It was the first time that Chen Yuan saw so many ascetics gathering together after time and space overlapped.
Walking out of the east gate of Luoyang along the market, he disappeared in a blink of an eye, followed the Qi machine named Huang Shao, and soon saw him at the Tutu Temple three miles southeast.
"The two Taoist friends came at the right time. The friend I mentioned before has sent me a message." He spread out a paper crane in his palm and showed it to the two of them, then put it away and walked forward: "Sure.
I'll go and follow this energy and find the place where all my colleagues gather."
The gathering of people during practice is naturally different from that of ordinary people. They usually choose sparsely populated places. Moreover, the target is in the mountains, so there is no need to gather in the city with great fanfare.
Chen Yuan and the others followed Huang Shao to the foot of the mountain. The place they came to was not far from where he and Fat Taoist had come before. The cliff here was steep, surrounded by lush green forests, and there were three or two egrets standing on the tree cages.
It flaps its wings and crows.
"This is it."
Huang Shao stopped and looked around, as if he had found something, and then he laughed: "It was done so secretly."
As he said that, he turned back to Chen Yuan and smiled: "These comrades, be very careful. Watch me open the magic circle and lead you two to meet them."
Chen Yuan smiled and took two steps back with the fat Taoist.
"Hey, get up!"
Huang Shao didn't say much nonsense. He turned around, spread out his arms, and his wide sleeves fluttered with his arms. The fingers he pinched out with his hands gradually closed in front of his chest. He suddenly stepped on the ground, and the combined magic fingers pointed forward.
"open!"
The unremarkable air in my eyes suddenly rippled, a water pattern appeared, and a faint voice sounded: "Guess who is here this time."
next moment.
The water pattern spread and ripples covered it. Chen Yuan raised his eyes. The sky and environment around him had not changed. However, there were many more figures in front of him. In front of a big rock, more than thirty people gathered in various costumes. Some of them had their clothes open and exposed.
There were strong men with big chests and big bellies, as well as monks with straw hats on their heads like woodcutters in the mountains, hunched bodies, and yellow and orange cassocks. Chen Yuan couldn't help but take a second look to see if it was the Zhenhai monk who also came to join in the fun.
Everyone also looked here, sizing up the three adults and a child who came in.
Someone saw Huang Shao, who was leading the way, and came to meet him enthusiastically, "Brother Huang, I haven't seen you for a long time. Here, I would like to introduce you to some Taoist friends I just met."
Huang Shao returned the favor without neglecting Chen Yuan and the three of them, and walked there together. Chen Yuan saw him talking to two people wearing Taoist robes, listened carefully for a while, and saw that they were not from the Tianshi Mansion, so he stopped listening.
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Among the crowd, many people were still reminiscing about old times.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, last time I saw your calligraphy on a stone in the mountains, I have admired it for a long time. I didn't expect to see you in person today. But I also wrote a picture next to your calligraphy, haha."
"Thank you, thank you. I wonder what you wrote?"
"You'll know if you go and see it from now on!"
Practitioners are either traveling around the mountains and rivers, or sitting and lying in caves to study the mysteries of the Dharma. They rarely have the chance to meet, and being able to mention each other's words on the rocks is considered a kind of spiritual friendship.
Chen Yuan stood outside, with no intention of going over to make friends, but Lao Sun had already mixed into the crowd with his apprentice. The one on the left said "I have admired you for a long time" and the one on the right said "Nice to meet you." But he was very good at socializing.
Very accurate.
"This fellow Taoist, why don't you chat with us?"
A rather young-looking man came over. He was wearing a navy blue robe with a pair of yin and yang embroidered on each sleeve. There was a sword hanging on his waist. It was so light that Chen Yuan could tell at a glance that it was made of wood.
"I'm at Qin Xu's house!"
The young man raised his hand politely. Chen Yuan was stunned for a moment when he heard the name. He nodded and then smiled and returned the salute: "Chang Wei."
The Qin Xu family... wasn't it the fat Taoist who said Feihe had gained a disciple?
Looking at his face carefully, Chen Yuan could actually find some similar outlines from his appearance back then. Unexpectedly, that baby boy had turned into a handsome young man. He even worshiped Feihe as his teacher and entered the spiritual practice.
