Knowing this, Er Fat and I decided to follow him once.

That place, behind Daoyuan's library pavilion, was a separate small courtyard. There has been no one to stay for a long time, and the yard is full of weeds. There are three blue-tiled houses, and the roofs are also overgrown with weeds. Er Fat and I quietly went in, but found that the room here was full of books.

Xiao Xuanzi was reading a book and could see it.

The sudden appearance of me and the second fat startled him. Among these books, I saw the magic of the Maoshan School, the classics of Longhu Mountain, and the classics of the Quanzhen School, which were found in almost every sect in the world. Even, among these books, I saw the book "Overview of the Footwork of Tiangang Earth".

Li Daochang once mentioned this book, and the Seven Star Gangbu and Da Mi Luo Gangbu that he taught me were all from this book. Looking at Xiao Xuanzi's appearance of reading books seriously, I was in a trance, as if I saw that in the sea of books, Li Daochang was holding a bamboo scroll and reading a book carefully.

Why are they so alike?

At this time.

Suddenly, there was the sound of footsteps outside.

"Who's in the backyard?" It was Qingyuan's old voice.

Er Fat and I immediately made a silent gesture to Xiao Xuanzi, after all, this place is a taboo for the Dragon and Phoenix Temple, and it is always bad for us to send people under the fence and peek into other people's taboos.

The footsteps of Qingyuan Lao Dao were getting closer and closer, and half a minute later, the footsteps seemed to have reached the outside of the house where we were hiding.

There was movement on the other side of the window.

Then I saw a small window open in that window, and someone pushed it open from the outside and handed in a wooden lunch box.

"Kid, let's eat!" Qingyuan Lao Dao said a word, and then closed the small window and left the room.

This room is still very large, with more than a dozen rows horizontally, all of which are all kinds of Taoist classics. Behind the shelves of these books, there are several other doors, and there seems to be a room on that side.

Obviously, Qingyuan Lao Dao is here to deliver food, and moreover, he is also to deliver food to a child.

This little kid is definitely not a little Xuanzi.

After Qingyuan Lao Dao left, I went over with Er Fat, and I asked, "Little Xuanzi, have you seen other children in this place?" ”

Xiao Xuanzi hesitated for a moment before shaking his head.

I and Er Fat can see that Xiao Xuanzi is not telling the truth, and Er Pang said: "Little Xuanzi, there are no other children, is Qingyuan Lao Dao bringing you food?" ”

This is indeed difficult to justify.

Eventually, Xiao Xuanzi looked at the door behind the bookshelf.

Before Xiao Xuanzi could speak, I heard screams in the front yard, as if there was a commotion. Then, I heard Weiyang's voice shouting outside: "There seems to be an accident in the front yard, let's go out and have a look first!" ”

"Good!"

I answered and went out with the second fat. Xiao Xuanzi also followed us and left the small courtyard behind.

On the way to the front yard, I heard a strange cry from the front yard, like a blunt object hitting a big rock.

When we got to the front yard, we found that there was a mess there.

There were many corpses on the ground, and the old Taoist priest Qingyuan protected the remaining people in the Sanqing Hall.

Seeing us, Qingyuan Lao Dao shouted at us: "Don't go out!" Hide in the house! ”

We immediately went to the Sanqing Hall and saw that there was a hideous-looking monster in the courtyard over there, almost more than three meters tall and four or five meters long.

It is shaped like a red leopard, with five tails and a horn on its head, and its face is extremely hideous.

At this time, someone in the Sanqing Hall pointed at us and said, "They must have lured this monster over, we have been living here before, and we are all fine, as soon as they came, this monster came......"

"Yes, they must have attracted it!"

I didn't expect those villagers to put the blame on a few of us in one go.

Qingyuan Lao Dao said: "If you want to live, don't say anything!" ”

The strange beast outside roared at the Sanqing Hall here. However, it never dared to cross the incense burner in front of the Sanqing Hall for half a step.

There are fierce beasts in Zhangguo Mountain.

It seems that this is the kind of thing.

However, the dragon and phoenix sculptures outside the mountain gate did not stop this strange beast, and I am afraid that these three Qing halls can only protect these people temporarily.

