Bu Tian Gang

The mountain gate at the top of the head seemed not far away, but it took two hours to get there. Once he arrived at the mountain gate, Dong Zhi found that the scenery he had vaguely seen just now under the steps had completely changed.

The original dense forest turned into a Taoist temple in front of him, standing majestically, a stone pillar with a coiled dragon standing in the center of the square, Taoist flags fluttering in the wind, figures walking through the corridors, Taoist robes tied in buns, all of which made him feel as if he had come to another world.

"This is Hezao Pie?" Winter Solstice asked curiously, "Can ordinary tourists come in?"

He Yudao: "Although this place is also in the back mountain, there is an enchantment. Ordinary people can't even find the entrance, let alone come in. Just like what is written in Peach Blossom Spring, there is no way to enter."

Under the blue sky, the Taoist temple is more solemn, and the Tai Chi floor tiles on the square seem to be shining brightly.

Winter Solstice couldn't help but let out a wow, and his eyes showed admiration: "As expected of a famous family, it looks different from the ones in the tourist area!"

He Yudao: "You haven't seen the real big sects. The rich sects like Longhushan and Maoshan are a hundred times more magnificent than this, so it's just like Zaapai that bears the same name as them in vain. , but refuses to spend money on marketing, that's why you're so poor... Ouch!"

Before he could finish his bad words, he was hit on the back of the head.

"Which bastard..." He Yu rubbed his head and turned his head, then put on a smiling face, "Uncle, why did you come out to let the wind go?"

The old man with the white beard made a gesture to hit him: "What's the wind, your uncle and I are not locked up in a mental hospital!"

He Yu quickly hid behind Dongzhi and pushed him out: "Master, look at this, this is the apprentice I brought back for you!"

The white-bearded old man looked at Dong Zhi, smiled kindly and said, "Where did you find the kid?"

He Yu proudly said: "I picked it up on the road. Your nephew and I have good eyesight. As soon as I picked it up, I picked up someone who has a talent for drawing symbols. He can draw symbols in one go, better than me back then!"

Winter Solstice is busy and modest: "It's not so powerful, it's just because I learned to draw, and I have a little foundation!"

The old man laughed and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, have you brought back Cheng Hui's remnant soul?"

He Yu: "Bringing it back, I escaped death and almost gave my life there."

The old man said: "Your master is waiting for you, hurry up and take Cheng Hui there, it's not good for him if it takes too long."

He Yu nodded and looked at Dongzhi: "Then you can play with my uncle, and I will go to my uncle to find you later."

The winter solstice complained in his heart, the uncle is quite old, and he said to play with him for a while, is it plausible?

As soon as He Yu took Cheng Hui away, the old man smiled and said, "It's the first time you come back, so I'll treat you well. How about eating camphor tea duck at night? The cook is from Sichuan, and he combined Sichuan camphor tea duck with local camphor tree salted duck." , better than other places.”

The winter solstice was flattered, and hurriedly said no, no, no.

The old man said: "You're welcome, thanks to you, I can have such a meal, let's go."

He walked slowly in front with his hands behind his back, pointing to this tree and that stone from time to time and telling the winter solstice a story or two.

The Hezao sect flourished in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was once designated as the three major sects of Chuanlu along with Maoshan and Longhushan by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. In the event of a military disaster, all the Taoist temples were almost destroyed, and the school also declined sharply. It was not until the Ming Dynasty, with the efforts of the No. 30 generation, that the Hezao School was rejuvenated.

In order to avoid repeating the same mistakes and being destroyed by war, these practitioners learned from Maoshan and Longhushan, and hid the Taoist gate in the enchantment of the back mountain, which has continued to this day.

Winter Solstice listened with great interest, and finally asked: "So, ordinary tourists can't find the real Taoism in Maoshan and Longhushan?"

The old man smiled and said: "Naturally, those scenic spots outside are for ordinary people to see. Although the Hezao faction has a gimmick with the same history as Maoshan and Longhushan, but after all, it is a small family, and it can't compare with their big business. big."

