Chapter 142: Discussing the Dao in a Brothel

"Using sorcery to perform?"

Li Yan glanced at Shen Sanyou.

Shen Sanyou smiled: "Just watch, what's the rush?"

"In the past, they wouldn't use these things. Now they are just appetizers."

Sure enough, after the man from the Yang troupe won a round of applause, the Wu troupe on the opposite side also sent their own people.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Accompanied by heavy footsteps, a figure walked onto the stage.

This is a giant-like existence.

He was a full half-head taller than ordinary people, perhaps because of developmental reasons, his body still looked somewhat deformed.

Also covered in muscles, like a wild monster.

This giant man felt a bit silly, his expression dull, and he said in a muffled voice: "I'll perform a Wu Huo Carrying a Tripod for everyone."

Another traditional strength skill project.

During the Warring States period, lifting tripods to practice strength was popular, especially in the Qin State, and Wu Huo was a legendary strongman who was reused because of lifting a tripod.

Although this big guy is a bit silly and doesn't know how to tease or liven up the atmosphere, he is even more exaggerated than the man just now.

He actually lifted the bluestone table of Huage Tower directly, and even invited seven or eight guests to stand on it.

For a time, the applause around was like thunder.

Many people in the audience were experts. Although this Wu Huo Carrying a Tripod didn't look as good as the blade performance just now, it played with a domineering spirit.

The giant's body was already strange, plus such strength, it was simply like a guardian god in a play, naturally attracting everyone to cheer.

Li Yan touched his chin, thoughtful.

This giant man also used the Tong Shen technique.

But unlike the other family, there was a faint wild beast fishy smell on him, which should be some wild immortal possessing him.

Although the performance was wonderful, Li Yan shook his head slightly, "They are all insidious methods. Although they can win a moment of applause, using them for a long time will inevitably damage the body, lead to a hundred diseases, and make it difficult to have a good end."

Whether it's a Yin soul or a wild immortal, possession has never been a fun thing, let alone using it to stimulate potential.

"That's why it's rare." Shen Sanyou yawned, "Even for them, this kind of means is only brought out at critical moments."

Then the two sides had another fight.

In the clever skills, one side performed jumping balls and playing swords.

This acrobatics exists in ancient and modern times, domestic and foreign, which is to throw up a large number of colored balls at the same time, or throw and catch flying knives.

No possession this time, but it was performed with the help of supernatural powers.

One side relied on the powerful control of the body's spiritual roots to throw dense flying knives and round balls into the air at the same time.

Knives and balls danced all over the hall, making people dazzled.

At the last moment, the performer's flying knives flew up with a swoosh, piercing all the colored balls, and then fell to the ground with a crackle......

And the other side played with the divine whip technique.

He should have passed the nose supernatural power and had already stepped into the An Jin Layer.

Eyes covered with black cloth, the divine whip danced, extinguishing candles in all directions, while the candles below remained motionless.

Finally, he used the whip to drive the spinning top, and then used another whip to wrap around the pillar. The spinning top jumped up, rotating and moving left and right on the rope.

These spinning tops are all iron things, each weighing ten jin.

Li Yan saw the taste. The competition between the two sides is not only a competition of acrobatic skills, but also a kind of weapon exchange.

One is a hidden weapon expert.

The soft whip and spinning top are probably some kind of strange weapon.

In the last round, the ancient color magic both used illusion techniques without exception.

One played with rice turning into goldfish. The grains and miscellaneous grains on the table rotated rapidly with the spell, and water splashed in an instant, with dense goldfish swimming around...

Li Yan saw it clearly, this is some kind of sleight of hand.

In fact, the ceramic basin was full of water from the beginning, but the extremely fast technique combined with illusion made people feel that rice turned into goldfish.

And the Wu troupe opened his eyes.

Someone lit a fire basin, thick smoke with magic powder rose, and someone drove the Yin soul in the back, rolling the thick smoke to rotate at the beam of the room.

Above the beam, someone unfolded a huge picture scroll.

Combined with the flickering light and shadow effects, it seemed like clouds and mist were flying over Huage Tower, and a heavenly palace appeared.

