Black Myth: Tang Dynasty

In the view of Xuandu, Li Shimin was wearing a black robe, and only Gao Quan, the chief eunuch, and Wang Bo, the lieutenant of the Baihu school, stood beside him.

When they came outside the small courtyard of Xuandu, their eyes suddenly brightened.

The rich fragrance of flowers mixed with the fragrance of willow leaves hits the face, which refreshes people's spirits. Looking up, I saw green vines crawling all over the wall, and a few unknown wild flowers quietly blooming, full of vitality.

The wild bees are flying and the blue birds are singing, just like the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River, a paradise.

"Sometimes I really envy Taichong, who can leave a clean place amidst the chaos."

Maybe it's because the political affairs are too busy these days, Li Shimin, who has always been diligent in politics, is a little envious of Li Daoxuan's life.

He couldn't help but joked: "I'm sleepy all night, worrying about national affairs, it's better to be too aggressive, and hide in the treasure land to enjoy the blessings, ha ha, if he can't cure my heart disease this time, I will drag him to the place no matter what I say." Stay in the palace for a few days and watch me review the memorials!"

Gao Quan said with a smile: "I believe that the national teacher will not disappoint His Majesty."

As he said that, he wanted to knock on the door, but a dog barked suddenly, and Gao Quan felt a black glow flashing in front of his eyes, and then a black dog the size of a calf appeared, with strong muscles, ferocious fangs, and twinkling eyes. cold light.

"Who are you, dare to disturb the master?"

Gao Quan's heart trembled, and fear appeared in his eyes. The dog actually spoke?
"No, this is a monster, protect Your Majesty!"

Wang Bo took a step forward and stood in front of Li Shimin, looking at the black dog with fear in his eyes. The ape fairy enshrined in his body reminded him that the dog monster in front of him was very difficult to mess with.

Xiao Tian stared at Wang Bo with a slight difference in his eyes.

"It turned out to be a monkey..."

Drops of saliva oozed out of its mouth, and for a moment a strong fighting spirit emerged in Xiaotian's heart. For some reason, it always subconsciously wanted to take a bite of the monkey monster.

Fortunately, Li Shimin was calm enough, he took a step forward, and the strong dragon energy around him brought Xiao Tian back to his senses.

"The master you speak of is too aggressive?"

"Woof, that's right. By the way, I remembered. The master said that someone will come in half an hour, so I specially asked me to greet you. It should be you."

There was a strange look in Li Shimin's eyes, half an hour ago, he was still eating in the palace, but his heart disease was not cured, and the food was tasteless, so he decided to come to see Taichong temporarily.

In other words, before he decided to come to Xuandu to watch, Tai Chong had already calculated that he was coming soon, and let the dog demon wait here in advance.

After beheading Wuzhiqi, Taichong seems to be even more powerful...

A glimmer of expectation arose in Li Shimin's heart. For him, the stronger the Taichong, the better. It would be best to become a sun god or even a fairy, and then protect Datang.

"You come with me."

Knowing that he couldn't bite the monkey anymore, Xiaotian became listless. It turned into a puppy and walked towards the courtyard, with Li Shimin and the three following behind him.

Not long after walking, Li Shimin saw Tai Chong.

Among the flowers, there was a big stone about two feet high, square in shape, and a handsome Taoist in white was sitting cross-legged beside the stone, holding a chisel, tapping the surface of the big stone lightly.

The chisel was crystal clear, like a crystal, with strands of purple and blue electric light visible in it, it was not ordinary at first glance.

If Zhang Jiuxiao came back to life, he would definitely vomit blood when he saw this scene, because the chisel that was striking the stone was obviously his talisman, Thunder Thorn.

"Your Majesty, please sit down and wait a moment."

Li Daoxuan reached out a little, and the vines on the other side of the stone rolled up automatically, forming a soft futon.

Li Shimin strode forward, sat on it and watched for a while, then smiled and said, "Tai Chong, what are you doing?"

Li Daoxuan smiled slightly, put away the thunder thorn, and said: "Your Majesty has prepared a gift for Pindao, and Pindao will naturally also prepare a gift for Your Majesty."

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly and said: "Well, you are too aggressive, the gift I prepared for you is priceless, you just use a stone to deal with me?"

Li Daoxuan smiled and said, "Let's see, Your Majesty."

After finishing speaking, he waved his sleeves on the stone, and the breeze drifted by, rolling up stone powder one after another, revealing a dotted pattern of lines, arranged vertically and horizontally, it is clearly an excellent chessboard.

"Does Your Majesty still like this chessboard?"

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly, and said repeatedly: "That's too aggressive, that's too aggressive!"

He waved his hand, and Gao Quan immediately took out something from his arms, which were two chess boxes.

"My lord, Your Majesty has recently obtained two pieces of exquisite jade, one black and one white. He heard that you like to play chess, so he specially ordered someone to make chess pieces."

Li Shimin sighed: "Unpredictable prophets, predicting things like gods, it seems that the national teacher is not only powerful in fighting skills, but even the ability of divination is unique in the world!"

