Xu Zhian is still old.

In the last days of his life, he experienced no calamities or pains.

It's just that like all mortals go through it, there are no exceptions.

It seems that there are only two major things in this life.

One is birth, ignorant and ignorant.

One is death, muddy.

Ignorant and incomprehensible, he cried loudly, and wanted to cry without tears.

After all, it is an earthly world, and it will not be seen in this life.

Gu Dan seemed so silent.

He stood there in silence, like a still sculpture.

He couldn't hear the noise of the outside world clearly.

Xu Zhi'an was the first person he saw after waking up.

has always been his elder.

Over the years, Xu Zhian has always taken good care of him, whether it is a major marriage event or a personal future, there are traces of Xu Zhian's efforts.

Gu Dan also treats Xu Zhian like his elders.

But in the last years of Xu Zhi'an's life, Gu Dan often did not stay in the small courtyard.

Perhaps, even he himself can't tell his own thoughts.

Do you really want to treat the disease and save people quickly, accumulate longevity, and look forward to the promotion of the next stage of Aoki's transformation to increase longevity in the real sense.

Or is it the fear that the people you know most closely around you are unstoppable, getting old day by day, until they are moving towards the end of death, so they have to find an excuse to leave and dare not witness it with their own eyes?

He couldn't tell the difference.

Perhaps this is the sorrow of the immortals.

It is said that the most cruel thing in the world is that a white-haired person sends a black-haired person.

But if it's always the black-haired person who sends the white-haired person, then how can you tell it?

Since then, there have been no elders in Gudan.

No one can reprimand him unreasonably, no one can count him down with a face, and no one can teach him unreasonably.

But Gu Dan is not happy.

The one that was wrapped around him, the one that anchored the earth, the first thread, was broken.

What's so hard about life?

Ask for it, but you can't get it.

Can it be bitter?

Gain and loss.

Is there the most bitter?

Loner.

He has finally become someone else's elder, and he will never have his own elder again.

Gu Dan picked up Cang from Xu Zhi'an's arms, and asked Xun Ke to take a good look at Xiao Ying, who was in pain and almost collapsed.

He didn't say anything, he seemed so calm, calm as a puppet.

The dead are gone, and the living must continue to work hard to live.

In the last period of his life, Xu Zhian was still happy most of the time.

According to Shouyuan, Xu Zhi'an's age can be regarded as a happy funeral.

This is also an old man who has spanned two countries and three dynasties!

There have been ups and downs, and there are not so many magnificent poems worthy of praise, like the vast majority of the old men of this age, that make up a part of this world.

Xu Zhi'an's funeral was simple.

But the people who come are very heavy.

Gu Dan, Wang Mang, Yu Lisheng, Gong Shangguo, Xun Ke, Cang, Xiaoying. The emperor of the Xia Dynasty and his most trusted ministers, as well as those whom he loved and loved during his lifetime, arrived.

There is also a Gu Dan who is not familiar with it, and most of them are people who have heard of it.

Xu Zhi'an's son.

It was a businessman who was doing business in Daqi after Xu Zhi'an's death.

It was Wang Mang who sent someone to hurry up and arrest him.

Faced with the news of Xu Zhi'an's death, he didn't look so sad, but he was silent for a while, and said: "He has always felt that I am not doing business properly, and we have a bad relationship, so we quarrel when we go home." ”

But in the mourning hall, Xu Zhian's son still couldn't hold back his tears.

He will also always have one less person who can reprimand him without reason.

Funeral, burial.

Xu Zhi'an returned to the ancestral land of the Xu family.

And in the small courtyard of the Gu family, there will always be one less person.

And never to come back.

Gu Dan has endured the deaths of many people around him.

Whether consciously or unconsciously.

The original Imperial Physician Ling Pang Qi, Imperial Doctor Lin, later Ding Ji, and then Lin Xiaoyi, some of these people are familiar, some are not very familiar, some are angry, some are persecuted, and some are actively chosen.

And this is indeed the first time that someone familiar has passed away.

It seems so helpless and irresistible.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that many people like the ethereal immortal path.

Immortality, immortality.

There is no need to face that terrible death, as long as you can step on the immortal path, even your relatives and friends can live longer, even if you can't reach the end, you can accompany you for many more years.

Time never stops.

No matter who dies or who is born, the unsightly river of rushing water washes over everyone without leaving any room.

Seven years of the Xia Dynasty.

Nothing major happened, just one person returned.

Kiyoheiko.

This old guy, who also spanned two countries and three dynasties and was about the same age as Xu Zhi'an, still looked healthy and energetic.

The martial arts master is one hundred and twenty years old, and under the skill of health preservation, the Fang Shi who can be a grandfather at this age does not look too different from a few decades ago, but he is more mature and stable, and the whole person exudes a strong self-confidence.

