Chapter 50: The Monk Reappears

The next morning, at the door of the inn, they drove the carriage to Fengming Mountain, because it was too early, and there were few pedestrians on the street. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

According to the route that the shopkeeper said, they kept going straight to the east, and after about half an hour, they drove the carriage out of Fengming City. The sun had just risen over the hills, and the soft sunlight shone on their way.

Lu Yizhong looked up and looked into the distance, only to see the high mountain in the distance, and the place above the halfway point of the mountain was covered with clouds and mist. According to the description of the shopkeeper, this high mountain is the so-called Fengming Mountain. Although the climate is relatively pleasant at the foot of the mountain, the snow is covered all year round and the temperature is low halfway up the mountain. With a soft shout of "drive, drive", he waved his whip and drove the carriage faster. After leaving the city, the terrain is relatively flat until the foot of Fengming Mountain, and the road is wider.

About noon, they came to a fork in the road. According to the shopkeeper, you should go straight, not to the right. However, the road leading to Fengming Mountain is flat but overgrown with weeds, and no one has passed for many years, but thankfully, the path can still be discerned.

Lu Yizhong grabbed the reins and drove the horse to pull the carriage forward, only to see the weeds on both sides swaying and constantly retreating. About half an hour later, the weeds on the road ahead became denser and denser, and he turned his head and glanced at Xia Xiyun, "It seems that the carriage can't go forward, the speed is too slow, let's walk." He got out of the carriage, cut a clearing on the side of the road with a sickle, led the horse, and tied it to a tree by the side of the road. Then take out a large pile of things from the carport for the horses to eat and put them where they can eat.

He took the burden that had been prepared and helped Xia Xiyun get out of the carriage, "This weed is almost as tall as us, and it is faster to use light power." As soon as the words fell, he stretched out his hand to hold Xia Xiyun's waist, pointed to the ground on tiptoe, jumped up, and chased with eight steps, stepping on the tip of the grass and quickly approaching in the direction of Fengming Mountain. After about a quarter of an hour of use, I will stop and rest for a while. This has been repeated many times, and when you reach the foot of Fengming Mountain, the sun has set in the west.

Lu Yizhong took Xia Xiyun and landed on a flat stone, after eating dry food. With Xia Xiyun, he jumped and landed on the road near the foot of the mountain, its weeds growing relatively shallow, only a little higher than the instep. He and Xia Xiyun stepped on the soft grass and walked forward. After walking straight for a while, I turned a corner and saw a stone staircase. Walk up the stairs and continue to climb forward, go straight ahead and make a turn to the right.

"Donor, it's very dangerous to go to Fengming Mountain, and please go back quickly, Amitabha. ”

When Lu Yizhong heard this familiar voice, he subconsciously felt frightened. His eyes scanned forward, but he didn't find anyone.

He pinched himself hard, felt very painful, not dreaming, and said loudly: "What kind of person, sneaky, come out for me." ”

"Two donors, I'm behind you, Amitabha. ”

After hearing the voice again, Lu Yizhong hurriedly turned around, dumbfounded, and stammered, "Master, I-I obviously heard your voice in front of me, why are you behind us." ”

Xia Xiyun turned around and looked at the monk standing in front of him, very surprised, "Master, when did you run behind us." We ...... just now."

This monk is the one who appeared in the tea shed.

"The two donors insisted on going to Fengming Mountain, and they had no distractions, so naturally they couldn't detect my existence. The monk folded his hands and smiled slightly, looking very kind. Although he looks old, he looks refreshed.

How does this monk know that I am going to Fengming Mountain. When I came all the way, I didn't find any traces of anyone walking by. When Lu Yizhong thought of this, he thought of the monk who suddenly appeared in the tea shed, and he couldn't feel it at all. Guess it must be a hermit master, as for how to know the purpose of this trip, there is no need to ask, "Master, this matter is related to the lives of thousands of people, no matter how dangerous it is, we also have to go to Fengming Mountain." ”

"Sin, sin," the monk sighed, "since the two donors have made up their minds, the poor monks will no longer dissuade them. "Put your hands together" The donor is kind-hearted, the bodhisattva is hearty, and everything has a result. In the world, it is difficult to have both, and it is even more difficult to choose. My Buddha has mercy and bless you all the best. ”

When Lu Yizhong heard the monk's words, he felt like he was playing a dumb riddle with himself, and his mind was full of question marks. With a puzzled face, he folded his hands and said, "Master, please forgive me for being stupid and not knowing the mystery." "He has been a thoughtful and very witty person since he was a child, and now he really doesn't understand the deep meaning.

