Zhao Ning paused for a moment, then suddenly remembered that Dr. Li mentioned that the time when Zhengyang Guan became famous in Dayue Kingdom seemed to be three or four years ago, which seemed to be the time when the Qingxiaozong incident happened. Maybe Zhengyang Guan's actions in Nanjing Kingdom were also related to Dayue Kingdom. In sync, it was just that Nan Jingguo took the lead.
The matter was inexplicably connected to the Qingxiao Sect, and the topic was suddenly boring.
Zhao Ning fell silent, Qin Keyuan spoke even less, and Zhang Jiu stopped abruptly when he saw that the topic was halfway stuck. He thought it was taboo for Zhao Ning and Zhao Ning to talk about state affairs outside, so he consciously shut up.
Zhao Ning knew that there was no way to escape from the Qingxiaozong matter, but she knew even more that before Qin Keyuan's golden elixir was restored, there were many things that they could not consider now.
She sent a message to Qin Keyuan and brought the topic back to the Yao family's disaster itself, "Uncle Master, I couldn't understand what spell you cast on the jade bottle just now."
Qin Keyuan replied, "It's not a spell, it just leaves a sword intention. As long as it touches the ghost fetus Gu, it will be killed, just like you burn it with fire."
While talking, Zhengyang Temple has arrived at the branch temple in Yongfeng City. The attitude of the imperial court is still taboo. The branch temple is in a very remote location. There was no sound along the way. Until they reached the vicinity of Zhengyang Temple, there was a sudden noise and the crowd There were many people sitting on the ground wearing nondescript Taoist robes, waiting for the Taoist priest to preach.
Because of the title of Governor's Office, they were directly welcomed into the temple. There were dozens of chairs placed in a small courtyard, which was slightly crowded. At this moment, it was almost full of people, except for the first row and the second row. The row is still empty.
They were welcomed to sit in the second row, which happened to be in the corner and not conspicuous.
Zhang Jiu whispered to them, "The first row is for the disciples who happen to be nearby. Those are the future gods."
Zhao Ning nodded slightly. She had long wanted to know who this Zhengyang Temple was.
His breath was slightly restrained. If he had not surpassed them in cultivation, he would not have noticed them. At this moment, even Zhang Jiu, who was speaking, touched his head and turned around to look around excitedly.
Qin Keyuan closed his eyes slightly to rest, Zhao Ning picked up the teapot on the side coffee table, and poured two cups of tea. The tea was clear and it was the best new tea of the season.
Before he picked up the tea cup, he saw several young people wearing Taoist robes with Tai Chi patterns embroidered on them walking out of the inner room. They all looked proud and did not even look at the other people who were silent and respectful behind them.
There were four of them in the group, and there was one empty seat in the first row.
Zhao Ning glanced at these four people and knew that they had no cultivation, and they had not even shown the ability to draw Qi.
She lowered her head and sipped a cup of tea silently, without much emotion.
One of the disciples in the front row asked the people around him, "Why didn't Brother Yu Ze come?"
"I'm concerned about what he does. He has recently gotten close to those low-life people. I'm afraid he has an evil heart."
At this moment, the preacher slowly dropped into his seat on the stage, and everyone in the audience pinched Ziwu and bowed in a nondescript manner.
Zhao Ning put down the teacup, and as soon as she looked at the Taoist, she felt that his cultivation level was only at the second level of Qi training.
He sat cross-legged on the futon, raised his head and squinted his eyes, and chanted in a mocking tone, "The way to the great truth lies in sincerity. If you are sincere, you will be favored by heaven, so..."
Although the teachings taught by the Taoist were different from the practice and enlightenment usually heard in Qingxiao Sect, there was nothing deceitful about his words. They were just superficial and did not go into the real practice part.
After preaching for more than half an hour, Zhao Ning asked Qin Keyuan, "Uncle Qin, can we leave now?"
If they wait until the missionary meeting is over before leaving, the Yao family may invite them back again.
Only then did Qin Keyuan open his eyes. The two of them passed through the people listening to the sermon. They seemed to be covered with a layer of blindness. No one noticed their departure and still listened attentively to the sermon of the Taoist priest on the stage.
The two of them walked slowly towards the city gate.
Zhao Ning chatted casually with Qin Keyuan, "Uncle Qin, this Zhengyang Guan does seem to have some tricks. Can you tell if any sect from the cultivation world has intervened?"
"It should not be the establishment of a sect in the world of cultivation." Qin Keyuan said, "The teachings of the nine major realms of the world of cultivation are inseparable from their sects. This teaching is too simple. It can be said to ordinary people, but it really needs to be done. It’s not enough to convey the way of spiritual practice.”
