Chapter 82 Qilin Wangdi Township

Chapter 82 Qilin Wangdi Township

Chapter 82 Qilin Wangdi Township

Zhou Qingyun was hesitant, but finally took the jade slip.

Master Canxia said with a smile, "Go ahead. As the sage said, one of the three of us must be my teacher. Sanqing Mountain is indeed a great sect. Its foundation is even better than that of Emei Mountain, and it has a greater desire to help the world. Any two of its disciples are not simple. You should learn from them carefully."

Zhou Qingyun said yes.

So the three of them didn't dare to delay any longer, said goodbye to Master Canxia, ​​and continued to patrol the mountain and observe the weather.

"Fellow Daoist Qingyun, can you read qi?"

Zhou Qingyun blushed and shook his head, "I have never learned it, and you can just call me Qingyun."

Jianxian nodded and then stopped talking.

Cheng Xinzhan was even more focused on exploring Feng Shui and was more careful in his observations, no longer paying attention to any beautiful scenery in order to avoid repeating the same mistakes.

With the arrival of a new outsider, it was even more difficult for the master and disciple to discuss thunder magic, so with the addition of one more person, the scene became even more deserted.

Zhou Qingyun didn't know whether the two masters and apprentices didn't want to talk in the first place, or whether they didn't want to talk because of his previous abrupt words and actions. He felt a little depressed for a moment.

But she was also an extraordinary person. She remembered Master Canxia's instructions firmly and watched carefully as the two of them leaped among the rocks. Sometimes she smelled the wind, sometimes she sniffed the soil, and sometimes she even rode on the clouds to look into the distance. She felt that she had learned a lot.

Sometimes she would remind them loudly, saying who's cave was ahead and they should not look any further from the clouds, or that there was some long-standing poison ahead and they should not go any deeper. Sometimes she would stop them and point to a spring and say that it was the best sweet spring water and invite them to taste it.

After such a long time, Jianxian and Cheng Xinzhan felt embarrassed to remain silent any longer.

Jianxian didn't want to talk, so he winked at Cheng Xinzhan.

Cheng Xinzhan understood, and when they reached a certain place, he pointed to the mountain behind a long ridge and said to Zhou Qingyun,
"Look at the long ridge behind you. It is high up, and gradually gets lower down. It is undulating. At the bottom, there are mountains on both sides to protect it. There are also mountain streams that converge and turn into rivers flowing into the plain. This is a dragon's momentum.

The one in front of us is the young ancestor dragon, the tall one above is the ancestor dragon, and the one below is the head dragon. Look there, the place where the two mountains guard and the mountain stream merge is the dragon's lair, and it is suitable for burial.

The river flowing down is a water vein, but it is also the continuation of this mountain. In this entire mountain and water vein, if there is any problem, it will be reflected in the Zuzong Mountain and the mountain cave. We only need to go to these two places. Now Zuzong Mountain is close to us, let’s go there to take a look.”

Cheng Xinzhan picked out the most basic and recognized mountain shapes in Feng Shui and told them to Zhou Qingyun, so that it would not be considered a leak of secrets. He naturally would not talk about the various sacred mountains and strange caves recorded in the "Qing Xie Huasheng Jing", and of course they were not easy to encounter.

Zhou Qingyun didn't understand much, but he knew Cheng Xinzhan was teaching him, so he listened very carefully.

When Taoist Jianxian listened, he was even more surprised. It seemed that in terms of the theory of feng shui alone, Xinzhan had surpassed him!

Although I have only studied mountain exploration and qigong as a minor and my knowledge is not as deep as that of the Meiji Mountain Heritage, Xinzhan is still very old and has certainly not read as many books as I have, but his understanding of mountain terrain and his eye for mountain exploration are already much better than mine!
Take the dragon's momentum just now for example. If he was standing at the lower part of the dragon, he would definitely be able to see it. But they are now on the higher side, and there is a ridge between them, so he couldn't see it!
Cheng Xinzhan also felt that he had gained a lot from this trip. The terrain of Huangshan is unpredictable, with all kinds of strange rocks and springs scattered around, which have completely changed the original terrain and created many changes out of thin air.

He felt that he had only understood four or five points of the shapes and terrain he had read in the book before. Now, after observing the mountain, he understood six or seven points. As for the remaining three or four points, he could vaguely guess one or two points based on the correspondence between what he read in the book and the actual situation.

We walked and looked around like this, and circled most of Huangshan Mountain. On the third day, we finally made a discovery.

Cheng Xin stared at a mountain for a long time, then looked towards a dense forest.
"Something's wrong."

"what happened?"

Jianxian asked.

"There shouldn't be a forest there, let alone one so dense."

Jianxian didn't understand what was going on.

"Look at this mountain. It is a Qilin, but there is an extra peak on the Qilin's forehead. It is a three-cornered Qilin. There is yellow mist on the Qilin's head and a sea of ​​clouds behind it. It is the mountain where the Qilin is crowned. It is invaluable. The Qilin bows its head when it is crowned, but it is an immortal species and generally does not bow its head. If it bows its head, it must see the moon. If it bows its head and sees the moon, it means water. But there is no lake there. Instead, there is a dense forest. That's not right."

