I didn't intend to be a Fairy

Outside Luchuan City, the river is rushing.

The little girl squatted by the river and stretched her hand into the river.

"Wow..."

The river water washed her thin white hands, swirling in her hands and stirring up fresh water foam.

There is always some vermilion and dark red fine sand in the water, which is carried by the water and flows downward, causing the water to change color. The fine sand came into her hands and swayed with the water. When the water gradually calmed down, it settled in the palm of her hand. At this time, the river water in her hand was clear to the bottom, and there was no trace of soil, dust or color - if it hadn't been for it. The girl's fine white palms and the fine sand lying on the bottom of the palms became clearer and cleaner, reflecting the luster in the sun, and even the existence of water could not be seen.

"..."

The girl nodded with satisfaction.

Just as she was about to stand up, the river water pushed the waves towards the shore. The ice was cold, as if it was hard, but also seemed to be soft. It hit her feet with a splash and got into her shoes accidentally.

"Deng, Deng, Deng..."

The girl had no choice but to stand up, hurriedly took a few steps back, looked down at her shoes, then looked up at the river water, frowning as if to blame, then she took out the water knife from her robe and started to draw water.

First draw water to release the gas, then draw water to cook.

When she filled the water bag and returned to the shore with half a pot of cooking water, the Taoist priest sat leisurely on a stone, holding a piece of paper and looking at it. The bay-red horse next to him unloaded the bag. He also stood leisurely beside him with his head down and grazing. The scene was very quiet among the green mountains and green waters.

Sanhua Empress put down the water and leaned over to take a look.

"Luchuan, go out of the city and go south, follow the official road, eighty miles away, next to the sixteenth earth, go up the mountain on the path, if you can't find it, Liu Ji's Clothing Village in the city..."

"Touhou."

"Queen of Earth!"

"It's a small bumpkin that is often seen next to the official road, one every five miles." The Taoist said, "If Sanhua Empress doesn't know the characters, you can read half of them."

"Read half of it..."

The girl nodded thoughtfully, stared at the paper again and said, "So you wrote it down here!"

"Otherwise I will forget too."

"You're not smart."

"I can't compare to Sanhua Empress' memory."

"Then we have to go to the city to find Liu Ji Cloth Shop?"

"Let's see..."

Song You put away the piece of paper and looked up at the sky: "Let's see if the swallow can find the way. If we can find it, we don't have to go to the city to trouble others. If we can't find it, or the road has changed, we will go there with a courtesy." Ask for advice. Although it is indeed better to have someone to lead the way."

The girl also looked up at the sky.

The sky was empty, but there was nothing.

A good scholar.

Then he lowered his head and started cooking.

Not long after, the swallow came back.

"Have you found your way, meow?"

"Found it. According to what Mr. Yan'an said, Yan'an's exit from Chuancheng goes south along the official road. I counted sixteen moats and found that there is indeed a path. The grass forest is so deep that I almost couldn't find it. It leads all the way to the mountains. "The swallow stood on the branch and lowered his head and said, "In order to avoid making mistakes, Yan An flew up the path. When he saw some pedestrians, he stopped and asked for directions. Sure enough, he could lead to the tree. It's just this path. There are many forked roads along the way, leading to different villages and mountains.”

"Really attentive."

The Taoist smiled and said something after hearing this.

“So attentive~”

The girl was busy lighting the fire and also praised her.

"Another point."

"What?"

"Although we are not on the official road south of Luchuan now, it is actually not far away. When I flew high, I discovered that the riverside path we were taking was off the official road and the one my husband asked me to find. The paths leading to the mountain are not very far. If you don't want to go to Luchuan, you can find a path to cross it. It can be up to thirty miles away, which saves at least a day and a half of travel. If you still go to Luchuan, you can still take this way. This riverside path is better than The official road is closer. When the time comes that you have had enough rest, just leave Luchuan and take the official road again."

Having swallows is indeed much more convenient.

You are really conscientious...

Song You thought like this and fell into thinking.

"In that case, let's not go to Luchuan. Let's wait until we come down from the mountain to visit this small town. Spring will start soon, so it's better to go to the mountain as soon as possible."

"knew."

After lunch, we continued our journey.

Swallow flies in front, very lively, moving left and right, high and low, always not far from the road. If there is a fork in the road that is easy to find, he will lower his height, hover and wait.

Under his guidance, the Taoist led a cat and a horse through the field paths, the village paths, passed several mountain temples, climbed over several hills, and finally walked onto the official road. Then he continued to go south and found the The path leading to the mountain——

The path is some distance from the moat. Yanzi piled a pile of stones at the intersection as a mark to avoid misremembering.

