Laotuo Mountain is adjacent to the "Beiling Mountain", the largest mountain range in the north of Cangzhou.
The two are separated by a strip of water, no more than a few dozen miles apart, with a few scattered villages. Some folk geography records also classify Laotuo Mountain as an extension of the Beiling Mountains.
The Beiling Mountains stretch across thousands of miles from east to west, blocking most of the cold winds from the "Sea of Canglan" and ensuring that the four seasons in central and southern Cangzhou remain normal.
There are countless large and small peaks in Beiling. The clouds and haze persist all year round. Thousands of towering trees rise and fall along with the mountains. The mountains are like a forest sea.
A hundred miles away in the direction of Mu Haotian's sincere kowtow, he had passed the boundary of Beiling Mountain. In the primeval dense forest, towering ancient trees covered the clouds, and their branches were overlapping and knotted, almost blocking out the sun and the sky.
The afternoon sun was blazing and hot, but it penetrated the thick forest mist and turned cold and indifferent. It was like a thin silk veil covering the tree crown. After being blocked by thick branches and leaves, tiny bits of the sun could be seen all over the ground.
A white shadow passed through the forest like a wind, and the branches, leaves, flowers and grass on both sides trembled violently. Thousands of little suns flashed violently, causing birds, birds and insects to flee in all directions.
Suddenly, an object was thrown from Bai Ying's back, and it crashed onto the forest grass. It rolled out nearly ten feet, and was bounced off by a large rock that was half buried in the ground. It was thrown onto a tree with a "bang" and a human figure was smashed out. imprint.
It slid down slowly for a long while.
For a while, there were constant "humming and groaning" sounds under the tree.
The white shadow before continued to run like a gust of wind. After a while, it turned back like a gust of wind, looked for the person under the tree, opened its mouth and stuck out its tongue, and licked him to show his goodwill.
"Stupid horse, look for a fight!"
The man sat on the ground and supported his old waist. He raised his hand and gave the white horse a chestnut.
The white horse was so painful that his eyes were full of tears, but his posture became even more flattering. He knelt down and bowed his head, rubbing his red mane against the man's face.
The man's face was white but rough. He was wearing a cassock and his hair was in a neat bun. His attire was neither decent nor out of place. Who could it be if he wasn't Ma Sifang?
Ma Sifang cursed and aimed his fists at Kira's horse's head. The child beat him randomly as if to vent his anger. Finally, he let out a bad breath and stopped to breathe heavily.
After a while, he suddenly sat cross-legged, frowning and saying to himself:
"Amitabha...why was it that he was cursed with cannibalism just now? His heart palpitated so violently! That it caused the noble white horse layman to fall off his horse?"
The implication was not that Baima made a mistake and left him behind, but Baima got punched by him forcefully, which was really unreasonable and vexatious.
Soon I heard him say again:
"That's all, God is just and fair, don't bother others."
It seems that with just a change of thought, he has looked down on life and forgotten his troubles.
Ma Sifang quickly turned his head and looked around. When he saw no one around, a smile suddenly appeared on his face. He reached into his arms and took out a two-foot-long jade scroll scroll.
It's actually another "Picture of the Moon Seizing the Stars"!
Ma Sifang's eyes shone and he said to the scroll with a smile:
"Boy Mu, this is clearly something you agreed to borrow from senior to watch, right? But senior, I didn't say whether it was for a while or for a year, for a year or for a lifetime, haha! Haha! You have to ask for details. When will I return it? Hmm... I will return it when I, senior, have thoroughly understood the secrets of this picture!"
What is said here is solemn and serious, decisive, and then he smiles:
"Senior, I was thoughtful and gave Mu Xiaozi three commonly used treasures as a gift. This is not against my will, not against my will, haha! Haha!"
After talking to himself for a long time, he felt very proud and happily raised the scroll high, wanting to open it and take a look.
At that moment, a joking voice suddenly sounded from behind Ma Sifang:
"It is indeed a deceptive trick. It can deceive the smart young man and also hide the old fox's true intention."
The voice came without any warning, as if the person speaking was right next to my ear!
Ma Sifang was really surprised. He rolled like a lazy donkey on the spot, rolled out more than two feet, flipped over and stood up.
A wooden fish mallet glowed with green light and floated in front of him on guard.
The Kira horse was also frightened. It stumbled and ran behind him, lowered its head and roared repeatedly.
Right next to where Ma Sifang was sitting, a man stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Ma Sifang leisurely and calmly as if facing a formidable enemy, with a hint of sarcasm on his lips.
"It's you?"
Ma Sifang looked at it for a while and then two words came out.
But he didn't know this arrogant young man with purple hair, majestic appearance, clothes embroidered with butterfly petals, and a star cloak on his shoulders that was more dazzling than his own cassock.
