Only then did Lin Ji realize that the big white bird was just a boat controlled by the formation, and it was the old man who had been speaking just now.
But I don’t know what method I used to see outside through the fog, and I was able to borrow a boat to talk.
It seems that this old man's cultivation level is not high, he only has wisdom in all realms.
From this point of view, the magic circle of Mingguang Mansion is extremely wonderful!
Fang Yunshan got off the boat and took out half a roast chicken wrapped in oil paper from nowhere. He still said to the old man, "Thank you for your hard work!"
The old man was not polite, opened his mouth to catch it, sat on the ground and chewed it.
Fang Yunshan ignored him and pointed to the path on the back slope: "Let's go to the back mountain."
Lin Ji turned around and glanced at the old man, then asked with confusion, "Brother Taoist, is that old man not a human being?"
"Of course not." Fang Yunshan said, "The disciples of Mingguang Mansion are very valuable. How can it be possible to use people to guard the ferry? That is a Shar-Pei, who has cultivated Taoism in this formation. And because This formation is special and gradually loses its demonic aura. If you hadn't just broken through and entered the late stage, you might not have noticed it at all."
"This formation is really powerful!" Lin Ji wondered as he walked, "I wonder how it compares to Jinding Mountain and the Dao Formation Sect?"
Fang Yunshan walked quickly ahead and said in detail: "The Dao Formation Sect has always been famous for its formations, but the main altar in Taiping Mountain involves too many things. Back then, Si Wuming broke into the Dao Formation Sect alone, and the Dao Formation Patriarch left seven times in a row. , but dare not activate the Eighth Lift. It is said that if the Eighth Lift is activated, the entire Dao Formation Sect’s spiritual veins will be completely lost, and if the Ninth Lift is activated, it is said that the entire Yangzhou Earthline will be destroyed. Of course, they The Dao Formation Sect doesn’t even have the ability to activate Jiu Li now.”
"But even if only Qi Li was opened, it would still trap Si Wuming for a hundred years. It took Si Wuming a hundred years to break through the Jiu Li Sealing Heaven Formation and kill the ancestor of the Dao Formation. But he himself also The loss is huge, I don’t dare to try again.”
"As for the Jinding Mountain Formation, no one has ever tried to break through it. Besides, Jinding Mountain won't stop you. You can go wherever you are capable, and the journey will be smooth. What's there to break into?"
"Some people have been to Mingguang Mansion, but they only saw people coming in and not leaving."
"Anyway, Jinding Mountain and Mingguang Mansion in Xuzhou are both very strange. The Eternal Life Palace has been so high-profile recently that the Qin Dynasty was overthrown, but they only dare to stir up chaos elsewhere, but never come to Xuzhou."
Lin Ji nodded in agreement, it was indeed the case.
The mountain road winds up and is not very steep. On one side is a dense bamboo forest and on the other side is full of various mountain fruits.
But no matter the bamboo forest or fruit trees, they are all neatly arranged horizontally and vertically.
From time to time, one or two pheasants and squirrels pop out.
Suddenly there were one or two sounds of birds chirping and insects chirping.
It's very rural and natural, but after walking for a while, I didn't see a single person.
Lu Zhaoer asked a little strangely: "Where are the disciples from Mingguang Mansion? Why haven't I seen any of them?"
Fang Yunshan corrected him: "Other sects call them disciples, but in Mingguang Mansion they can only call them disciples. Mingguang Mansion never accepts outsiders, they are all members of the family who were born on the island. From the outside, Mingguang Mansion is a sect. Actually, it’s almost like a small town. Well, you’ll be able to see it in a while.”
"Is there a state of Taoism?" Lu Zhaoer asked.
"No." Fang Yunshan replied: "There are only four Taoist realms in Mingguang Mansion, the Sword Guard is Chu Weiyang, the Qin Guard is Yan Yunxiao, the Mo Guard is Wei Danqing, and the Qi Guard is Qi Tianxia. The Qi Guard is the current leader of Mingguang House."
