Volume 1: Past Events Chapter 19: Flying Immortals
The sun is shining. The mountains shone on the verdant green, and the branches and leaves of the trees shimmered with a miserable white luster. A mountain breeze blew and rattled the woods. At this moment, noon has passed.
Luo Xiangxue and Hua Bufan saw that Zhong Hanjie's attitude suddenly changed, and their hearts gradually calmed down. Although the two of them seemed calm on the surface, they still felt surprised in their hearts, and they did not relax their guard, and they couldn't help but be suspicious: his attitude changed so quickly, but he didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd?
Seeing that the two of them were always on guard, Zhong Hanjie and Li Xiaoqian looked at each other, looked at each other and smiled, and saluted the two of them with their fists.
That Li Xiaoqian's apricot eyes moved, her eyes rolled, and she smiled at the two of them: "Fang Cai and I were also caught off guard, frightened, because I was suspicious, and I was offended, and I hope that the two adults will not care about the villain, Fang Cai must be a misunderstanding, please don't misunderstand!" She spoke earnestly, realizing Fang Cai's suspicion and recklessness, so she compensated the other party.
Luo Xiangxue was thinking about it in her heart, and just as she was about to speak, Hua Bufan spoke first: "Yes, yes, as the girl said, this was originally a misunderstanding." ”
He glanced at Luo Xiangxue, then turned his head to look at the two of them, and said with a sneer, "Everyone meets in Pingshui, it should be peace is precious, just say it, just say it!" He wanted to ease the atmosphere in the field, so he happily played the round. It seems that there is some worry that the two sides will continue to stalemate like this, and if they make a move, it will not end well.
He is not a person in the rivers and lakes, and he doesn't know any martial arts, so he is naturally timid and afraid, and he doesn't want to see each other meet each other and make a lose-lose situation, which is not good for anyone!
When Zhong Hanjie and Li Xiaoqian heard him say this, they both smiled and nodded. Most of the people in the rivers and lakes understand a truth, it is better to settle grievances than to settle the knot, and it is better to take harmony as the most important thing when walking on the rivers and lakes!
Luo Xiangxue was also very unhappy because of each other's words just now, and she didn't want to entangle with them anymore, but seeing that the other party was already amiable, she immediately changed her attitude, and she was relieved, she also hugged her fists at them, and said: "Just like the girl said, you and I are strangers, and we have no holidays, but we just happened to meet, and we were also unintentional! ”
She blinked, raised her eyebrows, and smiled: "In Xia Luo Xiangxue, it is a great honor to meet the two Pingshui today!"
As soon as her words fell, Hua Bufan said with a smile: "That's right, it's not too early, we still have to pick herbs, so it's better to do this first, two of you, please!"
Zhong Hanjie suddenly thought about it and said, "There is one thing in the next place, I want to take the liberty to ask the two of you?"
Luo Xiangxue looked at him and said, "What's the matter?"
Zhong Hanjie frowned and said, "May I ask you two, do you know a place called Feixian Temple?"
When Hua Bufan heard this, he hurriedly showed his doubts, and asked eagerly: "What, the two of you are also going to Feixian Temple?" He glanced at Luo Xiangxue, his face full of puzzlement.
Luo Xiangxue couldn't help but be surprised, and said secretly: "It's strange, why did they mention the place of Feixian Temple? Who are they, where and what are they going to do?"
She suddenly felt that this Flying Immortal Temple might not be as simple as just a Taoist temple, and there must be some deeper secret hidden in it!
But suddenly I thought about it, even if there is any problem here, it seems that it has nothing to do with me, it is better not to meddle with other people's affairs!
Zhong Hanjie nodded, and said quietly: "Yes, we are just going to Feixian Temple!" He then asked, "I wonder if Brother Hua has been there?"
Hua Bufan stretched out his hand and scratched his head, and said, "Don't hide it from Brother Zhong, I have indeed been there!" He frowned and asked, "But I don't know what you are going to do there?"
Li Xiaoqian was just about to speak, glanced at Zhong Hanjie beside her, and then stopped. Zhong Hanjie seemed to be afraid that she would say something that she shouldn't say, so he gave her a look.
Zhong Hanjie said slowly: "Don't tell lies in front of real people, don't hide the truth, we are here to find someone." His gaze became resolute, but it showed a fierce light.
