Painter

Chapter 128: Chapter 120

At dawn, the weather is a little colder.

Li Chan's body was very warm, and the old wounds on his body no longer hurt. Looking down, there was a thick layer of blood scab on the tiger's mouth on his right hand. When the scab was removed, his skin was smooth and tender, and he didn't look injured at all.

He got up gently, only made a little rustling sound, walked to the entrance of the cave and looked west.

On the forest sea of ​​Fuyu Mountain, the demon star hangs high, with a faint light. It is completely different from ordinary stars, and it is black all over.What's more unusual is that this monster star hangs in the dark night, and it's actually very conspicuous.

It is rumored that more than 120 years ago, when the world was in turmoil, this demon star suddenly appeared. Since then, it has been a century of demon chaos.

The man in the gray robe was talking about this demon star?Li Chan couldn't be sure.

In the dream, he was looking at the flowers on horseback, and after reading hundreds of Buddhist scriptures, Li Chan couldn't remember a few words.But he remembered the appearance of the gray-robed man and the story of the stone man clearly.When the stone man becomes enlightened, he is the stone king on the top of Fuyu Mountain.

Preaching in a dream, turning clouds into tea, turning green lotus, 24 hours have passed.

Although Li Chan has stayed in Qingque Palace for two years, he has only occasionally seen the people of Qingque Palace perform swordsmanship, and has never seen such supernatural powers.

In this dream, Shi Jun didn't teach Li Chan the magical method, but he said a lot.Why did the enlightened person jump out of the world, and what truth did that friend let Shi Jun realize, what is the Tao?Li Chan seemed to understand but half understood, but he already knew the way to see the world and all living beings, and his Taoist heart no longer wavered.

He looked up at the top of Zhongyu Cliff, but he couldn't see Daqinglian from here, so he crossed his hands towards the top of the mountain and said "Thank you" softly.

Xiao Lingsu was still sitting cross-legged in the cave to practice, when he heard movement.Opening his eyes, seeing Li Chan's back, he muttered, "What's wrong?"

Li Chan didn't look back, "I had a dream last night."

Although Li Chan has not practiced Taoism, he has also practiced martial arts to the point of integrating the inside and the outside, and subduing the innate realm of body and mind.Unless you are tired or injured, you rarely dream.

Xiao Lingsu asked curiously, "What dream?"

Li Chan said: "Mr. Shi preached to me."

"I think about it every day, and I dream about it at night." Xiao Lingsu thought of Li Chan's practice, sighed inwardly, but joked: "Then have you enlightened?"

Facing the unsightly light, Li Chan looked at the remaining clouds in the sky, and the sandalwood smoke from Qingque Palace that never went out all night came with the wind. He took a deep breath and smiled refreshedly.

"of course."

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Zhongyuya is a pure place to escape from the world and practice. No matter what happens at the foot of the mountain, in this cramped cave with a radius of two feet, except for the blue sparrows that fly here and there to play from time to time, you can only look at the forest outside and the stone wall. A few essays left by the predecessors in retreat.

Another nine days passed, and Li Chan didn't deliberately observe, but she was already familiar with Lin Niao's routine.I didn't deliberately recite it, but I was able to memorize the words on swords on the stone wall: "Bu Hou moves Qi, go with the gods", "Vertical and horizontal, and straight and unheard".

A few days ago, the fasting period was over, and Li Chan and Xiao Lingsu finally had something to eat besides the two gourds of water a day.There is no requirement to be a vegetarian in Qingque Palace, but the two of them are wearing sins, so naturally they can't eat any meat. The daily meals are only two pancakes, plus some mixed bamboo shoots, fungus, tofu, and radish. That's all.

In the afternoon of that day, Li Chan and Xiao Lingsu were sitting at the entrance of the cave, each of them was holding a plate of fast food together, and they were cooking cakes, while eating, they looked at the underside of Zhongyu Cliff.Looking down from this high place, there is a big black stone like a small hill on the west side of the forest. It is as shiny as iron and shaped like a furnace. A clear stream flows around the stone like a jade belt. It is Baolu Spring in the Twelve Springs.

