I'm looking for longevity in Liaozhai

Chapter 83
Wang Zhe closed his eyes and pondered carefully.

Those words are still in my mind, they are flying, beating and changing,

One ancient text rises and becomes the sky, one ancient text descends and becomes the earth, one ancient text becomes the sun, one becomes the moon, and then mountains, rivers, vegetation.
These words outlined a picture in his mind, a somewhat blurred and abstract landscape painting.

There is heaven and earth, sun and moon, mountains and rivers, but it is just a corner.

Slowly, this painting was printed in his mind,
Wang Zhe opened his eyes, but did not find any miraculous changes in his body.

No increase in internal strength, no increase in spiritual consciousness,

"What is this?" He was a little confused for a moment.

The rain outside has been pattering for a long time,
Wang Zhe stood on the top of the mountain and looked at Chun Yu, making careful calculations.

"Lao Hou's child is about to be born. It was agreed to go to a wedding. I haven't seen him for so long. I don't know how he is now?"

Two days later, Wang Zhe went down the mountain and headed towards Guobei County. This time, he was alone and did not bring Laifu, because it was a little conspicuous to carry Laifu with him.

It is a bit big in size, already like a calf.

When I went down the mountain in the early morning, I was not in a hurry. I stopped and stopped on the road, and I arrived outside Guobei City before noon.

"Hey, what's going on?"

Wang Zhe stood outside the city, looking at the sky.

I saw this layer of gray aura floating in the sky above Guobei County, like gray clouds, and there was also a faint blood color in it, which looked full of ominousness.

"It wasn't as serious when I left last year."

Entering Guobei County, familiar streets, familiar people.

The shops on the street are still acquaintances. After seeing Wang Zhe, they greeted him with a smile,
It's still a familiar place, or a familiar person, but they seem to be a little stranger to each other,
The city is also much deserted than when he left.

Those who inquired here left, and they did not inquire about any useful news.

Chunxiao Building also lost its former hustle and bustle, because the oiran also left.

Wang Zhe walked around the county town. Along the way, he saw a faint gray lingering in the breath above many people's heads.

"What's the matter? It looks like many people are going to get sick. Is there some kind of plague going on?"

This made him a little worried, and then he stopped by the Town God's Temple.

Different from what he imagined, the Town God's Temple was deserted and deserted, only one person offered incense, and left soon after prostrating.

It seemed to be two different places than when he left.

I haven't seen him for more than half a year, and that temple seems to have aged a lot.

"Catcher, long time no see." Seeing him coming in, Miao Zhu recognized him at a glance and greeted him with a smile.

"Long time no see." Wang Zhe smiled, and looked up at the statue of the City Emperor in the main hall. There were only sporadic wishes on his body, even less than when he left.

"There aren't many people here recently, right?"

"Yes, much less than before." Miao Zhu sighed helplessly.

"Why is that?"

He also looked specifically at several wells in the city, but found nothing unusual in the water.

Wang Zhe returned to the house he used to live in, the house was already covered with dust, he raised his hand, a gust of wind,
The dust was blown up and flew out of the window. After cleaning the house, he locked the door and went to Lao Hou's house.

But he didn't expect that there was an iron chain hanging on the door of his house.

After inquiring carefully, Lao Hou actually took his wife back to his hometown.

"Back home?"

After hearing this, Wang Zhe left Guobei County, preparing to leave for Laohou's hometown.

When he arrived at a mountain village outside the city, he was surprised to find that there were also gray clouds floating over the surrounding village.And the situation of these people inside seems to be more serious than that of Guobei County.

The mountain village is not big, so he went around it quickly. He even went around the nearby fields, but he didn't find anything unusual.

He went all the way and went to several mountain villages one after another. The atmosphere above these villages was normal.

"What's going on?" Wang Zhe was very puzzled.

Stopping and stopping along the way, he came to Lao Hou's hometown, which is a small mountain village surrounded by mountains and rivers.

Before he entered the village, he used the "Looking Qi Technique" to look carefully at the sky above the mountain village for a long time.

After entering the mountain village, he looked at the villagers here again. Their breath was normal.

He found a villager and asked the direction of Laohou's old house.

He knocked on the door, revealing a familiar face.

"Azhe, why are you here? Quick, quick, sit in the room."

Lao Hou was taken aback when he saw Wang Zhe, then he was very happy, and hurriedly let him into the room.

Sun Xiulian had a big belly, and it was already very inconvenient to move.

"Sister-in-law here"

Wang Zhe looked intently, and saw that Sun Xiulian's body was protected by a layer of faint yellow light. Looking carefully, the source of that light was a string of Buddhist beads on her wrist.

"Hurry up, it's only two days, don't leave, just stay here!" Lao Hou said.

In order to welcome Wang Zhe, he roasted chicken and slaughtered geese. He was busy for a while and cooked many dishes.

"Come on, drink and chat, where have you been for more than half a year?"

"I didn't go there either, I just found a secluded place and stayed by myself. By the way, why did you suddenly come to the countryside?"

"Isn't Xiulian about to give birth? A few months ago, when she was still healthy, she went to Lanruo Temple to make a wish. The Zen Master Guangji in the temple told us to leave Guobei County.

Later, Xiulian and I came to live in the countryside for a while, but we felt inconvenient, so we went back again, and met a young Zen master before the New Year's Eve.

He first said congratulations to me, and then said that I had a conflict with Nalanruo Temple, and asked me to leave Lanruo Temple.

No, I came to the countryside. "

Hou Zhu explained the cause and effect in detail.

"The young monk, isn't he wearing a tattered monk's robe and bare feet, he looks very handsome!"

"Yes, yes, you know him?"

"I met him once, and he actually came to Guobei County?" Wang Zhe first thought of Monk Napunan when he heard it.

When he left Guo Beicheng, Zen Master Guangji mentioned that there might be an accident in Guo Beicheng, but he didn't explain what it was at the time, and the monk Napu Nan also saw it.

"What is he doing here?"

"What will happen?"

After eating, Wang Zhe said he wanted to look around. After leaving Laohou's house, he went straight to Lanruo Temple and found Zen Master Guangji in the temple.

"Amitabha, I haven't seen you for several months, and the demeanor of the donor is even better than before." Zen Master Guangji was very happy after seeing him.

"Grandmaster, I'm here today to ask you something."

Zen Master Guangji invited him to his meditation room, and after serving tea, he dismissed the monks on the side, leaving only the two of them in the meditation room.

(End of this chapter)