And said you're not a fairy

Chapter 198: Going deep into the Incense Sect

"Then trouble you."

Chen Yuan agreed.

Chen Yuan didn't have any burden in his heart for finding the people from Bai Liandao to help rescue the victims.

Bai Liandao was originally a cult demon wanted by the court. He had done a lot of evil things in daily life. At this time, when their conscience found out, he helped save the people, which was considered as atonement.

"No trouble, young master."

After hearing Chen Yuan's words, Lu Xian smiled.

They, Bailian Dao, appeared here to do these things.

Now he is still doing the same thing, but he is able to coax the descendant of the White Lotus Taoist leader and firmly control him. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem to be a loss.

Hearing Lu Xian's words, Chen Yuan smiled and said nothing. For a while, both sides had their own secrets.

"Young Master, I will take you to our Incense Sect stronghold."

Lu Xian couldn't wait to tell Chen Yuan.

"Let's go, you lead the way, I'll follow behind."

Chen Yuan agreed.

Next, Lu Xian and Zhao Mo walked in front, followed by Chen Yuan on a donkey, while Xue Niang and Xiao Huang followed behind Chen Yuan.

They walked for a day and a night, crossed two mountains, crossed a river, and finally came to a small village hidden in the mountains.

There are groups of two or three people outside the village. Young men with weapons in hand guard the roads leading in and out of the village. The defense is extremely tight.

Chen Yuan entered the village under the leadership of Lu Xian and Zhao Mo.

Because of the higher terrain, Chen Yuan found after entering the village that this small village was hardly affected by floods.

In addition, in the small village, there are many Taoists wearing Taoist robes of various colors walking around.

"As White Lotus Taoist priests, why don't you wear white Taoist robes and lotus crowns on your heads?"

Chen Yuan saw that the Taoist priests in the village were dressed in very ordinary and inconspicuous Taoist costumes. Chen Yuan was curious and asked Lu Xian and Zhao Mo beside him.

"Young Master, you don't know something. In the past, the most conspicuous attire of our White Lotus Taoists was the white Taoist robe and the lotus crown. However, after the Battle of Bawangling a hundred years ago, the various sects that split after the split have already worn white Taoist robes. The habit of wearing lotus crowns has been abandoned."

"Otherwise, we people will be too conspicuous in the eyes of the court."

Hearing Chen Yuan's doubts, the incense owner Lu Xian explained to Chen Yuan.

"Young Master, there are very few sects in White Lotus Tao now that maintain the tradition of White Lotus Tao."

Zhao Mo also echoed the words of his own incense owner.

"I see."

A flash of surprise flashed in Chen Yuan's eyes, and he nodded.

If you think about it carefully, it is indeed true, because wearing a white Taoist robe and a lotus crown on his head, in the eyes of the court, he is a White Lotus Taoist demon.

And after the battle at Bawang Ridge a hundred years ago, if Bailian Dao still didn't know how to change, and if he used his previous attire to show off outside, I'm afraid Bailian Dao would really be in ruins.

"No, I have seen some Taoists wearing white Taoist robes and lotus crowns before. They seem to call themselves Hongyang Sect. It is said that they are also members of White Lotus Taoism?"

Chen Yuan thought of the people from the Hongyang Sect he met when he was in Jianghuai City.

"Young Master, you don't know. The Hongyang Sect is the most conservative sect among the many sects after the split of our White Lotus Tao. They are bent on restoring the prosperity of the White Lotus Tao in the past."

"For this reason, they are the only sect among more than a dozen sects that refuses to make changes after the split of White Lotus Taoism."

"As a result, they were often discovered by the imperial court and surrounded and suppressed by the imperial court, resulting in heavy losses."

The incense owner explained to Lu Xian.

"Why, have the Hongyang Sect had any contact with the Young Master before?"

Then Lu Xian's tone changed. His tone was calm on the surface, but in fact, his words were full of worry and temptation.

