Taoist chanting

"Brother Zhang, please go to Zhiweilou for a drink, if you don't get drunk tonight, you won't come home!"

Zhang Wenfeng looked at the sky, he didn't know when it was cloudy, it looked like it was going to rain, he finished work early today, and said with a smile: "Brother Fu, what's the good news, let me tell you about it?"

"Haha, I can't hide it from you. It's a good thing and a happy thing."

Fu Gujing was overjoyed, and said via voice transmission: "Thanks to you, brother, Junior Sister Yun broke through the bottleneck and successfully advanced to the Gradient Realm. Do you think it is a happy event?"

Zhang Wenfeng clasped his fists hurriedly: "Congratulations, congratulations!"

Confused, he asked through sound transmission: "Why is it thanks to me? How do you say this?"

He was busy with his own affairs these days, and he only had a face-to-face meeting with Dean Wu, Fu Gujing, and the recovered Chen Qingqiao, and he hadn't met Yun Qiuhe for a few days.

"Junior Sister Yun said that the night before yesterday, in the dead of night, she was fascinated by the artistic conception of your landscape painting, and suddenly she felt enlightened, and felt that the bottleneck was loose, so she retreated to her residence and broke through this morning, so she should thank you for letting her find it. Breakthrough opportunity... Hey, the bottleneck is hard to break."

Fu Gujing's last sentence is out of feeling, he has been stuck in the bottleneck for almost two years.

It is certainly a happy event for the junior sister to break through, but he felt even more urgent.

"Hehe, that's the opportunity for Fellow Daoist Yun, and it has nothing to do with my paintings. Brother Fu, you have accumulated a lot of money, and the day of breakthrough is coming soon."

"Haha, Cheng Jiyan, I must have a few more drinks tonight."

Chapter 134 At the city gate where the buffalo blocks the way (thanks to "Mr. Lyme" for his support)

After a banquet, Yun Qiuhe, who was promoted, did not come forward from the beginning to the end. I heard from the old Fu that Yun Qiuhe is still in his residence and his cultivation is stable, and he will have to officially leave the customs in two days before meeting everyone.

Zhang Wenfeng suspected that it was the wine worm in the old Fu's stomach, so he took the opportunity to pull the three of them out to drink.

In the deep night, Zhang Guanzhu floated back to the Taoist temple against the misty rain.

The smell of alcohol has long since dissipated, and the clothes soaked in the drizzle have evaporated to dryness. Seeing that there are still lights in the hall, he scoops up water to clean his hands, climbs up the steps, and pushes open the heavy wooden door that is concealed.

The second senior brother who was sitting cross-legged reading a book got up, put the book in his arms, and greeted with cupped fists:

"The Master is back."

"I'm back, Senior Brother Lao has been waiting for a long time."

In return, Zhang Wenfeng twirled some incense sticks from the desk, offered the incense to pay respects to the Taoist ancestor and the master ancestor, and then knelt down to recite scriptures and do homework. The second senior brother accompanied him, chanting scriptures and singing in harmony.

Once the homework is completed, the dust and distracting thoughts are swept away, and the altar is so clear that it is indescribably beneficial.

After the door was closed and locked, the two came to the west hall to boil water and drink tea.

"This afternoon, together with Yue Anyan and Uncle Lame, I checked and accepted the completion of the new courtyard. There was no problem, so we handed over the final payment. Zhang Wenjie, the foreman, also wanted to talk about the reconstruction of the backyard on the mountain. It just so happened that the weather turned cloudy today. Make excuses and push.

I talked with Wei Xingde, their family will move to the backyard tomorrow for a temporary stay, and the belongings at home will wait for the house at the foot of the mountain to be completed, and then come and move here. He is a master carpenter, and he is an expert in the house. He just needs a few people to help him. Said that there is no need to bother others in the backyard on the mountain, he asked someone to do it.

A total of 35 apprentices were recruited, including six female apprentices. I have already entrusted all the quilts, cotton robes, shoes and socks, wooden basins and other items that the apprentices need to use to several towns in the surrounding towns according to the size and specifications. Made-to-order by a shop, delivery will be on the [-]th of next month.

There are two other matters that need to be decided by the temple master. For the new courtyard at the foot of the mountain, I have to trouble the temple master to name and inscribe it, and I will ask someone to carve the lintel.Furthermore, the [-]th of next month is an auspicious day for opening a business and accepting apprentices. The next auspicious day will not be until the [-]th. "

After hearing the second brother's long speech, Zhang Wenfeng thought for a moment and said, "You can use 'Qingzheng Bieyuan'."

Irritability beats cold, tranquility beats heat.Tranquility is righteousness for the world.

Get up and spread rice paper on the desk, add a little water to the inkstone, and grind it slowly with an ink stick.

"Ninth next month, yes."

