Daozu is Cthulhu

Chapter 25 Condolences
Lu Yu's body was found by Li Fan and the others at the bottom of a mountain stream about a hundred miles away from the tomb after Li Fan and the others were rescued by Zhang Jiugao.

A hundred miles away, it took only a short while to set up the sword light, so it is uncertain whether he was ambushed by someone, thrown his body, or fought swords in the sky and asked someone to kill the one who fell here.

Of course, when Lu Yu was found, all his treasures, the jade pendant for storage, the right arm of the Lu family's hidden mechanism, and the four dragons responsible for guarding were all lost.Whether it was just plundered by the murderer, or taken as a "chance" by passers-by hunting for treasure in the mountains, is unknown.

There is no kingly law to speak of in the world of practice, and it has always been a big fist. Even if you find out Lu Yu's magic weapon, or even the Canglong raised by Mozhushan, people can claim to be "destined with the treasure", unless they turn their faces and hit the door. Otherwise, there is a high probability that it will be impossible to get it back.

But magic weapon Beaulieu these are trivial matters.

The big thing is that Mo Zhushan died of two golden elixir, one foundation building, and it is possible that some of the inner sect disciples were involved with Li Guoting, and even murdered the inner traitor of the same sect.

The practice of Mozhu Mountain has always been that the mountain master suppresses the mountain gate, and the temple master is in charge of teaching and law enforcement, and it is the same this time.

The temple master immediately summoned Zhang Jiugao. According to the old man, as a boy teaching him, he suddenly found that Chen Daotong's soul lamp was off.I also found out the talisman that Lu Yu left in Canglongjian, and knew that the four of them left the city to herd dragons in the direction of Buzhou Mountain, and guessed that something went wrong.

So while passing the letter to the temple master, he searched and rescued first with his own sword. In the end, his spiritual sense swept the bright light talisman released by the boy Li Qingyue, so he arrived in time and rescued the two boys.

What he said has the application of the temple master, and the soul lamp magic talisman has actual evidence to check, and he also rescued two surviving boys, Li Qingyue and Yuan Xuanbao, so everything makes sense.

Then there is what Yuan Xuanbao said, that Senior Brother Lu took them to shepherd the dragon and discovered that there was evil energy overflowing from the tomb, so he left three boys to gather evil energy to prevent the corpse from transforming into a disaster.

But the Jindan sorcerer from Mozhu Mountain suddenly appeared, Fei Jianxiao beheaded Chen Daotong, and beheaded Yuan Xuanbao.Then he went into the tomb to chase and kill the boy Li Qingyue, but Qingyue sacrificed the Dragon Shepherd Sword, severely injured by the sword light of the ink sword, and was attacked by the evil corpse and capsized in the gutter.So that the two of them can survive and be saved.

Although the boy Li Qingyue was seriously injured and unconscious, but after checking his injuries, the corpse left in the tomb, and the scene of the fighting method, it also accepted Yuan Xuanbao's guess.

The Jindan master was indeed caught off guard, and was seriously injured by the sword light when he entered the door, hurting the alchemy mansion, cutting off the divine light, unable to cast spells with energy, and being caught off guard, he was attacked and killed by the evil corpse.And the evil corpse was probably cut to pieces by him with the flying sword at the same time, so the two died together.

There is only one problem.

This demon Taoist looked dressed up and practiced the method, and he was indeed a 'Mozhushan disciple', but no one in the inner sect recognized him.

"No one recognizes it? Is this okay? Are you kidding me?" Looking at Shu Xiaojuli, Li Fan stared at Yuan Xuanbao who came to visit him.

The two sat opposite each other in the tea room. On the table was a pot of stewed chicken soup, which was specially prepared by Fu Ling to nourish his health and blood before he went to the firm to do business.

Of course, Li Fan took it out to entertain this life-and-death friend, and Xuanbao didn't come to drink chicken soup, and Kun was there to pout.

"It's true that no one recognizes him, and there is no Taoist talisman in his pendant." Probably after saving his life, Yuan Xuanbao's tone to Li Fan has improved a lot, and he explained patiently, "Mo Zhushan originally It is the Loan Cultivation Alliance. There are too many orthodox traditions that have been handed down over the years. The unified distribution of Lou Guan Dao Dao Dao is a matter of the past hundred years or so.

What's more, when the empty moon is in the sky, there are disciples who go crazy at every turn. In the inner sect, only those who have reached the Nascent Soul realm can be regarded as famous true disciples.As for Jindan, except for Zhang Zhenren who is often stationed in Taoist pagodas for important positions, most of them are assigned to practice in the Taoist temples of various peaks and caves.

