Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Secret of the Village
But the truth is not what I imagined Ah Mao Dou would jump off a cliff, but two Miao teenagers who followed him tied a rope around his waist, and the other end of the rope was tied to the body of one of the old trees.
After making sure that the tie was strong, Ah Mao Dou glanced back at Daxing Dawu, his eyes were a strange calm, I don't know why, I always felt that Ah Mao Dou's gaze fell on Qiangzi, there seemed to be some emotions hidden under this calm gaze, I couldn't even interpret it.
After this glance, Ah Mao Dou jumped off the cliff without hesitation, and even though I knew that it was tied with a long rope, my heartbeat still increased by a beat.
"Let's take a look." Daxing Dawu said this, and without saying anything to me and Master, he walked straight to the edge of the cliff where Ah Mao Dou jumped, and Master and I immediately followed.
After all, in this secret village, Ah Mao Dou is the guide of me and the master, we don't know the rules, we can only follow him closely.
The wind on the edge of the cliff was stronger, whirring and blowing, so that our clothes and pants were filled with wind, and we couldn't hear any sound in our ears except the sound of the wind, and then we saw Ah Mao Dou, who was tied up by a rope, was also blown by the wind on the cliff at this moment, and the whole person was blowing erratically, and he was trying to approach the cliff wall, and then I also found that there were many large and small stone caves on the cliff wall.
From my point of view, the largest and deepest one I saw could accommodate more than a dozen people, and the smallest and smallest baby could not get in.
And what surprised me was that there were people in many of the glorified caves, probably glancing at the past, about twenty people, some of them were very numb and looking at the sky outside the caves, while others were sitting cross-legged, with their eyes closed, and their hands pinching strange tricks, as if they had settled down.
At this time, Ah Mao Dou had stabilized his body, stuck to the edge of the cliff, grabbed a small tree there, and then tried to climb towards one of the stone caves, and when he finally entered the stone cave that could probably accommodate two people, the two teenagers who stood on the cliff and watched all the time cut the rope mercilessly.
Daxing Dawu seemed to be a little unbearable, and turned his head to ask the two teenagers: "How long will Ah Mao Dou receive the punishment this time?" ”
"One year." One of the teenagers was silent and did not answer, while the other replied simply.
"Huh? So long? I thought I would go and find the Punishment Witch for a month. Daxing Dawu's emotions seemed to be very excited, and he turned around and wanted to enter the stilted building where the punishment witch lived.
But the young man before stopped a little and said, "Daxing Dawu, the punishment given by the Daxing Dawu is naturally fair, and it has been like this for many years. I believe that Daxing Dawu can also make the punishment witch change his mind, but the benevolent people in the stone cave on this wall see the wisdom of the wise, and how many generations of great witches have been cultivating in the stone cave. The ancestral witch is merciful to the clansmen, and the punishment in the eyes of some people is not the chance in the eyes of others. ”
After saying this, the young man silently stepped aside, his hands hanging down, and he no longer stopped Daxing Dawu.
And Daxing Dawu glanced at Ah Mao Dou, at this moment Ah Mao Dou was already sitting in the stone cave, looking at the vast mountains and sky in the distance, and he didn't know what he was thinking, and he never looked at the top of the secret village platform.
Daxing Dawu sighed again and said, "That's it, it's time to hone his heart, as you said, it's not a chance." It's just that I hope to take care of three meals a day. ”
"That's a certain amount of time, and it won't be delayed for a second, and Ah Mao Dou will come up." The boy replied respectfully, and then returned to the stilted building of the Punishment Witch with the other boy.
I glanced at Ah Mao Dou, and I always had a very wonderful feeling in my heart, feeling that I may have no intersection with this person, but then there will be new stories and many stories extending from here, but everyone has their own story, and seeing the scenery of this world may have a one-in-10,000 possible sight in a person's lifetime, but it is impossible to see all the stories and joys and sorrows of this world.
People can only be worthy of their own hearts, do their own things, face their own fate, and temper their hearts, which is enough.
"Do you think it's cruel?" Daxing Dawu, who had already left the edge of the cliff, suddenly opened his mouth and asked this question, pulling me back from my messy thoughts.
Despite the cold mountain wind, I still heard this sentence very clearly, I shook my head, from the perspective of human nature, it is a bit cruel, this is a deeper confinement than prison, but from the perspective of a cultivator, this is the best tempering stone.
