Chapter 3 Thirst for Immortals
Huang Laodao and the little disciple entered the village along the dirt road.
It was already early afternoon, the road was muddy after the rain, and there were not many people walking around the village.
Huang Laodao saw a young man walking dejectedly from a distance, and immediately took a picture of him.
The young man screamed, and recovered from the astonishment that flew through the air, and found the old man in front of him with a childish face, looking at him with kind eyes. The young man looked back at the road in disbelief, and suddenly knelt down: "Immortal, immortal!"
"Get up. This is my master, the Barren Mountain Daoist, you can call him Huangxian Master. The little disciple raised his neck and said.
"Yes, Huang Xianshi!"
Seeing the young man's frightened appearance, Huang Laodao was full of smiles, it seemed that there had never been other immortal cultivators here.
"Have there been other immortal masters in this Daping Village in the past?" the little disciple asked at the moment.
"No, no. "The lad is kind of unable to find his own voice.
"Let all of you in the village come here......"
Huang Laodao interrupted: "Qingmu, don't worry. It's not early today, and if you go, tomorrow you will let them come here. ”
Saying that, Huang Laodao waved his sleeves slightly, and the two disappeared in front of the young man.
The young man was the second boy in the wine shop, looking at the empty streets in disbelief.
This comes and goes, out of the gods, and there is no doubt that it is really an immortal technique.
Difficult... Could it be that what Old Man Ji said is true!
Xiao Er hurriedly turned around and ran towards the wine shop: "Shopkeeper, I saw the immortal......
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Old man Ji's residence is a courtyard with one entry and one exit, and the courtyard gate is naturally made of a fence wall surrounded by morning glory and vines. The three rooms are the bedrooms of Old Man Ji, Scholar and Cheng Zhaozhao.
There is a study room with bright windows on the south side, which contains a lot of books, and when the scholar is not there, Cheng Zhaozhao always likes to read books there.
There is a small cubicle outside Old Man Ji's bedroom, and there are many strange things in it, all of which were collected from the outside when Old Man Ji was young, rag bags, small wooden boxes, broken copper and iron, etc., of course, more of a hexagram by him.
Other than that, there is only a small kitchen and a utility room.
There is a hundred-year-old pine and cypress in the center of the courtyard, and the thick branches of the tree have crowded the square inch of the sky above the courtyard. Interestingly, the branches of this pine and cypress are hung with many copper coins hung with red ropes, and when the wind blows, the copper coins collide with each other, and a crisp sound can be heard.
This is Old Man Ji's favorite 'cash cow'.
Cheng Zhaozhao, who went to the study, opened a copy of "Tianchu Records of Observations", which she inadvertently found from the bookshelf, it was a handwritten manuscript, and it was written by Old Man Ji.
This handwriting is what she was interested in at first, most of the books here are scholars, she has been with Old Man Ji for so long, she has not seen him read a book.
And this is a travelogue, which records what Old Man Ji saw and heard in Tianchu when he was young, and the stories of the immortals in it made her particularly interested.
The people of Daping Village only know that the Cangwu Mountains are boundless, and the deep mountains and wild forests make them unable to travel all their lives, and they are content to be in a corner, and they are quite satisfied with the natural products given by the Cangwu Mountains.
Cheng Zhaozhao knew better, she knew that the Cangwu Mountain Range was just a natural barrier separating Dongling and the southern border. Mortals can't explore more, but immortal cultivators can.
At the beginning of the travelogue, it is recorded that this Tianchu Continent has the location of the mortal world and the immortal cultivation world, and mortals need to obtain spiritual roots, and only when they meet immortals can they have the opportunity to become immortal cultivators. Immortal cultivators have extraordinary abilities, and have the ability to fly to the sky and the earth, and to conquer mountains and seas.
Old man Ji also boasted of being a genius when he was young, and he was particularly enthusiastic about cultivating immortals, looking for opportunities to lead immortals everywhere. It's just that fate seems to have played a joke on him, and the immortals he met either cheated him out of his money or wanted to kill him. Until his wife was separated and his family wealth was scattered, he was disheartened and thought of suicide, but he met an immortal cultivator in a desperate situation.
The immortal cultivator saw that he was pitiful, and calculated the spiritual root for him, but it was a pity that the old man Ji was not the life of the immortal. After that, Old Man Ji got the method of Xuan Yan and became a fortune teller from then on.
Closing the book, Cheng Zhaozhao sighed. This book is not so much about what Old Man Ji saw and heard, but more about his autobiography.
He was thirsty for immortality in this life, but he didn't get what he wanted after all.
"Giggles!"
Qianli flapped his wings by the door, and Cheng Zhaozhao walked over quickly to hug it.
"Let's not go to the mountains today, we have more important things to do. ”
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If it was usual, the smoke of the cooking in the village would rise, and the voice of Old Man Ji returning could be heard outside the gate, asking Cheng Zhaozhao what he had for dinner.
But today, Cheng Zhaozhao was preparing a large table of sumptuous game dishes, but he didn't see Old Man Ji for a long time.
Get up, sit down, sit down, get up. The copper coins on the cash cow 'Ding Dong Ding Dong' made Cheng Zhaozhao's anxious heart gradually calm down.
Outsiders say that Old Man Ji is a liar who talks nonsense, but she knows that Old Man Ji is really good at divination, so she ......
"Don't hide in the doorway, old man. I know you're back. Cheng Zhaozhao rushed to the gate.
Chisato jumped and rushed out at the moment.
It didn't take long to hear the voice of the old man Ji.
"Ouch, you quail, I'll go in, can't I go in?"
Old man Ji dodged Qianli into the house, and when he saw the dishes on the table, his eyes lit up, and he sat down hurriedly.
"What a good day today, my granddaughter-in-law actually sat on so many of my favorite dishes. Sweet and sour fish, stir-fried bean pods, haha, let me taste it. As he spoke, he picked up the chopsticks and grabbed the dish in front of him and was about to stuff it into his mouth.
At this time, Cheng Zhaozhao placed the bamboo stick holder in front of him.
Old man Ji avoided: "Well, this tastes good, not bad." As he spoke, he attacked another dish.
Cheng Zhaozhao took out a lottery and put it in front of him: "Old man, this is the last one I draw." ”
Old man Ji paused, pretending not to hear anything and continued to eat.
Cheng Zhaozhao took a deep breath and said, "Grandpa Ji, I saw your travelogue. ”
I don't know if he was frightened by this 'Grandpa Ji', or the latter sentence, Old Man Ji suddenly froze, then blushed and coughed violently.
Cheng Zhaozhao hurriedly got up and patted him on the back: "How many times have I told you that you have to eat slowly, but you just don't listen." ”
"Ahem......"
"Are you feeling better?"
"Ahem, no, it's not good. It's going to be better for a while...... What does the granddaughter-in-law have to say...... Ahem, next time. ”
Old man Ji got up and walked out.
"You have to say it early or late. ”
"Then we'll talk about it later......"
"But I want to go to my father!"
Old man Ji stopped in place with his back to Cheng Zhaozhao, and after a while, he suddenly turned around and came back, throwing chopsticks on the table: "You stinky girl, you can't let the old man have a good meal anymore." ”
"I'm sorry. ”
"Don't say anything I'm sorry, I'm sorry it's useful, why do you want the village chief to do it?"