Urban Youth Cultivating Immortals

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Longyin Ridge, as the name suggests, is shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, and there are no people inhabited all the year round.On this mountain, there is an ancient peak named Longyin Peak.

It is said that there lived a fairy named Zilong Shangxian on Longyin Peak.How old Zilong Shangxian is, no one knows, because the people who came down the mountain, since their birth, have heard their parents talk about all kinds of miracles and abilities of this immortal.It is said that this immortal can turn his hands into clouds and cover his hands into rain, can ride clouds and ride fog, and travel thousands of miles a day.

However, these are all legends. There are very, very few people who can really see this immortal. It is precisely because there are few, or even none, that this immortal has become a legend.

In the turbulent world, more and more fairy tales have become legends.As a result, people no longer believe that there will be such a species as gods in this world.Because they are too against the sky, because they can't be explained by science, so they are all superstitions, and they don't exist.

The mountain area of ​​Longyin Ridge is vast and huge. There is a valley in the north of the mountain, called Ghost Poison Valley. This valley does not see sunlight for many years, and it is damp and cold in middle age. Therefore, rare poisonous substances, poisonous plants, and poisonous insects are bred in this world. In Ghost Poison Valley, you can find the most poisonous and terrifying things in the world.

And in the south of the mountain is Longyin Peak.Longyin Peak is covered with exotic flowers and herbs, most of which are detoxification food in the world, holy goods for healing, which happens to be incompatible with the poison born in the Ghost Poison Valley.

In the same mountain, where there is poison, there is detoxification. It is considered a strange mountain, which is in line with the principle of yin and yang mutual generation and mutual restraint.

This makes the people at the foot of the mountain who gather herbs for a living like to go to this mountain, but this mountain is not suitable for entering at all times. You have to go up the mountain after sunrise in the morning and go down the mountain after sunset in the evening, otherwise, you can go to the mountain. There will be dangers, this is the ancestral precepts passed down from generation to generation by the people who gather herbs at the foot of the mountain.

It is precisely because of such a strict time limit that the herb collectors have no time to go deep into the mountain, and naturally they have no way to explore the mysteries of the mountain.

There is a small mountain village at the foot of Longyin Mountain, which forms a half-moon ring shape and lives around Longyin Mountain.The people in the village, for generations, almost all rely on collecting herbs for a living.

The surnames in the village are also very single, with only two surnames, Lin and Luo.Of course, this is their surname during their lifetime, and their surname after death, the unified surname is Liu.

When asked the reason, it is said that the ancestor was the last member of the Han Dynasty. In order to avoid being hunted down, he came to the southernmost place and settled here. The two brothers changed their surnames to Lin and Luo respectively.There is this Longyin Village.

However, over the years, with the changes in the outside world, fewer and fewer people in the village rely on collecting herbs for a living, because young people have gone out to work and do various things, and rarely return to this small mountain village. Later, there were only some old, weak, sick, disabled women and children left, so fewer and fewer people in this mountain village relied on collecting herbs for a living.

In the village, there is a small yard made of firewood. There are three large tile-roofed houses in the yard. The green bricks are covered with moss. It can be seen that the three large tile-roofed houses are very old.

An old Taoist priest holding a whisk just entered the gate of the courtyard and shouted loudly into the big tile house: "Old Lin! Old Lin...Old Lin..."

"Master Dao, why are you here?" After a while, an old man in his seventies with white hair on his temples came out of the big tile-roofed house. The old man's skin was bronze because of collecting herbs and doing farm work all the year round, and he was very energetic. feet, he said with a smile immediately after seeing the old Taoist priest.

"Xiao Lin, hurry up and move a stool for the Taoist priest." Old man Lin shouted into the room.

"Of course I came here to play chess with you." The Taoist priest said with a smile, "I haven't seen you go up the mountain to collect herbs these days. I was alone in the Taoist temple, and I was so bored, so I came down to play chess with you."

