The two discussed in low voices. Jiuling only looked at the two wolf dogs over there. It seemed very confused in its eyes. It seemed that it did not recognize a beast species like wolf dogs that had only appeared in the past hundred years.
"Anyway, this sect is so grand! It's strange. There are two master positions. Could it be that there are two heads of this sect? Brother, what kind of sect is this? It's so grand!" Xuezi said in surprise again.
Of course, Chen Guan had pushed the three-pole flag behind these people to their sect, and he couldn't help but asked softly: "They belong to the Taoist Zhengyi, the Maoshan Taoist sect among the three mountains of talismans! It is known as one of the Taoist cultivators, Taishan Beidou." !”
Xuezi stopped asking questions, because of course she had heard from Master Fei Chan Ling Yue that the Maoshan Taoist sect was founded by Sanmao Zhenjun in the early Western Han Dynasty. There were many high Taoists and it became one of the authentic and mainstream Taoist sects, especially in the Northern Song Dynasty. Longhu Mountain and Hezao Mountain are both the three major talisman sects of Taoism, known as the Three Mountains of Talisman sects, and the Qing Sutra urn on Maoshan Mountain is the highest among the three.
However, after the Ming Dynasty, in addition to advocating Wudang Mountain Taoism, successive emperors suppressed the development of other Taoisms. They only occasionally asked Taoist masters to pray for rain during droughts, but never took anything else seriously. Therefore, Maoshan gradually declined, and its ranking fell to Long. After the Hushan Celestial Master and the resurgence of the Longmen Sect in the Qing Dynasty, Sanshan Talisman also flourished again, and now the Maoshan Sect has disciples all over the world.
"It's strange..." Xuezi said at this time: "It is recorded in the Taoist scriptures that Maoshan majored in Shangqing, Lingbao lineage. It should be said that he should be a Jie Jiao. Why can't I detect a trace of Jie Jiao's spiritual energy in their disciples!"
Chen Guan smiled bitterly: "Now that Chanxing Jiejie has been eliminated, the Maoshan sect has long changed to 'talismans have no formal form and are spiritually based on Qi'!" What he did not say was that besides, the Jiujiao Jiujue has been missing for a thousand years, and the Maoshan Taoist Sect has Even people don’t know where the secret is!
He saw Taoist records in the Guguan Taoist Scriptures. Over the past hundreds of years, talismans have been widely used in the upper, middle and lower classes of society. Talismans can be used to treat people's illnesses, cast spells on real people, or draw alchemy talismans on paper and burn them to dissolve in In the water, let the patient drink it, or seal the talisman and ask the patient to wear it. Some real people of Dedao also use the talisman to exorcise ghosts and suppress evil spirits, either wearing it on their body or affixing it to their bedroom door.
"Seven hundred years ago, when the Huaihe River flooded, the headmaster of Maoshan actually drew a spiritual treasure talisman with his own blood and threw it at the breach of the Huaihe River embankment. Within half an hour, the water of the Huaihe River changed its direction and flowed away!" Chen Guan He continued quietly: "These are all recorded in Taoist scriptures. These masters of spellcasting must be masters of surviving the thunder tribulation. As for the Taoist priests who have not yet overcome the tribulation, huh, the Taoist symbols they drew are worthless! And those who are in this world now are Almost all Taoist priests have not survived the thunder tribulation, and they have no aura of their own. How can they draw amulets with aura? They are just deceiving the world and stealing their names!"
Yukiko grew up in Japan and did not know this. When Taoist priests from the Sanshan Mountains performed religious rituals, they could not do without talismans. Or they could write talismans on the chapter sheet to express wishes to the gods, such as praying for rain to relieve drought, or using talismans to summon generals to ask gods to kill ghosts. , or use the talisman to guide the underworld to refine the souls of the dead.
And now among the three mountain talismans, especially the Longhu Mountain Celestial Masters are the most powerful. Except for the Five Thunder Zhengfa passed down through the ages, which can reach directly to the heaven, the Celestial Masters' talismans are the only ones that can compete with the Maoshan talismans.
