Chapter 565: Elders’ Gossip, the Head of the Yuanhuang Sect, Passing Through the Underworld
Longhu Mountain, Dashangqing Palace.
Zhang Jingqing and Yi Qian persuaded him with reason and emotion, and after a lot of great talk, Zhang Yi finally agreed.
"Please, please! I'll go and invite you!"
His words were full of helplessness.
Zhang Zhiwei looked at Zhang Huaiyi, who looked like a mouse with his ears erect, eyebrows raised, and curious, and poked him with his elbow and whispered:
"Brother Bai Gei, do you feel that Uncle Zhang Yi's words give people a weird feeling?"
"I feel helpless on the surface, but I look forward to it secretly!" Zhang Huaiyi's words were concise and accurate, accurately expressing Uncle Zhang Yi's mentality.
After saying that, he grinned and rubbed his lower ribs. Senior brother, this rough man, was so careless. He just said hello, why did he use so much force?
But then, he felt a malicious gaze, like a thorn in his back, turned his head and looked at Uncle Zhang Yi's unfriendly eyes.
Oops, what I just said was heard. Uncle Shi’s eyes look like he’s going to settle the score later. Oh, how can I learn from my brother with my broken mouth? ...
Zhang Huaiyi’s neck shrank, and he didn’t dare to gossip about his elders anymore.
Zhang Zhiwei was fearless. He ignored Uncle Shi’s warning eyes and happily asked Master and Uncle Yi Qian for details.
Master coughed twice and didn’t say anything. But Yi Qian was eager to try, hesitant to speak, but worried about irritating Zhang Yi.
“Come on, look at you, it’s not a big deal, what can’t be said?”
This matter was targeted by Zhang Zhiwei, how could it be concealed? In addition, he had to meet someone later, so in order to prevent Zhang Zhiwei from saying the wrong thing, Zhang Yi also said it. Moreover, so many years have passed, what is there to be worried about?
“This matter has to start from the Yuanhuang Sect and our Zhengyi.” Zhang Yi showed a look of reminiscence.
Although the Yuanhuang Sect is a Dharma sect, it has a deep relationship with the Zhengyi Sect.
The Fajiao was born out of Wujiao, which often has strong traces of ancient sacrifices and Wu Nuo, and its methods are often bloody and cruel. In order to get rid of the shackles of Wujiao, some Wujiao people integrated things from Taoism, and thus the Fajiao, which is a combination of Wujiao and Taoism, was born.
However, there are also differences in Fajiao. After all, the combination of Wujiao and Taoism cannot be 100% balanced, and there must be a focus. Because the foundation of Fajiao is Wujiao, most Fajiao still leans towards Wujiao.
But there are also a few Fajiao that leans towards Taoism. In order to distinguish this kind of sect, they have another title in Fajiao, that is, Shijiao.
Among them, the Yuanhuang Sect is the Shijiao in Fajiao, and its birth can be traced back to hundreds of years ago.
At that time, the Meishan Fa lineage emerged suddenly, with great momentum. Meishan Master, Meishan Water Master, Meishan Master... Many factions were found to be strong, and there was a faint trend of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect at the end of the Han Dynasty.
There is no such thing as insidious or not in the dispute between Taoism and the law. The Tianshi at that time could not sit idly by and watch the birth of a giant, so he sent a group of high-level masters to Meishan to divide and organize the Meishan law lineage.
To put it bluntly, it was to win over one group, divide one group, and suppress one group.
So far, the Yuanhuang Sect, which adheres to the Zhengyi principle, was born, and at the same time, there were dozens of small sects such as Meishan Sect, Meishan Shigong Sect, etc.
Among these sects, the Yuanhuang Sect and Meishan Sect are the largest. Among them, Meishan Sect is more inclined to witchcraft, and the Yuanhuang Sect is more inclined to Taoism. Even the main god worshipped by the Yuanhuang Sect is Erlang Shen in the Taoist law lineage.
Not only that, the Yuanhuang Sect is also divided into two altars, the civil and military altars. The civil altar is the Zhengyi Sect, and the martial altar is the witch sect. One civil and one martial, they jointly control the sect. Although the two sects have constant internal disputes, they are still unified in the general direction.
Therefore, Zhang Jingqing's previous statement that he, the Heavenly Master, could not control the Dharma was actually a humble remark. It was hard to say about other Dharmas, but the Yuanhuang Sect was still useful.
