Due to driving away the wolves at night, You Ziji had unknowingly deviated from the original direction. He no longer knew where he was. I had to roughly identify the direction and continue walking along the mountain road.
Somehow, You Ziji felt that the road under his feet was quite solid. It didn't look like an ordinary mountain road. It looked like someone had been passing here all year round, and there were obvious ruts on it. After the wanderer made a summary, he knew that he should have returned to the original road, but he didn't know whether he had avoided Tianyu Temple in the first half or the second half.
After walking for a while, a canyon suddenly appeared. The peaks here are steep and the canyon is isolated, like the pillars of the sky soaring into the sky. When You Ziji saw such a scene on the ground, his palms became sweaty, his legs and feet became slightly weak, and he was amazed at the terrifying height there.
But even on such a cliff, there are still buildings. It looks like a temple. I don't know where the believers built it. I am afraid that only immortals can have such miraculous craftsmanship.
You Ziji looked up and gradually realized something was wrong. He seemed to have really seen an immortal.
He opened his eyes and looked carefully, and saw a man in front of the temple on the top of the mountain. He had white hair and a fairy spirit, and he seemed to be offering incense to the temple.
The Taoist prepared some melons and fruits as offerings, bowed three times, inserted the incense in his hand into the incense burner, turned around and started to go down the mountain. You Ziji was curious about how the Taoist got up there, and stared carefully with his eyes wide open.
But I saw the Taoist walking away without any pause, like a blue sheep walking on the cliffs as if walking on the ground. But the good times didn't last long. Suddenly, the Taoist seemed to trip over something, his body tilted, and he fell off the cliff like a fallen leaf.
The Taoist did not give up. Every time he encountered a protruding rock or tree, he seemed to want to reach out and grab it. Perhaps his body was too heavy and he could not stop his fall every time. Instead, he fell faster and faster.
When You Ziji saw that the Taoist was in danger, although he might not be able to save him, he still ran to the bottom of the cliff like a reflex, hoping to catch him.
When he arrived at the bottom of the cliff, the figure of the man was gone. Looking carefully, he seemed to have stopped halfway. There was a stone platform stopping him, and there was a cave next to it. It was not known whether he was seriously injured if he fell there.
You Ziji didn't care much and hurriedly climbed up to confirm the Taoist's physical condition.
But I didn't expect that there were really few places for people to crawl on the cliff, and I had deviated a lot unknowingly. Although the height was the same, You Ziji was still more than ten feet away from the stone platform. From a distance, the Taoist figure was no longer visible. Maybe a beast had taken him away in the cave, so he couldn't help but become more and more anxious.
The cliff climbed so steeply that there was no place to rely on. You Ziji had no other option, so he used the wind blowing technique and jumped over by stepping on the wind, but was suddenly interrupted by an old voice.
"Little doll, why did you crawl here?"
But it was the old Taoist who came out of the cave and saw You Ziji lying on the cliff.
When You Ziji saw the old Taoist, he was overjoyed at first, and then smiled bitterly. He saw that the old Taoist's clothes were neat and tidy, he could move freely, and there were no weeds on his body, let alone being injured. He didn't look like he had fallen off a cliff, but he thought he was. It would be a mistake.
The Taoist saw You Ziji with a wry smile on his face and was in a dilemma, but he was also enthusiastic. He stretched out his hand, and his palm was like a cattail leaf fan, bringing up a whirlwind and sweeping You Ziji over.
You Ziji's instinctive reaction didn't even have time to take action. He had already arrived in front of the cave. He was horrified. Knowing that he had met an expert, he worshiped:
"Thank you, Old Immortal...Senior for the rescue."
The Taoist looked at You Ziji with great interest and said, "Why is this little Taoist climbing the cliff and putting himself in danger?"
Youziji couldn't say that he was trying to save the Taoist, that would be too stupid. An idea occurred to him, and he remembered the temple on the mountain, and said shamelessly: "This junior saw the temple on the top of the mountain and didn't know who it was worshiping. I was curious and wanted to see what happened."
"Hahaha."
The Taoist smiled heartily and continued: "Is this what you want? There's no need to go up there. You've already seen it."
"Have I met them before?" You Ziji carefully thought about the people he had interacted with, and it seemed that no one was qualified to be enshrined.
"That's right, and it has been observing its surroundings. It just told Pindao that you are here to save me."
You Ziji smiled awkwardly and said: "Senior already knows the purpose of junior, but I don't know who this friend is and where we have met."
"It is the spirit of the mountains and forests here. You can also call it the mountain god. Look, it has come out."
You Ziji followed the direction pointed by the Taoist and saw a blurry snow-white figure suddenly emerge from the dark cave entrance. It was very fast, but seemed to be a little afraid of strangers and hid behind the Taoist.
