Way of Mysterious World - Chapter 653

In the dead of night, there are only a few lights left in the whole Jiuzheng county. There is an old house in the east of the city. There are tall stone lions standing next to the gate. It can be seen that it is a large family.

However, in the courtyard of Nuo Da, there were neither maidservants nor servants walking around, nor lights in the corridor room and the main room. It was very quiet, as if no one lived.

However, there is an ancestral hall in the backyard of the old house. A candle is printed from the crack in the door of the ancestral hall. Looking inward through the crack in the door, there are many memorial tablets and strong incense in the ancestral hall.

On the mahogany offering table in the hall, there are various offerings such as big fish, meat and fragrant rice. In front of the offering table, there is a red copper incense burner, surrounded by smoke. There are two rows of long incense candles next to it, and turtle pattern oil lamps are hung on the wall. Candles illuminate the whole ancestral hall.

“Zhi, Zhi!” the wooden door of the ancestral hall opened without wind. A dusty young Taoist in Taoist robes walked into the hall. The young Taoist, with a heavy face, walked slowly to the altar, took three short incense from the offering table and lit it. He knelt on the futon in front of the incense burner on his knees and worshipped with the incense.

“The unworthy child Liu Yu is back!” the kneeling man is Liu Yu who has returned from the north. He looks up and looks at the two memorial tablets engraved with Liu Qing and Mrs. AI in the top row of the altar. The young Taoist can’t help but look red. He will be ashamed of his life if he fails to die for the two elders.

“Xuanyu went to different regions for a hundred years to seek the fate of immortals, but he failed to give the second old man his death. I hope the second old man can forgive yu’er’s selfish behavior.” he inserted the sacrificial incense in his hand into the red copper censer. Liu Yu picked up the wine pot next to the censer, poured a sacrificial wine, held it high, and slowly fell in front of the altar.

After the worship, Liu Yu kept kneeling quietly in the ancestral hall. The wind rose late at night, and a tight wind blew into the ancestral hall, blowing down a roll of hanging paintings hanging on the right wall. The long drawing paper fell with the wind, just beside Liu Yu, who was kneeling quietly in front of the incense burner. The drawing paper was spread out, which was a portrait.

On the painting paper, there is a young Taoist who is tasting tea under the pines. The young Taoist is dressed in Taoist robes and has beautiful eyes. It is Liu Yu. The title on the upper right of the painting is “Taoist Xuanyu of Huang Shengzong”.

There is a small line of annotation in the lower left corner of the painting: my son Liu Yu, see the words like a face. There is no need to feel guilty if there is any difference. I am well with your mother in my old age. I hope my son will take care for the rest of his life!

Tears seize the eyes, like raindrops on the drawing paper. The Taoist sobbed silently. Carefully roll up the drawing paper and hold it tightly in his arms. The night wind blows gently, the candle flickers, the night is cold, the heart is sad, and there is no word to be sad.

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“Hey! How did the door open!” housekeeper Yang, an old slave in Liu’s house, took two boys to the ancestral hall as usual at night to light incense and add oil to the ancestral hall. When he approached, he found that the ancestral hall door was open, and he couldn’t help speeding up his pace. He remembered that he had brought the door when he ordered incense in the middle of the night.

Housekeeper Yang trotted to the gate of the ancestral hall and looked inward. He was relieved that the offerings on the offering table were complete, the lights and candles in the ancestral hall were bright, and everything was OK.

“Go and have a look around!” he thought that the wooden door of the ancestral hall was opened by the wind, but when he came to the red copper incense burner and saw the short incense inserted in the stove, his face suddenly changed.

Housekeeper Yang and the two boys carefully inspected a large circle in the ancestral hall, and found nothing less. In addition to a few more unquenched short incense in the stove, there were also a small pile of paper money ashes that had been burned recently.

“Strange!” this is evil. If a thief really enters, why doesn’t he take things and burn paper and incense? Could it not be that housekeeper Yang felt a chill in his heart.

“Housekeeper, the painting is gone!” at this time, the young man on one side suddenly stared and pointed to the empty right wall. Before, there could be a portrait of Liu’s ancestor. It is said that the ancestor was a Taoist monk.

“Report to the official quickly!” housekeeper Yang immediately looked frightened and immediately asked the young man to report to the official in the Yamen.

Although this painting is not made by a famous master, it is a portrait of Taoist Xuanyu, the ancestor of the Liu family in Jiuzheng. We can’t lose it. Every year, the owner returns to his old house from Zhengyang mansion in the first month to worship his ancestors, and asks him to take good care of the ancestral hall and take good care of the painting.

