Kunlun one millet

Chapter 215 Lingtai Mu Ganlin

"Hurry up! If you can't get Fushui, you and I will become unworthy descendants!"

"Oops! My shoes!"

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze!"

"When will the real person come out? I've been waiting since the middle of the night!"

Zhao Mi lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at the noisy scene in the small town. The people scrambled, pushed each other, and flocked towards a building on the east side of the mountain. Roughly estimated, there were three or four thousand of them. Crowd, a large area of ​​darkness.

Looking up, you can see that the building has vermilion walls, black tiles, bucket arches and flying eaves.In the hall, there is a furnace with green smoke rising in the air, curling up and lingering, and the strange fragrance wafts around, refreshing the heart, and the enchantment is vaguely supported to prevent the invasion of ghosts and gods.

"Old man, what are you going to do?" Zhao Mi stepped out of the carriage, stopped a passing old man and asked.

"Is the guest coming from somewhere else?" The old man's eyes were clouded, he held a cane in his hand, and said with a smile: "The immortal head of the Lingtai Pavilion will give out water on every first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year. It is said that this water can cure all diseases. , little old man, I have bad eyesight and bad legs, I only hope that Fushui can cure my ailments."

Zhao Mi was noncommittal, the old man in front of him was already dying, and there was no way to treat him with the water.If it was Zhao Mi who did it, it would be nothing more than relying on magic spells to forcibly open up the blocked meridians, so that the old man could see things for a short time.

At this time, a wave of cheers erupted in the distance, and the old man pleaded guilty and squeezed into the crowd with a cane.

Then I saw two rows of boy servants in green clothes running out from the mountain gate of the building, each holding a dharma vessel, flag and streamer, lined up on both sides.Then a dazzling light descended from the sky and landed in front of the mountain gate. The brilliance faded away, revealing a tall and straight figure with floating dust in his arms, wearing a purple robe, and a jade crown on his head.

Under the long steps of the building, thousands of people knelt down one after another and said in unison: "I beg the real man to relieve the suffering!"

Zhao Mi used his eyesight to see that figure turned around, and it turned out to be Chu Mengchun.

"It turned out to be him?" Jiang Ru was also very surprised: "If he doesn't guard the Lingtai Ruins well, what is he doing outside the mountain?"

After digging the river to divert the flood, Zhao Mi continued to go south and came to the area of ​​Lingtai Ruins.Because the Lingtai Ruins are located in the deep mountains, and there are formations to hide and protect the surroundings, it is impossible to go directly.According to the original arrangement, the manpower stationed at Lingtai Ruins would take the initiative to meet and lead the way, and assist Zhao Mi in arranging the mandala.

But when Zhao Mi came nearby, he didn't see any people coming to meet him, so he came to the market town outside Lingtai Ruins, intending to enter the mountain from there.

But I didn't expect that on the edge of such a small town, there were actually luxurious buildings built, and Chu Mengchun seemed to be the head of the place, and the pomp and posture was not much worse than when he was Qingyan County Guard.

Now Chu Mengchun put on the unique purple robe and jade crown of the Chongxuan Pavilion, held his head high and stepped down, walked like smoke, and came to a big tripod filled with clear water, conjured a spell, raised his finger to the sky, and chanted the rhyme of the scriptures, Its voice is cadenced and frustrating, which is as incomprehensible as a bible to ordinary people.

"Jiu Ding Dan Ying Fa?" Although Jiang Ru was far away, she understood the rhyme of the scriptures, and said with a frown, "This is clearly used to prepare the medicine syrup, and it can't cure diseases at all. Chu Mengchun is proficient in the outer alchemy furnace." Huo, how could you engage in such a nondescript trick?"

"It's just pretending to be a ghost." Zhao Mi's eyes flickered, as if he had already understood the situation.

Jiang Ru watched Chu Mengchun throw the talisman into the cauldron, and a burst of brilliance shot up into the sky, turning into rain and falling all over the place.Thousands of people kneeling on the ground raised their heads and stretched out their hands, their faces were full of fanaticism, just hoping to get some more talisman water.

"True Chu's magic is immeasurable, immortal life is eternal!" I don't know who shouted first, and the common people also shouted one after another:
"Chu Zhenren's magic is immeasurable, and the longevity of immortals is eternal!"

Thousands of people shouted in unison, with a force that shook the sky and the earth, and many people who seemed to be old and sick at first were now full of vitality and energy.

"Strange." Zhao Mi said secretly, looking up, in the view of Yingxuan's landscape photography, a hazy light appeared in the crowd, and with the shouts in unison, it faintly moved towards the undulating image above the building. The scattered smoke from the furnace gathers.

"This is the power of incense." Lingxiao reminded.

Zhao Mi stared intently, and found that as Chu Mengchun breathed out, the power of the incense was slowly attached to him.

Zhao Mi just couldn't believe it: "Chu Mengchun is planning to switch to the divine way? No, ordinary monks don't dare to easily collect incense and faith to nourish the soul. It is very likely that before they have achieved anything, they will shake the foundation of the immortal way, and even be believed by all living beings." Willing to shake the mind.

