More than 7,000 miles west of the gate of Yuanzhen Dao Mountain, there is a Sifang Ridge, which is a small branch of the Tianzhu Mountain Range. Dozens of families live in this quadrangular ridge, forming a small village. Although it is located in a hill and fertile land is scarce, you can go to the mountains from time to time to collect some medicinal herbs, hunt some wild beasts, and exchange some silver money in the market to subsidize the family, so although the life of the villagers is not easy, they can still sustain themselves.

There is a land temple near the wheat field at the head of the village, it is said to be a temple, in fact, it is a grotto built by several bluestone slabs, which can just cover the wind and rain, a round bluestone inside, the stonemasons in the village carve a few knives at will on it, and the facial features can be vaguely seen, even if it is a statue of a god.

In winter, when the sun is rare and the climate is warm, a few old people and a few peasant women are basking in the sun outside, doing some needlework, and chatting. A few naughty boys with open crotch pants frolicked in the wheat field.

The image of the god flashed, and the pure spirit of the land god came out. He has been a god for more than a thousand years, and he has almost forgotten this way. He was originally a waiting Taoist boy beside the three generations of elders, and because of his conscientiousness and dedication, when his life was over, the elder let him out and made the land of the Sifang Ridge. In the past, some friends and fellow disciples came to visit him from time to time, and secretly did some meritorious deeds such as putting food and applying medicine to help him show some miracles, but after a long time, he was gradually forgotten.

The life of the villagers of Sifangling is not very easy, except for the birthday of the land god on February 2 every year, there will be a sacrifice to one or two, and there is not much incense at ordinary times. However, after more than 1,000 years, he also sat firmly on the throne of the Red Forgiveness God. There is not much hope for the future of Jing Lingzi, and he doesn't care much about his internal affairs, and his biggest hobby is sleeping.

Looking at the villagers with vegetables and noodles, Jing Lingzi sighed, and was about to sleep again, when suddenly the wind gusted, and the sky suddenly changed, as if it was going to rain. A black flag, wrapped around the head, with a strong suction, was absorbing and plundering the divine element that he had worked so hard to refine.

Pure Lingzi was shocked and angry, and ran the exercises to fight against it. A group of villagers, but they didn't know that the land god had been robbed, so they called for their children to change their grandchildren, and prepared to go back to the house to avoid the rain.

Originally, the god of forgiveness also had the merit of the innate and evil of the immortal path. It's just that Jing Lingzi was born as an ordinary Taoist child, and he is not good at fighting, and he has not moved with anyone for thousands of years, and his combat consciousness and deeds are opponents, and he compares with the black banner for a while, even if he is defeated, the aura gradually dims, and he screams miserably, and he is silent.

With a "kula", the bluestone slab collapsed violently, and the idol rolled down. Frightened, a few naughty children cried, and the adults hurriedly ran away and went home without mentioning it.

After the wind and rain stopped, the village chief came to check, but the immortal masters fought, and he could see something as a mortal, but he thought it was old and collapsed by itself, and he didn't mention the matter of choosing another place to build since he went home.

At the same time as the fall of the Pure Spirit Son, the brilliance of the inner magic array in the Tianzhu Divine Mountain in the Yuanzhen Cave Heavenly Secret Realm flickered a few times, and it automatically sent a message to the Hall of Merit, if it was in the past, the disciples on duty would notice it, and they would immediately report it, but a group of elders were sent out just a few days ago, and the new disciples were not familiar with the business, and they found out two days later, and they didn't dare to slack off.

Because of the age, the reporter can't remember that there is a person named Jing Lingzi, and after checking the Shinto roster of the sect, he only understood the identity of Jing Lingzi.

It is said that the gods have a long life and will not fall for no reason, most of them are murdered. Immortals like to kill demons and hunt treasures, and the gods are also full of fat, which has many benefits. Therefore, there are often bold people who secretly capture and hunt gods. The first is to seize the throne of God. The second is the Divine Monk, who can refine his divine power and boost his own cultivation. The third is to rob the incense and fire power, refine magic weapons, and resist the catastrophe.