After receiving the news, Jiuzheng yamen immediately sent an arrest service. This Liu’s compound is the old house of Liu Tongzhi of Zhengyang mansion. They dare not be careless at all.

The Jiuzheng Liu clan is a famous family in the county. In recent generations, some people have been officials in the dynasty. They moved from the county to Zhengyang mansion several decades ago.

I’m not a thief here. I’m not timid. I stole it from the old house of the judge.

But it’s strange. After a search, I found that in addition to losing a portrait of their ancestors, a small pit was newly dug under the 100 year old locust tree in the backyard. What does the thief mean?

When the arresting officer of Jiuzheng yamen was having a headache, Liu Yuzheng’s imperial sword went towards Gaocang country thousands of miles away. The rising sun rose to the East, and the glow lit up Liu Yu’s firm cheek through the clouds. At a high altitude, in the sea of clouds, one person and one sword walked with the wind.

After the worship, Liu Yu dug out the jade box buried under the tree in the backyard many years ago. There was a Book of “blood yuan skill” and a copy of the incomplete “ghost skill” in the jade box.

In fact, Liu Yu had this intention for a long time, but when he was stationed in the north, he left in a hurry. If he didn’t come, he hurried back to his old house. The destination of this trip was Gaoyang city in the north of gaocangguo.

A few months ago, Liu Yu was attacked on her way home. If she hadn’t practiced the “Tao soul Heart Sutra”, the divine soul would be strong. I’m afraid she would have died under the spell killing magic.

Although he narrowly escaped the disaster, he was afraid that the other party would be poisoned when he learned that he was not dead. After a while of deliberation, he had to resort to this plan of pretending to die.

Liu Yu went on the road alone in Yuecheng, took a passing merchant ship and returned to Yunzhou first. He waited for the three fleets in Zhoushan City. After the three fleets arrived in Zhoushan City, immortal Xuanmu privately summoned Liu Yu and said that he had contacted zongmen to arrange an overseas post for Liu Yu.

However, there are still some religious affairs processes that have not been finalized. Let Liu Yu go to Gaoyang city first, and then find the Lord of Gaoyang Taoist temple “Changshan Taoist” to receive the official religious mission.

I’ll know exactly what position to take and where to garrison. I also told Liu Yu that the task seemed difficult, but he took some time to win it.

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Gaoyang city is located in the border area of the northwest corner of Gaocang state. It is the city of Gaoyang Prefecture. There is a vast Fusha Lake three miles outside the city. Gaoyang Taoist temple is built next to the lake. This temple is full of incense. Many tourists come to visit and worship every day.

At that time, the Gaoyang Taoist temple gathered with tourists and pilgrims. The mountain like double eared Kirin censer in front of the Gaoyang main hall was densely filled with long and short sacrificial incense. Green smoke curled around and incense was in full bloom. At this time, a sword light fell from the sky and a Taoist with a mask and a Taoist robe fell.

“Isn’t this a fairy?”

“Look at the fairy!”

“Don’t talk nonsense. This is Huang Shengzong’s master of Taoism!”

When the masked Taoist fell down, he immediately attracted tourists and pilgrims to hear and talk in a low voice. Many pilgrims knelt down and worshipped.

“Disciple He Yang, meet the elder!” when he Yang, a disciple of Huang Shengzong, who was maintaining order in the temple, saw that the visitor was wearing the “Huang Shengming spirit Robe” of the sect, he immediately pushed aside the crowd and came forward to worship.

“I’m xuanting, can martial uncle Changshan be in the temple?” the visitor was Liu Yu, who hurried from the state of Yue. He put away the silver wind sword and asked.

“Martial uncle Changshan is working in the immortal statue. I’ve seen senior brother in Junshan, and I’d like to invite senior brother xuanting to sit in the quiet room first.” hearing the news, Meng Shengming, a Taoist from Junshan, who came to see someone from the sect, came forward politely.

“Meng Shengming?” Liu Yu’s face was cold under her mask. Unexpectedly, she met this man here. This man colluded with Tu Shan Er Xiong to harm elder martial brother AI, but Liu Yu still remembered it.

“Master!” seeing master Junshan Taoist coming, he Yang immediately saluted.

“Let the pilgrims disperse!” Meng Shengming waved back his disciple, then smiled at Liu Yu and said, “senior brother xuanting, please come here!”

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“I don’t know whether senior brother xuanting came to find martial uncle Changshan. It’s the business of the sect. If the sect has something to arrange, you can also tell the younger brother.” Meng Shengming led Liu Yu to a quiet room in the Taoist temple, made fragrant tea and said politely.

