The years when I explored the fairyland
Chapter 178 175: The Erhu Master and the Path of Self-Reflection
Outside Baisha City.
Dragon King Temple.
Ever since the viper in Baisha River was killed, Dragon King Temple has become the most unwelcome place in this area.
After all, in addition to the three sacrificial animals, many boys and girls have to be sacrificed in the annual sacrifice.
And the witch priest, who was privately called "Old Crooked Man", was famous for asking for money and life.
Before, there was still the viper, and many people were afraid of it, but after the viper was killed by Chu Zhou, the Dragon King Temple had to bear the anger of the people.
They didn't dare to do anything too extreme. There was no murder or arson. They just threw some rotten vegetable leaves, rotten eggs, stones, mud and the like.
Of course, these are nothing. The most disgusting thing is the golden juice swill, the stench can float for miles.
Before, the Dragon King Temple was also a bustling place, and many people drove carts to sell pulp and do some small businesses.
But now, they really want to avoid it!
Over time, this is the most deserted place in the entire Baisha City. Even now, with the overpopulation, it seems to be forgotten.
In the Dragon King Temple, the rogues who originally gathered under the old crooked man had already dispersed completely when they saw that there was no benefit.
Only the old crooked witch priest was left here.
Guarding this Dragon King Temple, I don’t know why?
But today, there are guests here.
An old man staggered into the Dragon King Temple. His steps were weak, his cheeks were sunken, his hair was gray and messy, and he only had a wooden hairpin inserted in his head.
He held a erhu in his arms. Although he was staggering, it did not affect his playing of the instrument. He only heard a song of cold wind and rain, sad spring and autumn, which made people sad and cry.
This song spread, and of course the crooked witch priest in the Dragon King Temple heard it.
He was originally cleaning the courtyard, but after hearing the music, he froze in his place as if he was stuck.
After a moment, he threw away the broom in his hand, ran to the front door like a fly, and opened the door with great effort. When he saw the person coming, his knees softened and he was about to kneel on the ground.
"Master, Master, you are here? You are finally here! If you don't come again, you will never see me again."
The turbid eyes of the old man playing the erhu turned and fell on the old cripple. Seeing that he was about to kneel down, he raised his foot and stomped his feet, and a strong force lifted the cripple witch priest up.
"Let's talk inside, don't embarrass yourself here!"
"Yes, yes, yes! Master, please come in..."
In the courtyard, the old man playing the erhu frowned and looked at the messy ground, and finally sat down on a chair.
But his movements did not stop, his withered hands plucked the strings, and the music did not stop, but it became more and more gentle and low, no longer affecting the conversation.
Slightly tilting his head, the old man with the erhu looked at the kidnapper witch priest, his face became more and more ugly: "I asked you to raise a spirit beast here, such a simple task, you can actually mess it up?
Don't say you are my apprentice when you go out, otherwise I will be embarrassed!"
The kidnapper witch priest knelt down with a plop, his face was ashen, and he cried non-stop: "Master, Master, I didn't want to do it either. Since I accepted the task and came to this Dragon King Temple, I have never slacked off.
Not to mention the annual three animal sacrifices, boys and girls, at ordinary times, as long as it is easy to get, I kidnapped countless children and fed the viper countless times.
Usually, the viper is quite obedient, but who knows, who knows that it actually They will attack passing large ships, and they don't pick other ships, but only Chu Zhou. "
"It is said that a viper should be invincible in the water. Even if a martial arts master comes, it is no problem to escape if he can't defeat him.
But who would have thought that Chu Zhou, Chu Zhou could actually fight with his bare hands. "
"Master, Master, it's not that the disciple is not careful, it's really that the enemy is too strong. "
"Look outside, look outside, it's only been a few years since the death of Taoist Xuanzhen, but he has managed Xuanzhen Temple to become the number one sect in Tianquan County.
The people from the Naba Sect couldn't subdue him, and Wanxiangzhai was beaten by him and admitted defeat.
I, your disciple, I really..."
You want to say that the kidnapper witch priest has no hatred?
How is it possible!
But the problem is that even if you hate, you have to see and touch it before you can hate it!
For someone like Chu Zhou, who is far away from him, he is not on the same level, and he can't even hate him!
The old man with the erhu could feel his powerlessness. His cloudy eyes moved away from him, facing north, looking in the direction of Xuanzhen Temple, and laughed.
"Disciple, do you want Master to avenge you?"
"Yes, of course I do!"
"If you want, you will have to pay a price."
"What?"
The kidnapper witch priest looked up in horror, and heard the two words more sad and beautiful.
At some point, flashes of light appeared all around, like strings cut in the void, and like petals blooming. Wherever they passed, the kidnapper witch priest was cut into countless tiny pieces.
Blood stained the ground red, and along with tiny pieces of meat, it spread in all directions, and around the old man with the erhu, it seemed like scarlet blooming, blocking everyone's sight.
When he appeared again, the old man was gone, and the erhu was gone. Only another kidnapper witch priest standing in a pool of blood was constantly adjusting the skin on his face.
For a long while, he faced the face of his own disciple and looked in the direction of Xuanzhen Temple.
"Young talent, surpassing the Grandmaster, what a great ranking, let me see if you are worthy of the title!"
