DiploNovel #141 - Xie Lingyun, daughter of Xie Xuan
#141 - Xie Lingyun, daughter of Xie Xuan
Chapter 140 Xie Xuan's Daughter, Xie Lingyun
A large number of armored soldiers were rushing back and forth in the Taoist temple, knocking the disciples inside off their feet.
Under the stunned gaze of Zhang Chen and Cheng Yu, countless armored soldiers quickly rushed into the main hall, occupying all the hidden corners.
Zhang Chen felt a little flustered, his eyes looking at Cheng Yu: "It's over, could it be that the Yellow Sky Dao has been exposed? Has the Surveillance Office come to our door now?"
"Can't be! Or else, let's run quickly." Cheng Yu was so shocked that he was dumbfounded, subconsciously hugging Zhang Chen's thigh, a hint of fear in his eyes.
Zhang Chen was speechless when he heard this. If it were just him, it would be no problem to escape, but there was still a little bean sprout. He couldn't abandon the little bean sprout and run away by himself, right?
"If you're not afraid of being hacked to death, then run." Zhang Chen muttered unhappily.
Cheng Yu shrank his neck when he heard this. However, the two of them stood respectfully in a row in the corner, waiting for their fate to be decided.
If the Yellow Sky Dao really had an accident and suffered misfortune, it would not be too late to find a way to escape.
Facts proved that Zhang Chen and Little Bean Sprout were overthinking. As the armored soldiers rushed in, the two of them were directly driven out by the armored soldiers:
"You two, get out of here quickly!"
Faced with the armored soldiers' expulsion, Zhang Chen was not only not annoyed, but instead had a happy expression on his face, grabbing Little Bean Sprout and turning around to run away.
Only a fool would be willing to get involved in this kind of mess.
As the two were driven out of the main hall, after a short while, a soft sound of footsteps echoed outside the hall. A woman in a scarlet robe slowly walked out of the hall.
The woman was wearing a scarlet robe, dressed as a man. A golden phoenix about to take flight was embroidered on the robe, which looked very domineering.
The woman's face was exquisitely beautiful, with a simple bun tied on top of her head, and her eyes were clear and distinct, looking very pure. It could be said: 'The person by the wine stove is like the moon, her white wrists are like condensed frost and snow.'
The woman in the scarlet robe, coupled with the golden phoenix, was like a ball of flame, slowly walking in from outside the hall.
Behind the woman, five elders from the Taoist temple respectfully followed, following closely behind the woman, lowering their heads and looking at their toes, their eyes not daring to wander.
The woman came to the center of the main hall, looked at the dozen or so statues of gods in the hall, and then said: "I heard people say that the Yellow Sky Dao enshrines the Great God of the Yellow Sky. The Great God has boundless power, can transcend the suffering of the world, and can resolve human disasters. I wonder if this is true?"
When the elders heard this, their hearts all skipped a beat. What kind of stuff was this Great God of the Yellow Sky? How could they not know? Resolve disasters? Resolve a fart of disasters!
If the Great God of the Yellow Sky was so awesome, the Great Victory Dynasty would have been overthrown by them long ago. Why would they need to shrink back like mice?
At this time, the Scripture-teaching Elder quickly stepped forward, bowed and said to the woman: "Believing is having, not believing is not having. The Great God of the Yellow Sky has boundless power. If you want to receive the Great God of the Yellow Sky's favor and resolve the disasters on your body, you still need to be sincere."
"The people of the Northern Lands all know that I suffered disasters in my childhood and have been plagued by illness. I hope the Great God of the Yellow Sky can eliminate the disasters for me." The woman's voice was cold, but the words she spoke were chilling:
"Of course, if I can eliminate the disasters on my body, I will naturally reward you handsomely. If it is just empty talk and deception, then the Yellow Dawn Temple should be disbanded as soon as possible."
Hearing this, the elders in the Taoist temple all showed bitter expressions. Did the Yellow Sky Dao have the Great God of the Yellow Sky? How could they not know?
It was simply a thing to fool people!
At this time, the elders cursed the disciples preaching down the mountain in their hearts. Those disciples preaching down the mountain were talking nonsense, but they had to ask them in the mountains to run their legs off and try their best to remedy the situation.
Then, the woman in red, Xie Lingyun, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the statue.
After kowtowing, the woman slowly raised her head, then stood up and looked up at the statue of the Great God of the Yellow Sky: "It seems that the Great God of the Yellow Sky did not bless me."
As soon as these words came out, the elders all felt a chill down their backs. Everyone knew how difficult the woman in front of them was to deal with, and how ruthless her methods were. At this time, the Martial Transmission Elder said: "The divine is high above, how can it be moved by a mortal's one-time worship? Miss, if worshiping once has no effect, it must be because the number of worships is too small and cannot move the divine."
