TaiHao

In order to burn incense alone, Mrs. Li had already sent the others away, but now a sudden voice from behind startled the old woman.

Patting her chest, Mrs. Li turned her head to look at Jiang Yuanchen. Jiang Yuanchen put on his clothes again, and there was also a purple logo of Taixu Taoism on the lapel. Mrs. Li is the venerable member of the Li family, with a graceful status. Naturally, she has some friendship with the Taixu Taoist masters of Jiang State, and she can tell the origin of Jiang Yuanchen at a glance.

"Don't you know that Taoist Master is under the Imperial Preceptor? Do you know how good Taoist Zhang is?" The Taoist Zhang mentioned by Mrs. Li is the highest administrator of the Taixu Taoist Sect in the Jiang Kingdom. The old lady also meant to raise a big banner to protect her. body.

Jiang Yuanchen laughed: "Pindao comes from Baiyang Mountain, so the old lady doesn't need to be so vigilant." When facing mortals, Jiang Yuanchen changed his words to another one, instead of calling himself "I", he used the word "Pindao".

Baiyang Mountain? Mrs. Li quickly bowed and said, "It turns out that he is the immortal master of Taixu Dao Sect. I don't know why the immortal master came here."

"Of course it's for this mountain god who died for no reason." From the corner of Jiang Yuanchen's eyes, he caught sight of Mrs. Li's face suddenly changing, and asked the original question again: "Is there any relationship between the old lady and the mountain god here?"

"Um."

"The old lady seems to have known about the death of the mountain god here for a long time? Are you here to check this time?"

After thinking for a while, the old lady said: "I had a dream three months ago, in which I saw a golden musk deer covered in blood next to me."

Golden musk deer? Jiang Yuanchen's eyes narrowed: "The old lady has a good relationship with the local mountain god, but she even knows his true identity?"

"Due to poor health when I was a child, my father sent me to a village here for recuperation. So I grew up in Heize Mountain and naturally recognized the local mountain god." Mrs. Li said with a complicated look on her face: "I am ill. After recovering, I returned to Beijing to get married, and later I got help from Chaofeng many times."

Chaofeng? Is this the name of the local mountain god? Jiang Yuanchen continued to listen to Mrs. Li's story about what happened between her and the mountain god.

"So, the old lady is also destined to be Lord Chaofeng." Jiang Yuanchen smiled and looked at the statue of the mountain god with his hands behind his hands as the aura gradually dissipated: "Did Chaofeng Mountain God tell you anything in his last dream? Other things? Like about the person who killed him?"

"Did Chaofeng be killed?" Mrs. Li was surprised: "Who dares to kill a god?"

Seeing Mrs. Li like this, Jiang Yuanchen sighed secretly: It seems that this line is broken.

"It's nothing, it's a snake demon who wants to retaliate for his kindness and want to covet his mountain god position." Jiang Yuanchen casually put the matter on the snake demon: "It seems that the old lady doesn't know?"

"Snake demon? Is it the one who was saved by Chao Feng? I heard Chao Feng say in my dream that the snake demon's life experience can be considered pitiful." Mrs. Li murmured: "Is it really because of his kindness again? ." There was no doubt that he was there, but the corners of the old lady's eyes were a little moist.

Jiang Yuanchen opened his lips and swallowed the next words. After all, now that the real culprit can't be found, we have no choice but to give in to the snake demon.

Jiang Yuanchen was thinking about comforting Mrs. Li when he suddenly saw a wooden hairpin on the old lady's head and blurted out: "Where did the wooden hairpin on the old lady's head come from?"

Mrs. Li reached out and took out the wooden hairpin. The wooden hairpin is entirely red, with a five-petal plum blossom carved at the end. With a look of reminiscence on her face, Mrs. Li said: "My girlfriend's name is similar to plum blossom. Chaofeng gave me this wooden hairpin when I got married."

Vaguely feeling the inexplicable power of the wooden hairpin, Jiang Yuanchen said thoughtfully: "Although this is the thing that the old lady loves most, I wonder if the old lady can part with her love? Of course, the poor man will exchange it for something, such as something that can make people live longer and healthier. Pill?"

"I know my own body and bones." Mrs. Li said calmly: "I am already over 60 years old. I knew I only had a few years left in my life. In addition, I have not experienced anything in this life, so I have lived enough."

