Pawn Crossing the River

Qi Xuansu remembered very clearly that the "dream meeting" of the Qingping Society was to enter an unknown place through dreams. Qiniang said that it was the dream of a certain "person", but now it seems that it was a trick with Wu Luo look alike.

Could it be that the "dream meeting" was not in someone's dream, but in the divine kingdom of the ancient immortals?

For a moment, Qi Xuansu didn't know whether to believe Qiniang's statement or his own guess.

Zhang Yuelu talked very enthusiastically. After giving examples of Wuluo, he also talked about several other secret societies.

Qi Xuansu calmed down his emotions, remained silent, and listened attentively.

Zhang Yuelu mainly talked about three secret societies, all of which were clearly labeled as "evil cults" by Taoism.

The first is the Ziguang Society, also known as the Ziguang Sect. There are not many members, mainly women. They have been carefully selected and trained by the Ziguang Sect since they were young. Not only do they have outstanding looks, but they are also the best at figuring out men's thoughts and serving them. They are talented. In addition, they also have identities carefully arranged and woven by the Purple Light Sect. They may be disciples of the Taoist sect, they may be women from a good family with an innocent background, or they may be rich ladies from a big family. "

Some girls are born weak and sick, and members of the Ziguang Sect will pretend to be Taoist nuns and visit their homes, saying that they will take her to become a monk and practice cultivation. After a certain age, they can return home and get rid of the root cause of the disease. Some families are reluctant to part with them, and some families give their daughters away. When those women returned home, they were already chess pieces carefully cultivated by the Purple Light Sect.

The Purple Light Sect has been passed down from generation to generation and is best at playing chess and burning cold stoves. After some Purple Light Sect disciples marry into a big family, they may not be used by the Purple Light Sect throughout their lives. In the eyes of outsiders, she is just an ordinary woman. But her roots are still in the Purple Light Sect, and her daughter and granddaughter will also become members of the Purple Light Sect.

This will lead to a situation where the Ziguang Sect has spent several generations cultivating a family. From grandmother to mother to daughter, they are all members of the Ziguang Sect. If they were to check, nothing would be found. It is extremely difficult to prevent a daughter from remarrying to another family. Coupled with the other operations of the Ziguang Sect, these women are like spiders spinning a web, forming a big web under the sky.

The most outstanding achievement of the Ziguang Sect is that Ziguang Zhenjun transformed into a Taoist monk who knew the real person, and sneaked into the Zifu, the Xuandu of the Taoist sect. After his identity was exposed, he fought with Donghuang, alarming the entire Taoist sect. It was precisely because of this incident that Xuansheng issued the first edict of the Grand Master on cracking down on secret associations.

Then there is the Mingzhi Cult. They believe in death. A person who does not take his own life seriously will not take the lives of others seriously, so they manipulate corpses, play with souls, and often make trouble.

Compared to the Purple Light Sect, the Zhiming Sect prefers violent methods. They have spread curses in several small countries outside the region, turning living people into living corpses, and living corpses can continue to infect other living people, eventually turning huge cities into ghosts. And the army of living corpses formed a tide of zombies, spreading to all directions, sweeping across all directions, really like attacking a city and plundering the land.

In this process, the living souls of living people were sacrificed to Lord Siming. For the ancient immortals, souls, flesh and blood, and the power of incense and incense have the same value. The difference is like chickens and eggs. You can raise chickens to lay eggs, or you can directly kill chickens and eat meat. The Zhiming Cult is undoubtedly the latter approach.

However, such actions often lead to severe suppression by the Taoist sect. The last time a wave of corpses broke out, the Taoist sect directly dispatched a great master, a first-grade spiritual official and twelve real men. There were hundreds of other third-grade and fourth-grade Taoist priests, and low-ranking Taoist priests. There are countless Taoist priests and ordinary spiritual officials. All the members of the Zhiming Cult who participated in this incident were all executed and destroyed physically and mentally. No one was spared. The power of the Zhiming Cult suffered a heavy blow and has not yet recovered.

Finally, there is "Heavenly Court". To distinguish it from the "Heavenly Court" in Taoist mythology, the word "Ting" from the Western "Holy Court" is adopted.

If Tianting is regarded as a person, it can be said to be the first-class delusion in the world. He claims that Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Shamanism, and the Holy Court are all in one. He claims to have achieved what the leaders of Confucianism and Taoism in the past have failed to achieve. The three religions were integrated into one, and the shamanism from the grassland and the holy court from the west were also added.

However, unlike the ancient immortals, they are very "tacky". They don't want flesh and blood or souls other than incense and the power of wishes, but only real money and silver. They make money wantonly and defraud hundreds of thousands of people.

Under such circumstances, it was mainly up to the imperial court to eradicate such evil cults that were causing harm to the country and the people. In response and retaliation, Tianting also made some moves to initiate uprisings, but most of them were ineffective and vulnerable to the men in black.

It's just that Qingluan Guard has never been able to capture the core and senior leaders of Tianting, so it can always be reborn.

Regarding these secrets, Qi Xuansu often traveled around the world, and he had indeed heard about some of them. For example, the so-called "Heavenly Court" was called "Baiyang Sect" by people in the world. In its early years, it was a branch of the White Lotus Sect and believed in the future Buddha. How could it be independent? The portal, converted to the Baiyang ancestor, and merged with the remnants of the Qingyang sect, the results became more and more outrageous, and actually created a five-path unification, and many people in the world were also involved and became members.

