Chapter 442: Judgment
The fragrance of flowers in the garden was filled with intoxicating people, but it could not touch the noses of the high Taoist priests. A total of twenty-three Taoist priests gathered here, including eight masters. Since the gathering of the riots of the schizophrenic Mountains that ended with suspicion and division six years ago, this is the first time that the masters of the eight Taoist priests discussed a major plan together. There were not many topics, but they were full of controversy.
Mu Xingqiu stood alone outside the flower hall, quietly admiring Chen Xiuming's labor results, thinking nothing in his mind, and not even caring about all the accusations against him.
He only came back last night, nearly two months after he set out from Huangjing. There were so many things that even he himself found it incredible. He knew that it was almost impossible to convince the priests in the flower hall. His only choice was to tell the truth and wait for their decision.
Chen Hao and Xiao Qingtao hurried over, and stopped a little more than ten feet away from him. They encountered the ban set by the Taoist priest Zhushen and dared not move forward any more.
Mu Xingqiu walked over and smiled at the two of them through an invisible and powerful shield.
"Are they all true?" After the ban was cleaned, Chen Hao's voice was a little strange, erratic and incoherent, as if the ending of each character was pulled out.
"There are too many things, which one do you mean?" Mu Xingqiu believed that the same was true when his voice was heard.
Chen Hao thought for a moment and asked the most important thing: "Have you taken the potion?"
"Are you talking about Hua Yaowan? Not yet." Mu Xingqiu took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms, "I want to get the consent of the Shintoists and then take it."
Chen Hao and Xiao Qingtao showed unbelievable shock, and after a while, Chen Hao spoke: "Are you crazy?"
"I have a reason, but please let me explain to the Shintoku inside first." Mu Xingqiu had no madness on his face. The most difficult stage of choice had passed. What he had to do now was to express his thoughts and plans, and then carry out them wholeheartedly.
The two outside the ban were silent again, and then Xiao Qingtao spoke. "Where is Yang Qingyin? I heard that she was kidnapped by a group of demons. There was also Xin Youtao and Ouyang Yu, but there was no news about them."
"They are all very safe at the moment." Mu Xingqiu comforted the two people opposite him with expression rather than words. "Xin Youtao, Ouyang Luo and Shen Ji voluntarily stayed in Baizhang City as hostages, so that I can return to Pangshan smoothly, and I will switch them out soon."
The two were even more surprised. Xiao Qingtao noticed that Mu Xingqiu was deliberately avoiding Yang Qingyin's topic and asked, "Have you... seen Pei Zihan?"
Mu Xingqiu nodded and put away his smile, "He also knows what he is doing when he made his own decision. He and I have another agreed battle that has not been carried out."
Xiao Qingtao has a lot of things to ask, but he can't even say it when he says it.
Chen Hao knew that before accepting the inquiry from the Taoist priests of the Gods, Mu Xingqiu could not speak freely to them, so he turned to him: "The people from the Demon Slaying Society are waiting for you to come back."
“How many people are here?”
"Less than 200 people, more than 40 people in Pangshan, and more than 150 people in other Taoist dynasties." Chen Hao has worked very hard, but the Demon Slaying Society is still getting worse. If Mu Xingqiu is charged with some kind of crime, the situation will be worse and may even end in vain.
"I want to meet everyone later today." Mu Xingqiu didn't know when he would be summoned, and he didn't know when the inquiry would end.
"Okay. Most of them live in Duanliu City, and it's easy to gather."
Two Taoist priests came on the road in the distance. Chen Hao quickly spoke and asked the most important thing, "Yashan Zhao Zhijin..."
The two Taoist priests looked very far away. In a blink of an eye, Chen Hao had to shut up, nodded to Mu Xingqiu, and left Xiao Qingtao, and only saluted one of the two visitors.
The one who received the courtesy was Yang Qingyin's mother, and the other was Shen Jiyi, a Taoist priest from Yashan. He met the team escorting the people and followed them to leave the territory of the demon clan. This time he came to Pangshan to testify.
Shen Jiyi had obtained permission and walked into the ban calmly, smiled at Mu Xingqiu, saying hello, and then walked to the flower hall.
Yang Qingyin's mother looked at Shen Jiyi's back until he disappeared at the entrance of the flower hall. She said in a questioning tone: "You didn't bring Yang Qingyin back."
"No, but she is not in danger for the time being."
"Please don't use such words to perfunctory me. Now I am not a Taoist priest, but just a mother. I would rather give up my practice for my daughter. I can bear everything, but I can't accept lies and know nothing."
Mu Xingqiu had only seen this female Taoist priest for a few faces. In his mind, Yang Qingyin's parents were harsh and old-fashioned, and were pure Taoist priests. The love for her daughter was reflected in how she gave birth to more talented descendants. However, after the Battle of the Luanjing Mountain, Yang Qingyin seemed to have never been under such pressure again.
Mu Xingqiu looked at the female Taoist priest who now only wanted to be his mother and told the truth: "Yang Qingyin was forced to take the Demon-Crafting Pill, and some of her memories were removed. She is now with the Spirit Demon transformed into the Pangshan Spirit Beast and is heading to the land of the group of demons."
"She doesn't remember me and her father?"
"She remembered, but memory removal and demon transformation had a greater impact on her than she thought, and she now prefers to be a spiritual demon."
The female Taoist priest fell into silence. She was not an ordinary person. She understood the power of spells. Her daughter's voluntary choice was just an appearance. The magic tricks imposed on her must be very powerful. "What did you do for her?"
