Although he has some directions and ideas for the time being, Shi Yi still needs to think more about how to implement them.
However, there may be a place where it is necessary to use Cangxia Temple, so Shi Yi began to turn around... After all, he did not go to Chengxia Kingdom, the magnificent city known as the Holy City.
He changed back to his original appearance, took off his disguise, and tried his best to contain his overflowing spiritual energy, making himself look like an ordinary monk, looking weak and tired due to lack of spiritual energy.
Shi Yi walked among the vastness, measuring the earth with his feet.
There is a lake in the southwest of Cangxia Temple, starting from the Xiqi Mountains in the east and facing the Cangmang Mountains in the south. This lake is only a dozen miles across, but it is very pleasant. The lake has vast mist, light water vapor, sometimes wind and frost, and the lake and mountains are full of colors.
Sometimes it is covered with silver light, reflecting the starry sky. There are many strange mountains and rocks in the lake. Although it is a bit more dangerous for boating on the water, it also appears to have many mountains and distinct layers.
When this place was prosperous in the past, during lantern festivals, the lake would always be covered with lanterns of various colors. If you stand on the shore and watch it, it will look like the blooming flowers in the fairy lake.
Nowadays, these scenic spots are almost a thing of the past. In troubled times, even this lake has become lonely, and many of the surrounding buildings have long been deserted.
The clumps of grass and reeds covered up the atmosphere of past civilization, and everything became wild again.
The mountain rain came suddenly. Shi Yi held a large piece of canvas on his head and ran quickly in the rain on the muddy path.
The lake in the rain looks even more vast, with a wildness that you can't usually appreciate. The smoke waves in the wind seem to blow away all the troubles, but it also imposes an inexplicable melancholy on people.
Shi Yi certainly didn't come to this lake accidentally.
He needs to come here and wait for an opportunity.
Sixty miles east of this lake, there is Ping'an Town. In that town, I heard that there are monsters here.
At the same time, Shi Yi also heard that a group of practitioners formed a temporary team to hunt monsters here.
This gave Shi Yi more ideas, and the originally vague concepts began to take shape.
The heavy rain penetrates the sky and the earth, and what falls is the sadness. What drips dripping is the mottled earth, the withering of the grass, and the embarrassment and desolation of the pedestrians.
A hut with fireworks appeared ahead.
Shi Yi looked from a distance, with a faint smile on his face, then quickly stepped forward and raised his hand to knock on the door.
The person who opened the door was an old man who looked to be over fifty. His gray and sparse hair was wrapped in a square towel. His body was a little stooped, probably due to long-term labor.
Shi Yi quickly made a gesture and said: "Old man! Pindao is a Taoist priest practicing in Cangxia Mountain. Passing by this place, the mountains and rain are forcing people. Can you allow Pindao to go inside to escape the wind and rain?"
The old man looked at Shi Yi bowing his head and bowing, and quickly learned to return the salute and said: "Since he is a real person from Cangxia Mountain, it is difficult to invite an immortal in ordinary times. This little old man can only ask for it! Please come in quickly! Please come in!"
After saying that, the old man shouted to the back room: "Old woman! Old woman! There is a guest in the house! Go and boil a pot of hot water for the guest to soak his feet, and prepare something to eat to warm his stomach!"
Shi Yi said hurriedly: "Old man, you're welcome!"
But the old man was very stubborn and said: "Does the Taoist think that the young man is poor and looks down on the fisherman's food?"
Shi Yi couldn't resist, so he could only nod and said: "Okay! Then I'll trouble the old man!"
The old man smiled and said, "No trouble! No trouble!"
After a while, the food and hot water came. Shi Yi immersed his feet in the boiling hot water. His body, which was originally a little cold, felt much more comfortable. He ate half of the mask and a small bowl of vegetable soup. , Shi Yi asked the old man while changing the topic.
"I still don't know who the old man's name is? How can he live alone in this remote place?"
The old man sighed and said: "Old man has a golden nature, and a cheap name will not be heard by distinguished guests. Just call me Old Man Jin! As for my wife and I living here alone, it is shameful to say that it is just to avoid taxes!"
Shi Yi nodded and sighed: "Since ancient times, harsh government has been fiercer than tigers, it's just like this. But I don't know why this place is so desolate? I look at the mountains and ground here, it must be a place with a prosperous flow of people!"
The old man said: "Taoist priest has a keen eye! In the early years, Meng Lake was indeed a good place. There were thirty-four fishermen like me. However, in recent years, a water monster appeared in the lake, and no one dared to go into the water anymore. For fishing, the lake became deserted.
"Water monster?" Shi Yi's eyes lit up and he came here for this goal.
I just don’t know where those monks who have gathered to hunt monsters are at this time.
Old Man Jin said: "According to some people who came back from the lake alive, this water monster is a black shadow that is a hundred meters long. No one has seen it specifically. I also heard that some experts went to subdue it, but they didn't. Here’s what follows.”
"Yeah! Really?" Shi Yi didn't know what he was thinking and answered a little casually.
His eyes moved slightly, and he suddenly found some worn Taoist scriptures and messy debris in a corner of the room, so he asked accidentally: "Old man also reads Taoist scriptures?"
Old Man Jin smiled and said: "What did the Taoist say? The old man's ancestors were all poor people who made a living by fishing. How could a Taoist be found? A few days ago, a Taoist passed by and left it here with the little old man. "
The water under his feet had gradually become colder. Shi Yi put on his shoes and took the Taoist scripture over. He put it in his hand and read it carefully, showing a thoughtful expression.
Old Man Jin said: "If Taoist Master is interested, you might as well take it. Anyway, leaving it here with the little old man is of little use."
"That's it!" Shi Yi nodded, patted the book on the table with his hand, and the small room fell into silence.
Suddenly, the purple bamboo sword box originally carried on Shi Yi's back began to buzz.
"Taoist priest! Taoist priest, what's the sound?" Old man Jin looked at Shi Yi's back with a frightened expression.
Shi Yi did not answer his words, but hid the old man behind his back, and said with a guarded look: "Where is the monster here! Reveal your appearance quickly!"
Click!
The wooden roof suddenly cracked open, and a big mouth full of sharp teeth bit Shi Yi and the old man.
Shi Yi calmly took out a small wooden box from his arms, and then patted the small wooden box.
The wooden box flew up into the air and sprayed a stream of frost towards the big mouth, driving away the huge fangs.
"Old woman!"
Old Man Jin, who was originally hiding behind Shi Yi, let out a scream.
Taking a closer look, half of the body was nailed to the sharp teeth in the huge mouth. Wasn't it the old woman who had just boiled water for Shi Yi to cook?
"What a bastard! Take your life!"
As soon as Shi Yi put away the small wooden box and held it up with both hands, the purple bamboo sword box behind him turned into streaks of purple sword light and pierced the giant mouth.
Holding the old man Jin behind who fainted from fright, he commanded the purple bamboo sword with his right hand to block the attack of the bloody mouth. The rain all over the sky washed down the dilapidated roof, making the huge bloody mouth seem to become more rampant.
"Purple Qi, Wind and Thunder, Qi Men Transformed into Armor!"
The sword light slowly passed through the rain curtain, falling from all directions, stabbing the huge fish body behind the huge mouth like a hedgehog.