"In the past few days, my grandson has come back. I want to teach him some herbs at home, so that he doesn't know any herbs and embarrass our Lin family." Old man Lin said with a smile.

After a while, a young man about 15 years old moved out a stool from the house, and put the stool under the longan tree and beside the stone table. He glanced at the old Taoist priest in Taoist robes, froze for a moment, and then spoke Said: "Daoist, please sit down."

"Is this your grandson?" The Taoist priest looked at the old man and asked.

Old man Lin said: "Yes, I just came back from the city. I graduated from the third year of junior high school, and after the summer vacation, I will go to high school. This kid's academic performance is very good, and he can focus on it!"

When the Taoist heard this, he couldn't help but glanced at the young man, and said, "How old is this year?"

"15 years old." Old man Lin said, "When I was his age, I dared to go up to the mountain to collect herbs with a basket on my back. Now that he is like this, I dare not let him go into the mountain to collect herbs. He is just an old man." Road idiot. If you go into the mountains, you will definitely get lost."

"It's okay. Young people, as long as they exercise, they will definitely do it." The Taoist priest said cheerfully.

When the young man saw that the Taoist was going to play Go with his grandfather, he couldn't help but said, "Master Daoist, I can also play Go. I want to play a game with you, Master Daoist?"

Hearing what his grandson said, old man Lin couldn't help but said: "Xiaolin, your little skill is not enough to compete with the Taoist priest. Don't make trouble. I can't even compete with the Taoist priest!"

"It's okay, it's okay, there are not many young people playing Go now. If he wants to play with me, let him play with me." Dao Chang looked at old man Lin happily and said.

"Grandpa, look, the Taoist leader has agreed." The young man said happily.

Old man Lin shook his head helplessly, and said, "Okay!"

The young man's chess skills are indeed not very good, the chess skills are mediocre, and he also makes stupid moves from time to time. After a while, he was defeated by the Taoist chief, and the young man seemed unwilling to fail, so he pulled the Taoist chief to play another game.

The Daoist didn't delay, so he accompanied the young man to play another game.

I don't know how many games have been played, it's getting dark.

At this time, the young man's grandmother came out of the house and called out to the three of them: "Old man, Taoist priest, and Xiao Lin, it's getting dark, it's time for dinner."

Hearing this, Xiaolin and Daochang realized that it was getting dark.

"Grandma, I'm not hungry, let's talk about it after we finish playing this plate." Xiao Lin said without looking back.

After putting down a sunspot, the Daoist said to Xiaolin: "Young man, you lost. Hehe, you are not hungry, but the poor are hungry. The young man is really energetic. After playing so many games of chess, he doesn't know how to be hungry." .”

"Hey, I lost again." Xiaolin said a little discouraged after looking at the chess piece dropped by the Taoist priest, "I lose every time, why can't I win a game."

Hearing what his grandson said, old man Lin couldn't help but knocked on his grandson's head and said, "Stinky boy, you've only played chess for so long, and you want to win the Taoist priest. It's too early."

"No way, Daoist, I will play chess with you every day from now on. I must beat you." Xiao Lin looked at Daoist and said, unwilling to admit defeat.In this young man's dictionary, the word "lose" does not seem to exist.

"Xiao Lin, what are you messing around with? Taoist priests are not free every day. Sometimes, when someone goes to the mountain to burn incense, or someone seeks medical treatment from Taoist priests, the Taoist priest will not be free." Lao Lin immediately glared at his grandson and said.

Instead, the Taoist twisted the three long beards on his chin with his hands, and said with a smile: "Old Lin, your grandson is very smart, hehe, I just played Go with him for half a day, and I found that he has made great progress. Young man , How about it, I can't come down the mountain every day, you can go up the mountain to find me to play chess."

"My Taoist temple is in the mountain, not too far from the village." The old Taoist said with a smile, "You go to the mountain to find me to play chess, and I still have company!"

"Then it's settled." Xiao Lin said happily.

