Zhenjiang Prefecture Jintan County

Whitewater

Baishui Town is located in the south of Maoshan 20 miles away, the town west of Changtang Lake, east to Suzhou and Hangzhou, south to the west of Zhejiang, is a prosperous and lively place. Every time there is a market, there are a sea of people here, shoulder to shoulder, and it is very lively.

At noon, Sect Master Xu and Lu Yezi walked into the town one after the other.

After being reprimanded by Sect Master Xu a few times along the way, Lu Yezi held back his stomach for a while, and when he saw that he had entered the town, he hurriedly came to Sect Master Xu and asked, "Master." Your Dao cultivation is much higher than that of Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother, and Third Senior Brother, so why don't you practice Immortal Cultivation Method?"

Hearing the apprentice's question, Sect Master Xu's face inadvertently swelled, and he immediately stopped and reprimanded: "You have been holding back all the way, why can't you do it now?" Seeing that Lu Yezi lowered his head and stopped talking, he pointed to a tea shop on the side of the street and said, "Old Seven, it's not too late for us to rest here for a while and then go up the mountain." ”

"Yes, Master!"

In addition to the hall inside the shop, there are also several small tables on the street outside the door for passers-by to quench their thirst. At this time, in the midst of the bustling crowd, the small table was like a cobblestone in the tide, although it would not be washed away by the tide, it still seemed to be swaying.

As soon as Sect Master Xu and Lu Yezi sat down, they were choked by the smoke coming out of the shop, and at the same time, the tea family Xiao Er had already carried the teapot and rushed up with skillful footwork.

Lu Yezi wiped his tears tightly and asked, "Ahem...... I said, Xiao Er, what are you burning in your house, it's so choking!"

"There's no way, business is better today than ever, the dry firewood is exhausted, and now it's all new firewood, just wait for a while, you can take care of it." Xiao Er said and quickly put down the tea bowl.

Lu Yezi took the teapot in the small second-hand and said, "Okay, okay, go and greet others." ”

"Okay, you two use it slowly!" Xiao Er smiled slightly, and disappeared before the words fell.

Lu Yezi picked up the teapot and filled the tea bowl in front of Sect Master Xu, and said, "Master, you use tea first, and I'll go buy some pastries." As he spoke, he walked through the crowd to the shop opposite.

Sect Master Xu slowly raised the tea bowl, smelled it lightly, and suddenly felt a pleasant expression, took a sip, and involuntarily shook his head in admiration.

While Sect Master Xu was enjoying the fragrance, Lu Yezi sat down with a bag of pastries, put it on the table and said, "Master, you eat." ”

Sect Master Xu took a deep sip, put down the tea bowl, and said: "Old Seven, this tea is excellent, I think this store is also an honest person, and it actually uses such a good tea, you can also taste it." ”

"Yes, Master. As soon as Lu Yezi picked up the teapot, he heard someone shouting on the street behind him: "You wait for me!" At the same time, Lu Yezi felt that he was hit behind him, and before he could react, the whole person was lying on the table, and the teapot in his hand also fell to the ground.

Lu Yezi, who was smoking, was so angry that the's eyes were about to bleed, and she was just about to get up to make a move, when she heard the person behind her apologize again and again: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I was chasing someone just now, and I was squeezed by others, and I didn't stand firm...... I'll give you another pot. ”

Sect Master Xu saw that the person who apologized was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old son, he was dressed in embroidered brocade, a net scarf and a crown, his face was white and flawless, and he was lofty between his eyebrows and eyes, and he was still full of mellow and elegant meaning.

Seeing that the young man kept apologizing to his apprentice, Sect Master Xu said in a harmonious voice: "This son, it's okay, you can go and find your partner." ”

Seeing that the master had spoken, Lu Yezi was not angry, wiped the tea on his body and waved his hand to the young man and said, "Let's go, let's go, be careful when you walk in the future!"

Who would have thought that Lu Yezi's voice fell, and another person shouted angrily: "What are you doing! You don't have long eyes!? Where is it difficult to walk, do you have to drill here!?"

Lu Yezi looked at it and saw that it was the tea shop Xiaoer who was standing in front of the door with his hands pinched his waist, scolding the young man with an angry face. Seeing that this little second child was even more annoyed than himself, Lu Yezi also shook his head and laughed in surprise.

Sect Master Xu looked at the teapot on the ground and said with a slight smile: "This little brother, if you don't care, I will compensate you." ”

"How can this be done, I'll pay for it!" said the young man, who immediately took out a silver ingot and buckled it on the table, and said tightly, "It's really offended, farewell!" After speaking, Fei also flew into the crowd and disappeared without a trace.

At this time, before Sect Master Xu and Lu Yezi could react, the shopkeeper had already come to the table, grabbed the silver and put it in his arms, and said with a smile: "Yaxing who swept the guest officer, I'm really embarrassed, I'll have another pot with the two!"

