The two brothers had no other way to force Zhu Polong from Bishuihantan to come out. They agreed to hire a donkey cart to go to Pingyang Prefecture at dawn tomorrow. They drove west from Huzhou Prefecture and arrived in Pingyang Prefecture in three days.
Xiang Xiaotian is already familiar with the roads and tells the driver how to drive. It is estimated that the donkey driver Shi hired from Huzhou Prefecture will be familiar with the roads next time someone comes to Luoxia Mountain.
The car stopped at the foot of Luoxia Mountain, and Xiang Xiaotian and Chen Mengshan got out of the car and walked. Chen Mengsheng looked up and saw that Luoxia Mountain was a thousand feet high and there were no roads in the mountains. It was full of thorns. Chen Mengsheng thought that this mountain must have been so barren for a long time.
When people leave, will there be immortal masters among mountain people?
Xiang Xiaotian smiled and said: "I wonder who wanted to practice Taoism on this mountain back then? There is only a tombstone without any words on the mountain. Brother, can't you summon the souls? You can find out if you summon the dead ghosts in the tombs and ask them.
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Chen Mengsheng shook his head and laughed secretly: "Brother, most of these wordless tombstones are burial tombs. Where can I go to summon the souls?"
The two of them were joking and joking until they reached the halfway point of the mountain. Fortunately, the power of Xiao Tian was unparalleled, otherwise the 127-pound Overlord Bow behind him would have died of exhaustion if it hadn't been crushed to death. He seemed to be fine, his expression unchanged.
Out of breath.
Chen Mengsheng was looking around on the mountainside and suddenly stopped Xiang Xiaotian who was hurrying on his way: "Brother, stay here. Come over and see what that is?"
Xiang Xiaotian was confused when he was asked and said to himself: "What are you looking at? There are only trees and rocks in this barren mountain." He came to Chen Mengsheng muttering.
"Brother, look at the flowers on the south side of this mountain."
"Brother, you are so sexy. Aren't you just some ordinary peach blossoms? What's so strange?" Xiang Xiaotian couldn't say anything more when he saw Chen Mengsheng smiling but not smiling, looking down in thought.
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"Brother, that's a nice peach blossom. But it's unusual. What time of year is it now?"
"Oh, that's right. If my brother hadn't thought about it, I really didn't pay attention. It's already past the beginning of winter, so how could the peach blossoms bloom? Why didn't I think of it? I walked more than ten times in vain."
"Brother, there is no need to blame yourself. You were distracted so you didn't notice. I also discovered it by accident. It was just a fluke." So the two of them walked along the mountain road towards the peach blossom forest. They both said that it is easier to go up the mountain than to see the peach blossoms when going down.
Lin is not far away in front of you, but it is really far away if you really walk there...
By the time we reached the peach blossom forest, it was already dusk. In winter, the nights are long and the days are short, and within the time of a stick of incense, the sky was already as black as ink.
"Brother, we've been wandering around here for so long, why haven't we gotten out of the woods yet?"
"Brother, don't you think the crooked-neck peach tree in front looks familiar?"
"Well, yes. It looks familiar..., have we turned back again?"
"I should have turned back a second time. Let me jump up into the air and take a look. Sigh..." Xiang Xiaotian saw that Chen Mengsheng was knocked down by an inexplicable force just as he jumped up.
"Brother, what happened to you? You fell down just fine?" Xiang Xiaotian felt strange in his heart. Although he is not a god, he has been practicing archery since he was a child, and his eyes are the same at night and during the day. In the dark night,
You can also clearly see the wind and grass a hundred steps away. Could it be that these immortal brothers couldn't distinguish objects at night and jumped up and hit the tree?
Chen Mengsheng touched his head, walked seven steps diagonally and then walked three steps forward. Just like that, he disappeared into the peach forest out of thin air. Xiang Xiaotian was horrified and ran over in a hurry, but Chen Mengsheng was nowhere to be seen.
