Chapter Ninety-Six: There Are Gods and Monsters in the Mountains and Rivers

Those big demons on the water surface of the Tiefu River who have turned into human shapes and stabilized their souls, I don't know why they want to retreat in a hurry, and the bells of the copper bells in Zhu He's hands naturally stopped, but Zhu He was worried that those big demons who dared to walk in the world in broad daylight did not make any tricks, so that Ah Liang's predecessors were not in a hurry to go south along the river for the time being, he lifted the string of ancient copper bells with seals, and in the direction of the lower reaches of the Tiefu River, he constantly crossed the river repeatedly, and wandered around in great strides, in order to prevent the demons from hiding in the shadows and waiting for the opportunity to harm people.

So Chen Ping'an and his entourage packed up their salutes like this, and all stayed in place, watching Zhu He scurrying around like a headless fly Li Huai was overjoyed, Lin Shouyi was full of curiosity, and Zhu Lu felt embarrassed, and he couldn't wait to drag his father back, stop tossing and making jokes like this, in the end she is a thin-skinned girl.

Chen Ping'an inadvertently found that Ah Liang's expression was calm, and he didn't tease Zhu He as much as before, after seeing Chen Ping'an's gaze, Ah Liang took off the wine gourd and asked with a smile: "You really don't drink?"

Chen Ping'an shook his head, and Ah Liang turned his head and asked Lin Shouyi, "Boy, I met an uncommon monster, alas, and it's not one or two, it's rare, do you want to drink wine to suppress the shock?"

Lin Shouyi didn't know why, it was estimated that it was the first time in his life that he encountered the legendary monster, and his eyes were opened, and the young man was a little moved in his heart, and nodded for the first time: "Take a sip and try it." ”

Ah Liang glanced at Chen Ping'an, and finally returned to his cynical normality, "Look at people, if you have a blessed mouth, you kid won't lie down and enjoy a happy life." ”

Lin Shouyi took the small silver gourd, raised his head and took a sip gently, his face was flushed in an instant, the pampered young man was already fair-skinned, and his face became more and more red, the young man hurriedly covered his mouth with his palm, so as not to squirt out, his throat was hot, after entering the stomach, his internal organs seemed to be burning, and the whole person was trembling, and the first time he drank, the young man was embarrassed, seeing Li Huai laughing, Lin Shou, who had strong self-esteem, gritted his teeth and wanted to take another sip, never thought that Ah Liang had reached out to take back the small gourd, gently pressed the young man's shoulder with one hand, and said with a smile: "It's fun to drink without being greedy for a cup, and I'll give you a sip every day in the future to ensure that there will be one more person in the world who forgets his worries. ”

Li Huairen is a little ghost, and he debunked Ah Liang with a smile, "If you are reluctant to give Lin Shou more drinks, just say it." ”

Ah Liang retracted his hand from Lin Shouyi's shoulder and sighed, "Can you not feel distressed, my wine has a great origin, the price is extremely expensive, and the key is that there is no market." Lin Shouyi hit the big luck. ”

Li Huai asked tentatively, "Give me a drink?"

Ah Liang hurriedly pinned the wine gourd on his waist, "You are too young, and the qi has not yet taken shape, so you should not drink spirits, otherwise it will break your bones." ”

Li Huai was stunned, and then jumped to his feet and scolded: "Ah Liang! fuck your mother! I had the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner the year before last, I could secretly dip the wine with chopsticks and drink, that is the most powerful soju in our town, even my father said that I drink with him, who doesn't know that my father is the fiercest man who drinks in the town, besides, since last spring, I have to be left by my father every month to soak in the medicine wine barrel, and I can drink wine by bowing my head, you tell me this now?"

Ah Liang sighed, then glanced at the menacing little boy, thinking that it was no wonder that he was able to keep up with the footsteps of the big team at a young age, and the soles of his feet had not even grown blisters, and his body was obviously much stronger than Lin Shouyi, which should be because of this medicine and wine to improve his physique.

Ah Liang looked at Li Huai carefully with interest for the first time, did not look at it and did not know, and was startled when he saw it, it turned out to be a person with quite good martial arts powers, deliberately covering up the child's internal weather, and now Ah Liang wants to see, naturally there are no obstacles, so in the field of vision of the hat man, it presents a mysterious and alternative landscape situation map, go to its skin and flesh, only look at the whole body trick scene and qi and blood swimming, faintly there is a light purple gas rising, the mountains are strong and firm, the water is turbulent and stable, and finally in a trick cave hundreds of rivers converge, the steam is large, not to be underestimated。

Ah Liang was amazed: "I really didn't expect me to recognize an old man on the side of the road, it's quite unusual, Li Huai, your father's surname is very famous, maybe my friends here will recognize it." ”

Li Huai suddenly fell silent, and he walked away alone, unwilling to deal with Ah Liang.

