Seeing the clouds

Chapter 40 Chapter 39 The Devil and the Taoist
When Dongfang Lubai arrived, the four of them set off on the road.Zhao Qingxi rides a crane in the sky, and the three of them ride on the ground.Because Li Jingxiong was not good at equestrian skills, he rode one horse with Li Jingxuan and another with Zhang Yue. The three of them had two horses.

In fact, except for Zhao Qingxi, the old master who kept watch at night, only Li Jingxiong, an unscrupulous person, slept soundly. Zhang Yue and Li Jingxuan didn't actually get much rest because of the military camp.Firstly, the military camp was too noisy, and the painful sounds of the wounded soldiers had a great impact on the two of them; secondly, after experiencing such a major change at night, the two of them would naturally feel uneasy, even if there was a soldier standing outside the camp. The old master who has a profound knowledge of Taoism.

The camp where they were stationed last night was actually not far from Wudang Mountain. The three of them arrived at this Taoist holy land in less than half an hour on horseback.

Wudang Mountain was originally named Taiyue Fairy Mountain. Later, it became famous all over the world because of Wudang founded by Li Boyang, so it was called Wudang Mountain by future generations.Unlike the others, Zhang Chu was the first time to come to Wudang Mountain.He stood at the foot of the mountain and looked towards the cloud-shrouded Wudang Mountain. Sure enough, there was a sky pillar holding up the sun and moon, and a cave door locked in clouds and thunder.

No wonder it is called Taiyue Fairy Mountain.

The three of them climbed up the mountain and ate some food with their old master Zhao Qingxi before going to the guest room to rest.Everything on Wudang Mountain is so simple, completely different from the prominent reputation outside.The three of them also met Zheng Baiyu, the "timely rain" from last night in the guest room. After resting on the mountain, Zheng Baiyu was in much better spirits than the three of them. Seeing that his three brothers were all safe, he felt much more at ease.In fact, if he hadn't been worried about the safety of the three people, he could have slept until noon. After all, it was really hard work to get to Wudang Mountain from the camp with all his strength last night.Zhang Chuchu and Li Jingxuan solemnly thanked them. This made Zheng Baiyu a little embarrassed. He quickly waved his hands and told them that this was their own responsibility.

The four of them chatted for a while, and then the old head teacher walked in. Seeing that the four of them were all full of energy and energy after last night's fatigue, they naturally felt happy in their hearts.When the four of them saw Zhao Qingxi entering the door, they immediately put away their playful smiles. The three of them except Li Jingxiong quickly stood up and saluted solemnly. When Li Jingxiong, a silly boy, saw the three of them behaving like this, he imitated them and bent down to salute.

The old head coach Zhao Qingxi closed his eyes, smiled and waved his hand, indicating that the four of them did not need to be so cautious.

Li Jingxuan then explained the purpose of his visit: "Grandpa Zhao, actually I came to Wudang this time to respect Xiong. Jingxiong wants to follow Brother Yue to travel around the world. I don't know whether to agree or reject. I don't know what to do, so I want to ask. your opinion."

Zhao Qingxi did not answer immediately, but stretched out his right hand from his wide sleeve robe, holding a bamboo stick in his hand.The old Taoist priest didn't look at the bamboo stick in his hand, but just replied to Li Jingxuan: "Yes."

As soon as the old Taoist said these words, Li Jingxuan's heart finally settled, and he smiled and said: "I have known Grandpa Zhao for a long time, and this is the first time Jingxuan has seen Grandpa Zhao interpret the signature. But since Grandpa Zhao said it is okay, then I am relieved. "

Zhao Qingxi smiled and nodded.

Zheng Baiyu scratched his head and asked curiously: "But Grandpa Zhao didn't even look at the lottery ticket. Why did he know the result?"

Zhao Qingxi did not speak, but Li Jingxuan explained: "Looking at the world, if Grandpa Zhao thinks he is second in the lottery, let alone first, no one will dare to admit third or fourth. Grandpa Zhao's three skills are not just blown away. .”

Zheng Baiyu was a little surprised: "Is it so powerful? Then Grandpa Zhao can also unravel the lottery for me?"

Zhao Qingxi shook his head: "It's not that Pindao refuses, it's just that Pindao has a rule of 'one solution per day'. If you solve too many problems, it goes against the will of heaven and you will be punished. So if Bai Yu has any ideas, just come to me tomorrow morning." .”

Zheng Baiyu was rejected by the old Taoist priest, but he was not disappointed. Anyway, if it doesn't work today, there is still tomorrow; if it doesn't work tomorrow, there is still tomorrow's tomorrow. There is always a chance.He thought thoughtfully: "I heard from Brother Jingxuan earlier that signing is one of Grandpa Zhao's three special skills. What about the other two skills?"

Just as Li Jingxuan wanted to explain, he was interrupted by the old Taoist priest: "Those are all jokes made by people in the world. Bai Yu doesn't need to take them seriously."