Song You pushed through the grass forest and climbed all the way up.

The mountain path is a bit redundant for a person to walk, but it is passable for a horse, because the grass forest is too dense, and the body is often caught by grass blades and branches and bamboo branches sticking out from the side. There are often several forked roads in the middle that are not accessible. Wherever you go, walking is difficult.

Slowly going up, I heard voices.

"This road is becoming more and more difficult to walk. According to what I have seen over the years, if no one goes up the mountain, most people on the mountain will not come down easily."

"When the world is at peace, people in the mountains will definitely come down. No matter how bad things are, they will still have to do business, and red rice will still have to be paid as tribute. However, I heard from the masters living in seclusion in the mountains that the world is getting more chaotic day by day. The frequent occurrence of demons and evil spirits is a sign of troubled times. Only a few years ago, some people rebelled in Yizhou, and I am afraid that they will not live in peace for many years. If a war breaks out at the foot of the mountain, the people on the mountain will definitely find a way to block the road and hide. Being in this deep mountain is like a paradise."

"No wonder so many hermits are running to the mountains."

"It seems like someone is coming..."

The Taoist squeezed through the grass forest, making a rustling sound. The horses walked on the small dirt road, and the bells occasionally swayed.

After walking through a forest, I saw people on the roadside.

There was an open space on the roadside, and there were five people in total.

A well-dressed middle-aged man with a plump figure and a long sword at his waist, an old man with a slightly hunched waist, who looked like a bookkeeper, and three young people, all dressed simply Some people were wearing clothes carrying large bamboo poles on their backs, and some were holding hatchets in their hands. They were all standing by the roadside to rest.

When Song You saw them, they also saw Song You.

The middle-aged man and the old man looked at each other, a little confused, but also a little curious, and at the same time they let down their guard.

When the Taoist approached, the middle-aged man saluted and said without thinking, "Sir, you don't look like a local. Where do you come from?"

"How can I see it?"

"Sir, you are too fair." The middle-aged man raised his hand without putting it down. "The sun here is very hot. Even if you are not exposed to the wind and sun all day long, you will not be white. Very few people can He has the face and demeanor of a gentleman.”

"You are just joking, there is nothing to say about your demeanor." Song You returned the greeting, and happened to want to find someone to ask for directions, so he said, "My surname is Song, and I come from Yizhou. May I ask what I call you?"

"My surname is Liu, and I am a merchant in Luchuan." The middle-aged man surnamed Liu said, "Yizhou is not close to here. Does it seem that your husband is a Taoist and he also goes to live in seclusion in the mountains?"

"To be honest, Mr. Liu, he is not living in seclusion, but he comes to the mountain to look for dragons and immortals because of his reputation." Song You said truthfully, "I heard that there is a place on the mountain here called Ba Shu. The mountain is high and forms a deep abyss, where white clouds accumulate. People saw a dragon rising in the white clouds at the foot of the mountain. We are wandering Taoists who have traveled all over the world and love to see the wonders of the world, so we came here to look for it."

"We? Sir, do you have any companions?"

"He is my traveling companion."

Song You lowered his head and looked at the cat behind him.

The middle-aged man surnamed Liu looked with him, and then he discovered that there was a calico cat sitting at his heels. Most of its body was hidden behind his robe and grass, and only half of its head poked out. Staring at them quietly with one eye is something cats often do.

"Sir, it's a coincidence that we are going to the dam tree to look for dragons. We are also going to the dam tree and will keep watch when we have time to see if we can see the real dragon again. If sir, you don't give up, you will go with us."

"Um?"

Song You was stunned for a moment, this was an unexpected surprise.

What's even more surprising is that it can be heard from the words that this real dragon seems to have seen the dam tree before.

"It's better to be respectful than to obey."

"Mr. Haha, I don't mind that Mr. Liu is middle-aged and frail. He just walks slowly."

"Wherever we are, we are traveling all over the world, and we are not in a hurry. We walk slower and just enjoy the scenery." Song You said with a smile, "If there is no Liu Gong to lead the way, the roads in the mountains are complicated. Maybe we can find it in a few days. I can’t find any hills or villages with tree trees, so I have to walk even slower.”

"Ha ha……"

The middle-aged man and the old man next to him looked at each other, and immediately raised their heads and laughed: "Sir, he is a foreigner. I don't know how high or how big this mountain is. Most of the mountain people in the mountains don't speak Mandarin. If Mr. No one If you lead the way and don't know where to go, it will take more than a few days to find the tree. It can even take dozens of days or even months. Even if you get to the tree, no one in the village can understand it. Sir, there is no brand name, and I don’t know whether it is a dam tree or not.”

