Volume 1 Chi Zhongyue Chapter 9 A little heroic spirit
Out of Wanbao Fuhua Building, Yun Lianyi and the three of them walked all the way to a high tower in the east of Wangshan City, there were enough pedestrians on the road, and the people who came and went were endless, and the demon yuan beads that they had saved for half a month were replaced by the long sword flint that Tianlu carried behind his back, and the carriage was also torn to pieces by the tooth dog in the previous battle, and the three of them also had a total of thirty-seven taels of silver left in their hands, but fortunately, Yun Lianyi found a few herbs of quite old age on the road, and exchanged two hundred taels of silver in a pharmacy, and the three of them had a bottom in their hearts.
The three of them are the first time to come to this Wangshan City, in the city is also planning to take a little stroll, increase a little knowledge and then continue to hurry, suddenly the square surrounded by a group of people in front of the three attracted the attention of the three, Tianlu and Chao Yan raised a slightly shorter lotus clothes, crowded the crowd little by little to move in, it took a lot of effort to finally see the situation inside, it turned out to be a trickster, a person on the left held a torch, drank a sip of the liquid in the bamboo tube in his right hand, a squirt, a pillar of fire more than one meter long suddenly gushed out, the middle one was lying on a chopping board full of nails, with a piece of marble pressed on his body, and the other person held a hammer and smashed the stone on his stomachThe person on the far right, climbed up and down on five bamboo poles of different lengths but the lowest was five meters, constantly shuttling between the five bamboo poles, several times as if they were about to fall to the ground, and the people around him breathed in horror, but applauded.
Yun Lianyi had never seen this kind of performance, and under her face she looked surprised and happy, and asked Chao Yan and Tianlu who were holding her under her with great interest: "Chao Yan! Tianlu! Are they all monsters? I have read it in the book! Is it the earth fire dragon spirit that breathes fire on the left? The book says that the earth fire dragon is good at breathing fire! Wow! It breathes fire again! Is the one in the middle a turtle spirit? The book says that the turtle shell is extremely hard! Is the one on the right a monkey spirit that drills the sky? You see how fast he climbs!"
Chao Yan and Tianlu had dark faces, looked at the excited lotus clothes, and said, "This is a trick, not an animal essence, don't talk nonsense." "Anyway, since when did this bear kid call us by name without adding brother?
A man on the right who was watching the trick heard Lianyi's words, and the bun he had just eaten in his mouth squirted out, and he coughed and said to the three of them: "A few young heroes are strangers." β
Tianlu looked at the man who spoke vigilantly: "No, brother, you admit your mistake." β
"Oh oh oh, hey do you need a local guide, I tell you, I've lived here for more than thirty years, and I know all kinds of cheap and hard-to-find shops, one or two silver a day. The man didn't believe what Tianlu said, but just introduced himself.
Chao Yan thought in his heart, he said that he was not a foreigner, how could he recommend it to himself? I'm afraid that this won't be the trust of those merchants, well, I will tell Lianyi about this matter in the future, and let Lianyi be careful in the future.
The man seemed to see at a glance that Chao Yan was thinking in his heart, and hurriedly explained: "Don't get me wrong, this young man, I'm not a trust." If you don't believe me, you can ask me a few questions first, and I'll answer them well, how about hiring me as a guide?"
Chao Yan thought for a moment and asked, "Okay, then what should I do if I leave Wangshan City and go to Snow God City?"
Wang Hai couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, he thought that these people were young, and how could they have to play for a few days when they saw this prosperous Wangshan City, but they had to leave? But Wang Hai still replied: "To go to the Snow God City, there are three roads to choose, one is to take a lark in the north of the city, you can reach it in one day, but I heard that the price is scary, and the other is to go out of the city from the east of the city, where there is a big road, which is flat, suitable for carriages or horseback to drive, and it can be reached in about ten days at the latest." The third, and I recommend you the most, is to take the Liuxian Road in the north of the city, although the distance is farther, around some, but there are not only beautiful scenery on the road, fairy beauty, but also a blessed land, absolutely not to be missed. β
"Oh, can you elaborate on this path to stay immortals?" Chao Yan heard this, and his curiosity was immediately seduced.
"Hehe, let's talk about it in detail, the young man understands. Wang Hai said with a flattering smile, rubbing his hands symbolically.
Chao Yan took it out of his arms, and then found that he didn't have a silver tael on his body, only then did he remember that when he and Tianlu were fighting in the jungle a few days ago, the silver on his and Tianlu's bodies was packed up by Yun Lianyi, and Lianyi was a little unhappy, but he still took out a white purse he just bought yesterday from his arms, and took out a tael of silver from it and gave it to Chao Yan, Chao Yan took the silver and threw it to Wang Hai.
