Chapter III

Vermilion Bird Mark

Baopu Mountain is located in the east of Nanzhan Buzhou, stretches for thousands of miles, all day long clouds and mist, cranes soar, Taoist seventy-two caves and thirty-six blessed land, Baopu Mountain occupies nearly two percent, known as the small Kunlun of Taoism in Zhongzhou.

There is a sentence in the Jiangnan folk song: Ask where the immortals are, and the sea of clouds separates the immortal mountain. It's about Baopu Mountain.

Baopu Mountain is rich in resources, mountain delicacies, thousand-year-old ginseng, 10,000-year-old He Shou Wu, are the treasures associated with the immortal veins of Baopu Mountain, which one is not longevity, which one is not worth a thousand gold, but it is a pity that ordinary woodcutter hunters can not go into the mountains for five hundred miles, five hundred miles later, there are eight formations of the heavens, many taboos, really to break through, unless it is a true immortal who returns through the gate of heaven, or it is a place to bury bones.

When he arrived in Baopu City, the old Taoist with Xiao Zhong Kui and the peachwood sword on his back and a silver thread got a carriage to travel, Xu Xiaoxian did not sit in the carriage, and sat in the front of the car with the old Taoist. The road into the mountain is winding, the trail is only one car wide for a hundred turns, the jujube red horse pulling the cart crosses the mountain every mountain, encounters the water and crosses the water, jumps when you see the ditch, and does not see the old Taoist raising the horsewhip, but the road is smooth and steady. Xu Xiaoxian was amazed, and the old Taoist laughed that this is the simplest beast control technique, and there is a treasure pavilion on the mountain, and Xu Xiaoxian is fascinated.

At the end of the mountain road, there was a thousand-edged cliff, and the old road abandoned the carriage and took Xu Xiaoxian to the cliff vertically and horizontally, soaring up. On the thousand-blade cliff, the eyes suddenly opened up, and a hundred miles away is the majestic atmosphere of the thirty-six peaks towards the sky, and the thousand-blade cliff is only separated by a bottomless ravine. The main peak, Tianzen Peak, is like a cinnamon that goes straight into the sky, which is majestic and makes people awe-inspiring Yousheng.

The peak could vaguely see the faint flickering of colorful light, and the old Taoist looked at Xu Xiaoxian and said with a smile: "That is the ancestral court of the three veins of the Pu Mountain, only the head of the sect, the head of the successor, the four Dharma Protector Elders, and the top three of the 30-year trial Dao conference, can go up." ”

probably knew that this old man, who was also a master and a father, and had never been white-headed that year, might not be able to go up to the Pu Palace in his life, and the half-grown boy with a delicate heart changed the topic and asked: "Master, are there any immortals in the Pu Palace?"

The old Taoist thought for a while and said with a smile: "No, there is no appointment." ”

Xu Xiaoxian frowned, looking at the place where the sky zenith peak was shining with colorful light, and the trace of awe that was not much in his heart disappeared in an instant.

Xu Xiaoxian's slight fluctuation in his mentality was captured by the old man, and the old man looked at it in his eyes and shook his head. Whistled at the sky. Five or six soaring yellow cranes rushed to flap their wings, landed beside the old Taoist, and rubbed the body of the old Taoist with their heads affectionately, and the old Taoist patted one of the largest cranes and laughed softly: "The dragon fruit under the peak is ripe again, it is a holy product that only blossoms and bears fruit in thirty years, not to mention the juice, it is also big and sweet." ”

The six cranes nodded in unison like children who had been promised candy to eat, and flapped their wings around the old Taoist with joy.

Xu Xiaoxian was dumbfounded, and comforted himself again and again, even if these psychic beasts suddenly spoke, don't make a fuss.

Subsequently, the six yellow cranes lined up, Xu Xiaoxian and the old Taoist rode one by one, compared to Xu Xiaoxian holding the yellow crane's neck, the old Taoist seemed calm and relaxed. All the way to the zenith, I saw the clouds and mist flying backwards, without the slightest feeling of turbulence, all sides were stable, Xu Xiaoxian gradually let go of his heart, he no longer hugged the neck of the yellow crane, just symbolically grabbed a pinch of feathers of the yellow crane, and vaguely heard the old Taoist whisper: "Wangxiantai has the most beautiful sunrise......