A herd of white deer came by the spring, five were drinking, two were fighting, and three were watching.Of course, counting the two people on Zhongyu Cliff, there were five onlookers.

"I bet the one on the left wins." Li Chan pointed at the group of white deer with a bamboo chopstick.

"You have finished choosing, what else should I choose?" Xiao Lingsu chewed on the shredded bamboo shoots, "I also bet on the one on the left to win."

"Okay, then I'll bet on the one on the right to win." Li Chan smiled, "It's better to bet on a pancake."

Xiao Lingsu felt that this smile was a bit malicious, because he had already lost five cakes in the past few days.He swallowed the shredded bamboo shoots, "Which one do you think will win?"

"Nonsense, I will choose the loser?" Li Chan said angrily.

"Then you won't argue with me?" Xiao Lingsu looked at Li Chan suspiciously.

"Then you choose it." Li Chan pointed to Youlu.

Xiao Lingsu hesitated for a while, then shook his head and said, "No, I'll still bet on the left side."

"Okay." Li Chan chuckled.

The two continued to watch the deer fight.

I saw the two deer bowed their heads and crossed their horns, fighting each other, one retreating and the other advancing.After a while, the deer on the right was almost pushed back into the forest.Xiao Lingsu gave a big praise.Seeing that the right deer was in a desperate situation, it suddenly became brave, and pushed the left deer back steadily, pushing the opponent into the stream.He staggered to the left and knelt on the ground, and quickly got up, but he didn't dare to resist anymore, he jumped out of the stream with small steps, and retreated to the side in desperation.

Xiao Lingsu opened his mouth wide, and after a while, he finally regained his composure.Turning to Li Chan, she said, "You see that the one on the right can win, and you lied to me on purpose?"

"No way, don't talk nonsense, there's no such thing." Li Chan looked at Xiao Lingsu's plate.

Xiao Lingsu sighed reluctantly, and gave Li Chan a pancake, but Li Chan turned her eyes to the forest again, "Look quickly."

Xiao Lingsu followed Li Chan's gaze, and the victorious white deer climbed onto a doe and started to move.

The two deer mated by the spring, and the two on the Jade Cliff laughed. Li Chan said, "When will you find a female crown of double cultivation?"

Xiao Lingsu asked back: "What about you?"

"It's early." Li Chan bit the remaining half of the pancake, wiped the red oil on the bottom of the plate, wiped it a few times, and handed the plate to Xiao Lingsu, "How is it?"

Xiao Lingsu saw that the oil flowers on the plate were wiped by Li Chan with the cooking cake a few times, and turned into a few streaks of red oil, which outlined a picture of drinking deer.

"Wonderful." Xiao Lingsu praised, "If I can do this, I can go to the Kun Dao Temple another day, and I can cheat a few female crowns."

Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps coming from outside the cave, Xiao Lingsu looked sideways and recognized the footsteps of Wang Chaozong, this guy walked like an immortal master, so his heels would easily wipe the ground.After the fast was over, the errands of delivering water and food were replaced by a clean man. Wang Chaozong hadn't come for a few days, and he and Li Chan looked at each other. Just at this moment, the stone door was pushed open.

Wang Chaozong entered the door and looked at Li Chan. After Li Zhaoxuan's incident, although he still didn't think highly of Li Chan, he put away his cold eyes and said indifferently: "Come here."

Li Chan got up and went back to the stone table, put away the dishes, "What's the matter?"

Wang Chaozong said: "The people from Shen Zhasi are here and want to take you away."

"Shen Zhasi?" Xiao Lingsu frowned, "What are the people of Shen Zhasi here for?"

Wang Chaozong said: "He has committed such a big thing, so he can't stay in Qingque Palace forever. Lingsu, you will be able to be quiet if you practice in retreat here in the future."

"Shen Zhasi is always easier to deal with than Xiyi Mountain." Li Chan smiled at Xiao Lingsu: "Maybe he invited me to be an official, but this time, I'm afraid it's really hard to see for many years."

"You..." Xiao Lingsu sighed, "Be careful yourself, and when you are settled down, write me a letter to report your safety."

"Definitely." Li Chan patted Xiao Lingsu's shoulder, "Let's go."

Without looking back, he left the cave.

(End of this chapter)