When Qingyan and the others came out of Xiutian Temple, only a few pilgrims went in and listened to their conversation. Most of them came to count the days, some were getting married, and some were opening shops.
As they walked to the top of the mountain, there were more and more people, especially when they arrived at the entrance of Nanyue Temple, there was a queue to enter.
This is compared to the two or three kittens in Xiutianguan, but the contrast is too strong.
Most of the people in front were carrying baskets with incense candles and tributes in their hands. There were mostly middle-aged women and only a few men. Their hands were empty, and they probably came with their families.
Qingyan and the others wanted to see if they could go in from the side. After all, they didn't go to the main hall to burn incense, but there was a wall next to them, so they could only follow the flow of people forward.
After entering the temple gate, it is not a main hall, but a slope with a gable next to it. I can't complain that I have to queue up to get in. I have to walk a narrow road first. I don't know what I thought when it was built.
It was after Huang Jin gave her a message and explained that she realized that the inside of the main entrance had collapsed.
It used to be a flat field, but then a ditch opened for some reason, and it was divided into two parts, one higher and the other lower.
The lower side was relatively flat, so it was preserved and built into a path. There was also a deep ditch on the higher side. I was afraid that it would be dangerous if it was exposed, so I simply built a wall to separate it.
Follow the people in front and walk slowly in, about 70 or 80 meters. At the end, you have to turn right to reach the entrance of the main hall.
Standing at the door of the hall and looking back, it is obvious that the one in front is high and the other is low. The high side seems to rise from the ground.
When they arrive at the main hall, people can disperse and enter the main hall. There is a row of futons in the main hall, and seven people can kneel down and worship at the same time.
Qingyan and the others did not enter the main hall, but went to ask the little Taoist priest nearby if the temple master was there. They wanted to see the temple master for something.
The little Taoist priest didn't ask any more questions. He just asked them to wait while he went to the back to inform them.
Qingyan and the others walked to the stone tables and chairs on the side and sat directly on the stone benches to wait.
Qingyan took a look with her spiritual consciousness. This Taoist temple was smaller than Xiutian Temple. Once inside the courtyard, there were woods directly behind it.
She saw that the little Taoist priest first went to the house in the backyard. He probably didn't find anyone, so he came out of the house again.
After that, the little Taoist priest searched around the backyard and went to the woods behind, where he found an old Taoist priest who was watering the vegetables.
Qingyan had seen him before. He was not wearing a Taoist robe, just a short coat, and his gray-white hair was a little messy. She thought he was working as a handyman in the temple, but she didn't expect that he was actually the temple owner.
The visitor's face looked a little surprised when he heard the little Taoist priest's report. Apparently he didn't expect anyone to see him.
He nodded to the little Taoist priest and asked the little Taoist priest to take him to the backyard. He was going to freshen up and change his clothes.
Soon the little Taoist priest returned to the front and took Qingyan and the others to the back through a passage next to the main hall.
The little Taoist priest led them into a room in the middle. This was a main room, just like the guest room in Xiutian Temple. There were tables, chairs and benches in it. It was larger than the one in Xiutian Temple, and there were more along the walls. There was a row of cabinets.
The little Taoist priest asked them to sit down and poured them tea. The master of the temple also changed his clothes and put his Taoist bun into a new bun.
"I've kept you guys waiting for a long time. The old Taoist priest is named Nanfeng. He is the master of the Nanyue Taoist Temple. I wonder what the old Taoist monks are doing?"
Chouchou stepped forward to explain his purpose. He was now a middle-aged man, which was more suitable. As a little girl, Qingyan was not easy to stand out.
"The four of us came from Xiutian Temple. I heard from Taoist Master Qingyangzi that there was a strange phenomenon when your Nanyue Taoist Temple was being built. I wondered if it was related to the legendary dragon, so I went there out of curiosity. Come and take a look, I hope the Taoist priest won’t be surprised if there’s anything rude about it.”
Taoist Master Nanfeng raised his equally gray eyebrows. He didn't expect that the other party came here because of this. He thought he was here for divination.
But this is not a secret, it's not that it can't be told, I'm just a little curious as to why they are so concerned about this legend.
Judging from their accents, the four of them must be from the north. It's not like there are no legends about dragons in the north, so they're particularly curious.
Although he has never been to the north, he knows that there is drought and little rain there. He heard that Dragon King temples were built in many places just to pray for rain.
