In the ice and snow, a dog barked. Jiang Li heard the sound and flew away. He saw a big cauldron standing in a large pit on the ground, and a big red dog squatting next to it.
It raised its head and shook its head, a string of jade talismans around its neck shining brightly.
This big dog is naturally Xiaotian.
As for the jade talisman on its neck, it is the trophy of this battle - the Dao Fruit.
Although Su Nu was knocked into the space crack and Guangli Bodhisattva escaped, the rest of the enemies were not so lucky. There was no time to clean up at that time, and the Dao Fruit was not separated, so their bodies were allowed to fall, but Jiang Li
But he didn't forget these trophies.
He just left the job of licking the bag to Xiao Tian.
"Good job."
Jiang Li fell to the ground, rubbed the dog's head angrily, and at the same time took a dozen jade charms strung together.
This string of jade talismans mainly contains the upper-5th-grade Taoist fruits, while the lower-4th-grade mass-produced Taoist fruits are temporarily stored in Xiaotian's stomach.
Jiang Li sensed them one by one, and found that the Taoist fruits of the nine Arhats were all among them, as well as Yun Jiuye's [Celestial Immortal Baiyunzi], Jiang Biehe's [Hui'an Walker Mu Zha], and [Manna Prince Jin Zha].
Xiaotian held his head high, enjoying the treatment of rubbing his head, and narrowed his eyes.
It doesn’t matter whether the rubbing of the head is comfortable or not. What is important is that the owner thinks it is comfortable, so it must show that it is comfortable, otherwise it may become uncomfortable.
Xiaotian has gained experience by eating at all three restaurants.
"Well done, I will reward you with a fourth-grade Taoist fruit."
Xiaotian, who was enjoying the head-rub treatment, suddenly opened his eyes and opened his mouth unconsciously.
Fourth grade Taoist fruit?
Without letting him think too much, Jiang Li gently raised his hand, and the shadow of a thin white dog appeared in his palm.
[Tao Fruit: Roaring Sky Dog]
[Category: Demon]
[Eligibility: Dogs]
[Promotion Ceremony: Becoming Jiang Li’s Dog]
[Supernatural power: True King Taoist soldiers, tracking thousands of miles, sharp teeth and fierce edges, escaping without a trace]
[Zhenjun Dao Weapon: Qingyuan Miao Dao Zhenjun’s Taoist soldiers, whose skills are the same as those of Zhenjun, their physical bodies are strengthened with the sacrifice of Zhenjun, and they can also be blessed by Zhenjun’s skills]
[Ten thousand miles of tracking: The world is endless, thousands of miles of tracking. Targets can be tracked through Qi machines, regardless of people or objects]
[Sharp Teeth and Fierce Edge: The fairy dog has been cultivated into a slender waist, shaped like a white elephant and powerful like an owl; the copper head and iron neck are difficult to resist, and the bones will disappear when encountering the fierce edge. The sharp teeth are comparable to magical weapons, and can break all kinds of indestructibles]
【Escape without a trace: hide without a trace, come and go without a trace】
The accessory Dao Fruit of Roaring Sky Dog also has information. If we really take it seriously, the strength of this dog can definitely reach the fourth level.
There is no way, who calls it Erlangshen's Taoist soldier?
Tao soldiers are special magic weapons. The upper limit of their strength depends on their master. The stronger the master, the stronger the Tao soldiers will naturally be.
The Roaring Sky Dog's own achievements are also quite eye-catching. It once bit the Monkey King's calf and knocked him off his feet. It also bit off one of the heads of the Nine-Headed Insect. During the Battle of the Gods, he also took advantage of Zhao
Gongming was unprepared and bit him on the neck, forcing him to escape on a tiger.
Of course, all the above-mentioned achievements are basically sneak attacks. This dog is quite devoid of martial ethics. Most of them cooperate with their masters in attacking, and they pay attention to taking them by surprise and attacking them unprepared.
However, its lethality is still quite strong, especially its sharp teeth, which have injured Monkey Sun and severely damaged Zhao Xuantan.
The former had secretly eaten flat peaches and elixirs at that time, and became an indestructible body. The latter himself was also an extraordinary person. Although his body was not indestructible, his own strength was not weaker than that of others.
After Xiao Tian accepted this Dao Fruit, Jiang Li's future fights with others will allow others to experience the treatment of the same level as the Great Sage.
"Come."
