"There is no perfect strategy in this world. After all, things are ever-changing. Strategies can only determine the general direction, but not the details. What I planned at the beginning was just to use your Snake Sect's top-notch snake medicine to fight in this mountain range. Use it to summon a group of snakes to escape." The master explained this, indicating that being here was indeed unexpected.
"Then why is it used in this mountain range?" I was a little confused.
"It's for maximum effect! There are many snakes and insects in the south, and so is Kawachi! This mountain range is the sacred mountain range of the Snake Gate. Of course, there are more snakes... And I know that due to the existence and guardianship of the Snake Gate, There will be many different species of snakes here, which will be more beneficial for us to escape! But I am not 100% sure about this plan, because I don’t know who Yang Sheng will send and how capable it is... Just like today, Chengyi, you I almost fell into the biggest dilemma. I could only calculate a certain possibility and then gamble. The biggest point was that Yang Sheng had to do things in an obscure way this time. He probably wouldn't take the big road carelessly. Choose a remote section to walk...and one section of the road is close to the holy land in the holy mountain! Everyone knows that the Shemen Gate is obscure, who would have thought that the Holy Land of the Shemen Gate is actually close to a section of the road?" Master said that he could not bear it. Couldn't help but smile.
Xiao Ding widened his eyes and said: "It must be close to the road. We also have to live. We need to go out to buy food, clothing, housing and transportation in daily life. Is it possible that we are still farming in the Holy Mountain?"
This innocent little Ding, I groaned helplessly, how can I explain to him, what the master means is that others cannot figure out what the Shemen is. In fact, the so-called hidden world is also very close to this world.
The master probably didn't know how to explain it, so he could only change the topic and said: "In short, any strategy requires a little bit of luck. The way of heaven supports justice, which is eternal. People who do more good deeds have luck. It will always be better. If you don’t repay it in this life, you will also repay your children and relatives with blessings. You will always repay it in the next life."
"Master, what do you want to express?" I asked, this topic was irrelevant.
"Express that I am the messenger of justice." Master patted my head.
"Indeed, when you look at the expression on the big girl's face when you are squatting on the street, I think she is also full of the aura of a messenger of justice." I nodded seriously in agreement.
Xiao Ding looked at me puzzled again, blinked his eyes, and said, "It's fair to think that a big girl is just."
The master coughed violently, and then said randomly: "You can understand it this way."
I simply can’t express how unfair Master is, and at the same time I feel deeply for Xiao Ding’s purest innocence. After all, he is a reclusive sect. He lives with snakes in the mountains all year round. Compared with people, animals are always simple, even cold-blooded animals. ... It must be because of this that Xiao Ding, who is around forty years old, is still as innocent as a teenager.
The years may have left some traces of vicissitudes on his face, but they have never left such traces on his heart.
We continued to walk through the secret passage. At my deliberate request, Xiao Ding did not let me see more ancestors. He just said to me: "It's okay not to see. In fact, ancestors all have their own personalities. Some are gentle, some are naughty, and some are dull... In short, they are just like people! Some have bad tempers, so it's better not to disturb them."
bad temper! I shuddered subconsciously, thinking of that 'naughty' big black snake. If it was really bad-tempered, it might teach me a lesson... But what Xiao Ding said was indeed interesting. These have different personalities. The strange snakes give people a sense of intimacy. I believe that these spiritual snakes have such intelligence, but at the same time, I also believe in their simplicity. Only simplicity can their personality be so direct and single.
Xiao Ding's innocent personality was probably formed by staying with these single guys.
Seeing endless beautiful scenery will make people forget their fatigue... This cave is also full of unexpected things. For example, Xiaoding would look in the underground river from time to time, and once fished out two The three-tailed fish is transparent, looks long and pointed... very magical.
There are actually fungi here. After all, this environment is suitable for the growth of fungi, but I can't recognize those fungi.
"This fish is a blind fish, and this kind of blind fish may only be found in Shemen. Grandpa said that the taste cannot even be compared to the famous swordfish. It is really delicious, but grandpa said not to eat too much because it is precious and rare. , let them multiply here and expand the population! This fungus is also unique in this cave... Grandpa said that fungi are the best at absorbing spiritual energy, which is why Ganoderma lucidum and other spiritual weapons are produced. This cave is full of spiritual energy. , the ancestors love to stay in this place... so these mushrooms that have absorbed spiritual energy are very delicious even when boiled in plain water." Xiao Ding talked a lot. Maybe he had been alone for too long, so he couldn't bear it. Living a bit 'windy'.
