Remote mountain village inn

"It is said that a thousand years ago, the Lord of the Three Sects joined forces to fight against the Demon Lord, and finally sealed it with the 'Golden Bell Seal' of the Dougong clan, and the seven demons under the command of the Demon Lord also sealed it. The leaders of the three sects, the patriarch of the Dougong Palace, and the Xiaoyao Immortal also ran out of oil that month, and they were all powerless to return to the sky, and they all died. The five masters gathered together and could not kill the Demon Lord, they could only seal it and leave the trouble to future generations, you can imagine how powerful this Demon Lord is. ”

An old man was recounting the past with relish, and a group of young people were listening attentively......

"Little two. A Taoist priest dressed in a Xuanqing Taoist robe walked in, holding a gray-haired fairy wind bone, followed by a young man who was half a head shorter than him but looked very athletic. Go straight to the table where no one is yet seated and sit down.

"Come on. When the shopkeeper heard the call, he ran over and wiped the table. Looking at the old Taoist priest, the crane bone fairy wind, the high mountains on the Xuanqing Taoist robe, the gossip seal on the collar, and the auspicious clouds on the cuffs, knowing that it must be the master of Baixian Mountain, he asked politely: "What do the two immortals want?"

"Five catties of beef in sauce, two green vegetables, six bowls of rice" The old Taoist priest turned his face and asked, "What else do you want?"

The young man replied stiffly: "No. ”

The old Taoist priest said again: "Then let's do this first!"

"Gotcha. The shopkeeper turned around and shouted: "Five catties of sauce beef, two green vegetables, six bowls of rice, table five." As he spoke, he threw the rag in his hand over his shoulder, "Two immortals, please wait a moment." The dish will come right away. As he spoke, he went to greet the other guests.

"Good. The old Taoist priest put down his hand and whisked the dust.

"I heard that the golden bell can only seal the Demon Lord for a thousand years, and now that it's almost there, aren't we going to be unlucky?" a young man couldn't help but ask.

The old man smiled and said: "You don't know this, the clever Xiaoyao Sect Xiaoyao Immortal has long expected that after a thousand years, someone who can kill the Demon Lord will appear, so he carved a prophecy on the golden bell." ”

"Oh, who is this person who can kill the Demon Lord and save the common people?" asked another middle-aged man with a child in his arms. The child didn't cry or make a fuss in his hands, but just looked at the old man seriously, and seemed to be particularly interested in the matter of the Demon Lord.

The old man replied: "The prophecy shows that this heavenly book will be cultivated completely, and the God Slaughter Order will be born, with nine stars in a row, and the sun and moon will shine together, but it does not say who this person who can kill the Demon Lord and save the common people is. ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and another person said, "Then what should I do! This demon lord is about to be born, but the savior has not appeared." Shall we all suffer then?"

"Rest assured, since Xiaoyao Immortal left a message, there must be a solution. I heard that the major sects have been looking for children with the words 'day', 'moon', and 'star' in their names in recent decades, and then carefully cultivating them, waiting for the birth of the Demon Lord. Let's wait and see the show!" The old man smiled and stood up and walked out of the inn. The puzzled eyes of everyone dispersed.

The Taoist priest watched the old man walk out of the inn, and then stopped his gaze on the young man for a moment, thoughtful.

"Did you keep me by my name?" the young man's words made the Taoist priest stunned, and then smiled and did not answer.

The shopkeeper brought the food: "Two immortals, your store's five catties of sauce beef, two green vegetables, and six bowls of rice are here." As he spoke, he put the food on the table one by one, "Please use it slowly." Please call me again if you need anything. Then he turned and left.

"Let's eat!" the old Taoist priest looked at the young man and said lightly.

The young man picked up the dishes and chopsticks but paused for a moment, and asked stiffly, "Is the person you are looking for near here?"

"It should be nearby, I watched the stars at night last night, and the stars guided here, it shouldn't be wrong. ”

Only then did the young man put the rice in the bowl into his mouth, and the Taoist priest slowly picked up the bowl and chopsticks and ate it.

Perhaps because he was growing his body, the young man ate a lot of food, and he ate five bowls of six bowls of rice, and the beef was also in his mouth. On the other hand, the old Taoist priest had a very small amount of rice, and only ate a bowl of rice and a few bites of green vegetables.

