Chapter 188 The old friend
When the old woman suddenly closed the stall, the stall owners next to him were very surprised. "Lao Lan, why are you closing the stall now? There are more people than at night!"
The old woman in Miao responded, "Suddenly I remembered that there were some other good goods in the village, so the old woman went back to pick it up."
After saying that, the old woman popped up a small insect, and the little insect became bigger after it landed on the ground, a bit like a snake, but it was thicker and shorter than a snake, and it looked like a huge bamboo tube. There were also many bamboo joints on her body. The old woman threw all the things on the stall into the mouth of the bamboo joint insect, and then the insect became smaller again and returned to the old woman's hands.
Cheng Xinzhan followed the old woman, lagging behind for a while, and soon left Tulong Mountain, heading south, which was the direction to Xiangxi. Shen Zhaoming watched Cheng Xinzhan leave, chose another way and heading to Xiangxi.
The road to Wuling Mountain is really difficult to walk. It is winding around, drilling caves and passing streams, but it cannot fly high, because there are too many mountains and too dense, and the flight is blocked, and perhaps even more rounded. If it fly higher, the miasma, fog, and vegetation will block everything and you can't see anything.
After about two hours of progress, the two came to a canyon wall.
Cheng Xinzhan is a elixir in spring, and now it is the season of late summer and early autumn. The mist here is lush, the grass and trees are lush, and the various mountain flowers and wild fruits are red, orange, yellow and green, which is very beautiful.
At this time, the old woman from Miao turned around and said respectfully,
"Master, my village is coming to my village in front of me. There are many mortals in my village, so I hope that seniors will not reveal this place in the future." Cheng Xinzhan nodded, "Don't worry about this, but I would like to remind you, don't be foolish."
The old woman nodded, took Cheng Xinzhan to a cliff, and touched the cliff with her hand.
"Hula——"
A moth rose up.
Cheng Xinzhan was surprised to find that the cliff in front of him was actually covered by moths. The wings of these moths were exactly the same as those of the surrounding cliffs. When the moths flew away, a hole appeared here.
The two of them entered through the opening, and then the moths returned to their original position and closed the entrance.
The cave is winding and there are many forks. Cheng Xinzhan followed the old woman and secretly thought about the concealment here.
After walking, there was still a mile, and the light came out of the front, and the cave gradually became bigger. After walking out of the cave, it suddenly became clear. The beautiful scenery in front of him surprised Cheng Xinzhan.
This is a circular valley surrounded by mountains, with clouds and fog above our heads, and vines stacked up. I can't see anything upwards. I think if someone flies over from above, I can't see the situation in the valley.
The lighting in the valley is even more strange. There is a strange jellyfish-like monster flying here from the sky, with soft light in its belly illuminating the valley. The plants in this valley are very tall and dense. I wonder if it has anything to do with this lantern bug.
Mulberry forests are planted in the millet, surrounded by fruit trees, and there are porcine, sheep, chickens and rabbits under the trees, and there are yellow hairs and drooping their bodies and enjoy themselves. At the foot of the surrounding mountains, terraced fields were opened and Linggu herbs were planted, with colorful flowers.
At the feet of the terraced fields, there are dense stilt houses, but there are many silver bells hanging on the eaves here. Cheng Xinzhan only participated in the construction of the mountain protection formation in Fuxia Lake not long ago. In his opinion, these bells are placed in order in chaos and order, and should also be a very exquisite formation. "Sister! Why did you bring outsiders in!"
At this time, two Miao people suddenly fell in front of Cheng Xinzhan, one old woman and the other girl. But what surprised Cheng Xinzhan was that the "Sister" was not shouted out from the old woman's mouth, but from the girl's mouth.
The girl looked alert, and the old woman's shoulders were covered with colorful poisonous spiders, as if she was about to fly to Cheng Xinzhan in the next moment.
Cheng Xinzhan stood with his hands behind his back and did not take any precautions.
"Let's wait!"
At this time, a male voice like a bell came, and then a tall man with red crown and beard flew over and stopped the two Miao people.
Cheng Xinzhan looked at the man, and his eyes flashed with a elixir, then he suddenly smiled,
"Are you the Master Hongguan?"
Amid the horrified eyes of the three Miao women, the tall man pushed the golden mountain and turned the jade pillar and knelt in front of Cheng Xinzhan.
"You can't call the master like this, so that the master can know. The little demon took the surname "Ji" and named himself "Kaiming". Master will live forever."
Cheng Xinzhan helped the person up, looked at the man taller than him, and said with a smile, "Ji" was born in the Dao family, "Kaiming" expressed the meaning of Taoism, a good name, Kaiyin and saw Ming, ancient legend also had an enlightened beast with a glaring eyes and guarding the gate of the heaven. It's good, very good."
