Zhao Ran stopped to look at the flowers. The place where he stood was where the concubine and grandson of the Luoxiang eunuch fell to the ground and fell unconscious. As soon as this skill was revealed, the Luoxiang eunuch immediately became convinced and urgently asked for a way to ward off evil spirits.
Zhao Ran first asked about the origin of this strange flower, and the Luoxiang eunuch said: "This flower has no name and no one knows it. I was an official in Liaodong in the same year as me. Knowing that I like gold, stone, flowers and plants, I asked someone to bring it here. When I first came here,
It didn't have such a bright color, it was just green and green, not much different from other flowers and plants. Only the leaves and petals were numbered ninety-six, which was relatively rare, so I harvested them and planted them here. There were only ten numbers.
A few days ago, this flower suddenly showed a different color, gradually becoming like a coral, with three fruits in its stamens. I checked all the classics and could not find any record... Could it be that this flower is poisonous?"
Zhao Ran could see the vitality of this strange flower, but he did not dare to say whether it was poisonous or not. He only said: "This flower is very strange. Ling Sun's death may be caused by this flower..."
The officials in Luoxiang were horrified and immediately ordered people to pull out the flower. The servants heard that the flower was the cause of death and did not dare to get too close. They carefully took long-handled wooden clamps and shovels and pulled out the flower.
He began to remove the flowers. Just as he was about to start, an ominous omen suddenly occurred in Zhao Ran's heart. It was an inexplicable subconscious and a premonition of imminent danger. He didn't know why he was so uneasy, so he stopped it immediately.
: "Wait a minute, don't be rash, otherwise you will cause trouble!"
The housekeeper quickly waved the servants to leave. Luo Xiangguan became increasingly uneasy and asked what Zhao Ran should do. The relatives who were watching moved further away with low exclamations.
Zhao Ran pondered for a long time and said: "I will wait for Pindao to go back to the mountain to think for a while and think of a way..." Seeing that Luo Xiang's face turned pale, he comforted him and said: "Donor Luo, don't worry, Pindao will set up a formation and we will
If you are trapped here, you can keep your house safe." This was said outright. He had done very little research on formations. How could randomly setting up formations guarantee people's safety? But since the first time he went down the mountain to do the magic, he was
Gao Gong and professors teach that no matter what situation you encounter, you must be "full of confidence", dare to "guarantee", and use your face to the maximum extent. If you don't have confidence yourself, how can you let others believe in you?
Under the constant urging of Luo Xiang's eunuchs, the servants quickly fetched bronze mirrors and wind chimes according to Zhao Ran's request, and cut down a peach branch on the spot and whittled it into a wooden sword. Zhao Ran used his little knowledge of formations to make a wooden sword.
A bronze mirror was placed on the rockery to shine directly on the strange flowers. Wind chimes were hung on a nearby apricot tree, and a wooden sword was inserted by the edge of the pond.
Zhao Ran surrounded the rockery and the pool and buried five clean wine urns according to the five elements. They contained gold ingots, hay, clean water, firewood, and soil ash. He wrote five talisman papers and sealed them at the mouth of the urns.
The materials used by Zhao Ran to set up the formation can only be said to make the Fang family laugh. His formation layout and azimuth divisions are also very different from the regular formation. Speaking of which, it is all because there is no Zhengerba in the Sutra Collection Building of Wujiyuan.
After reading the collection of books about the Qimen Formation, Zhao Ran could only arrange it on his own based on the fragments he read from miscellaneous books and combined with his own understanding of the Five Elements and Bagua.
But if you want to say that he did it completely at will, it is not necessarily the case. The positions of the objects he arranged were all stuck on key points, which had a direct impact on the flow of Qi in the rockery, pool and exotic flowers.
Either speed it up, deflect it, or change its direction. In short, it is to trap the energy here and prevent it from flowing out. This is his skill after entering the "concentration" state, and it cannot be learned by others.
After the formation was set up, Zhao Ran didn't know how effective it would be. Anyway, he seemed to solemnly instruct Luo Xianghuan, "No one can approach the center of the formation." The name of the formation was also made up - "Five Elements Universe Reversal Formation".
Luo Xiang eunuch simply sealed off the back garden and enlarged the forbidden area several times as instructed by Zhao Ran.
After working for a long time, Zhao Ran took the extra 10 taels of silver as a gift from the Luo Xiang eunuch. He was filled with contempt, so he didn't say anything more and took the time to go back to the mountain and go to the scripture library to check the classics.
Most of the scriptures in Wujiyuan are Taoist scriptures. There are no relevant records in the Taoist scriptures that Zhao Ran has read. He found only two books about this in the collection, one is "Da Ming Mountains and Seas"
"Illustrations" and the other is "Taixuan Lun". Both of these books introduce many flowers and plants from various places. The latter one also has many discussions on medicinal herbs, but there is no such thing as red hair.
