Penglai delusion

Xi Mo managed to persuade himself.He stretched out his hand and traced the bone diagram carefully along the light ink marks on the draft.

Since Frost's Fall, he imitated the appearance of the tortoise calendar, carved diamonds on the bamboo slices, and counted the number of days.Seeing the bamboo calendar hanging above the bed at this moment, I thought that the next day would be the next year, so it would be better to visit by the beginning, so that people would not be bored by too frequent visits.

That night, my heart was really surging, and I had many dreams in succession.The good ones and the bad ones are packed tightly like a string of beads, and the grains are distinctly dizzy, and it is impossible to escape from drowning in it.Xi Mo seemed to be haunted, he struggled for a long time before barely opening his eyes, only to feel his heart beating heavily, so heavy that it hurt when it fell back to his chest.

Then he took out the short blade from under the pillow, and pressed the sharp blade separated by a layer of silk to his heart.Such a town is really much better.He slowly caressed the blade with his fingertips, passing from the dark pattern on the handle to the bright blade body, his breath gradually eased.

The short blade that Xi Mo always carries with him is actually very beautiful.The blade surface is finely carved to look like a bay leaf, and the veins are fine and dense, weaving into a deadly blood groove network.And Xi Mo has always believed that this is a talisman left to him by his mother in the dark with the help of a benefactor.Because she has always had an extremely light laurel fragrance on her body.

When tidying up the cellar a while ago, the old man felt that the silk that wrapped the tortoise calendar was old, so he peeled it off and threw it into the wastebasket. Xi Mo quietly picked it up and washed it, and tied a soft sheath for his blade. There is no need to worry about being scratched when the meat is hidden.

For the past few days, Xi Mo has been thinking about rebuilding his bones, and he really couldn't sleep well. Later, he was made uncomfortable by the nightmare, so he simply put the dagger in his arms, and finally found some peace.

Finally looking forward to the day of the winter solstice, Xi Mo started to touch it at four o'clock. After washing and tidying up, he packed the cooked food prepared earlier into several packages, and put them in the straw baskets with his own newly brewed bamboo leaf wine. good.As soon as the fifth watch was over, he ran down the mountain happily like a little daughter-in-law visiting her relatives.

I have already walked back and forth for the two hundred miles, and I am very familiar with it.Xi Mo had something on his mind, so he went faster this time, blocking Jiang Tan, who had just passed the senior rank, on the road.

Seeing that Jiang Tan was also carrying a straw basket similar to his own, Xi Mo couldn't help laughing, "Hello, Elder!"

Jiang Tan said "Okay", bypassed him and left.How could Xi Mo let people run away like this, and hurriedly followed, "You got up so early." Jiang Tan hurried on the road, as if he didn't want to say more, and only responded.

Xi Mo asked another three or two sentences, but he still got a one-word answer that was neither salty nor bland, and he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive.But he must not let go of today's opportunity, so he could only follow behind with a salivating face, but because the river and lake were moving like the wind, he gradually couldn't keep up.

"Elder...you wait..." The material he carried today was really thick, and it weighed heavily on his shoulders, and he couldn't run since he entered the valley.Seeing that the Jiangtan in his hand was about to fly, he could only call out in vain to express his despair.

"What's the matter?" Jiang Tan stopped on Luyuan and looked back at him.

Xi Mo didn't expect that this person would listen to him, he pulled himself together and rolled forward panting, his feet almost went limp and he knelt down on the spot.

But he was supported by someone, and he said "be careful" lightly.

"Thank you, Elder." Xi Mo is not afraid of falling, but he is afraid that the bottles and cans will be smashed to pieces. If he can't learn the craft of firing pottery and porcelain before spring to make up for it, his head will be screwed off by the old man. kick away.

He held onto Jiang Tan's sleeve so tightly that he was unwilling to let go.

Jiang Tan didn't know what was going on with this child, every time he saw him, there were always tears in his eyes, it was very instructive..."Say it." He stretched out his arms with some strength. return.

"Elder, today's sub-year-old." Xi Mo excitedly pointed to the basket behind him, "I have prepared some food and want to celebrate the new year with the elder."

Jiang Tan silently looked at the nearly full basket, suddenly realized that this kid really likes to cook.

He also likes to pull people to eat his meal together.

"Okay." Jiang Tan said, "You are here, I will look for you at noon."

Xi Mo could only nod his head, watching the figure in Jiangtan disappear into the forest, then went down to the bottom of the valley, dipped his red and swollen feet in the stream,

I rested my arms on my back and looked up to see the dim sun and cloud shadows.

After a while, his feet became very cold, but he didn't know it. He looked at the sky fascinatedly, thinking that if he could learn the Wind Control Technique, he must first pick a few clouds and spread them on the bed. The white brocade quilt in Jiangtan was even softer.

Xi Mo was awakened by Jiang Tan.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a face turned upside down and said, "You don't want your feet?"

Only then did he move subconsciously, and found that both feet were completely unconscious.Knowing that this kind of situation can be relieved by rubbing it with snow in a short while, he smiled at Jiang Tan, "It's good, I saw the elder when I woke up."

Jiang Tan went to the woods to shake a handful of snow, put it in his hand and said, "Wipe your feet." The child looked up, smiling brightly, "Okay!"

Xi Mo put on straw boots, lit a fire by the stream, washed his hands again, then lifted the cover, and took out all the packages, "Some dishes are not tasty if they are cold, and they need to be reheated." He said. Then I added water to the cauldron and heated up the fire, "Elder, let's drink some wine to warm up your body first. It's my first time brewing wine, the taste may be a bit strange, please forgive me."

