Before Situ Qiao could speak, Yuan Jue was startled, and said in a trembling voice: "Man-eating fish......?

Li Qiufeng said: "When the master was in the Infinite View, had you ever heard of anything strange happening in this pool?"

Yuan Jue frowned and thought about it for a long time, and then said, "I haven't heard of strange things. Because of the war more than 100 years ago, not only the major gangs in the rivers and lakes knew that this waterhole was strange, but even the people of Wujiguan also stayed away from this waterhole. Because no one dares to approach the waterhole, even if something strange happens, we don't know. ”

Li Qiufeng nodded, and Yuan Jue continued: "After that battle, although the vitality of Wujiguan was greatly damaged, the master was empty. It's just that after this battle, Shaolin, Wudang, Huashan, Taishan and other famous and decent factions greeted the gangs in Wulin. The righteous path of martial arts was able to overthrow the Demon Sect in one fell swoop, and Wuji Guan made a great effort, and the sacrifice was quite great. In the future, if anyone wants to be unfavorable to Wujiguan, they will be the public enemy of martial arts, and all major sects will go all out to help without delay. With the support of the Shaolin and Wudang factions, no one dares to openly offend Wujiguan. If Wuji Guan was not the place where Kun Dao practice, I am afraid that it would have been ranked among the top ten sects of martial arts long ago. Just like Yongtai Temple, if it is not a nun temple, its ranking in the martial arts will definitely not be lower than that of the Taishan faction. ”

Situ Qiao said with a smile: "In this way, although Wujiguan has suffered heavy casualties, it is more than a loss." ”

Yuanjue Heshi said: "Fame and fortune are things outside the body, and the successive masters of Wujiguan are all Taoist real people with great wisdom, and they will not care about these vulgar Laoshzi. Let's go to Wuji Temple as soon as possible, don't delay the big thing. Li Daxia, what do you think?"

Although Li Qiufeng still had doubts about this pool, after thinking about it, the strange fish in this pool had nothing to do with it, so he should send Huang Xu to Wuji Temple as soon as possible, so that he could return to Luoyang. Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated, and said to Yuanjue: "But according to the master's orders." ”

Yuan Jue led everyone out of the waterhole and walked straight to the cliff on the left. From a distance, the cliff looks like a huge screen, and at first glance you can see the peaks behind the cliff that are exposed from the top of the cliff. It's just that the closer you go, the only thing left in front of you is this cliff, and you can't see the mountains behind you.

When everyone arrived at the bottom of the cliff, they saw a hole on the rock wall that was a few feet wide, and a grass hut was built on the right side of the cave, in which two female Taoist priests in their forties were sitting and talking in a whisper. Seeing everyone coming, the two hurriedly came out of the straw hut and stopped in front of everyone.

Yuanjue clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha." The poor monk came from the Kule Nunnery, and asked to see the real person of Yunxuan, the master of the Wuji Temple. Please ask the two Taoist elders to report on their behalf, and the poor monk is grateful. ”

The Taoist priest on the left nodded and said, "Master Yunxuan has already instructed that if there is a Master Yuanjue of the Bitter Happiness Temple, please ask the master to go to the Wuji Temple." Please wait here for the master and all of you, and go and inform the fellow disciples on the top of the cliff. ”

Yuan Jue thanked him, but saw the Taoist priest walk under a big tree next to the entrance of the cave, hold a rope hanging from the tree and gently pull it a few times. After a while, she let go of the rope and walked back, and said to Yuan Jue: "Poor Dao has notified the fellow disciples at the top of the cliff, please ask the master to go up along this stone cave." ”

At this time, another Taoist priest had already brought five torches to himself, and Huiqing waited for the nun to thank him, and then took the torches in his hand. The Taoist priest before took Yuanjue and the others to the entrance of the cave, stretched out his right hand and made a gesture of invitation. Yuan Jue clasped his hands together, thanked him, took a lit torch from Huiqing's hand, and led everyone into the stone cave.

The width and height of this stone cave are all zhang, and the cave wall is very smooth. The cave zigzags left and right, winding upward, each section has seventeen or eighteen stone steps, and then there is a small platform, and then it is bent diagonally in the other direction. Everyone went all the way up, walking thirty or forty zhang, but they heard Situ Qiao say: "This stone cave is so neatly repaired, the Demon Sect can dig such a passage in two days and one night, and the strength is really amazing." ”

Yuan Jue said in a deep voice: "Not really. It was indeed a great thing that the Demon Sect had dug such a stone cave back then. It's just that it wasn't so smooth back then, and in the past two hundred years, Wujiguan has also spent a lot of silver taels to continuously repair this stone cave. ”

She paused for a moment before she continued: "When the poor monks were in the Wuji Temple, they would invite a stonemason to repair this stone cave every year. Sometimes the court officials go to Yuntai Mountain to play, but they will also pass by this stone cave, and they will send people to help repair it. Although Wujiguan is a decent family, he does not dare to offend the government. ”

Although this cliff is not more than a hundred feet high, the stone cave is built in the stone wall, zigzag upward, and in terms of the distance, it is several times more than the road that goes straight up and down. Standing at the bottom of the cliff, it seems that the top of the cliff is only a hundred feet, but all the way, but it has walked more than two miles. By the time everyone saw the light coming through the entrance of the cave, everyone was sweating profusely.

Seeing that everyone was about to leave the cave, they saw a figure flickering at the entrance of the cave, and then someone said, "Is it Master Yuanjue, the abbot of Kule Nunnery?"

