Fuji Avenue
Chapter 345
Chapter 345
(One)
The famous soul-suppressing tower has a history of at least 50 years since its first sub-tower, the demon-suppressing tower, was built by monks in the middle ages of Hongran Realm.
More than 50 years.
Even the Taoist Enlightenment Realm, which theoretically does not have a lifespan limit, has been washed away by a big catastrophe in 5000 years and a small catastrophe in 3000 years, and I don’t know how many times it died.
More than 50 years of wind and rain, sun and rain.
The vast power of the years has left a deep imprint on the outermost wall of the Demon Town Tower.
The color of the walls has long been mottled like the words "long history".
The erosion of wind and rain has bitten the evidence of many years' rotation on the wall.
But the body of the tower stands firmly, and the formation inside the tower is eternal.
When the pagoda was built, it had been a long time since several super sects opened up this world; the Confucian super sect [Zhou Gong] had not yet been wiped out by Chang Yuanzong.
At that time, the Demon Suppressing Tower was built to imprison the ancient demon clan who were still raging in the Hongran Realm in the Middle Ages.
Far different from the demon cultivators and evil cultivators who have gone the way of demons today, the ancient demon clan has inherited bloody violence, cruelty, and bloodthirsty madness from the root of their blood.
They have been unscrupulously crazy in various interfaces, and finally angered the irresistible existence, and also brought disaster to themselves.
But that bloody history is forever engraved on the monument of the evolution and development of Zhuqian Interface.
In Zhuqian Interface, there is also a powerful person who has lived from the Middle Ages to the present. He still has lingering fears about the crazy scene of ancient demons raging and the extinction of hundreds of millions of living beings.
Even now, there are still a few ancient demons in the Demon Suppressing Tower who are stubborn and unyielding.
But thinking about it, under the transformation of the top-level Buddhist formation arranged by Da Neng of Fahua Temple, it can't last tens of thousands of years.
After the Zhenmo Tower, the remaining three sub-towers——Suppressing Demon Tower, Zhenxie Tower, and Zhenjiao Tower were built one after another in a mighty way.
The establishment and formation of each sub-tower is inseparable from the long and profound history of Hongran Realm.
30 years ago, the riots of wild beasts;
The rise of the Wanshan Yaozu 10 years ago;
3 years ago, the disaster of demon cultivators and evil cultivators in the outer sea.
There are also countless disasters, large and small, during this period.
These old pagodas also witnessed the magnificent epic of monk Hongran who has gone through tens of thousands of years of wind, frost, rain and snow, ushered in and defeated countless powerful enemies, but still stands still.
It is also because of this that for thousands of years, when facing the invading enemy in front of them-the Horn people, the monks of the human race have always held the belief and fighting spirit that they must win.
Meet them, face them, defeat them, destroy or drive them away.
Just like what monk Hongran has been doing for the past 50 years.
……
If a monk flies to the sky and looks down, he can see that the positions of the four towers are connected together, like a square with four corners, east, west, north, south.
They are separated by more than a hundred miles.The tower is surrounded by dense and endless [Origin Forest].
Because it is in the southeast of the mainland and not too far from the sea, the forest is evergreen all year round.
The rainy season is long, the air is humid, and the green sea is boundless.
Even if the sun is often invisible, the scenery is very good.
If you want to identify the direction, the Zhenxie Tower is in the east, the Zhenjiao Tower is in the west, the Demon-Suppressing Tower is in the south, and the Demon-Suppressing Tower is in the north.
This layout makes some sense.
Traitors from the human race were imprisoned in the Zhenxie Pagoda, as well as some monks who committed serious mistakes.
But most of them are evil cultivators and devil cultivators who have entered the demonic way.
Their base camp is in the East China Sea.
The Zhenjiao tower faces west, and the northwest is the camp of the Jiao tribe.
The Zhenyao Pagoda faces north, and the north is the territory of the demon clan.Of course, a few violent beasts were also imprisoned inside.
In this way, the ancient demons that once ravaged the Hongran Realm should have been active in the south.
It is a pity that there are very few textual research documents handed down from that era.
In the center of the four sub-towers stands a lonely mountain named Exorcism. There are sixth-order five-element veins with rich aura in the mountain, which are used for the monks guarding here to cultivate.
Each of the four sub-towers is equipped with a high-level formation, and the formations are closely related to each other, and they gather together to form a four-in-one comprehensive formation.
The core of the formation is on the Exorcism Peak, and the spiritual power driving the formation is provided by the sixth-order spiritual veins in the mountain.
During normal operation, it does not consume much aura.
When using the many powers of the large formation, it has to rely on the rich aura of the sixth-order spiritual veins.
In the very beginning, the Soul Rescue Pagoda was jointly guarded by the four sects that first opened up this world—four sub-pagodas, exactly one for each family.
However, since the Zhou Palace was destroyed, Chang Yuanzong took on the task of guarding the two sub-towers.
Gradually, he became the hegemon in this world.
For Chang Yuanzong, the successive suzerains and elders seem to feel that guarding the Soul Rescue Tower is Chang Yuanzong's status and symbol in this world - the overlord who maintains peace in this world.
As for the Fahua Temple and the Beastman Pagoda, they gradually became less willing to send enlightened monks to guard them.
Because there is only one sixth-order spiritual vein.
It's not interesting to fight with the monks of Chang Yuanzong, and you can't compete.
What's more, the spiritual veins have to be used by the large formation.
There have been many changes since then.
In short, as of today, there are only two guards of the Enlightenment Realm stationed on the Exorcism Peak all year round, from Chang Yuanzong.
One is Xingnan Road of the Law Enforcement Hall, and the other is Lu Ying of the Secret Hall.
Both the secret hall and the law enforcement hall hold a neutral attitude in Chang Yuanzong, neither relying on the pigeons nor the eagles - there is no conflict between the two people's positions, and there will be no conflicts when they cooperate.
Thus, one old and one young, a man and a woman, became unattainable existences in the Soul Suppressing Pagoda.
Going down Xingnan Road and Lu Ying, there are two tower owners in each tower watching.Below the tower master is the floor master of the ground bridge realm, and further down is the team leader of the psychic realm.
Strict and clear hierarchy system.
In addition to the Exorcism Peak, there are also some fourth-order, third-order, and second-order spiritual veins scattered in the Zhenhun Tower area, scattered like scattered pearls on the beach.
And Chang Yuanzong's disciples guarding the soul tower are arranged in these spiritual veins in an orderly manner.
There is no delay in practice and on duty.
In a forest near the town corner tower, there is an unnamed short mountain.
There are second-level spiritual veins in the mountain, and there are caves, practice rooms, dormitories and so on for the monks of the town corner tower on the spiritual veins.
The story begins here.
(two)
This is another unremarkable day in the hundreds of thousands of years since the Soul Rescue Pagoda existed.
The sun shone obliquely through the carved willow windows.Warm picture.
It shone warmly on the face of Zhang Xiaoshan, the psychic guardian cultivator of the Town Corner Tower.
So Zhang Xiaoshan woke up from his sleep, half-closed his eyes and opened his eyes.
"Good day," he thought to himself.
It's nice to have sunshine.
Had enough of the rainy days.
"Dojo!"
He murmured, and suddenly thought of Lu Ying's patriarch's training dojo today, and his mood suddenly became much brighter.
He sat up abruptly, walked out of the dormitory in a few steps, went to the next door and knocked hard a few times.
"Who is it?" A resentful voice came from inside: "Can you make people sleep well?"
After finishing speaking, the door opened, and a man with disheveled clothes, eyes that could not be opened, and a face full of laziness and laziness walked out.
If the man was willing to open his eyes a little wider, he would still be handsome.
"What time is it?" Zhang Xiaoshan looked at the man in front of him, and said dissatisfiedly, "It's our turn to be on duty tonight, so get up early and get ready."
The name of this tired and lazy man is Lu Fan, who is in the middle of the psychic realm.
Lu Fan came to Zhenhun Pagoda about five years ago. As a direct descendant of the Lu family in the secret hall, he has good cultivation and a good background, but now he is just a deputy captain, assisting Zhang Xiaoshan on duty. It can be said that he is very poor. .
It can also be seen that he is not only tired of his appearance, but also his practice and guarding are probably not taken seriously.
"On-duty mission?"
When Lu Fan heard this, his eyes widened and he was taken aback for a moment, "Isn't it too early?"
Then he understood: "You boy, you can't wait to go to Patriarch Lu's dojo!"
He giggled dryly, winking at Zhang Xiaoshan, "Good job! Even dare to attack the old ancestor's idea, Youdao is brave to death, starving to death cowardly, not wanting to soak up the scum of the old ancestor is not good cannon fodder... ..."
Halfway through the speech, Zhang Xiaofeng turned pale with fright, and quickly blocked his mouth: "Are you crazy? Shut up..."
"You don't dare to let others say it if you dare to think about it?" Although Lu Fan's mouth was blocked, he was still muttering, "You don't even think about what the ancestor's Zhenhai beast is—the six-eared macaque, What doesn't she know?"
Zhang Xiaoshan let go of his mouth and sighed: "There are many people who admire the ancestors in the Zhenhun Pagoda, and I am not one more. We can just think about it in our hearts, and it is disrespectful to say it out of our mouths."
"What are you afraid of? The ancestor also cultivated from the door-opening state disciple..."
Without waiting for Lu Fan to finish speaking, Zhang Xiaoshan pulled him out of the room, and the two walked out together.
In fact, Zhang Xiaoshan felt a little strange in his heart.
According to legend, Lu Ying's ancestor's Zhenhai beast is a six-eared macaque, which walks the road of forgetting everything and knowing everything, and naturally knows everything about everything.
But in the territory of Zhenhun Pagoda, there are many disciples like herself who admire her.Some people even want to talk nonsense in private.
What's even more frightening is that he also heard that some daring disciples had "fought the whisk" in front of the portrait of the ancestor in private.
Things are so heinous, but I have never seen the ancestor punish anyone in the open and in the dark.
The guy who made the whisk was still alive and well, running around.
Is it because the ancestor didn't care about it, or the legendary all-knowing supernatural power is not what everyone imagined.
As one of Lu Ying's admirers, he couldn't help but guess.
After all, at Lu Ying's noble and unfathomable state, it's hard to imagine that she would tolerate others molesting herself—even if it's just in front of the portrait.
Thinking of this, he suddenly realized that he was also being disrespectful to Lu Ying, and quickly shook his head to interrupt his thoughts.
It is indeed a little early to go to the dojo to give lectures now, but most of them can occupy a front position.
Of course he will fight for it.
Walking outside the door, you can see the scenery around the town corner tower.
It used to be just a monotonous old tung tree forest, a piece of green.
A few years ago, some unknown small yellow flowers gradually grew on the turf in the forest, fragmented, tender yellow, very pleasing.
Zhang Xiaoshan stopped here, staring at the scenery in front of him in a daze.
Lu Fan patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Why, I think there is a problem again."
The tone was full of teasing.
Zhang Xiaoshan smiled helplessly.
Regarding the little yellow flower of unknown origin, he was suspicious from the very beginning and investigated it specially.
According to some plant reference books, two plants were found to be similar in shape to these small yellow flowers.
One is a common wild flower.
The other is more terrifying.The konjac flower from the East China Sea is said to be naturally capable of breeding magic energy.If the quantity is too large, the soil can even be changed into magic soil—a soil that is very suitable for the life and cultivation of magic cultivators.
After finding this out, he was of course taken aback.
Soon went to collect many goldenrod specimens for testing.But the result was obviously a false alarm, these yellow flowers didn't have any magic energy.
Later, his immediate superior in the secret hall told him that the seeds of these small yellow flowers were carried in the droppings of some new looking birds in the origin forest.
