Chapter Forty-Eight: The Adventures of Little Spirits Barge the Horse Green Ox
This old man actually knew Peng Zu, and after Lin Yiyi asked, he finally knew who this person was. This old man's name is Ma Yuan, but he has nothing to hide, and he knows everything and says everything. As Lin Yi guessed, this horse aid is either an immortal or a demon. It turns out that this horse aid is actually a thousand-year-old barge horse spirit!
Lin Yi had already heard of this strange beast from ancient books, and there were even more allusions to the suspicion in ancient books. In history, Qi Huangong, the head of the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons, once rode out on horseback, and saw a fierce tiger blocking the road and was about to rattle, but saw the tiger suddenly trembling, lying on the ground motionless. Huan Gong was puzzled and asked Guan Zhong, "Today I rode out on horseback, and the tiger suddenly didn't dare to move when he saw it, what is the reason for this?" Guan Zhong told him that this was because he was riding a horse and running against the sun, and under the light, the wind blew the horse's hair and fluttered, which was very similar to the legendary barge horse. This ** shape is very similar to barge, barge is like to eat tigers and leopards, the tiger thought that this horse was barge, and was frightened for a while.
Legend has it that the barge horse is a remnant of the ancient wild beast, the appearance is like a horse, and the whole body is covered with white hair, so it looks no different from the general white horse from a distance. Unlike the white horse, the barge horse has a horn at the head, four hooves as sharp as a tiger's claws, and a black tail. Its cry is as deafening as a drum, and it prefers to eat tigers and leopards and other fierce beasts, but it is said that it disappeared from the world before the pre-Qin period and is never seen again. Lin Yi really couldn't imagine that one day he would see so many barge horses, and it was actually a demon beast that had cultivated in human form in front of him.
The barge family originated in the distant North Sea, where the snow is deep and the climate is cold. Thousands of years ago, Ma Yuan had not yet attained the Taoist cultivation of human form, so he would not have any intersection with Peng Zu at all, but his grandfather knew Peng Zu, but there was a story in it. It turned out that this horse aided its ancestors because they were the relics of ancient divine beasts, and they were cultivated to be strong, so they were regarded as leaders by all demons in the world, and they became the thorns in the flesh and the thorns in the eyes of those immortal cultivators.
As a result, his ancestors were hunted down and killed by countless cultivators in the world, but their cultivation was profound, and most of those cultivators became their belly. However, Ma Yuan's grandfather's descendants of the clan who were not highly cultivated have become the ghosts and swords of these people, if it weren't for the fact that Ma Yuan's body has a high bloodline and is the clansman that his grandfather focuses on protecting, Ma Yuan would have died at the hands of these cultivators. Seeing the tragic deaths of countless clansmen, Ma Yuan's grandfather took revenge frantically, whether it was a cultivator or an ordinary human being who was powerless. These cultivators originally condemned their ancestors with the crime of "doing many evils and ruining their lives", but gradually it became a fact.
Helplessly, his grandfather killed too much, and in the end, people and gods were angry, and he was seriously injured by a few old immortals who rarely came out of the mountain in the world, and at this time Peng Zu was the head of this group of old immortal cultivators, and after he understood the reason, he opened the net and let his ancestor live. Therefore, Ma Yuan's grandfather felt great gratitude to Peng Zu from then on, but he still had a grudge against other cultivators in the world, and hid in the mountains to double his cultivation, praying that one day he would rise again and take revenge.
When his ancestor was seriously injured and fled, he came to this undeveloped land of small spirits by chance. More than a thousand years later, his ancestors not only restored their cultivation, but also increased their cultivation several times compared to their peak. He expected that when those old immortal longevity yuan were almost exhausted, he finally came down the mountain, and he was ashamed. He thought that there would be no rivals in the world from now on, but as soon as he came out of Xiaolingtian, he met an old man named Li Er in this Hangu Pass. This person seems to be just an ordinary old man, without any cultivation on his body, but he defeated Ma Yuan's grandfather with a simple move. Thousands of years of cultivation were defeated by an ordinary old man, and his ancestors were deeply impressed. It turns out that Li Er is the name of the common family before Lao Jun ascended, Ma Yuan's grandfather was ignited by Lao Jun, and also became a spiritual pet serving by his side, when Lao Jun ascended, his ancestor and Lao Zu rode the green ox together to fly to the fairy world.
"It turns out that this Majiazhuang and Niujiazhuang are the descendants of Lao Junling's pet barge horse and mount Qingniu respectively!" Lin Yi finally understood the meaning at this time, no wonder the green-faced boy Niu Mo and Tsing Yi Lao Su looked like five big and three thick, looking like a cow in a cow, it turned out that they were all descendants of Lao Jun's mount Qingniu. And this horse aid Ma Mingzu and grandson both have horns on their foreheads, although they have cultivated their human bodies, the horns on the horse's head are the essence of their lives, but they can't be eliminated no matter what.
