Ten states

"Who is this? How could it be him?"

Looking at the lifeless corpse on the ground, Xiao Xia and Ming Yue were dumbfounded.Falling from mid-air head to foot just hit a rolling rock, the head has become like a meat bun that has been punched, but it is still vaguely discernible that this corpse is the body that had been killed before. The boy who escaped from the earth.

But just a few breaths ago, the majestic figure who seemed to be able to control the world in mid-air was obviously not like this. Just when Xiao Xia was about to crush the three of them into powder, he suddenly fell down without thinking. After coming down, he suddenly turned into this boy, which seemed like an unbelievable big joke.For the first time, Xiaoxia felt that her head was not enough.

Mingyue's eyes widened even more, with a look of disbelief on her face: "How did you become this person? What about that very powerful old Taoist just now? Isn't he going to kill us soon? Why did he suddenly become this person? "

He flew over and landed beside the three of them, but Zhang Yuhong didn't seem too surprised, he just took a look at the young man's body and sighed and said: "As expected, this is the technique of distraction and sustenance, the one who escaped before is the real one." The Earth Spiritist. This is just a body that he temporarily attaches with his magic and spiritual thoughts, and now the mana on this body has been exhausted."

"What?" Xiao Xia was even more surprised. "It was just a body puppet who fought with us before? This puppet is so powerful, how powerful is the earth spirit master?"

Zhang Yuhong shook his head and said: "It's not what Fellow Daoist Xia thought. The Earth Spirit Master's Yangshen Dharma Body is essentially just a spell. He attached part of the Yangshen Dharma Body to this young man before. Before the magic power is exhausted, with It can be said that the one you are holding is the deity of the Earth Spirit Master. If he casts a profound spell like just now, the Earth Spirit Master can only project all his spiritual thoughts here. On the contrary, the main body cannot move. After all, this boy’s The body is just a pedal that allows him to stand here. It is extremely difficult to find such a body that can fully carry his mana and divine sense, and it is unexpected that he is willing to use it in this place."

"I see." Xiao Xia also nodded. "It turned out to be just a body, no wonder my Requiem Bell spell has such a miraculous effect."

At this time, Shifang also stood up from the ground with great difficulty. Judging from his face and the mouthfuls of blood spat on the monk's robe, it seemed that he was really seriously injured. Seeing the young man, he also joined hands and said: "Amitabha Buddha Hearing that the most important thing in the art of sending gods from the heavenly master is sincerity, this young man can bear the mana and divine sense of the earth spirit master. That is to say, he can fully agree with the will of the earth spirit master from the heart, and the earth spirit master Healers are not human races, but they can't imagine that people's hearts in the world have become so depraved that even animal hearts can't be distinguished at all."

"That's right." Zhang Yuhong nodded and glanced at Shifang.said with a sigh. "Speaking of which, the ancestor created this method by borrowing from the supernatural powers of Buddhism. The master just opened his mind and wanted to use the Buddha's light to transform evil thoughts, so the earth spirit master took advantage of the commonality between the Yangshen method and the master's method. The Lingtai was seriously damaged. I didn't remind the master in the haste of the matter. It caused the master to be seriously injured, and I am really sorry."

Shifang shook his head: "Three thousand ways can prove Bodhi. Zhang Daoling's predecessors don't stick to one pattern and learn from all families. They are really big-hearted and bold. How can a poor monk be blamed for Zhang Zhenren if he is not good at learning? It is also fortunate that this The spiritual master benefactor does not have much mana left in this young man's body, if he could maintain that venerable dharma image for a blink of an eye just now, the three of us would be wiped out."

"Yes, this time is truly thrilling." Zhang Yuhong said and bowed to the three of them. "It's thanks to the help of the three of you who got into such a dangerous situation. I really feel ashamed of the poor."...

Mingyue immediately stared at her eyes: "Then you will lift the ban on the three of us. What's the use of just saying thank you?"

"The three are still responsible for the secrets of my Dragon and Tiger Mountain. Even if this restriction is not used all the time, it must remain with the three in form. Please forgive me. And I said earlier that if this matter is over, I, Zhang Yuhong, will fight I don't want my life, but I must keep the safety of the three of you."

Xiao Xia, who had been silent and thoughtful all this time, suddenly asked: "Why did the earth spirit master use this method? If he is the deity, we have almost no chance of winning here, so why use this puppet body? Isn't it unnecessary?"

