Onmyoji's Secret

Chapter 72 Going Down the Mountain
Darkness enveloped the surrounding fields, and the cold starlight shone down, reflecting a bit of desolation on the earth.

Master watched the old tortoise sink into the water, he looked at the jiaozhu in my hand, his eyes flashed with a different look, but he just sighed softly, and said to me: "Xuanzi, go back and rest first, some Let's talk about it tomorrow."

I nodded, feeling very tired, but when I saw the cyan light in my hand, I had a difficult time, and I didn't know what to do. Just when I was hesitating, the dragon bead seemed to be psychic. I was thinking the same thing, but it flew into the air with a "whoosh", flew out of my hand and burrowed into my chest.

I stared at this scene dumbfounded, and couldn't react at all for a moment. After the flood water beads sank into my body, I stupidly stretched out a hand to touch my chest.

"This dragon bead is weird! Is it true that the dragon's soul is contained in the dragon's soul as said in the ancient book, and even after his body dies, his soul can get into the dragon's bead and be preserved?" Daoist Qingyun said a little He said in surprise, and the old Taoist priests beside him also looked at me enviously. This kind of psychic treasure may not be of great use.

"Okay, son Xuan, you all go back to sleep, it's getting late." Master waved to me, motioning me to go back early, then he turned to Taoist Qingyun and said, "Brother Qingyun, what you just said , I'm afraid we still need to discuss it, come on, let's talk in the main hall."

I watched Master and the others enter the main hall, and saw that the door was closed immediately. They seemed to be discussing something important. I had an inexplicable feeling in my heart that what they said might be the same as what I just told them It is related to the city secret.

I turned my head and looked around, it was lonely, the night was silent, only the sound of insects from outside the Taoist temple from time to time.

The ethereal woman had already left, and I looked around with some disappointment. At this time, the pool water was rippling and rolled up a few sprays. I was so scared that I ran away, fearing that the old turtle would not change his mind and ran out again.

I went back to my bedroom, lay on the bed, and soon fell asleep, unknowingly falling into a sweet dreamland.

I had nothing to say all night. When the sun was high and the sky was clear the next day, I woke up leisurely from the bed. Perhaps Master and the others knew how tired I was, so they didn’t wake me up in the morning. I didn’t get up until now .

As soon as I got up, I saw two steamed buns and a bowl of rice porridge on the table in the room. My heart couldn't help feeling hot. Of course, this breakfast couldn't be made by Master. It should be prepared by Mu Yueting for me. Here it is, although she doesn't talk much, but her heart is very good.I felt a little hungry in my stomach, so I picked up the rice porridge on the table and drank it in one gulp. The rice porridge was warm and sweet in the mouth, and at the same time I felt a piece of warmth in my heart.

After breakfast and washing, I walked into the Taoist temple and found that the little Taoist priests from last night had left. The master was standing by the pool with his hands behind his back, wondering what he was thinking.And Mu Yueting squatted by the pool water, looking at the ripples in the pool with some melancholy, her back looked a little lonely.

"Master."

I stepped forward and called Master.

Master responded and turned around to look at me. I saw a trace of sadness on his face and bloodshot eyes in his eyes, as if he hadn't slept all night.

"Xuanzi, I have notified your parents that they will come to take you down the mountain later. During this time, you should live at the foot of the mountain and go to school first." Master said to me in a low voice, with a trace of disapproval in his words. Abandon.

I was stunned for a moment, and I was stunned for a while, and it took a long time to realize that the master seemed to be driving me down the mountain.

"Master, you... are you trying to drive me away?"

My voice was choked up, and my eyes felt a little wet. The scene before my eyes was very similar to the scene in "Journey to the West" where Monkey King was driven out of the mountain by the Bodhi Patriarch. My heart was in a state of turmoil, nervous and afraid .

Master looked at me and smiled, he stretched out a big hand to touch my head, and said with a smile: "Gua Wa, Master doesn't want to drive you away, it's just that Qingcheng Mountain is not peaceful recently, what you experienced yesterday It seems that something happened to the Qingcheng Secret Realm that I passed by, and something may happen."

I was startled, Qingcheng secret realm?What could happen here?
Master looked at my stupefied look, sighed and said: "The secret of Qingcheng was originally formed by Zhang Xianzhong's trapped dragon array to seal off the dragon veins. Later, the dragon veins went wrong, which caused some changes in the entire area, forming the current state. Qingcheng Secret Realm. The ancestors of our Xuanyuan Palace and the Qingcheng Taoist School jointly set up a Taoist ecstasy array and forbidden spirit array on the periphery. There is no secret realm, and the ghost spirits in the secret realm are restricted by the forbidden spirit array and cannot come out at all. For more than 300 years, the secret realm and the human world have nothing to do with each other, and there has never been a problem."

