Fang Jian looked towards the old Taoist priest, then frowned and asked, "Are you a Taoist priest or a monk?"

Taoist Li laughed and said, "There are no monks in the Tang Dynasty anymore, so it must be Taoist priests."

Fang Jian asked, "Taoist, why are you wearing a monk's robe instead of a Taoist robe?"

Taoist Li smiled and said, "Master Hongqing, you care whether we violate the Heavenly Law or not, but you have no right to care what we Taoists like to wear, right?"

"So you know me?" Fang Jian asked.

Taoist Li nodded and said, "That's right. There are probably very few people in the world of Jambu who don't know Master Hongqing."

"That's quite a lot." Fang Jian said, "Why did you come to disturb my apprentice's studies?"

"Oh!" Taoist Li nodded and said to Fang Jian, "This is a misunderstanding. I don't have the time to disturb a child's studies. I'm here to see Master Hongqing."

Fang Jian asked, "What do you want me to do?"

Taoist Li coughed, then said seriously: "I am here to ask Master Hongqing to make the decision for me."

Fang Jian asked doubtfully, "Looking to me to make the decision? What decision?"

Taoist Li snorted, then said, "Master Hongqing, just because you're an immortal official, do you think you can just rob others and usurp their magical treasures?"

"Huh?" Fang Jian keenly sensed the problem after hearing this: "You mean, an immortal official has taken possession of your magic weapon?"

Taoist Li nodded and said, "Not bad."

"Who is it?" Fang Jian asked.

Taoist Li said, "Ao Ren, the water god of Yanlai Lake, originally asked me to borrow a magic weapon. But after borrowing it for so long, not only did he not return it, but he also retreated to his water palace and locked himself up. No matter how I tried to contact him or send disciples to ask for it, he refused to see me and even ordered the shrimp soldiers and crab generals in the water palace to drive it away. Master Hongqing, do you think I should come to you for help?"

When Fang Jian heard what Li Laodao said, a picture suddenly flashed through his mind. It was the scene of Hu Meng's last fight with Ao Ren.

In that scene, Ao Ren did use a magic weapon of the chisel type to collect the Kuixing Inkstone and Hu Meng's magic weapons...

"Is it that magic weapon, the Zhuozi?" Fang Jian asked.

Taoist Li nodded repeatedly and said, "Exactly, exactly. So Master Hongqing also knew about this?"

"I know a little." Fang Jian said lightly.

Upon hearing this, Taoist Li immediately turned to Fang Jian and said, "Master Hongqing, you must make the decision for me in this matter! How could the immortal officials of Heaven be so despicable and shameless as to seize the magic weapon of an old Taoist like me?"

Fang Jian nodded and said, "I understand. I will investigate this matter."

"Thank you, Master Hongqing." Taoist Li looked at Fang Jian eagerly and said, "I hope Master Hongqing can retrieve the magic weapon for me as soon as possible. I will be very grateful."

Fang Jian chuckled and said, "Of course." But soon his expression changed and he said, "However, I'm more concerned about you, fellow Taoist."

"Me?" Taoist Li said in surprise, "Why did Master Hongqing say that?"

Fang Jian walked forward, stretched out his hand and put his hand on Li Laodao's shoulder, saying, "I don't know whether you are a Taoist or a Buddhist, or what kind of religion you belong to. Now I have reason to suspect that you are a heretic. Come, where is the Taoist temple where you practice? I need to check it out first."

"Ah, this!" Taoist Li was startled, then laughed and said, "Forget it. I am a righteous man of the Xuan Sect, how could I be an evil person?"

Fang Jian laughed and said, "That's not for you to say." Fang Jian pointed at himself with his thumb and said, "I will say it."

After saying that, Fang Jian continued, "There are no other Taoist temples in or around Bailu City. There's only one, Qingxia Temple, but that's called a Taoist temple, but it's actually no different from a brothel. Apart from that, there's only Yulai Temple in Bailu City..."

Fang Jian stared at Li Laodao and said, "Are you from Yulai Temple?"

"That's right." Fang Jian had just finished speaking when Mei Xianzhang said, "He's from Yulai Temple. The other day I went into town to buy oil and saw him standing in front of the temple eating watermelon."

As soon as Mei Xianzhang finished speaking, Li Laodao hurriedly said, "Hey! Little kid, don't talk nonsense. What I ate that day was not watermelon, but a red sweet potato!"

"..." Fang Jian said, "Then you are from Yulai Temple?"

Taoist Li sighed, then with a look of helplessness, he pushed away Fang Jian's arm that was resting on his shoulder and said, "I am the abbot of Yulai Temple."

Upon hearing this, Fang Jian immediately said to Mei Xianzhang, "Disciple, concentrate on your studies here. I will go to Yulai Temple to take a look."

"Okay." Mei Xianzhang nodded in response.

Then Fang Jian grabbed Li Laodao's arm and pulled him up on the cloud. In an instant, he flew into Bailu City, and after a few breaths, he landed in Yulai Temple.

Yulai Temple was very popular, and many people from Bailu City came in and out to burn incense and pray for blessings.

At this moment, the "monks" in Yulai Temple were chanting in the main hall. When Taoist Li heard the chanting, he wanted to run away, but was grabbed tightly by Fang Jian. Taoist Li's body was a little weak, and although he had the ability of a Golden Immortal, he could not break free from Fang Jian's palm.

Because Fang Jian had not yet manifested his divine power at that time, the mortals in Yulai Temple could not see him. They only saw the abbot of Yulai Temple standing there stiffly.

The mortals coming and going saluted Li Laodao politely, and Li Laodao also returned the salute one by one with one hand gestures.

At the same time, the sound of chanting in the main hall could be heard. To ordinary people, it was just the sound of chanting in Sanskrit, but to Fang Jian, he could hear it clearly:

"Praise to the Great and Generous Tathagata Buddha..."

After Fang Jian listened to these so-called "scriptures" word for word, his face had already turned as dark as water, and he looked at Li Laodao with unkind eyes.

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