Taiping Inn

The young Taoist came and left in a hurry. After briefly explaining the matter to Li Xuandu, he stood up and said goodbye.

Li Xuandu sent the young Taoist away, and his mind was still thinking about the scene of the young Taoist's broken tooth. Was it intentional? Or was it accidentally exposed for some reason? Li Xuandu did not dare to speculate.

Li Xuandu knew a little about "external incarnation". Although the method passed down by the Taoist ancestor was "one qi into three pure ones", how could mortals compare with the Taoist ancestor? The incarnation formed by the qi is ultimately difficult to last, and if you want to exist for a long time, you must have a medium. It can be an ownerless body, a magic weapon, or other mysterious things, depending on the person.

At the beginning, the old man Zang used the carefully refined corpse as the medium for the incarnation. I think the great heavenly master disdains to act like this. He should use three different treasures to refine the incarnation, and the quality of the treasure will also determine the strength of the incarnation. From this point of view, the child-like incarnation is the strongest. The incarnation alone can directly reach the realm of creation. The treasure he uses is likely to be the "Heavenly Master Seal" passed down from generation to generation in the Great Immortal Palace, which is also in line with the identity of the Great Heavenly Master. The young Taoist is only in the Heavenly Man Free and Easy Realm, which shows that the quality of the treasure is not too high, but it seems very interesting, because Li Xuan can't figure out why the young Taoist has to eat every time they meet, and this time he broke a tooth. Thinking about the last time he fought with Shi Wuyue, he just used various Taoist methods to block Shi Wuyue, and never fought close to him, which shows that his physique is not very tough, and is even quite fragile.

Soon, Li Xuandu's thoughts jumped to the matter about Li Shixing. The Great Heavenly Master wanted a living "Thirteen Swords of Taiyin". Li Xuandu was not surprised. Although people in the righteous way would not kill innocent people indiscriminately, at least on the surface, it did not mean that all people in the righteous way were gentlemen who followed the principles of Confucian saints. In terms of decisiveness in killing, people in the righteous way were not inferior to those in the evil way. Otherwise, in the thousands of years of good and evil, the righteous way would not have always had the upper hand. So the Great Heavenly Master's move was also reasonable. Don't forget that in the Demon Well of the Great Immortal Mansion, I don't know how many people in the evil way were suppressed and never saw the light of day until they died.

What really concerned Li Xuandu was that the Great Heavenly Master did not use the Zhengyi Sect, which had many masters, but instead delegated this matter to himself. After thinking about it, there were only two reasons. One was because of confidentiality. After all, many things were not suitable to be put on the surface. In other words, this was a dirty job, and Li Xuandu was a dirty job. However, do not underestimate those who do dirty work. Zhang Suqing once said that the chief minister of the cabinet and the seal holder of the Imperial Household Department were just doing dirty work for the emperor. They had to bear the bad reputation, but the holy name could not be tarnished in the slightest. Similarly, the relationship between Li Yuanying and Li Daoxu was like this. So it is not shameful to do dirty work. The key is who to do it for.

Another point, Li Xuandu suspected that this was a test by the Great Heavenly Master. After all, he had been in charge of the righteous path for many years. Many things would not be made up after they happened, but prepared before they happened. Li Xuandu knew it well. As the forces he gathered continued to grow, the Great Heavenly Master should have noticed something and had a vague guess. However, Li Xuandu was not worried. After all, he would still walk in the rivers and lakes in the future, and it was impossible to completely hide it from everyone. He could reveal some of his movements to the Great Heavenly Master through Yan Feiqing, so that the leader of the righteous path could feel at ease, and even provide them with shelter. Otherwise, it would be difficult to move forward in the rivers and lakes with enemies on all sides.

Since he decided to form a secret alliance, Li Xuandu had to think carefully, not only for himself but also for those who followed him. However, it was difficult. When he was the fourth master in Qingwei Sect, he had similar experience. Now he can be regarded as returning to his old job.

Three days passed quickly, and Ning Yi's injury had stabilized and gradually improved. Although it was still a long time before he was completely healed, it did not affect Ning Yi's attack. People who often walk in the rivers and lakes have more or less hidden injuries, but as long as it does not affect their attack, it is not a life-threatening problem.

