Chapter 36: Sima Chengzhen

Yesterday's wind and rain lifted off several tiles on the roof, and the muddy water flowed down the cracks, which happened to stain the ancestral tablet that Liu Laodao had just cleaned up, and the turbid muddy water flowed down the offering table.

The stone swept the muddy water off the floor, found another rag, wiped the offering table, and then left only two rows of tablets wet with rain.

Before moving the tablet, the stone respectfully kowtowed four times in front of the table, then climbed onto the tablet, picked up the tablet and carefully wiped it one by one.

He took the tablet with Nan Jiyun written on it in his hand, and after wiping it, he stared at the tablet for a while.

I don't know what kind of person the master named Nan Jiyun is? Is he also an orphan like me? I heard that he is very strong in Taoism, but how did he fall off a cliff and die at a young age? Why was Master so surprised when he heard the name Panhua Goro, but he refused to tell me the reason? What is the connection between this?

The stone thought wildly, but there was no answer, and he respectfully put the tablet back in its place.

Sima Chengzhen, Shi picked up another tablet and said in his heart.

The stone wiped the tablet, and somehow remembered the scene when the Golden Flower Lady and Zhang Zhenren fought that night, she had been looking for her Wulang, and even risked being beaten by the Zhengyi Rune, what was the reason why she was not afraid of death? Death, everyone is afraid, everyone wants to live forever, and they all want to get the divine water of the seven-colored sweet spring, but if the Golden Flower Lady is allowed to drink the divine water alone to live forever, it is estimated that she will not want to die alone, right?

The stone held the tablet and was stunned, and the yin and yang qi in the body began to flow at some point, one cold and one hot, intersecting and rushing in the meridians of the stone's body.

Suddenly, a golden light flashed in front of the stone's eyes, and he saw the tablet in his arms shining brightly, so that the stone's eyes could not be opened.

"Ah, Master!" the stone screamed, opened his eyes again, and found himself outside, the breeze was blowing, the air smelled the fragrance of flowers and plants, in front of him was a high mountain, the top of the mountain was towering, the clouds were swirling, and not far away stood a stone tablet, on which were written three seal characters: Tiantai Mountain.

The stone roughly recognized these three words, was taken aback, looked at the tablet in his hand, was puzzled for a while, looked left and right, and could not find the way to come.

When the stone was confused, an old man came out from behind the stone stele, wearing a Xuanhuang Su silk robe, with a cloud crown on his head, holding a dragon tail dust, and walking towards the stone with a smile.

Shi Shi looked at the old Dao who walked in front of him, hurriedly gave a salute, and asked timidly: "Old immortal, what kind of place is this?"

Lao Dao walked to the stone and stood still, stroked his long beard, and said: "Stone apprentice, this is not another place, but a place where the poor road retreats, Tiantai Mountain." ”

"I, why did I come here?" Shi said in a daze, he was obviously still wiping the tablet on the table last moment, why did he come to Tiantai Mountain at this moment?

The old Taoist face is like a full moon, his eyes are like stars, shining with light, two thin eyebrows are bent like willow leaves, three strands of long hair, black as ink, his complexion is white, and he has the appearance of rejuvenation, he bowed slightly to the stone, and said with a smile: "Little stone, you forgot, it was you who called the poor road?"

"Ah, me?" the stone didn't understand his words.

Lao Dao pointed to the tablet in the hand of the stone with a dust, and said: "Sima Chengzhen is the cheap name of the poor road, and the poor road also has a road name, called 'Baiyunzi', the stone called the poor road a few times, and knocked on my tablet with a breath of aura, so the poor road came to see you." ”

"Ah, Sima, no, the ancestor is above, and he will be worshiped by the apprentice!" The stone hurriedly fell to the ground, and in a hurry, he dropped the tablet on the ground, hurriedly picked it up, and carried it in his arms, as if he had found a treasure.

"The stone doesn't have to panic, it is also fate for the teacher to come to see you, it is not just about the luck of the Maoshan faction, speaking of which, you will naturally know in the future." Patriarch Sima Chengzhen pulled up the stone and said.

"I, I don't quite understand. Shi lowered his head, not daring to look at the legendary Sima Patriarch, who was known as the Ten Perfection Daoist and the Daomen Emperor.

Sima Chengzhen nodded and said: "It's okay, the true meaning of the Tao is not a moment to understand, for the teacher to come to see you, there is one thing to entrust." ”

"What do you want me to do?" the stone couldn't believe his ears.

Sima Chengzhen nodded, shook off the dust, stood up straight, to the stone, but also to the blue sky, Zhengse said: "Maoshan faction since the three Mao patriarchs have achieved success, soaring in the mountains, Tao Hongjing of the Northern and Southern Dynasties has lived in seclusion in the mountains for decades, officially opened a sect in Maoshan, and after hundreds of years to the hands of the teacher, the teacher pious asked, the cold and summer are not easy, the Tao is inherited, I don't want to Nanjiyun's generation, suddenly suffer bad luck, the Taoist door has declined to this point, if the teacher does not help, how can I bear it?"

"I also know a little bit about Uncle Nan. Stone whispered.

Sima Chengzhen paused, frowned slightly, and continued: "Although it is said that it is inevitable to escape the catastrophe, it is all determined by heaven, but for the sake of the teacher, I would rather violate the rules of heaven than do my part for the teacher, otherwise I will be robbed and die in the future, and I will not be ashamed to see the ancestors of the past dynasties under the ruins." ”

The stone looked up at the patriarch, not knowing what the patriarch was going to say next.

"Stone. The patriarch called out solemnly.

"Disciple - Disciple Stone is here. Stone hurriedly replied.

"Your master Liu Guquan feels sorry for your young age and refuses to put you in danger, but for the teacher to know that you are an extraordinary person, for the hundreds of years of foundation of the Maoshan faction, for the teacher to ask you to go to the Valley of Flowers to find a thousand-year-old spirit, the golden flower lady, the qi of the Maoshan faction is on this spirit, you must find her, ask her to help rescue Nan Jiyun. ”

"Golden Flower Lady, oh, the stone knows. The stone fell to his knees reverently, "The stone must have fulfilled the trust of the ancestors." ”

"Remember, the Valley of Hundred Flowers is in the Elephant Mountain, fifty miles east of Longhu Mountain. ”

After that, Sima Chengzhen's face was solemn, nodded, the dust in his hand was raised, and a gust of wind was raised, and the stone was blown into the air, holding the tablet in his hand, struggling in the air, the wind suddenly stopped, the stone fell to the ground, and when he opened his eyes, he had returned to the apse, and his body fell from the offering table, and he sat on the ground, still holding the tablet in his hand.

Dragon Tiger Mountain, Falling Immortal Cliff.

Luoxian Cliff is a cliff in the northeast of Longhu Mountain, connected to the sky, the stone wall is like a brick, steep and slippery and difficult to climb, below is a dry stream, the rocks are piled up, and there are no traces.

Originally, this place was not called Luoxian Cliff, since Nan Jiyun was found to have fallen off this cliff and died, the Lingyun Guanmen gave this name here, as if they were nostalgic for the style of the Si people.

At night, there was a dark silence under the Luoxian Cliff, and the pale golden moon wheel quietly climbed out of the East Mountain, like a huge one-eye, emitting an unclear light, floating in the blue and black night.