Tianshui City, located in the north of Hanzhong, next to the Phoenix Mountains. Originally, it was a military fortress built by Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, when he was exiled to Hanzhong, in order to prevent Xiang Yu's sneak attack. Later, in the Tang Dynasty, when the world was stable and the swords and soldiers were put into storage, this military fortress was withdrawn, and a small town was gradually formed. It is three miles from north to south, and four miles from east to west. It is surrounded by tall walls.

Thousands of years have passed, the walls have been corroded in scattered places, and several sections have collapsed.

About a dozen miles east of Tianshui City, there is the famous Burial Soul Mountain, which belongs to the northern branch of the Phoenix Mountain Range. When Liu Bang went out of Shu to chase the world, the main force of Sanqin to destroy Xiang Yu was under this Soul Mountain.

Now there is a righteous path cultivation sect on the Burial Soul Mountain, called Songheguan, with about 300 disciples, belonging to a small sect attached to the Shushan faction.

At noon the next day, Yuan Bao dragged the donkey into the city. There are several medical clinics in the city, and the first thing now is to relieve Master Li of the strange poison on his body.

At the door of the Rejuvenation Hall, Yuan Bao hugged Master Li and shouted, "Help." ”

The chief doctor of Huichun Hall is surnamed Li, who is over 90 years old this year, and used to be the former Chaotai Hospital, and later after the current Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang destroyed the Yuan Dynasty, this Li Taiyi was afraid of being punished, so he fled back to his hometown in Hanzhong with his family and opened this medical center.

In the past few years, Mrs. Li has not seen a doctor in person, and most minor illnesses are diagnosed and treated by his eldest disciple Wang Pu.

Wang Pu is a middle-aged fat man with a fat body, and when he saw Yuan Bao coming in with a person in his arms, he hurriedly asked the guy to step forward and take a hand, and said, "This son, what's wrong with the girl in your arms?"

Yuan Bao put the unconscious Master Li on the chair, wiped his sweat, and said, "I was accidentally poisoned, doctor, hurry up and take a look." ”

Wang Pu hurriedly stepped forward to check, and saw Master Li's face blue again, his skin darkened, his face changed slightly, he stretched out his hand to take his pulse, and his expression became more and more solemn.

Yuan Bao waited on the side for a long time, and when he saw that Wang Pu had been frowning, he couldn't help but say, "Doctor, how is my friend's injury?"

Wang Pu withdrew his hand, shook his head and said: "The old man has been practicing medicine with the master for decades, and he has never seen such a domineering strange poison, if it weren't for this girl's profound Taoism and protecting her heart, I am afraid that she would have died long ago."

Yuan Bao sighed in his heart, knowing that the poison of the black phoenix was a famous poison of the Demon Dao, and in the battle of the Guangming Peak of Huangshan eight hundred years ago, I don't know how many righteous path masters died under this poison.

The phoenix is reborn, immortal and immortal. This poison is named Dark Phoenix because its poisonous surname is the same as the phoenix and will never disappear.

Yuan Bao said: "Is there really no way at all?"

Wang Pu pinched his beard, beckoned his man, and said, "Go to the back hall and ask the old lady to come out, maybe his old man can know about this poison."

After a long time, the elderly old lady Li was helped out, and the first thing she saw was not the seriously injured and dying Master Li, but the ingot. He said hoarsely: "Do you want to see a doctor? Seeing that your face is pale and your qi is not smooth, it should be that the meridians in your body are blocked."

Yuan Bao smiled bitterly: "My little injury is nothing, old man, please show this girl." ”

Mrs. Li is 90 years old this year, and he knows the destiny of heaven after 50, and 70 is already a rare age, and he is 90 years old, but he can still walk, which can be regarded as a way of health preservation.

He walked in front of Master Li, glanced at it, shook his head and said, "I can't save it, if the old man is not mistaken, the poison in this girl is the dark phoenix that was all the rage eight hundred years ago." ”

"Dark Phoenix?" The eldest disciple Wang Pu's face changed slightly, and he said in surprise: "Master, is there really such a strange poison in the world?"

Old Lady Li sighed and said: "Naturally, there is, sixty years ago, the old man saw a person who was poisoned by this poison in Yuanda, and he died immediately, although this girl still has a trace of qi, but she is fighting against the poisonous gas with her profound cultivation, and it seems that there are still two days at most." ”

Yuan Bao was quite helpless in his heart, and said: "This master girl is a disciple of the Shushan Sect's Jade Xuzi, if she is sent back to the Shushan Sect now, do you think those immortal strangers who cultivate the true Tao can be cured?"

