Water Margin: My 108 Heroes Come from All Heavens

Grandmother Jia hadn't had a chance to introduce them yet.

Yan Chixia's eyes lit up, and he asked excitedly, "This young man in my temple has extraordinary bones, and there are faint signs of the sun and moon between his brows. Could he also be a member of my Taoist sect?"

I guess so.

Liang Shan nodded.

He practices the methods passed down by the Taoist Lishan Laomu.

should……

He's practically a member of the Taoist sect now.

"I am a Golden Core cultivator, specializing in swordsmanship."

Yan Chixia performed a Taoist greeting, then asked in surprise, "May I ask what your cultivation level is, fellow Taoist? Why do I sense that you are only at the third level of Qi Refining?"

"Well……"

Liang Shan scratched his head: "Is it possible that my cultivation level is only at the third level of Qi Refining?"

"Fellow Daoist is joking."

Yan Chixia looked incredulous: "Your aura is completely contained, and the phenomena of the sun and moon are manifesting. Your aura is comparable to that of a Golden Core cultivator. How could you only be at the third level of Qi Refining?!"

Upon hearing this, Liang Shan...

I couldn't help but be a little taken aback.

Golden Core stage?

He looked inward at his dantian and found that the spiritual energy fluctuations were clearly at the third level of Qi Refining.

"Since you are unwilling to say more, then I will not ask any further."

Yan Chixia shook his head, wisely refraining from pressing the matter further.

Just then.

Zen Master Baiyun stepped forward, clasped his hands together, and said, "Judging from your appearance, you seem to have a connection with Buddhism."

"No fate, no fate."

Hearing those familiar words.

Liang Shan's eyelids twitched, and he quickly waved his hand, fearing that he would be converted by the White Cloud Zen Master.

"Zen Master, you are a member of my Daoist sect. You'd better not try to poach my people."

Yan Chixia snorted coldly, his face displeased.

Zen Master Baiyun smiled slightly.

He didn't say anything more.

"Cough cough—"

When Grandmother Jia saw that Liang Shan and the others had started chatting idly, she couldn't help but cough twice.

The three of them then came to their senses.

"Don't worry, madam."

Yan Chixia slapped his thigh and said heartily, "Take us to see the unconscious young master and ladies. This humble Taoist wants to see what kind of evil spirit dares to provoke us!"

Butler Lai quickly led the way.

The group walked through the corridor and first arrived at Jia Baoyu's residence.

The room smelled strongly of medicine.

Several maids stood guard by the bedside, their eyes red and swollen.

Jia Baoyu lay on the bed, his face rosy and his breathing steady, as if he were asleep, but no matter how he was called, he could not wake up.

Yan Chixia stepped forward and examined Jia Baoyu's eyelids.

I took his pulse again.

His brows gradually furrowed.

"strangeness……"

He turned to look at Zen Master Baiyun: "Zen Master, come and take a look."

Zen Master Baiyun stepped forward.

Withered fingers pressed against Jia Baoyu's wrist, closed his eyes to sense it for a moment, and then frowned as well.

"The soul is intact, the vital energy and blood are abundant, and there are no signs of evil spirits invading the body."

"That's what I think too."

Yan Chixia frowned, his face showing confusion: "But why is he unconscious?"

The two locked eyes.

After a while.

They all looked towards Liang Shan: "Fellow Daoist, why don't you come and take a look too?"

talking.

They all stepped back a few paces to the side, signaling Liangshan to come forward and take their pulse.

"I don't know how to take a pulse."

Liang Shan blinked.

"You don't know how?!"

Yan Chixia was shocked.

"Should I?"

Liang Shan looked completely bewildered.

"this……"

Yan Chixia scratched his head and said with a wry smile, "It's not that. It's just that everyone in the Taoist sect is proficient in medicine, divination, and astrology. I didn't expect... that you would be an exception."

"Then he's not a member of the Taoist sect either."

