Chapter 3: The Old Man and the True Scriptures

The old man was contented to hold several wine jars the size of watermelons, which were filled with the famous bamboo leaf green. www.biquge.info At this moment, his face was filled with a childlike smile, and his face was full of happiness like a groom about to cave a house.

And Sun Changkong, who was following behind, glanced at the deflated money bag in his hand dejectedly, and then threw himself at the old man in front of him with a vicious look.

"Oh, I'm in a good mood today! Come, come with me, I've got something good for you." ”

A poor sloppy old man who can't even afford to pay for wine can have something good to treasure. Even if there were, most of them were pawned for wine and meat money.

But looking at the helpless old man's mysterious appearance, Sun Changkong didn't want to refuse cruelly, so he had to follow the other party towards the outskirts of Denggao City.

After walking for about half an hour, Sun Changkong vaguely saw a city god temple in disrepair appear in front of him. Once, when there was no Cangbei Immortal Garden, people would come to the temple every year to offer incense and ask for signatures, seeking the blessing of the gods. In the City God Temple, the incense is flourishing, and there is an endless stream of people coming and going.

However, since the path of cultivating immortals, these traditional gods have gradually faded out of people's sight, and finally abandoned in the corners of the world.

After all, with real immortals to guide the world and benefit the people, who wants to pursue those ethereal and invisible gods?

The current City God Temple is already dilapidated, and the golden body of the City God is even more dull, and the coating on the surface has long been mottled and peeled off, revealing the original appearance of the clay pottery.

"Just find a place to sit!"

The old man gently placed the wine jar on the ground, turned around and walked towards the side door behind the temple, leaving Sun Changkong alone to stay on top of the temple.

Looking around, there was a depressed and dilapidated atmosphere everywhere in the temple, and the candlesticks were lying on the offering table, weak and weak.

Looking at the mess all over the ground, Sun Changkong thought to himself, let alone sitting, he couldn't even find the place where he was standing, he really couldn't figure out how the old man lived here alone.

When I saw the old man again, he already had an extra plate of salt-and-pepper peanuts in his hand. Although I don't know where he got it, from the aroma that can be smelled from afar, the craftsmanship is still quite good.

The old man handed the plate to Sun Changkong, and sat on the ground, Sun Changkong also came back to his senses, and the other party actually "unloaded" his legs.

That's right, one of his legs and feet was so casually held in his hands, a pair of prosthetic limbs carved from looser cedar wood. Don't look at the surface work is rough, but the joints of the important parts are flexible and free, if you don't see it with your own eyes, you really can't believe that the other party is actually disabled.

"You...... What's wrong with your legs!"

Faced with this sudden situation, Sun Changkong couldn't help but stutter and asked.

"Hehe, the sins I did when I was young, don't talk about it. Come on, drink!"

The old man took out two large porcelain bowls that had not been used for a long time from under the offering table behind him, opened one of the wine jars, and poured it twice. His way of drinking is very rough, at first glance it is the old rivers and lakes, I saw him raise his head and drink the beautiful things in the bowl with a sip, and the overflowing wine was sprinkled all over his body, because the sound of praise from Shu Shuang echoed in the temple that had not been lively for a long time.

Now he looks as if he is admiring a peerless beauty with a graceful demeanor, and he is fascinated.

Taking advantage of the other party's cattle drink, Sun Changkong glanced at the old man's affected area, and saw that the legs were cut off at the root, and the section was flat, which was obviously caused by a sharp weapon. Because of the friction with the wooden leg over the years, a thick layer of calluses has been left on the scar, the cocoon is brownish-yellow, and there are signs of bleeding and inflammation in some places. The only good thing was that the old man had long been accustomed to this, and even if the wine was accidentally spilled on it, there was no painful expression on his face. It was as if his heart had long since died like those calluses.

"Young man, look at you sullenly, whether you have suffered any grievances. Tell me, maybe my unpaid old scoundrel can do you. ”

After three rounds of drinking, the old man's guard seems to have been lowered a long time ago, and now he is a little uneasy to speak, but his true temperament has been revealed. Come to think of it, he was also a heroic wanderer in the past.

"Hehe, thank you for your kindness. However, that person is too powerful, and with my current cultivation, I am afraid that he will not be able to match him for another ten years of hard training. After all, while I'm working hard, he's also growing rapidly......''

Before he finished speaking, Sun Changkong's eyes had a yellowed and worn-out book at some point. On the cover, a few small words are written vigorously:

"There are no two true scriptures. ”

The old man's expression was very indifferent, as if the book had nothing to do with his half a dime.

Sun Changkong first glanced at the old man strangely, and then began to read the unique scriptures in front of him.

