Infinite Brilliant Scroll

Chapter 219
After Guan Luoyang beheaded Shi Wengong, he took back the Wuwei Excalibur, searched his surroundings, and arrived at the military camp halfway up the mountain in an instant.

According to Gongsun Sheng, there were originally [-] elite soldiers here, but Guan Luoyang beheaded less than a third of them just now, but there was no one in the barracks.

He listened intently, and there were sounds of fleeing in all directions between the mountains, not only the soldiers, but also those burly supervisors, who seemed to know that something was wrong, and some of them found some nearby mines to hide. Some have already fled far away.

Among them was a group of people with the most chaotic voice, heavy steps and the largest number of people.

On the mountain covered with tree stumps, Old Master Zeng was being erected by two Zeng family disciples, with his feet flying into the air, he fled out of the mountain at a speed faster than a galloping horse.

The people gathered around him included both Zeng's children and soldiers in the army. Most of them knew him as an old man, and felt that it was more likely to escape safely with this old man and find a new future.

These people all had some martial arts skills, even the noble slaves of the Zeng family had practiced magic skills, walking on tree stumps, galloping and jumping like walking on flat ground.

Seeing that he was about to escape from the Nineteenth Peak of Cangshan Mountain and headed for Yizhou City, Old Master Zeng's panicked face suddenly became alert.

"not good!"

His scalp was numb, his face turned pale with shock, and he suddenly thought, "What a disaster!! Although that madman killed Shi Wengong, he didn't know whether it was for revenge or for what reason, and everyone scattered and fled. He probably couldn't kill them all. .”

"But with so many people gathered around the old man, and running so fast, wouldn't it be that he was a bird in the early days, and attracted the attention of that vicious person..."

Thinking of this, Old Master Zeng shouted at the top of his voice, "Get out, get out! Get out now, and go to Zengjiazhuang at noon tomorrow, and each person will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. If you don't leave now, you won't get a penny. "

A voice came through the air.

"Oh? You are so generous, old man. I wonder if I can get a few taels of silver."

Guan Luoyang came down with his sword and stopped in front of everyone.

Now there is no need for Old Master Zeng to speak, the people gathered around him all dispersed with a clatter.

Old Master Zeng's face turned blue, and he forced a smile and said: "This strong... great king... this Taoist priest, the little old man is a pure and good person, but he has always admired those capable people, if the Taoist priest reaches the little old man As a guest at home, I would like to present all my family property to show my sincerity."

Guan Luoyang took a look at him, and suddenly smiled, making people feel like a spring breeze, and said: "I heard that Shi Wengong was able to manage the mine here in an orderly manner, not only because of his elite soldiers, but also because there was a family named Zeng who was rich and powerful. Recruited many brave people from the countryside to work as supervisors for the officers and soldiers?"

Old Master Zeng struggled twice, his feet landed on the ground, he cupped his hands and said: "To tell the truth, the Taoist priest, in fact, the little old man's family has been suffering for a long time."

"All the young and strong employees employed by the family were brought in by him to do some hard work in the mines, and no one was farming the fields. The family property accumulated in the early years of business, has suffered a lot of losses in recent years. Every family in the Zeng family, young and old, I miss my husband and son, and I dare not speak out against Shi Wengong, weeping secretly in the middle of the night."

Guan Luoyang snorted: "So you should thank me?"

Old Master Zeng fell to his knees, cast his body on the ground, and said: "I can't repay you for your kindness, but anyone who is useful to the whole family of the Zeng family will never refuse."

Guan Luoyang nodded: "The old man is so sincere, I really can't do it if I don't go, since that's the case, you old man will go to the mine with me, gather all the people in the mine, and I'll take you home. "

After saying that, he turned around and left. Old Master Zeng was trembling, he crawled twice by himself, but failed to get up, the two young men next to him helped him up again and put him on his shoulders.

Old Master Zeng was quite moved, and whispered: "You two never abandoned me. What are your names? After you go back, you will be promoted to be the chief steward."

The two young men both had bitter faces, and the one on the right put on a smile that was uglier than crying, and said, "Thank you, old lady."

The one on the left was crying, "I want to run too, but I don't dare to be seen by that Taoist."

A man of five years and three years old, he choked up while talking, and his body was shaking from crying, but the hand holding Old Master Zeng was still very strong.

Old Master Zeng rolled his eyes angrily, and was dragged by the two of them, following Guan Luoyang's back.

Gongsun Sheng rushed over, first saw Shi Wengong's body on the cliff over there, he was inexplicably amazed, then scanned the surrounding fields, and found the trace of Guan Luoyang.

"Brother Dao, are you okay?"

"No problem." Guan Luoyang smiled and said, "You used to be a Taoist official in the imperial court, so you must have seen a lot. How does Shi Wengong's martial arts compare with those generals in the court?"