Just as he was about to shout, someone patted him from behind. When he looked back, it was Chen Mengsheng.
"Brother, what magic are you doing? I obviously saw you missing in front of me, but how come you were behind me in the blink of an eye?"
"Brother, this is not a magic that I cast. Instead, an expert set up this Immortal Entrapment Formation. There are 8864 peach trees planted in this formation. They are arranged in the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, so the peach trees can absorb the heaven and earth. The spirit blooms all year round.”
"Brother, have you seen this formation?"
"Well, my master and eleven uncles were also trapped in this formation back then. Fortunately, one of my senior brothers, Yang Jian, led someone to break the formation, and that's when I remembered this formation."
"Brother, why do you think Wu Yazi set up such a broken formation?"
"Brother, you can't use any immortal magic or Taoist magic in the trapped immortal formation, and the Daluo Jinxian has become a mortal. I think Wu Yazi must have been trapped by an expert. As for why I am trapped, I don't know? What do you think? Follow me closely, let's enter this battle together." Xiang Xiaotian nodded and ran closely behind Chen Mengsheng.
"Zhen seven steps, Dui three steps, Qian four steps, Kan two steps..." Chen Mengsheng muttered something in his mouth. Although Xiang Xiaotian couldn't understand it and felt that he was going in circles, he circled around the place in front of him. The Peach Blossom Forest has obviously changed, and you no longer see familiar old roads as you did just now...
Chen Mengsheng walked dozens of steps, then suddenly stood still and said: "Brother, what do you hear that sound is?"
"Brother, this dark place full of peach trees must be the sound of the wind, right?" Xiang Xiaotian also listened attentively after he finished speaking.
"No, it seems like someone is crying. The sound is erratic, coming in and out. Brother, is this the sound of ghosts crying?"
"Brother is joking. The sound of ghosts crying is definitely not heard by humans. It should be a woman crying. The sound may be because she is also lost in this peach blossom forest. The crying will come and go when she wanders around." Chen Mengsheng Following the cries, Xiang Xiaotian was so disturbed by this peach blossom forest that he followed Chen Mengsheng all the way...
"There is a monster..." Xiang Xiaotian picked up his bow and pointed an arrow at a woman's head on a peach tree a hundred steps away...
"Brother, stop." Chen Mengsheng shouted, and reached out to press the Overlord Bow in Xiang Xiaotian's hand. The woman behind the peach blossom tree was overjoyed when she heard Chen Mengsheng's shout, and ran over from the peach blossom tree. Xiang Xiaotian secretly I cried out in shame, thinking that the peach blossom tree must be very beautiful in the daytime. Its branches are as lush as a person's fingers pointing to the sky, but it looks very strange at night. The head of the woman behind the peach tree is right in the middle of the peach branch, and her shadow is blurry. It looks like a head growing on the peach tree...
The girl came to Chen Xiang and said anxiously: "Shangguan Yanran, a disciple of the Danding sect, begged the gods to save my master..."
Chen Mengsheng looked at this woman who was about the same age as himself and said, "It turns out she is a junior sister from the Danding Sect. We are also here to beg Wu Yazi."
Xiang Xiaotian looked at Chen Mengsheng and then at Shangguan Yanran and said: "Brother, you call her Junior Sister, do you know her?"
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Yanran's face became even more shy than her peach blossom: "I...I, I don't know you two."
Chen Mengsheng had no choice but to say to Xiang Xiaotian in embarrassment: "Brother, you don't know something. Since the pre-Qin Dynasty, in addition to those who practice immortality and refining, this sect has also been divided into three sects: Yin-Yang Bagua and alchemy. There are not many people practicing in the other two sects, and the three sects have begun to merge, which makes people think that the Taoist sect is the magician."
"Haha, you don't wear Taoist robes. How could I know there are so many people?" Xiang Xiaotian laughed.
