Chapter 219: Take on the responsibility and do it diligently

Chapter 219: Take on the responsibility and do it diligently

Chapter 219: Take on the responsibility and do it diligently

"Master, Master Shan wants to see you."

In the Golden Temple, there was a stone couch at the innermost part of the cave, and on the couch was a white tiger skin, on which Tie Pofeng was sitting. At this time, someone announced the registration.

Tie Pofeng looked like a tall man in his prime, with thick eyebrows, broad face, short flat hair, and a fierce look on his face.

Hearing the announcement, the two walnut-sized silver balls in his hands stopped spinning, and he raised his eyebrows.
"Single line Wei?"

"Yes."

The person outside answered respectfully.

Tie Pofeng snorted coldly.
"Why, he wants to persuade me to nominate him as the mountain master?"

There have been rumors recently, and Tie Pofeng has certainly heard about it. He finally understood that when they first seized the earth temple, this old monkey gave away all the benefits. It turned out that he was waiting here!
He even found out the source of the rumor. It was the second elder of the Water Temple who said it first, and then the other elders of the Water Temple and the Wood Temple responded for fear of being left behind. The people of the Fire Temple naturally added fuel to the fire, and the uproar spread.

Recently, the Golden Temple and the Earth Temple did not respond, and some people have started gossiping. They said that the Shan Temple Master was so righteous, and the Golden Temple had received a great benefit, but he was actually thinking of competing with the Shan Temple Master for the position of Mountain Master. He was really heartless!

"He is just a furry animal. It is a great mercy of Master to let him be the temple master. Now he wants to set his sights on the position of mountain master. How can I agree to his request?"

Tie Pofeng cursed loudly, and the person who was passing on the message didn't dare to utter a word.

"Okay, please let the people in!"

Tie Pofeng said, we have to save face, if you really ignore it, then we will have a falling out.

The messenger left, and soon Cheng Xinzhan came in.

"Brother Shan, why don't you rush to appease the people in Shuimu Temple and come sit with me today?"

Tie Pofeng spoke while holding his gun and stick, while Dama Jindao sat in the same place without getting up.

Cheng Xinzhan walked straight to Tie Pofeng and sat down.

Tie Pofeng didn't expect this mountain monkey to be so unrestrained, and the anger on his face could no longer be suppressed.

But the next moment, what Cheng Xinzhan said made him terrified.

"Brother, you don't have to be on guard against me. I don't have many years left to live."

"what!"

Tie Pofeng looked over with disbelief.

Cheng Xinzhan smiled and nodded.

"Brother Shan, what's going on?"

"What else could it be? It's just that my life span has come to an end. Think about it, brother. We in Tianshao Mountain don't care about this. If you really count it, I am the eldest senior brother in our generation!"

Tie Pofeng was shocked by the news and was still a little stunned. He spoke nonsense.

"Yes Yes."

Cheng Xinzhan was still smiling, but there was a hint of loneliness in his smile.

"As for me, Master often scolded me for being born a beast! I wasted a lot of time in my ignorance. Later, when I embarked on the path of cultivation, I spent too much time as a casual cultivator outside. It was not until I reached the second level by groping in the dark that Master led me into the door. Unlike you, Master has been raising you by my side since the beginning of your cultivation.

“But there is one good thing about being born an animal. After all, I am a mandrill, not a wild boar, and my life span is not short. If I were a human, I would have died a long time ago.

"But now it's almost time. My fourth pill cleansing tribulation is coming. If I can't make it, I'll die. If I can make it, I'll only live for a few decades. I probably won't be able to wait for the next pill cleansing tribulation.

“Speaking of this, Tian Xiu’e wasn’t even born when I was in the second realm, but she passed the fourth pill cleansing tribulation before me. Tell me, aren’t you angry? In my next life, I want to be reborn as a human too.

"Come, now that we are so close, take a closer look at my face and see how many years I have left to live."

