The crow Taoist was sick, and he was very sick, sometimes unconscious and sometimes awake, and even when he was awake, his eyes were dull, and he occasionally whimpered and cried for a while.

Of course, Xiao Xia couldn't leave the Crow Daoist to go to the Black Wood Forest at this time, he could only guard in this mid-mountain Taoist temple, and went to the city to find a doctor and grabbed a few pairs of medicines for the Crow Daoist to eat. He himself knew that the disease of the Crow Daoist was probably not something that could be cured by taking medicine, but he couldn't be left to ignore it there.

Fortunately, Mingyue didn't urge Xiao Xia. Since the ship, Mingyue has suddenly become very well-behaved and obedient, and she is no longer as clever as before, and from time to time she makes some headaches come out. She is now like a loyal little follower, obeying Xiao Xia's orders, Xiao Xia went to the city to grab medicine, she also followed, grabbed medicine and came back to boil medicine, she also quietly stayed by the side, Xiao Xia told her that she couldn't go to the Black Wood Forest for the time being, she also smiled and nodded obediently.

After two days, the crow Taoist still looked like a half-dead dementia and dementia, and he lost weight quickly without eating or drinking, and even the gray hair on his head was much thicker.

"I'm just scolding you for eating white food, why do you want to destroy my baby, why do you have to destroy my baby" This is the most spoken and almost the only sentence that the crow Taoist said when he was sober in the past two days. He didn't look at Xiao Xia asking, but stared at the roof above with blank eyes and muttered as if muttering, no matter how good Xiao Xia was next to him, he didn't react.

Xiao Xia is really poor in words, and I don't know how to explain it. Once he felt ashamed in his heart. No matter how eloquent he is on weekdays, he can't give full play to his eloquence, and no matter how dangerous the situation is, in the face of no matter how fierce the enemy is, Xiao Xia can froth at the mouth and speak eloquently, but looking at the crow Taoist's crying and crying, it is even more tragic than the death of the whole family. He really didn't know what to say. Because the Crow Daoist's Shangqing Lingbao Contemplation Mantra was really destroyed in his hands.

It's not entirely right to say that it's ruined, now as long as Xiao Xia is willing, he can borrow the power of the Ten Thousand True Runes to use that Lingbao Guanxin Mantra at any time, even if it is the Dao method of the upper four grades, it is no problem at all. And unlike the original small gourd that could only be used for half an hour in half a month, although he could only maintain it for about half an hour with all his strength, he only needed to rest for a day to fully recover that universal true talisman and then he could use it again.

Not only that, the true talisman of all things in Xiao Xia's sea of knowledge was a little clearer than when it was the clearest before. Even if it is used to change other spells, more can be evolved. These changes are all brought about by the Shangqing Lingbao Contemplation Mantra, so it is really wrong to say that it is destroyed, it should be said that it has been completely assimilated and accommodated by the true talisman of all things. And because of this process, Xiao Xia has a closer fit with the true talisman of all things, and he can use it more freely.

But these changes Xiao Xia can't say to the Crow Daoist, stealing for his own use seems to be worse than destroying it by mistake. He can only say that this is really not his intention. It's just that this spirit rune has sensed a mental method he cultivates that it automatically dissipates, but the crow Dao people are all the wind in their ears, and they are still muttering to themselves like that.

"Crow Daoist, your spirit rune is precious, it is the treasure of the inheritance of the master, and the meaning is true, but now that it is gone, there is no way, if it really doesn't work, I will compensate you for the innate spirit rune of the same grade, if one is not good, you will pay two or three, this is always okay, right?"

Xiao Xia really couldn't help it. I can only talk about compensation. He originally thought that this spirit rune was passed on to him by the crow Taoist master, and no matter how high the level of other spirit runes was, it didn't have this special significance. But the crow Daoist's sloppy eyes suddenly became bright, and he turned to look at him, and asked in a trembling voice, "Really, can you really compensate me for three fourth-grade spirit runes?"

Xiao Xia was stunned, he didn't expect that he would be able to pull back the soul of the Crow Dao in this way, but this high-grade spirit rune is indeed a rare thing, not to mention that it is still a fourth-grade one, needless to say two or three, even if it is one, he doesn't know where to get it.

"It's really a lie, it's really a lie," the crow Taoist looked at Xiao Xia in a daze and couldn't answer, and the look in his eyes went down again. "Even if you make friends with the daughter of He Zhangjiao, it is impossible to get three high-grade spirit runes, you are a liar"

"One, one, I promise to at least get one for you. Xiao Xia hurriedly raised a finger and said solemnly.

