thenovelthief Chapter 396
Chapter 396
The back of the Taoist temple.
At this time, the sun was shining brightly, casting spots of light between the trees.
A middle-aged Taoist in a red Taoist robe sat by the lake in the forest, playing chess with a Taoist.
With their casual moves, the stones scattered in the forest fell into their palms, turning into black and white chess pieces, and fell on the chessboard, making clear and turbid sounds.
The crane flapped its wings and flew through the clouds, and the melodious sound of the piano in the distance flowed into the ears like a gurgling stream.
This scene was really like a fairyland on earth, with poetic and picturesque feelings that were not found in the mortal world.
However, the middle-aged Taoist in a red Taoist robe frowned and became increasingly irritable.
"My junior brother is still good at chess." The red-robed Taoist said with a dark face.
"It's not that I am good at chess, but that Senior Brother Chiyang's Taoist heart is disturbed and has lost his peace." Another young Taoist smiled.
"How can I not feel irritated after staying in this mortal city for a long time?" Taoist Chiyang snorted coldly:
"In the end, it was the Qingyang incident that ruined our business... After he died at the hands of a mortal warrior that day, the outer gate deacons who handle mortal affairs in the sect have a much higher level of cultivation than before, at least they must be in the Golden Core Stage."
"If I hadn't taken that mortal emperor all the way to the Taoist temple of the sect, it would have been considered a merit. Otherwise, it would be too difficult to form a golden core in just two years."
Chiyang and Qingyang are fellow brothers of Xuantian Sect.
Two years ago, during the Yonghe Emperor's worship of the gods, Taoist Qingyang died at the hands of the "Martial Saint".
And Xuantian Sect immediately raised the cultivation threshold for outer gate deacons.
Outer gate deacons were actually a lucrative job in the past.
Mortals are vulnerable in front of immortal cultivators, even if they are cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage. With a fire of separation, even the so-called upper third-grade warriors of the Spirit Refining Stage cannot resist it and can only dodge.
However, the position of the deacon can be the last seat in the Taoist temple in the mortal city to enjoy the incense.
Just when the thought came to this, Taoist Chiyang suddenly had a whim, and felt that there was a pair of eyes in the Taoist temple, as if staring at him.
"Another incident in the Taoist temple?" Taoist Chiyang frowned.
When Qiao Pifu was burned to death two years ago, Taoist Chiyang was already the deacon guarding this Taoist temple.
But at that time, he was traveling outside and was not in the Taoist temple. The person who handled this matter was the saint Wu Qingxin at that time.
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The wooden platform on the street at the entrance of the Taoist temple.
"Qiao family martial arts, it is about transformation..."
Xue Changhe was behind the crowd, and he could only hear the voice but not see the person, which made him more and more itchy.
"Transformation? What is transformation?"
When Xue Changhe performed light skills and jumped onto the tile house, his mind could not help but flash through what he saw and heard in the sword tomb of Southeast Province.
As the current head of the Xue family, Xue Changhe's inner strength is as long and vast as a surging river. At the age of only 20, he has already acquired more than a thousand years of skills that ordinary people cannot cultivate in ten lifetimes.
However, the Qi power of Qiao Xinxin in the sword tomb is obviously different from his inner strength.
"Could it be that Huajin is a force above the inner strength, after the qualitative change of the inner strength? The Qiao family calls this 'Huajin'?"
He is not ignorant, and he has actually heard a little about the way of qualitative change of inner strength.
Thinking of this, Xue Changhe can't help but feel excited.
The way to qualitatively change the inner strength is to transform all the inner strength in the human body into new Qijin.
So naturally, the more accumulated, the stronger after the breakthrough.
And he, Xue Changhe, has more than a thousand years of skills. If he practices the Qiao family's magical skill Huajin, he will definitely make great progress like a fish leaping over the dragon gate.
By then, maybe the thousand-year-old wish of the Xue family will come to an end in his hands, breaking the life limit of fifty years...
"What is Hua Jin, let me see..."
Xue Changhe flew to the roof and looked up.
On the wooden platform, he saw the old man Qiao Jinyin talking freely, talking about his Qiao family magic skills, Hua Jin in public.
And next to Qiao Jinyin.
Captain Qian, who had changed into a casual training robe, looked a little at a loss.
"Old Qian, Old Qian."
"What are you in a daze, Master Qiao is calling you."
Captain Qian raised his head, but saw Qiao Jinyin stretched out his hand and gestured to him:
"What is Hua Jin Kung Fu, words are not enough... Come on, attack."
Captain Qian's face was slightly hot.
He is indeed not young. Although he appeared in time to persuade Lao Hei to retreat, it is really a bit embarrassing for him to participate in it in front of everyone.
