To the southeast of the house, there is a high mountain called Mount Kinabalu. There are many legends about Mount Kinabalu. I once heard the old people in the village say that there was once an old Taoist priest on the sacred mountain who became a god, and he has been hidden in the sacred mountain.

On the top of Mount Kinabalu, there are two sacred trees. These two sacred trees are very large, and they can be seen clearly from a long distance. Therefore, this sacred mountain is also known as "Shenshu Mountain".

Legend has it that a long time ago, there were three sacred trees on the top of Mt. Sacred Tree. In the village of Shenshu at the foot of the mountain, there is a family living in it. The owner of this family is a woodcutter. Earn a living by going up the mountain to chop firewood every day. In order to be able to earn more money, the woodcutter has to cut many, many mountain trees every day.

Soon, the trees on the mountain were cut down by the woodcutters, and only a few small trees were left in groups of three or two, which could not be sold for money. So, the woodcutter walked in the direction of the top of Mount Kinabalu. When you go to the top of the mountain, you will see the sacred tree that is said to be a symbol of good luck in the village on weekdays. I can't help but sigh, these three sacred trees are huge!

These three trees are almost all about the thickness of seven or eight people to hold, and the height of the trees is about seven or eight zhang, and because they are so close, they can't see the tips at all.

The woodcutter was overjoyed, and when he came to one of the trees, he cut it down with a wave of his axe. As a result, only a small mark was left on the bark. This has never happened in the past.

So the woodcutter increased his strength and cut down the second axe, but he could only vaguely see the wheels of some trees. The woodcutter was a little surprised, so he riveted his strength and swung the third axe, but what happened in front of him made his hairs stand on end!

The old tree was bleeding! Like a wound of a living man, it was bleeding in a hurry! The woodcutter was stunned, and after a long pause, he finally regained his senses, but as if he had been startled by some ghost, he quickly turned around and ran down the mountain.

When the woodcutter returned home, his wife and children were very surprised to see him as if he had lost his soul!

The woodcutter's wife and children didn't pay much attention to it. But the woodcutter was dazzled, but he told the woodcutter to go and cut down the tree again tomorrow, so that he could sell it for a good price.

When the woodcutter heard this, he felt uncomfortable everywhere in his body. I lay down early to rest, and that night, I had a dream.

The woodcutter dreamed of an old man dressed as an old fairy in the little temple, dressed in a brown robe. The old man's face seemed to be a little angry.

The old man looked at the woodcutter and said angrily: "What an insatiable man! He actually killed the old man's disciples and grandchildren!

"If you want to save the life of your whole family, from tomorrow, you will go to the sacred mountain to replant trees and build a mountain! And you must sincerely repent of your sins! Otherwise, don't blame the old man for not caring about the Tao that he has cultivated for many years! It will also make your whole family pay the price!"

After saying that, the old man turned around and waved his wide sleeves, and disappeared with a puff of smoke.

The woodcutter woke up and found that it was just a dream. Exhale! I felt a little out of breath, I felt a little cold on my forehead, I raised my hand and touched it, and I actually felt the sweat on my palm!

He summoned his wife and told her about what he had dreamed about. When my wife heard this, she thought it was funny! She said, "I guess you were too tired yesterday and thought about it! Where can there be such a strange thing? Can a tree still grow into a fine spirit?"

Seeing that his wife didn't believe it, the woodcutter wanted to tell her about the scene he saw with his own eyes yesterday. But he was interrupted by his wife: "Okay, it's not early! You wait for dinner, then hurry up to the top of the mountain and cut down the big tree in exchange for a good price, which is enough for our family for two months!"

After saying that, he turned around and went out.

The woodcutter couldn't, so he had to go to the top of the mountain again. When I came to the top of the mountain, I first saw that the axe I had dropped in my hurry yesterday was still in place. Busy picking up the guy who was eating by himself.

But it was better not to pick it up, and as soon as he picked up the iron axe, he saw the blood stains on the blade of the axe, which had dried up, but were still clearly recognizable! This! This reminded the woodcutter once again of yesterday! And the dream that woke him up!

The woodcutter turned around and wanted to run down the hill, but just as he was about to run with his feet, he suddenly remembered his wife's words. If I don't bring this tree back, I'm afraid my family will have a hard time lately.

After thinking about it again, the woodcutter decided not to do anything! Isn't it just cutting down a tree? As a big living person, what can he do in broad daylight? So, he turned around and returned to the big tree yesterday with his axe.

He took a deep breath and used all his strength to swing an axe with great strength—— Ho! Sure enough, the tree began to bleed again! The woodcutter did not stop, and now he was blinded by the temptation of money! Greed drove him crazy! He swung axe after axe!

But something strange happened again! He went out of the house when the sun rose, and now the sun was setting in the west, and it was about to set. The tree should have fallen a long time ago, but it remained unmoved, as if it had not shaken him at all.

The woodcutter wondered, and walked around the tree. Realizing that he had already cut half of it, he was overjoyed and returned to his place to continue swinging his axe.

And so it was until the sun went down. The moon shadow is sparse, and he's still continuing. Suddenly, he felt a gust of wind in his back! As if a pair of cold and gloomy eyes were staring at him! He nervously raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat oozing from his forehead!

I wanted to bow my head, pretend not to notice all this, and continue the work in hand. A sigh suddenly came from behind him: "Alas-"

The woodcutter was sure that he had heard correctly! It was a human-like voice! He suddenly threw down the axe in his hand and fled down the hill like crazy!

The woodcutter didn't know how he got home. All he remembered was that he had fainted, and when he woke up again, he found himself home. His wife told him that he had been in a coma for three days. It was a neighbor who found him at the foot of the mountain and helped carry him back.

The woodcutter tried to speak, but found himself unusually weak. It was difficult to even sit up, and when I looked up at my wife, I realized that her face was not very good.

In the evening, the woodcutter was shocked to find that something was not quite right with the whole family! Two days later, the woodcutter found that his ankle suddenly hurt for some reason, and it was getting more and more painful! Finally, the pain was unbearably severe.

The pain didn't even have the strength to move, and I couldn't speak, so I could only wake up and wake up.

For two days in a row, the woodcutter's whole family had such symptoms! Weakness and loss of voice, severe pain in the ankle, pain so painful that he could not move, and could only endure the pain on his own bed.

In the end, the woodcutter's family was tortured by pain and starved to death at home.

At the same time, the Divine Tree on the top of the Sacred Tree Mountain, which had been cut down all day, fell down with a bang! There was a loud noise—— and everyone in the Sacred Tree Village was attracted by the sound of the loud noise.

At the same time, someone found the woodcutter's family, old and young, dead at home. And everyone's mouth is stuffed with leaves. Everyone's ankle was pierced through the bones by a branch, and not a drop of blood came out.

After a while, someone followed the source of the loud noise and climbed to the top of the mountain. Next to the sacred tree at the top of the mountain, the woodcutter's axe was found, and the blood flowing from the sacred tree disappeared in an instant.

Since then, no one in the villagers of Shenshu Village has dared to touch those sacred trees anymore. There are only two sacred trees left, and this story has also been passed down by the people of the village.