When they arrived at the main hall, a monk turned his back to the temple door, as if he was sitting cross-legged and meditating.

Hearing the footsteps of the two, he stood up and turned around.

Fang Yu looked at Wu Hui, slightly surprised, he looked like he was in his forties, with a kind face, but he didn't have the compassion of an ordinary monk, but he had a smile, which made people feel weird.

"Amitabha, Sun Daochang, I haven't seen him for many days, and I miss it very much."

After Wu Hui finished speaking to Lao Sun, he looked at Fang Yu again, and the light in his eyes flashed: "This Dao Elder is full of brilliance at a young age, and the sky is shining, looking at the Taoist, I am afraid that there will be no more than ten people who can reach the realm of Dao Elder at this age." ”

Lao Sun took a sip and said: "Wuhui bald donkey, you don't have to garlic for me, and the poor road asks you, is the broken formation at the door you laid down to harm us?" If you dare to tell a lie, Poor Dao will tear down your broken temple today. ”

Originally, he thought that even if Wu Hui wouldn't admit it, he would have to quibble a few words, but he heard Wu Hui laugh and groan: "It's not a secret, the Arhat Chaotian Array at the door is indeed specially laid out by the poor monk for the two of them. ”

Lao Sun was stunned, ready to scold at this time, but it was difficult to say at this time, and he stayed for a while before sneering and said: "Okay, you Wuhui, Poor Dao thought that he was friends with you, but I didn't expect you to do such a thing, if you don't give us an explanation today, I will not only demolish your broken temple, but also make you look good." ”

Wu Hui smiled and shook his head, ignoring Lao Sun's threat, he looked at Fang You, who was frowning slightly, and asked softly, "Has the little Taoist found out?" ”

Fang Yu nodded, but did not speak.

Wu Hui suddenly sighed softly, her smile faded away, and she said in a low voice, "Can you two listen to me tell a story?" ”

Lao Sun just wanted to refuse, but Fang Yu pulled him, so he had to let him go.

"That was a long time ago..."Wu Hui seemed to sink into the memory.

A long time ago, around the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, there was originally a temple in the mountain called Bansheng Temple, and there was also a village at the foot of the mountain called Yusheng Village.

The predecessor of Xingyun Temple, that is, the half-life temple.

Legend has it that this temple is so wonderful that it is said that only those who have lived half their lives come here to pray for it.

What is Half Life? For people, half life is related to the life span that human beings can live, that is, half of the life span of a person.

Humans have no way of knowing how long they will live, so the half-life theory is limited to those middle-aged people who have lived to be forty or fifty years old to come to this temple to pray for blessings, but most of them have not been fulfilled as the legend says.

Despite this, the Bansheng Temple is still full of incense, and the people who come here to worship the Buddha are all from Yusheng Village.

Yusheng Village was originally a small mountain village that was almost isolated from the rest of the world.

The people in the mountains are simple and simple, and the people who are kind and have a long life, in addition to the strong Buddhist style, are also good at martial arts.

Over the years, there have been military generals in the village, such as Wu Tanhua and generals, who attributed all this to the protection of the Buddha in the Bansheng Temple, so they were very in awe of the Bansheng Temple.

Soon after, the world was in turmoil, and Yusheng Village, which was originally in a remote place, did not escape the impact of the war.

One day, a defeated general came to Yusheng Village with the remnants of the defeated general.

Although he came with humiliation, he did not do anything out of the ordinary to the villagers, but only requisitioned a few houses to house the wounded soldiers, and bought food and drink from the villagers for money.

After settling down, one of the general's subordinates had a military advisor dressed as a Taoist, who seemed to have been to Yusheng Village and knew some secrets of Yusheng Village, so he said to the general:

"I used to come here with my master when I was younger. I heard his old man say that the people in the village for the rest of their lives are gifted and have a lot of longevity, just because there is a treasure hidden in the temple in the mountains. If the general can get this treasure, he will most likely be able to turn the tide of the battle and repel the enemy soldiers. ”

The general was not a mediocre man, on the contrary, he was very principled. But he trusted this Taoist military advisor very much, because if it weren't for him, this general would have died on the battlefield.

Hearing the words of the Taoist, the general hurriedly asked, "What kind of treasure is it, with such great power?" ”

The Taoist shook his head and said, "Back then, the master just mentioned it casually and didn't say it, if the general wants to know, he will go to the mountain temple tomorrow and ask." ”

Early the next morning, the general and the Taoist came to the Bansheng Temple with a pair of soldiers and horses, and met the eighty-year-old presiding officer of the temple. As soon as they met, they went straight to the point, asking if they could borrow the treasures in the temple and vowed to return them as soon as they retreated.