Luo Xiangxue and Hua Bufan asked in unison, "Looking for someone, who are you looking for?"
Zhong Hanjie said firmly: "Find an enemy who is invincible, a traitor who deceives the teacher and destroys the ancestors!" He suddenly looked like a knife, revealing hatred. It seems that they can't wait to find him immediately and break him into pieces.
The two of them were shocked again, and looked at each other, deeply surprised.
Zhong Hanjie paced in place, and said quietly: "To be precise, he is Xiao Qian's enemy," he looked at the woman beside him, and his eyes suddenly became gentle again, "And Xiao Qian's enemy is naturally my enemy!" It turned out that he was trying to help the woman next to him take revenge. From these words, it can also be heard that their relationship is extraordinary.
Luo Xiangxue groaned, as if she was thinking about something, and she said with a solemn face: "Then Brother Zhong, do you know who the enemy is?"
At this time, Li Xiaoqian suddenly gritted her teeth and said with hatred: "It's the bull-nosed old Taoist in the Flying Immortal Temple." I must slaughter him with my own hands and avenge my uncle!"
When Luo Xiangxue and Hua Bufan heard it, the enemy she said was the head of the Flying Immortal Temple, and their hearts were suddenly shocked, and their faces showed surprise.
In fact, the two of them were hiding in the woods, and they had already heard the conversation between the two about the whole thing. Now it came out of her mouth again, it turned out to be for a future grudge.
Hua Bufan saw that they were here to seek revenge, and said in his heart: "Alas, there are always so many grievances and grievances in this world, it seems that this Feixian Temple is not too peaceful, killing people to pay for their lives, it is justified, and it is also an unavoidable karma!"
Luo Xiangxue's face changed slightly, and what she thought of in her heart was the same as Hua Bufan, now, she just wants to get out of here as soon as possible, other people's grievances have nothing to do with her, so it's better not to talk more.
She looked at Hua Bufan, glanced at him, and motioned to leave quickly. Hua Bufan was not stupid, he immediately understood and nodded slightly.
Luo Xiangxue smiled at the two of them, hugged her fists, and said, "Brother Zhong, Miss Li, I wish you two all your wishes come true, and you will take revenge as soon as possible! I will wait for something important to do, so I won't bother anymore, take care and leave!" Then he turned his head to Hua Bufan and said, "Brother Hua, let's go!"
Hua Bufan saw that she was about to leave, and immediately hugged her fists at the two of them, and said with a smile: "Hehe, I also have something important to do, so I will take the first step, two, there will be a period later, and I will leave!" He also followed Luo Xiangxue's example and hurriedly said goodbye.
The two of them glanced at each other, smiled, and saluted them with fists, saying, "Two, there will be a period later, please go slowly!"
After Luo Xiangxue smiled again, she turned around and went to the forest to take out the horse, Hua Bufan followed closely with a bamboo basket on her back, and slowly walked towards the front, and in a blink of an eye, the figures of the two disappeared into the shade of the forest.
Zhong Hanjie and Li Xiaoqian watched the figures of the two leave, Zhong Hanjie suddenly said faintly: "I think these two people are a little strange, it's not just for the sake of collecting medicine!" After that, he sighed and looked at the woman beside him.
Li Xiaoqiandai frowned slightly, and said hesitantly: "Then according to Brother Zhong's opinion, what do these two people do?"
Zhong Hanjie's eyes flashed, and he muttered: "Xiaoqian, look, is that surnamed Luo dressed like a medicine picker?" He squinted at Li Xiaoqian, with a strange look in his eyes.
Li Xiaoqian said: "Well, my little sister also thinks these two people are so strange, especially the young man surnamed Luo, I think he is an authentic person in the rivers and lakes." She paced and said quietly, "However, listening to what they just said, it is also reasonable. It's just that what we said earlier, they must have heard, will it be ......"
She looked at Zhong Hanjie blankly, and there was a trace of worry in her eyes.
Zhong Hanjie glanced at the direction where the two of them left, and said comfortingly: "Well, you don't have to worry, maybe it's really just a coincidence, besides, listening to what they said just now, they don't recognize us at all, it's just a coincidence, there shouldn't be any incident," he looked up and said softly: "That's it, don't think about that, Xiaoqian, let's go!"
The two of them then walked forward quickly.
