The raindrops in the sky were still falling, and the road had accumulated thick water, and the villagers gathered in the ancestral hall of the village to prepare to worship the immortals.

Following yesterday's route, Liu Xuan came to the entrance of the cave again, the breath was still gushing out, Liu Xuan observed the surroundings for a while and then jumped into the hole.

In the cave as yesterday, Liu Xuan walked to the sarcophagus and looked at the bones inside, the bones were very well preserved, Liu Xuan was about to pick up a section to study it, when suddenly a lazy voice came from behind him.

"I advise you not to bang it. ”

The abrupt voice shocked Liu Xuan's heart, his hands retracted like lightning, and he suddenly turned his head to look back.

A middle-aged Taoist man walked slowly towards Liu Xuan, the robe on the Taoist was already slightly shabby, and his hair was not neatly coiled on his head like other people, but was draped on both sides very casually, and the embarrassed stubble and inexplicable smile on the corners of his mouth made the whole person look very lazy.

Liu Xuan looked at the Daoist vigilantly, his heart was already horrified, he didn't notice when this Daoist appeared in the cave, it was enough to see that this Daoist's cultivation should be much higher than him.

The Taoist glanced at Liu Xuan with interest, and said with a smile: "Who did I think it was, it turned out to be you kid." ”

"Do you know me?" Liu Xuan couldn't help but be a little puzzled, he had never seen this Taoist in his impression.

"Don't you just live in a village under the mountain? The Taoist thought for a while and said, "Have you forgotten that you went to my Taoist temple two years ago?"

"Is it you?" Liu Xuan was even more shocked at this time, two years ago, he was finally warned by a fierce aura when he visited the Taoist Temple at night, and now it seems that that aura was emitted by this Daoist.

The Taoist nodded and said, "This nameless mountain has not been visited by cultivators for many years except for me and my Leng apprentice, and you kid is also an outlier, as a cultivator, you are willing to stay in a secular village." ”

Liu Xuan did not answer the words of the Taoist, and his eyes full of vigilance were still staring at the Taoist.

"Don't be nervous. The Taoist waved his hand and walked towards the sarcophagus: "Yesterday my apprentice told me that there was some strange aura around here, so I only came to see it today, but I didn't expect that there was an ancient tomb here, it seems that the heavy rain washed away the cave and caused the breath to leak out." ”

Liu Xuanyan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, as long as the Taoist had not found the scrolls on the stone platform before, he would be relieved.

Ignoring Liu Xuan no longer, the Taoist lay on the sarcophagus and observed the bones inside, and sighed in surprise from time to time. After a while, the Taoist put his eyes on the stone platform and began to look at the jade bottle on the stone platform, his expression becoming more and more puzzled. Liu Xuan didn't bother silently, just quietly watched the Taoist search on the stone platform.

After a long time, the Taoist put down the jade bottle and said with emotion: "This person has been dead for at least eight hundred years. ”

Liu Xuan looked at him suspiciously and asked, "How do you know?"

The Taoist picked up a jade bottle and pointed to the small characters engraved on the bottom of the bottle and said: "This bottle is the Soul Suppression Pill, this seven-grade pill can be preserved for at least eight hundred years, and now the pill in this bottle has been completely scrapped." ”

Liu Xuan only noticed at this moment that the bottom of the bottle was indeed engraved with the three small characters of the Soul Suppression Pill, and he didn't pay much attention to these jade bottles when he left in a hurry yesterday, and he couldn't help but be even more shocked when he heard the Taoist's analysis at this time.

According to the records in the classics, the pill is divided into ten grades, each product is divided into three levels, the legend is that there is the best pill above the ten grades, but no one has ever seen it, with the rise of the pill level, the effect has also increased significantly, and the corresponding refining difficulty has also increased exponentially, the highest quality pill in the Danyang Sect is only five products in the past, and there have never been seven grades of pill born in Cangzhou.

Liu Xuan stepped forward and picked up the jade bottles to check them one by one, and the more he looked at them, the more shocked he became.

"Soul Suppression Pill, Heavenly Demon Pill, Death Pill, Treasure Elephant Pill"

Among all the pills, the lowest level is also the six-rank pill, and the highest grade even has the eight-rank pill, any bottle of pill here is enough to cause a bloody storm when it spreads outside, and countless sects will even snatch it regardless of everything, but it's a pity that these pills have all been abandoned.