There is also the Dragon King Temple here, but it is not for rain, but for the Dragon King to slow down the rain and prevent floods.
He happened to have nothing else to do now, so he told them about the vision he had when he built this Taoist temple.
Of course, he did not experience it personally, but listened to what his master said, and his master also listened to what his master said.
After all, he has no cultivation, just martial arts and some medical skills, unlike the masters of Xiutian Temple, who are hundreds of years old.
"According to my master, when the construction of the Nanyue Hall was just started, those craftsmen would hear the dragon's roar when they arrived early, especially in the morning before the sun rose in the east, when the top of the mountain was filled with smoke, and the dragon's roar seemed to be in the clouds.
But every time the rising sun rises and the clouds and fog dissipate, the dragon's roar will disappear. When the hall is topped out, the fog covering the mountain suddenly moves towards the woods behind it. The top of the mountain suddenly becomes clear, and there is no fog again in the morning. .
But the woods that used to be ordinary have changed, and it's very easy to get lost when you enter them.
You must know that the woods are not big. In the past, you could walk to the opposite side in just a moment, but now you can only go around outside. If you cross, you can't get through at all. "
Chou Chou and Qing Yan looked at each other. It seemed that this was the barrier Taoist Priest Qingyangzi mentioned.
Taoist Master Nanfeng continued: "In the early years, there was a legend that the dragon lived at the bottom of the lake. When the main hall was completed, there was a rumor that the dragon wanted to use this Taoist temple to collect some incense, so the vision was born, which is a good omen.
As soon as the Nanyue Taoist Temple was completed, the incense has never stopped, and the weather here has indeed been good for many years. Even if other areas suffered disasters, it was not affected here. "
Of course, these may all be coincidences. After all, what they heard was that the two dragons had violated the rules of heaven and were imprisoned here. The two dragons were being punished and could not get out at all. How could they keep this place in good weather?
Qingyan now wanted to know if there was an entrance to the bottom of the lake in the barrier in the woods behind the mountain. She wanted to go down and see if it contained the past lives of her parents.
If not, forget it. If so, is there any way to help them get out of trouble and no longer have to be imprisoned at the bottom of the lake?
Since he was being punished, he would definitely not be locked up comfortably inside. He might be chained up, or there would be some painful punishment from time to time.
Thinking about it made her feel distressed, and she was so anxious that she wanted to see that they were safe immediately to feel relieved.
She sent a message to Chou Chou and asked him to ask Taoist Master Nanfeng if they could go and have a look in the woods.
The woods can only be passed from this side, and the other directions are straight up and down the mountain wall. Although they can go up, why do they need to be sneaky when they can go through it openly.
Chou Chou said to Master Nanfeng: "Master Nanfeng, I wonder if we can go to the woods and see if we can pass the maze.
To be honest, we are all practitioners, and my younger brother knows a little bit about the formations, and wants to study what kind of formations there are. "
Taoist Master Nanfeng looked at Jin Yang along Chou Chou's hand, and raised his eyebrows in surprise, "I didn't expect that you are all cultivators. This little brother seems to be already accomplished in battles at such a young age.
The woods at the back of the mountain are not closed, and people who come to watch and offer incense are often curious to go in and have a look. However, people must be kept outside, and the time cannot be too long, otherwise they will easily get lost inside.
As long as someone is shouting outside, the people inside can walk out in the direction of the sound, otherwise they will keep spinning inside. "
Qingyan nodded in agreement and promised to pay attention to safety. Taoist Master Nanfeng then asked the young Taoist priest to take them to the woods.
Seeing that Taoist Master Nanfeng did not follow them, Qingyan was relieved. Otherwise, if they made any noise, they would have to find a way to explain to the other party.
After saying goodbye to Taoist Master Nanfeng, the three of them followed the little Taoist priest who had brought them here before.
There is a door on the back wall of the yard, which leads to a vegetable garden. There are also walls on both sides that lead directly to the woods.
They walked through the path in the middle of the vegetable garden and walked directly to the edge of the woods.
From the outside, with the naked eye, this forest looks normal and ordinary. The trees inside are neither sparse nor dense, and it even feels like you can see the other side at a glance.
When you use your spiritual sense to explore it, you can see that the inside is like being covered by a thin film, making it impossible to see through the scene inside.
