Looking over from my point of view, I happened to see the cover of the book Chong Xi was holding in his hand. The book I picked up was a thread-bound book that looked as new as possible, and the title on the cover was "The Legend of the Sword Riding Immortal" in five big characters!
The title of this book made me tremble! You know, the Sword Rider Immortal is talking about none other than my obscure father, Murong Hai! This is not the first time I have heard of the title Cheng Sword Immortal, but I didn’t expect to see such a book here! I think Chong Xi probably picked it up and read it after seeing the title of this book.
We walked to Chongxi's table and sat down. The elder brother and sister-in-law who set up the wonton stall had kind faces. When they saw us sitting at the table, they served three bowls of steaming wontons without us having to say anything, and they also thoughtfully added A dish of garlic. I also smiled and nodded to the elder brother and sister-in-law to express my gratitude. Then I turned to look at Chong Xi and asked, "Where did you get this book? Show me!" Chong Xi did not show me the book in his hand, but pointed to it. Pointing not far away. I looked in the direction of Chong Xi's finger and saw a young man dressed like a scholar sitting boredly on a stall reading a book.
I got up and walked to the guy's stall to take a look. Unexpectedly, the stall was filled with brand new thread-bound books! I browsed through it casually and found that they were all written in small regular script with a brush, purely hand-copied! Not to mention the content of these books, the writing of these characters is probably much better than the calligraphy of those calligraphers on the calligraphy and painting channel! Only then did I read these books one by one. What surprised me was that these books seemed to be novels. The names on the covers of the books were all different, such as "The Legend of the Immortal Riding the Sword", "The Three Wonders of the End", "Strange stories never end" and so on.
I thought to myself, no wonder this "The Legend of the Immortal Riding the Sword" sounds so weird. It seems to be just a compiled novel. As I was flipping through the pages, I heard the young man behind the stall covering his face with a book say impatiently: "Should I buy it or not? If you don't buy it, don't read it!" I was awakened by these words, and I quickly looked up. . I saw that this young man was a fairly handsome white-faced scholar, but the only thing that didn't match his appearance was the disheveled hair under the scarf, which looked like a thorn ball. I smiled in my heart, it seems that this guy is still a hedgehog, hehe.
Then, I picked up a copy of "The Three Wonders of the End" from the bookstall and asked, "How much does this book cost?" The young man looked up at me and said, "Ten bucks! Watch "The Three Wonders of the End". The same thing is ten yuan, and no one is less!" I was confused by these words, what are the three unique skills of Wu Ending? Why pay back ten yuan? The young man saw that I didn’t understand, so he put down what he was talking about and said impatiently: “Novel is ten yuan, all books are ten yuan each.” I smiled and took out my wallet, pulled out a ten yuan ticket and handed it to the guy. , then he felt a little strange and asked with a smile: "Brother, why can you spend RMB's money?" The scholar glanced at me and then said in a strange way: "If you don't spend RMB's money, why don't you get me pens, ink, paper and inkstones?" "
It was funny in my heart, but the scholar didn't seem to be easy to get along with, so I ignored him, picked up the book and returned to the wonton stand. Just in time, the big brother who set up the stall brought a bowl of wontons to our table. Chongxi had already eaten three bowls in such a short time!
I smiled and said to the elder brother who was setting up the stall: "Hey, that guy from the Bai family over there is not very easy to get along with." The elder brother smiled and said, "Hey, ignore him. He is just a bookworm. , few people in our Lao Bai family in Huangtuling will pay attention to him." In his words, it was revealed that the eldest brother and his wife are also from the Lao Bai family, which means that these two couples are also hedgehog practitioners. As I said that, I also smiled, and then I opened the book "Three Wonders of the End" and read it.
Speaking of which, the content in this book is actually not as fascinating as I imagined. It is just like the texts I read when I was in school, and they are all in classical Chinese. Basically, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were three and a half immortals born in Wujiu Realm, who were called Wujiu Sanjue by people in the spiritual world, and their magic power and moral character were indeed called the Three Wujie. Moreover, these three people treated humans, demons, monsters, and ghosts equally, and only considered good or bad regardless of race. They enjoyed a very good reputation in the spiritual and human worlds at that time. Then came the various deeds of the so-called Three Ultimates. Anyway, I couldn't stand a single one of them.
