The long river of years came surgingly, rolling up several waves, and layers of ripples spread, Ye Qin quickly submerged into it, and his small figure was swallowed by the river.

Between the whirlwinds of the sky, all kinds of scenery seemed to be watching the flowers, forming countless fragments, and there was an inexplicable traction in the dark, flying towards the distance with Ye Qin.

When he opened his eyes again, the place he saw was lush and green, although it was a mountain forest, it was not Longyuan Mountain.

The breeze is light, the green leaves of the mountains are dancing with the wind, like a green ocean, the mountains are full of flowers, dotted among them, exuding bursts of fragrance, and the scene in front of you is strange and familiar.

Ye Qin's thoughts were surging, Zuo Ci's tomb was an extremely special existence for him.

It was the mottled fragment of the years he first entered, Ye Qin remembered it vividly, at that time he was just a little green snake, and he didn't have a lot of magical powers and skills, and he just had a sincere heart to the Tao.

In the mountains, he brewed tea with Zuo Ci and discussed, and even affected Zuo Ci because of this, causing him to refine a furnace of pasted elixir, and even passed it on to later generations, Ye Qin thought it was just a dream, and he didn't know that he had passed through time.

Thinking back on everything, it feels like a lifetime away.

Entering here again, it was still the appearance of a little green snake, going around and around seemed to be back to the original point, everything seemed to have not changed at all, but Ye Qin knew that some things had already changed in the dark, and this was the guidance of fate.

"The passage of time in the fragments of time is different from the outside world, and I don't know what happened to Zuo Ci now."

Although Ye Qin knew that the time of the two was different, the specific flow speed was not clear, and his gaze fell on the east, "There seems to be movement there." ”

To the east, at the highest point of the terrain, there is a temple that stands in it, the magnificent temple is antique, solemn and solemn, entrenched on the steep and protruding peak.

The ancient Taoist temple is hidden under a few vigorous ginkgo trees, the ancient trees are towering, the pines and cypresses are forested, but there are bursts of crying.

I saw the drooping old man sitting on the futon, his beard was white, his face was full of ravines, all of which were the lines left by the years, he was wearing a gray Taoist robe, and with the snow-white beard, he looked like a fairy wind and bones.

It's a pity that Lao Dao's eyes are cloudy, and his breath is like a gossamer, obviously the limit is approaching, and his life is short.

There were disciples kneeling next to him, but his eyes were red and his eyes were full of tears.

"What are you crying about, the old man is not dead yet."

After Lao Dao said this sentence with a smile, a violent cough suddenly burst out of his throat, and the whole person was like a candle flame swaying in the wind, which was in danger of being extinguished at any time.

His gaze fell on the bronze tripod in front of him, with a bit of hope and expectation, "This time it must be successfully refined!" ”

The quaint body is carved with the patterns of insects, fish, birds and beasts, lifelike, as if it is going to come alive in the next second, and there is a faint medicinal fragrance inside.

According to Zuo Ci's state, it was naturally impossible to unveil the tripod, and the two apprentices around him opened the lid of the tripod, and the fragrance of medicine was immediately overflowing.

"How? Whether the Nine Turns Golden Pill has been successfully refined. ”

The two apprentices looked at each other, as if they couldn't bear to speak, so as not to shatter Zuo Ci's last hope.

Seeing this scene, Zuo Ci seemed to understand something, and his eyes were full of defeat, "It's ridiculous that the old man has been refining the pill all his life, but he has never been able to refine the Nine Turns Golden Pill, it seems that he is destined to go away with regrets!" ”

The moment the words landed, he actually spat out a mouthful of blood.

Seeing this, the disciple next to him hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Master! Maybe the legendary Jin Dan is a lie at all, you have to take care of your body. ”

"Yes, Master, your health is not good, because you are exhausted in alchemy, I'm afraid-"

Speaking of the back, his voice was choked, and he couldn't cry anymore.

Zuo Ci shook his head, his expression was a little sad and desolate, "You don't understand, Jin Dan is true, that Taoist friend told me, it's just that the old man is not good at learning."

The disciples looked at each other, their expressions were a little helpless, the "that Taoist friend" in Zuo Ci's mouth they had heard countless times in their lives, but they had never really seen it, every time they asked, Zuo Ci was secretive.

So much so that they wondered if it was made up by Zuo Ci, or if it was imaginary, there was no such person in the world.

"Do you know why the old man wanted to build a Taoist temple here?"

The disciples shook their heads and said they didn't know.

Zuo Ci's gaze fell on the void, but with a little memory, "That's because I met him here, if it weren't for him, I wouldn't be where I am today." ”

Although Zuo Ci did not refine the Nine Turns Golden Pill that could prolong life and make people immortal, but after the guidance of that demon immortal, his alchemy water attainments were higher than those of the world, and the outside world could be said to be hard to find his elixir.

Zuo Ci knew that if it weren't for the mention of the demon fairy, according to his previous attainments, he would definitely not be able to reach this point, and all this was thanks to his encounter with the demon fairy in the mountain pavilion.

