At noon, the sun was shining, and under a big tree next to the official road, there was a simple small tea stall. The branches of the big tree are luxuriant, the branches that stretch out are three feet away, and the little broken sun between the leaves is scattered to the ground, and there are several tables under the tree, in which five or six people have already been sitting, and a young man is draped in a towel on his shoulder, shuttling back and forth to greet guests, very diligent.

Feng Shuzhu was also among them, sitting at a table on the inside, drinking tea and listening attentively to the gossip of the people around him.

A rare breeze blew, causing the branches and leaves of the big tree to shake and make a slight noise, bringing coolness.

"Man, have a bowl of tea. A young woman's voice came.

The guy who was looking down to take care of the guests casually agreed, turned around and walked over briskly with a teapot.

Feng Shuzhu moved, looked over, but could not take it back. I saw a woman in white sitting at the table next to the road, combing her fringed hair, her skin was white like snow, her face was as cold as frost, holding a fairy sword, and the hilt of the sword was engraved with a branch of Han Lian (note: handan unopened lotus), which was the woman she met on the mountains and rivers outside the square that day.

Feng Shuzhu looked at it for a long time, and suddenly realized that he was actually broken by this woman's cold and glamorous temperament, only to feel that as soon as she walked in, the guests who were originally talking about drinking tea were also silent at this time, and the entire tea stall was quiet, and everyone seemed to be secretly paying attention to her every move.

The woman looked at ease, ignored everyone, slowly picked up the tea bowl, put it to her lips, took a sip of tea, and gently put it down, looking into the distance along the official road with a pair of beautiful eyes.

After a while, the other customers in the tea stall either rested enough, or finished drinking tea, and left one by one.

Under this big tree, only Feng Shuzhu and the young woman were left at this time. The woman seemed to feel something, turned her head slightly, glanced at Feng Shuzhu, seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then said to the guy who was collecting dishes and wiping the table: "Man, how to go to Luotian Mountain?" Although the voice was not loud, Feng Shuzhu heard it clearly, so he listened attentively.

"Oh, this girl, no...... Woman, two hundred miles forward along the official road is Luotian Mountain, but there is no inn in front of you, does the woman want to stay here temporarily, and leave tomorrow morning to go again?" the man stretched out his hand and pointed into the distance, and said enthusiastically.

When the young woman heard this, she did not speak, but stood up, threw down a few copper coins, and said with a cold face: "Thank you." Then he walked out of the tea stall and walked along the official road.

The man took the copper coin, put it in the pocket of his apron, looked at the figure of the young woman in the distance, looked at it for a long time, smiled bitterly, shook his head, and then leaned over and continued to wipe the table.

"Man, check out. Feng Shuzhu also threw down a few copper coins, got up and followed in the direction where the woman had gone.

The stunned tea stall guy behind him seemed to think for a long time, shook his head again, and said to himself: "What's wrong with this Luotian Mountain recently, I was a monk a few days ago, and today I am a woman and a scholar." ”

"Man, what are you muttering, quench your thirst with a bowl of tea. ”

The tea stall guy turned around and saw a young Taoist wearing a green sermon robe, a Taoist scarf on his head, and a black sword behind him, sitting down as he spoke.

The guy hurriedly greeted him with a smile and walked over, and said while pouring tea: "Master Dao, you won't be going to Luotian Mountain too." ”

The young Taoist priest took a big sip of tea, looked up at the man in deep surprise, and said, "What do you say?"

The guy laughed and said: "In recent days, I don't know what's wrong, first came to a monk to inquire about how to go to Luotian Mountain, and then a few reckless men came, and they also asked how to go to Luotian Mountain. As he spoke, the guy added another bowl of tea to his hand, and said with a smile on his face: "Master Dao, where are you going?"

"How to go to Luotian Mountain?" The young Taoist priest frowned, and his face was serious, obviously not joking.

The guy was stunned, his face froze, and he unconsciously exclaimed, "Huh?"

"How to get to Luotian Mountain?" the young Taoist priest repeated again, as if impatiently.

"Master Dao, you walk two hundred miles along the official road...... ," the man said with a smile when he saw this.

Before he could speak, the young Taoist priest drank all the remaining tea, threw down a few copper coins, got up and left, and after taking a few steps, he didn't look back and dropped another sentence: "Thank you!"

The tea stall guy looked dazed, his eyes withdrew from the background of the Taoist priest, looked at the copper coins on the table, scratched his ears and cheeks, looked in the direction of Luotian Mountain, and turned his head to the opposite direction and leaned in to look hard, as if he was sure that no one was coming, and then began to continue to clean up the dishes and chopsticks.

