Chapter 16: I'll Find You
"Xiaoyou is not only strong, but also intelligent!" An old voice sounded in the hall, mixed with a hint of hoarseness. Another dark figure floated out of the Buddha statue, in the form of an old man. The old man has legs and feet, lacks nothing, like a real person, but he floats in mid-air, his body is translucent, and he is clear and extinguished, like a broken candle in the autumn wind.
"Is this Buddha statue a refinement?" Xu Ming originally wanted to pretend to be a force, but he didn't expect that there were really people.
Brother Wolf changed his submissive expression at this time, bared his fangs at the old man, and exhaled a heavy turbid breath from his nostrils.
"Grandpa!" Little Lori suddenly floated out from behind Brother Wolf and threw herself into the old man's arms.
"Little Beibei is getting heavier again, grandpa can't hold it soon!"
"Where is it!" Xu Ming could see the blush of the little Lori who had become a ghost.
Xu Ming's eyes when he looked at Brother Wolf instantly became a little sympathetic.
"It's too pretentious, sure enough, a man's mouth is a deceitful ghost, and he is still disrespectful to the old when he is so old!" Tang Jinling relied on the fact that no one present could understand her speech, and said the truth recklessly.
The old man put down the little Lori: "Down here is the land, what I said about Beibei is heavy, it means that the yang energy in her body is heavy, and it is not just teasing her." The old man looked at Tang Jinling on Xu Ming's shoulder, there was no malice in his eyes, but it still made her feel furious.
"Does this old man also know how to read minds?" Tang Jinling instantly blushed a little, just now she was speaking ill of him in front of others!
The old man said: "I was originally a witch clan, and later I practiced the cultivation method of the human race and became a heavenly immortal, but after all, my qualifications were not enough, my blood was not pure, and I failed to become a golden immortal, so I failed to enter the heavenly court, so I had to make a small land in this side." β
"I understand, this heavenly immortal is equivalent to being lifted, if you didn't enter the heavenly court, you didn't become a Beijing official, and you became a county magistrate here!" Xu Ming made the confused wolf brother even more messy through analogy.
The old man smiled: "So to speak! So, in fact, cultivating immortals is also a profession, the same as reading." Cheng Xian is the middle lift, and Cheng Jin Immortal is the middle jinshi. Xu Ming had already learned about the situation of cultivating immortals in this world at a tall and strong place, so he was not too surprised, but Brother Wolf heard about it for the first time, and asked in surprise: "Then what do you want to cultivate immortals, I also want to become an immortal and be happy." β
"It's the same as reading, reading is not the goal, it's the way. Cultivating immortals is not the goal, it is the way. Studying is to take the exam and become an official, and only when you become an official can you have the ability to realize your dreams. Just like you, you cultivate immortals and turn into humans, are you just to become immortals? Aren't you here to find Beibei, aren't you here to help Beibei reshape her body?" the old man's tone was very light, and he taught Brother Wolf step by step.
"Do you want to cultivate immortals? You are greedy for her body, you are cheap!" Xu Ming suddenly stepped up and picked up the old man's words.
"Wait, wait, digress. Xu Ming hurriedly pulled the topic of deviation, "So what's going on?, why is this little Lori still in her spirit, listening to Brother Wolf's description, she should have been gone for a long time." β
"It's a long story. The old man also said the beginning of the classic story. "To make a long story short, I'm busy. Xu Ming urged, but his body honestly moved the futon that had been moved aside, and sat down to listen to the story.
"About 100 years ago, I was sent here to make a small land, although the merit is not high, but it is better to be idle, so I accepted the appointment of the heavenly court and came here. β
"There is only one village within a radius of dozens of miles here, and most of the people in the village are surnamed Zhu, and this village is also called Zhujia Village. I have shown my spirit a few times in the village and helped me a little, and the villagers of this village have built me a small temple on this mountain, which is also counted as the ancestral hall of their village. β
"The people of the small village did not have any rules and taboos, and put the idols of my gods and the idols of their ancestors in the temple. I don't care, anyway, the incense merit is really not much, I still have to live on my salary. Later, I rescued a young girl who had escaped from her enemies on the mountain. At that time, I was still a young and vigorous young man, and the girl wanted to make a promise, and I had no choice, so I obeyed her. When the old man said this, the style of painting suddenly was not quite right. was forcibly interrupted by Xu Ming: "Skip these useless details, you just say that it's over together, the audience doesn't care about your love history." β
The old man wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth: "Later, she gave birth to a son and a daughter for me. The daughter went to Zhujia Village to become an ordinary peasant woman. gave birth to a daughter, that is, Beibei. And my son inherited the bloodline of my Wu clan, and he decided to return to the Wu clan to practice the cultivation art of the Wu clan. He slipped away while I was going to Heavenly Court to report on my work, and this wolf was also blessed by my son to be able to cultivate. β
"So, this wolf brother really has to call you grandpa. Xu Ming touched his chin: "First of all, congratulations on you and Xiao Lori." Brother Wolf's brain circuit couldn't keep up with Xu Ming, and he was still stuck in place.
