When they mentioned Li Wudi, Deng Yu and Deng Jiao immediately stopped. They looked at Zhang Liufang with curiosity and surprise: "Senior Sister Liufang, is Li Yundong also coming to participate in today's ceremony?"
Zhang Liufang also stopped and looked at Deng Yu and Deng Jiao strangely: "Don't you know? Li Yundong has a very good relationship with Master Ziyuan. There is no reason for him not to come!"
Deng Yu and Deng Jiao looked at each other, and Deng Yu said: "I don't know, we didn't see Li Yundong. "
A look of disappointment flashed across Zhang Liufang's face: "Ah? Li Wudi didn't even come? It's so boring! There's nothing interesting about it!"
Deng Yu blinked his eyes and advised: "Senior Sister Liufang, maybe he will come when we go again?"
Zhang Liufang's face was filled with joy: "Yes, you are right! Let's go quickly!"
The three of them chattered and ran fast, and before long they arrived at a Taoist temple on a side peak of Longhu Mountain.
The scale of this Taoist temple does not look grand. The outer wall is only more than one meter high. It has white walls and black tiles. Four huge silk color pictures are hung on the wall. The pictures are painted with green dragon, red bird, white tiger and Xuanwu.
Waiting for the four great mythical beasts, there are four golden statues in military uniforms placed on the left and right at the entrance of the gym. They are majestic and lifelike, as if they have descended from heaven.
After Zhang Liufang, Deng Yu and Deng Jiao arrived here, they stopped talking and followed Zhang Kongyun obediently, just looking around curiously.
In order to welcome this Linggong Sect's succession ceremony, the Zhengyi Sect closed the mountain early. They even chose a relatively remote Taoist temple on a side peak for fear that some stray tourists might disturb the ceremony.
Fortunately, Longhu Mountain is a Taoist holy land and there are Taoist temples everywhere. Although the arrangement of Zhengyi Sect was sudden, it did not affect the progress of the ceremony.
After Zhang Liufang and others entered the gate of the Taoist temple, their eyes suddenly opened up. There was a huge flat field in the Taoist temple.
The site is paved with square green bricks. On the east side of the site is a rather majestic Taoist temple. Inside the pavilion, Yuanshi Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun and Daode Tianzun are enshrined. Outside the hall, Zhang Tianshi's statue is enshrined.
In front of the statue of the God is a huge bronze tripod, inside which is inserted a pillar of incense. The incense stick is as thick as an ordinary person's forearm. This stick of incense is lit in the field, and the green smoke curls up, but it magically gathers and never disperses.
Rush to the sky.
After Zhang Liufang followed Zhang Kongyun to the field, she looked around curiously. Deng Yu and Deng Jiao saw that Zhang Ling, Zou Ping and others were busy socializing with people from other sects and had no chance to talk to them for a while, so they stayed in Zhang
Liu Fang came forward and curiously asked everything around him in a low voice: "Senior Sister Liu Fang, are there so many practitioners in our country? I really didn't know before!"
Zhang Liufang said with a smile: "Of course. Although it is the end of the Dharma era, the country has been relatively loose in control in recent years, so the number of people has slowly increased again. Moreover, these are only members of each sect.
The senior masters and the outstanding figures of the younger generation are the best in a hundred. It’s a pity that you didn’t go to the lotus picking conference last time. If you had attended the lotus picking conference, you would have seen more young masters! There will be more here this time
They are seniors from various factions, tsk tsk, I didn’t see a few handsome guys, it’s boring!”
Deng Yu asked curiously: "Are there many young masters in the lotus picking conference?"
Zhang Liufang looked around at Shen Fei and replied: "Of course, this is a conference specially set up for the younger generation of masters in the spiritual world to make a name for themselves!"
Deng Yuqi asked: "Among these young masters, is anyone better than Li Yundong?"
Zhang Liufang laughed: "If he is more powerful than Li Wudi, then can Li Wudi still be considered invincible? Of course he is not as powerful as him!"
Although Deng Yu already knew these things, when she heard others praising her former classmate, she felt happy, as if others were praising herself. When she thought of the three words "Li Wudi", she couldn't help but think of him again.
