Chapter 98: Fortune is sought in danger, but also lost in danger (asking for monthly votes) It is almost late autumn and the coolness in the mountains is becoming more and more obvious. Many people on Mingzhao Mountain were going down the mountain. "Mr. Shao, let's say goodbye now." "Just say goodbye!" Lin Jue and his junior sister both said goodbye to the sturdy man in hemp clothes. "Goodbye Jianghu!" The sturdy man in linen clothes also bowed. "See you in the rivers and lakes." Lin Jue said sincerely, then turned around and saluted to his second uncle on the other side, "Uncle, we will go back first." "Go ahead." Second Uncle waved his hand casually, "We can finally meet again. Don't slack off in your training. I'll test you again when the time comes." "it is good."
Lin Jue knew what he was talking about. Without thinking too much, turn around and go down the mountain. Suddenly I felt someone watching me from behind. Lin Jue turned around to check, but it was not his second uncle and the sturdy man in hemp clothes, nor were they the Taoist friends from Mount Qiyun, but a group of unfamiliar Taoists standing on a high place looking at them. "Who are those people? Are they your friends, Third Brother?" "Who?" The third brother turned around and took a closer look. "Oh, no, it's the Taoist priest on Jade Mountain outside the capital." "Is he also an old friend of ours?" “I guess so.” The third brother grinned, “I forgot to tell you that although we at Fuqiu Temple have a wide network of contacts, not all of them are related.” "Hmm? Are there any grudges?" "These Taoist priests on Yushan Mountain are the ones. I don't know which senior who left made a grudge against them, and even the Taoists from the entire Yishan Mountain don't like the Taoist priests from Yushan Mountain." The third senior brother said with a smile, "Last year, there was a fighting platform during the grand ceremony at Qiyun Mountain, and we even went up there to fight." "Is there such a thing?" "That's normal! Taoists are all about being casual. We have so many seniors in Fuqiu Temple who have left. How many enemies must Second Uncle have made if he is still so annoying even when he is old?" Third Brother couldn't help but shook his head and said, "I dare not say I left Fuqiu Temple when I leave the mountain in the future." "..." Lin Jue glanced at him and said, "It's better not to say it." "Really? Eh? What do you mean?" "No……" "Stop looking! We are all upright Taoists. Our grudge is legitimate. We should spar with each other, fight with each other, or quarrel with each other. They will not intercept us halfway!"
The third brother laughed and walked down the mountain. Lin Jue had no choice but to follow him, looking back frequently. The foot of the mountain is more lively than the top. After all, most people live at the foot of the mountain, and many dignitaries come here. Where there are people, there are business opportunities, so every household in the village has become a temporary thatched house, and vendors simply set up stalls on the roadside, selling all kinds of things. It's like a different kind of temple fair. Lin Jue bought a pair of bamboo baskets. After walking a distance, he chose a deserted place, summoned his paper donkey, put the bamboo baskets on it, put all the things in the bamboo baskets, and carried an empty bookcase on his back. Suddenly his steps became much lighter. They ate the hot steamed buns bought from the market, and talked and laughed as they walked, talking about the gains from the grand ceremony, such as the medicinal herbs and spiritual plants exchanged by the third senior brother, and the magic spells the two of them obtained with their sincerity. Before they knew it, there were dozens of miles of farmland and green mountains under their feet. Just as Third Senior Brother said, we had a smooth journey and arrived at the dock. The boatmen here are more corrupt than those at Niaoshu Mountain. The return trip is obviously downstream, but the price is even higher, and Brother Donkey asked for an even higher price. Fortunately, Lin Jue put away the paper donkey in advance. It was also a covered boat, about the same size as the one they had brought here, but there were only three of them on it. Of course, there is also a fox and a donkey. The boat goes with the current and rides the wind down. "Junior brother, you really love this book of yours. If it were me, I would have thrown it away long ago." "This is a gift from someone else." "Could it be a childhood sweetheart in the village?" “He is an elder from the neighboring village.” "So that's it..." The third brother nodded and lay in the cabin, seeming to approve of his behavior. Lin Jue was lying on the deck, enjoying the wind and looking to both sides. The river is rolling, with thousands of sails breaking through the waves. There are many boats standing nearby. On the bows of some of the boats, there are lazy people from the rivers and lakes, while on the bows of others, there are scholars standing with their hands behind their backs, as if they are about to recite a poem at any time. The sounds of music and dancing can be heard from the boats next to them, which also has some of the flavor of the rivers and lakes in the poems. The boatman looked like a Taoist who was interested in Taoism. He asked them with a smile while steering the sail, "Where are the three Taoist priests from?" "Yishan." The third senior brother replied. "Yishan?" The boatman was obviously puzzled. "Fuqiu Temple in Yishan." "Where is Yishan?" "A remote place is not worth mentioning." "Then it seems that the three of you must be famous masters who practice in seclusion? You must be very accomplished, right?" "Haha! You, a boatman, know a lot." "I often sail on the river, and I have heard a lot of things, from strange stories in the rivers and lakes to secrets in the court." The boatman said with a smile.
