Seeing that it was still early and he had nothing to do, Bai Shuo prepared to go to the Taoist temple with Anna and others. Cao An felt tired and volunteered to stay in the car to wait, while taking Zhong Pengcheng to chat with him.
Climbing up the stairs, after rounding the last bend, everyone approached the Taoist temple. From a distance, they saw that this was just a very ordinary Taoist temple. The house was dilapidated and the door was decayed. But strangely, there was a growth on the right side of the Taoist temple door.
There is a large peach tree. The trunk of the peach tree is more than one meter thick. It grows luxuriantly and its branches spread out, making the entire peach tree about five or six meters wide.
At this time, a tree with many beautiful flowers is eye-catchingly red, and the peach blossoms on the tree are in full bloom, making it look delicate and eye-catching.
"It's so beautiful. I didn't expect to see such beautiful scenery here." Xiao Lin said dreamily while looking at the peach tree.
"On this day last year, in this door, the human face and the peach blossoms reflected each other's red. I don't know where the human faces have gone, but the peach blossoms still laugh at the spring breeze!" Bai Shuo whispered Cui Hu's poem, and all the past events appeared in his mind. Zhao Lan
, Xu Chan, Li Zhen... all seemed to appear in front of their eyes, with smiles as bright as peach blossoms.
Just as everyone was obsessed with the beauty of the peach blossoms, Anna seemed to suddenly wake up from a certain state and exclaimed: "No, there is something wrong with this..."
"What's wrong with you? What's wrong?" Niu Er still looked honest.
Anna looked around and said again: "There's something wrong here, it feels a little weird."
At this time, Bai Shuo, Xiao Lin, Li Fei, and Zhao Yong also observed carefully under Anna's prompting.
"Well, the peach blossoms shouldn't be blooming so brightly at this time of year..." Xiao Lin was the first to discover the problem. Peach blossoms usually only bloom in the warmer spring season. Although it has already entered spring, the temperature is still cold, so this
The flowers seem to bloom a little early.
Li Fei also discovered something and said: "Well, this flower blooms so beautifully, and this tree grows without any flaws, as if... it's like it was carved by man..."
Bai Shuo's eyes narrowed, as if he thought of something and suddenly said loudly: "It's indeed wrong. From the bottom of the mountain to here, we can vaguely see the Taoist temple, but we didn't even notice that there is such a peach tree in front of the door."
Zhao Yong suddenly woke up and said: "Yes, I didn't notice it either. In this deserted mountain, such bright peach blossoms are so eye-catching, it's impossible for us not to notice..."
Just when everyone was confused, Niu Er, who had been looking forward for a long time, suddenly turned around and said naively: "Well, that...Mr. Bai..."
"What's wrong, Niu Er, what do you think?" Bai Shuo and everyone looked at Niu Er when they saw that Niu Er seemed to have something to say.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Niu Er paused for a moment before timidly continuing: "Well... where is the peach tree you mentioned? Why didn't I see it after searching for a long time..."
Niu Er's words shocked everyone. Zhao Yong stepped forward, slapped Niu Er on the head, then pointed at the door of the Taoist temple and said loudly: "You stupid cow, such a big peach tree
You can’t see the tree.”
Niu Er looked at what Zhao Yong pointed at and said after a long time: "There are no peach trees anywhere. The front door of the Taoist temple is completely empty, and not a single blade of grass grows..."
"Sure enough, there is a problem..." Anna suddenly took out her weapon and rushed towards the peach tree.
"Hey... Anna, come back..." Bai Shuo was worried about Anna and shouted quickly.
But Anna had already rushed to a distance of only a few meters away from the peach tree, and then swung the sharp thorn towards the peach tree with all her strength. However, although the sharp thorn did not miss the target, it did not penetrate the trunk of the peach tree as expected.
, but disappeared directly into the peach tree.
At this time, everyone noticed that the scene in front of them had changed. The peach tree disappeared from everyone's eyes like a phantom mist. And the sharp thorn thrown by Anna was inserted diagonally outside the Taoist temple.
above the wall.
Anna walked to where the peach tree was, looked around, and then came to the wall of the Taoist temple and pulled out the spikes. Just when everyone felt strange, the door of the Taoist temple slowly opened, and people walked inside
An old Taoist man stepped out.
I saw the old Taoist wearing a white Taoist robe, with an elegant figure and an air of immortality. His hair was silvery, flowing on his shoulders, dancing in the wind. At first glance, he felt that he did not look like an ordinary person.
"No one has been here for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be so lively recently..." the old man said without any expression.
Seeing this, Bai Shuo and everyone hurriedly took two steps forward and saluted the old Tao. Only Anna on the side remained motionless and stared blankly at the old Tao.
The old Taoist seemed a little dissatisfied. He turned sideways and glanced at Anna: "This good woman is so determined. She was able to discover the problem in front of my temple so quickly... Eh!"
Before the old man finished speaking, he suddenly rushed towards Anna quickly.
Anna's reaction was also very fast, and she immediately took up the sharp spikes in her hands and stabbed them in the direction in which Lao Dao was charging. However, Lao Dao just made a feint in front of Anna's eyes, and easily avoided Anna's sharp blade by turning sideways, and went around behind Anna.