Alchemy is one of the main Taoist arts. It is the collective name for the refining of outer and inner alchemy. External alchemy originated from the pre-Qin immortal alchemy, which involves smelting minerals in an alchemy furnace to create "elixirs". Later, the human body was simulated as a furnace. The tripod is used to practice refining energy and spirit, which is called inner alchemy. External alchemy means that Taoists use various secret methods to burn elixirs for consumption, or directly take certain sesame seeds and herbs to enlighten one's yin nature and make it more effective. It turns into Yang Qi. In addition, Taoist external alchemy can also refer to "the pure spirit energy in the void". External alchemy can also refer to alchemy or Taoist magic such as talisman, thunder method, etc. Inner alchemy is a Taoist and Taoist personage. Qigong is called Qigong, with the ultimate goal of practicing it to become an immortal and achieve immortality. Inner Alchemy originated before the Warring States Period and flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties.
The Danding Sect is also the general name for the various sects in Taoism that mainly focus on refining elixirs to seek immortality. It was first developed from Fang Xiandao in the pre-Qin Dynasty. However, in Taoism, the sorcerers who cultivate immortals are respected, so Chen Mengsheng called him Shangguan Yanran. There is nothing wrong with being called a junior sister. Even if a middle-aged aunt comes here, she can still be called a junior sister. As the saying goes, those who are capable of learning are respected.
"Junior sister, my name is Chen Mengsheng, and this is my eldest brother Xiang Xiaotian. Why do you come to ask Wu Yazi to save your master in the middle of the night?"
Shangguan Yanran's eyes turned red when she heard Chen Mengsheng ask about it. Tears fell down her face and she cried: "Shangguan Yanran was abandoned by her parents since she was a child. Fortunately, she was adopted by her master. She has been studying arts in the Danding Sect. She was originally doing well. Yes, a big disaster has occurred since Liu Datong, a wealthy man in Pingyang Prefecture, asked my master to refine longevity pills for his mother a few months ago..."
The Danding Sect of Pingyang Prefecture is very famous in the local area, and its leader Yun Qingzi is a living god-like figure. Every year on the ninth day of September, Yun Qingzi always refines a pot of longevity elixirs and gives them to the elderly in Pingyang Prefecture.
Most of the elderly who have benefited from the Danding sect's Yun Qingzi longevity elixir can live longer and longer. Elderly people over 100 years old in Pingyang Prefecture even worship Yun Qingzi like gods. In July this year, Liu Datong, a wealthy family in Pingyang Prefecture, paid 5,000 yuan in silver. The two of them rebuilt their golden bodies for the Sanqing of the Alchemy Sect, just to ask for a longevity elixir for their mother. Yun Qingzi's alchemy does not depend on whether people are poor or rich. Since it was Liu Datong who asked for it, of course he readily agreed. Liu Butong was very wealthy. He didn't care about the five thousand taels of silver. Liu Datong's father went out with the army and died on the battlefield since he was a child. It was all thanks to his mother Xue who raised him. Liu Datong was very filial to his mother. He started studying business at the age of sixteen and went through twenty years of training. After many years of business, he is now a wealthy businessman, and his only wish is to make his mother live a hundred years old. Therefore, he asked Yun Qingzi for a life-enhancing pill, intending to give it to his mother as a gift at the end of the year on her sixtieth birthday.
On the third day of December, the day of Xue Di's 60th birthday, Liu Datong invited his relatives, friends, neighbors, and squires to celebrate his mother's birthday. He also invited Yun Qingzi from the Danding sect. Yun Qingzi was a hermit who did not like to attend. This kind of excitement could not withstand Liu Datong's kindness. On the day of the banquet, Yun Qingzi took his most beloved disciple Shangguan Yanran with him...
After drinking for three rounds, Liu BuTong took out a gold-lined brocade from his body. Inside the brocade was the longevity pill as a tribute to his mother. Xue Shile could hardly close her mouth, in front of everyone who came. I swallowed the longevity pill in the middle of the meal. I heard Mr.