"How did this little Lingtian come about?" Lin Yi couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Look at the young man, he should have just entered the cultivation realm, and he doesn't even know such a blessed land!" Ma Yuan didn't hide anything at all. After his explanation a moment later, Lin Yi finally understood the origin of this. It turned out to be an ancient powerful person, although he laid out the Infinite Immortal Great Array in the land of Kyushu, and the two worlds of heaven and mortal forever, there are still many spatial nodes left in this mortal world, which is the so-called Xiaolingtian. The density of the spiritual energy in this small spirit is naturally several times greater than that in this world, but because it is also isolated from the outside world, once it is polluted by the filthy qi of all things, it will be less than one point. Most of the main altars of those cultivation sects in the world are in such a small spiritual heaven land, but after these thousands of years, the spiritual energy of these spiritual heaven blessed lands has become thinner and thinner, which is also an important reason why there are fewer and fewer cultivators in the world.
The small spirit is as big as it is thousands of miles in radius, and the small one is only a few dozen steps, some are immortal grass and fairy fruits, some are white bones, some are dangerous and abnormal, some are paradise, and some are said to have been the lair of those heavenly demons during the battle of the ancient immortals and demons. However, after thousands of years of exploration and excavation by countless cultivators, the spiritual heaven and blessed land in this world are only available but not sought, and have long been exploited by cultivators.
The small Lingtian in this place is also a medium-sized place, and it is an opportunity that Ma Yuanqi's ancestor was seriously injured and released by Peng Zu, and he got it by chance. It is because of this cave that his ancestors can recover from serious injuries within a thousand years, and their cultivation has increased several times. And why, after thousands of years, the aura here is still very strong, several times stronger than those spiritual mountain blessed lands of the great sect of cultivation. It turned out that before Lao Jun ascended more than 800 years ago, he left a Dao spirit talisman in this place, protecting the aura of this place from being polluted by all things, and the descendants of the green ox and barge horse who could not follow Lao Jun's ascension stayed here to multiply.
"There is no Jiazi in the mountains and I don't know how many years I am, and the things of a thousand years ago are like yesterday, I was born in Xiaolingtian, and I have never walked out of this Xiaolingtian. I've heard you talk about those flower worlds in the world, but I'm very curious! If it weren't for the power of the thunder god's punishment on this day by chance, you wouldn't have discovered this little spirit heaven entrance anyway!" Ma Yuan sighed.
"Why don't you go out with me!" Lin Yi asked curiously.
"We are heaven and earth spiritual creatures, desolate and alien species, and everything on our bodies is a heavenly treasure among those cultivators. Every birth brings a bloody rain, so my grandfather left a legacy with Lao Jun before ascending, and none of our clansmen can get out of this little spiritual heaven! Although there are few opponents in this world, and I have already broken the idea of ascending for hundreds of years, and I can only live here for the rest of my life. Moreover, I heard that in the past thousand years, the monitoring power of the Infinite Immortal Array has become more and more detailed, and a demon like me who has cultivated is afraid that he will not be able to escape the Heavenly Will Mingjian in every move, and once the spiritual power in his body fluctuates, he is afraid that he will be punished by the Thunder God that day. Although it has thousands of years of skill, it is difficult to withstand it for a long time!" Lao Suo sighed again. Lin Yi also broke off the idea of inviting him to join the WTO.
Lin Yi and Lao Suo Ma Yuan had been talking for nearly an hour unconsciously, and seeing that it was already noon, Ma Yuan hurriedly invited him to dinner. Lin Yi followed Ma Yuan to the hall of another hut, but saw that there were more than ten young people in the hall, the appearance was similar to Lao Suo, all of them were white-faced, but they were dressed as scholars, wearing a bachelor's crown, wearing a wide-sleeved single shirt, and a master was sitting alone on a couch, facing south and talking, Lin Yi heard that it was the old gentleman's "Tao Te Ching". I also saw more than a dozen people sitting opposite each other in the West House, playing the harp, and the rhythm was beautiful and beautiful.
"Since ancient times, the green cow was afraid of the white horse, and this green cow and the barge horse were originally the masters who fought to the death as soon as they met, why were they able to live peacefully together as neighbors for thousands of years! It turned out to be the work of the "Tao Te Ching"! I think that the young descendants of Niujiazhuang also read the "Tao Te Ching" every day! Only the "Tao Te Ching" has such courage to reduce their primitive nature! I don't know who the master who is lecturing in the middle of the Dao is who is, but the appearance of those white foreheads and horns is the same!" Lin Yi said secretly in his heart when he saw these scholars.
"The mountains and fields are thin and the wine is light and the fruit is light, and I don't respect it!" Ma Yuan politely beckoned Lin Yi to sit down. At this time, a boy came up to pour wine, and after a while, the table was already full of fruits and vegetables, and Lin Yi couldn't recognize most of them. Lin Yi didn't eat last night and this morning, and he had experienced so many earth-shattering things, he was already hungry, and he had already started to eat without waiting for Lao Suo's invitation.
