When I arrived in the back garden, I went straight to the small shack, but I didn't see the old man, and I couldn't help but feel a little lost.

Shaking his head and just about to leave, he heard a voice behind him: "Don't forget your original intention, you can be regarded as a good apprentice!" ”

Zilong looked back and saw that it was the strange old man, but he hadn't seen anyone just now, where did he come from at this time?

Thinking of the magic elixir he gave him, coupled with his elusive ability, I couldn't help but believe that he was really a god.

After hesitating for a while, Zilong still confirmed the attribute scan, but he got a prompt that the object attribute could not be read, Zilong was shocked, this was the first time he had encountered this situation.

He looked up at the old man suspiciously, and found that he was also looking at himself with a puzzled face, and his heart was a little weak.

"Old man, eh, old master, you and I have known each other for so long, I even worship the master, but I still don't know the name of the master, this ......"

The old man felt that Zilong seemed to have changed somewhere, and he had this feeling the last time he saw Zilong, but at this time the feeling was getting deeper and deeper, and he was pondering, but suddenly he had a feeling of being peeped at, and he couldn't help but look around.

Who would have thought that when he met Zilong's hesitant eyes, he realized something in his heart, but his doubts were deeper, he smiled and said lightly: "Tao Hongjing!" ”

When Zilong heard these three words, he opened his mouth wide in surprise, it turned out to be him!

This Tao Hongjing he had an understanding in his previous life, and he had heard more in this life, it was rumored that Emperor Wu of Liang and Tao Hongjing got acquainted in his early years, and he asked Tao Hongjing to go out of the mountain three times.

Tao Hongjing is only eight buckets high, and has an old friend with Emperor Wu of Liang, so he often makes a point, and people often call him the prime minister of the mountains.

Some say that he lived in seclusion in Huayang Cave of Maoshan and practiced Taoism, while others say that he traversed famous mountains and searched for immortal medicine.

But why did he end up in Cloudsdale?

Without waiting for him to ask, he heard Tao Hongjing smile and say:

"Three years ago, outside the city in the clouds, I met three little rabbits scurrying around, seeing that they were in distress, I wanted to help, who knew that one of the seriously injured rabbits actually had some self-help skills, the old man was curious for a while, so he accompanied him all the way, and saved a disemboweled, and saved a distended belly!"

Only then did Zilong remember the experience of Su Ti and Rufeng Rushuang, and immediately knelt down, bowed his head and said: "The apprentice is like the wind, thank the master for saving his life!" ”

Tao Hongjing smiled indifferently and asked, "Oh, you thank the teacher for saving your life, so who will thank you for saving you for the teacher?" ”

Tao Hongjing thought that Zilong would pound his head like garlic and be grateful to Dade, but who knew that he actually stood up with Shi Shiran.

"You already had the heart to accept me as an apprentice at that time, the master should save the apprentice, who else do you want to thank you?"

Tao Hongjing was stunned, why Zilong could see through his intention to accept apprentices at that time, so he asked suspiciously: "Oh, why do you think like this?" ”

Zilong asked rhetorically: "If you don't have the heart to accept disciples, why save me?" ”

Tao Hongjing listened to Zilong's answer, his heart was shocked, and he couldn't help but look at Zilong carefully, and even secretly pinched his fingers and gave Zilong a hexagram, but the hexagram he got in the end shocked Tao Hongjing even more.

The universe is reversed, yin and yang are very easy, covering the orb, hiding life in the dead.

This hexagram is only seen in Tao Hongjing's life, Tao Hongjing's eyes are uncertain, and Zilong looks at it again and again.

After a while, he muttered: "The old man just made a hexagram for you, do you know what the result of my deduction is?" ”

Of course, Zilong didn't know, stared at Tao Hongjing, and shook his head.

Tao Hongjing twisted his snow hair lightly, and said with a complicated expression: "I didn't deduce anything!" ”

When Zilong heard this, he almost fell down, and he didn't deduce anything, why did you sell Guanzi for so long?

But I heard Tao Hongjing say: "You don't understand, you can't deduce, it's the strangest thing, the hexagram shows that you are not you, you have reversed the world, reversed yin and yang, cause and effect have long been broken, otherwise there is an Antai hidden in the extreme, and there is vitality hidden in the place of death!" ”

Zilong was shocked when he heard this, and turned the world upside down, isn't it just that he has traveled through time and space, reversed yin and yang, isn't it just resurrection from the dead, does the Hidden Orb refer to the hegemony auxiliary system? But this cause and effect are broken, but how can life be hidden in the dead?

