Chapter 161: Circle Drawing Devil
161 Circle Drawing
"I want to take him as my apprentice. Please set the conditions."
After entering the Taoist temple, he spoke to Gao Yuan simply and directly. The strange man spoke with extremely confident tone.
This sentence made Gao Yu'an and Xiang Jiannan look confused, not knowing why he suddenly said this.
You're here so early in the morning to snatch the only seedling in my temple? "Disciple, please step back first."
Seeing Xiang Jiannan opening his mouth to speak, he motioned for his disciple to step aside. Gao Yuan had obviously never encountered such a situation before. He watched the strange man's lips move several times before he finally expressed his thoughts:
"I have never heard of this. I have been practicing for so many years, but this is the first time I have encountered such a thing."
"I've heard of Taoist priests and monks fighting for nuns in the past, but I've never seen anyone go to other Taoist temples to snatch disciples. Do you think I'm just a decoration?"
"Considering your age, please take back what you just said."
Fighting for the nun? Did this really happen in the Great Zhou Dynasty? There was an unexpected gain, and the truth or falsehood could not be confirmed for the time being. Xiang Jiannan had gained some knowledge.
There is actually a nun in the Great Zhou Dynasty. I must pay her a visit if I have the chance. There is so much hidden information.
"You old Taoist priest, you get anxious after a few words. I don't want your Taoist temple."
Not caring about the unkindness in Gao Yuan's tone, the strange man pointed at Xiang Jiannan and continued:
"This Taoist has wisdom in his heart. A small Taoist temple cannot keep him at all. I want to take him away out of good intentions."
"Hui Gen, are you a bald monk?"
He almost said it out loud accidentally. Trying his best to suppress his anger, Xiang Jiannan felt that his master might explode soon.
He never thought that he would become so popular one day. Looking at the two old people interacting with each other in front of him, he felt like the male protagonist in a novel.
You must not start a fight later. If some early pilgrims see you, you won’t be able to explain yourself.
"No, I came here from far away just to take you, my disciple, away."
"Old man, are you still asleep? Since you are not a monk, why are you talking about wisdom in front of me? I'm just saying that you don't look like a monk..."
"What do we, the disciples of the Dao Sect, need?"
He turned hostile immediately and was no longer polite to the strange man in front of him. Gao Yuan said contemptuously: "I am always kind to others. We have never met before. It was you who forced me to lose my temper. Master, I just couldn't stand it anymore."
"This is the only incense stick we have in our temple."
"I'm not negotiating with you!"
Hearing Gao Yuan calling him an old man, the strange man also became angry. Taoist priest, you look much older than me. When you said this, did you think carefully? He immediately took out his most powerful weapon and made the most powerful rebuttal to the old Taoist priest's rude words:
"I am thirty-eight this year. How old are you, Taoist priest?"
"That's nonsense. You look at least 40 years old. Stop making trouble in front of this old Taoist priest!"
What he said was as good as nothing he said. When his master spoke, he made a direct conclusion. Xiang Jiannan didn't understand what was there to argue about such a thing.
He also felt that the strange man in front of him was more than 38 years old and looked to be at least in his early 60s.
Although I have read before that ancient people could be called old men at the age of 36, this did not apply in the Zhou Dynasty.
In the ancient world, people’s life span was relatively short, but this was no longer the case in the Zhou Dynasty.
Although it gave people the feeling of being in ancient times, the people in this world obviously lived longer than those in the ancient times of the previous world. The facts were there before their eyes.
So when the strange man said he was 38 years old, Xiang Jiannan didn't believe it at all. How could he have the nerve to call himself an old man unless he was 70 or 80 years old?
"I am a practitioner of the art of spellcasting, so it is normal for me to look old."
After loudly stating his identity in front of Gao Yuan, the strange man laughed again and said, "You are a very talented disciple. It's a pity that you don't follow me."
"Old Taoist priest, do you have anything else to say?"
"The lineage of spells has not yet died out? If that's the case, I, the old Taoist priest, cannot let my disciple go."
Clearly hearing the threat in the stranger's voice and seeing his master shaking his head like a rattle, Xiang Jiannan thought the stranger had come to the wrong place.
