When Kou Xuanling was eight years old, he went home to worship his ancestors during the winter break. He was dragged by his cousins to the foot of the mountain behind Bijia Mountain, called Tiewei Mountain. Tiewei Mountain is an ominous and strange mountain. There is no life in the lush green forest. Deathly silence and darkness accompany Tiewei Mountain all year round. Kou Xuanling asked Kou Ying: "Why did you bring me here?"
"We are going to explore at night. It is stipulated that each person must come alone at night and get the red ribbon tied halfway up the mountain." Kou Ying handed the red ribbon in his hand to him and said, "A test of courage. Do you want to participate?"
"No. It's boring." Kou Xuanling didn't want to play. Kou Ying persuaded him: "I heard there are zombies in the mountains. Aren't you curious about zombies?"
Kou Xuanling asked them: "Have you all seen zombies?"
"No." Kou Ying and his cousins shook their heads in denial. "But zombies really do exist. I found records in the family tree. It is said that a thousand years ago, a woman escaped to Tiewei Mountain but was inexplicably bitten by a zombie. After being infected with the zombie poison, she became a zombie, neither alive nor dead. The most recent record is that during the Republic of China, a warlord led his army into Tiewei Mountain because they found a tomb here from the Song Dynasty in ancient books. They wanted to dig up the tomb, but they never came back. However, a warlord escaped and shouted that there were zombies in the mountain."
"Yes, the family tree does not deny these records, so there must be zombies in the mountains. We are going to play a courage test and look for zombies. Ah Ling, are you really not going to play with us?"
Kou Xuanling scoffed at the courage test, but he was curious about zombies. So he agreed: "Okay, I'll play. Who's turn is it tonight?" Kou Ying raised his hand, so he said: "Then I'll go tomorrow night." Everyone agreed, and during the day everyone went up the mountain together to tie the red ribbons to the tree, and then walked all the way back.
"Know the way well so you won't get lost at night. There will be fog in Tiewei Mountain at night, so you have to be careful. Remember to bring the talisman, and notify everyone if anything happens." After the cousin gave the instructions, everyone dispersed.
Kou Xuanling and Kou Ying were of similar age, so they walked home together. Kou Xuanling was curious to see Kou Ying looking relaxed and fearless. He remembered that Kou Ying was not very courageous. "Kou Ying, aren't you afraid?"
"Ah?" Kou Ying turned around and realized what Kou Xuanling asked, so he answered, "I'm not afraid." He whispered to him, "In fact, we ran to Tiewei Mountain to secretly tell Grandmaster Lu Jing. If we secretly tell Grandmaster Lu Jing, he will protect us. Cousin Xin once encountered fog and was trapped in Tiewei Mountain. She forgot to bring the talisman and couldn't get out. She was so scared that she cried. Later, she found a lamp four meters away from her. Cousin Xin followed the lamp and walked out of Tiewei Mountain."
Kou Xuanling was surprised: "How do you know that the lamp belongs to Grandmaster Lu Jing?"
Kou Ying said, "Because it wasn't just cousin Xin who encountered the lamp, other people also encountered it. After we discussed it, we found that we had secretly told Grandmaster Lu Jing about it before we broke into Tiewei Mountain at night. We didn't dare to tell the Grandmaster, otherwise we would be beaten, so we only dared to tell Grandmaster Lu Jing secretly. And we found that the lamp was the lotus lamp placed in front of Grandmaster Lu Jing for worship."
"Really?" Kou Xuanling tilted his head and muttered to himself.
Kou Ying grabbed Kou Xuanling and dragged him towards the east hall of the altar at home: "Hurry up and worship Master Lu Jing before it gets dark, and ask for his protection. Ah Ling, you come with us." The two ran very fast, and while the elders in the family were still looking at Feng Shui on Bijia Mountain, they sneaked into the east hall of the altar, secretly took down the portrait of Master Lu Jing from the shrine, and then ran back to the room.