"Why did the master say that I broke the cause and effect?"

Tao Hongjing shook his head and said: "The sky is unpredictable, if it is not for the old man to learn well, you are really a different number of heaven and earth, and your fate is under your own control!" ”

Zilong listened to it and fell into deep thought, the first half of the hexagram, Tao Hongjing's inference was very accurate, how could he not learn well?

Although there are many doubts in his heart, Zilong is a free and easy person after all, he has experienced a cycle of life and death, and he can see the world more clearly, but Tao Hongjing has a sentence that is the most correct after all.

Your fate is in your own hands!

Tao Hongjing saw that Zilong didn't say a word, he thought about it for a long time, his expression was solemn, and his brows were furrowed, but after a while, he showed a calm look on his face, and he didn't seem to take these things to heart anymore, so he couldn't help nodding secretly.

"This son is open-minded, but it's a pity that after all, he is a mess in the world, and it is inevitable that he will be exposed to red dust, if not, he should be a person in my generation."

Tao Hongjing thought about it, and couldn't help but feel a little regretful, but he was kind-hearted, so he said to Zilong: "Zilong, there are some things I want to say to you as a teacher, you think about it carefully!" ”

Zilong saw Tao Hongjing's expression, and felt a little abrupt, not knowing what Tao Hongjing was thinking, but still nodded respectfully.

Tao Hongjing twisted his long beard, Shi Shiran said: "Life has its own fate, although it is not a hundred years, but most people have gone astray, the word persistence can be an adult, but also can hurt people, if you can break through the red dust, you can transcend things, everything is true."

Therefore, the practice of Buddhism talks about breaking the attachment, the Taoist practice talks about the ten thousand laws of nature, and the Confucian practice talks about the unity of heaven and man.

I hope you can think carefully, no matter how fate you and I have in the future, as a teacher, I don't want you to go astray, leave regrets, heaven and earth are unkind, take all things as dogs, where is your direction, and where is your destination? ”

Although Zilong was dizzy when he heard it, he also somewhat understood what Tao Hongjing meant, let himself let go of his attachments, let himself see through the red dust, and let himself think clearly about how to go in the future.

But is it that simple?

Zilong didn't know, but he knew that he could never waste his life in vain, it was a chance to be able to come to this era, it was a chance to be able to get the hegemony assistance system, and it was also a chance to be able to meet so many people and make so many friends.

If you really have to let go of so much in life, what's the point? Zilong is not a saint or an immortal, he is just a layman rolling in the red dust, some are pursuing hope, and some are seven emotions and six desires.

The only thing that can be done may be to do your best and leave no regrets!

The system prompt suddenly sounded: "The host comprehends the skill obsession, the current level is one." ”

Hearing the prompt tone, Zilong couldn't help but smile bitterly, obsessed, don't you stop until you reach your goal?

Tao Hongjing saw that Zilong's expression was uncertain, shook his head and said: "In the troubled times, I have carefully deduced, at least fifty years, more than a hundred years, there will be a prosperous era, if you are not willing to let go, then the meritorious career is at this time!" ”

Zilong muttered: "Master Xie's guidance, just as your so-called fate is in your own hands, whether it is an epiphany by chance, or whether it is dominating the world, Zilong will definitely do his best to live up to the master's grace!" ”

Tao Hongjing said thoughtfully: "Alas, everything can not be forced, there are always some things that you can't control, within three days, you are destined to a catastrophe, although this catastrophe will not see immediate results, but it will have a great impact on you in the future, remember to deal with it carefully!" ”

After speaking, Tao Hongjing took out a large volume of sheepskin scrolls from somewhere, it seemed that the ancient scrolls had been weathered, and some of the handwriting on them had been blurred.

Carefully put the ancient scroll into a bag and handed it to Zilong.

"This is an ancient book that I have found for many years, and it may be of some use to you in the future, although you do not want to learn the Tao from me, but some methods of guiding and absorbing are still of great benefit to you, and I have also written them on the parchment scroll, and it does not hurt to learn more!"

Tao Hongjing said, there was some unstable Taoism, as if he was touched by something, and he was busy adjusting his mentality and calming his emotions.

Zilong looked at Tao Hongjing's expression, listened to his words, and actually said goodbye, and hurriedly asked: "Master, what do you want to ......?"