Volume II Dynasty Chapter 174 Intelligence
The Taoist is right, more than ten miles to the north, there is indeed a village, much smaller than the county town encountered before, most of them are built of thatched houses, scattered on the mountain, it looks slightly dilapidated, look at it from a distance, there are about 100 households.
It was already evening, and the fiery red afterglow of the setting sun was scattered among the mountains, Lu Xuan blinked his eyes and stepped forward: "Senior, you said that this mountain ghost will come here to forage for food, but I didn't see anything unusual, didn't they turn to the county seat?" ”
"Don't worry, Master Dao, I have my own clever plan." The Taoist smiled, and pointed to the village confidently: "There are people from the True Spirit Sect in the county town, although these mountain ghosts are greedy, they still have some brains, where do they dare to break in, this village is different, it is simply their granary." ”
Lu Xuan didn't care very much about whether he could catch the mountain ghost, after all, this thing was helpful to himself, but the same was true for him, so what he cared about the most was to get useful information from the Taoist, so he pretended to be surprised:
"True Spirit Sect? What did the predecessors say about the sect here? ”
"Huh? You don't know the True Spirit Cult? The Taoist turned his head and looked at Lu Xuan: "Zhen Yuanzi Daxian, I haven't mentioned this sect to you?" ”
Facing the Taoist's inquiry, Lu Xuan smiled indifferently: "When I left the fairyland, I planned to find some medicine boys in a poor country, so I didn't ask my teacher for advice, but who knew that there were poor countries in chaos, and it was not easy to find some medicine children who wanted to find them. ”
"The innate medicine seed is indeed difficult to find, but you are careless." The Taoist nodded in agreement, led Lu Xuan and walked towards the village, and as he walked, he said:
"A hundred years ago, this True Spirit Sect was actually just a small sect. However, there is an amazing talent in the sect who cultivates the art of luck, not only won the support of our emperor, but also overwhelmed many immortal sects, and was worshiped as a national teacher, plus a few years ago, it single-handedly fought poor countries and lost consecutive battles, which naturally made the True Spirit Sect a state religion. ”
"The art of luck? It sounds fresh. ”
Seeing Lu Xuan's curiosity, the Taoist waved his hand disdainfully: "It's just relying on the blessing of the dragon's qi, it's nothing, when the emperor doesn't reuse him, he's not a fart, to put it in detail, it's still our Dan Xiu and the person who cultivates the incense fire Dao The foundation is the most stable, and it doesn't borrow the power of others." ”
"Listening to the meaning of the seniors, it seems that you are a little dissatisfied with this True Spirit Sect?" Before they knew it, they had reached the path between the fields outside the village, and they would soon enter the village.
Although it was dusk, there were still many farmers in the village leading their families to pick up the wheat grains scattered in the fields.
The Taoist didn't look at them either, but just scolded and replied to Lu Xuan's question: "The True Spirit Sect is in full swing now, and they have to take care of everything else, not to mention anything else, just Dao Master I have to go to the True Spirit Sect to get a strip of money when I come to catch a few mountain ghosts, otherwise if they are discovered, they will come to the door like wild dogs smelling fishy." ”
Listening to the words of the Taoist, Lu Xuan's brows furrowed slightly, he knew that the True Spirit Sect was powerful in the Great Jin, but he didn't expect that it would be able to reach the point of controlling other cultivators.
As they spoke, they came to a thatched hut, which seemed to be the largest family in the village.
Lu Xuan thought that the Taoist was going to go in to spend the night, but he never thought that he would turn around and leave, and he didn't forget to say: "This family has a thin fortune and no heirs, but let the Taoist and I have to look for it again." ”
Lookout for Qi?
Seeing the Taoist at a glance, he saw the fortune of the head of the household, and Lu Xuan couldn't help but think of a book of metaphysics that he had heard of before, which had the same effect.
Regardless of anything else, Lu Xuan's purpose was always to understand something from the mouth of the cultivator, and after not walking long, he opened the conversation again: Senior, before coming down to Dajin, I met some strange people with umbrellas, and I heard that the locals said that they were umbrella holders, but I don't know what kind of way this group of people cultivated. “
If it is said that it is indignant about the True Spirit Sect, then for the umbrella holder, the face of the Taoist instantly shows disdain: "It's just a group of things that are not human and ghost, so you don't need to care." ”
"But down there, they seem to have some skills." Lu Xuan wanted to continue to delve into the bottom line of the umbrella holder from the side without revealing a trace.
"Hehe, it's true to say that you have skills, but a group of things that don't even have your own brains are really nothing." The Taoist pouted disdainfully: "However, having said that, you can still avoid them when you encounter them in the future, after all, who has nothing to do with a group of dead people." ”
Dead person! Are all the umbrella bearers I saw that night dead!
Lu Xuan couldn't help but be a little frightened, but he quickly adjusted.
Seeing that the Taoist was not bored by his repeated questions, he said again: "Does the senior know Zhang Daoling?" ”
The Taoist stopped abruptly.
Turning to look at Lu Xuan, he grabbed his wrist, with an unconcealable anger on his face, and his two eyes seemed to be about to pop out:
"Zhang Daoling! Where did you hear about this name, where is he now, tell me! ”
Lu Xuan didn't expect that the Taoist would have such a strong reaction after hearing the word Zhang Daoling, but he just restrained his expression and replied: "This person was heard by the younger generation in a nunnery, and he is a heinous traitor, and the predecessors must have had something to do with him." ”
"Hahaha,!"
The Taoist let go of Lu Xuan's hand, and suddenly laughed, but his smile became more and more hideous, and his voice contained anger:
"Not only do I have something to do with him, but I also have a grudge against him, and I think that the three hundred disciples and grandchildren of my Medicine Valley were all taken by this beast to feed the wild dogs! I can't wait to phlegm its flesh and sleep its skin! Send him to those eighteen layers of hell with a thousand cuts! ”
Lu Xuan's brows furrowed even tighter, and he carefully wrapped the rags, and pressed the Tongling Jade pinned to his belt inside, so as not to let the Taoist find out the clues.
As for the black sword on his back, Lu Xuan has always carried it with him.
The Taoist didn't find it before, and he didn't know that this thing belonged to Zhang Daoling.
Seeing that the two people who followed Lu Xuan took a few steps back.
The Taoist may have noticed the gaffe just now, glanced at the field not far away, thought for a moment, and then sighed long:
"That's it, after my cultivation is complete, I will find that Daoling to avenge the sect's vengeance, you wait and follow, I will teach you how to play the mountain ghost."