Daoist Abandoned Wisdom

Although Daoist Qingchen looked drunk, his feet were not slow. Tao Xinian ran in a hurry, although his footsteps did not appear to be in a hurry, but he followed closely.

This Daoist Qingchen came from Qingzhou. He looked about 60 years old and had gray hair, but it was said that he was over a hundred years old.He doesn't have much money in his hand, and he loves to drink very much, but if he has any money, he spends it on wine. He has no money to live in an inn, so he can only spend a few dollars to find a private house for the night.

When Tao Xinian saw Qingchen that day, he felt that he had a lot of history.He didn't talk to people much, was drunk most of the time, but seemed to know everything by heart.

Tao Xinian chatted with him a few words, asked him why he came to this Dao Fa Conference, Qing Chen laughed, and said: "The old man didn't come to see the Dao Fa Conference, he just passed by, since there is a Dao Dao here The Fa Conference, that poor Taoist will stay here for a few days."

Tao Xinian always felt that Qingchen might not be aiming at the Daofa Conference, maybe there were other reasons for staying here, as for the reason, only Qingchen himself knew.

Kou Zhun and Lu Yu were overjoyed to see Tao Xinian come back, but they were somewhat sad when they saw that he only brought back the old Taoist Qingchen.Daoist Qingchen was still drunk, stood still, and poured wine into his mouth, but the wine gourd was empty.He shook the wine gourd and said, "Little Daoist Tao, can you buy some wine for the old Daoist?"

Tao Xinian knew his temper, and said: "Master Qingchen, all the fellow Taoists from all over the world are gone, we are planning to go to Tianjie Temple, please come and do us a favor. As for the wine... There is a wine shop on the road, how about buying it for you along the way?"

Qingchen clapped his hands and said: "Okay, okay, if you have wine, you can talk..."

Together, the three decided to split up.Tao Xinian took Qingchen to the wine shop first to get some wine, Qingchen's old-fashioned wine gourd was not full, a large tank was filled and it still didn't overflow.Tao Xinian paid the bill with a twitching corner of his mouth, and dragged Qingchen to the Tianjie Temple.

Qingchen smiled and said: "Thank you little brother Tao for inviting me to drink, thank you... thank you..."

Tao Xinian was full of preoccupations, he responded carelessly without thanking him, and then thought about his own affairs.Kou Huai and Lu Yu will go separately, Lu Yu will go to the main entrance, and Kou Huai will quietly inquire from the back door.And he is in charge of the side door.As for the old Taoist Qingchen, if he is drunk, he can only follow him.

"Daoist Qingchen, what do you think will be in this temple?" Tao Xinian was bored all the way, talking to Qingchen casually.

Qingchen took a sip of the wine, as if he was quite satisfied with the wine, and smiled: "This old man doesn't know, the wine is good wine."

Tao Xinian felt that although Qingchen was drunk all the time, his Taoism skills must be good, otherwise he would not buy wine for him.As for how advanced Qingchen's Taoism is, he can't say for sure.His intuition told him that Qingchen's Taoism was not under Kou Huai's control.

It is close to Tianjie Temple, and the surrounding area is full of Buddhist believers.He walked towards the south side door and walked into an alley.A tall nun wearing a black monk robe walked towards her, with Buddhist beads around her neck and a monk hat of the same color on her head. Her eyes were big, but her expression was a little tired.

Tao Xinian brushed past her and stopped suddenly.The nun seemed to have glanced at him just now, her chills were overwhelming.He turned around, but the person was gone.

He saw that there were shallow and short scars on the left and right corners of the nun's mouth, which could hardly be seen without careful attention.

Qingchen also stopped, looked in the direction where the nun in black was leaving, picked up the wine gourd, and took two sips of wine.

Tao Xinian suddenly had a bad premonition, he asked, "Has Daoist Qingchen seen the Black Snake Spirit?"

Qingchen chuckled: "Not only have I seen it, but I have also fought against it."

Tao Xinian regained his spirits: "Have you surrendered?"

Qingchen shook his head, touched the wine gourd, and said: "The black snake spirit is not easy to deal with. Its skin is as thick as iron, its strength is infinite, and it is also very cunning, especially...it is the female black snake. The old man was lucky ten years ago. I saw it once, and I was almost killed by being bitten, but luckily I took the magic medicine with me, so I saved my life." The old Taoist Qingchen sighed while drinking, "Hey, one thought of benevolence, I regret it. Little Daoist Tao, it is not easy to accumulate kindness and be a good person The old Taoist pityed her that it was not easy for her to form the inner alchemy, so he wanted her to correct her evil ways and return to the righteous. Evil, but after she recovers, won’t she continue to be evil in the world? Thinking about it this way, the old Taoist did something wrong, and I’m sorry for the common people in the world..."

