Buddha's Book of Beauty

"Wait a minute!" Gu Tao made three steps in parallel, stepped forward and knocked the pastry from his brother's hand.

"A Tao, what is this for? Brother Anzang, your kindness is in vain!" Rong Yu bowed to Yan Anzang who was next to him.This Yan Anzang is a lay disciple who was led to practice in Hanshan Temple, and he was raised in a Taoist temple while urinating.That day when Gu Tao went up the mountain to meet the Taoist priest, he was also him.He passed by, feeling thirsty and the kettle was empty, so he came in for a cup of tea.As a return gift, I gave some of the truffle cakes I carried with me to Rong Yu.Rong and chatted with him, played a game of chess again, hit it off, and then wanted to taste the pastry he brought, but was knocked down by Gu Tao.

"This girl must be the Gu Tao mentioned by Brother Chen, we met before." Yan Anzang was not angry at all.

"Of course I've seen it... but Daoist, I don't care what you want to do with others, but your hand is too long!" Gu Tao's hostility towards Yan Anzang was quite deep, which made Rong Yu a little touched. No brains.

"It's just a pastry, what does Miss Gu Tao think I want?" He smiled on the surface, and there was no smile in his eyes. The fresh air of bamboo forests and cold mountains all over his body was as bright as the bright moon, so it was hard not to feel good about him.

"A Tao, just open up if you have something to say, there must be some misunderstanding between you and this Taoist priest."

"That's right, brother, it's getting late, if the Taoist priest doesn't go back, I'm afraid the mountain road will be difficult!" Gu Tao said.

"Brother Chen, then I'll go back first. It's very enjoyable to chat today, and I'll make tea with you sometime."

"Brother Anzang, go slowly." After Rong Yu sent him out, he came back and sat down. He didn't ask Gu Tao why he was like this. He just took out three yarrow stalks and a bowl of water, as well as white paper and a pen, and drew on it. Long and short horizontal.

Gu Tao knew that his brother was making calculations, so he felt a little guilty, and kept interrupting, "Brother, are you hungry? Let me cook? But I'm afraid you won't be able to eat the food I cooked...I'm a little hungry, why don't you go?" make me something to eat..."

"Kneel down!" Rong Yu had never been so angry at her before, he looked at the results on the paper and growled softly.

Gu Tao had never even kneeled before the Emperor of Heaven, but her brother asked her to kneel, and she did so without saying a word.

"Say it yourself, when did you know?"

Gu Tao was silent, she naturally understood what Rong Yu was referring to.

"You and I have lived here for seven years. You are also proficient in formations. You should have known this formation a long time ago, right?"

Gu Tao still didn't speak.

"I know that you always have your reasons for what you do, and I also know that you don't value human life in your heart. I thought that you would change after a long time, but I didn't expect that you still despise life so much. Cough cough... ..." Rong Yu contracted a cough two days ago, but he hasn't healed yet.

"Brother..." Gu Tao stepped forward, trying to please him.

"Kneel down!" Rong Yu said angrily.

Gu Tao had no choice but to kneel down obediently, "If you want to be honest, I will tell you. I have learned about the 'New Year's Quartet' formation three years ago. Every year in the northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest directions of Wuti Village People will die, eight a year, two for each corner, and there will always be people who die for various reasons.”

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? If it wasn't for the Taoist priest coming here today, I would have guessed it. I don't know how long it would take to find out about it?"

"This kind of sorcery is the second most vicious blood formation in the formation. Human blood is used as a sacrifice. Hanshan Temple is the center point, and spiritual energy is gathered in Hanshan Temple. If it is ordinary, you only need to seal the formation. But This formation has been around for at least 1000 years, and the opening of the formation is not as usual, as it is located in the center or at the corner, as if it is outside the formation. I can't solve this formation technique." Her tone was sincere, and after listening to her truthfully, she calmed down a little, thinking that it would be cold on the ground, and asked her to get up, but Gu Tao refused.

"Brother, I'm going to Chunjiang Huayuejian."

Rong Yu sighed lightly and said, "Are you planning to start practicing again?"

"Yes."

"Still practicing the path of bliss?"

"Do not."

"Happy way?"

"Brother, you practice the way of free and easy life, but have you really lived free and easy?" Gu Tao said suddenly.

Rong Yu was slightly stunned, "You're asking me too much... It's just that you are happy in your heart, how can it be summed up by the word 'happy'?"

