Zhang Xiuyang landed, and the explosion and water vapor dissipated. The military camp in the distance seemed to hear the noise, with people shouting and horses neighing. Presumably, within a short while, a sentry rider will come over to check.
Song Xin and Song Ya got up and their eyes widened when they saw the scene in front of them. A pit more than two feet deep and four feet in radius was left on the ground. The surrounding vegetation was scorched, and there was even a hare that was directly cooked by the water vapor. It smelled delicious...
Zhang Xiuyang stood up tremblingly, and was shocked and speechless when he saw the scene in front of him.
"Fellow Taoist, I have lost." Zhang Xiuyang bowed his hands and said.
"Have fellow Taoists been injured?" Song Xin's words were purely polite. Zhang Xiuyang was in such a state of embarrassment that he was not as cool as he was at the beginning. His face was steamed red, his eyebrows and hair were yellow and curly after being burned by fire, and his clothes were blown into strips of rags draped over his body, making him look like a beggar.
"I'm fine. I'll be fine if I go back and apply some medicine. Could you tell the world what happened today?" he asked.
"What does this mean? What if you want it, and what if you don't want it?" Song Xin asked doubtfully.
Zhang Xiuyang had just thrown a lot of weight and forgot that Song Xin didn't know the rules of monk fighting, so he explained:
"When monks fight, if both parties agree to compete for spell power, it is because ordinary moves and martial arts cannot determine the winner. The contest for spell power is a fair fight, and the wounded or dead cannot seek revenge on the winner.
If neither party is dead, the loser can ask the winner if he wants to announce the result of the fight to the world. If the winner is willing to announce it, the loser will only be humiliated and his sect will have to pay tribute to the winner's sect with a treasure, but the loser's sect can keep its reputation.
If the winner is willing to conceal the defeat for the loser, neither the loser nor his master will be humiliated, but the loser must do three things for the winner, pass on a spell that is not the master's secret method, and can never take revenge. Of course, if you are willing to challenge the winner again in the future, you need the winner to agree. "
"So there is such a rule. Zhang Daoyou is really a gentleman and an upright person. He did not deceive me because I don't know the rules. In this case, this battle should not be announced." Song Xin said, feeling a little better about this person in his mind.
"Anyway, I don't know where the master is, and you don't know where to send gifts, right? I can't let you send them to Xiangyang." He thought to himself.
When Zhang Xiuyang heard that the other party did not announce the result of his failure, he felt happy and said: "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Song. Now I can do three things for Fellow Daoist Song and teach you a magic."
"I have something unclear. Can I ask fellow Daoist Zhang first?"
"how?"
"The two of us came here on horseback. Fellow Daoist Zhang didn't ride a horse. How can we catch up with us?"
"I know an earth escape technique. I can walk in the earth as fast as a thousand-mile horse."
"Oh, this spell is called Earth Escape?"
"Oh, its full name is 'Five Elements Escape Technique'".
Song Xin hurriedly searched for the jade seal in the sea of consciousness, and actually found this spell in it. This method also has four escape methods: metal, wood, water, and fire, but they are all covered by white mist. If I could get Zhang Xiuyang's experience in my mind, it would be of great help.
"Can you pass on this magic to me?"
"This is natural. This is not my master's secret method." Zhang Xiuyang felt relieved.
"I just need you to tell me your experience in practicing this method. How about it?"
"Of course." After saying that, he took out a jade piece and placed it in the Yintang. He closed his eyes for a while and then handed it to Song Xin.
"Fellow Taoist, you only need to use your spiritual power to probe into the jade piece, and you will get the experience of practicing this method. There are three more things, please give me your instructions, fellow Taoist."
Song Xin asked curiously: "What method did you use to carve the jade pieces just now?"
Zhang Xiuyang said: "This is a small magic that carves the things in the mind on jade. Monks use this method to transmit information, record their experiences, and pass it on to future generations. They can also leave a spiritual lock on it. Only those who know the secret key can do it." can be opened."
"For the first thing, can this method be used instead?"
"That's natural." Zhang Xiuyang also didn't expect that what Song Xin asked him to do was so simple. These are common methods among today's practitioners. He was also afraid that Song Xin would regret it, so he immediately took out a piece of jade, wrote down the method of making the jade slip, and handed it to Song Xin.
"Fellow Taoist, please tell me the second thing."
"The second thing I want you to do is tell me what sects and masters there are among practitioners in the world today, where they are, and how to identify them."
"This is not difficult. It doesn't hurt to tell fellow Taoists. The following sect is the Five Dou Rice Sect. In addition, there are Kunlun Sect, Zuogong Sect, Yuanshan Sect, Danyang Sect, Tianji Sect, and Zixia Sect.
The Wu Dou Mi Sect is good at talismans, Kunlun and Tianji Sect are good at fusing Qi with swordsmanship, which is similar to the swordsmanship of Taoist friends. Zuo Gongdao is refining elixirs to nourish Qi and seek immortality. Although they don't like fighting with others, they don't What sect is willing to provoke them, because their alchemy skills are superb, and they also have some strange hidden weapons containing countless iron sands that can be thrown at the enemy and explode.
The Yuanshan and Danyang sects are the first and second largest sects in the world. The Zixia sect is both female, but they are also very powerful.
There are countless other small sects, as well as Buddhism from the Western Regions. I can carve another jade slip and tell you everything you know. "After that, he took out another jade piece, made a jade slip, and handed it to Song Xin.
