Great Sui Guoshi

Chapter 3 Seventeen White Scale

"...When I met that snake, I was still a young and handsome offspring, just like the young man at the table."

The verdant pines and cypresses were mottled and printed on the stone slabs of the mountain road, and there was a burst of laughter from the roadside teahouse, which caused passers-by to look sideways.

Seeing him picking his chin and pointing, Lu Liangsheng couldn't help but smile while pinching his chopsticks, and beckoned Banyan to continue eating vegetables and drinking tea.

... This old man is very skillful in speaking, I think he did not mention it once or twice, it should be a means of attracting customers, if he really saw a snake more than ten feet tall, his life might be in danger.

While thinking about it, the guests at the other three tables were also traveling abroad and had a lot of experience. When they heard this, some people picked up tea bowls and joked.

"Shopkeeper, I'm afraid you made this up."

"Ooh!"

The old man glared at him, turned pale, walked around twice tensely, waved his hands, and tapped his fingertips on the opponent's table.

"The old man is so old, what are you doing lying to you, I can really see that snake, that waist, tsk tsk..."

Opening his hands, he compared himself to his waist: "It's thicker than my waist, and my head is bigger than this table."

Speaking of the day he met the snake, the old man said that he was too scared, his legs were so weak that he couldn't walk, and when it was almost dark, he went down the mountain tremblingly to go home.

"That time, when I was young and strong, I went all over the mountains to collect firewood and set rabbits. I didn't meet wolves, tigers and leopards, but I met that big snake. At that time, I overturned several mountains, and the radius was not necessarily tens of miles away. When I saw one or two families, before it was dark, I carried three bundles of firewood and two mountain rabbits on the way back and forth. After all, it was dark in the mountains, and the road was not easy to walk. If you are a monster, a fox spirit, or a mouse monster, then your life will be put there."

The old man carried the teapot and poured tea into the bowls of Lu Liangsheng and Wang Banxia. Seeing everyone's expressions of interest, he continued to talk with a smile.

"In the mountains, there are all kinds of legends, such as the loud rumbling noise at night, the lighting of lanterns for no reason, and the rumor of the big white snake. After climbing a mountain, before going up another mountain, a gust of wind suddenly blows, the old man's eyes are blurred and he can't see clearly, it's like white mist in the hazy space, before he walks a few steps, he hears a hissing sound ..."

Outside, two guests came in with their bags on their backs. The old man stopped talking and greeted them.

Wind, white mist... Lu Liangsheng took a sip of herbal tea and frowned slightly. He must be able to stir up demonic winds and mist.

The three tables of guests who listened fascinatedly asked the old man's son to add tea and serve, and hurriedly urged.

"Hurry up and talk." "Listen vigorously, don't stop here."

"Hurry up, we brothers are not short of food money, hurry up and finish!"

The tea shop was noisy and noisy, and there were new guests. The old man greeted a few times and invited the other party to sit down. After wiping the table, he said:

"Don't worry, let the old man think about what he said."

Wang Banyan reminded me at the table.

"Meet the white mist, hear the hiss!"

"Haha, this old man has a good memory." Recalling what he said just now, the store asked his son to come over to help give the name of the dishes to the customers, and walked to the middle by himself, stroking his short white beard on his chin.

"The sound, I still remember it now, it was the sound of a snake. At that time, I was young and energetic, and I was quite courageous. I followed the sound and pushed aside a few tufts of grass. On the mountain wall in front of a stream, ouch, there is still A big snake hangs there!

The back half of his body was still in the woods on the cliff, his body was almost as thick as the water tank, with white scales, his big head was raised up, he kept spitting out words, sucked the water up into the air, and flew into his mouth , It can scare a person to death. At that time, the old man sat on the ground with limp legs, covered in cold sweat.

