Chapter 28: The Way of Buddhism (4)

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Longhu Mountain, the ancestral garden of the thousand-year-old Daomen. Twenty-four rocks, ninety-nine peaks, one hundred and eight scenes, and forty-nine large and small Taoist temples are connected vertically and horizontally, turning them into a solemn Daomen land in the mist of Lingshan Mountain.

Today, this piece of land is extraordinarily solemn and grand, from the foot of the mountain gate along the way are placed on the incense case honor guard, silk bamboo gongs and drums, until the square in front of the Taiqing Palace, because the news from above suddenly came that go to Wuyin Mountain to inspect the subordinate Taoist temple, visit the old people, and appease the people's hearts Zhang Tianshi is going back to the mountain today, and the people below are hurriedly arranged. Although it is a bit hasty, for the first person of Taoism today, even if he just returns to his own mountain gate, this kind of greeting specification is necessary.

But it was a little different from the prior arrangement, these incense cases and honor guards had just been arranged, and before anyone was ready, Zhang Tianshi's car appeared.

The Taoist in charge of the honor guard was a little flustered just now, and then he was immediately stunned, because the car did not come from the ground, but galloped towards the Taiqing Hall on the top of Dragon and Tiger Mountain with a dazzling golden light and a huge sound of wind and thunder in the sky. Even in the daytime, this huge golden meteor is extremely shining, and there seems to be a faint thunder surrounding it along the way, which is really the demeanor of the first person in the world today.

Many of the people along the way knelt down and kowtowed when they saw it, but this scene fell in the eyes of those who understood, and they could speculate that there was probably something else on Longhu Mountain, otherwise, with Zhang Tianshi's habits, he would never leave behind the other entourage and use the golden light to rush away alone, so that he even flew away with the carriage It looks shocking, like an immortal, but it is almost equivalent to the effect that can only be achieved by burning all the way with countless Zhang Zhongpin talismans。

What's more, with Zhang Tianshi's status and his personal habits, such a pomp and circumstance of flying alone is indeed not as grand as receiving passers-by kneeling and worshipping along the way, and the incense case greeting.

Dragon Tiger Mountain. On the square in front of the Taiqing Palace, hundreds of people had been waiting here for a long time, watching the golden carriage break through the sea of clouds in mid-air and gallop over, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down: "Welcome to the Heavenly Master!"

The carriage slowed down on the square with a faint thunder, and it was an extremely large, luxurious, imposing and solemn carriage. Maybe even the imperial chariot of the Son of Heaven may not be able to have such majesty, and the whole body of this carriage is made of excellent spell materials such as lightning strike wood, ice silk, ten thousand years of warm jade, etc., and there are countless talismans engraved on it, either explicitly or secretly, and now it looks like an artifact that can be found in the world under the swirling of thunder and golden light.

Sitting in the middle of the carriage was a middle-aged Taoist priest who seemed to be only in his forties. With a hibiscus crown on his head, a celestial robe, and a cloud on his feet, he has a good appearance, his complexion is like jade, and his eyes are shining with a shocking light, and every look is in the surrounding golden light and thunder light. Every breath reveals incomparable solemnity and majesty, like a god descending on earth. He is the first person in the world, Zhang Yuanling, the contemporary heavenly master of Longhu Mountain.

As Zhang Yuanling slowly stepped out of the carriage, the golden light and thunder around the carriage slowly dissipated, and the four horses pulling the carriage also turned into thunder and entered the talisman on the carriage, so that the magic weapon that was galloping in the sky would naturally not be a real horse pulling. Immediately, there were waiting wrestlers around to lift the carriage and send it back to the Heavenly Master's Mansion to cast spells and maintain it.

Although he seemed to be in a hurry to come back, Zhang Yuanling did not show the slightest urgency. Just surrounded by several contemplators and the head of the courtyard, he walked slowly to the Heavenly Master's Mansion, and the Taoist priests who followed behind could only look up at his back with the eyes of a god who was prostrate on the ground. Every step and every movement of this Heavenly Master is so solemn that people can be in awe at the first sight, and they can know what kind of great being they are facing.

After sending Zhang Yuanling into the Heavenly Master's Mansion, ordinary Heavenly Master Sect disciples could only wait outside the door, and only Zhang Yuanling was the closest. Several of the highest-ranking contemplators accompanied him to the ashram that had been prepared for a long time.

