This old green ox is the mount of the Supreme. The Taoist came riding on the green ox and holding the Eight Scenery Palace Lantern. This is of unspeakable importance. If he had entered the world alone in the past, traveling around to sharpen his own Taoist heart and to break through disasters, then this time of his birth means that the Supreme's mantle has been passed on, and the saints of the Xuanmen and the orthodox Taoist sects have come into the world to single-handedly support the world.

All of them are worldly-wise and all of them are disciples of the Supreme.

The weight and meaning are completely different.

The old blue ox opened his mouth wide, feeling extremely helpless.

Okay, okay, it turns out that you and the great master and his disciple are both staring at me.

How about changing to my old brother?

The old blue ox was helpless. Shangqing Daojun frowned. Yuqing Datianzun opened his eyes and looked at the old man with white hair and beard. Yuqing Datianzun, who was always frugal with words, nodded and said with some admiration:

"The highest good."

But the young Taoist didn't even know the value of this gift.

Jade Purity Great Heavenly Venerable swept his whisk casually, and a third courtyard appeared on the mountain, which was still the same as the previous two courtyards. Jade Purity Yuanshi Heavenly Venerable, who had mastered the Xuanyuan Yiqi, was the most powerful in such a myriad of changes, even above Tai Shang and Shang Qing.

It's just that the two courtyards could be said to be neighbors, but now there are three courtyards, which are like sitting in the three positions facing each other, and there is a vague sense of tit-for-tat. The voice is quite flat:

"Come here tomorrow afternoon and follow me to practice breathing exercises and comprehend the profound Dao."

"After three months, if you want to go down the mountain, you must come up with the means to do so."

The Great Celestial Venerable swept his whisk, and the silk threads on the whisk flowed, pure and free, and he said in a calm and indifferent tone:

"The three religions are originally of the highest quality."

The clouds moved and entangled the middle-aged Taoist priest, feeling indescribably light and ethereal. When his footsteps landed, it was as if he had entered the depths of the clouds, never to be seen again. Only his calm tone of voice fell calmly, and then dissipated like smoke.

"Since ancient times, only Taoism has been respected."

"Don't lose the spirit of Taoism."

The voice fell and dissipated, and the Great Heavenly Venerable had disappeared. The Great Dao Lord also stood up, holding his sword, and laughed loudly: "Then I will prepare to forge the sword. Come find me tomorrow night. The sword embryo is already enough, and I am just waiting for you to come and hold the sword yourself." After he finished laughing, he turned into clouds and disappeared.

The Queen Mother Hou Tu smiled and said, "In that case, when you leave, I will also have a gift for you."

"But, for now, please allow me to keep it a secret."

She touched the young Taoist's hair, exchanged a few pleasantries, drank a cup of tea, and left. Only the old man turned around, smiled, watched everyone leave, and stood here stroking his beard. Outside, the sun was about to set and all was peaceful, as if an old farmer was seeing off an old friend. Everything was natural and calm.

Hou Tu left with a smile, Shang Qing Da Dao Jun was unrestrained and wanton, Yu Qing Da Tian Zun was cold and arrogant.

Everyone has something to say about gaining, and everyone seeks something.

Only in the corner——

Listen carefully: "..."

From the beginning to the end, Di Ting tried his best to stick himself to the wall and eliminate his sense of self-existence. The smile on his face gradually froze: "Huh???"

"Um???!"

What are you guys doing?

I know these things, is it really okay?

Can I be considered a Buddhist to some extent?

I am a Buddhist!

You let me hear this? ! !

Is everything ok, everyone?

Di Ting's mind was filled with all sorts of random thoughts. Then he saw the old man who was seeing his friend off turned around, smiled at him and said, "My dear Di Ting, if you don't mind, why don't you stay and have a simple meal?"

Then all the thoughts in Di Ting's mind disappeared!

He said cheerfully and kindly: "Of course no problem!"

After finishing the meal that night, the old man went to rest. The Green Ox was actually the real body of a great demon. He lay lazily in the yard basking in the moonlight. Although this was just an ordinary mountain range and not a spiritual vein or a spiritual spring, it was far from being comparable to the Tushita Palace with just the spiritual energy. However, there was Tai Shang on the left, Yu Qing in the front, and Shang Qing on one side.

