Great Sui Storyteller

Chapter 516. 515. Master of Agelessness (Two in One)

After returning from the county office that night, Li Zhen never went out again.

He guarded Xuanzang steadily for two days.

During this period, he didn't bother about the female assassin, and didn't ask what happened in Yucheng City. Apart from eating, he meditated every day, patiently waiting for Xuanzang to wake up.

And on the morning of the fourth day when they arrived in Yukuang, before Xuanzang woke up, Sun Simiao walked in with a bottle in his hand.

"Grandson."

"..."

Hearing this address, Sun Simiao, who hadn't closed his eyes for three days and three nights, shuddered...

He is a little tired.

So I didn't bother to respond to this "rebellion", and just threw the bottle at Li Zhen's face like throwing a ball, and then went into another room.

"Ehhh~"

Steadily catching the porcelain vase exuding a strange fluctuation, Li Zhen stood up:
"Old Sun, are you angry?"

"No."

Sun Simiao shook his head:

"Counting the night when the mine vein collapsed, Pindao stayed awake for four days and nights, and now he is going to sleep."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhen also knew that he felt sorry for others, and grabbed Sun Simiao's arm:
"Come on, the monk hasn't woken up yet."

"..."

Sun Simiao was even more speechless, going all the way to the room where Xuanzang sat quietly:

"Don't tell me you can't perceive the mighty Dharma inside."

"Of course I can sense it, but you won't tell me how to take this elixir? What if I take the wrong medicine and get poisoned to death?"

"..."

Sun Simiao's Taoist robe began to swell.

Son of a bitch!
How dare you say it!

"Pooh!"

Speechlessly breaking free from Li Zhen's hand, Sun Simiao blew his beard and stared:
"Conscientious Taoist! The poor Taoist practiced one more for you!"

"Oh, my brother loves me so much."

Li Zhen was happy, and said that the old grandson really knew how to love others.

But still did not intend to let Sun Simiao sleep.

It's almost noon now, and the Cui family will come to deliver the meal in a while.The reason why he didn't let Sun Simiao sleep was also because the other party's mental state was really weak.At this time, it is really better to eat and sleep.

"Okay, come on, you sit here."

Pulling him to the stone table, serving tea and pouring water:
"Drink your saliva first, it's already noon, and you'll go to bed when you're full. Don't worry, I'm here, and I'll make sure you and the monk sleep comfortably together. I'll watch the door for you two!"

"...?"

Sun Simiao, who always felt that these words were a bit weird, gave Li Zhen a suspicious look, but he was really hungry at the moment.

Why can Laojun Temple become the holy place for alchemists in the world?

Leaving aside all the external advantages of time and place, just say that if people are in harmony, no one in the world can be enemy.

Alchemy is a very boring job.

It takes a long time, especially tormenting people.

Alchemists are also human beings, and they also eat whole grains, and they also eat and drink Lazard.

After all, he is not a fairy, and these things are indispensable.

And if the alchemist wants to open the furnace to make alchemy, Lao Junguan will send some assistants to the alchemist after receiving the report.

For example, when Sun Simiao was refining alchemy, he classified the elixirs according to their grades. Ordinary elixirs didn't say much, but for the bottle of the three official continuation gods in Li Zhen's hand, under normal circumstances, when Sun Simiao opened the furnace, Lao Junguan would send Two alchemists serve as assistants.

Usually the alchemist chooses by himself, and chooses some convenient, clever, well-connected, or juniors who intend to support them to assist.

These two people only need to help stabilize the fire according to the instructions when the alchemist is tired and needs to rest, or release the medicinal materials on time.

And what they gain is some hands-on experience.

I have to admit that Laojunguan has actually done a great job in bringing the old to the new.

But the problem is that now Sun Simiao is refining the alchemy by himself. He first saved people, then stayed up all night, and then opened the furnace to make alchemy without sleep. I really can't stand it anymore.

Hungry and sleepy.

Originally, I wanted to wake up and talk about it, but when I heard Li Zhen said that the meal would be served immediately, I simply nodded, intending to endure it for a while, and go to rest after eating and drinking.

