Chapter 13: The Tribulation of the Man
The old man was riding the wind, wearing a robe, with an elegant demeanor, even if he was old, there were many wrinkles on his face, but it was difficult to hide his temperament, and he traveled thousands of miles in one breath against the wind, and he was already a little tired when he came to this mountain forest.
I was about to take a break, and suddenly I heard the sound of the piano, very quiet and long, the person who stroked the qin has been able to call the piano skills excellent, plus this piano seems to be an ancient weapon, the sound is extremely clear, very elegant.
The old man subconsciously followed the sound and walked around a few steps, but saw that in the woods, on the bluestone, there was a young Taoist stroking the qin.
Although his age is not big, his temples are white, and when he strokes the piano, the sound of the piano is far away, but it can touch people's hearts.
It seems that from the sound of the piano, you can see your past life and recall the scenes that happened in the past.
People can't help but have a sense of regret and remembrance, can't help but stop, a piece of piano music fell, but the old man is still immersed in the past, a long time has not come back to his senses, it seems that he doesn't know that a song has stopped, after a long time it seems to have a feeling, and sighed: "Good piano sound, the old man was immersed in the piano sound for a while, but it was a little rude." ”
The young Taoist replied, "It's okay, it's a good thing to have someone who knows the sound of the piano to listen to it." ”
He raised his eyes and looked at the old man in front of him, and with the method passed down by the Yin Si Netherworld, it can be seen that his lifespan is high.
When the teacher took him to Senior Sister Yumiao's place, Qi Wufu, who was full of three talents, could already see that the old man's congenital Qi began to escape at that time, as a cultivator of the Daomen lineage, when there was such a situation that the innate Qi dispersed into heaven and earth, it basically meant that his life was about to end.
It's just that Qi Wufu didn't know why this old man left the secret realm and came here when his life was about to end.
The old man was touched by the emotions in his heart, and he bowed his hand slightly, and said: "The old man Hezhou Chu Hongtu, I don't know ...... Taoist friend"
The young Taoist replied: "There is no confusion in the lower crane and even the mountains, and I have seen Taoist friends. ”
"I don't know why Daoyou looks in a hurry?"
Chu Hongtu's expression was slightly complicated, and he said: "The old man has a place he wants to go, and he knows that his time is short, so he is quite messy, but he is far less chic and comfortable than your fellow Daoist." "The young Taoist can feel it at this moment, the old man in front of him, Chu Hongtu, is about to be an innate Qi, and he has lived for almost three hundred years, and he is infinitely approaching the limit of the innate Yiqi.
And he left the blessed land where Senior Sister Yumiao was, and walked outside, there must be a reason, but the old man didn't say it, the two first met, and he wouldn't say what he thought lightly, the young Taoist originally just thought that Senior Sister Yumiao's "Mixed Yuan Sword Codex" brought him great help, laid the foundation of swordsmanship, and also made him realize some methods, in exchange for the little peacock's food.
After arguing with Dao Jun about swords, he had more understanding of swordsmanship.
Although it is not much, I only plan to give the sword technique of self-realization to my senior sister.
Vote for me with a peach, and repay it with Qiong Yao.
One cause and one effect, I also hope that it can be of some slight help to my sister's situation at the moment.
But he didn't expect that he hadn't rushed to the blessed land of Senior Sister Yumiao, but he saw the people who were related to the calamity of Senior Sister coming in a hurry, and I am afraid that there were some reasons why outsiders were unreasonable. If you don't dislike it, why don't you go together? ”
Chu Hongtu said with a smile: "Hahaha, the old man is a person whose life is about to end, and there is nothing interesting about the place he goes, so he will not delay the Taoist Yaxing, there is a wonderful land ahead, the scenery is beautiful, I can guide the Taoist in a few directions, and the Taoist can go to play and play from the front, and he will not be disappointed." ”
Chu Hongtu just smiled and pulled Qi Wufu's words away, and then talked about the scenery of the road ahead.
But he never mentioned the blessed place where Yumiao was.
After talking for a while, the old man also took advantage of the time to rest a little and recover some energy, that is, to say goodbye, his temperament is quaint, and how heroic and free and easy it is in his speech, but after all, there is some sadness between his eyebrows, Qi Wufu saw him go away, thoughtfully, the little peacock said curiously: "Aqi Aqi, do you recognize him?" ”
"Hmm."
"And where is he going?!"
"I don't know."
At this moment, the young Taoist suddenly heard a few loud noises in the distance, looked sideways, but saw a series of figures rushing towards him, and saw that they were all wearing magic robes, and their temperament was quite eager, and they followed the direction of Chu Hongtu.
After a little consideration, he hurried away, and the technique of escaping was extremely fast, no worse than resisting the wind.
The sound of fighting was heard from afar, and everyone shouted urgently: "This person is the Daoist companion of the Wonderful Sword Immortal." ”
"Everyone, let's take this person back!"
The young Taoist saw that the sword qi was vertical and horizontal, and many cultivators made moves, all of which were mainly captured, but that Chu Hongtu was holding a knife in his palm, and the blade was sharp, and there was an indescribable domineering, those Dao masters who had a congenital Qi, and some big demons, were all suppressed by him for a while, but the old man was scattered after all, and his life was short, although the blade was prosperous, it could not last.
