"Woo~"
"Woo!"
"Ouch!"
"Okay, okay, we have a lot of puppies. A deer is so big anyway, so it doesn't matter if you let him eat more. Don't be angry. When you get to the city in two days, ask him to buy you something else as compensation."
Wei Feng held the gray dog in his arms and stroked its soft hair with one hand, comforting it like a child.
Liu Cun pretended not to know anything and just ate the roasted deer hind legs. No matter how hard the gray dog blew its hair, he pretended not to see it. At his feet, there were two deer forelegs discarded. bone.
After Cang Gou and Wei Feng finished eating one hind leg, they saw that only the deer's trunk was left on the grill. Two of the four legs were killed by Liu Cun alone, and he was still eating the third one. This made Cang Gou instantly furious. , it has always been as cute as a pug, and started to curse.
The heat control gained from long-term barbecue training, coupled with the spices purchased in the county, made Wei Feng's roasted deer particularly delicious. Liu Cun, who has always been relatively reserved, couldn't be restrained and immersed himself in eating today.
In the past few days, Wei Feng always caught two rabbits, one for Liu Cun, and he and Cang Gou shared one rabbit. Although Liu Cun gnawed the rabbits clean every time, he never complained about not eating enough, let alone I will snatch some more from Wei Feng and Cang Gou.
Today was different. He only estimated that the meat of a deer hind leg was about the same as that of a hare, so he no longer suppressed his appetite and opened his belly to eat.
On the one hand, a practitioner's appetite is indeed much higher than that of ordinary people. On the other hand, it shows that he has also escaped from the pain of the master's death and no longer thinks about food and drink.
It’s just that he doesn’t know how special Cang Gou is, how much Cang Gou values food, and what Cang Gou looks forward to most every day is breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
And in Cang Gou's heart, even if Liu Cun eats half of it and keeps the other half, it's fine. After all, Cang Gou and Wei Feng have lived together for so long, and are deeply influenced by Wei Feng. They have a deep sense of pursuing fairness, so they are angry. Howling.
Wei Feng noticed that although Liu Cun pretended not to know what was going on here, there was still a hint of embarrassment on his fair face, so he hurriedly went to comfort Cang Gou.
Cang Gou was actually very easy to appease. Wei Feng tore off a large piece of deer meat and stuffed it into his mouth, and then promised to buy him delicious food in the future, which basically settled the matter.
Over there, after Liu Cunxun finished chewing the hind leg, he said he was full and hurried to the river to wash his hands. He washed his hands until the gray dog swallowed all the remaining parts, including the leather, and then walked slowly and leisurely. Come back.
Seeing him sitting down, Wei Feng wanted to say something to ease the atmosphere, but suddenly he saw that Liu Cun's face was a little stiff, no, not only his expression, but his body was also very stiff.
Wei Feng had seen this posture before. When they were still in Moshi Village, Zhang Laoer and the others had this stiff posture when they saw the tiger. This is the subconscious reaction of creatures when they see something scary.
Is there anything here that makes Liu Cun particularly afraid? Although Wei Feng hasn't figured it out yet, it doesn't affect his instant vigilance.
Before he could react, an old voice came from beside him: "Your family is still as sensitive as ever..."
when? !
His Magic Mist Rain has been turned on, and he can be sure that no one has been close. When he was approached, the rain did not give him any feedback.
Wei Feng swallowed hard and slowly turned his head to look in the direction of the sound.
I saw a hand with skin as dry as an old tree, stroking the little head of the gray dog. And the gray dog, who never let strangers touch it, was lying motionless on the ground, saying nothing, letting this hand caress.
Looking up at the hand, the man's arm was hidden under a dusty robe. The style of the robe was something Wei Feng had never seen before, at least not the style of Yanzhou or Hezhou.
A face carved by time is revealed above the robe. Under the dense wrinkles, there is only a dull air. Seeing this face, one feels that this person is probably dying soon. It is a kind of old age that is about to die, except for decay. Still in decline.
There was a huge stone pillar on his back. Wei Feng thought it looked like a stone pillar, but only the old man knew what it was.
"You...are you?" Wei Feng asked bravely. He couldn't help it. Liu Cun was still stiff and dared not move. He couldn't expect Cang Gou to speak, so he had to do it himself.
