Chapter 224: The Great River of the Moon (Part I)
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Between the white emperor's colorful clouds, thousands of miles of Jiangling will be returned in one day; the sound of apes on both sides of the strait cannot be stopped, and the light boat has passed over the ten thousand mountains.
The twilight is low and the slanting sun is shining, the surging river flows eastward day and night, out of the Xiling Gorge River suddenly opens up, the eyes overlook the green mountains faintly white sails, but the vast world does not know who is the master of ups and downs?
Diao Xiao Sibai sat on the bow of the boat boredly and dozed off, the river breeze in early summer was slightly cold on his body, he couldn't help but sneeze twice, stretched out his hand and rubbed his nose and said, "Niang Xipi, who is thinking about Lao Tzu again." β
After living in Tangmen for more than a month, he and Princess Jincheng set off to the east to find Yang Guang in Jiangdu.
Since Princess Jincheng's injuries had not yet healed and she couldn't stand the long-distance bumps, Diao Xiaosi simply hired a big boat to go down the river, planning to go to Jiangnan first, and then turn north along the Grand Canal.
accompanied by Ning Wuqi and his wife, saying that they were going to Jiangnan to visit relatives, so they also took Diao Xiaosi's tailwind boat.
Diao Xiaosi naturally couldn't ask for it, with Ning Wuqi, a big bodyguard like the number one in the sky, followed, where did he have to worry about the old thief of Jinding looking for trouble? So he tried his best along the way to coax Xiao Zixuan properly, and almost pulled Princess Jincheng to recognize his godmother.
I don't know when, Ning Wuqi sat down beside Diao Xiaosi, glanced at the Huatian Companion Snow Talisman he was holding in his hand, and said, "Are you still pondering?"
Diao Xiaosi woke up, yawned and said confusedly, "What are you thinking?"
"This Flower Heaven Companion Snow Talisman is divided into ninety-nine layers, and each layer conceals the word 'Dao'. Ning Wuqi said lightly: "If you are willing, you can uncover it layer by layer and study it slowly." β
"Ninety-nine floors......" Diao Xiaosi heard that his scalp was numb, and most of his sleepiness was gone, and he exclaimed: "That guy is so boring, why don't you have this spare time?"
Ning Wuqi didn't answer, and said, "What about the talismans you have refined these days, bring them to me." β
Diao Xiaosi knew that Ning Wuqi was deliberately pointing out to himself, so he took out a Dao talisman from the belt of the dragon as if offering a treasure, and said modestly: "Old man, take a look, this one is okay, right?"
Ning Wuqi stared at it, and saw that the Dao talisman that Diao Xiaosi took out was like a half-finger-thick bamboo slip, with a blue-gray appearance, and a few faint traces of silver like ripples.
On the front of the road symbol, there is only a simple pattern outlined by a few runes, like a reverse "loss" character.
Ning Wuqi was slightly stunned, flipped the Dao talisman over, and the silver-white dragon chapter and phoenix text on the reverse side shone extremely gorgeously, forming a sharp contrast with the back, and asked, "This talisman was created by you, does it have a name?"
Diao Xiaosi said proudly: "I borrowed a little good thing from the Huatian Companion Snow Talisman, and then fused the operating rules of several magic circles, plus some ideas that existed in my brain before, and it was done after a few days of tinkering." If you encounter a difficult guy, release it, and you can immediately drain three to fifty percent of his strength. As for the name, what do you think of it being called 'harmful to others'?"
Ning Wuqi was silent, and penetrated a wisp of spiritual sense into the Dao talisman newly refined by Diao Xiaosi, and said after a moment: "Why isn't it 'harming others and benefiting yourself'?"
"Harm others and benefit yourself-" Diao Xiaosi was stunned, his eyes lit up: "You can also think of such an insidious trick?"
Ning Wuqi returned the Dao talisman to Diao Xiaosi and replied, "The Dao of Heaven has more than it has lost and made up for the deficiencyβ"
"The Dao of Heaven is more than damaged and makes up for the shortcomings-" Diao Xiaosi muttered and repeated, his brows unconsciously locked, staring at the Dao talisman in his hand and looking at it again and again for half an hour, and suddenly stretched out his finger and wrote the word "loss" on the deck, thinking about it and rewriting it again and again if he was not satisfied.
Gradually, he entered the realm of self-forgetfulness, and he didn't notice that in the cabin on the second floor behind him, there was a pair of cold eyes looking at him through the half-open window.
By this time, it was already dark, and a bright moon hung high in the clear night sky. The sparkling waves on the river are surging, and the bright spots are like the stars twinkling in the sky.
Ning Wuqi slowly stood up and stood quietly on the bow of the boat, looking towards the river like a jade streamer.
At the first line of water and sky, under the vast night, a flat boat sailed towards here in the wind and waves.
The boat was less than seven feet long, and two old monks stood on it. One was tall and imposing, steering at the stern of the boat, and the other was dressed in a gray cloth robe, with a thin and old man, and his eyes were half-open and half-closed, as if he had not woken up.
The boat came so fast, and in a blink of an eye, it was less than three hundred zhang away from the big boat that Diao Xiaosi was sitting on, and suddenly stopped in the center of the river.
Diao Xiaosi couldn't help but wake up, and asked in amazement, "These two old monks seem to be coming for us?"
Ning Wuqi replied, "They came to me. β
Diao Xiaosi was taken aback, looked carefully at the two old monks on the boat, and said, "Yes...... The thieves of Emei Ci'en Temple, should we pull the boat to the shore first?" I thought that if there was a fight on the river, the city gate would catch fire and the fish in the pond would be affected, and it would not be fun for everyone to fall into the water to feed Wang Ba.
Ning Wuqi replied, "No." β
Diao Xiaosi hesitated and asked in a low voice, "Can you beat the two of them?"
