(Volume 1) Chapter 8 The Fountain of Immortality at the foot of Jiuquan Mountain
It has been more than half a month since I left Echeng, and I have not met a village or town in the past few days, and the dry food in the baggage has already bottomed out.
Senior Brother Da Niu came back from the stream and handed the gourd filled with water to Bu You.
"Little junior brother, there are still ten miles to Jiuquan Town, that is the first time I traveled down the mountain with my uncle, I remember that there is an old wine shop, and my uncle lived for a few more days in order to drink a few sips of the 'drunken immortal' of the wine shop."
The mountain road at your foot gradually widens, and it merges into the bluestone official road. "Whew! Whew!" An ox cart stopped next to the brothers. "The two of you are going to Jiuquan Town, and the old man can take a ride by the way?" "Then thank you, old man."
"You're always from Jiuquan Town?"
"Hmmm! The ancestors settled here, and the old man lived all his life, and after all, he still has to leave today. ”
The brothers got on the ox cart. The old man shook the reins, and the ox cart drove forward along the bluestone road.
chatting all the way, I don't realize that a small town appears in sight. The town is built according to Jiuquan Mountain, with 100 households, revealing some antiquity and vicissitudes.
"If you don't dislike it, go to the old man's house and sit down and have a cup of hot tea."
"Then it's a bit of a bother." After speaking, Senior Brother Da Niu lifted a bundle of hemp rope on the car.
The old man tied the ox cart and pointed to the two-story building on the side of the road, "Go, please go inside!" ”
Bu You looked up at the top of the lintel, a vague plaque, vaguely recognizable three words "Drunken Immortal Building".
"Your surname is Qu?"
Senior Brother Da Niu asked.
The old man was stunned for a moment, squinting his eyes and looking up and down at Senior Brother Da Niu.
"The old man is surnamed Qu, but the two accents should be foreigners, how do you know?"
"'Follower', do you remember your big bull brother?"
The old man looked at Senior Brother Da Niu again, squinted his eyes and slowly opened them, and then shook his head.
"'Follow the fart' to serve your father's drunken immortal, Brother Da Niu has spoken!"
The old man grabbed Senior Brother Da Niu with both hands, "Brother Da Niu, you are Brother Da Niu!" ”
Thoughts drift to distant memories; On a big rock on the mountain behind the town, several children of seven or eight years old surrounded the teenagers, waiting excitedly.
The young man stretched out his hand, "'Follower' will serve your father's drunken immortal,"
A short child took out a small bamboo tube from his sleeve and handed it to the boy, who drank it in one gulp. "Last time I said I was ...... from the river"
The old man hurriedly pulled the two brothers into the building and wiped the tables and chairs clean, "Brother Niu, please take a seat." ”
Then he took the teapot and poured three cups of "Drink tea, drink tea!" How many years is the big cow brother older than the old man, why does he look so young? Is it really as Brother Niu said back then, he is a person who cultivates immortals? ”
"Hah! Ha! There are no immortals in the world today, but they are just young jokes. Fifty years have passed in a blink of an eye. Is your father Qu still alive? ”
"When I was twelve years old, my father and a few people in the town went to buy goods, and on the way back, they were killed by a strongman."
"At that time, I was young, thanks to the help of the old neighbors in the town. Later, there was a family. ”
"Now the children are starting families outside the home. This doesn't look like I'm old and no one takes care of me, renting two ox carts is to prepare to move in with the children, and I can take care of it. ”
"What about this Drunken Immortal Building?"
"Hey! When my father was killed, I was still young, and my ancestors' winemaking skills had not been passed down, so this drunken immortal building was closed afterwards."
"Brother Niu, I have no place to settle down when I first arrived in the town. These furniture are not used, you can rest here, and save some money for convenience. ”
"Hmmm! Then Brother Niu will not refuse. ”
"I'm going back to the city before dark, so I'll pack my things first."
"Senior brother, let's help with each other." "Hmm!" "Thank you both then!"
Senior Brother Da Niu held a copper key in his hand, looked at the ox cart out of the town, shook his head and walked into the Drunken Immortal Building. "I didn't think about it, senior brother also worked as a storyteller!" Bu You quipped.