Zhao Ning nodded, "Then I think the master of the temple should be a casual cultivator."
At this point, Zhao Ning has a very good impression of Zhengyang Temple. Although preaching is suspected of fooling the people, but looking at it openly, there are not a few sects or a few high-level cultivators in the world of cultivation who have opened preaching dojos in the ordinary world. Taoist temples in Taoist temples are generally used only to recruit disciples or agents. In addition, they have helped people in Dayue Kingdom to deal with poisonous diseases, so they don't want to have to deal with Zhengyang Temple anymore.
While walking and talking like this, Zhao Ning thought about leaving the city gate, and when the night was completely dark, he went directly to Yuexiu Mansion with his sword.
Shortly after Zhao Ning and others left, the Taoist priest stopped preaching. He did not talk to the people in the audience, but returned to the temple with a high-spirited attitude. The people listening in the audience were still talking about what they were saying.
For people like Zhao Ning who are used to hearing preaching from large sects, they may find this preaching particularly perfunctory, but for ordinary people, it is novel and confusing.
Several disciples in the first row chatted more enthusiastically, showing expressions of excitement beyond pride.
While several people were talking, one person approached with his head down in frustration.
Someone among the disciples immediately stopped talking and shouted, "Brother Yu Ze, why are you here just now? The immortal master's teaching has already ended."
If Zhao Ning were here, he might vaguely remember that this Yu Ze was the Taoist priest who was thrown halfway down the mountain by them using the entanglement technique in Fengyu Mountain.
Others were disdainful, "I'm afraid I'm not acting as some bullshit hero with those charlatans. Oh, by the way, I heard that I recently borrowed the immortal master's secret treasure to look for some bullshit rumors. Looking at the dingy appearance, I'm afraid it's some kind of treasure." I haven’t even found it yet, hahaha.”
"What did you say?!" Yu Ze glared angrily.
"Why, you don't focus on the path of spiritual cultivation and hang out with those low-life people, and you can't be judged anymore?" The scoffer immediately shot back.
The other disciples who entered the temple were all pulling at the two of them with headaches, fearing that they would start fighting on the spot.
Zhang Jiu was close to the first row and listened to their conversation with open ears.
But he didn't expect that someone suddenly tapped him on the shoulder, which startled him so much that he bumped the coffee table next to him, making a slightly harsh sound.
Even several of the disciples who entered the contemplation looked at him with dissatisfaction.
He folded his hands in panic and apologized again and again, thinking something was wrong, so he raised his hands in salute instead.
After doing this, he dared to ask the person who called him, who was a young man from Yao Mansion, "What's wrong?"
"Mr. Zhang, night is approaching. Our master has prepared a dinner and invites you three distinguished guests to come back to the banquet."
"Oh, that's it, I'll go right away." The word "three" of the boy reminded Zhang Jiu, and Zhang Jiu suddenly remembered that Zhao Ning and Qin Keyuan were also traveling with him, but he didn't see anyone after patrolling for a week. Asked the boy, "Have the other two Doctors Lin left?"
The boy shook his head blankly, "I have been watching outside and saw no one."
Zhang Jiu couldn't find anyone, so he had to ask the people in the temple who had not left, "This brother, oh no, fellow Taoist, you can see a man and a woman, their aura is quite extraordinary..."
"There are so many men and women who come to listen to sermons. We can't help you if you describe them like this." The two men who were stopped by Zhang Jiu shook their heads and said.
Zhang Jiu had no choice but to describe the appearance of Zhao Ning and Qin Keyuan in detail, adding at the end, "...The girl has a cold temperament, like a fairy descending from the earth. The man is very tall and has a terrifying aura, although he looks a bit sick. But it’s still hard to look at.”
The two people who were stopped were still thinking when someone suddenly grabbed Zhang Jiu's shoulder and shook him, "What did you say? A real god is actually here?!"
The person who suddenly interrupted was Yu Ze.
Zhang Jiu was confused when he heard this, but seeing that he was wearing a Zhengyang Temple Taoist robe, it was hard to get angry, "This Taoist brother has misunderstood something. I am just looking for two companions. Although they are proficient in medical skills, they are not qualified." God..."
Yu Ze couldn't get an answer and didn't want to listen to his nonsense. He turned around and asked the two people Zhang Jiu had just stopped.
"Did you see where those two went?!"
They were probably frightened by his questioning attitude. Even though the two of them could not remember whether they had seen it in the audience, they still said in a panic, "Let's go, yes, let's go." The intention is to lie out and talk about it later.
Yu Ze was also in a state of anxiety, and he didn't even think about getting such a clue. He ran out in a few steps, bumping into several seats along the way, stumbling while running, but not even stopping for a moment.