Zheng Baiyu nodded and didn't go into details anymore. Fortunately, he had an optimistic personality and didn't take it too seriously. On the contrary, Zhang Yue was a little curious next to him.As for Li Jingxuan, he naturally knew what the other two skills were, but as he was interrupted by Zhao Qingxi just now, he couldn't say any more.Naturally, he could see that the old Taoist priest interrupted him on purpose, probably because he was afraid that he would scare Zhang Yue and Zheng Baiyu after he said it.

Anyone who has been around for a long time knows that Zhao Qingxi, the master of Wudang Mountain, has three special skills: interpreting fortunes, raising cranes, and refining thunder.

The first two are easy to understand, but as for this thunder refining, it sounds a bit appalling.It is said that when the old master Zhao Qingxi was in his forties, he was sitting on Wudang Nanyan to comprehend the way of heaven. Suddenly, five thunders struck from the sky and happened to fall on the old master.An ordinary person would have been struck to pieces by the five thunders. As a result, the old master stretched out his right hand, pointed his fingers upward, took the five thunders with his fingertips, and then transferred the power of the five thunders to a copper pole not far away. above the pillar.The five thunders kept swimming on the copper pillar that should have been ordinary. Finally, the surface of the copper pillar seemed to have been carved by everyone, and a breathtaking Nine Dragons statue appeared. It was truly a work of miraculous craftsmanship.

That copper pillar is no more than five feet high and is still standing on Wudang South Rock. It is incompatible with the other three ordinary copper pillars.No wonder the old head coach didn't let Li Jingxuan say it, not to mention whether it would scare the two of them. If Zheng Baiyu's out-of-the-box character forced the old head coach to perform it again, the scene would be very embarrassing.

The four people in front of the old headmaster Zhao Qingxi looked as usual and said to Zhang Yue: "At the beginning of the month, you will go to the back mountain later. There is a wooden house over there."

When Zhang Yue heard this, he thought that this must be the fate that the old Taoist priest had mentioned before, but he couldn't think of a reason for a while, so he asked curiously: "Master, is there anything special about that wooden house? "

Zhao Qingxi shook his head and said: "Forty years ago, there was a demon who practiced swordsmanship. He went up to the mountain to spar with me, and finally lost a move to me. From then on, he took root in the back mountain. When I saw you practicing swordsmanship at the beginning of the month, I wanted you to go there. Take a look, maybe you can learn a move or a half from that devil, and that will benefit you a lot at the beginning of the month."

Zhang Chuchu was a little confused: "A demon who practices swordsmanship? The master is so powerful. He only lost one move to you, so it seems that the demon must be very powerful. But since he is a demon, then if the master If I rush to disturb you, will my life be in danger?"

The old Taoist priest showed a somewhat incomprehensible smile: "Then the poor Taoist can't guarantee it."

Zhang Yue felt a chill go down his spine, but when he thought about it carefully, he seemed to have nothing to do with the old master or Wudang, and his previous words in the camp did not seem to be fake.It is said that wealth is found in danger, so go and see for yourself. If the devil is not easy to get along with, just apologize and come back early. If you really have great fortune and can learn something from that devil, then It’s really a lot of money and a worthwhile trip.

So Zhang Chuchu said goodbye to the four people, left the guest room, and walked towards the back mountain.Along the way, I also learned about this matter from many Taoist priests and Taoists, but what surprised Zhang Yue was that no one knew about the devil in the back mountain, and on Wudang Mountain, except for Taoist Master Chu who was in charge of the precepts, no one knew about it. Others have been to the back mountain.Zhang Yue thought as he walked. In the end, the only reasonable explanation was that it had been 40 years since the devil arrived in the back mountain, and the Taoist priests and boys he met along the way must have been too young to care about this matter. This person has no understanding.

But no matter what the situation is, we are already halfway through the journey, and we have to finish it anyway.

Zhang Yue walked for half an hour and finally reached the back mountain mentioned by the old headmaster.However, the scene in the back mountain once again exceeded Zhang Yue's expectation. He did not expect that the back mountain that was supposed to be gloomy and dark in his imagination turned out to be a cave of its own.Not to mention the wooden house that the old headmaster mentioned earlier, whether it is the stone table and benches in front of the wooden house or the pool of quiet spring not far away, no matter how you look at it, it looks like an immortal living here in seclusion.

With a nervous mood, Zhang Yue approached and observed carefully, he found that everything around the wooden house was spotless. It was autumn at this time, and there was not even a fallen leaf in sight. It was obvious that someone had carefully cleaned it.But the only strange thing was that there was no trace of the devil, and there was no movement in the wooden house.Zhang Chuchu was a little confused: Could it be that the devil went out to look for food?
Zhang Chuchu walked to the door of the wooden house, knocked three times, one hard and two soft, and whispered: "Excuse me, is there anyone?"

The cabin was still silent.

