Chapter 52: The Confused Past
Huo Yuanzhen's calculation is very clear, that is, to absorb Yue Shan into the Shaolin Temple, so that his own side and Chen Ding's forces will disappear one after the other, and the odds of victory will be greatly increased.
Originally, Huo Yuan really wanted to come forward to recruit Yue Shan if he didn't have much chance to help him, but he didn't expect Yue Shan to cause such a big thing, fighting ten people from the Songshan faction, and seriously injured nine of them, lightly injured one, and he was covered with scars.
Now if you want to treat Yue Shan, if you are not in a hurry, Xiao Huan Dan is enough, but if you want Yue Shan to get better quickly, you need a good enough gold sore medicine.
In Huo Yuanzhen's opinion, the gold sore medicine is not as good as the gold sore medicine in the mountain behind him, but it is a pity that there is a dead old man with high martial arts skills there, Huo Yuanzhen asked himself if he had the ability to bring it.
But if Yue Mountain is not cured, Huo Yuanzhen will not be reconciled.
After thinking about it, Huo Yuanzhen decided to go to the back mountain to have a look.
Of course, I didn't go to steal the medicine as recklessly as last time, but I planned to talk to the old man.
Because the old man was locked to the Dan furnace by strange chains, he couldn't get out of the cave, as long as he talked to the old man outside the cave, he might be able to get an unexpected effect.
Thinking of this, Huo Yuanzhen asked Guan Shanyue to take care of Yue Shan, and he left the Shaolin Temple and walked to the back mountain.
When I came to the edge of Yinma Lake, I happened to see the little monk Puyin walking towards me. γ
Huo Yuanzhen's eyes narrowed slightly, and sure enough, these two monks from Wutai Mountain had a plan, but seeing that Monk Puyin's face was as usual, he must not have found anything.
That hole was quite hidden, if he hadn't happened to see the tiger going there that day, Huo Yuanzhen wouldn't have been able to find it.
Puyin was originally walking with his head down, but he didn't find out until Huo Yuanzhen came to him.
With a hint of panic on his face, Pu Yin saluted Huo Yuanzhen: "I've seen the abbot of the first ring."
Huo Yuanzhen nodded: "Puyin, why did you come to Houshan?"
"Oh, nothing, just think it's a nice view, come and hang out".
After Pu Yin learned from Pu Hang that Huo Yuanzhen's martial arts were extremely high, he no longer had any arrogance, and hurriedly replied a few words, and then walked back.
Huo Yuanzhen didn't stop him, and now he can't be sure of anything, and he can't ask anything if he stops him.
Anyway, the other party is in his own Shaolin, if there is anything going on, sooner or later he can know.
However, it was still until Puyin walked away without a shadow, Huo Yuanzhen continued to go to the back mountain, walked for a while, and suddenly performed a light skill of crossing the river with a reed, and disappeared into the back mountain after two turns.
After turning a few corners, Huo Yuanzhen finally came to the huge rock.
Walking among the wild grass, Huo Yuanzhen slowly approached the cave.
The faint smell of the elixir came, and it was less than ten meters away from the entrance of the cave.
After taking two more tentative steps forward, Huo Yuanzhen felt that the distance was almost over, and he didn't dare to move on, so he sat down on the spot.
As soon as he sat down, a hoarse voice came from inside the cave: "Who is it? But the bald donkey who stole the old man's elixir that day?"
Huo Yuanzhen calculated, the old man here definitely couldn't rush out, and said: "Dead old man, don't talk about bald donkeys and bald donkeys, you are now a ground mouse, life and death are in the hands of poor monks, and you dare to export not inferior!"
"My life and death!".
The old man's tone paused for a moment, and then he laughed: "Ridiculous, you little monk, you dare to say that the old man's life and death are in your hands, why do you?"
Huo Yuanzhen said loudly: "I admit it, your martial arts are very high, but you are now a turtle in the urn, and you can't leave the cave at all, as long as the poor monk piles dry firewood at the entrance of the cave, ignites wolf dung, and then blows the wind into your cave, for three days and three nights, I don't believe that you can hold on for so long without breathing."
Sure enough, Huo Yuanzhen made this ruthless move, and the old man inside was silent, and only said after a while: "Little bald donkey, you are so ruthless."
"Each other, if it weren't for the poor monk's head being relatively hard, I'm afraid that even the corpse would be rotten now", Huo Yuanzhen still clearly remembered the gourd that the old man gave him that day, and the iron head felt a little dizzy, which showed the old man's skill.
The old man said, "Little monk, who is your master? Is it Mingxin or Mingxing?"
Huo Yuanzhen moved, he had never heard these two names, but the old man just asked like this, Huo Yuanzhen was not easy to answer for a while, and simply said: "You guess."
