Chapter 10 Undercurrents are raging
“Rumbling!”
A series of giant thunder suddenly roared out of the night sky, as if the mountains collapsed and the earth was cracking, and the drums exploded. One after another, lightning bolts tear apart the sky, like a bright big sword dancing wildly, and the terrifying light shone the dark mountain temple.
Prince Qiao's face also flashed and disappeared in the lightning, as if it was swallowed by a dark giant beast and vomited it out again.
A series of amazing spiritual powers were locked tightly, like six black iron chains. As long as they showed a little strangeness, they would suddenly tighten and dismember him from his limbs.
"What do you think of sir?" Qingfeng stared at Wang Ziqiao intently. His magnificent and boundless mental power responded to the thunder and lightning, and swept together, swallowing every tiny corner of the mountain temple.
The spider in the corner fell silently.
"The sympathy between heaven and man is right at that time." Wang Ziqiao's voice also responded to the heavy rain outside the temple, looking at the breeze and pausing, "Wang is not talented, and is willing to charge for the Taoist sect!"
The six spiritual chains slowly retracted. The breeze lowered its eyelids, covering the mountain temple with the mental power was like a bubble. The spider on the ground moved a few times, climbing up the spider silk quickly.
"Charge in battle? It's not too small!" Zhang Wujiu said coldly, "Prince Qiao, how much do you know about Buddhism?"
Prince Qiao casually said: "It is said that Buddhism comes from the spiritual wasteland where demons are rampant. About a hundred years ago, some Buddhists appeared in Yunhuang to preach, advocating equality of all living beings."
"Equality of all beings is the greatest evil saying!" Zhang Wujiu said sternly, "People are born to distinguish between noble and low bloodline, and the high and low of scholars and common people. This is the unchanging principle of heaven, so how can they be subverted?"
Yaoxia chuckled: "If all living beings are equal, wouldn't the mud legs in farming enter my Taoist sect? What a huge joke."
Prince Qiao quietly glanced at Qingfeng. Jin and Chu, both kings and scholars and officials were all practicing, and Taoist sects and ruled the world together. Taoist sects and clans penetrated each other. The orthodox Taoist sects mainly recruited disciples, and the poor children were mostly servile servants and Taoists. As for ordinary people such as farmers, fishing, and craftsmen, they would not want to get started. If Qingfeng had not been from a poor family, he would have been promoted to an elder long ago.
"The Taoist practitioners are wealth, companions, laws, and earth." The breeze slowly said, and the strong wind swept out of the door, and dust was flying around. The deep purple Taoist robe of the breeze was still moving, and it drooped like a gorgeous and cold armor. He was silent for a while and said a stern voice, "If everyone can practice Taoism, the world will be in chaos."
The fat old man smiled and scratched his hair: "I see that the Buddhists are bold and reckless, it must be transformed by the demons of Linghuang and came to Yunhuang to confuse the public and cause trouble."
Zhi Shouzhen couldn't help but look at the fat man more. The old man seemed kind, but he was the one with the most vicious mind.
Prince Qiao coughed lightly and continued, "Most Buddhists shaved their hair, did not eat meat, called themselves "monks", and some called them "monks", or jokingly called "bald donkeys". After all, they are also monks, who refine their bodies with turbid energy, and at the same time practiced secret spiritual techniques, possessing various magical powers. But——" He looked at everyone with confusion, "Among the four human kingdoms of Yunhuang, Dajin and Dachu were all held by Taoist sects, Dakun established his country with martial arts, and Dayan belonged to the power of the Demon Sect. If Buddhism wants to preach Yunhuang, it is difficult to climb to the sky. They have been wandering in Yunhuang for a hundred years, and most of the people have died, but few believers are so embarrassed that they have not even built a few temples. How can they be mobilized by the laborers?"
Zhang Wujiu snorted heavily, his eyebrows full of resentment: "We also thought that Buddhism was just a few casual cultivators who could not survive. They changed their reputation to deceive the untouchables, so they let them go. Unexpectedly, their ambition actually inspired the favorite minister of King Ming of Jin, the great general Gao Qingyue. Just ten days ago, King Ming of Jin personally issued an order to announce that Buddhist scholars will enter the capital of Jiankang to meet!"
General Gao Qingyue! Prince Qiao stretched out his hand to caress the hideous clay sculpture of the monster, and the mud fell down. Tonight's sniper was not only a battle between Buddhism and Taoism, but actually involved a thrilling court confrontation.
In this game of chess, have you started to make a move? Wang Ziqiao seemed to see the man in white standing among the bright moonlight in the flowers, and smiled at him and stretched out his hand: "Zi Qiao, let's change the world!"
