Chapter Seventy-Seven: Ghostly
Out of the gate of Yizhuang, you can see that the moonlight outside is clear and bright, but it is far from being as bright as the previous two days, the first two days were still full moon, and today there is a corner missing, but at least there is moonlight to illuminate the road ahead for us. The three of us left Yizhuang and went straight to the desolate hillside in front of us, which was not very high, it looked like a small hill, and it was located alone on the side of the Tuojiang River, and there was a suspension bridge on the hillside, which was the only path through the Tuojiang River.
Listening carefully to the sound of the turbulent water of the Tuojiang River, it seems to be joking with us night walkers, I have been beating the drum in my heart, the skinning ghost I met before has made my heart palpitate, and the master will not let me use the spirit whisker whip, I feel that I have no reliance at all.
After crossing the Tuojiang River, there is a barren grassland in front of us, and in the distance, we can see the appearance of a village, that big lump of pitch black, maybe it is the ghost village we are looking for.
The ghost village came closer, it looked like a cauldron buckled on the ground, the top of the top was round, very strange, more than half an hour later, we finally came to the ghost village, standing here only to find that the bottom of the big cauldron at the top of the village was a huge tree top, the branches were fluffy in all directions, and the branches and leaves were covered on it, but it was not like a cauldron bottom.
And this huge tree, its branches and leaves, actually covers the entire village below, don't underestimate this village, its area is not small, walk around the front and back, at least it takes an hour, it can be seen that the huge tree shrouded in it, how amazing!
I looked at this very strange village in amazement, and I couldn't help but ask, "Master, can you tell what kind of tree this is?" ”
Since it was in the moonlight, it was already good to be able to identify the road, but when I looked up at the moonlight, I couldn't see what kind of tree it was. At this time, the dead wood Taoist opened his mouth: "Brother Yang Dao, I think this tree looks like a big locust tree, the word locust has a ghost, it is a ghost tree, if it is not small, it is very likely to become a spirit!" ”
I was puzzled and asked, "Dead Wood Dao Chief, how can the branches and leaves of the big locust tree have so many leaves?" ”
The dead wood Taoist smiled bitterly: "Because it has become a refinement, it is naturally a little more bullish than the ordinary big locust tree, but no matter how bullish it is, it is not as bullish as I and your master join forces, hehe!" ”
"Uh......" I only felt speechless about the words of the Deadwood Daoist, and then asked Master, "Master, shall we go in now?" Need to light a torch or not? After all, this big locust tree has lush branches and leaves, and the light must be very dark when we go in, and it will be very troublesome if we can't see the road clearly. ”
The master quietly looked at the big locust tree shrouded above, and said after a long time: "No, we can't go in so rashly, this big locust tree is indeed full of aura, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a refinement, but we are cultivators, and we have a natural restraint aura against demons and evils, once this giant locust tree feels that we are threatened, I am afraid it will be very tricky, we might as well find a place with thin branches and leaves to enter the village, which can be regarded as a hint that we do not mean to offend." ”
The deadwood Taoist nodded: "What Brother Yang Dao said is very true, I also think so, then let's look around, there is any place to enter the village." ”
Master took us directly to the west entrance of the village, and said, "The east belongs to wood, which is the gate of anger, and the west belongs to gold, and the branches and leaves here are really much thinner, and we still have some light to find when we go in from here, so we don't need to light torches, so as not to cause any trouble, and in unnecessary cases, we still treat all things in heaven and earth with a heart of awe, after all, it is proper to know that heaven and earth can accommodate them, why can't we accommodate them?" ”
Deadwood Daoist nodded again: "Brother Yang Dao is right, I think so too, then let's go in quickly, I hope my customer is inside...... Don't let anything happen. ”
As soon as I stepped into the village, I suddenly felt that the air suddenly became a lot colder, but the air in this village is unusually refreshing, it seems that everything is so pure and unclean, although it is a little cold, but it is still very comfortable, I have to say, under the shroud of this tree spirit, the aura is full of energy, and the air is so good, just like the feeling of standing on the top of a mountain. Ethereal and comforting, cold and fierce!