But not long after he said goodbye to Mu Xiaozi in the morning, he kept feeling something behind his back, and it was uncomfortable to twist around. He vaguely guessed that he was being followed by someone with amazing magical powers.
Immediately, he used several skills of shadow escaping, illusory light, and blindness that he was most proud of in his life. He drove Ji Liang around the mountains for a long time. Finally, the weird feeling disappeared. Then he felt relieved and planned to walk in the dense forest for a while. , and began to study the treasure map carefully.
Who would have thought that not long after entering the dense forest, he would suddenly have heart palpitations! As a result, he, a dignified white horse layman, fell off his horse, causing several dogs to chew on the mud.
Thinking of this, Ma Sifang immediately became furious. After observing this moment, he had already seen some details about the other party. Seeing his hateful face of gloating over misfortunes, he suddenly felt that it was tolerable and intolerable.
He immediately raised his eyebrows and glared, and said angrily:
"Purple-haired monster! Just now you came to sneak attack on me, right?"
The man was not angry after hearing this, shook his head and said:
"I have been behind your back and have not plotted against you."
"Fart! Could it be that a dignified layman on a white horse can fall down on his own while riding a horse? That's a fart! Say it, say it! Who are you? What do you want?"
Ma Sifang was so anxious that he jumped with his feet and hit his hands together while speaking, simulating farting.
The man laughed dumbly, stretched out his arms, and the butterfly flowers embroidered on his clothes seemed to come to life. In an instant, they turned into countless colorful butterflies, flying around him in colorful colors.
Among the flowers, he smiled slightly and said:
"My name is Yao Ye."
Ma Sifang frowned and said:
"Who cares what your purple-haired monster's name is? I'm asking you what you're doing! You're following this layman, and you're shamelessly attacking me from behind. What's the plot? Hurry and get real!"
Na Yaoye couldn't help but show an expression of astonishment on his handsome and handsome face when he saw him in such an expression.
He came from the "Desolate Demon Realm" and landed in Kyushu not long ago. He was unbridled and did several shocking things along the way.
At this moment, the name "Demon King Yao Ye" has already swept through the nine states like a hurricane, and has been widely publicized by all the major sects and sects, and has been cited as the public enemy of the human race. Even his body shape, appearance and even the tone of his speech must have been traced using magic tools such as "mirrors" and displayed everywhere.
The land of Kyushu is as vast as the sea of stars. Although not everyone is aware of it and everyone is in danger, there are not many high-level monks who have never heard of his name.
Yao Ye really didn't expect that there would be such a master of fools here, who would dare to speak harshly to him without any scruples, and he felt dumbfounded for a moment.
It took him a while before he opened his mouth and said calmly:
"At first I followed a masked girl, and then I followed the boy. Instead of doing any harm, I rescued each of them once. After you defrauded the boy from the treasure map, I turned into a butterfly flower and possessed it. Behind your back. I have been following you for a long time. If I really wanted to take action, how could I allow you to live until now?"
Ma Sifang wandered around in confusion. He was neither famous nor met this great demon in the world, so he didn't know him. When he heard his denial, he was shocked and thought about it for a while.
Suddenly he became furious and shouted:
"The purple-haired monster still dares to quibble!"
Squeeze the wooden fish in your hand hard! The wooden fish seemed to come to life, its mouth opened wide, and a long buzzing sound like a whale's bell, dragon or cauldron burst out, which was shocking.
The wooden fish mallet floating in front of him suddenly spun around and flashed with green light! Fallen leaves all over the ground flew up into the sky, and were suddenly swept up centrifugally by the wooden fish mallet. They gathered on top of each other like a whirlwind, and instantly turned into a long blue dragon, fiercely crashing into Yao Ye.
Ma Sifang did what he said, and the transformation was completed in one go, as fast as lightning. The distance between the two was only three feet. The moment the green dragon took shape, a ferocious dragon head was already approaching Yao Ye's face.
A sneer appeared on Yao Ye's lips, his legs were slightly apart, and his left hand simply stretched forward to hold the dragon's head down.
No matter how hard he tried, the mighty green dragon could no longer move forward! The dragon's head was locked in mid-air, and its body was twisting and turning crazily, sweeping away the surrounding flowers, grass, branches, leaves, rain, dew, sand, and stones. The twist became thicker and thicker, but it was just a struggle.
Ma Sifang's face was as green as steam, his right hand held the claw under the belly of the green dragon, and his left hand kept waving, urging Ji Liang to retreat far away.
Then he put his hands together and made a vigorous move. The green dragon's spinning body suddenly stopped, and the storm in his mouth suddenly spat out! Those broken branches and leaves were like a nest of whirling blades, rolling into a torrent and pouring out, submerging Yao Ye's body in the blink of an eye.
