Three days later, Maoshan.

The splashing stops, and the clouds dissipate.

Looking at Maoshan Mountain from afar, Qingqi faction, three peaks are majestic, and they reflect each other.

Now, the top of the main peak is no longer the Taoist who summons the heavenly thunder, the eerie and terrifying demons are gone, and there are even fewer unbridled laughter and sad cries, only the mountain wind is still there.

Under the cliff of thousands of walls, a turbulent river rushes through and never sleeps.

And on the cliff wall that is five or six zhang away from the river surface, a cliff locust tree takes root from the mountain stone, although it is sparse and unbearable, but it is full of vigor and vigor and scatters its leaves. Today, however, the locust is different, with a dying, ragged man lying on top of the canopy.

In the haze, a voice in his heart asked, "Where am I?" and what is going on?...... Father!?

Thinking of his father, he suddenly woke up.

After experiencing thunderstorms and sun, rain and sun, his clothes were only torn and covered by his body, and his bare body was scarred.

His mind was muddy, and he struggled for a long time before he could barely stand up and look around. After a while, he suddenly realized that he was lying on a cliff tree, and through the branches and leaves, he saw the clear turquoise and roaring river below him, and he couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly hugged a branch.

He shook his head vigorously and vaguely regained his senses, and looked around again in despair, his eyes gradually focused on a brass bell hanging from the branches, and his thoughts gradually became clear......

Maoshan, Taoist priest, demon, black cloud, heavenly thunder, ancient sword, old immortal ...... Father...... Ayuhiro!

He remembered the matter of praying for his father with Buhong, and remembered the tragic scene on the top of Maoshan Mountain, and even remembered the dying entrustment of Sect Master Xu, as well as Lu Yezi...... Even, even the despair of death when he fell off the cliff is still vivid, and now, he is the only one left in the canopy.

Buhiro, the good brother known as the man of destiny, is gone.

For a long time, Liang Shiming looked at the steep cliff beside him and the turbulent river below him with tears in his eyes, and was annoyed that he could not die with Buhong, because in addition to grief, he clearly realized that he didn't know water at all, and now although he was living on the canopy, he couldn't escape after all, and the result was only starvation or drowning.

Liang Shiming grabbed the copper bell in the center of his hand and felt all kinds of grief, now don't say the entrustment of the old immortal, even the siblings don't know whether to live or die, under the entanglement of pain and sorrow, he cried silently, only the river flowing under him responded.

Gradually, he felt his limbs become weaker and weaker, and his consciousness blurred, as if the sparse canopy could no longer carry a dying man who had lost his faith, and before the last vestiges of consciousness were about to die, he felt his body tumbling down the turbulent river.

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An ancient town, a noisy water street.

Water Street is named after a waterway that runs from north to south, and is lined with moss-covered stone stairs lined with houses.

In Liang Shiming's consciousness, after falling into the river, he should have died at this time, but when he opened his eyes, he saw that he was lying in a waterway, with a thin stream floating around his body, and in his hand, he was still holding the copper bell given by Sect Master Xu of Maoshan Mountain.

"Huh?" I don't know where he is, Liang Shiming tied the Xuanhua bell around his waist, slowly got up, and looked around stupidly: At this time, there are many people in front of the doors, calling for buying and selling, people coming and going, so it's not lively.

At that moment, a door on the steps beside him was suddenly pushed open, and a woman with a wooden basin in her hand came out of the door. The woman was in good shape, but there seemed to be something strange on her face, and the distance between her eyes was surprisingly large, almost up to her ears......

Before Liang Shiming could see it clearly, the woman had already walked to the side of the steps, and without looking, she poured the waste water in the basin into the waterway where Liang Shiming was.

Liang Shiming was about to dodge, but suddenly he was so frightened that he couldn't move. It turned out that the woman's tub was not spilling wastewater, but ...... Spotted human bones.

"Ah!" After the human bones were scattered at his feet, Liang Shiming couldn't hold back any longer, struggling to turn his head and run. And just as he turned around and was about to run away, he bumped into a person behind him unexpectedly, and he was scared out of the sky.

After a moment of coming back to his senses, Liang Shiming saw that it was a white-haired old man who was hit, but fortunately the old man was not knocked down by himself.

The old man who was hit had red eyes and a red nose, and his face was full of kindness, he didn't blame at the moment, but just signaled Liang Shiming to shut down, and then led him down the stairs to the steps, and then into a secluded alley.

"Old man, where is this?" Liang Shiming asked urgently before he could stand still.

"This is the town of Goshi. The old man stroked his beard.

"Could it be that it was named by the saint?" asked Liang Shiming.

"The name doesn't matter...... the old man said lightly, then looked at Liang Shiming suspiciously, and asked, "This son, what's your name?"

"Junior, Liang Shiming. ”

"Oh, why did Liang Gongzi come from?"

