The surging tide shook the heavens and the earth one after another, as if a long river of heaven was rushing through the sky, and suddenly, a series of flashes of light flickered from the horizon to the other end. After a few breaths in the past, Fang Cai was unconscious for a long time, like the rumbling of thunder.

On the continent, a heavy rain that almost covered most of the land has been falling for several days, and a small white fox shuttles between the muddy grass, its speed is fast, and it will pause from time to time, and flexibly raise its head to look around vigilantly.

Different from ordinary wild foxes, its fur is clean, and even in this rainy day, its body is still not stained with mud and rain.

After half a day, the rain subsided, and it entered a green bamboo forest, where the bright sunlight poured down from the gaps in the branches and leaves, forming speckled light.

Not far away, the sound of a gurgling stream could be heard, and bursts of water vapor accompanied by the fragrance of plants and trees came from upstream, and occasionally a few small human voices.

The little white fox suddenly bowed down, and in front of him there were several Taoist priests dressed in coarse cloth clothes with thick hands and feet fetching water by the stream.

It didn't want to come into contact with these people, and tried to bypass it in the other direction, but when it passed through, it seemed to hit something, and a layer of ripples rippled in the atmosphere.

One of the Taoist priests was very vigilant, immediately stopped the movement in his hand, glanced in the direction of the bamboo forest, and shook his hand, and punched out a rune paper. This rune paper is painted with a mysterious text, after throwing it out, if there is spirituality at one end, it suddenly points to the jade fox, and then shoots suddenly!

The jade fox suddenly sensed the danger, jumped dexterously, dodged the past, and quickly got into the grass, and the rune paper turned around and returned to the man's hand.

A slightly younger Taoist priest put down the bucket and looked at it a little nervously, "Senior Brother Cao, what is it?" ”

The man said uncertainly: "The rune paper is intact, that thing should be not big, it may be that the little beast in the mountain has touched the police array in the bamboo forest." ”

The young Taoist priest said: "But be careful, the senior brothers have all gone out of the mountains to kill monsters, and the monsters from the north have come to the mountains from time to time recently." ”

"There is a rune paper given by the master of the courtyard, don't be afraid."

"Be careful, too."

A few Taoists exchanged a few words, and then hurriedly left here with buckets.

The little white fox poked its head out, but one of its legs was a little abnormally twisted, and the rune paper still hurt it, and it wanted to leave here, but it couldn't find a way out.

At this moment, several rays of light shot from the sky, breaking through the clouds and mist in an instant, and speeding straight into the depths of the magnificent and tall mountain peaks opposite, only the aftermath of the sound came down.

It was also frightened, whimpered, limped away, and in a panic, entered a path.

It's just that it came here, no matter how it walked, it couldn't get out of here, it gasped lowly, and its eyes couldn't help revealing a little human confusion, it walked here repeatedly for several days, and finally it was tired and collapsed, and in a drowsy state, it heard the footsteps coming by.

It struggled to open its eyelids, and met a pair of black and white, clear eyes, which were a little Taoist boy, looking at it curiously at the moment.

It was startled, and subconsciously moved back, making a chirping sound, but it was weak and weak, and the sound that was originally used to intimidate was very weak.

Xiao Daotong saw its broken leg, took down the jade bottle hanging on his waist, removed the cork, and a sweet fragrance permeated the bottle, he poured out a wisp of Dan water on the broken leg, and suddenly a cool feeling spread, and at the same time, the little white fox finally couldn't hold on, and fell asleep completely.

When consciousness regained consciousness, it jumped to its feet. This is a bamboo house, which does not look big, but it is very neat and clean.

The little Taoist boy sat on the futon, copying a kind of text that seemed to be like a picture without distraction, and next to the low table, bundles of bamboo and wood scriptures were neatly stacked, and the sunlight outside shone in, as if he was covered with a layer of faint golden light.

He was about five or six years old, and when he copied it, his posture was upright, and his little face was full of seriousness, although he was young, his facial features were delicate, his skin was fair, and he looked very handsome.

The little jade fox stared for a while, and then looked outside.

Xiao Daotong seemed to have finished writing at this time, put down the pen, and saw the little white fox wake up, he couldn't help but smile, the little fox was frightened, fell backwards, lowered his body, and bared his teeth at him.

Xiao Daotong blinked, got up slowly, walked outside under the vigilant gaze of the little white fox, and then brought in a low-rim clay pot, which was filled with clear and sweet Dan water, he slowly placed it in front of the little white fox, took a few steps back, and said: "This is Dan dew, self-contained spiritual power, good for your injuries, and can also nourish the essence, well, it is the one that was poured on your legs before, I often drink it, you can rest assured that you drink it." ”

The little white fox found that his hind legs were no longer so painful, and he could walk smoothly, but he was still vigilant, and his vigilant posture remained unchanged.