Kou Xuanling's pupils dilated, and he grabbed Kou Ying and asked, "Why did you steal the portrait of our ancestor?"
"Shh!" Kou Ying put his short fat index finger on his lips to signal him to be quiet: "Speak softly, don't let the Grandmaster hear you." Before closing the door, he carefully checked if there were any suspicious people outside. After closing the door, he spread out the portrait of Grandmaster Lu Jing and hung it in the room, and put his palms together to pray: "Don't blame Grandmaster Lu Jing if there is anything strange."
Kou Xuanling frowned tightly, "Didn't you say we should worship our ancestors?"
Kou Ying made a round face and corrected him seriously: "It's Grandmaster Lu Jing, not Grandmaster." In addition to Grandmaster Sanqing, there are two Grandmasters enshrined in the Kou family altar. To distinguish them, they are usually called by their names. Kou Ying said: "If we tell Grandmaster Lu Jing about our night trip to Tiewei Mountain in the East Hall, he will also hear it. Grandmaster is very serious and rigid. He will knock on our heads, and it hurts a lot." When he mentioned Grandmaster, his voice became much weaker.
Kou Xuanling: "So that's why you stole the portrait of Grandmaster Lu Jing and then told him?"
"Yes. Anyway, there is a statue of Grandmaster Lu Jing in the East Hall, so it doesn't matter if it is stolen. Put it back after you finish talking. Ah Ling, hurry up, let's worship. My dad, uncle and second uncle will be back soon, so put it back after you finish worshipping." Kou Ying pulled Kou Xuanling to kowtow to Grandmaster Lu Jing.
Kou Xuanling stared at the portrait of Grandmaster Lu Jing for a while, then bowed devoutly, but did not tell him that he was going to break into the Iron Wall Mountain at night and hoped for the Grandmaster's protection. He was not a child, and he did not need to tell the adults.
Heh. A vague laughter suddenly sounded beside his ears. Kou Xuanling suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the portrait. The portrait showed that Grandmaster Lu Jing was still solemn and dignified, with a peaceful look. In the room, there was nothing else except Kou Ying's chattering, as if the laughter just now was just an auditory hallucination. Kou Xuanling was full of doubts. Did he hear it wrong
After Kou Ying finished speaking, he took out two half-moon-shaped palm-sized letter cups from the side and shook them in his palms. After worshipping, he dropped them on the ground, one Yin and one Yang holy cup. Kou Ying smiled and said, "Grandmaster Lu Jing agreed."
Kou Xuanling: "What are you asking for?"
Kou Ying took out the letter cup and asked the ancestor a question. If one of the letter cups was facing up and the other was facing down, it was called Yin and Yang, and it was the Holy Cup, and the gods agreed to his request. If both of the letter cups were facing down, it was called Yin Cup, and the gods disagreed and were annoyed. If both of the letter cups were facing up, it was called Laughing Cup, and the gods laughed at his question for being too boring. Now that Kou Ying has obtained the Holy Cup, it means that the ancestor agreed to his request. Kou Xuanling was curious about what he was asking for.
Kou Ying covered her mouth and laughed secretly: "I ask the Grandmaster to protect you, Holy Grail." Kou Xuanling was slightly surprised, Kou Ying continued: "I know you definitely didn't tell Lu Jing that the Grandmaster went to Tiewei Mountain, so I will ask for you first, don't thank me."
Kou Xuanling rolled her eyes at him: "Nothing will happen to me."
"Maybe you encountered a zombie?"
"That's perfect. I just want to see zombies." Kou Xuanling didn't believe it at all. Meeting zombies? That would be really unlucky for him. But in fact, this year might be unlucky. Not only did he get lost at the courage test the next night, but he might actually meet zombies. They couldn't actually be considered zombies. At most, they were Yin corpses, a form between zombies and dead bodies. If he drank blood and flesh, he could be transformed into a zombie.