The woman nodded when she heard this, believing the words of the Merit Transmission Elder: "In that case, I plan to stay in the Taoist temple for a while and want to use the divine power of the Yellow Sky Dao to suppress the disease on my body. I wonder if the elders can allow it?"
Hearing Xie Lingyun's words, everyone looked at me and I looked at you. The Law Enforcement Elder muttered to himself: "Of course it's not convenient! We are the lair of rebels here. You are the daughter of a big figure in the imperial court. If you stay here, if you see any clues, wouldn't that be asking for trouble? Convenience is a ghost."
Then, the Law Enforcement Elder showed a bright smile, nodded and bowed to Xie Lingyun and said: "Convenient! Of course it's convenient! It couldn't be more convenient. This little Taoist will go and arrange a place to stay for you."
Faced with the daughter of the head of the Surveillance Office, who would dare to say such words as inconvenient?
"That's good. Don't worry, you won't be short of food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. I will send people to bring food and various supplies!" Xie Lingyun said.
"Look at what you said, how can the Taoist temple lack your rations?" The Martial Transmission Elder stepped forward to flatter him.
"Come on, quickly arrange a residence for the distinguished guest! No, I will personally arrange it." The Martial Transmission Elder said to the woman in red: "Distinguished guest, please follow me."
The woman in red went away with the Martial Transmission Elder, and the armored soldiers in the palace also left completely. At this time, the elders looked at the backs of the two leaving, all sighing.
"It's over, we've actually provoked a fiend! There are countless secrets in our Yellow Sky Dao. If this person discovers them, all of us will have to die. Those bastards preaching down the mountain, how dare they talk nonsense and attract this fiend. With this grandma's character, if she leaves disappointed, I'm afraid we won't want to be peaceful."
"What should we do now? Even Xie Xuan can't solve her strange symptoms, let alone us? Unless we mobilize the power of incense, perhaps there is a glimmer of hope." Another elder said.
"What should we do now?" Someone said.
"What else can we do? Of course, we have to mobilize the power of incense. Our Yellow Sky Dao's control of the power of incense is not a top secret, and the Surveillance Office should know something about it. If we can really convert this eldest lady into the Yellow Sky Dao, maybe Xie Xuan will also be dragged down by us. If we have Xie Xuan supporting our preaching, we will definitely be able to take advantage of the opportunity to sweep the entire Northern Lands," said the elder in charge of chores.
“We cannot make a decision on this matter. I will immediately send a message to the Ancestor and ask him to decide.” The Enforcement Elder picked up a stick of incense, went to the statue, and lit it. As the smoke rose, it twisted and turned into the figure of Wu Changming.
“Why have you contacted me?” Wu Changming asked from within the incense smoke.
The Enforcement Elder hurriedly explained Xie Lingyun's situation, but Wu Changming frowned: “I am currently occupied with miscellaneous matters and cannot spare the time. Wait patiently, and someone will handle it when the time comes.”
The incense extinguished, and peace returned to the Taoist temple. The elders looked at each other, all dumbfounded. Since things had come to this, they could only wait patiently.
Meanwhile, Zhang Chen and Xiao Douding, having been excused from chores for the day, were very happy. They returned to their room to practice martial arts or learn to read, and life seemed to have calmed down.
Apart from the entire Taoist temple being in a state of strict alert, with everyone unable to move around freely, there were no other effects.
Of course, the most pleasing thing was that the morning exercise performance was canceled. With Xie Lingyun here, who would dare to organize large-scale martial arts practice for the disciples?
On the third day, an old Taoist priest with white hair and beard arrived at the Taoist temple. All the elders and disciples lined up to welcome him.
Zhang Chen and Xiao Douding squeezed into the crowd, looking at the old Taoist priest with his celestial air and robe embroidered with a large patch of wheat ears, both secretly clicking their tongues.
“This person, like Wu Changming, has countless rice ears embroidered on his body. Could he be one of the twelve elders of the Yellow Sky Dao, with a status equal to Wu Changming?” A thought flashed through Zhang Chen's mind.
The elders of Yellow Dawn Temple bowed and welcomed him, addressing him as: Ancestor.
Zhang Chen secretly inquired about him, and a disciple who knew said that this person was one of the twelve personal disciples of the Grand Heavenly Master of the Yellow Sky Dao: Gu Mingyue.
However, all of this had nothing to do with Zhang Chen, who continued his carefree life.
He had stirred up big trouble down the mountain and didn't want to go down the mountain now, lest he be tracked down.
One day, around noon,
Zhang Chen was hiding in his room, studying the second rune, when his pupils suddenly contracted. Golden light flashed as his Eye of Law automatically opened, and the entire scene of the Taoist temple suddenly changed. A vast divine light enveloped the entire courtyard, and golden flowers, imperceptible to mortals, slowly fell from the void.