"Later, because I didn't have the merit of incense, my divine power weakened day by day. The divine power of a land god is tied to his incense merits. So when that gang of bandits came, I didn't have the power to protect the village. The villagers who escaped from the village hid in the temple, but to no avail, they burned down the temple along with it, and took away all the valuable things in the temple, except for my Buddha statue and futon, which they could not hold. When the old man recalled this history, his voice was full of remorse and unwillingness.
"Before she died, Beibei's mother asked Beibei to go to her uncle, my son, to avenge the village. Beibei's soul did not dissipate because of this, and she took with her mother, her father, and even the resentment and hope of the whole village. These resentments were enough to lead her into evil ways, and I had to use what little divine power I had left to protect her soul and make her forget about them. The old man's eyes were full of kindness and reluctance when he looked at little Lori.
"Then what should she do now that she knows?" Xu Ming was a little confused, "Aren't you afraid that she will become a ghost?" The old man smiled helplessly: "My divine power is about to be exhausted, but fortunately I met you when I was about to die." I'm already using the witch's innate supernatural powers to forcibly hang this breath now, and I feel like I could leave at any time. β
"Grandpa!" Little Lori's eyes turned red: "Don't go, it's okay, Beibei will be obedient." β
"In fact, the gang of bandits back then has been ambushed. Brother Wolf suddenly spoke, "They were all captured by the masters of the six gates of Jinling, and just a few days after burning down the village, they have all been beheaded for public display." I've disappeared for the past few days to investigate the matter. β
"How do you know that she is haunted by this incident?" Xu Ming asked him.
"I don't know, I'm just puzzled by the fact that the village is gone, so I went to investigate. "Brother Wolf is naΓ―ve, but silly wolf has stupid blessings, this time it is crooked.
As she was talking, Little Lori's body slowly became lighter and lighter. "What's wrong with me?" little Lori looked at her body in confusion, and her voice became smaller.
"What's going on?" Brother Wolf was anxious, opened his mouth to bite the corner of Little Lori's clothes, tried several times, and all of them were empty. "The wish has been fulfilled, and Beibei can go to reincarnation. The old man looked at little Lori and smiled a little relieved, and his figure began to fade.
"How do you say that you and your granddaughter are going to die on the same day, the same month, the same year?" Xu Ming looked at the two figures in front of him who were gradually fading. This kind of thing may not be seen once in a normal person's life, but Xu Ming saw it twice a day in this broken temple.
Xu Ming suddenly remembered something: "No, isn't it a wish to find an uncle?"
The old man sighed: "This is her mother's wish, as time goes by, these obsessions will fade away, but the obsession of revenge is too deep and has not been dispersed for a long time, and finding her uncle may not be a wish for Beibei." "It turns out that my uncle doesn't have a row!
"I'll look for you in the next life!Wait for me!" Brother Wolf looked at the little Lori who was almost invisible, and two lines of tears dripped down his face.
But until the little Lori has completely disappeared, I didn't hear her reply again. Maybe Brother Wolf was just wishful thinking from beginning to end.
"Stupid wolf, remember to come to me, if you can't wait for you, this girl will fly alone!" Little Lori's voice suddenly appeared in Brother Wolf's ear, like a whisper to him. Of course, Xu Ming's hearing played a key role at this time - he also heard. At this time, the old man on the side winked at Xu Ming and disappeared. Xu Ming was stunned for a moment, then smiled as well, and winked at the place where the old man had disappeared.
At the foot of the mountain, Xu Ming drove the carriage and looked at the wolf brother on the side. Brother Wolf stood on a rock and looked up into the distance. After the heavy rain, the sky is as clear as a sapphire, and the world under the blue sky is bathed in sunlight, and there is a sense of sacredness when viewed from afar.
"Brother Wolf, are you really going to look for her?" Xu Ming also looked into the distance, that was the direction of Jinling - the Ziyang Sect was not far from Jinling, and Jinling could be said to be covered by the Ziyang Sect.
Brother Wolf's hair shone in the sun: "Of course, I will definitely find her, this is my promise, a good wolf is a word, and the horse is difficult to chase." β
"OKOK, good luck!" Xu Ming watched a lonely but not lonely figure drift away. He turned his horse's head and headed for Jinling.
On the way, Tang Jinling suddenly got out of the car and asked him, "What do you mean by winking at that old man at the end?"
Xu Ming smiled: "The old man is complaining, he pretends to be a little Lori and whispers to Brother Wolf." β
"What whispers?"
Stupid wolf, remember to come to me, if you can't wait for you, this girl will fly solo!
"Bah, baba "Isn't Brother Wolf deceived?"
Xu Ming shook his head: "Not really." That little Lori really looks like Brother Wolf, and Brother Wolf is really reliable. You must know that animal cultivation, especially animal cultivation that does not possess human intelligence like you, is very difficult. And he went to investigate the destruction of a small village decades ago, as a wolf, which is understandably difficult. Xu Ming paused and continued: "So it's quite relieved for the old man to entrust little Lori to Brother Wolf. β
"I always felt like you were scolding me around the bush. Tang Jinling snorted softly and went back to the carriage.
Jinling, a magnificent and prosperous city, gradually appeared in front of Xu Ming's eyes.