Ergou has dark skin, a thin body, and a pair of dark and bright eyes that look very energetic. Dressed in coarse linen clothes with patches, he sat on a boulder on the edge of the cliff, looking at the endless mountains in front of him, looking in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

Ergou's real name is Ye Fan, just because when he was born, his body was thin and weak, and he was also weak and sick when he was a child, and his father was afraid that he would not be able to live, so he gave him a cheap nickname, there is a superstitious saying in the village, the more cheap the nickname is, the easier it is to get God's mercy, and the easier it is to feed.

Ergou's family originally lived in Qingshan Village at the foot of Qingshan, but because Ergou was born on the night he was born, a thunderclap suddenly fell from the originally clear sky, and under this split, the house collapsed, that is, at that moment, Ergou fell to the ground.

Fortunately, all three of them survived, but the superstitious villagers thought that Ergou was an ominous person, who was born to cause thunder, and also unbiased to knock down their house.

Since then, the villagers have proposed to the village chief to drive the Ergou Taamen family out of Qingshan Village, or drown the Ergou family to sacrifice to the sky, the Ergou family was ostracized by the villagers, of course, the father will not drown his own flesh and blood, forced by the pressure of the villagers, moved out of Qingshan Village in a fit of anger, built a few wooden houses on the mountainside of Qingshan, and raised Ergou.

Ergou is fifteen years old this year, he often envies the children of Qingshan Village, especially people of the same age as him, most of them have talked about marriage, or have already been married, and some have even become biological children, and he does not say that he is a dignified person but not an ugly person, on hunting is perennial in the mountains has already practiced one-handed hunting skills, don't look at the fifteen-year-old he has already been compared to some hunting experts in the village, on reading and literacy, he does not say that he is only eight buckets high, but he can be regarded as knowing a lot of words, he is confident that he knows more words than the village chief.

can think that he is so good, but no one comes to the door to propose, all because the house was struck by lightning when he was born, he is considered to be a person who does not want to propose, let alone propose, so far the people in the village are afraid to avoid their family, and there are still people who come to the door to propose.

"Squeak, squeak..."

Just as he was thinking about it, a faint squeaky sound came from the jungle not far behind him, and the second dog immediately got up and turned to walk towards the jungle behind him.

Picking up the weeds and branches, as he expected, the pheasant was struggling to break free from the trap under his feet.

Ergou laughed, lifted the pheasant, looked at a looming temple on the top of Qingshan Mountain, which was blocked by the shade of trees, and muttered in his mouth, "The old Taoist priest is really blessed." ”

After speaking, he walked along a path covered with weeds in the direction of the temple.

Seeing that the temple on the top of the mountain was not far from him, he knew that on this mountain road, if he didn't walk quickly, it was estimated that he would have to walk for most of the day.

Ergou has been extremely smart since he was a child, and when he was very young, he knew that his parents were kicked out of Qingshan Village because of him, and the only person in the entire Qingshan who helped their family was the old Taoist priest in the temple on the mountain.

The temple was originally called Qingshan Temple, according to the two dogs, the old Taoist priest said, Qingshan Temple was originally a big temple within a radius of 100 miles around Qingshan, worshiped by people within a radius of 100 miles, but then I don't know what the reason, the temple was lonely, the word Qingshan on the plaque of the three words of Qingshan Temple in front of the gate has disappeared, and now there is only a crumbling temple word left.

Looking at the dilapidated gate, and the two pillars in front of the door full of years and years have decayed, Ye Fan lifted the pheasant and walked in from the side door, not that he didn't want to go to the main gate, but because the main gate was too big, it took a lot of effort to open it, not to mention, and it hadn't been opened for a long time, and I didn't know if it would collapse if it was opened.

Walking through the side door, you can see the weeds and leaves everywhere on the ground, all of which are almost primitive, which shows that there are very few people who usually come here.

