Huang Shang followed the crack and walked to the bottom of the deep pool. He found that the water was completely frozen , so the crack led to the bottom of the pool. Huang Shang saw countless fish and shrimps still swimming in the ice at the bottom of the pool. It seemed that they had just been frozen in the water by the coldness of the ghosts themselves.
Huang Shang saw the child walk to a huge rock at the bottom of the pond, then circle around and see a hole behind the rock. There was no ice in the hole, so it seemed that even if the pond water did not freeze, the hole would be dry. I just don't know what the meaning is. The child and the old turtle went into the hole, and Huang Shang followed them in. As soon as they entered the hole, they found two carps engraved at the entrance of the hole, with a pearl embedded between the fish mouths. It turned out that this water-fixing bead blocked the inflow of water from the pond, keeping the hole dry.
The hole was not too deep. After reaching the bottom, I entered a bright room. There were dozens of luminous pearls in the room. The light in the room came from these pearls.
Although Huang Shang was not greedy for money, he could not help but be shocked to see so many priceless night pearls along the way. Then Huang Shang saw a Taoist priest sitting on a black stone bed.
When Huang Shang saw the appearance of this Taoist priest, he was so surprised that he was speechless.
The Taoist priest saw Huang Shang's expression and nodded.
Huang Shang finally spoke after a long struggle in his heart: "Why is the immortal in this place?"
The old Taoist priest said nothing, but continued to look at Huang Shang, examining him carefully.
"After we said goodbye at Tongtian Palace," Huang Shang said, "I didn't expect to see the gods again here."
The old Taoist priest in front of him was the old Taoist priest that Huang Shang met in the Tongtian Temple on Wuwei Mountain, and the senior master who presented him with a bronze mirror.
But after the old Taoist priest spoke, Huang Shang knew that he was wrong, because the old Taoist priest was shaking his head.
"Not you?" Huang Shang understood what the old Taoist meant.
"Let me have a look at your bronze mirror." The old Taoist priest ordered Huang Shang. Huang Shang did not dare to disobey and handed the bronze mirror to the old Taoist priest.
The child and the old turtle disappeared and turned into two small turtles crawling under the old Taoist's black stone bed.
The old Taoist priest held the bronze mirror and sighed, "It seems that the person who was supposed to come has finally arrived. Otherwise, he would not have given the bronze mirror to you. Qiongqi, the leader of the twelve fierce beasts of the Great Nuo, has indeed been waited for by him."
"Senior and the gods in Tongtian Palace…" Huang Shangyi hesitated for a long time, "Why do they all look the same?"
"We are not brothers," the old Taoist said, "but we have both lived for quite some time. Taoists look pretty much the same after they are 150 years old. At our age, there is no difference in appearance. Take a closer look."
Huang Shang obeyed the order and looked carefully. Although the appearance of this old Taoist priest was almost the same as that of the one in Tongtian Hall, their temperaments were different. The old Taoist priest in Tongtian Hall had a ruddy face, while the Taoist priest in front of him had a pale face and a black aura.
Huang Shang asked the old Taoist priest, "Do the gods in Tongtian Temple have a great connection with you, senior?"
"Relationship?" The old Taoist priest laughed, "Indeed, there is a great relationship. We were sworn enemies in the past."
Huang Shang couldn't help but gasp after hearing this.
"Taoism has been dormant for hundreds of years," the old Taoist said. "That old fellow recognized you. You have been worshipped by hundreds of ghosts since you were born. It is understandable that he gave you the bronze mirror as a gift."
"I don't know what you are talking about," Huang Shang said, "I came to Zhongnan Mountain to find the old Taoist who gave me my name. It seems that the gods in Tongtian Temple and you, the senior, are not great people."
"Of course it's not me," the old Taoist said, "but there are only a few old fellows who can survive to this day. I can guess who gave you the name."
"Please give me some guidance, senior." Huang Shang bowed deeply.
"I can't explain it to you," the old Taoist said, "you will naturally become familiar with him after you see him."
"Then what is the purpose of calling me down, Senior?" Huang Shang was puzzled and immediately said cautiously, "Are you trying to keep me here?"
"Haha," the old Taoist laughed, "How could I do such a thing? On the contrary, I will also give you something that will make you unrivaled in the world. I can't fall behind him in the things he entrusted to you."
"Junior doesn't understand." Huang Shang asked solemnly.
"You came here for the matter of the mandrill," the old Taoist said, "but I'm going too far to talk about this matter. I wonder if you are willing to listen to an old fellow like me talking."
"Please tell me, senior." Huang Shang bowed again.
"Well, I'll tell you something." The old Taoist said, "In the past, if I met that guy in Tongtian Temple, we would fight to the death. But now we are old and there is no grudge between us. We are very lucky to be able to survive in our own cages."
Huang Shang knew that the old Taoist priest was going to talk about the origins, so he listened respectfully.
The old Taoist priest did not say his own name, so he slowly began to narrate the origin.
It turned out that at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the two sects of Taoism had been fighting for hundreds of years, and the last remaining Taoist sects finally had the final decisive battle in several places.
These places are Daishan, Taihang Mountain, Zhongnan Mountain and Wushan Mountain on Kuizhou Road.
Among these three places, the Chan Sect won the battles of Mount Dai and Mount Taihang, and the Jie Sect won the battle of Mount Zhongnan. The Jie Sect arranged the formation of the last two Taoists, and set up the Red Water Formation on the Kuizhou Road. In the end, the Jie Sect failed and the Chan Sect won.
The battle of Zhongnan Mountain killed and injured almost all the best Taoists from both sects. On the contrary, the Taoists in the Red Water Formation of Kuizhou Dao were not top masters.
But this matter was no longer of concern to the Taoist priest in front of him. In the battle of Mount Zhongnan, only a few Taoist priests survived. They saw the most brutal fighting and were no longer willing to participate in the Red Water Formation.
Therefore, Huang Shang's Jiejiao Taoist priest on Wuwei Mountain stayed forever at the ruins of Tongtian Palace. And the Chanjiao Taoist priest, because he was seriously injured, hid under this deep pool and used the extreme cold to recuperate. The two could no longer leave the place where they were, let alone the continuous grudges and killings between the two sects.
The old Taoist of Jiejiao needed the light of the sun and the moon on the Tongtian Palace to maintain his circulation, while the old Taoist of Chanjiao , Nuo Gui Shuangxing , hid under this deep pool and got a piece of black cold jade to use for recuperation.
Hundreds of years have passed, and Taoism has gradually declined due to the loss of talent after the Red Water Formation in Kuizhou. Now, no matter how many Taoist priests they have killed, they want to find someone to revive Taoism. It seems that Huang Shang is the candidate they have been waiting for.