Fairy Toad

Chapter 23 The Prosperous County City Baiyang Tianzun
Xianmen County, the county seat.

The cold wind blew slightly, and walked slowly, blowing into the huge city covered with pavilions and covered in silver, dancing wisps of people.

A jackdaw with gray feathers and a short beak fell from the sky.

Following the cold wind, across the sky, across the city tower, and broke into the county together.After a few circles, it landed on the corner of the gate tower again.

It shook its wings, combed its feathers, and looked down at the outer city.

In the messy corridors of the slums in the outer city, I saw a middle-aged man with a sheep's beard, leading a few horses, one foot deep and the other shallow, following scattered pedestrians and traders, walking in the snow, walking slowly towards the city gate. come slowly.

The middle-aged man is naturally Wang Ze.

After parting from Wu Taoist, he led a few horses and rushed all the way to the county town.

After a little effort, he finally arrived outside Xianmen County.

Seeing that the city gate was right in front of him, Wang Ze temporarily stopped in his tracks.

I looked around.

The simple and unsophisticated city wall can vaguely see what it looked like many years ago, but the layout here is completely different from what Wang Ze saw back then.

Let's not talk about what's going on inside.

The city wall of Xianmen County has obviously been rebuilt and increased a lot in height.

Besides, what moved Wang Ze most was the outer city.

Just over 20 years ago, Xianmen County was not what it is now.

At that time, although there were some sporadic residents outside the city wall, there were not as many low-rise houses as there are now.

Except for an aisle leading to the city gate, almost all the surrounding areas are bungalows, and there are many messy alleyways.

Obviously, as Udo people said, they have made some development in recent years.

It's just that although there are a lot of people and houses, it may not be prosperous.

In other words, as far as Wang Ze has traveled all the way, in this part of the outer city, most of the poor people can be seen.The benefits brought about by the development of Xianmen County obviously have nothing to do with them.

Observing these, it is not that Wang Ze just wanted to make a comparison with more than 20 years ago, to confirm the words of Udorians.

It just reminded me of my experience on Cumulus Mountain.

These wild cultivators who have no status on Cumulus Mountain are actually no different from the poor people in the outer city of Xianmen County to Cumulus Three Views.

I finally got rid of that situation, and now I should take good care of it and move forward.

He had spent twelve years in Cumulus Mountain before, and to be honest, his ambition was a bit worn out.This trip to Xianmen County is not necessarily a test for his soul.

Wang Ze's mood has changed, so he will not express it for the time being.

He only said that he regained consciousness from his memories, looked towards the city gate, and was about to use the horse trade route to lead him into the city.

At this moment, the rhythmic sound of chanting sutras was heard from a distance near the laneway on the left.

"The world is like a prison, and all people are suffering. Pity me and the world, and there are many sorrows. There is a god descending from heaven, and mercy saves the world..."

"Baiyang Tianzun, with light in his body. The guards of the three realms, the five emperors welcome..."

Hearing the sound of chanting sutras, Wang raised his head and listened carefully for a while.

After a while, at the corner of the street in the distance, I saw a group of men and women dressed in blue-bottomed white gowns and Taoist gowns, with hairpins in a bun, walking slowly.

They chanted scriptures with fanaticism and pious expressions, and some of them held rattles and fishing drums as accompaniment.

"...Praise Mingguang for saving the suffering Baiyang Tianzun!"

When they reached the street where Wang Ze was, the chanting of this group of Taoists was coming to an end.

A member of the Baiyang Sect?
Just listening to the meaning in the scriptures, Wang already has some guesses about the identities of these people.

"Although the Baiyang Sect in Yunzhou is much more prosperous than the Baiyang Sect in Dingzhou in the past, the number of ways is still the same. I thought that after gathering so many heretics, the requirements of this sect will change somewhat. But seeing how fanatical these Baiyang believers are, the ambition of this religion is probably still in this secular dynasty."

Wang Ze shook his head slightly, but didn't look at it much.

If it is put in the early years before he practiced the method, he walked in the rivers and lakes, maybe he also had a bit of evil intentions.

But now the idea is gone.

The rise of such sects does not lie in the sect itself, but in the court under its feet.

If the state of Wei is not stable, even if a hundred Baiyang sects are wiped out, some Red Yang and Qingyang sects will emerge.

The turmoil within the dynasty, and the change caused by it, even Fu Dingzong would not take care of it.