Since this person is a secret worker, having a personal relationship with him would cause a lot of trouble, so his head is hung under the Lou Guan Pagoda, and no one has come forward to identify him so far. "

Li Fan frowned suddenly, "This... your big data is too bad, it's fine if you don't even have identity verification, but there are only a few golden cores, so you can't find out if you check one by one..."

Yuan Xuanbao thought for a while, "Of course there is another possibility, that is, this monster is indeed not a disciple of the inner sect, but a golden elixir achieved by the outer sect."

"Outer sect? Those registered disciples?" Li Fan was stunned.

Yuan Xuanbao nodded, "The temple master is so skeptical that the registered disciples have passed on the true law. Some of them are talented and blessed, and it is not impossible to cultivate the golden elixir. It is also reasonable to call themselves the disciples of Mozhushan.

But this is even more difficult to check. The disciples registered in the outer sect are all sent by the clan and powerful landlords. Some are the sons of the great clans, and some are the worshipers raised by the cultivation families themselves. They just left a name in the outer sect. , Once the foundation building is completed, each will return to the family to practice.

If he was originally a dead soldier raised by a family from the Li country, his identity might be hidden even deeper, and it might be very difficult to find out the truth in a short while. "

The two were silent for a while.

Kun took the opportunity to grab a chicken leg from the pot and eat it.

Li Fan asked hesitantly, "Do you think...could it be some eunuch from Liqiu Palace?"

This demon way is about an eunuch, and about the rivers and lakes that he saw at the Longmen Inn, Li Fan also told Yuan Xuanbao after he recovered from his injury.

Yuan Xuanbao nodded, then shook his head again, "That monster Taoist is probably from the court of Liguo, but killing fellow sects is a taboo in the three sects, and it is really hard to guard against. As for who killed Senior Brother Lu, I can't say for sure. .

The calculations in the temple are deeper and darker, and there is also the involvement of the fairy palace. These things are too deep, and we boys can't care about them...

But it won’t be too late to find the thief behind the scenes in the future. Qingyue, being able to kill this evil person this time can be regarded as a declaration of revenge for the Dao. Today is the Seventh Sacrifice. If you support me, I want to take you to offer incense sticks to Dao Tong and Senior Brother Lu. "

"Oh, the first seven, right? It's been seven days... It should be, I'm fine now, let's go." Li Fan also realized that he had been in a coma for several days in the pot. .

So Li Fan changed into the black robes used for the ceremony, grabbed Kuntui who was still chewing chicken bones and put them on his sleeves, and left Wangshu Xiaoju with Yuan Xuanbao.

Xuanbao released a wooden kite to ride and flew in front to lead the way, while Li Fan sacrificed the crane ride given by Fairy Wangshu to follow behind.

First go out of the Neishan Cave to the Louguan Pagoda, then go east, and walk along the river for less than ten miles, and then you will see a piece of pavilions, red tiles, water pavilions and gardens.

Looking from a distance, I can only see that the mandarin tiles are light in frost, the tortoise curtains are windy, and the auspicious atmosphere in the high gate is not smoke.Zhulou Waterside Pavilion, Bitan Golden Pavilion, Xie Tingjian orchid jade contends for beauty.This school's beautiful scenery and unique style of the ancient town is probably the place where the elites of the Mozhushan lineage of cultivators and aristocratic families sheltered by immortals live together.

If a person attains enlightenment and becomes an immortal, and becomes an immortal on land with a lifespan of hundreds of years, if no accident occurs, the descendants of the third and fifth generations, and even the descendants of seventeen or eighth generations, will be sheltered under their wings. This is also human nature.And if there are one or two of them who are equally enlightened, then an entire cultivation family, a family of clans that have been passed down for generations, will just rise from the ground like this.

For example, the organization of the Immortal Palace, the heavenly court, the conferring of the gods, the system of Taoism and laws, etc., are also established based on this core logic of one person attaining the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascending to heaven.The first Immortal Venerable in the world, his disciples, and even the entire Immortal Palace, and the entire Twelve Kingdoms are the epitome of such a cultivating family.As a matter of course, the cultivation methods and treasures of heaven and earth should not flow into the fields of outsiders.

It's just that this kind of family inheritance system was later hit by the master-student inheritance of Xuanmen, and the sect inheritance of Shenjiao, and then when Xuyue Dangkong changed the way of heaven, maybe a monk went crazy and wiped out his entire family , which converges somewhat.

However, it can still be seen from the family courtyard near Mozhu Mountain that the Xiuzhen family is still the most extensive and basic unit in the practice world.Almost as long as a big faction accumulates for hundreds of years without disaster, there will naturally be a group of dependent families.

With Yuan Xuanbao leading the way, Li Fan followed him to the Chen family.

