Chapter 243

Xu Yang raised his right hand slightly, it was too late to stop it, and watching the disappearance of the steamed buns, he could only swallow his saliva secretly.

But he thought that he had originally planned to give this steamed bun to the other party, but now he was reluctant, his face couldn't help but turn a little red, and he said embarrassedly: "Old man, I saw you just now without moving, and I couldn't detect your breathing and heartbeat, thinking you ......"

"I thought I was dead, didn't you think you were so vicious at such a young age!" The old beggar licked all the broken steamed buns on his fingers, but his attitude towards Xu Yang did not improve at all, but became even worse, and a pair of eyes stared at Xu Yang, as if he wanted to eat people!

Seeing this, Xu Yang was full of grievances, and the tears in his eyes almost flowed out, he was still a child after all!

But the old beggar on the other side was still the same.

Xu Yang was a little at a loss, and finally could only stand up helplessly, bow to the old beggar, and said, "I just misunderstood, I hope you don't be surprised by the old man!"

"Hmph!" The old man glanced at Xu Yang with contempt, and then said casually: "Even if you still have a little conscience, I will spare you a lot." yes, what did you want to do with me just now?"

Finding that the other party's tone improved, Xu Yang's face finally looked better, and he said honestly: "At that time, I thought that you were dead, old man, so I wanted to drag your corpse away...... Go and bury it. ”

Speaking of the back, Xu Yang was a little hesitant, but when he saw that the other party had no anger, he said it with confidence.

"You want to bury me alive! You kid don't want to live anymore?!" After Xu Yang's last word, the old beggar suddenly lost his calmness, and the whole person jumped up.

His eyes glared at Xu Yang with a ruthless look, and a pair of hands that were thin like cat's claws were clenched tightly, so angry that even the bones were exposed, and he looked ready to fight hard.

"It's just a misunderstanding! I really thought you were dead!" Seeing the old beggar going crazy again, Xu Yang, who had just settled down a little, lifted his heart again, and the tears in his eyes finally couldn't stop flowing.

Xu Yang has grown so big, and it is the first time he has met such a person when he is doing good.

When the old beggar saw this, he calmed down his anger a little, "Okay, I know it's a misunderstanding, just now I was just angry." I'm so sorry to scare you. You gave you the steamed bun just now, right? I would like to say thank you. Suddenly, the old beggar seemed to be a different person.

Xu Yang wiped his tears when he heard this, but he didn't dare to entangle with the old beggar anymore. He picked up the bamboo sticks on the ground and hurried to the gate of the small city.

When he reached the city gate, one of the two guards blocked his way and said in a cold tone, "Are you going to take the test?"

Xu Yang nodded a little fearfully and responded, "Yes." ”

"Then come with me!" the guard said coldly, leading the way directly in front.

Xu Yang nodded in response, and then followed honestly.

The guard took Xu Yang directly to the small square platform before turning around and asking, "Do you know the rules of the test?"

"I don't know?" Xu Yang said with a little embarrassment, his eyes looking at the guards shrunken, looking a little scared.

The guard frowned, but when he saw that Xu Yang still had tears in his eyes, he looked desolate and pitiful, and he didn't have a good attack at the moment, so he just said: "The place where we are is Dengxian City in Benzhou, and what you are in front of is Dengxiantai." Dengxiantai, called Dengxian, as the name suggests, is a step to the platform of immortals. ”

Seeing Xu Yang's chicken nodding like a rice, the guard bowed slightly, feeling that this little beggar was not annoying, and continued: "Dengxiantai is a place where immortals choose spirit children with immortal cultivation qualifications, but any child between the ages of eight and ten can come here to participate in the test. Legend has it that once a child passes the test, he will be selected by the immortal to become a flying immortal. If you look closely, you will see an immortal in front of you. ”

After the guard finished speaking, he pointed to the old Taoist on the square platform.

Xu Yang followed the other party's point and looked at the Taoist priest on the square platform.

This Taoist priest is dressed in a gray robe, with a childish face and crane hair, and fairy wind bones. At this moment, he was meditating cross-legged, as if he didn't notice Xu Yang and the guards.

Xu Yang didn't have much feeling originally, but when he heard the guard's words at this moment, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the old Taoist in front of him looked like an immortal, and nodded immediately: "See clearly." ”

After Xu Yang knew that it was an immortal in front of him, his face became respectful, and at the same time he said with some uneasiness: "If we talk like this, will it disturb him?"

"Haha!" the guard chuckled softly, "he has a formation around him, and although we can see him, the sound can't be heard." But we can't stay here for long, so I'll cut it short for now. In fact, this test is very simple, you go up directly and see if you can walk up to the square platform, with a time limit of a quarter of an hour. You only get one chance, and hopefully you'll succeed. ”

The guard's face became serious as he spoke, and he stepped aside and said no more.