"The mystery is the mystery, please forgive the poor monk for not being able to say it directly, Amitabha. The monk's figure swayed, and his toes lightly touched the ground, and he rushed out of the distance, so far. Walking farther and farther away from the tip of the grass, the figure became smaller and smaller, and finally gradually turned into a dot and disappeared into the empty grass in the distance.

Lu Yizhong visually measured the speed of this light movement, which was simply divine, several times faster than his own father. Looking sideways, Xia Xiyun looked into the distance with dull eyes, and gently touched her arm "Yun'er"

Xia Xiyun came back to his senses, and his tone was full of sighs, "In the past, I admired my master's outstanding light skills, which no one in the world could match. Later, after we were trapped by oolongsi, the person who rescued us, that is, your father's light skills, I admire it even more. Now I am beginning to admire this monk's light skills, no, no, it should be a master. It's a world away from the light work we've seen before. ”

"It's called having a heaven outside the sky, and there are people outside the man. Lu Yizhong boldly guessed, "This master's martial arts should be unfathomable." "Turn around and step up a step" Yun'er, let's hurry up the mountain. "The steps have not been walked on for many years, after all, they are made of stones, and there are only some very shallow weeds on them. Due to the sunny weather, there was some moss on the steps, but it was not slippery.

The stone blocks of this staircase are very square, and there are traces of chisels on them, which looks like they were built by hand. Besides, this Fengming Mountain is so tall, and it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to build such a long step. As you can imagine, the end of the stone staircase was once very prosperous. Lu Yizhong thought about this, and slowly walked up the stone stairs. Xia Xiyun was also beside him, walking side by side.

"I always think what the monk said is weird. Xia Xiyun said as he walked again.

Lu Yizhong kept recalling what the monk said, and said: "That monk knows a lot about things on Fengming Mountain, and it is very likely that he knows the situation inside the Batu Cave" sighed, "Hey, it's a pity, he just doesn't want to say it." ”

"We still hurry up and find a place to rest in the mountains before dark. Xia Xiyun said.

Lu Yizhong responded, "Since you don't want to tell us, you don't have to think about it, you don't have to think about it." There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the road is naturally straight to the bridge, and the puzzles contained here will be solved one by one. ”

The sun was approaching the mountainside in the distance, and after a while, a heel was planted behind the mountain, and the sky gradually darkened.

They had been walking along the steps for about two hours, and Lu Yizhong looked up into the distance, and there was a pavilion not far away. Soon after, he came to the pavilion, and when he looked at it, he could see that it had been very gorgeous.

After walking into the pavilion, Lu Yizhong looked into the distance, and Fengming Town was in full view. Looking at the colorful paintings on the pillars, it can be determined that this is a temple specially built for people who believe in Buddhism to go up the mountain to worship and rest halfway. It was estimated that it would take a long time to climb the mountain, so they decided to rest here for the night and set off early tomorrow morning. So he sat down against the pillar, and Xia Xiyun leaned on his shoulder.

After a while, Xia Xiyun fell asleep. When night falls, the mountain breeze blows vigorously and coolly. Lu Yizhong sneezed a few times, and gently covered Xia Xiyun's body with the cotton clothes that had been prepared for a long time, for fear of waking her up.

In the night, he closed his eyes slightly, but he did not dare to fall asleep, and his ears were always aware of the movements around him. Surrounded by nights, the shopkeeper said that the big snake that eats people. Although it has been seen near the Batu Caves, which is a bit far from the vicinity of the Batu Caves, the man-eating snake must be large and therefore travels at a relatively fast speed. It is also very possible to come to Fengming Mountain to forage for food. Thinking of this, Lu Yizhong felt a little uneasy, coupled with the cool breeze blowing, giving people a sense of desolation.

And just like that, one night passed. The cannibal snake that Lu Yizhong was worried about did not appear. When it was almost dawn, he fell asleep for a while.

In the early morning, Xia Xiyun woke up Lu Yizhong. After eating the dry food, they continued to walk up the stone ladder step by step.

After noon, the sun had begun to set in the west. It began to get cold, Lu Yizhong looked up into the distance, and saw that not far in front of him, it was snow-white. They were approaching the place where the snow had been covered all year round, and where the snow had piled up, the stone stairs could no longer be seen.

At the end of this stone staircase, the incense was at its peak, Lu Yizhong thought about these and continued to move forward.

