Journey to the West: I want to be sanctified

Chapter 8
"The big dog and the second dog didn't lie to you, this black bear spirit does exist."

Li Zichun said.

"What!" The hoe man was frightened and immediately picked up the hoe again, stepped back a few steps, held the ox rope in his hand, and stared closely at the old Taoist priest and Zhou Yin.

"Old Taoist priest, don't you joke with me. There is really a black bear spirit, so how can you go down the mountain alive? Could it be that you are really ghosts and come to make fun of me? If you are really ghosts, you go to the big dog Ergou , I... I will at most burn some paper money for you every year, hurry up!"

Zhou Yin couldn't laugh or cry, "Brother, we are not ghosts. I can't tell you clearly. You can go with us to see the village head. This matter is a long story, so you don't have to explain it to the villagers when you get it."

The hoe man got out of the way, "In broad daylight, don't fool me, then go to the village chief, you go ahead! You go ahead! I will follow you."

The old Taoist priest snorted softly, and walked ahead with Zhou Yin towards the village.

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There is a sycamore tree more than ten meters high in the village, and there is a large open space next to it. What happens in the village on weekdays, such as weddings and funerals, ancestor worship, etc., are also held here. The elderly chat here to escape the summer heat, and the children play beside Mud, the young and strong people who have returned from the farmland, will also rest and brag here, which is regarded as the official designated square in the village.

When the village head gathered everyone under the tree, Big Dog and Ergou saw Zhou Yin and Li Zichun, and immediately shouted that the ghost was coming, and ran away!

The village head had been prepared for a long time, and asked people to stop the two brothers and push them in front of the village head.

"Big dog Ergou, you two brothers don't learn well, do you want to be lazy and think hunting is hard, so you fabricated a black bear spirit and arranged for him to be an old Taoist leader? It's really embarrassing to our village!"

Leaning on crutches, the village head was majestic, showing the majesty of the village head, and taught the two of them with righteous words.

"Grandpa Daoist, Daoist Xiao Zhou, you really don't blame us! That black bear spirit is so big and terrifying, we can't beat it at all, it ate you up, you should go back and seek revenge from it, there is a grudge and a debtor , let us two brothers go!"

Seeing that they could not escape, the big dog and the two dogs hurriedly knelt down and cried bitterly. When the villagers next to them heard such a miserable cry, they couldn't help but looked at each other, and tacitly moved away from the two masters and apprentices a few steps.

The old Taoist priest coughed, "Get up first, my apprentice and I are doing well, the black bear spirit is not a monster, but the Heifeng Lord in the mountains, chasing you that day, it was just that you disturbed other people's meditation, So chasing you and punishing you is not to eat you! If you want to eat you, have you run away?"

Hearing the words of the old Taoist priest, Dagou and Ergou stood up, stopped crying, saw the old Taoist priest and Zhou Yin's well-behaved appearance, and there were also shadows, which didn't look like ghosts, and asked anxiously: "That's okay, then?" That's fine, it's fine if you don't eat people, old Taoist priest, you scared us to death, and you haven't encountered it before, why did you disturb this black bear yesterday... Where is the Qingxiu of Lord Heifeng?"

The surrounding villagers also whispered:
"Looks like there really is a black bear spirit."

"terrible."

"But I haven't seen it before going up the mountain."

"That's right, old man, I'm over 80 years old. I haven't seen anything, but I haven't seen Lord Heifeng."

"Don't say you haven't seen it, you haven't heard it."

The village chief coughed and calmed everyone down.

"Old Taoist priest, you are also a master of Taoism. You have been living in the Dongyue Temple in the mountains for 30 years. Have you ever seen this so-called Heifeng Lord before?"

The old Taoist priest looked at the crowd, touched his beard, and said loudly: "Xiongclaw Mountain is also a treasured place of geomantic omen, and it is inevitable to breed spirits and monsters. The old Taoist has never seen this Heifeng Lord before. That day, my apprentice and I When I went to collect medicine in the mountains, I found a big black bear chasing the two big dogs and two brothers. When the big black bear saw me and my apprentice, it jumped in front of us and turned into a strong man in white clothes and black face!"

