Chapter 159: Familiar Road

After going down the mountain, walking further and further.

The fox is young after all, and the colorful civet is also a simple character. One fox and one cat soon forgot the sorrow of leaving home. The fox jumped nimbly in the mountain, and the colorful civet chased it with small steps on the ground.

Those four Daoist temples and two temples are far and near. The near ones were found by Master for them, and the far ones were found by the junior uncles scattered all over the world. However, the nearest one is more than three hundred miles away from Mount Yishan.

"Since the junior brother and junior sister haven't made a choice, I think we don't have to choose one place and part ways. Let's find them one by one from near to far, and there will be company and care on the road. After arriving at the Daoist temple, see who is suitable for whom, and who is willing to stay, and the rest will continue to go together, which can also be considered as sending each other off."

The second senior brother said to them:

"How about it?"

"Good!" The third senior brother nodded first, "You have the final say, anyway, you are the eldest senior brother now!"

"Don't be poor."

"Not poor, not poor, anyway, I agree. I don't choose, and I don't have a place to go in a hurry. I will follow you and send you to the last person," the third senior brother raised the wine gourd and drank, "Serve as a free protector for you for a while, this world is chaotic, I am afraid you can't walk."

"I agree too."

Lin Jue also nodded and said.

He and the third senior brother had similar ideas. Anyway, he didn't know where to go for the time being, and he was really reluctant to part with his senior brothers, so he walked for a while and sent them off more.

Otherwise, after such a parting, what year will it be when we meet again?

The other senior brothers had no opinion.

The junior sister was mostly silent.

"The nearest one is Yangxin Temple in Qiuru County," the second senior brother took a letter and said, "It is said that the Daoist in this Daoist temple helped the monster steal silver. After the god eliminated the monster, he was entrusted by the local city god to the county magistrate, and then arrested. Because Master had eliminated water monsters in Qiuru County before, the local county magistrate has been leaving this Daoist temple empty, waiting for Master's disciples to practice."

"Qiuru..."

Lin Jue turned to look at the junior sister.

The junior sister scratched her head: "I know how to go."

Qiuru County is the county where she is. The water monster that Master eliminated was the one that was eliminated when she was saved.

"The junior sister's secular family is in Qiuru County, right?" Several senior brothers also remembered.

"Right."

"Then does the junior sister want to stay in this Qiuru County? Even if you don't care about your family and fellow villagers, at least the language is the same, the habits are the same, and the Daoist temple in the city is more convenient. There are Master's past deeds, and the help of the county magistrate, I think everything will be convenient and smooth," the second senior brother asked, "It is also a good place to open a temple and accept apprentices."

"And it's close to Mount Yishan." The third senior brother also said.

"This..."

The junior sister's head was a bit dull these days, but she only thought about it for a while, and shook her head immediately:

"No!"

"Let's see and talk about it." The second senior brother looked at the content of the letter and frowned, "It says that the Daoist temple was struck by lightning, and those Daoists resisted arrest and smashed the doors and windows, and it was not repaired. It has been abandoned for two years now, I am afraid it is not that good."

"Repair the Daoist temple? It costs money..."

"It is estimated that it will cost some money."

"Careless?"

The third senior brother remembered that they refused the silver money given by the eldest senior brother when they went down the mountain, and he was happy.

The second senior brother also frowned.

Everyone brought some silver money when they went down the mountain, but it was only enough for the food and accommodation expenses on the road, and did not consider that they had to repair the Daoist temple, and maybe they had to prepare pots, pans, furniture, and quilts.

"Don't worry!" The seventh senior brother smiled and opened his mouth, "They are all Daoists with cultivation. How can they be suffocated by half a catty of stones? If there is not enough money, we will think of ways to get some in the city. At worst, we will stay for a longer time. Anyway, your travel expenses can be handed over to me."

"Reasonable." The second senior brother was not panicked, "Anyway, think of a way together."

Everyone continued to walk forward.

Two days later, they had walked two hundred miles.

They didn't go to Yixian because they didn't go that way.

But the road is also familiar to Lin Jue.

