I'm just an ordinary Taoist priest

Chapter 164 Soaking in Water
Gu Yao stood up, turned his back to the old man, and said righteously: "This king heard about this place, so I came here to see, who are you?"

He just said it casually, and only remembered the two royal figures of Huainan King and Changle Princess in his mind, so he used it casually.

But never expected that the old man actually showed contempt on his face, and sneered: "With your status, you can be favored by Wu Gong?"

Gu Yao frowned: "This king's status is lofty, what is your status, how dare you say that?"

The old Taoist chimed in and said, "Master, don't appease your anger, let this old servant teach this old man a lesson."

As he said that, he put down the kettle and walked over aggressively.

The old man shrank slightly: "Stop, get out, and let Mr. Wu know that if you dare to do something here, don't say that you will live forever, you will surely sink into the river of five energies and never be reborn!"

Gu Yao sneered: "What is the status of this king? What are you? Then why would Wu Gong offend this king for you?"

The old man grabbed the table, his cloudy eyes widened: "I am a descendant of the Han Dynasty, the blood of the emperor, Liu Baimeng!"

"You untouchables, why are you on par with me, leave the bucket and get out!"

Speaking of his identity, he seemed to have gained a lot of confidence, slapping the table and roaring angrily.

Gu Yao and the old Taoist looked at each other, and then said: "Another remnant of the Liu family, it really can't be kept, for so many years, every few decades, there will be a rebellion surnamed Liu."

"Now you're jumping out on your own, which is really nice."

He crossed the old way, aggressively: "Seeing that you have lived for decades, kill yourself, don't dirty my king's hands."

"you!"

"you!"

Seeing that Gu Yao was so rude, the old man covered his chest with one hand and pointed at his nose with the other, his lips trembling, and after saying a few words, he fell straight back.

Seeing him like this, Gu Yao jumped over and grabbed him, checked him a little bit, and actually fainted from anger.

"Old man, can you give him a soul-enlightening spell?" He looked at the old man.

The old man nodded, motioning for Gu Yao to put him on the bed, while he stretched out his hand and placed it above his chest.

Gu Yao blinked, and the old man withdrew his hand.

He asked eagerly, "Is it over?"

The old Taoist shook his head: "This guy, his soul has completely merged with his body, so there is no way to find out."

"what?"

"Shang Qingming's soul art is to draw out the soul to check the memory, but this guy's soul is the body, and he can't draw it at all. If I force it, he will die suddenly."

"Is that so?" Gu Yao frowned, "Otherwise, go knock that Wu Gong unconscious, and then I'll practice Tianxinlei, and tell Jing Yesi here. Since there are survivors of the Liu surname, the imperial court will definitely pay attention."

In the original history, after the Han Dynasty, those surnamed Liu had always been the targets of the court's utmost precautions. Even in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, there were never many rebellious Liu surnames.

The same is true in this life. Da Zhou has suppressed several rebellions who claimed to be descendants of the Han Dynasty, ranging from dozens of people to hundreds or thousands, which is extremely troublesome anyway.

The old man shook his head: "No."

"Where can't it work?"

"One, they have lived here for a long time. I am not sure what the arrangements are here. To practice Tianxin Lei, you must lead the thunder into your body. Your body is fragile and delicate, so you can't make mistakes. If you don't understand the secrets, arrangements, and methods here, I'm worried."

The old Taoist said slowly: "Second, they bought women from outside, and some people entered by mistake from outside. This proves that this place is not completely isolated from the outside world. It is impossible for Jing Yesi and the court to be completely ignorant."

Gu Yao remembered that the Taoist who told him about this was also Jing Yuan, so he must have reported it, but there was no follow-up, so he said immediately, "This means that there is an inner ghost?"

The old Taoist nodded: "There must be a high-ranking person who hid the things here, maybe it's the head of the Luozhou Prefecture, maybe it's someone from Luoyang."

"There is also a third point. Here, it may be related to the Three Officials. This is a great opportunity, and it was sent to you. God, why don't you accept it? At this moment, it can still be delayed."

Gu Yao scratched his head: "Then what should we do now?"

Looking inside the room, he fixed his eyes on the kettle: "Old man, you said that if we give them all the water"

He made a click gesture: "Will you force that Wu Gong to move?"