And sat down to drink a cup of tea, and when Li Zhen was about to open the porcelain bottle to study the medicine inside, he grabbed the porcelain bottle back:

"Why is curiosity so important? This elixir is sealed in a bottle, and it is the most effective. Don't open it for research in normal times, or the effect will not work after the potency is exhausted. Do you know?"

"Oh~~~"

Seeing Li Zhen's clear look, Sun Simiao thought for a while while holding the teacup, and asked tentatively:

"How are you... how are you doing these days?"

Li Zhen shrugged casually:

"It's good. I guard the monk every day. It's very clean."

Hearing this, Old Sun felt relieved:
"That's good... Well, you'd better stop running around these few days, and protect Xuanzang honestly."

"...?"

If he didn't say this, Li Zhen took the question just now as the other party's concern.

However, after experiencing the events of the previous two days, instinctively, he asked:
"What's wrong? Who did you meet?"

"..."

Sun Simiao's eyes suddenly became serious:

"what happened!"

"……what?"

"Ah, what? The past few days... Has something happened?"

"?"

Li Zhen was also confused when he saw such a big reaction.

After thinking about it, he asked puzzledly:

"What do you mean?"

Sun Simiao didn't know whether he was really confused or pretended to be confused.

Simply ask directly:
"Did you meet someone!?"

"Uh……"

Now, Li Zhen also felt... something was wrong with Old Sun.

Tentatively asked:

"Do you mean……?"

"Stop pretending to be stupid! Have you... met a... Taoist priest?"

"!!!"

When Sun Simiao saw Li Zhen's wide eyes for a moment, he immediately had the answer in his heart.

really……

The national teacher... really came for him?

……

It was not yet noon, but the sun had already risen high.

Shining on the green trees in the small courtyard, there was a swaying light and shadow against the background.

Under the tree, Li Zhen opened his mouth wide in surprise, and stared blankly at Sun Simiao:

"You...you mean...he is a national teacher!?"

"……Um."

For some reason, Sun Simiao nodded slightly with a dignified expression:

"Exactly."

"...No! I have seen the national teacher. The national teacher is a very young Taoist priest. I saw it with my own eyes when I was on the eve of the lunar new year. I also saw it when I worshiped the heavens. The national teacher...doesn't look like this!"

After telling Lao Sun the scene of his encounter with Li Chunfeng and the middle-aged Taoist, Li Zhen was stunned when he heard the identity of the middle-aged Taoist from Lao Sun.

But Sun Simiao shook his head:

"That's the national teacher."

"...Where did you get your confidence?"

Seeing that Li Zhen still didn't believe it, Lao Sun let out a slightly sarcastic laugh:

"Hehe~ Half of the poor Taoist's ability is handed in by the national teacher himself. If it comes to talking about it, I have to call the national teacher Master. Do you think I will admit my mistake?"

Then I touched it in the cloth bag, and found out the fragment of the Twelve Golden Man that had turned into a piece of iron:

"Even this fragment was given to me by the national teacher himself. Do you think I will admit my mistake?"

"But...but when Xi was old...but the emperor and the immortals were present."

Li Zhen also had a look of confusion in his eyes:
"If the national teacher is really a middle-aged Taoist priest, how dare he still wear a disguise in front of the emperor?...Compared to Laojun's view, being disrespectful in front of the emperor is a serious crime."

"……Ugh."

Sun Simiao suddenly let out a long sigh:
"This is what I haven't understood for so many years. Do you know... When was the first time I met the national teacher?"

"...to enter Laojun Temple?"

"Well, or... To be more precise, the first time I met the national teacher was during the three-month contest when I entered the Laojun Temple. The new disciples of the Laojun Temple will have three months after the entry. A small competition, to show off one's talent. Those with high talent will be selected by other alchemists to become boys, proficient in fire and distinguishing medicinal ingredients... Those with low talent will quit directly."

His eyes were a little erratic, and the tone of the old grandson who was reminiscing about the past was somewhat sentimental:

"And that time Xiaobi, I became the number one with a "Concentration Pill" that can only cure practitioners' souls from over-thinking and damage. That's right, it is the predecessor of the two three-official continuation pills in your hand. This elixir was modified from the formula of Ningshen Pill, and it is now included in the third-grade elixir of Laojunguan."

