I'm just an ordinary Taoist priest

Chapter 197 Huayang Cave
Gu Yao stood in front of the closed door, looking at Fang Wenshu, a little nervous.

The main reason was that the two people in the palace didn't know what they were doing, and the voices they made were not suitable for minors, and they were worried about destroying the image of Master Mingxi as an immortal head teacher in Fang Wenshu's heart.

He cleared his throat and asked loudly: "Fang Daoyou, are you here to find real Ming Xi?"

Fang Wenshu shook his head: "Fellow Daoist, are you going to Huayang Cave? I will lead the way for Fellow Daoist."

"Then it will trouble fellow Daoists."

Gu Yao greeted him politely, followed behind him, and walked along the steps towards the path to the west.

The two of them were silent all the way, just galloping at a fast pace.

Walking, Fang Wenshu took Gu Yao, stepping on the iron chain in the air, shuttled and flashed among the mountain peaks.

Noticing that he deliberately took a detour, avoiding places near lakes and waterfalls, Gu Yao guessed in his heart that the places near the water in the mountains and fields are probably where the blessed places of caves are located. People pass by outside and practice inside. Taoists can feel it too.

The two of them had extremely strong feet and were traveling extremely fast. With just a little effort, they jumped over several mountain peaks.

The farther you go to the west, the more lush the mountains and wild trees, and the less traces of people living there. If you can't see the neat stone steps where the trees are sparse, you may think this is some forbidden forest.

"Fellow Daoist Gu Yao, the convenience ahead is Shengyang Peak where Huayang Cave is located. I will stop here and not send Fellow Daoist up."

After walking for more than half an hour, Fang Wenshu fell off the iron chain, stood on a piece of bluestone, and pointed to a small and narrow stone path.

Gu Yao looked at the path covered by weeds, saluted and thanked him, and couldn't help asking: "Fellow Daoist, your surname is Fang, why don't you go in and have a look? Shouldn't all the people in Huayang Cave be your family members?" ?”

"Although there is a blood relationship, in a certain sense, the people in Huayang Cave are incompatible with me, and Fa Qing and I also hate each other."

Unexpectedly, Fang Wenshu said this, which surprised Gu Yao.

"Fellow Daoist Gu Yao, you are also a person who dared to kill the soul of your biological father, you should understand my dislike for my birthright?"

Gu Yao: "."

There was no one in the forest, Fang Wenshu turned his head to look at the stone path, with a look of disgust in his eyes: "Friend Daoist, I am just like you, I am a person who was oppressed by birth, if the Master Master didn't take pity on me back then, I would be afraid now It's a monkey in the mountains."

"It's not impossible, Fang Daoyou, you are too exaggerated."

"No, I'm telling the truth, Mrs. Fang, hehe, this family is all lunatics. They have done a lot of crimes and caused huge troubles for the sect. You don't know how to repay your kindness, but instead"

Gu Yao didn't know what to say after hearing his words.

The secret of the Shangqing sect, what are you telling me?I am not a member of the Qing Dynasty.
"Fafang Qing won the fight 20 years ago and saved Huayang Dongtian, but the reputation of that line has long been rotten. There are no newcomers willing to join, only a few lingering ones left. The blessed land of Dongtian is originally for young disciples. It is really hateful that the treasure land of practice is occupied by a few people."

Fang Wenshu said, and slapped the tree in front of him fiercely: "They occupy the cave and don't return it. This is a waste of the resources of the sect."

"Fafang Qing came back to the mountain and told us that he gave you the token, but he had malicious intentions."

"Fellow Daoist Gu Yao, you are not from my Shangqing faction, why do you need to get involved in this muddy water and become Fa Qing's knife?"

Gu Yao lowered his face and interrupted him: "Fellow Daoist, why did Uncle Fang give me the token in the first place? I will ask about it myself, so I don't bother fellow Daoist to give me advice."

Fang Fangqing treated him very well. The two had known each other for ten years. Gu Yao believed that he would not use him maliciously, and there might be other reasons.

At that moment, he was in no mood to continue greeting him, so he bid farewell and went up the mountain.

The stone path up the mountain was originally narrow, but now the weeds are luxuriant, and it seems that no one has taken care of it for a long time. After walking a few dozen steps, the stone path is completely covered by weeds and moss.

Fortunately, after walking on the stone path, the wooden gourd changed.

Golden runes emerged on the surface of the gourd, and at the same time the gourd began to vibrate, as if guiding Gu Yao to touch the intersection of Huayang Cave.

Gu Yao stepped on the slippery moss and walked up cautiously. He was no longer sure whether it was a stone step or not—the moss was like patina, and when he stepped on it, there was a piece of green.

"Where is this cave? Although the vibration of this gourd is getting bigger and bigger, the direction cannot be determined."

Gu Yao looked around at the identical trees, feeling a little worried.

