Zhao Ning said, "It's a birthmark, born from birth."
"Even birthmarks can be reduced." The aunt next to her straightened up and looked into the crowd, then said disappointedly, "Grandma Luo is not here. She is the cure-all for all diseases in our village. Let her show it to you later. look."
Zhao Ning responded quietly and thanked her.
"It's okay, it's fate that little girl is here."
Zhao Ning paused and asked, "Are all the villagers living in the village?"
"That's not true."
Someone nearby said to Zhao Ning, "Our village is special and we don't have the means to be self-sufficient. How can we survive? Many people come here one after another. And being so close to Pingyang Daze, we can still meet some occasionally. Immortals, many people are going to the other side of the mountain, where is the real gathering place for mortals, we are just a temporary gathering point."
Zhao Ning responded softly.
Another person added, "But there are still some people who are unwilling to be reconciled and don't want to be just mortals forever, so they go to Pingyang Daze. If they encounter any chance, they will become immortals and don't have to worry about making a living every day like us. By the way, the little girl looks still young, so she should go back to Pingyang Daze in the future, and she will eventually have the opportunity to practice."
Zhao Ning put the woven Tianzhucao into the basket, "I was born unable to practice."
As soon as these words came out, the woman next to him also sighed, "The little girl is pitiful too."
The woman probably felt that there were some things that were hard to say, so she turned to find other people to chat with.
Zhao Ning glanced at most of the people, and then she realized that there were not many children in Yuanming Village, and there were even very few young people.
Yue Shengxian didn't speak for a long time, and Zhao Ning knew it was probably because of what happened before.
But at this moment, Yue Shengxian was murmuring, and she asked Zhao Ning, "Do you think it's possible that a mortal can quickly reach Xianzhou, climb over the mountains, and cross the sea to reach Congzhou?"
Zhao Ning just looked at her. Without saying anything, the adjectives from her own mouth were enough to make people understand how difficult this matter was.
In Zhao Ning's eyes, Yue Shengxian smiled, sat there, and looked up at the starry sky, "It's so difficult to even go to Congzhou, let alone find the Forbidden Land of Extreme Demons. Ahhhh, why am I a mortal?"
The sound of the last sentence was probably too obvious. Someone next to him laughed and said, "What is Shengxian girl howling? She suddenly wants to be an immortal."
Some people also said, "Your grandfather was bragging before, saying that your ancestors were powerful in forging the avenue, and they could only follow the forging path. Ordinary avenues cannot be cultivated, and you don't like the forging path. This is a bit difficult." ”
Yue Shengxian blushed at what everyone said. He didn't want to say more, so he pulled Zhao Ning out and said, "It's not me who wants to become a Taoist, it's Zhao Ning who wants to be an immortal. Right, Zhao Ning."
As he spoke, he pulled her sleeves without leaving a trace.
Zhao Ning met everyone's teasing gazes and smiled, "Zhao Ning wants to be a god."
Perhaps no one expected that Zhao Ning's words were so...pure, so clean that only piety and sincerity remained.
She murmured, "I want to be a gentle, calm, tolerant, and upright god."
The words gradually weakened, and Zhao Ning lowered her gaze, otherwise the emotions in her eyes would be exposed.
Everyone didn't pay much attention to it. Instead, they were affected by Zhao Ning's words and sighed, "Which mortal living in Xianzhou doesn't want to become a god? The place where we are is obviously the richest place in the entire Jiuzhou, but it is subject to various restrictions. It is really a great regret in life that there is no way to enter Taoism.”
As everyone talked, the bonfire was gone, and they each returned to their rooms.
Zhao Ning asked Yue Shengxian to sleep on the bed. Yue Shengxian was reluctant at first, but Zhao Ning couldn't help but insisted.
In the darkness, Yue Shengxian turned around and fell down. The curtain half-hidden her voice, and the snoring reached Zhao Ning's ears. Zhao Ning closed her eyes without thinking too much.
However, after an unknown amount of time, Zhao Ning suddenly woke up from the daze and felt that someone was watching her.
She subconsciously shrank up and sat up, but she saw Yue Shengxian holding the curtain with both hands, with only one head sticking out from the middle, staring at Zhao Ning faintly.
Zhao Ning took a breath and asked, "What's wrong with Sister Shengxian?"
Yue Shengxian said quietly, "Zhao Ning, you haven't answered my question yet."
It took a long time for Zhao Ning to realize that Yue Shengxian was talking about problems at night. She wanted to go to Congzhou and asked Zhao Ning if it was possible.
Zhao Ning thought she already had the answer, but Yue Shengxian's eyes were still staring dimly in the darkness, as if she couldn't sleep without her answer.
Zhao Ning stood up and walked to the table to light the oil lamp. The light seemed to dispel the coolness of the night.
