I Am Immortal

  Chapter 196

The old man used to ride the wind, wearing a long robe, with an elegant demeanor, even though he was old and had many wrinkles on his face, it was difficult to conceal his temperament, he traveled thousands of miles against the wind in one breath, and he came to this mountain forest, already I'm a little tired, after all, I'm old, when the innate qi is running, it's not as handy as in the past.

  Just as he was planning to take a break, he suddenly heard the sound of the qin, which was very quiet and long.

  The old man subconsciously followed the sound and took a few steps around, only to see a young Taoist playing the piano in the woods, on top of the bluestone.

  Although he doesn't look very old, his temples are already white. When he plays the piano, the sound of the piano is distant, but it can touch people's hearts.

   It seems that from the sound of the piano, I can see my past life and recall the scenes that happened in the past.

People can't help but feel regretful and nostalgic, and they can't help but stop. The sound of a piano falls, but the old man is still indulging in the past. He hasn't recovered for a long time. However, he sighed and said: "Good piano sound, it's a little rude for the old man to indulge in the sound of the piano for a while."

  The young Taoist replied: "It's okay, it's a good thing to have someone who knows the sound of the piano to listen to it."

  He raised his eyes and looked at the old man in front of him. He could see his lifespan from the method passed down by the underworld.

When the teacher took him to Senior Sister Yumiao's place, at that time Qi Wuhuo, who was full of three talents, could already see that the old man's congenital energy began to escape as soon as he was at that time. When there is such a situation that one of the innate qi disperses into the world, it basically means that the lifespan will be exhausted.

   It's just that Qi Wuhuo didn't know why the old man left the secret realm and came here when his life was nearing the end.

  The old man was aroused by the emotions in his heart, he cupped his hands slightly, and said: "Old man Hezhou Chu Hongtu, I don't know who the fellow Taoist is..."

  The young Taoist replied: "Qi Wuhuo in Xiahelian Mountain, I met a fellow Taoist."

   "I don't know why Fellow Daoist looks in a hurry?"

Chu Hongtu's expression was slightly complicated, and he said: "I have a place I want to go to, and I know I don't have much time, so it's quite a mess, but it's far worse than you, fellow Taoist, who are unrestrained and at ease." The old man Chu Hongtu's cultivation base is about the innate one qi, and he has lived for nearly three hundred years, infinitely approaching the limit of the innate one qi.

And he left the blessed place where Senior Sister Yumiao lived, and there must be a reason for walking outside, but the old man didn't say anything, since the two met for the first time, he would not speak lightly of what he thought in his heart. The young Taoist was just thinking about Senior Sister Yumiao's "Hunyuan Sword Code" brought him great help, laid the foundation of kendo, and also allowed him to realize some methods, in exchange for the merits of the little peacock.

  After discussing swords with Lord Daoist, I have more understanding of swordsmanship.

  Although there are not many, I only plan to give the self-enlightened sword formula to my senior sister.

   Vote for me with a wooden peach, and return it with Qiongyao.

  One cause and one effect, I also hope to be able to help the senior sister in a little way at the moment.

But he never expected that before rushing to Senior Sister Yumiao's blessed land, he would see the people who are in trouble with Senior Sister coming in a hurry, and some of them might have some reasons that outsiders would not know. Traveling in the clouds, living without a fixed place, I don’t know where Chu Daoyou is going? If you don’t dislike it, why not go with you?”

Chu Hongtu smiled and said: "Hahaha, the old man is a person who is near the end of his life, and there is no interesting place to go, so I don't want to delay the Taoist priest's elegant mood. There are so many wonderful places ahead, and the scenery is beautiful. I can tell you The Taoist priest pointed out a few directions, and the Taoist priest can go to play and play by himself, and he will not be disappointed."

  Chu Hongtu just smiled and distracted Qi Wuhuo's words, and then talked about the scenery on the road ahead.

  But never mentioned the blessed land where Yumiao was.

After talking for a while, the old man also took advantage of the time to rest and recover some energy, and then he said goodbye. Thinking about it, the little peacock asked curiously: "Aqi, Aqi, do you recognize him?"

"Um."

   "Then where is he going?!"

"I do not know either."

At this moment, the young Taoist suddenly heard a few loud noises in the distance, and looked sideways, but saw figures rushing towards him rapidly, and saw that they were all wearing cassocks, and their temperament was quite eager, and they followed Chu Hongtu's direction. Qi Wuhuo recalled Chu Hongtu's hurried appearance and his vigilance, and frowned slightly, worried whether the senior sister was in danger.

   After thinking about it for a while, he stepped forward. The skill of escaping from the ground is extremely fast, no worse than Yufeng.

  The sound of fighting was heard from a distance, and everyone shouted urgently: "This person is the Taoist companion of that Miaojian Immortal."

   "Let's do it, everyone, to bring this person back!"

The young Taoist saw the sword qi flying horizontally and horizontally, and many cultivators made moves mainly to capture, but that Chu Hongtu held a knife in his palm, the blade was sharp, and there was an indescribably majestic and domineering, those Taoist priests with innate energy , and some big monsters were suppressed by him for a while, but after all, the old man is a qi machine, and his life is not long. Although the blade is strong, it can't last.

