Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 538 Mirror Lake
Tianmu Mountain is not in the mortal world.

Like Tiangong, it belongs to a small world, but the entrance to this small world is located in the mortal world.

It is rumored that Tianmu Mountain is unattainable, blocking the sky, majestic beyond the five mountains, immortals hide in it, and auspicious beasts live in the mountains and forests. It can be compared with the legendary fairy homes such as Yingzhou, Fanghu, and Penglai.

There are many immortal places in the world, many of which are not very famous.

But in terms of names, the most famous one is Tiangong.

The reason why Tianmu Mountain is known to the world is only because of a poem written by Li Bai, a poet of the former dynasty, "Sleepwalking in Tianmu, Yin Liu Farewell".

Li Bai dreamed about Tianmu Mountain, and described the majesty and magnificence of this fairyland for future generations to sing.

Otherwise, how would mortals know the word Tianmu Mountain.

This is an unknown deep mountain and great river.

The environment is quiet, flowing water and waterfalls are too beautiful to behold.

However, the beautiful scenery here is unknown to outsiders, even the people living nearby don’t know the situation in this mountain. Perhaps an old hunter stepped here by chance, but because he didn’t have the chance to appreciate the beautiful scenery here, he soon died. Then he left in a hurry.

It happened to be the morning of the third day.

Before the morning mist dissipated, two Taoists came out of the mountain through the dense forest.

Although the mountain road was rugged and full of thorns, the two Taoists were free from dust and dew, and came to a huge rock without hindrance.

All the way up the rock, there is a step that seems to be formed naturally, and it goes straight up, and finally disappears behind a waterfall in the mountain.

"Junior Brother, here we are. This is the entrance of Tianmu Mountain in the mortal world." Teng Yunzi stopped, raised his head slightly and pointed at the waterfall, and said, "There is a stone gate behind the waterfall. Walking inside is Tianmu Mountain."

"It's really hard to find such a hidden place." Li Xiuyuan took a look.

There is indeed a thick stone gate behind the waterfall. This stone gate is concealed by magic and cannot be seen by ordinary people.

"Now that we're here, what are you waiting for, let's go in and have a look." Li Xiuyuan said as he walked up the steps.

But at this moment, his expression changed suddenly, and he felt a little feeling in his heart, and he looked back.

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"

There was a gust of wind blowing in the forest, but I saw a monk with white hair and beard, shaved ordained, sitting on his cassock, leading a young novice, flying towards here.

Soon, the old monk and the novice landed on the rock where Xiuyuan was standing before.

"The poor monk led his disciples all the way from Xiangguo Temple, and did not stop for a moment. He didn't want to meet two fellow-men on the way to Tianmu Mountain. The poor monk's dharma name is Shikong. Baiyun, I have met two Taoist priests." The old monk named Shikong laughed heartily.

Facing Li Xiuyuan and Teng Yunzi, he clasped his hands together and saluted.

The little novice named Baiyun next to him hurriedly followed his master's example and put his palms together and gave a salute.

"Poverty Teng Yunzi, this is my younger brother. It is a fate to meet an eminent monk on the road." Teng Yunzi returned a salute.

Shi Kong smiled and said: "It is indeed fate. I think there must be a reason for the Lord Buddha to guide the poor monk to come here."

"Eminent monk of Xiangguo Temple? I wonder if it is the Xiangguo Temple in the capital?" Li Xiuyuan asked curiously.

He knew that in the capital, there was a very famous temple named Xiangguo Temple.

Shi Kong clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, the poor monk is a monk from Xiangguo Temple. The Taoist priest doesn't seem to be a practitioner. He has a secular smell on his body, as well as a smell of a fox spirit. Did the Taoist priest meet a fox on the way here?" Fine?"

"It is true that I met a few fox spirits." Li Xiuyuan said.

The old monk didn't cast any spells, he just observed with his naked eyes and smelled with his nose.

"Amitabha, the Taoist priest is lucky to meet the fox spirit and still be safe and sound. This fox spirit has become a phenomenon. He has practiced Taoism for at least 600 years. I wonder if fellow Taoists have surrendered him?" Shi Kong asked.

"I've already dealt with the matter of the fox spirit, and Master Lao is worried." Li Xiuyuan bowed back.

Shi Kong smiled and nodded, and stopped asking about the fox spirit.

They met each other on the road for a few days, and they all went to Tianmu Mountain, so they went together.

Li Xiuyuan didn't pay much attention to Master Shikong, but felt that the little novice named Baiyun looked familiar, so he couldn't help but take a few more glances.

"Is the Taoist priest doing something?" the little novice Baiyun asked.

"It's nothing, I just think you look familiar, I don't know where I saw it." Li Xiuyuan said: "Little master came to Tianmu Mountain for some reason, can you tell me?"

Baiyun replied: "Master said that I have the roots of wisdom, and I will definitely become an eminent monk in the future. I want to come to Tianmu Mountain to ask for some treasures, so that they can be used to slay demons and demons in the future."

Seek treasure?

Li Xiuyuan's expression moved slightly: "Can Baoneng get it?"

"Naturally, Baiyun will take the treasures given by the immortals to destroy demons in the future. Immortals will also have merit." Master Shikong said with a smile.

It turned out to be the case.

Li Xiuyuan understood that this seemed to be a treasure hunt, but it was actually just a transaction.

Exchange the merits of subduing demons and eliminating demons for treasures.

Although immortals don't need merit, it's better to have merit than nothing. Immortals can do it more stably and for a long time with merit added to their bodies. As for magic weapons, they are useless to immortals.

Come down to the waterfall.

Pushing open the stone door in front of him, the scene in front of him immediately changed drastically.

A calm lake, like a mirror, appeared before the eyes. The lake surface reflected the color of the sky, blue and bright, and there was a towering mountain with a height of [-] zhang.

"Is that Tianmu Mountain?" Li Xiuyuan looked up.

Covered by layers of clouds and mists, the scene on the mountain could not be seen.

But this Tianzhu Mountain is like the Tianzhu in the myth, majestic and magnificent, with no end in sight, as if it is higher than the sky.

It is impossible to have such a scene in the mortal world. Only the cave, the fairy house, can have such expectations.

"A place more magnificent than the Heavenly Palace." Li Xiuyuan said with emotion.

Tiangong is a palace building, just like a palace, revealing majesty, but Tianmu Mountain is naturally majestic and majestic.

suddenly.

Li Xiuyuan heard the cry of the crane, but when he looked up, it seemed to be a phoenix flying across the sky with its long tail feathers. This is not a human bird, but an auspicious fairy beast.

Then he saw a hundred birds chirping, and he pulled a chariot made of clouds and flew to the cloud-shrouded Tianmu Mountain.

I also saw graceful and beautiful fairies, playing in the mountains, picking fairy fruits and flowers.

All kinds of scenes are extraordinary.

"Junior brother should go, let's go see the ancestor first." Teng Yunzi said.

"It should be so." Li Xiuyuan nodded.

The two flew into the sky, flew over the lake in front of them, and headed towards Tianmu Mountain.

Master Shikong also threw out his cassock, and flew forward with his apprentice Baiyun.

"What kind of lake is this? It's like a mirror. You can't see the bottom of the lake, but it can reflect people." Li Xiuyuan looked down at the lake and said.

Master Shi Kong said: "This is the mirror lake, which can reflect the sins of mortals. If mortals with deep sins stray into this place, they will fall into the lake and sink into it."

(End of this chapter)