"rational."

Song You knew that the dam tree was very tall and knew its general appearance. There were also swallows searching for it in the sky, so it was naturally not that difficult. However, he didn't say much and just asked:

"Liu Gong often comes to this mountain?"

"It's not very often. I come here once a year."

"It sounds like Mr. Liu has seen a real dragon with his own eyes?"

"I've seen it before! Of course I've seen it before!"

"What does a real dragon look like?"

"It's difficult for Liu to describe it. I can only say that before Liu saw the real dragon in this mountain, he had heard many stories and rumors about dragons. There were many stories about dragons, all kinds of things. But this is the first dragon in this mountain. After seeing a real dragon rising once, I knew why the dragon here was called a real dragon, and I knew the dragons in other places, regardless of the dragon, mud dragon, earth dragon, carp dragon, dragon and horned dragon, they are not dragons anymore."

"So magical?"

Song You opened his eyes wide and became more and more interested.

"Sir, if you are lucky enough to be able to guard a real dragon during this trip, especially if you can see it at a close distance, you will naturally know it. It is useless for Liu to say anything else. It is impossible to describe such a graceful appearance."

"It sounds like you don't see it every time, but you see it more than once?"

"Mr. Haha, you are so smart!"

The middle-aged man looked around, stretched his neck, and said to him: "I was tired from walking earlier and was sweating all over. I sat down to rest for a while, and was chilled by the mountain wind. If you don't take more rest, sir, Let’s just keep going and move forward, and let’s talk as we go.”

"good."

Song You also took steps forward.

"Puff puff..."

Now that there was no need to find the way, the swallow also fell down and stopped on top of the horse's head.

Three young people carrying bamboo poles walked in front, the old man followed closely, and the middle-aged man walked at the end, looking back at the Taoist as he walked.

"Sir, since you dare to go up the mountain alone, in today's world, and also dare to travel around the world alone, you must have a good conscience, right?"

"I do know some magic practice."

"I knew that otherwise, who would dare to walk into the mountains alone?" The middle-aged man sighed, "The world is becoming more and more uneasy. In the past, there were few monsters and ghosts in the mountains. Even if there was danger, it was mostly jackals and tigers. Leopards and bandits in the mountains, but now there seem to be monsters as well, so walking with Mr. will also give us courage."

"how to say?"

"Just like today, we had just left the official road and not long after walking on the path, we met a man in front of a bamboo forest on the mountain road. He was a young man. He asked us for directions, and he also asked the tree." Although the middle-aged man was calm but still He also lowered his voice, "Liu usually likes to collect strange things about monsters and ghosts, and is a person who yearns for immortality. In the mountains, he also met many hermits who knew the Tao and knew magic. I heard a lot about them, and I have seen some of them in most of my life. , you can naturally tell at a glance that it’s not a human being.”

"..."

Song You looked back at the swallow above the horse.

The cat also stopped and looked up at the swallow.

"Why?"

"That boy is too handsome and his face is too fair. He is no ordinary human being. Not only that, his clothes are also too exquisite." The middle-aged man surnamed Liu paused for a moment, "Liu is the owner of a cloth shop, and the best cloth in Yunzhou is There is nothing better than the Xianyun gauze from Numa County and the dragon silk satin from Luchuan in Bujun. Both of them are sent as tribute to the palace, but even the Xianyun gauze and dragon silk satin may not be as good as that of the young man. The material of the clothes is spotless, sir, tell me, where can such a person come from in this mountain?"

The middle-aged man said and looked back at the Taoist.

I thought that the Taoist would respond to him, or ask him how he dealt with the monster and escaped from danger, but he only saw the Taoist staring at him, with surprise in his eyes and a smile.

There was a hint of surprise in his smile.

"Does Mr. Liu own a cloth village?"

"Exactly." The middle-aged man surnamed Liu said, "This time I went up the mountain to collect silk. At this time, spring silkworms, summer silkworms, and autumn silkworms are not spinning silk at the bottom of the mountain. Only the silkworms at the top of the mountain are spinning silk, and they are stained with silk. I gathered the aura and dragon energy from the mountains and woven it into cloth, which is my dragon silk satin from Luchuan."

"Lu Chuan Liu Ji Buzhuang?"

"Sir, have you been there?"

"I've never been there, I just heard people talk about it."

As Song You spoke, he lowered his head and looked at the calico cat at his feet.

it is more than words.

The fate is really wonderful.