Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Maoshan Rebels
If I ask this in normal times, I will definitely be counted down by the Taoist priest, but he rarely didn't hit me today, as if he was a different person, just explained quietly: "Among the three elders and one grandmaster of Maoshan, Yuxu Zhenren is the most mysterious and least visible, he is indifferent to fame and fortune, obsessed with practice, more than ten years of retreat is commonplace for him, if you want to find him directly, it is basically impossible, Yuqing Zhenren is also the three elders of Maoshan, so the Taoist can only find Yuqing Zhenren first, wait for you to explain the situation to him, You can see the real person of Yuxu through him. ”
After listening to the Taoist priest's explanation, I suddenly heard him say that there was only time in the morning, so I didn't dare to delay any longer, and several people followed the Taoist priest out of the hotel after washing up as quickly as possible.
In my imagination, if you want to enter the Maoshan Sect, you must go up the mountain through the scenic spot, and then enter the area where tourists are prohibited from entering under the leadership of the internal personnel of Maoshan Mountain, and finally really enter the interior of the Maoshan Sect. However, to my surprise, the Taoist priest led us not on the road leading to Sanmao Peak, but on an extremely remote mountain road that had almost been detached from the scenic spot.
There is no one along the way, and the road seems to lead to the uninhabited mountains, which are completely opposite directions to the scenic spot.
"Well, my priest, what kind of road have you taken from us? This is completely in the opposite direction to Maoshan, are you mistaken? Seeing that the road ahead was getting more and more desolate, I couldn't help but ask.
The Taoist priest didn't look back, and walked forward by himself, but faintly threw down two words: "That's right!" ”
Now it's not just me, even Lin Qiaoer and the doctor are a little puzzled, what he said is right, does he mean that what I said is right, or is he not wrong?
I tried to keep asking, but I found that he had already gone far before we were stunned.
Hey, what the hell is going on with this dead Taoist priest, why is it suddenly like a different person? I was a little angry, but the doctor patted me at this time and comforted: "Don't worry, he may have something unspeakable, let's follow first!" ”
I sighed, didn't say anything more, and quickened my pace to follow.
As we move forward, the surrounding scenery becomes more and more desolate and remote, and it feels like returning to the mountains and forests of the 100,000 mountains in my hometown.
The steep and difficult mountain and rock narrow road, the shade of the trees that cover the sky and the sun, the gurgling Qinghe mountain stream, the strange rocks around, even if it has entered the cold winter, the surrounding is still shrouded by waist-length shrubs, if you put aside the purpose of this trip, this situation is also a fairyland.
Just when I was walking a little impatiently, the Taoist priest stopped in front of the mountain stream hanging upside down, and in front of me was a steep rocky mountain, although not high, but its slope was almost vertical, and it was not easy to climb up, and there was no road in front of me.
I couldn't help it, and said, "Daoist, Daoist, your old man shouldn't tell me to climb up!" ”
"No!" The Taoist priest waved his hand and said to me, "Sometimes, what you see with your own eyes is not true. ”
After speaking, he turned his head and walked straight to the mountain rock with a stream hanging in front of him, and seeing that he was about to hit his head, Lin Qiao'er shouted in a hurry: "What are you doing?" Stop, it's going to crash, ah......"
When Lin Qiao'er said that she was behind, she suddenly screamed, and I was stunned, only to see that the Taoist priest walked into the mountain rock as if nothing was there, and in a blink of an eye, he was covered by the stream hanging upside down.
Is it a fantasy? Or is there a hole behind the water curtain?
I couldn't react at once, the doctor reacted the fastest, and immediately after the Taoist priest entered, he pulled up the two of us who were still in a daze and followed in, and the moment I passed through the water curtain, I didn't feel the flow of water, which means that this is indeed an illusion.
If you want to say that it's not the first time I've seen the illusion, I shouldn't have noticed it at all, but right now, this illusion is too realistic, and it's in such a real environment, almost perfectly integrated into reality, so that people can't distinguish it at all, is this the magical power of the world-famous Maoshan Taoism?
Through the water curtain, the scene in front of me suddenly opened up, and a strange mountain with a strange and beautiful fairy spirit appeared in front of me. Rows of pavilions and pavilions built by the mountains are simple and vicissitudes, and the long bluestone steps are connected to the peaks, majestic and magnificent, and the fairy spirit flutters between the mountains, as if only the fairy mansion cave that can only be seen in the legend, let me stay in place completely.