"This is what annoys me the most about Taoism. Mysteries are endless all day long, and guessing is the most troublesome." Gu Tao curled his lips.

"Then what path do you want to cultivate?"

"I practice my way, and he cultivates another way. Why do we have to have a name? Instead, he is inferior. Isn't it better to follow the way of joy?"

"You..." Rong Yu knew that Gu Tao had always been perverse, so what he said made sense, but it was just that he had to spend a lot more effort than before to create a new way of Taoism. "When are you going to leave?"

"Three days later. It just so happens that those who buy perch are leaving, so we will go with him to Shengjing, and then transfer to Chunjiang Huayuejian."

"It's just this formation, is there really no solution? We've been here for a long time, and the people here have taken care of it a lot..." Gu Tao fiddled with yarrow in his hand.

"This formation..." Gu Tao hesitated to speak.

"With so many creatures, the person who set up the formation... Are you suspicious of that Taoist priest?" Rong Yu somewhat understood why she wanted to destroy the pastry just now.

"It's not doubt, it's certainty. So brother, take care of yourself, I'm very worried about you, sister!" Gu Tao got up and patted the dust off his body.

"I played chess with him, and saw that his chess style is steady, with a clear breeze between his brows, he doesn't look like such a vicious person."

"Brother—you only met him once, why do you defend him like this?" Today's content and words are much more than usual, Gu Tao is quite interesting. "But brother, you'd better not associate with him, this person might just want to poison you to death and make you the next sacrifice."

"He's only around twenty, why do you have such a big prejudice against him?" Rong Yu handed her a cup of tea.

"Prejudice?" Gu Tao put his hands on his hips, "Brother, did he give you psychedelic soup? He is the Taoist priest of Hanshan Temple, or the next generation heir to the head, but so what? It has nothing to do with this formation!"

"Then how do you explain that he has something to do with this formation!" Rong Yu teased her.

"intuition."

Rong Yu shook his head lightly, every time Gu Tao said that he couldn't answer, he would use such a reason to answer. "I remember that "Shangjia Ancient Formation" once recorded a way to weaken the speed of the blood formation." "Shanggu Jiazhen" records: The formation of blood evil, the formation of the Buddha is the most powerful, and can absorb the purest spiritual power. Cutting it, although it can't be solved, but it can be slowed down, so as not to be rampant.

"No, I don't agree!" Xiaohong slept beside her for a long time, but was startled by her yell and stood up.Seeing him like this, Gu Tao poked him lightly.

"I've recovered a small amount of my spiritual power over the years, so it's worth using it for this." Rong Yu's tone was still calm, but there was a firmness that couldn't be rejected.

Gu Tao knew what his elder brother had decided, and no one could hold him back, so he could only say: "Well, it's just that you can't use it all, your body is really weak without this small part of spiritual power to protect it!"

"I know how to measure. The rice is warming in the pot, so go and use some!"

"I'll just have some pastries." Gu Tao picked up the muffin and went to his room.

In the middle of the night, everything was silent, after the bell of Hanshan Temple rang, Rong Yu and Gu Tao came to the top of the mountain together.A blue halo enveloped Rong Yu's hands, he threw it outwards, and covered the top of the Hanshan Temple, the halo turned white, and it looked no different from ordinary clouds, only a little thicker.His feet were a little unsteady, Gu Tao remembered the appearance of the Taoist priest, and blacklisted him in his heart.She supported Rong Yu and slowly descended the mountain.

Yan Anzang stood at the gate of the mountain, watched them leave, waved his sleeves, and took the cloud into his sleeves.The moonlight was clear, and he stood in the moonlight, blending with the moonlight, like a fairy painting on a screen.It's just that the immortal has sad eyes and a faint blackness between his brows.

For the past three days, Gu Tao has not been idle, he has been wandering around the four brothers all day long, when he goes to Shengjing, he must find someone who is familiar with the road to take him with him, otherwise many troubles will arise along the way.With this in mind, Gu Tao played a few plays with Xiaohong.What those people were looking for was the Chilian King Snake, and she would often appear by their side as the astrolabe showed them the way, letting Xiaohong dangle beside her, and accidentally broke their astrolabe.Every time Xiaohong escaped, she was still wrapped around her waist. The group of people came with the buying team, but they couldn't find the snake, and when it was time to return to Beijing, they saw the Chilian King Snake always haunting her. He took her with him and used it as an astrolabe.She begged to take Rong Yu with her again, but they didn't object.