You Ziji saw that Bai Ying's figure looked familiar, so he looked carefully and was shocked, "Isn't this the white wolf from last night? How come he turned into a mountain god? Did he find helpers to deal with me? No, I didn't do that when I expelled him. Kill me."
Thoughts raced in You Ziji's mind, but he was in a dangerous situation and was already a piece of meat on someone else's chopping board. There was no room for him to toss, so he had to test his words, "Senior, is this the mountain god? I heard someone say that this Chong The county is home to all kinds of fairy birds, so why is this mountain god not a crane or other spiritual bird but a white wolf?"
The Taoist was not in a hurry to explain, but said: "Little doll, look at it again and see what it is?"
You Ziji looked again, and saw that the white wolf collapsed on the spot after hearing You Ziji's words, and turned into a ball of white air. After regrouping, it was already a big white crane as tall as a person.
"It is the spiritual manifestation of the mountain forest, but it has no fixed form."
You Ziji was a little surprised and said frankly to the Taoist: "I was attacked by a wild beast in the mountains yesterday and invaded the mountain village. It was also a white wolf that looked like it. Maybe it was not the same as it."
The Taoist pondered for a moment and said: "The mountain god is responsible for all the creatures in the mountain forest. If there were really the beasts you mentioned, they would have been driven away by it long ago. Moreover, this is also the management area of Tianyu Temple, and generally there will be no monsters or beasts."
You Ziji thought of the scene he saw last night and said, "The white wolves were driving away the animals in the mountains last night. I saw these with my own eyes."
The Taoist didn't know the exact situation, so he immediately lowered his head to communicate with the mountain god. After a while, the Taoist smiled and said slowly, "It has already told me about you. The little baby is so courageous, even he dares to enter the illusion. "
"Illusion, senior, are you talking about the village in the fog?"
The Taoist smiled and said: "That's it. It didn't expect you to escape observation and go in alone. The little baby is really a newborn calf and is not afraid of tigers. Do you know where you went last night? You must have seen many bones there. Well, those are all people trapped in an illusion."
You Ziji was stunned and asked, "Since this place is so dangerous, why don't you think of a way to solve it so as not to harm more people?"
The Taoist sighed: "It's easy for you to think. Although this illusion often appears together with the mist, it is not necessarily the case. It contains the laws of heaven and earth, and external forces cannot interfere. We can only drive away the creatures to prevent them from entering and keep them away from here. That's it. This is the work of the mountain elf, but I can’t stop you no matter what.”
You Ziji suddenly realized it and said, "No wonder, after I came out this morning, I couldn't feel the talisman I drew."
The Taoist also sighed: "If it hadn't led you out, you would never be able to come out again after you were assimilated into the illusion."
When You Ziji heard this, he unconsciously touched his stomach and felt a little scared.
"But I don't know why this illusion is so real. I ate some rice porridge in it. I don't know what kind of blindness was used, but nothing strange has happened in my stomach yet."
"What do you think is different?" The Taoist didn't understand what You Ziji meant.
"I heard that in the ghost stories told by scholars, there is a shop opened by ghosts. The tea, fruit snacks, wine and herbal tea inside are all made of mud and soil. I think the rice porridge I eat is made of mud and water."
Unexpectedly, after saying this, the Taoist laughed again, and after a long time he said: "You are a practitioner, and you still rely on storytellers to tell you common sense about ghosts? You don't have to worry, no one has come out of this illusion before, their To sum it up, it’s nothing more than entering a paradise-like place where people seem to have lived hundreds of years ago. Have you ever heard of a mirage?”
You Ziji nodded and said: "Junior naturally knows that it is the refraction of light that reflects the scene in the distance."
"Yes, the fog here is just like that mirage, only more magical. You can think that it reflects the scene of this world hundreds of years ago."
You Ziji exclaimed, thinking in his mind, "If everything is true, could it be that the god Qi You innocently robbed the couple's child? This is not what a god should do."
You Ziji looked at the mountain god who had turned into a white crane, but suddenly bowed and said, "Thank you for your help. You Ziji wrongly blamed you before."
Bai He seemed very happy to hear You Ziji's words, fluttering his wings happily and shouting non-stop.
Seeing that it seemed to have something to say, the Taoist exchanged a few words with the mountain god and said, "You have received its invitation. I will take you in to visit its cave."
"Its cave?"
You Ziji didn't understand the special meaning of this.
The Taoist explained: "The little doll got a good chance. There are stone carvings in its cave that point directly to the original power. It is impossible to verify which master left it, but it must be of use to you."
You Ziji excused himself: "I almost misunderstood the mountain god. How can I have the dignity to ask for its gifts?"
The Taoist showed no surprise on his face and taught him a lesson: "It has a simple mind and does not have such complicated thoughts as yours. It likes you, so it just wants to share good things with you. This is your opportunity, how can you give it up so easily?"