"Me?" Liang Shiming didn't know how to answer, and he hadn't figured it out yet, and after thinking for a while, he muttered, "I...... I prayed for my father's blessing and went to Maoshan Mountain...... The old Taoist asked me to take his apprentice down the mountain...... Later, I was separated from the man of destiny, that is, my brother Ayuhiro, who fell off a cliff...... I ...... from the tree" He didn't know what he was talking about, maybe he just poured out all the words in his stomach.

The old man listened in a fog, and interrupted unhappily: "Okay, okay! It doesn't matter who you are. But ......"

"But what?" Liang Shiming asked.

"However, now that you are in danger, you will be killed at any time, and you still don't know it!"

"Huh?" For Liang Shiming, who came from the top of Maoshan Mountain, he shouldn't have been so surprised at this moment, but he was still subconsciously shocked.

The old man lowered his voice and asked rhetorically, "Could it be that you didn't see that pot of human bones?"

Liang Shiming gasped after hearing this, and nodded heavily.

"That's it, I said that you are in danger, how can I blame you?" the old man said in a serious way, then pondered for a moment, and then asked, "You said you were looking for someone?"

Liang Shiming nodded excitedly and said: "Buhong! His name is Buhong, a native of Puxiang, Changzhou, who fled when he was a child and was taken in by his father...... My father was critically ill, and I went to Maoshan to pray for blessings, but unfortunately fell off the cliff, and now I don't know whether I am alive or ......dead."

"Alright!" said the old man, as if he did not want to listen any longer, and said with a look of confidence, "I can help you, old man." ”

"What!?" Liang Shiming asked excitedly, "Can you really help me find him? Have you seen him......?

"It doesn't matter what his name is!" the old man interrupted impatiently, then stared at Liang Shiming and asked solemnly, "The important thing is how you repay me?"

Without hesitation, Liang Shiming immediately said: "The old man is very gracious, and the younger generation is unforgettable, please accept the worship of the younger generation." "Say that you will give a great gift.

The old man said unhappily: "This is useless! You have to do me a favor." ”

Although he didn't know what the old man in front of him would ask, Liang Shiming still replied happily: "Yes." The old man doesn't hurt to talk about it, the younger generation will definitely go to the soup!"

The old man stared at Liang Shiming suspiciously and asked, "Are you sure you won't break your promise?"

"If the younger generation breaks his promise, the sky will thunder and split, and he will not die well!"

"Yes! I believe you. The old man nodded, and said tightly, "What I said below is very important, you don't have to find out the roots, just remember to do it." ”

Liang Shiming nodded solemnly.

The old man sighed, and said with a sigh in his eyes: "That's the case, old man, I have a grandson, surnamed Li, and his name is big." Now I calculated that he was about to be in great trouble, but there was nothing I could do but be anxious and blind. If you can save his life, you will repay me, and I will be grateful to Dade for the old man, and it will be unforgettable. ”

The old man said, seeing that Liang Shiming didn't move for a long time, he asked again, "Don't you have anything to ask?"

Liang Shiming shook his head violently.

The old man's color changed drastically, and he said angrily: "When my grandson is in trouble, you don't ask, how can you rescue him?

"Old man, you made me listen and not ask. Liang Shiming said aggrievedly.

"Hmph. I tell you that my grandson will have trouble on the first night of his journey, and you can help him. ”

"The first night of going out?" Liang Shiming muttered and repeated, and then asked, "How can I help?"

"Say, don't ask!"

As long as he can find Buhong, Liang Shiming doesn't care about that much, and immediately promises: "Okay! No matter what, as long as you can help me find Buhong, your grandson's affairs will be handed over to me, even if he dies for him, I am willing!"

"Good. The old man nodded with satisfaction, and said lightly, "To tell you the truth, this place is a cannibal, and your friend is afraid that he will be caught by the official family and eaten." ”

The old man's expression seemed to be commonplace, but Liang Shiming unconsciously shuddered after hearing it.

didn't care about Liang Shiming's reaction, the old man continued: "Since you agreed to my request, the old man will definitely help you." It's just, I don't know if you dare?"

"Dare!" Liang Shiming replied without hesitation.

"That's good!" the old man nodded in admiration and said, "Little old man will help you get into the official's house, as for the result, it is all up to the son himself." ”

While the two were talking, they saw a group of unkempt prisoners walking on the waterway, and they were passing by under the reprimand of an official.

The old man was quick-eyed, and hurriedly pushed Liang Shiming into the depths of the alley, and then leaned out and shouted a few times to the official, and invited him into the alley.

"What for?" asked the official impatiently as he walked to the mouth of the alley.

The old man greeted him attentively and asked, "Thank you, are you busy?"

"yes, what's wrong?"

The old man rubbed his hands together and said happily, "That's ......"

Before the old man could say any more, the official pushed him away, stared at Liang Shiming in the depths of the alley, and asked viciously, "He, is he a human?"