Zhang Yuhong thought about it silently, and replied: "This should be due to the nature of the local spiritual master. No matter how advanced Taoism he has practiced, the animal nature will be hard to get rid of. As a mouse, it is natural to be cautious, if it is not Necessary, even if he is [-]% sure, he is unwilling to take risks. As I said before, if his Yangshen magic body uses too much mana, it will be in danger of collapse. It is better to store the mana budget consumed in this boy's body. In terms of body, it would be good if he could win before exhaustion. If there is an emergency, it will not damage his fundamentals." Speaking of this, Zhang Yuhong turned his head and looked not far away and did not move. The corpse of the giant snake shook his head and said: "The most he can lose is the life of his thousand-year-old friend. Although snakes and rats can have a nest for a while, they are just selfish beasts in the end."

Looking at the valley landscape that was almost destroyed by the giant snake's dying struggle, in fact, this is the most insignificant force in this fierce battle.Recalling the thrilling place just now, Zhang Yuhong couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Speaking of it, it is also thanks to Fellow Daoist Xia, that soul-repressing bell and combined attack should have hurt his Yangshen Dharma Body, otherwise he would have used that attack in a fit of rage. Dao Zun's Dharma will not run out of mana so quickly. If the local spiritual master can really cooperate with this snake monster, we really have little chance of winning."

Xiao Xia pondered for a moment, nodded and stopped talking.

"Renren Yuhong" a faint voice came from under a large pile of rubble.Only then did Zhang Yuhong realize that they were not the only ones here. With a wave of his sleeves, a gust of energy pushed away the collapsed rock not far away, revealing the half-dead Yuntong Old Daoist underneath.

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It turned out that the old Taoist Lingshanzi who caused a sensation in Hongjing City turned out to be a monster in human form, and any act of recruiting disciples was nothing more than tricking ignorant people into feeding him.Once the news came out, it immediately caused an uproar.

Hundreds of people died at the mouth of the monster in this incident.What happened in the Central Plains, where humanity is flourishing, especially in Jingbei, which is not far from Longhu Mountain, is simply appalling.Needless to say.This matter will definitely be recorded in this year's Demon Extermination Order.

Of course, what spread at the same time was also the prestige of Zhang Yuhong, the real person who was bestowed by Fu Mo, once again confirmed the reputation of the number one expert in Longhu Mountain, not only exposed the true face of the monster, but also killed the thousand-year-old monster alone .The body of the snake monster like a hill was placed outside Hongjing City, attracting many outsiders to spare no effort to watch it, and some even tried their best to buy a piece of meat from the disciple of the Tianshi Sect who was in charge of guarding it.Taste the taste of this millennium monster.

Looking at the people who lined up to go to the Tianshi Taoist Temple to offer incense, all the faces were devout.Xiao Xia suddenly felt that even if the real identity of the earth spirit master was leaked, it might not cause any trouble.These common people, village men, foolish women, and ordinary men in the rivers and lakes who only make a living are really not interested.They also don't have the ability to understand things that are too complicated and profound. They are used to the simple and clear concept of right and wrong, who is good and who is bad, and everything must be good to be good.What is bad is that everything must be bad.What celestial master actually used human life to raise monsters.The real Fumo, who was bestowed by the emperor with the title of emperor, was rejected in Longhu Mountain. These things were beyond their comprehension.

And Tianshijiao is obviously very familiar with dealing with these matters. For example, without thinking about it at all, the Yuntong people who survived Shekou identified the real culprit of this storm as the snake demon. The real Zhang Yuhong is naturally the god who saves the suffering. Master, he himself helped to see through the monster's scheme.So this turmoil quickly became a great thing to promote the prestige of Tianshijiao.Many of those who came to the Taoist temple to offer incense were relatives who were buried in the belly of snakes. These people were especially excited, kneeling down while crying and shouting thank you to the Taoist priest under the celestial master's sect for killing demons and eliminating demons.Avenged their relatives.The truth is, it doesn't really mean anything to them.

Of course for Xiao Xia.There are many meaningful things in this turmoil.It's just how to slowly discover the meaning in it, but it is quite a troublesome thing. During the two days of rest in Hongjing City, he has been thinking about this matter all the time.

But when he couldn't figure it out after much deliberation, asking people became the only way, so he found Zhang Yuhong.

