On the morning of July 15th, Xie Zihao and others were fully dressed and followed the two Hongmen disciples to the stands to watch a wonderful and lively lion dance battle.

This is considered the first competition of the Taoism Conference.

The participants include the five branches of Hongmen and overseas Xiangkou, as well as many personnel sent by the Taoist supernatural forces from other countries who came to participate in the Red Flower Forum.

A total of more than a dozen lion dance teams compete for the red flower that serves as a green flower. There are many schools such as Southern Lion, Northern Lion, Boxing Lion, etc., all of which are not seen in the secular world, mixed with gods.

Fighting, spelling, suppressing nightmares and even Meishan magic and other methods, it was a wonderful show, and the audience cheered continuously.

What made Xie Zihao curious was that there was also a team from Xiangxi, China, which was the lion dance team that performed the Meishan technique.

From Xie Zihao's perspective, he could certainly see that as the captain of the Meishan Lion Dance Team cast spells, their members were all attached to auras of spiritual light. It could be vaguely seen that they were all ghost soldiers and ghost generals with the characteristics of beasts, and these soldiers

The generals also had a faint red divine light on their bodies. Obviously, although they were not soldiers and horses of the sects such as the heavenly soldiers and immortal officials, they were also serious Yin soldiers under the command of the gods.

Wei Dake seemed to have some understanding of this, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice:

"Senior brother, is this Meishan?"

In fact, he had only seen Meishan's name in novels in his previous life. He had only a partial understanding of the specific situation and didn't know much about it.

Xie Zihao nodded:

"Meishan, to be precise, refers to Meishan Dongman, which is a large mountain located in the hinterland of central Hunan in ancient times. It is bordered by Tan to the east, Shao to the south, Chen to the west, and Ding and Li to the north."

Professor Liang Ruian then said:

"Meishan is known as the 'hometown of Chiyou and the ancestral mountain of Miao Yao'. Since ancient times, China has been a mysterious area full of mysteries. Among the people in the vast areas of central and southwestern Hunan, the word Meishan specifically refers to the founder of Meishan.

Dong Zhang Wulang."

In the past six months, Todd has picked up the Dongguan elective that he took in middle school again. Hearing this, he couldn't help but curiously asked:

"Zhang Wulang? The fifth child of the Zhang family? Doesn't this god sound very powerful?"

Xie Zihao patted the little boy on the back of his head and scolded softly:

"Don't talk nonsense like this outside. It is disrespectful to the gods. If others hear it, they will probably hold a grudge or even start a fight on the spot."

Todd was scolded and couldn't help but shut his mouth immediately, for fear of being overheard. He glanced at the Meishan teams participating in the lion dance competition below and saw that they were far away and did not look towards the stands at all.

Then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Xie Zihao actually blocked the voices of several people when they talked about Zhang Wulang, so as not to cause any trouble. The various taboos in the Xuanmen practice world are much more than those in the Western supernatural world, not to mention that they were discussing a righteous god.

Seeing that Todd had learned a lesson, he continued to explain:

"The founder of Meishan, Zhang Wulang, has a great background. He originally belonged to primitive folk beliefs and was believed by Miao, Yao, Zhuang, Han and other ethnic groups. There is no detailed record of the details of his ancestors, including my Xie family, who is a folk dharma lineage.

, but based on the few words left by our ancestors, we speculate that its god may be related to the ancient Chiyou clan."

The ancestor here was not talking about the Xie family in this world, but Xie Guizhen, the founder of the Xie family lineage in Xie Zihao's previous life.

"Later, the Meishan Patriarch attached himself to the Lushan sect of the Jingming Sect of Taoism and was officially named a righteous god. His godhead was mainly a hunting god, and also had the power to subjugate and eliminate demons. In northern Fujian, southern Shaanxi, western Hubei, Yunnan, and Guizhou

, people in Sichuan and the mountainous areas of Guangdong and Guangxi worship it!"

Xie Zihao didn't know much about Meishan Sect in his previous life, because this sect not only has too many branches, but is also relatively closed and secretive, with little communication with the outside world.

