Qingshan Town at the foot of Qingshan, after the summer solstice, there are more and more outsiders in the town, the town that originally seemed a little deserted in other seasons suddenly became lively, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is full of tourists, but it is only early summer now, and when it comes to midsummer, the outsiders in this town will at least double, and then it will really be said that it is full of traffic, and the people are boiling.

It's just that although it's still early summer, but in fact, the hawkers in the town have long been out of the wind, some of the other places in Dayu have to wait until more than half a month later to come out of the summer food, in Qingshan Town has been seen, the hawkers on both sides of the street sell a wide variety of summer food, in Dayu elsewhere are rare to see, coupled with so many years of accumulation, gradually let the local people of Qingshan Town figure out a lot of new food, such as the most sought-after summer food watermelon white fungus soup in Qingshan Town, is the first of the local people, with well water cooled watermelon to add the traditional summer food white fungus soup, there is a different flavor, many outsiders to this place, no accident will eat a bowl, the price is not expensive, but six cents a bowl, but after eating a bowl if you want to eat again, the vendor who sells things, at most one person will sell three bowls, no matter how much you say you will not sell. Watermelon is cold, eating too much is not good for the stomach, and the hawkers don't want anyone to eat bad stomachs, so a person can eat up to three bowls a day, which is the unspoken rule of the hawkers in the entire Qingshan Town.

There is a quaint courtyard in the east of Qingshan Town, which was originally a summer courtyard built by a county magistrate after he took office, but although the county magistrate said that he built it out of his own pocket, he disliked this town after staying in this place for two or three years, and there was no future at all, so he asked his classmates and friends in the county to transfer him out of this place with a paper order, and this courtyard was sold to a squire with a good family in Qingshan Town at a low price, so this back and forth has developed into the best inn in the town, but compared to other houses, this small courtyard is not advantageous in terms of size or price, and ordinary people can't live in it anyway, except for some rich people with solid families, I'm afraid that no one will choose to stay here.

Now it is the early summer, this inn is naturally not full of guests, in fact, there are only a dozen guests, this morning, there are already more than half of the guests out to climb the green mountain, and now there are actually two guests left in the inn.

An old Taoist who looks like a fairy-like person, and another middle-aged Confucian who is gentle and elegant.

There is a small courtyard in front of the inn, there is a pond rockery in the back, there is a pavilion just built in the pool, in it, the fish swim around, the cool breeze blows, it is also worth those silver.

At this moment, the two of them sat opposite each other, but they didn't learn to play like those famous people, but just put a cup of tea in front of themselves.

The middle-aged Confucian with an ordinary face, but his demeanor is full of elegance, named Li Jingle, is the youngest master of Luoshui Academy on the border of Dayu, this Master Li, not only the realm cultivation has stepped into the Taiqing realm early, but even the knowledge is one of the most powerful people in the academy, Luoshui Academy is not a big academy, although there are still some names on the border of Dayu, but in the whole Dayu, it is actually not worth mentioning, otherwise Li Jingle would not have become a master so simply, this time from the Luoshui bank to the foot of the green mountain, Li Jingle is on behalf of the Luoshui Academy to investigate the Qingshan Temple, after all, there are several Taoist temples on the border,For monsters to harm people are extremely concerned.,Now at the border,Several things have happened at the foot of this green mountain one after another.,It's hard not to doubt the green mountain view.。

The old Taoist priest in a gray robe is one of the three Taiqing realm monks of Shouye Guan, who has been cultivating for more than 100 years, and the Taoism is profound, and the Shouye concept has already taken the demon killing as a lifelong wish, and there has always been no mercy for the demons on the border of Dayu on weekdays, and now there is such a thing happening in Qingshan, Shouye Guan does not hesitate to send Yu Zhen down the mountain in person, except for the importance of this matter, whether there are other thoughts, in fact, it is not known. After all, after all, the old master of this Qingshan View had already crossed the Taiqing Realm many years ago, and now it is really hard to say whether he has entered the twilight realm, after all, Yang Haizhi is one of the ten people on the border mountain, and the realm cultivation is indeed not comparable to ordinary people.