"By the way, water. There should be pools of water around the cave. Find out if there are springs or waterfalls on this mountain. If you go in the wrong direction, there is this gourd to remind you."

Thinking of the situation on the road when he came here, Gu Yao's eyes lit up, and after making up his mind, he stepped on the trunk and climbed to the top of the tree, looked around, and listened attentively.

"I heard it! This voice...is a mountain spring!"

As soon as his ears moved, Gu Yao was overjoyed and flew towards the pattering place.

Just approaching the source of the sound, before Gu Yao saw the mountain spring, the wooden gourd in his hand was suddenly shaken, and he flew out of his hand and flew forward.

Gu Yao hurriedly followed, flashed past a few giant trees, and saw a strange scene.

Between the two bluestones, a touch of Bai Lian passed by, and the wooden gourd was suspended above the white Lian. Between the blue stones, water flew up from the ground and connected to the wooden gourd.

And the golden runes on the wooden gourd gradually turned into aqua blue, and gradually came alive.

Knowing that the rune had completely turned blue and the light subsided, the gourd flew back to Gu Yao's hand again, but the rune remained in the air, and the spinning tangle slowly turned into a water-like door.

"Is this the gate of Huayang Cave?"

Sensing a stream of Qi similar to Wuqi River coming from behind the door, Gu Yao reached out and touched it.

The stomach seems to be pulled by a belt, the back seems to be pushed hard, and the whole person falls to the door, and the world is turned upside down.

"who?"

"Master, someone has come in!"

When Gu Yao came back to his senses, there were already three farmers with swords standing in front of him.

"Boy, who are you? You came in like this?"

The leader was an old man with rough skin and wrinkled face, wearing a shabby sackcloth, holding a long sword, very vigilant.

Behind him, there are two young boys who are wearing common clothes. Although they are clean, they look a little old.

Gu Yao came back to his senses: "My lord, Gu Yao, may I ask, is this the Huayang Cave?"

The old man shook his sword: "Yes, the cave is closed, how did you get in?"

cave closed
Gu Yaoliang held out the wooden gourd in his hand: "This."

The old man's eyes widened, his fists were clenched, and the sword in his hand was filled with energy like water: "Which lineage are you from? Where did you get the token from? Master Master."

Seeing that the old man's questions seemed endless, Gu Yao hurriedly interrupted: "Senior, my servant Gu Yao, this gourd was given by Senior Fa Qing. Where is he? I am his old friend. Come to visit."

"Old man." The old man looked at him suspiciously.

But a Taoist boy behind him remembered: "Master, when the brother came back, he said that he gave the token to a junior named Gu Yao."

"Is that so?"

The old man raised his sword behind his back, and he still didn't quite believe it: "If that's the case, then follow me to meet Fa Qing."

"The old man can warn you, don't make any small moves, otherwise the old man will never let you go."

As he spoke, he stared at Gu Yao and moved slowly, very slowly.

Seeing his appearance, Gu Yao was a little speechless: "Senior, why don't you ask your apprentice to invite Uncle Fang to come over and verify my identity? Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll have to leave for a while."

The old man stopped in his tracks: "You are right, Ziming, go and call your senior brother over."

A Taoist boy turned around and ran quickly to the back room.

The other two were still very vigilant.

Gu Yao seized this effort and looked around.

Behind, is a vast lake, stretching as far as the eye can see.

In front of you, is a loose and messy village, with scattered houses, and behind the houses is a green hill.

"Boy, what are you looking at? Don't make a bad idea!"

Gu Yao just scanned, and the old man in front of him called back his attention again.

"This person seems to have taken gunpowder. Why does he feel like he's going to explode at the slightest touch? He's full of malice towards people."

Gu Yao withdrew his gaze and muttered something in his heart.

Fortunately, Fafang Qing came back soon after Daotong left.

"Gu Yao, Gu Yao, why are you here?"

He was still a hundred steps away, but the voice had already come.

Gu Yao looked at him and waved his hands: "Uncle Fang, I'm here to see you!"

Fafang Qing ran over quickly, and first said to the old man: "Second Master, this is my junior, and the token was also given to him by me, it is my own."

Hearing what Fafang Qing said, the old man glanced at Gu Yao again, muttering that he couldn't believe it, and took the two boys with him, turned around and left in a wobble.

"Gu Yao, how did you get here?"

Fafang Qing turned around and looked at Gu Yao happily.

"Uncle Fang, when you come back, why do you feel that your life is not as good as in Qingshui County? Why don't you go back with me?"

Gu Yao took a look at his clothes and teased him.

When Fa Qing was in Qingshui County, he usually wore Jiuyao clothes, and after he resigned from office, he also wore neat and clean Taoist robes, but now, he was wearing coarse linen straw sandals, with patches on knees, elbows and so on.

"Xiao Fang, when you left, you told me that you were going back to the mountains to practice, but why did you come back to farm?"

