Chapter 14: Xianzhen

Leave aside the red ghost and white rat and hurry away.

There is a two immortal mountains in Jiugong County under the management of Jizhou on a single table, with peaks and peaks, and the fairy mist is ethereal, and it is a fairyland on earth.

Legend has it that there were two immortals here in the Tang Dynasty, chasing the clouds and chasing the moon in mid-air all day long, fighting non-stop, and finally the earth cracked, the rocks arched out, and finally formed this majestic mountain, hence the name.

I don't know when the two immortal mountains have built a Taoist temple, called "Purple Void View". People in a radius of hundreds of miles in Jiugong County all worship Taoism, and they all say that this purple void view is extremely effective, so every household comes up to the mountain to pay homage to the three Qings enshrined in this purple void view, so the purple void view incense is extremely prosperous, and it also receives a lot of Taoist friends and believers who learn Taoism and cultivate truth.

A magistrate asked which three clears are these "three clears"? The "Three Qings" refer to the three gods who opened the world, experienced calamities, and taught the Dharma, namely Yuqing Yuan Shi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, and Taiqing Daode Tianzun.

However, it is said that there is an ordinary family at the foot of Erxian Mountain, only one man, surnamed Gongsun, with a single name and a winning character, serving his mother every day and chopping wood to support his family.

When this Gongsun Sheng was young, he admired the immortals, tied a bunch of firewood every day, tied it neatly, and placed it at the door of Zixuguan, rain or shine. After a long time, the Taoist boy of the Taoist temple recognized him and reported to his master Luo Zhenren. Luo Zhenren lives in Songhexuan in the Purple Void Pavilion, and is the number one Taoist of the Purple Void Pavilion.

Luo Zhenren felt his sincerity, and taught Dao Tong to put firewood at the door of Zixuguan every day, but Gongsun Sheng insisted on not taking it, and when he asked him why, he only said that he wanted to cultivate immortals with Luo Zhenren and become enlightened, and spend the catastrophe to help the world. Na Luo Zhenren saw that others were small and ambitious, and he was clean, pinched his fingers, and felt quite fateful, so he accepted him as a lay disciple, and the Taoist name was "Yiqing". So Gongsun Shengchang was also called "Gongsun Yiqing", and his common name was not well known to outsiders.

So in addition to collecting firewood, Gongsun Sheng often came to the view, meditated with all Taoist friends, and cultivated alchemy. The Taoist classics are also diligent and unremitting, and in two or three years, they memorized the "Tao Te Ching", "Nanhua Sutra", "Zhou Yi Shen Tong Deed", "Wuzhen Chapter", "Pure Sutra", "Taiping Sutra" and so on. It's just that he is still young, and the realm has not yet arrived, so he repairs his muscles and muscles outside every day, climbs trees, and uses guns and sticks; Pondering and participating in Zen enlightenment, two rituals and four phases, six gossip. Spring, summer, autumn and winter, cold and summer, adhere to daily classes, and never slack off.

I didn't feel that Gongsun Sheng was already an adult, with a light physique and a long internal strength. There is only one point, whenever he begs Luo Zhenren to teach him mystical skills such as calling the wind and rain, soaring clouds and driving fog, Shizun Luo Zhenren always smiles slightly, shakes his head and says: "Once you clear into the clouds, you are not at this moment." He will become an immortal every day, and all sects will return to the truth". Gongsun Sheng couldn't understand the master's words, and he was not impatient or impatient, thinking that "sincerity goes, gold and stone are open", just a firewood knife, and he is pious, turning over the mountains and mountains, returning to the Taoist alchemy, and going home to honor his mother.

On this day, Gongsun Sheng walked in this majestic Erxian Mountain as usual. He was already in a large bundle of firewood, and as he was descending the mountain, he saw a rose-red mushroom-like fungus growing on a jutting rock on a cliff not far away. Gongsun Sheng recognized that it was an extremely precious "fairy grass mushroom", and he had not found such a plant for more than ten years. It is rumored that if you take a small piece of it, it has the miraculous effect of driving away evil spirits and relieving pain, detoxifying and prolonging life, that is, for healthy people, the cultivation of internal strength will also increase greatly. But look at the current strain, it weighs three or four pounds, and it is really a rare treasure that is difficult to find.

Gongsun Sheng thought to himself, today I have the fate to find such a precious immortal fungus, and it is better to honor the master and mother. So he shook his spirits, grabbed a vine, climbed carefully, and slowly approached the rare rare medicinal mushroom.