Kou Xuanling entered Tiewei Mountain at midnight the next day when the moon was bright. He quickly found the red ribbon along the path he had taken during the day. However, his purpose was not to test his courage, but to find the zombies. So he wandered around Tiewei Mountain again. Although he made marks along the way, the fog became thicker and thicker, covering the entire road in the future. Not to mention the direction, he couldn't even find the marks.
Kou Xuanling started to panic after walking past the same place for the fifth time. After all, he was only an eight-year-old kid. No matter how calm and composed he was at other times, he slowly began to feel scared and regretful when he was alone in a dead silent space with no road in sight and no life. He held the red ribbon tightly and suddenly heard the rustling sound of fallen leaves being stepped on.
Little Kou Xuanling did not rush out and yell immediately, but hid himself immediately. There was not even the sound of insects in Tiewei Mountain in the middle of the night, so how could there be people? He remembered the zombies that Kou Ying and the others had mentioned, so he quickly hid himself. Fortunately, the trees in Tiewei Mountain were extremely large, and an adult could not hug the tree stumps, which was more than enough to hide the child's body.
Unfortunately, whether it is zombies, walking corpses or shadow corpses, they are all famous for their sense of smell. They may not be able to see but they definitely have a keen sense of smell. Any living creature with vitality cannot escape their pursuit, so Xiao Kou Xuanling soon discovered that the rustling sound of fallen leaves stopped beside him.
Xiao Kou Xuanling squatted down and shrank his body. After a while, he secretly walked around the tree to look behind. There was nothing. He was confused for a moment, then gradually relaxed and turned back. He heard a "ho ho" sound from above his head, as if a walnut was stuck in his trachea and he couldn't breathe. He looked up, his pupils constricted. It turned out that the corpse was sniffing for life above his head. Its rotten head was full of insects and was slowly moving downwards.
The shadow corpse sniffed the air and then stopped above little Kou Xuanling's head. The next moment, Kou Xuanling jumped out like a spring, and the shadow corpse also pounced on him with its fangs and claws bared. Although it missed, its sharp claws pierced into the tree stump, leaving ten terrifying black holes.
The Yin Corpse's movement speed is not as fast as that of a zombie, but not as slow as that of a walking corpse. It is more like the speed of a normal person, but it is extremely powerful. If Kou Xuanling was an adult, he would have a great chance of escaping from the Yin Corpse. Unfortunately, he is just a child now, and his speed is not fast at all, and he has not learned the Taoist magic well.
There were many dead trees in Tiewei Mountain, so Kou Xuanling ran around the trees. The Shadow Corpse moved at the same speed as a normal person, but its reaction and sensitivity were not as good. Running around the tree annoyed it, and later it directly tore or broke the tree to chase Kou Xuanling. The cold mountain wind on the cold night blew into his nostrils and mouth, burning little Kou Xuanling's throat and almost killing his heart and lungs. He turned around to look at the Shadow Corpse that was so close, but he didn't notice that he tripped and fell to the ground, and the Shadow Corpse pounced on him.
The stench of the rotting corpse and the cold wind filled his mouth and nose. The smell was more disgusting than fear and made Xiao Kou Xuanling almost vomit. The next moment, the corpse seemed to be kicked away by something, breaking the tree and falling to the ground. When he staggered to get up, a short peach wood sword flew across the sky and pierced his heart and inserted into the tree. The red tassel on the handle of the peach wood sword shook several times, and a string of bells hung on it.
The ding-dong sound lasted for a while before it stopped. Little Kou Xuanling blinked and was stunned. The peach wood sword was lost when she was at home during the summer vacation last year, and she couldn't find it no matter how hard she looked. Behind her, there was the rustling sound of fallen leaves being stepped on. Little Kou Xuanling quickly got up and hid behind the tree. After a while, she secretly popped her head out to observe, but was frightened by the smiling face that suddenly appeared in front of her and fell to the ground.
"Hah! Who are you?"
The beauty in front of him was wearing a white robe with long hair, and behind her was a full moon. The moonlight that was originally not allowed to shine in now shone in, falling on the beauty, as if glowing. The beauty looked down at Xiao Kou Xuanling, her eyebrows curved, and her smile was obvious: "You can't even beat a Yin corpse?"
