Confucian Sword Fairy

Chapter 87 Request
"City closure?"

Song Zhishu was a little surprised when he heard this.

Although he had guessed in his heart that something big would happen, it came too suddenly.

Moreover, Qingzhou City was directly sealed off. Obviously, the matter was much more serious than imagined, so this method was chosen.

However, Song Zhishu didn't understand the specific reason, so he paused for a while, and didn't ask directly, but just said: "A few fellow Taoists come in and talk slowly, there is no need to worry."

The city has been sealed and cannot be changed. It is useless to be shocked and panicked. The most important thing is to understand the cause and effect.

Song Zhishu's reaction made Lin Cheng and others look at each other. In their eyes, the other party will always look like he has changed, but after thinking about it, it seems normal. People who can make angry reforms in Taihao Sword Sect, What storm has not been seen?
Immediately, several people saluted slightly, and at the same time, their mood was no longer as flustered as before, and they calmed down a lot.

Soon everyone returned to the house, and Song Zhishu poured a cup of spiritual tea for each of them.

Be calm in everything, and stay calm everywhere.

Only in this way can we look at everything with a normal heart, which is the performance of self-cultivation to a certain extent, and will not be swayed by emotions.

"Three fellow daoists, don't worry, tell me what's going on slowly." After pouring a cup of spiritual tea for each of the three, Song Zhishu sat down and spoke softly at the same time, neither in a hurry nor in a hurry.

"Song Daoyou is like this."

Lin Cheng also calmed down completely, and explained: "Just this morning, the City Lord's Mansion suddenly issued an order to find traces of monsters around Qingzhou City, and even the formations left by the monsters. The situation is serious, and the monsters are sinister and scheming. In order to prevent the situation from expanding, from today onwards, Qingzhou City can only enter and cannot enter, and all monks are not allowed to leave the city."

"At the same time, the Wanshi Pavilion will issue a unified task to deal with the demon incident, but the monks in the city can accept it according to their own conditions, and there is no requirement."

Speaking of this, Lin Cheng couldn't help looking at Song Zhishu: "Song Daoyou's words are right, maybe in the future, we may really have to face the demons."

Li Xiansong and Wang Chong also turned slightly pale, because they could tell from the move of the city lord's mansion to seal the city.

Monsters are terrifying, not something ordinary monsters can compare to.

That's why.

The three of them came to Song Zhishu in a hurry after hearing the news, wanting to hear their opinions.

Song Zhishu knew what a few people were thinking, so he was silent for a while before speaking to comfort: "The closure of the city seems serious, but it can also show that the City Lord's Mansion already has the means to deal with demons, otherwise it is not a closure of the city, but a way to disperse the monks. Besides, the Wanshi Pavilion has also issued a mission, so the three fellow Taoists don't need to worry too much."

This is Song Zhishu's idea. He is very clear that the sudden closure of the city and the announcement of the decision to have monsters will indeed cause a certain degree of panic in the city. this way.

The reason is also very simple, the monster is coming, and the matter is serious, can the closure of the city solve it?
So this kind of thing can't just look at the surface, but think about it on a deeper level, and how long has it been since the discovery of the Heaven Sealing Demon Formation?Why is there a reaction now?Obviously, the upper echelon has made a decision, and it is even more likely to use this to fight back against the demons. Otherwise, why would Wanshi Pavilion issue a mission?

When the three of them heard Song Zhishu's comfort, they nodded immediately, thinking that it was reasonable, there were monks and mortals in the city.

If there is no way to deal with the monsters and the city is directly sealed off, is it possible that everyone will stay and wait to die?
"What Song Daoyou said is true. Now there are many more monks in the city, from major families and sects, and even the Jinyi Tianwei from the Great Zhou Dynasty. I am afraid it is to control the situation." Lin Cheng said what he knew. , turned to look at Song Zhishu: "And I also heard that Taihao Sword Sect also sent people. Although they didn't enter the city, they went to the depths of the Qingyun Mountains."

The sects of the great aristocratic families, the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Taihao Sword Sect are already extremely powerful forces.

Lin Cheng also understood that the reason why the City Lord's Mansion only released the announcement now must be that it had made enough preparations some time ago.

Especially Taihao Sword Sect, one of the three great sword sects in the world, there are countless strong people in it, and now they are also involved. Even if there are monsters, they have enough ability to deal with it. Some things are really not something that casual cultivators like them can worry about.

Taihao Sword Sect also dispatched?

After Song Zhishu heard it, he didn't feel much.

Because this was all within his expectation, after all, Qingzhou was a little close to Taihao Sword Sect, so the appearance of monsters would definitely not be ignored.

