Shouqing followed Shen Xingchen up the mountain, and the two of them came to the clearing where he had been separated from the people in the village before. Shen Xingchen took Shouqing to the green grass that had disappeared before, and then walked south down the mountain, walked a path, passed a bamboo forest, crossed a stream, and entered a cave. The cave is narrow and rugged, shady and dark, and the roof of the cave is full of stalactites and dripping water from time to time. After a narrow opening, the opening was so small that only the body of a child could pass through.

"Only I can go here, and that's why I didn't tell them. Even if I told them, they wouldn't be able to get by. I'm also worried that they're asking the kids to climb because it's dangerous to wait for the exit and another place. In two years, I may not be able to get through, I have gone to find other roads, at least half a day's journey has to go around a big circle, and there are cliffs everywhere, which is very dangerous. ”

"Yes. Shouqing turned into a wisp of green smoke and passed through the narrow mouth, although Shen Xingchen knew that Shouqing's cultivation was profound, but he was still taken aback when he saw him turn into green smoke, and he quickly crawled through the narrow mouth.

The two walked for another quarter of an hour. Suddenly, a bright light shone through. Shouqing walked forward to the entrance of the cave. Looking down is a primeval forest. Originally, the exit of this cave was halfway up the mountain, and it was more than ten zhang high from the ground.

"This is it. Shen Xingchen pointed to the right at the entrance of the cave, and there was a rope on the mountain wall on the right. "It's too steep here, so I climbed to the top of the hill and put a rope down to make it easier for me to climb down. ”

"Are you going down?" asked Shouqing.

Shen Xingchen: "Yes"

Shouqing: "I'll take you down!"

Shen Xingchen: "En." ”

Shouqing picked up Shen Xingchen and turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared at the entrance of the cave, and then reappeared directly below the entrance of the cave where he was standing. At this time, Shouqing found that the ancient trees here are towering to the sky, and each tree is more than ten feet high. And everywhere there is a bush, crawling everywhere with all kinds of bugs, some of which are colorful and obviously poisonous.

Shen Xingchen pulled up an inconspicuous grass on the ground: "This is a detoxification grass, we will take it with us when we go up the mountain in the village, so that these snakes, insects, rats and ants will not get close to us." Shen Xingchen pointed ahead again, "It's a little longer than that." ”

Shouqing followed Shen Xingchen forward for a while, and in front of him was an open field, and there was a sound of rushing water. A waterfall about a foot wide cascades down from the top of the mountain, forming a huge pool below, surrounded by flowers and plants, birds and animals. The clear air was filled with a faint smell of herbs.

"This is it. Shen Xingchen casually pulled up a slender, cylindrical, slightly wooden, earthy yellow grass and tree with a slender, cylindrical, slightly woody, and earthy yellow exterior and said, "Look, this is astragalus." He pointed in another direction, "Look there, there are also Panax notoginseng, Desmodium ......" As he spoke, Shen Xingchen hurriedly pulled up several herbs, "Yesterday I also found a Ganoderma lucidum on the mountain wall and gave it to my mother ......to eat."

Shouqing looked at Shen Xingchen's cheerful appearance, and then looked at this place full of herbs. This is actually a huge circular sinkhole, and the difference between the bottom and top of the sinkhole is at least 30 zhang. Although the terrain is very low, the gentle breeze and a waterfall make it a place with a strong aura, which is indeed very suitable for the growth of various herbs. Thinking about it again, what Shen Xingchen said didn't seem to be deceiving people, the cave he passed through just now, the narrow mouth could indeed only accommodate Shen Xingchen's body to pass by. The terrain here is low-lying, so even if you stand on the top of the mountain, it is difficult to find it if you don't get close. And there are cliffs everywhere around, and even if the existence of the sinkhole is discovered, not many people will take their lives to explore it.

Shouqing: "How did you find out about this?"

