Pawn Crossing the River

Yao Pei's courtyard is different from Qi Xuansu's courtyard. According to unwritten rules, this courtyard will only be reserved for the best disciples, otherwise it will be left empty. Therefore, many important people who will influence the direction of Taoism in the future have lived here. I won’t talk about it in the past. In recent years, Zhang Yuelu has lived here. Now Yao Pei has lived here. Next year, there will be Li Changge.

There is a small pond in the courtyard. When Zhang Yuelu and Qi Xuansu came to visit Yao Pei for the first time, she was looking at this pond.

Yao Pei walked straight into the house and said at the same time: "I want to set up restrictions to prevent others from prying. Fellow Taoist Qi, please bring me some water."

Qi Xuansu nodded, came to the pond, and held up a puddle of water with both hands, which just reflected the moon in the sky.

When Qi Xuansu came to the house, Yao Pei had already pasted a talisman on each of the four corners of the main hall, took out the red thin thread from the Xumi object, connected the four talismans together, and finally formed an "Anti-Heaven Seal" , the talisman and the red thread flashed, and the ban was completed.

Yao Pei turned around and pointed at the pool of water Qi Xuansu held in his hand, turning it into a water ball and flying into the air.

Qi Xuansu retreated to the side and watched Yao Pei's actions quietly.

Yao Pei raised her hands to her chest, palms facing each other, and the water ball flew between her two palms.

Then Yao Pei closed his eyes and kneaded the water ball between his palms with his fingers, just like a craftsman making porcelain embryos.

After a while, Qi Xuansu was shocked to find that the water polo gradually turned into a jade plaque, which was almost exactly the same as Sun Hewu's jade plaque.

Yao Pei opened his eyes, carefully looked at the jade tablet made of water, and added and modified some details.

Qi Xuansu hesitated and said: "Is this an imitation token?"

"It's not enough." Yao Pei said slowly, "The token of Master Zhang Palace contains divine power. It can be activated by the special talisman on the jade token. Only in this way can the various restrictions in the Wanxiang Dao Palace be unlocked. Both of them are indispensable. . Now I just copied the talisman on the jade medal, which is just a mold. I still need the last step."

Qi Xuansu understood. For example, this is like matching a key. The tooth shape of the key is very important, but the material cannot be ignored. If the key is made of too soft material, it will not break directly in the lock.

Yao Pei held the imitation jade tablet with one hand, and took out a completely blank jade tablet from the Xumi object with the other hand.

Except that there is no corresponding talisman pattern, the rest is exactly the same as the token of Master Zhang Gong.

Qi Xuansu was truly shocked.

The so-called power does not necessarily stir up the wind and clouds like the Li family. It can also be seen from the small to the big.

For example, there is no need to explain what this blank jade tablet means. It is difficult for even an ordinary second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest to get it, let alone a fourth-grade Taoist priest.

But Yao Pei took out a piece easily. It had nothing to do with whether she was a genius or not, or how old she was when she was promoted to a fourth-grade wine-sacrifice Taoist priest. It only had to do with the power background behind her.

Yao Pei was not surprised by Qi Xuansu's surprise, but simply explained: "This blank embryo itself is also a replica. Compared with the original version, it has many shortcomings. It can only be used five times, once into the alley, to open the Tianshui Yixin Tower. Once at the main entrance, once to open the stairway to the second floor, once to open the stairway to the third floor, and once to lift the ban on the third floor. Because the token only temporarily opens the seal ban, rather than completely lifting the seal ban, there is no need to worry.' The problem of "closing the door" will be restored automatically after the corresponding time is reached. "

Even so, Qi Xuansu was still very surprised: "You came prepared."

Yao Pei did not deny it: "There are more than one good things in the Wanxiang Dao Palace, and there is also the Xingye Lake..."

"How about Xingye Lake?" Qi Xuansu asked, that's where the flying boat takes off and lands.

Yao Pei did not answer this question, but just said: "With the realms of cultivation between you and me, it's better not to think too much about it."

Qi Xuansu is not an insatiable person. In the early days, he and Qiniang did not miss each other for several months as they are now. Instead, they followed Qiniang every day. This was really a lesson in words and deeds. Qiniang taught Qi Xuansu the first truth, being stingy will not kill you, but being greedy will kill you. Of course, this was just the reason Qiniang gave Qi Xuansu casually when she didn't want to spend money to buy new boots for Qi Xuansu, but Qi Xuansu thought it made sense and didn't ask for new boots, and kept this sentence in mind.

So Qi Xuansu did not pursue the question further, and instead asked: "You said that no one else knew about the semi-immortal object. How did the Earth Master know about it? I don't want to ask more, but where is the Master of the Palm Palace? Is he qualified to enter? Does he know about Tianshui Yixinlou? "

Yao Pei said: "Master Shi Da is an extremely upright person who values ​​rules. He has the right to go in, but he will not go in because it is not necessary. He is not the Grand Master, nor is he the assistant minister of Zixiao Palace, so he has no right to deal with this. Prisoners, let alone jailers, don’t have to check on prisoners every day, so what is he going to do on the third floor?”

Qi Xuansu understood.

Theoretically speaking, the master in charge of the palace does not know about this matter. But this is only theoretical, and no one can guarantee whether the master in charge of the palace will suddenly go in and take a look.

