For the peace of the fairy world

After Fang Huai left Taizhen Palace, he first changed his clothes in the city, then got on the flying spirit weapon and left Fengyan City, heading east.

The order of the states and cities in the devil world is often relatively chaotic, and it is not suitable for more stops.Fang Huai left the Demon Realm overnight and didn't land until he stepped into the Human Realm. He wrote a letter to be sent back to Taibai.

His destination is the Chu country in the human world.

In fact, among the three worlds of immortals, demons, and humans, the human world has the largest area. Dozens of countries, large and small, divide this vast land. Dynasties have changed, and people's lifespans are only within a hundred years. For them It is said that monks who can live for hundreds of thousands of years are indeed considered immortals.

The Chu country that Fang Huai is going to is one of the big countries in the human world today. The reigning monarch is wise and the people are happy. A long time ago, a down-and-out tribe rose up when the countries were in dispute, and finally merged the three countries, and the country was named "Chu".

And that clansman was also the founding emperor of the Chu state, who seemed to have taken an elixir handed down from his ancestors when he was young, and lived for a full 200 years, which was talked about by future generations.

Half of the above backgrounds were obtained from Fang Huai's inquiries, and the other half were introduced in the original text of the novel.

Why do you want to mention the state of Chu deliberately?Because in the original book, although the main character's harem is innumerable on a large scale, there are mainly three "principal palaces".

The first one is the Yin family's daughter mentioned earlier, with a semi-immortal physique, rare beauty, and aloof personality, just like the bright moon that is out of reach in the sky, destined to be plucked by the protagonist.

The second one, Lin Xiangxiang, the daughter of the most prosperous Xiuxian family in Gusu, made a baby marriage with the protagonist.But after being taken away by Yin Menghe, the situation is still unknown.Fang Huai reckoned that the peach blossom was gone.

The third one, probably the author was tired of writing about female cultivators in the fairy world and the devil world at that time, so he wrote about a mortal woman, Princess Lanzhao of Chu State.

And it is Jin Guangcao that connects Princess Lanzhao and Yu Xiao.

The plot of the original text is that a capable younger brother of the protagonist is injured and needs to be treated with golden grass.The protagonist finds out that this legendary spirit grass once appeared in the capital of Chu State, so he goes to Chu State.

When they arrived in Chu State, they discovered that the golden light grass was actually in Princess Lanzhao's body.The princess's body became very weak because of the forbidden curse. Fortunately, a real person who had some connection with the royal family of Chu State rescued her and transplanted golden grass into her body to support her weakened body.

In the original text, Yu Xiao asked Jin Guangcao to save her, so she directly brought the princess back to the Demon Realm.But unlike Yu Xiao, it is not impossible for Fang Huai to go to Chu State to take the princess away with his magic weapon, but before he left, Yin Menghe asked him to bring back the whole plant of Golden Glowing Grass from the southeast. A Princess Lanzhao still can't satisfy her.

Therefore, I can only ask the royal family of Chu State where the golden light grass in the princess's body came from, and maybe I can find a little clue to the southeast dump.

On the sixth day after entering the human world, Fang Huai came outside the capital of Chu State, thinking about how to enter the palace.

Just sneak in with magic weapons?But this is like a thief, anyway, he also has something to ask the royal family of Chu, what if he angers them?

At this moment, he heard the bell of the Buddhist temple from a distant mountain, Fang Huai heard the long bell, and suddenly had the illusion that he was still in Bishan.

His heart moved, so he changed the direction, drove the spirit weapon to the mountain, found a place where no one landed, and then walked along the mountain path towards the gate of the Buddhist temple.

The inner garden of the imperial palace of the state of Chu is where the emperor's concubines and daughters lived, and few men stepped into it.But every year in June, according to the practice of the royal ancestors, the monks from the Guosi Temple will be invited into the palace as a dojo, and they will give lectures to the people in the harem.

In a corner of the palace, there is a small courtyard without a name, which is also one of the special cases in the palace, because the teacher who lives in the courtyard is the princess.The teacher of this princess is very strange. Everyone in the palace, from the emperor to the eunuch, calls this person "Mr. Yao". No one in the palace or concubine knows his name. Know.

Eleven or twelve years old, the clever little maid came to the gate of the small courtyard with her skirt.The door was half open, she stood in front of the door, knocked on the door and said: "Mr. Yao, the princess ordered the servants to report that the masters of the Guosi Temple are opening their speeches at the Nanhua Hall today. The princess and the empresses have all gone. So I can’t come to the teacher’s class today.”

Under the sycamore tree in the yard, there is a gray-haired Taoist sitting cross-legged, but when he turns his head, you will find that his appearance is not as old as he looks. If you look carefully, you can't tell his age, 20 years old ?too young. 40 years old?too old. 30 years old?It doesn't seem quite right.

Mr. Yao nodded to the little maid, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "It's rare to see a princess interested in Buddhist scriptures. I used to teach her the Tao, and she could listen to it and fall asleep."

The impression of Mr. Yao in the minds of the palace people is also very contradictory. On the one hand, Mr. Yao is very approachable to the palace people. His approachability is different from that of other masters in the palace who are in high positions and sympathize with servants.It seems that in his eyes, the majestic king of a country and the princess of a thousand gold are the same as the little palace lady in front of him, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior.

