Chapter 357 Choice King of brocade flowers? Queen Mother of the East? There are really two choices in front of me. That "Empress Yaohua" is indeed powerful. But how to choose? In terms of interests, eliminating either party would earn him a thousand taels of gold from the imperial court, which would be considered another ingredient for the golden elixir. However, with his current abilities, it would be almost impossible to eliminate the Queen Mother of the East unless there was a True Lord in heaven who was willing to lead troops to eliminate her. There is a North Leopard Spring at the Leopard King's place, but the North Leopard Spring will neither dry up nor run away. If others get rid of the Leopard King, they can also go to get the North Leopard Spring. Besides, the North Leopard Spring is not precious, so it doesn't matter. The Queen Mother of the East has the Earth Spirit Pill. This is what is precious. There is also a method to achieve longevity. Not to mention whether I can use it or not, if any senior brother becomes slack in practicing in the future, and his Taoism is not enough, or the growth of his Taoism cannot keep up with his own aging, perhaps a few years of life may mean the difference between life and death. It seems that there are greater benefits from the Queen Mother of the East. It is difficult to measure whether it is dangerous or not.

The Queen Mother of the East seems to be more powerful than the Leopard King, but she seldom hurts anyone. This time she issued the "Eternal Life Order" to recruit talents and soldiers. If he just wanted to see whether her method of immortality was true or false and what the principle was, he didn't have to fight with her to death. He could just take the "Eternal Life Order" and leave. But the Leopard King has harmed countless people and is extremely ferocious. If we go to the northwest and enter the Leopard King's lair, the two sides will definitely fight to the death. But if we talk about the dangers... The Leopard King endangers the people of the world, but the Queen Mother of the East endangers the rule of the imperial court and the nine gods of heaven. Speaking of this, it’s not difficult to choose. But thinking of what "Empress Yaohua" said, "The mind determines blessing and misfortune, and the choice determines safety and danger", it is obvious that one of the two is more dangerous, so Lin Jue had to be serious. After thinking about it, I shook my head and put aside the distracting thoughts. If you can't think of this sentence even if there is one, why not just pretend that it doesn't exist? People who practice Taoism should be free and easy, and do what they want. Why should they be timid and restrained because of a sentence? "Where are Daoist Fellows Wan, Lord Pan, Daoist Fellows Tao, and Daoist Fellows Lei?" Lin Juexin calmed down and asked, "Where are Master Nan Tian and Master Yun Chan, and the Taoist priests of Yushan?" "Master Nan Tian, ​​Master Yun Chan, and the extraordinary people from Juxian Mansion who had dealt with the Leopard King in the northwest before, have already gone to the northwest." Master Fan paused: "Fellow Daoist Wan, Daoist Tao, and Lord Pan and Lord Lei are still in the capital waiting for Fellow Daoist Lin to make a decision. They said that if Fellow Daoist Lin wants to go to the northwest, they will follow him to get rid of the Leopard King. If Fellow Daoist Lin wants to go to the northeast, they will also follow him to see what the Queen Mother of the East who can make people immortal looks like. Not only them, but also some strange people in the capital, and even some brave ones, all said they would follow Master Lin to get rid of the monster." "those people?" Lin Jue actually knew these people. Most of these people are strange people with some magic skills, barely considered as spiritual magic school, because Nan Tianshi and the rumored Fan Tianshi both rely on summoning gods to exorcise demons, barely considered as talisman school, so some strange people are unwilling to follow Nan Tianshi because of this, and some are timid and afraid of death. When I went to Jinping County to exorcise demons, they were watching, and when I came back from exorcising demons, I had already gained a lot of fame among these people. After the battle with Dazu Master at the end of last year, there should be more and more people like Lei who want to seek fame and fortune with me. We are not afraid that they are doing it for fame and fortune. As long as they use legitimate means, there is no need to blame them. As long as they are truly doing good for the people, they deserve recognition. So Lin Jue asked again: "Where are the Taoist priests in Yushan?" "It is said that he took the ancestral instruments of the temple and went to the northeast to look for the Queen Mother of the East." "A magical weapon passed down from my ancestors..." Lin Jue remembered the mirror hanging in the Moving Mountain Hall of his own Fuqiu Temple. It had been passed down for many years. If he wanted to fight the Queen Mother of the East, he should be able to borrow it from his eldest senior brother.