Before the winter solstice had time to ask any more questions, the old man said, "Here we are."

By the lake, a group of big white ducks are flapping their wings happily to swim.

The weeping branches on the bank are shaded, and the new lotus on the lake is beginning to rise.

What a pastoral and wild taste.

The old man: "Okay, catch it."

winter solstice:? ? ?

Seeing his blank face, the old man said: "Don't you want to eat camphor tea duck? You have to catch the duck yourself."

Winter Solstice can't laugh or cry: "Can this duck be caught casually?"

The old man: "Of course, this is what we raise in the kitchen, but they said that I have high blood lipids, so I am not allowed to eat more, and finally waited for the guests to come, so I can finally have a meal today!"

Winter Solstice found that what He Yu said just now was not disrespectful to the elders.

I really want to play with you!

He felt as if he had been tricked into boarding a pirate ship, but under the benevolent gaze of the old man, he had no choice but to roll up his trousers resignedly and walk towards the group of ducks.

At the same time, the windows on all sides were closed, and in the airtight room, Cheng Hui tilted to the side and fell to the ground.

The head of Hezao Pai Xin was sweating profusely, his face turned pale, and he said to He Yu, "Okay, it will be fine when he wakes up."

He Yu quickly handed over the towel: "Master, you have worked hard!"

Master Xin wiped off his sweat, shook his head and said, "Although Cheng Hui is good at hexagrams, he doesn't know anything about other kung fu. How could he be so easy?"

He Yudao: "In the beginning, I just wanted him to help track down the person hiding behind the sneaky Yaksha, but I didn't expect to bring out the monster."

Head Xin's expression turned cold: "Human monster? Are you sure it's a human monster?"

He Yu nodded: "Also, Boss and the others found inscriptions on the stone wall in the desert area of ​​northwest Inner Mongolia. The symbols on it are very similar to the stone tablet we got on Changbai Mountain. I would like you to take a look."

He called up the photo album on his phone and zoomed in on the photo.

Head Xin frowned more and more.

"You know the vicissitudes and ups and downs that our Hezao faction has encountered?"

The question of the incompatibility of wind and cattle made He Yu a little puzzled: "I know, as you said, the rise and fall of Taoism is closely related to the rise and fall of dynasties. In times of troubled times, classics are lost, Taoism is scattered, and many classics are still exiled today. The other side cannot be restored."

Head Xin said: "When I was young, I heard from your master that there was a "Book of Books" in the middle of the door, which was destroyed by fire in the late Qing Dynasty. He once looked through it, vaguely remembered some of the talismans, and showed me it, but because I have a long memory, and the talisman he recounted is already incomplete, so I didn't teach it to you, but I remember that there is a talisman among them, which is at least seven or eight points similar to the one in the middle of the photo."

He picked up the incense burner, poured some incense ash on the ground, and drew the talisman according to his memory.

He Yu snorted, and compared it with the photos, although they were not exactly the same, they were indeed very similar.

"Do you know what this talisman is for?"

"Suppressing demons."

Master Xin patted the ashes on his hands, and said, "I heard from your ancestor that the writing of the "Lu Jing" was many years earlier than the founding of the Hezao School, at least before the Tang Dynasty. According to the photos you provided, combined with This residual talisman, I speculate that the inscription on the stone tablet should be a rune in a talisman array, representing different directions or functions."

He Yu couldn't help but gasped: "Then this talisman array is really big! One is in Changbai Mountain, and the other went to the desert of Inner Mongolia. So, there are other steles?"

Head Xin said: "I have to tell Long Shen personally about this matter, and you can give me his contact information."

He Yu let out an oh, turned on the phone, tapped it a few times, and handed it over.

Head Xin saw it, and was so angry that he raised his hand and patted the back of his head.

"Who would scan a QR code to add friends at a time like this?! Hurry up and call!"

He Yu was aggrieved and said, "Who made your old man talk to you when you have nothing to do? I thought you liked communicating like this!"

