The Taoist tasted the spiritual fruit in small sips and walked while eating.
"Bah chi..."
The girl behind him made almost the same movements as him.
I don’t know what kind of fruit this fruit originally was. It smells rich and refreshing, but it actually doesn’t taste very sweet. It has enough water and a crisp texture, which gives it a very bubbly texture. You can bite it in one bite.
A piece of pulp turns into juice without much effort in the mouth, which is very refreshing.
Song You only ate one and then stopped eating.
It’s really a taste of something new, it quenches your thirst and satiates your hunger.
The two figures, one large and one small, did not go down the mountain, but continued to walk up to the top of the mountain until they reached the top of the mountain, on the cliff called Tianmen Rock, and then sat down cross-legged.
We arrived at the foot of the mountain in the middle of the afternoon. It was almost dusk, but the setting sun had not yet set on the west mountain. The stratocumulus clouds in the sky were probably spread out for hundreds of miles, and there were gaps in the middle of the clouds. The setting sun stopped on the clouds, and there were gaps in the stratus clouds.
Then streaks of golden light were shed, coming from the heavenly palace and falling straight to the earth.
Below is the Qingnv River, as green as a jade belt.
The mountains on the other side are still steep, but there are fertile fields and villages underneath, and the scenery is endless.
Song You sat cross-legged on the ground and admired it quietly.
Anyway, I can't go back to the city after going down the mountain. If I sleep at the bottom of the mountain, I might as well sleep on the top of the mountain for one night.
It's just that the horse stayed in the Juncheng Inn today without bringing a felt blanket, so it might be a little cold.
Sanhua Empress has long been accustomed to his stubborn pursuit of the mountain top, the scenery and the sunset. Not only did she not have any objection at all, she didn't even find it strange at all. She only walked to the edge of the cliff and naturally looked down at the scene.
No matter how high the cliff was, he walked back, next to the Taoist, and followed the Taoist's example, sitting cross-legged, holding his face with one hand, gnawing fruit with the other, and staring at the sunset boredly.
The swallow also fell down and turned into a young man, also sitting cross-legged behind the Taoist.
Empress Sanhua gave him three spiritual fruits.
The only sound in the mountains is the sound of wind.
Even the boats on the river at the foot of the mountain disappeared, leaving only an old fisherman standing on a bamboo raft casting a net to catch fish. He was too far away and his figure looked very small.
"The spiritual energy here is rich and the spiritual charm is mysterious. The spiritual medicinal properties in the spiritual fruit are rare, but what is even more rare is that it was born in the mountains and rivers here, and is naturally compatible with the spiritual charm of heaven and earth. Empress Sanhua and Yan An finished eating today
Just practice spiritual fruit here for a night, digest the spiritual medicinal properties in the spiritual fruit, and understand the aura of the mountains and rivers here. It would be great if you can use the spiritual fruit to harmonize with the mountains and rivers."
"You suddenly spoke and startled Empress Sanhua."
"Thank you sir for reminding me, Yan An will keep it in mind."
"It's not that I suddenly spoke. It's because Empress Sanhua is gifted with extraordinary talents and has a pure nature. She ate the spiritual fruit and in a trance, she became one with heaven and earth. That's why she was so easily frightened by my words."
"real?"
"..."
Song You didn't answer, just turned to look at her.
"That's right! If the three fruits Sanhua Empress left for the horse are given back to the horse to eat, won't the horse suffer a big loss?"
"Since it is fate, let's talk about fate."
"Can't understand."
"Miss Sanhua, let's practice."
"OK……"
The little girl looked serious and quickly closed her eyes.
The swallows who were further away from her also closed their eyes.
All the spiritual energy and aura of the mountains circulate here.
Song You still sat still, without closing his eyes, watching the sunset in the distance, the sky clouds showering down thousands of pieces of gold, until after sunset, the setting light came back up and burned half of the sunset red.
Good mountains, good water, good aura, beautiful sunset and a comfortable mood are his spiritual practice.
The spiritual power of a mountain spiritual fruit is natural to him, so he has to taste it freshly to quench his thirst and satisfy his hunger. However, it is rooted in this landscape and grows in this world, and its spiritual charm is also useful to him, and it can also
To help him understand the aura of this landscape more clearly, just one is enough.
As night falls, the sky is filled with stars.
The mountain wind became noisier and colder.
Song You and the two little demons sat on the top of the mountain all night. During the practice, they didn't know the cold or the time. They just waited for the morning light behind them to wake them up.
Both little demons exhaled a breath of white air.
In the early morning, there was not even a breeze in Zhushan Mountain. Song You was still sitting on the edge of the mountain cliff. What he saw now was the scene of morning fog lingering on the mountainside and floating on the Qingnv River. At this time, whether on the Qingnv River or on the Qingnv River,
The villages in the distance are much more lively than at dusk. The boats coming and going, the floating smoke, a few singing voices, a few crowing of chickens and the barking of dogs, all echo among the mountains.
Last night was magnificent and shocking, this morning is beautiful and peaceful.
Seeing that they were awake, Song You looked back, smiled slightly, and stood up.
…
In the mountains early in the morning, the birds chirp loudly.
The cat often raises its head high and uses a pair of amber eyes to follow the sound to find the location of the bird. Sometimes it is so absorbed in watching that it loses sight of its feet and has to slip around.
Faint singing came from the mountains again.