Xiao Daotong smiled, his smile was very clean and innocent, and he said, "I went to the Taoist Academy to chant sutras, and the dean has to check my homework every day." With that, he walked to the desk and picked up the scroll, waved at the little white fox, and walked out of the house.

When the little white fox saw him go out, he followed him to the door of the house and looked at it, and then he came back and lay down, and the warm sun shone on it, so that it was lazy and didn't want to move.

It seemed that a long time had passed, and the sound of the bell chime and the recitation of the sutra were heard outside, and its ears moved, and it could distinguish the voice of the little Taoist boy.

The recitation has a different meaning, it can't understand it, but there is a sense of smoking, edifying, as if the pores all over the body are dilated, making it very comfortable, and its narrow eyes are narrowed into a slit.

It only then did it lower its head, drank the rest of the Dan water, and then came up with another wave of drowsiness, and fell asleep again.

When it woke up, the little Taoist boy had already returned, and he was lying in front of the desk, and he was carefully copying the words that looked like talismans.

The sky outside was dark, and the lamp in the house held a pearl, emitting a soft and bright light. And in the clay pot in front of it, the clear Dan water is full again, and its own appearance is reflected in it.

It looked at the little Taoist boy, lying on his stomach and not moving, but his posture was not as guarded as before.

For more than ten days, it was such a calm and rhythmic past, and every day Xiaodao Tong would go out to fill it with Danshui and come back to continue copying the scriptures. Although there is still only a simple communication between a person and a fox, there is no initial alienation.

Until one day, a voice came from outside, saying, "Senior Brother Sui'an." This voice was like the sound of clearing the air when the bamboo was tapped, Xiao Daotong hurriedly put down the pen, stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked out to bow to the visitor. Said: "Senior Brother Chen." ”

It was a Taoist in Tsing Yi, with soothing eyebrows, clean and tidy, clean and clean, and his eyes were full of colorful streamers, but there was a faint alienation, as if he was beyond the world. He held a three-foot-long bamboo flute in his hand, and the wind was everywhere, and there was a humming sound when he heard it.

When the little white fox saw him, he suddenly shrank into a ball, his body trembled slightly, as if he was very scared, but he was trying his best to suppress it.

Senior Brother Chen saw the little white fox in the house, but he only glanced at it casually, which made the little fox tremble, and he said, "A fox demon." ”

Xiaodao Tong said: "Well, Sui An saw it lame in the mountains that day, and it was trapped in the ban, it was always a living being, if you don't save it, you are afraid of starving to death, so you will bring it back." ”

Senior Brother Chen looked at him, and after a while, he said lightly: "It's just a fox demon with shallow cultivation, if Senior Brother Sui An finds it interesting, then keep it." ”

He shook his sleeves, and a bottle of Danshui fell into his arms, and said, "It's just that you gave it all the Danshui you drank yourself, what do you drink?" You've fallen behind a lot of homework in the past few days. ”

Xiao Daotong was a little embarrassed, scratched his head, and said, "Let Senior Brother Chen remember it." ”

Senior Brother Chen said lightly: "I will ask the head of the courtyard to bring you a few more bottles of Dan Shui." But you copied twice as many etchings. ”

Xiao Daotong smiled happily, bowed to Senior Brother Chen, and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother." ”

Senior Brother Chen said: "Next month, if you can't pass the big exam, go down the mountain and live." After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and turned to leave.

Xiao Daotong sighed, bent down again, and said, "Senior brother, walk slowly." He turned around and walked into the house, but saw the little white fox staring at him, and pushed the clay plate in front of him with his two front paws.

He smiled and said, "Your injuries matter." He picked up the pill bottle in his hand and waved it, saying, "Look, we all have it." ”

The little white fox looked at him and made a word on the ground with his paws.

Xiao Daotong saw that it was a "return" word, and he smiled and said, "Okay, you will return it to me in the future." ”

Only then did the little white fox lower his head and drink the Dan water again.

A month passed, and after the big exam in the hospital, Sui An left the house early and came to the wide platform of the mountain Taoist Academy, where there were more than 100 little Taoist children like him.

The content of the examination is to interpret the etching, and he interprets them one by one very seriously.

At the top of the steps of Guangtai, there are more than a dozen Taoist people who are not young, and from time to time someone will walk down and walk around with expressionless faces.

Two hours passed, and as soon as the chime bell rang, all the little Taoist children put down their pens, and the rolling paper floated up on its own and fell into the hands of those Taoists.

Half a moment later, all the texts had been read, and a young Taoist priest on the steps began to roll call and report to the commander of the division he was going to follow.

Every time a Taoist boy was called by name, he walked out happily and stood beside a certain Taoist priest, and was selected one by one. Half of the people in the field remained, and Sui An was among them.

