Cold rain in late autumn.

Ancient temple at dusk.

A trail winds along the valley to this black mountain pass.

A jackdaw cowering on a dead tree outside the small temple raised its head, looked up at the sky, and occasionally lowered its head to glance inside the small temple.

"What's watching, won't you get me down?!"

The dull and suppressed voice carried a bit of indescribable rich and mighty, like a tiger roaring in the dark, shocking all beasts, and exploding outside the small pavilion.

The jackdaw fluttered its wings and flew high, but it hovered in the air for a while, and seemed to find nowhere to go, and then cowered and flew back to the branches.

was chased too closely by the Taoist man thirty miles away.

From Jingyanggang to here, he fled for three thousand miles, and there was almost no time to rest, so that he hadn't had time to digest the Danyuan in his stomach until now, and he couldn't bear it anymore.

The bearded man who kicked open the rotten door of the broken temple courtyard glanced at the top of the pavilion above the ancient well in the courtyard, his brown eyes turned around, and the corners of his mouth pursed contemptuously.

An ordinary man, dare to look at Benjun?

The roar spread, the roof of the small pavilion column head trembled, the gray grass fell off, and the black shadow prostrate on the roof of the shed only trembled, but there was no other movement.

At this moment, it seemed that something was opened by his roar, and the main hall of the broken temple, which was far away from the small pavilion in the courtyard, suddenly seemed to shake.

A golden glow emanated from the main hall and hit the well in the pavilion.

The bearded man had long noticed the vision at the mouth of the well.

The white mist was shrouded, as if something tangible was slowly transforming and converging, and when it was illuminated by the golden light, it suddenly accelerated its condensation.

Surprised, the man looked at the hexagonal well in the pavilion, and then glanced back at the strange light that was slowly disappearing, and his eyes fell on the ruined temple that could be seen at a glance.

The rising light of a strange statue slanted on the pedestal of the temple façade was dimming.

The power of God's will?

The man suddenly became serious, and if he could be blessed with the power of incense, he would not be a mortal thing.

But ...... this idol?

The man couldn't make out what such an ugly-looking idol was.

But he has also traveled to the world for many years, and he also knows that the customs of the world are different, and the obscene private temples are also strange, and it is not strange to worship anything.

It's just that this sacrificial thing is too hideous and terrifying.

But if it's just hideous and terrifying, it's just that, after all, it's not uncommon to see people worshipping demons and ghosts in the world, but this appearance is like a hawk, and for a while he didn't remember that any gods and ghosts were like this.

The forehead is convex and the nose is flat, the mouth is bulging and the buck teeth are raised, the top of the head is uneven, and the idol is also missing arms and the lower half, so there is only one clay half-body.

There is neither a powerful and strong form, nor does it look at all beings, no matter how you look at it, it looks like something you are doing at will in private.

Look at the dilapidated appearance of this temple, the candlestick of the main hall is overturned, the offering plate falls to the ground, a futon is rotten, and the broken grass roots are ridged, revealing the wooden base inside.

The side hall was empty, but the stone walls were all crooked and mottled.

It doesn't look like someone is coming to worship.

Maybe this is the unique local big demon and ghost thing, which is quite effective, so it attracts ordinary people to worship in private?

But whatever it was, his natural instincts made him feel in crisis.

The speed of the transformation of the wellhead monster is very fast, almost between breaths, it has already expanded into a white-headed, blue-body, broad-fronted and broad-nosed monster, and the appearance is somewhat similar to the statue.

I saw that the monster's eyes were red, the golden light flashed, and the vicious and hideous light in his eyes immediately fell on him, and he also revealed a little joy, and it was about to condense into reality in an instant, and this guy wanted to transform into a shape?

Is it the meta-god incarnation, or is it the meta-body gathering form that I can't know?

The man with unkempt hair and beard suddenly felt that the coercion forced him to breathe, and the Danyuan in his abdomen, which had not yet been digested, actually jumped vigorously, almost rushing out of his body.

