It has been two days since I met Pingzhou.
Song You sat cross-legged among the mountains and couldn't help but sigh.
"So spiritual!"
Just having abundant spiritual power does not necessarily speed up your practice. It just means that you can practice easily, feel comfortable all over, and feel calm inside. Even if you don’t practice, living here will be peaceful and joyful, and your life will be prolonged. Ordinary animals and plants can stay in such an environment. Over time, it will be relatively easier to achieve Tao and transform into a human form.
It's very comfortable to sit here.
Especially the clouds in the distance are rolling and relaxing, changing shapes at a speed that can be clearly seen with the naked eye. You are not in a hurry, you are not afraid of the sunset, you have nothing to do, and there is a little demon cat picking mushrooms for you in the forest.
This feeling, this scene, this day, nothing happens to the little fairy.
"call……"
Song You let out a breath.
Looking back——
The little girl was carrying a duffle bag, and she picked it up very carefully.
Song You didn't ask her to pick it up.
She saw that Song You picked it up yesterday, and saw that Song You liked to eat it, and maybe she thought it was fun. As soon as she stopped here today, she volunteered to pick it up excitedly.
"Taoist priest!"
The little girl ran back, her clothes were bulging and filled with all kinds of fungi, many of them colorful.
He pulled open the trousers with his little hands and showed it to him:
"I picked up so many!"
"enough."
"..."
"sharp!"
"Yes."
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"Just give it to me."
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"Thank you, Miss Sanhua."
"You're welcome."
The girl then generously handed him the robe.
Song You took it and looked at it. He picked out many familiar, inedible or unfamiliar mushrooms and threw them on the ground.
The first important thing about eating fungi——
Only eat what you know you can eat.
But as I tossed it around, I realized something was wrong.
There was a hand picking it up nearby.
The man didn't say anything, but when he threw one, she picked one up and put it all in her pocket. When her pocket could no longer fit, she ran over, stood on tiptoes, and put it back into her robe without saying a word.
Song You looked up at her.
She also looked up at Song You.
The four eyes met, one was confused, the other was serious.
"what you do?"
"What are you doing?"
"I'll throw it away."
"I'll bring it back!"
"..."
"..."
A good question and answer.
What an honest little cat demon.
The two pairs of eyes were still facing each other. What was strange was that Song You could not see any emotion in her eyes.
I had to explain patiently: "It's not that I don't want the mushrooms picked by Empress Sanhua, but that some mushrooms are inedible and poisonous. We can only eat those that are not poisonous."
"poisonous!"
"yes."
"What will happen if you eat it?"
"Some will suffer from vomiting and diarrhea, some will become insane, some will have hallucinations, see little people, and in severe cases they will die."
"hiss!"
Only then did the girl realize the seriousness of the matter, her eyes widened, so she took a few steps back and put her little hands behind her back, indicating that she would no longer pick it up.
Song You then continued to pick.
Leave the fungi one by one.
The girl a few steps away watched helplessly, suppressing her desire to pick it up again, feeling so heartbroken that it was difficult to breathe.
These are all picked up with hard work.
What a pity, what a pity...
After picking and choosing, there were some chicken fat, old man's head, rice soup mushrooms and mountain mushrooms left. Song You took them to the nearby mountain spring to wash them, and came back with half a pot of water to build a stove. When it was done, the little girl Most of the firewood has been collected, but the horse is the most leisurely, just gnawing on the grass next to it.
It happened to be getting dark.
Make a fire and make soup.
The sun sets in the west, night falls, thousands of mountains form shadows, and there is fog in the mountains. There is only a line of fiery red on the horizon and a little spark in the mountains.
By the time Song You finished cooking the soup, the girl had transformed back into a calico cat. She huddled in her little clothes and lay beside the fire. She had fallen asleep and looked very small.
Song You didn't care about her and served her some soup.
"call……"
The mountains are cold and the air blows into mist.