Li Daoxuan shook his head and said: "Your Majesty's absurd praise. The poor Taoist just practiced this technique, and he just relied on his way to be better."

After a pause, he said again: "Now that we have the chess pieces and the chessboard, Your Majesty, why don't we talk about a game?"

"it is good!"

Li Shimin also likes to play chess, so he is gearing up to fight Li Daoxuan for [-] rounds.

The crisp sounds of chess pieces continued, and it didn't take long for the chessboard to be densely packed with black and white. Li Shimin's eyes were bright.

Li Daoxuan's chess style is very stable, as solid as gold, every step is steady, immovable like a mountain, moving like a thunder.

When the two met their opponents, Li Shimin played happily. Although he lost in the end, he was not discouraged. Instead, he felt like he was sweating and refreshed. The exhaustion during this period seemed to be swept away.

"Too rushed, something is wrong with this chessboard."

Li Shimin finally realized the abnormality. He played chess next to this stone, and he became more and more energetic.

Li Daoxuan smiled lightly and said: "Your Majesty, this is not a simple stone. There is a piece of chalcedony in the center, which has been buried underground for hundreds of years. It can automatically gather spiritual energy, and play chess around it all the year round. It can be nourished by spiritual energy and prolong life." .”

"During this period, His Majesty was busy rebuilding Chang'an, so that he damaged the dragon's body. Please bring the stones and chess pieces into the palace, and talk about a few games every day. You will be fine within three months."

Li Shimin stroked this stone chessboard that was still as cold as jade in the scorching summer, his eyes were full of love.

But he suddenly sighed and said: "Tai Chong, this physical illness is easy to get rid of, but the heart disease is hard to cure!"

A smile flashed in Li Daoxuan's eyes, he didn't know that His Majesty was pointing at him.

"Your Majesty's heart disease, but how to make Chang'an rest easy and not be destroyed by demons again?"

Li Shimin stared closely at his eyes, and there was a rare trace of tension in his voice.

"Is there a solution to Taichong?"

Li Daoxuan nodded and said with a smile: "There is a way for the poor to cure your majesty's heart disease."

"How?"

"Four Holy Formation."

……

When Li Shimin and Li Daoxuan were playing chess, Gao Quan and Wang Bo stood guard outside the door, standing for two hours at a time.

They didn't know what His Majesty and the national teacher were talking about, but His Majesty's hearty laughter often sounded in the courtyard, and they seemed very happy.

After waiting for another half an hour, His Majesty finally came out.

He was full of energy, his face was flushed, and he looked energetic and motivated. How could he be as tired as before?
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, you have successfully cured your heart disease!"

Wang Bo bowed and saluted.

Li Shimin laughed loudly and said: "I have Taichong, but I don't have to worry about it!"

After a pause, he said again: "Go and move the chessboard that Taichong gave me back to the palace, and put it in the imperial study. From now on, no one is allowed to enter it without my permission."

"promise!"

Li Shimin left happily. He got the answer he wanted, and he was naturally satisfied. He was ready to fight hard and turn Chang'an City into an invincible array.

At that time, Chang'an will be the strongest city in the world. It is easy to shake mountains, but difficult to shake Chang'an.

But Li Daoxuan was not as optimistic as him. He watched Li Shimin's leaving back, the smile on his face gradually faded, and he sighed softly.

Because he hadn't gotten the answer he wanted, the other two bloods of the Four Saints Formation still had no clue.

But fortunately, now that he has just completed "Ziwei Doushu", coupled with his profound Taoism, there should be hope to figure out where the last two kinds of blood are.

Li Daoxuan continued to look at the sky, if it was any other disciple of Lou Guan Dao, he would never look at the stars during the day, because at this time the stars are all covered by the sun, the majestic sun shines on the blue sky alone, it is difficult to observe with the naked eye.

But Li Daoxuan was an exception. He opened his brows and sky eyes, looked directly at the sun, his eyes pierced through the sea of ​​clouds, swayed through the long wind, and found out the stars hidden in the day one by one.

He watched the stars again, but this time it was not for cultivation, but to figure out where the clues of the Four Saints Formation were.

"Xi Yi looked up at the stars in the sky, and used them to count people's lives. Don't follow the five stars to celebrate festivals, but only talk about the year, month, day, and time of birth. First settle down, and the fate is a foregone conclusion. Ziwei's Tianfu is filled with stars..."

He muttered words in his mouth, and kept making formulas in his hands, and his eyes became deeper and deeper, as if they contained the mysteries of the universe and the sun and the moon.

I don't know how long it took, Li Daoxuan's magic power was almost consumed by half, fine strands of sweat appeared on his forehead, and the Taibai star in the sky suddenly lit up.

The secret is fleeting.

Li Daoxuan's eyes lit up, he had already glimpsed the secret of the thread, he showed a smile, the whole person's troubles stopped, he was pure and self-sufficient, and he was a little more calm with the bamboo in his chest and the wisdom pearl in his grasp.

He laughed, only to feel that the secrets of heaven and nature are so mysterious, and the clues that he has been thinking about but can't get are actually by his side.

"So that's how it is, wonderful and wonderful."

