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Chapter 463: The Guild Hall Enters a Dream (Additional chapter for the leader Shizhu Huakai Mo Shangxiang)
When Li Yan and others heard this, they all stopped.

He didn't expect that his identity would be exposed.

"Don't blame me, Young Master Li."

The old man Xie Zhengyuan smiled and bowed, saying, "You may not know, this brand is rare. Since the establishment of the Jinzhou Chamber of Commerce, there have been less than thirty of them in total."

"All the signs have secret codes, and the local associations will know them once they check. Arranging food and accommodation is only secondary. As long as it does not violate taboos, we will provide help to the best of our ability."

"Young Master Li probably doesn't want to reveal his whereabouts. Don't worry, as long as we are inside the guild hall, no one will dare to say anything."

Ok!

This is VIP service...

Li Yan was also a little surprised and nodded, "Thank you."

Now that things have come to this, there is no point in hiding it any further. Everyone took off their Nuo masks and wide robes, and seemed to feel much more at ease.

"Everyone, please."

Xie Zhengyuan raised his hand again and led the way.

Everyone felt relieved and looked around.

The area of ​​this guild hall is not large, but it has all the necessary facilities. The three courtyards not only have a kitchen, a main hall, a small garden, but also an ancestral hall, a temple and a small stage.

The walls are all made of thick bricks and stones, and the staircase columns are all made of fine jujube wood, painted black and carved with intricate patterns.

The gods of fortune, wealth and longevity are lifelike.

The corridors along the way were all decorated with lanterns. When we occasionally met servants and maids, we would carefully step aside and remain silent.

In stark contrast to the hustle and bustle of Zouma Town outside, the entire Jinzhou Guild Hall seems to be a world of its own, quiet and peaceful, with a faint scent of sandalwood lingering around.

As Xie Zhengyuan walked, he introduced with a smile: "Jinzhou is a place with a lot of rivers and mountains, and its nature is relatively conservative. Jinzhou guild halls in various places are basically like this. The temple of Guandijun must be built."

As he spoke, he had already led everyone to the middle courtyard and nodded, "The rooms have been cleaned up for you. Someone will bring hot water later."

"I have prepared some food to welcome you all."

"Thank you, Mr. Xie, you are so polite."

Xie Zhengyuan was very tactful in his actions. He was neither overly enthusiastic nor distant. After leading everyone to the room, he said goodbye and left.

The room was simply furnished, and it was obvious that it had been tidied up temporarily. The bed and bedding had all been replaced with new ones, and the tables and chairs also showed signs of having been wiped just now.

After everyone had arranged their rooms, Li Yan led everyone to the front yard.

The women of the Bai family didn't like to have their faces seen by outsiders because they had poisonous sores on their faces, so Li Yan asked the servants to deliver meals to their rooms.

They entered the house for the banquet and the table was already filled with food.

There are eight cold dishes and eight hot dishes, which are pretty much the same as other places.

The only difference is that there are noodles, several kinds of sauces, fried cakes, steamed dumplings and other pasta on the table.

Xie Zhengyuan asked someone to bring wine jars, filled them up for everyone, and said with a smile, "The guild hall is mainly hosting fellow townsmen from Jinzhou, so there are a few more noodles and the preparations are not thorough. Please don't blame me."

After toasting three times, Xie Zhengyuan said, "There are two teahouses in Zouma Town, which are also run by the Guild Hall. If you want to listen to music or fast-paced music, you can tell me and I will invite people over."

After saying that, he said goodbye and left.

The wine is the top-quality Xinghuacun wine, and the noodles are chewy too.

Sha Lifei and Li Yan are both from Guanzhong, and their tastes are similar. This is the first time they have eaten such chewy noodles since leaving Shanzhou.

Pour vinegar on it and eat with garlic, each person ate three big bowls.

Snapped!
Sharifei suddenly slapped the table, wiped his mouth and said, "If I had known that there was noodles to eat at Jinzhou Hall, why would I run around?"

