'Ding-dang! '
"Mai Zai paste, do you want Mai Zai paste?"
On Guyangcheng Street.
The crisp sound of the gong attracted Chengsheng's attention.
He heard the sound and looked.
I saw the gong-beating man using the burden in front of him as a table, pouring the syrup from the iron bucket onto the bamboo slices, and neatly drew a sugar monkey.
This salesman is very good at observing words and expressions.
Seeing Cheng Sheng wearing a Yin Yang Tai Chi fish robe, the material of which looked unusual, he respectfully said, "Sir, do you want this sugar monkey?"
"How did you sell it?" Cheng Huo took out the coins.
The salesman was overjoyed and hurriedly handed out the candy monkey: "It's not expensive, only two cents."
"OK."
Chengshuo handed out the long coin in his hand, took the candy monkey and took a bite.
Um....
The taste of maltose.
Quite sweet.
While eating the candy monkey, he was strolling on the streets of Guyang City, and heard a series of shouts coming from his ears.
"Hey~...Hulu'er hey rock candy~, rock sugar haws'er hey!"
"Peach, do you want some peach?"
In addition to shouting, some literati who set up stalls to sell calligraphy and paintings would sit upright and quietly wait for customers to inquire.
Looking at the fireworks all around, Chengshuo felt as if he was in another world.
It was as if everything he had experienced in Shenshu Village, Xuantian Sect, and Ghost Mother City had happened in his previous life.
Wandering around aimlessly.
After Cheng Huo finished eating the candy monkey, he suddenly saw dozens of people forming a circle in front of him, making noisy noises, so he also approached with a hint of curiosity.
Among the crowd, there was a Taoist priest in tattered clothes, who was bowing to a peach seller with a smile on his face.
The peach sold in Guyang City is called 'water peach', which is a local specialty.
The peach is green with white inside and white with red inside. It looks very good.
Judging from the Taoist's appearance, he seemed to be asking for a peach from the peach seller.
The peach seller refused, so the two parties started a dispute, which attracted a group of melon-eating passers-by, including Cheng Sheng.
With his cultivation in the embryonic stage, Cheng Sheng could feel that the Taoist priest in tattered clothes was also a practitioner like him.
But it may be because of practicing some secret method.
Although this Taoist priest possesses a certain level of cultivation, his specific state is difficult to tell at a glance.
I don’t know why he asked a mortal for a peach...
In order to find out what kind of medicine the Taoist priest was selling in his gourd, Chengshuo threw a coin to the peach seller and said, "I paid for the Taoist priest's peaches on his behalf."
Seeing someone buying peaches for him, the Taoist priest turned around.
He looked at Chengshuo up and down and bowed to him: "Thank you."
The Taoist priest looked around.
Seeing the passers-by looking at him, he continued: "Everyone, since someone invited me to eat peaches, I will also lend flowers to Buddha and invite everyone to taste the peaches I planted!"
Hearing this, the peach seller said angrily: "Since you grew your own peaches, why did you keep pestering me and making fun of me just now, right?"
The Taoist priest smiled and said nothing.
He finished the peach in his hand in several bites. When only one peach core was left, he smiled and replied, "I just asked you for peaches, mainly because of the peach core."
As he said that, he looked at a nearby steamed bun vendor and asked for a pot of boiling water, saying that he wanted to use the boiling water to grow his peach stones.
The steamed bun seller also liked to watch the excitement, so he readily lent the pot and boiling water to the Taoist priest.
The Taoist priest buried the peach core in the cracks of the bluestone bricks and poured a whole pot of boiling water over it.
As he watered the water, he said: "Everyone, look at me counting from one to three. The peach stones in the ground will grow into peach trees and bear fruit!"
this....
Chengshuo looked at the Taoist priest with surprise and doubt in his eyes.
Some of the onlookers who believed the Taoist priest's words also had expressions of shock on their faces and watched the Taoist priest's performance with great anticipation.
"one!"
The Taoist priest began to count.
"two!"
"three!"
When I counted to 'three', I saw a tree bud actually emerging from the crack of the bluestone brick where the peach core was buried.
The tree buds grew rapidly, and in just a few moments they grew to the height of a person. The branches and leaves on the trees were lush, and they blossomed and bore fruit at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In a short time, the tree was covered with peach trees.
The onlookers couldn't help but marveled when they saw it, and stretched out their hands to pick the peaches on the tree.
Out of curiosity, Chengsheng also picked one out.
He opened the peach with his hands and suddenly frowned: "Why is this peach empty inside?"
"It's really empty!"
More than just surviving.
The rest of the passers-by who picked peaches soon discovered the strangeness of the peaches, so they all looked at the Taoist priest who was growing the peaches.
"Is it really empty?"
After discovering that the peach he planted was an empty peach, the Taoist priest showed a look of despair.
He seemed to have been drained of all his strength, and he suddenly collapsed to the ground, his eyes looking dull and lifeless...
at the same time.
Out of curiosity, Chengshuo stretched out his hand and broke a section of the peach branch.
The branches were as light as tissue paper.
Cheng Sheng was thoughtful, so he exerted a little more force.
The force was not too heavy, but a crisp "click" sound was heard, and the peach branch was crushed to pieces on the spot.
Chengshuo laughed and said, "Unexpectedly, even this kind of peach tree is fake."
It would be better if Chengsheng didn't say this.
After hearing what he said, the Taoist priest became even more lost.
He glanced at the failed peach tree and became more and more dejected. He didn't say a word, but silently pushed away the crowd and walked away from the street.
Watching his leaving figure, Cheng Sheng followed him hurriedly.
ahead.
Not long after the Taoist priest left, he suddenly turned a corner and entered a secluded alley. Then he turned around and bowed to Cheng Sheng who was hiding in the dark: "Fellow Taoist, are you okay?"
Cheng Sheng was greatly surprised: "Can you tell that I am a monk?"
"can not tell."
The Taoist priest explained: "But from the clothes you are wearing and the way you walk and talk, I can guess that you are not an ordinary person."
"Then you're pretty good at judging people." Chengshuo returned the favor to the Taoist priest and introduced himself: "My name is Tieniu, and I'm from Xingzhou."
"Xingzhou?"
The Taoist priest was stunned when he heard this and said, "Are you from Xingzhou, which is outside the 'Ten Thousand Miles of Spiritual Light Array'?"
After saying that, he announced his family name: "I am Lezheng Xunyi, a Taoist priest from the Taoist Sect."
Taoism?
Cheng Sheng had a look of doubt on his face.
Seeing his expression, the Taoist priest Le Zhengxun said, "If this is your first time to come to Leizhou, you can be forgiven for not knowing my Taoist religion."
"My Taoist sect is actually similar to your sect that believes in the 'Mother of Pain', except that we believe in the 'Mighty Immortal Lord'."
The Immortal Lord...
Chengshuo secretly kept this title in mind.
He didn't care about the Taoist Taoist teachings, he was just interested in the magic of "growing peaches". He immediately expressed his intention: "Um... Taoist friend, you just planted peach trees with boiling water. Is it a magic spell?" ?”
"What? You want to learn?"
Xun Yi said: "This spell can only be learned by people from our Dao Sect. If you really want to learn it, I can recommend you to our Dao Sect General Forum in Leizhou."
"Then...."
After saying that, Xunyi added: "If you want to join our Taoism, the premise is that you must not be a big Buddhist."
"But I don't think you look like a monk, so there shouldn't be a big problem at this point..."
