Chapter 139: The Goddess of Wuxia

Qi Xuansu thought that the case of Baidi City was another merit that came to him, but it ended up being left unresolved and was finally closed with a sudden death from a stroke.

When the merchants saw the fourth lady of the Governor's Mansion and a general officer personally coming forward, they knew that there was a lot of water in this matter. Even the two Taoist priests of Tiangang Hall almost fell, so they naturally did not dare to say a word more.

There were too many big figures in Yujing City, and no one could cover the sky with one hand. Under mutual restraint, the environment of Yujing was still quite clear, but the situation of the local Daofu was very complicated. Various forces were intertwined, including the court officials, gentry and powerful people, and secret societies. You have me and I have you. Except for the real local snakes, it is difficult for outsiders to distinguish the true position of each person.

Take the case of Baidi City for example. Wang Ruyi certainly could not order a dignified general officer. There is no doubt that only the Governor of Shuzhou, Wang Chuanzun, could order Zhao Fuan, the general officer of Shu. Although nominally, the general soldiers of Shuzhong must obey the dispatch of the military commander of Shuzhou, and the governor of Shuzhou controls the military commander of Shuzhou, so it is not easy to directly transfer them across levels, but Wang Chuanzun was the military commander of Shuzhou before he was promoted to the governor of Shuzhou, and Zhao Fuan was Wang Chuanzun's old subordinate. And this is a private matter, not a public matter.

In other words, Wang Chuanzun is inseparable from the monsters in Baidi City.

But it is absolutely impossible to say that the governor of Shuzhou, one of the nine governors, is a member of the secret society. The governor is not a high-ranking official, but not far away. Such a big man will not and disdains to join the secret society. At most, they have some kind of cooperative relationship with some secret societies, or even secretly support the secret society. As Zhang Yuelu said, the reason why the secret society cannot be completely eliminated is because there are Taoist masters standing behind them. These people behind the scenes can be Taoist immortals or high-ranking officials of the court.

Thinking of this, Qi Xuansu understood why Zhang Yuelu always said that arresting demons was only a temporary solution rather than a fundamental solution. If the root cannot be eradicated, the secret society will be like a wildfire that cannot be completely burned out, and the spring breeze will blow it back.

This so-called "root" is the head of the ancient immortal and the secret society, and the other is a person like Wang Chuanzun.

Now, with the power of the two of them, they want to thoroughly investigate the affairs of Baidi City, which is a fool's dream. Wang Chuanzun has not yet appeared, and his lackeys have made the two of them embarrassed, and the attitude of the Shuzhou Daofu is very ambiguous.

This is different from the Jiangnan case. Although Zhang Yuelu is the number one contributor to the Jiangnan case, the premise is that the Shibo Hall, Beichen Hall, and Duzhi Hall have decided to thoroughly investigate the deficit of the Jiangnan Daofu, which led to Zhang Yuelu and others going to Jiangnan.

Needless to say, the dangers of the trip to Jiangnan are still a little "aftertaste" today. The key is that it involves another important person, that is, Zhang Yuelu's master Cihang Zhenren. Cihang Zhenren was once the previous lord of Jiangnan Daofu. He has been operating in Jiangnan Daofu for many years and can be said to have deep roots. Later, he was successively promoted to the head of Huasheng Hall and Duzhi Hall. Although he left Jiangnan Daofu, he still has many old subordinates. Without her help, Zhang Yuelu is also in danger.

Now the two have neither the will of the ancestral temple nor the assistance of a certain Canzhi Zhenren, so they are naturally helpless.

After the two discussed, they did not stay in Baidi City for a long time and decided to leave by boat and continue to Huzhou.

I left Baidi in the colorful clouds in the morning and returned to Jiangling in one day.

Although it is not so exaggerated, it is indeed very fast to go by water, second only to taking a flying boat.

Before leaving, Qi Xuansu wanted to thank the Taoist Ji who met by chance in person, but this person was like a dragon that disappeared from head to tail and never showed up again, so Qi Xuansu could only give up helplessly.

