Xiaoyaoshanjun

Chapter 191 Invitation

When Tian Buli was practicing in the yard, a little girl less than two years old came in from outside.

The little one was followed by a maid who was wearing a thick cotton jacket, a woolen hat on her head, wide trouser legs, and even thick socks knitted with wool to cope with the recent severe cold.

Xiaodian walked in holding a rabbit, and quickly became excited when he saw the little rabbits running in the yard.

"father!"

Tian Buli opened his eyes and wanted to laugh when he saw the little rabbit that Xiaodian was holding.

"Why are you here? Didn't you tell me not to disturb you?"

"I came to see the rabbit," Dot explained.

The white rabbit who was running outside was listening to the noise here while running, but obviously didn't want to pay attention to her.

Tian Buli looked at the rabbit that Xiaodian was holding. Xiaodian, who was nearly two years old, could already walk on his own and could also hold some important things while walking.

Not only the little rabbit, he also often plays with puppies and can dress himself.

"Xiaodian, what you are holding is an ordinary little rabbit. The one in my yard is not a little rabbit, but the King White Rabbit."

The White Rabbit King was the main force in curing diseases and saving lives this time. Tian Buli did not neglect it. He not only treated it with good wine and meat, but also gave it enough face.

Sure enough, when the White Rabbit King heard his cool title, he didn't care how many laps he had run and continued to run a few more laps happily.

Xiaodian didn't quite understand what was happening with the White Rabbit King, and looked at his father in confusion and dullness.

Tian Buli smiled and said, "It's okay. From now on, you can just call it the White Rabbit King. The difference between the White Rabbit King and the little rabbit in your arms is like the difference between a Taoist priest and an ordinary person."

"Don't always ask the White Rabbit King to do things that rabbits should do. I can also do the things that mortals do, but that doesn't mean I have to do what mortals do."

"It's like... your brothers are required to study all day, so they won't always compare you with them. You can do whatever you want."

Xiaodian is too young. She can’t listen or understand anything you say to her. She just stares at people.

Tian Buli picked up Xiaodian, who looked chubby because of the layers of clothes, and said with a smile: "Okay, go back to your mother. If your mother is not free, go and play with your brothers."

Xiaodian held the little rabbit and said, "Then I will go play with the little rabbit."

"Okay." Tian Buli handed Xiaodian to the maid. This child still needed to be held by an adult most of the time.

Two years old is not young anymore, he can help with some things at home.

It is a peaceful time now. Although children are not as pampered as those in modern society, there is plenty of food and low taxes. Except for entertainment, medical care and diet, farmers are actually no worse off than modern ones in other aspects.

Even the labor intensity is at least much lower than that of factories. People are only busy during plowing and harvesting, and most of the rest of the time is slack. Even watering is not a problem, and most people rely on the weather for their livelihood.

Happiness is achieved through contrast. At least people of this era can still learn about the things that happened before the Holy Emperor from some old people, and know about the horrific taxes and corvee labor of that time.

Even compared with the history of the earth, it is at least much better than the orphans of the industrial age.

The good days of the Tianyue Dynasty have lasted for more than forty years, but the Holy Emperor still has no intention of ascending to heaven. Currently, no one knows how long these good days will last.

If the Holy Emperor is not around, the immortals in the world will definitely not care about the lives of mortals, nor will they come down the mountain to call the wind and rain and disrupt the weather.

Calling for rain everywhere is an illegal act in itself, and it violates the heavenly law that the Taoists themselves have cultivated.

Rainfall in all seasons is designated by the Heavenly Court. Taoists are allowed to pray for rain occasionally, but if they do it every year and force rain from heaven, even the Taoists themselves are afraid.

Mortals have no reverence for heaven and earth, but Taoists do.

When Tian Buli was concentrating on his cultivation, the maid came in again.

"Master, there is a Taoist priest outside who wants to see you. He calls himself Taoist Master Fufeng."

Tian Buli stood up and said, "I'll go see him."

Taoist Master Fufeng is a Taoist priest from Qitian Mansion. Although he is not a Taoist priest from Yanxia Mountain, he has met Tian Buli twice before.

The last time when the rebellious fox demon was tamed, it was this Taoist who showed leniency and did not pursue the matter of the Hu family and the people who were shielding the fox demon.

After Tian Buli went out, he saw Taoist Master Fufeng waiting in the hall and quickly said politely, "Master!"

Taoist Master Fufeng looked at Tian Buli in surprise. After a few seconds, he said, "I haven't seen you for three years. Taoist Master Tian's cultivation has become more profound. I'm afraid he has surpassed me, an old Taoist who doesn't think about making progress all day long."

Tian Buli smiled and said, "Master, you are too polite. We all follow our own path. Why should we care what others say? Where are we going?"

Taoist Fufeng also smiled and said, "I care too much. I always see it and can't control what I think."

Tian Buli said politely: "Please sit down. Taoist priest, are you here for the plague?"

"That's right." Taoist Fufeng sat down and talked to Tian Buli about business. "I heard that Taoist Tian also came back because of the plague. That makes things easier."

Tian Buli said, "To be honest, I was just worried about my family, so I told Master and came back quickly. I don't know much about what happened in Niupi Township." Taoist Fufeng nodded seriously, "Then I will tell you directly, there is a demon in Niupi Township, and there are probably eight out of ten casualties. Now we are blocking all places and searching for the demon."

Tian Buli sensed the seriousness of the situation, "What kind of evil spirit is this? Why is there an evil spirit appearing?"

