The wing room where the monk is located.

A candle burns a ghostly flame, and in the dim candlelight, eight monks sit on the ground, fold their hands, meditate cross-legged, and form a circle, and the black-faced man sits on the chair at the top.

There was a long silence, only the sound of the mountain wind beating on the window paper outside.

After the daytime discussion, Da Shou, Da Ji, and Da Meng were injured to varying degrees, Da Ji was the most seriously injured, and was injured by the Tiangang wind and injured the meridians, Da Shou injured a little vitality, although Da Meng failed miserably, but the injury was the lightest, only skin trauma.

Eight monks meditated into meditation, with the Western Regions' different method "Eight Mastiff Array" for the three people to heal, each of the eight monks has a mastiff demon Yin Spirit who has practiced for decades, this spirit is refined from the flesh and blood soul of the Tibetan mastiff, which can be called the art of the ghost road to evil, and the mastiff spirit forms a magic circle, the true qi penetrates, the Shen Yuan intersects, and heals the wounds, only to see the eight people concentrating and gathering energy, sending out the demon spirit, the black gas around the body, the demon spirit coils, just when it is gradually getting better, suddenly, the Shen Yuan in Daji's body is unstable, his body is soft, he spits out a mouthful of blood, and breaks the formation of the eight mastiff formation.

Seeing this, everyone put away the exercises, and Dashou asked, "Daji, how are you?"

Daji breathed a little before he stabilized his mind, "I didn't expect that the Taoist mana was so strong, and my meridians were damaged by it, and I am afraid that it will not recover in a short time." ”

"Brother Tatsushou, how are your injuries?" a voice asked Tatsushou.

Da Shou said lightly: "I'm fine, this Zhengyi Alliance Mighty Lingyun Temple really deserves to be the first Taoist Temple in the world." ”

Da Meng smiled and said: "Senior brother, if you want me to say, this is just the way of the Zhengyi Alliance, or the kid of the Maoshan faction is surprising." ”

Da Shou was a little unhappy, "Senior Brother Da Meng, do you mean that we are not as good as you?"

Da Meng heard the meaning of the string, and said in a panic: "Senior brother, don't be angry, I mean that the Maoshan kid who fought with me has mediocre mana and swordsmanship, but the stone in his hand doesn't know what kind of treasure it is, it is very strange, it can lead to thunder in a short time, it is really incomprehensible." ”

Da Shou sneered, "Heh, yes, we barely had a draw, and the junior brother fought against that nameless boy, although it was a fiasco, it was still very rare." ”

Da Meng was anxious: "Senior brother, you-"

Da Shou rolled his eyes, "What's wrong with me?"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, they only heard the black-faced man sitting down at the top of the house whispering: "Shut up, don't quarrel!"

Da Shou and Da Meng closed their mouths like mice seeing cats, and the eight of them clasped their hands together and shouted, "Master." ”

The black-faced man stood up, came to Daji's side, chanted a mantra in his mouth, and sealed his hand, only to see a stream of black qi slowly gushing out of his palm, injected into his body from Daji's heavenly spirit cover, and after a while, Daji exclaimed: "Thank you Master for healing your disciple, Master's Black Cape Divine Law has reached another level!"

The others also said in unison, "Congratulations Master, congratulations Master!"

The black-faced man put away the Black Cape Divine Technique, looked around at everyone through the black veil, and said in a low voice, " Apprentices, the Western Regions Kaga Temple has been oppressed by the Middle Earth Daomen for thousands of years, although the ancestors of the past dynasties are the emperors, but they can not unify the Middle Earth Daomen, just because this Dragon and Tiger Mountain Zhengyi Alliance Wei Dao has always boasted of being famous and righteous, as the leader of the Daomen, and refused to submit, the people of Longhu Mountain are many powerful, and the Taoism is strong, most of them are because of the spiritual root of heaven and earth, which is the foundation of the Middle Earth Daomen, so the ancestor left a testament, and must steal the spiritual root and eradicate the Zhengyi, so as to unify the Middle Earth Daomen and carry forward the thaumaturgy of the Western Regions. ”

The eight disciples bowed their heads, "I am willing to listen to the master's dispatch." ”

The black-faced man nodded with satisfaction, the expression under the black veil must have been extremely relieved, "Da?, have you investigated the terrain of the Heaven and Earth Spirit Root clearly?"

