The Taoist priest gently twirled his beard with one hand, his eyes full of red light, and he stared at the changes in the alchemy furnace with a proud look on his face, waiting for the moment when the final elixir would take shape. To fulfill his lifelong long-cherished wish!
Hiss, hiss, hiss!
At this time, the pill furnace began to make sharp and sharp sounds, and the sound became louder and sharper.
As the abnormal sounds became louder and louder, the Taoist Priest's original joy gradually solidified...until it disappeared, and then turned into panic and uneasiness on his face, and he suddenly felt like Like something bad happened.
The Taoist Master stared at the alchemy furnace with a horrified expression. He felt more and more that something was wrong. His two disciples also stared at the alchemy furnace with their eyes wide open, and a sense of danger suddenly arose in their hearts.
Chi!
The chaotic sound in the alchemy furnace suddenly changed, turning into a completely different sound from before.
The Taoist Master felt something was wrong in his heart, so he turned around and rushed outside. His two disciples looked at each other and both retreated into the lobby. It is completely opposite to Taoist priest.
Buzz!
At this time, a shocking explosion sounded from the alchemy furnace, resounding in the ears and hearts of the three people. As this air explosion sounded, a terrifying air wave exploded in the largest main alchemy furnace in the middle! The main alchemy furnace was instantly torn into pieces by this terrifying air wave, and dozens of fragments of different sizes rolled to the ground.
The furnace lid above the alchemy furnace was the first to fly out due to force, and suddenly hit the Taoist priest's back who was running out, knocking him to the ground and unable to get up for a long time!
However, the power of the remaining waves did not diminish at all, and then rolled away in all directions with the force of autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves! It can be said to be devastating! The other four small stoves next to them were immediately swept out by the aftermath until they were about ten feet away, and then they were lying on the ground in a mess.
Just imagine, there are four copper furnaces weighing hundreds of kilograms, and they are lifted ten feet away. How huge the force must be!
The Taoist Priest was pressed against his body by the furnace lid, as if he were the tortoise shell on a tortoise, and he looked as funny as possible. However, at this time, the Taoist priest could not laugh.
He was facing the ground, lying on the ground like an octopus, in a miserable state. He put his hands on the ground and tried to stand up, but failed. Because his waist seemed to be broken.
Arriving early is worse than arriving by chance, and his embarrassing scene happened to be seen by Yun Fan and three others who followed the Taoist priest's trail and found this place. Because when the Taoist priest was knocked to the ground by the furnace lid, Yun Fan, Ye Ruyan and Qiu Shi arrived at the gate.
"Master!"
"Master!"
At this time, after being shocked, his two disciples saw an outsider here again and hurriedly came to the Taoist priest. The two of them worked together to remove the furnace cover from him and helped the Taoist priest up.
"Taoist?" Yun Fan couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the Taoist looking like this.
The Taoist priest looked up and saw the three of them. He quickly turned his head to the side. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in. How "embarrassing" that situation was!
The two apprentices helped the Taoist priest sit down in the top position, but the Taoist priest couldn't catch his breath for a long time. He thought he would succeed this time, but he didn't expect that it would be such a result in the end.
For the sake of the mountain, all the efforts have fallen short!
In the end, it was a failure!
If he knew what the mercury, sulfur, cinnabar and other materials in the so-called immortality elixir actually were, I'm afraid he would never dare to use it again next time!
You said you were just making elixirs, why would you add these things? What is mercury? It is a highly poisonous substance that can penetrate the intestines and seal the throat at the sight of blood! You even added a pound of mercury to it, I bought it! I'm afraid this should not be called the Immortality Pill, but the Immortality Pill. What is immortal is the body, and it is in the Kingdom of Heaven. Oh no, it is immortal in a coffin.
Because mercury was a common item in the tombs of dignitaries in ancient times. For example, there was a lot of mercury in the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. The concentration of mercury was very high and extremely dangerous. Therefore, no thorough archaeological excavation has been carried out on Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum until now. .
This mercury also has another effect, that is, it can keep the body of a dead person from decaying after death. It can keep the body of the dead from decaying for thousands of years! And the skin is as elastic as a living person! Magical indeed!
This is what is called eternal existence and immortality! It's just another way of living in the world...the body of a dead person!
And the cinnabar is also highly poisonous.
Sulfur was originally a raw material for making explosives, but now it is used by Taoist priests to make elixirs. Damn it, it's weird if the elixir furnace doesn't explode!
People say that those who are ignorant are fearless, but there should be a limit to this ignorance. If you are like this Taoist priest, you are really dead and without life! It can only be said that his obsession with immortality is too deep, deep-rooted, and has penetrated into the bone marrow!
Human beings are made of grains, how can they be immortal! Immortality is a human delusion and is simply impossible to realize!
Therefore, he was doomed from the start.
"Seventy-seven and forty-nine months of work, ninety-nine and eighty-one kinds of materials, all turned into... Ouch!" The Taoist priest sat on the stool, holding his waist, and let out a sound of pain that was not like an expert Taoist priest. snort.
Taoist priests are still human beings after all!
"Master...Master, don't be sad!" the eldest disciple advised.
"Yes, Master, be careful of getting angry!" The second apprentice was not to be outdone, and they both competed to show off in front of the master.
"Hey! I almost forgot. Being sad will hurt your body, and hurting your body will shorten your life. That's not allowed. Is it okay?" The Taoist priest comforted himself.
"It's okay...it's okay." The two apprentices said in unison.
Qiushi looked at these three strange masters and disciples, couldn't help but shake his head, and muttered secretly: "How can there be someone in the world who is so afraid of death, and he is still a Taoist priest."