Several agile children dressed in white crane clothes, jumping and jumping, hanging with thin silk, smoke under their feet, entered the heavenly palace like feathering and ascending to immortality, and disappeared......

An old man blurted out: "This... this is the long-lost Ascension to the Immortal Platform!"

It is rumored that during the prosperous Tang Dynasty, this technique was performed in Huage Xianghui Tower, which made Emperor Ming and his Imperial Consort praise it repeatedly. I didn't expect the Wu troupe to restore this technique.

Even Li Yan couldn't help but applaud.

The so-called layman watches the excitement, the insider watches the doorway.

Although he saw that these used Mystic Sect means, such a large-scale performance itself requires countless people to cooperate.

In any era, it is a presence that suppresses the venue.

Once this method came out, there was no suspense.

The old man from the Yang troupe on the opposite side had an ugly face. After bowing and conceding, he took his disciples and left Huage Tower.

To be honest, the abilities of both sides were only on par.

But Zhou Banzhu Wu's brain was more flexible, willing to spend effort to study, and brought out new things, while the Yang troupe was still using old programs, so they were defeated.

"How about it?"

Shen Sanyou asked after taking a sip of wine.

Li Yan nodded and smiled: "Senior is right, it was indeed a good show, which opened my eyes."

Shen Sanyou nodded and said to the woman beside him: "Hua Niang, I have something to say to Brother Li, don't let anyone disturb us."

"Hmm."

The woman stood up with a calm expression.

She moved the screens around to block the two, hung yellow talismans and peach wood pendants on the screens, and pinched the magic formula in her hand.

The atmosphere around changed instantly, and the noise in the hall also went away.

Good guy!

Li Yan was taken aback.

This is Qimen Dunjia, and it also mixes the layout method of Yang house Feng Shui.

This woman is also a Mystic Sect person, good at formations, and used some method to cover up her body, actually deceiving his nose.

There are many strange people in the market...

Li Yan sighed in his heart.

Huage Tower is indeed expensive, but just the things seen tonight are worth the ticket price. The aura here has been covered up, and there is formation interference, so I guess even if someone uses supernatural powers to investigate, they can't hear what they are saying.

Only then did Shen Sanyou speak, "You want to inquire about the Mystic Sect?"

"That's right." Li Yan nodded and answered honestly.

Inviting Shen Sanyou to a banquet today is naturally to know more.

After all, after traveling for this period of time, what he saw and heard already let him know that what he came into contact with was probably just the outermost layer of the Mystic Sect.

Wang Daoxuan doesn't know, Luo Mingzi doesn't say, so he can only inquire from this Shen Sanyou.

Shen Sanyou asked: "To you, what is the Mystic Sect?"

Li Yan frowned, "Junior doesn't quite understand."

Shen Sanyou pointed downward.

On the stage, Zhou Banzhu Wu was still telling jokes to make people happy.

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Shen Sanyou drank a sip of wine and sneered: "In the eyes of outsiders, the Mystic Sect is unfathomable, but to them, it's just a sorcery used to make a living, no different from ordinary Jianghu means."

"To those people in the Shangshan Dharma lineage, it is also a technique, a technique to seek their own interests and manifest the glory of the Dharma lineage!"

"To you, what is it?"

Li Yan was dumb, not knowing how to answer.

Shen Sanyou continued: "There has never been a lack of geniuses in the Mystic Sect. Someone like me simply doesn't count as anything."

"There is actually a division within the Mystic Sect. The limit that ordinary people can reach is the Three-Story Building."

"Even if the aptitude is average, if you open supernatural powers and practice hard for more than ten years, plus there is no problem with the cultivation technique, you can reach the Three-Story Building."

"On this Chang'an road, the Three-Story Building of Dao practice is easy to settle down and make a living. Serving high officials and nobles can even seek a wealth for future generations..."

"So I ask you, what are you seeking?"

"If you only seek these, it's enough now. Knowing too much about some things is instead a trouble."

Li Yan was silent for a moment, bowed respectfully and said:

"I want to seek the Law!"

