Chapter 20: A Thousand Miles of Pursuit
Chu Qi ran wildly all the way, pushed open the door, opened the suitcase, and secretly screamed in his heart. The master assigned himself to go to Youzhou for training, and he blamed himself for being addicted to books, and he didn't have any awareness of such a big thing, but now it's good, he is a Taoist idiot who wants to chase the team of people who ride the wind and fog, how to do it. Chu Qi complained silently, he had to chase after him, disobeying the master's order may be a small matter, but if someone grabs the handle, won't it block the master and his old man. Packed up, swept away the money, and strode out the door. Before leaving the doorway, his footsteps stopped, and he turned back again.
Chu Qi was slightly annoyed in his heart: Where has that guy gone these days, he didn't leave the slightest message, which made people worried. So I turned out the paper and ink, searched for a long time and couldn't find a pen, and remembered that the master gave a five-grade rune pen for the "Ice and Fire Flowing Years", although I was reluctant to use it, but I couldn't care about it so much. Holding a pen and ink on the paper, he said: Kiss my brother, you have not returned for many days, and you have not left a message, and I am very worried about my brother. Today, I was ordered by my master to go to Youzhou for training, and you will take care of yourself, I will write to you, don't read it. "There's a lot of vernacular, but the tone is very intimate. After writing, Chu Qi blew up and down on the wet ink, and saw a trace of white cold air overflowing from the handwriting, full of spiritual rhyme. Chu Qi sighed secretly, the master and his old man really gave away something amazing, and it seems that he is also the master who can't be easily revealed. Leaving half of the silver taels, pressed on the paper and ink, closed the window door, glanced at the bamboo fence and the pebble road, glanced at the Qingji Palace, and then glanced at the Qingsong Lake Courtyard, kowtowed three heads to that side, tightened the bag on his body, and walked down the mountain.
"Who's coming?" The few guards standing at the mountain gate "Zheng" burst into a silver light, and looked at the wolf.
Chu Qi hurriedly saluted, didn't talk nonsense, took out the Dao Wang Ling and went back.
Several guards are elites in the courtyard, well-informed, and naturally know what the "Dao King Order" is, so they shook their swords back to the sheath and arched their hands: "Offended, please." ”
Chu Qi returned the salute and said, "Hard work." ”
When Chu Qi's figure gradually disappeared, one of the guards muttered, "Are all the seniors of today's seniors bowing and walking? ”
Who would have guessed that Chu Qi's bowing and walking was a last resort, otherwise he would have gone away long ago.
Chu Qi snapped his fingers and shouted, "Xiaobai, come out." ”
My neighbor totoro crawled out, and he didn't wake up again.
Chu Qi said: "Xiaobai, don't blame me for being weak, your natal talisman is the worst material, wait for me to feed you more Lingzhi Miaocao, it should be able to improve your drowsy physique." Then he handed him a fruit and said, "When you have finished eating, you will start working, and you will sniff everyone in that direction." Patiently waiting for Xiaobai to finish eating, he put him on the ground.
Xiaobai dragged his furry tail and drilled around in the grass, and after a while, he climbed up his shoulder along Chu Qi's trouser legs, "cooed" a few times in Chu Qi's ear, raised his paws humanely, and pointed in one direction.
Chu Qi affectionately touched Xiaobai's head, handed another fruit, and walked towards the place.
Shangqing Yuan is located in the southwest of Zhongzhou, west of the ancient river boundary, is the forbidden land of Buddha, east of Jialan country. Its boundaries are all deep mountains and ancient forests, and there are often birds of prey and fierce beasts, and the demon beasts with demonic power have long been driven to the Huanglongwanggou in the south outside the Central Continent, and other creatures have almost no risk to cultivators with a little Dao power. The only thing that is at risk is the intrigue between people.
Since the heaven-given era, Daozang came into the world, Zhongzhou has flourished Taoism, and the Daomen has risen, and it is difficult for the dynasty to maintain its rights. Shili Bajun Gate, which belongs to the three major avenues - Taiqing Temple, Shangqing Temple, Yuqing Gate, Yuqi Avenue Gate, unification of the eight countries. Power and money are all directed by the power of the Dao. If the Tao is profound, everything will be prosperous, and if the Tao is not good, it will be difficult to achieve anything.
Just as Liu Changting said in the Yin-Yang Dialectic: "Run through the Dao veins, break the shackles of the Dao, move the heavens and the earth, and come out of the clouds and the wind." Therefore, those who are not endowed with the pulse of the Tao cannot cultivate the Tao, those who do not move the heavens with spiritual consciousness cannot cultivate the Tao, and those who do not have the body and bones to carry the Dao power cannot cultivate the Tao. ”
After all, there are very few people who do their own way and get it, so even if the heaven-given era gives all people opportunities, there are still many ordinary people who do not have Taoist power, and there are still many people who have Taoist power and do not enter the product for life, and there are still many people who enter the product but do not enter the stream.
Enlightened people, killing people and plundering money, and forcibly taking wives, as long as they do not climb to the top of the ten major gates to make a fortune, there is almost no price and it happens all the time.
The path of seeking the Tao is cruel, and after enlightenment, it is ruthless.
Fortunately, in the deep mountains and ancient forests, the threat of fierce beasts and poisonous insects is not a real threat. Although Chu Qi could not activate the talisman, according to the "Maoshan Fuhualu" circulated in the ancient folk book 10,000 years ago, it was originally used to get rid of some unqualified evil spirits and tricks, and the effect was low, so it has now lost its value and is almost lost. Chu Qi dabbled in almost everything except for some books in the Library Pavilion that required extremely high permissions to read. And this "Maoshan Fuhualu" is its own system, chanting mantras and pinching seals to ask God to help, the so-called "please God" is mostly to invite some ghosts and spirits, and the Yin-Yang number technique that developed variants after being introduced to the West in Central Continent is similar, and it can be launched without the attraction of Dao force.
