Volume 1 Chapter 4 The Old Beggar
In an old Taoist temple in the territory of Baishan Country in Beihai, the young Taoist priest was seriously cleaning the bluestone floor tiles in the main hall, concentrating on meticulousness, and his forehead was covered with a layer of fine beads of sweat in a short time.
The little Taoist priest didn't want to lose face in front of the Yunyou Daomen senior brother who came to stay overnight two days ago, although his own Taoist temple may seem to be a little dilapidated compared to several nearby incense temples, but the devotion to the Taoist ancestor can not be reflected through those golden clay sculptures!
By the way, it seems that this is still what the senior brother named Qinglian said when he stepped into the main hall on the first day, and said to the few Daojun statues in the hall that were so broken that they couldn't recognize their appearance!
At this moment, in the overgrown stele forest on the mountain behind the Taoist temple, the old viewer with white eyebrows and beards is standing beside the young Taoist with a chic temperament and a handsome face with his sleeves folded and slightly respectfully.
The handsome and good-looking head of the young Taoist was leaning forward slightly at this time, and his hands were still unconsciously clasped behind his back, but this slightly funny posture seemed natural and natural to him, with a subtle comfort. He was seriously reading the stone tablet in front of him that was so windy and rainy that he couldn't see his face clearly, his lips opened and closed, and he was reciting softly to himself along with the inscription.
"Senior Brother Qinglian, how is it?"
The young Taoist named Qinglian did not answer, and it was not until a moment later that he finished reading through the dilapidated stone tablet before he spoke: "Yes, it is a partial character that originated in the Hokkaido Gate in the early generation of the Song Dynasty, and the inscription is also about 400 years old. However, if you calculate carefully, it has been more than 2,300 years so far, and it is a beautiful thing that such a Taoist masterpiece is quietly hiding in this forest of steles in the back mountain and not seeing the world. But what's even better is this rare method of washing the Dan Pond of the Gentle Divine Terrace in my Dao Sect, even if it has been so long, it has finally avoided the complete passage of time in this world. ”
Qinglian turned around, looked at the somewhat restrained old Guanzhu, and said seriously: "The senior of the Guanzhu can call me Qinglian, the juniors are younger than you, and I really don't dare to take this senior brother." I'll make a copy of this mud pill recipe for you later. ”
When the old viewer heard this, a happy smile bloomed on his wrinkled old face, and then he hesitated for a moment, but he couldn't help but ask, "Qinglian...... Senior brother, although this method of washing the body is indeed rare in my Dao Sect, but you have such an earth-shattering cultivation, I don't know why you ......? ”
Qinglian smiled, his gaze looked at the sea of clouds rolling in the northwest, and then seemed to see the ancient battlefield that was howling in the wind from an unknown distance.
"Naturally, this article is not for my own use, but for my future junior brother."
"Ready?"
The second stunned for a moment even suspected that he had heard it wrong.
Then he saw Zhang's calm eyes that stayed up all night, and he couldn't hold back his anger anymore, "Prepare a fart!" I think you fell into the pit and smashed your head in a daze, and the pickaxe was gone...... Kill, kill the old beggar...... What kind of crazy thing are you talking about? What kind of faintness are you having? ”
The second stunned man looked like he was crazy, and he said excitedly: "Have you forgotten how Yang Zhuang and Jiang Tou died last year?" Those little ruffians are a few months older than you, and they can grow so tall and strong after eating solid meat, and when they shot together, have you forgotten what happened to them? ”
Zhang stayed up all night and was quite helpless, put one hand to his mouth, signaling him to lower his voice. looked at the brother in front of him, and said helplessly: "I told you, why don't you believe it?" ”
"I believe you dog! I said, you fell down and fell into a dream, right? ”
Zhang stayed up all night and didn't say anything to refute, he pondered for a while, "I'll go in and have a look, wait for me for a while." ”
The second stunned man shook his head, "No, I'll go with you." ”
Zhang stayed up all night thinking about it, nodded, and then the two teenagers quickly got into the pit, like two clever gophers shuttling through the narrow pit.
