Chapter 1
The dim setting sun is like blood, and the black clouds above the head cover the sky. Although it is a sign of heavy rain, the shape of rainfall in Cishan Village has not been seen for a long time. The farmland in the village is dry and cracked, and the water source is dry. The harvest this year is gone, and the animals and birds in the mountains are forced to move elsewhere due to the thousands of miles of dry land.
Cishan Village is a livable place with beautiful scenery in the north. Although it is far away from the noisy capital, it is located deep in the mountains and rivers, but the land between the mountains and rivers is fertile, and the fish in the lake is abundant, making it a treasure land with wind and water.
Unexpectedly, at the beginning of the year, the severe drought disaster that had never been encountered in a century caused the land to dry and crack, and the crops were not harvested, and even the fish and shrimps in the water were nowhere to be found.
Since ancient times, the residents of the village have relied on the mountains and rivers to eat water. Even if the fields are not harvested, villagers with hunting blood can still make a living by hunting animals and birds in the mountains.
However, this severe drought has been stained from the beginning of the year to the cold winter month. There are often rolling black clouds in the sky, but no drop of rain has been seen falling from the sky. Moreover, the animals that were originally hunted in the mountains are evaporating like water vapor, completely missing. This is a frustrating shock to the villagers.
The information and transportation of people in the mountains were very closed, so there was no one with any knowledge. In desperation, they had to use the various methods of worshiping the sky by the ancients, killing pigs and sheep to worship the gods of heaven, and they could bless the village to survive the disaster of the drought. However, no matter how people prayed, they would never see a trace of rain falling from the sky.
Cishan Village is thousands of miles away from the capital. Even if the city can be dispatched to rescue disaster relief materials in time, it is mostly filled with personal pockets by some corrupt officials, which cannot relieve near-term thirst. Therefore, each household in the village can only survive with a small amount of supplies once every six months, and its life is extremely difficult.
There is a family in Cishan Village, where there is only an old man over 60 years old and a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old. It is said that the old man in this family was the head of the dilapidated Taoist temple "Ciyun Temple" in the mountains. The Taoist temple was completely damaged in the "activity" that affected the whole country decades ago, and even this old man was labeled as a "monster and demon".
However, the old real man became a monk at the Taoist temple in the middle of the mountain since he was young, and learned the Taoist method of enlightenment with his master. Therefore, even after being criticized and fought for several years, he worked as a coolie for several years. However, with his strong body and the art of cultivating one's own energy, he finally survived the catastrophe of many years.
The Taoist temple was completely damaged in the activity of eliminating old ideas. The disciples in the temple either failed to stand up in the disaster and committed suicide, or had long since escaped from this thousand-year-old mountain village. Therefore, the old real man lived in seclusion in the village with anonymity, but he had always been thinking about the great cause of reviving the Taoist temple.
But life is hard and it is already difficult to make a living, so where can I get money to re-practice the Taoist temple? Therefore, this idea can only be realized in the heart of the old real person.
By the way, Lao Zhenren also has a young and old man of seventeen or eighteen years old in his family. The child is named Chen Xiaofeng. He is neither the child of Lao Zhenren nor his great-grandson.
But one day, the old man went up the mountain to chop wood and suddenly encountered a tiger rushing towards him. Fortunately, the old man in his prime finally repelled the evil tiger with his unique Taoist skills. Then the old man looked for traces of the wounded tiger, and finally found this child who had not been weaned and was crying in a cave covered by leaves.
The old Zhenren was afraid that the evil tiger would turn back and hurt the child's life, so he had to take him back to Cishan Village. However, it would be nice for the people in the village to support their children at that time, and there was no need for porridge and water to support the child who was picked up from the mountains. Therefore, the old Zhenren had to bring the child with him and pull the child up with shit and urine. He also strictly disciplined him since he was a child, and he taught him various Taoist secret methods.
First, he doesn't want his cultivation to be lost, and second, if he goes away one day, this kid can use the magic he has learned to make a living. As for whether this child can comprehend his unique skills, it depends on the child's fortune.
Chen Xiaofeng has an extraordinary physical fitness since childhood, and has learned a martial art taught by the old real person. The only disadvantage is that this kid is naturally naughty. When he was just a few years old, he went up and down the mountains and rivers, climbed trees and leaped into mountains, and made all kinds of weapons proficient in everything.
But he was just unwilling to vest the method and understand the formula, let alone understand the profound attainments of Taoism. Fortunately, the old real person had strict requirements on it. Although Chen Xiaofeng only learned a little bit of understanding of Taoist secret methods. But if he encountered wild foxes and monsters in the mountains, he would be able to deal with it.
More than ten years have passed in a flash, and Chen Xiaofeng is tall and healthy, with an extraordinary appearance. Since he was thrust by old real people with sticks since he was a child and he has studied various Taoist secret techniques, Chen Xiaofeng's body is full of spiritual energy that children of the same age do not have, and he is even more arrogant.