Chen Guan also saw from the "Zhengdao Zhuan" in the secret room that it was recorded that the Tianshi Lingfu salt pond was very powerful in collecting demons. About a thousand years ago, in the second year of Chongning, Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, the salt pond in Jiezhou, Shanxi Province overflowed, and the salt harvesting was not possible, and the salt tax revenue could not be raised. , the local officials hurriedly reported to the court. After hearing the report, Huizong asked the Taoist priest Xu Shenweng, and Xu replied: "This is the evil dragon causing trouble, and we must ask Zhang Tianshi to collect the monster." Huizong sent people to Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi and hired Master Zhang to come to the capital. At that time, the Celestial Master was Zhang Jixian, the 30th generation Celestial Master. After Zhang Jixian received the order, he immediately drew talismans on the iron slips and asked his disciple Zhu Yongyou to follow the eunuch to Jiezhou and throw the talisman into the place where the salt pond collapsed. After a while, the shock Thunder and lightning roared, the day turned dark, and when the sky reopened, some evil dragons were beheaded to death in the water.
When he thought about this, he couldn't help but secretly thought: "Most of the spiritual talismans are useful for demons and ghosts. I don't know if they have any checks and balances on practitioners. If you come into contact with the masters of Longhu Mountain and Maoshan in the future, you have to be careful with their spiritual talismans!"
They were whispering quietly when they suddenly saw Master Shou Que of Longmen Sect walking towards them. They quickly stepped aside, but saw that Master Shou Que's target was not them. Instead, he walked directly to the entrance of the cave on the ground to wait, and then slowly walked out of the cave.
Several people came up.
The tall and sturdy black-faced monk who leads the group is Tie Jiuhua. His injury has recovered after not being seen for nearly a month. He was the first to lead the team out. I am afraid he was also the first to lead the team in the cave. He is actually kind-hearted.
It is obviously the most dangerous to be at the front when exploring underground caves in unknown conditions, but he will never avoid danger.
"Master, thank you for your hard work!" Master Shou Que saluted, while Tie Jiuhua only nodded.
Immediately behind him was Master Shou Yue. His yellow Taoist robe had many traces of dirt on it. It was obvious that he had been knocking on every corner of the cave to find the secret passage in the cave!
Following closely behind the two were six disciples. Judging from their clothes, they could already recognize the two Longmen Sect disciples as Huo Zhi and Huodong Taoist priests, two Jiuhuashan monks, and two Maoshan sect Taoist priests. They were struggling to carry three large baskets.
The things and baskets were made of new bamboo, obviously they had brought them down with them before.
"Fourth Junior Brother, what's going on outside?" Master Shouyue asked.
"Everything is normal!" Master Shou Que nodded, but asked strangely: "Brother Head Master, what did Huo Zhi and the others move? I was surprised when I was asked to prepare the bamboo basket yesterday!"
He waved his hand, and seven or eight Taoist priests from Longmen Sect and monks from Jiuhua Mountain had already stepped forward to help. Master Shouyue turned around and said, "Those are some silver and tin utensils, at least three hundred kilograms!"
"Although silverware is valuable, its value is not very high! Tinware is even less valuable now!" Master Shouxue was puzzled: "Why are there still these in the cave?"
Before Master Shouyue could speak, an old but very powerful voice came from the cave: "Of course Master Shouque doesn't know that these silver and tin items are not as valuable as gold in this world, but in the Qin Dynasty more than two thousand years ago, they were
They are also treasures of ornaments. Most of the rich people’s graves were buried with pearls, jade, turtle shells, silver and tin to show their status!”
Before he finished speaking, Chen Guan looked from a distance and saw a tall, silver-haired Taoist priest coming out of the cave. Judging from his hair, he seemed to be nearly seventy years old, but there were not many wrinkles on his face, and he was not hunched over at all.
He was very thin, and he had no weapons on his back or hands. He was wearing a white monk's robe that looked like mourning clothes.
