Wancang never regrets

As night falls, Qingyun Mountain and Longshou Peak.

The bright moon shines on the solitary pavilion, and the mountain wind is as cold as the water. On the edge of the cliff, a blue figure is sitting cross-legged, with his eyes closed, surrounded by a blue halo. Opening his eyes and standing up, he quietly stared at the night in the distance, his thick eyebrows furrowed, and there was a trace of worry in his eyes.

At this moment, there was a sound of piercing the sky not far away, Cang Song turned around and saw a white light falling in the courtyard of the back hall of Longqing Hall, like this, the worry in his eyes disappeared, but the expression on his face was Reverting to his previous seriousness, he stepped forward and walked forward, but his eyes inadvertently fell on the plaque on the pavilion not far away. He paused immediately, and there was a deep pain in his eyes, but only for a moment, he turned blue. The shadow flashed and disappeared in place.

At this time, Zhang Xiaofan was brought back to the back hall by Qi Hao Yujian, after the two landed, Qi Hao looked at Zhang Xiaofan's pale face, then at the gray monkey lying on his shoulder, and said with some concern: "Xiaofan, you look so pale, are you really okay? Also, this monkey..."

Before Qi Hao finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhang Xiaofan: "Brother, I'm really fine, I'm just a little weak, please don't tell Master, I don't want Master to worry about me, this monkey is too , I won't keep it."

Qihao sighed, patted Zhang Xiaofan on the shoulder, and said: "Xiaofan, what kind of master is Master, do you think he won't know when we come back so late?"

Zhang Xiaofan looked towards the direction where Cangsong's daily resting room is not far away, he nodded slightly, and said: "Brother, what you said is true, Master will know, but, I really don't want to Master... I know that my aptitude is not good, but Master has never given up on me, and he is very good to me, but I just keep adding trouble to Master."

Qihao looked at Zhang Xiaofan, a flash of pity flashed in his eyes, he said softly: "Xiaofan, don't think too much, why do you just keep disturbing Master, even though Master doesn't say anything, I still faint I think, Master has always liked you very much in his heart, and sometimes I even feel that Master likes you more than me, and I am a little jealous." After Qihao finished speaking, he blinked his eyes exaggeratedly.

It was the first time Zhang Xiaofan saw Qi Hao like this, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Seeing him smile, Qi Hao patted him on the shoulder again, and said: "That's right, don't think too much, your face is still so pale, go to your room to rest, I will go back too."

Zhang Xiaofan responded, watched Qi Hao leave, looked at the monkey on his shoulder, and thought about everything that happened in the valley, he was at a loss for a while, and stood there in a daze.

But Zhang Xiaofan didn't know that Cangsong had already heard the conversation between him and Qi Hao clearly in the vicinity, at this moment he looked at Zhang Xiaofan's figure standing there, and suddenly heard a burst coming from Zhang Xiaofan's stomach Hearing, the corner of Cang Song's mouth twitched, and he gently opened his lips and said "silly apprentice", the words fell away, and the figure disappeared.

Zhang Xiaofan stood there in a daze, until the stomach growled continuously, then he came to his senses, looked at the night, but he didn't want to go to the kitchen, so he stepped back to the room, closed the door, the gray monkey looked around on his shoulder, " He squeaked, as if he knew he was home, jumped off his shoulder, jumped onto the bed in two or three steps, jumped up and down, grabbed the pillow and shook it around, very happy.

Zhang Xiaofan looked at the gray monkey, with a smile on his mouth, but saw the door suddenly opened, it was Cang Song who walked in with a plate of mung bean cake expressionlessly, Zhang Xiaofan immediately bowed to salute, and said anxiously: "Master ..."

Cang Song looked at Zhang Xiaofan's still pale face, snorted coldly, walked to the table, put down the mung bean cake, and said calmly to Zhang Xiaofan who was still standing still but thundering in his belly: "Come over and sit down and eat. "

Zhang Xiaofan trembled when he heard the words, nana said: "Xiaofan dare not..."