Noticing that there were still traces of dirt on his hands, Gu Yao said with a smile: "Why don't you go back to Qingshui County with me and become a Taoist priest to earn some incense money?"

Fafang Qing didn't care either: "You really like to call me Xiaofang, go, come in with me."

Although he was dressed a bit downcast, he seemed to be much more cheerful. Compared with the calm and introverted look in the past, the tone of his words now has more emotion.

"I don't know how much you know about Huayang Cave, but I can tell you that there are three hundred miles of islands in this cave, and what you can see right now is less than one-tenth of the actual size. I will take you to climb later. Go to Shangmao Peak, and let you see how vast this cave is."

"Now there are no people in this cave. When I went down the mountain 20 years ago, there were about 200 people in the cave. Later, they all left one after another. Now there are less than ten people left, and a few people live in seclusion. Between the mountains and fields, I can’t see it.”

"My second master has had an unsatisfactory life these years, and he is a little sensitive. Don't take offense if what he said just now offends something."

"How is the air in this blessed place? Is it extraordinarily sweet? Practicing here, one day is worth ten days in Maoshan, and better than thirty days in Qingshui County. How is it? Are you tempted? Do you want to worship me?"

Fafang Qing took him around the village twice, it was empty, except for the unfriendly second master and the two Taoist boys, there was no one else.

In the end, he took him to his residence, a large yard at the end of the village.

"Come on, sit down, I won't be polite to you anymore, the tea is here, you can pour it yourself."

Gu Yao nodded, found a stool and sat down, looked at the sun-dried grains in the courtyard, raised his head to look at the sky, and a round of gentle light was suspended in the air.

"Uncle Fang, is that the sun in the sky?"

"That, it's not the sun, it's just a magical machine. The blessed land and caves in Maoshan are all created by great power, so naturally there will be no sun."

"Oh."

Gu Yao looked at Fafang Qing: "Uncle Fang, do you have anything to tell me?"

Fafang Qing was stunned, and thought for a while: "Are you asking me why I gave you the token as a gift?"

Gu Yao nodded: "I met Fang Wenshu, and he told me something. Although I don't believe it, it's better to say it."

"That's right, there are actually two reasons for giving it to you."

As Fafang Qing said, he took out a wooden gourd from his pocket, spread it on the table beside him, and said with a silly smile: "Since this thing can open the door, is it possible that there is only one?"

Gu Yao widened his eyes, looked at the wooden gourd in his hand, then looked at the pile, and said suspiciously: "But Fang Wenshu told me that you won this token back then."

Fafang Qing laughed loudly: "Wen Shu was brought up by other people, so he doesn't know anything about our affairs. The decision of fighting skills has never been who the caves belong to. These caves belong to the sect. Who will be decided by the real person in charge."

"Besides, if it's true as he said, wouldn't it force the sect to split? Are the real person in charge and the elders so stupid?"

Gu Yao patted his head: "It makes sense."

"Besides, when I gave you a key, it was my own idea, and it was also my intention to teach Daoist."

Fang Qing blinked pretending to be mysterious.

"Teacher the real person?"

"That's right, although I don't know what Master Zhang means, but the purpose of giving you this thing is very simple. Your cultivation speed is very fast. After entering the realm of refining gods and anti-virtualism, it will be too difficult without a secret realm to help you." , it just so happens that there are no people in my Huayang Cave, so I left you a key, you can sneak here to practice in the future."

"It's as simple as that. As for the rest, what Wen Shu said, trapping you in a routine to fight or something, I'm not dead yet."

Gu Yao tilted his head: "The fight that happens every 20 years, what is it about?"

"Actually, the purpose of holding the fight was to allow everyone to communicate. There are many schools of spells in the Shangqing sect, and there are many people. Most of the time they spend walking around. The master teacher is worried that everyone will go astray, so this fight .”

"If you say it's a fight, it should be an argument."

"It's just that because of some incidents with my grandfather back then, there were some twists and turns."

Fang Qing said lightly.

Noticing that Fafang Qing didn't seem to want to say it, Gu Yao said, "Do you need my help? To tell you the truth, I'm half a member of the Shangqing Sect now. You are teaching the real person and that Yuanzheng Daoist, rushing to accept me. Be an apprentice, and I am super able to fight."

"Zhang Qingchen Xiaofang, do you know? My subordinate is defeated."

Fafang Qing glanced at Gu Yao: "It's gone, I don't even make drafts for bragging."

"You still don't believe it! There are no more than five people in the world who know this secret, and there is no place for others to know. You still don't believe it."

Fafang Qing showed that you are like this, what can I do? kan pet zhi nizhang expression: "Xin Xinxin, can I not believe you?"

He said and stood up: "Let's go, I'll take you to Shangmao Peak, it's amazing there, there is a stone tablet of earth magic, let you open your eyes."

(End of this chapter)