"Maoshan ......"

Lu Tao looked at the stone archway at the foot of the mountain above the stone steps, and didn't know what to say.

He also thought that he would never encounter something related to "Maoshan again", the last time he met the old Taoist told him a bizarre story, and told him that there was a curse hidden in Maoshan, and then Lu Tao's spiritual power had a problem, Lu Tao suspected it for a long time, and finally of course attributed the culprit to such a strange place as Maoshan, as an ancient sect with a curse, Lu Tao felt that if he could, he hoped that he would never encounter anything related to Maoshan in this life.

But the archway above the head is clearly written, this is the mountain gate of the Maoshan faction. The words on it are not the words of this world, but the Shenzhou characters that Lu Tao is familiar with, so of course, this place will not be a product of this small world, but it was originally here, although Lu Tao has not yet figured out what kind of place this is.

Lu Tao recalled a little, and remembered what the old Taoist said: "...... I don't know what year and day, there was a supreme master who divided Maoshan into seventy-seven and forty-nine parts, and used them as a basis to create forty-nine small worlds......"

Lu Tao saw the small world, but as the old Tao said, what happened to divide Maoshan into seven seven and forty-nine parts?

According to the literal meaning, it is the Maoshan faction that has been divided into forty-nine parts, if this is the case, what is the matter with the mountain gate in front of it?!

Lu Tao looked left and right, not to mention the Maoshan Sect Mountain Gate that appeared in front of him strangely, just the feeling that this neighborhood gave Lu Tao was not very good.

The surrounding is a lush forest, a path separates Maoshan and the surrounding part, those buildings that Lu Tao can see clearly in the distance, but half of them are blocked by the plants on Maoshan Mountain, behind him is diffuse and ethereal birdsong, and the Maoshan mountainside in front of him is quiet, so quiet that people are a little uneasy.

Looking closely, there were no animals on the mountain, the squirrels jumping between the branches had disappeared, there was no wind on the mountain, and the "rustle" sound of the leaves being blown by the wind only sounded behind Lu Tao, separating the front and back. The plants that grew on the mountain, with the shadows they cast, seemed to be a little more gloomy than elsewhere.

Gritting his teeth, Lu Tao climbed up the stone steps, since Maoshan had appeared, he didn't believe that there was nothing strange on the mountain, and at the end of last time, Lu Tao was sent out by the old way, and this time I am afraid that he must also find the old way last time.

Stepping through the mountain gate in one step, Lu Tao felt the wind around him, and the hairs on his body stood up.

Around—under those shadows, there was a more intense black smoke, and those smoke surrounded the trees on Maoshan Mountain, filling the gaps between branches and leaves, and let the breeze blow, only those black smoke flowed slowly, no wonder Lu Tao saw the trees here before.

After the wind of those fog, it became cold and gloomy, this is not the reason why Lu Tao's hair stood on end, I don't know if Lu Tao's footsteps alarmed these almost solidified black mist, the mist slowly began to spread, and then, it condensed into a series of treacherous shadows similar to human shapes, the slender four supported the huge heads, and there were two round hollows above the heads, through the holes, you could see the color behind these treacherous shadows.

Lu Tao couldn't retreat if he wanted to, he only felt that there was a huge force acting on him, the air around him was solidified, and the joints of his body were like rusty old bicycles, and there was no way to move a single bit.

Those black shadows roared in, and from their mouths let out bursts of seeping long howls, but they stopped in front of the stone steps at Lu Tao's feet, Lu Tao looked at the black shadows that were close at hand, and even forgot half of his breath, and finally reacted, Lu Tao gasped eagerly for a few breaths, and finally came to his senses.

I don't know if Lu Tao finally took a breath, those black shadows suddenly spread, permeating the left and right and above the stone steps, covering the sky and the sun, but faintly allowing the sunlight outside to pass through a little, as these shadows turned into black fog to cover the sky, a cold full of malice surrounded Lu Tao's body, although it was not piercing, but it made Lu Tao feel extremely uncomfortable.

took a step back and stepped out of the range of the archway, and the black mist disappeared in an instant, leaving a clear sky, but the trees that grew on the Mao Mountain were still motionless, looking extremely weird.

Standing outside Maoshan Mountain, letting the sunlight above his head shine through his body, Lu Tao took a deep breath and continued to climb up the stone steps.

Since the mist turned into these shadows did not spread to the stone steps, it means that as long as Lu Tao does not die and leaves the range of the stone steps, he will not be affected by these black mist, and Lu Tao does not want to try to see what will happen if he touches these black mist.

Lu Tao zigzagged along the stone steps, and I don't know how long it took, a dilapidated temple actually appeared in front of Lu Tao's eyes.

