The crisp sound of the lid touching the teacup rang out. Gu Zheng, who was sipping his tea with his head lowered, slowly said, "The imperial court has a new backer. The temple will soon blossom everywhere."
"When did this happen?" Huicong was shocked.
Buddhism also had a very high position in the alliance of the righteous sects. Under normal circumstances, if the imperial court chose to rely on them, they would definitely inform the alliance of the righteous sects. Buddhism should have received the news very early. However, Huicong did not know about this matter in advance.
"This morning."
Gu Zheng still lowered his head and drank his tea. He did not even raise his head when he spoke.
"Looking at Fellow Daoist Gu, you should have already made a decision with Shu Mountain?" Venerable Qing Feng frowned.
"No, I made the decision myself!"
Gu Zheng's answer made Venerable Qing Feng and the others' eyes widen instantly.
"You made the decision without even going through Shu Mountain?"
Venerable Qing Yu, who had just been taught a lesson, was a little excited. Although the imperial court was free to choose who to rely on, since Gu Zheng had decided on this matter without going through Shu Mountain, it was obvious that his backer was not Shu Mountain, but Emei! As a branch of Shu Mountain, it was impossible for Shu Mountain to not value incense. Therefore, in Venerable Qing Yu's opinion, Gu Zheng was so daring that he was digging his own grave!
"Yes! After all, the temple is called 'Ancient Temple', and there is only a statue of me inside. "
Gu Zheng put down his teacup and looked up to see pairs of eyes staring at him.
Looking at Gu Zheng's calm face, the representatives of Buddhism and Kunlun did not know what to say. In their eyes, Gu Zheng was no different from a madman.
Butterfly Spirit had caused mortals to have dreams. She had only said that she wanted mortals to believe in Gu Zheng. The Buddhist and Kunlun representatives could more or less understand this. After all, this was unprecedented. Gu Zheng could do whatever he wanted. However, Gu Zheng dared to let the imperial court enjoy the incense alone. In the eyes of the representatives of Buddhism and Kunlun, this was undoubtedly a disgraceful act of courting death!
After the shock, the representatives of Buddhism and Kunlun looked at each other. Their gazes were very complicated. There was helplessness, but of course, there was also gloating.
"Sigh!"
Venerable Qing Feng sighed.
The Kunlun Sect came to Emei this time. Firstly, they wanted to make their presence known. and secondly, they wanted to find some benefits. After all, what the butterfly spirit had done could not be undone. It was most practical to find some benefits.
Unfortunately, his plans could not keep up with the changes. He had already failed from the moment he tried to find a sense of existence, let alone reap any benefits! . Even the benefits from before had been taken back by Gu.
Since Daoist Clear Wind had already labeled Gu Zheng as a lunatic, there was naturally no benefit in going against a lunatic. Therefore, after he decided to change his guess, he immediately put on a smile.
"Fellow Daoist Gu, I'm sorry for offending you in the past. I didn't think things through! .............. is................................
. "Venerable Qing Feng paused and then said solemnly," Don't worry, Kunlun will not interfere with the ancient temple! "
After expressing his attitude to Gu Zheng, Daoist Qing Feng forced a smile and said, "Kunlun and Emei have always been on good terms. We've just arrived at this plane, so we don't know much about it. I hope Fellow Daoist Gu won't take it to heart and take back the words you said in anger!"
"Venerable, you want Kunlun and Emei to reconcile. Emei Pagoda still has a quota for you. If you need food in the future, you can come to me, right?"
Gu Zheng's fake smile was nothing in Daoist Qing Feng's eyes. He smiled and said, "That's right!"
"I can take back what I said before, but he must apologize to me!"
Gu Zheng looked at Venerable Qing Yu.
"I …"
Venerable Qing Yu was bitter in his heart. He opened his mouth but did not know what to say.
"Junior Brother!"
Daoist Qing Feng grumbled.
"You are the one who caused this. Shouldn't you apologize to Gu Xijiu?" Venerable Qing Feng reprimanded.
Venerable Qing Yu took a deep breath and said, "Gu Xijiu, I was wrong before. If I have offended you, I hope Gu Xijiu can forgive me!"
"En!"