In order to confirm again, Chen Yuan asked who the other party studied under. The young master opposite smiled and said: "This junior studied under Taoist Master Feihe of Liangya Mountain. Now that the teacher is full, he came down the mountain. It has been two years since he arrived. I don't know who this person is.
Where is this fellow Taoist from?"
"Haha, I'm from Tongshan County. I don't know how long I have been a Taoist. I have a master, but I haven't seen him for a long time."
"Yes, when you step into practice, the sun and the moon seem to go by so fast." Qin Xujia replied with a smile, and then went on to talk about the reason why he came here.
"My master once taught me that if I meet a Taoist monk dressed as a scholar or someone driving an ox cart, don't worry. It's a good idea to go up and make some friends. Just now I saw that my Taoist friend was alone here and there was no one to talk to, so I came here rashly.
disturb."
"Haha, it's great to have someone to talk to."
…
The early morning wind blew over the cliff, and the broad gray robe gently moved to one side. The tall and straight figure was wearing a close-fitting robe with embroidered blue patterns. He stood on the edge of the cliff with his arms folded. In the double holes of the mask, a pair of eyes were quiet.
Quietly looking at the foot of the mountain below.
The leader of the Juling Mansion, as a new and powerful figure in a sect that has been passed down for hundreds of years, is now majestic and solemn from the inside out, and has the aura of standing like a mountain.
Inside the mask, he blinked his eyes and turned his face slightly. A man was walking over there, shaking a thick braid on the back of his head. He was holding a pair of iron hooks with a soul-stirring chill on them. He came to stand in front of the masked man.
Calm down, and then kneel down halfway.
"Sect Master, all the people in the cult are here, and there are also a few more who are not on the list."
"Iron Hook, how long have you been following me?"
"Fifteen years." The man leaned on the iron hook and raised his face slightly. The figure over there had a deep laughter in the mask, "Today is the day, everything in the mountain will become ours."
"But the dragon energy hasn't been borrowed yet."
"Don't worry about it. If the emperor doesn't listen, just don't listen. It's common for an ordinary person to be short-sighted. Xia Chong Yubing, let them fend for themselves."
The masked man put his hands behind his back, looked at the monks in the formation, and said as if talking to himself: "People in the monks are like crucian carp crossing the river. If a group is gone, there will be another one in a few decades."
There will be another batch coming out, so there is nothing to regret.”
The sleeves of his robe were blown open by the wind, and he turned around and walked past Iron Hook.
"Let's go, follow me down to greet everyone. By the way, let's inform Golden Sword and Silver Bow to prepare."
With that said, he strode to the mountain path, one step covering several feet. When he arrived at the foot of the mountain, there were more than a dozen disciples following him, and Tie Gou was naturally among them, following closely two steps behind him.
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with more sounds.
The next moment, he raised his hand casually, waved away the air, and passed through the magic circle cast by the monks quite easily. Many people were joking and talking about the mysterious temple in the mountain, and saw the rightful owner coming.
Now, if you are alone, you still have to come over and greet me as a courtesy.
"Sect Master, why are you here just now?"
There were also kind-hearted monks who came over and waved their hands: "Hey, it won't be too late. The sect master is here, which means we are at the right time this time. But I don't know, apart from appearing elsewhere in the mountain temple from time to time, there are other mysterious places."
?”
"Don't be impatient, you will find out later. As for the mystery, let me tell you all about it." Although he was wearing a mask, the sect leader's voice was gentle, so no one cared about it.
"There are some things you don't know about that temple in the mountain, but I know a thing or two. There are many gods enshrined in it, all with great magic power and the ability to guard the mountain. But what I really care about is a car in the temple. There are all kinds of things inside.
It’s good stuff.”
Do you even know this?
Chen Yuan had some suspicions that the leader of the Juling Mansion in front of him might be acquainted with him, and he also came from that place. However, he had restrained his aura, and his body shape and appearance were well concealed, making it difficult to distinguish him for a while.
Just when he was about to go up, Chen Yuan suddenly stopped and turned his head to look behind him. The masked man speaking over there also stopped talking and said with a smile: "Is there anyone with the same idea coming?"
next moment.
The magic circle opened, and a slim figure wearing a plain dress strode in with a sword in one hand and a man in the other. He threw the man in his hand to the ground and swept away everyone with his beautiful eyes.