Lu Tao scratched his head, in front of him was a rather dilapidated ancient temple, the peeling walls were mottled, it looked like it had been in disrepair for I don't know how long, the temple was not big, except for a large hall, the left side leaned on the top of the main hall, but there was a small firewood room, Lu Tao walked to the door of the small firewood room, and found that the firewood room was full of split firewood, neatly stacked together.

Returning to the stone slab floor in front of the main hall, moss grew from the gaps between the stone slabs and the gaps in the outer wall of the main hall. Lu Tao looked at the front and back, he came all the way up the stone steps, and he didn't encounter any forks in the middle, and the end of the stone steps turned out to be a dilapidated temple?!

Those buildings he had seen from afar did not seem to exist on this mountain at all, Lu Tao clearly remembered, let alone a fork in the road, even the bluestone slabs connected to the stone steps, he did not see a single one.

Shaking his head, Lu Tao suspected that such a situation had nothing to do with the black mist around him, since the end of the stone steps was this dilapidated temple, Lu Tao had to go in to see why it appeared here.

Above the temple gate, there was no plaque that could tell Lu Tao the name of the temple, and the roof of the main hall was submerged in black mist, which clinged to the roof tiles as if it had come to life, slowly wriggling.

Lu Tao stood at the door of the main hall and waited for a moment, and finally reached out and pushed open the door of the main hall of the temple, inside the temple, an almost suffocating smell of mildew came from the front, Lu Tao took a step back, and waited until the musty smell dissipated most of the time, before stepping into the main hall, the internal space of the main hall is quite open, the first thing that catches your eye is a Buddha statue that falls crookedly on the wall in the depths of the main hall, the body of the Buddha statue has been scarred, I don't know how many years I have been waiting here, the lotus Buddha seat below the Buddha statue has also been damaged, those lotus leaves that poked out from the flower seat, most of them were broken into a stone gravel that could not be seen clearly, and the Buddha statue was skewed to the left side along the broken lotus seat, a quiet lamp, placed on the body of the Buddha.

Under the Buddha statue, next to the light, a gray-clothed man with a height of more than two meters stood in place with his back to Lu Tao, Lu Tao looked at the gray-clothed man with some surprise, and in his memory, only in the movie would there be such a strong human being, that's right, Lu Tao's first thought was the Hulk.

Lu Tao looked left and right, in the main hall of this dilapidated temple, except for the gray-clothed man and the toppled Buddha statue, there was no other thing, not even a futon that could often be seen in the temple, but thinking about it, even if there was a futon here, looking at the degree of dilapidation of the temple, the broken group should have turned to ashes a long time ago.

As if hearing Lu Tao's footsteps, the gray-clothed giant slowly turned around, and Lu Tao almost turned around and ran away when he saw his face.

Finally calming down, Lu Tao looked at the man in gray carefully.

The face of the gray-clothed man seemed to be split into more than a dozen pieces, and then sewn up, and his pale complexion was embellished with black threads, and he couldn't see his original appearance at all. The gray-clothed man's hair has long since disappeared, and those terrifying cracks have also spread to the top of the gray-clothed man's head, the gray-clothed man's left eye is a hollow, and the right eye has a red pupil, like a feline's vertical pupil split, staring at Lu Tao quietly.

Seeing that Lu Tao didn't turn around and run away because of such a scary face, the hoarse voice of the gray-clothed man sounded: "It seems that the person I waited for this time is still a little timid, so I can have a good exchange with you." ”

"Who are you?" Lu Tao stared at the only remaining eyes of the man in gray, but he couldn't see any emotions in his unusual eyes, and he didn't know if it was because of the different structure or something else.

"That's a good question...... "The man in gray nodded, "However, we still have a lot of time to discuss this issue, so I'll give you a gift first." ”

After the man in gray finished speaking, he stretched out his finger and tapped it in Lu Tao's direction, Lu Tao could see clearly, the fingers of the man in gray were frighteningly dry, the black skin with scales, and the sharp nails did not look like human hands at all, but more like the claws of some kind of reptiles.

Pointed by the fingers of the man in gray, Lu Tao reflexively wanted to jump away, but found that his feet seemed to be stuck by something, and after a closer look, the black mist diffused out from the cracks in the bluestone slab under his feet, and Lu Tao's feet were stuck by these black mist.

"Take it easy...... I just wanted to give you a gift, huh...... It may hurt a little, but for a body like me that can't even feel pain, the pain is really a wonderful feeling, hehehehe......" The hoarse laughter of the gray-clothed man sounded suddenly, making Lu Tao break out in a cold sweat.