"Let's sail~!"

A shout sounded at the ferry, and several large ships slowly moved and left the ferry and floated towards the river.

These boats were carrying Li Xiuyuan, Fu Tianqiu and his party, preparing to go up against the current to the capital.

As soon as the ship moved, there was a huge black shadow lurking underwater, controlling the current, secretly controlling the hull, and letting the speed of these ships move slowly, not fast or slow, and strive to reach the capital after 90 days.

Li Xiuyuan was in an unmanned cabin at the moment, he had already ordered all the itinerary on the road, and if anyone asked him, he would say that he had something to do and left temporarily, and then he would take another boat to chase after him.

He came to the window, took out a paper crane made of folded yellow paper from the Ghost King's cloth bag, and threw it forward.

The paper crane was swept out by the river wind, but when it left him three feet away, the paper crane suddenly flapped its wings and came to life, and then quickly flew towards the east and west after turning around on the river, the speed was no less than that of the bird, and suddenly it became a black spot in the distance.

"It's fast enough. Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved, he took one step, but his figure immediately disappeared into the cabin.

By the time it reappeared, it was already on the riverside.

"Give me a ride and catch up with the paper crane in front of me. Li Xiuyuan opened his mouth and said, he took out a pair of old calligraphy and paintings.

A white light flew out and landed on the ground and turned into a handsome dragon horse.

Turning over the horse, the horse neighed like a dragon, stepped on the wind with four hooves, jumped up as if it was about to take off, and carried Li Xiuyuan to chase the paper crane at an unimaginable speed.

Although the paper crane is fast, it will wait in place for Li Xiuyuan to catch up after flying far every time, and continue to fly forward after catching up.

The dragon horse is not an ordinary horse, it has the speed of riding the wind, and it can tread water without sinking, such as walking on the ground, it is a mountain, and the dangerous peaks can also be easily flipped through, but Li Xiuyuan is used as a mortal horse on weekdays, so that the ability of the dragon horse cannot be revealed.

"I don't know where the master is, I hope it's not too far. Li Xiuyuan said secretly in his heart.

He did this to seek the Dharma, not the Tao.

He has his own way, but what he lacks is the Dharma that protects the way.

So the purpose of this trip is to go back to the master to learn a little spell body. , so as to deal with the affairs of the capital.

Even the centipede spirit didn't dare to say that it could subdue all the ghosts and demons in the capital, and Li Xiuyuan naturally couldn't be completely sure.

Demon, what is powerful is not Taoism, but the ability to demagogue.

Don't look at Huagu's White Lotus Sect, enveloping tens of thousands of sects, looking at the Maitreya Sect King, the thousand-year-old toad spirit does not see how advanced his Taoism is, and it is also a sect of its own, confusing the people.

It's just that a few demons and evil spirits are united together, and they can rebel and cause chaos, and this is because Li Xiuyuan quelled the chaos in time, and some mistakes in the enemy's decision-making to win this battle, otherwise, if these demons and evil disasters are allowed to continue, half of the rivers and mountains in the south of the Yangtze River are in danger.

This is the most terrifying part of the demon.

Although the demons in the capital will not deceive people and rebel, they are also very terrible when used in other places.

Because there is also a royal power there.

Even Li Xiuyuan had to be shackled by imperial power.

"Huhu~!"

The wind is howling in his ears, and the speed of the paper crane is getting faster and faster, and it is flying more and more urgently.

Li Xiuyuan felt that he had traveled at least hundreds of miles, but he didn't know why he hadn't arrived at the place where the master was located.

Suddenly.

At this moment, the crane suddenly slowed down and flew towards an inconspicuous town at the foot of a large mountain.

"Where's the ...... Town, aren't you going to Shimen?" Li Xiuyuan frowned.

The town is called Longevity Town.

Because many of the old people in the town have long lives, it is named after it.

And because this town is hidden under the mountains, in a remote place, ordinary people have never heard of it, so it is not known to outsiders.

The small town is like a paradise, regardless of the turbulence of the outside situation and the suffering of the people, it is not affected in the slightest, even the officials sent here are also deeply infected by the local folk customs, and they have lived for a long time, although they are in contact with the outside world, but they are independent of the world.

The most famous thing about Changshou Town is not the longevity of the local people, but a mountain.

This mountain is called Xianren Mountain.

Some people who enter the mountain occasionally see that there are immortals sitting on the top of the peak that mortals can't go up, breathing and exhaling in the glow and the purple breath of the rising sun, and some people see the immortals playing chess on the cliff wall of Baizhang in the mountain, and even occasionally there are masters in Taoist robes who go down the mountain to apply medicine to save people.

A young scholar who went into the mountains to seek the Tao once said that there is a view in the mountain where the gods and masters live, and if you are lucky enough to worship the door, you can learn magic and live forever.

But some people were curious to go into the mountain to find the Taoist temple, but they couldn't find it at all, they only saw the fog lock the mountain, and after entering the mountain, they turned around and returned to the same place.

