Portable space

After the wound was re-bandaged, the man surnamed Ye asked Zhang Taiping: "I wonder what this brother's name is?"

"Zhang Taiping."

"Brother Zhang's swordsmanship is superb, I admire it, and I hope to come here to ask for advice at this time next year." The man surnamed Ye said again.

"Oh? That's good." Zhang Taiping smiled and said, "Then stay here next year."

After waiting for a man and a woman to disappear into the bushes, Zhang Taiping and Daoist Ma returned to the Taoist temple. After taking their seats, Daoist Ma asked, "Is there anything you want to do when you enter the mountain this time, Commander?"

Zhang Taiping said with a smile: "There is nothing important, just go to the mountains and wander around."

"We are here to see the tiger." Fan Ming said beside him.

"Tiger?" Ma Daochang pondered for a while and said, "Commander, although this tiger is a good thing, the number of people hunting and killing it has been very small over the years. It is said that rare things are precious, and tigers are now considered treasures." , don’t hunt if you can’t.”

Ma Daochang's worry is not unreasonable, because with Zhang Taiping's strength, as long as he has a weapon in hand, hunting and killing two tigers is simply a piece of cake, no wonder he is worried that Zhang Taiping has this idea.

Zhang Taiping shook his head with a smile and said: "The Taoist priest misunderstood, I don't have any thoughts about these two tigers, this time I just came here to find something in the mountain."

"Why don't you let Aoki take you to look for it?" Ma Daochang said.

"No need." Zhang Taiping waved his hand and said, "It's not something urgent, we're going around the mountain by the way, we are all people who grew up in the mountain, don't worry about getting lost, so don't bother Daoist Aoki gone."

Seeing that Zhang Taiping refused, Daoist Ma didn't insist any more.

Fan Ming looked into the Taoist temple for a while and asked, "Aren't you two living here alone? Why don't you live in the city, or a village outside?"

Daoist Ma stroked his beard with a smile and said: "The purpose of being in the mountain is to be clean, and it is just for self-cultivation."

"However, it's possible that you won't see a single outsider in this mountain for many days. Don't you worry?"

"Don't be in a hurry." Daoist Ma said, "If you have something to do every day, you won't be in a hurry."

Fan Ming said with her hands behind her back: "Didn't the book say that the Great Hermit lives in the city? You can also cultivate yourself in the busy city."

"Young girl is right." Daoist Ma praised, "This is indeed a great realm, but the old Daoist's current cultivation base is not enough, and his state of mind can't reach the state of being in a busy city with a calm mind, so he can only slowly in a quiet place. Trained the mind."

It is indeed a kind of learning for people who learn Taoism to hone their minds, but there is another point that for people who practice martial arts, the more natural and pollution-free the place, the faster they can practice.

Fan Ming wrinkled her nose, and there were a few naughty and cute folds on it, which made the young Taoist priest Qing Mu standing next to Ma Daochang a little dazed, wondering how many souls ran away.

Seeing his embarrassment, Daoist Ma put down his teacup and coughed a few times.Aoki who was woken up felt his gaffe, his face turned red in an instant, he lowered his head, not daring to look at Fan Ming's playful face amidst his natural beauty.

Fan Ming didn't see Aoki's appearance, and continued: "If I were allowed to live alone in the mountains for such a long time, I would have gone crazy."

The old Taoist said: "The girl is a person in the world of mortals, so this deep mountain and old forest is naturally not the girl's home."

After two cups of tea, the three of Zhang Taiping got up and left when the tea faded. Daoist Ma and Aoki sent them out of the Taoist temple until their figures disappeared, Taoist Aoki still stared blankly at the bushes.

Daoist Ma sighed softly and said, "It's time for you to go out and practice."

Aoki came back to his senses and scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Master."

Daoist Ma said: "Although the practice in the mountains progresses quickly and the mind is calm, it is incomplete without going through the trials of the world of mortals. Elevate your mental state to a higher level, and practicing swords mainly depends on your mental state.”

