Chapter 70: The Gate of the Deserted Mountain
Standing in front of the Taoist temple, Liu Han didn't believe his eyes a little, and felt that he was mistaken.
I don't need to think about it at all, the Taoist temple has been abandoned for I don't know how many years, the courtyard wall has long been broken and collapsed, and it is not crawling with vines, but it has been completely powdered.
Liu Han stayed there for a while, along the traces of the courtyard wall, found the mountain gate, the mountain gate has long been gone, and there is no plaque, can only vaguely see that there was once a door here, next to the mountain gate, he saw a mountain stone, the mountain stone does not know what kind of stone, it is full of vines, he carefully swept the vines away, and three words were revealed on it, these three words are red fonts, arranged from top to bottom.
He looked at it for a while and confirmed that this was not a Dajin script, but he even guessed and felt that it was three words.
This made him happy in his heart, and Jing Zhen said that this was exactly here.
But when he walked in, Liu Han still saw something extraordinary.
Like many Taoist temples he has seen, after entering the mountain gate, there is a large courtyard, this courtyard is paved with bluestone, different from other Taoist temples, this is in the deserted Taoist temple in the dense forest, the bluestone paved in the courtyard is a whole piece of bluestone, there is no gap in the middle, so, after thousands of years, the bluestone is still flat, and it is full of fallen leaves, but there are no weeds and branches.
The fallen leaves have been **, emitting an unpleasant smell, after the mountain wind blows the Buddha, the smell is quickly blown away, but once the mountain wind weakens, the smell will come back again.
Liu Han turned around, broke a long branch, cut off the branches, made a wooden stick, took it carefully into the yard, swept away the fallen leaves on the ground, revealing the bluestone below, after such a long time, the Taoist temple has been deserted, but the bluestone is still green and quiet, exuding a faint coolness.
When I got to the main hall, it was no longer a hall.
But it can be seen that this hall was once very glorious, and the stone pillars that have not collapsed have not collapsed are completely made of marble, dozens of zhang high, and it takes two people to hug each other, looking at this row of stone pillars, Liu Han can't help but smack his tongue, this deep mountain and old forest, there is no road at all, how did such a stone pillar get in?
The stone pillar is still there, but the top of the hall is gone, the statue of the god in the hall has long been broken, the incense case of the idol has been decayed, the wooden stick touched lightly, it turned into powder without a sound, however, the copper tripod that burns incense is still hard, but there is no incense ash in the tripod.
Liu Han looked in the hall, and then came out of the side door next to him, the sunset had covered the sky, and the deserted Taoist temple was covered with a warm red.
Passing through the main hall, Liu Han did not enter the side halls on both sides, these side halls are equally magnificent, but also equally dilapidated, the ground behind the hall is not covered with bluestones, overgrown with weeds, and it can be clearly seen that in the flower beds, several towering trees have grown.
Liu Han picked up a few pheasants in the grass, and the pheasants flew up the trees with their long tails, looking curiously at the strangers who had intruded into their territory.
In addition to the pheasant, there was nothing else in the grass, Liu Han came to the backyard, in the middle of the backyard, there was a stone tablet, this stone tablet is about two zhang high, about ten feet wide (hexadecimal, one zhang is about sixteen feet), it is also covered with green vines, and the places that are not covered by green vines are covered with a thick layer of ash.
"That's it. ”
Liu Han breathed a sigh of relief, looked up at the fish scales on the horizon, took a deep breath, stabilized his emotions, and then stepped forward to remove the vines on the stone tablet and remove the ashes.
After working for a while, the whole appearance of the stele was displayed in front of him.
What made Liu Han a little puzzled was that the text engraved on the stele actually knew that it was the Dajin script. The inscription is also recognized, and it is the general outline of the Daozang.
"It's a good way, it's a very good way. The name is famous, and the name is not very famous. The beginning of the nameless world. The mother of all things. Therefore, there is often no desire to observe the wonder. There is often a desire to observe it. These two have the same name and different names, and they are the same mysteries. Mysterious and mysterious, the door of all wonders. ”
In addition to the inscriptions, there are also some strange patterns engraved around it, which are neither birds nor animals, but some strange lines.
At first glance, these lines seemed to be nothing, just a kind of decoration, Liu Han didn't pay much attention, but slowly, he was attracted by these lines.
The lines are simple, the patterns are weird, and there is a quaint and primitive taste.
If you think about it more closely, these lines and patterns form a strange harmony with the stone stele, the words on the stele, as well as this Taoist temple and the surrounding forest.
At the bottom of the stele, there is a rectangular groove, which is covered by vines, and this groove is only revealed after Liu Han clears the green vines.
Liu Han took out a jade plaque from his arms, hesitated for a moment, and then placed the jade plaque on the groove, the size was just right.
Breathing softly, Liu Han silently recited God bless in his heart, I hope Jing Zhen is right, he squatted down again, silently used the internal qi in his body, and after circulating in the body twice, he entered an internal qi into the jade plate.
After doing all this, Liu Han stood up, he did not dissipate the internal qi, the internal qi in the body was still circulating in the body, not only did he not step forward, but on the contrary, he took a few steps backwards, widening the distance from the stone tablet.
The surroundings were quiet, and the stele was equally quiet, Liu Han frowned slightly, not knowing what to do next, Jing Zhen told him like this, embed the jade plate into the stele, enter an internal breath, and the rest was to wait.
Jingzhen told him not to panic no matter what he saw, but now there was nothing, which made him a little puzzled.
