I'm just an ordinary Taoist priest

Chapter 173 Chapter 170
"Old man, how did you say that the Wuqi River was formed? Such a blessed place should be very rare, right?"

Gu Yao followed the old Taoist, watching the Wuqi River emerge from the ground again, and the frog also resurfaced in the water.

The old Taoist snorted disdainfully: "Rare is more strange. Although such blessed places are rare, they are not uncommon. At least as far as I know, there are more than a dozen. Basically, every Daoist sect will have one or even many such blessed places."

"No wonder you said before that the disciples of Daomen need to reach my age to lay the foundation. In a blessed place like Qiyuan Village, one year of practice can catch up with other people's ten years of practice. There is really no need to worry. Anyway, the practice ahead is fast. Not much, and it is estimated that it will catch up in four or five years."

The old Taoist glanced at him: "Yes, so do you want to go to Longhu Mountain? Although you have found Qiyuan Village now, it is still far behind the blessed land of Tianshi Mansion."

Gu Yao shook his head: "No rush, no rush, I have plenty of time. As a genius, I'm still a genius with a lot of secrets. It's the best policy to be alone."

"What's more, I will be protected by the Black Dragon Divine Mechanism in the future, and I will hide in Qiyuan Village. If something really happens, I won't be dead forever."

The old Taoist sighed: "Okay, you can decide."

The two followed the river and slowly returned to Qiyuan Village.

"Hou Duoshou said that the Wuqi River came out from the foot of the mountain, shall we go and see?"

The old man nodded.

It is said to be a mountain, but it is actually just a high slope with beautiful grass and trees.

At the bottom of the hillside, there is a thin crevice from which the Wuqi River gushes out.

After watching carefully for a while, I can be sure that there is nothing special about it, just an ordinary slope.

But looking at the brochure given by Hou Duoshou, one can be sure that the source of the Wuqi River is here. Before this slope, only the tributaries of several underground rivers converge here. After flowing out from here, it is magical Wuqi River.

The brochure also thoughtfully described the tributaries, and even wrote in handwriting that there was nothing wrong with the river water, and it was certain that there was something wrong with the soil slope.

After Gu Yao finished speaking, he looked at the old man: "Old man, do you see any problems?"

The old man squatted down, picked up a handful of soil and crushed it in his hands, and then picked up a handful of water to feel it.

"Any questions?"

The old Taoist stood up and shook his hands: "I don't know, I didn't see it. Besides, why do you want to get to the bottom of it? Does the reason why there is a Wuqi River here have anything to do with us?"

"then you"

"I'm just looking at the water and soil here, how is it different from Longhushan blessed land."

The old Taoist looked at Gu Yao: "There are two kinds of blessed places, one is made by immortals, such as Qingcheng, where the ancestor celestial master wiped out the ghost country, and turned it into a blessed place with great supernatural powers."

"The second type is heaven and earth conceiving and nurturing. Most of the blessed lands are formed in this way. For example, the 72 blessed lands of the Shangqing Sect have different effects. They are a gift from heaven."

"This place may be a gift from God, or it may be the work of an immortal. You have obtained three good fortunes here and along the river. Why do you want to get to the bottom of it?"

"Is it because you are afraid that there is still some great fortune that you haven't found?"

The old man looked at Gu Yao seriously.

Gu Yao was at a loss for words for a moment, not knowing what to say.

"Enough is enough, don't be greedy, good fortune has its own fate, don't be too greedy."

"Yes, thank you for your teaching, Master."

Seeing that the old man was very serious, Gu Yao saluted.

The old man nodded in satisfaction: "Okay, let's go to the village and talk about it, let's go."

"Let's go, don't wait for Hou Duoshou?"

The old Taoist shook his head: "Why should I waste my time on this person? He may have had some karma with me, but that's all. He is living a very good life here now. What happens to me may not be Good thing."

Hearing what he said, Gu Yao had no choice but to follow him.

The two went to the village to bid farewell, and the old Taoist took him to Luoyang.

"Why go to Luoyang?"

"I'll show you the most prosperous place in the world. There are many tricks in the city, beggars are not beggars, businessmen are not businessmen, fish and dragons are mixed, and there will always be something extra at the feet of the emperor."

As the old Taoist said so, he took a step forward, and in the blink of an eye, he was already outside Luoyang City.

Gu Yao originally wanted to ask about Luoyang, but the moment he saw Luoyang City, he swallowed his words.

What kind of giant city is this?

The towering black city wall was 72 feet high, which was twice as tall as the Xuanren Gate in Luoyang in history that he had seen before.

If it's just that, it's fine, but in Luoyang City, there are still many tall buildings that soar into the sky.

Just standing here gave him the illusion of returning to modern times.

The old Taoist looked at Gu Yao's appearance and smiled: "Are you stunned? Have you never thought that there is such a huge city in the world?"

"That's not a big deal. One Luoyang city is only as big as six Guangling cities, but Chang'an is as big as four Luoyang cities."

He sighed: "Luoyang looks so majestic, but in front of Chang'an, it's not worth mentioning."

Then he urged Gu Yao to enter the city.

At the gate of the city, a total of eight huge city gates were opened, and sharp steel teeth gleaming with cold light were suspended above, like a beheading knife.

Each city gate is guarded by four teams of golden armored soldiers, and anyone who enters the city must pass under their noses.

It's just that they just watched, and they didn't charge fees for entering the city, and they didn't check the belongings of people entering the city.

When Gu Yao and Lao Dao walked by, the soldiers on both sides of them took half a step back and lowered their heads. I don't know what they found, and they returned to their positions after the two passed by.