Xiao Kou Xuanling immediately retorted: "I'll let it go."
"Oh? Really?" Lu Jing smiled faintly, pulled out the peach wood sword and burned the corpse. He looked sideways at the top of the mountain. Where the moonlight gathered, there was a small figure staring coldly at the silent world. "Let's go." He stretched out his hand to Xiao Kou Xuanling.
Kou Xuanling tilted his head and handed his hand to Lu Jing while saying, "You stole my peach wood sword." His eyes rolled around, and his expression was very cunning and smart: "You have to compensate me."
Lu Jing picked up the child and walked slowly towards the foot of the mountain. Wherever he was, the moonlight was there, not blocked by the mountains and fog, as if lighting the way for him. From a distance, only a small dim yellow light was seen in the fog, which was completely different from what Xiao Kou Xuanling saw. He was picked up, and his mind was all on how to deceive the beauty.
Lu Jing asked him: "How do you want me to compensate you?"
Xiao Kou Xuanling pretended to be generous: "Just marry me and I will marry you. I don't mind that you are older than me. I know you will get old when you grow up, but I don't mind either. I will definitely marry you. And I will definitely become very handsome and make a lot of money when I grow up. I am the nth generation of the Heavenly Master."
Lu Jing laughed and said, "You gave this to me. If it's not stolen, you don't have to pay for it."
Xiao Kou Xuanling had never met Lu Jing, but he couldn't expose the beauty's words directly, which was too unmanly. Xiao Kou Xuanling's round face was tense, and he speculated very seriously and confidently: "It must be an engagement token."
Lu Jing paused. He remembered that when Xiao Kou Xuanling gave him the peach wood sword last year, she said it was a token of love. Now it has become a token of engagement. So he said, "I am a man."
Xiao Kou Xuanling was struck by lightning: "I'm heartbroken again?"
Lu Jing thought that Xiao Kou Xuanling had recovered his memory, but after a closer look, she found that he just said this sentence unconsciously. She was a little surprised, but also thought he was funny and cute: "It turns out that Ah Ling dislikes me because I am a man. I originally wanted to accept Ah Ling's proposal."
"Really?" Xiao Kou Xuanling's eyes widened and he patted his chest: "I will marry you!"
Lu Jing was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing, but what she said was: "Go to sleep."
Xiao Kou Xuanling felt confused and was about to say something when he suddenly felt sleepy. Before he closed his eyes, he vaguely saw a dim yellow lotus lantern. The memory of Lu Jing was erased again. When Xiao Kou Xuanling woke up, he only vaguely remembered that after the Yin corpse pounced on him, a dim yellow lotus lantern appeared in front of him.
Next, the elders in the family solemnly warned the younger generations not to go to Tiewei Mountain to play, because they found the Yin Corpse haunting Tiewei Mountain.
Kou Ying and others were still frightened and ran to comfort Xiao Kou Xuanling. Fortunately, he did not encounter the Yin corpse. It must be because he had worshipped Master Lu Jing. Xiao Kou Xuanling did not refute, acquiesced to the blessing of Master Lu Jing, and followed everyone to the East Hall of the Altar to worship Master Lu Jing. When he looked up, he saw the portrait of Master Lu Jing winking at him. This time he was sure that he was not mistaken.
Little Kou Xuanling smiled in surprise. It turned out to be Grandmaster Lu Jing who saved him.
In this way, Xiao Kou Xuanling became a crazy fan of Grandmaster Lu Jing, and he never stopped offering sacrifices, worshipping, and sword dancing to Grandmaster Lu Jing at regular times, like three meals a day and midnight snacks, until he became an adult. Of course, he also completely forgot about his "engagement" with Grandmaster Lu Jing, and after devoting his body and mind to the Grandmaster, he grew up to be an upright and straight man.
The author has something to say: Xiao Kou Xuanling is obsessed with looks.
Second update in the evening.