The fall of the gods of this sect, no matter what the reason, is to provoke the Yuan Zhendao, so the report is also very angry, and sent a disciple to investigate.

Because of this, the twelve elders were sent to Yunmengze to brush up the copy, and the inner gate was short of manpower. And this sect's "Styx True Sacred Law" is the best at interrogating various gods and spirits and probing for news. "Five Mountains and Four Blasphemy True Form Diagrams" is also good at tracking and distinguishing qi machines, so it comes and goes, and this matter falls to Liu Zhiming and Fang Zhiqian, two inner disciples.

The two of them set up the retreat, and after a long day's effort, they came to Sifangling, and they did not alarm the villagers, so they pressed the retreat and went to the land temple to check. Fang Zhiqian silently used Xuangong, ingested a breath of yin qi, and after observing it, his face gradually became gloomy: "This is the remnant qi of the evil path side door technique to refine the soul divine light, it is obvious that it is an evil path monk, hunting and killing weak gods in remote areas of the sect, in order to collect incense and fire power, and sacrifice and practice the magic weapon of the robbery." ”

Liu Zhiming was also murderous, his heart was extremely angry, he ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, and dared to run to the sect's sphere of influence to slaughter the gods, which was a provocation to Yuan Zhendao.

The two traced it for more than 100 miles, and the residual mana fluctuations gradually disappeared, and Liu Zhiming called the nearby mountain god land to inquire, but no clues were found, so he had to return to the mountain gate to report to the division commander. At the same time, in the remote places on the border of the jurisdiction, there were several land gods who fell, all of whom were harmed by the evil path soul refining divine light.

Under the anger of the reporter, regardless of the shortage of manpower, he took out several Jindan disciples and formed a patrol team, which investigated around the border of the jurisdiction every day, so as to catch this bold and bearded tiger on his head, and draw his soul to refine his soul to set an example.

Unexpectedly, that person was quite cunning and alert, and when he saw that the disciples of Yuan Zhen were making a big move, he lurked and hid for several months, but nothing happened. The report changed his strategy, and Mingzhong withdrew a well-known Jindan disciple to the mountain gate, but secretly let the inner disciple hold the god natal jade plate of his own sect, ambush near the border, and secretly squat.

Due to the shortage of manpower in the inner gate, Qin Zheng's magic weapons are all over his body, and his combat power is not inferior to the congenital, and the fish demon under his command is also the peak of the pulse, with the best spiritual weapons, and the master and servant are all innate combat power, so they were also sent to work with Fang Zhiqian.

On this day, the two were gossiping. The jade plaque in Fang Zhiqian's hand flickered with brilliance, and a spiritual light dimmed, showing that a god was attacked, but looking at the terrain, it was near Huangyang Pass, which was hundreds of miles away from here. Fang Zhiqian said that my brother checked it before, and you supported it later.

After that, after sending a message to Liu Zhiming and the others, the ditch moved the earth's qi, and the brilliance flashed, and he flew away by the node of the earth's vein vitality, turned into a streamer, and rushed towards the Huangyang Pass.

Fang Zhiqian's escape was very fast, but after a while, he came to Huangyang Pass, and saw that the outside of the land temple was shrouded by a two-phase void enchantment, covering the movement, and the divine light in the temple was dim, and if he was a little late, the thief was about to evacuate, so he couldn't help but be furious, and shouted: "Who is the demon, dare to spread wild in this sect and wantonly slaughter the gods?"

A black light flew out of the temple, and it didn't entangle, it broke through the air and left. Looking at the statue again, it is gloomy, although this land has escaped a catastrophe, it is also a great loss of cultivation, dying, and ninety percent of the divine power has been deprived of it. Fang Zhiqian was furious, stretched out his hand, and a breath of earth vein qi came out from his feet, temporarily maintaining the life of this god.

Then he took out an embroidered hairpiece and threw it, quickly enlarged it, and aimed at the black light and covered it. It is the spirit bead silk that was exchanged before, combined with the Taiyi Yuan copper and other genius earth treasures to draw silk and practice a magic weapon that matches the exercises, the true shape of the mountain.