"That bone is not simple, it is really not simple!"

In the small courtyard of the Gu family, Qing Pingzi, who came back, sighed like this.

He is extremely knowledgeable, and he is even quite familiar with the unattainable and inconspicuous immortal path that is unattainable in the world.

But when it comes to the things of the Immortal Dao, it still makes people feel that the knowledge in their heads is not enough.

"Huh?"

Gu Dan looked back calmly.

Qing Pingzi was also secretly looking at Gu Dan.

After a few years, the first feeling when I came back was that Gu Dan had become younger again!

Yes, young!

It's as young as when we were chatting in front of the Gu family's courtyard!

It's just that Gu Dan still needed to deal with him with a lot of brains at that time, but now he has changed the order.

The person who led this conversation was no longer Qingpingzi, but Gu Dan.

The same place, the same people, different years, bring completely different results.

'This guy isn't going to break through again, is he?! ’

Qing Pingzi was secretly frightened, those who were used to taking care of the burden may not have noticed it, but he hadn't seen him for a few years, so he naturally felt it more deeply.

He himself just doesn't look old, but his blood doesn't deceive.

Now that the qi and blood in the body are running, there will no longer be the state that was full to the level of excitement before.

But when he observed Gu Dan by himself, it was as if he was observing a bottomless deep pool, and no matter how much he looked at it, he couldn't find out.

The world is already invincible, and it is still very progressive, it really does not leave a way for future generations to live!

"I've found some clues about the bone that came from the blood of the witch."

Qing Pingzi didn't talk nonsense, and explained his meaning simply and directly.

After all these years of research, it is impossible not to fail to produce decent results.

"Say."

Gu Dan's words are concise and to the point.

"The blood in that bone is not the same as that of a warrior. It is not so much the qi and blood of the warrior that resonates with it, but rather that it is inspired by its blood and qi and forcibly synchronized with it, and it is also in this process that the blockade of the sympathy of the five elements is broken and a new pseudo-grandmaster is born. ”

Qing Pingzi's expression became solemn, and when it came to professional matters, his attitude was extremely correct, "But this kind of inspiration has a price, those pseudo-sect masters will slowly move closer to the blood qi in their bones, and they will be restricted." And as the time of being inspired becomes longer, the self will also tend to change in the qi and blood that does not belong to the human body! ”

"I've known this before."

Gu Dan's face said without any change.

Dayong's grandmaster named Qin Chuancheng successfully crossed the grandmaster's longevity limit with this method, but the price was that he couldn't leave that bone for too long.

If it's just this kind of discovery, it won't work for him, and Qingpingzi is not worth going back to tell him about this kind of thing.

"Hey, hey."

Qing Pingzi chuckled twice, and said with a little pride on his face: "But I have found a way to greatly slow down the synchronization of his qi and blood!" ”

"Oh?"

This time, Gu Dan finally got a little interested," I said in detail. ”

"This method is still the inspiration that Qin Chuancheng brought me, to be precise, because of you."

Qing Pingzi said: "A long time ago, Dayong tried to let the Grandmaster use that bone in order to reach the realm above the Grandmaster. But all attempts ended in failure, and there was no possibility of success. Moreover, a grandmaster is not a consumable, and the death of a genuine grandmaster because of this attempt will cause extreme pain in any country.

Until your appearance, Dayong had such a mind again. ”

This is not surprising.

Regardless of whether Gu Dan showed strong aggression or not, his very existence was an oppression for the emperors of the four kingdoms.

Even if this oppression can make their people in the country live better, they themselves are tired!

The mountain is there, if you don't go over the mountain, the mountain will press you!

In order to get out of this dilemma, countries will definitely try to take shortcuts in various ways, and it is naturally better if they succeed, and there is not much loss if they fail.

It is normal for the first person in the world to have to suffer enough challenges and be targeted by someone out of nothing.

What's more, because of the means revealed by Gu Dan to surpass the grandmaster, the grandmaster is not so important.

It was also for this reason that Dayong discussed with the grandmaster who was willing to try, and once again restarted the method of trying to impact the grandmaster with the help of that bone.

Qing Pingzi watched the whole process.

To a certain extent, he is an eyeliner for Gu Dan, and Dayong dares to do this, which can be regarded as quite bold.

"The end result, of course, was failure. Not only did one Grandmaster die, but several were seriously injured. ”

Kiyoheiko shrugged her shoulders and said with some indifference.

That is, Dayong, who has once mass-produced grandmasters, can have this level of loss to grandmasters.

"But it's not completely without gains, I found that the grandmaster can actually rely on his own qi and blood to forcibly fight against the blood and qi contained in the bones, pull a very small part into his body, and then immediately cut off the connection, and then forcibly refine it through special methods. Or rather, annexation! ”

Kiyoheiko stretched out his palm, and when he spoke before, his left hand had been hidden in his sleeve, and it was only then that it was revealed.