Cang Song stared at Zhang Xiaofan and said, "Why don't you dare? What happened at Dazhu Peak today, why did you come back so late, and made you look so weak, so hungry, and why are you so hungry?" Where did this gray monkey come from?" Cang Song said, sitting on the chair by the table, and pointed to the gray monkey that had been staring at him motionless on the bed since he came in.

Zhang Xiaofan was ashamed to tell Cangsong everything that happened in Dazhu Peak truthfully, he also hesitated in his heart whether to tell the strange things that happened in Cangsong Valley, but he thought that if he told it, Master Puzhi would be involved, so he decided not to went to that.

After Cang Song heard Zhang Xiaofan's words, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, how could he lose consciousness suddenly after feeling sick, but after the investigation, he didn't find anything abnormal, that's all, let's go to Big Bamboo Peak tomorrow.

Cang Song raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Xiaofan who was standing motionless with his head bowed in front of him, he stood up, walked in front of Zhang Xiaofan, raised his hand to caress his head, rubbed it lightly, sighed, and said: " Xiaofan, I heard the conversation between you and Qihao just now, as a master, the master knows your thoughts, this gray monkey is destined to be with you, and also has spirituality, I think it is a three-eyed spirit monkey, you can keep it It’s just a matter of taking care of it so that it doesn’t do anything wrong.”

Zhang Xiaofan has never been so close to Cangsong, he was stunned by Cangsong, he came to his senses for a moment, blushed and asked suspiciously: "Master, I... this... what is the three-eyed spirit monkey?"

Cang Song withdrew his hand, glanced at the gray monkey with his hands behind his back, and said, "The three-eyed monkey is a psychic beast. It looks like an ordinary monkey when it is young, but when it becomes an adult, the third eye is opened on its forehead. The spirituality has greatly increased, not only can I be proficient in the five elements of immortality, but I can also see things thousands of miles away."

Zhang Xiaofan stared at the gray monkey in surprise, then he was distracted by the feeling of hunger in his belly.

Cangsong beside him saw Zhang Xiaofan's appearance, his face remained the same, but the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, he said lightly: "Okay, eat some mung bean cake and rest, I'm leaving for the teacher."

Zhang Xiaofan thanked Cangsong, then sent Cangsong away, closed the door, sat at the table, stared at the plate of mung bean cakes, thinking that I am not dazzled, just before Master left, he seemed to smile, he took He picked up a piece of mung bean cake and ate it with a smile on his face.

A plate of mung bean cakes entered his stomach, Zhang Xiaofan patted his stomach, walked to the bed, but saw that the gray monkey occupied half of the bed, had already sounded asleep, couldn't help crying and laughing, he slipped on the bed, lay down and was about to sleep, but in his arms Something fell out, it was the ugly short stick. At this moment, the bead Puzhi gave him was tightly connected with the unknown short stick, and even the color changed to black blue and black. Yes, but there is a dark red at the interface, like solidified blood, not only ugly, but also a little disgusting.

Zhang Xiaofan frowned and looked at it for a while, hesitated for a moment, got up and stored it in a cabinet next to the bed, returned to the bed, and fell asleep in a daze after a while.

A cool breeze blows, bringing with it a somewhat damp and slightly cold morning.

The sun in the distant sky gradually poked its head out, and its vast rays of light sprinkled on the sky and the earth, illuminating the world.In the ordinary world, people start to hear chickens, and smoke rises from the kitchen. In the forest that has been quiet all night, the crisp chirping of birds begins to ring out, welcoming the new day.

At the top of the branches, leaning on the tree, overlooking the distance, Qingyun Mountain in the distance is bathed in the brilliance of the rising sun, covered with a layer of dazzling golden clothes, it stands there, silent and quiet.

On the Big Bamboo Peak, there was a loud barking sound.

A blue sword glow suddenly appeared high in the sky of the Big Bamboo Peak, circled around and then slowly fell down.Stopping in front of the Shoujing Hall, the light swayed and dispersed, revealing a figure in a green first Taoist robe and a pine tree.