This time, Luoshui Academy and Shouye Guan each sent three people to investigate the matter, in fact, Luoshui Academy was not superior, the two young disciples were not as good as the two young disciples of Shouye Guan, and even Li Jingle was not as good as Yu Zhen. This is also the deliberate action of Luoshui Academy, after all, no matter what, this is a matter within the Daomen, even if Dayu's side is not as good as Yanling and Liangxi, but there are still some considerations in some things.

The old Taoist priest Yu Zhen's expression was calm, and he asked: "Master Li, I heard that on your Confucianism side, all the disciples of the younger generation have to bow their heads to that Yanling reading seed, is it possible that you scholars are not as high as those in learning, and you also have to learn from us laymen to see whose fists are harder?"

Li Jingle smiled and waved his hand, "It is not right to learn more than anyone who is more knowledgeable than anyone else, and it is wrong to learn your own truth, read your own books, and follow your own path, which was originally the truth that my Confucian sage said, but in today's environment, everyone wants to compete for a high and low, and readers are inevitably vulgar, but it is the reading seed, I don't know if the learning will overpower the younger generation in the future, but no matter what." Naturally, the cultivation talent will not be bad, otherwise this Yanling would not have hoped that she would be able to compete with that Dao seed, but the time for the Dao seed to step into the cultivation path is much earlier than our reading seeds, and now it seems that it is difficult to catch up. ”

Yu Zhen said calmly: " Let the viewer personally take action, it is enough to show the importance of Shen Xie Mountain's Taoism, otherwise how could the viewer say that the rain mist mountain that has been out of Chen Sheng, now Liangxi is boiling, saying that the view of the master almost demolished the Qingxin Pavilion of the rain misty mountain, the reason is simple, the previous Dao species suffered several attacks in Dayu, Shen Xieshan suspected that the rain and mist mountain had intervened, so the viewer did not hesitate to go up the mountain, you think, this person who climbed to the peak of the realm of the tower, only half a foot is about to step into the realm of the saint, what kind of style should the shot be?"

Li Jingle sighed, over the years, whether it is in Liangxi or in other places in the mountains and rivers, the monks on the mountain know a truth, the current mountain and river channel sect is almost a fact, and the master of the temple as the first person in the Taoist sect is a certainty, it is more likely that he is already the first monk in this mountain and river, although all this has to exclude the saint, but even so, it is enough to make people look sideways, there are countless powerful monks in Shenxian Mountain, just the master alone, can crush the entire mountain of Yuwu Mountain, on the other hand, on the side of Confucianism, there are really no particularly outstanding scholars over the yearsThe only time it was revealed in front of the world was when the master went to Yanling, and in addition, there were no outstanding monks in the entire school palace, so the whole school palace will pin its hopes on the reading seed, but after all, the reading seed is still short, and even the Taoist seed may not be able to catch up, let alone the master who has already stood on the top of the mountain?

In the general environment, the decline of Confucianism and the strength of Taoism are almost a foregone conclusion, and it is not something that can be changed by one or two outstanding readers.

The old Taoist priest Yu Zhen drank a few sips of tea and sighed: "If the concept of keeping karma can produce a Taoist seed, not to mention anything else, the poor Dao will definitely treat him as if he is the son of the poor Dao." ”

Li Jingle smiled and said nothing, whether it is a Taoist temple or a academy, if you want to develop, you need nothing more than two types of people, one is the "gatekeeper" who can support this Taoist temple or academy when there is a crisis, and if the reason does not make sense, others can listen to your reasoning with peace of mind, this kind of is very important to a academy or Taoist view. The second type is the future of this academy or Taoist temple, the current scenery in the sect is useless, if it is not accepted after decades, decades and hundreds of years, this kind of "gatekeeper" has passed away, and then the next generation no one has taken over the banner, then who will talk about the truth after that, who will stop the disaster of the sect?

