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Chapter 138 Laoshan Road? No! Meishan Road! (Please vote for me! Please subscribe!)

I saw the young Taoist unbuttoning his clothes, and then shaking them on the fire. The Taoist robe was suspended in the sky above the fire. After he added a few handfuls of firewood to the fire, he quickly drew symbols in the air with his fingers and said:

"The world is infinite, the five elements borrow laws, and are as urgent as laws and regulations! They cause fire!"

A magical scene happened.

As the young Taoist chanted the incantation, the talisman drawn in the void immediately rushed into the Taoist robe, and then the fire below suddenly ignited into a fire several meters high, surrounding the Taoist robe above.

The miraculous thing is that although the Taoist robe was surrounded by fire, it did not burn. Instead, the dust and water stains inside the Taoist robe immediately turned into white mist and dissipated in the air.

Chen Yan, who was hiding in the shadows, raised his eyebrows. The Taoist's method of burning Taoist robes was similar to the Taoist's 'Qingfeng Technique', both of which were used for cleaning.

It's just that this is the first time Chen Yan has seen this operation of burning Taoist robes to wash away dust. It's like this young Taoist has to climb over the wall when he has a door. It's a bit outrageous.

It was at this time that the young Taoist finally noticed the presence of other people in the main hall. He was immediately startled, jumped up from the ground, took the broad sword beside him with one hand, turned around like flowing water, drew the sword, and was on guard. said:

"Who's there! Who's sneaking around here?"

"sneaking?"

Chen Yan walked out of the shadows, walked unceremoniously to the fire and sat down, followed by Fa Cai and Hei Hu. He looked at the wary young Taoist and said with a smile:

"It seems that I came to this Taoist temple first. If you want to be sneaky, I wonder if this wandering Taoist who doesn't even go to the main entrance is more suspicious?"

After seeing clearly that it was a middle-aged Taoist priest wearing Taoist robes who came out of the darkness, the young Taoist breathed a sigh of relief and lowered his guard a little. After hearing Chen Yan's words, his face turned red and he scratched his head in embarrassment. He scratched his head, smiled awkwardly, put the broad sword back into its scabbard, saluted Chen Yan, and said:

"I didn't know that the Taoist priest was already resting in the temple. I was so abrupt and rushed in. I hope that the Taoist priest will forgive me."

"Fellow Taoist is in trouble!"

Chen Yan smiled: "This is a deserted temple in the mountains. I don't own it alone. Everyone is looking for a place to stay, so why should we be so polite?"

"Hahaha! The Taoist priest is right, it's because he's dressing up!"

The young Taoist sat down with a smile, put the broad sword beside him, took out a pot of strong wine from the treasure box, took a sip, and politely said:

"My dear, Zhang Tianzheng, haven't you asked the Taoist Master for his name?"

"Lin Jiuying."

Chen Yan's eyes were light and he opened his mouth to spit out three words without even raising his eyelids.

"Lin Jiuying..."

Zhang Tianzheng muttered to himself, as if he was wondering if he had heard of this name before.

"Fellow Taoist, you don't have to think too much. It's normal for a fellow Taoist to have never heard of someone just sitting idle in the mountains."

Chen Yan smiled and said that he randomly picked up a vest, which would be strange if Guan Zheng had heard of it.

Guan Zheng smiled awkwardly and scratched his head in embarrassment.

As the saying goes, the more you talk, the more mistakes you make. Chen Yan was not prepared to talk too much on this topic. He suddenly noticed the pattern on the broad sword in Zhang Tianzheng's hand, looked at it for a moment, and opened his mouth to say:

"I wonder if Fellow Taoist can borrow a sword to watch with Lin?"

"of course can!"

I don’t know if Zhang Tianzheng is so unsuspecting by nature, or if he just pretends not to care. In short, after Chen Yan made this seemingly rude request, he agreed without any hesitation, without the slightest hint of wariness or hesitation. Then he handed the sword to Chen Yan.