Apart from changing things, Rong Yu only brought a chessboard, and Gu Tao only brought his saber and "Beauty Mirror" with him.There was no beautiful scenery along the way, but instead, I saw people fleeing along the way, covered in dust, straw sandals and clothes, with withered faces.The expression on Rong Yu's face was still the same as usual, and Gu Tao was still heartless, eating cakes and chatting idlely.

Those noble ladies in Shengjing, seeing this miserable situation, must have sighed and burst into tears, these people have never seen anything like her.

"Hey, you girl, you are too cold-hearted. In such a situation, you can still eat and go to bed in peace!" Mu Qi didn't even look at him, and Gu Tao spoke sarcastically these days. I got used to it and ignored him, and when he got bored by himself, he would be quiet by himself.

"Look at you, you don't look very good, and you are thin and small. What can you do in Shengjing?"

"Hey, let me tell you, why are you so boring? When I talk to you, you can't understand eight of my ten sentences..."

"Quiet!" There was chaos outside the carriage, Gu Tao made a gesture to tell him to be quiet, Mu Qi was overwhelmed by her momentum, and was stunned for a moment, Mu Li and Mu Shan watched from the side, just smiled and tasted wine .Rong Yu seldom talked on weekdays, the group of people saw that although he was born with an aura of exile, he was not close to him, so they secluded a carriage for him alone.

"Stop." Someone shouted in front, the carriage stopped suddenly, and everyone in the carriage leaned back.At this time, he had already arrived in Shengjing, Gu Tao stretched his waist, carried the package on his back, and jumped down, Rong Yu followed.

"You... haven't reached Chunyue yet, why did you go down by yourself? Come up quickly, don't miss the time..." Mu Qi said.

"You're so annoying—" Gu Tao endured his chatter all the way, and now he vented his anger.

"You, you dare to talk to the young master like this, are you dying?" Mu Qi picked up the sword, jumped out of the carriage, and fought her on the street.In the past few days, I served delicious food and drinks, and often meditated and practiced mental methods. My health has improved a lot, and my complexion has become much ruddy.

Mu Qi saw that she didn't have any spiritual power around her, so he thought that this girl didn't know much kung fu, so he just frightened her. Who would have thought that she would move fiercely, pointing directly at the throat, and gradually lost the wind, he concentrated his spiritual power on the sword In the first battle, Gu Tao was defeated and lost.

"Hahaha, how about teaching you to be so rampant? Call me grandpa three times, and I won't argue with you." He looked arrogant, and put his sword on her neck.

Gu Tao didn't answer, he wanted to hold the sword with his hand, but Rong Yu did it first, but there was a hand stretched out from behind, and it broke the sword with only a bamboo shovel, Mu Qi's face changed, and he wanted to go forward After fighting hard, Mu Li ruthlessly pulled him into the car, and the three brothers left the place in a short time.

"Brother, what are you doing? I want to go up and fight with him, man, what are you afraid of?" Mu Qi said indignantly.

"Do you know who that man is?"

"It looks like he's just a Taoist priest, he looks so girly, like a girl!"

"I said you have shallow eyelids, so don't talk nonsense. That person is the Taoist priest of Hanshan Temple, Yan Anzang, from the Yan family."

"The Yan family? The eldest lady is also surnamed Yan..." Mu Li nodded at him, confirming his thoughts.

"Yan Anzang was picked up, and took the Yan family's surname, but did not shed the blood of the Yan family. The second wife of the Yan family had nothing to do for many years, so he was raised under his knees. But within two years , Erfang both died strangely, without a single wound on his body, but there was a cloud of blackness between his eyebrows, and the child did not shed a single tear. That Yan Anzang was considered to be Ketek's mother, a ruthless and unrighteous person, but miss him When he was young, the Yan family was a well-known family in Shengjing, so he couldn't do too much, so he was raised in Hanshan Temple. For ten years, in a place with such low spiritual power, it was almost nonexistent, yet he had already reached the late stage of Yinwei. , no one guides, all depends on talent."

"Yinwei?" The Mu family brothers are all Yinwei, and Mu Li is the tallest, but it is only in the early days of Yinwei. When Mu Qi thinks of that man's face and his cultivation level, his back is covered in cold sweat. No wonder he only used a stick just now. Zhu Xiao broke his iron sword.

