Qian Chao knelt in front of Mr. Zhuang and was in mourning. Mo Zu and the old shopkeeper looked on with sadness.
After a long time, Qian Chao felt someone tap him on the shoulder, and a gentle voice said:
"The dead are gone, but the living are like this. Get up. I still have something to tell you."
The old shopkeeper hurried forward to help Qian Chao and handed him a towel to wipe the tears on his face.
Mo Zu looked at Qian Chao and said:
"We met once, do you remember me?"
"Remember, when the junior arrived that day, the senior was playing chess with Mr. Zhuang."
"Yes, that was the time. Well, maybe you don't know my identity yet. My surname is Mo, and I am Mo Ju. He is a Five Spirits monk and often practices on Yuhu Mountain..."
Qian Chao had long guessed that this old man was a Nascent Soul cultivator. Now that the other party revealed his identity, he should bow down and salute. After all, the other party was a Yuanying Patriarch level figure. However, Mo Zu stretched out his hand to stop Qian Chao. continued:
"It doesn't have to be like this. I have been friends with Brother Zhuang for many years. We are on equal terms with him. You and Brother Zhuang have been friends for many years. When you see me again in the future, just address me as sir."
Mr. Zhuang is an extraordinary person, and his old friends who have been with him for many years are naturally extraordinary people. Most of these people are free-spirited and careless about etiquette and the like, so Qian Chao salutes and praises:
"Yes, this junior has met Mr. Mo."
Mo Zu nodded with satisfaction:
"Brother Zhuang passed away suddenly, which is really a pity. However, he had an optimistic temperament and had already anticipated his life and death. Therefore, before his death, he explained his funeral affairs clearly one by one and left letters to his friends. Next, there is one from you. Here, don’t rush to read it. Listen to me continue. According to the last wish in the letter left by Brother Zhuang to me, Yi Mingxuan will be in your name in the future. The real estate He left the house and everything here to you..."
"Oh?" Qian Chao was a little surprised when he heard this, "This..."
The real estate house is nothing to Qian Chao, but all of Mr. Zhuang's personal belongings were left to Qian Chao, which surprised him. Mr. Zhuang and Qian Chao have the same hobby, which is collecting books, that is, Zhuang All the books he collected throughout his life have been given to Qian Chao, and they are all priceless treasures.
"It's normal," Mo Zu said. "I guess you also know the origin of Brother Zhuang. Lao Bao has served Brother Zhuang all his life. Both of them are Yingzhou monks. They have long been sympathized with each other through the bumps along the way. However, Lao Bao is not the descendant of Brother Zhuang." , and Lao Bao is also getting older. Unlike Brother Zhuang, he has the intention to return to his roots and return to his hometown in the future, but that is all in the future and will be discussed in the future. And although you and Brother Zhuang do not have the title of master and disciple, In fact, you are the only successor to Brother Zhuang’s knowledge in this world, and there is no one else except you. Brother Zhuang was unable to accept disciples because he was forced to take an oath in Yingzhou, but in fact you have nothing to do with his disciples. Strange, I am not wrong about this, right?"
"exactly……"
"That's why he left everything he had to you. The most precious thing about Brother Zhuang is his studies, the various classics he collected, and the books he wrote with so much effort, they are all yours. That’s a treasure mountain, you can’t let it go to waste, do you understand?”
"Junior understands."
Mo Zu nodded, and then as if he suddenly thought of something, he took out a small bag from his body and handed it to Qian Chao and said:
"Here are some books that I borrowed from Brother Zhuang before. Now I can only return them to you. All the books that catch my eye are rare books. You have to read them carefully. Do you understand?"
"Yes." Qian Chao said, tying his hands together.
