Chapter 9 There are many ghosts and monsters in the barren mountains and stone pavilions
After Zhang Zhenren left, I did not leave the village. Instead, he continued to stay in Zhang Zhenren's thatched hut and studied the "Maoshan Secret Technique" given to me by Zhang Zhenren every day. Because he died to save me, I had to study Maoshan spells thoroughly, so that his old man could be pleased. After all, Zhang Zhenren has such a requirement in his life, and I must satisfy him.
This stay is two years. In the past two years, I have almost understood the things in "Maoshan Secret Art". Of course, I'm not afraid of ghosts anymore.
In the past two years, I have a very good relationship with the villagers of the ancient village, after all, I am a single man, I can't grow vegetables or anything, and I rely on the villagers to help. And when something goes wrong with the villagers, they like to ask me for help. Although I am still in the exploration stage, the villagers do trust me very much, or maybe their trust is for Zhang Zhenren.
The ancient village is very poor, and it has not changed at all in two years, and once I asked them, have they ever thought about getting out of this mountain?
I was surprised that they didn't care at the time, so I pressed on, and finally they said, "What young man wouldn't want to go out of this mountain?" But as you can see, we don't even have roads here, so we can only stay in this mountain for generations. Well, it's just a pity for the babies! β
Hearing this, I suddenly couldn't help but make a decision, I want to go out of the mountain, I want to make money, and come back as soon as possible to build a big road for the villagers to get out of the mountain! Yes, after all, Zhang *δΈ*ζ¬*read* novel xstxt real person once said that I would have a catastrophe in three years, and now two years have passed, and there is only one year left, and I have to do a meaningful thing in this year.
Although Gucun is not my hometown, I have received a lot of blessings from them in the past two years, and they are all kind-hearted people. What's more, this is Zhang Zhenren's hometown, as an apprentice, I should do something for his old man. Accumulate virtue and do good, I have always kept in my heart what Zhang Zhenren told me!
On the day I left the ancient village, the villagers kept sending me out of the village, and looking at their expectant eyes, the decision to build the road in my heart became even more firm.
But I don't know if I didn't look at the yellow calendar when I went out, and before I got out of the mountains, I encountered a ghost thing!
Here's the thing, from the ancient village to the outside world is separated by continuous mountains, over the mountains for more than 100 kilometers. The trail is extremely difficult to navigate, and it took a full day to go up the mountain in two years. This time, I was alone, and I didn't know the road, so when it got dark, I was still in the depths of the mountains.
The mountains there are still primeval forests, and the dense trees block the moonlight, which is not very bright.
At the time, I didn't know exactly where I was, I didn't know if I was going the wrong way, and I didn't know how far I was from the outside world.
Glancing at a big mountain not far in front of me, I sighed helplessly, and planned to spend the night in the mountain tonight, and then go over the mountain after dawn. Because I just know that I can't walk recklessly, if I can't see the wrong way overnight, I really can't get around it for the rest of my life.
Fortunately, it was a full moon night, and a bright moonlight hung high in the sky, reflecting the pale white color of the earth. However, because the woods in the mountains are high and dense, most of the moon is covered by the canopy of the trees, which makes the mountain road dark and not easy to walk.
On such a big night, walking between this kind of mountain forest and wild road, my heart is somewhat nervous, after all, this environment must give people a feeling of insecurity, even if I am a Maoshan warlock.
I walked for a long time in fear, and suddenly there was a voice of someone talking in front of me, and I suddenly felt strange in my heart, how could there be people in this deep mountain and forest in the middle of the night?
Curious, he hurriedly quickened his pace, turned a corner and passed through a bamboo forest, and then saw a stone pavilion in front of him. And under the stone pavilion sat two young men and an old man with a gray beard, from whom the previous conversation had come from.
In the past, the ancestors would build this kind of stone pavilion and the like on this kind of long mountain road, so that they could have a place to rest when they were tired of walking, or to hide from the rain.
Seeing this, I walked forward quickly, and after all, in the middle of the night, I had a companion in this barren mountain and forest, and my heart would be more solid. But when I approached, the three of them were about to get up and leave, so I hurriedly shouted, "Wait, old man! β
At my shout, the three of them stopped, turned their heads to look at me, and heard one of the fatter men muttering, "Hey, tonight is really lively, I have met so many people in this wilderness." "Three brothers, are you also going out of the mountain?" I walked up quickly and asked them.