Gongsun Sheng followed him, glanced at the old master Zeng behind him, and said: "Shi Wengong's cultivation of the Nine Lands Piyi Jing is superb and extraordinary. In terms of strength alone, he can firmly overwhelm the generals at his head in the court. I'm afraid there are only five or six people including Yun Tianbiao and Guan Sheng."

"However, in the past, the poor Taoist just listened to his fame. Today, seeing him fighting with the Taoist brother, he would not hesitate to arouse the deep turbidity of the devil's way and go crazy to survive. If we really meet on the battlefield, we will meet each other on the battlefield. Among the generals who can kill him, there are probably nearly 20 of them."

Guan Luoyang had some ideas in his mind, and asked again: "What about the Taoist officials, how many Taoist officials are stronger than him?"

Gongsun Sheng hesitated for a moment, and said: "Pindao once accompanied the army to defeat Xixia, and he still knows a little about generals, but most of those Taoist officials accompanied the emperor in Bianliang, so it is difficult to tell whether their cultivation level is high or low. Only Chen Xizhen, Liu Yongxi, Liu Yongxi Hun Kang and Wang Laozhi are absolutely far above Shi Wengong."

At this point, a look of hatred flashed across Gongsun Sheng's face, "My teacher is pedantic about heaven and man, and he has cultivated the indestructible golden elixir, which can be called an immortal on earth. After being entangled by Liu Yongxi and Wang Laozhi, he fought hard for a long time, and then was surrounded and killed by the army, and then he died of mental exhaustion."

The cultivation of immortality in this world is mainly divided into three major levels. One is to practice the nine orifices, and the other is to gather mineral energy, purify it painstakingly, and accumulate it into jade liquid. After the jade liquid turns nine times, you can step into the third level. Not bad golden elixir.

It is said that the golden elixir also has nine turns, and every time there is an extra turn, there will be an extra level of Taoism on the golden elixir, and after nine turns, one can become an immortal.

It's just that the way of immortality is vague, and no one can tell whether anyone has truly become immortal in this world for thousands of years.

Those who can cultivate the golden core are already the peak figures in the immortal way, and the foundation is stable, which is far beyond the comparison of ordinary Taoist priests and magicians.Even on a battlefield where millions of people are fighting, they can easily cast various spells and supernatural powers regardless of the influence of the turbid air, shaking the tide of battle.

As for Lin Lingsu, it was because he was too desperate to be involved in the center of the dynasty's luck, and for the first time in addition to the dynasty's official system, he developed a separate system of Taoist officials, which had a profound impact and spread to the world. To suffer such a serious backlash.

While speaking, Guan Luoyang had already arrived at the mine and ordered Mrs. Zeng to come forward and call out all the children of the Zeng family who were hiding.

After passing through several mines, the number of people was counted, and all the soldiers fled, and about [-]% of Zeng's children also fled.

On the contrary, those miners were exhausted and unresponsive. They didn't figure out what happened. They just stayed where they were, squatting on the ground at most, and wanted to take the opportunity to rest for a while, but none of them escaped in time.

Guan Luoyang asked the Zeng family to bring all the miners to Zengjiazhuang.

Grandpa Zeng asked quickly, "What is this for?"

Guan Luoyang turned his head in doubt, put his hand on Old Master Zeng's shoulder, and said, "Isn't it the old man, you said that all the young and old wives are looking forward to their husbands and sons? Of course, I will take them back together, eat and drink, and rest. .”

"But……"

Grandpa Zeng saw Guan Luoyang's meaningful eyes, so he didn't dare to continue. He nodded again and again, his old eyes filled with tears, "What the Taoist priest said is that these people haven't been home for a long time. All Zeng's children listen, We must not neglect these fathers and folks on the way."

He yelled loudly, kicked off a few young men from the Zeng family, took away the sticks and whips from their hands, and scolded them to be gentle and kind.

Numerous miners dropped their tools in a daze and followed them out.

Guan Luoyang first took them to the barracks, searched out the food in the camp, cooked everything that could be cooked first, and distributed the dry food, fruits and vegetables to each miner for them to take with them.

When everyone left the Cangshan Mine, all the strong men of the Zeng family were pushing the carts that were originally used to transport minerals, and the carts were crowded with those who were not able to walk among the miners.

The carts were made wide and strong, and when miners used to push them, they had to be assisted by four or five people to move them barely. For a few people, it was only a little difficult to push them.

Lin Lingsu and Dai Zong have also joined the team.

Gongsun Sheng's fly whisk formed a cloud-like white futon, floating in mid-air, so that Lin Lingsu and the quicksilver, who were unable to move, could all be placed on it steadily.

Lin Lingsu opened the bamboo tube and poured jars of mercury into his mouth, and said in a vague way: "It's really a revival of the way of magic, like these servants of the noble dogs who are only in collusion with the local government, everyone can practice the way of magic Cultivation method. Hmph, I don’t know how much of the output from the Cangshan mine directly fell into these people.”

