After a brief rest in Yi Sunsin's naval camp for two days, Hua Xianzu, Du Heng and others took the initiative to find Li Sunsin and asked for a task.

Hua Xianzu led Du Heng, Shunfeng Er, and Clairvoyant, accompanied by the guide Che Fanyou, into Li Sunsin's big tent, and he saw that Li Sunchen was meditating in the big tent alone, so he stepped forward and said: "General Li, I have been resting for two days. We are not the activity to move the legs and feet. You see what we can do, just as told. ”

"It's the heroes who have arrived, please take a seat!" Yi Sunsin hurriedly motioned for everyone to take their seats.

"I know that the general is busy with business, so I didn't want to come to disturb him, but I have been resting for two days, and I hope the general can arrange a suitable task for us to do. Otherwise, the arms and legs of the four of us will be rusted. Hehehe! Hua Xianzu said mockingly.

"Actually, the four heroes don't come to me, Li is trying to find you." Yi Sunsin seemed to have some difficulty speaking.

"Oh, the general has something to do. I waited for this time to come here in the hope that I could do my little bit to do something for the general. Hua Xianzu said.

"In this case, about 100 kilometers northeast of the Jeolla Provincial Naval Camp in Gyeongsangnam-do, there is a peninsula called the Jumi Peninsula, and less than two nautical miles from the Jumi Peninsula, there is an island called Haicjok Island.

"This island is located at the southwestern end of the Busan Strait, and is an isolated island between the Japanese Tsushima Island and the Korean mainland.

To this end, the Japanese army sent people to occupy the island and set up an observation post on the island. On several occasions recently, our army has sent flotillas in an attempt to stop the Japanese ships sent from Tsushima. Unexpectedly, several operations were discovered early by the Japanese army on the island, resulting in the exposure of the intention of the operation, and the blocking operation was unsuccessful. Yi Sunsin said.

"Then why didn't the general send someone to take the island?" Du Heng asked.

"Yes, taking the island is equivalent to inserting a pair of eyes on the route of the Japanese naval army, and there is no secret about the actions of the Japanese naval army. In order to pull out this eyeliner of the Japanese army, I sent a naval army to Heizhu Island three times in an attempt to eliminate the Japanese army on the island and occupy Heizhu Island for the use of our army.

"But this black bamboo island is surrounded by cliffs, and the sea water within a hundred meters of it is full of reefs. Our ships could not get close at all, let alone find the path to the island. All three attempts failed. No, I'm worried about it! Yi Sunsin did not hide his loss.

"Then how did the Japanese army get on this Black Bamboo Island?" Hua Xianzu seemed to be talking to himself, and it was as if he was asking Li Sunsin.

"yes, I'm thinking about it, too. Since the Japanese people were able to land on this island, it means that there should be a path to the island that we have not discovered, unless the Japanese people can climb the cliffs around this black bamboo island in the rough waves.

"But our military ships have gone around the island to observe in detail, this black bamboo island has thousands of walls, and the surrounding cliffs are almost straight up and down, and in some places they are even inclined outward. Beneath the cliff is the rolling water, and it can be said that the water is rapid. It's almost impossible to climb up. Yi Sunsin continued.

"Why don't our brothers go over and have a look?" Hua Xianzu asked.

"No, I'm thinking about whether to trouble your heroes to make a trip. I didn't expect you to take the initiative to come to the door. Hehehe! ”

"Okay, in that case, let's go to Heizhu Island and see if we can take it down." Hua Xianzu readily agreed.

"Okay, then there are the heroes. For the sake of safety, I asked Li Dai to select a few soldiers from the army who are good at water, and he will lead them to accompany you to assist you. You see, is it possible? Yi Sunsin asked Ancestor Hua.

"That's great, with General Li Shen leading the way, we can save a lot of trouble." Ancestor Hua replied happily.

"Okay, you guys get ready and set off on a certain day. Li hereby wishes all the heroes a victorious start and success! ”

The next day, Hua Xianzu, Du Heng, Li Dai and others got up and set off and rushed to Heizhu Island.

After a few days of long travel, Hua Xianzu, Li Dai, and Du Heng finally arrived at a hill located near the sea on the Jumi Peninsula.

Accompanied by Shunfeng Er, Clairvoyant and Li Dai, five soldiers with better water skills and translator Che Fanyou selected from the water army.

This is a small hill with low elevation, deep forests and valleys in the mountains, smoky and ancient trees. The waterfall cascades down from the dark brown rocks and merges into a cheerful stream that flows into the sea to the east.