He immediately sensed that a catastrophe was coming, and his innate sense of crisis made his hair stand on end.

This monster actually wanted to devour itself, and even the undigested Dan Yuan in his belly was sensitized.

It's just ignoring yourself, so daring!

But the strength shown by the other party also gave him a feeling of powerlessness to resist.

Either run or fight.

A hundred years of traveling in the human world and three hundred years of cultivation had never allowed him to have such a state of being so defenseless, but his heart and blood nature did not allow him to be restrained.

The bearded man didn't have time to think about it, he took a stride, and three feet away turned out to be a step away, and in this step, the man had already transformed into a colorful tiger that was more than one foot long!

Dou Da's head was all open, his blood basin mouth suddenly opened, and the red and snow-white breath spewed out, directly attacking the qi shape that was coiling and tangling.

The conjuring meteorology suddenly expanded outward, and the swirling air and smoke exploded with a loud bang, blooming into speckled waves of earth qi, meeting the impact of this red and white qi.

"Boom!"

The tiger's huge body was shaken three feet apart at once, and the light dimmed.

The entire dark yellow figure showed a blurred phantom, twisted and folded in space, and the Dan Yuan in the abdomen that had not yet had time to digest was almost shaken out.

In the shock, the tiger re-transformed into a human form, and the bearded man couldn't believe what had happened to him.

Unexpectedly, a layer of external qi can shake away the Dan Yuan Qi that can exert itself to the extreme, and some of it has already digested that person's Yuan Dan.

Could this demon really become a god with the power of incense?

How is this possible?

For a while, he didn't know what to do, but he knew that once this demon condensed and formed, with the power it displayed, even if he ran now, it would definitely be difficult to get out of the other party's clutches.

There was no choice, and the bearded man roared again.

Suddenly, the hands turned into tiger claws, and the red and white vitality between the minions appeared and disappeared, and the ten were pushed forward.

In an instant, the entire space in the pavilion was about to be torn apart, and even the small pavilion suddenly exploded.

The thatch on the top of the entire pavilion was scattered in all directions, the four pavilion pillars were broken, the cyclone detonated, and even the hexagonal wellhead shook.

The transformed giant ape couldn't help but grin and stretch its arms to stretch its body.

There are still beautiful things that are sent to the door, is it really an eye-opener?

Although it is said that the quality is a little worse, and there are some contradictions, it is actually the body of Huge, but it is still mixed with the humane real pill, and it is an appetizer.

I saw that the figure of the giant ape was about to get rid of the shackles of the wellhead as soon as it moved, and the lower half of the body was completely transformed at the last moment.

In the inky black void, a silver-white match suddenly appeared, cutting through the sky, hanging straight between heaven and earth, reflecting the reckless and reckless three thousand miles of Yu Mountain, Cui Wei a day.

The horse Lian Tian drooped a little, fell from the clouds and grounded, so that the entire three thousand miles of Yu Mountain and its surrounding towns can be seen in this Lian Tianluo.

Countless cultivators couldn't help but float into the air and look around, wanting to see clearly who was in charge of the catastrophe.

Bai Lian was extinguished, pouring down from the sky, breaking through the sky in the blink of an eye.

But in this pavilion the well bloomed.

"Ahh

"Whew!"

As soon as the Dan Yuan cyclone with the fluffy hair and bearded man's claws danced close to the other party again, he saw the white light that fell from the sky blooming between the two of them, or in the real form that he had released with his life's Dan Yuan and the monster giant ape.

At the top of the barrel-sized light wheel flame ball, a thin line as white as silver went straight to the sky, and suddenly expanded and burst between the two of them, and the entire two-fold intertwined cyclone was instantly swallowed by this light flame, and then spread outward.

The giant ape's expression of surprise and horror turned into horror, despair, and anger in the eyes of the unkempt and bearded man.

