Youbao Chapter 26: Stone Beast (5)
The cave was not very dark, and to my surprise there was an electric light. Apart from anything else, the electric light alone was enough to convince the old Taoist priest of the Five Elements.
But where does the light get its power from?
I looked around curiously, watching for possible generators.
Like a thief, what are you looking at! A crisp voice with a hint of anger, pleasant to the ear, but also unpleasant.
I looked up and saw it was the beautiful girl I had just seen.
Who is the thief? I'm just curious. If you don't allow me to look, then don't look. I muttered to myself.
This cave is not very big, at most about 40 square meters. The cave is very smooth, without sharp edges and corners. Although it is equivalent to a large room, it is divided into several categories according to daily life.
When I came in, I saw pots and pans, oil, salt, rice, vegetables and other things near the cave entrance, and a water pipe extending deep into the cave. There were cabinets, a dressing table, a bed and other things near the inside.
On the bed, covered with a thick fur mattress, a woman with a dark complexion was lying there. The old Taoist priest stood aside and said nothing, just watching her quietly.
What day is it? The old Taoist priest suddenly asked.
The young girl who had been staring at me as if I were a thief snorted, walked to the bed, looked at the woman, and said sadly: It's the fifth day.
Why didn't you come to me earlier? The old Taoist priest said with a tone of reproach.
If you wanted to come, you would have come a long time ago. Do you think we don’t know? The young girl’s voice immediately became louder, and she said angrily: My mother became like this in order to detoxify him. It was all done by your bastard master...
Bastard! The old Taoist turned around and said gloomily: You can't say that. If it wasn't for the purpose of removing the poison you were born with, she wouldn't have had an attack so early. With the medicinal properties of the Wood Spirit Pill, it can at least allow her to live to seventy years old.
Yes, that's right! My mother did save me. But what about the source? If it wasn't for your master, if you hadn't abandoned her, how could she become like this! This is all your fault! You are all bastards!
There was a crisp sound of "pop".
I stared in amazement as the old Taoist priest slapped the girl in the face. After the slap, the old Taoist priest's face returned to calm: This slap is for your father, whose life and death are unknown, and for my master. Heaven, earth, the emperor, parents, and teachers should not be insulted. If you were not her child, if you were not the daughter of my junior brother, I would slap you to death!
Hit me! Hit me! Beat me to death! The Five Elements Clan is so powerful that it dares to kill anyone! If my mother hadn't tried to stop me, we would have gone to settle accounts with you long ago!
The old Taoist priest ignored her and turned to look at the woman. Not only was her face dark, but there was also a faint black aura about her body. Although it was a little far away, he could still see her bulging blood vessels, which kept throbbing and rising like earthworms. And she looked like an old man over a hundred years old, with wrinkles all over her face, almost drooping, and her chest heaving slightly, like a living dead person.
You use the essence of plants, birds and animals to prolong her life? The old Taoist priest asked again.
Otherwise! The girl said: Do I have to wait for you Five Elements Meridians to kindly bring me the Wood Spirit Pill?
Plants, birds and animals are just like humans, they have their strengths and weaknesses. You are practicing minor ways, this kind of energy will damage your virtue and also take her life. Even if I take out the Wood Spirit Pill, I'm afraid she won't live more than two years. The old Taoist said.
We don't need you to worry about what's going on! I know you just can't bear to let go! Hurry up and leave, you're an eyesore! It's best if I never see you again. When I'm successful in my studies, I'll get back everything my mother has suffered from you Five Elements!
It was obvious that this girl was full of murderous intent. I shrank my neck, secretly glad that I refused the old Taoist priest to accept me as his apprentice. Otherwise, I would be reluctant to beat such a beautiful girl, and I might not be able to beat her at all. If she came to me later, I would be waiting for death.
At this time, the old Taoist took out a box from his arms, and the girl immediately fell silent and even held her breath.
I wanted to get closer, but I was afraid of getting beaten, so I could only stretch my neck to look from a distance. It was a box that looked like wood and gold, indescribably strange, extremely simple, without many patterns for decoration.
The old Taoist priest opened it, and a faint green light floated. From a distance, I could smell an intoxicating medicinal aroma. It was so intoxicating that I couldn't help but take a deep breath and wanted to take a few more puffs, but I didn't smell the medicinal aroma anymore.