Since ancient times, usually only monks who have no chance of immortality and have dissected their corpses will choose to turn into the divine way and become the only one in one side, in charge of the netherworld.Chu Mengchun only lost his position and power, but he is still a disciple of Chongxuan Pavilion, so there is no reason to take such a risky move. "

"I'm afraid he doesn't know what he's doing." Ling Xiao sneered.

"What should we do now?" Jiang Ru interrupted Zhao Mi's meditation.

At this time, outside the Lingtai Pavilion, Chu Mengchun had finished performing the spell, and asked the left and right servants to distribute talismans to the people.Zhao Mi really couldn't understand this behavior of bewitching the people, but considering the hardship of ordinary people's livelihood, he only hoped to get a little comfort by relying on Fu Shui, so he said: "Don't disturb the people, we will talk about it after the people disperse."

The talisman water was distributed for more than an hour until the cauldron bottomed out. Most of the people who got the talisman water drank it on the spot, and immediately became refreshed and light-legged. Some people put the talisman water in bamboo tubes and brought it back carefully.The rest of the people had to return disappointed, hoping for the next time.

After the common people reluctantly dispersed, seeing Chu Mengchun turn around and leave, Zhao Mi came to the outside of the Lingtai Pavilion, but was stopped by two boy servants guarding the gate.

"Stop! This place is a cultivation place for real people, how can you allow us to trespass? Why don't you retreat quickly?"

Hearing the words of the gatekeeper boy servant, Zhao Mi was expressionless, but Jiang Ru smiled angrily: "What kind of real dojo? Chu Mengchun is self-righteous, and even the servants are like frogs at the bottom of the well!"

"Where's the lowly maid? How dare you speak wild words?!" The two gatekeepers were furious, and they took out the short handle bone at the waist.If ordinary people were hit by this bone, they would be crushed to pieces immediately.

Seeing the two gatekeepers swinging their bones and smashing them, Zhao Mi didn't move, and the five-colored qi spread out. The two felt a high wall suddenly pushed across in front of them, and they were directly knocked out, taking the building with them. The door burst open together.

"It's still strange." Zhao Mi noticed the clue as soon as they fought. The two gatekeepers didn't have any cultivation base and mana, they were just ordinary people, but when they thought together, the bones in their hands could produce magic power. It completely overturned Zhao Mi's previous cognition.

"Your subordinates are acting so recklessly, it seems that you, Chu Mengchun, are still arrogant and domineering after being relegated to this place." Zhao Mi didn't rush to investigate, and his voice spread throughout the building: "Although there is an act of spreading talisman water widely, But I think you don't have the heart to save the people, you just want to enjoy the compliments and compliments from everyone. It's really..."

Zhao Mi said as he walked, his steps were as heavy as a mountain, and every time he landed, the entire Lingtai Hall felt the vibrations spreading like waves.

"...no progress at all!"

The footsteps fell, and the dull roar of the tiger rolled around, making the surrounding servants terrified, and no one dared to approach.

"Zhao Mi?!" Chu Mengchun hurried out, his face flashed with shock and anger, but then he bowed respectfully:
"Cao Min pays homage to Marquis Zhenming."

"Heh, you are a real person of Chu with boundless magic and immortal life. I am an ordinary person, how can I deserve a respect from a real person?" Zhao Mi flicked his sleeves coldly.

Chu Mengchun suppressed his annoyance, and said with an apologetic smile, "That's just the nonsense of the common people, just to get a talisman to drink, and Marquis Zhenming shouldn't take it seriously."

"Oh?" Zhao Mi took an inch and said, "It seems that you are relying on heresy sorcery to confuse the people?"

Chu Mengchun's cheeks twitched. In the past, he would have ordered the offenders to be taken down and tortured.But now the situation is reversed, Zhao Mi is in full swing, and he is by no means able to resist.

"The grassroots donated talisman water, and there was no act of extortion. Zhenminghou's eyes were like a torch, and he would not slander goodness." Chu Mengchun responded.

"Isn't it? I have my own calculations." Zhao Mi walked with his hands behind his back, looking around the Lingtai Pavilion: "Such a building does not cost less money, right? Needless to say, jade and gold are inlaid, even between bricks and stones. It is really extravagant to seal it with the magic clay of Liuyi."

Chu Mengchun waved the other servants back and explained: "Marquis Zhenming has misunderstood. The Caomin have only been here for two years. How could they build such a building? This Lingtai Pavilion was originally built by Xuanpu Hall. The Putang was destroyed by evil spirits, and the first one sent people to take over the Lingtai Ruins, and this Lingtai Pavilion was also preserved and repaired."

"It seems that Master Chu knows Xuanputang very well?" Zhao Mi asked casually.

"I'm ashamed, the grass people only know a little bit." Chu Mengchun said: "If I say that I, Chongxuan Hall, is good at outer alchemy furnace fire, yellow and platinum stones, then this Xuanpu Hall is an expert in cultivating fine trees and tending zhicao.

For hundreds of years, Xuanputang has been the leading inheritance of immortality in the east of Kunlun. The fairy grass Ganoderma lucidum planted in Lingtai Ruins has always been recognized as a holy product for health preservation and longevity.

