Chapter 217: Fox Talks, 3 Times Is the Way to Drive Away
Chapter 217: Fox preaches, three times to drive
"Oh?"
Shi Tongxuan was a little surprised when he heard this. "Then open it and take a look?"
Cheng Xinzhan nodded.
"I just want to ask the ancestor to take a look."
So Shi Tongxuan reached out and opened the gourd's mouth, as if the talisman that Cheng Xinzhan had pressed on it did not exist.
A puff of white smoke overflowed from the gourd, surging in the air, and transformed into a woman. The woman no longer looked like the goddess and fairy she was when they first met. Her hair was disheveled, and her clothes were messy. After being suppressed by Cheng Xinzhan, she was obviously annoyed by the fire crow inside.
"I am going to kill you!"
The woman screamed.
However, when she looked around, she immediately realized something was wrong. Aren't they in Xiangxi? Why did they come to a Taoist temple with two Taoists, one old and one young, on the ground?
Hu Baozhuang decided that the best strategy was to flee and immediately flew out of the palace.
However, Shi Tongxuan only stretched out a finger and pointed, and Hu Baozhuang flew back and landed in front of the two of them. At the same time, he was transformed into his original form, a furry white fox with three tails.
The fox's black jade eyes were filled with fear.
Shi Tongxuan ignored the fox and looked at Cheng Xinzhan again.
"Tell me first, what's your origin."
Cheng Xinzhan nodded, and then told him about Aunt Bao, who was at the place where the Heavenly Master kept the seal and sword in Longhu Mountain, and then talked about the phenomenon of the Lost Soul lineage in Xiangxi area being wiped out repeatedly, as well as the local water gang and some of his own speculations.
As the fox listened, the fear in his eyes grew more and more intense.
Has this person been to Tianshi Mansion?
How did this person know my connection with Longhu Mountain?
The most important thing is, why does he seem to have no respect for Mount Longhu when he speaks?
No, he has been to both the Tianshi Mansion and the Lost Soul Gorge.
The fox suddenly reacted and spoke in human language.
"You are Cheng Xinzhan! This is Sanqing Mountain!"
Upon hearing this, Cheng Xinzhan looked over and nodded.
"What about Shan Xingwei?!"
"also me."
"You just destroyed the Lost Soul Gorge, and now you're eyeing Tianjiao Mountain. You, Sanqing Mountain, want to take over Xiangxi!"
Fox shouted.
Cheng Xinzhan listened and shook his head. He felt that the fox reacted a little quickly, but he didn't expect it to say such stupid things in the blink of an eye.
At this time, Shi Tongxuan asked, he said,
"The Nine-Tailed Fox originated from Qingqiu, and later on our ancestors split up. So in addition to the Qingqiu family, there are now the Northern Frontier Snow Mountain lineage, the Jingchu Yunmeng lineage, and the South Sea Wuzong lineage. Which family are you from?"
The fox looked at the Taoist priest, somewhat surprised that this old man actually knew about the split of the Sky Fox clan.
But I can't say it myself.
But the next moment I heard the old man say,
"It's just a small talk. If you don't want to open your mouth, that's fine. I'll take out your soul and you can see for yourself."
"Yunmeng, I'm from Yunmeng."
Fox said that he didn't expect this old Taoist priest who looked like an immortal to say such horrifying words.
Shi Tongxuan nodded. He was not surprised by this answer. Instead, he looked as if he had expected it. He said,
"The Yunmeng Sky Fox Clan's relationship with the Tianshi Mansion began with True Lord Xu Jing. Back then, a fairy fox was pregnant and ascended to heaven. When she was going through the immortal tribulation, she was unable to survive and the fetus was in danger. It was True Lord Xu Jing who passed by and helped her."
The fox looked at Shi Tongxuan in horror.
Seeing the little fox's expression, Shi Tongxuan smiled and said,
"As you get older, you will naturally know some of the past events. However, this matter is not a secret in the Yuzhang Dao Sect. It was even regarded as a good story back then."
Shi Tongxuan continued,
"The Sky Fox Clan is grateful and repays kindness. Since the fox fairy ascended to heaven, many Sky Fox disciples have been under the command of True Lord Xu Jing. During the Song and Yuan dynasties, the Sky Fox Clan was seen rushing to relieve the epidemics, droughts, and rat plagues in Yuzhang. Their merits and virtues are immeasurable."