The old Taoist priest stretched out two fingers, holding a pill with wisps of faint light dancing like fairy belts. He touched the chin of the woman on the bed with one hand, and when her mouth slightly opened, he fed the Wood Spirit Pill to her.
The Wood Spirit Pill will take half an hour to take effect. She will be in great pain. Please watch her. Also, do not pass on the essence of your lineage to her. It will harm others but not yourself. Since you have decided to live in this lineage, think more about yourself. These are three health pills. They can cure injuries that are not too serious. I will keep them for you to use when you are in trouble. The old Taoist took out another wooden box from his arms and handed it to the girl.
I don’t want it! Go away! She didn’t even look at him, but looked at the woman on the bed with a worried look on her face.
The old Taoist sighed inaudibly, put the wooden box on the table, and then walked past me and out of the cave. I looked at the girl, and she turned back and glared at me: He has left, why are you still not leaving!
Uh... let's go now... I want to say something goodbye, but after thinking about it, I can't say it. Well, let's go quickly.
After I came out of the cave, the old Taoist priest was standing outside as if waiting for me.
I asked him: Don’t you want to wait until she wakes up to talk to her?
There is nothing to say . The old Taoist priest answered me.
I turned my head to look at the cave. The light shone through at an angle, and I could imagine that there was a beautiful young girl in there, who was waiting for her mother to wake up.
The old Taoist sighed again and then walked back the way he came. I looked at him from behind and suddenly felt that he had aged. His back was a little hunched and his hair was much whiter. He looked much more vicissitudes than before.
Perhaps, this is the old Taoist priest's calamity, but I don't know if he has really overcome it.
After we got down the mountain, the old Taoist priest used the method of shrinking the earth to drive one way back and then stopped. I looked and saw that we had not yet reached the Five Elements Temple.
Why don't we just go back? I asked.
You are not used to the food on the mountain, so buy some food here, said the old Taoist priest.
I looked ahead and saw a small town. We entered the town one after the other, looking for a place to sell food. I had already made up my mind to buy at least 100 catties of meat! Life in the mountains is too hard, and I don't know how long it will last. I'm not the old Taoist's apprentice, why do I always hang out with him?
As I was walking, I suddenly heard someone shouting: "Come and see, this is a newly unearthed treasure. This is something that must be at least 1,800 years old. If you buy it, I will not lose money. If no one buys it, I will donate it tomorrow."
The old Taoist stopped and walked towards the place where the shouting came from.
The strange behavior of the old Taoist priest naturally attracted my attention. This old man never does meaningless things.
I followed him in the direction of the shouting , and soon I saw a crowd of people gathered there. A short but strong middle-aged man was holding something in his hand and shouting: "Come and have a look, there will be no such store after this village!" Half an hour, just half an hour, if no one wants it, I will donate it and get some money to buy soup dumplings.
How do you sell it? Someone asked.
Without further ado, the starting price is 50,000, and whoever offers the highest price gets it, the man said.
It's so expensive, you're not going to cheat me again, someone else said.
Look at what you said. I, Wang Lao Er, have never cheated anyone. Everyone in this business knows that I am born with good luck. I dare to go to places that others dare not go to, I dare to touch things that others dare not touch, and I can find things that others cannot find. The person who calls himself Wang Lao Er has a smug look on his face.
I knew what was going on without asking the old Taoist priest, because what Wang Laoer was holding was a stone beast. Although I don't know if all beasts carved from stone are considered the same, this one looks a little unusual. Otherwise, why would the old Taoist priest come here?
But the old Taoist priest just stood there, not speaking, not moving forward, looking at the stone beast from time to time and lowering his head across a group of people.
Is that thing... I pulled his sleeve and asked in a low voice.
The old Taoist nodded slightly and patted my arm with his right hand. I didn't react at first, but later I realized that he wanted me to stop talking.
We both stood there for a while, and then the old Taoist priest suddenly turned around and left. Then someone made an offer: one hundred thousand!
What's going on? Don't want it anymore? I was puzzled. He only offered 100,000 yuan, but the gold brick the old Taoist gave me sold for millions. He also said he dug it from the mountain, and he doesn't look like someone who is short of money.
I followed the old Taoist priest and was about to ask him something, but I saw that he frowned.
When the old Taoist frowns, it is definitely not a good thing. So far, I have not seen him frown many times. However, the outcome of each frown is either death or injury.
