When he returned to the store on Monday, he was too lazy to listen to the chatter of Uncle Ge's group, and he had long been accustomed to his burial, kicked away a pile of paper ingots and fire paper placed in front of the counter, and walked into the back room.

The things in the room are very simple, a bed, a table and a small cabinet, nothing else, leaning on the position in the northeast corner, there is an incense platform, the incense burner is still burning incense, the enshrinement plate does not write the name of the person, but engraved with a talisman.

On Monday, I re-lit the incense, replacing the fragrance that was about to burn out, and muttered in my mouth

"Old man, tell me, I've been with you for more than 30 years, and I haven't even had a daughter-in-law until now, I want money but no money, I want no one, what do you say I want, it's such a young face, it's okay, fortunately, there is such a thing as a mobile phone now, otherwise, you apprentice I have to make people despise death."

That's right, if Monday is calculated according to his actual age, he is already an old man in his fifties, and people say that there is no nail in the mountain, and the cold does not know the year.

More than 30 years ago, Monday was the same as now, a young man, who didn't study weekdays, and loved to tinker with some strange things.

Just in time for the social turmoil, Monday didn't even go to school, the family also opened a shroud shop, and no friends were willing to get along with him, Monday was a child because of the wood, almost all of his childhood was spent hiding in the house, even if he went out, he would be called a fool by his peers, more than ten years old, and his family didn't let him go to school, so he hired a teacher, taught him to read, learned to calculate accounts simply, and planned to let him inherit this store in the future, at least he would not starve to death.

Monday grew up in this environment, and his personality became more and more withdrawn, and he learned and saw a lot of things that should not have appeared at that time from Mr. Teaching, and after that, Monday became obsessed with those things, although the family complained about Mr. Teaching, but they didn't dare to say anything, so they could only pretend not to know.

When Zhou grew up to his early twenties, his peers were all married, and the family also wanted to give Zhou a Luo family affair, but none of them could do it.

Monday finally couldn't bear the persecution at home, he was lonely since he was a child and liked to be clean, so he packed up and bought a green train ticket, secretly ran out of the house, and aimlessly looked for those ancient books left by Mr. Teacher in the deep mountains and forests and the books he secretly collected.

Later, somehow, when he almost wanted to go home with all the money he was, the ghost sent him to climb Mount Tai, but from the moment he walked into the foot of the mountain, his life had changed.

As a scenic spot, although it is not as perfect as it is now, there should always be some travelers, but when you look around on Monday, there is no one except for the white mist and a small mountain road.

At that time, he didn't think too much, thinking that he might have gone the wrong way, after all, Mount Tai he was also the first to come, climbed along the small mountain road to the halfway up the mountain, when he was about to be paralyzed, he finally saw a small Taoist temple, the Taoist temple door plaque wrote a view of the word, or the ancient seal character, if not often read some ancient books on Monday, this word may not be recognized.

The Taoist temple is very small, a hall, two side houses, a big pine tree is planted in the middle of the courtyard, the pine cones on the tree are amazingly large, and under the tree sits an old man wearing a tattered robe and a jade crown, who is napping

Monday breathed a sigh of relief and asked

"Uncle, is there any water? Can I drink water under an excuse? “

The old man raised his eyelids and pointed to the stone water tank not far from the courtyard

"If you are thirsty, drink it, but if you drink this water, you have to guard this courtyard for me."

I was very unhappy when I heard it on Monday, and I had to guard the yard for others after drinking saliva? But along the way, there was not a drop of water, not a drop of rice, and Monday's physical strength was also at the limit, and he was hesitating

The old man spoke again

"Don't you like books, I have a lot of them here, you can read them casually"

The old man pointed to a side room next to him, and then to the pine cones above his head

"If you are hungry, eat some pine cones, this water and fruit are enough for you to eat, I have some business, I have to leave for a month, if you take care of the courtyard for me this month, you can take a few books from the house, how about it?"

Thirst and tiredness have made Monday a little in a trance, for this Taoist temple, Monday didn't think too much, he often encountered some Taoist temples and ancient temples when he went out to play, he didn't have much suspicion, saying that he came out to be pure, and now there is such a place, just according to his wishes

"Just a month? You're not afraid that I'll run away halfway through, and I'm taking your book away."

The old man smiled,

"It's okay, you might as well take a look at my book here first, and taste the fruit and say whether to go or not."

Seeing the old man pointing to those pine cones, he smelled the faint fragrance of pine before peeling the shell, thought a little on Monday, walked into the yard, first poured a belly of mountain spring water, picked a pine cone, took out the finger-sized pine nuts and put them in his mouth, full of fragrant smell.

The little two pine nuts actually made the young man feel full, and the recovered strength of the young man soothed his emotions and reconsidered the old man's requirements

He studied those ancient books, and he was almost obsessed with the ethereal things in them, and although he knew that he had met someone who had the ability, it was those books that attracted him

"Uncle, it's only a month, can I read those books first?"

"It's okay, drink the heavenly spring water and eat the spirit pine cone, you can be regarded as my apprentice, but it's a pity that I, the master, can't teach you anything, you can learn as much as you can from those books."

The old man shook his head and stood up

"If the old man can't come back within a month, then the things in the hall, you can take whatever you like, and it doesn't hurt to take them all, and this stone plate will be put on you first."

The old man took out a black stone carved into a compass style from his arms, and there were gaps in many places, and the stone plate was engraved with ghost-like words

"Okay, I'll look at the yard for you for a month, I didn't promise to be your apprentice, I'll look at the yard for you, you let me read the book, that's it"

Monday consciously rejected the old man's apprenticeship, in fact, when playing, many famous Taoist temples and Buddhist temples have asked if Monday is willing to be a disciple or something, when I think of those rules and precepts, Monday is a little afraid, he likes to be pure and comfortable, once there is control, the heart will naturally give birth to a feeling of resistance

"Okay, Monday and again, it will take time for the stubborn stone to open up, blame you for coming too late, take care of the yard."