Tie Pofeng glanced over. He had never looked at the monkey closely before. He only remembered that the monkey had snow-white hair and eyebrows. After taking a closer look today, he found that the hair on the old monkey's face was all white, his eyes were cloudy, and the wrinkles and cracks on his face were uglier than the old bark outside. Indeed, this old thing had been there when he first entered the mountain. It was time for him to die.

“So I have to be the mountain master.”

Cheng Xinzhan looked straight at Tie Pofeng and said.

But before Tie Pofeng could speak, he said,
"After I become the mountain master, I will immediately announce you as the deputy mountain master. After I get the four realms method left by my master, I will immediately go into death retreat. In a few years, my pill cleansing tribulation will come. At that time, I will try to break through the four realms. After I die, you will be the mountain master."

Tie Pofeng's eyes lit up.

Cheng Xinzhan took in Tie Pofeng's expression and said,

"During my death retreat, you will be the mountain master. If I break through and die, you will still be the mountain master. If I am really lucky and succeed in breaking through, then you will be the mountain master and I will be the supreme elder. I will practice hard and will not ask about the affairs of the mountain anymore.

"Moreover, if Tianshao Mountain does not leave the four borders for a long time, it will be destroyed sooner or later. When the nest is overturned, the eggs will also be destroyed. You should understand this principle. So for you, this is a harmless thing to do."

Tie Pofeng listened to Cheng Xinzhan's words for a long time without saying anything, his eyes flickering.

Cheng Xinzhan did not urge him, but just waited quietly.

After a while, Tie Pofeng finally put on a smile and said slowly,
"You are the eldest senior brother and should have inherited the position of mountain master, but..."

"As long as you are willing to help, I will announce you as the deputy mountain master on the spot when everyone nominates me as the mountain master. If I fail to do so, you can change your mind at any time before I officially get the mountain master's seal. Before I enter the Shituo Cave to close my eyes, I will announce in public that you will take over the position of mountain master. If not, you can still change your mind."

"A word is settled!"

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A few days later, the masters of the four temples of Gold, Earth, Water and Wood gathered in front of the Fire Temple Cave and elected the Fire Temple Master Shan Xingwei as the master of Tianjiao Mountain.

Shan Xingwei used the excuse of being in seclusion to evade the request, but the people from the four temples surrounded the cave entrance and refused to leave. Shan Xingwei had no choice but to come out of the cave and expressed his willingness to temporarily take on the position of mountain master. He also announced on the spot that Tie Pofeng, master of the Golden Temple, would serve as deputy mountain master and jointly govern Tianshao Mountain.

Everyone decided on the spot that since the Ghost Festival was approaching, the temple master Shan Xingwei would take charge of the mountain master's seal on the Ghost Festival.

It was almost the fifteenth day of the seventh month, and the leaders of the five temples gathered at Liguan Mountain in the center of Tianshao Mountain.

Liguan Mountain, you can tell the shape of the mountain just by listening to the name. This is the residence of the master of Tianqiao Mountain. However, no one has set foot here for nearly a hundred years.

Everyone came to the foot of Liguan Mountain, where there was a cave with the words "Shituo Cave" engraved on it.

There was a stone door at the entrance of the cave, with many skulls and ghost faces carved on it. In the center of the door, there were six palm-sized grooves, which were exactly the mouths of six evil ghosts. Everyone looked at each other, and then Tie Pofeng was the first to take out his Golden Temple Master Seal, which was a monster with nine faces and a tiger body.

Then, the new temple masters of the Water, Wood and Earth temples also took out their respective seals. The seals on them showed a half-human, half-skeletal dragon girl, a tree man with many hands and heads, and a ghost mother with nine babies flying out of her belly.

Finally, Cheng Xinzhan also took out the seal of the master of the Fire Temple. The seal button was a drought demon with many hands and eyes.

The seals of the masters of the five temples are not allowed to be taken out of the mountains. The masters can die, but the seals cannot be lost. The seals are the keys to open the treasure houses and corpse cellars of each temple, and also record the methods of refining the evil corpses of each temple.

