Chapter 41: The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain

"Isn't this kind of strangeness the same as the effect of Xiao Yu's performance at that time? I saw it with my own eyes, but there was no image left in my phone......"

Gu Yao put down the coffee cup, and the mellow and bitter aroma of coffee spit out from her mouth.

"This ...... I don't know, I'll have to ask Xiao Yu......"

Xia Buhe just took out his mobile phone and wanted to make a call to ask Xiao Yu, but was stopped by Gu Yao.

Gu Yao's delicate nail art was pressed on Xia Buhe's mobile phone, slightly mysterious: "I can almost be sure now that Xiao Yu and we are not from the same world. ”

Although Xia Buhe's face was not obvious, his heart was turbulent-could it be that Gu Yao also knew something about energy and magic?

"Maybe he's too simple, he can't hold too much in his head, so he always looks a little naΓ―ve......"

"I'm not talking about that, I mean, I feel more and more that the world is full of mysteries now." Gu Yao put down her overlapping legs and leaned over in the direction of Xia Buhe, "You have been together for so many years, has Xiao Yu ever told you the secrets of his magic tricks?" ”

Shabhe shook his head.

"Maybe the secret behind his magic is a mysterious ability that is not known to the world, whether it is magic or immortal magic, maybe those things are the truth of this world......"

Gu Yao said seriously, and Xia Buhe listened seriously.

Xia Buhe didn't know how Gu Yao came to such an astonishing conclusion.

Such a god's chatter, now that Habhe listens, is indeed correct.

"Are you frightened by the incident in Shiyue Square?" Xia Buhe put the back of his hand on Gu Yao's forehead to test his body temperature.

Gu Yao wanted to speak and stopped, and her eyeballs swirled in her sockets several times before she spoke again: "Okay, maybe I'm really thinking too much...... Let's take a look at the planning of the event......"

Xia Buhe came back to his senses, after all, he came out with work, so he had to carry out the work.

Xia Buhe took out the documents from his bag and discussed them with Gu Yao one by one.

Gu Yao and Xia Buhe are classmates and roommates, and they are very compatible when they talk about professional topics, and it didn't take long for the planning to be completed.

Xia Buhe put the plan into his bag: "I didn't expect you to hang so many professional courses in college, and now that you work, your business ability is better." ”

"It's just because I didn't study hard in college that I have to start from scratch after graduation......" Gu Yao drank the last sip of coffee in the mug, "I didn't expect that you were such a simple person and carried this kind of luxury bag on your back......"

Xia Buhe raised the black backpack in his hand: "This? Is this pack expensive? ”

Gu Yao nodded and put the mug back on the table: "This bag should be enough for this coffee shop to pay rent for two years." ”

Xia Buhe smiled bitterly: Xiao Yu, although the things he uses are inconspicuous, the price is not low......

"Xiao Yu's bag, I used it temporarily......"

Xia Buhe didn't dare to say that she chose such the most inconspicuous backpack because she didn't dare to carry those luxury women's bags.

"After we finished talking about work, come with me for a check-up!" Gu Yao got up neatly and stretched her waist.

Shabhe had some questions: "What test?" Are you sick? ”

Gu Yao laughed, the wings of her nose were covered with fine lines, and some foundation floated on top of the fine lines. She spoke slowly and said, "yes, I'm sick......"

After speaking, Gu Yao shouted at the counter in the store: "Take a good look at the store!" I'm going to the hospital......"

There was only an impatient "oh" from inside the store.

Gu Yao took a step, hooked her hands behind her back, and walked towards the entrance of the alley unhurriedly.

Xia Buhe wanted to catch up, but felt that Gu Yao's back was full of loneliness.

Glamorous dress, but exudes loneliness, just like this alley in the downtown area, few people pass by, but it has its own unique charm.

"Do you know why I opened my shop in this place?" Gu Yao turned around abruptly and asked Xia Buhe.

Shabhe shook his head.

Gu Yao raised his hand and pointed to a big tree next to the alley, and there was a bird's nest on the top of the tree: "Because here, you can still hear the bird's call......"

Xia Buhe's heart suddenly tugged.

Yes, I haven't heard birds chirping on the streets of this city for many years.

For a long time, I also ignored that the birds only need a branch to shelter and build a nest and settle down;

It's been so long that I've forgotten that birdsong is so pleasant......

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Stone steps run through the forest, and flowers and vines surround the trees.

Between the chirping of insects and birds, the morning mist in the mountains reflects the sunlight, and a mist of light shines on the glass on the hall of Tongqingguan, reflecting the colorful and circulating light.

Xiao Daotong had just finished morning class and moved a stool to sit in the backyard.

He was staring at the sky in a daze, and a rush of footsteps disrupted his thoughts.

"Master, what makes you so anxious?"

Xiao Daotong asked the master who was in a hurry, but the master ignored him and ran straight into the house.

After a while, there was a noise in the room, and the figure of the young Taoist priest flashed out in a hurry.

