Chengtian Ba ​​Suo

I lay on the bed with my legs crossed for about ten minutes, and my back hurt like hell. 【 】The bed board is too hard, and the old Taoist didn't give me a mattress and quilt.

I got out of bed and stood at the table for a few minutes.There are two stacks of rice paper neatly arranged on the table, one stack is blank, and the other stack has words written on it.

Most of them are poems, some of which I know well, some of which I haven't read, and I don't know whether it is the achievements of the ancients or his own creation.

I randomly took one out from the bottom, and saw this passage: How can I fight with the king today, what a pity... I don't want to do it, God will trick others, why bother, why bother... Wrong, wrong...

There was a nonsensical paragraph that I couldn't understand. There were some creases on the corner of the paper. Presumably his junior brother was a little excited after writing it.

It seems that even though the old Taoist priest's junior was a young man when he disappeared, he was still a literary youth no matter what.Ordinary young people like me can only look up.

At this time, I heard a "click" sound from outside.

Immediately afterwards, the old Taoist yelled: "Who dares to make trouble in the Five Elements Meridian, leave it to me!"

When I put down the rice paper and rushed out of the room, I saw the old Taoist standing there silently.He was a little unusually quiet, as if the anger just now came from someone else.

Looking elsewhere, there is no one there.

What is this old man doing, playing tricks on me!

But out of good intentions, I still asked: What happened just now?

Don't worry about it.The old Taoist scolded me unceremoniously, and then went back to the house.

Dead old man, regardless of how powerful you are, you've already been shot to death with a brick.I cursed secretly, and went back to the house resentfully.

When the moon was hanging high and my stomach was struggling with whether to eat the intestines or the esophagus first, the old Taoist still did not leave the house.

I was so hungry that I couldn't stand it, so I had to go out of the room and knock on his door: "Old Taoist priest, what shall we have for dinner?"

The old Taoist remained silent, and an oil lamp was lit in the room, which was dim.The old Taoist was holding a piece of paper in his hand, and he stared at it in a daze.The dim oil lamp shone on his face, making him look a little old.

Seeing that he was lost in thought, I yelled again.This time, the old Taoist reacted.He lifted up the paper in his hand, and flicked his wrist slightly, as if he wanted to do something.But then, he frowned again and let it go.While slowly folding the paper and putting it in his pocket, he said: There are wild fruits in the mountains, as well as vulgar food, and you can make whatever you want.Things and bowls are in the first room from the right.You make your own food, don't worry about me.After late at night, don't walk around casually, don't bother me if there is no special matter.

A dead old man with a strange temper.

I can only think about this, I turned around and went out to the first room on the right, I had sweat and black lines on my forehead...

What age is this, it turned out to be an old rural clay pot.There is a stack of firewood by the wall, I picked up the matchbox from the pot, and then grabbed a handful of straw... Can this thing really cook?

After half an hour, the whole firewood room was full of smoke.I coughed and ran out of the smoke like an African black man. From the outside, the house looked like it was on fire.

What annoyed me the most was that it took so long and at such a cost that even the clothes almost burned, but the fire still did not smoke.

why is that! ?

By the way, what is the pullable wooden stick next to the pot for?

It's so deceitful... I poured water from the big tank next to the woodshed to wash my face, cursing in my heart.But after scolding, I still have to eat. What do I eat in the middle of the night?

There are wild fruits on the mountain, but there are also wild animals.

I heard that there used to be a girl who was dragged away by savages in the mountains, and came back a few years later with a savage child.I'm not a girl, but I can't stand being dragged away.

Finally, when the smoke cleared from the firewood room, I found a few steamed buns that were as cold as iron, and soaked them in water to eat.

These days are too bitter, and I began to feel glad that I didn't agree to the old Taoist's previous proposal.If he really became his apprentice, he would have to die bitterly if he wasn't killed.

It took at least two or three hours to tinker back and forth like this.I looked at my watch, it was past eleven o'clock.

The oil lamp was still on in the old Taoist's room, and the old man didn't know what was wrong, he had been nagging all day long, as if following an evil spirit.

Forget it, I don't care what he is doing, let's go to sleep.

It was only when I entered the pitch-black room that I remembered that not only did the old Taoist not give me an oil lamp, he also didn’t give me a bedding!

Is this a special reason?

I walked lightly to the front of the old Taoist room, hesitating whether to knock on the door, or to spend the night on the wooden board first?This old man has a very strange temper, what should he do if he wants to throw me into the mountains later.

At this moment, I heard the old Taoist's voice coming from the house: Come in, and grind the noodles in circles!

Embarrassed, I opened the door and went in. The old Taoist priest was still sitting at the table.On the table, a piece of paper lay flat, with some traces of wrinkles.

Hehe... Actually, it's nothing wrong, I just want to ask, the quilt to sleep at night... I scratched the back of my head and said with some anxiety.

There is a box under the bed in the room, and the bedding is placed inside.said the old Taoist.