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Luo Xiangxue and Hua Bufan came to a wide mountainside meadow, and at this moment, they had walked out of the woods. In front of you is a slightly steep winding mountain road that leads straight into the depths of the mountain.
Hua Bufan suddenly said: "I was hiding in the forest just now, and I was noticed by those two people, it really shocked me, alas, it's all because I was careless...... If you encounter two bad guys, you can do it, and you will be in trouble. ”
Luo Xiangxue glanced at him, and couldn't help but laugh: "Didn't you just meet two passers-by, look at you, a dignified manly husband actually scared you like that?"
She seemed to have forgotten that the man with the bamboo basket in front of her was just an ordinary villager who didn't know martial arts. Where had he seen the tense formation just now!
She suddenly covered her mouth and smiled, and accidentally showed the charm of a woman, Hua Bufan looked at her stupidly, and she didn't feel a little stunned. By the time Luo Xiangxue realized it, it was already a little late, she suddenly snorted twice, glanced at him, and said, "What do you see, is it possible that I have a flower on my face?"
Hua Bufan was said by her, and instantly returned to his demeanor, and said softly: "No, I didn't see anything!" After saying that, he couldn't help but chuckle out again, and said quietly, "I see that although Brother Luo's face does not give birth to flowers, it is more beautiful than giving birth to flowers!" She unconsciously said what she thought in her heart.
When Luo Xiangxue heard this, her heart suddenly shook, and she shouted at him in a panic: "You, what are you talking about?" She puffed out her two big eyes, glanced at him, and turned her head away in a panic.
Her heart suddenly "thumped", and she said, "Alas, it's over, he must have found out! How good is this, it's really a shame!" A red glow instantly rose on her fair face.
Hua Bufan saw that she was shy, and said with a deliberately hippie smile: "I said, why is Brother Luo's face red?" He suddenly thought that it was too tiring to sell Guanzi with her, so it was better to expose her.
When Luo Xiangxue heard this, she hurriedly covered it up, and suddenly, her face was hot, and her handsome face turned even redder.
She snuggled up to the horse, glanced at him, lowered her head and deliberately pretended to be stupid: "What are you talking about, why can't I understand?" she thought to herself: Since he saw through it, maybe she couldn't pretend anymore. Even if he knew, what could he do about him!
Hua Bufan didn't want to go around in circles with her anymore, and said straight to the point: "Alas, I said Brother Luo, no, Miss Luo, don't you pretend anymore?" He paused, and said quietly, "Pretending like this, you're not tired, I'm still tired!"
"You...... You ......" your own daughter's body, but he saw through it, she was incoherent for a while, and she was so anxious that she couldn't speak.
After being stunned for a long time, she couldn't help but burst out laughing. She said to him angrily, "So you have already found out that I am not a man? You, when did you find out?"
Hua Bufan's face was almost bursting with laughter, and he was so smiling that he covered his belly and couldn't stretch his waist.
After laughing, he said breathlessly: "Don't hide it from Miss Luo, I already noticed it when I was in the pavilion." ”
Luo Xiangxue pouted and said, "Ah, you already noticed it at that time?" thought to herself, she had been pretending to cover it up for so long, it turned out that people had already found out, and it was really a shame.
She simply turned her head and stared at him: "Since you saw it earlier, why didn't you say it earlier?"
Hua Bufan's eyes blinked, and he said quietly: "I wanted to say it at the time, but then I thought about it, since the girl didn't want to show her true face, she naturally had your intentions, so why should I break it?"
"Then why is it broken again now?" she regained her composure, smiling and showing restraint again.
Hanamichi: "Now that we've become friends, I don't think there's any need to continue acting with you, because that's too awkward." ”
Luo Xiangxue pursed her lips, glanced at him, and said, "You are not afraid to say it, I will be angry with you and ignore you?"
Hua Bufan said quietly: "I was a little worried before, but now, I don't have to worry." ”
"Why?"
"Because I have seen that the girl is not a stingy person. ”
"How so, what if I'm really angry?" she smiled.
"Then I have to apologize to you, girl!" he said with a straight face, "Actually, the girl is a daughter, and there is no need to hide it, since we are friends, how can I laugh at you!"
Hearing him say this, Luo Xiangxue finally completely dispelled the worries in her heart.
She said generously: "I don't want you to know, I'm afraid you'll laugh at me!"
Hua Bufan suddenly frowned, and asked suspiciously: "I really can't understand, why does Miss Luo want to dress up as a man?"