"I also have to thank the master for his kindness in enlightenment." Ji Kaiming said.
Cheng Xinzhan smiled and nodded. This was not a compliment. Judging from his appearance, it was clearly determined by his own paintings. Moreover, when he went to Miao Village many years ago, he also taught the Taoist Dharma to this big rooster. This is a real enlightenment.
"Is the old village leader still alive?" Cheng Xinzhan asked.
"Hey, here, it's just..."
"Just what?"
"Hey, it's a long story."
Ji Kaiming sighed, and then noticed the three people who were stunned by the wooden chickens around him, so he recommended him. "Master Lan Village, this is Taoist Yun, my enlightenment benefactor, and the blessing lord of our former village. The paintings of the door gods we brought to protect the house were made by Taoist Yun."
At this time, the old woman who led Cheng Xinzhan in finally had the chance to open her mouth and quickly explained, "My mother, I'm setting up a stall. This Taoist priest happened to see the New Year painting of killing demons and said he wanted to see an old friend." At this time, Ji Kaiming introduced the old woman beside Cheng Xinzhan again, "Master, this is the leader of the Miao village here, Lan Yinluo, Lan Village Master, thanks to the leader of the Blue Village, I have a place to live."
The old woman also put away the poisonous insect at this moment. This big rooster is the most powerful monster in the second realm. She has to kneel down when she sees this person. Her eldest daughter is not easy to mess with in the second realm, but she dares not say anything that she is driven home by this person. She is lucky enough to make a pill, but she can't see through this person's realm. She thinks she must be an old monster who has changed her appearance.
This person has been brought in. Now he looks quite polite, and there is no need to be unhappy with him, so he bows, "I have met Master Yun." Cheng Xinzhan nodded and bowed, "Lixi Village is all my friends, thank you for help from the master of Lanzhai."
Lan Yinluo pointed at the old woman who brought Cheng Xinzhan in and said, "This is my eldest daughter, Lan Mujin."
Cheng Xinzhan looked over and saw the old woman tweaking her silver bell earrings. A bug ran out of it, and then bit the old woman's face. Then, the skin on the old woman's face was torn apart like a cloth, turned into a film and fell off, and the insect was eaten into her mouth. Then the insect crawled back into the woman's earrings.
The woman also showed her true face, with a good face with a gentle and charming appearance.
"I have met Master Yun."
Cheng Xinzhan nodded, "My fellow Taoist has gone for a trip, it's rude."
"This is my little daughter, Lan Lusheng."
When Miao girl saw Mr. Ji, who always raised her head high, she actually knelt down at the Taoist priest in front of her. She was frightened. At this moment, she hid behind Lan Yinluo and said hello.
Cheng Xinzhan also nodded and returned the gift. "Master Yun, please follow my son to the village for tea." Cheng Xinzhan shook his head, "Don't hurry to eat tea, please Kaiming take me to meet the old man first." Ji Kaiming said yes, and looked at Lan Yinluo again, after all, this person is the master here.
The woman naturally said yes. So Cheng Xinzhan followed Ji Kaiming and flew into the valley.
After waiting for the two of them to leave, Lan Yinluo and Lan Lusheng immediately came to Lan Mujin and interrogated carefully.
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Ji Kaiming directly took Cheng Xinzhan to the terraced field and landed it on a medicine field.
The herbs here are nine long jade-like leaves, and a purple flower is held in the middle. The clouds and mists are drooping, and the dewdrops condense on the flowers and leaves, reflecting this entire quiet valley.
This is a nine-leaf and one-branch flower, also called Jiuchonglou, the Miao people's medical poison holy medicine. I didn't expect there to be a large area here.
The Jiuchong Building is half a person tall, and three or five people are fertilizing here with bamboo baskets on their waists. Cheng Xinzhan took a look and found that the fertilizer was as white as a kind of insect egg. Unexpectedly, this flower is still a meat-eating person.
Ji Kaiming took Cheng Xinzhan to a short and thin figure and shouted softly, "Capital Master."
The short and thin man turned around and said, "Shhh--, Master Hongguan, we have said it many times. I dare not call the leader in other people's villages."
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"Ba——"
The insect egg fertilizer in the old man's hand was sprinkled on the ground.
The old man's hair was as white as snow, his wrinkles were stacked like terraces, and his mouth was trembling, as if he had countless words to say, but except for a few syllables that were vaguely released in his throat, he didn't say a complete sentence. "Munai." Cheng Xinzhan took a step forward and held the old man's fertilized hand. "Yun, Master Yun."
The old village leader finally said these words.