"No need. Sect Master Xu turned to Lu Yezi and said, "Tomorrow is the day of the sect sacrifice, you and I should hurry back to the mountain." ”

"Yes, Master!"

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Maoshan.

Autumn is leisurely, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the Maoshan Mountain under the distant sky is lush and lush.

A mountain road, zigzag up from the foot of the mountain, refreshing and fragrant on both sides, slowly scattered and secluded, strange stones and red maples, grass and bamboo, make people feel more comfortable.

At this moment, Sect Master Xu and Lu Yezi didn't care about this scene, so they just hurried away. Lu Yezi, who had been nagging all the way, closed his toad mouth tightly at this time, and let the dog oil beard on the corner of his mouth rise and fall with his body, trembling uninhibitedly.

Suddenly, Sect Master Xu stopped, stared into the distance for a moment, and muttered, "Could it be that something happened?"

Lu Yezi took advantage of the situation and saw that on the mountain road halfway up the mountain, there were officers and soldiers standing with swords, and at this time they were driving a few villagers up the mountain.

"Master?" Lu Yezi looked at Sect Master Xu with a puzzled expression.

Sect Master Xu thought for a moment and said, "Come with the teacher." With that, he led Lu Yezi to flash behind the tree next to the road.

After a few villagers who had been driven down the mountain came back with a curse, Sect Master Xu walked out slowly from behind the tree and saluted, "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!

Seeing that it was a kind old Taoist leader, the villagers hurriedly saluted: "Alas, don't mention it. A few of us rushed a long way to go up to Maoshan to pray for blessings, but the official stopped me and didn't let me wait, saying that the Taoist priest in Guanzhong had done something bad and wanted to seal this Maoshan Mountain. ”

Hearing this, Sect Master Xu asked expressionlessly as if he were a passerby. "Oh, is that so?"

"What, you are the head of Maoshan Road?" the villager asked.

Lu Yezi stepped up and said, "No, no, we're also here to find someone." ”

After the villagers left one by one, Lu Yezi asked with an uneasy expression, "Master, could it be that something happened in the view?"

Sect Master Xu frowned, shook his head, turned to look at the forest on the side, and said, "Go with the teacher!"

When I first entered the forest, I couldn't help but feel a sense of freshness. After walking for a short time, Sect Master Xu stopped and said, "Come over quickly, recite the spell, and go up the mountain with you for the teacher." Sect Master Xu said and took out a paper talisman from his arms, and immediately looked at it, and Lu Yezi also walked a few steps to his side, and followed the incantation.

In a moment, I saw that the golden light of the paper talisman in Sect Master Xu's hand lit up, and the mountains and trees around were also reflected in the flickering, followed by Sect Master Xu's soft drink, the paper talisman instantly scattered in all directions, turning into wisps of shiny golden sand faintly dispersed, caging the two of them in it.

In the next moment, when the golden light was put away and dissipated, the two of them were gone.

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Outside the quiet Huayang Cave in Yunxi, on a stone path, Sect Master Xu and Lu Yezi came quickly, and the Taoists on the road bowed their heads as usual, as if they didn't know that the government had closed the mountain.

At this time, on an open ground in front of Huayang Cave, a teenage Taoist priest ran over with a happy face and shouted, "Master!

Looking at the little Taoist priest running towards him, Sect Master Xu smiled kindly, and his eyes couldn't help but flash with joy.

He accepted eleven apprentices in his life, and unlike other Taoist disciples who were only admitted to the sect in the view, these eleven apprentices were regarded as his own by Sect Master Xu, and he personally passed on the secret method. And the little Taoist priest in front of him was the youngest and last of the eleven apprentices.

"Haha, Little Eleven, look at what Senior Brother brought you!?" Lu Yezi was also full of joy when he saw the little junior brother who was dozens of years younger than him, and he put aside his scruples just now, and dangled in front of Xiao Eleven with the pastries he bought.

"Cloud cake!" Little Eleven shouted and snatched it up.

Seeing that the two were happily entangled together, Sect Master Xu smiled contentedly, and then heard a deep voice shouting, "Master!"

Looking up, a sturdy, dark-skinned Taoist was running from the cave with a smile.

The swarthy Taoist walked up and bowed deeply to Sect Master Xu, then turned to look at Lu Yezi, who was squatting on the ground and eating pastries with Xiao Eleven, and said, "Seventh Senior Brother, going out with Master this time has added some anger to his old man, right?"