Old Lady Li said: "This place is nearly thousands of miles away from Shushan, even if the Xiuzhen Immortal flies in the sky, it will take a while, at this moment, the poison of the phoenix has invaded the eight veins of this girl's strange scriptures, it is too late, even if it is too late, I am afraid that the Tao of the old immortal of the Jade Void will not be able to solve this strange poison." ”

Yuan Bao hurriedly said: "Old man, is there really no way?"

Old Lady Li was silent for a long time, and muttered: "It's not for nothing, this is Tianshui City, do you know why?"

Yuan Bao is a foreigner, since he was a child, he grew up in the Jiulong Waterfall Valley in the west of the Jiulao Peak of Mount Emei, and it was only three months after he came out of the mountain.

Wang Pu was shocked: "Master, is there still a reason for this?"

Mrs. Li was put in front of the chair by the guy and sat down, drank a cup of tea, and said: "To the south is Phoenix Mountain, to say that this day Water City and Phoenix Mountain still have a certain relationship, according to legend, in the pre-Qin period, there was a phoenix fell on this mountain, and later this mountain was called Phoenix Mountain." ”

Yuan Bao was anxious to know how to save Master Li, so he said, "Old man, hurry up and tell me, what can save Master Li." ”

Imperial Doctor Li pinched his beard and said: "Don't worry, the old man said slowly, when the phoenix fell to the ground and shed three tears, it is the so-called Tianshui, the tears of the phoenix are pure to the yang, and it should be able to solve the poison of the black phoenix." ”

Yuan Bao was stunned and said in disappointment: "This is all more than a thousand years ago, where to find those three phoenix tears now?"

Doctor Li said: "There is the only drop of phoenix tears left in the world in the Songhe Temple ten miles outside the city, since this girl is a disciple of Yuxuzi, the head of Shushan, according to the relationship between Songheguan and Shushan faction, maybe it ......."

He didn't say any more, in fact, he knew very well in his heart that the phoenix tears were the supreme treasure, even if Yu Xuzi came in person, he would not be able to get that phoenix tears.

Doctor Li asked Wang Pu to take sixteen golden needles and skillfully pierced into the sixteen acupoints on Master Li's body.

"Golden needle sealing method, the old gentleman is so clever means" ingots have insight, this kind of golden needle sealing method is created by the Song Dynasty Jin Kui divine doctor, hundreds of years can perform this kind of golden needle sealing method is the world-famous apricot forest master.

Old Lady Li sighed and said: "I can only rely on the method of sealing the acupoint with the golden needle to temporarily suppress the poisonous gas, but I can save the life of this girl, if I don't get the tears of the phoenix as soon as possible, Da Luo Jinxian can't save it." ”

Yuan Bao took out a silver ingot and said, "Old man, the master girl is sorry for you to take care of it first, I am the Songhe Guan Medicine." ”

Old Lady Li waved his hand and said: "The consultation fee will be waived, the Shushan Sword Sect once had a life-saving grace for the old man's family, and it is a righteous sect that helps the world, and the old man is ashamed." ”

Yuan Bao did not shirk, and after holding his fists and saluting, he ran out of the Rejuvenation Hall.

He and Master Li are only one-sided, and he didn't have to save her, but last night the two of them shared weal and worn, he would never watch Master Li die so simply, and would do everything in his power to save her.

In the Rejuvenation Hall, after Wang Pu asked the men to carry Master Li into the inner hall, he said to Old Lady Li: "Master, the legendary Phoenix Tears can really cure the strange poison on that girl's body?"

Old Lady Li shook his head slightly, and said: "This is the only method that the teacher can think of, and the teacher has also studied the poison of the black phoenix back then, if you want to heal, in addition to Tianshui, I am afraid that there is only the Gu poison of the Miao people in southern Xinjiang." ”

Wang Pu said: "Fight poison with poison?"

"That's right, fight poison with poison. Do you still remember the girl we healed in half a year with the Five Holy Gu in Southern Xinjiang?"

Wang Pu's face changed slightly, as if he had thought of something, and there was an incredible look in his eyes.

Songhe Temple, located on the mountainside of the Burial Soul Mountain, has a stone path in front of the mountain to go up the mountain.

Yuanbao used to hear the master Zhuge Kong Fang said that this Taoist temple, has a history of nearly 1,000 years, it was also a powerful medium sect, since 800 years ago after the battle of the bright top of Huangshan, the master of Songheguan died most of the battle, most of the mastery are lost, and now it has become a third-rate small sect, attached to the shade of the Shushan faction.

Today's Guan Master is named Miki Daoren, ambitious, the city is very deep, and a Taoist mystic art is also extremely clever, and he has always wanted to revitalize the Songhe Temple and get out of the control of the Shushan faction.