"At first, I followed Sanbo and them up the mountain to collect herbs, but I couldn't collect many medicinal herbs, so I ran around and walked around, hoping to find more medicinal herbs. One day I ran too far and got lost. Walked and walked to get there. Shen Xingchen pointed to the top of the mountain on the cave he had just passed, "Then ...... I looked at the cliff and wondered if my dad had gone up the mountain and the herbs had gone missing, so I had been trying to figure out how to get down. But it was too high for me to get down, so I walked around the sinkhole and found the hole again. I managed to get home first, and the next day I took a rope and lowered it right above the hole, and when I climbed down, I found that there were herbs everywhere. But when I was about to go back, I found that it was really too high, and I couldn't climb back with the herbs on my back, so I climbed into the hole, thinking that I would just take a break and continue climbing. But then I thought that if this hole could lead to the outside, it would save a lot of time. I didn't expect it to be a place to really go out......"

Shouqing used his divine sense to probe the sinkhole, and found that there was nothing special here except for some flowers, plants, birds and beasts. But Shouqing also felt puzzled, it was difficult for the human race to find such a place, but it was not impossible to grow strange medicinal materials with the aura here, so it was easy to attract demon beasts. And even if there are no strange herbs, many demon beasts and the like can easily find and inhabit this place. And there are no monsters found here, so it can only be said that Shen Xingchen is too lucky, otherwise he is just a child, not to mention demon beasts, just a few larger beasts, which can make him die.

In fact, Shouqing was right, demon beasts were indeed prone to appear here, and they really appeared, but Zhao Qin killed them......

Although what Shen Xingchen said was true, could it be that the formations and displacement techniques of various factions that Shen Xingchen had seen before were really caused by Shen Xingchen straying into the strange formation? Why did the Immortal Mountain Seal appear on him? The matter of the bones also made no sense. Thinking of this, Shouqing felt that he should go back to Shenjia Village first to discuss with Shen Xingchen and his mother about Shen Xingchen's going up the mountain, but he saw Shen Xingchen lowering his head as if he was hesitating about something. He asked, "What's wrong?"

"Grandpa Fairy, I'm sorry, you saved my life, but I didn't tell you the truth. ”

"Oh!" Shouqing laughed.

"Actually...... In fact, my father's bones were found on the first day I went down to this sinkhole, and I never dared to tell my mother. Because my mother is not in good health, the doctor said that my mother will not live long, and she will live with one breath. It's like an old woman in the village next door to us who is sick and bedridden, and her son is out to earn a living and never comes back. The doctor also said that it was almost over, and that she would have to do it in two days at most, but the old grandmother lasted for half a month, and when her son came back, she was breathed as soon as she saw his son. Some people say that he lived by breath to wait for his son to return to his death. I wondered if my mother would see my father's bones...... So I didn't dare to say ......"

Shen Xingchen's words made Shouqing very disappointed. I thought that Shen Xingchen was going to get out of everything, but I didn't expect it to be just these words, but thinking about it, these words seem to be barely reasonable. Could it be that his guess about the Life Continuation Pill was fake? Shouqing smiled again: "Then why did you bring back your father's bones today? Aren't you afraid that your mother will ......?"

"I really don't know, after I separated from the third uncle, I didn't know anything when I walked to the green grass, and when I woke up, I returned to the place where I was separated from the third uncle, and I saw my father's bones in the bamboo basket, and then suddenly my body hurt badly, and I fainted. When I woke up again, I was at home. The first thing I did when I woke up was my father's bones, and it wasn't until I opened the package that I remembered...... But it was too late. ”

Shouqing: "Let's go back!"

Shen Xingchen's home in Shenjia Village

Shen Xingchen's mother sat on the bed and hugged Shen Xingchen's father's bones and muttered to herself, her expression was demented, her eyes were red and swollen, and she seemed to have just cried.

"Mother, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me. Shen Xingchen asked nervously.

"The stars are back! As he spoke, he walked into the kitchen with the bones in his arms.

