Exorcism

The moment the founder disappeared in mid-air, everyone on the island felt a strange feeling. Loss was accompanied by relief. Something was falling and something was rising. Even the heartless bald man felt drifting. of.

"Where's the Patriarch? Where's Fangfang's spirit?" Bald Man asked in confusion. There was only a ball of fire left in the sky. The aura that broke through the ice sea and looked down on everyone was gone. He became much gentler. He suddenly changed from a violent beast to a Even the bald man could tell that the tamed pet's soul was no longer in it.

The sixteen senior Taoist priests looked at each other, anxiety growing in their hearts, like children abandoned by their parents. Some of the secrets of the Taoism were only mastered by the ancestor. His death suddenly plunged the future of the Taoism into an unknown fog.

They couldn't even enter the realm of fugue to talk. Pangshan Grandmaster Yang Yannian asked: "Why did the Patriarch choose this time to die? If we all cast spells together, we can always extinguish the Soul Dao Fire, right? What should we do next?"

The famous Wangshan Taoist priest held the Patriarch's long hairpin and small cloth bag and said sternly: "The Patriarch has made it clear that when he retires as planned, the first Taoist priest who enters the realm of serving Rimang will be qualified to succeed the Patriarch."

An old Taoist priest said: "Then what are we still doing here? Let's disperse and worry about our own Taoism."

After saying that, the old Taoist priest disappeared on the spot, and two Taoist priests immediately left with him.

While the remaining Taoist priests were hesitating, Yashan Grandmaster Shen Zangqi said, "There is one thing that Grandmaster did not explain." All the Taoist priests turned their attention to the tent.

The bald man guarding the door of the tent was startled, "Hey, don't try to get my idea, I won't go with any of you."

Shen Zangqi ignored his head and smiled at the Taoist priests: "Babies are not simple, and mothers are not simple either. Should we just let them live outside? I don't think Yang Qingyin has the ability to make the right decision."

The famous Wangshan Taoist priest has put away his ancestor's relics and consciously defended every decision he made during his lifetime, including those hints, "Yang Qingyin has vomited the elixir, and the baby has condensed the inner elixir of casual cultivation. Therefore, both of them are in line with the Taoist tradition." It doesn’t matter, there is no need for orthodoxy to interfere in their decision.”

Shen Zangqi nodded in agreement, and the smile on his face did not change at all, "You are right, but since the sword soul inside Zhibu Bang can ignite the soul outside into Tao fire, it might also leave something in the baby's body. , shouldn’t the orthodoxy figure it out?”

Wangshan Taoist priest pondered for a moment, "In any case, Yang Qingyin was a Pangshan Taoist priest in the past, and Grandmaster Yang Yannian should make the judgment.

Yang Yannian also thought for a while, "The ancestor's magic power is far greater than mine. Since he never said anything weird about Yang Qingyin and her son, there is no problem. Pangshan will not do anything that makes things difficult for others. Yang Qingyin and her son can stay on the island. ”

"That's very good." Taoist Wangshan didn't want to add any extraneous details and immediately agreed. "The arrangements for retirement have been made. All families should follow suit. Starting from Pangshan, all the Nine Daoist Masters will retire within a year."

Shen Zangqi said nothing more, and the spell disappeared. The other Taoist priests then left the island, without even performing Taoist rituals on each other. Even Baldy felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere. After the death of the founder, the steps of the nine orthodox traditions seemed to be less consistent, just like the various orthodox traditions were fighting with each other in the years after his disappearance.

In the end, only Yang Yannian, a senior Taoist priest, was left speechless for a long time.

Bald Man smiled flatteringly, "Grandmaster, you must keep your word. Yang Qingyin and Xiao Xiaoqiu can make their own decisions."

Yang Yan sighed, "Why doesn't it have to be Pangshan?"

"What?" Bald Man didn't understand.

Mother Yang and Yang Qingyin walked out of the tent. They heard the noise outside and knew what happened. The baby fussed for a while and was now sleeping in the tent.

Mother Yang saluted the Grandmaster and asked: "Grandmaster, can I use the method of fundamental hiding on the baby?"

The method of fundamental seclusion can strengthen the three fields and is a very important means of protection for low-level Taoist priests.

Yang Yannian shook his head seriously, "Since you don't want to retire with Pang Shan, don't have any contact with Pang Shan anymore. You can go back first."

Mother Yang looked at the Grand Master in surprise, and after a while, she bowed and left. The huge wave was broken by the divine soul fire, and the temporary teleportation platform disappeared. Mother Yang was only a Taoist priest who swallowed smoke, and could not teleport like a high-level Taoist priest. Yang Yannian cast a spell Help, she disappeared on the island.

Yang Qingyin understood that the master had something to tell her, so she said to Baldy: "Go and look at the baby. Call me if you need anything."

Baldy immediately flew into the tent.

Yang Yannian's expression was extremely serious. Yang Qingyin didn't even have the inner elixir at this time and was worried, but she still bravely looked at the grandmaster and waited for him to speak.

Both of them came from the Yang family in Pangshan and were related by blood. However, in the Taoist tradition, this relationship had little meaning, and Yang Yannian did not stay here for this reason.

"Since the collapse of Laozu Peak, Pangshan has been going downhill, and it hasn't ended yet."

"I kind of understand why the Patriarch chose to die today." This sentence of Yang Yannian has nothing to do with the previous sentence. "The Patriarch could have lived another hundred years, which is not a long time for him, but this is not It is one of the most important centuries of the Taoist tradition. He chose to die in order to make room for the Taoist tradition. "

"The Patriarch is the only Taoist priest who obeys Yuemang in the world. Doesn't his death make the Taoism weaker?" Yang Qingyin asked doubtfully.