Except for the Taoist priest, the doctor and Lin Qiao'er, like me, were all caught in an indescribable shock.
I subconsciously wanted to take out my camera to take pictures, but was stopped by the Taoist priest, who shook his head at me and pointed to several Taoist children who were sprinkling the bluestone steps: "The regulations here are absolutely forbidden to take pictures. ”
Only then did I realize that the two little Taoist priests closest to us were staring at the camera in my hand, and their faces were a little wrong. I hurriedly put it away, and at this time, a little Taoist boy who was only about fourteen or fifteen years old walked up to us, folded his hands and bent down towards the Taoist priest, and then bowed to us with one hand and asked, "The three donors entered my mountain gate, I don't know what happened?" ”
I didn't understand the etiquette between Taoist priests, so I randomly learned the practice on TV, folded my hands and waved at the old Tao, and shouted: "Hello Taoist!" ”
Lin Qiao'er and the doctor also followed me to salute Lao Dao, Lao Dao smiled and nodded at me, his eyes quickly looked at the three of us, and finally fixed on the old turtle on my shoulder.
I saw his gaze suddenly condensed, but this solemnity was only fleeting, but in the blink of an eye, he had already withdrawn his gaze, looked at us and smiled heartily: "Three donors, since they come, it is fate, please ......"
As he spoke, he swept the dust in his hand, and the neatly placed futons on both sides of the platform suddenly slipped out of four, just stopping next to the three of us.
My face remained unchanged, but I was secretly scolding in my heart, the old turtle said well, this old Taoist priest is really not a good type, although he looks kind and kind, but as soon as he came up, he gave us a dismount, but although the technique of controlling things in the air is subtle, it is not to the point where I am shocked, you must know that I and the doctor have both witnessed the art of Yan Wudao's sword, and compared with the sword, this technique of controlling the futon in the air is really not very good.
The doctor and I both sat down cross-legged as usual, but Lin Qiao'er was different, her eyes flashed with little stars like a curious baby, and she clapped her hands excitedly.
Regarding the performance of me and the doctor, Lao Dao showed a slight surprise on his face, and looked at us again, and then said to Lin Qiao'er with a smile: "Female donor, please sit down!" ”
After Lin Qiao'er sat down, I found that there was a futon beside me, I couldn't help but be stunned, looked up, but found that Lao Dao was looking at the old turtle, the expression on his face changed from indifferent at the beginning to solemn, and then shocked, and then his body was shocked when he sat cross-legged, and his face changed greatly, and it took a long time to recover.
Just when we were confused and didn't understand what was going on, Lao Dao suddenly spoke: "Since Daoyou has no intention, forgive me for being abrupt." ”
After speaking, the dust in Lao Dao's hand was swept away again, and the extra futon next to me immediately returned to its original position, and I realized that this extra futon was for the old turtle.
At this moment, the three of us all looked at the old turtle with strange expressions, but saw that it was lazily raising its head and yawning, squinting its eyes and not looking at the old way.
"Boy, don't forget what the uncle just told you, now the uncle is sleepy and wants to sleep, hey, your bag is okay......" As he spoke, the old turtle took care of himself and opened the zipper of the backpack and got in, and did not forget to ask me to close the door for it, which really made people laugh and cry.
After the old turtle made such a fuss, we knew that the kind old Taoist priest in front of us was not simple, and we also had some vigilance in our hearts.
Seeing that we were suspicious, the old man smiled slightly, and said: "The three donors don't have to be restrained, you can find here, it is fate, and a few people are also very human, I don't know what is going on here?" ”
I don't know why, at this time, I had a strong urge in my heart to tell Yuan Daojun's matter immediately, but the curse of Doom Yuan on my arm hurt violently at this time, as if I had been burned by a red-hot soldering iron, I subconsciously covered my right hand, and at the same time, the pain also dispelled that impulse.
I suddenly realized something, looked up at Lao Dao, and happened to see Lao Dao also looking at me in surprise, at this moment, Lin Qiao'er suddenly said with a confused face: "We are here to ......"
My face changed suddenly, and I shouted, "Sister Qiao'er......"