However, the news that the gods live here has spread far and wide.

Every year, there will be a lot of literati, tourists, and admirers who come to visit the immortals to seek Taoism.

Some people go into the mountain to worship the immortal master, and after a few years, they come down the mountain, wearing Taoist robes, and can cast spells, and some people can't seek the Tao, or return with regret, or don't want to leave, and settle here, in order to seek a chance to come suddenly.

At the time of the heyday, there were still few people seeking the Tao, but at this moment in the Great Song Kingdom, the court was mediocre, and the dawn was miserable, so there were more people who visited the immortals and sought the Tao, and some people who could not survive hoped to take this opportunity to seek a place to live, just like entering the temple as a monk.

But I heard that monks are not close to women and cannot pass on the lineage, but those who cultivate the Tao can't help it.

Therefore, the people are more willing to cultivate the Tao in their hearts, and it is good for them to become rich and rich, and to return to their hometowns in fine clothes.

Today, the town of Longevity is as calm as ever, the people are working, the hawkers are doing business, and there are not many people in the town, but it is full of life.

"Let's do it~!"

However, just this afternoon, a yellow paper crane suddenly flew in from a distance, circled in the sky over Changshou Town, and then froze and fell from the sky.

The crane landed and could no longer fly, as if the spell had been exhausted, or that the task had been completed.

"Stomp~!"

The horse's hooves landed on the old smooth bluestone pavement with a crisp sound, and a dragon horse rode the wind and landed in front of Changshou Town.

On the dragon horse sat a young man, dressed in brocade clothes, with a sword hanging from his waist, with a tall posture and sharp eyebrows, looking forward to a breathtaking majesty before.

Like a prince in the mortal world, and like a god in the sky, it is not the temperament and eyes that ordinary men should have.

"This is the master's door? It doesn't look like it, it can't be that my master's spell failed, and he pointed out a path randomly. Li Xiuyuan frowned and glanced up.

But I saw the antique archway in front of me hanging the words "Longevity Town".

The handwriting is ethereal and smart, with a strong smell of dust.

"......" Li Xiuyuan looked at the word, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

The word is very good, but he recognizes this word, it is written by his own master, which will never be mistaken, his master has the worst habit of writing, that is, he likes to add a tadpole text at the end, which looks like a mark, which is very easy to recognize.

"Since my master left a word here, the master has run away here. He suddenly paid attention to the mountain behind Longevity Town.

The clouds were shrouded in mist, with a golden light floating, revealing an unusual aura.

If there is a mountain gate, it will be in the mountains.

"Go to the mountains and have a look. Li Xiuyuan secretly said in his heart, he turned over and dismounted, and walked through the town on foot first, riding a horse uphill.

This is one of his habits, to enter the city before dismounting, unless it is an emergency.

Because the horse's temperament is incomprehensible, it is easy to hurt people, although the dragon colt can't, but he is used to it.

When he passed by a tea shop, a voice suddenly came: "The brother in front, look at you, you are a dusty servant, you must have come from afar to ask for immortals and asked, now it is getting late, at this time I am afraid that I will encounter poisonous snakes and beasts when I enter the mountain, it is not proper, it is not proper, why not take a day off."

Tomorrow we will go up the mountain to seek the Tao?"

"Huh?" Li Xiuyuan glanced at it.

But I saw a young Taoist in a Taoist robe in the tea shop, holding a whisk and greeting him.

"Is this Daoist talking to me?" asked Li Xiuyuan with a salute in return.

"Hehe, I'm not a Taoist, Xiaosheng's name is Chengle, and he is a Xiucai from Wenxian County, because he is tired of the intrigue between the world, so he and his friend Zhou Cai came here to ask for immortals. "This Taoist named Chengle is not a Taoist, but a showman.

After he finished speaking, a man next to him also stood up and bowed his hand, dressed as a literati.

"It turned out to be Brother Cheng and Brother Zhou, and Li Xiuyuan was a Xiucai from Guobei County, and he came here to learn spells under the guidance of a master. Li Xiuyuan also reported to his family.

Cheng Le said with a smile: "If that's the case, I saw it when I saw Brother Li before, Brother Li was in a hurry to go up the mountain to visit the immortals, didn't he ask the immortals and ask what it was?

Li Xiuyuan thought about it for a while, and felt that it was indeed late, and it was not too late to go to the mountain early tomorrow morning, and he would rest in this county today.

"In this way, it is better to be respectful than to obey the fate. He gave a salute and walked into the tea shop.

"Hehe, it seems that Brother Li is also a cheerful, free and easy person, not that cheesy, you and I are like-minded people, so we shouldn't be so outside, worship the mountain gate tomorrow, maybe we are still the same senior brother." Cheng Le laughed.

Li Xiuyuan nodded and replied, "That's the reason." ”

He felt that this scholar in a Taoist robe was good, very straightforward, and friendly to others, and this character was indeed very suitable for asking immortals.