Cheng Xinzhan took the lead and pressed the Fire Temple seal button into one of the grooves. The other four also stepped forward one by one and put their seal buttons into it.

Then, the evil ghost pattern on the portal seemed to come alive, wandering around in the door and making sounds like ghosts howling.

Then, everyone saw that the door of the corpse cave slowly opened.

Everyone looked at Cheng Xinzhan, especially Tie Pofeng, whose gaze was the most eager.

Cheng Xinzhan nodded and said,
"Today I will enter the Shituo Cave and close myself in the Death Gate, seeking an opportunity to break through the four realms. All affairs in the mountain will be managed by Pofeng."

After saying this, he went into the cave without looking back.

Hearing this, Tie Pofeng was naturally delighted. The Fire Temple's successor, the one who had brought Cheng Xinzhan to Tianshao Mountain, was worried.

The previous mountain master wanted to go into seclusion and die - but he actually died in this cave. Everyone only realized it when they sensed a huge amount of spiritual power emanating from the foot of the coffin mountain.

Fortunately, before Mountain Master Shan went into seclusion this time, he knew to instruct the Deputy Mountain Master to take charge of the affairs of the mountain. Otherwise, if there was a mistake, it would have been a century of confusion.

The people from Shuimu Temple were all shocked. They had been jumping up and down to praise you as the mountain master these days. Now that you are the mountain master, why are you just going to retreat? And Tie Pofeng, who had been ignored by them, was actually going to exercise the power of the mountain master?

However, Cheng Xinzhan didn't care what the person behind him thought. After he entered the cave, the stone door closed again and he could no longer hear any sound from outside.

The cave of this mountain lord is no different from that of the temple owner. The entrance of the cave is on the ground, but the cave is deep underground. After walking a few steps, a hole appeared. Cheng Xinzhan jumped down and fell for a long time before touching the ground again.

The cave below is very large, pointed at the top and wide at the bottom, as if a mountain was hollowed out.

The cold air wrapped in rotten sandalwood hit his face. Cheng Xinzhan frowned and released Wu Qingbo immediately.

He looked up and saw that the hundred-foot-high dome was covered with blue-gray stalactites hanging down, which reminded Cheng Xinzhan of the strangely long hands that grew on the wood spirit.

These stalactites emitted a pale blue light, making the cave look like the underworld.

The cave where I came down was just a small black dot on the dome.

He looked around again. The stone walls of the cave were densely covered with Buddhist caves. The Buddha images in the caves were eerie and strange, like a cemetery - some were half-skeletal, some had many hands and eyes, and some had broken chests and open bellies. Snakes and rats were flying in and out of the empty eye sockets of the Buddha statues.

And at the bottom of the cave, where Cheng Xinzhan was standing, was a temple.

The temples are not of the Central Plains Zen style. Prayer flags are hung everywhere, and in front of each hall there are diamond skulls as guardian gods. White bones are used as beams, and human skin is used as tiles. It looks eerie and strange.

In each hall, there are statues of Buddha with awe-inspiring auras, and from time to time, there are flashes of precious light, which seems to indicate that there are many treasures hidden inside.

However, he did not stop for a moment and walked straight to the most central and grandest temple in the temple complex, where a plaque read "Dazhao Hall".

In the temple is enshrined a rotten Buddha riding on the back of a zombie, with an exposed skull and a golden crown inlaid on top.

In front of this strange Buddha statue, there was a pile of clothes on the ground.

Cheng Xinzhan recognized it; this was the robe of the previous mountain master.

He took a few steps forward and lifted his clothes. Dust rose, revealing some treasures underneath.

The previous mountain master passed away in meditation, so his golden elixir is definitely gone, but he still has many magical weapons left. The precious magical weapons must have been kept in his acupoints for nurturing, so they would have fallen out after his death. As for the things in the cave stone, Cheng Xinzhan was too lazy to crack them and look for them.

He fiddled with it a bit, but all he found were corpse flags and corpse bells. There was not a single good treasure like the red-skinned gourd that was naturally born. Naturally, he lost interest and put them all away, leaving only a button seal and a corpse basket.