Chen Yan took the sword and opened it. He saw that the blade of this broad sword was four fingers wide and three and a half feet long. The hilt was carved with five bats. The tail of the sword was inlaid with red jade and Luo Shu. There are hundreds of Taoist talismans engraved with extremely fine micro-carvings, most of which are Taoist talismans for exorcising ghosts and killing demons. Turning his eyes, he looked at a pattern at the connection between the hilt and the blade of the broad sword, a towering mountain peak shrouded in clouds and mist. This pattern was not unfamiliar to Chen Yan, because he had seen it from the grain collection officers and soldiers in Taiping Village. I saw exactly the same pattern on the Laoshan Order.

It can't be said that they are exactly the same, because the mountain pattern on Zhang Tianzheng's broad sword is still somewhat different from that of Laoshan, but the difference is not big.

People from Laoshan Road?

Chen Yan narrowed his eyes, but didn't say much. He closed the sword, gave it back to the young Taoist, and said:

"What a sword! It is indeed a fine steel talisman sword!"

Speaking of this, Chen Yan changed the subject and said:

"But... I wonder what your relationship is with Laoshan Road?"

After saying that, he looked directly at the young Taoist with bright eyes.

Facing Chen Yan's piercing gaze, Zhang Tianzheng looked very calm, as if he was no longer prepared to hide anything. He nodded, clasped his fists and said bluntly:

"Yes, I am from Laoshan, but not from Laoshan Road, but from [Meishan Road]."

"Meishan Road?"

Zhang Tianzheng nodded seriously, seeming to understand the difference between Meishan and Laoshan, and explained specifically:

"Our Meishan is different from those left-leaning sects in Laoshan. Although our Meishan is not included in the immortal Buddha authentic sect, it still has a history that is not inferior to the immortal Buddha authentic sect. The founder of the altar, Zhang Wulang, the ancestor Zeng Taishang Laojun, passed down Although the Dharma is not the true teaching of Taoism, it is still the authentic teaching of Taoism.”

"It turns out that he is a disciple and descendant of the ancestor Zhang Wulang of Meishan. It's disrespectful and disrespectful!"

Chen Yan stood in awe and returned the greeting with his hands in hand.

This was not the first time Chen Yan heard about Meishan. From the ancient Taoist books passed down to him by Liu Laodao, he also knew that there was such a school in Taoism. He called himself the Meishan Water Master, and he was good at treating soil, controlling evil, promoting birth, and controlling shock. He is proficient in everything from expelling evil masters to using the Five Thunders and Fires to strike spirits and cure evil spirits, etc.

A bit like a wandering Taoist priest, but because of his low orthodoxy, how should I say, he has always been rejected and suppressed by the authentic Taoist sect.

At least the Lingshan Taoist sect doesn't really recognize this 'poor relative'.

Otherwise, the gate of Meishan should not be in Laoshan, but in Lingshan.

Chen Yan originally thought that the Meishan sect had died out a long time ago, but he didn't expect that it was still passed down to this day. Moreover, it seemed that he had mixed in with the heretics and settled in Laoshan?

It’s just that it seems that Meishan’s ancestral precepts have been passed down very well. Even though he is in a heretical place like Laoshan, he still believes in the Taoist ancestral precepts and has not joined the ghost path and corpse path of Laoshan.

From Zhang Tianzheng's talisman sword engraved with hundreds of Taoist talismans, it is easy to see that the inheritance of Laoshan Meishan is quite complete, but it is unknown what position it occupies in this 'Laoshan Tao'...

Chen Yan had a lot of thoughts in his heart, but his face remained calm. He raised his hands and asked again:

"If Lin remembers correctly, Laoshan Mountain should be in western Hunan. How did Fellow Daoist Zhang come to Changze County? Of course, if it is inconvenient, Fellow Daoist does not need to disclose it."

"There is nothing to disclose."

Zhang Tianzheng smiled casually, then his face became serious, and he said sternly:

"I'm here to get rid of this [Black Mountain] Third Master Yin Wuchang!"

……

(End of this chapter)