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The moonlight was bleak and fell on the dark town.

The only street in the town is also deserted and deserted. The ground was littered with broken doors and windows, collapsed masonry, and dead branches and leaves. The houses on both sides of the street, some of which still had traces of burning, wafted in the air with a miserable smell.

Feng Shuzhu stood at the end of the street, looking at everything in front of him, his expression was solemn, and the Luotian Mountain behind him was full of red light, and there seemed to be bursts of resentful spirits crying, miserable and miserable.

A golden brilliance broke through the sky and landed in front of Feng Shuzhu, revealing a young monk wearing a gray monk's robe, thick eyebrows and big eyes, with a burly figure, with eighteen Buddha beads wrapped around his wrist, except for the one carved with the Buddha's head in the middle, all of them were perfectly round, glowing with crystal sandalwood purple.

The young monk clasped his hands together and said in a voice like Hong Zhong: "Amitabha, the poor monk has seen the wind and the young man." ”

"The empty mage doesn't have to be polite. Feng Shuzhu retracted his gaze, sighed slightly, and continued: "Unexpectedly, this place is much more miserable than expected. ”

Master Kongxing put down his hand and said with a solemn face: "When the poor monk came, it was already like this, this two-faced Buddha acted ruthlessly and cruelly, as if he had the legacy of the Demon Sect's shadow and confusion. ”

Feng Shuzhu frowned slightly, turned around, looked at the top of Luotian Mountain, and said suspiciously: "I don't know what the situation is in the mountain." ”

"The whole Luotian Mountain has been enveloped by the red light, these days of observation, this red light can go in and out, occasionally birds and beasts strayed into the mountain, there is no difference when entering, once out of the red light was injured, the whole body festered and died in a few days. Master Kongxing said as he pointed to the Luotian Mountain.

"Being able to cover the entire mountain, and for so long, without being affected by the geography of the heavens, this double-faced Buddha's ability is indeed extraordinary, has Master Kongxing heard of this person?" Feng Shuzhu stared at Luotian Mountain Road.

Hearing this, Kong Xing shook his head and said: "The poor monk is lonely, I have never heard of this person, he is a little reclusive Demon Dao master, otherwise how could he have such great ability." ”

Feng Shuzhu retracted his gaze, looked at Kongxing, and said: "If this is the case, then the two-faced Buddha is here to mobilize the people, with great fanfare, what is the intention?"

Kong Xing nodded slightly, and said slowly: "The poor monk faintly feels that everything that happened here should be related to the Demon Sect's shadow confusion. ”

Feng Shuzhu's eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "How can you say this? ”

Kong Xing took a small step to the side, turned his head again to look at Luotian Mountain shrouded in red light, and said worriedly: "The Demon Sect Shadow Confusion wants to take advantage of the two hundred years of earthly vein changes to break the ground, and its powerful subordinates in the past will definitely prepare in advance, and this should be a kind of mutual indication." ”

Feng Shuzhu pondered for a moment, and then said: "Then I don't know that among the subordinates of the Demon Sect in the past, there is a person like a double-faced Buddha?"

Kong Xing retracted his gaze and said: "Before going down the mountain, I listened to the master and the Venerable Master, there was no such person as the Double-faced Buddha among the powerful subordinates of the Demon Sect in the past, but the Demon Sect has many followers, and it has been regarded as the master of the Demon Dao for hundreds of years. ”

Feng Shuzhu thought for a long time before he said, "Behind this double-faced Buddha, is there still a demon master to guide you?"

Kong Xing recited a Buddha name, shook his head and said: "The poor monk has no way to judge this matter, but according to the situation shown by the red light, there must be a master of the demon path here, but the poor monk's junior brother Kong Ming has sent the poisoned birds and beasts back to the temple, and asked the master to recommend it to the master." ”

Feng Shuzhu nodded, and said, "I don't know what the double-faced Buddha has done recently?"

Kongxing turned to look at the town and sighed: "The townspeople within a radius of dozens of miles are all caught up the mountain by him, and occasionally they patrol the mountain, or take laborers down the mountain to carry wood, and there is no other vision. ”

Feng Shuzhu said: "But I don't know if Master Kongxing has had any encounters with the demons on the mountain since he came?"

Kongxing stood with one hand, recited a Buddha name, and said with guilt: "The poor monk is powerless to break this red light, and the demon can only retreat from this." ”

Feng Shuzhu frowned slightly, and said, "The mage is here, did he make an appointment with other sword immortals in the righteous path?"

