Under the guidance of Steward Sun, Zhang Xiaoman walked all the way through the corridor behind Yinglong Hall, passed two squares and a bamboo forest, and finally stopped in front of a stone engraved with "Dragon Watching Platform".
Along the way, he finally got to see what the real thousand-year-old sect was. Compared with the few small temples and temples he had been to, it was really different.
Although it is not said whether they have any real practitioners, the momentum of the sect's architecture is not on the same level.
"Master Pei, Master Ye is waiting here. You can see him just by going in."
"Okay, thank you Sun, I'll take care of it..." Zhang Xiaoman nodded.
In fact, he originally wanted to call the other party's Taoist name, but what he saw and heard during the journey just now distracted his attention. In addition, he was born with an allergy to these Taoist names and other words, so he was particularly easy to forget. . It's just that after such a while, I couldn't remember the name the other party just mentioned to me. In desperation, I had to change my name and call him his position here.
After Zhang Xiaoman walked in, Manager Sun shook his head with some disappointment. He seemed to have guessed something from the name the other party just called him, and couldn't help but secretly sighed: "It's such a pity... Could it be possible? Is this Master Pei really not one of my cultivators? Is there really no path for monks like me to take in this world..."
Completely unaware of this guy's psychological activities, Zhang Xiaoman walked straight into the dragon viewing platform.
At the end of the Guanlong Terrace is a cliff. There is a pavilion on the inside of the cliff, surrounded by a huge lotus pond.
There are dozens of beautiful lotus leaves lying on this lotus pond. Now it is the season of lotus blooming. The pink petals are blooming on the edge of the cliff. In the background is the blue sky. An unknown white bird flies by with its wings spread and the clouds are shrouded in mist. During this time, the place became even more magical.
Zhang Xiaoman walked towards the pavilion, where a person was sitting, with his back to the lotus pond and facing the cliff, as if he was admiring the scenery under the cliff.
This person is the current head of Longmian Mountain, Ye Cang.
"Little friend Pei, come and sit here quickly. Ye has been waiting for you for a long time." Ye Cang seemed to have heard the movement behind him and took the initiative to speak.
Zhang Xiaoman didn't expect that the other party was already over 90 years old, but his senses were still so sharp, so he quickly walked over.
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In the pavilion, Zhang Xiaoman and Ye Cang sat across the table, facing away from the cliff. They were holding the extremely precious Yaolin fragrant tea in their hands. What they saw in their eyes was the unparalleled beauty of the fairy mountain.
It's just a pity that this kind of fine wine is really a waste in the hands of Zhang Xiaoman, who doesn't know how to taste tea at all.
Ye Cang couldn't help but twitching at the corner of his eyes when he saw the other person drinking half a cup of tea in one gulp. He was now sure that the other person was definitely not a cultivator like him.
"Look, little friend, this entire mountain is the most famous Wolong Mountain Range here, and the location of our Longmian Mountain is exactly where the dragon's head is."
Mr. Ye put down his tea cup and pointed gently at the rolling mountains below.
Zhang Xiaoman looked over. From this position, this mountain range really looked like a lying giant dragon, and Longmian Mountain where he was currently looked like a whole giant dragon. head.
"In ancient times, there was a legend about our Longmian Mountain from the outside world. It was said that on the Dragon Head Peak, in the mouth of the dragon, there was a dragon ball. When the dragon ball encountered the five flavors in the world, it fell to the earth and turned into an intoxicating illusion, like a dream. If it is true, it is difficult to distinguish between false and true.”
Ye Cang said this, turned around, looked at Zhang Xiaoman with piercing eyes, and continued: "This dragon ball was once sought after by Taoists and regarded as a treasure. It was also obsessed with secular businessmen and lost their minds... But later As time passed and due to lack of records, it was gradually forgotten by people. Nowadays, there are only a few people who know about it..."
When Zhang Xiaoman heard this, he already understood what the other party was talking about. He couldn't help but asked curiously: "Mr. Ye, since it is said that this dragon ball comes from Longmian Mountain, how did you get it?"
Ye Cang heard this and replied: "There is a cave on Longshou Peak with a dragon vein inside. This dragon bead is produced from that dragon vein... In fact, in today's terms, it is just a mineral vein. It's just that. This mine does not produce gold or silver, only the dragon sleeping stone..."
After Zhang Xiaoman heard what he said, he also knew the origin of the Long Mian Stone. It seemed to be a strange ore. But since it was ore, there was a question that made him even more confused.
"Mr. Ye, since this Longmian Stone is so magical, why haven't you mined it and sold it? Or haven't the government developed it?"
Ye Cang shook his head and explained: "It's not that we don't want to develop it, but it's actually that this kind of stone is too strange. It's very hard and almost impossible to mine. The only few pieces we have are from the dragon's veins for some unknown reason. Fallen.”
"And the government has already studied this kind of stone for twenty years, but in the end they have never come up with any results. The Longmian Stone is extremely hard, and there are currently no conditions to analyze and study it. We only know that it has certain It will volatilize under certain conditions. However, this volatilization is accompanied by hallucinations that can appear real, which is one of the reasons why it is banned from sale."
Mr. Ye explained so much at once, took another sip of tea, moistened his throat a little, and then looked at Zhang Xiaoman, as if waiting for his next question.
Sure enough, when he heard what Ye Cang said about volatilization under certain conditions, Zhang Xiaoman quickly became interested and immediately expressed his doubts: "Mr. Ye, what do you mean by volatilization? Is it possible that this is what you just said, 'When you encounter the five flavors in the human world, you will fall into the mortal world'? What are these five flavors?"
Ye Cang smiled and said with a sighing expression: "The five flavors, of course, refer to the five flavors of 'sour, bitter, sweet, pungent, and salty', or to put it another way, 'sour, sweet, bitter, Spicy, salty'."
As he spoke, he reached out and carefully brought up a small purple wooden box from under the stone table. He gently opened the lid and slowly took out a purple incense burner inside. Zhang Xiaoman could see that his hands were shaking slightly, but he didn't know it. Either the incense burner is too heavy or the old man is too nervous.
This road is exactly the stove that Ye Cang used at the Taoist Exchange Conference a few days ago.
"What is contained here is the Longmian Stone, the legendary treasure in Longmian Mountain that was once called the Dragon Pearl." Ye Cang said.
Zhang Xiaoman's eyes froze when he heard this, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of expectation in his heart.
He knew that the answer to the mystery of Long Mian Stone was about to be revealed.