It doesn't matter if you look at it, where is this martial arts cheats, it's clearly a mixed picture album.

The book depicts those flying in the sky and running on the ground, majestic and handsome mountains, and winding streams. The whole album is depicted in the situation of ink painting, which is majestic and magnificent, and the painting style is quite bold and unrestrained. Even the flowers and insects, the grass and the trees in it all reveal indescribable eternity.

For some reason, there is an irresistible magic in this unique scripture diagram, and you can't think of diverting attention just by looking at it. After a while, Sun Changkong had already roughly browsed it, not to mention that he was familiar with it, but he already had some impressions.

"What, have you finished reading it?"

The old man grabbed a handful of peanuts and stuffed them into his mouth, swallowed them along with the wine, and then burped loudly.

"I've seen it all, but what's the use of this thing! I'm not a literati, so I can't appreciate this kind of thing. ”

Looking at Sun Changkong's puzzled expression, the old man couldn't help but giggle, and then continued:

"It's good to see it, it's good to see it. ”

Then, the two of them simply repeated the action of lifting and putting down, and a jar of bamboo leaves was consumed by them like this. Later, Sun Changkong was unconscious, and he even forgot how he returned to Xianyuan. It wasn't until noon the next day that he struggled with his head, which was about to crack.

"This wine is too strong, isn't it? Why does my head seem to have been slapped with bricks?"

Just as Sun Changkong stroked the back of his head, his mind suddenly moved, and a vague picture scroll vaguely floated in his mind. Although he couldn't fully remember it, based on his memory, he probably guessed that this was one of the unique true scripture drawings from yesterday.

Thinking of this, Sun Changkong hurriedly looked for the unique scripture on his body, but to his surprise, the album disappeared inexplicably.

Although he drank a lot yesterday, he remembered that he did carry the album in his arms halfway, and why did he wake up and find it. Could it be that the bad old man regretted it halfway and took it back? However, thinking that the book of the same true scripture was not a big deal, he simply ignored it.

According to the daily practice habits, each disciple has to meditate for half an hour in the morning to absorb the aura of heaven and earth. Because in the morning, the aura of heaven and earth is the richest, and it will be twice the result with half the effort when absorbed. For several days, Sun Changkong almost forgot his daily cultivation course, and in order to avoid regression in his cultivation, Sun Changkong hurriedly meditated on the spot, hoping that he would be able to catch the last train today. Who knows, not long after that, he felt something strange.

"This ...... What's going on?"

According to common sense, the aura of heaven and earth absorbed by him should enter his dantian, and then condense it slightly, and then enter it into the limbs and bones of his body, and then temper his physical body to achieve the effect of improving his cultivation.

However, today, after Sun Changkong absorbed the aura, he mysteriously disappeared in his body. Neither entered the dantian nor reached the rest of the body. Right now, his body is like a bottomless black hole, and no matter how much spiritual energy enters, it will sink into the sea, and there will be no turning back.

At first, Sun Changkong didn't care, thinking that it was the result of many days of neglecting to cultivate. But the situation continued unanimously for several hours, and the sun had set to the west, but the situation did not improve. At this time, he was sweating on his forehead, and his lips, which had not been watered for a long time, had begun to crack and bleed.

"His grandmother's, it's a ghost today, it's really evil!"

While complaining in his mouth, Sun Changkong once again followed the conventional method to run the aura originally stored in his body again, and when the aura poured into his mind, they actually disappeared again.

"No, no, no!"

Sun Changkong searched almost every corner of his brain, but still found nothing. Just when his thoughts were lost, the blurred picture that appeared in the center of his mind began to glow brightly.

"It's ......"

Sun Changkong swallowed his saliva, and then he focused his attention on the mysterious picture scroll, only to see the golden light flickering on it, the mist was swirling, and wisps of golden breath flowed in it, it was those disappeared heaven and earth aura, it turned out that they were all attracted here, no wonder he couldn't find it no matter how he looked for it.

After half a day of aura absorption, the pattern on the eagle scroll has been much clearer than in the morning, but if you look closely, you can still only see some outline lines, and the details are still blurred.

"It's like a flapping eagle, weird, what's the meaning of that?"

Thinking that all the abnormalities that happened to him came from the unique true scripture map, Sun Changkong decided to go to the City God Temple again and ask the disabled beggar what was going on.

However, at the moment when he just stood up, an aura that he had not expected immediately spread. Everywhere the aura swept by, it was dusty and majestic, as if a fierce beast that had been sleeping for a long time had suddenly woken up.

The dust fell to the ground, and a graceful arc appeared on the road.

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