Another bare-headed man looked at me curiously and replied, "Yes, out of the mountain." β
When I heard that they were also going out of the mountain, I was excited and said, "I also want to go out of the mountain, and I am really alone when I am alone, so why don't we go together, or we can be companions." β
The bald man was kind, smiled, nodded and said, "Of course, but it's too late to walk at night, so we're going to go to this old gentleman's house for a night, and we'll go out tomorrow at dawn." β
When I heard this, I realized that the old man was not with them. "Meeting is fate, it just so happens that you have company, the night is thick, and the mountain road is difficult, so you can go to my house with these two little brothers for the night." At this moment, the old man smiled and stretched out his hand to greet me.
I nodded, and gratefully reached over to shake his hand, but as soon as my hand touched him, I was stunned. Because his mother's old man's hand was so cold to the bone, holding his hand as if it were holding on a block of ice, without any warmth.
Then I began to feel that something was wrong, and I hurriedly put a finger on the pulse of his wrist, and then found that it had no pulse.
Yes, it's "it", not "him", because I know that this old man I met is not alive at all!
However, you ask me, if this old man is not a human, is he a ghost? I can't be sure that he is a ghost right away, you must know that in this deep mountain and wild forest, anything can appear, which is why I am uneasy when I walk alone.
If it's in a crowded area, such as a town, then I'm immediately sure it's a ghost. However, in this kind of mountain, in addition to ghosts, there are many mountain spirits that appear here, such as tree spirits, stone spirits, and of course, earth fairies.
The so-called earth fairies generally include foxes, weasels, hedgehogs, snakes, rats and other things. Especially in the north, these earth immortals are very famous, the so-called South Mao North Horse, most of those horse immortals are the horse brothers of these immortals. They call the fox Hu Xian, the weasel Huang Xian, the hedgehog Bai Xian, the snake Liu Xian or Chang Xian, and the mouse the gray Xian, which is what the folk call "Hu Huang Bai Liu Gray" Five Immortals.
Although it is also very likely that the earth immortals will appear in such deep mountains, I know that the monks should not meet the earth immortals. Because the earth immortals all pursue the cultivation of immortals, although they are called earth immortals, they are not really immortals, but they are just people's honorific titles for them. If they want to cultivate to become immortals, they must do good deeds and accumulate virtues, so it is impossible for them to kill their fellow monks alive. This is also why the earth immortals will accept so many brothers and horses, and use the identity of the horse fairy to save people in the world.
Of course, the earth immortal is not a living bodhisattva, the earth immortal will harm people, but that is because of offending it. Because they are generally very stingy, tossing people can also make people ruined. (Generally, people try not to ask the earth fairy to be a family immortal).
Although it is not yet possible to tell whether the old man is a ghost or a spirit, one thing is certain, that is, he is not a human, but a yin thing.
And the old man in front of me deliberately dragged me to his house, obviously with other intentions. I knew in my heart that I was in trouble again tonight. Of course, I would not have let the old man know that I had seen him coming, but as if I did not know, I shook hands and made a gesture of politeness.
Then I looked at two other men, one bald and fierce, the other round and fat. What I'm most worried about at this time is that the other two men in front of me are ghosts or people, at this time I'm afraid that these two men are also the same as the old man, if that's the case, then tonight is a big trouble, one to three, what do you call me to do?
Thinking of this, I immediately made a temptation, and hurriedly stretched out my hand to greet the bald man: "Hello brother, thank you for being willing to bring your little brother as a companion." β
When the bald head saw that I was going to shake hands with him, he also politely stretched out his hand, but as soon as I touched his hand, I put down my heart, because from his hand I felt the anger of the person, that is, the temperature. You must know that everything that is not lifeless has no temperature, and it is cold to start. This is why some people are targeted by ghosts, and they always feel that someone is blowing cool air on them behind them.
Obviously, the other fat man is with the bald head, and since the bald head is human, then the fat man will not have a problem. But as a courtesy, I shook his hand as well.
The fat man was more enthusiastic, he said that he was originally two people traveling this night, thinking that he would spend a night in this stone pavilion tonight, but he didn't expect to meet this old man, and the old man was good, and invited the two of them to his house for the night. Now that you meet me again, you will be able to talk to many people when you go out of the mountain tomorrow.
I hugged and smiled at him, thinking that you would not know what was coming. At this time, the old man smiled and said, "We all know each other, then let's go quickly, my house is not far ahead." β
At this time, I couldn't easily reveal that the old man was a ghost, so I pretended not to know anything, nodded and followed the old man.