Kong Xing put down his hand and said: "Before going down the mountain, the master had explained that in addition to the young man of the wind, the Kongjue Temple had also sent people to Guiyun Temple to inform the Xuan Qing people. ”

Feng Shuzhu nodded slightly, pondered for a long time, and said, "I don't know, what is the plan of the empty mage?"

Master Kongxing glanced at Feng Shuzhu, turned to Luotian Mountain again, and said slowly: "The magic power of the double-faced Buddha is unfathomable, and the demons and demons are looking for power to gather here, and there are a large number of people. ”

When Feng Shuzhu heard this, he pondered for a while, and said, "I don't know how many demons there are in the mountains?"

"According to recent observations, there are no less than 100 demons who have come here to defect to the Double-Faced Buddha. ”

When Feng Shuzhu heard this, his brows furrowed, and he said, "I wonder when Master Kongming will be able to return?"

"Seven days at the earliest. After speaking, he looked into the distance and was silent.

Feng Shuzhu also pondered, and after a long while, he said, "Where does the Empty Journey Mage stay?"

Hearing this, Kong Xing pointed to the side and said, "The poor monk temporarily settled in a small temple, not far down this town. ”

"Okay, then let's wait for a few days, wait for Feng to investigate the situation here, and if you find it, go to the small temple to meet the mage. Feng Shuzhu said slowly.

"That poor monk is one step ahead, and Feng Shaoxia must be cautious. After saying that, the Kongxing Mage had already turned into a golden light and flew in the direction of the small temple.

After seeing the empty mage go away from the sky, Feng Shuzhu looked up at the starry sky, identified the next direction, his face sank like water, and walked alone to the mountain road by moonlight.

The road was very quiet, only occasionally heard a few insect chirping in the grass, but the closer I got to Luotian Mountain, the more I felt a sinister aura wafting in the air, and this aura was so strong that Feng Shuzhu also began to frown, and an emerald green fluorescence in his sleeves began to flow incessantly.

Looking up, you can see the red light in front of you faintly, this red light comes from the top of Luotian Mountain, the whole mountain is shrouded in it, although it is night at this time, but under the red light, the grass and trees on the mountain are clearly visible, the breeze passes, the grass and trees are swaying.

Suddenly, there was a slight sound in the depths of the grass. Feng Shuzhu looked at it, but it was a big toad, with black and white skin, side patterns, many protruding bumps on its back, two bulging eyes on the top of its head, and a wide and big mouth.

After the big toad landed, it seemed to feel illuminated by the red light, so it was stunned in place and motionless, Feng Shuzhu carefully observed, the big toad did not appear abnormal, was thinking about it, the big toad turned around again, crawled to the red light, only climbed two steps, and then the hind legs forced, "whoosh", and jumped up again, but at the moment of passing through the red light, the body of the big toad made a slight cracking sound, and after landing on the ground, it paused for a long time as if injured, and then slowly crawled away.

Since the red light jumped out, there were obviously several ruptured wounds on the skin of the big toad, flowing with black liquid, as if poisoned, and with a slight fishy smell.

Feng Shuzhu was thinking, and suddenly a human voice came from the front.

"They are merry in the mountains, and let our brothers keep vigil and patrol the mountains. ”

Hearing this, Feng Shuzhu's figure disappeared into the woods for a while.

"Yes, the entire Luotian Mountain is covered by the Seven Evil Heavenly Luo Mirror, but the big boss is still not at ease. ”

I saw two monks wearing red monk's robes and showing their breasts complaining as they walked.

"Hey, there seems to be a figure in front of me. One of the short monks pointed in the direction of Feng Shuzhu.

"Where, where?" the tall monk craned his neck and looked closely.

"In the woods in front of her, it seems to be a woman in green clothes. The short monk said thoughtfully.

"Smack".

With a crisp sound, the tall monk slapped the short monk's bald head, and said angrily: "Do you want women to be crazy, where are women in this barren mountain and wilderness, besides, don't all the women in the vicinity catch the mountains and go up." ”

The short monk touched the beaten bald head, and muttered with a look of grievance: "I obviously saw it." ”

The tall monk pulled him and said, "Okay, okay, we're going back to the mountain to change shifts, it's really tiring to walk this circle" After speaking, he didn't care about the short monk, only to turn around and walk towards the mountain.

The short monk stretched his neck and looked at the woods for a while before turning around and chasing after him, not forgetting to look back twice as he ran.

