In Li Mo's village, everyone is busy celebrating the New Year. In the jubilant and lively atmosphere, it is rare that there are still people who come to Li Mo's house to greet him with anxiety. But everyone who came would ask her brother how was Kuiwazi, and if she wanted to help with the aftermath?

Li Mo's rhetoric to the outside world was unanimous: "After everyone left last night, a Taoist priest came." The crane has a childish face, and it can be seen that it has a good way of self-cultivation, but it is not an ordinary person just by looking at it. The Taoist priest took my brother away, saying that if I follow him to learn the Tao, I can get some blessings in front of my ancestor every day, or have a glimmer of life. ”

Everyone has their own guesses and thoughts, but they don't want to spoil the atmosphere for this New Year, so it's better not to have a funeral.

Some of them also persuaded Li Mo, "This may be a good thing, maybe it can really save Li Kui's life." The doctor didn't talk about it, if Li Kui wanted to live, he had to ask God. Isn't learning the Tao just following God? ”

Because it happened to be a big year, the head of the Li family also sent someone to invite Li Mo. asked several times about what happened, and Li Mo answered the same way. I couldn't ask more, so I waved my hand and ignored it. Just let Li Mo burn more incense and worship the Buddha. Seeing that Li Mo was miserable alone, he also left Li Mo to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at home.

Different from the bustle of every household, Li Mo returned home alone after eating, only the house was full of loneliness, and his younger brother was still lying on that bed yesterday, but now he doesn't know where he is. The weather was good, the night sky was bright, the moon was not very round, but the stars were all over the sky. I hope that people will last a long time, and they will be together for thousands of miles. Li Mo thought of this poem inexplicably, but she didn't want to share Chanjuan with anyone, she just wanted to reunite with her brother's family as soon as possible.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, he closed his eyes and meditated according to the exercises given by the old Tao, and after an hour he didn't react at all.

After that, every night before going to bed, Li Mo would meditate and meditate for half an hour. Finally, on a bright moonlit night two months later, a point of light lit up from the spiritual platform, and then crossed an arc, reaching the dantian in the body. I heard another sentence coming from my head

"Running on Sundays, the gas turns to the dantian ·········"

Li Mo stabilized his breath, controlled his breathing, and slowly pulled something according to his senses and walked along the light line. But it's hard to walk the whole way, and I always feel broken halfway through. After pondering for a while, according to my own understanding, a Sunday should be the completion of a route. I tried for a long time, but I was really tired before I went to sleep.

This kind of day lasted for almost a month, and Li Mo finally walked through a week in one night. After running for a week, Li Mo felt a lot more relaxed.

I vaguely felt as if my hearing had improved, and the insects and birds outside were clearly coming into my ears, at least three times more magnified than before, as if I could tell where it came from. It's just that it's night, and it's not good to verify whether there is any change in vision. I felt it carefully again, and I didn't find any other changes, so I still didn't reach the introduction to qi training that the old Tao said at the beginning, but I just found the right method.

At noon, the sun is warm, and the villagers who have come home for dinner after work in the morning go out to bask in the sun, and some of the women are holding needles and threads. Li Mo was also pulled out by Qiu Tao.

Qiu Tao pointed to a flower picture on her embroidery and asked, "Mo Niang, do you look at my embroidery like this?" That day, you told me that there are a hundred kinds of people and a hundred kinds of characters, and a master wrote a hundred different characters of longevity on the same piece of paper, and dedicated it to a noble person to seek a high-ranking official. I just thought about embroidering a picture of a hundred flowers. I've got 20 kinds of flowers to embroider now. ”

Li Mo looked at it seriously and felt that her idea was very good, and the embroidery was better. Flowers must have been embroidered, but different people embroider different flowers, each with its own uniqueness. Seven or eight flowers have been embroidered on the embroidery of the autumn peach, and the flowers are lifelike, much more beautiful than the one she painted.

I encouraged her very seriously. "You embroider very well, and although it takes you a lot of time to embroider like this, this one can probably sell for more money than if you spend the same amount of time embroidering other small things. Spring is coming, we have nothing else in Lijia Village, there is no shortage of flowers, if you can't remember what to embroider, go out and see. ”

Qiu Tao was embroidering flowers, and suddenly remembered something, leaning on Li Mo's ear and saying, "Did your brother let the immortals take him away?" ”

Li Mo looked at her in a daze, and before she could answer, Qiu Tao continued, "My eldest brother came back for the New Year and told me a lot of interesting things outside. That's what he told me, there are really immortals in this world. ”

Li Mo said, "I don't know, but I look at it as a Taoist priest, wearing a Taoist robe, and the others are no different from us." ”

Qiu Tao said, "I was thinking that your brother was suddenly taken away, there were so many people in the village, no one saw any movement, and I thought it was an immortal method." But also, the immortals are so easy to encounter. ”

Li Mo explained to her, "I came here after dark that day, and I left overnight, so everyone didn't pay attention." Nothing strange about it. ”

Qiu Tao said: "There have been a lot of strange things recently. Did you hear that, something seems to have happened in the back mountain, and the wild creatures are scurrying around like crazy. The boar that hit your brother last time was seen by someone and scurried around. The man saw it and thought about how to run for his life, and the boar walked away as if he hadn't seen him. ”

Li Mo thought in his heart, Houshan, is there really any treasure in Houshan. Thinking about it, he asked, "Is it really strange that Houshan is like this now?"