"Brother Yan, you have to keep the sign."

Li Yan took a sip of wine and said thoughtfully: "The Jinzhou Chamber of Commerce is very powerful, with banknotes all over the world and guild halls everywhere, which is convenient."

"But the people in the Chamber of Commerce never get up early without profit. However, they are grateful for the help they receive. Unless you have no choice, it is better to stay away from them."

"That's easy!"

Sharifei said, "Let's just give the money."

Wang Daoxuan also stroked his beard and shook his head, saying: "Some things are not about money, but after all, when you are out, more friends mean more opportunities."

"As long as there is no ill intention, it's okay to maintain a good relationship. If something happens, it's okay to say the ugly things in advance."

"Besides, if we want to get information, it would be best to ask the Chamber of Commerce for help..."

After hearing this, Li Yan narrowed his eyes and nodded, "That's true. It's not convenient to talk about it too late today. Let's find a chance to talk about it tomorrow morning."

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After eating and drinking, everyone returned to their rooms.

Since entering Shuzhong, they have not lived in any decent place along the way. Even in the prosperous Chongqing Prefecture, they only lived in dilapidated houses.

Now that I'm here, I can finally feel a little more at peace.

After soaking his feet in hot water, Li Yan sat at the table, lit a candle, took out the package from his bag and checked it carefully.

This is the spoils obtained from the battle at Dragon King Temple.

The most important one is naturally the "Dragon Snake Card".

This is a typical jade bi. It looks extremely old and its style is slightly different from that of the Central Plains. It might be an ancient Shu sacrificial vessel.

Even more bizarre is the pattern above.

One side is carved with dragon patterns, while the other side is carved with snake patterns, with the two connecting head to tail, forming the shape of a yin-yang fish.

This pattern has an unusual meaning.

The dragon represents power and has a noble status, which clearly puts the snake on the same level, and it is called the "Dragon and Snake Card", which must have its meaning.

Perhaps, this "snake" refers to the Basque snake.

Li Yan once heard Wang Daoxuan say that in those more ancient barbaric times, there were many powerful feng shui situations in China, but as time passed, only three major dragon veins remained.

Ezhou’s “Nine-Headed Phoenix Vein” is one of them.

Daba Mountain is one of them, and the "Ba Snake" in the Classic of Mountains and Seas is probably referring to this disappeared Feng Shui situation...

In Daba Mountain, the remnant soul of Lord Jiangshen was hidden, and was later suppressed by the Erlang Temple at Guanjiangkou...

The calamity of the Immortal Lord is related to the Lord of the River...

The Dragon Girl reacted to this...

There must be some connection between all of this.

Unfortunately, Huo Jiao died too quickly, and Li Yan had no time to ask questions. He could only continue looking for clues.

However, along the way, he had figured out the function of the "Dragon Snake Card".

The most important thing, of course, is to hide your breath.

As long as you carry it with you, magical powers cannot detect it.

This function is slightly inferior to that of the "Ruyi Jewel". After all, it can only protect one person, while the "Ruyi Jewel" can expand the range, and the places where the fluorescence reaches cannot be detected.

With this thing, it will be much easier for Li Yan to sneak in and investigate in the future.

Another function of this "Dragon Snake Card" is that it can enhance water escape, which is just right for him.

But the key information is still unclear.

For example, did this thing flow out from the Dragon Palace and Water Palace?

Thinking of this, Li Yan took out a few more books, all of which he had found from Huo Jiao.

The Paijiao sect is now leaderless, and having committed a crime, not only is there chaos within the sect due to the struggle for the leading position, but it is also disliked by the imperial court.

Today, its strength is declining rapidly, and many people have even left Shuzhong and headed for Dongting Lake to join other leaders.

Naturally, no one stopped Li Yan from taking these things.

Huo Jiao's secret book is still mainly based on the Dharma lineage.

