Dao Qi Wu Zang Guan Guan: I became a Daoist Master in the 1990s

Chapter 133 The Stone Boy's Trail
"At midnight, the moon was bright and the stars were few. I, a poor Taoist priest, went up Baiyang Slope again by myself. The 'Coffin Temple' looked even more eerie and quiet under the moonlight."

I approached cautiously, but to my surprise, under the moonlight, countless extremely fine and dense silver threads were faintly emerging on the originally seamless front wall!
These interwoven silk threads outline an extremely complex and mysteriously ancient pattern, flowing slightly as if alive!

A glint flashed in the old Taoist Songfeng's eyes: "When I examined it carefully, my heart was immediately filled with shock! This pattern... this restriction! I saw it recorded on the last page of that half-scroll of the Dharma lineage!"

It is called 'Taiyin Youying Fu'!
It's a kind of sealing restriction. The manuscript only has a rough sketch of the diagram and a few words of hand seals and incantations. It says that if one can resonate with the energy flow, it might be possible to trigger the opening or closing of the restriction!

"I was blinded by greed at the time, and I didn't care about any danger."
I felt it was an incredible stroke of luck!

Immediately, following the incomplete method, he formed clumsy hand seals and silently recited the secret incantation before the silvery net that appeared in the moonlight.

"Whether it was good luck or the restriction had been in place for too long and had a flaw, after a few attempts, the silver threads actually started to ripple slightly, slowly retreating to both sides like water ripples, revealing behind... a door!"

A door, also made of black stone, but now clearly visible!

"I was overjoyed and, without thinking, pushed the stone door with all my might!"

The door was unusually heavy, opening only a crack wide enough for one person to squeeze through sideways. Inside, it was pitch black, and an indescribable, bone-chilling cold emanated from it, sending shivers down my spine!

"By then, I was already in a bind. I gritted my teeth and squeezed through!" The old Taoist Songfeng's face paled, and his voice trembled clearly. "As soon as I went in, the stone door behind me slammed shut by itself with a 'bang'!"

It was perfectly sealed! But right in front of us, it was pitch black!

Cold! That cold wasn't ordinary cold; it was a chilling cold that could freeze one's very soul!
It felt as if countless eyes were staring at you from the darkness, and countless rustling whispers and giggles echoed in your ears, sometimes near, sometimes far…

"I was so frightened that my soul almost left my body. I tried to turn around and push the door open, but I found that my body was bound by countless cold, invisible threads, and I couldn't move at all!"
The chilling energy seeped into the body relentlessly, freezing and dissipating the meager breath in the dantian almost instantly.

My consciousness began to blur, my blood felt like it was freezing... At that moment, I was utterly despondent, thinking only that my greed was costing me my life, and that I was about to become part of this evil temple..."

His voice trailed off, and a sudden glimmer of hope, born from extreme fear, flashed in his eyes as he stared intently at Qi Yun.

"Just as my consciousness was about to completely sink into darkness, the stone door behind me... it suddenly rang again! It was pushed open from the outside!"
This time, it's a complete opening!

The moonlight outside suddenly rushed in, and although it was faint, it instantly dispelled much of the chill and darkness.

And then, you...you were standing in the doorway!

The old Taoist priest Songfeng's lips trembled with excitement: "That's exactly what you look like now!"
Exactly the same! Only he was wearing a more worn-out Taoist robe, his expression was calm, and his eyes... his eyes were just like they are now, unfathomable.

You glanced inside and whispered, "Qiyun Gui Temple."

"Just those four words! Strangely enough, as soon as you said those words, the whispers and snickers in the temple that sounded like ghosts howling and wolves laughing instantly disappeared!"

The invisible threads binding me seem to have loosened considerably. Although I am still cold, I can move my body a little!
You nodded slightly to me, and then without hesitation, stepped into the darkness deep within the temple and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

As I gradually regained my mobility, how could I dare to linger any longer?

He scrambled out and ran down the mountain without looking back, all the way to the village at the foot of the mountain. The next morning, when he returned to Baiyangpo, there was no trace of any temple or monastery left.

It was as if it had never appeared at all! "Later, this humble Taoist priest, undeterred, went to Baiyang Slope many times to search, but to no avail."

The old Taoist priest Songfeng sighed deeply, filled with endless emotion and lingering fear, "After this ordeal, my foundation was damaged by that cold and yin energy. Although I was later able to receive the ordination, my cultivation has made no further progress."

But this also made him put aside his arrogance and became more down-to-earth in helping others and accumulating external skills... However, I will never forget the life-saving grace.

I never imagined that I would meet my benefactor here again eighteen years later!

The story is over.

A mountain breeze swept across the cemetery, bringing a touch of coolness, but it couldn't dispel the heavy, almost palpable atmosphere between the two.

Qi Yun listened expressionlessly, each word like a hammer blow to his heart.

Without a doubt.

Eighteen years ago, at Baiyangpo and Heifeng Mountain.

The Temple of the Five Internal Organs. A person whose appearance and name are exactly the same as Qi Yun's.

Qiyun Guiguan

……

All the clues pointed to an answer that sent chills down his spine!

Qi Yun wasn't the only one who came down from the Immortal Mountain!
There is also one whose whereabouts are unknown—the Stone Boy!
That's it! It came down the mountain on that timeline!

It transformed into its own form, bearing its own name, and went to that strangely deformed Five Organs Temple!

What does it want to do?
Where is Master Xuanjizi? What exactly happened to the Five Organs Temple back then that turned it into that eerie coffin temple?
What is the purpose of the stone figure and boy entering it?
Countless questions, like boiling bubbles, churned and exploded in Qi Yun's mind!
His eyes narrowed unconsciously, his sharp gaze seeming to pierce through time and space to see the truth of eighteen years ago.

Seeing the changes in his expression, which eventually settled into a chilling calm, the old Taoist priest Songfeng dared not disturb him. However, he became increasingly certain that Master Qi must have encountered a serious problem in his cultivation and had forgotten important memories.

After a long silence, Qi Yun suddenly raised his head, his gaze shooting towards the old Taoist Songfeng like cold lightning, his tone resolute and brooking no argument:

"Where exactly are Baiyangpo and Qingfeng Mountain?!"

Songfeng Laodao was startled by the sudden sharpness and urgency in Qi Yun's eyes. He subconsciously raised his hand and pointed north: "Go...go north out of Wuling County, follow the official road for about 120 li, and you will see a black mountain range, which is Qingfeng Mountain."

Baiyangpo is on the southern slope, and it's easy to spot. The soil on that slope is slightly dark red, and the trees are sparse..."

"Alright!" Qi Yun interrupted him, her voice so fast it was almost without pause. "Now, immediately, right now! Take me there!"

(End of this chapter)