"Okay young man, let's go out and talk?" Wang Hai took a tael of silver, quickly put it in his pocket, and then squeezed out of the crowd with the three of them.
On the way, Wang Hai, who took the money, seemed to open the conversation box and said: " To say that this Liuxian Road, is indeed an excellent place to come to the Qingxue Country can not be missed, not only the scenery is unique and beautiful, but also a huge opportunity to hide in it, let's start from the beginning, this out of the north gate of Wangshan City, go along the road all the way, there is a fork in the road about three kilometers, the left is a road up the mountain, the starting point of Liuxian Road is here, from the left side of the road uphill, the mountainside on the left is the mountain temple of Wangshan City, you can ask for the protection of the mountain god, there is a thousand years of sacred tree in the temple, you can go there to tie the red rope to make a wish, the effect is very, the top of the mountain is a Buddhist temple, called Huayan Temple, you can go to the temple to burn incense and worship the Buddha, the most important thing is that the abbot of Huayan Temple, Master Xuande, has great wisdom, can point out the maze, this mountain two temples are the first great wonder opportunity of Liuxian Road. β
"After the temple, along the road has been moving forward, the road is full of flowers, there are more flowing waterfalls interspersed with it, the scenery is beautiful, about five miles later, meet a clear pool, called the Moon Lake, the water depth in the pool is not visible, there is a small fish called the silver shuttle, feed on the moonlight reflected in the pool, it is a rare heaven and earth spiritual treasure, extremely expensive, but the speed of the silver shuttle is extremely fast, extremely sensitive to the fluctuation of the Yuan force, so it is extremely difficult to capture. β
"Go further, and then through a bamboo forest, about ten miles, you can enter a valley full of peach forests, called Taohuawu, only the road in the valley is cloudless and smokeless, and then there are fog illusions all around, it is very easy to get lost in it, about two days after entering the fog and getting lost, it will return to the original road again about two days after entering the fog, some people say that there is a high mountain in the peach blossom dock, there is a house on the mountain, the house is full of peach blossoms around the house, and there is an extremely beautiful fairy singing and dancing on the top of the mountain, and the song seems to be waiting for his husband. β
"Finally, on the last five miles of the road, there is a cliff, it is rumored that there is a miracle of the first dean of the academy on the cliff, and those who understand it can get its inheritance, and some people say that there is an extremely powerful practice written there, and some people say that it is a treasure map, and there are all kinds of things, but there are indeed many people who have received great benefits from it. β
"At the cliff overlook, you can see the snow-white magnificent Luoshen Mountain, and then go forward for more than ten miles, you will arrive at the holy city of Snow God City, at this time the whole road of Liuxian is considered to be all over, every year there are many tourists who walk this road, up to the dignitaries, down to the ordinary people, and even the monks from all walks of life are gathered here. Wang Hai said in detail, but he didn't stop.
"What are the plans of the three young heroes?" Wang Hai stopped, turned his head and asked the three whispering behind him.
The three of them straightened up, and Tianlu said: "Then we will go to Liuxian Road tomorrow, we can go shopping today, by the way, are there any interesting shops nearby, or what are the characteristics, the focus is cheap or not!"
"It's delicious, it's delicious!" Yun Lianyi secretly stabbed Tianlu behind her.
Tianlu's face darkened, and then he continued: "If there is a special food or a famous one, take us to see it." β
"Those young heroes can be regarded as finding the right people, if you want to talk about interesting shops, only authentic natives of Wangshan City know that there are three monsters in the city. β
"Three monsters? Chao Yan became interested when he heard it.
"The first strange thing is that there is an ancient book shop in the city, and the ancient books in the store are all rare things, but they are only given away but not sold. β
"The second strange thing is that there is an armory workshop in the west of the city, and there are more weapons cast and scrapped than the weapons sold in the workshop. β
"The third blame, hehe, it's Uncle Li's house next door. β
"???" The three of them looked at each other, what's wrong with Uncle Li's house next door?
Wang Hai continued: "Uncle Li's daughter, it's weird and good-looking, hehe. β
Chao Yan and Tianlu wanted to give Wang Hai a kick after hearing this, just look good and you know it yourself, what are you telling us about!
"Then let's go to the bookstore, it doesn't cost anything anyway. Yun Lianyi pulled the corners of Chao Yan and Tianlu's clothes, and said with some joy.
