Chapter 20: One View, Three Capitals, Five Lords, Eighteen Heads
The two of them greeted each other. Yu Yangyan stared at Xu Dao and hesitated: "What you just used was... a spell?"
When Xu Dao pushed the door open, the man's Yin Shen was in the sword practicing swordsmanship. Although he retracted it immediately when he stabbed Xu Dao, the reason why Xu Dao was not hurt was because Xu Dao blocked it in time.
Xu Dao heard the other party's question and nodded directly.
When Yu Yangyan received Xu Dao's affirmation, a look of surprise appeared on his face. His eyes brightened slightly and he asked, "Did fellow Taoist successfully condense the talisman seeds?"
Xu Dao nodded: "Exactly."
Hearing this, Yu Yangyan opened his mouth to praise: "Brother Xu is so amazing and talented, someone has to admire him."
He pretended to be ashamed and said to himself: "Brother Xu's hard work in the past three years in the same room is unparalleled by others. Now that he has succeeded in practicing qi, it is really gratifying and congratulatory!"
The man smiled and bowed his hands to Xu Dao.
Yu Yangyan has a somewhat aloof personality and has not had much interaction with Xu Dao in the past three years, but he has a clear sense of reason and is not a playboy or a sinister villain, so he can be friends with him.
After thinking about it carefully, Xu Dao also handed over his hand and replied: "It's just a fluke. Brother Yu is ridiculous."
"Don't be humble!" Yu Yangyan smiled, jumped back on the stone bed and sat up cross-legged. He placed the sword on his knees, and then invited Xu Dao to sit on him.
The two of them live in the same house. Although their relationship was weak before, they have both achieved Qi cultivation and have their own futures in the future. Naturally, they have become familiar with each other.
Xu Dao also jumped on the stone bed, sat cross-legged and chatted with Yu Yangyan.
The two lamented the difficulty of cultivating Taoism, and each described the difficulties they encountered when making breakthroughs. Then Xu Dao spoke and asked:
"My fellow Taoists have already broken through to the realm of Qi refining, why are they still living in this simple stone house?"
Yu Yangyan heard this and explained: "I have just been released from seclusion not long ago, the registration for the dormitory has not started yet, and I have no other place to go in the temple, so I just continue to live here."
After some questioning, Xu Dao learned that White Bone Temple has another set of procedures for dealing with Taoist disciples who have made breakthroughs. In a few days, the dormitory will invite all new Taoist disciples to be promoted together and distribute Taoist robes, rewards and other items.
After talking in detail, Yu Yangyan sighed: "There are more than two to three hundred people today, but only seven or eight have achieved Qi refining, and the rest have been demoted as slaves."
Xu Dao thought of You Bing in the room, sighed softly, and then said: "Although I am a slave, there is still the possibility of a breakthrough."
When Yu Yangyan heard this, he shook his head and said, "It's difficult."
After that, Yu Yangyan changed the subject and began to communicate with Xu Dao about the situation in the White Bone Temple.
Xu Dao has been practicing hard for three years, and he just came out of seclusion today. He has not yet come into contact with other Taoist disciples. After listening to the other party for a while, he suddenly understood a lot of new things.
It turns out that there are over ten thousand people in the White Bone Temple, but there are only nine Taoist priests in total.
A Taoist, a Taoist scholar, someone who has reached a higher level in the Qi Refining Realm - the title of a Taoist in the Foundation Establishment Realm, which is not something ordinary Taoists can call themselves.
The nine Taoist priests are called "one temple, three capitals and five masters" in the temple.
Among them, "Yikuan" refers to the master of White Bone Temple. This person's cultivation level was already at the late stage of Foundation Establishment Realm decades ago. His current cultivation level is even more unknown, and it is rumored that he is close to forming a core.
"Three Capitals" refers to the three mountains in the temple, Du Guan (in charge of regulations and rules), Du Guo (in charge of martial arts books), and Du Chu (in charge of money, food and property). It is said that their cultivation is already in the middle stage of foundation building.
The "Five Lords" are the five courtyards in the temple, the Qi Yuan (responsible for magic weapons and minerals, etc.), the Dan Yuan (responsible for elixirs, spiritual food, etc.), the Fu Yuan (responsible for the talismans, formations, etc.), and the Beast Yuan (responsible for the cultivation of monsters and beasts).
etc.), as well as the five heads of the Lao Yuan (responsible for supervision and management, etc.) are also Taoist priests at the foundation level.
In addition, there are also "eighteen heads" in the temple, which are warehouse, village, hall, bell, drum, door, tea, water, fire, rice, vegetables, warehouse, mill, mill, garden, and
The head deacons of the various chores in the trough and net are taken by Taoist disciples with high cultivation level and great contribution in the temple. They do not need to be responsible for specific chores and have their own deputies to take care of them, but the monthly talisman salary will not be less.