Take one sip and your whole body will feel warm.
The difference between mushrooms and most other vegetarian dishes is that they don’t need to add meat or oil, and they can still be very fresh.
"Ah~"
Open your mouth and spit out, and it turns into white smoke again.
There are ghosts crying and wolves howling again in the mountains. I don’t know what they are doing or where they are coming from.
Song You only glanced down——
The kitten slept soundly.
With this peace of mind, who cares about mountain monsters and ghosts?
…
I do not know how long it has been.
Maybe the temperature of the fire gradually dropped, and the calico cat felt the cold and shrank tighter, but this subconscious shrinking made her wake up. The ears woke up first, then the tail, and finally she raised her head and searched around in the dark night.
I saw the Taoist priest sitting not far away, with his back to him, as if he was looking at the distant mountains, or looking at the stars.
"Taoist priest."
"Um?"
"what are you doing there?"
"Miss Sanhua is awake, come here quickly."
"oh……"
Nestled in this layer of clothes, it was so warm that I really didn’t want to leave, but I still struggled, stretched myself, and then slowly walked over.
"do what?"
"Miss Sanhua, look over there, is there light?"
"..."
The calico cat tried hard to look, its pupils widened.
"It's a little bright."
"That's it."
Song You turned to look at her and said with a smile: "I'm still wondering if there are some poisonous fungi that I didn't pick out and I was poisoned."
"Are the mushrooms I picked up delicious?"
"very delicious."
"very delicious!"
"It would taste better if there was some ham or chicken stewed in it."
"Next time Sanhua Empress will catch you two mice and stew them in them, they will definitely be delicious."
"I understand."
"Where is that over there?"
"I have no idea."
"Why is there light?"
"I have no idea."
"Do you want to go there?"
"I want to go, where is Empress Sanhua?"
"Sanhua Empress will follow you."
"Then go."
Song You stood up immediately.
The pots and dishes just now had been washed and put away, and there was nothing to pack at this time. I just folded up the felts under me, picked up Sanhua Empress's clothes, stuffed them all into the quilt bag, and walked there along the mountain road.
Another half hour passed.
The calico cat still walked in front with small steps, and she was almost at the mountain pass. She couldn't help but speed up her pace, without looking back, she just said as she ran:
"There's a pit here!
"There's a rock!
“There’s a stick!
"have……"
As soon as she ran up the mountain pass and looked down, she was stunned.
The thin shouting also stopped abruptly.
Song You walked forward without any hurry or delay.
The light came from the bottom of the mountain. At this moment, it was condescending. As the body rose higher, the luminous place gradually emerged in front of the eyes.
It’s actually a market town!
Moreover, it is a very lively market town, located on the mountainside below. It covers a very wide area and is brightly lit, with a large number of bonfires lit in the middle.
The calico cat looked down, then looked up at him.
"yes."
Song You nodded towards her.
This place is at least hundreds of miles away from the nearest military town or city, so there shouldn't be such a market town. Besides, the market town shouldn't be at night, and it shouldn't be in this barren mountain.
"Go and visit."
Song You continued walking down the mountain.
The mountain road is only three feet wide, so it's okay to walk during the day, but you have to be extra careful when walking at night.
Going all the way down the mountain road, looking closer and farther away, it is dark and sloppy, and there is a fog in the middle. Passing through the fog, it is clear and cold, and there is a sense of trance.
The road seems longer than expected.
As I walked, I felt inexplicably that it was no longer the road I saw on the mountain before. I don’t know where I walked, and the road became wider and wider. The scenery on the roadside changed, and there were many more things. There were no big trees on the mountain, and there were many side roads that shouldn't be there. However, the light that I saw on the mountain before was getting closer and brighter.
I also started to meet pedestrians.
The first one was a little better, no different from normal people.
The second one had a pale face, bulging eyes, and his tongue hanging out. He was said to be a hanged man, but it looked more like he had been strangled.
