In the small courtyard, old man Zeng took out a few wicker chairs and invited a few people to sit around a stone table. He also took out his own wine and dried fruits to entertain everyone, while Qingshi and the others took out their own wine and delicacies. Share it with everyone.
Qingshi was not in a hurry to ask Old Man Zeng to tell the past events of Fenghuang Island, but first told Old Man Zeng about the changes in the world of Tianlong Continent. Old Man Zeng had many questions, and Qing Duan and Chen took turns answering them. Some of the questions were not clear to the three of them, and Old Man Zeng could not help but feel a little regretful.
After chatting for several hours, it was getting late and a bright moon slowly rose. Everyone was in a good mood and continued to chat under the moonlight.
Finally, Old Man Zeng stopped asking questions and sighed after a long silence: "It's been more than five hundred years! I didn't expect that the Tianlong Dynasty would perish like this! Think about how powerful the Jiang brothers were back then!
"At that time, the Tianlong Continent was divided by various forces and wars continued for years. Heroes emerged in large numbers to compete for hegemony in the world. Great tycoons such as Du Caiyun, the king of Yingshan Kingdom, Xiang Tianxiao, the leader of the Yunlian Sect, and the Jiang brothers competed for the world. Within fifty years, All were destroyed.
"Xiang Qubing of the Southern Kingdom's Xiang family, Shen Songzhu of the Central Plains Shen family, and Duan Hongling of the Duan family all surrendered and followed. The strength of the Jiang brothers' force can be said to be that those who obey will prosper, and those who go against will perish! After they established the Tianlong Dynasty, For thousands of years, no one dared to have the slightest objection. The country they ruled was truly impregnable. Unexpectedly... Alas!"
Qingshi and the others didn't say anything, just waiting for the old man to be filled with emotion.
"Xuanmen?" Old man Zeng raised his head and drained the glass of wine, looked at the bluestone, and said, "It would be great if your Xuanmen could replace Jiang's family! You two boys, why don't you enjoy sitting here? With all the benefits in the world, what are you doing on this vast ocean? Really... And you, this kid, are actually the descendants of Duan Hongling. Haha, your talent is far inferior to that of your ancestors!" He finally said This sentence was said to Duan Wutian.
"Yes!" Duan Wutian touched his bald head, smiled awkwardly, and said respectfully, "How dare I compare with my ancestors! Judging from the old man's tone, do you know my grandpa Hongling? Dare you ask the senior's name?"
"Yes! Of course you know it!" Old Man Zeng said with a smile, "I was a famous figure in the world back then. The lone immortal was extraordinary. Have you ever heard of it?"
"Hiss~" Qing Duan, Chen and the others gasped together, stood up involuntarily, and bowed again!
The Lonely Immortal Zeng Bufan was a legendary figure who was on par with the Jiang brothers, Xiang Qubing and other founders of the Tianlong Dynasty. Qingshi and the others had naturally heard of it, but they never expected that they would see this legendary figure here with their own eyes. The senior master.
Zeng Bufan waved his hand and asked them to sit down without courtesy. He sighed and said: "A good man is not as brave as he used to be. I am now alone overseas and cannot return to my homeland. My old friends and acquaintances are dead and scattered, and I myself am short of time." If there are too many, I’m afraid I will be buried on this isolated island after all!”
"Hmm~" Qingshi said thoughtfully, "This Fenghuang Island is obviously an island, but the islanders can only engage in farming and animal husbandry, but not fishing and fishing; what's even more strange is that they can only enter the island but cannot leave the island. What is this? Why? With my previous cultivation level, couldn’t I come in and out freely and return to my homeland?”
"With my disabled body, there is no way to talk about my cultivation!" Zeng Bufan said with a bitter smile, "At most, I am no more than an ordinary Yuandan realm monk, just hanging on. It's not that I can't leave the island, it's that I If you go out like this now, you will be eaten by sea beasts."
"Senior is injured or poisoned?" Qingshi asked, "It is said that senior has all five elements of true energy, so he can't heal himself?"
"You also know that the Five Elements are all in one?" Zeng Bufan was slightly surprised and said, "Yes, the Five Elements Qi does have extremely strong vitality. If I hadn't had all the Five Elements, I would have died in the sea with my old friend more than five hundred years ago. However, , not all injuries can be healed by the Five Elements Qi!"
