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Luo Yuangong received the token with both hands to show his respect. When he returned to his seat, he looked at Tang Susu and Su Po and couldn't help but sigh.
It couldn't be helped. At this moment, Tang Mu was not afraid of any pressure at all. Even if everyone in the Sect opposed it, it would be useless. Appointing the successor to the Sect Leader was the right given to the Sect Leader by the sect rules. Tang Mu insisted on playing this game before he died. Who could beat him?
"Everyone, remember, after my death, don't announce my funeral. Otherwise, it will bring disaster to the Shangqing Sect!" Tang Mu issued another order in front of everyone.
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what he meant. The elders' eyes met, all of them carrying expressions of worry, as if they sensed something.
After a while, the other disciples left, leaving only the three Elders, Tang Yi, and Wei Duo in the hall.
At this time, Elder Luo Yuangong asked in a low voice, "Sect Master, you and Dongguo Haoran left with your disciples. Now you come back injured like this. What happened? Who hurt you?"
Tang Mu said calmly, "I don't have enough energy. If you have any questions, wait for Junior Brother to take over the position of Sect Master. You can ask him."
Tang Susu said with a cold face, "Recently, there have been rumors that the Shang Mirror has reappeared in the world. Did Sect Master and Dongguo Haoran become like this because they fought with someone for the Shang Mirror?"
At the mention of the Shang Mirror, everyone's expression changed. They stared at Tang Mu to see his reaction.
The origin of the Shang Mirror was simply too great. Although there were seven hegemons in the world, it was still the Wu Kingdom that had built up its foundation. Shang Song, the top cultivator in the world of cultivation, could have lived a free life. However, he suddenly got involved in worldly affairs and tried his best to unify the world. He established the Wu and became the Wu Emperor. He suppressed the cultivators in the world in the name of avoiding conflicts between cultivators and mortals. Later, in order to seek immortality, Shang Song poked a hole in the sky, causing a large amount of Reiki to leak into the world. It was hard for the cultivation world not to prosper. Shang Song's wife, the Wu's queen, Li Ge, did not forget her original intention and mended the sky.
After the couple disappeared, the hundreds of vassal states could no longer suppress them. The vassal states started a war that lasted until now.
Legend has it that Shang Song created a set of eight magic treasures, which Shang Song used to break the sky and Li Ge used to mend the sky. After the collapse of the Wu state, the magic weapons were leaked out. The eight treasures were also circulated among the vassal states. As the smaller states were annexed, the world was divided into eight powers. The eight treasures were controlled by the eight states and were regarded as the national magic weapons. The Shang Mirror was the national magic weapon of the Qin state. Legend had it that the Shang Mirror was the primer of the heaven-breaking and heaven-mending magic weapons. It was the head of the eight treasures. Therefore, it attracted the intervention of cultivators and led to the destruction of the Qin state. When the Qin state collapsed, the Shang Mirror went missing. All the forces tried to find it but could not find it.
The main problem was that when Wu's queen, Li Ge, mended the sky, she did not complete it. There were still gaps. Therefore, some people thought that the excessive number of cultivators in the world was related to this. When there were too many cultivators, it was inevitable that they would fight with the people. They thought that the constant intervention of cultivators caused the world to be in chaos. Therefore, some people wanted to gather the eight magic weapons to mend the gaps in the sky and cut off the source of spiritual energy. As a result, they offended the cultivators in the world. The Yan State Marshal King Ning and Shang Jianbo were the representatives.
However, there were some unworthy disciples of the Qing Sect who flirted with King Ning and Shang Jianbo, such as Dongguo Haoran.
Recently, there was a rumor that Shang Jing had reappeared in the outside world, yet Tang Mu and Dongguo Haoran had brought along their disciples to do something at this time. Moreover, it had even caused such a ruckus, so it was difficult for others to not suspect that their whereabouts were related to Shang Jing.
How many cultivation sects were there behind a state? However, the Shang Mirror was something that could lead to the destruction of a state. If the Qing Sect provoked this thing, how could people not worry? The Qing Sect was no longer the Shanghai Sect in its heyday. It had been declining for a long time and could not withstand the storm.
Tang Mu slowly closed his eyes. "You are thinking too much. It was just because of an unknown person's sneak attack."
They could see that Tang Mu did not want to tell the truth at all. He looked like he could collapse at any time. No one could force him …
The next day, the temple door creaked open a little. An eye peeked out from the crack.
The door gradually opened. Daoye poked his head out and looked around.
The door opened again. Daoye stretched out his feet and gently leaned sideways. He tiptoed and landed quietly. He did not dare to make a sound and continued to observe the movement outside. He went outside and walked around the small temple. He pricked up his ears and opened his eyes, carefully observing the surroundings.
It seemed that it was the middle of winter. It was freezing outside, and the grass and trees were withered.
He threw a few stones to explore the way, but there was no reaction. It seemed that there was really no danger. Daoye, who was standing on the hillside outside the temple, relaxed and straightened his body. He took out the polished bronze mirror from his bosom again and looked at his face with a sigh.
