The lame man suddenly stopped and asked me in confusion: "How do you know I am a Taoist friend?"
I winked at him, pointed to the sign on his waist, and said: "I have seen the wooden sign on your waist somewhere else."
The beggar hurriedly put the sign into his waistband, muttering "I forgot, I must keep it safe." Then the beggar coughed with his crutches and said: "But he insulted me so much. If I don't punish him, where will I put my old face in the future? If the seven of them know, I will be laughed at to death by them!"
I said: "Then let him kowtow to you three times and apologize, and forget about it. You and I are from the same sect. Today's meeting is nothing more than coming for me." As I said, I pointed to the Taishan stone.
"Smart, then I will give you this face today." The beggar then pointed with his crutches, and Zhao Dadan immediately rolled his eyes, then raised his head and fell asleep.
We sat on the ground, and he opened the wine gourd and handed it to me. The fragrant wine made me a little tipsy. He said, "Daoyou, drink a cup, and you will feel better. This time someone asked me to bring you a message. Just practice with peace of mind and don't worry about anything. When you become an immortal, you will naturally understand why the higher-ups don't let you contact her."
Holding the wine gourd handed to me by the beggar, I glanced at him. The beggar was wearing gray cloth, his temples were slightly white and some were naturally curly, his head was bald, and the cane he was leaning on was a dragon-headed cane. His face was full of red light, and he looked kind. Shaking the wine pot in my hand, I slowly poured the wine pot down, and the wine flowed along the mouth of the gourd, as if it was endless, and fell on the ground and began to evaporate.
"I already know everything, so there is no need to forget." I took a long breath and pointed to the Taishan stone and said, "In the Taishan stone, I saw nine lives and nine worlds, and I also understand that this life is also my last life. Although I have become a dragon and resolved the cause and effect, I am still troubled by the eight lives of love. I think the ancestor wanted me to find the way to immortality better, so this cup of wine should be the wine of forgetfulness." The beggar looked at me without saying a word, recalling the skinning and breaking of bones just now, as well as the deep longing and unwillingness, I said: "I don't care about the past and present lives, I only hope to have no regrets in this life, I am very grateful to the ancestor, but you can tell the ancestor for me that even if this Taishan stone allows me to see the whole story of the past and present lives, I will still stand on the side of Taoism." In an instant, many problems came to my mind, such as the ancestor's extraordinary supernatural powers. I can't resist him at all, unless I become a monk and seek the protection of Buddhism, but is it so easy to get a Taoist robe?
After making up my mind, I continued, "But I need a guarantee from the ancestor."
"What guarantee?" the beggar asked.
Thinking of the eight-life love and the scene when Jiang Shiyu spared no effort for me, I said very seriously, "Even if I jump over the dragon gate, I will not become a god. I just want to be her husband and wife for another life. Only the ancestor can help me with this matter."
Jiang Shiyu is a person of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Even if I save her life, I don't know when she will die once she is summoned. Moreover, the so-called immortality does not mean that mortals will "whoosh" into the sky like a rocket and then live a life of immortals.
In fact, from any ancient book, becoming an immortal is more like a sublimation of the spirit, just like the Investiture of the Gods, all the people died, but Jiang Ziya used the Investiture of the Gods to collect the souls of those who died in the battle. After the war, the Investiture of the Gods began, Jiang Ziya deified the gods, and the dead soldiers were resurrected again, thus creating the immortals in ancient Chinese traditional mythology.
To put it simply, if you want to become an immortal, you have to die first.
And people like the Night Wandering God, the Earth God, the lame beggar in front of me, and the God of Wealth who pretends to be poor on the roadside, they all seem to be living in another high-dimensional space, just like the Pisces Jade Pendant in Lop Nur. It is recorded in the Unsolved Mysteries of the World that the Pisces Jade Pendant can copy a fish in another dimensional space, that is to say, unless the immortals want you to see them, ordinary people can't see them at all.
The beggar promised me that he would report the matter for me. Then I handed him the wine pot and said, "This Taishan stone was built for me, right?"
The beggar looked at the stone for a long time, then said, "Taishan stone is originally a Taoist thing, but the monks put their wishes on it, so you can see the past." Then he walked to the stone with his crutches, knocked it, spitted twice, stretched his shoulders, swung his crutches and hit it hard. With a dull bang, the boulder did not move at all, but the spiritual energy inside was completely destroyed. After they dispersed, he said, "Daoyou, don't be so angry in the future. Look, the Seven Star Sword is broken."
I bowed and said, "I am still a mortal, so I can't help being emotional. I will pay attention to it in the future."
The beggar put his hand into his waist and touched it, then pulled out a small sword less than 30 cm from his crotch. He said, "This is the Pure Yang Sword of the Pure Yang Immortal. He went to Lan Ke Mountain to play chess with someone. He can't use the sword anymore. You can keep it for now."