But I listened with gusto. I absolutely believe in the idea that fungi absorb spiritual energy. After all, when it comes to eating, people have always said this: four legs are not as good as two legs, two legs are not as good as no legs, and no legs are not as good. One leg.
What we are talking about here is that pigs, cattle and other animals are not as good as poultry, poultry is not as good as fish, and fish is not as good as fungi.
"Well, speaking of which, there is also a kind of blind shrimp here, which is even more delicious... washed, peeled and eaten raw, the taste is... But you can't eat too much, or even like this, because grandpa said it's too Cruel, it would be better to use good rice wine to make them drunk to death before eating." Xiao Ding was still searching.
And I heard the sound of "gudong" "gudong", and it turned out to be my master swallowing saliva on the side.
I was happy. I believed that Master must have eaten the delicious food Xiao Ding described, so I couldn't help but salivate... And Xiao Ding's words were full of natural kindness, which suddenly made me Envy, living such a simple and clean life, even if you are naive, are you still happy
What I didn't expect was that a thrilling journey to escape would eventually turn into a 'tour of mountains and rivers', the ultimate enjoyment of eating delicious food.
I wonder how long we walked through the cave, an hour or two? In short, when I reached the end, my legs started to feel sore, but I hadn’t seen enough of the beautiful scenery in the cave. There were many branches in the cave. Xiao Ding told me that the snake doors in those branch caves were not completely complete. It’s easy to understand the terrain, but there are also many magical places... There are many hidden wonders and miracles. I will always take me to see them if I have the opportunity in the future.
What he said made me feel itchy, but he didn't say what it was in detail. He said it was a mysterious existence and magical sight that couldn't be described.
It seems that the place where Shemen lives in seclusion is really a good place. I sighed, but the master laughed and said, you have too little knowledge. The hermitage of my Daomen is also full of magical and spiritual things. There is magic everywhere!
This reminds me of once... Sister Jenny once let me experience a magical 'flight', and then led me to meet a strange person - Wang Feng! I didn't stay in his seclusion for a long time and didn't experience that much, but I remembered the delicious peaches, the magical rabbit... everything was like a dream.
When I was in a daze, I heard the sound of "rumbling" on the mountain wall again, and a stream of warm air belonging to the outside world blew into the cave. When I raised my head, I saw the quiet moonlight.
"Come out." Xiao Ding turned to Master and I and said, "Outside is the real holy land of our Snake Gate. It's beautiful."
This mysterious cave filled with ancestors is not a holy place, but the outside is actually a holy place. I feel very surprised.
I really wanted to go out and see this so-called beautiful holy land, but I hesitated before I took the step. Xiao Ding, who is rarely clever, looked at me and said funny: "There are no snakes at this exit, because there are no snakes at this exit." If you need it, just feel free to come out."
Although Xiao Ding said this, I was still trembling when I walked out... It took me a while to recover after walking out of the cave.
Outside the cave is a narrow valley, just like a thin line of sky in some places. I can't feel any beautiful scenery here, I just think that nature is very magical. In the thin line of sky, the bright moon is shining. The outside is clear and looks very strange.
Different moods lead to different views of the scenery. When I was fleeing for my life, when I looked at this moon, I felt it was filled with a kind of bleak whiteness.
Looking again at this time, the moonlight has softened, and the dim light actually warms people's hearts.
Xiao Ding was walking in front... We followed him silently. After walking out of the sky and passing a corner, Xiao Ding suddenly turned around and smiled at me and said, "We're here!"
Does this require special reminder? I also turned around and walked out of this corner, and then I was stunned there!
Is there really such a place in the world? What I saw was an open lawn... On one side of the lawn was a grove of strange-shaped trees, surrounded by mountain walls, as if embracing the lawn... Among them, the grove Behind, there is a small waterfall, rushing down...
These are not what shocked me the most. What shocked me the most was that in front of the grove, there was a huge tree, which was bigger than the stone tree I just saw in the cave... And the entire grove and the big tree... Below the tree, patches or dots of tender green light lit up, and from time to time tiny green light spots would fly.
Maybe there are fireflies here. These green lights intersect with the warm yellow lights of fireflies, just like a fairyland.
Where have I been? Could it be the place where elves live in Western legends