Since it is borrowed from the power of ghosts, if ordinary people use it too often, they are afraid of evil diseases and bad spells, and they will suffer retribution. Chu Qi has eaten the Shenzhi Immortal Grass as a vegetable since he was a child, not only did he not appear to be weak, but his body also became stronger than the average physical artist, although he did not have Dao power, he was not afraid of the spiritual attack of the Dao King, which can be described as talented, and the backlash of "Maoshan Fuhualu" was naturally not taken into account. Moreover, the talisman drawn by Chu Qi is blessed by the "Ice and Fire Flowing Years", which is more than enough to deal with some things that enter the product but do not enter the stream.
Chu Qi relied on "Maoshan Flashy Record" all the way to restrain his breath, escaped the ears and eyes of birds of prey, coupled with Xiaobai's keen sense of smell, he avoided the pursuit of many fierce beasts, which can be described as thrilling and dangerous. Just walked for a few days, and Ren did not walk out of this dense ancient forest.
The night was already deep, and the wooden crown covered the deep sky and the pearls of the immortal court, leaving only Chu Qi's eyes full of ink yuan. Chu Qi is also not on fire, in his own radius of two zhang, southeast and northwest each cloth a charm, called "land spell", the left hand of the golden bridge, the right hand pinched a big gold medal, muttered in his mouth: "The land here, the most spiritual of the gods, ascend to heaven and earth, out of the dark and into the underworld, for me to play, not to stay, meritorious day, the name of the book." "I thought that the enchantment, the curse stopped, and the four talismans turned into green smoke, and faint ripples rose from all around the land, and they were combined into a cover, and they were used by ordinary people, and such a spectacle would never appear. Chu Qi took out a piece of ink-black rune paper from the placket of his clothes, this talisman is called "anti-ghost talisman", his left hand is holding the demon pestle, and his right hand is in the shape of a lotus flower, and he reads in his mouth: "People come to separate heavy paper, ghosts come to separate mountains, a thousand evils can't get it, and ten thousand evils can't get it." "When the spell stops, throw the rune paper into the air, and the rune paper will automatically stick to the barrier.
Chu Qi wiped the sweat on his forehead and said to himself: "If this encounters any danger, it is too late to show it." He sighed and said, "The only thing that is desirable is that there is no need for Dao power, although it is a beautiful name to invite God, but it is through the Netherworld Ghost Dao." After speaking, I unconsciously felt a chill all over my body, and then I remembered that the night was in the deep cold, and the leaves and grass were all dressed in white. Chu Qi took out a single coat from the package, covered it on his body, sat on the ground, leaned on the ancient wood with his back to him, and slept with his eyes closed.
The next day, the morning glow shone brightly, the greenery was thick, a few sparrows were crying in the ears, Chu Qi's eyes moved slightly, and on the slender eyelashes, a little crystal fell, all the beauty. When I walked to the front of the stream, I took an ice spring to wash away the dust and sleepiness. Chu Qi took out the wooden hairpin, took off the crown of flowing clouds, and a dark waterfall poured down, shining in the morning light. Chu Qi squatted on the mountain rock, washing his hair with his ears sideways, his eyebrows were like sword willows, his nose was like a towering mountain, his face was like chiseled jade, and his eyes were hidden in the sun and moon, which was a good picture of an immortal washing.
Chu Qi glanced at Xiaobai squatting in the grass and was sleepy, stepped forward and picked him up, threw his hands away, and threw him into the stream. Xiao Bai screamed, ran to the shore with a "whoosh", ran to Chu Qi, supported his round body with two small short legs, stood upright, and made a "chirping" protest with his hands open and claws.
Seeing this, Chu Qi showed a childlike smile, and said with a smile: "Why don't you usually have this spirit?" After speaking, he took out two fruits from the placket of his clothes and blocked Xiaobai's mouth. Xiaobai "cooed" twice, extremely dissatisfied, holding the two small fruits and gnawing desperately, as if to vent his dissatisfaction on this fruit, he turned around and left only his round big buttocks.
In such a situation, after more than half a month, one person and one Xiaobai finally walked out of the ancient forest. In front of me, the scenery changes, a wide field of vision, the afterglow and sunset, put on red makeup to the earth, the green valley of the fertile fields under the mountain, the cattle and sheep on the trail, people are working near the stream, the dolls are chasing and laughing in the field, a few gray bricks and broken tiles rise curling green smoke, and a mother-in-law can be heard shouting at the top of her voice: "The child is his father, it's time to eat." "A rugged man over there is a harmony.
Chu Qi carried a sword on his back and a bag, looking at the long road and thinking about the long road ahead. Although Chu Qi has never encountered it, what is described in the book reminds him that human nature can be known, and people are unpredictable, so he must always be cautious.
Chu Qi took a deep breath, waved his robe, walked down the mountain with his head held high, and sang in his mouth: "The rivers and lakes are a sword, the desert is green, and the green fields are green." When you are tired, you are a guest, your heart is self-indulgent, and your body is self-indulgent. If you take the floating life lightly, the bitterness will become sweet, and the loss should also be won. The wind and snow and the moon are full of poems, and they come like immortals, and they go back to being babies. ”
Note: The above words and sentences are "A Cut Plum", which is excerpted from the original poet and lyricist Bihai Jianwu, and is hereby acknowledged.