I took the small sword and was shocked. Pure Yang Immortal! That's Lu Dongbin, and the beggar in front of him is probably Tieguai Li, one of the Eight Immortals. Are the immortals so worthless now? Why are they all out?
He also instructed: "This Pure Yang Sword is one foot long for an ordinary person, and three feet long for an immortal. You can use it now. I think it is better than an ordinary sword anyway."
I said thank you first. I knew very well that since you can't resist some things, you can only think of ways to make it work. How can I give up the feelings of eight lives and eight worlds? At this time, I only asked the ancestor to agree to let me accompany her to spend the ninth life together. As for other things, I really don't care, whether it is a mortal or an immortal. If you become an immortal alone, then what is the point of becoming an immortal?
Looking at the Huayue Gold Mine behind me, I really want to see him again, so I asked Tieguai Li to think of a way for me.
At first he didn't agree, but after I begged him for a long time, he really gave me a trick, that is, we changed clothes, and I dressed up as a beggar, including my left leg, which was also changed by Tieguai Li's magic. In this way, I became a lame beggar, and in order to better display his disguise, he made my face full of pockmarks.
After doing all this, Tieguai Li said: "You try it this time."
With excitement, I stepped over the Taishan Stone, and the pain of skinning and breaking bones did not appear again. Then he told me that if I revealed my identity, it is very likely that under the effect of the Taoist robe, only one of me and Jiang Shiyu would survive.
Take out your mobile phone and take a look. Now I look like an old man in his fifties, with unkempt hair and freckles all over my face. Not to mention Jiang Shiyu, even I don't know myself now.
But I believe that all difficulties are temporary. Three years is a short time, but as long as I can become an immortal and pass the great catastrophe of heaven and earth that I don't know, then we can naturally be together.
I took a long breath and said, "By the way, fellow Taoist, you are very knowledgeable. There is one more thing I want you to help me with."
"Go ahead."
At this time, I walked to the suitcase and opened it. The red-robed immortal corpse appeared again. I kept paying attention to Tieguai Li's appearance. When he saw the immortal corpse for the first time, he widened his eyes and looked uncertain. He even said to me in a panic, "Forget about the kowtow and apology. I forgive him. Sorry, I have something else to do. I'll leave first."
"Your crutches are still here with me. Don't leave." I shouted. Tieguai Li stopped, looked back at me, and said helplessly: "No, no, if she wakes up, I will be in trouble. You don't know that we gods are not invincible. Once the gods who are ordered to descend to the earth pass the South Heaven Gate, 90% of their cultivation will be left in the Linglong Treasure Mirror, so I can't beat her at all. Besides, this woman is a lunatic. She even dares to scold the Jade Emperor. I really have to go. If she wakes up, I will be in trouble." After saying that, Tieguai Li snatched the crutches. He didn't look like a cripple at all. He ran away and disappeared! "You, I haven't finished talking yet!" I cursed, but no matter how I yelled, Tieguai Li would make up for it. I looked at the immortal corpse and was really confused about what this woman did. I dragged Zhao Dadan into the woods and packed up the immortal corpse. No matter what, it was more important to see Jiang Shiyu first, so I put on the Qingnang and limped into the mining area. After walking for about twenty minutes, I stood at the gate of Huayue Gold Mine and looked around. It was undeniable that this place was very prosperous. But at this moment, the security guard came over and shouted at me: "Go away, beggar, get away, don't get in the way here, we have stopped production, don't make trouble here, get out!"
I was a little angry when he scolded me. In order to quickly get into the role, I calmed down for a while, then sat down on the ground, patted my thigh and said: "Oh, it's so hot, I'm an old man with bad legs and feet, I finally found a place with people, but they didn't even let me drink saliva, and they wanted to shout at me, what's wrong with this world? Can't there be a little love?"
The security guard was in his 20s. Hearing my noise, he was also a little confused. He pointed at me and said: "Uncle, uncle, let me make it clear to you, we have surveillance here, the filming is very clear, I didn't touch you, if you blackmail me, I will call the police!"
"Who wants to blackmail you? Uncle, am I that person! Let me tell you, don't look at me as a beggar now, you should know that when I was as young as you, I was also a security guard." I sat on the ground and pointed at the security booth.
The security guard was choked and I continued to scold him. Suddenly, a woman's voice came from not far away: "What's going on? Why are you arguing?" "An old man came to beg for food. There is a misunderstanding." The security guard turned around and said respectfully. But at the same time, I also saw the woman who had a thousand connections with me and a nine-life marriage. The longing in my chest seemed to be like a spring, but the reality made us unable to recognize each other. When our eyes met, she was stunned for a long time. My mood was also extremely complicated. For a moment, it seemed that something was stuck in my throat. All the lines I had prepared were forgotten at this moment.