"I never existed and I never left." Xuanyuan Zi smiled.
Chatting with Xuanyuan Zi always makes me realize some truths. Just like if I don't think about being underwater at this moment, the pressure in my heart no longer exists.
At the same time, the spiritual power left by Xuanyuan Zi was constantly leaving my heart and integrating into my eight extraordinary meridians little by little. Of course, I didn't know it.
"Okay, you should go back, your body can't bear it yet..." Xuanyuan Zi dropped these words and disappeared.
My consciousness instantly returned to my physical body, and the feeling of hypoxia also followed. I quickly surfaced for air.
"Master, it's time to rest." Wei Yucheng also advised me.
"Hmm..." One person and one ghost smiled and approached the shore.
Such days lasted for nearly a month, and we didn't leave Biyue Town until spring came.
Naturally, we left quietly. Only Wang Liangshun knew that we were leaving. The old man was crying profusely, which made us very uncomfortable.
But we still didn’t notify him when we left.
As we embark on the journey again, the expressions on everyone's faces are different, with more fortitude and more responsibility.
It's a pity that I still haven't been able to absorb all the spiritual power left by Xuanyuan Zi during this period. Adding in the 30% that Haitang helped me absorb before, the total is only 60%.
But even at 60%, I feel a qualitative change in my strength, but I haven't had the chance to try it yet.
"Go in the original direction?" Heizi, who was holding the direction, looked at me with a smile.
"Well, let's take the old road and see the scenery along the way." I smiled and nodded.
It was late at night, and the three women fell asleep in the back seat as soon as they got in the car, and Dahei was also fast asleep in his seat.
I have been practicing at night these days, but now I am very awake, chatting and laughing with Heizi all the way.
When the sky was bright, we met a group of people on the roadside. Originally, this kind of thing was not worth stopping for us, but this time we met a Taoist family.
And it looked like they were attending a funeral, but that wasn't the reason why we stopped. I asked Heizi to stop, just because the coffin this man was carrying didn't have a lid.
"Fellow Taoist, what is going on?" I stepped forward to salute and asked in a low voice.
After looking at my gestures, he naturally knew that I was also a Taoist, and the previous conflicting look in his eyes disappeared instantly.
"Master is seriously ill. This is Master's legacy. If Master is still unable to get up at the cemetery, he will be buried alive." Fellow Taoist told the truth.
On a similar matter, my master told me that alive burial means that the person is buried while still breathing. This is also one of the ways that some Taoists think they can attain Taoism and become immortals.
It's not an evil law, but it's not orthodox either. It's just a little cruel.
Looking at the team that was still moving forward, I frowned, but my frown was not because I encountered a living burial.
It's because the evil spirit is constantly floating out of the coffin. This is not a serious illness. This is definitely evil.
"Fellow Taoist, can I see your master?" I deliberately looked a little ugly, just hoping that he could understand what I meant.
"Okay, if it's fate, master won't blame me. In fact, I don't agree with being buried alive. It's master who insists on it..." Fellow Taoist immediately stopped the team.
It seems that he should be a big brother-like figure, and he should have a good relationship with his master.
The three women and Dahei also got out of the car at this moment. We came to the coffin together. Inside lay an old Taoist with gray hair. The Taoist robe on his body was spotless. It looked like it was new.
The old Taoist's breath was weak, but his chest was still clearly rising and falling, but there was a mass of evil energy gathering between his eyebrows. This must have been a serious evil spirit that had damaged his roots.
I turned my head and glanced at Haitang. Haitang also frowned. Although she couldn't see the evil spirit like me, but with her medical skills, she should know what was going on by looking at her face.
"Fellow Taoist, has the old man dealt with evil spirits before?" I had to turn my head to look at fellow Taoist.
"Can you also see this?" The fellow Taoist who looked like a senior brother looked shocked.
"My senior sister has superb medical skills. If you don't want the old man to be buried alive, we can help your master take a look." When I said this, I glanced at Haitang again to seek her opinion.
"Okay, put the coffin down." Senior Brother gave the order, and Haitang nodded slightly towards me.