Lin Shouyi explained in a low voice: "Li Huai's father's name is Li Er, he is a well-known drunkard bastard in the town, he doesn't do his job all year round, he used to be in school, Li Huai was ridiculed because of his father, Li Huai also quarreled with people at the beginning, it seems that he fought a few times, and then he estimated that he felt that his father was really unproductive, and over time, it didn't matter." ”

Ah Liang couldn't help but laugh and said: "The little cub doesn't know the blessing in the blessing." ”

The speaker has no intention, the listener has a heart, and Lin Shouyi silently wrote it down.

About half an hour later, Zhu He finally returned and said with a smile: "Within a radius of ten miles, the copper bell is not unusual, we can leave." ”

Li Baohua handed over a kettle and said with a smile: "Uncle Zhu has worked hard. ”

Zhu He took the kettle and replied with a big grin, "Miss, this is a matter of responsibility." ”

Zhu Lu saw it in her eyes, her eyes were dark, she turned her head and looked at the waterfall of the Tiefu River, she bit her lip and was silent.

The girl's thoughts and feelings are like the mountain wind and mist, unpredictable.

Chen Ping'an couldn't take his eyes off the demon bell in Zhu He's hand.

In addition to Miss Ning's sword that could fly around by herself, the copper bell in Zhu He's hand was the second magic weapon that Chen Ping'an had seen at close range, so he was extremely focused.

Zhu He was not a stingy person, so he generously handed the copper bell to the young man and explained: " It is the treasure that the ancestors rewarded before going out, the ancestors said that this thing is in the magic weapon of the fairy family, the rank is not high, but every time there is a demon monster in the shape of a human form approaching, the bell will sound without wind, vibrating out of a burst of clear sound, so that people are not charmed, and there is also the effect of warning and reminding, the ancestor also laughed that the bell, has the effect of concentrating and clearing the heart, if the bolder cultivators, can live next to the monster, with this bell to cultivate the mind, of course, the premise is that the neighbor's monster does not hurt people's hearts, but also to be able to withstand the constant disturbance of the bell, so the cultivation is high, good-tempered monsters are not easy to find, so the ancestors are just a joke. ”

Chen Ping'an carefully grabbed the handle of the copper bell, and Zhu He led the horse to walk side by side with him, "The big one is the bell, the small one is the bell, if it is a fairy artifact, most of them have the effect of warding off evil spirits and protecting the house." Ordinary people's houses like to hang wind chimes under the eaves, naturally more decoration, if it is specially invited from the temple Taoist temple, through the scriptures of the great merit of the people of great merit, it should indeed be able to block the evil spirit, store blessings. ”

Zhu He saw the young man gently shaking the copper bell, Zhu He laughed and said: "If there is no monster approaching, the two bells inside are not easy to shake, so there will be no bells, otherwise it will be a great crime to make the master suspicious all day long?"

Chen Ping'an also figured out the joints, and was about to return the precious and abnormal demon bell to Zhu He, when he found that the sleeves were pulled, and the little girl in the red cotton jacket had a look of anticipation on her face, and after seeing Zhu He nodding with a smile, she handed it to Li Baohua, she grabbed the copper bell with both hands, turned it over, studied it carefully, and from time to time reached out and pulled the bell inside, seeing that Chen Ping'an was flustered for a while, and kept reminding her to be careful, don't tear it up.

Chen Ping'an stared at the little girl and asked curiously, "Uncle Zhu, won't those goblins on the river harm people?"

Zhu He is not a man who talks about the river, he only chooses the words he heard from his ancestors, and tells it eloquently, "Our Dongbao Aquarius Continent is vast, only a huge dynasty with a population of more than 10 million households, there are as many as a dozen, and there are countless famous mountains and rivers. ”

"Our ancestors have said, unlike our town, the outside world, as long as it is not too remote and closed Dongbao Aquarius people, I have heard a lot about it, although not everyone may have seen it with their own eyes, but often heard too much about the history of barnyard officials, immortals and monsters, so that many people in the market firmly believe that in those inaccessible ancient temples in the mountains, there are often charming and moving little fox girls, waiting for poor scholars to enter Beijing to take the exam. Or where there are goblins who harm people, just write a letter to Longhu Mountain, and there will be real people from the Heavenly Master's Mansion who will come to the clouds and kill demons for the local people. So that where there is well water, there must be a child's mouth to preach: where there are demons and monsters, there must be real people in the Heavenly Master's Mansion. ”