As soon as these words were spoken, the look in the fox's eyes changed again. Even she didn't know these things very clearly.
A look of reminiscence appeared on Shi Tongxuan's face.
"Xu Jing Zhenjun has great magical powers and is knowledgeable. He proposed "knowing the truth and breaking delusion" and "sudden enlightenment of the mind" in the inner alchemy. He was the first to create the "Qingwei Thunder Method" in the Five Thunders, and is a master of the time.
"Moreover, Master Xu Jing repeatedly emphasized during his lectures that practitioners should follow the saints' way of tranquility and inaction and should not indulge in extravagance. It is not an exaggeration to say that Longhu Mountain at that time was a model for Taoists in the world."
At this point, Shi Tongxuan sighed again.
"Alas, but since the time of Master Xu Jing, the Heavenly Masters of Mount Longhu have been getting worse and worse..."
"You bullshit!"
Before Shi Tongxuan could finish his words, the fox opened his mouth angrily and interrupted him.
However, Shi Tongxuan didn't care, but looked at her and said,
"It's useless to argue. Just look at it. Since the establishment of True Lord Xu Jing in Longhu Mountain, has there been anyone else who has been revered by the Taoist community and promoted to True Lord?"
The fox wanted to argue but couldn't.
Shi Tongxuan said again,
"When Master Xu Jing was alive, what was the status of Longhu Mountain in the world? Now that Zhang Yuanji is the Heavenly Master, what is the status of Longhu Mountain? I am afraid that if Master Xu Jing returns to the world one day, the first person he will kill will be Zhang Yuanji!"
Since Zhang Yuanji took over the sect, Mount Longhu has made numerous stupid moves. The matter of the Heavenly Master's seal has angered the entire Yuzhang Taoist sect, but each sect has hesitated to publicize and attack it for the sake of the Heavenly Master and the great men of the Heavenly Master's Mansion. Now, a new Xiangxi evil sect has emerged. This is really stupid!
Shi Tongxuan looked at the fox and said,
"When Master Xu Jing was alive, you, the Sky Fox Clan, were all about eliminating disasters and resolving difficulties. Now that Zhang Yuanji is in power, what are you doing? Bewitching people! Arresting souls! Did the Fox Immortals who ascended to heaven know about this?"
The little fox looked terrified and dared not speak.
"I would like to ask, have all of you in the Sky Fox Clan lost your minds? How could you do such a thing as helping a traitor? What benefits did Zhang Yuanji promise you? Pills? Avoiding disasters? Taoist magic? Tell the truth!"
Shi Tongxuan shouted.
This question was like a thunderbolt that struck the fox's heart. The fox was already uneasy, and his mind was immediately shaken and his soul was in turmoil. He subconsciously told the truth.
"The Heavenly Master promised that we would be driven by him, and when he ascended, he would issue a decree to build a temple for our fox clan in Longhu Mountain and build a golden statue for him."
Shi Tongxuan nodded, the anger on his face had calmed down, and after a few breaths, he suddenly sneered.
"He also wants to ascend?"
Shi Tongxuan shook his head disdainfully, and then asked,
"Why did Longhu Mountain ask you to support the Demon Cult in Xiangxi?"
The fox is now a fish on the chopping board. Facing a great cultivator of the fourth realm, even his soul can be looked at at will. There is naturally no need to conceal it.
Moreover, she was repeatedly scolded by Shi Tongxuan. Her birth as a celestial fox and having powerful backers could no longer give her confidence. Now her heart was filled with fear and she only wanted to save her life, so naturally she answered whatever was asked.
However, Hu Baozhuang really didn't know the real intention of supporting the Demon Cult, so he replied,
"I only know to hand over the wandering soul to the little celestial master, but I have no idea what to do with it."
"You haven't heard even a single word?!"
Fox was once again attracted by the shouting, and some words were brought back to her mind from her vague memory. She said,
"I heard the little Taoist priest say something like 'baby pills' and 'shortcuts'."
Hearing this, a look of surprise flashed in the two people's eyes. Shortcut, what shortcut?