Purple, more like coral-like exotic flowers.
Zhao Ran went to Yu Zhiyuan again to see if he had any relevant books. Yu Zhiyuan had a wide network and there were many treasures hidden in his room. Unfortunately, Zhao Ran missed it. He heard that Yu Zhiyuan went to Xizhenwu Palace to visit friends.
I had no choice but to return with regret.
The next few days were still very busy. Zhao Ran kept participating in various fasting ceremonies. Sometimes he followed professors such as Jiang Gaogong, Liu Jingzhu, and Chen Jingzhu down the mountain, and sometimes he hosted it himself. Before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Wuji Mountain welcomed another
At the peak of the wave of pilgrims paying their respects to the mountain, Zhao Ran was also mobilized to receive pilgrims from all walks of life. He also wondered, in such a busy time, how could Yu Zhiyuan, who was in charge of the living room, still have time to go out for a visit? And the prison hospital
And actually let it go without any urging?
One time, Zhao Ran came back from a fast at the foot of the mountain and heard that the Luo Xiang eunuch had come to look for him during the day. He knew that the Luo Xiang eunuch must have been uneasy these days, but he hadn't figured it out yet. How could he give the other party a final explanation?
So I decided to delay it for one day.
Fifteen years later, life finally got back on track, but Zhao Ran gradually felt that life was much more leisurely and relaxed. He had read almost all the Taoist scriptures in the Sutra Library, and he had studied it in one year, what others had studied in ten years, and in twenty years.
It took only a short time to finish learning things, and there was no sign of the monks distinguishing themselves from each other, so I suddenly felt that there was nothing to do.
After wandering leisurely for a few days, two Taoists suddenly came to Wuji Courtyard. These were not ordinary Taoists who were traveling alone, but real Taoists. They came from Huayun Pavilion.
The two Taoists are said to be brothers. The elder brother is named Zhuo Tengyun, and the younger brother is named Zhuo Tengyi. They are walking in Long'an Mansion, where Huayun Hall was born. Zhao Ran heard Yu Mo talk about it, and he knew that practicing Taoism is not about shutting up in isolation all day long.
, one person can make gains by himself. It is important to strengthen the foundation, cultivate the essence, and condense the golden elixir, but the understanding of the way of heaven cannot be ignored. Especially after practicing to the third level, there is a bottleneck. If you want to break through from Huangguan to the mage, you must cultivate the Taoist heart.
The most critical thing is that often at this time, Taoists will let Taoists who have cultivated to this level go out to travel in the mountains, specifically to increase their understanding and understanding of the world, in order to break through the realm, and to do things to eliminate demons and demons along the way, which is called Taoist walking.
The Prison Court and the "Three Capitals" all showed up to warmly receive the two walking Taoists from the Huayun Pavilion, a hidden place. Soon, all the Taoist priests who had not gone out were summoned to wait for the two walking Taoists.
They entered the house one by one, and then left the house one by one. It didn't take long before the purpose of the two people walking through the door was obvious. They seemed to be looking for something strange.
Although the Taoist priests of Wuji Academy still don’t know what strange things these two noble Taoists are searching for, the experienced elders all guess that there is an evil spirit in Guyang County, or that the evil spirit has entered Guyang.
within the county.
Finally it was Zhao Ran's turn. After he pushed the door open and entered, he saw two Taoist priests sitting in the room. Earlier, the Prison Court had introduced the two to the Taoist priest of the Heyuan Hospital. Zhao Ran knew that the bearded man was his brother Zhuo Tengyun.
, the white-faced and beardless one is his younger brother Zhuo Tengyi. Zhuo Tengyun leaned on the back of the chair and closed his eyes to rest, while Zhuo Tengyi looked much more docile and approachable. He flipped through the notebook provided by Wuji Yuan Dianzhuofang in his hand and asked Zhao
Ran smiled: "This, um, Junior Nephew Zhao, please relax, I'm just asking a few words."
Zhao Ran smiled and nodded, sitting on the empty chair left for him.
Zhuo Tengyi said: "From the first day of the Lunar New Year to today, you have gone down to the mountain for fasting eight times..."
"yes."
"Three times I followed Jiang Gaogong, two times I followed Liu Jingzhu, and three times I came down to preside over it myself..."
"yes."
"Okay, during the few times you followed Jiang Gaogong and Liu Jingzhu, did you encounter any strange things? Or heard anything incredible?... Well, okay, no? Then, the remaining three times were all hosted by you when you came down the mountain.
, have you ever encountered anything strange? I mean, for example, someone got a strange disease, or even died suddenly, or was frightened..."
Zhao Ran took a deep breath and interrupted: "Uncle Zhuo, I understand what you mean. When I went down the mountain on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, I did encounter something. I wonder if it is what you want to know about, Uncle Zhuo."
Zhuo Tengyi immediately became interested and leaned forward slightly: "Oh? Let's talk about it."