I asked in a deep voice: "What did you see? Tell me in detail."
The blind man said, "According to the arrangement of the Prajna Temple, the monks guarding the ancient temple must be replaced every five years. During this period, three days must be set aside and no one can stay near the ancient temple. Only after three days can monks enter the ancient temple."
"At that time, I had already left the ancient temple, but I left in too much of a hurry and dropped the magic weapon that my master gave me. I was afraid of being punished by my master, so I quietly slipped back. What I never expected was that a ghost statue actually rose up in the pool. The ghost statue was like a bright green lamp. I only took a look at it, and my eyes were blinded by the green light of the ghost statue, and I fainted on the spot from the pain."
"When I woke up, I had been rescued and taken back to Prajna Temple. The people in the Discipline Hall wanted to execute me, but because of my master's pleading, they changed the execution to stripping me of my martial arts and expelling me from the temple. However, Prajna Temple also did not allow me to leave the area within a hundred miles. I stayed here and lived on support, and later I got married and had children."
The blind man looked up and said, "I have always been worried about this. I hate that ghost and I also hate the Prajna Temple. Many years ago, I met a man named Wu, who was also a fortune teller. He taught me the skill of iron plate divination and told me that if someone wants to find the ancient temple one day, and says that he found me by divination, I should tell him what I have experienced."
I asked in a deep voice, "What's the name of that guy surnamed Wu?"
The blind man shook his head and said, "He didn't tell me. He only told me that if you ask him, he would tell you that you will meet again sooner or later, but when you meet, it will be a separation of life and death."
My head suddenly buzzed: Could that person be my grandfather
I asked anxiously, "What else did he say?"
The blind man said, "He also said that some things should be forgotten if possible! The person he asked you to find doesn't have any secrets. He asked you to find that girl just as a last-ditch effort to help you avoid the disaster. If you insist on going up the mountain, it means that his arrangement has failed. Let me take you to find the ancient temple."
"So that's how it is." I finally understood why my grandfather insisted that I marry Guan Qingyan and why he made me swear not to look for another girl. It turned out that he just wanted me to avoid the curse of the ghost vein.
My grandfather had dealt with the Guan family before, and he knew the character of the Guan family. He also left me with a root of trouble in the Guan family. If Guan Qingyan married me because of her family, there would definitely be resentment between us.
My grandfather knows my character better. I don't like being forced to be with Guan Qingyan. The final result is that I will always be unwilling. Apart from wanting to be free, I won't have any feelings for her.
There is no love between Guan Qingyan and me, so there is no separation of life and death, and I don't need to change my fate. Although I will suffer for the rest of my life under the oath, I will not die because of it.
My grandfather doesn't have omnipotent abilities, but he is very worldly-wise.
However, he had not seen Guan Qingyan for twenty years, and he had not expected that Guan Qingyan would leave the Guan family and willingly follow me into the path of magic.
All of this was out of his control.
Perhaps, my grandfather had already known that his arrangements would go astray, or even be completely out of control, but he was still trying his best to make arrangements for that slim chance.
I couldn't help but sighed and said, "Let's go, take me to find the ancient temple."
The blind man stood up and said, "Come with me! That road is not easy to walk on. If necessary, you will have to carry me across."
As I led the blind man up the mountain, I asked casually, "How did Mr. Wu find you back then?"
The blind man said, "Mr. Wu didn't just find me. He found many people, all of whom are fortune tellers. Mr. Wu once said that if we get all the people he found together, we can form a team, at least three or four hundred people!"
I was suddenly shocked: Why did my grandfather look for so many fortune tellers? Could it be that he was also going to defy the will of heaven
But what can ordinary fortune tellers do? Strictly speaking, street fortune tellers can only be regarded as peripheral members of the art of magic, and some are not even peripheral members. Can they defy fate
They can't even get past the guardian, let alone reverse their fate? If they are gathered together and discovered by the Xuanjing Division, wouldn't that be like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth
Also, my grandfather said that he would meet me again, which proves that he faked his death. What on earth has my grandfather been doing all these years
So many things came together at once that I was so confused that I didn't even pay attention to the conversation between Ye Jin and the blind man. It wasn't until Ye Jin parked the car at the foot of the mountain that I came back to my senses.
The blind man said, "Look around here to see if there is a path leading up the mountain. The foothold is on the cliff, and one has to hold on to the cliff and climb up little by little. If you find it, then you are on the right path."
