A solo journey is always accompanied by loneliness and loneliness.

When Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu walked together, he always felt that time passed quickly, and it seemed that the distance was far away, and he always reached the end inadvertently. But when he was alone, he began to miss Zhang Yuelu, even when he was with Zhang Yuelu, he would always encounter all kinds of emergencies, and it was much better than not having half a figure in his eyes.

It took Qi Xuansu three days to finally reach the edge of Shiozawa.

Yanze, desert yellow sand, desolate and gloomy, a few little green, not only can not bring too much vitality, but set off the Gobi reckless and dead silence.

However, Shiozawa is not a sea of death after all, so the edge of Shiozawa, and even the depths of Shiozawa, are full of people. Now Qi Xuansu's top priority is to buy a horse to travel. He still has three hundred Taiping dollars of savings left, as well as five hundred Taiping dollars given by Zhao Fuan, a total of eight hundred Taiping dollars, which should be enough for him to support for a long time. At this time, Qi Xuansu didn't care about any thoughts of revenge, it was only right to live first.

In addition, although the Spring Festival has passed, the weather in early spring is still very cold, especially in the Western Regions, and it is far colder than Wuzhou in the south of the Yangtze River.

The only good thing is that if it is not necessary, the people in the Daomen do not want to go to this kind of place to suffer and suffer, although this is at the door of the ancestral court, but it is rare to see the people of the Daomen. It can be said that Qi Xuansu is safe for the time being.

After nightfall, Qi Xuansu found a leeward place where no one was around, injected the true qi into the sub-talisman in his hand, and used the talisman as firewood to burn a flame, which was not scorching and hot, only to see the upper body of Qi Niang appear in the firelight, only the size of a palm, slightly twisted as the flame beats, as if watching people through the fire.

Qi Niang's voice came out of the firelight, slightly distorted: "Tianyuan, are you okay?" ”

"Qi Niang, you know everything?" Qi Xuansu asked rhetorically.

Qi Niang said: "The shipwreck, this is a major event that has not been encountered in many years, not to mention that it has spread all over the world in just a few days, but it is not a secret, how can I not know." It's just that I didn't expect this once-in-a-lifetime thing to happen to you, and I really don't know what to say. ”

Qi Xuansu said: "Qi Niang, you don't seem to be surprised that I'm still alive. ”

Qi Niang's eyes widened on the other side of the fire: "You conscienceless little thing, I don't want you to live, do I want you to die?" ”

"That's not what I meant." Qi Xuansu had to explain, "I mean, when you encounter this kind of thing, isn't your first reaction not that I can't survive at all?" When you were grieving for me, I should have been surprised and delighted when I suddenly contacted you, but you were calm, as if you had expected me to survive. ”

"That's what you said." Qi Niang sneered, "Of course I believe that you will survive, after all, you are a person who is blessed with great blessings, the gods take care of you, and you are blessed with a great ......life."

"Stop, stop." Qi Xuansu hurriedly interrupted Qi Niang's nonsense, "Qi Niang, don't pretend to be confused, what the hell is going on?" Is it related to what you said about the transformation of Qingping? Also, don't pretend to interfere with any formations, you can't hear me, there are no formations here, a real barren land. ”

Speaking of which, Qi Niang couldn't pretend to be stupid anymore, so she had to say: "Okay, it does have a little relationship." ”

"What does it matter?" Qi Xuanquan asked, "Is it just a little?" ”

Qi Niang said: "This is also what I feel strange. Indeed, the transformation of the Qingping Society will bring you back from the dead, to be precise, it will make you enter a state of suspended animation, and then in a long state of suspended animation, slowly repair your body, the specific time required depends on the injuries you suffered before you die, and it cannot be broken into pieces, beaten into powder, burned to ashes, etc., at least there must be a relatively complete corpse. In my calculations, it may take you three months before you wake up and contact me, how can you be back to life in just a few days? ”

Qi Xuansu immediately remembered something and asked tentatively, "Could it be related to ...... 'Xuanyu'?" ”

"You've got another piece of 'Xuanyu'." Qi Niang said, "When did this happen?" ”

Qi Xuansu probably told Qi Niang about the experience of Yulan Temple.

After listening to this, Qi Niang did not immediately answer Qi Xuansu's questions, but asked, "Then why didn't you tell me at that time?" ”

Qi Xuansu said: "I was with Qingxiao at the time, so I didn't have time to tell you. ”

Qi Niang asked again: "Then when I came to Yunjin Mountain in Shangqing Mansion, there should be some time, right?" It can't be a big real person, and the mansion also restricts the use of child and mother symbols. ”

Qi Xuansu was a little weak-hearted: "You sent Li Qingnu over, and I still know about it." ”

Qi Niang snorted lightly: "I know some clues through other channels are my business, whether you want to tell me what happened is your business, it's not the same thing." If you want me to see it, you are a white-eyed wolf with no conscience, who married a daughter-in-law and forgot about her mother. No, my daughter-in-law didn't recognize me before she even entered the house. ”

Speaking of this, Qi Niang hid her face and said: "Let's go, let's go, let's go, I think I'm blind, I thought I could have someone to rely on when I got old, but I didn't expect it to be a white-eyed wolf who couldn't be raised, climb the high branches of the Zhang family, go quickly." ”

Qi Xuansu's face was full of helplessness, but he didn't feel distressed at all, and he didn't immediately apologize and admit his guilt, saying that parents are the best teachers for their children, and Qi Xuansu's usual ability to pretend to be self-taught will not be self-taught, there must be a teacher, that is, the person in front of him.