When Xu Yang saw this scene, he couldn't wait to walk to the side of the square platform.

If you look closely at this square platform, there are a total of ten stone stairs on this square platform, and it seems that it is no more than a breeze to walk up. This made him a little excited, and at the same time a little nervous.

I saw him put down the bamboo stick in his hand, raised his right foot, and stepped on the first stone step.

As soon as his right foot stepped on the stone steps, Xu Yang felt that his right foot sank, as if it had been injected with lead.

With such an abnormality, he wanted to retract his feet right away. But in my mind, I remembered the words of the guard just now, and there is only one chance!

As soon as Xu Yang gritted his teeth, his left foot exerted force, and the whole person stepped on!

Standing on the first stone step, Xu Yang felt as if there was an invisible force pressing down from above, making it difficult for him to move.

It was only then that he realized that this test was not as simple as it seemed. With a look of determination in his eyes, he lifted his right foot with difficulty and stepped onto the second stone step.

A pressure that was twice as heavy as the previous one made his right foot ache.

Xu Yang's dirty little face showed a trace of pain, but it disappeared in an instant, and instead he used his left foot to step on the second stone step smoothly.

But what he didn't notice was that on the first stone step, there was a faint trace of blood where he had stepped on.

On the second stone step, Xu Yang felt that the pressure on his body was extremely huge, and the bones all over his body were squeezed into pain.

This feeling made Xu Yang very uncomfortable, but it did not make him flinch, but aroused his childish competitiveness, and he looked at the third stone step and stepped on it without hesitation.

When Xu Yang's right foot stepped on the third step, a sharp pain immediately came from his right foot, and the pain entered his heart.

Almost at the same time, he stepped on his left foot.

When the whole person climbed the third stone step, Xu Yang's pupils shrank suddenly, and the sharp pain in his body made him extremely uncomfortable.

In the face of such severe pain, he knew that he would definitely not last long.

Looking at the fourth stone step, Xu Yang knew that after going up, it would definitely be even more painful. But when he thought of the purpose of his coming this time, there was madness in his eyes, and he stepped directly without hesitation!

"Roar!" stepped on the fourth step with his right foot, and the feeling of pain made Xu Yang roar, but his left foot was still raised.

When he stood on the fourth order, his back was already rickety. The strong pressure made his waist unable to bear it anymore. At this time, Xu Yang's face became a little hideous, and the sharp pain on his body made his thinking no longer clear.

At this moment, Xu Yang only knows to move on!

He didn't flinch in the slightest, stepping on the fifth step, and the pain came from his right foot into his heart, making his body tremble. However, he suddenly climbed on the whole person.

On the fifth stone step, Xu Yang was already prostrate on the ground, and he held the ground with his hands so that he would not fall. Under strong pressure, he was in pain in addition to pain.

Xu Yang didn't pause and climbed the sixth stone step.

Xu Yang on the sixth order knelt on the ground, his eyes were bloodshot, and he almost lost his mind.

Without stopping, Xu Yang walked forward on his knees and climbed the seventh stone step. At this moment, he was almost lying on the ground, and his whole body was constantly trembling.

Seeing this, the guards below opened their mouths with sympathy in their eyes but remained silent.

He knew that Xu Yang was about to reach his limit, but he couldn't bear to persuade the other party, because he didn't want to shatter a child's dream of becoming an immortal by himself.

He even remembered the scene when he was climbing.

"Ah!" Xu Yang climbed the eighth stone step with both hands, and gritted his teeth with all his strength to climb up the eighth stone step.

At this time, Xu Yang's whole body was compressed, the wound on his foot overflowed with blood, and his eyes were even redder, as if they were about to drip blood.

No one thought about it, and he used all his strength with both hands and feet, and his head reached the ninth stone step.

Subsequently, Xu Yang was even more desperate, his head was on the ninth stone step, his body rolled, and his whole body miraculously went up to the ninth stone step.

However, at this moment, his whole body was like mud, lying on the ground without the slightest movement.

At this time, the bones in Xu Yang's whole body seemed to be about to burst, and his eyes looked at the square platform that was close at hand, and blood and tears flowed from his eyes.

As long as he goes one step further, he can pass the test, but the pressure on his body makes it impossible for him to act anymore.

His right index finger was slightly raised, but it was quickly pressed down, and the pain all over his body was so severe that he couldn't even make a sound.

He collapsed on top of the ninth order without saying a word, his eyes revealing infinite pain and longing.

The guard below, who had been watching the situation, had a look of disappointment in his eyes, which were originally full of anticipation and surprise.

This guard originally saw Xu Yang actually go up to the ninth stone step, and he couldn't help but look forward to it, because he had only seen it a few times in the few years he had been guarding here.

