Volume 1 Lonely Clouds Chapter 40 (2)
Both things were given by the old man of Chongxuanguan Songhe that day.
Among them, the white flowers are strange, the jade color is shiny, the fragrance is long, the bamboo tube is tender and green, and the bamboo wall with a square palm is carved with a smart white crane, leading the neck to sing, and the wings are in the sky, which is obviously not a mortal thing.
Each has its own use.
It was originally from the day when he came out of the Leaning Moon Valley, and it was the old man who worshiped the Xuanguan Songhe, commonly known as Zhao Shi, and went up the mountain alone after seeing the terrible and tragic situation in the valley like Yama Purgatory.
The Oblique Moon Valley is a Jedi where the Nanling Miao Mountain is naturally victorious, surrounded by mountains and hidden in the middle of the abdomen. Looking around, the valley is full of strange rocks, surrounded by majestic mountains, strange and dangerous, but the east side of the mountain suddenly falls, a winding mountain road hidden in the dense jungle, if you don't visit this place, it is difficult to find.
The Taoist was wearing a moon-white robe, with a wooden hairpin tied with his hair, and a simple pine sword behind his back was inserted diagonally in the sheath, his steps were calm, and he slowly climbed the mountain with a long beard twisted in his hand.
If someone climbs to the top of the hillside and looks at the slightly gentle eastern slopes, and looks down carefully with all his eyes, he will see rows of Miao villages with similar shapes hidden in the dense bush jungle, one in the east and one in the west, separated in all directions.
In one of them, the cloud pavilion is obviously much higher than the other villages, and it has the meaning of sitting in the center.
Presumably, that is where the mysterious Five Immortal Sect is located in the 100,000 mountains of Nanling.
The Taoist walked slowly along the winding mountain road, his expression was not surprised at all, and he seemed to know the topography of the mountains well.
Miao Mountain is not surprising among the 100,000 mountains that stretch in the South Mountains, and the reason why it is often mentioned now is that it has a name for its whereabouts, simply put, there are people living here.
Legend has it that a long, long time ago, there were few people in the Nanling area, not to mention the steep mountains in it, and often accompanied by poisonous snakes and beasts, clouds and smoke poisonous barriers, which were very unsuitable for living.
At that time, the indigenous population in the mountains was sparse, and they only relied on playing some mountain-jumping pheasants on the periphery of the mountains to live near the Sang River.
According to the oral tradition of Miao Village, the valley was originally an empty place hidden in the mountains. It's just that during the monsoon rains, the place rises with smoke and smoke for no reason, accompanied by strange roars, and everyone knows that there are some terrible beasts there, and where they dare to approach.
However, it is said that one day, a team of several people led by Hei Miao went into the mountains to hunt, and was led into the depths of the mountains by a mountain jump.
The man had been ill for a few days, and when he had recovered from his serious illness, he gathered the people together and told a story.
It is said that on that day he led people into the mountains to hunt, and after everyone was led into the mountains by the mountain jump, and after they were separated, he followed the mountain and jumped all the way, and came to an empty valley. The strange rocks in the valley are craggy, the large and small rocks are in different shapes, and when he enters the valley, the mountain jump has long been gone, and when he wants to turn around, he doesn't know how to get out, and after going around for half a day, it has gradually rained in the valley.
The rain came fiercely, and there was no sign of stopping for half a day, and when the sky was getting late, and the heavy rain was resting, it was the middle of the moon. Just when he was dazed and didn't know why, a low roar suddenly came from the other end of the valley, looking for a voice, only to see two huge red lanterns suddenly appear in the white mist of the mountain rocks in the valley, and before he could take a closer look, the huge head was revealed. When the clouds and smoke dissipated, when I opened my eyes, I saw clearly, a huge red snake as thick as a hugging tree was entrenched at one end, swallowing clouds and spitting fog, and turning into a moon.
Where had he ever seen such a formation, and he was so frightened that he fainted on the spot. I don't know how long it took, when he woke up slowly, a new moon was like a hook, shining on one side of the rock, the valley was bright and bright, the big snake had long since disappeared, and there was still half a shadow.
And beside the mountain and rock shrouded in moonlight where the red snake was entrenched before, there was an extra booklet out of thin air, lying there quietly.
As he shuddered and picked up the booklet, a memory came to mind for no apparent reason.
It turned out that the red snake claimed to have taken the form and ascended to the sky, and specially left this booklet to control insects and repel snakes to help them open up remote roads and reproduce here, so as to prove their merits.
Later, this mountain became Miao Mountain, and it also became the birthplace of the Five Immortal Sect, and that valley became the forbidden place of the Five Immortal Sect, the forbidden land of the Five Poison Divine Monarchs used for sacrifice.
And that booklet has been handed down to this day, and after the deduction of the descendants of the Five Immortal Sect in the past dynasties, it deserves to become the secret of the Five Immortal Sect, "The Hundred Gu True Scripture".
The Taoist smiled slightly, scoffing at these so-called rumors.
Such absurd rumors are just a means used by the remnants of the Five Immortals Sect to deter fools, and the purpose is nothing more than to make outsiders afraid of Miao Shan and not dare to easily set foot in the depths.
After walking for about an hour, the mountain road in front of me suddenly opened up, and a mountain gate built of rocks appeared in front of me.
The old man who admired the Xuanguan slowly walked up the stairs, and there was a cave behind the mountain gate.
The lush woods are full of life, where is the tragic appearance of everything in the Oblique Moon Valley before, overgrown with weeds, and all kinds of poisons to eat.
