It was rainy and there were not many pedestrians in the narrow alley. There were only a few black cats squatting under the eaves and looking around quietly.
Xu Dao wore a black poncho and walked to the alley. He glanced at the black cat staring at him for a few times, then walked to the end of the alley and disappeared directly into the bricks.
When he raised his eyes again, the scene in front of him had completely changed. The light was still dark, but there was no trace of moisture in the air, but an elegant courtyard.
There are sparse bamboo forests planted in the yard, with black civet cats jumping among them one after another, showing an extremely elegant look.
After Xu Dao walked in, dozens of black cats on the ground all raised their heads, looked up at him, and said in unison: "Friend Daoist Lu is here, please follow me."
Xu Dao did not look down upon these little things on the ground. He slapped the black cats in the face and said, "I have seen fellow Taoist raccoons."
After hanging out in Wudu City for a long time, he also met many other Taoist priests. Wherever he went today, he found a house nicknamed "Black Li Taoist Priest".
After following a black cat through layers of formations and reaching the depths of the courtyard, there were already a few scattered people waiting inside. Either the Yin God came directly, or came driving a Yin Beast, or
This is how such a physical body comes to this place.
But without exception, the auras of these people are extremely powerful. Even if they all restrain their bodies, the ghostly, demonic, and evil auras overflowing from their bodies can all frighten ordinary Taoist disciples to the point of being unable to move.
After Xu Dao walked in, a stream of spiritual consciousness immediately stretched out towards him, wandering around him wantonly, trying to find out his details.
Being treated so rudely, Xu Dao's disguised waxy face immediately revealed a sneer, and he circulated the energy and blood in his body, directly smashing the opponent's stretched out consciousness to pieces.
"Hi! You!"
After their spiritual consciousness was cut off, several Taoist priests immediately uttered cold voices, and their gazes on Xu Dao changed from scrutinizing to unkind.
Fortunately, at this moment, the black cat that led Xu Dao in walked to the middle. Black energy surged from his body, his bones trembled and his flesh trembled, and he transformed directly into the appearance of a woman. However, although this woman's body was well-proportioned, it was too
Petite, only a quarter of the size of an ordinary person.
"Okay, this is my first time here, Fellow Daoist Lu, so I'm a little late. Please don't mind."
The woman transformed into a black cat smiled and said to the Taoist priests around her, "Now that everyone has arrived, today's small meeting will begin. Do you Taoists have anything to trade with each other?"
But after she finished speaking, the Taoist priests all stared at her, with no intention of communicating with the other Taoist priests around them.
One of them, a Taoist priest with a pale complexion, said directly: "Friend Taoist Li, don't waste any more time. Everyone is here for the fairy garden today. Let's get to the point quickly."
Taoist Heili heard this, and the smile on his face turned into an apologetic smile, and he hurriedly said: "It's okay, since you don't want to share your opinions, then Taoist priest will just say it directly."
"Pindao has been in the city of Wu for seventy or eighty years. Every three years, Taoist friends come to see Pindao to hide his cultivation and enter the fairy garden. It is well-known and everyone recognizes me."
Having said this, Taoist Heili glanced up at Xu Dao and forced out a charming smile: "It doesn't matter if Fellow Daoist Lu doesn't recognize Pindao. We will naturally get to know each other over time."
When Xu Dao heard this, he raised his hands and casually echoed: "You know, Taoist friend Li has a great reputation. I'm a newbie here, so I admire you very much."
Hearing his words, the smile on Taoist Heili's face became even more charming, as if he was enjoying it. But when Xu Dao looked at it, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
This person has been running business in Wudu City for seventy or eighty years. Coupled with the time it took for him to practice to the realm of foundation building, he must be over a hundred years old.
Such an old woman prefers to transform into a petite woman, and she also adopts a cute and naive posture from time to time. It really makes one wonder whether her mind is normal or not.
Furthermore, the Taoist priest Heili has always been walking around in the form of a sinister beast, and no one knows whether he is a boy or a girl.
"Okay, I'm a poor Taoist and I won't let you offend me anymore." Heili Taoist clapped his hands and said:
"You are all people who want to enter the Fairy Garden but are unable to do so. The places for sale in Pindao's Fairy Garden have already been purchased by other fellow Taoists, but inviting you here this time is not to tease everyone. There is indeed another way.
Maybe it can help fellow Taoists enter the fairy garden."
Xu Dao listened silently to the other party's story and touched the breath-containing jade hook hidden in his sleeve.