Why do you say sharp, just because in this air, there seems to be a trace of cold wind, wandering back and forth, very weird, once on the body, goosebumps suddenly fell to the ground, like a small whirlpool in the river, but here, it is a cold cyclone, I closed my clothes, followed closely behind the master, the more I went inside, the more eerie I felt.
At first, I felt a little comfortable, but at this moment, my heart suddenly jumped wildly, and after a while, Master and the Deadwood Daoist suddenly stopped, and Master said coldly and angrily: "I didn't intend to offend, and the ghosts and demons from all sides should not get close again, otherwise we will not be spared!" ”
As soon as Master's words were finished, my wildly beating heart suddenly calmed down, and I hurriedly whispered to Master, "Master, my heart was beating very hard just now, and I felt ......."
"Hmm." Without waiting for me to finish, the master nodded clearly: "The inexplicable madness of the mind is that there are evil things wandering around, the natural reaction of the seven spirits in this person's body, if it is a person who has not opened the eyes of the sky, he can use this to distinguish whether there are evil things around his body, once the yin and evil things retreat, his mood is instantly smooth, that is, and your feelings, just because this big locust tree is full of aura, it will inevitably attract many yin and evil things to hide below to cultivate, and even some have become climate spirituality, this village is not as smooth as we look at from the outside, The aura inside is very chaotic, so be careful. ”
The dead wood Taoist frowned and said: "It stands to reason that this place is some distance away from Nanhua Mountain, if there is no Taoist temple or temple nearby, it is difficult to make this thousand-year-old tree become a climate, but I drove the corpse all the way over, and I didn't find a Taoist temple or temple nearby, which is really incredible!" ”
I was surprised and asked, "Deadwood Daoist, why do you want to be close to the Taoist temple and the temple to have a chance to become a spirit?" ”
The dead wood Taoist immediately cleared his throat and said solemnly: "Because whether it is a Taoist temple or a temple, there will be the sound of chanting every day, Ergou, you still can't understand that the Tao is boundless, when the Tao is read, the power of merit it produced by it is so vast and boundless, and everything in heaven and earth has spirituality, take this big tree as an example, if you are close to the Taoist temple or temple, hear the Taoist scriptures or Buddhist scriptures, listening to the scriptures is also a kind of practice, this practice is to cultivate and rely on the scriptures to open their spiritual wisdom, over time, Nature can also become some climate. ”
It turns out that listening to the scriptures can also practice, and the door to practice is really wonderful. Master continued: "Brother Dead Wood Dao, have you forgotten that although the branches and leaves of this big tree cannot reach the distance, the roots below can stretch for miles away. ”
"Boom!"
Just when the master and the deadwood Taoist were studying how to cultivate this big locust tree, in the depths of the village, there was an inexplicable sound of a house collapsing, hearing this sound, the words of the master and the deadwood Taoist suddenly stopped, both of them looked over with a frightened face, and the deadwood Taoist said excitedly: "Although this old tree spirit covers the corpse of my customer, I can still conclude that my customer is in it, Brother Yang Dao, let's go in and have a look!" ”
"Good!" Master nodded cautiously, looked at me, and said, "Ergou, you follow closely as a teacher, this place is dangerous and unpredictable, don't go far, remember!" ”
As he spoke, the master and the deadwood Taoist ran quickly towards the source of the sound, how dare I slack off, this ghost place is gloomy, if I were alone here, I would never stay for a quarter of an hour and have to escape. Thinking that there were thousands of roots and tendrils of this big tree, leading to various places in all directions, and above that root, I didn't know how many evil things and spiritual cultivators had gathered in the middle of it, I couldn't imagine it, I trembled all over, and quickly caught up with the master and the deadwood Taoist.
In the center of the village, the master and the deadwood Taoist slowly stopped, not that they refused to move forward, but that this huge big locust tree, which was growing in front of it, and the thick trunk hugged by at least ten people completely blocked the road!