The old Taoist nodded: "It is possible."

He strolled to the water tank, took off the cover of the big tank, looked in, and froze: "What a beast."

Hearing the voice was a little angry, Gu Yao walked over curiously: "What's wrong?"

Looking down into the tank, he unconsciously held his breath.

There was no drop of water in the tank, only a skeleton wrapped in human skin.

At this moment, the pale human skin drooped, the shape of the skeleton was very obvious, and the long black hair covered the bottom of the water tank.

Judging by the appearance of this human skin, it can be barely confirmed that it is a woman.

"It turns out that buying women is for this purpose."

Gu Yao raised his head and looked at the sleepy old man on the bed: "He actually drank the water soaked from the dead body. I guess everyone else in the village did the same. Is this water the secret of their longevity?"

The old Taoist closed the lid: "No matter what kind of longevity method, it is generally unacceptable, and the people in this village have more than deserved to die."

"Let's go, let's go out first, and I'll find an opportunity later to destroy all the water in all the houses and force that Wu Gong to take action, and then you will come forward to save the woman."

The old Taoist picked up the water bottle and led Gu Yao out of the door: "I have done tricks in Wu Gong's house, so you can use it with confidence. When people have an absolute advantage, they tend to relax and say anything."

"Is this why they want me to be beaten by them?"

The old Taoist nodded: "Yes, what we're showing now is that you have cultivation, I'm just a bad old man, they won't pay attention to me."

"As long as you are subdued and pretend to want to die, the witch will probably say it."

Gu Yao nodded: "I understand, the villain talks a lot."

When the two returned to the house, the old Taoist made many paper figurines and sent them to waste water in every household.

After half an hour, the paper figurines came back.

A small half is wet, and a large half is unchanged.

"It looks like they've already run out of water, so they're in a hurry to buy a woman. Let's just wait."

At this moment, there was already a noise outside the door.

"My lord, my lord, where is the water, where is the water?"

"Didn't you say you got water today?"

"Master Yu, what did Duke Wu say?"

There was a series of dense noises, but it soon quieted down.

Then there was a knock on the door of Gu Yao and the others. When he opened the door, Yu Liuliang was holding a large bowl in each hand, which was filled with rice and meat, and the aroma was compelling.

"You two, Yu Mou remembered that you didn't have breakfast, so he came here to deliver some meals. The village is remote, so please leave."

With a gloomy smile on his face, he went straight into the room and put the bowl on the table: "Both, please."

Gu Yao looked at the oily meat: "What kind of meat is this? Why is it so fragrant?"

The old Taoist had already sat down and ate with big mouthfuls: "It smells so good, young master, it smells so good, it's so delicious."

It's so fun, Gu Yao glanced at the old man and stared at Yu Liu.

Yu Liu crossed his arms: "Fish."

"fish?"

"Mermaid, eat one piece of immortality, two pieces of immortality, three pieces of enlightenment, and four pieces of immortality." Yu Liu squinted his eyes and smiled half-truthfully.

"Really? I don't believe it, it can't be human flesh?"

Gu Yao stood up straight and stared at him.

At this moment, Lao Dao threw away the bowl, grabbed another big bowl, and swallowed big mouthfuls. The rice grains covered his mouth, chin and chest, but he didn't feel it at all, like a starving ghost.

Yu Liu looked at the appearance of the old man: "You just went to see Liu Baimeng, didn't you?"

Gu Yao didn't answer.

"Just now a group of paper figurines stole the filthy life water, and you did it too?"

"Are you the King of Huainan?"

Yu Liu stretched out a finger and dug his ears: "The king of Huainan came here 25 years ago, and he had an incurable disease at that time. We have all seen it, but Liu Baimeng and the others have lost their minds and can't remember. I still remember."

"Who are you? What is the purpose of coming here?"

Yu Liu asked sharply.

After the second bowl of rice was planed, the old man stared at his feet, rolled his eyes, and fell to the ground with a thud, falling asleep on the ground like a zombie.

Gu Yao looked at the old man: "I came here because I heard that the people here live forever, so I want to come."

Before he finished speaking, he stepped on Yu Liu's abdomen, trying to kick him out.

Unexpectedly, this kick seemed to be kicked into the mud, and the toe was actually sunk into the abdomen.

