Black Myth: Tang Dynasty

Chapter 498

at dusk.

Li Daoxuan moved into the inn with a joyous Changle. She held many gadgets in her hands. These were all bought by Li Daoxuan, including a fox mask, a sugar figure, and a doll that looked like a Taoist priest.

If you look carefully, you will find that there are three big characters on the Taoist doll - Li Daoxuan.

"Master, I didn't expect your reputation to spread to Luoyang, and there are people selling your dolls. Hehe, it's so interesting, but it doesn't look like you at all..."

Changle loves Li Daoxuan's dolls so much that he always compares them with his master.

Li Daoxuan shook his head and smiled, and said: "If these profiteers are left in later generations, I must sue them."

It's fine to make your own doll, you should make it more delicate, this doll looks so ugly, if it wasn't for his name on it, even Li Daoxuan would not be able to recognize it.

At this time Xuanzang and Xiaotang came in, he was a little dejected and said: "Brother, I ran all the ruined temples in the east according to the guidance of the storyteller. There are indeed many beggars, but no one has seen my master." .”

Obviously, the old beggar covered in pus was not in the ruined temple.

Li Daoxuan seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and said: "The old beggar who can be entrusted by Master Sanle must not be an ordinary person. Such a person often sees the head but doesn't see the end. How can it be so easy to find?"

Xuanzang sighed, "Brother, what shall we do then?"

Xiaotang couldn't help but said: "Really Li, aren't you the national teacher of Datang? Why don't you reveal your identity and send someone from the government to look for that old beggar?"

In her opinion, Shangyang City is so big, relying on them alone is undoubtedly looking for a needle in a haystack.

Li Daoxuan smiled slightly, and said: "Don't worry, let's meet someone tonight, maybe that person can help us solve our doubts."

"who?"

"Naturally...the person who knows Shangyang City best."

……

At night, Shangyang City, Earth Temple.

Xuanzang and others followed Li Daoxuan to the Temple of Earth. He slapped his head and exclaimed, "Brother, you are still smart. Why didn't I think of asking Father Earth?"

The Lord of the Land is generally held by a famous local old man after his death. He takes the road of becoming a god with incense. If the incense is strong, the divine power will be strong.

When the Heavenly Court was still there, the Earth Lord was the cornerstone of the gods and spread all over the world. Although his cultivation level was not high, he had good eyes and ears in the area under his jurisdiction, and almost nothing could be hidden from their eyes.

Later, the Heavenly Court disappeared, and immortals were no longer seen walking in the world, and the priesthood of the Lord of the Earth was also greatly impacted. The Lord of the Earth in many places gradually disappeared, but there is still land in places like Shangyang City, where incense is flourishing.

"Huh? Master, why does this father-in-law look a bit like today's storyteller?"

Chang Le tilted his head and looked at the benevolent statue of the land god on the shrine, and suddenly found that it was a little familiar. After careful reflection, he found that he was somewhat similar to the storyteller he met today.

Also short in stature, with fluttering white beard, especially holding a string of Buddhist beads in his hand, it looks a bit nondescript.

Xuanzang also reacted, and said: "Brother, this land lord... seems to be a little bit wrong."

Li Daoxuan said indifferently: "As a Taoist god, holding a Buddhist bead in his hand is naturally wrong, but maybe it is because the people of Shangyang City are like this, and the people believe in Buddhism, so this father-in-law went to the village to do as the Romans do."

"I don't care if he believes in Buddhism or whether he believes in Buddhism. In short, it is the right way to help us find Master Sanle as soon as possible."

After finishing speaking, Li Daoxuan ordered Changle to place the fruits bought at the rally today in front of the statue of the Lord of the Earth, light three incense candles and put them in the furnace, and took out a talisman paper to summon the gods and generals.

"In the land of the mandala, the gods are the most spiritual. They reach the heavens and the earth. They go in and out of the netherworld. They will play for me and they will not stay. On the day of merit, the famous book will be clear."

As Li Daoxuan recited the mantra, the talisman paper in his hand suddenly ignited, and then turned into a cloud of incense ash and floated into the incense burner in front of the Lord of the Earth.

However, there was silence in the Earth Temple, and there was no reaction.

Li Daoxuan's eyes moved, he didn't rely on mana to deceive people, he used the most authentic land-inviting mantra in Longhu Mountain, there was no problem in the process of offering sacrifices, offering incense, talismans, and chanting the mantra, so there was only one possibility.

The Lord of Earth in Shangyang City is not willing to respond to the Taoist disciple's spell!
Li Daoxuan frowned slightly, pinched the Sanqing seal with his hand, and continued to urge: "Disciple of Longhu Mountain, please, the God of Fortune will manifest quickly!"

He deliberately pointed out his identity as a disciple of Longhu Mountain. Logically speaking, no matter whether it is the land or the mountain god, they must always abide by the ancient contract and respond to the spells of the Taoist disciples. information.

But the land lord in front of him is fine, he just pretended to be dead and didn't fart.