He dialed Long Shen's number, but he didn't know if he was busy or he didn't hear him. He didn't answer the first time, but He Yu called again, and it took a long time for someone to answer.

"What's the matter?" Long Shen's voice sounded.

Head Xin answered the phone and pressed the loudspeaker button: "Long Ju, it's me, Xin Huaiyuan."

Long Shen met Head Xin, so he naturally recognized his voice quickly: "Sect Head Xin?"

Sect Leader Xin didn't care about the small talk, so he cut straight to the point and explained his conjecture just now, and asked again: "Are you sure that what you encountered was indeed a monster?"

Long Shen said: "A few years ago, when He Yu and Tang Jing went on a mission at the border of Yunnan, they ran into a drug lord who could control the sneak Yasha. After they eliminated him, they thought the matter was over, but three years ago , I went to Russia with Tang Jing, and encountered a similar incident. In addition to Xu Wan this time, this is the third time. Stealing Yasha is a monster refined and condensed by resentment, blood and soul. Under normal circumstances, no It may appear in batches and on a large scale, and there will be no self-awareness. As it is now, someone must be deliberately manipulating it."

People have the seven emotions and six desires, seeking but not resentment, wanting to give up but not resentment, urban men and women are feasting and feasting, there is a lot of resentment gathered in the sky above the city, some resentment is harmless and will dissipate on its own over time, some people have deep obsessions, but resentment will last for a long time.Those who are interested can use these grievances to condense and blend with the unjust souls of the dead, and turn them into monsters.

This is not something that ordinary practitioners can do, it must be done by powerful monsters.

Sect Leader Xin said in a deep voice: "Take resentment as your soul, hatred as your soul, brutality as your god, evil as your bones, and flesh and blood as your food, you are a devil."

Long Shen: "That's right. According to ancient records, among the great demons, heavenly demons, earth demons, and human demons are the most powerful. Heavenly demons call for wind and rain, earth demons destroy mountains and rivers, and human demons guard against all demons. Being able to be reborn is like the evil spirit in "Painted Skin" in Liao Zhai, although it is not the most powerful of the three demons, it is the most difficult to entangle, life and death go back and forth, and the cycle is endless, it is difficult to completely eliminate."

Xin Zhangmen's face was solemn: "If that stone tablet is really a part of the talisman array, then the dragon corpse is most likely guarding the stone tablet. I suspect that the resurrection of the dragon corpse by humans and demons is not aimed at the dragon corpse, but for borrowing Your hands destroy the stele, thereby destroying the talisman."

Long Shen said: "We also think the same way, and with the precious clues you provided, it should be pretty much the same."

Head Xin said: "I still don't know what kind of monster this talisman array is. If it's a sky demon or an earth demon, then it's going to be a big trouble. You'd better send someone to find the rest of the steles before the monsters. , and guard it.”

Long Shen: "We are currently having a meeting in the bureau. He Yu will let you know if there is any further news later. One more thing, next year's World Exchange Conference, I also hope that you can join the delegation and go to participate together."

Head Xin smiled: "Thank you for the invitation. I will consider it carefully. If there is anything you need, you can directly ask He Yu. He basically has the right to use the resources of the Hezao School."

Seeing that Master Xin hung up the phone, He Yu asked, "Master, are you really going to have a reunion next year?"

Head Xin glared at him: "Is this the time to care about this? Cheng Hui is fine, you should go back quickly and see what you can do to help!"

He Yu wailed: "Master, I'm your apprentice, and I'm not raised by my stepmother! My injuries haven't healed yet, so I rushed back to see your old man with all my might, and wished my uncle's birthday. How could you treat me like this!"

Headmaster Xin suddenly sighed, and patted him on the shoulder: "There is no one in our Hezao Sect, and we are not as deep-rooted as Longhushan. It is indeed hard work for you to walk alone in the Special Administration Bureau!"

He Yu's howling stopped abruptly, he was at a loss for a moment, and cautiously said: "Master, are you alright?"

