Chapter 80 Invitation from the Mountain God on the Roadside
Chapter 80 The roadside mountain god invites you
"Interesting, interesting..."
Song You shook his head, feeling doubly amused.
After tidying up for a while, we set off.
Just when I feel better, my steps become brisker. I don't necessarily walk faster, but time passes faster, and the grass, trees, mountains and clouds on the roadside become much more pleasing to the eye.
The little girl walked in front, holding her little bamboo stick, but she didn't use it as a stick. Instead, she waved it around in her hand, hitting the heads of the grass on the roadside. Sometimes when she encountered butterflies, she would jump up and hit them.
Song You looked at her and found it interesting.
Sometimes I can’t help but think——
How boring would this journey be without her?
"Sanhua Empress, aren't you sleepy?"
"Sanhua Empress is not sleepy!"
"Is that tiring?"
"Not tired!"
"Is it fun?"
“Fun!”
The girl didn't look back and strode forward, waving the bamboo stick in her hand. Only her voice came out: "It would be more fun if I had a knife!"
"oh……"
Only then did Song You understand——
She learned it from that heroine.
In the middle of the afternoon, the girl finally got tired. She rubbed her eyes and turned back to look at Song You, asking him if she could sleep on the back of the horse. Of course it was possible. So she turned back into a cat and returned to Song You.
In the cloth bag on the horse's back, he went to sleep.
The journey was indeed much less interesting.
Walking from the mountainside to the top of the mountain, and from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, I passed by the former site of the former village and came across many abandoned pavilions. In some places, I can still vaguely distinguish the earthen barriers that were set up before. The original stone-carved boundary monuments are
Most of them are still in place, but half of them are covered by weeds.
The sun is tilting farther and farther to the west.
When we reached the halfway point of another mountain, another pavilion appeared in front of us.
The scenery here is quite good.
There is a mountain on one side and a cliff on the other. The dense shrubs on the roadside are scattered with flowers of different colors, and there is a sense of beauty in the mottled chaos. The dirt road passes through the flowers and grass, all the way up the mountain, and when you reach the mountain
At the edge, it looks like it breaks off halfway up the mountain, and beyond that is the blue sky.
The pavilion is at the end of the visible road. Next to it is a pine tree that grows on the mountain. It leans out towards the roadside and the cliff, as if to greet travelers along the road.
At first, Song You thought it was another abandoned pavilion, and was still wondering how this pavilion could be located here. But after taking a closer look, he discovered that——
Where is this abandoned pavilion?
The green tile roof reflects the light, and the pavilion pillars are bright red, as if they have just been painted. It is clearly a new pavilion.
As I got closer and changed the angle, my view was no longer blocked by the pine branches and pillars of the pavilion. I could still see a tall man sitting in the pavilion, dressed in neat robes, still drinking tea.
The sound of horse hooves gradually approached the pavilion.
The man in the pavilion turned his head and looked at Song You with a smile, as if he was waiting for him here and extending an invitation.
"..."
Song You was thoughtful and then walked over with a smile.
There is a stone table in the pavilion, a teapot and tea sets, and two tea bowls. One is placed in front of the person in the pavilion, and the other is placed on the other side.
The man in the pavilion looks middle-aged, with a slightly square face, thick eyebrows, rough skin, but well-dressed.
He looks like a celebrity.
As soon as Song You entered the pavilion, he stood up.
Song You also immediately stopped.
So one of them stood in front of the stone table, and the other just arrived at the entrance of the pavilion, saluting each other.
"Be polite."
"Be polite."
"Please take a seat."
"good."
The two sat down across the stone table.
Then I saw the middle-aged man making a gesture of invitation:
"Please have some tea."
Song You picked up the teacup.
Take a look at it first, and you can see that the bleached floating green tea is pretty good. When you smell it, you can tell that the tea has a strong aroma and it’s a good tea. After a pause and a sip, it’s a little bitter and not soft enough.
The middle-aged man looked at him with a smile:
"How brave of you."
"Just a cup of tea."
"How about this tea?"
"generally."
Song You put down his tea cup and didn't want to drink anymore. He just looked at this man and said, "Why are you waiting for me here, Your Majesty the Mountain God?"
"I once met one of your ancestors, and I am an old friend. Now that his descendants are here, I naturally want to come and meet him." The mountain god said to him, "The mountain road is rugged, so I set up a pavilion on the roadside.
, please drink a cup of tea, sit down, have a rest, and chat for a while."
"Why didn't you come to see me last night?"
"I saw you chatting happily with the wild ghost from Pig Tail Mountain last night. If I came to meet you, wouldn't I disturb this pure fate?"
"Thank you, Your Excellency."
Song You's gratitude was extremely sincere. The mountain god could consider and take care of his encounter with the kid. It was pure goodwill and worthy of thanks. However, he paused and asked doubtfully: "It's just that I was here last night."
When I encountered an evil thing in the mountains, Your Majesty was clearly there, why didn't you come out to meet me?"
When the mountain god heard this, he suddenly paused in raising his glass.
"You knew I was there?"
"Not only do I know that Your Excellency the Mountain God is present, but I also know that those evil things that gathered here were probably invited by Your Excellency. Otherwise, I was just passing through the mountains, how could I have provoked so many evil things at once... It is impossible for all the evil things in the mountains to be present.
Let's gather there for a court meeting?" Song You smiled and said, then turned to look at the mountain god, "Although I heard in the market town that you have a bad temper, you have established a market town here to provide convenience for the fairies and ghosts in the mountains.
and protection, and gave them fire as light to drive away evil spirits on the mountain roads. I guess he is also a benevolent and charitable mountain elf. Why do you let these evil things come to make things difficult for me? Is it related to my predecessors at Fulong Temple? "
"You are smart."
