For the peace of the fairy world

Fang Huai was woken up by the sound of "chi-chi-gu-gu". When he regained consciousness, the first thing he felt was the warmth of the grass beneath him.

The mountains outside the southeast-dipping island are cold and humid everywhere, and the cold air makes people's bones ache, but at this moment, the whole body is warm.

Fang Huai opened his eyes slightly, and was immediately pierced by the sun so that tears flowed from his eyes, but he still saw a small shadow dancing in front of him.

With a blink of an eye, the field of vision darkened and brightened again.

He... can see?Isn't this hallucination?

He moved his fingertips, and immediately felt a tingling pain that went deep into the bone marrow, knowing that this was a situation where his body was overdrawn.

It doesn't seem like a dream.

He blinked and blinked before he could see the scene in front of him clearly.

He was on the fluffy grass, and the shadow jumping around in front of him was a bird with long tail feathers, its body gradually changed from light gray to cinnabar, and its feathers were blue and shiny, and the color in the sunlight was extraordinarily gorgeous, crooked. Looking at him with a clever head, from time to time he made a "chi-chi-gu-gu-gu" sound.

One person and one bird looked at each other quietly.

The bird hopped to his head, stretched out its head, and pecked his forehead with its beak. Fang Huai felt a little pain, so he said hoarsely: "Don't..." After gathering strength for a long time, he said something The words are a little out of breath.

However, the bird was still startled by his sound, and immediately flew away with its wings flapping, and the tip of its wings touched his face.

Fang Huai couldn't laugh or cry in his heart, and closed his eyes again.He can't move his whole body now, and he doesn't know how long he will lie here, he won't just starve to death like this.

He looked at the green grass blades with some nostalgia, his neck could not be turned, and he could not see other scenes.After only being awake for a while, he felt heavy fatigue again, closed his eyes and passed out.

When I woke up again, I was awakened by some movement around me.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw two bright black eyeballs looking at him, and Wen Dun's expression appeared on a monkey's face.It turned out to be the apes here.

This ape has white hair and beard, and its body is as tall as a grown man.Chao Fang Huai called out twice, and then supported his body with two big palms.

Fang Huai wants to ask where are you taking me?Did someone tell you to do this?But firstly, he didn't have the strength, and secondly, he didn't know whether the ape could understand or not.

He heard the flapping of wings again, and the bird that had pecked at him earlier flew over and landed on top of the ape's head.

Fang Huai looked at the two of them, then closed his eyes and resigned himself to fate.

The ape supported him for a while, Fang Huai almost fell asleep again, until he passed through the lush bushes, Fang Huai heard the sound of rushing water, like a waterfall.

It is indeed a waterfall.Fang Huai reluctantly turned his neck, and saw a waterfall like a curtain of water, with snow-white splashes falling into the pool.

The pool went from directly under the waterfall to the shore, from deep to shallow. The ape hugged Fang Huai and walked a few steps in the shallow water, then put him in the water.

Most of Fang Huai's body was soaked in the pool water, and he felt the traces of spiritual power seeping into his body through the skin, and couldn't help but look at the ape and bird in surprise.

The ape sat beside Fang Huai, with the bird on his head, staring at Fang Huai with bright black eyes.Seeing Fang Huai turning his head to look at him, he clapped his hands happily and shouted twice.

Fang Huai felt like a broken machine, with rust and cracks everywhere from the inside to the outside, and this pool of water was the most patient craftsman, with traces of spiritual power tightly wrapping himself up, repairing cracks, removing rust spots, There will be pain during the process, but the body is telling him the joy of new life.

Although he was still suspicious, Fang Huai looked at the ape, and then at the clear sky above his head.This is the so-called surviving a catastrophe...is there bound to be future blessings?

After soaking in the pool for about an hour, the ape picked him up again, went back the same way, and placed him on the previous grass.

Fang Huai watched the ape yell at him twice, then turned around and ran away on all fours, and had a guess in his mind: before he woke up, the ape would carry him to soak in the pool every day, and then send him off back here?

His guess came true.Sure enough, at the same time the next day, the ape came again.

So the third day, the fourth day...

Fang Huai counted the days until No. 17, when he was finally able to walk and finally saw the whole picture of the place clearly.

