Hearing Yan Chixia speak, Xu Xian subconsciously looked at the pair of ancestors and grandsons in the corner.

The old man, who was originally leaning his head in the shadow of the corner, making people unable to see his appearance clearly, hesitated when he heard Yan Chixia's question, and slowly raised his head and said: "It turned out to be Yan Daxia, old and dizzy, rude." ”

Only then did everyone know that this old man, who didn't look amazing, was actually hidden.

Yan Chixia's eyes showed a little solemnity, she didn't expect to meet this old man surnamed Yu in Lanruo Temple.

Yu Lao looks like an ordinary artist, but in fact, he was born in Soap Mountain, and the seven notes of the cloud pipe he cultivated are inherited from the ancient times, and he is proficient in manipulating paper figures, clay puppets and puppets.

Those who practice this technique must prepare a quiet room, a number of seven-colored paper, a piece of bluestone, 49 inches long, 7 inches wide, 49 minutes thick, and a table by the east, with paper, pencil and cinnabar.

All things are ready, and in the middle of the night, in the quiet room, the seven-colored paper is stacked together in the order of white, yellow, red, blue, purple, and black, glued together, and cut into paper figures, seven inches high, a total of forty-nine paper-cut people, each cut one and recited the mantra again, took a breath, and blew on the paper.

All the paper figures are pressed under the bluestone, not exposed, and the ghost spirit rune of the cinnabar book is used to scarf on the stone.

Every time I practice in the future, take out a paper figure, burn it with a book to summon souls, recite the mantra seven times, and then put the paper figure under the stone, and it must not be repeated.

On the 49th, the paper figure has a soul, and when it is used, it is taken out from under the stone, and when it is blown, it becomes a soldier, and it can be driven at will.

If the cultivation is less than forty-nine days, the paper man cannot control it, and if the ghost suppression talisman is torn off, the paper man will become a villain, endangering the Quartet.

Yu Lao is the leader of this way, walking the world to disguise his art, and when he encounters demons, he casts spells to expel him.

Yan Chixia was in Jiangnan at the beginning, traveled all over the world, and happened to meet this old stall to sell art, and saw that he surrendered to the demon, so he asked for advice, so he had a little friendship.

"I heard that Yan Daxia chased and killed the seven-tailed demon fox out of the gate, why did he appear here now?" Yu Lao raised his head, his face was no longer restrained, and he asked calmly.

Yan Chixia said: "I received a message from my senior brother that there would be demons in Wuzhou, so I rushed to help my senior brother." But Yu Lao, you appeared in this Lanruo Temple, did you find the whereabouts of any demons? ”

Yu Lao sighed: "Wuzhou first experienced military disasters, and encountered demons and chaos, the people are not happy, and the old man is just doing his best to obey the destiny of heaven and do his best." The origin of this Lanruo Temple can be traced back to three hundred years ago. ”

Maybe it's because of his age, Yu Lao talked and talked about the origin of Lanruo Temple, and several people could only listen attentively.

"Lanruo Temple was destroyed by Wuzong forty years ago, but three hundred years ago, this temple has a great history, it is the original Xuanzang Master who went to the West to seek Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, after returning to Middle Earth, the Tang King built a temple for it."

As soon as Yu Lao spoke, several people were taken aback, but they didn't expect Lanruo Temple to involve Xuanzang, a Buddhist sect three hundred years ago.

"At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Lao Tzu was respected as the ancestor, and Buddhism in order to win the battle with Taoism, Xuanzang made a great wish, went to Tianzhu to see the true Buddha, and lasted 14 years to bring back 81 volumes of Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, so that Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty became the two major sects alongside Taoism."

