Outside the General Affairs Hall, a plume of white mist descended, and a middle-aged Taoist priest with three locks of clear beard emerged. He was quite majestic. When the disciples on the left and right saw him, they quickly saluted and called: "Deacon Liu."
Deacon Liu nodded lightly, walked through the door and walked inside. Before he passed through the front hall, he suddenly saw a hair girl hugging her face, swaying with a golden leaf hairpin, and wearing a dark cloud silk shawl. The woman walked out of the back hall with an embroidery bag in her hand.
Deacon Liu's eyes lit up, he quickly put on a smile, took two steps forward and shouted: "Ms. Xue!"
This sudden change in demeanor made everyone nearby look at each other, but Deacon Liu didn't take it seriously and said with a smile: "Ms. Xue is here to get the magic relics for Master Xu?"
How could others know that the person in front of him is a director of Chongyunfeng Cave Mansion and a person who serves in front of Venerable Daomiao? Even if an expert in the sect pays a visit to Chongyunfeng, he will not be rude to the person in front of him. How can someone be a deacon of a common affairs hall and be more respectful?
Xue Yuren just nodded slightly and replied: "Exactly."
Since she returned with Xuzhuang, in addition to taking care of the cave, she has been cultivating Taoism. Indeed, she only leaves Chongyun Peak to go to the General Affairs Hall when she regularly collects ritual objects for Xuzhuang.
And because of Xu Zhuang's cultivation, in addition to receiving the dharma objects provided to the true disciples by the sect, she also had to redeem a lot of golden elixirs and true sand every time she went. Because the amount was too large, she often had fights with the deacons in the hall. This is why Deacon Liu recognized her.
"Hey, I've told my wife this morning that you only need to send the letter and the disciples in the lower court will send it to Chongyun Peak. There is no need to go there in person." Deacon Liu also knew that she was naturally cold and cold. , not angry at all, he said with a smile.
Xue Yuren still had no expression on her face, she just said evasively: "This is against the rules."
"Hey, Mrs. Xue is really out of touch." Deacon Liu said. Seeing that she didn't respond or insist, he turned to: "Madam, do you still remember Hongchen Lian who came to the hall to ask about it a few years ago? Now? But there is news.”
Xue Yuren said oh, and finally there was some ups and downs in her tone, and asked: "Didn't the deacon say that this thing will not be kept in the general affairs hall in a short time?"
The so-called Red Dust Refining is made by cultivators walking in the secular world, spending countless hard work, and refining the Qi of the Red Dust. It not only consumes energy, is difficult to refine, and is not very useful, which makes this thing quite 'rare'. situation.
As for why Xue Yuren came to the General Affairs Hall to ask about this thing, I don't know it. It was used by Xu Zhuang for practicing!
"This statement is not false." Deacon Liu said cheerfully: "But I have a good friend who happened to refine this item while traveling around the land of Jersey. Since it was of no use, I gave it to the hall."
Xue Yuren looked at him steadily, pondered for a moment and replied: "Even so, can I ask the deacon to redeem it for me?" Then he took out a jade order from his sleeve, which was Xuzhuang's good deeds order.
Deacon Liu said happily: "That's natural. Madam, please come to the inner hall to have some tea. I'll send my disciples to get it now."
Xue Yuren declined politely: "I have been waiting in the hall for a long time, and the affairs of the house have not been taken care of yet..."
Hearing this, Deacon Liu hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, I'll save it. The lady can wait here for a while." After saying that, he stopped sending others and hurried into the inner hall. Not long after, he was carrying a few pieces of silk. The silk came out and said: "Ms. Xue, look, this is the Hongchen Lian."
Xue Yuren raised her plain hand lightly and took out a piece of silk from the plate. She shook it open and saw that there was a vivid picture painted on it. It was thousands of miles in size, and the people of Madou were painted in wonderful ways. Among them, there were mountains and rivers in the distance, The city towers, streets, cars and boats, servants and porters are all lifelike, as if a piece of the world has been put into the canvas.
Hongchen Lian is indeed worthy of its reputation. Don't look at this silk, which is only a few feet long. Just look at the picture in it. I am afraid that the person who made it must have traveled at least tens of thousands of miles before he could collect the energy of the world and refine it.
In such an ordinary worldly training, Deacon Liu still had several silks in his hand. Xue Yuren looked through them a few times and saw that there were mountains, rivers, villages, willows and fields, as well as the majestic imperial city and the extravagant palace. Each silk had a different picture.
Xue Yuren thought for a while and then said: "The deacon is interested. I will let the master know about this."
Deacon Liu responded happily: "Thank you, madam."
How can there be so many coincidences in this world? Naturally, he had entrusted many talents to refine these pieces of red silk silk. He was just afraid that Xue Yuren would not dare to take the initiative and receive favors from others, so he gave them to the General Affairs Hall first.
Xue Yuren nodded lightly, without saying another word, and he crossed out the good deeds from the order, and then said: "Then I will leave now."