Tang Yongde came to see them off. In addition to apologizing repeatedly, he not only gave them one thousand Taiping money, but also took the initiative to arrange for the two of them to take the big ship of Shibo Hall.

Zhang Yuelu did not vent her anger on Tang Yongde. She declined the one thousand Taiping money and boarded the big ship of Shibo Hall with Qi Xuansu and sailed south.

Shibo Hall has both cargo ships and passenger ships. Since Tang Yongde wanted to make up for it, of course he would not let the two take the cargo ship, but the first-class passenger ship.

The passenger ship was in charge of a deacon of Shibo Hall, a middle-aged female crown. Although she was only an average-looking person, her temperament was elegant and calm, and she was probably at the Kunlun stage of cultivation. This is also one of the characteristics of Shibo Hall. Unlike Tiangang Hall, it does not overly focus on cultivation. After all, Shibo Hall does business with people. No matter how high your cultivation is, if you don’t understand the way of business, it’s useless.

The Tiangang Hall is just the opposite. If you want to fight with the monsters, you can only die if you don't have enough cultivation. Therefore, it is difficult for people with only Kunlun stage cultivation to become deacons in the Tiangang Hall, except for special cases like Qi Xuansu. This can be regarded as specialization.

The two were arranged in the first-class cabin, which is a suite with a room on each side and a small living room in the middle. It is located on the third floor and can enjoy the surrounding scenery from a high position.

At this time, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu sat in the living room and looked out the window.

The two went down the river, leaving Shuzhou and entering Huzhou, and the junction of Shuzhou and Huzhou is the famous "Wu Gorge, the longest of the Three Gorges of Badong". Wu Gorge starts from the Daning River in the east of Wushan County and ends at Guandukou in Badong County. It is 90 miles long and is known as the Great Gorge.

Wu Gorge is beautiful and deep, and is famous for its beauty. The gorge is long and deep, with strange peaks, overlapping mountains, clouds and fog, and the river is tortuous, turning thousands of times. As the boat sails through the gorge, there are endless green mountains on both sides of the river, and the peaks are like screens. When the boat is in the gorge, sometimes there are huge mountains in front of you, and the rocks block the way, making it seem like there is no way out; suddenly, the boat turns around and the clouds open to reveal a different world.

As the saying goes, "Let the boat go down Wu Gorge, and your heart is on the Twelve Peaks." The Twelve Peaks of Wushan Mountain, which are lined up on both sides of Wu Gorge, are extremely spectacular, and the Goddess Peak is the most steep and beautiful among the twelve peaks.

Zhang Yuelu pointed to the Goddess Peak that was visible from afar and asked, "Tianyuan, do you know who the 'Goddess' is?"

Qi Xuansu thought for a while and shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Zhang Yuelu prompted, "Think about it again, why are the Twelve Peaks called 'Wushan', and why is this place called 'Wu Gorge'?"

Qi Xuansu was startled and hesitated, "It can't be related to Lingshan Wu Cult."

Zhang Yuelu said, "It is indeed related to Wu Cult, but it is not the Lingshan Wu Cult that emerged later, but the orthodox ancient Wu Cult. Seriously speaking, the three religions have never When it rose, Wujiao was the orthodoxy of the world, and the eleven great witches were honored as goddesses. Later, Wujiao declined due to internal strife, and the three religions rose. Xuandu and Zifu were the places where Taishang Daozu preached. Zu Tianshi worshipped the Daoism taught by Taishang Daozu and established Zhengyi Dao Tianshi Sect. He followed the order of Taishang Daozu and followed the general trend to destroy Wujiao. At that time, Wujiao had greatly declined, and the remaining forces gathered in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. Among them, Wuxia came from the name of Wuyang, and Goddess Peak also referred to Wuyang. "

Qi Xuansu suddenly remembered the dream.

