cloudy day

Chapter 64

Hearing what the old man said, I became interested again, and I couldn't wait to run to the edge of the cliff on the top of the mountain, which is behind the pile of ruins and in front of the ghost gate.

I first saw the peculiar mountain structure on the top of the mountain, and saw that the cliff unfolded in a concave shape, and the entire cliff formed an arc shape.

I guess Shen Zhenyi, the head teacher of the Quanzhen Longmen School back then, built the Ghost Gate Gate at this location, because he must have taken a fancy to this unusual mountain structure!
On this road, I have imagined the appearance of the ghost gate countless times, but I never imagined that the ghost gate built by Shen Zhenyi was actually suspended in the air!
"Sigh, it's a pity that this hanging ghost gate was destroyed by three celestial masters 200 years ago. Only the remaining iron chains around here and the wreckage at the bottom of the mountain are left." The old man looked down at the mountain and sighed.

"Yeah, if this ghost gate is kept intact until now, it will definitely cause a sensation all over the world!" I exclaimed excitedly.

There is no floating ghost gate in front of us, but from the iron chains left on the cliffs, it is not difficult to imagine the magic and majesty of this pass at that time.

I looked down the mountain, and there were bricks and tiles and other debris piled up under the cliff. Judging from these building materials, I can roughly imagine the majestic scale of the ghost gate at that time.

Looking at the hills on the opposite side, my mind seems to have returned to the end of the Ming Dynasty. I saw tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the Qing Dynasty marching forward, and saw a general riding a tall horse holding a spear and pointing directly at the top of the mountain.

I imagined Shen Zhenyi and the 36 Taoist priests reciting spells, pointing their swords at the sky, suddenly the red moon was in the sky, the gate of hell was closed, and the gate of hell opened wide, and countless evil spirits killed this huge army without leaving a single piece of armor...

I was extremely shocked in my heart, and asked with emotion: "Old man, is such a huge ghost gate connected only by these hundreds of iron chains? How is this possible?"

The old man chuckled, took a puff of tobacco, and said to me: "If I knew this, I would have built myself a suspended house a long time ago. Well, I have seen it, let's go back quickly, otherwise Once it gets dark, you won’t be able to leave today.”

"Yes... yes, Changsheng, your second dog brother is a little dizzy, let's... let's go back quickly." Zhang Deaf, a big man, held my arm pitifully, and he was so nervous that he was afraid to speak and became awkward Baba.

Afterwards, the three of us went back to the place we came from just now, looking at the ruins in front of me, I walked over curiously, and opened a few blue bricks casually.

I want to see if I can find some valuable things. If there are any treasures such as talisman seals and ancient swords, then I will make money.

But the old man beside him said with a smile: "Longsheng, don't look for it. I have searched all these years, and there is nothing but bricks and tiles. Even if there are good things, they were picked up by people 200 years ago. .”

I smiled and thought so, and was about to turn around and leave, but after walking a few steps, I suddenly found that there was a wall behind me that was well preserved, it didn't look like much damage, and it was erected in the ruins.

I couldn't help but walked over, and saw some rune-like words engraved on this wall, and I asked again: "Old man, what is engraved on it?"

The old man put his hands behind his back and said: "Isn't the Tao Te Ching engraved on it, Tao can be said, very Tao; name can be named, very famous. Nameless, the beginning of all things, name, the mother of all things..."

"Tao Te Ching?" I asked suspiciously.

"Yes, I think Shen Zhenyi left a Taoist work here, it should be hoped that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty can follow the Tao Te Ching, based on cultivating virtue, and governing the country and the people with the way of inner saints and outer kings." The old man talked eloquently. road.

"Old...Old man, you are really knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and the stewed wild pheasant is even more delicious." Deaf Zhang said foolishly.

Hearing Zhang Deaf's boast, the old man said with a smile: "I have heard my elders talk about the legends of Yinling Mountain since I was a child, so I have always been more interested in Taoism and Chinese history, and I like to study when I have nothing to do."

The two of them were chatting happily there, but I was very surprised, and I couldn't help asking: "But how do you always know that the strange words on it are really Tao Te Ching?"

"Weird characters? These are plain block letters, Er Gouzi, see if you can recognize the words on it." The old man said to Zhang Deaf.

Deaf Zhang walked in and took a look, and even read the opening verse of the Tao Te Ching. I was taken aback, rubbed my eyes and looked at the wall again, but what I saw was still weird runes!

Could it be that……

(End of this chapter)