He made a final decision, picked up a big brush, dipped it in ink, and wrote out "Qingzheng Bieyuan" four big regular script strokes one by one. I will try to arrange the formation before nine days."

"The Lord of the Temple has been working hard to and fro, and all I do are small things. Blessed and Boundless Heavenly Venerable!"

The two of them talked about erecting a mountain gate archway at the intersection and other matters. When the ink was dry, the second senior brother went out with the calligraphy in his hands.

Zhang Wenfeng went into the quiet room and sat down, raised the question about the formation that he was thinking about, and asked the mountain god for advice.

It is not difficult for him to arrange the array pillars, engrave scriptures, draw runes and other matters.

The difficult thing is how to follow the situation and calculate the position of the hexagram point where the formation pillar is buried.

This time, Zhong Wenyong was able to rely on Zhong Wenyong to calculate the positions of all hexagram points in the formation. After Zhong Wenyong was sent away, next time he set up the formation alone, he would have to support himself.

Reading back and forth between the library and the underground secret room is to understand as much as possible the basics of formations.

He must master the Wooden Eight Diagrams Array in the shortest possible time.

The morning of the first day of October.

Zhang Wenfeng came to the Daolu branch early, and Yu Baozhai sent seventy processed white jade pillars on time according to the contract. After careful inspection, he signed for the receipt, paid the balance to the shopkeeper who personally delivered the goods, and went to the main hall to sit for a while , drank two cups of tea with a few people, then got up and returned to his own room.

He wanted to make the pillars, but he didn't hide the truth from the master, Fu Gujing and others.

The door of the room was opened, and some cinnabar ink was mixed, and the scriptures on the paper he wrote were compared with a small brush of ink. On the jade pillar, he wrote carefully stroke by stroke in italics.

When he was majoring in traditional Chinese painting, he had systematically studied seal carving. It is not difficult to engrave scriptures on jade stones, except for the large number of them, which took him a lot of time.

The ink on the jade is difficult to dry, and one jade column has to be turned over to write on all four sides, so it has to be written on another.

Corresponding to making digital marks on the rice paper, so as to avoid writing confusion, this is a meticulous work that requires care.

Fu Gujing and Chen Qingqiao came to look at it for a while, said a few words, and went out again.

Since Chen Qingqiao got well, he almost regarded Daolu branch as his home, and rarely went back to Qingshui Temple.

When it was nearly noon, Zhang Wenfeng was a little distracted, put down his brush, and went out to do some work.

Fu Gujing and Chen Qingqiao went out from the master's hall and walked towards the gate.

Fu Gujing greeted with a smile: "Brother Zhang, do you have time to go and see what is strange? The north gate of the city was blocked by a buffalo. The yamen servant who heard the report said that the cow was stuck in the cave of the gate. Go poke, make a sound of gold and iron, and the cowhide is actually invulnerable."

"Could it be a demon cow that hurt someone?"

Zhang Wenfeng asked, turned around and locked the door, and walked out quickly with the two of them.

"The master just checked the city defense array. There is no evil spirit warning. It should not be a monster cow. The strange cow didn't hurt anyone, but no one is allowed to approach it, and the guards dare not poke it with a gun."

"Where is the owner of the cow?"

"It's a young man who slipped away while he was in trouble."

While speaking, the three of them rushed to the gate of the city where there was a burst of mooing and yelling.

The city gate was blocked, and passers-by who wanted to enter and exit the city gate were crowded at both ends, discussing and watching the rare excitement.

"Master Dao is here, everyone make way, don't let the other mothers crowd here."

The guards and the yamen servants who rushed over used their scabbards to drive away the common people who were watching the excitement, and broke up the blocked crowd to open a passage.

Fu Gujing walked ahead, and a panting black buffalo stood in the middle of the city gate. The bull's round eyes kept streaming tears, and he didn't intend to attack.

Seeing the three approaching, the buffalo retreated anxiously.

"There is no fluctuation of monster energy, I will try its strength, and you help me hold the battle."

Fu Gujing watched Qi carefully with her spiritual eyes for a while, and said to the two.

He stepped lightly on the ground with his toes, and with a swish, he reached the side of the buffalo three feet away. He stretched out his fingers and tapped, and there was a "dangdang" sound, as if he had hit an iron plate.

The two middle fingers of the right hand stand side by side like a sword, poking at the back of the bull.

"Chicha", the fingertips infused with Yuan Qi, are much more powerful than ordinary knives and guns.

The cow's hide was pierced, leaving a scar on the cow's back, and blood gushed out.

The buffalo "mooed" in pain, lowered its head and picked it up with its horns.

Fu Gujing has already flashed to the other side. He has detected the strength of this cow. It is indeed not a demon cow. There is no fluctuation of demon power in the body. Its movements and reactions are slow. The leather is as tough as pig iron. or what?

He clenched his fists, waiting to knock out the buffalo with one blow, and dragged him back to the Daolu branch for research.