Luo Xiangxue thought for a while, sighed and said: "The rivers and lakes are dangerous, I am a girl who comes out and walks alone, if I don't dress up, wouldn't it be very dangerous?"
Hua Bufan understood, nodded, and said, "Well, that's right," he then said, "It's not too early, Miss Luo, let's hurry up!"
Luo Xiangxue looked at the sky, saw that the sun was already setting in the west, estimated that it was almost five o'clock, and said a little anxiously: "Well, let's go quickly! It seems that the sun is about to set." ”
She suddenly said again: "Otherwise, you get on the horse, we will ride the horse, so slowly and leisurely, I am afraid that before we reach the Feixian Temple, the sky will be dark." "I was talking just now, but I didn't realize that I had been delayed for many hours.
Hua Bufan hesitated and said, "But, I don't know how to ride a horse?" He was actually worried that the two of them sitting together would make her feel embarrassed.
Unexpectedly, Luo Xiangxue smiled, and said generously: "Alas, when is it, you are still worried about the difference between men and women!" As she spoke, she kicked the saddle, turned over on the horse, and stretched out her hand to him, wanting to pull him on the horse.
Hua Bufan hesitated a little, and stretched out her hand embarrassedly, she grabbed his hand, took advantage of the situation, and pulled him onto the horse.
Luo Xiangxue sat in front and tightened the stiff rope, and Hua Bufan sat behind her, trembling in her heart. He had probably never ridden a horse, so he was a little flustered.
Luo Xiangxue glanced at him and groaned, "Brother Hua, you can sit tight!"
He sat behind her, and his heart couldn't help but jump wildly. Perhaps he was so close to a woman, he couldn't help but panic in his heart, his hand didn't know how to put it, groping to grab the saddle, and suddenly smelled a faint body fragrance on her body, the girl's fragrance made him intoxicated, and he couldn't help but feel like a horse, and his heart beat faster.
Sitting on a horse with a man she had just met, she also felt very awkward, and she didn't feel that her face was hot and shy, but in order to hurry as soon as possible, she couldn't care so much.
She snorted, and pulled the horse stiff, and her legs clamped the belly of the horse, and the horse neighed and galloped briskly.
In less than a cup of tea, he had already run out of a long way, crossed the hill, and turned over the pass. As she ran, the road in front of her suddenly became steeper, and she pulled the reins to slow down the horse's pace, and climbed up slowly.
After crossing the steep mountain road, a fork in the road appeared in front of me, and the fork turned to the left. She grabbed the reins and stopped the horse. Looking up, not far from the opposite side is the Eagle Peak, and a circular Taoist temple located on the side of the peak is in sight. The road is not big to look at, with green tiles and red walls, showing a simple color. From a distance, it looks solemn and mysterious.
Hua Bufan pointed to the red Taoist temple on the Eagle Cliff and said excitedly: "Miss Luo, look, that is the Flying Immortal Temple." ”
Luo Xiangxue looked at it, frowned and said, "Oh, it turns out that that is the Flying Immortal Temple?" She suddenly asked suspiciously, "Alas, did you say that the two people you met just now also went to the Flying Immortal Temple?"
Hua Bufan thought about it, and said in a deep voice: "I just heard them say, it seems that they are going to the Flying Immortal Temple, didn't they say that they have a grudge against that Dao chief? What if I meet them?"
Luo Xiangxue was stunned, and hesitated: "I don't think it will be so coincidental, right? Even if they really meet again, what do they have to do with them?" she said this, and she couldn't help but be faintly worried in her heart.
Hua Bufan sneered: "Then should we go or not?"
Luo Xiangxue glanced at him, and said in a deep voice: "It's all here, why don't you go, let's go up and have a look!"
With that, he pulled the reins, and the horse began to run briskly.
After running for a while, I came to the Taoist temple.
The Taoist temple with green tiles and red walls shimmers golden in the sunlight, and the circular Taoist temple looks like a pagoda. There are dozens of steps in front of the Taoist temple, climb the steps and go straight to the gate, there is a piece of yellow flat forehead hanging above the gate, and the book "Feixian Guan" is written in three elegant cursive scripts. The red door was closed, and there was an atmosphere of mystery in the silence.