At the same time, Yu Liu's hands turned black, and his fingers spread like snakes, grabbing his legs.

This method is very similar to the pheasant Taoist in the belly of the mountain before.

"Outside, I have some physical problems, and I dare not fight with you. Here, you are just a little Taoist priest, what can you do? Do you want to turn the world upside down?"

The black fingers entangled Gu Yao like a rope, locking him, the legs were also pulled out, and the black abdomen squirmed and recovered.

"Wu Gong said your blood is very interesting, let me save your life, otherwise, I will eat you right now."

He licked his lips, retracted one hand, hooked the kettle, and poured the blood inside into his mouth.

"It's really delicious, and it actually made me feel the long-lost human pleasure."

He touched his chest, with an intoxicated expression on his face: "It's wonderful to have a human being like you."

"Could it be that God took pity on us and sent you here?"

Gu Yao collected his strength, pretended to struggle and said, "Could it be that you're not human?"

"We are not human beings, but eternal immortals."

Salivatingly looking at Gu Yao, after swallowing continuously, he barely looked away: "Get the water!"

He dragged Gu Yao out of the door, and shouted as he walked, "Come out to get water!"

As he shouted, all the old people rushed out of the house with big bowls in their hands, following behind him in ecstasy.

Yu Liu dragged Gu Yao and all the villagers to rush to Wu Gong's house.

The door of the house was wide open, and a huge bronze tripod was placed in the courtyard.

Holding the human-head staff, Mr. Wu watched Gu Yao being dragged, and raised a hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

"who are you?"

The staff with a human head was hanging in front of Gu Yao, Wu Gongfa asked.

The human head on the staff is a dried baby's head, eyes and mouth are half-opened, smelling like this, there is actually a smell of spices.

Gu Yao turned his head: "I am the King of Huainan"

Before the words finished, the baby opened its mouth wide, and a red centipede crawled out of its mouth.

Wu Gong said: "If you talk nonsense again, I will let this big sun red brocade centipede suck your brains dry."

The centipede hovered and circled on the baby's face, and its two tentacles kept shaking, giving Gu Yao a feeling that he couldn't wait to pounce on his face.

He bit the bullet and said, "Actually, I am the grandson of King Huainan."

"I really am. The one you saw was my grandfather. He died less than five years after returning home, but my father was taken to Luoyang, imprisoned, and died a few years later. I am smart. I took the initiative to worship the Taoist sect and gave up the throne, so I was free."

His mind was spinning rapidly, Fa Qing said that the son of King Huainan was taken away and imprisoned shortly after his death, and now he used it mechanically.

And King Huainan is not a fun thing, he probably wouldn't talk about his heirs.

"Grandfather wrote about this place in his diary. I'm not qualified enough. For so many years, I have relied on my grandfather's prestige to deceive me. Now I can't be deceived anymore, so I want to come here to try my luck."

Wu Gong slowly put away his staff: "It makes sense."

Gu Yao smiled obsequiously: "That's right, after I became an old friend, you released me and taught me how to live forever."

The centipede climbed down from the staff and landed on Mr. Wu's shoulder.

Wu Gong said: "Want to live forever? It's not impossible."

"After all, he also helped us back then."

He looked at Yu Liu: "Do it."

When Gu Yao was still thinking about whether to smile sinisterly or cheaply at this time, Yu Liu grabbed him and threw him into the cauldron.

"Cough cough cough."

The cauldron was full of water, the water from the Wuqi River was fragrant, and Gu Yao spun around in the water and stood upright.

The woman was also in the cauldron, pale, numb and hopeless, like a female ghost, just happened to be face to face with him and startled him.

"If you can survive, I will give you longevity."

Wu Gong's voice came from below.

"Light a fire, put on the sacred object, and boil them into one person."

　There will be another update later, I will continue to code the rest and post it tomorrow, I hope there will be nothing wrong tomorrow.

　　Ideal holiday:

　　Sleep till you are full, eat, take a nap, play games and continue to code, go to bed early and wake up early for good health.

　　in reality:
　　At seven o'clock, I was dragged out of bed by my mother to have breakfast.

　　Go on a blind date.

　　Buy New Year.

　　Go on a blind date.

　　Come to relatives ~ come to friends to accompany the bar, really outrageous, or my father's friend.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)