Chapter 9 "The Sacred Mountain"
Early in the morning, Zhou Chenhai woke up from his sleep. What catches your eye is the quaint roof made of mahogany. He found himself lying on a wooden bed in a hut covered with a soft blanket.
He climbed out of bed and ran to the door to look out. Outside the door is a hallway with multiple branches that lead to an unknown place. The corridor shuttles in a large courtyard, with courtyard flowers and trees, ponds and rockeries. Sparrows are crying in the green trees, and carp are swimming in the pond, a scene full of life. If there are tourists, you can take a closer look at the corridor.
Although the scenery is good, the unfamiliar environment finally made Zhou Chenhai a little flustered. He shouted out the door, "Dad!"
After shouting Grandpa Li, he stopped.
"Grandpa is gone. Thinking of this, Zhou Chenhai sat by the door and sobbed quietly.
"Yo, ashamed or not, I shouted my father and mother early in the morning, and I was still crying here. ”
Zhou Chenhai stood up, looked at a boy slightly older than him in the corridor on the right, and said, "I didn't cry! ”
"It's pretty bad, I'm nosy, stinky boy, what can you do to me?"
Zhou Chenhai thought for a while and said, "I'm not a stinky boy, I'm not young anymore." ”
"Oh, how big can you be?"
"I'm thirty years old, and I have all my sons!"
"Haha, you can still have a son, where is he?"
"He's meddling!"
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"Begging for a beating!"
The boy rolled up his sleeves, walked towards Zhou Chenhai angrily, and raised his fist to hit him in the face.
Zhou Chenhai didn't panic, lowered his head and dodged, dodging the boy's fist. He swung his right fist and slammed it into the boy's chin.
"Ouch! it hurts! the sample is quite powerful! ouch!" Before he finished speaking, he was punched in the face by Chenhai again.
Zhou Chenhai relied on his flexible body and fought with the boy. The boy was slow, but he had a lot of strength. occasionally hit Zhou Chenhai, which also made him grin in pain.
The two refused to give in to each other, and they fought for half an hour, but they were both tired and collapsed on the ground. In the end, you can only pull my ears and I hammer your ass.
At this moment, a melodious ancient bell sounded not far away. The boy stood up with difficulty and said, "Master rings the bell to gather the disciples." Stinky boy, you wait, I will fight you again when I turn around. ”
With that, the boy left. Zhou Chenhai also staggered to his feet. After the fight, I suddenly didn't know what to do, so I stood there and sulked alone.
At this time, a young Taoist priest walked out from the depths of the courtyard, and he came to Zhou Chenhai and asked, "Are you awake, why do you have a blue nose and swollen face?"
Zhou Chenhai was still angry, and he didn't react for a while. When the Taoist priest saw that he did not answer, he did not pursue him.
"Don't talk about it. Master rings the bell and gathers, come with me. ”
Zhou Chenhai asked, "Where am I? How did I get here? Who are you, little brother?"
The Taoist priest smiled and said, "Follow me, I'll tell you as you go, don't delay the hour." ”
Zhou Chenhai thought that there was nothing to do to stay here, so he let the Taoist priest take him forward.
Passing through the criss-crossing corridors, I gradually left the courtyard. In front of you is a wide bluestone pavement flanked by large green cypress trees. The canopy is so large that it covers the top of the stone pavement, creating a natural semicircular vault. The sunlight pierced through the canopy, casting a fine layer of golden light.
The two walked along the stone road, and along the way, the young Taoist priest told Zhou Chenhai in detail about his experience after he fell into a coma. After hearing this, Zhou Chenhai realized that he had been taken up the mountain, and he was arranged by the head of the house to Xuanhuo Peak, and now he was going to take him to meet this master who had never met before.
The two chatted all the way, and after a while, they saw the end of the stone road. It was a large courtyard surrounded by white walls and red tiles, but there were no green trees and rockeries inside.
Through the large arch open in the middle, Chen Hai saw that there was a small square inside, and the square was already full of Taoist priests wearing Taoist robes, and there seemed to be hundreds of people. On the left and right sides of the square are red pavilions. In front of the square is a beautifully decorated temple, with three fiery red characters written on the lintel, Xuanhuo Temple.
