Lin Li and the other two came back to their senses and looked at each other, all with a hint of astonishment in their eyes, especially Zhao Jianbai. He looked to be in his thirties, but in fact he was already fifty years old. His cultivation was the highest among the three, and his seniority was also one level higher.
But when he faced the young museum owner just now, he subconsciously acted like an elder.
Recalling his calm tone when he called the current Taoist master of Taiping Dao, and his behavior of interrupting the ancient talisman just now, Zhao Jianbai felt more and more that he could not see through the young man, who seemed to be hidden in the mist and could not be seen clearly.
While his thoughts were churning, the three of them had already hurried forward to confirm the secret text on it, and carefully put away the other part of the nine-section staff.
They also notified the local special operations team members to collect the body of the dead Taoist as soon as possible.
Then he took the nine-section staff back. At the place where the battle had taken place before, the original Taiping Daoists had been captured and taken away by the special operations team members who arrived later. At this time, everyone was divided into two parts. The members of Weiming Sect were responsible for the subsequent treatment of the Taiping Daoists, while Lin Li and the other two and Wei Yuan escorted the nine-section staff to the capital.
And Wei Yuan also knew that the fighting spirit just now was the obsession left on the battlefield of Guangzong, not the back-up of Taiping Dao. The fighting spirit obsession was only briefly awakened by the middle-aged Taoist with a talisman, and it naturally subsided after the effective time of the talisman passed.
The strange silence in the car.
Wei Yuan closed his eyes and sat in the back. Lin Li and the other two were subconsciously quiet, with only the sound of the car.
After a long time, Wei Yuan suddenly said: "Fellow Daoist Lin, I wonder who the Taoist with the nine-section staff is? He should not be the Taoist master of this generation of Taiping Dao, right?"
Lin Li was stunned. He didn't expect Wei Yuan to not know the Taoist master of this generation.
But since he didn't know, why was he so sure that the person he knew was more powerful than the Taiping Dao master?
His thoughts froze, and he answered subconsciously:
"No, but he is also a high-level Taiping Dao master."
"The master of this generation got the original of the ancient Taiping technique by chance, and relied on the records above and the opportunity of the speed of spiritual energy recovery to rise. But we didn't expect that he secretly recruited many disciples and changed the Taiping technique into a quick evil method."
"The Taoist master you captured is named He Taiping."
"He is a high-level Taiping Dao master."
"The Taiping Dao master was restrained by several elders, and also restrained the predecessors of our sect. Then He Taiping was responsible for breaking through. There is no concept of ordination in Taiping Dao, so he received the title of one of the thirty-six channel commanders of the ancient Taiping Dao and called himself Baiqi."
"Channel commander? Baiqi..."
Wei Yuan was inexplicably low He said, thinking of the young man in his memory, and said:
"He doesn't deserve this name."
The voice paused, and then said: "Does the Taiping Dao master have the original copy of "Taiping Yaoshu"?
Lin Li replied: "Yes."
"According to legend, it was left by the great virtuous teacher Zhang Jue, because even the original Taiping Yaoshu had many omissions, so he was very eager for the Nine-section Staff, and believed that the inheritance of the great virtuous teacher was divided into two parts, one of which was in Taiping Yaoshu, and the other was in the Nine-section Staff."
"We speculate that the reason why he changed Taiping Yaoshu into a quick method to teach it widely should be to prepare for obtaining the Nine-section Staff, or to try the more advanced magical powers of Taiping Yaoshu."
Wei Yuan nodded and said, "I see."
Thinking of the Taoist who was busy walking in the troubled times.
Thinking of the Taiping Dao who spread evil methods and killed people in the prosperous times.
Silently remember the name of the Taiping Dao Master. If Zhang Jiao was still alive, he would definitely personally eliminate these so-called younger disciples who harmed people one by one. Now Zhang Jiao is gone, and the thirty-six generals who were impersonated have long been buried in history, leaving only the Taoist practice of turning into a yellow turban warrior.