After a while, suddenly, a little light came out from the groove at the bottom of the stele, and then the light went out, but the stele gradually came to life, starting from the bottom groove, like a stream of water, gushing out from here, flowing along those patterns, and quickly returning to the groove.
The whole stele came to life, and the surrounding patterns emitted a faint light, reflecting the setting sun, so that the light turned red again.
The words on the stele also came to life, and several characters in the inscription popped out of the stele, quickly lined up in front of the stele, and then quickly dissipated.
As the line of writing dissipated, changes began to begin behind the stele.
Behind the stele is an open area, which has no tall trees, only a few low artemisia grasses, and looks very peaceful.
Now, the space above this piece of artemisia grass is silently and violently turbulent.
This is a strange phenomenon, the artemisia grass on the ground does not move, the surrounding flowers and leaves do not move, only the air moves, and the air is only violently turbulent in this space.
It's as if the space here has collapsed, like a stone thrown in the quiet middle of the waterfall lake, and the ripples spread out in circles and circles, but they can't reach the shore, and disappear in the lake.
Having said so much, in fact, it was a matter of the blink of an eye, from Liu Han entering the internal breath into the jade plate, to the space beginning to collapse, and finally forming a door-like thing, it was also a blink of an eye.
Liu Han looked at the door in amazement, this door was suspended there out of thin air, and from inside the door poured out extremely fresh air, this air flow was so fresh, so vibrant.
A figure floated out of the door, and Liu Han was sure that he had floated out because he didn't see the ground.
"You're the one who called the door?" The man looked at Liu Han and frowned slightly, then turned his gaze on him, and then felt a little relieved.
Liu Han fixed his mind and looked at this person, this person was wearing a blue gown, and the gown was made of fabric, which was different from the clothes on the market, a little ,., weird.
This man, standing there casually, looked to be in his forties, his face was a little pale, and he seemed to have not seen the sun for a long time.
"Who are you, and where did you learn Honjong?" the man asked again, still floating in the air as he spoke, not falling to the ground.
Only then did Liu Han come to his senses, and hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Under Liu Han, I will hand over one thing to the Lord of Guiguan at the behest of the true Tao." ”
The man was stunned: "Jingzhen, it's been fifty years since he came out of the mountain, why didn't he come back himself?"
Liu Han shook his head, and the man frowned and asked, "What did he ask you to send back?"
Liu Han hesitated and didn't answer, and the man frowned again: "Where did you learn your cultivation?"
"Master Jingzhen taught. Liu Han replied.
"You're his apprentice?"
"No, Jing is really my friend. Liu Han said seriously.
"Friends?!" The man was a little surprised, and a hint of mockery appeared on the corner of his mouth: "You are friends?"
Liu Han nodded very hard without noticing, he still hadn't woken up from the shock.
"Tell me what to call the Taoist. Liu Han asked.
The man didn't answer, frowned and thought for a while, before he said, "Since Senior Brother Jingzhen asked you to come," he said, he stretched out his hand, and the jade plate flew over from the stone tablet, Liu Han was suddenly shocked in his heart, and secretly blamed himself, how did he be bluffed by the other party! If the other party had a bad heart, wouldn't he be finished.
"Come with me. The man said.
Liu Han breathed a sigh of relief, walked a few steps forward, bypassed the stone stele, walked to the door, stood at the door, he frowned slightly, this door is open in mid-air, about two feet from the ground, there are no steps and no ground, the man in blue stood at the door, blocking the door to death, and there seemed to be no intention of giving in.
Liu Han knew what the man in blue meant after a little thought, he looked at the man in blue, smiled slightly, his breath in his body quickly moved his whole body, and he jumped up and rushed straight to the door, in this process, the man in blue always remained calm, and there seemed to be a faint smile in his eyes.
Liu Han rushed over, seeing that he was about to collide, the body of the man in blue suddenly floated backwards, Liu Han rushed in, the man in blue did not turn around, he still fell backwards, but Liu Han involuntarily continued to rush forward.
He rushed very fast, and the man in blue retreated just as fast, from the outside, Liu Han was like a wild bull, and the man in blue was extremely chic, his clothes fluttering, and he suddenly looked like a fairy.
Liu Han wanted to stop, but he was horrified to find that he couldn't control his body, and his body floated straight forward.
Gradually, Liu Han also discovered that the reason why he floated forward was actually the reason for the man in blue, the man in blue was still facing him, but there was an aura emanating from him, which was similar to the breath on the strange old man, but there was also a difference, the old man's breath was colder.
Unable to control his body, Liu Han was a little panicked, looked up and looked around, the surroundings were white, and he didn't know what it was, and he couldn't see anything clearly.
"Qingling, don't play, please come to the welcome house!"
I don't know where a calm voice came, and the man in blue grinned: "Yes, master." ”
Liu Han was secretly shocked in his heart, it turned out that there were still people here, but at this time, the speed of the man in blue accelerated, and Liu Han's internal breath operated again, but he did not find any abnormality, on the contrary, the breath here was very thick, thicker than the mysterious valley in the Western Regions, and in just this short cycle, the internal breath increased.
This feeling of being unable to resist made Liu Han very uncomfortable.
Soon, the dense white expanse around gradually faded, and the fragrance of mountain flowers came, and there was a faint greenery.
After another gallop, the man in blue stopped, Liu Han rushed forward involuntarily, and suddenly felt his feet fall on the ground, and he turned his breath inside, and found that he could control his body again.
When he looked up again, he was taken aback by the situation in front of him.