The Poor Monk Cultivates a Way

Qi Ze smiled lightly, since he would not say anything about Tong Xianwu's personal visit to the door to threaten him, it was up to the second prince to make up his mind.

Talking about the matter of the crown prince being deflated, the second prince was very proud, and put aside Qi Ze's sarcasm, and said with a smile: "After this incident, the prince has greatly lost points in front of his father, but as brothers, we also You should regard the prince as your father, and you should persuade the prince with good words, so that the prince can change his ways and return to righteousness!"

Qi Ze responded silently, the second prince was intoxicated for a moment, and said again; "Father heard that the princes' mansion has recruited many strange people, he was very happy, and specially issued an edict, and three days later, set up an order in the palace Fighting skills conference, all masters are invited to try out their supernatural powers!"

Gong Chuzhi sneered and said: "We cultivators practice qi and cleanse ourselves, and we are not street jugglers. How can we develop supernatural powers at will and make people laugh?"

The second prince smiled and said: "Master Gong's words are wrong! People who practice Taoism have been like crucian carp crossing the river since ancient times, but how many people have attained boundless magic power and certified longevity? Even if they live longer, in the end they are still nothing but loess." Wouldn’t it be good to act in front of the imperial court to win the fame of life and death, record it in the history books, and pass it on forever? Furthermore, if you get the approval of the emperor, your Five Elements School will naturally get twice the result with half the effort and kill two birds with one stone, so why not do it?”

One of the palace officials laughed it off, but with Qi Ze present, it's hard to say clearly, just pretend not to know.

The second prince said again: "Father also knows that the real people have come from far away to work hard, so he set up a lottery, and the winner of the magic performance competition can go to the treasure house in the palace to choose a treasure! You real people, don't underestimate the father's The treasury, the thousand-year-old state of Yu Dynasty, has countless treasures in the treasury, which may not be inferior to the treasures hidden in your sect!"

Monk Hamen suddenly said: "Na Wu Dingjue Tathagata! Poor monks and brothers also want to participate in the Dharma performance meeting, not for the sake of treasures, but for broadcasting Dharma, so that Emperor Yu can know the essence of Dharma, which is also a great merit. !"

Monk Haduo sneered and said, "The Great Bodhi Temple has been passed down in China for thousands of years, but the Dharma is not flourishing here. It is a great crime! My brothers and sisters came here, and I also asked Yu Chao to see how authentic Buddhism is!"

The dispute between Buddhism and Taoism in this world has been going on for a long time. The Great Bodhi Temple has always been calm, adhering to the essence of Buddhism, being modest in every way, and not far or close to various Taoist sects. But what the monk Haduo said, it is obvious that Zhuanlun Temple has made up its mind to preach in the middle land, and to compete with other sects of Taoism!

Qi Ze frowned secretly, and said: "The Taoist school is pure and empty, and the Buddhist school is neither born nor destroyed, they are all righteous ways, so why should the two masters be aggressive and insist on winning or losing?

Monk Hamen said: "It's not that the poor monks want to win or lose, but they have to do it!" Monk Haduo also nodded repeatedly.

Qi Ze's heart moved slightly, and the second prince smiled and said: "With the help of the eminent monks of Zhuanlun Temple, the performing arts conference must be very exciting. I wonder what the two masters of the Five Elements Sect think?"

Qi Ze said: "I don't know which masters from the prince's mansion will participate?"

The second prince sneered slightly, and said: "Those brothers of this king have been recruiting troops for many years, but they just hide it very deeply. Only they know what masters they will send to participate!"

Qi Ze pretended to inadvertently ask: "How does the treasure house of the princes compare with that of Emperor Yu?"

The second prince only said that he saw Bao's heart moved, and said with a smile: "It's not the same! Not to mention this king, even the treasures in the prince's treasury are less than one ten-thousandth of what the father has hidden!"

Qi Ze thought of the fragment of the Fifty Yin Demon Map in the prince's treasury, and thought: "I don't know how many fragments of the treasure map have been lost in the world, maybe there are also in Emperor Yu's treasury!" Said: "Since the second prince is so kind, Invitation, my Five Elements Sect is willing to attach Jiwei!"

The second prince laughed loudly, clapped his hands and said: "Okay! Daoist Qi is really happy! Three days later, this king will also experience the magical powers of the Five Elements Sect!"

The three of Qi Ze returned to Liu Guanbai's residence, and the Palace Office said: "There will be no good meeting, Emperor Yu held a performance meeting, I am afraid that he wants to spy on how many masters of Taoism are in the hands of the princes."

Qi Ze said: "Are you afraid that my skills will be inferior to others, and that I will lose face of the Five Elements Sect?"

Gong Chuzhi hurriedly said: "How dare you, disciple!"

