I'm just an ordinary Taoist priest

Chapter 162 Longevity Village

The old Taoist flew down the cliff with Gu Yao, and landed by the Wuqi River.

After Gu Yao stood firm, he looked back and saw no stone steps.

"Old man, are people in this village really not going out? Or is there another way?"

The old Taoist looked around: "We will know when we see it. Tonight we will spend the night outside the village, and we will enter the village after dawn."

"Row."

Gu Yao and the two followed the periphery of the village, along the Wuqi River, circled around, and accidentally saw a narrow cave on the opposite side of the cliff.

At the entrance of the cave, there is also a short road stele.

Gu Yao went around to the front and read: "Qiyuan Village".

"The name of this village is so strange."

He muttered, looking at the dark hole that was the width of a person: "Walk around?"

The old man nodded in agreement.

The cave is long and dark, and it is difficult to turn around. Gu Yao is not fat, but walking in it, he also feels that his shoulders are rubbing against the rock wall. If he is fatter, he may not be able to turn around.

"It seems that this hole is the passage for them to go out and come back. It's just that it's so narrow, it's so inconvenient."

Talking in the cave, the echoes are endless, making people's heads noisy, so after saying a word, Gu Yao closed his mouth and quickened his pace.

Rao, the two of them were extremely fast, and it took fifty breaths of time to walk out. If it was an ordinary person, it would take less than half an hour to walk. Coupled with the oppressive feeling of darkness, few people would be able to make it to the end. .

He stood at another exit of the cave and patted his arms and shoulders: "Just this cave, I don't think many people can finish it. No wonder it's so well hidden. I'm curious to tell me who the person here is." How did you get in?"

"Could it be that he has a hobby of drilling holes?"

The old Taoist looked at the feeling of silence around him, took out the human skin map and looked at it: "It's quite big here, but it occupies such a small area, not even the area of ​​a mountain."

"Could it be that an immortal here once used the art of the pot of heaven?"

Gu Yao moved his arms: "Hutian? The one in the Earth Sha technique?"

The old Taoist nodded: "Look, we came in from this mountain, and now we are here, only two mountains away, but the village, including the open space and the river, are obviously more than that."

As he said that, he raised his head again: "What's even more strange is that there are dense thunderclouds and loud thunder, but here, you can't feel it at all, and the qi of the Wuqi River hasn't escaped at all, like an independent world. "

"For such a thing, I can only think of the art of the pot of heaven."

Gu Yao nodded: "It's very weird inside. The village feels like a panic. We just walked around the village. I listened carefully. It was so quiet that there wasn't even a snoring sound. Everyone is carefree and not productive?"

"Also, the qi is sweet and greasy, and the miasma is very strong. The internal organs of ordinary Taoists will be melted away, but what happened to the residents inside? Could it be that they are all great practitioners? Or are they the same as me?"

The old Taoist put away the human skin paper: "Okay, let's go in and have a look after dawn. We will wait at the entrance of this cave tonight."

"Row."

Gu Yao looked at the night, found a clean place, and meditated cross-legged to recover his spirit.

The old Taoist watched him fall into samadhi, waved and released three balls of golden flames, which fell around his body, and leaned against the tree to close his eyes.

"It will be here soon, girl, you are blessed."

Before dawn, a series of footsteps and laughter came, awakening Gu Yao and the old man.

The two opened their eyes at the same time, looking at the person coming.

A lean black man in patched but clean clothes.

Behind him was a dirty woman carrying a package.

The black man looked at Gu Yao and the old man, and was also taken aback: "You two?"

Gu Yao glanced at the old man and said: "We, the master and the apprentice, have heard about this place, and we have come here to learn more. Are you a resident of Qiyuan Village inside?"

The black and thin man glanced at the Taoist robes of the two people, muttered something in a low voice, his mouth looked like a curse, and then he said loudly: "Two priests, our village is small and dilapidated, but there is nothing to see, you, Hurry up and leave."

Before Gu Yao could speak, the girl behind the man took two steps back: "Didn't you say that the village is rich? I don't think it's possible to be as good as you say in the mountains so far away. I want to go home!"

As he said that he turned around and wanted to run, the black and thin man hurriedly turned around and grabbed her: "Why are you running? I paid all the money, and you are from my Qiyuan Village."

"Smelly Taoist priest, hurry up, don't come to our village to find bad luck, or you will definitely suffer retribution."

The girl struggled desperately, kicking her feet and gnashing her teeth, but this guy had rough skin and thick flesh, so he didn't feel anything at all.

Gu Yao looked at the old man, and smiled slightly: "Da Zhou, human trafficking is prohibited, this place is so secret, does Luozhou Jing Yesi know?"

The black man's eyes were fierce, and he kicked the girl to the ground suddenly, the girl let out a scream, hugged her leg on the ground and wailed, it seemed that her leg was broken by the kick.

He stretched out his hand to touch his bosom, and Gu Yao stretched out his hand to grab the tree beside him, with a little force, he grabbed a handful of powder from the tree: "Benefactor, what do you want to do, you have to think clearly."

The black man stopped, looked at the two of them, and said with a smile: "Okay, don't you want to see the village? Then go and have a look."

He turned around to grab the woman, but Gu Yao stopped him: "Her leg was broken by you, let me treat her."

The woman's face was pale. When Gu Yao was healing her, he grabbed him and begged him to take her away. Gu Yao had to comfort her a lot.

"Benefactor, please lead the way."

The black and thin man shook his head: "No, I bought this woman with money, and she has to go ahead of me."

Seeing the woman's frightened face, Gu Yao had no choice but to walk in front with her: "Benefactor, tell me about this Qiyuan Village."