Cang Song turned around, with a calm expression on his face, and began to look at this place slowly, how long has it been since he came to Dazhufeng once when he came to Xun Wan senior brother when he was young, and after that, he never came here again.

The memory that Cang Song had settled in his heart suddenly stirred up again, and he couldn't help but fell into the memory.

Lin Jingyu came out of the room as usual, and was about to go to the back mountain to do homework on chopping bamboo. As soon as he opened the door, he heard the sound of breaking through the sky. The blue figure fell down, Lin Jingyu stared at the inexplicably familiar figure, and froze in place.

A look of pain flashed in Cangsong's eyes, and he suddenly recovered from his past memories. He seemed to have discovered something, and looked not far away, and sure enough, he saw a 14-year-old boy watching with tears streaming down his face. He was in a daze, and the young man looked at him with complex eyes, Cang Song couldn't help frowning, looking at the young man with unusually cold eyes.

The young man was startled, as if he came back to his senses, Cang Song was about to ask, at this moment, Tian Buyi's short and fat body appeared at the door, he saw Cang Song, he couldn't help but startled, coughed lightly, with some meaning Unclearly said: "Hey, what kind of wind is blowing today, it actually blows Senior Brother Cangsong to my Big Bamboo Peak." After finishing speaking, he looked towards Lin Jingyu who was still standing blankly looking at Cangsong in the distance, and said : "Jing Yu, why are you standing here, why don't you do your homework."

Lin Jingyu responded, took a deep look at Cangsong, and left.

Cang Song cast a hesitant glance at Lin Jingyu, then turned his gaze back to Tian Buyi, and said coldly: "So he is Lin Jingyu, Junior Brother Tian, ​​if Xiaofan hadn't returned to Longshou Peak with a pale face yesterday, I, Cang Song I will never come to your big bamboo peak, just tell me the direction of the deep valley yesterday."

Tian Buyi was suffocated, with an angry look on his face, he said angrily: "Suru checked last night, there is nothing abnormal in the valley, what, you don't believe in my ability at Big Bamboo Peak? Brother Cangsong, don't forget , your apprentice Qi Hao was also there last night."

Cang Song snorted coldly, and said lightly: "Junior Brother Tian, ​​you may be thinking too much, just tell me where the valley is, and you don't have to worry about other things."

Tian Buyi blushed and said angrily: "Cangsong, you..."

Before the words fell, suddenly there was a flash of a figure beside him, but Suru had appeared and stood beside him, stretched out his hand to hold him, as a sign of his inability, then smiled lightly, and said to Cangsong: "Senior Brother Cangsong, The secluded valley is right behind the mangosteen forest at the back of my Big Bamboo Peak, and it is the deepest part."

Cang Song got the answer he wanted, so he didn't stay any longer, only thanked Suru, and gave Tian Buyi a cold look, then turned into a blue light and walked towards the back mountain.

After watching the blue light disappear, Suru said softly: "Senior brother Cangsong really came, it's not easy, why were you so angry just now?"

Tian Buyi shook his head, took a deep look at his wife, then turned his head slowly, and looked at the green bamboos in the garden, which gradually withered and turned yellow as winter approached, and he was in a daze for a long time, he didn't say anything, just lightly Sighed lightly.

But Cangsong explored the valley for a long time, and did not find anything abnormal, so he was relieved and Yu Jian went back.

Time flies, and two years have passed.

Qingyun Mountain, on Longshou Peak.

At this time, the cooking smoke was curling up slowly from the chimney above the kitchen roof, and the aroma of a crowd of people gently floated out from the open porch of the kitchen. It was faintly visible that a white figure was busy.

At this time, there was a bubbling sound from the big iron pot on the stove, Bai Ying, it was Zhang Xiaofan, he lifted the lid of the pot, and suddenly a strong aroma wafted from the bubbling pot When he came out, he looked at it twice, seemed to be satisfied, nodded, put the lid back on the pot, then turned around and walked to the fire place on the other side, picked up four or five pieces of pine wood and sent them to the stove iron. In the flames burning below the pot, it looked like it was going to be refueled.