The droppings of the birds fell to the ground, and small yellow flowers grew out of the soil.
At the beginning, many people were as suspicious as Zhang Xiaoshan, but after the investigation results came out, everyone gradually forgot about it.
I have no interest in asking the bottom of the small yellow flowers that grow naturally on the grass.
But because of the appearance of yellow flowers, the scenery of Origin Forest is getting better and better.Many people think so.
Zhang Xiaoshan alone feels that these flowers are always somewhat evil, and he always feels a little awkward when he sees the appearance of flowers.
As for how these lookout birds suddenly appeared.
Some people have studied that tens of thousands of years ago, a group of home-seeking birds lived here.Later, for unknown reasons, he was driven away by the monks who guarded the Soul Tower at that time.
After thousands of years, they returned again.
It is worthy of being called the lookout bird.
Thinking of this, he looked up at the tree, and a lookout bird with beautiful yellow feathers stood on the treetop and looked at him.There was a gloomy light in his eyes.
He suddenly felt a chill all over his body, stretched out his hand, shot out a stream of mana, and was about to roll it into his hand.
"Come on, what's the fun of a broken bird?"
Lu Fan pulled him towards the dojo.
At this moment, the looking-home bird waved its wings and disappeared in a single flight.
Zhang Xiaoshan had no choice but to give up the sudden idea just now.
(three)
Zhang Xiaoshan and Lu Fan hadn't walked far when they met a few door-opening disciples wearing the clothes of the law enforcement hall, and saluted them respectfully.
Zhang Xiaoshan nodded.He thought to himself that it was not easy for me, a disciple with an outside surname and mediocre aptitude, to be able to become the small leader of the secret hall in the town corner tower.
After several disciples saluted, they headed south.
"and many more!"
Zhang Xiaoshan suddenly felt a little strange, and quickly stopped them: "If I remember correctly, you are all from the Demon Suppressing Tower, what are you doing in the Demon Suppressing Tower?"
Several people stopped quickly, with some surprised expressions on their faces, and one of them said, "Go find someone."
"Who are you looking for?"
"Senior Xingding of the Demon Town Tower."
"What do you want him to do?"
"During the night watch last night, several of our teams found some suspicious figures. We spent a lot of effort to surround them..."
"and then?"
"It's a pity that I still told them to run away. One person seemed to use a spell beyond the scope of his ability, and was backlashed, leaving no scum. The rest of the people are missing..."
"Escaped? How many teams do you have?"
"A dozen or so."
"This also makes the enemy escape?" Zhang Xiaoshan was a little surprised.
"Our captain guessed that it is very likely that he escaped with some kind of space magic power."
"Then why are you looking for Xingding?"
Zhang Xiaoshan spared for a long time, but finally came back.
"Although there is no trace of the enemy at the scene, we suspect that the cultivator who was backlashed by the spell still has some breath left, so..."
"So, you want Captain Xingding to test the opponent's background?"
"Yes."
"Has this matter been reported?" Zhang Xiaoshan frowned and asked suddenly.
All the disciples shut up and stopped talking.
Their performance also proved that what happened last night must have not been reported to the higher level according to the prescribed procedures.
Thinking about it, more than a dozen teams arrested a few people, but they were also run away by the other party.
If you report this kind of thing, you will be scolded as a wimp.Maybe it will also affect the evaluation of future merit points.
Several small teams teamed up, and it was the most cost-effective choice to omit the report and conceal the report.
Such things have not been seen since Zhang Xiaoshan was assigned to work in the Zhenhun Pagoda.
"Does Patriarch Lu Ying know about these things?" He couldn't help wondering again.
Forget it, he doesn't care whether Lu Ying knows or not.
But the current situation, he is very uncomfortable.
"How could such a big event not be reported? If these people are the remnants of the ancient demons, the spies of the horn clan..."
"Okay, don't talk about it." Just as he was halfway through, he was dragged away by Lu Fan's arm, "Are you taking it easy?"
When Lu Fan tried to dissuade them, several door-opening disciples were relieved and hurried away together.
Zhang Xiaoshan wanted to say something, but was stopped by Lu Fan, "You, you, do you think you are a law enforcement team, or a picket team? These people are not under your command, why stop them..."
"Even if those teams really concealed the report, what does it have to do with you? Why offend the people in the Law Enforcement Hall? What's the benefit? What's more, everyone bows their heads and doesn't look up..."
"Others will definitely think this way—you are just a small captain now, and you like to investigate things like this. If you become a floor master in the future, will it be okay? Is there any good job for the underlings? I will definitely give it to you. Damn you, you're still an ass..."
Zhang Xiaoshan originally planned to report the matter in person, but he had no choice but to give up after being nagged.
But he didn't know that this abandonment turned into a big mess.
He thought for a while, looked at the backs of these people, sighed, and said, "It's not just what happened last night. Don't you think these people are a little strange?"
"how?"
"It's said that I'm going to invite Xingding, can I go alone? Why do several people form a group and go together?"
"Well..." Lu Fan scratched his head, and he didn't know how to answer this question.
"Shall we stop them again and ask?"
"Forget it," Lu Fan looked at the backs of the few people who had gone away, feeling a little lazy, "Maybe, this is a sign of grandeur and etiquette. After all, it is the team leader who asks the team leader, or ask for something. It’s fine if you don’t go, but sending only one door-opening disciple, it’s inevitable that it’s a bit thin, right?”
"There are so many captains there, why not arrange for one to invite? Or, isn't there a letter talisman, wouldn't it be good for these captains to write a letter in person?"
"Why do you have so many questions?" Lu Fan said helplessly, "Aren't you tired of living like this?"
But Zhang Xiaoshan said: "Should we go to the place where the accident happened? By the way, ask the captains what happened."
Lu Fan really convinced him, to the point of persuasion, the other party is still thinking about making trouble.You know, he is the person who hates trouble the most.
"Let's go, if you go to other places to delay the practice, your Lu Patriarch's dojo will be overcrowded..."
So, he dragged Zhang Xiaoshan away abruptly.
(four)
On the way to the dojo, the scenery is the same all the way.
Endless trees and scattered small yellow flowers.
These small yellow flowers were originally only around the town corner tower, but I didn't expect that they would gradually bloom everywhere.
Zhang Xiaoshan picked one at random, and held it in his hand to observe carefully as he walked—it still looked ordinary.
"You still don't give up?" Lu Fan shook his head and smiled, "To be honest, I think you have delusions of persecution or something. Otherwise, why would you be so suspicious."
"Maybe," Zhang Xiaoshan smiled wryly, "I always feel that someone is planning something in the dark, and maybe something big will happen soon."
"Sure enough," Lu Fan looked at her with strange eyes: "However, your Gale Pika is not a sea-suppressing beast of perception or fate..."
"You probably don't know the Gale Pika," Zhang Xiaoshan said, "This kind of strange beast that grows on the plateau doesn't have any powerful fighting skills, but it is always very alert."
"That's true," Lu Fan thought for a while, and replied: "According to the monk world, most of the sea-suppressing beasts that every monk is born with are related to human nature, and in the process of growing up, the monk's personality is affected. and thinking. You are probably born very sensitive, and the day after tomorrow you will be affected by this Gale Pika..."
He said, stretched his waist, and looked around boredly, "I really hope that something will really happen in the Tower of Souls, otherwise this life will be too boring."
"What happened?"
"Yeah," Lu Fan said, showing his hidden sense of adventure and thrill-seeking, "Think about it, what kind of terrifying existences are suppressed in these four sub-towers? What if something happens here? , that would be amazing—”
He began to snap his fingers and said, "The ancient demons in the Middle Ages, it is said that there are Faceless Demon, Voldemort, Five Yin Demons, Trouble Demons, and Extreme Sky Demons, which have long since disappeared."
"The legendary cultivator of Dao enlightenment—it seems that Wuyin Sanren and Yugu are in the Zhenxie Pagoda,"
"Ancient fierce beasts, some people say that Jiuying and Qiongqi were crushed in the Demon Suppressing Tower..."
"If these vicious beasts escape," Zhang Xiaoshan picked up his words, "our little lives will be over."
"That's not necessarily the case," Lu Fan shook his head: "Most of these vicious spirits have turned into ethereal bodies, and after so many years of being consumed by the big formation, there is probably nothing left of their abilities... We have Lu Ying and Xing Nanlu who are enlightened Jing Patriarch Township, coupled with the terrifying power of the four-tower formation, even if these monsters escape together, it may not be possible to escape a few... This is a bit regrettable."
Zhang Xiaoshan nodded noncommittally.I feel a little unconcerned—are they really the two Dao Enlightenment Patriarchs? Xing Nanlu is too old, and the great catastrophe of Tao Enlightenment is getting worse every time. It is heard that Xing Nan Lu will probably not be able to pass the next catastrophe that is coming soon up.
In this way, he must put all his thoughts on how to survive the next catastrophe. The only person that Zhenhun Pagoda can really rely on is Lu Ying.
But Lu Ying... Lu Ying's ancestor's situation, Zhang Xiaoshan always felt a little weird.
"Actually, I've always been very curious," he suddenly thought of something, and asked, "What do you think the ancestors are doing with these scary things under the tower? If they can be wiped out, they will be completely wiped out, in case they come out one day... ..."
"Of course it eliminates trouble." Regarding this matter, Lu Fan knows some details, "But there are some fierce gods with monstrous abilities and cultivation bases that you can't imagine. There is no way for the soul to be completely destroyed in a short while."
"Is that why?" Zhang Xiaoshan frowned and asked, "Can most of the criminals in the tower be eliminated?"
Lu Fan turned back and said with a strange smile, "Of course, there are more important reasons. Why did the sect take over the duty of guarding the Soul Suppressing Tower? Making a living is not for nothing—think about it, these demons and ghosts are thousands of years old. Even if a monster cultivated for thousands of years is dead, its body and soul are rare treasures, so it would be a pity to let them go to waste..."
When he said this, he stopped.
"What is it used for? You should finish talking."
Lu Fan laughed and said, "It's better for you to know less."
(Fives)
After leaving the Wuming Mountain, the two of them went to the dojo in mid-air, and when they got to the top of the giant tree, they looked around, and the four towers looked like four proudly standing peaks.
The exorcism peak in the middle is even more majestic and majestic, towering into the clouds, like the magic needle of Dinghai that shocked the four towers of Zhenhun.
It is also like a huge finger poking down from the clouds by a giant in the God Realm, firmly pressing the land of the Hongran Realm on the ground.
Even if you have seen this kind of scenery countless times, you will still feel extremely shocked.
The lecture hall is located in the main hall not far from Exorcism Mountain.
In the process of walking towards the dojo, the proportion of Exorcism Mountain in the field of vision is getting larger and larger.Gradually, the sky will be overshadowed.
They saw many monks going to the Exorcism Mountain from all directions, as if they were on a pilgrimage.But in fact, it is natural to go to the dojo.Come to think of it, all the monks who are not on duty in the Soul Suppression Tower will come here today.
And there is still some time before the dojo, so many people can't wait to enter the arena, which also shows Lu Ying's charm.
In fact, in the Zhenhun Pagoda, most people knew that Lu Ying was walking the path of forgetting emotions and knowing everything.
Forget about it, forget about it.Too forgetful.
According to the Taoist explanation, forgetting love does not mean that there is no love, but that there is love, but it can be unmoved by emotion, forget love when it is love, and transcend the world.
Nine out of ten people can understand this sentence, but nine out of ten people can't understand this state.
But since Lu Ying chose the way of Wangqing, she must have nothing to do with other men.
Such people who are destined to be lonely all their lives are most suitable for low-level monks who are at the bottom of the monk world to go to Xiaoxiang.
Beautiful and unique, refined and forgetful, it seems to have a legendary story.
