Chapter 32 The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain
After filling his stomach and changing out of his most eye-catching hospital gown, and even changing his hairstyle, Zhang Dadao felt much more relaxed. The speed of descending the mountain was not faster but slower. He was relaxed and not in a hurry. In addition, summer was approaching, and the morning was brighter. As soon as the sun rose, the scenery of Geling was much more attractive than the dark Laohe Mountain last night.
After the rain, the air was fresh, the vegetation in the mountains was lush, and even pedestrians gradually appeared on the mountain road. It was past 5 o'clock, and a group of old men and women appeared on the mountain road. Zhang Dadao looked at the way they looked at him, and guessed that they were either going up the mountain to burn incense or to exercise. Although Baopu Taoist Temple was not as good as the Buddhist temples at the foot of the mountain, there were many people in this city, and they believed in everything. With a large base, it was normal for there to be a few people who believed in Taoism.
Zhang Dadao didn't think there was anything strange about the way those old men and women looked at him, and he continued to walk down the mountain. After walking for a while, when he was close to the foot of the mountain, Zhang Dadao saw a family of three coming up the mountain. Zhang Dadao was a little surprised. Although he had come down the mountain to have some fun and rested for a long time in a pavilion, it was not yet eight o'clock. Seeing a family of three at this time would be fine if they were on their way to work, but it was a little special to meet them on the way up the mountain.
The couple was quite young, and their child was about four or five years old. They were skipping up the mountain, mumbling something cheerfully. Their clear voices echoed along the mountain road: "The sun sets over the mountain..."
Zhang Dadao's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this . He took a few steps forward and approached the family of three. He squatted down, held the child's shoulders and stared at him. The child was suddenly frightened and stared at Zhang Dadao blankly. The couple was also frightened, but when they saw Zhang Dadao's appearance, they were still nervous but calmed down a little. The young husband even showed a strange smile.
"Could it be that my son is gifted? Has a strange appearance?" This husband seemed to have read too many novels and thought poorly.
The child was suddenly held down by Zhang Dadao, and was so scared that he almost cried. Zhang Dadao suddenly asked seriously and sincerely: "Who is Yi Shanjing? Please tell me her contact information!"
The parents were completely dumbfounded, and the child's mouth flattened and he began to wail, mixed with the wail of "Mom~". Zhang Dadao also understood, after all, no matter who had a daytime Yi Shanjing, they would not share it with others.
At this moment, the young mother pushed Zhang Dadao away, hugged her son and yelled at him: "Who are you? You are crazy!"
Zhang Dadao scratched his chin and shook his head, "I am mentally ill, but I have been discharged from the hospital!"
"Psycho! Psycho! You're sick!" The woman repeated it over and over again without hearing Zhang Dadao's explanation at all. She held her son and kept scolding Zhang Dadao!
Zhang Dadao scratched his chin and said to the young husband who was comforting her, "Brother? Is your wife mentally ill? She looks like she has bipolar disorder. Why don't you go to the Seventh Hospital? You can get a discount if you mention my name!"
"Get lost! You psychopath!" The man got angry and punched him. Zhang Dadao moved aside and shook his head as he walked down the mountain, away from the couple. As he walked, Zhang Dadao kept muttering, "It turns out that both of them are mentally ill. The child seems to be in danger too! Maybe he has delusions. It seems that there are not many people with the last name Yi. I was almost fooled by that child. I thought there were not many mentally ill people outside. It seems that it is similar to the Seventh Hospital!"
Zhang Dadao went down the mountain mumbling to himself. He found a breakfast shop at the foot of the mountain and ordered a bowl of tofu pudding, which he then ate with half a carrot. He paid with one of the two large bills on his hand and got a handful of change in return. Zhang Dadao looked at the busy road, not knowing where to go next. As he was staring blankly, he saw a group of strange people gathering together on the opposite side of the road, and people passing by would secretly look at them from time to time.
Zhang Dadao looked down at himself and felt that his outfit was special enough, but it was far inferior to the people in front of him. The colorful hair, strange clothes, and some of them holding huge weapons in their hands just didn't look real. If the people around hadn't looked at them strangely, Zhang Dadao would have really thought it was haunted.
"Eh? Could this be the Cosplay that the little fat guy talked about?" Zhang Dadao thought of a little fat guy who taught him a lot of knowledge, and guessed what these people were going to do!
Just after finishing his meal, Zhang Dadao's eyes lit up and he walked towards those people. Although his outfit was much better than a hospital gown for walking on the street, it was still a bit too conspicuous. But if he followed these Cosplayers with these weird monsters in front of him, he would not be too normal!
"It's true that God helps me. Ge Tianjun also dislikes those disciples. Seeing that I taught them a lesson, he must bless me!" Zhang Dadao was overjoyed and crossed the road to the vicinity of those people.
Zhang Dadao's outfit was quite unusual. The group noticed him immediately. A girl wearing glasses and a maid outfit came over with a puzzled look on her face. She looked at Zhang Dadao and asked, "Are you also from our anime club? I haven't seen you before. Are you from another campus? Who are you COSing as?"
Zhang Dadao smiled and nodded, answering the question irrelevantly: "I saw on the notice that we should gather here?"
Another guy with orange spiky hair, a huge butcher knife on his back and wearing black pajamas came over and said, "You must have seen it wrong. The Yuquan campus and the Xixi campus are gathered here in Huanglong. The other campuses are too far away, so they go separately! You know what, you look a bit like the Quanzhen sect disciple in the 1983 film The Legend of the Condor Heroes!"
The girl next to him complained, "How old are you! Weren't you born in 1993? You know all the TV series from ten years ago? Is anyone COSING this? I think it's The Chinese Paladin!"
Zhang Dadao waved his hand and said, "Brother, you have good eyesight. I wonder what your name is? I rely on Qiu Chuji, the founder of the Quanzhen Longmen!"
The boy was also happy, and posed, saying, "I am the deputy death god of the Pure Spirit Court, Kurosaki Strawberry!"
The girl was also stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "I am Robert, the head maid of the La Bresse family."
Comics are not allowed in the Seventh Hospital. Zhang Dadao’s knowledge is all from the little fat boy who came to the hospital. He is somewhat familiar with Kurosaki Strawberry, but he has no idea what the head maid is! However, now that he is pretending, Zhang Dadao has no shortage of acting skills. He immediately bowed and said, "I have heard of your great name for a long time, I have heard of your great name for a long time! I only thought that the Five Great Masters of the World were unique in the martial arts world, but I didn’t know that there were two such masters in this foreign land!"
The boy laughed and pulled Zhang Dadao to him, saying, "Brother, you are so funny. You look so young. You are a freshman, right ? Just call me Paine. I am a sophomore majoring in Chinese Language and Literature Education at Xixi Campus."
Zhang Dadao was just about to introduce himself when he heard the girl say, "The bus is here, the bus is here! Hurry up and get in! What time is it? It will be noon by the time we get to Baimahu!" After that, she pulled Zhang Dadao and Kurosaki Strawberry into the car without saying anything.
Confused, Zhang Dadao got on a car that was heading away from the Seventh Hospital. Still a little dazed, he couldn't help but think of a sentence: "The wheel of fate is rolling forward, and it just went the wrong way!"