Perhaps, it is the rare and exotic beast that the sect needs that has not yet grown up?

"Brother Fu, please wait a moment! I probably know its heel."

Zhang Wenfeng shouted through voice transmission.

He observed the buffalo for a while. Like his donkey, the buffalo had no demonic aura. Except for its tough skin, it would shed tears in the face of danger, and it didn't have the sensitive reaction that a monster should have. He didn't see anything strange about it.

In the black cloth bag on his waist, Zhong Wenyong suddenly sent a voice transmission to stop him.

At the city gate, the city's protective formation suppressed Zhong Wenyong so little that it could be ignored.

In the bottle, the mountain god sensed an unusual aura of witchcraft. .

Chapter 135

"Ok?"

Fu Gujing stopped and backed away, he wanted to know more about this strange cow, Brother Zhang knew a lot of miscellaneous things.

Zhang Wenfeng walked forward, and said via voice transmission: "I'll talk to this cow first."

"...for a chat?"

Fu Gujing was very surprised, chatting with Niu?

Brother Zhang even understands cow language?

The body of the buffalo leaned against the wall, and the tears flowed harder. It lowered its head and pointed its horns at the approacher vigilantly. The back of the buffalo on the left was dripping with blood.

Walking about Zhang Wenfeng, Zhang Wenfeng stopped, looked at the black buffalo, listened to Zhong Wenyong's analysis, and asked via voice transmission: "Can you understand human speech? Just nod if you do, I have a way to save you."

The buffalo raised its head and saw that the Taoist priest on the opposite side had gentle eyes and was talking to it, so he nodded hurriedly.

"Follow me, I can lift the spell for you."

Zhang Wenfeng then said through voice transmission that only when the spell is lifted can he ask clearly and find out who cast the spell. It is very difficult to communicate with a cow that cannot speak.

The buffalo shook his head, glanced outside the North City Gate, and was so anxious that he couldn't stop crying.

"You mean...the person who cast the curse is outside the city? Are you restricted from entering the city?"

How shrewd Zhang Wenfeng was, he immediately guessed what the buffalo meant.

Seeing the buffalo blinking its eyes and nodding again, Zhang Wenfeng knew what he was doing. Fu Gujing and Chen Qingqiao said through voice transmission: "This cow is actually a person. It has been cursed by a vicious witch. The person who cast the curse is watching outside the city now." Lively, I am here to guard, you try to catch the evil way of the curse, be careful, it may be a witch cultivator!"

Too much time has passed, and Zhong Wenyong can't be sure whether the one who cast the witch curse has obtained some evil ways inherited from witch cultivators, or is it a real black witch?In his opinion, the spell cast on the buffalo was crude,

"This cow is a person?"

Fu Gujing and Chen Qingqiao were astonished. Fu Gujing had a vague impression, as if he had heard of this evil method of creating animals and harming people.

Immediately, his spirits were lifted. In the Taoist territory, Wu Xiu was definitely a rare existence that everyone called out to beat.

To be able to capture a witch cultivator is no small feat.

Even if the evil cultivator who knows witchcraft is captured, it is a credit.

"Brother Zhang, are you sure you are harmed by witchcraft and evil methods?"

Fu Gujing confirmed via voice transmission.

He was ashamed, his knowledge was not even comparable to the up-and-coming brother Zhang, he really didn't see that the cow was transformed by himself, and he even poked the buffalo with his finger, it seems that he will have to settle down and read more classics in the future.

Although the junior sister has a carefree temper, she is actually well-read.

Perhaps the breakthrough this time has something to do with how many books he has read?

"It's almost always true, brother Fu, please send someone to notify the headmaster to come, this witch spell is very evil and insidious."

After Zhong Wenyong checked the status of the buffalo nearby, the sound transmission told him more things, and only then did Zhang Wenfeng know that there are three major schools of witchcraft: white witches, red witches, and black witches, and black witches are mostly scum.

The cow in front of him was transformed into a person by the black witch using a "witch spell of house animal and wedding dress". It belongs to sorcery and is despised by white witches and red witches.

These secret past events are not recorded so clearly in the classics in the library of the Daolu branch.

Zhang Wenfeng and the buffalo looked at each other for a while, and after discussing with Fu Gujing through sound transmission, he suddenly rushed forward, circled to the side of the buffalo at a very fast speed, slapped the buffalo on the back, and beat the buffalo to "moo" and screamed, the buffalo He lowered his head and ran around with his horns.

Immediately, the spectators at both ends of the city gate burst into exclamations.

"Look, Master Dao wants to subdue the demon cow!"

"Don't squeeze, the demon cow will come crashing madly later, none of them will be able to escape, let me out!"

"Didn't you say that the demon cow is invulnerable? Why is it bleeding?"

"I don't know, maybe Daoist used magic?"

"It was poked by the previous Daoist with his finger. I saw it very clearly just now."

"..."