Taoist Master: I have a strange world

Chapter 54 Snakes and Scorpions
  The cold aura around him disappeared in an instant.

Moreover, in Zhang Ling's eyes, the qi that had been entangled in a ball slowly dispersed.

The power on the altar has completely dissipated, and the soul-calling flag that was set up is also dim at the moment, and the inscriptions on the back that originally carried it have been blurred.

Zhang Ling didn't feel any distress at all, because the soul-calling flag was originally meant to be used once.

Moreover, after this practice, Zhang Ling has enough confidence that he can do better next time he opens the forum again.

Zhang Ling looked at the tomb of the old temple master and began to clean up the altar the next moment.

Although the tomb of the old temple master is already erected in the mountain, if the altar is placed here, it will inevitably be conspicuous once someone passes by.

After Zhang Ling cleaned up the altar, he looked around.

He didn't plan to go back directly, but wanted to practice breathing in the mountains and wilderness.

The rituals and other operations just now consumed Zhang Ling's mana, so he needed to recover.

"If there is a fixed cave, then you don't need to worry too much when practicing."

Zhang Ling lowered his head and took out the temple sign from his arms.

Zhang Ling looked at the temple sign in his hand and felt that it was a little "tasteless" for him.

It was as if the mana in his body was no longer suitable for the temple sign.

Likewise, this also has drawbacks.

Now he faces a choice.

"Cultivating Taoism requires a wealthy couple and a land, both of which are indispensable."

He held the temple sign in his hand, but found that his current strength could no longer stimulate the power within it, and he could not use its power to protect himself.

But in this case, Zhang Ling loses many advantages, such as being able to exchange resources back and forth between the two worlds, and there are also certain dangers in the wild.

"It's not convenient to practice in the wild. You have to find a cave. But it's already dark, and everything outside the circulation range of the Celestial Empire is in danger."

"the most important is……"

In this way, you can also stay away from worldly things.

Do you want to abandon the Taoist temple and go to the mountains to practice on your own?

Zhang Ling was so emotional.

On behalf of Zhang Ling, he will continue to protect the Taoist temple in ten miles and eight villages, and this protection will become free of charge.

If you hold the temple sign again, it only has the passive function of hiding your face and showing your holiness.

“It is useless to keep it, but it is a pity to throw it away.”

Zhang Ling had this idea and felt emotional at the same time.

Another option is to continue step by step and rely on the Taoist temple as your place of practice.

In this way, when he practices, he will have a Taoist temple that can serve as a place of protection.

In this way, Zhang Ling lost the advantage of using the temple plaque to protect himself when walking outside.

However, after all, this temple was built by the old temple owner who spent a lot of energy, so it is a bit random to discard it like this.

"Perhaps, we can find someone to inherit and then leave."

Zhang Ling had this idea in his mind and wanted to find a successor for the Taoist temple.

But this successor was not found randomly.

Although it seems easy for Zhang Ling to practice "Tianmiao Circulation Qi Control Sutra", in fact, this skill has a certain threshold.

The old temple master had told Zhang Ling before that if you want to practice the "Tianmiao Circulation Qi Control Sutra", you must be an unalienated 'layman'.

This alone is a threshold.

In addition to being an amateur, you must also have certain qualifications.

He is able to read, identify acupuncture points, and know etiquette. He is good both internally and externally, and has the appearance of spiritual practice.

Adding these together, the owner of every temple in the Celestial Dynasty can be regarded as one in a thousand or one in a thousand.

However, the method of the Celestial Empire is step-by-step and must protect all directions.

Under such circumstances, many temple owners would quietly turn to heretics and advance rapidly.

Wu Duweng is one of them.

The same is true for the old temple master. He once involved in cultivating heretic methods and even made mistakes in his practice. “The Celestial Empire in this world seems to be gradually declining.”

"From the very beginning, there were strict prohibitions and crackdowns on the practice of heretics. Nowadays, heretics are so popular that one can even tell the whole story by just looking at them. Now throughout the entire dynasty, there are countless temple owners who have turned to heretics."

Zhang Ling analyzed this thoughtfully.

But soon, Zhang Ling shook his head slightly and shook these things out of his mind.

What happens to China has nothing to do with him.

He just didn't want to waste the Taoist temple efforts left by the old temple master, and was ready to find a successor.

"Actually, you don't have to look for inheritance."

"As long as I leave the temple sign and run away, the Heavenly Dynasty will check for any gaps and fill the gaps, and they will naturally find someone to fill the vacancy of the master of the Taoist temple."

Zhang Ling was thinking as he walked out of the forest and returned to the circulation range of the Celestial Dynasty.

The circulation of the Celestial Dynasty is the range that the Qi of the Celestial Dynasty can cover, which is equivalent to the area that temples, halls, etc. can cover for shelter.

Within these areas, it is safer and there are not so many monsters and monsters.

Otherwise, there are many terrifying rumors circulating in this world, all of which come from places where the Celestial Empire cannot circulate.

The wild mountains and forests at night are full of danger.

Soon, Zhang Ling left the mountain forest.

He looked back and saw that the filthy air between heaven and earth could be vaguely seen. In the dark mountains and forests, they seemed to have transformed into various terrifying shapes, some were extremely ferocious, or some were attracting people like monsters.

Even Zhang Ling felt as if he were looking directly into a dark abyss when he took a look at the dark mountains and forests, mixed with the filthy air between heaven and earth.

"This world is too weird and dangerous!"

Upon seeing this, Zhang Ling immediately gave up the idea of ​​finding a place deep in the mountains and forests to practice alone.

After all, although he has now entered the realm of 'refining energy and transforming it into energy', he still has many methods that he has not yet perfected.

There are many dangers in going out rashly.

"Stay in the Taoist temple first, just be careful of Wu Duweng's relatives and friends."

"If something goes wrong, it's the worst possible outcome and we'll just walk away."

Zhang Ling made up his mind and headed towards the Taoist temple.

With the help of the Taoist temple, he was able to practice at night.

With the 'Pegasus and Cloud Feet' under his feet, Zhang Ling was not slow. After leaving the forest, there was still a wilderness.

Zhang Ling was about to pass quickly, but he paused slightly in the middle.

"Why did Liu Dashan appear here?"

Zhang Ling suddenly saw Liu Dashan's figure.

He looked up and saw that it was already night, the sky was dark, there was only the faint light of the stars and the moon, Liu Dashan was still lingering outside, something was a little abnormal.

Zhang Ling changed direction and approached Liu Dashan.

Looking closer, Zhang Ling saw Liu Dashan lowering his head to look for him. There were wicker baskets on his back and waist, and a pair of pliers in his hand.

"Liu Dashan, why don't you come home at night?" Zhang Ling asked.

Liu Dashan looked up and saw Zhang Ling.

"Hello, Chief Taoist!"

After saying hello, Liu Dashan scratched his head with the hand holding the pliers and said, "It's not like someone in town wants to buy live scorpions and snakes at a high price, so I went out to catch some at night."

"Someone is buying snakes and scorpions at a high price?"

Hearing this, Zhang Ling frowned.

He had already beheaded Wu Duweng, so why would anyone buy live scorpions and snakes?
  Zhang Ling asked: "When will it be acquired?"

Liu Dashan replied: "Just today, I am still spreading news in the town and buying it at a high price."

Zhang Ling frowned and couldn't help but think to himself: "Could it be that there are other people nearby who are practicing techniques like "Earth Scorpion Tongsha Jue", so they need live scorpions?"

“So what’s the point of needing live snakes?”

"Will it be related to Wu Duweng?"

(End of this chapter)