The valley is surrounded by cliffs on all sides, and only a narrow mountain pass can communicate with the outside world.

Here, you don't see the sun all year round. Most of the seemingly lush vegetation is from the underworld, and there are very few mortal creatures in the woods.

It's a world that lives in the shadow of the mountains, and it's only a few hours of the day that are daylight. And even in the daytime, it looks like the dawn everywhere else, the only difference is that the sky above is eternally blue.

On days of recuperation, the monkey always likes to sit in the yard and look up at the sky, staring at the tumbling clouds.

I think about it, since I learned somersault clouds, I haven't been able to fly freely once.

What would it be like to be free to travel freely among the clouds?

When I came to Youquan Valley, six days had passed in a blink of an eye.

In these six days, Lu Liugui was as passionate as a young man in love, leaving early and returning late every day, planning the town he longed for, which belonged to the monsters. Yue Chao was not in such a good mood as him, and he also went out early and returned late, but he was tired of treating the wounded.

There is no shortage of all kinds of materials in the Youquan Valley, but it is impossible to refine so many healing pills to prepare, Yue Chao is the chief disciple of the second generation of the three-star cave of the slanting moon, his alchemy and medical skills are naturally undoubted, but it is a pity that the strong medical skills of alchemy do not mean that the speed is fast, and in the face of as many as seven hundred wounded, he is also numb in the scalp.

In this way, after only three days, he was exhausted, and the success rate of alchemy dropped rapidly. For this reason, Yang Chan, who is responsible for the care of the monkeys, also had to intervene to help.

And this joining, the Yue Dynasty found that Yang Chan's thousand-year-old military career was really not in vain, although in terms of the attainments of alchemy alone, she may not be as good as the Yue Dynasty who soaked in the Dan room every day, but refining ordinary pills, Yang Chan is not only fast, has a high success rate, and the quality of the refined Dan is good.

It was only at this time that the Yue Dynasty and the monkey knew that Yang Chan, who was not in charge of affairs on weekdays, was in charge of the logistics of Yang Jian's Guanjiangkou army before entering the three-star cave gate of the oblique moon, and even in the entire heavenly army sequence, he was the number one military doctor in the platoon.

This can't help but make the monkey who has nothing to do and lies on the couch every day begin to fantasize about what the beautiful Yang Chan will look like in battle armor, but unfortunately he can't imagine it.

Since Yang Chan joined the medical team, Dajiao was pulled to work as a helper, and the short mouth was still hiding in the room and was silent, and the monkey, who had gradually improved, suddenly became extremely lonely, and when he opened his eyes every day, what he saw was nothing more than the little fox demon and the sunspot, otherwise, it was Lu Liugui who ran over to sell him all kinds of unbelievable ideological and political ideas.

The days go by day by day, simple and boring, rare comfort. On the sixth day, the monkeys, who had nothing to do and enjoyed the short daylight in the valley, suddenly heard a song of zither.

"Are there any of us in this pile of monsters who can play the zither?" the monkey couldn't help laughing.

This big gang of monsters, plus two more people, will be calculated, and Yang Chan and Yue Chao may play the zither.

Yue Chao estimated that he didn't have time, if he was free, why not hurry up and find a place to sleep? Even when the monkey asked him to go to see Youquanzi together, he only lost one sentence: "Uncle Youquan said, we will naturally meet when we should meet." "Even if it's over, let alone playing the guzheng?

As for Yang Chan, she wouldn't feel strange even if she used blood droplets to fight monkeys, but she really couldn't imagine what it would be like for her to play the guzheng.

Closing his eyes, the monkey lay leisurely on a chair in the courtyard and listened quietly.

At first listen, the monkey never caught the melody from the sound, and even thought it was a random play. After a long time, after listening carefully, I found that the sound of the piano was as clear as flowing water, like a breeze blowing on the face, which made people feel refreshed and happy, and a mood of detachment from things arose.

After listening for a long time, the monkey opened his eyes, picked up his cane, and walked to the sound.

Along the way, the monkey saw several monsters greeting him, and wanted to ask who was stroking the qin, but after careful questioning, he found that they couldn't hear any sound at all, which couldn't help but make the monkey surprised.

"Could it be that I went to the God Refining Realm and my hearing took a leap?" he thought.

Following the sound, out of the town, around the winding path, through a small forest, he came to a bamboo forest.

In the bamboo forest swaying in the wind, there is a clear pond, and by the pool, there is a bamboo hut, and there is a pavilion in front of the house.

In the gazebo, a white-haired old man closed his eyes and stroked the piano, his white clothes trembling slightly in the breeze.

"This should be the second senior brother Youquanzi. The monkey thought.