At this time, a chime bell rang, and the old Taoist in the center said loudly: "The road has been completed, and the rest will come back for the big exam next month, so let's disperse." ”

Most of the remaining Taoist children showed a look of loss, saluted him, said yes, and went down the mountain one after another.

Sui An also followed the flow of people down the mountain and walked halfway up the mountain, but when he saw Senior Brother Chen waiting there, he hurriedly bent down and saluted, "Senior Brother Chen." ”

Senior Brother Chen said, "You come with me." With that, he turned and walked away.

Sui An said yes and followed.

He looked at Senior Brother Chen's back, everyone in the Taoist Academy was afraid of Senior Brother Chen, but he felt that it was very easy to stand by Senior Brother Chen's side.

At this time, he caught a glimpse of a white shadow passing by, Senior Brother Chen was still walking calmly in front, as if he didn't notice anything, he waved his hand behind him, and asked loudly: "Cough, Senior Brother, what's the difference between a demon and a human?" ”

Senior Brother Chen said lightly: "It's no different. ”

Sui An said: "Then we are the same as the demon?"

"It's different." Senior Brother Chen said, "We are cultivators. ”

Sui An said: "But senior brother, aren't cultivators also human?" ”

Senior Brother Chen did not perfunctory because he was young, but replied patiently: "Because we understand the truth." ”

"Reason?" Sui An thought for a while and said, "Senior brother, Sui An doesn't understand, is it because Sui An is not a cultivator?" ”

Senior Brother Chen suddenly stopped, half-turned his head, and said in an affirmative tone, "No, you understand. He also said: "Senior Brother Sui'an, cultivation is personal, there are some things that I shouldn't tell you, you need to understand it yourself."

"Oh."

Senior Brother Chen stepped forward again.

Sui An glanced back, and saw that the white shadow was gone, and quietly breathed a sigh of relief, although Senior Brother Chen did not shout and kill the little white fox, but he knew that the Taoist priests on the mountain were not very polite to the monsters, even if they were demons with masters, they were mostly disgusted.

The two walked all the way, came to the edge of a lonely cliff, the position here is extremely high, it seems that you can step into the sea of clouds when you go out, and here you can already have a glimpse of the scenery under the mountain, you can see that the bottom is a vast landscape, the water is rippling, the smoke is vast, just look deep and clear.

There is a one-man high stone niche in front of the cliff. Senior Brother Chen stepped forward, saluted the stone niche, and said, "Nian An, come and kneel, bow three times." ”

Sui An didn't ask why, walked over very obediently, knelt down and bowed to the stone niche three times.

Senior Brother Chen said, "Get up." ”

Sui An stood up, and he was curious: "Senior Brother Chen, why do you worship the stone shrine?" ”

Senior Brother Chen shook his head and said, "It's not to worship the stone shrine, it's to worship the ancestor." ”

Sui An seems to understand whether he understands or not, but he remembers Senior Brother Chen's words, there are some things that need to be thought about and understood by himself.

Senior Brother Chen picked up the bamboo flute in his hand at this time, horizontal to his mouth, the tune was melodious, arbitrarily vertical and horizontal, not long, the water waves of Daze under the bottom were surging, rolling endlessly, a few moments, there was a huge shadow floating up, it was a giant turtle with the potential of the sky, with it floating above Daze, a huge amount of lake water poured down on its back like a waterfall.

Sui An was not afraid, but let out a low exclamation.

Senior Brother Chen said: "Recently, there have been demons rampant outside, I want to go out, there is a shortage of people in the courtyard, this turtle will be handed over to you to feed in the future." ”

Sui An was slightly excited and nodded vigorously.

Senior Brother Chen took out a bottle of pills and said, "I'll do it again, you can see clearly." ”

He took out a pill from the pill bottle, flicked his fingers, and the turtle raised his neck and opened his mouth, swallowed it, and then nodded his head three times at Senior Brother Chen, and then sank down in the sound of rushing water.

Sui An looked at the Dan bottle and opened his eyes wide, although he often drank the Bigu Dan Water, but a small pill made such a big Xuan Turtle full, which made him very surprised.

He said to himself, "Senior brother, why do people eat? If it weren't needed, so many people in the village wouldn't have starved to death in the first place. ”

He was born smart, and he remembered everything after he was born, because of the disaster in the village, so his parents abandoned him, and it was Senior Brother Chen who crossed the sea and rode the wind all the way to bring him here.

"For man is in heaven and earth, and he is nourished by heaven and earth."

Senior Brother Chen looked at him, his expression showed unprecedented solemnity, and said: "My generation of cultivators, chasing the Great Dao, is just to jump out of heaven and earth, to seek immortality, to live in peace, not to live forever, everything is vain after all. ”

"Immortal ......," Sui An repeated.

