Seeing Lao Mandrill's resolute attitude, Qi Jingzhi had no choice but to nod: "Then listen to what the seniors said, and everyone will have their own affairs from now on."
Speaking of which, this is not the first time Qi Jingzhi has encountered such a situation. Wei Yingdian treats him as a Taoist brother because "the wise come first".
"Brother Wei has achieved the heart and soul, but there is no follow-up method to enlighten the spirit and eat the breath. I still have to write to him as soon as possible and invite Brother Wei to come for a while, so as to prevent him from groping randomly and suffering from the catastrophe of confusion."
Qi Jingzhi suppressed this idea and curiously asked Lao Mandrill: "Senior, you worship Lord Baiyundong in this temple. Is it possible that someone as powerful as Mr. Yuan is willing to stoop to the position of mountain god of Xiaosong Mountain?" ?”
When the young man asked this question, the old man immediately shook his head: "Old man Yu from Songling County has a very bad heart and always wants to take Xiao Songshan away! I moved my ancestors here to deceive him. In fact, This god’s position…”
"Senior, wait!"
Hearing that this matter was indeed related to the Yin Division of Songling County, Qi Jingzhi quickly interrupted: "Senior, Yu Laochenghuang of the Yin Division of Songling County once preached to me and solved my doubts, and Master Meng, the head of the Yin and Yang Division, was my first teacher. , the matter between your two families involves the dispute between Shinto, which is most important, so there is no need to make it too clear to me."
The old mandrill was immediately stunned, thought for a moment, then stared at the young man with a strange look and asked: "What I said to you, will you tell those ghosts and gods?"
"Of course not!"
Qi Jingzhi shook his head resolutely: "That day I was besieged by a group of demons in this ancient temple. Two demon boys appeared and disappeared, stealing people's energy, and there was even a hungry tiger spirit behind them. … I was just getting involved in cultivation for the first time at that time, and my cultivation was very shallow. I was about to face disaster. If it hadn’t been for the senior’s intervention, how could this junior still be alive? This is the kindness of saving a life!”
"Senior and I then joined hands to fight and eliminate demons. This is the meaning of the robe that my grandfather always talks about! How can Qi Jingzhi be an ungrateful person?"
"If possible, I hope that your two families can live in harmony. However, this is a dispute between roads. I know that people are talking lightly, so I really shouldn't have such delusions."
Old Mandarin was stunned for another moment, and then he understood the meaning of Qi Jingzhi's words. He opened his mouth and smiled heartily: "If you don't tell the old man, what's the point if I tell you?" So scared?”
This time, the old mandrill did not give the young man another chance to speak, and continued without any pause: "The young master is still young and cannot sit firmly on the throne. I told the old man Yu that Xiao Songshan is a fruit, as long as he can chew it, You can eat as much pulp as you can on the outside! Just leave the core inside to me to nourish the idol. When the idol is nourished, I will give the core to Him."
The old mandrill seemed to be afraid that the young man would not understand. He gestured as he spoke, and at the end he pointed at his fangs with his paws. His smile was full of pride: "Old man Yu's teeth... are not good! Before he finished eating, the young master When it grows up, I’ll knock out all of Old Man Yu’s teeth!”
Now Qi Jingzhi was in a daze. It seemed that both he and the ghosts and gods of the Yin Division in Songling County had underestimated the wisdom of the servant of the mountain god in front of him.
Qi Jingzhi originally thought that Senior Mandrill was born with blood and was appreciated by his ancestors, so he wanted to use the dragon vein earth energy of Xiaosong Mountain as a spiritual resource, so that he could achieve success as soon as possible and go to the Biluo Palace and Mulongyuan to seek a career. Who knew what was going on here? There is also a young master who appears out of nowhere?
Seeing the change in the young man's expression, Lao Mandrill smiled even more proudly, and then jumped towards the direction of the main hall at the back, not forgetting to say hello: "Come, follow me to see the young master, he must like you and... Madara slave!"
