"It's you."
When Xu Shi saw the visitor, his white eyebrows raised slightly, and many emotions appeared in his deep eyes.
Li Hu and Qin Zhishou visited the Immortal Palace one after another. As a man who lived in Taoism in the mountains, he could not avoid contact with his old friends after all.
The bald man chuckled, touched his head, and looked at Xu Shi in front of him without saying anything, just looking up and down.
He was actually quite curious.
In the same era as them, Xu Shi, who once traversed the Xuan Realm and suppressed countless geniuses of their generation, was only just a hair away from entering the "One Palace" to practice. Now nearly thirty years have passed. What will become.
"You're really old."
After observing for a moment, Liu Changyun couldn't help but sigh.
Thirty years ago, something like that happened to Xu Shi. His opportunity to reach heaven was taken away and he was framed. The bridge of longevity that had just been built leading to the fourth realm was smashed to pieces. It has been in ruins ever since. After many twists and turns, , thanks to the goddess, he saved his life and was able to live in seclusion in the mountains.
"Many people, including me, have never seen what happened back then, so many people still find it difficult to believe that Xu Shi actually lost, and that you will really grow old and have eyebrows. white."
Unknowingly, Xu Shi and the bald man had already walked to the cliff. Looking at the ferocious scene on Longtan Peak, the man's expression was calm under his white eyebrows, and he said lightly:
"Time is ruthless. How many people in this world will never grow old? There are many talents in Daxia. Who can remain undefeated forever?"
Liu Changyun heard this and said with emotion:
"That's what I say, but it's unbelievable that someone like you lost. You must know that you were the only one who could compete with that guy to be the strongest."
"Before the war started, we secretly thought that although he was incredibly strong, your chances of winning were not small. We really didn't expect that he would lose so miserably, so we never heard from you again."
Xu Shi listened to the other party talking about his youth and remained silent without speaking.
Although no one in this world can remain truly invincible and undefeated forever. He can just fight back after a defeat, but he fell directly to the bottom. From the moment the Changsheng Bridge was abandoned, no one could catch up with that person. Possibility.
"I was indeed not as good as him back then."
Xu Shi thought in silence for a long time, and then said calmly:
"I'm not looking for excuses, but I won't lose so miserably."
Liu Changyun looked at the slightly older middle-aged man next to him, thinking about the scenery of the latter when he was young, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart again.
Back then, he was just the most inconspicuous stepping stone on Xu Shi's road to becoming invincible.
Although there is no real grudge between the two, I am definitely not qualified to stand by his side. But now thirty years later, this person who had such high eyesight that it was a luxury to even look at his back, has He is so old, and his cultivation level has stopped at the Dan Formation Realm of the lower three realms.
But now, he has already reached the fifth realm, and has passed the first three minor tribulations.
Looking at the Longtan Peak in front of him, Liu Changyun suddenly felt heavy. He once thought that he was the only one in the world, but until now, even if he has become a disaster in the eyes of ordinary cultivators, "Tongtian Daxiu", he does not think that he is very good. Strong, at best it can only be regarded as a shrimp soldier and crab general with a slightly harder shell.
"I barely managed to get through the third minor tribulation at the hands of half my life. So many years later, I'm terrified just by looking at the threshold of the third major tribulation."
"If I am still doing nothing in the next sixty years without any opportunities, my path of spiritual practice in this life will probably come to an end."
Liu Changyun said with a somewhat lonely voice.
He said this not to show off to Xu Shi, or to belittle people he could not catch up with to highlight his current dignity. There was no point in doing so.
Perhaps this idea had occurred in his mind before meeting Xu Shi.
But it was gone. Liu Changyun was depressed. He suddenly realized that there might not be any difference between himself and Xu Shi. Whether it was a genius among geniuses or a fool among geniuses, everyone had their ups and downs. When you envy Or when you look down on others, maybe you will experience the same thing yourself.
Just like now, the possibility that he can survive the next three tribulations in this life and advance to the sixth heavenly human realm is very slim. Xu Shi wasted half his life and could no longer rebuild the Bridge of Immortality. They all have no hope of immortality and will eventually return to dust. .
In the fifth realm, one can live at most thirty years longer than in the third realm.
Whether you are a human being or not, there is no difference.
As for the immortality of saints, that is something Xiangye dare not think about.
"You are still the same timid person as before."
As soon as these words came out, Liu Changyun was stunned for a moment.
"Once upon a time?"
"Um."
