New White Snake Asking Immortals

A small mountain village under the lofty mountains.

There are trees surrounding the village, old wooden bridges, and green grass beside the clear stream. A few shepherd boys rolled up their pants and went into the water to fish over rocks. Occasionally they shouted and ran and splashed in the water to chase the fish. Low thatched houses and fences were scattered along the stream, and chickens and dogs I heard that the butterflies and bees in the yellow flower fields are busy collecting nectar, and the remote and poor places where they can't squeeze out two ounces of oil are like a paradise.

The old man Yu slowly walked into the village carrying a bamboo basket on his pole, greeting the farmers working in the fields from time to time.

Occasionally, I would quickly hide on the side of the road and watch the rough guys racing across the street.

After the warriors had gone away, Old Yu walked home quickly with a pole on his shoulder, and walked across the wooden bridge back to his courtyard with a troubled expression.

Usually after going to the market and going home to rest for a while, I have to work, but today the old man was uncharacteristically different.

I returned to the low thatched house and sat in a daze, as if I had something on my mind.

I sat there from the hot noon until the sun set. My son and daughter-in-law, who were working outside, came home. The grandson who was herding cattle came into the yard wearing a straw hat and riding a buffalo. He was carrying strings of frogs, river fish and a few birds on straw ropes in his hands. He yelled that he was hungry and wanted to eat.

Smoke rises from every house.

He was poor in the countryside and only had two meals a day.

The son who was busy in the courtyard saw the bamboo baskets beside the wall.

"Dad, no one bought bamboo baskets at the market today. Farming will be busy in two days. It shouldn't be..."

The old man Yu, who was thinking about something in the room, rubbed his head and said nothing. He got up and walked to the outer room, took out a brand new hatchet and handed it to his grandson.

"The blacksmith in the town asked grandpa to give it to your Uncle Wang. Grandpa is tired. My dear grandson, please go for a run. Don't fall."

The tough-minded grandson picked up the hatchet and ran out, shouting at the Wang family's friends to come out quickly.

The old man Yu glanced at his daughter-in-law who was cooking on the fire, then returned to the back room and continued to sit there, sometimes feeling happy and sometimes feeling sad.

It gets dark very quickly in the mountains.

In order to save money, the villagers basically did not light the lights. After dinner, they went to bed when it got dark. When the grandson fell asleep after playing all day, the old man Yu greeted his son and daughter-in-law to talk. The room was dark, and the shadow of Mohu Lake could be barely seen through the little moonlight outside the window. The sleepy and tired young couple were more filial, enduring their sleepiness and waiting for their father to speak.

The old man first leaned against the window and looked out for a while to confirm that everyone in the village was asleep.

My son, who was tall and thin, was so sleepy that his eyelids kept beating.

"Dad, did you pick up some money at the market today? If you don't talk about anything at dinner, you have to wait until the evening to talk about it."

His wife pushed him and forbade him from talking to the old man like this. My father-in-law was a prudent man and he must have something important to say.

The old man Yu sighed, his son was honest and honest, and fortunately he married a good wife.

"You two, don't say anything for now. Listen to me. There is something more joyful than picking up silver. Gold and silver are so touching. You must cover your mouth to avoid death."

The old man's few words frightened the young couple into not being sleepy for a moment. They were not afraid of hardship or tiredness, but they were afraid of death.

Ants are still greedy for life. Survival is the instinct of living things. Ordinary people just want to live a good and peaceful life. It may be ordinary and boring. Generations repeat the path traveled by their ancestors. Who would want to die if they can live peacefully, let alone have children at home.

The young couple did not dare to make a sound. With the help of the weak moonlight, they saw their father digging a hole in the house. Years of life had hardened the soil in the house, making it extremely laborious to dig. While digging quietly, the old man Yu told him what he had learned from the market.

"I went to the market today and saw many outsiders coming to the town."

"The famous landlord Hu in the town was snatched out like a dog. Group after group of people rushed into the compound and rummaged through boxes and cabinets to find things. They even tore down the house. Everyone in the landlord's house was almost beaten to death."

Hearing this, the young couple's eyes lit up. Well done. It would be best if all those domineering guys who were sitting on top were dead!

The old fish man continued.

"At that time, I was wondering what those outsiders were looking for. It turned out that the Tuxian family in the city had offered a reward for finding stones with words on them."

I dug and threw away the hoe, feeling the rotten wooden board with my palms.

"That's not an ordinary word. It shines in the golden light. The Tuxian family is offering gold as a reward for the stone."