Before he could react, he found that his entire body had once again turned into a tiger shadow, and even the remaining bit of Dan Yuan had turned into stars and scattered in the air.

"Damn it!"

"Ahh

Gradually blurred his gaze as he watched the giant ape, which had already turned into a solid form, disappear again, and a flash of spiritual light flickered.

The whole solid form turned into a white mist again, and was forced back into the hexagonal well, accompanied by a series of curses that were rough and furious, and went straight to the bottom of the well, and disappeared into nothingness.

No one noticed that when the roof of the pavilion was blown open by the air waves, the black shadow that fell from the top of the pavilion screamed and fell to the ground before it could land, and was bounced into the temple by the shock wave released when the light flame bloomed, and slammed into the stone wall of the side hall.

Thirty miles away, a figure flew into the sky.

It only landed on the stone kip for a while, but he could no longer feel the breath that was quite clear before.

The Taoist who landed on the top of Shek Kip Peak felt incredible.

Pinch your fingers.

A moment in the hour?

Could it really be that the tyrannical tiger turned into a nightmare?

It shouldn't be.

Even if that guy took advantage of the void to enter and devoured his junior brother's Yuan Dan, it was still far from the state of the catastrophe, at least it could not be this kind of catastrophe, but the faint aura of that guy was going away, and it seemed to be on a higher level.

But where did this guy go?

If it weren't for him, who would it be on that catastrophe?

Looking up, the Taoist couldn't figure out whether it was a man or a demon in the barren mountain, this Yu Mountain was too broad, and he could only roughly determine this direction, and he couldn't find a specific location.

After pondering for a long time, he carefully sensed around a radius of dozens of miles, but still did not notice anything valuable, and the Taoist sighed, and could only leave in a huff.

The ancient temple has returned to its former peace, but it is more dilapidated than before.

The small pavilion disappeared, the hexagonal wellhead was exposed in the field, and most of the walls of the small courtyard were also collapsed by that wave of shock.

There was only a crumbling temple left, and the statue of the god that had fallen to the ground, and the black shadow that had been knocked down by the catapult on the stone wall of the side hall and curled up in the corner of the wall.

The sun and the moon set, the morning sun and the twilight rain.

I don't know how long it took.

The rain began to fall again.

A group of people appeared on the mountain path, and a few torches were shadowed, towards the small temple.

The dark shadow huddled at the foot of the wall seemed to be awakened by the sound of horses' hooves kicking on the mountain path, and finally moved.

Chen Huaisheng tried his best to raise his heavy head and see where this was.

There was darkness in his eyes, making him wonder if he was blind.

The probe rubbed against the side of the rugged stone wall.

There was a bit of a fishy smell in the mouth, and there was something dry like snot on the lower lip of the nose, and after licking it, it was still bloody.

Only then did he realize that his mouth and nose were full of dry blood clots.

Except for his left hand, the entire body seemed to be in sharp pain as if it were broken and scattered.

It's been a long time since I've felt this way.

I have the impression that after I determined that I had the Dao seed at the age of ten, I would not have such an uncomfortable situation.

Even if he later traveled abroad to study, he encountered some dangers, but he was not almost as close to a wasted and half-dead person as he is today.

No, aren't you the county magistrate Chen?

His thinking was a little confused, which made him dizzy again, it seemed to be a dream, so that the memories of the two people were intertwined, but which was true and which was false?

He shook his head as hard as he could, trying to clear himself up, but the sights in his mind lingered, it was a dream, why was it so clear?

He subconsciously touched the burden of his clothes.

A long narrow shirt with a horizontal shirt, a collared undershirt inside, and trousers inside, it feels familiar and unfamiliar.

What is familiar is that I seem to have a good fit in this shirt, and the breath is also very close, and what is unfamiliar is whether this shirt is from the Tang Dynasty or the Song Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty? This idea is strange.