Then the task of cleaning up the door can only be done by him who was once the weakest.
Lin Li and the other two also fell silent. After a while, Lin Li couldn't help his curiosity and asked: "Master Wei, you said you have seen the strongest Taoist in the world who practices Taiping Dao?"
Wei Yuan said: "Yes."
"But he doesn't have any big ambitions. He just hopes to cure diseases and save people, then save some money, open a Taoist temple, and then accept a few apprentices to pass on the Taoist method and medical skills."
Lin Li was surprised, as if he didn't expect that a Taoist with extremely strong cultivation would have such a simple wish.
"Then he must have succeeded."
Wei Yuan was silent for a moment, and replied: "No."
"He failed."
The three Taoists were shocked, and He Yangwen asked curiously: "Where is that senior?"
Where?
Wei Yuan paused for a moment, thinking of the young Taoist with baby fat cheeks and two dimples when he smiled, thinking of the young Taoist who rarely smiled but was still gentle and firm, and thinking of his gentle palm that had been pressed on his head.
Lin Li saw that the young museum owner's eyes were slightly narrowed, deep and lightless.
It was a bit like a sudden realization of a certain reality, and the feeling of being stunned and absent-minded.
It was like the empty feeling after waking up from a big dream.
After a long time, he seemed to wake up from a dream and answered like this:
"He is dead..."
.........
North Zhili was originally an area directly governed by the capital, very close to the capital.
The vehicle escorting the Nine-Section Staff drove onto the highway. Wei Yuan also knew how they were going to restore the Nine-Section Staff. In fact, it was similar to this weapon magic weapon that once belonged to the strongest cultivator of a certain era in Shenzhou. It itself had extremely strong spirituality. Putting the broken parts of the Nine-Section Staff together would naturally restore it.
They would visit a senior who had many collections.
Borrowing his formation and some of his treasures could shorten the recovery process.
Avoid the dissipation of spirituality during this process to the greatest extent.
The capital was where the luck and dragon veins of the entire Shenzhou gathered. When Wei Yuan and others arrived there, Wei Yuan was surprised to find that it was actually a museum. They were considered colleagues. When they entered, several Taoists also came out.
But they were entangled with a faint luck.
Wei Yuan was slightly surprised.
These Taoists seemed to know Lin Li and the other two, and were slightly startled. They reluctantly greeted each other, and then left. The leading Taoist raised his eyes and scanned the crowd, but was slightly surprised by Wei Yuan, who was wearing a black coat with a zither case on his back.
His thoughts paused slightly, and he didn't remember that the Taoist who bestowed the ordination in the Zhengyi and Quanzhen Dao was also such a young man.
He didn't care, but just took note of his face and left.
Wei Yuan sensed the implicit relationship between the two sides, and waited until the group of Taoists left before asking, "Who are those people..."
He Yangwen of the Shenxiao Sect said in a complicated tone, "They are Taoists from the Fulongting lineage."
"Cultivators who rely on the luck of Shenzhou to practice and cling to the dragon scales."
Wei Yuan was surprised, and thinking of the records of the Daozang of Weiming Sect, he naturally asked:
"Violating the Taoist precepts and contacting the dragon vein luck, can they be considered orthodox cultivators?"
This time, it was Lin Li and the other two who were surprised. A hearty laugh came from the museum, saying, "The Taoist precepts prohibit contact with luck? Where did this antique come from? Hahaha, you are talking about precepts from who knows how many years ago. In modern times, how can there be such a saying?"
An old man with a strong spirit walked out of the hall.
Lin Li and the other two greeted him.
Wei Yuan also clasped his fists and bowed slightly.
The old man was the senior they came to visit this time. It is said that the treasures here would be coveted by all the Taoist monks in the whole Shenzhou, but for some reason, no one dared to covet these treasures.
The old man waved his hand, and seeing that Wei Yuan looked young, he couldn't help but teased:
"Are you the Wei Pavilion Master they are talking about?"
"You are so young, why do you still follow the ancient precepts? You look more like an old guy than me."
