There is a strange natural landscape northwest of Shimenkou, about forty miles northwest of Mingguang.

There is a crack on the rock cliff on the mountainside, about one foot wide and seven feet long, and it is unfathomable.

The stone walls on both sides of the crack are like smoke and fire. If you wipe them with your hands, there will be a layer of black gray on your hands. Black smoke often appears from the crack, which looks like clouds from a distance.

Whenever black smoke comes out, rain will occur, and the concentration of black smoke and the size of the smoke clouds are proportional to the amount of rain.

A child who once herded cattle covered the hat on the crack, and the black smoke came out actually pushed the hat on the clouds and scattered it around the air.

This is a natural phenomenon, but for thousands of years, the common people have passed on such a story.

A long time ago, Taibai Jinxing lived here and practiced. There was a stone alchemy house on the hillside.

In the alchemy room, four Taoist boys took turns to add firewood to the alchemy furnace day and night. Because it took 7749 days and 49 days and nights to refine a furnace of alchemy, four Taoist boys were still picking firewood on the mountain all day long.

It is said that this pill can help people achieve enlightenment and become immortals as soon as possible. This is called "Silver Pill". There is another type called "Golden Pill" that requires ninety-ninety to be refined for 81 days. This "Golden Pill" can make people live forever and never invade all diseases.

Among the four Taoist boys who burned fire, some older ones were called Qingniu. This Qingniu had the desire to become an immortal for a long time. Although he only took one shift a day, he would run to the alchemy room whenever he had time, urged other junior brothers to chop firewood, hold firewood, add firewood, and sometimes help.

Taibai Jinxing was very happy to see Qingniu so hardworking, so he asked him to be responsible for the affairs of the Danfang. From then on, Qingniu worked harder and more tiring and heavy work, and other junior brothers liked him.

Seeing that forty-nine days had arrived, the alchemy room was fired and the elixir was released to get the elixir. Qingniu put the elixir balls the size of hawthorn into the elixir gourd in front of his master. There were fifty pills each, and he covered it with the lid and held it in his hand to Taibai Jinxing.

Isn’t the Zhiqing Niu good intentions? When he was filling the last pill, he put a stone that was already ready to hold in his left hand, which was about the same size as the pill, into the pill, into the pill gourd, and concealed it from his master.

Qingniu secretly took Dan Pills, and felt a warm current surging all over his body, his energy increased sharply, his strength increased sharply, and he was busy all day without feeling tired.

Qingniu was happy inside, but on the surface he still pretended to be nothing, helping his master repair the alchemy furnace to refine the "golden elixir" that would only become a pill in 9981 days.

Taibai Jinxing was also very satisfied with this disciple and made a wish, "I will offer silver pills and golden pills at the Queen Mother's Peach Banquet. After I come back, I will teach you how to chant scriptures and practice, and help you become an immortal in the future." The green cow lay on the ground and kowtowed to the master repeatedly, thanking him for his kindness.

Taibai Jinxing calculated the days and quickly turned on the furnace to ignite the fire to refine the golden elixir.

There are not many trees on Shimen Mountain. Refining golden elixirs requires burning a lot of wood. After cutting off nearby trees, you need to run a long distance to cut them.

Gradually, the four Taoist boys chopping wood cut every day were barely enough for the day. If it was cloudy and rainy, there was no spare dry wood in the alchemy room and the alchemy furnace was turned off, it would be a big mistake.

The four Taoist boys chopping wood reported to the master at the same time that Taibai Jinxing was also worried about this problem, because the alchemy room was equipped with dry firewood for at least seven days to ensure that the fire was continuous.

Taibai Jinxing asked Qingniu if he needed to find a woodcutter to help. Qingniu said no, he could help burn fire every night and chop wood during the day.

Because Qingniu had taken the silver pill, he was no longer an ordinary person. He had endless strength and could stand up to ten people per person. From then on, he collected firewood during the day and burned firewood at night. The elixir room was filled with spare dry firewood, and the four Taoist boys who chopped wood also treated Qingniu like their elder brother.