Oh, got it.I nodded and turned to go out.

wait a minute.The old Taoist stopped me suddenly, and when I turned around, I saw him with an unnatural expression and said, "Come and sit next to me, and I'll ask you something."

I walked over and sat down with some doubts. The old Taoist priest has always been very independent, and he will definitely do what he wants to do no matter how dangerous it is.This can be seen from the fact that he still dared to stop the corpse king alone after being injured.If I hadn't been there to help him that time, he would have died long ago.

How could such an arrogant and capable person come to me to ask questions?Could it be that he wanted to ask about Ba Suo's lineage?But like I said before, I don't know at all.

Take a look at this piece of paper.The old Taoist pushed the paper on the table towards me.

I took it over to read, and there was a paragraph of words written on the paper, the handwriting was beautiful, and it was my daughter's handwriting at first glance.

It read: Mother is critically ill and needs to be rescued by wood spirit pills.If you want to break the dust, don't give it away.

I understand, it says that there is a girl who is very sick, almost dying, and needs a kind of medicine called wood spirit pill to cure her.The wood spirit pill... probably belongs to the five elements.

If you want to end the mortal relationship, don't give me the wood spirit pill.

But what do you mean?Especially show me this piece of paper, what do you mean?

This letter was sent by her daughter, and what was said above should not be false.This wood elixir, do you think I should give it or not?asked the old Taoist.

Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. If it can save a life, of course I will give it.Uh... isn't this wood spirit pill very expensive?

Not very expensive.The old Taoist shook his head: It is a priceless treasure.The wood spirit pill is made by refining the essence of the wood demon in its entire life.Not to mention rejuvenating people, bringing the dead back to life, but there are almost all diseases in this world that cannot be solved.In ancient times, wood spirit pills were still easy to refine, but now... I only have two of the Five Elements Meridians left, and these are probably the last two in the world.After using it, no one can refine it anymore.

I was taken aback when I heard it. According to the old Taoist, the wood spirit pill is really a priceless treasure.Let alone a cold and fever, it is estimated that even advanced cancer can be cured.

This is a good treasure, no wonder the letter said not to send it, maybe I also thought of this, I am afraid that the old Taoist will be reluctant.

It's up to you whether to send it or not. I can't make up my mind about this matter.I said.

I just have to ask you because I can't think of it!The old Taoist's expression became more and more unnatural, as if he was going to get angry.

Then it depends on her or Mu Lingdan, which one is more important to you.I don't know the relationship between the two of you, how can I help you decide.I replied.

The old Taoist was silent for a while, and then slowly said: more than twenty years ago, she was my partner, and I almost gave up the road because of her.But then something happened and we decided.

I don't think... I didn't expect the old Taoist priest to be a romantic young man when he was young.I felt a burst of emotion in my heart.

Although I made a decision, if the relationship was very good at the beginning, and what happened was not too unbearable for the man, I would have saved my life for the sake of past love.I speak my mind.

How should I tell you this... The old Taoist hesitated for a long time, the first time I saw him hesitate like this.After a long time, he finally sighed and said: Forget it, the past is over, people are gone, I still care about what those people do, so I will tell you.

I suddenly had a premonition that it would be great if I could fold melon seeds and a bottle of Coke at this time...

The old Taoist seemed to be sorting out his thoughts, and after a while, he said: This matter should start from 25 years ago.At that time, I was successful in my studies, and my master ordered me to go down the mountain to practice, that is, to do things like slaying demons and demons.She was the one I met when I went down the mountain. Maybe it was because I stayed on the mountain for a long time. The first time I saw her, I was fascinated. In the end, it was because she almost turned against Master.

On the night of the seventh day when I took her up the mountain, a big incident happened. That time, it was the first and only time in my life that I shot at Master.

That night I heard her screams from outside, and when I went out to look, I saw Master slap her in the stomach.She vomited blood, her face was like yellow paper, and she almost died.The younger brother was also there at the time, holding me back and telling me to leave it alone.But how can I not care about it, it was that time when I attacked the master and the younger brother, so that the relationship between me and the brothers became cold.

I am not the master's opponent, not to mention there is a younger brother beside me.

After being restrained, I begged Master not to kill her, and I will take care of everything, even if my whole body is destroyed.

Master yelled at me, saying that she was a demon girl who came to steal the secret method of the Five Elements Meridian and the wood elixir.How can I believe this, no matter how you look at that time, she is just an ordinary woman.

So I told Master that if she died, I would also die for love.

After all, Master was reluctant to part with me as a disciple, so he drove her out of the mountain and ordered me not to go down the mountain again.

But I was so angry that I ran down the mountain one day.But no matter how hard I searched, I couldn't find her again.For more than ten days in a row, I was in a daze, not knowing how to live the days to come.

I have learned Taoism with my master since I was a child, and I know nothing but Taoism.

So, I can only go back again.But after returning to the mountain gate, I found out that this time, it was my younger brother who brought a woman up the mountain.This situation is no different from mine.