After Mr. Shang learned the news that Mr. Chen was blind, his condition became obviously decadent. Mr. Shang wisely took all of us out of the hall, arranged a place to live, and said that we would take a rest while he went to arrange a banquet. .
After a while, Mr. Shang came back and told us what he knew about what happened between Uncle Chen and Mr. Shang.
We are talking about 1976, a year we are all familiar with because a major earthquake occurred in Tangshan City that year. We have also said before that during the Tangshan earthquake, the human world was in chaos, and so was the spiritual world. Since many people died at that time, there might be evil spirits or villains with evil intentions in the spiritual world, so we called a nationwide All the capable people and strangers in the world can maintain the balance between humans and ghosts. At that time, all the Yin and Yang circles across the country received the dream and rushed to Tangshan City from all over the country. At that time, whether they were Nanmao, Beima or idle capable people, they all rushed to the earthquake area at the same time. My father, Murong Hai, is the leader of these people, that is, the manager. It was because of that incident that my father left my godmother without saying goodbye.
During this incident, Mr. Shang was also one of the capable people who rushed to Tangshan. Since Shang Pei's practice at that time had already begun to glimpse the immortal way, he was also the number one capable person among these people. There were two other people who were partnering with Shang Pei at that time, one was Chen Banxian, who was famous for his divination and divination, and the other was Xie Bingyi, a strange doctor who was famous for his ability to exorcise evil spirits. Shang Pei realized Taoism in his early years, and although he was not immortal, he had already begun to see the Taoism at that time, so his appearance still looked particularly young. It happened that the other two were also in their twenties, and they admired each other. They became a group.
Shang Pei's spells can be said to be quite brilliant. During this period, there were indeed many crooked people who wanted to take this opportunity to gather the souls of enemies, but they were basically defeated by Shang Pei. Chen Banxian helped Shang Pei with his superb divination skills, suppressing the enemy step by step. Coupled with Xie Bingyi's mysterious and unusual Zhu You skills, the three of them together were invincible. And since the area that these three people were in charge of at the time happened to be within our current Wuzhong County, from that time on, the "Wujiang Three Wonders" in the spiritual world of Wuzhong County were said to be Shang Pei. , Chen Banxian and Xie Bingyi.
But there is no such thing as a banquet that lasts forever. After the never-ending matter was resolved, Shang Pei reluctantly said goodbye to these two close friends and returned to the north of the Great Wall with the other five brothers who came with him. Just when Shang Pei was about to leave, Chen Banxian suddenly grabbed him and said to him: "Don't look back all the way to the north. The sword fairy will help you to worry about the sky. Don't be afraid of thunder in the mountains. Three phoenixes will make the thunder stop!" "As he said this, he handed him a long sword held in an oilcloth.
This Shang Pei is not a fool, and his early enlightenment is not something to boast about. He immediately understood that he might be in trouble in the future. This was Chen Banxian trying to save him!
As expected, things started to change since the six Shang and Pei returned to the grassland! There were dark clouds overhead, and the lights and shadows in the clouds were moving, and it looked like thunder was coming from the sky. But the strange thing is that no matter where Shang Pei and the others go, this huge black cloud above their heads will follow them. Now Shang Peike is so anxious that he has realized that this dark cloud is chasing him! When the six brothers were walking into the valley, the dark clouds above their heads suddenly accelerated and they were about to catch up with them. Shang Pei was horrified. It seemed that God was unwilling to let him achieve enlightenment and wanted to punish him with thunder!
It turns out that when Shang Pei was still in Wu End, he once asked my father, Murong Hai, for advice on the knowledge of this immortal way. However, my father only mentioned it a little bit, and Shang Pei was suddenly enlightened. After the initiation, I have been admiring my father ever since. However, how could he know that my father Murong Hai was nicknamed "Sword Riding Immortal" in the spiritual world in his early years, and he was a truly powerful man. This is what the saying goes: "Good things must be done by good people. How can a mortal be a god." It should be said that Shang Pei himself is a mortal, and his hands were stained with blood in his early years. If he had devoted himself to self-understanding, God might not do this to him. But who would have thought that with just such a small question, the words from my father's mouth would make him realize three more points, and he would be able to break through the bottleneck and step into the immortal gate almost immediately, and enter the body of a semi-immortal! There are some things that people do, and God is watching. God will not let him gain enlightenment so easily, so his subordinate Tian Lei wants to test Shang Pei with thunder tribulation. But at this time, Shang Pei knew that he was unable to survive this thunderstorm. At this moment, he once again remembered what Chen Banxian said: "Don't look back when you are heading north. The sword fairy will help you. Don't worry about it. When there is a thunder in the mountains, don't look back." Afraid, the phoenix cries three times to stop the thunder!" At the same time, he also took out the sword that Chen Banxian gave him before leaving and untied the oilcloth.
