Chapter Twenty-Five: The Maze But by Words
I slept so well that I didn't even have a dream.
Sleeping until midnight, Fang Zhuo was suddenly awakened by a faint noise. He opened his eyes slightly, and in his ears was the low cry of a silver bat. Before Fang Zhuo could figure out the situation, he felt a foul smell in his nose!
When he opened his eyes, he saw a terrifying face right in front of his face!
"Ah————!h
Only then did he see clearly that the scary face was the sloppy Taoist priest. I don't know why, in the middle of the night, he actually ran to himself and lay his head to observe himself.
"Old ............ Fang Zhuo shouted, but he didn't know whether it was appropriate to call him "old-timer" or "old-man", and after eating this scare, his usually extremely fluent speech disappeared.
Seeing his frightened appearance, the sloppy Taoist priest smiled. This smile didn't matter, the ash on his face and the messy hair made his appearance even more hideous. However, Fang Zhuo could see from his smile that this Taoist priest was trying to squeeze out a smile, and he was also extremely careful not to scare himself. As soon as he realized this, Fang Zhuo was not afraid. It seems that this Taoist priest is not incorrigible to madness, as long as he is not insane, then there is nothing to be afraid of.
The Taoist priest smiled, and suddenly said: "Young man, the residual aroma of wine on your body is very attractive, old Taoist priest, I haven't drunk such good wine for many years." I wonder if you still have such good wine?"
Maybe he hadn't spoken for a long time, and the sloppy Taoist priest's words were stumbling and very difficult. However, he even said with a gesture, and Fang Zhuo finally understood what he meant.
Unexpectedly, this crazy Taoist priest disturbed people's dreams in the middle of the night, just to beg for a glass of wine. Fang Zhuo didn't think much about it, took out a jade bowl and poured a bowl of spiritual wine for the old Taoist priest. While pouring the wine, Fang Zhuo was still muttering in his heart, I don't know how long this wine has been on his body, he was soaked in sweat all the way, he didn't expect this sloppy Taoist priest to still be able to smell it. This guy's nose is also a little too smart.
When the sloppy Taoist priest smelled the aroma of wine, his expression was greatly invigorated, and his nose wings kept moving, sniffing violently again and again, as if the aroma of wine had begun to be intoxicating. With the jade bowl in his hand, the old Taoist priest buried his face above the bowl, just sniffing the wine for a long time. Until Fang Zhuo felt strange, the sloppy Taoist priest suddenly raised the jade bowl, grunted, and drank the spirit wine to the fullest!
Fang Zhuo was stunned.
You must know that this jade bowl contains at least two catties of spiritual wine. With so much spiritual wine, one person can't drink it all in one gulp. However, when he saw the old Taoist priest, he took a big sip, swallowed it directly, and then handed the jade bowl back.
Fang Zhuo was confused, but he heard the Taoist priest reveling in the wine, and said in a low voice: "Young man, this wine is a once-in-a-lifetime good thing, and these jade bowls of yours are all great treasures. In this kind of place, if you are seen by those immortal cultivators, any one of them will bring you death. ”
Fang Zhuo was shocked when he heard this. This Taoist priest is not crazy, but he is just a little crazy and stupid. As soon as he thought of this, he hurriedly put away the jade bowl, stood up and gave a deep look at the sloppy Taoist priest, and said respectfully: "The student has encountered an accident, and he doesn't want to come here." In a foreign place, there is no hope of returning, and he begs the master for guidance. ”
The old Taoist priest smiled slightly, and at this moment, Fang Zhuo didn't feel terrible when he saw his face full of ashes.
"Doll, this place is deep in the Fulong Mountain, if you want to get out of the deep mountain, it is impossible for you. However, I see that your eyebrows are purple and your eyes are full of energy, which is a sign of atmospheric luck, and it is also a chance that you as a mortal can come here. I advise you to be at peace with what you encounter, cherish it, and you should have a great harvest. ”
Fang Zhuo's heart was mixed when he heard this.
He just wanted to ask this old Taoist what was going on with this "atmospheric luck" and "chance", but he heard the sloppy Taoist priest say: "This cultivation of the true world is different from mortals, and you are a student, even if you are knowledgeable, you may not know it. There's a Hung Dian Pavilion in the town below, and there are a lot of miscellaneous books that you can take a look at, which may be helpful to you. ”
"Thank you, Master. When Fang Zhuo heard this, he hurriedly thanked the sloppy Taoist priest, and silently remembered the word "Hongdian Pavilion" in his heart.
"Doll, I have been here for a hundred and twenty years, and I never thought that you would step into this stone room today. The sloppy Taoist priest looked whole and said solemnly: "I stayed here because I was instructed to wait for the opportunity. Let me ask you, I need help with something, would you like to help me?"
This is a bit too bizarre when two people who have never met before first meet and ask if they are willing to help. Fang Zhuo was stunned, and for some reason, he replied very directly: "If it is within the student's ability, but please ask the master to command." ”
"Oh?!" The sloppy Taoist priest's eyes suddenly lit up, staring at Fang Zhuo up and down, and then suddenly he smiled and said, "Ha Ha ”
Fang Zhuo was very surprised in his heart, and then he remembered that the old Taoist priest had just said that he had been waiting here for one hundred and twenty years. He peeked at the other party's dirty face, but he was puzzled in his heart, why did this old Taoist priest call himself an old man?
"Good, good, good. The sloppy Taoist priest stood up with a smile and saluted Fang Zhuo. Fang Zhuo dodged while looking at his hands. At this time, this sloppy Taoist priest clasped his palms together, and what he did was indeed the etiquette of a monk.
The sloppy Taoist priest didn't care how Fang Zhuo was puzzled, he fell to the ground with a salute, and then straightened up and sang: "I have a golden relic, which no one in the world knows. If you can find the old master, you will be sent a great opportunity. ”
After singing, the Taoist priest shook his sleeves, regardless of the dark night outside, turned around and strode out.
"Hey, master, master, you haven't said ............ yet. Fang Zhuo hurriedly caught up.
"Don't ask, when the opportunity comes, everything will be known. With that, the sloppy Taoist priest jumped up, used his hands and feet together, and quickly disappeared into the night by climbing the iron chain.
Fang Zhuo's heart was full of doubts, but in the deep night, the Taoist priest's singing came: "The road of cultivating immortals is full of vicissitudes, and you are not afraid of difficulties. If you want to live on the road of longevity, you just have to look forward. ”
The song sounded repeatedly, lingering in Fang Zhuo's ears. Fang Zhuo's heart was stunned, and he listened to the Taoist priest's singing and drifted away, and finally didn't hear it.
He stood there and thought for a long time, and finally suddenly came to his senses and fell asleep!
The next day, after Fang Zhuo woke up, he thought about the events of last night from the beginning, and decided to go to Hongdian Pavilion to have a look according to the instructions of the peculiar Taoist priest.
The sloppy Taoist priest had lived in the town for so many years, but people had never paid attention to him. Since the farewell last night, the Taoist priest has never appeared again, and the people in this city have not paid much attention. Only a few people with a heart found that the sloppy Taoist priest living in the stone house hanging in the air was gone, and the owner was replaced by a young man in ragged clothes.