Yinshan Record

Chapter 332 Greed Leads to All Kinds of Tricks
The burly man with bluish-black skin was none other than the old ox that Su Che had encountered in Xuan Mountain.

Zhang San and Lao Niu were ordered by Su Che to investigate Guo Bei County, but they stumbled upon the major event of the Buddhist sect constructing the Hungry Ghost Realm using the Yin-Yang boundary.

Fortunately, Old Niu had a profound cultivation foundation and his own cultivation method was somewhat related to Buddhism, which enabled him to protect Zhang San and fight his way out of the Hungry Ghost Realm.

After leaving the Hungry Ghost Realm, the human and the demon encountered Sikong Tu, the Ghost General, who was leading a group of ghost soldiers to escape from the Yin-Yang Realm at almost the same time.

Faced with a ghost cultivator at the Core Formation level, not to mention his ghost soldiers, Old Niu practically bowed down and shamelessly submitted to the ghost commander.

Zhang San had no choice but to follow Lao Niu into the Ghost General's formation.

Before long, Lao Niu became very familiar with Gui Shuai's side, Zhang San's life was saved, and his status rose along with Lao Niu's.

Zhang San thought he should quickly find an opportunity to slip away and report the inside story to Young Master Su.

But Old Niu stopped them all.

According to Brother Niu, they were originally sent by Su Che to Guo Bei County to investigate the situation, but they didn't find out anything, so it's like they've accomplished nothing. How can they go back to see their lord like this?

This Ghost General Sikong Tu is clearly up to no good. It would be better to lie low here first, find out the truth, and then report to Su Che. That way, we can also consider it a meritorious deed.

Now we have a reason for Young Master Su to promote us within the Imperial Guard.

Brother Niu's words made sense, so Zhang San obediently stayed in the Ghost General's camp.

Sikong Tu led his ghost soldiers south and set up camp at the junction of Jiangzhou, Guangnan, and Cizhou. Zhang San also received a new mission.

They acted as so-called "propaganda teachers," using talismans and water to treat people's illnesses.

The talisman was given to us by the Ghost Commander. It doesn't require any magic power; you can cure illnesses simply by throwing it into water.

Along the way, Zhang San himself has healed several thousand people with his talismanic water.

"Purify the Spirit and Strengthen the Essence Talisman".

Xue Baizhi looked at the remaining trace of talisman in the large bowl: "Suppressing the plague by replenishing vital energy, although it cannot cure the root cause, is still the right way to save lives."

She was a successor cultivated step by step by the orthodox Xuanmen sect, so she naturally had vision and knowledge. Although the Qing Su Yang Ling Gu Yuan Talisman was not expensive to make, it was not something that everyone could make casually. It required a Xuanmen Taoist priest with cultivation to follow the ritual.

Judging from the sheer number of talismans the Great River Alliance produced, they must have put in a lot of effort.

Xue Baizhi was ordered by her sect to descend the mountain to find Zuo Lengchan, the heretic who had trespassed into the forbidden area of ​​Yuyang Mountain.

Hearing that a demon had been born in the south of Cizhou, she traveled south, leaving behind a trail of devastation in her wake. People were displaced, and the tragic scenes of separation and death were everywhere.

Yuyang Mountain has always advocated that Taoist practitioners engage in worldly cultivation, refining their Taoist heart amidst the mortal world, with the accumulation of good deeds as the foundation.

Faced with this great calamity, Xue Baizhi decided to temporarily halt her search for Zuo Lengchan's whereabouts and focus on using Taoist magic to eliminate the plague.

Although Yuyang Mountain is a sect famous for its swordsmanship, it is still a righteous sect of Xuanmen at its core and is also proficient in talismans. Xue Baizhi naturally has the means to deal with the plague.

As she treated the people, she discovered that the Great River Alliance, whose power should have been limited to both sides of the Canglang River, had somehow extended its reach into this area.