Although the Yuanhuang Sect originated from the Meishan lineage, after a series of developments, the headquarters moved to Guanjiangkou, which is the Taoist temple of their ancestor, Erlang Xiansheng Zhenjun.
Guanjiangkou is in Dujiangyan, worshiping the water of Dujiangyan and asking for the Tao in Qingcheng Mountain. The Yuanhuang Sect can be said to be adjacent to the Qingcheng Sect.
The Qingcheng Sect is also the first lineage, founded by the ancestor Heavenly Master Zhang Daoling. The Yuanhuang Sect and the Taoist sect merged, so naturally there was communication between the two sides. Even the literary Taoist sect in the Yuanhuang Sect was supported by the Qingcheng Sect, otherwise they would not be able to compete with the martial arts witch sect.
And the same clan and origin with the Longhu Mountain Heavenly Master Mansion, the relationship is naturally extraordinary.
When Zhang Yi was young, he visited the Qingcheng Sect to learn skills. In the process of learning skills, he naturally had to kill demons and eliminate monsters.
Dujiangyan is a place where water veins converge. This place has always been full of witches and sorcerers since ancient times.
Some of the primitive witches were good at driving water tigers, that is, water monkeys. They would drive water tigers to capture boys and girls for sacrifice.
At that time, Zhang Yi, as a young leader of the Taoist sect, naturally did not allow such a thing to happen, and immediately began to investigate the matter.
That Lan Gu was a member of the Yuanhuang Sect, and Dujiangyan was the Taoist temple of the Yuanhuang Sect, and human sacrifice was not allowed, so she was also investigating it immediately.
During the investigation, the two met, and they were like-minded, so they went together.
The two supported each other, repeatedly overcame crises, and finally eliminated the evil witch.
After that, the two often traveled together, and during this process, Lan Gu also met Zhang Jingqing, Yi Qian and others.
They also participated in the then-grand activities of the Yihe Shenquan, and in short, they had a deep friendship.
Originally, it was a natural thing for the two to develop into a Taoist couple, but they were blocked by Lan Gu's mother.
At that time, the head of the Yuanhuang Sect was a member of the Wentan Taoist sect.
Aunt Lan's mother is the leader of the Wutan Wu faction.
The relationship between the two factions is not necessarily incompatible, but it is certainly irreconcilable.
If the daughter of the leader of the witch sect marries a Taoist priest who is a direct descendant of the Zhang family of the Tianshi Mansion, wouldn't it be a scandal to the world? What do other people in the witch sect think?
Therefore, Lan Gu's mother firmly opposed it, even to the point of severing the relationship between mother and daughter and cleaning up the family.
At that time, Lan Gu wanted to take Zhang Yi and elope with her, come to Longhu Mountain and ignore her mother.
But Zhang Yi thought about it a lot. He gave up and did not keep the appointment and returned to Longhu Mountain alone.
After that, the two parties lost contact.
However, the connection between the two forces has not been broken, and both of them know that they are safe.
After saying that, Zhang Yi sighed and looked much more relaxed. He asked Zhang Huaiyi to fetch a basin of water, and tremblingly took out a crumpled talisman from his arms that looked like it had been kept for a long time.
"Should we avoid it?" Zhang Jingqing thought for a while and said.
"want!"
Zhang Yi replied immediately, but then he said:
"Forget it, don't avoid it. Just stay here. It's not shameful to ask her to help save people!"
Uncle Zhang Yi's expression changed a little quickly... Zhang Zhiwei was puzzled.
At this time, Zhang Jingqing ruthlessly revealed Zhang Yi's little thoughts:
"Are you afraid of Lan Gu? You think that if there are more people, Lan Gu will save some face for you and not scold you too harshly?"
"It's nothing!" Zhang Yi blushed instantly, with veins twitching on his forehead, and argued: "I am a highly skilled person, how can I be afraid of a woman...I have seen too many monsters and ghosts...can Are you afraid of this? "
Then came a series of incomprehensible words, such as "Yunji Qilu", "Taoist nobles and inferiors share the same subject", etc., which made everyone fall silent, and the entire hall was filled with an awkward atmosphere.
"Okay, okay!" Zhang Jingqing interrupted Zhang Yi's chatter, "Stop explaining, please hire someone quickly!"