Of course, Deacon Liu no longer stopped her, and Xue Yuren moved her skirt lightly and walked out of the general affairs hall. Without waiting for her to do anything, a tall crane fell from the sky. He lowered his head and rubbed her palm so affectionately that he then leaned down.
This crane was chosen by Xu Zhuang from the Spiritual Beast Hall for the convenience of the Taoist boy in the mansion. After practicing in the beautiful place like Chongyun Peak for a long time, he actually understood human nature.
Xue Yuren gently stroked its red top and then sat on its back. The crane gave a clear chirp, flapped its wings and took off into the air. From a distance, he could see the Chongyun Peak that went straight into the sky and was filled with mist, so he fled straight away. Go, and in just a quarter of an hour, you have reached the top of the peak.
Just when they landed on the top of the peak, the crane suddenly swayed with a startled sound and almost knocked Xue Yuren down. The sea of clouds was surging, as if something huge was swimming through it. As they approached the head of Chongyun Peak, suddenly a head was covered in green scales and had four claws. The four-fingered one-horned dragon jumped out, mouth open with blood, and shouted: "Chong Yun Peak! I am back!"
Xue Yuren calmly hugged the crane's long neck and called out: "He'er, don't panic, this is the master's spiritual beast and will not hurt you."
"Oops!" At this moment, the green-scaled dragon discovered these two 'little ones'. When he took a closer look, he couldn't help being shocked. He quickly gathered up the body of the dragon and transformed into a small four-legged snake. It flew down and said with a flattering smile: " It turns out it’s Madam Xue, she’s not frightened.”
It turned out that this blue-scaled dragon was none other than Liyun. As a spiritual beast from Xu Zhuang, it knew Xue Yuren. Although it was not very familiar with it, it did not dare to neglect it. A flattering smile appeared on the dragon's head and he said: " I haven’t returned for a long time, so I bumped into my wife in a moment of excitement, please don’t blame me.”
This lazy dragon followed Xu Zhuang to the Heavenly Waterfall Realm, and was sent by his decree to make clouds and rain, and it never lived in peace for a moment!
That's all when he was in Yunlan Prefecture. Although his responsibilities were not small, Yunlan Prefecture was not a big area and he always had some free time to be lazy. He was quite content with making clouds and rain and having mortals worship him.
I never thought that the True Form Concept would move to the Tianheng Domain. How vast is that domain? It is wider than the sixteen states combined! Even with the help of Long Xiangzong's Jiaolong Xiang, he still worked day and night, non-stop, and was extremely tired...
So returning to the Xuanhuang Realm and rushing to Yunfeng naturally made him excited.
Xue Yuren was not annoyed. She originally had lighter mood swings than ordinary people, and she did not think that she could be compared with the spiritual beasts and disciples under him because she was a master's maid, so she had never treated others in a bad way. He just responded: "The slave family has not been frightened. Congratulations to fellow Taoist for becoming a venerable person and returning to Xuanhuang."
Liyun grinned when he heard this. Why did it return to the Xuanhuang Realm so late?
One is that the concept of true form was not yet stable at that time, and its help was still indispensable if he wanted to govern an area, so Xu Zhuang deliberately kept him.
Second, for decades, its ability to make clouds and rain can be regarded as a kind of spiritual practice, and its merits have increased a lot. In addition, Xu Zhuang had some conscience after all. Seeing its hard work, he gave it a lot of benefits and relieved it of its responsibilities. After that, you can practice well in Tianheng Cave.
So it wasn't until recently that it finally made a breakthrough, and after condensing into the demon fetus Nascent Soul, it returned to Xuanhuang.
"Thank you, madam." Liyun chuckled and said, "Is the master in retreat? Can I allow the little beast to pay my respects?"
Xue Yuren responded softly: "I have never neglected my practice, but I have never been in seclusion. If Master Liyun wants to see you, just come into the mansion with your slave."
Liyun responded hurriedly: "That's very good, that's very good."
Xue Yuren turned over the embroidery bag, took out a spiritual elixir, fed it to the crane, then let it go, turned around and walked to the cave.
Liyun glanced eagerly into Xue Yuren's bag, swung her tail, and flew behind her as if she were in the air. Following Xue Yuren to the gate of the cave, she suddenly said: "Huh? When did the master change the gate? It's more grand than before. many."
Xue Yuren didn't answer, he made a magic trick, opened the door, revealing a white jade screen wall, Hui Yun said "Hey!" again, as Xue Yuren walked around, and went inside, he was even more dizzy, Daqi said : "Why has the master's cave changed its appearance?"
Xue Yuren replied: "This is the magic weapon cave that I recently acquired."
"Magic weapon?" Liyun looked left and right in surprise, but he didn't notice any clues. He didn't know that after several months of sacrificial refining, Xu Zhuang was close to perfecting the forbidden treasure of Duxu Palace.
After Duxu Palace is located on the ground of Chongyun Peak and merged with the original cave, outsiders cannot easily tell the beauty of it.
The two passed through the main hall, and Liyun was surprised to find a woman walking towards Pingping Tingting. She said a Wanfu to Xue Yuren, and Xue Yuren asked: "Shang'er, where is the master now?"