"The green mountains are here, the town is still the same, how can things be wrong." After speaking, Senior Brother Da Niu picked up Zhulan, "Senior Brother, go buy some ingredients and materials." ”
There are several large round tables in the lobby, which is quite spacious. Bu You came to the backyard, the jade gourd on his chest trembled slightly, and he did tremble again when he stopped. After walking a few more steps, the shaking was faster, and Bu You tried to take a few steps back and the jade gourd shook and slowed down.
Bu You stopped beside an ancient well, and at this time he could clearly feel the vibration of the jade gourd. walked back and forth around the ancient well a few times, except for the three ancient characters on the edge of the well, 'Fountain of Youth', I didn't see any other famous halls.
Lying on the two-foot square well, the slightest coolness came out. The practice of qigong actually runs automatically, and the breath is comparable to the results of an ordinary day's practice. The air flow in the abdomen grew visibly to the naked eye.
At this moment, the jade gourd trembled even more, and flew out of Bu You's chest.
grabbed it and fell into the air, and the jade gourd "poof." "Fell into the well. Bu You kicked the ground with one foot, took a deep breath and jumped into the well.
Half an hour later, I felt a little tightness in my chest, and my feet reached the bottom of the well. Only then did he see his surroundings clearly, and in the middle of the bottom of the well, which was a square circle, there was a two-foot large piece of land, which was actually isolated from entering without water.
When I paddled closer, I saw an invisible bowl at the bottom of the well, separating the surrounding well water.
Inside is a small hexagonal pattern, with a white crystal the size of a broad bean on each corner. Three of them have become transparent,
The jade gourd was hanging from a translucent spar. "Spirit stone, 'Gudong'" A well of water poured into Bu You's mouth.
Grabbing two pieces of white spar, the jade gourd shook a few times, rushed to Bu You's hand holding the spar, and drilled into his fingers. Bu You scooped up the remaining pieces with another hand.
"Poof!"
The water showed his head, and he almost didn't blow up Bu You's lungs. Mix the breath evenly, slap the water with both palms, and fly straight up and out of the ancient well.
The jade gourd in his hand began to shake violently, trying to break free from Bu You's hand. "Originally, I was going to give you half a piece, don't let me change my mind." The jade gourd seemed to understand Bu You's words, and immediately stopped moving.
Let go of your hand, and the jade gourd hangs in front of you. took out half of the spirit stone and handed it over, "Take it." The eyes were dazzled, and the fingers were still in the same posture as before, but the spirit stone was gone.
Bu You looked at the spirit stone in his hand, and first pinched the transparent spar with his hand, which was a little hard, and added a few percent of the force, and the "bang" turned into a slight end, and the result was the same twice in a row.
I picked up the white spar again, and I used fifty percent of my strength, but there was no response. At this time, I saw the small vine silk of the jade gourd slowly approaching the other spirit stone in Bu You's hand, and knew that it was found that the "whoosh" was restored to its original state, and it hung there quietly.
"Sample, I still have a lot of use for these two spirit stones, and when I cultivate to a high level in the future, I will let you eat one and throw one another." The jade gourd shook a few times and drilled into Bu You's chest, and the small rattan silk was wrapped around Bu You's neck.
The door opened, and Senior Brother Da Niu carried a large package and a basket on the table. "Senior brother has bought several good medicinal herbs, and I haven't eaten a hot meal for more than ten days."
Receiving no response, he looked up to see Bu You smirking at himself. Hurriedly touched Bu You's forehead with the back of his hand and put it on his forehead.
"Little junior brother, it was the senior brother who hurt you, and he shouldn't have fed you so much tonic medicine, but it made up for your brain. You see, the clothes are all transparent. At this time, Bu You put his palm in front of his senior brother's eyes.
Senior Brother Da Niu saw two white crystals the size of broad beans in front of him.
"Little junior brother, this is?"
"Hmmm! It is indeed a spirit stone. ”
Senior Brother Da Niu turned around and took out the preface of the transcription, looked at it carefully, and then looked at the spar, "That's it, that's it, exactly the same as described in the previous part." ”
"Master and I haven't been able to use it for a while, Senior Brother Qi Channeling Essence has reached perfection, missing a deed, after dinner, Senior Brother will help you refine."
"Well, then thank you brother!"