Just listening to the reminder from the bruised and swollen man beside him, Captain Qian sighed slightly.
His eyes swept across the faces of his little daughter and the son of the master of Lou Mansion.
"Have you forgotten your 100 taels of silver and 1,000 taels of spiritual herbs?" The bruised and swollen man whispered beside him.
Captain Qian finally made up his mind. He stepped forward and slapped Qiao Jinyin's chest with a swift palm.
After all, he was also a martial artist who had practiced internal strength. This palm was indeed full of momentum, and the palm wind blew Qiao Jinyin's robes.
In a flash of lightning.
Qiao Jinyin's old face suddenly flashed with a gleam of light in his eyes.
"Transform!" He shouted loudly and pressed one hand towards Captain Qian.
The moment the fists and palms of both sides touched.
Captain Qian's palm was exhausted, and his whole body tilted, and he staggered seven or eight steps to the side.
"A little force can move a lot of weight. This is the Qiao family martial arts, the transformation of strength!" Qiao Jinyin smiled faintly.
The applause under the wooden stage was thunderous.
"It's amazing!"
"Sure enough, it's Qiao's magical skill. I can't even figure out how Grandmaster Qiao did it!"
"Hum, if you can figure it out, it's your turn to watch on the stage while he lectures on martial arts?"
Amid cheers.
The excitement on the bloody river on the roof gradually faded away, his brows furrowed little by little, and he was dumbfounded.
Qian Captou stood in the corner of the wooden platform like a henchman, watching Qiao Jinyin standing in the center of the wooden platform, bathing in the mountains' shouts and praises.
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The main hall of Taoist temple.
The atmosphere in the originally lively main hall suddenly became stagnant. Even the mortal pilgrims who had not noticed the change in the eyes of the immortal statue were aware of the strange atmosphere, and for a while they could hear needles dropping around them.
"The blindfold is broken, what's next?" The mountain girl turned her head and looked at Qiao Mu with interest.
She had just left the mountains and was very curious about everything, with the innocence of a naughty child.
"I think you have no common sense at all." Qiao Mu said lightly:
"When you enter a Taoist temple, the natural thing to do is to burn incense and worship the gods."
Finished.
He faced the gazes of many immortal statues in the main hall and took a step forward towards an immortal statue at the edge of the main hall.
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Chiyang Immortal.
Qiao Mu has a very good memory and can never forget anything he has seen.
Ordinary people would probably not remember this old man from two years ago, but Qiao Mu remembered that even for him, there was actually a distance of more than 1,600 years.
Qiao Mu's big hand suddenly expanded in a circle, and a huge palm actually held the Chiyang Immortal statue in his hand.
For a moment, the Chiyang Immortal statue emitted a faint glow, but before the light spread, it was already tightly grasped by the thick and huge palm, completely covering it.
At this time, there were already groups of Taoist priests running around, surrounding the main hall.
Most of these Taoists have a majestic figure, and the wide robes cannot hide their burly figures, as well as the obvious muscle lines of their limbs. They are obviously martial arts practitioners.
The Xuantian Sect has a practice of raising mortal warriors to look after homes, courtyards, and Taoist temples.
Now the name of this Taoist temple has been changed from "Xuantian Temple" to "Qingming Temple".
But this practice has not changed, it is just a new group of mortals.
"After the rise of the Southern King, the immortals enshrined in this Taoist temple became the gods believed in by the Southern Army... And you Taoist servants, it seems that you are from the Southern Army?" Qiao Mu lowered his eyelids and glanced at the surrounding servants. Taoist.
But at this moment, it was clear that no one had the time to ask questions to Qiao Mu.
"You are committing evil, what are you doing?" The Taoist priests were angry:
"Thieves must be punished!"
"Disrespect to the immortals will be punished by God..."
"What do I do? Of course I burn incense and worship God." Qiao Mu raised his eyes and glanced around.
There were no other moves. Just by looking at them, the surrounding group of martial arts warriors with good martial arts all turned pale and subconsciously took a few steps back.
Invisible sword lights emerged from the void and slashed at their book wasteland, causing blood to flow freely.
"What...what's going on?"
"Who are you?" The Taoist priests were horrified and subconsciously took a few steps back.
Qiao Mu glanced at them for a few times, then suddenly stopped and looked up outside the wall.
"Did you hear that?" He asked the mountain girl behind him in a low voice:
"The sound of the martial arts platform outside."
There is only a wall between the inside and outside of the Taoist temple.
Although Qiao Mu was in the main hall of the Taoist temple, he was still aware of the movements in the arena outside the Taoist temple.