Therefore, in the White Bone Temple, there is a saying of "One Temple, Three Capitals, Five Lords and Eighteen Heads". The people here are all powerful characters who cannot be provoked and must be fawned over.
Xu Dao listened to what Yu Yangyan said, and combined with what he had heard in the past, he immediately understood a lot about the big and small forces in the temple. His mind moved, and he remembered a person, and suddenly raised his hand towards Yu Yangyan, and asked: "Brother Yu, do you know that there is someone in the temple?"
The senior of 'Mo Wen Taoist'?"
When Yu Yangyan heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly and said in surprise: "Why, Brother Xu knows this person?"
After organizing his words, Yu Yangyan replied: "Taoist Mo Wen is one of the 'eighteen heads' in the temple. I don't know exactly what position he holds, but I do know how powerful this person is."
"I heard that this person used secret medicine to draw talismans on his body. Everywhere on his body, mouth, ears, nose and tongue, every time he performed a technique, his technique was so fast and weird that ordinary people couldn't deal with it..."
After listening to Yu Yangyan's introduction, Xu Dao thought:
"This man is indeed a powerful figure in the audience. No wonder the red-robed Taoist disciple left immediately when he saw him speaking."
Xu Dao thought to himself: "Now that I have become a Taoist disciple, can I go and say thank you and take the opportunity to get acquainted..."
However, after Yu Yangyan finished speaking, he asked Xu Dao what it was like to condense the talisman seeds. Xu Dao held back his thoughts and briefly talked about it.
As they talked, the two exchanged spells and swordsmanship, and their words revealed their longing for their future monastic career. Their relationship suddenly became much closer, far better than the previous three years of getting along.
Suddenly, Yu Yangyan stopped talking, the sword energy on his knees rang softly, and he immediately looked towards the door.
Xu Dao also noticed the movement and turned to look.
Whoosh! A gust of wind blew in the stone house, and a figure swayed at the door and walked directly in.
It was a dark mist that penetrated into the room, transformed into a short human form, and looked at the two of them with a smile.
Xu Dao and Yu Yangyan saw this, looked at each other, and immediately stood up and saluted: "I have met fellow Taoist!"
"Hee hee!" The short figure simply returned the salute and said: "The two Taoists are so elegant that they can sleep together!"
The person who came through the door was a Qi Refining Taoist disciple who had left his body. He waved his hand and a group of Yin soldiers walked out behind him.
Yin soldiers in soap clothes and hats, holding iron rulers and iron ropes in their hands, are holding a soul and escorting it like a prisoner.
The soul cried out in pain: "Spare my life, my lord, spare your life!"
When Xu Dao saw it, his eyes were slightly startled, because the soul tortured by the Yin soldiers was the handyman he had sent away before.
At this time, the Taoist disciple who came to the door said: "I am a poor Taoist, Long Li'er, who among you is Xu Tao?"
Yu Yangyan looked at Xu Dao, and Xu Dao also raised his hands and said, "I am just a poor man."
Long Li'er pointed at the soul that had been tortured behind him and said with a smile: "Pindao is on duty tonight. This person and Taoist Ma Pi bullied fellow Taoist Xu. They committed a heinous crime and violated the forbidden law. According to the law, the soul should be seduced for seven days as a warning."
"Ma Pizhe has been killed by fellow Taoist and will no longer be pursued. The remaining person wonders if you have any plans. Does he need to be severely punished or take his soul and refine it into a Yin soldier?"
Xu Dao listened silently and found that the servant's soul was imprisoned by chains, unable to live or die, and was in extreme pain.
The other party kept crying and begging: "Taoist Master, save me, save me!"
Long Li'er came to visit this time with the intention of making good friends with Xu Dao and selling favors to Xu Dao, a new Taoist disciple.
Since the other party had good intentions, Xu Dao didn't need to offend him, but he didn't need to owe him much favor either. He handed over his hands and thanked him and said, "Thank you Brother Dao for finding out the truth for Xu Dao. Please just deal with it according to the law."
"Hahaha!" Long Li'er laughed loudly when he heard this and said, "Okay, just deal with it fairly."
The two talked for a while and exchanged their ages. Xu Dao found that the other party was only two years older than him and had only broken through to the realm of Qi refining in the past two years, so he called each other "Brother Long" and "Brother Xu".
Yu Yangyan, who was next to him, heard the word "Ma Pi" from Long Li'er's mouth. His face did not change color. Instead, he took the initiative to talk and got involved in the conversation between Xu Dao and Xu Dao.
For a moment, the Yin soldiers stood in the stone house, their souls howling.
But the three of them didn't care, and kept talking to each other familiarly...