Songjian is the master of Baiquan Taoist Temple, and Yunkong has been staying here for the past month. The two of them couldn't help chatting and gradually became familiar with each other.
Yunkong had not heard from his master for a long time. Last year, he accompanied Tie Langgong back to his hometown of Xuzhou. On the way, he met his senior brother Yankong, so he made an appointment to meet at the small Baiquan Taoist Temple, and then walked on the water together. If everything went well, we could arrive in time I went to reunite with Master on August 15th.
Baiquan Taoist Temple is a little-known Taoist temple in a little-known village at the foot of Mount Tai.
"Mount Taishan is a blessed land with thirty-six caves. You might as well take a stroll around while you wait for me." Yankong told him.
Yankong also said that the temple owner of Baiquan Taoist Temple was an old acquaintance of his and would not meet anyone outside.
However, there are only a few days left until July, and Iwakora hasn’t arrived yet!
Yun Kong looked at the statue of Lao Tzu on the Taoist altar, then sat cross-legged and meditated, concentrating on meditation.
After a while, Yunkong felt a ball of hot air rushing to his Dantian. When he was about to do further in-depth exercises, the door of the Taoist temple opened with a creak.
"Yunkong!"
A gust of fishy wind broke into the door, and Yun Kong woke up suddenly.
The person standing at the door is none other than senior brother Iwakora! He was pale and panting, as if he had just run a long distance.
Yunkong hurriedly ran to close the door, and Yankong fell to the ground, panting.
"Senior brother! What did you bring?" Yun Kong asked this question because the smelly wind was too strong.
"Over there!" Yankong pointed to the side.
There was a rather large fox on the wall. Its fur was so black that it looked shiny. There was a golden arrow stuck in its hind leg. The fox kept shivering, not knowing whether it was because of fear or cold.
Yun Kong suddenly felt a chill running down his spine.
black Fox!
The humane fox is "white for thousands of years, black for ten thousand years."
Is this a thousand-year-old fox?
The ten thousand year black fox is so rare, why did it come with senior brother? "Senior brother, how could..."
"Don't say any more, please apply gold wound medicine on it!"
The black fox also spoke: "No...please light a fire for me first..."
They were not surprised at all that the black fox could talk.
Most spiritual beings in the world, as long as they are willing, are not afraid of not being able to learn human speech, not to mention that it may take ten thousand years to learn.
It is now the transition between summer and autumn, and the temperature difference between day and night is very large. It is hot during the day and cool at night. However, the weather is not yet so cold that it is necessary to light a fire for warmth. However, Yun Kong has lived here for the past few days and has figured out where Taoist Songjian stores his things. He quickly took out the brazier from behind the altar and a bamboo basket containing coal. He finally lit the coal and when it burned red, he put it into the brazier with an iron clamp.
At this time, northern cities were gradually burning coal for heating in winter. Not only was the heat stable, it could last through the entire winter night, it was easy to store on weekdays, and it was less susceptible to moisture. Therefore, firewood was not as commonly used in urban areas as before.
Yun Kong also learned how to light coal. He not only lit one pot of fire, but several pots of fire, but the temperature in the room did not rise at all.
"It's that golden arrow..." Yankong looked at it for a while and murmured.
"There is a Taoist talisman on the arrow..." Yun Kong studied it for a while, but couldn't tell what talisman it was.
The black fox huddled against the wall. It was already as tall as a man, but the shadow cast on the wall by the fire even climbed up the beams. It trembled more and more violently, its pointed chin kept trembling, and all the black hairs stood on end.
"Why?" Yun Kong suddenly asked his senior brother.
"I came upon it suddenly and it was running away, so I brought it here."
"Very weak."
"It's the arrow that keeps sucking its energy."
"Why don't you unplug it?"
"No," the senior brother shook his head hurriedly, "As soon as you pull it out, its energy will dissipate."
What kind of arrow is this so powerful?
Yun Kong noticed three small characters engraved on the arrow handle: Hong Haoyi.
"Hong Haoyi?" Yun Kong had heard of this name before, "Hong Haoyi! It's him!"
"you know?"
"Senior brother probably knows his nickname. In recent years, he has been known as the 'Beishen Soo'."
Iwakora nodded. he knows.
In recent years, it has been rumored that there are four strange people in the world. It is said that the Four Great Strange People were made up by force. Where are the strange people? But these four people are indeed quite strange.
One is Beishen Sou, he is a first-class archer who can penetrate the Yangtze with a hundred steps. My real name is Hong Haoyi. He is approaching seventy and can still walk as fast as flying.
