Legend of the Sword Immortal

chapter15

Zhang Liang was Mao's new favorite disciple. Upon hearing the bad news, he became anxious and angry and was determined to go to the city to get the news. Zhitong tried to dissuade him and told him not to act rashly. He said to Qin Lang: "There have been accidents in my temple for several days, and the situation is very bad. Fellow Daoist Qin should not stay here for a long time. You can set off for Tibet tomorrow. I would like to ask you to go to Dajianlu to ask the abbot of the Plague God Temple, the Powder-faced Buddha, and the Flying Night Demon Ma Jue to come to Chengdu to help me. What do you think, Fellow Daoist Qin?" Qin Lang said: "I am going to Tibet on the order of my master. I also want to visit Master Xiaoyue in Dajianlu. Master, please ask me to go, which is a good way to kill two birds with one stone. I will set off tomorrow morning." Zhitong thanked Qin Lang and asked people to bring his disciples, the Four Vajra, and the big thief Flying Centipede Duobao Zhenren Jin Guangding, who came to Sichuan to seek refuge recently, Ma Xiong, the water-dividing rhinoceros Lu Hu, the sea-making silver dragon Bai Xu, and all the heroes to the main hall to discuss something. After the message was delivered, four of the temple's Four Vajra Monks, including the powerful Vajra Iron Palm Monk Huiming, the Invincible Vajra Said Damo Huineng, the Multi-armed Vajra Little Nezha Huixing, and the Multi-eyed Vajra Little Fire God Huixing, arrived first, followed by Jin Guangding and others who came in, bowed and took their seats. Zhi Tong said: "I asked you to come in for no other reason than that my ancestor, the Great Yi Hun Yuan ancestor, had a deep hatred with the sword immortal of the Emei Sect. In a sword fight at the Jade Maiden Peak of Mount Emei, Qi Shuming, the leader of the Emei Sect, cut off one of his arms. The ancestor was so angry that he later practiced in Mount Mao for ten years, refined the Five Poison Swords, and asked the Emei Sect to duel on the top of Mount Huang for the second time. Seeing that the Emei Sect had failed, the Three Immortals from the East China Sea suddenly appeared: one was Xuan Zhenzi, the second was Kuxing Tou Tuo, and the third was the weird old man Zhuiyun Sou Bai Guyi. The three of them suddenly intervened and mediated the injustice. When they started fighting, our ancestor was taken away by Kuxing Tou Tuo with the Five Poison Swords, and was also hit by Xuan Zhenzi's invisible sword. Seven days later, he died. At that time, he called several of his favorite disciples and my master, Master Tuotuo, to his presence, and taught them the sword-making method, asking us to wait until the sword-making method was mastered, and seek revenge on the people of Emei Sect. My master later became possessed by the devil, and passed away at that time. I came to Chengdu and worked hard to manage this Ciyu Temple. After more than ten years, it has become as prosperous as it is today. It is only because I never do business here, and I go in and out late at night that I can gain the trust of local officials, gentry and merchants. Who would have thought that half a month ago, Zhang Liang, a disciple of Brother Mao, took a fancy to a girl in a family in the city, went to pick flowers and borrow money, and never came back. After asking around, there was no trace of her. She must have been killed by someone else. I was worried about this matter, but who would have thought that another strange thing happened in our temple a few days ago. "After hearing this, Mrs. Mao hurriedly asked what the strange thing was? Zhi Tong said: "How could you know, my dear brother? It was my compassion that left this trouble. A few days ago, I was in the Happy Zen Hall, enjoying myself with my disciples, when I suddenly heard the sound of the secret door. At first I thought it was you who came back. Who would have thought that it was 17 candidates who came to Chengdu from Guizhou to take the exam. They heard that this temple was a big monastery and came in casually to celebrate. The monk in charge of reception was careless for a moment, and they mistakenly entered the cloud room, and accidentally touched the secret room mechanism and entered the corridor. I saw that they had seen through the matter, so I had no choice but to let them go. I tied up all 17 of them, interrogated them, and I personally I killed him. When I was about to kill him, I saw a scholar, only seventeen or eighteen years old, with a very good appearance. He knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. I couldn't bear to kill him myself, so I sent him to a cell. I gave him a rope, a steel knife, and a packet of poison, and told him to commit suicide in the cell. He begged to have two more meals so that he could die full. I wanted to fulfill his wish, so I gave him thirty steamed buns, thinking that he could live for three more days. I went to see him on the fourth day. If he didn't commit suicide, I would kill him again. Because he was very weak and the cell was high, I didn't take it seriously. Who would have thought that the second On the third day, there was a heavy thunderstorm for two nights. On the fourth day, we sent people to check, and found that the young candidate had escaped. I thought he was a weak scholar, and we were all our own people around him, so we were not afraid that he would escape. At that time, we ordered people to block the entrances to various places and intensified the search, but there was no trace of him. This man saw through the secrets of the temple, and I killed his 16 companions. After he escaped to Sichuan, wouldn’t he report to the authorities to arrest us? We closed the temple gates for several days, preparing for the soldiers to kill him when they arrived, and then he would go to my seventh brother and master to take shelter. Who would have thought that there was no news for seven or eight days, and we sent people to the gate of the yamen to inquire, but there was no movement. I don’t know why. So?" The multi-eyed Vajra fire god Huixing said, "Master, I think the candidate was a young child, and he was so frightened and anxious that he must have fallen into the mountain stream and died when he was escaping, or he died of a disease somewhere else. There is no need to worry about this." Zhitong said, "Having said that, we have to make preparations. Besides, since Zhuiyun Sou has appeared in Chengdu, he will come to cause trouble sooner or later. Today I call you and other heroes here, just to ask everyone to take my letter and invite helpers from now on. People in the temple are not allowed to leave the temple without something. Wait for the helpers to arrive before making any plans." After hearing this, everyone had no idea and said nothing. Only Mao Tai was eager for revenge and insisted on finding Zhou Chun to fight to the death. Zhitong couldn't stop him, so he had to let him do it. There was no conversation that night.

After Lang left, everyone took Zhitong's letter and went out to invite people. No mention. After finishing breakfast, Mao Tai did not inform Zhitong, and left Ciyun Temple alone to seek revenge in the city for Zhou Chun.

In Guiyang County, Guizhou, there was a scholarly family named Zhou. They had been passed down from generation to generation, and the family had been farming and studying. However, in the last generation, there were nine brothers. Because they were all filial and friendly by nature, they did not live apart. The youngest was also a scholar, and the rest were juren and jinshi. In addition, the brothers were very friendly, and the family was harmonious and full of family happiness. There was just one flaw: among the nine brothers, eight had concerns about their elders. Only the seventh, named Zijing, gave birth to a son when he was thirty-six years old. He was named Yuncong. He was smart and honest since he was a child, and his character was extraordinary. As a son inherited the peach nine rooms, and the family was rich, of course, he was loved like a pearl in the palm of his hand. But he liked to study, so he entered school at the age of fifteen and passed the imperial examination at the age of eighteen, and ranked very high. After he passed the imperial examination, he was not satisfied and wanted to go to Beijing to study hard and wait for the examination. Although his father and uncles were worried because of the long journey, they saw that Yun Cong was ambitious and did not want to stop him from making progress. They had to choose a capable old servant Wang Fu and a book boy Xiao San'er to accompany Yun Cong to Beijing. On an auspicious day, Yun Cong said goodbye to his uncles and parents and sent off relatives and friends, and set off with Wang Fu and Xiao San'er.