Mirror Lake?

Li Xiuyuan flew in mid-air and looked down.

The surface of this lake is not alarmed, the shape is indeed a mirror, looking down but he can't see his own shadow, but he can see his senior brother Tengyunzi and Shikong, Baiyun their shadows.

"Master, you see, the shadow of this Taoist master is not on the surface of the lake. Bai Yun found this and asked curiously.

"Oh, there's such a thing?" said Master Shikong with a glance, and that was indeed the case.

His expression immediately became solemn, and he couldn't help but look at Li Xiuyuan again, and couldn't help but fold his hands and bow his head and sing the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, the mirror lake can only reflect the shadow of a person, this Taoist is not very human, naturally there is no shadow." ”

"So that's the case, then this Dao Master must be an immortal with a high level of cultivation. "Baiyun Road.

"A monk is quiet and inactive, and should not intrude on other people's privacy. Master Shikong said.

Bai Yun looked humbly taught, and immediately stopped asking.

Li Xiuyuan flew all the way and saw many cultivators living by the lake next to Jinghu Lake, sitting by the lake fishing, playing chess and drinking tea, or writing and painting...... Life is leisurely, uninhibited, and makes people feel comfortable and fascinating.

"Senior brother, how many cultivators and how many immortals have been obtained in the mountain this day?"

After looking at it for a moment, he asked with some curiosity.

Teng Yunzi said with a smile: "It's too many to count, there should be more than 100,000 people practicing in Tianmu Mountain, and there should be thousands of immortals, some immortals are famous, and the secular will sing their names, and some immortals have silently become enlightened and have no reputation, and they don't say it to outsiders, what is the junior brother asking for?"

"It's nothing, I just think that the immortals that are rare in the world seem to be a little worthless here. Li Xiu said from afar.

Teng Yunzi said: "After becoming an immortal, immortals generally dare not involve Hongchen, firstly, Hongchen has too much cause and effect, once it is too entangled, the immortal will also fall into reincarnation, and secondly, it will ..... After those who became immortals and attained enlightenment in their time, after a hundred years, there were no relatives in the mortal world

Love, staying in the mortal world will lose its meaning, naturally it is friends with immortals, and live in peace. ”

"Since the junior brother is so interested in Tianmu Mountain, it is still early now, why don't the junior brother go and have a visit? ”

When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he immediately nodded and said: "The first time I came to such an immortal land, I really should take a good look, since the senior brother proposed, then I would be respectful and obey my fate, and the senior brother asked the senior brother to take me to say hello...... It's just that if you can, I will ask my senior brother to inquire about the third sister for me

, There are so many immortals and cultivators here, if you want to investigate, you may have to use the mana of the ancestor to do it, and I am not proficient in the calculation technique. ”

"This is a matter of duty, junior and rest assured. Teng Yunzi said.

Li Xiuyuan nodded, said goodbye to Master Shikong again, and then flew alone in the auspicious clouds in the other direction of Taimu Mountain.

His play is fake, and the news is true.

The reason why Teng Yunzi separated from him was because Teng Yunzi saw the urgency in his heart, so he didn't want to delay his time with this matter.

Li Xiuyuan landed next to Mirror Lake.

There are many cultivators here, as well as immortals who live together.

Maybe you can find out a little bit of information here.

As he walked all the way, he saw a Taoist who seemed to be asleep with his eyes closed, fishing, but the fishing line on the fishing rod in his hand fell into the mirror lake and did not move.

After thinking about it for a while, he still didn't go up to ask, just passed by directly.

Not long after he passed by, the man's fishing line trembled, and he suddenly opened his eyes and woke up.

But when he retracted the rod, there was no bait, so he sighed and continued to hang on to the ground, sitting with his eyes closed, not moving.

Continuing to walk forward, Li Xiuyuan saw two old men sitting on a white jade platform playing chess in front of a grass hut.

The black and white chess pieces have been killed back and forth, and each other seems to be deeply trapped in it, unable to extricate themselves.

Li Xiuyuan thought about it for a while but still felt that it was not good to bother, so he continued to walk forward.

I saw a man who seemed to be a madman of the Jin Dynasty splashing ink and painting, sometimes painting landscapes, sometimes flowers, grasses, insects and beasts.

