Thanks to yangzhigang and Master Phoenix for the reward.
Zhao Ran looked in the direction pointed by Zhu Qigu and saw that there were no weeds or shrubs on the hill. Only a large banyan tree grew on the top of the hill. The trunk was thick, with countless roots buried deep in the ground. The branches and leaves were dense like a canopy.
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At the top of the canopy of this banyan tree, an old monk with a wrinkled face and a yellow robe sat cross-legged, his hands clasped together, and his eyes closed in silence.
This was the first Buddhist monk Zhao Ran had seen in this world. He was inevitably curious. He focused his eyes and looked carefully. He saw that the old monk and the banyan tree under him were integrated into one, but there seemed to be no air around him.
The movement was like a dead person, so weird that Zhao Ran began to feel uneasy.
"Sister, this monk is a bit weird." Zhao Ran couldn't help but said.
Zhu Qigu was slightly surprised: "You also saw it? How did you see it?"
Zhao Ran couldn't find a suitable description for a while, so he could only say: "I can't describe it, but it doesn't look like a living person..."
Zhu Qigu nodded in approval: "You do have some discernment!"
Zhao Ran asked: "How to do it? Can you beat me?"
Zhu Qigu didn't speak anymore, and instead whispered: "Xiao Wuxiang Dharma, a very clever sect, but it's a pity that the bald donkey's realm is a little low. If you can understand it, you can just watch it, and it will be a great experience.
"
Seeing that Zhu Qigu was full of confidence, Zhao Ran felt at ease, sat on the donkey's back and stared at each other.
Mr. Tong got off his horse and took a few steps forward calmly. He gently pointed the wooden stick in front of him and knocked it on the ground, making nine small shallow pits. He stepped forward
In front of the house, he walked nine palace steps along the nine small pits, and then stopped at the middle palace. After a moment, Mr. Tong untied the big gourd from his back, took a sip of wine, and wiped the wine stains on his beard and hair.
, sighed, and while putting the gourd on his back again, he muttered: "Why bother... It's just a waste of life... It's really not worth it!"
After all this commotion, the old monk on the tree crown still closed his eyes and said nothing, as if he didn't notice the arrival of Tong Lao and others at all.
Zhu Qigu said impatiently: "There is such a bald donkey here, there are no other people, and it is obvious to you at a glance. Why should you bother to figure it out? It is really unnecessary!"
Mr. Tong nodded and said: "It's better to be careful." After a pause, he shouted: "Fourth!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a black shadow passed by Zhao Ran and rushed towards the banyan tree, but it was the fourth senior brother who took action. The fourth senior brother was as fast as lightning. He had already crossed a hundred steps in a few breaths and arrived at the hill in the blink of an eye.
Then he suddenly jumped up and threw his whole body towards the old monk at the top of the tree crown. If Zhao Ran didn't have this kind of eyesight and didn't have the thin rope to open his eyes to focus, he might not be able to distinguish the four directions except for a black shadow line in his eyes at this moment.
Brother's actions.
The fourth brother jumped up high, reaching a height of five or six feet, which was as high as the old monk on the tree crown.
The old monk finally opened his eyes, and two rays of white light burst out from his eyes, shooting at the fourth senior brother in the air. The fourth senior brother tapped his toes twice in the air, as if he were stepping on a step, and his figure rose three feet higher again.
The two white lights passed under the soles of his feet and hit a huge boulder in the distance, shattering the boulder directly.
The fourth senior brother was already one body taller than the old monk, and kicked his bald head directly with the toe of his right foot. Just as he was about to kick him up, the old monk circled his arms, and a lotus bloomed above his head, with rays of light everywhere, crystal clear,
It is white and tender with a few hints of pastel, which is really beautiful.
When the lotus bloomed, a floral fragrance spread in all directions. Even Zhao Ran, who was a hundred steps away under the hill, smelled the faint sweetness. Zhao Ran felt that the floral fragrance was extremely refreshing and peaceful.
I'm a little tipsy, it smells like drinking alcohol, and I can't help but want to take a few more sips.
Tong Lao hummed low, the sound was like a bell, waking Zhao Ran up from his drunkenness, then he raised the wooden stick and circled it around his head. Several rounds of air waves visible to the naked eye surged out from the top of the wooden stick, covering him like a cover.
, Zhu Qigu, Zhao Ran and the Hu family were surrounded by three people.
Zhao Ran suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. Knowing that he had almost been plotted just now, he couldn't help but be frightened. Only then could he truly understand why all the brothers in Wuji Academy started to panic when they heard that they were going to assist the Taoist sect in walking to catch monsters and fight.
The fear is inexplicable, like avoiding snakes and scorpions. This thing is really no joke. Even if you are so far away, you still can't avoid being almost hurt by innocent people.
Looking at the top of the tree, the fourth brother seemed to have been ejected by the lotus flower. He had no place to rely on in the air and fell diagonally towards the bottom of the tree.