Taibai Jinxing also trusts Qingniu more. He knew that if he recommended Qingniu to Queen Mother, Queen Mother would definitely agree to Qingniu practice and go to the Heavenly Court in the future, so he deliberately began to teach Qingniu meditation, chanting scriptures and other basic skills.

Qingniu has an extraordinary memory and will never forget anything at once. Taishang Laojun is becoming more and more satisfied with this apprentice.

Ninety-nine eighty day has arrived, and the fire has been turned off again, the furnace has been shut down, and the elixir has been taken.

Qingniu still used his old tricks again, and he deceived his master and took a golden elixir.

After taking the green cow, his skills doubled. He sneaked into the mountain to test his skills, and he could actually fly to the clouds and fog.

At the Queen Mother's Peach Banquet, Taibai Jinxing brought the refined elixir and boasted about the wonderful uses and skills of the silver elixir, which made the limelight.

Queen Mother was very happy when she heard this. She opened the lid of the golden elixir gourd and poured out a piece. Just as she was about to put it in her mouth, the barefoot immortal beside her said, "Why does it look like a stone?"

Queen Mother took a look and saw that it was a stone. She couldn't help but sank her face and asked Taibai Jinxing, "What's going on?"

When Taibai Jinxing took it, it was indeed a stone. The immortals laughed.

Taibai Jinxing felt ashamed, and then poured out other pills. Each particle was real, and a stone was found when pouring out the silver pill.

He presented the silver pill and the golden pill to the Queen Mother again. At this time, the Queen Mother had already passed the mood and handed it to the palace maid around him.

Taibai Jinxing was ridiculed by the immortals at the Peach Banquet and was angry. He pinched his fingers and calculated that it was done by Qingniu, and he was angry.

When he returned to the alchemy room, he sent someone to call Qingniu. Qingniu predicted that the master would know about the matter of stealing the elixir sooner or later. He was about to escape, but he knew that his master could calculate and find him wherever he escaped, so he would definitely die. It would be better to kneel down and apologize for a long time. Maybe the master would let go of his usual feelings.

When Qingniu heard that his master called him, he rolled in and crawled in front of his master, and knelt down on the ground with a "thump".

Taibai Jinxing scolded and cursed, and the more he spoke, he became more angry, and raised the whisk in his hand to kill the green cow.

Three fire-burning Taoist boys and four fire-cut Taoist boys standing aside knelt down together to plead for Qingniu.

Taibai Jinxing thought about it: This green bull is not bad, he is quite honest, but he is just eager to gain Taoism. Forget it, save his life!

He stared at the whisk in his hand, sighed and said, "Green Cow, you will become a green Cow. From now on, you must work diligently and earnestly. See you in heaven a thousand years later."

After saying that, I saw that the young man in front of me had really turned into a cow, and his eyes were still filled with tears of regret and turned around step by step.

Later, the green bull became the mount of the Taishang Laojun.

One day when the Taishang Laojun rode a green cow and passed by Shimen Mountain, the green cow remembered that he was demoted to a cow by his master after stealing the elixir.

But after all, it was a master-apprentice game. The young man ran desperately towards the mountain. Laojun was so angry that he really stamped his feet. This stomp left a big footprint on a big stone.

The forty-nine silver pills and forty-nine golden pills that Taibai Jinxing dedicated to the Queen Mother were later taken by the Queen Mother, and it was indeed an immortal pill.

The Queen Mother remembered that she ignored Taibai Jinxing at the Peach Banquet and felt a little regretful.

Later, someone was sent to recruit Taibai Jinxing to the Heavenly Palace to refine immortal pills.

After Taibai Jinxing left, the Dan House also collapsed. As the remaining fire was not extinguished, bursts of black smoke were still emitting.

Later, even the rubble disappeared, and the Danfang Director had left the mountain, but the remaining fire was still burning, and sometimes black smoke came out. From a distance, black clouds surged out from the cave. Therefore, local people called it "Izuyun Cave".

Years have passed, and the entrance of the cave has become smaller, leaving only a gap of not wide, but the people still call it "Izuyun Cave".

