river temple
This temple is built on a canyon dam, and the river water flows through the canyon for three hundred miles. On an early spring night, the rain has subsided, but the wind blows with a bone-chilling chill, making people shiver.
An ox cart was driving at night, and the bells on the necks of the oxen pulling the cart had long been removed. Someone was also carrying a big red lantern, which illuminated it brightly.
The scene looked a bit eerie at night.
The bullock cart suddenly stopped, listening to the sound of the river, a temple appeared. At night, two large lanterns were hung in front of the red painted door of the temple.
When they arrived at the door, the girl and Pei Ziyun came down and went straight into the temple.
This temple is neither shabby nor grand. There is a stone tablet erected. The stone tablet is mottled with time and the handwriting is faintly legible: Monument of the Merits of the River God.
Pei Ziyun took a look and arrived at the main hall. Someone had already lit candles, and a statue of a god in official uniform was sitting on it, with a solemn face and a somewhat violent look.
There was a judge and a shady person on the side of the temple, and they were showing their teeth and claws with a ferocious expression, which was quite scary. After looking at Pei Ziyun, he suddenly understood that the river god was often associated with the river, and the river water was often violent, so the river god often portrayed a violent and majestic image. .
Besides, the common people in this era actually fear power rather than virtue, and this is for good reason.
If you want to borrow the River God's Dojo and the projection of the River God's Hall, you must inform them carefully and obtain permission.
The girl looked at the statue of the River God, took out six incense sticks, and handed three of them to Pei Ziyun: "Master Pei, only with this special incense can we communicate."
Hearing what the girl said, Pei Ziyun was not surprised. Yang and Ming were on different paths and generally could not meet each other. This incense was the Taoist method.
Pei Ziyun took the incense, and the girl held it a little longer. When the incense burned, a line of green smoke went straight up. The two of them went up and inserted it into the incense burner.
Taking a talisman with the reason written on it, the girl silently used her magic power, and the talisman burned instantly.
Pei Ziyun stepped forward and bowed, silently saying: "Pei Ziyun, the head of Songyun Sect, has met the River God and is borrowing the treasure to use."
After saying that, he took out the Prince's Token, just a little.
Spirit World·River Temple
As far as the eye can see, there is a gray and black sky, and a big river flows through it, surging and making a loud flowing sound.
There is a palace in the river, surrounded by huge crystal pillars. The river god's palace is different from other palaces. There is no roof on the palace, and the skylight is open. When you look up, you can see the river water, with sparkling waves surging on the palace, but Nothing fell.
There are many fish, shrimps, turtles and aquatic creatures swimming around, but these are scattered.
In the palace, the three red letters "River Temple" shine brightly. The palace is divided into two rows, one row is for judges and ghost officials, and the other row is for shrimp soldiers and crab generals.
The hall looked gloomy, and suddenly there was a dragon roar. The river god sitting in the main seat woke up and said, "Is this the arrival of a noble person?"
Stretching his fingers, an image of two Taoists lighting two sticks of incense appeared. In an instant, two streams of air fell down in the hall, one was light white, and the other was white with some light red. The River God took a deep breath and removed these. draw.
There was another talisman letter in the sky, and it fell with some spiritual light. When the ghost official saw the letter falling, he hurriedly stepped forward, took it and looked at it, trembled all over, handed the letter over, and whispered: "Your Majesty, here is a letter. Xin, I have something to ask the Lord for help."
After listening to the ghost official's words, the River God took the letter and read it, feeling a little troubled. He leaned on the throne and reached out to knock, frowning.
The incense brought luck and made the River God feel comfortable all over his body, which did not dissipate for a long time. He sighed: "The noble man's use of incense is indeed far better than that of ordinary people. It's just that what you ask for makes me embarrassed."
The river god was silent for a moment, and there seemed to be some waves in his eyes. A ghost official was taking a book to record, and he bowed and waited for a reply.
With the cigarette smoke lingering, Pei Ziyun walked a few steps inside the temple, looked at the girl and asked, "The River God hasn't responded yet?"
The girl was silent for a moment: "The River God may still have concerns."
The River God took a look at his main hall and vaguely remembered how it looked in tatters at the time. Later, he invested in the scholar. The scholar became prosperous and spread his reputation widely to where he is today.
He murmured at the moment: "If you don't advance in things in this world, you will retreat. Although there are some disasters, there are also blessings, or there may be further resources."
After thinking this, the River God made a plan in his mind. He looked at the ghost officials and ordered: "Promise them, since I have the prince's token, this is not my fault, it is within the scope of the rules, and it will not cause me to be affected by the dragon's energy." Even if you are hostile, you can use my name to gain trust for me, which is beneficial to me. Although there are some disasters, you can still do something."
The river god said, and the ghost official responded by writing a book and preparing a response.
The River God thought for a while and then said: "There is one more thing. No torture is allowed. No killing in my temple. It is one thing to use my place for a purpose. Killing with torture will be very detrimental to me."
"Yes, my lord." After the ghost official finished writing, he handed it over. The river god looked at it and said, "Send it up!"
main hall
Pei Ziyun and the girl stood under the statue of the River God. The incense was burning brightly, and the smoke kept rising. The wind blew from time to time, and the candles were swaying a little, which seemed a bit eerie.
