The process went smoothly, and the blind man didn't feel it until he came to the door of the temple where the blind man lived in seclusion. The Taoist priest is slowly approaching success, but at this last moment, something goes wrong. What's the problem?

When the Taoist priest assiduously honed the kung fu of "controlling the mind", he thought that he deliberately exercised his ability to resist interference in hearing, vision, and touch, that is, from the visual, tactile, and auditory senses, no matter how he was induced, he could stabilize his mind and be almost undisturbed.

But he ignored the fatal bit of smell.

Many of the memories of people are evoked by the sense of smell.

Scientific studies have shown that the nerve cells on the nasal membranes of feeding animals can smell 1,000 different odors; When a person smells a particular smell, they immediately recall the scene where the smell was produced, and many details are recalled vividly and vividly.

Neurobiologist Jay of the University of London? Gottfri and Tong Guò found that of all memories, those associated with smells were the least likely to be forgotten. Visual memories can fade within a few days or even hours, while olfactory memories are much longer.

The blind man's sense of smell was extraordinary, and of course he understood the power and function of the sense of smell.

The Taoist priest was getting closer and closer to the house where the blind man lived, and his "thoughts" were also very good. A qiē is progressing very smoothly. But something unexpected happened:

Suddenly, the Taoist priest smelled that special smell. That smell is so familiar, he has been in the Taoist temple for decades, and he has been getting along with this smell day and night, invading it, even to the point of being familiar with it without noticing.

That smell is the smell of incense burned in the Taoist temple. The incense burned in their Taoist temple is very special, and it is made by the Taoist priests in the Taoist temple by using the lilacs that are special products on the mountain, plus other raw materials, so the smell is very different from the incense burned in other Taoist temples or temples.

Unexpectedly, on a mountain hundreds of miles away, smelling this familiar smell again, the memory in the heart of the Taoist priest was suddenly induced by this fragrance, those thoughts that should not have appeared, quickly flashed in his mind at this moment, he desperately wanted to suppress and eliminate these thoughts, but the familiar "fragrance", aroused relevant memories, is indeed strong.

The bits and pieces of his life in the Taoist temple, the purpose of this trip, and all his plans are all surging in his mind under the catalysis of this fragrance.

And the blind man who sat quietly in the room seemed to have seen something.

Before the Taoist priest could sort out his already chaotic thoughts, a willow leaf dart had already flown out of the window and went straight to the Taoist priest's throat. The Taoist priest is indeed very skillful, and if he were an ordinary person, he would definitely die, but in this very short period of time, the Taoist priest was still able to react and dodge the most important throat, but he was still hit in the shoulder.

After the dart, the Taoist priest knew that he had been discovered, and if he continued to fight with the blind man, he would suffer a greater loss. So he hurriedly fled down the mountain to find someone to heal. Fortunately in the misfortune, that dart is fortunately not poisonous, otherwise the Taoist priest would really be more auspicious.

From then on, the Taoist priest no longer dared to compete with the blind man.

The Taoist priest knew that the blind man was extremely talented, and to deal with this kind of strange and strange person, ordinary people basically had no chance of winning, no matter how they practiced and studied.

So the Taoist priest practiced medicine in the name of hoping to find a "stranger" similar to the blind man, that is, a person with special physical abilities. Only by finding this kind of person, and then through one's own careful training, can it be possible to have the ability to challenge the blind.

And my grandfather is the person the Taoist priest is looking for.

To deal with a strong man like a blind man, of course, one should not take it lightly, so the master and apprentice often studied together how to defeat the blind man. Of course, if you want to fight a blind man, the first thing you have to face is his terrible "insight", that is, the ability to sense a person's inner thoughts, which is too terrifying. How can this ability be overcome? After decades of thinking and research, the Taoist priest finally found a solution. These countermeasures, after repeated improvements by the master and apprentice, have become more complete and more feasible. When he felt that all aspects of preparation were about the same, the master and apprentice decided to do it.

In this operation, the Taoist priest and my grandfather were very cautious, and they were not prepared to rashly go up the mountain to find the blind man, but first did a detailed investigation.

First of all, my grandfather was alone, set out from the county seat, and spent a few days coming to the foot of the mountain where the blind man lived in seclusion, and he wanted to find out why the mysterious blind man did not go to other places, but wanted to live in seclusion in the temple of this mountain.

When he settled down in a town down the hill, he was a little surprised that the people here looked a little special: their mid-centers and earlobes were much longer than the average person. At first glance, it looks strange, as if it is another race. In this life, there are two parts that grow all the time, that is, the earlobe and the philtrum, which is of course due to the effect of gravity. Therefore, long-lived people generally have longer earlobes and philtrums, and after a few generations, such characteristics will be passed on to the next generation through guò genes. So, this is often a characteristic of longevity.

