"According to past experience, if the real dragon is not seen for several days after the beginning of spring, it will definitely not come out, many hermits in the mountains have left, why does Mr. stay here and refuse to leave?"

The old man looked at Song You puzzled.

"In the lower than the hermits in the mountains, the hermits in the mountains live in the mountains, they can come every year, but in the lower is not far away, they may come here once in this life, if they can't wait, they may never have the opportunity to see the real dragon in this life, and they are naturally unwilling to leave so easily."

Song You replied truthfully.

"That's just as well." The old man nodded, and said with a smile, "Sir is also quite obsessed with this. ”

"We are originally traveling people, walking the world, we love to see the wonders of the world, if there is a real dragon in the world, we naturally want to see it." Song You said and paused, "Besides, my Guan Ancestor said many years ago that the true dragon in the world has become extinct, and I also want to know whether the true dragon is extinct, if not, after I go back, I will have to change the record in the book." ”

"I see."

"Besides, there are rumors of a real dragon in the south of Yunzhou, we heard about it more than ten years ago, and after reading this day and reading it for more than ten years, we naturally can't give up easily." Song You said and looked at the old man again, "It seems that you haven't left yet?" ”

"Even if there is no real dragon here, it is also a place with rich spiritual energy and mysterious charm, the scenery is even better, and it is also a beautiful thing to practice against the sea of clouds."

"That's what I think about below."

"Haha! When the Tao is long, a cup! ”

"Kind to ......"

Wine bowls touch lightly and drink from each other.

Roast chicken is eaten so much that people's mouths are full of oil.

The two continued to talk, the cat was lying next to him, holding a piece of chicken leg and gnawing seriously, snorting the oil in the bones, thinking about his own affairs, the middle-aged man surnamed Liu was also beside him, with his skills, naturally he would not be unable to interject between the two, on the contrary, no matter what he said, whether it was about local things, cultivation matters, or legends, he had something involved, and he could naturally pick up the words.

"How long have you been in this mountain again?" Song You asked the old man.

"Let me think about ......"

The old man looked up at the sky, thought for a while, and then said: "I came to this mountain in the second year of Puyuan, and after seeing a real dragon rising and feeling that this place is extraordinary, I made up my mind to come to this mountain to practice the following year. Since then, I have been living on Maoer Mountain over there, and I have never descended the mountain again, and it has been fifty or sixty years. ”

"Fifty or sixty years?"

The middle-aged man surnamed Liu raised his eyebrows in surprise.

The cat next to him also heard the words he was interested in, his ears moved, he looked up at the old man, and looked around suspiciously, then lowered his head and continued to gnaw on the chicken legs.

"Hahaha, the old man built a few bamboo huts on the mountain, opened a few fields, in addition to buying salt, he paid some taxes, and usually no one came to the mountains to collect the old man's taxes, in addition to meditating and practicing all day long, he picked chrysanthemums and soaked water pine leaves sencha, cultivated and planted himself, self-sufficient, and had other hermits to visit when he was idle, or he also went to others to go around, so uncomfortable, why should he go down the mountain?"

"That old gentleman ...... this year"

"Forty years old when I went up the mountain."

"Oops!"

The middle-aged man surnamed Liu was taken aback, frowned and thought, inhaled the cold air, and then asked, "Is Maoershan ......?"

"It's the south side of the dam, and the two hills next to each other are like cat ears."

"That one?" The middle-aged man surnamed Liu said, "I have heard a few hermits say before, there is an old fairy living on that mountain, the Tao is very high, and he knows a lot of spells, and he is very cultivated. ”

"Don't dare to be a ......"

said that he didn't dare to be, but in fact, he admitted in disguise that he was the old Taoist he said.

"It's been a long time." The middle-aged man surnamed Liu was very shocked and very happy, "Liu wanted to visit the old gentleman for a long time, but I heard that the old gentleman was old and gradually did not like to be disturbed. ”

"How can it be so mysterious as everyone says......"

The old man was a little embarrassed, put down the wine bowl, and gave him his hand again and again: "Sitting here at the moment is just an old thing rubbing two wine and meat." ”

"I've been in the mountains for fifty or sixty years, and I've seen a real dragon many times?" Song You asked.

"It's nature." The old man nodded, "The old man has not only seen the real dragon many times, but because of some special fate, he has also talked to the real dragon below, and he has also dreamed of the real dragon." ”

"I don't know what fate it is?"

"It's hard to say."

"It's a presumptuousness." Song You bowed his head, "Then do you know when the real dragon will appear?" ”

"There's no pattern to follow. The real dragon sleeps below on weekdays, and can only show up before and after the independent spring, and come out to breathe, sometimes he is willing to come out, and he is seen by the world, and sometimes he is unwilling to lie dormant in the dragon pool, as for when he is willing, when he is unwilling, but the gods do not know. ”

"I see......"

Song You showed regret.

Half a roast chicken, it was enough for Taoists and cats to eat, plus an old man, it was enough to choke, fortunately, Song You still had some dry food, and the old man also brought some pine nuts, just to say that the stomach was more than enough.

However, the wine and meat also fell quickly.

The sun has long since come out, and the morning light is bright.