When he got closer, he found that the other party was still concentrating on stroking the piano with his eyes closed, and he didn't mean to get up to say hello.

Since you're here, you can't just leave without saying hello, right? It doesn't seem appropriate to interrupt.

Taking a deep breath, the monkey sat down on a half-exposed rock on the ground next to him, put his cane aside, and listened quietly with a bow.

The breeze blows, the bamboo leaves rustle, and the pond ripples. Under the sound of the piano, which is as light as clear water, there are strange birds and beasts in the forest who stop and listen.

Clouds in the sky flow slowly.

The one qiē here is exceptionally quiet and isolated.

I just listened quietly, and before I knew it, an hour had passed.

Plucking out the last note, Youquanzi quietly put his hands on the piano, and his expression seemed to be still reminiscing.

The monkey woke up suddenly, and hurriedly said, "Wukong greets the second senior brother." ”

"You've been sitting for a long time, haven't you?" Youquanzi smiled faintly, took out a roll of linen cloth from his wide sleeves and spread it on the zither, and then shook his sleeves and stood up. All the while, he didn't open his eyes.

Taking a deep breath, he sighed: "The brothers and sisters all say that you have a wild temperament, and when you see you today, it may not be in my opinion." The person who can sit quietly and listen to my song is wild, and there is also a degree. At least, the third junior brother doesn't have this kind of heart. ”

Senior brother smiled. The monkey grinned, and his gaze kept staring into Youquanzi's eyes.

The second senior brother had hardly heard the wind chimes mention, and it seemed that even she had never seen it, and the monkey knew very little about Youquanzi's affairs.

Yuquanzi, who closed her eyes tightly, seemed to have noticed something, pursed her lips and smiled, walked to the side of the monkey step by step, and sat down slowly.

Along the way, the monkey found that although his eyes were closed, he had never made a mistake.

Stretching out his hand and patting the monkey's shoulder, Youquanzi said, "The first time you came to my Youquan Valley, have you been used to living in the past few days?"

"Habit is habit, it's just bothering senior brother. ”

Youquanzi waved his hand: "Between fellow disciples and brothers, what are you talking about? ”

The monkey scratched its head in embarrassment.

According to what Yue Chao said, this second senior brother should be quiet or not.

Rolling up his sleeves, Youquanzi took out a roll of bamboo slips and handed it to the monkey, saying, "When we meet for the first time, as a senior brother, I should have given you a generous gift." It's just that the path of the practitioner you cultivate, the path of the enlightened person that I cultivate, the classics of the Danfang in this valley, the cherished medicinal materials, I am afraid that it will be useless to give it to you. I don't have weapons or armor here. After thinking about it, this copy of "The Duties of the Netherworld" should be something you can use, so I will give it to you as a meeting gift. ”

Holding the bamboo slip in his hand and checking it, the monkey blinked his eyes, and couldn't help but feel a little confused.

These two senior brothers are too far from what they expected.

Thinking about it, he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Wukong thanked the second senior brother." ”

Patting the monkey on the shoulder, Youquanzi stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "Fang Cai, junior brother, you are so fascinated by listening to the piano, isn't it that junior brother also likes music?"

Looking at the slightly swaying grass by the pond, the monkey smiled slightly: "I don't like it, and I don't know how to play, but I used to listen to it often, but I haven't heard it for many years." ”

"Why not?"

"Not really. The monkey lowered his head and pursed his lips and brushed the bamboo slip in his hand.

That's all before coming to this world, and when you come to this world, even if you have that leisure, who will play?

"Oh. Youquanzi nodded knowingly.

"Senior brother, you have been closing your eyes, how do you know that I can listen attentively and am not sleeping?"

Youquanzi took a deep breath, raised his head and said, "Senior brother, although I can't see your face, I can hear your heart, and I naturally know that you can listen attentively." ”

"Senior brother, your eyes ...... What's going on?"

"I've been blind since I was a child. Youquanzi replied calmly.

"Then ......" the monkey asked hesitantly, "The master didn't help you...... Is it cured?"

Youquanzi laughed out loud: "To cure blindness, why do you need a master to take action?" Among the senior brothers, except for you and the third junior brother Dantongzi's cultivator, who can't cure it?"

"Then why not?"

Lowering his head, Youquanzi smiled slightly, and said, "If you lose something, you will gain something, if my eyes are clear, it will be difficult to tell whether you are sleeping or listening just now." Besides, if it weren't for these eyes, I wouldn't be your senior brother. ”

The monkey turned his face slightly and wondered: "How do you say this?"