The host was stunned for a moment and said: "Amitabha, the two of you may have some misunderstanding about this temple, there are no treasures in the temple, some are just a green lantern with the ancient Buddha." ”

But where would the Taoist people believe, and said at the moment: "You monk is so ignorant of lifting, if there is chaos today, where is the Pure Land?" If you don't retreat from the enemy, your little temple will not be protected sooner or later, everything should be based on the overall situation, don't force us to be rude. ”

The host was forced to be helpless, and finally remembered something, so he said to the two: "If you two have to be reluctant, then come with me." ”

The general and the Taoist were overjoyed when they heard this, and their followers went to the backyard of the temple, and when they came to a pond, the presiding officer pointed to the pond and said, "The things you want to see are in this pond, but this thing can't help you defend against the enemy, so please go back after you two have seen them." ”

When the Taoist and the general heard this, they looked at each other, and the Taoist priest was furious, pointing at the host and scolding: "Bald donkey, don't play tricks with us, provoke the general, and burn down your broken temple, where is there any treasure, it is clearly a broken pond." ”

The host was not angry, and pointed to the pond and said, "You just wait here, and you will naturally be able to see what I said in the evening." With that, the host left the place.

The Taoist and the general were a little hesitant, but there was no other way. The two of them sat by the pond for a day, until the moon rose in the evening, but there was not even a splash in the pond.

When the two of them were impatient and ready to trouble the presiding monk, the pond suddenly moved.

The pond, which had been calm, suddenly rippled, and then the surface of the water was turbulent and rippling, as if something was stirring under the water, and it was quite large.

Seeing this scene, the two glanced at each other, and they both showed joy, could it be that treasure is about to be born?

Seeing that the waves of the pond are getting bigger and bigger, sometimes it seems to be boiling, constantly bubbling, and sometimes there is a whirlpool, which is very uncalm.

After a quarter of an hour, a golden light flashed from under the pond, and before the two could talk, the golden light suddenly flourished.

A huge object floated up from the bottom of the pond, and the golden light came out of this thing.

The two of them looked at each other, they didn't dare to breathe, they were all pleasantly surprised, there were really treasures in this pond.

But when the thing came out of the water, both of them looked a little silly.

What kind of treasure is this, it is clearly a big fish covered in golden light. The strangest thing is that this fish also has four legs under its belly like a turtle, constantly swinging, which is very strange.

The big fish exposed the water, as if it had climbed up from the water, standing on the water with four legs, ignoring the two of them, opening its mouth to face the bright moon, the fish's mouth opening and closing, not knowing what it was doing.

The two of them were stunned for a long time, and then the Dao man slapped his face violently and said in surprise: "I know what this is, it's really a treasure." ”

The general didn't quite understand what he meant, and hurriedly asked, "Dao Chief, what kind of fish is this?" How did you get so weird? ”

The Taoist chief said with excitement: "This is not a fish, but a spiritual thing, something born in the spiritual source. ”

"If my guess is correct, there must be a spiritual cave under this waterhole, where the spiritual roots of the nearby mountains are located. You see that this fish has a golden body, four legs, and how long the villagers here live around, this spiritual cave is known for its longevity Xuanwu Cave! ”

"Xuanwu Cave?" After hearing this, the general sighed: "What the presiding monk said is good, this thing is not helpful to us, let's go." ”

"Let's go?" The Taoist was a little anxious, although this thing could not help the general win the battle, but it was also a rare treasure.

In particular, he concluded that there was definitely a spiritual source pearl in the belly of this fish, and the spiritual source pearl in the Xuanwu cave was definitely a supreme treasure. The reason why the people of this Yusheng Village live a long life, and the old host is still in his eighties, is inseparable from this spiritual source bead.

At that moment, the Taoist looked at the four-legged monster fish that was swallowing black gas, and said to the general: "General, don't worry, who said that this thing can't help us win the battle?" Do you know why the people in that village under the mountain are so talented and have produced several generals and martial champions? It's all because of this thing, we just need to catch it and stew it in a pot of fish soup and distribute it to the sergeants, then all of our sergeants can defeat a hundred, why not be overwhelmed? ”

As soon as the general heard this, his eyes lit up, and after some discussion, the two of them took advantage of the fact that the four-legged fish was still swallowing clouds and spitting mist, and recruited a few archers. The Taoist escaped with a few talismans wrapped around the arrow, aimed at the four-legged fish and shot it.

A few arrows wrapped around the yellow fu whistled away, and the four-legged fish was alert, but after all, it was slow, and the arrow wrapped around the yellow fu pierced the belly of the fish. The strange fish let out a human-like scream and fell into the water, a stream of blood filling the entire pond.

The general hurriedly called a few soldiers who had been waiting for the water to jump down and catch the strange fish.

When the strange fish was carried up, there was still a little breath, its dead fish eyes looked at everyone, and let out a quacking strange laugh, the laughter sounded very desolate, and after the Taoist chopped off the head, there was no sound at all.

Although the strange fish is dead, the golden light is dim but still there, and blood is sprinkled all over the ground.

The Taoist reached through the wound and reached through his arm, fumbling in it for a while, and found a bead that emitted a faint golden light.

The bead laughed like an egg, but it was not stained with the slightest blood, and it exuded a strange fragrance.