In the early morning, the sky lit up with a touch of fish-belly white, and the first ray of sunlight shone on the walls of Saw Deer City.
The three masters and apprentices from the Xianxia Sect stood on the city wall. The girl Xu Ling'er weighed her feet and looked at the streets in the city, frowning slightly.
Young Yansheng said: "Senior sister, Shen Yu probably encountered something that delayed him. Let's go back to the sect first."
The girl stretched out her hand and shook the silver coin in her hand, and said seriously: "But Shen Yu's money is still here. If I don't return it to him, what should I do if there is news in the world that I, the heroine Xu, stole other people's banknotes?" ?」
Yansheng hesitated to speak, wanting to say that this was almost impossible. Senior sister, you should only go further and further on the path of cultivating immortals in your life. How could you inexplicably become a heroine of the world? But seeing the really annoyed and troubled look on my senior sister's face, I still held it back.
Zhou Daoren glanced at Shichen and said with a smile: "Meeting is fate, separation is also fate. Since God's will is this, there is no need to force it. I can just find an opportunity to return those banknotes in the future."
The old Taoist spoke openly, but he still felt a little regretful in his heart. Although it was not too far from the Xianxia Sect, there was still a long way to go. If Shen Yu was with him, safety would naturally be guaranteed.
This is not because the old man is overly worried, but because there are too many demon cultivators secretly in the Northern Ice Palace. Such a major thing happened in Xiaohe Town. God knows whether they will suffer any unreasonable disaster if they are involved inexplicably.
You must know that Master Zhou has been practicing for more than 80 years, and he is still only at the level of the Immortal Ascension Realm. He is probably a lifetime away from the upper three realms.
His longevity is gradually dwindling, and Taoist Zhou has taken a dim view of the world. This trip to the rivers and lakes with his two beloved disciples is actually his last confession of his life. When he returns to the mountain, he will probably close the mountain and never see it again. He won't be born, so he naturally doesn't want to have any other relationships.
The young man was obviously smart and saw through the master's worries faster than the senior sister. He whispered: "Don't worry, master, this is Central Continent after all. How could there be so many evil heretics? And master, don't you still have a few magical talismans at the bottom of the box? Well, we really can’t run away when the time comes.”
Zhou Daoren glared and cursed: "You bastard, my teacher is gone!"
Yan Sheng curled his lips and said, "Master, you always say it's gone, but every time at the critical moment you just throw it out."
The two of them seemed to want to say something more, when they heard Xu Ling'er's surprised voice, "Oh, he's coming, he's coming!"
On the street, Shen Yu walked over from a distance, looked at the old Taoist and asked, "Are you leaving?"
Zhou Daoren nodded and said with a smile: "It's time to return to the sect. I don't know when we can meet again."
Shen Yu said: "I'm going with you, I just happened to be on the way."
There was a trace of gratitude in Zhou Daoren's eyes. He naturally knew what the other party meant and said with a smile, "Thank you very much."
The boy and girl looked at each other and saw the joy in their eyes.
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On the official road, four people walked together.
During this period we took a long detour.
Along the road is a straight mountain village trail, surrounded by countless paddy fields and houses, zigzagging into the distance, with no end in sight.
The smoke lingers from the cooking pots, the roosters crow and the dogs bark, creating a peaceful atmosphere.
Shen Yu was silent from beginning to end, just looking ahead quietly.
The girl couldn't bear her temper. She looked around and said, "Master, master, didn't you say that your hometown is near here? You haven't arrived yet?"
Zhou Daoren smiled and stopped, pointed ahead and said, "We've arrived."
Xu Ling'er and Yan Sheng turned their heads away instantly, and then their eyes widened at the same time.
I saw a thatched house built on a low mound. It was dilapidated, crooked, and had been abandoned for a long time. Not far away was a bluestone step leading to a higher mountain top.
The boy and the girl looked strange at the same time, because this place is really too shabby. Not to mention whether it is worthy of the title of master, which can cover the elders, it is a bit difficult just to live in it, right?
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The Taoist smiled and said, "Don't underestimate this house. It has been renovated several times, but I guess I thought I would never come back, so I left it abandoned here."
Xu Ling'er folded her hands on her chest and said with an old-fashioned look on her face: "Master, you must have forgotten your hometown after you became successful in cultivation. You must not have been back all these years, right? In the end, others didn't even care about your house, so you can't blame it. who."
Zhou Daoren smiled casually and patiently explained: "Practice and practice, once you step on the path of cultivation, you are already free from the mortal world. Naturally, you should not have too much involvement with the mortal world. Think about it, a small village deep in the mountains has nothing more than a water source problem. , women's issues, livelihood issues, if I do something specifically, they will be emboldened to dominate and dominate within a hundred miles, then what will the other oppressed people think? If I die one day, the people in the other villages will be just fine. When a successful immortal master comes out, guess what he will do? What was originally a matter between the descendants of Fu Yin and his descendants suddenly turns into a grudge."
Xu Ling'er rolled her eyes and said, "Master, you are a bad person. If you don't do what you said, others won't do the same."