It's just that the old Taoist sighed in his heart, and he still didn't say something, "I just don't know if you would like to go back to this ancient temple in the mountains to live this kind of miserable and quiet life after you are in the world of mortals."

A playful and lovely figure appeared in Aoki's heart, his mind became cheerful, and he asked: "Then master, when can we go out to practice?"

Daoist Ma glanced at him and said, "Just wait until you have achieved something in your swordsmanship."

The excitement on Aoki's face disappeared immediately, and it would take at least half a year to meet the requirements that the master said.

The three of Zhang Taiping left the Taoist temple and continued to climb two hills towards the south. Standing on one of the hills, Zhang Taiping pointed to the small valley opposite and said, "If it's right, that's where it is."

Cai Xiaomei covered her eyes with her hands and looked out, but there was nothing but a piece of emerald green in her eyes.

Fan Ming said, "It's finally here, but why didn't you see a tiger?"

Zhang Taiping shook his head and said: "The mountainous area is so big, where is it so easy to see it?"

"Then you were worried before?"

"It's just in case."

Going down the hillside and entering the valley that Zhang Taiping just pointed out, the trees inside do not seem to have grown naturally, but are arranged in an obvious artificial order.And although the weeds in the valley have decayed and covered the entire ground, you can still see flowers that do not grow naturally. Flowers that can bloom in winter are not common.

Sure enough, after walking inside for a while, I saw a bamboo building, but it looked dilapidated since no one had repaired it for a long time.There is a plum tree in front of the wooden house, with white plum blossoms blooming on it. It is like snowflakes hanging on the trees overnight, and the fragrance permeates the whole valley.

"It seems to be here." Zhang Taiping said.

Cai Xiaomei said: "There is still a plum tree, it seems that the original owner here must be an elegant person."

Fan Ming ran directly to the plum tree, originally intending to pluck a branch, but stopped when he reached the flower, put his nose close to the plum blossom and smelled it, saying, "It smells so good."

Several big dogs all rushed into the house and looked around.

The door of the wooden building was not locked, and Fan Ming said, "Why don't you go in and have a look, maybe you can find some treasures." She didn't care about what treasures she might find, but she just had the excitement of treasure hunting.

Zhang Taiping shook his head and said: "I won't go in." This is the former residence of the old man's old friend, even if he is a treasure, Zhang Taiping doesn't want to go in and check it out.Said, "Let's find something to dig a bar."

Cai Xiaomei took a shovel from the door of the wooden house and said, "Use this."

Zhang Taiping took the shovel and started digging under the plum tree. After a while, three ceramic jars were dug out, which were the same as the one that the old village head dug out from the backyard, only a little bigger than that, and the color on them was also the same as that of the soil. one color.

"Open it and see if it's broken?" Fan Ming said hastily.

Zhang Taiping patted off the mud seal on the top, opened the cover inside, and a rich aroma immediately came out.

"It's not broken, it's great!" Fan Ming said happily.

Zhang Taiping glanced at her and said, "Why, do you want to have a drink?"

"No, no." Fan Ming quickly waved his hands and said, "I'm just happy that such a precious wine hasn't gone bad." After hearing what Zhang Taiping said about the disadvantages of this kind of wine, she didn't have any thoughts about this kind of wine .

Wukong smelled the aroma of wine, and immediately ran over, holding a wooden gun made of iron and wood in his hand.The three of Zhang Taiping didn't go into the wooden house, but Wukong didn't have that scruple, and sneaked in while the three were digging for wine.

"Squeak!" Wukong jumped and screamed, pointing at the wine jar on the ground, very excited.

"Go, go, this wine is not for you." Zhang Taiping waved his hand at it and said.

The intuition of animals is quite powerful. Wukong can feel the special effects of tiger bone wine, and his yearning for tiger bone wine is much stronger than other wines.He kept gesticulating towards Zhang Taiping, his eyes glowing hotly.

Zhang Taiping said: "If you want to drink, you have to wait until you get home. This is not a place, and there is no use in worrying."

Wukong had no choice but to retreat to the side dejectedly, waving the spear in his hand angrily, Wuwu Shengfeng, no less than Monkey King in Journey to the West.