Copperfield Country, as the name suggests, is a small country that makes a living from copper mines. There are endless copper mines in the territory, which is the main source of national wealth. The overall condition of Copperfield Country is average, similar to other small countries of this era. Even though the copper mines are profitable,
All mineral deposits belong to
The kingdom is not the people. Of course, the king eats meat, the nobles and gentry eat soup, and the common people work hard in dangerous mines as miners to earn some small money and barely maintain their lives... In short, it is still the same sentence and this era
The situation in other small countries is similar.
Birdman and the swing landed outside the capital of Tongtian Kingdom, changed into ordinary Taoist priest clothes and blended into the crowd. They walked to the gate of the city and saw a reward posted on the wall. They looked closer and saw that the kingdom was recruiting strange people to kill the demons.
Crow smiled and raised his hand to take off the reward, but there was another young Taoist priest who took off the reward one step ahead.
"The way of Taoism is natural, you two, I am rude, haha." Although he is a Taoist priest, but probably because of his youth, his temper is very lively, his tone is frivolous, not serious, and he opened his mouth and made a joke with the bird man, "Two
You guys, judging from your appearance, you have neither magic weapons nor formal Taoist robes. You should not know any Taoism, right? You are not a liar, are you? Haha, you two, this disaster in the Tongtian Kingdom is not something you can participate in. Please also ask
Stand down."
The young Taoist priest was shocked by what he said about the bird man and the swing, and said to himself: "This is an expert, he can see that we are liars right away! How amazing!" The two did not dare to neglect, bowed and saluted, "Taoism is natural.
, Fellow Taoist, you are right, we are indeed not very proficient in Taoism, and we only rely on some superficial means to travel around the world. I passed by this place today and found that the reward amount is quite good, so I just decided to take action."
"As expected, you are fellow Taoists who don't understand the situation." The Taoist priest smiled, "You two almost risked your lives here." The young man was familiar with himself, patted Wu Wu's shoulder, and the three of them entered the city together, "
I forgot to introduce you, I am You Zhi, a Taoist priest from the Maoshan sect. May I ask the names of two of you?"
"My name is Jade Bird Man, and this is my daughter, Jade Swing Qian. We both come from the Qiu Bird Sect."
"Oh~ they are actually a father and a daughter?" You Zhi was a little surprised, saying that it is rare to see a father and a daughter who are both monks. "Friend Taoist Birdman, this Tongtian Country is very dangerous. It is best for you two to leave as soon as possible."
"I dare to ask my friend, what exactly happened in Tongtian Country? How dangerous is it?"
"I don't know the specific situation," You Zhi said, "I just know that a powerful demon has appeared here. He has been causing trouble to the village for decades. He has committed murder and arson, killing many mortals and monks. I am the leader of Maoshan Sect of the Qing Dynasty.
This is the orthodox and benevolent sect of the Taoist sect, which has the responsibility to kill the demons and restore peace to the world, so the sect sent me and my junior sister here to eliminate demons and defend the Tao."
Swing said: "Do you have any companions? Where are they?"
"Here it is!" Before the little fox finished speaking, a young Taoist nun suddenly jumped up to Youzhi, startling him, "Haha, senior brother, you are finally here."
"Hey, junior sister, why did you suddenly come out and scare me?" You Zhidao said, "There are two other Taoist friends here. You should be more careful and don't lose the face of our sect." The young Taoist priest said to Bird Man and
Shuqian introduced her junior sister, "Her name is Tian Zhen, my junior sister. Junior sister, come on, come on, these two are Jade Bird people, Jade Swingqian, hurry up and greet me."
"Taoism is natural. I have met two fellow Taoists." Tian Zhen said with a smile, "Hey, didn't I scare you?"
"No, no," Zhuqian said, "But it is indeed a bit unexpected. I have always thought that Taoist people are very stable. It is really rare to be as active as the two of you."
"Hehe, it's okay." Tian Zhen said, "Master said the same about us, hehe."
Tian Zhen and You Zhi came outside the city before. Tian Zhen, who rarely went down the mountain, was immediately attracted by the excitement in the city. He happily ran into the city to look around. You Zhi was delayed for a moment because he wanted to reveal the reward. Now the brothers and sisters reunited
, Tian Zhen immediately took You Zhi to eat.
"Let's go, there's a small tea stall over there, let's go eat." Tian Zhen said, "You still have the money with me, brother? Isn't it lost? Why don't you let me hold it?"
