Luojing, not far from the east side of the palace, there is a Taoist temple with luxury in the simplicity and elegance.

This is exactly where the main altar of the Conversion Religion is located. Because the Xu family came from this, after the founding of the country, it was built near the palace to show respect for the Conversion Religion.

But now a Taoist temple in Nuoda has long been empty, clothes, tables and chairs, incense burners, ritual utensils and other scattered on the ground, whether the courtyard door and the door are good or bad, whether they are standing upright, they are all wide open, as if they have experienced a war and chaos, and the night is very deep, it seems quite desolate, deserted, and messy.

When Xu Chenggao, the son of heaven, looked at the scene in front of him, the bitter smile on his face became heavier, and he said to the queen and the little eunuch who came with him: "I thought that only those ministers were soft bones, and which side was strong to which side of the wall grass, I didn't expect that the view of returning to the truth was also scattered, and it was difficult to see loyal people." ”

"The wind knows the strength of the grass, the board knows the loyal ministers, the emperor does not have to worry so much, there will be faithfulness within ten households of my Da'an Dynasty. The little eunuch still had tears on his face.

There were no guards all the way, and when he walked from the palace compound to the Guizhen Temple, he saw the other palace maids and eunuchs who were scattered birds and beasts, and he actually slowly calmed down.

Xu Chenggao laughed: "You are familiar with poetry and books, well, you can always accompany me and the queen here, and you can be regarded as a loyal person, by the way, what is your name?" While speaking, he and the queen supported each other and continued to go to the ancestral hall.

"The slave's name is Wei Jing. The little eunuch hugged Xu Chenggao's other side and replied in a low voice.

The three of them passed through the hall and courtyard, and soon came to the Patriarch's Palace, when they saw the Patriarch's Hall shining with lights. When there was silence and solemnity, they all couldn't help but hold their breath, let go of their supporting hands, and walked cautiously towards the hall.

Although the footsteps were small, they caused a burst of echoes in the quiet ancestral hall, so when Xu Chenggao, Empress Ruan, and the little eunuch Wei Jing had just entered the hall a few steps. I felt three eyes looking at me and the others, with a little surprise.

It turned out that there were three yellow-clothed monks, two men and one woman, who were quietly and reverently kneeling in front of the statue of the patriarch and confessing, until Xu Chenggao and others came in and broke the tranquility, which made them wake up.

"Poor Zhou Wei, meet the emperor. Among them, the yellow-clothed monk in his thirties had seen Xu Chenggao when he visited the Patriarch's Hall every year. So I got up and made a joke.

"Poor road and snow, meet the emperor. "Poor Xu Hongda, meet the emperor. The other two monks in their twenties naturally also stood up and saluted with Zhou Wei.

Xu Chenggao was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that there were still disciples left in the Patriarch Palace: "Several Taoist masters are exempted." You, why don't you go with the others?"

Zhou Wei smiled faintly: "The poor Dao will not abandon the sect, and it will be included in the door wall and teach the true law." From now on, you can get a glimpse of the supreme immortal road. Great kindness and great virtue are really difficult to repay, and they can only choose to live and die with the sect. However, Senior Sister Wan and Senior Brother Xu, Poor Dao has been persuading them to leave, cherish this body, and leave some incense for the inheritance of the sect, but they don't listen at all. ”

Wan Xue and Xu Hongda said in unison: "How can I be the one who flies separately when disaster comes." The two had such a tacit understanding that they couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly.

After a pause, Xu Hongda said: "Although Poor Dao is a distant relative of the royal family, his family members all died early. It was the sect that raised me and raised me, how can I escape at this time. ”

Wan Xue nodded: "Poor Dao also grew up in the sect since he was a child, the world is big, only here is the prescription to feel at ease, besides, there are also some senior brothers who can leave in pain, keep the incense, and there is no shortage of me." ”

After Xu Chenggao heard about it. Laughed three times: "Okay, good, good, the Guizhen Sect has loyal disciples like you, and there is hope for revival in the future." "I can be at the end of the road. Seeing such an inseparable person made Xu Chenggao's eyes moist a little. I was very excited.

"I don't know what happened to the emperor?" Zhou Wei asked Xu Chenggao's intention.

Xu Chenggao thought of himself and smiled sadly: "Those ministers and generals are waiting for the Tianming Dongyuan Sect army to surrender as soon as it comes, so I have to come to the Patriarch's Hall to see if I can get the Patriarch's manifestation and tide over this difficulty." ”

Don't ask the common people to ask the ghosts and gods, somehow, Xu Hongda appeared in his heart, but in a blink of an eye, he was relieved, this crisis is not the suffering of the people in the world, but the ghosts and gods, praying to the ancestor is understandable, but the Returning to the True Sect has been established for more than 300 years, only two hundred and sixty or seventy years ago, the stone ancestor appeared in Luojing once, and there was no news after that, and there was almost no possibility of manifestation. ...,

Zhou Wei, Wan Xue, and Xu Hongda are no higher than Xu Cheng and only have reached the forging body, and have begun to cultivate the ideas on the "Returning to the True Sutra", and they are also familiar with various Taoist classics, knowing that the so-called ascension is only an advanced qi induction, and there are many realms on it, so that they can realize the Tao of immortality, achieve the Yuan Shen, and become a truly free and easy immortal.

And even if there are patriarchs who are still alive, they are cultivating the authentic Dao sect, not Shinto exercises, and they can't sense other people's prayers, how can they just appear so coincidentally.

