Chapter 172: Old Friend

The man turned his head to look at the old man, laughed angrily and said, "How old are you, it's good to be alive to catch your breath, and you are still drunk?"

The old man was angry, staggered forward two steps, kicked over the rack and grinding stone used to sharpen the knife in front of the man, and snorted angrily: "I'm willing to drink to death, don't hurry up!"

The man was helpless, threw down the knife and muttered away.

The old man turned around, the anger on his face eased, the wrinkles on his face expanded, and he smiled at the three of them and said, "This son of mine has a strange temper, but he has a bad temperament. ”

"You and I have lived and died together many years ago, and it would be polite to explain it again!" Kao said.

"Yes, let's sit inside, it's a little simpler, but you can still sit down!" the old man walked slowly into the room.

The old man walked tremblingly, but none of the three stepped forward to help.

Kaolai regarded the old man as a friend, and he didn't want to damage the other party's face, so he naturally couldn't support him.

The light in the room is slightly dim, and the space is small, but it is still clean, with a taste of time precipitation.

At the small table, the three of them sat down, and the old man was busy bringing a glass of water.

After taking it, Kao Lai hesitated for a moment and asked, "I left you some cultivation things when I left, didn't you step into the cultivation one?"

"It's repaired, it's gone!" the old man said very indifferently.

"What's that mean?" asked Khao Lai.

"Cultivating immortals, cultivating immortals, but how can it be so easy to cultivate, before I met you, I longed to cultivate immortals, but when I stepped in, I found that it was still better not to cultivate. "The old man's China is full of vicissitudes.

Kaolai frowned deeply: "How do you say that?"

"Hehe..."The old man smiled bitterly and said: "Cultivation needs spiritual objects to support, it is really difficult to move an inch on your own, especially for a person with mediocre talent like me, it is even more difficult to improve, plus the Arctic Island, a poor and remote place, where to get so many spiritual objects, naturally I can't cultivate!"

"Even if there is a lack of spiritual objects, but now you will not be like this, I can't detect the slightest breath fluctuation in your body. Kao said.

"Yes, if the cultivation is abolished, how can there be breath fluctuations, but it can be regarded as the blessing of cultivating immortals, otherwise how can you live to this age, and how can you have the opportunity to meet today. The old man said with a light smile.

"Cultivation has been abolished, what's going on?" Kaolai's face suddenly sank.

Compared with the anger of the exam, the old man was much more indifferent.

After all, time can erase everything.

Even if my heart was filled with anger at that time, after such a long time, all the hatred has been consumed, and I even feel that it is good to be abolished and cultivated, at least I don't have to run around for things related to cultivation.

The old man waved his hand and smiled lightly: "It's been a long time in the past, don't mention it!"

"I'm not here to listen to your nonsense, what the hell is going on?" asked Kaolai.

Looking at the serious appearance of the exam, the old man looked slightly embarrassed, to be honest, he regretted saying this matter a little, but if he didn't say it, it would be difficult to explain the matter of cultivation, after all, when he was admitted to leave, he swore that he would make a name for himself on the road of cultivating immortals.

But in the end, it became like this.

It's not about making people, this road is too difficult.

Shaking his head with a wry smile, he changed the subject and asked, "I didn't expect you to appear again, after such a long absence, you won't really come here just to return a jar of wine, right?"

"I'll leave my matter aside for the time being, I want to know what is going on with your cultivation now, what do you mean by changing the subject again and again, but you look down on me?"

The old man was speechless.

The hands that were placed on his knees were pinched, and he said: "Actually, it's nothing, blame me for not having enough heart, and it's my own reason to be abolished and cultivated, if you want to know, I can say it, but this matter has passed more than 20 years, I don't want to pursue it anymore, just listen to it as a trivial matter." ”

"Say!" said Kaolai coldly.

The old man nodded his head, hesitated for a moment and said, " Soon after you left, I used the cultivation resources you gave me to successfully gather qi, open up the valve, and then open up the dantian and step into the cultivation of immortals, and then I stepped into the condensate in the next year, at that time, I was full of spirits, I felt that I was quite talented in cultivation, and I took your words of encouragement back then as true, so I boasted and pride, and threw myself on it, but I was on the Arctic Island, and I was just from an ordinary family, where did I get the cultivation resources, so I thought of an idea, using the Northern Spirit Cold Liquid that you didn't take away to swagger and cheat to earn the spiritual things needed for cultivation, this process lasted for more than two years, during which I did earn a lot, and my cultivation was also a lot better, has reached the peak of condensation and is about to step into the path of Jindan, but at this time, something happened. The old man's face darkened.