He had tortured his parents-in-law to death, his husband to death, and even his son and daughter-in-law had left earlier than him, and now he was the only one left among his peers. Even Chaofeng, who was known as the immortal god and had a close relationship with him, died. So what hope does he have in the future?

Mrs. Li was half-hearted and placed the wooden hairpin in Jiang Yuanchen's palm: "It's something you won't take with you anyway. The younger generation likes gold, jade and jewelry more than this wooden hairpin. It would be better for the younger generation to use it as firewood after I left." , it’s better to just leave it to the immortal master like this.”

Mrs. Li is so open-minded, Jiang Yuanchen doesn't know what to say.

"It's just that I'm very curious. Do people who pursue immortality like the immortal master think life is really interesting?" Mrs. Li has no love in her life and seems to want to die.

"..." This old lady has indeed gone through many vicissitudes of life. She eats more salt than Jiang Yuanchen eats rice. After hearing the old lady's question, Jiang Yuanchen was speechless.

"Everyone has his own way of living." Jiang Yuanchen reluctantly gave an explanation. Then Jiang Yuanchen looked back at the statue of Wangshan God, and with a random move, a wisp of crystal sand flew out from the foundation of the altar and landed in front of Jiang Yuanchen.

It was condensed into a piece of yellow crystal jade using the water condensation method, and then he took out a hundred-knot rope and tied it on. Jiang Yuanchen gave this jade pendant to Mrs. Li.

"This crystal jade has a magical power left by the mountain god. Just think of it as him continuing to accompany the old lady." For this kind of old man, loneliness is more serious than any disease.

Mrs. Li saw a golden shadow in the center of the jade pendant, which seemed to look like a musk deer. She felt very warm and put it on her neck directly.

"Thank you so much, Master Immortal." The old lady said gratefully.

"Nothing, I just hope that the old lady can use this token to walk safely through the next journey." Jiang Yuanchen swiped his index finger in the air, and a peace charm was engraved on the jade pendant.

Touching the jade pendant, the yellow and golden musk shadows appeared around Mrs. Li, as if they were guarding the old lady. The old lady staggered and walked out of the hall on crutches, but there was a comfortable smile on her face, and she seemed full of hope for the journey ahead.

As if she saw the golden musk beast next to her, Mrs. Li said to herself: "It's okay, Chaofeng. With your memories by my side, I can continue to finish this last journey."

Turning her head, Mrs. Li smiled at Jiang Yuanchen and said: "Master Immortal, no matter what happens to me, I just rely on my past memories to get through the next last journey. I also sincerely hope that Master Immortal can understand what he wants in life, and he will never fail. Let the long life be boring and empty.”

Mrs. Li led everyone outside and returned. Wei Gong quietly appeared beside Jiang Yuanchen: "Don't listen to the old lady's nonsense. What this old lady loves to do most is to preach to others. So the younger generation in their family are not very willing to pay attention to this lady." The old lady has a lot of money but no one close to her to talk to."

"But she is not wrong. The most taboo thing for those of us who practice Taoism is the death of the heart. If the heart grows old and the Tao rots, then the day is not far away from dying. Therefore, before we can refine the golden elixir, we must You need to go through human experience to understand human nature and gather your own "human heart". In the end, you can combine your human heart with your heavenly heart, and you can live in this world for a long time."

Golden elixir is known as the symbol of great transformation from the mortal world, but if you don't even understand what a human being is, how can you transcend it?

"Uncle Wu Ziming started with evil, refined the human skin book of the undead to understand the various evils in the world, and finally condensed the golden elixir. Uncle Chen Hao started with killing, realized the preciousness of life on the battlefield, and finally condensed the golden elixir. Uncle Liu Kai used Starting from love, he proclaimed himself a cultivator to realize love in the mortal world, and finally forgot about love and condensed the golden elixir in his heart. I don’t know, what will we do when the time comes?" Mrs. Li’s free and easy attitude finally touched Jiang Yuanchen’s Taoist heart. It made him have some inexplicable thoughts about humanity.

Seeing how sentimental Jiang Yuanchen was, Wei Gong reached out and slapped him on the forehead: "Have you gathered all the herbs? How can a young monk in the foundation-building period learn from his seniors and pretend to be a master? He should practice hard. Then he will experience humanity in the future. The teacher only has arrangements, and you have to do it even if you don’t want to do it!”