"In short, let's go all the way, don't make a fuss, of course, be careful. The ancestor said that once the monster turns into a human form, instead of using some blinding methods to confuse people's eyes, then it is equivalent to half a cultivator, the Dali court is happy to see it, not only will not suppress and exclude, but make an exception to allow the establishment of a mountain on the map, only need to hang the case in the Ministry of Rites, but due to some conventions and rules, the Dali court has not yet absorbed the demon spirit among them, but the border battlefield, it is rumored that there are many demon cultivators who have made contributions to the Dali, and they usually live in daily life, customs and human feelings, and it seems that there is no difference from people. ”

Zhu He's words are easy to understand and full of fun.

Chen Ping'an listened to it with relish, and Li Huai and Lin Shouyi pricked up their ears and refused to miss a word.

Only Ah Liang, who was at the forefront, was wearing a hat and leading a donkey, gently patting the handle of the knife with his palm, and gently humming a little tune from a foreign land.

Zhu Lu, the girl who walked at the end of the line, was even more absent-minded, as if the farther away from her hometown, the stronger her homesickness became.

After this southbound team walked out for an hour, at the waterfall at the junction of Longxu River and Tiefu River, a middle-aged woman appeared on the stone cliff, sitting on the edge, a crow blue silk was five or six feet long, from head to toe, and then extended into the stream, the woman looked down at the turbulent river under the Tiefu River waterfall, her eyes were hot, full of coveting. The woman's face is vague and uncertain, as if she has not yet been truly formed, waiting for some kind of opportunity to arise.

River woman, river god, the difference between one word, whether it is status or cultivation, is the difference between cloud and mud.

At most, she can only swim here, and then she will cross the boundary, just like the county officials in the human world are not allowed to leave their posts without permission, and guard the mountains and rivers of a place for the dynasty, even more so, otherwise it will cause floods and all kinds of disasters and visions. Now that she is about to become a god, of course she will not ask for trouble at this critical juncture, she has secretly lurked along the stream to the deep mountains upstream, but only to be a waterfront and waterfall of Mr. Qingwu in the Dali Imperial Court, casually glanced, only to feel that the scalp exploded, after that, she no longer dared to underestimate the masters outside the town.

She followed her all the way, not because she was harboring evil intentions, but just obeying the orders of the sage Ruan Shi, and carefully staring at the man with a hat who didn't know the depths to prevent mistakes. She has been observing day and night, doing a conscientious job, and she does not dare to slack off in the slightest. It was really the little girl whose bracelet turned into a fire dragon, which scared the woman a lot, especially the old man of Daxian Yang who let herself steal the position of the river woman, after revealing the secret of heaven, she was even more afraid that one day she would become a little girl's preaching opportunity, and she was simply afraid to the bones.

After becoming a river woman, she experienced all kinds of wonderful magical powers, such as rejuvenating every day, such as swimming in the water will be comfortable all over, and every time it rains heavily, she can view the scenery of the town through the underground water or the rain curtain on the patio. For example, these days of continuous hard collection, at the bottom of the river is very much to collect a few good things, all of which are in her pocket, one of the jasper rings, she wears on her hand, whenever she has time, she takes it out to admire, such as the market woman wearing gold ornaments, complacent.

The more she is above the layman, the more she is afraid of Old Man Yang and the little girl surnamed Ruan in her bones, because these two people seem to be able to destroy everything she has now.

She gathered her chaotic thoughts, looked around, and now the Lizhu Cave Heaven is confused with the territory of Da Li, and it is full of spiritual energy, and it has become a good place for cultivation in the seventy-two blessed lands, so that many birds and beasts outside the country have begun to flow here, especially those mountain spirits who are enlightened and enlightened, and they rely on their instincts to take the lead and occupy a feng shui treasure land as soon as possible. Taking care of a place of feng shui, it is the responsibility of the mountain god and river god, she has now received a few koi fish with dragon whiskers in the dragon whisker stream as minions, usually traveling, many water creatures, acting as a servant to follow the escort, so that she is very satisfied.

Therefore, although she can't swim into the Tiefu River for the time being, she must hold the waterfall and strive to collect some justified toll money. It's just that deep down, the cautious woman is still a little uneasy, for fear that if the dragon crossing the river outside sneezes, she can drown her, the little river woman of Longxuxi.

It's finally here.

