"The branches of the sacred tree under the sea of the vault," the old man yawned and rolled his eyes again, "the wood is good, and the workmanship is a little worse, but I know a carpenter who is good at workmanship." ”

"Is there a sacred tree under the bottom of the vault?" Qin Ke asked in a low voice.

Although Cai Yan has not traveled around, he has read a lot of travelogues, and replied without thinking: "It is said that it was discovered by a pearl fisherman, and under the sea of the dome, there is a towering giant tree, which can only grow as high as a fingernail in ten years." ”

Gao Yishui tugged at Qin Ke's sleeve with one hand to signal him not to speak, and smiled along the pole: "Yes, this guqin is made by myself, and the craftsmanship is not good, if the Taoist knows a good carpenter who can make a piano from it, he has to introduce it to me." ”

"I'm not a Taoist. The old man muttered to himself, he looked at the Taoist boy again, and asked, "Am I the head of the Dao?"

Dao Tong smiled bitterly and said, "Master, I am only twelve years old this year. ”

"Oh. The old man nodded, "Then I guess you don't know." ”

Although it is true that he did not wear a Taoist robe, but a simple cotton shirt that was sewn and mended, his apprentice was indeed dressed as a Taoist child.

"Master, are you sleepy?" said Dao Tong as he helped him up.

The old man looked at the wine and food in the basket, stretched out his hand, took the wine jar, took a sip of it heroically, and laughed: "It's good to be confused, it's good to be confused." ”

Dao Tong pinched Master's shoulders and said with a smile: "Master, these people came to you all the way, they should be from the Li family, and they also brought silk books." ”

"The Li family's fart. The old man's eyes were meaningful, and he said, "If there is one of them surnamed Li, then I am Li Yuan!"

Li Yuan, this is the name of the first lord of the Tang Kingdom, Funiu Mountain is within the boundaries of the Tang Kingdom, if it weren't for the sparse population here, it would be in Ding'an City, the old man said this, but he was afraid that he would be arrested by the government and thrown into prison immediately.

"What about the silk book...... the old man lazily looked at Qin Ke and the others.

Qin Ke was still stunned, and the old man was already staring at him.

Qin Ke was stunned by this gaze, and after reacting, he hurriedly took out the silk book from his arms, "Here it is." ”

The old man stretched out a hand, took the silk book, didn't look at it, just made it easy, and threw it into the valley before Qin Ke intercepted it.

The mountain wind was howling, and a few pieces of light silk books were flying in the air, and in the blink of an eye, they drifted into the sea of clouds in the valley.

"You ......"

"It's just out of date. The old man said lightly: "I know the above content...... As for what you want, it's long gone with me. ”

The old man rested his hands behind his head and squinted at the sun in the sky, which was the first time he had slept in the sun so lazily, but he never seemed to get tired of it.

Qin Ke was about to ask a question, but the old man suddenly turned his face, looked at Qin Ke and grinned, and said, "However, I do know where it is and whose hands it is." ”

"Whose hand?" Qin Ke couldn't help but say.

The old man looked straight at Gao Yishui, and then looked at the piano in his hand, Gao Yishui suddenly understood, showing a flattering look, he approached the old man, and said: "Old man, you tell him, I'll play it for you, don't say one song, ten songs are fine!"

The old man laughed and patted Gao Yishui on the shoulder: "Young man, I think you are the most discerning among them!

Gao Yishui motioned to Qin Ke to be restless, sat down with his legs bent, and made a song in his hand, but it made Qin Ke and Abu change their faces suddenly.

Abu's face was embarrassed red, while Qin Ke roared in annoyance: "This bastard is shameless!"

Of course, the two of them are not frequent visitors to Qinglou, but when Gao Yi's level is often not serious, he often likes to play this song, and the two of them are very familiar with it.

In the caravan that came to Tang Kingdom, every time he flicked, he would provoke the tacit eyes of many men, but it made Qin Ke, who was sitting next to him, want to stay away from him.

"Don't be an old man, I really haven't heard this song......" The old man glanced at him, and he didn't hide it, and directly broke Gao Yishui's little trick.

Gao Yishui looked at the old man and said hesitantly: "I also know that you will not be a serious cultivator...... but between the words, his hands have already flipped and flowed, and the original well-known song of Goulan, this moment suddenly changed shape, for a while it was as quiet as a mountain, and for a while it was like a deep valley.