"One?" The Crow Daoist's expression was slightly lively, and he thought for a while and said, "It must be of the same product and the same level, and it must still be able to be used for a long time and be used as a treasure of the ancestry." ”

"Good. Natsu gritted her teeth. "But I can't do it in a short period of time, no, I will definitely find you to compensate you within two years. ”

"Two years" saw that Xiao Xia's expression didn't look like he was going to be perfunctory, and the crow Taoist also sat up. "Then you can make a swear by a curse?"

"If I really want to perfunctory you, swearing is just a toothache curse, I promise you, and I will naturally promise you. ”

"That's right, Qingfeng Dao Chang is a disciple of Maoshan Zhengzong, and he has a relationship with Fairy He Nangong Gongzi, and he is a person with great status, so naturally he will not coax me with empty words. The crow man coughed and nodded. Peeked at Xiao Xia, hesitated, and said again: "But Qingfeng Dao Chief, you also know that my spiritual treasure contemplation mantra is a treasure handed down from my master's master, and it is of great significance, even if it is of the same grade and level, it is difficult to replace, can you add another high-grade spirit rune, it is not too high, as long as it is a high-grade spirit rune, it can be, and the armor spell is fine."

Seeing that this person immediately took out the posture of doing business, Xiao Xia was a little angry, but he said it as if he really had some sense, but this high-grade spirit talisman is really not something that can be easily handled. Xiao Xia was about to open his mouth to talk about the conditions again, when there was a knock at the door, and then there was Mingyue's crisp voice: "Daoist Xia, there is a person named Monk and Taoist Division who came to find the Crow Daoist, saying that there is something important to discuss." ”

"Monk Daoist?" the crow Taoist was stunned. Immediately got out of bed. Although he had been lying down for two days, he was a little fluttering, but he quickly dressed and rubbed his face, spitting in his hand to fix his scattered hair. He took two steps out, then turned around and grabbed Xiao Xia, looking a little uneasy. "The people of the monk and Taoist division will not come to the door lightly, and I don't know if there are monsters and evil ghosts or something like that, or clean up the wild Taoist priests or something, in short, most of them are a little troublesome, and the Qingfeng Taoist chief will also come together to help me strengthen my momentum. ”

"How could the people of the Monk and Taoist Division come to you in person so far? Shouldn't that be the yamen of the state capital?" Xiao Xia was a little puzzled. The monks and Taoist departments of each state are subordinate to the ancestral department of the imperial court, and they are in charge of the affairs of monks and temples and Taoist temples. But that is the system inherited from the previous dynasty, and now it is no longer the situation where Confucianism is respected by Confucianism to rule the world like the previous dynasty, and even the ancestral hall is just a decoration. The imperial court can only secretly use means to balance each other, and the government has little binding force on the locality. Ordered the government to arrest the unruly wild Taoist priests and wild monks. If it is a Pure Land Zen Temple. The branches of the major sects of the Maoshan Sect of the Heavenly Master Sect can ignore it, but it is still quite deterrent to the lowest-level small Taoist temple of the Crow Daoist.

"Don't you know? This Luoshui City has become more and more prosperous in recent years, and the trade routes have been transshipped more and more day by day, and it has gradually become the largest city in Qingzhou. I even heard that even the state capital is going to move here. ”

"I see. Natsu nodded. The original Qingzhou Prefecture was set up to resist the Xidi from Jizhou, and the war in the north was not prosperous in recent years, and the waterway trade of Longjiang and Luojiang became more and more prosperous. Gangs are mixed and the forces of the rivers and lakes are staggered, and Liu Junfeng, the state pastor, mostly stays here to deal with affairs. Luoshui City became the de facto state capital.

"It's also a good thing for us that Luoshui City is thriving. If it really becomes the state capital, after the expansion, my mid-mountain Taoist temple will be prosperous," the crow Taoist said, and his face was full of light. "I hope that this monk and Taoist priest are really in some trouble, let me make some efforts, and let them know the talismans of this Taoist. ”

The person who came to the monk and Taoist Division was a thirty or forty-year-old official, waiting in front of the Taoist temple, as if he was still familiar with the crow Taoist, and the crow Taoist stepped forward to hug his fists and smile and said that he had not seen him for a long time. The little official was a little surprised by the haggard and thin appearance of the crow Taoist, and asked why there was a woman in this Taoist temple before, and the crow Taoist casually perfunctory, and then pointed to Xiao Xia and introduced that under the Maoshan Authentic Sect, He Jinzhi was in charge of teaching his own disciples and so on. Xiao Xia also made a mockery of this little official, although he didn't wear a Taoist robe, but the law was carried with him, but this little official had been bluffed by the crow Taoist and was a little stunned, and his eyes at Xiao Xia were already a little awe-inspiring, and he didn't dare to come over to check his identity.