Chao Yan and Tianlu suspected that Yun Lianyi would only give away and not sell, so they made up their minds to try if they could pick up a bargain.
The three of them came to a residential area of an old house in the city, a fruit tree with new sprouts emerged from the courtyard of another house from time to time around the deep alley, and the little sunlight in the alley was blocked a few points, the alley was winding and deep, criss-crossed, if it was not a person who was familiar with the terrain, maybe he would have lost his way long ago, after twisting and turning, he came to a relatively wide road, there were not many pedestrians on the road but not less, three or three and two side by side, there was an old shop with a size of no more than a dozen square meters at the end of the road, and the wooden plaque on it had been a little rotten because of too long, full of traces of potholesThe four big characters of Chen's bookstore written in red lacquer have also been mottled and cannot be recognized, but the road in front of the store is very clean and tidy.
Wang Hai, who was walking in front, gently pushed open the hidden door of the store, "Is Uncle Chen here?" Wang Hai asked softly.
When the three of them heard Wang Hai's words, they muttered in their hearts, don't you make up the three monsters yourself? Sure enough, the locals don't know, I guess you know it, right?
The three of them followed Wang Hai into the small shop, the store is not big but there are four or five rows of shelves through the top, the shelves and the surrounding walls are densely packed with all kinds of books, some musty but fragrant old books smell is full of it, the store is slightly dim but there is no cold and damp atmosphere, feel it, but you can feel as if these books around the book exude a warm breath like sunshine.
Behind the bookshelf is a small wooden table, behind the wooden table is a rocking chair made of rattan, an old man is holding a worn-out yellowed old book to read with relish, suddenly heard someone call himself, the old man put down the old book in his hand, looked towards the door, saw someone coming, only got up and walked towards the door, the process of walking is also careful for fear of touching the books stacked on the ground next to him.
"Wang boy, you brought someone over for me again, I told you that the old man I don't have to worry about money, so I don't need to bring someone over every once in a while. β
"Hey Uncle Chen, don't you say that your good books are only given away and not sold? I don't want to bring people to see if someone can get into your eyes, and by the way, if you have a fancy to buy a few copies, it would be better." Wang Hai smiled and quietly stayed away from the three people he brought, for fear that they would beat him up when they heard his words.
When Chao Yan and Tianlu heard this, they suddenly cried and laughed, they can't say that people deceive themselves, there are indeed books that are only given away and not sold.
Lianyi didn't have many mood swings, but after coming in, he looked at the books curiously, these books seem to be nine old and one new, there are various types of books, but they are just ordinary books, and there are no exercises and cheats and the like, but Lianyi still reads with relish, after all, so many years of boring time are spent by reading books, these days of waking up, it is also a process of corroborating the content of the book with reality, and now seeing so many books, Lianyi suddenly has an urge to put these books into the Haoran Tower.
The old man who was the owner of the bookstore looked at Tianlu who was looking at random, Chao Yan, who was lacking in interest, and Lianyi, who was enjoying it, and roughly understood in his heart, and said: "What books do the three guests want to buy, the books in the small shop are not cheap, except for the books on the last row of bookshelves, the rest of the books cost ten taels of silver, and one person can only buy one." β
Wang Hai smiled bitterly and said, "Uncle Chen, you really should change the rules, such a broken book sells for ten taels of silver, and the customers scare you away." β
"Those who understand will naturally understand, and if they understand, they will not feel expensive. The old man surnamed Chen stroked his white beard and said quietly.
Tianlu heard that a book costs ten taels of silver, and put the book back in his hand in a daze, only Lianyi heard that a book only costs ten taels of silver, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly rummaged through the bookshelves, but he was careful not to damage those old books, and after half an hour, Lianyi came to the door with five yellowed and patched worn-out books with a reluctant face, and said: "I have chosen, there are five people here, and I chose five." After speaking, he looked at Chao Yan and Tianlu pitifully, as if he was asking for the consent of these two, Chao Yan and Tianlu glanced at each other, nodded with a toothache, and lost fifty taels of silver at once.
The old man surnamed Chen in the store couldn't help but look at Yun Lianyi with a smile, and said that one person is good, this little girl even counts herself and Wang Hai, is this what I mean by one person?
The old man surnamed Chen shook his head and asked slowly: "The little girl knows these books, doesn't she think the books are expensive? And I see that the books you choose are very shabby, are you sure to choose these five?"
Yun Lianyi nodded, and then carefully flipped through the five books in her hand, namely "The New Cultivation of Mountains and Rivers", "Taoism", "Old Dynasty Travel", "Elegant Leisure", "Hundred Beasts in the Sea", the covers of the five books are worn and damaged, and even three of them are many of them sewn up in the later period, but these five books all reveal a sense of long-term age.