There are prayer flags on the walls around the Taoist temple, fluttering in the mountain wind. There is an incense burner in the open space in front of the gate, which is covered with residual incense and ashes. The messy remnants of incense burned spontaneously, emitting wisps of green smoke.
Luo Xiangxue and Hua Bufan looked at the Taoist temple solemnly, glanced at each other again, and then turned over and dismounted. Tie the horse to a tree trunk at the edge of the clearing.
Luo Xiangxue saw that this place was unusually quiet, and thought to herself: This Taoist temple looks no different from other Taoist temples, but why is it so quiet?
Feeling strange, Hua Bufan suddenly said: "Miss Luo, this is the legendary Flying Immortal Temple, do you see anything strange?"
Luo Xiangxue pondered for a long time, and said quietly: "I don't think this place is as mysterious as the legend, it's just an ordinary Taoist temple. She paused, then added, "Let's go in and have a look!"
Hua Bufan was still a little worried, and hurriedly said: "Girl, it's better to be careful!" It is said that this long man has a strange temper and high martial arts, let's not annoy him," he looked at Luo Xiangxue, "It's better for us to take a look outside, or don't go in!"
Luo Xiangxue looked at the Taoist temple, glanced at him, and teased: "Alas, Brother Hua, I said that you are a seven-foot man, why are you so timid? I have no grudge against that Taoist chief, and I have no festivals, why does he want to harm me? Alas, you don't have a mother-in-law anymore!"
With that, he walked straight up the steps.
Who knows, just a few steps, suddenly, three short arrows came out of nowhere, "grab, grab, grab" inserted into the front of her feet, as if to warn against self-indulgence!
Luo Xiangxue looked up, and suddenly her heart sank, and she became alert, and said in surprise: "It seems that there is really a bit of evil here!"
Seeing this, Hua Bufan was suddenly shocked, broke out in a cold sweat, and exclaimed: "Alas, where did this arrow fly from, it's really scary!"
He had a look of horror on his face: "Miss Luo, I don't think this Dao chief welcomes us, let's not go in? If this arrow is shot on the body, it won't be fun!"
Luo Xiangxue looked around vigilantly, and suddenly said loudly towards the gate: "Who is the friend?
As soon as he finished speaking, a wisp of white smoke came out of the door, followed by a gloomy sneer. A sharp voice said, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
When Luo Xiangxue and Hua Bufan heard this, they couldn't help but be shocked, and looked at the door with wide eyes.
Luo Xiangxue thought about it, and said vigilantly: "Come to visit Luo Xiangxue and ask to see the master!"
The voice inside the door let out another sinister laugh, and said in a strange voice, "Where are you from?"
Luo Xiangxue clasped her fist at the gate of the temple and said in a deep voice: "I came from Qindi, and I have heard of the master's clever plan, so I came to visit and ask for a fortune!
The voice said, "Do you think that the Lord can see it if you want to?"
Luo Xiangxue bowed slightly, and said: "I came sincerely, there is no malice, don't blame it!"
After a while, the voice smiled strangely: "Today, the Lord is not here, please go back!"
When the two of them heard this, they were suddenly surprised, and said in their hearts: "The person who speaks in this door is mysterious and secretive, and seems to be unwilling to be accommodating.
The two of them stared at the door vigilantly, and at this moment, they saw that the white smoke in the door was thicker, and the drifting smoke shrouded the entire Taoist temple, becoming more and more mysterious. Seeing this scene, the two couldn't help but take a few steps back and glanced at each other, and then the voice said: "Don't hide it from the two, the viewer is indeed not in the view today, please go back!"
The voice was much softer, not as stiff as it had been earlier.
Luo Xiangxue sighed and said in a deep voice: "It's not easy for me to come from afar, and I hope Your Excellency will be accommodating!" She came from afar, and she didn't want to be sent away with this sentence, but she couldn't see the viewer, and she was unwilling.
At this time, Hua Bufan opened his mouth and said anxiously: "I said, girl, since people don't want to see us, let's go back!"
Luo Xiangxue glanced at him, and whispered in his ear: "Brother Hua, don't be impatient, in my opinion, this person outside the door is not the master, he just wants to send us away, hum, I don't fall for his tricks." ”
After that, Chaohua Bufan glanced at him and was about to climb the ladder. She had just taken a few steps forward, when suddenly, three more short arrows came at her, "Snatch, snatch, snatch!" and slammed into her footsteps, and she was startled again.