Jiang Li pressed his backhand, and the white dog's shadow flew into Xiaotian's head, and the invisible and qualitative innate energy was poured into Xiaotian's body as the Dao Fruit was integrated.
"Woof!"
Xiaotian's red dog eyes widened, and he felt an unprecedented sense of power filling his body. The Dao Fruit was pulling the innate energy and refining it.
Daoguo is refining it into a dog-shaped magic weapon, becoming an accessory similar to the Great Wan Sword.
‘It’s bad, won’t the action of reporting the news to the mistress from now on be hidden from the master?’ The big dog was horrified.
Jiang Li narrowed his eyes.
As a Taoist soldier, especially a Taoist soldier like Roaring Sky Dog, as long as Jiang Li thinks about it, it can't hide even a little bit of psychological activity from Jiang Li.
So, things got out of the bag.
"You guy, you betrayed me again." Jiang Li had the urge to kill the dog.
I never expected that this guy Xiaotian would start eating both sides again, secretly becoming Tianxuan's dog.
Xiao Tian was suddenly startled by his master's sudden murderous intention. He looked at Jiang Li with a pair of clear dog eyes, as if with some kind of pure stupidity, he wanted Jiang Li to see his innocence.
However, the slaves of these three surnames are now incompatible with Qing Qing and stupid. They have been close to Mo for a long time and have been assimilated by Jiang Li.
Facing those innocent eyes, Jiang Li sneered, making Xiao Tian's hair stand up.
"Woof woof woof (that little man seems to be in an emergency)!"
In the flash of lightning, Xiaotian's nose twitched. The magical power he had just acquired allowed him to notice that Yin Tulong was moving, and he immediately stretched out his left paw, pointed at the sky and screamed.
Jiang Li also received Xiaotian's thoughts immediately. After sending the Roaring Sky Dog Dao Fruit, he no longer needed to use his great master's wisdom to interpret Xiaotian's body language and could directly understand the meaning.
"Yin Tulong is flying back to Yuxu Temple?"
The vertical mark between Jiang Li's eyebrows flashed, locking onto Yin Tulong's figure, "Something happened to Yuxu Temple?"
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Riding on the wind and carrying the dog, Jiang Li flew into Yuxu Temple.
Xiaotian led the way, using [Ten Thousand Miles Tracking] to follow Yin Tulong's Qi movement and shuttle through the changing formations.
Not long after, Jiang Li and Xiao Tian arrived in front of Yuqing Hall.
At this time, the door of Yuqing Hall was opened, and there were two Taoists sitting cross-legged in meditation. Both of them had tired looks on their faces, and they could not hide their anger.
Yin Tulong held a bell jar in his hand, and the real fire inside was tempering an evil spirit. It was obvious that he had successfully absorbed the clone of God Ho Luo, but he did not look happy because of this, but had a sullen face.
, his face was so gloomy that it could freeze scum.
Taoist Guangcheng, the master of Yuxu Temple, looked at the statue at the end of the hall without saying a word.
Jiang Li also looked around and found that six of the thirteen statues were still flowing with aura and fairy light, two less than the previous eight. In other words, two Dao Fruits had been taken away.
The wooden whip on one of the statues also disappeared.
Obviously, the Dao Fruit was stolen.
Moreover, there should be Marquis Shen who stayed behind at Yuxu Temple, but now he has disappeared. It is almost clear at a glance who the person who took away the Dao Fruit will be.
Jiang Li stayed at the palace gate, not meddling in other sect matters as he had done in the past, and just waiting outside.
After a while, Yin Tulong snorted coldly, "I'll go and chase him back."
The firelight flew out from the hall, carrying the figure of the little Taoist, roaring through the formation of Yuxu Temple.
Soon after, Taoist Guangming and another Taoist walked out of the temple, nodded to Jiang Li, and then left dejectedly without saying a word.
Taoist Guangcheng is the only one left in Yuqing Hall.
Jiang Li then walked into the Yuqing Palace.
"Junior brother Shenhou betrayed Yuxuguan. Pindao didn't expect that he was also a member of the Jiang family."
Taoist Guangcheng looked at the juxtaposed statues and said faintly: "He took away the divine whip. This thing is specially designed to defeat the gods and fruits, especially the gods in the heaven system. And the county magistrates and prefectures in the Great Zhou Dynasty
Shou, they are all earthly creatures."
‘It is indeed a divine whip.’ Jiang Li looked at the statue without the wooden whip and confirmed his previous suspicion.