It was almost evening, standing on the top of the mountain, the cool sea breeze was blowing from the sea in the east. The waves crash against the reef on the shore with a crisp sound.

Looking to the west, the peaks stretch endlessly. The sunset slowly and reluctantly sets like an old man who loves the world.

"Shall we find a place to rest, it seems that a few of us are going to sleep in the mountains tonight." Che Fanyou said a little tiredly.

"Let's go down from this mountain, I remember, after this valley, there seems to be a Taoist temple on the opposite mountain, see if you can get there before dark and spend the night." Li Dai said.

"Okay, General Li, you are familiar with this place, and we will listen to you." Hua Xianzu said.

"General Li, what is the name of this mountain?" Du Heng asked.

"Don't look at this mountain is not too high, but it has a nice name. Legend has it that a long, long time ago, there was a master of the Tao who cultivated in this mountain, and then ascended to heaven, so this mountain is called Yuhua Mountain. Li Dai replied.

"The air in this mountain is good, take a deep breath, and your heart and spleen are clear." Che Fanyou said with emotion.

"Yes, it's really good, it's very suitable for Taoist disciples to live, maintain health, and cultivate." Ancestor Hua couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"Commander Hua, didn't you stay in the Taoist temple for a while, what is the difference between this Taoist temple and the temple?" Du Heng asked Ancestor Hua.

"The simplest difference between this Taoist temple and the temple is that the Taoist temple is a place where Taoist priests practice, and it is a Taoist building; The temple is a place where monks practice, and it is a Buddhist building. Ancestor Hua talked as he walked.

"Then why is it called 'contemplation'?" Du Heng continued to ask.

"This probably has something to do with the Taoist monk's method of cultivating the Tao. Taoist monks often demand 'quiet and inaction, quiet and natural'. They often have a tradition of watching the heavens at night. Taoism emphasizes the idea of 'the unity of heaven and man', believing that understanding the heavenly phenomena will help to seek the Tao and become immortals. Therefore, the place where they live is called 'Kan', which probably means stargazing and looking at the moon. "Ancestor Hua introduced what he knew about Taoism.

"Then they built the Taoist temple on the top of the mountain, is it to facilitate the observation of the heavenly phenomena?" Li Dai asked Hua Ancestor.

"I guess so." Hua Xianzu was noncommittal.

The sky in the mountains is fast dark. Everyone walked under the shade of the trees, and the mountain road had begun to blur.

At the end of the unitary period, everyone finally reached the opposite peak.

It is a relatively low peak compared to the others, and a winding dragon's spine connects it to the tall peaks in the distance. At the southernmost point of the mountain, a small Taoist temple is displayed in front of everyone. The Taoist temple sits in the north and faces south, above the dilapidated circular arch, is a plaque that has been somewhat eroded, the three big characters of "Qingyunguan" are written on it, and the font is simple and vigorous.

"Look, we've just finished talking about the Taoist temple, no, there is one in front of us." Li Dai said jokingly.

Crossing the low threshold, there are two statues of the green dragon on the left and the white tiger on the right on both sides of the door. Due to disrepair, the facial features of the two immortals have been blurred, and the weapons held by the green dragon on the left side have also been cut off in half.

Facing the direction of the mountain gate, there is a temple of the god of wealth, and there is a side house on each side. Judging from the architectural condition of the courtyard, this should be a small Taoist temple that has been in disrepair for a long time and looks a little dilapidated.

Hua Xianzu and others walked into the courtyard, and when they saw that no one greeted them, they took the initiative to walk into the oncoming God of Wealth Temple.

The space in the store is not large, but it enshrines the statues of Marshal Zhao Gongming, the god of martial arts, Xiao Sheng, Zhaobao Tianzun, Cao Bao, Nazhen Tianzun, Chen Jiugong, the messenger of fortune, and Yao Shaosi, the immortal official of Lishi. The five statues are spotless, indicating that someone in the temple should clean and take care of the statues of the gods in the temple of the god of wealth every day.

"Ahem, cough, cough" accompanied by a weak coughing sound, and from the west side of the room came a rickety old Taoist priest, holding a candle made of pine resin that was about to burn out. Lao Dao walked tremblingly towards the Temple of Wealth by the dim candlelight. Behind him, followed by a young Taoist priest who looked to be underage.

Seeing the two Taoist priests coming from the side room, Hua Xianzu and the others hurriedly walked out of the hall.

"I don't know how many guest officials are coming, and the poor road is not far away, so I hope you don't be surprised." The old Taoist priest came to everyone and said in a low and weak voice while giving a salute.

Everyone hurriedly returned the salute.

