Longhu Mountain is located 20 kilometers southwest of YT City, Jiang Province. In the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Daoling, the founder of Zhengdao, once made elixirs here. It is said that "when the elixir is completed, dragons and tigers appear".
The place where Zhang Daoling founded Taoism was Heming Mountain in central Sichuan, so the Tianshi Tao in Longhu Mountain was not created by him.
There was no such title as Celestial Master at first. The title "Celestial Master" was added by later generations to express their respect for Zhang Daoling.
It was not until the Yuan Dynasty that the title "Celestial Master" was officially recognized. Before that, the title "Celestial Master" was a self-proclaimed title among the people.
The Tianshi Mansion in Longhu Mountain was built by his great-grandson Zhang Sheng.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were wars and disputes, and the people had no fixed place to live. The same was true for the descendants of the Zhang family.
In order to avoid the war, Zhang's descendants did not live in Sichuan, but moved to Longhu Mountain.
As for why he didn't go to Sichuan, it was because Zhang Daoling was originally from Jiangxi, and Longhu Mountain was the place where Zhang Daoling made alchemy in his early years.
Perhaps out of a strong feeling of returning home, Zhang Sheng, who carried the Celestial Master's seal, moved back to Longhu Mountain and began to renovate the place where his ancestor Zhang Daoling once practiced. And preach in Longhu Mountain on Sanyuan Day every year.
From then on, Zhang Tianshi's descendants never left Longhu Mountain and lived there for generations. Therefore, Longhumen became one of the ancestral houses of Taoism.
Zhang Daoling didn't know about this, but there was information about this in Nongyu's database, and he also learned about it while chatting.
What's interesting is that Zhang Sulin, who told Xia Ya's fortune by touching bones, was actually a Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain. You can tell by looking at his last name. I don't know which generation of Zhang Daoling's grandson he is.
After a monster appeared on the shore that day, Zhang Sulin took his young apprentice and rushed back to Longhu Mountain overnight, and informed the elders at the mountain gate about what happened there.
In the meeting hall of Longhu Mountain, many old men wearing robes, old faces, goatees, and even gray beards sat in the middle.
Zhang Sulin, who was sitting on one side, was the younger one among these old people. They seemed to be waiting for something.
Soon, a young Taoist priest walked in. Under the careful eyes of the old Taoist priests, he said.
"There is no news from the city, it's like this never happened."
Zhang Sulin frowned slightly, "How could that happen? Have you asked the government officials?"
Many days have passed since what happened on the coast that day. The place where it happened is actually only one province away from Longhu Mountain. With the current railway transportation, it makes no sense that no news could have spread.
"I just went to the government to ask." said the little Taoist priest.
Zhang Sulin couldn't help but look at the old man who was looking up, "Old Master, there must be something wrong here, I saw it with my own eyes that day!
I can swear to my master. "
The person he calls the old Celestial Master is Zhang Peiyuan, the 59th generation Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain. He is sitting in the middle, wearing an evergreen coat, with white hair and white beard. He is ninety-eight years old this year.
The Heavenly Master was silent for a moment, closed his eyes and said in his old and steady voice.
"There is a nearby village where evil spirits have been causing trouble recently, so we went to Longhu Mountain for help.
Su Lin, please take a few of your disciples to have a look. "
Zhang Sulin was hesitant to speak, but then he sighed slightly, stood up and bowed to the Heavenly Master.
"Yes, Heavenly Master."
With that said, he exited the meeting hall.
The old man on one side said, "I don't think what Su Lin said is a lie, and there is no reason to lie.
Maybe a heavenly being has really been born. "
"When my great-grandfather was dying, he made a final prediction." The old heavenly master said calmly, "He said that all dharma will decline and the end of dharma will come to an end."
"This is an era of Dharma ending. Not to mention heaven and humans, even ordinary Taoism will not appear in the human world."
He looked at the old man and said, "In this world, no one can compare to me, Longhushan, in terms of orthodox teachings. But, ask yourself, how much real ability do you have?"
The old man fell silent and said no more.
"You and I both know Su Lin's desire to pursue the Tao. For this reason, he searched famous mountains to seek the Dharma, which has become his inner demon."
The old Heavenly Master slowly stood up from his position. Although he was over ninety years old, he still looked healthy.
"When he comes back, talk to him more and learn to let go. This is also the way to go..."
After saying that, he also left here.
"master."
