Chapter 42 Chapter Five Receives the Messenger

The three looked around.I saw that this room is not big. There is a door on the east side that communicates with the rear courtyard, and a plaque hangs high on the north side of the room.On the plaque, there are three large characters written horizontally - Juxiantang. The handwriting is chic and elegant. Looking from a distance, it really feels extraordinary and refined.There is a blue stone platform under the plaque, and on the stone platform is a blue stone statue. The stone statue lowers its eyebrows and eyes, and stands with hands together, with a respectful expression. Da Kui looked at it for a moment and said with a smile: "It seems that this stone statue is welcoming us."

Fourth Aunt Li glared at Da Kui, and said, "Where are we going to take us? West Paradise? You've had enough, mother hasn't." Da Kui stuck out his tongue. Lian Xing said: "This stone statue should be the envoy of Juxiantang." Fourth Aunt Li said: "Receive the messenger? Is there really a Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss?" Lian Xing said with a smile: "Cultivators of Taoism have different ideas from ours, so naturally they all focus on becoming immortals in the end." Fourth Aunt Li said bitterly: "Hehe, I hope that the immortal will become a fairy soon." The immortal that Fourth Aunt Li said is naturally the old ancestor who moved the mountain, Li Kaishan.Ever since the last time the Mountain-moving faction conspired to get rid of Lian Xing, Fourth Aunt Li scolded the Mountain-moving faction from the ancestor Li Kaishan to the disciples and grandchildren of the Mountain-moving faction.Lian Xing was brought up by Aunt Li, and his feelings for Lian Xing are no different from Da Kui's.In Fourth Aunt Li's heart, these two are her darlings.Now that someone actually wants to get rid of Lian Xing, isn't it just to goug out Fourth Aunt Li's heart?How can Fourth Aunt Li not be furious?

Da Kui and Lian Xing looked at each other and smiled. Lian Xing slowly walked up to the stone statue and touched it. Through a layer of gloves, he still felt as smooth as jade.Lian Xing's heart was moved, and he thought: Is this bluestone statue not made of bluestone, but jade?Looking intently, under the light of the fire, there is indeed a faint layer of halo flowing on the bluestone statue. Lian Xing is so strange, if the stone statue is really made of jade, it must be priceless!But why is this jade statue placed in Juxian Hall to welcome guests?Isn't this violent?I can't figure it out.

Lian Xing called Da Kui and Fourth Aunt Li to the jade statue, and expressed his doubts one by one. Da Kui wondered, "Is this really made of jade? Isn't it the same as the statue of Empress Dowager Xiao in the tomb of the Khitan God?" Lian Xing shook his head and said, "The jade statue of Empress Dowager Xiao of Khitan turned into jade is different from this jade statue. This jade statue is a natural piece of precious jade, which was carved and polished by a jade craftsman." Da Kui said: "Could it be that there is some secret hidden in this jade statue?"

Lian Xing said slowly: "It's very possible, it's just that we haven't figured it out for a while." The three of them walked around in front of the jade statue several times, but nothing unusual was seen.The three of them discussed it, and felt that the coffin mouse was watching outside, and it was sitting here waiting to die. It is not known whether it is better to go to the place where the soul is hidden, and maybe find a way out.So he walked back slowly. The apse is even more majestic, with the three characters "Tai Chi Hall" written on the plaque in the hall.

Fourth Aunt Li nodded and said, "It seems that this is indeed a Taoist temple." Lian Xing said: "There must be an underground palace under this Taoist temple, where the remains of the master of the Taoist temple are buried." The three of them passed through the Taiji Hall, followed by the Ling Palace, Jade Emperor Hall, Qizhen Hall, Qiuzu Hall, Siyu Hall, Jietai and Yunji Mountain House, and finally came to the Sanqing Hall.Sanqing Temple enshrines the Taoist Sanqing—Yuanshi Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun and Daode Tianzun.Sitting in the center of the statues of Sanqing, they all have solemn faces, with slightly curved eyebrows and slightly raised mouth corners, as if there is a ray of smile.

