The Monk

Chapter 1 Who is Zhang Ai()

Zhang is afraid of everything, the dark, death, ghosts, tigers, and even ferocious dogs. His identity is the guardian Taoist boy of Ten Thousand Beast Cave of Tianlei Taoist Temple in Tianlei Mountain. The master named him Hong Wu because he was afraid of everything, but his brothers still called him Zhang Ai.

Tianleishan and his disciples of the same generation, not even ten thousand but eight thousand, all know him, just because they are afraid of him. Every time it thunders on a cloudy day, accompanied by the roar of thunder and roaring sounds, there is always a hoarse voice shouting for help.

Because of fear, Zhang was afraid of becoming the most diligent person in Tianlei Taoist Temple. The masters and uncles repeatedly preached about the tragedy of the battle between good and evil. Zhang Ai was worried that one day he would become a corpse in the stories of the masters and uncles, so he worked particularly hard. Tianlei Taoist Temple is an authentic Taoist school in the Yue Kingdom. He has read through most of the 800 cultivation methods in the Sutra Pavilion. He learns magic not to defeat the enemy, but to protect himself. He selects those with strong defensive power and those with the fastest escape speed to study them carefully. .

After working hard day and night, he has practiced the Heavenly Thunder God Kung Fu to the sixth level, and his internal energy cultivation has reached the middle level of the Qi Refining Stage, making him the best among his peers. At the same time, he also practiced various escape spells such as golden armor body protection, blast technique, etc. The most powerful thing is that he learned the six-layer shield method to protect the body, the thunder shield of the heavenly thunder magic skill, the golden armor body protection, the wood spirit body protection, and the ice barrier. , Thousand Walls of Fury, Earth Armor, etc. Now he is practicing the seventh body-protecting magical skill, Wings of the Wind God.

According to Zhang Wei's diligence and cultivation achievements, he could have entered the inner hall of Tianlei Temple to concentrate on cultivation. However, because he was afraid of thunder, he would shout randomly and disturb others when there was thunder, so he was sent to the Cave of Ten Thousand Beasts and the monsters. keep company.

It takes half an hour to walk from Ten Thousand Beast Cave to the main peak of Tianlei Mountain, and no matter how loud you shout, you can't get through. There is also a barrier that separates the inside and outside of the cave into two worlds. The leader's intention is to send you to a place where no one is around. You can shout, shout as much as you want, and see who can hear you.

Zhang Ain is sixteen years old and originally had a harmonious family. When he was two years old, his parents carried him to the Heavenly Thunder Mountain to worship. On the way, they encountered a fight with immortal cultivators. The thunder, wind, and lightning were so terrifying that their parents panicked and ran into the deep mountains and forests. As a result, they encountered first a wolf and then a tiger. In order to protect the mother and son from escaping, his father sacrificed his life Feed the tiger. His mother ran around with him in her arms, climbing up high cliffs everywhere. She just put Zhang Ain down and cried to rest when a thunder struck from the sky and fell on her mother. Suddenly, the two-year-old Zhang Ain became an orphan, and then he was He was rescued by a Taoist priest from Tianlei Mountain and became a Taoist boy. From then on, Zhang was afraid of everything, especially thunder.

At noon, when the sun was at its most intense, Zhang Wen sat alone outside the Cave of Ten Thousand Beasts. The loess field of several hundred square meters was empty except for him. Zhang Aifeng's eyes were slightly closed, his breath was long, and his expression was calm. It seemed that the big sun in the sky was not shining on him, and no matter how hot the weather was, it had nothing to do with him.

The Dharma book says that if you practice the Wings of the Wind God to a high level, you can transform into wings of light, which are stronger than gold essence, turn into shields for defense, and turn into wings for flying. However, it is difficult to practice.

Zhang was afraid that he had been practicing for some time, trying hard to gather and refine Qi, but he had been practicing hard for more than a month without making any progress. The book is right, this spell is not suitable for practice during the Qi refining period, so I am a little hesitant to continue.

At this time, there was a strange movement more than a hundred meters outside the stadium, and the air rippled like lake water. Zhang was afraid that someone had touched the barrier of Ten Thousand Beasts Cave, probably from the same sect, so he stopped his work and stood up quietly in front of the cave to wait for the visitor.