"Now that you're done, go back quickly, or I'll sue you when you go back to the mountain, so that your future human life will be like that of Uncle Liu!"

The white cranes and dragon horses flew south, leaving only the empty mountain temple waiting for the new mountain god to move in.

…

That night, Jiang Yuanchen had another spiritual dream after returning to his residence, dreaming about something that happened to Mrs. Li when she was young.

This time, Jiang Yuanchen looked like a girl and played with a golden musk deer in a lawn.

Through Mrs. Li's eyes, Jiang Yuanchen saw the appearance of the golden musk deer. His hand couldn't help but touch the innate spirit mark on Jin Musk's forehead. It turned out to be the spirit beast spirit of Jin Xing.

"Hey, I don't know your name until now, so how about I call you Chaofeng?" The girl put her face against Jin Musk's head and said snuggled up.

…

The next moment, the surrounding scene changed again. The golden musk deer was shot by a hunter, and the girl used her handkerchief to bandage him.

"I told you, people's hearts are evil. Don't always save people casually. I don't know how many people have heard that there are spiritual beasts in Blackpool Mountain and want to come and kill you. Even if you are a mountain god, you may not be able to save your life. ? This time it’s just a mortal, but what if someone from the immortal realm comes next time?”

Jin Musk stuck out his tongue and licked the girl's palm, waiting for the girl to help him finish bandaging.

…

In the third scene, the girl was sent back to Yanjing by her father because she recovered from her illness in Blackpool Mountain.

Sitting on a carriage, Jiang Yuanchen felt the girl holding his handkerchief and crying silently. Then suddenly she felt something in her heart. She opened the window and saw a golden musk deer on the roadside in the distance. The girl threw her handkerchief out of the window.

"I will return."

Yes, will be back. Jiang Yuanchen said silently in his heart, on specific days every year, you would come back to the mountain temple to offer incense until the mountain god died at the age of ninety-two this year and then met me.

The mind merged with Mrs. Li's memories, and Jiang Yuanchen's mind power was consumed faster.

…

In the fourth scene, Jiang Yuanchen saw himself wearing a wedding dress and staying in a new house, while a man in brocade stood silently opposite.

"Take me away." Jiang Yuanchen saw through the mirror that his face was already covered with tears, and he begged the man.

The man was speechless, leaving behind a wooden hairpin, and then disappeared.

Jiang Yuanchen felt something in his heart. Perhaps it was because of the differences between humans and gods, and between humans and beasts, that Chaofeng left silently? But in the end, when he saw the snake demon marrying the scholar regardless of the obstruction, did Chao Feng also touch the scars in his heart? Could it be that the murderer even calculated this accurately?

…

In the fifth scene, the young woman was lying weakly on the bed. She was injured after giving birth to her legitimate son, but her husband went to court day and night and never set foot in the backyard.

The man in brocade clothes appeared again, fed the woman a pill and disappeared again. After that, whenever the woman was in trouble, the man in brocade would appear to help her eliminate the disaster.

…

In the sixth scene, the woman was in her seventies, her parents, brothers, and even her husband and son were no longer around. In grief, she fell ill again, and then she saw the golden musk deer accompanying her in her dream.

"Are you the only one left in the end?" The woman tremblingly stroked the golden musk deer in her dream: "Don't leave me -"

Jin She was shocked and allowed the old woman to cling to him.

They were together in dreams for more than twenty years, until the last night, the golden deer in front of me suddenly appeared in the dream covered in blood. Mrs. Li was shocked to realize that something was wrong, so she prepared a car and horses in advance to go to the mountain temple to check the situation.

Jiang Yuanchen withdrew from the land of nowhere, his face was extremely pale because of excessive mental wear and tear. Slowly eliminating Mrs. Li's thoughts, she finally gave herself some peace.

"Da Meng Qing, maybe I can feel the changes in the world and understand the way of humanity from the dreams of these people. When the time comes, it will not be impossible for all dreams to return to their true form, and to refine the golden elixir."

Jiang Yuanchen then thought about it: "But in this case, I need to pay more attention to these artifacts that contain powerful telepathy. Mortals must have the kind of artifacts that they carry with them all year round, while monks must have their own magical treasures.

Mortal thoughts can help one experience humanity. If it is an obsession left over from a monk, as long as a little Taoist magic is left behind, it will be beneficial to one's own practice. "