Taoist Master: I have a strange world

Chapter 2 Strange Bronze Mirror, Two Secret Books

Originally, Zhang Ling's career as a Taoist priest was leisurely and peaceful.

Zhang Ling even thought that he would spend most of his life like this.

Until now.

After going through complicated procedures and dealing with a series of funeral matters, Zhang Ling calmed down.

The last person to leave was his cousin.

Before leaving, he patted Zhang Ling on the shoulder.

"Don't be sad. The old temple master has passed away without any illness or disaster. You can put your mind in order. For the time being, you will have to take care of this Taoist temple."

Zhang Ling nodded.

That's right, with the death of the old temple master, no other Taoist priests have come to this Taoist temple for the time being.

After everyone left, Zhang Ling packed up his things.

In the main hall, in front of the statue of Sanqing.

And two ancient books that seemed to be made of leather, which were old and a little black.

Zhang Ling looked suspicious and turned the bronze mirror over.

The front of the bronze mirror was as bright as new, but the strange thing was that when Zhang Ling faced the bronze mirror to himself, he could not see his shadow in it at all.

Zhang Ling bowed to the Sanqing Statue, recited a Taoist slogan, and felt more at ease before he began to study.

But in front of the Sanqing Statue, I felt a little more at ease.

There is also a bronze mirror.

Instead, he specifically ran to the Taoist temple hall.

It has something to do with the fact that the Taoist temple is somewhat remote and the incense is not strong.

Zhang Ling took a deep breath, and finally it was time to carefully study the old temple master's relics.

In the bag are the relics of the old temple master.

A robe.

He fished out a black plastic bag from under the bed.

"eccentric."

Zhang Ling did not study in his room.

This kind of weird thing made Zhang Ling feel a little worried.

Zhang Ling took the bronze jian in his hand and studied it carefully.

Finally, he returned to his room and looked under the bed.

Anyway, Zhang Ling has now become the acting temple master of the Taoist temple.

"call!"

On the back of the bronze mirror, there is a mysterious pattern carved on it, which looks like a landscape or an orc, upside down from left to right.

But Zhang Ling opened his eyes carefully and saw something.

"Is this... a portal?"

Zhang Ling picked up the bronze mirror and realized that the back looked like a portal, and there was even a small hole, as if it needed a key.

"Is this bronze mirror related to the old temple master appearing out of thin air?"

Zhang Ling murmured, turning the bronze mirror over and over in his hands.

Zhang Ling felt very awkward when he saw that the front of the bronze mirror was bright but did not show any figures.

So, Zhang Ling freed up a hand and wiped it on the bronze mirror.

There was no change in the bronze mirror, and it still couldn't show any shadow.

"Shadowless Bronze Mirror?"

Zhang Ling turned over and over again, but could not see any flowers on the bronze mirror.

So, Zhang Ling simply put down the bronze mirror and went to check several other items.

The first thing that came into focus was the two leather ancient books.

Zhang Ling picked it up and looked at it carefully.

This leather ancient book looks like it has no fonts.

But after opening it, the first thing that caught my eye was a pattern.

The ancient book Zhang Ling opened had a pattern inside that seemed familiar to Zhang Ling. It is a unique "horse stepping on flying swallows".

"No, it's not a horse trampling a flying swallow!"

Zhang Ling took a closer look and saw that the pattern was in the posture of a flying horse, but on the horse's hooves, it seemed that each had a pair of flying swallow wings, which was mini and lifelike.

Among the four hooves, only one pair of hind hooves is like this, so the horse in this pattern is soaring.

However, when Zhang Ling looked carefully, he noticed that there was a bump on the flat ball.

In the mouth of the horse in the pattern, there is something like a small metal pendant hanging in its mouth, only a little over one centimeter in size.

To be precise, it's not a title, it seems to be caught in this ancient book.

"what is this?"

Zhang Ling was surprised, reached over and took out the pendant from the horse's mouth.

After looking at it like this, I realized that the pendant was shaped like a small key.

"key?"

With a thought in Zhang Ling's mind, he picked up the small key and put down the ancient book. He then picked up the shadowless bronze mirror again and turned it over to the back.

The back of this shadowless bronze mirror looks like a portal, with a small hole in the middle.

Zhang Ling picked up the key and compared it with his fingers, and found that it was just right.

"This key and the Shadowless Bronze Jian are the same set."

"What would happen if I inserted it?"

Zhang Ling took the mini key and couldn't help but hesitate, feeling the urge to give it a try.

However, the appearance of the viewer out of thin air and the strange look on his body made Zhang Ling restrain his impulse.

"Don't try it impulsively."

"What if the key is inserted and I disappear into thin air?"

"Study the seal characters on these two statues first!"

Zhang Ling decided that he was not going to try the portal behind the Shadowless Bronze Mirror first.

Instead, first flip through the two ancient books.

On the home page of the ancient books, each has a strange picture.

One of them is a portrait with vertical eyes, and there is light emitting from the vertical eyes, which is somewhat similar to the human face statue unearthed in Sanxingdui.

It is very different from the image of a horse trampling a flying swallow in another ancient book.

But this reminded Zhang Ling of the abnormality of the old temple master before his death.

"The eyes are straight, and the feet are wings..."

A look of thought flashed in Zhang Ling's eyes, and he immediately realized that these two ancient books had a certain relationship with the changes in the old temple master.

Because when Zhang Ling saw the old temple master appearing out of thin air, he had several strange phenomena on his body.

It has protruding eyes and bird-like wings at its feet, which are two of them.

"Could it be that the change of the old temple master is due to these two ancient books?"

A guess emerged in Zhang Ling's mind, and he slowly opened the ancient book in his hand.

Inside, there are no longer pure patterns, but small seal characters like pictures.

Zhang Ling could only identify a few obvious words, but couldn't make out many more.

"We need to find a way to translate it."

Zhang Ling flipped through it quickly.

This ancient leather book does not have many pages in total.

Zhang Ling finished flipping through more than ten thin pages.

But the characters that Zhang Ling could recognize were only a few that were relatively vivid and popular.

This forced Zhang Ling to use the Internet to translate.

Fortunately, this process is not troublesome.

Because of the development of the Internet, there are even special online translation applets or websites.

Zhang Ling quickly found an online translation website and started translating.

(End of this chapter)