After more than two months of bumpy on the road, I finally came to the foot of Maoshan Mountain to rest for one night, and then went up the mountain. No matter how you go, you can't get up to the main peak, Damao Peak. It's right in front of you, but it's back up and down.

She was a road idiot, no matter how detailed the guide told her, even if she drew a map to her, she would always get lost. In addition, I can't rush at night, and I always encounter ghosts and hit the wall during the day, so I walked for so long to reach Maoshan Mountain.

But after going around the mountain for several days, from Ermao Peak to Sanmao Peak, from this top to that hole, obviously the peak is in front of her, she just can't go up.

Hua Qiangu raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and the mountains and mountains were all verdant, and there was no one around. The top of Maoshan Mountain, which stands high, is like a green dragon, floating in the vast sea of clouds.

Alas, gods, where are you all hiding? Hua Qiangu raised his head to look at the sky that was still sunny just now, but suddenly became dark, and stretched out his hand, and now it was drizzling. There are no trees or trees around, and suddenly I can't tell which side is north.

Hua Qiangu was dressed in the blue robe of her father, who had changed her size, her head was high, she was dressed as a boy, and she was wearing a hat, carrying a burden in her left hand, and a cane temporarily chopped from a tree branch in her right hand, and her inseparable dogskin coat was still draped over her body. He also had a worn-out scythe pinned to his waist.

The rain gradually became heavier, the mud on the ground was wrapped around my feet, and it was more difficult to walk. No, I'm so tired, I sat under a big tree to take shelter from the rain and rest. She usually travels during the day and tries to find a stable in a temple, farmhouse or inn at night. If you come across a wilderness, you have to find some ruined temples or climb trees to sleep.

Although there are ghosts and ghosts pressing the bed several times, fortunately, there are Buddhist beads and talismans in the temple to protect them, and nothing has happened. And she knew that her father's soul must be silently guarding her. It's just that the ghosts I've encountered recently are getting more and more powerful, and they really can't be compared to my own small mountain village. Fortunately, Maoshan is a place of aura, and although she has been wandering around here for several days, she has not encountered any trouble either day or night.

took out the steamed buns and ate them in a big gulp, and always only listened to the legend of the Maoshan Taoist priest to catch ghosts and subdue demons. I don't know if it's really as powerful as the legend says. I don't have much money on me, and I can't afford to pay much tuition, I wonder if those Taoist priests will accept a girl as an apprentice?

The rain slowly stopped Hua Qiangu and continued to walk forward. It had just rained, and there was a smell of green grass mixed with earth. The sky began to clear, and the dew drops on the flowers on the roadside were shining. Hua Qiangu stopped happily, squatted down, looked at it with wide eyes, and tried to remember the name of this flower. She has been obsessed with flowers since she was a child, and the flowers that she has no choice but to do so are instantly withered and turned into ashes. So she could only watch and not touch, and she was so depressed.

Every time I see a flower, my heart is always soft, I want to poke the white petals with my hand, pout my mouth, and kiss the stamen a few times! I lowered my head and sniffed with my nose, only to feel that my lips and teeth are full of the fragrance of flowers, and my mood is very good.

He stood up violently, but he slipped in the rain and accidentally fell down the slope on the side of the road. Reflexively, he reached out and grabbed the plants on the ground, and the sharp jagged grass edges cut a hole in his hand, and the blood dripped into the soil, and a large field of flowers around him was instantly blackened. Hua Qiangu looked at the bad things he had done and was heartbroken for a while.

Although it is not very high below, if you fall into the bushes, you will definitely get a wound. She struggled to climb the branches. As soon as his feet slipped, the already soft soil collapsed, and Hua Qiangu hurriedly stepped on something that seemed to protrude from the slope. Then he kicked hard and climbed up.

Patting the mud on his body, he turned his head to see where the stone he stepped on was a stone, and it was clearly a white thigh shin. Some of the bones were scattered into the bushes along with the collapsed earth.

