The Extreme Princess

At this time, the old Taoist saw that Gu Yue and the others were benevolent in their words and actions, and did not show any wrong intentions. His mood gradually relaxed, and he smiled bitterly:

"This area belongs to Fengxi City. Fengxi City's influence covers an area of ​​more than 3,000 miles. The current situation of Qingtian Temple is still considered good..."

"At least there is still a breath left."

Gu Yue and the others were all shocked.

According to this old Taoist, their visit to Qingtian Temple was not accidental, but the forces of the monks here were all facing an extremely dangerous situation?

Yuan Lu frowned and asked in confusion, "The cultivators live far away from the secular world and each has his own base. How did the cultivators in this area fall to this point?"

Gu Yue's eyes flickered slightly, and she guessed, "We passed by a small town called Yifansu before, and we met a few people who claimed to be from Shaoyang Temple. Could it be related to them?"

Hearing the name of Shaoyang Temple, the old Taoist's thin body trembled noticeably, "Have you ever met someone from the Zen sect? Have you ever had a conflict?"

“It’s a little bit of friction.”

Gu Yue replied truthfully.

As for the little bald guys they encountered in the first wave, with the speed of the Taixu Spirit Marten, although they didn’t know what injured them, they were not stupid enough to think that it had nothing to do with Gu Yue and the others.

The old Taoist's face changed. He wanted to speak, but looked embarrassed. For a moment he seemed to be in a dilemma.

After a while, Gu Yue finally broke the silence and said, "What's the difficulty? Please feel free to tell me, old man."

"Ugh..."

Hearing Gu Yue's words, the old Taoist seemed to have made up his mind and sighed, "My friends, there has been friction with Shaoyang Temple. I'm sorry... I really don't dare to keep you any longer. Please find another place to stay..."

"We monks should forge ahead with an indomitable spirit and split the clouds and the moon. How come you don't have the slightest bit of ambition in your heart, old sir?"

Hearing this, Gu Yue turned around and glared at Lin Chengmo, who was mocking her, with warnings in her eyes.

The old Taoist shook his head in self-mockery. His expression did not change much in response to Lin Chengmo's mocking words, as if he had long been accustomed to these things. He just sighed and said, "I can't even protect the foundation left by my ancestors, so how can I talk about splitting the clouds and opening the moon?"

Gu Yue frowned and asked, "What did the Zen Shaoyang Temple do to make the old gentleman so afraid?"

From the time the few people met the Taoist priest until now, the Taoist priest has been very careful with his words, and he has to consider almost every word before speaking.

This is the case with the few of us I know, and it is even more so when it comes to Shaoyang Temple.

The old Taoist sighed and said, "We don't know where this Zen sect came from. It suddenly appeared in Fengxi City a hundred years ago..."

"At the beginning, they just wandered around the ordinary villages and towns, preaching among the ordinary people, and did not attract much attention. Who would have thought that in just twenty years, Zen Buddhism would emerge and begin to... swallow up the power of Fengxi City..."

"Annexation?"

Gu Yue and the others were very confused.

As far as they know, although all cultivators cultivate the inner world, condense the Yuan Dan, and enter the spiritual realm, the cultivation methods of each sect are different, and the differences between cultivators can be said to be huge.

If a certain force wants to be all-encompassing and get rid of the influence of the sect's foundation, and give different cultivation instructions according to each person's different cultivation talents, it not only needs an extremely deep foundation, but also needs many great cultivators to be in charge of the sect to have the confidence. Even many second-rate sects in Taiqing Continent cannot guarantee that they can do this.

And Zen Buddhism, which has only appeared for about 20 years, behaves like this. How could Gu Yue and others not be puzzled?

Seeing the different expressions on the faces of the people, the old Taoist also knew what they were thinking, and said: "This Zen Buddhism does not ask people to practice the methods of cultivation within the sect, but to persuade various forces to believe in gods..."

“Imposing beliefs on others?”

The old Taoist nodded, "That's about it. They started to preach to the major sects..."

"They didn't encounter any resistance for doing this?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Yue and the others felt it was a bit ridiculous.

The practitioners go up the mountains to practice, fight against the heavens and the earth, and they don't even revere the heavens and the earth. Instead, they are asked to believe in some non-existent gods and abandon the great freedom of the practitioners?

The old man sighed and said, "I resisted, but who would have thought that a small Zen sect that everyone thought was powerful would actually show amazing power. Who would have thought that a small Zen sect would actually have nearly thirty... Jinyuan realm monks..."

"what!"

When the old Taoist said this, Gu Yue and the others were all greatly shocked.

Thirty Jinyuan realm monks!

Ordinary second-rate sects don’t have such a foundation!

The old Taoist smiled bitterly and said, "With such a powerful strength, he swept across Fengxi City without much effort. Even the City Lord's Mansion has become his believer..."

Yuan Lu frowned and said, "The Zen sect is indeed too powerful to resist. Why don't you leave this place?"

Hearing this, the old Taoist's face was filled with resentment. "Those who could run have all run away, but many were also caught back. The rest were either forced to believe in the great Bodhi Buddha, or... like us in Qingtian Temple, lingering on..."

"So domineering..."

Gu Yue murmured, frowning.

The behavior of these people is similar to that of a sect she knew in her previous life, but their methods are... despicable, with a bit of the meaning of "those who are not of my sect must have different hearts and should be punished for their crimes."

While they were talking, Xu Feng and Chen Liang, who had been sent by the Taoist priest to prepare meals, returned to the back hall of the Taoist temple with a lot of food.

"After you finish your meal, please go down the mountain quickly..."

The old Taoist looked ashamed, but still spoke.

Gu Yue nodded.

The Taoist temple must have had a hard time under the oppression of Shaoyang Temple, and several people understood what the old Taoist was worried about.

Now Qingtianguan is in a state where it can neither live well nor die, which is better than being destroyed by someone with a wave of their hand.

If the big bald guy from before really found them and they were staying here, and the Taoist temple was implicated, it would be something Gu Yue didn't want.

"By the way, old man, I have something else to ask you..."

The old Taoist nodded slightly, "Girl, feel free to ask."

Gu Yue asked, "This place is not far from Hengduan Tianmai. Have you ever heard of a place called Fengdu City?"

After thinking for a moment, the old Taoist shook his head and said, "I have never heard of the power here..."

Gu Yue nodded slightly, not quite disappointed.

Before they set out, they were told that Fengdu City was low-key and that this area was not far from Hengduan Tianmai. If they really had no clue by then, Yuan Lu would have to go to Wanxing Tower.

"We won't stay any longer, old man, don't make it difficult..."

After having a good meal and a good drink, when Gu Yue and his companions said goodbye to the old Taoist priest, they saw that he looked embarrassed and smiled to comfort him.

The old Taoist nodded, and after Gu Yue and the others had gone far away, he looked up at the moon helplessly, his old face full of melancholy.

Suddenly the old Taoist seemed to sense something and turned to look outside the Taoist temple.

The next moment, a voice that chilled the old Taoist's entire body rang out from above his head: "Master Qianye, you have such a refined taste, but isn't it missing something to admire the moon alone?"