"I believe that from the day the imperial edict was issued, the monk Yunhuang was trapped in the clearance of my Taoist sect?" Wang Ziqiao smiled.
Zhang Wujiu snorted coldly, obviously not ashamed of a wild fox saying "My Taoist Sect". Qingfeng looked at Wang Ziqiao with admiration. As long as such a famous casual cultivator like the world is willing to be a lackey, it is not impossible for the Taishang Shenxiao Sect to make an exception. The Pili Taoist Temple in the outer sect was set up for this.
Yaoxia sighed softly: "It's a pity that someone caused trouble from it and escaped a few fish that escaped. Although those remnants could not enter Jiankang City, the Linghuang Buddhist sect had already received news and sent people to cross the sea to preach. King Ming of Jin secretly summoned Gao Qingyue's confidant, General Yingyang Lu Batong led people to the border of Dajin to greet him."
"So you must intercept Buddhism and never allow it to step into the clouds." Prince Qiao understood the whole story and changed the subject, "Are you sure they will go here?"
The world is full of eight wilderness, and the cloud wilderness is the most prosperous, just like the center of the world. It is adjacent to the wetlands in the west, the extreme wilderness with ice and snow in the south, the wilderness in the east, the Yanhuang in the north, and the desert. The Tianhuang led by the feather tribe is in the Yanhuang in the north, and the Linghuang, which is famous for its place of demons, is separated from the desert wilderness, and the wilderness in the endless sea.
This means that Buddhism can reach Yunhuang from two places, wilderness, and can also detour the Yanhuang and detour. What's more, the coastal road drives from the endless sea into the Pearl Sea of the wild mermaids, passes through the ten islands and three continents, and arrives at the foggy coast on the southern border of Yunhuang. However, this sea route is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is too dangerous and has a very small possibility of Buddhism's choice.
"The news will not be wrong." Qingfeng said decisively.
Prince Qiao was thinking. The fat old man looked at Prince Qiao: "We specially asked Dachu's Taoist sect 'Star Valley' to divine. Hehe, you also know that the genius of Xinggu has always been very accurate."
Yaoxia and Qingfeng looked as usual, but Prince Qiao, with the unique soul of the evil demons outside the domain, noticed a slight emotional fluctuation. He smiled happily at the fat man, and his heart was bright. Xinggu divination was about to cover up, and the real reason was mostly because of King Ming of Jin, Gao Qingyue, and the news was leaked!
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Prince Qiao stopped asking more questions, and for a moment, the surroundings fell into silence.
The rain is getting stronger and stronger, as if the sky and rivers are pouring down, surging and surging. The vastness of the world is like a waterfall, white smoke is like waves, and the rain wraps in mud and rushes down the hillside, gathering into a stream, and in a blink of an eye it floods the winding path at the foot of the mountain.
The breeze looked outside the mountain temple, as if he was crazy about the rain, but Wang Ziqiao knew that the other party's aura was always lingering in him.
"Fellow Daoist Wang, you are a handsome boy and a talented person." The fat man turned his eyes and smiled at Zhi Shouzhen, "Little guy, keep some spirit later and take good care of yourself."
Zhi Shou was secretly complaining that the old man had bad intentions. Sure enough, Zhang Wujiu followed him with cold eyes: "This is a trouble, and he has to be solved. Prince Qiao, what do you say?"
Wang Ziqiao's face darkened: "Fellow Daoist Zhang doesn't like Wang, do you deliberately provoke?"
"Sir." Yaoxia helped Jin Buyao on her hair and smiled sweetly, "The overall situation is the most important thing."
Zhi Shuzhen's heart suddenly tightened. "Bang!" A piece of rock rolled and fell down, hitting the stone lion at the entrance of the mountain temple, and pieces splashed.
"Who?" Prince Qiao looked up at the top of the temple. There was a crack at the intersection of the old wooden rafters and the roof. The cold wind squeezed in with water, and there was a wisp of dark smoke in a human shape.
"Sir, don't be surprised." Qingfeng looked at Wang Ziqiao in surprise. This alchemist with idle clouds and wild cranes was really terrifying. He was even more alert than him. It was not until this time that Zhang Wujiu and the other two realized.
"Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehe, my friend has such profound spiritual power!" The human-shaped smoke was like a ghost, circling around at high speed, and then stopped in front of the statue of the mountain god, and turned into a tall and thin man in gray robe.
"Mr. Ziqiao, this is the number one master of the wilderness and the leader of the Ghost Sect, Yin Jiuyou." Qingfeng said quietly.