Many girls of this big in the village will blush when they see him, and they wish they could throw themselves into the arms of this kid immediately.
However, girls in the mountains are still much more conservative than girls in the capital. It is impossible for you to invite her to have a candlelight dinner and be warm all night in the inn. Therefore, you can only make a pair of cloth shoes for Chen Xiaofeng, or if you have something delicious at home, you can secretly deliver them to the kid with your parents on your back. In short, Chen Xiaofeng is proud in Cishan Village and full of peach blossoms.
On this day, Chen Xiaofeng was playing the "Tai Chi Liangyi routine" taught by his master in his yard, which was his compulsory homework every morning. Because as a Taoist child, no matter how many talismans you can use and many magical skills, if you don't have the good martial arts skills on your body, it would be fine if you encounter the bloodthirsty zombie monster in the mountains, even if you have the skills of the ancestor, it will be difficult to escape from danger.
The steps of this Taoist sect are like flowing clouds and water, ups and downs, and the whole person seems to be on the top of a floating cloud, flying lightly. It is said that this "Tai Chi Liangyi Sword Technique" was created by the old Zhenren's master and Zhenren Xuande. Among them, Hanyun Tai Chi, Quanzhen, Shubu and other sword techniques and the routine of expelling evil steps, to learn from the strengths and avoid weaknesses, and to draw the essence, which is a superior sword technique to overcome hardness with softness and avoid evil spirits and evil spirits.
When Chen Xiaofeng gathered all his true energy and was about to enter a state of selflessness, he was suddenly interrupted by a burst of rapid running sound, and then he looked at him. Cui Yun, the daughter of Mr. Zhang's house at the entrance of the village, ran towards his house in anger. Before he could enter the house, he shouted: "Old real person, it's not good, my father, my father, my uncle, my uncle, went up the mountain to hunt, and I haven't come back for five days. Please think of a solution!"
Seeing Cui Yun's expression, Chen Xiaofeng hurriedly gathered his energy and quickly opened the gate of the fenced yard to meet him. Cui Yun didn't stand firmly and fell directly at the door of his house. Chen Xiaofeng hurriedly stepped forward and helped him up and said to Cui Yun, "Girl Yun, what's wrong? Just say it slowly!"
Cuiyun gasped in Chen Xiaofeng's arms for a long time, then she blushed and stood up and said to Chen Xiaofeng: "Brother Chen, hurry up and find your old real person. Because my father and my uncle had no food at home, they went up the mountain to hunt three days ago. Who knew that there would be no news again when they went there. I am afraid that they would encounter something evil, so they would be troublesome if they didn't go to save them."
Although people nowadays have relatively open minds in all aspects, Cishan Village is in a primitive forest area with few populations. Since it is basically not influenced by external culture, most of them still retain the feudal superstitious ideas of the past, and are full of awe and fear of the primitive jungle and surrounding mountains. They always think that all kinds of strange phenomena are the rebellion of monsters in the mountains.
After hearing what Cui Yun said, Chen Xiaofeng hurriedly said to Cui Yun: "Oh, my master went to the mountains to pick Ganoderma lucidum herbs a few days ago, and I'm afraid he won't be able to come back within ten days or half a month."
When Cuiyun heard that the old real man was not at home, she almost vented her anger. She sat on the ground and cried and made a fuss. She made Chen Xiaofeng feel embarrassed for a moment. She quickly said, "My sister Yun, don't worry first. Although my master is not at home, I am still here. When I prepare for it, I will go into the mountain with you to find your father and uncle."
After saying that, Chen Xiaofeng hurried into the house to prepare his luggage. Cuiyun stood in the yard and felt uneasy.
It is said that Cishan Village is located in the north, with a cold climate and surrounded by deep mountains and old forests. There is Linhu blocking the road in front of the village. From a Feng Shui perspective, it should be a Feng Shui treasure land.
But the lake in front of the village just blocked the flow of true energy in this village, causing the dragon energy that had never been dispersed to rush around and scattered the clouds. The originally beautiful Feng Shui pattern of dragon returning to the mountains was disrupted by this lake.
In fact, if the lake water breaks the Feng Shui situation, it is better to say that the location of the village is located to break the situation. The village is built on the top of the mountain, which is like a dragon entering the city without losing it. This is the Feng Shui pattern of the wind and water.
However, this village is located on the right bank of the lake, which makes the mountains and villages surrounded the lake. The water is where the dragon energy is located. If it is trapped in the middle, wouldn’t it become a trapped dragon, causing the spiritual energy to scatter and destroy Feng Shui?
Therefore, strange phenomena occur in Cishan Village, such as villagers are often rushing by animals and monsters, making the family uneasy and uneasy. Furthermore, it is said that this infinite surrounding mountain is a place with extreme yin and coldness, and the moisture in the mountain is extremely heavy. This is a place where zombies turn into selves and feathers turn into essence.
