After the separation of Faqiu Tianguan and Mojin Xiaowei, their respective strengths were greatly weakened, but Faqiu Tianguan still firmly holds the position of leader of the Mushroom Sect by relying on the secret Feng Shui technique of stargazing and dragon hunting.
Speaking of Mushroom Gate, it is actually a general term for the Tao Dou Xing among the Outer Eight Lines. Like the Green Forest Bandits, they both fall into the category of Mushroom Gate. The Outer Eight Elements were first known as the "Five Flowers Formation" and the "Eight Gate Formation", which is the origin of the term "Five Flowers Formation". They were the thirteen who were excluded from the legitimate industry in the industry regulations of the Qin Dynasty and could not get on the stage. Trades such as laborers and prostitutes are among them. With the change of dynasties and the development of society, these thirteen trades continued to grow and expand. By the end of the Jin Dynasty, there were no fewer than a hundred ways of making a living in the world. So people once again classified these sects and collectively called them the "eight external trades".
The first among the eight outer sects is the theft sect, among which the mushroom sect is the lowest sect. However, because of its secretive practices and bizarre circumstances, it is also very legendary in the world. During the Yongchu period, a Yunyou named Qin Nachuan wrote a book called "Shaling Pu", which he saw and heard after traveling for more than ten years in the Jianghu. Among the twelve strange sects in the Mushroom Sect, the leader is Faqiu Tianguan lineage, followed by Faqiu are the Xiling warriors who gather in the mountains and forests with a large number of people. Although this group has low fighting skills, It is rough and has no technical content at all. However, the status of the Green Forest Bandit is too high among the thieves, so it has to be ranked second in the Shaling Pu. The real identity of the strong man Luo Laoqi who came with the Taoist priest with a grimace is actually He was the leader of Xiling in the Lingxi area back then.
Luo Laoqi's village at that time was located in Fengqi Mountain. Because this place was located at the junction of the Northern Wei, Liu and Song Dynasties, there were many merchants coming and going, and because of the dangerous terrain in the mountain, bandits were rampant. Luo Laoqi was the most powerful one among them, and had been there all year round. He did all kinds of evil things by blocking roads and robbing money, so he got a name on the green forest road, called "Living Yama".
While Luo Laoqi was robbing wealth, he also continued to annex other surrounding mountain villages. Until five years ago, he basically eliminated other forces in Lingxi. For a time, he was unparalleled in the limelight, and his reputation resounded throughout the Liangchuan area.
But as the family business grew, the shortcomings in Luo Laoqi's character began to emerge. Although he was tall and good at fighting, he was naive and not good at making plans. At that time, there was a dog-headed military advisor beside him, named Dong Ruhai, nicknamed " "Ghost Judge" is a smart and smooth person who specializes in making suggestions for the village and is highly respected by everyone in the village. Dong Ruhai's ambitions were not small. He noticed Luo Laoqi's straightforward nature and began to secretly cultivate his cronies to win people's hearts, preparing to one day take the position of leader of the cottage.
Waiting until three years ago, Dong Ruhai saw that the time was right, and ambushed the crossbowmen on the way back from Luo Laoqi's trip. After giving the order, the crossbows fired in unison, instantly knocking Luo Laoqi's team to the ground. Luo Laoqi relied on his rough skin and thick flesh to escape from the siege. He ran away with his horse and vomited blood before he could save his life.
It was at that time that Luo Laoqi met the grim-faced Taoist priest who was kicked out of the Taoist temple. The two of them seemed to have different personalities, but they didn't want to talk and their views turned out to be very consistent. To put it bluntly, they were not the same. What a good bird, so the two hit it off and began a life of traveling together, cheating and abducting.
In the past three years, Ghostface Taoist Priest and Luo Laoqi have done all kinds of evil in the world. Sometimes they used the name of Dong Ruhai Village to rob homes and houses, and sometimes they used the name of Faqiu Tianguan to fight and fish. As for why they used the name of Faqiu, we will talk about it later. In short, the two of them would not make any money except the poor, and they dared to get involved in any other way of making money. It was not until they heard the imperial edict four days ago that they set their sights on the royal family again.