"However, according to what you said, the headless female ghost in red is a ghost in a secret realm, but she was summoned by my magic six years ago, and this Qingcheng secret realm may have appeared six years ago or There was a problem earlier, you were led into the secret realm by the female ghost, and the ghost general was able to send you out of the secret realm, which shows that the large formation outside the secret realm may have lost its effectiveness, and these powerful ghosts have the ability to come in and out, even Sending people in and out of the big formation outside, this Qingcheng Mountain is not safe now!" Master sighed, looking a little worried.

I was speechless with my mouth wide open, and I could hear the meaning of what Master said, that is, the formation in the secret realm of Qingcheng is almost ineffective, and the powerful ghosts inside can come in and out at will. It will definitely invade the human world again. When I think of the army of thousands of monkeys in the secret realm, as well as the powerful ghosts such as the wandering ghost and the white corpse king, I feel chills, even though the technology in the human world is already very advanced. Developed, the power of all kinds of guns and cannons is also very amazing, but those ghosts are not vegetarians, thinking that a female zombie who has practiced for 300 years made the government army helpless, let alone Qingcheng There are more terrifying and powerful monsters in the secret realm. Not to mention that they can sweep the entire world, but it is inevitable to cause a catastrophe.

I was a little scared by what the master said, so I hurriedly said: "Master, then you and senior sister will go down the mountain with me, we will stay far away, let other people deal with the monster in Qingcheng Mountain."

"You bastard! Is that what my teacher taught you? Is that what your teacher taught you at school? You're an idiot!" When the master heard what I said, he immediately flew into a rage and yelled at me.

I was frightened by Master's appearance, I lowered my head and didn't dare to speak back. I also knew that what I just said was a bit rude, but I said it out of a hurry because I was worried about Master and Mu Yueting.

Master scolded me for a while, seeing my grievance, his voice suddenly softened, and sighed: "Xuanzi, as a master, I know that you are worried about me and your senior sister, but my Xuanyuan Palace lineage is here in Qingcheng Mountain. We have stayed here for hundreds of years, and the ancestors of all dynasties have left footprints on this land. Our lineage is inseparable from this Qingcheng Mountain. This is our root! The Fascinating Soul Formation and the Forbidden Spirit Formation are also Taoist formations set up by our ancestors. It is a matter of reason and reason. We must take care of this matter! We must not be those cowards who just run for their lives when they are in danger!"

I was blushing when my master said it, especially the "coward who will only run for his life when he encounters danger" in the master's mouth. I felt like he was talking about me. I gritted my teeth, felt a slap in the face, and said firmly to the master: " Master, let me stay with you too, I am also a disciple of Xuanyuan Palace, if you don’t leave, I won’t either!”

There was a gratifying smile on the master's face, and he said with a smile: "It's enough for you to have this kind of intention. You are still young, and it is useless to stay. In addition, don't worry too much, this matter may not be for nothing. What the teacher said is so serious, and the Qingcheng Taoist faction in Qianshan will do their best to help us. When the matter is confirmed, I will contact the government and ask for their help. I believe that with the government's ability, I will find some strange people It is not difficult for a stranger, when the matter is resolved, I will ask your senior sister to pick you up."

I nodded. What Master said is indeed reasonable. After all, as long as the government is willing to help and use the power of the entire country to re-fortify the Qingcheng secret realm, it will not be difficult. Thinking of this, I feel relieved, and I am here in Qingcheng I stayed here for six years, and I never played outside except for going to school. I wanted to go out for a long time, and now I couldn't bear it. I nodded and agreed to Master's request for me to go down the mountain.

Master saw me nodding, and a smile appeared on his face, but what I didn't see was that there was still a trace of melancholy and worry hidden under Master's smile.

I walked up to Mu Yueting's side and saw the pure and ethereal woman in front of me. My heart moved, and I couldn't help but say: "Senior Sister, Master asked me to go down the mountain. Don't miss me when I'm not around!"

As soon as I said it, I regretted it. After all, Mu Yueting has always been a cold and ethereal woman in my heart. I don't know if she will be angry when she hears my ridiculous words. I feel a little bit drummed.

But what I didn't expect was that after hearing my words, Mu Yueting was taken aback for a moment, and then showed a faint smile on her face. At this moment, her skin is as white as snow, her eyes are like a pool of clear water, and the corners of her mouth are curled up. The arc it made was like the spring breeze that dispelled the cold winter, which made my heart flutter.

She said softly: "Go, study hard, don't waste your homework."

Soon, my parents came down from the mountain to the Taoist temple. After talking with the master for a while, they led me down the mountain.

Walking on the stone steps of Qingcheng Mountain, I looked back admiringly. At the door of the Taoist temple, there seemed to be a graceful woman standing there, watching me keep going away...

(End of this chapter)