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Chapter 14 The Way of Walking

Zhao Ran stopped to see the flowers, and where he stood was where the grandson of the Luoxiang Huan family fell to the ground and fell into a coma. As soon as his skill was evident, Luoxiang Huan immediately believed it and urgently asked for a way to ward off evil spirits.

Zhao Ran first asked about the origin of this strange flower. Luo Xianghuan said, "This flower is unknown and no one can recognize it. It was an official in Liaodong in the same year. I knew that I liked gold and stone flowers and plants, so I asked someone to bring it. When I first came, there was no such bright color. It was ordinary and tender green, and it was not much different from other flowers and plants. The leaves and petals were as rare as nine or six, so I harvested it and planted it here. Only a dozen days ago, the flower suddenly showed a strange color, gradually becoming like a coral, and three fruits were born in the stamen. I looked through the outlines of the classics, but I didn't find any record... Could it be that this flower is poisonous?"

Zhao Ran could see the vitality of this strange flower, but he did not dare to assert whether it was poisonous. He only said: "This flower is very strange. If Sun's death may have fallen on this flower..."

Luo Xianghuan was shocked and immediately asked someone to remove the flower. When the servants heard that the flower was a cause of death, they did not dare to get too close. They carefully took the long-handled wooden clip and shovel and took action to remove the flower. Just as they were about to start, Zhao Ran suddenly had an ominous sign in his heart, which was an indescribable subconsciousness and a premonition of the coming of danger. He didn't know why he was so uneasy, so he immediately stopped it: "Let's wait, don't be reckless, otherwise it will cause trouble!"

The housekeeper quickly waved his hand to let the servants retreat. Luo Xianghuan felt more and more uneasy and asked what Zhao Ran should do. The relatives who were watching were farther away in low voices.

Zhao Ran pondered for a while and said, "When I go back to the mountain and think about it for a while, I will think of a way..." Seeing Luo Xianghuan's face turned pale, he comforted him, "Don't worry, Master Luo, don't set up a formation to trap this place, so you can keep the house worry-free." This was a nonsense. He had little research on formations, and how could he keep people safe by setting up formations at will? But since he first went down the mountain to practice, he was taught by Gao Gong and professors that no matter what situation he encountered, he must be "full of confidence", dare to "protect" and keep his dough to the maximum. If he had no confidence, how could he trust you?

Under Luo Xianghuan's urging, the servants quickly took out the bronze mirror and wind chime according to Zhao Ran's request, and cut down a peach branch on the spot and cut it into a wooden sword. Zhao Ran used his little knowledge of formation to place the bronze mirror on the rockery to shine directly on the strange flowers. He hung a wind chime on an apricot tree nearby, and inserted the wooden sword on the bank of the pond.

Zhao Ran surrounded the rockery and the surroundings of the pool, buried five clean wine jars according to the five elements, with gold ingots, hay, clean water, carbon and soil ash built in them, and wrote five pieces of talisman paper to seal them at the mouth of the jar.

The materials used by Zhao Ran to set up the formation can only be laughed at by the Fang family. His formation diagram setting and directional division are also very far apart from the regular formations. To put it, it is because there is no genuine collection of books about the Qimen formation in the Wujiyuan Sutra Collection Building. Zhao Ran could only arrange them without authorization based on the words read from the miscellaneous books and combined with his understanding of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams.

But if you say that he does it at will, it is not the case. The directions of the objects he has arranged are just stuck at the key points, and have a direct impact on the flowing qi in the rockery, pool and strange flowers. It is either to speed it up, deflect it, or change it. In short, it is to trap the qi here and not to flow out. This is his ability after entering the state of "concentration", which cannot be learned by others.

After the formation was set up, Zhao Ran didn't know how much it could play. Anyway, he seemed to be solemnly instructing Luo Xianghuan to "not let people approach the center of the formation", and the name of the formation was also nonsense - "Five Elements and Universe Inverted Formation".

Luo Xianghuan simply sealed the back garden directly and magnified the prohibited area that Zhao Ran told him to enlarge the area several times.

After working hard for a long time, Zhao Ran took the ten taels of silver gifts given by Luo Xianghuan, and was very despised. He didn't say much, and seized the time to go back to the mountain to check the scriptures and books.

Most of the Sutra Library in Wujiyuan are Taoist scriptures. There are no relevant records in the Taoist scriptures that Zhao Ran has read. He found only two kinds of books on this aspect, one is "A Brief Introduction to the Mountains and Seas of Daming" and the other is "The Taixuan Lun of Health". Both books introduce many flowers, plants and plants in various places. The latter one has many discussions on herbs, but it is not found that this kind of strange flower that is red and purple, and is more like a coral-like coral.