Gu Zheng nodded casually. He naturally knew that Venerable Qing Yu's apology was not sincere, but so what? It was fine as long as he apologized! As for if he came to him to be a food cultivator in the future, then … hmph!
"Gu Xijiu, we still have other things to do. We will not disturb you today. We will visit Emei another day. I hope Gu Xijiu will treat us well!" Venerable Qing Feng stood up and said.
"Since the two of you have other matters to attend to, I won't keep you any longer! If you two come to Emei again in the future, I will treat you well with good wine and dishes! "
Gu Zheng laughed heartily, as if the previous unhappiness had never happened. As for good wine and dishes, hmph!
"Masters, please take your time. We will take our leave first!"
Venerable Qing Feng said goodbye to Huicong and Huiming.
"Take care."
Huiming did not lift his eyelids, but his voice was filled with undisguised disdain! Before coming to Emei, they had said that they would advance and retreat together. Now that the two fellows from Kunlun Sect had actually retreated, how could Huiming think highly of them!
"Hehe."
Venerable Qing Feng did not care about Huiming's attitude. Kunlun was different from the Buddhist Sect. Although they wanted incense, they were not as desperate as the Buddhist Sect. Therefore, there was no need to make Gu Zheng unhappy because of this matter! Their cooperation with the Buddhist Sect naturally came to an end.
"Junior Brother!"
Huicong looked at Huiming with displeasure, then looked at Qing Feng and Qing Yu. "Take care. I will visit Kunlun another day."
Huicong's realm was higher. He admired Venerable Qing Feng's ability to adapt to circumstances. Moreover, Huicong had accepted Venerable Qing Feng's departure. At least when they were bargaining with Gu Zheng later, they did not have to worry about being looked down upon by Qing Feng and Qing Yu.
"Senior Brother, you are so cowardly!"
As soon as they walked out of Emei Hall, Venerable Qing Yu sent a message to Venerable Qing Feng.
"What's there to be cowardly about? Do you really want to fight with Gu Zheng because of this matter? "Venerable Qing Feng said.
"It's not that I want to fight. What's the use of the Emei Pagoda quota and food cultivation to you and me? Do you have to beg him to take back those words? "Venerable Qing Yu said.
"Whether it's useful or not is another matter. We can't let these benefits disappear from our hands! Otherwise, how will the disciples in the sect look at us? As for our compromise here, only a few people know about it. It's not that shameful! "
Venerable Qing Feng's voice paused. He gritted his teeth and sneered. "Compared to our compromise, what Gu Zheng is going to face is more interesting. I want to see how he will face Shu Mountain!"
Emei Hall.
Gu Zheng looked at Huicong and Huiming and said with a smile, "You two stayed behind, but you didn't say anything. What are you planning?"
"Fellow Cultivator Gu, you also know that we Buddhists attach great importance to incense!" Huiming smiled bitterly.
Indeed, Buddhists attached great importance to incense far more than Daoists. Part of the reason was that Buddhists were better at using the power of faith! The Device Spirit also said that she used the pure power of faith to help Gu Zheng do those things, using the means of Buddhists.
"Master, what do you want to say? Just say it."
Of course, Gu Zheng knew what Huicong wanted to say. However, Huicong's submission was in exchange for his tough attitude! Moreover, no matter how Huicong submitted, he would definitely gloat in his heart. Therefore, when it was time to put on airs, he had to put on airs.
"Hmph …"
"Junior Brother!"
Huiming was obviously more impulsive. However, before he could finish his sneer, he was interrupted by Huiming's angry shout.
"Master Huiming's smile is very interesting. This makes me want to know, what exactly are you laughing at?" Gu Zheng looked at Huiming coldly.
"Junior Brother, quickly tell Sect Leader Gu what you're laughing at!" Huicong frowned and scolded Huiming.
"I'm not laughing at anything. I'm just laughing at something funny."
Huiming's attitude had already been restrained. However, it was obvious that he could not fool him. Gu Zheng's eyes were fixed on him, making him feel very uncomfortable.
"Master Huiming, what exactly are you laughing at? Tell me and let me laugh too!" Gu Zheng pressed on.
"Fellow Cultivator Gu, we went to support Kunlun together before!"
Huiming's face flushed red. He told Gu Zheng about what had happened before.