Wang Ze, who is now a practitioner, naturally shouldn't think too much about it.

To avoid causing trouble, Wang Ze didn't pay much attention to those Baiyang believers. He led the horse and walked quickly to the gate of the county city.

Handed over the guide, paid a little fee, and entered the county town smoothly.

……

Compared with the outer city, the environment of the inner city is really prosperous.

There are many buildings inside, and the streets are not very clean, but they are still tidy.

There are quite a lot of pedestrians on the road, except for a few poor people from the outer city who come to beg for a living, most of them are cleanly dressed and look healthy.

There are many shops and restaurants on the left and right.

Since Wang Ze resumed his Daoist cultivation base, he came all the way to Xianmen County. He also passed through several towns on the way, but few of them were as lively as the inner city of Xianmen County.

Seeing the bustle of the inner city, Wang thought that he still had a few horses on hand, if they kept them, it would be inconvenient to move around.

So I found someone to inquire about some news, and I found a place to deal with these horses. I just found a restaurant, where I ate and drank while thinking about business.

After entering the city, he has three things to do urgently.

First, it is natural to find the descendants of Lu Jingsheng's blood first.

The second is to use the power of the 'Yuanzhu' to neutralize the threat of demon energy in the body, so that Jiu Moluo's blood-dissolving bone demon scroll can be used as a temporary support.

The third is the opportunity of Xian Chan involved in Zhu Nu.

Among them, the most important one is of course the first one.

Dao deed involves life and death, any chance is more important than not being able to do it.

The calamity of devil qi is second.

Although Xian Chan's opportunity is also important, if he doesn't grasp the magic scroll, he doesn't have a suitable means to rely on when facing the monks of the Baiyang Cult, so he can't act rashly.

Of course, even if you want to meet the five evils Toutuo and inquire about Lao Yuan.But about the news about the fairy toad in Zhunu's mouth, it is still necessary to ask in advance.

But it's all follow-up.

Right now, it is better to find Lu Jingsheng first.

With concerns in mind, Wang Ze also left the restaurant, followed the information given by Lu Jingsheng, and started to wander around the city.

He carefully searched for people and asked for some information, and after summarizing, he quickly identified the place Lu Jingsheng's information referred to.

After looking for it for a while, Wang Ze came to an alley, there were many courtyard houses in the alley, he looked left and right, and finally saw a small gray courtyard where his target was, without thinking much, he went forward and knocked. Door.

After a while, the courtyard door was pulled open.

As far as the eye can see, she is an ordinary-looking middle-aged woman. Although she is not as rough as a peasant woman in the country, she is not very outstanding.

The woman took a look at Wang Ze, saw that he was a stranger, she was a little wary, and asked, "I don't know where this gentleman came from?"

Wang Zeli said: "Ma'am, you are very polite. May I ask if this is Chen Jizong's family?"

When the woman heard the words, she was surprised and said: "What the gentleman said is exactly my father-in-law."

Wang Ze breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

He was afraid that if Lu Jingsheng was so old-fashioned, he would bury some troubles and regenerate minor details, and his efforts would be wasted.

Now that there is a response from the woman, it is finally the right message.

What he said about Chen Jizong was Lu Laodao's grandson.As for why the surname is different from that of the old Taoist, it is naturally easy to explain, it is nothing more than for protection.

Thinking that as long as he handed over Chixia Fayin and the relics left by Lu Laodao to Chen Jizong, his mission would be considered complete, and after that he only needed to plan for himself, and his body felt a little relieved.

You then explained to the woman: "A certain Hong Qi, a native of Dingzhou, has an uncle in his family who is a friend of Mr. Chen. This time when he was traveling to Yunzhou, he was asked by his uncle to say that he had arrived at the fairy gate. The Empress of the county came here to visit Old Yuanwai for him, so she came to bother me."

As he spoke, Wang Ze took out a name card from his pocket and handed it over, "Madam, if it is convenient, please pass this name card to Mr. Chen. If he sees it, he will be able to confirm Hong's identity."

This name post was prepared by Lu Jingsheng as a token of identity.

But what Wang didn't expect was that the woman didn't accept the name card he handed over.

After looking at Wang Ze up and down, he hesitated and said, "I'm afraid it's inconvenient, my father-in-law passed away a few years ago."

(End of this chapter)