Tattoos have existed since ancient times, dating back to the pre-Qin period. There are two types: whale tattoo and totem tattoo. However, for Min Yuerou, it is still rare to see one, especially in the past few days. Suddenly, when she opened it in the morning, she found that the scholar's back was covered with patterns of strange beasts. She couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
When they heard her cry, Taoist Priest and Zhu Ganglie, who were holding bowls, rushed out from the kitchen in a hurry. They stood at the door and seemed a little excited when they saw the four extra strange beasts on the scholar's back.
"As expected, it can appear. In this case, Old Lu, there may be a way to restore your cultivation."
"You said it all, it's just a possibility."
Lu Liangsheng didn't quite understand how to restore his previous cultivation level, so for now he decided to let the Taoist and Zhu Ganglie take a look.
At the door of the room, Zhu Ganglie gulped down the porridge and chuckled: "How about me, old pig? I'm smart, right? Next, let's see how to match these five strange beasts to the five internal organs."
"As long as it's possible, there's a way!" Sun Yingxian put down the bowl, walked around the woman and circled Lu Liangsheng twice, carefully examining the pattern on his back, "It just happens to correspond to the positions of the five internal organs."
"Hmm... Let me think about what to do first... I need to set up the Five Elements Yin-Yang Divine Array... I'm not very good at it."
The Taoist stroked the short beard on his chin and looked at the scholar awkwardly. Seeing that the other party was about to raise his hands, he quickly waved his hand.
"Hey, hey, hey... Don't blame me if things go wrong. I really can't stand you scholars, you always raise your hands and are so polite that I feel embarrassed to say 'no'."
After mumbling a few words, the Taoist pulled Zhu Ganglie and waved his wide sleeves and went out. Lu Liangsheng called him: "Where are you going?"
From outside, a voice came back from the Taoist priest: "Open the book!" Then, he lifted up the hem of his robe and walked up the stairs to the attic.
The room became quiet.
Only Min Yuerou and Lu Liangsheng were left. The woman looked at the scholar's naked upper body. She had seen it before, but only partially. But now, the scholar did not look like the weak and frail man he was in the robe. He had a strong body and well-proportioned curves. He was more beautiful than the eight strong men in the village.
Thinking of this, a blush suddenly spread from her neck to her face. She hurriedly put the porridge on the table, lowered her head, and her voice trembled slightly.
"Eat...eat, it's getting...cool."
"Um."
After the two of them were alone, Lu Liangsheng felt somewhat awkward and quickly put his robe back on to avoid being seen by Lu Xiaoxian's big mouth. He went over to pick up the somewhat cold porridge and took a few mouthfuls. When he saw Min Yuerou standing there, he smiled.
"Have you eaten yet?"
The woman came to her senses and pointed outside: "Wait a minute, I'll eat with my aunt." After that, she blushed and hurriedly opened the door and ran out.
"What's wrong with me?"
Lu Liangsheng held the bowl in his hand and looked at himself for a few times, but he didn't feel anything was wrong. He took the bowl and sat down at the desk, took the book "Boundless Mountains and Seas", and read it while eating.
"If I draw one beast, it's a tattoo. If I draw all of them... wouldn't it be all over my body? One or two looks a bit impressive, but if there are too many, wouldn't it be a bit scary? The Lord of Beasts?"
"Ha ha… "
I was amused by this underworld nickname that I suddenly thought of. However, if this is the case, it would be a bit troublesome. Just think about the tattoos all over my body. It feels like a scholar has the style of a big devil in underworld novels.
Soon, Lu Liangsheng stretched himself, changed his clothes, tied a scarf, took some dry food and water from home, walked out of the village, and came to Qixia Mountain in the west along the country road. His master had been in seclusion for several days and had not come to visit him. If there was no food, he would starve.
More than ten feet behind him, the scholar did not notice a slender figure following him stealthily, all the way up the mountain path.
The sun shone on the yellowish mountains, and in the gentle mountain breeze, Lu Liangsheng walked to the front of the cave.
"Master?!" He called softly towards the stone gate.
The wind blew through the surrounding woods, and there was a rustling sound among the densely intertwined branches and leaves. For a long time, no sound came from inside the stone gate.
Lu Liangsheng frowned slightly and called out again: "Master!"
"Don't shout, your master is in a critical moment, put your things down and leave."
The voice of Toad Taoist was finally heard from inside, sounding upright and powerful, and he did not sound like he was hungry. Lu Liangsheng felt relieved and put food and water next to the stone gate. He talked about the possibility of recovering his cultivation, but he did not mention the matter of Monk Zhenhai. After all, his master was in seclusion at a critical moment and he could not be distracted.