Fourth Aunt Li looked at the statue in the middle, curled her lips and said, "Da Kui, do you think the statue in the middle looks like your ancestor?" Da Kui looked intently, and it turned out that he really did look alike. Fourth Aunt Li smiled and said: "One day your ancestor has been a hundred years old, and you will also bring him here, and compete with this statue, and see if your ancestor can survive thousands of years." Da Kui couldn't help but giggle smile. There was another door behind the Hall of Sanqing, and the three of them opened it and walked in.Behind the small gate is a small hall. There are no plaques or foreheads in the hall, and the furnishings are very simple.There is a picture painted on the facing wall, which is almost as tall as a real person.In the painting, a man with a fluttering white beard has a chic and elegant demeanor, and his clothes are fluttering, as if he is about to run away against the wind.There is an altar under the mural, and in the middle of the altar is a tablet with the word "heaven and earth" written on it.Other than that, nothing else.

Da Kui frowned and said, "It's so strange here." Lian Xing asked, "What's so strange?" Da Kui said: "Didn't you see it? There is only one memorial tablet here. Where is the god's mansion enshrined in this room?" Lian Xing said in a deep voice, "Perhaps he is the one enshrined here." Da Kui was even more surprised: "Since only himself is enshrined here, what about others? Where did they go?" Lian Xing looked around and said slowly, "Maybe this is where the Taoist hides his soul." Both Da Kui and Fourth Aunt Li were taken aback, and they said in unison: "You mean the Taoist here has already become an immortal?"

Lian Xing nodded and said, "Yes, this person must have become a fairy and passed away." Fourth Aunt Li and Da Kui looked at each other, looked at the man on the mural who was floating like a fairy, and thought: Is there really such a thing as a fairy in this world? This hall is not very big.After staying for a long time, the three of them only felt a sense of uneasiness rising from the bottom of their hearts, as if a mysterious aura was coming from all directions. Da Kui whispered to Lian Xing: "Lian Xing, do you think the atmosphere here is a bit weird?" Lian Xing felt a little uneasy, the three of them looked at each other and decided to leave the hall.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the footsteps left the room, the door of the temple was closed with a "bang", and it was tightly closed. Da Kui tremblingly said: "What kind of place hides the soul, this house is a haunted house." Lian Xing stared at the door of the main hall, as if he could still feel the eyes of the man in the mural painting looking at the three of them coldly through the wall. Lian Xing led the two of them back slowly, until they exited the three main halls, and the chill gradually disappeared.The three of them walked back to the front hall slowly, the messenger still lowered his brows and lowered his eyes, showing a respectful attitude.

