And said you're not a fairy

Chapter 210

Time passed quickly through the night, and as a ray of light appeared on the horizon, a new day arrived.

After staying in this temple for a night, Chen Yuan and the others were ready to set off again.

I experienced a lot in one night.

Their trip was originally to pursue the Baiyang Sect. After several days of pursuit, they found nothing except a small group of ordinary Baiyang Sect members. However, they did not expect that they would meet Baiyang Sect in this abandoned ancient temple. The core of Yangjiao is elite.

As the night passed, the Baiyang Sect had also been destroyed.

Before leaving, Chen Yuan walked alone to the backyard where the girl lived and ate the food cooked by her. Chen Yuan originally wanted to thank her personally.

But after arriving at the backyard, Chen Yuan discovered that the place was gone from last night, and it looked like it was inhabited.

Turning to all the rooms in the backyard, the doors and windows were all broken, and most of them had holes. The rooms were full of cobwebs, debris, and dust. It didn't look like anyone had lived there.

"It seems that although this female ghost has a certain level of moral conduct, she has not yet reached the point where she violates the law of ghosts hiding day and night."

Chen Yuan stood in the backyard, looking at the messy and dilapidated backyard.

"I hope this kind-hearted female ghost can live here forever."

"She didn't know that she was dead. Living in this ancient temple might not be a blessing."

Chen Yuan said in his heart.

He did not point out the idea that the girl was dead.

Sometimes the truth is very cruel. Living in this chaotic ancient dynasty, for ordinary people, being alive is a kind of happiness.

Whether this happiness is false or real, it is precious.

"What a pity, I forgot to ask this female ghost her name last night. I don't know what her name is!"

Chen Yuan sighed.

As a practitioner, he is not like a scholar who has read too many gaudy stories about the female ghost at night, and has no idea about a female ghost.

But the kindness shown by the female ghost last night really touched Chen Yuan.

Then Chen Yuan turned around and left. He met up with the Incense Sect and rode a gray donkey out of this ancient temple on a barren mountain called "White Waterfall Temple".

For a period of time after that, the Incense Sect completely obeyed Chen Yuan's orders and followed Chen Yuan back and forth in Chuzhou, Linchuan, and Shouzhou.

half a month later.

Within Shouzhou Prefecture, a hundred miles away from the junction with Luzhou, there is a fork in the official road.

"Young Master, are you really ready to leave?"

Wang Taiping asked Chen Yuan, who was riding on a gray donkey.

"good."

Chen Yuan nodded.

"After so many days, most of the people who can be treated have been treated, and those who cannot be treated are almost dead. And according to what we have seen and heard during this period, in the three prefectures of Chuzhou, Linchuan, and Shouzhou, in addition to the number In addition to the sudden increase in horse bandits and mountain bandits, refugees have begun to appear in many places, moving towards Guangling, Pingjiang, Luzhou, and Qingzhou."

"Now that the floods have passed, the big headache for the court is the large-scale displacement."

Chen Yuan sighed.

Thinking of what I have seen and heard recently, it can be said that after the flood, all the three houses were empty.

Even the prefectural cities of Linchuan and Shouzhou suffered from floods. Jinxi City in Linchuan Prefecture and Xianchun City in Shouzhou Prefecture were affected to varying degrees.

Among the three prefectures of Chuzhou, Linchuan and Shouzhou, only Jianghuai City in Chuzhou Prefecture, which Chen Yuan had visited, was miraculously not affected by the flood.

However, it is said that tens of thousands of refugees have gathered outside the city, and there is a steady stream of refugees, all of whom are approaching Jianghuai City. It is inevitable that they will not be incited to rebel by evil cults such as the Baiyang Sect and the Hongyang Sect.

Jianghuai City has become an isolated city with limited food reserves. If the refugees are admitted, the city's own people may not have enough food to eat.

If the refugees are not accepted, the refugees will inevitably have no resentment in their hearts and may directly rebel.

As a result, it becomes a dilemma.

"Young Master, what should we, the Incense Sect, do if you leave?"

Wang Taiping asked Chen Yuan.

During this time, there was a "young master" named Chen Yuan in the church, and everyone was used to it. Chen Yuan suddenly said that he was leaving, and Wang Taiping was a little uncomfortable for a while.

"What should I do!"

Chen Yuan was riding on the back of a gray donkey, looking at Wang Taiping who was dressed like a Taoist boy on the ground, and seemed to be able to see through Wang Taiping's inner thoughts:

"You must have been impatient and looking forward to my leaving, right?"

Wang Taiping quickly denied: "Leader, look what you said, it was your appearance that allowed our Incense Sect to go on the right path. Now there are countless people in Chuzhou, Linchuan and Shouzhou thanking us, so what can I do? Can’t wait for you to leave?”

Chen Yuan did not argue with Wang Taiping about this issue. Chen Yuan said calmly: "You know it yourself."

