Mysterious World, I Have Special Understanding

Seeing that Ji Que put away the unknown paper figurine, Lin Xiangzhi couldn't help worrying: "Are you very interested in this thing?"

Ji Que nodded and said, "I have a predestined relationship with him."

Afterwards, he told Lin Xiangzhi what happened in the Song Mansion before.

In fact, he had reported this matter to Lin Xiangzhi before, but it was not as detailed as this time.

After Lin Xiangzhi finished listening, she was surprised and said, "Last time you said it too casually. I only remembered the big-bellied paper figurine and the big-ass senior sister. I didn't expect such a follow-up."

"But you brought this thing, don't you want to find trouble?"

Ji Que quickly denied it: "No, how dare you, have you ever seen a mortal go to God for trouble?"

Lin Xiangzhi shook her head and said, "I used to think no one would dare, but now I think there is, and there are more than one."

"who?"

"You, Ning Hongyu, and that honest venerable who is still lying on the bed."

At this time, Lin Xiangzhi recalled, and murmured: "I just discovered that there are three iron-headed babies hidden in this small subduing demon sub-building at the same time."

According to Ji Que's speculation, Master Lu's concubine should have had problems before she got married.

She covered the statue with the red cloth, did she just want the statue to marry her?

It can only be said that Mr. Lu is very lucky. If this concubine was really replaced by this god at that time, wouldn't he be in the bridal chamber with a god that night?

This is Dong Yong alive, which is very enviable.

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When he took another look at the paper man, he felt that it was still too ugly, no, to be precise, it was too scary.

He couldn't make it anyway.

It could be seen that the Lu family admired Ji Que and Lin Xiangzhi very much, and the carriage that sent them was sent dozens of miles outside the town before returning.

The idea of ​​the second young master of the Lu family is similar to that of the one-eyed Qinglong monk. He wants to form a good relationship with people like Ji Que and Lin Xiangzhi, and see if there is a way to cure his father by the way.

After all, since that night, my father has been completely unconscious.

And Ji Que didn't think about it at all, because he was really not good at saving people.

If you have to be serious, even if a kind person like Master Lu didn't faint, he would probably be knocked unconscious by a righteous person.

Ji Que and Lin Xiangzhi actually had a map for this trip.

It's just that the place they went was too far away, and the map was very crude, so it quickly became invalid.

After leaving Xilin Town, what greeted us was the scene of desolate smoke and creeping grass.

At the back, even the road became narrower and narrower until it was completely submerged by weeds.

They entered no man's land.

Ji Que and Lin Xiangzhi couldn't help feeling that there might be no living people passing through this land for many years.

And when they walked among them, they looked very insignificant, as if they would be swallowed up by the wilderness as they walked, and not even their bones would be left.

Such a sense of loneliness was never encountered on the previous journey, because at that time, they could occasionally see people.

And now, it's been the sixth day since they left Xilin Town, and they haven't seen any of them.

Fortunately, Ji Que brought Lin Xiangzhi with him, without the company of this beautiful cat-eared lady, he really didn't know how to resolve this feeling of loneliness.

"belch."

At this time, Ji Que couldn't help hiccupping.

You said that there was nothing bright about this desolate journey. At least they ate a lot of game.

Because of Ji Que's luck, wild boars, black bears, pythons and other wild animals often came to sneak attacks, so they naturally became the source of food for Ji Que and Lin Xiangzhi.

The most outrageous time was that Ji Que and Lin Xiangzhi were sleeping in the same place, but when they woke up the next day, they found a pair of bear paws, followed the bloodstains, and found a cave.

There was also a dead bear inside.

The bear had several broken bones in its chest and several fist marks on its body, it was obviously killed by Ji Que in his dream.

What moved Ji Que and Lin Xiangzhi the most was that they found a jar of honey in this cave.

The "jar" is actually a hard shell.

Apparently the honey was the dead bear's savings.

Now that the bear is dead, the honey cannot be wasted.

Although he got the honey, Ji Que still felt that it was a bit outrageous, he couldn't help looking at Lin Xiangzhi and said, "Is this how you keep watch?"

Lin Xiangzhi was a little embarrassed, and said, "I was too sleepy last night."

She was so sleepy that a bear attacked and was beaten to death by Ji Que, and she didn't even notice?

Lin Xiangzhi has begun to doubt herself whether she is still a cat.

After that, the two naturally ate bear paws.

A bear has four paws, but in terms of taste, only the front paw is the fattest and delicious.

