Reading: Beginning as the Dean of the Academy

Chapter 52
"Brother-in-law, wait for me at the foot of the mountain."

At the foot of the deep mountain, Su Le glanced at her brother-in-law. For the next thing, my brother-in-law is still waiting at the foot of the mountain.

The incense burner points to the deep mountain, which means that my sister is on this mountain, and my brother-in-law is safer waiting at the foot of the mountain.

"What are you talking about? I am going to save your sister. I will definitely be with you."

Lu Bo didn't agree, he was saving his wife, no matter how many monsters and ghosts there were on the mountain, he couldn't let his brother-in-law go up by himself.

"alright."

After thinking about it for a while, Su Le finally agreed, and her brother-in-law also learned Baijiaquan, so he has the power to protect himself.

The two quickly went up the mountain. Although it was late at night and the forest was covered with fog, Su Le's sight was not affected. It was winter and the trees were withered, but the road was easier than before.

After climbing to the top of the first mountain, Su Le stopped. There was a dilapidated earthen house at the top of the mountain.

Su Le stared at the lights in the room.

"How can there be someone's house on this mountain?"

Lu Bo also saw the earthen house, and even saw the lights inside. He was very curious. It is impossible for people to live in such an unopened primitive mountain forest.

Even if there are mountain guards arranged by the Forestry Bureau, it is time to go down the mountain in winter.

Keeping the mountain, more in summer, to prevent forest fires, and those poachers.

Su Le didn't answer.

The wooden door of the stone house creaked open, and an old man came out with an oil lamp.

"The two little brothers went up the mountain late at night. It's freezing cold. Let's drink some hot water."

The old man was not surprised by the sudden appearance of Su Le and Lu Bo, but Lu Bo became more vigilant. He was a criminal policeman, and would subconsciously stay on guard for some unusual situations.

There are people in the deep mountains and old forests who are very unusual. When they see a stranger going up the mountain, the first thing they do is not to ask but to drink hot water, which makes him wonder if there is something wrong with the hot water.

In particular, he thought of some monster movies he had watched. Those monsters dressed up as humans in remote places and provided food and drink to passers-by, but in fact those food and drink were rotting corpses.

"That would be disrespectful."

Su Le stared at the old man for a while, but finally agreed.

"Xiao Le..." Lu Bo opened his mouth to remind him, but Su Le gave him a reassuring look, the old man in front of him will not harm us.

Su Le walked to the stone house. There was only one stove, one bed and one wooden table in the whole stone house.

The old man picked up the boiling water in the stove, took out two porcelain bowls, poured them in, and handed them to Su Le.

The porcelain bowl was steaming with steaming mist, Su Le was not polite, picked it up and drank it all in one gulp.

"Xiao Le..."

Lu Bo didn't have time to stop him, even if the old man had no bad intentions, he wouldn't be afraid of scalding his throat with such scalding hot water.

"It's okay, brother-in-law, you drink it too, to drive away the cold, we have to go on our way later."

Hearing what Su Le said, Lu Bo took the porcelain bowl in doubt, took a small sip at first, but was surprised to find that although the water was steaming hot, it was not hot in the mouth, but at the same time, his stomach rose. There was a burning sensation.

When climbing the mountain, Lu Bo was not cold, but just standing on the top of the mountain for a while, the cold wind hit him and the sweat on his body made him shiver uncontrollably. Disappeared in an instant.

As soon as his eyes lit up, Lu Bo also knew that the water was a good thing, so he drank it all without saying a word, and even had an unfinished look on his face.

"Thank you for the hot water, old man. We have to continue on our way, so we won't bother you."

"A bowl of hot water is nothing, but if you have free time in the future, and you can think of today's events, you might as well make an interesting story and pass it on to future generations."

"must."

Su Le nodded. Lu Bo couldn't understand the conversation between the two, but seeing that his brother-in-law had put down the bowl and turned to leave, he hurriedly followed.

"Xiao Le, what's going on, I'm confused, the old man is not a real person, right?"

Lu Bo is not stupid. After knowing that there are monsters in this world, his current view of the world has changed. He met an old man in the deep mountains and old forests and gave him a bowl of magical water. He is not like an ordinary person at all.

"Have you heard of the Land of the Mountain God?"

"Xiao Le, are you saying that the old man is the Lord of the Land?"

Lu Bo was really shocked. What is the Lord of the Land? He is a god. He actually met a god.

"No, the land master is not so lucky to meet. The real land master has been pardoned. As for the mountain god, let alone the mountain god. The mountain god is the handle of the mountain."

"Since it's not, then you still say?"

"It's not official, but if you can't stand it, you can be self-proclaimed. This is like many people. Although you haven't been an official, you can't stand an official, but you can't stand it. This old man should be some kind of tree spirit in the mountains."

"It's still possible to operate like this, but what does it mean that he let you pass it on as a funny story in the end?"

"Have you read some strange novels written by the ancients?"

"I've read it, but the plot isn't too exciting, there aren't many twists and turns, and it's far worse than modern novels." Lu Bo nodded.