But at this moment, he found that the other party had no strength to move forward, so he could only shake his head and sigh lightly. He also understands this situation, and Xu Yang can only stay up for time.

Become an immortal in one step!

That's just the way it goes!

The severe pain made Xu Yang's consciousness gradually lost, and he knew that in this life and this life, it should be hopeless to become an immortal, just because of the stone steps in front of him!

When Xu Yang lost consciousness, Fang Tai suddenly emitted a faint white light, and Xu Yang's whole person was bounced away.

"Bang!" Xu Yang's body was ejected, and he fell under the first stone step, never moving again.

On the stone steps, the blood stains he left behind disappeared without a trace after the white light, and there was no trace left by Xu Yang.

"Hey!" the guard sighed, walked to Xu Yang's side and lifted it up with one hand, bowed to the Taoist on the square platform, and walked outside.

I don't know how long it took, but when Xu Yang opened his eyes again, he saw an old and dirty face.

This made Xu Yang startled, and he wanted to retreat with his hands, but he unexpectedly found that he was blocked by something behind him, and he couldn't step back a bit.

He turned his head and saw that it was the city wall.

Then, he also saw the appearance of the person in front of him, and it turned out to be the old beggar, "Old man, why am I here?"

"You didn't pass the test just now, and you fainted, so the guards sent you out. The old beggar smiled, and then his face showed admiration, "You kid actually went up to the ninth order, that's not something everyone can do!"

When Xu Yang heard the old beggar's words, he remembered what had just happened, and his face suddenly showed a look of loss, and he said, "Then what can it be? It's not a failure! Although it is only one order away, I know that the pressure on that level is so great that I don't have any hope at all!"

"Look at the test you just now, don't be like your life. I've been here for a long time, but it's the first time I've seen you like this, is the matter of becoming an immortal really so important to you?" the old beggar looked at Xu Yang, with a faint doubt in his eyes.

Xu Yang was silent for a while before he whispered, "This is my only hope." ”

The old beggar was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "Oh, listening to your tone, it seems that there is a lot on your mind." Little old man, I have nothing to do, can you talk about your business, just take it as a pastime. ”

Xu Yang smiled bitterly, "Old man, what are you talking about? How can I be a little beggar with anything to say? There is almost nothing else to do except begging all day long." ”

But when Xu Yang saw the old beggar listening, he could only sigh and continue: "I have no father since I was a child, and my mother also died of illness when I was five years old, and I was forced to beg for a living after that. I just didn't expect that in the midst of begging, I was not stable, because I was young and helpless, and I was repeatedly bullied. ”

"Of course, when I'm older, I'm not the same as being chased around. Otherwise, in the end, I would not have ended up begging in this uninhabited land. The old beggar sighed and bowed his head.

"Yes, but there are still a lot of well-wishers, and Uncle Chen often protects me so that I can continue to make a living there. Xu Yang's face showed a hint of a smile.

"Oh, Uncle Chen, what kind of person is that?" the old beggar asked, "and in that case, why do you still want to come here, just continue to live there!"

Xu Yang looked at the old beggar and hesitated for a moment before saying, "His appearance is similar to you." As for me, it's because he's dead, and without his protection, I don't have a place there. I was forced to wander around, but wherever I went, I was quickly driven away. ”

Xu Yang's tone became deeper and lower, "I can't gain a foothold in the towns, and it's difficult to survive in the countryside." Just when I thought I couldn't make it up, I heard about the test in Dengxian City in a private school. ”

"So you're here?" said the old beggar with a smile on his lips. And Xu Yang didn't answer, just bowed his head slightly, which was considered a response.

The old beggar frowned and asked, "Now that you have failed, what are you going to do?"

When Xu Yang heard this, his eyes were gloomy, and he said confusedly: "I don't know." ”

The old beggar was stunned, and suddenly there was a look of confusion in his eyes, "Yes! ”

"Old man, do you also have something on your mind?" Xu Yang couldn't help but wonder when he saw the old beggar's expression.

"Of course, in this world, who will have no worries!" The old beggar was confused, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he squinted his eyes at Xu Yang, "But I'm not as bad as you, this is my territory, and you don't even have a territory!"

Xu Yang was stunned, but he also laughed, "Old man, even if you give me this kind of place, I won't want it." Although I Xu Yang is down now, I will get ahead one day!"

The old beggar had a look of surprise in his eyes, "Didn't you just know what to do? Why did you suddenly change?"

Xu Yangqiang stood up, although he was in pain, he just frowned, and he didn't snort, "Originally, yes, but old man, you are so old and so open-minded, how can I lose to you? I also want to occupy a territory, and it will be bigger and better than yours!"

The old beggar laughed, and rolled back and forth with laughter.

"Do you think I can't do it?" Xu Yang's eyes showed anger, and his fists clenched.