"It seems that you understand, and the ancestral witch is indeed benevolent, this place is full of the breath of the ancestral spirit, if you can meditate and cultivate here, it will be an opportunity. If the mind is uncertain, it is indeed the greatest torture. "Daxing Dawu explained to me and Master.
Actually, there is no need to explain this sentence to me and Master, it seems that this explanation is to calm his own heart.
"I have been in the village for decades, and I should also inherit the village, I have been in the WTO for ten years, I have some talent, some luck, and now I have a place on the ninth floor of this secret village." The platform of the secret village is not large, and Daxing Dawu took us through the altar again while talking.
The first time I walked through this altar, I didn't feel anything, and the second time I walked by, I was in a trance, as if I heard countless beast roars, and then saw countless fights, but I don't know who is fighting with whom, what kind of beast roars it is.
I was just stunned by that desolate and murderous aura, this is the strongest aura I have ever felt, beyond any of my experiences of aura, so that I have no room for resistance at all, I can only be in it, to experience, to feel, but I am powerless to struggle out.
Then, I was pulled hard by a pair of big hands, and I suddenly came to my senses, and I realized that it was Daxing Dawu who pulled me, and he was reading some strange mantra, and I couldn't understand a word.
"Are you alright?" It is estimated that seeing that my eyes have regained clarity, Daxing Dawu asked worriedly.
"What's wrong with you? Chengyi? "Master seems to have only reacted at this time, and there seems to be something wrong with me
I shook my head, I couldn't describe the feeling in my heart, it was obviously just a momentary thing, but after I came to my senses, I found that I seemed to have gone through a long time like eternity, and even at this time I found that the stupid tiger didn't know when to stand up, inexplicably prostrate, the hair on his body stood on end, and his eyes were confused and innocent, as if he was desperate to be comforted by me.
I didn't feel anything about these changes at the time, and it was only at this time that I felt an inexplicable horror enveloping me, goosebumps all the way to my neck.
I hurriedly appeased the silly tiger, I think its reaction this time was many times more exaggerated than the last time it met the remnant soul of Qiqi, and Daxing Dawu rarely did not explain to my master what happened, but looked at my master and said meaningfully: "This apprentice is good, if it weren't for your Taoist disciple, my ancestor Wu Eighteen Villages wouldn't mind accepting another disciple with a foreign surname." ”
The master was also very arrogant, and didn't even ask anything, saying: "That's naturally a good disciple, but it's a pity that the situation of the Taoist inheritance is not necessarily much better than that of the Wu family, if you return to that yearning era, Chengyi's chances will be much better, right?" ”
Daxing Dawu smiled and didn't speak, but led us all the way to the largest tree, the largest stilted building.
And the master stood beside him and said, "Mu Lao'er, along the way, enter the secret village, your life is brilliant enough." ”
"Compared to your vigor outside, I'm just sitting in the well and watching the sky, I hope that the generation of the Eighteen Villages of Ancestral Witches is stronger than the first generation, at least I see hope in this generation." Speaking of this, Daxing Dawu changed his words and said: "I know that there is a promise between you and Darong's elders, but according to Darong's current status in the village, I'm afraid I can't decide everything, here I must ask the twenty-first generation witches in the village, Jiang Lao'er, can you understand?" ”
"Naturally." Master's expression was very calm, but he just answered like this and didn't say anything more.
Daxing Dawu nodded, and then respectfully shouted towards the largest stilted building: "Buden Dawu, Daxing asks to see you." ”
Daxing Dawu's voice was very loud, overpowering the wild wind on this cliff, and in front of this so-called twenty-first generation of witches, Daxing did not dare to call himself a great witch, but could only humbly call himself Daxing, and after he shouted, there was calm in the stilted building, and there was no response for a long time, and Daxing Dawu did not dare to shout a second time, but carried the strong son on his back, bowed down and waited respectfully outside the stilted building.
Master and I also bowed our heads slightly, after all, we are seeing a big witch in the village, and in terms of etiquette, it should be like this, and I don't dare to be impatient in the slightest because of waiting, after all, we are here to take away the strong son, and listening to the words of the big witch of Daxing, it seems that the strong son is very important to this village, so it is best to be thoughtful at this time.
I don't know how long this wait lasted, but there was silence for about five minutes, and suddenly there was a 'squeak' from the stilted building, and then a clear young man's voice sounded from above, saying, "Lord Buden, please all go in." ”
As soon as I looked up, I saw a handsome young man standing on the corridor of the stilted building, shouting to us, and when he had finished saying this, he turned and went into the house, without leaving a word behind.