As I said before, Liu Yuan is a living god in the eyes of the older generation in Fangyuan. With such an expert living nearby, there are naturally many people who want to worship him as their teacher.

Liu Yuan also had apprentices, three of them before I was born. But Li Ergou, the only son of Uncle Li’s family at the head of the village, was my playmate who wore the same pair of pants.

At that time, Ergou's mother was suffering from a strange disease, and Liu Laodao was invited to see her. After Ergou's mother recovered from her illness, Liu Yuan somehow accepted Ergou as his apprentice.

During those days, Uncle Li always told everyone he met that a big shot was coming out of his old Li family, and people in the village were envious of him.

But the good times didn't last long. About two months later, Li Ergou suddenly ran back from the mountains. As if possessed by an evil spirit, he entered the house without saying a word, jumped into the water tank, and drank the whole tank of water in one breath.

In the words of people present at the time, the tank of water was too much for even two cows to drink. But Li Ergou was still very hot after drinking the entire tank of water. He kept tearing his clothes, tearing his nose.

, smoke began to come out of his eyes and ears, and when he opened his mouth, half a meter long flames came out.

Just like that, Li Ergou was burned alive by the strange fire coming out of his body in front of his parents.

I don't know how to handle the rest of the matter, but news came out right after that that the three apprentices in front of Liu Yuan all died miserably and strangely like Ergou.

From then on, as long as there was no funeral in the family, everyone stayed away from Liu Yuan, let alone letting their children worship him as their teacher.

Now that he wants me to become a disciple, he is clearly asking me to die.

Fortunately, Liu Yuan didn't ask me to reply now, and told me to go back and think about it carefully. At this time, the sky was white, and I took a look at my mother's grave by the skylight, and I was suddenly shocked.

My mother's grave was dug up, the soil was scattered on the ground, the coffin was exposed, and the coffin lid was lying on the side.

I ran over and took a look. The coffin was empty and the body was gone. I turned around to ask Liu Yuan, and then I saw a series of clear footprints on the soil in front of the grave...

Return to the water!

Does Liu Yuan mean that my mother's body returned to the Mang River on its own? Or was it dragged away by something in the river?

Full of doubts, I grabbed Liu Yuan, but before I could say anything, Liu Yuan thrust the extinguished torch into my hand and said, "As I said just now, unless you worship me as your teacher, you

The more you know, the more dangerous it will be. Go back, and you can come to me in the mountains at any time after you think about it!"

After Liu Yuan finished speaking, he turned around and went up the mountain. Once he left, I didn't dare to stay alone in the cemetery, so I trotted home all the way.

Such a big thing happened at home, and my father was stimulated and mentally disturbed. When I talked to him, he cried and laughed.

I had no choice but to tell my uncle what happened down the mountain. I didn't know much, so I just relayed Liu Yuan's words.

When I heard that my mother had returned to the water, my uncle breathed a long sigh of relief.

In the next few days, I held my grandpa's wooden sign and thought over and over again what happened in the mountains that night.

When I was thirteen or fourteen years old, my thinking was not so rigorous, and I even took it for granted. I always felt that my grandfather and my mother were not dead, otherwise they would not be able to walk.

As time went by, this idea became stronger and stronger in my heart. Finally, I made a bold decision and went up the mountain to worship Liu Yuan as my teacher.

For no other reason than to find out the whole story.

My father is basically a useless person, so I can only discuss this matter with my uncle. My uncle agreed without saying much, collected some clothes for me, and picked a day to send me to the mountainside.

The Taoist temple is at the highest point of Longbei Mountain and can be seen in the village. However, to reach the top of the mountain, you have to pass through the cemetery. No one goes up there on weekdays, and the paths are covered with weeds.

I finally climbed to the top of the mountain, and when I stood at the entrance of the Taoist temple, I was a little confused.

The three shabby tile-roofed houses in front of us are the so-called Taoist temples?

And this is not a Taoist temple, because there is a plaque on the door in the middle with four big characters written on it: Manghe Yizhuang.


Chapter completed!