Chapter 55: Chessboard Monsters
Shi Dachun excitedly took over the three Taoist books, hurriedly thanked the master, and said solemnly: "Mr. Yang, please rest assured, I, Shi Dachun, will definitely live up to Mr. Yang's expectations, and will study these Taoist books well." The only pity is that I can't practice with Mr. Yang, if Mr. Yang doesn't give up, I, Shi Dachun, want to worship Mr. Yang as a ......."
"No!" The master didn't wait for Shi Dachun to finish speaking, he waved his hand to stop him, and said, "Dachun, you and I don't have a master-apprentice relationship, and I don't accept registered disciples. Actually, if you are in the world, you can still practice, and it would be nice to be a layman who practices at home? As the saying goes, if you want to cultivate the immortal road, you must first be full of humanity, and if you are full of humanity, the immortal road will become its own. Hehe! "It's rare to see Master smile happily, but I really want to say something, it's not a big deal to accept a registered disciple, why wouldn't Master want to?
However, before I could say it, Master seemed to see through my thoughts, and immediately glared at me, so frightened that I had to bury my head in the food, and did not dare to say more. After eating and drinking, Shi Dachun respectfully sent us out of town, especially to thank Master for his kindness. and gave it to the coil, but was politely rejected by the master. It wasn't until I left the town and left Shi Dachun that I said what was in my heart: "Master, isn't it okay for your old man to accept Shi Dachun as a registered disciple?" A registered disciple is just a name, and he is not a beginner disciple. Besides, Shi Dachun gave us a coil so religiously, and you rejected it, and now we don't have much money on us......"
"If you want to, go for it."
The master casually accosted me, which made me embarrassed and inexplicable, but then the master said: "Alas, it is also because I am grateful to Shi Dachun for taking care of the teacher these days, and seeing that he is devout and dedicated, so I took advantage of my free time to copy three Taoist books to show him. You must know that the scriptures should not be taken lightly, if there is no real fate, you must also have a pious heart, otherwise, one will be blasphemous to the scriptures, and the other will also target the recipient of the scriptures, and detract from their blessings. This is the principle that the Fa should not be taught lightly, and you must also remember that in the future, you should not casually show off in front of others, and you must know that everyone in the world has their own opportunities, and some people do not have opportunities, and if they come into contact too early, they will give birth to contempt, which is very inappropriate. In addition, although he has no master-apprentice relationship with him, if he can comprehend some insights in those Taoist books, it will also have a huge impact on his future life. ”
I nodded thoughtfully, and then said, "Master, I understand. ”
After leaving Gurungzhong, Master and I traveled all the way to the northeast, and since it would take some time for Master to resume his cultivation, we were not in a hurry to take the bus. Instead, I went on foot, during which I raised concerns about Gu Tan's progress, but the master had already expected that Gu Tan alone was definitely not the opponent of the Xuan Demon Old Dao, and with the help of Martingale Lingzhi, if it wasn't for the Maoshan Sect Tantra and the Xianzong teaming up, there would be no bargain at all.
So even if Gu Tan arrived early, it would be useless. Although Senior Brother Chu Qi is also on the side of Changbai Mountain, without Master's instructions, presumably Senior Brother will not help Gu Tan, and everything must wait until Master arrives. During this time, it is also good for the master to complete the cultivation of 7749 days as soon as possible and resume the cultivation of the Dao Law, so that he may be able to stop Gu Tan from stealing the "Shangqing Edict" and then repel the old Taoist master and apprentice of the Xuan Demon.
In fact, I've always been worried that Martingale Lingzhi's Taoism is so high, I can't imagine his master, Xuan Demon Old Dao, how high should his Taoism be? If I face ordinary ghosts and monsters, I can still deal with them, but if I encounter such a high cultivation, I'm afraid that my little Taoism is not enough for others to see. The only thing I hope is to find the senior brother after the seventh year, maybe the elder brother's Taoism is already beyond my reach, and there are senior brothers and masters who join forces, and they may be able to deter them from doing people with evil intentions!
After traveling for more than ten days, on the forty-second day after Master took the Spirit Touch Pill, Master and I rushed to the boundary of Shenyang in the northeast. It is said to be the boundary of a provincial capital, but Master and I came to a mountain that is more famous in Taoism, and this mountain is called Qipan Mountain. Legend is that it is the place where the ancient Taoist immortal Lu Dongbin and Tie Guan Li played against each other, and it is said that there was a huge stone chessboard under the slope of the top of the mountain, so it was named.
Qipan Mountain belongs to the remaining vein of Hadaling in the Changbai Mountains, which is located in the westward extension of the low mountains and hilly areas of eastern Liaodong, and belongs to the tectonic denudation hilly landform. This mountain covers a very vast area, dozens of miles before and after, and speaking of this, we must mention the ancient famous mountain Changbai that Master and I are about to arrive. Legend has it that in ancient times, in the Tianchi of Changbai Mountain, every day when the lotus flowers were in full bloom, all the gods and goddesses went to the Tianchi to bathe and pick lotus.