"To be honest," Qingshi said, "Junior and Amano are also full of Five Elements Qi, and I am still an alchemy master. Senior, can you let me check the injury?"
"Both of you have all five elements?" Zeng Bufan was shocked, "This... this is really unexpected! Well, I'll let you see it." With that, Zeng Bufan stretched out his left hand.
Qingshi stretched out his fingers to hold Zeng Bufan's wrist, secretly transporting the Five Elements Qi into his body. After a long time, he finally sighed secretly and took his hand back.
"Understood?" Zeng Bufan said, "Don't think that having the Five Elements Qi can cure any poisonous injury."
Qingshi could only shake his head speechlessly.
"Don't be so downcast," Zeng Bufan laughed and said, "The Five Elements Qi is actually very powerful. My friend who is traveling with me has both wind and thunder, and is undoubtedly better than me in terms of cultivation and combat ability, but we are both injured and poisoned. He I couldn’t survive, but I didn’t die and could live for another five hundred years. This is already a miracle.”
"That's right!" Qingshi said with a smile, "Senior's cultivation is indeed unfathomable. He can survive such a serious injury. It's worth a big drink!" As he said, Qingshi poured a cup of fire for Zeng Bufan, The two toasted and drank together.
"You two friends Qingshi and Amano!" Zeng Bufan put down his cup and said, "You two can achieve the Five Elements at such a young age. Could it be that your sect has some heaven-defying secret method? Xuanmen? I have never heard of it. , what is the origin of your sect?"
"Xuanmen was created by my master more than two hundred years ago," Qingshi said. "Of course you have never heard of it, Mr. Zeng. My master was originally a disciple of the Immortal Sword Sect, and our Xuanmen can be regarded as originating from the Immortal Sword Sect."
"Immortal Sword Sect!" Zeng Bufan was shocked and shouted loudly, "Xuanmen originated from the Immortal Sword Sect?"
"Yes!" Qingshi and Chen Tianye looked at each other, neither understanding why Zeng Bufan was so excited. Qingshi asked in confusion, "Why does Xuanmen come from the Immortal Sword Sect?"
"I am from the Immortal Sword Sect!" Zeng Bufan said, "I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it!"
"Ah!" Qingshi exclaimed, "Mr. Zeng, are you also from the Immortal Sword Sect?"
"Exactly!" Zeng Bufan said, "I am an orphan. I was brought back to the Immortal Sword Sect by my master to raise me when I was very young. I have stayed in the Immortal Sword Sect for a full hundred years. The Immortal Sword Sect is where I grew up and where I started to leave. Wherever I go on the path of spiritual practice, the Immortal Sword Sect is my home!"
"That's it!" Qingshi said, "I didn't expect that we have such a connection with Mr. Zeng. We are really destined! My master's early life journey is very similar to Mr. Zeng."
"Yes," Zeng Bufan nodded and said, "Actually, even the subsequent process is quite similar. It's just that after your master left the sect, he founded his own sect and then took over the world. After I left the sect, But he helped others to build a kingdom. Your master will not marry or have children in his life. This is all due to the sect rules of the Immortal Sword Sect. I am not like your master who is destined to see the immortal traces of the ancestor, so besides not marrying and having children, I Besides, I didn’t even accept a disciple, so I got the title of ‘The Lonely Immortal’.”
Qingshi and Chen Tianye both nodded together, thinking to themselves that Ou Changzhi and Zeng Bufan were really similar.
"Is your master also full of the Five Elements of Qi?" Zeng Bufan continued to ask, "Did he pass down some secret method that allows you two little guys to have all the Five Elements?"
Qingshi was just thinking about how to answer when he heard Chen Tianye say: "Yes, my master has all five elements. He created his own 'Five Elements True Qi', which can help people who are missing one of the five elements to complete the five elements." Angry." Chen Tianye did not explain the situation in detail, but although what he said was vague, it was not a lie.
Zeng Bufan nodded and said: "He is indeed a great talent, no wonder he can conquer the world!"