Seeing that the rock was less than a foot away from him, Gongsun Sheng adjusted his breathing slightly, bowed his cat's back, and his arms burst out with a strong force, and he jumped forward and grabbed the protruding rock.

He struggled hard to support his body, so that he was able to see the whole picture of the "fairy grass zhi", only to see that the rose red like the sunset, crystal like dewdrops, can grow into such a spectacular plant, must have absorbed the essence of heaven and earth, the aura of mountains and rivers.

He took out his right hand, carefully plucked it, tucked it into the placket of his chest, and then still dangled in the air to find the vine, trying to return the way he came.

When he grasped it steadily, he let go of the rock and descended foot by foot.

Who knew that this vine was old and withered, and after Gongsun Sheng climbed for such a while, he couldn't bear it anymore, and only heard a "click" sound, and it fell together.

Gongsun Sheng fell violently into the abyss below him, shouting in his heart, "My life is resting", so he had to keep silently reciting the name of Sanqing, praying that the fairy could really bless him, and he could hear the wind of the mountain stream whirring in his ears.

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I don't know how much time passed, but when he woke up again, he found himself hanging on the vines in the deep valley, and it turned out that the bundle of firewood behind him happened to be stuck on the vines. Although the vine greatly reduced the impact of the fall, the huge inertia still caused him to lose consciousness, causing his memory to be broken.

When Gongsun Sheng looked down, he saw that he was hanging more than ten feet above the ground of the deep valley, which was really thrilling. If it had been a few seconds late, he would have "become an immortal" in another way.

Then I looked up and saw the tall trees lush green, covering the inaccessible valley floor. As you continue to look up from the tip of the leaf, you will see steep cliffs on either side. Such an isolated place, not to mention people, even birds and beasts, will never be able to get here without much effort.

Gongsun Sheng put his right hand into his arms, touched the fairy grass Zhi was still there, and breathed a long sigh of relief, thinking about how to get down to the ground as a top priority at the moment.

He took out his firewood knife and looked at one side of the vine and slashed hard, and when he swung to the other side, he grabbed a sturdy green vine steadily, and then carefully slid down, and finally reached the bottom safely.

The first problem has been solved!

Before thinking about what should be done below, Gongsun Sheng's stomach made a long "grunt" sound.

Since I went out in the morning, I haven't eaten a full stomach, and now my stomach is empty, and I am really hungry.

Looking around, there is a mist of ancient trees, the grass is as high as people, and the cold grits are grits, if you find food, I don't know how much physical strength it takes.

He touched the handful of fairy herb mushroom in his arms again, well, before honoring the master and mother, it is the premise that he survives!

Thinking of this, he carefully broke off a small piece, and saw that the fault of the fairy herb was like wax, crystal clear, and shimmering with different colors. When put in the mouth, the taste is sweet like honey, and the aftertaste is like liquor; When chewing gently, the teeth bounce back to the tongue, and the fragrance of grass mushrooms is refreshing; When swallowed down the throat, it is cool and smooth, and the heart is crispy.

It's strange to say, this baby Lingzhi only ate this small piece, Gongsun Sheng immediately felt that his abdomen was hot, and his internal organs seemed to have been ironed, which was indescribably comfortable, and there was a feeling of fullness, as if he had eaten a full meal.

Gongsun Sheng's hunger and cold just now immediately disappeared, and he carefully put away the remaining Immortal Herb Zhi and began to walk in this desperate situation where no one has been here for many generations.

Fortunately, he has a firewood knife in his hand, and he has been climbing and swimming in Erxian Mountain all year round, but he is not very difficult.

After turning around at the bottom of the valley for most of the day, there was no way out, as if this place was isolated from the outside world by the surrounding cliffs. Gongsun Sheng couldn't help but start to get busy in fear.

He looked up at the leaves of the giant trees, and it seemed that the daylight had dimmed and the night had fallen. He didn't have flint with him. During the day, it is fine, but at night the beasts are infested, and their danger is greatly increased.

When I was anxious, the moon was rising, and although it was dark all around, I could vaguely see the road. When he opened his eyes wide to make out the direction, he suddenly noticed a small red dot in the not very high part of the rock wall, which flickered and disappeared, and seemed to last for a long time.

He had observed that place during the day, but he had not discovered it at the time because of the dazzling sunlight.

Confused, he slowly moved his feet in that direction.