Gu Dan looked intently, and it was not difficult to find that Qing Pingzi's left hand showed an abnormal dark red color, especially the index finger, as if it had been branded with a soldering iron, and it was dark red all over.

Qing Pingzi glanced left and right, picked up a stone everywhere, stretched out his left index finger, and inserted it effortlessly—without using his true qi!

The Grandmaster's physical body is extremely strong, and it is by no means inferior to Refined Iron.

But this kind of arrogance is multifaceted, and it does not contain the word sharp.

The change in Qing Pingzi's index finger no longer belongs to the category of martial arts masters.

but the authority that has been stolen from that bone.

"That's all there is to discover, it's too short. Some gains, but not big enough. ”

Qing Pingzi has nothing to hide, and he looks very open.

Finger insertion of solid stones, for mortals, may be worthy of joy, for martial arts masters, it is just like that.

Not to mention the burden above the grandmaster, it can't be said that it is useless, it can only be said that the food is tasteless.

But it represents a beginning.

The changes that have been made are not big enough, so what if we continue to study them?

At least in the past seven years, he has definitely not wasted any time, has he?

"How long will that bone last at your expense?"

Gu Dan is thoughtful, but he does not value this means of drawing strength from external objects, but thinks at a higher level.

"At least a thousand Grandmasters will have to be consumed, right?"

Qing Pingzi said without hesitation.

"Thousands of Grandmasters"

Gu Dan couldn't help but be silent.

It was just a bone.

Even according to Qing Pingzi's judgment, the owner of that bone was only close to Yuan Ying during his lifetime, and the power of such a single bone, which could not even be called a stump body, was enough to require thousands of grandmasters to consume it.

How strong should the true owner of that bone be when he is alive?

I'm afraid that under Jindan, they are really just ants, and they don't even have the qualifications to fight.

This is already an absolutely crushing level of power, beyond the imagination of mortal dust.

"The leap of every realm of the Immortal Dao represents an earth-shaking change, and don't forget that behind every realm, it represents the continuation of a broken road. The so-called pass is also caused by the fact that this kind of continuation is not natural enough, so every time it crosses, it is a great improvement. ”

Xu saw Gu Dan's thoughts, and Qing Pingzi said again: "Don't look at the Immortal Dao with the eyes of mortal dust, except for the martial arts master, all the realms in mortal dust are just a title set up by mortals for themselves, and they can't be regarded as realms at all." ”

Any martial artist, practicing dirty, practicing dirty, and not becoming a grandmaster, can only be said to be ordinary people.

The Grandmaster is a true realm, and it is the beginning of the first leap in his own strength.

But unfortunately, in the mortal dust, this first leap is already the last leap, completely stuck there, there is no way forward.

Vainly trying to figure out the level of the immortal path with the combat power of the grandmaster is like a frog at the bottom of the well sitting in a well and watching the sky.

"But we are very lucky, the immortals have already released the signal of return, maybe wait a little longer, the immortals will return, and at that time, we can still climb the road ahead!"

There was not the slightest hint of frustration on Kiyoheiko's face.

The grandmasters of this era are unfortunate because there is a being above their grandmaster who is pressing on their heads; But the grandmasters of this era are also very lucky, they have the opportunity to no longer waste their time, as long as the immortals return and open the blockade of the aura, they can also use the strength of the fast people to climb the immortal path!

"The return of the immortals, is there no accurate number?"

Gu Dan asked.

He refused to show his face, and even deliberately hid his name, because of the unresolved return of the immortals.

Although this incident has always been Qingpingzi's one-sided statement, but the stars fell to the sky that night, and Gu Dan also experienced it personally.

Naturally, I would rather believe in it than believe in it.

He couldn't gamble.

"What the immortals think, who can know?"

Qing Pingzi said helplessly: "For mortals, ten or twenty years is almost the time of a generation. But for immortals who have achieved cultivation, one or two hundred years is also ordinary, and it cannot be measured in the world. ”

Again, the immortal path is different from mortal dust.

The same is true for the concept of time.

One or twenty years, for a strong person who has achieved immortal path, he may have just successfully practiced a powerful magical skill, and this time is enough for a babbling baby to become the father of the child.

But whether it takes ten or twenty years, two hundred or three hundred years, or even a thousand years, the burden must be waiting.

In order to avoid being exposed to the unimaginable power of the immortals, Gu Dan must be low-key enough.

The more time passes, the more so.

The fall of the boulder is not terrible, but the terrible thing is that before the fall, the uncertain time is the most cautious.

