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Chapter 50 The Strange Old Man

At this time, Liang Houzai interrupted: "Who told you to read novels in class?"

Liu Shangang smacked his tongue: "Oh, I don't know why, I just can't listen to it in class. The novel is still good, but you don't read it normally, it's so good."

Liang Houzai and I said almost at the same time: "I'm not available."

We say this not to ridicule Liu Shangang, but we really don’t have time. We have to practice qigong in the morning, class in the daytime, and finish our homework at night. We also have to memorize the Three Corpse Arts, Tao Te Ching, and practice meditation. Liang Houzai held some handwritten ancient books left by his master and read them there. Those ancient books record their inheritance. I haven’t read them carefully. I only know that one of them is specifically about Chenzhou Fufu, and some are Bazi Zhen Jue.

When talking about the novel, Liu Shangang's expression became more yearning, and he said to us: "I tell you that after I ran away from home this time, I will join the Beggars' Sect, and become famous in the world in the future, and come back to see you."

Although Liang Houzai and I didn’t have time to read novels, we also knew that in that era when online novels were not yet on the rise, most of the martial arts novels they read were usually some martial arts novels. The most popular ones at that time were probably the books of Jin Yong and Mr. Gu Long.

I remember that there was a time when Liu Shangang even yelled at us that he was the descendant of Li Xunhuan and that he always used coins as flying knives. When the get out of class was over, he threw and smashed them at the back wall of our class. What else would he say? As long as he could smash the coins into the wall, he would have achieved great success. It was like a real thing.

Later I learned that Liu Shangang was actually suffering from a disease, a secondary disease. This was a terminal illness and could not be cured.

However, when Liu Shangang said this, Liang Houzai and I would not care about it. We just thought he was a lunatic, and the same was true this time.

I have to mention here that the junior high school I attended was built on the hillside, and it was a long downhill road as soon as I left the school. Liu Shangang moved home once in the fifth grade and now lives in an old family courtyard at the foot of the mountain.

Every time we walk on the road down the mountain, we are too lazy to pedal the stirrups, so that the car will slide down with inertia. The amplitude of the hillside is not large, but it cannot withstand the long road. As the bicycle slides, the speed will become very fast.

Just as I was about to reach the foot of the mountain, a figure suddenly rushed out from the side of the road. Liu Shangang immediately braked, but I was still carrying Liang Houzai. The bicycle was too inertia and could not stop it.

I heard a "bang" sound, and the person in front of me was hit on the spot.

I quickly braked the car with my feet and looked forward nervously. I realized that the person who rushed out from the side just now was a very old man. At this time, he was lying on the ground motionlessly, as if he was dead.

This scared me and I quickly ran up to help me, but when I first came to him, he suddenly turned over and grabbed my wrist.

This old man looks dry and thin, but his strength is greater than my master. When he holds his wrist, he feels that his wrist is almost crushed by him, and I feel that my wrist is so painful that I feel cold.

It was probably because the old man felt a little relieved when he saw the grinning expression on my face.

He just sat on the ground, staring at me gloomyly, and didn't say anything.

When I saw his appearance, I felt uncomfortable all over. His eyes were very big, round and bright, but his eyebrows were very light. Under his big eyes, there was a big hooked nose. It was very short in the middle, his lips were thin, but his skin on his face was very dark. At first glance, it looked like an owl at midnight, indescribable gloom.

He stared at me, and I felt a little furious in my heart. After a while, he suddenly shouted at me: "I can't walk anymore, you hit me!"

At this time, Liu Shangang pushed the car over, and Liang Houzai also jumped out of the back seat of my car. The two of them were also scared at that time, and after coming to me, they were so nervous that they couldn't speak.

The old man glanced at Liu Shangang and suddenly said, "And you, you hit me too!"

Liu Shangang exclaimed grievance on the spot: "I'm not! I just stopped the car." After pausing, Liu Shang said again: "You rushed out suddenly just now, but I saw it. It would be a red light!"

He spoke very loudly, as if he was afraid that people nearby would not hear it.

But when I looked around, I realized that there are no one else on this road except us.

The old man snorted muffled: "Hmph, I was hit, you three have all! I'll tell your parents to go!"

After he said this, the three of us dared not say anything. When we were in elementary and junior high school, we were most afraid of calling our parents.

It’s over now. It seems that this old man is not a reasonable person, and he doesn’t know what he will do later!

While I was worried about these messy things, I was afraid that the old man would be really damaged by me, so I tried to help him up. Unexpectedly, with such a gentle help, he really stood up. It seemed that nothing big happened.