His lineage is relatively obscure and is called the "Four Lords". The so-called "Four Lords" refer to the Four Dragon Kings.

These can also be regarded as the orthodox secular gods of the court. According to the "Old Book of Tang", Hedu was named Lingyuan Duke, Jidu was named Qingyuan Duke, Jiangdu was named Guangyuan Duke, and Huaidu was named Changyuan Duke.

It was not until the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song that "Duke" was changed to "King".

Therefore, this lineage was formed during the Tang Dynasty when priests from Dragon King Temples in various places united together and it was also considered the orthodox Xuanmen religion.

Unfortunately, it has now declined into a Dharma lineage and is little known.

Most of the magic techniques of the "Four Lords" were based on worshiping the Dragon King and driving away water monsters, ghosts and other evil spirits from rivers, lakes and ponds. They were of little use to Li Yan.

The only thing that attracted his attention were the 158 Dragon Kings, who were conferred titles during the Tang Dynasty, occupying various parts of China and each with a name.

Such as the Yujing Baoshan Dragon King, Penglai Fudi Dragon King, Dongwang Fusang Dragon King, Wujiang Water Emperor Dragon King, Yellow River Water Lord Dragon King, Chuanhe Water Palace Dragon King, Wudang Mountain Water Dragon King...

Today, this name, the Dragon King, has mostly been forgotten.

The most famous are undoubtedly the Four Dragon Kings.

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This is also important news. At least for him, knowing some of the Dragon King's names, he can directly invite him when using the divine control method.

Huo Jiao is the priest of Dragon King Temple.

These are its original inheritance.

But the rest are all crooked ways.

The spells in it came from Tongtian Sect, and it also recorded how Huo Jiao enslaved the secular god Dragon King.

It turned out that this guy used the "Dragon Snake Brand" to sneak into the bottom of the Jialing River, drive in the dragon-suppressing stakes, and bury the nightmare-suppressing objects.

His ambitions did not stop there. He planned to use the expansion of Paijiao to enslave more secular dragon kings, and then stir up trouble, call the wind and rain, and become a god-like leader.

By then, the imperial court will be helpless against him.

No wonder he dares to call himself Dragon King...

Unfortunately, ambition outweighs ability.

This guy never expected that the Dragon King of the Jialing River would rather ask the underworld gods to help him escape than put him to death...

As for the last one, it is even more evil.

This is a kind of alchemy method called "Xuanpinshu", and its origin is extremely shocking.

In the "Biographies of Immortals", there is a female immortal named Nüwan.

This Nvwan was originally a wine seller in the market of Chendi. The wine she brewed was always very sweet. Once, a Taoist master came to her house to drink and used five scrolls of silk books as collateral.

The silk book contained an ancient technique of dual cultivation, which Nüwan secretly wrote down. From then on, she often lured men into her room, drank and had fun, and practiced secret techniques.

Thirty years later, she looked as if she were twenty years old.

Later, the master came to see her again and said, "The path of a thief is selfless, and even if he has wings he will not fly." Nüwan then left her home and followed the master, and her whereabouts have been unknown since then.

Some of these things are unknown.

Nüwan was able to practice dual cultivation, but her disciples did not have the aptitude, so they simply combined the evil Yin corpse method with it and swallowed human essence and blood to practice.

The reason why it is called "Xuanpin Shu" is because the earlier source of this technique is the famous Rong Chenggong.

Rong Chenggong is good at supplementing and guiding, and can extract the essence from the mysterious female.

Huangdi built a road and constructed five cities and twelve towers.

Unfortunately, the real "Xuan Pin Shu" has been lost, and now it has completely become an evil method. Although it can restore youth, it is difficult to prolong life.

If you cannot become an immortal, you will only become a demon.

Therefore, there was a bloody smell on Huo Jiao's body. If it were not for the "Dragon Snake Brand" to cover it up, he would have been killed by the Xuanmen Orthodox Sect long ago.

Without any hesitation, Li Yan brought the brazier and burned the evil book into ashes.