The big dog and the second dog nodded repeatedly, "That's right! That's it. Originally, the black bear was chasing us, but when he saw the old Daoist, he jumped, good guy! He flew up! He jumped right in front of the old Taoist! Then Zhou Xiaodao Shouted a curse or something like 'Hei Que De Gui', the black bear slid away and turned into a strong man with a black face and white clothes, good guy, we two brothers dare not look closely, we were so scared that we rolled and crawled , I managed to save my life!"

When the big dog and the two dog brothers heard the old Taoist say that the black bear spirit does not eat people, they felt a lot more at ease, and they talked about yesterday's story with joy, as if they were a little proud.

Zhou Yin almost laughed out loud, Hei Qudegui, these two brothers also have tenth grade hearing.

Seeing that what the old Taoist priest and Dagou Ergou said did not contradict each other, most of them believed it.

"And then?" Everyone urged, wanting to know what happened next.

"Little Daoist Zhou is also a man of cultivation, he is only one year old, right?"

"Don't interrupt, let the priest continue."

When the old Taoist saw that everyone was quiet, they all stared at him and nodded, "This Lord Heifeng saw me, maybe because he saw that my master and apprentice are also good, and said that he is Heifeng from Xiongclaw Mountain. Jun, I have been retreating in my cave for a hundred years, and today I happened to leave the gate, and I met a big dog and two dogs hunting in front of the door, which disturbed my cultivation, and then showed my original shape to scare the two of them."

"That's understandable. If I heard a dog barking at the door just after I woke up, the old man would definitely beat the dog too, let alone this black bear spirit."

The 80-year-old man commented.

"It's true, who hasn't got up yet?"

"The big dog and the second dog are also lucky. They met two Taoist priests, otherwise they don't know how they will be tossed."

Everyone was chattering and commenting.

The old village chief tapped the ground with his cane to signal for silence.

"Old Taoist priest, to hear what you said, Lord Heifeng is a good monster."

The old Daoist stroked his beard, "This Heifeng Lord is a black bear who has become a spirit. He has 3000 years of Taoism. He was taken in by Emperor Dongyue to take care of Dongyue Temple before, so he knows the etiquette, and he doesn't eat people casually."

Hearing this, the old village head felt relieved, "We can't lose the etiquette of Heifeng Junzhi's etiquette. Speaking of the Dongyue Great Emperor Temple in the mountain, we have never been to the temple, but we have neglected the great emperor's grandfather." , Tomorrow, all the old and young in our village will go to offer incense to Emperor Dongyue, and thank Grandpa Dongyue for his protection!"

After the old village chief finished speaking, everyone nodded.

"Old Daoist, you and Heifeng Lord can talk, why don't you let the big dog Ergou bring some honey tomorrow, and apologize to this Heifeng Lord? It's our fault to disturb Qingxiu."

When Zhou Yin heard this, he suddenly felt that the old village head was also a good person, and he was good at making connections.

The old Taoist turned to look at Zhou Yin.

Zhou Yin nodded and said, "Grandpa the village chief, my master and I went down the mountain today, one is to exchange some herbs for some food as before, and the other is to report to everyone to let everyone know the existence of Heifeng Lord, so as not to prevent future events. It's not beautiful to have another misunderstanding."

Seeing Zhou Yin's address, the old village chief smiled even happier, "Little Daoist Zhou, right? Sure enough, the jade tree is facing the wind, and he is a good-looking talent. It is worthy of being taught by a god like the old Daoist!"

Zhou Yin looked at his one-year-old body, and wondered how Yushu Linfeng and Yibiao could see it.

The old village head made a plan, and asked everyone to go home to prepare the sacrifices for tomorrow, and asked Dagou and Ergou to buy some honey.I still left the old Taoist priest to chat with Zhou Yin.

"Old Taoist priest, we really seldom go to the temple of Dongyue Great Emperor to offer incense. In the future, we will often go to pay respects. Maybe Grandpa Dongyue Great Emperor will show his spirit and protect us."

Zhou Yin smiled and nodded, "Grandpa, the village head, understands the truth, and I admire him!"

The old village chief touched his crutch proudly, "Hahaha, old man, I just lived a few more years. I know a little bit about the world, and I keep my duty."

Zhou Yin looked at this matter, and then looked at his master.

"Village chief, the food has been changed, so my apprentice and I went back to the mountain, waiting for you to go up the mountain tomorrow, and tell Lord Heifeng the news."

"Okay, okay, there are Lao Daoist and Xiao Zhou!"

(End of this chapter)