Chapter 50: The Eight Immortals’ Banquet, Taiyi Light-Splitting Sword "what!!!" The drunk Niu Er did not completely lose his mind after all. He took a quick glance and saw the red flesh worms wriggling like swimming fish suddenly appear and disappear. He was so scared that he let out a heart-wrenching scream. He was completely sober and terrified. Even if the red flesh worm disappeared in an instant and was never seen again, it could not dispel the fear in Niu Er's heart at all. There was none of the "refined demeanor" that he had when he had previous elegant conversations with the drunkard. Tao Tie ignored the panicked Niu Er, without even looking at him, and walked out of the house and came to Wang Sou and the young and strong men of the village protection team. "Mission accomplished." After saying this lightly, Tao Tie left Yuetang and walked towards the mountain temple in Yuetang Village. Mr. Wang opened his mouth and wanted to say something.
Looking at Tao Tieli's back as he left, he forced himself to hold his anger back. After thinking for a moment, Wang Sou raised his right hand and tremblingly took out a piece of green stone tablet from his arms. He quickly operated it to make sure that the monster-catching mission he had posted had been completed, and gave it a five-star rating. No matter what, he and the young men had seen the existence of the wine bug with their own eyes, the twenty or so jars of newly brewed buckwheat wine could not be fake, and the frightened Niu Er was still there holding the jars and wailing. These were all real evidence. I think this strange incident of buckwheat theft, which has been a mystery for Yuetang Village for a long time, should not be worth mentioning in the eyes of Mr. Tao, the monster hunter. When we say it’s done, it’s done. There's nothing to fool around with. The most important thing is that Mr. Wang holds the right to negotiate disputes and is not afraid of being fooled by the monster catcher! As long as the mission has been completed, the remaining matters can be handled internally by Yuetang Village. It has nothing to do with Monster Catcher. Thinking of this, Mr. Wang didn't care where Mr. Tao went. He winked at his left and right, signaling the young and strong men in the village protection team to lift Niu Er and drag him to the ancestral hall. If there is a thief in Yuetang Village, he should be dealt with according to the rules of Yuetang Village. Apart from the laws established by Taizu, no rules are greater than scolding, judging, convicting and punishing in the ancestral temple in front of the tablets of our ancestors! Tao Tie certainly knew what would happen after he left. The miscellaneous books on the first floor of the missionary institute’s library record many similar rural “case files”. But what does this have to do with him? not related. After all, he was just a student at the Missionary Academy, a demon catcher affiliated with the Demon Slaying Department and the Demon Extermination Department, and not an official of the Celestial Empire. If he is not in his position, he will not seek his government. Tao Tie, who was very self-aware, ignored the chaos and came to the mountain temple in Yuetang Village. This mountain temple, like the one in Chang'an Village, has long been deserted and looks very deserted. After standing in front of the temple for a while, Tao Tie adjusted his state and began to cast a spell.
Make the thunder seal with the left hand, make the sword gesture with the right hand, step on the Gangdi step, recite the eight great magic spells, and then use the Disha magic to "ward off disasters" and "relieve misfortunes". Even though it was past noon, the effect of this spell was the same as when it was cast in Chang'an Village. Positive energy descended from the sky, sweeping away the turbid air, evil air, sick air and dead air accumulated in Yuetang Village. Yuetang Village has a new look. All villagers, whether active or resting, are positively affected. "Evened out." After stopping the spell, Tao Tie, who was intending to do good, muttered this in his heart, waved his sleeves, and left. In the ancestral hall of Yuetang Village, Wang Sou, who was about to gather all the villagers to judge Niu Er's "crimes", was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses. Wang Sou, whose back was not as hunched as before, straightened his body, bowed solemnly to all directions, expressed his sincere gratitude, and then continued to preside over the trial of Niu Er. When Tao Tie saw this scene, he felt quite strange. There is joy, but more of it is inexplicable touching. But he did not indulge in this wonderful emotion for too long. After leaving Yuetang Village and walking onto the mountain path leading to Baxian Mountain, Tao Tie immediately took out the three-inch-long red wine worm from his storage bag. After the evil spirit is gone, the wine worm looks like a Cordyceps that has been polished from coral, and it does not make people feel disgusted when looking at it. Put the wine worm into clean water and leave it under the moonlight overnight, the water will turn into fine wine, which is intoxicating but not intoxicating. Put wine worms into wine and leave it alone under the moonlight for 49 days. The wine will then turn into a peerless wine that has been stored in the cellar for hundreds of years. Drinking it will make you feel like you are in heaven. If a wine lover comes across a wine bug, he will definitely spend a lot of money to buy it. Not to mention ten or twenty taels of gold, even if the offer was over a hundred taels of gold, they wouldn’t even blink an eye. The wine bug in Tao Tie's hand was very unusual. According to a rough estimate, it might be sold at a sky-high price of three to five hundred taels of gold! There is no other reason. This wine bug was bred from the rotten wooden wine glass that Tao Tie stole from the drunkard's lair. It's that simple. Thinking of the rotten wooden wine glass, Tao Tie immediately put away the wine worm, took out the wine glass and looked at it carefully. If he had not known everything, he would never have realized that this wooden wine glass that was about to rot completely could have such a great origin. [Strange Item: The wine glass that Lan Caihe drank from once] [Information fragment 1: Tatage, Lan Caihe, and how big the world can be.] [Information fragment 2: I am drunk, I might as well go home.]
