The woman's palms were orange-brown, full of cracked dead skin, her face was covered with weather, her cheeks were emaciated, and even a little sunken, and she looked like she had not eaten enough for many years. There are not many patches on the clothes worn on the body, but it looks like it should be clothes that others don't want, and it obviously doesn't fit.

Hearing this, the woman looked over, but only glanced at it, and then continued to pull the weeds.

"There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south." Bai Guzi stepped forward, proclaimed the Buddha's name, and folded his hands and said: "This benefactor, the three poor monks and brothers are from the Lotus Temple......

When the woman saw a monk coming, she thought she was passing by, but when she heard that it was a white bone passing by and reporting to her family, her face couldn't help but panic, she looked nervous, and said hesitantly: "You guys...... You're here to find the two of you, right? ”

"The two disciples are disciples of this monastery, and they haven't come back for many days, so the abbot asked us to ask. Don't worry, donor, we're just here to ask, just to know that the two juniors are safe. Bai Guzi saw the woman's scruples, so he said.

Hearing Bai Guzi say this, the woman was relieved, looked relieved, and then said: "Three little masters, please wait a moment, I am just a woman's family, I will go and call my man to come back." ”

"There is a benefactor." White bones folded hands.

Then the three of them, seeing that the woman had not invited them in to sit down, and that the sun was burning fiercely in the sky, went to a place under the shade of a tree and stood.

"Second Senior Brother, do you think we can meet that Daoist?" Mirror Void asked, taking advantage of this time.

The three of them all made their own preparations, immobilization charms and wine urn thaumaturgy, the former guarding against people, and the latter not guarding against people. With such adequate preparations, it is naturally not just to meet Da Zhuang's parents, their goal is that Taoist.

"It's hard to say, I'll open my mouth later, don't intervene. Even if the other party asks you, don't ask. Bai Guzi's face was straight, and he suddenly admonished.

Mirror Void nodded, not rebutting.

Bai Guzi is a little unreliable a lot of the time, but after all, he has followed Master Lotus the longest. Although the strength is not strong, in terms of experience, it is undoubtedly very rich.

This can be seen from the time when Bai Guzi took a few of them to Peony County.

At that time, he was white-boned, but he completely put away his usual lazy posture.

After a while, the woman led a man over, and as soon as the man saw Tan Mo and them standing under the shade of the tree, he scolded the woman: "How do you do it, a girl, to let the three monks wait outside? ”

"Out of the way, out of the way." Bai Guzi hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I think the donor has already known our intentions, we are here to determine the safety of the big strong junior brother, when I first started, the abbot has already explained that I have been in the temple for four years, and I have not yet entered the inner door, even if I am not fourteen years old, if you want to go down the mountain, you can leave by yourself." Although the junior brother Da Zhuang has not yet arrived, the monks are not unkind people, and the villagers are not harmful, so it doesn't hurt to be accommodating. ”

At the beginning, Master Lotus formulated this rule, just in case, but he didn't expect it to be useful. There are few people in this world who can eat enough, and most of the little novices on the mountain refuse to go down the mountain when they are fourteen years old, and they are forcibly sent down.

Hearing Bai Guzi's words, this man showed a smile on his face, looked at Bai Guzi, and thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you Master Bai Guzi for your understanding!" ”

It turns out that this man knows Bai Guzi.

After all, it is Bai Guzi who helps Master Lotus all the year round, and Bai Guzi's reputation in Ningjia County is actually not small.

It seems that it was Bai Guzi's words just now that made him let down his guard in his heart.

"Please also ask the donor to explain carefully, so that we can give the abbot an explanation." Bai Guzi folded his hands again and said.

"It's too hot this day, the three monks please come in, there is no good tea, please forgive me." As the man spoke, he led Tan Mo and the three of them in.

At present, Tan Mo and Mirror Void are close behind.

When I got to the house, it was small, full of things, very messy, and even on the dining table.

The table was just a plank, but it was fairly clean.

The group sat down slightly apart.

The woman took out several bowls and poured water on them.

Only then did the man speak: "My surname is Sun, and I used to study for a while, so I have more scheming in my stomach." The Taoist said that he could teach my two sons the real skills, and I was moved. Master Lotus is really a high monk, and he is really good to my two sons, who have been on the mountain for two or three years, and they have become fat. At this point, Sun is worthy of the master. ”

"Master Sun doesn't have to mind, the abbot accepts a wide range of disciples, just to select suitable disciples from them. To put it bluntly, most of the little novices in the outer courtyard had to be sent down the mountain when they reached the age of fourteen. Bai Guzi said.

"But the master also fed these boys, and after staying in the mountains for so many years, he knows some words and some algorithms, and it is not difficult to eat in the future." The man surnamed Sun said with emotion.

It was because he had been reading books for a while that he realized the importance of reading and literacy. It's a pity that his family fell quickly, otherwise where would he still need to dig in this field today, and worry about the next meal all day long.

"There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south." Announcing the Buddha's name, Bai Guzi did not answer, and then he asked: "May I ask Master Sun, can you know where that Taoist chief is now?" ”

"This Sun doesn't know, but the Taoist chief said that he would take my two sons to Dongting Mountain on Fangzhou Island in Tianyuan Lake to practice. It takes a month or two to come and go. ”

"Tianyuan Lake Ark Island?" Bai Guzi raised his eyebrows, then folded his hands and thanked him: "Thank you Lord Sun, the poor monk knows who it is, there is a lot of disturbance, the poor monk is leaving." ”

After speaking, Bai Guzi took Tan Mo and the two of them away.

This man surnamed Sun naturally kept it, of course, this was a polite remark, and no one took it seriously.

Walking out of Qushui Village, Mirror Void asked, "Second Senior Brother, where is this Tianyuan Lake?" How come I've never heard of it? ”

Although he started many years later than Bai Guzi, and he didn't follow Master Lotus to go north and south, he knew some basic knowledge of the spiritual illusion world.

He may not know a certain sect, but as long as he mentions the location of that sect, he can more or less remember it.

But this Tianyuan Lake, this is the first time he has heard of it.

Since there can be an island in the lake, and there is a big mountain on this island where Taoists are cultivating, then this Tianyuan Lake, no matter what, is not small.

But such a big lake, he has never heard of it, and he has no relevant impression, which is a bit strange.

"Of course you haven't heard of it." "Because it's the first time I've heard of it." ”

"Then senior brother, you ...... just now" Tan Mo couldn't help but be surprised.

He looked at Bai Guzi's appearance just now, and he clearly looked like he knew.

"Our senior brother said, one day I heard of a place that I had never heard of, but it felt very big, and it didn't look like a place name made up, so it was basically in those prefectures where no one lived." Bai Guzi said with a complicated expression.