After all, Chen Daotong was just a boy in the foundation period, and the Chen family didn't do too much. It was Chen Daotong's relatives, as well as Yuan Xuanbao, a close friend and Taoist couple, who came to pay a visit to the incense sticks.

Li Fan helped Chen Dao to report his hatred, so he was also regarded as a guest of honor. Chen Daotong's parents and his three wives and four concubines also came to thank him.

... Well, it's really three wives and four concubines.

Chen Daotong looked like he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, barely a high school student. Although his parents looked sad, they were also dressed in the middle age. They probably had a panacea to take care of them, so they looked very young.So at first, Li Fan thought that these young women in plain clothes and wearing filial piety who came to salute were all his sisters, but when they were introduced, they turned out to be wives and concubines...

In the evening, I can gather two tables of mahjong. This evil feudal society is really enviable... Ahem, criticize, criticize, should criticize...

"Brother Xuanbao, how long have you been cultivating Taoism with Brother Daotong?" Although the deceased was not good enough to discuss later, Li Fan couldn't help but thought about it and secretly inquired with him.

"It's been 20 years." Yuan Xuanbao calculated, "We all joined the master's sect together when we established the foundation at the age of 16. It has been at least 20 years since we practiced as a couple until the foundation was established."

Well, at the age of 36 and a fairy, it seems normal to have three wives and four concubines in this age, but at the age of 16, it is almost puberty... huh?

"... You said, 16-year-old Foundation Establishment..." Li Fan's heart suddenly thumped, and he looked at Yuan Xuanbao's appearance, "Brother Xuanbao, you don't seem to have grown up..."

"Oh, after the establishment of the foundation, the growth of the Tao body will slow down, and the higher the realm in the future, the slower the aging will be..." Yuan Xuanbao seemed to have thought of something, and turned to look at Li Fan, who was only ten years old, "Uh, Qingyue, you can actually... you can delay it for a little bit for two years... but the situation at the time was not help..."

Fuck!In other words, if the practice is too fast, I will not have to look like a boy!
'Li Fan's mood dropped by 1 point. '

'Xuantian Jianyi said, what's wrong with this, it shows that the host is a genius.If the host goes out and walks more often, he will know that the kind of powerful people who have passed through more than ten lives are all old children who have built foundations and practiced Taoism at the age of five or six.Host, it is too late for you to meet this seat, otherwise the foundation will be built for you in the cradle. '

Sword intent, leave me alone!
Li Fan was speechless, this is too pitiful, no wonder the children of these cultivation families are mostly teenagers aged [-] or [-], and the outer sects don't pay much attention to the moon, they want to pass on the family line...

He looked at Chen Daotong's weeping widows, and it seemed that two of them were pregnant.Is this the inheritance of the Xiuzhen family...

"Uncle, don't worry, Xuanbao will help take care of brother Daotong's bloodline." Yuan Xuanbao went to comfort the family again.

Li Fan is also helpless, but it doesn't matter if you think about it, anyway, you will grow up sooner or later, just be careful not to upgrade too fast.

So he also put a stick of incense on Chen Daotong, paid homage, waited for Yuan Xuanbao to leave some pills and talismans, and after finishing all the funeral arrangements for his Taoist companion, he accompanied him to leave the Chen family .

Chen Daotong, who had only been in contact with the Foundation Establishment disciple a few times, formed a team with Li Fan for a short time. During the long journey of practice, he walked together for a short period of time and then quit the server.

If the scourge of Li Fan can live long enough, then there will be many people who pass him by like this in the future, right?

"Huh... the difference between immortals and mortals, the friendship between life and death..."

Li Fan looked back at the rich families of the Chen family. It seems that there are no other practitioners in the Chen family generation. Chen Daotong was originally a Nascent Soul, but now that he has fallen so badly, the Chen family will probably move out of this house soon and return to his hometown. Go to the so-called mortal world.

At this moment, Li Fan suddenly realized that he could not go back to the world.

He is not a mortal anymore.

This is not egotism, but a very real feeling.

Because after Li Fan established his foundation, even his physical fitness was no longer that of ordinary people, which was already too bad.

Birth, old age, sickness and death of mortals, joy, anger, sorrow and joy, all human emotions.It may be very slow, it may be very fast, but sooner or later, Li Fan will gradually lose his sense of it, and he used some spells casually, and cut off two heads at will, resulting in consequences that are unbearable for "mere mortals" .What's more, in the future, when Yu Jianfei is immortal, obeys the law of heaven and earth, and sacrifices his life to join the Tao?

This is probably the ideological threshold that immortals, martial arts masters, and superheroes must all go through.Sooner or later, you have to realize how dangerous your existence, your every move, is to ordinary people.