But unfortunately, the snake seemed to find me peeping from the side, and a gust of wind was blown, which made the old man roll a few times on the ground. When he got up and looked again, the snake disappeared in the blink of an eye. "

When the new visitor heard the old man's words, he couldn't help laughing and interrupted: "Shopkeeper, you are probably not hallucinating, there is miasma in the mountains, and people are hallucinating without anyone noticing."

"impossible!"

Hearing other people's doubts, the storekeeper almost looked serious and waved his hands: "I will not lie to you. After the snake left, there were stones falling from the mountain wall and falling into the stream. That is an illusion, absolutely not!"

"It's so bragging, such a big snake ran away instead of eating you, who would believe it if you tell it." A guest shook his head, sat upright and went back to eat.

There were a few echoes from around, and upon hearing this, the old man walked slowly back to the stove, rubbed under the cabinet where the vegetables were placed, and pulled out an ordinary wooden box.

"Don't you believe me? This old man will show you something."

Unzipping the brass buckle, a small piece of fine silk was laid inside, causing the people at the table to stop chewing and stretch their necks curiously to see what he would come up with.

Lu Liangsheng was facing the stove sideways, and he could just see the opened wooden box. The fine silk was uncovered by the old man, and there was a vaguely transparent white inside, which was the size of a person's palm.

hiss~~

Seeing the thin scale lifted by the old man, the people at the table could not help but take a deep breath, not knowing what to say for a while, and remained motionless in the posture of picking up vegetables and drinking tea.

"This... this is a snake scale."

"Is what the store said true? Hiss... what a big scale."

"Then this snake may have become a monster. Its scales are so big, so how big is it? Tsk tsk, fortunately we collect medicine in the mountains, so we didn't come across it."

It was quiet for a while, amidst the uproar and noise, Lu Liangsheng quietly finished his meal, watched the shopkeeper put the snake scales back into the wooden box, Taoist Toad licked his lips, snorted, moved his four webs on the spot and jumped back to his apprentice cuff.

"It's just the snake scales that have faded away, not even the evil spirit."

Lu Liangsheng hummed softly, after decades on the faded scales, the evil spirit has dissipated early, and the assistant helped to put the bookshelf back on the donkey's buttocks after paying the bill, just untied the reins from the stake, A woodcutter in sleeveless sackcloth came over from the mountain with a load of firewood. He put the firewood at the door of the tea shop, patted the dust on his trouser legs, and walked inside.

"Old Zhao, tell others my story again, let me have a bowl of herbal tea!"

The guests at the tables in the tea shed suddenly sprayed water, or coughed and choked, and Lu Liangsheng, who was about to leave, also stopped, holding the rein and looking inside in surprise.

The woodcutter knew the old man very well. He ordered a bowl of herbal tea without looking for a seat. After taking a piece of pancake, he squatted by the stove and ate it. Seeing everyone staring at him, he couldn't help laughing on his dark face. .

"Look at me. I told this story to this shopkeeper. I also sold the snake scales to him. He doesn't charge any money. When I go up the mountain to collect firewood and pass by here, I can eat a bowl of herbal tea and a pancake for nothing."

The old man probably didn't mind, and he still said that these business travelers who come and go north and south may not meet again in a few years or even a year or 20, and business can still be done.

The woodcutter joked a few words, was urged by the old man to walk out of the tea shed, picked up the burden and continued down the mountain, Lu Liangsheng looked at his back and calculated, then suddenly called the other party to stop.

"Brother, take a step slower."

Chapter 3 What a Big Head

There was a jingle of copper bells on the mountain road.

Ahead, the woodcutter stopped, carrying a load and turned sideways to see a scholar leading an old donkey. He subconsciously looked around and raised a finger to point at himself.

"Young master called me?"

"Exactly."

Lu Liangsheng handed over the reins to the half-blind man, went over and cupped his hands: "I like to visit famous rivers and mountains, and I like folk anecdotes along the way even more. I'm planning to write a book to record it. Listen to what you said just now. The store's story is your experience. , I wonder if you can tell me about it?"

Hearing that writing a story into a book would be enough to show off for a lifetime, the woodcutter lowered his burden, rubbed his hands in embarrassment, blushed, and stammered.