The old beggar finally stopped laughing, shook his head, and said, "No, I believe you can do it." Judging from the situation you just made desperately climbing the stone steps, you will definitely be able to do it. And your achievements will definitely be higher in the future, and when you get a piece of territory, you will want to get more. ”

Looking at Xu Yang, the old beggar's eyes were full of strangeness, "After that, you will not be willing to continue to be a beggar and want to live the life of ordinary people." When you become an ordinary person, you will feel dissatisfied and yearn for more wealth and higher status. Your desires will not be satisfied until the moment you die!"

Xu Yang opened his mouth, but his rebuttal was not issued, "Maybe what you said is right, when Uncle Chen is still alive." I also felt dissatisfied, wanted to get more land with him, and even hoped to have a better life with him. I want to serve him, build a hut, and live in peace. ”

But he passed away in a hurry, and I was once again alone. Xu Yang's eyes were full of loss, and it took a long time to recover from his past, and then he said dumbly, "However, you still haven't answered me, what were you laughing at just now?"

"I laugh at you for saying I'm open-minded!" The old beggar stretched out his right hand and grabbed Xu Yang's left hand, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

At the same time, Xu Yang felt that a warm current came from the other party's hand, and it quickly swam on his body, revealing an indescribable comfort, and the fatigue caused by the test on his body disappeared.

This result made Xu Yang stunned, and looked at the old beggar in shock, "You...... Are you?"

The old beggar had a strange smile on his face, "What am I?"

"Immortal!" Xu Yang's voice trembled in shock, but he still popped out these two words.

"Immortals?!" the old beggar smiled wryly, "for you, sort of." Boy, there is a fate between you and me, and the old man wants to take you as an apprentice, what do you think?"

Xu Yang's body was shocked, and after learning that the old beggar was an immortal, he was almost stunned, and just came back to his senses, the other party's words made him feel like a dream again.

His heart trembled, but he knelt down without the slightest hesitation, "Old man, I do!"

The old beggar bowed his head slightly, but frowned again, and glanced at the guards in front of the city gate, looking at them with curiosity.

He lifted Xu Yang up, and at the same time, a white light appeared on his body, enveloping both him and Xu Yang, and then flew away in one direction like an arrow.

When the two guards saw this situation, they were shocked, but they came back to their senses in an instant, and they both fell to the ground, shouting to send off the immortal master, but at that time, the old beggar and Xu Yang had already disappeared without a trace.

Xu Yang was picked up by the old beggar, flew in a low altitude, and was far away in a blink of an eye. He was in mid-air, a little scared at first, but soon settled down.

He was about to open his mouth to ask, but the old beggar suddenly landed in mid-air, and he couldn't help swallowing his words.

When Xu Yang stood firm on the ground, what he saw in front of him was a small clear lake.

"Wash it up right here!" commanded the old beggar in a soft voice, and at the same time he undressed himself and entered it.

Soon after, the two of them came out of the lake naked, the old beggar flashed white light in his right hand, and two sets of clothes had appeared in his hands, one of which was smaller and sent to Xu Yang's hand.

Xu Yang didn't say a word, he changed his clothes, and the originally sloppy little beggar turned into a different appearance after bathing and changing clothes.

Although Xu Yang has an ordinary appearance, he has a resolute face, and under the backdrop of a slightly larger white robe, he exudes a unique temperament.

When Xu Yang looked at the old beggar, he was even more shocked.

Because the person standing opposite, where is still the original beggar, has long since become a blue-robed Taoist with immortal wind bones.

"For the teacher's Dao No. Kongyun, others are called Shikong Yundao people, you have to remember. Your name is Xu Yang, right? After becoming a teacher, I will call you Yang'er. Daoren's voice was a little serious, but a look of relief appeared on his face when he stared at Xu Yang.

"The apprentice has seen the master!" Xu Yang said respectfully, but his eyes glanced at the empty right hand of the empty Yundao man from time to time, and his eyes were uncertain, because the two sets of clothes obviously came out there.

A smile appeared at the corner of the Kongyun Dao man's mouth, and his right hand was stretched out, looking old and thin, but empty.

When Xu Yang was confused when he saw this, a white ring flashed on Kongyun's right index finger.

"This is a storage ring, can you see it clearly?" After the Kongyun Daoist finished speaking, after the white light on his hand flashed again, the ring had disappeared in front of Xu Yang's eyes, as if it had never appeared.

Xu Yang swallowed a mouthful of saliva and muttered, "Storage ring?"

The Sky Cloud Dao man bowed his head and said, "That's right, the storage ring is a ring used to store items as the name suggests. It's like a bag for you mortals, except that it has a larger capacity and is easier to carry and use. As long as you input some spiritual power, you can take out items from it, and just now the teacher took out two sets of clothes from it. ”