As for the Purple Light Sect and the Zhiming Sect, Qi Xuansu had never heard of them, and he couldn't help but secretly marvel at the methods of these secret associations.

It is precisely the existence of these secret associations that allows the Taoist sect and the court to maintain an extremely peaceful situation, instead of fighting to the death between the two.

Qi Xuansu asked: "Since this group of thieves is related to the ancient immortal, should we pursue it further?"

"Of course we have to investigate." Zhang Yuelu's eyes lit up. "It's best to investigate for three months, so I don't have to go home. Moreover, it concerns the ancient immortal, and my mother can't say anything."

Qi Xuansu did not object and asked: "What now? Go after the thieves who have escaped?"

When it comes to dealing with ancient immortal believers, Zhang Yuelu is more professional.

Zhang Yuelu said in a deep voice: "They are all little minions, and they may not know the details. However, the Lingshan Witch Cult is domineering. If we kill their people, they will never let it go easily. They will most likely come to us, so we only need to Just wait and see.”

Qi Xuansu took a look at the terrain outside the ancient temple. It was quite open. Not far away was a dry forest, and then asked: "Qingxiao, do you still have 'Fengyan Jiajiu' or 'Dragon Eye Yier' in your hand?" ?”

"Both of these things are of great value, and the quotas are fixed. There cannot be any excess. They will only be distributed as appropriate when deployed abroad." Zhang Yuelu rejected Qi Xuansu's idea without thinking, "And for such a small scene, There is no need to use this kind of killing weapon.”

Qi Xuansu had no choice but to ask: "Is there any substitute?"

Zhang Yue Luxiang thought for a while, took out a small bag from the Xumiwu, and said: "This is the 'Fengyan Yisan'. It is much less powerful, but the advantage is its large quantity."

After taking it, Qi Xuansu opened the bag and glanced at it. There were about a dozen of them, about the size of hawthorns, and he began to think about how to use this bag of "Phoenix Eyes Yi San".

Qiniang told him more than once that fighting in the arena is not a competition in the arena, there is no fairness at all, it is about using every possible means,

The matter of realm cultivation comes from the founders of the three religions. Its original intention is not to compete with others. Take Taoism as an example, what they want is nothing more than the word "immortality".

Therefore, realm cultivation is related to the level of combat power, but there is no inevitable connection. Under normal circumstances, the higher the realm, the stronger the combat power, but it is not absolute, and there are exceptions.

For example, those Huayuan Taoist priests who have little fighting experience are of high level, but when they encounter people who have been fighting life and death in the rivers and lakes all year round, even if their level is slightly lower than that of the Huayuan Taoist priests, the Huayu Taoist priests may not be able to win.

The battles in the rivers and lakes, especially the battles of life and death, not only pay attention to the level of realm and cultivation, but also pay attention to the time, location, tact, magical power, and external objects. These are the six essentials. If you get five of the six essentials, you will definitely win.

Qi Xuansu left the ancient temple and began to make some arrangements outside the ancient temple in advance.

Zhang Yuelu still stayed in the ancient temple, searching around to see if there was anything he had missed.

About half an hour later, Qi Xuansu returned to the ancient temple and asked, "Are there any other gains? For example, some free money or something."

Zhang Yuelu was sitting on Yurefu's big tiger-skin chair, resting his chin on his hands, studying the beads in his hands carefully, and said: "They are believers of the ancient immortals, and most of them will hand over large sums of money directly, so don't do this." idea."

Qi Xuansu sighed: "It is said that a horse is not fat without night grass. When can I see night grass?"

"It's a pity that I don't have money either." Zhang Yuelu said with a smile, "If I were the eldest daughter of the Zhang family and had a grandfather who was a heavenly master, he would reward you with thousands of peace coins, so that you would not fall into the eyes of money all day long. "

Qi Xuansu said in a strange way: "Isn't this raising a pretty boy?"

Zhang Yuelu was silent for a long time, and after a while he said: "Tianyuan, when you see my mother, please restrain yourself."

Qi Xuansu coughed lightly to hide his embarrassment.

Fortunately, Zhang Yuelu has gradually become accustomed to Qi Xuansu occasionally saying "astonishing words". This time, he did not get angry and took the initiative to change the topic: "I found similar beads on another corpse. I suspect they hurt me. The ancient immortal's magical power comes from these two strings of flowing beads, which are similar to the armor of Lingguan."

Qi Xuansu said in surprise: "Two acquired people, with just a string of flowing beads, can hurt a banished immortal in the stage of returning to his true form, which is more powerful than a flying sword."

Zhang Yuelu said: "These two strings of flowing beads are one-time objects. Now they have lost all their magical power and turned into ordinary flowing beads. In a sense, these things are the same as our 'Dragon Eye Yi Er' "There is no difference between 'Fengyan Jiajiu' and 'Fengyan Jiajiu'. If you can kill Diswen with 'Fengyan Jiajiu', I won't be surprised if they use this kind of thing to hurt me."

Qi Xuansu nodded, agreeing with this statement.

Whether he killed Diswein or the woman injured Zhang Yuelu, the key was not the foreign objects but the timing. If Diswein was not at the end of his strength or Zhang Yuelu was prepared, then these foreign objects would not be able to hurt them.

Zhang Yuelu was about to speak when his face suddenly changed slightly, he dropped the Liuzhu in his hand and said, "Someone is coming."