"What's going on?" said Kaolai, frowning and his eyes narrowed.

The old man pondered for a moment, then hesitated and said, " It's all to blame for me being too greedy, leaking the rumors, once some people came, learned about the matter of the ice spirit cold liquid, in order to raise the things needed to break through the golden pill as soon as possible, I didn't carefully identify the identity of these people and agreed, and led them to the place of the ice spirit cold liquid as usual, who knew that these people deliberately hid their strength before, and it was not impossible to obtain the ice spirit cold liquid with their strength, but in the end they did choose to give up, the purpose was to want the ice spirit cold liquid to continue to condense and not want to obtain it too early, they asked me to keep the news of the ice spirit cold liquid, in order to prevent me from using this way to make profits again, to avoid the ice spirit cold liquid being obtained by others, so I abolished my cultivation, and use my family as a threat to let me guard the secret of the ice spirit cold liquid. ”

Boom~

In anger, Kaolai slapped the table and almost slapped the table apart.

"Who are these people? Have you been here since?" asked Kaolai.

"I came once before last, but I still haven't obtained the Ice Spirit Cold Liquid, according to their words, the Ice Spirit Cold Liquid will be successful in the near future. The old man said.

"Okay, it's really vicious, for the Ice Spirit Cold Liquid to be able to do this, what is the difference between doing this and a bandit, even worse than a bandit. Kaolai gritted his teeth.

"Why are you so angry, at least I survived, this is already a great luck. The old man said.

"Who are they? Why don't you contact me when this happens?" asked Kaolai.

"What can I do if I contact you? My cultivation was abolished, and my cultivation can't be restored when you come, so why bother with you being implicated, to tell the truth, for a period of time after the cultivation was abolished, I had a very bad life, every day was muddy, for my Yulan was scared every day, and finally died of depression, and I didn't wake up until she died, I was really ashamed of her. The old man said.

"Magnolia?" hesitated.

"Hmm!" the old man nodded.

Kaolai took a deep look at the old man, was dull for a moment, and finally nodded heavily.

The corner of the old man's mouth glanced lightly: "She didn't blame you!"

"Did she say that?" asked Kaolai.

"Well, tell me personally!" said the old man.

Kaolai hesitated for a moment and asked, "The one who sharpened the knife at the door just now, but you and Yulan's child?"

"Well, five years after you left, we were together!" the old man emphasized.

Kaolai took a deep look at the old man, and finally took a deep breath, feeling a lot more relaxed.

"Thank you!" Khao said.

"I don't accept this thank you, what happened between us has nothing to do with your appearance. The old man said.

"I know!" said Kaw.

"Actually, what I regret now is not that my cultivation was abolished, I only regret that I focused on cultivating and improving at the beginning, and I neglected her many times, and I didn't even find out in time when she was sick, and it was too late when I found out. As he spoke, the old man's eyes were already glistening with tears.

At this time, the man who had sharpened the knife before walked in from outside the door, threw a thing wrapped in brown paper on the table with a flick of his hand, glanced at Chen Fan and the three turned their heads and left the room.

The old man smiled awkwardly: "Everything is the evil fruit that I planted myself, he has no temperament, just because I didn't fulfill my obligations at the beginning, and now it makes sense for me to do this." ”

As he spoke, the old man stretched out his hand and opened the contents of the table, and the brown paper was wrapped in cut meat, and it was steaming slightly.

"Taste it, this meat is good, I haven't eaten it in a long time!" the old man picked up a piece and ate it.

None of the three Chen Fan touched the meat on the table.

Chen Fan glanced at Kaolai, then turned to the old man and asked, "Old man, you haven't said who hurt you." ”

The old man glanced at Chen Fan, smiled at Kaolai, and asked, "Who is this?"

"Oh, my relatives, it's all my own people here. Kao Lai gave a vague introduction, and did not reveal the identity of the Bombing Gang.