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There is a stone ladder that leads straight to the sky at the bottom of the Tianzenth Peak, eight meters wide, the jade texture of the superior Luohe River, each step is carved with flowers, birds, insects and fish, antique, full of fairy spirit, the ancient trees on both sides are towering to the sky, the branches and leaves are luxuriant, the momentum is magnificent.

There is a huge stone tablet on both sides of the stone staircase, and eight big characters are written in the purest regular script filled with cinnabar:

Hug Pu when Xing, Xing in the Vermilion Bird.

Xu Xiaoxian is like Grandma Liu who has entered the Grand View Garden, looking here and there, and thinking in her heart, I am afraid that there are tens of thousands of catties when I break off a piece of Luohe Baiyuguang, which is enough for the Peony girl of the Drunken Xianglou to serve for a hundred years, and the peony girl's small mouth is ruddy. Then I thought dejectedly, even if I buckled it down, I couldn't carry it down the mountain, and I couldn't cross this ravine alone, a hundred miles......

Xu Xiaoxian asked casually for no reason: "Master, how many stone stairs are there?"

Lao Dao said with a smile: "There are a total of 339,466 stone stairs, 40,000 and 1 dragon pines, and 9,999 ancient camphors. ”

Xu Xiaoxian was dumbfounded and said, "Could it be that there are still a number of people?"

The old Taoist touched the head of the yellow crane beside him, and the yellow crane responded in an affectionate low voice, and then sighed: "The one who has counted the stone ladders, ancient camphors, and dragon pines is our person from the vein of the Immortal Cave, the master's senior sister, and your senior uncle Chixia." ”

Xu Xiaoxian was dumbfounded, there are really a number of people, how boring is this!

The two took the yellow crane to the bottom of the peak to pick some dragon fruits that took thirty years to blossom and bear fruit. At first glance, it is not an ordinary dragon fruit, the aroma is attractive, and the aroma is directly in the nose when you hold it in your hand, and there is a feeling of relaxation and happiness.

Xu Xiaoxian thought about not destroying the heavenly things, and didn't dare to say it for a long time, and the old Taoist said: "It's not a rare thing, it's a kind of fruit associated with the earth cracking beast at the bottom of the peak of the sky, ordinary people eat one or two, maybe it can derive a stream of air to run in the body for three or five small weeks, wash the meridians, refresh the mind, strengthen the body, and strengthen the body." Even if there is no condensation in the one hundred and eight acupoints in your body, no matter how much you eat, you can't fill the Vermilion Bird mark on your forehead, and she will devour as much as you eat.

Four years ago, the thousand-year-old green carp Neidan in the Heishui River in Beiju Luzhou could make her sleep for as long as she could sleep, no one had an answer. This is also the reason why the master does not teach you the technique of inducing essence and transforming qi and exhaling. Once the qi in the body is involved, and the whole body is moved, the Vermilion Bird Mark will be activated again, and she will take what she needs when the time comes, but I am afraid that there will not be too many qi in one city and one county.

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Listening to the words of the old Taoist, Xu Xiaoxian looked at the crispy dragon fruit in his hand, and actually felt like a hot potato.

The old Taoist smiled: "The qi in your body is stagnant, but it doesn't hurt to eat." ”

The young man who was still concerned put the dragon fruit in his mouth and prepared to taste it, but unexpectedly, the dragon fruit melted in his mouth, and the sweet and mellow juice turned into a clear stream to the limbs as soon as it entered his throat.

Xu Xiaoxian felt that his whole body was light and fluttering, but his legs were full of strength, and his whole body was light and comfortable, as if he had suddenly taken off a heavy jacket in winter. Just thinking about whether to roar comfortably, this mysterious feeling came to an abrupt end and disappeared without a trace.

It's just that there is a faint trace of purple gas lingering in the red jujube nuclear birthmark on Xu Xiaoxian's forehead, which is fleeting.

The old Taoist saw the purple gas in the reasonableness, and sighed: "Maybe there is a way to feed her." If you are destined to die for a lifetime, it will not take you out of Donghai County. ”

Xu Xiaoxian pursed his lips.

What is the method?

He didn't ask, and the old Taoist didn't say, the two just looked at each other and smiled.