At this time, Zhang Yuanling's face showed some expressions slightly, as if he had finally changed from a statue that could only be worshiped back to a living person, but the look on this person's face was obviously not very good. His long, well-groomed eyebrows were already tightly wrinkled together, and he asked, "When did the Earth Spirit Master leave?"

"It's 23 days ago," a slight sweat was already on the forehead of one of the court masters. "We didn't want to disturb the Celestial Master, so we started to go down the mountain and search everywhere from this day, but we kept searching to no avail. And for some reason, this matter was known to those monks of the Pure Land Monastery, some time ago, I actually sent the little monk Shifang who has become famous in recent years to visit my Jingnan land, although it seems that nothing has been found, but if this matter is known by the Pure Land Monastery, those monks will definitely publicize it, which is greatly detrimental to the reputation of our Daomen, and we have no choice but to send a message to Fu He, asking the Heavenly Master to come back and preside over the overall situation. ”

After thinking about it slightly, Zhang Tianshi opened his mouth and asked first: "Have you informed Yu Hong?"

"Yes. This matter is a matter of importance, so Fu He also went to inform Yuhong Zhenren. ”

This answer made Zhang Tianshi's brows frown slightly towards the middle, but fortunately, the head of the courtyard immediately said again: "It's just Fu He who was only in the evening the day before yesterday, if Yuhong Zhenren was in the depths of Yunzhou, it should have been received yesterday." And even if he rushes back as quickly as possible, he will have to go in two or three days, after all, people can't compare to Fu He who can fly all the way without rest. ”

Zhang Tianshi's brows relaxed a little at this time, and he sighed and shook his head slightly: "Asking Yu Hong to go to the depths of Yunzhou to deal with those Five Elements Sect Dao people is indeed a little wronged by him." It's just that if this matter is successful, it will be of great benefit to my Dao Sect in the world, and only his Dao cultivation is profound, which is enough to suppress those monsters of the Five Elements Sect, not only let those people look down on my Dragon Tiger Mountain, so I have to let him go to that kind of wild land. ”

The head of the courtyard immediately bowed down and said: "The Heavenly Master is concerned about the rise and fall of my Central Plains Daomen, and the well-intentioned Yuhong Zhenren will definitely be able to comprehend it, not to mention that Hengliang's nephew will also accompany him all the way in that wilderness, and he will never have the slightest complaint." ”

Zhang Yuanling waved his hand: "It's still about the Earth Spirit Master." Who was guarding the Earth Spirit Hall that day? How did the Earth Spirit Master get away? From the time when the ancestor established the sect, he had a message to leave behind, and he was never allowed to let the Earth Spirit Master leave Longhu Mountain. Although the Earth Spirit Master has never changed for so many years, the rules in the sect have never been relaxed, the Town Guardian Law Array of the Earth Spirit Hall has always been cautious, and the people in charge of guarding the Earth Spirit Hall are also the elite disciples of the sect who have been selected by thousands of people, how could such a thing happen at this time?"

Speaking of which, later. The meaning of anger in Zhang Yuanling's words has become more and more obvious, along with his voice, there seem to be bursts of thunder and golden light in the surrounding space flickering faintly, and the entire quiet room is shaking slightly, as if there is the smell of the saint's anger and the color of the heavens and the earth. The surrounding masters were silent, but they were not as silent as the sage, and they were all close to Zhang Yuanling. In their eyes, this Zhang Tianshi was just a leader, leader, and leader, not as lofty as a god in the eyes of other middle- and lower-level Taoist priests.

But even so, the sweat on the forehead of the master of the courtyard became bigger and bigger, and he continued: "On that day, it was the nephew of the Void Tree who was in charge of guarding the Earth Spirit Temple. It was also the day of the annual blood sacrifice to the Earth Spirit Master. We only showed up after the fact. I don't know when the earth spirit master had a premeditated plan, and he actually saved a small part of the essence blood from each blood food with a secret method, and for a long time, he slowly corrupted the formation in the earth spirit hall with the essence blood, and on that day he broke the formation and fled. ”

"Where is it so easy to break the talisman array set up by the patriarch himself? Even if it can be broken, is the disciple guarding it a dead man? Even if it can't prevent the evil barrier from leaving, won't it even warn you?"