Grasslands, forests, streams and springs, surrounded by valleys on all sides, is this place dipping southeast?

Fang Huai couldn't confirm it. The only thing he could ask in the past ten days was the ape. There were many birds and beasts in the mountains, but none of them were spirit beasts, and neither was the ape. They were just old and a little spiritual.

Fang Huai also tried to ask him some questions, but the ape would only look at him with two bright black and gentle eyes. If he asked too much, the ape would run away and send him a few fresh peaches when he came back.

Fang Huai grabbed the peaches, smiled helplessly, sat cross-legged in the water beside the waterfall and washed the fresh peaches, it was very delicious.

His treasure pouch was also gone, leaving only the pieces of jade that he was holding tightly in his hand before he passed out, the ring on his thumb, and the only money bag in his sleeve.

Fang Huai took out the money and put it beside him for a while, then the apes picked it up and went to play. He couldn't catch up, so he had to put the broken jade pendant in his bag and keep it close to his body.

He kept walking in the surrounding valleys, trying to find some clues, but found nothing.

No. On the 20th day, he tried to follow the stream and go deeper into the mountains.

The body soaked in the pool water seemed to be more vigorous than before. Fang Huai could satisfy his hunger only by relying on the wild fruits picked on the road, so he walked in the mountains for two days.

That day he was squatting beside the stream, washing the fruits he had picked, watching the stream glistening under the sun flowing through his fingers, and suddenly his eyes darkened.

The wild fruit in his hand lost his grip for a moment and drifted away along the stream.He blinked hard, reaching out to touch his own eyes.

At that moment just now, did the symptoms of blindness reappear?

His face was reflected on the surface of the water, Fang Huai took his hand away, and found that he was not the only figure reflected in the water!

Fang Huai suddenly looked up, only to see a woman watching him quietly from the other side of the stream.Fang Huai really didn't notice when she approached the stream.

"Go on..." The woman looked at him.

He got up immediately.

"By tomorrow morning, you won't be able to see anything." The woman said, "This is the center of the island leaning towards the southeast. You won't be able to get out with your legs."

Fang Huai immediately came to his senses and said, "This senior...that ape, was that senior sent to save me?"

She took quick steps and walked towards Fang Huai. She had a gentle face, but there was an aura of majesty pressing on her head.During the movement, the embroidered pattern of wild goose wings on a robe is like a flowing water wave, stepping on the stream that reaches the calf, but never splashing a little water.

Fang Huai wanted to take half a step back, but found that his feet felt as if they were being pinned, and he couldn't lift his legs at all.He had to cup his hands and said, "Could it be that senior is the master of this place?"

The woman walked up to him and said, "I'm just a mountain guard."

"That……"

"Let me ask you, who gave you the broken jade in your arms?"

Fang Huai was startled, and couldn't help but put his hand on the place where the jade pendant was hidden in his bosom: "It was given to me by my junior brother."

"Your junior brother?" The woman raised her eyebrows, "What's your junior brother's last name?"

"My surname is Yu."

"Is your surname Yu..." The woman laughed, "Then, what are you doing here?"

Fang Huai hurriedly said: "This junior has the guts to ask senior for a golden light grass to save my junior brother."

The woman narrowed her eyes and said, "You want golden grass?"

"Yes."

Even though the sun above his head was warm and warm, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Fang Huai's back. It was nothing but because the man in front of him was using the powerful monk's soul to put pressure on him. Now he felt his muscles tense and sore. , his internal organs seemed to be shrunk into a ball, and he didn't need to look down at the water to know that his face must be extremely ugly now.

The woman raised her hand and landed on his shoulder: "The aptitude is too low. Fortunately, Yuanshen can still bear it and can make up for it."

Fang Huai didn't understand what she meant, so he endured the desire to vomit and said reluctantly: "I came down to the southeast just to find the golden light grass, and beg for mercy from senior. My junior brother's life is being held in someone's hands..."

The woman suddenly said "oh" and said, "Do you want golden grass?"

Fang Huai said: "Yes. Please, senior..."

The woman walked around him for two steps, the corners of her mouth curled slightly, and she said with a slight smile: "If you want golden grass, you have to kowtow to me first."

