Anfeng, later known as Shouxian County in Anhui Province, is located five hundred miles west of Zhu Yuanzhang's Jiqing Mansion and about a thousand miles away from Zhang Shicheng's Pingjiang Mansion.
After a secret conversation between Wuxu and Pan Ruoxue, that night he followed the Donghai monks led by Pan Ruoxue, first taking the waterway, passing through Taihu Lake, and then landing, sneaking through Zhu Yuanzhang's territory and heading straight to Anfeng.
This time, the East Sea Monster Alliance dispatched more than twenty monks and three black dragon boats. The three black dragon boats were driven by two monks from the fifth stage of mortal life with their spiritual power. The completed glyphs flew silently on Taihu Lake.
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Wuxu and Pan Ruoxue were sitting on the boat in the middle. In addition to the two monks acting as boatmen, there were also two real monks on the boat. One was Wu Yuzi who once chased Wuxu because of his greed for red maple leaves; the other was
He is dressed like a serious Taoist, with a long beard reaching to his chest, a round face and wide eyebrows.
On the way here, Wuxu knew that this person's surname was Huang Minglei, nicknamed Sanshi Taoist, and he was a disciple of Zhenjun Zhao Ran. He was originally the host of this operation. However, for some unknown reason, Pan Ruoxue took the initiative to participate in this operation.
Due to his special status and the fact that he brought his uncle Wu Yuzi with him, the operation was actually co-hosted by Huang Lei and Pan Ruoxue.
Wuxu was worried that he would be recognized by Wu Yuzi after spending too much time together, so after saying hello, he entered a room on the Black Dragon Boat and activated the room's restrictions. Then he took out the previously obtained information from Chang Qing, the director of the Xuanying Sect.
I read the information about Wu Yuzi that came over again, and almost every word was engraved in my mind. I just put down the jade slip and meditated.
About two hours later, the black dragon boat paused slightly and stopped slowly. Wuxu opened his eyes and knew that he had reached the other side of Taihu Lake and arrived at the boundary where Zhang Shicheng and Zhu Yuanzhang's forces intertwined. After coming out, he saw the other two black dragon boats.
The monk has already landed ashore. I think it was a pre-arranged agreement.
Okay, some rolled on the ground and turned into a black dog and went into the woods; some jumped in the air and turned into a goshawk with spread wings and flew into the dark clouds; some jumped into the river and turned into a dog.
The water snakes swam to the bottom of the water. They transformed into their own bodies and dispersed in all directions through the darkness of night.
Wuxu looked at Pan Ruoxue with a wry smile, "Could it be that the fairy is going to turn into a snow-forged snake, and Cang is going to turn into a big-tailed wolf?" Although Wuxu is the same as a wolf demon in terms of breath and appearance, he has to change.
It takes the form of a wolf, but it is incompetent. This is one of the seventy-two transformations of Sun Wukong, the victorious Buddha, and Wuxu will not do it.
Pan Ruoxue yelled, "What a mouthful!" She turned sideways and said to Taoist Sanshi and Wu Yuzi, "Two junior uncles, Ruoxue has something that needs to be dealt with. I don't dare to delay the two junior uncles. I wonder if we will meet outside Fengcheng tomorrow morning, okay?"
Sanshi Taoist Huang Lei nodded noncommittally and walked away. Wu Yuzi, seeing that Sanshi Taoist had flown to the front, said no more. He just glanced at Pan Ruoxue and Wuxu before leaving.
After the two of them were gone, Pan Ruoxue and Wuxu slowly flew towards Anfeng.
Along the way, Wu Xu saw that Pan Ruoxue passed several brightly lit cities and was still flying in a straight line at high altitude without changing direction or intending to land somewhere, so he sent a message and said, "Fairy Pan, where are you doing something important?"
After flying for another hour or two, we will arrive in Anfeng."
Pan Ruoxuefei was in front, using a magic weapon called the Plum Blossom Mirror. Hearing Wuxu's inquiry, he stood on the mirror without looking back and said through the message, "What happened to me, I'm not afraid of your presence."
The two uncles are showing off their tricks."
Wuxu thanked him repeatedly, but was secretly anxious in his heart. He originally planned to find an opportunity when passing through Zhu Yuanzhang's territory to send out the information that Zhang Shicheng wanted to besiege Anfeng and that the East China Sea Demon Alliance wanted to capture Liu Futong and Han Lin'er, but he had no chance.