"But that was at least a hundred years ago. I have never met or known that senior. Why would Your Majesty the Mountain God embarrass me because of this?"
"I'm not that stingy."
"Are you here to give me alchemy materials? In that case, I would have let down your kindness."
"But it's not."
"oh?"
"Although your senior has boundless power, he has not practiced the method of prolonging life. I'm afraid he would have died a long time ago." The mountain god raised his cup to drink tea, as if he didn't think it tasted good. He hesitated and put it down again.
"Besides, I actually have no grudge against him. Last night I just wanted to see how capable the descendants of Fulongguan are and whether they can inherit the style of the one from back then."
"That's it." Song You smiled without showing his inner thoughts, "So what do the mountain gods think?"
"You know it in your heart, why bother asking?"
"Such words always have a different flavor when others say them."
"Ha! Interesting!" The mountain god smiled, "You are better at talking than your master!"
"I don't know which master it is."
"It's been too long, and you haven't seen him yet, so there's no point in knowing who he is." The mountain god shook his head, "You did surprise me a little bit, but I only discovered it today."
"Appreciate further details."
"You are not humble."
"It's good to hear about yourself from others."
"Last night I saw you destroy the evil things in the mountains with just a snap of your fingers. Although your fire technique is superb, it can be seen from this that your attainments in the Five Elements Spiritual Technique must be extraordinary. However, it is only barely worthy of Fulong.
It’s just the inheritance of Buddhism.” The mountain god paused, “I didn’t expect that at such a young age, in addition to cultivating the Five Elements Spiritual Art and Five Elements Magic to such an extent, you would also have attainments elsewhere.”
"I have indeed learned a lot of things." Song You paused, "It's just that the mountain god said something else, but I'm a little confused."
"Young people don't need to be modest." The mountain god waved his sleeves, "You were able to find me there last night. Obviously, you can't do it only by practicing the Five Elements Spiritual Method and the Five Elements Magic."
"So that's it..."
Song You quickly put on a smile and saluted: "Your Excellency is able to carve out such an area in the middle of this mountain, relying on the mortal world but staying far away from it. It is really an incredible skill. With your magical power, you are able to create such an area in the mountain where you were born.
How can I see through you?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"This is just a casual question. You admitted it yourself." Song You smiled and looked at the tea on the table. "Human things may be more complicated than you think."
"..."
"Why are you silent?"
"How dare you insult me?"
"Aren't you the first to be rude?"
"..."
The mountain god was silent and looked at the Taoist.
The pavilion in the mountain suddenly became quiet.
Even the wind in the mountains stopped, the trees on the mountains stopped shaking, the birds in the mountains stopped singing, and the entire mountain suddenly fell into a terrible silence.
The Taoist man was calm as usual, as if he didn't notice.
After a while, the wind picked up again in the mountains, and the leaves were blown rustling. The people hanging out next to the pavilion relaxed and waved to welcome guests, but the birds were timid and did not dare to sing for a while.
The mountain god lowered his head, took a sip of tea, and then said: "He is worthy of being the successor of Fulong Temple."
"Did you lose that master's face?"
"But I have never heard of any descendants of Fulong Temple who became famous all over the world through their cleverness."
"Is this tea delicious?"
"I heard that the Five Elements Spiritual Technique is the best match for the Five Elements Magic. It's a pity that although your master also learned the Five Elements Magic in the past, he only practiced the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Technique. He failed to learn the Five Elements Spiritual Technique from the top humane monks.
The Five Elements Magic is so elegant, it has always been my regret."
"That's a shame."
Song You shook his head and said: "My master only practiced the Five Elements Spiritual Technique, and he also specialized in the Five Elements Magic in the first half of his life. It's a pity that my master didn't seem to pass by here when he traveled and met you, otherwise you would definitely be able to fulfill your wish."
"It's the same with you."
"Your Excellency has misunderstood. I am not practicing the Five Elements Spiritual Art, and my attainments in the Five Elements Magic are not high. I am only good at the Fire Art. I showed it to you last night."
"Um?"
The mountain god suddenly frowned and stared at him with burning eyes.
"Fake."
Song You felt relaxed all over and said with a calm smile: "I am practicing the Four Seasons Cycle. What I told the mountain god just now was just because I was unhappy and did it deliberately to make you feel uncomfortable."
After saying this, I felt completely at ease.
Although the Five Elements Spiritual Technique is overbearing, its effectiveness is far inferior to that of the Four Seasons. People who major in Five Elements Spiritual Technique and Five Elements Magic, no matter how deep their Taoism and attainments are, it would be difficult to find the mountain god last night. But if this Taoist practices the Four Seasons
In the rotation method, what you learn is also complicated, so it is not necessarily certain.
Song You did feel that someone was looking at him last night, and he guessed that it was the mountain god, and these evil things were also related to him.
I just thought about it a lot at the time——
Firstly, I learned from the little ghost that this mountain god is indeed benevolent and charitable and a good god. Secondly, although there are many evil things in the mountains, they do not pose any threat to the descendants of Fulong Temple.
It’s just a matter of throwing a big stone on the road to see how you get across. San Lai had just met the kid, and this friendship was really rare. If the mountain god had been found at that time, it would have disturbed this pure fate. Si Lai was just guessing at that time.
Lord, I'm not sure.
Finally, there is laziness in nature.
I knew that the mountain god was kind-hearted and had met the ancestor before me, so I came to test myself. I also had the kid as a reason, and I was in a good mood at the time. The laziness in my temper took effect, so I just left if I wanted to.
Who would have thought that the mountain god would be waiting by the roadside today.