The situation in front of her instantly aroused her full of anger, and she said angrily: "In the next time you endure it again and again, and Your Excellency is pressing step by step, is this the way of hospitality?" She calmed down a little, "Your Excellency put on such a show, why don't you show your own words, what kind of skill is hiding in the shadows?"
She wanted to provoke him to show up and see what this man was. What kind of mystery is playing, who expected, the person inside the door actually smiled sadly, his voice was strange, and said faintly: "I have repeatedly confessed, today the Lord is not here, why should the two of you bother with it?
At this moment, Hua Bufan saw that the man had become angry, his face was already pale, and he hurriedly said: "Miss Luo, people don't want to see us, I think, let's go!" He looked at the sky, "Look, the sun is about to set, if you delay any longer, it won't be easy to go down the mountain when it's dark?"
Luo Xiangxue snorted and said softly: "Brother Hua, you wait here first, I want to see, what kind of mystery is the person in the view doing?"
Hua Bufan saw that she was about to force her forward, so he stretched out his hand to grab her and said, "Miss Luo, don't be reckless, the person in the view is very strange, lest there be fraud, you better not go, right?"
Luo Xiangxue has been aroused full of anger, even if it is the tiger's den in Longtan here, she is bound to break into him!
I saw her wave her hand at Hua Bufan, signaling him not to come closer, and suddenly her figure spread, turning over in the air, her long sword was horizontal in front of her chest, and she flew up violently.
Suddenly, at this moment, the red door "snapped" twice and opened suddenly, and at the same time, a flying needle flashed like silver.
The two dark arrows that had just been put out had made her guarded, only to see a flash of silver in front of her, between the lightning and flint, she danced her sleeves and copied it violently, and the silver needles disappeared in an instant, all hitting her dancing sleeves, densely inserted in a row.
She changed shape in the air and landed lightly in front of the gate.
At this moment, Dan saw two boys in Tsing Yi each holding a long sword, and rushed out from Ziguan.
The two boys in Tsing Yi had their hair in a bun and pulled into a ball head, with facial features and hairstyles, tall and short, almost identical, like a pair of twins. The two of them stood on the left and right of the gate, with angry faces and fierce eyes staring at Luo Xiangxue.
The boy on the left shouted: "Your Excellency trespasses on my Flying Immortal Holy Land, what do you want? If you insist on going your own way again, don't blame me for being polite!"
Luo Xiangxue smiled coldly and said in a deep voice: "I didn't mean to offend, I just came from afar to ask your lord to pounce on me, but I don't know why you are blocking it?"
The boy had a long sword in his hand, his eyebrows were sharp, and he said: "Just now, we have already told you that our contemplator is not in the contemplation, and you are acting recklessly, so we have to give an order to expel the guest!
When Luo Xiangxue heard this, she couldn't help but feel stupid in her heart, and her eyebrows turned and said, "How do I know that you are not fooling me?"
The boy on the right said: "Of course it's not us, it's our Flying Immortal View Dustless Messenger." Today, he was originally studying in the meditation, but he was disturbed by you and others, if he wants to entangle him again and annoy him, he will definitely not have your good fruit to eat!"
Standing in the distance, Hua Bufan was already as anxious as ants on a hot pot, so he had to pace back and forth there, neither walking nor going. For fear that Luo Xiangxue would be impulsive and get into trouble, I just listened to the person who spoke in the view, which was extremely weird, and he was by no means an idle person, so he couldn't help but sweat for her.
Luo Xiangxue suddenly raised her eyes and said in a deep voice: "Please ask your dustless messenger to come out and talk to me, I want to ask for advice!"
The boy on the left waved his sword in his hand and shouted, "Presumptuous! Don't get out of here!"
As soon as the words fell, there was a strange and gloomy laughter in the view, which sounded creepy, like a ghost crying in the middle of the night, sharp and poignant.
Hua Bufan in the distance couldn't help but gasp when he heard the sound, the cold sweat on his forehead broke out, and his body trembled involuntarily.
Laughter abruptly erupted, and an old man in a black robe, holding a whisk in his hand, floated out of the main hall.
I saw that he was about the age of the sixtieth birthday, with a childish face, kind eyebrows, and a lofty spirit. There was a stark difference between his appearance and his voice! It was unthinkable that such a terrifying voice could come from the mouth of such a kind old man.