"It's not exciting, but it's been passed down. It's passed down to many people, and sometimes it becomes a tiger, especially after it's written by those great Confucian scholars."

Su Le smiled slightly, thinking of a certain literati's travel notes that he saw in the Library Pavilion.

This literati was also an official. When he went home to visit his relatives, he passed by a mountain forest, but encountered a tiger blocking the road. He was about to die, but an old man appeared, drove the tiger away, and saved the official's life.

The officials came forward to thank the old man for saving his life, and asked the old man about his background, but the old man did not hide it, saying that he was the land master back then.

What's interesting is that this official is a clean and honest official with extraordinary literary talents, and a great righteousness is bred in his body.

The official went back to his hometown after he became an official and passed by this road again. Thinking of the life-saving grace at the beginning, he recorded the events of the year after returning home. In the article, the old man was called the Lord of the Land.

On the third day after the article was written, the old man visited late at night and expressed his gratitude to the officials. The officials were puzzled at first, but only after the old man explained the reason.

It turned out that this old man was not a land lord at all, but just an ordinary banyan tree. What he said to the officials back then was just an exaggeration to save face.

Unexpectedly, because of the righteousness in the official's body, this article was completed and was recognized by the world, which actually made him a land master.

Su Le knew that the tree spirit he met had also recognized his identity as a Confucian disciple. He wanted to use his own hands to write a book. Even if he didn't seek the position of land and mountain god, having words handed down from generation to generation was equivalent to getting it. A ray of righteousness protects.

The grandeur of righteousness is the most mysterious existence in the world. You must know that spirit monsters have to overcome the catastrophe in cultivation, and in ancient times, many spirit monsters would choose a route in order to successfully overcome the catastrophe.

Enlighten wisdom, enlightenment, and then study.

"Yuewei Thatched Cottage Notes" records:
Mr. He Li'an explained that sometimes there are scholars who walk alone in the wilderness and hear the sound of books.Curious why there was the sound of reading in the wilderness, I went looking for the sound, and there was only an old man sitting in the tomb of the ruins, and there were more than ten foxes beside him, each holding a book and squatting.When the old man saw it, he rose to welcome him, and all the foxes stood up with their books in their hands.

The scholar felt that since the monster read books, he thought it was polite, so he asked the old man why he read, and the old man replied: "The monster needs to read the books of sages if it wants to practice to overcome the calamity."

"It turns out that you are such a great scholar. If you knew that I would have read more books back then."

After listening to the explanation, Lu Bo was dumbfounded, but Su Le smiled. There are many people who read books, but very few of them can be upright.

Su Le and Lu Bo continued to climb over the hills, while Xu Feng and the others were also experiencing a fierce battle on the hills ahead.

It's more of a fight than a fight.

The three of Xu Feng were besieged by a group of white apes, and all three of them had light flowing around them. Xu Feng was holding a mahogany sword, and there were many wounds on his body, which were torn apart by the sharp claws of the white apes.

Wei Zhi was not much better, he had a mirror in his hand, but unfortunately the mirror surface was already broken, and his face was extremely pale.

Among the three, the only one who was better was the woman.

"Children, don't hurt the beauty."

Outside the battlefield, a man in white with a long beard sat high on his head, and in front of him was a stone table with a variety of food on it.

In addition to the men in white, there were also stone tables on both sides, there were sharp-mouthed old men in official uniforms, and there were also white-faced dwarfs who were no more than three feet tall.

"General Bai, today you and I were able to watch a good show."

"Hmph, the reason to invite the two of you today is because you got a beautiful woman, but you don't want to meet such a disturbing person."

"General Bai's words are wrong. This is double happiness, and another beauty. You should drink a full glass."

"Haha, Huang Shihou's words are still reasonable, come, let's drink this cup together."

The three men in white toasted and drank, but they didn't take Xu Feng and the three seriously.

"General, it's an auspicious day, don't delay it."

After drinking, the old man in official uniform looked at Xu Feng and Wei Zhi, and said with a chuckle: "The general has received a beauty, so you might as well let me have these two."

"Huang Shihou takes it on his own."

The man in white didn't care, the old man in official uniform was allowed, and when he played with the wide sleeves, a puff of black smoke spewed out, and the white apes who were attacking immediately stopped attacking and ran aside.

"Be careful."

Seeing the black smoke gushing out, Xu Feng reminded his companion to hold his breath, but the black smoke penetrated through the pores of his skin.

In just an instant, the three of Xu Feng passed out on the ground.

"It's been a long time since I tasted human taste. These two sheep were delicious back then." The old man in official uniform looked at Xu Feng and Wei Zhi who fell to the ground and licked his lips, then looked at the woman who was also in a coma, regretting the knife: "Especially for women and children, it's even more delicious, it's just a pity."

"Huang Shihou, what's the pity, wait for me to enjoy the perfect person, if you don't obey, I will give it to you."

"So, thank you General Bai."

The three laughed heartily, and even a white ape carried the unconscious woman down, the man in white didn't delay, got up and left his seat, surrounded by many white apes, and headed towards the cave.

(End of this chapter)