Ning Wuqi said expressionlessly: "Tell the cook to add two more dishes tonight." β
Diao Xiaosi perked up and said with a smile: "What do you mean by old...... These two monks are just a piece of cake?"
Before the words fell, the voice of the gray-clothed old monk came from the boat in front of him: "Old man Kongding has seen Old Benefactor Ning. β
His voice was not high, but it was unusually clear and peaceful in his ears from the hundreds of zhang of river, as if he had approached when he spoke.
"Empty Golden Cave Jade-" Diao Xiaosi was secretly taken aback and said: "Dare to love this old monk is the abbot of Ci'en Temple, known as the first holy monk of Buddhism, Master Kongding?! The tall monk driving the boat behind him is the master of the Discipline Institute of Ci'en Temple, Master Yuding." β
Although Diao Xiaosi has always been very confident in Ning Wuqi's cultivation, he still couldn't help but feel a sudden shock in his heart when he heard the gray-clothed old monk report his home.
The four holy monks of Emei Ci'en Temple came at once, and this is really not a joke.
Ning Wuqi was very calm and said, "Since you're here, let's have a meal together." β
Master Kongding smiled slightly and said, "Coincidentally, the old man is also hungry. "Floated on Diao Xiaosi's big boat.
Master Yuding didn't follow, and continued to control the boat as if he was escorting the big ship.
Diao Xiaosi's heart was wide when he saw this, it seemed that this old monk was not here to seek revenge, but seemed to be eating and drinking and fighting the autumn wind.
After a while, a banquet was set up at the bow of the boat, and Ning Wuqi, Master Kongding, and Diao Xiaosi were seated.
Although Diao Xiaosi was thick-skinned and dark-faced, he only felt uncomfortable sitting beside Ning Wuqi and Master Kongding at this time.
Master Kongding only needed a small bowl of rice, chewed slowly with the sauce and bitter gourd, and ate it cleanly.
He put down the empty bowl and said, "Thank you for your hospitality, the old man is still a little sleepy, and he needs to take a nap." β
Diao Xiaosiqi said: "You usually eat and sleep like this in the temple, sleep and eat, what about cultivation?"
Master Kongding supported his head with one hand and lay on the bow of the boat, and said: "When you are hungry, you can eat and sleep when you are sleepy, this is the practice of Lao Wei." β
Diao Xiaosi was stunned and said, "It seems like Lao Tzu...... That's how I practice. β
Ning Wuqi said: "He is different from you. β
Diao Xiaosi was unconvinced and said: "What's the difference, I eat more than him and sleep more soundly." β
Ning Wuqi said: "What he cultivates is the 'Supreme Great Nirvana', cutting off the three worlds on both sides, and the Yuan Ming is always silent. β
Diao Xiaosi scratched his head and said, "What do you mean, can you say something that a normal person can understand?"
Ning Wuqi drank leisurely and said, "So you are different from him. β
Diao Xiaosi held his breath and ignored him, buried his head in eating, and after a while, he saw that Master Kongding was really asleep.
Ning Wuqi poured himself a drink, and ate a meal for two hours, and did not put down his cup of chopsticks until the middle of the month.
Diao Xiaosi glanced at Master Kongding, who was sleeping soundly, and said suspiciously: "This old monk won't sleep on our ship tonight, right?"
Master Kongding seemed to hear what Diao Xiaosi said in his sleep, and slowly opened his eyes and got up with a cane: "There is nothing to comment on in idleness, and you can smell the fragrance of a stick of fragrance; β
Ning Wuqi listened to him finish reading the small verse and said, "You woke up early." β
"It's not early," Master Kongding looked up at the bright moon in the sky and said, "The old man will wake up well." β
Ning Wuqi bowed slightly: "That's right, if you don't come in another ten years." It's a pity, it's a pity......"
Diao Xiaosi heard it in a fog, but he also knew that Lu Dao Ning Wuqi cherished words like gold, and this time he actually said two "pity" in a row, it was simply the sun coming out in the west.
He couldn't help but ask, "Old monk, what are you fighting?"
Master Kongding replied, "Old Benefactor Ning felt a pity because the old man had been here for ten years and had not yet had time to cultivate the Supreme Great Nirvana to the Great Perfection realm of true eternal silence and bliss. β
Diao Xiaosi was puzzled: "Then why don't you wait for ten years...... Hey, you're going to fight?!"
A smile appeared on Master Kongding's face, and he said, "Because I'm afraid that by then, the old man's state of mind will be harmonious and obsessed with death, and the idea of challenging Old Benefactor Ning will no longer arise in my heart. β
Diao Xiaosi suddenly realized, turned his eyes and asked, "I don't know the old ...... Jinding When will the old monk be able to cultivate to the Great Perfection realm you just mentioned?"
Master Kong Ding said: "Senior Brother Jin Ding's comprehension is far better than that of Lao Wei, maybe he will be one step ahead of me." β
Diao Xiaosi nodded and said, "Well, I will wait for the day when he never wants to come to Lao Tzu again." β
Master Kongding smiled, flicked the monk's robe and lifted the staff, and saluted Ning Wuqi with one hand: "The rice and coriander are too good to be rewarded, but there are no regrets." β
Ning Wuqi said: "Little four, knife." β
Diao Xiaosi hurriedly took out the nine knives from the belt of the dragon and asked, "Which knife do you want?"
Ning Wuqi casually picked out the Youquan short knife, "clicked" the knife and shaved off a table leg, and then carried the knife like the wind and sawdust like snow, and in a moment he sharpened it into a wooden knife more than two feet long.
He threw the Youquan short knife back to Diao Xiaosi, and slowly raised the wooden knife in his hand against the bright moon and the river.