What a pleasure it would be if this woman who wanted to be the most superior woman surrendered to her feet.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaoshan quickly shook his head.
"Of course I'm different from those people," he thought.
When I looked up again, I had already arrived at the main hall where the Dojo was built.
Needless to say, the magnificent momentum.People come and go, that's for sure.
The two hurriedly squeezed into the front row, but there was no need to be optimistic, because the front was already overcrowded.
While digging through the crowd, Lu Fan smiled at Zhang Xiaoshan and said, "Look, thanks to me stopping you. If it was later and told you to trouble those people, at the beginning of the dojo, I'm afraid we can only do it." out the door."
Zhang Xiaoshan smiled wryly: "When I met those people, there were also strange things, which made me feel a little restless. Maybe I will delay listening to the dojo later. If you didn't sleep late, I would have come here long ago. After coming here, you won’t meet those few people, and you can still occupy a good position.”
Lu Fan laughed and said, "Okay, I'm the one to blame."
The two of them finally found an empty seat that was connected together.
Before he settled down, he suddenly heard someone say, "Oh, it's you two."
The two people heard the voice very familiar, and when they looked back, there was a middle-aged monk with a lonely expression sitting beside him, and a beautiful woman sitting beside the middle-aged man, who also looked at the two of them.
"Leader?" Zhang Xiaoshan greeted him.
The middle-aged man nodded.
Of course Zhang Xiaoshan is familiar with the middle-aged man in front of him.
It was him and Lu Fan's immediate boss, Lu Mingyu, a descendant of the Lu family branch who was in charge of guarding the top floor of the Town Corner Tower.The story of Little Yellow Flower and Wangxiang Bird was told by Lu Mingyu.
"The floor master also came to listen to the lecture?" He thought for a while and asked.
"Aren't you talking nonsense?" Before Lu Mingyu could answer, Lu Fan rushed to say: "What else can you do if you don't come to listen to the lecture?"
Zhang Xiaoshan looked at Lu Fan helplessly.Of course he knew what to do when he came to the dojo.
But Lu Mingyu's coming to the dojo was a little strange.Judging from past performance, he spends most of his time immersed in cultivation or doing other things, and rarely comes to the dojo to listen to lectures.
Lu Mingyu replied blankly: "I remember you two are on duty tonight?"
"Yes"
"I'll go back to check the post at night."
Zhang Xiaoshan was a little speechless.If the matter of Chagang is told in advance, would it still make sense?He didn't understand the meaning of this sentence.
When he looked at Lu Mingyu again, the other party had already turned his head and looked at the large platform in the center of the dojo—there was a simple square table on the platform, and Lu Ying would start to preach behind the square table soon.Coupled with the dense crowd in the audience, this is a bit like the storytelling scene of the storytellers in ordinary people.
Zhang Xiaoshan looked at the square table, and looked at Lu Mingyu from the corner of his eye. For some reason, although the other party was looking forward very seriously, Zhang Xiaoshan clearly felt some strong sadness from his expression.
This reminded him of something about Lu Mingyu.
Lu Mingyu's aptitude is actually very good. He entered the Earth Bridge Realm at a young age, and his journey has been smooth since then. He is very likely to break through to the Heaven and Human Realm, and he is trained as a promising junior in the secret hall.
It's a pity that God failed to fulfill his wishes. When he was ordered to perform a mission, he was seriously injured, which affected the inner sea, and it became difficult for him to practice in the future.
It is really tragic for Lu Mingyu to cut off the hope of Dao because of the mission of the sect.I heard that the secret hall gave Lu Mingyu a lot of comfort and compensation, but the Dao is gone, so what's the use of compensation?
Later, because of his injury, Lu Mingyu gradually left the circle that the secret hall focused on training.Only the post he was originally in charge of guarding was still important.
Lu Mingyu's experience seemed to remind Zhang Xiaoshan of something.
According to Zhang Xiaoshan's observation, in the past two or three years, Lu Mingyu himself seems to have given up on cultivation, and he found a good-looking Taoist companion from somewhere, and took her to travel around the mountains and rivers near the Zhenhun Pagoda during his shifts. In the leisurely two-person world.
The woman sitting next to Lu Mingyu at this moment should be his chosen Taoist companion.
Some people also said that since Lu Mingyu was injured, he had been squeezed out by a certain Heavenly Human Realm cultivator in the secret hall, making all kinds of troubles and tricks, and there were even rumors that he would be dismissed from his current post in charge.Being an idler in the Zhenhun Pagoda, without merit points, he can't practice, and even low-level disciples will look down on him, so he will give up on himself.
I don't know if the rumors are true or not, but in short, this is a very unwilling person.
Zhang Xiaoshan prayed silently in his heart, hoping that he would not have such bad luck as Lu Mingyu.
"Is there something wrong?" Lu Mingyu seemed to notice his slanted vision, suddenly turned his head, and asked lightly.
"No."
Zhang Xiaoshan shook his head hastily, thinking that in front of a cultivator at the ground bridge level, even taking a sneak peek would be a bit daring.
However, logically speaking, don't the floor masters of the Earth Bridge Realm have quiet small private rooms on the second and third floors of the dojo to watch? How could Lu Mingyu go to the first floor to get together with low-level disciples?
Thinking of this, he turned his neck, looked up, and at the back of the hall, he could see the box compartments on the second and third floors.Extending more than a hundred feet from the back wall of the hall
The private rooms on the second floor are very small, about two hundred or so, and there are some ground bridge monks sitting in them.
The private rooms on the third floor are very large, with a total of eight rooms, which are provided for the eight heavenly and human realm pagoda owners of Zhenhun Pagoda.Although there is no name written on the private room, Zhang Xiaoshan clearly knows which tower master is sitting in each private room.
In the two private rooms on the far left, there are two tower owners sitting in the corner tower.Among them is Lu Hai, who was just the same level master as Lu Mingyu a few years ago, but after breaking through the Heavenly Human Realm, everything is different.
It has always been Zhang Xiaoshan's dream to sit in these eight private rooms one day.
(six)
Many people came in one after another in the hall. Fortunately, the ventilation and cleaning formations were running all the time, and there was no uncomfortable smell in the air.
After about three hours.
Zhang Xiaoshan was talking to Lu Fan.
On the podium in the center of the dojo, a figure in white suddenly appeared behind the square table.
There was no sign or sound at all, as if she had been sitting there all this time, but no one else was allowed to see her before.
The hall suddenly fell silent.
For a moment, it seemed that even the sound of hair falling to the ground could be heard.
Zhang Xiaoshan looked up at the woman on the podium.
Her face is exquisite to the extreme.
The most wonderful thing is the eyes, like precious gems, shining with the light of wisdom.
His whole body exudes a noble, elegant, demure and quiet temperament.
Let her whole person appear extremely unique among the crowd.
This is Lu Ying, the dream lover shared by all the male cultivators in the Zhenhun Pagoda.
This was also the third time Zhang Xiaoshan saw Lu Ying after he came to guard the Soul Tower.
Every time, it made his mind agitated and it was difficult to be at peace.
But only at such a time, Zhang Xiaoshan can finally blend in with the vast crowd, bury his wishful thinking in everyone's wishful thinking, and stare at Lu Ying's exquisite face unscrupulously.
After Lu Ying appeared on the podium, she paused for a while, as if to give everyone some time to reflect.
Then, he smiled and bowed slightly, as if saluting the listening monks in the grand ceremony.
All the monks listening to the lecture were stunned, and the hall froze instantly.
This move almost doubled the favor of everyone.
After Lu Ying saluted, he sat cross-legged behind the square table, looked around the audience with soft and elegant eyes, and said in a harmonious voice: "Dear friends, my name is Lu Ying, and I am a disciple of the secret hall of this sect. Many people must be aware of the responsibility of guarding the evil tower."
This sentence is really comforting to hear.Zhang Xiaoshan thought in his heart.
Also, her voice is amazing.Like the chirping of a bird looking out for a home.
Lu Ying said, then paused, "Today, I am holding the dojo here, not because I have been in the monk world for a few more years to teach you something, but I just want to get together with you, sit and talk about the Tao, and talk about each other's practice. It is worthwhile to learn from each other and benefit from each other’s opinions.”
What she said in these few words was for exchanging ideas, but of course everyone present only regarded her as being modest, and naturally it was impossible to really ask others to share their own insights.
Unexpectedly, she said at the next moment: "Everyone should know what Lu is good at, so the topic of today's discussion is [Knowledge and Unknowing of the Journey of the Great Dao]. Knowing and not knowing, if anyone is willing to share their insights, please raise your hand."
After she finished speaking, she looked around the hall, but there was no sound from Yaque, and no one answered at all.
"Nobody wants to talk?" she asked again.
There was still silence when she answered her.
Who dares to pretend to be smart and generous in front of you?Zhang Xiaoshan thought to himself.
Lu Ying seemed to see this too, her eyes showed some gloomy look, and she sighed lightly, as if she was slightly disappointed.
Her appearance really made the men present feel ashamed.
Zhang Xiaoshan suddenly felt a strong urge to stand up and answer her question.
I just haven't figured out what to say yet.
Regarding his Dao, it is actually the way of everything, doubts, doubts, doubts.
With so many doubts, of course there are many more unknown and unknown elements.As for knowledge, he has only reached the psychic realm, so he knows too little.
So, if you only analyze it from an unknown angle, is it your own opinion?
"Since everyone cherishes their own treasures, Lu has no choice but to make a fool of himself first." Lu Ying said with a gloomy expression.
"Senior Lu, I have something to say."
Just when Zhang Xiaoshan was about to speak, a pleasant female voice sounded not far from him.
He turned his head to look, and it was the "Tao Companion" brought by Lu Mingyu who was speaking.
Seeing the girl standing up with her hands up, Lu Mingyu seemed a little bit surprised.
"Please tell me." Lu Ying smiled.
"I think that knowledge is the knowledge of daring to sacrifice for loved ones and friends, and ignorance is the ignorance of selfishness and self-interest."
After the woman's voice fell, Zhang Xiaoshan clearly felt that Lu Mingyu beside him trembled violently.
Looking at Lu Mingyu again, although his expression was normal, he seemed to be forcibly calming down.
"Is there something wrong with this sentence?" Zhang Xiaoshan thought to himself, and couldn't help muttering again.
Looking back in the stands, the woman's question made Lu Ying's eyes widen instantly, and she lost her composure a little, as if she had been touched somewhere in her heart.
After staring at her for a while, he smiled slightly and said, "Can you explain in detail?"
The woman replied: "The way of sacrifice is my way. As a human being, there are always relatives, lovers and friends. People live a lifetime, and there are many entanglements, and they receive all kinds of favors from relatives, loved ones and friends. When they receive favors, they will inevitably feel grateful. This is the first knowledge; when relatives and friends are in distress, willing to help and have both love and affection, this is the second knowledge; willing to sacrifice for the suffering of relatives, loved ones and friends, to die in peace, to be kind and righteous, to die as home, this is the third To know...to receive favors from others without knowing how to return them is to know one thing, which is called ignorance without righteousness...to be loved and not to reciprocate, this is to not know two things, which is called ignorance without love..."
Listening to her explanation, Lu Ying's expression gradually returned to normal.
"Level Master," just as Lu Mingyu was listening carefully, a door-opening disciple came from behind at some point and whispered to him: "The Tower Master has something to ask you."
"Tower Master?" Lu Mingyu turned pale, and asked in a low voice, "Lu Hai?"
The monk who delivered the message had a look of disgust on his face, as if he was very dissatisfied with Lu Mingyu calling Lu Hai's name directly.But still replied: "You guessed right."
Lu Mingyu looked up at the Taoist couple who was talking - the other party was concentrating on what he was saying.
After thinking about it, he sighed again.
"Let's go." He said, and went to the layman.
