Liaozhai: A Poor Monk Transcends to Immortal

Chapter 125 Bamboo Forest and Taoyuan (Subscribe)
Sunshine!
There was no bright sun in Taoyuan Village, but it was still possible to see tomorrow as usual. A flash of doubt flashed in Pudu's eyes.It seems like a small world, maybe a boundary space, but how was this thing created?

"To be honest with the donor, the young monk saw someone just now. How did he get out?"

"Haha, this old man doesn't know. Maybe the young master can go to the bamboo forest and peach forest and ask. There are two immortals living there who know more than ordinary people like us." The old man said with a smile.

Then he pointed to the vacant houses next to him: "These houses are vacant. The young master can stay here overnight."

"Thank you, old benefactor."

Pudu glanced at the surrounding eyes looking at him, with curiosity and pity in their eyes. If they could go out, how could they stay here for thousands of years.This is a comfortable nest, but it is also a prison. As long as you come in, you may never get out again.

Of course, one more thing is that they have been here for 5000 years. If they go out, without the protection of Taoyuan Village's longevity power, they may turn into bones in an instant. Although it is only a guess, who can survive? Are you willing to take risks?

Moreover, countless long years have passed, and they have become numb and accustomed to living here.

Pudu was greeted by smiling faces, which looked very strange.As the saying goes, the second child is a thief if he doesn't die. These people have lived for 5000 years. Even ordinary people, in these long years, are unimaginable.

Pudu withdrew his gaze and thanked the old man, then turned and walked back the way he came.Hearing what the old man said, it seemed that there was a monk living in the bamboo forest and the peach forest. I didn't know whether it was a human race or a demon race, so he left the village with doubts.

At the entrance of the village, several children were still playing carefree, but when they thought that these children had also lived for five thousand years, they shuddered.

This place seems a little weird.

It's okay to be immortal for 5000 years, but it's a bit scary that time has failed to leave any traces on them.

He smiled and said hello to several children, and walked towards the bamboo forest where he came from.

The wind blew through the bamboo forest, and there was a rustling sound. It was the sound of bamboo leaves flapping, which sounded a bit like Zen.

After entering the bamboo forest, the sound of the piano still floated gracefully in the bamboo forest, and Pudu took small steps towards the bamboo house where the sound of the piano came from.After a few breaths, he came closer, walked around the bamboo house, and saw a figure in white clothes, Sheng Xue, sitting with his back to him, and the melodious sound of the piano came from under his hands.

There is no emotion in the sound of the piano, and all that can be heard is numbness. Bamboo leaves fell all over the ground, but they were not within three feet of the person playing the piano.

Pudu didn't bother him, just stood aside quietly. After a long time, the bright sky gradually became dark. At the last moment when the light disappeared, the man finally stopped playing the piano.

He put away his guqin, stood up and walked towards the house, as if he had turned a blind eye to Pudu.

Seeing this, Pudu frowned and said, "Little monk Pudu has met the senior."

He can be called a senior by Pudu. The cultivation level of this man in white is naturally extraordinary. At least based on his state, it is impossible to tell that his cultivation level is just like a mortal.

Think about it, in 5000 years, even a pig should have achieved something.

The man in white still turned a deaf ear to Pudu's voice and actually closed the bamboo door.

Pudu couldn't help but shook his head when he saw this.

The sky was dark, so Pudu had no choice but to go down the mountain leisurely.

However, this short period of time is very difficult to walk.As the sky darkened, the light between the sky and the earth suddenly lost its light. It was extremely dark, and even his five senses weakened a bit along with the sky.

In the silent darkness, only his footsteps could be heard clearly.

"Tap Tap!"

When Pudu was approaching the village, he felt a gaze behind him, and the feeling like a light on his back made his hair stand on end. Fortunately, this feeling disappeared soon after it appeared.Pudu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, hurriedly entered the village, looked for the house pointed by the old man today, opened the door and walked in.

After entering the house, the fear in my heart gradually disappeared.

"Amitabha."

After reciting the Buddha's name, my heart gradually calmed down.

However, the night here seemed very long. Pudu opened his eyes several times and saw that it was still dim. Although there was no time to count, the time that had passed was enough to exceed several dark nights.

Finally, after an unknown amount of time, the sky finally turned white, and the busy sounds of villagers could be heard outside the door. Pudu breathed a sigh of relief, opened the door and walked out.