This statue is indeed that of Jiang Ziya.
Although Jiang Ziya performed very poorly in the Battle of the Gods, his status among human beings is quite high. He is called "the originator of military strategists and the source of military affairs". He is the god of war worshiped by generations. In addition, he also enjoys a
The title of the series.
Jiang Ziya's Dao Fruit level should be quite high, just like the Confucian Dacheng Sage Master, they are both typical, their strength may be poor, but their Dao Fruit level is high.
Combining the Divine Whip with Jiang Ziya's Dao Fruit, even if no one can accommodate the promotion of this Dao Fruit, it is enough to exert great restraint on the Divine Dao Fruit, especially today's official system in the Great Zhou Dynasty is dominated by the Divine Dao Fruit.
The main goal of the Jiang family may have been to defeat the Divine Whip and Jiang Ziya's Dao Fruit from the beginning, and to surround and kill Jiang Li was secondary.
'They even intend to use this to establish a new system to replace the old official system of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It is a far-reaching plan. But...'
Jiang Li looked at the back of Taoist Guangcheng and said softly: "Marquis Shen seems to have reminded Taoist Guangcheng. He said that if the head of the Jiang family really chooses the Buddhist Kingdom, it can only mean that there is a Jiang family among the top leaders of the Buddhist Kingdom.
A member of the master’s family.”
"In this matter, Pindao remembers that Taoist friend was outside Yuxu Temple at that time." Upon hearing this, Taoist Guangcheng did not answer immediately, but talked about the situation at that time.
At that time, Jiang Li had just finished the two thunder and fire tribulations, but was unable to trigger the heavenly tribulation due to the Wind-fixing Pearl, and was recovering from his injuries on the snowy peak.
And when Taoist Guangcheng was talking to Marquis Shen, there was no one else around.
"It's just that my vision is sharp and I know a little lip language." Jiang Li smiled, "It's just a little trick."
With the realm of Guangcheng Taoist, no one should use magic to eavesdrop or approach secretly, but if it is just good eyesight, it will be different.
There is no vitality, no fluctuation of spiritual thoughts, only simple and unpretentious eyesight. Just pay a little attention, only pay attention to the shape of the lips and not the person, so as not to be sensed by the gaze.
The best eavesdropping method is so simple and crude, without any technical content, just by looking at it.
"Moreover, the Taoist priest should be able to see some clues about the sword energy I gave him," Jiang Li continued, "Being able to study hard requires not only wisdom, but also an understanding of vitality.
It can even be said that one needs to know all the qi thoroughly. And in the world today, the one who is most likely to be able to do this is my Jiang family's "Qi Grave"."
Taoist Guangcheng was silent for a moment, then nodded, "That's true. When Pindao and Manjusri fought against each other, he failed to intercept his sword energy, and he also had reservations at that time, so that Pindao couldn't even see the clues.
Until fellow Taoist hand over the sword energy to Pindao, Pindao will know the inside story."
It was precisely because of the existence of this sword energy that Manjusri was not surprised by his own exposure.
Before he came here, he had already acquiesced that Taoist Guangcheng knew his identity.
Manjusri is a member of the Jiang family.
"Manjusri has been famous in the Buddhist country for more than a hundred years. When Buddhism was spread to the east of the Buddhist country more than a hundred years ago, he was already in the third level. No one thought that he was related to the Jiang family." Guangcheng sighed lightly.
"But without Manjusri's support, it would not be so easy for the members of Jiang's family to integrate into the Buddhist Kingdom. It is also impossible for the overseas members of the family to believe in the Buddhist Kingdom and join forces with it." Jiang Li didn't seem surprised by this.
He had already made speculations in this regard after discovering the connection between Manjusri and the Jiang family.
There are no unprovoked conflicts in this world. Manjusri targeted Jiang Li in this way, not because he was so small-minded, but because he was tricked by Jiang Li and took action at all costs. He even faced off against Taoist Guangcheng for this reason.
The root of all this is that he and Jiang Li are enemies, irreconcilable enemies.
I just don’t know if the enlightened beings in the Buddhist country know the relationship between this.
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"If Marquis Shen really leaked the secret, would his betrayal have been known for a long time? Taoist priest."
Jiang Li looked at the back of Taoist Guangcheng and his voice became distant.
If Marquis Shen's betrayal was known, and it could even be said that he took the initiative to remind him of the betrayal, then this so-called "betrayal" would have to be described in another way.
