Chapter 8: Descending the Mountain

Sent Wang Sheng away, Shen Chengping concentrated on staying on Laoshan Mountain to practice in the next few days, at this time Lu Xueqi and Baguio have just been reborn, and may not even be born, naturally it is not the time to look for it, in Shangqingguan, Shen Chengping in addition to practicing the "Shangqing Sword Sutra" every day, but also followed a few senior brothers to learn Fu Seal, alchemy, refining tools and hexagram and other spells, in the Zhu Xian, these categories are not mainstream, the level is a little worse, Shen Chengping studied in the Laoshan School, and there are also a lot of benefits.

The time was spent in Shen Chengping's concentration on cultivation, and it has been a full fifteen years, and in these fifteen years, there are constantly people who come to apprentice, except for a few who have been taught some swordsmanship and small spells by the master, most of them have gone down the mountain without learning anything, but anyone who chops wood for more than a month will be in good health, and there will be few diseases in the future.

As for the true disciples, it is not surprising that they have really not received another one, it is not surprising that the master accepted the senior brother as an apprentice, it was more than eighty years ago, and before Shen Chengping, there were only seven true disciples, and the later he came, the more cautious and strict the apprentices would be, and the higher the requirements for the apprentices.

And Shen Chengping's "Shangqing Sword Sutra" is now a little hot, so he plans to go down the mountain to travel to the world of chatting and fasting, and at the same time look for Lu Xueqi and Baguio, so he came to the master on this day.

"Master, if the disciple wants to travel down the mountain, please ask the master for permission!" Shen Chengping said respectfully.

"Well, it's been fourteen years since you got started, and it's time to go down the mountain to gain some knowledge!" For Shen Chengping's request, Lao Dao was actually not surprised, he said: "Qingcheng Mountain Shangqing Palace and my Laoshan Shangqing Temple belong to the same lineage of Shangqing, Shangqing Palace Zhou Daochang and I are also close friends, you have seen it before, if you have time, you can go to visit, it will be beneficial." ”

When Shen Chengping heard this, he also remembered that this Zhou Daochang, who had met several times, the other party would drink and chat with the master every few years, sometimes in the Laoshan faction, sometimes the master went to visit, the friendship between the two sides was really good, and he nodded immediately: "Master rest assured, I will go to Shangqingguan to visit." ”

"Okay, the last time I drank with him, he also said that he had an apprentice with extraordinary qualifications, and he would show off the last two drinks, so you can also go and see if his disciple is as good as he said!"

Shen Chengping smiled slightly bitterly in his heart, he didn't expect to give himself such a task, but Shen Chengping has been practicing for so long, and he has long known that immortals are also human beings, and they also have seven emotions and six desires, but compared to mortals, what they pursue is not the same, the old Tao has a good relationship with each other, but it does not prevent them from comparing with each other, and the two people are similar to the Tao, and it is impossible to really work hard, which can be compared, and there are only disciples.

On the second day, Shen Chengping went down the mountain with his master's task, but he was not in a hurry to go to Qingcheng Mountain, and when he came to the bottom of the mountain, Shen Chengping first took out a bead, and urged it with his strength, and a layer of white light appeared on the bead, and after a while, Shen Chengping looked to the east and said in his heart: "I didn't expect that Baguio is located in the same direction as Qingcheng Mountain, but Xueqi is in the northwest, fortunately, there has been no change in this soul bead, which means that the two of them are very safe, in this case, Let's go to Baguio first. ”

The soul bead that Shen Chengping took out was a magic weapon that he had prepared in his previous life, with Lu Xueqi and Baguio's primordial imprints on it, which was convenient for Shen Chengping to sense their state at all times, and also to sense their location, but unfortunately only the approximate distance could be sensed, at this time Shen Chengping confirmed that Baguio's location and Qingcheng Mountain were in the same direction, and immediately decided to move in the direction of Qingcheng Mountain first.