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Suddenly, the token of Shennong Pavilion in Xumijie moved again. Wu Xu was overjoyed. He took out the token of Shennong directly in front of Pan Ruoxue, pointed to the small dot on it that was slightly glowing red and said, "It turns out,
Thirty miles away, there is a stronghold of Shennong Pavilion. The young monk just wants to replenish some elixirs, I wonder if the fairy is interested?"
Pan Ruoxue looked at the small dot on the token and frowned, "Although this place is not far away, judging from its location, it seems to be within Taiping Mansion."
Taiping Mansion? Wuxu exclaimed and looked down. Sure enough, the word Taiping faintly appeared on the red dot on the token. In the Yuan Dynasty, after Zhu Yuanzhang captured Jiqing, he changed the road to Taiping Mansion. It was named after the south.
The various rebel armies were called Taiping Prefecture.
Pan Ruoxue stopped in front and said, "It's just a Taiping Mansion, what's all the fuss about. The so-called Zhenshan Zen Forest was only established in the Tang Dynasty. Now that there's war, it's probably even more dilapidated."
Pan Ruoxue said this because Wuxu was a monk.
Wuxu shook his head, "No, no." He changed the subject, "Shennong Pavilion's elixirs are famous. It's still early, why not go and have a look? Maybe there are elixirs like Maple Leaf Red that can improve the mind.
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Seeing Pan Ruoxue's slight movement, Wuxu said again, "If you are afraid of this and that, when will you be able to cultivate to the right level? Your mentality of being afraid of this and that really needs to be tempered!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Pan Ruoxue changed direction, whizzed past Wuxu on her plum blossom mirror, and said, "Don't provoke me. I want to see what good elixirs there are in Shennong Pavilion. If there are no good pills,
,Humph!" The word hum came, and the person was already a hundred meters away.
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In Taiping Mansion City, there was an antique shop in the southeast. A man and a woman stood side by side in front of the closed door. After a while, the man scratched his head in embarrassment and looked at the expressionless woman, "Maybe it's a private club.
, let the young monk knock on the door." After that, just as he was about to step forward, the owner of a nearby stall said, "Young man, who are you looking for? This place has been deserted and abandoned for a long time since Marshal Zhu came to Jiqing.
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The woman next to me said, "He is a fool. The year before last, he was given a credit of 300 taels by the boss here. He said he made an appointment to pick it up today."
The hunchbacked tofu-making boss waved his hand and said, "Oh, these days, do you still have the promise made last year? Not to mention the silver, but even the people, I'm afraid I can't find them."
Wuxu hurriedly and awkwardly said to the old man, "It's okay, it's okay."
The old man waved his hand again, hunched his body, and returned to his stall, saying, "There are still a few worn-out pieces of furniture in there that no one wants, so they are still there."
Pan Ruoxue said in a cold voice, "Aren't you leaving yet?"
Wuxu said, "Now that you've come, let's settle down. If Shennong Pavilion is not here, there is a better place to go." After that, he walked quickly to the old man, whispered and asked a few questions, then smiled at Pan Ruoxue.
, "The time is still around when the little monk takes the fairy to another place."
Without looking at the sergeants patrolling back and forth on the street, Wuxu led Pan Ruoxue to a secluded alley, and then flew into the night sky, heading due south. Pan Ruoxue followed closely behind.
Only a few dozen miles away, the two seemed to have returned to the place they were just now. Pan Ruoxue followed Wuxu and landed at the foot of a mountain. She looked at the wild grass and frowned and said, "Where is this place? There seemed to be pavilions and waterside pavilions before.
, it is now desolate, worse than the Shennong Pavilion in Taiping Mansion."
Wuxu asked back, "Fairy majors in the Nine Netherworld Water Art, and should be more sensitive to Yin energy. I wonder if I can detect whether there is a big tomb nearby?"
Pan Ruoxue closed her eyes for a moment, without touching the ground with her feet, and floated somewhere. Wuxu followed closely behind, and in a moment, she came to a high tomb.
But I saw two people sitting opposite each other on a short table in the open space in front of the tomb, wearing Confucian shirts, drinking from glasses and shouting.
After enlightenment, he walked straight to the tomb, only to see overgrown weeds, no monument and no incense. He couldn't help but sigh, "There are so many pleasures and prides, but no tombstone or comment."
When the drinking couple saw Wuxu and Pan Ruoxue coming, they pointed at them and said with a smile, "Here are two more people of the same religion." They waved to Wuxu and Pan Ruoxue, "Come on, let's have a drink."
