Chapter 49

After walking out of the desert, Jieyin and Ling Maosuo returned to Julu City, and found that the building had long been empty, as if entering an empty city, there were more dead than alive, except for some ordinary people walking on the road, there was no one who cultivated immortals.

From the perspective of the narrator, it is estimated that the eight years of wasted time have caused many immortal cultivators to lose patience with the search for the "secret to longevity". No one knows, and no one notices, as early as eight years ago, Tang Dangyang led Jieyin and Ling Maosuo to sneak out of the city, and finally cracked the secret of the "Secret of Longevity".

"Strange, where did this person go?, how could Julu City, which was originally so developed, suddenly become deserted and lifeless?"

"From the time we left the city and set off on the road to the time we came back from the desert maze, it took about twenty days, right? There are so many immortal cultivators in the city, this is all gone?" Jieyin also echoed in confusion.

They walked and walked, and after a while, in a corner of Julu City, Jieyin and Ling Maosu were discussing a "gentleman's agreement".

This pair of people who couldn't beat together with eight strokes have now become friends who share the same illness and hatred. They have experienced the most unforgettable events and experiences in their lives together, and they can be regarded as living and dying together. When he was in the desert labyrinth, Ling Maosuo stepped forward many times to save Jieyin and Tang Dangyang from danger. At the same time, after Ling Maosuo was rebounded by his own "Ice Condensation True Qi" and frozen in the thousand-year-old ice, fortunately, thanks to Jieyin, Ling Maosuo was rescued from the ice and was able to see the light of day. Otherwise, it is possible that he will not wake up after sleeping in the ice for thousands of years, 10,000 years, or even longer, or his body will be buried and crushed to death by the sand and stones due to the collapse of the desert labyrinth.

"Nephew Jiexian, the afterlife is terrifying! We walked together in the desert labyrinth, it was not easy. Seriously, it's a tough process, though, it's exciting. In the future, you have to live well to comfort the spirit of the little brother in heaven. That little brother of mine, I will never see him again in this life!" Ling Maosuo patted Jieyin's shoulder, and expressed his feelings and nostalgia in a serious voice.

"Thank you for the teachings of our predecessors. Uncle Tang was very kind to me during his lifetime, and I will never forget his teachings on goodness. He and I are really master and apprentice, but we are like father and son. During this trip to the desert labyrinth, Uncle Tang gave up his own life at the last moment in order to fulfill me, and I was able to get a glimpse of the true mystery of the 'secret of longevity'. Senior, you could have entered the white and luminous world with me, but unfortunately you were frozen by the traitor again. There were a lot of gold pills in that world, and I was so hungry that I accidentally ate them all, and I forgot to leave one for you, so I can't help you. But then again, I didn't know in advance that you would be alive in the ice. Jieyin said sincerely and seriously.

"Nephew, I just want to discuss this matter with you. I'm already old, a bad old man, before I completed the tribulation, I always had a longevity, half of my body has entered the loess, waiting for the ghost of the underworld to come and ask for my life. So, between you and me, whoever gets the 'elixir of life' is the same, and you don't have to blame yourself. Actually, what I enjoy more is the process of finding the 'secret of longevity', and the unknown secret always brings me pleasure. It's just a pity that my little brother Tang Dangyang, he has been fighting for the 'longevity formula' all his life, but I didn't expect that at the moment of life and death, he would rather risk his own death and save you. The choice he made speaks for itself. Therefore, nephew, I hope you promise me one thing, to keep the secret of the 'secret of longevity' forever, and not to reveal or tell the details to even the closest person. In the future, if someone asks about your exercises, whether you lie or make up stories, in short, don't involve the words 'desert labyrinth' or 'longevity', lest it bring you unforeseen disasters, understand?"

"Don't worry, I know the seriousness of this matter, once the secret is leaked and the East Window incident happens, the Xiuzhen world will not be at peace. Senior, thank you for your understanding, after all, the 'recipe for longevity' did not give you a piece of the pie, and you deserve it. Please bow down to Jieyin!" Jieyin knelt on one knee and clenched his fist at Ling Maosuo.