Jianxian had never heard of this kind of mountain, so he said, "Let's go over and take a look."

So the three of them flew towards the dense forest. As soon as they entered the forest, they felt a chilly feeling. Finally, they saw a small pool in the middle of the forest, which was no more than ten feet in diameter. The water in the pool was black.

Cheng Xinzhan looked around the small pond, which was all wet mud and overgrown with bushes.

"Originally this was a lake connected to an underground spring, but it gradually dried up and became a small pond. The water also became stagnant, but it did nourish these Yin trees. This Fangyue Lake is the eye of the mountain. When the lake dries up, the yellow fog and sea of ​​clouds will all dissipate, and the rocks will crack. Then the Qilin will die. Now it seems that it will not take ten years."

“Can you see the source?”

Also ask questions.

Cheng Xinzhan carefully looked at the mountain, Qilin looked north, and took some soil from the north of the mountain and smelled it, saying, "The Moon Lake originally connected to the underground living water, and the underground river is the extension of this vein. Now the mud underground has a fishy smell, but we should be able to find clues along this direction. If we go further, the underground river will flow out of the ground and connect with the mountain on the ground, forming a clear vein."

"Can you tell the reason?"

Jianxian asked again.

Cheng Xinzhan shook his head this time. "I don't know. Something must have happened to the lower reaches of the earth vein, but I don't know if it was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster."

"Okay, let's finish the whole trip. If there are no clues elsewhere, or if the situation is not as critical as this, we will come back."

Cheng Zhou naturally agreed.

After a day and a half, they walked through the rest of the place and indeed did not find any situation like Qilin's dying, so they decided to continue searching northward along the mountain where Qilin was looking north.

"Fellow Daoist Qingyun, I am grateful to you for these past few days."

Taoist Priest Jianxian said.

Zhou Qingyun shook her head. She really didn’t feel that she had helped in any way. Instead, she learned a lot and admired Cheng Xinzhan even more. How could he know everything?
"From now on, my disciple and I will continue the investigation. I am sorry that you and Master Canxia have been separated for so long."

Zhou Qingyun also knew that he could not help at all from now on, and might even be a burden. Naturally, it was not easy to continue to accompany them, so he said,

"Then, Taoist Master Jianxian and fellow Taoist Xinzhan, I wish you a smooth journey and hope you can find the truth as soon as possible. If you need anything, you can come to Wenbi Peak. My master and I will not refuse."

Jianxian and Cheng Xinzhan smiled and nodded.

So Zhou Qingyun glanced at Jianxian, then stayed at Cheng Xinzhan's face for a while, clasped his fists and left.

The master and his disciple returned to Qilinshi and went north along the polluted underground river.

After walking about seventy or eighty miles, we saw a small stream coming out of the ground, but judging by the appearance of the old riverbed, it should have been a big river.

The two continued northward along the stream. This vein of land was extremely clear in Cheng Xinzhan's eyes. Sometimes it was a stream, sometimes it was a mountain range, and sometimes it was just flat land, but the underground rivers and mineral veins were still guiding him. So he followed the wind and smelled the soil all the way, and walked for about 1,500 to 600 miles.

Then, a great mortal city stood before them.

At this point, if you use the method of searching for mountains and looking for qi to look at it, it will be a vast world of red dust, which is daunting.

On the south gate of that huge city were clearly inscribed three majestic words:

Hongwu Gate!
The master and disciple watched from afar.

"It's Zhongdu in Fengyang."

Cheng Xinzhan said.

Jian Xian nodded, "This is not easy to deal with. The imperial capital of the mortal world has a mortal aura that is more powerful than any miasma. I feel a palpitation just by looking at it from afar."

Cheng Xinzhan said softly, "The Qilin Vein goes straight into the Imperial Capital. Is it connected to the Dragon Vein? Could it be that this evil energy originated from the Ming Dynasty's Dragon Vein? The Qilin Vein may have just been implicated."

Jian Xian shook his head, "I don't know. This matter is probably not a small matter. You and I should not move for now. I will report to the sect first."

Cheng Xinzhan nodded in agreement.

Then Taoist Jianxian took out a command arrow, used his hand as a pen, wrote quickly on it, and finally sealed it with a talisman. The Taoist threw the command arrow, and it disappeared into the void.

"Okay, let's just wait here and see how the sect arranges it."

Then he saw Cheng Xinzhan curiously staring at the direction where the command arrow disappeared, and then he smiled and said, "It's just a command arrow to convey a message, it can just disappear into the void. It has my Sanqing Mountain's secret spell added to it, so it's not easy to be intercepted. It will fly directly to the Jianxin Mountain of the sect. It just so happens that you and I are waiting here, so I'll pass it on to you."

Cheng Xinzhan said yes.

The two of them waited on a hill outside Zhongdu from sunset until the next morning. Just when Cheng Xinzhan had learned the art of sending messages by command arrows, there was finally movement from the direction of the sect.

