The Five Holy Maidens have been delayed for a lot of time on the road, if they are escorting Xu Brahma Dao Baoding Qilin Mountain again, then they will not be able to arrive at Jimo on time, the rules of the White Lotus Sect are very strict, if they delay time, I am afraid they will be severely punished. But the residual poison on Xu Brahma's body has not been eliminated, if he does not accompany him, once the cold inflammation attacks, I am afraid the consequences will be unimaginable. Xu Brahma was kind to them, how could he abandon him. Just when he was in a dilemma, Xu Brahma said: "Sisters, don't worry, just now that fairy grandfather taught me the method of three clears and the method of jade void pranayama, and also gave me the anti-poison pill, I believe that the residual poison will not attack easily, and even if it occurs, it will not cost me this cheap life." ”

The Three Holy Maidens handed the copy of "Yungui Fangshu" given by the Mudao people to Xu Brahma and said, "When you arrive in Baoding, you can ask where Qilin Mountain is located. Wherever you go, you will give this book to the dwarf Taoist, so that he may give you medicine as soon as possible, so that the remaining poison may be removed from you. The words were full of concern, Xu Brahma saw that her eyes were crystal clear, her eyes flowing, full of care, and there was an indescribable warmth in her heart. He took the "Yungui Fangshu" and said, "Sister, don't worry, when I see the dwarf Taoist, I will give him the book." Now those officers and soldiers are still chasing after you, and the five sisters should also take care. ”

The Four Holy Maidens smiled and said, "Don't worry, our five sisters are strong in martial arts, just with those pus, they can't help us." ”

Xu Brahma grinned and said, "If it weren't for me getting in the way, those officers and soldiers would really not be the opponents of your sisters." ”

The Great Sage Maiden brought a horse, handed the reins to Xu Brahma, and said, "Okay, let's not delay, you can bring this horse, first, you can travel, and second, you can spend less time." ”

Xu Brahma expressed his gratitude, took the reins of the horse, said goodbye to the five holy maidens, and then turned over and rode the horse to Qilin Mountain. The Three Holy Maidens looked at Xu Brahma's distant back, then turned to the Great Saint Maiden and said, "He went this time, I don't know if he can get the Bingqing Jade Dew Pill?"

The Great Sage said: "Then look at his creation!"

The second saint said: "Third sister, you don't need to worry, I think this kid is a Ji person, the so-called Ji people have their own natural appearance, God will not treat him badly, I believe you will meet again soon." ”

As soon as she said "meeting", the face of the Three Holy Maidens suddenly turned a little red, and she said, "When did I say that I was going to meet him." ”

The fourth saint said: "Third sister, when you see that little brother's eyes, they are straighter than the tight bowstring, and everyone can see that you mean a little bit to him." He grinned.

The third saint said shyly: "The fourth sister loves to laugh, see that I don't beat you." As he spoke, he raised his hand to beat the four saints, and the four saints ran away, frolicked with each other for a while, and then rushed to Jimo City.

Xu Brahma went all the way north, and when he entered the territory of Baoding, the twilight had fallen, and when he looked up, he saw that the sky was full of stars, and the silver moon was in the sky. Xu Brahma had been on the road for a few hours, and he was already hungry, but when he saw that under the night, it was dark all around, and there were no lights at all, and he thought that it would be difficult to find an inn to settle down tonight. After rushing for a while, suddenly there were sparse lights in the distance, like stars in the night sky, Xu Brahma was overjoyed, spurred his horse, accelerated his speed, and galloped towards the place where the lights came. After a while, a small town appeared in front of him, and under the cover of night, the lights of the town were extremely conspicuous, and Xu Brahma drove his horse into the town. Suddenly, it became clear that the town was very different from the depressed towns in Shandong. Even though it was night, the streets were bustling with people. Xu Brahma thought to himself: "Isn't there a curfew here, by the way, if it is a curfew, I'm afraid I won't even have a chance to enter the city." ”

Xu Brahma turned over and dismounted, holding the reins of the horse, and looked around, looking for an inn to settle in. Sure enough, he found an inn on the left side of the street, Xu Brahma led the horse to the door of the inn, and a shopkeeper greeted him, and he politely asked, "Is the guest officer a tip or a hotel?"