"That day, the nephew of the Void Tree Master fell asleep with the spell of the Earth Spirit Master. ”

"It has been nearly a thousand years since the Earth Spirit Master was imprisoned by the Patriarch, and the blood food provided to him is extremely limited. He just cut off some of it to break the formation, how could he let him recover his vitality and cast spells? And if that evil obstacle can really strike, how can it be as simple as putting people to sleep?"

"The vitality of the Earth Spirit Master is indeed far from recovering, so he can only use the 'Dream Resurrection Order' to stun the nephew of the Void Tree Master."

"Dream Order?" Zhang Tianshi seemed to have heard a ridiculous joke. "Even a mere low-grade spell can stun the elite disciples carefully selected by my Heavenly Master Sect?

"Because this Void Tree Master and nephew is still young, his root bone talent is not very good, and his Dao cultivation has not been very profound, so he fell for the spell of the Earth Spirit Master and did not have time to warn, and waited until the disciple who went to change classes two days later to find him sleeping in the Earth Spirit Palace."

"Since the cultivation is not enough. He is still young, how can he go to such an important place as the Earth Spirit Hall to be on duty?" Zhang Yuanling's voice became more and more angry. "Immediately abolish this disciple for cultivation, expel him from the Heavenly Master Sect, and never go up to Longhu Mountain for the rest of his life! Yuantong, you don't use people properly, and as the head of the court, you can't escape the blame, punish you from the post of head of the court, and go to the back mountain to face the wall for a year!"

This head of the courtyard called Yuan Tong had a slight sweat on his forehead. But he wasn't too alarmed, he just leaned down and said: "Yuantong is derelict in his duties, and he is willing to accept the punishment." It's just that the nephew of the Xushu Master is the only son of Senior Brother Yuanxu, and Senior Brother Yuanxu is a person who has made great contributions to my Longhu Mountain. After the fall of the Heavenly Master, he also ordered to take more care of his descendants, so after the nephew of the Xushu Master turned twenty the year before last, Yuan Tong arranged him to be on duty in the Earth Spirit Palace. The earth spirit master has not changed in the past few hundred years, and the duty of the earth spirit hall has always been a quiet and privileged place, originally thinking of giving preferential treatment to the nephew of the Void Tree, where did he know that such an accident would occur, and asked the Heavenly Master to treat the Void Tree Master and nephew lightly for the sake of the senior brother of Yuanxu. ”

"Oh, it turned out to be the son of Senior Brother Yuanxu?" Hearing Yuan Tong's words, the anger on Zhang Yuanling's face was greatly eased. The expressions of several old Daoists around him remained unchanged, obviously knowing it for a long time.

This Yuanxu Daoist is Zhang Tianshi's junior brother, and when Zhang Yuanling was far from being a Heavenly Master, he was quite friendly with this Yuanxu Daoist, and often walked the rivers and lakes together to kill demons and demons. And more than 20 years ago, when Zhang Tianshi went to the imperial city to accept the reward of the Son of Heaven, a thousand-year-old demon was forced out of the mountains and fled into Jingzhou after failing to compete for territory in the deep mountains of Yunzhou. Zhang Yuanling summoned the elite disciples in the sect to besiege this big demon, and he was invincible, and all the people who went with him were seriously injured and dying, and only he and this Yuanxu Daoist could barely support it. At this most critical juncture, the Yuanxu Dao people fought for their lives regardless of their own lives. At the same time, the death also hit the big demon hard, and Zhang Yuanling was able to kill the big demon, thus laying the foundation for him to inherit the position of the Heavenly Master later. It can be said that without this Yuan Xuan Dao person, there would be no Zhang Tianshi today.

The color of anger gradually faded, and the color of embarrassment resurfaced on Zhang Tianshi's face, which was quite inconsistent with his face that was both majestic and solemn, and he slowly paced up in the quiet room. As if talking to himself, he said: "But the responsibility of getting rid of the Earth Spirit Master is not trivial, even if it is the son of Yuanxu's junior disciple, it can't be just like that."

