Chapter 155: There are immortals on Tiandu Peak The two came out of Xianyuan Temple and didn't walk far when they suddenly stopped. As if attracted by something, they looked up and gazed into the distance. Mount Yi is indeed foggy and rainy in summer, with the peaks hidden more often than visible. It was a rare sunny day today, and the clouds that blocked the distant Tiandu were suddenly blown away by the wind. I saw some figures on the top of the mountain, who seemed to be playing chess or talking, and there seemed to be a boy standing beside them serving with a gourd on his back. "Senior brother, look!" The junior sister raised her hand and pointed in that direction and said to Lin Jue. "Saw." This was the second time the two had seen the figure of a god on Tiandu Peak since they had gone up the mountain. "Brother, are those real people or illusions?" The little sister asked, staring blankly at that direction. "Seventh Brother told me that some famous mountains and unique places, because of their mysterious charm or because of other inexplicable wonders, will leave behind images from the past or voices from many years ago." "do not know."
"If it's a real person, could it be a god?" "do not know." "Brother, do you still remember? When we first went up the mountain, we also came out of Xianyuan Temple and saw the immortals on Tiandu. I told you that they were the immortals on the mountain." The little sister said again. "of course I remember." "We also said that when we have more Taoism and free time, we will climb up the mountain to look for immortals." The little sister felt a little regretful, "but later we never saw immortals again, and we never went." How could Lin Jue not remember? However, compared to the two young boys and girls who had just gone up the mountain to practice Taoism and were ignorant about but full of yearning for the things related to Taoism and becoming immortals, they now have a fairly high level of Taoism cultivation, know a lot more about the things related to Taoism and becoming immortals, and have even seen the True Lord of Heaven with their own eyes. Now that I could see clearly, my mood naturally changed. I was no longer as excited and ignorant as I was at the beginning. When I saw the two figures, I was shocked and thought they were really immortals. Just like the people living down the mountain, I was determined to find the immortals. I really miss that simple thought. But you can also go and look for it. Even if the possibility that it is a deity is very low, and if it is really a deity, I probably wouldn't revere, yearn for, be excited and amazed by it as I did before, but I could still go look for it, just to fulfill my original dream. "Today is the day!" "Okay!" The junior sister's eyes immediately lit up. It is still early today and there is still a long time before dark. Although Lin Jue has been busy with various chores recently, repairing the bean soldiers, learning magic, learning spirit writing from his sixth senior brother, and looking for a spirit medium, he is not busy today and there is no need to rush. It just so happened that at this moment, both of them had enough skills. Gazing at the mountain tops and misty clouds in the distance, and at the two figures on the mountain tops that looked like gods, whose authenticity was unclear, he found a path and walked away quickly. …… Two people, a fox and a cat passed by the strange peaks and the forest, walked on the top of a stone mountain that looked like a giant fish, passed under a rock that looked like a peacock, went around the lotus mountainside, and came to the relatively flat side of Tiandu.