They discussed it and finally decided to leave the gold outside. If they couldn't break through the barrier and were trapped in the maze, at least there would be someone outside calling them.
They also put some food and drink for Jin Jin so that he wouldn't have to wait around. There happened to be a set of stone tables and chairs at the edge of the woods, which should be for those who came to grow vegetables in the back to rest. There was also a well next to it, where he sat. Just wait here.
After that, Qingyan and the other three walked into the woods. There was nothing different about them as soon as they entered. The trees were tall, short, thick, and thin. The difference in appearance was quite obvious.
It wasn't until they walked for half an hour that they knew they had entered the maze before they reached the end of the woods.
This maze is really exquisite. They can't see any flaws at all. Every place they walk through feels like they just walked there.
Even if I tied a rope to mark it, I haven't seen it before. It shouldn't be a repeated route or wandering around in one place.
In the end, Jin Yang calmed down and sketched the direction of the formation in his memory. After slowly groping, he found some flaws.
That was the stone on the ground. When they walked next, they no longer looked at the woods and the sky, but lowered their heads and looked at their feet.
Then I quickly found the pattern based on the shape, size and color of the stones on the ground.
I slowly walked to two trees that looked a bit old. They were camphor trees, very thick and tall. There were many small purple-black fruits on the trees, and a lot of them had fallen on the ground. They looked dirty. of.
There is a very flat boulder next to these two trees. The height above the ground is only about one meter, like a stone platform.
Qingyan looked at the stone platform strangely. Although there were a lot of moss and vines on it, she still felt that it was very abrupt here, as if it shouldn't be here and had been moved back.
"Chou Chou, do you think this stone is the center of the formation or the location of the mechanism? I always feel that this huge stone is out of place here, but I can't tell what's different for the moment."
She said to Chou Chou.
The color and texture of this stone are no different from the stones next to it, but there is just such a feeling, which must be her sixth sense.
Chou Chou and Jin Yang were originally studying the two trees and did not notice the stone, so they looked at the stone after listening to Qingyan's words.
Jin Yang's eyes lit up and he said, "This is the boundary stone!"
"Boundary stone?"
Qingyan looked at it doubtfully.
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This is compared to the two or three kittens in Xiutianguan, but the contrast is too strong.
Most of the people in front were carrying baskets with incense candles and tributes in their hands. There were mostly middle-aged women and only a few men. Their hands were empty, and they probably came with their families.
Qingyan and the others wanted to see if they could go in from the side. After all, they didn't go to the main hall to burn incense, but there was a wall next to them, so they could only follow the flow of people forward.
After entering the temple gate, it is not a main hall, but a slope with a gable next to it. I can't complain that I have to queue up to get in. I have to walk a narrow road first. I don't know what I thought when it was built.
It was after Huang Jin gave her a message and explained that she realized that the inside of the main entrance had collapsed.
It used to be a flat field, but then a ditch opened for some reason, and it was divided into two parts, one higher and the other lower.
The lower side was relatively flat, so it was preserved and built into a path. There was also a deep ditch on the higher side. I was afraid that it would be dangerous if it was exposed, so I simply built a wall to separate it.
Follow the people in front and walk slowly in, about 70 or 80 meters. At the end, you have to turn right to reach the entrance of the main hall.
Standing at the door of the hall and looking back, it is obvious that the one in front is high and the other is low. The high side seems to rise from the ground.
When they arrive at the main hall, people can disperse and enter the main hall. There is a row of futons in the main hall, and seven people can kneel down and worship at the same time.
Qingyan and the others did not enter the main hall, but went to ask the little Taoist priest nearby if the temple master was there. They wanted to see the temple master for something.
When Qingyan and the others came out of Xiutian Temple, only a few pilgrims went in and listened to their conversation. Most of them came to count the days, some were getting married, and some were opening shops.
As they walked to the top of the mountain, there were more and more people, especially when they arrived at the entrance of Nanyue Temple, there was a queue to enter.
This is compared to the two or three kittens in Xiutianguan, but the contrast is too strong.
Most of the people in front were carrying baskets with incense candles and tributes in their hands. There were mostly middle-aged women and only a few men. Their hands were empty, and they probably came with their families.
Qingyan and the others wanted to see if they could go in from the side. After all, they didn't go to the main hall to burn incense, but there was a wall next to them, so they could only follow the flow of people forward.