"The Yin Sect Master's Wandering Soul Flying Physician is well-known." Prince Qiao bowed with a smile. The Taoist sect came in a fierce manner this time, and even colluded with the largest local snake in the wilderness. I don't know what deal the two sides have agreed on.
"Hehe, it turns out that it is Prince Qiao, the number one sorcerer in the Eight Desolations. No wonder he can break my treasure." Yin Jiuyou's eyes flashed like ghost fire. Even when he stood, his body was like a wisp of smoke, constantly twisting, and the gray robe rippled layer by layer.
"Where has the other party been?" Qingfeng asked.
"It's still a hundred miles away. At their speed, you'll get there in a cup of tea." Yin Jiuyou smiled and said, "Don't worry, my subordinates are staring at them all the way."
"Why is it so fast?"
"I found out that the other party crossed the sea and entered the wilderness half a month ago, and there was also a kind of flying elephant beast that could be ridden. If I hadn't spent a lot of money to hold them up and it would have been difficult to move in the rainy season, this group of bald heads would have already left the wilderness."
"Half a month ago?" Zhang Wujiu shouted angrily, "Damn Gao Qingyue, how dare you hide the truth..."
"Friends of Taoism." Qingfeng waved his hand, his eyes slowly flew over everyone, and said solemnly, "Are you all ready?"
"Where is this kid?" Zhang Wujiu looked at Zhi Shouzhen in a sequel.
Zhi Shouzhen's expression remained unchanged. Qingfeng's eyes fell on him. Suddenly, his thin palm was put on the boy's shoulder, and he was light and without warning. Zhi Shouzhen didn't even have time to dodge.
But his expression was always calm and showed no sign of resistance. His consciousness sank into the spiritual world, trying to find the mountain that flashed and overlooked the void.
He had a premonition that as long as he connected to that mountain, he would have a chance to escape!
"The spiritual orifices are almost opened?" Qingfeng's hand pinched along Zhi Shuzhen's shoulders, "Good bones! Good qualifications! Good courage! Strangely, it's just that the qi and blood are so weak that it is unreasonable. His family background..."
Prince Qiao's eyes flashed, and he drew a talisman out of thin air, and flicked it gently to send it to Qingfeng.
"Take thoughts as talisman!" Qingfeng was shocked and touched the talisman that was invisible and intangible, and only the spirit could capture. After a few breaths, his body shook slightly and looked at Zhi Shouzhen in surprise.
"Strange goods are alive." Prince Qiao endured the turbulent pain in the heart lake and smiled and nodded. He forced his thoughts to be used as a talisman, causing his soul to suffer light damage. But in order to shock everyone, he could only do so.
"Senior Qingfeng, you dare to offend me. I beg you to favor me and include me!" Zhi Shouzhen suddenly leaned over and couldn't bow. He was the illegitimate son of Yongning Hou, so Wang Ziqiao's talisman must have said this.
To kill himself, he is to go against the Yongning Hou. The Yuan family of Yongning Hou was one of the four famous clans in the Great Jin Dynasty and was deeply involved in the Taishang Shenxiao Sect.
"Include the subordinates?" Zhang Wujiu suddenly sneered, "Things that don't know the heights and the earth are thick! Just you want to..."
"Fellow Daoist Zhang is careful!" Qingfeng shouted. Although the voice was light, it instantly swallowed Zhang Wujiu's voice.
Zhang Wujiu browed in anger and almost had an attack, but he finally endured it.
The fat man looked at Zhi Shunzhen and a strange color flashed in his eyes: "Don't worry about this child, the time is almost over."
Qingfeng nodded and made a gesture. Fatty, Yaoxia, and Yin Jiuyou rushed out of the mountain temple and disappeared around. Zhang Wujiu glanced at Qingfeng in disappointment: "If this wild boy has something wrong, you Taishang Shenxiao Sect will take care of him!" He shook his sleeves and flew out.
Qingfeng looked calm and helped Zhi Shouzhen up with one hand, and said warmly: "I will discuss this matter later."
"Yes." Zhi Shouzhen replied respectfully. Although Qingfeng had doubts about his identity, he would at least not have a random idea of killing. Prince Qiao smiled faintly. Zhi Shouzhen used advance as a retreat, and it was the right time to play.
"Sir, please follow me." Qingfeng slowly walked outside the gate of the Mountain Temple and looked down at the mountain road where the surging rains below. Wang Ziqiao and Zhi Shuzhen also followed.
A moment later, the group turned over the foot of the mountain and appeared in the vast rain.
"Swoosh--" A sharp red arrow shot out with a whistling cyclone, passing through the night sky, illuminating the brightness of the fields!
Chapter completed!