The old monk finally stood up, with neither sadness nor joy on his face. He looked at the falling fourth senior brother. His arms suddenly expanded by more than ten feet, and his palms were as big as giant basins, and he grabbed the fourth senior brother.
The fourth senior brother fell from the air, and saw that he was only three feet away from the ground. Just when he seemed to be caught by the palm of his hand, he suddenly stopped the falling momentum, and his whole body was horizontal in the air, and he paused slightly - this action
It was extremely uncoordinated, very awkward, and uncomfortable no matter how you looked at it. Zhao Ran felt extremely bored in his heart, his internal organs were surging, and he almost couldn't vomit it out.
The old monk's palms were empty, and Zhao Ran finally heard the first word he uttered - "Eh!?"
The big sword that the fourth senior brother had been holding in his arms finally took action. It just flew away from his arms and when we saw him again, it was already deeply embedded in a stone surrounded by the roots of the big banyan tree.
The entire banyan tree, including the old monk wearing a yellow robe and cassock on the canopy, disappeared in an instant, as if he had never appeared before. There was only a monk in white sitting cross-legged on the entire hill. This monk was not very old.
He looked just like Zhao Ran. At this moment, the monk in white clothes was trembling all over, blood was flowing out from the corner of his mouth, and half of the monk's clothes were stained red. The big gun that the fourth senior brother had just issued was stuck in his heart.
sword.
The monk in white clothes put his hands together with difficulty, recited "Amitabha", and then said: "It turns out that you have seen through it a long time ago..."
The fourth senior brother had no expression on his face and said coldly: "The skill is brilliant, but the level is too low. I'm just a disciple of Dharma, but I dare to come out and intercept it!" With a move of his hand, the big sword flew out from the heart of the monk in white, drawing a wonderful line.
The arc fell into the scabbard.
The monk in white immediately fell to the ground and died.
The fourth brother didn't even look at it. He held the big sword in his arms and walked to the highest point of the hill. He remained motionless and looked into the distance. A gust of mountain wind blew by, causing the black clothes to flutter.
Zhao Ran couldn't help but laugh at the handsome posture of the fourth senior brother. This guy knew how to pose. Zhu Qigu on the side snorted coldly: "Pretentious." Then she whispered to Zhao Ran: "I can't stand him.
at this point."
Everyone went up the hill and came to the corpse of the monk in white clothes. They saw that the monk's corpse was slowly dying like melting snow. Zhao Ran was amazed and asked Zhu Qigu about the reason.
Zhu Qigu explained that monks who practice the formless technique have this virtue, and their physical bodies will dissipate quickly after death. After the monk's body completely dissipated, the white cassock lay flat on the ground, with irregular bulges inside, as if there were objects hidden inside.
Tong Lao lifted up the monk's robe with a wooden staff and immediately shook off a few pieces of debris. There was a Taoist book called "Five Mysterious Finger Techniques", and several Taoist magical artifacts such as golden bells, whisks, Taoist rulers, etc.
In addition, there are two jade tablets, a bottle of pills, a dozen coins, and a palm-sized gold leaf.
Mr. Tong reached out and made a move, and two jade tablets flew up in the air and were caught in his hands. Zhao Ran looked carefully and found that these two jade tablets were similar to those on Mr. Tong, Zhu Qigu and the fourth senior brother. They should be from Daomen Pavilion.
A token used by Chinese people to confirm their identity.
"It's a Taoist priest from Hengfu Hall of Baoning Prefecture." Mr. Tong took a look and threw the jade plaque to Zhu Qigu.
After Zhu Qigu looked at it, she shook her head and said, "Zong Tenghua, Xing Tengqiu? I don't know you."
Tong Lao said: "These two people are walking in the Taoist gate of Baoning Mansion from Hengfu Guan. I have met Zong. He is quite capable and is good at using the Five Mysterious Fingers. He is a disciple of Master Liu Lian from Hengfu Guan. He was in a cave in Bashan two years ago.
The ghosts were very troublesome. It was he who solved the case and went to the door alone to kill all the thirteen ghosts. I have never seen the other Xing Tengqiu. I heard that he was also a hero who has emerged in Hengfu Hall in the past two years. He once challenged
Fourth Junior Brother, Fourth Junior Brother should know."
The fourth senior brother who was independent in the wind did not look back and said coldly: "My ability is so humble that I can't even mention it."
Tong Lao smiled and then sighed: "I didn't expect that they were all folded here." After saying that, he gathered all the Taoist books, magic tools, jade tablets and other items in his sleeves, and said: "It's time to practice the small Wuxiang method."
In the hands of the demon monk, I am afraid that their bodies are no longer available. I will return these things to Hengfu Hall later."
There was still a thin square of gold leaf on the ground. Mr. Tong also took it into the palm of his hand to examine it. His face changed slightly when he saw it: "It turns out to be the demon monk from Wanfa Temple!"