And the people of this town also have a very special pulse, compared with ordinary people. Almost everyone's pulse here is so smooth but powerful, and the eighty or ninety-year-old man can be seen almost everywhere in this small town.

After seeing this, my grandfather seemed to understand the reason why the blind man came here to live in seclusion. But later, my grandfather realized that his conjecture was not entirely correct.

After living for a few days, my grandfather also found that the sheep here are also very famous in the surrounding area, may be the reason for the water and soil, the sheep here are not only big, the fur is thick and smooth, the meat is also very delicious, all kinds of special diets in the town are related to mutton, what spiced haggis, mutton soup, haggis rice, etc., everything.

And at the east end of the town, near the mountain, there is a big sheep market. My grandfather went to visit and found that the sheep here are like calves, much larger than ordinary sheep, and the wool is smooth and white, which is very comfortable to look at. There are sheep traders who come here to buy sheep for dozens or even hundreds of miles, and then sell them to various places at a high price.

Although the town is not very large, because there is a special product such as sheep, it can be regarded as a gathering of merchants, and there are many merchants who come and go to do business, and there are of course many inns in the town. There are many inns, there will inevitably be competition, so each inn is very attentive to the guests, and those who are responsible for greeting the guests are more than one can speak, one is sweeter than the other.

The inn where my grandfather lived was no exception, the thoughtfulness of the service of the second child made my grandfather feel very comfortable, he grew up so big, or the first time he was so valued and respected, this is indeed a very special experience for a seventeen or eighteen-year-old child.

The day after he checked in, the shopkeeper said to him with a cultivated face: "Little brother, today we have prepared a meal of mutton soup and spiced mutton for you, this sheep is not our ordinary sheep here, but the 'wild sheep' on the mountain."

These words of the shopkeeper made my grandfather a little surprised, so he asked, "Wild sheep? Is there a wild one in this way? ”

The shopkeeper explained with a smile on his face: "Actually, the so-called 'wild sheep' is not a real wild sheep, which is a long story." And it came to pass that near us in the temple on the hill dwelt this blind man. This blind man is not an ordinary blind man, or even an ordinary person, he is accurate in his fortune telling. Coming to this temple decades ago, it is said that he had a good relationship with the abbot there, so he defected there. But he doesn't eat and live in vain, he has a few days a month, come back to the town to set up a stall to tell the hexagram, because the hexagram is superb, so he comes and goes, the more famous he is, of course, the income is getting higher and higher, but this blind man is a good person, whether he has money or not, the poor and the rich, as long as he counts, he will not refuse. Most of the money he earned was given to the monastery, so the monks in the monastery also respected this blind man very much.

However, this blind man has a quirk, he likes to buy sheep, of course, buying sheep is not a quirk, the strange thing is that he buys sheep neither for food nor for raising, but to lead them to the woods in the mountains and release them. Also, I heard that he bought ewes and rams. And buy only one at a time, do you think it's strange?

These sheep released by him have accumulated over the years, and no one knows how many, so people in the vicinity call these sheep wild sheep, and many people will go up the mountain to catch these wild sheep. ”

My grandfather listened attentively, and the quirks of the blind man mentioned by the shopkeeper suddenly reminded him of a strange case he had encountered two years ago.

One evening two years ago, a well-known rich man in the county town, for some reason, suddenly sent someone to invite a Taoist priest to his house. The rich man was generous, and the first time he sent someone to invite him, he brought a generous gift to the medical center. When the Taoist priest saw that this rich man was so bold, he couldn't refuse, so he took my grandfather to his house in the evening. The rich man was very enthusiastic about the master and apprentice, and set up a very sumptuous banquet, although it was all vegetarian dishes, but each dish was very particular.

At the banquet, both the master and apprentice felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the rich man, but for some reason, they didn't say it directly, but talked about him left and right, and said some entertainment words absent-mindedly. My grandfather is anxious for him, and if he really wants to urge him, he will say anything directly. But when I peeked at the master, I found that the Taoist priest was still calm and relaxed, not in a hurry, and did not have the slightest intention of being in a hurry or urging the rich man.

It wasn't until late that the rich man seemed to have a lot of courage and said to the Taoist priest, "I specially invited the Taoist chief here today because I have something to do and need to talk to the Taoist chief alone."

As he spoke, he looked at my grandfather with his eyes, which meant that he wanted the Taoist priest to break my grandfather apart. The Taoist priest just said lightly: "This is my most proud apprentice, although he is young, he has always been old and serious, and his medical skills are also the highest among the apprentices, so I never shy away from him in anything, good people, please don't worry too much, you can just say what you have to say."