In recent years, Miki Dao people have worked hard to recruit people, and the situation has grown from dozens of people to more than 300 people in just a few decades. Among the three righteous sects around Phoenix Mountain, it can be regarded as the first in strength.

Before reaching the mountainside, Yuan Bao looked up and saw a large area of ancient and solemn houses, and said secretly: "Although this pine crane view lives up to the heyday of eight hundred years ago, it can also be seen that it was also a famous family back then. ”

After a while, I arrived at the door of the Taoist temple, and saw that the ancient pines were verdant, the houses were ancient, and there was a sense of ancient vicissitudes everywhere, and I praised it in my heart.

There are two little Taoist children wearing dark clothes holding brooms in front of the sweeping view of the fallen leaves, seeing the ingots coming, a little Taoist boy came over, and said: "This good faith, our temple is only open to the public on the first and fifteenth days of the new year, please go back." ”

Yuan Bao hates the bull-nosed Taoist priest the most, mainly because of his ears and eyes when he was a child, and his dead ghost master suffered a secret loss under the head of Kunlun Taixuan Zhenren when he was young, and he has been haunted by it for decades. Yuan Bao asked what was going on many times, but his master shook his head with a wry smile, never going into detail about the past.

"This Daoist brother, I'm not here to petition to return to God, it's someone who has come to you for a matter of life, Miki Zhenren. ”

The little Taoist priest was slightly stunned and looked the ingots up and down. He said, "What do you want us to do?"

Yuan Bao said helplessly: "I said that it is a matter of human life, and I am very anxious." ”

The little Taoist priest said, "Since Shanxin has something important, then tell me where you are from, so that I can go in and report it." ”

Yuan Bao said: "My name is Yuan Bao, it's not my business, it's Master Li, the little apprentice of the predecessor of Yu Xuzi, the head of Shushan, who was poisoned by the Demon Dao last night, and I came to ask for an antidote." ”

As soon as he heard that he was a disciple of the head of Shushan, the little Taoist priest did not dare to slack off, and led the ingots into the Taoist temple.

The front is a big courtyard, there is a huge bronze ancient tripod in the middle, there is a zhang high, the style is clumsy, the three-legged tripod stands, the tripod body is also engraved with many patterns, it is the antiquity of the year at a glance. There are three giant incense sticks inserted on the giant tripod, which are four inches thick and five feet long, and they are afraid that they will not be burned for three days and three nights.

Facing the giant tripod is the Sanqing Palace, which is dedicated to the Taoist saint Sanqing Daozun. There is a bluestone road leading to the back hall on both sides of the Sanqing hall, and there are one hundred and eighty-eight houses in the back hall, which are arranged in the formation of nine palace gossip.

The little Taoist priest led the ingots into the back hall, through a long corridor, and then a circuitous alley, walked for a long time and came to a small courtyard of reading, and said: "You wait here first, I will go in to report to the master, you must not walk around, otherwise it will be very troublesome." ”

Yuan Bao waved his hand and said: "I know, you go and report it quickly."

Yuan Bao knew in his heart that these ancient sects had very powerful prohibitions, and if he accidentally entered the forbidden land, his life would not be guaranteed.

When I came, I could still see a lot of disciples wearing Xuan clothes hurrying by, but in front of this small courtyard of reading, it was very quiet, and there was no one. The back of the small courtyard is close to the Soul Mountain Range, which is located at the highest point of the entire Pine Crane Temple.

Boredom, he looked at the houses below, it didn't matter, he suddenly found a lot of strangeness, muttered, and said to himself: "It seems that this Songhe Temple is really not simple, even the houses built are arranged in the formation of the Nine Palaces Gossip, I'm afraid that its mountain protection array even if it relies on these solid boulder houses as the eyes of the array, powerful, powerful!"

Suddenly, he spotted a man, a familiar person.

It was the little girl in red who laughed at him yesterday for singing very ugly, playing in the yard with a string of rock sugar gourds in her hand.

The little girl in red also saw the ingot, and immediately jumped over, and said innocently: "Aren't you the brother who sang hard yesterday?"

Yuan Bao was slightly surprised in his heart, he didn't expect to see this little girl here, and his mind suddenly floated to the words of the green-clothed girl in the devil's road last night, squatted down, and said, "Little girl, what's your name?"

The little girl in red said: "My surname is Zhao, and my name is Zhenzhen." ”

"What a girl, what a good name, did your father give it to you?"

"No, it was given to me by the old Taoist priest in the house. ”

Yuan Bao said: "Zhenzhen, did you meet a group of robbers when you came back yesterday?"

Zhenzhen's body trembled, looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "Little brother, you have met it too? ”

Yuan Bao suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and he couldn't tell what was wrong. It just feels like this thing is unusual.

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