I heard Xia Xiyun beside me say, "There seems to be no road ahead." ”

Lu Yizhong looked at it, and saw a large piece of flat land in front of him, snow-white, and even colder. The two put on thick cotton clothes, stepped on the snow, and stepped on the "creak, creak" sound.

"Look, that cedar grows so strangely. ”

After listening to Xia Xiyun's words, Lu Yizhong looked at the cedar not far in front of him, and gradually approached. I saw that the tall cedar trunk required several people to hold hands to close it, and the strange thing was that the big tree seemed to be split from the middle by some sharp weapon. However, judging by the snow on the branches, it is certain that the cedars have dried up. Suddenly, a bold guess blurted out: "It's lightning that splits the huge cedar tree." He has lived in a mountain village since he was a child, and the mountains are so tall that he has seen trees that have been split by lightning and lightning several times.

Xia Xiyun looked confused, "I think it's a peerless master, and I split it with a palm force." ”

Lu Yizhong shook his head and smiled slightly, "Impossible, who has such a deep internal force, even if Yin is alive, it is impossible to do it." With a wave of his hand, he made a faint palm wind, only to see the palm wind drift by, and the snow was blown away at the bottom of the split cedar. When I stepped forward, I saw that it was already charred black, and it seemed that it had been burned by extreme heat. ”。

Xia Xiyun stepped forward, reached out and touched it, and picked out a black thing. He pinched the black powder with his fingers and exclaimed, "This is indeed charcoal, it looks exactly like your guess."

In Lu Yizhong's memory, he heard those elders in the village talk about the places that were struck by lightning and lightning, and there were animals or plants near them that cultivated into refinement. However, I have seen trees being struck by lightning a few times in the mountain village before, and I have never seen any demons or anything like that. The things that have been passed down from generation to generation in the mouths of these elders have very little credibility. But ever since he saw the serpent in the caves beneath the Netherworld, he began to suspect that there were demons in the world. Because the animals that the elders talked about the most were about the snake's cultivation to become a refinement, its size was huge, and it was killed by lightning strikes wherever and where.

Moreover, the poison of the mourning needle that the martial arts people talk about is even more incurable. The poison extracted from general poisonous insects and poisonous weed plants is poisoned by breaking the skin and entering the blood, the second is poisoning by breathing, and the third is poisoning by swallowing. The poison of the mourning needle comes from the venom in the venom of the giant snake, which is more terrible and destructive than the above three ways of poisoning, and is more like some kind of infectious disease. Thinking of this, Lu Yizhong remembered that the elders had said that the demon who was killed by thunder and lightning was because he had done something that had lost his conscience and poisoned the souls.

But after thinking about it, since it was a demon, it should be able to spell, and the giant snake in the underground cave of the Netherworld Sect was killed by himself. Haven't you cultivated to perfection yet, and you can't spell? Thinking about it, I suddenly heard Xia Xi beside me say, "Look, there seems to be a house over there." ”

Lu Yizhong's eyes looked in the direction that Xia Xiyun was pointing, and there were some bulges on the flat ground in front of him. If you look closely, it looks like the ruins of a house, with a thick layer of snow piled up on it. Pick up your pace and head that way. Take a side look, only to see a tall door, the plaque of its lintel is impressively engraved with "Tianliang Temple" three big characters. However, what made him feel strange was that since it was a ruined temple, the gate was actually closed.

Xia Xiyun exclaimed, "It's really strange, and the courtyard walls on both sides of the gate are also intact, the ruins and broken walls we saw when we walked over are intact here, it shouldn't be caused by the earthquake." ”

Lu Yizhong nodded, "Well, it's really not like the house over there collapsed due to the earthquake." He never took a step forward, because a few meters in front of him, there was a bulge. It stands to reason that the ground in front of the gate is flat, so why is there a bulge? There was a thick pile of snow on top of it, and I don't know what was underneath. He secretly used the palm power of his right hand, and slapped it out, only to see that the bulge on the ground was all blown away by the palm wind.

"Ahh After a while, he stretched out his head in horror and said in a panic, "Why is it a young monk?"

Lu Yizhong took a closer look, this monk should have been dead for many years, but it was covered with snow and the temperature was low, and his body was not decomposed. More questions came to his mind, looking at this young monk, with a hideous face, lying on his back on the ground, his right hand outstretched, as if he was asking for help from someone before he died, but no one saved him. Subconsciously thinking of Qin Sanba's poisoning, there were at least eight or nine points of similarity, and he guessed: "Could it be the poison of the mourning needle." "I looked at the closed door again" The monk in front of him escaped from the inside and desperately closed the door. "What the hell is going on there?" and walked towards the gate.