"His hair is all white, which means he is aging! But the energy in his eyes is not aging at all! There is not a trace of spiritual energy leaking out of his body. I can barely sense any spiritual energy. He is undoubtedly a master of surviving thunder tribulations!" Chen Guan
I understand that if a person is really old, his eyes will no longer have any fighting spirit and passion, but this old man's fighting spirit is still there. Xuezi and him did not practice the Qi Exploration Technique after entering the valley. After all, if the practitioners present have any
If you know the Qi Exploration Finger Technique, you will cause more troubles!
The old man wears a purple gold crown on his hair. The purple crown and silver hair are very majestic. This is the status symbol of Sanshan Talisman Master. Generally, Taoist masters can only wear gold crowns at most. Obviously this person is the current Maoshan Taoist Master.
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Behind the old man was a little boy of eight or nine years old. His whole body was white. He had been quiet all the time. He did not hold the old man's hand. He walked out by himself. His hair was loose and fell around the top of his head. His hair was not even connected. Now he was separated in his hands.
Playing with a pearl the size of a peanut and a colorful shell, he said at this time: "There is a large earth cave more than thirty feet down from this earth cave. It seems to be the bottom. The Japanese only dug up to that! There are still some remains in the cave.
There are several hundred kilograms of silver and tin, and there are still a few pearls, jade and turtle shells left around, which I picked up in the corner of the cave! It means that the Japanese ninjas moved all the pearls, jade and turtle shells away when they left!"
This child spoke very quietly, but when he spoke, everyone around him listened quietly, and no one interrupted him. It was obvious that his status was not low.
"Young Master Qin's reasoning must be accurate!"
"Is this child the future leader of Maoshan Taoism?"
"Yes! At such a young age, he is calm and elegant, and extremely smart!"
"What a pity. My father died last year. His father was only thirty years old last year!"
"What's the pity? His grandfather is Qin Henyu, the earth master among the four uncrowned masters of the Taoist sect's 'Wind, Rain, Star and Moon'. Drawing talismans casually is like hiding three thousand magic weapons! Young Qin Shisi will definitely get his grandfather's true biography in the future, and he will grow up
The queen is the head of the Maoshan Taoist Sect, who can bully a child like him who has no father?"
"Brother Li Dao, the title of Fourth Young Master Qin is so strange. Could it be that he has thirteen brothers above him?"
"You are so ignorant! The Qin family of Maoshan Earth Master has been passed down for eleven generations. This generation only has one child less than fourteen. Because I was afraid that it would be difficult to raise a child, I chose such a name to promote prosperity! They have such a name over there.
Customs and habits!”
As people around him were talking about it, Chen Guan understood that this boy, Qin Shishi Shao, was the grandson of Qin Henyu, the master of Maoshan Taoism. And the only son of Qin Henyu, the prince and master of Maoshan Taoism, passed away last year. No wonder the entire Maoshan
They all wore pure white Taoist robes like mourning robes!
"This kid is so brave, he dares to enter the cave!" Xuezi just spoke, and their eyes were attracted by the monster behind Qin Shisi.
Neither Chen Guan nor Xuezi knew this beast. It had a broad head and face, a broad skull, and a fierce look. Its eyeballs were yellow-brown and surrounded by red flesh. Its tail was naturally rolled up. Its whole body was covered with long black hair. It was nearly one meter tall at the shoulders, like a lion.
Not a lion, like a tiger but not a tiger.
The ferocious beast followed Qin Shisi. It had been relatively quiet before, and its ears were naturally drooping. But now it suddenly became alert, its ears suddenly raised, and it roared, "Ugh..." It only looked at Jiuling with its eyes fixed on it, and it actually moved back a few steps.
He took a few steps and hid behind the Fourteenth Young Master Qin.
Jiuling seemed to be avoiding it intentionally and not looking at the beast.
The Fourteenth Young Master Qin and everyone were shocked. This Qinghai-Tibetan Mastiff King was brought back from the wilderness seven years ago by Master Qin Henyu for him to tame. It has always been extremely calm, but in fact it is very ferocious, rough and fierce. It beats wolves at a gallop. In the south of the Yangtze River,
Even the South China tigers in this area are not afraid of him. They are his most capable assistants and even loyal friends. This time he will bring them with him when he goes hunting for treasures in underground caves!