Bypassing the weeds, passing through many cobwebs along the way, making his already patched clothes look even more dirty, and finally came to the main hall of the temple, where this stone statue stands, and the stone statue is not carved by a Buddha or a Bodhisattva, but by an unknown person.

The stone statue is more than two feet tall, looking up at the sky, with both hands behind his back, holding a stone scroll in his right hand, the body of the stone statue has been somewhat weathered, the color can not be seen, and the face is a little unclear, and it looks more like a mud made of general, as long as the stone scroll held in the right hand does not seem to be weathered, and the color is much lighter than other parts.

It's as if it wasn't carved from the same stone.

Under the stone statue, an old man with gray hair and a kind face, a long beard, even the sides of his eyebrows were half a foot long, both of which were gray, his eyes were closed and his knees were crossed on a futon, and his mouth was full of words, and he did not know what he was saying.

"Old Taoist, old Taoist, look what I have brought you," Ergou said in a cheerful tone, sitting on a shabby wooden chair and throwing the pheasant in his hand on the ground.

Seeing the old Taoist priest's reaction, Ergou was puzzled, walked towards him, and before he got closer, he heard his slight snoring, and thought he was chanting, Ergou was speechless for a while, and muttered in his mouth, "It's really old, you can fall asleep while sitting." I am also hungry and not afraid of colds. ”

After speaking, he shook his head, walked to the back of the stone statue, opened a secret secret cabinet under the stone statue, and took out a piece of animal fur sewn clothes from the dark cabinet, the clothes were woven by his mother for the old Taoist priest, and the fur was the prey fur hunted by the two dogs.

"Knock, knock. Boom..."

There was a bounce sound, and a bead fell to the ground as the fur coat was pulled out of the dark closet, making a crisp sound.

"What is this?" Ergou squatted down and picked up the beads, the beads were red, like mud pills that had been less fired, the size of a thumb, very rounded, not heavy, only the weight of an ordinary egg.

I can't see anything special about the beads, the second dog put it in his arms, ready to wait for the old Taoist priest to wake up and ask him, he thinks that the grass and trees in the temple, the old Taoist priest's stitches and threads, everything here he is clear, it can be said that since he was a child, the most place where he lived was in this temple.

When I was a child, because of my own reasons, I was originally a popular hunting expert in the village, but no one in the villagers was willing to go into the mountains to hunt with my father, hunting in the mountains is not a matter of one or two days, and it takes ten days and half a month to be lucky, if you are unlucky, you may not be able to hunt prey for a month, so if you go into the mountains alone, you will not take care of it day and night, and it is easy to have an accident, so the mother will accompany her father into the mountain, and the two will take care of each other.

At that time, the village isolated their family, there was no way, the parents had to put the two dogs in the temple and let the old Taoist priest take care of one or two, it can be said that in addition to his parents, the old Taoist priest was his closest person.

He helped the old Taoist priest up, carefully placed him on the wooden chair to prevent him from falling asleep, covered his fur coat on his body to prevent him from getting cold, and after doing all this, he grabbed the dying pheasant on the ground and walked out of the hall.

Walk out of the main hall, come to the back kitchen, skillfully pluck the pheasant and remove the internal organs, chop it into pieces with three or two knives, find a little dried mushroom, put it into the pot together, and light it to stew.

After lighting the fire, put a few large firewood into the stove, looked around, there are still a lot of firewood, but there is not much water in the water tank, the second dog walked to the water tank, picked up the bucket, pinned the axe for chopping wood on his waist, went out, let the firewood in the firewood stove burn.

The old Taoist priest is old, the body is not as good as before, whether it is the food he eats, or the firewood burned, or the water he eats, and even the clothes he wears are sent by the two dogs, usually he will go to the temple two days before he wants to go into the mountains to hunt, send some food to the old Taoist, chop some dry firewood, and fill the water tank with water, and the care of the old Taoist priest is not meticulous but also a good care.