"Seek the Law..."

Shen Sanyou said leisurely: "There are also many Laws."

"For example, the Tai Xuan Orthodox Sect, they bind themselves to the fate of the Shenzhou, protect the four directions, suppress evil and eliminate disasters, so they are worshipped by the imperial court and become the state religion."

"The Shenzhou will not perish, and the Tai Xuan Orthodox Sect will exist forever!"

"The Shangshan lineage also wants to seek this Law, but took a crooked path."

"There are also some people who are also seeking the Law."

"Like the Doumu Palace on Mount Taibai, what they seek is to study the mysteries of the stars and understand the operation of the Dao..."

"Like some Daoist medical sects, what they seek is to hang a pot to save the world, great medicine is sincere, and there are some Buddhist sects, what they seek is to save all living beings......"

"This is the Law!"

"With the Law, there is the Dao in the heart!"

"Life is like morning dew, extinguished in an instant. No matter how strong the sorcery is, it is only for self-protection. If there is no Dao in the heart, it is like a blind man touching an elephant, and it will be difficult to enter this door forever."

Li Yan was silent for a moment, recalled the experiences of these days, and suddenly looked up: "Junior, wants to go further."

"Further?"

Shen Sanyou sneered, "Zhao Changsheng? Become an immortal?"

Li Yan couldn't help asking: "Is it really just a delusion?"

Shen Sanyou drank a few sips of wine, looking at Li Yan's eyes, full of regret, "Once this thought comes out, you won't live comfortably in this life. Countless people have been ruined on this road."

"Becoming an immortal, longevity, are just layman's talk. If you can break through the limits of mortals and step into the Fourth-Story Building, perhaps you can come into contact with some things."

"By then, you can inquire about......"

"What is called an Ascender to God!"

In the early morning, the white light shone through the paper window.

Outside, the snow flew all night, and it seemed to have stopped. Vaguely, I could hear birds calling in the courtyard.

Li Yan had already woken up, but lay on the bed and didn't want to get up at all, looking at the beam and muttering to himself.

"Ascender to God..."

This is the second time he has heard this word.

The first time was his cheap master, who was crazy and led him into the Qin Ling Mountains, just because he didn't want the path to God he found to be buried.

At that time, he thought it was just a description.

Now it seems that it is far from that simple.

And listening to Shen Sanyou's meaning, ascending to God and becoming an immortal and longevity seem to be not the same thing.

Is it to make people become gods?

Just like those Dharma lineage ancestors......

It's a pity that if he asked further, Shen Sanyou wouldn't say more, just dragging him to drink wildly.

Thinking of this, Li Yan stretched and prepared to get up.

Last night was a bit absurd, but the harvest was not small. Not only these secrets, but he also knew why Huage Tower had a high status.

In the eyes of outsiders, people who run here only seek a night of physical pleasure, but what can be given inside is more.

Shen Sanyou knows many people in Huage Tower.

Li Yan only remembers that women were coming and going beside him from time to time, but at most they were hugging and holding, and the rest was relaxation.

They drank wantonly in that hall, listening to women singing Tang style ancient rhymes, singing Jiangnan ditties, singing the states of life, singing the great river flowing eastward...

This was the first time he got drunk in this life.

He only remembers staggering out with Shen Sanyou.

After sending him back to the Prince's Mansion courtyard, Shen Sanyou hugged a woman and ran to other courtyards to pretend to be a ghost and scare people...

At this moment, Li Yan also knew Shen Sanyou's choice.

He no longer wants to seek the Law, nor does he want to seek wealth through sorcery, just wants to indulge in short-term joy, forget the pain, and end his life......

Li Yan naturally wouldn't be like this.

But a night of absurdity made his tense nerves completely relax, and his whole body had a sense of transparency.

It seems that this brothel discussion of the Dao should be visited more often in the future......

Just then, the courtyard gate opened with a bang, and Sha Lifei's shouting voice came: "Brother Yan, Daoist, hurry up and pack up, I, Old Sha, have received a big job!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 143 =====