"Big brother, covering gold is covering stones, and if you cover it, you can turn it into gold ingots!"

The little fat man wiped the sweat from his face, and the big fat face showed even more dirt, and grinned after speaking.

"Hahaha...... Can stones be covered into gold ingots? Hahaha...... You have been deceived, how can there be such a thing in the world, a stone is a stone, a gold ingot is a gold ingot, and the two are not the same thing at all, how can they be connected to each other? ”

I couldn't help laughing, and patiently explained the most basic rules of nature to these little children, who were so tired that I couldn't bear to see them so innocent and happy.

But soon, I was stunned by the little fat man's answer.

"The adults in our town have gone to pick up big stones, and we children can only pick up small stones here, and the town mayor and grandfather said, whoever covers the gold ingots will have good luck in the coming year, and you can have whatever you want!"

Speaking of the last sentence, the little fat man clapped his hands excitedly.

"I want a new pair of shoes."

"I want meat at every meal!"

"I want ...... I want my mom's illness to get better soon......"

“…………”

A few innocent and simple children, each interested in saying what they want in the future, but more moved, a few years old, children are so sensible, but ...... The whole town went to pick up stones for the gold festival, what is the situation?!

But when I saw Master coming, I smiled bitterly and greeted him.

"What did they say?"

Master asked in surprise.

"There's a strange custom in their town, every year on this day, the whole town goes to pick up stones, saying that they can cover them into gold ingots...... Hahaha......"

As I spoke, I couldn't help but laugh.

"What's so funny about that!"

Master suddenly frowned and said, I was slightly surprised, Master didn't feel strange, such a ridiculous thing, Master didn't react at all after hearing it, this, this is outrageous, am I stupid? Or is the master too calm...... "Little doll, are you going back to town now?" We don't know where to go in town, can you show us the way? ”

But seeing the master smiling and asking the little fat man, Tian Qilang and I glanced at each other, and Tian Qilang signaled me to be restless.

"Grandpa, we'll take you there."

The children surrounded the master with kindness, and the little fat man held the master's hand, and carefully took the master up the hillside, seeing that such a small child has such kindness, Tian Qilang and I couldn't help but smile with relief.

"If it is according to what Zhang said before, there are strange people here, then it is not surprising that the gold festival is covered, the ancients had a bit of alchemy, maybe this gold festival is derived from alchemy!"

Tanari and I walked behind and whispered to me.

"Alchemy is the yellow and white art of Taoism, could it be that the people of Taoism live here and carry forward this technique?"

I asked, stunned.

"Huh! This technique is one of the outer Dan techniques of Taoism, also known as the art of yellow and white, however, the origin of this technique is not Taoism, but a kind of magic introduced into Taoism by the Eastern Han Dynasty, which originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, formed in the Qin and Han dynasties, and then was absorbed and incorporated by Taoism at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty. ”

Tian Qilang paused and continued: ""Lei Gong Cannon Theory" was born in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties, and was reformulated at the end of the Tang Dynasty. This technique was first used to make the elixir of immortality by refining drugs such as lead and mercury, which was called Jindan at first, and later called Outer Dan in order to distinguish it from the Inner Dan. ”

"Well, the Outer Dan Technique is ever-changing, such as talismans, thunder methods, etc., but the yellow and white techniques among them must be extremely difficult to refine, if it is gold everywhere, then the gold is not as good as grass mustard, worthless?"

I nodded, but frowned again: "According to what Senior Brother Tian said, the inheritance of this technique can be divided into two branches, one is the Wai Dan technique of the orthodox inheritance of Taoism, and the other may be the long-standing family inheritance of folk warlocks, but the people in Taoism will not use this technique to disturb the laws of nature, that is, there are people in the people, right!" As Master said earlier, there will be strange people in this place, but ......"

"Huh! The specific reason can only be known when you arrive in Qishi Town, but the analysis of Xiaojiu's brother is not unreasonable, Taoism prohibits disciples from collecting wealth with Taoism, if there is a offender, he will be severely punished, but there is a little pretense of secular money to transform sentient beings, but it is nothing, but for thousands of years, all dynasties and dynasties are indispensable to people with ill intentions, and they use magic to harm people for profit. ”

Tian Qilang said, and couldn't help but shake his head.

"What Senior Brother Tian said is very true, everything should not be too much, as the so-called extreme things must be opposed, the eldest husband should follow the right way, impartiality, neither poor nor rich, plain is true!"

I smiled and nodded.

"Hahaha......"

Soon, Tanari and I looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

After walking for half an hour, I finally came to Qishi Town, but the moment I saw Qishi Town, I couldn't help but be surprised: "Master, this town is actually ......"

"Don't leak it!"

Master frowned, stopped me in time, nodded slightly, and said, "Blessed land!" Hehe! A rare blessed land, you must know the things of the world, there is no absolute immutable truth, and the same is true here, Qilang, we are not going anywhere today, just rest here, you hurry up and find that Cheng Laohan, get some wine, I am crazy and want to have a good time with alcohol, hahaha! ”

"Senior Zhang, the place where Cheng Laohan lives is a little remote, but the environment is very quiet, I will take you over, by the way, there is a custom here, I suddenly remembered, that is, when walking, try to be light, people here think that there is aura underground, afraid of alarming the aura, I was a little puzzled at the beginning, but now I understand, hehe!"

Tian Qilang first guided us to the center of Qishi Town, and then walked towards a desolate small slope in the southwest corner, and sure enough, as the little fat man said, some villagers were met on the way, all of whom were carrying small bamboo baskets, and among the bamboo baskets, there were also round stones of different sizes.

As for the aura that Tian Qilang said, I can also roughly think of something, maybe the people here think that the aura underground can help them cover the stones into gold ingots......

(Tianjin)