"Eh, I said, Jie Xian's nephew doesn't have to be like this. Although I am cynical, debauched, leaning on the old and selling the old, and being improper, I keep my mouth very tight, as long as I don't think I can say it, I won't say it. I hope you will have a safe journey in the future, and I will keep an eye on you, listen to you, and protect you on the other side of the rivers and lakes. Zero Moucer smiled.

"In that case, let's leave it at that, and I just want to go to some places to find out something. We'll see you again when we need to get in touch in the future. Jieyin stood up and said calmly.

"It's okay, you can go wherever you want. I should also study and study, how should I explain to the leech man who 'picks flowers and immortals', and how to explain this matter to him. After all, the leech man donated a 'wood' attribute Xuanjing ore back then. My little brother and I promised him a piece of the pie at the time, but now it's ......," said Zero Maosuo.

"Jieyin said goodbye. For these concerns of Ling Maosuo, Jieyin had no intention of interfering, and it sounded useless, so he had to leave first.

Jieyin went all the way, and after having the "Phoenix True Body", even if he didn't urge any exercises, he could still do it like the wind and run like electricity. So, in a short period of time, he came to Jingxia Villa, which is located in the Hexi Corridor.

He came here, not because he missed the head of the house, but because he had no doubts about the identities of the two children, he had a close contact again to see if he could learn more clues through questioning, auditing, etc.

Jieyin, as before, strode from the main gate into the jurisdiction of Jingxia Villa, but this time, he did not ride a horse.

Who knows, this time, the villa is actually overcrowded, and male and female apprentices of all ages are all over every corner of the villa. It is completely different from the last time I visited, and it was almost empty.

"Is this really Jingxia Villa? It's only been a long time, and the Yin seniors have recruited so many young disciples, how can it change so much?" Jieyin muttered to himself, unable to believe everything he saw in front of him.

Jie Yin casually found a disciple of the mountain villa and asked, "Aren't there two children here, a man and a woman, about eleven or twelve years old, and they were drinking and chatting in the gazebo in front of them some time ago! Have you seen those two?" Jie Yin stretched out his hand and pointed to the pavilion where he saw the two children last time, and guided the disciple to look up.

Who knows, this disciple shook his head very ignorantly, and said that there are too many children in the age group of eleven or twelve, I don't know who it is, but it seems that there has never been a person sitting in the pavilion talking and laughing and drinking.

At this time, a twenty-year-old woman with cardamom tips and a beautiful age walked out of a room, she was delicate and refined, she didn't like to dress up, and her cold and unadulterated makeup alone was enough to charm all the male disciples in the villa. I saw that after she rushed out of the house, every time she met a disciple of the mountain villa who was doing something, she would stop and interrogate: "Hey, do you know where the senior brother has gone, have you seen my senior brother Dongtuo today?"

Several disciples of the mountain villa who were caught by her in a row shook their heads in a nutshell, saying that they didn't know, didn't know, and didn't know.

Finally, an older male disciple took the initiative to walk up to her from a long distance, only to see the man raise his hand and touch the back of his head and replied: "Eh, Senior Sister Mengxi, I was sweeping the floor over there just now, as if I heard you say, you are looking for Senior Brother Dongtuo, right? Coincidentally, I happened to know the whereabouts of Senior Brother Dongtuo, and in the morning, he and several other senior brothers were taken to the secret room in the village by the summoned senior brother. As for the location of the secret room, the head master does not allow us to inquire about unrelated disciples, and I have never been there, so this is really unclear. By the way, Senior Sister, you should understand, what are they doing when they are being taken to the secret room?"

"How would I know? Don't ask me! Hmph, I was taken to the secret room by my grandfather again! I really don't know what the hell my grandfather has been doing in the past few years, and he can't help but take Senior Brother Dongtuo to the secret room, making it mysterious. It doesn't matter if the ordinary Zhuang Ding disciples don't know the location of the secret room, they don't even tell me, and they don't even let me in, oops, isn't grandpa too partial. The woman, named Dream Creek, looked at the floor in annoyance and kicked her feet to vent.