Yao Pei Gujing Wubo said: "There is never anything foolproof in this world, as long as you are 70% or 80% sure, it is enough."

While talking, Yao Pei held a jade sign mold imitated with pool water in his left hand, and a blank jade sign embryo in his right hand. He opened his mouth and spit it out, and a small tripod flew out. The whole body is purple, with flowing light, and there is even purple smoke surrounding it.

Confucianism regards vermilion as the correct color and considers purple as a miscellaneous color. Therefore, the sage said: "The evil purple is to steal the vermilion; the evil Zheng Sheng is also to disturb the elegant music; the evil tongue is to destroy the country." But Taoism is not like this, Taoism has always been Taking the two colors of Xuansu and purple as the main colors, Xuansu means black and white. As for purple, let’s not talk about Ziweitang, the head of the nine halls. When Taishang Taozu came out to transform into Hu, the purple energy came from the east for thirty thousand miles. Therefore, within the Taoist sect, purple also means honor, and it is very rare for objects to be tainted with some purple meaning. Just like in the previous dynasty, only the royal family could use bright yellow objects.

From this we can see that this small tripod is very good and is a treasure at least.

I saw that the small cauldron was only the size of a grain of rice at first, and after flying out of the mouth, it turned into the size of an eyeball, then the size of a human head, getting bigger and bigger, and finally turned into a three-foot-tall cauldron and fell to the ground.

Yao Pei put the two things in his hands together, then put them both into the cauldron. Then he wrapped his left hand around his right hand, with the palms of his hands facing inward. He pinched the sub-line of his right hand with the big finger of his left hand, and pinched the midday line of his right hand with the big finger of his left hand, forming a "Tai Chi" Seal", and then shouted: "Fire."

Before he finished speaking, a cluster of green flames rose from the cauldron. In the blink of an eye, the fire became so intense that the surrounding air began to distort.

Only then did Qi Xuansu see the background of the children of the aristocratic family. It is no wonder that Zhang Yuelu always resonates with Qi Xuansu on the topic of "poverty" and always looks embarrassed.

Compared with Qi Xuansu, Zhang Yuelu certainly has a rich family, but compared with people of her same level, Zhang Yuelu without family support is indeed a bit poor. Under such circumstances, Zhang Yuelu was able to keep herself clean. Whether she had considerable ambitions for the future or whether she stuck to her heart, it was extremely difficult.

Furthermore, the situations of the two of them are quite similar. The Zhang family and the Li family are tied as the two top aristocratic families in Taoism. Since they are on par with the Li family, the Zhang family's wealth is definitely better than that of the Yao family, but Zhang Yuelu However, her treatment was far inferior to that of Yao Pei, which only meant that the Zhang family was unwilling to give her, or that they were only willing to give her the treatment of a minor sect branch, which was very little. In the same way, Qiniang, as the owner of Qibaofang, has many contacts in Quanzhen Taoism, and is also a top middleman in the Qingping Association. She is also rich and wealthy, but she is even worse. Make money on your own.

At this point, even if Zhang Yuelu never showed any signs of pride and self-respect, he must be sympathetic to the same problem deep down. After all, Zhang Yuelu was not a fool. She had already noticed that Qi Xuansu was behind it. However, she did not want to think deeply out of various concerns, so Yao Pei said that she was trying to deceive herself and others.

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but sigh when he thought of all the things here.

Yao Pei ignored Qi Xuansu and began to close his eyes to rest, letting the green flames in the furnace burn silently.

After about half an hour, the flame in the cauldron became smaller and eventually extinguished.

Yao Pei opened his eyes, stretched out his hand, and a jade tablet flew out of the cauldron. At first glance, it was exactly the same as the jade tablet in Sun Hewu's hand.

Incredible craftsmanship, clever workmanship.

Qi Xuansu recalled the scene when Yao Pei carefully rubbed the original jade plaque with both hands, and couldn't help but said: "Is this also the magic of 'Tianfu'?"

"Yes." Yao Pei caught the jade token, "With Mr. Sun's knowledge, if he thought deeply, he would probably guess that I had memorized all the talisman patterns, but he would never have thought that there would be a blank embryo containing divine power. In fact, At the beginning of the design of this kind of token, the pattern of the talisman was only different from tokens of the same level. For example, the token of the Wanxiang Dao Palace cannot be used to open the ban of Wuxu Palace. This is the role of the talisman. It protects one's own people. , so these talismans are not very precise. The key to opening the ban is the token itself, which is to prevent outsiders. "

Qi Xuansu nodded to express his understanding and asked, "Then when will we go to Tianshui Yixin Tower again?"

Yao Pei had already planned: "Tomorrow morning, the Wanxiang Taoist Palace will hold regular discussions on the third floor of the Mingtang. In addition to the assistants, other high-quality Taoist priests will also go there, and Mr. Sun will personally preside over the discussions. Now, Except for you and me, who can freely enter and exit the innermost Jiuzangzang, the rest can only enter with the assistant manager, so no one will go to Jiuzozang during the discussion. This is the best time to get things done early. If it’s too late, things will change. My opinion is to go tomorrow morning.”

Qi Xuansu was really impressed: "Fellow Daoist Yao, you have achieved great results in your cultivation and have deep plans. It can be said that you are ambitious and talented. You are worthy of being the future leader of Quanzhen Tao chosen by the Earth Master. Then follow what Friend Yao said and go there tomorrow morning."