Chapter 172 Those who do not enter are safe
Li Rongsen said to An Yan, "Go away and hide in the house. I'll take care of it." Then he stood in front of her.
An Yan kicked a stool towards Zhou Qianqian and pulled Li Rongsen aside, saying, "She must be being manipulated by someone. She won't stop until she kills us."
"I didn't expect this Gu to be so powerful." Li Rongsen really underestimated the power of Gu.
Zhou Qianqian's moves against them were fatal. She had no idea what mercy meant and kept beating them to death, like a machine being manipulated by strings, and would not give up until she achieved her goal.
At this time, Yan Qingqiu came out. He jumped directly onto the tree, hung upside down, and put a rope around Zhou Qianqian's neck. He tightened it tightly and said, "There's no other way. We have to sacrifice her, otherwise I won't be able to stop."
"Don't hurt her life!" An Yan said as she took out a silver needle and slammed it heavily into Zhou Qianqian's crown chakra.
In a flash, Zhou Qianqian fell to the ground and lost consciousness.
An Yan hurried to look at her wrist and found that the whole flower was about to wither, with only one petal left. She thought that if this petal withered any further, it would be impossible to save it.
Yan Qingqiu said, "Do you still want to save her?"
"She's a life, and she's also my good friend. I can't let Zhou Ziyi get away with it. I must save her and cure her." An Yan had already made up her mind and added, "She can't move now. I've sealed all her acupuncture points. She's a vegetable for now."
"Time is running out. She will die in ten days at most," said Yan Qingqiu.
An Yan couldn't bear it.
At this time, seeing Hua Ye coming out of the house, he said: "Legend has it that the academy is on Huaqing Mountain, but no one has ever seen any academy on Huaqing Mountain. There is only a dilapidated temple and a dilapidated Taoist temple."
"Are Buddhism and Taoism one family?" Yan Qing asked.
"Who knows? I've never been there. Many people went there originally, but when they couldn't find the academy, they all came back. No one went there again after that." Hua Ye replied.
"Master, please take good care of my father and Qianqian. I will be back soon."
"Take Yan Qingqiu and Li Rongsen with you. I'm worried if you go alone without anyone to look after you." Hua Ye knew he couldn't stop her, so it would be best to let her go and give up. He then said to her, "My dear disciple, life and death are determined by fate, life and death are determined by fate."
"Master, I believe that man can conquer nature." An Yan is stubborn in this way. Even if she will fail, she still needs to try her best once.
The next day, Li Rongsen and Yan Qingqiu set off with An Yan.
There are many exotic flowers and plants on Huaqing Mountain, which makes An Yan feel novel. She said to Li Rongsen: "Look here, there are a lot of iron bark maple flowers."
"I don't know if it was originally there on the mountain or planted by humans." Li Rongsen also found it interesting.
“Although this mountain is high, there is a road, which is quite interesting.”
"I heard before that many people come to Huaqing Mountain, so the road here is built very flat. Today, I see that it is really wide and stable." Li Rongsen lowered his eyes to glance at the floor tiles.
"It's still a long way to the top of the mountain. Why don't they build a driveway? We can just drive up. Why do we have to walk by ourselves?" Yan Qingqiu was very puzzled.
"I heard there are temples and Taoist temples on the mountain. To show my sincerity, I have to go up there."
"We're not going there to worship Buddha or visit the Tao." Yan Qingqiu pounded his legs, feeling tired, and said, "I say, let's take a break. There's no rush. As long as we can reach the top before the sun sets, it'll be fine."
"If you keep being lazy, go home." An Yan pretended to be angry and sneered at him.
Yan Qingqiu behaved himself this time and said, "I didn't sleep well yesterday. I used up a lot of strength beating that woman. My hands are still sore now."
"There is some ready-made medicine here. Pick some and apply it on your head." An Yan glanced at him.
Now Yan Qingqiu had nothing to say and had to continue climbing.
The scenery of Huaqing Mountain is pleasant, but the climate at the foot of the mountain is different from that at the top. The higher you go up the mountain, the colder it gets, and it may even snow. Fortunately, An Yan and the others were well prepared.
All three of them had put on down jackets, and only sporadic snow was falling.
The building on the top of the mountain is very magnificent. It is not a temple and a Taoist temple, but half temple and half Taoist temple. Although there is only one door, the doors on both sides are different.
There were two people standing at the door, a monk and a Taoist priest.
The monk said, "Several donors, why are you here?"
The Taoist priest then asked, "Are you here to worship Buddha or to study Taoism?"
"We come here for the academy, not to worship Buddha or to practice Taoism." An Yan said to them politely.
"There has never been any academy here. I'm afraid we've found the wrong place," said the monk.
"It's just a rumor that there is a academy." The Taoist priest continued.
"Maybe you are hiding." Yan Qingqiu said.
"How to hide a college?" the monk asked him.
Li Rongsen said, "Although it's just a rumor, why is it only said here? There must be a reason."
"This donor should stay away from worldly love, otherwise you will be a slave for life. Why bother?" The monk looked regretful.
Li Rongsen frowned. He was angry, but he didn't want to be angry with the monk.
Yan Qingqiu's eyes turned, and he heard the Taoist priest say to him: "This donor has a beautiful face, but unfortunately he can't distinguish true feelings from false ones. It's a pity, so sad."
"Hey, you stinky Taoist priest, did I provoke you?" Yan Qingqiu was very unhappy.
The monk and the Taoist priest looked at An Yan, but in the end they didn't say anything, just bowed to her.
"Why don't you talk about her?" Yan Qingqiu was a little dissatisfied.
"It cannot be said." The monk lowered his head.
"She has no life." The Taoist said bluntly.
"What does lifeless mean?" Li Rongsen didn't quite understand.
"She is not bound by fate, everything is decided by herself." The Taoist smiled lightly.
An Yan said: "If you two know where the academy is, please tell me. I think you should know it."
"Why are you looking for a college?" asked the monk.
"Save people and learn." An Yan did not hide it from them.
"Since ancient times, only those with predestined relationships could enter the academy. But for so many years, no one with predestined relationships has been able to see us. It's not that we hid us, but that they have no chance to see us." The monk spoke slowly, with no joy or sadness in his voice.
"What does it mean to be destined to meet?" Li Rongsen asked.
"You can go in and look for it. If you can find it, then you can see it. If you can't find it, then you have no chance. So please go back as soon as possible, as it will be dark soon." The Taoist priest said as he made way.
An Yan walked in front, while Li Rongsen and Yan Qingqiu followed behind.
The place is not big, so it is not difficult to walk around it. However, I didn’t see the so-called academy. The doors of each courtyard and room were open.
But there is one place that is special.
There was a sign at the door that read: Trespassers will be killed.
An Yan asked the monk and Taoist priest behind him: "How did he die?"
"There are many ways to die, and we don't know which one it will be. It depends on each person's karma," the monk replied.
"What does it mean with so many correct characters engraved on it?" Yan Qingqiu asked.
The Taoist priest walked up and added three more strokes, saying, "For every death, one stroke is added. Since there are three of you, it's naturally three strokes."
"What does this mean? How did the person die?" Li Rongsen was confused and subconsciously stood in front of An Yan.
"Those who don't enter will be safe, but those who enter will be trapped in it forever and will never be able to return. The three donors should think carefully about this." After the Taoist priest said this, he left with the monk.
Yan Qingqiu said to An Yan, "Let's go back. It's dark and gloomy here. You see, there's nothing in there. Life is more important."
(End of this chapter)
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