Therefore, Song Zhishu did not ask about the specific situation, but continued to ask: "Apart from the closure of the city, is there any other news?"

Only by knowing enough information can we judge what the current situation is and how to deal with it.

And I have been in seclusion for a while, and I don't know much, I can only learn from the three people.

"There is not much other news, but the new mission released by Wanshi Pavilion has aroused discussions among many monks in the city. Because it is all about investigating monster incidents, the rewards are extremely generous. It is said that at least one hundred thousand spirit stones will start, but among them There is a rigid requirement, that is, there must be a team of at least ten people to take on the task, and there must be a Confucian scholar among them."

Lin Cheng thought for a while, and then said the most eye-catching news after the city was closed, which was the task issued by Wanshi Pavilion.

One hundred thousand spirit stones, this is definitely a huge sum of money for ordinary casual cultivators.

Once it can be completed, there will be no need to worry about Lingshi for at least a year or two in the future.

Therefore, many monks in the city are very tempted.

But it is the rigid condition that keeps some people out, there is no way.

"When Confucian scholars enter the three realms, they will be able to cultivate Confucian righteousness in their bodies. This is the most beneficial means to restrain demons. It is reasonable for Wanshi Pavilion to set such conditions."

Song Zhishu spoke out, knowing very well the reason for Wanshige's request in his heart, while ensuring that the task can be completed.

It is also possible not to let the monk lose his life in front of the monster. Although the monster is strong, it is not invincible. The power of Confucianism can restrain it. Once encountered, at least there will be no way to deal with it.

"Who said it wasn't."

Wang Chong couldn't help but say, "You don't know, Daoist Song, those scholars in Qingzhou Academy have all become treasures now, and their status has risen in a straight line. It's a pity that we don't have the talent for reading, otherwise we can also study and raise the so-called Confucian righteousness."

"Yeah, I heard someone at the inn say that now many casual cultivators want to enter Qingzhou Academy. They are looking for connections and ways. They have to prepare to start reading and writing. They say that when they encounter monsters in the future, they should have some self-protection. means." Li Xiansong also spoke, with envy in his words.

He doesn't want to really practice Confucianism or Taoism, or rely on these to complete the mission of Wanshi Pavilion. The important thing is that now the monster appears, and he can't tell when he will meet him. Although he has some cultivation, the real nemesis of the monster The power of Confucianism is also needed.

Just want to protect themselves.

"So what if you are talented? Qingzhou Academy is so big, and there are only so many people who can teach it. Don't look at the many people who want to enter Qingzhou Academy, but how many of them can stay in the end? And even if they can stay, how many of them include What about casual cultivators? There are so many forces in Qingzhou City, even if there is a quota, it is not our group of casual cultivators."

Lin Cheng shook his head directly, he saw it more thoroughly, and thought it was difficult to get into Qingzhou Academy, especially for casual cultivators.

And the few people who didn't have that qualification before, let alone now, just think about it in your heart.

And Song Zhishu sat aside without speaking, bowing his head in thought.

This is somewhat similar to the situation after Mr. Gu Yun and others preached in Taihao Sword Sect, everyone is vying to enter the academy.

But the difference is that those monks in Qingzhou entered the academy in order to have more means of self-protection.

Because now that the demon has appeared, everyone has a sense of crisis in their hearts.

It doesn't matter whether you can raise your qi successfully in the end.

But gotta try it out.

This is human nature, just like a mortal who has encountered a disaster, and now tell him that there is a way to deal with or alleviate it, that mortal is equivalent to grabbing a life-saving straw, and replacing the mortal with a monk, comparing the disaster to a demon , the reasoning between the two is actually the same.

It's just that the current Qingzhou Academy doesn't have that ability, and there aren't many teachers in the academy, so it can't meet the requirements at all.

The monks in the city wanted to squeeze in desperately, but the question is, is there a chance?

Even if there is, only a small number of people can get it.

Casual cultivators at the bottom level can only look at it.

Regarding this, Song Zhishu is very clear. After a little thought, he looked at the three of them again: "In short, after the closure of Qingzhou, the city is still very safe and there will be no danger. As long as we don't leave rashly, we should be free. There will be no problem."

There are two advantages of closing the city of Qingzhou. One is to concentrate the scattered forces, and the other is to protect more people.

Although I don't know what the final effect will be, it is already the only choice now.

After all, no one knows how far this monster incident will go.

"We all understand what Song Daoyou said."

Lin Cheng nodded, and then said: "Before we came to you, we also had the same thought in our minds. Unfortunately, we have missed the missions of Wanshi Pavilion."