If this treasure is cultivated to the fullest, it will become a space of its own and evolve into the cave world. At this time, although the double prohibition is only practiced, it is also quite profitable.

The true shape of the mountain is full of spiritual light, and several mountain peaks turn out and fall down in formation. The black light suddenly appeared, revealing the figure of a black-robed masked person, wielding a flying sword, rushing left and right in the mountain peak, intending to break through.

A moment later, the black-clothed man and his sword merged, turning into a streamer, piercing the true shape of the mountain and escaping. is not entangled with Fang Zhiqian, and the sword breaks through the air and leaves.

Fang Zhiqian was furious, took back the true shape of the mountain, and chased after it, but this person's sword light was faster than Fang Zhiqian's escape, and he had followed for more than 100 miles, and he had already opened up the distance, and he was about to lose it. Qin Zheng arrived on a crane.

Fang Zhiqian shouted: "Senior brother, be careful, this thief has the same merit as Jin Dan!"

Qin Zheng was startled, and raised his hand to scatter the two flying swords, the axe, hoe, sickle, and fork, the two ancient flags, as well as a few Liujia Divine Talismans, and the three-headed water fork of the fish demon. The intention is to block the block.

This black-clothed man has profound skills, and his swordsmanship is also quite sophisticated, and he does not stop, and when he splits a sword light, he swings away all kinds of magic weapons, and he wants to fly away.

At this time, a red pen flew out, and when the head was a little bit, the flying sword dimmed and fell from the sky. But it was Liu Zhiming who came.

This black-clothed talent stabilized his escape and got along with Fang Zhiqian and Liu Zhiming, and Yang Zhicheng came with Chen Zhiyuan and Ye Zhiyuan.

Fang Zhiqian's array diagram blocked the way out, Liu Zhiming Zhu sharpened his skills, Ye Zhiyuan saw that it was cheap, and raised his hand to throw out the Bolang cone that he had exchanged for Qin Zheng, which was hitting the man in black, and with a whoop, he spit out a mouthful of blood.

The five inner disciples, Qin Zheng and the Fish Demon, each holding a magic weapon, surrounded the black-clothed man.

It is said that Fang Zhiqian and others are all martial arts of driving fog and clouds, practicing superior mystical Taoist methods, magic weapons have their own wonders, and a single person can compete with the outer Dao Jindan.

Fang Zhiqian shouted: "If you are captured, you will explain your intentions clearly in the future, and you can also leave your true spirit to reincarnate, and if you resist stubbornly, your soul will be destroyed, and you will weigh it yourself." ”

"Disciple Yuanzhen, he is really domineering, but if he wants to make a certain family look wonderful, he doesn't have the ability. ”

The black-clothed Taoist sat down in the void, made a strange seal in his hand, and said: "The white sun is coming, Maitreya is born, the kingdom of God is coming, and the believers are immortal." ”

After singing, a white light appeared on his body, his body quickly suffocated, and the brilliance of the sword weapon dimmed, but in the blink of an eye, the man in black turned into a dried corpse, and the sword weapon also became rusty, just like a body of spirit, vitality, and the essence of the magic weapon were all sacrificed to an inexplicable existence, and there was no vitality anymore.

The face of the man in black had an extremely happy and satisfied smile, which was indescribably weird, and people couldn't help but feel chills in their hearts when they saw it.

Because of his own status, Qin Zheng was about to volunteer to step forward and take a closer look.

"Senior brother, don't look at it. ”

Fang Zhiqian's face turned pale: "This is the Manichaean method of sacrificing one's life, I can't imagine that the remnants of such a cult will also take the opportunity to come out and stir up the wind and rain." ”

Manichaeism was originally created by the Persian Mani and was introduced to Middle-earth in the post-martial period of this dynasty. Therefore, the religion advocates the dualism of the opposition between good and evil, advocates light, and the congregation gathers and often prays at the fire, so the people also call it Zoroastrianism.

This religion has classics such as "The Wisdom Sutra of the Root of Ten Thousand Laws", "The Secret Dharma Sutra", "The Sutra of Proof of the Past", and "The Sutra of Hercules", which are for the congregation to practice. Its fundamental doctrine is two sects and three worlds.