……

Daxingshan Temple.

Before the sun was about to set, Xuanzang finally put down the scriptures and walked out of the scripture pavilion.

Facing the vast and precious Buddhist scriptures, he was fascinated by them. If he hadn't been worried that Xiao Tang would starve, he might have planned to stay in the Sutra Pavilion and read them at night.

Logically speaking, Xuanzang is not qualified to enter such an important place as the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, but Li Daoxuan once sent someone to greet the abbot of Daxingshan Temple, so Xuanzang has the privilege of free entry and exit.

Originally, the abbot wanted to arrange a bigger house for Xuanzang and a special novice for him to send, but Xuanzang refused. He also begged the abbot not to reveal his identity to others, and to treat him equally with other monks. just fine.

The abbot agreed to him, so Xuanzang lived with other monks and had to do regular physical work every day, but he didn't complain of suffering, instead his mind became more peaceful and satisfied.

After eating some vegetarian meals, and asking his senior brother for some candies, Xuanzang walked towards his residence, thinking about how Xiaotang's eyes would shine when he saw the candies later, he couldn't help but smile.

I don't know that it is a water monkey, how could it like to eat sugar so much?
Before reaching the residence, Xuanzang suddenly heard a noise, curses mixed with fear, and some kind of shrill cry.

Hearing the voice, Xuanzang was startled and ran over immediately.

Sure enough, in the courtyard, a slender water monkey was tied hands and feet by the monks, put on the woodpile, and was splashed with kerosene, its hair was wet, sticking together, looking terrified and shivering.

Its black pupils looked around, as if trying to find a certain figure.

Snapped!
A burly monk held a long whip with sharp barbs on it, and whipped the water monkey's body, causing a cloud of blood.

It made a shrill cry, weeping and despairing.

"Good fight!"

"Brother let me smoke it too!"

"Burn it to death!"

……

The surrounding monks showed hatred and applauded.

During the flood in Chang'an, many monks of Daxingshan Temple died under the sharp claws of water monkeys, including their friends. At this moment, they naturally hated this water monkey who dared to hide in the Buddhist temple.

As the whip continued to be pulled down, the smell of blood filled the originally peaceful and peaceful Buddhist temple.

The water monkey's cry became more and more weeping, and tears flowed from his eyes.

Some monks were aroused by this miserable voice, and they couldn't help but persuade them: "Brother, let's send it to the bad people, why bother to torture it?"

The whipping monk glared at him, his beard stood up like steel needles, and said angrily, "Confused, have you forgotten those Buddhist disciples who were eaten by water monkeys?"

His imposing manner silenced the audience, and no one dared to raise any objections.

However, a childish but firm voice sounded.

"stop!"

Everyone looked intently, and their eyes shook.

"It's Xuanzang!"

"Junior Brother Xuanzang is here. Thanks to him, I was saved."

"Yes, if it wasn't for Junior Brother Xuanzang, I would have been eaten by a water monkey by now..."

Everyone gave way to Xuanzang, full of respect.

During the flood in Chang'an, Xuanzang saved many disciples of Daxingshan Temple and innocent people with his bowl and cassock as a cover, and gained great reputation.

Some even say that Xuanzang is the abbot's intended successor, the next abbot of Daxingshan Temple.

Seeing that it was Xuanzang who stopped him, the monk holding the long whip showed a hint of hesitation in his eyes. He actually respected Xuanzang, but his friend died tragically at the mouth of the water monkey, bloody and bloody, and the body has not been found yet.

Xuanzang walked up to the water monkey, looking at the scars on its body, with undisguised distress in his eyes.

The water monkey also looked at Xuanzang, his dark eyes were full of smiles, squinted like crescent moons, despite being covered in bruises, he still smiled happily.

During this period of company, they have already become close friends.

It likes to eat sugar, so it is also called Xiaotang. Although Xiaotang is a water monkey, it likes to hide in the water tank and spit bubbles like a goldfish. It is very kind. Not only does it not eat fish, but it often saves those who accidentally bite fish.

It doesn't even have the heart to break a single flower.

Someone noticed that something was wrong with Xuanzang, and when Xuanzang appeared, the water monkey stopped making any noise, and appeared very quiet and well-behaved.

"This... Could it be that this water monkey... was raised by Junior Brother Xuanzang?"

"how is this possible!"

"How else would you explain what it looks like now?"

"But... raising monsters... is a capital crime!"

……

As if she understood the discussions around her, Xiaotang showed an anxious look at Xuanzang, signaling him to leave quickly and leave her alone.

It even opened its mouth deliberately towards Xuanzang, revealing its jagged teeth.

"Brother Xuanzang, be careful!"

"Brother Xuanzang, the water monkey is a monster, you should stay away from it!"

"Quick, run away!"

……

Amidst the noise of the crowd, Xuanzang looked calm, strode to Xiaotang's side, reached out and touched its head, his eyes were full of pity.

Xiaotang closed her mouth, her moist eyes drooping.

Everyone was also silent.

Xuanzang looked at them with a sincere and firm voice.

"It's called Xiaotang, and it's my friend."

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