That old Taoist priest has to come all the way to this mountain every year to collect herbs, and he has been like this for decades, and his feng shui attainments are extremely profound, especially good at the preservation of corpses, which can make corpses not decay for thousands of years.

The feng shui of the old Taoist priest is famous for being good at selecting cemeteries and preserving corpses, and many cemeteries of emperors and generals are selected with the help of their faction.

Therefore, there are many dignitaries and nobles who are willing to spend a lot of money to let this old Taoist priest choose a cemetery for them, and very much hope to entrust their posthumous affairs to the Taoist priest.

It also belongs to the feng shui industry, so the feng shui master respectfully calls this Taoist priest "old-timer".

This old Taoist priest, relying on his superb feng shui attainments, has won the trust and worship of the residents near the mountain, and in addition to his white beard and hair, the people in the area of this mountain are affectionately called him "old fairy".

Every year in late spring and early summer, this old Taoist priest comes to the mountains to collect medicine. Because the secret recipe that can keep the corpse from decaying for thousands of years can only be configured with the herbs in this mountain.

And that blood fox was inadvertently discovered by the old Taoist priest in the process of collecting medicine, and the process of this discovery is also full of incomparable mysteries.

When the old Taoist priest collects medicine in the mountains, he is very different from ordinary medicine pickers - according to Feng Shui, he first determines the possible growth places of the herbs, and then, using very special methods, carefully searches for these possible places, so that it is possible to find the herbs.

That kind of herb, only grows in the so-called "land of extreme yang", through guò years of trekking, investigation, the old Taoist priest in this mountain, has found three or four "land of extreme yang", this kind of place has many characteristics, among them, the most important feature is that its earth qi goes up.

And for this kind of place where the earth qi goes up, as long as a special bamboo flute is inserted into the acupuncture points of this "extreme yang land", the bamboo flute will make a baby-like babbling sound.

In addition, when flying a kite in this "polar sun", even if there is no wind, the kite can easily fly, which is also because the earth qi goes up.

However, it is not enough to determine these "places of extreme sun", and in order to find herbs in these "places of extreme sun", a very special method must be used.

What's the special method? This method sounds a bit bizarre:

Every year in late spring and early summer, in these "places of extreme sun", in the evening, a can of specially boiled aconite soup is poured on the sunny side of a certain stone here, and then, within half an hour, a special insect will appear to eat aconite soup.

Why is this bug "special"?

First of all, the bug is very weird — it's matchbox-sized, with a head and a sense of touch, but other than that, it's covered in legs.

The centipede also has a lot of legs, but it will grow regularly on the sides of the body, but this insect is not, its legs are all over the body, and it looks a little hairy.

But this is not the most "weird", what is even more bizarre is that this bug has a quirk: it likes to carry the corpses of various insects - dead ants, dead dragonflies, dead praying mantises, dead caterpillars, etc., in short, as long as it is a dead insect corpse, it will use its countless legs to bind, move on the body, and once moved to the body, it will never put it down, just like that, they will continue to move things to themselves, without putting down the things on their bodies, so that there will be more and more things on their bodies, until they crush themselves to death.

This is very similar to a kind of insect recorded by Liu Zongyuan.

Liu Zongyuan, a writer in the Tang Dynasty, once recorded a kind of small insect called "scorpion", which will be lifted and put on itself as soon as it encounters a small object, and after a long time, this small insect will be crushed to death.

Many people think that this so-called scorpion is just made up by Liu Zongyuan himself, and there is no zài in reality, but in fact this is not the case, because people have found that in Liu Zongyuan's previous documents, there were records of this kind of scorpion.

And this kind of salamander is likely to be the kind of insect that the old Taoist priest attracted with aconite soup. And to find the herb you want, you have to get through the guò worm, so how to find the herb through the guò bug? Here's how:

The specially boiled aconite soup is poured on the sunny stones, because the stones have been dried for a day, and the earth atmosphere of the "land of the extreme sun" is upward, so the smell will spread far and wide.

When the insect smells the smell of this aconite soup, it will quickly crawl over, and when the smell disappears, they will return to the nest, and at this time, as long as you follow it closely, you can find their nest, and the herb grows in the nest of this bug.

That's the wonder of that herb – it doesn't grow outside, but in the nest of this bug that doesn't see the sun. Moreover, it only grows in this kind of bug nest, and it will never be found anywhere else.

Why is this so?

This is because this kind of insect has a special positive, and that kind of herb is exactly the same as the positive of the bug, and because of this, it can only grow in the nest of this kind of bug, and once this herb is dug out of the nest of the bug, it will never be able to grow in other places.

