After dinner, the coachman helped the two waiters clear the table. The young shopkeeper took Wang Xizhou to a table aside to drink tea and chat about home affairs. He also took out some fruits and snacks and invited Bai Gu and Bai Xiaoxiao to eat together.
Bai Gu glanced at the enthusiastic look of the young shopkeeper, but felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
It's not that the young shopkeeper is unknown, it's just that Bai Gu is naturally a little bit aloof towards strangers and doesn't want to get close to them.
But it was just nightfall now, and Bai Gu was too embarrassed to say that he had to go upstairs to his room to sleep, so he had to pull Bai Xiaoxiao to sit next to Wang Xizhou, staring at the table and keeping his mouth shut.
Even when the young shopkeeper spoke to him, Bai Gu just said a few words casually, and then continued to sit and eat those melon and fruit snacks with Bai Xiaoxiao.
Wang Xizhou put down his tea cup and thought for a while, "The new year is coming, your mountain god festival is coming soon, right? Is this year going to be like previous years?"
The young shopkeeper's hand in pouring tea paused for a moment, then immediately returned to normal, with a smile on his face, "It's almost, almost, it'll be over in two days. If Mr. Wang and your friends are not in a hurry, they can wait until after the Mountain God Festival is over. It’s not too late to leave.”
Wang Xizhou smiled and looked at Bai Gu, "Xiao Bai, what do you think?"
Bai Gu just stuffed a sugar orange into his mouth and was chewing it with his cheeks puffed out.
Hearing Wang Xizhou's question, Bai Gu was stunned for a moment, "Ah? What kind of mountain god sacrifice?"
The young shopkeeper added some tea to Bai Gu and Bai Xiaoxiao's bottomless cups, and explained with a smile: "There is a big mountain near us called Jiaoyue Mountain. Legend has it that there is a female mountain god in the mountain who controls the surrounding people. The wind regulates the rain and the crops are harvested. In order to have a bigger harvest every year in Shayu Town, we decide the date of the Mountain God Festival by fortune-telling near the New Year's Eve every year, and conduct the Mountain God Festival to pray for good weather, peace and good harvests in the coming year."
Wang Xizhou also echoed: "The Mountain God Festival in Shayu Town is very exciting and can be regarded as a major feature. When Xizhou came here before, he happened to encounter the Mountain God Festival. He was very lucky."
Bai Gu peeled off a sugar orange and handed it to Bai Xiaoxiao, "Xiaoxiao, what do you say?"
This orange is quite sweet, not bad.
Bai Xiaoxiao took the Tangtang Jue, tilted his head and looked at Bai Gu, then looked back at the Tangtang Jue in his hand, "Brother, I will go wherever you go."
After saying that, Bai Xiaowei lowered his head and began to eat sugar oranges.
Bai Gu thought for a while, took out a few bags of fried fish, and poured them into a fruit plate that he and Bai Xiaoxiao had just finished destroying. "It's okay to take a look. It's just a good way to gain some insights."
Wang Xizhou nodded, "Very good."
The young shopkeeper also had a smile on his face, "It's okay, the Mountain God Festival is great, there will be a lot of delicious food!"
Bai Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up, but he just continued to lower his head and silently ate the sugar orange.
Bai Gu glanced at Bai Xiaoxiao and reached out to rub her little head.
However, Bai Gu's peripheral vision glanced at Wang Xizhou and the young shopkeeper, and there was a hint of vigilance in his eyes.
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There was a knock on the door, awakening Bai Gu who was in a daze.
Bai Gu stood up and opened the door. A slender young man stood at the door.
"Xiao Bai, I shouldn't disturb your rest, right?"
It turned out to be Wang Xizhou.
Seeing that it was Wang Xizhou, Bai Gu smiled and said, "It's still early, and I've just eaten, so I'm lying down in a panic. Brother Wang, come on, come in and talk."
Bai Gu welcomed Wang Xizhou into the room and poured him a glass of water, "Brother Wang, what's the matter with coming here so late?"
Wang Xizhou smiled and said: "Weren't you still wondering about Xizhou's appearance this afternoon? The shopkeeper was always present just now, and Xizhou was too embarrassed to talk about it. After all, he didn't understand the cultivation matter."