After I shouted, Lin Qiao'er recovered from the daze, looked at me with a stunned face, and at the same time, the doctor stood up suddenly, stared at Lao Dao with a gloomy face and asked, "What does this mean, Daoist?" ”
I also stood up with an ugly face, and said in my heart that this old Taoist priest really has a problem, and the impulse that suddenly occurred in my mind just now was not accidental, but this old guy's ghost, damn it, what is this guy's intentions?
was debunked by us, this old man was not surprised at all, and still said with a smile: "Hehe, don't be surprised, the poor Dao has no other intentions, I just want to determine the purpose of the three of them here!" ”
The doctor and I looked at each other, exchanged glances, and decided to leave the place immediately, so without further ado, we picked up the dexterous child and walked out.
In my opinion, this old way is extremely mysterious, and it has secretly attacked us more than once, obviously with bad intentions, and if I stay any longer, I am afraid that I will not be able to leave even if I want to. In fact, if Lao Dao had stopped him, it would have been too late for us to leave, but Lao Dao didn't move, and nothing happened until we stepped out of the gate of the side hall.
We had palpitations, even if we went out of the side hall, we didn't dare to stay, and walked a long way until we met a few passing tourists, and then we breathed a sigh of relief and stopped.
Lin Qiao'er didn't know what had just happened, and as soon as she stopped, she asked us what was going on, why did we go in such a hurry? I was not in the mood to answer, so I turned around and looked at the side hall again, but I was shocked to find that the ancient hall was gone.
I thought I was dazzled, and blinked my eyes vigorously, but no matter how I looked, the side hall had indeed disappeared, and the area where it had been just now had become a dense forest, and there was a fence outside the woods, on which was marked that it was forbidden to enter.
Obviously, this is where the Taoist priest repeatedly reminds us not to trespass, but these things obviously didn't exist just now, why did they completely change in the blink of an eye?
Lin Qiaoer and the doctor also found out about this, and they couldn't help but be taken aback and looked at each other.
After experiencing such a strange incident, we were not in the mood to visit again in the following time, and after a random stroll, we returned to the hotel, and we were not even able to visit a third of the scenic spot during this day.
The Taoist priest rushed back at about nine o'clock in the evening, his face was very bad, and he became very eccentric, the usual kind of free and uninhibited was completely gone, and he still looked a little deep and sad, I really don't know what he did during the day?
We asked him what was wrong, but he didn't say anything, just shrugged his shoulders at us, forced out a smile, and made an excuse to hide in the room.
The change in the Taoist priest made me worry and at the same time faintly uneasy, but when I went to bed at night, I realized that I had been fooled, damn, the old turtle is still with me! Damn, shouldn't this dead Taoist priest deliberately pretend to be like that to hide from the old turtle, so as to throw the old turtle to me?
I was so angry that I hurriedly knocked on the Taoist priest's door, but no one came to open it after knocking for a long time, and I was more and more sure that my guess just now was correct.
However, it was too late at this time, and I could only watch the old turtle climb into my bed, lying on his back to the center, and the guy still squinted at me and said, "This bed is used tonight, so you can get together for the night and make a bunk!" ”
"This bed is so big, you have to take it all up with a turtle?" My airway.
The old turtle curled up in the quilt and looked at me lazily, and said something that almost made me scorched: "Uncle is not used to sleeping with others, so uncomfortable!" ”
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Okay, okay, I'm completely speechless, but it's impossible for me to lay on the floor, I'm not as rough and thick as I was back then, and it's no wonder that I sleep on the ground all night on such a cold day, and I won't get sick tomorrow morning. In desperation, I had to squeeze in with the doctor for the night.
As soon as I came in the morning, I angrily knocked on the door of the Taoist priest, but I never thought that no one opened the door, and when I asked at the front desk, we knew that the Taoist priest had gone out early in the morning, and the doubts in our hearts were even stronger.
The Taoist priest didn't come back that night, and we were all worried and wanted to call him, only to remember that his mobile phone had been seized by the old turtle, so we had to give up.
Just like that, another day passed, just as we were thinking about whether to report the case, the Taoist priest came back wearing a plain robe, I just wanted to ask him where he died, so I heard him say 'Immeasurable Tianzun', and then said to us that today is the time to go up the mountain to do errands, let us prepare quickly, he has contacted the jade Qingzhen people among the three elders of Maoshan, and we only have time to go up the mountain for a while this morning.