"I don't know where Zhao Daoyou is in the city, and he sensed that there are demons and ghosts hiding?"

On the street, Ji Yuan, who was walking in front, suddenly asked out loud without warning.

Zhao Yuansong smiled dumbly, he had gone through the rivers and lakes a few times, and he was not a newly accepted disciple in the door, so he naturally understood the caution in the other party's words, so he didn't think about it, so he reported the names of several places in the city.

There are three places where demons are suspected to be hiding.

One is the Xiyu River that runs through the county seat, in which the demonic energy is not attached to the bottom of the river, and it is extremely difficult for monks in the same realm to find clues.

The other is a few remote people's houses in the west of the city, with a faint bloody smell, and it is difficult to determine whether it is a ghost or an evil spirit.

As for the last place, there are a few districts near the county government, and I heard that people have often disappeared in recent days.

"In the place where those people disappeared, I have felt a faint qi many times, a bit similar to the means of the Demon Dao."

Zhao Yuansong told everything he knew in detail without reservation.

After listening to the description, Ji Yuan only felt that his brain hurt a little, and there were three places where demons were suspected of being hidden, and just listening to it could feel that it was not ordinary trouble.

The demonic qi at the bottom of the river, the blood in the people's square, and the demonic qi near the county office.

Ji Yuan suddenly felt that this county town was a little unfamiliar, why did so many evil things suddenly appear?

"What does the path leader ask for after embarking on the path of cultivation?"

Zhao Yuansong's eyes flashed, and he looked at the little Taoist priest beside him with deep meaning.

Hearing this, Ji Yuan couldn't help but be stunned, a little didn't understand why the other party suddenly asked like this, and only after a little consideration did he reply: "I want to ask about immortality." ”

He shrugged his shoulders inadvertently, not even realizing that there was a little helplessness in the context.

After reading a few Taoist scriptures and accidentally becoming a monk, it seems that everything has become natural.

There is a brief chapter of the avenue left by the ancestor and appeared in front of him on its own, and the mysterious rules of alchemy and talisman making that emerged in it only took a few glances before replying.

Since then, he has been alchemizing and making talismans every day, meditating and practicing exercises, and sometimes practicing swordsmanship and body skills in the house, and naturally has accumulated a fairly solid family foundation.

But if you really ask him if he has any pursuits after embarking on the path of cultivation, he really can't think of it for a while.

Because the road ahead seemed to have been paved, he only needed to walk forward step by step, and he could easily reach a distance that ordinary monks could not reach in their lifetime.

"I heard that the little Taoist chief became enlightened on his own after reading a few Taoist Bibles without the secret to enlightenment."

Zhao Yuansong was curious: "However, with such talent, why is it that for more than a year, the little Taoist is still in the early stage of enlightenment?" ”

Originally, he thought that the other party lacked the resources needed for cultivation, but he was wandering around the city yesterday, but he unexpectedly learned that the little Taoist leader of Xuantian Temple was one of the top Dan masters in Qianyu City.

The pills he refined, both in terms of quality and variety, far surpassed those of other Dan masters within a radius of hundreds of miles.

Among the monks, it is the Danshi who is the richest, and there are often examples of pills being sold for sky-high prices.

"Daoist friends have asked a little too much."

Ji Yuan said casually, and his tone suddenly became a little colder.

Beside him, the fifth senior brother silently moved a few steps sideways, blocking between the two.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Yuansong's expression moved slightly, a smile flashed in his eyes, and he didn't continue to ask, as if he had already got the answer he wanted.

The group of seven people didn't say anything anymore, and after about half an hour, they stopped in front of a simple courtyard.

This is the most remote place in the east of the city, mostly the residence of the bitter cold family, at a glance you can not see a few intact houses, the roadside lies a dry bone, ragged people.

It must have been the first time for the two teenagers and girls to see such a scene, especially the stench in the air, which made them almost bend over and retch.

The arrival of the group did not cause any disturbances, and the people around them continued to sit paralyzed, even lying on the ground, as little as possible without moving.

"Does the local government not care?"

The girl named Xu Qiqi finally couldn't hold back and asked the senior sister beside her.

Hearing this, several people's faces showed complicated expressions, and they didn't know how to answer this question for a while.

It was the young man Jiang He, who suddenly flashed a trace of anger in his eyes, and then said angrily: "For those official masters, it is the right thing to study how to get promoted and make a fortune, who will take care of these thanklessly?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Jiang He was taken aback, and the tears of the aching young man almost came out, and he couldn't help but look at the senior brother in front of him aggrievedly.

At this time, Zhao Yuansong withdrew his palm, glanced at the people around him with yellow faces and thin bodies, and then said in a low voice: "It's not that the government doesn't care, but it's useless to manage it." ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, he shook his head and sighed, not knowing how to explain this situation, not only hoping that his younger brothers and sisters would not be misunderstood, but also hoping that after they knew the truth, they could still have hope in this world.

