Chapter 7: Asked

As an old voice came into the broken temple, an old Taoist wearing a Taoist crane and messy hair appeared at the entrance of the temple. Just now, Xu Xian saw that the two small sharp corners on the head of the figure were clearly the hair on the head of this Taoist person.

Xu Xian was a little disappointed...... Fuck the beast-eared cat lady.

The old Taoist glanced at Xu Xian kindly, staring at the cyan stone in his hand, and a trace of imperceptible sadness flashed in his eyes. Then he emphasized the previous sentence: "Please also ask the layman to return my Xuanjimen token!" ”

Xu Xian quietly put the hand holding the bluestone behind his back, and the old Taoist saw this scene in his eyes, only to see him with two fingers and a sword, and a little blue light bloomed at his fingertips and gently touched Xu Xian.

Xu Xian thought that he was going to use some kind of trick on himself, but found that there was nothing abnormal about him. Looking at the old Taoist again, his palm slowly opened, and a cyan stone appeared in his hand.

Xu Xian, who realized it later, felt that the things in his hand were gone, "You bull-nosed old man, how can you snatch a child's things?" The old Dao in the robe sneered, "You can fool a second-grade demon beast at your age, but it's not something that a child can do." ”

Xu Xian's eyes were full of scrutiny when he looked at him, "You were there when the tiger demon broke in just now, how can you say that you are the Heavenly Master who came out of the Dao Gate to eliminate demons?" ”

The old Taoist shook his head and vetoed Xu Xian's question, "I'm just a Taoist priest who travels all over the world, and I'm not good at eliminating demons. However, to the surprise of the poor Dao, the little layman was able to have such an understanding of the Dao at a young age, especially the sentence 'The Great Dao is forty-nine, and the human shield is one', even the poor Dao has not comprehended it for so many years. ”

After hearing this, Xu Xian ignored his words, but stubbornly stretched out his palm at him and said, "So you still refuse to return my things, right?" ”

The old Taoist was amused by his appearance, "If the little layman is willing to tell the poor Dao how you came into contact with these Dao methods, then I will give you this token." ”

"Oh, then I don't want it!" Xu Xian simply withdrew his palm neatly. I heard those words on the Internet in my previous life, and no one can tell this secret, although bluestone is very important to me, but I must not expose this secret.

The old Taoist was very surprised by Xu Xian's words, and when the tiger demon appeared, he could see it clearly, and the little layman in front of him was only relying on the token in his hand to have confidence. Even so, the courage and wisdom of this little layman are among the best among those he has ever met.

There are two reasons why he appeared in front of him: one is that he must take back the tokens that Xuanjimen has left behind, and the other reason is that he has taken a fancy to this person's heart and wisdom and wants to take him as a disciple.

However, Xu Xian's answer was also expected by himself, be careful when you meet someone you don't know, in this world, maybe it is a chance to survive.

"Little layman, if you say that the poor Dao wants to take you as an apprentice, are you willing?"

"Master is above, please accept the apprentice's worship!" After listening to the old Taoist's words, Xu Xian immediately wanted to kneel down and kowtow to him, but he was supported by a breeze and couldn't kneel.

The old Taoist was completely amused by him, "You kid exchanged a treasure for an answer and you refused so simply, why did you agree to worship me as a teacher so quickly?" ”

Xu Xian scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Because I know that you are not joking when you accept me as a disciple, of course, it is not a joke to exchange that piece of cyan for an answer for me, but I can't tell you the answer." ”

The old Taoist nodded secretly in his heart, his personality was pure and unpretentious, and he did not abandon his partner to flee for his life in the face of monsters, and he was affectionate and righteous. I am becoming more and more satisfied with him.

However, my apprenticeship pays attention to a fate, and I also pay more attention to the gravity, so I still have to test the child's heart.

Thinking of this, the old Taoist's expression became serious, and a cyan jade plaque on his waist flashed away, and the number 'three thousand Lu Bai Wan' engraved on the cyan jade plate continued to beat, and it became 'three thousand thousand' in an instant. And those disappeared digitizations made a blue light into Xu Xian's mind.

At this moment, a magnificent voice sounded in Xu Xian's mind: "When you need to sacrifice one person but can save hundreds of people, what will you choose?" ”

Xu Xian didn't answer immediately, and after that voice appeared, he didn't force Xu Xian to answer, as if the answer was no longer important. As time passed, Xu Xian's mind was always immersed in this issue, and before he knew it, a trace of cold sweat had oozed from his back.

Xu Xian was in a very wonderful state at the moment, in fact, when this question appeared in his mind, he vaguely guessed that this was a test for him by the old Taoist.

The key thing is that this problem is the same logic as saving seven people and killing one person on the train track in the previous life, no matter how you choose, you will fall into a cycle of utilitarianism and moralism.