After his teacher Jinshan died, Meng Shengming took over as the deacon of the Taoist temple, and the position of the Lord of the Taoist temple was replaced by his martial uncle, Taoist Changshan.

Taoist Changshan was originally the deacon of this view and has been assisting his senior brother Taoist Jinshan. Speaking of it, this elder has a chance to meet Liu Yushang.

“Younger martial brother Junshan misunderstood. I came here this time and was arranged by the Pope to work in gaocangguo. I came here to report to martial uncle Changshan.” Liu Yu said politely.

“Oh! So it is! By the way, I don’t know which martial uncle my senior brother worships. I’m ashamed. I haven’t heard the name of my senior brother yet.” Meng Shengming frowned. The zongmen suddenly arranged people to come down, but he soon recovered his smiling face and asked without revealing any trace.

“My teacher, xuanbei, has been stationed outside for years. It’s normal that younger martial brother hasn’t heard of it.” Liu Yu explained.

“This must be martial nephew xuanting!” when Meng Shengming wanted to ask again, he got the news. Taoist Changshan, who came out of Jian Yuexian’s array secret room, was walking into the room and said with a smile.

“Xuanting, see martial uncle!” Liu Yu hurriedly got up and said.

“See you, martial uncle!” Meng Shengming followed.

“Sit down!” Taoist Changshan raised his hand and sat down himself.

“I’ve been ordered to come and listen to martial uncle’s orders!” Liu Yu said with an arched hand.

“There is no need to be polite. The Tianshi guard station in the” shadow ghost forest “outside the gray fog mountain, where martial nephew works, is not in the city. The task scroll was sent a few days ago. After reading it, martial nephew will understand.” Taoist Changshan shook his head and smiled.

“Junshan, please avoid it first!” Taoist Changshan immediately took out a red task scroll and said to Meng Shengming.

“Little brother, leave first!” Meng Shengming got up and worshipped, then turned and went out of the house. His face looked suspicious outside.

“Martial nephew Xuanyu, please look!” after martial nephew Junshan left, Taoist Changshan started the task scroll. Obviously, the zongmen had told Liu Yu his true identity.

“It’s an expedient measure. Don’t blame martial uncle!” Liu Yu immediately took off the cold iron mask, revealed her true face and pleaded guilty.

“No defense!” Taoist Changshan said calmly. Looking at the extraordinary young martial nephew in front of him, he felt powerless in his old age.

When I first met him, more than a hundred years ago, he was ordered to go to yannancheng to investigate an incident of evil XiuTu village. At that time, he was just an ordinary sixth floor disciple practicing Qi.

Times have changed. Now he has almost caught up with himself in cultivation. He’s a terrible young man. Time flies. He’s really old. Alas! I think he has practiced in Changshan for nearly 400 years, and his accomplishments are only seven houses. He has been busy all his life. I’m afraid it’s difficult to reach the threshold of the golden elixir.

“Xuanyu, a disciple of lingzong sect, is stationed outside the Heavenly Master Guard Office of” Youying ghost forest “. He has served as a guard Heavenly Master for 50 years. He leads Taoist Tai Xiong, his superior. His salary is 80000 low-level spirit stones and 3000 contribution points every year, and he is given two green guest pills.”

Looking at the contents of the task scroll, Liu Yu couldn’t help but look dignified. It was another long-term external task, and Liu Yu heard about the “shadow ghost forest” for the first time.

Even though he had worked in Yannan County for ten years, he had never heard of such a strange place in gaocangguo, but from the point of view that he could receive two Qingke pills a year, his salary was extremely rich.

According to Liu Yu’s understanding, generally only when the disciples’ cultivation reaches the later stage of foundation building, the sect will consider rewarding their Qingke Dan. It really takes a lot of heart to come to Shizu Xuanmu.

“I don’t know, martial uncle, where is the ghost forest? What’s the situation?” Liu Yu put away the task scroll and asked anxiously.

“You don’t need to ask, martial nephew Xuanyu. Haosheng will rest in the temple for a few days. Then I’ll ask Junshan to take you. The fog mountain is about a day away. As for the situation of the shadow ghost forest, you’ll know when you arrive.” Taoist Changshan said with a smile.

“I know!” that is, Liu Yu stopped talking.

“Let’s go!” I went to the restaurant in the city to wash the dust for you. Taoist Changshan got up and said happily.

In the middle of building the foundation, this son can receive the task of Qingke pill. He wants to have a lot of contacts among the xuanzi generation, although it is also due to the special nature of the Youying ghost forest.

However, it shows that he is much better than himself. Shouyuan is still light, so he has reached the goal of building six basic houses. He has the opportunity to impact the golden elixir realm. He has a promising future, which is really enviable.