"Brother, have you decided where to go?" "You should go northwest!" "I guess that's the case." "Fan Daoist, please stay in the capital. If there is any news of any changes, you can also try to inform me." Lin Jue said, and reminded him specifically, "Daoist, you must be calm. This time, don't be like last time, when you got drunk and were provoked by someone and left the capital to look for the demon king." "I know..." Master Fan nodded and sighed, looking somewhat powerless. Lin Jue bowed to him and walked out. When he returned to his courtyard, Mr. Luo had already led out his tall horse with a simple bag on the horse's back. He also had a silver spear that had been polished to a shine, with the gun head put on and hung on the saddle. "Have you decided where to go?" Luo Seng turned to look at him, his expression calm and his tone steady, "It's several hundred miles to Baolin and Yunmeng County. You walk fast. If you have made up your mind, I will call those strange people to go ahead. You just came back, you can rest for a while, eat something, and then catch up with us." "For now, I want to go find the Leopard King first." "Um……" Luo Seng glanced at him, and without asking any more questions, he just nodded and said, "The Leopard King is in the northwest, and the Queen Mother of the East is in the northeast. They both need to go north to Qinglian County first, and then split into the west and east. Before that, they all take the same road. If you change your mind, just catch up with us on the way." "it is good!" "Go first!" After Luo Seng finished speaking, he led the horse out the door. It seemed that in his heart, there was nothing to care about and nothing to be afraid of. Whether he won or lost, the worst that could happen was death. Lin Jue watched him leave. It is indeed as Luo Gong said - I have been traveling to the capital since early morning, and I am already a little tired. I haven't even eaten yet, so I really should take a rest first. And with their speed, let alone Luo Gong who just left, I can still catch up with Jiang Daochang and Nan Tianshi who set out at noon. While Lin Jue was in deep thought, he poured pills from the small bottle and fed them to fellow Taoist Bai Lu. He also took Fu Yao to eat something and even asked it to go to Fengshan outside the city to call two stone horses. The sky was getting darker and darker. The Taoist rode on a white egret, flying in the clouds, while on the mountain road below, stone horses galloped like the wind. I wanted to catch up with Mr. Luo and his party before nightfall, but I never expected that the weather in the capital was still good, but as I headed north, there were dark clouds spreading for hundreds of miles and it was raining heavily. It was inconvenient for Taoist Bai Lu to fly in the rain, and as night was approaching, Lin Jue had to land first and find a temple in the village to take shelter from the rain temporarily. He changed back to his original form and looked around. It's just a village temple with a few miscellaneous statues. No one takes care of it, but it's clean and quiet. There were traces of a fire in the middle of the temple, and some dry firewood was placed against the wall. The fox jumped in with a bag on his back.

I saw it turn its body sideways, pull its legs out from the straps of the backpack one by one, and then take off the backpack. Then it shook its body vigorously, and a cloud of water mist swept away, and its body was immediately dry again. "Mr. Luo! In front!" The fox turned and said to Lin Jue. "Got it. They should also be taking shelter from the rain." Lin Jue said, "Don't worry, the rain will stop tomorrow, we can catch up with them during the day." "Hey~~" The fox shook his head, blew at the ground to blow away the dust, and then lay down there. A vigil light was lit. Lin Jue sat cross-legged on the ground, thinking in his heart. I have learned the Great Yin-Yang Method and practiced it for a year, including half a year on Mount Yi, and my skills have improved a lot. However, the Leopard King was able to fight evenly under the siege of the Skyfire God General and many extraordinary people, so it was obviously not an ordinary person. Especially after it was defeated, as long as it retreated to its nest, the Skyfire God General immediately stopped chasing it, which also showed that after so many years of operation, its nest has become a place that is enough to make the God General cautious. Could this be the danger that “Empress Yaohua” mentioned? There was a steady sound of rain outside. It gets dark early on rainy days. In the blink of an eye, the sky is dark outside. All you can hear is the rumbling sound of horse hooves. The earth is shaking, and they stop at the door of the village temple. Lin Jue knew that they were two stone horses. At this time they should be standing at the gate of the village temple. I don’t know if it’s a habit they developed before they became spirits, but no matter where these two stone horses go, they like to stand at a door or intersection, and they have to stand in a straight line. "I just hope I didn't scare the villagers." "I just hope I didn't scare the villagers!" Lin Jue whispered, and the fox imitated out of boredom. Just at this moment, a voice was heard at the door: "Where did these two stone horses come from?" Lin Jue and the fox both looked over and saw a figure walking out of the ceremonial gate of the village temple. He was wearing black clothes and was looking outside in surprise, then looking at the man and the fox in the temple in surprise. The man and the fox looked at each other. There must be someone in the village, but neither Lin Jue nor the fox noticed when this person came in. It was as if he had always been there. They immediately knew in their hearts that this person was most likely not a human, but a ghost or something like that. "I brought it." Lin Jue answered, looking at him carefully. Seeing that his body was solid and did not look like a ghost, and he did not have any evil spirit or evil aura, I wondered what he was. "Who are you? Where are you from? Where are you going?" "My surname is Lin, my name is Jue, I am a Taoist, I came from the capital and was heading northwest." Lin Jue replied, "Because it was raining, I came to this temple to take shelter, I don't know if there are other people in this temple." "A Taoist priest from the capital? Going northwest?" The man smiled. "This afternoon, there was also a group of Taoist priests who also came from the capital and went northwest. They also took shelter from the rain here for a while. What a coincidence."

"Oh? Are you serious?" "You young Taoist priest! At my age, why would I lie to you for no reason?" "Have those Taoists ever talked to you?" "We didn't talk much, but from what they said, they seemed to be Taoist priests from Mount Qiyun. The pile of ashes in front of you was made by them when they were warming themselves by the fire in the afternoon because they were cold and their clothes were wet." "That's right!" Lin Jue was not afraid of him in the first place, and now that he heard it, he felt even less scared, "Where are they now?" "The rain stopped for a while in the afternoon, and they left in a hurry." "So that's it." "Do you know?" The man walked over while talking. Lin Jue turned off the night watch lamp and then lit it again. The light illuminated the man's face. He was a middle-aged man with an ordinary look, nothing unusual. "Of course I do." It was a lonely rainy day and they met by chance, so Lin Jue simply invited him to come and sit with him. This person is unusual, and perhaps I can get some information about the North from him that I don't know. (End of this chapter)