's look here, the candle is still brighter." ”

Qi Xuansu did not refuse, but he still kindly reminded Zhang Yuelu: "It's getting late, if I stay for a long time, I'm afraid that some gossip will be born, which will ruin the girl's reputation." ”

Zhang Yuelu smiled slightly: "The clear person is self-purifying, I don't care, do you still care?" ”

Since Zhang Yuelu said so, Qi Xuansu had nothing to say, and the Daomen did not pay too much attention to the defense of men and women like Confucianism, Qi Xuansu sat opposite Zhang Yuelu across the bookcase, and began to flip through this not thin file.

After reading the file, Qi Xuansu realized that this group of demons was actually flowing from Western countries. In terms of appearance, they have high noses and deep eyes, which are the characteristics of the people of the color eyes, often active at night, have magical powers similar to those derived from the flesh and blood of martial arts, and can also use illusions, so far, it seems that they want to take root in the Western Regions.

After Zhang Yuelu waited for Qi Xuansu to finish reading the dossier, she asked, "What do you think?" ”

Qi Xuansu replied: "Since the tenth year of Taiping, the Western Regions has not been a peaceful place, and the forces of the Daomen, Buddhism, Shamanism, Gu Immortals, and Rakshasa Kingdom are concentrated here, even the Daomen cannot cover the sky with one hand. The Western Regions is also the trade route to the Western countries, the population flow is huge, the composition of merchants from various countries is complex, coupled with the vast land and sparsely populated, it can be described as a mixture of fish and dragons, if this foreign demon people gain a firm foothold in the Western Regions, and then collude with other forces to form an alliance, and then want to eradicate them, it will be a little difficult, so it is necessary to take advantage of their unstable foothold to exterminate as soon as possible. ”

Zhang Yuelu nodded and said: "Tianyuan's words are exactly the same as those of several praise paintings in the hall, and the praise paintings think that this group of demons has seen the opportunity of the Western Regions Daofu to take care of it at this time, and they are committing crimes on a large scale, one is because they are short of money, and the other is because they also have the intention of taking advantage of this matter to establish their authority." But I always feel that things are not so simple, just to take root in the Western Regions, it is not wise to directly provoke the Daomen, it is very likely to set themselves on fire, I think this group of demons has other plans. ”

Qi Xuansu developed the habit of not digging into the root cause and only looking at the results in the Qingping Society, and said directly: "And no matter what the motives of this group of demons are, there must be a conflict of interest between outsiders and the head snake, can you start from the head snake and kill people with a knife?" ”

Zhang Yuelu said: "If this group of people didn't kill the dozen or so Daomen disciples, this method is feasible, but after they kill the Daomen disciples, the nature is completely different. ”

Qi Xuansu nodded: "Understood." ”