If you choose to save those seven people and let the other person be hit by a train and die, there is nothing wrong with this choice in terms of the overall situation. When the base of those seven people continues to expand and become tens of thousands, sacrificing one but can exchange the lives of so many people, he will immediately become a hero in the hearts of the public. It's just, that's it, right?

If you choose to save one person and ignore the lives of the others, you will follow your heart, but you will also fall into the point of being scolded by thousands of people. If this was the time of the previous life, this choice avoided the law, but it could not escape the accusations of the people.

It's so difficult, how do you choose? Is there a foolproof solution that can save everyone?

It doesn't seem to be ......

The old Taoist looked at Xu Xian, whose body was trembling with his eyes closed, and the praise in his heart became a little stronger. This question, which is used by one's own teacher to screen the successors, can test the disciple's mind the most, because there is no correct answer to this question in the first place.

This test is to see how the descendant chooses between humanity and divinity, and the longer he is caught in the choice, the purer the heart will be. When he faced the test, he persevered for a full ten breaths, and he was already known as a rare genius in Xuanjimen in five hundred years.

Xu Xian in front of him insisted on almost six breaths, and as Xu Xian's body trembled more and more, the old man estimated that Xu Xian would wake up in another breath.

The time of the seven breaths...... Although he is not as amazing as he was at the beginning, he is also a once-in-a-century talent.

The time for a breath was fleeting, but Xu Xian didn't wake up as the old Taoist expected, "Huh...... Could it be that I underestimated this kid? "It seems that I have found a treasure this time.

Eight Breath ......

Nine Breaths ......

The light in Yu Xuanji's eyes became brighter and brighter, and the eyes that looked at Xu Xian were like ...... I saw a stunning beauty with a naked fruit. In his heart, he became expecting Xu Xian to break through the ten breaths, if he did that, he would find a good seedling for the master.

Ten breaths!!

Breaking through, Yu Xuanji's frowning brows stretched, and his originally fair face became flushed with excitement, but Xu Xian still didn't wake up.

What's going on!? Is this disciple of mine even more talented than I was at the beginning?

An hour later.

Yu Xuanji no longer had the joy he had before, and he began to doubt his own life, and the highest talent in the records of the master had only lasted for sixteen breaths at most...... But this record is a fart compared to the freak in front of me!

Yu Xuanji sat boredly and waited for Xu Xian to wake up, at most there was still half a pillar of incense time, if Xu Xian hadn't woken up yet, he would interrupt this test.

"Oh~ Xu boy, don't touch Lao Tzu's silver." The shopkeeper Wang on the side was just about to wake up from his dream, when Yu Xuanji slapped him in the air, and a blood-red slap mark appeared on the shopkeeper's face, and he was beaten to sleep again.

"This kid, you won't want to solve this test, this is an unsolvable exam question!"

Just when Yu Xuan was thinking about it, Xu Xian, who was caught in the struggle between heaven and man, finally woke up slowly, and the first thing he felt was that his body was soaked in water, Xu Xian looked down and saw that the sweat under his feet had spread out a large area.

"You kid, I've been in it for almost half an hour, and I can't help but want to wake you up." Yu Xuanji gave Xu Xian a roll of his eyes, but the joy in his heart was almost written on his face.

"From this moment on, you are the ninety-ninth generation of my Xuanji Sect disciple, and I will name you the name 'Shouyi' for the teacher, and I hope that when you encounter a desperate situation in the future, you will be able to keep your heart and keep the only one in your heart when you are facing a test today."

Xu Xian hadn't recovered from the weakness of his body, and when he heard the words of the old Taoist, he hurriedly wanted to kneel down and kowtow to him, but he was still supported by a familiar breeze, "If the teacher doesn't like those secular rules, these secular rites are not needed." ”

Xu Xian could only nod in response, "Master, aren't you curious about how the disciple solved that problem?" ”

Yu Xuanji waved his hand at him, "Everyone has their own fate, and you can persist for so long It is far beyond the expectations of a teacher." It's good to leave the answer in your heart, it's tiring to resist for so long, right? ”

Xu Xian just wanted to open his mouth to respond, but he felt a sleepiness that could not be forced back in his mind, and at the last moment of losing consciousness, he only saw Yu Xuanji's eyes looking at him full of complexity, relief, and reluctance...... Then he fell into a deep sleep.

Yu Xuanji muttered to the sleeping Xu Xian, "Xu Xian! Shouichi! I hope you can live up to the teacher's entrustment and really fade into immortals, you and I have a master-apprentice relationship, and the teacher has no meeting gift, so I will give you a creation! ”

After speaking, Yu Xuanji was a little reluctant to stroke the cyan jade pendant on his waist, and a cyan streamer flashed, and all the numbers engraved on it turned into cyan streamers and poured into Xu Xian's body.

"Poor Dao has given you most of his life's cultivation, and the future of Xuanjimen depends on you."