Without any effort, the rotten wooden board broke into pieces with a gentle tug. At the same time, there was a smell of rotten wood. When the old man tore the rotten wooden board into pieces, the young couple saw a glimmer of golden light, but they were soon overwhelmed by the soil rolling down around the pit. Covered, the two of them were stunned. There was a baby at home?

The old, calloused palms peeled away the soil, and with great effort pulled out a piece of gravel about a foot long.

I don’t know if I was just dazzled, but the stones now have no golden light and are ordinary, no different from the stones used to build walls.

Old Yu was panting heavily from the exhaustion of moving rocks, and planned to catch his breath before continuing.

Maybe after a while, maybe in the blink of an eye.

The surface of the stone covered with wet soil flickered again, and the young couple could see clearly that it was indeed golden light.

It feels like an oil lamp that has run out of oil and is about to go out. The weak flame in the wick is struggling to flicker. The golden light is suspended on the surface of the stone. Besides the golden light, there are other shapes. It is too dark in the room to see clearly.

The dark room was very quiet, and the only thing that could be heard was the cub grinding his teeth.

Old Yu, who had recovered slowly, seemed to be reminiscing about the past.

"A long time ago, when your grandparents were still here, it rained for several days and there were floods in the mountains."

Thinking of the terrible flash flood, I couldn't help but shudder.

"Oh, it's so scary. The flash flood is higher than the jujube tree outside the door. Our village originally lived on the barren beach, but we moved here because of the flood that washed away the houses and farmland. Many people died in the flood. We can’t even find the body, so only those who run fast will survive.”

There are rumors in the village about flash floods, and the young couple has heard it many times. In the past, the land in the barren rock beach was fertile and was high-quality farmland.

"The farmland soil was washed away, and many rocks and big trees were washed down from the mountains. The beasts that were washed down screamed and moaned. Many people even saw big snakes as thick as rocks. After the flood, there were dead beasts everywhere."

The old hands stroked the rocks and wiped away the soil bit by bit.

"One day I went to the barren beach to graze cattle and secretly went to fish in the water. When I turned over the stone, I saw a golden light on the downward side of the stone."

"I told your grandpa about this when I got home, and the whole family secretly moved home in the middle of the night."

"Why is this stone glowing with gold? I can't understand the things painted on it. I worry about being found out all day long. The lame family in the neighboring village dug up a glowing grass in the mountains and took it to the market to sell it for money. Who knows what those things are? Not only did the villain not give him the money, he also killed the lame man’s whole family. Alas, he had to bury the stone. It’s been so long that I almost forgot about it.”

Obviously, what happened to the lame family in the neighboring village was no secret, and the young couple were also afraid.

The son swallowed hard.

"Dad, why don't you bury the stone back? If you really can't, throw it away far away."

Old Man Yu touched the stone and struggled in his heart.

He was sure that the figures on the broken stone on the notice looked familiar, and were very similar to the figures on the stone in his hand. Everyone knew about the reward in the notice, and gold was worth ten taels or a hundred taels. Gold, it was said, could buy blockbusters. There is gold in the courtyard of a large family with good farmland, but he has not even seen silver in decades of living. How can he not be moved by it, but the old man Yu is afraid of death.

He scratched the instep of his feet, and the skin scratched by his nails made a rustling sound.

"If we really trade stones for gold, I'm afraid we won't survive more than three days and end up like the lame family in the neighboring village."

However, he had an inexplicable feeling that this stone could bring benefits to him, his son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren. Perhaps he could become a big landlord. In the eyes of Old Man Yu, being a landlord was the highest level he dared to dream about. From then on, he would have enough food and clothing. good days.

"Maybe... we can change it to something else."

Old Yu, who had been timid all his life, said to himself.

"Our village and town do not belong to the Tu family, and we will not get any benefits if we leave them to others. We have been content for the rest of our lives. Old man, I want to play like the gambler Wang Er and use this stone to go to the Tu family to exchange for something to support my family in Hukou. As we get older, it makes no difference whether we die a few years earlier or a few years later. If it happens, our whole family will move to the Tu family's territory."

"father……"

My son and daughter-in-law are anxious. Why take risks when they are living well?

The old man Yu waved his hand and said that there was no need to say more. He also wanted his grandson to wear the same clothes as the landlord's grandson and no longer wear tattered trousers.

"That's it, you guys do whatever you want. If I don't come back, it will be treated as if I went into the mountains and was picked up by a wild beast."

Old Yu is very stubborn and no one can change his decision.