She looked at Yue Shengxian in the light, and Yue Shengxian's eyes became a little sad and guilty.
Zhao Ning lowered her eyes, her thoughts turned, and then said, "Sister Shengxian, nothing is impossible in this world. Even a mortal can move mountains and fill seas, and cross thousands of miles. Just be persistent but slow."
Yue Shengxian stared at Zhao Ning. She didn't speak for a long time.
Zhao Ning sat down on the stool and asked Yue Shengxian, "Sister Shengxian, if you have anything bothering you, you can talk to Zhao Ning."
Yue Shengxian hesitated for a long time before saying, "I picked up a person a while ago. He was an immortal. He was about to die. During the day, his enemies came after him. We were blocked in the cave, and he had to use his escape belt. I left, he wanted to kill his enemy, but his enemy threw him into the Congzhouji Demonic Forbidden Land."
This was a very vague description, but Zhao Ning heard something strange.
"Sister Shengxian, are you sure you were thrown to the Forbidden Land?" Zhao Ning didn't know where the so-called Forbidden Land was, but she knew that Congzhou was separated by thousands of miles of territory and oceans, so such a teleportation would be impossible. It's something that ordinary immortals can do.
Yue Shengxian affirmed, "I saw it! His enemy tore a crack in the sky directly behind him. In the crack, there was a blurry scene on the other side, shrouded in black air, raging demonic shadows, and some collapsed ancient buildings. And in the rumors The Extreme Demonic Forbidden Land is the same."
"You said how could he, an immortal with only one breath left, endure the torture of the Forbidden Land? Moreover, he also used magic to bring me out of the cave, and even wanted to explode himself and attack the opponent like crazy. In that short period of time , it feels like all his original power will be drained away. He will definitely die if he goes."
Yue Shengxian lost his strength and covered his head, feeling guilty, "If I had known, I would have let him leave earlier, maybe I wouldn't have met him again."
"Sister Shengxian." Listening to Yue Shengxian's voice, which seemed to be crying, Zhao Ning reminded, "Maybe this is a turning point."
"Ah?" Yue Shengxian looked at Zhao Ning in confusion, not understanding why Zhao Ning suddenly came to such a conclusion.
Zhao Ning said, "If he is really an enemy, with the strength of the other party that can travel thousands of miles, and is at least an immortal at the level of the Yuan Shen, if he wants to kill a dying person with a grudge, all he has to do is raise his hand. After crushing him, why do you need to send your friend to the Forbidden Land of Extreme Demons?"
Yue Shengxian was even more confused by these words. It sounded reasonable, but...
"But, I saw with my own eyes that he desperately wanted to kill that person, and even said that the person killed many of his seniors, and it was a blood feud... Moreover, the person's expression was very arrogant and cold, and the silver light in his hand seemed to be killing him. People are the same throughout.”
Zhao Ning suddenly paused when she heard Yue Shengxian's description.
But Yue Shengxian really couldn't figure it out and urged Zhao Ning to talk to her more carefully.
Zhao Ning put aside those impossible thoughts and said, "Sister Shengxian said that your friend has almost exhausted all his original power. So what was his condition before he entered the sky?"
If he is at the end of his strength and dies within a few breaths after entering the Forbidden City, there is no point in being sent to the Forbidden City for torture; if there is still a chance of survival, then where does his life come from?
Yue Shengxian suddenly got stuck, and she murmured, "Yes, he was obviously breathing his last breath when he brought me out. Why was it that when his enemy caught him, the silver light fainted on him? It’s like coming to life.”
Zhao Ning smiled and said, "The people in the game may not be able to react for a while, but it should be clear to the onlookers, Sister Shengxian. That god is saving your friend, and maybe it is his opportunity to go to the Forbidden Land of Extreme Demons."
"Okay...it seems so..."
Yue Shengxian murmured, but there was always a hurdle he couldn't overcome, "But he clearly recognized it, and every word was full of hatred."
Zhao Ning was puzzled and just guessed, "Maybe what he saw is not the truth. The world of gods is always beyond the cognition of mortals."
Yue Shengxian fell into a daze again. She looked at Zhao Ning and actually agreed with him for the most part, but she still couldn't get out.
Zhao Ning didn't say much. She turned her head and looked outside. It was still early in the tenth month, the crescent moon was low, and the stars were bright. She seemed to recall what happened that day again, until she finally closed her eyes silently.
One night passed, and as soon as Zhao Ning woke up, Yue Shengxian rushed to the bed. She said to Zhao Ning, "Zhao Ning, I have decided."
Zhao Ning was stunned and heard Yue Shengxian say, "I'm going to enter the Tao through forging, and I'm going to find my grandfather."
Zhao Ning sat up and realized that Yue Shengxian had a new idea overnight, "Are you still going to Congzhou?"
