Chapter 23 Lack of People and Money
From the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, the mountain road is steep and tortuous, and the journey is nearly thirty miles long. Fortunately, these porters are all nearby mountaineers, and it is common to carry goods to travel. They take a break and return to Qinghe Temple. It is sunset again.
Standing in front of Taiyi Hall, the surrounding mountains are full of autumn scenery, and the forest waves are shrouded in clouds and mist, really like a fairyland.
A large amount of supplies on the back of the mountain were piled up on the open space in front of Taiyi Hall.
The four little Taoist boys, who had never seen the mountains so lively, were so excited that they ran around like a huhu, and they were like a big disciple of the mountain gate, and arranged in a way that these porters reorganized the supplies and sent them to the temporary warehouse.
Taoist Niu took paper and pen to count and register.
Only Wang Yuanze was doing nothing, sitting on the dilapidated steps in front of Taiyi Hall, looking at the setting sun, and was rubbing the little puppy in his hand.
Soon the sun set, and the goods sent to the mountain were registered and cleaned up. A group of porters and villagers who went up the mountain to watch the fun also found a few broken houses and slept randomly. They all went down the mountain early the next morning.
The mountain has temporarily recovered its temporary peace. Wang Yuanze also got up early, practiced martial arts and exercise first, had a simple breakfast, and then meditated for an hour, then went into the room to watch the various classics left in the Taoist temple, in order to find some things that are useful for his cultivation, especially the toad molt of the seven-star golden toad. If he could find some information that is useful for alchemy, he might be able to grow his strength rapidly.
Without elixirs, you can only practice by yourself, and you don’t know that you can truly enter the Qi training period in the Year of the Monkey and Horse Month.
It is useless to not be able to refine Heqi Pill for the time being, but Qinghe School must have other pills that can help you quickly enter the Qi training realm.
Especially yesterday, he met two immortals in Longmen Mountain who were asking about the news about the Seven-Star Golden Toad at the foot of the mountain, which made him a little nervous.
As the saying goes, a man is innocent and he is guilty of possessing a treasure.
The Seven-Star Golden Toad is famous. Once the Qinghe Sect reveals the incident of a pair of Seven-Star Golden Toads, it is probably a big sensation in the Immortal Gate Dojo in Shenzhou. What's more, there are more than 200 toad molts of Seven-Star Golden Toads in his hand. This wealth is enough to make all the Immortal Gate jealous.
Unfortunately, although the Qinghe School used to be a great family and had a profound foundation, it has really fallen to an unparalleled level. There are many remaining classics, but most of them are useless. Even if you occasionally find some information related to alchemy, it is incomplete. One page or another, you can't find any clues.
Just when Wang Yuanze was feeling irritated, he heard a sound of footsteps outside the door, Liuyun ran in panting and shouting:
"Master, it's not good. The couple I met in the town yesterday came up the mountain and was at the entrance of the Taoist temple!"
"What?" Wang Yuanze was stunned and quickly threw down the book and stood up. After a moment, his face returned to calm and said, "Hurry up and notify Elder Niu, I'll go and greet him."
"Yes, Master!" Liuyun turned around and left again. Wang Yuanze sorted out his clothes and walked out of the Elders' Courtyard. He walked through several ruined palace walls and soon arrived at the entrance of the Taoist temple. Sure enough, he saw a pair of elegant and handsome men and beautiful men, who were close to Longmen Mountain immortals, Yuan Hua and Lin Qiuya, who were close to the town yesterday.
"Two immortals forgive me, Wang Yuanze is late to welcome you!"
Wang Yuanze did not dare to ask for help, and bowed with a smile on his face.
"Haha, Master Wang doesn't need to be polite. You and I don't have much age difference. Just match our peers. My junior sister and I were originally going to leave Qinghe Town, but I heard that Master Wang planned to rebuild Qinghe Temple. So today I went up the mountain to visit to see if I could exert some slight power. After all, the Qinghe Sect was once the leader of my Immortal Taoist Taoism in China, and many of my seniors in Longmen Taoist Temple were also from the Qinghe Sect. The two factions were in the same spirit. How could we stand by and watch such a big thing!" Yuan Hua said with a smile.
