The night has darkened, and the sky is like an inverted inkstone, pouring down boundless thick ink.
In the woods on the side of the hillside, Deng Zhiyuan picked off a small spindle-shaped leaf and threw it into his mouth. Her lips kept opening and closing, chewing on this unknown blade of grass.
The grass blades are very moist and have absorbed the nectar of summer, but the taste is a bit weird. It's bitter and astringent, leaving the tip of your tongue a little numb. She frowned slightly, spit out the small leaves, and looked at the large white Taoist robe in front of her that was conspicuous in the dark night, and she was suddenly speechless.
She stopped and looked at him silently. The visitor didn't seem to have any intention of speaking, so he stood abruptly in the middle of the woods, motionless.
There was a ripple in her heart, and she walked past the white robe calmly without even looking at it. After passing the Taoist robe, she seemed to be a little unwilling again, and said coldly: "Have you reached the tenth realm?"
The echo came back equally emotionless: "Yes."
Deng Zhiyuan sneered: "Death once is a blessing in disguise to reach the tenth realm. I know, your bullshit cultivation means that you have to let go of life and death in order to advance to the tenth realm, right? Then what do you have to give up to advance to the eleventh realm? , what about the Twelve Realms? Do you want to throw away the whole world, and then throw away yourself? I would say that your rubbish Taoism is just bullshit that has been around for hundreds of years, and you are still being held by a group of self-righteous fools. Put the bottle away. If anyone has a bad habit of smelling dog farts, give them dog farts to refresh them from time to time. Do you think this is the case? Does dog farts smell good?"
The Taoist priest's expression did not change at all, and he said indifferently: "Have you said enough?"
She became even more angry, frowning angrily, staring at the person next to her who was a whole size smaller than her, and cursed: "No, you old bastard! Did you tell me that you came to East Fuyao Island? Are you a high-level person? No one takes it seriously anymore? How does it feel to be alone in this world? You can only hide from everything and cultivate your way like a bastard!"
The Taoist priest still showed no expression and just said: "After so many years of separation, you still haven't changed at all. I can't scold you."
"Oh, why did you scold me? Isn't it the tenth realm? Isn't it promising? Come on, come on, I'm only in the ninth realm and I really can't withstand a few of your attacks. Do you have the ability to kill me?"
She walked up to the Taoist priest. Compared with the Taoist priest, her tall body was like a tower. She suddenly slapped the handsome young man in white hard on the face and screamed: "Give me a word! Do you want to kill him or not?" Are you going to fucking kill me?"
The Taoist priest did not use any spells. After this chapter, there were five more finger prints on his face. He was forced to take two steps back. There was no dissatisfaction on his face, only numbness.
Deng Zhiyuan was discouraged when he saw the Taoist priest's indifference. He sighed and said, "It's a confusing account that I can't figure out even after decades of calculation. I'm too lazy to argue with you now. I just want to ask you one thing, what happened to the woman named Sui Chang?"
The Taoist priest remained expressionless, like a soulless flesh, and said: "Sui Chang entered the Seventh Realm at the age of twenty-four, suffered a great calamity at the age of twenty-nine, fell to the Sixth Realm, and her Taoist state of mind was broken into dregs. She will no longer be able to cultivate in this life. Cun Jin died at the age of ninety-three."
"Haha, you remember it very clearly. What state were you in when she was twenty-nine?"
"Seven realms."
Deng Zhiyuan laughed angrily and said: "Okay, very good, you deserve to be you, surnamed Sun. You became a Taoist couple with her, used her to overcome tribulations, cut off the six dusts, and achieved Taoism, and let her die like this." To die alone on the road, did you have this idea when you left Zixia Sect?"
This time there was surprisingly no answer.
Deng Zhiyuan got the answer from the silence, nodded, and said something strange to himself: "Then should I still be happy?"
She took a while to calm down, then turned to the handsome young man in white robes and said, "I have to say, your appearance really disgusts me. Now that you have cut off the mortal world, you want to be the person who was born on the mountain wholeheartedly. This is your "I won't stop you, and we have no feelings to talk about, so let's talk about a deal. I saved your life this time. You know how much this favor is worth, and we have to settle it as a matter of business."
"I have no objection to this matter. Just take whatever you want from me. Even if I don't have it, I will go to Mount Taihua and try my best to get it. The life of an old man like me is worth some money in this world."
Deng Zhiyuan was not polite, stretched out three fingers and said: "I only have three requests. First, I want the "Twelve Yishu of Taiqu Divine Calculation" from Taihua Mountain to be given to Zixia Sect as compensation for that incident. . Second, I want you to give Xu Huaigu a big opportunity. Don’t be stingy and come up with something genuine and good. Third..."