Hong Haoyi is a hunter by trade, specializing in providing rare and exotic animals, even fairies and ghosts. He takes it as his duty to get rid of demons and kills demons on sight without any mercy.
The other three people are Wusheng in the East China Sea, Zhang Tieqiao in the south, and Wuwei people in the west. They are called "Wusheng in the east, Wuwei in the west, Tieqiao in the south, and Shensou in the north."
"I met him several years ago," Yun Kong said, "when I climbed up the mountain to look for mandrills."
"What?" Iwakong had always known his junior brother's weird temper, and he couldn't help but frown at this time.
"...I did meet a mandrill."
"That's a harmful thing!"
"No, they asked me for a divination, but Beishen Sou and his disciples ran up and killed a mandrill," Yunkong continued, "It was very cold on the mountain at that time, and the mandrill lit a fire for me to keep away the cold, but Beishen Sou As soon as it came, I was frozen.”
"He saved you?"
"It's not a 'rescue'. He just carried me home and gave me a bowl of ginger soup."
"It seems," Iwakora sighed, "you have a better impression of mandrills than people."
"Senior brother, the reason why people are human is because they have compassion. This principle is the same as when you save it."
Seeing the black fox trembling non-stop, Yan Kong felt very unbearable.
"Yunkong," Yankong said, "if the arrow is there, it will die, but once the arrow goes away, it will die as well. What should we do?"
"Wouldn't it be possible if the arrow could still be kept alive when it was pulled out?"
"It's simple to say." Yankong lowered his head and pondered for a while, then asked Heihu: "Do you know the method of luck?"
"I...have been practicing for thousands of years...how could I not understand?" Black Fox said with great difficulty and seemed to be very weak.
"Okay, later you transport the Qi to Baihui first. As soon as you pull out the arrow, immediately circulate it through the Great Zhoutian. I will transport the Qi into your Dantian at the same time, and the upper and lower parts will be connected!" Yankong finished in one breath. .
"No, senior brother! You will be seriously injured!"
"Sacrificing one's life to save souls is Master's lesson. I will not be stingy with that little bit of energy."
Yun Kong was speechless.
Yankong sat down cross-legged, took a breath, and said, "Yunkong, get ready!"
Yun Kong knelt on one knee beside the black fox and held the arrow handle with one hand.
"Two benefactors..." Black Fox struggled to speak, "A great benefactor...in this life..."
"No need to say more, hurry up and get lucky!" Iwakong shouted.
A group of firelights crossed the road and headed towards the Baiquan Taoist Temple on the hill.
Baiquan Taoist Temple is covered by a towering old pine, looking like a chariot from a distance, with several small streams flowing beside the Taoist temple.
This is probably why the temple owner is called "Songjian Taoist"!
After Taoist Songjian returned to the inner room, he habitually read for a while before turning off the lights and going to sleep.
Just as he was about to blow out the oil lamp, he felt something strange.
"It seems..." He couldn't say it at the moment, but it felt weird anyway.
It was as if part of his body had been taken away.
Taoist Songjian felt very uneasy, so he went out to take a look.
He thought: "Could it be Iwakora here?"
When he was almost walking to the lobby, he noticed an unusually cold air coming from the lobby.
"Could it be Ye Feng?"
no. This kind of cold is so uncomfortable that it penetrates the bone marrow.
When he entered the lobby, he was immediately shocked by the scene in front of him.
He had never seen such a huge fox, and it was black!
The statues of Sanqing, Taishang Laojun, Lingqi, peach wood sword, Yi Jing, demon mirror, etc. are all scattered in the lobby. Why is this fox spirit not afraid?
When Taoist Songjian saw Yunkong pulling out the arrow from the black fox, he couldn't help but whisper: "Yunkong..."
The black fox snorted.
After Yankong penetrated the true energy into its body, the black fox gradually stopped trembling, and the hair that was originally standing on end slowly drooped down.
Yunkong held the golden arrow in his hand, and people couldn't help but shudder. The golden arrow was still absorbing the heat around him, forcing Yunkong to throw the golden arrow into the brazier.
The tongues of fire swallowed up the golden arrows, and it took a long time for the Taoist temple to gradually warm up.
The black fox finally took a breath, most of the coldness on his body was gone, and his body relaxed.
"Thank you, Taoist Priest." Black Fox struggled, faced Yankong, and flattened his feet on the ground, making a bow.
Taoist Songjian was still shocked. He instinctively wanted to curse "monster", but he saw Yun Kong and Yan Kong rescuing the rather large black fox, and ended up stammering.