Just as he stopped his horse and picked up his sword, the thunder above his head had already arrived! The oilcloth wrapping the sword in his hand had also been untied at the same time, and a long sword slightly narrower than an ordinary sword was seen shooting straight into the sky. Almost at the same time, the dark clouds in the sky shrank, and a blazing white sky thunder thundered down, and with that Banging the swords together. In an instant, the already darkened sky became as bright as day. Upon closer inspection, the sword that shot straight into the sky suddenly turned into a red-gold phoenix, confronting Tian Lei!
Now everyone present was dumbfounded, who had seen this battle before! ? At this moment, the red golden phoenix was heard roaring loudly in the sky, rising again against the thunder. This phoenix cry made people and animals startled, and even the horses were so drunk that they fell to the ground. Shang Pei once again recalled Chen Banxian's four sentences. Didn't one of them include the sentence "Three cries of the phoenix and the thunderstorm ends"
Sure enough, the red gold phoenix roared twice more against the sky thunder, heading straight towards the dark clouds churning in the sky, and immediately submerged into it. As I watched, the dark clouds really began to dissipate, and the thunder stopped! The red golden phoenix circled in the nine heavens, flew towards the south, and disappeared in the blink of an eye!
This is the story that Mr. Shang has heard his father tell the most since he was a child. Every time he hears his father tell this, his father's expression is very excited, which shows how much the original incident touched Mr. Shang. In Mr. Shang's heart, Chongxi's master Chen Banxian was regarded as the benefactor who saved his life. However, our arrival this time made him unexpectedly know that after saving his life, Chen Banxian suffered retribution and became blind! How could this not make Mr. Shang heartbroken? It was only then that we realized that that wretched old blind man had actually done such a chivalrous thing back then!
Later, when I got home, I mentioned this to my dad, but my dad smiled and said, "Shang Pei did ask me for some spiritual advice. Shang Pei is extremely talented. I just mentioned it a little bit." Then I understood it. At that time, I knew that although Shang Pei was knowledgeable, he was also the cause of disaster. I wanted to see how he was born. But who knew that your old uncle Chen also calculated that he would face a natural disaster, so he made it up with me. He wanted to borrow my sword in a panic. Although I knew what he was going to do at the time, I lent it to him anyway. Later, your Uncle Chen suddenly went blind and asked me what was the reason for his blindness. As for me, I just said casually. I asked some other questions, so that Uncle Chen didn't let you know that he was punished by heaven because he went against the will of heaven to protect Shang Pei's life. But everything has its destiny. This time you go to Xuantian Village and see I’m afraid I won’t be able to hide this past event for long.”
Seeing this, you may ask, then blind old man Chen is not a fool. He has done such a huge thing that goes against heaven. Didn't he think that he was blinded to protect Mr. Shang from the disaster? In fact, how could he not think of it? It’s just that Uncle Chen was young and energetic at that time and didn’t believe in karma. He didn’t ask my dad the reason until he became blind. By the time he figured it all out, Chongxi was already old.
Coming back to the present, Mr. Shang smiled bitterly as he finished telling us about his father's past, which made everyone sitting here sigh. Afterwards, we talked about some trivial things, and then a maid came in and said that the banquet was ready, and asked Mr. Shang if he would like to invite the master. I waved my hand and said, "We juniors are here, so we should go and invite you personally!" After saying that, I got up, and with the maid leading the way, we went to the main hall to invite Mr. Shang. The old man now calmed down and took us to the banquet hall with a big smile.
To be honest, Mr. Shang treated us as if we were his biological nephews, which made me a little embarrassed. The old man was too enthusiastic. The best way for men to get closer apart from fighting together is to drink together. After drinking this wine, everyone at the table started chatting.
While we were chatting, I suddenly remembered something and asked Mr. Shang: "Uncle, I don't know who the uncle in the ** Valley was, and he didn't introduce himself..."