"Have you rested, little master?"

"Good morning, young master."

Everyone was smiling and greeted warmly, and Pudu responded with a smile.

The sky has cleared up, but I still haven't seen the so-called shining sun. What kind of place is this?
And what was it that was watching him in the darkness yesterday?
Taoyuan Village, Taoyuan Village,
Haha, although it looks very peaceful, I'm afraid it hides secrets that are difficult to pry into.

Having learned from the past, Pudu did not choose to go to the bamboo forest this time. Instead, he walked towards the peach forest downstream of the village.Before arriving at the peach grove, I could smell the fragrance of peach blossoms. The fragrance was so tantalizing that it was intoxicating.

Unlike several bamboo houses in the bamboo forest, there is only one wooden house in the peach forest, hidden in the peach forest.

Peach Blossom Temple in Taohuawu, Peach Blossom Fairy under Taohua Temple;
Peach Blossom Immortal planted peach trees, picked peach blossoms and sold them for wine.

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Looking at the scenery in front of him, Pudu couldn't help but think of Tang Yin's peach blossom song. It was such a beautiful peach blossom scene.

Stepping into the peach blossom forest, I felt a burst of discomfort within a few breaths. The peach forest looked very ordinary from the outside, but after actually entering, I felt a different feeling. I felt chills all over my body, my consciousness trembled, and my heart was shrouded in fear. A palpitation of the heart.

Danger!

This peach forest is by no means as simple as he saw.

But he still walked towards Taolin bravely.

After walking through the peach forest, I suddenly realized that I was living in seclusion. I saw a large pond in front of the wooden house. Flower petals were scattered in the pond, and the fish in it jumped out of the water to devour the petals. It looked very pleasant.

An old man in black robes was sitting at a stone table not far from the wooden house, holding a fishing rod and seemed to be fishing.

After a few breaths, the fishing rod was raised, and with a loud laugh, a big fish weighing more than ten kilograms was lifted up. The big fish was very active and kept beating in the old man's hands, but could not escape his grasp.However, after taking off the hook, he put it back into the pool.

"My little friend, since you're here, why don't you show up and see me?"

Pudu smiled and walked out after hearing this.

"Little monk Pudu has met the senior."

The man turned around and saw the same middle-aged man. Although he was wearing a black robe, he had a very comfortable Confucian air.

While he was looking at the middle-aged man, the man was also looking at him. After seeing that he was a monk, he seemed to be out of curiosity. A flash of surprise flashed across his face, and then he showed a sense of déjà vu like that of a villager. ,mercy!

"Oh, it seems that the young master also entered this place by mistake. It's a pity." Pudu shook his head secretly. Maybe someone had entered by mistake before, but he asked for it. Fortunately, Bai Su and Shi Tian were not let in. Come in together.

"Senior, what's the pity for?"

"Although this place is the secret realm of immortality, it is also a prison. You can only enter but not get out. It is easy for the young master to enter, but it will be difficult to get out."

This man's words were the same as those of the old man in the village, but when he thought of the man he met before, he felt a little calmer in his heart. Nothing in this world is absolute, and the fear of not being able to get out is also a relative term.

"I wonder how many years have passed since Senior came here?"

"Haha, I have been here for 5000 years."

Did you come with the villagers in 5000 years?
"Senior, who created this Peach Garden of Immortality?"

This is something he has always wanted to know. He has also asked the old men in the village, but no one can answer his questions. Maybe he can learn something from this old man.

"Looking at the little master's attire, I guess he's not from me, Da Zhou."

"The little monk came from 5000 years after the Great Zhou Dynasty."

After 5000 years?

A look of thought flashed across the face of the man in black robe, and then a smile appeared again.

"It was originally a descendant of 5000 years ago. This place of immortality was originally created by the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Unfortunately, with the fall of the dynasty, this place also became an ownerless land."

Great Zhou royal family?

It seems that 5000 years ago it was so brilliant that even the Land of Immortality could be created.

However, the man in black seemed to be hiding something, and his words were very general. He only pointed out that it was created by the Zhou royal family, but did not mention anything else.

If it was created by the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, what happened to these two monks?
Or the people of this village, what's going on?
It’s impossible to find this place just to avoid the war, Pudu thought to himself.

Then he started chatting with the man in black in front of him. His words contained some inquisitive meaning, but they were ignored by his carelessness. The more so, the more he was alerted.