He couldn't help but be fascinated by his majestic appearance at the lotus picking conference: "What a pity, he didn't come. It would be great if he came! They say he is an invincible master, I really want to see how invincible he is!"
Her sister Deng Jiao beside her was shy and silent, but when she heard these words, her eyes couldn't help but light up, as if she wanted to go back to the day of the lotus picking competition and see Li Yundong's face.
Divine power.
Zhang Liufang also sighed. After looking around, she pursed her lips and said, "It's boring. The few handsome guys here are all the ones I've seen before. They're just Yue Sheng from the Quanzhen Longmen Sect. They're boring!"
As she was speaking, she heard a voice coming from beside her: "Hey, you praised this Li Yundong as a flower, is that okay?"
Zhang Liufang, Deng Yu and Deng Jiao heard the voice and turned around, only to see a woman wearing a red short robe, a blue gown, and a low black Taoist crown looking at them with unconvinced expressions.
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Zhang Liufang could tell at a glance that the woman in front of him was dressed in the Taoist robe of the Maoshan sect, and this rather pretty woman was Mao Yuchang, the daughter of the leader of the Maoshan sect.
There was a ten-year war between Taoism in the north and south of China because of the mysterious black fox. This war swept through the three religions of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism in China. From the emperor's relatives to the common people, no one was spared.
Although thousands of years have passed, and North and South Taoism are no longer as incompatible as before, barriers and gaps still exist. As the only northern force among the three mountains of Taoism, the Maoshan Sect naturally assumes the role of the mainstay of Taoism in northern China.
Resisting the continuous invasion of southern Taoist forces led by Zhengyi Sect.
It is precisely because the distribution of Taoist forces in the north and south of China is uneven, and the forces in the north are weaker than those in the south. Therefore, the Taoist sects in the north have always been on the defensive in a very low-key manner.
Whether it was the siege of Tianlong Mountain, the lotus picking conference, or the battle to seize the elixir on Gezao Mountain and Tiandu Peak, they did not send anyone to participate, and even the cultivators under their disciples rarely experienced the world.
Therefore, Mao Yuchang, who was extremely strictly controlled by her father and barely walked in the world, only heard of Li Yundong but never saw him. In addition, she herself was also a talented young practitioner, and her pride was not inferior to Ziyuan.
Naturally, Li Yundong was not very convinced either.
Zhang Liufang took a look at Mao Yuchang and saw that the daughter of the leader of the Maoshan sect had a beautiful face. Her appearance was even better than his own, which attracted many young practitioners from the sect to look at her.
She pouted secretly and said lukewarmly: "It turns out to be a fellow Taoist from Maoshan! I'm so disrespectful!"
Seeing that Zhang Liufang didn't want to see her, Mao Yuchang was also extremely arrogant and snorted: "If he is really Li Wudi, why didn't he come? Didn't he say that he has a very good relationship with Ziyuan? As far as I know, the succession ceremony
From time to time, there will be fighting competitions to test whether the new head is qualified to take over the position of head, and if I remember correctly, it seems that you can invite someone to help! What? He didn't even come for such an honest matter.
You dare to call yourself invincible? Are you afraid?"
Zhang Liufang snorted and looked away: "Whether he is invincible or not, you can find out by yourself by asking him to fight! Don't blame me for not reminding you, he is now a master of gold!"
Mao Yuchang curled her lips: "What's so great about the golden master? I can still win! I'm just afraid he won't come!"
Zhang Liufang couldn't help being surprised when he heard her exaggeration. He turned to look at her, looked at her carefully, and thought to himself: No way, Mao Yuchang has also reached the golden body realm? It doesn't look like it!
She was just wondering when she heard a man's voice coming from the side: "Yu Chang! What are you talking about? Don't be presumptuous!"
When Zhang Liufang took a look, he saw a middle-aged man coming to Mao Yuchang and shouted at her in a low voice. Then the middle-aged man turned to Zhang Liufang, smiled slightly, and saluted: "My niece is a bit naughty and arrogant.
Please don’t mind Mr. Zhang.”