This is like those swordsmen who were in the limelight back then, a group of "gatekeepers" Dead death, now the banner is gone, many swordsmen inheritance of the land turned into a wasteland, only one sword mountain remains, in fact, Li Jingle has a real feeling, this is now Luoshui Academy, back then it was a sect called the sect of the Sword Sect site, that ask the Sword Sect Although there has not been any sword immortal in the history of the sect, there have been a lot of swordsmen in the realm of the building, and it was also regarded as a first-class sword sect in the Dayu border back then, but it gradually weakened after the war, and then only the last person was left as a disciple in the door, and finally had no choice but to sit down, it was considered to be a broken inheritance。

Later, the patriarch and dean of Luoshui Academy traveled here and chose this place to build Luoshui Academy, so that there is today's Luoshui Academy, but no one knows about the Sword Sect that day.

Li Jingle no longer talked nonsense, and finally talked about Qingshan Guan with the old Taoist priest Yu Zhen, but he said it shallowly, and there were many things that were not clear, and he didn't want to explain it.

Yu Zhen was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Yang Haizhi is very clear about being poor, and he shouldn't be able to do this kind of thing, but whether some Taoist priests on the mountain have other thoughts, it's hard to say, but in the end, it will be clear after a few young people come down the mountain, and it's hard to judge now, but Wang Shi's child has always been jealous and hateful, and he won't help anyone." ”

Speaking of Wang Shi, Li Jingle nodded unconsciously, he has heard of this young generation of senior brothers who keep the concept of business, and he has always had a good reputation in this Dayu border, and it is very likely that he will become the helmsman of the concept of keeping business after polishing his posture for many years.

It's just that this kind of thing is really not easy to say, His Majesty the Emperor of the secular dynasty has set up a prince, as long as he is not about to ascend the throne tomorrow, but whenever there is some time in between, variables may occur, not to mention the cultivation sect on the mountain, which often spans decades and hundreds of years, and what will happen in it is difficult to predict.

Li Jingle pondered for a moment, "Dayu border, except for a few of us, in fact, no one cares about this matter, the people under the mountain and the monks on the mountain all feel that there is a world of difference, but after all, Qingshanguan is not very like a place that will do such a thing, this time I came here, just to ask for peace of mind." ”

Yu Zhen's expression was indifferent, his face did not change, and he was not ready to say anything more, for the sake of the people under the mountain, in fact, there are really few Taoist temples in the Dayu border that have done it, but no matter what you say, there is no doubt that Shouye Guan can become one of them.

Not long after the two sat opposite each other, after the tea was cool, Li Jingle proposed to go to the street to taste the local watermelon white fungus porridge, Yu Zhen nodded in agreement, so the two got up, walked through the backyard, left through the back door, and went to wander the streets of Qingshan Town.

Walking through several streets, the two finally came to a stall selling watermelon white fungus soup, the stall owner selling white fungus soup was a middle-aged man with an ordinary face, this time was not a peak, so there was no one on the stall, except for a middle-aged man with a gentle face, there was no one else.

After the old Taoist priests Yu Zhen and Li Jingle sat down, they each asked for a bowl of watermelon white fungus soup.

Then because there were others beside them, the two of them didn't continue to say anything about Qingshan Temple, but after the middle-aged man drank half of the porridge, he took the initiative to turn around and look at Li Jingle, and asked with a smile: "This gentleman, Qingshan is the mountain behind the town?"

Li Jingle nodded, did not put on a look of rejecting people thousands of miles away, and then explained softly: "If you climb the mountain at such a time, it will not be crowded at all, but the mountain road is not comfortable in the end, you should be careful." ”

The middle-aged man smiled, "After walking through so many places, no matter how difficult the mountains are, this green mountain is nothing, but if you really don't climb it, you can only blame yourself for being old, and your legs and feet are not very flexible." ”

Li Jingle laughed, "It's not old, it's not old, at least the Taoist next to me is much older than you." ”

The middle-aged man turned his head to look at the old Taoist priest Yu Zhen, showed a smile, didn't say anything, and after drinking the porridge in one go, he took out six coins from his arms, put it on the table and got up to say goodbye.