After a while, Zhang stayed up all night looking at the cave that had disappeared, and said with a little difficulty: "...... I've climbed up from here before, and I still have blood marks on my arms. ”
The second stunned nodded, "Okay, buddy, I believe it." Tell me, apart from the fact that the meat is going to start to spoil and we can't eat it, and we have to fight the old devil with liver, what else do we have to prepare? ”
Zhang stayed up all night and was confused by the answer of the second stunned man, he was ready to refute his brother, but why didn't this stunned man play cards according to the routine?
"You believe it? Didn't you say I was stunned? ”
The second stunned man stared at him like a fool, "I know your skills, and didn't you fall?" This hole is gone, you fall a fart? Okay, you stay up late, just like in the adventure story told by the talented brother in my village when I was a child. ”
yes, fuck.
Zhang stayed up all night and gave a thumbs up to the two stunned people.
The two returned to the pit, just as night approached.
found a no-man's corner and sat down, Zhang stayed up all night and the two of them seriously reviewed their previous experience in the tomb together. If it is really as the information revealed in what the nameless tomb owner and Zhang Stayed up all night said, then this old beggar caught these young children here to feed on the corpses of old dead soldiers, just to make them all stained with dead qi or corpse qi to obscure their vitality, but the purpose is to drain the so-called military evil qi, although I don't know what this military evil qi is, but it must be something that is beneficial to the old devil's cultivation but cannot be directly obtained. That's why there is this hellish pit and their poor ingots.
And the source of all this is the mysterious tomb owner. The countless soldiers who died in this ancient battlefield don't know which dynasty and which generation they died, but their bodies still don't rot, according to the man's words, when he gave him that wisp of sword qi to himself and then disappeared, this mutation also disappeared.
He made it very clear that he would let Zhang stay up late and not eat.
Thinking of this, he looked at the "food" that was hoarded in this pit like a hill, looked back at the second stunned man next to him, and found that the second stunned man's eyes were like him, and both of them couldn't help but feel a chill.
"Staying up late, do you want to talk to them about it?"
Zhang stayed up all night and was silent, he thought seriously for a while, and finally sighed and shook his head gently.
"If we are them, do we believe it?"
The second stunned suddenly understood that this thing really didn't work, but he couldn't help but sigh: "But just watch them continue to eat meat?" If this meat is going to... If it's going to break. ”
Zhang stayed up all night and suddenly laughed, "It doesn't matter, anyway, this bird place is cold, and it will take a few days to break it, and then ...... The ability to starve is good anyway, as long as you don't starve to death, don't starve to death, and the old devil doesn't come. Also, in fact, I've been thinking that from the moment we were thrown in by that old man, we were all dead, what difference does it make if we live a few more days and a few days less? Isn't it the same in the end? Now that I think about it, it's stupid, it's stupid, I should have had this idea a long time ago, even if I hadn't encountered this strange thing, I should have done it. You said Yang Zhuang and Jiang Tou before that little ruffians, remember? But for a long time, when I occasionally thought of them, I looked down on them...... I feel that they hit the stone with an egg, and I feel that they are beyond their strength. ”
He paused, looking at the scarlet pile of bones somewhere.
"Now I understand that sending to death is such a magnificent thing."
The solemn night fell, and the wind whistling on the ancient battlefield was not moved, and it was still terrible.
The group of teenagers and children in the pit who have long been accustomed to the darkness have long been accustomed to the darkness, so even in the dark night when the clouds cover the moon, they can see things, which is both a good thing and a bad thing. The good thing is that there is no need to be afraid of seeing some cruel nights, and the malice that has accumulated for various reasons suddenly erupts at certain moments.
And the disadvantages are also obvious, for example, at this moment, everyone in the pit looked at the tall but clumsy figure that appeared at the top of the place and felt fear and fear from the bottom of their hearts.
The moon is shining well tonight, and a bright moon dyes the whole pit with a hint of silver.
Such a moonlight is indeed just a good way to chew a few pairs of kind-hearted livers.
The old beggar looked up at the bright moon, and his ugly and hateful face showed a hint of obsession and vague fear, and then the dirty and tattered robe danced in the wind, and he jumped down from the height and landed steadily in the pit. Obviously, there was no sound, but it was as if the figure had fallen fiercely into everyone's hearts, causing a burst of exclamations and wails.