But when asked further, the little fox really knew nothing.
"When did Longhu Mountain start collecting souls? Besides this place in Xiangxi, are there any other places?"
Cheng Xinzhan asked from the side. The fox was about to cry, thinking that she had only been out of the tribe for a short time, how could she encounter such a thing? She didn't want to keep the secret now, it was useless anyway, and the most important thing at the moment was to save her life. She replied,
"I don't know if there are any more. I don't know when this place in Xiangxi started. I have only been in Longhu Mountain for twenty years!"
Cheng Xinzhan and Shi Tongxuan looked at each other. They thought they had caught a small fish, but it turned out to be just a shrimp.
"Who is the one who looks very similar to you in the Heavenly Master's Mansion, where the Heavenly Master keeps his seal sword?"
Cheng Xinzhan asked again.
"That's my great aunt. The reason I was able to go to Mount Longhu was because my great aunt specifically asked me to come."
The fox replied.
"What's her name, what's her level, and how long has she been in Longhu Mountain?"
"My aunt's name is Baoxiang, Qiwei, and she will soon be in the fourth realm. She arrived at Mount Longhu four hundred years ago."
"Then what is her relationship with the Lost Soul Gorge? How do the souls collected by the Lost Soul Gorge usually get sent to Longhu Mountain?"
"My great aunt supported the Lost Soul Gorge and taught her the Soul Binding Technique. Even if Bai Wushen sees me, she has to call me Grandma. Before, my great aunt would come to Xiangxi to retrieve souls once a year, but she has been sending me to do so for the past ten years or so."
"Does Bai Wuchang know that you are from Longhu Mountain?"
"He may have guessed, but he didn't dare to ask."
Cheng Xinzhan nodded and said,
"Then just tell me how many souls you have handled since you came to Longhu Mountain, and have you ever harmed anyone with your own hands?"
The fox seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and said anxiously,
"No! No! Every year, the White Impermanence prepares the collected souls, and my daughter just comes to take them and then sends them back to the Heavenly Master's Mansion. This time, the Lost Soul Gorge is gone, so my aunt sent me out to rebuild the Lost Soul Cave."
As he spoke, the fox glanced at the two of them, and then whispered,
"There are about two to three thousand souls sent to Longhu Mountain every year."
Seeing the two Taoists' faces suddenly turn ugly, the fox said quickly,
"Of course, this also includes many wandering ghosts and people who died of old age. Not all of them are souls of the living!"
Cheng Xinzhan snorted coldly.
"But these souls should be sent to reincarnate!"
After hearing this, the fox dared not say anything.
The two men behind asked some more questions, and the fox answered them all honestly. Cheng Xinzhan then asked Shi Tongxuan,
"Ancestor, how should we deal with this fox?"
The fox immediately kowtowed upon hearing this, and cried out,
"Master, please spare me, Master, please spare me!"
Shi Tongxuan pondered for a long time without saying anything.
The fox's eyes became more desperate, but the beast seemed to remember something and quickly prostrated itself on the ground, howling,
"My two Taoist priests, although I am not a human, I did read the classics when I was in Longhu Mountain. The Laojun Sutra says, "If an animal destroys people's crops, you should first rebuke it. If it does not stop after three times, you can drive it away."
"The saint has a compassionate heart. Animals are ignorant and have not been educated. Even if I drive them away three times, I still don't kill them. After I left Yunmeng, I entered Longhu Mountain. The former is a fox den and the latter is a swamp. I have never been educated! You shouldn't kill me!"
Hearing this beast suddenly talking about the classics, Cheng Xinzhan and Shi Tongxuan looked at each other again, feeling surprised and amused. Cheng Xinzhan pointed at the fox and said,
"The saints pity the ignorance of the beasts, but do you, the Nine-tailed Sky Fox clan, also consider yourselves beasts? Besides, how can destroying people's crops and taking their lives be confused?"
But in order to survive, the fox was willing to say anything.
"Compared to all living creatures, the Sky Fox is a beast! Taoist priest, I am only an accomplice, not the mastermind! Longhu Mountain is a lawless place, which led me astray!"
The fox crawled to Shi Tongxuan's feet and begged,
"I am willing to listen to the holy teachings in the Three Pure Ones Mountain, just to stay alive!"
