"Hahaha, don't come unharmed. Gongsun Shengyan saw that the nameless old Taoist that Nanyue had seen was striding towards him, and his laughter was thick and rough.

"Thanks to you, the wind is calm. Gongsun Shengyan replied politely.

The old Taoist gestured to the middle-aged Taoist, and the middle-aged Taoist got the order, turned his head and walked around the edge of the main hall.

"I really didn't expect to see Su Gongzi again so soon. Lao Dao took Gongsun Shengyan's hand out of sight and led him to his room.

Gongsun Shengyan was held by an old Taoist priest, only to feel that the other party's hot palm was on his skin, and he was suddenly uncomfortable, and it was rude to want to break free, and the goosebumps on his back swished out.

"Hehehe, hehe...... Gongsun Shengyan thought that you drove the worm corpse to bite me, and you came out halfway to relieve me, isn't it to see me early. Although he thought so in his heart, he was polite, "Thanks to you for saving me in Nanyue that day, otherwise I am afraid that I would have become a lonely ghost, so I came here to thank you, and I hope you don't be surprised." ”

"Where, where. The two entered the room while talking, and Lao Dao led Gongsun Shengyan to sit down, took out a teapot and cup, made a hot tea, and pushed it in front of Gongsun Shengyan.

"The tea made by yourself in the mountains is not as famous as tea, and it is not a high-quality tea, so don't dislike it. ”

Gongsun Shengyan took a sip of tea, praised a few words, and officially talked with Lao Dao. Only then did I know that this pillow cloud temple was originally a deserted Taoist temple, and as for how long it has been abandoned, even the locals can't say. The old Taoist claims to be the head of the Cloud Dao, no door and no faction, at best, he is a casual cultivation for many years, and he got the guidance of a certain powerful person by chance a few decades ago, and his Taoism is refined. In the past ten years, I wanted to greatly improve my Taoism, but I was limited by resources and abilities, and there was no obvious leap forward, so I simply played while repairing, traveled around, broadened my horizons, and at the same time held the idea of bumping into opportunities, so I found the abandoned Pillow Cloud View in a daze and lived as a place to stay. The last time he rescued Gongsun Shengyan in Nanyue, it was just a gesture, and it can be regarded as repaying the kindness of the great power to him back then. After saying this, Daoist Zunyun asked Gongsun Shengyan about the pattern behind his left shoulder with concern.

Gongsun Shengyan omitted what happened between Yunnan and Nuxiong and Cao Ding, and said that since Zunyun Dao Chang set up a formation for him, he had been safe and sound, and there were no more insects and mandrills coveting him. But one day after getting drunk, when I took a bath the next day, I found that the color of the pattern had deepened a little, and I looked at it more slightly than last time, and then I remembered that the formation of the Zunyun Daoist could only be guaranteed for ten months, so I came to the White Emperor City Pillow Cloud View, one is to thank you again in person, and the other is to see if there is a way to completely erase the pattern. After all, Zunyun Dao Chang also said that the opportunity is the most rare, and if there is no opportunity, he can't force it.

"Then please take off your shirt so that Poor Dao can take a closer look at Childe. Hearing Gongsun Shengyan say that the pattern had changed, Zunyun Daoist stood up eagerly and said.

Gongsun Shengyan sat down on the chair, shirtless and looked at it for a long time, and did not urge. After reading it, Daoist Zunyun stroked his beard confidently, and said that it might as well be fine.

After listening to his words, Gongsun Shengyan showed a relaxed expression, stood up and put his clothes back on.

"By the way, Daoist Zunyun, the Taoist priests in this Taoist temple, why are all the deaf and dumb people I meet?" Gongsun Shengyan finally asked the doubts in his heart.

"Well, that's a long story. "It turns out that the White Emperor City itself is a land of poor mountains and bad waters, and the average farmer relies on the thin fields to survive, and in the year of disaster, there are often some difficult people who can't even take care of the old and the young, let alone the disabled family members. Zunyun Dao is kind-hearted, but his financial resources are limited, so he can only take in some poor people with convenient legs and feet as much as possible, and put them in the Taoist temple to let them help do what they can, which can be regarded as doing a good deed to create a point of cultivation.

"Oh. Gongsun Shengyan nodded, Zunyun Dao Chang's words sounded the truth, the two Taoist priests just now were obviously just wearing a Taoist robe, not to mention compared to Cao Ding, compared to the Taoist priest he met at the door when the old lady was ninety years old, in terms of temperament, it was also much worse, dull. And after they knew that they were the honored guests of the Cloud Dao Master, their attitudes had a 180-degree turn, and they could feel that it was from the heart.

"Su Gongzi and I are destined, since we are here, we might as well stay for a little longer, and let's discuss the matter of the pattern behind it. "Zunyun Dao Chief said to stay.

This is the purpose of Gongsun Shengyan's trip, since Lao Dao has taken the lead in inviting, it is naturally better to be respectful than to obey his fate, and to live with peace of mind.

Gongsun Shengyan lived in the Taoist temple for three days. During the three days, when it was time to eat, a young deaf and dumb Taoist priest carried a food box to his residence. Maybe he got the instructions of the Taoist Commander in advance, no matter where he went to the Taoist temple, no one stopped him, no one followed, he wandered around, everyone should sweep the floor and dust should be dusted, occasionally someone turned their heads and smiled friendlyly, and then they went to their own affairs again.