At this time, a light flickered in the sky, as if the heavens and the earth had been split, and then there was a thunderbolt of light, and Senior Brother Chen solemnly raised his head and looked to the west.

Sui An had never seen such a serious look on Senior Brother Chen's face.

After a while, his feet rumbled and shook, the wind howled, the lake waves surged, the trees fell, and for a moment, he seemed to feel that the mountains and land under his feet were floating, but this seemed to attract some kind of force above Daze, and everything quickly stabilized again.

Sui An asked, "Senior brother, what is that?" ”

Senior Brother Chen didn't answer, and said, "I'll leave now, take care of your affairs." With that, he sent the bottle to him.

Sui An held it tightly after catching it, and said, "Yes, senior brother." ”

Senior Brother Chen flicked his sleeves, his body pulled up from the spot, and suddenly turned into a green rainbow, and he escaped through Hongyu in an instant, and he was far away.

Sui An saluted in the direction he left, bowed to the stone niche, and did not forget to wave his hand in the direction where the huge turtle sank, and then went down the mountain, and with the Taoist song he sang softly in his mouth, the figure quickly disappeared into the mountain forest.

Years passed, seven years later.

There was a sound of chanting in the house, and Sui An had grown from a small Taoist boy to a handsome young man with red lips and white teeth.

In the past few years, Senior Brother Chen has only come back a few times, and each time he brought him something, he left in a hurry.

And in addition to feeding the turtle every day, copying etched texts, and reciting the Taoist scriptures, it is just that since the year before last, he has officially refined qi, so there is one more person who enters the Xuan.

The little white fox lay on the side and watched, after the self-injury healed, it stayed in the Taoist courtyard, and after many years of getting along, it and Sui An have formed a deep friendship, and regard each other as the closest people.

At this moment, it looked at Sui An, even if the latter was only a small age, but with a bit of fairy charm.

It thinks that cultivators should be like this, and the mountains are not as good as the years of peace. However, it was a little worried, although Sui An was very hard working and diligent, it was probably because of his talent, and the progress of qi refining was slow.

Now it is it, I hear those Taoist scriptures chanting every day, and the spiritual power that is everywhere on the mountain, I have already refined the horizontal bones and can speak.

The Taoist children in the courtyard are groups of people going up the mountain, some are picked up by the Taoist master in the courtyard, and some are sent down the mountain, but Sui An and some Taoist children are arranged to do various errands, if the qi refining is not successful, they can only do the miscellaneous work in the courtyard, and in the end they can only die of old age.

After reading it, he began to copy the etching again, and after copying a volume of etching, he put down his pen and gave birth to a sense of heartfelt satisfaction, others did not understand the etching, but he felt that he could understand it, so he often indulged in it, and did not feel bored at all.

Luck got his muscles and bones alive, looked at the sky outside, stood up and said, "Snow fat, go." The little white fox jumped and fell into his arms.

He hugged the little white fox, walked briskly, all the way to the top of the cliff, let the little white fox go, and bowed to the stone niche three times.

After a while, the sound of water under the cliff sounded, and the turtle had already appeared, he walked over, took out the pill, and threw it at the turtle, after the turtle swallowed it, nodded to him, and sank again.

Sui An looked down, did not leave, sat down, elbows on knees, hands on cheeks and looked ahead.

Xue Zhi leaned over, squatted beside him, and said, "Sui An, you always sit here and watch, do you like it here?" ”

Sui An nodded and said: "I like it, I like the mountains and rivers here, the plants and trees here, by the way, I also like snow fat." As he spoke, he stroked the back of the little white fox's head.

Sheikh just squinted and swept his tail around. It whispered, "Sui'an, don't you want to live forever?" ”

Sui An said freely: "Immortal? I don't ask for extravagance, I am fortunate to get it, and I lose my life. ”

Xue Zhi looked up at him and said, "But Sui An, if you practice in the mountains, if you can't live forever, in the end, you will be like those old Taoists, who will end up in this cold and lonely mountain, do you want to live your life like this?" ”

Sui An laughed, and said nonchalantly: "It's just fate." ”

Xue Zhi slapped the ground with his paws, and said dissatisfiedly: "That's what those old Taoist priests said, you are a little Taoist priest, you have been cultivating for more than ten years, don't learn from them!" ”

Sui An smiled and said, "Okay, don't learn from them." ”

Xue Zhi sighed secretly, decades have passed in a flash, and if Sui An is old and dead, he will no longer be able to accompany it.

No, it's going to have to figure out a way.

Sui An didn't know what the little white fox was thinking, and said, "By the way, I'll go to the pharmacy tomorrow to serve Dan, and I'll come back in two days." ”

Xue Zhi muttered, "Let you do all the hard work." ”

Sui An has to go to the Danfang every ten years to help with alchemy, saying that it is alchemy, but in fact it is some hard chores, but because alchemy is an important thing, it is not that the Taoist children who grew up in the mountains cannot touch their hands, and those selected Taoist children, because they are busy with cultivation every day, do not do this kind of thing, so naturally it falls on the young Taoists who are slow in the progress of cultivation in Sui An.