"Once."

"But later on, the Hongyang Sect disappeared completely for unknown reasons."

Chen Yuan said calmly.

Instead of disappearing, the entire sect was eliminated by him.

"Young Master, we have also heard about what happened to the Hongyang Sect."

"It is said that Taoist Hekui, the leader of the Hongyang Sect, seems to have some connection with the fifteenth prince of Jianghuai City in Chuzhou Prefecture, King Nanxiang. However, he seems to be unlucky. A passing expert connects him with King Nanxiang. Get rid of them together."

"All members of the Hongyang Sect must surrender to the government."

"This incident caused an uproar in many sects of Bailian Dao some time ago."

"We are all still saying that Hongyang Sect is a pity."

Lu Xian, the incense owner, superficially agreed with Chen Yuan.

In fact, I was full of joy. Fortunately, the Hongyang Sect offended an expert and was eliminated together with the fifteenth prince, King Nanxiang.

After all the believers went to the government offices to surrender, the entire Hongyang Sect was almost wiped out.

Otherwise, Taoist He Kui, the leader of the Hongyang Sect, must have discovered that Chen Yuan in front of him was a descendant of the Taoist master, and would have been defeated by the Hongyang Sect first.

"It would be great if that's the case. Although we all belong to different sects, we are all of the same sect after all!"

Chen Yuan responded with a smile.

After hearing Chen Yuan's words, Lu Xian felt guilty.

In fact, what he just said was just for the occasion.

Since the White Lotus Tao split into more than a dozen sects, everyone usually dislikes each other because of their different doctrines. Some time ago, I heard that the Hongyang Sect suffered a big setback in Jianghuai City.

Most sects do not feel pity because everyone is of the same faith. On the contrary, most of them gloat about the misfortune.

The same is true for their Incense Cult.

"Young Master is right."

Lu Xian looked like he thought what Chen Yuan said was reasonable.

However, the real situation of this matter cannot be told to the young master. Otherwise, as a descendant of the Taoist master, the young master may feel that the serious situation after the split of the White Lotus Taoism is felt, and he may leave in anger.

Afterwards, Lu Xian and Zhao Mo led the way, taking Chen Yuan to the core area of ​​the village to meet their leader.

On the way, Chen Yuan asked the two of them about the reason why the Burning Incense Sect chose to settle here, and the situation of each sect after the entire White Lotus Dao split into more than a dozen sects.

Although these two people were cautious, Chen Yuan really asked a lot of questions.

According to Lu Xian, the reason why the Burning Incense Sect chose to set up its base was in this village located in the mountains.

First of all, this place is hidden, and there is only one village within a radius of thirty miles.

By sending a few people on the only roads around the village, it is easy to monitor the surrounding situation and avoid being discovered by the court.

To take a step back, even if the traces were accidentally leaked and the imperial army would clear them out, as long as they dispersed and ran into the mountains, the imperial court would be unable to do anything to them.

Secondly, almost all of the hundreds of households in this village believe in the Incense Sect.

Villagers in the entire village can cover for the disciples of the Burning Incense Sect.

And he is very loyal to the Incense Sect and will never betray the Incense Sect.

In addition, although the White Lotus Dao after the split split into more than a dozen sects, they were also divided into factions.

According to the different concepts of their respective sects, they are divided into conservative sect, new sect, new trend sect, Buddhist sect and Taoist sect.

Among them, the conservative group, Hongyang Sect, is one of the representatives.

The same conservative sect as the Hongyang Sect is the Yuandun Sect.

The two sects advocate maintaining the various rules and traditions of the White Lotus Way in the past, including dress and etiquette, and have been trying to find ways to reunite the disintegrated White Lotus Way.

But this is just wishful thinking. After the split, most of the White Lotus Taoist sect has no intention of reunifying.

Of course, it's also possible that it's because they don't want to be unified by other factions, but just want to unify other factions.