The black man walked third, and the old man followed behind him.

He said with a smirk: "There is nothing to say, anyway, you are here, you must be reluctant to leave. There are quite a few Taoist priests who come to us, but not many are willing to leave."

The woman followed behind Gu Yao, holding his robe with both hands, shaking non-stop, and Gu Yao softly comforted him.

After walking like this for a long time, he walked out of this passage and saw the dark and strange Qiyuan Village again.

Compared with last night, it was only a little brighter here. There were bursts of thunder and lightning in the sky, and the red lanterns in the village were still extremely conspicuous.

But still no villagers.

"Benefactor, why do you have red lanterns in your village? It looks so scary, and why didn't you see other villagers?"

Seeing this place, the girl was so frightened that she grabbed Gu Yao's robe and dared not let go.

The black and thin man knocked her hand off and held her tightly: "Why are you asking so many questions? Follow me into the village."

He dragged the woman, walking like flying, and shouted as he walked: "There is another guest, come out and see you."

Following his shout, one by one sighed out of the room and looked at Gu Yao and the two.

All are old people.

That black and thin man is actually the youngest person here.

"Come out and meet the guests, and the girl is here too."

He dragged the woman to the middle of the village, let go of his voice and shouted.

Slowly, white-haired old men came out of the house one by one.

They are all men, old and out of shape. Although they walk tremblingly, they don't use crutches.

"This is actually a longevity village."

Gu Yao was dumbfounded. No matter how you look at it, this place doesn't look like a place suitable for the elderly to provide for the elderly. There is not even the sun.

"Old man, which one is older, they or you?"

he asked curiously.

The old man didn't answer him, but just looked at the last person who came out with a serious face.

A man in a baggy black dress with a grimacing bronze mask on his head, holding a long staff with a human head, slowly came to the side of the black and thin man.

His status seemed to be quite high, all the old people bent over and made way for him to go there.

The black and thin man also bent down, let go of his hands, and slowly retreated into the crowd.

The woman looked petrified, not daring to move, and let the man scan her.

After a long time, the bronze-masked man nodded, and everyone let out a cry of joy, turning around the two people in the middle and trying their best to dance.

The scene is very similar to the dance of Wu Nuo.

After the dance, the black and thin man whispered a few more words, and the copper-masked man looked at Gu Yao and the two, and walked slowly.

And the man grabbed the woman and dragged her into the tallest room in the middle.

"Two, what's the point of coming here? Do I need to live here?"

His voice was unexpectedly hoarse and ugly, like a teenager with a voice change period.

The old Taoist nodded: "Of course it's very good. The two of us, master and apprentice, heard that this place is a treasured place for cultivation, so we came here to practice."

There were two piercing laughs, and the man in the bronze mask stretched out his hand to signal to follow him.

"Our Qiyuan Village is a birthday village. The young ones are all working hard. Yu Liu is 38 this year, but he is already the youngest. The others are in their 70s and 80s, so I let him buy them. A woman to take care of us old men."

"Usually, the food and drink expenses in the village have to be bought on the sixth day. Once he leaves, there will be no one to take care of him in the village. Now there is a woman, which is very good."

He explained everything, and it sounded reasonable at first glance, and there seemed to be no problem.

The problem is, the air here is poisonous, how did these old men live so long?
Also, why is there no old lady?
The life expectancy of women is generally longer than that of men. It is even more bizarre that there is no old lady in a longevity village.

Gu Yao and the old Taoist looked at each other without saying anything.

The copper-masked man brought Gu Yao and the two to a house without red lanterns: "You two, stay here. If you have any needs, you can come to me or Yu Liu."

"I live in the tallest and biggest house."

Gu Yao nodded: "I don't know what to call you?"

The copper mask said humanely: "Everyone in the village calls me Wu Gong."

"In that case, the two of us will trouble Duke Wu."

When he was talking to the copper-masked man, the old Taoist had already found a piece of cloth and wiped the tables and chairs in the room diligently. At this moment, he said with a flattering smile, "Master, come and sit, disciple, come and sit."

Gu Yao glared at him viciously: "Master~Father~ I will do these chores, you rest."

He said again: "Stop!"

Immediately, the old Taoist pretended to be frightened, trembling like sitting on pins and needles.

Wugong looked at the two of them carefully again: "What's the difference between you two, you can come and tell me, I'll take my leave first."

After walking a few steps, he stopped again, turned around and pointed to the lantern in the corner of the house and said, "Oh, by the way, remember to hang a red lantern on the door so that water and food will be delivered in Liuhui."

"Thank you, Mr. Wu, for reminding me."

Waiting for Mr. Wu to go far away, Gu Yao just closed the door, and the old man threw the rag over with a slap: "Go, boil water and wipe the bed, I want to see what the wizard is up to."

"Okay, don't get caught."

"Hmph, if this is discovered, I'll drink up the Wuqi River on the spot."

The old Taoist snorted, and took out four paper talismans from his sleeve: "Learn hard, Chunyuandao's wife-controlling paper figurine."

With two hands pinching and making a knot, two of the paper talismans were flipped and folded on the table, turning into two paper figurines, saluted the old Taoist like a maidservant, and then flew out of the window.

"Chun Yuan Dao, the paper figurine controlling your husband?"

The old Taoist walked to the window: "It's the magic they use to track their husbands, because their husbands are often extremely powerful, so this paper figure has a characteristic, secret."

He pointed to the remaining paper symbols on the table.

"If something is found, these two will become two hats. Even if they can't come back, it can explain the situation."

"Among the many paper figurine spells, it is the most useful."

"Just wait."

Gu Yao sat on the table, staring at the two talismans, waiting for the change with great interest.

(End of this chapter)