The next moment, Taoist Black Li snapped his fingers, and six streams of light suddenly burst out from his hands, swimming in mid-air like tadpoles, forming a circle.
And the appearance of one of the tadpole-like things was exactly the same as the breath-collecting jade hook in Xu Dao's hand.
"Fellow Taoists, please take a look. This is the original appearance of the six-hook diagram sent to you by the civet messenger under Pindao's command."
"These six hooks are the tokens of the six imperial edicts of the Wu Kingdom. They have always been owned by the clan leaders of each clan and have been kept secret. It was only now that there was a trace of news. It took a lot of effort for the poor man to know what was inside.
Guanqiao."
The attention of the Taoist priests at the scene was attracted by the six hook-shaped objects evolved by the black raccoon Taoist priest using his magic power. They were either surprised or frowned.
Taoist Heili did not pay too much attention and continued to explain: "It is said that the Erhai Taoist Palace was only a place for Taoist priests to gather in Wu Kingdom, and the capital of Wu Kingdom was established by Liuzhao. The status of the Liuzhao tribe in the Taoist Palace is naturally conceivable.
And know.”
"Among them, when the Erhai Fairy Garden was first opened, the ancestors of the Liuzhao tribe made great efforts, and even the formations they led were personally arranged by the ancestors of the Liuzhao. Although the Liuzhao tribe had no way to deal with the immortals,
You can do some tricks inside the park, but you can do some tricks on the entrances and exits..."
She pointed at the six jade hooks and said: "These six tokens are the six keys to the formation of the fairy garden. They are kept secret. Any one of them can open a secret door at a specific time. Send
People entered the Immortal Garden. But later on, the Liuzhao tribe became more powerful in the Taoist Palace, and the places in the Immortal Garden were freely available to them, so there was no need to privately open the back door to let people in."
After some narration, the Taoist priests around him became interested in the six things displayed by Taoist Heili, and their eyes flickered.
Among them, Xu Dao listened silently. Although his face was calm, his emotions were ups and downs in his heart.
Originally, after he received the invitation from the other party, he already had a guess in his mind when he looked at the words and pictures on the invitation. Now that he got the confirmation from the other party, he was suddenly pleasantly surprised.
Xu Dao rubbed the breath-condensing jade hook held in his hand and thought to himself:
"Originally it was just a keepsake among the Shezhao tribe, and its symbolic significance was greater than its actual use. Later I found out that this object was not only made of strange materials, but also related to the Dragon Palace formation. Now it should be placed on the fairy garden, and it was given to the family by the Liuzhao tribe.
The key to the back door!"
Just as he was thinking about it, a Taoist priest came out and spoke with a skeptical attitude:
"Since this object is the secret key to the fairy garden, it may not be of much use in the hands of the Liuzhao tribe, but it would be wonderful if it fell into the hands of others. This kind of news should be kept secret."
Other Taoist priests sneered and said: "Exactly, how can the Erhai Taoist Palace allow others to enter such an important place as the Fairy Garden? This jade hook is also an heirloom of several tribes, how come outsiders know about it?"
Xu Dao looked at Taoist Heili, wanting to see what the other party would explain. Unexpectedly, what the other party said had something to do with him.
Taoist priest Heili returned: "Are you fellow Taoists forgetting the news that has been circulated recently? Big changes have taken place in the southwestern realm, and even a golden elixir Taoist master has died."
Hearing this, some of the Taoist priests present had unchanged expressions, as if they had already received the news, while others were surprised, as this must be the first time they heard about it.
Taoist Heili looked around at the crowd, covered his mouth and said, "Hey! It turns out that everyone doesn't know everything. It's a pity, it's a pity. Maybe this kind of information can be sold for a fortune."
"That's all, I've already said it all, let's just be more thorough." She paused and said:
"Although the southwest territory is remote, there is one of the six imperial edicts left, called the Shezhao. In the past six months, all the Taoist priests of this clan have died one after another, and even the ancestral land has been leveled, and the mortals in the clan have also died.
They are all missing... They must have been exterminated."
At this point, Taoist Black Li pointed at one of the Liuzhao jade hooks: "The whereabouts of this object are also unknown. Whether it is the Dangyao Division or the Liuzhao in Wu Duzhong, they are all looking for this object. And the function of these jade hooks
And the news spread out because of this.”
"I am not very talented, but I have some skills, so I learned about this matter first."
At this time, although all the Taoist priests present were still a little confused, they all understood in their hearts.
Only the look in Xu Dao's eyes was a bit strange. He originally thought that his trip last time was in vain, but he didn't expect that it was because of the things he explained that he knew the true function of the breath-containing jade hook.
