Chapter 1: The Old Way
Jingshu patted the dust on his body, smoothed his hair, picked up Qiuhua, and whispered: "The master has been a hermit for many years, and he has little contact with outsiders. These people can't be touched, but it's a headache. ”
"You are lazy and good at writing on weekdays, if you can spare an hour or two to practice diligently, you will not be so embarrassed. ”
"Master, the disciple knows his mistakes. The old man sighed slightly, and there was a feeling of ignoring it, and the little disciple saw that the master was not powerful, thinking that he had escaped a catastrophe, and happily trotted to follow the old man's side. Don't look at his old age, he can walk like the wind and be extremely vigorous. Jingshu glanced at Qiuhua, only then did he realize the rudeness, and just about to open his mouth to leave Qiuhua, the old man's hand shook the Buddha's dust, "Uninvited guests, please leave quickly." ”
Jingshu was speechless, although the master was a little strict with him on weekdays, he still took care of him. It has been isolated from the world for a long time in the bamboo hut and no one has ever come to visit. I never knew that Master Lu Dao would have such an attitude towards outsiders. There is no way, the teacher's order is difficult to disobey. But Qiuhua is Jingshu's life-saving benefactor after all, if Qiuhua hadn't helped, maybe Jingshu wouldn't be so safe.
So Jingshu secretly turned his head, covered his mouth with one hand, and said in a low voice, "Hey...... Get out of here and take the path on the right. ”
"How can there be such a person. He's really a teacher who doesn't get in the middle of the way. Qiuhua was speechless, in such a ghost place where no grass grows, he fell into a Gu worm for no reason, and he was sad to see a "fairy" with a strange temper, which was really a disaster.
Suddenly, Shui Yun flashed out of Shihua territory, with a red gauze robe, a graceful figure, a white and cold and arrogant face, and the green bamboo dense forest outside the bamboo hut, which was quite conspicuous. I only heard Shui Yun hurriedly say: "Hurry up and stop that immortal." Maybe Williams still has a glimmer of hope. ”
Qiuhua was like an empowerment, patting her head and melon seeds, "Eh, why didn't I think of it." Qiuhua flashed and caught up in an instant. It's just that this bamboo hut is covered in the middle of the mountain, and a steep staircase spirals up the edge of the mountain, although the mountain looks only a hundred meters on the outside, but looking down the stairs, it goes straight to the sky and does not enter the clouds.
Seeing that the figures of the two had long been blurred, as if they were halfway up the waist of a towering mountain, Qiu Hua was very puzzled, there seemed to be some strange force here to hide its true face.
Perhaps it is not the desolation we see before our eyes. Shui Yun and Qiu Hua exchanged glances and exchanged opinions, the two nodded slightly, and walked towards the halfway point of the mountain where Jingshu and the two disappeared. But after walking for a long time, they didn't find anything unusual, but it was a fact that the two disappeared before their eyes. Shui Yun said: "There must be someone around here who has used a blinding method. As he spoke, Shui Yun picked up a stone and threw it at the wall not far away, and suddenly the stone disappeared. The two no longer hesitated, and followed in.
Jingshu trotted, closely following behind the master, this is afraid that a relaxation will be lost, this is another world, although the same is the same layer of mountains, the same loess flying sand, there is no green plants and flowers, but there is a lot of popularity, from a distance, you can see that the bare rocky mountains on the outside of the numerous caves and some rich children's mansions attached to the surface of the mountains. The orderly cultivation on the ground shows the abundance and tranquility of the place.
The old man made a move with one hand, and a colorful wings flashed in the sky, and the crane leaned over with the cry of the pure spirit, its eyes were full of excitement and joy, thinking that it was caused by the excitement of seeing the return of the master. The old man reached out and gently stroked the crane's lower head. The crane narrowed his eyes slightly, and occasionally let out a few crane chirps, and the old man nodded and smiled. It seems to be a scene of a person and a crane talking.
The crane raised its wings and flew up, and a crane chirped through the sky. Jingshu looked at the crowd below the size of ants, all busy running around for their day's livelihood. Look at the benefactor who suddenly sounded with only one side. muttered: "There are no people in a radius of a hundred miles, they have no food and no water to drink, wouldn't they be ......" Jingshu couldn't bear it, and still had to ask clearly, so he mustered up 120,000 courage and asked, "Master, why don't we invite them in?" The old man asked rhetorically, "Why do you invite them in?"
Jingshu smiled: "Invite them to drink water and find some food." ”
"The bamboo hut outside is enough for their dry food. ”
Jingshu was suddenly asked about the point, and he was stunned and didn't know how to answer, but he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say what was wrong, "My benefactor has already stayed at the door of the house, according to etiquette, I should invite him to the house as a guest, right? Shouldn't I do my best to be a landlord? Isn't it the same thing?" Jingshu muttered on the side, I read too many books, and I don't know how to be flexible, which is sometimes a tricky thing.
And Shui Yun and Qiu Hua also found this rich treasure by mistake.
Shui Yun looked at the pedestrians coming and going on the spacious street, such a busy place, although it was simple and lively, but it was a little troublesome for them, "How should we find the two of them?"