"Amitabha Buddha Amitabha Buddha ......" Hua Qiangu's heart was cold, swishing this corpse, maybe someone was harmed by thieves in this barren mountain and wilderness, and then thrown away at will, and then eaten by wild beasts. Although it was a little chilling, he slowly slid down the slope and collected the bones little by little, and wrapped them in a piece of clothing. Then he dug a pit that was not deep or shallow, buried it, cut it down, and stuck it in the grave with wood.

"What's your name? Belch...... I have limited ability, and I don't have a thin coffin, so I can only reluctantly bury you, but if you have a tomb, you don't have to be a lonely ghost. You have a spirit in the sky, don't blame the juniors, I stepped on your bones today, I was careless. This steamed bun is filial piety to you, and when you are full, go to reincarnation as soon as possible......"

Hua Qiangu carved a few words on the wood with a knife, then bowed, turned around and continued to find the way up the mountain.

But until it was almost dark, she still couldn't find her, so I had to go back to the cave where I had rested two days ago. Burning a fire gnaws hard dry food. I couldn't help but feel discouraged in my heart, and I was really discouraged by the fact that there were Taoist priests and immortals on this mountain? Why couldn't I find it myself? I couldn't even go up to the peak! Alas......

Plugging the hole with branches and shrubs or something, I still can't sleep well at night. I woke up again with a little wind and grass. Until the second half of the night, I was really sleepy. In a daze, I saw someone come in and stand next to his bed, but it was a high-crowned young man dressed as a Taoist priest.

"Ah, I finally found it!Please take me as an apprentice!" Hua Qiangu hurriedly knelt on the ground.

The young man shook his head: "Hurry up, I came here today to thank you." If it weren't for you, I don't know how long I'd be wandering on this mountain. ”

Hua Qiangu's face turned pale: "You...... You're the one during the day, that's the ......."

The boy smiled and nodded: "Don't be afraid, I'm here to thank you, and I want to ask you to do me a favor." ”

"How can we help?"

"I want you to give a message to my master, Daoist Futu. ”

"Is he a Taoist priest on Maoshan Mountain?"

"No, I'm not a disciple of Maoshan, I'm a disciple of the Laoshan faction. My name is Lin Xian, originally a month ago, the master asked me to send something to the head of Maoshan Qingxu Dao, but I was intercepted by the big devil Chunqiu Undefeated halfway, not only snatched the thing, but also used mana to destroy my spirit body. I hope that if you can meet the Qingxu Daoist, tell him about this matter, and ask him to tell my master, his old man must be in a hurry to wait for me to go back!"

"Oh oh...... Hua Qiangu nodded again and again, "But how can I see the Qingxu Dao Master?" I've been here for many days, and I can't find my way up the mountain. ”

"Are you here to apprentice in Maoshan?"

"Yes. ”

"Do you want to kill demons and demons as a girl? I haven't heard that Maoshan also accepts female disciples. ”

"I don't want to kill demons either, as long as those things stay away from me and don't come to pester me, I'll be Amitabha. ”

"Your smell is indeed strange, but my mana is still shallow, and I can't see anything wrong. ”

"Can you tell me how to go up the mountain?"

"It's really troublesome, you don't have any mana on you, you can't open the secret way. And recently, I don't know why all the sects look like they are facing a great enemy, Maoshan Yellow Light is heavily guarded, and there are spells everywhere, so I have been wandering around here for almost a month, and I can't get close at all. I don't know what was born. I guessed something that the master asked me to bring might be related, but he didn't tell me anything. I can't help you up the mountain right now. ”

"Didn't anyone come down from the mountain?"

"Normally, there is, but I haven't seen one lately. I don't know what happened to the Nine Heavens Ten Thousand Blessings Palace, maybe the Dao Elders all flew up to the ground and took the Cloud Imperial Sword directly from the mountain. ”

"So what should I do?"