It seems that it really came through time?

Chen Huaisheng's mind became clearer and clearer, and bits and pieces of bubbling spring water came out of his heart.

The memories of the two sides are finally separated, not intertwined, one seems to be innate, the other is a personal experience, which is a bit interesting.

This person is also called Chen Huaisheng, is this his soul piercing or taking away?

It seems that I still recognize this identity more, so I have such thoughts, rather than feeling that I have an unusually real dream.

With a slight movement, the sharp pain pulled Chen Huaisheng back from his reverie.

The whole body was not lightly injured, and his body couldn't move, so Chen Huaisheng could only return his mind to the scene before he fell into a coma.

Tiger, it shouldn't be talented.

He didn't know what the identity of the man he saw was waiting to be devoured, but before he fell unconscious, he saw that the bearded man had turned into a colorful tiger, and the fur was dazzling and confusing, and he was very impressed.

Whether it is a demon or a human, he has no way of telling.

He shook and crashed into this stone wall and fell, and now although his whole body is in great pain, his bones are broken and his limbs are broken, but it is nothing to him with a Dao species, he only needs to breathe and run for a week, and he can recover some, and he can recover most of it after one or twenty days of recuperation.

Dao seed, Chen Huaisheng finally realized something.

Well, he is a little different, that is, he is the only one who has the Dao seed among the more than 120 born children in Yuanbao Village, Guzhen County, in the ninth year of Jingzhen.

Thinking of this, the faint sound of horses' hooves on the mountain path came into my ears again.

He didn't have time to think about it, almost gritted his teeth, supported his body with his left arm, which was still able to use strength, and sat up.

At this time, through a little starlight outside the hall, Chen Huaisheng was finally able to determine that he was not blind, but the night was dark, he was facing the wall, and there was no light, so he couldn't see it.

The slightly turbid vitality is ready to move in the sea of qi.

Closing his eyes and concentrating, the spiritual power slowly gathered from the dantian, Chen Huaisheng urged the spiritual sense to drive the circulation of the Yuan Qi in the meridians, and a touch of qi slowly ran along the meridians.

The qi machine rotated three times in his body, and it seemed to be faster than expected, which surprised him a little.

Well, it seems that there is something more in the depths of the qi sea, but now I can't look inward, and I can't see what is wrong with my body.

Chen Huaisheng finally grabbed the noisy sound and forced himself to stand up before the noisy sound entered the temple.

Almost all of the ribs are broken or cracked, but it doesn't matter, it's good to take care of.

But now we are facing a crisis.

In the middle of the night, I came to such a small temple in the col at night, but I am afraid that it is not an ordinary person.

It's very unsafe, or dangerous.

This world seems to be very unpeaceful, or dangerous.

He can't expose his weakness to outsiders, and in the case of not knowing what role the person is, it's hard to say whether his weakness will stimulate the other party to have bad intentions.

Chen Huaisheng never hesitates to use malice to speculate on people he doesn't understand.

Well, this doesn't seem to be the current Chen Huaisheng's character.

The sound of horses' hooves is getting closer.

The chaotic sounds are also very clear in the middle of the night.

"How can there be a temple here?"

"What kind of bullshit temple, built in such a place where you dare not see people, you can know that it is obscene at a glance,......"

"Whether it's obscenity or a private temple, there are no people in a radius of twenty or thirty miles here, who will come to worship?"

"Who do you worship?" Huai Desecrated Dragon God, or Gengchen God?"

"How is it possible? How can the place of worship of the dragon god and Gengchen be so dilapidated? It is impossible to choose such a horn to come, there is no popularity, how to worship?"

"Yes, at first glance, I know that it is obscene, and I don't know what it is, and the government doesn't care about it,......"

"It's so remote, if we didn't go the wrong way, we wouldn't be able to get here, the nearest county seat is a hundred miles away, where can we manage it,......"

