Zhu Xian: Learn from the Great Ying Immortal and rebuild the Trinity School

Chapter 236: Incense and Vows, Incidents in Southern Xinjiang

On top of Kanglong Peak.

The disciples sat around the training ground and watched the excitement, cheering and shouting from time to time:

"it is good!"

"Good fight!"

In the field, a woman with long sleeves dances skillfully, as agile as a dragon.

As he moved around, the collision of his moves made a continuous "crackling" sound, and he was actually fighting fiercely with a black skeleton.

Both sides moved extremely quickly, so fast that no one could keep up.

After fighting for more than a hundred moves, Sky Fox Xiaobai rubbed his arm and withdrew from the fight. He came to Xu Zhiqiu and complained:
"No more hitting! My hands are numb..."

Xu Zhiqiu snapped his fingers, and the dark skeleton stopped moving, stiffening in place.

"If you can't even take it down in a short time, it means it's good enough for guarding the house."

The skeleton was exactly what remained of the White Bone Ancestor after his death. Because its material was extremely hard, Xu Zhiqiu took it back to Kanglong Peak.

He tinkered with it in private for several days and turned it into a puppet.

Xiaobai admires his wide range of skills:
"You even know such an obscure skill as refining equipment, but is there anything else you don't know?"

Xu Zhiqiu shook his head: "I only have a vague understanding."

The method of refining weapons originated from a skill in his inner world—the Divine Machine Hundred Refining.

However, Xu Zhiqiu only dabbled in this and did not delve into it in depth, so it was enough for him to make a simple transformation.

Now that the combat effectiveness of this puppet is guaranteed, it will be able to guard the house and sit in charge of the sect in the future.

"Eh~"

Xiaobai stepped forward and nudged him with his elbow, with a sly look in his eyes:

"You made a lot of money during this trip to Dead Marsh. Shouldn't you set up two tables to celebrate?"

Xu Zhiqiu turned his head and stared at her:
"You drunken fox!"

As if he remembered the lawsuit, he said unhappily:

"Last time, you drank all the wine stored in the 'Wangjiang Tower' at the foot of the mountain in one breath, and then you acted crazy in someone's store. The store owner came to Kanglongfeng to complain to me. I had to talk to him for a long time and pay a lot of money to send him away. Now you are addicted to alcohol again? I won't play with you anymore."

As he said this, he flicked his sleeves and turned to leave.

But Xiaobai grabbed him, tugged at him, and begged for mercy:
"Hey, Master Xu, please don't be so stingy. At worst, I can restrain myself and drink a few glasses less this time..."

"Stop doing this."

Most people can't stand the way an old fox who has lived for thousands of years plays the game of acting coquettishly and cutely, but Xu Zhiqiu is the only one who is unmoved by her.

This scene must have been nothing new to them, as the surrounding disciples all turned their heads away and laughed secretly.

…………

Xu Zhiqiu came to the Sanyi Treasury to inspect the work of the grandfather and grandson.

In the past few days, Zhou Yixian and Zhou Xiaohuan, father and son, have been doing some research work in the government treasury.

Xu Zhiqiu returned from this trip to Dead Lake with a full load.

Among the three treasures obtained from the treasury, the most magical ones are the Heavenly Emperor's Dark Stone and the big banner.

As for these two things, Xu Zhiqiu could only let people who were good at studying them.

The fox spent all his time eating, drinking and having fun, which was even more useless.

I can only ask Zhou Yixian for help, but I didn't expect that even someone like Zhou, who is knowledgeable and has a good memory, couldn't figure it out after several days.

As expected,

After pushing the door open, I found Zhou Yixian dozing off on the table.

He held a bunch of rare treasures and Ganoderma lucidum in his hands, and his saliva was dripping all over them.

Xu Zhiqiu woke him up, and Zhou Yixian wiped the saliva from his chin and laughed at him.

Xu Zhiqiu saw that there were still some ginseng whiskers stuck in his teeth, and he immediately realized that this old man was dirty and had eaten them secretly.

I didn't say anything, just asked him how his research was going.
Especially concerned about the big banner.

Monday Xiandao:

"In fact, I know very little about such things, but this 'Trace of Common People' must be an extremely extraordinary treasure, or even a divine object! It's just that it doesn't seem to be very powerful now, so there must be some secret that we can't touch."

Xu Zhiqiu asked again:
"Any idea of ​​a general direction?"

Zhou Yixian thought for a while before saying:

"I guess... it has something to do with faith and will, right?"

"Faith and will?"

Xu Zhiqiu was slightly surprised, and then fell into deep thought.

Vow power - also known as original vow power, great vow karma, and past vow power, is mostly used in Buddhism.

For example, the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism has the concept of "dedication of vows", which means that the cause of sentient beings' rebirth in the Pure Land, or the result of obtaining rebirth, all depends on the Buddha's vows.