(Seven)
Lu Mingyu followed the door-opening disciple to the third floor of the hall.
His mind was spinning fast.
He was thinking, why did Lu Hai look for him?Things got out?or something else.
Forget it, don't think too much about it.If it is lost, it will be too late to say anything.
In fact, he regretted bringing Yu Ming to Lu Ying's dojo to listen to lectures—who would have thought that Yu Ming would be so courageous.
Hey, it's just that he can't see the sad look on her face.
This morning, Yu Ming was naked on the bed and hugged him from the back, and said to him: "I heard that there is Lu Ying's dojo today?"
"Yeah, what?"
"I want to go and see."
"No, it's too dangerous."
"I beg you." Yu Ming said pitifully: "Look, we are leaving soon, I am afraid that we will never have the opportunity to hear the preaching of the nobles who are enlightened and powerful?"
"But, under Lu Ying's nose..."
"For a Dao-enlightened cultivator like Lu Ying, no matter where he is in the Soul Suppression Tower, he is under her care, right? We've been together for so long and nothing happened..."
"Uh, all right."
In the end, Lu Mingyu couldn't bear Yu Ming's tenderness offensive.
In fact, ever since he met this girl whose name was very similar to his own and who was very eye-catching, he knew that he was going to fall completely.
When we reached the third floor of the hall, the private room on the far left, we regained our focus.
He took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
A man's hoarse voice came from inside: "Please come in."
He paused for a moment, then opened the door and walked in.
The house is very spacious.
There are two large wooden chairs with fine carvings in the middle.
There is a square coffee table in the middle of the wooden chairs. On the tea table are several plates of forest fruits and tea. The fragrance of tea is overflowing in the room.
Really very comfortable.
A large transparent screen is embedded on the wall facing the direction of the chair, through which you can see the picture of Lu Ying's lecture.
Logically speaking, the sound is also audible.But the owner of this private room seems to have blocked it on purpose.
Beside the chair, standing with his hands behind his back was a slightly fat man.Right now I'm staring at the screen.But no sound from outside could be heard in the room, and it seemed that his behavior was a bit contrived.
After hearing the sound of Lu Mingyu pushing the door, the man intentionally waited for a long time before turning around with a smile.
He looked rather youthful, flat but repulsive.
This is Lu Hai.
Don't look at Lu Hai as a high-ranking Heavenly Human Realm cultivator, but in fact he is a younger generation who stepped into the Earth Bridge Realm later than Lu Mingyu.
In the previous practice, Lu Mingyu also made some suggestions to Lu Hai.Of course, since the other party is a junior, he has also stood in the perspective of someone who has experienced it and admonished him several times.
But who can explain the fate of life, the hardships of the avenue, and the dangers of the human heart?
"I don't know what the tower master ordered." Lu Mingyu asked.
"Do you still want to be so polite with me?" Lu Hai smiled and said, "Didn't I tell you before that when there is no one else, just call me brother."
Lu Mingyu felt extremely disgusted in his heart, lowered his head slightly, but said: "This subordinate dare not."
The corner of Lu Hai's mouth curled up, and he slowly sat down on the chair on the left, then reached out and patted the armrest of the chair next to him, "Don't be restrained, sit here."
"My subordinates dare not." Lu Mingyu still said so.
When Lu Hai heard this, a smug smile seemed to flash across the corner of his mouth for an instant, and then disappeared again.
Lu Mingyu saw it clearly, and snorted heavily in his heart.
"You, there are too many etiquettes, too restrained." After Lu Hai finished speaking, he took a sip from his teacup, and said with a smile, "It's really nothing to ask you this time. It's just that the church has recently made an appointment for our town corner. The tower has arranged for a young and promising monk with excellent qualifications."
Hearing this, Lu Mingyu already guessed Lu Hai's intention.In fact, ever since Lu Hai became the head of the Town Corner Pagoda, he seemed to be polite, but secretly made things difficult for him.This day has long been foreseen.
Lu Hai went on to say: "When a newcomer comes, it is inevitable to arrange a new position. Otherwise, the merit points will not be earned. You also know that all the floors of the town corner tower are full of floor owners. , it’s really not easy to adjust.”
"After much deliberation, I still want to invite you, Ming Yu, to be high-spirited and upright, and temporarily give up the responsibility of guarding the top floor. After all, you don't have any needs in terms of cultivation. I will make up for you when there is a vacant floor in this tower. Vacancy, how?"
After speaking, he looked at Lu Mingyu with a smile.
This is simply deceptive.
Without the duty of on-duty, he is equivalent to an idler in the Soul Suppression Tower, and his status is not even comparable to that of the captain of some inspection teams.
"The kindness of the past has been fed to the dogs."
Lu Mingyu said angrily in his heart.Although I had already prepared for it, after hearing this sentence, I still felt that my heart was hit hard and almost stopped beating.
"Master Mingyu doesn't mean to speak," Lu Hai asked again when he saw that he was silent, "Are you unwilling?" His voice became a little cold.
"Don't dare," Lu Mingyu sneered, "What should the tower master tell me? How can I do it myself? How can I choose?"
"He who understands current affairs is a brilliant man, and the master of Mingyu is a wise man." Lu Hai smiled with satisfaction.
As he said, he pointed to the screen on the wall, "Okay, the business has been finished, let's not give up our status. Now that we are all up, stay with me for a while, sit down and listen to Lu Patriarch Dao, try the Sanling fresh fruit, it tastes really good. I guess you must have never tasted it."
Lu Mingyu said: "These spiritual fruits are prepared for seniors in the Heavenly Human Realm, I think I may not be blessed to enjoy them in this life."
He forced himself to calm down, and asked calmly, "I don't know when that young and promising fellow Taoist with excellent qualifications will arrive, so I can prepare for the handover in advance."
"He, probably arriving tomorrow, there is still some time, don't be too anxious."
That action is tonight, there is no delay.
Lu Mingyu thought.
(Eight)
When they returned to the hall, Yuming had finished speaking his opinion, and Tingting sat down.
It is Zhang Xiaoshan who is speaking now - in his image, a very motivated and serious young man.
"Old Ancestor, I think knowledge and ignorance are ignorance first, followed by doubts. Doubts followed by exploration, and exploration followed by true knowledge..." Zhang Xiaoshan said excitedly, his face glowing red .
That's great, I guess it was the same way when I was young, right?Lu Mingyu thought to himself.
Turning around, he asked Yu Ming again: "What did you say just now?"
Yu Ming blinked mischievously: "Say what you have to say."
"How did the ancestor answer you?"
"She said..." Yu Ming deliberately dragged out his tone, "What I said made a lot of sense, and I want everyone to learn from me."
Yu Ming smiled helplessly.
The way of sacrificing, the way of sacrificing for one's lover, for relatives and for one's friends, is simply connected with knowledge and ignorance, and it must have touched Lu Ying's sore spot.
Even under such circumstances, Lu Ying did not find out about Yu Ming's identity, which shows that there must be something wrong with her way of omniscience.
Watching Zhang Xiaoshan talking excitedly about his views on knowing or not knowing.
He suddenly had a bold idea - Lu Ying opened this dojo, maybe it was because of a problem with her Dao that she asked others questions to see if she could find the answer she wanted.
In the following time, more than a dozen people got up and shared their views. Lu Ying made comments one by one, and then began to preach formally.
"Everyone, just now a dozen or so little friends have talked about their views on knowledge and ignorance in detail. The words are meaningful and enlightening, and Lu has benefited a lot. I think that one must always do this when seeking the Tao and cultivating the Tao. Everyone Only by expressing our own views and learning from each other can we learn from each other's strengths, learn from each other, and make progress together. Any self-importance, arrogance, and self-importance are extremely ridiculous behaviors. Therefore, the knowledge and ignorance I talk about today are related to the two words of humility and arrogance ..."
It's easy to avoid the heavy.
After listening to her quotation, Lu Mingyu immediately knew that what she was going to say later had nothing to do with her own practice. Mind to listen again.
My mind is full of things that will happen tonight, enough to shock the monk world...
(nine)
Lu Mingyu didn't remember what Lu Ying said when he left the dojo.
Walking somewhere in the Origin Forest with Yu Ming, he saw no one around, and then complained, "You are too courageous. Knowing what the ancestors did before, you dare to mention any lovers, such sacrifices, and still insist Knowing and not knowing depends on it. If she discovers something, all your hard work over the past few years will be over, and you will be crushed under the town corner tower!"
After hearing this, Yu Ming didn't care, "Before I asked the question, I naturally asked Lord Siweng, and he said it was all right."
As he said that, he looked at him with a smile again: "How do you know to worry about me. You are going to die yourself, aren't you afraid?"
"I'm already finished." After Lu Mingyu finished speaking, the two fell into a long silence.
It took Yu Ming a long time to say: "I just can't bear her treating Lord Man Siwei so cold-bloodedly and ruthlessly. She is simply a model of what the nobles call a bitch. If you dare to imitate her, I will die with you."
After finishing speaking, he bared his teeth and grinned fiercely.
"How can I learn from him as a man?"
"Then what's the problem? Men are ruthless and ruthless, and they are a hundred times more cruel than women. Another princess of this family was deceived by a cruel man from the nobles, and she was cheated forever."
"It's not that the whereabouts have not been found yet."
"The priests in the family have counted, the princess has long since lost her bones."
"What about the man?"
"Then who knows. Maybe there is a place to be free and easy. If you capture the princess of the Horn clan, there will probably be a lot of rewards."
"Don't always think of us so badly, maybe both of us are dead."
After hearing this, Yu Ming looked forward to it, and sighed softly: "If they all die, it will be the best ending."
"What nonsense?" Lu Mingyu felt that what she said was really unlucky, so he quickly changed the topic, "Lu Hai just came looking for me."
"What are you doing?" Yu Ming immediately became nervous.
"What else can I do? He has disliked me for a long time."
Lu Mingyu said, telling what happened on the third floor of the dojo today.
Yu Ming immediately scolded Lu Hai bloody.
At the end, it seemed that he just remembered the business, he was startled, and asked Lu Mingyu nervously: "In this way, there is no chance of turning things around, so we have to act tonight?"
"Yes," Lu Mingyu nodded, "You tell Sui Yue about this as soon as possible, and prepare early."
After hearing this, Yu Ming trembled all over, and stared at him blankly, with a look of reluctance on his face.
"What's wrong?" Lu Mingyu asked.
"It's nothing, it just feels too sudden."
While the two were talking, they suddenly saw several inspecting disciples from the law enforcement hall emerge from the forest in the distance, and the leader was a cultivator in the psychic realm.
Lu Mingyu became nervous for no reason, like a thief.
Immediately he calmed down and glanced at the law enforcement team.
Only then did I realize that two of them were holding a net bag hand in hand, and there was a woman in a white shirt in the net bag.
He tested it with his eyesight, only to find that he was someone who had met several times before.
Immediately called the leader of the law enforcement team over and asked, "Where are you guys going in such a panic?"
The leader has been hanging out in the Zhenhun Pagoda for many years, and he recognized Lu Mingyu as the top-level master of the Zhenjiao Tower, so he didn't dare to neglect him immediately, and politely replied: "Report to the level-master, let us bring people back to the Zhenxie Tower."
"Prisoner?" Lu Mingyu looked up and down the woman in the net pocket, "Such a weak woman..."
"My lord, don't look at her weak and weak now. When she was arrested last night, she had a good fight."
"Who is she and what is she guilty of?"
"My lord, her name is Li Youran, she is a disciple of the Moon Rhyme Sect, and an accomplice of Fenzhu Mountain's rebellion against Kui Mu Peak."
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(One)
The famous soul-suppressing tower has a history of at least 50 years since its first sub-tower, the demon-suppressing tower, was built by monks in the middle ages of Hongran Realm.
