The uncle bared his teeth and cursed, which happened to be seen by the master who quickly came down from the stone platform.
The master glanced at the wound on his uncle's leg, with a faint smile on his face.
"It looks like it's the ninth quarter? Not bad! Not bad!"
The uncle saw that his master's hair was a little messy, his sleeves and corners were torn, and there was some dirt on his pants.
"Master, you?"
"Fighted with those annoying old guys."
Master answered casually. Seeing his uncle's puzzled eyes, he already guessed what he was thinking and continued:
"In a wheel-and-wheel battle, I fought against five of them. I didn't get any advantage, but they didn't feel comfortable either."
The master sat next to his uncle, leaned against the tree, took out a tobacco stick from his pocket, and carefully filled it with tobacco leaves.
Every time I see the master filling tobacco leaves, my uncle wants to laugh. During these years of following the master, the master did not even look down on gold bars, but he treasured every shred of tobacco leaves. Occasionally, a handful dropped to the ground.
After feeling distressed for a long time, the master would say that I should pump it once and less.
My uncle never understood why his master said this. It was easy to find top-quality tobacco leaves in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. Many years later, my senior brother also started smoking dry cigarettes. He traveled half of China and could not find any tobacco leaves with a similar taste.
Only then did the uncle know why the master looked like that and his tobacco leaves were so scarce.
"Master, I tried my best and could only reach the ninth step. What kind of stone is this?"
Seeing his uncle's depressed look, Master took two puffs of dry cigarette and patted his uncle on the head.
"It's just a gadget. If I force my way in, I can probably get half of it. This black stone is a soul-raising stone. Well, it's rare."
"Gizmos?"
The uncle was puzzled as to why the master said that this ferocious formation was just a gadget? He soon got the answer from the master.
The master told his uncle that there were eighty-one steps in total, made of soul-nurturing stones, which sealed the evil ghosts and used them to prevent enemies from going up the mountain. This kind of formation was actually not allowed to exist.
"And that dog on the steps of Section 9?"
My uncle was extremely depressed. He had been practicing martial arts since he was a child, but he was scratched by a native dog.
"This formation combines reality and reality. There will be a ferocious beast in the ninth section. The dog is estimated to live for more than a hundred years. It is fed with special methods. You can't defeat the normal one."
After the master finished explaining, his uncle curiously asked the master how he could pass easily without using magic.
"You remember the Nine-Gong Grid, right? If you try to divide the eighty-one steps into nine sections, and then divide each section of steps into nine sections, you will find that it is actually a gadget."
The uncle quickly thought of the formula of the Nine Palace Grid that his master had taught him: "Wear one of the nine shoes, three on the left and seven on the right, two and four are the shoulders, six and eight are the feet, and five is in the center."
According to the master's explanation, my uncle walked to the first section of the steps, divided the steps into nine sections, thought of the formula of the Nine Palaces Grid, frowned, and couldn't think of any connection.
"Try overlapping Luoshu and Jiugongge."
The master leaned against the tree trunk and smoked a dry pipe and said casually, then looked at his uncle with a smile on his face and said nothing more.
When the uncle heard what the master said, his eyes lit up. Luoshu coincided with the Jiugong grid, so the fifth palace was the center, and the surroundings were distributed in left-handed order: Qian, Dui, Li, Zhen, Kun, Gen, Kan, Duiba
palace.
The Luoshu numbers in the Jiugong grid correspond to the names of the palaces in the Jiugong grid, which are also the Jiugong numbers.
The numbers corresponding to the eight palaces of Qian, Dui, Li, Zhen, Kun, Gen, Kan and Dui were quickly analyzed. The first four quarters were 1,8,3,4, the next four quarters were 9,2,7,6, and the middle It's the number 5.
Then divide each step into nine sections, and many people will know that the first step is 1. My uncle recalled the steps of his master when he went up the mountain, walking left and right.
"So that's it!"
The uncle solved the doubts in his heart and looked back at his master happily. He saw his master nodding towards him with a smile on his face.
My uncle raised his left foot and stepped on the first section of the first section of the stone platform. Sure enough, no phantom formation appeared. Overjoyed, he raised his right foot and stepped on the eighth section of the second section of the stone platform.
After reaching the eighth stone platform in one breath, my uncle did not continue walking down and looked back at his master.
"Well, the ferocious beast in Section 9 needs to rely on your own abilities. The easiest way is to scare it away with your own pressure."
After the uncle heard what his master said and knew about the tricks of this formation, he no longer had the curiosity as before and simply retreated to his side.
"After passing the ninth section, just keep looping the first nine sections to get to the end. It won't be difficult after you know the method."
As soon as the uncle finished speaking, the master hit his uncle on the head with his pipe and said, no wonder your senior brother always says you are stupid, go up and give it a try.
The uncle rubbed his head and thought about his master's words. It took him a long time to figure out that the eighty-one steps are divided into nine points. Each nine steps can be regarded as one portion, so the second portion corresponds to the exchange of positions.