"Sigh~~~"

"...What are you breathing?"

"Take a breath, it means I'm shocked by your strength, Old Sun."

"..."

Seeing that he was losing his shape again, Sun Simiao rolled his eyes, but ignored him and continued:
"And that time... the national teacher came in person. After seeing my elixir, he specially selected me to become the fire boy of the Dragon Palace. And I stayed underground for more than half a year. The teacher taught me a lot of things, and even let me handle a batch of pills myself. After refining, I received a lot of praise. Then, after the batch of pills from the national teacher was completed, I already had the title of a fifth-rank alchemist. strength."

"Sigh~~~~~~"

This time, Li Zhen really took a deep breath.

Alchemists are divided into nine grades.

Yipin is the highest.

For half a year, across 4 ranks?
Good guy.

It really is the medicine prince.

Being strong is really unreasonable...

But upon hearing this gasp, Sun Simiao waved his hand:

"What I want to tell you is not this... What I want to say is that the national teacher I met ten years ago has always been a middle-aged Taoist. It is not a young Taoist..."

"Uh……"

"Also, I'm telling you something that makes me...something I dare not think about."

Recalling the ten-year side on the Xunfeng Pillar a few days ago, Sun Simiao, who had seen countless years of life and death, did not have any peace in his eyes, only a kind of... indescribable doubt and puzzlement:
"The national teacher three days ago was exactly the same as the national teacher when I first entered Laojun Temple..."

"...Exactly the same?"

Under Li Zhen's increasingly absurd eyes, Sun Simiao shook his head:

"The same skin, the same wrinkles, the same eyes, the same length of hair and beard... For more than ten years, he has not aged or weakened, and even his body has not undergone any changes. What he was like back then, now, It's what it is. Don't you feel..."

Looking at Li Zhen, Lord Yao's serious and absurd tone was beyond words:
"Don't you think it's ridiculous?"

Ridiculous?
This is inevitable.

No matter what kind of world this world is, what kind of demons and ghosts it has, or how distorted history it is.

But there is one thing that cannot be faked.

That is, after Zhang Liangdao, the founder of Xuanjun Temple in the Han Dynasty, broke the void in his later years, there was no record of "being immortal" in the world.

Even Li Zhen didn't believe that Zhang Liang had really "become a fairy".

Because of this kind of thing, I always feel that it is too blind.

It cannot be ruled out that Xuan Junguan is boasting, or some ancient records are biased.

And as long as you don't become a fairy, you are still in the category of human beings.

Among other things, even the second master has to go to the toilet... Just think about it.

Therefore, people will age.

This is a law of nature, for sure.

Even if it is slower, there will be what should be, and what should come will come.

There has been no change for more than ten years, Li Zhen certainly does not believe it.Even when he was in Xiang County, the "Master" he saw was a young Taoist image.

And looking at the old grandson like that, he probably didn't believe it.

But it was precisely because of this unbelief that the middle-aged Taoist seemed a little... infiltrating.

After thinking about it, Li Zhen asked:

"According to what you said, if he is really the national teacher... then the young national teacher over the age of [-]... is a fake?"

"No, I think it's true too."

"..."

"Maybe you think I'm talking nonsense, but... have you ever thought about it, if the young national teacher... and the national teacher... are the same person?"

"..."

Li Zhen was startled, and then an instinct quickly turned his expression into disgust:

"Eh~~~~~~"

Curling his lips, with deep speechlessness:
"What do you mean by being a national teacher? An earthworm? Can it be divided into two? Grandson, you are a doctor, you have to seek truth from facts. How can you talk nonsense~"

Seeing the disbelief on his face, Sun Simiao also knew that this conjecture that had been in his mind for many years could not be proved.

After all...it would be too shocking to say it.

If the other party believes it, we can talk more about this matter.But if you don't believe it, no matter how you talk about it, it's just empty talk.