"That young master is actually in the main hall?"
Qi Jingzhi's interest was immediately aroused. He and Ban Nu looked at each other and saw curiosity on each other's faces.
One of the pair of masters and servants had not spoken, and the other could not speak, but they immediately developed a tacit understanding and immediately turned around and followed them without hesitation.
In front of the main hall, the body of the red male monkey has been removed, a path has been cleared of copper coins everywhere, and large areas of weeds that can hide snakes have been uprooted.
When the busy monkeys saw Lao Mandrill returning, they immediately cheered and lined up on both sides to greet him.
When Lao Zhu and Qi Jingzhi entered the main hall, they spontaneously stood guard outside the hall door, and were restrained and quieted down by the gray-haired old monkey.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Lao Mandrill stood in front of the stone statue of Lord Baiyundong, opened his bloody mouth, and then a faint cyan mountain rhyme flew out of his mouth, and all of them were submerged into the stone box held by the left hand of the stone statue.
Not long ago, when Qi Jingzhi saw the stone box, his heart was throbbing for no reason. He was just disturbed by the group of snakes that he bought from mountain money and did not take a closer look. When he saw this, he knew that this stone box looked like just a stubborn stone. Sure enough, there is something magical about it.
After a while, the stone box, which had been nourished by the mountain charm, suddenly shook. A thin slit opened on the lower edge of the lid, and a moon-white brilliance was faintly revealed inside.
Lao Mandrill immediately beamed with joy, quickly approached the stone box, tried his best to suppress his loud voice and called softly: "Young Master?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a young and ignorant voice from the stone box responded: "Like...like...like..."
The old mandrill became more and more overjoyed and immediately stretched out his claws to lift the lid of the box. However, he could not open the stone box after several attempts.
"Young Master, I will continue to be patient and patient!"
Lao Mandrill seemed to be afraid that the stone box would be damaged by himself, so he did not dare to act recklessly, but immediately retracted his claws.
His voice grew louder unconsciously: "How dare the money snake in the mountains cross the boundaries I set and come here to cause trouble! I'm going to find it, kill it, and feed it to the young master!"
"just so so!"
This time, the voice inside the stone box was obviously more joyful.
Lao Mandrill immediately turned around and jumped out of the hall in a hurry.
Qi Jingzhi glanced at the stone box and knew that it was not good to stay here alone, so he jumped off Bannu's back: "You guard this hall, don't let those... money snakes take advantage of the loophole."
After that, without waiting for Ban Nu to agree, he turned around and ran out of the hall. After a few ups and downs, he caught up with Lao Mandrill: "I will go with senior!"
Lao Mandrill glanced sideways at the young man, but did not refuse, just nodded silently.
Qi Jingzhi immediately spread his wings on his back and rose into the air swayingly: "Senior, do you know where the lairs of those money snakes are?"
The old mandrill jumped and nodded in response: "It came to Xiaosong Mountain a while ago and devoured many creatures. I saw that it was also from the Linshan lineage, so I didn't drive it away, and even designated a place for it to stay. I didn't expect it. It’s so restless and dares to come here to cause trouble when I’m not around!”
"it?"
Qi Jingzhi was a little surprised when he saw that Lao Mandrill used "it" instead of "them". He also thought of Tiandi Xuanjian, who had no interest in those money snakes: "Senior, what I mean is that the money snakes seem to be numerous, but in fact there are only One?"
"Well, it's called Bronze Essence, and those money snakes are all its...its..."
The old mandrill suddenly got stuck in his shell, as if he didn't know what words to use to describe it for a moment.
He frowned and thought about it, but it didn't stop him from leaping like flying through the woods and streams. His burly body rose and fell a little faster than the young man flying in the air.