Sui An laughed and said, "It's not hard, I've learned a lot." ”

Xue Zhi said angrily: "What's the use of learning, as soon as the bones are buried, there will be nothing, it's useless at all!" ”

Sui An put his hands behind his head, lay back, and said, "The Dan that can be refined can help many fellow disciples, how can it be useless?" ”

Xue Zhi suddenly became a little angry and said, "I ignore you." It suddenly scurried, turned into a white shadow, and entered the forest, and ignored a few shouts from behind it.

Sui An was a little helpless, how could he not know the benefits of immortality, but every year so many Dao children entered the Taoist Academy, they were looking for an opportunity, and when he went up, others would have one less chance.

He lay there, looking at the white clouds in the blue sky, and waited.

In the next few months, Sui An went back and forth between the grass house and the Danfang, because the Danfang had a lot of affairs, and every time he hurried back and forth, sometimes he had to copy some documents and sort out some case files.

On this day, he brought back a map of the specific elixirs of various places, including not only this piece of Daze, but also a large area of land around the northern continent.

That's not all, the map also marks the lair caves of demons in various places below the mountain, and also notes which places to avoid.

After Xue Zhi saw this map, he suddenly stared at a certain place, and said in a low voice: "Ancestral land, elixir ......" It looked at it for a long time, and then looked outside the house, and had a certain decision in its heart.

Half a month later, a team of people who went down the mountain to collect medicine was preparing to go down the mountain, and the first Taoist priest told the group of disciples: "Now the mountain is rampant with demons, even if the Taoist Academy often cleans up, but only the road is peaceful." This time you go to the mountains to collect medicine, you all have to be careful. ”

The accompanying Taoist priests all said yes in unison.

The first Taoist said: "But you don't have to worry too much, I went down the mountain a few times ago, and I heard that Taoist temples have been established everywhere, and there are also many upward cultivators from the west, and the time to remove these demons is not far away." ”

As he spoke, Snow Fat took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to the flying boat, and drilled into a corner, but it did not pay attention to it, and when it got into the boat, the talisman on its paw flickered.

Not long after, the boat took off, crossed the clouds and crossed the sky, and after about half a day, it came to a halt somewhere.

Xue Zhi also jumped down while everyone got off the boat, discerned the next direction, and ran quickly somewhere, because the speed was extremely fast, and the figure turned into a white shadow.

It had looked at the map and the route of the fleet, and the flying boat would only stay here for three days, so it had to be back in three days.

After a long day's running, it came to a rocky hill.

Looking at the scene in front of it, it felt both close and intimidated. This is the ancestral land of its clan, because it was attacked by foreign enemies, the clan was captured, and it was lucky to escape because it was greedy to play outside.

Although this place seems to have been abandoned for a long time and has long been lifeless, it still remains vigilant, bows its body, lightens its steps, and steps cautiously here.

There is a treasure medicine here in the ancestral land, called Changsheng Grass, and it remembers that the clan elder once mentioned that even if a cultivator takes it, it can increase the longevity of Yang for a hundred years, and this thing will definitely help the year.

It is not afraid of outsiders taking it, because this long-lived grass is very inconspicuous, and the clansmen do not value it much, and outsiders have no way of knowing.

After searching for a long time, with its familiarity with the ancestral land, it saw a verdant grass, and couldn't help but light up in front of it, and happily rushed forward, but at this moment, suddenly the things in front of it changed greatly, and it saw that it suddenly appeared in a gloomy cave, it couldn't help but be startled, and the hair on its body suddenly rose.

There was a sound of rustling around him, as if many people were whispering, but they couldn't make out where the sound came from.

At this time, a hollow voice came out, slightly disappointed: "Who is my Dao who has entered the maze, and thought that he could have a full stomach today, but it turned out to be just a little fox?" This head is also too small. ”

Another sinister voice said slowly: "Brother Luo is wrong, this is not a little fox, but an immortal fox." ”

"Immortal Fox?" There was a hint of surprise in the previous voice: "Oh? Nowadays, there are also immortal foxes, which are rare. I thought I would have been caught by the time the eight departments left. ”

At this time, the third voice sounded, revealing a sharp and piercing voice, and said: "Although it is an immortal fox, it is too small, even if it is refining medicine, it will only increase the longevity of a hundred decades, and it is just a chicken rib." ”

The sinister voice said: "That's not necessarily, you look at its claws, it is the sigil sent by the Mingcang faction into the big array, and it should be a spirit beast raised by a certain Taoist priest of the Mingcang faction." ”

"This spirit beast of the Mingcang Sect?" A hint of horror suddenly appeared in that voice, "There are cultivators in the Mingcang Sect nearby?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the surroundings were silent for a while, and the whispering sound also stopped, as if they were shocked by the name of the Mingcang faction.

