Xianlu

Chapter 227 Wutong Temple
Outside the quiet room, Taoist Chen Wan waited anxiously. He had just conveyed the content of the invitation from Wutong Mountain into the quiet room again.

Since Xu Dao retreated, Xu Dao's actions at the banquet immediately spread to the whole city, which made Taoist Chen Wan both shocked and worried.

This person originally thought that Xu Dao was testing him by letting him go out of the city to avoid disaster, but he didn't expect that what Xu Dao committed was serious.

What made Chen Wan even more terrified was that the next day, invitations came from Wutong Mountain, inviting Xu Dao to go up the mountain to have a talk, and strange faces stayed around the talisman shop from time to time, obviously being targeted.

"Master is so courageous, he even killed that demon-swinging envoy with a hammer. Now that the five channel priests are inviting you, I don't know what to do..."

Daoist Chen Wan paced back and forth in the backyard. Even though the business of the talisman store has been booming recently and the money is making a lot of money, it can't erase the uneasiness in his heart.

The only thing that comforted him was that the Taoist priests did not use violence, so Taoist Chen Wan thought to himself: "Maybe the master is really the demon messenger, and he must have his own considerations in hiding his name until now."

Slightly cheering up, Taoist Chen Wan saw that there was no movement in the quiet room, so he was ready to leave again.

But when he just took a step, there was a clicking sound from the entrance and exit of the quiet room, and white mist leaked out from it, tumbling and surging, like a huge white flower blooming in the backyard.

Footsteps sounded lightly, and two figures walked out from the mist, they were Xu Dao and Su Jiu.

Xu Dao stood tall and slim, dressed in a gray Taoist robe. The style was ordinary and simple, but he was looking forward, his lips were red and his teeth were white, and there was a delicate black iron gourd hammer hanging from his waist.

Taoist Chen Wan turned around, his face slightly stagnant, and Xu Dao was the first to call out, "Shopkeeper Chen, I haven't seen you for a few days, don't come here and you'll be fine."

He stood with a smile on his face, his demeanor was calm, and it was unforgettable to see him.

Taoist Chen Wan recovered from his astonishment, and was overjoyed immediately: "Master, you are out of customs!"

"Exactly." Xu Dao walked towards him, nodded casually, and waved, saying, "Where's the original invitation card? Show it to Pindao."

"Yes, yes, here." Taoist Chen Wan hastily took out a gold-plated blood-red post from the storage bag on his waist.

After several days of retreat, in order to guard against the prying eyes of Xiaoxiao and Shezhao Taoist priests, Xu Dao completely isolated the inside and outside. Every time Taoist Chen Wan sent a letter, he would use ordinary letters to transcribe it before passing it into the secret room.

Xu Dao took the invitation card sent by the Taoist priests of Shezhao, and after touching it briefly, he found a few traces of strange qi on it, and he judged in his heart: "The magic power of foundation building is indeed the invitation card sent by those Taoist priests."

After identifying the authenticity, as soon as Xu Dao opened it, before he could read it, the handwriting on the invitation suddenly turned into a cloud of black mist, and rushed towards Xu Dao, pretending to be crying like a ghost.

Ah ah ah ah ah!
A shrill voice sounded, making the ears of Taoist Chen Wan beside him ringing, he was deaf for a while, and his face turned pale.

But a cold snort sounded, Xu Dao held the invitation card, and did not move, and the aura surged up one after another, blocking the black mist outside.

"It's really fraudulent, with bad intentions."

This black qi is nothing else, it is a strange trace of real qi, and there is also evil spirit in it, which can shock people's mind and disturb people's magic power, which is not something ordinary Taoists can resist.

Just this invitation card, if you don't notice it for a while, you can seriously injure or even take the life of a late-stage Taoist.

Although Xu Dao didn't care much about the small hands and feet on the invitation card, his heart was terrified. The one who can use the evil spirit is the middle stage of foundation establishment - a Taoist priest in the state of condensing evil spirit.

And even though he has established his physical body now, he is only in the early stage of foundation establishment——the state of establishing roots, and the difference between the two realms is a difference in mana power of several decades.

"I don't know how many Taoist priests are there among the five Shezhao Taoist priests, and are there any Taoist priests who are in the realm of refinement in the late stage of foundation establishment..."

After thinking for a while, Xu Dao's mood sank.

Fortunately, it is not that he has not seen the methods of the Shezhao Taoist priests. According to the performance of these Taoist priests in the Shezhao Dragon Palace, he is now building a foundation with a physical body, and he has a foundation-building magic weapon in his hand. It should not be difficult to escape and save his life.

More importantly, Xu Dao still has [-]% confidence in pretending to be the Jiangzhou demon envoy.

