Following the churning shoal of fish, they wandered in the Zhenlei Ze for a short time. Mu Jingyu looked at the drunkard's face, from the carefree and contented one at the beginning to the worried one now. For a moment, I couldn't figure out what the old man had planned.
"It's strange. There are so many green-tailed red-backed fish gathered together. Anli said he wanted to lure that little thing out. But after walking around for so long, he didn't even see a shadow." The drunkard frowned and stood at the dragon's mouth. , looking back and forth into the vast swamp. What catches the eye is either the sparkling water or the occasional fish that come out of the lake.
"Master, are you looking for something?" Mu Jingyu also imitated the drunkard's behavior, putting a hand between his eyebrows and following the green-tailed red-back fish wandering around, looking for something suspicious.
"Haha, I have spent so much effort to gather such a large group of green-tailed and red-backed fish, just to attract the golden velvet ferrets. You guys should also help me take a look. If I find a snow-white one, from now on From the top of the head to the tail, there is a little golden thing connected, which reminds me in time."
"Golden velvet ferret?" Mu Jingyu thought for a while and was sure that he had never heard of such a creature. He couldn't help but ask: "Master, I wonder why you are always looking for this golden velvet ferret. Come to Dan with us What does it matter if you steal the elixir from Toad Mountain?"
"Of course it does matter!" said the drunkard: "This golden velvet ferret is a spiritual beast raised by Scholar Qi Jue, and it is always loved by her. As long as we can catch this little guy, we won't have to worry about not finding Scholar Qi Jue. 's hiding place."
Mu Jingyu became even more confused when he heard the drunkard's words coming out of his mouth without any clue. I couldn't figure it out for a while, why I just said I wanted to catch the golden velvet ferret, and now it's related to the Qijue scholar again.
"Scholar Qi Jue?" Mu Jingyu asked doubtfully, "Is he the one who is as old as you and one of the Four Saints who is as famous as the Medical Immortal Pill Demon?"
Fortunately, the drunkard told him clearly about the Four Saints two days ago. Otherwise, Mu Jingyu would not know who this Qijue scholar is.
The drunkard turned around and glanced at Mu Jingyu. When he saw his eyes looking at him in confusion, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Oh my, I almost forgot. I only asked you to follow my master to the Danchan Mountain to steal the elixir, but how can you steal it?" But I didn’t tell you.”
Mu Jingyu couldn't help but a few drops of sweat broke out on his forehead. After saying goodbye to Yao Wang, the two of them had a few mute words. Along the way, the drunkard first went to the small town of Linjin and asked Taoist Taier for a bottle of Bai Rong powder. He also told him to always pay attention to the situation in Yaowang Valley.
Then in Tianxiang Tower, he took two tokens and the spirit patrol map of Yaoming Palace. Instead of going to the Danchan Mountain that was right in front of us, he ran to the Zhenlei Ze, attracting a group of green-tailed red-backed fish, fishing for golden velvet ferrets, and saying that this little guy was the favorite spiritual beast of the Qijue scholar. .
But Mu Jingyu was confused, and he really didn't know what the old man, an alcoholic, was planning.
"I forgive my disciple for being stupid. Even after such a long time, I still don't understand Master's intention."
How could the drunkard not hear the hint of complaint in Mu Jingyu's tone?
"Why, are you angry?" The drunkard said with a smile: "Actually, after I decided to take you to Danchan Mountain to steal the elixir, I had already thought of a plan. It's just that there were many things along the way. I forgot to explain it to you for a moment."
"Then you can tell the disciple now, lest he doesn't understand the master's plan when he arrives at Dan Chan Mountain. If something big happens because of this... it will be difficult to remedy." Mu Jingyu replied.
The drunkard was silent at first, perhaps thinking about how to tell Mu Jingyu. It took a while before he said something out of nowhere: "How much do you know about the legend of this Qi Jue scholar?"