The Taoist priest who came with Zhou Chenhai led him into the courtyard. Zhou Chenhai looked around curiously, and suddenly saw that the boy who had just fought with him was also standing among the Taoist priests, and he had already changed into a small Taoist robe at this time.
Zhou Chenhai was led through the square and stood on the side of the temple. There are several steps between the temple and the square, and at the top of the steps stand several Taoist priests with extraordinary bearing. In the middle, there is a finely made Taishi chair, and a middle-aged Taoist priest wearing a purple and gold Taoist robe who looks like he is in his forties is sitting on the chair. The middle-aged Taoist priest was talking to the Taoist priest beside him.
After a while, the middle-aged Taoist priest said loudly to the square: "A few days ago, there was a big battle at the foot of the mountain, and everyone must have heard of it. One of the belligerents is the demon demons who have disappeared for many years. ”
Everyone in the audience whispered when they heard it. At that moment, the middle-aged Taoist priest explained in detail the situation of the battle under the mountain. Hearing this, the Taoist priests in the audience were all filled with righteous indignation. Some Taoist priests also expressed sympathy when they heard that some people had been harmed by the demon world and had nowhere to go before they were brought up the mountain. Some also looked at Tatsumi.
The middle-aged Taoist priest ordered everyone to be quiet and continued: "This time the demon world has appeared, and the people under the mountain have suffered countless deaths and injuries. Although the demons were temporarily dispersed by my Fallen God Sect, they will inevitably make a comeback. Although the number of disciples on my Xuanhuo Peak is not as large as that of the other peaks, I also need to do my part in the Demon Elimination Guardian Path. ”
"Right now, the real person in charge has passed down the order, and each peak needs to send its disciples down the mountain to station. With Luoshen Mountain as the center, it is in charge of eight directions: southeast, northwest, southeast, southwest, northeast, and northwest. The disciples of Ascending Heaven Peak have jurisdiction over two directions, and the rest of the peaks have jurisdiction over one direction. In addition to daily patrols and protection of the people. If you find any changes in the Demon Realm, immediately send someone back to the mountain to report. ”
"My Xuanhuo Peak disciple is in charge of the southwest. Each of them led 10 blue-shirted disciples and 30 yellow-shirted disciples to take turns descending the mountain and stationed for three months. I'll leave tomorrow, so there's no mistake!"
Everyone agreed in unison.
Then, the middle-aged Taoist priest called Zhou Chenhai to the center, looked at Zhou Chenhai below, and said, "Child, what's your name?"
Zhou Chenhai said: "My name is Zhou Chenhai, uncle, what's your name?"
"Don't be rude!" shouted a Taoist priest standing nearby.
"It doesn't matter. The middle-aged Taoist priest smiled and said, "My name is Yankong, and from today on, I will be your master." ”
"You are my master, what are you going to teach me?"
"I have a lot of Taoist spells here to learn, and if you learn them, you can fly to the sky, you can prolong your life, you can do chivalrous deeds, you can be admired, and you will be famous for centuries. Would you like to, child?"
"Sounds great, but ...... But I want to go down the mountain to find my father. ”
"Oh, your father and mother are down the mountain?"
"I ...... I don't know where they are. After speaking, Zhou Chenhai had a sad expression.
Yankong pondered for a moment and said, "Child, you follow me to learn the Tao and practice spells, and if you learn well, I will accompany you down the mountain to find your father and mother in the future?"
"Really?"
"Naturally, take it seriously. ”
"Disciple Zhou Chenhai, meet Master!" he said and bowed to Yankong.
"Good boy, what a quick response. If it weren't for your cold physique, maybe you would be a capable disciple again. Yan Kong thought in his heart, and said, "Okay, okay, no courtesy." ”
Yan Kong raised his head and said to the Taoist priests in the square, "Xuanhuo Peak has not had any new disciples for several years. Today's enrollment of Chenhai is also a happy event. Xingyun, in the future, Chenhai will be in your team, and he will take care of it. ”
The Taoist priest named Xingyun replied, "Disciple obeys!"
"Congratulations to Master on accepting a new apprentice!" all the Taoist priests in the square replied in unison.
The sky is blue, the clouds are thinning, and a new life begins here.