Da said confidently: "The disciple has already investigated and understood, the spiritual root is in the Liuding Stone, I heard the people in the Guanzhong say that the stone was originally a whole piece, which was dug by Zhang Tianshi to drive the Liuding God, and there is only one wooden door in and out, and there are two of the four real people of Yuandong, Yuanxi, Yuannan, and Yuanbei who are on duty every day, without exception. ”

When Da Meng heard this, he frowned and said, "In that case, how should we act?"

The black-faced man stood with his hands behind his back and said, "I have been waiting for this day for my master for more than a hundred years, Master, this time my apprentice will definitely help your old man avenge his hatred and wash away his shame!"

The black-faced man turned around and whispered to the eight people about tomorrow's plan, "Tomorrow, Zhang Zhenren will lead Lord Zhou and me to visit the spiritual root of heaven and earth, and after we enter the stone room, Dashou will release the yin wind and black mist, so that the Taoist priests think that there is a ghost thing to break in, they will definitely take Lord Zhou to leave first, we take advantage of the fog and smoke, so we can start, steal the spiritual root, and then open a killing ring to this Zhengyi, if Lord Zhou wants to stop it, don't leave it alive, and then blame the ghosts for trouble." ”

The eight of them remembered the plan and said in their mouths: "Om, the master, the master, the master, the gods, the world, the Middle Earth Daomen, you can get it at your fingertips!"

The side hall of Chaoyang Palace.

Zhang Zhenren's plan to kill people with a knife failed, and he was annoyed, and Shicai was ridiculed by Nan Jiyun for a while, and he was sitting on the seat sulking, and only Yuandong Zhenren was standing at the bottom of the stairs.

"Master, I think those monks will have bad intentions, but beware!" Yuan Dong Zhenren also put forward what he thought was a very important suggestion, regardless of the fact that the master was angry.

"The old man naturally knows that those bald donkeys are not good things, but Lord Zhou insists on visiting Linggen, if we don't take them there, it will seem that we are timid, so let's be more careful tomorrow. ”

Yuandong Zhenren remembered a question, and stopped talking, Zhang Zhenren saw it in his eyes, and said impatiently: "If you have something to say, just say it, otherwise, the old man will have to rest!"

"The apprentice didn't dare to disturb the master, but the apprentice didn't know anything and wanted to ask the master. ”

"Say it, say it. ”

"When discussing the Tao today, why did the master insist on sending the Maoshan Sect Stone to participate in the third field? Is it really for the sake of the Maoshan Sect? The apprentice can't understand, Han Fan argues that winning or losing is related to the reputation of the Middle Earth Daomen, in case the stone loses, wouldn't the Middle Earth Dao Gate lose face, not to mention that the Stone Dao Law is really not refined, and only relying on the unknown treasure in his hand can barely cross the danger——"

"Have you finished talking?!" Zhang Zhenren was enraged by his apprentice's words and interrupted him angrily.

Yuan Dongdao was shocked, he had never seen the master so angry, and he fell to his knees in fright for a while, "The apprentice knows that he is wrong." ”

Zhang Zhenren secretly suppressed his anger, and tried hard to control his tone not to appear angry, "What the teacher said is already very clear, you don't need to ask again, besides, Maoshan Stone did live up to expectations and won the only game." With that, he glanced at his apprentice.

Yuan Dong Zhenren knew that he was ashamed of his master's expectations, so he stopped speaking, said goodbye, and left the side hall.

Zhang Zhenren saw that Yuandong Zhenren had left, and squeezed out three words from his mouth: "Little stone!" His right hand clenched his fist and slammed it on the armrest of the chair, the armrest broke in response, the broken piece fell to the ground, and the sawdust flew to the ground.