However, at this time, they didn't want to discourage Xu Chenggao's last hope, so they got out of the way and motioned to Xu Chenggao to kneel in front of the statue of the patriarch and beg: "Your Majesty, please." ”

Xu Cheng straightened his clothes, walked solemnly to the statue of the patriarch, only to see three lifelike statues standing on the platform, in the middle is an old man with white hair and white eyebrows, fairy wind and bones, dressed in a black robe, palm support dust, on the left is a young man in his twenties, green robe and high crown, his face is ordinary but chic out of the dust, stepping on the blue thunder, and on the right is a delicate and full of solemn and holy girl, dressed in red, with a gentle smile.

Lighting the nine pillars of incense, Xu Cheng bowed nine times, inserted the incense into the furnace, and then knelt in front of the statue of the patriarch, while kowtowing, while praying: "Xu Chengye Xu Patriarch, Shi Xuan Shi Patriarch, Xu Jinyi Xu Patriarch is above, the descendants of Xu Cheng are above this sincere prayer, the existing evil demon outer way is wrapped in blind faith, conquering the city, the country is decadent, crumbling, if the evil demon outer way succeeds, then the Da'an Dynasty will not be restored, the true religion is difficult to survive, the Taoist system is broken, please the ancestor manifests, save my Da'an Dynasty and the True Religion in fire and water." ”

Xu Chenggao knew that the survival of the dynasty was an ordinary thing in the eyes of immortals like the ancestors, and he would not go down to earth in response to this, only the Guizhen Sect involved in the inheritance of the ancestors' Taoism, so that the ancestors would manifest their spirits, so he focused on the evil demons and the Taoist system.

A gentle breeze blew, causing the smoke in the censer and the burning incense candles to shake for a moment, but unfortunately nothing unusual happened after that.

Although Xu Chenggao fantasized about the miracle of responding to the arrival as soon as he prayed to the patriarch, he also understood in his heart that this possibility was very small, so after being a little disappointed, he continued to kowtow vigorously, and at the same time read on his lips: "Please come down to the patriarch and save me from the Da'an Dynasty and the Returning to Truth Sect in fire and water." ”

He understood that it was Shi Xuan Shi Patriarch who was most likely to come, after all, he had appeared once, but at this time, the possibility of the other two apparitions could not be completely left behind, so the title did not specifically refer to which patriarch.

Knock knock, Xu Chenggao's head hit the futon, and it was already red and swollen after a while, but Xu Chenggao didn't care, and continued to kowtow and said: "Please come down and save me from the Da'an Dynasty and the True Sect." ”

The statue of the patriarch remained unresponsive.

Xu Chenggao's forehead was broken, the blood flowed, dyeing the futon scarlet, he gritted his teeth, and did not stop kowtowing and praying: "Please Patriarch Shi come down and save me from the Da'an Dynasty and the Guizhen Sect from fire and water." There was only one thought in his heart, even if he died here, he would not give up, and the title in his mouth gradually became Patriarch Shi.

Seeing this bloody and miserable scene, the queen Ruan and the little eunuch Wei Jing held back their tears, covered their mouths, knelt down, and kowtowed together behind Xu Chenggao, but what they were in front of was not a futon, but a green brick.

"Please come down to Patriarch Shi and save me from the Da'an Dynasty and the True Sect in fire and water. The voices of the two people gradually overlapped with Xu Chenggao's voice.

Infected by this pious scene, Zhou Wei, Wan Xue, and Xu Hongda glanced at each other, walked to the side of the Empress Yuan, also knelt down, kowtowed and prayed: "Please come down to Patriarch Shi and save me from fire and water in the Da'an Dynasty and the True Religion." ”

In the dead of night, this voice echoed in the ancestral hall, as if the water was rolling and endless.

............

On the second floor of the Tianya Haijiao Building, Shi Xuan was sitting cross-legged, and the blood-red thin lines on his body were looming, going deep into his body and surfacing out of his skin.

After more than thirty years of slow blood fusion, now is the critical moment for Shi Xuan's two physical bodies to merge into one.

Shi Xuan silently used the secret method, and his body exuded a fresh and pure, clear light with vitality. As the red line rose and fell, Shi Xuan's face seemed to change between two and one.

When the red line penetrates deep into the flesh, Shi Xuan's face and body are all the same, and when the red thread reveals the skin, another face appears on Shi Xuan's face, and the flesh body also becomes four arms.

Suddenly, countless Qingguang rune characters appeared on Shi Xuan's body, and one fell on each red line, and then the Qingguang was great, and Shi Xuan seemed to be wrapped in a dense Qingguang silkworm cocoon.

A moment later, a purple light burst out of the cocoon, then dimmed and faded away.

The purple light fell to the ground, revealing Shi Xuan's figure, Shi Xuan's expression was relaxed and happy to check himself, now this physical body is full of strength, a few points stronger than the cultivation ** refining master, even if the first-order Dao technique hits the body, it is difficult to hurt the physical body in the slightest.

The problems in the flesh, before Shi Xuan survived the catastrophe, there was no need to worry about it, so Shi Xuan leisurely walked back to the futon, sat down and closed his eyes to recuperate, but at this time, Shi Xuan felt that someone was calling for him in the dark.

"This feeling, should someone prayed sincerely in front of my statue with his real name?" Shi Xuan said secretly in his heart.

Normally, only the Golden Immortal Dao Ancestor could think of his name in his mind, and he could sense it, and the average Shinto monk could at most feel the prayers of his own devout people.

After all, he is not a Shinto monk, and only a long-term, non-stop, very pious, and dependent prayer can arouse such a faint sense of heart.

And Shi Xuan now indirectly possesses this kind of heart-and-blood induction through innate gossip and Taiji diagrams. (To be continued.) )