Seeing that Qi Niang's emotions were rising, and it seemed that she was planning to close the Zimu Talisman under the "grief and indignation", Qi Xuansu hurriedly said: "Don't want to get by, you can't fool me." You know everything clearly, and if you don't make it clear, this matter is not over, unless you never see me again, and you have been avoiding me. ”

Qi Niang had no choice but to put down the hand that was hiding her face, wiped the corners of her eyes again, and said, "You kid is really unfilial, and when your mother cries like this, she is indifferent." ”

Qi Xuansu immediately remembered that Qi Niang declared that she was his godmother, but he couldn't talk about disgust, after all, in fact, the two are almost the relationship between a stepmother and a son, but now it is not easy for a woman in the world to raise a child alone, so most of them are fathers and sons, and mothers are still relatively rare. Qi Xuansu also admitted in his heart that Master and Qi Niang filled the gap that he had no parents, but Qi Xuansu was unforgiving: "I have never seen a mother acting in front of her own children. It's just a matter of deceiving others, and deceiving your own people? ”

The two looked at each other for a long time, and Qi Niang was the first to compromise and said, "I'm really afraid of you." Okay, I've recruited it, can't I recruit it all? It is indeed related to 'Xuanyu', and the collection of 'Xuanyu' by the Qingping Society is also related to this matter. ”

This is something that Qi Xuansu had guessed a long time ago, and he was not so surprised, and asked again: "Then what is the transformation of the Qingping Society that you are talking about?" ”

Qi Niang replied: "When you were pierced through the heart with a sword, although it can't be said that the gods are difficult to save, but with my ability, I can't save you." So I held the idea of a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and let you accept the transformation of the Qingping Society. The principle is not complicated, since your heart is rotten, then a new heart will be implanted. ”

Qi Xuansu was startled, and immediately remembered that there was no heartbeat in his chest when he just woke up, subconsciously pressed his heart, and asked urgently: "This, this means that I am a heartless person now?" ”

"Of course not. If you don't have a heart but are alive, it is easy to be misunderstood, which is very inconvenient. Qi Niang shook her head and said, "Severed limbs can be regenerated, but it will take time." Of course, the heart can also be regenerated, and it also takes time, but as soon as the heart does not beat for a long time, the person dies, so the general idea is to replace your heart with something else first, maintain your vitality, let your heart have enough time to slowly regenerate and heal, and wait until your heart recovers as before, and then use your heart again. ”

Qi Xuansu suddenly said: "This is the reason why I went through several examinations later. ”

"Of course, you have to check, if you don't check, how do you know how your heart is recovering?" Qi Niang said as a matter of course.

Qi Xuansu asked again, "Then what is this thing that temporarily replaces the heart that you are talking about?" ”

Qi Niang said: "As for this thing that replaces the heart, Qingping will call it 'deputy heart', which probably means that there are positive and vice-presidents, just like the hall master and deputy hall master of the Daomen, the hall master is not there, and the deputy hall master is the director." If your heart attack is gone, we will have the deputy heart act as the director, and when the heart disease is cured, we will return the heart to its original position. ”

Qi Xuansu had some guesses, and hurriedly asked, "What about the so-called 'deputy heart'?" ”

"Of course it's still in you." Qi Niang looked at Qi Xuansu with a stupid son's gaze, "Do we still have to disembowel you again and take out this 'side heart'?" ”

Qi Xuansu covered his heart, took a few steps back, so that he could hang and fall backwards, and said with difficulty: "In other words, the reason why I didn't die this time is because of the 'deputy heart'?" ”

"There is also 'Xuanyu', the piece of 'Xuanyu' you get seems to mean 'life'." Qi Niang explained, "The power of 'Xuanyu' entered the 'sub-heart', and when you suspended your death, the 'sub-heart' replaced the heart that had stopped beating to inject this vitality into your whole body and heal your injuries, so that you could turn death into life in a short period of time." ”

Qi Xuansu said incredulously: "It is really a skillful workmanship, the creation of heaven and earth." ”

"Look at you who haven't seen the world." Qi Niang said disgustedly, "Actually, the Transformation Hall of the Dao Gate can also do it, but because the cost is too high, you low-grade Taoists can't enjoy it, and the high-grade Taoists of the Heavenly and Human Stage don't have to use these means to save their lives, they themselves can ignore this injury." ”

Qi Xuansu suddenly calmed down and said cautiously: "The cost is very high, that is to say, Qi Niang, you helped me pay for the 'medicine'?" ”

Qi Niang glanced at him: "Sort of, the big head is still borne by Qingping, so it's no problem if you want to leave Qingping, but you have to pay off the debt, and give you the name of the word card 'Golden Wrong Knife', just to let you remember this." ”

"All in all, in a word. Qi Xuansu, pay back! ”