"After I left, we went our separate ways. Your Burning Incense Sect is your Burning Incense Sect. I am me, and I am not your young master. You are not allowed to act in my name in the future."

Chen Yuan warned Wang Taiping.

"Don't worry, young master, our Burning Incense Sect will never act in your name."

Wang Taiping immediately promised.

"Then you still call me Young Master?"

Chen Yuan seemed dissatisfied in his tone.

"We don't have to act in the name of Young Master, but we must call him Young Master. Once Young Master is our Young Master, he will be our Young Master for life."

Wang Taiping looked upright and said.

"you……"

Chen Yuan looked helpless.

"That's all, I'm leaving. You Burning Incense Sect should do more good deeds in the future and don't do evil. Otherwise, the White Sun Sect and the Red Sun Sect will be your fate, do you understand?"

Chen Yuan then warned Wang Taiping.

Among the many sects that split off from White Lotus Taoism, the Burning Incense Sect has pretty good methods of doing things. Except for inheriting the tradition of rebelliousness and determination to rebel from White Lotus Taoism, everything else is considered good.

It is different from the Baiyang Sect and Hongyang Sect, which are cruel cults that kill and sacrifice young children.

The reason why Chen Yuan warned Wang Taiping was that he was afraid that after he left, Wang Taiping would do anything, even leading the Incense Sect to rebel, using his name.

He had just killed King Nanxiang, the fifteenth prince of the imperial court, in Jianghuai City. If the Burning Incense Sect acted in his name again, he would really be on the road to rebellion and never return.

"I understand, I understand, young master, we will definitely keep your teachings in mind."

Wang Taiping agreed repeatedly.

After getting along with Chen Yuan for a while these days, he learned about Chen Yuan's Taoist skills. He knew that Chen Yuan was a rare genius in the world. As long as he did not die in the future, he would definitely become an immortal in the future.

He must take the warning from a future immortal to heart.

"If so, then I'll leave."

Chen Yuan patted the head of the gray donkey under him, and the gray donkey walked into the official road on the right and began to trot.

Xue Niang rode on Xiao Huang's back, followed behind Chen Yuan, and disappeared at the end of the road not long after.

"Master, don't look at it. The young master has already left."

After Chen Yuan left and burned the incense, Wang Taiping was still standing at the intersection and looking around. At this time, Ma Xing came over and reminded him.

"Nonsense, you know that the young master is gone, right?" Hearing Ma Xing's reminder behind him, Wang Taiping stopped pretending. He turned around and said angrily to Ma Xing:

"What if the young master hasn't gone far and is still paying attention to what's going on here?"

"What if the young master pretended to leave, but was actually hiding in the dark, observing our reactions, and deliberately testing us?"

The words of the leader Wang Taiping made Lu Xian, Ma Xing, and Fang Hongtai break into cold sweats for a while.

Why didn't they think of this just now?
No wonder the leader can be the leader, but they can only be the incense owners. Look at how thoughtful the leader has been.

"Then the leader, the young master must be really gone now, right?"

Ma Xing asked again.

"Nonsense, you just said those words, but there was no movement around you. If the young master doesn't leave, will you still stand here well?"

Wang Taiping shook his head and sighed at Ma Xing's stupidity.

"Master, the young master has warned us just before he left. It seems that we cannot unify the White Lotus Way in the name of the young master."

Fang Hongtai's tone was a little heavy.

The reason why they invited the "Young Master" back in the first place was actually to take advantage of the "Young Master"'s identity as a Taoist descendant. However, they later discovered that the Young Master's cultivation was too strong and was beyond their ability to deceive and control. In the end, it turned out that the Incense Sect helped the "young master".

"Are you stupid?"

"The young master said that we can't act in his name, so we won't act in his name, right?"

"We can act as the descendants of the Taoist master, and tell the outside world that we have found the descendants of the Taoist master, and that the Baiyang Sect has been destroyed in our hands. In this way, those weaker sects will join us. , we will be able to continuously strengthen the strength within the sect, and finally complete the great task of unifying the White Lotus Dao again."

Wang Taiping shook his head and said.

"Master, I don't understand. We are acting as the Tao Master's descendants. Aren't we acting as the Young Master?"

Lu Xian was confused.

On the contrary, Ma Xing and Fang Hongtai understood what their leader meant after pondering for a moment.

"Master Lu Xiang, what the leader means is that since the young master is not a descendant of the Tao Master, if we act in the name of the Tao Master's descendants, it does not count as acting in the name of the young master."

"Even if the young master finds out about this later, he won't be able to hold us accountable for it."

Fang Hongtai explained to Lu Xian.

"The leader is clever. In this way, we have taken advantage of a loophole."

After Lu Xian understood, his eyes lit up and he said.

In fact, the young master has left, but their Burning Incense Sect can use the young master's name to quickly grow in strength. Their Burning Incense Sect has made a lot of money!