He felt a little pity in his heart, the monster was indeed terrifying, but the reward for that mission was indeed extremely generous, anyone would be tempted, especially for a person like Lin Cheng who relied on himself all the year round, because there was a shortage of spirit stones.

Of course, Lin Cheng was just thinking about it, and he didn't really choose to take risks. Compared with Lingshi, his life is more important.

"You don't need to do this, Fellow Daoist Lin. When the situation is under control in the future, it's not like there's no chance."

Song Zhishu made a sound, and at the same time, a smile appeared on his face.

What I know about monsters is in other people's mouths, and I have never really come into contact with them. Now that the distance is so close, I naturally have some thoughts in my heart, but all of this has to wait for the upper management to control the situation, at least not to mess around now.

However, Song Zhishu's words moved the hearts of several people present, and they couldn't help showing a little surprise in their eyes.

Lin Cheng and the others all knew that Song Zhishu was a double cultivator of Taoism and Confucianism, and his Confucianism was much stronger than that of Chen Jingyun of Qingzhou Academy, and they had also heard that the vision in Taihao Sword Sect was caused by the other party's Confucian talent.

Such a talent, such a Confucian cultivation base, would definitely not have too many problems in dealing with monsters.

Especially the sentence 'After the situation is under control, there is no chance'.

It also let them see that maybe they can follow Daoyou Song to accept the mission of Wanshi Pavilion, and then see the so-called demon. With Daoyou Song around, they are naturally relieved.

Of course, Lin Cheng and the others also know that this kind of matter needs to be arranged, and they should stay in the city honestly for the time being.

Immediately, the four chatted for a while, and Song Zhishu also learned more news from them.

All in all, everyone in Qingzhou City is in danger now, especially those who are not strong.

Everyone hopes that there will be no major incidents and that they can get through it safely.

An hour later, Lin Cheng and the others bid farewell and left the room, intending to improve their strength as much as possible within a limited time.

Of course, before that, Song Zhishu once again told them to be more cautious. Although the relationship is not very close, what should be reminded still needs to be reminded.

When the three of them left, Song Zhishu tidied up the room and left the inn.

Just during this period of time, he also engraved a few precious jades, intending to sell them to Wanshi Pavilion.

Then exchange for spirit stones to buy other resources that can improve cultivation.

When monsters appear, no one can take it lightly.

The streets of Qingzhou City are no longer as lively as they used to be. There are very few monks on the street, and there are not many stalls doing business. It looks empty. It's not that the people in the city have left. Afterwards, he panicked and did not dare to go out at will.

This is normal, the news of the demon was so sudden that many people were unprepared and must think it would be safer to stay at home.

"Mr. Gu Yun once said that monsters are transformed by evil spirits and five poisons, killing nature, and plundering nature. It is very terrifying. Monks are almost impossible to defend against monsters. Only the power of Confucianism can fight them, and each kind of monster has its own strength. They are different, the most representative ones are the 72 Earth Demons and the 36 Heavenly Demons, which are even more terrifying, I don’t know which kind of existence is coming to Qingzhou this time.”

Song Zhishu was walking on the road, bowing his head in thought. He knew too little about monsters, so he wanted to see them with his own eyes.

Otherwise, it is meaningless to keep hearing about it from other people's mouths, because you will always have to face it in the end.

Since you can't escape, it's better to understand it earlier.

"Everyone, Qingzhou Academy is full of students, and no longer recruiting outsiders, please go back."

"How long has it been? Why is there no quota? No, no, we must recruit more."

"Yeah, I just saw someone entering through the back door, why don't you recruit?"

"Does Qingzhou Academy look down on us casual cultivators?"

At this time, there was a sudden noisy sound in the distance. Song Zhishu looked up, and it was in the direction of Qingzhou Academy.

I saw crowds surging in that street at the moment, most of them were monks practicing Qi and building foundations, and judging by the attire of these people, they were all casual cultivators, and they seemed to want to enter Qingzhou Academy at this moment, and there were a lot of them, Looking up, there are at least thousands of people.

However, according to the words of Qingzhou Academy, it is now full of people, and even if you want to get in, you can't get in.

But some monks said that someone entered the academy through the back door
The reason is, in fact, everyone understands it in their hearts.

"No matter where there are classes, if there is a lower class, there will naturally be an upper class. Qingzhou Academy recruits students, especially at this juncture. Without some influence and background, how can they enter?"

Song Zhishu thought of Lin Cheng's words today, shook his head slightly, stopped for a while and then left.

This is Qingzhou Academy, not Taihao Sword Sect, even if there is unfairness, I can't do anything.

Not long after, Song Zhishu came to Wanshi Pavilion, and was still received by the girl in blue.