He ran out wildly, looking for the figure back and forth on the street, but there was no trace of him.
He rushed into the crowd on the road, grabbed someone and asked, "Have you seen the gods?"
Passers-by were so frightened by him that they trembled and said nothing.
He threw the person away irritably and went to pull another person. The other person hugged his head and shouted in panic, "Spare my life."
Yu Ze was almost furious, but at this moment someone tugged at the corner of his clothes.
A child holding a candied haws called him, "Uncle Taoist priest, are you looking for two good-looking brothers and sisters?"
Yu Ze was overjoyed, squatted down and asked, "Yes, yes, yes, did you see it?"
"Going over there." The child pointed to the direction Zhao Ning and Qin Keyuan left, "It seems they are leaving the city. I'm afraid you won't be able to catch up."
Yu Ze was even more panicked. He grabbed a handful of broken silver from his arms and gave it to the child, "Go buy some delicious food yourself!"
Saying that, he rushed out of the city regardless.
The children in the crowd were so happy that they held the silver coins. They ran to the candied haws skewers and said, "Grandpa, I'll take all your candied haws skewers."
The vendor was also happy to see such a handful of broken silver. He didn't care whether it was handed over by a child or not, and directly handed the straw target to the child.
At the end, he muttered, "Child, you can eat at your leisure, or you may damage your teeth." He happily bit the broken silver and left.
The children in the crowd had bitter expressions on their faces and murmured softly.
"God is a thief who commits suicide."
Chapter 145
Zhao Ning noticed when someone entered the range of his spiritual consciousness, and even paused slightly when he recognized that the person seemed familiar.
But Yongfeng City is a large county town, so it is not surprising to meet an acquaintance. Zhao Ning didn't pay attention to it at first, until Yu Ze's movements chased them for nearly half a mile.
Zhao Ning frowned inconspicuously, "Uncle Qin, someone is chasing us."
Qin Keyuan glanced behind him. He seemed to have noticed something from such a distance that he could not see, and his expression, which had rarely changed, turned slightly gloomy.
"Wait here."
Zhao Ning realized that things might not be simple.
Until around the second watch of the night, Yu Ze's panting figure appeared in his sight, and he saw the two people playing chess in the pavilion.
He stumbled over and fell to his knees at the foot of the steps outside the pavilion.
"Immortal masters, two immortal masters, please save my people!"
Zhao Ning and Qin Keyuan didn't even raise their heads, their attention was still on the chessboard.
Yu Ze kowtowed a few more times, "More than three hundred people in our clan have all contracted a strange disease. Their bodies are as if they were withered, their blood has faded away, and their only belly is congested and bulging, making them unable to move."
Zhao Ning paused for a moment, then raised her eyes to look at Yu Ze, "Ghost fetus Gu?"
When Zhao Ning mentioned the weird name of Gu, Yu Ze was even more shocked. He knelt down on the steps and said, "Yes, yes, they all have bugs in their bellies, and those bugs will explode many bugs. How should we deal with them?" None of them could be solved. The only solution was to completely seal the ancestral house and let me go outside for help. However, the master of Zhengyang Temple was far away in Nanjing State. Most of the gods in the temple were in seclusion all year round or traveling around and could not find anyone. Yongfeng City was divided into two. Taoist Hao Kuang in the temple is powerless, and I really have no choice."
He banged his head several times until there was blood on his forehead, and then said, "I even went to Fengyu Mountain to look for the old monster Yin, who is known as the immortal, but I didn't want to happen to see the immortal master coming out of seclusion. Two immortal masters, heaven. It also talks about the virtue of living a good life, please help my Yu family for the sake of helping others and gaining merit!"
Zhao Ning asked, "Did you know that Yao, the governor of Yongfeng City, has been seriously ill these past few days because he was parasitized by the ghost fetus Gu."
Yu Ze was even more shocked, "No, Governor Yao has never been to our Yu family, and our Yu family's ancestral home is special and sealed by walls. It is not possible to easily contact others, let alone spread the poison. Could it be someone else's fault? Planting Gu in multiple places?!”
Zhao Ning wondered, "You came out of your clan to ask for help. Do you think you won't be able to carry Gu insects?"
Yu Ze then explained, "There is an antidote pill in my family that was given by the Immortal Master Guanzhong. I relied on this pill to escape from the family safely."
Zhao Ning looked at Qin Keyuan, her eyes obviously asking, "The detoxification pill still has such effect." However, neither of them was proficient in the study of pills, and Qin Keyuan was even more skeptical than her.
"Come here."
Hearing Zhao Ning's call, Yu Ze was overjoyed, feeling that the two of them had agreed to help.