At this time, the two of them suddenly felt something. They looked at the statue of the god, and saw some dots of spiritual light appearing on the statue, bringing with it some majesty, and a word was formed on the incense: "Ke"
Then another message was transmitted, and Pei Ziyun closed his eyes and said, "The river god has given permission, and we are not allowed to use torture or kill people in the temple. This condition can be agreed to."
"You can use its dojo to arrange it."
When the girl heard this, she nodded: "Okay, set up the magic circle immediately."
As he spoke, he called several Taoists into the River God's Hall to set up the decorations. Soon the decoration of an altar was completed. The altar was painted with runes, forming patterns that looked like the sun, moon and stars, and also seemed to be the tendons of the human body. This altar is also found in Songyunmen, but it is just another style.
Gradually, the auras of the altar and the statue merged together.
After finishing these tasks, after waiting for a while, he heard the sound of a bullock cart outside, and then a group of people pulled out. Pei Ziyun looked around and saw that these people were unconscious.
"Master, Master Qining, our trip went smoothly. We arrived at the prefect's Yamen. The lions in front of the Yamen seemed to be alert. We all used the light-closing talisman to temporarily turn off the aura. If a living person enters, they will not be able to stop them. , not even visible.”
"When we got inside, we didn't get close to the prefect. According to the instructions, we tried our best to find a few old servants of the prefect, mixed them with incense, dragged them out and ran straight over without disturbing others."
"You did a good job." Pei Ziyun praised him and turned to look at the girl. When the girl pointed at the magic circle, she felt a buzz of light and ordered: "Bring them up."
After saying that, the girl took out three more incense sticks and put them on the incense burner: "This is the secret incense made by my sect, just for use."
Just after lighting it up, I felt a little dizzy in the hall, as if I would be confused if I didn't pay attention.
Smelling the incense, the girl said: "Master Pei, this incense that confuses gods only has an effect on mortals. If you use Taoism, you will be fine."
Pei Ziyun nodded, and took a breath deliberately to carefully appreciate its ingredients.
Songyunmen is more focused on swordsmanship, Taoism, and multiple killings, while Suyuemen is more focused on calculation and confusion. When you smell it, you can only feel that there is an anesthetic component in it. Could it be that it is also mixed with Datura pollen and poppy
It seemed to be mixed with a lot of ingredients. Just smelling it made me feel dizzy. With a slight movement of Pei Ziyun's magic power, these hallucinations disappeared. This thing was good at sneak attacks. If one was not guarded, he could kill in an instant.
With this thought in mind, several Taoist priests dragged these servants in and placed them on the altar. The girl said, "Start now!"
The aroma permeated the altar and never dispersed. These servants were gradually filled with the incense that confused the gods. They closed their eyes and rolled their eyes under their skin, as if they were dreaming.
The Taoist muttered words, and bursts of spiritual light from the altar gradually penetrated into these people.
The night was dark, and the sky was storming again.
Pei Ziyun looked at it. In fact, these magic circles only made him a little fresh at the beginning. But after he learned the strengths of several schools through Meihua, especially the basic Taoist skills and became proficient in them, he realized that in fact, only the specific settings of each school were different, and the principles were exactly the same. .
After looking at it for a few times, I looked out with sad eyes. The wind and rain continued, the clouds filled the sky, and the canyons, rivers, villages, and hills all looked hazy under the rain.
"Due to the thunder tribulation, all the Taoist's actual memories of the dragon's veins disappeared."
"Unless I spend several years investigating step by step, I have to look for other opportunities. According to memory and information, this Taoist once presented the Dragon Vein Diagram to the Grand Master."
"The Grand Master was killed by a thief again. There are two destinations on the map - the thief or the last descendant of the Grand Master who escaped."
"It is more likely that the last descendants will take them away."
"Especially the Taoist people knew that they would be punished by heaven, so they left a refuge."
"I don't remember the details of this shelter, but I know that it uses the terrain of dragon veins to form a village. Although it cannot directly borrow luck, it forms a natural protection."
"The crime of killing dragons will be punished by heaven and earth. The descendants of these people will suffer backlash if they borrow the energy of earth dragons, but they don't need to borrow it directly."
"Of course, if it is this Taoist or the Grand Master himself, there is no way to escape. There is no use in escaping to the refuge. It will only result in destruction. However, these remnants do not have many sins on their bodies, and they may be able to thrive inside. In the hope that after several generations, the sins will gradually disappear.”
"I want to look for the dragon vein map, maybe I can start from this." Pei Ziyun was thinking, suddenly a voice interrupted, and the girl said: "Master Pei must not have experienced this?"
Pei Ziyun smiled after hearing this and asked, "Is there some hidden story in this?"
"Many professors in dreams in the world are actually investments by our Taoist sect to achieve widespread fame." the girl said.
Pei Ziyun understood. This was a way for the Taoist sect to preach and spread favors, but it was done in secret. He saw the girl took out the Dharma mirror and said with a sneer: "The situation is almost the same. Let's see how they are treated in this real spiritual realm." What kind of entertainment was given?"
In an instant, the magic mirror lit up, and the girl stretched out her hand to apply magic power. All the eyes of the people present were focused on the mirror. The mirror was dark at first, and then gradually revealed some light, and some figures were gradually revealed.
(End of chapter)