Because bears have to hibernate in caves after winter, and on the eve of hibernation, there is nothing else to eat, so they have to lick their fore paws, which is why the fore paws are particularly plump.

However, only one of the pair of fore paws is delicious. It is said that in the hibernating cave, besides licking one paw, bears have to use the other paw to hold against their anus, so the front of the "exit" is blocked. There was a faint smell in the palm.

This knowledge was naturally told to him by Lin Xiangzhi, the former eldest daughter of the Lin family. After all, Ji Que had never eaten such advanced food.

And what he cut off happened to be a pair of bear's front paws. Lin Xiangzhi identified it and confirmed that the one on the left was the essence of a bear's paw.

This bear paw is very thick, and after removing the fur, the plump flesh is revealed.

One person and one cat live while cooking.

Soon, the bear's paw was divided into two, one half was boiled for soup and the other half was roasted, which can be called "one palm, two meals".

When roasting, Lin Xiangzhi poked a lot of holes in the bear's paw with a sword to make it more delicious, and then spread the newly acquired honey on it.

Soon, when the flame was a little bigger, the fat overflowing from the bear's paw made a crackling sound, coupled with the fragrance of burning cypress wood, just smelling it made people's appetite greatly increased.

When the skin of the bear's paw was roasted until it was golden, and when the fat mixed with honey was flowing on it, Ji Que and Lin Xiangzhi couldn't help but share the food.

With this bite, Ji Que only felt that his whole body was glowing.

“Bear paws are really good!”

Lin Xiangzhi didn't have time to talk, she just focused on eating.

After eating the hot roasted bear's paw, there is naturally a bowl of fragrant bear's paw soup.

With the whole bear's paw in its belly, one person and one cat couldn't help but let out a soft sigh of satisfaction.

Fortunately, the extra meals from time to time relieved their sense of loneliness.

In the endless search for a way, Ji Que couldn't help but think, if there is no fire in this world, it would be too terrible.

The firelight brings warmth, and can also temporarily bring them the smell of fireworks in the world.

It's just that most of the time, the person and the cat still feel desolate and lonely, and they can't wait to stick together for comfort.

They walked like this, only in a general direction, and they couldn't remember the time.

Ji Que vaguely remembered that this should be the fifteenth day after they left Xilin Town, when Lin Xiangzhi suddenly saw half a stone tablet among the weeds, and asked in surprise, "What is that?"

Ji Que walked over and saw a few vague words engraved on the stone tablet. Suddenly he was shocked and said, "It's a grave! It's the grave of the dead!"

"Grave!" Lin Xiangzhi's eyes lit up.

After that, the man and the cat jumped up and down in front of the grave.

Having a grave means that there are people, which means that they have finally walked through the vast wilderness with no one.

At this moment, Ji Que deeply felt that the metaphor was correct.

This world is too desolate. The towns and villages inhabited by humans are like isolated islands scattered on the sea. Going from one place to another is like a sea voyage, and the road is full of mysterious unknowns and desolation.

Sure enough, continuing to walk along the graves, Ji Que and Lin Xiangzhi found a small town.

This small town is called "Linshan Town". It is very dilapidated, but it is still inhabited.

Linshan Town is very closed. After Ji Que and Lin Xiangzhi, two outsiders came, they attracted the attention of many townspeople.

There is no such town on the map at all, neither the yamen nor the inn.

It is not so much a town as it is a larger village.

The reason why Ji Que and Lin Xiangzhi came to such a remote place was because they were going to Changxuguan to inquire about news.

Long virtual conception is in this direction.

But Ji Que inquired about it and found that people here only know about Qinghan Mountain, but they don't know about Changxuguan.

The information Ning Hongyu gave was that Changxu Temple was located in Qinghan Mountain.

Qinghan Mountain said it was big, it was big, and it was not small. Searching for it aimlessly is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

It stands to reason that if Taoist temples want to survive, even if they don't need incense money from ordinary people, those Taoists must live, and they should have contact with people outside.

In this area, only Linshan Town is still inhabited, and the nearby villages have long been deserted due to various reasons.

It wasn't until they found a sorceress in this town that Ji Que and Lin Xiangzhi knew the location of Changxu Temple.

This sorceress is very old, she is blind, and her legs are inconvenient, but because she can exorcise evil spirits and save people, she has a high status in the town and is highly respected.

She was indifferent to Ji Que and the two foreigners, and her grandson also looked like he had his eyes above his head.

Until Lin Xiangzhi stuffed a large ingot of silver into her hand, she squeezed it, bit it with the only three teeth left in her mouth, her expression changed instantly, and she hurriedly said: "Grandson, hurry up and serve tea!" , serve good tea!"

