At this time, a round of morning sun broke through the fog and erupted, and a ray of light burst out from the crack in the clouds, which happened to shine on this huge, tall, and upright figure......

The erratic red light is particularly lonely and abrupt.

This, the huge figure, upward, seems to be able to tower high into the clouds; Downward, piercing the heart of the earth through the yellow spring. For a while, it is like a pillar of optimus, and for a while, it is like a jade tree in the wind......

In fact, that huge figure is just a peak love formed by a piece of steep rocks.

Nature's magic crafts it to lifelike, like an immortal standing in the wind, as if it may be feathered into the sky at any moment.

Therefore, the people in the mountains call it the Immortal Peak; There are many wonderful legends surrounding it...... There is an ancient Taoist temple under the peak, and there is a wonderful fairy music coming with the wind.

No, what Zhang Shaofei heard was not the ethereal fairy music, but the cry of the crane. He saw two white cranes hovering down from the clouds and landing on the platform in front of the Taoist temple, dancing.

At the same time, a white-bearded Taoist leader floated out of the door, dancing with the two cranes, spinning ......

The mountain people in this area all know that this Taoist is called the Cloud Mountain Daoist.

All the old people said that when he was a child, he was like this.

Some people say that he drinks dew in the morning, eats in the breeze at night, and never eats the fireworks in the world. Some people say that he can soar through the clouds and mist, and he has already cultivated into an immortal......

Zhang Shaofei doesn't know if he becomes an immortal or not, but people and cranes can be so close, dance together in such harmony, and know each other, which is definitely not an ordinary realm.

Zhang Shaofei was fascinated, and sat on the tree unconsciously, thinking about it naturally......

Zhang Shaofei once heard the old scholar Lu Xueru say: The white crane is the most arrogant of all birds, it soars above the nine heavens, chirps among the colorful clouds, frolicks in the wilderness, and never accompanies humans.

However, it can be accompanied by the Cloud Mountain Road.

It can be seen that human beings can coexist peacefully, harmoniously and kindly with other living beings.

It can be said that it is precisely because of the harm that humans inflict on animals that causes them to either stay away or resist fiercely.

People have the heart to treat cranes well, and cranes are naturally close to people......

As a result, in Zhang Shaofei's mind, a harmonious and wonderful, vivid and magical new world appeared......

I don't know how long later, when he returned to the reality in front of him from the wonderful fantasy reverie, he found that the Taoist was already standing under the tree.

The Taoist chief said with concern: "You kid, you've been sitting on the tree for a long time, what are you thinking?" Are you okay? ”

"Is there anything wrong with me?" Zhang Shaofei hadn't completely detached himself from his hallucination, so he asked with a blank face.

"But you've been sitting in a tree for most of the day!"

"No, I feel like I've only been sitting for a while." Zhang Shaofei came down from the tree and stood in front of the Taoist chief and said.

The Taoist pointed to the sky, "Look at the sun." ”

Zhang Shaofei turned his head and saw that the sun was approaching noon! Surprised, he said to the Taoist chief, "Oh my God, what's going on?" ”

The Taoist chief smiled and said, "Seven days in the cave, a thousand years in the world. Time is relative, it can be long or short. ”

Zhang Shaofei nodded, as if he was very understanding, and said, "Yes, it's all the effect of the heart." ”

Dao Chang was taken aback. Because, he never thought that such a mysterious words could come out of the mouth of this seemingly ignorant and undried brat boy.

He couldn't help but look Zhang Shaofei up and down carefully, and asked, "What are you doing in the mountains?" ”

"Collect firewood." Zhang Shaofei replied casually.

Dao Chang's torch-like gaze inspected Zhang Shaofei's whole body, "Where is the firewood you fought?" ”

Zhang Shaofei was speechless for a while, and he sensitively felt some mysterious things from the words of the Taoist chief.

But what is that? He couldn't speak for a while.

So, Zhang Shaoji asked smartly: "Dao Chief, what are you doing living in the mountains?" ”

The Taoist chief also replied casually: "Cultivation." ”

"What about your cultivation?" Zhang Shaofei tilted his head playfully and looked at the Taoist chief with a smile.