"Can you eat enough?" the old Taoist priest asked with concern.

"Yes. The young man still replied lukewarmly, simply and directly.

"Then let's go!" The old Taoist priest took out a piece of broken silver, enough to pay for the meal, put it on the table and shouted, "Little Er, settle the bill." He got up and left the table and walked to the door. The young guy followed.

The shopkeeper picked up the broken silver and checked it, smiled with satisfaction, knowing that he had met a high roller again, and replied loudly: "The two immortals go slowly, come back next time." ”

The old Taoist priest took the young man to the west of the city, and walked for a while, the gate gradually became scarce, and the flow of people gradually dissipated. The two of them did not speak one after the other. The old Taoist priest didn't say where he was going or what he was doing. The young man followed behind him and didn't ask a word. In this way, the two unknowingly walked to the outskirts of the city. There are several dilapidated houses here, with broken eaves and broken walls, which are very desolate. It seems to have been abandoned for a long time.

Suddenly, after a broken wall, several people came out, uniformly dressed, who should be the members of a large family.

"Stinky boy, let me catch Fei Fei and peel his skin. One of the men who seemed to be in the lead swore and cursed.

"Brother Tiger, where did you say that stinky boy came from? Why do you keep running to our house to steal things? It's quite slippery, and I can't catch it every time, but it scares the old lady. The old man is getting angry these days!" A family member on the left of the man called Brother Tiger complained.

"Yes. At this time, another family member on the right said: "We are miserable, we are scolded by the master all day long." Now when I see the master, it's like seeing a ghost, and they all run away. ”

The person who was called Brother Tiger said: "It's not that there is a drought everywhere this year, I guess it is because the people who have been affected have come here and have no food, so they steal everywhere." ”

Brother Hu's eyes on the left side of the house rolled, "Brother Hu, you see that we low-class family members are not like you, we are free to come and go in the house, and this time we finally came out for a trip......" As he spoke, his eyes rolled a few more times, "You take us around." ”

"That's it. Several family members next to him also hurried to respond. "It's hard to come out, Brother Tiger, you can take us to have fun. ”

Brother Hu stopped and thought for a while, "Okay, the brothers must be suffocated, today I will be the east, take you to eat first, and then ...... Take you to the Emerald Red Mansion. ”

"Okay, good!" The other family members suddenly became excited when they heard the three words of Cuihong Mansion. Hurriedly pushed Brother Tiger forward.

Brother Hu: "You have to remember, no one can say anything when you go back." ”

"I know, I know, who said who is the grandson......" said a group of people hurriedly walked towards the city.

The voices gradually dissipated, and suddenly a boy with two cloth bags in both hands jumped out of the dry pyre next to him.

As soon as he jumped up, he shook his clothes vigorously, "Oops! Why are there so many ants?"

After shaking off his clothes and carrying two cloth bags, the boy noticed the old Taoist priest and the young man beside him, feeling strange, tilting his head and looking at the two as he walked. It seems that the path he is going to take needs to pass through these two men.

When the boy tilted his head vigilantly and walked past the two of them just one position, he suddenly pulled his legs and ran......

The young man looked strangely in the direction the boy was running, and then at the old Taoist priest.

"You wait for me here, I'll take a look. As he spoke, the old Taoist priest turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared in front of the young man.

The young man was stunned, and walked in the direction where he was still running.

The boy ran all the way to a ruined temple and rushed in. "Xiao Fang, Xiao Hua come out. ”

The boy called, and saw two children of three or four years old, a man and a woman, with a little mud on their young faces, under the table in front of a dilapidated Buddha statue.

"Give. The boy stuffed the two packets of things into the two children, thought for a moment, and took out two more small sweet buns from the bag. "Quick, hide in and eat. ”

The two children hurriedly took out a sweet bag and stuffed it into their mouths. Then he obediently flipped open the tablecloth and went under the table.

The boy put the two sweet buns in his arms, ran out of the ruined temple again, and ran in the other direction. Running all the way, the boy did not choose the main road, but deliberately climbed over the wall, detoured the path from time to time, and ran to the mountain not far away. Because he was chased by people since he was a child, the boy has a keen sense of alertness. Ever since he left those two strangers just now, he has always felt that someone is chasing after him. After coming out of the ruined temple, he ran all the way, but did not choose the main road, but went around the small road, and wanted to shake off the tail behind him with his familiarity with the place.