The Taoist priest smiled slightly and said: "The poor Taoist is in the Taoist temple, waiting for my little friend to come." After he finished speaking, he waved his whisk and was about to leave.

"Daoist, haven't you eaten dinner yet?"

"Hehe, don't eat."

From then on, Xiao Lin went to the Taoist temple in the mountains as soon as it was dawn, and didn't come back until it was dark.Sometimes, when old man Lin was collecting herbs, he passed by a Taoist temple and saw his grandson arguing with the old Taoist priest.

"Use tiger. Should not use long."

"Use long, it will be better."

"I said use tigers, not grow."

"Use long!"

……

Listening to the quarrel between these two people who were like children, old man Lin couldn't help shaking his head. He really didn't know how his grandson would have the courage to quarrel with this old Taoist leader. In his eyes, he was like a fairy.

What's even more interesting is that this fairy-like figure has the same knowledge as a child, and even quarrels with him.

Fortunately, these two people quarreled to the end, and no one could convince the other, and they would immediately meet each other on the chessboard.

Almost every time, his grandson was completely defeated, and the old Taoist watched his grandson struggle with his head in his arms because of the failure with a calm expression, showing an inscrutable smile on his face.

Time flies by so fast that Xiaolin almost forgets the existence of time.

"Xiaolin, it's August 27 in a few days. Tomorrow, it will be 28. The day after tomorrow, you will go back to the city." During dinner, grandma could not help reminding, "You have been interrupting me for more than a month. I have been with the Taoist priest for so long, should I say goodbye to the Taoist priest?"

Hearing this, Xiao Lin couldn't help standing up in surprise, and then ate dinner in a daze, and Xiao Lin couldn't sleep that night.Because when he thought about going back to the city, he would not be able to play Go, and he couldn't help feeling disappointed.

In the city, children play online games, dance, and karaoke. Who would play this high-brow Go?Thinking of this, Xiao Lin felt extremely uncomfortable.

"Xiao Lin, you are playing chess today, and you are not in a good state of mind. Do you have something on your mind?" After a game of chess, the old man found that Xiao Lin was not in a good state, and couldn't help asking.

Xiaolin looked at the old Taoist with some sadness and said, "Master Taoist, I'm going back to the city."

"Huh? So fast?" the Taoist priest said in surprise when he heard this.

Lin Lin said to the Taoist priest: "There is no other way, school is about to start. Taoist priest, after I go back, I'm afraid I won't have much time to play Go. But I haven't beaten you yet..."

Hearing what Lin Lin said before, the Daoist couldn't help but feel sad, but when he heard Lin Lin's last sentence, the Daoist couldn't help laughing, thinking that this child is a child and always wants to win me.

The Taoist priest couldn't help but said: "Xiaolin, can't you come again after next summer vacation?"

"Next year's summer vacation? I'm afraid I won't be able to come. The high school has a heavy learning task. My brother next door goes to high school and basically doesn't have a summer vacation." Xiao Lin shook his head and said, "Especially in key middle schools. Even the National Day holiday is only two days away.”

Seeing Xiao Lin like this, the Taoist priest was silent for a while, and then said: "Wait a minute, I will give you something as a souvenir!"

A pendant made of two black and white Go pieces strung together by a red thread. When I touched the two pieces with my hands, I found that the two pieces were very gentle, just like two black and white jade.

"The texture of this chess piece is so strange." Xiao Lin couldn't help but said, "It doesn't look like a stone, and it doesn't look like a bone. What is it made of?"

"Hehe, Pindao didn't know either. It was a coincidence that Pindao got it. It is said that these two chess pieces have the effect of warding off evil spirits. Well, since you like Go so much, Pindao gave you these two chess pieces as a souvenir. Yes. You wear it!"

"Thank you sir."

The Taoist priest watched Xiao Lin leave, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said to himself: "I hope you can get a great opportunity like in the legend! With your heart and wisdom, if you can get the opportunity, The achievement you get should be greater than that of the poor."

(End of this chapter)