Xu Brahma said: "Stay in the hotel." But when he thought that the silver taels he brought were not much, he was afraid that he would not be enough to live in the hotel, so he asked: "How many silver taels do you need for the night stay?" The shopkeeper said: "Not much, the Tianzi room costs one or two silver one night, the Chinese number room costs one and a half taels of silver one night, and the ground number room one hundred wen a night." Xu Brahma thought that he didn't know how much silver would cost him to save money on his journey tomorrow, so he said: "Let's go to the local number room!" The shopkeeper shouted into the inn: "There is a place number room." Then he turned to Xu Brahma and said, "Guest officer, go inside, and the horse will be handed over to me to take care of." Xu Brahma handed the reins to the shopkeeper, and then walked into the inn, where another shopkeeper arranged a room for him. As soon as Xu Brahma entered the room, he saw that the room was very simple, with only a table of eight immortals and a few faded chairs, as well as a simple bamboo bed and no mosquito nets. Xu Brahma thought to himself: "No wonder the price difference is so far, it's really a penny for every penny." He sat down, poured a cup of tea, and saw that the tea was cold, so he called the shopkeeper and asked him to replace it with a pot of hot tea. I smelled a musty smell on my body again, and the clothes on my body were already tattered, so I asked the shopkeeper to prepare some hot water for him to take a bath, and at the same time gave the shopkeeper some money and asked him to prepare a set of clothes for himself. The shopkeeper was very skilled, and soon prepared a bucket of hot water and a set of clothes for him, but he only needed Xu Brahma 20 yuan, Xu Brahma was also a person who had been in the rivers and lakes for a long time after losing his parents, how could he not know that a set of clothes would cost at least 50 yuan. Then he asked: "Little second brother, this set of clothes costs fifty wen at least, but you only charge me twenty wen, isn't it a loss to you!"

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "The guest officer is from Jingshi, right?"

Xu Brahma nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

The shopkeeper said: "The shopkeeper of our inn is also a Jingshi, he said that all the guests who come from Jingshi are old people, and if you meet an old person, you can't slack off, so this set of clothes is enough for twenty wen." ”

Xu Brahma said: "Then thank the shopkeeper on my behalf." ”

The shopkeeper bowed his head and said, "I will bring the guest officer's wishes." "I turned around and was about to leave. Xu Brahma suddenly stopped him, and the shopkeeper turned around and asked, "What else does the guest officer have to order?"

Xu Brahma said: "There is little brother Lao to prepare some food for me." ”

The shopkeeper said: "I'll go and prepare." Then he turned around and left, walked out of the door and closed the door by the way.

Xu Brahma took off his clothes, looked at the wounds on his body, and found that the wounds had scabbed, he used a towel soaked in hot water, wrung it out, and wiped off the blood stains on his body. After washing, Xu Brahma changed into that new set of clothes, and he only felt relaxed. The shopkeeper brought him a few dishes and a pot of hot tea. Xu Brahma smelled the fragrance, and only then did he know that he was extremely hungry, so he immediately picked up chopsticks and ate it. When the shopkeeper saw Xu Brahma gobbling up, he knew that he was extremely hungry, so he asked, "Do you want a few taels of wine from the guest officer?" Xu Brahma shook his head and said: "I never drink alcohol, thank you for the kindness of the little second brother." The shopkeeper withdrew.

After eating, Xu Brahma began to feel sleepy, he walked to the bamboo bed, thought carefully about the method of the Three Clears and the method of Yuxu pranayama taught to him by the Mu Dao people during the day, and then practiced according to the mantra. After about a stick of incense, Xu Brahma had already comprehended and cultivated the methods of the Three Qings and the Jade Void one by one. After finishing, I found that my spirit was more sufficient, my dantian was full, and my inner breath was calm. At this time, the shopkeeper walked in again, and cleaned up the dishes and bowls after Xu Brahma finished eating, and at this time he saw Xu Brahma sitting on the bamboo bed with his eyes closed, so he didn't dare to disturb, just as he turned around to leave, Xu Brahma stopped him and asked: "Little second brother, go slowly, I want to ask how to go to Qilin Mountain?"

As soon as he heard about Qilin Mountain, the shopkeeper heard Qilin Mountain and hurriedly asked, "Why does the guest officer want to go to Qilin Mountain?"

"Find someone. Xu Brahma said.

The shopkeeper said: "I advise the guest officer not to go, where has been closed by the Jinyi Guard, no one is allowed to step into the Qilin Mountain, if you don't obey, you will be beheaded by this" The shopkeeper made a gesture of cutting off his head.

Xu Brahma was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "Why is this?"