"Since there is a famous family here, it will be much easier to do this. It just so happened that the crow chief was also familiar with each other, so I told me the situation over there. The little official took out an official letter from his bosom and handed it to the crow Taoist. "Actually, two days ago, I rescued two Bai Yi from the seaside, it seems that they came from the European continent in the far east, and there is a Yi monk who believes in Yi Religion, and that Yi monk will also have some strange spells. During the previous dynasty, there were still some contacts between the European continent and my Shenzhou continent, but later because of the chaos of the Demon Sect, something happened in the sea, so the contact was interrupted. Now there is no one who can speak the European language in this Luoshui City, and I heard that there are people who deal with the European people in Yingzhou, and there should also be people who can speak European language in the host and guest Si Binyi Pavilion in the capital, but even if it takes a long way to invite, Lord Liu, the state pastor, will ask all the mages to think of ideas and see if they can borrow spells to communicate with this European barbarian."

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"Qingfeng Daoyou, you must think of something to help me. We must help Master Liu solve this matter. ”

This was the first thing the crow Taoist said to Xiao Xia after sending away the monk and Taoist priest. Although he had only told the little official to try his best before, the Crow Daoist seemed to be determined to succeed in this matter, and his eyes were full of light, and his face was radiant.

But Xiao Xia felt completely inexplicable: "I want to help you? What do you think I can think of to help you? Can I think of a way to learn the words of the Euro barbarians right away?"

"Lord Liu Junfeng is a Confucian celebrity, what they value most is the etiquette and the things on the face, these barbarians admired my Shenzhou style to come across the ocean, but they couldn't even find a person who could speak, isn't this too shameless? So if this matter is successful, my half-mountain Taoist temple will also be able to enter the eyes of Lord Liu, and this Luoshui City will also have a place for my mid-mountain Taoist temple in the future" The crow Taoist said to himself for a while, gasping for breath. Only then did he look at Xiao Xia and said: "Shangqing Dao is specialized in the art of divine soul thoughts, and even the things in the minds of dead people can be dug out, there should always be some way to deal with this white-skinned barbarian, right? Even if you can't, this place is not too far from Maoshan Mountain, and it won't take long for you to quickly send a message to invite someone to come, or bring Zhang Lingfu over." ”

"How can it be as easy as you say?" Xiao Xia couldn't cry or laugh. If the magic of Dharma can communicate with people, this is indeed there, Buddhism Tantra has the method of empowerment, and his heart is one of the five great powers of Buddhism, and the Daomen also has a similar magic technique, and the domineering one has the method of soul searching. It makes sense for the state pastor to ask these monks and Taoists to find a way. But needless to say, the soul searching technique that can make people stupid and cripple is extremely domineering, these spells and magical powers of Buddhism and Taoism all require a high level of cultivation, not only Xiao Xia is not at all, but no one in Qingzhou may be able to use it. And these spells are rarely used in ordinary times, and no one has spent time to make talismans, and it is very difficult to say whether there is one of the ten states in the world.

"Qingfeng Dao Chief, you just want to think of a way, you are practicing under the Maoshan Gate, you can't even have this method and way, right? In this way, Qingfeng Dao Chief, as long as you help me to come out of the Mid-Mountain Dao Temple in this matter, then you have already made up a high-grade spirit talisman for me, and let me be at ease for the time being, so that you can compensate me for the heirloom treasure in two years, okay?"

"It's not that I want to, it's that I can't. Don't you know that this method of divine friendship is extremely profound? Do you want me to invite He Jinzhi to teach him?"

"Can you please move He Jinzhi to teach?" The crow Daoist's eyes almost popped out, but looking at Xiao Xia's expression, he knew that this was impossible, so he continued to persuade unwillingly. "You go and try it, you have to try it to know if it works. Don't you want to see those barbarian spells?"

Xiao Xia originally wanted to refuse, but this last sentence made his heart move, and after thinking about it, he still nodded: "Okay, then it's good for me to go and meet this Eurobaiyi."

PS: By the way, that's right, Ten States is the prequel to Shenzhou Dao. Originally, it was intended to be just a short story, but for some reason I couldn't stop writing until this time. In the past two years, there have been many difficulties, but I finally figured out some system problems, and Shenzhou Road will be reopened, and some settings will be overturned and the previous part will be rewritten.

PS: Thank you for the friends who distributed the red envelopes, it really helped me a lot, thank you, thank you! (To be continued......)