Qingcheng Mountain is more than 2,000 miles away from Laoshan Mountain, and if Shen Chengping uses the flying spell, he can arrive in a day at most, but first, Shen Chengping wants to see the situation in this chatting world, and secondly, he also needs to sense the location of Baguio along the way, after all, the soul bead can only point out the general direction, but the detailed distance is difficult, so he decided to walk all the way.

On this day, Shen Chengping was just about to leave a resting town, but he heard bursts of shouting: "Brothers, take care of the goods, we won't enter the town until we enter Liuzhou!" ”

Shen Chengping looked at it, but it was a caravan, and he listened to the other party's meaning, and it was exactly the same road as him, so he couldn't help but look at it twice, the world was not peaceful in recent years, and such merchants who operated long-distance trading were all powerful existences. The caravan in front of him consisted of dozens of carts. In addition to the coachman and the men escorting the car, there were dozens of bodyguards with waist knives. The whole caravan is less than two or three hundred people, unless there is a big accident, otherwise ordinary mountain bandits and rogues, seeing such a caravan, have to go around.

At the back of the caravan, followed by a few people, they followed behind this big caravan, much safer than a person on the road, if in danger, they can also think of asking for help, they saw Shen Chengping walking slowly on a donkey alone, so they beckoned him to go along, Shen Chengping did not shirk, and walked with them.

"Uncle, your surname? Also to Liuzhou? Shen Chengping was close to his grandfather and grandson, so he chatted with them.

"Old man, my surname is Liu, and my son works as a shopkeeper for a restaurant in Liuzhou City. Some time ago, I wrote to me and asked me to bring my grandchildren over to enjoy the blessings! Liu Laohan is fifty or sixty years old, his face is full of red light, and he is very talkative, walking out of the road of seven or eight miles, although Shen Chengping did not ask carefully, he almost knew Liu Laohan's family situation, but the merchant on the other side of the burden, but he is a person who does not like to talk very much, and he always keeps his head down and hurries along the way, and only when he looks at the caravan in front of him, he will show a little envy.

"Look, Grandpa, there's a cart over there!" Just as he was chatting, Liu Laohan's grandson Xiaobao suddenly pointed to the fork in front of him and said loudly.

Shen Chengping and Liu Laohan looked up and found that a strong man was coming with a cart at the fork in the road. And this strong man was actually wearing a pure white filial piety dress.

The strong man walked beside several people, Shen Chengping looked at the strong man, and found that the cart was covered with a straw mat, and at the very edge of the straw mat, there happened to be a pair of embroidered shoes exposed.

"This little brother, what are you pushing in this car!" Liu Laohan looked at the strong man and couldn't help asking.

Hearing such an inquiry, the strong man showed a sad look and said sadly: "This is my sister." ”

Liu Laohan looked at the straw mat on the cart, then at the strong man, and couldn't help sighing: "It's a pity!" ”

The strong man didn't speak, just pushed the cart without saying a word. At noon, the caravan stopped by a stream to make a fire to cook, and Shen Chengping and the others also took the opportunity to rest for a while. At this time, the strong man with the cart fetched some water by the stream, lifted the straw mat covered by the snowboard cart, and wiped the corpse's face.

The places where everyone rested were not far apart, Shen Chengping raised his eyes to look at the girl's corpse, and found that the girl was also in her twenties, and her eyebrows were somewhat similar to that of a strong man.

"Grandpa, look at this sister, is she smiling?" Xiaobao next to him suddenly said this, causing everyone present to raise their heads together. Shen Chengping also looked at the corners of the corpse's mouth, and saw that the corners of the female corpse's mouth were slightly upturned, and it really seemed to be a little bit of a smile.

Seeing the expression of the corpse, Liu Laohan didn't say anything, but picked up Xiaobao and avoided a little reluctance to approach, although the merchant who was carrying the burden on the side did not move, his brows were tightly wrinkled together, and his face was a little unsightly, but a divine light flashed in Shen Chengping's eyes.