"Make friends? What were you doing earlier? "Gu Zheng sneered in his heart, but on the surface, he still had a serious expression." That's right! We did go to support Kunlun together, but what I'm talking about now is what you're laughing at! "
On one side was Gu Zheng's eyes, while on the other side was Huicong's anxious gaze. Huiming gritted his teeth and said, "I'm laughing because I'm actually moved by the mundane!"
"Ha, hahahaha …"
Gu Zheng laughed. He was amused by the excuse he had forced out.
"Amitabha!"
Huicong chanted Buddha's name and shook her head. She seemed to be very disappointed with Huiming.
Gu Zheng's smile quickly disappeared. He looked at Huiming and said seriously, "This is Emei Hall! As a guest, master, it's better for you to be more serious! "
"I understand!"
Huiming lowered his head and laughed bitterly in his heart. Today's Gu Zheng seemed to be completely different from the Gu Zheng he knew in the past. There was no longer a ball of friendliness. There was only a body full of thorns! If he did not want to have any conflict with him, then it was better not to go against him! After thinking it through, Huiming suddenly felt a little admiration for Daoist Qing Feng who had left first.
"It's good that you know."
Gu Zheng smiled and looked at Huicong, "Master, what did you say earlier?"
"Amitabha! I want to know what Fellow Daoist Gu thinks about the existing temples? "Master Huicong said.
In history, the matter of emphasizing Buddhism and suppressing Dao had happened more than once. Now that the imperial court wanted to build a temple for Gu Zheng and Gu Zheng had become so overbearing, Huicong could not help but worry that the matter of 'emphasizing Buddhism and suppressing Dao' would happen to the Buddhist Sect! After all, the place that received the most incense in the Celestial Empire was the temple.
Looking at the bitter smile on Huicong's face, Gu Zheng said indifferently, "Let the existing temples exist! I only hope that no one will target my ancient temple! "
"Fellow Daoist Gu, don't worry. How can the Buddhist Sect target the ancient temple?"
Master Huiming was very serious. He was already very grateful that Gu Zheng could let the existing temples exist.
However, this gratitude was naturally not sincere. Like Kunlun, Huiming was waiting for Gu Zheng to make a fool of himself.
How could Gu Zheng not know what Huiming and Qing Feng were thinking?
Unfortunately, what Huiming and Qing Feng hoped to happen would not happen. With Gu Zheng's status in Mount Shu, no one would do anything about it. As long as there was no situation in Mount Shu, Gu Zheng could completely ignore the trouble from other aspects.
The next day, Gu Zheng went out of the mountain to the secular world to solve the trouble that the imperial court had encountered.
The trouble that the imperial court had encountered was this. In the past few months, there had been a succession of ministers in the imperial court who had died abnormally. Gao Yuan, who worked for the imperial court, had naturally investigated this matter. The result of the investigation was that these ministers had died from black magic.
It was a big deal for the imperial court that ministers had been killed by black magic. If they did not find the killer behind the scenes, who knew if he would continue to kill the ministers in the imperial court?
For the immortal cultivators in the Untainted Land, black magic was one of the demonic cultivation methods, and it was the kind of demonic cultivation methods that was not mainstream. Those who had been killed by black magic would leave clues on their corpses. Whether this kind of clue could be discovered by others depended on the strength of the black magic person and the strength of the discoverer.
Although Gao Yuan came from the Untainted Land, his strength was only in the Void Return Realm, so it was possible for him to track down general black magic clues. However, the black magic master who had killed the ministers of the imperial court was obviously extraordinary. Gao Yuan could only see that the ministers had died from black magic, but he could not find any clues from their corpses.
When Gu Zheng arrived in the capital city, he quickly found Gao Yuan with his divine thoughts. Gao Yuan also took him to the place where the ministers' corpses were stored.
Among the ministers, all of them had died tragically with blood flowing out of their seven orifices.
Gu Zheng probed into the brains of the corpses with his divine thoughts, looking for clues left by the black magic.
When casting black magic on people, it was inevitable to leave clues, but this clue could not be found by ordinary people, and it would be more difficult to find because of the profound strength of the black magic master.