Just as he was splitting the thunder with a knife, suddenly a rope pierced through the thunder flame and flew straight towards him.
It was directly tied to Chu Hongtu's right leg.
It shook away his innate decay in one fell swoop.
A man with wings on his back breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and said, "Yes, please come back!" ”
Chu Hongtu looked sad, and drew his knife angrily, as if he was going to directly cut off his trapped right leg, but everyone was taken aback, and suddenly heard a sound of the qin, if there was a sword in the void, the rope that bound Chu Hongtu was directly shocked to spiritual stiffness, and he was actually struggled by Chu Hongtu, and heard that the sound of the qin changed, and there was a state of killing.
In a trance, the fallen leaves of the heavens and the earth seemed to have turned into swords and fell from the sky.
Murderous exuberance.
The weight of the air engine.
It was almost palpitating and terrifying, several people looked at each other, their expressions changed suddenly, knowing that there was a terrible master appearing, so they gritted their teeth, knowing that although the bounty was rich, but life was the first, and they couldn't fight for their lives for the sake of profit, so they collected their magical powers one by one, abandoned Chu Hongtu, and went away.
Rabbits rise and fall, these people come quickly, and when they go, they are even more decisive.
Chu Hongtu looked around a little dazedly, and suddenly arched his hand and said, "Is it Qi Daoyou?" ”
"Please come out and see you."
The young Taoist stepped out, and the old man lifted the knife that had just been shaken to the ground, and said: "The old man knows that it is impossible for two people to appear in a short period of time with such a piano sound, and the old man is so messy, but it makes Qi Daoyou laugh." Chu Hongtu smiled bitterly a few times and said, "I thought I avoided them but I didn't expect that they still chased after them." ”
The young Taoist looked at the direction in which everyone was forced to retreat.
These people are already quite old-looking, the youngest is also middle-aged, and most of them are in the congenital Yiqi, similar to the young Taoist, but the ferocity of the [Crossing the Common People] is too strong, even if Qi Wufu just plays its sound, the sound is as if he is fighting with a sword, and the killing is cold, which is enough to make the same level of horror and fear.
He looked at Chu Hongtu and said, "Previously, these seemed to be cultivators at the level of the Dao Elder Meditation Master. ”
"They don't seem to have the intention of harming you, you just plan to capture them."
Chu Hongtu nodded complicatedly.
The young Taoist asked, "Is it because of that wonderful real person?" ”
Chu Hongtu's eyes showed a trace of horror, pain, and a complicated look of attachment, and he was silent for a long time, looking at the young Taoist who had forced back many people, and sighed: "Yes, but no, they didn't dare to make a heavy hand because of her, but they came to me, but it was also because of her, they just wanted to arrest me, bring me back to Miao'er ......, and bring me back to the blessed land of that Miaozhen person." ”
The young Taoist was surprised.
After a little consideration, he still asked: "That Miao Zhenren is not the Taoist companion of the Taoist friend?" ”
"Daoist? No, no! ”
"That's a demon, it's a demon!"
Chu Hongtu's expression suddenly became sad and painful, his tone became fierce in an instant, angry, and seemed to completely cut off the connection with that wonderful real person, but he was still frustrated, sat there for a while, and said, "That's also the person I love, but ......"
He seemed to be unable to calm down for a while, and it was difficult to describe the extremely complex pain in words, and suddenly sighed:
"Qi Daoyou, it seems that he is very interested in the story of the old man."
"Let's talk to you...... old man"
Chu Hongtu sat cross-legged on the ground, stroked the knife with one hand, and said: "Miao'er, Miaozhen, I knew her when I was young, I was born in an ordinary family, my parents were just farmers, but I didn't like these since I was a child, just like everyone at that age, I longed to go out of the village, be a ranger, and travel all over the world." ”
"But how can the son of a farmer in a small village enter this world?"
"At that time, I was just thinking, and later, I met her, do you know, in the village suddenly there is such a heavenly and beautiful woman appeared, and the immortal descended to the mortal world, I was only eleven years old at the time, but I already felt excited, and then she taught me martial arts, I worshipped her as a teacher, and took me to walk the world."
"When I was young, I only felt that the world was big, and it was not as good as my heart, and I came and went."
"Only five years to the apex of the secular rivers and lakes, and know that there is a way to practice, and to enter the Tao with martial arts, rebel against the congenital, re-cultivate the three talents, set foot in the congenital Yiqi, it can be regarded as the true inheritance, I also overcame the worldly thoughts, and the master became a Taoist couple, that period of time is the most alive I think, traveling to the North Sea in the twilight, and the mountains, rivers and lands, the great demon water god friends."
"But after the innate Qi, my cultivation is difficult to improve, but she always maintains her face."
"Even so, I don't feel anything, just sadness, I'm afraid I'm going to die before her."
"When I was young, I met a famous teacher, and I was the only person in my heart, when I was young, I was crisscrossing the rivers and lakes, fresh clothes and fierce horses, happy enmity, and practicing immortal law, I lived three hundred, toured in the red dust, sang in the mountains and rivers, I thought that I had no regrets in this life, but recently, I found that something was wrong......"
