The Way of the Mysterious Dust

At noon, in the Shuoyang Taoist Temple on the east side of the city of Shuoyang in the Yue Kingdom, in one of the guest rooms of the Cangsheng Hall, a white-haired old Taoist dressed in bright yellow robes was receiving pilgrims who came to receive the "Jian Yue Ling Pei".

"How do you call this little lady?" The old white-haired man stroked her long beard and said kindly to the beautiful young woman in front of her.

"Master, the girl’s name is Su Qi. This is her folk card." A middle-aged woman who came with the young woman hurriedly handed over a small rectangular iron card, which was issued by the government. People's card.

"Su Qiping, a commoner of Shuoyangcheng, Yangfu, was born in the forty-third year of Zhengshi"

Baifa Lao Dao took a look at the official and private plaque. The front of the iron plaque was engraved with the words as above, and the reverse was carved with the official seal of the four sides of Shuoyang City. After confirming that it was correct, Meng Shengming returned the iron medal to the woman.

The old white hair took out a white square wooden sign from the exquisite wooden box on one side. There are still many similar wooden signs in the exquisite wooden box. Both the front and back of the wooden sign are carved with a lifelike fairy, who is the Jane Moon fairy.

The old man with white hair picked up the green bamboo pen on the table, dipped the blood-colored cinnabar on the side, poured spiritual power, and wrote the two small characters Su Qi on the top of the fairy pattern on the back of the wooden sign.

Then he put a smile away, and said solemnly: "Su benefactor, Jianyue Fairy, is a true fairy in the world of immortality, with a graceful spirit, compassion-based, guarding all beings, and boundless merits. May the donor truly enshrine Jianyue Fairy? Pray for the blessing of the fairy?"

"Little girl Su Qi, I would like to worship the Jane Moon Fairy for life, and may the fairy bless the little girl's life." Su Qi united her hands and replied exactly as her mother had repeatedly told her in advance.

"Donor Su, you only need to sincerely worship Fairy Jianyue, and the fairy will protect you for life. Donors, please stretch out your left hand, the poor way will take a few drops of your blood and inject it into Mupeine." The old white-haired way finished, and then used his mana. Take a long flaming needle from the brazier on one side and place it in a large bowl filled with cold water on the table to cool.

Seeing the long, red needle, the young woman couldn't help feeling a little horrified. At the urging of her mother, she gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and stretched out Ben's clenched left hand, her body trembling slightly, obviously Still very scared.

The old man with white hair took out the long needle from the water, grabbed the young woman’s hand, and pierced each of the index finger and middle finger, squeezing out a few drops of scarlet blood and dripping them on the square wooden sign until the white wooden sign was all dyed red , Then let go of the young woman's hand, and solemnly said: "Well, Jianyue Lingpei has been completed, and the donor needs to carry it close to his body every day and keep it properly."

"Don't worry! Master Dao, the little girl will carry it next to her body every day." The woman next to her took the wooden sign, put the kit into the pocket of the young clothes, and said with a smile.

"The little woman knows! Thank you, Dao!" The young woman wrapped her left hand in a handkerchief, her eyes were a little red, and after thanking the white-haired old man, she got up and followed her mother out of the house.

"Xiao Xuanzi, I will be here for the time being, let the pilgrims who are waiting later go back first, and come back tomorrow!" After sending away the mother and daughter, the old white-haired Taoist said to the little Taoist priest at the door.

"Good watcher! By the way, Zhifu He is here, waiting in the backyard!" The little Taoist at the door responded hurriedly.

"I see, go!" The old white hair nodded.

After the little Taoist saluted, he ran to the front hall, letting the waiting pilgrims go away, and come back tomorrow. I don't know why today, it's really rare to see the pilgrims stop at noon.

Soon the little Taoist grinned openly, let him go! I thought: I can be lazy again today!

After about a quarter of an hour, the little Taoist priest was not happy anymore, and the other Taoist priests in Guannei were called to the backyard dojo, standing in line under the scorching sun. There are not only Taoist priests in Guannei, but also officials of Shuoyang City such as He Zhifu, and numerous arrests and government officials.

The backyard dojo is paved with large stones and is extremely wide. At the end stands a tall statue of Jane Moon Fairy. This fairy statue is made of white jade, lifelike, ten feet high, like a hill. The whole city of Shuoyang.

Xing Qu, the master of Taoist temple in Shuoyang, stood at the front of the queue. He was full of white hair and had reached his old age. He was a disciple of Huang Shengzong. In the year of "registered spiritual official", he was later transferred to Shuoyang by the sect to act as the observer.

Shuoyang City is a small city with a total population of only 800,000. Shuoyang Taoist Temple is also a sub-view. Even though there is also a statue of Jianyue Immortal in the temple, it is the same as the fairy statue of Pingyang Taoist Temple in Fucheng. The "Jian Yue Ling Pei" issued is also different.

Although the two immortal statues can be exactly the same, they are only smaller in scale, but the "Janeyue Immortal Statue" in Shuoyang Taoist Temple cannot condense the "Qingke Dan".

It is precisely because of this that the eighth level of qi training in Xingqu district can become the master of this Shuoyang Taoist temple. In addition to him, there are two hired casual cultivators, one for the fifth level and one for training. At the sixth level of Qi, he is not young, and he is a local monk in Shuoyang City.

The rest are ordinary Taoists without a trace of magic power, there are more than 150 people, and they help take care of the daily chores in the Taoist temple in Shuoyang, such as the people in the city come to the temple to pray for blessings and incense, give fast food, and clean. and many more.