Zuo Ci's eyes were misty, and his face was full of regret, "It's a pity that the old man ran out of oil and couldn't see him again." ”

"The two major regrets in my life, one is that I have not been able to refine the Divine Pill, and the other is that I can't see him, if it is him, I think refining the Divine Pill should be easy."

The apprentice was a little puzzled when he heard this, and said very respectfully: "Master, if you can only rank second, then no one in this world can become the first. ”

Zuo Ci let out a long sigh, "You don't understand." ”

He seemed to think of something, "Take me to the gazebo in the mountains." ”

The disciples knew that Zuo Ci had spent the most time in the pavilion except for the Taoist temple.

"But the wind is strong in the mountains, and now Master, your body and bones can't bear it at all."

Zuo Ci's eyes showed a look of nostalgia, "The old man only wants to spend the rest of his time there, if you are really filial, you will fulfill my last wish." ”

Hearing this, the disciple was very sad in his heart, but he couldn't resist Zuo Ci's meaning, so he supported Zuo Ci on the stretcher, and then came to the pavilion.

Since separating from Ye Qin, Zuo Ci would come to the pavilion to wait as long as he had spare time, but Ye Qin never went to the appointment again, and sometimes he couldn't help but wonder if the magical green snake he encountered at the beginning was a dream.

Zhuang Zhou dreams of butterflies, or butterflies dream of Zhuang Zhou.

The mountain wind was howling, and the fallen leaves were flying, and this scene fell into Zuo Ci's eyes with a little more desolation.

The pavilion didn't seem to have changed at all, but Zuo Ci was already an old dragon clock, and his life had come to an end, "Let's go, I want to be here alone for a while." ”

At this moment, Zuo Ci's spirit seems to be much better, but the disciples know that he is returning to the light, and the disciples are a little reluctant, hoping to serve Zuo Ci in the last time.

Zuo Ci waved his hand, "Go ahead, everyone will die sooner or later, and there is no need to be sad." ”

The disciple turned back and walked away step by step.

Zuo Ci's gaze fell on the void, his expression was a little remembrance, and there was a rustling sound around him, he thought it was a disciple who went and returned, "Didn't I let you leave." ”

"Long time no see."

But when he heard this strange and familiar voice, Zuo Ci stiffened, as if he had been electrocuted, and he turned his head in disbelief.

What caught his eye was the emerald green figure, and he thought he was hallucinating, and blinked his eyes, but the figure in front of him remained the same.

Spanning the distance of time and space, the two finally met again.

Zuo Ci opened his mouth, because he was too excited, a fierce cough burst out of his throat, "The old man thought that he would never have a chance to see Your Excellency again in his life." ”

Going around and around seemed to be back to the original point, when the two met for the first time, the little green snake in front of him still had no change, but he was already gray-haired.

Zuo Ci's eyes were a little emotional, "I was able to meet Your Excellency at the end of my life, the old man has died without regrets, thanks to Your Excellency's mention that day, the old man's way of alchemy can be so smooth." ”

"Then have you refined the golden pill you want?"

Zuo Ci showed a look of shame, "The old man has failed to live up to Your Excellency's expectations, and has not been refined so far, but unfortunately, I don't have time anymore." ”

According to Ye Qin's cultivation, how could he not see that Zuo Ci had reached the point where he had run out of oil and dried up.

Ye Qin's gaze fell on the Dan furnace next to him, and under the random turn of his heart, several green herbs appeared out of thin air and flew into it, under his condensation, the life essence and the aura collided with each other, refining a thriving aura.

But in a moment, the spiritual light flickered, the room was full of incense, and the golden light could be seen flowing in the Dan furnace, surrounded by clouds and mist, and the visions were numerous, showing the miracle everywhere.

Zuo Ci was shocked by Ye Qin's miraculous alchemy technique, and his mouth couldn't close in shock.

This method has become extraordinary for the layman!

He knew that Ye Qin's alchemy technique must be higher than his own, but he didn't expect that there would be a difference between the two!

This is an immortal, right?

"If I can learn this kind of alchemy technique, the Nine Turns Golden Pill will definitely be no longer a problem!"

Zuo Ci's eyes showed a look of longing, for a monk like him, he had been studying the method of alchemy all his life, just to learn the art of superior alchemy.

"What's so hard about that?" Ye Qin laughed when he heard this, and looked at Zuo Ci, "Are you willing to follow me into the Taoist temple, accept the baptism of the years, worship the incense in the world, and one day attain the Tao and go to immortality?" ”

Hearing this, Zuo Ci's breathing became a little short.

Phoenix!

This is the goal of how many people yearn for a lifetime, but can't ask for it, the reason why he wants to refine the Nine Turns Golden Pill is not to be able to prolong his life and achieve the goal of immortality?

And to seek the Tao all his life, one is to comprehend the truth of heaven and earth, and the other is to escape the world.

Zuo Ci respectfully clasped his fists and saluted, "I am willing to worship under the demon fairy and go to immortality with the demon fairy!" ”

"Very good!"