The moment he saw these five books, the old man surnamed Chen suddenly felt a little painful, although he still had rubbings of these books, but these were basically genuine original books, if it wasn't for another purpose, he wouldn't be willing to sell these books.
The old man surnamed Chen waved his hand, then took the fifty taels of silver handed over by Lianyi, threw it on the cushion of the rocking chair, and then looked at Lianyi and said, "The little girl is very good, are you interested in going to the back to see those good books?"
Lianyi's eyes lit up, in fact, the first time she entered the bookstore, Yun Lianyi felt that this place was unusual, every book in the bookstore contained a little bit of Haoran's atmosphere, and the old books exuded a long-standing atmosphere made Lianyi seem to have a sense of dΓ©jΓ vu, so Lianyi chose a rich atmosphere and looked at the five books that he liked quite a lot, just walked to the back of the bookshelf, Lianyi could feel that the books on the bookshelf in the last row were several times more full of Haoran than other ancient books, and vaguely seemed to resonate with the Haoran Tower in the sea of knowledgeγ Lian Yi suddenly understood where her sense of dΓ©jΓ vu came from, and the aura emanating from many solitary books in the Haoran Tower was like this.
So hearing that the old man took the initiative to invite himself to look at the books on the last row of bookshelves, Lianyi suddenly became excited, nodded, followed the old man to the back, walked into these old books, Lianyi clearly felt the pure and righteous spirit contained in the book, Lianyi did not take the initiative to reach out to take the book, because Lianyi could feel that there seemed to be a prohibition here, to prevent others from touching, the old man Chen Xing looked at Lianyi with satisfaction who was standing still with eyes eager to shine, nodded with satisfaction, and took out two books from the last row of bookshelves, namely "The Hundred Ways of the World" and " Heaven and Earth Circle.
The old man surnamed Chen smiled and said, "As long as you promise me one thing, I can give you one of these two books, how about it?"
Lianyi thought for a moment and said, "If you want to say something first, I'll see if I can do it." β
The old man surnamed Chen stroked his beard and said, "You choose one, and then send the other book to Ji Wenyin, the dean of Shanghui Kingdom's Secret Cliff Academy." β
Yun Lianyi thought for a moment and then asked, "What about time?"
The old man surnamed Chen paused for a moment, then shook his head and said with a smile: "There is no time limit, there is only one request, you can view these two books, but only you can read them, and no one else can see or know about them except you." β
Lianyi thought about it, or nodded, and then took the two books, the cover is yellowed, but they are all the material of some kind of animal fur, roughly flip through, the book not only has the original text, but also the dense annotations and reading feelings and thoughts added by others in the back, and many books are covered with all kinds of large and small seals, and it is these seals that exist in the pure Haoran atmosphere, after reading, Lianyi generally has an understanding, "The Hundred Ways of the World" should be Confucian from the people, monarchs, mortals and monks, The various truths and thoughts of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are based on the contextual relationship between heaven and earth and all spirits, and the thoughts of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are the thoughts of all things in heaven and earth, and a kind of research and thinking about the mutual growth and restraint of all things, and the repulsion and complementarity of all things, as if to put all things in heaven and earth into medicine and into the array.
Yun Lianyi knew the importance of these two books at a glance, although they are not exercises and secret books, they are also millions of times more precious, these two books are like two keys to open the road of the strong, and they are the broad road that guides a cultivation direction.
Is that the books on the rows of bookshelves behind him are all guiding lights of the avenues? Lian Yi was a little dumbfounded, and she was taken aback by this inference. But I still carefully carried these two books in my arms, and planned to put them in the Haoran Pagoda after I went out later, and read these two books in the Haoran Pagoda with my divine sense in the future.
In less than a moment, Lian Yi walked out of the shop and the few people waiting outside, Chao Yan and Tianlu didn't ask much, but when they saw Lian Yi holding five books, they were also inexplicably happy, as if the face towel on his face was blocking Lianyi's teeth with a snicker.
In the bookstore, the surname Chen sent a few people away, and he seemed to be in a good mood, humming a little song in his mouth, and he was on the recliner, and the old door of the bookstore was closed again, only to hear the old man of the Chen family muttering to himself: "Today's harvest is good, it seems that I am going to change places again, where are you going this time?" The breath of the Haoran Tower of the Secret Cliff Academy can be regarded as having a relationship with your academy, and it is cheap for you. β