Zhang Yuhong spent the past two days sitting quietly and adjusting his breath to recover his vitality.Although that battle was only a short period of time, he still went all out. That thousand-year-old snake demon was enough to cause a huge disturbance anywhere, and it would be trivial to crush one or two large sect families. He was able to kill it in just a few breaths. Apart from his extraordinary strength, he had indeed used a skill beyond his limit.

Zhang Yuhong didn't intend to intervene in how Yuntong people publicized this turmoil to the outside world. If you are a channel person, then let him do it.

Although he knew that the sound of walking could never be concealed by a master like Zhang Yuhong, Xiao Xia politely reached out and knocked on the door of the quiet room.This is the place that Yuntong people specially opened up for Zhang Yuhong to live in, and for some reason, Yuntong also strictly ordered any disciples of the Heavenly Master Sect other than himself not to harass Daoist Fumo.Moreover, in the past two days, the people from Yuntong only came to visit politely once.

"Fellow Daoist Xia, please come in." Just as his fingers were about to knock on the door, Zhang Yuhong's voice sounded at the same time as the knocking sound in the quiet room.

Xiaoxia pushed the door open, and saw Zhang Yuhong sitting cross-legged on the futon and reaching out to him, a futon closest to him moved slightly towards him, just in the position where he could sit down after taking two steps superior.All this is just right without the slightest smoke and fire, making him feel as if he has stepped into a small world of his own, and he has become a part of it unconsciously.This kind of feeling is a bit like feeling the aura from the old man Xu Zhengzhou when he was in the Nangong family's house in Yuzhou, but it seems that there are some essential differences when he distinguishes it carefully, but he can't say how different it is. .

"What's the matter, Fellow Daoist Xia?" Zhang Yuhong asked.

Xiao Xia nodded, and sat cross-legged on the futon, and replied: "I just came to ask Daoist Zhang for some questions about Taoism."

"Oh?" Zhang Yuhong smiled slightly. "Fellow Daoist Xia is a disciple of Mt. Mao. He has his own master's lineage. Although everyone is considered to be a member of the same party, but fellow Daoist Xia asks me like this, isn't he afraid of being scolded by the elders of his own sect?"

The Maoshan sect of the Shangqing sect was differentiated from the Tianshi religion.After two or three hundred years, especially with the intentional or unintentional support of the current imperial court, there is already a faint tendency to stand side by side with the ancestral family of Longhushan. In fact, many people in the faction already have grudges in their hearts.Longhu Mountain claims to be the ancestral home of Taoism, and looks at Maoshan from the perspective of a small sect.Many Taoist priests of the Maoshan sect were also extremely dissatisfied with Longhushan's behavior, especially when Xidi went south, Longhushan guarded Jingnan closely, but Maoshan fought bloody with Xidi under the leadership of He Jinzhi.Together with the Pure Land Temple, he captured countless evil spirits and ghosts born after the war. Since then, he has been unwilling to submit to the Heavenly Master Sect.That is to say, He Jinzhi was indifferent, unwilling to accept all kinds of support from the imperial court for Maoshan, and tried his best to restrain the possible conflicts with the Tianshi faction.In these years, the two major sects of the Taoist sect have been able to maintain the harmony on the surface.But there are indeed many people who do not take it seriously.

"My identity as a Shangqing disciple is just entrusted to my acquaintances to hang on the Maoshan sect, and I can't count it. Zhang Zhenren should also be able to see that my three-legged cat's ability is not what an authentic Maoshan disciple should have." Xiao Xia also He freely admitted that with Zhang Yuhong's eyesight, these things cannot be concealed. "Also, my master is just a wild Taoist priest with no background. He didn't teach me anything except drawing symbols, and he doesn't know how to do it himself. My meditation meditation and breathing are all rumors in the rivers and lakes. Some wild ways. He told me that Taoism is the way of the world. The law of the world is the way of the world. The world is the law. I don’t need to have any sectarian views. I can ask people for advice when I can. , ask what you don’t understand, and learn what you can learn.”

Zhang Yuhong's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he nodded in praise and said: "Master's words are wonderful, people with great realms can't have such a vision. If you have a chance, you must ask him for advice."

Xiao Xia could only smile wryly, if it was purely lip service, his master might really be regarded as one of the best in the world.It's a pity that you can't fill your stomach just by pretending to be an expert, otherwise, your master and apprentice wouldn't have to wander around, selling talismans and catching some little demons and ghosts in the countryside for a living.

"That's how it is. No wonder you are extremely proficient in using talismans, but your other basic skills are quite poor. But the soul bell you issued when you were facing the earth spirit master was the real Maoshan direct method. This is not You can learn wild tricks anywhere."

