"What do you want to do!"
Sun Quan recognized his identity at a glance, and he was obviously shocked. He quickly reached out and took the clay pot that was roasting in the fire into his arms.
Master!
Dou Yuru's eyes narrowed. After such a move, the other party didn't show any pain at all. It was obvious that he had trained himself to be strong.
Diao Chan, on the other hand, looked at the pottery jar that the man had received with great interest. This man must have paid such careful attention to it, so he must not be a mortal object. There may even have been people coveting it, otherwise there wouldn't be such a knee-jerk reaction.
"Let me introduce myself first. I am Sun Quan." Sun Quan took the initiative to speak. Otherwise, if he delayed a little longer, the guy on the other side might have tried another way to escape.
"Are you Sun Quan?!"
Ge Xuan, who was opposite him, was stunned for a moment. He stared at Sun Quan carefully and then nodded thoughtfully, "No wonder, no wonder he discovered me so easily. He is really a genius. But it just so happens that since you took the initiative, Come to your door and save me from looking for you. I have something to tell you."
"Oh? If you have anything to do, it doesn't matter." Sun Quan said.
Ge Xuan didn't care about others. Sun Quan asked him to tell him directly.
"Originally I didn't want to care about your outside affairs, but recently some old guys always come to bother me when they can't find my teacher. Unlike my teacher, I can't hide, so I only have to make special trips like this. "
"Tell the important point."
"The point is, you can't just care about Buddhism and ignore Taoism, right?" Ge Xuan said directly to Sun Quan.
It turns out that after coming to Zhangjiao, Taoism was suppressed by the authorities. Originally, Zhangjiao's Taiping Taoism was just a branch of Taoism, and the audience of Taoism in China was there. When the limelight passed, Taoism slowly recovered.
But as luck would have it, foreign sects of Buddhism took this opportunity to expand vigorously. This made some Taoist leaders in the Central Plains feel the crisis.
The reason why Sun Quan was approached was because Jiangdong was now very powerful and had the potential to dominate the world. Sun Quan's personal attitude was likely to determine the future rise and fall of Taoism.
Secondly, Sun Quan’s recent actions make people think that he intends to vigorously promote Buddhism. Back then, Sun Quan promised the eminent monks in Xuzhou to build a temple in Jiangdong that was as good as the White Horse Temple in Luoyang. If there were political factors involved at that time, what was the purpose of Sun Quan starting to build thirteen pagodas this time? As the saying goes, Sun Quan's "preference" determines the behavior of the officials below. All parts of Jiangdong are rushing to build temples, and nobles have also begun to study Buddhism. As for Zhi Qian, Kang Senghui and others spreading scriptures in Jiangdong, there is no hindrance and no one Dare to stop! So the Taoist leaders in the Central Plains unanimously believed that they must find a way to change Sun Quan's pro-Buddhist attitude!
Thirdly, Sun Quan and Zuo Ci are close, which is why these people think Sun Quan will agree to them. Zuo Ci is a Taoist priest and has a good relationship with Sun Quan. Even if you, Sun Quan, have a good relationship with Buddhism, you can't favor one over the other, right?
It would be best if Zuo Ci could come forward for this kind of thing, but it was a pity that Zuo Ci Shenlong could not see the end, and he didn't care about these things, so those people had no choice but to find Zuo Ci's apprentice, Ge Xuan.
Originally Ge Xuan didn't want to care about this, but he didn't have Zuo Ci's ability and couldn't hide. He was so annoyed that he couldn't even make alchemy with peace of mind. Out of helplessness, he could only agree to help people make such a trip.
But to be honest, it's a good thing that Ge Xuan is Zuo Ci's apprentice, otherwise it would be strange if he didn't talk things over with his "eloquence".
"This matter is easy to handle. I can find a hilltop in Jiangdong to build a Taoist temple." Sun Quan agreed on the spot, "But the premise is that you must do me a favor first."
It's a pity that Ge Xuan doesn't understand current affairs.
"I'm just a messenger, why should I help you?"