A Taoist priest said impatiently: "In that case, Taoist friend Heili invited me here today, but I know the whereabouts of this jade hook."
Taoist Priest Heili nodded: "That's right. Several Taoist priests from the Shezhao tribe died at the hands of the Master of the White Bone Temple. This secret key is probably in the hands of the White Bone Temple!"
Someone said: "Hey! Master White Bone Temple, I have heard of this guy many times..."
for the rest of the time.
Taoist Black Li told everyone present what Xu Dao had said to the Lei Zhao and the Monster Demon Division. He was extremely provocative in his words, implying that the White Bone Temple Master had destroyed the Yaksha Sect and the Shezhao tribe, and he must have money in his hands.
No matter what, what's even better is that the Taoist priests under him suffered heavy losses, and he himself was also seriously injured, which was a great opportunity to seize the secret key.
Xu Dao suddenly realized at this time that the other party's real purpose today was not just to sell the news to everyone, but to encourage everyone to go to Jiangzhou and kill the White Bone Temple Master while he was sick.
.
He touched the jade hook in his hand, feeling secretly happy in his heart, knowing that the hole he dug for the Master of the White Bone Temple had worked. It would only take a few months to see whether the other party could cope with it.
After coming back to his senses, Xu Dao looked at the other Taoist priests in the reunion hall and narrowed his eyes.
Somehow, although the Black Li Taoist priest kept saying that he had the inside information and that he would not miss the opportunity before it came again, he must not miss the opportunity like those guys from the Demon Division. But Xu Dao always felt that the other party seemed to have let it out on purpose.
It was just to allow these Taoist priests to go to Jiangzhou to test the waters.
The Taoist priests in the field heard this. Even if some of them were still calm, they all pricked up their ears and listened to the heated discussion of the people in the field.
After all, there is a secret key that can enter the fairy garden for a long time, and the other benefits of the White Bone Temple, including wealth and silk, are really exciting.
In order to show that he was gregarious, Xu Dao also pretended that he couldn't help but interjected a few words and blended in. When the small meeting was over, he also wrote down the next time the Taoist priest Heili and others agreed to meet.
The black raccoon Taoist priest, who looked like a short woman, hissed and transformed into a black cat again. Seven black cats jumped out of the darkness and all uttered human words: "Fellow Taoists, I will lead you separately now."
Everyone, please go out and meet us next time."
"Yes.", "Very good." There was a burst of noise in the hall, and the Taoist priests in attendance all followed a black cat out of the courtyard, not knowing what they planned in their hearts.
But the next time we meet is when everyone is preparing to go to Jiangzhou together. The interval is not long, and there are only two days for everyone to think and prepare.
Although Xu Dao showed great interest, there was no way he would follow these people to Jiangzhou.
Not to mention that the source of this news was originally released by him, and even the breath gathering jade hook was already in his hand, Xu Dao had no motivation to return to Jiangzhou at all.
The most he can do is take a few glances from a distance and make more inquiries to see how many Taoist priests can't help but go to Jiangzhou to speculate on the life and death of the Lord of the White Bone Temple.
The secret meeting is over.
In the following time, Xu Dao focused on confirming the relationship between the breath-condensing jade hook and the fairy garden, and asking around how to use the breath-condensing jade hook to enter the fairy garden.
As the situation in Jiangzhou became more and more intense, many Taoist priests, although they had never seen the true appearance of the jade hook, still inquired about it like Xu Dao, and his actions were not conspicuous.
And the method of how to use the jade hook to open the fairy garden has actually been spread.
This time, Xu Dao hesitated for a moment, worrying that there was fraud involved.
Because in his opinion, the news about the jade hook was most likely released by the Dang Yaosi or the Wuzhao tribe themselves. This move would not only drive the Taoist priests in Wudu to test the Lord of the White Bone Temple, but also use it to avoid damaging their own family.
of human hands.
Even if the jade hook is not in the hands of the White Bone Temple Master, as long as it is obtained by someone else and goes around in circles, he can be tempted to enter the fairy garden with the jade hook.
And this person is Xu Dao.
There is no guarantee that Dao Palace will not have a way to recover the jade hook in the fairy garden. If this is the case, he will be trapped in the fairy garden by taking the jade hook into the fairy garden.
When Xu Dao was hesitating whether to use the breath-collecting jade hook to enter the fairy garden, more than a month later, news finally came from Jiangzhou.
The news made him feel a little depressed. He secretly said it was a pity and at the same time he was very happy.