In the past few days, although he failed to press Lei Liangxiao to find out the foundation-building method of the Erhai Taoist Palace, he also made insinuations and learned a lot of secondary information from the other party.

Among them are some facts about the court of Wu State, and why this person was appointed to Jiangzhou City.

It turns out that for some unknown reason, the southwestern boundary has not been taken seriously by the court of the Wu Kingdom, or it can be said that both the Yaosi and the Erhai Taoist Palace intentionally or unintentionally ignore the southwest direction, which is similar to an enclave.

Lei Liangxiao's envoy to Jiangzhou City was already the biggest intervention of the Wu court in Jiangzhou City in recent years. Although the court had dealt with it in the past, it had always been taboo, and it only started from the commonplace.

In order to ensure the smoothness and safety of Lei Liangxiao's mission, the Demon Lord gave Lei Liangxiao great authority, and even covered up the news, face, route, etc. for Lei Liangxiao in order to prevent being intercepted, and only informed Jiangcheng made a rough plan and used it as a joint.

For the rest, it is up to Lei Liangxiao to decide on his own, there is no need to rush, and there is no set time limit.

Such an envoy, the Demon Demon Division is more like sending out a secret spy, and Lei Liangxiao's mission is also closer to the mission of a secret spy.

Although the other party couldn't directly say the specific task, based on what he said, Xu Dao deduced that it should be to provoke the relationship between the priests of Shezhao and the Yashamen, so that they would join forces and disrupt the southwest boundary. Practice forces.

Thinking in his mind, Xu Dao recalled the scene of Lei Liangxiao's tragic death. He secretly said, "It's just a few words, and he died on the spot. It should be because he was specially cast a secrecy spell. Fortunately, I didn't press the important question at the beginning. The content of the content, but insinuating, otherwise it will be blacked out now."

Although he didn't know the foundation-building technique he wanted most from Lei Liangxiao, he also got good news from the other party. Kung fu, even the demon master may not even know that Lei Liangxiao is dead.

Because according to what Lei Liangxiao said, from the moment he went on an envoy, he had a one-way connection with the Taoist Palace and the Demon Slayer, and even the life card was taken out by his master and held in his hand alone.

And his master has closed the gate recently, and will never pay attention to the outside world for non-essential matters, and he will be out of the gate at least half a year later.

With a time difference, within half a year, Xu Dao can calmly pretend to be a demon envoy in Jiangcheng to earn benefits.

In addition, by coincidence, he just happened to be able to master the "Thunder in the Palm of the Shanzhong". It can be said that from the moment Lei Liangxiao died, he was already a "genuine" Jiangcheng Demon Envoy!
"Jie Jie!" Suddenly there was a sharp laugh.

After the black mist that attacked Xu Dao couldn't do anything about him, it suddenly changed into an ugly face, and said, "Congratulations, Fellow Daoist, for leaving the customs. Please come to Wutong Mountain to gather quickly, and I will wait for you!"

After the human face finished speaking, it chuckled, and the black mist scattered and collapsed abruptly.

But Xu Dao's eyes were sharp, he clearly saw a trace of black smoke rushing up into the sky, shooting towards a certain direction, it should be to inform.

The black smoke was so fast that it couldn't be stopped, and Xu Dao didn't want to hide the news that he had left the customs, he just glanced at it twice, and then looked away.

Looking back at the two people behind him, Xu Dao found that Su Jiu was in good condition, but Chen Wan's magic power was low, and he was a little unbearable after being shocked by the invitation, so he took the initiative to release the spell to help him stabilize his spirit and recover.

After a while, Taoist Chen Wan cupped his hands gratefully: "Thank you, master!"

With a chuckle, Xu Dao returned: "Since there is nothing wrong, then Pindao is going to visit the elders of the Five Channels."

"It's good for you two to look after the shop." After speaking, he flicked his sleeve robe, shooting sword energy all over his body, and took off in the direction of Wutong Mountain.

Although this trip was sure, Xu Dao thought to himself that it was not a Hongmen feast, but he was rushing to other Taoist priests' ashram after all, and there was some risk, so he left Su Jiu and Chen Wan in the shop.

In order not to let the two of them be killed by the Taoist priests in Shezhao, or drag him into fighting with the Taoist priests.

Xu Dao had also told Su Jiu in advance that if something unexpected happened, he would give a signal, and the two of them would leave the city to escape by themselves.

There was a strong wind blowing in the backyard of a talisman store. In the blink of an eye, Xu Dao disappeared from the eyes of the two of them.

After Xu Daosu flew away, Taoist Chen Wan cautiously greeted Su Jiu next to him and exchanged a few pleasantries.

Then he slapped his head, hurriedly took out a few old invitations from the storage bag, threw them on the ground, and hid away.