Yao Ye's body trembled slightly, the star cloak on his shoulders trembled slightly, and a circle of colorful light spread out, covering his whole body.
The dense and violent sound of "Puff puff puff puff" was like a shower hitting the lake. The branches, leaves, flowers, grass, sand, stone and dewdrops really seemed to turn into countless gold and iron blades. The green light was overwhelming and cold and dazzling.
But the starry shield was impregnable, and the green dragon breathed out. The grass, trees, sand and soil on the ground were piled up like grain piles, but Yao Ye was safe and sound, not even moving half a step.
Ma Sifang was furious when he saw this. He muttered a spell quickly, made a magic spell and stabbed the belly of the green dragon with his finger.
The dark green light flashed in, and the green dragon hissed in pain, its thick body shook violently, and suddenly began to expand from the dragon's tail, climbing forward along the dragon's body.
With each roll and advance, the green dragon's body shortens by one section and doubles in thickness, showing that it is gathering strength.
At this moment, I heard Yao Ye laughing and saying:
"Ha! Enough of the dragon dance in front of your grandpa dragon!"
After saying goodbye, he opened his mouth, but Ma Sifang really heard a loud dragon roar.
But seeing a fierce glint in Yao Ye's eyes, the hand behind his back instantly moved in front of him, expanded into powerful claws, inserted directly into the dragon's mouth that was ready to go, and stirred twice as hard as grinding ink.
The green dragon's body suddenly stiffened, and a violent dragon's breath was held in its throat, swelling like a giant wheel.
As Yao Ye caught something and then quickly withdrew, the green dragon's head, which changed its shape like a peacock's screen, boomed and exploded. Billions of green lights struck from all directions like a storm, instantly twisting the primeval jungle into chaos.
Limans were flying all over the sky, and horses were waving their cassocks in all directions and making strange noises.
After the storm subsided, all the ordinary vegetation within a few hundred feet of the surrounding area was flattened and minced. The extremely thick ancient tree was also riddled with holes that could be seen, and a thick layer of broken branches and sawdust was piled on the ground.
A wooden fish mallet flashed with green light and struggled violently in Yao Ye's hand, but with a flick of his fingers, the light dimmed and it whined and trembled.
Ma Sifang frantically kneaded the formula to guide him, trying so hard that his neck turned red.
Yaoye moved his fingers together and played with the mallet in his hand with great interest. He saw the shadow of a one-horned sword-fin dragon flashing on it from time to time, and said with relief:
"No wonder, this spirit weapon was originally made from the essence of the 'Swimming Fish Dragon'."
On the other side, Ma Sifang had no choice but to give up casting and recall the wooden fish mallet. He stood with his hands on his hips and glared at Yao Ye angrily.
Not long after, his expression suddenly turned solemn and he asked:
"How do you know the art of deceiving the sky?"
Yao Ye smiled and said:
"I learned about it by chance and thought it was only in legends. I was lucky enough to see it today. It really lives up to its reputation."
Ma Sifang blushed when he heard this, but he obviously didn't feel guilty when he spoke, and said seriously:
"When you deceive Heaven, you deceive Heaven!! This layman never deceives others, and every word he said is reasonable. I definitely did not treat that boy badly, and I am certainly not ashamed of myself."
He obviously used clever tricks to deceive the treasure map, but he was able to explain this nonsense so plausibly that Yao Ye couldn't laugh or cry, and didn't argue with him.
He only said:
"If the person who stored the treasure finds out later, he will definitely kill the young man to vent his anger; if the thing you gave to the young man is caught by an unscrupulous person, he will definitely be in trouble with his little ability."
These words may sound incomprehensible to others, but when they fall on Ma Sifang's ears, they are like a thunderbolt from the blue. It shakes his shoulders fiercely and makes his head and ears buzz.
Because there is a "original mind theory" in his Taoist practice, that is, everything should not violate the original mind.
Since you adhere to the "right path" and vow to punish evil and promote good, you must not be contaminated with cause and effect that is contrary to it, otherwise it is very likely to damage the Taoist heart and lead to the destruction of arduous practice.
But there are thousands of ways to reach the sky, so naturally there are ways to get through the void. For example, as long as he finds a sufficient and reasonable reason to convince himself, it will not be considered "against his will" and it will still fall within the scope of the art of deceiving the sky.
Of course, the reasons used to convince yourself cannot be fabricated out of thin air, and must be supported by "facts".
Let’s talk about “borrowing the treasure map to have a look”.
Ma Sifang first asked Mu Haotian to borrow it personally, but did not say the specific return time, and most people would never notice the trick. Then he calmly aroused the power of the treasure, captured Mu Haotian's mind, and finally The real picture was obtained by “borrowing” it openly and blindly.
And for peace of mind and to be safe, he gave Mu Haotian the three treasures he had promised before.