Ji Yuan glanced at Zhao Yuansong, and said after a little groaning: "These are all people who don't want to work, but they want the money to run into their arms, and the government has also worked for them, but in the end, it caused a lot of scolding." ”

In the endless scolding, there are these people who want to get something for nothing, and would rather starve to death than find some work, and there are also well-wishers who respond to the government's call and are willing to provide some help.

The former is to scold the official master, and he does not directly give himself hundreds or thousands of taels of silver, so that they can have big fish and meat from now on, without shedding a drop of hard sweat.

The latter also scolded the official master, complaining that the big people sitting on the high hall were whimsical, causing them to do good deeds with good intentions, but their own family was made by this kind of waste people, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the chicken and dog are restless.

After going back and forth several times, the government was completely dead, at most it contacted the squires and rich people, donated some money to buy some grain and rice, and occasionally opened a porridge shop to ensure that most people in this place could breathe a sigh of relief.

In fact, the people who stay here are to blame, even if they starve to death, no one in the know will give them half sympathy.

Because people who really want to live a good life, or who are unwilling to be so depraved, have long since left this place to find an errand to support themselves.

Those who remain are really completely hopeless.

But even though even they have given up on themselves, there is still a stupid scholar who is still unwilling to give up on these people.

That scholar used to be a talented man in Qianyu City, who studied hard for more than ten years, and was admitted to the county examination all the way, and even easily won the first place in a county.

It's just that when he was about to go to Beijing to catch the exam, for some reason, he seemed to have a brain convulsion, gave up his low-hanging fruit, and turned around and walked into this almost forgotten corner.

The scholar scattered all his family resources and tried to change the people here, but in the end, this talented guy wasted years of time in the sighs of outsiders.

"Here it is."

Ji Yuan led a group of people to a neatly tended courtyard surrounded by a wooden fence.

Guo Tao, the fifth senior brother on the side, stepped into the unclosed courtyard door in three or two steps, came to the front of the house and knocked on the door and shouted.

"It's a pity that this scholar is true."

Zhao Yuansong sighed with emotion.

A Confucian scholar who won the first place in a county was enlightened early and embarked on the path of cultivation, and in the future, he could at least become a parent official or study in a certain academy.

It's a pity that for some reason, I have to give up those things that are readily available, and voluntarily fall into the quagmire of evil spirit.

"Everyone's thoughts are different, maybe for him, those low-hanging fame and fortune are even more stinky and unpleasant."

Ji Yuan said helplessly, and did not comment on whether the scholar was right or wrong.

After a short time, Guo Tao returned quickly, saying that there was no one in the house, but there was a paper pressed by stones in front of the door, saying that the owner of this place had something to go out and could come back in the future.

"It looks like it's been a trip for nothing."

Ji Yuan looked at the few people behind him: "Let's go back to the poor road again, now let's go to Baiyun Temple first." ”

A group of people walked to Bai Bai, and they didn't have the slightest complaint in their hearts, but because they didn't see the scholar, they showed a bit of pity.

The expressions of the five people of the Nine Xuanmen were naturally seen by Ji Yuan, and they were also from famous and upright families, and these people were much better than Li Mufeng and the others in Tianhe County in terms of temperament and cultivation.

It's just been more than an hour of contact, and he even has a little change in his view of the Nine Xuanmen, and in the silence, he has a lot of closeness in his heart.

If the sect is up and down, not to mention that all of them are disciples of such a sect, even if there are only half of the people, they are already worthy of the name of the sect.

After another hour or so, the group came to the outside of the Baiyun Temple in the west of the city.

The temple is built next to the downtown area, and there are countless vendors selling incense sticks and Buddhist gadgets on the street at the entrance.

At a distance, you can see a thick incense rising from the temple, interspersed with a few strands of gold.

If this place is prosperous in terms of incense, not to mention the Xuantian Temple where there are few pilgrims, and even the City God Temple cannot be compared, and I don't know if the City God who was enshrined by the imperial court will occasionally be envious?

"I didn't expect the incense here to be so prosperous."

When Zhao Yuansong saw this, his expression couldn't help but be stunned.

The Dayu Dynasty advocated Taoism, and most of the territory was Taoism, even the state religion, which came from a strong Taoist lineage.

Even the common people of Dayu were influenced by the imperial court, and naturally became close to Taoism, which made it difficult for other sects to develop.

For example, the current situation of Baiyun Temple is not unique in the Dayu Dynasty, but it is also extremely rare.

"Baiyun Temple is not only a Buddhist temple, but also a place of practice."

Ji Yuan explained in a low voice to a few people.

In Buddhism, there is no concept of a sect of practice, even if two monks practice different Dharma, they can still practice together, and there are often different monks from all over the world in a temple.