"I remember this road, the front is Danxun County. You can go to the city to rest, but you have to go around a bit," Lin Jue looked at this road, and the picture had already been recalled in his mind, "If you don't go, you should be able to walk to Qiuru County tomorrow, right?"

"Hmm!"

The junior sister also nodded.

"Since we will arrive tomorrow, we don't have to go around again. Let's go directly to Qiuru County to rest," the second senior brother said, "If that Daoist temple can shelter from the wind and rain, it can also save some accommodation money."

"Good."

The donkey bell sound still echoed over the river valley.

In front is a river bent into a semicircle, the river water is emerald green, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds, the road bent along the river, with green grass growing in spring on both sides, and there is no one on the road except them.

Lin Jue has a deep memory of this road.

Especially when his water was finished, he bent down to fill the water cylinder, the water droplets fell into the water with a "clatter," and then straightened up, seeing this picture, he felt even more trance.

In his mind, he couldn't help but recall the group of strange monkeys that robbed him halfway, and he still felt disgusted when he thought of it.

He also recalled the warrior who lightly cut the strange monkeys into pieces with a few knives. That was the first time he felt the style of the warrior in this world. At that time, he didn't know what level the warrior was. Now looking back, I am afraid that whether it was the swordsman who raided him in Yixian, or the Liu Taihou who was worshipped as a god by the villagers after his death, or the third senior brother, the junior sister, and the two Daoists Chongqing and Chongming, their martial arts were not as good as him.

And at this time, he was still carrying a book bag and holding a whistle stick as a crutch, as if he was still the same as before.

The years of quiet cultivation in Mount Yishan were really like a dream.

"Eh?"

Lin Jue suddenly felt something was wrong—

The group of strange monkeys back then should have been eliminated, why are there still no scattered pedestrians on this road?

Looking forward, I can't see anyone.

Looking back, I can't see anyone either.

Only eight Daoists and one fox were left to trudge along under their heavy burdens. The endurance of the colorful fox from the temple was ultimately no match for Fuyao; it had long since grown tired from running and jumped back into the bamboo basket on the donkey's back.

"Fuyao."

"Ying?"

The fox was originally jumping to catch butterflies by the side of the road. Hearing the sound, it first turned its head to look, and then ran back.

"See if there is anything wrong here."

"Wu?"

The fox immediately twisted its head left and right, looked around, and sniffed.

With a slight force under its feet, with a "whoosh," its whole body jumped nimbly and rode the wind to the tree by the road, standing steadily.

"Are there monkeys?"

"..."

The fox didn't speak, just shook its head at him.

"Junior brother, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, just that I once met a group of strange monkeys here and was robbed by them."

"Junior brother, you are too vengeful! How long ago was it, and you still want to find them to take revenge? Haggling!" The third senior brother shook his head and said, and then grinned, "But I like it!"

"Third Third Third Shixiong misunderstood, the group of strange monkeys back then had already been eliminated by me and a warrior together."

"So it was reported on the spot!"

While talking, they walked another stretch.

The fox finally noticed something wrong, sniffed again, and then turned and jumped into the grass.

When it came out again, it was biting a piece of broken cloth.

It looked like a broken piece of human clothing.

"What is this?"

Lin Jue frowned and looked at it.

Seeing the fox jump to the side of the road again, its two claws dug fiercely, and it dug out some withered bones from the sand and stones. There were a few small ones, like human finger bones, and a large one, like a tibia.

Several Daoists frowned when they saw this.

Lin Jue was also puzzled, unable to distinguish whether it came from humans or monkeys for a while.

Just then—

A sharp whistle came from the mountain, followed by several sounds, and there was a clear movement of people running.

Are there mountain bandits here?

"Be careful."

The third senior brother said.

Several Daoists looked at each other, but did not flee in a panic like ordinary merchants and travelers, but waited in place, curiously looking into the forest.

The fox bent its legs and jumped nimbly, as if riding the wind, wanting to see who was coming, but it was caught by Lin Jue beside him just after flying a short distance and put back on the ground.

"Don't go!"