"Old Zhao has already told the story. It's basically the same as what he told. I...I have nothing to say."

"It's okay, I like to hear it."

Lu Liangsheng guessed that the normal line of "The Boundless Mountains and Seas" will not go away. Could it be related to this big snake? After all, there is a big monster on a mountain, and usually this kind of monster will occupy the top of the mountain, looking for a place with the best spiritual energy to practice, then the altar will naturally It will also be placed in a place with abundant aura. If this is the case, there must be a connection between the two. Knowing more will make it easier to judge how to act in the future.

The woodcutter came to the side of the mountain road and told the story again. It was no different from what the shopkeeper said, except that the people inside were changed to woodcutters. The only difference was that the direction and the hilltop were clarified in more detail.

"So it's in Yunquangou?"

"Yes, yes, sir, don't you want to go there?" The woodcutter carefully looked at the weak scholar, and couldn't help persuading him: "There are few people there, and there are no mountain roads. I don't think you should go there, the road is difficult." Let alone leave, it was getting late in the past, and when encountering ferocious beasts such as wolves, tigers and leopards, they would lose their lives."

"Well, I also think that we can go another day."

Thanks to the woodcutter for reminding, after watching the other party leave, Wang Banxia approached in a low voice: "Master, do we really have to go there? If we encounter a big snake, it will be bad for Master."

snort!

In the compartment, Taoist Toad let out a cold snort through the small door, opened the door a little, toad's eyes glowed coldly, and he stood up with his flippers in his arms.

"This old man travels all over the world. I haven't seen any monsters before. What is a mere snake monster? If I don't have eyes, I will be light if I eat it... I think back then, I was besieged by several sects, and the crowds were crowded with people. The magic weapon covers the sky and the sun..."

Lu Liangsheng picked out his ears and snapped his fingers half-blindly: "Let's go!"

In the master's rambling words of recalling the past, he walked up the mountain road in the direction pointed by the woodcutter, and gradually there were fewer and fewer pedestrians. Taoist Toad also came out to get some air, pushed open the small door, and stretched for a while in the afternoon sun. Waist, sit with a rope, kick flippers.

"Liangsheng, how long will it be? As a teacher, I want to meet that snake demon."

"I'm afraid Master won't have a chance to make a move when the time comes. The monster doesn't hurt the woodcutter, it should be a good monster, so he can't do anything."

Lu Liangsheng turned his head and raised his sleeves, throwing a big protruding rock under his semi-blind foot to one side out of thin air, and took the old donkey to turn to the deserted yellow mud road. Green city walls.

Descending to the foot of the mountain, a clear stream came down from another mountain. Lu Liangsheng squatted down and took a sip of the stream, filled the water bag, and handed it to Wang Banbian. Looking at the stream in front of him, it should be the woodcutter. The one the husband pointed to.

'The white snake should be on the mountain in front. '

Bypassing the master who asked Wang Ban blind to feed the water, he took out "The Boundless Mountain and Sea" from the bookshelf and opened it, followed the mountain path he took up the mountain with his fingers, and deduced along the frame. The position of the normal line is almost here.

Lu Liangsheng put away the book and put it back in its original place. After the master drank the water, he led the old donkey along the stream to the green hill.

When the wind blows, the dense leaves rustle, and the mottled spots cast by the gaps wobble and fall on the two people and the donkey. At this time, the foot of the mountain is hardly seen, and the road under the feet is overgrown with weeds, and there is a cliff outside. On the wall, Wang Banzai poked and poked and followed behind with his crutches in hand. He clearly heard the slight movement of stones rolling down the mountain wall, and he was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat.

"Master, walk slowly..."

"Huh?" Lu Liangsheng turned his face while holding the rein.

The old man listened carefully to the sound of stones rolling down the cliff, and swallowed with a grunt.

"Cheng'en is afraid that as he walks, Master will lose sight of me when he turns around."