But since he took the initiative to talk about this matter today, he definitely did not want to tell Li Zhen what he thought, but something else:

"National Teacher, I should know about you."

In one sentence, Li Zhen, who was still full of disgust, froze instantly, and asked as if he didn't hear clearly:
"what?"

The old grandson shook his head:

"It's true. Because when I met with the national teacher, he told me personally: This trip to Yuqian is just to see you."

"I?"

"Yes, you."

"……I????"

"you."

All of a sudden, the Taoist priest's face was full of absurdity, pointing to his own face:

"National teacher? Me?"

Although he has already answered twice, Sun Simiao still took the trouble and nodded seriously:
"That's right, you. The national teacher told me personally that this time, he came to see you."

With that said, he picked up the golden man fragment:
"And if my expectation is not bad, it is very likely that he already knows that you can absorb the knowledge from the Twelve Golden Men."

"..."

Li Zhen's heart trembled.

But immediately started to doubt again...

"No. If this person is really the national teacher, then we have indeed met."

"What?! You two already met?"

"Yup……"

After telling the story of his meeting with Li Chunfeng, Sun Simiao was also dumbfounded:

"The national teacher taught you the thunder method!? Or is it Yang Lei?... And the little Taoist priest of perineal thunder is also here?!...He... is he going to choose you as the teacher?"

"……what?"

"Why didn't the celestial master teach you the thunder method? Or the sun thunder!?"

"……what?"

"Ah for what!?"

"no……"

Although for some reason, the two of them suddenly started to disagree on the channel, Li Zhen quickly waved his hands:

"Old Sun, didn't I tell you that I don't know anything about Taoism. I'm just a little Nayi Taoist priest, and I haven't even worshiped the altar. I don't understand what you said to me. , no...how can I become a celestial master?"

Hearing this, Sun Simiao asked directly:

"Do you know who the contemporary Heavenly Master is?"

"I know, it's the national teacher."

"What is the Celestial Master for?"

"Ordering the Taoist sects of the world... Do you think I'm a fool? Didn't we talk about Lei Fa? Why did it involve the national teacher again?"

Looking at the bewildered Li Zhen, Sun Simiao finally showed an expression of hating iron and steel, shaking his head and saying:

"Call you stupid. You know right from wrong better than anyone else. But you are fine... Are you a fool? Let me ask you, there are so many Taoist disciples in the world. Except for the national teacher, have you ever heard of anyone who would be thunderous?" Fa!"

"...There are many, including "Tiantonglu", there is also a technique called palm thunder."

"That's a move! Idiot!"

Seeing that his younger generation is not good at learning, after staying up for several days, Sun Simiao, who was so angry, finally couldn't help being rude.

"That's a move! That's a cultivator's move! Use the righteousness in your heart to stimulate the energy of heaven and earth to form a thunder in your palm, to subdue demons! This is a move extended from the ancient thunder repair sect! It is the same as thunder Dharma is basically two things! Now all the practice records about thunder in Daoist sects, what you and I can come into contact with are all moves! Palm thunder is only the most superficial technique, and the five elements of thunder, such as Dongjia Taiyi giant wood god thunder, it is said to be thunder, but it is more like the use of objects and qi. When used, it can summon a giant tree with a mighty force to crush the enemy! Could this be thunder?! These are all Moves! And the thunder method is a spell that can summon the thunder in the true sense. Only the celestial master and the disciples handpicked by the celestial master in the Taoist sect can practice it! It is divided into two parts, understand?!"

"And this statement?"

Although as a storyteller, the first requirement is erudition.

In his previous life, Li Zhen had also learned about Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism.

But in his era, there was no magic at all. Practicing martial arts was to strengthen the body, and practicing Taoism and Buddhism was to support the soul.

And spells and so on... are basically feudal superstitions.

Without a real object reference, he actually doesn't know what the so-called talismans and lightning methods are.

Not to mention the mysterious rituals such as selecting celestial masters or finding the reincarnation of living Buddhas that have never existed among ordinary people, but have been circulated within Taoism.

It's not that I don't want to understand, but that there is no way to understand.