One day passed quietly, and the sky gradually turned dark. Pudu stood up and said goodbye to the man in black.

"Senior, it's getting late, so I'll leave first."

"My little friend, why don't you stay here overnight and have a long talk with the old man all night, telling what happened in the past 5000 years, and what's going on outside now, the old man is very curious." The old man laughed.

Pudu shook his head: "Senior, there is only one wooden house here, so I don't want to disturb you. It's not far from the village. It's okay for the young monk to come back tomorrow and talk to senior."

"Okay, little friend, walk slowly."

Watching Pudu walk out of the peach forest, the smile on the face of the man in black gradually faded away, and he stood there expressionless for a long time. When the sky was about to completely darken, he immediately walked into the wooden house.

By the way, after Pudu walked out of the peach forest, his pace became much faster. After returning to the village, he went straight back to the house.

It wasn't until he returned to the house that a look of fear and palpitations appeared on his face.

One black, one white.

But they are two completely different personalities. The one in Zhulin is indifferent to him and seems not to want to interact with him.But Taolin's words were too enthusiastic, which gave him the impression that he was very kind.

However, there is nothing to be courteous about, either adultery or robbery.

Coupled with the palpitations he felt when he first entered the peach forest, he always felt that this peach forest was not a good place, and it seemed that he would not be able to go to this peach forest in the future.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but have a headache. I couldn't get any useful information in the village, and the Taolin was a dangerous place. It seemed that the only way out was in the bamboo forest, but the man in the white robe in the bamboo forest seemed indifferent to him. generally.

Ugh!
If I had known this, I would not have dared to come in this strange place. In the end, curiosity killed the cat.

The night is as long as ever,
Early the next morning, Pudu left the village and headed straight for the bamboo forest.

After entering the bamboo forest, he didn't hear the sound of the piano, but Pudu didn't pay attention. He walked to the bamboo house and knocked on the door. Unfortunately, no one answered after a long time.

I saw a middle-aged man in white clothes inside the house leaning over to paint. In the painting, there was a bamboo forest, a lively and peaceful village, and a peach forest. However, compared to the vividness of the bamboo forest and the village, there was accumulation of peach trees in the sky above the peach forest. There was a dark cloud, and the entire peach forest looked dim under the dark clouds.

There was a knock on the door three times and then disappeared. Pudu was seen quietly sitting on the stone table, lost in thought. As for standing in front of the door to show respect, he was not so pedantic. It was just an attitude.

The man in white in the bamboo house finished painting, then put down his pen, glanced at Pudu sitting at the stone table inadvertently, picked up the ancient book beside him and read it on his own.

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It has been ten days since Pudu came to this Peach Blossom Land, and Pudu's impetuous heart gradually calmed down. Except for one trip to the Peach Blossom Garden on the second day, he has never been there again.

The next morning, Pudu came to the bamboo forest as usual. The man in white who had not been seen for many days unexpectedly appeared next to the stone table. On the stone table was a purple pot, which was steaming.When Pudu saw this, a smile appeared on his lips and he hurriedly stepped forward.

"The little monk has met the senior."

The middle-aged man finally raised his head and looked at Pudu. After a long time, he nodded and pointed to the stone pier aside: "Sit down."

After Pudu sat down, the man in white poured him a cup of tea. The tea turned green and a fragrant aroma hit his face.

It smells so good!

Pudu was slightly startled when he saw the man in white holding up the tea cup. He hesitated for a moment and then lifted it up as well.

When the tea enters the mouth, there is a sudden feeling of bitterness. There is no so-called sweetness. When a cup of tea enters the stomach, the mouth is full of bitterness.

However, this feeling has its own flavor.

What puzzled him was that except for pouring him a cup of tea, the man never spoke to him again. After drinking all the tea, they sat looking at each other for a day. When the sky gradually darkened, Pudu stood up and left.

Pudu sighed secretly, but it was still considered progress.

Day after day, finally a month after he came in, he was able to enter the old man's bamboo house. The bamboo house was very simple, with a piano, a table with pens, inks, paper and inkstones, and lifelike paintings on the walls.

After looking at it for a long time, Pudu finally stopped in front of a painting, which was exactly the Peach Garden painting he had done before.

Pudu looked at the dark clouds floating above Taolin and couldn't help but fell into silence.

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(End of this chapter)