The clouds had dropped a little, but they were still vast.

The old man wiped his mouth, got up and said goodbye: "It's dawn today, and the old man still has a few people to visit on the mountain, so he won't wait with the two of them, so he thanked the two of them for wine and meat, and left first." ”

The middle-aged man surnamed Liu hurriedly got up and gave up his hand with him.

"It's better to see it for a long time, meet today, only to know that the old gentleman is really a hermit, and if you have the opportunity to visit the old gentleman on Maoer Mountain in the future, please don't turn me away."

"Hahahaha, you businessman, you are really clumsy, if you really want to get acquainted with the immortal master, you just need to guard the one next to you, why bother others." The old man raised his head and laughed, did not agree, and did not respond positively to the middle-aged man surnamed Liu, and even walked up the mountain after speaking.

I took two steps along the ridge and stopped suddenly.

Turning around, he looked at Song You and asked: "Daoist Song is so cultivated, waiting here, there is still a faint thought between his eyebrows, I think it's not just to get a glimpse of the true body of the real dragon, right?" ”

Song You looked up at him.

Just before Song You answered, he laughed twice more and continued to shake his hands and walk up the mountain.

The pace is vigorous, and walking on the mountain road is like walking on flat ground.

The middle-aged man surnamed Liu still bowed his hands and bent over, maintaining a respectful posture, but he was thoughtful, and only turned around after a while, and said to Song You: "This old gentleman is nearly a hundred years old, but he looks like he is only fifty or sixty years old?" Even ordinary people who are tired look much older than him at the age of forty or fifty. ”

"yes......"

Song You also nodded in agreement, still looking ahead, the figure getting farther and farther away.

There is a faint feeling -

The two still have a chance to meet.

So he withdrew his gaze and continued to sit cross-legged, praying and waiting, while thinking in his heart.

The day passed again.

I didn't go to investigate tonight.

As expected, the next morning, the old man came again.

This morning, the middle-aged man surnamed Liu brought wine and meat again, and the old man also brought some dried fruits, and both of them brought a pot of wine, still drinking together in the white clouds.

The three of them chatted as they did yesterday.

It's just that the old man didn't leave in a hurry today, but the middle-aged man surnamed Liu left first.

When the middle-aged man surnamed Liu left, the old man said to Song You: "Can Daoist Song tell the old man, is there anything wrong with what the old man guessed?" ”

“……”

Song You looked at him and said after a while: "What you said here is good, there are indeed other things to find in the next place." ”

"What's that?"

"One side of the spirit."

"What's the use of it? Just looking for treasure? ”

"Condense the underworld."

"Hades? Five Directions and Five Elements Spiritual Rhyme? ”

"Absolutely."

"The old man has heard of it too." The old man nodded, and said to him again, "But the underworld is like the former heavenly palace, it is already the general trend of the world, even if it is to be condensed, no one needs to take care of it, it will naturally be condensed and successful in a few years, why should the Taoist be in a hurry for more than ten years?" ”

This old man is not simple, and he asks very well.

Song You's face was calm, thinking in his heart.

"Indeed, as I said, even if no one cares, the underworld will slowly condense and succeed, just slowly. However, if there are great changes today, you may not know that you are in the mountains, but the probability of people dying into ghosts under the mountain has become higher and higher, and they are all contained by the ghost city of Fengzhou for the time being. ”

"I see." The old man nodded and said, "But the five directions and five elements of the spirit rhyme, you also have to be five directions, right?" ”

"I have taken the other four sides below."

"The Taoist is really amazing." The old man praised, "It seems that it is really inevitable." ”

"Yes."

"But this last party may not be good."

"It's not good for each side."

"This side is perhaps even worse." The old man smiled, "Even if it is an ancient power, if it is light into the depths of the dragon pool, life and death are unpredictable. ”

"Even if you don't come down to get it, this Lingyun won't stay here for too long. Condensing the underworld is the meaning of its birth, and when the underworld is about to condense, it will naturally go. Song You looked at the old man as he spoke.

"More than ten years is also time."

The old man narrowed his eyes and sighed a little.

"yes."

The Taoist also agreed.

The old man understood what he meant, and asked with a smile: "For the sake of the underworld, the Taoist chief is willing to take risks?" ”

"It's more than that......"

"Oh? What else is the reason? ”

"But it's hard to say."

"Is there a better person to talk to than the old man?"

“……”

"The Taoist doesn't want to jump off here, enter the dragon pool, and snatch that Lingyun, and don't want to open his heart to the old man, do you want to sit here until next year?"

"It's also ......"

The Taoist nodded and smiled, no longer hesitated, and said bluntly: "Back then, the Heavenly Palace was also condensed like this, and I wanted to take advantage of my youth to personally promote the condensation of the underworld, and through this process, I would like to take a peek at how the Heavenly Palace was condensed back then, and what are the mysteries." ”

"Oh?"

"Nowadays, there are often gods without virtue, not only not to the living beings, but to the world, these gods, really should not set foot on the road to heaven."

“……”

After hearing this, the old man also fell silent.

Looking at this Taoist, when he didn't know whether to be surprised by his intentions for a while, he still sighed at his calmness.

(End of chapter)