"Dragon and crouching tigers are hidden in the city of Shengjing, and now it's the time to recruit new people in the spring moon. There are as many capable people and strangers as crucian carp crossing the river. You two should not be so reckless in the future, lest you lose your life in vain!"

"Understood, brother." Mu Shan replied sullenly.

"Brother, are you still looking for the Chilian King Snake? Without that stinky girl, how can you find the King Snake? Missy..." Mu Qi was a little reconciled, and he was actually beaten by a country girl.

"You two..." Mu Li smiled, "The astrolabe has been repaired a long time ago, and it has been pointing at that girl. In other words, the snake is on her body."

"Impossible? Didn't you check it last time? There is no snake on her body! The snake is very difficult to tame and very poisonous. How could it not bite her?" Mu Shan asked in doubt.

"He is a very thieves. He acted with the snake, and even pretended to help us find the snake. He tried his best to endure your chatter along the way. He just wanted to use our carriage to go to Chunyue to study."

"This stinky girl! Brother, why didn't you say it earlier, and see if I don't peel off that girl's skin!"

"Are you willing?" Mu Shan teased.

"I... By the way, big brother, since the snake was on her body, there were so many opportunities along the way, why didn't you take it all the time?"

"How did you do it? Did you take off his clothes?" Mu Shan asked.

"Second brother—" Mu Qi gave him a blank look, "It's nothing to look at if you pick it up!"

"The snake likes her, and may run away after following us. Since she is going to Chunyue, the king snake has not yet fully developed, so let her raise it for us for a while."

"Big brother..." The two brothers looked at the big brother with admiration. They looked loyal, but their minds were so twisted and turned.

In Shengjing City, the resting place of Qinxue Station.This is a place exclusively for Chunyue students to feed horses, rest and drink tea.

"Brother Chen, are you injured?" Yan Anzang asked, Rong Yu shook his head lightly, looked at Gu Tao's hand, and only let go when he saw that there was no injury.A little snake crawled out, the red color was lighter than the first sight, and the eyes were not so red.It licked Gu Tao's hand and blinked.

Yan Anzang glanced at the snake, "This is..." Seeing that there were many people around, he changed his words, "This snake is born well."

"Brother Anzang, are you also going to Chunyue?" Rong Yu asked.Gu Tao didn't like this man, but thinking that he just saved his brother, he treated him better and sat down with them.

"The beauty of the spring moon is naturally not to be disappointed."

"People go to Chunyue to practice, but you went to enjoy the scenery?" Gu Tao said.

"There are only beautiful scenery and beauties in the world that cannot be let down. Don't Miss Gu Tao think so?" This was in line with Gu Tao's wishes, and she didn't refute, "I think you like my brother very much, the beauties you mentioned Could it be him?"

"A Tao—" Rong Yu almost spit out a mouthful of tea.

"Brother Chen is naturally a beautiful woman, but we are both men, Miss Gu is too worried."

"Actually, I'm a very open-minded person. If you like him, I won't say anything if my brother is willing..."

"A Tao, the more you talk, the more you go too far!"

"Brother Chen, your sister's talk is quite interesting, you might as well listen to her."

"Look at your appearance, so-so, just one point, if you let me know that you are approaching us for other purposes, then you should prepare the coffin!"

"Miss Gu, I don't intend to offend you, but seeing that you have no spiritual power around you, it seems a bit bluffing to say this." Yan Anzang said.

"You..." Gu Tao was a little annoyed when he was stabbed in the wound.

"But don't worry, I will definitely not harm Brother Ling."

"How do I know you're not lying to me?"

"Does that require me to make a written statement?"

"A Tao!" Rong Yu watched from the side, but couldn't see any flaws in Yan Anzang, so he told Gu Tao to stop messing around.Gu Tao just took the sword and sharpened it on the ground. After walking for a few weeks, he returned to the chair.

"Miss Gu, are you done with the arrangement of Yan Ling's oath?"

"You..." She used her sword energy to form formations all over Yan Anzang just now. The time was short and the space was limited. She deliberately said something to distract him, but he didn't expect him to see through it. "You know you still let me set up?"

"To show sincerity, this must be done." He took a sip of tea and wiped the dust on the bamboo Xiao with a handkerchief.

"A Tao, get rid of this formation soon." Rong Yu said.

"No need, Brother Chen, I won't hurt you with or without this formation." Gu Tao looked at them, feeling like an outsider, and just kept his head down while eating.