Good guy, don't even give Longhushan face?

Li Daoxuan wanted to continue urging, but the door of the Earth Temple was suddenly closed, and then the image of the Earth on the shrine kept trembling and making a rumbling sound, which seemed very strange in the middle of the night.

Snapped!Snapped!
The fruits that Changle worked so hard to arrange were blown away by an invisible force, and rolled all over the ground.

An old voice resounded in everyone's ears.

"roll……"

Apparently facing Li Daoxuan, a Taoist disciple's constant urging, the land lord was really angry. Not only was he unwilling to show up to help, but he threatened him.

Li Daoxuan raised his eyebrows slightly, and said: "It seems that your Excellency is toasting and not eating fine wine."

"Little Taoist priest, hasn't your master taught you to be in awe of the gods?"

In the earth temple, the god statue actually spoke by itself, and the mouth of the clay sculpture opened and closed, making an old voice, which echoed continuously in the temple, as if it was coming from all directions.

"Today, this god will discipline you for your master!"

After saying this, the Lord of the Earth suddenly spewed out streaks of white smoke from his mouth, immediately turning the surroundings of Li Daoxuan and others into a hazy sea of ​​fog, and they could only see three feet around them clearly.

"Master..."

Chang Le squeezed Li Daoxuan's sleeve with some fear, and hid behind the master.

"Don't worry, with Master here, no one can hurt you."

Li Daoxuan touched her head, and then said indifferently, "Xiaotian, bite me!"

"Wang Wang!"

Xiao Tiangou, who had been suppressed for a long time, immediately flew over, and his body continued to grow in the air. In an instant, he changed from a cute puppy into a god dog the size of a white elephant, and opened his fangs to bite the statue of the land god.

In the vast white mist, Li Daoxuan clearly heard a scream.

Crackling!

Xiaotian began to demolish the house. It overturned the incense burner and knocked the statue into the air. Not only did it eat up all the sacrifices of the land god, but it also swaggered up to the statue and urinated on the statue.

"Hey, the master gave you face, but you just don't want it, pretending to be your mother?"

"Naughty animal!!!"

The Land Lord was furious, his true spirit escaped from the idol, holding a dark brick, circled around the back of Xiaotian's head and smashed it down!
This is the stepping brick in front of the earth temple, which was stepped on by the common people. Over time, it condensed a trace of life in the world of mortals. It is not only extremely strong, but also has a certain influence on the soul.

Boom!
With a muffled sound, Yi Xiaotian's invulnerable demon body swayed a little.

"Little Taoist priest, how dare you feed monsters and allow them to commit crimes? Today, this God will punish you for the crime of lax discipline!"

The land turned into a golden light and escaped behind Li Daoxuan, the door brick in his hand was about to fall down.

"Wang Wang!"

Xiaotian let out a roar, and a trace of shame and anger flashed in his eyes. Although the surrounding white mist blocked his sight, his excellent sense of smell made him immediately find the location of the Lord of the Earth, and rushed to bite him.

The land wanted to repeat the old trick and hit Xiaotian with a stepping brick, but Xiaotian, who had been on guard for a long time, avoided the brick very dexterously, and then bit the land man's thigh fiercely.

"It hurts, it hurts!!!"

It was a severe pain that penetrated deep into the bone marrow, and the land lord was shaking like a sieve, and he burrowed into the ground, trying to make Xiaotian let go.

However, Xiaotian is a great demon in the middle stage of Yin God, and he has practiced with Li Daoxuan for a long time, and also mastered the method of earth escape, and also followed the earth into the ground, never letting go of life or death.

The whole earth temple was trembling, as if it was going to be shaken.

After a while, all the vibrations stopped, and Xiaotian got out of the ground, holding a little old man in his mouth. The thigh of the other man had become bloody, and he passed out from the pain.

Even the hard stepping brick was broken in two, showing the fierceness of the battle.

"Wang Wang!"

Xiaotian dragged Tu Digong to Li Daoxuan, shook the dust off his head, and gave the old man with a white beard a hard look.

This old guy's bricks are really hard!

Li Daoxuan threw a panacea to Xiaotian to swallow, and rewarded it for its bravery, then looked at the comatose land father and sneered: "Old man, why pretend to be dizzy, with your little knowledge, you really think you can hide from the poor." Do you know?"

The stunned land princess twitched her eyelashes.

"There are so many storytellers in Shangyang City. I just arrived today. Why did I go to the place where you are storyteller by such a coincidence?"

Li Daoxuan said lightly: "Because I have already seen the divine light on you with my eyes from hundreds of feet away, and the poor Taoist is very curious. Proclaiming a false prophecy?"

It was not by accident that Li Daoxuan took Xuanzang and others to the teahouse, but he had noticed the abnormality of the storyteller in advance.

The Shinto aura is very special. If the other party deliberately conceals it, even a Taoist who practices the pupil technique may not be able to discover it, but unfortunately, it is Li Daoxuan he met.