Ghostface Taoist and Luo Laoqi naturally did not come to the Juezi Camp to serve the royal family and make contributions. They had long heard that the young emperor Liu Ziye was perverse and stingy, and they were not someone they would stay with for a long time. The reason why they came here to risk their lives was to find someone. Opportunity to make a fortune. The Juezi Camp is a signboard established by the royal family. At that time, I originally wanted to use the word "digzi", but the word was not elegant, so I changed the name to the Juezi Camp. If this faction of officials and thieves is properly organized, the resources they will get are far inferior to those of the Jianghu factions. Yes, so the Taoist priest with a grimace gave the two of them all the hype, just because they wanted to enter the Juezi camp.
Although the Grimace Taoist boasts a lot about his life experience, it is not nonsense. He himself is a descendant of a Han people outside the city gate of Liaodong. This family has lived in the Liaoshui area for generations, and their ancestors have made a living by robbing tombs because they worship the Five Immortals. The Gray Immortal, one of the family members, is therefore called the "Taibao of the Immortal Family".
Like Faqiu Tianguan, the Chen family is a single-blood family, so the family is not prosperous. However, they are very senior in the Mushroom Sect and are ranked third in the Shanling pedigree. Because of this family's unique fighting methods, every time After a fight, you must go to the Huixian Temple to ask for help from the gods. It is said that after asking the gods, the Chen family will take away a strange beast from the Huixian Temple, called the "Iron Armored Tomb-piercing Beast". No one has ever seen that strange beast in the world. Even Qin Nachuan had only heard about it, saying that the tombs were broken into pieces by the mountain-digging sect. When it came to the Dingmai Cave Mausoleum, even Jin Xiaowei could not reach it.
The grim-faced Taoist priest Chen Wuchang is the eldest son of Chen Sanxiao, the former head of the Immortal family. However, he has a bad fate. His whole family has been killed in wars since he was a child. Both his parents, brothers and sisters all died under the iron hoof of the barbarians, leaving him alone. , the immortal family's Taibao was forced to live in the Central Plains without learning any skills, and began a rough life.
The grim-faced Taoist priest worked as a handyman and a thief, and has been crawling at the bottom of society for more than ten years. When he was almost thirty years old, he finally decided to join the world and do something "big". He wanted to return to his father's old profession and continue his career in fighting, but the line of Taibao of the Xian family was almost extinct. After some consideration, the grimace Taoist decided to go to Faqiu Tianguan to learn some skills first. Qiu Tianguan has always only passed down the eldest son of Xiahou. An outsider, Taoist Ghost Face, wanted to enter Qiumen, but he was naturally kicked out by his disciples. Therefore, Taoist Ghost Face held a grudge and vowed to one day avert this humiliation.
The grim-faced Taoist priest who failed to join a famous family finally had no choice but to become a disciple of a local master in the south. He spent two years scratching the tomb of a landlord, Lao Cai, and unexpectedly his short-lived master also died in a vicious tomb. The grimace Taoist was disheartened for a while, as the world was not peaceful in those two years, so he angrily went to Longhu Mountain and became a Taoist priest.
Youdao means that everything in the world is unpredictable, and good fortune and misfortune depend on each other. At first, the Taoist priest Ghost Face wanted to go into the mountains to avoid disasters and live a stable life. However, after entering Qingyun Temple, he discovered that there were many Feng Shui works in the library in the temple. Ghost Face The Taoist priest was overjoyed, and he began to study the secrets of Feng Shui. When he was driven down the mountain during the New Year, he felt that he had stepped into the threshold of Kanyu. He also learned the light kung fu of flying on clouds and stepping on snow in the temple. His arrogance was so high that he felt that he had all the royal tombs in the world at his fingertips.
After that, life taught him another lesson. The Grimace Taoist had only been studying for a year. How could he master the art of Feng Shui and Kanyu that had been accumulated for more than a thousand years? It would be an exaggeration to say that he had only scratched the surface. He wasted a while on his own. Later, he met Luo Laoqi. After talking with him, he found his right position in life and began a career of speculation.