When the immortals are freed from the ordeal of their own death, they will inevitably have the rest of the troubles to face by themselves, which is also a kind of helplessness to be thankful for, and there is nothing to complain about.

After all, this helplessness is definitely what everyone wants, but they can't ask for.

"I see."

Gu Dan nodded slightly, not surprised.

If the immortal had come now, he would have run away on the spot.

Because the influence he has caused is far from being eliminated from the mortal dust, and it is a good thing not to come at this time.

The years will wash away the traces he has left behind, and those who have succumbed to him and remembered him will also be lost in time, leaving only a corner of colorful light and shadow on some papers, and the immortals will probably not be so boring.

"By the way, I heard something else."

Qing Pingzi said cautiously: "That elder of yours. Gone? ”

The past is recalled.

Gu Dan nodded lightly and did not speak.

He was not surprised that Qing Pingzi was able to receive the news.

Shikoku has never slackened his attention to him, and although he did not dare to send people over to monitor him, it was absolutely indispensable to send more people to inquire.

The royal family of the four countries is eager to know what he eats every day, for fear that this lord will eat something unsatisfactory and find an excuse to clean them up.

Although Xu Zhi'an's funeral was not very public, the people present were very heavy, and the spies would definitely report back if they were not blind.

"There is a very popular saying among the low-level monks in the Immortal Dao, which is called cutting off the edge of the earth."

Qing Pingzi pondered and said: "The so-called cutting off is not to abandon it or ignore it. On the contrary, the meaning of these words is to complete the desires that you have left in the mortal dust, and since then the dust has ended, and the mortal dust has no place to attract your own mind, and you will begin to climb the immortal path wholeheartedly.

After all, once you embark on the path of cultivation, you and mortal dust are two worlds. Even in terms of longevity, when the cultivators are climbing steadily, the old people who remain in the mortal dust are afraid that they will all become dry bones in the grave, and they must be able to take it and put it down. ”

Hold it, put it down.

Six simple words, it's really easy to say.

"Moreover, with the improvement of their own strength, their vision is also very different. If the martial arts master looks at ordinary people, he is almost no longer the same kind of person. ”

Qing Pingzi reminded: "In terms of your strength, I'm afraid it's even worse." ”

The improvement of strength will indeed bring a different feeling.

At least for Gu Dan, no matter how beautiful and fragrant the woman is in the world at this time, it is just like that, just skin.

Pink skull, literally.

It's a terrible thing.

With the improvement of strength, people from the same source gradually can't get into the eye, and even have no intersection.

It is not difficult to understand why the group of guys in the upper echelons of the Immortal Dao are not allowed to live too well.

On the one hand, if the mortal life is too good, it will inevitably lead to an increase in the number of people seeking immortals and asking questions, and they will add trouble to themselves; On the other hand, in their eyes, people are probably no longer human, at least not their kind.

"Huh."

Gu Dan just smiled, did not nod, and did not shake his head.

After those people cut off the earthly relationship, they are going to embrace their own kind, people who have common pursuits, where to hug them?

is already in the mortal dust, how can you talk about cutting off the mortal dust?

What's more, there is no need for him to kill himself.

The years themselves are cutting the flesh with a slow knife until it turns into a fatal blow.

At first, I didn't notice it, but it never stopped.

"If only you knew what I meant."

Qing Pingzi naturally knew that there was no immortal path to explore now, so he just expressed his attitude.

At the end of the day, it's normal for mortals to play with mortals, and grandmasters to grandmasters.

Forcibly falling into the mortal dust, it is only yourself who can be hurt, this is a subtle consolation.

It is naturally inconvenient for people who have already crossed paths to say anything, but after that, don't make yourself uncomfortable.

Like him, he never takes the people in the mortal world into account, and when Emperor Zongming was in power, he only wanted to achieve his own goals, and he didn't care about how he lived in the mortal world.

But Gu Bao is not the kind of person who doesn't care about everything until he achieves his goal.

The chicken and the duck are doomed to be fruitless.

"I'll go back first, maybe I can figure out something."

After a brief explanation, Qing Pingzi said goodbye and left.

Now he is still full of hope, for that bone, for the returning immortals.

In the small courtyard of the Gu family, Gu was left to bear his own responsibilities again.

Cang went to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion in the palace and studied with Xun Ke.

Xiaoying's medical skills have been effective, and she often goes out for consultations and does not come back much.

In the small courtyard of the Gu family, on the contrary, Gu Dan, who used to go out often, will stay here and watch everything in the courtyard silently.

Sometimes it's thoughtful, but more often than not, it's not about anything.

Occasionally, he seems to hear the words of an old man drifting in front of something familiar.

There is a wind blowing between heaven and earth.

Gu Dan held the scriptures in his hand and read them silently.

The small window is high and the wind spreads the books.

(End of chapter)