And every few decades, Xuanpu Hall will invite fellow cultivators to participate in the magic of Zhicao.During the Tianxia Dynasty, my ancestors of Chongxuan Hall also visited and highly praised Xuanpu Hall. "

Zhao Mi sighed: "It's a pity that such a sect fell to the hands of evil spirits."

Chu Mengchun spoke sarcastically: "Actually, it can't all be blamed on evil spirits. The last head of Xuanputang saw that Tianxia's vigor was about to run out, so he made friends with powerful people and funded gold, silver and property. Instead of a foothold, I hope to invite a share of the merits of the dragon.

Xuanputang's doing this is tantamount to being completely involved in the chaos in the last years of Tianxia. The result is that countless disciples were killed and injured. In the end, they managed to keep a line of inheritance, and they could only hide in the Lingtai Ruins.This kind of sect is destined to attract evil spirits to covet it, but Zhicao is widely planted in Lingtai Ruins. As long as they break into it, even if they don't occupy the dojo, they will still gain a lot. "

Zhao Shu couldn't help but think of Yunyan Peak's lineage, which was also said to be involved in the chaos in the last year of Tianxia, ​​which resulted in the death and dispersal of disciples.Isn't it sad that hundreds of thousands of years of inheritance and accumulation have finally fallen into the hands of others?

"However, I heard that when the Xuanpu Hall was besieged by evil spirits, it asked for help from the Chongxuan Hall." Zhao Mi said, "I don't know why the Chongxuan Hall turned a blind eye to this?"

Chu Mengchun smiled politely: "You know, Marquis Zhenming, how many requests for help from fellow cultivators will be received by the Chongxuan Pavilion throughout the year? What's more, at that time, the five kingdoms were fighting, and the Xuanpu Hall and I, the Chongxuan Pavilion, were on the same page. There are not many old things in the past, why should disciples take risks to save them?"

"This seems to make some sense." Zhao Shu said sharply, "It's just that the Chongxuan Pavilion didn't send anyone to rescue them. They just sat and watched the Xuanpu Hall be destroyed, but they occupied the sect's dojo afterwards. Such behavior will inevitably be criticized. And as far as I know, there are still some disciples in Xuanpu Hall, and they worked so hard to manage and build the Zongmen Dojo, so the Chongxuan Hall shouldn’t occupy it all the time.”

"What do you mean by Marquis Zhenming?" Chu Mengchun asked: "Could it be that you are here to recover the sect dojo for Xuanpu Hall? But I heard that you were ordered to build altars, and Lingtai Ruins is also one of them. At that time, to recover the dojo for Xuanputang, I am afraid that it is an act of seeking personal gain by using the public right?"

"It's a good thing that I have been the governor of a place, so I still have the advantage of talking." Zhao Mi smiled lightly.

When Chu Mengchun heard this, his heart was full of hatred and anger. If his father Chu Fenggui had not sent letters several times asking him to put aside his past suspicions and work for Zhao Mi, he would not have the mind to chat with Zhao Mi here.

"Since we are talking about setting up the altar according to the decree, I heard that Chongxuan Pavilion arranged for you to be stationed at the Lingtai Ruins after you were dismissed from office." Zhao Mi said with a questioning tone: "But you don't want to stay in the Lingtai Ruins, why did you run away?" Go outside the mountain to donate talisman water?"

Chu Mengchun became angry when he mentioned this matter. He used to be the governor of Qingyan County, and a group of goblins and ghosts under him served as offerings, which was much more nourishing than the depressing days of waiting for the alchemy furnace and fanning the fire in the Chongxuan Pavilion all day long. .

As a result, when Zhao Mi came, Chu Mengchun couldn't continue to enjoy wealth and peace, and was dismissed from the post of county guard, completely reduced to nothing.

If it weren't for the father who served as a servant to protect him, Chu Mengchun would have been accused of dereliction of duty.In order to avoid the limelight, Chu Mengchun was assigned to garrison at the Lingtai Ruins. On weekdays, facing the mountains, forests and vegetation, it was quiet, but it was so boring that mushrooms almost grew.

"The first mountain protection formation was re-arranged at Lingtai Ruins, so there is no need to send another person to guard it." Chu Mengchun could only reply, "I just need to check the operation of the formation pivot every once in a while, and the rest of the time I can do what I want... This is also approved by the first seat."

Zhao Mi was silent, and he heard a subtle meaning.Yunyan Peak didn't send anyone to collect it, it was because Liang Tao did it deliberately, intending to lure people into the trap.But Lingtai Ruins still let Chu Mengchun do his own thing, which probably cannot be explained by tolerance and indulgence.

In particular, Zhao Mi told Liang Tao that Lingtai Ruins was one of the key points of the altar site, and he had no reason to keep people like Chu Mengchun stationed there.

Considering that just now Chu Mengchun was able to gather the power of incense and fire to nourish his soul, which is quite different from the foundation of the Chongxuan Hall's immortal arts, and the doorkeeper boy servant who has no cultivation level can still cast spells.Zhao Mi couldn't help suspecting that this might be Liang Tao's arrangement.

(End of this chapter)