Youquanzi took a deep breath and said: "At that time, knowing that the master set up an observation and accepting disciples in Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, there were no seekers in the world who did not want to worship the disciples, so the apprentices continued to flow. It's just that the master didn't want to accept so many apprentices at that time, and those who came felt that their qualifications were not good, so they all sent them away. Over time, the master did not bother to receive those seekers one by one, and only set up a maze at the bottom of the mountain, saying: 'If you can break the demons in your heart and go up to the mountain, you will be accepted as a disciple.' ’”

Lowering his head, Youquanzi chuckled, and the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes became more obvious: "But the master never thought that there would be a blind man to seek the Tao, and those mazes are useless to a person without eyes." ”

Speaking of this, Youquanzi's face was already full of smiles, as if he was immersed in the past: "After seeing me, the master also said that my qualifications are not good, and he wants to drive me away." So I said to the master, if he drove me away, I would go down the mountain and tell the world, 'Patriarch Su Bodhi has no faith in his words!'"

The monkey sneered and laughed: "So, the master had to accept you in the end?"

Youquanzi smiled and nodded, smiling like an old naughty boy: "This immortal seeker, after all, there has to be some chance." Heaven has taken away a pair of my eyes, but showed me the way, how is it not good?"

After thinking about it, the monkey asked again: "Senior Brother Youquan, the time you worship under the door is much worse than the time when Senior Brother Dantong worships under the door?"

"Bad...... Years. How?"

"Since you have to be able to pass the guò maze when you enter the master's door, how does Senior Brother Dantong pass the test?" Dan Tongzi's heart ...... The monkey really can't say anything, it's only half a pound and eight taels compared to himself.

"He. Hehehehe, do you know what he did before he entered the view?"

"I heard that it was a general. The monkey hesitated in reply.

Youquanzi flattened his mouth, nodded and said, "Exactly." The other seekers went on their own paths, but he did not come alone, but with a large army. What I am looking for is a way to destroy the enemy. When I got to the bottom of the mountain, I couldn't walk for a month after seeing the maze, so I simply set fire to the mountain. ”

"Let it go...... Set fire?" The monkey's eyes widened.

Is there anyone else in this world who seeks such a truth?

"Well, set fire. Youquanzi pursed his lips, nodded and continued: "He set fire to the mountain, but the master refused to do so, and immediately cast a spell to make a continuous rain, and this drizzle rained for three months. No matter how he ordered, he just couldn't point it, but he couldn't point it and he wouldn't go, leading the troops to block the roads in all directions, claiming that he couldn't worship as a teacher, and no one would want to worship. So, the master cast spells again, so that his soldiers were unsuitable. He had no choice but to pull out the camp and cross the sea to go back. When he got home, he found that the city had been captured, and the soldiers around him were scattered, and he was homeless. In the end, he was desperate, so he had to run back to the Lingtai Fangcun Mountain and not leave. The master still didn't care, so he became a hunter there, and he just touched it for a year before he took advantage of the opportunity of the decay of the spiritual power of the Tengu Sun Eating Array to touch the mountain. ”

"Ha, is there still this past? Then he and the fifth senior brother said that I was stubborn, and he himself didn't see much to let go. ”

"Hehehehe, don't say that I told you about this, he should be unhappy. By the way, I heard that when you were in the middle of the view, you also had a conflict with him?"

The monkey nodded silently and said, "Later, it was reconciled." ”

Sighing lightly, Youquanzi said, "Senior brother, don't blame him." Cultivators say that it is inevitable that if you overabsorb the aura of heaven and earth, there will be remnants of aura in your body. He is not as good as you, just cultivating immortals, he has gone through several battles, and the anger in his body has naturally been completely removed. Excessive residual anger naturally interferes with the mind. Originally...... He also thought that Heaven would be his general, but the master had never liked Heaven, so how could he dare to disobey it? In the end, the path of the walker was difficult. ”

The monkey smiled and said, "What's so strange, I'm going to steal into the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, if it's really true, it's still me wrong." ”

Youquanzi laughed: "The third junior brother's temper is a little rushed, but he is not bad. That year, the sixth junior brother and the seventh junior sister had an accident, and he was the one who rushed first. Later, he was ordered by his master to think about it behind closed doors for three years. ”

By this time, the light that came through the cliff tops around the valley had gradually faded, and although it was still daytime, it was like night.

Lowering his head and pursing his lips, the monkey held the bamboo slip in his hand, took a deep breath, and asked slowly: "Senior Brother sent me "The Duties of the Netherworld Mansion", I should have heard something from the mouth of the master or the eighth senior brother, right?"

"Well, somewhat, hear some. Although this matter is a trivial matter, it is widely implicated, and the master's attitude is not clear, I am afraid that in the end, you can only rely on yourself, and it is inconvenient for us to help directly. ”