Perhaps it is precisely because of his attitude that his approachability is covered with a veil of mystery, making people love him with awe, and being close but not daring to offend.

However, for an eleven or twelve-year-old maid, it is still a little difficult to understand, but Mr. Yao is the only master in the palace who will not scold her no matter what she says, so she smiled and said: "Because this A master who is very good at preaching scriptures came to Ciguo Temple. Not to mention the ladies in the palace, even the noble daughters of the ministers outside the palace are vying to enter the palace to listen to him."

When she said this, Mr. Yao became a little interested and said, "Oh? How did you say it well?"

The little maid thought for a while and said: "I don't really understand, I just heard from the ladies that this master's lectures are from the shallow to the deep, and the whip penetrates into the heart, and the aftertaste is endless..."

She finished these comments as if endorsing a book, then remembered what she was interested in, clapped her hands and said with a smile: "By the way, this master is a lay disciple of the National Temple, and he is not as bald as other masters!"

Seeing her innocent appearance, Mr. Yao couldn't help laughing.

"And this master is very good-looking! He looks like a fairy." The little maid said with a smile, "to be honest, the slaves always feel that the empress, the princess, and the noble ladies are all because of the good-looking master. Competing to listen to the scriptures."

After hearing her nonsense, Mr. Yao lost the interest he had aroused at first, so he teased her a few words and sent her away with a bag of candied fruit.

But he didn't expect that two or three days later, he would become interested in this lay disciple of Chu Guoguo Temple again. To be precise, he should be vigilant.

Because when Princess Lanzhao came to his yard for class, she asked him about the golden grass.

When Princess Lanzhao was young, she was cursed by a magic cultivator. At that time, the princess was only eight years old. When she was traveling with the monarch and his wife, she happened to meet a female demon cultivator. The reason why the female demon cultivator cast a forbidden spell on her It was actually a glimpse of the princess's future beauty from the face of the princess, so she felt jealous.

After being hit by the forbidden curse, the princess's body declined unstoppably.But she deserved her life. Half a year later, she rescued a homeless man on the way to the national temple to pray for blessings. The latter woke up from a coma. A strange herb cured her.

This homeless man is Mr. Yao.After Mr. Yao cured the princess, he lived in seclusion in the palace. Few people knew that he cured the princess with golden grass. This was what he asked the king and the princess.He didn't even disclose his identity, origin and name, but the ancestors of the royal family of Chu State were also immortals, and the King of Chu knew it in his heart.

"Why did the princess suddenly think of asking this?"

The two masters and apprentices were separated by a curtain that could reveal a figure. Princess Lanzhao sat behind the curtain and said with a smile: "Because Master Shanshui and my mother mentioned this matter, he heard people talking about the serious illness I suffered when I was eight years old. , felt very strange, and asked me how I recovered later.”

"Master Shanshui?"

"Oh, it's the disciple of the lay school who is teaching scriptures in Nanhua Hall these few days. His dharma name is Shanshui, and his common name is Fang. Master Shanshui's Buddhist teachings are really wonderful! Even my father and king admire him very much."

Although Mr. Yao never asked about the affairs of the palace, he had a faint feeling that this so-called Master Shanshui seemed a little weird.

He raised his eyes to the quiet courtyard outside the house.Is such a peaceful life coming to an end so soon?

The long sword, sealed with rust, was pulled out of the sheath with a little force, and immediately made a rough and harsh sound.

"This is the sword of our founder Tai | ancestor. It is rumored that it is a magic weapon given by a fairy. However, after the death of Tai | ancestor, it has been enshrined in the ancestral hall for 200 years. It is obviously polished by craftsmen every day, and it is still rusty. Like this."

Fang Huai nodded, holding the hilt of the sword with one hand, and lightly stroked the scabbard with the other hand. The fluctuation of the spiritual power in the finger told him that it was a high-grade spiritual weapon, but in the hands of ordinary people, it could neither be used nor understood. Maintenance, so it became like this.

"I have a way of getting it back," he said.

"Really?" The king of Chu, who was sitting opposite him, cheered up, "Then please ask Master Shanshui to re-polish this sword to make it shine again."

Fang Huai nodded and said, "In exchange, I have a request."

"Master, please tell me."

"I want to meet the expert who cured the princess' strange disease."

"This..." King Chu hesitated. He had promised Mr. Yao that he would never reveal his identity, nor would he tell anyone that he cured the princess.

Fang Huai smiled and said, "Even if Your Majesty doesn't tell me where this expert is, I think he should still stay in the palace, right? Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have no malicious intentions, I just want to inquire about Jin Guangcao."

When he said the name of Jin Guangcao, it already meant that he knew certain facts.The King of Chu looked at the young man in front of him. Although his eyes were empty and lifeless, the smile on his face was like that of a Bodhisattva in incense. No matter how noble the person was sitting in front of him, he would only smile indifferently.

This feeling is very similar to that of Mr. Yao, although one is a young man in his prime and the other is a gray-haired Taoist.

The King of Chu thought over and over again, and finally got up and said: "Then please wait here for a while, Master, and I will go and ask this expert in person. If the expert refuses to agree, then I have nothing to do."

Fang Huai smiled and nodded, "Please, Your Majesty, I will wait for the good news."