Qi Jingzhi followed behind calmly, carefully controlling the crane's wings to ensure that he always flew at a height similar to that of Lao Mandrill after leaping, while also distracting himself from the branches and vines growing between the ancient trees. It's like a baby bird that has just learned to fly and inevitably stumbles.
After a while, Lao Mandrill finally slapped the back of his head and scratched the frosty vellus hair on the back of his head with his claws: "Those money snakes are all the hair that fell from the body of the bronze spirit!"
"When you get to the snake cave later, you can call the two tiger boys and Yun Cai out and ask them to block the entrance of the cave. I will go in and catch them!"
Qi Jingzhi naturally agreed wholeheartedly, knowing that Lao Man saw the copper coins on the ground outside the hall, recognized the power of the tiger-shame jade chime, and wanted to close the door and beat the dog.
One man and one mandrill flew or jumped, traveling very fast. On the road, they encountered several giant snakes walking in the same direction. I don't know if they were the ones that escaped from the temple before, but they were naturally angry. The servants of the mountain god killed them one by one.
Since then, the scattered money snakes encountered on the road gradually increased, but Lao Mandrill ignored them. The mountain lines on his forehead took on their own glory, and the money snakes turned a blind eye to them.
After two full sticks of incense, Lao Mandrill climbed up a hill and finally stopped at the edge of a very narrow and deep mountain stream.
He silently pointed towards the mountain stream, then turned a little awkwardly to his side, and slid down with his back pressed against the stone wall on one side of the mountain stream.
Qi Jingzhi looked down and felt that compared to Lao Mandrill's burly and muscular body, what was in front of him was not so much a mountain stream but a narrow and deep stone crevice.
"This place is not close to the Moon Mother Temple. It is unreasonable to say that those money snakes just lost their way. No wonder Senior Mandrill insisted on knocking on the door to ask for guilt."
With this idea in his mind, the young man gathered his wings and fell into the crevices of the rocks in the mountain stream. He used his hands and feet to support the stone walls on both sides and moved downward.
This mountain stream is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and the shape is somewhat like a gourd with a thin mouth. Fortunately, there are many footing holes on the stone walls that were obviously dug by human hands, so it is not difficult to climb.
There were many money snakes about feet long crawling around on the stone wall, but Lao Mandrill still ignored them. Under the light of the mountain pattern, even if he accidentally trampled a few money snakes to death, it did not arouse the vigilance of the other money snakes.
Qi Jingzhi followed the route opened by Lao Mandrill all the way down, and soon he saw a dark hole.
When Lao Mandrill saw the young man coming down, he kicked hard on the stone wall and crashed straight into the stone cave.
Qi Jingzhi looked at it carefully and saw that this stone cave was hidden in the shadow of the mountain wall. It did not reach the sky or the ground. It was surprisingly large. There were also obvious marks of ax chiseling at the entrance of the cave, and there were even stone inscriptions.
There is a name engraved in the center above the cave: "Three Scenery Altar in Shangqing Big Cave."
The right couplet is engraved with eight characters: "May the gods wish the immortals, and ask for orders from the spiritual mountain."
There is a corresponding couplet on the left: "The most holy and holy spirit, named Jiutian."
"Hiss, what a loud tone!"
Seeing that there is such a place in Xiaosong Mountain, Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but sigh: "This place is so hidden, there is a cave, and I don't know who dug the cave."
The bright light armor quickly covered the whole body, and the young man jumped into the cave entrance, but did not go deep. Instead, he took out the tiger evil jade chime, faced the outside of the cave, raised the hammer and knocked lightly.
The sound of the chime echoed in the dark mountain stream for a long time. The tiger smoke cloud sealed the entrance of the cave and spread to the mountain wall outside, swallowing up all the money snakes scattered at the entrance of the cave and the mountain wall.
Not long after, a roar suddenly came from the depths of the cave: "Don't let it go!"
Before the roar ended, there was a rustling sound, followed by a gust of evil wind.