I walked towards the Sanqing Palace, and when I arrived at the Qingyuan Old Road, the roar was even more powerful. As soon as they saw this, the villagers who had just shut up began to shout again.

Some villagers even said that they wanted to kick us out.

I don't bother to pay attention to these people, and my experience when I was a child has also made me know for a long time that human nature is ugly. Therefore, I just walked over, bowed to Qingyuan Lao Dao, and said: "Qingyuan senior, you take them to the apse, just leave this thing to me, you rely on these three Qing Palaces, you will definitely not be able to hold it." ”

"Daoyou, this is the fierce beast of Zhanggu Mountain, I'm afraid, you alone are not its opponent!" Qingyuan Lao Dao was a little worried, he could see that I had some skills, but it was difficult to know the depths, so I said, "Don't they want to kick me out?" I'll get out now! ”

"Fellow Daoists, they are all ordinary people, they don't know the truth of real people, don't be like them."

"Don't worry, senior, I'm fine."

After speaking, I walked out directly from the Sanqing Palace.

The beast stared at me, licked its tongue, and suddenly, pounced on me. As soon as it moved, the momentum was violent, and the villagers screamed in fright and hurried to the apse.

I jumped up in the air with the force under my feet.

Jumped directly onto the back of the hideous, and the vicious flicked five tails, as if to throw me off. And I, with the vitality under my feet, stumbled and fell to the ground by my foot. I adjusted my body in the air, and a breath swept by, cutting off one of the tails of the hideous.

The beast broke its tail, and the injury was not light.

With a scream, it jumped out of the monastery and rushed into the jungle.

I walked towards the apse.

When they heard the movement, they all huddled in the corner of the apse, and when I walked over they were so surprised that they thought I had been eaten by the monster.

Qingyuan Lao Dao looked at me and said, "Fellow Daoist, are you okay?" ”

"It's okay, the beast is injured and has already run away. Qingyuan senior, the yard is messy, you arrange to clean it up. I said, and then I left the apse, leaving the villagers behind, all in a daze.

The second fat man was next to me and said, "Those people shouldn't have saved them." ”

It was the little Xuanzi next to him who said: "People spare their lives." ”

I didn't say anything.

However, after we arrived, the beast appeared, and maybe the beast was really attracted to us. Now that the problem has been solved, there is no need to think about it. Now, what makes me most curious is who Qingyuan went to deliver food to in the backyard.

Xiao Xuanzi often goes there, nine times out of ten, he has seen it.

I went over, squatted down and asked, "Little Xuanzi, is there anyone in the room in the backyard?" ”

Xiao Xuanzi didn't speak.

"I know, you've seen him. There must be a reason why he was imprisoned in that place, and since he was bumped into by us, he couldn't ignore it. I continued.

"I promised him that no one could say anything, and if I said it, he wouldn't let me go there to read in the future." Xiao Xuanzi finally said it.

It seems that there are really people there, no wonder the house is dilapidated on the outside, but there is no dust on the bookshelves in the house.

"Why, we won't harm him." I said.

Xiao Xuanzi hesitated a little, he said: "I don't know, he told me and didn't let me tell him about it." ”

This is the taboo of the dragon and phoenix view, and it is also the secret of the dragon and phoenix view. However, in the dark, I feel that this matter is not ordinary. After thinking for a moment, I asked, "Why is he being locked up there?" ”

"I can't see his face, he's wrapped himself tightly. By the way, he said that he had been in that room for seven years, and it was not the Taoist priest who locked him up, but he himself wanted to lock himself up. Because, when he is outside, in the village, the villagers will beat him and call him a monster. ”

Later, he was kicked out of the village, and it was Qingyuan Lao Dao who adopted him. However, the Taoist priests in the Taoist temple did not wait to see him, and later there was no way, Qingyuan Lao Dao sent him to this courtyard, and turned this place into a forbidden place. Every day, Qingyuan Lao Dao would go there to bring him food. ”

This kind of thing sounds very familiar.

When I was a child, if I hadn't been protected by my grandfather, wouldn't it have been the same as him? At that time, the villagers regarded me as a monster, and the children in the whole village, only Erfat did not dislike me, and stood on my side. Grandpa's ability made the villagers awe-inspired, and they only dared to poke the backbone secretly.

Because of the similar experience, it made me even more curious about this child.