"The Eight Immortals really feasted here all night." After reading the information fragments on the rotten wooden wine glass again, Tao Tie couldn't help but sigh. Then I felt envy and yearning. The wine cup that Lan Caihe, one of the legendary Eight Immortals, had drunk from once was thrown into the mud of a pond for who knows how many years, but it still gave birth to a special wine worm. Later, based on the alcohol addiction, due to chance, he became an alcoholic. The abilities of immortals are truly miraculous and make people yearn for them. Walking on the mountain path leading from Yuetang Village to the Eight Immortals Mountain, Tao Tie suddenly had the idea of going to the top of the mountain where the Eight Immortals were said to have feasted. No, it wasn't a sudden change of mind. But he had already had this idea when he discovered the rotten wooden wine glass in his hand. Otherwise, how can we explain that after he saved Yuetang Village from disaster in front of the mountain temple, he immediately left the village and walked up the mountain path? It doesn't make sense. "Ha ha……" After realizing this truth, Tao Tie smiled and faced his own heart. If you have wanted to go for a long time, then you have wanted to go for a long time. It's not something shameful, there's nothing to be embarrassed about, just admit it generously. When your mind is clear, you will naturally feel happier. Tao Tie really wanted to sing to his heart's content. Follow your heart. He thought so and did so. After clearing his throat, Tao Tie walked on the mountain path, passing through the shade of the trees, and sang loudly: "Ta Ta Ge, Lan Caihe, how big can the world be. The beauty of spring, the passing years. The ancients went away and never returned, but now more people come. In the morning, I ride the phoenix to the blue sky, and in the evening, I see the white waves on the green fields. The bright sunshine is in the sky, and the golden and silver palaces are tall and majestic." The singing voice is clear, full of envy, yet proud and upward. There is a sense of confidence that if you can do it, I can do it too, and there is a sense of freedom and ease. Tao Tie's singing voice echoed among the mountains and forests. The wind is blowing. The leaves rustled, the pines rustled, and the birds chirped. It was as if the sleeping mountain ghost girl sensed Tao Tie's arrival, heard Tao Tie's singing, and responded. Tao Tie had a faint smile on his face. He wanted to go to the banquet place of the Eight Immortals on the top of the mountain, but he didn't want to go directly to the banquet place of the Eight Immortals on the top of the mountain and miss the beautiful scenery of the mountain. Then just forget the purpose and follow your heart.
Just singing songs, listening to the sound of pine trees and birds singing, strolling leisurely in Baxian Mountain. The wind blowing on my body is refreshing. The stream gurgles and is clear. Hares and golden pheasants occasionally appear, which is a pleasant surprise. Wolves bared their teeth, leopards flashed in surprise, tigers lay down, deer cried, and all of them ate wild duckweed. Everything was full of natural wildness. When Tao Tie walked in the mountains and forests, it felt more like he was walking in the heart of Tao. Where is the Tao? People follow the earth, the earth follows the sky, the heaven follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature. The Tao is right under your feet. In the breeze blowing across your cheeks, in the chirping of cicadas. In this vast world, in the mortal world, we are always present but always overlooked and forgotten. The wind blew again. A pure white flower of unknown species swayed and fell. Tao Tie reached out to take it, picked up the flower and smiled, not very happy. Before we knew it, we had reached the top of the mountain and the sun was setting. There is a fiery red sunset burning in the sky, making the sky exceptionally beautiful. After a while, night fell. The bright moon first revealed a crescent moon, and was shy and reserved for a while before it became generous, let go of its veil, and sprinkled its pure white and bright light on the earth. The night sky is dotted with stars. The starlight combined with the moonlight makes the night on earth clear and warm. Tao Tie stood on the top of the mountain with his eyes closed, his mind focused inward, but his heart was wandering somewhere else. He seemed to be immersed in the beautiful night scene of the stars and the moon, and seemed to have gone back in time and seen events of the past. An ugly man with a black face, unkempt hair, curly beards and huge eyes, limping on his right foot and leaning on an iron crutch, walked in the front. Although his face is ugly, he is obviously an accomplished person. A man with bare chest, waving a brown fan, big eyes, red face, two buns on his head, calm and leisurely behavior followed closely behind him to the top of the mountain. As he walked, he chanted in a carefree manner: "It is not easy to meet a true immortal, I am willing to follow you when you return." The old man riding his donkey backwards followed unsteadily. The old man said nothing. The donkey, however, kept braying loudly, which was quite noisy.