The old man nodded, smiled and said: "It doesn't matter who hurt me at all, you see that I am not living very well now, I will be able to get rid of this world after a while, but I have never left the Arctic Island, I really regret not going with you in the first place!"

Kaolai's eyes flashed, he wanted the old man to leave with him, but the latter never agreed.

Kaolai rubbed his fingers, glanced at the old man and said, "I'll ask you one last time, if you don't say it, I'll get up and leave now, you should know the temper." ”

The old man stretched out his hand to take the meat for a meal, took it back coyly, hesitated for a moment and said: "After those people abolished my cultivation, I was full of anger, but when they reported my identity, I didn't struggle and accepted my fate, that's not something that a small person like me can compete with, they are people from Lingshui Pavilion." ”

Lingshui Pavilion?

It's this Lingshui Pavilion again!

A touch of ruthlessness flashed in the eyes of Chen Fan and the three of them at the same time.

Looking at the expressions of the three of them, the old man asked suspiciously, "Do you know about Lingshui Pavilion?"

"I've heard that on the surface it is a decent family, but in fact, pigs and dogs are inferior. Chen Fan said first.

"Hehehehe...that is, you dare to say this, it sounds really painful. The old man smiled and took a sip of the wine that Kaolai had brought.

Not~

I haven't drunk this wine since you left, and it tastes the same after so long.

It's really exciting.

The old man's face suddenly flushed.

Kao Lai frowned, stretched out his hand and pressed the old man's hand on the wine altar: "Good wine needs to be tasted carefully, and now you are not suitable to drink such strong wine." ”

The old man smiled lightly: "I should have gone to accompany Yulan a long time ago, isn't it, that stinky boy outside has been guarding me, and without me, he won't need to nest on this Arctic island anymore, drink, drink, cool, it's good!"

Kaolai's hand paused, hesitated for a moment and let go of the old man's hand.

The old man didn't drink it all again this time, but took a sip and said, "Can you promise me one thing?"

"You say!" replied.

"I can see that you're not easy now, and I want you to take him away. The old man said.

"No problem, but it's not easy to cultivate, and I don't think there will be much achievement. Kao said.

The old man pursed his lips: "Although my cultivation has been abolished, how can I also cultivate, it is still okay to guide, his foundation has been cast, but after it was cast, I made him stop cultivating, in order to be able to leave this place one day, so I don't worry about this matter." ”

"It seems that you have been prepared, so you can rest assured of other things. Kao said.

"I know!" the old man took a sip of wine and continued: "I can't blame others for my cultivation to be abolished, I don't want you and I don't need you to avenge me, the whole thing is only known to you except me, when is the time for retribution, I don't want anyone to have anything wrong with my affairs." The old man said.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to tell anyone else about this. Khao Lai knew what he was worried about.

The old man nodded again and asked, "You came this time for the ice spirit cold liquid, right?"

"Not bad!"

The old man smiled and looked very happy: "Although I have been using the Ice Spirit Cold Liquid before, I have never thought of letting it be seized by others, so I have always been cautious, only this once I capsized the boat and ended up in this fate, I hope you don't blame me." ”

"No!" said Kao.

"I've been waiting for you all these years, I know you'll come back, but you haven't appeared, and then I don't know how long I have left, whether I can wait for you, so I drew such a picture, and now that you're here, I don't have the strength to toss with you, so let this picture accompany you. ”

As he spoke, the old man took out a leather scroll from his bosom.

This leather roll looks like it has been around for years, and it has taken more time to precipitate.

The old man smiled and handed the leather scroll to Kaolai, the wrinkles on his face cracked, and he looked extremely happy.

Looking at such an old man, Chen Fan's heart was inexplicably sour.

This is a lifetime of emotional precipitation, and it all broke out at this moment.

Kaolai clenched his teeth, and there was not much change on the surface, but his throat was trembling, and he was obviously trying his best to endure it.

Kaolai took it with both hands and felt that the leather scroll in his hand was very heavy.

He regretted a little that he hadn't come over earlier, if he hadn't come to Shangyan City this time, if it weren't for Chen Fan's need for the Ice Spirit Cold Liquid, he wouldn't have come, and he wouldn't even show up in the end.

At this moment, he regretted his hesitation for so many years.