The art of spell casting was considered an unorthodox path among the many cultivation systems of the Zhou Dynasty. The old Taoist priest had told me this before when I asked about the method of casting spells.
People who practice this kind of thing don't live long, because they are stealing the power between heaven and earth.
Those who go against heaven and earth will be punished, and accelerated aging of the body is their most obvious characteristic. This can also explain why the strange man in front of them looks like he is sixty years old.
Others practice cultivation mainly for immortality, but the sorcerer lineage does the opposite. To say that they are not up to par is already a very polite statement.
It can only be seen in some remote areas in the south. The closer to the big cities and counties, the more this practice system disappears.
It has nothing to do with a clear ban. The main reason is that the people are not stupid. Even if they can occasionally trick a few talented disciples, it is still unclear whether they can be cultivated.
For a strange man to live to the age of thirty-eight is already pretty good from a practical point of view.
The circle I drew has absolutely nothing to do with them, the master has confirmed that before.
It’s good to stay in Ping’an Temple. Who would want to follow them around?
I still don’t know the exact location of the south that my master mentioned.
"In that case, we have no choice but to use force."
"Little Taoist priest, what do you think?"
He wanted to take action while talking, thinking that the strange man was an upright man. Xiang Jiannan did not expect that he would ask for his opinion.
He immediately expressed that he had no reason to leave Ping'an Town and was determined to stay on the same front with his master.
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But after he finished speaking, the strange man stretched out his finger and tried to draw a circle in the air.
No matter how many questions he asked, he did not forget anything he should do.
"Doing this in front of the old Taoist?"
He just felt that the strange man who attacked was too immature, and thought that the art of spellcasting was becoming less and less up to standard. Gao Yuan immediately raised his hand and hit him with his sleeve.
The next scene became very harmonious. As long as the strange man drew a circle, the old Taoist priest would take him away with a wave of his sleeves. The two of them repeated this back and forth over and over again, looking like they were playing a game.
"Taoist, are you scared?"
He showed great endurance and allowed Gao Yuan to take away the circle he drew without stopping. After dozens of rounds, the strange man spoke.
The circle that had just been drawn was taken away by the old Taoist priest, who looked at it without any reaction.
In Xiang Jiannan's view, this action just confirmed what his master had said before, that people in the lineage of sorcerers are not normal in their brains, and my disciple, you look different from them.
"You're the one who's afraid."
His sleeves waving made a constant sound, and Gao Yuan snorted coldly when he saw the strange man making fun of him.
If you are afraid, I, the Taoist priest, will not fight with you. The faster the circle is drawn, the sooner the person will die.
You really think the old Taoist doesn't know.
"If you're not afraid, why would you collect my circle?"
He drew several in a row in one go, and never failed from beginning to end. Xiang Jiannan didn't know how the strange man suddenly became so steady.
He felt that things were almost done. The grand event he had imagined had yet to appear, and early in the morning, everything just looked peaceful.
Don't you feel bored raising your hands like this all the time?
"Nonsense, everyone in the Great Zhou Dynasty knows that your lineage of sorcery is a famous king of empty promises!"
Giving the strange man a cold look, Gao Yuan couldn't help but sneer, and while speaking he slowly changed his hands, his expression gradually becoming nonchalant.
The Taoist had experienced countless fights in his life, but today he seemed relatively relaxed. Early in the morning, a man suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
"Do you dare to let me use my own methods?"
In a blink of an eye, the old Taoist priest took away another five circles, and the strange man finally looked anxious.
He had asked about this old Taoist priest before coming here, and to be honest, he didn't take him seriously.
I've been mentally prepared since I started practicing spells, but if I continue like this, there seems to be no end.
"Go ahead and do it. Why wouldn't you be afraid of doing this? I, the Taoist priest, have been waiting for you."
"Watch carefully!"
The young Taoist priest couldn't help but laugh. After Gao Yuan finished speaking, Xiang Jiannan saw that the strange man finally changed. He stopped what he was doing and took several steps back. His eyeballs became unusually dark.
It seemed that there was not a trace of white in his eyes, and his body soon slowly bent down in front of the two Taoists.
Afterwards, when Xiang Jiannan was extremely nervous, he spread out the five fingers of his right hand, with his palm facing the ground, and started a new round of circle drawing movements.
(End of this chapter)