Wuxu was about to talk to him when he was pulled by Pan Ruoxue's arm, and he heard his message, "Don't be careless, these two are ghost cultivators from the Confucian sect."
Wuxu was startled, "Confucianism, ghost cultivator?"
"Although these two people have the majestic aura of Confucianism on the surface, they actually have a sinister aura. Most of them are Confucian monks who do not respect ghosts and gods, but cannot transcend, so they have to cultivate their Yin bodies and wander around the world." Pan Ruoxue said while transmitting the message.
With a flick of his sleeves, a table, two low stools, a pot of fruit wine and several plates of vegetables appeared out of thin air.
This pot of fruit wine is the fine wine that Pan Ruoxue brought from Chengtian Hall of Pingjiang Mansion - Four Seasons Spring, which is brewed with cherries, strawberries, bananas, loquats, lychees, grapes, tangerines, etc. from all seasons.
The two people smelled the fruit wine that Pan Ruoxue took out, and couldn't help but gulp down their throats. Seeing Pan Ruoxue and Wuxu standing aside, pouring and drinking by themselves, a thin scholar-looking man finally stood up, walked up to them, and said, "
Good wine, good wine!" He looked at Wuxu and Pan Ruoxue eagerly.
Wuxu smiled and said, "It turns out we are from the same Taoist group. Come on, let's drink. Don't stop drinking." After that, he pointed his finger, tilted the wine pot slightly, and filled the wine glasses in the hands of this man and his companions.
The thin scholar drank it all in one gulp, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and said with a smile, "It is indeed a good wine. I remember that I had only drunk such a good wine in the Daming Palace before."
Pan Ruoxue smiled and said, "I also have a pot of Yinming wine made from the Sun Flower here." He took out a mutton-fat jade bottle and opened the bottle cap.
The two ghost cultivators inhaled the dark green wine odor floating in the air. They were refreshed and no longer drunk. They both looked at each other. Then the old man stood up and coughed twice, facing Pan Ruoxue and Wuxu.
Zuoji said, "I wonder how I can change this pot of Yinming wine?"
Pan Ruoxue said, "Only exchange for elixirs or herbs that improve your character."
These two ghost cultivators couldn't help but look slightly disappointed when they heard that they were only interested in improving their character. They walked aside and started whispering to each other.
Because Wuxu lured Pan Ruoxue to Taiping Mansion in the name of exchanging elixirs, it was inconvenient to say more at this time. He only drank wine aside and asked Pan Ruoxue about Yinming Wine, thinking about how to use these two things.
People pass the message on.
This Sun Flower was born on the east side of Dongji Island, and is exposed to the first ray of sunlight every day. It is originally the most yang thing, but if it is processed by the extremely yin technique, the yin and yang cycle, and the yang is hidden in the yin, for
Practicing yin-type exercises has miraculous effects; if the ghosts who practice yin body take it and refine it, the soul and yin body will be more solid, and the subsequent practice will be less bumpy.
The Nine Netherworld Water Technique that Pan Ruoxue practiced was a technique with extremely Yin attributes. She knew the identity of the two ghost cultivators from the beginning. At this moment, she took out a bottle of Yinming wine made from Agni Herb, but she had already planned it.
After two glasses of fruit wine, the two ghost cultivators came back, and it was the older man who spoke again, "This fairy, the two of us don't have the elixir to improve one's mind. I don't know, forget-you-care grass"
Is that possible?"
Pan Ruoxue shook her head, "Wangyoucao may be of some use to you. It can stabilize your soul and reduce sunburn. But I don't need it."
The scholar standing aside saw this and said, "As for things that can directly improve the mind, there is one in Qixia Temple not far away. However, after taking this forget-worn grass, it can make people temporarily forget all worries.
I forgot. Using it occasionally can also help to improve the state of mind. Of course, if the fairy can find Buddhist monks and concoct it into elixirs, it can also make the fairy directly understand reincarnation and improve the state of mind." At the end of the sentence,
His voice became smaller and smaller, and he seemed a little embarrassed.
This forget-me-not grass is named according to the legend. According to legend, in the underworld of the underworld, on the road to the underworld, there are grasses like flowers, but they cannot bloom for ten thousand years. People who have just died may have died miserably, or they may be unwilling, or they may have just arrived in the underworld.
Feeling frightened in the heart, when passing by the underworld, inhaling the scent of the Forget-worn Grass, you will gradually calm down, your soul will be extremely relaxed, and you will obediently follow the bull-headed horse-faced to the Yama Palace.