"Yeah." Jiang Tan said calmly, "I don't drink alcohol."

Xi Mo froze on the spot, as if he had received a knowing blow.

Seeing that the child was visibly disappointed, Jiang Tan said, "Go ahead and drink."

"I..." Xi Mo hesitated to speak, "...It stands to reason that at my age, I can't drink alcohol."

"it is ready."

Xi Mo didn't expect to be persuaded when the toast would fail, and he thought to himself that this would be terrible, and he didn't know if eating alone could make people happy, but he said truthfully, "Elder, the men over there can't do it until the time of the hair tie ceremony." Drink the first glass of wine." He said, "I don't want to be able to open a glass so early in the south."

Jiang Tan didn't make a sound.

broken.Xi Mo secretly thought, the elder won't be angry.He was thinking of saying something to remedy it, so he heard Jiang Tan say, "Maybe."

Xi Mo breathed a sigh of relief, "What kind of tea does the elder like to drink on weekdays?"

"Anything."

Today's Jiangtan cherishes words like gold.

Xi Mo had a stomach full of problems, but he had no choice but to dismiss them all, leaving only the most important one. He only spoke when the steamed dumplings, lamb chops and red bean rice were all eaten, and the fire needed more firewood, " I have read the elder’s blueprints these days, and I have some new ideas.” He said, “Since gold and stones and other things without spiritual orifices can be awakened, why can’t humans be enlightened? After all, the meridian diagrams of the human body are basically the same. Easier to grope about than different stones."

Jiang Tan raised his eyes, "Gold and stone are inanimate in nature, and they can be transformed as you like. But the roots and bones of a human being are buried in flesh and blood. When you cut them apart, the positions are different. And there are holes in the spiritual things. It is natural, it cannot be increased or decreased by the day after tomorrow."

Xi Mo was stunned for a moment, but he understood, "So, no matter whether it is grass, wood, man or beast, those who are born with spiritual orifices can't open them again?"

Jiang Tan paused, "Those who can absorb spiritual energy are originally favored by nature. Recreation the day after tomorrow is not tolerated by the law of order."

Xi Mo couldn't say another word.

Jiang Tan looked at him again, but didn't say much.

After the two of them had parted in the valley, it was the next summer when they saw each other again.

At that time, Xi Mo had obtained the consent of the old man to open up a small garden next to the woodshed.

Before farming, he buried half of the tooth that fell out on the day he first met the old man in the ground, and made a sincere wish, which was regarded as a reward.Then, with a plow, the ground was refurbished, and the good seeds collected in the past were sowed in pieces.

Penglai Xianzhou is full of strange water and different soils, and different combinations are suitable for the growth of different spiritual plants.Xi Mo divided the ground into six pieces and tried it out.Only in the summer and autumn will we know how many of the ideas written on paper will come true.

And not long after he sowed this kind of seed, the old man said that Yi asked the peak people to come, and asked him to follow him to recover the stone puppets in several areas, so as not to accidentally hurt them during the teaching.

Under the cabinet pine, Xi Mo touched the stone puppet for the first time.This monster, which is said to be able to tear bulls with its hands, looked as reckless as Hongqiu, but it had a pair of round bean eyes.because there's none

The neck can't turn the head, only the eyes follow the spirit guide in his hand back and forth.

Xi Mo knew that this thing looked cute, but he couldn't touch it for long.I just tied the red rope that fell from the spirit guide to its wrist, and led it to look for the old man on the slope ahead.

He thought of the big white goose raised at home.

He is also so fierce and obedient, letting himself be tied with a rope, leading him to run around the ground.

People in Yongzhou don't often raise geese.But mother liked it, so father got her a pair.When Xi Mo was four years old, he saw a live goose for the first time. He followed his father's feet as white as two piles of snowballs. He ran and hugged him.My mother was sitting under the pomegranate tree and laughing, holding a small handful of pomegranate seeds, which she wanted to feed herself.

Xi Mo took a breath, and the sweet and sour taste of durian flowers was still in his nose.He swallowed again, thinking of the coolness of the pomegranate seeds rolling on the tip of his tongue, but heard a sudden cry from the other side of the mountain.

He paused, and saw the old man's broken car jumping up from the ground and rushing towards the crying place.After standing there for a while, Xi Mo felt like crying.Because the red rope in the spirit draws out according to the spiritual power, it will only get shorter and shorter as time goes by, and finally it will be completely retracted.I don't know if the stone puppet will listen to him without the trip wire.

Xi Mo looked far away, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw a strange blue and red bird flying towards it.When he got closer, he saw a kind-faced disciple of Qingxu sitting on the back of the bird, and he also went to the place where he was crying.He then guessed that this was someone from Waiwen Peak.The master of the peak's way of controlling beasts, all his disciples ride strange beasts, which is different from other peaks.

After a while, the old man finally arrived in his car. Seeing Xi Mo staring at him nervously, he said angrily, "Bring it!"

Xi Mo hurriedly handed over the Lingyin.The red rope was only half a finger long, and it couldn't be made into a soft bundle, so he kept pressing it on the stone puppet's wrist, and taught the old man to see it, but he could only curse secretly for its uselessness.

"One or two, either stupid or stupid." The old man jerked the red rope to the elder, threw it away, and wrapped it around the stone puppet's wrist a few times, "Get in the car!"

Xi Mo had already sat down firmly, and after listening to the old man swearing halfway, he almost knew what was going on.