In the midst of the noise, the group walked to the gate of the courtyard, looked around, and found that the place was rotten.

The first one couldn't help frowning: "Why is it so tattered, how can you rest?"

"Okay, how can you pay so much attention when you go out, then don't go out at all, just find a place to shelter from the rain. A gentle and quiet voice immediately suppressed the noisy people, "Go in, be careful, maybe there are people here to take shelter from the rain, don't disturb others." ”

Chen Huaisheng leaned against the stone wall, wiping away the blood stains outside his nose and at the corners of his mouth with some difficulty, trying to make himself appear calmer, and his heart was also a little shocked.

I tried my best to suppress my breath, but it was clear that I was still noticed.

There should be more than five or six people coming, and it can be heard from the footsteps of their dismounts alone, they are all Dao qualifications, and there are also qi practitioners.

After seven years of studying and seeking Taoism, although the Taoist heart is not clear, Chen Huaisheng has still seen a lot.

His own body contains Taoist species, and he is considered a leading role in the rural ingots, and he can also be used in Guzhen, but he can only get a "rare" praise in the county.

If you want to enter the house, then it is really unremarkable for everyone.

At the age of seven, he knew the bones, and the fourteen spiritual roots, and he realized nothing, and the dust returned to nature.

After fourteen, the spiritual root has not yet appeared, then it will be difficult.

He is also thirteen to awaken the spiritual root, and he can't wait to travel and seek the Tao.

It's a pity that after six years, nothing has been accomplished.

There is still one year, and after twenty-one, if you still can't enter the Tao and practice qi,......

Then he can only be regarded as an innate Dao species, and his body is better than ordinary people, and he is expected to double his longevity, but he has no other extravagant hopes.

There are no candles in the temple.

I recall that when I entered the temple, I found that the candlestick had collapsed, the statue of the god was crooked, the offering plate was overturned, and there was nothing, so I also took shelter from the rain in the side hall to rest.

Who would have thought that the unkempt and bearded monster would come along the mountain path so loudly, and hover outside the temple for a while before entering.

If it weren't for the fact that he had practiced the Taishang Induction Technique and coincidentally sensed something strange and climbed to the top of the pavilion to hide, I was afraid that I would have to be swallowed by that guy immediately.

Thinking of this, Chen Huaisheng couldn't help but touch the thin booklet in his arms.

After six years of study and running, I only got this technique, and it never worked, and I always felt that it was a waste, but today I finally felt it and saved my life.

It's just that I want to find a sect to open the door to the Tao, but I have never been able to do so, and I have been wasted for a few years, and I saw that the years have passed, so I gave birth to the idea of going home to see.

In the midst of a hundred thoughts, the footsteps of a group of people outside had already stepped in.

The first person did not enter the side hall first, but entered the main hall, and the torch was raised, and it was unobstructed.

"Hey, ...... this?"

"Frightened, what a foolish people, dare to make gods and monsters privately?"

"It's so ugly, without any solemnity, I don't know what it is?"

The chaotic voice was noisy, but it was still overwhelmed by the quiet and gentle voice: "Qi Mei, you are the person who is close to the left here, can you know which way of the big demon is this,......?"

"Back to Senior Sister, it seems to be Wuzhiqi, this Huaishui is nearly 3,000 miles left, and it is mostly dedicated to Longjun and Gengchen God, but there are also many villagers who worship Wuzhiqi in private, but the government has been strictly prohibited, and the little sister has never seen it, only heard that Wuzhiqi is white-headed and red-eyed, with ,...... convex forehead and buckteeth."

A voice as clear as a fountain replied.

"Hey, there are couplets in this private temple,......"

"Lan Tian Hongze, blessed Qinghuai? tsk, this is really against the government. ”

"Then it should be this, I don't know if the friends of Zuo Dian also recognize it?" The quiet and gentle voice sounded again, and the eyes of all the people looked at Zuo Dian.