From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 41: Taoists in the Ming Dynasty
Li Yang first used the sword energy to gently touch the golden toad's wound, and the alien spiritual energy accumulated in the wound immediately started fighting with the sword energy.

Fortunately, the alien spiritual energy was only a tiny bit of a root and was completely wiped out by the sword energy in a few seconds.

Then a few strands of spiritual energy were gently transferred into the golden toad's body. The little guy's three legs trembled, and his life breath finally stabilized.

"Although I was lucky enough to get the upper hand, I still cannot underestimate the heroes in the world."

Li Yang sighed. He could sense from this strange spiritual energy that the guy who hurt Golden Toad was quite powerful, above the Qi Ling level, and had already initially touched the threshold of the innate level.

The golden toad was too badly injured to wake up for a while, so Li Yang put the golden toad into his pocket and continuously supplied it with spiritual energy.

Feeling the state of the Golden Toad, Li Yang couldn't help but worry. If the Golden Toad was like this, then what about Chi Yanhong who had no cultivation at all?
Worried about Chi Yanhong's safety, Li Yang did not stop. After coming down from the small mountain, he continued to search all over Mount Emei.

With worries in my heart, I naturally walked a lot faster.
The sky gradually darkened, and at this time, the only things on the mountain trail of Mount Emei were mountain monkeys, ancient trees, green moss and white snow.

When Li Yang was walking through the ecological monkey area, he saw two Emei Tibetan macaques fighting with each other, scratching each other's heads and bleeding. But when they saw Li Yang, the two Tibetan macaques suddenly stopped fighting and looked at him with hatred, baring their teeth.

All living things have the instinct to seek good fortune and avoid harm. Tibetan macaques live in the mountains, so this instinct is particularly strong. One Tibetan macaque had a limp in its right leg and sensed Li Yang's presence, so it fled back up the mountain in shame.

Li Yang didn't care, as the monkeys in Mount Emei have never had a good reputation.

He went all the way up, and according to the description of the two young monks in Jiulao Cave, Li Yang first went to several major temples in Mount Emei, such as Baoguo Temple, Leiyin Temple, and Fuhu Temple. Perhaps because of the loss suffered by Chi Yanhong, the guards in these temples were particularly strict, and several security guards with batons patrolled back and forth in the temples.

Li Yang had no choice but to pretend to be a tourist and visit several temples looking for clues.

At this time, there were basically no tourists in the temple, most of them had already gone up the mountain. Several old abbots were quite surprised to see Li Yang, but they did not inquire into it. They just told Li Yang that it was getting late and he should go up or down the mountain quickly, otherwise there would be no place to stay.

Li Yang thanked him and wandered around Baoguo Temple.

The Sutra Repository here is of an ancient three-story attic style, and the eaves and beams are not of modern architectural style. According to the young monk, this is the place where Chi Yanhong was discovered stealing books by the monks of Mount Emei.

While the two security guards were not paying attention, Li Yang rolled over and climbed in through the window on the second floor of the Sutra Library of Baoguo Temple.

Baoguo Temple has a long history, and most of the books in the Sutra Library are covered with dust. The place messed up by Chi Yanhong has been tidied up, and the space is huge, so Li Yang is wandering around like a headless fly.

When passing by the record of local customs of Mount Emei, Li Yang stopped and observed carefully. He found that the books in this place were the only ones in the entire Sutra Library that were not covered with dust.

This bookshelf contains hundreds of volumes of books, all of which are titled "Chronicles of Jiading Prefecture in XX Year" and "Chronicles of Mount Emei".

Li Yang frowned. Mount Emei is located in Leshui City, and Jiading Prefecture is the ancient name of Leshui City. Did Chi Yanhong go through so much hardship just for a few local prefecture chronicles?

Li Yang summoned the sword energy, which floated in the air and emitted a dim and clear light. With the help of the clear light, Li Yang began to read the contents of the state chronicles one by one.