The effect of forgetwort grass is equivalent to soothing and anesthetizing the spiritual consciousness. If used too much, it can become addictive. As for the elixir prepared from Buddhist and Taoist practices, it is just talk, how can alchemy be so?
It's easy, and it allows people to directly understand reincarnation.
Pan Ruoxue also knew this. Seeing that these two poor guys seemed to be unable to squeeze out any profit, she immediately lost interest. She stood up and looked northeast and said, "Qixia Temple, I will naturally go there when the time comes."
Yin Ming wine, then want to leave.
Wuxu said hurriedly, "Fairy, don't you want this Forget-Worry Grass?" Pan Ruoxue sent a message, "Can you use elixirs?" Wuxu didn't want these two people to miss Yinmingjiu, so he sent a message, "There are five or six
Very sure."
Pan Ruoxue threw the jade bottle containing Yin Ming wine to Wuxu. Wuxu politely handed it to the two ghost cultivators, took a bunch of forgetwort grass, and threw it directly into his Sumeru Ring.
Then
He lowered his head, meditated for a moment, and then took out two white beads from the Sumeru ring. He stretched out his hand a little and saw two beads rising into the air, emitting a faint white light.
The two ghost cultivators exclaimed in unison, "Relic?!"
Wuxu nodded, "Exactly, but it has been used several times, and the effect is not as good as before. It was Cang who got it from a lama. It is useless to keep it around, but I can exchange some forgetwort grass with you two.
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The thin scholar looked at the relic in mid-air, his eyes sparkled, and he felt the pure white light emitting from it all over his body. His face showed the comfort of a mortal sunbathing, and he murmured to himself, "It's just right, it's just right.
If not, we can’t bear it.”
When Wuxu was practicing the Vajra Indestructible Dharma Cang, he would occasionally use the relics given by Master Yuanxin of the White Horse Temple, and use some Nirvana breath as an aid to offset part of the pain of his spiritual consciousness and physical body. Now this relic is mostly spiritual.
It is just right to use it and give it to these two people; even so, Wuxu was also careful when urging him, otherwise, he was afraid that these two ghost cultivators would be purified and led to the Western Paradise.
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The old man next to him hurriedly pulled the scholar with a look of enjoyment, and raised his hands to Wuxu, "Fellow Taoist, please wait for a moment." After saying that, the two of them turned into a ball of black mist and got into a stone crevice at the foot of the mountain.
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After a while, the two men emerged from the black mist and walked to Wuxu. The scholar handed over a large bundle of forgetwort and said, "These are all the mature forgetworts. We only left a few seedlings."
.Please also ask fellow Taoist to check."
Wuxu didn't look at it too much. He put the big bundle of Wangyoucao into the Sumeru Ring, sent the two relics to his hands, and finally asked, "Canglangzi in Xiaoqingshan, Xiali Lake. I haven't asked you two yet."
Taoist friend’s name?”
Because they exchanged the Forget-worn grass for a pot of Yinming wine and two relics, the two ghost cultivators who were originally very interested became quiet when they heard Wuxu ask their names. They looked at Pan Ruoxue and Wuxu without laughing.
But the old man returned the greeting first and said, "We and I are wandering souls in the countryside, living here, how can we not have any names? As for the names in the previous life, they have been abandoned long ago."
Pan Ruoxue knew what she was doing, and secretly sent a message from the side, "Why are you asking so many questions? Most of these Confucian ghost cultivators were quite famous during their lifetimes, but now they have become the so-called ghost cultivators who do not see the light of day and live in caves underground. So generally
I will not mention my name and deeds during my lifetime to outsiders for fear of being laughed at."
I see. Although Wuxu had doubts in his heart, he knew that Pan Ruoxue was eager to leave, so he raised his hands to the two of them and said, "That's it. Yesterday was like the water flowing in the east. You can't stay away from me. You two have the relics.
With the blessing of the pure light of Nirvana, not only do you not have to worry about your soul being scattered, but you also don’t have to be disturbed by inner demons. As long as you practice diligently, over time you will no longer be afraid of the scorching sun, and you can get it in the world."
Finally, he said, "Since you two practice Taoism, you shouldn't be too attached to your sect's opinions. Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism are from the same family, so why can't we learn from each other?" He then casually passed on some Buddhist seals and mantras, and then left with Pan Ruoxue.