The two sects point to darkness, good and evil. It has quite something in common with the Taoist theory of yin and yang.

The three worlds refer to the primary, middle, and posterior three worlds. In the initial stage, light and dark are separated, and good and evil are not distinguished. It is quite similar to the Taoist chaos theory, and the middle is a mixture of darkness and light, and the two are mixed and fighting. It is quite similar to the Taoist principle of the opposition between the two instruments and the transformation of yin and yang, and in the later stage, the light and dark are separated again and return to chaos. There are quite a few Taoists who cultivate the truth and refine the qi, rebel against the acquired five elements, and attribute the meaning of innate goodness.

The theory of this practice emphasizes a refuge in the Buddha, practicing the five methods of compassion, honesty, sufficiency, forbearance, and wisdom, praying for repentance, suppressing evil thoughts, and giving full play to the innate potential of the five aspects of nature, heart, thought, thought, and mind, and practicing mana and supernatural powers. Its legislative principle is quite similar to the Kyushu Immortal Dao Divine Dao Dao Law.

Although it is to seek the outside, hoping for the blessing of the power of the gods and Buddhas, it is not as good as the Xianmen Taoism to point to the fundamental, there is a suspicion of putting a head on the head, but it also has its wonders, if you comprehend the essence and study to the deepest realm, you can also prove the immortal Dao fruit. Generally speaking, the level of its cultivation is roughly equivalent to that of the medium-grade side door miscellaneous family method of Kyushu Immortal Dao.

The cultivation of this religion also pays attention to suppressing evil and promoting good, which is not evil. However, the disciples of later generations have organic spirits, combined with the four teachings of the Pure Land Kingdom, the Pure Land Kingdom, the Surplus Kingdom, the Fruit Reward Country and the Chang Shanguang Pure Land Sect founded by Huiyuan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the meditation and meditation method of the Tiantai Sect, as well as some witches and ghosts of the local folk Taoism, evolved and blended, each started a new stove, became a Buddha as an ancestor, and split into several branches such as the Buddha Elder Association, the Wenxiang Sect, and the Longhua Sect.

Caoyun dock workers and rural people joined in to protect themselves and fight against corrupt officials and corrupt officials. This generation took advantage of the situation to expand wantonly, wantonly harvested incense and wishes, amassed wealth, and acted more and more recklessly and rampantly, gradually turning into a cult.

Kyushu Middle Earth, is the source of the reserve power of the immortal road, so whether it is the government, or the immortal road, this generation is deeply hated, the immortal road factions have also been jointly strangled several times, but because this kind of tribe is good at harvesting incense, there is a faint support of the gods behind it, so it has been repeatedly suppressed, as soon as the limelight is wrong, it turned underground, and now Yunmengze Shinto is changing, this generation smells the smell of turmoil, and comes out again.

The "sacrificial sacrifice method" performed by this black-clothed Taoist was evolved by a branch sect leader from the Manichaean "Secret Law Canon", similar to the evil method of the local witch sect in Miao Xinjiang to release Gu and absorb people's essence for their own use.

Qin Zheng even knew that these sects also had a far-reaching influence in later generations, and in the Song Dynasty, they also evolved the White Lotus Sect, a sect that had been focusing on rebellion for more than a thousand years.

The resurgence of this kind of cult was beyond the scope of the inner disciple's authority, so Fang Zhiqian announced his return trip and released the true shape of the mountain, wrapped the body of the man in black, and brought it back to the mountain gate for the inner sect master to analyze in detail.

After hearing about this, the reporter was also shocked, the timing of this generation was quite ingenious, it was the time when the major factions paid attention to Yun Mengze and had no time to separate. Don't dare to slack off, send messages to all major sects, and pay close attention to the trends of this generation. He also sent a Jindan disciple to lead the inner disciples to inspect all parts of Qinzhou, supervise Shinto, and destroy the Manichaean Church. Because Qin Zheng's previous performance was very good, he was also assigned to Xu Puying and Fang Zhiqian's team.

ps: I feel like a scumbag, from noon to now, I will hold this out, and I will make up for it later.