The old man's yellow left eye kept pressing towards Cheng Xinzhan, as if he was afraid that he would read it wrong, while his right eye was completely white and he could not see anything. The old man's only left hand held Cheng Xinzhan's hand tightly and did not dare to let go. The empty sleeve tube on the right was tied with a knot, which should be more convenient for farm work. "It's me, I'm here." Cheng Xinzhan said.
The old village leader grinned when he heard this, tears flowed out of his eyes, and he acted to kneel.
Cheng Xinzhan grabbed the old man, "No need to do this."
"Let's talk about it when you go back to the house."
Ji Kaiming couldn't bear to see it at this time, so he said so.
Cheng Xinzhan nodded, raised his hand and the insect egg that fell to the ground returned to the old village owner's waist basket. He supported the old village owner and flew up from the terraces, followed Ji Kaiming to land in front of a stilt house.
Then, there were shouts one after another.
"The fairy brother is here!"
"Master Yun!" "It's Master Yun!" "It's Master Yun!" "It's really Master Yun!" "..." "..." After all the people from the old villages scattered in various parts of the valley were called over, Cheng Xinzhan's voice was a little harsh,
"Are there only a few people?"
He looked up and found that there were only a hundred people, and there were only ten white dogs and red chickens.
When he first went to Lixi Village, the old camp leader boasted about his achievements to Cheng Xinzhan. Cheng Xinzhan remembered it very clearly, saying that there were 57 households and 212 people. After Cheng Xinzhan went there, with Polygonum multiflorum, door god painting, and Master Hongguan's cultivation was improved, the population was even greater, and there were no less than a hundred chickens and dogs.
As soon as Cheng Xinzhan said this, a low sob came from the villagers surrounding him.
Seeing that everyone could not control their emotions, Ji Kaiming explained the whole story to Cheng Xinzhan.
"At that time, we received a message from the master. We hesitated for only half a day. Then the old village leader patted the board and packed the ceremony day and night. He moved the village early the next morning. When we made a decision, we also sent people to notify the people in the nearby villages, but no one believed in the great disaster of demon tide."
Ji Kaiming shook his head and continued, "We started to go west, wanting to seek protection from Qinglong Cave, and settled in the Wangchun Mountain area. However, after walking south, I saw the front The square demonic aura was filled with it, as if the demonic path had surrounded the Wangchun Mountain area. Then I took the village people and wanted to go south, join the Golden Rooster Clan, and settled in the Tianming Mountain area. Before we could walk out, we saw a large number of demonic paths heading north, so we had to turn back again.
"A few days of hard work were delayed, and in the end we had no way to get the method, so we had to go north. When we were going up the Hongjiang River, we immediately arrived in western Hunan, we met the demonic path that we caught up with. That was that time, fifty-five people died and twenty-one dogs were gone. "It is also from the demonic path we chased after that, we know that the Eighteen Villages in Hongjiang have already suffered."
The old village leader added, "It was that time that Master Hongguan suddenly became a human, and his mouth was spitting out fire."
Ji Kaiming nodded, "At that time, he almost refined his cross bones, turned into a human form, and realized his magical powers. Otherwise, I wonder how many people would survive."
" Then he hid in Xiangxi and did not see the demons in the south chasing him again, but the poisonous insects and ghosts here were different from Hongjiang. I didn't know how to prevent them when I first came, but many people turned into corpses and were called away inexplicably at night.
"The village leader was depressed and his heart was invisible, and he became blind. When he was rushing behind, he was caught by a corpse without checking, but his hand was not saved. "
Youji Kaiming started, and everyone started talking about it afterwards, and they burst into tears.
The nightmare and hardships along the way are not mentioned in detail. Finally, Ji Kaiming said, "We want to settle in western Hunan. Although there are many demons here, they are not plundering in large quantities like Miaojiang. Moreover, the terrain here is more complicated than Miaojiang. It is not easy to find a mountain valley and a ditch. I am now at the second realm and can protect the villagers of the village. "But when we were looking for a place to set up a village, we were targeted by a group of demons. The ones being chased were that there was no way to go to heaven and no way to go to the ground. Finally, we broke to the periphery of Miao Village. At that time, the leader of the Blue Village led his men out of the village, destroyed the demons, saved and took us in, and we have been settled here. "
Cheng Xinzhan nodded and said, "It's not easy. "
Ji Kaiming replied, "It's not easy, but it's worth it. I've secretly gone back to see it. The devil did go to sweep it. If I hadn't left at that time, I'm afraid there would be no living person now. ”
"What do you think in the future? Will you settle down here?" Cheng Xinzhan asked.
The old village leader replied, "Living life is the first priority. We will be wherever we can survive. However, if Lixi Village can return to the past, we naturally want to go back."
Cheng Xinzhan nodded, "I understand, Munai and everyone live here first. When I can go back, I will pick you up and go home. Kaiming, and you and I will meet the master here again."
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