Pawn Crossing the River

This time the target is not within the Imperial City, but outside the Imperial City, which is often referred to as the Zhili territory.

Zhili is not a state, but refers to the prefectures and counties directly affiliated with the imperial capital, which is the heartland of the emperor.

After the governor, governor, and military officer-in-chief became permanent official positions, Zhili also established a governor and governor, or a governor-general in the governor's office. Zhili was under the jurisdiction of the governor of Zhili. Later, the official office of the governor of Zhili was from Shanggu Mansion. Moved to Bohai Prefecture, and added control of the East China Sea Navy.

Generally speaking, the governor plus the title of Youdu Censor is the second rank, and the governor plus the title of Minister of the Ministry of War is the first rank. However, after controlling the Donghai Navy, the governor of Zhili usually also adds the title of bachelor and is promoted to the first rank, which is already the first rank. He is the first in the feudal territory and the first in the world.

It is worth mentioning that when Emperor Gaozu was still alive, Mrs. Xuansheng served as the Grand Immortal of Taiping Dao. Emperor Donghuang was not yet an Immortal Immortal. He once served as an official in the court, first as the Commander-in-Chief of Military Affairs of the East China Sea Navy, and later he was promoted to concurrent Governor of Zhili, it was not until Xuan Sheng replaced the three Da Zhenren that Donghuang was recalled to Yujing and formally succeeded his sister-in-law as the second Taiping Da Zhenren, and also became the head of the Li family. Because Xuansheng has no direct descendants, the current Li family lineage is all descendants of Donghuang. However, Xuansheng and Donghuang are brothers. They are both from Li Daoxu's branch. It doesn't matter if they call themselves descendants of Xuansheng. question.

As for why Xuansheng has no descendants, someone once revealed the secret, saying that after Emperor Shenzong of the Wei Dynasty, there should have been three generations of emperors. He couldn't be like Emperor Gaozu who was allowed to leave an heir by the way of heaven, and he had to ascend in advance.

Others say, in fact, it is not only that. Confucianism was supposed to be the most popular school. If the philosophy of mind replaced Neo-Confucianism, Buddhism would also take advantage of the situation and share the world equally with Confucianism. However, Xuan Sheng forcibly changed it to Taoism.

In short, there is only one meaning: Xuansheng was punished by heaven.

In fact, it is no wonder that such rumors spread, because Xuansheng's state in the later period is indeed wrong. Xuansheng integrated the Taoist sects and revitalized the Taoist sects, which already had great prestige. After Xuansheng defeated Lord Buddha, his prestige reached an unprecedented level. With the power of the great victory over Buddhism, it is not difficult to continue to integrate the three ways. However, after Xuansheng defeated the Buddha, he lived in seclusion and handed over all kinds of affairs to the three deputy masters, including the great masters. It is also difficult to see Xuan Sheng.

That was all. At that time, it was recognized that Xuansheng had survived the first heavenly tribulation, which meant that Xuansheng could stay in the world for two hundred years. However, Xuansheng chose to He ascended hand in hand with Madam Xuansheng. Many people who witnessed it at that time kept it secret and tacitly agreed not to leave a single word. This has also become one of the major unsolved cases since the Taoist revival.

Judging from Xuansheng's various weird behaviors, Xuansheng did encounter certain difficulties during his last period of time in the world, which made him unable to take care of various affairs of the Taoist sect.

So there was a speculation that although Xuan Sheng defeated Lord Buddha, he was also severely damaged by Lord Buddha and it was difficult to make up for it. In the end, he had to ascend to solve this problem.

However, there are also objections, because Xuansheng rarely showed up before facing the Lord Buddha. For example, when the ancient immortals sneaked into Yujing and recruited Taiyin Lord, Xuansheng never showed up. It was decided by all the great immortals together. But at that time, everyone thought that Xuansheng was concentrating on preparing for a battle with Lord Buddha and did not think deeply about it. Looking back now, it's still a bit strange.

Therefore, some people say that the creation project is actually too contrary to nature. Manpower creates immortals, reverses destiny, and reshapes the bones. All of them are against nature and inconsistent with the harmony of heaven and man. They will definitely be punished by heaven. Xuan Sheng There will inevitably be backlash.

These are not secret secrets, and they are widely circulated among high-quality Taoist priests.

Returning to the topic, the target of this Qingping meeting is Qingyuan County in Shanggu Prefecture. This was once the residence of the Governor's Palace. The Zhili headquarters of the "Inn" is located here. The "Inn" has already connected other branches in Zhili territory. All the manpower of the account has been reduced to the main account here, and the strength is very strong.

Qi Xuansu repeated his old tricks, and after changing his disguise, he quietly left the Imperial City and headed all the way to Qingyuan County.

Shanggu Mansion is about three hundred miles away from the Imperial Capital. If you ride a horse, it will take at least half a day. However, it doesn't take that long to fly by. You can go there on the same day and come back the same day.

Qi Xuan

Su came to a ruined temple outside Qingyuan County and landed.

This was originally a Buddhist temple with a relatively strong popularity, but when Taoism and Buddhism came to blows, Taoism began to "exterminate Buddhism" in anger, expelling monks or forcing monks to return to secular life. A large number of Buddhist temples were either converted into Taoist temples. Either it was sealed down, and this Buddhist temple was not spared. It was abandoned. After so many years of wind and rain, it was already very dilapidated.

This is the gathering place agreed upon by the Qingping Association.

There is an unwritten rule for people who stay away from home all year round: they would rather sleep in a cemetery than live in a ruined temple.