Xiaoxia replied: "It was from a notebook given to me by the head teacher He Jinzhi. He gave it to me as a thank you for helping Miss He Si'er before, and he didn't really accept me as a student of Maoshan. So Boy, I have always heard about the profound state of Taoism, but after seeing the spells performed by the earth spirit master and Zhang Zhenren the day before yesterday, my eyes were wide open. I feel that this Taoism reaches the innate state like a vast ocean. The magic and mystery are really hard to put into words, and I have a lot of puzzles in my heart, so I came to ask Zhenren Zhang for advice. I don’t know what it looks like when this method reaches the innate level?"

Zhang Yuhong pondered for a moment, then smiled and said: "Since Fellow Daoist Xia has such a vision, Fellow Daoist Xia is also a talented, intelligent and kind-hearted person, so it's not easy to be poor, so I will try my best to solve the confusion for Fellow Daoist Xia, thank you Fellow Daoist Xia was righteous that day.'

"Speaking of this innate state, it's not easy to explain it in a few words, and different sects and sects have different opinions." Zhang Yuhong thought for a while and asked: "Fellow Daoist Xia has extensive knowledge. It should be a talisman that has used the innate realm, or it should be the top-grade talisman evaluated by Shenjitang, right? If there are many words, what do you think is the difference between innate magic and acquired magic?"

"The forms of these acquired spells are all fixed. There is a fixed way how to use one's own spiritual power to stimulate the vitality of the world. No matter who uses it, it is the same. It is even exactly the same as those organs of the Shenjitang It seems that as long as the blueprint is fixed, whoever builds it will come out of the same mold. As for the innate talisman?" Xiaoxia thought about it carefully.He is also considered to be very lucky among the talisman priests, and he has extraordinary encounters. He has passed several innate talismans, and he has carefully recalled and felt the extraordinary aspects of those top-grade spells. "I don't know the details, but compared to the rigidity of middle and low-grade talismans, there is a sense of agility and freshness. As long as you infuse spiritual thoughts and arouse them, they will automatically evolve as if they are alive. The power of heaven and earth aroused is far more than The middle and lower grade talismans are more flexible and changeable, and if they are fundamentally incomprehensible, they seem to be alive."

"Fellow Daoist has a unique vision, and his analysis is reasonable." Zhang Yuhong nodded. "Then Daoist Xia, do you know why compared to middle and low-grade talismans, you can see them everywhere, but high-grade talismans are rarely seen?"...

"It should be because it's not easy to make, as for why it's not easy, I don't know," Xiaoxia replied.As far as many low-level spells are concerned, compared to using spells directly, drawing talismans can use things that contain spiritual power as materials, and drawing cloud patterns can also be drawn slowly in separate steps, so it is much easier and less labor-intensive than using spells directly It is precisely because of this that the wild Taoist priests who walk the rivers and lakes are basically all Taoist priests with talismans.But compared to the middle and low-grade talismans that can be seen everywhere, the high-grade talismans are indeed too rare. People rarely make such things.

"Because the day after tomorrow is just a 'skill', or just a 'tool', and the innate is a 'law'. The technique is easy to learn, the tool is easy to make, but the law is rare."

Zhang Yuhong stretched out his hand to pick up a teacup next to it, and there was only a cup of clear water in the teacup.He held the teacup in one hand with a smile, and spread the other hand in front of him. The clear water in the teacup suddenly turned into a cloud of water vapor, and actually turned into clouds within a small square inch and drifted to his open hand. Then it turned into thin and hazy raindrops, and after gathering into a puddle in his palm, it slowly evaporated from the surroundings and rose into water mist, and then turned into raindrops and fell again.There was still half a cup of clear water in the tea cup, and the other half of the water was rising and condensing and falling in his palm, simulating a cycle of heaven and earth, which looked amazing.

The water in the teacup, or that teacup is an acquired state, while the water in his hand, or the movement of that water is an innate state.Xiao Xia probably understood the meaning of Zhang Yuhong's metaphor and nodded.After thinking for a while, he asked again: "What kind of realm has the local spiritual master reached above the innate? His Yangshen magic body, and the spells that you and he cast, Master Ri Zhang, are considered to be above the top grade." How many grades of spells?"

"No product." Zhang Yuhong shook his head with a smile. "How can the heaven and the earth be divided? How can the law of the heaven and the earth be divided?"

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