Gongsun Sheng said at the side: "Senior, these ordinary people have been working in the mine all year round, and they are more or less eroded by the miscellaneous gas of the mine veins, and they are seriously ill. I think Brother Dao wants to heal them. I wonder if there is any way for seniors?"

Lin Lingsu said: "Isn't the method very simple? Let them also practice the magic arts. Just let them maintain the level of entry, so that there is no risk of madness and annihilation of humanity."

Gongsun Sheng shook his head and said, "Even though the skills of the Demon Dao are not as literal as the skills of the Immortal Dao, people have to show them the movements day after day and bring them to practice together. These people will be sent back to the countryside after all. Where do you have the time to study?"

Lin Lingsu heheed twice, and said: "If Guan Luoyang really thinks so, then I should persuade him to send all those people back to the mine now."

He looked at Gongsun Sheng and sarcastically said, "Return to the countryside? With their current appearance, they can barely eat in the mines. If they are really released to the countryside, it is too late to cultivate the fields, and there is no other way to make a living. I'm afraid It's worse to die than in the mines."

Gongsun Sheng was awakened by his words, rolled his eyes, and remained silent.

After these young and middle-aged men in the surrounding countryside were taken to work as miners, their own fields were either abandoned because there were only wives and children left and unable to cultivate them, or they were annexed by those wealthy families and sent servants to take care of them.

Now that the season of spring plowing has passed, if we let them go back at this time, I am afraid that they will not survive the next round of grain maturity, and at best they will be beggars.

But after Guan Luoyang left and the mine reopened, even beggars would be dragged to the mine again as long as they were not missing hands or feet.

Gongsun Sheng thought to himself that his spells were not weak, and Brother Guan Dao and Mr. Yuan Miao were even more skilled, but it seemed that there was no way to solve this kind of thing properly and for a long time.

To change this kind of thing, maybe only rely on a wise court.

After thinking for a long time, Gongsun Sheng sighed and muttered to himself: "Emperor Tianming, why is he so fatuous?"

"That's why I said a long time ago that we cultivators should not have too many entanglements with the common people. It is easy to have demons and distracting thoughts, and the progress of cultivation will be slower and slower."

Lin Lingsu's voice was as cold as ice jade, "Although I saw through this layer back then, I was still too stupid to want to create a prosperous world of immortality. A truly wise cultivator, let alone ordinary people, should be a person of immortality. I don't care about inheritance. I came to the world alone, and I went to the underworld alone, in peace and contentment."

When Dai Zong heard Lin Lingsu's words, if it had been different from the past, he would probably have slandered in his heart: He said he was out of touch with common customs, but he was saved by us, and if you have the ability, you will die by yourself.

But this time, for some reason, Dai Zong couldn't bear to scold Lin Lingsu, so he said, "Then why did Daoist Guan take these miners away? Where does he want to put them?"

Guan Luoyang, who was walking in front of the team, seemed to hear what they said, turned his head to look, and slowly approached.

"Zengjiazhuang is not far from here, let's rest there overnight."

Holding a picture in his hand, Guan Luoyang said with a smile, "Grandpa Zeng is so hospitable, he insisted on giving us all the money and food from their family, just in time for them to help prepare some boats, and tomorrow we will change to the waterway."

Gongsun Sheng cheered up and asked curiously, "Where is Dao brother going?"

Guan Luoyang said: "I found a map in the barracks. From the waterway near Zengjiazhuang, it only takes two days if the wind is down, and you can go to Shuibo Liangshan. Heaven, with beautiful mountains and rivers, is just suitable for Taoist priests to maintain their health."

"Lin Daochang, it will take some time for you to recover from your injuries, so come and live there with me."

Lin Lingsu was expressionless, and said: "I've heard of the water pool in Liangshan Mountain. The water in Qilu is dangerous there. It's clearly a lake, but when the wind blows, the waves empty out, the trees are about to be destroyed, and the reeds are luxuriant. It's like a ghost crying. It's not a good place for self-cultivation, but a dragon's lair that occupies the mountain as king."

"Ah?" Guan Luoyang was taken aback, "Is this the place to go, but I also found some letters in the barracks, saying that there are people everywhere, who admire the scenery there and are willing to move there to live Woolen cloth."

The smile on his face was not warm, "Since there are some state government officials who think it is a good place in their letters, why don't we really make it a more impressive 'good place'?"

Lin Lingsu folded his hands in his sleeves: "What if I don't go?"

Guan Luoyang smiled sincerely: "It doesn't matter, this matter is only my interest."

"Then I'll go." Lin Lingsu stared at Guan Luoyang, "I'd like to see how a Taoist priest like you will end up."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Guan Luoyang laughed and said, "Actually, I'm not a serious Taoist priest. I don't know how to draw talismans to make alchemy, exorcise ghosts and invite gods. Fortunately, I have other advantages in dealing with people..."

(End of this chapter)