Although the cemetery is eerie and scary, it is reasonable to have descendants offering sacrifices every year, just like people who follow the rules, and generally speaking, nothing will happen.

But ruined temples are different, especially temples that have been in disrepair and have no incense for worship. It is extremely easy for them to hide dirt and evil spirits. If you break in rashly, you are likely to be cultivated into a spirit. The monsters covet flesh and blood, or the yang energy is absorbed by the ghosts.

Or robbers and the like who block roads and rob people often stay in ruined temples. If they break in rashly, they will be killed by the robbers.

Qi Xuansu really caught up with him today. A group of passing strongmen gathered here. However, when Qi Xuansu entered the hall, he found that this group of strongmen were wandering around like headless flies. They seemed to be looking for a way out, but they always failed. If they don't go out, they will turn around and leave every time they are a few steps away from the door. Instead, they will keep bumping into walls and even bumping into each other.

Qi Xuansu could tell at a glance that these people were trapped in a formation similar to "ghost hitting the wall". They thought they were walking in a straight line, but in fact they were going in circles. When they saw the wall, they thought it was an exit, so they bumped into it. When I see the exit, I think it is a wall, so I always stop moving forward.

This group of people only felt that the Buddhist temple in front of them had become infinitely large. No matter how they walked, they would never be able to get out. The more panicked they were, the more difficult it was to distinguish between true and false, and the more real the formation became.

This group of strong men are all martial arts practitioners, and they are all men in their prime, with strong bodies and strong blood, and there are many people. With the blood and energy gathered together, the alchemists in the Yin Shen Realm and the Entered God Realm can defeat them and kill them, but He may not be able to trap them, but to be able to manipulate so many people at the palm of his hand, he is at least a thunder realm alchemist.

Formations can be roughly divided into two types: permanent and temporary. The former requires the help of external forces, either talismans, treasures, buildings, or mountains and rivers to form formation points, and then connect with the earth's energy to complete the formation. After that, it can exist for many years, as is the case with various mountain and city protection formations. The latter does not require the help of external forces and only consumes one's own mana, true energy, divine power, and true energy. It is relatively simple. Once the person who performs the spell stops, the formation disappears.

There will definitely be no permanent formation here, and Qi Xuansu has not found any trace of the person who cast the spell. He can't help but evaluate this alchemist to a higher level, that is, he is a heavenly alchemist. It is unclear whether he is in the Realm Transformation Realm or the Creation Realm.

Naturally, Qi Xuansu was not affected by the illusion of the formation. He turned around and left the main hall of the Buddhist temple. Then he heard a female voice that seemed to have multiple overlapping voices: "It is not uncommon for heavenly beings to be born, and thirty-year-old heavenly beings are not uncommon either. Heavenly beings who reach the age of thirty are quite rare. Even the Taoist sect that is said to be the best in the world has to be regarded as a treasure. When will our Qingping Association have such a talented person?"

Qi Xuansu suddenly raised his head and saw a figure wearing a bronze mask of a Class A member standing above the hall, with a bright moon behind her. Her whole body blended into the moonlit night sky, so harmonious that it was difficult to detect. If she hadn't taken the initiative to speak out, Qi Xuansu would not have been able to notice it. She must have been the one who performed the spell.

Qi Xuansu immediately guessed the identity of this person and said: "'Jin Cuo Dao, I have seen 'Taichang Yin'."

"Taichang Yin" was not so arrogant as to stand on the roof and talk condescendingly to Qi Xuansu. He swayed to the ground and said, "It turns out he is the son of the Seventh Lady. No wonder, no wonder."

Qi Xuansu was silent, even a little embarrassed.

It seems that Qiniang has already publicized it so much that Qi Xuansu can even imagine some very unbearable scene - Qiniang sitting together with some big shots, looking very high-spirited. Look, this is my son. I taught him step by step. His level of cultivation is not much worse than that of Li Changge, let alone Zhang Yuelu and Yao Pei.

Down. Xiaodao, come here and play with your "Magic Sword", and show it to all the elders. The authentic Song Zheng "Magic Sword", ordinary people can't practice this, it is no worse than Yao Pei's "Heavenly Sword"!

Of course, if Qi Xuansu loses to Li Changge, Qiniang will probably look confused, son? What son? I have no son! My son is long dead. You said "golden wrong knife"? He's just a adopted son, do you understand that he's a fake son? It’s fake, not real. How can an adopted son be the same as his biological son? Qi Haoran's apprentice lost to Li Changge. That means Qi Haoran is not as good as Li Changgeng. What does it have to do with me? You still ask? It’s not over, right? I think your skin is itchy, come on!

"Taichang Yin" looked at Qi Xuansu again and said, "It's really strange that I can't see through your origin and fate. Could it be that 'Seventh Lady, did you use any means to hide the secrets of heaven?"

Qi Xuansu knew in his heart that it might be related to the "Heart of the Immortal Stone", but he said, "I don't know, this junior."

"Taichang Yin" did not dwell on this matter. With the development of Taoism to this day, it can create immortals or turn mediocre people into immortals. It is not easy to modify one's destiny. It is just a pain for people like them who read fortune telling. It is all fake. Yes, of course I can’t tell. But it won't last for a few years, and when the "end of the Dharma" comes, everything will turn into nothingness.

"Taichang Yin" said: "I am a member of the council, and I have nothing to do, so I come here first. 'Sheng Wuyou, and 'Meng Xingyun' have a lot of things to do, so they have to come later."

Qi Xuansu looked at the strong men who were still bumping into each other.

"Taichang Yin" waved his sleeves and said, "It's a big dream."

Everyone immediately fell into a deep dream.