Zhao Ran went to find Yu Zhiyuan again, wanting to see if there were any related books there. Yu Zhiyuan had a wide range of travelers and there were many treasures hidden in the room. Unfortunately, Zhao Ran lost his life and heard that Yu Zhiyuan went to Xizhenwu Palace to visit friends, so he had to return with regret.

The following few days were still very busy. Zhao Ran kept attending various rituals, sometimes following professors such as Jiang Gaogong, Liu Jingzhu, Chen Jingzhu and other professors, and sometimes presided over the mountain. Before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Wuji Mountain welcomed another peak of pilgrims worshiping and incense. Zhao Ran was also drawn out to receive pilgrims from all walks of life. He was also surprised that in such a busy opportunity, why did Yu Zhiyuan, who was the manager of the guest hall, still have time to visit? And the supervisory authority actually let it go without urging it?

Once, Zhao Ran returned from the foot of the mountain and heard that Luoxiang Huan came to see him during the day. He knew that Luoxiang Huan must have been uneasy these days, but he hadn't figured it out yet, so how could he give the other party a final explanation? He planned to delay it for one day.

After fifteenth, the days finally returned to the right track, but Zhao Ran gradually felt that life was much more leisurely and relaxed. He had read the Taoist scriptures in the Sutra Library, and learned things that others had only been able to learn in ten years or twenty years in a year, but there was no sign of separation between the monks and suddenly felt that there was nothing to do.

After a few days of leisurely traveling, two Taoists suddenly came to Wuji Courtyard. These are not ordinary Taoists who travel alone, but real Taoist practitioners. They come from Huayun Pavilion.

The two Taoist people are said to be brothers, the elder brother named Zhuo Tengyun and the younger brother named Zhuo Tengyi, who walks for the Long'an Mansion, which was born in Huayun Pavilion. Zhao Ran heard Yu Mo say that he knew that practicing Taoism is not about being alone all day long, and that he can gain by himself alone. It is important to consolidate the foundation and cultivate the essence and condense the golden elixir, but his understanding of the way of heaven cannot be ignored. Especially after practicing to the third level, it is a bottleneck. If you want to break from Huang Guan to the mage, it is the most critical to cultivating the Taoist heart. Often at this time, the Taoist sect will let Taoist sects who practice to this level go out to travel, specifically to increase your understanding and understanding of the world, in order to break through the realm, and to do some things to eliminate demons and subdue demons, which is called Taoist walking.

The prison and the "Three Capitals" showed up together and warmly received two walkers from the secret Huayun Pavilion. Soon, all the priests who had not gone out were summoned and waited for the two to be summoned. The Taoists entered the house one by one, and then left the house one by one. Not long after, the purpose of the two Taoist sects was revealed, as if they were specifically designed to find a strange thing.

Although the Taoist priests of Wuji Academy did not know what the two noble Taoist sects were doing, the experienced older people all unanimously speculated that there was a demon in Guyang County, or that a demon in Guyang County had entered Guyang County.

Finally it was Zhao Ran's turn. After he pushed the door open, he saw two Taoist priests sitting in the room. Earlier, the prison had introduced the two to the Taoist priest of the courtyard. Zhao Ran knew that the bearded man was his brother Zhuo Tengyun, and the white face was his younger brother Zhuo Tengyi. Zhuo Tengyun leaned on the back of the chair and closed his eyes to rest. Zhuo Tengyi seemed much more harmonious and friendly. He looked through the notes provided by the Wuji Yuandian Building House in his hand and smiled at Zhao Ran: "Well, Mr. Zhao, relax, just ask a few questions."

Zhao Ran smiled and nodded, and sat on the empty chair left for him.

Zhuo Tengyi said: "From the first day of the lunar month to today, you have gone down the mountain to have a fasting and worship eight times..."

"yes."

"After Jiang Gaogong three times, followed Liu Jingzhu twice, and three times he went down the mountain to preside over..."

"yes."

"Okay, have you encountered strange things when you followed Jiang Gaogong and Liu Jingzhu during those few times? Or have you heard of something incredible?... Well, okay, no? Then, the remaining three times are all the ones you went down the mountain to host. Have you encountered strange things? I mean, for example, someone has a strange disease, or even died suddenly, or was frightened..."

Zhao Ran took a deep breath and interrupted, "Uncle Zhuo, I understand what you mean. When I went down the mountain on the ninth day of the lunar month, I did encounter something. I wonder if it was what you want to inquire about Uncle Zhuo."

Zhuo Tengyi immediately became interested and leaned forward slightly: "Oh? Let's talk about it."

Thank you brother yangzhigang for your reward.
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