Changxu Temple is located on the hill to the west of the town, not too far away from the town. It is not well-known in the town because it is indeed in a state of seclusion.

The sorceress remembered that a few decades ago, some Taoists would occasionally come to the town to buy some things, but later on, those Taoists did not even go down the mountain, and they were considered isolated from the world.

If Ji Que hadn't mentioned it, the witch, an old native, might have forgotten that there is such a place.

"Remember, it's in that col."

Relying on her long memory, the sorceress gave such an answer.

In order to settle this matter sooner, Ji Que and Lin Xiangzhi set off after resting in the town for one night.

The Taoist temple is in the mountains, and the road is not easy to walk.

No, to be precise, there is no way.

With the passage of time, some of the dirt roads before have been submerged in the grass.

The so-called "looking at the mountain and running to the dead horse", the mountain depression mentioned by the sorceress does not look far away, but walking is another matter.

Along the way, Ji Que and Lin Xiangzhi could clearly feel that there were more poisonous snakes around them.

They only walked for an hour and a half, and they had already killed nine poisonous snakes that wanted to attack them, and ate four of them.

Finally, in the afternoon, Ji Que and Lin Xiangzhi finally found the Taoist temple in the mountains.

The Taoist temple is located in the mountains and forests, the red walls are mottled, and many fallen leaves have accumulated on the black tiles, which looks very old.

It was bigger than Ji Que imagined.

The mountain gate of the Taoist temple is open, and it looks quite secluded among the mountains and forests.

The door plaque hanging on the lintel of the temple is dim and black, and the words "Longxuguan" on it are somewhat blurred, giving people a decayed atmosphere of time.

The sunlight was projected into it, and it seemed to be quite deserted.

Ji Que and Lin Xiangzhi tidied up their appearance and walked to the temple.

Walking through the mountain gate is a courtyard.

In the center of the courtyard stands a stone furnace with a height of two people, and two lively stone cranes are carved at the two corners of the furnace.

If it weren't for the accumulation of fallen leaves in the yard, which exudes a musty smell, this Taoist temple still has a bit of a dusty fairy smell.

Behind the courtyard is the main hall of the Taoist temple. The top of the main hall is hollow, in the shape of a patio, and the sunlight is slanting down, so that most of the hall is bathed in sunlight and does not appear dim.

A statue of Tianzun about three feet high stands there.

The strange thing is that this statue has no head, or only the part of the chin.

The beard carved in stone under the chin is very long, like a waterfall, almost reaching the knee of the statue.

"Long Xu Guan, Chang Xu Guan, does it mean "long beard", which means that the enshrined Tianzun's beard is very long?"

Ji Que thought so, but still didn't see a Taoist.

"Is anyone there?" Lin Xiangzhi couldn't help asking.

Her voice quickly echoed in the audience, a little creepy.

After a while, a sound of sweeping the floor sounded from the back of the hall, which was regarded as their response.

Ji Que and Lin Xiangzhi walked through the hall, and soon saw a Taoist holding a broom.

The Taoist stood under a mulberry tree that looked like a canopy. His blue Taoist robe was very elegant and clean, but when you glanced at it, the first thing you noticed was his beard.

His beard is so long that it almost reaches his knees, so at first glance, you always feel that he is sweeping the floor with the beard and the broom.

At the same time, the Taoist is very thin, giving people the illusion that all the essence of his body has been absorbed by the beard.

At this moment, when the Taoist saw Ji Que and Lin Xiangzhi, he couldn't help but saluted, and said, "It's rare for a distinguished visitor to visit the small temple. May I ask what the two laymen are doing?"

Ji Que immediately returned a salute, and said respectfully, "Ask the temple master Chen Li to inquire about something."

The long-bearded Taoist said gently: "I am Chen Li."

After walking through the barren mountains and wild forests for more than half a month, Ji Que and Lin Xiangzhi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they found the right person in the deep mountains and old forests.

I have to say that in an era without navigation, it is not easy to find the right place and person.

One person and one cat were quickly welcomed into a room.

There are only a few futons and a few scriptures in the room, which should be the place where Taoists usually meditate and practice.

So the three of them sat on the ground like this.

"May I ask what the two laymen are asking?"

Looking at the skinny Taoist, Ji Que replied, "I want to ask you about a tree?"

"a tree?"

"Ginseng fruit tree."

These four words seem to have a magical power. Ji Que noticed that when he said these four words, the eyes of the originally kind Taoist suddenly became much deeper, like a dry well with no bottom.