It is imperative to fight for victory.

The day after the burial of Taoist Master Jiuhe, the large incense burner had been removed from the square in front of the Zhenwu Temple, and thousands of logs were brought in by disciples of each sect to build a three-foot-high platform.

The disciples of Taigong Huangtou have always been good at observing people's feng shui, building houses, and coordinating the construction. They have a wedge-and-mao structure and a stable wooden platform. After the foundation is solid, a layer of wooden boards about an inch thick is laid on top of the logs to make the platform smooth.

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The wooden platform is square, with a side length of about fifteen meters.

There are more than 300 warlocks from various provinces who gathered here at the Zhenwu Temple, and there are sixty-seven sects. However, the small sects either stay out of the matter or have their own supporters. Only sixteen sects are actually participating in the fight.

After all, this is a battle of skills, not a big melee, so each family has one person, which is just the right number.

After the two-by-two duel, the eight winners will compete again, eight will advance to four, four will advance to two, and finally it will be a battle to decide the leader of the fifteen factions.

After the sixteen families drew lots and decided on their opponents for the first round, Qiu Shi stood up, swung the whisk, and said loudly: "Today's fight is just a competition between fellow practitioners. In order to select the new holder of the Yulu Master's Talisman Order, try your best."

Until then."

"Although the spell is dangerous and some damage is inevitable, you must not kill them all, and you must not use underhanded tactics. Those who fall from the high platform will be defeated. All comrades will witness it together!"

These words spread far away, passing through hundreds of people around the arena, and reached the open forest.

These sorcerer sects are very famous in their various places, and the success or failure of their battles will have far-reaching consequences. If the news spreads, not to mention the wealthy businessmen who have good relations with them, even the government will take it very seriously.

When the time comes, I am afraid that people will gather like ants from the mountains and down the mountains, all coming to witness the grand spectacle of fighting.

However, the Ghost Festival Dharma Conference is coming soon, and there is still some time to prepare for the Dharma Assembly. These people have made the matter of fighting very urgent. They mentioned it yesterday and started fighting today. The news did not have time to spread.

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Only the prefect of Chengyin received the letter from the Zhenwu Temple and sent people to work hard all night to come over and bear witness. They all ordered that the chief sent by the envoy also stayed.

The first battle was between Master Gaodian of Hung Wang Temple in Qinghua Prefecture and Master Tong Shui of Fushan Temple in Jiaozhou Prefecture.

It is recorded in Jiaozhi mythology that it is said that the third grandson of Shennong was Emperor Ming. When Emperor Ming visited the south, he met a Wu fairy in Wuling and gave birth to a son. He named her Luxu and was granted the title of King of Jingyang.

King Jingyang gave birth to a son, King Raccoon Dragon. Lord King Raccoon Dragon married Concubine, and gave birth to a hundred boys, who became the ancestor of Baiyue. The eldest son of the hundred boys lived with Concubine in the mountains, and became the male king.

The Hung King Temple is full of incense. Master Gao Dian's magic has a long history and is unique. He carries a wooden stick wrapped in linen. After he goes on stage, he does not move the stick.

Master Tong Shui learned the method of transporting the five little ghosts, and he followed the upright path. After collecting the little ghosts, he washed away his grievances and fed the incense. Compared with those evil sects, there was no need to worry about backlash. Although it took longer, it was still

It can be used during the day and is not afraid of sunlight.

He made a hand gesture with his left hand and recited a mantra, and grabbed Master Gaodian's feet from the air with his right hand.

This grasping force comes from across the air and has a full force of two to three hundred kilograms. It can easily pick up and drop a large living person. And because it is not a solid body, no matter how hard it is to block and struggle, it cannot get rid of it.

The linen cloth on Master Gaodian's wooden staff was automatically thrown forward without any wind, and the invisible force in the air immediately swept from the hem of his trousers and chased the wooden staff away.

Master Tong Shui was horrified to feel the power of his five ghosts, accompanied by the wooden staff, rushing over and hitting him.

Bang bang bang bang!

When the wooden stick touched his chest, Master Tong Shui's clothes had several small palm-shaped dents, and he flew four or five steps backwards and fell down the stage.

The disciples of Shanshen Temple quickly went to help him up.

The wooden staff had already flown back to Master Gaodian's hand, and he waved it twice to drive away those little devils who still wanted to come and entangle him.

Under the stage, among the seats of the Zhenwu Temple, Qiu Di looked unhappy and said to Guan Luoyang: "Both these two mages have been famous for a long time, and their magic power is probably about the same, but the staff held by the Master Gaodian is

, it should be a treasure that has accumulated hundreds of years of incense, and has deep restraint on any magic power such as exorcism of ghosts and insects."

"This is using one's background to pressure people. The incense of Hung King Temple cannot be compared to that of Mountain Temple. However, if you encounter the likes of the Yangsha Fire Talisman, his treasures will not have such an obvious restraining effect.

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As the saying goes, insiders watch the door, but laymen watch the excitement.

But in today's fight, there was no room for them to set up an altar to worship ghosts and gods, and there was no unlucky third person to act as a medium for the two sides to compete for spells, so there wasn't much to be done.

A real confrontation between mana and Taoism would result in defeat within a split second. A layman would not even be able to watch the excitement.

After Master Gaodian and the others, they had four more fights, all of which were decided within one or two rounds.

Taoist priest Zhiyuan and Granny Yuan also appeared on stage.

