Strange Stories

Chapter 520: One sentence offends three people

"Before I came to see you this morning, I asked Senior Brother and Ji Yang and Ji Yin to prepare lunch for us. Now it seems that they have finished eating." The junior sister said to Lin Jue.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Who knew that sleeping on a hillside after drinking would be so comfortable that you could sleep until noon?"

"That's true..."

Lin Jue smiled slightly and said no more.

The so-called immortals drink when they are in a good mood, sleep when they are tired, and are free and at ease, doing whatever they want.

As they were talking, the thunderclouds slowly stopped outside Mount Yi and dissipated along the ground. Then the two of them stepped onto the ground of Mount Yi.

There are still small paths covered with reeds, wooden bridges withered grass, thick steam from the hot springs, blooming flowers in the mountains, birds chirping quietly, and wild deer looking back. If someone walks here and looks up, he will probably be amazed, thinking that the path in front of him must lead to a fairyland deep in the mountains.

The two men and the fox walked over slowly.

Suddenly Lin Jue stopped and looked back on the steep mountain road:
"Is the senior here today?"

The breeze blew on the treetops, making a rustling sound, and the water vapor from the hot spring was also blown away.

Soon there was an echo in the forest:

"Last night, it was a clear night, and there was thunder in Huizhou. It is said that a general in the human court was killed by thunder from the gods. A fast horse galloped through the mountains to report the news urgently. Was it you who did it?"

It is the voice of "refuting predecessors".

"Senior, you are really well-informed!" Lin Jue said with a smile, "Senior, do you also want to tell me that this move is not a good one?"

"Random speculation!" the voice quickly retorted, "You have already achieved enlightenment and become an immortal. Who am I to judge whether you have done a good job? Besides, you have a close relationship with the emperor of the new dynasty. It's just a thunderbolt that killed a general who disobeyed military law and caused chaos. I'm afraid that when you return to the capital, the emperor of this dynasty will have to apologize to you, right?"

The familiar taste came immediately.

Lin Jue smiled and saluted him: "Senior, long time no see."

"When did you and I meet?"

"I haven't met you, Senior, but you must have met me."

"When people see plants, trees, animals and birds, they think they are similar. When plants, trees, animals and birds see people, they also think that people look similar. What is the difference between seeing and not seeing?"

"Very reasonable."

Lin Jue raised his hand to salute, and although he was facing that direction, his eyes did not deliberately look for the source of the voice.

In fact, now that he has truly attained enlightenment, if he really wants to explore the true identity of this "refutation senior", the possibility of not finding it is not high. It's just that the two have known each other for many years and understand each other. Lin Jue has also received a lot of help from this senior along the way. If he had this intention, he would not have been able to get to know this senior until now.

"I just happened to have something I wanted to ask you, Senior. I wanted to use the 'Fuji' method, but since I'm here, I thought it would be better to ask in person. I can also chat with you for a while."

"No need to say more, just ask."

"First, I want to ask you, senior, after the former Tianweng abdicated, where is the temple and statue of Ji Ling Zhenjun? If I want to see him, where is the best place to go?" Lin Jue asked.

"You're asking me this kind of question?"

The voice in the forest pretended to be dissatisfied, but still answered:

"Generally speaking, when a Heavenly Emperor abdicates, his power and worship will indeed be reduced. Unless the True Lords and Spiritual Officials under his throne continue to serve under the new Heavenly Emperor, the statues in the temples will be removed. Only the Heavenly Emperor himself may temporarily keep the statues in the various palaces and temples for decades to hundreds of years because of his great status. However, although the True Lords are not as powerful as the Heavenly Lords, they are still True Lords after all, with extremely high status. Naturally, they also have their own worship sites and Taoist temples in the human world, and their own most loyal believers.

“In a place like this, even if the previous Heavenly Emperor was defeated and a new Heavenly Emperor took the throne, and the Imperial Court’s Ministry of Rites and the Taoist ancestral temple ordered all places on earth to remove the statues and temples of these True Lords, the people would not necessarily do so.