The singing seemed to be something I heard yesterday.
Song You went further down and met a woodcutter who was coming up the mountain with a pole and a hatchet.
This time he still stopped.
"You got up early, Shisama..."
"Sir, he's coming down the mountain!"
"yes."
"We are miserable, so we naturally get up early..." The woodcutter looked at Song You with a rather mocking look, "Sir, could it be that you are sleeping in the mountains and too cold to sleep?"
"Not even close."
Song You still smiled.
Yesterday, Empress Sanhua picked three spiritual fruits for him, but he only ate one. Now he took out one and handed it to the woodcutter.
"Yesterday, I had a conversation with my subordinate, which delayed my time in chopping firewood. Thanks to my subordinate telling us what happened last year, we gained something. We walked in the mountains and picked a few wild fruits. Wild fruits grow in the mountains and seem to have absorbed the aura of the mountains.
The essence is quite refreshing and comforting to eat, so I specially left one for you as a reward."
"Ouch……"
The woodcutter looked down and felt embarrassed immediately: "Yesterday I stopped to rest and just say a few words. The Taoist Master was so worried about me. This made..."
"Please accept it."
"this……"
Before the woodcutter reached out to take it, he smelled a fragrance.
The fragrance is indescribable. It's not like any other mountain fruits or wild flowers. It's not as delicious as wild fruits, nor as bright as wild flowers. Instead, it smells bright when you breathe in gently.
There is a very refreshing feeling, and the aroma gives people such a mysterious feeling - as long as you eat it, you will feel very comfortable.
The woodcutter didn't dare to delay and took it immediately.
I felt that the fruit was as red as drops of blood, crystal clear, and seemed to be surrounded by a faint mist, flowing with it. When I looked carefully, there was nothing there.
"Is this maybe a fairy fruit?"
"Wild fruits of the mountains."
"How is this good?"
"It's all fate."
"Thank you so much, Taoist Priest!"
"You're welcome." Song You paused and said to him, "If you have to say thank you, please tell me what you called the old Taoist priest last year and where he went after you got rid of the demon and came down the mountain."
"Huh? How did the Taoist priest know that I would know?"
"Guess."
"You guessed it..."
The woodcutter held the fruit in his hand, looked up at the Taoist, and looked down at the cat. Their eyes met when he looked up and down, and then he said: "The old Taoist called himself Wen Pingzi. He said that he would go to Yangdu to practice in the future, but Yangdu is far away from here.
It doesn’t seem to be close, Yangdu is so big, I don’t know where he went…”
"Yangdu?"
"I seem to remember him," said the woodcutter, "I also chatted with him a few times."
"Thank you very much and I'll take my leave."
"Why does your little cat keep looking at me?"
"Maybe she thinks what you say is interesting."
"Does she understand human speech?"
"Sometimes I understand."
"It's strange..."
The Taoist had already taken the cat and the woodcutter and walked down the mountain. The woodcutter was still standing there, resting on his pole, and turned to stare at them, as if he still felt strange.
"Walk faster, little cat."
Song You said to the cat beside him as he walked.
"?"
The cat kept taking small steps but turned its head to stare at him blankly.
"What's wrong?"
"...Nothing." Mao'er shook his head and still looked at him, "Why did you, the Taoist priest, give him the fruit to eat?"
"Did you call the Taoist priest back?"
"Can't understand……"
One person and one cat went down to the bottom of the mountain and waited for a long time before a ship came back to the county town and could dock to take them there.
It was still a small melon-skin boat, but it was very light and smooth on the way there, but on the way back it was against the current, so the boatman had a difficult time rowing, and it took them two days to get them back to the county town.
Sanhua Empress immediately went to the stable to visit her horse. Seeing that it was well taken care of by the innkeeper, she felt relieved, so she fed it spiritual fruit and whispered in its ear, telling it to let it go.
After eating, I practiced hard and felt the spiritual charm and so on, and then I felt relieved.
Song You went straight back to the room, and Yan Zi followed him.
At this time, there is only one day left at the inn tomorrow.
"Let's set off tomorrow. There are still three Five Manifestations Gods. Let's visit them one by one to see how many of them have escaped from the Imperial Master. By the way, we can take a look around Yangzhou." Song You said as he took the
He took out the last spiritual fruit, put it on the table, and turned to look at Yanzi beside him, "I went to Qingyun Palace a few days ago, and Taoist Qing Huaizi treated us with courtesy. We should return the courtesy to him both emotionally and rationally.
Please go to Qingyun Palace to find this spiritual fruit, find Taoist Master Qing Huaizi, and give it to him."
"no problem!"
"etc……"
Song You took out the thread from his quilt bag, tied up the egg-sized spiritual fruit like an ordinary person would tie up wine with hemp rope, and tied a knot to make it easier for the swallow's claws to grasp.
"alright."
"Yan An is gone!"
The swallow said, flapped its wings and flew up, grabbing the thin string with its claws, and easily lifted the spiritual fruit, just like when he came to Song You with the jade bottle containing Yaner Dan in Anqing.
.
"Puff puff..."
The swallow flew out of the window and flew away quickly.
Song You withdrew his gaze, shook his head, and then sat in front of the window. With the light from the window, he opened the Geographical Records and turned to Yangzhou to see the approximate direction of the land sealed by the other three earth gods.
Take a look at what scenic spots and local specialties Yangzhou has, and where the famous Ningxiang ink comes from.