"Okay, you guys stand behind me first!" Zhang Yi said.
Everyone listened to what he said and stood behind him.
Afterwards, Zhang Yi bit the tip of his tongue, wrote a few seal characters on the talisman, and then recited the spell, and saw the talisman spontaneously ignite without wind, and a faint green flame emerged.
Throwing it into the basin, the water surface turned green in an instant, emitting a faint green light. As the water surface rippled, a facial feature formed by green flames took shape in the basin. Looking across the water surface.
This is what Master Yi Qian said about Master Zhang Yi's old friend... Zhang Zhiwei thought to himself.
The next moment, a fierce and powerful female voice came out from the basin:
"You are such a hothead, you are finally willing to contact me!"
Zhang Yi: "…………"
Everyone: "…………"
A Sichuan and Chongqing accent came to my face. If these words were said in any other accent, it would be too offensive. I am afraid that few people would feel good about it, but with a Sichuan and Chongqing accent, it seems normal.
Everyone held their breath in unison, not making any sound, and raised their ears to eavesdrop.
"Lan...Lan Gu, long time no see!" Zhang Yi said hello with difficulty.
"I'm such a good girl... um..."
The green man opened his face and cursed. Then, he saw a row of people standing behind Zhang Yi, and the curse words he was about to blurt out suddenly stopped. Don't discipline your son in front of others, don't discipline your wife in front of the church, and always give him in front of outsiders. To save face, he said coldly:
"paw?"
Zhang Jingqing and Yi Qian both recognized the face in the basin, so they naturally understood her words.
Zhang Huaiyi was a little confused and looked confused.
Zhang Zhiwei explained the confusion thoughtfully: "What does the claw mean?"
Zhang Huaiyi nodded quickly.
Zhang Yi had no time to take care of Zhang Zhiwei, and quickly explained the whole story and expressed that he wanted to ask the other party for help.
The man in the basin thought for a moment and said, "For the sake of the Heavenly Master, I agree. Wait till you get up!"
After saying that, the green face collapsed, the green light dissipated, and there were only empty water ripples in the basin.
"nailed it!"
Zhang Yi wiped the sweat from his face and took a long breath. The reason why he asked everyone to stand behind him was because, in addition to what Zhang Jingqing said before, more people would save him some face and not scold him too harshly. In addition, it is also to set the stage for the other party.
After all, they hadn't seen each other for many years, and when he asked, the other party came to help him all the time. It was so shameless. But if it was the Heavenly Master who asked for help and he was just a lobbyist, then there would be steps.
To be too old to die is to be a thief, and there are few people of this age who are not shrewd.
Zhang Yizheng sighed, and suddenly found that his ear was pinched. He took a closer look and found that it was Zhang Zhiwei who was causing trouble. He quickly knocked his hand off and said angrily:
"What?"
"Uncle, your ears are so sharp!"
"Huh?" Zhang Yi was furious: "Come on, let me try how hard your ears are?!"
He reached out to grab Zhang Zhiwei's ears.
Zhang Zhiwei quickly dodged. If he was about to be caught, why should he be screwed up?
Zhang Yi didn't give up and continued to pull.
Zhang Zhiwei ran away.
"Little thing, you bastard, stop, Zhang Zhiwei, stop!"
The two of them circled the hall.
Zhang Jingqing and Yi Qian looked at this scene speechlessly.
"Senior brother, don't you rectify the atmosphere in our Longhu Mountain?" Yi Qian said.
Zhang Jingqing nodded, smoothed his sleeves, clenched his fists, and punched one person on the head, and the two fell silent immediately.
Zhang Zhiwei covered his head: "Master, if Senior Lan Gu is in Sichuan and Chongqing, she is not close to our Longhu Mountain. If she comes, how long will it take? Do you need me to pick her up?"
"Who are you looking down on? In terms of speed, she is much faster than you!" Zhang Yi said angrily.
Zhang Jingqing explained: "The Yuanhuang Sect respects the water god and is good at water magic. Its water control ability is not inferior to the fire control of the Huode Sect. With Lan Gu's strength, it takes less than half a quarter of an hour to reach the foot of Longhu Mountain. "
Zhang Zhiwei understood instantly: "An ability similar to the Fire Escape Technique of Huode Sect?"
Zhang Jingqing nodded.
Sure enough, half a quarter of an hour later, a disciple came to report, and Emperor Yuan sent his disciple to see him.