Several of the surrounding masters of the courtyard either frowned slightly, or were silent, as Zhang Tianshi's cronies, they naturally knew this kind of dilemma for a long time. Someone must be responsible for the escape of the Earth Spirit Master no matter what, but it seems that the heroes can't really be treated the same as ordinary disciples after that. Regardless of whether Zhang Tianshi himself really remembered and really cared about the merits of that Yuanxu junior brother, this gesture must be made, otherwise how would the image of the Heavenly Master's benevolence and kindness be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people? How could the disciples and Taoist masters who were dedicated to doing things for the Heavenly Master feel at ease? Not to mention the distance, everyone is also a person close to the Heavenly Master, and no one wants to work hard in case of an accident, but the people behind him will not be cared for and treated preferentially by the Heavenly Master. This tacit understanding is difficult to say. But whether it is Zhang Tianshi himself or these Daoists under his command, everyone is clear in their hearts, this is the core of the formation and cohesion of this group, and in terms of importance alone, maybe it will be on top of the responsibility of the spirit master of that place to escape.

So a viewer stepped forward and said, "But this matter is not necessarily all the fault of Senior Brother Xushu and Senior Brother Yuantong. ”

"Oh?" Zhang Yuanling's eyes lit up slightly. "What do you say?"

"Since the Earth Spirit Master has been slowly corroding the magic circle, why haven't those people who were on duty in the Earth Spirit Hall before have appeared? and those who were in charge of the cultivation of the Earth Spirit Hall a year ago are also responsible. What's more, a few of us had carefully examined the magic circle destroyed by the spirit master of that place, and now in addition to his own essence and blood secret method, we should need a few talismans to make it happen. How did these talismans get into his hands? These need to be carefully screened, and maybe there are other mysteries behind the scenes. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanling also nodded slowly, and said in a deep voice: "In this way, this matter still needs to be investigated carefully." Hong Qing, this matter will be handed over to you, send someone to investigate the details clearly, although you can't shirk the responsibility indiscriminately. But we must not make a hasty decision and let the innocent bear the blame. ”

"Comprehend the Heavenly Master's decree. A Taoist immediately stepped forward and bowed his hand. The expressions on the faces of the others were slightly relieved, and there was a deep meaning in these words, this Hongqing Daoist was one of the most intimate people of the Heavenly Master. Naturally, I will go through it and implement it effectively.

The direction of solving the internal problem was set, and the next thing was the problem itself, and a Taoist person stepped forward to ask for instructions: "Then how to find the earth spirit master, please ask the heavenly master to decide." If it is necessary to spread manpower, the subordinates have already arranged all the preparations, as long as the Heavenly Master orders the 100,000 disciples of the Zhengyi Sect to go out together, even a fly can find out. ”

Zhang Yuanling shook his head: "This matter should not be publicized. The matter of the earth spirit master is also a secret in my Longhu Mountain, although this matter is also one of the merits of the ancestor, but the mediocre people may not be able to understand the ancestor's hardships, and it is easy to be misunderstood by people with other intentions, which damages the name of my Heavenly Master Sect, even the disciples in the sect must strictly order not to discuss this matter in private, and if there are rumors, they must be severely punished. ”

"Venerable Heavenly Master's Decree. "The Taoist gave up his hand. "But the spirit master of that place was originally proficient in the art of concealment, and he had cultivated with the ancestor, and he had stayed in my Dragon Tiger Mountain for hundreds of years, and he was very familiar with the Taoism of this sect, if he couldn't use the strength of everyone, it would be countless times more difficult to explore, and I don't know where to start."

"It doesn't matter. Zhang Yuanling thought about it, raised his hand and waved it lightly. "Although the Earth Spirit Master is not human, his cunning and treachery are beyond the reach of ordinary people. He must also know that revealing his whereabouts and identity will be endlessly troublesome, so even if he is allowed to go, it is unlikely that he will leak the matter. ”

"But the monk of the Pure Land Monastery somehow learned about the Earth Spirit Master, and is looking around, do you need to find a way to drive him out? That monk of the Ten Directions has become famous in recent years, and it is said that he is the reincarnation of a high monk, although he is young, he has a lot of means, in case he really finds the trace of the Earth Spirit Master."

