"Not guilty, not guilty. After confirming the identity of the outsider from the Taoist temple, the old man sitting in the hall stood up from the cushion.

The sounds around the Taoist temple gradually died down.

Only in the depths of the green mountains, there are echoes left in the distance.

"How's the town?"

"A common man died, and he was killed by a spider spirit. ”

"Where's the spider spirit?"

"I killed you. ”

"Oh. The old man walked out of the main hall and stepped through the gate.

hurriedly greeted the rootless who was walking towards the Taoist temple, with an eager look on his wrinkled face.

"It's not hurt, is it?"

"Nope. The smile on Yougen's face was even stronger, and his eyes were as bright as stars, revealing a look of emotion.

"Master Xie is worried. ”

Hearing this, the old man bowed his head and looked at Yougen, who had been lying in the arms of the rootless, closing his eyes and saying nothing.

"Who is this?"

"This man claims to have roots, and I saved them when I got rid of the spider spirit. ”

"Oh. The old man hesitated and observed intently for a while.

"This person is wearing a Taoist robe, I don't know how to cultivate?"

"Hehe, he didn't cultivate. ”

"Oh," the look of doubt on his face was replaced by surprise, and the old man reached out and grabbed the rooted arm.

"Sure enough, there is no cultivation, come in and tell me in detail, what is going on?"

After squinting and pondering for a while, the old man let go of Yougen's arm, turned around and walked into the Taoist temple with Wugen.

The Taoist temple is not large, and there is only one bronze statue inside.

The bronze statue is about five meters high, and the whole body is painted with yellow lacquer, and on the bright red table in front of it, a wooden sandalwood and two iron candlesticks are placed.

There is a red candle on the candlestick, and the flame is burning at the top of the red candle, and the dim fire light shines on the bronze statue, and the light scattered is extremely fierce.

illuminates the whole temple.

There is fine river sand in the sandalwood, and three long incense sticks are inserted on the sand pile, and there is a fire at the incense head.

The incense is half burned.

Rootless carried Yougen through the temple to an ear room, placed Yougen on the floor covered with animal skins, wrapped the animal skin around Yougen's body, and then walked back to the main hall.

The old man had sat down on the cushion again, his legs cross-legged and his eyes closed.

Wugen walked past the old man, stopped in front of the table, groped in the sleeve of his left hand with his right hand for a moment, and pulled out three long incense sticks.

With the help of candles, Rootless lit three long sticks of incense and inserted them into the sandalwood.

Then he retreated behind the old man, knelt on his knees, and bowed respectfully.

Buckle three times in a row.

After three clicks, the old man sitting on the cushion got up and bypassed the bronze statue.

Wugen also quickly got up, followed the old man, and came to the back of the bronze statue.

There was an inner room, which was not large, but on one side of the wall there were two bookshelves side by side.

In the space of the bookshelf, there are many animal skins, and the animal skins are written like tadpoles.

All beginner cultivators can clearly recognize these tadpole-like words, which are runes.

In the center of the inner room, there is a stove with a fire shining through the stove, and a copper kettle on the stove.

The spout was constantly steaming outward, and the water was boiling.

Two cushions, placed opposite each other next to the stove.

The old man knelt opposite the rootless, kneeling on the cushion.

The old man lowered his head and blew through the bubbles floating on the surface of the tea in the bamboo cup in his hand.

"So, this person has no sect and no sect, you met him in the mountains?"

"Yes, Master. Rootless's eyes lowered slightly, and he began to fall into the memory.

"A week ago, I found the poisonous incense left by the spider spirit in the mountains, but this spider spirit is extremely cunning, hiding in the depths of the wilderness mountains, in the past few days, I almost caught this evil beast several times, but it was detected in advance, if it was not for this time it exposed its whereabouts, I am afraid that it will have to take some more effort. ”

"Yes. The old man bowed slightly, stroking his long white beard.

"A hundred-year-old spider spirit, first entering the evil way, has eaten new flesh and blood, and has been empty for several years, where it can resist the temptation of the living. ”

"Still. The old man's eyebrows were raised, his eyes widened, and the words suddenly changed

"After all, this Yougen's identity is unknown, he is not a member of the Dao Sect, and he is wearing a Taoist robe, if you rashly take him up the mountain, aren't you afraid of causing disaster?"

"Master, in a radius of thousands of miles, there are only three small towns and our Taoist temple, in the Taoist temple, only Shizun and I, there is only a root that can only come from thousands of miles away, and there is no trace of mana on his body, how can he attract disasters? Besides, he is dedicated to the Tao. ”

Hearing this, the old man fell silent, his eyes widening in silence.

Kneeling on the cushion, his body was shaky, and his cheeks flushed with two strange flushes, looking like he had suffered severe internal injuries.

"You scoundrel, you don't know your little calculation as a teacher!"

"Master Mingjian, Master Mingjian. "Rootless hands make a compilation, fall to the ground and worship.

"No root is not for your own plans, there are really not enough people in the view, and the world is not very peaceful, no roots will go down the mountain across the mountain, you don't care, food, clothing, housing and transportation are provided by the people in the town, but what about you?"

Rootless's eyes narrowed into two slits, but there was a sad look on his face.

"The days on the mountain are hard, no roots have been blessed by the master since childhood, adopted in the view, these more than 30 years, the master has been like a mountain to me, no roots and no one can repay it, and there is no patience to watch the master grow old but no one takes care of it. ”

"Fart!" The sound was like a bell, and the entire Taoist temple trembled in the sound of the old man's fart.

In the ear chamber, Yougen, who was wrapped in animal skin, turned over, and the corners of his grinning mouth slipped out of transparent saliva.

"Lao Tzu's body is very tough, why do you need someone to take care of him!"

"Then Master, how long has it been since you washed this white silk yin and yang robe to ward off evil spirits?"

Looking down at the stained black robe on his body, the old man smiled embarrassedly, revealing his yellow teeth stained with green leaves.

Then, the smile froze on the old man's face.

"You kid have stiff wings. With a wave of his hand, a cowhide flew out of the bookshelf and fell into the old man's hand.

Then the old man's face stiffened and bloomed completely.

That bright smile made Rootless shudder.

"Master, please slow down!" Wugen quickly got up, picked up the copper kettle on the stove, took out the delicate porcelain cup from his sleeve, and poured boiling water into the porcelain cup.

After the porcelain cup was filled, Wugen put the copper kettle back in its place, and handed it to the old man with both hands holding the porcelain cup.

From the porcelain cup, a burst of white water vapor overflowed, mixed with the rich aroma of tea.

The old man's nose twitched slightly, and the cowhide in his hand slipped silently and fell to the floor.

Carefully taking the porcelain cup with both hands, the old man leaned forward, leaned his mouth over, and took a sip.

Then, with a sigh of relief.

"That's it, that's it. Isn't it just one more apprentice? ”

"The master is wise. ”

"Alas, although I think that although my Wilderness Sect is not a big faction, it was also a big faction in this wild land in Saibei a hundred years ago, and the population of the settlement in Saibei at that time was not very large, but there are always a large number of herdsmen on the grassland, and there is a population of less than 1,000 in a land of thousands of miles like now. ”