Therefore, for such a strange herb, if you don't know the mystery, ordinary people will never be able to find it.

In addition, the herb itself is also very peculiar.

Although there is no sunlight, this herb has delicate bright red flowers, but there are no branches or leaves, and on a single stem, there is only such a bright red flower the size of half a fist.

After decades of experience, the old Taoist priest was already familiar with this herb when looking for it, and in several "extreme yang places", he could use this method to easily find the herb.

But in the process of searching for this herb, he encountered a mysterious accident.

That year, as usual, he came to the mountains to look for this herb, because there was a lot of rain that year, and when there was a lot of rain, there would be very few worms like scorpions, because they were born together, so correspondingly, there would be fewer herbs.

In the evening of the third day, after pouring the aconite soup on the stones, he waited for a long time, but the insect still did not appear, and the old Taoist priest was a little depressed, and saw that it was not early, so he had to pack up his things and go to a cave, because before dark, he had to find a place to spend the night.

He walked nonchalantly, and since he had been to this area many times, he knew that not far away there was a cave, which was a good place to spend the night.

At this time, the sun is already setting, although it is the beginning of summer, but in the depths of this mountain, the gusts of mountain wind blowing, still make people feel the slightest chill, especially at night, it will be even more cold.

According to the experience of the old Taoist priest, he liked to raise a bonfire at the entrance of the cave, not only to heat up the food, but also to keep warm, and to prevent the attack of wild beasts. In addition, if a large fire is built at the entrance of the cave, the cave will become much drier and warmer.

So, he began to look around for branches that could start a fire.

But because there is too much rain, it is very difficult to find dry firewood, fortunately the old Taoist priest is experienced, he deliberately found a kind of pine branches, this kind of pine has a lot of resin, is not afraid of moisture, it is easy to ignite, and it is also very forbidden to burn.

But these pine trees generally grow on the slopes of higher mountains. Therefore, the old Taoist priest climbed to a very high and dangerous hillside, where there were several such pine trees.

Just as he was folding the pine branches, he suddenly saw a red mass on the stone cliff beside him, and the bright red was particularly eye-catching among the green trees and gray stones.

The old Taoist priest hurriedly rubbed his eyes, took a few steps forward, and leaned in to see the red thing.

At this time, the afterglow of the setting sun, through the trees in the mountains, shone on the red thing, which made the old Taoist priest see clearly-there was a recess on the cliff less than half a meter from his head, and under this recess, a bright red flower stretched out.

This bright red flower was not inserted, but grew on the stone cliff, because on the surface of the stone, you can see the dense roots of this flower, like a spider's web, and some of the roots can actually burrow into the stone!

Looking at this flower, the old Taoist priest was completely shocked.

Because he was all too familiar with this flower, the shape, the fragrance, and the bright red color, wasn't this the kind of herb he was looking for?

But isn't this herb supposed to grow only in that kind of worm nest? How can it grow on a cliff? The old Taoist priest raised his hand to pluck the flower, held it in his hand, and looked at it carefully, it was indeed that kind of herb - a bright red flower growing on a single stem.

He was watching intently, when suddenly, a loud voice came from above: "Get out!" ”

This sudden reprimand made the old Taoist priest tremble, and the herbs in his hand almost fell to the ground, he quickly looked up, and the qiē in front of him shocked him even more: On the edge of this recess on the stone cliff, there was a fox.

To the astonishment of the old Taoist priest, the fox was bright red all over his body, without a single stray hair, and even his eyes were red, and he was standing on the edge of the dent, half-bent over, making an attack like he was about to attack, and was glaring at him viciously.

Could it be that the "roll" was said by the fox? But how is this possible, is this a vixen?

"Get out!" , another sound came, this time, the old Taoist priest saw it clearly, yes, this "roll" was from the fox's mouth.

After all, the old Taoist priest was well-informed and had experienced countless strong winds and strong winds, and after a period of panic, he quickly calmed down. With his feng shui attainments, he could see that this fox's yang energy was extremely vigorous, and this yang energy was very special, it was very similar to the yang energy of insects.

The Taoist priest knows that this is a special fox, but no matter how special, after all, it is still a beast, although it can say "roll", but this is not too unusual, the fox's ability to imitate is very strong, since it can imitate the rooster crow, sheep crow and the like, it is likely to be able to imitate a simple human voice.

Thinking of this, the old Taoist priest stabilized his mind, picked up a stone from the ground, and threw it at the fox violently. Sure enough, the fox was frightened by the old Taoist's momentum, and with a bang, he scurried out of the den, and quickly burrowed into the woods.

Looking at the blood-red fox that fled in panic, the old Taoist priest suddenly remembered something.