“This is the power of incense! Has the god of Yellow Dawn Temple revived?” Zhang Chen hesitated slightly, picked up a kettle, and walked out of the room as if unintentionally, looking towards the direction of the divine light. He saw the divine light gathering in the main hall, and a figure shrouded in divine light stood in the light, as if a celestial being had descended to earth, overlooking everything in the mortal world.
“This path of incense is truly marvelous!” Zhang Chen thought to himself.
But before he could finish his thought, a black light flew out of the main hall, and a black mist rose into the air, directly shattering the figure in the divine light, along with all the light in the void, which also disappeared.
The divine light disappeared, and the black light also disappeared. Everything seemed to have returned to normal, but Zhang Chen knew that this was definitely not normal.
“What was that black light? There seemed to be a seal inside. That black seal is so evil, it's as if an evil ghost has descended.” Zhang Chen pondered: “The Yellow Sky Dao has suffered a loss!”
Inside the main hall,
Xie Lingyun's face was pale, her entire face devoid of color. Across from her, the Yellow Sky Dao Ancestor also spat out a mouthful of blood.
“What a fierce aura.” Gu Mingyue looked at Xie Lingyun with a horrified expression.
Xie Lingyun's face was bloodless, and with her red robe, she looked even weaker and more delicate, with a hint of disappointment in her eyes: “Even the gods of the Yellow Sky Dao have no way?”
Gu Mingyue said with a wry smile: “This old man is unable to do it. Unless the Great God of the Yellow Sky personally takes action, but to invite the Great God of the Yellow Sky, it depends on whether Miss is sincere.”
He knew that the matter was difficult, otherwise Xie Xuan, also a hero, would have solved it long ago, which shows how difficult this matter is.
“How can I invite the Great God of the Yellow Sky?”
Xie Lingyun stood in the main hall with a pale face, her figure swaying, her skin pale without a trace of blood.
Gu Mingyue smiled bitterly: “The Great God of the Yellow Sky is the supreme belief of my Yellow Sky Dao. Even my master, the Grand Heavenly Master of the Yellow Sky Dao, rarely receives a response. If the esteemed guest wants to invite the Great God of the Yellow Sky to take action, you still need to offer incense morning and night, and pray and worship sincerely. If you are sincere enough to move the Great God of the Yellow Sky, perhaps there is hope of receiving the Great God of the Yellow Sky's gaze.”
Hearing this, Xie Lingyun's eyes revealed a hint of disappointment. Gu Mingyue's words were too general. With her wisdom, how could she not know that this probability was almost non-existent.
Since the Yellow Sky Dao had the Great God of the Yellow Sky and became a force to be reckoned with, apart from the battle to establish its prestige, which allowed the Yellow Sky Dao to gain a foothold in the world, there had been no news of the Great God of the Yellow Sky taking action a second time. The Great God of the Yellow Sky of the Yellow Sky Dao is extremely mysterious, and even the Surveillance Office has not been able to figure out its origins.
Xie Lingyun was helpless and could only choose to rest.
Meanwhile, Zhang Chen, as the incense energy in the sky dissipated, his Eye of Law slowly closed: “That black aura is so strange. It may not necessarily be powerful, but it is really difficult to deal with.”
He didn't want to cause trouble, turned around and returned to the room to continue deciphering the second rune.
He had a premonition that as he gradually studied it, the day when the second rune would be deciphered was not far away.
However, no one noticed that when the black jade seal came into contact with the incense divine energy, a wisp of energy dissipated and happened to fall on the black mist lingering on the coffin in the corner of the wall.
After obtaining the dissipated energy from the seal, the black mist couldn't help but change, and some inexplicable changes occurred. It actually began to gradually gather into a form.
Days passed little by little, and another three days passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, Zhang Chen withdrew from his mental world, then came to the sandbox, looked at the smooth yellow sand, and held a wooden stick in his hand, but did not directly start writing. Instead, he stood in front of the sandbox, deep in thought.
“You're not practicing martial arts, what are you thinking about?” Xiao Douding looked at Zhang Chen's back unhappily.
“I'm thinking about something, don't disturb me.” Zhang Chen said.
“Could it be that you've made a breakthrough in martial arts?” Xiao Douding was immediately invigorated when he heard this and leaned over to ask.
Zhang Chen glanced at Xiao Douding, ignored him, and stroked his chin, thinking about the final key to the rune.
“This rune is a bit interesting, a bit similar to my Stasis Rune, but not quite the same as the Stasis Rune. In terms of power and potential, it's probably not as good as the Stasis Rune. It's just that there's a stroke on this rune that I always feel is flawed, but I can't figure it out.” Zhang Chen's wooden stick unconsciously划动 on the yellow sand.
“What's so good about your ghost drawing that's worth thinking about? I've already learned it!” Seeing that Zhang Chen was ignoring him, Xiao Douding directly snatched Zhang Chen's wooden stick and drew a stroke on the sandbox.