Anna was shocked, and suddenly turned around and swept the sharp blade towards Lao Dao. Lao Dao's body was unusually flexible, and he just dodged the sharp edge with a slight dodge.
Anna jumped up and kicked Lao Dao in the chest. Lao Dao raised his left arm to block his chest and caught Anna's kick, but he didn't move at all.
Unexpectedly, Anna's attack this time was actually an attempt to retreat. With the power of Lao Dao's block, Anna flew back, hoping to completely get rid of Lao Dao's entanglement.
Just when Anna thought she had gotten rid of the old master and relaxed her vigilance, she didn't know what trick the old master used. She suddenly jumped forward and quickly grabbed Anna with her right hand, pulling Anna back from the air. Then with a gentle tap of her other hand, she pulled Anna back.
The weapon in Anna's hand was snatched away.
When Anna reacted, she found that the spike she originally used was already on her neck.
At this time, Zhao Yong and Niu Er, who were in the distance, also rushed over to help the fight. Lao Dao directly put Anna down and faced Zhao Yong and Niu Er. He knocked Zhao Yong to the ground with just one move, and then started fighting with Niu Er.
Everyone was surprised to find that although the old Taoist subdued Anna with several moves and defeated Zhao Yong with one move, the fight with Niu Er actually took no less than ten moves. However, a discerning person could tell at a glance that it was not Niu Er who was the best, it was obviously the old Taoist who deliberately gave way.
Niu Er is fighting.
After ten moves, the old Taoist jumped up lightly and jumped directly over Niu Er's head, rushed behind Niu Er, and then lightly patted Niu Er's back. The thick Niu Er was like a cat in the wind.
It usually flies out and then falls heavily to the ground.
The old Tao obviously looked old and frail, but the strength he showed surprised Bai Shuo and others. Although Bai Shuo was a layman, he also knew that Anna, Zhao Yong and others were not the opponents of the old Tao, but Bai Shuo also saw that the old Tao didn't seem to have any
He meant to hurt others, so he immediately stopped Anna. Zhao Yong attacked again and asked the old Taoist: "Taoist Master, we are passing through here and don't understand the rules. Please forgive me for any offence."
The old man didn't say a word and walked straight towards Anna again.
Anna's expression immediately became tense, and she was ready for battle again.
The old Taoist came to Anna and suddenly stretched out his hand to grab Anna's right arm. Anna instinctively shrank back and used her left hand to form a knife and slashed at the old Taoist.
The old Taoist flicked his sleeve slightly, swung the knife away from Anna's hand, took advantage of the situation and grabbed Anna's right wrist firmly.
Everyone was surprised to find that Anna let the old man hold her wrist, unable to move at all, with a face full of sweat and a very painful expression.
"Anna...Master! You..." Bai Shuo asked in shock. Zhao Yong and Niu Er also rushed towards the old man, trying to rescue Anna.
"Well... I suffered internal injuries a few days ago, my meridians were blocked, and my spleen and lungs were somewhat damaged..." the old Taoist said to himself.
Upon hearing Lao Dao's words, Zhao Yong and Niu Er stopped moving, and everyone became quiet.
The old Taoist continued: "How can these quack doctors treat internal injuries like this? A good girl must be cured by them..."
Bai Shuo then realized that the old Taoist who grabbed Anna's wrist was actually checking Anna's pulse to check for symptoms. He was overjoyed and immediately responded: "Master, you are really smart. My friend was injured a few days ago and has not recovered yet. Master
Is there any way to cure it?"
The old Taoist let go of Anna, looked at Bai Shuo and the others, and said, "It's not difficult to heal her, but why should I heal her?"
Li Fei said: "If the master can cure our friend, we can donate some incense money or help repair the Taoist temple to repay the master's kindness."
"Haha, there is nothing wrong with my Taoist temple. There is nothing that needs repairing." The old Taoist shook his robe and said.
Li Fei looked at the dilapidated appearance of the Taoist temple again, and said nothing for a long time.
Bai Shuo said hurriedly: "It can be seen that the master is a master of Taoism, and naturally he does not pay attention to those external things. I wonder what the master needs from us to help us?"
The old Taoist glanced at Anna and asked, "How did you see that there was something wrong with my Taoist temple?"
Anna gasped and replied: "I didn't see any problem, it's just that after thinking about it calmly, I felt that there was something unreasonable."
The old Taoist asked in surprise when he heard what Anna said: "Well! Are you not Chinese?"
Bai Shuo immediately explained: "Master, her name is Anna and she is from Korea."
The old Taoist thought for a while and said to himself: "This girl can control her true heart without being disturbed by appearances. She is destined to be with our sect... What a pity..."
Seeing the old Taoist's hesitation, Bai Shuo said again: "Master, although Anna is from Korea, she has lived in China for a long time and is familiar with Chinese culture. She is a friend of all of us."
The old Taoist smiled slightly and said: "Her injury is not very serious, it just needs some time to heal. I have a method that can not only heal the injury, but also give her a lot of benefits. But..."
"Master, if you have any requests, just ask..."
The old man said: "How did this little girl get hurt? Who are you? You must explain it clearly to me, and you must not hide anything. Then I will consider whether to help you..."
Just as Bai Shuo was about to answer the old Taoist's question, two people walked out of the Taoist temple again. One of them said loudly to the old Taoist: "Master Luo, they are not bad people, they are all my friends... Haha..."