She paused and slowly spoke word by word: "I want that weird girl, Li Zi, to become a Taoist couple with Xu Huaigu when she is twenty years old."
As soon as he finished this sentence, the Taoist priest looked a little angry and said hurriedly: "It's not you who opened the lion's big mouth like this. The "Twelve Book of Changes of Taiqu Divine Calculation" is originally one of the Seven Books and Three Classics of Taihua Mountain. You know very well how precious it is, and you also know how much resistance I will encounter if I take it out. If you want me to give Xu Huaigu the opportunity, I can satisfy it. I can accept both points, but this last point is absolutely impossible! Even if Li Zi wants it, I will never agree!"
"Why not? You want Li Zi to follow your old path of forgetting love and pleasure? Do you think that is right? Your path is too extreme, and the path should not be so heartless. You entered the seventh century at the age of twenty At the age of thirty, he entered the eighth realm, and at the age of fifty-six, he entered the ninth realm. He is considered a wizard in both ancient and modern times, right? But you have been wandering in the ninth realm for nearly eighty years, do you know why?"
"The road has reached an extreme. The further back you go, the missing part of your humanity will only be infinitely magnified, making it more dangerous for you and making it difficult for you to move up to the next level. You haven't realized this yet. Didn't you realize that your temperament has only gotten worse after traveling in the world for so many years? You have always wanted to rediscover the emotions in the world that you had long forgotten. You have seen all kinds of things in the world, but it still doesn't work. . From the time you brought Xu Huaigu and Li Zi by your side to the story in that mountain temple, they were all your attempts to find favor, but unfortunately they were all in vain. You have always made yourself too high and unattainable. Like a visitor from another world, he is just a bystander looking at the human world with cold eyes. How can we solve the situation if we are not a participant in it?"
The Taoist priest was still silent. These words were actually the same as his state of mind over the years. Sure enough, Deng Zhiyuan was a person who had been promoted to the tenth level after all, and his speaking horizons were already very broad.
She spoke again and said: "I can't control whether you listen to what I say, but you must give me the answer to my request now."
The Taoist priest replied: "We each take a step back. If Xu Huaigu can reach the seventh level of cultivation when he is twenty, I will allow it. But after he and Li Zi form a Taoist couple, they must record the ancestors who entered Taihua Mountain According to the ultimatum, from now on he will be a native of Taihua Mountain."
"Impossible, Xu Huaigu can't join Taihua Mountain."
The Taoist priest smiled sarcastically: "Are you betting all your money on this kid? Do you want to polish this piece of jade yourself and then accept him to pass on the incense?"
The tall woman's eyes were full of contempt and she said, "Do you think everyone is like you and only knows how to do business that is only about profit? I help him because I am happy and feel that I have a good connection. In addition, I see that you are unhappy. Even if he doesn't want this opportunity, I will pour it into his belly. It has nothing to do with incense. But with that child's temperament, he will definitely not be restrained by anything. Do you want it? Letting him go into the mountains is actually a big mistake."
The Taoist priest said: "You can do whatever you want. Anyway, I just want to make a deal between you and me. I will prepare the opportunity for this child. As for where he dies in the future, it is none of my business."
Deng Zhiyuan sarcastically said: "I am still young, so it doesn't matter where I die, but I will definitely die behind you."
The Taoist priest was too lazy to argue with her anymore and whispered: "Cui Ku of Zixia Sect has also reached the tenth realm. I will leave secretly in the next few days, otherwise I may not be able to leave."
Deng Zhiyuan's eyes flashed with surprise. Is it really because the world is about to face a catastrophe and all the luck is finally released that there are so many people who have broken mirrors recently? Maybe she can follow this trend and be promoted to the tenth level again?
Most likely.
It seems that this time when I return to the sect, I will have to undergo another death trap.
Deng Zhiyuan closed his eyes and took a breath. When he looked up again, the boy in white had disappeared. There was nothing to chew in her mouth and she felt uncomfortable, so she casually pulled out a handful of pine needles and put them into her mouth.
The fragrance of pine needles is ok, but it's a bit irritating to the tongue. She couldn't help but think of the child rolling in the grass near Zixia Sect a long time ago. She was ten years older than him, and he always messed around with her regardless of how big or small she was.
He was also the only one who called her Big Kite, and she hadn't seen a kite in a long time.
Deng Zhiyuan lowered his head, feeling very disappointed, and murmured: "Look, the little kite flies so high. Big kite, when will you be able to fly into the sky with the little kite?"
