Volume 1: I Am a Heavenly Master Chapter 284 Descending the Mountain
Although I presume that one of them was an acquaintance, I was embarrassed to meet them as they were. Once they see me, I become the one they say they say they have crept up.
I motioned for Zhuang Yan to back away and quietly returned to the camp.
I don't plan to listen to the conversation between the two people in the back, so I can only wait for the night to fall, let He Feng's ancestor suffer, help me patrol around, if nothing is found, we will go back to the camp early tomorrow morning, and we will never come to camp again.
Fortunately, nothing went wrong along the way, and Zhuang Yan and I returned to the camp platform. When they came up and bumped into me, they said that I was revisiting the old place.
It's only close to noon, and my sight is very good, and I want to know more information, so I shouted Zhuang Yan and quietly went to the top of the mountain, hiding behind a raised stone on the platform at the top of the mountain, wanting to continue eavesdropping on the conversation below.
However, there was no sound below, so I peeked out from behind the rocks to observe, and saw two people, one fat and one thin, complaining to each other, and walking down the mountain from the other side of the mountain. Although the distance was a little far, it could be seen that both of them were complaining about each other.
Zhuang Yan asked about the origin of these two people, and I told them one by one. One of them, listening to the voice, was the one who had been here with me. I don't know the other, but they probably found a spot near the roadside at the foot of this side of the hill and built a room. People live in it and live the life of ordinary people, but they come up here from time to time to catch two souls or something. You can't think too badly of people in everything, maybe they just want to receive the rewards of the spiritual world just for the sake of simple giving.
However, now that I have bumped into it, I still want to find a chance to get the whole thing to light.
"Ancestor, I seem to have come into contact with the Heavenly Master on the left, but it's just a second-level Heavenly Master. Can you see the strength of the one on the right? "I turned to the Ancestors.
"Almost, the two of them practice almost the same way, so there's no need to worry."
"I wondered, why did they capture souls? Exorcism and receiving the award or practicing what kind of secret Taoist technique...... What do you think? I continued.
"How do I know this, I'm not a roundworm in the stomach of the two of them." The ancestor snorted.
"Why don't you go down and meet them in the evening?" As they spoke, the two of them also walked away, and their figures disappeared at the bottom of the mountain.
"They are Heavenly Masters! I said, the best way is for us to go down now. There's nothing left in the cave, maybe they'll have some treasure at home. "The ancestor didn't say that he would go by himself at night, but insisted that we go down now.
I think so! Giving the ancestor to the two heavenly masters at night, how can it be said, why don't you make up a lie in advance, and go directly to the door of him? It's hard to say that you can have dinner or something.
Thinking of this, I called Zhuang Yan and returned to the camp, putting away the tent that had been set up, leaving only a folding knife and a small backpack outside. Anyway, it was still early, so I took the small backpack on my lunch and chased them in the direction where they disappeared.
I told Zhuang Yan what I thought, and when I bumped into him, I said that we just need to play wild survival and get lost, and we don't need to talk about more.
Zhuang Yan is nothing, she hasn't seen those two, so she looks indifferent.
We didn't walk fast, eating as we went.
There's an old saying that's true, it's easier to go up than down. The hillside on this side is much steeper than the one we came up on, and we have to borrow the small trees on the hillside to keep ourselves from getting out of control. Every time you walk, you have to design your own route, and go down the mountain one by one, and with food in your hand, the speed of going down the mountain will be even slower.
"Ancestor, can you see them?"
Because our speed down the mountain is very slow, we only know that the general direction is at the bottom of the mountain, I am afraid that I will not meet them when we go down to the bottom of the mountain, and there will be some trouble. So, I wonder if the Ancestors can see them through the obstacles.
"If it's night, I can try. Right now? You'd better spare me! The Patriarch replied that he was not omnipotent.
If you can't see it, you can't do it, and since you choose to go down the mountain, you have to go to the end.
By this time, we had already traveled most of the way and had finished our lunch. Zhuang Yan moved a little slower, walked a little longer, and nibbled on dry food. I slowed down and began to collect traces of people walking nearby.
The direction is right, there is no ground that many people have walked on, and from time to time you can see the traces of someone stepping on it. Some branches and small trunks can also be seen to be grasped by hand. As long as I observe these things, I don't think it's a problem to slow down, and we can always meet those two people somewhere.
Finally went down to the foot of the mountain, and with the help of He Feng and the ancestor along the way, Zhuang Yan and I were not tired. But when I looked at an old asphalt road that probably didn't have many cars passing by, I was a little overwhelmed. The traces of the two of them could not be found on the side of the road, the roadbed was hard, and as long as a person did not deliberately rub any traces on the ground, he could not see any traces of people walking.
I scratched my head, looking down for traces of man-made.
Zhuang Yan asked me strangely, "What are you looking for?" ”
"The traces of those two people just now, otherwise we have no direction!" I continued to look down.
"I don't know the direction or anything, but since you said that they are Heavenly Masters, I see a Taoist temple on the hillside, should we go over and ask?" Zhuang Yan said to me seriously.
Only then did I look up at the direction of the hillside she said, and sure enough, there was a building with white walls and blue tiles, which was a Taoist temple.
"Ahem, I just wanted to test your observations. Very good, clear. ”
After saying that, I smiled and dodged Zhuang Yan's waving arm and ran down the road to the mountain.
Zhuang Yan didn't chase after me, and slowly followed me with a smile.