More than 50 years.
Even the Taoist Enlightenment Realm, which theoretically does not have a lifespan limit, has been washed away by a big catastrophe in 5000 years and a small catastrophe in 3000 years, and I don’t know how many times it died.
More than 50 years of wind and rain, sun and rain.
The vast power of the years has left a deep imprint on the outermost wall of the Demon Town Tower.
The color of the walls has long been mottled like the words "long history".
The erosion of wind and rain has bitten the evidence of many years' rotation on the wall.
But the body of the tower stands firmly, and the formation inside the tower is eternal.
When the pagoda was built, it had been a long time since several super sects opened up this world; the Confucian super sect [Zhou Gong] had not yet been wiped out by Chang Yuanzong.
At that time, the Demon Suppressing Tower was built to imprison the ancient demon clan who were still raging in the Hongran Realm in the Middle Ages.
Far different from the demon cultivators and evil cultivators who have gone the way of demons today, the ancient demon clan has inherited bloody violence, cruelty, and bloodthirsty madness from the root of their blood.
They have been unscrupulously crazy in various interfaces, and finally angered the irresistible existence, and also brought disaster to themselves.
But that bloody history is forever engraved on the monument of the evolution and development of Zhuqian Interface.
In Zhuqian Interface, there is also a powerful person who has lived from the Middle Ages to the present. He still has lingering fears about the crazy scene of ancient demons raging and the extinction of hundreds of millions of living beings.
Even now, there are still a few ancient demons in the Demon Suppressing Tower who are stubborn and unyielding.
But thinking about it, under the transformation of the top-level Buddhist formation arranged by Da Neng of Fahua Temple, it can't last tens of thousands of years.
After the Zhenmo Tower, the remaining three sub-towers——Suppressing Demon Tower, Zhenxie Tower, and Zhenjiao Tower were built one after another in a mighty way.
The establishment and formation of each sub-tower is inseparable from the long and profound history of Hongran Realm.
30 years ago, the riots of wild beasts;
The rise of the Wanshan Yaozu 10 years ago;
3 years ago, the disaster of demon cultivators and evil cultivators in the outer sea.
There are also countless disasters, large and small, during this period.
These old pagodas also witnessed the magnificent epic of monk Hongran who has gone through tens of thousands of years of wind, frost, rain and snow, ushered in and defeated countless powerful enemies, but still stands still.
It is also because of this that for thousands of years, when facing the invading enemy in front of them-the Horn people, the monks of the human race have always held the belief and fighting spirit that they must win.
Meet them, face them, defeat them, destroy or drive them away.
Just like what monk Hongran has been doing for the past 50 years.
……
If a monk flies to the sky and looks down, he can see that the positions of the four towers are connected together, like a square with four corners, east, west, north, south.
They are separated by more than a hundred miles.The tower is surrounded by dense and endless [Origin Forest].
Because it is in the southeast of the mainland and not too far from the sea, the forest is evergreen all year round.
The rainy season is long, the air is humid, and the green sea is boundless.
Even if the sun is often invisible, the scenery is very good.
If you want to identify the direction, the Zhenxie Tower is in the east, the Zhenjiao Tower is in the west, the Demon-Suppressing Tower is in the south, and the Demon-Suppressing Tower is in the north.
This layout makes some sense.
Traitors from the human race were imprisoned in the Zhenxie Pagoda, as well as some monks who committed serious mistakes.
But most of them are evil cultivators and devil cultivators who have entered the demonic way.
Their base camp is in the East China Sea.
The Zhenjiao tower faces west, and the northwest is the camp of the Jiao tribe.
The Zhenyao Pagoda faces north, and the north is the territory of the demon clan.Of course, a few violent beasts were also imprisoned inside.
In this way, the ancient demons that once ravaged the Hongran Realm should have been active in the south.
It is a pity that there are very few textual research documents handed down from that era.
In the center of the four sub-towers stands a lonely mountain named Exorcism. There are sixth-order five-element veins with rich aura in the mountain, which are used for the monks guarding here to cultivate.
Each of the four sub-towers is equipped with a high-level formation, and the formations are closely related to each other, and they gather together to form a four-in-one comprehensive formation.
The core of the formation is on the Exorcism Peak, and the spiritual power driving the formation is provided by the sixth-order spiritual veins in the mountain.
During normal operation, it does not consume much aura.
When using the many powers of the large formation, it has to rely on the rich aura of the sixth-order spiritual veins.
In the very beginning, the Soul Rescue Pagoda was jointly guarded by the four sects that first opened up this world—four sub-pagodas, exactly one for each family.
However, since the Zhou Palace was destroyed, Chang Yuanzong took on the task of guarding the two sub-towers.
Gradually, he became the hegemon in this world.
For Chang Yuanzong, the successive suzerains and elders seem to feel that guarding the Soul Rescue Tower is Chang Yuanzong's status and symbol in this world - the overlord who maintains peace in this world.
As for the Fahua Temple and the Beastman Pagoda, they gradually became less willing to send enlightened monks to guard them.
Because there is only one sixth-order spiritual vein.
It's not interesting to fight with the monks of Chang Yuanzong, and you can't compete.
What's more, the spiritual veins have to be used by the large formation.
There have been many changes since then.
In short, as of today, there are only two guards of the Enlightenment Realm stationed on the Exorcism Peak all year round, from Chang Yuanzong.
One is Xingnan Road of the Law Enforcement Hall, and the other is Lu Ying of the Secret Hall.
Both the secret hall and the law enforcement hall hold a neutral attitude in Chang Yuanzong, neither relying on the pigeons nor the eagles - there is no conflict between the two people's positions, and there will be no conflicts when they cooperate.
Thus, one old and one young, a man and a woman, became unattainable existences in the Soul Suppressing Pagoda.
Going down Xingnan Road and Lu Ying, there are two tower owners in each tower watching.Below the tower master is the floor master of the ground bridge realm, and further down is the team leader of the psychic realm.
Strict and clear hierarchy system.
In addition to the Exorcism Peak, there are also some fourth-order, third-order, and second-order spiritual veins scattered in the Zhenhun Tower area, scattered like scattered pearls on the beach.
And Chang Yuanzong's disciples guarding the soul tower are arranged in these spiritual veins in an orderly manner.
There is no delay in practice and on duty.
In a forest near the town corner tower, there is an unnamed short mountain.
There are second-level spiritual veins in the mountain, and there are caves, practice rooms, dormitories and so on for the monks of the town corner tower on the spiritual veins.
The story begins here.
(two)
This is another unremarkable day in the hundreds of thousands of years since the Soul Rescue Pagoda existed.
The sun shone obliquely through the carved willow windows.Warm picture.
It shone warmly on the face of Zhang Xiaoshan, the psychic guardian cultivator of the Town Corner Tower.
So Zhang Xiaoshan woke up from his sleep, half-closed his eyes and opened his eyes.
"Good day," he thought to himself.
It's nice to have sunshine.
Had enough of the rainy days.
"Dojo!"
He murmured, and suddenly thought of Lu Ying's patriarch's training dojo today, and his mood suddenly became much brighter.
He sat up abruptly, walked out of the dormitory in a few steps, went to the next door and knocked hard a few times.
"Who is it?" A resentful voice came from inside: "Can you make people sleep well?"
After finishing speaking, the door opened, and a man with disheveled clothes, eyes that could not be opened, and a face full of laziness and laziness walked out.
If the man was willing to open his eyes a little wider, he would still be handsome.
"What time is it?" Zhang Xiaoshan looked at the man in front of him, and said dissatisfiedly, "It's our turn to be on duty tonight, so get up early and get ready."
The name of this tired and lazy man is Lu Fan, who is in the middle of the psychic realm.
Lu Fan came to Zhenhun Pagoda about five years ago. As a direct descendant of the Lu family in the secret hall, he has good cultivation and a good background, but now he is just a deputy captain, assisting Zhang Xiaoshan on duty. It can be said that he is very poor. .
It can also be seen that he is not only tired of his appearance, but also his practice and guarding are probably not taken seriously.
"On-duty mission?"
When Lu Fan heard this, his eyes widened and he was taken aback for a moment, "Isn't it too early?"
Then he understood: "You boy, you can't wait to go to Patriarch Lu's dojo!"
He giggled dryly, winking at Zhang Xiaoshan, "Good job! Even dare to attack the old ancestor's idea, Youdao is brave to death, starving to death cowardly, not wanting to soak up the scum of the old ancestor is not good cannon fodder... ..."
Halfway through the speech, Zhang Xiaofeng turned pale with fright, and quickly blocked his mouth: "Are you crazy? Shut up..."
"You don't dare to let others say it if you dare to think about it?" Although Lu Fan's mouth was blocked, he was still muttering, "You don't even think about what the ancestor's Zhenhai beast is—the six-eared macaque, What doesn't she know?"
Zhang Xiaoshan let go of his mouth and sighed: "There are many people who admire the ancestors in the Zhenhun Pagoda, and I am not one more. We can just think about it in our hearts, and it is disrespectful to say it out of our mouths."
"What are you afraid of? The ancestor also cultivated from the door-opening state disciple..."
Without waiting for Lu Fan to finish speaking, Zhang Xiaoshan pulled him out of the room, and the two walked out together.
In fact, Zhang Xiaoshan felt a little strange in his heart.
According to legend, Lu Ying's ancestor's Zhenhai beast is a six-eared macaque, which walks the road of forgetting everything and knowing everything, and naturally knows everything about everything.
But in the territory of Zhenhun Pagoda, there are many disciples like herself who admire her.Some people even want to talk nonsense in private.
What's even more frightening is that he also heard that some daring disciples had "fought the whisk" in front of the portrait of the ancestor in private.
Things are so heinous, but I have never seen the ancestor punish anyone in the open and in the dark.
The guy who made the whisk was still alive and well, running around.
Is it because the ancestor didn't care about it, or the legendary all-knowing supernatural power is not what everyone imagined.
As one of Lu Ying's admirers, he couldn't help but guess.
After all, at Lu Ying's noble and unfathomable state, it's hard to imagine that she would tolerate others molesting herself—even if it's just in front of the portrait.
Thinking of this, he suddenly realized that he was also being disrespectful to Lu Ying, and quickly shook his head to interrupt his thoughts.
It is indeed a little early to go to the dojo to give lectures now, but most of them can occupy a front position.
Of course he will fight for it.
Walking outside the door, you can see the scenery around the town corner tower.
It used to be just a monotonous old tung tree forest, a piece of green.
A few years ago, some unknown small yellow flowers gradually grew on the turf in the forest, fragmented, tender yellow, very pleasing.
Zhang Xiaoshan stopped here, staring at the scenery in front of him in a daze.
Lu Fan patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Why, I think there is a problem again."
The tone was full of teasing.
Zhang Xiaoshan smiled helplessly.
Regarding the little yellow flower of unknown origin, he was suspicious from the very beginning and investigated it specially.
According to some plant reference books, two plants were found to be similar in shape to these small yellow flowers.
One is a common wild flower.
The other is more terrifying.The konjac flower from the East China Sea is said to be naturally capable of breeding magic energy.If the quantity is too large, the soil can even be changed into magic soil—a soil that is very suitable for the life and cultivation of magic cultivators.
After finding this out, he was of course taken aback.
Soon went to collect many goldenrod specimens for testing.But the result was obviously a false alarm, these yellow flowers didn't have any magic energy.
Later, his immediate superior in the secret hall told him that the seeds of these small yellow flowers were carried in the droppings of some new looking birds in the origin forest.
The droppings of the birds fell to the ground, and small yellow flowers grew out of the soil.
At the beginning, many people were as suspicious as Zhang Xiaoshan, but after the investigation results came out, everyone gradually forgot about it.
I have no interest in asking the bottom of the small yellow flowers that grow naturally on the grass.