There are about a thousand small temples like Shuoyang Taoist temples in the territory of Vietnam. Some Taoist temples are not as big as Shuoyang Taoist temples, and most of them are even casual practitioners hired by Huang Shengzong Hualingshi.

When Xing Qu first transferred to the Taoist temple in Shuoyang, he was always wondering why the sect would spend a lot of spiritual stones to build so many Taoist temples that could not condense the "Qingke Dan", and also hire a large number of casual practitioners to take care of the Taoist temple. Is it just that? In order to distribute "Jian Yue Ling Pei" for free to the people of the world?

Until ten years ago, Taoist temple actually came to an inspector of "Jianyue Xianzong", accompanied by a high-level deacon of Zongmen, carefully inspected Shuoyang Taoist temple, and unannounced visits to the reputation of Shuoyang Taoist people in the city.

Xing Qu took the time to ask the deacon of the Zongmen to find out that Zongmen had spent money and effort to maintain so many useless Taoist temples, not the original intention of the Zongmen, but the death order under the "Jianyue Xianzong".

As Xing Qu originally guessed, these Taoist temples were established to distribute a "Jianyue Lingpei" to the people of the world. Not only Huang Shengzong needs to do this, but the world's sects are the same.

"Jianyue Xianzong" has an order. Within the territory under the jurisdiction of the sect of the world, all towns with more than 10,000 people need to build a Jianyue Taoist temple, and issue "Jianyue Lingpei" to the people through Taoist temple. If there is a war between the sects, the Jianyue Taoist temple shall not be destroyed, and those who violate it will be punished severely.

Xing Qu asked why "Jianyue Xianzong" made this order, and what benefits would it have for "Jianyue Xianzong"? But the deacon of the sect did not answer, or even the deacon of the sect himself might not know the meaning of the order issued by "Jianyue Xianzong".

"Look! There." When a bunch of people were under the scorching sun and sweating like rain, with a sharp eye catching quickly, they suddenly pointed to the horizon and exclaimed.

I saw several streams of light appearing between the high mountains and white clouds in the distance. The speed was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, they reached the sky above Shuoyang City. There were four immortals flying with imperial swords. The officials stepped on their feet and looked up, looking excited, and talked about them.

"Quiet! What a decent way!" He Zhifu saw Lao Xing Guanzhu aside, his expression was unhappy, and he immediately shouted to stop the crowd behind him.

"Xing Qu, the master of Shuoyang Taoist Temple, has seen four fellow Taoists!" After the four sword lights fell, Xing Qu said with a smile.

"Poor Dao "Xuanhan", according to the order of the sect, came to Shuoyang City to host the "Ling Test Conference". This is the Fourth Junior Brother Li Feng, this is the Sixth Junior Brother Liu Yu, and this is the Seventh Junior Brother Tang Zhi." Zhang Yuanzheng The disciple "Xuanhan" nodded slightly in response.

"It turned out to be the "Xuan Han" senior, and his disciple Xing Qu was disrespectful!" The elder Xing Qu immediately bowed his hands and said, although the opponent looks young, only after the foundation is built, Xing Qu does not dare to rely on the old to sell the old.

"Friend Dao Xing doesn't need to be like this!" Xuan Han replied with a chuckle.

"These two Daoists are worshipped in Guan Nei! Huang Daoyou and Li Daoyou!" Xing Qu turned sideways and began to introduce the welcoming staff behind him.

"Poor Dao Huang Ci and Poor Dao Li Fengyu have seen four masters!" Two elderly casual cultivators hired by Huang Shengzong hurriedly stepped forward and said respectfully.

"Li Feng, Liu Yu, Tang Zhi, I have met two fellow Taoists." The three of them hurriedly returned to worship.

"Senior "Xuan Han", this is the prefect of Shuoyang City He." Xing Qu pointed to the imperial official who was wearing a black gauze cap and a blue banded gown behind him.

"Xiaguan He Niu, take Shuoyang City's hundreds of officials to meet the four immortal masters!" He Niu, the prefect of Shuoyang City, leaned forward and said. Said: "Little man, pay homage to the four immortal masters!"

"Everyone, please get up quickly!" Taoist Xuanhan stepped forward and helped He Niu up, and then said to the kneeling Baiguan, Chakuai, Yajie and others.

"This "Ling Test Conference", Prefect He may have notice to go down." Taoist Xuanhan asked about business.

"Master, please rest assured, Shuoyang City has six counties and 78 townships under the jurisdiction of Shuoyang City. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com has all posted announcements. In half a month, the "Testing Spirit Conference" will be held at Shuoyang Taoist Temple in Fucheng City for a period of one month. ! Let the counties catch up quickly, and the government officials will tell you every day that the villagers and people of this prefecture will come to participate actively!" He Zhifu hurriedly replied.

"Then the prefect of He will bring everyone back first! Next, make preparations for the "Spirit Testing Conference"." Taoist Xuanhan said with a frown, sweating as he watched the crowded people.

"Master, this officer has already set up a banquet in the "Drunken Dream Tower" in the city to meet all the masters." He Zhifu Dui said with a smile.

"Thank you, everyone! I'm a little tired from traveling for a long time, so I won't go!" Taoist Xuanhan said politely.

"He Zhifu, let's go back first! The old Dao will greet the four masters." Xing Laoguan felt that He Zhifu still wanted to invite, and was afraid to upset Xuanhan and others, so he interrupted He Zhifu and said.

"The official will retire first!" He Zhifu did not dare to say more, bowed to Liu Yu and the four, and hurried away with a bunch of people.

"Senior "Xuanhan", please come with Xing!" Xing Laoguan led Liu Yu and the four of them to rest in the quiet room that had already been arranged.

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