Qiu Hua smiled, Senior Sister was originally a smart person, when did she see her bow her head to others and show weakness, now it seems that Senior Sister Shui also has a weak side, Qiu Hua looked at the lovely Senior Sister Shui, and lost her mind for a while.
When they came to their senses, the two had already walked a long distance, "Senior Sister Shui, in fact, it is not difficult to find them, you see that here are all ordinary people plowing the fields, the two of them are people outside the road, and with the crane as their mount, they must be quite famous here." I think the answer will be known as soon as you ask. ”
Shui Yun saw a white-haired old man sitting quietly on the stone steps on the side of the street, basking in the sun, "Old man, you haven't seen an immortal with a crane mount passing by here. ”
"Immortal, I haven't heard of it, but I've seen the crane you said, its chirping is crisp and ethereal, it's comfortable......" The old man said and closed his eyes, as if recalling the light sound, "Oh, the crane you said seems to live on the top of this mountain." The old man crawled wrinkled, flabby, and pointed to a protruding hill. But what I didn't expect was that the place where the crane lived was so desolate on a bald mountain.
The water clouds and the autumn flowers flew and came to the top of the bald mountain. I thought that the top was barren and desolate, but I didn't expect that the top was not in the clouds, smoky, like a fairyland, only a palm-sized place near the world's landscapes, insects and fish, flowers, birds and green forests The most wonderful scenery, although the sparrows are small, all the organs are so.
With the blurry scenery of Yunshan, it is even more unforgettable.
Shui Yun sighed: "How can there be such a fairyland here?"
Qiu Hua nodded, but the strange thing was that the entire city was full of yellow sand and bald stones, and the environment on the top of the mountain should be even worse, but why was there such an upside down? Could it be that the old Dao immortal conjured up with a spell?
Qiuhua took two ** steps, only to feel that the ground was soft, and one accidentally fell in.
In the belly of the mountain range, there is another amazing scene, the red mist inside is shaking, and the bubbling water under the feet cannot help but flow downward. Due to the thick fog, you can't see what is ahead, so you can only feel your way forward.
Suddenly, a very kind voice sounded: "It seems that the will of heaven is so, and since it has come, please sit down." I saw the old man sweep away the dust, the red mist disappeared instantly, this is a spacious, airy cave, the left side of the cave is land, the right side is a small lake flowing with red blood water, blood water flows to the outside of the cave.
With such a bloody scene, the first thing Shui Yun and the others thought of was that they were thieves. This old way seems to be kind and kind, but in fact it is human-faced and beast-hearted. The disguise is so comprehensive, but Shui Yun admires it very much. The two of them naturally mentioned that they were 120,000 careful, and where were they still in the mood to sit. The old Taoist priest sensed the vigilance of the two, got up and smiled: "Do you see that?" The two looked at it with their hands, and a red flower stood in the middle of the blood water, red like blood, this is a blood lotus, which is the treasure of Zhenshan. With it, it can suppress the invasion of countless demons outside the city, and it is also a good medicine for people to give first aid.
"Using human blood as flower fertilizer, killing people and then applying the method of treatment, such a good medicine is not needed. Qiuhua hated.
Lao Dao stood up leisurely, not slow, not in a hurry, not angry, what they said seemed to have nothing to do with him, very indifferently, "The apprentices under the Bai Dao Sect are really observant and insightful. ”
Qiu Hua and Shui Yun looked at each other, how did this person get his identity as the two of them? From beginning to end, they didn't introduce themselves, "How did you know?"
Lao Dao smiled slightly, and continued: "This is a blood lotus, and the blood water in the lake is transformed by a blood lotus. There are people in the city who have a sudden and incurable disease, and they can be cured in a few days as long as they drink this blood water. ”
Shui Yun was puzzled: "You deliberately didn't allow the two of us to approach this city, also because you were worried that we would steal this thing?"
Lao Dao shook his head, walked to the lake, and stretched out his hand to soak in the water, "Because it doesn't carry that." Since ancient times, water and fire have been incompatible, but the blood lotus is really fire-based, and it just so happens that your friend is a fire dragon beast. Not long ago, I predicted a catastrophe in the city, and my fate was a blood lotus. So...... Ashamed...... Lao Dao thought that he had obtained immortals, but he ruined his cultivation in this matter. ”
Hearing the words of the old Tao, Shui Yun said: "You are just thinking about the people in the city, and you take the former compared with the righteous and the lowly things. There's nothing wrong with what you're doing, and maybe that's how my friend should be. ”
Qiu Hua also nodded, but he was still confused in his heart: "There are only two of us coming, you are so aware of the existence of Dao Xiaowei?"
"Lao Dao smiled, the space around your neck is a wonderful existence, only you can meet it, if you reach my grade, you will naturally know. ”
At this time, Shui Yun suddenly stepped forward and knelt down in front of Lao Dao, and begged: "The predecessor is a master in the world, my friend is seriously injured and his life is on the verge of death, I don't know if the predecessor can find a way to save him." ”
Qiuhua guided with one hand, and Xiao Wei suddenly came out, but for many days, although Xiao Wei had the protection of the Shihua Realm, she was too seriously injured, and now her face was already dead. The breath is faint to the point of being invisible. It was as if she would be gone in the next moment.