Zhang Jingqing immediately went out to greet him, followed closely by Zhang Yi, Zhang Zhiwei and others.
Lan Gu is a female cultivator wearing a black robe. She is not tall and has long crow-green hair from head to toe. Although she does not know her exact age, she should be middle-aged based on her face, but the thin wrinkles at the corners of her eyes are enough. It shows that she should be much older than she looks.
She stared at Zhang Yi who came out, sighed quietly, and made a gesture to Zhang Jingqing:
"Lan Gu pays her respects to the Heavenly Master!"
Zhang Jingqing returned the greeting: "We haven't seen you for many years. How are you?"
She glared at Zhang Yi fiercely and said, "It's not bad!"
Zhang Yi was a little at a loss and didn't know what to say.
"Things have their own priorities. Let's talk about the past things later. Let's get down to business!" Zhang Jingqing said.
Lan Gu nodded and said, "I know, I can tell the difference clearly!"
Immediately, everyone discussed the countermeasures. The difficulty of this operation was not to deal with the traitors in Tianshi Mansion, but to save the people of Qingyun Temple.
The purpose of inviting Lan Gu here is to use the water method to bypass the ears and eyes of the Wenxian warlords and those paper heads with eyes, and directly descend from the sky and appear in Qingyun Temple to save people and eliminate demons.
With Lan Gu taking action, we quickly formulated countermeasures and who to send there.
The soldiers must be fine, not numerous. As the leader of Zhengyi, Tianshi cannot go down the mountain easily. Zhang Jingqing is stationed in Longhu Mountain and is not directly involved in this matter.
This operation was led by Zhang Yi and Yi Qian, and was supported by four white-haired Taoist masters who had profound Taoist skills and were gifted with thunder magic by the heavenly master. Lan Gu, Zhang Zhiwei and Zhang Huaiyi were also included.
Needless to say, Zhang Zhiwei's strength is nothing more than what he has done during this period has proven his strength. No one has any objections to sending him there.
As for Zhang Huaiyi, he is the leader.
The soldiers are very quick, and the lives of everyone in Qingyun's audience are at stake. Everyone quickly prepared the magic weapons and talismans to eliminate demons, and Lan Gu also set up the altar.
Zhang Zhiwei looked at the four masters and uncles except Yi Qian and Zhang Yi. As the chief disciple of Longhu Mountain's generation, he had naturally seen these seniors, but he was not very familiar with them.
After all, not all Taoist priests are as easy to talk to as Zhang Yi. Many of them are stubborn and difficult to talk to. Otherwise, there would be no such title as stubborn.
In fact, before his master asked him to go to Zhengyiguan for a temporary job, he was not very familiar with Yi Qian. He only knew that Uncle Yi Qian was a ruthless character who was difficult to deal with. Unexpectedly, it was only after getting to know him for a long time that he discovered that he was actually Similar to Master Zhang Yi.
These old Taoist priests greeted him and then stood aside, looking at their noses and hearts without saying a word.
Langu's altar is placed on the bank of Luxi River at the foot of Longhu Mountain.
Luxi River starts from Wuyi Mountains, passes through Longhu Mountain, joins Xinjiang River, then enters Poyang Lake, and finally flows into the Yangtze River. It can be said that the water veins are well developed.
"Senior Lan Gu, do we want to turn into a river and cross it? As far as I know, there is only one well around Qingyun Temple, which is barely big enough for one person to crawl through. A big man like my senior brother will get stuck."
Zhang Huaiyi said with curiosity.
Lan Gu was a forthright person and said with a smile:
"Do you think it's fire escape?"
Zhang Huaiyi smiled awkwardly. He had seen Feng Ping's Fire Escape Technique before in Yinghe Tower and knew that Fire Escape Technique traveled through flames.
"The fire escape technique requires taking refuge in the Holy Fire, but you cannot bring others to escape with you. Big-eared boy, do you know how to go to the underworld?" Lan Gu asked.
"I've heard of it," Zhang Huaiyi said with a sweet look on his face: "Legend has it that there is a profession called Yin walker, which refers to a person who walks in the realm of Yin and Yang."
Lan Gu nodded and said: "Water is the place that locks the underworld, so there is a saying that all the water veins in the world lead to the underworld. Our trip is to borrow the passage from the underworld!"