There was another cave in front of him, even smaller.
Only four to five feet in diameter, an old man sat quietly, it was Qiu Bo, but his eyes were sunken, his bones were straight, and his thin body exuded a rotten smell. He had obviously been dead for a long time, or in other words, he died after saving himself on that winter night at the end of last year!
Yu Ye embedded the luminous pearl in his hand into the stone wall, then kowtowed to the ground.
When he raised his head, his eyes were filled with tears.
Yu Ye has known Qiu Bo since he was a child. The old man always likes to sit under the old tree at the entrance of the village, or look into the distance quietly, or watch the children playing in the village with a smile. Sometimes, he would go to the mountains alone to pick herbs. Whenever a tribesman has an internal illness or an external injury, he always comes to help.
He was a kind old man, and his knowledge of him was limited to this. It wasn't until that winter snowy night that I realized that he knew the world well, had profound knowledge, and had an extraordinary and unknown past. But he spent the rest of his life saving a young man
Qiu Bo said, "This is the only Longyang Pill I have. It was originally intended to be used for hanging. I thought my time was running out, so I saved your child." '
He also said, "In the north of Daze, I haven't seen a Taoist cultivator for many years. I urgently need you to clear up my doubts. It is reasonable for me to help you." '
I remember he said, "I never thought that the person who killed you was not trying to silence you, but just to get the dragon pill in your belly!" Jiao Dan comes from the deep sea of Qizhou and can be refined to help monks form elixirs. It is a rare treasure. It contains poison, how can you withstand it in your mortal body? Longyang Pill has miraculous effects and can only delay it for a while. If the poison attacks, you will inevitably die! '
The old man finally said something, "I named you in the wild. The so-called dragon fighting in the wild is a sign of great evil." Now in the north of the Great Ze, dragons and snakes are rising again. I don’t know how many people have transcended the tribulation and ascended to heaven, and how many people have died in the netherworld. If you don't die, there may be a day when it will be revealed! "
Thinking back to the scene when Qiu Bo left, Yu Ye felt even sadder.
Although he didn't know Qiub's past, the old man named him and saved his life. And at the critical moment of life and death, he helped him cut off his hair and cleanse his marrow, which made him unexpectedly embark on the path of cultivation. If parents have the gift of childbirth, Qiu Bo has the gift of rebirth.
While feeling sad, Yu Ye couldn't help but think back on every word Qiu Bo said.
Qiu Bo said that he had not seen a Taoist monk in Daze for many years, which showed that he did not take Daze Taoism seriously, but was specifically referring to overseas monks. He was worried about this and urgently needed to find out the cause. However, he should have discovered the clues, so he left a few words of advice. First, that Jiao Dan is extremely extraordinary, but it is also the source of trouble; secondly, Yuye's name comes from divination lines, and many disasters may be related to him; thirdly, if he does not die in Yuye, all his confusions will eventually be solved. The day it was revealed.
In other words, Qiub was not sure whether his divination was effective. And he was lucky enough to deliberately discard the bamboo stick as a hint. Once Yu Ye survives and becomes a monk, he may make some discoveries and get the opportunity he left behind. Otherwise, his remains will be sealed here forever, turning into dust along with all his secrets.
The old man has good intentions!
Fortunately, the ignorant boy survived and became a monk. Following the hints of the bamboo stick, he finally found this place.
Yu Ye wiped away his tears and sat down on the ground.
Now that Juber has been found, what will happen?
The caves here are large and small. The large cave should be the place where Qiu Bo practiced during his lifetime. The small cave is more like a tomb. Perhaps Qiu Bo knew that his life was short, so he prepared his final destination.
Next to the remains, there were several miscellaneous items, including a broken dagger, scattered gold and silver, a worn Taoist robe, a piece of charcoal and a piece of white cloth.
Yu Ye reached out and picked up the dagger.
Only the hilt and half of the blade remain of the dagger. It should be a broken flying sword. It looks useless, but the hilt is engraved with the inscription: Tianji.
Secret?
Yu Ye thought for a moment and put down his dagger. He looked through Juber's belongings one by one and picked up a piece of white cloth.
The white cloth has turned yellow, and there are two lines of crooked writing smeared on it with charcoal——
To the south of the colorful clouds, the red bird flies north, the golden toad emerges from the water, and the secret of heaven can be found. Destined to be wild, not destined to providence.
There are only twenty-four words on the white cloth, which should have been left by Qiub before his death. The previous paragraph seems to indicate something, but I can’t understand it yet. In the following paragraph, does he tell Yu Ye that whether there is fate or not depends entirely on God's will?
Yu Ye took the white cloth and dagger, stood up and walked to the cave outside. He sat down on the open ground, took out a white jade ring and waved it gently. This was the storage ring he had captured before, and all the items it contained were poured out. He rummaged for a moment and picked out a pile of things and placed them in front of him.
Among them are two map slips, which are the mountain and river geography map of Yanzhou and the map of Qizhou; two jade tablets engraved with the words "Qizhou Yunchuan"; two jade slips on martial arts, "Tai Shang Ling Fu" and "Yu Zhou". "Yunchuan Sword Jue"; several volumes of animal skin booklets; a silver dagger; more than twenty spiritual stones; several bottles of healing and fasting elixirs, as well as a jade tablet and an incomplete jade slip.
Yu Ye took out the incomplete jade slips and jade tablets separately.