According to legend, on the top of the mountain, the yin energy is heavy in the stream, and most bloodthirsty beasts and wild fox monsters live here. Even the courageous hunters dare not go there alone. It is estimated that 80% of Cui Yun's father and uncle were deceived by the wild fox monsters in the mountains and walked into this yin place.
After Chen Xiaofeng went back to the house to clean up, he changed into a tight dress with a short collar, and carried a yellow cloth bag on his back, which was filled with some Taoist magic weapons.
The sword in his hand had been replaced by a peach wood sword made of pure Cishan mahogany. Because if the bandits in the mountains were robbed by evil spirit blades, but if they encountered something dirty, although the evil blade could also be retracted, the effect of the peach wood sword combined with various talismans and spells is much larger than this sharp blade.
Besides, Chen Xiaofeng's yellow cloth bag is a variety of objects that can eliminate demons and exorcises. For example, the Taoist utensils drawn by the old real man, dyed with cinnabar, chicken blood, soul-suppressing wood, magic tokens, etc., which are specially designed to deal with monsters and monsters in the mountains.
Of course, the things that Chen Xiaofeng carries the most are naturally glutinous rice and cinnabar, because he heard Lao Zhenren say since he was a child that the geology around Cishan Village is unique, such as "dead cow's stomach hole", "dog's brain hole", "wooden hard spear head", "broken face Wenqu", "earth cannot make soil" and other mountain-shaped veins.
This is a vicious place where the main corpse is raised, and most local villagers are burial. Although specialists have been sent to the mountainous areas to mobilize cremation many times, if the policy is implemented in place, it will be quite difficult to implement it in Cishan Village, where the ancient ideas are deeply rooted.
So in this unique geographical environment, it is hard to say that there are dead people who cheated on the mountain, but with these things, you should be able to deal with them.
After everything was prepared, Chen Xiaofeng did not rush to go up the mountain to find someone, but went to find the village chief Mr. Li first.
This old man had served as a soldier in his early years. Although he was over 80 years old, he was strong and bold.
When the village was rushing to the body, the old real man set up a formation to prevent the true energy in the village from leaking out, so that the beast with cultivation could jump away. Therefore, Village Chief Li led the middle-aged man from the village to guard the "Xuanmen Feng Shui Formation", and finally blocked the "Huang Daxian" (weasel) in the village, blocking the eye of the magic circle at the entrance of the village. The yellow wolf had been practicing in the mountains for decades and had already obtained true energy.
As soon as he saw that his way out was blocked, he controlled the minds of the militia who came to intercept him, making him extremely powerful. More than a dozen young men could not subdue him.
In the end, Mr. Li was extraordinary. While entangled with the male man who was beaten by a beast, he arranged troops to organize militias to encircle them. Only then did he subdue the enlightened yellow wolf, and the old real man also had to use magic to burn it out in this space, so Village Chief Li's prestige in the village was very impressive.
Chen Xiaofeng came to visit Village Chief Li for other purposes, but to second the militia in the village with him. First, it was easier to do things, and second, the terrain was dangerous in the mountains, and there were many large beasts. It would be much better to bring more people and a few hunting dogs.
When Village Chief Li saw that Chen Xiaofeng from Lao Zhen’s family came to find him, he probably guessed that it was almost the same in his heart. He immediately transferred the five most tiger young militias in the village to Chen Xiaofeng.
He also reminded that whenever they arrive at the entrance of the big mountain stream, they must let the hunting dogs explore the way first and bring their hunting guns and muskets. If there is really something wrong, it will be better to guard the mountain pass and have a look inside and outside.
After the whole family was complete, Chen Xiaofeng asked Cuiyun to wait for her news at home, but the girl refused to do so and insisted on following everyone into the mountain. But it was no wonder that she was eager to save people. This child died early since childhood, and his father and uncle lived on their own. If something went wrong, the child would be lonely and helpless in the future.
In the end, Chen Xiaofeng had no choice but to agree to Cuiyun and her going into the mountain together, but Qian Wan told Cuiyun to stay by his side and not to leave no matter what happened.
The leading militia captain was Ma Dazhuang. This boy was born with a tiger-back and bear-bearing waist, and was full of courage. The other four militiamen were also the masters in the village who were strong and brave, who dared to break into the cemetery alone at night, and fight against jackals in the deep mountains.
With these people following, Chen Xiaofeng also became a little more courageous. Then, as the sun gradually moved west, the group accelerated their pace and prepared to go to the foggy deep mountains and forests.
Before leaving, Uncle Li brought the big mastiff "Heizi" that he had raised for many years to Chen Xiaofeng, saying that he really encountered some jackals, tigers and leopards. With this Heizi, the beasts who could not dare to come forward.
In this way, seven people and one dog, while the sun had not set, left the entrance of the village and headed towards the stunning primitive jungle.
To know what happened next, whether Chen Xiaofeng can take everyone to successfully rescue Cuiyun's family. Please enjoy the next chapter, which is more exciting next chapter.
Chapter completed!