When leaving the town, Li Changsheng found that he did not meet any monks or mortals along the way. It seemed to be extremely deserted here. The number of mortals and monks was very sparse. It was also possible that he had not yet found the place where they gathered.
When Li Changsheng came to the small town, he was still disappointed. Although it was called a small town, it was not much different from the previous town. The main difference is that although the number of mortals here is more than that in the small town, it is not as high as he expected.
Li Changsheng walked around the small town, but never met a monk. His originally dark complexion turned even darker now, and he was really very disappointed. He began to realize that the chances of monks appearing in this place seemed low, which made him hesitant to stay here.
Li Changsheng had already had an idea in his mind, that is, to return to the area near the ascension platform. Since there were monks there, the chance of encountering other monks should be greater. Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated and decided to take the risk to look back. It was much better than searching without a clue now.
However, just as Li Changsheng was about to leave the small town, he suddenly felt a wave of spiritual energy. Although this wave is weak, it is clearly discernible. He immediately located the source of the aura in the crowd and found that it was just a boy who looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old, walking in from outside the city. Li Changsheng's heart moved and he decided not to leave for the time being.
Li Changsheng had been secretly observing this young man and was keenly aware that he was hiding his true cultivation level. Perhaps because he has not fully mastered the essence of the technique, the young man's cover-up was not thorough enough and he exposed himself. The young man came to a dilapidated house and sat quietly for several hours, seemingly lost in thought, wondering what he was thinking about.
Li Changsheng stood quietly in the distance, observing the young man calmly. He noticed that the young man looked extremely lonely at this moment, and his feelings of loneliness and loss were exactly the same as when he failed in the imperial examination. However, at that time, he still had the comfort of his parents, but the boy in front of him was alone.
After about three hours, the boy finally got up. He seemed to muster up great courage, took a loving look at the dilapidated house behind him, and then left resolutely. Li Changsheng also followed immediately.
Soon, the boy walked out of the small town, and the flow of people outside gradually became less and less. Li Changsheng no longer concealed his whereabouts. In a secluded place, he flashed and appeared directly in front of the young man. This sudden appearance shocked the young man. He looked at Li Changsheng in horror, obviously frightened.
"I don't know what to call my little friend. Are you going to return to the sect?" Li Changsheng said with a smile.
"I......."
The young man timidly replied: "My name is Shi Youdao, I don't... don't have any sect."
Li Changsheng didn't give the boy a chance to react, and directly pulled him to sit down under a nearby big tree. After several hours of in-depth communication, Li Changsheng finally learned his destination from the young man. However, despite obtaining this information, Li Changsheng found that he still could not fully understand the whole picture of this mysterious place.
It turns out that Shi Youdao has been living on this land. His parents went to the mountains to collect herbs for a living, but unfortunately they encountered an accident and have not been heard from since. Over the years, he lived alone and relied mainly on begging for a living.
But over the years, he has always cherished hope. As long as he still has strength, he will go to the mountain where his parents disappeared, hoping to see them again.
As time passed, Shi Youdao gradually accepted the fact that his parents had passed away. However, he always believed that he wanted to see people alive and his body after death, and he was unwilling to let his parents' bodies be exposed in the wilderness. He longed to find the remains of his parents as soon as possible so that they could be buried in peace and rest in peace.
Just last year, when Shi Youdao set foot on the mountain again to look for the remains of his parents, he unexpectedly found a seriously injured middle-aged man lying there. Faced with such a situation, he was at a loss for a moment, but he immediately helped the middle-aged man up and let him lean against a tree. He carefully fed the middle-aged man some water, hoping to ease his pain.
Since wild beasts often appear in the mountains, Shi Youdao was worried that the injured middle-aged man would be attacked by wild beasts, so he decided to stay by his side and protect him overnight. That night, Shi Youdao remained vigilant.
In the early morning of the next day, the seriously injured monk slowly regained consciousness. However, due to the severity of his injuries, he was unable to recover. At the last moment of his life, he handed a book of exercises and a storage bag to Shi Youdao, but he died before he could finish his last words.
After Shi Youdao buried the middle-aged man properly, he began to try to open his storage bag. However, because he did not know how to use spiritual power at all, several attempts failed. So, he turned to study the exercises, hoping to master the use of spiritual power through learning the exercises, so as to open the storage bag.
Although he encountered many difficulties in the process, Shi Youdao did not give up. Without anyone's guidance, he spent several months and through constant attempts and efforts, finally mastered how to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth through breathing. Finally, he successfully used his spiritual power to open the storage bag. At this moment, Shi Youdao's heart was filled with joy and a sense of accomplishment.
When Shi Youdao opened the storage bag, he seemed to have uncovered a whole new world. Through the classics in the storage bag, he learned that the middle-aged man turned out to be a disciple of the Immortal Destroyer. This discovery deeply shocked Shi Youdao, and at the same time, it also made him have a strong interest in the path of immortality.
After obtaining these treasures, Shi Youdao began his journey of cultivation in the mountains. From then on, he was no longer confused about food, because the wild beasts in the mountains had become his endless granary. The prey that once eluded him can no longer satisfy his appetite.
At the same time, on a small platform on a cliff deep in the mountains, he finally found the remains of his parents. After years of searching, it was in such a hard-to-reach place, which explained why he had not been able to find it.
After burying his parents properly, Shi Youdao spent several more years in the mountains. Over the years, he has continued to study the techniques in the storage bag, striving to master them. When he had almost mastered all the resources and could no longer find a new direction for cultivation, he began to have the idea of going to the Immortal Destroyer Sect. He hopes to find more training resources and guidance there to further improve his strength.
Naturally, everyone knows what will happen next. Shi Youdao met Li Changsheng. He tried to use his spiritual power to break away from Li Changsheng's control, but found that he could not break free at all. At this moment, he immediately realized that Li Changsheng was also a monk. This discovery made him have a strong interest in Li Changsheng, and he began to think about traveling with Li Changsheng.
Li Changsheng carefully checked Shi Youdao's storage bag and returned it to the boy after confirming that there was nothing abnormal. Now, he has a new goal and no longer intends to return to the previous ascension platform. Holding the map in hand, he decided to take Shi Youdao to the Immortal Path.