The Taoist priest, who was more than eight feet tall, with a Huayang scarf on his head and a sword on his back, glared at the noisy donkey and threatened it fiercely: "If you bark again, I will cook you into donkey meat!" The donkey didn't buy it and brayed even louder. Holding a lotus in her hand, the extremely beautiful fairy snorted angrily: "Be quiet, you guys are killing me with all the noise!" The handsome young man holding the flute listened to the donkey's bray, found the rhythm, and started to play the music with a sob. The bearded man wearing a gauze hat, a red official robe and holding a yin-yang board laughed and admired the play of the immortals in front. The young man, dressed in women's clothing and carrying a flower basket, in ragged blue clothes, was in high spirits. He beat the big clapperboard and sang drunkenly, seemingly crazy but not quite: "Ta Ta Ge, Lan Caihe, how big can the world be. The beauty of spring, the passing years. I see people in this world, born and die again. Yesterday morning, I was still in my twenties, full of vigor and vigor. Now I am over seventy, my strength is exhausted and my body is haggard. I am just like a flower in spring, which blooms in the morning and withers in the evening. His writing is too bold and his stature is too big. He is a finite body when he is alive and a nameless ghost when he dies. There have been so many since ancient times, and you are helpless now. Come to the white clouds and I will teach you the Zizhi song. " Following the singing of the young man in blue, the eight people who climbed to the top of the mountain, no, the Eight Immortals, each took their position according to the Eight Trigrams. The Taoist holding the sword stands in the Qian position, number one, in the south, on top, symbolizing the sky, pure yang; Tieguai Ugly Man stands in the Dui position, number two, in the southeast, like a marsh; The idle man stands away from his seat, counts to three, is in the east, and represents fire; The old man riding a donkey stands in the Zhen position, number four, in the northeast, like thunder; The female immortal stands in the Kun position, number eight, located in the north, at the bottom, symbolizing the earth, pure yin; The man in official robes stands in Gen position, number seven, in the northwest, like a mountain; The young man playing the flute stands in the Kan position, number six, in the west, and represents water. The young man in blue stands in the Xun position, number five, located in the southwest, and represents wind. The Eight Immortals took their seats, feasted and gathered together, and discussed Taoism, expressing their own opinions, which was very enjoyable. When they were chatting enthusiastically, they performed the tricks one by one and strange phenomena occurred. The sky and the earth are in place, the mountains and the lakes are connected, the thunder and the wind fight each other, and the water and the fire do not shoot at each other... Forward and reverse, odd and even, yin and yang... The eight trigrams can be deduced backwards into four symbols: Shaoyin, Shaoyang, Laoyin and Laoyang. The four symbols can be reversed to form yin and yang. If we push back the two yin and yang, chaos will become one, which is Tai Chi. Tai Chi is Tai Yi. Taiyi is also Taiyi. At this point in the discussion, the sword on the Taoist's back made a resounding dragon roar. "I have a sword, please judge it."
The Taoist holding the sword stood with his head held high, his eyes firm, and spoke calmly. As he spoke, the Dragon Roar Sword came out of its sheath by itself, crisscrossing the sky, emitting thousands of rays of light. At this moment, all the swords in the world heard the call. Billions of visible and invisible swords responded to the call of the Dragon Roar Sword, leveled the isolated mountains and seas, and returned here. It gathered into a beam of sword light as bright as a galaxy. The brilliant galaxy sways, sometimes one gives rise to two, two gives rise to four, four gives rise to eight, eighty-eight gives rise to sixty-four, and so on to infinity. Sometimes infinity returns to sixty-four, to eight, to four, to two, and chaos becomes one, endlessly. "What a sword!" The young man in blue congratulated him and wanted to compose a song. But I also felt that in this situation and scene, the singing was too bland and not very beautiful. So he laughed and said: "How can there be a sword without wine? Such a good sword should be exposed!" As he spoke, the young man in blue shouted, "Drink!" The shout seemed to travel through time and reached Tao Tie's ears with his eyes closed. Tao Tiefu came to his senses and immediately took out the rotten wooden wine glass from his storage bag and threw it into the air in the Xun position. The rotten wooden wine glass rises and falls with the wind, as if time has gone back, and in an instant, it has reversed from rotten to brand new. A pool of starlight flowed from the galaxy of sword light, fell into the brand new wine glass, and turned into pure and beautiful wine. Swish...swish... Tao Tie suddenly felt something moving in the storage bag around his waist. Once again, he was inspired and took out a wisp of "mountain" energy and a wisp of "earth" energy given by the mountain ghost girl. The "mountain" energy is thrown towards the Gen position, and the "earth" energy is thrown towards the Kun position. The innate eight sword arts should have eight energies, but now there are only two energies, mountain and earth, which is lacking. However, the innate Bagua has been formed and will continue to thrive. The six kinds of Qi, namely heaven, thunder, wind, fire, water and marsh, are derived on their own. The eight qi return to their respective positions and give birth to the four symbols, the four symbols give birth to the two symbols, and the two symbols mix to form Tai Chi. The wine glass filled with the pure starlight wine produced an irresistible suction force, absorbing the newly generated Tai Chi energy into it. The boy in blue waved his hand and pushed gently. The wine glass was divided into eight parts, and the pure and clear starlight wine was also divided into eight parts. The Eight Immortals all said a blessing to each other: "Let's drink with swords, fellow Taoists..." "Drink victory!" (End of this chapter)