Zhengyang 465 years

Zhengyang Empire Zhongzhou, Hengshan.

Hengshan Cangcang into the purple underworld, looking down at the Antarctic Old Man Star. The snow of the five peaks is blown away, and the flowers often fall into the cave.

Hengshan is located on the south side of Dongting Lake, and the name of Hengshan is derived from the division of stars in the sky.

The division in the sky is to manage the stars of life and death, and in the underground it is in charge of growth and development, like a scale, to maintain the balance of the two ends, so it is called Hengshan.

Because Hengshan corresponds to the wings of the 28 stars in the sky, the degree should be balanced, that is, like a weighing instrument, it can weigh the weight of heaven and earth, and can also maintain the balance between heaven and earth, and can balance virtues and things, praise the truth, goodness and beauty of the world, and punish the false, evil and ugly in the world.

The scenery of Hengshan is very beautiful, not only is there lush forests and bamboos everywhere, but it is green all year round. There are also strange flowers and plants all over the mountains, and they are fragrant at four o'clock.

Soon after the beginning of winter, Liu Xin, who had just become the senior brother of the contemporary disciple of the Holy Sect, came to the foot of this beautiful Hengshan Mountain under the influence of his sister Liu Li. In fact, Liu Xin was very willing to accompany Liu Li, because last year, Liu Li didn't know why he was favored by the Demon Venerable of the Evil Sect and became the introductory disciple of the Demon Venerable, but Liu Xin's master, the Holy Sect Master, did not stop him, and let the Demon Venerable take Liu Li, and they hadn't seen each other for a year.

Being able to reunite with his sister made Liu Xin very happy, and if it weren't for the fact that there was an oil bottle by his sister's side, he would be even happier.

The guy who was wearing a snow-white shirt and couldn't do it was the son of the Demon Zun, and he was an only son.

In terms of identity, the identity of the young master of Xuesheng Demon Dao is much higher than that of Liu Xin, but every time Liu Xin looks at Liu Li's treatment of Xue Sheng, he feels that Xue Sheng looks like Liu Li's subordinate.

A young master of the Demon Dao was so accommodating to his sister and cared for him, which made Liu Xin's heart a little uncomfortable inexplicably, so his attitude towards Xue Sheng was not due respect, but aimed at Xue Sheng everywhere.

The three of them have known each other for three years, and when they first met Xue Sheng, Xue Sheng was still high, and he was not smiling at Liu Xinliu, and after getting along for a long time, Liu Xin knew that Xue Sheng was a sullen man, looking extremely cold, but in private he was a bastard who could tell meat jokes.

is obviously a year older than him and Liu Li, but the words in his mouth make people want to beat him, especially when Xue Sheng involuntarily said these jokes in front of Liu Li.

The three of them traveled to the beautiful Hengshan, and the happiest was Liu Li.

Shopping has a natural attraction for women, and in the process, the limit of physical strength will be stimulated and broken through infinitely. They don't feel tired at all!

And after seven years of physical cultivation in the Holy Sect, Liu Xin, who has already started his martial arts cultivation, and Xuesheng, who has received the most advanced martial arts education since he was a child, and has eaten many heavenly treasures. When both of them were already feeling out of breath and lacking in physical strength, Liu Li still couldn't see the slightest tiredness.

For two whole hours, they were still in the market of Hengshan, and the stairs up the mountain were not far away, Liu Xin and Xue Sheng glanced at each other, and at the same time saw the burning urge in each other's eyes to go up the mountain.

With an unknown number of paper bags in their hands, and a big bag behind them, Liu Xin and Xue Sheng finally set foot on the road up the mountain under the leadership of Liu Li with the same image.

There are some small Taoist temples on Heng Mountain, but they are not martial arts forces, just the most ordinary Taoist temples, and there are not many Taoist masters in them. When passing through these Taoist temples, seeing the dilapidated appearance of the Taoist temples, the Taoist priests were all in rags, and the Taoist robes were full of patches.

When the Taoist leaders of the Taoist temple saw someone coming in, they immediately swept away their previous lazy and weak appearance, and showed a trace of detachment as much as possible. It's just that when all the seven Dao Masters in this Dao Hall gathered together, Liu Xin still saw a strong secular atmosphere from them.

"This little lady and these two sons, are they here to worship Taishang Laojun or Jade Mother?"

An old Taoist priest who looked the oldest pinched his sparse beard, and raised his hand, and the next moment he also found out that something was wrong, there should have been a whisk in his hand, but now his hands were empty.

Even so, Liu Xin didn't see the slightest embarrassment on the old Taoist's face, and the old Taoist had nothing in his hands, so he naturally turned his hands into seals and put on a posture that Liu Xin couldn't understand.