"The legend of Meishan Sect has been spread among the people in Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan provinces. Many folk dharma and craftsmen are also named after Meishan, mainly referring to teachers, Taoist priests and hunters, including cowherds.

Duck drivers, martial arts masters, singers, etc."

"And the current lion dance team from Meishan is obviously not from those fake ones from Meishan. It seems to be a lineage of the authentic Lushan sect that believes in Zhang Wulang."

"I have some ritual spells from the Lushan Sect in my home, but I lack the spells from the Meishan Sect. This is mainly because the spells from the Meishan Sect are more magical and more like a combination of witchcraft and Zhuyoushu. For example, the last

The famous Meishanshui method and the Five Rampant Soldiers and Horses."

Liang Ruian said curiously:

"Does your family still have the heritage of Lushan Sect?"

Xie Zihao nodded:

"There are only some rituals and spells, so I can tell that this Meishan lion dance team from western Hunan uses the Five Rams Soldiers and Horses!"

Wei Dake asked again:

"Five rampant soldiers and horses? What's the difference between them and our paper soldiers and horses?"

Xie Zihao shook his head.

"It doesn't make much difference."

"Whether rampant soldiers or paper-man soldiers and horses, they all belong to the Taoist guardian class of Yin soldiers. Legend has it that the origin of the five rampant soldiers and horses can be traced back to the battle between Huangdi and Chiyou. Hundreds of thousands of people died, and these people died and became

The lonely souls had no place to go and kept wandering in the world until the King of Tang had a dream in which the lonely souls who died in battle came to him for help, so he issued an edict to confer these lonely souls as the Five Rampant Soldiers and Horses."

"Of course, this statement is most likely made up by the people. The real Five Rampant Soldiers and Horses are actually the evil spirits that were born from the evil spirits that arose in miasmatic places in ancient times. The souls of the dead in battle or the souls of wild beasts in the mountains were contaminated by the evil spirits.

Because the two are often mixed together and often have animal characteristics or forms, they are called 'ram soldiers'!"

"Different from ordinary Yin soldiers, rampant soldiers are more similar to the Yin spirits born from monsters like Chumaxian in the Northeast. Compared with Taoist Yin soldiers, who generally need to be refined with water and fire to purify into pure spiritual bodies, rampant soldiers need to take the initiative

It absorbs evil spirits to ensure stronger combat effectiveness, so rampant soldiers are harder to control, and the chance of backlash is higher."

"Of course, this can be regarded as an authentic Taoist weapon method. It is much stronger than those evil techniques of raising little ghosts and lowering the head that have been spread to the Southeast Asian countries!"

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While I was talking, the lion dance battle below had reached its climax. Among the dozen or so teams, most of them had been eliminated, and the Meishan lion dance team was among the remaining four.

Although the other lion dance teams are also very powerful in their own methods, such as the lion dance team composed of disciples of Xuanwu Altar who use the gods, although the power of inviting gods is strong, the ability of the person who invites gods is limited.

, not to mention that this is a competition and not a life and death battle, so the Xuanwutan team cannot use their best skills to fight to the death.

Although the rampant soldiers are not as powerful as the gods, compared to the Xuanwutan team where the divine power is dispersed into individuals, everyone in the Meishan lion dance team has a powerful rampant soldier. Their own cultivation combined with the power of the rampant soldiers, on the contrary

Taken together, they are much stronger than the Xuanwutan team.

This is somewhat similar to the principle that county officials are not as good as current managers.

It is not yet known who will win in the real life-and-death fight, but from Xie Zihao's perspective, the lion dance competition should be won by these people from Meishan in the end.

The fact was just as he predicted, the first red flower in today's forum was picked by the Meishan Lion Dance Team from China.

Although the teams at Hongmen were a little disappointed, they had nothing to complain about. After all, their skills were inferior to others, and everyone competed fairly.

Moreover, the prizes of the Honghua Taoist Forum were originally launched by Hongmen to prepare for all Taoist forces in the world. At first, they were to recruit like-minded practitioners. Later, the main purpose was to expand the influence of Hongmen, regardless of Hongmen.
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