The Taoist couldn't help laughing, said no more, and walked away.

He floated on the rugged and bumpy mountain road, like flowing water, with an indescribable freedom and ease. After a while, he disappeared into the verdant mountain forest, and his chanting echoed in the mountains:

The Tao is the way, the very way; The name is famous, and the name is not very famous.

The beginning of all things without a name, the mother of all things with a name.

Therefore, there is often no desire to observe its wonder, and there is often a desire to observe its ......

Mysterious and mysterious, the door of all wonders......

A period of Xuankong's fantasy has delayed him for most of the day's work to collect firewood, and if he goes down to "Tao" and "Xuan" today, he will not be able to collect firewood. If you can't get firewood to sell, you won't have money to sell rice, and the whole family will be hungry today.

……

Zhang Shaofei came to a small bridge with firewood, and a monk lay in the middle of the single-plank bridge with his back facing the sky, and his complacent demeanor was like lying on the most comfortable bed in the world, indulging in a wonderful dreamland.

The water is murmuring under him, and when the blank clouds are leisurely, he just casually lies on his back between the mountains and rivers, as if he has melted into the heaven and earth, everything is so perfect and harmonious, natural and comfortable.

What made Zhang Shaofei feel even more strange was that he seemed to have some kind of relationship with this monk, as if he had known him a long, long time ago.

However, Zhang Shaofei couldn't remember it anyway, whether it was in Xihai, Qiu County, Hepu, or Wudang, he had never seen him.

Zhang Shaofei was feeling the adventure, and suddenly, from the hillside came a sound that seemed to be chanting, singing, singing, singing, and familiar:

The immortal traces of Yunwu Mountain are passed down, and the white clouds are deeply locked and the dust and smoke are broken.

The stealing is skillfully connected to the three islands road, and there is a pot of heaven in the depths.

The peach blossoms fall along the water for thousands of years, and the medicinal vines stick to the clouds for eternity.

Zhang Shaofei raised his eyes and looked at it, and it turned out to be the head of the Cloud Mountain Road.

Seeing the monk lying on the single-plank bridge, blocking his way, he stroked his silver beard with his hand, and was about to call him up to make way, when suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and the sky was still clear just now, and the dark clouds rolled in an instant.

There was a thunderclap......

"Oh no, a storm is coming! Two masters, let's find a place to shelter from the rain. Zhang Shaofei said urgently.

"Good!" The monk got up from the single-plank bridge and ran towards the cliff not far away.

This cliff has a cave that is naturally recessed.

So, Zhang Shaofei followed the monks and Taoist priests to get in in a hurry.

As soon as it stopped, it began to rain heavily.

The sound of howling winds, fluttering torrential rain and the sound of tree branches falling to the ground as they "snapped" and were blown off by the wind kept coming into the cave from the outside.

Inside the cave, regardless of the wind and rain outside, it is as stable as sitting at home, forming two completely different but unified and harmonious worlds with the outside of the cave. Just like the Taoist priest and the monk, they fight each other and understand each other.

There is a stone table in the cave, and four stone benches are placed around the stone table. At some point, chess enthusiasts carved a vertical and horizontal chessboard on the stone table.

"It's a pity that there are no chess pieces, otherwise, you can stage a good show of Taoist warriors and monks." The head of the Yunwu Mountain Road suddenly Yaxing.

The monk laughed: "Old Dao, how can you catch it without chess?" ”

The Taoist priest patted his heart and said amazingly: "Although there is no chess on the chessboard, there are chess in my heart, please Brother Dao high." ”

"This ......" The monk, as a Go master in the north of the Weizhenzi River, didn't expect the Taoist priest to be able to play blind chess, and he had never tried it, so he couldn't help but be a little at a loss.

The empathetic Zhang Shaofei picked up some small black pebbles and placed them on the stone table, proudly becoming a vivid chess piece.

The black and white game of Go, which fights wits and courage, can best reflect a person's talent and cultivation and show mental ability.