Because this kind of power is inconceivable to ordinary people, it is called the power of vows.

Taoists have a similar explanation for this, believing that human thoughts are also a form of energy between heaven and earth and are within the framework of humanity.

If it reaches a certain scale, it can also interfere with reality.

In simple terms, it is the power of incense.

There are many such legends in the folk world: if a person wins the hearts of the people and is loved by all after his death, his incense will never stop burning.

If the incense burners gather to a certain extent, they can even push the deity onto the altar and make him appear divine in front of people.

But in Xu Zhiqiu's opinion, whether it is the power of vows or the incense,

Talking about this kind of thing is somewhat like manipulating people's minds.

This is not to say that this is evil, we should look at it dialectically.

But for those who practice Taoism, what they seek is to be detached from the world and have a clear and lucid mind.

This is a terrible beast and should be kept at a distance.

Of course, the conclusions reached at the moment are just guesses and cannot be taken as definitive.

"In that case, let's put it aside for now."

Xu Zhiqiu said.

Zhou Yixian nodded, and suddenly pointed at the magic weapons and elixirs on the shelves around him, his eyes full of envy:
"Now the treasures in your treasury are almost piled up like a mountain. In terms of wealth and power, I'm afraid even Qingyun Sect can't compare to you, right?"

Xu shook his head:
"These are all external possessions. If a sect wants to survive for a long time, the most fundamental thing is that its people have to be promising. Didn't you see that I have basically left these treasures to gather dust? Of course, this is not right..."

Perhaps it is the characteristic of the Reverse Life technique.
Most of the Trinity disciples like to swing their fists, and few have the habit of using magic weapons.

But it is a bit of a waste if we have treasures but don't use them.

Therefore, this bad habit needs to be corrected in the future.

Zhou Yixian joked:
"You are the head of the sect after all. Why are you talking in two different ways?"

Xu Zhiqiu laughed, and suddenly remembered something, and turned to ask Xiaohuan:
"By the way, how is Wujiu doing? Has he received any reply?"

Xiaohuan pressed her chin with her slender jade fingers, a little hesitant:
"Uh... I'm not too sure, but he wrote to me the day before yesterday saying that he seemed to have found some clues. I guess he should be back in a few days, right?"

Some time ago, Fu Wujiu joined a team from the Cultivation Alliance and went to Southern Xinjiang to investigate the rebellion caused by the demons.

It is said that his cultivation level has already surpassed the second level, and he has a certain ability to protect himself.

But after so long without any result, Master Xu couldn't help but worry, so he instructed Xiao Huan:

"You should write letters frequently to ask questions, so that you can get more information."

Xiao Huan said:

"Master, don't worry. I heard that there are many people going to investigate this time, and there are many experts among them. It shouldn't be difficult."

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Somewhere in southern Xinjiang,

After just experiencing a wave of battle, the first team was exhausted.

Various monsters were lying on the ground, all of them were ferocious and scaly with claws and strange shapes.

Some were cut in half, and others were beaten into a pulp.

The most eye-catching and most difficult to deal with is a monster that is several meters long and pale white all over.

The monster had no flesh and blood on its body, and was only driven by a skeleton. It looked like a lizard, but it had three pairs of bone wings on its back.

This monster is extremely powerful, its body is as hard as iron and it has infinite strength.

Except for Fu Wujiu, the rest of the nine-man team were top-notch players in the Cultivation Alliance. However, despite this, it still took a lot of effort to defeat him.

"How many of these are there?"

"The eighth one..."

Everyone didn't care to delay and hurried to cook and replenish their energy.

After a short rest, Wang Beifeng sighed:

"There are so many monsters, and I don't know where they came from. No wonder they say the Ten Thousand Mountains in Southern Xinjiang are the poorest and most barren in the world. Now I finally get to experience it."

Li Buchi is the oldest and the leader of the team. He said to everyone:
"I feel like the monsters we've encountered these days are getting stronger and stronger. They may be getting closer to their lair. We have to be more cautious."

"That's natural!"

There was a rough man with a loud voice, who raised a black cloth package on his back and yelled while holding a mace as tall as a person:

"But if you dare to torment me like this, I will tear that bastard called 'Lich' into pieces once I find him!"

Lee Buchi warned:
"You better be careful. That thing is precious. You have to return it to the clan leader after using it."

The rough man scratched his head and smiled:

"Hey, that's natural."

During this period of time, the alliance team has collected a lot of clues about the chaos in southern Xinjiang.

He visited the elders of the five ethnic groups in southern Xinjiang: Miao, Li, Zhuang, Tu, and Gaoshan.

It was learned that this chaos was caused by one person.

This person calls himself a lich and is quite mysterious.

Possessing the ability to drive demons, this man controlled the monsters to attack the tribes of Miao, Zhuang, Tu and Gaoshan successively, committing countless murders.