The third one was unusually strong and had the head of a wild boar.
I also saw a mountain deer walking quietly.
They all carried or carried lanterns of different sizes and shapes.
Song You looked at them within the scope of etiquette, his face was still calm and natural, and he was still walking in that direction.
The calico cat followed him, but no longer ran ahead. Instead, it was almost right next to his feet, causing him to almost step on her several times.
Gradually, I met more and more "people".
There were people walking in the same direction as them, coming from different paths and merging into the main road, heading towards the light. There were also those facing them, who came from the light and walked into various paths. These paths were shrouded in the night fog in the mountains, making it difficult to see where they were leading.
Without exception, each of them carries a lantern, of various shapes and sizes. Some are held in their hands, some are hung around their necks, and some are held in their mouths. Each of them sheds a piece of light. Dots of light gradually converge into dragons on this mist-shrouded mountain path, coming and going in different directions, which looks quite beautiful.
Some people also discovered Song You.
The biggest difference between Song You and them at this time is probably the Taoist robe he wears.
Maybe some demons and ghosts can also smell other smells.
So these people stared at him.
The calico cat was a little nervous and got closer to him.
Song You didn't care and kept moving forward.
Until I walked into this market town, my eyes became brighter.
Dayan has a rich night life, and Yidu is the third city in the world, but ordinary nights are not as bright as here. It can only be compared with temple fairs, New Year or Mid-Autumn Festival.
Song You watched and thought as he walked.
This market town obviously does not open every day. It should be like a human market town, it opens every other day, or even like a temple fair, it only opens once or a few times a year, so there are so many mountain ghosts and goblins coming.
Some mountain ghosts and fairies have completely transformed into human forms and look like humans. If they are not handsome, they are strange people. Some still retain their pre-transformation characteristics, and are even simply animals. Some look slightly scrawled, or have the same look they had before death. Some mountain spirits are even more bizarre than ordinary people have ever seen. Song You has been practicing in Yin Yang Mountain for so many years, and sometimes interacts with monsters and monsters, but he has never seen so many types of monsters.
Looking at the market, there are lanterns everywhere, and the firelight inside is particularly bright. Under the bright lights, there are stalls everywhere, and there are even quaint houses with storefronts nearby.
Countless fairies and ghosts shuttled among them.
As for the things they bought and sold, they were not very unusual, they were mostly ordinary things.
Pots and pans are the most popular, as well as clothes of different fabrics, knives made of metal, freshly harvested wild fruits in the mountains in spring, freshly picked mushrooms, skewered pheasants, fish and rabbits, vegetable and meat stalls, and various insects. There are some differences from the things sold in ordinary human markets, but overall the difference is not big and the essence is the same.
It's the fireworks in the barren mountains, the alien firewood, rice, oil and salt.
Song You took the calico cat and the bay-red horse for a slow walk through the market.
It's just that no matter where he goes, it will be quieter, as if a monster has arrived in the human market. Everyone turns their heads, stares at him without speaking, and waits for him to leave before whispering.
Their conversation could be vaguely heard:
"It's a person!"
"That cat seems to have become a sperm."
"That horse is not ordinary either."
"Why do people come here?"
"Why isn't he afraid?"
"Did you accidentally break in again? Why do people keep accidentally breaking in in recent years? What are you doing?"
"Are you afraid that the cat brought it? It broke the rules."
"Maybe! That's a Taoist priest!"
"Taoist priest?"
"Look, you're wearing a Taoist robe..."
"Oh..."
As soon as Song You turned around, they immediately stopped talking. They all hurriedly avoided his eyes and did not look directly at him. After he left, they stared at him from behind again.
The calico cat gently pulled at his trousers.
"It doesn't matter."
Song You said softly to her and continued moving forward.
This time it was really strange.
Thanks to the leader of the "Crazy Rabbit Eats Meat" boss, bow and show your breasts!