Hearing the squeaking and screaming of the coffin rats outside the palace gate, Da Kui felt tense in his heart.After a while, I couldn't bear it anymore, and cursed: "What fairy cave, it's just a ghost cave." After cursing for a while, it seemed that the anxiety in my heart was relieved. Lian Xing still stared at the jade portrait of the envoy, his eyebrows slowly knit together. Da Kui frowned, and said harshly: "Lian Xing, you have to think quickly, if you slow down, this ghost cave will really become a place for us to bury our souls." Fourth Aunt Li shouted: "Da Kui, don't disturb Lian Xing's thoughts." Hearing that Aunt Li spoke so harshly, Da Kui dared not speak again. Lian Xing got down and looked carefully at the base of the stone platform that received the messenger, and saw that the base of the stone platform and the ground were a whole, closely connected.The jade figure receiving the envoy is fixed on the bluestone base, perhaps the entrance to the underground palace is under the base of the jade figure. With both arms, Lian Xing hugged the jade figure and turned to the left vigorously, but the jade figure did not move at all; when he turned to the right again, it remained motionless.The jade statue seems to be stuck firmly with an extremely strong adhesive. Is there really no other way? Lian Xing was staring at the jade portrait, and when he was depressed, an extremely absurd idea suddenly popped up in his heart.This thought disappeared in a flash, but Lian Xing's heart was suddenly brightened by the flickering little lights. Lian Xing turned to Da Kui and said, "Give me your iron rod." Da Kuiqi asked, "What do you need iron rods for?" Lian Xing said in a deep voice, "I'll know in a while." Da Kui pulled out the iron rod from behind and handed it to Lian Xing. Lian Xing held the iron rod in his hand, and without thinking, he threw his backhand at the jade statue that was leading the messenger! Da Kui was shocked, stepped forward and hugged Lian Xing's arm, and said in shock, "What are you doing?" Lian Xing said quietly: "I want to smash it." Da Kui pointed to the jade statue that received the envoy, and said, "Do you know how much this stone statue is worth?" Lian Xing nodded and said, "I know. If this jade statue is moved outside, it will be priceless." Da Kuiqi said: "Then you still want to smash it?" Lian Xing slowly pushed Da Kui away and said, "Let me ask you, is your life worth more or jade statues?" Da Que mumbled, "Of course my life is worth a fortune." Lian Xing said in a deep voice: "If you don't smash this jade statue, you may be trapped here alive. If you smash this jade statue, there may be a glimmer of life." Da Kui rubbed his head and said, "Whether we can get out or not has something to do with this?" Lian Xing nodded: "It has a lot to do with it." Da Kui had no choice but to frown: "That's not to say, let's smash it!" Although he agreed in his mouth, he still had a distressed look on his face. Lian Xing smiled slightly, waved the iron rod in his hand, and pointed it at the jade statue.Just hearing a "crash", the jade statues were immediately shattered and scattered all over the ground, and a dark hole suddenly appeared in the middle.It turned out that the jade statue was hollow. Da Kui and Fourth Aunt Li's mother and son were surprised and delighted, Da Kui said: "Lian Xing, how did you know that the inside of this jade statue is empty?" Lian Xing smiled slightly, handed the iron rod back to Da Kui, and said, "You don't understand even if I tell you." Da Kui feigned anger and said, "Are you going to tell me?" Lian Xing smiled and said nothing, turned to Aunt Li and said, "Aunt Li, there is a cave here, which seems to lead to the underground palace. Let's go down and have a look, maybe we can find a passage leading to the outside world from the underground palace." Aunt Si nodded. Lian Xing then walked to the cave, only to see that the entrance of the cave was only a foot and a half square, barely enough for one person to go down.The cave was pitch black, and a corrupt atmosphere gushed out of the cave. Lian Xing shook his hand and threw the fire in his hand down.The fire flickered in the hole, and then went out.But within a short while, Lian Xing had already seen the situation at the bottom of the cave clearly. After standing at the entrance of the cave for about half an hour, guessing that the foul smell in the cave had dissipated, Lian Xing walked to the entrance of the cave, jumped into the underground palace. Fourth Aunt Li and Da Kui stood at the entrance of the cave, anxiously waiting for news from Lian Xing.Unexpectedly, after Lian Xing jumped down, there was no sound at all. Da Kui and Fourth Aunt Li looked at each other, feeling uneasy, not knowing what was going on below.At this moment, there was a commotion at the gate of the outer hall, and the sound of banging on the gate of the hall came.It seemed that the coffin rats were frightened, trying desperately to get in the door. Fourth Aunt Li's mother and