Of course, in the end, Ma Sifang had no intention of keeping the treasure map as his own. He only decided to return it after understanding it. As for the time limit, that would be a big deal.
In this way, as long as he stayed away from Mu Haotian from now on, even if Mu Haotian did suffer disaster because of this, he would close his ears and not know anything about it, so he would not trigger the cause and effect of this matter again.
But all this is based on the ignorance of the "original heart".
Ma Sifang has been immersed in this art for many years and is familiar with mathematics. What happened today should have been seamless.
However, he met a demon king with unpredictable magical powers and watched everything happen in secret. The most terrible thing is that he actually knew a lot about this art of deceiving the sky that the world had rarely heard of.
The two situations Yao Ye mentioned casually were indeed very likely to happen due to Ma Sifang's actions.
Now that his "original heart" has been known, he has to deal with the matter, even giving up this rare treasure that is closely related to his own enlightenment.
All these things, when Ma Sifang heard Yao Ye's two words that revealed the mystery, he felt as if he was struck by lightning. His body shook for a moment before he calmed down. He said to Yao Ye in a cold voice:
"The purple-haired monster is really brave. As a dragon-type monster, he dares to go deep into the hinterland of Kyushu!"
Yao Ye laughed loudly and said:
"To each other, you lonely ghosts, don't you still kill ghosts, eliminate evil, and act chivalrously?"
As soon as he said these words, Ma Sifang's eyes suddenly flashed with green light. He grabbed two fingers into the wooden fish's mouth fiercely. He could hardly hold back the action. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said:
"In that case, how about you and I don't mess with each other?"
Yao Ye seemed unaware of his strange behavior and nodded slightly:
"That's very good."
Ma Sifang's chest rose and fell like a surging wave, and he breathed quickly. He seemed to be suppressing the urge to take action again. He weighed it again and again, rolled his eyes, and said bitterly:
"Give me the hammer back first!"
The words were so full of resentment that Yao Ye couldn't help laughing, laughed heartily, and generously threw the wooden fish mallet back to Ma Sifang.
Ma Sifang took back the magic weapon, his expression softened greatly, and he said calmly:
"Purple-haired monster, you have put in so much effort, you can't just do it to break my Taoist heart."
Yao Ye shook his head:
"No grievances, no enmity, of course not."
Ma Sifang said in surprise:
"Are you standing up for Mr. Mu?"
Yao Ye still shook his head:
"If you are not a relative or a friend, how can you stand out?"
Ma Sifang narrowed his eyes and asked again:
"Then why do you want to help him like this?"
Yao Ye smiled and said:
"I'm different from you. If I want to help him at this moment, I will help him. If I turn around and want to kill him, I will kill him. It all depends on my preference. There is no need to beat around the bush."
Ma Sifang recalled that Jue Mu was an upright and kind man. Although he was good-looking, he was not as good as the dragon demon himself. There was a kind of warm contagion in his smile, but other than that he was ordinary. , it should not be worthy of attracting the attention of such an unparalleled evil monster.
Immediately, his eyes showed suspicion, and he swept over Yao Ye's body. As if he suddenly realized something, he turned around and covered the "Yao Yue Star Chart" in his arms!
screamed:
"Don't even think about it! I won't borrow it!"
The look is fierce, the speech is sharp, and the posture is exaggerated, just like a wild boar guarding its food. After waiting for a moment, there was no response from Yao Ye. He only heard Kira's horse neighing and stamping its hooves in the distance.
Ma Sifang turned his head and looked back in confusion, and suddenly saw Yao Ye's smiling face breathing heavily. He was startled and stumbled backwards.
Yao Ye quickly reached out to hold his waist, and then quickly reached out to touch his arms.
These two moves were as fast as lightning. Ma Sifang was stunned by his embrace. He looked at him with a smile like the wind in astonishment, and said unconsciously:
"Thank you..."
After he stood firm, he was surprised to realize that his arms were empty. His heart felt cold and he cursed loudly:
"Purple-haired monster! I promised not to borrow it!!"
"I didn't say I wanted to borrow it!"
In the blink of an eye, he saw Yao Ye's figure already ten feet away, and he laughed and said,
"I'm robbing you!"
Moving as fast as a shooting star, a series of afterimages were printed in mid-air. After saying one sentence, they disappeared without a trace.
"Purple-haired monster~~~~~"
Ma Sifang looked up to the sky and let out a mournful cry. He beat his chest and stamped his feet. He was heartbroken and cursed as hard as he could on the spot, but all he could do was to say nothing.
After a while, Ma Sifang slapped his thigh hard and knocked the wooden fish in his hand loudly:
"It's over, it's over, the treasure map is lost, the karma has been involved, the purple-haired monster is really hurting me!"
That day, a heart-wrenching ghost cry and wolf howl echoed in the dense forest of Beiling Mountain for a long time.
