Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 146 Taoist Leader
"Thank you, senior brother." Ren Yuan hurriedly took it with both hands, and according to the instructions of his senior brother, he cut his fingertips and used his own blood to refine it. Gradually, he felt a blood connection with the 'Yaoguang', as if it were his own child.

I only heard my senior brother teach me solemnly:

"In fact, there is no essential difference between flying a sword and drawing a talisman. They are both a little spiritual light that penetrates heaven and earth. What in the world is not a talisman? It can be the void, water and fire, plants and trees, and of course flying swords. It can be present or not, and can be passed on and changed. That's why it is called Taoism..."

"Both of them are about integrating the universe, the sun, the moon, and the stars with me. Whether it's splashing ink or controlling a flying sword, it's nothing more than exerting my own spirit. When my mind moves, a flash of light will turn the talisman into a sword!"

"Yaoguang, fly to the sky!" Ren Yuanyi's mind moved, and the flying sword shot out like lightning, straight into the sky!
Senior Brother smiled as he watched Ren Yuan's delighted look at the prey, but his huge body was obviously starting to get thinner...

"Senior Brother!" Ren Yuan quickly retracted his sword and stepped forward to support his senior brother.

"It doesn't matter. Without the nourishment of the golden elixir, the corpse god Peng Zan is now gnawing at my three flowers and five qi in a rage." The senior brother's smile was a little forced and he said, "I don't have much time. Call everyone in quickly."

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Soon, all the masters gathered in the thatched cottage and saw that the master had returned to his original appearance.

Everyone was horrified and asked, "Master, what are you doing..."

"It's nothing. I just want to return to the great Dao." Sun Youyue smiled carefreely, but the other sect leaders felt as if they had lost their parents when they heard his words, and many of them burst into tears on the spot.

"Don't cry. I am finally free from this evil body. You should be happy for me." Master Uncle sighed and said, "I am really sorry to leave you at this time."

As he said this, he pointed at Ren Yuan and said, "Fortunately, my master sent my junior brother to save us. I have passed the position of the headmaster of Shangqing Sect to him."

"Really?" The heads of the sects were shocked when they heard this. Seeing how young Ren Yuan was, many of them were not convinced. But the master uncle was already on his deathbed, what could they say?

"Believe me, my junior brother is the one who is here to save you. You swear to the Three Pure Ones and obey his orders, and he will save you from this disaster." Sun Youyue glanced at everyone and said, "Of course, you don't have to believe it. I will ask my junior brother to leave now."

"Of course we believe in Master Uncle." The heads of the sects thought, now at least there is someone in charge. In addition, Sun Youyue's usual prestige made them swear to the Three Pure Ones and obey Ren Yuan's orders.

Then they all turned to Ren Yuan and bowed to pay homage to the new leader of Taoism.

"..." Ren Yuan heard this and asked in a low voice: "Why am I the leader again?"

"If the name is not right, the words will not flow, and if the words are not flowing, nothing can be accomplished." The senior brother laughed and said, "In fact, he is just the leader of 800 Taoists. What's the big deal?"

"If Taoism is destroyed in my hands, won't I become a sinner for all eternity?" Ren Yuan said softly with a pale face.

Senior Brother laughed and said, "Don't worry, Junior Brother, I won't lie to you. If you don't believe me, look, when I wasn't fat, wasn't I quite handsome?"

"That's true..." Ren Yuan nodded, and saw that his senior brother had become as thin as a stick and couldn't even sit still. He quickly went forward and hugged him: "Senior brother..."

"Uncle Master." The heads of the sects also gathered around.

“Have you seen the harm caused by corpse worms?” Sun Youyue looked at everyone and said, “So in the future, don’t be reckless. Only by laying a solid foundation can you make a breakthrough.”

Then he said to Ren Yuan: "You must help Master to find a way to completely kill the three corpses and eliminate the nine insects..."

After saying that, he died in Ren Yuan's arms, and his body turned into ashes, having been completely sucked dry by the corpse worms.

"Uncle Master..." There was a cry in the thatched cottage, and the heads of the sects could not hide their grief. It seemed like they were crying for their uncle master, but more like they were crying for their own fate.

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Changsha County, outside Linxiang City.

After being led around by Mr. Chen for several days, Mr. Chen finally ran out of patience. "Tell me, are you kidding us?!" He glared at the man in the altar viciously.

"No..." Mr. Chen opened his eyes wide with an innocent look on his face.

"We're almost in Changsha, and you're still saying you didn't lie?!" Ku Bo and others beside him also said angrily:

"He has been taking us east and west these past few days, and has traveled two thousand miles!"

"There's really nothing we can do. Bu Hua Gu's position is erratic, and those people are faster than us..."

"Come on, why haven't the local gangs seen them before?"

"This may be because they used the art of hiding after they noticed it..."

"Did that stealth technique deceive you as well?" Lord Tui, who was making clay balls, suddenly asked coldly.

"Yes, that must be the case!" After hearing this, the Minggui people suddenly realized: "Now it makes sense!"

"Damn it, he actually kept it a secret from us!" Ku Bo and the others were furious and said, "We can't let him get away with it, let him be tortured by thousands of insects!"

"Okay." Lord Chu really couldn't bear it any longer. Although Mr. Chu was his man, if he continued to protect him, his men would rebel.

"Sir, please spare my life..." Mr. Chen was frightened to death.

"Don't blame me for being cruel." Lord Tu waved his hand, allowing the red-striped ghost-faced cricket to carry out the execution.

The 螝 opened his wide sleeves, and countless red insects slowly flew out and pounced on Mr. Chen.

"Wait, I really found it this time, it's just three hundred miles away!" Mr. Chen, who had closed his eyes and waited for death, suddenly opened his eyes wide and shouted loudly: "Girl!"

Wanwan, who had been standing there motionless, suddenly moved like a ghost, rescued Mr. Chen before the flying insects could hit her, picked up the jar and ran away.

Seeing this, the old man opened his mouth and used a trick of "innuendo" to spray out a stream of quicksand, which sprayed a big hole in Wanwan's head. However, Wanwan ignored it and continued to run forward tenaciously.

Mr. Chen was behind her, shouting to Lord Chen and the others, "Lord, follow me! It's only the last 300 miles. I will never run again!"

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Three hundred miles away, there is another wave of people wearing ghost masks.

They were wearing full black armor, black helmets, and even their faces were covered with hideous ghost masks, covering themselves tightly from head to toe.

Together with various weapons and equipment, this whole set of equipment weighs at least two hundred kilograms, but they have been marching at a high speed, the team is well-organized, and there is no noise at all.

This is the 3,000 Ghost King troops sent by the Ghost King. They have always won every battle they have fought, and never lost a single one! This time will certainly be no exception...

They set out from Fengdu five days ago and after four days and four nights of forced march, they finally arrived at Qinxi this afternoon. Led by the scout leader, they drove to the outside of the Xuefeng Valley.

Earlier today, their scout cavalry had blocked the entrance to the valley and established an outpost.

The war is about to start.

(End of this chapter)