The old Taoist rubbed the girl's head and said earnestly: "Ling'er, it's up to others to do what others do. If others really do it, then your master and I will do something, then it will be reasonable and confident, and you will be more confident."
Shen Yu looked at the dilapidated thatched hut, nodded and said, "The Taoist master has good insights. The Taoist sect's quiet and inaction Taoism is natural. Based on these ideas, the cultivation level should be higher."
Zhou Daoren turned his head and said in surprise: "Brother, do you think I should go to the Shangsan Realm to see the scenery in this life?"
"Um...."
Shen Yu nodded slowly, added a little more, and said, "Your qualifications are just too poor."
Hearing this, the boys and girls laughed.
Zhou Daoren had a wonderful expression on his face, and finally sighed heavily and said, "These words are really heartbreaking."
As the sun set, the horizon turned into a silk painting, so everyone decided to stay here for one night.
Yansheng Xu Ling'er went to the stream to catch some fish and some wild vegetables, and then made a fire to cook next to the hut.
Many villagers saw this scene and looked at the crowd with some wariness and strangeness on their faces.
Zhou Daoren didn't know what he had said in the past. The vigilant look on the faces of the villagers disappeared instantly, but there was still a little enthusiasm.
The young man Yansheng cooked a pot of fish soup himself. There were a few wild vegetables floating on the surface of the soup. After a while, the smell of fish came out.
"Master, master, I think junior brother's cooking skills are great. If you fail to practice in the future, you can also work as a cook in the sect. I will make sure you won't be hungry!" Xu Ling'er took a taste of the fish soup and said with a satisfied look on her face.
Yansheng smiled habitually, scratched his head and giggled.
The old Taoist looked at the two of them with a smile and said, "If something happens to you in the future, you should talk to your junior brother more. Don't be stupid alone, you know."
Xu Ling'er pursed her lips and said, "Master, you are really wordy today."
Zhou Daoren smiled and said, "I guess it's because people are getting older, so they naturally talk more."
Shen Yu sat quietly aside, looking at the thick white fish soup in the pot. He picked a few chopsticks and thought it was good. Then he picked a wild vegetable.
The sunset finally completely set behind the mountains, and a twilight came over the small mountain village, and it darkened almost very quickly.
After several days of travel, the young boy quickly fell asleep in the thatched hut.
Zhou Daoren covered the two of them with quilts, then slowly walked out and stood beside Shen Yu.
They both looked up at the sky at the same time.
Shen Yu finally said: "How long will it take?"
When Dao Ren Zhou suddenly changed his route and returned to his hometown, it proved that Dao Ren Zhou had sensed his destiny. Otherwise, practitioners would never return home easily. This is also an unwritten rule in the cultivation world.
After cultivating for a lifetime, you will eventually return to dust and return to dust. Naturally, you have to review your life.
The old Taoist smiled calmly and said, "I've been feeling something lately, but I don't have many good days left."
Shen Yu said: "Birth, old age, illness and death are common things for people. It is a good thing for practitioners to know the end of their lifespan."
Zhou Daoren looked at the fields in the distance quietly, his eyes were warm, and his face was somewhat saddened by the memory. He said softly: "I was born and raised here. I was brought back to the Xianxia sect by my master two or three years ago, but I didn't Thinking that this whole life has passed in the blink of an eye, my parents have passed away early, and my childhood playmates and the girl I once loved have long since turned into dust..."
The old Taoist looked a little confused. He asked himself and murmured: "I thought about it carefully before. I spent my whole life practicing cultivation and abandoning everything, but in the end I gained nothing. Is such a life worth it?"
Shen Yu clasped his hands behind his back, looked up at the sky, and said lightly: "Under the way of heaven, everything is an ant. Countless human beings use human power to try to escape from the way of heaven. No matter what the result is, the scenes that have happened over the past thousands of years are all how do you feel?"
The veteran thought about it carefully, then laughed out loud and ended with four words, "Magnificent!"
Shen Yu also showed a smile and nodded: "That's enough."
The old man seemed to have figured out something. His tense figure relaxed slightly and he murmured: "Yes, that's enough."
Zhou Daoren suddenly turned his head and asked with a smile: "May I ask where you learned from me?"
Shen Yu said calmly: "Daozong."
The old Taoist looked calm and nodded, showing a matter-of-fact expression, and said with emotion: "The Taoist sect in the mountains in the southwest of Central Continent is indeed a practitioner there."
Shen Yu smiled and asked, "What?"
The old Taoist thought about it seriously for the first time, and then said seriously: "There are many branches of the Taoist sect now. Except for the two in Dongzuzhou, the Taoist sect is the most prosperous. Countless years have passed since the practice. There are cooperations and disputes among the three sects. Only the Taoist sect Only then will you think about changes.”
When Zhou Daoren said this, he seemed to think the topic was a bit big, and then said with a smile: "I have been cultivating Taoism all my life, always thinking about the great success of Taoism, but I don't know that these things are what you young people do."
When Shen Yu heard this, his expression was calm and he said nothing.
