Chapter 16: The Decline of the Sect (3)
Fu Yan was slightly stunned, and said to Niu Kelian: "Brother Niu, what's wrong?"
Niu Kelian shook his head and said, "Nothing, let's go, let's go and meet these two together!"
Although Fu Yan was a little puzzled in his heart, he also followed. After bypassing a few paths, it only took a few moments for the two of them to come to a place that looked like a large hall.
The disciples outside the hall saluted solemnly, and the two walked in without stopping, and a young Taoist in the hall sat on a chair under the main seat, sipping tea. Another Taoist was standing in front of a pillar, as if reading a couplet written on it.
As soon as Fu Yanfang entered the main hall, a gray-haired old Taoist looked overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "I've seen the master, I've seen Elder Niu." These two Taoists who claimed to be in the Chu realm came to the sect and bluntly said that they wanted to find the master, and after he received them, they knocked on the side and didn't find any clues. The two of them are young, but they are already Jindan realm cultivators, which is really a bit terrifying.
He was afraid that he would be slacking off and causing unnecessary trouble, so he dealt with it carefully while ordering someone to ask the head to deal with it. Fortunately, although the cultivation of the two is high, the shelf is not big, especially the one who sits and tastes tea, which is very polite.
Fu Yan bowed slightly, and Niu Kelian smiled and said, "Wuzhang Sect, don't be polite!" The Taoist who was beside the pillar seemed to be aware of it, and looked at the two of them sideways.
Fu Yan met his gaze, and his heart was slightly frightened, only to feel that although the Taoist was young, his eyes were like electricity, as if he wanted to see through his heart. He came back to his senses for a moment, put on a smile and approached, and arched his hand: "Presumably this is a fellow Daoist of the Chu Realm! Contemptible Fu Yan, he is the head of the Xuanzhen Temple, if you neglect it, please forgive your sins!"
The young Taoist calmly returned the salute and said, "Master Fu is polite! Li Yuanbai, who was born in Chu Realm, is a mountain and wild Taoist. Then he pointed at Fang Yuanqing, who got up and walked over, and introduced, "This is my brother, Fang Yuanqing." ”
When the two of them stood together, Fu Yan was shocked again, the two of them looked average, they were twins.
After some introduction, Fu Yan took his seat on the main seat, Niu Kelian sat down on the lower right, and Fang Yuanqing and the others sat on the other side.
After Niu Kelian saw the two of them, his brows furrowed even more, and he was silently thinking there, not knowing what he was thinking.
A few people chatted a few words, and Fu Yan said with a straight face: "I don't know what the two Taoist friends have to see when they come to our sect today?" and after a polite exchange with the two, he got back to business.
Li Yuanbai paused and said, "This time I bothered Master Fu, I really have something to ask you?"
Fu Yan was slightly sluggish, and said with a faint smile: "Li Daoyou has something to ask, as long as it doesn't involve the secrets of this sect, Poor Dao is still happy to tell him." He wondered in his heart, these two people looked like twin brothers, but why they didn't have the same surname. In addition, what puzzled him was that the two of them traveled thousands of miles from Chu to Zhou, just to inquire about something, and they really couldn't believe it?
Li Yuanbai slowly stood up, walked to the center of the main hall, looked at the plaque on it, as if reminiscing, and said, "Dare to ask Master Fu, did your sect move here from Yongzhou in the north?"
Fu Yan was stunned for a moment, frowned slightly, and said, "Li Daoyou knows a lot about the affairs of my sect! Yes, my sect did move here from Yongzhou in the north. "It's not a secret, as long as you inquire a little in Yuzhou, you will naturally know.
Li Yuanbai still looked around at the furnishings in the hall, and said, "I don't know how many times your sect has moved, and when did you move here?"
Fu Yan was even more suspicious, and the young man in front of him mentioned the old things and origins of the sect, but he didn't know what the purpose was. But this is not a secret, so he replied: "Don't hide it from Li Daoyou, this sect has moved four times, and it has been more than 2,000 years since I came to Yuzhou. ”
Li Yuanbai nodded to himself and sighed slightly: "Presumably, the days of your relocation are not easy!"
This remark seemed to poke at Fu Yan's sadness, mentioning the rise and fall of the sect, he sighed with emotion, and sighed: "According to the records of the sect classics, 20,000 years ago, our sect was a powerful sect on this continent, and its strength was not weaker than today's three sects and four sects. It's a pity that after a catastrophe, my Xuanzhen Temple was almost wiped out. Later, although the Taoist system was passed down, its momentum was not as good as before! The contemptible people had the ambition of revitalizing the religion and rejuvenating the sect, but their qualifications were mediocre, and now they can only barely maintain it. ”
Speaking of this, Fu Yan's mood seemed a little low. Once upon a time, after he took over as the head of the sect, he also dreamed of carrying forward the sect. However, the environment is limited, resources are scarce, and the sect has not improved much, and now it has really become a third-rate sect.
Li Yuanbai also sighed and comforted: "The rise and fall is an ordinary thing, and Master Fu doesn't have to blame himself too much!" Hearing Fu Yan's words, Li Yuanbai's expression also became heavy.
After a while, Li Yuanbai suddenly said, "I wonder if Master Fu can take me to the ancestral hall for a look?"
Fu Yan was stunned, and said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid this is a little inappropriate, after all, the ancestral hall is important, and only a few disciples in this sect can enter." He was slightly unhappy and immediately refused the man's request.
Who knew that the corners of Li Yuanbai's lips opened and closed slightly, but it was heard in the main hall.
"Things, things, and elements have nothing, and the heart is neither formal. The two views are enlightened, and the enlightened person does not know who. There is nothing hidden, there is a vacuum. Zhan Ran is not standing, and he is always silent......" A whisper came from Fu Yan's ear, and he changed color, as if he had been struck by lightning, and stood up from his chair.
He was so familiar with a few words of the method, and he didn't know how many times he had figured it out in his heart, so how could he not know it? This was the supreme method that only the masters of the Xuanzhen Sect could practice. How could it come out of the mouth of a Chu Realm cultivator?
Fu Yan was furious, his face sank like water, and he said word by word: "Who are you?"
Fang Yuanqing didn't know why, and a sip of tea almost squirted out. The two were talking happily just now, but who knew that Li Yuanbai's two words made Master Fu instantly change color, and he looked tense.
Not only that, Niu Kelian seemed to remember something, and repeatedly muttered in his mouth: "Chu Lai twins, when Xuan Zhen changed his life!"
Fu Yan was still guessing Li Yuanbai's identity and origin, but he found Niu Kelian's strange appearance, and said puzzledly: "Brother Niu, what are you waiting for?"
Niu Kelian said happily: "Congratulations to Brother Fu, the opportunity has arrived!"
Fu Yan was stunned in his heart, and his old friend's inexplicable congratulations made him even more puzzled in his heart.