Li Dai said to the old Taoist priest: "Daoist, I am passing through here, and I see that it is getting late, and I want to stay in Guiguan for one night, and I hope that the Taoist will provide convenience." ”

"It is within the scope of the cultivator to provide convenience for others, but within this Taoist temple, there are only two side rooms in the east and west for occupancy, and I live in the west side room with Chuifeng, and this east side house was originally lived in by Chuifeng, but a few days ago, something strange suddenly happened in this east side room. Chuifeng was too frightened to live, so he moved to the west side house to live with me. If you don't care, you can stay in this east side room tonight. The old Taoist priest said with his waist bent.

"What kind of strange things are going on in this room, I don't know if it's convenient to talk about it?" Che Fanyou asked.

"Don't hide it from a few guest officers, a few days ago, for some reason, in the dead of night, there was a cry similar to that of a woman or a baby in this east room, and Poor Dao also used to hunt ghosts, but to no avail."

"Dao Chief, I'll stay here tonight, I want to see who is the evil man." The old-fashioned narrative aroused Li Dai's heroic courage, he has never believed in evil.

"Well, since you don't care, then stay here tonight. It's just that the food in this view is only enough for me and the wind to barely make ends meet, and it is difficult to provide you with food, so I hope you will forgive me. The old Taoist priest said a little apologetically.

"Dao Chief, don't bother you, the food we brought ourselves is enough." Che Fanyou said to Lao Dao.

"Hey, I forgot to say hello to this Daoist brother, may I ask which Taoist brother is cultivating in which Taoist temple?" The old Taoist priest found the ancestor of Hua standing in the crowd in Taoist clothes, and hurriedly came over to say hello.

Under Che Fanyou's translation, Hua Xianzu kindly supported the old Taoist priest with his hand and said: "Dissatisfied with the Taoist, I am from the distant Ming Dynasty, and I have important things to do here, and in the days to come, I will inevitably trouble the Taoist Chief." ”

When the old Taoist priest heard the strange language of Hua Xianzu, his face showed a stunned expression at first, and then his face, which showed the vicissitudes of the world, returned to the same as before, "Okay, weeping wind, you go to the east room to clean up, so that you guests can rest tonight." ”

"Yes, mage. I'll go. The little Taoist boy who was called by the old Taoist priest respectfully agreed and went to clean up in the east room.

While the wind was cleaning the room, the old Taoist priest took out two candles from the west room and placed them in the courtyard.

Hua Xianzu and the others took out the dry food they carried with them in the courtyard under the dim light of candles, sat on the ground, and ate it.

"Dao Chief, seeing that you are not in good health, go to the house to rest, and I will go to the east room to rest after eating." Che Fan was chewing dry food on the right side and said to the old Taoist priest who was standing in the courtyard coughing vigorously.

"Alright, everyone, use it slowly. If there is any need in the evening, just wake up the poor road. After the old Taoist priest finished speaking, he slowly moved his body and entered the west room.

By the time everyone finished dinner, Chuifeng had already cleaned up the room for everyone.

In the east side of the house, close to the east side of the house wall, there is a large kang as wide as the width of the room, enough for more than a dozen people to squeeze into it. The weeping wind has swept the dust off the kang and spread hay for everyone.

"Little master, thank you." Che Fanyou saw that the wind was about to go out after cleaning the room, and hurriedly thanked him.

"You're welcome, call me anytime you have something." Chuifeng said a little shyly while casually closing the door for everyone.

Under Che Fanyou's translation, Hua Xianzu, Du Heng, and Li Dai had the following conversation before going to bed:

Hua Xianzu: "This house is empty, what kind of monsters can there be?" ”

Li Dai: "It won't be the old Tao who said it casually to scare people." I think he was afraid that it would be troublesome for us to stay here for a long time. So make up this nonsense to scare us. ”

Du Heng: "I don't look like it, that old man has a kind face, not like a person who talks nonsense." ”

Hua Xianzu: "Maybe in this barren mountain, there are indeed some lonely souls and wild ghosts who are not scattered, and it is also possible to harass this old and young." ”

Li Dai: "That's right, it ran into our brother tonight, count it unlucky." Our brothers fought against the Japanese people on the battlefield, and it would be good if we could be a hero who subdued demons and eliminated demons tonight. Hehehe! ”

Du Heng: "Okay, Brother Li, then let's wait for the arrival of this demon tonight." ”

Hua Xianzu: "That's it, are we eleven men still afraid of any demons, let's sleep well first, and then talk about it." ”

In the laughter, everyone unconsciously fell asleep one after another.