Several black spots appeared in the southwest sky, as if several people had arrived.

After a while, the men flew closer, pressed down the clouds, and landed on the hill. Cheng Xinzhan's eyes lit up.
"Brother Jihu, Brother Miaoyuan!"

There were five people in total, all very young. Feng Jihu and Wang Miaoyuan were among them, but he did not know the other three.

After the five people landed, they all bowed to the Taoist Jianxian.
"Meet the Master."

Jian Xian laughed when he saw this, "All of you are here. The sect is really thoughtful."

One of the five stepped forward and said, "Master, the sect has told us that the city of Zhongdu is full of worldly desires. You should not go in at the second level. We at the first level can go in with Xinzhan. When we come back, we can sit in Jingxin Cliff for a few months and that should help us get rid of the worldly desires."

Taoist Priest Jianxian nodded and said with a smile, "Since you guys are here, why should I worry? You may not have met some of them yet, so you can get to know them. I'm leaving now."

After saying that, Jianxian waved his sleeves and left on a cloud, leaving only a few young people behind.

Feng Jihu said at this time, "Let me introduce you. This is Cheng Xinzhan, the 22nd generation of the true disciple of Mingzhi Mountain. Everyone should call him Taoist Master. He was poisoned by miasma when he was in Pixin Mansion, so now he is listening to the thunder method at Shuji Mountain."

"I know that he is a person who eats qi in six breaths and is on the Southern Dipper Ranking."

Someone said with a smile.

Everyone greeted Cheng Xinzhan with a smile.

Next, Feng Jihu introduced to Cheng Xinzhan the three people he had never met before.
"Sun Miaoshu, the true disciple of Ziyan Mountain, has opened up all five palaces and can enter the second realm at any time. He has studied the Void Method in depth. If we get into danger, we will have to rely on him to escape."

Feng Jihu pointed at a young man in purple robe and said, "Needless to say, this man is handsome and suave, and his temperament is especially calm. He was the one who first spoke to Taoist Jianxian just now."

"Greetings, Brother Miaoshu."

Cheng Xinzhan bowed, and Sun Miaoshu returned the greeting with a smile, "Greetings, young Taoist master. Ji Hu exaggerated. I only know a little bit about the Void Method."

Feng Jihu pointed at a young man in a star-shaped robe. This man had a pair of eyes that were particularly attractive, extremely deep and clear.
"The true disciple of Yaoguang Mountain is Xu Jishen, who opened four palaces and studied the art of stargazing and divination. He can predict good and bad luck. If you want to know the way, you should ask him. I asked him to tell my fortune when I left the sect to open the water palace. It worked very well."

"Meet Brother Jishen."

Cheng Xinzhan bowed, and Xu Jishen returned the greeting with a smile, "Little Taoist, don't listen to Jihu. He is exaggerating. He is just getting started."

Feng Jihu chuckled and pointed to the last unfamiliar person, a young man in a white robe with a round face. He looked quite young. At this moment, he was smiling, revealing two deep dimples.
"The true descendant of Baihu Mountain, Zhu Jianmo, has the blood of the Ming royal family and is a branch of the founding prince. However, his ancestors were Taoists and began to pursue Taoism in seclusion several generations ago, and have long cut off ties with the secular world. Last night, I asked him to read through all the books related to the construction of Fengyang Zhongdu City. He even brought the original drawings for those who didn't finish reading them.

"He should be one year younger than you. He has already opened three palaces and is proficient in mechanical puppets. We have to rely on him to explore the way."

"Hello, Brother Jianmo."

Cheng Xinzhan bowed, and Zhu Jianmo returned the greeting with a smile, "Little Taoist Master, just call me Jianmo. I don't know anything about proficiency, I just have a rough understanding."

"Brother Miaoyuan, we've already had a drink together. I learned the true teachings of Baicao Mountain, opened two palaces, and studied the formation in depth."

Feng Jihu pointed at Wang Miaoyuan and said.

Cheng Xinzhan and Wang Miaoyuan smiled at each other. They were both drinking buddies, so everything was said without words.

Then, Feng Jihu pointed at himself and said, "I am the most useless. I only know some medical skills and medicine. I just need to not hold you back when the time comes. I guess the commander chose me because I have done a lot of work before and I am familiar with everyone."

Everyone laughed and scolded Feng Jihu for being dishonest, saying that others could brag about themselves but they would hide their shortcomings when it came to him.

Feng Jihu laughed and pointed at Cheng Xinzhan. "The teachers originally wanted to arrange a person who specializes in Yang magic, or thunder and fire, a person who is proficient in illusion, a person who can identify Yin and Yang strange things, and a person who can understand the terrain, but Master Su Kongyu said that none of these are necessary. You are enough."

Everyone looked over and smiled.

Cheng Xinzhan immediately smiled bitterly. His master trusted his disciple too much and boasted too much. He just said, "They all know a little bit, but just the basics."

Everyone laughed.

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