Extremely clever design, it is difficult to reach the end without being familiar with Luoshu and Jiugong at the same time.
"Hey, master, it turns out that the tenth step starts from 8."
The uncle touched his head and said with a silly smile. The master rolled his eyes at his uncle and said that he was not that stupid, but if it were your senior brother Qin De, he would have thought of it immediately.
The uncle curled his lips and muttered in a low voice. He was not a Feng Shui major, so he knew Luoshu and Jiugong well. His senior brother also didn't know how to cast spells.
Hearing his master cough twice, his uncle shrank his neck in fear and did not dare to continue complaining.
"Didn't you tell us that the scars on your legs were caused by injuries during the mission?"
Grandma Jian Shu stared at her uncle and asked. The uncle was speechless for a moment and realized that he had let something slip. He quickly changed the subject and told everyone that he only knew so much about Gumiao Village and it was definitely a super terrifying existence.
The other people didn't speak, and the atmosphere became dull. It was grandpa who said, "We probably won't go to that place in our lives, so why are we thinking so much."
After a few people calmed down, they picked up their wine bowls and continued drinking.
Chujiu and I started yawning nonstop, and my uncle asked us to go back to the room and sleep first.
It was already late at night, and the time was indeed a little late. Chujiu and I returned to the house according to words, and did not think too much about the affairs of Gumiao Village. This kind of extraordinary existence is really beyond my ability to worry about. After a while, Just fell asleep.
I slept until my eyelids were pierced by the sun, and then I woke up. I saw Chujiu standing at the window, his body trembling. I jumped out of bed and slapped him on the forehead. What kind of monster is this kid doing?
The moment Chujiu turned around, I was shocked. Chujiu's eyes were red and tears were still hanging on his face.
Chujiu cried and handed me a few pieces of white paper and a bankbook in her hand.
My heart tightened and I had a bad feeling.
Qin Feng:
I am sorry to say goodbye to you in this way. Due to some reasons, we had to leave early for this trip to Kunlun.
After thinking about how to say goodbye to you, I finally chose this way to save me from feeling more reluctant.
If nothing unexpected happens, this trip will take as short as one and a half years, or as long as three to five years. I have also made calculations, and the result of this trip is unknown. According to our experience, it is nothing more than a run-in.
Everything is stable, after all, you have your uncle by your side.
The best result is of course to find the medicine guide, which is the biggest mission of our generation. But it doesn't matter if you can't find it. You should just go out and take a look. The future is long.
This passbook is the allowance from my work over the years. It is the wife's book I saved for you. I will hand it to you in advance in case you need it in case of emergencies.
I watched you grow up, and there are some things that you need to face on your own. Take it as an experience of growth. Whether it is training your mind or body, it is ultimately a part of growth.
Without further ado, I hope that next time we meet, I will see a better man in front of me.
Always remember: Don’t take the initiative to cause trouble, don’t be afraid when encountering trouble, follow your heart and stay true to your heart.
The letter was signed grandpa.
Turning to the paper below, it is written in the font of "uncle flying and phoenix dancing", with only one sentence written:
On the ninth day of the lunar month, use your life to protect your brother!
I stared at the passbook in my hand, feeling as if I had knocked over a five-flavor bottle. The last column in the passbook was the withdrawal of 1,000 yuan in August last year. It showed a balance of more than 60,000 yuan, and the deposit numbers were marked on several pages.
The word allowance.
We were talking the night before and learned that my grandfather and uncle were going on a trip. I thought of countless ways to say goodbye, but I never thought of this one.
Looking up at the bright sunshine outside the window, I remembered that yesterday when my grandpa teased me and laughed at me for being stupid, I burst into tears. How could those tears be because it was funny? It was obviously because they had planned to leave, because they were reluctant and worried about me.
, I didn’t notice it.
I don’t know how long it took, until Chujiu called me, I realized that my face was already full of tears. Looking at Chujiu’s eyes that were red from crying, I felt sad. Yes, for a long time, only me and I were left.
It’s the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, and it’s time to have someone who looks like an older brother.
"Chujiu, don't be sad, we will work hard together in the future."
I don't know why, but I couldn't even say a decent word of comfort at this time. After saying this, I only felt more pain in my chest.
"Guo Guo, I'm hungry!"
Chujiu burst into tears and said that her uncle was unkind and had disappeared twice in a row. She must settle accounts with her uncle the next time they meet.
Looking at Chujiu crying heartbreakingly, I realized that the boy in my eyes who was omnipotent had only just turned sixteen.
"Guo Guo, let's go have breakfast."
On the dining table in the hall downstairs, there were hot rice porridge and several stacks of side dishes. Grandma Jian Shu sat quietly on the chair next to the dining table, staring at the sky in the distance.
"The three of them came down the mountain overnight. After you have breakfast, it's time for me to go back to the village."
"Ah? Is Grandma Jian Shu leaving too?"
Grandma Jian Shu did not look back, she still stared at the sky in the distance, sighed and said: