"peach!
"peach!"
The old temple leader raised a hand, pointed forward, and shouted, even his arms were shaking.
I saw that this peach tree had lush branches and leaves, and its trunk was thicker than a human thigh, and it was already almost black in color. There are big branches on the main trunk, and there are many small branches on the big branches. They are covered with peaches that are no smaller than the mouth of a bowl. The bright red color is really intoxicating.
The middle-aged Taoist priests around him were also surprised.
To put it bluntly, this is just a small world in a painting. Its territory may be less than one-tenth of a county. They were born here and have been living in it. Although they have entered the Taoist temple to practice, they often listen to the master of the old temple preaching the mysteries of Taoism. The Taoism is magical, after all, they have never seen it before, and the old temple masters are not good at telling it. They mostly just listen to it as an interesting story.
Now I really see the magic.
A Taoist from outside took up his pen and painted on the white wall. When he breathed out the painting, the fruit trees became real. The peaches were extremely attractive, and the fragrance of the peaches could still be faintly smelled.
How could you not be surprised?
"It's embarrassing."
The Taoist turned around and returned the brush with both hands and said:
"Thanks to the old temple master for hosting the meal, I have nothing to repay. Just in recent months, I have gained a lot of insights and gained some new skills, so I used them. I asked the temple master to taste the taste of peaches from the outside world again, as if I was returning the favor. It’s about the hospitality. It’s just that the peaches in the painting are from Peach Blossom Village outside Changjing City, but I don’t know if they can be as sweet as the peaches in Jingzhou.”
"Can...can it be eaten?"
"Of course you can."
Song You said, raised his hand, grabbed a peach from the tree, and pulled it gently.
"puff……"
The branches and leaves shook for a while, and the fruits had been taken out.
Song You casually wiped it on his clothes, then held it in both hands and handed it to the old conservator.
The old viewer also stretched out his thin hands and took the peach tremblingly. Feeling the heavy and soft touch, he held it in front of him and looked at it carefully.
I smelled the strong peach aroma first.
Take one bite.
"Bah!"
He bit through the skin easily, and inside was almost soft flesh. Even with his teeth, he could easily bite in, and then there was abundant juice and a full peach aroma.
After taking a bite, the pulp fibers were almost stretched into threads, and the juice flowed down the chin.
Speechless at this point.
The old temple master half-squinted his eyes, his eyes were moist, and while chewing, he nodded repeatedly and looked at the young Taoist next to him, but he was more silent than loud.
Everything is written on that wrinkled face.
Song You only smiled when he saw this, and continued to pick fruits from the tree, handing them to several stunned Taoist priests one by one.
The Taoist priests also bowed quickly, held it with both hands, and looked at it carefully.
They had never seen this fruit before.
But the fragrance is so tempting.
Everyone looked at each other, occasionally glancing at their master who was almost in tears. Finally, someone couldn't help but took a peach, wiped it on their clothes, and took a tentative bite.
"Bah chi~"
"Um!!"
His eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly.
Without saying a word, others will imitate him.
The Taoist looked at them with a smile. After a long time, he said aloud: "Taoist priests, don't be impatient. There are a total of 180 peaches in this tree. I think the Taoist priests will not be able to finish them all even if they are full."
"..."
The middle-aged Taoist priests all stopped and looked at him.
"I've been here for several days. I haven't spent a penny in these days, but I live in the best rooms and eat the best meals every day. Thanks to the warm hospitality of the people at the foot of the mountain and several Taoist priests. But I really don't have anything. What can I give you in return?" The Taoist paused, "In addition to the old temple master, there were also people who came from Jingzhou decades ago after hearing the news in the past two days and came to look for me. Please come to your home and entertain me well and chat during the dinner. , talking about the peaches in my hometown back then, I felt a lot of regret. There are other people at the foot of the mountain, although they are not from Jingzhou, they have never eaten peaches. "
"Fellow Taoist, would you like us to help distribute gifts to everyone?"
"I'm ashamed to say that I should have sent it off myself, but if I go there again, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave for a few more days." Song You said helplessly, "I just want to ask a few Taoist priests to do a favor and get some Go down and share the peaches with everyone. Eat the peaches and plant peach stones in the mountains and fields. From now on, there will be peaches here."
"To whom?"
"Chai Xueyi's family in Xiaobei Village was the first to entertain me. When the Taoist priest went to Chai's house, he knew who the people in Xiaobei Village had entertained me. The people in Niang'erzhuang are all fellow villagers of the old Guanzhu, and it was Li Yongnian from the entrance of the village who was the first to treat me. I'll invite him over, and he'll be entertained for two or three days. All the Taoist priests can go and look for him. In addition, if the Taoist priests have relatives and friends at the foot of the mountain, you can send them to him." Song You said, giving a deep bow, "This tree Just here, it will bear fruit every year, and it will be regarded as a thank you gift from me."
"Thank you, fellow Taoist, I will definitely do it!"
"It's time for me to thank the Taoist priests and the old temple master."
Both sides were very polite and bowed to each other.
"I'll take my leave."
"Where are you going, fellow Taoist?"
"Go for a walk in the mountains."
"What about after we get down the mountain?"
"Where did you come from? Where are you going? I hope we will see you again in the future."
"..."
Several middle-aged Taoist priests were holding half-eaten peaches and staring at him blankly, not knowing what to say.
Song You took Mao'er and left the Taoist temple.
Look at that figure, it's walking up the mountain.
…
Cat took small steps, her eyes wide open as she walked, stopping from time to time and looking back at the peach tree in front of her, until she could no longer see the tree and the group of Taoists could no longer see her. He raised his head and spoke to Song You:
"what is that?"
"peach."
"Miss Sanhua knows it's a peach tree."
"In addition to knowing mice and four-legged snakes, Sanhua Empress also knows about peach trees. She is very knowledgeable and knowledgeable."
"You said it was a peach tree."
"Miss Sanhua not only understands it as soon as she hears it, she can also remember it secretly. I guess she is also a studious cat."
"Miss Sanhua is very smart."
"This is natural."
"Where did the peach tree come from?"
"Drawed."
"How did you draw it?"
"Use a pen."
"How did you draw it?"
"Be attentive and use a little aura and mystery."
"Then why don't you draw some money outside?" Cat tilted her head to look at him as she walked, thinking, "And draw some mice!"
"Can't draw it."
"Use the pen, be attentive, and use a little spiritual charm and mystery." The calico cat imitated what he just said, word for word, even the tone was very similar, but it was paired with her soft and thin sound of the nipple clamp, which made people feel It always sounds very cute and not serious at all.
"Miss Sanhua doesn't know something."
"Miss Sanhua doesn't know something~"
"..."
The Taoist thought about how to open his mouth to be more easily accepted by her, and then said: "I have recently studied this painting, felt the mysterious charm in it, and thought about the process of how Master Dou used paintings to understand the world. Although I have made some gains, it is only a small amount. Gains are not much. Just like Master Dou at the foot of the mountain, the things he paints can only survive in this painting. They may have some aura in the outside world and cannot become reality."
"Can it only become true here?"
"Sanhua Empress can understand everything with just a few clicks."
"Why?"
"Because this place is originally a painting."
This skill was already acquired from Master Kong when he was in Yizhou. Therefore, by painting cats with brush strokes and borrowing a few cat hairs from Empress Sanhua, the painting can become quite spiritual. Later, I met Master Dou and after seeing this picture, I gained a little more. After nearly a month of meditating on it, I gained a few more points. Until now, I have gained a deeper understanding and am quite familiar with this path.
Although Song You didn't have Master Kong's sculpture skills or Dou's painting skills, he couldn't connect the mysteries of heaven and earth in their way, but Song You was a spiritual practitioner and had other methods.
So when painting a peach out of thin air, you only need to feel it deeply and put your heart into it, without using the peach core, to give it some aura and mystery.
This kind of aura and mystery fits well with the world in the painting. If you borrow some spirituality from it, you can make it come true in the painting.
Speaking of which, Master Dou taught him this before.
Sure enough, if we are three people walking together, there must be my teacher——
Don't underestimate these mortals. They are the best in the world, the pinnacle of skills, and can be regarded as gods in one profession or another. No matter how high the Taoist practice is, as long as they are willing to bend down, they can benefit from it.
"Ms. Sanhua, do you understand?"
"understood!"
"I can tell."
"What do you say--"
"Okay, I said."
"If you draw a pile of silver here and take it out, will it become real?" The calico cat stared at him solemnly.
"Sanhua Empress can actually draw inferences from one instance."
"draw inferences from one example~"
"I wish I were as smart as Empress Sanhua." Song You said to her with a smile, but did not answer.
"Where are we going now?"
"Go to the mountains."
"do what?"
"Look at the scenery."
"oh……"
The Taoist and the cat slowly walked up the mountain.
This is the top of the mountains that looks like a sky wall that you see when you are outside the painting, or when you first enter the painting. It is also the end of this world.
This mountain is high, but it does not reach the clouds.
Looking back, we can see that the villages at the foot of the mountain are well-proportioned and the fertile fields and fertile soil are connected together. Most of the houses have white walls and black tiles, rather than huts. The rural scenery alone is extremely beautiful. Although it cannot give people a strong visual shock, it makes people want to sit down and admire it quietly, feel peaceful, and even have the urge to live in seclusion here.
Behind the fields, reeds are connected together, golden with white. Behind them is a large blue lake, and there are high mountains on the opposite side of the lake.
"It's so beautiful..."
The Taoist retracted his gaze and looked to the other side.
The scenery here is not as good as that there. It is rolling mountains with no boundaries to the left and right, and it is one layer after another moving forward.
A wooden fence separated the front.
The Taoist approached the wooden fence and stretched his hand forward to press it.
It seems to be pressing on the air, but it has touched an invisible wall.
It's quite wonderful to realize it carefully.
It even seems like you can faintly feel the outside world from it.
The outside world is damp and cool, and the Yin Qi disperses and the Yang Qi rises.
It seems to be morning.
As for where it is, I don't know.
"wonderful."
After all, this world was only created because of a painting that touched the world. In fact, it is very fragile. This barrier can stop ordinary people, but it cannot stop Taoists. It’s just that if you break it at will, and don’t tell where the Taoist will be after it is released, you don’t know what will happen to the painting.
The Taoist quickly took his hand back.
"Taoist priest."
"Um?"
The Taoist looked down -
I saw a calico cat standing on the ground, a small one, with its head raised high, staring at me with a confused look on its face:
"What are you doing?"
"Interesting thing."
"What's interesting?"
"Ms. Sanhua, do you want to know?"
"Of course I do."
"Sanhua Empress crosses the fence and takes a few steps forward to find out."
"Well……"
The calico cat tilted its head, looking suspiciously.
Finally decided to do as he said.
So he lowered his head and relied on his liquid magical power to easily flow through the narrow gap in the fence and move forward.
"Boom..."
Hitting the air head first.
Cat took two steps back and almost sat down on the ground. She opened her eyes wide and tried to look forward, but she couldn't see anything.
Take two more steps and bump again.
This time the impact was much lighter.
Only then did the cat realize that there was something invisible blocking her in front of her, so with curiosity in her eyes, she cautiously approached and raised her paws to touch the invisible wall.
"Is it interesting?"
"What's this?"
"The edge of the world."
"Can't understand."
"Miss Sanhua, please come back."
"oh……"
The calico cat came back very obediently.
The Taoist looked around and walked around the mountain for a while, but he did not meet the immortal that the old temple master said.
Maybe the gods don't want to see you.
Maybe it's not destined.
"..."
The Taoist shook his head and did not force it.
If there is no luck, wait until next time.
In any case, this has been a rare and wonderful journey. Not only did I gain a lot of spiritual insights, but it was also a surprising experience. If it were the scholar on Liujiang River, he would be willing to die, or he would be willing to die. I was so excited that I couldn't sleep all night.
Be content and happy.
So with a gentle wave of his hand, ripples appeared in the air. Song You picked up the cat and took one step out of the place.
(End of chapter)