The entire Taoist temple counted him as the most idle.

He still remembered that Nuxiong had said that he had a seed behind him, but he never understood what the seed meant. Every night when he went to sleep, he closed his eyes calmly, trying to feel what movement there was in the pattern behind his shoulders, whether there would be any occasional communication with himself, but it was all in vain, and his shoulders became sore, and there was no different reaction when his shoulders became sore.

In addition, what made him feel a little puzzled was that although Daoist Zunyun said that he was a cultivator, he walked around the Taoist temple every day, and he had never seen Daoist Zunyun practice, not only did he not practice, but once he even slept with his head covered until noon, and there was no normal daily routine at all.

Could it be that all cultivators are like this? Gongsun Shengyan asked himself in his heart, and then denied it. Three days is too short, and trying to use these short three days to understand the head of Zunyun Dao is tantamount to a fool's dream.

On the night of the third day, it was already completely dark, and the mountains were much colder than the flat land, Gongsun Shengyan couldn't sleep, his hands and feet were a little cold, so he simply put the quilt on his body and sat on the bed in a daze. He sometimes thinks calmly about Zhou Xue, and even thinks about whether Zhou Xue will give birth to a boy and a half girl for the Gongsun family, and Mr. Zhou's children and grandchildren will enjoy the family around their knees.

"Young Master Su, are you resting?" Outside the door was the voice of the head of the Zunyun Dao.

"No, Dao Chief, please come in. Gongsun Shengyan put down the quilt on his body, got out of bed, put on his shoes, and tidied up his clothes slightly.

Daoist Zunyun walked in with a lantern in his hand, and when he saw Gongsun Shengyan dressed neatly, he opened his mouth and asked, "The pattern behind it hasn't changed in the past few days, right?"

"Probably not, and I didn't pay much attention to it. Gongsun Shengyan saw that he was visiting in the middle of the night, and when he opened his mouth, he was behind him, and he expected that something would be different.

"Okay, Master Su, please come with me. Zunyun Dao Chang didn't say hello, turned around and began to lead the way.

The two of them walked out of the room one after the other, and walked through the main hall to a side room, and the door was quietly opened as soon as the head of the Zunyun Dao stretched out his hand.

"There are no outsiders on weekdays, so most of the doors are not locked, hehehe. Zunyun Dao Elder said something in front of him.

"Oh. Gongsun Shengyan didn't want to answer, his mind was full of questions, what was the special purpose of Zunyun Dao Leader to bring him to this place.

"Master Su, please follow in my footsteps, don't make a mistake. Daoist Zunyun reminded him.

Sure enough, there is a mechanism, otherwise why not lock it. Gongsun Shengyan thought to himself.

To his surprise, the room was built on a hill, and it seemed to be a cave, and the inside was tortuous and cramped, but smooth and dry. There was an oil lamp on the wall at intervals of a dozen steps, and it seemed that it was still bright and inextinguishable, because each oil lamp was connected by a pipe of unknown material, which was supposed to provide fuel. Walked about twenty zhang, the eyes were bright, a hall that could accommodate nearly 100 people appeared in front of their eyes, there were three huge statues in front of the hall, Gongsun Shengyan couldn't recognize who it was, the walls around the hall were carved with reliefs, it looked like ghosts, gods and insects, all faces were hideous, some were wielding strangely shaped weapons, some were fighting with each other, some were entangled by giant pythons, but they held sharp knives in their hands and pierced the head of the giant python, and Gongsun Shengyan's vertebrae were cold.

Zunyun Dao Chang walked to the three statues, burned three incense sticks, bowed carefully, and then turned his head and called Gongsun Shengyan to ask him to burn incense and bow down. Gongsun Shengyan did not refuse, and knelt down in front of the futon in his way, but looked around from the corner of his eyes, and saw Zunyun Dao Chang with a solemn expression, and he gently chanted words in his mouth. When he got up, he looked up and saw a huge disc diagonally behind his head, and six pipes thicker than his thighs protruded from the disk, three leading to the alley from which he came outside, and the other three were directly into the ceiling of the hall, which was supposed to be the pipe for fuel. What is surprising is that there are also many patterns carved on the disc, but the distance is too high to see clearly.

"Young Master Su," Daoist Zunyun walked up to Gongsun Shengyan after seeing him get up after worshipping, "Although you and I are different in age, we are fortunate enough to get acquainted by chance, so we don't have to be too formal." From now on, you can directly call my real name Kong Yu, just now you and I have worshiped Sanqing, which is also the etiquette that our Taoists should have, there is no meaning of establishing a teacher and accepting apprentices, and you don't have to be nervous. ”

"No, no, no," Gongsun Shengyan waved his hand again and again, "I still tell you to respect the cloud path chief to come freely, don't force me." Hahaha. ”

"That's fine, you can shout as much as you want, the Tao is free, Su Gongzi still has a lot of spiritual roots. ”

Hearing the mention of the spiritual root, Gongsun Shengyan couldn't help but feel a stirring in his heart, at that time in the Bai family in Yunnan, after Cao Ding was shot away by himself, he said the words "spiritual root protector", could it be that the head of the cloud road knows no less than Cao Ding?

"Come, Master Su, come here, I'll show you something. Daoist Zunyun stretched out his hand behind Gongsun Shengyan, and he took the lead in walking over.