  Just as he was splitting Thunderbolt with a knife, suddenly a rope pierced through the flames of Thunderbolt and flew straight towards him.

   It was tied directly to Chu Hongtu's right leg.

   In a single blow, his already declining innate qi was scattered.

  A man with wings on his back was relieved when he saw this, and said, "Yes, please come back!"

Chu Hongtu looked sad, and drew his sword angrily, as if he was about to cut off his trapped right leg, but everyone was shocked, and suddenly heard the sound of a clanging zither, as if there was a sound of swords and swords in the sky, the rope that bound Chu Hongtu fell directly. He was so shocked that he was spiritually stiff, but was actually struggling away by Chu Hongtu, and heard that the sound of the piano changed, and he was in a state of killing.

  Everyone was in a trance, and the fallen leaves in this world seemed to have turned into swords and fell from the sky.

   The height of murderous aura.

  The weight of the air machine.

It was almost palpitating and terrifying. Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, and their expressions suddenly changed. They knew that there was a great master appearing, so they gritted their teeth, knowing that although the bounty is rich, life is the first priority, and there is no need to risk your life for profit. So one by one they received their supernatural powers, abandoned Chu Hongtu, and went away.

   Rabbits rise and falcons fall, these people come quickly, and when they leave, they are more decisive.

  Chu Hongtu looked around in a daze, and suddenly cupped his hands and asked, "Is it Fellow Daoist Qi?"

   "Please come out and meet."

The young Taoist stepped out, and the old man picked up the knife that had just been shaken to the ground, and said, "I knew it was impossible for two people to appear in such a short period of time with the sound of the zither. The old man is so messed up, and fellow Daoist Qi laughed." Chu Hongtu smiled wryly for several times. , said: "I thought I avoided them, but I didn't expect that they still came after them."

  The young Taoist looked at the direction in which everyone was forced to retreat.

The faces of these people are quite old, and the youngest is also middle-aged, and most of their cultivation bases are innate qi, similar to young Taoists, but the violin of [Crossing the common people] is too fierce, even Qi Wuhuo Just playing the sound, the sound is like fighting with a sword, the chill is cold, enough to make the same level fear.

  He looked at Chu Hongtu and said, "These before all seem to be cultivators at the level of Daoist Guanzhu."

   "They don't seem to have any intention of harming you, fellow daoist, they only intend to capture you."

  Chu Hongtu nodded complicatedly.

  The young Taoist asked: "Is it because of that Miao Daoist?"

There was a trace of panic, pain, and incomparably nostalgic look in Chu Hongtu's eyes. He was silent for a long time, looked at the young Taoist who had forced many people back, and sighed: "Yes, but it's not. The reason why they dare not strike hard is because She came to look for me, but it was also because of her, they wanted to capture me back, bring me back to Miao Er..., and bring me back to the blessed land of that real Miao. "

  The young Taoist was surprised.

   After a little deliberation, he still asked: "Isn't that Master Miao the Taoist companion of a fellow Taoist?"

   "Taoist Companion? No, no!"

   "That's a monster, it's a monster!"

Chu Hongtu's expression suddenly became sad and painful, and his tone became fierce and angry in an instant, as if he wanted to completely cut off the connection with that real person Miao, but he was still frustrated immediately, and sat there for a while, saying: "That is also the one I am nostalgic for." man, but..."

  He seemed to have difficulty calming down for a while, and it was difficult for him to describe the extremely complicated pain in words, so he sighed suddenly:

   "Fellow Daoist Qi, you seem to be very interested in the old man's story."

   "The old man will talk to you..."

Chu Hongtu sat cross-legged on the ground, stroking the knife with one hand, and said, "Miao'er, Master Miao, I have known her since I was young. I come from an ordinary family, and my parents are only farmers, but I don't like these things since I was young." , just like everyone at that age, I long to get out of the village, become a ranger, and travel all over the world."

   "However, how can the son of a farmer in a small village enter this world?"

"At that time, I was just thinking about it. Later, I met her. Do you know that suddenly there is such a beautiful woman in the village, which is no different from a fairy descending to the mortal world. I was only eleven years old at the time, but already I felt very moved, and later she taught me martial arts, and I worshiped her as my teacher, leading me to travel the world."

  "When I was young, I only felt that the sky and the earth were so big that it was not as big as my heart, and I went back and forth."

"It's only been five years since I reached the pinnacle of the secular world. I also knew that there is a way to practice, and I used martial arts to enter the Tao. I feel the happiest during that period of being a Taoist couple, traveling to the North Sea and twilight, making friends with mountains, rivers, lands, and great monsters and water gods."

   "However, after the birth of Qi, it is difficult for me to improve my cultivation, but she always maintains her beauty."

   "Even so, I don't feel anything, just sad, I'm afraid I'm going to die before her."