Its purpose is said to be to collect the five sacred artifacts passed down from ancient times by the five tribes.

What is the purpose of collecting all the holy artifacts?

According to the ancient legends of the witch clan, it seems that an ancient demon god with a mysterious identity is going to be resurrected.

Legend has it that the demon god has great magical powers and boundless magic.

Once it is born, the entire southern Xinjiang and even the whole world will face a catastrophic disaster.

As for legends, in order to attract people's attention, they are naturally as bizarre as possible.

Among the group of people who went from the Cultivation Alliance, few really believed it.

But the matter has to be investigated further after all. Bringing the lich to justice will also benefit the people.

For this South Xinjiang mission, the Cultivation Alliance mobilized five teams with a total of more than 40 people, all of whom were accomplished practitioners.

Five routes are used in the vast southern Xinjiang region.

The first team, consisting of Fu Wujiu and others, carried the last holy weapon needed by the lich, which was the holy weapon of the Li people, as bait.

The remaining four teams adopted a tactic of surrounding the enemy from all sides and gradually retreated in order to prevent them from escaping as much as possible.

And now, according to the previous tactical plan, it is almost time to close the net.

"It's strange. I've sent out Danqingshu for quite some time, but no one has replied."

"Why would you even guess? You're just afraid of having your credit taken away from you." Li Buchi snorted coldly, as if he saw through everything: "Everyone is trying to make a splash and become famous."

"What a rebellion! You don't know who the main force is? If there is a mistake in the coordination and the lich escapes, who will be responsible?"

Wang Beifeng was indignant and dissatisfied.
Suddenly he looked at Fu Wujiu who had been silent from beginning to end, staring at the water with his eyes fixed. He couldn't help but feel a little puzzled and asked:

"Hey, brother Fu, why haven't you said a word all the way? Are you hurt?"

Fu Wujiu suddenly came back to his senses and replied:

"Oh no, I was thinking about something..."

During these days, there were seven or eight battles of varying sizes, and Fu Wujiu contributed the most.

Because he had reached the second level of Taoism, he was the strongest among the crowd in terms of fighting power.

Therefore, he took on more combat risks, and everyone in the team was very grateful to him.

"Brother Fu, are you thinking about women? Haha!"

Someone laughed and joked:

"But this is normal. When you are away from home, the conditions are so difficult. Besides thinking about food and wine, you also think about women."

"hehe."

Fu Wujiu dealt with it with a smile, but he was actually feeling embarrassed.

He was indeed thinking about women, his childhood sweetheart from his hometown.

At the beginning, the woman broke off the engagement with the rich family and wanted to marry him.

But Fu Wujiu did not marry her, and he himself could not explain the reason.

Maybe he was afraid of displeasing his master, or maybe he hadn't figured out what he really wanted.

If it's neither of these, then I'm afraid... it's just a sense of superiority, right?
After all, he is a cultivator in the Taoist sect, but cultivators also believe in matching someone with the same social status.

If I marry an ordinary woman, how many years can she stay with me?
then,

The conversations and trysts under the moon in the past have become insignificant clouds that are not worth mentioning.

In the eyes of the woman, he went from being the dearest lover to an ungrateful and heartless man.

Before they parted, no matter how the woman cried, begged, cursed him, or even threatened to commit suicide, he refused to agree.

However, he did not expect that after returning to the mountain, he was still scolded by his master.

He knelt down swiftly at that time, but he didn't think he had done anything wrong.

After all, monks and mortals are two races at their core.

How can we be together?

Now, after experiencing life-and-death battles in southern Xinjiang, my views have changed, or rather, grown.

Looking back now, this was indeed a dishonorable thing to do. Monks are also human beings, how could they forget their roots?
Trinity does not forbid marriage.

Perhaps, after returning, I should think about giving her a status.

Marry her and compensate her well.

Even if they have been married for decades, they are still husband and wife, so it is not a loss if they can have a son.

…………

Suddenly,

Everyone heard an explosion in the distance.

"Monster!"

Everyone stood up and headed towards the source of the sound.

However, they saw a man covered in blood rushing out of the jungle and stumbling towards them.

"Save...Save..."

Everyone rushed over to rescue him, only to see that the man's arms were missing, with broken bones exposed and mixed with flesh and blood, as if they had been torn off alive.

"I remember him, he's the leader of Team 4!"

"Isn't Team 4 in the southeast? Why are they in the front?"

"He must have been too greedy and rushed too far, and got attacked!"

There was no time to explain. The man was already unconscious due to excessive blood loss. After everyone sent him their true energy to treat him, he regained some consciousness.

Li Buchi asked anxiously:

"Have you found the lich?"

"..."

The man just took a breath, and suddenly his eyes widened, and he shouted hysterically -

"Quick! Run away!!"

All around, the shrill roars of animals surrounded them like a sudden tsunami. (End of this chapter)

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