Xu Shi seemed to remember something happy, and smiled slightly:
"When we were at the Blackwater River, Qingxue was injured, so I asked my fellow disciples to take her to retreat first, so when you later chased me to the pass where the dragons were walking, you would only see me. Block the road.”
When Liu Changyun heard this, he was startled again and his mind went blank.
What Xu Shi said was a lingering shadow in his heart.
At that time, he was extremely talented, and his cultivation speed was not inferior to that of any genius. However, because of his ordinary and ugly appearance and congenital baldness, he was inevitably ridiculed by his peers. The more those people ridiculed him, the more angry he became. His heart gradually became deformed, and he only thought that one day he could trample all those who looked down upon him under his feet.
His teachers all saw the depression in his heart, but they were unable to persuade him. Some kind-hearted comrades also drank with him to persuade him, but it was of no use.
Because he knew that in the hearts of these people, they cared a little about his appearance.
"For those who practice, especially as they go higher up, the impurities in their bodies will be purified. Therefore, except for those ghost cultivators in southern Xinjiang, there are very few ugly people."
"Actually, I'm not ugly. I can be considered a mortal among mortals. But because I have no hair and a thin body, I can be considered the ugliest among the geniuses of that generation."
"They tried to persuade me, comfort me, and persuade me to put down my desire to compare, but I couldn't listen to them. The fire of resentment in my heart grew stronger and stronger. In the end, I was only half a step away from going crazy."
Liu Changyun was silent for a long time. When he said this, a rare trace of tenderness appeared on his bitter, complex and weathered face.
The depression in his heart was getting deeper and deeper, and when it was almost impossible to untie it, a woman suddenly broke into his life.
They became friends, but unlike his previous friends who cared about him, the woman did not treat him as an alien, either on the surface or in her heart. Even when he took the initiative to talk to her, she told him about the humiliation and unbearableness she had experienced over the years. At that time, the girl just arched her eyebrows slightly and told him seriously:
"You're no different than anyone else."
A trace of rosiness appeared on Liu Changyun's face. To this day, whenever he thinks of the scene when that beautiful woman spoke to him that year, he feels courage and excitement for no reason.
"Qingxue told me that there are many things in this world, and all living beings have different standards for measuring good, evil, beauty and ugliness. She has understood this since she was born, so she has never thought that she is more beautiful or more talented than anyone else. , people, vegetation, birds and beasts are all the same, all people are the same, their skin is just their skin.”
"Since then, most of the depression in my heart has been relieved, and I have fallen in love with Qingxue, but she is the goddess in Donghua Palace. She thinks so, but I have to be self-aware."
Liu Changyun turned his head and stared at Xu Shi coldly:
"I know I'm not good enough for her, so I just want to be by her side, but who would have thought that she would fall in love with you, but you don't like her!"
"You know how I feel every time I see Qingxue's face looking haggard for you and not wanting to eat or drink! You are a prodigal son who goes around attracting bees and butterflies. You give Qingxue a phoenix hairpin and then give it back again. Just like other girls, do you know that when Qingxue heard the news, her heart was broken and she cried all night?"
"You don't know anything. You only know how to compete with others and seize opportunities, so I challenged you. I'm going to kill you to vent my anger on Qingxue!"
Liu Changyun roared in a low voice, his round eyes seemed to be spitting out fire, but Xu Shi next to him had a calm and silent expression on his face.
Seeing this scene, he gradually calmed down, and a trace of bitterness appeared on his face.
In that battle, he lost, twice.
The first time was after Qingxue cried all night. He went to Xu Shi with a knife the next day and challenged him in front of all the young heroes in Xuanyu. The outcome was of course known. He fought to the death. The loss was extremely tragic, but Xu Shi was fine.
What's even more disgusting is that when Xu Shi learned that he was here for Qingxue's matter, his hateful and stern face snorted softly and said: What does the matter between me and Qingxue have to do with you, a bald ass? , he was so angry that he burned his essence and blood to stand up and fight, but in the end he fainted and died due to the rush of blood.
Later, Xu Shi offended more and more people, because everyone was competing in a trial, and they were rivals. Xu Shi was already provocative, and acted unscrupulously. It was normal for people to be attacked by a group of people. .
And he also joined in.
So there was the next scene - the girl he liked joined Xu Shi's camp inexplicably and was injured. In order to cover the latter's evacuation, Xu Shi blocked the Blackwater River alone.
That year, the waves on the Blackwater River were like angry, the turbid waves were emptying, and there were dragons walking through the water, triggering thunder from the sky, and stirring the river surface. The scene was shocking and frightening.