"I was rude. I was a little emotional when I saw this little guy. I forgot to tell myself my family name. My name is Ji Chen. I am from Cangyang. Oh, there is no Cangyang now." The old man's expression remained unchanged, and he looked like the kind of lonely old man. Some are neither happy nor sad.
"My name is Wei Feng, this is my friend Liu Cun, and the one you are petting is also my friend, called Cang Gou." Wei Feng said anxiously.
It can be seen from Wei Feng's words that he is already in a state of panic. Only strangers in the previous life would introduce themselves to each other when they met. In the world of practitioners, arriving without warning is already a malicious behavior. Provocative.
However, Wei Feng also realized this after he finished speaking. He took a deep breath and quickly thought about the current situation in his mind. Liu Cun is still in a state of fear, which shows that this old man should be very strong, at least Liu Cun Unable to cope.
As for the enemy that Liu Cun couldn't deal with, there was nothing he could do. If the old man had any ill intentions, the two of them would be in trouble today. But if there was no ill intention, could it be that the old man came here just to pet the old dog?
Wei Feng felt cruel in his heart. We in the Celestial Dynasty can only kill those who are beaten to death, not those who are scared to death. Even if we are going to die here today, we should at least speak more eloquently.
He took a deep breath, forced a smile and asked: "Do you have a problem with us? It would be a bad luck if you eat for a while. You have just finished eating. Look, the gnawed bones haven't been processed yet." After speaking, he pointed to the ground. .
The old man glanced at him and was about to speak when Liu Cun across from him seemed to finally break away from that state. He stood up and protected Wei Feng behind him. His trembling hands were never placed on the hilt of the sword.
Liu Cun faced the old man head-on and said seriously: "You are here to kill me, right? He and I have only known each other for a few days, and we are not even friends. I hope you can let him go after killing me. He is very smart. Know what to say and what not to say.”
The old man seemed to have no emotion and asked: "Why should I kill you?"
Liu Cun had already tried to regain his composure and said calmly: "Your surname is Ji, and Ji is the surname of the Emperor of the Jiang Kingdom. My master told me when I was young that the royal family first rose in Cangyang, and you call yourself a Cangyang person."
"It seems that you have a grudge against the royal family." The old man said without comment.
Liu Cun said softly: "Master said that he knows the current Holy Emperor very well. After his death, the past will be wiped out, and Your Majesty will never embarrass me.
But Master also said that there is no guarantee that others will not be stupid when trying to figure out the Holy Will, and may come to trouble me, but these people who are not clear-headed will not be too strong, so I can just be careful. "
"It sounds like your master is still a big shot." The old man said calmly.
Liu Cun smiled bitterly: "But Master is wrong. You are very strong, maybe stronger than my Master." His words were mixed with helplessness, and the part he didn't say was, how can such a strong person like you be so brainless? Not sober.
"But I'm not here to kill you." The old man was still calm.
"Huh?" Liu Cun was slightly stunned, as if he couldn't react.
Seeing that he stopped speaking, the old man said slowly: "When did I say that I came to kill you? That was all your guess."
"There is no one in this world worth killing now. After seven thousand years, it's time for me to rest."
The old man spoke in a toneless tone, and his bland narration seemed to be like saying that he was tired after walking two miles in the morning and should take a nap at noon.
Seven thousand years? !
Liu Cun's pupils suddenly dilated, as if he heard something incredible, and he subconsciously blurted out: "Impossible!"
Maybe Wei Feng didn't react when he heard this time, because he didn't know the life span of a practitioner, and just thought that high-level practitioners were like the gods in mythology, immortal.
But Liu Cun does know clearly that before the Dragon Gate realm, cultivators are no different from ordinary people, with a lifespan of one hundred and forty-nine years. After crossing the Dragon Gate, their lifespan is five hundred years. After the marrow cleansing is complete, their lifespan is seven hundred years. After feathering, it will be a thousand years, and it will be difficult to break through the limit after that.
It was because he was still young and he once curiously asked Liu Yong, is there really no way to break through the limit of a thousand years? Liu Yong touched his little head at that time and said that there are very few things that are impossible in the world, but if the difficulty is too high for ordinary people to reach, it will be considered impossible.
After Xiao Liucun asked again and again, Liu Yongcai told him that it was said that the immortals in the past had a maximum life span of three thousand years, but no one knew how to achieve it, and no one had heard of any higher records.
