Infinite Brilliant Scroll

Chapter 274 The law cannot be passed on lightly

Lan Scorpion shook his head and said, "We didn't think of this before."

The three of them can be said to have been hunted down, and they have done a good job of paying attention to the local background and observing important figures like the Lord of Yutan City when they have time.

When you are too busy to take care of yourself, how can you still have too much energy to worry about those strangers who are far away?

jingle! !
Just at this time, the jade bell under the eaves outside the courtyard rang, symbolizing the arrival of a visitor.

Jin Congyun's voice sounded: "Friend Daoist Guan, Fairy Lan, I have informed the city lord about the arrival of the distinguished guest. The city lord intends to invite Taoist Guan for a while."

The golden-armored general looked at the five big and three rough, but in fact his thoughts were delicate. He saw that Guan Luoyang and Lan Xiezi seemed to be old acquaintances, so he quietly avoided them, and let them go to talk about the past first, and set aside a certain amount of time to report by himself. the castellan.

Now is the right time to invite.

Lan Scorpion nodded and said, "Since I'm just inviting you, then you go first. It would be more effective to talk directly to the city lord about the problem you mentioned just now."

Guan Luoyang said goodbye to them casually, and under Jin Congyun's guidance, he walked out of the courtyard and turned to the main entrance of the City Lord's Mansion.

The City Lord's Mansion covers an area of ​​hundreds of acres, with a side courtyard and a portal, which is specially used for the rest of the distinguished guests. There is not only a high wall between the main courtyard of the City Lord's Mansion, but also barriers to isolate light, shadow, sound, smell, The hot and cold mantras are engraved on the brick wall, and there is no small door connecting each other.

To enter the city lord's mansion, one had to walk out of the side courtyard first, walk hundreds of steps along the street, to the main entrance, and then enter the mansion.

The streets are full of traffic, bustling with traffic, thousands of vendors hawking, and countless tourists walking around, laughing and worrying, chasing and fighting, all with the fireworks that can only be found in prosperity.

The child ran with a windmill and bumped into the scholar's chest. The little lady of Qing Luoshang was picking out the sachet with a round fan in her hand.

The owner of the restaurant removed the steamer, revealing the freshly steamed siu mai underneath, steaming hot and fragrant.

The beard is drooping, and all businesses are prosperous, and there is no sign of the monster's turmoil at all.

Outside the main gate of the City Lord's Mansion, the horoscope wall faces the street, and two white jade lions are guarding it.

Nine white marble steps extend from the street to the main entrance. There are two dark red gates, copper rings with animal heads, and gluttonous textures on the gate.

Jin Congyun led Guan Luoyang to the door, and as soon as he stepped on the first step, the two jade lions tilted their heads and looked over together, their eyes rolled around, revealing a curious look.

The two gates opened by themselves, and the copper ring in the mouth of the Taotie beast head jingled automatically without wind.

Guan Luoyang stepped over the threshold, and there was a shadow wall inside the door.

On the screen wall, there were originally nine dragons seizing pearls, and four stone dragons, who looked older, were lazily entrenched in the four corners, combing their dragon manes.

The five dragons in the middle are young and whispering, twirling their beards with their claws, chatting and laughing, and when they see a distinguished guest approaching, they quickly pretend to be scrambling for dragon balls, and each dragon's head turns upwards alternately, hitting the dragon ball, and flying upwards from time to time.

When Guan Luoyang was about to go around the screen wall, he turned his head and saw the five dragons slowly laying down again, resting among the clouds and lotus leaves.

After bypassing the screen wall, tea trees are planted all over the courtyard, spirit birds are flying, and a road leads directly to the hall.

On the roof of the hall, there are glazed tiles, the luster is clear and golden, squatting a few small animals that look like gold castings.

These strange beasts who like to be adventurous and look out of the distance have also developed round bellies on the roof of the city lord's mansion, with short legs moving around and wobbling.

When Guan Luoyang talked with Lan Xiezi and the others before, he felt that the atmosphere was tense, and it seemed that a monster clan's counterattack might break out at any time. When he walked out, he also saw the aura of vigilance and protection around the city, faintly visible.

However, during the hundreds of steps across the main street, when arriving at the City Lord's Mansion, there is a peaceful and lazy atmosphere everywhere.

When Edward introduced the background, he mentioned "a hundred years of peace in Jukuzhou". This short sentence, for the people in the local big city, may have long forgotten the long years of crisis.

It wasn't until I stepped into the hall and saw the city lord sitting high behind the golden pillars, that I found some serious atmosphere again.