The figures of the two monks quickly disappeared on the dark mountain road, and the wind and bamboo flashed out of the forest, nodded slightly, the corners of their mouths rose slightly, and they looked at the trees above with the corner of their eyes, but did not speak.

Suddenly, the branches and leaves in the forest moved, and a young Taoist wearing a green sermon robe, a Taoist scarf on his head, and a black sword on his back flashed, smiling, arching his hand to Feng Shuzhu, and said: "Poor Dao Jingchenzi, I have seen Feng Shaoxia." ”

Feng Shuzhu was slightly stunned, and immediately replied: "Jingchen Zi Daoist doesn't need to be polite. ”

The young Taoist who called himself Jingchen Zi arched his hand again and said, "Poor Dao is ordered by the family master Xuan Qingzhen to come here to explore Luotian Mountain. ”

When Feng Shuzhu heard this, he hurriedly returned the salute and said: "I want to go to Xianshan to visit the real person, I don't want to be delayed by the affairs here, dare to ask the real person is always good?"

"Thank you Feng Shaoxia for your concern, everything is fine with the family teacher. Before going down the mountain, the family teacher had a letter, and the poor road was sent to the young man's house near the small building, I don't want to meet here, save a lot of feet, please Shaoxia look at it. Jing Chenzi said, took out a letter and handed it to Feng Shuzhu.

After Feng Shuzhu took the letter, he began to read it, nodded his head, and put it in his sleeve after reading it, and said to Jing Chenzi: "Xuan Qing Zhenren really expects things to be like a god, the letter mentions the gathering of demons on Luotian Mountain, and the person headed by the person should be the Faun under the shadow of the Demon Sect to make Yan Shutian, this demon lord has an innate magic weapon called the Seven Evil Heavenly Luo Mirror, which is extremely powerful. ”

"I don't know what the wind young man is going to do? Jing Chenzi asked with concern.

"Xuan Qing Zhenren said in the letter that he had written to the Venerable Master of Kongjue Temple to discuss the method of cracking, and all factions here should not act rashly. Feng Shuzhu's last sentence was particularly raised in tone, as if he was afraid that Jing Chenzi would not be able to hear clearly, so he paused for a moment before he continued: "Does the Taoist have a place to stay here?"

"Poor Dao also just arrived today, and I learned at the tea stall that there was a scholar dressed as a chivalrous man, and he thought it should be a young man, so he chased him all the way to the sword, and sure enough. Jing Chenzi smiled heartily after speaking.

Feng Shuzhu was just about to talk, but when he heard a golden light in the air break through the air and fall in front of the two, a burly young monk wearing a gray monk's robe appeared, and he put his hands together and said: "Jingchenzi Daoist friend has not seen you for many years, why do you only remember Feng Shaoxia and forget the poor monk." ”

Jing Chenzi looked at it, and hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "It turned out to be an empty mage, and the poor road has been courteous." ”

The Empty Master laughed and said, "The Dao Master is serious. ”

Feng Shuzhu smiled and said, "I didn't expect to be able to meet the sword immortal masters of the two major sects of the righteous path today. ”

Jing Chenzi nodded slightly, but immediately said: "Today, the Righteous Dao Sword Immortal is originally a major sect, but the Water Moon Palace has been declared a forbidden place in the Three Realms, and few of its disciples have entered the world. ”

Master Kongxing continued: "This time coincides with the Demon Sect's Shadow Confusion breaking through the ground for two hundred years, I am afraid that there is no place in the world that can stay out of the matter, not to mention that the destruction of the Demon Sect Water Moon Palace back then was also a pillar force. ”

Feng Shuzhu nodded and said: "Shuiyue Palace has always only accepted female disciples, and the Taoism is unique, there should be many inconveniences, and the powerful relationship between them is beyond the comprehension of my generation." ”

When Kong Xing and Jing Chenzi heard this, they both nodded in agreement.

"Where do the two Taoist friends stay, why don't you go down the mountain with the poor monk for the time being, and go to the small temple together to discuss again?" said Master Kongxing.

"It's okay to be poor, I don't know what to do with the young man's intentions?" Jingchenzi said.

Feng Shuzhu said with a smile: "There should be no other news to check today, you and I should go back to the small temple for the time being, and make plans tomorrow." ”

With that, the three of them went down the mountain together.

Behind him, the moonlight is like water, gently illuminating, the gradually rising mist entangles the deep night, in the forest bowl about floating, hazy forest, slowly walked out of a woman dressed in white, holding a fairy sword, silently looking in the direction of the wind and bamboo and other three people down the mountain.