son were horrified, they didn't understand what happened outside, they only heard the banging on the hall door getting louder and louder, like raindrops.In just a few moments, the door of the temple will be smashed by the coffin rat. Da Kui said anxiously: "Mother, let's go down quickly. If we are too late, we will become the belly of the coffin rat." Fourth Aunt Li nodded, walked to the entrance of the cave, and jumped down as well. Just as Da Kui was about to jump into the cave, he suddenly had an idea, went under the plaque, jumped up, and took down the plaque that said "Juxiantang".While jumping down, he put down the plaque in his hand. The plaque landed firmly on the entrance of the cave, covering the cave tightly.This time, even if the coffin rat entered the outer hall, it would not follow the hole down. Da Kui's body fell rapidly into the hole.In a moment, it has already fallen to the bottom of the cave.Only Aunt Li's voice sounded in my ears: "Da Kui, be careful." Da Kui felt at ease, knowing that his mother was safe and sound, a big stone in his heart fell to the ground. Da Kui quickly lit the fire.Under the light of the fire, I saw Fourth Aunt Li standing a few feet in front of her, looking at her with an extremely nervous expression on her face. Da Kui asked curiously, "What's the matter, mother?" He stepped up to Aunt Li. Fourth Aunt Li whispered: "Look, what is that?" She stretched out her hand and pointed to the distance. Da Kui held the Huo Zhe up high, and looked into the distance with the light of the Huo Zhe.I saw a corpse floating leisurely in the mid-air in the distance.What's even weirder is that the body of the corpse was shining with silver light, and even the two holes on the skull of the corpse were shining with a layer of shining light.Looking from a distance, it is indescribably weird. Da Kui's heart trembled, and he asked in a low voice: "Mother, what do you think this corpse is?" Fourth Aunt Li shook her head.Although she has followed Li Biao for many years and has been to dozens of graves, large and small, this is the first time she has seen such a strange corpse. Da Kui said in a low voice: "Mother, have you seen Lian Xing?" Fourth Aunt Li shook her head. Lian Xing seemed to have disappeared suddenly. Where did he go?Da Kui's mother and son were secretly worried about him. Da Kui looked around and saw that the two of them were already in a cave, which seemed to be under the Taoist temple.Da Kui was secretly amazed, he didn't expect those Taoist priests who practiced immortality to build this cave into a place for them to hide their souls a hundred years later, the underground palace of the underworld.The cold air in the cave was very strong, and the gleaming silver corpse was floating back and forth in the mid-air of the distant stone wall. Da Kui said in a low voice: "Mother, it's a blessing or a curse, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided. You follow me, we want to see what's going on with that zombie." Fourth Aunt Li said in a low voice: "Okay, if we both work together, we don't believe we can't defeat a zombie." Da Kui took out his iron rod, put all his attention on his guard, and walked towards the gleaming silver corpse step by step.Fourth Aunt Li followed closely behind.The hearts of the mother and son were pounding, and neither of them knew what would happen next. Resisting the fear in their hearts, the mother and son slowly walked under the corpse and looked up, only to see that the corpse was hung on a stalactite on the top of the cave. From a distance, it seemed to be floating in mid-air generally.The body of the corpse seemed to be covered with a layer of silver powder, and the closer it was, the more silvery it was.Other than that, there is nothing special about it. Da Kui and Fourth Aunt Li felt relieved, and just about to speak, they suddenly heard the sound of very light footsteps in the darkness not far away.The hearts of the two who had just let go raised again. How could there be footsteps in this underground palace? Are these footsteps people or ghosts?If it is a ghost, how can it make footsteps?Could it be Lian Xing? The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and the hearts of Da Kui and Aunt Li were beating with the footsteps. Da Kui clenched the iron rod in his hand, ready to step forward to meet the enemy at any time.This iron rod was finally obtained by Da Kui from Li Kaishan, the old ancestor who moved the mountain, after exhausting countless words.It is said that when this iron rod was made, half a catty of black iron was added to it, so it is extremely rigid, and even precious knives and sharp swords cannot hurt it.The ancestor of Qianshan has always been fond of it, but was pushed away by Da Kui.After Da Kui got it, he also loved the treasure and never left it. Hearing the sound of footsteps approaching slowly, Da Kui's heart moved, and he blew out the fire in his hand with a "poof". It was pitch black all around, and the footsteps suddenly stopped!