After a long time, the boy finally couldn't run. but I heard the sound of running water.

"Oh no, how did you get here, there's no road ahead. The boy muttered to himself, but panicked. Because I ran a long way just now, I didn't leave the people behind me, and I ran to the cliff and waterfall on the side of the hill in a panic. "It's over. ”

The boy hurriedly turned around and tried to run back, but as soon as he turned around, he noticed a wisp of green smoke floating in front of him, transforming into a human form. The boy was startled, it was the old Taoist priest just now.

"Are you a human or a ghost?" the boy panicked. I've never seen anything so weird.

The old Taoist priest who slowly appeared in human form said slowly: "Of course I am a human. ”

"Then how did you come out of a puff of green smoke?"

"Hehe....... The old Taoist priest smiled: "This is a Taoist spell. ”

"What are you doing with me? I didn't steal anything from your house. “

"You steal something?" asked the old Taoist priest, pretending to be surprised.

The boy was stunned, terrible, and nervously said that he had leaked his mouth. But he still pretended to be calm and said, "If you steal, you steal, so what?"

"It's not right to steal from people. ”

"What's your business. ”

The old Taoist priest shook the dust in his right hand and put it on his left arm. "Although Taoist practice emphasizes purity of heart and few desires, when the road is uneven, you should draw a sword to help. ”

"What kind of help, so many people have died of drought, and I haven't seen you people come to help. ”

"Everything in the world has a fixed number, and the poor road cannot be rescued one by one, only one can be seen to save the other. ”

The boy nervously asked, "So what the hell are you going to do?"

"Stealing things is naturally going to be an official. ”

"What kind of bullshit official, I'm only a few years old, I just stole a few desserts, and I can't report to the official at all, even if I go to the yamen, they see that I am so young, teach me a few lessons, and let me go after a few strokes of the board. ”

The old Taoist priest smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, it's the Yamen's business whether to let you go or not, I'll just send you to the Yamen, which can be regarded as a merit." ”

"I'm sorry, what kind of merit, you can turn into green smoke, your mana must be very strong, if you don't save the common people, why can't you come to this poor country and live with me as a child. ”

"Poor Dao is to see that you learned to steal at a young age, and I am afraid that you will go astray. Arresting you is actually saving you. ”

As soon as the old Taoist priest finished speaking, a person ran behind him, it was the young man who had been walking with the old Taoist priest before.

"Do you want to save me? Okay, then you let me go this time, I promise you that you will never steal again." ”

The young man walked in and whispered a few words to the old Taoist, and the old Taoist looked at the boy with a puzzled expression, "Oh, that's it!"

Seeing that the young man finished speaking, the old Taoist's face changed suddenly, and the boy beat a drum in his heart, so he could only try to use the method of first agitating and then begging for mercy: "You bully the small with the big, you are not heroes." Say, what are you going to do to let me go?"

"It seems that you don't just steal, you cheat and cheat everything!"

The boy's heart sank, and he wondered what the young man had said, and why did they know their situation so well?

"That's it!" Seeing the boy's puzzled expression, the old Taoist priest pointed to the waterfall and smiled: "If you jump from here and don't die, I will let you go." ”

When the boy heard this, his heart chuckled, and he was completely desperate. He knew that the waterfall here was at least dozens of feet, and jumping down would either kill or cripple. I hesitated for a long time. Eventually, I slowly walked to the waterfall and cautiously leaned over to look at the waterfall. The rushing river poured down and crashed against the rocks into a mist, making the waterfall bottomless, and as soon as it approached the waterfall, the sound of the tumult drowned out all the sounds in the ears. After a long day of thoughts, the boy suddenly turned back and said firmly, "Okay." The big husband said his word, and the horse was difficult to chase. With that, he slowly walked into the edge of the cliff.

"Wait. The old Taoist priest stopped the boy.

The boy turned around and shouted, "You don't know how to speak, do you?"

The old Taoist priest smiled and said, "I just want to know your name." ”

The boy took a deep breath and said, "My name is Bai Xianyue. ”