"That's interesting." The third brother said, "But we are not famous masters, nor do we have any Taoist skills. We are just ordinary Taoists who come to join in the fun." "I have been sailing for many years and have seen all kinds of people, but I can tell that the three Taoist priests must be masters!" "How do you see it?" "Just from what I heard from the three Taoist priests, I know they have good character! It is said that practicing Taoism is to cultivate one's body and mind, and those with good character must have high Taoism!" The boatman said with a smile, "Besides, if you have come all the way from Huizhou to Yuanzhou without some skills, how can you get so far?" "We are much more peaceful in Huizhou, and we have waterways all the way, which is easier to travel than by land." The third brother was very polite and waved his hand, "The boatman, please stop bragging. The sun is about to set. Let's find a place to moor the boat and cook." "okay!" The sky is dim, and the water is misty. Several boats were drifting in the still water not far away. A boatman stood at the bow casting a net. With a casual throw, a round circle fell into the water. Many boatmen often shouted loudly and chatted with each other, telling each other how many customers they had received and how business was going. Some were lucky and caught so many fish that they couldn't eat them all, while others were unlucky and didn't encounter any schools of fish, so they cast several nets and came up empty. They also shouted on the water, shared their catches with each other, and said thank you. Even though the fish in this water are not valuable, this action is still free and easy. Then smoke rose from the boats. The caught fish can be simply cooked with rice, with some ginger slices added to remove the fishy smell and enhance the flavor, and it’s dinner. The boatman served them. "There's nothing else on the boat. Rice will get damp if left in the cabin for too long. I'm not very good at cooking. If the taste is not right and there's a fishy smell, please bear with me." "Nothing." "Eat it while it's hot." "Thank you boatman." The three of them were not picky and just started eating with a smile. But Lin Jue frowned after taking the first bite. No! There's something wrong with this porridge! It does smell fishy, but it's more than that. There are some reactions to the method of taking the medicine. I raised my head and glanced in front of me. I saw the third senior brother holding the bottom of the bowl and drinking porridge close to the edge of the bowl, one mouthful after another with a very happy expression on his face. "Brother, look at what I am doing..." However, it was not until the first mouthful of porridge entered his stomach and changed the balance of yin and yang in his body after digestion that he realized something was wrong and frowned. So they both turned their heads at the same time and looked at the junior sister. Although the little sister did not help the little brother carry his books today, she still carried hay for a while. She was already hungry and was eating happily. But when she suddenly saw the two brothers staring at her, she was confused for a moment, and she stopped immediately for some reason. Seeing this, the little fox stopped. Lin Jue and his third senior brother touched the sword.
