Song Jinshui was surprised for a moment, but he was not annoyed. Everyone has their own secrets. If you can't be honest yourself, ask others to be honest. He smiled and chatted with Gu Shuo for a while, then stood up and left. When he returned to his shop, there was a look of thought in his eyes.
He could tell that Yue Tonghui next door didn't take Ai Qingye seriously at all. It was not a show, but a kind of self-confidence from the inside out. When he suggested that Ai Qingye would cause trouble for him, Yue Tonghui's demeanor was like an elephant hearing that an ant was about to stretch its legs to stumble him.
It’s true disregard!
Sitting on the chair, he made himself a pot of tea and raised his eyebrows: "It seems that Yue Tonghui is not only powerful, but also has a simple background. But why haven't I heard of such a person?
There is no way there are no traces at all. I have to inquire. I am becoming more and more curious about him. "
middle part.
In a damp and dark forest, a black figure stood there. Tribulation clouds gathered in the sky, and then the sky exploded with white light and thunder bombarded the figure.
"boom……"
"boom……"
"boom……"
When the thunder tribulation disappeared, the figure appeared, but it was not a normal person, but a person who was 80% solid.
The moon shines brightly!
Yue Tonghui's eyes were no longer completely cloudy, but half clear. He stood there as if remembering something. Since the death of Taoist Ghost in the south and his freedom, he has been in a state of confusion. But he didn't expect that not long after he was freed, he would be locked in a catastrophe. At that time, he was instinctively frightened. But he didn't expect to survive the catastrophe. This was also the reason why Taoist Ghost kept looking for souls for him and made him swallow a lot of souls. It also happened to coincide with the war between the two clans, which made him have a lot of souls, which made him have a deep foundation. After a catastrophe.
After passing through this catastrophe, he recovered some memories. But only a little, very little. Faintly, he only heard two names that were very important to him. It seemed that it was the owners of these two names who changed his life.
One is called Gu Shuo and the other is called Nie Xiaolou.
But I only remembered these two names, and could not recall the rest. He just instinctively wandered around the ruined battlefield, devouring countless souls. Then……
Then he was targeted by the catastrophe again! After he survived another catastrophe, his memory recovered a little, and he remembered that he met Nie Xiaolou in the middle. As for Gu Shuo's part, I didn't think of it.
So he came to the middle, but the middle was too big. In this situation, he did not dare to appear openly in front of the monks, and he had no idea what he should do. He just instinctively continues to look for souls to devour. This is not difficult for him. He can accurately sense where the soul is.
He is lonely!
Because he felt that he was the only one in this world.
He couldn't find a living being like himself.
He had observed humans and determined that he was definitely not human. Although he looks like a human being, he is definitely not. He has also observed the demon clan and is sure that he is not a demon clan. He has also observed ghosts, because he often devours ghosts. After the comprehensive patriarch, there are many ghosts in the world. However, most of the ghosts have dissipated.
Once a person dies, the soul will leave the body, and then it will be unable to withstand natural phenomena such as sunlight and strong winds, and will gradually dissipate between heaven and earth. Only a few souls will survive due to various reasons, such as deep obsession, or the skills they practiced during their lifetime, or their souls were different from others during their lifetime.
This kind of thing is called a ghost!
He understands very well, because now he eats ghosts even when he sees them. Those ghosts can't defeat him.
The reason he was able to survive was because of Kidozi. During the decades that Kidodao used the ghost-nurturing gourd to nourish him, he had become very powerful. In broad daylight, they can come out of the ghost-raising gourd to fight. So, when he was freed, there was no discomfort. Became a confused evil ghost.
However, with the death of Kidaozi, the runes that Kidaozi left in his soul dissipated. He no longer had Kidaozi's control over him, but he also lost Kidaozi's cover for him.
good!
The ghost-controlling talisman not only controls ghosts, but also has the effect of shielding ghosts and blocking the way of heaven for ghosts. Therefore, when the ghost-control talisman dissipated, he was discovered by Tiandao.
He is different from other ghosts. Most other ghosts are not strong enough. Once a ghost becomes strong enough, it will attract divine punishment.
good!
It is a punishment from heaven, a punishment from heaven that is more severe than the heavenly tribulation. Heaven does not allow powerful ghosts to appear between heaven and earth. If you want to remain in the world as a ghost, you must endure a punishment from heaven that is more severe than that of a monk.
However, Yue Tonghui got through it.
