Hearing the group of people coming up the mountain, Lu Liangsheng glanced at them and ignored them. The sword head under his palm, the spiritual energy introduced into it kept colliding with it, repeatedly hammering with the "wind", "forest", "fire" and "mountain" above, and dust particles around the sword formation were stirred up in circles, forming a circular vortex.
The scholar holding the sword shocked Min Yuerou and the seven guards who came up the mountain. They stood still with their hands hanging on both sides, pinching the corners of their clothes and trouser legs. This was completely different from the usual fights in the martial arts world. In their eyes, the scene in front of them was something that only happened in fairy tales.
Everyone was too afraid to move, staring nervously at the light green, brown, yellow, fiery red... colors flashing continuously on the sword.
Click, click, click…
The simple sword body, which is only a finger wide, twisted like metal triggered by a mechanism, with a flash of light shining through it, and the patterns on the sword surface continuously extending and moving.
The patterns on the sword gradually darkened, and the cold moon revealed by the wandering clouds completely transformed into a moon. The faint blue light was just like moonlight shining down from the night sky.
"The Immortal Sword..."
A few of them swallowed their saliva and looked at the weapons on their waists. Even if they were not as good as the magic sword in the middle, the long swords of different styles arranged in a circle around them were obviously not ordinary objects.
there.
Lu Liangsheng pressed down with both palms, and small dots of other colors appeared on the two large and small red jades on the middle of the hilt. As the spiritual essence deepened, they spread outward from the entire jade.
"Haste makes waste... Come here first and nourish the sword blank. Don't be impatient."
After a moment, he withdrew his magic power and continued to use the sword formation to maintain the spiritual energy to attract Yuelong, allowing it to adapt. The wind around him stopped, and the scholar walked out of the magic formation and nodded to Min Yuerou and others over there.
… She came here to save Minister Min.
… We really can’t delay any longer, but it will take at least a few more days for me.
While thinking about it, he walked over and invited the woman and the other eight people to come aside. He slipped out a wolf-hair brush from his sleeve pocket, opened the seal of the brush, and drew casually in the air without using ink.
Two stone benches rose from the ground. Lu Liangsheng brushed his robe, sat down on the benches and stretched out his hands.
"Sit down."
Min Yuerou moved closer, but didn't dare to say no, so she sat down carefully, feeling the texture. She looked at the scholar opposite her for a long time before she recovered from the shock, pursed her lips, and said something.
"Mr. Lu, now... can you come with me to save my father?"
On the branch of an old pine tree, a Taoist priest lying on his side, holding a grass root in his mouth, tilted his head and looked over. The Toad Taoist priest, who was curled up on the edge of the cliff and basking in the morning sun, turned his eyes slightly to the side.
"Maybe not right now." Lu Liangsheng pressed his knees with both palms, quietly looking at the woman opposite him, guiding her to look at the refining array over there, and said calmly: "You have seen it too, I still have something to do."
"But, Lu..." The woman leaned forward slightly, opened her lips and said just two words.
"Don't worry, just listen to me."
Lu Liangsheng raised his hand and interrupted her. "That master of the capital is no ordinary monster. If you go there unprepared, you will only lose your life. I know you want to save your father, but some things cannot be rushed."
He stood up, looked at Sun Yingxian on the old pine tree, and raised his hand to bow.
"Old Sun, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you to accompany Miss Min on this trip."
The branches and leaves on the treetops rustled softly, bending and shaking. The Taoist jumped down from above, stroked his sleeves across his body, put them behind his back, nodded, walked over, looked at the woman who stood up from the stone bench, and nodded solemnly.
"… I originally wanted to stay here for a while longer, but considering that Minister Min and I have a long history, and the girl is so sincere and filial, I decided to go for a while."
Over there, the guards, who didn't know their place, were overjoyed and immediately bowed.
"Thank you, Taoist priest." "The Taoist priest is truly a Taoist immortal!"
"The master is saved!"
"So when do we leave?!"
Min Yuerou saw that the Taoist priest looked like a hermit. Although she was not sure whether he was a person with profound Taoist skills, she thought he should be no worse than Mr. Lu in front of her...
After thinking for a while, she slightly curved her eyebrows and bowed her head towards him: "Min Yuerou, I would like to thank the Taoist priest first."
Looking at the woman's thin eyebrows and powdered black hair falling like a waterfall when she leaned over, the Taoist swallowed his saliva, realized that he had lost his composure, and quickly waved his hands, straightened his chest and looked away.
"No need to be polite. This is a just thing. It is what we as cultivators should do with a kind heart!"