Bai Xianyue said: "Your mother has been holding your father's bones just now, crying and saying, 'You are finally back...... You're finally back......' I'll help your mother to the bed and sit down.' ”

Shen Xingchen sat on the bed, as if he was thinking about something, but he saw his mother walking out of the kitchen with the bones in her arms, and said very carefully: "Xingchen, you and this old immortal should go to Baixian Mountain to learn the Fa!"

Shen Xingchen looked at his mother, and his heart ached indescribably: "Mother, I want to stay at home with you." ”

"No, you go! ”

Shen Xingchen lowered his head and was silent, and after a long time, he finally raised his head again and said, "Okay, mother, but I still have a little medicinal herbs, which will be dried in a few days, and after I sell them, I will leave you some silver taels before I leave." ”

The woman thought for a moment, "Okay then!" and then turned to Shouqing respectfully and asked, "Old Immortal, can you stay a few more days?"

Shouqing smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll stay here for a few more days, just to see the people in the village." ”

The woman knelt down with the bones in her arms. "Old fairy, Xingchen is a hard-working child, I have no father when I am young, and I am sick in bed all the year round, and this family is supported by one of his children. The old fairy saved Xingchen today, it is his reborn parents, Xingchen follows you, and I hope that the old fairy can take care of some, if there is something wrong with it, I hope that the old fairy will take care of it more, Xingchen is very well-behaved, laundry and cooking, serving tea and water, you can let him do it......"

Shouqing hurriedly picked up the woman and said, "Mrs. Shen, don't be like this, get up first, I just want to take Shen Xingchen up the mountain to learn the Fa, and when he succeeds in studying the Fa, he can help the world, which is a good thing." Then he smiled and said, "I'm not looking for a servant, don't worry, I'll take good care of him." ”

At this time, Shen Xingchen had already shed tears.

Five days later, Shen Xingchen's mother died. People from the village came to help with the funeral. Shen Xingchen buried his parents together on the mountain behind them where they collected medicine all year round.

Counting the days, it was exactly seven days since Shen Xingchen's mother took the pill, and Shouqing thought that it should be the Life-Continuation Pill.

Shen Xingchen knelt down in front of his parents' grave and kowtowed three times, "Father, mother, Xingchen is about to go up the mountain to learn the Fa, and when the children are successful in learning the Fa, they will come back to see you ......."

"Brother Xingchen...... Are you leaving?" asked the third sister with her big eyes open and a rag doll in her hand.

Shen Xingchen nodded: "Yes, I want to go up the mountain to learn the Fa." ”

Er Fat: "Xingchen, when will you come back?"

"I don't know, maybe in a few years......"

At Shen Xingchen's request, Shouqing helped to expand the narrow opening to the sinkhole, and helped open up a stone step at the entrance to the sinkhole, so that the people in the village could go down to collect medicine.

Shenjia Village Entrance

The people in the village came to see Shen Xingchen off......

Sanbo: "Xingchen, you have to take good care of yourself and come back early!"

"Uncle San, I know, I will take care of myself, don't worry. You all go back!" Shen Xingchen shouted to everyone again: "Uncles, aunts and aunts, you all go back!"

Third sister: "Brother Xingchen, you have to come back early!"

Shen Xingchen: "I know,"

Uncle Fang: "Xingchen, don't force yourself, I heard that although there are many masters in the White Immortal Mountain, not all of them can be so powerful, if you don't learn well, you can come back, we are still ......"

Before Fang Yuan finished speaking, a woman next to him slapped his head and said fiercely: "What are you talking nonsense? We Xingchen are so smart, how can we not learn well, can you speak......

Hahaha......

Seeing Fang Yuan being beaten and scolded, everyone burst into laughter.

Shen Xingchen looked at the direction of the back mountain, and said silently in his heart: "Daddy, the child is gone." Then he said loudly, "Let's all go back!" I'm leaving, and I'll study the Fa diligently. With that, he turned around and followed Shouqing and the three of them towards the direction of Baixian Mountain......

"Take care of the stars......"

"Xingchen, come back early......"

"Brother Xingchen, you have to come back early......"