The old man triumphantly turned around and pointed to the top of the city gate and said, "Look at that."

Gu Yao looked in the direction of his finger, and saw that there were two rows of nine eyes on the top of the city gate, and in the middle of the eyes was a dark mirror-like thing.

"That eye is a ferocious god called Wonderful Eyes, and it can see people's cultivation."

"And that mirror is an extremely terrifying magic machine, a bone-reflecting mirror."

"Bone mirrors are divided into son and mother. The son mirrors are spread all over the city. They are the eyes of Jing Yesi and the royal family. Everyone who enters the city will appear on the mother mirror through a face mirror."

"And, it also has the ability to attack, it can be regarded as the treasure of the Great Zhou."

"These soldiers just stepped back and bowed to me because they closed their delusional eyes and the mirror did not show my appearance. This shows that I am at least a Taoist priest who is wandering with ghosts and spirits, and I deserve their courtesy."

Gu Yao nodded: "So that's it, it's really the Eastern Capital, but there are so many twists and turns in every city."

The old man took Gu Yao to continue walking forward: "Luoyang has more rules than Chang'an, but less tricks than Chang'an."

"These street vendors or beggars are most likely all kinds of spies. Just look, wherever we go, there will be a lot of excitement."

Sure enough, as the old Taoist said, no matter where they go, there are extremely lively snack stalls that no one cares about, jewelry carts driving in remote alleys, and beggars gathered in front of mansions.
When I looked at it at this time, I knew something was wrong.

"Don't be surprised, this is what we are told on the surface, just watch."

I saw the old man beckoning to a beggar: "Come here, I have something to ask you."

The beggar immediately ran over: "Say it."

"Find a woman named Wu Shuzhu, and go to my brother, with a Nuo God with me."

"Please wait."

This beggar disappeared immediately after the luggage.

Gu Yao's dog eyes widened: "What is this?"

The old Taoist smiled: "This is their correct usage. We have great powers, and the mirror may not be able to keep a close eye on it. We need people to come, but being stalked will always make people uncomfortable, so that's how it is. Not only do we feel comfortable , and can also win over Yemao."

"My... Great Zhou royal family is also talented."

While the two were whispering, the beggar came back and presented a note, the old Taoist took it and said, "By the way, borrow some money."

"Please write an IOU."

The beggar took out a bulging silver bag from his pocket.

"Okay, let's go."

Gu Yao was dumbfounded.

The old man chuckled, and threw the note to Gu Yao: "Go see her yourself when you have time, I just show you how to use it, let's go, find an inn first."

"Old man, do you take money?"

"It's not for nothing. Logically speaking, if you take the money, you have the idea of ​​serving the royal family. Even if you don't work, you still have to do something for the royal family."

"Is that unreasonable?"

"I'm going to fly up immediately, and I have the ability to catch me from the sky."

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The old Taoist took Gu Yao to open a room, entered the guest room, and opened the window: "Look at the tall buildings outside. Inside each building is a Taoist priest who is loyal to the royal family."

Gu Yao walked to the window and scanned around: "So many? I guess there are nearly a hundred?"

"too much."

The old Taoist shook his head: "You look a lot, but this is all the people who have joined the royal family in the past 200 years in Dazhou. Many people have become immortals, and only the tall buildings are still left. It's just that the royal family didn't take them back to show their respect."

"Is that so? The royal family and Jing Yesi feel that the distinction is quite clear." Gu Yao pondered, "Could it be that Jing Yesi ordered the royal family not to move?"

"Jing Yesi and the royal family, you should have a chance to explore."

The old man yawned: "Sleep first, the night market in Luoyang is the best. When night comes, I will take you to meet the ghost market in Luoyang."

The old Taoist came to the bed and lay down: "I wanted to take you to Gezao Mountain to lie down, but forget it now. If you have a chance, go and see yourself."

"Why go to Gezao Mountain? You don't want to slice me up."

"Asleep, okay."

Gu Yao turned around, but saw that the old man had fallen asleep, shook his head and smiled, closed the window tightly, and sat down at the table.

In Wuqi River, the Taoist can't wait to plunge into the water and go straight to the dragon corpse.

Excited after checking one or two.

"I thought I had failed, but I didn't expect it. Sure enough, Tiandi is the greatest master of magic tricks. He actually made up for the inverse scale I had planned. The river water actually produced strange water mines, which sharpened it even more. Perfect, take it back now and hurry up to perfect one or two, and then lend it to my nephew to let him shine in the Fuxi Pagoda trial."

"At that time, with this black dragon magic machine, I will definitely be famous all over the world."

He stroked the dragon's body and was very excited. When he pinched his handprints, he saw that the black dragon was motionless. He patted his head and smiled, "I'm really stupid."

"However, there is a lot of thunder in the water here, maybe it's better to continue tempering here."

At that moment, he took out piles of treasures from his robe, feeling a little pained, but extremely excited.

"Install all the treasures I have had for so many years. When it is done, even Lei Fa can't do anything to it."

"I heard that Yu Yourong's lineage found a wild Mao Tianjiao, and Liu Xuanfeng strongly recommended him to fight for Fuxi Pagoda."

"But no matter how arrogant Tianjiao is, can it compare to my divine machine? At that time, I will use the name of that wild mao genius to achieve my reputation as a black dragon divine machine!"

"At that time, the places in Fuxi Pagoda can also belong to me, which is really the best of both worlds."

He rubbed his hands, full of hope, and started to build the black dragon.

Behind him, an innocent and weak frog widened its eyes and closed its mouth tightly.

(End of this chapter)