As soon as the words fell, an arrow made of rough materials flew from the sky, drew an arc, and just happened to fall toward Lin Jue.

A sword sheath swung with the sound of wind beside it.

"Pa!"

This arrow falling freely was knocked away.

The junior sister took back the sword sheath and looked at the mountain.

I saw two figures jumping out first holding knives, holding the Pudaos that Lin Jue was familiar with, and seven or eight figures jumped out from the forest before and after, blocking them in the middle of the road.

"So that's it."

Lin Jue finally knew why there were no scattered pedestrians here even though the strange monkeys that robbed people were gone.

It turned out that someone had replaced these strange monkeys.

At the same time, the mountain bandits were also looking at them.

"Si..."

Seeing that it was a group of Daoists, and except for Lin Jue who only held a whistle stick and the third senior brother who was empty-handed, the other Daoists all held long swords, they immediately felt tricky, frowned and looked at each other, exchanging opinions.

I don't know if this group of Daoists can be handled.

The two mountain bandits who jumped out first clearly had some thoughts, and looked back, seeing that the brothers who were pulling bows in the mountain forest above were ready, they had some confidence.

However, they didn't do it immediately, but looked at them and bowed:

"Daoists, this is the territory of our Monkey Mountain heroes. It is difficult to make a living in this world. Merchants and travelers passing by this road must pay taxes. I don't know where the Daoists come from and where they are going?"

Saying that, the words retreated slightly:

"If the Daoists are going down the mountain to perform rituals, people die the biggest, so we will let the Daoists pass."

Lin Jue followed his gaze to the mountain forest.

Sure enough, I saw at least ten bows and arrows aimed here.

He couldn't help but feel a little worried in his heart.

It seems that the world is indeed chaotic.

This is still in the relatively peaceful Huizhou territory, and there are not only mountain bandits, but also climate—

This group of so-called Monkey Mountain heroes has more than thirty people here alone. Just looking at the body method of these men jumping down the mountain forest, not to mention how much martial arts they have, they should have practiced more or less. And there are ten people who specifically pull bows and arrows to support them. I am afraid that even a group of escorts who practice martial arts dare not collide with them.

Then I saw the third senior brother walk up and say with a smile:

"Heroes, we come from Mount Yishan, and we are all poor Daoists who cultivate the Dao. Look, Master just died, and the Daoist temple belongs to the eldest senior brother, so we had to go down the mountain in a gray way, and we didn't bring much money."

Saying that, he couldn't help looking back and looking at Lin Jue and the junior sister, but there was a clear smile on his face, and his mouth didn't stop:

"To tell you the truth, we were just discussing where to settle down and how to get some money."

What the third senior brother said was not half a lie.

Lin Jue and the junior sister also understood his meaning instantly—

He found a way to raise travel expenses before the seventh senior brother who was good at making money.

"It turns out to be a Daoist from Mount Yishan, I have heard of it for a long time, long admired," the mountain bandit saw them admit to being soft, borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, and gradually tested, showing a difficult look, "We shouldn't have made things difficult for the Daoist, but our big boss is also urging, and there has been no opening for a while..."

Saying that, he looked at the Daoists, seeing that their expressions were calm, no matter how he observed, he still couldn't be sure: "Why don't the Daoists give a few copper coins, so that I can go back and give the big boss an account."

A person beside him frowned upon hearing this:

"What Daoist from Mount Yishan? Our more than one hundred heroes on the mountain are all high in martial arts. Don't talk about Mount Yishan, even if the Daoist from Qiyun Mountain comes, he has to leave half the silver!"

"Don't be so rude to the Daoist."

"Then we can't get money, how can we have a good time going back?"

"Sigh, don't talk."

"Why are you afraid of them? Many people who don't give money died here! In this world, if we can't rob money, won't we starve to death on the mountain?"

The two even played the red and white face.

Lin Jue believed what they said—

More than one hundred people, with martial arts and bows and arrows, even if the Daoist from Qiyun Mountain comes, he has to pay honestly.

After all, immortals don't help eliminate bandits and thieves.

It's a pity that they are Daoists from Mount Yishan. ===== CHAPTER 160 =====