The young couple didn't sleep well that night, but the old man Yu had a good sleep and had a dream. He dreamed that on a rainy day, there was a strange white creature with long claws in the sky, swimming around in the clouds. He somehow felt that it was a dragon...

The next day, the old fish man walked out across the wooden bridge with a pole and carried the smelly dried fish out.

A few more days passed.

In the underground secret room of the restaurant in the city, Tu Yue, who was waiting anxiously, got clues related to the gravel. There were too many false news, but this time the clues sounded true.

A shopkeeper in charge of local affairs hurried into the city and led the old man who was shocked by the city to ask to see his immediate boss. Soon he met Tuyue in the box on the second floor. The empty-handed old man tremblingly made a condition.

Instead of gold, he asked for dozens of acres of land and three brick houses on the condition that the family move to Tu's territory.

The gold reward could buy a lot of land and large tile-roofed houses. Old Yu didn't dare to ask for it, and Tu Yue didn't expect that the old man from the countryside could resist the temptation and make the right choice.

It was just a few pieces of farmland and houses, nothing worth mentioning to the monks.

Tuyue readily agreed to Old Man Yu's conditions.

Then, Old Man Yu led a group of glamorous nobles to a remote mountain forest and dug out the magical stones hidden in the swamp. Tuyue confirmed at a glance that they were genuine, and the words had the same golden light, although most of the words were seriously damaged. After losing his spirituality, he finally gained something after so many days. He immediately gave Old Man Yu three additional cattle.

After getting the mysterious gravel, Tuyue washed the stone clean, and after studying it all night, she still couldn't figure it out. Through the occasional flash of golden light, she realized that it was the word "Luo". The text and graphics without the golden light could not be read, and there was simply no pattern at all.

When daybreak was approaching, the maid informed that the lake outside was filled with fog, especially on the roof of the building where the fog was thickest.

Tuyue suddenly remembered the mysterious girl's words.

When the clues were found, there would be thick fog outside the rooftop terrace. Walking directly into the thick fog, he could see her. Cold sweat broke out on his back. It was not clear whether the mysterious girl had an eyeliner in the restaurant or had supernatural powers. Tu Yue thought of the second possibility. Sex is greater.

"Well, we monks must control our greed, understand what respect is, and be cautious about current affairs. I hope that when the person is happy, he can reward you with some benefits. Just like the old fish man, we must resist our greed and get what we really get. The benefits of living.”

Sighing helplessly, trying to remember the image and breath of the stone, he climbed to the top of the building with the stone in hand.

Step out onto the mist-filled terrace.

I saw a winding stone path in the thick fog.

"..."

Taking a deep breath to calm down the shock, I walked out of the terrace alone with the gravel. Then, I felt my feet stepping on solid ground. I instinctively turned around and found that the terrace and the restaurant were gone. Behind me, there was only a stone step down the mountain in the thick fog, surrounded by white. The trees are shadowy.

Tuyue didn't know if she could go home, so she could only continue going up the mountain.

I guessed in my heart that the place I wanted to go to was probably the Pavilion in the Clouds, that secret place with more and more legends, and I was looking forward to getting the chance.

The mountain road is steep, and it is difficult to fly quickly due to the confinement of magic, so we can only climb the mountain step by step.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, the mountain fog became thicker and thinner. Tuyue saw a magnificent pavilion on the top of the mountain that was as beautiful as a fairy palace. She also saw the familiar demon tiger, which had more menacing power than before.

He quickly lowered his head and saluted respectfully.

"Junior Tu Yue pays homage to Senior Hu. He is here to return to his duties today. Senior Lao Hu will lead the way."

I don't know why, but I always feel that the tiger demon seems very sleepy and looks much thinner than the last time we met.

Fat Tiger nodded listlessly, turned around and led the way.

Tu Yue, who finally had the opportunity to look at the surrounding scenery, saw many elixirs and exotic flowers and herbs that were fragrant and fragrant. Any one of them would cause a bloody battle in the spiritual community. Occasionally, birds would fly to peck at them, but the tiger demon didn't bother to take a look at them. Don't care if the elixir is destroyed.

Resisting the urge to fight with the birds, follow the tiger demon up the steps step by step.

Tuyue walked up to the platform and came to the front of the hall with countless questions. She saw the densely packed shelves in the brightly lit hall, and also saw the mysterious girl painting behind the bookcase. She was wearing a white skirt today, with loose black hair, wide cuffs and The hem of the skirt is painted with mountains in ink. The clear ink bleeds through and the ink color gradually becomes lighter, making it white and fragrant.