Yuan Jue stopped and said respectfully: "Poor monk Yuan Jue, come to Wuji Temple to meet the real person of the Guan Lord Yunxuan, and ask the Taoist to report on your behalf." ”

The man said loudly: "We have received the news from the Guanzhong, please go directly to the Wuji Temple after the master leaves the cave." ”

Yuan Jue led everyone out of the cave, only to see more than a dozen female Taoist priests standing tall and low at the entrance of the cave. In addition, there are several stone piles around the entrance of the cave, and there are 100 large stones. Li Qiufeng thought to himself: "This stone cave is twists and turns, although it is as wide as a zhang, it is not wide. If these Taoist priests guarded the entrance of the cave and threw the stone down from the hole, it would be extremely difficult for the people walking in the cave to dodge, and they would have to be smashed into meat sauce. Wujiguan did not set up a defense line in the waterhole, but guarded the entrance of this stone cave, but there was no flaw. ”

The top of this cliff is extremely wide, five or six zhang away from the entrance of the cave, but there is also a grass shed, but this grass shed is several times larger than the one under the cliff. The pillars of the straw shed are shiny and shiny, and it is obvious that they have been rubbed by many people. After the female Taoist priest led by Yuan Jue and the others to the grass hut, she said to Yuan Jue: "Wuji Guan is the old place where the master traveled, and if you want to come, you can know the way. I won't send the master to the poor road, please ask the master to go by himself. ”

When she said this, she looked at Li Qiufeng and Situ Qiao, frowned slightly, and said, "Since the master has lived in the temple, he also knows that the temple is a place for Kundao cultivation, and men have always been forbidden to enter. If these two gentlemen want to go to the Wuji Temple, I am afraid that it will be a little inconvenient. ”

Yuan Jue said: "These two donors just escorted us here. Not only these two gentlemen, but also the poor monks and these disciples, stopped when they arrived at the temple gate, and would not set foot in the temple. He also asked the Taoist chief to allow the two gentlemen to go to the Wuji Temple with the poor monks. ”

The man didn't say anything more, just nodded. Yuan Jue clasped his hands together, bowed slightly, and asked Huiqing and the others to hand over the torches to the Taoist priests, and then led everyone all the way to the north. After walking for dozens of zhang, he crossed the top of this cliff and descended more than ten zhang along a stone step, and a deep stream appeared in front of him. Although Yuanjue has not set foot in Yuntai Mountain for decades, he is very familiar with this place. She led the group along the stone path to the northwest, and the deep stream always meandered to the right side of the stone path. I could hear the tinkling of the mountain stream as it flowed, and the road was very pleasant.

After walking for half an hour, I faintly heard a dull roar. Huijing's temperament is the most active, but he encountered a strange danger on the shore of the pool, and the top of his head was scratched by the monster in the pool, and the pain was unbearable, so he didn't say anything all the way. By the time I got here, the wound was no longer painful, but my heart was not as frightened as it had been at the beginning. Hearing this roaring sound, he couldn't help but say to Yuan Jue, "Master, what is this sound?"

Yuan Jue smiled slightly and said, "Master won't tell you first, and if you walk for a while, you will naturally understand." ”

Huijing thought to herself: "Master is easy-going, not as temperamental as Senior Brother Huiqing. But she never joked with us, so why did she have a bit of banter in her eyes at this time? I think she is quite familiar with this voice, and it is really rare to have the heart to joke with us. ”

The crowd walked dozens of feet further, and the sound became louder and louder, and when it came to the end, it was already a loud "boom". Everyone was suspicious, and they didn't know what was going on, when they suddenly heard an "oops", but it was Huiwen's feet that slipped and fell to the ground. Fortunately, when her body landed, she propped up her right hand on the ground, so that she didn't fall into embarrassment.

Only then did everyone realize that the stone path under their feet was covered with water droplets, and it was extremely slippery. Huiwen was the youngest, and his martial arts were also the weakest, and his feet were unstable, so he fell. But I heard Huiqing exclaim: "Ah, it's really strange, why is there so much water and gas around?!"

It was already afternoon, and the sun was thin in the mountains, and there was a lot of moisture around them. Li Qiufeng stretched out his hand, stopped in front of him for a moment, and when he withdrew his hand, he felt that his palm was wet and uncomfortable. Situ Qiao muttered behind him, "Fuck, if you walk a few dozen steps, our clothes will have to be soaked." In this cold season, isn't it going to freeze all of us to death here?!"

Everyone knew that Situ Qiao's mouth had never said anything good, but it was not surprising, listening to him scolding, but no one paid attention to him.

After everyone turned a rock, a waterfall suddenly appeared in front of them. This waterfall flows straight down from a peak on the opposite side, and is more than 100 zhang high. The water fell and slammed violently, stirring the water at the bottom of the cliff and spreading out in all directions. Although everyone was two or three hundred feet away from the waterfall, the water vapor had already drifted over.

When everyone saw this waterfall so magnificent, they were stunned, and they couldn't help but stop and look at the waterfall silently. At this moment, a ray of sunlight shone through the gap in the mountain peaks on the left, enveloping the middle section of the waterfall and the waterhole at the bottom of the cliff. A moment later, a rainbow rose in front of everyone's eyes, reflecting the magic of the waterfall, which was magnificent and charming.

Yuanjue Heshi said: "Amitabha. This is the Yuntai Mountain Waterfall. The poor monk left Yuntai Mountain more than 30 years ago, and it was here that he took a last look back at the waterfall. It's just that the waterfall in front of me is still there, but it is no longer human, as if it is another world. ”

(End of chapter)