It was no longer the long-haired woman who looked like an old woman when she was killed, and she squinted her eyes and looked at the five people who were like thieves on the other side of the Tiefu River.

Before she hid in the stream at the top of the waterfall, she raised her eyes and looked into the distance, the five people were menacing, and the shelves were very sufficient, one more like a fairy than the other, almost made her have the cowardly idea of retreating. It's just that then the five guys with different demonic spirits ran away for some reason, so that no matter why the five retreated, in short, she had no fear, and there was only ridicule and smugness left in her heart, she was now not only doing things for the saint Ruanshi, and aggravating the cold aura with water for his sword, but also the character who had been trampled under the feet of the fire dragon of the Xiuxiu girl and could still survive the rest of her life!

Isn't that something to be proud of?

As soon as she thought of this, she became much more stable, tried her best to make her face plain, pretended to sit on the side of the big stone cliff, and looked coldly at the five monsters on the other side of the stream, and there were white-haired old men dressed in robes, like an old Confucian who likes to travel in the mountains and rivers in the world. There are plump women in bright and eye-catching clothes, and a pair of seductive peach blossom eyes. There are children holding purple bamboo canes, with deep eyebrows and eyes. There is also a pair of young boys and girls with the heaviest demonic spirit, their eyes are timid, hiding behind the old man in the cloth, not daring to look at people.

Fairies and ghosts, avoid people when they meet, and kneel down when they meet gods.

Legend has it that this was an unwritten rule handed down in ancient times, but now the gods and goddesses, in addition to the golden clay sculptures that are enshrined, a statue is lifeless, and it has long been difficult to see the real body, but it is the Huangkou child in the alleys of the market, and I also know that there are many immortals living on the mountain. However, the gods of mountains and rivers sealed by the imperial court with jade books and golden characters, even if they are not the gods of the five mountains who are high above, in the eyes of the mountain ghosts and ghosts of mixed types, unless the cultivation realm is too much higher than the other party, even if it is just a small river and a small mountain land, it is still an unattainable and unoffending "official nobleman".

"The little ones were originally cultivated in the mountains and forests on the border of Dali, passing by the treasure land and meeting the river god. ”

The old man in the cloth bowed respectfully, and his face was solemn after getting up, "Since ancient times, the famous mountain treats the saint, we have a bad background, of course we dare not call ourselves saints, only sincere admiration, now the cave is wide open, we just want to be able to practice honestly at the feet of the saint, and the road will be successful in the future, and it will inevitably feed back this world, and I hope that the river god can borrow the road today." ”

Mountain and forest cultivation is a common self-name for these monsters, and it is generally a self-humble tone after meeting a master of cultivation.

The woman said bluntly: "Everyone is the same as the gift, and after handing it over, if I think it is good, I will personally take you to the mountains west of the town." ”

The old man in the cloth was stunned, as if he didn't expect this river god to be so cheerful and honest.

The cane-wielding boy said angrily: "She is just the lowest river woman now, let's politely call her the river god, it has given her a lot of face, and she even dares to ask for a bribe in person, so she is not afraid that after the fact, the Dali court will give her an order, and let her fight back to her original form, and the lonely soul and wild ghost can't do it?!"

The woman is a master of scolding the street in Xinghua Lane in the town, and the old man of Daxian Yang gave her some bottom, where would she be afraid of these intimidations, but she clearly saw the strong inwardness of those people, so she was more confident, raised her hand and waved, and sneered: "Then quickly get away, dare to get close to Longxu Creek, even if you disobey the orthodoxy of Dali River, then see who can't eat and walk around!"

The childish boy was furious, and was about to refute it, when the old man in the old man in the old clothes with kind eyebrows suddenly turned his head, and a fierce and devouring eye glared at him, and the child-like mountain spirit was suddenly silent.

After a stick of incense, the five "mountain forest cultivators" walked along the stream to Longquan County.

The woman with half of her body exposed the water of the dragon's whiskers and streams had five more things on her body, including the purple bamboo cane that was originally held by a child, which was crystal clear and full of aura.

The woman swimming in the stream secretly rejoiced, and suddenly felt a little inexplicably sad.

It would be nice if his grandson still lived in Xinghua Lane, and these good things could be given to him in one go.

It's just that I don't know that I can see my grandson in the Year of the Ox, and I heard that on the road of cultivation, if you are not careful, you will go astray, and you will die, and there are very few lucky people who have really grown up.

As soon as she thought of this, the river woman was a little less interested, and her figure flashed away, dived to the bottom of the river, and quietly whimpered in the water.