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

The young Taoist priest still didn't pay attention to the little Taoist boy, and hurriedly rushed to the main hall, his steps were still a little messy.

The young Taoist priest ran from the backyard to the main hall and from the main hall back to the backyard.

Xiao Daotong watched his master run out and run in, and he couldn't see why.

"Master! What's going on! The little Taoist boy couldn't help it, jumped in front of the young Taoist priest, and stopped him.

The young Taoist priest gasped, his eyes were still flustered: "Hexagram...... The hexagram has changed......"

Dao Tong was puzzled: "How can the hexagram change?" I haven't touched my master's things, I haven't touched ......."

"I know you didn't move, but the hexagram has indeed changed...... Taoist priest steadied his breath and pinched his fingers to count: "July 15!" On the day of the Midyear Festival! ”

Xiao Daotong continued to ask: "What happened on the day of the Midyear Festival?" ”

"From that day on, all the plates I lined up started to go wrong...... It's as if there is a force that forcibly changes the course of all events! The Taoist priest's eyes were shocked when he said this, and he shouted at the little Taoist boy: "Hurry up and get a compass!" ”

The little Taoist boy couldn't understand, but when he looked at the master's appearance, he also sensed the seriousness of the matter, so he hurriedly found a compass and handed it to the young Taoist priest.

The young Taoist priest took the compass, chanted a song that the little monk had never heard before, and danced on the ground.

The compass in his hand rotated fast and slowly, but his steps grew tighter and tighter.

The rhythm of the song accelerated, and the dance steps under the feet of the Taoist priest also accelerated.

Xiao Daotong's eyes widened, he had never seen his master behave like this. For a while, I couldn't tell if the master was doing the trick or crazy......

The Taoist priest stopped abruptly, and a blue brick under his feet was stepped out of the crack.

He followed the direction of the compass and looked at the sky in the distance.

Xiao Daotong also looked in that direction: he couldn't see anything but white clouds and blue sky.

Xiao Daotong stood on the bench again, standing on tiptoe and looking: it was still white clouds and blue sky......

Xiao Daotong asked softly: "Master, what did you see?" ”

There was no reply.

The young Taoist priest just stood and watched, without blinking his eyes, like a lifeless wooden stake.

Xiao Daotong didn't dare to disturb rashly, he thought that the master was settled.

After a long time, the compass in the young Taoist priest's hand fell to the ground with a "clang", and he came back to his senses.

"There is a shortage of people! Hahaha......"

For the first time, Xiaodao Tong felt that the master's laughter was so terrible.

"Master, you ...... It's okay......" The little Taoist boy timidly walked up to the Taoist priest.

"The master is fine, but there is something ...... Cangjiang City" The Taoist priest squatted down and patted the little Taoist boy on the back: "Cangjiang City is in trouble, I have to go down the mountain, you guard the Taoist temple ......"

Xiao Daotong wanted to say something to save him, but he didn't.

Because he knows that his retention can't keep his master.

He sent his master to the fork in the mountain, and the small figure watched the departing back for a long time.

A gust of wind blew, and a worn wooden sign hanging from a pine tree was blown off the stone steps, and a small figure swayed in the wind.

His vision blurred, and he shouted to the departing shadow, "Master! I'm coming back! Definitely coming back! ”

The shadow did not look back, nor did it stay.

It was as if all the cries of the little boy were blown away by the wind......

"Master, why don't we go down the mountain?"

"Because the world down the hill doesn't need us."

"Isn't it possible for us to go down the mountain when we need it?"

"Yes, if the world down the mountain needs us, we must go!"

"And when do they need us?"

"I hope they never need us ......"

"Huh? Won't we never be able to go down the mountain? ”

"Hahaha, what's the matter, isn't it good for the two of us to stay in the Taoist temple? Say, do you find it boring to stay with the master? ”

"How so...... The master sharpened the spinning top for me, made me a wooden horse, and made me a lot of interesting things, and the master was the most interesting......

"Alas, these things are all taught to me by my master......"

"Huh? There is also a master in the master? ”

"Haha, of course the master also has a master, and the master's master also has a master......"

"And where have they gone?"

"They went down the mountain, and when the world below them needed them, they went down. Before my master's master went down the mountain, he asked my master to guard the Taoist temple, and then he didn't come back...... Before my master went down the mountain, he asked me to guard the Taoist temple and didn't come back......"

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Xiao Daotong sat on the stone steps, picked up the fallen wooden plaque, and wiped the dirt off it with his sleeve.

"Master, don't you like this plaque the most, now the words on it can't be seen clearly, master, you don't add some clarity to it......"

A tear smudged on the board, and Xiao Daotong wanted to wipe it off with his sleeve, but in vain;

Another tear......

One more drop......

Xiao Daotong cried heartbreakingly, and the handwriting on the wooden board became obvious after getting wet.

"Master, I will guard the Taoist temple! But don't you come back! ”

Xiao Daotong cried hoarsely.

But this time, no one wiped away tears for him;

No one lifted him up any more;

No one pinched his little face anymore and scolded him for disobedience......