The "road that ordinary people can climb" that Senior Brother Seven mentioned back then had not yet been told to them, but the two of them had already traveled through Yishan many times and could find this side themselves. I saw that this was a nearly vertical stone slope of the mountain. Even if stone steps were built in the future, it would probably look like it went straight up to the sky. At this moment, there were no stone steps, and it was bare. However, the mountain had some slopes, which could be seen from the weeds growing on it and the ancient pines sticking out. The two looked at each other, said nothing more, and climbed up. The junior sister stuffed the colorful cat into her arms and crawled in front. Lin Jue followed behind, and at the very end was the fox, walking as if on flat ground. Even if the slope of this mountain was only ten feet high, it would be daunting for most people. But the end of this mountain was nowhere to be seen, and one could imagine that if one slipped, one would be crushed to pieces. "Brother, be careful!" The junior sister did not use the stone-chopping method to dig out a pit that could be stepped on for leverage, because although the granite looks smooth, the surface is actually a bit rough, and there is a slope, so they can climb up with their skills. Occasionally, in really steep places, there are branches of plants sticking out, as if they were specially provided with a hand to support them. I can climb, but it's very tiring. Physical strength is slowly consumed. Time seems to be going slower and slower. Lin Jue was surprised to find that his junior sister seemed to have better physical strength than him. He couldn't help but breathe slightly, but she remained calm. Looking up, I still couldn't see the top of the mountain, but I could see the blue sky and clouds along the stone slope, as if this was where the stone slope led to. And my little sister blocked most of the top of the mountain and the sky. Lin Jue seemed to have just discovered— Junior sister has grown a lot taller. Maybe it was because of the Taoist practice and road construction, plus the fact that the temple provided them with very good meals most of the time, she ate a lot and actually grew a lot taller. The weak girl who was following the master and was met on the roadside has grown up long ago. It's just that I realized it too late. "Brother!" The junior sister stretched out her hand from the front again. "it is good." Lin Jue was pulled by her. I thought we had reached the top, but it turned out to be just a platform halfway up the mountain. From a distance, it looked like an uneven area on the mountainside, and there was still a long section ahead. The top of the mountain was smaller and the slope was steeper. The two of them stopped here for a while. Only the fox didn't know what they were tired of. He looked at them curiously for a while, then walked to the edge of the dangerous cliff and looked up at the overlapping green hills in the distance. Not long after, continue going up. Because the mountain was getting steeper and more dangerous, the fox simply walked to the front and was responsible for walking on the cliff, looking for a relatively flat route on the mountain that would be convenient for them to climb up. The junior sister finally used the stone-crushing method.
In fact, there are several sections of the road that are completely vertical, with neither stone steps nor handholds. If it weren't for the depressions for stepping on and grabbing, no one except the little fox could walk up. Before I knew it, I was in the clouds. The view was obstructed and the green mountains in the distance could not be seen. We climbed out a little further in the mist, and walked along a section of rock that was above the clouds and looked like the blade of a fish. It seemed that we were finally reaching the top. Because the mountain they were climbing had become very small. And I could hear a faint voice: "Qingsong Daoist Friendship Game..." "It's a risky move. It's a risky move." After hearing this, Lin Jue and his junior sister looked up and down respectively, both with surprise in their eyes. It seems like there is really someone on the top of the mountain? After a short breath, continue climbing to the top of the mountain. When they were at the foot of the mountain, the top of the mountain looked vaguely visible, but when they climbed here, they were surrounded by thick fog and could only see each other clearly. The ancient pines on the cliffs farther away were also vaguely visible. The fox was also out of sight. "Senior brother..." Suddenly, the little sister who was crawling in front stood up straight, turned to look at him, and called him in a low voice, as if she was afraid of disturbing something. Lin Jue knew that the top was already the top. Although he had already made plans in his mind, he still couldn't help but feel excited when he heard the sound. Now we will know whether the immortal on the mountain top seen twice below is a real person or an illusion, a Taoist hermit or a mountain monster, a real person or a god. Lin Jue grabbed her hand again and exerted force. The body has reached the top of the mountain. The fox had been waiting here for a long time. There is nothing above. The top of the mountain was narrow and dangerous, not very wide, and the fog was still thick, severely limiting vision. They could only see the silhouettes of the two of them and the fox. However, you only need to take two steps to the side, and you can see vertical cliffs and ancient pines growing on the cliffs. If you take a wrong step, you will see rolling clouds and a bottomless abyss. But I couldn't see any gods at all. The wind blew away the fog, and my ears were filled with the sound of the wind, but in the sound of the wind there were also the sounds of chess pieces falling and voices speaking: "Fellow Daoist Qingsong, how many years do you think this world can last?" The sound seemed to come from the left. The two looked at each other, took two steps to the left, and soon saw a steep cliff.