Suddenly being so gentle, could it be that there is some trap waiting for him to jump into?

Head Xin was so angry that he kicked him: "I don't appreciate talking to you in a loud voice, so you have to force me to beat you up, right? Then I'll do it for you!"

He Yu ran away with his head in his arms.

Winter Solstice hugged the big white duck, followed the old man to the door of the kitchen, and heard him tell the kitchen, "I don't want to eat camphor tea duck tonight, it's a guest, and the guest asked for this dish by name", I couldn't help but It's ridiculous.

Handing the big white duck to the kitchen, Dong Zhi followed the old man and left with a headache: "You use me as a shield, okay?"

"Is that bad?" The old man walked with his hands behind his back like a duck, he said slowly, "Birthday is coming, so I can eat something I like, and it's not against the law. I can't eat it a few times at my age." !"

Winter Solstice saw that his beard and hair were all white, and his complexion was ruddy, so he smiled and said, "I think you will live longer than me!"

The old man laughed: "He Yu didn't tell you, old man, I'm almost a hundred this year!"

Winter Solstice thought he heard it wrong: "You only look fifty or sixty!"

The old man said kindly: "I am much older than He Yu's master, but I started late, so I am at the back."

Dong Zhi didn't even know the other party's surname, so he had to follow He Yu to call him uncle, but the old man didn't refute, as if he had completely forgotten what He Yu said earlier about letting him take in apprentices.

He led Dongzhi around the Taoist temples, and finally came to a room.

From the statues and tablets inside, Dongzhi could barely recognize that this was a temple dedicated to the ancestors of the Sanqing Dynasty and the ancestors of the Hezao School.

The old man pointed to the futon on the ground and said, "Come on, go up and pay your respects, and I will say something, and you will read it again."

Dongzhi ignorantly knelt down, bowed three times, and heard the old man say: "Patriarch Sanqing, the ancestors of all generations have spirits, this person is not a disciple of my Hezao sect, because of his pure heart, he is kind to our disciple He Yucheng Hui, Therefore, I will pass on the Five Thunder Talisman to him today."

winter solstice:? ? ?

The old man held the incense in his hand and said to Dongzhi: "Follow me to recite. With the Patriarch of the Three Qing Dynasty above, the disciple got the five thunder talisman secretly passed down by the Hezao Sect. According to the scriptures, you must not bully the lonely and the poor, and take away people's property. You must not be fierce and arrogant, and play tricks on yourself."

Seeing that the winter solstice did not make a sound, the old man urged: "Don't follow along!"

He let out a bewildered oh, and hurriedly read it over again.

The old man inserted the incense into the censer, bowed his hands together, and finally said with satisfaction: "Okay, get up."

Winter Solstice was at a loss: "What are you doing?"

The old man said: "He Yu brought you here because he wanted you to worship me as a teacher, but I'm old and I don't have the energy to teach my apprentices, but you have a clean heart, and you are very likely to work with He Yu in the future. I will teach you the Five Thunder Talisman, I heard that you have learned the basics of the Mingguang Talisman from He Yu, and the basics are barely enough, come with me."

When he heard that he and the old man did not have the fate of master and apprentice, while Dong Zhi felt a little disappointed in his heart, he was more quietly relieved.

It's not because he has any dissatisfaction with this uncle or the Hezai faction, but he is still thinking about what He Yu said before that Long Shen was going to accept apprentices, and he always holds such unrealistic hopes in his heart.

The old man turned his head and saw that he was still in a daze: "Why, don't you look down on the five thunder talisman? Let me tell you, this talisman cannot be learned by disciples who have been in the field for less than five years!"

The winter solstice was moved, but also a little dumbfounded: "It's not good for you to teach me such an important thing to an outsider?"

The old man smiled and said, "It's nothing bad. Do you think I can teach anyone who I just catch? He Yu, I saw this kid growing up. He cares about small things and is unambiguous about big things. If he can be brought in by him, you already know him." After passing the xinxing test, you just played around with me for a long time to catch ducks, and you didn't feel impatient at all. Isn't this a good kid? What's wrong with teaching you something?"