"I don't know, or you go to Laoshan, just tell my master, you can also beg him to let him take you as an apprentice, he is very soft-hearted and loves to eat stinky tofu, as long as you keep begging him to bribe him with wine and stinky tofu, I'm not afraid that he won't agree." ”

"Wow, you're so strong!"

"Hehe, I love to be lazy, I'm always punished, and I get through like this every time, so I haven't learned much. I knew that I would have worked harder, and maybe I wouldn't have died so miserably under the undefeated hands of the Spring and Autumn Period......"

"Don't be sad, I'll do my best to help you. But I still want to go to Maoshan Mountain, which my father told me before he died. Isn't there any other way?"

"Yes, I heard that there is a place called the Immortal Pavilion in Yaoge City, which is not far from here. Legend has it that every Immortal Lord is proficient in the occult arts, and as long as you can pay a certain price, you can know anything you want to know. If you go to the Immortal King, he must know how to go up the mountain. It's not a way for you to spin around like a headless fly. ”

"Really? Well, I'll go down the mountain tomorrow to find him. ”

"Okay, then please......"

"Well, don't worry, go ......," Hua Qiangu waved to him while wiping his sweat.

The boy disappeared in an instant, Hua Qiangu took a deep breath, fell down, and continued to sleep with his head covered.

Two days later, Hua Qiangu stood on the main street in the center of Yaoge City, stunned, and the zigzag line lined up the entire long street. All kinds of people went up to the dignitaries and dignitaries, down to the beggars and pawns, and each carried a basket of turnips in his hand.

Hua Qiangu was speechless and curious, grabbed a crooked-mouthed uncle and asked how to go to the Immortal Pavilion, and the crooked-mouthed uncle squinted at her.

"I see, you're here to solve the problem with the Immortal King, right? You follow this line all the way to the front, and then turn a corner, and the pavilion at the end of the line. ”

Hua Qiangu's jaw almost didn't fall: "Are so many people here to ask questions to the Immortal Monarch?"

"Of course, how many people in this world will be in trouble and need help! You think you're the only one?"

"Then why does everyone take a basket of turnips?"

"Immortal King, do you think anyone can see each other? Not only does it cost him questions, but there is also a price to pay for meeting him. And this basket of radishes is! Let me tell you! This one needs different things every time I want to see him, last time it was Chinese cabbage, and recently this Immortal King has become obsessed with eating radish, and as a result, almost all the radishes in the vicinity are about to sell out! But there are very few radishes that can satisfy the Immortal King, and even fewer people see him! Those rich people came from all over the world with the best radish, and they didn't see it, so they had to go back in disgrace. ”

"Didn't anyone tie him up or sneak in to see him?"

"You stupid boy, do you think this Immortal Pavilion is so easy to break into, even if the emperor Lao Tzu comes, he can only obediently stand here with a radish and line up! I don't know why, anyway, all the people in the world, regardless of sects and factions, seem to be very jealous of the Immortal Pavilion. ”

"Oh, then I'll have to go find the turnips now and come to the line, right?" Hua Qiangu turned his head to see that there were already a lot of people lined up behind them, and the line was moving quite fast.

"Yes, but most of the good turnips in the neighborhood are sold out. What the people have grown at home should have been bought. You go to Yihetang, the largest in the city that specializes in selling fruits and vegetables, and there should be some that are sold, but the rest should not be very good, and the price is very expensive, and you buy it for nothing. ”

"So, is there a wild radish on any mountain near here?"

"You're going to dig yourself? Don't run up the hill when you're so young, there are a lot of beasts in the mountains around here. ”

"It's okay, I have three bones, two or two meats, and the tiger may not eat me when I see it!"

"You go west of the city, there may be one on the hill over there. ”

"Oh, thank you, uncle. Hua Qiangu took two steps and turned his head, and couldn't help but ask, "Uncle, what questions do you want to ask the Immortal Monarch?"