"I met a famous teacher when I was young, and I was the only person I loved in my heart. When I was young, I roamed the rivers and lakes, dressed in fresh clothes and horses, loved and enmity, and practiced immortality. I lived three hundred years. I traveled in the world of mortals and sang in the mountains and rivers. I thought I would have no more regrets in my life, but, recently, I found something was wrong..."

Chu Hongtu's face was originally filled with memories of the past, but at this moment it became painful. The knife seemed to know the sadness of its master, and it whistled slightly. His tone was sad: "My mind began to recall some strange things. memory, it seems to be me, but it doesn't seem to be me."

   "I don't know who I am, I don't know who I am."

   "Am I just a substitute, her methods are already like a fairy, and creating false memories is just a matter of gestures.

"Whether everything about me, all the adventures, joys, and those memories were fabricated by her, and then put into my soul, all the feelings are just like this, everything about me is like a puppet shadow play in the world, never Existence, the so-called happy and enmity, is just a ridiculous joke!"

   "If so, she is the demon who controls my life, but she is also my Taoist companion."

   "I want to go to the place where those memories appear, and I want to find out who I am, at least before I die."

  Chu Hongtu was extremely sad.

Undoubtedly, it was precisely because of this that he couldn't bear the torture any longer. He just escaped from Yumiao's blessed land. Going back to Yumiao's place, we can see Chu Hongtu's grief, the young Taoist never used his magic power to stop the pursuit of the person in front of him, but asked:

   "So, where are fellow daoists going?"

  Chu Hongtu said: "Go back to my hometown, go back to those places in my memory like a dream..."

   "It's far away from here."

   "My lifespan is like a candle in the wind, only in an instant, and I am afraid that the art of controlling the wind will never go back."

  The old man seemed regretful, and immediately slapped the knife, with the heroic spirit and freedom of a ranger.

   "But even so, I'm going back."

   "Even if it is death, I will die on the road."

  The young Taoist's spirit was clear, and he faintly felt a line of sight from afar.

  This kind of induction seems to be detected by him because of the similarity of skills and the loss of the opponent's mentality.

   is Senior Sister Yumiao.

   Is the senior sister planning to come and bring Chu Hongtu back in person?

   Or is the senior sister also hesitating and hesitating?

  The word robbery is really harmful.

  Emotional calamity is subtle, it seems not as vigorous as the great calamity of heaven and earth, but it always appears in subtle places, without feeling the sting.

  Will I have this day too?

The young Taoist was in a clear state of mind. He looked away from that direction. After all, he couldn't bear it. He took a slight step to block between this line of sight and Chu Hongtu. Aware of Chu Hongtu's confusion at the moment, the young man said softly, "Then, come on, Fellow Daoist Chu..."

  Chu Hongtu was slightly stunned, seeing the young Taoist with white temples looking at him, and asked:

   "I don't know where your hometown is, and where do you want to go?"

   "I'll give you a ride."

Chu Hongtu realized that the young man in front of him was planning to help him, he couldn't help laughing a few times, and then sighed with a smile: "Hahahaha, what is this, manifesting with the side, saving people through calamities? Fellow Daoist is indeed a disciple of the Taoist sect. Are you fulfilling the legendary Way of the Supreme Dao Patriarch?"

   "If you do this, the old man will wonder if you are the incarnation of Taishang Daozu."

   "The so-called eighty-two transformation of the Supreme Being."

"It's a pity, fellow daoist's kindness, I really appreciate it, but my hometown is very far away, already in Hezhou. Even if fellow daoist has supernatural powers, I can fly through the clouds or do the magic of escaping from the ground, but my mortal body is heavy. If you take me with you, it will also greatly slow down your speed, so you can’t go there.”

   "Running back and forth, consume your soul, my old bones will die on the way."

   "It's really unlucky, so I don't need to bother fellow daoists."

   "Hezhou?"

"Hold on."

  The young Taoist stepped forward slightly, his sleeves moved slightly, and he used his hands to make a decision. He said in a gentle voice, "Where is the Lord of the Land?"

   "Please come and talk."

  The voice was calm, he didn't raise the altar, and he didn't cast a spell, but there was a trace of aura scattered.

So under the unbelievable gaze of Chu Hongtu, accompanied by the earth shaking and the mountains screaming, a person only appeared here, slightly bowed his hands towards the young Taoist, with a very respectful expression, calling him a real person, and the young Taoist apologized and said no Thinking of how many people will be troubled so soon, many people quickly waved their hands to indicate that it's okay.

  The young Taoist asked if he could go to Hezhou with one person.

The old land glanced at Chu Hongtu and understood it, so he stroked his beard and smiled and said: "Hezhou is thousands of miles away from here, and there are high mountains and deep streams in the middle, which are difficult for ordinary people to cross, but the old man has only been waiting for hundreds of years, and this method has long been familiar. gone."

   "Not to mention one person, even adding ten people is easy."

   "Although the land of Hezhou is extremely far away, it can only be reached in one day."

  Chu Hongtu lost his mind in a daze.

  Seeing the divine bird accompanying him, the young Taoist man with a strange guqin on his back looked at him sideways, and asked his opinion: "So, what about now? Fellow Daoist, do you want to walk for a while?"

  (end of this chapter)