Seeing that Kaolai took it, the old man smiled, then picked up the wine jar and poured two glasses of wine.

One cup was held in his hand, and the other cup was handed to Kaolai.

His hands were shaking, and the wine was pouring out.

But there was a smile on his face.

Kaolai hurriedly took it.

"It's been a long time, I've been waiting for this glass of wine for a long time!"

The old man stretched out the wine glass in his hand, only to feel that the wine glass in his hand was extremely heavy, it was a full glass of wine, but at this time only half of it was left.

Kaolai's eyes flashed, and a tear flowed out.

The cups clashed.

The old man smiled, and he was very happy.

Stick the cup to your mouth and drink it down.

Call~

The old man let out a long breath, but he raised his head but did not retract it.

With two lines of hot tears sliding down his face, the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground, and he was seen tilted his head against the back of the table and chair.

He still had a smile on his face.

Korai drank the wine from the cup.

"Thank you!"

On the back side of the Arctic island.

The two monuments of Mu Yibai and Qiao Yulan were erected there.

The icy wind seemed to tell the story of the two people's lives.

Later, Chen Fan learned that he had some things to do with Qiao Yulan.

It was a beautiful memory, but it was also the memory that he regretted the most in his life.

The story is a bit clichΓ©, but it is full of truth.

Sometimes a farewell is a farewell, and it took a lifetime to understand this truth, and it took a lifetime to understand.

Regarding Mu Yibai and Qiao Yulan, except for Chen Fan, no one else knew.

Although the relationship between the three of them was not clearly stated, Chen Fan could guess it to some extent, it was self-evident.

And the man who sharpened the knife before was named Mu Lai.

Taken from the meaning of longing.

...

Mu Lai settled at home temporarily, although Mu Yibai's departure did not make him cry, but the sadness on his face was in everyone's eyes.

The relationship between the Father and the Son is somewhat delicate.

There is resentment but no hatred.

In fact, Mu Lai had already forgiven him from his heart, but he didn't say anything, why did Bufan stay on the Arctic Island and take care of Mu Yibai all the time.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

The virtue of a filial person is not bad, and no matter how bad it is, it will not be so bad.

So even if Mu Lai's attitude towards the three of them has not changed, and he has been very indifferent, the three of them didn't feel anything.

Believe that time will change everything.

Mu Lai is going to leave with them, this is the last thing that Mu Yibai's old man explained, and the test is naturally to be completed.

However, you have to take the Ice Spirit Cold Liquid first.

After making arrangements for the time being, the three of them entered the depths of the Arctic Island according to Mu Yibai's map.

The Arctic island is vast and extremely cold in its depths.

There is a special fierce beast on the island, the ice crystal python, whose blood has a very high value, which is also the thing that the island depends on for a living, so the family hunts for a living, and it is also the reason why some people are willing to come to this cold place.

But in the depths, there are few people who go.

In addition to the extremely low temperature, the ice crystal stinging spirit here, and the disorienting white gas, there are many dangers, so even those who live on the Arctic island dare not easily enter it.

If you are not experienced enough, you will basically die a life.

This is also the reason why Mu Yibai was able to earn spiritual objects by this way before.

In fact, this road was originally taken by the exam, but it was just that Mu Yibai later came up with it.

The two of them were really dead and alive back then.

The map of the leather is marked in great detail, when to enter the where, where to trim, where to stop, are all marked very accurately.

With the current strength of the three of them, it is actually possible to shorten the time to enter, but for the sake of stability, they all follow the process on the map.

It's three days.

It's just that they didn't expect that the matter of the Huang family on Crescent Island had aroused the anger of Lingshui Pavilion, and the scope of the search had expanded to the Arctic Island.

On this day, a group of more than 20 people from the Lingshui Pavilion set foot on the Arctic Island.

Among them were five elders.

Among the elders, there is one who is quite prestigious, significantly higher than the other four.

This person is one of the few infantile changes in the Lingshui Pavilion.

I came to the Arctic Island today, first, for the search, and secondly, for the ice spirit cold liquid.

After so many years of cultivation, after calculating the time, it is also the time when the ice spirit cold liquid is completed.

This trip can be described as a must-have.

But when Lingshui Pavilion and his party came to the simple house of the Mu family, they learned about Mu Yibai, and even more coincidentally, they learned that there were three strangers on the island.