Ge Xuan, like his master Zuo Ci, only focused on his own affairs and had no interest in the promotion of Taoism. Ge Xuan originally made such a trip because he didn't want to be annoyed, and he certainly didn't want to be delayed further because of this.
"Taoist! What are you talking about? My lord is very friendly with you, do you know who is in front of you!" Chen Wu couldn't help but said angrily.
When Ge Xuan was shouted at, he took two steps back holding the clay pot.
"What, what, do you want to do something? I tell you, I, I, I am not someone to be trifled with!"
Although the words were harsh, his tone and actions seemed a bit harsh.
Sun Quan looked at the clay pot in Ge Xuan's arms and raised his eyebrows.
"How about this, how about I build a Taoist temple for you to refine elixirs there, and I'll provide the materials and make sure no one disturbs you?"
"Seriously?!" Before Sun Quan finished speaking, Ge Xuan jumped up immediately.
"The stars and the moon are proof." Sun Quan pointed to the sky.
"The colorful centipede, the two-headed toad, the human-shaped tree fruit... Do you have these?" Ge Xuan rattled off dozens of materials in one breath, looking at Sun Quan expectantly.
Sun Quan smiled faintly and answered with great confidence,
"Who has what I don't have?"
But in Sun Quan's heart: What kind of nonsense are they talking about?
It doesn't matter, as long as Ge Xuan believes in it.
"I promise you!"
"Okay! It's a deal."
Ge Xuan didn't want to delay, so he immediately said,
"What do you need from me? We'll go right away. Go early and come back early."
"What are you helping?" Ge Xuan's words made Sun Quan stunned. When Ge Xuan appeared here, would he not know what Sun Quan was here for?
With a bad premonition in his heart, Sun Quan put away the smile on his face and asked seriously,
"How did you know I was around here?"
"I didn't know you were here." Ge Xuan replied matter-of-factly.
Sun Quan's eyelids twitched,
"Then why did you come here to find me?"
"I just followed my feeling," Ge Xuan said.
"......ox!"
No matter what, at least Sun Quan's whereabouts were not exposed, which can only show that Ge Xuan is indeed a strange person.
"Back to business, I need you to help me deal with Tong Yuan this time." Sun Quan got to the point.
"No problem." Ge Xuan nodded subconsciously and suddenly reacted, "Wait, Tong Yuan?"
"Yes, what? Is there a problem?" Sun Quan tilted his head.
"There is a problem! Of course there is a problem! I don't know martial arts. If you ask me to deal with Tong Yuan, aren't you asking me to die?" Ge Xuan couldn't help but say.
"You don't know martial arts?" Sun Quan squinted his eyes and looked at Diao Chan with suspicion on his face, hoping that Diao Chan would give him a judgement.
Diao Chan whispered to Sun Quan,
"It's not like he's lying. Of course, it's not like he doesn't know martial arts."
"What's that?"
"Probably, I thought I didn't know how to do martial arts." Diao Chan gave an explanation, and at the same time, she focused her eyes on the clay pot in Ge Xuan's arms.
"I see." Sun Quan understood Diao Chan's guess that it was probably Ge Xuan's elixir. Ge Xuan had eaten countless pills he had refined over the years, and his power had greatly increased, and he could easily kill a cow. However, he had never learned martial arts, and he did not think he knew how to do it.
Seeing this, Sun Quan couldn't help but frowned. Tong Yuan was not an ordinary person. Ge Xuan didn't understand any martial arts methods. No matter how high his skills were, he would never be Tong Yuan's opponent.
"I'm not asking you to fight Tong Yuan directly. You can use Qimen Dunjia to deal with it. It's okay, right?" Sun Quan said instead.
"I have only learned a little bit about Qimen Dunjia, otherwise you wouldn't have found it easily." Ge Xuan replied. Nonsense, let alone Sun Quan, an outlier with "impeccability". If Ge Xuan really learned the essence of Zuo Ciqi Sect's Dunjia, would he be so annoyed by those people that he would not be able to make such a trip?
"Then what do you know?" Sun Quan stared.
"Alchemy."