Where in the world can there be any paradise comparable to this place?!

impossible!

After washing up, Qi Wuhuo stood by the window, looking at the bright moon in the sky. The moonlight was clear and bright. He stretched out his hand and held the teacup towards the lunar moon. However, his mind seemed to be in the capital of the Shenwu Dynasty thousands of miles away. He never thought that the emperor would do such a thing at this time.

First, he joined forces with the Four Hidden Stars under the command of Emperor Donghua to offer sacrifices to Jinzhou;

He also formed an alliance with the demon king of the demon clan.

It still uses the harmony of the human people as the price and bargaining chip.

Now it is turning to Buddhism again, and it is still the same.

It seemed that this human race and the Shenwu Jiuzhou were just bargaining chips for him to seek immortality and self-transcendence. They had never been in his eyes from beginning to end. He heard a low hum in his ears and the ancient seal on his waist lit up with light. It was the Seal of the Human Emperor. The presence of that human aura was extremely clear.

Qi Wuhuo held up the seal, and the bright light of the seal flowed in the Taoist's eyes.

Go down the mountain after March.

His crimes should be listed and the emperor should be deposed!

That night, the whole country was peaceful, without any troubles and everything was tranquil.

On the second day, the sky seemed particularly high and thin, but late autumn had passed and it was finally turning into winter. The sky was high and the air was far away, and everything was dry and cold. Qi Wuhuo practiced breathing exercises with his teacher in the morning, then thought about the time, carried his things down the mountain, and continued to teach the children at the foot of the mountain.

Just one night had passed, and everything seemed completely different.

The temperature in the town gradually became colder, and the chilly atmosphere of autumn and winter became stronger, as if the whole town had turned pale, making the peppers hanging under the eaves look even more red. Qi Wuhuo gave lectures to the children, teaching them characters, and the children studied hard. A few days ago, the teacher who was not here also came, and from now on the young Taoist would not have to come down every day.

"From tomorrow on, Master Zhao will teach you."

The departure of the young Taoist priest was destined long ago. The children had known before that this Taoist priest from the mountain was here to temporarily replace their master, but after spending two months together, they had developed a lot of feelings for him and were naturally reluctant to let him go. Even when they were reading, they seemed a little depressed and listless.

"Hahaha, it seems like these kids like you very much, Taoist Priest Qi."

Master Zhao was a scholar in his thirties or forties. He was talented when he was young and always thought he could serve the country. However, he did not pass the imperial examination. As he grew older and had a family to support, he came back to teach students. Before that, he had some other things to do, so he went to another place and brought back his mother.

To the young man of about sixteen or seventeen years old in front of him, he simply addressed him as "Taoist Master" in an exaggerated manner.

Among the honorific titles of Taoism, even Taoist priests need many formalities and sufficient cultivation, let alone the Taoist priests who can be the master of a temple? Judging from his age, the young Taoist in front of him is just a [Taoist boy]. Master Zhao was very grateful for Qi Wuhuo's help during this period of time. He took out two strings of big money and insisted that the young Taoist accept them. He also called his wife and children to serve a table of food.

There were just some simple dishes, two plates of beans, and a pot of wine, and the young Taoist was invited to sit down.

The sky was leaden and heavy. Mr. Zhao took a sip of his wine, made a comfortable sound, looked up at the sky outside the window, and said, "It's going to snow. Yes, winter is coming."

"Mr. Zhao, will you also go to Beijing for the spring examination after March?"

Mr. Zhao laughed and said, "What else?"

"I have studied for most of my life, but it's a pity that the imperial examinations require recommendations from many nobles, at least those who have passed the imperial examinations in the previous generation, in order to pass. This goes on from generation to generation, like a tangled web entangled in the court, with teachers teaching students, and students recommending students, and it will never end."

"Now I have finally found a teacher who is willing to recommend me, but I also heard that the current emperor is obsessed with Buddhism."

"Master Zhao also knows?"

"Haha, the Human Emperor is a saint. The actions of a saint are like the sun and the moon, bright as soon as you raise your eyes."

“The darkness of a sage is like the sun and the moon.”

"How could I not know? Haha, after those foreign monks became state teachers, I knew that many places had shaved their heads and planned to become monks and convert to Buddhism. Even scholars did the same. From now on, I'm afraid that those who can write Buddhist poems will rise to prominence."