Speaking of this, Fang Yunshan stopped slightly and whispered: "It is said that Qi Tianxia and Chu Weiyang have secret differences. They are jealous and they both like Yan Yunxiao. However, I have been here so many times, but I have only seen Qi Tianxia. Tianxia and Chu Weiyang have never met the other two."
No wonder!
After Fang Yunshan said this, Lin Ji suddenly remembered the decisive battle between the demon king and the four masters outside Weicheng. Chu Weiyang said something like: "If I am still on Misty Island, I'm afraid someone will feel uneasy."
Then Taoist priest Xianyun smiled and didn't mention it again. It turned out that this happened.
The spiritual energy on the Misty Island is extremely full, and even the air is filled with a sweet fragrance.
The three of them walked along the back mountain path for more than ten miles. After climbing a small slope, the scene in front of them took on a completely new look, and a very neat little village appeared.
All the houses are two-story stone buildings with flat roofs, small courtyards surrounded by pine branches, and wooden doors made of green bamboo. They are all neatly identical.
There is a winding river outside the village. The water is clear and noisy. A group of old ladies are washing rice and vegetables in the upper reaches, and younger daughters-in-law are washing clothes in the middle reaches.
A group of children were playing happily in the water downstream.
Farther away is a lush green pasture.
A group of big and small divine horses with golden horns were actually eating in an orderly and orderly formation.
In the bluestone square at the entrance of the village, four square teams were divided according to age, each practicing different martial arts.
Looking at the entire small village, it is clean, neat and flawless.
Even those with extreme obsessive-compulsive disorder will feel more comfortable after watching it.
Lin Ji couldn't help but think of Jinding Mountain again.
The styles of these two sects...can't be said to be very different, they are simply complete opposites!
A person who acts casually and doesn’t care about anything.
Even his disciples come when they like and leave when they like.
The other one is well organized and laid out in an orderly manner.
The island never accepts outsiders, and the island is independent of outsiders.
"Let's go, we'll be there soon!" Seeing the magic soldiers in sight, Fang Yunshan greeted with joy and walked quickly towards the small village.
Lin Ji and Lu Zhaoer were both here for the first time, so everything they looked at was novel.
As I got closer, I discovered that every household had a rune number engraved on the bamboo door, such as "A sixteen," "D twenty-seven," and so on.
Directly in front of the village square, half a stone tablet stands impressively.
Above it is written: "When the sword reaches the point of illness, it is inferior to the spirit; when the ink reaches the truth, illusion is perfect; when the piano reaches the rhyme, there is no need for luck; when the chess reaches its calamity, it creates wonders on its own. When the Tao reaches the sky, I am the sky."
All the writing is horizontal and vertical, exactly the same as the writing on the gate stone at Jinding Pass and the fish soup sticker.
Moreover, the meaning is quite evocative.
"The sword is as powerful as the sword and the spirit is not as good as the sword... The Tao is as high as the heaven and I am the heaven."
Lin Ji secretly recited it twice and kept it in mind, and continued to move forward with Fang Yunshan.
The neatly trained crowd remained attentive, and no one took a second look because of the stranger entering the village.
Even the youngest group of children, about six or seven years old, were fully focused and undistracted.
Naturally, no one came forward to stop and ask.
The three of them passed through the small village and passed a green bamboo forest. A Bailian waterfall appeared in front of them.
There are more than a dozen large holes dug in a row on the slope below the waterfall.
Some have the word "medicine" hanging on them and have a strange smell.
Some have the word "soul" hanging on them, making a creaking sound.
Some have the word "talisman" hanging on them, which flashes with light.
Until the sixth big hole, there is a big word "Qi" hanging above it.
Fang Yunshan pointed inward excitedly and said, "We're here, right here!"
With that said, he walked in head-on.
(End of chapter)
