Six Ways of Fumo

Chapter 488
Wu Zhanzhan was overjoyed when he heard this and stepped forward: "Yes, we are looking for the current Celestial Master. Sir, do you know where the Celestial Master is?"

Ding Ermiao said nothing and looked at the pilgrim. He found that the man's clothes were very simple, his skin was dark, and he looked like a farmer. He didn't look like a pilgrim from out of town.

The uncle pointed to the southeast and said: "About ten miles southeast from here, there is a smaller Taoist temple. We locals call it Tianshi Temple. It is said to be the place where Tianshi Nianxu lived in the past. However, I don’t know if the Heavenly Master is inside or not.”

You can tell from these words that he is indeed a local.

"Uncle, we are not familiar with the road, can you take us there?" Wu Zhanzhan said again: "I will pay you for your hard work, don't worry."

The old man looked at Ding Ermiao and the others again, nodded and said, "Okay, I just happened to be on the way, so I'll take you there together."

Ding Ermiao and Li Qingdong looked at each other, and together with Wu Zhanzhan, they followed the old man out of the Shangqing Palace, walking through flowers and willows and winding through the secluded streets, heading to the southeast.

Not far away, the surroundings were already quiet and deserted.

"Uncle, what's your surname?" Wu Zhanzhan walked and got close to the leader.

"Excuse me, my surname is Zhu, Zhu Jingxiao." The uncle said with a smile.

"Does your family live here, Uncle Zhu?" Wu Zhanzhan asked again.

Zhu Jingxiao nodded, pointed forward, and said, "I live in the mountain col over there. I have lived here for generations."

Ding Ermiao took the words and asked: "Uncle Zhu, have you seen Master Nianxu?"

"I met him once when I was a child, more than 40 years ago!" Zhu Jingxiao said: "Master Tian is a good man, and he treated me that time. If it weren't for him, my left leg would have been disabled long ago, and how could I have survived? today?"

With nothing to do, Ding Ermiao and others continued chatting with Zhu Jingxiao.

Li Qingdong asked: "What disease did you have at that time? How did the Heavenly Master treat you?"

Zhu Jingxiao kept walking and said:
"We have a kind of venomous snake here. When hibernating, it will hold a small stone in its mouth. In spring, after hibernation ends, the venomous snake will spit out the stone in its mouth. This kind of stone is called snake containing stone. If you step on it with bare feet If it goes on, that’s bad luck, the foot will slowly rot away.”

"One day, you stepped on a snake stone with your bare feet. Then when you returned home, you found that one of your feet was swollen. Your parents took you to the hospital. The hospital couldn't see well and suggested that the leg be amputated. Your parents I couldn't bear to part with you, so I carried you home again. Just when I was feeling sad, the Heavenly Master came, right?" Ding Ermiao smiled and told the following story.

Zhu Jingxiao was stunned, stopped, and said, "How did you know?"

"Hehe, I guessed it. Next, how did the Heavenly Master treat you?" Ding Ermiao said.

Zhu Jingxiao nodded and continued: "The Heavenly Master passed by my house and at a glance, he knew that I had stepped on a snake stone. He asked me to stand barefoot on the ground and used a brush to draw on the ground along my left foot. A mark on the sole of my foot. Then... guess again, how will the Heavenly Master treat me next?"

Speaking of this, Zhu Jingxiao gave up and looked at Ding Ermiao.

"Uh..., I can't guess that." Ding Ermiao rubbed his chin, thinking that Zhu Jingxiao was too funny. He just made a joke to him, and he was not happy anymore.

"Hey..." Zhu Jingxiao smiled proudly and said: "The Heavenly Master used a short sword to dig a few times in the footprints I left on the ground, and then dug out the snake-containing stone. The stone was dug out , my left foot is healed and no longer hurts.”

"Wow, the Heavenly Master is so cheating!" Ding Ermiao exclaimed exaggeratedly. He analyzed Zhu Jingxiao's words in his mind, but found them a bit absurd.

Wu Zhanzhan and Li Qingdong were also dubious, and when they saw Ding Ermiao pretending to be crazy and joking with Zhu Jingxiao, they shook their heads and smiled in silence.

Ahead is Guigu Cave, which has nine twists and turns and many forked holes.Fortunately, with Zhu Jingxiao leading the way, they didn't waste a lot of time.After leaving Guigu Cave, there is absolutely no human habitation around. There are towering ancient trees, faint singing of birds, and picturesque autumn mountains.

"There are several houses on the top of the mountain over there. Do you see them?" Zhu Jingxiao pointed to the top of the mountain and said, "That's where the Heavenly Master used to live. Whether you can find him or not depends on your luck. I still want to go home. If you have something to do, I won’t send you off, you can go on your own.”

Wu Zhanzhan thanked him and took out 200 yuan as traveling expenses, but Zhu Jingxiao refused to accept it, waved his hand, and turned away.

Looking at Zhu Jingxiao's back, Ding Ermiao nodded: "This person is not bad, he is not greedy for money."

"Good man." Li Qingdong nodded repeatedly.

Looking back, I looked at the Tianshi Temple on the top of the mountain. Several buildings with blue bricks and gray tiles were hidden among the pines, cypresses and bamboo forests. The clouds and mist were lingering, adding to the ethereal feeling of a fairyland.

"This is like the place where a heavenly master lives, far away from the fireworks of the world and living in the mountains and rivers." Ding Ermiao admired, and followed Wu Zhanzhan slowly up the mountain.

Ten minutes later, the three of them entered the bamboo forest behind the Tianshi Temple. As long as they passed through the bamboo forest, the Tianshi Temple was in front of them.

But Ding Ermiao and the others walked inside for a long time, only to find that they couldn't get out of the bamboo forest!

"It seems that this is the real residence of the Celestial Master. There is a maze of formations blocking the way." Wu Zhanzhan was surprised and happy, looking around for a way to break the formation.

At the same time, Ding Ermiao and Li Qingdong were also looking around to examine the formation in the bamboo forest.

"Tianfeng Silver Rain Formation! The authentic Taoist formation, one of the 49 Taoist formations." After all, it was the famous master Wu Zhanzhan who was the disciple, and it didn't take long for him to figure out the name of the formation.

Li Qingdong blinked his little eyes and asked, "Where is the formation gate?"

Just as Wu Zhanzhan was about to answer, a strong wind suddenly blew up. The wind whistled loudly in the bamboo forest, and the bamboo leaves fell due to the wind, like sharp arrows, whizzing towards Ding Ermiao and others.

"The formation has changed, everyone, be careful!" Wu Zhanzhan's feet changed, rushing left and right to avoid the attack of bamboo leaf arrows.

Li Qingdong didn't know this formation and didn't know where to hide, so he simply covered his face with his hands, squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, and let him fire thousands of arrows.

Ding Ermiao laughed and opened the umbrella to cover the bamboo leaves, as steady as a mountain.

Wu Zhanzhan avoided the situation and said: "The formation changes too fast, and I can't calculate out of the formation in a hurry. Li Qingdong, try using your Tianji Disk?"

"This is the territory of the Heavenly Master, and there must be restrictions. Where can the Heavenly Secret Disk be used?" Li Qingdong shrank his head and shouted.

"Let me do it!" Ding Ermiao pulled out Ten Thousand Chops and said, "It's just a few bamboos, wait until I chop them with Ten Thousand Chops, and the formation will be broken!"

After saying that, Ding Ermiao raised his sword and lowered it, breaking several bamboos around him.

"Bold, who dares to be so bold here and chop down the bamboo of my Tianshi Temple?!" Suddenly, a scolding came from outside the bamboo forest.

(End of this chapter)