"Yes. Since it is too slow for mortals to pass by and the possibility is too small, then I will go to the Tao and become an immortal. Since it is a chance that he is in the Jimo Forbidden Land and cannot get out for a while, then when I can fly, I can go to Jiji. Take him out of the Demonic Forbidden City."
Her words were pure and firm, not mixed with any other thoughts, just to settle the guilt in her heart.
Zhao Ning smiled and said, "Okay."
Yue Shengxian packed his luggage so fast that Zhao Ning couldn't even intervene.
Even after her luggage was packed, before Yue Shengxian left, she took Zhao Ning to a small courtyard in the village.
The yard is full of various medicinal herbs, some of which are ordinary medicinal herbs for ordinary people, and some of which are sold in the practice market.
Yue Shengxian opened his mouth and shouted, "Grandma Luo, Grandma Luo, are you back? I took the little girl to see a doctor."
The Granny Luo she mentioned was probably the miracle doctor in the village whom the villagers mentioned yesterday.
"Come on, come on, why is Shengxian girl so busy? What are you rushing to do so early in the morning?" A stooped old woman walked out of the room, but she looked very good. Zhao Ning suddenly realized that it was her first morning here. The old woman who arrived went out to collect herbs.
"Come in, I happened to have picked some good herbs this time."
Yue Shengxian pulled Zhao Ning in quickly, pressed Zhao Ning directly on the chair of Grandma Luo's house, and then said to Grandma Luo, "Grandma, I will leave this poor little thing I picked up to you. I have to leave. I want to leave." Gone as an immortal."
Granny Luo raised her eyebrows, "When did you become enlightened?"
"I've been enlightened!" Yue Shengxian waved his hand towards Zhao Ning, "I'm leaving. If I leave for Congzhou later, I will come back to see you."
Zhao Ning stood up and chased for a few steps, "Sister Shengxian..."
However, Yue Shengxian's figure had already run far away.
"Don't worry about her, this girl is like this." Granny Luo said nonchalantly, and then pulled Zhao Ning to the side, "That day, when Shengxian girl picked you up, I felt that your birthmark was a little bit... Something's wrong. Are you really born with it?"
Zhao Ning paused, shook her head, and said frankly, "I don't know."
If it was a birthmark, why did she feel bone-chilling pain after the Great Chun Leaf disappeared.
But Granny Luo said, "That's right, you are poisonous!"
Zhao Ning was startled when she heard her say, "This is a very powerful poison. This poison is still recognizing your origin, integrating into your body, and will completely swallow you up soon. However, strange to say, this poison is so It’s so powerful, I don’t think an ordinary body can support it, so it’s a miracle that you can survive for sixteen years.”
Zhao Ning was silent.
Granny Luo sighed, "Poor little girl."
Zhao Ning looked at her, "Mother-in-law, it seems she knows something about this..."
Instead, Granny Luo paused, stared at Zhao Ning and pointed, "You're a very smart girl, but Granny Luo doesn't know much. Come over here."
Zhao Ning didn't know why she was so mysterious, so she did as she was told. She whispered in Zhao Ning's ear, "Actually, Granny Luo left Xianzhou and went to Kuozhou far, far away. Where did your poison come from?" A certain atmosphere is very similar."
Granny Luo's mysterious words actually tell Zhao Ning to a certain extent that she is not a mortal. If traveling from Xianzhou to Congzhou may be "persistent but slow" for a mortal, then going from Xianzhou to Kuozhou is not a mortal. Yuan can reach places, but this still ignores the extreme estimation of danger encountered there.
Zhao Ning looked at her. From the monsters hiding in the village to the practitioners who became mortals, this Yuanming Village was no longer the "ordinary place for mortals" as the fishermen said.
"Please ask my mother-in-law to give me some more advice."
Seeing that Zhao Ning did not show fear or other expressions, Granny Luo was very pleased and said bluntly, "This kind of poison is like a tarsal maggot and cannot be peeled off. However, if there is a way to transfer the poison to other parts of the body bit by bit, Maybe it can be alleviated, but it’s too difficult, and it’s not something that ordinary medicinal stones or medical magic can do.”
Granny Luo was just thinking about possible solutions, maybe she was just muttering casually, but it was ice-cold in Zhao Ning's ears. If this poison was acquired from birth, where did it come from?
"...If you want to really get rid of it, you may still need to use your own strength." After Granny Luo finished speaking, she saw Zhao Ning looking strange, "What's wrong?"
Zhao Ning concealed her thoughts and only asked, "My own strength?"
This was said in a vague way. He was just a mortal. How does a mortal body come into being and dissolve the poison that would give even an immortal a headache?
"Of course, little girl, my mother-in-law will teach you today that you must respect your own body and soul. You must be a human being. You must be trained by heaven and be the leader of all things. The power contained in this cannot be completely ignored."