Well, it must be said that Mozu was very thoughtful here. The books he gave Qian Chao were not borrowed from Mr. Zhuang at all, but were the essence of Mozu's lifelong study of runes. Mo Zu's rune science can be said to be its own school, which is different from Mr. Zhuang's emphasis on the complete general meaning of "Tao". Mo Zu paid more attention to "skills" and how to use the rune science. After all, Mo Zu is a monk in Central Continent. He does not have the "immortal bloodline" possessed by Mr. Zhuang. As long as Mr. Zhuang can master the study of runes, he can rely on his own blood to use rune spells at will. It can be said that it is easy and wonderful. Incomparably, Mo Zu cannot do this, so he pays more attention to how to transform the study of runes into real spells. From this perspective, Qian Chao is actually closer to Mo Zu.
Ancestor Mo has not accepted a disciple yet. Although there is no rule in the sect that Yuanying monks are not allowed to accept disciples, almost all monks will not accept any more disciples after they reach the realm of Yuanying. The most important thing for the Yuanying monks is whether they can ascend to immortality in the future. That is the ultimate goal of the monks' long practice. For this reason, they are not even willing to participate in the affairs of the sect, only when something big happens. Only then will he show up and take action; furthermore, if a Nascent Soul monk accepts a Qi refining monk as a disciple, then his Qi refining disciple will be of the same generation as the important Dan Jie elders in the sect, so Even the foundation-building monks in the sect had to call him uncle when they saw him, which was very embarrassing. Therefore, the teaching of disciples in the Five Spirits Sect was a matter for the alchemy-building monks.
The reason why Mozu has not accepted a disciple until now is because he never had this intention before. He was obsessed with the study of runes during his entire cultivation of alchemy. He became crazy about it and had already planned to accept a disciple. The matter of disciples was completely put aside. Although he went to watch the Cheng Guan En Examination in the sect on the advice of others a few times, he was not satisfied with the performance of those disciples. In his eyes, the best performers over the years were also not satisfied. They are all stupid and confused. Of course, this is because there was no such person as Qian Chao in the past, otherwise he might be tempted to accept them as his disciples.
After bringing together Mr. Zhuang and Qian Chao's master-disciple relationship, Mo Zu was actually very envious of Mr. Zhuang. At least Brother Zhuang had a successor that he was very satisfied with. Looking at the sect, there are almost no other disciples who can compare with Qian Chao. At first, Mo Zu had the intention of secretly teaching Qian Chao, but later he wanted to keep what Mr. Zhuang had learned in his life in Zhongzhou and leave it to Zhongzhou. In the Wuling Sect, that's why they pushed Qian Chao in front of Mr. Zhuang. Now that Mr. Zhuang has passed away, Mozu had his thoughts changed again when he saw Qian Chao. He didn't care about the title of master and apprentice, just He simply didn't want anyone to inherit what he had learned in his life, which would be a pity for him and a loss to the Wuling Sect, so he handed over what he had learned in his life into the hands of Qian Chao in the name of returning the book. , now Qian Chao has carefully accepted his book. Mo Zu believes that Qian Chao’s intelligence will definitely benefit a lot from it. He is also looking forward to seeing the essence of the two old men’s lifelong learning in one person in the future. What should it look like when it is reflected on your body.
Finally Mozu said:
"Brother Zhuang has completely entrusted his funeral affairs to me. I will take Brother Zhuang's body to the Forest of Steles in Yuhu Mountain for burial. If I have trouble in my journey to immortality in the future, I will be with Brother Zhuang next to me. Haha, We are not lonely either, okay, you go and give him a few more salutes, I will take Brother Zhuang away, and if you want to pay homage to him in the future, it depends on whether you have the chance to go to Yuhu Mountain."
After hearing this, Qian Chao solemnly knelt down in front of Mr. Zhuang as he was told. This time he performed the nine-bow ceremony to Mr. Zhuang's body, which was only used when he was a disciple. Mozu nodded with emotion and immediately remembered to ask the old shopkeeper to get it quickly. A cup of hot tea was handed over to him. After bowing, Qian Chao took the tea cup and sprinkled it at Mr. Zhuang's feet. He was unable to become a disciple when he was alive, so now he can only express his feelings in this way.
Before leaving, Mozu took off a jade pendant from Mr. Zhuang and handed it to Qian Chao, saying:
"This is something Brother Zhuang keeps with him. He told you to keep it as a thought for you, and maybe it can be used in the future."