"... I don't know if it will succeed. The words of the old mother of Mount Li have all come true. I think I may be able to recover to the Nascent Soul stage..."
In the messy woods and weeds in the distance, a pair of eyes were looking over here, watching the scholar talking and laughing alone in front of a large blue rock. I vaguely heard the word "Master". If it were someone else, they would think that the man had seen a ghost.
After a while, the peeking eyes quickly hid themselves, and the scholar who was talking walked towards the path. Then he reappeared his head, looked at the departing back, then looked at the rock over there, and murmured: "Master?"
The next moment, his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he remembered something. He quietly stepped back, followed Lu Liangsheng along the mountain path, all the way back to the village at the foot of the mountain.
On Mount Qixia, the quietly standing large blue rock slowly opened, letting light in. A short figure poked his head out and looked around. Seeing no one was around, his solemn and dignified expression suddenly changed. He excitedly picked up food and water that were taller than him with his tongue hanging down, then quickly ran back to the cave and closed the stone door with his flippers.
Click, click…
With his flippers stepping on the cold rock surface, Toad Taoist sat down on the ground, opened his bag, looked at the stacked bread, two bowls of rice, and dishes inside, and sucked the saliva from the corner of his mouth back into his mouth with a slurp.
"After two days of hunger, I can finally fill my stomach..."
Not far away, the food that had been stored had been eaten up.
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"Liangsheng, come and play with us for a while!"
"Or, we can call that Taoist priest Sun Yingxian over. We have come up with a new move and we will definitely be able to subdue him!"
In the drying dam, Lu Pan, Lu Qing and eight other people gathered together all year round. They would occasionally go up the mountain to inspect the formation or go hunting. Most of the time they would stay fit in the village, lifting stone locks weighing dozens of kilograms with one hand and throwing them up and down easily, getting covered in sweat.
In the sunlight, the bulging muscles are dark and shiny.
When the eight people saw Lu Liangsheng coming back from outside the village, they shouted a few times. Their tone seemed casual, but they knew that this nephew was extraordinary. When the scholar came over, they all stopped what they were doing and stood there.
"No, I have something else to do today, so I'm afraid I'm not free."
Lu Liangsheng smiled and casually bowed, then spread his sleeves and walked towards home. After his nephew left, the eight of them picked up the stone locks and millstones and played with them again.
In the small courtyard, Lu Liangsheng walked into the gate. His father was about to go out with his donkey, and he hurriedly hushed to his son who was about to call him.
"Don't talk. Your mother is sleeping. I'm going to go outside to let the donkey roam and take a walk."
Ahem—
A few dry coughs were heard from the woman in the inner room. Lu Laoshi, who walked to the gate of the courtyard, frowned, patted the donkey's forehead, and led the donkey back to the donkey shed.
"I told you not to come out, but you insisted on coming out. Luckily I saw you... A donkey shed can't hold you. Do you think you are that old donkey?"
The corners of Lu Liangsheng's mouth twitched. It was hard to imagine that his honest father would say such words. He held back his laughter and walked back under the eaves. The Taoist upstairs also left the room.
"Old Lu, we have found the formation. We are just missing one thing. We can set up the formation tomorrow!"
He walked down the wooden steps with a clatter, still holding the book his master left him in his hand. He was not afraid of Lu Liangsheng seeing it, and opened the page in front of him.
His fingertips followed the vertical lines of writing and pointed to the book.
"Look, you see? We need a bird that has lived in the human world for a long time. It has both the appearance of a demon and the air of a human being."
Birds that have lived in the human world for a long time
Where can I find this... This condition stumped Lu Liangsheng. The Taoist priest at the side also spread his hands and looked at the pig demon who was squeezed on the stairs and slowly coming down, the latter staring with wide eyes.
"Why are you looking at me, old pig? I am a wild boar, not a poultry!"
The muffled voice was so loud that Li Jinhua, who was sleeping in the next room, shouted: "What are you making so much noise for? Can't you sleep?"
Lu Laoshi, who had originally walked out of the donkey shed, quickly turned back and kicked out the hen that was nesting on the hay in the donkey shed.
Cluck, cluck, cluck—
Chicken feathers flew everywhere, and the spotted hen flapped its wings in panic and ran to the kitchen from the feet of the two people and the monster.
The next moment, the three pairs of eyes looked at each other, and then looked at the gray-haired figure who went into the kitchen, with smiles on their lips.