Winter Solstice: "But..."

The old man: "Okay, don't worry about it. The meaning of talisman is for people to learn. If you hide it and don't dare to teach people to know, what is the difference between this kind of sect and a hypocrite?"

The fate between people is very wonderful. Although the two have just met for a short time, but like an old man who looks at Dong Zhi differently, Dong Zhi also likes this lively and cute little old man very much. Hearing what he said, he no longer struggles. Now Standing up, he knocked his head three times obediently.

"Thank you uncle for teaching me the art. I will definitely study hard and use what I have learned on the right path, and I will never commit crimes!"

The old man was very satisfied with his politeness and tact, and said with a smile on his face: "That's right, don't be hypocritical, just teach you to learn! Let's go, take you to a place."

"Just here." The old man led him to the yard, pointed to the stone table under the tree and said, "This is suitable for you to learn, go and sit."

Winter Solstice asked curiously, "Is there enough aura here?"

The old man took out his mobile phone from the inner pocket of his Taoist robe: "No, it's convenient for eating. Wait a minute, I'll tell them in the group, and ask them to send the meal here when they're ready."

winter solstice:……

He finally knew where He Yu's unreliable behavior came from.

After sending the WeChat message, the old man waved to the winter solstice with satisfaction, and began to teach him the kung fu of exhaling and nourishing qi.

When He Yu taught him to draw talismans before, he once said that there is no internal skill in the winter solstice. It was all written by He Yu in advance, otherwise the talismans he wrote alone would at most deter and deter the sneaking Yaksha, and it would be a fantasy to subdue demons.

Only when you have practiced breathing kung fu can you really get started in drawing symbols.

The old man said: "This set of breathing skills is not a secret. There are various schools and sects. Have you heard of Wudang Mountain? There is a Tai Chi training class on the mountain every year. It costs thousands of dollars to learn the skills of breathing and health preservation." , all internal martial arts are basically the same, the key is to persist for many years, half an hour in the morning and half an hour before going to bed."

He recited the mantra of breathing time so that Dongzhi could memorize it, and then demonstrated it himself so that Dongzhi could follow suit.

Winter Solstice didn't know that he had had great luck, the old man didn't accept disciples, and the disciples in Hezao Sect rarely got his personal guidance.

The old man said: "You have to learn to meditate. When you close your eyes to get luck, imagine that there is a sun above your head. You are absorbing its essence. When you breathe out, imagine that you are expelling the stale air in your body."

This metaphor is very vivid. Winter Solstice nodded, and immediately had an intuitive impression.

It's really not difficult. When Winter Solstice was a child learning Tai Chi from his grandfather, his grandfather did teach him the basic skills of exhalation and Qi training, but later on the child was too playful, and he didn't stick to it. Now it brings back long-term memories.

The old man saw that he had done it again, and it was mostly correct, so he began to teach the Five Thunder Talisman.

Dong Zhi felt that this uncle was too impatient, and he was not at all as relaxed as when we first met, but the old man seemed determined to finish his conversation before eating, no matter how much he had absorbed, he said: "Five Thunder Talismans, many legends The Lu sect, such as Maoshan and Longhushan, also has it. It is commonly known as the five thunders, because thunder can exorcise evil spirits and subdue demons, and ghosts can cultivate human form. Long story short, in short, the Five Thunder Talisman is to use the talisman itself to communicate with the heavens to attract thunder from heaven. Do you understand?"

Dong Zhi nodded and asked, "Then if the user is injured, or is not skilled enough to fully control the runes, will it cause backlash?"

The old man was very happy to see that he could draw inferences from one instance to another: "Of course, there are such situations among everything in the world, and the Five Thunder Talisman is also the same. But as long as the heart is firm and the Talisman does not make mistakes, generally speaking, it will only be powerful. For example, beginners are generally unable to summon thunder, and among the disciples of our sect, only He Yu was able to attract thunder within a month."