He put the mirror back into his bosom and saw the stream at the foot of the mountain. He ran down the mountain quickly. When he reached the stream, he jumped on a stone in the stream and looked at his reflection in the stream. "Alas!" He sighed again.
Previously, when he was in the temple, he used the light from outside to look in the mirror. Combined with his current situation, he more or less figured out why the old man called him little brother. Calling him little brother was not wrong at all. He really was little brother. He found that he had become a little boy.
He slowly squatted on the stone and looked at his reflection in the clear stream for a while. His stomach growled. He was hungry.
No matter what relationship this young man had with him, he really had to bear the feeling of hunger. He got up and looked around. He had to find a way to eat.
He accidentally saw signs of smoke curling up from kitchen chimneys on the other side of the mountain. He jumped over the stream and found a wild path that seemed to lead there. He stayed vigilant all the way.
He climbed over the mountain and hid behind a big tree to observe. He saw a village.
The village looked a little messy. It seemed that it had been burned. Many women and children were crying. The villagers were cleaning up the messy village.
The Taoist master looked at his own clothes. His big toe was sticking out from the holes in his dirty linen shoes. It was a little horrible to look at, but it matched the villagers' attire and gave him the confidence to show his face. He walked out and walked towards the village with a guilty conscience.
As soon as he entered the village, he saw a woman with messy hair running towards him. She wailed and hugged him, "Taoist brother, you're still alive. I thought you were killed by those damn soldiers and bandits …"
Two hours later, Daoye understood. This village was looted by the bandits yesterday. Some people were killed and injured. He appeared in the ruined temple to avoid the bandits.
The smoke was extinguished. The half-full men in the village began to look for food in the mountains. Their main task was to dig some root plants or hunt some beasts for the villagers to survive the winter. As for the food in the village, it had been looted by the bandits. The food just now was hidden by someone and was not found by the bandits. It was not enough to cover the mouths of the whole village. The food was temporarily provided to the men who had to do manual work. The old, weak, women and children had to endure hunger and continue to clean up the messy village. They waited for the men to go to the mountains to find food.
Among the men looking for food, Daoye became one of them. The young boy was also used as a man.
Now he was no longer called Taoist Grandpa. In this village, his real name was Niu Youdao. He did not know whether it was fate or not, but it was exactly the same as his title of 'Taoist Grandpa'.
Niu Youdao was Niu Youdao. Daoye did not care. He did not know how he became Niu Youdao.
Although he was surprised by such a strange thing, it was not too hard for him to accept. As an archaeologist, he had seen a lot of things that happened to the dead, so strange things were not uncommon. He had also read many ancient books and legends about souls possessing a human body. Other people might think that it was a superstition, but he had always had an attitude of believing it and not believing it. After confirming his own situation, his mentality was still fine and he could accept it calmly.
In short, he was not an unknown person here. He had a reasonable identity. Daoye also decided to call himself Niu Youdao.
The task of looking for food nearby was handed over to the young boys. The more dangerous journey was handed over to the adults.
Under the guise of looking for food, Niu Youdao ran away. He did not look for food but returned to the ruined temple.
He tore down a piece of cloth hanging in the temple and wrapped it around the old man's body. He carried it down the mountain and came to the river the old man mentioned.
He went into the bamboo forest and chopped down some bamboos with a chopper. He cut off the branches and cut off the leaves. He found some withered vines and soaked them in water. He made a relatively sturdy three-layered bamboo raft. It was spacious and stable. Based on his life experience, making a bamboo raft was a very simple matter. It did not take much effort.
The bamboo tube was used as a roller. The bamboo raft was pushed into the water. The old man's body was placed on it. He also gathered a pile of dry firewood and piled it on top. He found a flat big rock by the river and placed the bamboo raft on top.
A simple oar and a bamboo pole were brought onto the raft. The hoe he brought from the village was also thrown onto the raft.
He chopped off the withered vines and pushed the bamboo pole on the shore. The raft was loaded onto the shore.
Holding onto the bamboo raft, he followed the direction of the current and slowly swam away from the bluish-green waves.
As for why he did not stay to rebuild his home with the villagers, first of all, he did not have any feelings for these villagers. These villagers who lived in the mountains did not have much experience. He pretended to be ignorant and asked many questions. In the end, the villagers did not even know what was going on outside. He did not want to stay here and farm. He was very curious about the world here. He was even more curious about the Shangqing Sect that Dongguo Haoran mentioned. When he was still Daoye, he liked this kind of practice. He often looked for similar ancient books and records in ancient tombs. He had a strong desire to go to the Shangqing Sect to experience it.
Secondly, this godforsaken place was often looted by bandits. His young family had long been harmed by those bandits. There were many people in the village who were in the same situation as him. He was alone and had nothing to worry about when he left.
He did not want to stay for a long time. He took advantage of the fact that he was not familiar with the villagers and left as soon as possible. He was afraid that if he stayed for a long time, it would be difficult for him to part with the villagers after he developed feelings for them. So he left quietly.
He would repay the kindness of a meal in the future if he had the conditions, although it was not even half full.
He brought Dongguo Haoran's body because he felt that it would be safer to bring more evidence to the Shangqing Sect. Would it show his sincerity?
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