Then he opened the corners of his mouth slightly, and sent out fine sound waves that no one could hear, spreading far away.
…
Far away.
The locusts that were blocking out the sky were munching on the grain in the fields. Some farmers were beating the fields with iron basins and wooden sticks, making a huge noise in an attempt to drive away the locusts.
In terms of effects, there were some, but the locust swarms fell down after just one turn and began to eat the food again.
Just when this group of people were so desperate that they cried, an invisible sound wave came, and the locust swarm seemed to be stagnant for a moment, restless for a moment,
It instantly rose up and turned into a dense black cloud, rushing in one direction.
…
Three days later,
Xuanzhen Temple, Songfeng Mountain.
Chu Zhou rode the cloud head and used the concealment technique to fly around the mountain top again and again.
Viewed from a high altitude, this Songfeng Mountain is really not high, far inferior to the high mountains extending to the Chilong Mountains.
But there is no way, this is the core area of Xuanzhen Temple at this stage. Although the Patriarch Hall above only enshrines the 'Xuanzhen Old Taoist', you can't say it is unimportant.
After barely finding a relatively steep place, Chu Zhou descended from the clouds and landed in a low-lying valley.
He looked up and saw a towering wall, which was the side of the Patriarch's Hall.
After searching for a moment, Chu Zhou found a relatively suitable place. When he pressed down with his hands, vertical and horizontal energy was raging, like the light of swords and shadows, clearing away the surrounding vegetation.
It was like a tornado, carrying these broken plants and trees, flying into the air, and piled them into a hill on the side.
Then he took out the strange sight of 'Ask the Heart' and input the blue mana into it without any reservation. Then he saw that the stone carvings like a mountain path were emitting a hazy brilliance.
If you look closely, the small stone sculpture seems to have countless spiritual patterns embedded in closed loops, densely packed in almost every corner.
This time the mana infusion did not last long, it was only about 10% of Chu Zhou's mana, and it was already in a saturated state.
In fact, the reason why it took three full days was not because Chu Zhouzi was studying its usage, but because the uninterrupted charging took place six times.
Chu Zhou was squeezed dry six times, and his face turned pale before he could barely fill up the bottomless pit.
Seeing that he finally reached the target, he no longer hesitated and gave it away.
The stone sculpture had already flown into the air, and it was seen spinning and enlarging continuously. In the blink of an eye, it was a hundred feet high, and then crashed to the ground.
It landed on the relatively steep cliff of Songfeng Mountain.
The cliff of Songfeng Mountain was naturally less than a hundred feet long, but at that moment it began to shrink, adapt, fit, and then be embedded on it.
It feels like this 'asking the mind' is automatically adapting to this Songfeng Mountain.
A full quarter of an hour later, the vibration finally disappeared, and in front of Chu Zhou, a stone path leading to the Patriarch's Hall appeared.
The road is not too steep, and is entirely paved with bluestones. It seems to have experienced the baptism of time, showing an old, simple, and even heavy atmosphere.
Chu Zhou narrowed his eyes slightly and stepped up the stone steps without hesitation.
It was just one step, and he seemed to see countless illusions flashing before his eyes.
He seemed to be back when he was still weak, feeling the humiliation when he was humiliated, the anxiety when facing a crisis, the fear before death, and the confusion when the way forward was blocked. He also outlined the monster he feared most, desire. To take his life.
And if you have overcome these, you will still experience the sobriety of drinking alone under the moon, the pride at the highlight of life, the arrogance of being superior, and the contempt for all living beings when you are in power...
I don’t know how long it took, but Chu Zhou was already standing at the end of the mountain path. The wall of the Ancestral Hall was only three inches away from his nose, and he almost hit it.
Looking back again, looking down, the trail is still a trail, and the mountain road is still a mountain road.
But even with Chu Zhou's temperament, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, feeling like he was waking up from a big dream.
The so-called wonders are unique to the Immortal Realm. They are the combination and deeper application of minor skills after they have developed to a certain level.
For example, this 'asking the mind' is the sum of architecture, weapon refining, and formations.
It can be seen as a super-large magic weapon, with restrictions such as 'size as you wish' and 'change as you wish' integrated inside. However, it also integrated the mysteries of architecture into a mountain trail, and finally laid out large-scale The magic array creates the effect of 'asking the heart'.
And this 'asking the mind' is actually not specifically used to identify hidden objects and eyeliner. To be precise, if it is only used for this purpose, it would be a bit of a waste.
Immortal cultivation asks the mind, and the state of mind is definitely the most important part of the path to immortality.
If the heart is restless, it is very easy to breed inner demons, and the slightest temptation may lead to corruption.
But if you have a clear conscience, you can kill from your heart, advance with great joy, and then move forward indomitably.
The problem is that people's hearts are unpredictable, and it's even harder to see their own true intentions. Whether you have a psychological problem or not, it doesn't matter what you say, nor does it matter if he says it.
Just take a trip to 'ask the mind' and that's it.
In other words, ask questions about yourself and torture your heart!
There is a saying that only when you find a problem can you solve it, and only by facing your true heart can you think of ways to make it clear.
From this perspective, three thousand merit points are really cheap and high-quality!
Therefore, Chu Zhou has already decided.
From now on, outer sect disciples will be just that. If you want to enter the inner sect, you must go through this 'path of asking one's mind'.
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