"Don't worry, you haven't fallen, and you're back up."

Lu Liangsheng couldn't see and was afraid of heights. Lu Liangsheng smiled, and waved his cuffs towards him. A gust of breeze blew past, and the Dharma light was wrapped around the old man's waist like a rope. No matter how long or how far he walks, Wang Banmai can keep up with the traction technique of the article. Even if he stumbles and falls off the cliff, he will be pulled back by the magic traction.

Ahead, Lu Liangsheng looked around the forest where birds and beasts were singing from time to time, raised his hand and pointed between his eyebrows, his eyes closed, and the moment the Dharma light was on, he jerked upwards and opened his eyes again.

——God Search!

It was after entering the Nascent Soul Realm that he learned the divine search technique from his master. With his current mana, he could only use it twice a day. It was much better than ordinary search methods to locate monsters or individuals in the mountains.

As the mana swayed, the scholar's eyes turned light blue, and the forest at the foot of the mountain seemed to be flying backwards in his line of sight, passing through the mountains and forests, and suddenly stopped when he saw a different kind of energy.

Lu Liangsheng closed his eyes, pulled the old donkey, and then cast an inch-shrinking spell in the direction of the evil spirit. With a flick of his figure, he led Wang Banzhu and disappeared in place in an instant.

When they stopped again, the two men and the donkey had already come to the entrance of a cave. The cave was more than one foot high and three feet wide. It looked like a mouth, and it was pitch black inside, so it was impossible to see.

woooooooo~~

The sound of the wind blowing from inside turned into a strange whimpering sound at the entrance of the cave, and the spider webs hanging in the corners were flying across.

"Liangsheng, wait!"

In the bookshelf, Taoist Toad stared at the opening of the hole with a serious face. He jumped down with a flick of his short legs. The rope tied around his waist suddenly stretched, and his whole body hung in the air and swayed.

"Wait... wait for the teacher to come first and go in with you."

Wang Banxia at the side quickly helped him untie the rope, and Toad fell to the ground and patted the back of his disciple's hand: "Don't help!"

Stepping on the sound of baji baji, he walked to the apprentice's side with the gourd on his back, his expression became more serious.

"Go, let's go in with the teacher!"

Uh....

I don't know why Master is so serious, is it because Cheng En said that snakes are the natural enemy of toad?Lu Liangsheng probably felt that the master still wanted to save face, but the master, who was a bit cowardly in the past, is so arrogant today, could it be that... his cultivation has recovered?

Let the half-blind wait in the back, and with a guess, he held up the lantern and walked half a step behind Taoist Ha into this stone cave. When he went in, the ceiling of the cave was still a little low, and he had to lower his head to go through it. , the inverted stalactites are getting denser.

tick tock...

Water droplets dripped down the tip of the stalagmite, amidst the crisp sound, the dim yellow light from the lantern in the scholar's hand suddenly swayed, illuminating the surrounding stalactites into strange shapes, like ghosts.

slap~

As he was walking, he seemed to be stepping on a soft mass, and when the lantern was shining, Lu Liangsheng quickly moved his foot away. Dao Toad stopped at some point, and was stepped on by him, lying there with a big mouth, his mouth was crooked, and his tongue They all fell apart.

"Master, stop and say something, the sight here is dim, so you can't see."

"it's okay no problem!"

Taoist Toad retracted his tongue, rubbed the chubby toad's face, got up and looked around.

"Master, I smell a monster, it's nearby."

Lu Liangsheng couldn't feel it, he straightened up and held up the lantern, looking around, there were many strange rocks, and he couldn't see the scene behind him.

Could it be that only the master is aware of it?

The lantern was raised above the head, and the swaying flames illuminated it. Taoist Ha also raised his eyes, and what the light showed was a black feldspar straddling. He was looking down, looking at the scholar and the toad.

call--

A gust of cold wind blows, and the candles in the paper lanterns are suddenly extinguished.

Chapter 3 Nineteen The Second Spirit Formation