The monk holds his own Go master, and politely allows the Taoist priest to play first.

The Taoist priest took the lead in white, and took the opportunity to take the opportunity to fish the ground and break the air strongly.

The monk fought back and fought in the upper right corner.

The Taoist priest calmly responded to the battle and penetrated the black horn as he wished, but let the monk gain more power, and the Taoist priest gained more than he lost.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Taoist priest attacked the black formation on the lower side.

The fat monk refused to back down and fought back.

After a scuffle, the black and white sons of the Taoist priest and the monk fought against each other below, forming a trend of "the great catastrophe of the world".

The Taoist priest is proud of the commander of the three armies, strategizing and firmly grasping the battle situation, and it is difficult for the monk to shake the victory.

In the end, the Taoist priest won the game in one fell swoop and knocked the Go master off his horse.

The Go master was unwilling: "Such a good game, I was killed at first ......"

Zhang Shaofei lay on the stone table and said: "This good game can be killed, the master is indeed a talented ......"

The Taoist priest reconciled on the side: "The chess loser is here, why should you be serious!" ”

The monk smiled bitterly: "Chess is like life, and people are impermanent to win." After that, he swept down the full board of "chess pieces" with his hands, "There have been fifteen roads, but there are a few more people!" Chess loses stone in. ”

Outside the cave, the heavy rain had stopped, and a ray of sunlight shone into the cave from outside.

The Taoist of Yunwu Mountain touched the ground: "Taiji gives birth to two instruments, heaven and earth are divided, yin and yang exist, black and white stand, and the avenue is fixed." ”

"This ......," the monk replied speechlessly.

Yes, black and white are not distinguished, how can the avenue be determined? Zhang Shaofei was once assigned by a master in Hepu and understood everything, but now, he is in a state of confusion......

The monks and Taoist priests drifted away, but Zhang Shaofei left an incomprehensible question mark in his heart.

......

On this day, Zhang Shaofei saw a woodcutter in the mountains, and saw a dry tree full of knots in front of him, and he was looking for firewood to chop everywhere.

Zhang Shaofei felt strange, so he stepped forward and said, "Big brother, isn't this dry firewood in front of you very good?" ”

When the man asked, he looked at Zhang Shaofei with blazing eyes, and saw that the young boy in front of him, who was born with kind eyebrows and good eyes, and showed talents, behaved uprightly, not like a bad boy, so he looked at Zhang Shaofei and said: "Since ancient times, experienced people have deliberately avoided knots when they go up the mountain to collect firewood, and they specifically find smooth places on the tree and cut them down with a firewood knife. ”

Zhang Shaofei asked puzzledly: "Why?" ”

"Because, in the minds of all people, there is no point in the coarseness of the knots, and the wood is hard, so it is naturally not easy to cut off. And this firewood, up and down, is either a knot, or a scar, and there is no suitable place to cut it. Perhaps, it is because of this that over the years, I don't know how many woodcutters have never cut this kind of dry wood when they see it. The man explained in detail.

"Oh?" Black and white are not distinguished, and don't ask, the dry firewood is full of knots, where did your knife fall? Zhang Shaofei was almost caused by inertia, and subconsciously asked himself.

A good tree will not grow knots for no reason no matter what. The reason why it has to grow ugly knots is because it has been injured by external forces, and the trunk has become fragile and easy to break, and it has to produce additional nodulous scars to wrap the injured area and enhance its ability to resist wind. When Zhang Shaofei thought of this, his heart suddenly became clear: only places that are easy to break need to be protected.

That is to say, the trees are long because they are easy to break! In other words, the knots, which seem to be thick and the wood is hard, are the easiest places to break!

Zhang Shaofei told the big brother who was collecting firewood about his idea. After hearing this, he felt quite reasonable, nodded his head, and without hesitation, raised his firewood knife and slashed at the knot......

Sure enough, the bark of the trees around them was cut off, and a dead nodule was stuck obliquely in the trunk wrapped in scars.

The man snapped slightly, and the entire trunk of the tree snapped off at hand.