Zhang Xiaofan took a look, casually picked up a black fire stick that was placed by his feet, stretched it in and fiddled with it a few times, the bright yellow flame became stronger again, Zhang Xiaofan's eyes slowly fell on the fire stick in his hand On a fire stick.

The whole black fire stick is only about one foot long except for the ball on the head. The only abnormal thing is that under the black color of the fire stick, there are blood veins faintly, especially between the short stick and the ball. The interface is even more obvious, and sometimes it almost looks like the two things are connected together with human blood.

Zhang Xiaofan's whole body trembled suddenly, the thought of human blood melting in his mind just now made him feel sick, these years, he has gradually forgotten that trip to the valley, only occasionally dreaming back at midnight, but suddenly Dreaming about that weird experience, I was sweating profusely after waking up.

In the dream, he felt that he was very lonely, facing the unknown ferocity alone, and facing the dark death alone. At this time, he always found it difficult to restrain his inexplicable emotional agitation, and with a hint of fanatical impulse, he endured He couldn't help but feel the feeling of killing, and even in the dark, he recalled the strange frenzy in the eyes of Monk Puzhi when he looked at him at the side of the broken grass temple many years ago.

Zhang Xiaofan didn't know why he had such a strange feeling, but fortunately he still had a way to calm his frightened heart, that is Dafan Prajna.

This set of supreme Buddhist formulas has the magical effect of deterring evil spirits and clearing the mind. He has practiced it for five years, and its greatest use is to suppress the strange emotions that have inexplicably appeared in the past two years.

"Snapped"!

Zhang Xiaofan had a pain in his head, and something fell to the ground, but it was a pine cone, Zhang Xiaofan turned around and said angrily: "Xiao Hui, here you go again, don't let me catch..." This Xiao Hui was from the trip to the valley The gray monkey who came back with Zhang Xiaofan, because of the large pine forest at the back of Longshou Peak, pine cones have always been common. At the beginning, Xiao Hui had nothing to do and often played. Everyone in the world followed its way, and Zhang Xiaofan had no choice but to ask Cang Song to teach Xiao Hui a lesson. From then on, Xiao Hui no longer played tricks on others, but often threw pine cones at him in ways that he could not. It happens that he often gets tricked, this monkey, it's not enough to hold grudges for two years, Zhang Xiaofan is quite helpless when he thinks of this.

Zhang Xiaofan shook his head, walked to the stove, lifted the lid of the pot, fiddled with it, nodded, picked up a big bowl, filled the iron pot with the bones and soup with a big spoon, and walked back In the place where the fire is burning, suppress the small flame.

Zhang Xiaofan finished all these quite proficiently, took a small bowl and a spoon, then picked up the big bowl of bone soup, and walked all the way to Longqing Hall.

After a while, he arrived outside the gate of Longqing Hall, Zhang Xiaofan said loudly: "Master, I am Xiaofan."

A deep and steady voice came from Longqing Hall, saying: "Come in."

Zhang Xiaofan heard the sound and walked into the Longqing Hall, and saw Cang Song buried in the affairs before the case, his expression was as usual, but Zhang Xiaofan could see a trace of fatigue between Cang Song's brows, he put the bone soup in his hand on the table, served it After a bowl was presented to Cangsong, he said: "Master, you are tired, take a break and drink a bowl of soup."

Cang Song stopped what he was doing, looked at Zhang Xiaofan, disapproved in his eyes, and scolded: "Xiaofan, why are you going to the kitchen to make soup again? Didn't the teacher say that there is a Daoist who specializes in cooking in the kitchen?"

Zhang Xiaofan said: "Master, I know, I was wrong, but I want to make soup for you..."

A trace of helplessness flashed in Cangsong's eyes, and he said quietly: "Okay, okay, let's not make an example, bring the soup, go down and practice hard."

Hearing this, Zhang Xiaofan watched Cang Song take the bone soup with a smile on his face, and went out contentedly.

Cangsong in the hall was carrying the soup, took a spoon and put it into his mouth. After a while, he nodded, with a smile in his eyes.