Walking on the mountain path down the mountain, Zhang Sulin took three or four Taoist priests who had just joined Longhu to go to the village mentioned by the old Tianshi.
The little Taoist boy named Ruixiang quickly came to Zhang Sulin's side.
"When we were there, I heard someone mention that the local governor wanted to build a port there to connect Southeast Asia."
"So, you mean, he blocked the news in order to prevent problems with the port project?" Zhang Sulin thought thoughtfully.
The little Taoist boy nodded.
Zhang Sulin sighed, "It doesn't make any sense now. If people want to block the news, we have nothing to do.
Have you brought all the charms, mahogany swords, etc.? "
Ruixiang raised the big bag in his hand.
There are many villages near the foot of Longhu Mountain. They pay some incense money to Longhu Mountain every year, which is not much, but it gives peace of mind.
Therefore, if there is any evil spirit among them or if someone dies, they will go down to perform a ritual ceremony.
As soon as they entered the village, they were warmly welcomed by the village chief.
The village chief is a short, fat old man wearing a long hexagram, named Zhang Qiang. He is an old acquaintance of Zhang Sulin, but he looks very tired at the moment.
"Daozhang Zhang, you're here." Zhang Qiang seemed to have seen a savior, "Basically, people in the village haven't slept much these days."
The other villagers who gathered around also said eagerly, "Yes, yes, it's too scary. Taoist priest, you must contain that monster!"
Looking at the gradually noisy villagers around him, Zhang Sulin said patiently.
"Don't worry, take your time, what's going on?"
Zhang Qiang then signaled the surrounding villagers to quiet down.
He calmed down and said with lingering fear, "About a week ago, the son of Lao Yangtou's family returned to the village in an ox cart. Suddenly the old ox went crazy for some reason, and both the ox and the man were taken to the foot of the cliff.
The whole village searched under the cliff for a whole day, but only found the cow's carcass.
But that afternoon, his son came back intact, without even a scratch. He said he had fallen and hung on a tree, and then passed out again.
Although it's a bit strange, everyone is happy that they are back, and the rest is not important, and we don't care.
Who knows, something will go wrong in the next few days.
There were fewer and fewer chickens and ducks in the village day by day. At that time, we all thought they were weasels.
So we borrowed a few more dogs from the next village, but guess what? "
The village chief's eyes held an unspeakable fear.
"Just the night before yesterday, Widow Zhang went to the mountain to look for her dog. She saw Old Yangtou's son disemboweling her dog, holding the dog's liver and heart and gnawing at it. His mouth was filled with blood. It's all chicken bones and duck bones.
And Lao Yangtou’s head.”
"Widow Zhang was frightened, but fortunately she was knowledgeable. She came to my door to look for me overnight. Then I asked someone to notify Longhushan."
Zhang Sulin frowned slightly. As a Taoist priest, he had definitely faced the most such things in his life.
The more you see and understand, the more you will understand that most of these so-called ghosts are actually man-made disasters.
Either he is deliberately pretending to be a ghost in order to achieve his ulterior motives, or he has some kind of brain disease and is mentally disturbed, so his behavior is different from ordinary people.
"Have you reported it to the official?" he said.
"It's time to report." Zhang Qiang said, "The government officials came in the morning, and you arrived in the afternoon. They should all be in Lao Yangtou's yard at this time."
Zhang Sulin nodded, "Lead the way."
"Follow me." Zhang Qiang directly led the way and quickly reached the door of the room.
The family was relatively wealthy and even had a small courtyard built with earthen walls. The gate was closed, and it was quiet inside with no sound at all.
Zhang Sulin turned back to look at his apprentice, who quickly took out a demon-suppressing sword and some charms.
He held the sword in his hand and put the charms in his pocket.
For him, although it may not be used or useful, wearing it can always increase a sense of security.
Then, he took a deep breath and walked in. A strong smell of blood hit his nostrils, and he instantly frowned.
Then, wherever he looked, his pupils trembled violently in an instant.
He saw bodies lying all over the place.
Wearing official uniforms, he lay scattered on the ground, with mutilated limbs. Some weapons also fell to the ground. Blood dyed the courtyard red, and the strong smell of blood assaulted his nostrils.
Several of his disciples also followed in, and when they saw the corpses here, their pupils trembled violently at that moment.
The house was a bungalow with only one floor. The kitchen, bedroom and dining room were all in one room. The door of the house was open, and a man in peasant clothes was eating something with his back to them.