These two Confucian ghost cultivators originally thought that Wuxu, a wolf monster, was ignorant. Later, when they saw that Wuxu spoke eloquently and taught some passages from the Buddhist Nirvana Sutra, they all looked grateful.
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When Wuxu and Pan Ruoxue flew over Daqing Mountain in Taiping Prefecture, they sensed the sound transmission bead, and when their spiritual consciousness entered, they knew that the two Confucian ghost cultivators had received their message.
It turned out that after Wuxu met these two Confucian ghost cultivators, he had a general understanding of their cultivation characteristics and conditions, and when he saw Pan Ruoxue taking out the Yin Ming Wine concocted by Lieyang Flower, he had an idea and consumed half of the sound transmission beads and the one.
They mixed the relics together, took them out, and then used their spiritual consciousness to secretly control the relics to emit white light, which was dispersed on the sound transmission beads, pretending to be two relics.
She was secretly rejoicing when Pan Ruoxue in front stood on the clouds, looking at Wuxu, and suddenly asked, "Master Zhiyue, you have a lot of relics? Give away two of them. How about we also exchange a few?"
Wuxu smiled and said, "It's just a semi-waste product that I got accidentally. It's a good deal to exchange it for some rare forgetwort grass." Seeing Pan Ruoxue stopped in the air without saying a word, he was worried that it would rush down, so he started to grab it.
, and then said quickly, "If the fairy really wants it, I still have some here, and I can exchange them with the fairy when I return to Pingjiang Mansion, but the quality and efficacy are not very good."
"Relics are generally left behind by eminent Buddhist monks when they pass away and are cremated. As long as they are not destroyed, the pure Buddha nature in them will remain forever. Wearing it on the body can ward off evil spirits, calm the mind, and reduce distracting thoughts and demons. Since you have this treasure
, why didn't you tell me before?" Pan Ruoxue was unwilling to give up, her face was warm and angry, her feet were on the plum blossom mirror, and she was ready to fight if she said anything she didn't agree with.
Wuxu had no choice but to "writhe for a while" in the Sumeru Ring, and finally sighed with "relief", took out a relic, and handed it to Pan Ruoxue with "heartache", "Fortunately, I still have one with me, otherwise the young monk would have to stay here
He died on the spot on Daqing Mountain. When the time comes, the fairy will light a fire to see if he can burn out a few relics."
Pan Ruoxue took the slightly larger relic, looked at it, put it into the Sumeru ring, and sneered, "With your slippery tone, you deceive me, and you still want to produce relics after being reborn? When the time comes, one day
Heaping firewood and burning it into ashes is probably worse than the two Confucian ghost cultivators below."
Wuxu chuckled, waved his hands, and was about to tell the difference when he heard the two Confucian ghost cultivators below him begin to exchange glasses and talk loudly. One moment, "To be successful in life, you must have all the joy, don't let the golden bottle stand in the sky to the moon.", and the next moment, "Toast a glass."
"Invite the bright moon to make three people in the shadow of each other", and a moment later "Those who abandon me will not be able to stay in yesterday's day; those who mess up my heart will have many worries in today's day."
Then he pointed downward and laughed loudly to Pan Ruoxue, "Look at how free and easy these two are? Fairy might as well learn and read a poem by Li Taibai every day."
Pan Ruoxue snorted coldly, "If the master hadn't presented me with two relics today, would they have been so free and easy? Poems and songs are just minor ways. What can we learn? Can we become immortals and achieve enlightenment?" He said while flying,
"You are a wild monk, too. You often write a few vitriolic words. Meditate more and recite the Buddha's name more, so that you Buddha can correct your path."
Wuxu laughed loudly and nodded, "Yes, yes, since I read Shurangama, how can I become an immortal or attain enlightenment by reciting poems and reciting lyrics without reading the dregs of the world?" After saying that, he mentioned another question.
He then chanted verses below, using the method of reciting the Buddha's name to invigorate Qi, and sang, "We all have a sense of ease, a strong mind, and a desire to go up to the blue sky to see the bright moon."
Then I heard the thin scholar below responded, "Cut the knife to cut off the water, the water will flow more, raise the cup to eliminate the sorrow, and the sorrow will become more sorrowful."
The old man added the last sentence, "If life is not satisfactory in this world, it will ruin the boat in the future."
After hearing this, Wuxu roared loudly and flew away.
As the saying goes
In order to convey the crisis skillfully, I presented the relics on Daqing Mountain.
If you don't respect ghosts and gods, you won't reincarnate, and your ghost body will be happy with wine and poetry.