In addition to accompanying Qin Su, Li Xuandu practiced martial arts silently these days. On the contrary, Yan Feiqing was very busy and helped Ning Yi heal his injuries these days.

On the afternoon of this day, the dusty Wu Zhen finally arrived at Shuangqing Mansion.

An old monk in ordinary monk's clothes without a cassock walked on the street. No matter it was the local snake or the outsider, they all made way for the old monk, not only because of the monk's superior status in this city, but more because of the old monk himself.

The old monk walked neither fast nor slow, just like the walking speed of a normal person, but every time his monk's shoes landed on the ground, the whole street seemed to tremble, and then when he lifted his feet, a deep footprint would appear on the ground, and even the veins on the soles of the shoes were clearly visible.

The old monk's skinny body contained a weight beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Just walking made the bluestone paved ground unbearable. If he punched, how powerful would it be?

However, this was not intentional on the part of the old monk, but rather too much sword power accumulated in his body, like carrying a mountain on his back, forcing him to use his "Vajra Power" to resist, and he had no time to even consider controlling his strength, so he trampled a mess on the street.

Soon, the monks of Siji Temple received news that as a third party that can balance the two major families in the city, Siji Temple has great power in Shuangqing Prefecture, but they do not often use this power, but today it is exception. Under the instruction of Master Fanan, Fajian, the abbot of the Siji Temple, directly called on the monk soldiers in the temple, blocked the entire street, and drove out all the onlookers. Facing the monk soldiers in the Siji Temple, no one dared to disobey the Siji Temple head-on The will of the people left one after another.

It is not incredible that Siji Temple has raised monk soldiers. When Zhengyi Sect was still the Tianshi Sect, it personally led an uprising that swept the world. It had an army of 360,000, from ordinary Taoist citizens at the bottom to the top. The Heavenly Master is divided into thirty-six levels, with clear ranks and strict laws. The Great Heavenly Master is both the leader of the sect and the commander of the first army. Later, the Tianshi Sect failed and accepted the court's envoy. He was named Dazhen Ren. The Tianshi Sect was renamed Zhengyi Sect and became the leader of the righteous path today. Today's Qingyang Sect has obvious signs of imitating the Tianshi Sect, but compared to the Tianshi Sect that had almost captured half of the country, Qingyang Sect is a tiny. In fact, it is not uncommon for major sects to accumulate private soldiers. Take Qingwei Sect as an example. There is no military force in Qizhou, but there is a powerful fleet of ships across the sea. It is a business in peacetime. , in troubled times, they are thieves, equipped with cannons and muskets, and the imperial navy is not as good as that of the Qing Weizong. This is also the reliance of the Qing Weizong to block the port. If someone dares not hang the Qing Weizong flag and walk rashly in the East China Sea If you go up, then you will most likely be directly sunk by Qingwei Zong's cannon.

The monks and soldiers of the Siji Temple bowed their heads, leaned on a long stick in one hand, and stood up in front of them with the other hand, saluting the old monk.

In recent decades, Buddhism has suffered heavy losses. First, the leader of the Faxiang Sect was killed by Song Zheng, and then the Jingchan Sect closed the mountain and closed the temple. Now, the highest-ranking Buddhist sect are Bai Xiushang of Cihang Sect and Vajra Sect of Vajra Sect. Wuzhen, and Bai Xiushang is not a pure Buddhist, but more like a family monk, half monk and half secular. So Wuzhen, a monk, became the most prominent person in Buddhism, which is also Wuzhen. Because they are really close to Zhang Jingxiu, in a sense, the two of them are the leaders of the Buddhist and Taoist schools together.

As a Buddhist sect, Zhenyan Sect naturally has to pay great respect to this Buddhist leader.

Master Fa Nan came to Wuzhen and erected the eleven tribute to him.

Wuzhen returned a bow and sighed, "I underestimated Li Shixing, the Ming official of Yin-Yang Sect. He used 136 swords in a row, but failed to destroy my monk's golden body, but left a single one on my monk's body. The hundred and thirty-six sword energy and sword intent are as heavy as Mount Tai, which forced me to use the 'Vajra divine power' all the time, but it is not serious. It is enough to resolve it slowly, and there is no need to worry."

Master Wunan nodded.

Wuzhen asked, "Where is Mr. Li now?"

Master Fanan replied, "Taiping Inn."