It's really ironic when you think about it. To seek death is to seek death but not get it, but this Taoist priest is dedicated to pursuing immortality and never get it. In the final analysis, they are all the same kind of people and what they pursue is But I still can’t get what I ask for! What a satire!
It's really sad and pitiful!
"May I ask, sir, have you ever heard of the name Zheng Qidao?" Ye Ruyan suddenly asked.
"Zheng Qidao? Zheng Qidao..." The Taoist priest recited the name several times silently, and suddenly he felt it was very familiar. He looked thoughtful, suddenly raised his head, and slapped his thigh suddenly: "Isn't that just a poor Taoist!"
Yun Fan's face showed a look of surprise for a moment, Ye Ruyan and Qiu Shi also looked at each other. They could see the surprise in each other's eyes, and after the surprise, they could no longer suppress the joy.
"It turns out that the Taoist Master is really the senior Zheng Qidao of Ba Dao Sect!" Yun Fan said happily. The person they have worked so hard to find is now right in front of them. How can it not be a joy? It’s really hard to find anything even if you try hard to find it, and it takes no effort at all to get it!
This Taoist priest, oh, should be said to be Zheng Qidao. I just heard him say leisurely: "I haven't used this name for a long time. If you didn't mention it, even I would have almost forgotten it."
"The current name of Pindao is Dead Wood. Drawing a knife can't stop the flowing water, but the dead wood will also spring again [Dead Wood]." Zheng Qidao paused slightly and said seriously: "Why are you looking for me?"
"I'm Yunfan," Yunfan bowed his hands and said straight to the point: "I represent the righteous way. I sincerely come here to invite the Taoist priest. I hope you can agree to participate in the battle to seize the seal!"
"Participate in the battle to seize the seal..." Zheng Qidao lowered his head, looked at them lazily, and said word by word: "Then let me fight! If you fight, you have to fight, and fighting will consume your energy, and your energy will be consumed. It will hurt your body, and your life will be shortened if you hurt your body; I will not do such a thing."
Zheng Qidao flatly refused, extremely simply and without any hesitation. After all, the most important thing in his heart is still the pursuit of immortality. As for other things, no matter what they are, no matter how imminent they are, no matter how urgent they are, they don't matter, they have to be put aside.
"..." Damn it, Yun Fan secretly smacked his lips, you think this is a storyteller!
Ye Ruyan said: "I have heard people say before that Zheng Qidao was unstoppable and always served as a vanguard in every battle. Unexpectedly, he has fallen to this. I really doubt that you are Zheng Qidao himself?"
When Zheng Qidao heard this, he was not angry: "That's because I have understood the truth of life. Life is only a few decades of cold and summer, and those ordinary people are fighting and killing in the rivers and lakes, chasing fame and fortune. What if they win? Lose? So what? In a few decades, instead of only being left with a pile of bones, it would be better to devote yourself to practicing the art of immortality. In this way, life will be much more meaningful!"
"You are afraid of death because you are afraid of death! Why do you need to find so many high-sounding reasons and talk so much nonsense!" Qiushi said bluntly. Monks don't lie and don't have so many twists and turns.
When Yun Fan heard this, he couldn't help but suddenly realized: "Could it be that the Taoist priest was expelled from the Ba Dao Sect because he was practicing the art of immortality?"
Yun Fan was indeed Yun Fan. He had already guessed a general idea based on Zheng Qidao's few words, and also knew the reasons why Zheng Qidao was expelled from his school.
Because only by finding the crux can he prescribe the right medicine and come up with countermeasures to persuade Zheng Qidao to join the war.
Zheng Qidao was originally one of the few talented disciples of the Ba Dao Sect. He had excellent bones and extremely high martial arts qualifications. He was quite famous in the Ba Dao Sect and the world. If it hadn't been for this side, he would probably be the head of the Ba Dao Sect today. It wasn't Jiao Xun's turn to come, and he was obsessed with the art of immortality back then, so he was expelled by the previous head of the Ba Dao Sect. After all, in the eyes of these righteous sects, this is completely crooked and uneducated. This is a huge scandal.
In this way, he ruined his promising future because of his illusory obsession with immortality. It’s really sad!
Zheng Qidao shook his head slightly and sighed: "My former fellow disciples of Pindao are really too ignorant. It should be noted that the theory of immortality is definitely not a wild saying in Qidong. Peng Zu was 800 years old when he died. It is clearly recorded that the key to the art of immortality lies in alchemy." "
Ye Ruyan: "..." (I know it is nonsense, but I am speechless!)
"Fart...fart...very smelly fart!" Qiushi turned his head slightly and did not look at him. He pinched his nose with his hand and kept fanning it. This guy was full of nonsense, but he still said it so plausibly. As if it’s a serious matter!
"We have different ways and we don't want to conspire against each other." Zheng Qidao also tilted his head, looked at the young apprentice standing behind him, waved his hand and said: "Little apprentice, see off the guests."
Zheng Qidao actually issued an order to expel guests.
"Yes, take the order." The young apprentice came in response and was about to ask them to leave.
"Taoist." Ye Ruyan called out, but Zheng Qidao ignored him.
She turned to look at Yun Fan who had been silent beside her: "Yun Fan, please say something!" Her eyes were full of hope.
After all, she has seen time and again that things that were originally unsolvable can be easily solved in Yunfan's hands, like Bai Mo Hua, and Sikong Zhenjiu.
It's as if he has the magical power to turn decay into magic! Nothing can stop him. It’s impossible to do anything!
They had finally found Zheng Qidao. If they could not successfully convince him, their trip would have been in vain, and the suffering they had endured these days would have been in vain.
Therefore, of course she doesn't want to give up just like that! But she also knew that she was unable to change the Taoist Master's mind, so she could only place her hope in Yun Fan, and it seemed that she could only count on him.