And Xu Shi, just like this, holding a rusty iron knife in his arms, with his shoulders slumped, stepping on a lotus leaf floating on the surface of the Blackwater River, no matter how the dragon roared at the bottom of the lake and the waters were rough, Xu Shi I was too lazy to open my eyelids.
At that time, they were all just entering Dan Dan for the first time.
The power of the sky was mighty and the dragon roared. Xu Shijing stood in the middle of the river and suppressed the dragon, as well as all the people they chased here, because they didn't know how Xu Shi suppressed the dragon. Don't dare to rush into the river to pursue him, otherwise the thousand-year-old dragon at the bottom of the river will swipe its tail in anger, and everyone will be buried here.
They stood by the river and hesitated. Xu Shi stood in the middle of the river, with the thunder above his head and the dragon under his feet.
In this way, the two sides faced off until dawn.
When the lake calmed down and the thunder disappeared, Xu Shi finally opened his eyes, showed a contemptuous smile to all of them and the dragon at the bottom of the lake, and then left.
From then on, no matter how angry, jealous or wanting to kill Xu Shi, he no longer had the courage to challenge.
"I still can't figure it out. We were in the same realm at that time. You might be more talented and could beat me a few times, but you couldn't suppress that thousand-year-old dragon. Otherwise, how could you run away? How did you do it?"
When Xu Shi heard this, he smiled faintly, glanced at Liu Changyun beside him, and said nothing.
In fact, he wasn't sure either.
Whether it was the dragon under his feet or the crowd chasing him by the river, he was not sure, but he stayed because he had to stay.
When a person does something with the determination to die, even God will be afraid of him, let alone the black snake that has been practicing for thousands of years before turning into a dragon?
Liu Changyun was startled, he seemed to understand, and a huge wave inevitably rose in his heart again.
At this moment, the clouds on Longtan Peak in front of him suddenly changed in some kind of turbulence, rolling ferociously, and flashed countless scenes. The spread was quite shocking, causing a crowd of exclamations.
"what's the situation!"
"Could it be that the inheritance is finally coming to life!"
The crowd was surprised and stood up to look around. Even the elders of the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace, who were highly respected and cultivated with terrifying abilities, also had serious eyes. Only Xu Shi, who was in the third realm of Cliffside, glanced at Liu Changyun beside him with a slight smile. .
courage.
It is inevitable to encounter disasters in life. Whether you look at him or not, whether you have the courage to face it or not, disasters are waiting there. People will encounter them sooner or later. Regardless of their qualifications, the outcome is 50-50. And if the husband is afraid, he will naturally not be able to move forward.
Liu Changyun is the same at this moment.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes, and light burst out from them, and the rolling and stirring clouds in the sky suddenly stopped.
He looked at Xu Shi, took a deep breath, with uncontrollable joy and complexity on his face, raised his hands and saluted:
"Thank you Dao Brother for your advice. Today, the dust on the Dao Heart has been purged again, and I have gained some insights. After today, I will take the initiative to challenge that disaster. I don't believe they can stop me!"
When Xu Shi was in the third realm, he dared to fight desperately and saw through things. Why couldn't he?
This may be the gap between genius and mediocrity, but no matter what, the hurdle in his heart has finally been overcome. After returning this time, the chance of overcoming the disaster will be greatly increased, and there is hope for heaven and man!
"You have to be well prepared. It's also taboo to rush in."
Xu Shi smiled lightly, and Liu Changyun bowed respectfully to him again, which Xu Shi accepted calmly.
Liu Changyun breathed out and found an open space to sit in the lotus position and practice. He had just gained too much insight and solved countless problems that had troubled him for many years. This was the time when he needed to sort out his thoughts quietly without being disturbed.
When Xu Shi saw this, he didn't say anything. A hint of loneliness appeared in his deep eyes under his white eyebrows, and he looked calmly towards the cliff.
The mediocre people bother themselves.
It is easy to persuade others to resolve their knots, but difficult to persuade yourself.
Times have changed, and his contemporaries are no longer what they used to be. He is the only one who is still stuck in the past. Although he is not to blame for that incident, and he also thinks that he did the best, but even so, he is still stuck in his heart. He couldn't solve it, and since that battle, his energy had gradually disappeared.
If he was given a chance to start over again, would he still have the courage to start over again?
The answer lies in the clouds and mist on Longtan Peak.
The clouds and mist on the peak are misty, soft and peaceful.
So Xu Shi's eyebrows became whiter again.