Ye Jin and I quickly found a series of stone holes carved into the mountain wall. The stone holes could only accommodate half a person's foot at most. For ordinary people who don't know martial arts and don't have any courage, they would feel dizzy even if they just stood up, let alone climb up.
I took a rope and tied the blind man to myself tightly, then climbed up the mountain step by step, holding onto the stone nests with both hands. When I was about halfway up, the blind man suddenly said, "You have climbed about 120 steps, right? When you reach 120 steps, turn left. There is no stone nest on the left, only a rock crack. Hold onto the rock crack and go left."
I immediately got furious and asked, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
I have been climbing up the mountain carefully. Who has time to count how many steps I have taken? At this time, telling me to go left according to the number of steps, are you kidding me
The blind man smiled awkwardly and said, "When we used to walk up the ladder, we were afraid of falling, so we counted each step as we climbed up. I thought you were counting, too, so..."
I suppressed my anger and said slowly, "Ye Jin, how many steps have we taken?"
Ye Jin, who was below me, said, "I didn't count either. How about we go back and climb again?"
"No!" said the blind man, "There is a magic circle set up by a great man from the Prajna Temple. If you keep climbing up, you will end up at the top of the mountain. Only by going left along the direction I mentioned can you enter the mountain pass and reach the ancient temple. But the magic circle can only be used once a year. If you go back now, you will never find the correct location unless you can break the magic circle."
Ye Jin said in a deep voice: "Are you exaggerating?"
The blind man said, "If you don't believe me, look up at the stone nest above, and then ask the other party if they see something different."
I subconsciously looked up, but the sunlight covered everything in my sight, and I couldn't see where the stone nest was. "Ye Jin, the sun is so bright that I can't open my eyes. What do you see?"
Ye Jin said: "All the stone nests above are gone, only the mountain wall is left."
I couldn't help but ask the blind man, "Besides the stone nest, are there any other signs?"
The blind man thought for a moment and said, "There should be traces of finger scratching at the 120th step. At that time, many brothers who had practiced the Vajra Finger desperately used their fingers to scratch into the cracks of the stone for fear of falling. Look for it and see if there is any."
I thought about it carefully. I didn't see any traces of fingers along the way, so I just carried the blind man on my back and continued to climb a few steps. When I landed for the third time, there were indeed a few traces of fingers digging on the edge of the stone hole. I pressed my hands on the cracks in the rock wall, and pushed my feet as hard as possible on the protruding rocks, and moved to the left little by little.
After I had walked two or three hundred meters, the fingerprints on the rock wall in front of me suddenly disappeared. Mosses appeared on the smooth mountain wall. Looking down from where we were, we could see that there was an abyss hanging in the air. If we fell down at this time, we would be crushed to pieces even if we had great skills.
My heart suddenly went cold, and an ominous premonition suddenly surged into my mind: "Blind man, what on earth is going on?"
The blind man shrank back and stopped talking. I said sternly, "Tell me, what's going on?"
As soon as I finished speaking, I heard someone on the top of the mountain laughing and saying, "Mr. Wu, it's been a long time. I have admired Mr. Wu for a long time, but it is a pity for me to meet Mr. Wu under such circumstances!"
Sun Yifan! Although I have only met Sun Yifan once, I remember his voice clearly.
I fell into a trap! The blind man behind me was someone that Sun Yifan had arranged long ago.
When I looked up suddenly, the sunlight in the sky had been completely blocked behind me by the Mirror Warlock who was half-crouching on the edge of the cliff, and I could also clearly see the muzzles of their guns pointing down from the mountain.
Ye Jin whispered, "There is also an ambush under our feet."
I turned my head and glanced down the cliff, and sure enough, there was a figure holding a rifle in the bushes.
Although I was hundreds of meters away from the ground, I was still within the rifle's shooting range. More importantly, I only had a narrow rock crevice to support my body, so it was extremely difficult to move. Once Sun Yifan opened fire, I would not even have a chance to dodge.
At this time, the blind man who was originally huddled behind me shouted loudly: "Mr. Sun, I have tricked this person into coming to you, what about the thing you promised me?"
Sun Yifan said, "I, Sun Yifan, always keep my word. Your grandson has returned home now, and you can see him when you go back. However, you have to ask Wu Zhaorang if he will let you go."
The blind man trembled and said, "Mr. Wu, I was forced to do this... I can only repay Mr. Wu's kindness in my next life..."
After the blind man finished speaking, he suddenly pulled the rope I tied on him, and he fell straight to the bottom of the mountain. A few seconds later, I heard the blind man's screams before his death. (To be continued)