Zhang Lao first said goodbye to everyone and went home to prepare, because although he had prepared to tell Zhong Lin the secret before, he had never thought that he would be able to get the "treasure" immediately.

By the time Zhang Lao came back, he already had a bulging coarse cloth blanket in his hand. This blanket looks like it should be old, and there is a nine-palace gossip Taiji diagram painted on it.

"Alright, let's go!" Zhang Lao was in high spirits and beckoned to everyone.

"Wait a minute, Jianyi, you can communicate with Secretary Li of the Municipal Party Committee now, mobilize the police system to conduct a city-wide surprise anti-terrorism and anti-riot exercise, and focus the exercise on Beicheng District. And the periphery of Red Island arranges some of your henchmen just in case. ”

Zhao Jianyi was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly stood up straight as if he had realized it, and saluted a standard military salute.

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away!"

After Zhao Jianyi finished speaking, he turned around and took out his mobile phone, and while striding and making phone calls, he arranged for the deployment of military exercises.

After Zhao Jianyi left, the four old and one young, no, it should be said that the three old and two young had a hasty meal, and when it was completely dark, they were ready to leave. At this moment, Luo Xiaoman walked over.

"Grandma, I'm going to go with you......" Luo Xiaoman said with a slight blush.

"Nonsense, we're going to get down to business, so don't follow. The old lady, who had always been kind, said a little angrily.

Listening to the old lady's words, Luo Xiaoman's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and two crystal tears swirled in his eyes, as if they were about to fall, Chu Chu said pitifully: "Grandma, just let me go! Maybe I can help something......

"How can you help?" I can't say no, I'll wait for us at home!" said the old lady in a very firm tone.

"Hmph, I'm going to go, if you don't let me go, I'll ...... , I'll go on a hunger strike......" Miss Luo Xiaoman's brutal character appeared again, and where the words fell, two teardrops had already fallen......

To say that this old lady is also an old man, and her son Luo Ping only has such a daughter, so usually the old lady is very fond of this only granddaughter, it can be said that "holding it in the palm of her hand is afraid of falling, and holding it in her mouth for fear of melting"! The old lady saw that Luo Xiaoman actually shed tears, and her tone softened a little and said: "It's been two days since I was a lady, and your fox tail is showing again, and I don't let you go for fear that you will be in danger, be good, be obedient, wait at home!"

"Grandma...... , I'm not afraid, besides, I have heard what you said a long time ago, since it was left by the old ancestor, then the old ancestor will harm the younger generation......" said Luo Xiaoman looked at Old Man Zhang.

This old man Zhang has studied Taoism all his life and has not married a wife and had children, he also watched Luo Xiaoman grow up, and he also loves Luo Xiaoman quite much, at this moment, seeing Luo Xiaoman's pleading gaze, his heart softened suddenly, so he said: "Old sister, let Xiaoman follow, we all know the situation in the secret room, there should be no danger, and children also want to see the world, right?"

"That's it, that's it, grandma, you should take me to see it, I promise not to be a burden to you, after you go, see more, talk less, don't move!" Luo Xiaoman pulled the corner of the old lady's clothes and sprinkled coquettishly.

"Okay, okay, you damn girl, since your grandfather Zhang said so, then what else do I have to say. Hey......" Although the old lady sighed, a smile appeared on her face.

"Great, great, let's go now!" Luo Xiaoman cheered happily, like a little girl.

It was about 8 o'clock in the evening, and the path leading to the monument was lit up by a few street lamps that were not very bright. The ground of the small square in front of the monument is paved with one-meter square floor tiles, and there are scattered starlight lamps on the ground.

Because everyone who enters the Red Island is registered in advance, and outsiders are not allowed to enter at 6 p.m., so the only sound of crickets can be heard in front of the monument from time to time.

"In the past, there were still some old chiefs living on the Red Continent, but now there are only the old sisters, Lao Zhao, Lao Zhang and our four families left on the Red Continent, and we jointly guard these revolutionary martyrs who saved us, as well as the 'baby' who has been guarding for more than 2,000 years. In the evenings, a few of us often come here to chat with these old brothers. Chen Lao, who is usually taciturn, said.

Everyone quietly walked to the monument and bowed respectfully three times.

"Zhong Lin, what do you think?"

The old lady knew that Zhong Lin had consumed part of the "source power" when he was checking Luo Ping just now, so she asked.

"Like the previous times, the 'source power' has returned to almost half of its appearance, and it will no longer increase. Zhong Lin said.

Zhang Lao and the other three old men and the old lady glanced at each other and nodded to each other.

The base of the monument is square, there are seven steps on each side, and the four people stand on the four sides of the base of the monument, the east is the back of the monument is Zhang Lao, the west is the front of the Zhao Lao, the south is the old lady, and the north is Chen Lao. Zhong Lin remained on the front of the monument and stood behind Zhao Lao. I saw Zhao Lao come to the front of the steps, and by the light of the projection lamp, Zhong Lin saw that there was a gossip map with a diameter of about ten centimeters on the façade of the second step where Zhao Lao was. Zhao Lao stretched out three fingers and put them on the "Dui", "Gen" and "Kan" positions. Presumably, the other three must have the same gossip diagram in front of them at this moment, and their fingers may not be placed in the same position. At this time, just listening, Zhang Lao said: "Are you all ready?"

"Ready!" the other three said in unison.

"Okay, ready, three...... Two...... One, press!"

With Zhang Lao's password, the four of them pressed it at the same time.

"Click......

Zhong Lin looked back in the direction of the sound, and saw that behind him, that is, in front of the bottom step in front of the monument, the fourth floor tile had sunk into the ground, revealing a black hole. At this moment, the other three people had also turned to the front of the monument, and their faces were full of excitement. A few people did not speak, but walked softly to the entrance of the cave, and by the light of this clock, Lin could see the steps leading to the entrance of the cave.

"Lao Zhao, Lao Chen, you two stay outside just in case, my sister and I and Zhong Lin will go down. Zhang Lao said, took out four small flashlights from the blanket on his back, kept one for himself, and distributed one to Zhong Lin, the old lady and Luo Xiaoman.

"Yes!" Chen Lao and Zhao Lao agreed in unison, the two of them didn't know how to set up a formation, so naturally they couldn't help much, so staying outside was the best choice.

Zhang Lao walked in the front, followed by Zhong Lin and Luo Xiaoman, the old lady walked in the back, and the four mermaids walked down the steps. The stairs are diagonally downward, and after walking more than 20 steps, the front suddenly opens up, and what appears in front of everyone is a stone chamber with an area of more than 50 square meters. In the northeast corner of the stone chamber is a wooden box about one meter long, eighty centimeters wide, and fifty centimeters high.

Zhong Lin still has a certain amount of research on precious wood, and he knows that this wooden box is made of golden silk nanmu at a glance, and this box alone is already worth a lot of money. On the top of the box, there was a blue rune paper with runes drawn on it, as for what was drawn, Zhong Lin didn't understand.

"Zhong Lin, this blue rune paper was left by my senior brother. Zhang Lao pointed to the blue rune paper and said, looked at Zhong Lin and said, "Zhong Lin, have you ever seen such a rune paper before?"

Zhong Lin shook his head and said, "No, I don't know much about rune paper, I have seen some yellow rune paper, and this is the first time I have seen a blue one." Usually Taoist priests only use talismans, right? Elder Zhang's senior brother is a Taoist master?"

Zhang Lao said: "Yes, my senior brother used to be the master of the Wuji Taoist Temple under the Zhengyi School, when I and Lao Zhao, Lao Chen fled into the Wuji Taoist Temple with treasures, my senior brother took us in, we lived in the Taoist Temple for three years, and I had the heart of cultivation for many years, so I wanted to worship him as a teacher, but he didn't agree with anything, just let me and him be commensurate with the senior brother, but he taught me all the Taoism and the method of using talismans. ”

"Hey!"