The most important thing for a cultivator is to have a broad mind and not be obsessed too deeply, otherwise it is easy to fall into robbery and die.

"Brother Cheng is a talented man and famous, why do you dress up as a Taoist?" asked Li Xiuyuan after sitting down.

Cheng Le said with a smile: "Before coming here, I changed into a Taoist robe and took a whisk, that is, if I can't ask for immortals, it's not bad to live in seclusion here for the rest of my life." ”

Li Xiuyuan nodded, feeling the determination of this Cheng Le Immortal Question.

He is a person who has really seen through the red dust, is tired of the struggle in the world, and hopes to escape into the mountain gate.

"Brother Li is from Guobei County? When I passed by before, I also spent a few nights at Lanruo Temple outside Guobei County, is the abbot there Master Kong okay?" Cheng Le asked curiously.

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said, "Master Likong has been sitting, and Lanruo Temple has also been abandoned, and now it has been changed to another temple." ”

Cheng Le exclaimed: "Why is this? Lanruo Temple is not a good treasure temple, why is it that it has only been a few years of hard work and has been abandoned." ”

"Brother Cheng has been to Lanruo Temple, and he should know that there is a thousand-year-old banyan tree in the mountain behind Lanruo Temple. Li Xiuyuan said in a suppressed voice.

"I know, I know, many pilgrims hang marriage cards on the sacred tree, pray, and Xiaosheng has also gone to see it. Cheng Le nodded again and again.

Li Xiuyuan shook his head slightly and said: "The thousand-year-old banyan tree has become a refinement, turning into a tree demon and causing trouble in Lanruo Temple, Master Likong sat on the back mountain, leaving a golden body to suppress the tree demon, but it failed, and hundreds of people died. ”

"What? It became a big shock.

Recalling the scene when he stayed in Lanruo Temple a few years ago, he didn't expect that in the past few years, a thousand-year-old tree spirit had come out of Lanruo Temple, killing hundreds of people.

"Monsters hurt people, what happened to the result?" Zhou Cai, who was next to him, was surprised when he heard it, and couldn't help but ask.

Li Xiuyuan sighed: "I am a local Xiucai, so naturally I can't ignore it, I brought a few people, bought enough oil, and burned the back mountain, the tree demon has been burned to death, and I didn't forget to curse me before I died, I was a little afraid when I thought about it, it was really dangerous at that time." ”

"Well done, Brother Li, this fire is burned well, that damn dryad is harmful to people's lives, I knew that I should have burned the banyan tree a few years ago, how did I know that the sacred tree would become a dryad and harm people. Cheng Le said excitedly, admiring Li Xiuyuan's move.

Zhou Cai also nodded again and again, thinking that this move was very good, and he would set fire to the mountain and burn the tree demon to death.

"Hmph, that's nonsense. ”

Suddenly, a cold snort sounded, but I saw a young Taoist in a Taoist robe walking in from outside with a cold face: "The thousand-year-old tree demon has become a spirit, and the Tao has been at least a thousand years, such a spirit is already comparable to a fairy, calling for wind and rain, flying away from the sky and the earth, how can it be you just one."

The scholar can be burned to death with a fire, and the man who is full of lies still wants to ask the immortal and asks, Poor Dao advises you to go back and forth from where, don't think about going into the mountains to seek the Tao. ”

Seeing this person, Cheng Le and Zhou Cai were hurriedly startled, hurriedly stood up, and said, "I have seen Ling Fengzi Dao Leader in the evening. ”

Ling Fengzi?

Li Xiuyuan listened to the name with some Taoist meanings, could it be that this person is a Taoist priest on the mountain?

"What the Dao Chief said is not right, I didn't lie, it was indeed me who set fire to the tree spirit, why does the Dao Chief think I'm talking nonsense?" Li Xiuyuan frowned slightly.

"Just you?"

Ling Fengzi looked at Li Xiuyuan with a bit of sneer: "Even a hanged ghost can ask for your life, and the thousand-year-old demon is also something you can deal with?"

"Haven't you heard that evil is invincible over good? I do righteous deeds, and I have the help of the Heavenly Dao, and the tree demon has harmed countless people, and his luck has decayed, and his fortune has been exhausted, and it is not impossible for him to die under my fire. Li Xiu said from afar.

"Don't you hear a golden pill swallowed in your belly, my life is up to me? The thousand-year-old demon is not inferior to the Jindan master, and the heavens can't kill it, Fude, luck is just a deception to you people who don't know the truth, you scholar is full of lies, and you still keep saying that the tree demon is dead

In your hands, today the poor road wants you to show your flaws, reveal the truth, and let others see how you deceive others. After Ling Fengzi finished speaking, he took out a talisman from his robe.

Holding it in his hand and reciting the words, he shouted, and the rune paper flew out and ran towards Li Xiuyuan.