"No, there weren't so many prey in previous years. For so many years, everyone who wants to eat meat and is reluctant to buy it will choose to go to the back mountain to hunt, but in previous years, as long as you don't go too deep, there is no danger at all, and it is rare to encounter a big guy like a boar. And some people say that the trees in the back mountain seem to have suddenly become a lot taller this year, and there are many plants that have not been seen before. Anyway, it must be abnormal. ”

Qiu Tao was still talking in her ear, "Have you thought about what to do in the future? Your brother is no longer here." I mean, your brother is not at home anymore, and you will live alone in the future. ”

In the future, Li Mo really didn't think about it so much, she just thought that she would be able to cultivate and go to Tianzhu Mountain to find her younger brother. When asked, he answered truthfully, "I want to find my brother." ”

Li Mo ran for ten weeks that night, and there was still no other change in his body. It's very self-reflective, "The old Taoist said that although my qualifications are very poor, my family knows my own affairs, and my family is not stupid. Diligence should be about the same, and there has been no movement after practicing for so long, is there a lack of opportunity. But I know myself. Go to the back mountain to have a look. ”

After making up his mind, he put his mind at ease and went to sleep peacefully.

Li Mo combed himself in a neat bun, and the hair hanging down on both sides was braided. Wearing a shirt that is convenient for climbing and walking, and putting on pants that do not drag, it is not suitable to wear a skirt. I packed a few hard buns, brought a pot of water and went out, and brought the flint and steel that the masters of the previous life said were necessary to go to the wild. It was already dawn, and some of the hard-working people had gone out to look for work.

When I got to the foot of the mountain, I was stopped. He is the eldest son of the patriarch's family, and he carries a load of firewood on his shoulders.

His voice was also very loud, and he looked like a down-to-earth man, "Mo Niang, what are you doing?"

Li Mo stopped and said hello, and replied, "Uncle, there is not much firewood at home, let me see if I can pick up some dry firewood and go back." ”

The man is very worried, this back mountain always feels unsafe, a little girl is not suitable to come here, "The back mountain is not safe, you are a girl's house, don't run this way." ”

"I know, uncle, I'll pick up some firewood and go back immediately. ”

The man wanted to persuade Mo Niang to go back, thinking of the situation in her family, it was a good thing that this woman could be strong on her own. I didn't say anything more. was about to leave, but he was not at ease, and said, "Then you pay attention, just pick it up around here, but don't go to the mountain." If the firewood is really not enough, go to your uncle's house to get some and use it. ”

"Thank you, uncle, I want to try it myself. I should be able to pick some up. ”

I picked up a branch nearby, and slowly pulled some fallen dead branches. When the patriarch's uncle carried the burden and walked away, he went straight to the mountain.

There is only one path deep into the mountains, which is the traces left by the villagers over the years, and it is winding. At the end of this cold winter, there are still trees and weeds next to it, and a few pheasants and hares come out from time to time, probably out to find food.

Except for picking a few wild fruits near the foot of the mountain with Qiu Tao before, Li Mo has never entered such a mountain, has never walked such a road, and walks very slowly. Even in his previous life, he was busy reading every day, and later he was busy working, and in his previous life, there was no such primitive mountain except for the one who no one went.

Seeing noon, Li Mo found a tree with a fairly gentle terrain and sat down. Take out the bun, it is dry and hard, you can only bite it slowly, and you have to drink water from time to time to prevent choking.

Suddenly, there was a low, booming sound, like the sound of some animal coming from its nose or throat. Fortunately, Li Mo's hearing is very good, and he heard it after a while. Seeing that a few large trees were growing very densely not far away, he hurriedly dodged over and hid against one of the trunks.

As soon as he stood up, he saw a wild boar walking all the way with his nose arched, walked to the tree where Li Mo was sitting, sniffed it, and suddenly hit the trunk of the tree frantically, roared and looked left and right. In the end, he arched his nose and walked away.

It is estimated that the wild boar went away, so Li Mo dared to move, and ran in the opposite direction to the wild boar. Regardless of the discomfort of lung compression, he just didn't dare to stop, and he didn't stop kicking until he couldn't run anymore, and Li Mo, who put one hand on his chest, was afraid that she would run out.

Fortunately, I wasn't stupid, and I didn't forget to mutter, "I don't know if this is the one that hit my brother, but don't blame my sister for not avenging you, I'm so weak." ”

Thinking of being aggrieved in his previous life, he couldn't protect himself and his parents. Reborn in a lifetime, even if you can't protect your younger brother, you can only run away when you see the pig. The scorching fire of Lao Dao's hand flashed in his eyes, and he was very envious. Strange treasure, I don't know what the strange treasure is for. I can't find it if I'm so powerful, so I don't want to deliver food to the wild boars.

Li Mo was very afraid of death, although she said that she was bent on dying when she was dead in her previous life, but when death came, she was really afraid. Only those who have faced death can understand how precious life is. That's why she was so scared when the wild boar passed by.

What I can't go back to is the past, if I knew that there would be a later life, would I have made that choice before. Will he owe such a large amount of usury in pursuit of fame and fortune and money, and he has never gone home to see his parents after graduation. And after the incident, should you offend the debt collector so bent on death? Li Mo was full of answers, if there were no those, there would be no younger brother in this world, and there would be no her who is still alive now.