Qi Ze said with a smile: "I've only practiced gang for a few days, even if I lose the battle, it's nothing, and I don't have to rely on you to support the facade of our sect! It's also a good time to see how many masters have been recruited among the princes! "

Liu Guanbai said: "What I care about most is the group of ghost monks secretly raised by the emperor!" What hope?

Qi Ze said: "I don't know if Emperor Yu will send his monks to participate in the meeting, so let's play it by ear!"

Three days later, a summons came from the palace, ordering Liu Guanbai, Qi Ze, and Gong Chuzhi to enter the palace to face the saint. As a dog-headed military commander, He Shanyan had less and less status, so he had to stay at home.

Qi Ze also wanted to meet that Emperor Yu, to see what that licentious, incompetent, incompetent emperor really looked like.

The Imperial Palace of the Yu Dynasty is naturally the largest and most majestic palace in the world. In terms of luxury, it may not be comparable to the Prince's Mansion and the prince's mansions, but the aura of solemnity that has been accumulated for thousands of years is the best in the world.

However, this kind of Zhuang Suqi is nothing in front of Qi Ze. The longevity series he has seen can make up two tables of mahjong, not to mention that even Mo Nian Mowei, the lord of the beginningless demon, has seen it in person. A mere imperial palace , as if in no man's land.

Liu Guanbai had a holy decree and was summoned to enter the palace. There was a eunuch in front of the palace gate leading the three of them to the palace.

Gong Chu's nature is cautious, he only looks ahead and never oversteps the rules, but Qi Ze is looking east and west, poking his head, looking like a countryman entering the city, and is curious about everything.

The leading old eunuch looked back frequently, and couldn't bear it at the end, and waved to Liu Guanbai quietly, whispering in his ear: "This old slave has been on the job for many years, and your follower is the first one who is so 'smart'. .Eighteen princes, you better take care of it, otherwise it is not a trivial matter to lose your dignity in front of the imperial court!"

Liu Guanbai smiled wryly, and Qi Ze said leisurely: "I can hear you! Also, I'm not Liu Guanbai's follower, old man, you'd better speak carefully!"

The old eunuch said "Ouch", and hurriedly turned around and said, "It's the old servant who can't see the mountains! Talk too much, please take care of me!" He stretched out his hand to slap his own face.

Qi Ze said: "Forget it!" He didn't bother to think about it at all. The old eunuch fled away before bringing the three of them into the palace hall as if he was mourning for his concubine.

Qi Ze looked up, and there was a golden plaque hanging high in front of the hall, with the words "Zhengji Hall" written on it, he shook his head and said, "The name is a good name, but it's a pity that it's useless if you can't practice it!"

The front of the hall was guarded by strong warriors, hearing this, everyone glared angrily, wishing to tear Qi Ze into pieces, where have you seen such madmen uttering wild words?

Qi Ze was not afraid at all, he was quite childish, and stared back at the guards one by one, Liu Guan's hair was growing old, so he could only smile wryly.

The three of them waited in front of the hall for a long time, but they did not see Emperor Yu summoning him. Qi Ze and the palace were all accomplished people in cultivating Taoism, but the old god was there, but Liu Guanbai was unavoidably suspicious. He was afraid that Emperor Yu didn't like his background and deliberately Show face.

Suddenly Qi Ze's voice came into his ears, and said: "Guan Bai, you don't have to worry about gains and losses. If you want Emperor Yu to pass on the throne to you, the difficulty is equal to your cultivation of longevity. Sooner or later, you will have to rebel and kill yourself before you can ascend to the throne! "

Liu Guanbai almost couldn't catch his breath, so he had to cough a few times. There was no sound in front of the hall, these few coughs were very abrupt, and caused the wrestlers in front of the hall to glare, Liu Guanbai snorted, but it was inconvenient to attack.

Gong Chuzhi snorted coldly and said: "Little strongman, he has quite a temper!" Qi Ze said: "They are also responsible, as long as they don't provoke us, forget it!"

Gong Chuzhi said: "What is the status of the uncle, and Emperor Yu is so negligent, it is better to return early!"

Qi Ze was about to speak when he heard a young eunuch come outside the hall and screamed: "The emperor has an order to announce that the eighteenth prince and two real people will enter the hall!"

Gong Chuzhi snorted, "What a big show!"

Qi Ze smiled, flicked his sleeves, and entered the hall boldly. The little eunuch saw Qi Ze and the palace first, and the eighteen princes behind, slightly flustered and at a loss.

Qi Ze entered the palace, his eyes were full of divine light, and he pointed directly at the dragon chair above the jade steps!

Sitting on the dragon chair was an old emperor, wearing the robe of the Golden Dragon Emperor, with a thin figure, high cheekbones, sunken eye sockets, dry lips, and dim eyes. The appearance of the body.

But Qi Ze stared fixedly at Emperor Yu on the dragon chair, and did not look away for a long time. The officials of the two groups of cultural relics finally couldn't hold back, and a general shouted: "Bold and crazy thief, how dare you bully the king! Come on, take him down!"