In a few breaths, two Taoist priests, aged in their twenties, came running up the path on the right side of Ten Thousand Beasts Cave. They were all clean and tidy. Zhang was afraid of the ceremony: "Senior Brother Hongcheng, Senior Brother Hongtu."

The two of them were in a hurry. Hongcheng said: "Twenty Xintian Harriers." As he spoke, he threw a Bagua-shaped jade plaque to Zhang Awei. Zhang Ain took the jade token, looked at it, returned it to Hongcheng, and asked casually: "Why do you need so many kites?"

Hong Tu continued: "What are you doing? Of course we are going down the mountain. Hurry up. Master asked us to hurry up."

Zhang Ai turned around and took out a jade tablet from his arms. It was the same size and shape as the one held by Hongcheng. He gently pressed it into the air in front of the hole with his hand. There seemed to be a bracket in the air, and the jade tablet stood out of thin air.

Zhang Ain said to the two senior brothers: "Come in, don't make trouble inside, Senior Uncle Zhenyi is here." The two nodded in agreement.

From the outside, Ten Thousand Beasts Cave looks like a small mountain with a cave door dug at the foot of the mountain. Only when you enter inside do you realize what a different kind of cave is.

There is no door to the cave, and it is completely dark when looking in from the outside. After entering the air barrier, it was still dark inside. It was a small hall with seven small holes cut out along the cave wall. Together with the entrance door, there were enough Bagua, so this place was called Bagua Hall.

After the three of them entered the cave, Zhang Ain put away the jade token and walked to the first cave on the right. After standing still, he looked at Hongcheng: "Senior brother." Hongcheng had been to Ten Thousand Beasts Cave several times and knew the rules. He took out the jade token just now and gently pressed it into the air in front of the cave. Zhang Ai took out another piece of black iron. The card was also in the shape of Bagua. He also pressed it into the air and whispered: "Okay." The leader entered, Hongcheng Hongtu followed, and then took back the key.

Only when you enter the cave within a cave do you know what the Cave of Ten Thousand Beasts is. The road ahead was originally dark, but after going up two steps, the scenery suddenly changed. Inside the cave, there were blue sky and white clouds, gentle wind and rising sun, countless exotic flowers, plants, rocks, and trees, and many small animals grassing on the trees. They were jumping back and forth and playing, and there were also many kinds of strange birds flying across the sky.

After exiting the cave, there were three roads at his feet. Zhang was afraid to choose the middle one and go straight. Less than a hundred meters away, there was a huge stone hundreds of feet high blocking the road. Zhang Ao took out two keys, one black, one white, one iron and one jade. He held them in his left and right hands and muttered a spell in his mouth. The keys slowly rose into the air, each shot a ray of light and hit the boulder. The boulder opened in response and separated. Make a cave door as tall as one person. The three of them entered, but it was a shrine. There were many stalls in the shrine, and most of the stalls contained sparkling beads. Zhang Ain counted twenty spirit beads in a grid with flying bird marks and handed them over to Hong Cheng Hong Tu.

The three of them left the shrine and returned to the cave within the cave. Hongcheng held the spirit beads in both hands and probed into his consciousness. Twenty red birds with sharp claws and sharp beaks suddenly fluttered down from the sky. Hongtu took out the beast control bag and put away twenty birds. The three of them returned to the Bagua Hall. The strange thing was that Zhang Ai did not follow the original path. He closed his eyes in the center of the hall and calculated for a while, then walked towards the cave in the cave where he had just taken out the Xintian Harrier. Before entering the cave, he casually played the jade card. Stepping in, the scenery changed again, and the three of them had already left the Ten Thousand Beast Cave.

Hong Cheng clicked his tongue and said in surprise: "The Bagua Xuantian Formation is really bad. I have been here several times, but I still can't find the way." Hongtu laughed at him: "Nonsense, if you master the Bagua Xuantian Formation, you will reach the Elder Peak in the morning."

Hongcheng also laughed, took out a spirit bead, and asked Hongtu to open the beast control bag. Zhang was afraid of stopping him and said with a grimace: "Brother Hongcheng, can you put this away further away?"

Hongcheng laughed: "You are not afraid of small animals, but you are afraid when they get bigger?"

Zhang Weifang just looked at him with a grimace, and Hong Tu tried to smooth things over: "Okay, it's not like I don't understand him, so stop teasing Junior Brother and leave quickly. Master is waiting."