I also slowed down and continued to walk in the direction of the Taoist temple, observing the surrounding environment.
This is an older asphalt road, because after the opening of the highway in Xinxing, there are many fewer cars here. Although the road surface is old, there are not many potholes. The street trees on the side of the road look vigorous and powerful, although they are not very tall, but the trunks are thick, and each one is more than 30 years old.
The appearance of the Taoist temple looks very new, and it should not have been built for a long time, and it sits alone on the side of the road, which seems a little abrupt.
I don't know how far there is to take a ride back to Xinxing from here.
Thinking of these inconsequential things, we arrived at the gate of the Taoist temple like two hiking friends.
The door of the Taoist temple is open, and there is a gold plaque on a black background on the top of the main hall, which reads "Sincerity is spiritual".
I politely picked up the brass ring on the door and knocked on it a few times.
The main hall is not big, just a clay statue behind an offering table, and there are only three futons in front of the table that is only one meter wide. There is incense in the incense burner, and there is a transparent merit box next to it, which at first glance looks like there is a lot of money. However, most of them are small tickets of five yuan and a few cents, and occasionally you can see a few colors of ten yuan, but very rarely.
Just watching, a fat man straightened out his robe and turned out from the other side of the main hall of the Taoist temple.
"Hello, we're passing by here and want to ask you for directions." When I saw him coming, I spoke first. It was still early, so I could only ask for directions, and I couldn't say right now that I wanted to spend the night.
"Oh... Ask for directions, ask! "Fat people are not cold, but they are not enthusiastic either.
I said seriously: "Hello, we live in Xinxing, and we have nothing to do to come out and walk on foot." I came out for two days and wanted to walk back, but I was afraid that it was not in the right direction...... May I ask the chief, which way should Xinxing go? ”
"Oh!" The man led us out of the Taoist temple and pointed to the right hand.
"In the past, it's less than 20 kilometers if you walk along the road, and about 15 kilometers if you climb the mountain and walk the trail. If you still have money on you......" The man gave us a few glances and raised his hand to look at his watch, "in about thirty minutes, a shuttle bus will pass by." Stop beckoning, and three pieces can reach Xinxing. ”
"Thank you, thank you, three pieces are always available. By the way, what kind of Taoist temple is here, is it spiritual? ”
"If you look at it sincerely, you will be very spiritual when you hear the name. If you have any desire, you can try it. When it comes to it, just remember to make a wish. "He was not in a hurry to sell, he looked very confident, and he believed that after we made a wish, we would definitely come back again.
"Really? I've never believed in anything, and I want to see how far it can work. ”
As I spoke, I stepped into the Taoist temple again.
Naturally, I can't just leave, I have to delay and miss the bus.
The man didn't stop me, and followed me into the Taoist temple.
The Taoist temple is very small, and only a larger stone incense burner is placed in the courtyard, which is used to burn incense when there are many pilgrims, and there is really a lot of incense ash in it. Looking at the stone threshold, although the new construction time is not long, but from the degree of wear and tear of the threshold, there are still a lot of people coming and going.
I walked to the main hall, bowed to the statue reverently and asked, "How much does it cost to burn a stick of incense?" ”
'Childe, there's something strange in the clay statue. At this time, Yao suddenly reminded him.
I looked up at the statue, and sure enough, there seemed to be a wave of light flowing in my eyes.
"Hehe, it's free to burn incense, and I wish it was up to you. However, I would like to remind you both that if your wish is fulfilled, you can come and return it. Although there is no hard and fast rule, people have to come here to make a wish, otherwise it is easy to get into trouble. "That person doesn't buy and sell, it looks like you're going to come back and spend money obediently.
Saying that the wine is good, I am afraid of the deep alleys, and this new and fat celestial master has such a big tone, which makes me a little angry. The eyewave that flashed by the statue must have an untold story. It also reminds me of the scene of the soul battle in the middle of the night in the original view of Kito.
I smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist, I don't hide it, I also know a little bit about astrological divination, and this walking trip is to find some strange things." I see that there is a bad aura in the Taoist Seal Hall, and before sunset today, there will be a catastrophe. ”
At this time, I noticed that although the Taoist temple was built facing the sun, there were two large trees next to it that blocked a lot of sunlight. At this time, noon had passed, and the Taoist temple was already in a completely shady position.
In other words, as long as I provoke the soul in the statue like a way, it will show its original form, and let me break this deceitful little Taoist temple.
"Hey, that's a big breath. Tell me, then, what kind of evil have I committed? The fat man looked disdainful, his hands crossed in front of his stomach, his right hand on top, and a string of prayer beads twisted in his hand.
I looked around, pretending to see if there was anyone else, "It's hard to say, the heavens can't be revealed, in short, before sunset." Just wait! In other words, do you look at each other? ”
"Of course I will, as you said, the secret of heaven must not be revealed."
"As the so-called doctor does not heal himself, it is difficult for him to save others. Wouldn't it be nice for you and me to help each other? ”
"Joke, you said that I had a calamity before sunset, but I didn't foreshadow it, so I believe you don't... Yes! ”
I didn't wait for the fat Taoist priest to finish speaking, I jumped up and came up on his brain, "I said that you have a calamity, you don't believe it." Rob! Hand over all the money. ”
The fat man squatted down with his head in his hands, where did he think that his body, which was half a head taller than me and nearly twice as strong as me, would be robbed by me......
Actually, I just want to force out the souls that are hiding behind me.