Zhang Chuchu pushed open the wooden door. Apart from some simple wooden furniture, there was nothing strange in the wooden house.If I really have to be picky, there is a knife hanging on one of the wooden walls that looks a bit special.However, the owner of the wooden house was not here at this time, so Zhang Yue naturally did not dare to touch around, and only dared to stand in the house and look around.After all, it is quite rude to enter someone else's house without permission when the owner is not around.Zhang Chuchu looked at it for a while, but still didn't find anything special.At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside. Zhang Chuchu knew that the owner of the wooden house was back, and hurriedly walked to the door of the wooden house.

It turned out that the person who came was a plainly dressed old Taoist priest, not some evil bully.This old Taoist priest Zhang Yue had never seen him before. He should be the Taoist priest Chu who was in charge of the commandments mentioned by the Taoist priests on the road.

The old Taoist priest walked up to Zhang Yue in three or two steps. Zhang Yue took a closer look and saw that although Taoist Master Chu looked quite old, with white hair and beard, he was probably about the same age as the old Taoist Master Zhao Qingxi.The old Taoist priest is slightly shorter than the old master, but thicker. Although he is old, he is in good spirits and looks amiable.

Taoist Master Chu stood in front of Zhang Yue and said with a smile: "Is it the beginning of the month?"

Zhang Yue nodded and said, "Are you Taoist Master Chu?"

The old Taoist priest replied: "Taoist Master Chu seems unfamiliar. If you don't mind at the beginning of the month, you can call me Grandpa Chu."

When Zhang Chuchu met the old Taoist priest in front of him, he was rumored to be in charge of the commandments of Wudang Mountain. However, once he actually came into contact with him, he was actually very easy to get along with, and there was no trace of old-fashioned appearance.

Zhang Chuchu then saluted respectfully: "Grandpa Chu."

Taoist Master Chu stepped forward to support Zhang Chuo, and then said with a smile: "There is no need to be so polite at the beginning of the month. Wudang Mountain has never been a place with rules. There are not so many rules and regulations. Just be more natural."

Now that the old Taoist priest said this, Zhang Yue naturally stopped being polite and asked, "Why did Grandpa Chu come to the back mountain?"

The old Taoist priest said matter-of-factly: "Of course I'm here to see you at the beginning of the month."

Zhang Chuchu was a little confused: "Looking for me?"

The old Taoist priest replied: "I came here to find you. Didn't I come to the back mountain at the beginning of the month to find Pindao?"

Zhang Yue became even more confused now: "I came to Back Mountain because Grandpa Zhao, the head coach, told me that there is a demon who practices swordsmanship in Back Mountain and asked me to see if I can learn a few moves from him."

The old Taoist priest was stunned and suddenly realized: "Hahaha, it's true that senior brother is already so old, and he's still like a child."

Zhang Yue didn't quite understand what the old Taoist priest said, so he stretched out his head and asked, "Grandpa Chu, what do you mean by this? Yu Yue doesn't quite understand. Does this devil have anything to do with you, Grandpa Chu?"

The old Taoist priest then explained: "It's a long story. Pindao was indeed a swordsman in the Chu region 40 years ago. He was young and energetic and traveled around the world, looking for people to compete with each other. He never failed. At that time, there were still people in the world. Pindao gave Pindao a nickname, "Chu Bubai". Later, he heard that there was a young Taoist priest named Zhao Qingxi on Wudang Mountain. , I practiced swordsmanship in the back mountain for ten years, and finally ten years later..."

Before the old Taoist priest finished speaking, Zhang Yue quickly asked: "You won?"

The old Taoist priest Yun Danfengqing said: "I still lost to his move."

Zhang Chuchu was a little embarrassed and didn't know how to answer the call.

The old Taoist laughed loudly: "Later, Pindao gave up his desire to compete with others and stayed on Wudang Mountain to practice Taoism. He became the seventh junior brother of the young Taoist Zhao Qingxi."

Zhang Yue finally understood the whole story: "So Grandpa Chu has changed his ways."

When the old Taoist heard this, he immediately blew his beard and glared: "What do you mean by reforming evil? Bah! I didn't do any bad things back then. I was a good person, how can I call myself reforming?"

Zhang Chuexin said, you, the person in charge of the commandments on the mountain, have begun to call yourself Lao Tzu. Even if you were not a demon king back then, you would definitely not be associated with good people.

Zhang Chuchu continued to ask: "So this is where, Grandpa Chu, you practiced swordsmanship?"

The old Taoist priest nodded: "This may be the only place in the world that still has traces of the swordsman Chu Kuangsheng, so I often come here to clean it. Unexpectedly, 30 years have passed in the blink of an eye."

Zhang Yue looked at the sad old Taoist priest in front of him, with shock on his face: "Chu Kuangsheng? That genius swordsman Chu Kuangsheng who was once the most promising to reach the top of the world and was known as the genius swordsman who could swallow mountains and rivers without holding a sword?!"

Chu Kuangsheng, the genius swordsman back then, and Chu Daochang, who is now in charge of the Wudang Discipline, looked confident and confident: "Why, doesn't it look like that?"

Zhang Yue said in a low voice: "It doesn't look like it."

The old Taoist laughed heartily: "I am Chu and I am crazy, Feng Ge is laughing at Confucius!"

(End of this chapter)