Please bring your best friends to practice immortality

Chapter 459 On the Mountainside
The two recalled that when they were wandering around the mountain city with the pretty boy, the local people were all very respectful to him. But now he was lying in the secret palace, skinny and barely breathing. They all sighed.
"No matter what, we can't let that pretty boy die like this!"

Pu Yanlan nodded,
"Think of a way to save Brother Mu's life first, and then think of another way!"

That being said, if you want to get rare treasures, you have to go to the mountainside of Aba City to inquire about the information. That is where the monks gather, and only then will you be able to find an opportunity to buy the materials you need.

The two planned to buy a house in Aba City. Although the city does not prohibit nearby residents from entering and leaving, the house can only be sold to people of the same clan. Not to mention foreign monks, even people from other villages are not allowed to buy it!

The two had no other choice but to find a secluded place in the city where there was only an old woman's yard and let the fox out.

"Fox, find a way to make this old woman recognize us as relatives!"

The fox nodded, and soon after he went in, he came out and smiled at Gu Shiyi.

"It's done!"

Just as he finished speaking, he saw the door of the house open, and an old woman with a black cloth wrapped around her head walked out with a somewhat unsteady step. When she saw Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan, she was stunned at first, then looked at them carefully, came up and hugged Gu Shiyi and started crying.
"My poor brother!"

Gu Shiyi was confused and turned to look at the fox. She grinned and laughed. The old woman looked Gu Shiyi up and down while crying.
"Like, really like! Really like my poor brother, you must be my poor nephew Dong Zhu, right?"

"what……"

Gu Shiyi opened his mouth wide, but before he could say anything, he was dragged into the gate by the old woman. Pu Yanlan, who was walking behind him, whispered to the fox,

"what happened?"

The fox said,
"When I came in, the old woman was sitting in the room and dozing off... She has only one brother, who left home early in life. After all these years, he wrote a letter back saying that he got married outside and had a child named Dong Zhu..."

The fox cast a spell and made the old woman think that she had received another letter. The letter said that her brother had died of illness a year ago, leaving a child without support, so she had to come back to live with her aunt. The woman cried in her dream, and when she woke up, she heard someone whispering in her ear,
"Your brother's child Dongzhu is back. He's outside the gate, calling for aunt!"

The old woman got up in a hurry, opened the door and saw a young man who looked very similar to her brother standing in front of the door. She started crying again and pulled the child into the door. She sat down in the main hall and then saw Pu Yanlan standing behind her. She came up and took a closer look and laughed.

"This is our Dong Zhu's wife. She is so beautiful and fair-skinned. Look at her face...it is so tender that you can squeeze water out of it!"

Gu Shiyi glared at the fox secretly.
"What's going on? Can't you let her recognize a niece?"

The fox replied,

"This old woman is obsessed with her brother and has become mentally ill. If I forcibly change her memory, I'm afraid it will hurt her mind. She will become demented and stupid, and she will still need you to serve her, right?"

The souls of ordinary people are fragile, especially those of the elderly. After being caught in an illusion, they can be easily hurt if they are not careful. If they become stupid, isn’t that a sin?
Gu Shiyi glanced at the fox again, and could only accept it helplessly. He came over to pull Pu Yanlan and smiled at the old woman.
"Aunt, this is my new daughter-in-law. Do you think she's pretty?"

"It's beautiful and beautiful!"

The old woman smiled and pulled the two of them, chattering a lot. She talked about family matters, but was extremely kind. The two of them patiently talked to her for a long time. The woman then started cooking, and Pu Yanlan hurried over to help. By the time they finished dinner, the three of them were as close and warm as a family!

The two of them sneaked into Aba City and stayed at the home of the old woman Dumu. This was really lucky. The old woman Dumu gave birth to three sons in total. The eldest and second sons went to other villages to serve the adults who practiced Taoism. The youngest son just started to practice Taoism this year. Now he follows his master halfway up the mountain and only comes back to see his mother once every ten days or half a month!

The old woman lived alone at home, and often missed her brother who had gone out to explore the world in the early years and whose life or death she didn't know. Now that she met her brother's son, her longing was comforted at once, and she was very kind to both of them. No one doubted the two of them in Aha City because of this relationship. Only Eleven was a little troubled. She had no choice but to change into a man's body. A young man like her, who was tall, with a wheat-colored complexion, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and who often smiled, appeared in this place where people were short and ugly, and immediately attracted the favor of countless native girls.

Fortunately, the old woman declared to him,
"My nephew is married, and his wife is so pretty..."

"Yes, yes, my nephew is born beautiful. I heard that his mother is a lady from a wealthy family outside the mountains. She looks like a fairy..."

When the girls in the neighborhood heard that their loved ones had a husband, they were very sad. They could not get married, but they could still find a chance to pass by the gate every day and take a look at the girls. So Gu Shiyi would meet many girls when she went out on the street every day, which made her change her usual smiling personality and go out with a stern face every day.