"There are also rumors that this Human Emperor wants to demolish the ancestral temple and turn it into a Da Chong Buddhist temple."

"Those foreign monks gave in again and again and called it the Great Chonghuang Temple."

"In many places, ancient temples dedicated to the Queen Mother Nuwa and Taoist temples have been demolished and turned into Buddhist temples. Many laws have been issued in succession to exempt all Buddhist temples from taxes and allocate land to them to support monks. Haha, I used to be a legal advisor in the county government, and I also heard that because of these reasons, many good people voluntarily became serfs of the temples so that they could be exempted from taxes."

"More have fallen into our hands than in the past."

"Ha, no more talking."

"When I drink, I want to talk about these things. When I talk about these things, I feel very upset and want to drink. But with this student next to me, it is not appropriate for me to drink. I need to think of other things to entertain myself. By the way, does Taoist Qi know how to play chess?"

"meeting."

"Hahaha, just right, just right. My wife doesn't know how to play chess, and I have been enduring it alone for a long time. Come on, Taoist priest, fight me for three hundred rounds!" He placed a chessboard next to the bowl of beans, and then played chess with Qi Wuhuo. Originally, because the young Taoist priest was young, he looked down on him in his heart.

But after playing several games of chess, he was beaten so badly by the young Taoist that the expression on his face became dull.

But he saw that the young Taoist kept making moves, all aimed at the dragon, and the more he made moves, the more fierce he became. At the beginning, there was a sense of Taoist Chongxu, and as time went on, his moves became more and more fierce. It took him only half a cup of tea to kill the dragon. Master Zhao looked at the situation on the chessboard, his palm trembled, and the chess pieces fell to the ground. He couldn't help but sigh and said:

"Slashing the dragon directly, so murderous, so murderous!"

The young Taoist leaned down slightly, picked up the chess piece, and said with a gentle smile:

"It's just a game of chess."

"Where does this murderous intent come from?"

He picked up a chess piece and gently placed it on the chessboard. Silently, a Taoist priest walked out from behind him. His appearance was clear and bright, as if he had pure Qi. His eyebrows and facial features were exactly the same as the young Taoist priest, but his temperament was more plain and distant. Mr. Zhao had never seen it. The young Taoist priest and Mr. Zhao were tidying up the chessboard at the same time. The young Taoist priest said:

"What the Master said, that the darkness of the Emperor is like the sun and the moon, is indeed true..."

"Because of the high position of the Emperor, a single thought can cause many problems, just like ripples turning into waves. With each passing day, no one knows what decision he will make, and no one knows how many people his decision will affect. If this continues for one day, three days, and more for three months and a hundred days, it will be enough to turn the peaceful world into chaos."

"I wonder if Master Zhao has any solution?"

Master Zhao sighed and said, "The current emperor is diligent after all, but he was blinded by the Buddhist sect and made such a mistake. As long as your majesty knows the problems of these people one day, you can put things right and restore peace..." He didn't even believe what he said.

I seemed to hear a sigh. I looked up and saw the young Taoist sitting next to the window. He was dressed in white with a dark blue Taoist robe, his hair tied up with a jade hairpin, and a whisk draped over his arm. He picked up a chess piece and said softly:

"That's all."

Master Zhao's heart sank.

I don't know why, but I felt an indescribable solemnity and majesty from these words.

He reacted immediately, his back was covered in cold sweat, and he sighed:

"Yes, forget it, you and I are just ordinary people. I am just a master, and my achievements are not as good as those of a scholar. The Taoist priest is an outsider, practicing in seclusion in the mountains, so what can he do?"

"That's all I can do!"

In front of him, where he could not see, the clearer incarnation of the young Taoist bowed slightly, with a seal in his hand. The young Taoist's magical powers had not yet been cultivated to the point where he could do whatever he wanted. If the body incarnated by the Qi wanted to leave at this moment, he would eventually need the guidance of a word, like a signpost or an imperial decree.

The body transformed by Yuan Qi had the seal of the emperor hanging from his waist. He saluted with one hand and said naturally,

"Accept the order."

On the chessboard, black and white are clearly distinguished.

The young Taoist made another move, and then invited the scholar in front to play chess. The incarnation behind him had disappeared.

Why wait until after March?

Today is the day to depose the great thief!