When reading the prefecture records of the Ming Dynasty, a page with obvious folds caught his attention:

[Records of the Jiading Prefecture Chronicles in the 16th year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty]

【Governor Bai Xianchun was rebuilding the mountain stele. At that time, there was a severe drought. A Taoist said, "There will be a flood on May 1st. You should order the officials to prepare for it." Bai did not listen. On that day, the drought was severe. The Taoist hurriedly sent Governor Bai, but Governor Bai laughed at him. At noon, clouds rose in the north sky, and soon it rained heavily.】

【At dusk, the water surged up more than ten feet, destroying houses and killing thousands of people. The Taoist's body was as big as the sun, and no one could get close to him. He sheltered dozens of people. When the water receded, the governor sent people to follow him. They reached Emei Mountain and got lost.】

Next are some records of rumors about the Buddha's light on Mount Emei in the "Emeishan Records" before the Ming and Qing Dynasties, including more than ten articles of varying sizes from the Han Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty.

Li Yang closed the book and had an idea. Chi Yanhong once told him that after the decline of the Qi-eating method, many practitioners of the Qi-eating method fled to Sichuan and became sword immortals. If there was no exaggeration in the county annals, the Taoist should be the ancient sword immortal who lived in seclusion on Mount Emei during the Ming Dynasty.

"'It is as big as the sun, no mountain torrents can get close to it, and it shelters dozens of people'. Could this be the Yang-root method that Chi Yanhong is looking for?"

With thoughts in mind, Li Yang walked out of the Sutra Library. When he walked under a banyan tree, an old monk suddenly called him.

"Layman, it's almost dark, why don't you come down the mountain? What are you doing staying in my temple?"

The old monk sat on the square table under the ancient banyan tree and looked at Li Yang with a serious expression.

"Old abbot, I just admire Buddhist culture and I was just having fun in the temple on a whim." Li Yang said with a smile. He could tell at a glance that the old monk had abundant energy and blood, strong bones, and had reached the level of drawing in energy.

"The Sutra Library of this temple is not a place for sightseeing."

"I don't understand what the host means."

"As a Taoist master, please stop making fun of me."

The old monk had a solemn expression. The young man in front of him had such a clear and energetic energy that he already had the ability to become a mysterious Taoist master.

Even though he was called out, Li Yang did not panic and walked forward with a smile.

There is a towering banyan tree in Baoguo Temple, which is hung with bright red wooden prayer signs, all of which are hung by tourists who come up the mountain to pray in the temple.

In front of the old monk were a dozen unwritten signs and love locks, and next to them was a WeChat payment QR code with a price of 88.

"Old host, I have no ill intentions. I am just looking for a friend."

The old monk didn't say anything. He held a piece of wood in his hand and rubbed it with his five fingers. Cracks immediately appeared on the wooden plate in his hand.

Knowing that the old monk was demonstrating, Li Yang picked out the items on the table and chose a heart-shaped lock. With a flash of sword energy from his fingers, the iron heart-shaped lock was immediately split into two halves.

The old monk's face twitched and his momentum immediately weakened by three points.

"I know the old abbot is a cultivator, and I have no intention of disturbing him. It's just that my friend is missing, so I can't help but feel a little worried." Li Yang smiled slightly and put away the magical powers in his hand.

"I never thought that you are so lucky at such a young age. I am just showing off my skills in front of an expert." After saying that, the old monk asked, "Is your friend the female lay Buddhist from a few days ago?"

Li Yang's eyes lit up: "You know her."

"Haha" the old monk laughed bitterly. The way you two rushed straight into the Sutra Repository like robbers would make anyone think of something.

"When that female Buddhist visited our temple a few days ago, she left a prayer plaque on the southwest side of the banyan tree. You may want to take a look at it."

"Thank you, host!" Li Yang was excited. After searching for a long time, he finally got a clue.

"You're welcome. It's a good thing for me to have a good relationship with a Taoist master like you."

Li Yang was about to stand up when he was stopped by the old monk again.

The other party calmly raised the WeChat payment code beside him and said with a smile: "Don't worry, you just damaged a heart-shaped lock of our temple. It's 188 yuan."

"Oh my god, didn't you say you wanted to make a good relationship with me? Why is a love lock 100 yuan more expensive?"

"Good karma is good karma, 188 yuan is 188 yuan. What you just damaged is a love lock blessed by our temple's master, so it's naturally more expensive."

(End of this chapter)