Zhang Bin saw the two of them walking away and hiding in the mountain road, and then a red bird more than ten feet big flew up from the mountain road. Standing on the back of the bird were the two of them. It was Hongcheng Hongtu who flew away with the Xintian Harrier.

After finishing the matter, Zhang Wen continued to meditate and practice. As soon as he sat down, the air around him shook, and a middle-aged strong man appeared silently, looking a little sluggish. Zhang Ain stood up and saluted: "Greetings to Uncle Zhenyi."

The strong man asked politely: "What's Hongcheng doing here?"

"Back to Uncle Master, they took twenty Xintian Harriers."

"Twenty? Why do you need so many? Ah, yes, the Qi Refining Conference."

Zhang was afraid that he didn't know what the Qi Refining Conference was, so he didn't want to say anything, so he stood aside respectfully.

Uncle Zhenyi didn't stay long, he raised a flying sword and jumped up to fly.

Zhang Ai was once again alone in the Ten Thousand Beast Cave. After being disturbed several times, he decided to temporarily give up practicing the Wings of the Wind God and go back to his house to sleep.

There is a thatched hut on the right side of the cave, with a bed, a table and a chair and nothing else in the house. The table was littered with things, including protective equipment such as goggles, helmets, armors, and soft armors. Needless to say, they were all life-saving magic weapons that Zhang Wen had accumulated over the years. But since he was a child, he never went down the mountain, so the so-called protective gear was just a joke in the eyes of others. What's more, as the cultivation level increases, these things become more and more impractical, and they are reluctant to throw them away, so they are all piled up in the house.

Zhang Ain entered the room, lay down on the bed and closed his eyes. Three puppies crawled out from under the bed. They were so round and cute. They jumped onto the bed and hugged Zhang Ain. Zhang Ain laughed out loud: "Don't make trouble, sleep well." He hugged the three puppies and forced them to rest. The puppy didn't want to, so he ran out with his buttocks sticking out. Zhang Ai raised his hand, closed the door, and allowed them to mess around in the room before falling asleep.

Zhang was afraid of being alone. He lived alone on the top of the mountain. It was better during the day, but it was especially difficult after dark. The wind outside the house and the roar of animals in the forest turned into monsters and beasts when he heard them. So I asked my senior brother to bring three puppies back to keep him company when I went down the mountain.

There is a mountain spring behind the house. Next to the spring is a small cave. There is firewood for the stove and some rice, vegetables, oil and salt. This is how to make a living for one person and three dogs. As for the monsters in the Ten Thousand Beast Cave, the Soul Controlling Hall is responsible for what they eat.

The next day was the test day for the Qi-refining disciples at Tianlei Mountain. The disciples came to check the level of Zhang Ao's cultivation. After some testing, Zhang was afraid that he was still the same as before. His internal energy cultivation was still at the mid-level of the Qi refining stage, but he was extremely proficient in the application of spells. The disciple who taught the technique sighed: "Why are you still practicing like this? Master said you are putting the cart before the horse, why don't you change?"

"I think it's good to learn more," Zhang Ying replied anxiously.

"Hey, how much time do you have to practice? You only live a hundred years, and you can't reach the realm of foundation building. No matter how good your spells are, you will die. I have no words for you. When I came, the master also said that if the refining of Qi enters the realm, If you are a high-level person, I will call you into Ziguang Pavilion to teach you the Meditation Technique, so that you no longer have to be afraid of things." The disciple who taught the technique shook his head as he spoke.

Zhang Ain's face turned red with embarrassment and he whispered: "Brother, I'm sorry, I'm just scared."

"Who is not afraid? Everyone has something to be afraid of, but what you are afraid of is too outrageous. Forget it, I'm leaving." The disciple who taught the technique wanted to leave.

Zhang Ai suddenly asked: "What is the Jingxin Jue? Why is there no such book in the Sutra Pavilion?"

The disciple who taught the technique was a little impatient: "Do you understand what you mean by putting the cart before the horse? The eight hundred methods of the Tibetan Sutra Pavilion are actually all about how to use spells. The real Qi training and Neiji skills are all learned by the senior masters. These are the basics. , the better the foundation, the better the spell will be, but you just did it the other way around." After saying this, the disciple who controlled the sword left.