"I followed Yi Qi into the Shuoyue Cave, the cave is extremely spacious, there is a circular flat ground in the middle, like a large martial arts arena, surrounded by countless stone pillars, each stone pillar is densely engraved with words. There was no one in the empty hole.

"Just as I was amazed at what I was looking in the cave, Yiqi rushed to a corner of the cave, where there was a spiraling stone staircase leading to the top of the cave.

"I followed Yi Qichong up the stone stairs. After two rounds of the stone staircase, you will reach the second level of the cave.

"Out of the staircase came an arched door frame carved out of stone, and two black lacquered wooden doors were embedded in the door frame. In front of the door stood two Taoist boys.

"When one of the Dao boys saw Yi Qi Chong, he stepped forward and arched and said, 'Senior brother, the ancestor is waiting inside, please come in.' ’

As he spoke, he pushed a wooden door open. Yiqi rushed in, and I followed him closely.

When I entered the door, my eyes suddenly lit up.

"It was a half-open, half-closed cave, not too big, but on a circular platform with a boulder above it, forming a flat roof.

"One side of the platform is open, facing the bottom of the mountain, and there is a row of stone railings at the edge, like an observation deck. Looking out, you can see the temple community in the middle of the mountain and the roads and fields below. Looking further afield, the mountains stretch into the distance layer by layer, and go straight up to the blue sky in the distance.

"On the other side of the platform is a half-circled rock wall. In the middle of the rock wall, there is a high platform, there are four or five steps leading to the ground of the platform on the left and right sides of the high platform and in front of it, and there is a stone throne on the high platform, and the throne is covered with a blue square futon, and an old man is sitting on it, who is closing his eyes and recuperating.

"There were two rows of stone piles in front of the platform, and the tops were polished and smooth, as if they were usually used for stools.

"Although the whole cave house is poorly furnished, it is well kept, neat and elegant.

"Yi Qi rushed forward two steps, stood in front of the high platform, saluted the old man on the seat, and said, 'Ancestor Qiqi, as you said, the two young people I rescued last night really came up the mountain. It's just that due to hunger and fatigue, they fainted in the middle of the mountain, and one of them fell into a mountain stream and was injured, and his injuries were serious, and he is still in a coma, and his life and death are uncertain. Please also ask the patriarch to save him. ’

The old man opened his eyes slightly, got off the throne with a smile on his face, and walked down from the high platform.

"I saw that the old man was wearing a blue-white crane, and his feet were wearing cloud shoes, and his hair was coiled in a bun on the top, and he was wearing a long hairpin with a white jade crown in the shape of a lotus. The long hair is more than half a foot long, and it floats on the chest. Although his beard is completely white, his face is ruddy, and his crane hair is childish.

"The old man stepped down from the high platform and came to us, and I made a gesture on the spot and said, 'The immortal chief is invited. ’

"He looked me up and down and said, 'It is a forefate that you will be able to reach this barren mountain today. For thousands of years, I have been separated from the world by the sun and the moon in the mountains, and now it seems that I can no longer stand up alone. ’

After speaking, he took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, handed it to Yi Qichong, and said, "You go to dispense medicine according to this prescription, but there is a wound, so apply medicine to it." Then he turned his head to look outside the door, and a boy standing in the door walked in, holding a small box in his hand.

"The old man took the box from Dao Tong's hand, handed it to Yi Qi Chong, and said: 'This is a bone and flesh rebirth pill, if you give it to the injured, it will naturally break bones and regenerate, internal stasis will dissolve, and internal damage will be healed. ’

Yi Qichong took the medicine box, saluted the old man again, and turned around and went out.

"I also bowed to the old man, and turned to rush out with Yiqi, but the old man stopped me: 'Young man, you wait first. ’

I turned back, and the old man motioned for me to sit down.

"I sat on a stone stake, and the old man sat on a stone stake opposite me.

"I was still thinking about what the old man said to me just now, so I took the opportunity to ask first: 'What the Immortal Chief just said, the junior didn't understand a word, I don't know what it means?'

"The old man said, 'I know that you have experienced many strange things before, and you must know that the world will face great changes. ’

"I said, 'I've met some special people and strange things, but I always felt like I was in a dream. ’

"The old man said, 'Is last night's incident like a dream?'

"When I mentioned last night's incident, I had a lot of doubts in my heart, so I said: 'Last night I did have a very strange dream, I dreamed that I was in the Ming Dynasty during the Hongwu period, and I saw many people building a city. There was an old man who died and was buried in the wall. Then the city became a pile of bones. Then the towers and walls of the city, which were piled with corpses, crumbled and collapsed. When I woke up, the walls collapsed and the skeletons were worn. ’

"The old man said, 'Last night's dream you had was a reflection of the dead buried in the city walls. That city was built in the 11th year of Hongwu. In ancient times, when the people were summoned to build a large number of buildings, the people who died after working were dealt with in this way. You have heard of the mysterious evil force summoning the dead corpse, this power will first conjure up the scene before the dead corpse is summoned, in order to stimulate the demonic nature of the dead corpse, because the demonic nature of human beings is accumulated when they are alive, and they are still condensed on the bones of the corpse after death. Last night when you dreamed, it was the moment when the evil forces were conjuring up the scenes of the dead buried in the city walls, and these scenes also entered your dreams. When you wake up, you alarm the corpses whose demons have been aroused, and they have the ability to act, and they break through the city walls. ’

"When I heard him say this, I asked curiously, 'Then why did they turn into ashes on their own when they were about to catch me?' I had heard the Dryfish say that the evil is not strong enough at the moment, that awakened corpses can walk ten steps, and if they can't catch a living person within ten steps, they will turn to ashes, but last night I was only five or six paces away from them. ’

The old man smiled and said, 'That's because Chong'er saved you. ’

"I exclaimed, 'Brother Chong?'

"The old man continued: 'Last month, the Drought Devils came to me and said that the area of the evil forces had gradually expanded beyond the secret forest under their control. The Dryfish have informed several nearby Ximu to remove the bones from the open air in their respective areas and prepare for the evil spirits in a timely manner. In the area of Shouyang Mountain, since ancient times, Ximu has not intervened, and the drought people can only find me here, so I arranged for Chong'er to search for the bones in the open air and burn them and bury them deeply. At the same time, the daily phenomenon is deduced to see where the resurrection of the dead will happen. Once there is a resurrection of the dead or an invasion of the living, Chong'er will use an exorcism trick to remove the evil spirit. Last night, I calculated that there would be something in the southeast corner of Weiyuan City, so I sent Chong'er. The resurrected skeleton you see turning to ashes is the one who used the exorcism trick. ’

"After listening to this, I asked, 'How could they come to you when they don't see any people from the Wa royal family except for Ximu and Son-in-law.' ’

After hearing this, the old man laughed and said, "The people of the drought have never regarded the people on this Shouyang Mountain as the Wa royal family. ’

"Although I didn't understand, I was too embarrassed to ask again, so I threw out another question: 'Is there anything to do with the exorcism technique made by Brother Chong and the demon removal mark in Ximu's hand?'

"The old man said, 'The two ways come from one, and one branch grows two leaves. ’

"After listening to what the old man said, I gradually became full of curiosity about the background of this Yangshan Mountain and the origin of this old man.

"The old man seemed to read through my thoughts, and ran his hand through his beard and said, 'By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet.' Lao Yu is the ninety-fourth generation of Guzhu Gong, and the road number is Yi Qishang. ’”