All this was thanks to Gu Daozi, who not only captured ghosts for him, but also gave him ghost-nurturing pills and various natural materials and earthly treasures that were helpful to ghosts. He regarded Yue Tonghui as his strongest helper. This gives Yue Tonghui a stronger foundation than other ghosts. It also allowed him to survive the first natural disaster. And every catastrophe allowed him to regain some memories.
The ghosts he found were not strong enough and had never experienced catastrophe, so he felt that he was different from those ghosts.
This made him feel lonely, and he wanted to find Nie Xiaolou and Gu Shuo even more. What he thought was that maybe these two people could know what he was and who he was?
He felt that he was very similar to humans and very similar to ghosts. He seemed to be somewhere between humans and ghosts.
Then what exactly is he?
After he experienced the catastrophe for the first time, he was no longer completely confused and started to have some thoughts. Then he instinctively draws close to the moonlight and hates the sun.
From that day on, he would instinctively absorb the moonlight every midnight, and every time he absorbed the moonlight, he would feel a slight change in his body. When he experienced the second heavenly tribulation, he found that the speed at which he absorbed moonlight doubled. And he has become stronger, and even his illusory body has begun to become solid.
This was the third time he had survived the catastrophe. At this time, he was standing in the dark and humid forest, and his memory had recovered somewhat. He remembered a place name.
Loucheng!
It seemed that he met Nie Xiaolou there.
He looked down at his body, which was 80% solid and 20% illusory. His figure suddenly floated up and turned into a wisp of transparent smoke flowing away.
A small town.
night!
A plume of black smoke flowed through the night sky and entered a shop through the crack in the door. The black smoke paused, and Yue Tonghui's figure appeared. His eyes swept across the room, and he easily took out a black hooded cloak and put it on, then took off a pair of shoes and put them on, and finally put a mask on his face, opened the door, and left. go out. Disappeared into the night.
Gu Shuo is receiving another visitor.
This visitor is the master of Tianmeng's Xitie Guandan Hall, a Xuan-level alchemist named Mu Yaoshi. At this time, the two people were sitting opposite each other, with a steaming teapot in the center.
"Master Mu is a rare visitor!" Gu Shuo picked up the steaming teapot and poured tea for Mu Yaoshi.
"Aren't you asking for something?" Mu Yaoshi said with a smile.
Gu Shuo poured himself some more tea and put down the teapot: "What's the matter? I'll help you if you can."
"You may not know that they have a traditional event in Xitieguan, the Alchemy Competition. It is held every ten years. Next month is the competition month."
"Oh?" Gu Shuo was stunned for a moment: "I really don't know this. I haven't been able to leave the door these days."
Medicine Master Mu shook his head and laughed: "I guess that's the case with you. You are the purest ascetic monk I have ever seen who is dedicated to alchemy."
Gu Shuo waved his hand: "But you want me to participate in the competition? Okay!"
"Put me down!" Mu Yaoshi shook his head repeatedly: "At your level, if you want to compete, what else can you do to compete with others? I'll just give you the first place. I want to ask you to be the judge."
"judge?"
"Yes!" Mu Yaoshi nodded and said: "You also know that our Xitie Guantan Hall only has three mystical masters. With you added this time, there will be a total of four judges. How about it?"
"OK!"
Gu Shuo agreed happily. In the past two years, he has benefited a lot from the West Railway Kuantan Hall. It was just a repayment at the beginning, but as he gradually revealed his talent for alchemy, the Alchemy Palace attached great importance to him. Now all the inheritance in the Alchemy Palace are open to him, and he can get a 50% discount on buying herbs in the Alchemy Palace. He even became good friends with the three mysterious masters of Dan Palace.
Therefore, Gu Shuo could not refuse, nor could he refuse.
"That's good!"
Seeing Gu Shuo's straightforward agreement, Mu Yaoshi also smiled happily: "This alchemy competition has you as the judge, which makes it a lot more interesting."
Gu Shuo waved his hand quickly.
Medicine Master Mu said again: "There is one more request."
"you say!"
"After the competition is over, you can refine a furnace of top-quality elixirs for them."
Gu Shuo laughed and said, "You are asking me to perform in front of the public!"
"Yes!" Mu Yaoshi did not refute: "With you performing in public, more monks can choose the path of alchemy."
Gu Shuo thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay!"
Mu Yaoshi pondered for a moment, with a look of hesitation on his face. Gu Shuo glanced at him: "Are you finished yet? Let me tell you, I won't agree to embarrassing things."