But because of the appearance of yellow flowers, the scenery of Origin Forest is getting better and better.Many people think so.
Zhang Xiaoshan alone feels that these flowers are always somewhat evil, and he always feels a little awkward when he sees the appearance of flowers.
As for how these lookout birds suddenly appeared.
Some people have studied that tens of thousands of years ago, a group of home-seeking birds lived here.Later, for unknown reasons, he was driven away by the monks who guarded the Soul Tower at that time.
After thousands of years, they returned again.
It is worthy of being called the lookout bird.
Thinking of this, he looked up at the tree, and a lookout bird with beautiful yellow feathers stood on the treetop and looked at him.There was a gloomy light in his eyes.
He suddenly felt a chill all over his body, stretched out his hand, shot out a stream of mana, and was about to roll it into his hand.
"Come on, what's the fun of a broken bird?"
Lu Fan pulled him towards the dojo.
At this moment, the looking-home bird waved its wings and disappeared in a single flight.
Zhang Xiaoshan had no choice but to give up the sudden idea just now.
(three)
Zhang Xiaoshan and Lu Fan hadn't walked far when they met a few door-opening disciples wearing the clothes of the law enforcement hall, and saluted them respectfully.
Zhang Xiaoshan nodded.He thought to himself that it was not easy for me, a disciple with an outside surname and mediocre aptitude, to be able to become the small leader of the secret hall in the town corner tower.
After several disciples saluted, they headed south.
"and many more!"
Zhang Xiaoshan suddenly felt a little strange, and quickly stopped them: "If I remember correctly, you are all from the Demon Suppressing Tower, what are you doing in the Demon Suppressing Tower?"
Several people stopped quickly, with some surprised expressions on their faces, and one of them said, "Go find someone."
"Who are you looking for?"
"Senior Xingding of the Demon Town Tower."
"What do you want him to do?"
"During the night watch last night, several of our teams found some suspicious figures. We spent a lot of effort to surround them..."
"and then?"
"It's a pity that I still told them to run away. One person seemed to use a spell beyond the scope of his ability, and was backlashed, leaving no scum. The rest of the people are missing..."
"Escaped? How many teams do you have?"
"A dozen or so."
"This also makes the enemy escape?" Zhang Xiaoshan was a little surprised.
"Our captain guessed that it is very likely that he escaped with some kind of space magic power."
"Then why are you looking for Xingding?"
Zhang Xiaoshan spared for a long time, but finally came back.
"Although there is no trace of the enemy at the scene, we suspect that the cultivator who was backlashed by the spell still has some breath left, so..."
"So, you want Captain Xingding to test the opponent's background?"
"Yes."
"Has this matter been reported?" Zhang Xiaoshan frowned and asked suddenly.
All the disciples shut up and stopped talking.
Their performance also proved that what happened last night must have not been reported to the higher level according to the prescribed procedures.
Thinking about it, more than a dozen teams arrested a few people, but they were also run away by the other party.
If you report this kind of thing, you will be scolded as a wimp.Maybe it will also affect the evaluation of future merit points.
Several small teams teamed up, and it was the most cost-effective choice to omit the report and conceal the report.
Such things have not been seen since Zhang Xiaoshan was assigned to work in the Zhenhun Pagoda.
"Does Patriarch Lu Ying know about these things?" He couldn't help wondering again.
Forget it, he doesn't care whether Lu Ying knows or not.
But the current situation, he is very uncomfortable.
"How could such a big event not be reported? If these people are the remnants of the ancient demons, the spies of the horn clan..."
"Okay, don't talk about it." Just as he was halfway through, he was dragged away by Lu Fan's arm, "Are you taking it easy?"
When Lu Fan tried to dissuade them, several door-opening disciples were relieved and hurried away together.
Zhang Xiaoshan wanted to say something, but was stopped by Lu Fan, "You, you, do you think you are a law enforcement team, or a picket team? These people are not under your command, why stop them..."
"Even if those teams really concealed the report, what does it have to do with you? Why offend the people in the Law Enforcement Hall? What's the benefit? What's more, everyone bows their heads and doesn't look up..."
"Others will definitely think this way—you are just a small captain now, and you like to investigate things like this. If you become a floor master in the future, will it be okay? Is there any good job for the underlings? I will definitely give it to you. Damn you, you're still an ass..."
Zhang Xiaoshan originally planned to report the matter in person, but he had no choice but to give up after being nagged.
But he didn't know that this abandonment turned into a big mess.
He thought for a while, looked at the backs of these people, sighed, and said, "It's not just what happened last night. Don't you think these people are a little strange?"
"how?"
"It's said that I'm going to invite Xingding, can I go alone? Why do several people form a group and go together?"
"Well..." Lu Fan scratched his head, and he didn't know how to answer this question.
"Shall we stop them again and ask?"
"Forget it," Lu Fan looked at the backs of the few people who had gone away, feeling a little lazy, "Maybe, this is a sign of grandeur and etiquette. After all, it is the team leader who asks the team leader, or ask for something. It’s fine if you don’t go, but sending only one door-opening disciple, it’s inevitable that it’s a bit thin, right?”
"There are so many captains there, why not arrange for one to invite? Or, isn't there a letter talisman, wouldn't it be good for these captains to write a letter in person?"
"Why do you have so many questions?" Lu Fan said helplessly, "Aren't you tired of living like this?"
But Zhang Xiaoshan said: "Should we go to the place where the accident happened? By the way, ask the captains what happened."
Lu Fan really convinced him, to the point of persuasion, the other party is still thinking about making trouble.You know, he is the person who hates trouble the most.
"Let's go, if you go to other places to delay the practice, your Lu Patriarch's dojo will be overcrowded..."
So, he dragged Zhang Xiaoshan away abruptly.
(four)
On the way to the dojo, the scenery is the same all the way.
Endless trees and scattered small yellow flowers.
These small yellow flowers were originally only around the town corner tower, but I didn't expect that they would gradually bloom everywhere.
Zhang Xiaoshan picked one at random, and held it in his hand to observe carefully as he walked—it still looked ordinary.
"You still don't give up?" Lu Fan shook his head and smiled, "To be honest, I think you have delusions of persecution or something. Otherwise, why would you be so suspicious."
"Maybe," Zhang Xiaoshan smiled wryly, "I always feel that someone is planning something in the dark, and maybe something big will happen soon."
"Sure enough," Lu Fan looked at her with strange eyes: "However, your Gale Pika is not a sea-suppressing beast of perception or fate..."
"You probably don't know the Gale Pika," Zhang Xiaoshan said, "This kind of strange beast that grows on the plateau doesn't have any powerful fighting skills, but it is always very alert."
"That's true," Lu Fan thought for a while, and replied: "According to the monk world, most of the sea-suppressing beasts that every monk is born with are related to human nature, and in the process of growing up, the monk's personality is affected. and thinking. You are probably born very sensitive, and the day after tomorrow you will be affected by this Gale Pika..."
He said, stretched his waist, and looked around boredly, "I really hope that something will really happen in the Tower of Souls, otherwise this life will be too boring."
"What happened?"
"Yeah," Lu Fan said, showing his hidden sense of adventure and thrill-seeking, "Think about it, what kind of terrifying existences are suppressed in these four sub-towers? What if something happens here? , that would be amazing—”
He began to snap his fingers and said, "The ancient demons in the Middle Ages, it is said that there are Faceless Demon, Voldemort, Five Yin Demons, Trouble Demons, and Extreme Sky Demons, which have long since disappeared."
"The legendary cultivator of Dao enlightenment—it seems that Wuyin Sanren and Yugu are in the Zhenxie Pagoda,"
"Ancient fierce beasts, some people say that Jiuying and Qiongqi were crushed in the Demon Suppressing Tower..."
"If these vicious beasts escape," Zhang Xiaoshan picked up his words, "our little lives will be over."
"That's not necessarily the case," Lu Fan shook his head: "Most of these vicious spirits have turned into ethereal bodies, and after so many years of being consumed by the big formation, there is probably nothing left of their abilities... We have Lu Ying and Xing Nanlu who are enlightened Jing Patriarch Township, coupled with the terrifying power of the four-tower formation, even if these monsters escape together, it may not be possible to escape a few... This is a bit regrettable."
Zhang Xiaoshan nodded noncommittally.I feel a little unconcerned—are they really the two Dao Enlightenment Patriarchs? Xing Nanlu is too old, and the great catastrophe of Tao Enlightenment is getting worse every time. It is heard that Xing Nan Lu will probably not be able to pass the next catastrophe that is coming soon up.
In this way, he must put all his thoughts on how to survive the next catastrophe. The only person that Zhenhun Pagoda can really rely on is Lu Ying.
But Lu Ying... Lu Ying's ancestor's situation, Zhang Xiaoshan always felt a little weird.
"Actually, I've always been very curious," he suddenly thought of something, and asked, "What do you think the ancestors are doing with these scary things under the tower? If they can be wiped out, they will be completely wiped out, in case they come out one day... ..."
"Of course it eliminates trouble." Regarding this matter, Lu Fan knows some details, "But there are some fierce gods with monstrous abilities and cultivation bases that you can't imagine. There is no way for the soul to be completely destroyed in a short while."
"Is that why?" Zhang Xiaoshan frowned and asked, "Can most of the criminals in the tower be eliminated?"
Lu Fan turned back and said with a strange smile, "Of course, there are more important reasons. Why did the sect take over the duty of guarding the Soul Suppressing Tower? Making a living is not for nothing—think about it, these demons and ghosts are thousands of years old. Even if a monster cultivated for thousands of years is dead, its body and soul are rare treasures, so it would be a pity to let them go to waste..."
When he said this, he stopped.
"What is it used for? You should finish talking."
Lu Fan laughed and said, "It's better for you to know less."
(Fives)
After leaving the Wuming Mountain, the two of them went to the dojo in mid-air, and when they got to the top of the giant tree, they looked around, and the four towers looked like four proudly standing peaks.
The exorcism peak in the middle is even more majestic and majestic, towering into the clouds, like the magic needle of Dinghai that shocked the four towers of Zhenhun.
It is also like a huge finger poking down from the clouds by a giant in the God Realm, firmly pressing the land of the Hongran Realm on the ground.
Even if you have seen this kind of scenery countless times, you will still feel extremely shocked.
The lecture hall is located in the main hall not far from Exorcism Mountain.
In the process of walking towards the dojo, the proportion of Exorcism Mountain in the field of vision is getting larger and larger.Gradually, the sky will be overshadowed.
They saw many monks going to the Exorcism Mountain from all directions, as if they were on a pilgrimage.But in fact, it is natural to go to the dojo.Come to think of it, all the monks who are not on duty in the Soul Suppression Tower will come here today.
And there is still some time before the dojo, so many people can't wait to enter the arena, which also shows Lu Ying's charm.
In fact, in the Zhenhun Pagoda, most people knew that Lu Ying was walking the path of forgetting emotions and knowing everything.
Forget about it, forget about it.Too forgetful.
According to the Taoist explanation, forgetting love does not mean that there is no love, but that there is love, but it can be unmoved by emotion, forget love when it is love, and transcend the world.
Nine out of ten people can understand this sentence, but nine out of ten people can't understand this state.
But since Lu Ying chose the way of Wangqing, she must have nothing to do with other men.
Such people who are destined to be lonely all their lives are most suitable for low-level monks who are at the bottom of the monk world to go to Xiaoxiang.
Beautiful and unique, refined and forgetful, it seems to have a legendary story.
What a pleasure it would be if this woman who wanted to be the most superior woman surrendered to her feet.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaoshan quickly shook his head.
"Of course I'm different from those people," he thought.
When I looked up again, I had already arrived at the main hall where the Dojo was built.