What made him feel strange was that he only went up the mountain to fill a jar of water two days ago, how could it be that after only two days, the water in the jar bottomed out, and it stands to reason that the average old Taoist priest can use a large jar of water for more than half a month.

Fortunately, I came up from the mountain today, otherwise the old Taoist priest was afraid that he would die of thirst in the temple. Because it is on the top of the mountain, the place to carry the water is also far away, and I am afraid that he will not be able to carry it by his age.

Until the evening, the two dogs carried a large bundle of dry firewood on their backs and a bucket full of water on their shoulders, and when they returned to the temple, they smelled a smell of meat wafting from the main hall.

Putting down the dry wood and burden, he trotted all the way to the main hall, only to see the old Taoist priest sitting on a wooden chair, with a large bowl of chicken soup and a wine bowl on the table, and chicken bones everywhere on the ground.

"Hey, old Taoist, you're welcome, just eat quietly!" Ergou shouted, found a rickety wooden stool, sat opposite the old Taoist, and took a sip of the wine bowl on the table without any politeness.

"Eh, stinky boy, leave me some," the old Taoist priest saw it, hurriedly grabbed his hand, and snatched the wine bowl back from his hand.

"Hmph, if I hadn't stolen my father's wine for you, would you still have to drink it?" Ergou was dissatisfied with the wine bowl being robbed, picked up a piece of chicken from the chicken soup with chopsticks, ate it in his mouth, and said vaguely.

"Yes, yes, I thank you, don't you also say that it was stolen for me, you still drink, you also know, the old man, it is not easy for me to be alone in the mountains, I think back then, the old Taoist I fed you with a handful of and urine, and I went into the mountains to carry water and chop firewood alone, and now I am cold, if I don't drink some wine, I can't sleep at night," the old Taoist priest said and showed a pitiful look.

"I really doubt that you are a true Taoist, not only eat meat but also drink, and chant scriptures like a monk all day long," for the pitiful appearance of the old Taoist, Ergou looked disdainful, this old Taoist priest can't do anything else, he will fool people, and he will fool people one by one, which makes people unguardable, so many years, he has already touched the character of the old Taoist priest thoroughly.

"How many times have I told you, don't always make stew, the wine is not delicious, get some roasted, fried, and braised well," the old Taoist priest said, while picking up chopsticks and fishing for chicken in the bowl one by one, one and two pieces, one in the left and right hands, looking at his appearance for fear that the second dog would rob him.

"You stinky Taoist priest is embarrassed to say, who insisted on eating roast hare last time, and ended up with a toothache for half a month? I was scolded by my mother when I shouted, and I haven't told you yet, but that time my father almost beat me, saying that I shouldn't make such a hot thing for you to eat, if I eat too much, I can't afford that responsibility!" Ergou glanced at the old Taoist priest with disdain and took a sip of wine.

Because the old Taoist priest took care of their family when they were young, the family had special respect for the old Taoist priest, especially the father, every time he came up the mountain, he had to bring a lot of delicious food, and the mother was the same, knowing that the father or the second dog was going up the mountain, he would always let them bring some warm clothes or some herbs.

The old Taoist priest gnawed on the chicken bones vigorously, as if he didn't hear it, and made a chirping sound.

"By the way, didn't you just come here two days ago, why did you come here again today?" the old Taoist priest suddenly asked.

"Hey, don't say it, it's not because there is news from the village that it is a sect called Wangyun Sect, and it also says that it is an immortal cultivation sect that wants to come to the village to recruit disciples who are only seen between the ages of ten and sixteen.

When my father heard about this, he wanted me to try it, maybe I could enter the Immortal Gate. Ergou said that he and his father were going to go into the mountains to hunt in the past two days, so he only came up to the mountains two days ago.

"Hey, hey, Wangyun Sect, is it going to recruit disciples once in ten years..."After the old Taoist priest heard about this, a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face, as if he had found gold and silver, extremely obscene, and the two dogs who looked at it were hairy.