"I'm afraid it will take another ten years." The voice came from the right again. The two were surprised and looked to the right, but they saw nothing and walked to the edge of the cliff again. The fox obviously heard it as well and felt puzzled. It began to hop around on the mountain, searching continuously, but still could not find the source of the sound. Caili also poked her head out from her junior sister's arms, her eyes wide open, looking left and right. Lin Jue stood still, just looking at his junior sister. The junior sister also looked at him with confusion. "I'm afraid that even if someone extends his life, he won't be able to extend this world for a few more years." The voice came from the front again. Where did this sound come from and when did it come from? The two stopped searching and started listening attentively. "Why extend my life? The world is already like this, and it is no longer the prosperous times it once was. Most places are already in dire straits. What's the point of extending it for another ten or twenty years? It's nothing but repetition and suffering." "But the prosperous times weren't that good, were they all used up in conquests?" "If they hadn't conquered the east and the west during the prosperous times, how could they have survived until now?" The voice paused, as if making another move, and sighed, "Isn't this just like you and me?" "how?" "Look, it was so good when we were young. Every day was full of fun. We found everything new and interesting, whether it was magic or the mundane world. Every moment of our time was like gold. But back then we wanted to become immortals and live longer, so we spent our golden days on hard training and seeking longer life. Now it can barely be considered long, but Daoist Huangshi, look at us now. A year seems like a day." "It is not just that a year is like a day; the prosperity and decline of the world over a hundred years is but a dream when recalled." "The wind of youth is still more desirable." "But when you and I were young, how could we have come here and felt this breeze?" "Yes!" "what?" "Isn't there a young man coming?" When Lin Jue and the other two heard this, their eyes suddenly froze. They were still thinking and communicating with their eyes, wondering if the sound was, as Brother Seven said, the sound of the past left by the famous mountain, the echo from history. They were even thinking about which dynasty the era they were talking about came from, and how many years ago their feelings came from. After hearing this, I realized that—— The two of them are not in history. Right now! This voice does not come from the past.
That's it! The two turned their heads again and looked around, but they still only saw thick fog. And that voice was already laughing: "Haha, Daoist Fellow Qingsong, do you think these two are here to look for immortals or to enjoy the scenery?" The owner of the voice seemed to be on the top of the mountain with them, but also seemed to be very far away. He seemed to be certain that Lin Jue and the others could not find them, so he talked calmly. "Why bother? The mountains, rivers, moon, and clouds have no owner. Let's leave and stop blocking people from visiting the gods and enjoying the scenery." "It's a pity that the game of chess has not yet been completed, and the immortal fruit that I picked and planted with my own hands has not yet been eaten." "Why do you feel so regretful, my friend? There is still a lot of time, and we can play chess again next year. As for this immortal fruit, haha, what's the use of you and me eating more? It's better to leave it to the young people who are destined to have it, haha." "Oh! That makes sense!" "Hahaha……" The two of them smiled and seemed to have left. Lin Jue looked around hurriedly, and just when he was debating whether to say that they had no intention of disturbing their leisurely game of chess and asked them to continue having fun, or even prepared to say that they could leave, the thick fog covering the top of the mountain was easily blown away by the wind in the sky. This dangerous mountain known as the "Heavenly Metropolis" reveals its true top and the magnificent sunset scenery of the mountains in the distance. The two men then discovered that just three steps away from them, there was a stone table with a chessboard carved on it. On it were two empty stone chess baskets with two fruits left on them. There were a few fruit cores on the ground, which were blown off the cliff by the mountain wind and bounced to an unknown destination. The blue sky above your head is so vast, and the green mountains are endless at your feet. "This……" The junior sister was at a loss and could only look at her senior brother. Lin Jue also stood there in a daze. All the thoughts in my mind before were overturned. After a long time, the little sister asked him stupidly: "Brother, is this a god?" "right……" "Are there really gods on the mountain?" "yes……" "But why did the gods give us two immortal fruits?" "Because he is a deity..." Lin Jue recalled the tone of the two immortals before, and felt as if they were not leaving the two immortal fruits for the young man who met them by chance, but for his young self back then. The feeling in his heart at this moment was hard to describe. It was like walking into the fairy tales he had heard the most. It was a chance encounter, a wonderful fate, and a gift without expecting anything in return. He didn't even want to describe them with the names of real people, mighty beings, or gods. He just wanted to say that they were real fairies. If this isn’t a god, what else can you call it?
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