"Besides, the reputation of Ji Ling Zhenjun is not as bad as that of Hu Sheng and You Ling Zhenjun, so it is impossible for him to be expelled from the list of gods. If you go to his place of worship, I think you can still find his temple statue."

Lin Jue nodded and asked, "Please teach me, where is the incense place of Ji Ling Zhenjun?"

“How stupid!” the voice said, “Master Ji Ling attained enlightenment in Xihai County, so it must be in Xihai County! That was also his hometown before he became a god!”

"I see."

"What about two?"

"Two? Oh!" Lin Jue smiled. "Two, I want to ask you, Senior, where are the phoenixes in the world now?"

"Everyone knows that Master Ji Ling is accompanied by a black dragon. After asking Master Ji Ling, you now ask the phoenix. Do you want to take something from the dragon and phoenix to make the elixir?" The voice in the forest guessed it quickly.

The junior sister stood beside him holding a whisk, motionless, expressionless, and did not respond.

When she was still practicing in Yishan, every time she passed by this place when going up or down the mountain, she would do this whenever her senior brother talked with this senior.

The same is true today.

This "refutation senior" is too smart, knows too much, and is too difficult to deal with. Only the senior brother can talk to him freely.

"Senior, you have broad knowledge and extraordinary wisdom." Lin Jue saluted.

"Are immortals such flatterers?" The voice in the forest mocked first, and then quickly answered, "Have you heard of a hidden immortal mountain called Yuanqiu?"

"The Yuanqiu Mountain that produces the Yuanqiu fruit?"

"You actually have some knowledge? That's the Taoist temple of the previous Ren Tianweng! After the previous Ren Tianweng abdicated, he turned into Yuanqiu Xianweng and wandered around the world without a trace." The voice in the forest said, "When the people on earth demolished his last temple at the foot of the mountain, this Yuanqiu Mountain also left its original site and wandered around the world without a fixed place. It is said that there are many fairy fruits and fairy trees planted in the mountain, and there are many ancient rare and exotic animals."

"Since the fairy mountain is hidden from the world, how can we go there?"

"The immortal mountain has spirits, wandering around the world, with no fixed place. Can't you think of anything?"

"The mountain moves silently..."

"That's quite a bit of wisdom!"

"Um……"

Lin Jue found it very interesting.

He heard about Yuanqiu Mountain, actually because of Yuanqiu Fruit.

At that time, he was in the northwest of Qinzhou, conquering the Leopard King. In order to let him go, the generals under the command of the Holy Protector gave him many elixirs and immortal fruits as gifts. Those elixirs were distributed to all the masters and heroes. The most precious ones were two Yuanqiu fruits. He took one and Nan Tianshi took one.

According to the divine general, eating one can extend one's life by a hundred years and keep one from aging.

I don't know how much exaggeration there is.

In short, it is very attractive to Lin Jue.

Although Lin Jue is confident that he can achieve enlightenment, he still has many old friends and elders. If he can obtain this immortal fruit, for example, he can give it to Taoist Master Wangjizi. For example, if any of his senior brothers has not been able to achieve enlightenment, he can also extend his life by a hundred years and increase his chances. For example, his uncle and aunt at home.

But in the end, I returned. If I could find Yuanqiu Mountain and Yuanqiu fruit, it would be a good thing. If I could bring back seeds to plant and decorate my own temple, it would be even better.

And the phrase "The mountains move silently of their own accord" was actually something I heard many years ago.

At the end of the previous dynasty, there were many signs in ancient books that the dynasty was about to fall. This was one of them. At the end of the previous dynasty, people's hearts were unstable and the atmosphere was absurd. It seemed that many civil officials and military generals were giving up. These signs may have contributed to this - the previous Tianweng replaced the previous Tianweng, and the previous dynasty destroyed the previous previous dynasty. The mountain moved silently. Doesn't it also have a taste of seeking an opportunity for deliberate revenge?
Searching for immortal fruits is wonderful, and listening to gossip is interesting. Lin Jue smiled just thinking about it.