Before Zhang Liufang could speak, Zhang Kongyun on the side smiled and said to the middle-aged man: "It turns out to be Master Xuyangzi, disrespectful! Why didn't Master Buzhou, your leader, come?"
Deng Yu and Deng Jiao listened curiously and whispered to Zhang Liufang: "Who is this Xu Yangzi? Who is Master Buzhou?"
Zhang Liufang also whispered: "Xu Yangzi is the elder brother of the leader of Maoshan, named Mao Jian, and Master Buzhou is the leader of Maoshan Sect!"
Deng Yu and Deng Jiao suddenly understood, and looked at Xu Yangzi again, listening attentively to what they were saying.
Xu Yangzi smiled and said to Zhang Kongyun: "Our leader is practicing in seclusion and cannot escape, so I have to come here on his behalf."
Zhang Liufang's heart moved, and she immediately looked towards the field. She let out a sigh and said to herself: It's strange, why don't the leaders of each sect come? How strange, hey, the leader of the Qingcheng sect is here.
But, except for him, none of the leaders from other sects came! Isn't this too weird?
Zhang Kongyun didn't know what she was thinking. He returned the courtesy to Xu Yangzi with a smile and said, "I see. Please ask Master Buzhou when you get back!"
After being polite to him, Xu Yangzi glared at Mao Yuchang, then pulled her aside and scolded her in a low voice: "Why did I tell you before I came out? Is that what you could say just now? There are so many practices here.
Senior, there are so many heroic masters, how can it be your turn to be so arrogant?"
Mao Yuchang unexpectedly pouted: "Really? But I haven't seen any masters come here? The strongest... is only the intermediate level of the Golden Body! What the hell, I thought I could see the great thunder tribulation
As for the master, it’s really disappointing! Huh, I thought about that Li Yundong for a while, but in the end this guy didn’t even dare to come! I hate it!”
Xu Yangzi stared at her, but Mao Yuchang looked like he was used to it and was not afraid at all. He could only shake his head helplessly and said: "You, you really don't know how high the sky is! Forget it, I don't care about you, you can eat it yourself.
You’ll know after a few losses!”
Mao Yuchang chuckled: "The person who can make me suffer is not born yet!"
Zhang Liufang, who was not far away, looked at Mao Yuchang. She whispered to Zhang Kongyun: "Master, is this Mao Yuchang a master of gold masters? Why doesn't she look like me? If she is not a master of gold masters, why are she so crazy?"
Zhang Kongyun glanced at Mao Yuchang and smiled: "You are young and energetic, that's understandable! Besides, the daughter of the leader of the Maoshan sect is a master of gold, isn't it strange?"
Zhang Liufang asked curiously: "Didn't those four Earth Yuan Spirit Pills come out just in the past two or three hundred years? How did she cultivate to the golden body state?"
Zhang Kongyun laughed: "As the mainstay of the northern forces, the Maoshan sect has been competing with our southern Taoist sect for so many years. The foundation is naturally very deep. Moreover, which sect does not have any special methods to cultivate the golden body?
Didn’t Wang Yuanshan once break through to the golden body? Didn’t I also break through to the golden body? Without the Diyuanling Pill? Smash it with money! Smash it with medicine! With the Maoshan Sect’s unique practice method and its financial resources, it is impossible to smash a single gold
A master? Do you believe it?"
As he spoke, Zhang Kongyun stroked his beard and looked at Mao Yuchang with squinted eyes: "But... not everyone can reach the golden state with money and medicine. It cannot be achieved without rare talent. Otherwise,
Wan Zhenyuan of Gezao Mountain is so powerful and wealthy, why didn't he use money and medicine to transform himself into a golden body? No matter what, since this Mao Yuchang dares to show off like this, she must hold on to it!"
Zhang Liufang snorted and was about to speak when he suddenly saw two people walking slowly on the field.
One of the two people was wearing a red robe with a blue border, and the robe was decorated with a green dragon with teeth and claws. The other was wearing a bright yellow robe with a blue border, with a majestic red bird on the robe.
These two people were none other than Ziyuan and Ruan Hongling.