Bai Gu chuckled, "That's not necessarily true. Maybe people will understand after listening to it, but I haven't understood it yet. After all, I can't read."
Wang Xizhou waved his hand, "It's different. The shopkeeper is an ordinary person after all. Xiaobai, you have some practice, and many things can be solved with just a few clicks."
Bai Gu nodded and said, "I would like to hear the details."
Wang Xizhou smiled and put his finger into the water cup, dipped some water, drew a horizontal line on the table, and drew several vertical lines on it, "Cultivation is divided into nine realms, three realms above, middle and below. As for the realm of enlightening the spirit that brings the spirit into the body, if we go by the rules, it is just a false realm and not a real realm. According to legend, there is a tenth realm above the nine realms."
Having said this, Wang Xizhou couldn't help but chuckle, "It's just that so far, no one has stepped into the tenth realm, not even heard of it. Today's saints are just shackles of the ninth realm. The legendary genius, The Jade Heaven Saint, who has profound blessings, has always been at the perfection of the nine realms throughout his life, and cannot break the shackles. Therefore, judging from the actual evidence, the current world only recognizes the nine realms, and there is no such thing as the enlightenment and the tenth realm."
Wang Xizhou pointed to the three water marks on the edge again, "Three realms of transformation, awakening the soul and opening the meridians, casting the soul to lock the soul, and tapping the avenue of profound knowledge. Without the guidance of an enlightened master, these three realms alone would be useless. It can trap countless cultivators to death. Xizhou also sat in the three realms for many years before he was lucky enough to break through to the fourth realm of swallowing spirits. Xiaobai, you have a master. If nothing big happens that damages your foundation, Your future achievements are not low."
Bai Gu twitched his lips, "My drunkard master is still good, I heard he is a swordsman. But the thief likes to drink a lot of wine, and he is stingy. When he taught me the skills, he asked me to hit him with mud balls to achieve perfection. .Brother Wang, listen, is this the way to set an example for others? He almost beat me to death! It’s a good thing that I was lucky, otherwise I really wouldn’t be able to wake up.”
Wang Xizhou was immediately in awe, "So Xiaobai, you are a master disciple of the Seventh Realm Sword Immortal. Xizhou is blind."
Bai Gu waved his hands, his face full of disgust for the drunkard, "Then I would rather find someone who is in the first or second level to be my master. That guy is just too ridiculous. Brother Wang, if I hadn't worshiped that guy first. Master, you can’t change your ways half-way and deceive the master and destroy the ancestors, otherwise I will worship you as my master.”
"Xiao Bai is joking. Xizhou is only a mere four-level cultivator. How can he be worthy of your master? Besides, you already have a master of swordsmanship. With Pearl and Jade in front of you, Xizhou won't dare to show his shame anymore." Wang Xizhou took a sip. Water moistened his throat, "Practice can increase the upper limit of lifespan. The higher the realm, the higher the upper limit of lifespan. So in the eyes of ordinary people, people who practice are immortals and immortals who fly to the sky and escape from the earth. The matter of extending lifespan, Qi The lifespan of a hundred years in the Soul Realm, two hundred years in the Soul Casting Realm, five hundred years in the Kuxuan Realm, and a thousand years in the Spirit Swallowing Realm. Xizhou Bucai is in the Spirit Swallowing Realm and can extend his life by a thousand years."
Bai Gu and Bai Xiaoxiao, who were sitting on the bed, stared at Wang Xizhou in disbelief, speechless.
One...a thousand years old?
A thousand-year-old bastard and a thousand-year-old tortoise, isn’t that...
Bah, bah, bah, what are you talking about? Don't let your imagination run wild!
Wang Xizhou looked at the surprised expressions of Bai Gu and the other two, and said with a smile: "Xizhou has a lifespan of a thousand years. Now he is nearly 70 years old, and he is still a drop of water in the vast ocean. His current appearance is not an exaggeration."
Bai Gu also suddenly realized.
Indeed, a thousand years old is only seventy years old, so it is not an exaggeration to call him a young man.
Even younger.
Probably...as old as myself?
Bai Gu immediately rejected his idea.
I don't want to be that old man who is nearly seventy years old, or the bastard who is thousands of years old.
I am only sixteen years old this year!
Oh, it’s seventeen after the New Year.