Liu Xuan thought back to the words of the Daoist just now, thought for a moment and asked, "Maybe hundreds of years have passed since the Soul Suppression Pill was obtained by this person?"

Hearing this, the Taoist explained: "The Soul Suppression Pill is an elixir that will only be used by the Demon Sect, and the user must use his own Divine Soul Warming Pill to achieve the best effect, as long as there is a Divine Soul Warming and Soul Suppression Pill, it will never be abandoned, so I guess this person has been dead for at least eight hundred years." ”

After speaking, the Taoist glanced at Liu Xuan, and then said: "Young people should read more books, so as not to be embarrassed in the future." ”

The words of the Taoist made Liu Xuan cry and laugh, as a former bookworm, he was now said to have read less, and I don't know how the disciples of the Danyang Sect would feel when they heard this.

"And that's where I'm weird. The Taoist looked at the jade bottle and said: "The pills in this cover the Demon Gate, the Ghost Gate, the Demon Gate, and the Buddha Gate, and the breath on the bones of this person obviously feels that he is a Daomen monk, so what does he collect these pills for." ”

The land of Cangzhou is too barren for cultivators, and Liu Xuan has only heard of the Taoist Gate and the Demon Gate, as for the Ghost Gate, the Demon Gate and the Buddhist Gate, he has only seen it in the classics, so naturally he can't answer the questions of the Taoists.

The Taoist didn't expect Liu Xuanhui to know the answer, and after thinking for a while, he didn't think about it anymore, after all, this person had been dead for hundreds of years, even if he was an immortal in the immortal realm during his lifetime, it had nothing to do with him, and these pills were all discarded, and there was nothing of value in the tomb.

Putting the jade bottle on the stone platform back on, the Taoist waved his hand and said, "There is no value here, I am ready to go back to the Taoist temple, are you interested in going to the Taoist temple with me to sit down." ”

Liu Xuan thought about it and nodded in agreement, this Taoist cultivator is much higher than him, if he really wants to harm him, there is no need to make it so complicated, and Liu Xuan also wants to go to the Taoist to watch, but he has always been afraid of the Taoist hidden in the depths of the Taoist temple.

The two jumped out of the hole, Liu Xuan thought about it and brought a big stone to seal the entrance of the cave, and the Taoist did not stop him, chuckling and standing aside and watching him quietly. Liu Xuan brought in some dirt to fill the gap in the hole, and the strange breath began to dissipate, and gradually no more breath poured out.

After doing all this, Liu Xuan nodded with satisfaction and said to the Taoist, "Let's go." ”

Follow the Taoist to the Taoist temple, the Taoist temple is as dilapidated as ever, it looks even more dilapidated under the heavy rain for several days, many places have begun to leak rain, a young man is running around with a basin to pour out the rainwater in the temple.

The Taoist pointed to the busy young man and said to Liu Xuan, "That's my apprentice Su Bai, you have seen him before. ”

Liu Xuan nodded, the last time he visited the Taoist Temple at night, it was this young man who was cultivating in the temple. At this time, the young man also saw the two of them, and hurriedly put down the basin in his hand and ran to bow to the Taoist and said, "Master." ”

Lao Dao waved his hand and pointed at Liu Xuandao: "This is"

At this time, Lao Dao remembered that he didn't know Liu Xuan's name, and Liu Xuan saw this and bowed his hand to the young man: "My name is Liu Xuan." ”

The young man hurriedly returned the salute to Liu Xuan, and his expression was very restrained. Lao Dao interrupted the greetings between the two and said to Su Bai: "You go to the kettle for tea, but no one has come to our Taoist temple for many years." ”

Hearing this, Su Bai nodded and walked to the hut on the side, the Taoist welcomed Liu Xuan into the Taoist temple, sat in the Taoist temple that was almost airy on all sides, and the old Taoist introduced himself: "I am the head of the Brahma Sect, Xuanyun Zhenren." ”

Liu Xuan looked at the tattered Taoist temple in astonishment, and asked in surprise, "Is this still a sect?"

"Of course. Xuanyun Zhenren didn't care about Liu Xuan's surprised eyes, and said lightly: "Don't look at this place, this is also the property left by the ancestors." ”

"What are you from the Brahma Sect, won't it be just you and your apprentice?" Liu Xuan asked after thinking for a while.