I ate the wontons boredly, watching Chong Xi with great interest, so I kicked him and asked, "My book is boring, what about yours?" Chong Xi slurped the wonton soup and said, "Yeah. Well, the writing is awesome! Uncle Hai is so handsome in this book!" I had no choice but to ask: "I'm asking you, is there anything useful in that book!?" Chong Xi was stunned, and then He blinked and said, "Read it yourself." After saying that, he handed the book to me.
I took the book Chong Xi handed me and looked through it twice. Unexpectedly, this book was much more interesting than the one I bought. First of all, this book should be carefully compiled by someone. There are some dramatic plots, and you can tell at a glance that they are the author's jokes. However, coupled with the plot and the main character's ideological activities, the main character Murong Hai seems more like my father's erratic behavior. Besides, this book also contains some popular science introductions from time to time. For example, the introduction to the legend of the five types of wild immortals in the Northeast is introduced through the mouth of the father in the book.
It is said that the five types of wild immortals first originated from the Shamanism of the Qing Dynasty, and the practice of these five types of wild immortals to this day also follows the teachings of the Shamanism, so sometimes we think these are strange. Their behavior is very different from that of humans. Even outside the pass, most of the five categories also practice this way.
There is actually a reason why the five categories of positioning are fox, yellow, white, willow and gray. Take foxes for example. According to legends from the Xia Dynasty in China, when Dayu was controlling the floods, he took the nine-tailed white fox, the daughter of the Tushan clan, as his wife. Therefore, it is said that the fox tribe has been a member of the tribe since five thousand years ago. A species that people respect. This is also why among the five categories of fox, yellow, white and willow ash, the fox clan ranks first. This fox clan traces back to its source, which is Dayu’s father-in-law!
Let’s talk about the Huang tribe. The Huang tribe is the weasel. As mentioned by Mr. Liu in the previous article, it is said that Old Man Huangshi is the ancestor of the Huang tribe. Of course, when it comes to Huang Shigong, he is definitely a human being. It is said that after Huang Shigong became an immortal, he became the ancestor worshiped by Huang Xianer. Speaking of which, Huang Xian'er is indeed proficient in most of the strange and strange methods of confusing the mind, and there are also some witch doctor methods that can cure diseases and save people. It can be regarded as inheriting some of Huang Shigong's methods.
As for Bai Xian'er, also known as the hedgehog, the most common saying is that Bai Xian'er cures diseases and saves people. Most of them use fairy medicine to save lives. Of course, there are also cases where hedgehogs become sperm and harm people, so we won’t give examples one by one.
And this Liuxian, also known as snake, is a common topic. According to legend, our biological father and mother "Fuxi Nuwa" is half human and half snake, so this snake has been a creature that people fear and respect since ancient times. In terms of cultivation, apart from the Fox tribe, the Liu tribe is the most powerful in cultivation. However, as far as I know, the Liu fairy tribe is not very easy to get in touch with. They all have quite individual personalities and I don’t know much about them.
The gray fairy is the one we come into contact with the most, which is the rat. First of all, the rat lies dormant during the day and comes out at night, so the ancients believed that the rat was very intelligent. However, in fact, most of the gray immortals who have practiced skills can do calculations, and the gray immortals are the best among the twelve zodiac signs. According to legend, before the beginning of chaos, only rats could bite through the chaos and come out, which has created the current status of rats among the five categories in the spiritual world.
After reading this novel called "The Immortal Riding the Sword", I finally understood why Chong Xi was so excited to read it. The writing in this book is indeed much better than that of "The Three Wonders of the End". While watching, I was also fascinated. At this time, I heard Chong Xi ask me: "Brother Yan, I have something I don't know if I should ask." I took a sip of wonton soup and said, "Ask, what's the matter?" You can't ask." Chong Xi nodded, and then said: "You have seen it, right? It was written in the book that the daughter of the Tushan clan when Dayu married her was a nine-tailed white fox." I nodded in affirmation. , then I heard Chong Xi say again: "Then do you think your mother and my aunt are the legendary nine-tailed white fox?" I stopped holding the soup bowl in my hand and asked: "You mean, you suspect My father and Dayu..." Chong Xi didn't nod or shake his head, obviously not sure, but I shook my head and said: "I don't think this is reliable! Think about it, if you really want to In that case, how could it be possible for my father to hang around and not ascend? If that’s what you think, then my father and mother should have ascended long ago. How is it possible for me to stay in the human world!"
Chong Xi blinked and thought for a long time, and finally nodded. Then he said: "Look at what is written on the last few pages of the book. I think you will be surprised!"