The jade slip comes from the Buddhist Scripture Cave in Beiqi Mountain. There is only one line of characters on it: Flying stars enter the South Dou, Nine Purples open up the netherworld. It is also a paragraph without beginning and end, which is similar to Qiub's last words. There is no connection between them.
The two-inch jade plaque is engraved with the word "天记" on one side and the word "和" on the other side.
Yu Ye put the jade plaque and the white cloth together and thought to himself, this is it.
When he saw the last words on the white cloth, he felt as if he had seen the word "天 secret" before. The word 'Heavenly Secret' on the jade plate is purely coincidental, or it is related to it, it is not known for the time being. And the meaning of the passage "South of the colorful clouds, the red bird flying north, the golden toad emerging from the water, and the secret of heaven can be found" obviously meant that he was asked to search for the secret of heaven. As for what the secret is, we can only leave it to be understood and pondered later.
Yu Ye put the white cloth, jade tablets, broken swords, incomplete jade slips, and maps of Yanzhou and Qizhou into the iron ring, put them together with the "Tianjin Technique" and purple jade, and also put the spirit stone, Daggers, elixirs, jade slips of martial arts, empty rings for collecting items, as well as clothing, gold and silver and other sundries were stored separately and placed in separate places. He stood up and walked to the next door, looking at Qiub's body again.
Qiu Bo, I still don’t know your name, what happened to you, or why you spent the rest of your life hiding in this remote mountain, but I know that you are Yu Ye’s benefactor.
However, on that winter night at the end of last year, did you foresee the disaster in Yujia Village?
Although I have found you now, you cannot speak. Not only do the previous doubts still exist, but there are more unsolved mysteries. The boy you rescued is burdened with an unpayable kindness and a blood debt of more than 30 lives. How should he find the secret?
well!
Yu Ye sighed heavily, feeling a little inexplicable hesitation in his sad mood. He took off the pearl from the stone wall, picked up the sword and turned towards the entrance of the cave from which he came.
Qiub not only left him with an unsolved mystery, but also threw him an invisible and intangible burden. The stakes were too high for him to ignore, but he was unable to do anything and his future was uncertain.
As the mechanism started, the stone slab slowly opened.
Yu Ye walked out of the cave.
The cave entrance was closed again, but there was still no trace of opening.
Yu Ye raised his foot and kicked the bluestone in the bush to pieces, then covered it with rocks. He didn't want anyone to disturb Qiub, and let the old man sleep here peacefully.
The night is as dark as ever.
There was silence in all directions.
The huge Xingyuan Valley is shrouded in the hazy moonlight.
It was estimated to be midnight.
Yu Ye flew down the cliff.
After a while, he came to the slope at the east end of the village. The collapsed thatched house was even more dilapidated. He took a silent look, walked to a mound directly south of the house, pulled away the overgrown weeds, put a few handfuls of soil on top, then knelt down and kowtowed a few times.
Mom, I’ll come back to accompany you another day. I’m leaving now...
Yu Ye muttered a few words, stood up and left.
In a blink of an eye, we arrived in the village.
He stopped for a moment in front of a small courtyard and then walked towards the village ancestral hall.
The former Yu family ancestral hall is now only a ruin.
Yu Ye stood silently in front of the ruins, feeling a pain in his heart.
At this moment, a figure hurriedly ran over, still disheveled and sleepy-eyed, but lowered his voice and said in disbelief: "Yu Ye, is it you?"
Yu Ye turned around and said softly: "Brother Ergou, it's me!"
"Oh, I thought you were calling me in my dream. Who would have thought it was really you!"
Yu Ergou still looked reckless. He looked Yu Ye up and down and glared: "Why did you come back in the middle of the night? Aren't you afraid that the villagers will settle a score with you?"
Yu Ye was embarrassed and speechless, and raised his hand.
There was a "bang" and there was a bag on the ground.
"Hey, it's a magic trick!"
Yu Ergou was startled, and while he was complaining, he did not forget to stretch out his hand to pull the bag, and suddenly said in surprise: "You have been a bandit these days, and you have robbed so much gold and silver?"
“It’s neither stealing nor robbing, it’s all done in the right way!”
Yu Yefen said: "I will use these gold and silver to repair the ancestral hall, so I can make up for some of my shortcomings..."
"Oh my god, I'm afraid I won't be able to use up hundreds of pounds of gold and silver to repair the ancestral hall!"
"The remaining gold and silver should be divided among each family!"
"No!"
Yu Ergou's face was full of greed, and he suddenly waved his hand and said: "Although my Yujia village is poor, I am not greedy for frivolous wealth! If you can't tell the origin of the money, please take it back!"
"I……"
Yu Ye hesitated for a moment, raised the long sword in his hand and said: "To be honest, Brother Ergou, I am now a Taoist. This gold and silver is the reward I deserve for my kindness to others, and it comes from a clean origin!"
Yu Ergou was surprised: "I haven't seen you for a while, and you actually know how to practice Taoism?"
Yu Ye smiled and said: "It's a coincidence..."
Yu Ergou curled his lips and said disapprovingly: "How can there be any good people who practice Taoism?"
Yu Ye's smile froze, he was silent for a moment, and said solemnly: "This blood debt in the ancestral hall will be repaid one day!"
He dropped the promise and disappeared into the night.
Yu Ergou froze on the spot and said worriedly: "He has become a Taoist, is he still my brother..."