Needless to say, the magnificent momentum.People come and go, that's for sure.
The two hurriedly squeezed into the front row, but there was no need to be optimistic, because the front was already overcrowded.
While digging through the crowd, Lu Fan smiled at Zhang Xiaoshan and said, "Look, thanks to me stopping you. If it was later and told you to trouble those people, at the beginning of the dojo, I'm afraid we can only do it." out the door."
Zhang Xiaoshan smiled wryly: "When I met those people, there were also strange things, which made me feel a little restless. Maybe I will delay listening to the dojo later. If you didn't sleep late, I would have come here long ago. After coming here, you won’t meet those few people, and you can still occupy a good position.”
Lu Fan laughed and said, "Okay, I'm the one to blame."
The two of them finally found an empty seat that was connected together.
Before he settled down, he suddenly heard someone say, "Oh, it's you two."
The two people heard the voice very familiar, and when they looked back, there was a middle-aged monk with a lonely expression sitting beside him, and a beautiful woman sitting beside the middle-aged man, who also looked at the two of them.
"Leader?" Zhang Xiaoshan greeted him.
The middle-aged man nodded.
Of course Zhang Xiaoshan is familiar with the middle-aged man in front of him.
It was him and Lu Fan's immediate boss, Lu Mingyu, a descendant of the Lu family branch who was in charge of guarding the top floor of the Town Corner Tower.The story of Little Yellow Flower and Wangxiang Bird was told by Lu Mingyu.
"The floor master also came to listen to the lecture?" He thought for a while and asked.
"Aren't you talking nonsense?" Before Lu Mingyu could answer, Lu Fan rushed to say: "What else can you do if you don't come to listen to the lecture?"
Zhang Xiaoshan looked at Lu Fan helplessly.Of course he knew what to do when he came to the dojo.
But Lu Mingyu's coming to the dojo was a little strange.Judging from past performance, he spends most of his time immersed in cultivation or doing other things, and rarely comes to the dojo to listen to lectures.
Lu Mingyu replied blankly: "I remember you two are on duty tonight?"
"Yes"
"I'll go back to check the post at night."
Zhang Xiaoshan was a little speechless.If the matter of Chagang is told in advance, would it still make sense?He didn't understand the meaning of this sentence.
When he looked at Lu Mingyu again, the other party had already turned his head and looked at the large platform in the center of the dojo—there was a simple square table on the platform, and Lu Ying would start to preach behind the square table soon.Coupled with the dense crowd in the audience, this is a bit like the storytelling scene of the storytellers in ordinary people.
Zhang Xiaoshan looked at the square table, and looked at Lu Mingyu from the corner of his eye. For some reason, although the other party was looking forward very seriously, Zhang Xiaoshan clearly felt some strong sadness from his expression.
This reminded him of something about Lu Mingyu.
Lu Mingyu's aptitude is actually very good. He entered the Earth Bridge Realm at a young age, and his journey has been smooth since then. He is very likely to break through to the Heaven and Human Realm, and he is trained as a promising junior in the secret hall.
It's a pity that God failed to fulfill his wishes. When he was ordered to perform a mission, he was seriously injured, which affected the inner sea, and it became difficult for him to practice in the future.
It is really tragic for Lu Mingyu to cut off the hope of Dao because of the mission of the sect.I heard that the secret hall gave Lu Mingyu a lot of comfort and compensation, but the Dao is gone, so what's the use of compensation?
Later, because of his injury, Lu Mingyu gradually left the circle that the secret hall focused on training.Only the post he was originally in charge of guarding was still important.
Lu Mingyu's experience seemed to remind Zhang Xiaoshan of something.
According to Zhang Xiaoshan's observation, in the past two or three years, Lu Mingyu himself seems to have given up on cultivation, and he found a good-looking Taoist companion from somewhere, and took her to travel around the mountains and rivers near the Zhenhun Pagoda during his shifts. In the leisurely two-person world.
The woman sitting next to Lu Mingyu at this moment should be his chosen Taoist companion.
Some people also said that since Lu Mingyu was injured, he had been squeezed out by a certain Heavenly Human Realm cultivator in the secret hall, making all kinds of troubles and tricks, and there were even rumors that he would be dismissed from his current post in charge.Being an idler in the Zhenhun Pagoda, without merit points, he can't practice, and even low-level disciples will look down on him, so he will give up on himself.
I don't know if the rumors are true or not, but in short, this is a very unwilling person.
Zhang Xiaoshan prayed silently in his heart, hoping that he would not have such bad luck as Lu Mingyu.
"Is there something wrong?" Lu Mingyu seemed to notice his slanted vision, suddenly turned his head, and asked lightly.
"No."
Zhang Xiaoshan shook his head hastily, thinking that in front of a cultivator at the ground bridge level, even taking a sneak peek would be a bit daring.
However, logically speaking, don't the floor masters of the Earth Bridge Realm have quiet small private rooms on the second and third floors of the dojo to watch? How could Lu Mingyu go to the first floor to get together with low-level disciples?
Thinking of this, he turned his neck, looked up, and at the back of the hall, he could see the box compartments on the second and third floors.Extending more than a hundred feet from the back wall of the hall
The private rooms on the second floor are very small, about two hundred or so, and there are some ground bridge monks sitting in them.
The private rooms on the third floor are very large, with a total of eight rooms, which are provided for the eight heavenly and human realm pagoda owners of Zhenhun Pagoda.Although there is no name written on the private room, Zhang Xiaoshan clearly knows which tower master is sitting in each private room.
In the two private rooms on the far left, there are two tower owners sitting in the corner tower.Among them is Lu Hai, who was just the same level master as Lu Mingyu a few years ago, but after breaking through the Heavenly Human Realm, everything is different.
It has always been Zhang Xiaoshan's dream to sit in these eight private rooms one day.
(six)
Many people came in one after another in the hall. Fortunately, the ventilation and cleaning formations were running all the time, and there was no uncomfortable smell in the air.
After about three hours.
Zhang Xiaoshan was talking to Lu Fan.
On the podium in the center of the dojo, a figure in white suddenly appeared behind the square table.
There was no sign or sound at all, as if she had been sitting there all this time, but no one else was allowed to see her before.
The hall suddenly fell silent.
For a moment, it seemed that even the sound of hair falling to the ground could be heard.
Zhang Xiaoshan looked up at the woman on the podium.
Her face is exquisite to the extreme.
The most wonderful thing is the eyes, like precious gems, shining with the light of wisdom.
His whole body exudes a noble, elegant, demure and quiet temperament.
Let her whole person appear extremely unique among the crowd.
This is Lu Ying, the dream lover shared by all the male cultivators in the Zhenhun Pagoda.
This was also the third time Zhang Xiaoshan saw Lu Ying after he came to guard the Soul Tower.
Every time, it made his mind agitated and it was difficult to be at peace.
But only at such a time, Zhang Xiaoshan can finally blend in with the vast crowd, bury his wishful thinking in everyone's wishful thinking, and stare at Lu Ying's exquisite face unscrupulously.
After Lu Ying appeared on the podium, she paused for a while, as if to give everyone some time to reflect.
Then, he smiled and bowed slightly, as if saluting the listening monks in the grand ceremony.
All the monks listening to the lecture were stunned, and the hall froze instantly.
This move almost doubled the favor of everyone.
After Lu Ying saluted, he sat cross-legged behind the square table, looked around the audience with soft and elegant eyes, and said in a harmonious voice: "Dear friends, my name is Lu Ying, and I am a disciple of the secret hall of this sect. Many people must be aware of the responsibility of guarding the evil tower."
This sentence is really comforting to hear.Zhang Xiaoshan thought in his heart.
Also, her voice is amazing.Like the chirping of a bird looking out for a home.
Lu Ying said, then paused, "Today, I am holding the dojo here, not because I have been in the monk world for a few more years to teach you something, but I just want to get together with you, sit and talk about the Tao, and talk about each other's practice. It is worthwhile to learn from each other and benefit from each other’s opinions.”
What she said in these few words was for exchanging ideas, but of course everyone present only regarded her as being modest, and naturally it was impossible to really ask others to share their own insights.
Unexpectedly, she said at the next moment: "Everyone should know what Lu is good at, so the topic of today's discussion is [Knowledge and Unknowing of the Journey of the Great Dao]. Knowing and not knowing, if anyone is willing to share their insights, please raise your hand."
After she finished speaking, she looked around the hall, but there was no sound from Yaque, and no one answered at all.
"Nobody wants to talk?" she asked again.
There was still silence when she answered her.
Who dares to pretend to be smart and generous in front of you?Zhang Xiaoshan thought to himself.
Lu Ying seemed to see this too, her eyes showed some gloomy look, and she sighed lightly, as if she was slightly disappointed.
Her appearance really made the men present feel ashamed.
Zhang Xiaoshan suddenly felt a strong urge to stand up and answer her question.
I just haven't figured out what to say yet.
Regarding his Dao, it is actually the way of everything, doubts, doubts, doubts.
With so many doubts, of course there are many more unknown and unknown elements.As for knowledge, he has only reached the psychic realm, so he knows too little.
So, if you only analyze it from an unknown angle, is it your own opinion?
"Since everyone cherishes their own treasures, Lu has no choice but to make a fool of himself first." Lu Ying said with a gloomy expression.
"Senior Lu, I have something to say."
Just when Zhang Xiaoshan was about to speak, a pleasant female voice sounded not far from him.
He turned his head to look, and it was the "Tao Companion" brought by Lu Mingyu who was speaking.
Seeing the girl standing up with her hands up, Lu Mingyu seemed a little bit surprised.
"Please tell me." Lu Ying smiled.
"I think that knowledge is the knowledge of daring to sacrifice for loved ones and friends, and ignorance is the ignorance of selfishness and self-interest."
After the woman's voice fell, Zhang Xiaoshan clearly felt that Lu Mingyu beside him trembled violently.
Looking at Lu Mingyu again, although his expression was normal, he seemed to be forcibly calming down.
"Is there something wrong with this sentence?" Zhang Xiaoshan thought to himself, and couldn't help muttering again.
Looking back in the stands, the woman's question made Lu Ying's eyes widen instantly, and she lost her composure a little, as if she had been touched somewhere in her heart.
After staring at her for a while, he smiled slightly and said, "Can you explain in detail?"
The woman replied: "The way of sacrifice is my way. As a human being, there are always relatives, lovers and friends. People live a lifetime, and there are many entanglements, and they receive all kinds of favors from relatives, loved ones and friends. When they receive favors, they will inevitably feel grateful. This is the first knowledge; when relatives and friends are in distress, willing to help and have both love and affection, this is the second knowledge; willing to sacrifice for the suffering of relatives, loved ones and friends, to die in peace, to be kind and righteous, to die as home, this is the third To know...to receive favors from others without knowing how to return them is to know one thing, which is called ignorance without righteousness...to be loved and not to reciprocate, this is to not know two things, which is called ignorance without love..."
Listening to her explanation, Lu Ying's expression gradually returned to normal.
"Level Master," just as Lu Mingyu was listening carefully, a door-opening disciple came from behind at some point and whispered to him: "The Tower Master has something to ask you."
"Tower Master?" Lu Mingyu turned pale, and asked in a low voice, "Lu Hai?"
The monk who delivered the message had a look of disgust on his face, as if he was very dissatisfied with Lu Mingyu calling Lu Hai's name directly.But still replied: "You guessed right."
Lu Mingyu looked up at the Taoist couple who was talking - the other party was concentrating on what he was saying.
After thinking about it, he sighed again.
"Let's go." He said, and went to the layman.
(Seven)
Lu Mingyu followed the door-opening disciple to the third floor of the hall.
His mind was spinning fast.
He was thinking, why did Lu Hai look for him?Things got out?or something else.
Forget it, don't think too much about it.If it is lost, it will be too late to say anything.