The shopkeeper looked around, cautiously walked out of the door, poked his head out to look, and saw that there was no one around, so he closed the door. Then he turned around and sat in front of Xu Brahma, Xu Brahma saw that he was acting mysteriously, and he was very curious, only to see the shopkeeper whispered: "I heard that it is the emperor's holy decree, the emperor has always wanted to live forever, he is looking for immortal medicine everywhere, just like the Yingzheng back then." Xu Brahma thought to himself, as the Ninth Five-Year Venerable, the emperor naturally wants to live forever when he is addicted, and there is nothing strange about it. The shopkeeper continued: "I heard that in the Bibo Lake of Qilin Mountain, a big black dragon has appeared, and you can live forever if you drink its blood, but this big black dragon is extremely fierce, and it has eaten a lot of Jinyi Wei who went to collect blood?"

When Xu Brahma heard this, he was surprised and said, "There is such a thing?" and thought about it: "There are many rare and exotic beasts in the world, why is this big black dragon so coincidental and appeared in the blue wave pool of Qilin Mountain, but I have to go up the mountain to seek medicine." Now that Qilin Mountain is sealed, how can I go up?" Thinking of this, Xu Brahma felt indescribable pain and depression in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh deeply, feeling that he should be the biggest unlucky guy in the world.

When he was a little distracted, he listened to the shopkeeper continue: "I heard that there are really a lot of ideas to fight that big black dragon, it seems that in addition to the Son of Heaven, there are really many people in the world who want to live forever." The guest officer also wanted to fight the idea of the black dragon, but I advised the guest officer not to go, because he lost his life and said that he would live forever. ”

When Xu Brahma heard this, he thought that it was already good that he could live, and he fantasized about immortality, so he immediately smiled bitterly: "Little second brother misunderstood, in fact, I don't know what big black dragon there is in Qilin Mountain, I just want to visit my dwarf Taoist this time, and now that the mountain has been sealed, I'm afraid this wish will be difficult to do." ”

The shopkeeper looked surprised and asked, "Is the dwarf Taoist in the guest officer's mouth the head of the Daqimen?"

Xu Brahma bowed his head and said, "Exactly." ”

The shopkeeper said: "If you just want to visit the dwarf Taoist, it won't be difficult." ”

When Xu Brahma heard this, his eyes lit up, and he asked with joy, "Could it be that the second brother has any method?"

The shopkeeper said: "It seems that the guest officer is going to Qilin Mountain for the first time." Xu Brahma nodded. Seeing Xu Brahma's approval, the shopkeeper continued: "It's no wonder, Bibo Lake is in the north of Qilin Mountain, and the Daqi Gate is in the south of Qilin Mountain. As long as the guest officer pays more attention and avoids the patrolling brocade guards, the dwarf Daoist can still see it. ”

Xu Brahma was overjoyed when the second junior of the shop clicked like this, and said, "Thank you little second brother for showing me a clear path." Then he took out a tael of silver from his bosom and gave it to the shopkeeper, who stared at the silver, but didn't dare to ask for it. Xu Brahma said: "The little second brother gave me such a good idea, you will definitely accept one or two pieces of silver, and the little second brother will take care of me very well, you will definitely accept these two silvers." The shopkeeper pushed half and half pushed, and finally accepted the silver.

The shopkeeper said: "The guest officer is not very familiar with the road when he comes to Qilin Mountain for the first time. ”

Xu Brahma nodded and said, "I don't understand at all." ”

The shopkeeper said: "Wait, wait." After that, he turned around and went out, and turned around and came back, there was already an extra piece of paper in his hand, he spread the paper flat on the table, and saw some topographic patterns painted on it, and the little second brother pointed to a road that only saw the two mountains and said: " As soon as the guest officer comes out of here, it is Xunyang Mountain, after Xunyang Mountain is this mountain road, we call it the tiger intestine, after the tiger intestine is the Mandarin Duck Ridge, the Mandarin Duck has a plank road, around the plank road is the south of the Qilin Mountain, you have to be careful, try to avoid those officers and soldiers, be careful to go around to the north, there is a step made of stones, and the end is the banner gate. ”

Xu Brahma saw that although this kind of topographic map was not accurate, it was also very clear, and all the mountains and roads were quite clear, and he thought to himself how could the shopkeeper draw this topographic map in such a short period of time, and the ink on it was also dry. Suddenly thinking that the shopkeeper knew everything about the situation in Qilin Mountain, Shopkeeper must have secretly drawn a topographical map and sold it to those who went to Qilin Mountain to grab the dragon's blood.

The shopkeeper folded up the topographic map, handed it to Xu Brahma, and said, "This kind of topographic map, the guest officer will take it with him, and if he gets lost, he will take it out and take a look." Especially where there is often a dense fog in the tiger's intestines, you will really get lost. Xu Brahma took the map and thanked him.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Do you want a compass for the guest officer?"

