Chapter 657: The Past
It happened around the time of the pre-Qin period, which was a very special period in ancient China.
At that time, it can be said that there were many great powers, and all kinds of legends were basically handed down from that era.
At that time, it was in the last years of the Shang Dynasty, and the king of Shang was brutal and unreasonable, not only persecuting the ministers of civil and military affairs above the court, but also for the sake of Bo Nine-Tailed Demon Fox to smile, working the people and losing money, I don't know how many corpses of laboring people are buried downstairs in the star-picking building.
At that time, there was a slave named "One", his parents all died under the Star Picking Tower, and he escaped from the slave tribe by chance.
At that time, people's culture was not high, basically one word was the majority, and the name was just a code name for them, so it would be relatively simple to choose a name.
Like the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor we are familiar with, his name is one word, called "earth". So it is also common for a slave to be called "one".
Originally, the slave called "One" wanted to ask the immortals to ask for a skill, learn a skill, and then rebel against the tyranny of Shang.
At that time, "One" was only a teenager, a little boy in ragged clothes and helpless, relying on other people's alms and wild vegetables and fruits to support his body.
Relying on his own perseverance, he searched all the famous mountains and rivers in China.
In the pre-Qin period, all kinds of immortals were hidden in the major famous rivers, and it was still easy to find immortals at that time.
But at that time, "One" was already very big, and his qualifications were extremely poor, even if he found those caves and blessed lands, the immortals inside were unwilling to accept him as an apprentice.
"One" did not give up, and after failing, he embarked on his own journey, and in the end I don't know how many times he failed.
He has been gone for several years, and he has grown from an ignorant teenager to a young man.
Although he is hungry and appears to be much shorter than his peers, due to long-term exercise, he is much stronger than his peers.
It's just that several years have passed, and his immortal journey is still far away.
At that time, King Wu raised his troops to crusade against Shang.
After many fruitless searches for immortals, he gave up the ethereal immortal road and prepared to defect to Xiqi and join King Wu's army.
It's just that the "one" at that time was too thin, and when he went to sign up, he was not only rejected, but also humiliated by the little boss and his subordinates.
At that time, "Yi" was also desperate, and after there was really no way, he left Xiqi and mixed with some homeless beggars.
On that day, "One" and the group returned to their stronghold after begging.
There is an old beggar in their group of beggars, the old beggar is old and his bones are relatively weak, and his legs and feet are not convenient, so he will not follow their beggar army to beg together, but stay in the broken temple, every time they beg after the end of the begging, the old beggar will raise a fire in the broken temple, mix all the food they begged back from, put some water to boil and boil hot, and make "flower rice".
This group of beggars usually doesn't have any, except for standing on the street begging, they just get together to talk about the world while eating.
"Hey, let me tell you that when I went out with the sixth child today, I met some immortal cultivators, who could fly in mid-air, just like geese. ”
At that time, a forty or fifty-year-old Hanako was eating Hanako rice, which had everything, and talked about the new things he had seen.
As he spoke, his eyebrows fluttered, as if the one flying in the sky was none other than himself.
"I envy those immortal cultivators, if only I could fly to the sky like them!"
"Yes, if you can be as free as they are, it feels like it's worth it even if you die!"
"In the past, I once saw an immortal master up close, and his personable appearance ......"
“……”
Speaking of those immortal families, the beggars were naturally fascinated.
After all, in their eyes, those immortals are omnipotent.
Some beggars talked and laughed, only "One" was silent, remembering the previous things about pursuing the path of immortals, he just sighed again and again.
"Hey, what are you doing sighing there?"
Xiao Liuzi patted him on the shoulder and asked.
"In the past, I also wanted to follow those immortal families to learn immortal arts and Taoism, but the immortals saw that my qualifications were too poor, so they didn't accept me as an apprentice at all!"
He let out a long sigh.
When I was a child, I didn't feel the affection of my parents, and when I grew up, I experienced the warmth and coldness of human affection, and now he has a sense of home in this beggar's nest, so "One" did not hide it from these beggars, and said all the things that he used to ask for immortals like beans.
"Brother, don't be sad, after all, those immortals are not what anyone wants to be!"
"That's it, what's so good about being an immortal, I still feel comfortable being a beggar, eating when you want, sleeping when you want, unlike them who have to practice hard every day!"
"Yes, I heard that those immortal families can't even be touched by women!"
Hearing his words, some beggars couldn't help but speak persuasively.
Although "One" knows that everyone is comforting himself, he still feels warm in his heart.
"Your qualifications are not bad, but you are just one of those rubbish, and you have not found the right way to teach you!"
At this time, the old beggar, who had not spoken all this time, suddenly said something that had no head and no brain.
Everyone didn't take the old beggar's words to heart, because he was comforting "One", so they beat a haha and passed.
At night, a group of beggars lay in the ruined temple and fell asleep.
After a tired day, "one" also slept in a daze, at this time, he suddenly felt someone pat his face, couldn't help but open his eyes, and found that it was an old beggar, at that time he didn't care too much, thinking that his snoring was too loud, noisy to the old beggar, so he turned over, changed a comfortable position, and prepared to continue sleeping.
"Stinky boy, you tell me the truth, do you really want to cultivate the immortal path?"
At this time, the old beggar slapped him in the face again and dragged him up from the ground.
He thought about it for a moment, then finally nodded.
Because he still can't forget the tragic death of his parents, let alone the insult he received in Xiqi.
Although he has been among the beggars all year round, he has not been erased by this life.
"Your qualifications are good, maybe there is an immortal path suitable for you to cultivate, I don't know if you are willing?"
The old beggar squinted his eyes and said with a very deep look.
"Naturally, I am willing!"
"One" nodded categorically.
Later, the old beggar told him that in the depths of the Qinling Mountains, there was a leyline, and among the leylines there was an ancient strange book, and that inscription book was the most suitable for his cultivation.
For the so-called immortal journey, "Yi" left the beggar pile that had lived for a long time, bid farewell to the old beggar, and walked towards the depths of the Qinling Mountains.
At that time, the eight hundred miles of Qinling Mountains were still a barren land, although there were many Xianfu caves here, but there were many wild beasts here, and there were many xenomorphs left by the ancient floods.
"One" relied on a firewood knife given to him by others, and was stunned to cross the Qinling Mountains and came to the hinterland of the Qinling Mountains.
Following the old beggar's guidance, he found the leyline.
The leyline is a naturally formed cave, but this cave is a little different from the cave we usually see, because the cave is inlaid with all kinds of beautiful jade, and it looks more like a jade cave.
In the cave, there is a dragon entrenched here, of course, this dragon is not a real dragon, it is a dragon-shaped stone, because the years are too long, it has been covered with moss, even if it is still lifelike, it looks vivid, and even closer, you can also feel the dragon power of the green dragon.
There is a roll of jade silk at the mouth of the green dragon, which is shining, and this jade silk is exactly the magic that the old beggar said is suitable for his cultivation.
"One" took a long sigh of relief, calmed down his excitement, and then walked towards Qinglong, when he climbed up Qinglong's neck and wanted to take off the jade silk, suddenly a pair of white palms on his palms.