(Floods, water and power outage, the update is too late, sorry! So I dare not ask for anything...)

I thought Taiping County was a small county town, but when I walked on, I found it was quite large. There were four streets, more than 20 small streets and alleys, and the population was very dense.

It takes at least several days to walk around with your feet.

The "leave" mentioned here is of course not just a quick look. It is just a more detailed understanding of the customs and customs.

If you are new to you, walk more, look more, and listen more, it is not a bad thing.

Lunch was settled on the street and returned to the courtyard in the evening.

Taoist Master Linghe was waiting there and asked, "Master Tang, where have you been?"

Tang Ye replied: "Sit around."

The Taoist said: "Master Tang, don't run around. The county town is uneasy now, and there are gangsters. They see you as a foreigner..."

I can't continue to say anything. With Tang Ye's skills, who would mess with him will be in trouble?

Tang Ye smiled: "I am alone, with no body and nothing valuable, and no one else will look at me."

The Taoist touched his beard and smiled embarrassedly: "Master Tang, let's discuss it."

When Tang Ye saw it, he knew that it would not be a good thing: "I said that qi and blood should not be given to others easily."

Taoist Master Linghe hurriedly said, "This is the thing. The Zhongyuan Festival is coming soon. I can observe the weather, and it is very dangerous for dark clouds to overwhelm the city."

"Dark clouds over the city?"

Tang Ye was very suspicious. When he was in Guojia Village, the Taoist boasted about "black clouds" and entered the county town, and said that "black clouds were over the city."

The Taoist said, "It's really dangerous. You should know the Zhongyuan Festival. The Ghost Festival is open every year, and countless evil spirits and ghosts come out to find food. If the country is prosperous and the popularity is great during the Taiping period, it will naturally be able to suppress it and be safe. However, in today's world, there are chaos in wars, chaos everywhere, order collapses, yin and yang are reversed, and there is no luck, it is hard to say."

When it comes to luck, Tang Ye is half-believing and half-doubting.

Although luck is illusory and has no substance, it does exist widely between heaven and earth. It can be extended to interpret many mysterious things and phenomena.

Over the past thousands of years, a set of theories have been formed.

So he asked, "So what?"

"So you have to prepare early to deal with the weird things that may happen."

Tang Ye looked at him: "Do you want to borrow my blood to refine the talisman?"

"good."

Taoist Linghe admitted frankly: "Master Tang, you are a martial arts practitioner. As long as you have the secrets of martial arts, you can start practicing. When you practice to a profound level, you can pick all kinds of weapons at will. Even bricks and stones that can be seen everywhere can be turned into powerful weapons. Isn't there any explanation: Flying flowers and picking leaves, hurting people and dying immediately..."

"Stop!"

Hearing his words become more and more unreasonable, Tang Ye quickly waved his hand to interrupt.

The so-called "flying flowers and picking leaves, hurting people and dying immediately" is completely a novel word. Anyway, Tang Ye has practiced Gangjin, so he cannot do it: "What exactly do you want to say?"

"What I want to say is that practicing Taoism is different from practicing martial arts. It depends quite on external objects. Like me, if I don't have a handy magic weapon and a talisman, it is like a tiger who has lost its minions."

Taoist Linghe is very polite.

Tang Ye looked contemptuous: It was obvious that Taoists had not learned any good skills and had not learned any great magic, so they rely on the artifacts and asked back: "Your senior brother is the same?"

Taoist Master Linghe said: "It's almost... like Senior Brother Simu, who drives corpses by driving corpses and corpse-control talismans, soul-induced lamps, etc.."

"Where is Uncle Jiu?"

"Well, the second senior brother is a little smarter, but he still cannot do without magic tools. He is wearing a Bagua robe, holding a soul mirror, and a gold sword, an Yin-Yang Ink Fight, etc."

Taoist Linghe was very eloquent and talked endlessly: "I have said it long ago that this is a Dharma-Ending Age. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is exhausted. Although many Taoist Dharmas still have their inheritance, they cannot learn it. They can only master some of the essence and cannot get the essence. I have seen this, so I gave up and focused on studying talismans, magic tools, and the way of external objects. Unfortunately, the relevant materials are also difficult to find, and even soaking high-quality boys in urine is not easy to do."

Tang Ye nodded slightly, he recognized this statement. Just like martial arts, in this era, it was also a gradually outdated thing. Although the reasons for their decline were different, the essential principles were similar.

After thinking about it, "It's actually not unrelated."

Taoist Linghe was excited when he heard this: "Master Tang, you can offer a price. Although you talk about money is vulgar and hurt your feelings. But you and I were born in the world and could not avoid eating, drinking, defecating, and after all, they are still ordinary people. As for feelings, we have only known each other for two or three days, so we should talk about money directly."

Tang Ye smiled and said, "I am indeed short of money, but I don't want to sell blood for money."

Taoist Master Linghe blinked: "Then do you want to?"

Tang Ye suddenly stood up and said aloud: "I am quite interested in magic and want to be a master of Uncle Jiu. If the Taoist priest can recommend one or two, I will definitely be rewarded."

The Taoist looked him up and down, but he lost his words.

Tang Ye said: "Although this request is a bit abrupt, I am really sincere."

Taoist Master Linghe pondered for a moment and sighed: "If it were two or three years ago, there would be no problem, but now, my senior brother has accepted two apprentices and will not accept them again."

After a pause, he asked: "Master Tang, with your martial arts attainments, I believe that you are not an unknown person. Why is he willing to surrender and become an apprentice?"

Tang Ye replied: "Martial arts are martial arts, magic is magic, and the two are different. Taoist priest, as you said, martial arts cannot kill corpses or ghosts. My academic arts are also for self-defense."

Taoist Master Linghe was slightly proud: "That's the same."

Compared with martial arts, the art of magic is much more popular in today's world. No matter how good you learn martial arts, when facing guns and cannons, you are still flesh and blood, and you have no use of martial arts. But the arts are different. They were born in Maoshan and are now respected in Taiping County, and they are very respected. Whether it is geography, Feng Shui or practices to save the world, the gentry and men all came to invite each other with a glance.

This scene is difficult for those who practice martial arts to enjoy.

Tang Ye asked again: "Uncle Jiu only accepts two apprentices?"

Taoist Master Linghe said: "The number is not a deadly rule. The problem is that the more disciples, the more things you worry about, and it is very annoying. So after he accepted two disciples, he said that he would not accept disciples anymore. Otherwise, if someone would become a disciple every day, he would not be able to do anything."

This is the truth. Uncle Jiu is proficient in magic and has a great reputation. He wants to worship countless people under his disciples. If he does not set rules and no longer accepts disciples, he will be very upset to kneel outside the charity farm every day.

Tang Ye sighed: He really wants to find Uncle Jiu to know many things. But his identity is a problem, and it is impossible to run over rashly. Uncle Jiu is stupid. If he can join the other party and form a master-apprentice relationship, it will be different.

Taoist Master Linghe's eyes were rolling and he suddenly said, "Actually, if you want to learn from your academic methods, you may not have to join my second senior brother."

Tang Ye was stunned: "The Taoist priest's meaning, is there another introduction?"

The Maoshan lineage has a long history, and it should be more than the one who is outstanding.

The Taoist raised his head and raised his chest: "That's right."

Tang Ye hurriedly asked, "Please make it clear."

"It's far away, it's near before you."

"you?"
Chapter completed!