Even the steady Lu Liangsheng couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. The Toad Taoist on the edge of the cliff stammered and said "Pooh".
Ahem…
Sun Yingxian coughed twice, glanced at the scholar and the toad, and waved to the woman and the guards.
"Without further delay, let's get on the road now."
"Thank you, Taoist Priest!"
Min Yuerou bowed her hands in thanks and prepared to go down the mountain with her guards. Lu Liangsheng walked to the side of the Taoist priest, took a look, and asked softly, "Don't you miss Jingqiu?"
"Jingqiu?" Sun Yingxian turned her head and looked at the scholar in confusion, "Who is Jingqiu? I don't know her."
Then he chased after it, jumping up and down from time to time, his feet touching the air, and trotted down the hill in a happy mood.
Lu Liangsheng smiled, waved his sleeves, and the two stone benches disappeared into dust. He observed the Moonlight Sword for a while. After the first spiritual essence was completed, the second to fourth ones were also completed today. Only by taking things step by step can success be ensured. Moreover, during this period of time, Mr. Lu's Jindan realm has gradually stabilized, so he is not in a hurry to reach the realm of immortals in his twenties or thirties...
'There aren't that many bargains to be had in this world, and I haven't seen enough of the prosperity of the world.'
Looking at the sword formation interwoven with spiritual energy, Lu Liangsheng sighed at the thought, turned around and walked to the edge of the cliff, picked up his master from the ground and put him on his shoulder.
"Master, let's go see him off as well."
As the sword was about to be completed, Master Toad seemed to be in a strange mood. He drooped his eyelids and just hummed lightly.
…
The news that the Taoist priest was leaving broke the tranquility of the small courtyard. Before he left, Li Jinhua heated up a big pot and baked some pancakes for him to eat on the way.
The old trees in the courtyard were swaying gracefully in the sunlight. Among the falling leaves, Sun Yingxian packed her bag and came out. Actually, there was nothing much to take, so she just slung a bundle over her shoulder and bowed repeatedly with a smile to Lu Laoshi and Lu Xiaoxian who were seeing her off.
"As happy as a groom." Lu Xiaoxian looked at his expression with displeasure, but still took out a pair of knitted cloth shoes from behind and threw them over.
"Here, I only have one pair as promised to you last time. The remaining pair depends on my mood."
"Hey, how can that be so embarrassing."
The Taoist didn't hesitate and took off his old pair of shoes and put on the new ones. He then bowed and said goodbye to Lu Laoshi and the old donkey in the donkey shed.
Afterwards, he left the yard, said goodbye to Lu Pan and the other eight people, and stood at the entrance of the village chatting and laughing with a group of villagers who had come to see him off.
"Take good care of yourself on the way." "Come back and practice with us again. We'll be waiting for you!"
"I thought of a new posture... move last night!"
"Hey hey... Can any of you please be kind enough to send me back to Fushui County..."
Soon, Lu Liangsheng came down from the mountain. He called Sun Yingxian and handed her a package.
"There are some elixirs in it, and a book of Taoist techniques. They are somewhat related to your method. Practice more on the road and don't let down."
"I know, I know!"
The Taoist took it with both hands and said something impatiently, but halfway through, he turned around and bowed to the scholar, then waved his hand with a smile.
“Let’s go!!”
He left with Min Yuerou and the other seven people. Well... He couldn't ride a horse, so he used the escape technique and followed behind. In the blink of an eye, he reached the road at the foot of the mountain in the distance.
Seeing the group of people disappear from sight, the villagers dispersed in groups of three or four. Among the scattered crowd, an old man with disheveled hair and dirty face stood there with a wooden stick.
"Hey hey... Can any of you please be kind enough to send me back to Fushui County..."
However, no one paid any attention to him.
Lu Liangsheng, who was about to leave, stopped and looked at the old man.
"Wang Banxian?"
As if someone finally recognized him, Wang Banxia nodded slightly and raised his face, with a wisp of goatee fluttering in the wind. He moved closer to the voice with his stick and replied in a serious tone.
"It is the old man."
After taking a few slow steps, he suddenly stopped and Wang Banxia was stunned.
… Is this a Taoist practice? !
On the other side, Lu Liangsheng naturally knew this man. He met him the first time he went with his father to Fushui County to buy an old donkey and a pen. Later, he saw him once at Chen Yuanwai's house. Although they did not talk, he still remembered his appearance.
"Why is the old man here..."
Before the scholar could finish his words, the old man opposite him threw aside the stick and suddenly knelt down.
"Master, I, the disciple Wang Chengen, have come to ask for a chance!"