As soon as the words fell, Fang Huai felt the force that restrained his legs loosen.

Fang Huai didn't insist much on the saying "A man has gold under his knees". If he kowtows to get the golden grass, it's much better than looking for it without any clues.Besides, although the woman's face was smooth and there was no trace of age, but when those eyes looked at him, he felt that she was much older than his own mother.

What's more, I can walk and run now, and my eyesight is restored, thanks to her rescue.Thinking of this, Fang Huai knelt down happily, kowtowed respectfully and said, "Senior, please be respected by this junior."

"Okay, okay!" The woman smiled, "Do you know who I am?"

"..." Fang Huai replied honestly, "This junior doesn't know."

The woman said: "You call me 'Yan Gu'."

Fang Huai said, "How dare you call senior by his first name."

The woman frowned and said, "If I tell you to call, you can call."

"...Yes, Senior Yan Gu."

The woman saw that he would not be able to change for a while, so she didn't think too much about it, she turned around and said, "Follow me."

As the two of them crossed the stream, Fang Huai's heart couldn't help beating a little faster, so this is it?It seems a little too simple, but this woman has a detached demeanor, her expression is calm and peaceful, she doesn't look like someone harboring evil intentions.

Forget it, now that he has lost his treasure pouch, he can't even beat the wild wolves in the mountains with his bare hands, and now he wants to escape, and he can be knocked down with a single finger, and he can take one step at a time.

Fang Huai followed Yan Gu through a quiet dense forest, and when he came out of the dense forest, he immediately saw the spiral upward stone steps.

The two walked along the stone steps until they reached the top, where a small wooden house crouched.Yangu pushed open the wooden door, and saw that the furnishings inside the room were simple but not crude. There were two incense burners on the table in the center, and two strands of incense were coiled up into the air. The enshrined scroll painting was "The Hermit Will Not Be Encountered".

Yangu looked up at the painting for a long time, then turned around and waved to Fang Huai, "Come here, kowtow three times here."

There is a saying that "everything is difficult at the beginning", since Fang Huai kowtows once, it doesn't hurt to kowtow three more.However, there was still a little doubt in my heart, so I walked over to Yan Gu and asked, "Senior Yan Gu, the junior just kowtowed to you, who are these three kowtows to?"

Aunt Yan's eyes flashed and said: "Naturally, it's to the owner of the golden light grass. I told you, I'm just a mountain guard here. If you want to take away the golden light grass, you must thank the owner, right?"

Fang Huai was right when he thought about it, so he knelt down and kowtowed three times.Seeing him finish the ceremony meticulously, a truly joyful smile appeared on Gu Yan's face.

Fang Huai felt that her smile was a little weird, but for the sake of it, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, "Senior, can I let this junior see the golden light grass?"

Yan Gu smiled and said, "Naturally, come with me."

Speaking of opening a secret door in the corner of the room, Fang Huai looked at the secret passage, feeling a little hesitant in his heart.

Yan Gu looked back at him and smiled, "Why, are you afraid?"

"...No." Fang Huai followed Yan Gu and walked down the sloping secret passage.

It was still a spiral staircase. After walking for about a quarter of an hour, I finally stepped on the flat ground. It turned out that this place is also a house. The stone walls have been polished to be very smooth, and the furnishings are similar to the wooden house above.

The room has eight sides, and each side is lined with bookshelves, full of books, pulp and paper, silk, and bamboo slips.There is a round hole on the top of each side, and the light comes in from the hole, illuminating the stone house brightly.

Fang Huai was amazed by the wonderful design of the stone house, while Yan Gu walked in front, stopped in front of a stone platform decorated with flowers and plants, opened the box with a "click" and said, "This is the golden grass you want."

She moved her body away, and Fang Huai saw a plant only a little bigger than a palm rooted in the soil in the box, stretching its leaves peacefully.

At first glance, this is just an ordinary grass, but if you look carefully at the veins on the blade of grass, the intertwined lines seem to be able to absorb people's mind.

Yan Gu handed the box to Fang Huai, and the latter took it, almost staring at the lines on the leaves in fascination.

Fang Huai tried his best to calm himself down, turned around and planned to thank: "Senior..."

But he never wanted to raise his eyes to see that there was no one in the room except him.