The sects of the Reform Sect are the Qingcha Sect and the Baiyang Sect.The teachings of this sect are relatively extreme, and they practice more evil spells with the purpose of overthrowing the imperial court.

The new trends include the Cross Cult and the Eight-needle Cult.

It is said that the leaders of these two sects learned some foreign teachings from some barbarian believers from overseas and integrated them into them, thus forming the Cross Sect and the Eight Needles Sect.

The Buddhist sects are Mahayana, Dayang, and Qingxiang.

The Taoist sects are Hunyuan Sect, Laojun Sect, and Fenxiang Sect.

The founder of Bailian Tao was originally founded by a Zen monk. Later, he taught himself Taoism and dressed up as a Taoist.

Therefore, strictly speaking, the Buddhist sect and the Taoist sect here are the real core that inherit the most Bailian Taoist teachings...

Different factions have different relationships.

For example, the Buddhist sect and the Taoist sect are the sects that inherit the most core core of White Lotus Taoism, so these two sects are closest to each other and have the best relationship.

As for the conservative sect and the new sect, although one wants to reunify the various religions and restore the complete Bailian Tao of the past, and the other wants to overthrow the current Dayong court and carry out the rebellious tradition of Bailian Tao to the end, the ideas of the two factions are not the same. There are contradictions and conflicts, so the two parties have an excellent relationship and often help each other.

In comparison, the Cross Sect and the Eight-needle Sect among the new trend sects are the most bizarre sects.

They refused to make friends with any other sect, and regarded another sect of the same sect as a heretic. They would fight to death whenever they met.

The key is that neither of these two factions is weak in strength. They have the power of overseas foreign sects, so they are unique in the White Lotus Way.

During this conversation, Chen Yuan was brought to the ancestral hall in the center of the village by Zhao Mo and Lu Xian.

At this time, there were groups of Taoists standing outside the ancestral hall, looking at anyone approaching the ancestral hall with vigilant looks.

Fortunately, Chen Yuan was led there by Lu Xian, the incense owner. Lu Xian showed his identity token several times before they were able to pass smoothly.

"Young Master, wait outside the door for a moment. After we go in and inform the leader, it won't be too late for you to go in and see the leader."

Arriving at the door of the ancestral hall, the only building built with gravel in the village, Lu stopped at the door now.

"Okay, I'll wait for you outside the door."

Chen Yuan nodded.

Lu Xian quickly winked at Zhao Mo next to him, and the two immediately went in to report to their leader.

Seeing the two people leaving, Chen Yuan was not anxious. He got off the gray donkey and stood at the door waiting quietly.

When he first entered the village, he paid special attention to the fact that most of the cultivation realms of the incense-burning believers in the village were in the Qi-eating realm, and a few were in the Dantai realm.

As for the Taoists in the Yangshen realm, he didn't see any of them.

"It seems that the battle with the imperial court a hundred years ago really hurt Bailian Dao's muscles and bones. Otherwise, there wouldn't be even a Taoist in the Soul Cultivation Realm."

Chen Yuan secretly said in his heart.

The leader of the Hongyang Sect, Taoist He Kui, whom he met before, was only in the same realm as him, the Inner Scenery Realm.

I just don’t know whether the leader of the Burning Incense Sect has lower or higher cultivation than Taoist Hekui.

"Chen Yuan, this place is very uncomfortable. I feel like I am being stared at wherever I go."

Xue Niang said from the side at this time.

When she first entered the village, Xue Niang observed that in addition to the Taoists, the eyes of other people in the village were also staring at them.

"It's normal."

Chen Yuan was silent for a moment and then said.

After all, this is a secret religious organization that started out as a rebellion and was considered a cult by the imperial court.

This village is well-defended, and the people there are likely to become followers of the Incense Cult, and they will instinctively be wary of outsiders like them.

"Young Master, our leader please come in with me."

While Chen Yuan and Xue Niang were talking, Zhao Mo, who had just entered, came out to deliver a message.