"Huh?" Mu Jingyu was stunned when he heard this. He couldn't understand why an alcoholic suddenly came forward to this person. He had no choice but to reply honestly: "This disciple heard about Qi Jue's name for the first time a few days ago. I don't know much about his past."
The drunkard nodded and said: "This Qijue scholar retired to Kyushu twenty years ago, let alone the disciples of your generation. I'm afraid even Guo Qingshan and others don't know much about it."
Mu Jingyu didn't speak, and listened to the drunkard continue: "I think it was more than forty years ago, when the master, the two brothers, the Medical Immortal and the Alchemy Demon, had just reached the innate realm, and they were very high-spirited and in the limelight. No two. Not only do the nine sects treat us with courtesy when they see us, but even the spirits from the Yaoning Palace don't dare to make any mistakes in front of the three of us."
The drunkard couldn't help but smile as he recalled those years. He paused and continued: "But then, a guy appeared and completely disrupted the relationship between the three of us."
"A scholar from Qi Jue?" Mu Jingyu could guess without even thinking that the guy the drunkard was talking about was a scholar from Qi Jue.
"That's right!" The drunkard nodded and continued: "Back then, the Qijue Scholars were just like the three of us, they were all casual cultivators without any sect. And whether it was talent or understanding, they were no weaker than the three of us. Even more precious Yes, this Qijue scholar is actually a woman of our age..."
"Woman!" Mu Jingyu's calm face finally showed a hint of shock. When a drunkard mentioned this man, he thought he was a handsome young man. But now I hear the drunkard say that she is actually a woman, how can I not be surprised.
The drunkard looked at Mu Jingyu's shocked face with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Hahaha, I think back then, when the three of us first met Qi Jue Scholar, we were all the same as you. Who would have thought that this guy who calls himself Qi Jue Scholar , it will be a girl."
"Then...between you..." Mu Jingyu gestured back and forth with his hands a few times, and the meaning couldn't be more obvious. If this Qi Jue scholar was a boy, the relationship between the four of them would be a brotherhood.
But if it was a woman... he wouldn't be able to tolerate it.
"You are right." The drunkard simply proved Mu Jingyu's conjecture. Before Mu Jingyu could continue to ask, he automatically talked about the situation that year.
"However, things are not all what you think. Although the three of us gentlemen were shocked by her appearance when we first saw her. But we have traveled around the world for many years, what kind of Have you never seen a woman? Who hasn’t been secretly glanced at by those women from various sects of righteousness, intentionally or unintentionally?"
"The reason why I'm surprised is that, like you, I didn't expect that this Qijue scholar is actually a girl."
Mu Jingyu nodded secretly. Although the drunkard looks slovenly now, one can still faintly see from his eyebrows that his temperament must have been extraordinary back then.
There are also the Medical Immortal and the Alchemy Demon, both of whom are extraordinary-looking and majestic people. From this, we can imagine that when they were young, they must have been handsome and graceful.
The drunkard said: "Later, the four of us had similar aspirations and basically similar cultivation talents. We often sworn sworn brothers and traveled around the nine states, and gained the reputation of the Four Saints. Because of this, we became the leaders of tens of thousands of casual cultivators in the world."
"In these years, the three of us didn't have any special thoughts about the Qijue scholar. But we never thought that the Qijue scholar gradually developed some affection for the medical fairy. If it hadn't been for the righteous sects and the monsters of the Demon Hades Palace. If the conflict broke out and the Heavenly Dao Demon Slayer swept across Kyushu, the Qijue Scholar and the Medical Immortal might now live like gods. And the Dan Demon would not have become like this after joining the Demon Underworld Palace. ”
"Is it Heaven's Way to slay demons again?" Mu Jingyu murmured to himself.
"That's right! Back then, Qi Jue scholars not only had seven hobbies: playing music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, and tea, but also two hobbies: raising spiritual beasts and growing exotic flowers and plants. But back then, in the process of slaying demons in the way of heaven, all the righteous sects, regardless of whether they were good or evil, All bad ones will be killed. Even some spirits that are inherently good or have not yet transformed into human form will be spared."