Rooms.

The stone was lying on the bed, half-asleep, and Song Weizhuang sat on the stool next to the bed, looking at the stone with an anxious expression.

When Shi woke up from his slumber, he felt thirsty like fire in his mouth, so he whispered, "Senior Brother Song, I want to drink water." ”

Song Weizhuang smiled: "The stone is awake! You wait, I'll pour you water." ”

Shi drank a bowl of water and felt more comfortable, but his body was very tired, stretching his waist, and he felt sore.

"You, you used the magic weapon on the stage to stun the monk Dameng, and you also used too much force, and your body was exhausted, just Yuandong Zhenren has already given you a pulse, fortunately, there is no big problem, just sleep. ”

Stone sat on the edge of the bed, recalling the scene of himself on the stage, and now he still has palpitations, his hands and feet tremble, and he thinks to himself, he will not dare next time.

"Senior Brother Song, my affairs are done, thank you for taking care of me these days, I will leave to the Lord tomorrow and return to Maoshan, I miss my master." ”

Song Weizhuang nodded and joked, "No thanks, you have time to teach me two tricks of your swordsmanship." ”

Outside the Six Ding Stones.

Zhang Zhenren walked in front, Lord Zhou and Wang Gonggong rode on the parasol cover, followed behind, and the stone walked beside Wang Gonggong, he had already submitted his resignation to Zhang Zhenren, if it wasn't for Wang Gonggong dragging him, he would probably have been on the road back to Maoshan.

The monks and his party were mixed in the crowd, their faces were respectful, and they didn't show any intention for the spiritual root.

Zhang Zhenren walked to the wooden door, knocked twice, and a figure walked out of the secret passage behind the wooden door, it was Yuan Nan Zhenren, who gave Zhang Zhenren a salute, "Master, people are here?"

Zhang Zhenren nodded and motioned for Yuannan Zhenren to open the door, Yuannan Zhenren glanced at the people behind Zhang Zhenren, and finally opened the thick wooden door.

"Squeak—"

The black wooden door opened, and the people of Yuannan Dao greeted him, "Welcome to the ranks, please come in." ”

Zhang Zhenren stood on the other side to greet everyone, Lord Zhou took the lead and walked in, the prince pulled the stone, and muttered: "I am a rootless person, come and see what heaven and earth spiritual roots." ”

Shi Shi was reluctant to come at first, he had already changed back into his old clothes and shoes, and was about to leave Longhu Mountain, but he didn't expect the prince to refuse to let him go, which would drag him into the stone room again.

Along a road, walked forward dozens of steps, suddenly opened up in front of you, there was a hole in the stone room, the high stone top was hidden in the dark, and the space of dozens of square meters did not seem narrow.

A thick red candle burns slowly on the lampstand on the stone wall, illuminating the stone room, the air is slightly moist, but not cold, I am afraid that it is the case all year round, the top of the stone room is wet into fog, and the surrounding stone walls also have water droplets condensing and flowing down, strangely, the ground of the stone room is very dry, and there is no sign of dampness.

There is a simple couch on the side of the wide stone room outside, on which are placed two brand-new futons for the Taoist priest who guards the spiritual root to meditate.

On the other side of the stone chamber, it looks like a pool, the water is sparkling, the reflection of candlelight, and a pair of offerings have been placed on the edge of the pool, and the tributes are readily available, and incense and candles are lit.

Zhang Zhenren waited for everyone to walk in, and then came in from the outside, looking at Lord Zhou, Wang Gonggong, Shi, as well as nine monks, four Guanzhong elders and four apprentices such as Yuandong Zhenren, before he spoke: "Everyone, today Lord Zhou is here to worship the spiritual root of heaven and earth by the emperor's order, please come with me." ”

The stone was caught in the crowd and followed Zhang Zhenren towards the edge of the pool, and when he got closer, he saw that in the center of the pool, there was a cylindrical protruding stone pillar, slightly higher than the water surface, with the thickness of a bucket, and it looked empty in the middle.