"Why are you saying this all of a sudden? You also want to attend Grandmaster Qiao's martial arts lecture? Are you still thinking about it at this moment?" Shan Nu teased.
"Who cares about that kind of clown? I listen to other people's voices." Qiao Mu said lightly.
Returning to his hometown after more than 1,600 years, and once again coming to the place where Qiao Mu was burned alive when he was young, naturally there are some emotions in his heart.
"Two years ago, a descendant of the Qiao family, Qiao Pif, was burned to death in this Taoist temple. He used his body incense to light something."
"Now two years later, everyone in this city praises Qiao Pif, but he worships a charlatan as his master; the Xuantian Sect's Taoist temple was captured by King Nan, and turned into a Mingqing Temple."
"And the money to catch the head..." Qiao Mu's eyes were deep: "Actually, it's still the same."
Two years ago, the righteous thief Qian's father died in prison.
Qiao Pif beheaded Mingyue, a female cultivator from the Lou family, and rescued a girl from Qian Baotou's family on the long street...
And today, Qian Captou is still the same as before. He brought his daughter into Qiao Jinyin's sect and practiced martial arts with Mr. Lou...
Just like the difference between Xuantian Temple and Mingqing Temple.
Joe Piff seemed to have changed a little on the outside, but then he came around again, and nothing changed on the inside.
"I don't like people like money hunters." Qiao Mu said lightly:
"Sophisticated and knowledgable, my heart is occupied by all kinds of things."
"They are flattering, they are ignorant, and they are carried away by a few words. They remained silent when Qiao Pif was burned to death. After the Qiao family became famous throughout the world, they began to praise the name of the Qiao family."
"What do you want to say?" Shan Nu stared at Qiao Mu with wide eyes and asked curiously:
"Do you think the death of the young descendants of the Qiao family is meaningless and a pity?"
Qiao Mu laughed:
"I'm tired of hearing your words."
The Qiao family is now famous throughout the country, and there are a group of people who like to have fun in Tingchao Tower. There are many things that the Qiao family does that people like to spread.
As more people heard about it, there were naturally some sober wise men who knew how to think alone, and some other voices:
"The fragrance of a common man is indeed amazing, but it is ultimately a temporary solution and not a permanent solution."
"Qiao Pifu is indeed an extraordinary person, but he is just one person, what can he change?"
"Another story of a knight that storytellers love to tell, it sounds exciting, but it is just exciting. The world is turbid, what is the use of the courage of a common man?"
It is a temporary solution, not a permanent solution.
This is actually not wrong.
The death of a righteous man has limited impact after all. Who would be so naive as to think that it can eliminate the chronic disease of the world?
But...
"If the root cause cannot be cured, then why not cure it?"
Qiao Mu's eyes condensed, and the Chiyang Immortal Statue in his hand, with a mighty true energy pouring out, and with his movements, it slammed into the ground with the statue of the immortal.
There was a loud bang, like the sound of a bell.
A wave of smoke and dust swept in all directions with the Chiyang Immortal Statue as the center.
The many Taoist servants who gathered from all directions were overturned by this wave of air before they could draw their swords, and the whole person flew backwards.
There were a few light sounds of cracking.
The wooden statue of the immortal suddenly cracked, and the statue was no longer compassionate, and its expression became miserable and ferocious.
Although the statue of the immortal was made of wood, it was obviously not an ordinary wood. As it cracked, a faint strange fragrance came out from it.
At this time, Qiao Mu suddenly had a large open space, and he carried the Chiyang Immortal Statue and strode towards the huge tripod with long incense in front of the hall.
Qiao Mu carried the statue of the Red Sun Immortal, stepped forward, and stood in front of the giant tripod.
He raised his head, and all kinds of thoughts came to his mind.
Captain Qian, who was still trapped in the dirty business, and Wang Songhe, whose behavior was very different from before...
The nine major immortal gates were like mountains after mountains, and like layers of giant nets.
Qiao Mu died countless times, and lived for more than 1,600 years, but he could not tear it apart.
"If the symptoms cannot be cured, how can the root cause be cured?"
Two years ago, the incense he burned was his own body.
The passion of the past burned out along with the bones and flesh, and only replaced a group of chores and a name plaque for this Taoist temple.
The fire at the beginning was not strong enough.
So, today he planned to burn something else.
He waved his hand vigorously.
The cracked statue of the immortal in his hand was thrown directly into the giant tripod in front of the main hall of the Taoist temple, and the incense ash was swirled.
The wooden statue of the immortal has cracked, and the immortal's face has become more ferocious. The strange power in it is gradually dissipating, and a faint flame gradually burns from the statue of the immortal.
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