One hundred and twenty-six. Metaphysical Cultural Friendship Exchange Meeting
Arowana Mountain is named after the Arowana View, and the Arowana View is named after the mountain: because this mountain resembles a horizontal Arowana.
Arowana Mountain is low, and it is inferior to Hutou Mountain. So there are no long stone steps, not even a road has been repaired, only a dirt road path in the forest that can barely allow two cars to pass and lead to the Arowana Temple.
Behind the houses that vanished into the rolling hills, vast tracts of farmland glowed dark green under dark clouds, and lush forests in the distance.
"It should be around here."
Driving into the woods path, the old man leaned forward and looked ahead.
Arowana Mountain is so low that it is full of trees, and there is no trace of man-made structures.
"I've found it."
Lu Li looked ahead and replied.
Near the foot of the mountain where the Arowana Temple is located, two banners with white characters on a red background are pulled on both sides of the forest path.
γWelcome to Pingling City Metaphysical Culture Friendly Exchange Meetingγ
[This exchange meeting is exclusively sponsored and provided by Arowana View]
The wind blows through the treetops, and banners flutter with it.
A few hundred meters onwards, a glade appeared in front of you.
This is still not a Arowana view, and the deserted vacant land is used as a parking lot.
Today, dozens of different vehicles are parked on the edge. There are passenger cars, vans, vans, sports cars, off-road vehicles, and scattered cattle and horses tied to roadside trees, bowing their heads and gnawing on green grass.
"Times have changed, even the fat-headed and big-eared local tyrant monks in Jinhua Temple used to walk or make carriages."
Lu Laodao sighed with emotion, I don't know whether he is happy or worried.
Finding an empty space, Lu left the car and drove in.
As soon as I got out of the car, there was a sound of an engine on the trail.
A black premium car came from the woods.
The old man was shocked, covered his face with his sleeves, turned around and left, his mouth still shouting.
"Let's go! Don't let them see me get out of this broken car! β
"You know?" Lu Li locked the car door and followed him.
"If you don't know, it's just a shame." After walking a few steps away from the clearing, Lao Dao slowed down and said with a disdainful expression: "If you return this broken car next year, I won't go with you kid." β
Lu Li's black eyes lowered slightly, and after a few breaths, he raised his eyes as usual.
"If I had been alive then."
The chattering old way was stagnant, and he muttered something no more. Occasionally looking back, there are a few black dots in the distance, and I can't see the clothes I am wearing. The sky was gloomy, and I couldn't see whether my head was bright or not by the sun's rays.
After walking for a few minutes, a faint noise came from the front, and the mountain gate of the Arowana View emerged.
"Don't be nervous then, everyone is very approachable, just follow me."
Lao Dao admonished, coughed lightly, sorted out his instrument, took out the dust from his arms and put it on the crook of his arm, and walked out.
There were two little Taoist priests standing next to the mountain gate, but they just looked at Mu Su more, that is, they didn't ask out loud, and they didn't ask for an invitation, so they let the two of them in.
Entering the Taoist temple, the open space in front of the main hall is noisy and lively, dozens of banquets are placed, and countless Taoist monks and monks gather in groups of three or five, or reminisce or quarrel.
"Ah, Daoyou, Daoyou, Daoyou! Daoyou Daoyou - Daoyou ......"
Lu Lao Dao called Taoist friends whenever he met people, and even if the Taoist monks who were called did not know him, they would politely reply to Taoist friends.
For a while, the word Taoist friend was around.
Lao Dao opened the way while squeezing towards the corner of the clearing.
There was no one at the wine table in the corner, the table was full of vegetables and fruits, and Lao Dao saw a lot of them in front of him, rushed over to occupy a seat, and turned around to call Lu Li.
Lu Li walked over and sat down, keeping a quiet gaze around him.
Reason told him that this scene was not quite what he imagined.
It is said that it is a group of rabble, and most of them are people who are righteous people who subdue demons and eliminate demons.
It is said that it is a righteous person, and the conference where this group of people gets together is like an offline gathering of netizens - anyone can come, as long as they remember to check out.
They hide in the corners of the edges, like a paradise and no one cares about them, away from the middle.
"Don't look at it, the people you're looking for aren't going to stick a note on their faces about who they are."
Lao Dao picked and picked in the fruit bowl, grabbed a peach and took a big bite, and said vaguely.
A commotion suddenly broke out, and in the area near the main hall, some women and men quarreled, faintly wanting to make a move.
"That's why I'm pulling you to hide in a corner." Lao Dao explained. "Just wait with peace of mind, those Kundao are pure masters, and they can't stand the grinding of those mothers' doors, and they have to make trouble every time."
"Because of what?" Lu Li asked rhetorically.
There were already women who rushed up to pull the men's beards, and the men also tore their clothes, and they were in chaos for a while.
"What else can it be, hurry up and start the trial, and go back to their respective homes after the trial. The exchange will be so ...... Concise and neat, they have a share of the credit. β
Lu Li was slightly silent, and suddenly asked a question that had nothing to do with it: "You don't have an invitation, and you don't need an invitation here, right?" β
"Hey...... "Monkey scratched his head and giggled.
Lu Li didn't care about being deceived, and continued to ask: "Won't ordinary people enter by mistake like this?" β
Lao Dao took a few bites and ate the sour part, spit out the peach and grabbed the second one: "There should be, but Lao Dao I am here to join in the fun and eat, and I don't know what will happen after that, I guess it's okay." According to our Dao Bald family, this is fate, and it is wonderful. β
"How am I going to get noticed next?"
"Hands? That's how you describe them? They generally call themselves scavengers...... Forget it, it doesn't matter. It's easy for you to be noticed and absorbed by them, just reveal that you've touched the door during the trial. But I think if you've seen them, they've seen you. You should have been spotted as soon as you appeared here. Maybe somewhere to hide and spy on you. β
Lu Li's expression was normal, and he didn't look around to see who was observing here: "So I have to participate in the trial?" β
"Well, unless you don't want to look for them."
"What is the content of the trial?"
"It used to be a fight, but now it's changed, it's the same as a mini-game. Last year, a group of young people were sent to a deserted village, and a group of villagers dressed as ghosts were thrown inside to keep them alive. β
"Will you die?"
"How is it possible, it's just a hallucination, but those young juniors don't know. I'll tell you because you're not an insider, boy, and it's okay if you know. β
"They won't be suspicious?"
Lu Li didn't think this could be deceived for long.
"Hey, hey, hey...... When the time comes, these little cubs can't believe it. "The old man laughed a few times, with bad intentions." After the trial began, we adults ate and drank outside, watching movies and watching you suffer inside, which was not beautiful. β
"What do you think, some kind of magic?"
"In the 21st century, who still has that kind of rotten thing like a bronze mirror picture." Lao Dao sneered, laughing at Lu Li's conservative concept. "Just put some monitoring probes and cover them up with magic."
The words fell, and the noise in front of the main hall ended, and the final result of the deliberation came out.
The exchange will skip a lot of tedious ceremonies and go straight to the trial.