Immortal is the name of the era of cultivating immortals. Tens of thousands of years have passed, and the way of immortality no longer exists, and future generations cannot reproduce it.
The old man said that he had endured for seven thousand years. The seven thousand years before that were still far away from the era of great prosperity of the immortal world. How could he have exceeded the life limit by so many years? Liu Cun would not have been so determined even if he had said that for more than a thousand years. negation.
When the old man heard his resolute tone, he still showed no emotion, and just said slowly: "I'm afraid it's already the 30,000th year of the Lunar Calendar when I see the disaster beast coming out.
I was born in Cangyang in the 22731st year of the Yuan Dynasty. Cangyang had not yet changed its name. I was the fourteenth among my brothers and sisters at that time, that is, I was the fourteenth prince at that time.
At that time, I was young and energetic, and I didn't bother to participate in the fight for the throne. I was obsessed with spiritual practice, and my talent was outstanding enough. With the support of my father, I was only nineteen years old and was able to reach the Dragon Gate in half a step, just like you are now. "
He glanced at Liu Cun, and his current age and cultivation level were revealed in just one sentence.
Doubts flashed across Liu Cun's eyes. Is this kind of talent outstanding? The master didn't mean that his talent was just average. It was all thanks to the master's good training that his cultivation speed was barely noticeable.
But he did not interrupt the old man's story, and just listened quietly.
The old man continued: "Unfortunately, I was not as prepared as you are now, and I was too arrogant, so I rushed to the dragon gate rashly, and failed as expected.
This failure was a huge blow to me at that time, and I was almost unable to recover. Too smooth a road may not be a good thing, so I was decadent for many years until I came back to my senses.
My third brother, who was the third prince at that time, had succeeded to the throne. He didn't like me very much. In other words, my brothers didn't like me very much because I was young and energetic at the time and I humiliated them all.
My third brother threw me out of Cangyang and into a remote place on the grounds that I wasted too much cultivation resources. From then on, I became even more decadent.
Until I encountered that disaster, which made me regret it for the rest of my life, but by then it was too late for me to start practicing again. "
Speaking of this, the old man paused for a long time, and a few ripples seemed to flash across his eyes.
"I had no hope of life at that time, so I decided to challenge Tianzhu Mountain before I died. If I challenge Tianzhu Mountain below the Dragon Gate level, it is almost impossible to survive.
I don’t know what kind of will was supporting me at that time, and I kept climbing up until I finally lost consciousness.
When I woke up, I had no idea where I was or what place I had strayed into. However, I unexpectedly saw part of the truth about the world. Only then did I realize how insignificant and insignificant I was in the waves of history. He actually jumped directly over the dragon gate.
Oh, that is the Dragon Gate, the real Dragon Gate, which is different from what you are practicing now. "
The old man seems to be really old. Many times he realizes the passage of time only after he says something and has to add something in a hurry. But if he can't remember clearly, he can always add it in a timely manner.
"I suddenly didn't realize that I had made a breakthrough in cultivation, and I was immersed in the historical records of that place. I didn't know how long I lingered there. When I woke up again like a dream, I had returned to the foot of Tianzhu Mountain.
Since then, my life seems to have returned to the time before I was nineteen years old. I have made breakthroughs in marrow cleansing, spiritual soul transformation, immortalization, and cave mystery. Finally, at the age of two hundred, I touched the threshold of the Tao of Evolution.
In the following decades, there was no opportunity for me to truly cross that threshold, until disaster struck in the twenty-three thousand year AD.
The disaster came so unexpectedly that everyone was in a hurry. As a result, they adopted the most wrong response method in the early stage, and the disaster that was originally controllable became uncontrollable.
At that time, most of the powerful people in the world chose to sacrifice their lives in order to suppress this disaster. In order to save the country of Jiang, I went to Tianzhu Mountain again.
Fortunately, fate favored me again. No, I don't know whether it was a blessing or a curse. I obtained a special sealing method, using myself as a guide to seal the disaster.
And I was also sealed together.
For seven thousand years, I have been in a state of confusion most of the time, and it is rare for me to wake up. "
"Old man, I see you are very awake now." Wei Feng interrupted curiously.
"Yes, there will always be a time to shine. I don't have a few years left, so I need to find someone who can replace me." As he said that, he quietly looked at Liu Cun who was still immersed in the story.