Visiting the mountains and scenery, and one year, the two immortals in the cave Tie Guan Li and Lu Dongbin, said goodbye to the gods by the Tianchi, and were driving the clouds with their sleeves, and suddenly found that there was a strange mountain under their feet like snow, shining, piercing their eyes. In the blink of an eye, they collected the clouds and fog, came to the mountain cliff, only to see the mountain stone like jade, the wall tree like green, the two immortals along the stone, suddenly saw a flat boulder, light and slippery, boxy, like a chessboard.
Tie Guan Li exclaimed, what a good chessboard, Brother Lu, why don't you take a break from the game? So, from noon to evening, they couldn't tell who lost and who won, and at night the bright moon was reflected, and then you and I couldn't tell the difference between winning and losing. The next day, at dawn, the woodcutter under the mountain went up the mountain to cut wood, only to see the two old men playing unhurriedly, and couldn't help but walk towards the old man playing chess, and looked at it without blinking. After some time, the young man felt hungry, and hurried down the mountain to return home to eat, and then returned to the mountain. But the old man who played chess had left, and when he returned to the village that day, the old people suddenly realized that it was Tie Guan Li vs. Lu Dongbin!
Everyone spread ten, ten to hundred, and as a result, the ten miles and eight villages near this mountain were all called Qipan Mountain.
However, there is another legend, it is said that in ancient times, there was a black dragon king and a white dragon king who often watched the scenery and played chess. One day, the two dragon kings talked about chess skills while chatting, and they were not convinced by each other, so they bet with their wives and fought for three days and three nights, regardless of victory or defeat. Coincidentally, at this time, the wife of the Black Dragon King came to call the Black Dragon King, and the Black Dragon made a careless step and lost completely. The White Dragon King wanted to drag away the Black Dragon King's wife, but the Black Dragon King's wife insisted on refusing, so the White Dragon King forcibly pulled and dragged him. Nowadays, the grass here grows obliquely, which is said to be the traces left by the wife of the white dragon dragging the black dragon.
In addition, the locals also said that there is an empirical place, there is a place in the Nine Dragon Creek in the mountain, on the stone of the Nine Dragon Creek, it is said that the footprints of the black dragon's wife are clearly printed, and then the black dragon king overturned the chessboard in a fit of anger and washed down the white dragon palace with great water. This move angered the Jade Emperor, and a fireball fell from the sky, burning all the Black Dragon Palace, so in the place of Lao Tangou, the snakes there, no matter how big or small, were all black, and it was said that they were all descendants of the Black Dragon King.
And the mountain where the Black Dragon King and the White Dragon King played chess back then was called Qipan Mountain.
When the bright moon was over, I was sitting on a hillside and happily recalling the origin of Qipan Mountain that I heard from the locals during the day, only to hear the master who was meditating and cultivating on the side, and asked coldly, "Why are you sitting there alone and smirking?" When you rest at night, the mountain is full of aura, which is conducive to meditation and cultivation, and you must not slack off! Hearing Master's words, I quickly put away the thoughts in my heart.
But I smiled again, "Master, I'm wondering if those legends are true. However, this place close to Changbai Mountain has a strong mythological color! Hearing my words, Master slowly glanced at the mountains in front of me, not knowing what he was thinking, but soon, I noticed that Master's face was not quite right, and I followed Master to look ahead, but I couldn't see anything except the peaks.
I couldn't help it, so I asked, "Master, what are you looking at?" ”
The master ignored me, but stretched out his hand, pinched his fingers, and immediately sighed under my stunnedness: "Amazing! Righteous Savior, unparalleled in loyalty...... Since it is destined for me, if you don't save it, it will be unreasonable. Well, Ergou, something is happening ahead, go and take a look, the teacher is waiting for you here! After saying that, the master closed his eyes slightly, as if he didn't want to say anything more.
I scratched my forehead in a daze, looked at Master, looked at the front again, and finally hesitated, got up and said, "Oh, although I don't know what happened in front of me yet, but you let me go, then I'll go and see." Master, don't go far, lest I come back and find your old man!" ”
"Don't worry, there are still seven days left for the teacher to completely recover his cultivation, although it is only seven days, but now the teacher still can't perform the Maoshan Dao technique, and he doesn't have the physical strength to walk around." The master thought for a moment, and then said, "But there is one thing you have to remember, you must not act recklessly, you must look at it with your heart, so as not to be self-defeating and do bad things with good intentions, go ahead." When you get to the place, you'll understand! ”
I scratched the back of my head in a daze, but seeing that Master didn't mean to talk to me anymore, I had to sigh lightly, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go back as soon as I go, Master, you wait for me." With that, I quickly ran down the hill and flew all the way in the direction that Master had pointed out. If it's the first time I've been to this place, it's full of mountains of all sizes, and it will be troublesome if I lose it again.
But the more I walked forward, the more my heart was beating wildly, as if something big was really happening ahead......