The description matched the person they searched for.

After sending someone to send the news back to the sect, leaving a few people to put Mu Lai under house arrest, the others rushed to the depths of the Arctic Island.

This is not the first time that we have entered the depths, and there is no need for others to lead the way.

.....

On this day, Chen Fan and the three came to the location marked on the map.

This is the foot of a snow-capped mountain.

The strange thing is that there is no road under the snow-capped mountains, and the surrounding area is full of icy water.

It's as if the mountain has been separated from the island and connected by this pool of cold water.

What's even more peculiar is that there is no ice in the cold pool, but the bone-chilling chill is colder than the icy and snowy mountains.

Looking at this pool of cold water, Kaolai's eyes were deep, and at the same time, there was a hint of jealousy.

The ice spirit cold liquid was here, and he almost hid in it back then.

The further down it goes, the colder it gets, Rao has a cultivation to resist, and the chill seems to be able to penetrate all the obstacles and drill straight into the body, until then the body is frozen, and the meridians are frozen until the cultivation is unable to function and is frozen alive below.

Rao is cultivation is no longer what he was back then, but he still has nostalgia when he thinks of the past.

Chen Fan saw everything in his eyes.

Chen Fan smiled and said, "Koala Emperor, Xiaolong, you two are waiting for me above, and I will go down to fetch the Ice Spirit Cold Liquid." ”

"It's up to you to enable this, I have experience, not to mention that my current cultivation is not what it used to be, so it's safer for me to go. "I'm not going to do it.

"Emperor Kaolai, your cultivation is higher than mine, but I also have something you can't do, believe me, I'm sure!" Chen Fan said.

"You two don't fight, it's just a little cold, I don't care about it at all, I'll go!" Xiaolong said.

"No, the attributes here are similar to you, and there is also the emperor of Kaolai, and this place also has an impact on you, you have forgotten that I have something to protect my body, so I go to the safest place, this matter is so decided, you two are guarding it, and I am more at ease with your guard. Chen Fan said.

"I'll go with you, it's enough to have a little dragon guarding it!" Kao said.

"Kao Laihuang, you also told me before about the following situation, it is useless to have one more person, I will be fine. Chen Fan insisted.

Seeing that he couldn't resist Chen Fan, Kao Lai frowned, and then took out several porcelain bottles in his hand: "What is contained here is the Great Returning Pill, which consumes a huge amount of Xuan Qi to resist the cold, so don't be stingy with this little pill." ”

Chen Fan smiled, not polite, and with a wave of his hand, he put it all into his Qiankun bag.

"Don't worry, I know!"

Turning to look at the cold pool, the bottom is not visible in the depths.

To be conservative, Chen Fan removed the bandage on his right arm.

I have to say that this bandage that Liu Lang gave him is very magical, not only can it cut off the Xuan Qi in the body of the two flames, but even the little fans can't communicate.

The situation below is unknown, so although it will increase the consumption of the pill, I feel more secure if there is any ice to help.

Taking a deep breath, no longer hesitating, his body jumped and fell directly into the water.

With the splash of water, a chill enveloped in the bone.

You must know that Chen Fan was already running and cultivating to resist this chill.

It's not easy!

Chen Fan had to increase the consumption of Xuan Qi to resist the cold.

But in this way, it is necessary to increase the consumption of pills.

Take out the big pill and throw it directly into your mouth.

One entered the abdomen, and two were held in the mouth and wrapped in Xuan Qi.

As soon as the medicinal power of the Great Returning Pill dissolved, the right arm began to move, and the Xuan Qi began to be pulled by the arm.

Chen Fan glanced down, and there was no bottom.

This situation is really troublesome enough.

"Bingling, can you feel anything strange down there?" Chen Fan didn't dare to delay, and asked through his mind as he dived quickly.

"Whew, it's so comfortable, what kind of place is this?" Bingling's voice sounded happy.

Hearing this, Chen Fan pursed his lips: "If you are comfortable, help me resist this cold." ”

"Gotcha!"

Bingling was in a good mood, she didn't refuse, her figure appeared in a flash, and then with a wave of her palm, a breath of air wrapped Chen Fan inside.

With Bingling's shot, Chen Fan suddenly felt that the cold air around him disappeared.