Suddenly, the madman stopped his pen and shook his head slightly as he looked at the scroll in front of him.

But I saw that he painted a picture of going out to enjoy the scenery, the scenery in the picture is beautiful, lifelike, the mountains and rocks are craggy, and there are few smoke waves, but only the person in the painting who goes out to enjoy the scenery has never been able to draw well.

The madman sighed, tore the scroll, and threw it on the ground.

"Such an extraordinary masterpiece, why did the Taoist friends tear it up and throw it on the ground? This is a painstaking work, wouldn't it be a pity to tear it up like this. Li Xiuyuan looked at the stained scroll on the ground, and couldn't help but sigh: "If this painting is placed in the mortal world, it must be a treasure." ”

"But in the eyes of the immortals, it's not worth mentioning, is it?" said the madman, throwing his pen in his hand.

Li Xiuyuan said: "I am a mortal, I don't know how immortals appreciate calligraphy and painting, but as a mortal, this painting is already the pinnacle." ”

The madman looked at Li Xiuyuan suspiciously: "You are a mortal, why did you appear in Taimu Mountain." ”

"Hasn't there been a mortal who has entered Tianmu Mountain before?" asked Li Xiuyuan.

"Haha, that's right, my name is Gu Xian, I don't know what your name is, young man?" the madman who claimed to be Gu Xian asked with a smile.

"Under Li Xiuyuan. ”

Gu Xian said: "Young man, do you know what is the most difficult thing to draw, what is the best thing to draw?"

"I think people are the most difficult to draw, and the best ones are not known. Li Xiu said from afar.

"Yes, the most difficult thing to paint is people, because people have all kinds of forms, their bodies are easy to paint, their demeanor is difficult to paint, and their hearts are even more difficult to paint, and the best paintings in the world are ghosts, immortals, and Buddhas...... Because people in the world have never seen ghosts, nor have they seen immortals, nor have they seen Buddhas, you don't know the form of ghosts, no

Understand the abundance of immortals, but do not know the wisdom of the Buddha, so it is best to draw, because if you draw a ghost, this is a ghost, draw an immortal, that is a fairy, and draw a Buddha, that is the Buddha. ”

Gu Xian shook his head and smiled: "But what about such a painting being sung among mortals? Fake is always fake, just fooling the world, so after seeing the real immortal Buddha, my painting skills retreated thousands of miles, and there was a magic barrier, so I practiced hard and tried to find my previous painting skills." ”

"Then did you find it?" asked Li Xiuyuan.

"No, if I find it, why do I have to do it every day. Gu Xian said, but in the end, he suddenly looked at Li Xiuyuan.

"All the beautiful scenery in my painting has reached the peak, just one person into the painting, I see that you have the abundance of immortals, the demeanor of ghosts and gods, the compassion of Bodhisattvas, the emotions of mortals, if you stand here for an hour and let me enter the painting, maybe my painting skills can have a breakthrough, I don't know

Could you please grant me this request? ”

After speaking, he put away the posture of a madman and became sincere.

"I don't mind doing you a favor, but I still have one more thing to solve, and I'll come back to painting the immortal when I solve this matter. Li Xiu said from afar.

Gu Xian immediately said: "I am an immortal, there is nothing in the world that can stump me, maybe I can help you." ”

"I'm looking for a fox, it's a red fox, I've been practicing for five hundred years, and I was caught in Tianmu Mountain, can you help me find it?" Li Xiuyuan said.

Gu Xian replied: "Although I helped you find it for a while, but I know who is most likely to know the whereabouts of that fox spirit, if you are willing to stay here for an hour, I will tell you the news, not only that, but also give you my paintbrush, how about it?"

As he spoke, he opened his palm, and a brush that emitted a five-colored light floated silently.

"Is this talent?" Li Xiuyuan said with a slight expression.

"Yes, this is the talent I gathered all my life when I was in the mortal world, and I can't use it anymore after becoming an immortal, but you are a mortal, maybe you can use this thing. Gu Xian said.

Li Xiuyuan had to sigh that this immortal would take out a little thing casually, it would be a treasure.

After a mortal obtains this thing, he must not immediately become a painter who is good enough to pass on to the world, and fame, money, and beauty can be possessed in an instant.

But such a thing has become a dispensable existence in the eyes of this immortal, and it can be given away casually.