Qi Jingzhi pulled out the Jianren Shou early, his eyes were filled with flames, and he immediately saw a huge mouth with fangs.
He waved the long sword without hesitation, Feihe's sword showed its power, and Lingxiao's sword was full of power.
In the midst of the lightning and flint, there was only a click sound as Jian Renshou made a great move with his sword. Not only did he cut off a fang in the huge mouth, but he also knocked the owner of the huge mouth to the ground.
Qi Jingzhi practiced in the cave of his master's door for a month, and made up for his previous shortcomings. Although he never deliberately practiced sword skills, he gained a lot of insights in the immortal feather crane shape, and even saw with his own eyes the fight between Xuan Ji and the mirror-armored centipede. The scene, at this moment, the Flying Crane Fist, the Screaming Crane Technique and the Wing-washing Strength were integrated into the sword power. It can be said that it was from a high position. Many changes that had never happened before suddenly occurred. The influx of strength and the flow of divine will were mysterious and incomprehensible. It is no longer like the human sword technique.
Almost at the same time, the Mysterious Mirror of Heaven and Earth flew out from behind his head, and the bright clear light fell, illuminating the surrounding area with light.
A money snake as thick as a bucket hit the ground hard, and what came out of its mouth was not blood, but pieces of money that had lost its charm.
"Is this the Bronze Essence that Senior Mandrill mentioned? It is indeed not comparable to ordinary money snakes."
Seeing the sudden appearance of the Heaven and Earth Xuanjian, this huge money snake named Bronze Spirit immediately became alert, raised its head high and muttered.
But before the two sides of the confrontation came together, the bronze spirit suddenly stiffened, and immediately the entire snake body was dragged deep into the cave.
Tiandi Xuanjian immediately pounced forward, biting the Bronze Spirit's head with its mirror surface and refused to let go.
In an instant, I saw the long snake's body gradually hanging in the air and straightening. At first, it made a splashing sound, and then there was a clanking sound, like the sound of a bow string, or like the sudden break of a piano string.
The bronze essence was suddenly broken into two pieces. In addition to the mountain money pouring out from the broken snake body, a stone slip with a green mountain charm fell out.
This change only happened in an instant. Before Qi Jingzhi could stop it, the Xuanjian of Heaven and Earth had swallowed the bronze spirit's head.
At this moment, Lao Mandrill rushed out from the depths of the cave, picked up the bluestone slip on the ground, looked at it for a moment, and a look of surprise appeared on his face: "It turns out that this bronze spirit has obtained an ancient mountain slip. No wonder you have the idea of usurping the throne of God!"
"Ancient mountain slips?"
Qi Jingzhi came to help, not to compete with the young master for food. At this moment, he saw that the bluestone slip in Lao Mandrill's hand was filled with spiritual charm, not like a mortal thing. Instead, the bronze snake body was dull and without any trace of mountain. The rhyme remained, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
He walked forward and looked at the ancient mountain slip. He saw that it was made of a thin piece of bluestone, one foot and two inches long, two inches and four inches wide, and two inches thick. There were many inscribed words and curved strokes on it. Stacked, it has the shape of a dragon and a phoenix.
"This is... Daomen Yunzhuan?" Qi Jingzhi looked surprised.
The Master of Xuandu Monastery twice passed down the spiritual light and gave him the method of practice, which naturally involved the unique dragon chapter and phoenix text of this Taoist sect.
So, the young man concentrated on identifying it and read it word by word: "Wujiya Sword Attendant Xuan Chu would like to pay my respects. His disciple has been relegated to the mountain lord for hundreds of years."
"Since pleading guilty, I have been trapped in the mountains every day, breathing dragon energy, cultivating virtues, advocating truth, teaching, and helping life and death. I dare not slack off."
"Now that the calamity is over, my heart is like an arrow. I throw myself into Jianling Mountain and beg for my sins. I feel like I have been acquitted, and I shed tears of gratitude."
(End of chapter)