"Three more?"

"without……"

Lin Jue wanted to say no, but suddenly an idea came to his mind, so he asked again: "I want to visit Lady Yaohua, does the senior know the way?"

The mountain breeze blew through the forest again, and the swaying of the trees and the rustling of the grass could be heard with the ears.

Silence, quietness.

Lin Jue waited for a long time, but no sound came.

It seems that this senior who refuted was just like the god of Hammer Mountain. Just like it did in the past, he still did not dare to say much about Lady Yaohua.

"Is the senior still here?"

"..."

"You are so cold, Senior."

There was still no sound coming from the mountains.

But at this moment, a little rumbling thunder was heard.

The fox stretched his neck and looked over.

I saw a small thundercloud flying quickly from a distance.

There were two figures lying on the cloud, looking into the distance. There was also a little ghost in brown standing on the cloud, pointing in this direction with a serious face:
“Found it!

"You can't fly! You'll get beaten!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the little ghost disappeared into thin air.

The thunderclouds fell to the ground and dissipated. The two men got up with weak legs, turned around and looked around, but their faces were full of confusion.

Fortunately, I saw my master and uncle.

"Master, uncle, where is this? How did we get here?" Xu Yi asked.

"I wanted to ask you something!" Lin Jue said, "Didn't I ask you to go to Mawei Village to exorcise the demon? Why are you here?"

"We have eliminated the demon. We did it last night. And after daybreak, to be on the safe side, we searched the village and burned all the places with heavy yin energy and where the demons hid. We also asked the thunderclouds to send down lightning and strike us." Xu Yi said, "The villagers collected two taels of silver for us, and we are about to go back."

"What did you say to Chen Niu?"

"Let's tell Chen Niu to go back and report to the master..." Xu Yi said, his voice getting lower and lower. He understood, "So that's how it is. It brought us directly here to find the master."

"Where is this?" Pu Mei asked.

"This is Yishan, below Fuqiu Peak." Lin Jue pointed at the mountain under his feet, "This mountain is Fuqiu Peak."

"It's our fault for not making it clear!"

"I don't blame you." The little sister said, "This is both a coincidence and fate."

"Junior sister, you are right." Lin Jue also smiled, "You have come at the right time. This is where my master's sect is. Since you are here, you can follow me to Fuqiu Peak to pay a visit and meet your master uncle."

"okay!"

Lin Jue then turned around and smiled at Shan Zhong, "So that the seniors can know, I have also accepted two disciples, these two. The elder disciple is young and his name is Xu Yi, and the younger disciple is older and his name is Pu Mei."

A voice immediately came from the forest:

"The five energies of these two are quite pure, but their talents are not as good as your brothers and sisters, and they don't look smarter than your sister."

Xu Yi and Pu Mei looked at each other in surprise when they heard this.

The junior sister also looked serious.

One sentence offends three people.

"Haha! So the senior is still here. I thought I had scared him away!" Lin Jue laughed and said to the two disciples, "Come and meet the senior quickly."

"Hello, Senior..."

"I've met senior!"

Both of them were confused, but they still saluted.

There was no further response from the forest.

The two disciples became even more confused and felt that this "senior" seemed very strange.

After a while, Lin Jue led them into the mountains.

On the quiet path along the ancient Xianshan Road, a voice was heard:
"Master, who is that senior?"

"He is a senior from Yishan."

"What is the name of this senior? Why didn't Master tell us? Where is the senior? Why can't we see him?"

"Haha, don't talk about you. I don't know his name, and I have never seen him. I only know that he is in the mountains and I have known him for many years."

"what?"

The two disciples were very surprised.

"Master has known him for so many years, but you don't know his name and have never seen him?"

"Is he a human or a monster?"

"Don't be surprised, don't be rude." Lin Jue patted the two disciples on the head, "They are my best friends."

The gate of the Taoist temple has already appeared in the dense forest.

(End of this chapter)