Liang Shan pointed at Zen Master Baiyun and couldn't help but ask.

"Amitabha."

Zen Master Baiyun clasped his hands together and said, "Those who are Buddhists are also proficient in medicine, divination, and astrology."

Liang Shan: "..."

Good guy.

This world is indeed different in every way.

People in Buddhism and Taoism have actually made medicine, divination, and astrology compulsory courses.

"Let's go check on the others first."

Yan Chixia pondered for a moment and then made a suggestion.

Then.

Guided by Steward Lai, the three checked on the unconscious members of the Jia family one by one.

Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, Wang Xifeng, Li Wan, Qin Keqing, Lin Daiyu, Zijuan...

One by one.

They were all lying on their respective beds, their faces rosy and their breathing steady, as if they were asleep.

As I watched...

Yan Chixia and Zen Master Baiyun's expressions both darkened.

"Master Yan, Zen Master Baiyun, have you noticed anything?"

After examining the thirty-six people, Liang Shan couldn't help but ask.

"How strange, how strange."

Yan Chixia shook his head and sighed, "These people have intact souls, abundant blood and energy, and no physical abnormalities, but they just can't wake up."

"I have been exorcising ghosts for decades, and this is the first time I have encountered such a situation."

He scratched his messy hair, completely baffled.

Zen Master Baiyun also had a furrowed brow.

Obviously.

He couldn't find the problem either.

"Could it be... not a ghost?"

Seeing that the two were helpless, Liang Shan thought of a possibility.

original.

He thought the Jia family had stumbled upon a replica of Lanruo Temple, and were being haunted by ghosts like the Black Mountain Demon or Nie Xiaoqian.

But neither Yan Chixia nor Zen Master Baiyun, the two top experts in the ghost-catching world, found any clues.

Most likely...

The cause of the Jia family members falling into a coma was not evil spirits or ghosts.

and.

Among the thirty-six unconscious people was Lin Daiyu, a Grandmaster-level cultivator; ordinary evil spirits simply did not possess such power.

"etc!"

Liang Shan's pupils contracted slightly.

This number reminded him of Dream of the Red Chamber.

If he remembers correctly, in the normal plot, when Jia Baoyu dreamt of visiting the Land of Illusion, he saw the Twelve Beauties of Jinling in the main register, the secondary register, and the supplementary register, which totaled exactly thirty-six people.

"Could it be...?"

He had a vague guess in his mind.

At that very moment.

A sudden change occurred.

Suddenly, a soft light emanated from Jia Baoyu, who was lying on the bed.

It was a phantom image of a pure white jade, slowly rising from Jia Baoyu's chest, hovering in mid-air, emitting a faint halo.

On the Immortal Jade.

Eight characters are faintly visible: "Never forget, never lose; may you live a long and prosperous life."

"This is……"

Yan Chixia and Zen Master Baiyun both changed color and subconsciously took a step back.

The illusory image of the immortal jade suddenly brightened, and the halo spread outwards like ripples, causing space to distort and deform wherever it passed.

"not good!"

Yan Chixia shouted and drew the long sword from his back, its blade flashing with runes.

Zen Master Baiyun also raised his staff, and a great golden light shone forth.

but……

It's too late.

The light emanating from the illusory jade instantly engulfed the entire room.

Before Liang Shan could react, everything went blurry before his eyes, the world spun around him, and he felt as if he were being grabbed by an invisible hand and dragged into a bottomless abyss.

The sounds of Jia Mu's exclamation, Lai Steward's scream, and Su Wen's shouts reached her ears...

then.

Everything fell silent.

……

In Jia Baoyu's room.

Everyone watched as the three Liangshan heroes vanished into thin air, as if they had evaporated into thin air, leaving not a trace.

Grandmother Jia's face turned deathly pale.

Pointing tremblingly to the spot where the three had disappeared, he managed to squeeze out a single sentence: "This...this..."

She invited a master who could exorcise demons.

Sudden……

The entire team was wiped out?!