Even within this alliance of rogue cultivators, which was supposed to be monitoring the demons in the Canglang River, there were actually quite a few demons.

Although Yuyang Mountain reveres the chivalrous spirit of slaying demons and monsters, it doesn't indiscriminately kill any demon it encounters. While the Great River Alliance has encountered many demons, they are ultimately doing good deeds to help the people. Even though Xue Baizhi vaguely sensed something amiss, she simply wrote a letter and sent it back to her sect, staying behind to observe quietly.

Zhang San stared blankly at the beautiful Taoist nun before him, wondering who she was.

Old Niu, however, felt uneasy.

Sikong Tu has already spread the news that this Yuyang Mountain Rejuvenator is heading south, and he has even specially sought out a batch of Great River Alliance waist tokens, fearing that his subordinates might offend this person and expose their schemes.

The sword on Yuyang Mountain is certainly not as sharp as the one in the East Sea; it would only take a snap of the fingers to dissect the old ox clean.

"Don't worry, your cultivation is righteous and not evil, and besides, you also have the Great River Alliance's token."

Xue Baizhi looked at Zhang San beside her.

"The Great Way is not only found in the vast天地 (heaven and earth), but also in the three inches of the human heart. If you are inclined to follow the Way, you can ponder it carefully."

Old Niu hurriedly agreed, hoping that the female Taoist priest would leave as soon as possible.

As they were talking, a cloud of dust rose in the distance. The sound of horses neighing pierced the silence of the village, their hooves striking the earth like the rapid beat of drums.

A line of riders sped along the country dirt road, and the villagers instinctively scattered to both sides.

These are all people from the Tian family.

The middle-aged man at the front rode a poor horse, his two sparse tufts of beard on his lips, and his eyes greedily swept over Xue Baizhi.

What a beautiful and graceful maiden! I can't let her go today.

"The fairy walks so fast."

"Who are you?"

"I am the registrar of Wenning County. I have just returned home and heard that the plague in my family was cured by a fairy, so I came here to express my gratitude."

Xue Baizhi looked solemn.

"If you want to express your gratitude, then there's no need. It's simply the duty of a practitioner."

"I have already prepared some wine at my humble abode. Please, fairy, have a drink."

He then instructed his men who had come with him, "Quickly prepare a horse for the fairy."

"No need."

Xue Baizhi shook her head: "There are still a few villages to visit in the south."

"That's it."

Tian, ​​the registrar, smiled and said, "May I ask which school of martial arts you belong to, fairy? Are you a Celestial Master, a Divine Firmament Master, or...?"

"Just a rogue cultivator."

Xue Baizhi looked at the person in front of her and slowly tempered her Dao heart.

This is a good opportunity to practice my ability to control my anger and see how long it will take before I draw my sword.

"Does that fairy have a certificate of ordination?"

Tian, ​​the registrar, said with a smile, "According to the laws of our dynasty, impersonating a monk or nun is punishable by law, but of course, you are a fairy..."

"No."

Xue Baizhi shook her head.

She certainly didn't have a Buddhist ordination certificate, but she did have a title bestowed upon her by the Liang Dynasty.

"Are these two fellow disciples of the fairy?"

Tian, ​​the registrar, remained as easy to talk to as ever.

"It was just a chance encounter."

"I see. Do you two have ordination certificates? According to the laws of our dynasty, those who become monks without permission shall be punished with eighty strokes of the cane. If you two do not have ordination certificates, you will inevitably receive a severe beating."

He looked at Zhang San and said.

"I have a certificate of ordination, and this is my personal attendant."

As Zhang San spoke, he took out the ordination certificate from his bosom. Old Niu took it with both hands, stepped forward, and handed it to Tian Zhubu, who was sitting on his horse.

Tian, ​​the registrar, glanced at it hastily.

"Your ordination certificate is fake. Men, seize them!"

As he spoke, he tore Zhang San's ordination certificate in two.

(End of this chapter)