The seal button is cold to the touch. It is in the shape of a Buddha riding on a corpse, just like the Buddha statue enshrined in this hall.

This is the seal of the master of Tianshao Mountain. It can open the largest treasure house and corpse cellar in Tianshao Mountain. At the same time, it can also be used to bypass the masters of the five temples and directly control the mountain protection formation.

This is what Cheng Xinzhan has been planning to get for a long time.

The Tianshao Mountain's mountain protection formation is closely connected with the Xiangxi Mountains, the earth veins, and the Yuanshui and Wushui water veins. It is a unique corpse-raising formation in the world and is called the "Yin Dragon Entwining the Mountain and Blocking the Sun, Jueyang Formation."

However, while the corpse was being raised, this great formation, which was passed down from ancient Western Buddhism, had been reinforced layer by layer over thousands of years. Moreover, Tianshao Mountain had many mountain masters of the four realms. After being blessed by great monks of the four realms from generation to generation, this great formation had long become the leading mountain protection formation in western Hunan and even the entire Wuling area, providing thousands of years of protection for the devil's cave of Tianshao Mountain.

In comparison, Lost Soul Gorge does not have such a foundation, or in other words, Longhu Mountain does not want to expend a lot of effort to support such a big sect. They only want a force to plunder wandering souls, destroy it and rebuild it, which does not require much effort.

When the remnants of the ancient Buddhas rushed into Xiangxi, the whole Wuling was considered a desolate and remote place by the righteous. No one cared about it. But now, thousands of years later, the scattered cultivators in Wuling Mountain area have gathered and formed a unique prosperity, but Tianjiao Mountain has become a tough nut to crack.

If one wants to attack Tianshao Mountain by force, one must break through the five realms. Moreover, even if one breaks the formation of Tianshao Mountain, all the mountains and rivers within hundreds of miles with Tianshao Mountain as the core will be destroyed. This is especially true since Tianshao Mountain is adjacent to the Yuan River, a large water vein that runs through the entire realm.

No one in the Five Realms is willing to bear such consequences.

And in fact, no one in the Five Realms has such time.

What are the five realms doing?
Performing magic, creating scriptures, refining treasures, seeking the opportunity to become an immortal, and even communicating with the immortals in the sky, conveying the immortals' will, and even maintaining the operation of a religion and the continuation of the law. Even if it is about eliminating demons and defending the way, the focus is on the five realms of demons.

Where is the time to look here?
Can the Four Realms break this situation?
Yes.

Cheng Xinzhan has been mingling with fakes, using corpses to revive, sowing discord, driving tigers to devour wolves, diverting trouble, crossing the river to destroy bridges, dividing and winning over people. It is not easy for him to get to this point. Both character and Taoism are indispensable. However, what this world lacks the most is genius. If he can do it in the third realm, there must be someone in the fourth realm who can do it.

But isn’t the Four Realms busy?
Also busy.

One must survive wind disasters, fight inner demons, comprehend the mysteries of the mind, nurture the Nascent Soul, seek opportunities to achieve harmony with the Dao, and assist in the inheritance of the Taoist tradition.

Exorcist?
In addition to nature, the Haoran, Zhengyi, Chongyang and Xuantian alliances all have the Four Realms in charge. The previous siege of West Kunlun was also led by Jian Bingru from the Four Realms. It was said that Neng Yue Xuanzai from Juqu Mountain had a fierce battle with the Red Corpse Wu Lao on the sea not long ago.

They naturally have their opponents.

There are some things in this world that should be done by the fifth realm, some things that should be done by the fourth realm, and some things that should be done by the third realm, the second realm, or the first realm. Some things are very troublesome, not serious, but they cannot be regarded as minor problems, as if those who have the will are powerless, and those who have the power are afraid, so no one is suitable to do it.

This is not an easy thing to do, but someone has to do it.

So Cheng Xinzhan is here today.

(End of this chapter)