Chen Yuan was about to walk inside, and Xue Niang and Xiao Huang also followed behind Chen Yuan.

"Wait a minute, young master. The leader only sees the young master. As for the girl and the yellow dog, let them wait outside the door."

At this time, Zhao Mo stopped and stopped.

Chen Yuan thought for a while, and in this case, it would indeed be useless for Xue Niang and Xiao Huang to go in.

Chen Yuan then turned to Xue Niang, Xiao Huang and Gray Donkey and said, "Wait outside the door for me to come out."

Seeing that the other party wanted to separate them from Chen Yuan, although Xue Niang was dissatisfied, she had no choice.

"Chen Yuan, we are waiting for you outside."

Xue Niang could only agree.

Chen Yuan nodded and walked into the ancestral hall under the leadership of Zhao Mo.

"Young Master, you don't have to worry. Not to mention that the girl following you is not an ordinary person. Moreover, you have a distinguished status and are guests of our Incense Sect. No one dares to harm them."

When leading Chen Yuan into the ancestral hall, Zhao Mo said to Chen Yuan.

They had been traveling for a whole day, and Xue Niang, a girl, could keep up with them, which showed that she was definitely not an ordinary person.

Chen Yuan nodded and did not continue talking.

No matter how bad Xueniang's cultivation was, she was still a rat demon that had successfully transformed. And he just saw that there was no Soul Cultivation Realm in this village, so if they encountered danger, they should be able to save their lives.

After following Zhao Mo into the ancestral hall, Chen Yuan discovered that there was a huge and wide courtyard inside.

The ground in the yard was not clean, and there were some knee-high weeds growing there.

There were two rotten coffins piled among the weeds.

Directly opposite the gate of the ancestral hall, there is a house with only three walls and no walls on the front, which is supported by wooden pillars.

Close to the wall of the house, there is a wooden platform similar to steps. On the wooden platform are some rickety tablets, covered with cobwebs and covered with a layer of dust.

The decoration here is a bit eerie. If there is no one here, even if it is during the day, I am afraid it will still feel a bit creepy.

However, there are several people in this ancestral hall at this time, and it is very popular, so it does not make people feel spooky and scary.

In addition to Zhao Mo and Lu Xian who had just come in to report, in front of the memorial tablet in the ancestral hall, there was also a little Taoist boy, about ten years old, wearing black Taoist robes, with red lips and white teeth, sitting on a wooden chair, standing with two respectful expressions. In front of him, a Taoist wearing a purple robe was discussing something.

When Zhao Mo brought Chen Yuan in, the eyes of the three of them fell on Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan was moved in his heart and looked a little surprised.

Because he discovered that the cultivation levels of the two Taoists in the ancestral hall were only in the state of spiritual nourishment.

The Taoist boy sitting on the chair turned out to be in the inner scene!

Same as yourself.

It's just that at such a young age, why does the other party have such a high level of cultivation?
Master Lu Yan once said that his natural talent was already extremely good, and even if there were practitioners with better qualifications than him, they would not be able to join the White Lotus Way and appear here.

"In other words, this person has practiced the method of rejuvenating youth?"

Chen Yuan secretly said in his heart.

"You are the descendant of our White Lotus Taoist master, as Zhao Molu Xian said?"

Then the little Taoist boy wearing a black Taoist robe said.

Chen Yuan shook his head:
"These are what the two of them said. I never said that I am a descendant of your White Lotus Taoist Master."

The little Taoist boy was not angry. He patiently continued to ask:

"The two of them said that you know the [Rebirth Technique of Planting Lotus] and the [Rejuvenation Talisman for All Diseases]. This must be true, right?"

Chen Yuan nodded.

"Then can you please show me something to open my eyes?"

The little Taoist boy asked Chen Yuan.

"How difficult is this..."

Chen Yuan nodded calmly.

(End of this chapter)