A talisman was played out, and he breathed a sigh of relief after burning the invitation completely.

the other side.

Xu Dao was flying with his sword, and continued to think about how to deal with the five Shezhao Taoist priests. His speed was neither too fast nor too slow. In about half an hour, he rushed to Wutong Mountain, the largest mountain near Jiangzhou City.

This mountain was originally not called "Wutong", but had another name, but five Taoist priests occupied it and changed it to Wutong.

Xu Daofei came to the front of the mountain and looked at the direction of the mountain and the formations on the mountain. His first sight was that the top of the mountain was glowing red, and the resentment was astonishing, which made his eyelids twitch.

Xu Dao was startled, and thought to himself: "Although I heard that these guys often go down the mountain to play tricks and kidnap brides, I haven't heard that a large number of mortals are lost nearby...how can there be so much resentment?"

He looked carefully, and found that the resentment on the top of the mountain was deeply rooted, and it could not be accumulated in a day and night, but it was the result of years and years.

Wutong Mountain was originally beautiful, but before it was occupied by five Taoist priests, many literati and poets from Jiangcheng would come to this mountain to write poems and odes.

Its atmosphere is ferocious, ordinary people may not be able to see anything with the naked eye, but Taoists, beasts and other things all avoid this place for fear.

Under the sunlight, the vegetation in the mountains exudes a lifeless oily green light, and the animals and birds don't sing, which is very strange.

But since Xu Dao has already arrived here, he still wants to see the methods of a few Taoist priests, so how can he stop there?

Xu Dao stepped in mid-air, waved his sleeve robe, let out a long roar, and laughed again:

"Poverty Lei Liangxiao, come to worship the mountain!"

The sound rolled like thunder and spread for ten miles. The whole person stood in the air, a section higher than the mountain, and there were fine electric lights all over his body, as if the god of thunder and lightning was standing in the air.

After Xu Dao's words fell, the miasma on the mountain rolled, opened its teeth and danced its claws, and slowly formed a ladder of clouds and mist. The passage opened and stretched into the mountain.

And a muffled voice replied: "The envoy is coming, but I am far away to welcome you, so I invite fellow Taoists to come to the mountain for a gathering."

Xu Dao's eyes were bright, and he looked at the opening of the ladder, but the inside was blurred and he couldn't see the scene clearly.

He pondered for a while, then said, "Yes."

Immediately, he flicked his sleeves and flew into the miasma.

As soon as Xu Dao's body entered, the miasma that had been separated closed immediately, as if a giant closed its mouth, and the mist rolled and squirmed, as if it was chewing.

The surrounding light was dim, and for a moment, Xu Dao thought he had come to the Black Mountain again, but he looked calm and fearless, and when he landed on the top of the mountain in the clouds, he raised his eyes and found a temple not far from him.

The blue-shaped blue tiles in the temple are neither big nor small, with flying eaves and brackets, which has a Taoist air, especially hidden in the dense miasma and haze, it is even more mysterious.

But when Xu Dao looked over, he found that the inside was lifeless, and thick blood photons rose from the back of the temple. Looking at the source, it should be the backyard of the temple.

He stood in front of the temple, and with a creaking sound, the lacquered red door opened inward, and there were two figures of his subordinates hiding behind the door, standing there shivering.

"Welcome the envoy to enter!"

The muffled sound came from the doorway, as if the whole temple was calling for him.

Xu Dao pressed the pumpkin hammer on his waist and drove straight in, stepping on the bluestone slabs to the temple.He found that the view was cold, except for the two young men who opened the door, there was no one else.

Papa, only the sound of his walking can be heard around, and the top is foggy and tumbling, as if there is a giant swimming in it.

Xu Dao suppressed his mind quietly, and found that after entering here, after quietly releasing his consciousness to investigate, he felt a faint feeling of being suppressed.

He raised his head and looked straight ahead, and in his eyes, the tall lobby room was filled with smoke and candlelight, and there was a small table in it.

There are red and green dishes piled on the table, a pair of bowls and chopsticks, and a futon under the table, obviously prepared for Xu Dao, inviting him to the banquet.

And on the small table, there are five shadows pressing down, which are five statues of gods, each with the heads of toads, scorpions, snakes, bats, and geckos, standing high above, looking down at the center of the main room.

No one made a sound around, but it seemed that there was an invisible force driving Xu Dao to continue walking, stepping into the middle of the hall, and sitting at the wine table.

But just as he was about to cross the threshold, Xu Dao stepped on the outside of the threshold and stopped.

As soon as he raised his head, the five clay puppets in the room who were standing still with downcast eyes all raised their heads, turned their heads, and stared at him strangely...

(End of this chapter)