Taoist Fu Feng sighed and said, "It was all caused by the Holy Emperor!"

Tian Buli said to the servants and concubines nearby: "You go down."

Bai Lian and the others quickly and tactfully excused themselves.

Most people would say that the Holy Emperor was extremely disrespectful, but the Holy Emperor didn’t mind at all when these Taoists cursed at him.

As long as it is not in a public place, it is basically fine, and no one is idle enough to report it.

Taoist Master Fufeng was not afraid of this at all, and continued with a sigh: "Life and death are originally determined by heaven, and humans and ghosts reincarnate. Now that there are fewer reincarnated ghosts than mortals, naturally many sneaky ghosts and evil spirits have come in."

"Good fortune and misfortune are interdependent, and the world should have a period of peace, but we should never, ever, disturb the natural order."

Tian Buli asked curiously, "What harm is there in this?"

Taoist Master Fufeng said helplessly: "You have four Taoist masters in Yanxia Mountain who take turns going down the mountain. It's not hard work, but to avoid trouble."

"That Saint Emperor doesn't care about the lives of the people at all. He kills those who deserve to be killed. He is determined to defy the laws of heaven and earth and insists that the disasters that should have happened should have happened according to his will. Whether it's drought, flood, plague, wind or snow disaster, they must fall outside according to his words."

"All the immortal sects in the world are tools in his hands. They are suffering terribly!"

Tian Buli didn't feel how hard life was in Yanxia Mountain, but seeing that Taoist Master Fufeng was speaking for the Taoist sect, he didn't want to say anything that would make the atmosphere awkward.

Taoist Master Fufeng continued, "I won't say anything boring. The evil spirits this time are born naturally. You don't seem to understand this. Every year, evil spirits appear in various parts of the world."

"Some are man-made, but in fact they are also disasters that are destined to happen. We Taoist priests just need to exorcise demons and eliminate disasters, and this time is no exception."

Tian Buli was good at observing people's expressions and quickly found the problem. "Master, do you mean that this disaster cannot be completely eliminated?"

Taoist Master Fu Feng smiled and said, "How can a knife cut off the water? This disaster is just like the weeds outside. It can't be cut or burned."

Tian Buli asked, "Then is it good or bad for us to solve these problems?"

"Of course it's a good thing. This is what cultivators should do." Taoist Master Fu Feng smiled and said, "When cultivators are strong, the evil spirits will also be strong. When cultivators are weak, the evil spirits will also be weak."

"Now that the Holy Emperor is here, the demons and ghosts that were weak decades ago are becoming stronger and stronger."

"With the demons and ghosts becoming more powerful, we cultivators also have a place to use our skills. We should become stronger."

Tian Buli looked at Taoist Fufeng who had a smile on his face. No wonder the old Taoist was cursing while doing his work. It turned out that these Taoists were taking advantage of the Holy Emperor.

Even if the Holy Emperor knew all this, he was the one who controlled the Taoist priests from all over the place to do things for him, so he probably didn't care about this kind of thing.

At present, it is hard to say who is using whom, but the Holy Emperor never ascends to heaven, and the laws of heaven and earth bring down disasters because of this number one in the world. And this number one in the world keeps going against heaven and earth, sending people to suppress disasters in various places, and arranging the wind and rain himself.

The contradiction between the two sides is getting deeper and deeper, and the demons and monsters are born quickly and die quickly.

Tian Buli couldn't find anyone's fault. If the Holy Emperor ignored all this and ascended directly, many people in the world would surely die.

"Oh!" Tian Buli sighed and didn't want to bother with such things. The right way was to cultivate immortality honestly.

Tian Buli looked at Taoist Fufeng and said, "Since this matter is under the control of Taoist Master, I am relieved. I will go back to the mountain to practice later."

Taoist Master Fu Feng said quickly, "Master Tian, ​​wait a minute. I came here to ask for your help."

Tian Buli asked in confusion: "Why are you asking me for help? Isn't it solved?"

Taoist Fufeng shook his head, "It's not resolved yet. Although the evil spirit has been killed this time, the evil spirit in the village is still there. I dare not use my wind magic carelessly, for fear of blowing the evil spirit to other places and causing trouble. Now my junior brother has sealed the evil spirit in the village. In order to reduce the killing, I would like to ask Taoist Tian to use thunder magic to eliminate the evil spirit."

Perhaps worried that Tian Buli would refuse, Taoist Master Fufeng said: "This is a meritorious deed. Not only will the prefecture and county reward Taoist Master Tian, ​​but the people in the village will also be grateful to Taoist Master for saving their lives."

Tian Buli was not the kind of moralist who meddles in other people's affairs and took the people of the world as his responsibility. However, now that people had come to his house for help, and it was also an easy thing to do, he would no longer refuse.

"Okay, Taoist priest, you are too kind. This is what we cultivators should do. How could we refuse?"

Taoist Fu Feng said happily: "Okay!"

Tian Buli added: "I only know how to fight and kill. I only have one spell to exorcise demons, the Thunder Curse. I don't know how useful it is."

Taoists can deal with all kinds of troublesome events. Tian Buli has basically never encountered similar things except for the battle with the Infant-Swallowing King, and lacks experience in dealing with them.

Taoist Fufeng's cultivation strength is not as good as Tian Buli's, but he has a lot of experience in this kind of thing. "Don't worry, it's enough!"

Tian Buli also wanted to learn more and improve his skills, and now is a good time.

(End of this chapter)