Seeing that his disguise had been punctured, and the Lord of the Earth did not pretend to be dizzy, he jumped up suddenly, with a string of precious beads in his hand, and hit the young Taoist priest who looked the most dangerous.

"Little Taoist priest, this precious prayer bead was given by Master Huichan, he is Yang—"

Before he finished speaking, the voice of the Lord of the Land stopped abruptly. He widened his eyes and looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief.

I saw that the flying Buddha beads stopped suddenly in front of Li Daoxuan, as if blocked by an invisible force, and began to tremble continuously.

Then strands of bright golden light bloomed on Li Daoxuan's body, like the rising sun, shining all over the sky, the vast and majestic mana power was like a blazing flame, turning the seemingly extraordinary beads into burning coals.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
The crisp sound like roasted beans continued to emerge, and the beads of Buddha exploded one after another, turning from priceless middle-grade magic weapons into worthless scrap iron, rolling down at the feet of the land lord, still bursting into flames. With green smoke.

And Li Daoxuan didn't make a move from the beginning to the end, he just stood quietly holding the unicorn jade whisk, with a peaceful and calm expression, and the blue Taoist robe fluttered slowly in the night wind.

"Yang... Yang God!!"

The voice of the land lord was trembling. He didn't cast a spell, didn't use a spell, and only relied on the fluctuation of his spirit, he destroyed a middle-grade magic weapon!
The awe-inspiring momentum just now is like a masculine day, a thunderbolt. Although the Lord of Earth is not a high-level man, he is only in the early stage of Yinshen, but his eyesight is sophisticated, and he will never make a mistake.

Little Taoist?
That is clearly a Yangshen real person!
The land man's legs gave way, and he almost knelt on the ground, and saluted tremblingly: "The little god pays homage to the immortal!"

He smiled wryly in his heart, this celestial being possesses monstrous magic power, so he just used his supernatural powers to capture him, but he still had to go through the process, so that he despised the collision.

Li Daoxuan glanced at him, and said: "As a land, you receive incense from one side and keep one side safe, but why don't you respect the rules and regulations of my Taoist sect, and instead want to fight and vent your anger on the person who cast the spell?"

He is the one who came today, so he can take action to conquer the land, but what if he is a young Taoist priest who just came down the mountain?
People in the Taoist sect cast spells to ask the land to help, offer incense and candles, and consume mana. Even if the land does not want to help, it must return the incense and refuse with good words, instead of directly hitting the sacrifices and cursing like this land.

The Lord of the Earth smiled wryly and said: "The gods don't know something. It's not that the little gods don't want to help people in the Taoist sect. It's just...it's just that Master Huichan of the White Horse Temple in Luoyang once issued an order to respect the Buddha. Wild monsters are not allowed to help people in the Taoist sect!"

Hearing this, Li Daoxuan's eyes flashed.

Li Daoxuan has also heard about the abbot of the White Horse Temple, the Buddhist yang god named Huichan. He is known as a Buddhist monk with profound Buddhist teachings and unfathomable supernatural powers. The demon king in the middle of the gods!

Although this person is a Buddhist, he is willing to take action to protect the stability in Luoyang, so the imperial court cooperates with him a lot, and the White Horse Temple enjoys a lot of preferential treatment from the imperial court.

Li Daoxuan had heard it said a long time ago that the Huichan monk of Baima Temple was domineering, but he didn't expect to be so strong that Luoyang was three hundred miles away, and no land and mountain gods were allowed to help Taoist disciples?
What a domineering decree of respecting the Buddha!
If it was normal, Li Daoxuan might go to the White Horse Temple to meet the Huichan host for a while, which can be regarded as fighting for face for the Taoist sect, but now that Master Sanle is in critical condition, he doesn't want to cause trouble.

"Tudi, let me ask you, have you ever seen a monk in Shangyang City who was bare-chested and always smiling, who was somewhat similar to Maitreya Buddha?"

The Earth Lord thought about it carefully, shook his head and said: "If you go back to the Immortal, the little god has never seen it before."

A hint of disappointment appeared in Xuanzang's eyes.

Li Daoxuan continued to ask: "Then have you ever seen an old beggar covered in pus, this person should have some supernatural powers, he is a person in cultivation, and his cultivation level is not low."

The Lord of the Earth said without any hesitation: "I have seen it. In fact, many people in Shangyang City have seen that expert. His story is very popular!"

Xuanzang hurriedly asked excitedly: "Then where is this expert now?"

The Lord of the Earth shook his head and said: "He has left Luoyang, and before he left, he rubbed my tribute for a meal, and said that he cannibalism is soft, and then left four words before turning into a rainbow, and he has never appeared again. "

Li Daoxuan asked: "Which four words did that expert leave behind?"

Earth Lord pointed to a pillar in the temple, and said with a wry smile, "It's these four words, which scared me half to death at that time."

Everyone looked over, and sure enough, they saw four large characters crooked like dogs crawling on the pillar——Luoyang is over!
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(End of this chapter)