While Gu Shiyi was in the light, Pu Yanlan was in the dark. Since she entered the old woman's house, she had never gone out once. She stayed in the house every day to meditate and practice. The fox transformed into another Pu Yanlan to chat with the old woman, cook with her, and accompany her in needlework. This went on for more than ten days.

Just when Gu Shiyi had explored almost every corner of Aba City, the old woman's youngest son came back after hearing the news. The old woman's youngest son was called Zhuang Pu. He was studying cultivation under Master Azan and was now in the Qi training stage. When he saw Pu Yanlan, who had transformed into a red fox, he was not suspicious at all. When he saw Gu Shiyi, who was a head taller than him, he liked him very much and hugged Gu Shiyi warmly.

With Gu Shiyi's shrewdness, it would be easy to trick a simple young man. Zhuang Pu stayed at home for only one day, and Gu Shiyi found out that there were nearly a hundred adults living on the mountainside, but most of them were not at a high level. The highest level was only the lord of Aba City, Pu Ma, who was at the early stage of the Nascent Soul. Gu Shiyi pretended to be very curious about the mountainside and wanted Zhuang Pu to take him up to have a look. Zhuang Pu agreed after a little hesitation.

"We often ask people from the mountain to help. If my cousin wants to go, he can pretend to be my follower and go up to take a look!"

Gu Shiyi was overjoyed and took Zhuang Pu to get drunk. Of course, it was Zhuang Pu who was drunk and Gu Shiyi was just pretending to be drunk. The old woman smiled and helped her son back to the room to sleep. The next day, Gu Shiyi disguised himself as Zhuang Pu's follower and went to the mountainside. When he passed the guard in front of the checkpoint, the other party obviously knew Zhuang Pu. When he saw the young man Gu Shiyi, he immediately smiled and said,
"Zhuangpu, where did you find this young man? He is so handsome!"

Zhuang Pu laughed and said,

"Call the relatives at home to help!"

After they passed the checkpoint, Gu Shiyi looked around and found that the buildings on the mountain were similar to those at the foot of the mountain, but there were fewer people coming and going, and they were all cultivators with spiritual energy flowing through their bodies, but most of them were in the Qi training stage, and occasionally one or two were in the foundation building stage. Everyone had to salute when they saw them. Gu Shiyi followed behind Zhuang Pu and looked around curiously. Zhuang Pu smiled and said,

"Our life here is actually similar to that down in the mountain, except that the adults in the mountain like quietness and usually don't allow people to make noise!"

Gu Shiyi nodded and followed Zhuang Pu to a large house. The gatekeeper knew Zhuang Pu and did not ask any questions. He opened the door and let the two in. Zhuang Pu said to Gu Shiyi,
"I brought someone back. According to the rules, I have to report to Master. When you meet my Master later, be respectful and don't talk too much!"

"it is good!"

Gu Shiyi nodded. Zhuangpu's master, Azan, was already in the late Jindan stage. He was a thin old man. After looking Gu Shiyi up and down, he suddenly raised his eyebrows.
"Are you a demon?"

Gu Shiyi was secretly shocked.

"This old man must have some special skills. I am already very good at hiding my aura, and even though I am wearing the jade pendant, he still managed to see through me!"

His face was filled with panic.
"My Lord, you have noticed..."

Azan snorted and asked,
"Are you a spy sent by the demon tribe?"

As soon as she said this, everyone in the room, including Zhuang Pu, glared at her angrily. Gu Shiyi said in fear and trepidation,
"Sir... I... I am not a spy. I... My biological mother is a half-demon. She died after giving birth to me. I have been raised by my father. He passed away a year ago. Before he died, he told me to come back and seek refuge with my aunt..."

Azan raised his eyebrows again when he heard this.
"come here!"

Gu Shiyi was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself,

"I never thought that this Azan, who is only in the late Jindan stage, could see through my demon body. If he wants to take action..."

Then I'm afraid I can only rush up and take down this Azan first, and then break out!

She then walked slowly forward and came in front of Azan.
"Hand out!"

Gu Shiyi stretched out his hand as he was told, and Azan also stretched out his hand and covered Gu Shiyi's palm. He narrowed his eyes for a while, then nodded and said,

"Very good, there is not much blood on your hands, it seems you are not lying!"

Zhuang Pu heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this and smiled innocently.

"Master, my cousin might stay in the mansion for a few days?"

Azan nodded without saying anything more. Gu Shiyi felt relieved and followed Zhuang Pu out. As they left, the door to the side opened and a gorgeously dressed native girl walked out.

"Father, that Dong Zhu guy, does he really not have much blood on his hands?"

Azan nodded.

"It is indeed a demon body, but there are no evil spirits haunting it..."

The girl's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she turned and ran out. Azan glanced at his daughter who was running away, and then lowered his eyes...