Xue Zhi was scared and dazed in his heart, he had been in the mountains for many years, and the most contact was only Sui'an, and he had been living in the Taoist monastery on the mountainside, and he had never heard any words of the Mingcang faction.

It looked boldly, and saw the silhouettes of several statues looming, including the image of a fierce bat, the image of a tyrannical ape, and the image of a cruel python, the voices of which came from the statue, and some of which were hidden in the shadows.

The sinister voice from the statue of the violent ape laughed, and said: "Why should you panic, those high-ranking monks of the Mingcang Sect can't look down on this little fox, but those little Taoist priests may not be able to recognize it, most of them are not taken seriously, but they are just petted by ordinary spirits, otherwise they would not have come here alone." ”

The statue of the ferocious bat spoke up, "It makes sense. He added: "Slow down, if it is an immortal fox and follows a certain Mingcang disciple, then let it lurk, and maybe it can inquire about the news of the king." ”

The python statue said: "The king has already been ......"

"Shut up!"

The statue of the fierce bat shouted loudly and said, "What kind of magical power is the king, and he is an immortal and immortal body, how can he be defeated?" Now he is just trapped, and as a subordinate, I should think about saving him. ”

"By an immortal fox? Brother Yan was a little whimsical. ”

The statue of the fierce bat said: "Then it depends on Brother Li, I remember that you ape have the art of the ape, which can be used on behalf of its sanity, right?" ”

The statue of the ape said leisurely: "It's not difficult to perform this technique, but I'm not here, it will take at least twenty-one days, this time is too long, even if this little fox returns to the mountain at that time, the Mingcang faction will inevitably be suspicious." But if you two can help......"

The statue of the fierce bat said without hesitation: "Brother Li needs anything, I can help." ”

The ape statue said, "Then there is no problem. ”

Xue Zhi listened to their conversation, and was afraid in her heart, and kept retreating, but at this time, she heard a strange sound, and her body stiffened, and she slowly fell to the ground, and her whole body turned into snow jade, and after a while, a ring of fire closed it. It felt that its heart was sinking, that it was gradually melting, and that its consciousness was gradually drifting away.

In a daze, I heard anxious shouts in my ears, as if they were coming from a distant place.

"Sorbet! Sorbet! ”

It opened its eyes and saw the face of a young Taoist priest, and it said weakly: "Sui'an, run, there are monsters." Then he fainted again.

In a trance, it felt as if it was flying through the clouds, and when it woke up the next time, it found that it had returned to the familiar house, and the bright sunlight shone in, as if everything before was just a dream.

Sui An was stroking its back, his eyes were full of concern, and he said in surprise: "Snow Fat, are you awake?" ”

Xuezhi was also happy, but suddenly, it was inexplicably a little flustered, and asked with a bit of luck: "Sui'an, how many days have I passed out?" ”

Sui An thought for a while and said, "It's been twenty days, don't worry, I asked Senior Brother Chen to come to you that day, and the monsters have all been solved." ”

"Twenty?" Xue Zhi's heart sank, and after a while, it whispered: "Sui An, don't you ask me why I ran down the mountain secretly?"

Sui An smiled: "If the snow fat goes down the mountain, there must be a reason to go down the mountain." But I know that if Sheikh really wants to leave, I will definitely tell me. He looked outside and said, "Snow Fat, rest well, don't think too much, I still have something to do in the Danfang, go and go back." ”

Snow Fat nodded obediently, and after Sui An left, it lay down weakly. More than twenty days have passed, and it remembers that the monster said that it seems that it will not take twenty days to plant some kind of spell on itself, and it doesn't know if it will be controlled, whether it wants to talk to Sui An.

But if it is said that Sui An helped him, will it hinder Sui An's cultivation in the door?

Maybe......

Its eyes changed slightly, as if it had made some choice.

After a long time, it got up from the cushion and ran out.

After leaving the house, it seemed to wander aimlessly in the mountains and forests, and finally came to the high cliff where Sui An often went, and squatted down in front of the stone niche, and learned to worship Sui An a few times.

When he was young, Senior Brother Chen's voice came from behind, saying, "Are you looking for me?" ”

Xue Zhi turned around and saw Senior Brother Chen standing there quietly.

The breath of this one is like a deep forest sea, cold and lonely, although it has seen many times with Sui An, but each time it does not feel close, but full of awe, but this time, it plucked up the courage and said: "Daochang Chen, I have something to do, it is about Sui An's ......."

Senior Brother Chen said calmly: "You say, I'm listening." ”

Half a day later, Sui An returned to the house, saw Xue Zhi sleeping there, a smile appeared on his face, and he also went to sit cross-legged on the futon, relieved to enter the meditation.