But if you can no longer see yourself as a person, how can you keep your heart?
'Li Fan's mood dropped by 1 point. '

Is it so difficult to stick to the Dao heart...

Yuan Xuanbao was not very interested, "Don't worry, the Chen family still has relatives who are officials in the court, and Daotong also has some savings, so he won't be able to starve his family. I'm more worried about Senior Brother Lu..."

"Senior brother Lu? By the way, isn't his family a generation of cultivators who have their own inheritance from heaven?"

Li Fan shook his head and came back to his senses, released the flying crane, and followed Yuan Xuanbao to the Lu family to mourn.

Yuan Xuanbao turned his head, and said solemnly, "Qingyue, senior brother Lu took good care of us, but the Lu family offended many people before, and now the cause of senior brother Lu's death is unknown, I'm afraid someone is looking for trouble.

The grievances and grievances between the cultivation families are very troublesome. Some hatreds will last for decades, hundreds of years, or even thousands of years.Daoist couples, relatives, disciples, disciples, generation after generation have to fight, and if you miss a sword fight, batch after batch of people will be involved in grievances. up.

If there is a fight later, you must not get involved. "

Li Fan nodded. He personally experienced a conflict between the rivers and lakes and a fight in the practice world. This seriousness has not yet involved the grievances of the three major sects. It can only be regarded as a trivial matter of fighting between casual cultivators, but how many people have died? .

Li Fan knew how harsh the living environment of the old-school monks was.No wonder a great cultivator like Xuantian Jianyi is persecuted with paranoia and narrow-mindedness...

Even if the empty moon is in the sky, the way of heaven changes drastically, and the core of the battle becomes a demon form for a while, but that only relieves the resource shortage for a while, but it does not fundamentally change the essence of this world, let alone the human heart?
To put it a little bit more extreme, right now the various factions are only digesting the benefits brought by Xuyue, so there is no major battle for the time being. It will return to the cycle of killing and fighting.

magic……

Hehe, what are demons?
In terms of murderous intentions alone, humans are much more terrifying than demons...

And when they arrived at Lu's house, Li Fan also became more aware of the cruel and ruthless folk customs in the practice world.

In the mourning hall set up by the Lu family, two groups of people were facing each other with swords drawn, about to fight with swords.

Li Fan and Yuan Xuanbao stopped their mounts, and together with some other casual cultivators who probably came to express their condolences, watched the situation off the field from a distance.

Is this really a little over?After all, Lu Yu is also a Golden Core cultivator of Black Bamboo Mountain, so the Zongmen's face is not good-looking if it's so noisy?
Yuan Xuanbao obviously didn't expect to tear his face like this, so he found a monk he recognized and flew over to inquire, "Brother Gao Dao, who is this embarrassing for the Lu family?"

Brother Dao Gao has a Chinese face, a tall, big, white and fat Foundation Establishment cultivator, standing on a flying boat with a wry smile, "Junior Brother Yuan, you don't know, this is their own family matter, and it's not good for us to participate. "

After he explained in a few words, Li Fan and Yuan Xuanbao suddenly realized.

The bottom two groups are all from the Lu family, and there is nothing new under the sun. This is just fighting over the head of the family, dividing up the family property, and robbing treasures. Although the disturbance is ugly, it is indeed the Lu family's business.The comrades who came to express their condolences had no choice but to wait outside in embarrassment, pretending that they hadn't seen anything, and waited until the Lu family cleaned up by themselves before going in to pay a visit.

But who knew that the commotion inside would get bigger and bigger, and in the end, there would be a clique formed, and it turned into two groups of people wanting to fight swords in the mourning hall, dare you believe it!

Yuan Xuanbao wrinkled his nose and raised his eyebrows, "Senior brother Lu's body is not cold yet, where did this evil relative come from! You are too deceitful!"

Hey Xuanbao!Don't get involved in what you said just now!

Brother Gao Dao still smiled wryly, "This... is not a bad relative, one is the daughter of brother Lu's concubine, and the other is the son of brother Lu's illegitimate son, both of them have succeeded in building their foundations, so they are fighting for the head of the Lu family. position."

Xuan Bao also choked for a moment, and exchanged a glance with Li Fan, generally speechless.

I really can't see it, Senior Brother Lu, you have thick eyebrows and big eyes, but you still have an outside room... Wait!
"Xuan Bao, you should have a wife too, right?"

Yuan Xuanbao was looking at the Lu family with his neck hooked, and said impatiently, "Isn't that natural, and Mo Zhushan can't help getting married. Oh, junior brother, you have to wait for a few years...or decades..."

'Li Fan's mood dropped by 1 point. '

(End of this chapter)