"I? I just want to ask who killed a thousand knives and stole the only cow in my family!

Uh, Hua Qiangu wiped his sweat, laughed dryly, and then turned to leave, it seems that this should go to the official master, right? People are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, this is really good!

In the west of the mountain, I finally found a few radish flowers, thousands of bones, carefully dug out, because it is wild, so it is small, but white and tender, casually rubbed the soil on the pants twice, put it in the mouth, crisp and sweet. The most ridiculous thing is that she also dug up a small plant of ginseng. I took a bite and thought it was a radish, but it wasn't delicious at all, so I threw it away.

After washing in the creek, the basket was gone, and he wrapped up his clothes and ran to line up again, and by this time it was getting late, and there were hardly many people.

Hua Qiangu saw a woman in green sitting at the door, checking the radishes in everyone's baskets one by one. Then he waved his hand impatiently to indicate that he was not qualified, and he would come back next time.

When it was Hua Qiangu's turn, she was so nervous that her palms were covered with sweat. Carefully grabbed the corner of his coat and showed the turnip to the man.

The woman didn't look at the radish, stared at Hua Qiangu for a long time, and then whispered something to the woman in red beside her, and the woman hurriedly ran in.

"Is this radish okay?" Hua Qiangu asked timidly, the woman in green was five big and three thick, taller than ordinary men, and her big feet were almost as long as her two. It's not ugly, but it's a bit fierce.

"Why is it so small? Is this a radish or a garlic?"

Hua Qiangu hurriedly defended: "But it's very sweet!"

The woman in green took one and tasted it: "You dug it yourself?"

"Yes, on the hill to the west. ”

"You're really good, and you ran to the mass grave to dig radishes, but the radishes nourished by the flesh and blood of this dead man do taste very good, you can go in!"

Hua Qiangu was so frightened that she almost didn't drop all the radishes on the ground. Suddenly I felt like I wanted to throw up.

Confused, he walked forward without caring about the string of eyes behind him that wanted to kill her. She had thought that such a mysterious Immortal Pavilion should be born in tatters, towering high in the depths of a paradise on the shore of a mountain, forest and lake.

I didn't expect it to be not only in the middle of the downtown but also to be so magnificent. The screen courtyard, the mountain stone promenade is beautiful and elegant, the carved railings are everywhere, the gorgeous lotus pond flowers and thousands of bones have never been to such a beautiful place, so they can't help but slow down their steps and keep looking around. The woman leading the way in front of her looked hurried, and she didn't notice if she was following. By the time Hua Qiangu reacted, he was already lost.

It's over, why is it so big, where did you go? Hua Qiangu was anxiously looking for the person who had just led the way for him on the nine-curved corridor. Now there is no one in such a big house. It was pitch black in all the rooms.

She began to get scared. Twisting and turning, I came to a crooked tower-like attic, and in front of me, there was only the door on the second floor, which was ajar, and there was a faint light inside.

"Is there anybody, is anyone there?" she cried out, but there was no response.

Slowly walked towards the attic, and suddenly his whole body was struck by lightning, and he was paralyzed for a while, and he almost couldn't stand steadily. I lowered my head and saw that the fluorescent light on the ground around me turned out to be a huge pattern of five elements and eight trigrams. And he seems to have accidentally stepped into it. One foot on the outside and one foot on the inside, hesitated for a moment, and then there was no discomfort in the body. Keep walking inside.

Could it be that the Immortal King is upstairs?

Rushing to the attic, she carefully began to go up the stairs, and the attic in disrepair creaked with every step, as if it was about to collapse, and the sound was pounding.

Finally in front of that door. Hua Qiangu coughed and asked in a low voice, "Is anyone there?"

Still no one answered. Pushed open the door and walked in. Then there was an ear-piercing scream that pierced the night sky even more terrible than hell.

Her room was now littered with human tongues dangling from red threads.