When the vendor collected the bowls, when he saw the six yuan, he muttered in a low voice: "I said that I don't know where Qingshan is, how can I make the price so clear." ”

Li Jingle smiled casually, unimpressed.

And the middle-aged man is gone.

Yu Zhen's expression remained unchanged, but as if he felt something, he still turned his head to look at the direction in which the middle-aged man disappeared.

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Qingshan view of the main Yang Haizhi said to go down the mountain, but down the way down the mountain actually did not go fast at all, left the bamboo house halfway up the mountain and then along the mountain road down the mountain, the expression is calm, along the way met a lot of tourists on the mountain, met the initiative to say hello, he nodded slightly, did not ignore it, which also made those tourists on the view of the green mountain view to be much higher.

It's just that Yang Haizhi didn't have the heart to think about these, not far from here, there have been several incidents about monsters hurting people, Yang Haizhi sent the mountain Taoist priest down the mountain to investigate several times, but almost nothing was obtained, but half a month ago after a monster hurt people again, he finally found a living mouth in that village, but according to what the man said, with the monster there is also a Taoist priest wearing a Qingshan Taoist robe, originally Yang Haizhi was already extremely concerned, and ordered the disciples on the mountain to seal the news, but I didn't expect it to spread out on the second day, and several cases have happened in the past half a month, all of which say that there is a Qingshan Taoist priest, no matter how confused Yang Haizhi is, he knows that someone is framing Qingshanguan, but after thinking about it these days, he feels that there are some Taoist priests on the mountain who are suspicious, but he didn't startle the snake, the reason is probably because his little apprentice wants to get married in the near future, and he, the master, doesn't want to mess him up.

To be honest, his favorite disciple is this little disciple after all, although he is really a bit of a fool.

Yang Haizhi sighed, raised his head and continued to walk, only after a few steps, he saw a middle-aged man appear in sight.

There was fog on the mountain, and he couldn't see his face clearly, and the old Taoist priest didn't want to see anything more, but when he was about to pass by, the middle-aged man took the initiative to stop and said hello, "Yang Dao Chief." ”

The old face of the sea of sheep is stunned, this voice is familiar!

Then Yang Haizhi stared at the middle-aged man's face with wide eyes, and after seeing it clearly, Yang Haizhi's face was full of incredulity, and in the end, his lips trembled, his teeth chattered, and he couldn't say a word.

The middle-aged man chuckled and said, "What's the matter, I haven't seen you for so many years, and you have become this ghost?"

Yang Haizhi's eyes were moist and excited, and he finally shouted out two words, "Lord!"

Everyone knows that this current master of Qingshan Temple, one of the ten people on the border of Dayu, liked to travel mountains and rivers when he was young, and once went to Yanling to Liangxi, but no one knew that when he went to Liangxi, he actually met a Taoist priest who was as young as him.

The Taoist priest was in his prime, and he talked very happily, the two traveled to Liangxi together, before the two have not been told their real names, only to Yang Dao Chang and Liang Dao Chang called each other, until they were separated from each other to inform each other's names, he Yang Haizhi.

And that Liang Daochang is called Liang Yi.

Of course, Liang Yi is actually already the master of Liangxi Taoist Temple, but in fact, his reputation is far less resounding than it is now, and Yang Haizhi in Dayu doesn't even know that he is the master.

But now, he is already the master of Qingshan Temple, but the head of Daoist Liang is already the first person in the Daomen.

And this meeting was the first time they met after decades apart, and Yanghai never expected it to be on this green mountain.

And the viewer is willing to call him a sheep chief, how can such an honorable thing not make people excited.

The viewer patted Yang Haizhi on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I didn't come to find you, I came to hide from the mountains." ”