After all, it is the "Mr. Gao Shan" in Cai Yan's mouth, and even the Taoist children who can't understand the qin music feel that the guqin music is far away but strong at this time, and he can't help but have his eyes slightly lit up.

is obviously a rather obscene hook and flirtatious tune, but it has come to life in his hands and has become another splendid picture of mountains and rivers.

After a while, the sound of the song fell, Gao Yishui let out a slight breath, looked at the old man, and smiled: "How is it, can you say it?"

However, the old man, whose eyes were closed, snored again.

Gao Yishui smiled slightly, gently wiped the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, glanced at Dao Tong, gentlely, and slowly spit out a sentence: "Your master, he slept so well......

Dao Tong was embarrassed and was about to say something, but Gao Yishui had already stood up, raised the guqin with both hands and widened his eyes: "You are embarrassed to fall asleep when you listen to me play the piano...... Hey, old man, wake up, wake up! Don't wake up, I'm going to smash this time!"

The old man did not speak, how could a person who was asleep answer him?

Gao Yishui looked at the old man as a scoundrel, and shouted angrily: "Ah Ke, Abu! ”

"A punching bag is a good punch on the back......" the old man said suddenly.

Gao Yishui frowned, his original annoyed appearance retracted for a while, and asked curiously, "Hey, old man, are you asleep or not?"

The old man opened his mouth leisurely and said, "Is there any difference between me sleeping and not sleeping?"

Gao Yishui stomped his feet and said unceremoniously: "This is not the Jixia School Palace, the difference between you sleeping and not sleeping, I don't bother to argue with you." ”

The old man said "um" approvingly: "Yes, but there is some talent, I think you are more suitable than him, but it's a pity...... It's too slippery. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare. ”

The old man continued to laugh softly, casually raised his hand and pointed, and said, "Look, the butterfly is coming." ”

Qin Ke raised his head suddenly, it was really a butterfly, it was almost like two palms, and the patterns on its body were like the silhouettes of clouds and sunset, it fluttered, rising and falling melodiously in the wind.

Now that it is autumn, most of the butterflies are dying and can't flap their wings, they will slowly fall into the dust, decay, and return to the earth.

However, it flew proudly like a new life, like a peacock with an open screen under the sun.

Finally, it landed quietly on the big bluestone, slightly retracting its wings.

"The world only looks at appearances, but does not know where there is truth in everything in this world?"

The butterfly seemed to be frightened by the old man's words, and flew up again, swept through his bun, and flew into the distance, the sky light gilding his wings with a faint layer of gold, and in an instant, the sound of birds and birds in the forest, the faint howl of wolves in the distance, and the rustle of the leaves in the wind, all quietly converged.

But Qin Ke found that the old man was looking at him, as if he was looking up and down, and as if he was scrutinizing, his heart jumped slightly, and he hurriedly bowed.

The old man looked at him and laughed softly, "After you get the Five Elements Sinan, what are you going to do with it?"

Qin Ke said: "I want to use it to find other artifacts, my master is also looking for divine revelation, maybe I can also find him, old man, please rest assured, I have no evil thoughts." ”

"Yes, indeed. The old man looked relieved, "It's just ...... Once the artifact reappears in the world, it even reunites in one place...... I'm afraid it's not a good thing. ”

Qin Ke looked at him blankly and asked, "Why?"

The old man shook his head, didn't answer, and said to himself: "Since the destiny is like this, I don't have to stop it, you ...... Let's go to Mo's house. ”

After Qin Ke and the others left, Dao Tong raised his head and asked strangely: "Master, you said before that the return of the artifact to the world would bring turmoil to mortal dust, but this time, why are you willing to tell him the whereabouts of the Five Elements Sinan?"

At this time, the old man was lazily lying on the bluestone, one leg on the other, and he almost reached the sky: "How can I say it? Everything in this world is like flowing water, you watch from the side, it will flow lower day by day, you stretch out your hand to wash vegetables and fruits in it, it will still flow down." Even if you make a small dam out of planks and cut off the flow of water, the water will eventually overflow and overflow from all sides...... In that case, what is the difference between me telling him and not telling him?"

Dao Tong thought for a while: "It seems to be such a truth. ”

The old man smiled: "What's more, some people can't hold it anymore. ”

"Who are they?" Dao Tong was puzzled and asked softly, "Are those mountain bandits who saw you before?"

"They?" the old man shook his head, "they're not even chess pieces, I'm talking about the guys who can make things change at every turn." ”