Look closely, the green mountains and green waters pass through the village, the old-fashioned paths and alleys are quiet, the rows of stilted buildings with gray and black tile roofs are lined up one after another, and the ancient trees in the distance are towering to the sky, and the terraced fields are going up the mountain in layers.
The bluestone embankments near the river are laid out one after the other, apparently as a place for the people who live here to wash their clothes.
A gravel path leads to the depths of the dense forest of layers of trees, and at the end of the path is a circular clearing ten meters square, and in the center of the clearing is a stone platform, with a boulder carved into a human shape.
The boulder carvings are lifelike, and the colorful clothes on his body have a strong sense of layering, and the folds on the clothes can even be seen in the delicate places. The strange thing is that there is a red flower snake next to the human-shaped standing stone carved from the boulder, and the body of the big snake carved from the boulder is exquisitely coiled, spinning up one by one, and a huge snake head that is vivid and vivid stands upright towards the sky, spitting out a letter as if it is swallowing clouds and spitting mist.
With the axis directly in front of the circular clearing, two other paths are divided.
One on each side of the east and west.
Forty-nine steps away from the stone platform, there is an ancient tree, among which the ancient tree in front of it is the thickest and strongest.
Each ancient tree has a large flag at its root, and it is of a different color.
The two sides are white and red, and the one directly in front of them is black.
When the Taoist walked past the mountain gate, his expression changed slightly, and such an interesting and pure place was still as desolate as he had seen when he came five years ago.
Not far ahead, there are several small buildings on stilts with doors and windows open, and from a distance, there are figures passing through the corridors. On the bluestone ladder by the river, several Miao girls are laughing and pounding clothes.
The old man walked slowly along the gravel path leading to the open space square deep in the dense forest, and when passing the stilted building, the Taoist looked into the building intentionally or unintentionally, and the figure in the small building seemed to feel the sight of outsiders, and when he saw the strange figure from a distance, everyone closed the doors and windows one after another, as if they had seen something extraordinary, and his demeanor was quite like a child who had not seen the living for a long time, cowardly and cowardly.
A few Miao girls in Huanyi by the river, some raised their heads, and when they inadvertently saw the figure on the side of the mountain gate, their expressions suddenly became panicked. She leaned on her shoulders against her companion, and after noticing something strange in the distance, for a moment everyone by the river hurriedly picked up their clothes and ran home.
As they approached the mountain path through which the man had passed, they covered their cheeks with veils and looked evasive, lest they should avoid it.
The Taoist frowned slightly, a little stunned.
Continuing along the path, you will soon come to the intersection of the circular square, and the round black pillars on both sides symbolize the entrance, and the stone platform in the middle of the square is the same, the pillars on both sides are carved with curved and coiled red snake patterns, and three flags of different colors are separated around the red snake, which happens to surround it, and looks like some kind of ancient sacrificial ritual.
The Taoist stood at the entrance of the black pillar stone, looked up at the stone carving, and after a while, the Taoist lost interest, twisted his beard with one hand, and carried the back with the other, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, and walked towards the stone platform.
The three ancient trees surrounding the stone platform are luxuriant, and the branches and iron trunks are winding together, exposing the stone platform directly below to the moonlight.
Whenever the moon is full, the moon is in the middle of the sky, a round of silver plate moonlight pours on the stone platform, and the handsome young man carved in the humanoid stone stands with a smile, just like an immortal standing in the moonlight waves, forgetting the vulgar when he sees it. And the red snake that is entwined and coiled, his eyes are smart, and the flowing moonlight is just like the finishing touch, as if he can come back to life at any time.
It's just that these scenes are rarely seen by outsiders, not to mention the 100,000 mountains that are isolated from the world, it is difficult for outsiders to enter, and even the Miao people who live in the local area are rarely able to see the vision here, let alone someone can perceive a bit of charm in it.
In Miao Village, the Xieyue Valley, which is worshiped as a god and the place where the Five Poison Gods are worshipped, is listed as a forbidden place, and it has always been forbidden for ordinary people to enter and exit, and all the vague impressions seem to be just from the old stories that have been passed down from generation to generation.
The three large flags planted at the roots of the three ancient trees are consistent with the stone carvings on the black pillar stone at the entrance, revealing mystery everywhere.
The Taoist stood still at the stone platform, and it would have been almost an hour since he arrived here, and if he was outside, he was afraid that the morning breeze had already passed the moment when the morning breeze was blowing and the wet leaves were dripping.
However, there is a big difference here, the three ancient trees in the natural shape are like three big umbrellas to cover the heavens, and the shaded square is particularly cool, especially at the central stone platform.
The Taoist stared at the stone platform, as if the cold morning dew had not dried, and the cold air on the lifelike folds of the stone platform's human-shaped clothes penetrated through the stone wall, gradually converging into streams of water droplets, slowly flowing down the hem. There are also water droplets on the top of the giant snake stone sculpture next to it, like a red snake dripping tears.
The old man stretched out a hand and slowly stroked the stone carving, raised his eyes to look at the sky, and pinched his fingers behind his back.
After a long time, the Taoist seemed to have finally determined the direction, turned his head to look at the direction of the side of the stone platform, frowned and muttered: "Wind and rain in the middle of the night, independent southeast, aggressive strange things, aggressive strange things..."
At this moment, overhead, a withered leaf swirled and fell from the air, swaying and moving with the wind.
Behind the ancient tree with a big black flag in front of him, a Miao man dressed in black carried a basket, and after glancing at the person at the stone platform in the center, he tightened the strap on his shoulders and retreated without saying a word.