Under a big tree in Nanpo Village, a crisp and sweet voice was heard.

"Uncle, uncle, tell me the story of the immortals!" A little girl who looked like she was only eleven or twelve years old with her hair in a bun, was blinking her eyes like black jade, full of curiosity and yearning.

The man opposite the girl was a sloppy and strange-looking old man who had come to this small village in the middle of nowhere the other day.

When he was in a good mood, he would tell Ling'er something about the immortals, and the old man pretended to take a sip of wine, leaning on a big stone for a while, as if he was recalling something, and then said slowly

"Three hundred years ago, there was a man named Liu Xuanming who appeared out of thin air, no one knew his origin and appearance, but those who saw him would recognize him at a glance. ”

"Why?" the girl's eyes widened.

"Because he wears a silver-black mask all year round. Then he took another sip of wine and said slowly

"Since he appeared, there has been no peace in the world, he founded the Heavenly Demon Sect, and the immortal sect is the enemy, provoking strife, how many innocent people have died in it!" The old man closed his eyes slightly, so that people could not see his emotions, but there was an indescribable desolation in his voice.

The girl seemed to be affected by the old man's emotions, and her face was wrinkled like a bitter melon. Watching the old man wait for him to continue, he shook his hand after waiting for a long time without seeing the old man's movement

"Uncle, uncle, what happened later? Has the big villain been punished?" the old man still closed his eyes and did not answer, and the girl said again

"Uncle, how do you know what happened three hundred years ago, are you also an immortal?" The girl's eyes flickered as she looked at the old man, expecting his answer, but he still closed his eyes tightly as if he hadn't heard, and then fell asleep and snored.

"Ling'er, stop playing, come back to eat," an old voice called, following the voice, there was a house made of mud and thatch not far away, a white-haired old woman bowed over, and put dishes and chopsticks on the wooden table, and the girl saw that she didn't care about the old man, and hurriedly ran to help the old woman.

Helping Grandma make up the meal, the two of them ate slowly, and the girl said while nibbling on the steamed buns: "Grandma, the old man who came a few days ago is so powerful, he knows a lot of things about immortals, he said......" The old woman smiled and looked at the innocent little girl in front of her, touched her head lovingly, and fell into her own thoughts while listening to her words, she was an orphan, she was dying when she first picked her up, there was a note and silver money in the swaddling clothes, those silver money was enough for ordinary people to live a lifetime, the note wrote the girl's birth date and name, and told her that the female doll in front of her was called Ji Ling'er, and she had to put her on the side of the road when she encountered difficulties, begging well-wishers to take her in, Grandma sighed, and didn't know what the reason was to put such a little doll on the side of the road, she looked at the little doll and couldn't bear to take it home, and fed some rice soup to the little doll before slowly falling asleep。

Ling'er is a sensible girl, and when she was not tall enough to help herself, she secretly began to help herself work, and every time she saw it, she was distressed and relieved.

The two chatted like this until they stopped, washed up and went to sleep. The next day, Ji Ling'er helped her mother-in-law work as usual, the two talked and laughed together, and they were so unhappy, suddenly, someone exhaled that a thief was coming, followed by screams and sobs, and suddenly the village was full of chaos, Ling'er was very panicked, and hurriedly hugged Grandma to hide, but finally there was no hurry, a bare-chested bandit kicked in the direction of Grandma Ling'er was so frightened that he hurriedly hugged Grandma, and the thief kicked Ling'er on the back, and Ling'er almost lost his breath.

Holding her grandmother tightly with both hands, the thief was puzzled and cursed

"Damn, look for death!" kicked Ling'er away and kicked Grandma again, and took the things in the house and scolded away.

Ling'er was kicked twice, and it took a while to come back to her senses, her whole body was sore, and she moved to Grandma's side to see Grandma lying there, panting, her mouth opened and closed, and she listened to it when she got closer, Grandma asked her if she was okay, don't worry about her, take good care of yourself, and after speaking, she didn't have the strength to say that she coughed a few times and lost her strength, Ling'er was so anxious that tears came out, and she covered her mouth while wiping her tears, afraid that Grandma would worry.

Seeing the thieves gone, the neighbor's sister-in-law Wang who was hiding hurriedly came out to help her grandmother to the bed, Ling'er sat on the side to take care of her grandmother with the injuries on her body, and sister-in-law Wang was busy boiling medicine, a bowl was served to Ling'er, a bowl was fed to Ah Po, Ling'er drank the medicine and kept staying in the room, Grandma has been lying like this, her breath is weak, Ling'er covered her mouth with her hands and let the tears flow arbitrarily like a river that has opened the floodgates, and Sister-in-law Wang held Ling'er's back with her hands while wiping her tears with red eyes.

Because Grandma is old, her body bones are not good, and she was kicked hard, Grandma took medicine and it didn't work, Ling'er soaked in the room with two big eyes and guarded Grandma for a day and a night, and finally the meager breath was gone, Ling'er's heart twitched violently, as if it was crushed, and she held Grandma's weak hand, and her mind repeatedly echoed Grandma's last words

"There is a box in the drawer of the table, and there are still some money left in it that your parents gave you, take good care of yourself, ah Po is old, accompany... I can't accompany you... , for Grandma... Good.. Good.. Good.. Live.. ......!" Ling'er choked up and kept watch by Grandma's bed all night, and the next day with the help of Sister-in-law Wang and others, she buried Grandma, and Ling'er stayed in front of Grandma's grave until dark before going home.

The house was empty, and she could no longer hear the old voice calling her to speak to her, nor the loving eyes, nor the calloused old hand caressing her.

Ling'er felt empty in her heart, and she was the only one left in this room in the future! Ling'er took Grandma's spirit card and went to bed, curled herself up in a ball and hugged Grandma's spirit card tightly, these days she was busy taking care of Grandma and didn't have much rest, and soon Ling'er fell asleep.

Ling'er would come to Grandma's grave every day and tell Grandma about the bits and pieces of her life, as if it was the same as before.

Ling'er blamed herself more and more, she thought that if she could protect her grandmother that day, she wouldn't be like this, but she was too small and too weak, so she was easily kicked away, and now she still has a faint pain in her body.

She wondered if she could protect the people she wanted to protect if she became stronger. Ling'er thinks like this every day, which makes her start to dislike such a weak self.

Ling'er suddenly thought of the immortals that the old man once said, there is a sect of immortal cultivation called the Yuanqing faction. He said that the Yuanqing faction will recruit disciples with roots and bones in September every year, at that time, the old man glanced at her, his eyes were very strange, and he seemed to have a little compassion, saying that he would draw a map on the ground, go out from the village and go to the south, he would pass through Qingshui City, and after Qingshui City, he would pass through Guiyuan City and walk east for a day to reach the Yuanqing faction.

She thought, maybe the old man is really an immortal, so he looked at her with that kind of look and then told her the route to the Yuanqing faction in detail.

If you can go to the Yuanqing faction, will you be as powerful as the immortals that the old man said?