After the old man handed the stone plate to Monday, he walked out of the Taoist temple, closed the door, and for the rest of the day, in addition to sleeping every day on Monday, he was reading books, and the side hall was full of thick ancient books, but there were many, and he didn't know a word on Monday, and he went through all the books, and Zhou Yi picked out two books that he could barely recognize words, one called Shenda Tianqi, and one called Guanshan Xingqi

The bizarre spells and cultivation methods described in the book have transcended all of Monday's cognition, if such a book flows out, I'm afraid Monday will also end up half-dead, although he is wooden, but not really stupid, although he knows that he is alone on the mountain, but he is also cautious when practicing

On the tenth day, Monday wanted to go out to see the scenery, but found that the Taoist temple door could not be opened, angry Zhou kept scolding the old liar, wanting to jump the courtyard wall out, no matter how Monday climbed, the courtyard wall was always so much higher, close at hand, but more like the end of the world

After being annoyed for a day, Monday calmed down, anyway, there was nothing to do, so he practiced for a while according to the two books written, and when he stayed for more than ten days, he saw the first results, and there was a Qingqi in his body, and he realized that he had entered the state of refining and refining qi in the mountain line, and pushed open the door of the main hall on Monday in the induction of the underworld.

Originally, according to Monday's character, he basically wouldn't do things as long as he didn't think about it, but as he became more and more involved in cultivation, the original elm head finally opened up, and he realized that he might really have encountered the mountain immortals recorded in those books.

There is no statue of a god in the main hall, only a huge spiritual seat, which seems to have something written on it, but it can't see anything, it is blurred, and there is a pine-patterned ancient sword on the altar, a cyan robe, and a wooden hairpin.

On Monday, he was originally a flat head when he played, and he didn't grow much before he went to Mount Tai, but in just ten days in the view, he grew a thick long hair, and he was even about to land.

Looking at the ancient sword on the platform, Monday thought about it, the old man once said that he would take whatever he liked about these things, so he simply took the ancient sword and cut his hair into a flat head, and after a few days, a long hair grew out, and then Monday was too lazy to cut it, so he took the hairpin and coiled it casually, but occasionally when it was too long, he used the ancient sword to cut it a little

On the day of the one-month deadline, the old man really came back as scheduled, but the tattered robe on his body was almost rotten, and his snow-white beard was stained with blood

"Stop !!"

"My Qianyuan Sword, you actually used it to shave your head?!"

Monday was fiddling with his hair, and when he saw the old man's angry appearance, his hand trembled, and the sword fell directly to the ground

"You..... That's it."

The old man staggered back under the pine tree, apparently seriously wounded

"I ask you, what have you studied?"

Looking at the old man's weak appearance, Monday lowered his head in some shame and whispered

"I just understood two books, and the rest I couldn't understand, these are these two books"

Monday took out the Divine Fighting Heavenly Urn and Guanshan Xingqi from his arms and handed them to the old man, but the old man did not pick them up, and a smile appeared on his bloodless face

"Very good, these two books are for you, let's go down the mountain"

"But, uncle, you are injured now, I want to stay and take care of you"

"It's called Master!"

The old man glared at Monday and let out a low roar

"Yes, Master"

"On Monday, you remember, go down the mountain today, don't show everything you have in front of people, have you ever put that stone plate close to you?"

"Put it on your chest, it's cold and cold, it's very comfortable"

Monday patted his chest

"For the teacher to leave you here for a month, it is also a helpless move, don't blame me after going down the mountain, if the cloudy nine days come, you can be born, these two books should be studied every day, do not slack off, act in the future, ask more about your heart"

The old man's face became more and more depressed, and his voice became smaller and smaller

"Division. Master, what is the cloudy nine days? ”

"The lunar calendar starts in the cloudy time, the clouds cover the sky for nine days, the sky is closed and the earth is open, the yin and yang are reversed, the party is the yin nine days, the ghost door is open, the door of heaven is closed, the catastrophe is coming, you will understand in the future"

"When it's extremely cloudy? The book says it can't happen."

"Heh... Now that the people who wrote books are gone, what else is impossible? Let's get down the hill."

The old man's face showed a trace of sadness, and he kept urging Zhou to go down the mountain

"Master, what should you do when I'm gone?"

Monday had already realized that the old man who had called himself Shizun might be about to pass away, and after opening his mind, Monday had already groped for something, but just like the spiritual position in the hall, it was still vague, but he could already feel a trace of strangeness

"On Monday, the old man was born to raise, and now he is still in heaven and earth, it is the old man's destination, the old man knows what you are thinking, you can take the spiritual position, it is the old man prepared for himself, if you think about it in the future, it is enough to light the pillar fragrance"

Thinking back to this, Monday's thoughts paused, now he can see the words on the spiritual position, but he still doesn't understand what it means, after going down the mountain, Monday only realized that the so-called month, the whole thirty years in the world, parents have already died, back to the former residence, is already a forest of real estate, things are not people, when he left home on Monday, due to loneliness, few relatives know each other, and there are no clues to find.

After he went down the mountain, the path could not be found, he took the green robe, hairpin and ancient sword, and the spiritual position hidden in the vast sea of people, silently familiar with the world thirty years later, with a few pieces of jade on the way down the mountain to exchange some money, opened this shroud shop.

"Old man, the ninth day of yin is coming, and I still don't know what your old man's name is, but what about it, you asked me to go down the mountain to deal with the catastrophe, so let's start here."