As if he noticed someone coming in, he slowly turned his head.
When they saw the man's face, everyone's scalps went numb.
Half of his face was shot off, exposing the blood vessels and bones inside, and there was also a large wound on the top of his head.
He was holding a heart in his hand and chewing it. While chewing it, some pieces of meat and blood fell out from the gap on one side.
Seeing Zhang Sulin and others, he slowly opened his mouth and made a sound from deep in his throat.
"Taoist priest?"
The sound was strange, like two people talking at the same time.
"What I hate the most is Taoist priests."
Zhang Sulin reacted. Although he was trembling with fear, he also understood that he had really encountered something unclean.
He immediately took out the talisman from his body, held it in his hand, and scolded him with anger.
"Bold! What kind of monster dares to hurt people and kill them in broad daylight!
I am the direct disciple of the Great Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain, why don’t you, you idiots, be killed quickly! "
Zhang Sulin originally planned to use these words to scare the evil ghost, but obviously, when the evil ghost heard the name Longhu Mountain, the anger in his eyes became even stronger.
"There are two things I hate most in my life at Longhu Mountain. One is Taoist priests, and the other is Longhu Mountain."
He raised his head and looked at Zhang Sulin, the smile on his face became even more ferocious.
"What a coincidence that you came here."
Zhang Sulin swallowed slightly and continued to pretend to be calm.
"The elder of my sect has already rushed here. He is a living immortal god and a master of heaven. He has a mark on his left hand when he was born. If I were you, surrender immediately, otherwise, both body and soul will be destroyed!"
The evil ghost smiled disdainfully, "Don't think that I don't know the current situation of your mountain sect. In this era, even your heavenly masters may not be as powerful as me.
The Ghost King should have led his troops to attack Longhu Mountain by now.
You guys, it’s better to worry about yourselves first! "
The place where Hades meets the human world is near Longhu Mountain. In fact, the reason why Zhang Daoling's descendants chose to build the mountain gate here was for the purpose of stationing here.
This is not a coincidence, but a necessity.
In the process of stationing at this node, similar things happened, with countless evil ghosts escaping into the underworld.
Zhang Tongxuan, who was the eleventh Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain at that time, took the demon-slaying sword left by Zhang Daolin and sealed all the ghosts into the node, and he was the only one who was sealed.
Today's human world is not suitable for the survival of souls, but the linking place leaks the energy of Hades, which provides the basis for the survival of these souls.
They know that they cannot stay in the human world for long, and they also know that the ghosts in the underworld will definitely catch them after they react.
But they were born this time with only one purpose.
That is to take advantage of the decline of Longhu Mountain's Taoism to destroy Longhu Mountain to avenge the past.
As the evil ghost finished speaking, he rushed towards Zhang Sulin like a cannonball.
Zhang Sulin's eyes obviously flashed with panic, but he reacted quickly. He took out the talisman in his hand and threw it very skillfully. The talisman accurately stuck to the evil ghost's body, and he successfully stopped. action.
Zhang Sulin's face was filled with joy, but the next moment, the charm attached to the evil ghost began to spontaneously ignite. He quickly resumed his movements and continued to rush towards Zhang Sulin.
The blood-stained claws on his hands were very sharp. Basically, all the officers and soldiers around him were pierced through the chest by these claws and killed with one blow.
This is obviously also Zhang Sulin's ending.
He immediately closed his eyes in despair, and the other little Taoist priests around him also shouted in terror.
But then, his ears heard the sound of something cutting through the air, followed by a sword wind, hitting his cheek.
When he opened his eyes, the evil ghost was standing in front of him, eyes wide open.
His head was split in two with some kind of sharp weapon.
Behind him, a wooden sword penetrated deeply into the wall of the masonry house, trembling slightly.
At the same time, Zhang Sulin also noticed a young man standing on one side of the wall with his hands behind his back.
He was wearing a plain Ming Dynasty robe,
The black plain Taoist robe has wide sleeves, elegant and elegant, and a jet black sash belt tied around the waist, like a waterfall of ink hair dancing in the wind.
Although he looks young, his clear eyes reveal the ultimate chill, which seems to be able to penetrate people's hearts.
The body is slightly thin, the clothes are fluttering, and the cold back seems to be integrated with the heaven and earth. It seems that his heart, lungs, body and mind have been sewed into the vast sky. Only the cold wind clings to the sky and flows into the deeper world.
Like a living immortal.
(End of chapter)