"Mr. Zeng," Qingshi turned back to the previous topic about Fenghuang Island and asked, "How did you come here? It is said that Fenghuang Island is the only inhabited island in the whole sea. Is this true? Is this true? Doesn’t it seem to make sense?”
"Of course it's unreasonable," Zeng Bufan said, "Together with the things you mentioned earlier, they are obviously unreasonable."
"Why is this happening?" Qingshi asked.
"Alas!" Zeng Bufan sighed and said, "This matter is too tragic, and I really don't want to mention it anymore. Only Feng Huang and I know the reasons for today's situation best, but the root cause is Even we still have a lot of things we don’t know. As for how I got here...Oh! Let me start from the beginning!"
Zeng Bufan picked up a glass of wine and drank it down in one gulp, then slowly put down the glass and said slowly: "Back then, when I was walking and practicing in the rivers and lakes, I met a person. We didn't know each other before, and we cherished each other. Later, we They wandered around the world together and became close friends who could trust them in life and death.
"At that time, the mainland did not have a unified political power, and heroes from all walks of life were ready to take action, all with the intention of competing for world supremacy. Later, the situation worsened and wars began to break out on a large scale. My good friend's family also joined the ranks of competing for world supremacy. . Our Fairy Sword Sect is a hidden sect and is not allowed to get involved in the king's career. Therefore, in order to help my friends, I left the sect.
"Fifty years later, our camp won the victory, and the leader Jiang brothers established the Tianlong Empire. I could have been crowned king like Xiang Qubing, but I always regarded myself as a disciple of the Immortal Sword Sect, so I just took A batch of treasures and money wandered around the world alone.
"A thousand years passed. On that day, I received a letter from my old friend, asking me to follow him to do a big thing. He didn't say what it was in the letter, he only said that it was related to the fate of the Tianlong world. And , he also asked me to invite another person to accompany him, which was He Ruiyun, the number one person in the Immortal Sword Sect at that time, my original junior brother, and known as the contemporary sword god.
"I am a lonely person, traveling around the world with no whereabouts. When the person who sent the message found me, two months had passed since the day he asked me to meet. I rushed to the Xianjian Sect, but unexpectedly, Junior Brother Ruoyun was in retreat at the time. In order to wait, I He had to stay in the Immortal Sword Sect for more than half a month.
"I brought Junior Brother Ruyun to the coast of the East China Sea. Even though it was three months late, I still met my old friend. Only then did I know that there were ten of us, and all of them were real people. Top players with all the skills, including Xiang Qubing, Shen Songzhu, Duan Hongling and others.
"Ruyun and I arrived too late. The leading brother had already taken the others to sail out to sea. Only my old friend was left waiting for me. If I had arrived three days later, my old friend would not have waited any longer. Go down.
"The three of us immediately drove the boat to catch up to the east. My old friend still didn't say the purpose of our trip. He only said that only the leader and him knew about this matter. We had to catch up with the leader and let him know. Everyone. This matter is so important that they would never dare to reveal anything until the last minute.
"We chased all the way, but we were struggling because we missed the best sailing window. Needless to say, we encountered strong winds and waves. Fortunately, the three of us were quite advanced and our old friend was well prepared, so we were able to After stumbling all the way to get here, three full years have passed since we set out.
"We came to Fenghuang Island and learned that the leader and his team arrived here half a year ago. They waited for us here for more than a month, and then set off to the Shenmu Continent.
"The three of us immediately prepared to continue chasing. Unexpectedly, before we set off, a catastrophe suddenly occurred in the entire Zhizhahai. The three of us were inevitably involved in it. In the end, two were killed and one was injured. Ten of the old friend's subordinates and All twenty crew members died, and no one survived. Alas! The bloody storm five hundred years ago makes people feel horrified now when they think about it!
"The current situation on Fenghuang Island and even the entire Chizhihai Sea was caused by the impact of that catastrophe. It has been five hundred years, and I have never heard from the leader and his team.
"I don't know if that catastrophe was caused by them, and I don't know if this catastrophe is what my old friend said, 'relevant to the fate of the entire Tianlong world.' But in my opinion, it is probably related. .If this is really what they did...Alas!..."
Zeng Bufan picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it all in one gulp, letting out a long sigh.
