Chunyang First Headmaster

Chapter 591
Luling is the Ji'an of the later generations, and its history is extremely long. There is a poem praising it: "The majestic city is vast, and Luling is half Suzhou."The culture here is developed, and it is famous for "Three thousand Jinshi are the best in China, and the articles are honest and righteous to write about the Spring and Autumn Period". Nine sons and ten prefects, ten miles and nine governors, one hundred steps and two ministers." Such a reputation.

Because of the prosperity of humanities in this place, the prosperity of Buddhism has a great influence on Luling. Zen and Pure Land Buddhism are carried forward here. In Yonghe Town alone, there are Baoshou Temple, Zhidu Temple, Huideng Temple, Ancient Buddhist Temple, and Benjue Temple. There are more than ten big temples, including Bao'an Temple, Jingju Temple, Longxushan Ziguo Temple, and Heshan Dazhi Temple in Luling, which can be said to have far-reaching influence.

In contrast, Taoism here is extremely weak. There are scattered Taoist temples such as Meixi Temple, Chongxu Temple, Chongtao Temple, and Wuyun Temple in Luling, but the incense is not very popular, and there are few believers. There are more than a dozen Taoist temples of a certain scale gathered in Jiangyushan Mountain to form a unity and support it with all their strength.There is only one master, one apprentice, and one incense veteran Lingxian Sect at the foot of the mountain.

In such a dangerous place, it is extremely rare for a person as powerful as Yu Zhenzi to be born.It is also the existence of Yuzhenzi that propped up the last piece of sky in Luling Taoism, struggling to resist under the weight of many famous temples and temples, and persisted in standing still.

Such a respectable Taoist sage, how could he go like this?
On the way to Luling, Xiao Qianli thought over and over about Fang Shaobai's short words, "Soldiers return to heaven" are short, but they have profound meanings - According to Taoism, all deaths are called corpses, Those who drowned are called hydrolysis, and those who are cut with knives are called soldiers.If it dies of normal old age, it is regarded as jumping out of the cycle of birth and death, which is called becoming immortal.

"Yu Zhenzi is one of the most famous martial arts masters in the Taoist sect. There are very few people in the world who can defeat him head-on. His seniority is even comparable to that of Taoist Yin. Who would dare to risk the world's dissatisfaction by attacking him?"

"The Luling Taoist sect is in extreme decline. If Yu Zhenzi hadn't worked hard to support him, he would have been swallowed up by Buddhism. Now that Yu Zhenzi is gone, no one in Luling can resist the pervasive encroachment of Buddhism!"

Thinking of this festival, Xiao Qianli couldn't help but hastened to urge the giant eagle to go on the road. It took more than 4000 miles to get there in two days and two nights without sleep.

Xiajiang Yuzhen Mountain, also known as Qunyu Mountain, is full of ancient trees and dense forests, covered with shadows, and the four seasons are like spring, with clear springs and long streams.From north to south, there are 32 peaks, including Fuxiang, Taibai, Yuanyang, and Songxian, all of which are like cutting jade and dyeing Dai, Lingyun Moxiao.At the foot of the mountain, there are six stones, such as Zixiao, Xianren, Wenjian, Tai, Crane, and Turtle, which are either beautiful, abrupt and steep, or tigers and dragons.The Lingxian School is located beside the Immortal Stone.

At this time, there were already many Taoist priests standing inside and outside the Lingxian Taoist Temple, each with a solemn expression, a spiritual shed was set up outside the temple, and dozens of Taoist priests sat cross-legged in the spiritual shed, chanting "Dongxuan Lingbao Natural Nine Heavens Born God Chapter" In the Sutra, an old priest sitting on his knees weeping and burning yellow paper outside the coffin, the breeze blows, and the ashes of the paper swirl and fly, adding countless desolate meanings.

Hearing a crisp eagle cry in mid-air, several Taoist priests in charge of maintaining order looked up and saw a giant eagle descending slowly. Sword, rich and handsome.At that moment, an old Taoist came forward, shook his whisk, and said that the blessings are boundless, Jishou said loudly: "Which fellow Taoist is here?"

"Chunyang Palace, Xiao Qianli!" Xiao Qianli stepped down from the eagle's back and rushed forward a few steps. Ji Shou bowed solemnly, and said in a deep voice, "Dare to ask, brother, what happened to the Lingxian sect?"

The visitor was just an ordinary Taoist, who didn't have much martial arts skills, and didn't know anything about the famous Chunyang Palace. Seeing that the visitor was a genuine Taoist, he thought he had heard the news and came to express his condolences. He returned the courtesy and said: "It turned out that it was Xiao Daoist in person! Haojiao Daoist learned that this one who was killed was a highly respected and sage man of Luling Daoism, but he didn't know what kind of powerful opponent he had provoked, so he died. I don't understand."

Xiao Qianli also knew that he couldn't ask why here, so he nodded silently and asked, "May I ask where Fang Shaobai is now?"

The old Taoist smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "According to the rules of my Taoist sect, all those who are sent to the army must do legal services, release the prison, worship the Sanqing, break the sea of ​​​​blood, and then cremated into the earth, after the first seven, three seven, seven seven Do it for three consecutive days. Shaobai is probably overly sad, these few days just guarding the remains of senior Yuzhen, refusing to be cremated, we have no choice."

Xiao Qianli's expression changed, and he saluted and said: "Brother Lao Dao will lead the way!"

The old Taoist nodded and said: "Fellow Daoist, please come with me—"

Xiao Qianli followed the old Taoist into the coffin, and saw Fang Shaobai kneeling in front of the coffin, with a miserable face, a haggard look, and dull eyes. not bad.

Seeing Fang Shaobai's sad appearance, Xiao Qianli sighed softly, saluted the Taoists who were chanting sutras, and said in a deep voice: "Dao brothers, please rest for a while!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Fang Shaobai's absent-minded eyes suddenly burst into a gleam, turned his head, and cried out sadly: "Master—" He couldn't continue.

The dozens of Taoist priests stopped reading scriptures and looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a moment.Fang Shaobai stood up, but he knelt for too long and was overwhelmed with grief, he staggered and almost fell.

He barely stood up straight, and said in a hoarse voice: "Thank you, brothers and sisters, this is my second master. I came here this time to give Ling Xian justice, and please stay away for now. , Shaobai is here to thank you!"

Yuzhenzi is the only innate power left in the Luling Taoist sect, and Fang Shaobai is his only successor. Since this young Taoist is his second master, it is conceivable that he must be one of the few in the martial arts world. characters.All the Taoist priests were relieved at this moment, they got up one after another, saluted Xiao Qianli Jishou, and then filed out.

Only Xiao Qianli and Fang Shaobai were left in the coffin, Fang Shaobai gave Xiao Qianli a big gift, and then said sadly: "Master, please come and see!"

His voice was hoarse, and he said slowly: "Three or four days have passed since I found Master's body. I was afraid that once it was cremated, I would never find any clues again. So I refused to cremate and bury it for a long time. Keeping it as it is is not bad, I only hope that Master can find out the cause of Master's death!"

Xiao Qianli stepped forward and saw that Yuzhenzi's voice and appearance were the same as before, lying quietly in the coffin, but as if asleep.After pondering for a moment, he stretched out his hand to untie his Taoist robe, and suddenly saw a black palm print on his chest.

Xiao Qianli was taken aback for a moment, stretched out his hand to support Yu Zhenzi's body, turned down his shirt, and saw abnormal twisted folds on the skin on the back, faintly revealing a purple-black luster.He couldn't help being startled, and said in a low voice, "Piercing Heart Palm?"

(End of this chapter)