Now that he heard Sun Simiao's explanation, although he understood the difference between moves and exercises, Li Zhen still couldn't help asking:
"So this is...the reason why the national teacher asked his disciple to call me senior brother?...No, at the age of Xi Sui, the national teacher should have known about my relationship with Xuan Junguan. How could it be... like this? ?”

"How would I know."

Sun Simiao shook his head:

"But what I'm more curious about is... where did you get that half of Leifa? And why didn't you learn it?... That's Leifa, the most upright, upright and powerful Leifa! It's still Yanglei! "

"...I just didn't learn, because I felt that something was not right, as if there was a conspiracy, so I didn't learn."

"conspiracy?"

"Well, the main reason is that I feel that I can't grasp this matter, do you understand? As for how it came about, I can only tell you that it was given to me by an old Taoist named Wuyu, but I don't know what's in it. Seeing that something is wrong, after opening it, I will throw it into Luoshui River."

"Desireless? Desireless Taoist!?"

Li Zhen was really speechless.

Why is the old grandson so startled right now?

But he still nodded:
"You know him?"

"I've heard of it... I haven't seen it. But it is said that he is a very unique existence in the Taoist sect. I don't know the details. But..."

Speaking of this, Sun Simiao became silent.And Li Zhen didn't urge him, but just let his eyes twinkle and think.

Time, little by little.

The mighty Buddha's spirit from the side room spread to the courtyard little by little.

Even through the courtyard wall, the whole street has an extremely peaceful meaning.

Xuanzang is about to wake up.

Although he had to "sleep" after taking the elixir immediately, but at least this piece of peace represented his injury, so it shouldn't be a serious problem.

That's it.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a sigh from the Taoist opposite:
"Hey. Priest Shouchu, that's what the poor Taoist told you. You can absorb the knowledge from the golden man's fragments. This alone is already extraordinary enough. You are a person of great fortune, and it only takes a moment to absorb knowledge. It's not like those of us who need to sacrifice every day to get some words every day.

But it is precisely because of this...in the world...except for you, I only know that the national teacher has this ability.The truth in this world is like this, don't worry about few, but worry about unevenness.Whether your ability will be hated by outsiders, I dare not say.But Guo Shina... You are originally a member of the Taoist sect, but you were accepted into the sect wall by Xuan Junguan, and you have this kind of ability.

My suggestion... is that you must be more careful in the future.What the national teacher thinks, I dare not speculate, it is disrespectful.But I think, since you have this ability, the national teacher must have discovered it before he wanted to pass on the thunder method to you, and he has a relationship with you as a master and apprentice... Maybe he doesn't want you to worship Xuanjun Temple, and pass it on to you later. You can't say for sure.

But, you didn't learn it, or even missed it... I can't say whether the national teacher is merciful, but you have to understand that there are differences in sects.You are an excellent disciple of Xuan Junguan, but you have the same ability as the national teacher.The calculations involved...you have to think about it carefully, that's right. "

Sun Simiao spoke with sincerity and heart.

He really felt that the Taoist priest in front of him was to his liking.

Because the communication between the two is like friends.

If you tease me, I will bury you.

Humorous and funny.

Sun Simiao asked himself that he had no friends in the first half of his life. He studied hard since he was a child. When other friends were playing, he was studying.And when the other little friends started to study, he got sick again.

Later, after receiving treatment from a different person, collecting herbs with her, practicing medical skills, and worshiping the old man to show her talents, the communication of the people around her will naturally not be so pure, and there will be more or less flattery and flattery.

Later, when he left Laojunguan, he shuttled between the mountains all day long with the benevolence of the world in his heart.

Can accompany, only rhubarb.

Not to mention lonely, but at least occasionally feel lonely, longing for heart-to-heart exchanges with others.

And now it's so easy to meet a guy with the right appetite...

But there is a cloud of suspicion buried in his body that he can't figure out.

He couldn't figure it out, and couldn't guess it.

But I really don't want... something happened to this young Taoist priest.

There are enough bad people in this world.

It's rare to meet two nice people.

Sanqing is above, I have to bless these two people... don't make any mistakes.

(End of this chapter)