"No!" Mu Yaoshi waved his hand and finally said with determination: "Fellow Daoist Yue, we have investigated you, do you mind?"
"do not mind!"
Gu Shuo shook his head. He was already prepared when he pretended to be Yue Tonghui. Now that he is so provocative in the alchemy world, as the master of the Alchemy Palace, it would be abnormal if he does not investigate himself. But he doesn't care. If he is exposed, he will be exposed. At worst, I'll just run away again.
At this moment, he was ready to escape.
There was a guess in his mind. Mu Yaoshi looked so hesitant. He must have found Yue Tonghui, right?
What he should be struggling with now is whether he is impersonating Yue Tonghui, or whether he has the same name as Yue Tonghui?
Seeing that Gu Shuo didn't mind, Mu Yaoshi breathed a sigh of relief, and then doubts appeared in his eyes.
"Fellow Daoist Yue, the result of our investigation is that you are a practicing madman and are not involved in alchemy. It is said..."
Mu Yaoshi glanced at Gu Shuo: "It is said that you admire Yun Xiao very much?"
Gu Shuo complained in his heart that it was Yue Tonghui who admired him.
but……
Now that I think about it, I suddenly feel some admiration in my heart.
Invincible road!
Yunxiao, an old man, was invincible all the way, and was eventually killed by three great tribulation demons. But it was one-on-three, Yunxiao was truly invincible! His thoughts were a little complicated and he said:
"Are you saying I'm taking the invincible path?"
"Yes!" Mu Yaoshi smiled awkwardly: "Friend Daoist Yue, I'm not telling you, this invincible road is not walked by humans at all, it is walked by gods.
Yunxiao is a god in the hearts of humans.
In the history of the human race, there is only one person like Yun Xiao. Why do you think you dared to take the path of invincibility in the first place? "
Gu Shuo opened his mouth and wanted to say it wasn't me. Finally he closed his mouth.
There was curiosity in Mu Yaoshi's eyes: "It is said that your first failure on the invincible road was when you lost on the Beidi Ancient Road to Gu Shuo, whose cultivation level was not as good as yours at that time?"
"Yeah!" Gu Shuo nodded.
Mu Yaoshi consoled: "It is not unfair to lose to Gu Shuo. In terms of the level of monster, Gu Shuo is more monster than Yun Xiao. Although Gu Shuo's current cultivation level is not to overcome the tribulation, it is not as good as Yun Xiao. But Yun Xiao is as big as Gu Shuo. At that time, his cultivation was not as good as Gu Shuo's.
That is a man who dares to kill the green snake and go to the wilderness alone. He dares to transform into a god and fight hundreds of battles... Hey, by the way, you have fought against Gu Shuo. What do you think of Gu Shuo? "
"Gu Shuo!" A look of contemplation appeared on Gu Shuo's face: "That man... is the only genius I have ever seen in my life. Not only is his understanding of cultivation extremely high, which is difficult to match, but he also has an extremely broad mind and a good character. He is also extremely noble. When I look at the Tianxuan human race, no one can compare to him.
Sigh... It was after I lost to Gu Shuo that my path to invincibility was interrupted, which made me depressed for a while. It was during that period of depression that I discovered that I actually had the talent for alchemy. "
"Hahaha..." Mu Yaoshi laughed happily: "I have to thank Gu Shuo for this. If it weren't for him, Tianxuan would have lost an alchemy wizard. However, I really didn't expect your evaluation of Gu Shuo. so tall."
"Not high, not high!" Gu Shuo waved his hand and said: "No matter how high the evaluation is, it is not high."
"Fellow Daoist Yue, you have finally solved the confusion in my heart. It turns out that you embarked on the path of alchemy for this reason and with such a psychological journey. Originally, I have always been wondering why you, a person who takes the path of invincibility, can Hui embarked on the path of alchemy.
Come and try it quickly. 】
correct……"
A look of gossip appeared on Mu Yaoshi's face: "The news I got is that the last place you appeared was Loucheng. It is said that you have become a Taoist couple with a casual cultivator named Nie Xiaolou. Where is your Taoist partner?"
Gu Shuo's expression condensed.
Nie Xiaolou?
Has he ever been with Yue Tonghui?
in this case……
Yue Tonghui is dead?
Otherwise, with the ability of the Tianmeng Dan Palace, Loucheng has been investigated, and it is impossible that the investigation will not be continued. Only Yue Tonghui died, and the body was not seen. This is more like Nie Xiaolou's method.
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