Xu Brahma was puzzled and asked, "What is the use of the compass?"

The shopkeeper said: "The compass has a great effect! Some people went to Qilin Mountain, got lost halfway along the way, and starved to death on the way." If you have a compass, even if it's foggy, you're not afraid. When you arrive at Qilin Mountain, you can also distinguish between north and south. ”

Xu Brahma felt justified and said, "In this way, it is really convenient to have a compass. ”

The shopkeeper said: "The guest officer is right. As he spoke, he took out a compass from his arms and handed it to Xu Brahma. Xu Brahma thought to himself: "The little second brother is really a good person, not to mention the topographic map, but also to send the compass, I really don't want to go." When he hesitated slightly, the shopkeeper had already stuffed the compass into his hand.

The shopkeeper said: "Guest officer, the one or two silver you gave me just now should be used to buy the map just now, this compass is very accurate, the workmanship materials are quite good, and the price is naturally not cheap." If the guest officer is kind and kind-eyed, it will be cheaper, and two taels of silver will be fine. ”

Xu Brahma was stunned for a moment, and he didn't think that there was any difference between the compass in his hand and the compass on the market, but the compass on the market was only fifty wen a piece, but he asked for two taels of silver, isn't this a sky-high asking price. I feel more and more that the shopkeeper in front of me is definitely not the good person I think, and I am afraid that I have met a profiteer. When Xu Brahma was wandering, he was often deceived and suffered a lot of losses, even if his brain was not very bright, I am afraid he had learned a lot of experience in coping. He didn't refuse, nor did he give money, but just smiled and said: "Don't hide it from the second brother, I don't have any other skills, and my ability to distinguish the direction is not weak, and this compass is of little use to me." ”

The shopkeeper's face changed slightly: "The guest officer doesn't know, there is often a thick fog in Mandarin Duck Ridge, don't say to identify the direction, you can't even see your five fingers when you stretch out your hand, or this compass is reliable." ”

Xu Brahma saw that the shopkeeper was right, if it was really a thick fog, it would be a headache. But if I buy this compass, I'm afraid that I will be strapped for the next moment, so I thought it would be better to kill the price and let the little second brother sell it to me cheaper. Thinking of this, he said: "Little second brother, you see that I can only live in the number of people in the house, where can I afford to buy your compass for two taels of silver." ”

The shopkeeper's eyes rolled, and he thought: "You generously rewarded me with one tael of silver, why can't you even afford two taels of silver, this is unreasonable." But seeing that you live in the lowest type of house, you don't look like a rich person. But on second thought: "It is not uncommon for some rich people to be alone, and in order to avoid arousing the evil intentions of others, they pretend to be poor." After thinking about it, the shopkeeper finally said: "Since the guest officer thinks that two taels of silver is too expensive, how about I fold half a tael?"

Xu Brahma hesitated slightly, although he had already omitted half a tael, he still felt that it was expensive.

Seeing that Xu Brahma was still hesitant, the shopkeeper said: "I have already sold it to you at the reserve price, if the guest officer doesn't believe it, you can go to any of the compass sellers outside and ask, if there is a lower price than me, I will give you the compass." ”

Xu Brahma saw that the shopkeeper was sincere, but it didn't look like he was lying to him again, thinking that the price was already half a tael less than before, he had just arrived, and he was not familiar with the place, how to find what to buy a compass to make a comparison, so he said: "Okay, I bought this compass." The shopkeeper's face turned happy, he picked up the compass, took out a piece of coarse cloth from his body and wrapped it, just as Xu Brahma was about to pay one or two halves of silver to the shopkeeper, a voice suddenly came out and said: "What compass wants one or two halves of silver, in my opinion, it is worth fifty copper plates at most." ”

When the shopkeeper heard the sound, he looked around, but there was no one in sight, so he shouted: "I don't know if the guest officer is talking nonsense here." ”

The voice responded, "Hmph, my nonsense is always a hundred times stronger than you, a profiteer." ”

Xu Brahma didn't know who it was, but he felt that he spoke very fairly, so he said, "I don't know if it's that master, can come out and see him." ”

The voice said, "Do you want to see me?"

Xu Brahma said: "Exactly, I am sure that my predecessors will take a look." ”

The voice laughed a few times and said, "If you want to see me, I'll show you." As soon as the voice fell, they saw a shadow flash in front of them, and a person wearing a green robe and looking like a scholar had appeared in front of them.