Qian Chao held it with both hands in a daze, and then several Jiedan elders walked into the courtyard with solemn faces. They carefully and respectfully took Mr. Zhuang's body away. Mo Zu also followed, leaving only Qian Chao stared at the jade pendant in a daze.
…
He has read the letter Mr. Zhuang left for Qian Chao. In the letter, Mr. Zhuang entrusted the old shopkeeper Bao Jiang to Qian Chao and asked Qian Chao to allow Bao Jiang to return to Yingzhou if possible in the future. In addition, There are a few other things that Qian Chao may also need to do, but those are all based on the premise that Qian Chao can send Bao Jiang back. If that day comes, Bao Jiang will naturally tell Qian Chao what Mr. Zhuang has entrusted, otherwise now There's no point in saying it.
"Boss" said the old shopkeeper Leng Buding.
Qian Chao, who was staring at the letter in his hand in a daze, began to react and immediately realized that with the passing of Mr. Zhuang, the relationship between him and the old shopkeeper had also changed.
"Old man, oh, Mr. Bao, you should call me by my real name."
"How about that? Since Mr. Zhuang has handed over this store to you, you will be the new owner in the future."
Suddenly there was a tea shop and an old servant, and the old servant's cultivation level was far higher than Qian Chao's. Naturally, Bao Jiang could not do it now when he returned to Yingzhou. It seemed that how to make this happen? The maintenance of the tea shop is what Qian Chao should think about at the moment. In fact, Qian Chao doesn't have to worry about Yi Mingxuan and Bao Jiang at all. Bao Jiang has been wandering around with Mr. Zhuang. His cultivation is not weak. At least he is an elder-level figure in the sect, and he also learned a superb tea-making craft somewhere. The spiritual tea Mr. Zhuang usually drinks is made by Bao Jiang, so when they live in seclusion in Ruixuan Town, they also Using this tea recipe as a guise, the management of Yi Mingxuan still rests entirely with the old shopkeeper.
As for the identity of the Dong family, Qian Chao was not going to continue to dwell on this issue. The Dong family would be the Dong family. At this time, he thought of the light curtain after the formation was activated in Ruixuan Town and the strange scene inside the light curtain and in the town. Mr. Zhuang passed away, but why did Ruixuan Town feel so threatened? Thinking that something must have happened before and after Mr. Zhuang passed away, otherwise it should never have been like this, so he asked:
"Mr. Bao, the town's protective formation was activated when I arrived, and something seemed to be happening in the town. Did something happen because of Mr. Zhuang's death?"
"Well, it's true. Someone came to him from Yingzhou. This time, they didn't come to hunt him down. It's a pity that Mr. Zhuang didn't know the truth before. Otherwise, he wouldn't have let the boss leave here yesterday. He was worried that those people would see him. My boss will be unfavorable to you in the future, well, why not let me tell my boss everything before and after Mr. Zhuang's death."
Following the old shopkeeper's narration, Qian Chao finally knew everything that happened between the time he left yesterday and before the formation was lifted today. In Yingzhou, Gongyang Xiushan, the head of the Gongyangfu family, Zhuang Xie, the head of the Zhuang clan, and the people who invaded Yingzhou Black Tide, Bitter Immortal's Method, etc...
At the end Qian Chao asked:
"The last two of the four sentences that Mr. Zhuang recited before his death were: 'Now that the elixir is gone, I still remember the old love of Yingzhou'. Does Mr. Zhuang have any unfulfilled wishes in Yingzhou?"
"Alas... it's a long story!" the old shopkeeper sighed, "To be honest, there is a woman involved. Mr. Zhuang and her are in love, and the two of them... alas, it is the woman's brother General Zhuang. The harm done to Mr. Zhuang was so miserable that Mr. Zhuang was unable to gain a foothold in Yingzhou and finally had to flee Yingzhou..."
"Is that person...Gongyang Xiushan?"
"Yes, that's the old man!"