This city lord with black hair and black eyebrows is indeed amazingly beautiful, tall and tall, with skin like snow. At first glance, there is only a kind of amazement that forgets the world.

The flower tin on the forehead of the city lord is even more red like the setting sun, and he is looking at himself in the mirror, but his brows are furrowed, revealing a bit of chill.

"I heard that an old friend of Fairy Lan came from afar."

The lord of Yutan stood up to greet him, still not putting down the octagonal and octagonal mirror engraved with eight bronze beasts on the back, cupped his hands and said, "Ao Bo couldn't welcome you far away, I'm sorry."

Guan Luoyang saluted him and exchanged names.

Ao Bohuan sighed softly: "My Yutan City was originally the most sacred place within a radius of [-] miles, and it also has some rare and beautiful scenery that I can be proud of. It's a pity that fellow Taoists came here unfortunately, and the demon atmosphere has gradually increased recently. Between Wei Lan, I'm afraid I won't be able to let fellow Taoists play to their heart's content and rest peacefully."

He saluted again, "I'm here to apologize first!"

Guan Luoyang quickly said: "The city lord is too polite. Miss Lan is my old friend, and she is also like-minded with me. She has already told me about the signs of demons gathering in Kuzhou Island to cause trouble. Since she was met by me, it is God's will. How could I stand by and watch?"

"Friend Gao Yi."

Ao Bohuan said, "I am sending people to warn the various factions one after another. In name, I also invite them to my son's birthday banquet. I hope they can take precautions and come to discuss countermeasures as soon as possible."

Guan Luoyang said: "I heard that in Juku Island, the three parties including the city lord are powerful, and the other sects are mixed. If they are targeted by some big monsters, they may be in danger. The city lord invites them to the meeting , I don’t know if there is any backup plan?”

Ao Bohuan shook his head: "We can only let them help each other, try to be careful. If there are monsters who concentrate on raiding a small number of sects, it depends on whether they can last until the reinforcements arrive."

Guan Luoyang said: "I don't know if the city lord sent people who are good at sending messages by flying cranes and magic spells to accompany them. Maybe they can be asked to set up a message point every one hundred and eighty miles. .

"Once you encounter a monster that is incapable of fighting, you can use the magic spell to warn and pass it on one after another. You can use the fastest speed to let other sects know about it and rescue it."

Ao Bohuan was slightly taken aback, and shook his head: "This method is not bad, but unfortunately, hundreds of sects are scattered all over the place, separated by thousands of miles, and I don't have that many people in my city."

When Guan Luoyang walked all the way, there were at least thirty four-star and five-star auras inside and outside the city lord's mansion, that is, the so-called loose immortals in this world.

This number does not include those characters who may have deliberately hidden themselves.

Looking at the entire majestic city, to be able to maintain it, with magical auras everywhere and protective vigilance, the number of Sanxian level must be doubled at least.

Calculated based on the ratio of four-star practitioners above and below four-star practitioners in the Water Margin World, there are probably tens of thousands of warlocks in this Yutan City who are not in the Sanxian realm.

He was still sighing secretly before, it is indeed a world where Taoism is prosperous, but how could this city lord say that there are not enough manpower?

Guan Luoyang cupped his hands and said, "I would venture to ask, how many warlocks and generals are there in the city?"

Ao Bohuan said: "The generals in my city are more than [-] people of human origin, and more than [-] are spirits and monsters."

Jin Congyun added next to him: "The [-] soldiers in our city are all like ovens, and their speed is comparable to that of ordinary Lei Yin, but they concentrate on fighting with martial arts, and they are good at using Feihe Chuan There are only [-] messengers for the Flow of Sound spell."

"With these three hundred messengers alone, even if you add some spirits who are good at sending messages, it is absolutely impossible to spread the message points between Yutan City and various sects like what Fellow Daoist Guan said. .”

Guan Luoyang was stunned: "Why are there only so few people?"

Although it sounds like the standard of elite soldiers in the city is at least three stars, but this number is too small.

He frowned and thought for a while, then asked, "I don't know how many people there are under the rule of Yutan City?"

Jin Congyun said: "There are about a million people permanently stationed in the city. If you count all the settlements in cities and towns, there are at least 500 million people."

Daoism is prosperous, there are not a few masters, it governs a radius of three thousand miles, with a population of tens of millions, and there are hidden dangers of monsters outside, but there are less than ten thousand standing soldiers of the human race. What are you kidding?
An idea flashed in Guan Luoyang's mind, and he clapped his hands and said: "By the way, although there are not many official soldiers, there should be many masters in the folk who are no less than official soldiers. After all, I think Jukuzhou is prosperous. Pass down a few sets of methods, and from the perspective of reproduction, there will always be some outstanding talents."