In the future, their Incense Sect might really be able to end the centuries-old division of the White Lotus Dao.

"Then why should we incite the refugees to rebel?"

Then Lu Xian asked Wang Taiping again.

Rebellion is something that is engraved in the bones of all the sects that White Lotus Tao has split from, and it has nothing to do with the sect’s philosophy.

Therefore, wherever natural or man-made disasters occurred in Dayong in the past, Taoist White Lotus would appear wherever they happened, and the same was true for their Burning Incense Sect.

Although in the past hundred years, because Bailian Dao was wiped out by the imperial court, the surviving sects no longer dare to rebel openly, but secretly inciting the victims to rebel, causing some minor troubles to the imperial court, and taking the opportunity to preach is what all sects are doing .

"If we don't go, what's the use of inciting the refugees to rebel?"

"Every time it's just a small fight, it won't have any big impact on the court. Only reunifying the White Lotus Way is what our Burning Incense Sect should do."

Although the cult leader Wang Taiping is young, his pupils are very bright at this time, showing his desire and fanaticism for power.

"Yes, unifying the White Lotus Way is what our Burning Incense Sect should do."

The words of the leader Wang Taiping made Ma Xing, Fang Hongtai, Lu Xian and other incense masters feel excited.

"Let's go find the Qingxiang Cult. Pick the soft persimmons first."

Wang Taiping said immediately.

Then he took the incense and taught a group of people and left in a turbulent manner.

……

Chen Yuan, who had just left and was walking on the road, didn't know what was happening in the Incense Sect.

He didn't know that Wang Taiping actually found the flaw in his words.

But even if he knew it, Chen Yuan might not care in his heart.

Because he is Chen Yuan, Taoist Qingming, a direct disciple of Immortal Lu Yan, and the deputy temple master of Fuhu Temple.

Who is the young master of Bailian Dao, and what is his relationship with him?

"It's getting colder and colder."

Chen Yuan rode on the back of a gray donkey and looked at the mountains and forests on both sides of the official road. All the vegetation was withered, and wherever he looked, there were dead branches and leaves.

Even though the temperature in the south is generally warmer than in the north, after the twelfth lunar month, the biting cold spreads, and the cold becomes a murderous intention for everything in the world.

However, there are also sporadic emerald green spots in the surrounding mountain forests with withered leaves and branches.

It was a coniferous tree species, which is famously not afraid of the cold.

Pine, cypress, and cedar trees are all in this category.

Chen Yuan is now in the Inner Scenery Realm. Although he is not considered a god, he is already considered a rare expert in the world.

Therefore, Chen Yuan, who was riding on the back of a gray donkey, only wore a thin Taoist robe and carried a sword box on his back that never left his body, but he did not feel the slightest bit of cold.

After walking for a while, it quickly became dark.

However, Chen Yuan did not stop and continued riding on his donkey. He was planning to drive all night to get out of Shouzhou Prefecture and reach Luzhou Prefecture.

There should be no one at night, but in the past two months, there were many "pedestrians" rushing around even at night, and Chen Yuan had already gotten used to it.

These "pedestrians" who were on their way saw that Chen Yuan was wearing a Taoist robe, coupled with his strong blood energy and abundant yang energy, they knew at a glance that he was not someone to be trifled with, so no one dared to come and provoke him. Chen Yuan, on the other hand, They are also happy and at ease, and both parties are in harmony with each other.

"Taoist Priest, what a coincidence. I didn't expect to meet you here."

At this moment, Chen Yuan heard a familiar voice coming from behind him.

Chen Yuan turned around and took a look, and found that under the night behind him, there was a caravan pulling seven or eight carts of goods driving slowly on the official road. Everyone in the caravan, their faces were shining in the moonlight. Against the background, they all looked extremely pale.

The leader was none other than the businessman Niu Bingjian he met on the way back from Lujiang City to his hometown of Pingliang County.

"Manager Niu, I haven't seen each other for a year, but I didn't expect that we would meet again."

Seeing his old friend again, Chen Yuan patted the donkey's belly lightly, making the gray donkey stop and wait for Niu Bingjian's caravan to catch up.

"Yeah, I didn't expect to be so destined."

"It turns out to be a Taoist priest. Just now I thought I had seen the wrong person."

"Shopkeeper Niu, aren't you on the trade route between Luzhou Prefecture and Chuzhou Prefecture? Why are you here at Shouzhou Prefecture again?"

"The world is tough, and there are more than a dozen people around who want to eat, and they will run wherever they can to make money! I heard that Shouzhou, Chuzhou, and Linchuan were hit by floods a few days ago, so I transported some food from other places , go to Shouzhou Prefecture to sell it, why don’t you just go back after selling it!"

"Together?"

"If the Taoist master doesn't mind it, of course it's no problem."

After some discussion, Chen Yuan and Niu Bingjian decided to go together.

(End of this chapter)