Mu Yao took Shu Guan back to the rippling lake under the cliff.
When going down the cliff, Shu Guan asked Mu Yao something.
So far, he has met four senior brothers and sisters. Except for the Sangli man, the other senior brothers and sisters seemed to be much older than Mu Yao, so Shu Guan casually asked if he was the master seat. The ranking of the next disciples is based on the order of entry.
Mu Yao glanced at Shu Guan and probably guessed Shu Guan's doubts, so he smiled and said:
"My age is much older than what you see, junior brother."
"Once we cultivators cross the threshold of the first step of entraining qi, the rate of aging will slow down. Therefore, it is difficult to tell the true age of a cultivator just by looking at his appearance."
But in the end, Mu Yao didn't say how old he was, and Shu Guan was naturally embarrassed to ask. He just thought that practicing Taoism had such benefits.
Then the two of them walked to the lake, where there was a quiet atmosphere.
The white corvettes from just now seemed to have finished foraging and filled their bellies, and were lazily combing their feathers with their long red beaks on the grass.
There were several elk standing in the grass beside the lake, leaning their heads into the lake to drink water.
There is also a half-human-tall golden-haired ape, sitting not far from the elk, basking in the sun, lowering his head and playing with a four-legged snake in his palm.
The four-legged snake seemed to be trying to break free from the golden ape's hands in a panic, but unfortunately all its efforts seemed to be in vain.
Everything looked so quiet and peaceful.
Then, there was no one else by the lake, and there was no senior brother Mu Yao mentioned.
Shu Guanyou glanced around, and then walked towards the golden-haired ape. Because the four-legged snake the golden-haired ape was teasing seemed to be the one he brought, Shu Guan was ready to go over and rescue the poor guy.
Just when he was three feet away from the golden-haired ape, the golden-haired ape suddenly raised his head and took the initiative to hand over the four-legged snake in his hand. At the same time, he grinned at Shu Guan, revealing a pair of white The dense fangs.
"Hello, junior brother."
The golden-haired ape said this to Shu Guan.
It speaks human words.
Shu Guan's steps suddenly stopped and he stayed there.
Behind him, Mu Yao had already passed him and saluted respectfully towards the golden-haired ape.
"Mu Yao has met senior brother."
So this is Big Brother? The eldest disciple of Shan Ji Guan, his senior brother... is a monkey?
At this moment, Shu Guan's head was in a mess.
"Take your junior brother to see Zhixia Zhenren, he must have been waiting for a long time."
Then I saw the golden-haired ape saying this to Mu Yao, and then turned its monkey eyes to the rippling blue lake and began to be in a daze.
Somewhat strangely, the golden-haired ape did not call Li Zhixia master, but directly called Li Zhixia by her Taoist name.
Mu Yao saluted the golden-haired ape again, and then turned around. The expression on his face seemed to be more respectful than when he was facing Li Zhixia.
Only then did Shu Guan realize that he hadn't said hello yet, so he bowed to the golden-haired ape in a panic and shouted.
"Big Brother."
The golden-haired ape turned back and smiled at him, the wrinkles on his face squeezed together.
"Your little friend is pretty good. Let him play with me more in the future."
In the grass, a four-legged snake was trembling.
"So, that one..."
After staying away from the lake, Shu Guan still couldn't hold it back. He hesitated for a moment and was about to ask something, but Mu Yao smiled and said directly:
"Yes, our senior brother is a demon."
Demon? monster?
Shu Guan originally wanted to exclaim in surprise, but then he thought about it, since there are gods in this world, is it strange that there are monsters again?
It doesn't seem strange at all, and it makes sense.
Then he waited patiently for Mu Yao's explanation.
Senior Brother Mu will definitely explain.
Sure enough, Mu Yao continued to speak:
"In our world, not only humans can practice cultivation, birds, animals and even plants and trees also have the opportunity to embark on the path of cultivation. Those non-human beings who have achieved enlightenment are demons."
...Senior brother, I actually understand these settings, you don’t need to explain them in such detail...
Shu Guan listened patiently, there was nothing he could do, this was Mu Yao's speaking style.
"In the legend, the Third Yuanhui once belonged to the era of demons. At that time, the number of demons living in the world was more than that of our human race. But now, it is difficult to breed new ones in the world. It’s a demon clan.”
"As for our senior brother, he has been in our Qixia Temple for many years. He is the senior brother of all of us..."
...Senior Brother Mu is really verbose. At this moment, Shu Guan really felt that his patience was about to reach its limit, and he felt more sympathetic to the impatience of the Sangli people back then.
"He is our senior brother, our master's senior brother, and our master's senior senior brother..."
But immediately after, Shu Guan knew that he had wrongly blamed Mu Yao. This time, what Mu Yao said was really not nonsense.
"The origin of the senior brother is quite mysterious. I don't know it, and neither does the master. It seems that the first generation ancestor of Shan Si Kuan took him into the temple, and then he became the senior senior brother shared by every generation of disciples of Shan Si Kuan."
"Shan Ji Guan, there have been many masters of the contemplation, but there will always be only him, the senior brother!"
A look of surprise flashed across Shu Guan's eyes. No wonder Mu Yao's respect for the golden ape just now far exceeded the level between normal senior brothers.
"Then senior brother is very powerful, isn't he?"
Then Shu Guan asked curiously.
Such a monster who has lived for an unknown number of years must be very powerful and terrifying!
"I have no idea."
Mu Yao shook his head and said:
"Disciples of our generation have never seen the senior brother take action or display any Taoist or magical powers. The senior brother's state is always very strange. Normally, his intelligence is the same as that of ordinary people, but every few times In ten years, the senior brother will become as confused as an ordinary ape, and then it will take several years or even more than ten years to recover."
While talking, the two came to the cliff again.
Shu Guan knew that Mu Yao was taking him to see Li Zhixia, so he walked up the steps of the cliff.
"Junior Brother Shu, there is no need to go up."
Mu Yao said to him with a smile.
"Turn around this cliff, the master is waiting for you behind the cliff."
Shu Guan made a sound, then saluted Mu Yao and said:
"Thank you, Senior Brother Mu."
After saluting, Shu Guan turned around and walked forward, turning around the cliff.
Behind the cliff, there turned out to be a vast green grassland, and in the grassland, there was a hut.
In front of the hut, stood a middle-aged Taoist priest in purple robe, with his hands behind his back.
Shu Guan strode up to the purple-robed Taoist priest.
"Shu Guan has met the master."