Hearing this, Lu Yezi raised his eyes, squinted at the swarthy Taoist, and said, "you! I haven't had time to serve the master, how can I still add anger to his old man, like you." ”

Looking at the apprentices who were playing, Sect Master Xu's face was full of joy, but at this moment, he suddenly remembered the matter of the official mansion closing the mountain, and his heart couldn't help but tighten, and after the apprentices got close for a while, he said lightly: "Okay, go in and talk with the teacher." ”

The shade in Huayang Cave is different, the stalactite strange stones all over the place, under the background of the misty incense mist, it is more than a thousand postures, beautiful, here is the Dao Xuan of the sect master Xu.

Entering the cave at the beginning is a piece of bluestone ground with a square circle of two zhang, the ancient rattan wooden chairs on both sides are placed in order, a table is hung high on the cliff wall of the cave entrance, the statue of Sanqing is located in the middle, the incense is swirling, and the spirit is clear.

As soon as Sect Master Xu sat down, he asked the swarthy Daoist, "Old Eight, how is the progress of the sect sacrifice?"

"Back to Master, it's almost appropriate. The swarthy man replied.

Sect Master Xu nodded slightly, and then asked, "Recently, the teacher is not in the view, but something has happened?"

The swarthy Taoist thought for a moment and said, "No, it's all good." ”

"Oh. Sect Master Xu said thoughtfully, and then asked, "Why didn't you see Xiao Jiu and Xiao Shi?"

"Senior Brother Nine is leading everyone to preach in Wanning Palace, and Xiao Shi has been sent by me to inspect the sect in the back mountain. The swarthy man replied.

"Hmm......" Sect Master Xu stroked his beard, and was about to say that the official government had closed the mountain, but he saw a person flash in at the entrance of the cave.

This person ran into the cave in a panic, and was just about to speak, when he saw Sect Master Xu at a glance, he became more and more excited, and said hurriedly: "Master, master, master......"

Seeing that it was the tenth junior brother who had a slight stutter, the swarthy Taoist smiled and said, "Master, look at this person, he really can't stand the chatter, so he just mentioned that he came." Then he teased the stuttering Taoist priest, "Little Shi, it's only been a few days since you see Master, so you panic?"

"Hey!" Xiao Shi frowned, stomped his feet again and again, and said, "No, no, no!"

On the side, Lu Yezi stuffed a handful of pastries to Xiao Eleven, walked up and asked, "What's that?"

"No, no, it's not good!" Xiao Shi said with an anxious face.

Sect Master Xu motioned for the disciples to shut down, and said patiently: "Little Shi, take your time." ”

Xiao Shi took a deep breath, and after a moment, he said slowly: "I just went to the back mountain, and halfway through, I saw a cloud of black smoke, descending to the back mountain!"

"Huh!?" the crowd was shocked when they heard this.

Sect Master Xu frowned, got up and hurriedly said, "Let's go, go and have a look!"

"Master is here!?" Everyone was just about to leave the cave, and with a shout, a young Taoist priest with a white face ran in from outside the cave.

"Xiao Jiu, aren't you preaching?" asked Sect Master Xu.

"When I heard that Master was coming, I hurried here. The Baijing Taoist priest walked up and said, "I always feel restless this morning, I thought there would be some bad luck, who thought that it would not work at all, the bad luck did not meet, but I saw the master, hehe." ”

"You, you don't have to hold back!" Lu Yezi pouted.

"Give a salute to Senior Brother Seven. The Baijing Daoist gave Lu Yezi a light salute, and then asked, "What, where are you going?"

The swarthy Taoist priest walked up and said, "Just now Xiao Shi saw a cloud of black smoke descending into the back mountain, I am afraid that something will happen, and the master is about to take us to check." ”

"Black smoke? Okay, let's do it together. Baijing Taoist said.

Sect Master Xu nodded, and after looking around at the disciples, he said to the stuttering Taoist priest: "Little Shi, you stay, take care of Xiao Shi." "After that, take the first step out of the cave.

Seeing that the master let go of the words and walked away, the stuttering Taoist priest who was left behind looked displeased, and said, "I, I ......"

"Okay, Little Ten, you can stay here in peace. After speaking, the Baijing Taoist priest followed out.

"I'm going too. Xiao Eleven was afraid of being left behind, so he said next.

The swarthy Taoist priest turned around and looked at Senior Brother Eleven, stroked his head with a smile and said, "Little Eleven, don't go, wait for us here." ”

Xiao Shiyi pouted with an unhappy face and hid behind Lu Yezi.

Lu Yezi was busy protecting Xiao Eleven and said, "Why are you afraid of this black charcoal? Don't be afraid, there is a seventh senior brother to protect you." Go, ignore him. As he spoke, he glanced at the swarthy Taoist priest and pulled Xiao Eleven towards the outside of the cave. Before leaving the cave, Xiao Eleven didn't forget to turn around and make a grimace at the black Taoist.

The swarthy Taoist smiled helplessly, and after taking one last look at the ten junior disciples, he also quickly followed.