The old man said: "Hmph, what is there to guess, the three people of your master's generation, Mingxin, Mingxuan, Mingxin martial arts are the best, Mingxin Buddhism is the best, Mingxuan is not good at anything, but it has to be liked by the monks of Kongfan, and you should be Mingxin's apprentice who looks at your light skills that day."
"Hmph, it's outrageously wrong", Huo Yuanzhen was confused when he heard it, and he didn't know what to say.
"Then even if the old man is wrong, the old man asks you, where is the old bald donkey in Kongfan, it will be twenty years soon, he wants the old man to do it, and the old man has done it, why hasn't he shown up? When do you want to trap the old man?"
Huo Yuanzhen pondered in his heart, what this old man said, although it sounded headless and brainless, but it was not traceless, when he saw himself for the first time that day, he said that he was the bald donkey of Shaolin Temple, but this Shaolin Temple was only established for more than ten years, and this old man said that he had been trapped for almost twenty years, that is, when he was trapped, there was no Shaolin Temple here.
In this way, the Shaolin he is talking about is likely to be Southern Shaolin.
And Mingxin and the others should also be monks from Southern Shaolin, empty monks, and it is very likely that they are old monks.
However, he didn't know anything about these things, and he opened his mouth rashly, which would only leave a mistake, Huo Yuanzhen thought for a while and said: "Don't worry about it, I came to you today just to tell you that I will give me a gourd for your big return."
The old man has only refined less than three gourds for many years, thirty gourds each, and you want one gourd when you open your mouth, do you think this is fried beans!".
Huo Yuanzhen also knew that it was not so easy to get, this was the sky-high asking price, seeing that the old man refused, he said again: "It's okay if you don't have a big Dan, and a small Dan will be given to the two gourds."
"No, these medicines are all kept, and you took away a gourd of small pills that day, and the old man will have to spend more than a month refining it, and he can't give it to you anymore."
"Don't give this, don't give that, old man, let me tell you, if you don't give anything today, then you are ready to enjoy a feast of smoke, the poor monk does not have such a good temper."
Huo Yuanzhen was furious outside the cave, wanting to hear how the old man answered.
"Alas, Mingxin, this little monk, didn't he tell you that his unique method was taught to him by the old man, it is really a favor and revenge, it's just that, if you really want to get something from the old man, then you can take these gold sore medicines, and tell Kong Fan or your master when you go back, just say that Mo Tiancheng has been waiting for a long time, let them come and get what they should take."
After the old man finished speaking, a gust of wind came, and a mass of things fell outside the cave with a "snap".
Huo Yuanzhen looked down and saw that inside a straw bag, the neat plaster-like thing weighed about a dozen catties.
This is the gold sore medicine, which is the purpose of my trip.
Huo Yuanzhen picked up the gold sore medicine, thought for a while, and did not leave immediately, but said to the cave: "Old gentleman, I have offended a lot, the poor monk likes to listen to the stories told by the old gentleman, and if he has time in the future, he will come to discuss with the old gentleman every month."
"Go, remember to inform your master of them, I hope that the next time you come, you can bring good news to the old man, alas, in this cave, the old man has been in this cave for too longγγγ."
Huo Yuanzhen put away the golden sore medicine and left here.
However, he did not follow the nearest road, but made two circles, and then went to the highest point of the back mountain.
Looking around, I didn't see the Puhang master and apprentice or the tiger.
Leaving the back mountain, Huo Yuanzhen returned to the Shaolin Temple.
returned to his room, Guan Shanyue was still there, and Huo Yuanzhen handed him the gold sore medicine.
Guan Shanyue took the medicine, took it and studied it carefully for a long time, and said with some surprise: "Abbot, the quality of this gold sore medicine is not simple, junior brother, I have lived a handful of years, and I have never seen such a good medicine."
Huo Yuanzhen nodded, did not explain this matter, but said: "Yichen, have you ever heard the name Mo Tiancheng?"
Guan Shanyue paused for a moment, thought for a while, and shook her head: "Senior brother has never heard of it."
"Then have you ever heard of the Void Monk?"
Guan Shanyue still shook her head blankly.
Huo Yuan was really a little depressed, even Guan Shanyue, the old Jianghu, didn't know these people, what kind of life was the old man in the cave talking about!
Seeing that Guan Shanyue really didn't know, Huo Yuanzhen didn't ask, and said to Guan Shanyue: "With the gold sore medicine, how long will it take for Yue Shan's injury to be cured?"
"If everything goes well, in seven days, Yueshan will be back to normal."
Huo Yuanzhen nodded, although these old things can still be mysterious, but it is true to deal with the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival for now.
After he got Yue Shan's help, Huo Yuanzhen had more cards available in his hand, and for the first time, he had a trace of confidence in the nine-game best-of-five ring.
ps: (four more to) repay (five or five largest) head of the chapter. In addition, thanks to the (Piao Yi Peng) donor, I Shaolin has added a new helmsman.
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