There are a lot of monks here, and what they buy are some pure yang talismans and magic weapons, because these things also have a certain restraint effect on demons, but there are not many, but it is better than nothing.

Fortunately, the upper echelons had already prepared for the closure of the city, so there was no chaos in the city or in the Wanshi Pavilion.

I believe that in a few days, when the situation stabilizes and more news comes, it will be much better.

After Song Zhishu entered the Wanshi Pavilion, he sold four middle-grade spiritual gems. The normal price was [-] Lingshi, but now is a special period, so he counted [-] Lingshi.

However, he did not use the [-] spirit stones to buy Lingyuan pills, but replaced them all with raw material gems.

Five top-grade spiritual-grade gems and twenty mid-grade spiritual-grade gems, a total of 25 pieces.

That's why.

It was Song Zhishu who thought that even if all the spirit stones were used to buy Lingyuan pills, there was no way to continue to improve his strength. In order to prepare in advance when facing the monster later.

After finishing these, Song Zhishu bid farewell to the girl in blue, left Wanshi Pavilion, and went straight to the inn.

Middle-grade spiritual-grade gemstones are nothing, and with his current primordial spirit, it doesn't take too much effort to engrave them.

It's just that the top-grade spirit-level gems are a bit troublesome, and I still have some doubts in my heart if I want to directly engrave success.

"Let's start with middle-grade spiritual-grade gemstones."

Song Zhishu thought for a moment, then took out a precious jade, but did not engrave it immediately, but sat up cross-legged, sinking his mind.

The next moment, an ancient book emerged from Song Zhishu's mind, and then slowly opened it.

It is the three thousand scriptures.

"To deal with monsters, it is definitely useless to use ordinary fairy script. You must need divine script, and you must be able to target demons." Song Zhishu was thinking, looking for the words he needed among the [-] divine scripts. He planned to engrave two, so that Firstly, it is more powerful.

Not long after, two words caught his attention.

'To' and 'Yang'.

These are two separate divine characters, but they are different from the previous "mountain" and "royal" because these two characters can form a word.

It should be noted that Song Zhishu has not tried it until now, what kind of power will be displayed when the divine characters are formed into words.

So he didn't think about it, and directly chose these two words.

open one's eyes.

Song Zhishu looked at the middle-grade spiritual-grade jade in his hand, adjusted his mood, took out the spiritual brush, and prepared to start inscribing.

"My lord, Chen Jingyun, is here with his family teacher, and I'm here to ask Mr. Song."

It was Chen Jingyun's voice, the words were polite, and the etiquette was very thoughtful, without any abruptness.

Song Zhishu knew that the other party might come back to visit, but he didn't expect it to be this time, especially when Chen Jingyun brought a teacher, isn't that the dean of Qingzhou Academy?
At this point in his thoughts, Song Zhishu put away Baoyu and Lingbi, adjusted his clothes, and opened the door.

It was Chen Jingyun outside, and behind him, there was an old man in Confucian uniform, with gray temples and a smile, looking approachable.

After the old man saw Song Zhishu, the smile in his eyes was stronger than before, and he slightly cupped his hands: "Mr. Song, old man Cheng Hong, the current dean of Qingzhou Academy, I am nagging today, I hope you will forgive me."

"Mr. Cheng, you're being polite, just call me by my name."

Song Zhishu saw the other party salute, and immediately chose to return the salute.

He had heard from Chen Jingyun before that the dean of Qingzhou Academy was a gentleman and a Confucian student, and he really couldn't stand being called a gentleman by the other party.

"Don't dare, Mr. Song recites the way of the university. Everyone in the world knows that there is a gentleman's way. Although the old man is a few years older and has studied for a few more years, he still can't understand the truth. The so-called master As a teacher, it is not inappropriate to call him Mr."

Cheng Hong was very polite and did not use his status and realm to overwhelm others. On the contrary, he was very humble and told the reason why he wanted to be called Mr.

And this finally made Song Zhishu understand why Chen Jingyun sat upright, apart from his own reasons, he also had a good teacher.

"Mr. Cheng is absurd." Song Zhishu bowed and said again: "Please sit inside the two gentlemen, and stand outside all the time. It will inevitably make me lose my manners."

"Thank you Mr. Song."

Cheng Hong nodded, and then entered the room with student Chen Jingyun.

Song Zhishu poured a cup of tea for each of them. After all, they are scholars, and the way of hospitality must be different.

"Mr. Song is not busy."

Seeing that the tea was full, Cheng Hong bowed his hands slightly, without any nonsense, and directly explained the purpose of his visit: "This time, it is natural for me to disturb Mr. Song without inviting me. I want Mr. Song to do Qingzhou Academy a favor."

(End of this chapter)