After a long time, Xue Zhi opened his eyes, looked at Sui An who was practicing, got up and walked in front of him, spit out a breath of white air towards his face, and said softly: "Sui An, I still remember the day we first met, I said that I would definitely pay you back, I hope you can continue to practice well and live up to your immortality." ”

It took a few steps backwards, and slowly withdrew from the outside of the house, and above the door curtain, its shadow changed from a little fox to a girl's appearance, as if looking back, and then turned away.

Sui An woke up in silence, he felt that his mind and body had never been clear, and the door that had not been knocked on for a long time seemed to be close to him overnight, and he couldn't help but wonder.

He looked at the futon to the side, which was empty.

Is the sorbet out?

It was only at this moment that he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and looked at the timedial to the side, and his heart was shocked, he usually sat still for just over an hour, but the period of the timedial showed that he had been in retreat for at least three days.

He got up and lifted the curtain and went out, shouting, "Snow fat? Sorbet? ”

But he shouted twice, but he couldn't respond.

On weekdays, as long as he is here in the house, Xuezhi will never leave, he suddenly became anxious, and walked out quickly, looking for and shouting around.

However, he went to a number of familiar places on weekdays, looked for a circle, and there was no figure of Snow Fat, and finally hurried to the high cliff, and halfway through, he saw a tall figure standing on the mountain steps, as if waiting for him.

He was stunned, stopped and bowed, and said, "Senior Brother Chen." ”

Senior Brother Chen nodded and said, "You come with me." ”

Although Sui An was very anxious in his heart, he did not disobey Senior Brother Chen's intentions, took a breath, and said, "Yes, Senior Brother." ”

Senior Brother Chen took him to a mountain pavilion located halfway up the mountain, which was directly facing the outside world, and the mountain breeze was blowing slowly, stirring the corners of their robes. Senior Brother Chen walked to the railing and said, "Are you looking for that little white fox?" She's already down the mountain. ”

"Downhill?"

Sui An was stunned for a moment, puzzled: "Why?" ”

He was both a little lost and a little puzzled in his heart, and couldn't help but say, "Senior brother, isn't there room for snow fat in the mountains?" ”

Senior Brother Chen shook his head and said, "It was she who asked to go down the mountain, she fell into the ape demon's heart ape technique, this technique needs to be solved by the ape demon, but that ape was beheaded by me that day, even if no one casts the spell, it is not eradicated, after all, there are hidden dangers, and there may be abnormal changes in the heart." She felt that she might endanger you if she continued to be on the mountain, so she gave you a breath of anger and went down the mountain herself. ”

Sui An was stunned and said, "Angry? ”

Senior Brother Chen said: "Snow Fat is an immortal fox, not a demon, but a spirit in the world, ordinary people can get immortality by serving it, and Taoist people can get it, at least it can increase life for a hundred years, this elf has no fixed body, the continent is full of demons in the early years, so it is transformed into a demon fox, I can't recognize it, but I just noticed the pure qi on its body, so I only allowed it to stay that day." ”

A bad feeling faintly rose in the peace of mind, and said, "Senior brother, the snow fat is ......."

Senior Brother Chen said: "The immortal fox is born for immortality, if it gives people the longevity of life, then its own lifespan will not be long." ”

He looked at Sui An, "It's her choice, she asked me not to tell you, but you are the person in charge, you should know about it." Cause and effect are vested, and you should solve it yourself. ”

Sui An lowered his head and thought about it, then raised his head again and said, "Senior brother, how many lifespans does Snow Fat have?" ”

Senior Brother Chen said: "Although she gave you most of her essence, she is not deep in her deeds, she can't give everything, and there is still a little longevity left, in my opinion, it will not be more than forty years." ”

Sui An took a breath and said, "Forty years......"

Senior Brother Chen looked at him and said: "Sui An, your natural capital is not bad, and your heart is in line with my true intentions, but you lack a sense of striving to go forward, and you are humble and courteous everywhere, but there are some things that you can't let go, and now, you are not only yourself, but also the wish of immortality entrusted to you by others, how should you choose the road ahead?" ”

Sui An stood silently and did not speak.