"So, the spiritual beasts raised by Qijue Scholars were also killed by the righteous sects in the Heavenly Dao Demon Slayer?"
He grew up under the protection of Qingniu Jing since he was a child, and he more or less heard his grandfather chat with him and talk about some things about how to slay demons with the way of heaven. Therefore, it was immediately clear why the drunkard mentioned this matter.
The drunkard nodded and replied: "Although this Qijue scholar is born as a girl, her temper is even hotter than that of a boy. Just after the spiritual beast she raised was killed by the righteous sects, she found him angrily. They went to seek revenge. But at this moment, something unexpected happened."
"What's going on?" Mu Jingyu asked curiously.
"Hey, it sounds like a bad fate. I originally thought that the Qi Jue scholar and the medical fairy were deeply in love. But I never expected that just when the Qi Jue scholar took the medical fairy to seek revenge from the righteous sects, the medical fairy But he backed down. He said that this was a very critical moment, so he asked Scholar Qi Jue to temporarily tolerate it, so as not to get burned. At that time, Scholar Qi Jue was very angry..."
"Ah!" Mu Jingyu opened his mouth and shouted angrily: "This, this, this old medical immortal doesn't understand his daughter's heart too much. He watched helplessly as the spiritual beast raised by senior Qi Jue was killed by them. He killed him without any hesitation, he didn't take the initiative to help seek revenge, and he even dragged Senior Qi Jue along with him. If it were me, I would have turned against him at that time."
I remember that Bi Yun was almost burned to death by Master Tongxuan in Wuji Ruins. I was still a child with no foundation at that time, so I dared to rush to the altar in anger and try my best to save her, without even thinking about the consequences.
Unexpectedly, this medical fairy who has been famous for many years would actually drag the Qi Jue scholar, wanting to settle the matter and not pursue the matter.
"Who says it's not the case!" The drunkard sighed: "Scholar Qi Jue fell out with the Medical Immortal at that time, and angrily went to find those righteous disciples alone to fight for his life. What we didn't expect was that Dan Chan had grown up in these years. While getting along, I also fell in love with Scholar Qi Jue. After learning about this incident, I found Scholar Qi Jue overnight, and together with her, I found those righteous disciples who killed the spiritual beasts she raised."
"Because of this, he offended the righteous sects. Later, when he was being chased by them, he was rescued by Demon Emperor Baize and entered the Demon Underworld Palace. However, after the demons were eliminated by Heavenly Dao, the Qijue scholar followed Demon Emperor Baize and retreated here. He was living in seclusion alone in this thunderstorm. The Alchemy Demon completely surrendered to Yaoming Palace, and in these years, he used this incident as an excuse to force the Medical Immortal to hand over the first half of the ancient book."
"Eh? Master, what you said before was not for this reason." Mu Jingyu asked.
The drunkard smiled awkwardly and said: "This... after all, it is not something too glorious. That's why the medical fairy made up a reason to cover up this matter. If it weren't for the fact that he is now asking the Qijue scholar for help If so, my teacher will not tell you this matter."
After hearing this, Mu Jingyu finally understood the drunkard's intention this time. Although when he was in Medicine King Valley, he was extremely confident about sneaking into Dan Chan Mountain to steal the elixir. But in fact, I don't have full confidence in my heart. He had already made up his mind to go to this Thunderstorm to seek help from the Qijue Scholar.
The Medical Immortal and Taoist Taier must have guessed the drunkard's intention. That's why I urged him not to have this idea, lest he get into trouble.
In fact, now that Mu Jingyu thinks about what the Medical Immortal and Tai Er Taoist said, they are actually right. After all, the Medical Immortal flatly rejected Scholar Qi Jue's request for help and persuaded her to give up the idea of seeking revenge, which may have turned Scholar Qi Jue's love into hatred.
This time, the drunkard comes again and asks Qijue Scholar to help them sneak into Danchan Mountain to help them steal the elixir and help the medical fairy refine the antidote. There is no guarantee that she will agree.