But after the old man stood up, he stopped moving and stood there and shouted: "I can't walk anymore, you have to send me home. Otherwise, I will tell your parents to go!"

Although he is old and is thin and small, he speaks very immaturely, and the three of us are stunned.

Liu Shangang asked timidly next to me: "Then...if we send you home, don't you tell my dad?"

The old man stared at Liu Shangang. His eyes were gloomy and scary. Liu Shangang quickly lowered his head and did not dare to look at him for a moment.

The three of us had no choice but to send him home first.

At that time, we were only the three of us honest. If we were the kind of person who was more sarcastic, we would just throw him in and run away in a car when we heard that he was looking for his parents.

But when I asked him where he lived, he didn't say it clearly, so he pointed me in the direction from time to time.

I rode my bike with the old man, and Liu Shangang and Liang Houzai walked slowly. The old man pointed the direction in a mess. I took the wrong path several times.

After about an hour, we actually arrived at the mountain gate of a Taoist temple.

This Taoist temple is not unfamiliar to me. After walking a few miles here, it is the entrance of Wangzhuang's village.

How did he bring us here?

I looked back at the old man and asked him, "Grandpa, do you live in the Taoist temple?"

He glared at me: "Why, no? I can't walk anymore. Please help me in, and you two, come and help me!"

In fact, no one of us wanted to help him. Besides, he was not injured, and his legs were very nimble. But after all, we were in a disadvantage and were unable to do anything about it. So we quickly surrounded him and helped him out of the car in a hurry.

When I helped the old man into the Taoist temple, I just wanted to finish the matter quickly.

A few years ago, I had occasionally passed by this Taoist temple, but I just took a look outside. This was the first time I saw it inside a Taoist temple.

This Taoist temple is not very popular incense on weekdays, but it is not small in scale. After entering the mountain gate, the Lingguan Hall, Sanqing Hall, Siyu Hall, Sanguan Hall, Chunyang Hall, Qiuzu Hall, etc. Like other Taoist temples, Sanqing Hall is the largest of all buildings, and our earth teacher Laozi is also enshrined in it.

The ability to arrange so many buildings shows how big the courtyard is. The ground is covered with stone slabs that have been covered with old age. Some of them can be vaguely seen in the gaps between the stone slabs. The Taoist temple is very quiet, and the air is filled with a strong smell of incense. If you smell it, you can calm your heart down.

But in such an environment, I vaguely feel something is wrong, but it is impossible to say what is wrong.

It was not until I walked past the Sanqing Palace that I came to my senses. When I passed by this Taoist temple, I clearly saw a Taoist priest inside, but why are they so quiet today? Where have they been?

That is, I just had this idea in my mind, and suddenly I felt my hand slipping, and the old man slipped out of my hand like a loach.

At that time, I held the old man's right hand, Liang Houzai held his left hand, and Liu Shangang made a trail in front.

The incident happened suddenly, and no one expected that the old man would suddenly shake us away, turn his head and run towards the mountain gate.

He ran too fast, and when we came to our senses, we were gone.

Liu Shangang looked at the mountain gate, looked at me again, and said, "That old man...is not right."

At this time, a thin mist rose in the Taoist temple. I suddenly felt a very bad feeling in my heart, so I shouted to Liang Houzai and Liu Shangang: "Run quickly and get out of the mountain!"

How long does it take for me to shout this sentence? But just as these words blurt out, the fog quickly became thicker, and in the blink of an eye, the world around us became gray.

All of this reminds me of the corpse baby incident two years ago!

Last time, I could still identify the northwest direction with a yin energy, but this time, the yin energy and fog were mixed together, and this Taoist temple turned into a cold quagmire.

Under the heavy fog, the only thing I could see clearly was the Sanqing Palace behind me.

Liu Shangang hurriedly approached me and grabbed my arm tremblingly. Liang Houzai felt the yin energy in the air and obviously became a little nervous. Although his face still looked calm, his body leaned towards me and Liu Shangang involuntarily.

To be honest, I was nervous, but this place was a Taoist temple after all, and I was leaning against the Sanqing Hall behind me. No matter how powerful the evil spirit was, the three statues in the Sanqing Hall could be suppressed, so I was not afraid.

Liang Houzai said beside me: "This fog is so weird. Let's go to Sanqing Palace to avoid it."

I nodded to him, pulled Liu Shangang and walked towards the Sanqing Palace. Liu Shangang pulled Liang Houzai again. It seemed that only when the two of us tied him in the middle did he feel safer. I also knew that the last time Nan Shi had a small corpse baby left a big psychological shadow on Liu Shangang.
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