These wild fruits look very thin and small, and some of them melt in the mouth, some are full of fragrant, some are very sweet, some have a bitter aftertaste, and some are sour and refreshing. Lin Yi had eaten countless delicacies from the mountains and seas in the palace, but it was the first time he had eaten so many delicious mountain fruits, and the several plates of mountain fruits in front of him were empty after a while.
After a while, Lin Yi only felt that his abdomen was also like the sweet and sour, cold for a while, hot for a while, cold as ice and hot as fire, his internal organs were dizzy, and his forehead couldn't help but be drenched in cold sweat. Fortunately, Lin Yilian had already reached the realm of Dacheng by building his foundation, and his will was far superior to ordinary people, otherwise he would have been lying on the ground and moaning!
"It's really greedy! I have eaten so many fruits in one go, but this fruit is really delicious! Because the cold and heat have not invaded now, I will not eat bad stomach again!" Lin Yi scolded himself in his heart.
But seeing that Ma Yuan on the other side of the table was still complacent, he looked at Lin Yidao with a smile: "These wild fruits look green and red and inconspicuous, each one is an immortal fruit that has absorbed hundreds of years of aura, taking one can increase the power of a tiger, ordinary people can take one is difficult to bear, Shaoxia can eat more than 10 in one breath, it is really not simple, worthy of being the heir of Peng Zu!"
"Shaoxia, drink a glass of wine, the medicinal power of these wild fruits must be eaten with this osmanthus wine to be absorbed!" Ma Yuan persuaded Lin Yi to drink again.
At this time, Lin Yi could only come to cover the water, endure the severe pain in his abdomen, one cup down, it was really very comfortable, and another cup down, the pain in the abdomen had been half better, and three cups down was interesting to taste the taste of wine. He has drunk countless osmanthus wines in the world, how can there be such a delicacy, even if it is specially provided by the royal court, it is difficult to match.
After Lin Yi asked Ma Yuan, he realized that this osmanthus was not an ordinary osmanthus, but a fine wine made by the thousand-year-old osmanthus tree. Lin Yi, a person who doesn't like to drink, couldn't help but drink nearly ten bowls in a row. He was not a good drinker, and after a few glasses, Lin Yi was already half drunk and half awake, so he thanked him and stopped drinking. He greeted Ma Yuan, walked out of the house to take a stroll, carefully observed the pedestrians and things on the road, it was no different from the outside world, but he felt that this place was far away from the world, quiet and empty, and it was a rare resort. If it weren't for the world, he really didn't want to leave.
As the song sings: "Work at sunrise, rest at sunset, dig wells to drink, plough the fields for food, what is Dili to me!" Lin Yizhen hopes that one day he can take off the silver armor and jade robe on his body, stay away from the world, and bring his beautiful wife and concubine to live in seclusion here!
However, this is only an extravagant hope, and only he understands the weight of the list on his body! This country, this nation, is all on his burden.
Chen Wu couldn't wait any longer, she was so seriously injured that it would take at least half a year to recover, but fortunately, there was no major problem now, and the people here were very simple and kind, and it was very suitable for her to cultivate, so Lin Yi was also relieved that she was here alone to recuperate.
As the commander of the first army, there was no news after leaving the barracks for half a day, but I was afraid that the barracks had already exploded at this moment. After a while, he returned to the house and said hello to Ma Yuan, and then he was very grateful and reluctantly said goodbye, and then left in a hurry.
On the way back, it was the forehead boy who he saw at the intersection when he first came to lead the way, and the two were already familiar with each other a lot, but the boy still took Lin Yi's hand and ran forward. But at this time, Lin Yi also probably understood its significance, it turned out that this village had already been laid out with exquisite formations, if there was no acquaintance to guide the way, I was afraid that I would not be able to leave this village for a few months!
This Ma Ming looks only about 10 years old, but his real age is only a thousand years old, Lin Yi apologized to the boy for his mean words at the beginning of the meeting: "Xiaosheng has never seen the world, it is really abrupt!"
Ma Ming said casually: "Adults don't remember villains, who is generally familiar with you!" The atmosphere between the two was much more relaxed for a while.
"I don't know who the master who is teaching on the couch in that room?" Lin Yi suddenly thought of something and asked Ma Ming.
Na Ma Ming said: "You don't know the prince of the river, that person is a sage and a disciple of Laojun." He also lived in seclusion with us, and explained to us some doubts in the Tao Te Ching every day. ”
"If this person is still alive, he is afraid that he is only a thousand years old, and the legend says that his person has already soared, and he can't imagine that he is living in seclusion like this!
After another moment, Lin Yi and Ma Ming had already come to the entrance of the cave when they first came, and after saying goodbye to Ma Ming, they walked thousands of steps before walking out of the cave. When he turned his head to look, there was not a trace of the hole. There are strange rocks on both sides of the canyon, and the cold wind is swishing!