"It is very dangerous for Taoist priests to transform into demons. Six Taoist priests died for this. No one has ever been truly successful. So I asked for a medicine for her that could delay the process of transforming demons. Now she is still a human, and she is not in danger of life for the time being."
Mu Xingqiu did not only these things, but he did not want to disclose those things that had not yet achieved results.
But this was enough. Yang Qingyin's mother's expression quickly calmed down and even showed a smile, "If I had expected today's concern, I would never have given birth to her at the beginning. Many Taoist priests refused to give birth to offspring, but I overestimated my ability and thought it could easily eliminate the relationship between mother and daughter, but I could not survive this flesh and blood disaster. I must admit that I am just a mediocre Taoist priest who swallowed the smoke. I had stopped practicing six years ago. So when you go to save people, I will go with you."
Mu Xingqiu performed the etiquette of Taoism to Yang's mother, "Good."
A summoning came from his mind, Mu Xingqiu saluted again, turned around and walked towards the flower hall, and went to face the twenty-three gods.
Yang's mother stood outside the ban and suddenly shouted: "You are no longer Taoist priest Pangshan. Yashan has never been an ally of Pangshan!"
This was the only reminder she could do. Mu Xingqiu happened to walk into the flower hall, and she didn't know if her words had been passed.
The flower hall is a tall and wide wooden shed with vines and plants on the shelves. Twenty-three Taoists stood around, and there was no sign of the main and secondary. They did not talk in a silence way at this party, but face to face, showing their importance to the party.
Mu Xingqiu entered the flower hall and reached the middle in one step. He was like a young lion who had just been born, being inspected by dozens of adult lions in the entire ethnic group.
He saw Zuo Liuying and Pang Shan’s new master. Only these two showed him a clear appearance. The other Taoist priests all had blurred faces, but Mu Xingqiu could not see clearly even if they were more than ten steps apart.
The new master is named Shen Yannian, who comes from the Five Elements Department and is a close relative to the former acting master Shen Jixian.
Mu Xingqiu did not see Shen Jiyi who came in first, and the Taoist priest Yashan handed over his memory to testify and was sent away.
Among the many high-level Taoist priests in the flower hall, Shen Yannian had the lowest level. He was only promoted to the level of God-Punishing less than a year ago, but he was Grandmaster Pang Shan and had the identity of the host. Therefore, he spoke on behalf of everyone.
Shen Yannian looks about forty years old, has a tall figure, high cheekbones, low cheeks, no beard under his chin, and a skeleton-like majesty on his face.
His voice matched this, as unquestionable as an oracle.
"About the death of Zhao Zhijin, a Taoist priest at Yashan Xingluo, we have found out the truth."
Mu Xingqiu had not explained half of his explanation for himself, and the investigation was over. He had no choice but to listen and accept.
"The following is the decision made by our twenty-three Shintoshi priests." Shen Yannian continued to say that even the most severe judgment issued by the most severe judge in the world could not produce the shock brought by his dull words. Mu Xingqiu had to cast spells to ensure his peace.
Not long after, this shock turned into real pressure, and came from all directions, and Mu Xingqiu could only protect the three fields.
"The Taoist priest Zhao Zhijin of Yashan Xingluo wanted to regain a drop of water from the sword washing pond, but he set up a trap and wanted to secretly take away Pangshan disciple Mu Songxuan, which violated the principle of mutual trust in the Taoist dynasty, and eventually led to death. Therefore, the Taoist priest Mu Xingqiu did not need to be responsible for this matter."
This was a fair judgment. Mu Xingqiu could not expect a more reasonable result than this, but he tried his best to compete with the shocking atmosphere in the flower hall. He could not speak, so he could only nod.
"The whereabouts of Mu Songxuan, a disciple of Pangshan, are unknown. The Taoist priests guarantee that no matter which family finds their whereabouts, they will be sent to Yashan."
The bald man and the female Taoist priest Bai Qing in Luanjing Mountain disappeared together. Mu Xingqiu wasted some time in Xijieguo for this, but even the demon clan did not find the whereabouts of these two people.
This decision is also reasonable, and it is related to the treasure of Yashan. Even if Bald is a complete Taoist priest Pangshan, he must be sent to Yashan. Mu Xingqiu was prepared for this, but he just hoped to get a guarantee that he would not hurt Bald, but he couldn't speak. With his resistance, the unknown, unknown spell, and unknown source, became stronger and stronger, like a giant mountain pressing down, and it was difficult for him to nod.
"Taoist Mu Xingqiu, you must explain all the experiences of the past period of time."
The pressure is getting stronger and stronger. The Shen Taoist priests are not asking Mu Xingqiu to tell his experience, but if they see the memories in his mind directly.
This is exactly what he hates the most and cannot accept. Knowing that there is no hope of resistance, he still keeps increasing his magic power. Until the last moment, he will never hand over his memory.
Suddenly, the pressure disappeared, as if another force was pushing it away.
Mu Xingqiu didn't know whether this was a concession between the Taoist priests of the Gods or someone helped him, but he finally returned to normal. He shook his body twice, took out six inner elixirs and six small cloth bags, and then spoke in front of the Taoist priests of the Gods.
"I will start with the art of transforming demons, and also mention true illusion and soul. Finally, I will talk about the origin of Taoism that I understand."
The last time Mu Xingqiu made Taoist Priest in the Shen was that he announced that he would withdraw from the Pangshan Taoist Orthodox. This time he caused a little contempt: a young Taoist Priest actually wanted to go to the most powerful group of people in the Bajia Taoist Orthodox.
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