Shi Tongxuan looked at the fox, sighed deeply, and said,
"The sage said, 'I do nothing and the people will be enlightened by themselves, I love peace and the people will be upright by themselves, I do nothing and the people will be rich by themselves, I have no desires and the people will be simple by themselves.' Now the Tianshi Mansion is obsessed with money and desires, how can the disciples be simple by themselves? Today we only saw a little fox, but we can only get a glimpse of the leopard through the tube, which gives us a glimpse of the leopard!"
The fox vaguely heard that Shi Tongxuan seemed to be relieved, and quickly kowtowed and agreed.
"Xinzhan, what do you think?"
Shi Tongxuan looked at Cheng Xinzhan.
Cheng Xinzhan thought about it and said,
"The southern part of the Huai River produces oranges, the northern part of the Huai River produces tangerines, the water and soil are different. So why not spare this fox's life, imprison it in the mountains, and let it do good deeds to atone for its sins, and then see what happens in the future? Besides, if you want to attack dragons and tigers in the future, what this fox said today will also be a banner."
Shi Tongxuan nodded and said,
"Then banish him to Moya Mountain, where he will be taught the Soul-Saving Scriptures. During the day, he will draw talismans on rocks, and at night he will carve characters and copy scriptures. The length of his sentence will be determined later."
The fox knew he had saved his life and kowtowed repeatedly.
This matter being settled, Cheng Xinzhan said goodbye and returned to the mountain.
Not long after he left, someone from Moyashan came and took the fox away to be punished.
Shi Tongxuan thought about it, then stood up and went to the Yuanyin Palace in Pingdingshan. He thought to himself:
Shouren is a master of alchemy, so let's go ask him what "Infant Pill" is? What kind of pill requires human soul as medicine?
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After leaving Yujing Peak, he came to Baihu Mountain, went down to the Alchemy Cave, found Jiang Weishan, and stuffed all the magic treasures he had searched from Shan Xingwei, Li Xiahuai, and Xue Linglong into his hands.
"Master, please divide them up and let the disciples below practice to remove the blood evil poison. I have checked and found that the materials of these things are still good. Just consider it as compensation for the hard work of refining the magic."
Jiang Weishan looked at the magic treasures piled up like a small mountain, many of which had been refined by the pill calamity. He did not ask where they came from, but just smiled and said,
"How can you compensate them like this? When they have eliminated their evil nature, I will call you over and you can take 70%."
"No, no, let's go. I'll come back to see the master when I'm free."
Cheng Xinzhan smiled, waved his hand, and turned to leave.
Of course he didn't want it. In the past, his master had worked day and night with many of his fellow disciples to make the Five Elements Sword for him. Now he was very happy to be able to repay his master a little.
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When I returned to Meiji Mountain, I saw that the younger ones were practicing seriously, and I finally felt relieved.
"Zhaoli, Bailong, follow me to start the furnace."
Cheng Xinzhan shouted.
"Yes, sir!"
The cats and dogs responded happily and followed Cheng Xinzhan.
Cheng Xinzhan did not enter the cave, but came to the cliff on the south side, where he opened a new cave.
He chose a cave at an acupuncture point called "Qian Yang Tian Xin" in Feng Shui. This place is yang on the ground and faces Qian, which is suitable for setting up a furnace and a tripod. It is exactly the place he uses to mobilize dragons and tigers and refine golden essence, so he named it "Xuan Yang Cave".
The hole he dug was not deep, but rather very large. In fact, it would be more appropriate to call it a grotto. At this moment, it was still the hour of Si, and all the sunlight shone in, illuminating the furnace and the tripod in the cave.
The furnace is a three-legged, big-bellied furnace ten feet high. It is surrounded by flames and shines bright red. There are relief carvings of fire clouds and fire birds on the furnace. It is the "Fire Refining Chixiao Furnace".
The tripod is a square tripod with six legs and four ears, which is 26 feet long. It is reddish-yellow in color, as if it were made of amber. When the sunlight shines on it, it looks like flowing water. There are flowers of a Suan Ni carved on it, and it is the "Poison Swallowing Cauldron".
Right next to this furnace and cauldron, another Cheng Xinzhan was sitting cross-legged.
(End of this chapter)