Qingchen talked about a lot of old things on and off, Tao Xinian was a little emotional after hearing this, and asked, "Master Qingchen, can I ask what is the stolen treasure?"

"San Qingling, master left it to the old Taoist."

"San Qingling?"

"That's right, ringing the Sanqing bell can control the corpse, and it's used to drive the corpse away."

"Corpse?" Tao Xinian was shocked, "Since you can control a corpse, what about the living? Can the living control it?"

Qingchen chuckled: "It's just a joke, living people have brains, and they won't be easily controlled by the ringtone..."

"But what if a person loses his soul and goes mad?"

Qingchen's face sank, and he said: "This old man doesn't know, maybe it can be done..."

Tao Xinian was a little anxious, he remembered the scene of Yuan Yao chopping up the black snake spirit in Fushan that day.That knife split the snake's mouth. Although it failed to kill the black snake, it severely injured the snake spirit and left a narrow mark on both sides of the snake's mouth.

He didn't feel very good, and was faintly worried about the safety of Kou Huai and Lu Yu.Kou Huai's Taoism is good, but Lu Yu is actually good at medicine, he can only help others, his own Taoism is not strong, maybe not as good as him.

"Daoist Qingchen, is there any way to deal with Sanqingling?"

Daoist Qingchen was unusually calm, he said: "If you have the ability, it's best to snatch the bell. If you want to deal with the dead body controlled by Sanqingling, cut it up and burn it. If it's a living person..." He shook his head, "You can't kill a living person, and an old man can't kill someone."

Most cultivators don't kill animals, and they only kill inferior monsters.If it was a living person, he really couldn't do anything.But... Maybe things haven't gone as far as he thought.

Just when Tao Xinian's mind was in a mess, Kou rushed over with the dying Lu Yu Yujian in his arms, and shouted: "Xinian, let's go!"

Tao Xinian was taken aback for a moment, but the old Taoist Qingchen reacted quickly, grabbed his sleeve and followed Kou Huai.Tao Xinian finally came to his senses and asked, "Kou Huai, where are you going? You can't run around!"

Kou Huai didn't think about where to go, so he asked, "Where can we go now?"

Tao Xinian's mind was spinning quickly, and he said, "The Xuanmiao Temple outside the northern suburbs! Go there, maybe you can escape for a while!"

Several people walked with their swords, and within a quarter of an hour, they arrived at Xuanmiao Temple.Kou Huai looked back a few times, but no one caught up.Tao Xinian said: "I don't think anyone will catch up for the time being. I'm afraid they have other things to do."

Jian Su came to answer the door, with some melancholy on his always gentle and calm face.Tao Xinian briefly said that they were here to take refuge, Jian Su said: "Don't worry, everyone, I will go outside and make a barrier, even if someone chases me, it will last for a while. Xiaoxuan, greet the guests. "

Xuanyu put down the broom in her hand and led several people into the room.At this time, Tao Xinian had time to see how Lu Yu was doing. Seeing that his eyes were closed tightly and there was a trace of blood on his lips, he quickly took his pulse. After a while, it was just that his energy was exhausted and his body was fine. Finally put my mind at ease.

"What, is he all right?"

Tao Xinian nodded and said: "It's okay, just drink some tonic and rest for a while. Brother Kou, what happened to you?"

It seemed Kou Huai hadn't been in such a mess for a long time. He straightened his crown and said slowly, "Lu Yu went to the main gate, and I went to the back gate to see what's in this temple from a distance using the method of invisibility. Brother Tao, guess what?" What did I see? In a small courtyard, those dozens of fellow Taoists lined up straight in several rows, stiffened."

"What?" Tao Xinian was shocked.

"The demon monk with a red mole in the corner of his eye was standing there. I felt something was wrong at the time, and I was afraid that something would happen to Lu Yu, so I rushed to the front yard immediately. He found me, and after a few tricks, I ran away quickly. In the courtyard, Lu Yu was surrounded by a few crazy little monks, and those little monks were much more difficult to deal with than the crazy patients on the street, but luckily he lasted until I came to rescue him..."

The old Taoist Qingchen was silent at the side, and suddenly asked: "You were all attracted by him, right?"

Tao Xinian thought of something, and said: "The Taoism Conference is just a cover. He wants to attract people who practice Taoism to come to Jizhou to absorb their cultivation. He used various means to get all the eminent monks in the temple to sacrifice their lives*** No one in the temple can stop him."

Kou Huai shook his head and said, "Thirty fellow Taoists, many of whom are highly skilled in Taoism, have all been absorbed by him, and we can't deal with it. What should we do? It may be too late to write to Master now..."

Tao Xinian was sober in a rare way, he said: "Let's see what he is going to do. Now that fellow Taoists have been brutally murdered, and the people in the city are also acting like crazy, why did he do this?"

Daoist Qingchen nodded and said: "Little Daoist Tao is right, no matter who it is, there must be a reason for doing things."