On the dark mountain, ten tall figures were shrouded in a layer of shadow that was too thick to dissolve. They stood in line behind the fire, and only a vague outline could be seen, with only two blood-red lights shining at the position of their eyes.

Then a unique figure appeared out of thin air. Compared with the ten tall figures that looked like giants, this figure was very slender. He kicked over the fire with one foot and laughed with his hands on his hips.

There were eleven figures in total.

Now Qi Xuansu can be roughly sure that the eleven figures he saw are the eleven great witches of the ancient witch cult, and the last slender figure is Wu Yang. Her kicking over the fire probably means that the six enlightened witches have rebelled against the ten witches of Lingshan.

As for the dark mountain, it is naturally the legendary Lingshan.

Wuxia is actually related to Wu Yang. In the words of Taoism, is this the Taoist temple of Wu Yang in the past?

Qi Xuansu asked: "What is the relationship between Wu Yang... and the ancient immortal Wu Luo?"

Zhang Yuelu is a member of the Zhang family after all, and the witch cult was destroyed by the ancestors of the Zhang family. In addition, she has dealt with the Lingshan witch cult for many years, so she knows the secrets of the witch cult very well. She explained: "Strictly speaking, they are colleagues. In the legend, the ten witches of Lingshan and Wu Yang are all subjects of the Emperor of Heaven."

Qi Xuansu asked again: "Then what is the relationship between the Supreme Taoist Ancestor and the Emperor of Heaven?"

Zhang Yuelu thought about it and replied: "Probably similar It is similar to the relationship between the Grand Master and His Majesty the Emperor."

"This analogy is very simple and clear." Qi Xuansu understood, "The Patriarch is like a Taoist immortal, and the Ten Witches are the frontier officials left by the Emperor of Heaven in the world, and then the Taoist immortals killed the frontier officials..."

"Be careful!" Zhang Yuelu glared at Qi Xuansu, "It was the Ten Witches who killed each other first, causing unrest in the world, and the Patriarch quelled the rebellion later, and it was just a matter of course to destroy the witch cult and raise the Taoist sect."

Qi Xuansu also felt that it was a bit outrageous and did not dare to say anything more.

Zhang Yuelu said: "The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Western Classic of the Sea states: In the east of Kaiming there are Wu Peng, Wu Di, Wu Yang, Wu Lu, Wu Fan, and Wu Xiang. Wu Peng among the ten witches is Wu Peng among the six witches. Wu Di among the ten witches is Wu Di among the six witches. Wu Li is Wu Lu, which means Li. Wu Pan is Wu Fan, and 'Pan' and 'Fan' sound similar. Wu Xie is Wu Xiang, and 'Xie' and 'Xiang' sound reversed. Only Wu Yang is not among the ten witches of Lingshan, but only among the six witches of Kaiming."

"According to ancient legends, Wu Yang once obeyed the order of the Emperor of Heaven to summon the soul of the King of Chu. Most of the soul-summoning methods circulated in our Taoist sect today come from this great witch."

"竫窳 was the son of the ancient god Zhulong, who was killed by his own subordinates. The Emperor of Heaven could not bear the pain of Zhulong losing his son, so he ordered His body was sent to Lingshan Mountain, and the Ten Witches were asked to rescue him. The Ten Witches of Lingshan Mountain used the elixir of immortality to awaken Wuyang, but his temperament changed drastically, and he became a monster with a dragon head and a cat body, eating people everywhere, and was eventually shot and killed by the Emperor of Heaven. "

"It can be seen that the Ten Witches of Lingshan Mountain and Wuyang are both subordinates of the Emperor of Heaven."

"My master once said that Xuansheng and Emperor Gaozu also received the favor of this great witch, so the reputation of this great witch is completely different from Wu Luo, and the names of Wuxia and Shennv Peak have been preserved. It is said that there are statues and temples of Wuyang on Shennv Peak, which are not lewd temples."

Qi Xuansu felt a little regretful. If he was alone, he would really like to go to Shennv Peak for a walk, maybe there would be some gains and discoveries.