Chu Hongtu's face was originally nostalgic for the faint memories of the past, but at this moment it became painful, and the knife seemed to know the master's state of mind pathos, and roared slightly, his tone was pathetic: "My mind began to recall some strange memories, it seemed to be me, but it didn't seem to be me." ”
"I don't know who I am, I don't know who I am."
"Am I just a substitute, her methods are like that of an immortal, and creating false memories is just a matter of raising my hands.
"Is everything about me, all my adventures, pleasures, and those memories fabricated by her, and then put them in my soul, and all feelings are just like this, everything about me is like a puppet shadow puppet in the world, it never exists at all, and the so-called happiness and hatred are just a ridiculous joke!"
"If so, she is the demon who controls my life, but she is my Taoist companion."
"I want to go to the places where the memories are, and I want to figure out who I am, at least before I die."
Chu Hongtu was extremely grief-stricken.
There is no doubt that it was because of this that he could no longer endure that kind of torture, so he escaped from Yu Miao's blessed land, and the young Taoist who was going to see his senior sister lowered his eyes, according to his position, it seemed that he should bring Chu Hongtu back to Yu Miao, it can be seen that Chu Hongtu's grief, the young Taoist never used his own mana to stop the pursuit of the person in front of him, but just asked:
"So, where are you going?"
Chu Hongtu said: "Go back to my hometown, go back to those places in the memory like a dream......"
"It's a long way out of here."
"My lifespan is like a candle in the wind, only in an instant, and I am afraid that I will never be able to go back."
The old man seemed to regret it, and immediately slapped the knife, with the pride and freedom of a ranger.
"But even so, I'm going back."
"Even if it is death, I will die on the road."
The young Taoist's nature was clear, and he faintly felt a sight in the distance.
This kind of induction seems to be noticed by him because of the similarity of the skill body and the loss of the other party's mentality.
It's Senior Sister Yumiao.
Is Senior Sister planning to come and bring Chu Hongtu back in person?
Or is the senior sister also hesitating and hesitating?
The word robbery is really harmful.
The love tribulation is subtle, and it seems that it is not as vigorous as the heaven and earth tribulation, but it always appears in a subtle place, and it does not feel stinging.
Will I have this day too?
The young Daoist was in a clear state of mind, and he withdrew his gaze from that direction, after all, he couldn't bear it in his heart, and he walked slightly, blocking between this line of sight and Chu Hongtu, and the piano behind him roared, and it forcibly shattered Chu Hongtu's confusion at the moment with the sound of killing, and the young man said softly: "Then, come on, Chu Daoyou......"
Chu Hongtu was slightly stunned, and when he saw the young Taoist with gray temples looking at him, he asked:
"I don't know where my hometown is, and where do you want to go?"
"I'll give you a ride."
Chu Hongtu realized that the young man in front of him was planning to help him, so he couldn't help laughing a few times, and then sighed with a smile: "Hahahaha, what is this, manifesting with the party, and going through the tribulations?" Daoyou is really a disciple of the Daomen, is he actually fulfilling the legendary Dao Ancestor's way? ”
"If you appear like this, the old man will think that you will not be the incarnation of the Taishang Dao Ancestor."
"The so-called Taishang Eighty-two."
"It's a pity, the kindness of the Taoist friend is received in my heart, but my hometown is very far away, and I am already in Hezhou, even if the Taoist friend has magical powers, he can soar through the clouds or do the earth and escape the earth, but my body is heavy, and if you take me with the power of one person, it will greatly slow down your speed, and you can't go."
"Running back and forth, don't say anything about your soul, my old bones will die on the way."
"It's really unlucky, so you don't have to bother Daoyou."
"Hezhou?"
"Wait a minute."
The young Taoist took a step forward slightly, his sleeve robe moved slightly, and he made a decision with his hands, and said in a gentle voice: "Where is the land lord?" ”
"Please tell me."
The voice was calm, there was no altar, no spell casting, but a trace of qi had already dispersed.
So under the incredulous gaze of Chu Hongtu, accompanied by the sound of the earth moving mountains, a place appeared here, and bowed his hand slightly towards the young Taoist, his expression was quite respectful, and he called a real person, and the young Taoist apologized, saying that he didn't expect to trouble a few people so soon, and many earthly gods hurriedly waved their hands to signal that it was okay.
The young Taoist asked if he could go to Hezhou with one person.
The old land glanced at Chu Hongtu and knew it in his heart, so he stroked his beard and smiled: "Hezhou is thousands of miles away from here, and there are high mountains and deep streams in the middle, which is difficult for ordinary people to cross, but the old man and other places have only been hundreds of years, and this method has long been familiar." ”
"It doesn't have to be one person, even if it's ten more people, it's easy."
"The land of Hezhou, although it is extremely far away, is only a day away."
Chu Hongtu was stunned.
Seeing a divine bird accompanying him, the young Taoist with a strange guqin on his back looked at him sideways and asked his opinion: "So, what now?" Fellow Daoists, do you want to go along the road? ”
(End of chapter)