Between Izumo Cave and the stone gate, the footprint left by Taishang Laojun was getting bigger and bigger with the stone.

When I was a child, my grandmother often said that money is dead and people live. When money is used up, people have a day to turn luck.

At that time, Qi Zheng, I didn't understand the meaning of the words at all. I often argued with my grandmother in a slanted manner: "I want to eat peaches, but if I don't give them money, they won't give them peaches." My grandmother smiled and told him such a story.

A long time ago, there was a pair of children's family on both sides of the river. The man's family was called Yun Shixin, and the woman's family was called Xun Wuyi.

Yun Shixin and Xun Wuyi were originally wealthy people of equal status. Later, Yun Shixin's family was burned to death and burned most of their property, becoming an ordinary farmer with only a few dozen acres of land.

Xun Wuyi still had thousands of hectares of fertile land in the family, and three houses in front, middle, and back. But the Yun family had one, two, three, four, and four men with tall and big horses, while the Xun family only had two red flowers.

The eldest daughter of the Xun family married Yun Shixin's eldest son when the Yun family was a wealthy family a few years ago.

In the first two years, Yunxun’s family had been back and forth, and I respected you and respected each other well, but since the Yun family was destroyed by Tianhuo and became an ordinary family, the Xun family looked down on the Yun family a little, and they were rich everywhere, which often made Yunshi feel ashamed and ashamed.

Yun Shixin is a kind person. He is usually too concerned about his in-laws and family members' words, but Xun Wuyi always believes that people are rich and powerful, and their appearance is supported by coins.

During the New Year, the two families worshiped each other and blessed each other according to common sense. Because the Yun family was "half a jar of rice", they took the initiative to worship the Xun family first.

Yun Shixin prepared the gifts according to the etiquette and came to Xun Wuyi's place in the in-laws. Xun Wuyi knew that his in-laws would definitely come to worship, so he didn't go anywhere. He changed into a new robe, put on a new hat, held a small teapot, and waited for his in-laws to come to the door.

The sun just came to the roof, Yun Shixin carried his shoulders, and came to Xun Wuyi, a big bag of money.

When the two relatives and relatives met, they naturally chose to be proud and greet each other. Yun Shixin said sincerely: "The relatives and relatives are still so energetic these two years, and they can't tell the old at all." Xun Wuyi spoke with a thorny speech: "Yeah, relatives and relatives, I haven't seen each other this year, why are you much older and have a uncomfortable life, right?"

Yun Shixin said: "It's okay, it's okay."

Xun Wuyi took the gift from his in-laws and said, "Why are you polite to me? These things cost a lot of money, right? Hi! I don't care about these things, but how long do you need to save to save these money?"

Yun Shi was so angry that he felt a little angry, but when he thought that every word in-laws was the truth, he felt much more calm.

During lunch, my in-law Xun Wuyi politely served seven big bowls, eight big plates, whole chicken, whole duck, whole fish, cold cuts, and fried with all the colors, aroma and flavor.

Yun Shixin said: "My in-laws are so polite, why do your family need to cook so many dishes?"

Xun Wuyi said: "My dear, aren't you here? You usually have a rare meal. Now you can loosen your belt and eat it to satisfy your cravings."

Yun Shixin listens to this, the more he listens, the less he tastes.

My mother-in-law brought a full pot of chicken soup to the table. The soup was full and the table was not flat. With a gentle touch, the yellow and bright chicken soup overflowed onto the table.

Xun Wuyi said angrily: "Look at you, you are doing things roughly, go and get some shell coins to level the legs of the table."

My mother-in-law brought the coins and put them under the legs of the table, and the table was stable.

The in-laws talk endlessly during a meal, and they don’t say anything without any thorns.

Although Yun Shixin had eaten and drank, she couldn't swallow it in her heart and thought to herself: This person is really not poor.

After lunch, he couldn't sit down again, so he got up and said goodbye. Before leaving, Xun Wuyi gave him a sentence: "Have your in-laws brought the ferry money?"

When Yun Shixin heard this, she almost fainted from anger and left without looking back. (To be continued)
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