"This man has so many jade pieces on his body. He didn't steal the prince's tomb and took off the jade clothes with gold threads, right?" Song Xin and Song Ya looked at each other and thought so.
In fact, Song Xin had never seen what gold-studded jade clothing looked like with his own eyes. He had only seen it in pictures in the past. Princes were buried with clothing made of jade flakes and gold threads, which was said to protect the body from decay.
If Zhang Xiuyang knew that they were arranging themselves like this in their minds, he would definitely vomit blood in anger. Stealing graves and digging up graves is a taboo for cultivators, so he would not do it. Only those corpse cultivators would do such a thing.
"Fellow Taoist, what is this third thing?" Zhang Xiuyang asked.
"For the third thing, fellow Taoist, can you make a few protective talismans for me?"
When Zhang Xiuyang heard this, he wondered why this person was asking him to do such simple things, and he quickly said: "It's easy to say, fellow Taoist, are you talking about the Vajra Talisman?"
"It's the kind of talisman that prevented my sword from hurting you when we fought just now."
"Oh, yes, I have many such talismans here. How many do you want, fellow Taoist?"
"how much do you have?"
"Twenty-two more."
"Can I give you all?"
"Of course..." He hesitated for a moment, then took out the diamond talisman and handed it to Song Xin.
"Excuse me, how to use this talisman?"
"Just tap it hard on the chest to activate it, no spiritual power is required."
"No spiritual power is required? Can't it be used by mortals?"
"Yes, as long as a mortal pats him on the chest, he can be protected from being hurt by a sword for a quarter of an hour."
"Thank you so much, fellow Daoist Zhang." Song Xin cupped his hands and said. He has seen the power of this talisman, and even his own sword cannot cut it open. My body tempering has not yet matured, and it cannot achieve such a strong protective effect. This talisman can just guarantee that I can save my life in times of crisis.
"Now that the three things have been done, I will take my leave. However, there is one more question before I leave. If my fellow Taoist is willing to answer, then answer it. If you are not willing to answer, you don't have to answer it."
"Fellow Taoist, please ask."
"How did Fellow Daoist Song learn how to drive ghost soldiers?"
Song Xin knew that the other party was still thinking about this matter, so he sighed softly and said: "To be honest with fellow Taoists, it is not that I can drive the ghost soldiers, but that the ghost soldiers are willing to be driven by me. These two ghosts are the black and white generals of the Yin Division. The ghost servants I sent to my friend, they listened to me because of my friend. It’s just that when you and I met, I saw that my fellow Taoist was so aggressive that I didn’t want to tell the truth."
"General Black and White? Could it be Xie and Fan?"
"One is Xie Bian and the other is Fan Wujiu."
Zhang Xiuyang saluted quickly, "It turns out that my fellow Taoist has a friendship with Generals Xie and Fan, and they are also acquaintances with my master. I am really being rude and provoking my fellow Taoist, which is really inappropriate."
"I met them by chance. It was all because of my friend. They both treated me with great respect."
"Thank you, fellow Taoist, for forgetting the blame. If there is anything that needs Zhang, fellow Taoist, just speak up." After saying that, he took out another jade piece. If you want to find it, you only need to penetrate the jade piece with your spiritual consciousness to find out what you are about to say. Pass in, Zhang will know.
"In that case, Song Xin accepted it." He held the piece of jade and thought to himself, "Is this the jade slip commonly seen in novels about cultivating immortals? It's another piece of jade. This person must have stolen one. The prince’s jade clothes are gone. Otherwise, how can they support the expenses of cultivation if they don’t work all day long?”
At this time, the sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance, and Song Xin said, "The sentry in the camp is coming on horseback. It's better for us to hide for a while. I have to cross the river next time, so I'll say goodbye."
"If you want to cross the river, fellow Taoist, why don't you take my boat so that you don't have to be questioned by the ferry soldiers anymore," Zhang Xiuyang said.
"That's very good. I will go to the river with fellow Taoist Zhang."
The two rode horses and ran towards the river. The horses were so tired that they foamed at the water. When they reached the river, they fell down and could not get up again. At this time, Zhang Xiuyang jumped out of the ground like a carp and pointed at the reeds. "You two get on the boat, I'll ferry you two across the river."
Song Ya and Song Xin didn't hesitate and jumped on the boat immediately. Zhang Xiuyang didn't waste any time and started rocking the boat. The boat went very fast. Soon we reached the other side of the river. Several people abandoned the boat and went ashore.
"You two, Zhang has to go back to Jiangnan. I have other matters in Liu Bei's army, so I'll see you later. Brother Song, please take care." As soon as they landed, Zhang Xiuyang said goodbye to Song Xin and Song Ya.
"Please, Brother Daoist Zhang, we both have to go back to Jiangling to resume our lives." Song Xin said. They actually admired Zhang Xiuyang in their hearts, except of course for stealing graves and digging up tombs to get jade pieces. Although they got into a fight for no reason, they made a friend in the end, so it wasn't too bad.
After saying goodbye, Zhang Xiuyang did not get on the boat, turned around, jumped into the water, and used water escape to cross the river.
The two looked at it for a while, then turned and ran towards Jiangling. The two had lost their horses and could only walk. They traveled day and night, and after walking for a day, they finally saw the big black smoke city.