The rest are the books collected by Mr. Du.

What this guy found was equally extraordinary, and it came from the foreign monk Nanda.

In the early years of Emperor Dezong of Tang, Zhang Yanshang was appointed as the governor of Xichuan.

The general guarding the border captured an Indian monk and brought him into the country with three young nuns.

The monk's magic this time is astonishing. He has already achieved the state of "Samadhi of Illusion", and can enter water and fire, penetrate metal and stone, and perform endless changes.

After tricking his generals with magic, he gained great fame in Chengdu, but later disappeared mysteriously.

When he reappeared, the treasure-hunting person had found his tomb near the Dazu Rock Carvings and took out all the books.

Among them, most are secret methods from the Western Regions, and the main one is "Charnel Ground".

Mr. Du had long been influenced by the evil spirit and knew the value of this technique, so he bought it and combined it with evil magic to harm hundreds of children in order to shed their skin as quickly as possible.

These scriptures were all written in Tibetan, so Li Yan certainly couldn't understand them. Fortunately, Mr. Du also didn't understand them, so he spent a lot of money to hire someone to write translation notes next to them.

Li Yan frowned as he flipped through the pages.

The purpose of this method is mainly to make practitioners realize that there is nothing eternal in the world, that people are born, grow old, get sick and die, and that living beings do not understand impermanence and become attached to things, ultimately causing the suffering of reincarnation.

Speaking of which, it made him sigh.

Many of the mysterious disasters encountered along the way all came from the word "immortality". Few people had the chance, and most of them were like bubbles.

What made him frown was his method of practice.

Most people can’t accept it.

No wonder, it was transformed by many evil spells.

At this moment, his pupils suddenly shrank.

There are many patterns painted on this thick scripture, painted with precious pigments. I don’t know how many years have passed, but it is still bright.

Some of them look particularly familiar...

Li Yan's heart moved, and he quickly took out a human skin scroll from his luggage and slowly unfolded it.

This scroll was obtained by killing the Saint of the Wenxiang Sect. There are many strange gods painted on it, exactly the same as those in the scriptures.

And Li Yan finally knew what it was.

The Lord of the Corpse Forest, also known as the "Tomb Lord".

What is depicted on the scroll are the eight great cold forests, which are also the eight great cemeteries, the divine realms of the cemetery protectors.

The scroll of the Saint of Scent is the map of the cold forest.

The scriptures say that there are dakinis hovering in these places.

According to legend, the Dakini is a deity who communicates between humans and gods.

According to the inscription on the Buddhist Scripture Forest by Patriarch Wang Chan, all the divine realms in the world, whether it is heaven, the underworld, or other beliefs and legends, are the same place: the Daluo Dharma Realm!

Could it be that by finding these eight cold forests, one can, with the help of the Dakini, enter the Daluo Dharma Realm?
Looking at the scriptures, Li Yan remained silent.

All this seems a bit absurd.

But it makes sense. With the help of the warrant, he saw the appearance of the underworld...

According to the scroll, the locations of the eight cold forests are all related to Buddhist grottoes. Two of them are in Longyou, which should be the Mogao Grottoes and Maijishan Grottoes.

There is also one in Shuzhong, near the Dazu Rock Carvings...

After all, it is something from Buddhism. Li Yan didn't understand it and originally had no interest in it. But if it is related to the Daluo Dharma Realm, maybe he could stop by and take a look when he passes by.

After checking the harvest, Li Yan concentrated a little and then fell asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, he slowly opened his eyes. The surroundings became blurry, waves rose from the ground, and a pair of jade arms surrounded him from behind.

The light and shadow changed again before my eyes, but it was an ancient temple submerged in the lake. The stone plaque was covered with algae, but the words "Dragon Girl" could be clearly seen.

Hululu~
The mud in the water was surging, and a huge creature passed through the temple. Its palm-sized scales could be vaguely seen...

(End of this chapter)