As Zuo Ci's words landed, a ray of light burst out from Ye Qin's body, completely enveloping Zuo Ci in it, and a simple aura came to his face, with supreme coercion.

An ancient building can be faintly seen in the void, after the vicissitudes of time, but it is difficult to hide the extraordinary, and the word "Shangqing" is written on the plaque.

Zuo Ci calmly closed his eyes, and the fog around him was fully revealed, only to see him turn into a little white light and fly into the Shangqing Temple.

Airplanes!

The ancient bell is ringing, bursting out with the movement of the ages.

In the blink of an eye, there was no Zuo Ci in the pavilion.

"Roar!"

Ye Qin let out a low groan, and his figure suddenly skyrocketed several times, and then flew into the sky and disappeared into the clouds.

Not far away, several disciples also saw the sky-high white light above the pavilion, like a pillar of light, which was faintly mixed with a few traces of gold, and they immediately felt strange.

Before they could figure out what was going on, the roar of the strange creature came from that direction, full of great majesty, and people couldn't help but want to bow down.

"This white light is so strange!"

"Isn't that the pavilion where Master is?"

"Could it be that Master had some accident?!"

The inexplicable wind whistled, and in an instant, the sky and the earth flew sand and stones, the ancient trees swayed, the grass and trees covered, and a blue-green shadow flashed in the sky above.

"Something seems to be in the sky?"

The crowd rubbed their eyes and looked at it, but they saw nothing.

"Let's go and see how Master is."

The ensuing visions made the disciples not care so much, they hurriedly rushed back, only to see that the original pavilion was empty, and there was a strong medicinal fragrance in the air, refreshing people's hearts and spleens, and the smell of it made people feel refreshed.

The disciple couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "This medicinal fragrance is so special. ”

"Come and see here."

Some disciples seemed to have discovered something, and everyone looked over when they heard the news, and the firewood in the furnace had just burned out, obviously someone had refined the pill here before.

They took a deep breath, as if they were empowered, just smelling the fragrance of the medicine had such a magical effect, they couldn't imagine what it would be like if they swallowed the whole pill.

Everyone's eyes were shocked.

"Could it be that Master just refined the elixir here?"

The disciples searched everywhere but did not find Zuo Ci's figure.

"Master—"

The voices of the disciples echoed from the empty mountains, but no one answered them.

Zuo Ci was terminally ill and had long been incapacitated, and it was incredible that his kung fu disappeared without a trace in such a moment.

What's more, they didn't go far just now, if Zuo Ci left suddenly, he would definitely bump into them.

Zuo Ci seemed to disappear out of thin air, leaving no trace.

"Look there's a word here!"

When all the disciples heard the news, the dragon and the phoenix danced on the ground, which was Zuo Ci's handwriting.

"Seek the avenue for the teacher, go to immortality, follow the demon fairy, don't read it."

The expressions of the crowd were shocked, "What does this mean?" ”

Obviously, Zuo Ci has no medicine and has a short life, how can he live forever?

Afterwards, the disciples searched for a long time, and they all said that they wanted to see people alive and corpses when they died, but they didn't find Zuo Ci's body.

The disciples even doubted whether Zuo Ci had accidentally fallen off the cliff, and even searched the bottom of the cliff several times, but still did not find anything.

"It's so strange, why did the master disappear out of thin air, to put it in a big rebellion, it was clear that his old man was dying soon."

"Do you remember the white light you saw? Everything was normal, but after the white light appeared, Master disappeared, and when we rushed over, we smelled a smell of medicine. ”

That medicinal fragrance lingered for several days, which really surprised the disciples, no pill had ever been able to preserve the medicinal fragrance for so long.

"Is there such a possibility, the master suddenly broke through at the last moment of life and death, refined the Nine Turns Golden Pill, and flew up after leaving that line of words."

"When we rushed over, we also saw a natural vision, an unknown creature flying into the sky, and the strange cry was probably made by it."

"Could it be that this creature is the demon fairy who leads the master!"

The more people thought about it, the more they felt that this was very likely.

At the beginning, many people saw it, coupled with the lingering medicinal fragrance for a long time, and the fact that no trace of Zuo Ci could be found, this saying gradually spread among the disciples.

The world was so shocked that it has been passed down for thousands of years, and its story is still remarkable.

Some people say that this is a false news deliberately released by Zuo Ci's disciples in order to gain fame and reputation, but in fact, Zuo Ci has long been seriously ill and died.

Some people also say that Zuo Ci refined the golden pill at the end of his life, so a divine envoy descended from heaven to lead Zuo Ci to ascend.

There are different opinions, but even Zuo Ci's corpse has not been found, leaving the world with endless reverie and legends.

Later generations recorded: [Zuo Ci, the character Yuan Fang, a native of Lujiang County, has few magical powers, the old age returned to the mountain, refining the nine turns of Jindan, one day, the white light appeared, it disappeared, the disciple Yun, the master respected the Jindan Dacheng, was led by the divine envoy, and pursued the supreme avenue. 】

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