Wei Yuan nodded and said, "I just saw it in the Taoist Canon."
The old man couldn't help but laugh and said, "Then you must have seen the ancient Taoist Canon of the Han Dynasty. At that time, practicing with the dragon vein luck was really a death wish. Later, more and more people gradually relied on luck to practice. Didn't the Song Dynasty produce the Qingci Prime Minister and the Zhongnan shortcut? "
"Although this Fulong Court has always been disliked by orthodox true practitioners."
"You can use the luck and practice in the same way as the earth god, and your cultivation level will rise rapidly."
"This lineage has really produced several people who are said to have powerful magic power and are not inferior to the heavenly master. I won't say much, the old Taoist priest of Zhengyi has told me the matter. Come on, where is the nine-section staff? Take it out for me to see."
Lin Li took out the treasure as he said.
The old man took the nine-section staff and walked to the back hall, and then asked them to wait. The nine-section staff was not seriously damaged and could be restored naturally in less than a day, but he made it clear that this thing had experienced too many things in the past years and was no longer spiritual. Even if the original nine-section staff was restored to its complete state, it could only be used as a collection, not as a magic weapon.
.........
Wei Yuan stayed in the residence arranged by the special operations team.
He waited silently, still drawing talismans, practicing swordsmanship, and breathing to circulate qi every day.
He briefly suppressed the merits he had gained from conquering Taiping Dao and did not use them.
Three days later.
Lin Li, who changed her Taoist robe into ordinary clothes, looked like a fashionable and beautiful girl, not a true Taoist who had been ordained by Shangqing Sect. She sat lazily on the sofa, holding a computer and watching TV series.
The old man of the Lin family who stayed in the capital was highly educated, knowledgeable, and majestic.
But there was one thing, he spoiled his granddaughter.
So the old man who had been scolded by her master for pulling her ears in the Taoist sect ignored Lin Li's behavior, and sometimes watched some things that young people liked with Lin Li.
Even Lin Li was embarrassed by the old man's attitude of letting you do whatever you like. When the old man brought the fruit plate over, he coughed twice, and then turned off the video silently, pretending to think seriously. Then when the old man sat down, he asked seriously:
"Grandpa, I have a question that I have been thinking about for several days and I can't figure it out."
The old man laughed out loud, and did not expose her pretense and coping with her parents. He just smiled and said:
"What's the question? Tell me about it?"
Lin Li thought for a while and said:
"Grandpa, you have read the Taoist scriptures. Do you know if there is a Taoist monk who is the strongest among the Taiping Dao monks, but his cultivation is the best in his generation, but he only hopes to open a Taoist temple and cure diseases and save people. In the end, he has a cultivation that can reach the sky and penetrate the earth, but he can't even realize such a simple wish and has passed away?"
The old man was surprised. He didn't expect that there was really a problem.
After thinking about it, she could only shake her head and said, "I don't know..."
Lin Li also stuffed the apple that was almost cut into rabbits into his mouth and smiled:
"Right, I thought about it later, how could it be possible..."
But the old man smiled again: "But if you talk about it, there is really one person who fits the bill."
"Who?"
"The great virtuous teacher, Zhang Jue."
Lin Li's movements froze.
Who? ! !
She subconsciously wanted to refute how it was possible, this was too ridiculous.
But suddenly she thought of the museum owner who was in a trance for a long time when he saw the nine-section staff, the yellow turban warrior who took the initiative to protect himself, the ancient talismans that were stopped, the three words "he is dead" that he said as if he woke up from a dream, and the young museum owner who had carried a sword box on his back at that time, smiling with great certainty:
"I just saw the strongest Taoist who practiced Taiping Dao in the world..."
Lin Li suddenly felt speechless to refute.
......
In the quiet room.
Wei Yuan stretched out his hand.
The complete nine-section staff was placed in the box.
His palm slowly grasped the nine-section staff, and the secret text on the staff began to light up, and the past buried in history reappeared before his eyes.