"What if he finds it, he can find the Earth Spirit Master, and it saves us a lot of effort. We Longhu Mountain should also have the bearing of the thousand-year-old ancestral court of the Taoist Gate, don't go to embarrass these Zen monks for some unnecessary things and fall into the mouth, can't others come to my Jingnan land? After all, there are imperial court decrees, and the monks and Taoists in the world are treated equally. Even I need to have a few small temples at the foot of Longhu Mountain."

The most important problem has found a solution, these small matters of foreign affairs are just the disease of scabies, Zhang Yuanling's appearance looks like a god is calm and indifferent, as if the world is under control: "As for some rumors that hinder my face in Longhu Mountain, it is inevitable that there will be rumors, but they are just rumors, not what those monks say is true, after all, this Jingnan is still the fundamental place of my Heavenly Master Teaching." How to deal with it. I'll make my own arrangements when Mihiro returns. ”

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"Little monk, it turns out that your long head looks ugly. You see that kid over there is laughing at you. ”

"Miss Mingyue, from now on, you can't call the little monk anymore, you want to call Brother Shi, have you forgotten?"

"Chief Xia Dao, do you really need this? This look, poor monk"

"Master, you have forgotten it, from now on, don't call yourself a poor monk, don't call me Xia Daochang, call me Brother Xia, and change your self-proclaimed name. This is also to make it easier to find out the news, so you don't have to stick to the appearance of the moment. Besides, you should know that these are just temporary appearances. Why care. ”

At this time, Xiao Xia and Mingyue Shifang were walking together in Wuxi County. However, unlike the previous situation when they were stared at by passers-by as soon as they entered the city, now the three of them walked together and almost no one noticed, because Shifang was no longer a monk, and Mingyue was no longer an eye-catching beautiful girl. After Xiao Xia's dressing up, Shifang now put on a fake, changed into clothes bought from the villagers around Wuxi County, and picked up a few pheasants and ducks caught by Xiao Xia. Transformed into an ordinary mountain man. It's just that the fake is Xiao Xia's own casually cut off head and glued together with drugs, it looks like a bunch of uneven length in the east and west like a dysentery head, plus Shifang's modification is a little helpless, and his speech is out of tune, which looks a little stupid and funny.

"Master of the Ten Directions, you couldn't find the slightest clue outside the city a few days ago, and it has something to do with your identity. Needless to say, you can ask someone to inquire about the news. It's nice to have one or two out of ten people who can talk to you nicely. And the population in the wilderness is scattered, even if there is really news, the circulation is not smooth, if you really want to ask something, you still have to come to this county, you don't know how to speak, don't speak, just hand it over to me. ”

Xiao Xia was dressed in a dirty satin shirt at this time. He is not dressed properly, his chest is wide open, his head is tied in a bun, a long sword at his waist, a wine gourd, and a messy beard, he has a bit of a heroic feeling. He also walked staggeringly, his eyes looking left and right unscrupulously. Anyone who looks at it will think that this is a Jianghu who tries hard to make himself and is not easy to mess with, but in fact, he doesn't have many catties. And this kind of person has always been the most numerous.

Mingyue's face has a lot of freckles, her complexion has become scorched under the dyeing of drugs, her nose has collapsed, her jaw has widened, and her eyebrows have become much thicker. She was carrying a basket of wild fruits in her hand, which was very compatible with the chickens and ducks in Shifang's hand, and walked behind Xiao Xia left and right.

"I didn't expect that Brother Xia Daoxia had such a subtle disguise technique. Since Brother Xia said so, these mundane things in the rivers and lakes are also more familiar than the poor monk and me, and the poor monk is this, so I will listen to Brother Xia's arrangement in this Wuxi County. Shifang Mu Mu Nene, stammered to finish his words, could not recite Amitabha Buddha with ten mouths, could not call himself a poor monk, he seemed to become unable to speak. Originally, Xiao Xia asked him to pick up the chickens and ducks, and he also felt that it was too pitiful to hang, so he took them and carefully held them in his arms like a child.

"Well, Daoist Xia is very good at deceiving people, little monk, you can follow him with confidence. Compared with Shifang, Mingyue is much more comfortable, carrying a basket of fruits and eating while walking.

"Well, well, how are we going to get the news?"

"Then of course I went to ask someone. Xiao Xia stretched out her hand and pointed to the inn road not far away.