In fact, he regretted bringing Yu Ming to Lu Ying's dojo to listen to lectures—who would have thought that Yu Ming would be so courageous.
Hey, it's just that he can't see the sad look on her face.
This morning, Yu Ming was naked on the bed and hugged him from the back, and said to him: "I heard that there is Lu Ying's dojo today?"
"Yeah, what?"
"I want to go and see."
"No, it's too dangerous."
"I beg you." Yu Ming said pitifully: "Look, we are leaving soon, I am afraid that we will never have the opportunity to hear the preaching of the nobles who are enlightened and powerful?"
"But, under Lu Ying's nose..."
"For a Dao-enlightened cultivator like Lu Ying, no matter where he is in the Soul Suppression Tower, he is under her care, right? We've been together for so long and nothing happened..."
"Uh, all right."
In the end, Lu Mingyu couldn't bear Yu Ming's tenderness offensive.
In fact, ever since he met this girl whose name was very similar to his own and who was very eye-catching, he knew that he was going to fall completely.
When we reached the third floor of the hall, the private room on the far left, we regained our focus.
He took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
A man's hoarse voice came from inside: "Please come in."
He paused for a moment, then opened the door and walked in.
The house is very spacious.
There are two large wooden chairs with fine carvings in the middle.
There is a square coffee table in the middle of the wooden chairs. On the tea table are several plates of forest fruits and tea. The fragrance of tea is overflowing in the room.
Really very comfortable.
A large transparent screen is embedded on the wall facing the direction of the chair, through which you can see the picture of Lu Ying's lecture.
Logically speaking, the sound is also audible.But the owner of this private room seems to have blocked it on purpose.
Beside the chair, standing with his hands behind his back was a slightly fat man.Right now I'm staring at the screen.But no sound from outside could be heard in the room, and it seemed that his behavior was a bit contrived.
After hearing the sound of Lu Mingyu pushing the door, the man intentionally waited for a long time before turning around with a smile.
He looked rather youthful, flat but repulsive.
This is Lu Hai.
Don't look at Lu Hai as a high-ranking Heavenly Human Realm cultivator, but in fact he is a younger generation who stepped into the Earth Bridge Realm later than Lu Mingyu.
In the previous practice, Lu Mingyu also made some suggestions to Lu Hai.Of course, since the other party is a junior, he has also stood in the perspective of someone who has experienced it and admonished him several times.
But who can explain the fate of life, the hardships of the avenue, and the dangers of the human heart?
"I don't know what the tower master ordered." Lu Mingyu asked.
"Do you still want to be so polite with me?" Lu Hai smiled and said, "Didn't I tell you before that when there is no one else, just call me brother."
Lu Mingyu felt extremely disgusted in his heart, lowered his head slightly, but said: "This subordinate dare not."
The corner of Lu Hai's mouth curled up, and he slowly sat down on the chair on the left, then reached out and patted the armrest of the chair next to him, "Don't be restrained, sit here."
"My subordinates dare not." Lu Mingyu still said so.
When Lu Hai heard this, a smug smile seemed to flash across the corner of his mouth for an instant, and then disappeared again.
Lu Mingyu saw it clearly, and snorted heavily in his heart.
"You, there are too many etiquettes, too restrained." After Lu Hai finished speaking, he took a sip from his teacup, and said with a smile, "It's really nothing to ask you this time. It's just that the church has recently made an appointment for our town corner. The tower has arranged for a young and promising monk with excellent qualifications."
Hearing this, Lu Mingyu already guessed Lu Hai's intention.In fact, ever since Lu Hai became the head of the Town Corner Pagoda, he seemed to be polite, but secretly made things difficult for him.This day has long been foreseen.
Lu Hai went on to say: "When a newcomer comes, it is inevitable to arrange a new position. Otherwise, the merit points will not be earned. You also know that all the floors of the town corner tower are full of floor owners. , it’s really not easy to adjust.”
"After much deliberation, I still want to invite you, Ming Yu, to be high-spirited and upright, and temporarily give up the responsibility of guarding the top floor. After all, you don't have any needs in terms of cultivation. I will make up for you when there is a vacant floor in this tower. Vacancy, how?"
After speaking, he looked at Lu Mingyu with a smile.
This is simply deceptive.
Without the duty of on-duty, he is equivalent to an idler in the Soul Suppression Tower, and his status is not even comparable to that of the captain of some inspection teams.
"The kindness of the past has been fed to the dogs."
Lu Mingyu said angrily in his heart.Although I had already prepared for it, after hearing this sentence, I still felt that my heart was hit hard and almost stopped beating.
"Master Mingyu doesn't mean to speak," Lu Hai asked again when he saw that he was silent, "Are you unwilling?" His voice became a little cold.
"Don't dare," Lu Mingyu sneered, "What should the tower master tell me? How can I do it myself? How can I choose?"
"He who understands current affairs is a brilliant man, and the master of Mingyu is a wise man." Lu Hai smiled with satisfaction.
As he said, he pointed to the screen on the wall, "Okay, the business has been finished, let's not give up our status. Now that we are all up, stay with me for a while, sit down and listen to Lu Patriarch Dao, try the Sanling fresh fruit, it tastes really good. I guess you must have never tasted it."
Lu Mingyu said: "These spiritual fruits are prepared for seniors in the Heavenly Human Realm, I think I may not be blessed to enjoy them in this life."
He forced himself to calm down, and asked calmly, "I don't know when that young and promising fellow Taoist with excellent qualifications will arrive, so I can prepare for the handover in advance."
"He, probably arriving tomorrow, there is still some time, don't be too anxious."
That action is tonight, there is no delay.
Lu Mingyu thought.
(Eight)
When they returned to the hall, Yuming had finished speaking his opinion, and Tingting sat down.
It is Zhang Xiaoshan who is speaking now - in his image, a very motivated and serious young man.
"Old Ancestor, I think knowledge and ignorance are ignorance first, followed by doubts. Doubts followed by exploration, and exploration followed by true knowledge..." Zhang Xiaoshan said excitedly, his face glowing red .
That's great, I guess it was the same way when I was young, right?Lu Mingyu thought to himself.
Turning around, he asked Yu Ming again: "What did you say just now?"
Yu Ming blinked mischievously: "Say what you have to say."
"How did the ancestor answer you?"
"She said..." Yu Ming deliberately dragged out his tone, "What I said made a lot of sense, and I want everyone to learn from me."
Yu Ming smiled helplessly.
The way of sacrificing, the way of sacrificing for one's lover, for relatives and for one's friends, is simply connected with knowledge and ignorance, and it must have touched Lu Ying's sore spot.
Even under such circumstances, Lu Ying did not find out about Yu Ming's identity, which shows that there must be something wrong with her way of omniscience.
Watching Zhang Xiaoshan talking excitedly about his views on knowing or not knowing.
He suddenly had a bold idea - Lu Ying opened this dojo, maybe it was because of a problem with her Dao that she asked others questions to see if she could find the answer she wanted.
In the following time, more than a dozen people got up and shared their views. Lu Ying made comments one by one, and then began to preach formally.
"Everyone, just now a dozen or so little friends have talked about their views on knowledge and ignorance in detail. The words are meaningful and enlightening, and Lu has benefited a lot. I think that one must always do this when seeking the Tao and cultivating the Tao. Everyone Only by expressing our own views and learning from each other can we learn from each other's strengths, learn from each other, and make progress together. Any self-importance, arrogance, and self-importance are extremely ridiculous behaviors. Therefore, the knowledge and ignorance I talk about today are related to the two words of humility and arrogance ..."
It's easy to avoid the heavy.
After listening to her quotation, Lu Mingyu immediately knew that what she was going to say later had nothing to do with her own practice. Mind to listen again.
My mind is full of things that will happen tonight, enough to shock the monk world...
(nine)
Lu Mingyu didn't remember what Lu Ying said when he left the dojo.
Walking somewhere in the Origin Forest with Yu Ming, he saw no one around, and then complained, "You are too courageous. Knowing what the ancestors did before, you dare to mention any lovers, such sacrifices, and still insist Knowing and not knowing depends on it. If she discovers something, all your hard work over the past few years will be over, and you will be crushed under the town corner tower!"
After hearing this, Yu Ming didn't care, "Before I asked the question, I naturally asked Lord Siweng, and he said it was all right."
As he said that, he looked at him with a smile again: "How do you know to worry about me. You are going to die yourself, aren't you afraid?"
"I'm already finished." After Lu Mingyu finished speaking, the two fell into a long silence.
It took Yu Ming a long time to say: "I just can't bear her treating Lord Man Siwei so cold-bloodedly and ruthlessly. She is simply a model of what the nobles call a bitch. If you dare to imitate her, I will die with you."
After finishing speaking, he bared his teeth and grinned fiercely.
"How can I learn from him as a man?"
"Then what's the problem? Men are ruthless and ruthless, and they are a hundred times more cruel than women. Another princess of this family was deceived by a cruel man from the nobles, and she was cheated forever."
"It's not that the whereabouts have not been found yet."
"The priests in the family have counted, the princess has long since lost her bones."
"What about the man?"
"Then who knows. Maybe there is a place to be free and easy. If you capture the princess of the Horn clan, there will probably be a lot of rewards."
"Don't always think of us so badly, maybe both of us are dead."
After hearing this, Yu Ming looked forward to it, and sighed softly: "If they all die, it will be the best ending."
"What nonsense?" Lu Mingyu felt that what she said was really unlucky, so he quickly changed the topic, "Lu Hai just came looking for me."
"What are you doing?" Yu Ming immediately became nervous.
"What else can I do? He has disliked me for a long time."
Lu Mingyu said, telling what happened on the third floor of the dojo today.
Yu Ming immediately scolded Lu Hai bloody.
At the end, it seemed that he just remembered the business, he was startled, and asked Lu Mingyu nervously: "In this way, there is no chance of turning things around, so we have to act tonight?"
"Yes," Lu Mingyu nodded, "You tell Sui Yue about this as soon as possible, and prepare early."
After hearing this, Yu Ming trembled all over, and stared at him blankly, with a look of reluctance on his face.
"What's wrong?" Lu Mingyu asked.
"It's nothing, it just feels too sudden."
While the two were talking, they suddenly saw several inspecting disciples from the law enforcement hall emerge from the forest in the distance, and the leader was a cultivator in the psychic realm.
Lu Mingyu became nervous for no reason, like a thief.
Immediately he calmed down and glanced at the law enforcement team.
Only then did I realize that two of them were holding a net bag hand in hand, and there was a woman in a white shirt in the net bag.
He tested it with his eyesight, only to find that he was someone who had met several times before.
Immediately called the leader of the law enforcement team over and asked, "Where are you guys going in such a panic?"
The leader has been hanging out in the Zhenhun Pagoda for many years, and he recognized Lu Mingyu as the top-level master of the Zhenjiao Tower, so he didn't dare to neglect him immediately, and politely replied: "Report to the level-master, let us bring people back to the Zhenxie Tower."
"Prisoner?" Lu Mingyu looked up and down the woman in the net pocket, "Such a weak woman..."
"My lord, don't look at her weak and weak now. When she was arrested last night, she had a good fight."
"Who is she and what is she guilty of?"
"My lord, her name is Li Youran, she is a disciple of the Moon Rhyme Sect, and an accomplice of Fenzhu Mountain's rebellion against Kui Mu Peak."
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Sorry, according to the plan, I should have finished writing the story of the Tower of Souls, but I have been working overtime for a whole week.I wrote so much with scattered time, after thinking about it, let's post it first.
On Saturday and Sunday, when I had high hopes, I had another business trip. I just wrote a paragraph at my residence. I will be busy all day tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow. I must have no time, so I have to post what I wrote first.I'm so sorry.
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