Wang Yuanze smiled bitterly: "Senior Brother Yuan is joking. Today is different from the past. The Qinghe Sect has fallen to this point. How dare you compare it to the Longmen Taoist temple? Please don't joke about the shabby mountain gate. Please come inside!"
"Please ask, Master Wang!"
All the Immortal Sects in Shenzhou are known about the current situation in Qinghe Temple. However, when they walked into the Taoist temple and saw the ruins and ruins and weeds everywhere buried in the trees, Yuan Hua and Lin Qiuya were still sighing and even looked at each other, as if they had less expectations for the seven-star golden toad.
After all, the Seven-Star Golden Toad has not appeared for thousands of years.
During this thousand years, countless disciples of the Immortal Sect and even masters from the martial arts world have searched openly and secretly. Not to mention digging three feet into the ground, at least the treasures that can be seen have almost all been stolen.
In fact, the Qinghe Sect's decay was so declining. It was because the Qinghe Sect itself was not good at making progress, and it was also related to the poaching of various immortal sect temples in China. It had been a disaster for hundreds of years in open and secretly. After almost all the good things in the Qinghe Sect were snatched away, several large immortal sect temples spoke, ordering fellow practitioners in China not to rob the Qinghe Sect's property, but at this time there were no good things, and the rest were useless things that the immortal sect looked down upon, such as the Immortal Fruit, although it was a rare thing in the mortal world, but in the eyes of the Immortal Sect, it was similar to garbage, so it could grow fruitfully on the mountain without picking it.
Wang Yuanze and Yuan Hua and the others walked along the winding steps to the Taiyi Hall on the top of the mountain.
Looking at the dilapidated Taiyi Palace and the Taiyi Immortal Statue with broken legs on the shrine, Yuan Hua and Lin Qiuya were stunned for a long time.
"This... Since Master Wang wants to reorganize the Qinghe Sect, why don't he reshape the Dharma image of Taiyi Immortal Lord first? This is too... too that!" Yuan Hua's face twitched for a few times.
"This...hehe, it's not that I don't want to, it's because I don't have money. The Qinghe Sect is now in a mess, and it's short of people and money. But I've already arranged it... it's arranged!" Wang Yuanze smiled and felt a little feverish in his face.
"It's good to arrange it. All the Immortals in Shenzhou, all of my Immortals worship Taiyi, as the ancestor of Xuanmen. Junior sister, since we are here, we still have to worship it so that we will not miss the etiquette!"
"What my senior brother is talking about, hehe!"
Lin Qiuya smiled and her delicate body trembled. She followed Yuan Hua into Taiyi Hall. The two of them pulled out three incense sticks from under the lame altar and put them on the incense candle to light them. However, before they could be inserted, a few of them broke and fell to the ground. They suddenly became a little busy, and Wang Yuanze also turned red when he saw it.
After burning incense, Wang Yuanze led the two to a clean room on the side.
The wing room is dilapidated, and although the doors and windows and roofs have been simply repaired, the air is still leaking from all sides.
A coffee table left in unknown era, although it was not missing, but the patina was rich and cracked, and it looked like it was dug out of a garbage dump. The four worn futons placed on both sides were also old and old. I don’t know if it was woven by a poor Taoist priest in which year and month, and the crooked and shrunk fuchsia leaves were branching out from all sides, which made Yuan Hua’s face thrust so hard that he couldn’t stop.
"Senior Brother Yuan, please sit down!" Wang Yuanze rubbed his hands and smirked.
"It's really hard for the leader of the king!" Yuan Hua didn't care much, and sighed and sat cross-legged. However, Lin Qiuya was twisted for a long time before she reluctantly knelt next to her.
"In order to protect the foundation of the Qinghe Sect, the Shenzhou Immortal Alliance ordered his fellow disciples to come and harass the Qinghe Sect. I have been practicing in Longmen Mountain. I didn't know that the Qinghe Sect was so depressed. Now that Master Wang is interested in rebuilding the mountain gate, my junior sister and I can't stand by and watch when we meet. I am willing to do my part. After returning to the mountain, I will report this matter to the elders in the sect. They must be very happy!" Yuan Hua spoke with a sigh.
Chapter completed!