The junior sister's expression became serious and she also reached for the sword. "Boatman!" "Okay! What's the matter, Taoist priest?" The boatman said as he walked in, eating a bowl of fish porridge in his hand, "But the food is not satisfactory? The conditions on the boat are simple, and this is all we have..." But the third brother was smiling. "As the saying goes, wealth and honor are sought in danger, but they can also be lost in danger. One out of ten times you seek, nine out of ten times you lose." The third brother paused, still smiling, "What's more, the Taoist priest who came back from the grand ceremony, the boatman's wealth and honor are too risky to seek." "Hmm?" The boatman was stunned. "What do you mean, Taoist priest? Why don't I understand?" "The poison in this porridge is colorless and tasteless. Even my junior sister who practices Yin-Yang spiritual arts couldn't taste it. If I hadn't been a little bit advanced in Taoism and my junior brother had learned how to take it, I'm afraid he would have been poisoned. Even if ordinary Taoists who practice heaven and earth spiritual arts have a high level of Taoism and no other skills, they will fail in front of you, right?" "laugh!" Lin Jue has already drawn his iron sword. "What do you mean, Taoist priest? What kind of poison?" The boatman was frightened for a moment, his face was extremely panicked, "I have been sailing on the water for half my life, how could I poison someone?" "..." Lin Jue and his third senior brother looked at each other. Lin Jue then remembered that the boatman on his boat did not catch any fish just now, and the fish was taken from the covered boat next to them. At this time, the boatman also said: "Could it be...could it be that there is something wrong with the fish we just begged from the boat next to us?" The third brother still smiled: "What a great acting skill the boatman has! What a trick! Call out all the people on the boats next to you, otherwise the boatman will be alone and won't be able to leave today!" "Taoist Master, this is..." The boatman was still terrified and confused, and tried to explain with a clumsy tongue. His expression did not change while he was speaking, but he threw the bowl in his hand towards them, and the boiling hot porridge immediately scattered like stars. The boatman turned around and ran onto the deck. Lin Jue quickly waved his sleeves. "call!" Suddenly a strong wind blew up in the boat. The wind was so strong that it came out of nowhere and blew the fish porridge back. At the same time, the third brother exerted force on his feet, and rushed forward immediately. He drew out his long sword and chased after the boatman as if flying. It was a real "Jade Girl Shuttle". With the cultivation of the Taoist practice and the Taoist robe, plus the foundation of sword dance, the sword he used was probably more graceful than many martial arts masters. Just as the tip of the sword was about to reach the boatman's vest, the boatman turned around in an instant, and a dagger appeared in his hand. The moonlight shines coldly in the cabin at dusk. A bang! The long sword was actually split in half! When the third brother saw that the boatman had some martial arts skills, he didn't care whether the skills were good or not, and he no longer had the intention of fighting him in close combat. He stepped on the board and flew back. When he came back, his hand was already in his arms. But before he could release the bean soldiers, he heard a roar of fire from the left, and a pillar of fire like a dragon rushed forward. There were several more sounds of breaking through the air on the right.