Granny Yuan won, but Master Zhiyuan met Master Yanglian, who had nineteen kinds of incense sticks, incense pills, and incense methods that could command ghosts and gods. When he encountered Master Yanglian, he was hit with a flaming aura, and everyone was stunned.

Being dispelled, you will feel inferior in one turn.

While listening to Qiu Di's explanation, Guan Luoyang used his eyesight and ears to estimate the level of damage these mages could cause.

In the sixth competition, Monk Xuluo, who plays the role of the Pharmacy School of the Prefecture, came on stage.

According to the result of the lot, his opponent was someone from the Zhenwu Temple.

Everyone looked at Qiu Shi.

Behind Qiu Shi, Guan Luoyang stood up.

When Wei Dinggong saw him coming on stage, his eyes changed slightly and said, "Wait a minute, this man has short hair and is not wearing a Taoist robe. He doesn't seem to be from Zhenwu Temple, right?"

Faced with everyone's doubts, Qiu Shi said calmly: "This is my Junior Uncle Jiuhe's disciple, Junior Brother Qiu Hong. He is a righteous man by nature. He travels around Jiaozhi all year round killing ghosts and killing monsters. He doesn't want to leave his name. So he doesn't do it often.

Even though he wears Taoist robes, few people know his identity. Not long ago, when he killed the evil thief Miao Song, his long hair was cut off, which is why he looks like this now."

"Miao Song was killed by him?!"

"Did he kill Miao Song?"

As soon as these words came out, among the more than 300 people, many sects became a little restless.

Wei Dinggong refused to give up: "Then a few days ago, why didn't you see him wearing sackcloth and wearing filial piety in front of the palace?"

"He was so sad that he passed out in the backyard for several days."

Qiu Shi turned around and gave a few instructions, and a Taoist priest went to get a thick booklet, "Seniors, if you still have questions, you can read the list of disciples of my Zhenwu Temple."

On the stage, Guan Luoyang looked back with clear eyes.

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Last night, in the Zhenwu Temple.

Guan Luoyang took the initiative to find Qiu Shi and got straight to the point.

"I heard from Qiu Di that you want people from the Zhenwu Temple not to participate in this fight?"

Qiu Shi was grinding the inkstone in the room and nodded slightly: "If you fight, you will lose, and there is no point in leaving. After all, they all feel that it is time to change the situation that has not changed for forty years. This is the general trend.

, even if the master comes back now, they will definitely have to fight before they are willing to give up. The Zhenwu Temple is so weak now, and if it wants to go against the trend, it will definitely harm itself."

Guan Luoyang brought his canine teeth together, rubbed them gently, and said, "Then if I want to borrow the name of the Zhenwu Temple, will you be willing?"

Qiu Shi raised his head in surprise, his eyes were complicated, dark, and turbulent for a moment, but he finally showed a trusting and peaceful look, and said: "Brother Guan has a life-saving grace for us, but if you ask for something, it is not against morality, how dare you disobey! It's just that!

, If Brother Guan wants to help us out of righteous indignation, I don’t want Brother Guan to wade into this muddy water."

"I don't just want to help you, I mean it literally. I want to use the name of your Zhenwu Temple to get into this situation."

Guan Luoyang said categorically, "I want Master Yulu Fu Ling to stay at Zhenwu Temple because I have my own ideas. If I can do it, it will be a win-win situation, but I need a name to intervene and let

They shut up. Do you want to, or not?"

Since coming to this world, everything Guan Luoyang has experienced so far has actually been passive.

Although sometimes standing on the edge of things makes it less likely to be specifically targeted and makes it easier to see the situation clearly, this is not in line with Guan Luoyang's own temper and habits.

The friend I just made is dead, and things have come to a head. If I can't step into the center, then what's the point of my coming here?

Moreover, he is still carrying those tasks on his back. Only by taking more initiative will it be more conducive for him to complete the tasks.

Qiushi was silent for a while, then raised the stone strip in his hand.

What is stuck to the end of the stone bar is not jet-black ink, but high-quality cinnabar ink, and the inside of the inkstone is as red as blood.

"Okay, if Brother Guan is willing, let's give it a try."

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Under the high platform, Qiu Shi took the list of disciples of the Zhenwu Temple, opened it to Qiu Zi generation, and showed it to the seniors.

The common name is Guan Luoyang, and the Taoist name is Qiu Hong.

For decent sects from well-known families, it is also a common practice for an outsider to lead an art master and find a deceased elder in the family to be his nominal master, so as to take advantage of each other's influence.

At that time, Yu Dayou, the general of the Ming Dynasty, heard that monks had joined the army to fight against the Japanese and had achieved remarkable results. On a whim, he went to Southern Shaolin to appreciate the essence of the martial arts of Thirty-six Rooms. As a result, a long stick was driven in, and the monks restrained their hands. No one could defeat him.

His skills on the battlefield.

Later, the abbot Zen Master of Southern Shaolin came forward to practice Zen and discuss Taoism with him. Eight hundred warrior monks took the lead and selected three thousand warriors from around Southern Shaolin to follow Yu Dayou to the coast to fight against the Japanese.

In name, Yu Dayou became the junior disciple of that Zen master, and he lived in Southern Shaolin in name only.

Having learned from previous sages, Qiu Shi was very calm in doing this kind of thing.

No one else could say anything else.

The ringing of the Sanqing bell heralds the start of the battle on the stage.

As soon as the bell rang, the entire surface of the wooden platform shook. Guan Luoyang suddenly appeared in front of Monk Xuluo and struck down with his palm.
To be continued...