"It looks like this for the time being. 'The only Taoist priest who serves Yuemang' is both strength and limitation. I don't know when the Taoist priests' practice goals began to decline. Now, serving Yuemang is already out of reach." Yang Yannian paused. Suddenly, "The Patriarch made a prophecy with Nirvana, claiming that the Taoist priests would appear in order to enhance everyone's goals."

Yang Qingyin vaguely understood this truth, but she still found the Patriarch's approach a bit difficult to understand.

"This is just my guess. The Patriarch's move must have a profound meaning. The cause is planted today, and it will bear fruit in the future. It may take dozens or hundreds of years before the Taoist tradition can fully understand the full intention of the Patriarch."

"Hmm." Yang Qingyin is not very interested in things happening decades from now.

"Since the Patriarch predicted the emergence of Rimang Taoist priests, all Taoist traditions will work hard for this. For the first time in more than 130,000 years, there is a vacancy for the Patriarch in the Nine Dao Traditions. Do you know what this means?"

"It means...no one can coordinate the conflicts between Taoist traditions during this period. Can't the Taoist priests make decisions together?" Yang Qingyin still remembers that in the years when the founder disappeared, the Taoist priests jointly presided over the overall situation. , but nothing went wrong.

"At that time, everyone knew that the ancestors were still alive and would come out to rule at any time. Each Taoist family only had to wait. But it is different now. The real competition is about to begin. You have to be prepared to face chaos. You must understand that in the name of Taoism , the most ruthless Taoist priest may do unscrupulous things.”

"Me? What does this have to do with me?" Yang Qingyin began to feel uneasy.

"There are many prophecies in the Taoist tradition, most of which are ignored, but some are of great concern. The prophecies about you have received a lot of attention."

Yang Qingyin gave a bitter smile. She had lived in that ridiculous prophecy all her life. She never took it seriously, but she could not get rid of the people following behind her. "You have already checked the baby..."

"It's not this one. You have proven that you can give birth to a baby that is unique. The prophecy about you has attracted more attention. Now the orthodoxy is looking forward to the next one."

Yang Qingyin was angry and ashamed, her face turned red all of a sudden, and she raised her head and said, "Then let the orthodoxy look forward to it. You are never in a hurry anyway."

Yang Yannian had no interface, but instead summoned a strange ball of light. The ball of light rose into the air and circled around the fireball above the tent for several times. Then it flew back to Yang Yannian's hand and slowly turned into a ball of fire. The shape was somewhat special. , and then it continued to change, the flames gradually faded, revealing the shape of a copper bell.

Yang Qingyin recognized what it was. There were eighty-one levels of Taoist magic weapons, ranging from the first level to the ninth level. The nine great treasures were not among them. The Flowing Fire Golden Bell was a ninth-level magic weapon. It was very powerful and extremely powerful. rare.

Yang Yannian pointed to the fire above the tent, "The Patriarch extinguished the soul inside, but retained the Dao Fire. I believe this is the self-defense thing he left for you. However, the baby's inner elixir is too weak, so I'm afraid it won't be able to use it freely." Control the Dao Fire, so I will give him another Golden Bell of Flowing Fire."

Yang Qingyin was so surprised that she couldn't speak. It took her a while to react. She hurriedly walked into the tent and took out the baby. Bald Man also flew out. He didn't hear anything and was still wary of Yang Yannian.

Yang Yannian continued to cast the spell, and the ball of Tao fire suddenly flew from the air, entered the copper bell and disappeared, but the copper bell did not change at all.

"I suppressed the strength of the Flowing Fire Golden Bell and made it match the baby's inner elixir. As the inner elixir improves in the future, the copper bell and Tao Fire will also increase... Maybe it will be useful."

The copper bell in Yang Yannian's hand slowly flew to the baby.

The baby had woken up. He couldn't open his eyes yet, but he stretched out a hand and accurately grasped the handle of the bell.

"Don't let him use it indiscriminately..." Before Yang Yannian finished speaking, the baby suddenly shook the bell. No sound came out, but a tiny fireball shot out, heading straight for the grandmaster's door.

Yang Yannian reacted very quickly and tilted his head to avoid the fireball, but there were still a few hairs on his temples that were burned and curled.

Yang Qingyin hurriedly grabbed the copper bell from the baby's hand and was about to apologize to the master. Yang Yannian had already turned around and flew into the sky. He seemed a little angry and suddenly laughed a few times. "If you can't destroy it, you can't stand it. The decline of Pangshan and the birth of this son may coincide with each other." At this time, Yang Qingyin, please rebuild your inner alchemy as soon as possible, otherwise, you will not be able to control this kid."

Yang Yannian disappeared, and the baby was scratching in his mother's arms, trying to get the bell back.

"I can't control you? I gave birth to you, so I can't control you?" Yang Qingyin snorted and raised the bell higher with her other hand, "Whether you can understand it or not, you still want to I will take care of you. If you don’t want to be hungry, just be obedient.”

The baby struggled for a while, and finally calmed down, leaned in his mother's arms, and fell asleep.

The bald man was very impressed, "Mom, you are really good at disciplining children. The little ones are willing to listen to you."

"Harvest in autumn and store in winter. From now on, I'll call him Dong'er. His name will come back later."

"Mu Dong'er, haha, I think this is a good name." The bald man grinned from ear to ear.

"Go and call the spirit demon here. We can't wait around. We have to do something." Yang Qingyin doesn't believe that her fate is all within the prophecy. The founder said that "all predictions can be broken", and she wants to "break it" one time.

(End of this volume)

Volume 16 An Island in Troubled Times