"Well, Senior Sister Mengxi, I still have to clean up the fallen leaves, so I'll retire first. The male disciple felt embarrassed, and after speaking, he picked up the broom and left.

Jieyin, who was standing not far away, saw and heard this scene completely, and when he heard the word "secret room", the curiosity in his heart was even heavier!

Jie Yinxin said: There is no rhetoric that can be more confidential than the "secret room", the disciple of the villa named Dongtuo, there is something special and special, why is it often taken to a hidden corner by the Yin Feng Sanren to cultivate, the same disciple of the villa, it stands to reason that the palms and backs of the hands are meat, this deliberate partiality is very unreasonable.

With doubts, Jieyin approached Mengxi, and when he was seven feet away, he stopped and asked respectfully, "Hello, this girl! They were children of about eleven or twelve years of age, a boy and a girl, and not long ago I saw them sitting in the gazebo in front of them, drinking glasses of wine, and playing merrily, do you know who those two little children are, and where they have gone, so that you can take me to them?"

A stranger broke in for no reason, and he didn't say hello first, so rashly asking made Mengxi quite surprised.

"You...... Who are you? How did you get in? Outside the gate of our Jingxia Villa, isn't there a disciple on duty?" Mengxi asked one after another in a fiery temper.

"Oh, maybe it's too fast, and when I came in, the people on duty didn't notice it, and I scared the girl, I'm sorry. Jieyin explained tactfully.

"Oh, since you didn't come to the villa to make trouble with malice, then, if you have anything, just ask! Eh, wait, what did you just come to? You said that not long ago, you saw a boy and a woman drinking a glass of wine and playing happily in the gazebo, what did you say?" Mengxi asked fiercely.

"About a few dozen days ago, at that time, except for the old Yin seniors in the villa, there were only those two children left. Jieyin said.

"Heh, hehe, you pretend, you continue to pretend, it's been eight years, and what did you say dozens of days ago! You dare to ask, you shouldn't know that the little girl sitting in the pavilion at that time was 'me'!"

After hearing this, Jieyin was shocked, and immediately recalled all the things he had experienced recently, and after reviewing his descent from Jingxia Villa to his reunion with Uncle Tang, and what happened after that, he finally figured out that something was wrong, it turned out that time had become faster, and the crux of the problem was in the "too illusory realm"!

But the question is, if eight years have really passed, and when Zero Maosuo's predecessor came out of the ice, it should have been after he was frozen for eight years, then why didn't he die for eight years?

Jieyin suddenly recalled the two white bones in the open space in front of the gate of the "Shou and Tianqi" realm, and then suddenly realized that the remains of Uncle Tang and the old devil of the Beast Control Valley could not decay and melt within eight days and turn into white bones, and it was indeed some years.

After Jieyin figured it out, he asked Mengxi again: "So, then the senior brother you were looking for just now is the little boy who drank a glass of wine with you?"

After hearing this, Mengxi quickly turned his face sideways, and two scarlet blushes suddenly appeared on the two little faces, his eyelids flickered, he kept blinking, and muttered shyly: "Yes, it's him." Okay, I still have something to do, so I'll go first, and I won't tell you. ”

Mengxi responded to the road while running into the distance, she had a cold face all the year round on weekdays, and at this moment, she even showed a rare smile.

In an extremely hidden secret room in Jingxia Villa, four young talents are being personally trained by the head of the family.

"Martial arts and exercises are the foundation and foundation of our generation of cultivators. However, after lurking undercover to other sects, the strength of the exercises became secondary. Unswerving determination, the spirit of not fearing sacrifice, a clear mind at all times, and tense nerves at any time are the key and core of not revealing identity. Do you all understand this, the four of you?" said Yin Feng Sanren, sitting on a stone bench beside him.

"The disciples follow the teachings of the master. The four young talents responded in unison.

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