To make a simple analogy, the clues were like the knife marks on the wall. The wall was 300 feet away from ordinary people, so ordinary people naturally could not see the knife marks. The width and depth of the knife marks were affected by the strength of the black magic master. The stronger the divine thoughts of the immortal cultivators were, the more detailed the things they could explore. The strength of the divine thoughts would shorten the distance between them and the wall!
If the immortal cultivators' divine thoughts were strong enough, then they could find clues from the corpses. In addition to containing the qi of the black magic master, they could also use the relationship between the clues and the black magic master to locate the black magic master.
The black magic master who had cast black magic on the ministers was very strong, but this was only for Gao Yuan. Not long after Gu Zheng's divine thoughts probed into the corpses, he found the clues left by the black magic master. Through this clue, Gu Zheng got the qi of the black magic master, and began to use the clues to locate the black magic master.
The feeling of locating the black magic master was very strange, as if he was collecting a silk thread tied to an unknown object. However, when Gu Zheng collected half of the silk thread, the silk thread suddenly broke!
"Senior, how is it?"
Seeing Gu Zheng, who had closed his eyes before, open his eyes, Gao Yuan hurriedly asked.
"The clues have been cut off," Gu Zheng said lightly.
"Then what should we do?"
Gao Yuan's heart sank. The other party could find Gu Zheng's tracking and cut off the clues, which showed that his strength was higher than expected. Moreover, once the clues were cut off, they could not be continued, and the black magic master was on guard. If he wanted to track him through the clues in the rest of the corpses, he would encounter a situation where the clues would be cut off as soon as he started to track him!
"It doesn't matter. It's a little late to cut off the clues. Although I don't have his exact location, I already know the country he is in. With the country he is in and his qi, it's not a problem to find him, "Gu Zheng said coldly.
The country where the black magic master was in was the Celestial Empire, known as the Buddhist Country.
Now it was the Flourishing Era. After there were more immortal cultivators on Earth, many things had become standardized.
When Gu Zheng had just become an immortal cultivator, he flew directly to other countries! Although this kind of behavior was regarded as illegal immigration, he had basically never encountered an immortal cultivator who was in the country of illegal immigration.
But this time was different. After Gu Zheng flew to the country where the black magic master was, he actually met a bearded immortal cultivator.
Immortal cultivator was just a general term for people whose strength had reached a certain level. In fact, the bearded man who blocked Gu Zheng's way was not a ball of immortal power at all, but a cyclone with very mixed energy in Gu Zheng's view.
The bearded man's strength was only equivalent to an immortal cultivator in the early stage of the Qi Transformation Realm. He had the strength to fly to Gu Zheng with the help of an immortal weapon in the shape of a crutch.
The bearded man's strength was not great, but he was very bold. After blocking Gu Zheng, he immediately asked Gu Zheng if he had a pass jade talisman.
For example, when Chakhar went to visit Gu Zheng on Emei, if he wanted to avoid unnecessary accidents, he had to go to the place designated by the immortal cultivators of the Celestial Empire and obtain a pass jade talisman. Although Chakhar's strength was not small, when he went to the Celestial Empire, he obediently took the pass jade talisman. Moreover, the pass jade talisman was something that had existed since ancient times.
With Gu Zheng's character, since some things had become standardized under the trend of the general trend, it was fine for him to do things according to the rules. However, what Die Ling did with the Realm Stone had already made him a bandit, so he did not need to care so much. According to the logic of a bandit, the one with the bigger fist had the final say!
The bearded man was also unlucky. After many years of seclusion, he had finally reached the level of an immortal cultivator. As soon as he came out of seclusion, he saw a foreign cultivator and immediately wanted to pretend to be a big bad wolf.
In the bearded man's opinion, no matter how strong the other party was, as long as the other party had come through proper channels, they would be very polite to him. He could just pretend to be a big bad wolf and satisfy his cravings. Even if the other party was a smuggled immortal cultivator, as long as he was smart enough, nothing would happen. At worst, he could just say some soft words and pretend to be a grandson. It wasn't like he hadn't done that before.
However, the bearded man never imagined that as soon as he asked if the other party had a pass jade talisman, the other party would smile wickedly and wave at him. His body flew uncontrollably towards the other party and was grabbed by the head.
"Kid, I'm going to search your soul. You won't be hurt if you don't struggle!"
Gu Zheng's aged voice sounded in the bearded man's mind.
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