Rong Yu looked at the bowls and chopsticks on the table, hesitated, Yan Anzang brought a bowl of water, rinsed the bowls and chopsticks for him, wiped them dry with a clean handkerchief, and handed them to him, Rong Yu said "Thank you" , and took it.When the woman at the next table saw the two handsome gentlemen, she just peeked at them, and if she was a little bold, she came up to strike up a conversation.Two women about fifteen or sixteen years old came over, one was wearing a light purple shirt named Shen Shu, the other was wearing a light green shirt named Ruan Mei.

"My lord, there is no seat next to me, can you let me wait here to eat?"

Rong Yu saw that there was an empty table next to him, but the two of them still leaned over, so he nodded slightly, and the two women sat down.Gu Tao felt that her brother's luck was coming, but it was too much at one time, and she felt a little upset.

"My lord is polite. My name is Ruan Mei, and this is Shen Shu. Are you guys going to Chunyue?" Ruan Mei asked. As her name suggests, when she spoke, she looked straight at Rong Yu, but Yan Anzang She said: "Miss, it's unnecessary to ask this question." Naturally, those who came to rest here were all going to Chunyue, Ruan Mei bit off the veil, seeing that they didn't even report their names, she blushed slightly.

That Shen Shu was forced to come here as a companion. In her eyes, a man's appearance is not important, and his character and talent come first, so he ate quietly.

Ruan Mei didn't give up, she wanted to find a breakthrough from Gu Tao, so she said, "Is this your sister? She looks so cute!" She started to touch her while talking.Gu Tao has indeed grown a little these days, and his complexion has become rounder and more refined. In order to cover up the mark on his forehead, he combed his bangs, and he looks very obedient.Seeing that Ruan Mei was about to touch her head, she put down the bowl and said, "Brother, I'm tired, I'm going back to rest."

"Let's go." Rong Yu said.Gu Tao turned around and went back to the room.Ruan Mei relied on her beauty, she had never been treated so coldly, but there were many children from noble families in the inn, and it was not easy to get angry on the spot, so she just got a little blessing, and dragged Shen Shu away.

"Brother Chen, you've never even looked at such a sweet girl!" Yan Anzang laughed.

"Brother Anzang, there is a seat just now, why do they insist on pushing me to a table?" Rong Yu didn't know much about this worldly thing.

Yan Anzang was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled slightly, "Brother Chen, I don't know about this, but when you meet them, you can go and ask them!"

"It's so strange to be a human!" Rong Yuxin said.

After eating, Rong Yu knocked on the door of Gu Tao's room three times, but seeing no answer, he opened the door.Gu Tao pretended to be asleep and ignored him.

"A Tao—" Rong Yu called softly. "What's wrong with you today? Ignore me, then I have to go back..."

Gu Tao couldn't hold back, sat up and said back: "You go back, go see that demon!"

Rong Yu scratched her nose, "Why do you hate people so much?"

"You..." Gu Tao knew that his elder brother was emotionally insensitive, so he had no choice but to tell him bluntly: "I...jealous! You don't pay much attention to me when he comes, I'm not happy!" Only in Rong In front of her, she would be so sloppy.

"Let me ask you, what is the mental method of No. 11 in "Sword of Dispelling Evil"?"

"In the method of exorcising evil spirits, breaking the spirit is the bottom, and assimilation is the top. Punishment is the second, and purification of the heart is the main...Brother, don't you want to influence the demon way?" Gu Tao looked at him in disbelief.

"The way he practiced is very different. If he can lead him to a good way, it will be of great benefit."

"But I always feel that this person is more stubborn than me, and he must be very hard to influence."

"Just give him a try, and it won't be in vain."

"Okay... Well, I don't care about what you decide. It's just one thing. If the evil way wants to harm people, I don't want you to be a savior. You have to protect yourself first."

"This... of course. My silly sister, don't grab the sword with your bare hands in the future—"

"By the way, brother, why has Xiaohong been sleeping all these days, is she sick?" Xiaohong wrapped her wrist like a blood jade bracelet.These days it has been sleeping and not eating.

"It's almost winter, and the snake is going to hibernate."

"That's right—" Gu Tao poked it, but Xiaohong didn't respond.

"I'm also very sleepy these days, I fell asleep—" Gu Tao covered the quilt, Rong Yu closed the door for her, and went back to the room.