The column of fire became more and more dispersed as it moved forward, and the heat waves were rolling. There was not much space on the boat, and the boatman who was about to chase the third brother had no time to jump into the water, so he could only hastily raise his sleeves to cover his face. "boom!" This fire is really hot! As the boatman was enduring the severe pain, he suddenly felt something was wrong. With years of experience, he instinctively dodged to the side. Then he saw an iron sword spinning and breaking through the flames, just cutting off the tip of his nose. But then I felt a pain in my body. "Pah! Pah!" One after the other, two sounds in a row, two feelings. When he looked down, he saw two darts. It was shaped like a clothing dart, but without a cloth strip. It was thrown from such a short distance, and I think it was flying in a circle. Covered by the light of the flame and the sound of the sword, one pierced his waist, and the other actually hit him as well, but it was hit by the tail of the dart. Fortunately, the dart wasn't very powerful and didn't penetrate very deeply. "What a plan!" The boatman pulled it out casually, looked up, and saw the young Taoist flicking his fingers, as if shooting a bean at him. What kind of hidden weapon is this? The boatman instinctively wanted to hide, but when he turned his head, his eyes still fixed on the bean. He saw that it quickly grew bigger as soon as it left his hand, as if it was growing against the wind. When it came in front of him, it had become a soldier. It really seems like a divine power. The soldier held a round shield in his left hand and a long sword in his right hand, and was raising the sword high to chop towards him diagonally. The boatman gasped and quickly picked up his knife. "when!" However, he did not know that the soldier was so strong that the two swords collided and knocked him to the side, causing him to hit the stern of the cabin hard. dong dong! The heavy footsteps made the boat shake. The boatman didn't even dare to blink, he aimed at the gap and stabbed with his knife, but he saw that the soldier didn't stop, he just raised his shield to block it, but the force of the shield hitting him was so great that he was knocked out of the cabin and hit against the side of the ship. "hiss!" The boatman felt a sharp pain in his waist, but he did not dare to stop and rolled along the edge of the boat. A bang! A steel knife hit the side of the ship! It was exactly where he was just now. The boatman just wanted to get up, but before he could exert any strength, he lay down again. "brush!" A steel knife slashed across, almost hitting his face.
The sharp wind from the knife made people feel cold. The boatman kicked with his legs, trying to push the soldier back, but unexpectedly he seemed to have kicked against a wall or a boulder. The other party didn't move at all! What a strong sense of oppression! The boatman clenched his teeth but did not release the strength from his legs. Instead, he continued to push himself forward, sliding outwards and rolling backwards, barely standing at the stern of the boat. The boat was shaking and the footsteps sounded like the sound of war drums. Just as he steadied himself, the soldier appeared in front of him again. "What kind of spell is this?" The boatman thought so and quickly picked up his knife. In the blink of an eye, several confrontations had already taken place. The boatman wanted to fight back, but the other party's tactics were more like military ones. He just raised his knife and chopped at him. The strength was not what a human could possess, and he didn't care whether he was injured or not. The good news is that I hit the soldier with my sword. The bad news is that the blow hit the armor. The worse news was that he was also slashed by this soldier. One knife went from the left shoulder to the right chest. It seems like I can’t survive… …… Not far from this covered boat, there was another covered boat parked, on which were a few idle people, all of whom were drawing their bows and shooting arrows. The movement on this boat was very short-lived, but it was discovered by the people on the other boat who were observing this side at all times. They were rowing closer and saw that the boatman was dead, so they shot several arrows at him immediately. The target was the soldier at the bow. Because the distance was not far, the arrow was shot very accurately and with great force, but the soldier didn't care at all. He just turned around and walked into the cabin silently. The boat's planks rattled under the footsteps. There were a few more trembling sounds—— Three arrows hit the armor and two hit the head, but the soldier didn't seem to be afraid of the pain at all. He just bent down and reached his hand into the cabin, seemed to catch something, then walked out and threw it far away. The people on the boat next door could only see that the soldier was shot by an arrow but was still able to move freely. They were a little surprised, but then they saw him making a throwing motion towards them. "what?" It was not very clear at dusk. Just when they were wondering, these things quickly grew larger in the air. As soon as they got closer, they turned into several soldiers and flew towards this side.
The martial artist with the bow had just put the second arrow on it, and the martial artist with the sword had just drawn his sword. Suddenly, they opened their eyes wide and saw several tall and strong soldiers wearing fine steel armor and with bright red paint on their faces falling from the sky. They held a shield in one hand and a sword in the other. In the air, they had already assumed a stance to swing their swords, turned their waists and twisted their bodies, and used the momentum of their swords to chop down. This blow can really split mountains and rocks. It was just a one-sided massacre. In the blink of an eye, the river became quiet again. Only the boat in the distance was unknown. The people on the boat were holding fishing lights and standing at the bow looking over here, but they could only see the still water of the river reflecting the sky, and two covered boats were slightly shaking, making waves and creaking sounds. (End of this chapter)