Senior Brother Chen took two steps, turned his figure to the outside of the pavilion, and said: "Now that there are demons everywhere inside and outside the continent, the ancestor is still there, but the Taoist Academy is safe, but how can the ancestor protect me for thousands of years?" After all, this road still depends on me to go on. ”

Sui An looked outside, his expression revealed an unprecedented seriousness, and said slowly: "Senior brother wishes me to live forever, I will live forever, and I will live forever if I entrust me to live forever." My immortality is not for myself, but for those who wish to live forever. ”

Senior Brother Chen said: "At the moment, the heaven and the earth are overturned, and there are many calamities, one person can prosper the Tao, and one person can also die in the Tao, this generation can achieve immortality for himself, and the law of eternity can be passed on to future generations, I hope that you can also do it in the new year." ”

Sui An looked at him and said, "Senior brother, why me?" ”

Senior Brother Chen didn't answer this, but looked out of Daze and said, "Do you remember the light that shook the continent that day?" ”

Sui An thought about it, remembered the scene eight years ago, and was still deeply impressed, and said, "I remember." ”

Senior Brother Chen said, "That's just a sword. ”

Sui An was surprised: "A sword? ”

Senior Brother Chen said: "That sword slashed out, cutting off the Zhongzhu and Dongli Erzhou, what we feel is just the residual power of the sword, this is the ability of a cultivator, enough to turn the world upside down, reverse yin and yang, one day, you can also do it." ”

Sui An remembered the scene of that day, and thought that it was just the power of a sword, and his heart was shocked, and after a long time, he suppressed his heart and said, "Since Senior Brother said that I can, then I must be able to." ”

A crane chirped in the distance, and a crane swept past Daze, and the vast Daze reflected the clouds and towering mountains in the sky, and the waves slowly pushed down, and it seemed that the heavens and the earth were moving for a while.

There is no time in the mountains, and thirty years have passed in a flash.

After returning to the mountain from there, Sui An practiced diligently every day, and his deeds improved slowly, but unconsciously, he gradually surpassed his peers, and seemed to be moving forward with determination and upward as if endlessly.

Over the years, he has descended the mountain many times, and has also fought against many demons, and has made a great name among the various factions, but he has searched everywhere, but he has never seen a trace of Snow Fat.

On this day, he once again went to the house where he had lived.

Over the years, he would occasionally return to reminisce about the time he spent with Sherry when he was young, and thirty years later, the place has not changed.

It's just this time, before he walked to the house, he saw a woman's figure standing there, he was shocked, and blurted out: "Snow fat? ”

The woman's body trembled slightly, and she also said softly: "Sui An." ”

The moment Sui An saw her, he immediately understood everything, and he sighed: "Yes, it turns out that you have been on the mountain all along, and it was Senior Brother Chen who covered up your tracks, right?" I can't find you, but why are you avoiding me? ”

The woman took off her veil, revealing a beautiful face, but thirty years had passed, and now she was full of gorgeous hair, and Sui An was still the same as thirty years ago. She said: "I'm old, I'm old, I can't go down with you." ”

Sui An stared at her, his gaze unwavering. He could feel that the vitality in Xue Zhi's body had been exhausted, but at this moment, although he had cultivated a supernatural power that could be called a master, he was still powerless about it.

Xue Zhi said softly: "Sui An, I still have a lot of things to say to you, I think you are the same, I remember you and said that day, you like this landscape, like this grass and trees, then I will turn into this mountain, turn into this water, you can say anything to me......

She turned, sat down on a rock, looked back at him and smiled softly, a wisp of smoke spreading, then receding, gradually turning into a stone statue. There was a clear spring flowing in the eyes of the stone statue, all the way to the Daze below, it seemed to be tears, but the sound was vital, just like the clear stream when I first saw it.

Sui An stood there and did not say a word for a long time.

Senior Brother Chen walked out of the bamboo forest, he glanced at the stone statue, and said, "Senior Brother Sui'an, do you want to save her?" ”

Sui An said firmly: "I will find a way." ”

Senior Brother Chen looked at him and said, "Reversing life and death, unless you can ascend to the Dao, you can repay this cause and effect." ”

Sui An turned around and walked, all the way to the top of the high cliff, walked to the stone niche, leaned down three times, and said: "Disciple Sui An, beg the teacher to pass down the avenue!" ”

After a while, a misty macro voice came down from the Nine Heavens, and said: "Disciple Sui'an, it has been 30 years under my door, and now he has been successful, and he should be given the Taoist name 'Yuanzhong', and from today, he can practice the true water of the North Underworld." ”

Sui An bowed again, and when he got up again, in an instant, he had already turned from a young man of fifteen or sixteen to a young Taoist of more than twenty, and he said loudly: "Disciple Yuan Zhongzi, thank you." ”

He saluted Senior Brother Chen who came up and said, "Senior Brother Jiliang is polite. ”

Chen Jiliang solemnly bowed and said, "Senior brother is polite." ”

At this moment, the two of them suddenly heard the sound of a dragon's groan, and when they looked up, they saw that behind the cloud dome, there was a faint shadow of a demon dragon shuttling back and forth, and there was a loud voice that shook the mountains: "Is the Taiying Palm Sect here?" Poor Taiheng, come to visit! ”

Chen Jiliang said: "Senior brother Yuanzhong, come with me to welcome this visitor!" ”

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