Immediately there were several warriors on duty rushing over, Qi Ze nodded, shook his head again, and said with a smile: "Why bother!" With a flick of his sleeves, oops, those warriors were knocked down by a strong force , screamed in pain.

The general was furious and wanted to do it himself, Gong Chuzhi shouted: "Those who don't know how to live or die! Look at their armor!"

The general's eyes fell on the armor worn by the warriors, and he took a deep breath. The armors worn by the warriors were all forged from fine steel, which was extremely hard, but under the careless swipe of the young Taoist priest, all of them were sunken. , It's like hitting countless times with a sledgehammer!

The general was startled and angry, he was a man of knowledge, and he knew that he would die if he went up, and when he was riding a tiger, he heard the very old voice of Emperor Yu, saying: "How can you be rude to the immortal of the Five Elements School? Back off!"

Those guards, as if they had been pardoned, scrambled and fled one by one, in extreme distress.

Emperor Yu shook his head, and said: "As I am getting old, these guards are becoming more and more useless!" He grinned and said to Qi Ze: "When I was young, I also wanted to ask immortals, but it's a pity that I didn't. I have no predestined relationship with immortals. I heard that although Daoist Qi is young, he has already entered the hall of cultivation. He even worshiped Daoist Tianjizi as his teacher. After a hundred years, I have already been a handful of loess, but Daoist is as bright as the sun and moon, immortal and immortal. I'm jealous!"

Qi Ze's eyes flickered, and he said: "Otherwise, His Majesty the Poor Taoist Temple has an extraordinary appearance, and has the aura of a real dragon to protect his body. , will be able to achieve something!"

When these words came out, all the ministers of civil and military affairs changed countenance. The word "abdicate" was the most dreaded word in court, but Qi Ze said it lightly!

Emperor Yu was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed out loud, but the laughter was low and hoarse, gradually becoming silent.

Qi Ze remained expressionless, waiting for Emperor Yu to laugh, and said: "As long as Your Majesty has a heart to follow the path, Pingdao is willing to introduce His Majesty to practice in this sect, and he will never break his promise!"

Emperor Yu smiled again, coughed almost choked, and said after a long time: "Reverend Qi sees me as a seed of cultivating Taoism? Good! If Master Qi had said this fifty years ago, I would have killed that bull-nosed person who belittled me! "

Speaking of the word "death", two cold lights shot out of his eyes suddenly, showing the spirit of the ninety-five supreme, holding the power of life and death, and running amok. It's just that the cold light disappeared as soon as it was released, and it returned to the appearance of an old man who was dying.

Qi Ze said sternly: "Everything said by the poor is true, please think twice, Your Majesty!"

Emperor Yu nodded, and seemed to think about it for a moment, and then said: "Reverend Qi is sincere, but unfortunately I am old and weak, even if I abdicate to practice Taoism at this time, I will not be able to cultivate anything famous, why don't I just end my remaining life like this!"

Qi Ze nodded slightly, and said: "Since Your Majesty has made up his mind, the poor will not say more!" When the Palace Office heard that Qi Ze was actually going to recommend Emperor Yu to the Five Elements School, his jaw almost fell from shock. bored in my heart.

Emperor Yu smiled and said to Liu Guanbai: "Old Eighteen, you have gone through the prince's way and learned from the Five Elements School, but you made a good move!"

Liu Guanbai was startled, he quickly knelt down on the ground and said, "My son... my son..."

Emperor Yu said: "Get up, you can make good use of material resources and money for your own benefit, you are also enlightened, and I will not blame you! Besides, you have attracted two real people from the Five Elements School for me, which is a great achievement." It’s too late for me to reward you! I heard that your residence is very simple? I will give you a house!”

Surprised and delighted, Liu Guanbai hurriedly said: "Thank you, my lord!" Then he stood up.

Emperor Yu rubbed his eyebrows and said: "I have been good at Taoism since I was a child, and I like people who have achieved success in cultivation. I heard that the princes have recruited many masters of Taoism this year. Seeing Lie Xinxi, I planned a performance conference. Today I have seen a few waves of people with high Taoism and Dharma, and I really lived up to my expectations! The two real people and the old eighteen can rest in the palace tonight, and try out their supernatural powers tomorrow. It will feast my eyes and let my ministers Look at how fascinating Taoism and supernatural powers are!"

After finishing speaking, he gestured with his eyes, an old eunuch beside him understood, and hurriedly shouted: "Retreat!" Emperor Yu got up and left, and all the officials and workers also left one after another, some smiled knowingly, some shook their heads and curled their lips, not knowing what they meant .

Just now the old eunuch came back with a sad face again, and said: "Your Majesty has an order to ask this old slave to lead the way for the three, but there is no need for outsiders in this palace, there are many rules and many palace rooms, the three should not walk around indiscriminately, so as not to collide with something. , but not beautiful!"