The Buddhist Kingdom and Yuxu Temple have been enemies for many years. Even a disciple of Yuxu Temple died in the hands of a strong man from the Buddhist Kingdom. All the third-grade Taoist tools were taken away and turned into Manjushri Bodhisattva. If there is a chance, I can give the Buddha Kingdom
In order to inflict severe damage, Taoist Guangcheng will definitely not hesitate to plan.
"Tao and fruit are cause and effect. Practitioners like us who tolerate Tao and fruit are also invisibly affected by cause and effect. Pindao just takes advantage of this influence."
Taoist Guangcheng did not answer directly, but his words already explained some issues.
Marquis Shen accommodated Shen Gongbao's Daoguo. Now that he left Yuxu Temple, he fulfilled a cause and effect, and what follows...
Jiang Li thought about the origin of "Fellow Taoist, please stay", and couldn't help but feel cold for Shen Hou's current friends.
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The reverberation of the storm was still lingering in the snowfield. Riding on the dragon-bearded tiger, Shen Hou broke through the cold wind and flew into a forest covered with silver.
Under a tree bathed in Buddha's light, he saw the figure of Manjusri.
Manjusri is still dressed in red robes decorated with seven Buddhist treasures. He sits cross-legged on a lotus platform in the air, with a majestic appearance, emitting Buddha's light from the inside out, illuminating all directions.
Seeing Marquis Shen coming, especially the wooden whip in his hand, Manjusri showed a smile.
"It's good, it's good. Although I let Bie He die, this divine whip fell into our hands after all." Manjusri raised his palm and said.
The dragon-bearded tiger fell to the ground and showed a vigilant look towards the Buddha's light. Shen Hou turned over and got off the tiger, holding a wooden whip in his hand, his face was stern, without the previous irregularity.
"He didn't have to die, and the Jiang family didn't need to betray Yuxuguan." Shen Hou said in a smooth voice.
"The poor monk didn't intend to deviate from Yuxu Guan, but no matter what, fate plays tricks on people."
Manjusri heard the grievances of Marquis Shen and his smile faded, "Even when the poor monk got the opportunity to join the Buddhist kingdom by chance, he initially thought of trying to retrieve the stolen third-grade Taoist artifact for Yuxuguan. Unfortunately, in the end,
The instrument was not retrieved, but was accommodated by the poor monk."
“The Enlightened One personally promoted the poor monk and gave him the transformed Manjushri Taoist Fruit. Then with the help of the Bodhisattvas in the Buddhist kingdom, the poor monk was successfully promoted and made a great wish to uphold the Buddha’s path and spread the Dharma forever.
In this way, the poor monk stayed in the Buddhist country forever."
In fact, the internal struggle in the Buddhist Kingdom is quite fierce, but it will always remain in a state of invincibility. Because the Bodhisattvas in the Buddhist Kingdom will use the "Bodhisattva Vehicle" to make great aspirations, uphold the Buddha's way, and promote the Buddha's way. Their great aspirations will strengthen their strength.
Therefore, it cannot be deviated from.
Because of this, Manjushri was tied to the ship of the Buddhist Kingdom, and what he accommodated was the fundamental path and fruit of Manjushri's power that had been changed.
The Enlightened One personally took action and transformed Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun into Manjushri Bodhisattva, leaving this path and fruit in the Buddha's land, and also left Manjushri, who contained this path and fruit, in the Buddha's land.
"The root of the deviation has been laid long ago, and the whip is of great importance. How can Guangcheng be willing to hand it over so easily?"
Manjusri explained, and also advised Marquis Shen to put down the grudges in his heart, "I know you have grudges in your heart, but now that the Jiang family is headed by Poor Monk, it is destined to be difficult to ally with Yuxu Guan. Moreover, Yuxu
Observation cannot help the Jiang family make a comeback, but the Buddhist kingdom can. And..."
The Buddhist country may not belong to the Jiang family, or to oneself.
The Awakened One is indeed powerful. When he was young, he easily laid the root of the divergence between the Jiang family and Yuxu Guan. However, he has been in seclusion for decades because of Karma Tathagata, and his control over the Buddhist kingdom is no longer what it used to be.
'If you are really related to Karma Tathagata, then a poor monk will not be unable to occupy the first position in the Buddha's kingdom.'
Manjusri lowered his eyes slightly, hiding the fluctuations in his eyes.