This senior brother looks to be about forty years old. Seeing that we are so young, he has no doubt that his master must be a great figure in this country.
If you don't have a certain level of moral integrity, it's impossible to trust a few strangers easily. It's just like when I communicate with ordinary people, I can sense whether they are lying.
Furthermore, he should have great respect for his master. If he had any hope, he would not want his master to suffer the pain of being buried alive.
Haitang first felt Lao Dao's pulse, then opened Lao Dao's eyelids and looked at me.
"Has the old man been hit by evil spirits?" Haitang said bluntly.
"Yes." I nodded vigorously.
"Fate, fate, no wonder the master asked us to walk slowly along the road..." The trust in the eyes of the senior brother was a little more at this moment.
"Your master didn't save himself?" Anyone who practices Taoism, since they are evil spirits, at this age should know some Taoist methods of self-rescue.
"Have someone look at it. The evil spirit has entered the body. The healing methods in this world have been lost." The senior brother lowered his head as he spoke.
"Oh? What kind of Taoism is it?" Actually, I asked knowingly.
"The legendary Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate." Senior Brother raised his head with a wry smile.
At this moment, I was in a bit of a dilemma. Originally, I hoped that this senior brother didn't know this Taoist method, so we could make up a lie.
Now it seems that I was hasty. There are a total of twenty-three Taoist priests in front of me. This is definitely the size of a Taoist temple, and this Taoist temple is not small.
Based on his attitude towards us, and looking at the ages of his junior disciples, these Taoist priests definitely have real abilities, otherwise they would not recognize the "Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate".
If Haitang is allowed to save people, the Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate will naturally be exposed. If he doesn't save people, he will really be desperate to save people, not to mention that he is also a Taoist.
"Your master is right, but the Taoism has not been lost." Before I could answer, Haitang had already spoken.
"What do you mean..." This time, not only the senior brother, but also all the Taoist priests were shocked.
"When this Taoism appears, it will definitely cause unnecessary trouble for us, but we must not ignore it." Mudan saw my worry and stepped forward to hold my hand.
"We are absolutely tight-lipped, and I beg the master to save my master." How could the senior brother still not understand what he said.
He waved to the junior fellow apprentices and took the lead to kneel down. How could we, five of us with ten hands, stop so many people.
"Don't be like this. Get up quickly. We are all Taoists. We can't bear such a big gift." I quickly went to help the elder brother.
"I beg you, master, to save my master." I didn't expect that this guy's cultivation level was not low, and I couldn't pull him away.
"Okay, I'll save him, but I can't do it here." Haitang took a step forward.
"Hurry and carry Master back." The senior brother stood up with a smile and excitedly directed the people who were still kneeling on the ground.
"Is it far?" I grabbed the senior brother who was about to run.
"In the middle of the mountain ahead, Yunluo Temple." I was afraid that the senior brother was so excited that he went crazy. I looked up and roughly estimated the location. I'm afraid it was dozens of miles away.
"Transfer the master to the car and we'll run there. You arrange for everyone to get on the car and give directions." I said in a deep voice.
"Yes, that's fine, let the master feel more comfortable." The senior brother said, raising his hand to call a junior brother to explain a few words.
Then everyone worked together to move their master to the back seat of the car. The young apprentice got into the back seat of the car, put their master's head on his lap, and raised his hand to support the master's body.
Haitang jumped into the passenger seat, and Heizi was driving as usual. They were one step ahead, and even Dahei jumped out and ran with us.
But not long after I ran out, I felt something was wrong. Each of these Taoist priests walked as fast as flying, and their speed could be regarded as light kung fu.
Even if we tried hard to catch up, we couldn't even catch up with the youngest Taoist priest. The further we ran, the greater the distance.
The point is that I feel that they haven’t really exerted their strength yet, and they probably slowed down and waited for us from the beginning.
"You go back first and follow the orders of the experts." The senior brother noticed that we were lagging behind, stopped and shouted to everyone.
"Yes." Everyone speeded up, and in the blink of an eye no one was seen, only the senior brother waiting for us on the roadside in front was left.