The boy in the old general's arms was gently put down, got up and came to the center of the main hall, looked at the broken Buddha statue, and said softly: "It is rumored that Master Xuanzang is the first host of this Lanruo Temple, and finally passed away in this Lanruo Temple. ”

"Wukong Zhenren?" When Song Xing heard this, he couldn't help but interject and asked, "This Wukong real person, is it a human or a demon?" ”

Yu Lao looked back at Song Xing, his eyes were cloudy: "Master Xuanzang's heir is naturally a human, why do you have this doubt?" ”

Song Xing sighed lightly and covered up: "I once heard a script, which tells the story of Master Xuanzang learning scriptures from the West, and this Wukong real person in the book is a demon who Master Xuanzang subdued. ”

Xu Xian next to him was puzzled: "What script?" I've read a lot of ancient and modern books, why haven't I read this story? ”

Yu Lao shook his head and said, "How can you take this story seriously." Maybe it's the deeds of Master Xuanzang that have been circulated among the people, and they have been adapted out of context. ”

At this time, Yan Chixia also interjected: "Yu Lao, I know the story of Master Xuanzang seeking Buddhist scriptures, but this Wukong real person rarely seems to appear in the classics. ”

When she was young, Yan Chixia was erudite and talented, in addition to being familiar with the subset of scriptures and history, all kinds of miscellaneous and interesting histories, and religious classics, but she had never read the deeds of this Wukong real person.

Yu Lao looked at the few people gathered around to concentrate, thought about it, and slowly spoke: "Yan Daxia, have you ever heard of the Jedi Tiantong?" ”

When Song Xing saw Yan Chixia hearing the four words Jedi Tiantong, his face suddenly became serious, and his heart also moved.

Jedi Tiantong, an allusion to ancient Chinese mythology, heaven and earth, gods and humans perform their own duties, and do not interfere with each other.

Ancient books record that in ancient times, people and gods were not mixed, and only some special people could become witches, and they were specifically responsible for the communication between the people and the gods.

The five senses perform their duties and are not chaotic, the people are faithful, and the gods are virtuous. In this way, the gods blessed the land, and the grain grew well, so that evil did not invade, and the people lived in abundance.

When the Shaohao clan declined, the Jiuli clan disrupted the virtue and politics, mixing the people with the gods. Everyone can sacrifice, every family has witches, and people and gods have no covenant and integrity.

There is no law for sacrifice, the people despise the oath, and the majesty of God cannot be revealed.

The people were poor for sacrifice, but they were not rewarded, their grain was not protected, and calamities were frequent.

Therefore, the gods in charge of heaven were ordered to be in charge of the gods, and Li was ordered to be in charge of the people on the earth to restore the original order, and the gods and men performed their duties and did not interfere with each other at will, which is the so-called Jedi Tiantong.

Yan Chixia naturally knew this allusion, but he didn't know why Yu Lao would say this.

Seeing that Yan Chixia was puzzled, Yu Lao said again: "Actually, three hundred years ago, after the Journey to the West, there were drastic changes in heaven and earth, although it did not reach the point of Jedi Tiantong, but since then, the gods and Buddhas have not appeared, demons have appeared, and the world has been chaotic. ”

"After Journey to the West, Jedi Tiantong?"

Hearing Yu Lao say this, Song Xing was also surprised in his heart, he didn't expect to hear some kind of remarks about Journey to the West and about gods and Buddhas in this small Lanruo Temple.

Isn't this just the chaotic era of the Tang Dynasty in Lanruo Temple, or the chaotic era of Journey to the West three hundred years later?

Yu Lao continued: "Three hundred years ago, after the journey to the west, Buddhism was prosperous, demons were not visible, the world was peaceful, and it was also a great world for practitioners. Decades later, the gods and Buddhas disappeared overnight, and the inheritances that remained in the mortal world were also closed, which led to the terrible scene of demons rampant three hundred years later. ”

What is even more interesting is that what happened 300 years ago cannot be put into words. The soap mountain came out of the body and had a branch, and it was passed on by word of mouth, and only a few words of deeds were passed down. It is unknown how much is true and how much is false. ”

"Before you came, I measured it with a secret method, and I didn't notice that there was a demonic aura breeding in this Lanruo Temple. However, if it is rumored that Master Xuanzang and Wukong Zhenren suppressed the big demons here, maybe it is the big demons of three hundred years ago that you and I are here for today. ”