"How can I throw it away?" You Zhidao said, "I can't give it to you. Your heart is unstable. If you get the money, you will definitely buy rouge and gouache, and then turn yourself into a 'monster'."
"No way~ I don't know how to do it."
"Why not? Last time you smeared all the rouge on your face with the rouge you got from a female pilgrim. The master was so frightened that he thought there was a monster coming from the mountain. He chased you for two miles with a mahogany sword. Have you forgotten?"
"Oh, senior brother is annoying, don't say those things. Let's go and eat."
…
The two young Taoist priests were talking and laughing, and their words were very natural. There was no seriousness about monks at all. Instead, they revealed the unique innocence and fun of "mountain people", which was very fresh and pure. People could not help but be infected by them and exclaimed.
It makes me smile. Especially Birdman and Swing. They have always had opinions about the Sanqing Sect. Today, seeing these two fun Taoist priests, I feel inexplicably better. Their impression of the Sanqing Sect has also improved a lot.
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The four people came to the tea stall and found that most of the seats were full. There were only a few empty seats at one table, but there was an old man sitting there. I wonder if he was willing to share a table.
"Grandpa, can we sit here?" Tian Zhen asked politely.
"Sure." The old man looks quite old, but his face is rosy and energetic. His hair and beard are not gray at all, and he is dark and shiny. "You can sit down wherever you want."
"Thank you, old benefactor." You Zhi cupped his hands and thanked him.
The four of them sat down, ordered some food, and chatted while eating, talking about demons. When the old man heard that the four young people were here to slay demons and defend demons, he immediately became interested and said that he was a local and had heard of demons.
road.
"It started in Juhu Village. In order to seize money, the demon killed a hundred people in the village. Only a few children and a woman survived and fled to Qundai Town." The old man said, "Then came Tanlan Village. At that time,
It was a severe drought, and the village was in a water shortage crisis. The demons passing by were thirsty, and they begged for water and rice to no avail, so they killed the whole village in anger. Then a sect of cultivators suffered a disaster.
It's called Renxin Sect. It's said that the evil sect took a fancy to the daughter of the head of the Renxin sect, and she couldn't destroy the whole sect by forcefully marrying her. Then came the Qudan Sect, which was a big sect in refining treasures and weapons. The evil sect coveted the treasures in the sect and killed them all.
Everyone. Then there is a very famous demon cultivator. A licorice plant turned into a spirit. He named himself Fangdu and had a good reputation in Tongtian Kingdom. He saved people many times. As a result, the demon cultivator failed to cultivate.
He killed them, ground them into powder, and stewed them into soup." The old man continued to tell many stories about the killings of demons. "The real reputation of demons began in Qundai Town. The surviving woman from Dihu Village escaped to
After Qundai Town, she originally wanted to find a good family to continue her life, but Yaodao accidentally learned that she was still alive, so she rushed to Qundai Town to kill and silence her.
The town chief was an upright man, not afraid of the demons, and led his yamen soldiers to fight with them. Unfortunately, they failed to capture the demons and were slaughtered instead. The king learned about the group leading the town and sent five hundred elite soldiers to strangle the demons.
We were unable to control him, and all our elite soldiers died. Alas, during those days, the streets of this country were full of people. Every family was crying, every household was sad, and everyone denounced the evil way and cruelty."
"What a bastard monster!" You Zhi and Tian Zhen cursed angrily, "How can there be such a vicious evil person in this world!"
The old man continued: "It's fair to say that the girl from Juhu Village survived the battle in Qundai Town, escaped to Jingxin Town, kept her name anonymous, married a good husband, and successfully lived a new life.
Unfortunately, a few years later, the Taoist priest accidentally passed by Jingxin Town and recognized the woman, so he violently injured others and killed the woman's whole family. Alas, the Taoist priest was even more ruthless that time, even the woman's son who was just fourteen or fifteen years old.
I didn’t let it go, it’s miserable~”
"Wow! You're so mad at me!" After listening to the old man's narration, the young and passionate You Zhi and Tian Zhen were furious and cursed, "Such evil deeds have angered both humans and gods. This time, the two of us will definitely kill the demon to save the innocent.
The people fled back to justice!!!" Before they came, they didn't know that Yao Dao could do such things. They only knew that Yao Dao was a very strong Taoist priest. It was only now that they realized that Yao Dao had committed so many crimes.
Bird Man and Swing were not particularly excited and asked, "Do you ever know the name of the demon?"
"I know." The old man said, "The demon is arrogant, not afraid of being wanted, and often calls out his name loudly."