"Which is more powerful, Taishang Laojun or Jade Mother? Are they husband and wife? "Liu Li's mind is very simple, what bad thoughts can a little girl have.

The old Taoist priest stroked his beard, not in any anger because of this little girl's blasphemy against Lao Jun and Niangniang, but patiently explained the relationship between Taishang Laojun and Jade Mother Niangniang, and told Liu Li two stories.

The content of the story Liu Xin and Xue Sheng were not interested, this group of Taoist priests obviously saw that the three of them were well-dressed and had the ability to give to Taoist temples, otherwise they would not be so attentive.

After quietly looking at the seven Dao Chiefs, Liu Xin was sure that these seven people were ordinary people, not people in the martial arts.

I heard the master say that there is very little Taoist inheritance in the martial arts, and the Buddhism has always been powerful, and the Buddhism and Taoism are not mutually exclusive, so the Taoism has almost no inheritance in the martial arts.

And there are only four places that may have martial arts inheritance, Wudang, Qiyun, Qingyun, and Dragon Tiger.

Now that Liu Xin has really seen a Taoist temple, he understands that what the master said is true.

The seven Taoist elders did not revolve around Liu Li alone, there was only one old Taoist priest with a good storytelling by Liu Li's side, and the other six were divided into two groups to lead Liu Xin and Xue Sheng to visit this small Taoist temple respectively.

This kind of activity is loved by Liu Xin and Xue Sheng in this state, because all the things that Liu Li bought can be stored here, and several Taoist leaders swear that unless they die, their things cannot be lost.

What's more, Liu Li was entangled by the old Taoist priest, and the two of them could easily relax.

Xue Sheng has a wide range of knowledge, and he can also easily come to some allusions to Taoism, so that the three Taoist masters with him are very surprised, and they keep communicating with him, and the four of them talk happily.

And Liu Xin is not interested in the history and culture of Taoism and Buddhism, he just looks at it here, touches it, and asks the most is whether this is an antique. This made the three Dao Masters who took him gradually become one, the youngest and the lowest status. As for the two Dao Chiefs, they went to Xue Sheng under the resentful gaze of this young Dao Leader.

"Are you having a hard time now? Don't you farm yourselves? Liu Xin finally stopped asking about antiques, and the young Taoist finally had some interest in talking.

"Who says it's not, now the people are poor, and not many people are willing to come to the Taoist temple to worship Laojun and Niangniang. When there are fewer people who come to worship, there will be fewer people who give alms, and our days will be miserable. As for the earth, we do not have it. The young Taoist sighed as he spoke, and his heart was also bitter. When he was a child, his parents sent him to the Taoist temple just to give him a bite to eat. But I didn't expect that after he grew up, the life of the Taoist temple became what it is now. Although he has lost the news of his parents, he estimates that his parents are at least like this, so why did he come here in the first place.

"Why is there no land, I heard that the temple has believers donating land to them, don't you Taoist temple?" After all, Liu Xin is not a person who does not learn and does not know how to learn, the Holy Sect is very miscellaneous and comprehensive, and he was forcibly pressed into the pile of books by his master since he was a child, but he still saw a lot of it after all.

The young Taoist shook his head bitterly: "Buddhism is the state religion of the empire, they have a tax-free policy, they have the support of the dynasty, and they are responsible for the royal sacrifice. Whatever the royal family uses, the people will follow. Naturally, our Taoism has declined. In addition, natural disasters have continued in recent years, and most people have no spare money. Even the gentry don't have any extra land, and even if they do, they won't give it to us. ”

"Then why don't you get out of here?" Liu Xin looked at the young Dao Chang's thin cheeks, and asked at a glance at the malnourished wheat yellow complexion.

"I have entered the Dao Gate, and I have the Dao Disc, so I can't return to the vulgar. And there is at least some game on the mountain, and it is still possible to barely survive, and those people under the mountain have no land and no land, so what can they do. No, I heard that last month, there was a village at the foot of the mountain that ran to Hengshan to become savages because they couldn't eat. A few of you are young, and there are no guards around, so listen to my advice, it's better not to go up the mountain! ”

For some reason, the young Taoist finally whispered a serious and soft word, and after speaking, he looked around, if it wasn't for the two of them alone, he wouldn't have said this last thing.

Liu Xin didn't speak again, he seemed to catch something from his words.

So Liu Xin fell into his own contemplation and unconsciously began to pace. It's his habit, and every time he thinks about something, he gets into it.

Suddenly, Liu Xin came to his senses and looked up to see that the young Taoist was gone. He returned to the main hall and saw Xue Sheng, who was looking at the statue of Sanqing.