Zhang Lao said and sighed and said: "It's a pity, I am stupid, I only learned one-tenth or twelve of my senior brother's ability to use talismans, although the second half of my life was all devoted to Taoism and talismans, but until now I have not reached the level of senior brother......" Speaking of this, Zhang Lao smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Lao Zhang, what should we do with this blue rune paper, we must not forcibly take it off, right?" the old lady asked.

"That's nature, that's a 'doom charm', it's a kind of charm that often appears in the ancient tomb, used to protect the ancient tomb from being disturbed, some of the golden lieutenants enter the ancient tomb if they encounter this kind of charm and mishandle it, many will die directly in the tomb, even if they are lucky to escape, most of them are insane or die slowly as if they were poisoned. ”

Zhang Lao glanced at Zhong Lin, and then said: "The colors of the rune paper used by Taoists are: white, yellow, blue, orange, red, purple, black, and the colors of the seven bells. The white rune has the lowest level, followed by yellow, blue, orange, red, purple and black, and the black rune has the highest level and is also known as the divine rune, for example, the black medical charm is said to bring people back to life. ”

"Rune paper is refined by a special method, the materials used in different colors of rune paper and the refining method are not the same, the higher the grade rune paper, the more difficult it is to refine, as far as I know, in the past hundred years, only the Heavenly Master's Mansion has refined the red rune paper, and no matter how advanced the rune paper is like a purple rune, I have never heard of anyone refining it, maybe it's just a legend. For example, if you use blue rune paper to draw runes, then not only can you not achieve the expected effect but may also be counterattacked, of course, people with different cultivation use the same color rune paper, the effectiveness of the runes drawn is also different, and the effect of the runes drawn by people with high cultivation is better. Therefore, due to the limitation of cultivation, the vast majority of Taoist priests can only use yellow rune paper in this life, so the color of our common rune paper is basically yellow, but the effect of the rune drawn by Taoist priests with high cultivation will be better. ”

Zhang Lao smiled bitterly at himself and then said: "Like I have lived for almost a century, and now I can only control the yellow rune paper, at best, it should be the peak of the yellow rune, and in another year and a half, I may be able to use the blue rune paper, and my senior brother is extremely talented, his cultivation has reached the level of using the blue rune paper decades ago, and he has even begun to try to use the orange rune paper, it is not difficult to imagine that if he can live until now, maybe ...... , hey, it's a pity that he was just in his forties. Speaking of this, Zhang Lao couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"Once a talisman has been drawn, we can judge its level and power at first glance based on its color, and as for what type of talisman it is, it depends on the content. There are many kinds of talismans, which are divided into offensive talismans such as fire talismans, thunder talismans, water talismans, ice runes, storm talismans, etc., and defensive talismans such as iron talismans, talismans, earth escape talismans, wood talismans, etc. According to the functional points, it can be divided into those that can cure diseases and save people, drive away evil spirits and eliminate disasters, medical charms, rejuvenation charms, evil spirits charms, refuge charms and bad luck charms that can harm people invisibly, sick charms, calamity charms, soul loss charms, etc., but it should be noted that the harmful charms are against the way of heaven, so the people who give the charms are often affected by the backlash......"

Seeing that Zhong Lin listened very seriously, Zhang Lao smiled and said: "There are too many types of talismans, not one sentence, two sentences can be said clearly, in the future, you will often come to Hongzhou, we can study it together......"

"Okay, good, great, Elder Zhang, I want to worship you as a teacher, I don't know if you want to?" Zhong Lin said in a loud voice, after listening to what Elder Zhang said about Fu, his curiosity was already high......

"Old and dull, where do you dare to be a teacher, we will study together in the future, hahaha......" After speaking, Zhang Lao laughed heartily.

No one thought that a seemingly simple conversation would change the trajectory of the lives of the two people in the future, and soon after, Zhang Lao had an epiphany at the end of his old age, and Zhong Lin took the first step in his systematic cultivation. These are all later words, so I won't mention them for now......