Ao Bohuan and Jin Congyun looked at each other, and said in surprise: "Where did you come from? Could it be that you are from your hometown, and you can teach the method lightly?"

Ao Bohuan shook his head again and again: "As the saying goes, the Dharma should not be passed on lightly. Immortals and Buddhas all over the world must test their disciples to test their minds, perseverance, roots, and understanding, so as to avoid failure in seeking the Dharma, waste of life, and obsession. , is also a person who avoids evil intentions and learns the Dharma."

"If so, there are still many rumors of betrayal and degeneration among the ten continents of the Eastern Sea, which is really depressing."

"Fellow Daoist's hometown, if there is such an ethos where you can spread the Dao Fa lightly, it must be a blessed place. The teachers are selfless and fearless, which is admirable, but after all, they are only a small number of people who live in a corner."

Jin Congyun followed up and said: "The law should not be passed on lightly. There is another consideration. It is also to avoid being easily stolen by enemies, monsters, etc., to see through the context of the method, and to study the technique of mutual restraint. , within a certain amount, you can also have a famous teacher guide you to perform a sealing technique in your mind to prevent the leakage of the exercises, but once there are too many transmissions, there will inevitably be more mistakes."

Guan Luoyang frowned, and said: "Even so, those who have achieved success in cultivation naturally have an extraordinary life span. After generations, there should not be only a few thousand people."

Ao Bohuan said: "My generation of practitioners, what we want is to be at ease. Those who live in the city for a long time, whether they are humans or monsters, have suffered for many years. When they reach a certain number of years, they will naturally issue Linggu talismans and let them resign. Go, explore the mountains and rivers of Shizhou, and enjoy your old age."

Guan Luoyang thought of the protective lights shining all over the city.

There are only a few thousand people in the area, even if there is a Sanxian who takes the lead, the rest of the people must maintain such a thorough protective attitude, it is indeed exhausting, and it is really normal to want to run away to pay attention to the mountains and rivers .

However, if you loosen the restrictions a little bit and spread the Taoism widely, they won't have to be so tired in the first place...

Ugh!
Guan Luoyang sighed.

In this post-ascension world, there are indeed more masters, the grains are miraculous, and the people have no worries about food and clothing, but other places are very different from what they imagined.

But now is not the time to be entangled in such things. After all, there are many things that have advantages and disadvantages, and it is impossible to explain clearly in a few words.

The status quo is like this, and we can only find a way on this basis as much as possible.

"Fellow Daoist is really warm-hearted. When I first came here, I already had the safety of many sects in mind."

Ao Bohuan said, "But fellow Taoists don't have to worry too much. There is only one demon king in the realm of the earth fairy left in Juku Island. For many years, I, Yutan City, Giant Spirit Cave Mansion, and Yuangong Mountain have jointly guarded it."

He turned over the bronze mirror in his hand, and on the mirror surface, a smoky island appeared. In the center of the island, there seemed to be an active volcano, with fire flickering and thick smoke rising from time to time.

"That old monster turned from a tiger into a spirit, vicious and cunning. More than a hundred years ago, many monster clans were expelled and strangled, but he found an opportunity to connect his cave with the volcanic veins of Thousand Poison Island."

"If he risked his life to expose himself and destroy the leylines, the entire Juku Island would be in continuous natural disasters. He used this trick to make us use our hands to avoid rats. However, we also worked together to set up a large surveillance team. Yuan Gong from Yuangong Mountain invited out A golden light talisman left by a celestial being."

Between Ao Bohuan's eyebrows and eyes, he expressed a little relief, "Although he is still in his own cave, he is like being imprisoned by us. He is alone. Even if other monsters want to make trouble, they can only endanger a few sects at most."

"The only thing to worry about is the Water Demon in the Earth Fairyland mentioned by Fairy Lan, but I heard that the demon immortal practiced an evil spell, so I would never dare to touch the golden light talisman lightly."

Guan Luoyang's expression suddenly became weird.

Normally speaking, before the war comes, if one so confidently touts an ancient seal, something will happen to the seal in all likelihood the next moment.

"Hey, City Lord, where is this island, can you find me a guide?"

"I want to see it right away."

Ao Bo happily said: "Ever since I got the warning from Fairy Lan and checked the signs of the surrounding monsters, I have also had a whim in the past two days, and I am quite disturbed. It's just that the letter to Yuan Gong and the Giant Spirit Cave Mansion has not yet been delivered. You can’t leave it lightly, if fellow Taoists are willing to go and have a look, that would be great.”

(End of this chapter)