"Where's Ah Li?"

Xue Sheng turned around, pointed in the direction of the mountain and said, "I went to dig bamboo shoots, and I heard the old Taoist chief say that the winter bamboo shoots here are extremely delicious." This snack seller went up the mountain to pick bamboo shoots with a few road chiefs. ”

Liu Xin's face changed greatly, and he took Xue Sheng's hand and prepared to go up the mountain, Xue Sheng saw Liu Xin's face and realized that there might be a problem, so he followed without saying a word.

"You mean there might be bandits on this mountain?" Xue Sheng's face was gloomy.

"That young Taoist priest may have seen that I was young and unconsciously missed this sentence. Whatever the meaning of this statement, we should not risk going up the mountain. Liu Xin expressed his judgment.

Just when Liu Xinxuesheng walked out of the gate of the Taoist temple and was about to go up the mountain, he saw Liu Li holding a big bamboo basket, which was filled with huge bamboo shoots, all as thick as their thighs.

"Brother, senior brother! Look at the bamboo shoots I picked! ”

Liu Xin and Xue Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, they saw that the seven Dao Elders behind Liu Li had kind faces, but the two of them still felt that behind the kind faces, there seemed to be a trace of weirdness.

Liu Li gave ten taels of silver to the Taoist temple, and Liu Xin and Xue Sheng made up another fifty taels, which was almost all of their belongings.

Sixty taels of silver was already a lot for three children who were less than ten years old, and the seven Dao Masters were also very satisfied. Sixty taels of silver can buy enough food for them to eat for a year!

In the end, under the enthusiastic send-off of the seven Taoist leaders, Liu Xinliu left the Taoist temple from Xuesheng and began to descend the mountain.

Liu Li didn't understand at first, but she read something from the expressions of her brother and senior brother, so she wisely kept silent.

"Ah Li, what happened when you and those Taoist elders went up the mountain to pick bamboo shoots, or what did you do?"

Liu Li pointed to the bamboo basket in his brother's hand and said, "Picking bamboo shoots." ”

"What else?" Xue Sheng asked.

"It's gone. Senior brother, don't you know that these bamboo shoots can grow on the cliff wall, and the bamboo shoots on the cliff wall are larger than the bamboo shoots in other places. These bamboo shoots were dug from the cliff face! ”

"Cliffs?" Liu Xin and Xue Sheng suddenly looked at each other, and then Liu Xin asked:

"Did you pick these, or did the Dao Elders pick them?"

Liu Li glanced at his elder brother, then at his senior brother, felt that they were very disrespectful to him, and then said angrily:

"Of course I picked it myself, only what I got with my own hands is the best, isn't this what you told me, brother!"

Liu Xin nodded, he understood, and Xue Sheng also understood.

If there are really mountain bandits on the mountain, and they collude with the Taoist temple, then the reason why they didn't do it must be the martial arts that Ah Li showed.

In this world, practicing martial arts is an extremely expensive thing, and this is what the poor and rich martial arts say.

Even if there are mountain bandits on the mountain, it is composed of people who can't survive, and in the face of warriors, ordinary people have a natural fear, perhaps because of this, they can go down the mountain smoothly.

But if they choose to continue up the mountain, the outcome may change somewhat.

Take a big bag of things down the mountain, the inn where they settled is not far from the stone steps on Hengshan Mountain, if it is not for the few tourists who are interested in going to Hengshan in these years, it is estimated that the guest rooms of this inn are difficult to vacancy.

This was Liu Xinxuesheng's idea before going up the mountain, and when he came down from the mountain, this idea changed. Perhaps because Hengshan is not very peaceful, the number of tourists here will gradually decrease.

Staying in the inn, Liu Xin put down his things and left, he wanted to check the situation and route around.

Xue Sheng casually walked around the inside of the inn.

When Liu Xin and Xue Sheng came back half an hour later, they found that Liu Li was gone.

When Liu Li returned to the inn, she said that she was tired, and then fell to the bed without taking off her shoes. Because it was not yet a meal, Liu Li Xuesheng was happy to let her rest more.

As a result, it was only half an hour, and the person suddenly disappeared. Xue Sheng and Liu Li's faces were not too anxious, the two of them were martial artists, and so was Liu Li, and Liu Li's talent was very high, which was also one of the main reasons why the Demon Venerable accepted her as a beginner disciple.

But it wasn't until they waited for a long time and couldn't find Liu Li after shopping around the not too big market at the foot of Hengshan Mountain, that the faces of the two of them finally showed worry.

"Ah Li won't be abducted by traffickers again!"