Na Shang'er responded softly: "Madam, the master is in Pianyutan."
Xue Yuren nodded lightly, turned her feet, and walked somewhere.
Liyun hurriedly followed the footsteps and thought to himself: "Hey! Usually there is not even a girl in the house, but now not only is there Lady Xue, but also such a beautiful woman?"
Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw a maid in palace attire carrying a jade plate filled with pastries and a wine pot. Jiaolong was stunned: "What's wrong, the master has changed his temper! Could it be that he is haunted by the illusion in the legend?... …”
The maid in palace clothes didn't know that Li Yun was thinking wildly, so she glanced at the little dragon in surprise and bowed to Xue Yuren. They seemed to be walking together on the same road.
Not long after, a melodious singing sound suddenly came from the front, mixed with cong and jade, and everyone who heard it was delighted.
The two of them and one dragon turned around a rockery, and saw a woman under the Bailian Chuiquan, which was not wide but was surrounded by water smoke. Half of her body was exposed from the water, holding her heart in her hands, singing loudly.
On the bank of the mountain pond, Xu Zhuang was lying on a mist, holding a Taoist book in his hand. He didn't know whether he was reading the Taoist book or listening to the song and appreciating the rhyme.
The woman in the pool happened to finish singing a song, and when she saw two people and one dragon entering the place, she suddenly showed a look of shame on her face, and disappeared into the pool without making a sound.
Xu Zhuang raised his eyebrows and moved his eyes away from the Taoist book. He took a look and saw the lazy guy like Liyun, and he suddenly understood.
In fact, no matter the clothes or the maids in palace clothes, they are all the souls who stay in the Duxu Palace. Although Xu Zhuang is not a person who only cares about enjoying, since these people are staying in the Duxu Palace, he will not kill them all. It's better to wake them up and make them feel at ease.
As a result, Xuzhuang's mansion suddenly no longer felt cold, and when friends from the same family visited, the reception was much more thoughtful.
As for the woman in the pool, she is different from the maid in the palace. She is a kind of spirit spread in the Xuanhuang world that sings in the mountain pool to seduce men.
However, folklore rumors are often untrue. Tan Nu is actually very shy and will avoid strangers when she sees them. So when Hui Yun broke into the place, she was frightened and hid.
Liyun didn't know that he had disturbed Xu Zhuang's enjoyment. When he saw Xu Zhuang looking at him, he immediately said flatteringly: "Xiao Zhu has met the master. Xiao Zhu has not been able to serve under the master for decades, but the master is still charming..."
Xu Zhuang was too lazy to argue with him, and waved his hand to stop his boring flattery. He looked at it briefly and said, "I finally refined the Nascent Soul, which is good."
Compared to the first level of Nascent Soul, his cultivation was nothing in Xu Zhuang's eyes. A good compliment was a rare compliment.
"Thank you for the compliment, Master." Liyun didn't take it too seriously. He chuckled, took out a Chi pattern Kui body furnace from somewhere, and offered it to him: "Master, this is what Meng Xiaozi entrusted to the little beast." Give it back to the master’s treasure.”
Xu Zhuang took the Chiwen Kuishen furnace, opened the lid and took a look. It was full of pure Tianjing sand. He nodded slightly and asked, "Is Master Meng okay?"
Liyun scratched his head and said: "Back to the master, Xiao Meng and Xiao Zhu returned to Xuanhuang together, but he still had to register, so they didn't come to visit the master together."
"Oh?" Xu Zhuang raised his eyebrows slightly, understanding in his heart.
After hearing about him, the sect also sent a great monk who had been practicing at the third level for a long time to the Tianpu Realm to take over the True Form Concept.
This is naturally a good thing for the weak Zhenxiang Guan, but it also means that Zhenxiang Guan will no longer be freed by Taisu Zhengzong, and other people may not be in charge in the same way as Xu Zhuang. Today's Zhenxiang Guan may have given birth to another There have been a lot of changes.
However, Daoren Zhang and Meng Fusheng are the registered disciples of Zhenren Daochen, so they will not be oppressed no matter what. Xu Zhuang does not need to worry about this. Perhaps it is because his hometown has changed, and he may be cultivating the way forward, or looking forward to it. The reason why he was his mentor was that he chose to return to Xuanhuang.
Xu Zhuang shook his head gently, and without asking any further questions, he said to Xue Yuren and Liyun, "You guys came just in time."
Xue Yuren was waiting to report the results of his trip to the General Affairs Hall. Suddenly he heard Xu Zhuang's words, so he pressed the button and listened carefully.
Xu Zhuang took another look at the Taoist book in his hand and said with a smile: "I have gained something from observing the book left by Master Kong. I have become interested and want to go to the Xu Palace and travel to the outer world. You can follow me."
"What?" Liyun said in disbelief, "A trip to the outer world?"
Xue Yuren smiled slightly and said, "Yes, Master."
Xu Zhuang didn't say any more words. He made a move, but nothing happened. In fact, Duxu Palace had separated from the Chongyun Peak earth veins and turned into a frightening fairy light rising into the sky.
(End of chapter)