Xuanyun Zhenren nodded a little embarrassed when he heard this, and Liu Xuan suddenly showed a light smile on his face, in his opinion, this Brahma Sect was just two people playing around.

At this time, Su Bai brought two cups of tea and put them on the table for the two, Xuanyun Zhenren took a sip of the teacup and said, "I have noticed you since you came to my Taoist temple a few years ago, but I didn't expect you to be willing to stay in the secular village for so long." ”

Liu Xuan also took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Can't I live in the secular world?"

Hearing Liu Xuan's words, Xuanyun Zhenren frowned slightly, put down the teacup and asked, "Do you know why cultivators rarely enter and leave the secular world?"

Liu Xuan nodded and said, "It's nothing more than because the aura of the secular world is too thin. ”

"That's just one of the reasons. Xuanyun Zhenren thought for a while and said: "Worldly people only have a hundred years of life, and cultivators who live in the world will face too many lives and deaths, and over time they will inevitably mess up their Dao hearts." ”

Hearing this, Liu Xuanyan lowered his head and pondered Xuanyun Zhenren's words, and after a while, he raised his head and said, "I don't dare to agree with what the Taoist chief said. ”

"In my opinion, the cultivation realm is just another worldly world, we can naturally enter from the worldly world, the so-called birth and entry into the world is like this, when we can face all life and death with a smile, and there is no slightest concern in our hearts, then the Dao heart is the most powerful. ”

Xuanyun Zhenren couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard Liu Xuan's opinion, no matter whether Liu Xuan's idea was right or wrong, such an understanding from a person who cultivated in the Qi cultivation period was enough to shock people in itself.

"So," Liu Xuan paused and said, "In my opinion, cultivators don't live in the world, it's just because the aura is too thin. ”

After silently reflecting on Liu Xuan's words, Xuanyun Zhenren nodded approvingly and said, "I didn't expect that your cultivation is not high at a young age, but your insights are very unique. ”

"It's over. Liu Xuan chuckled and arched his hand, which was regarded as a token of his appreciation.

Xuanyun Zhenren suddenly came up and said softly: "I think you are a good kid, are you interested in joining my Brahma Sect?"

"Join you as a Taoist temple?"

Liu Xuan couldn't help but pause, this so-called Brahma Sect seemed to him to be just a joke by Xuanyun Zhenren. And since he experienced the affairs of the Danyang Sect, he no longer believed in the so-called sect, and he no longer planned to join any sect.

Shaking his head slightly, Liu Xuan said: "I'm used to it alone, and I understand the kindness of the Taoist chief." ”

Xuanyun Zhenren didn't force it, waved his hand and said indifferently: "Since you don't want to join my Brahma Sect, then you can do me a favor." ”

"What's busy?" Liu Xuan asked.

Xuanyun Zhenren looked at Su Bai, who was busy outside, and sighed: "My apprentice has been adopted by me since he was a child, and he has been staying in the Taoist temple all these years, I want him to see the outside world, and there are exactly two years left to be the Tongzhou Club, I was going to take him to see it, but I have some important things to do recently, I don't know if I will be able to do it in time, if I am too late, I hope you can take care of him with me." ”

"It turned out to be a babysitter. ”

Thinking of this, Liu Xuan also glanced at Su Bai, and being a nanny for such a big person still made him a little crying and laughing.

"Don't worry, I won't let you do it for nothing. Xuanyun Zhenren took out a pill and threw it to Liu Xuandao: "This is a reward." ”

Liu Xuan took the pill and was slightly startled, and asked, "This is Zhuji Dan?"

Xuanyun Zhenren nodded and said, "Look at your breath, it should be about to build a foundation, and it just so happens that you can use this foundation building pill." ”

Liu Xuan did use it, when he was in the Danyang Sect, the Zhuji Dan was not a rare thing, and every disciple who was at the peak of Qi cultivation could receive the Zhuji Dan issued by the sect. And now after leaving the sect, Liu Xuan has completely lost the source of the pill, and any pill is very precious to him.

Receiving Tsukidan into his arms, Liu Xuan nodded and agreed to his request. Xuanyun Zhenren was not surprised by his decision at all, Liu Xuan was just a casual cultivator living in the secular world in his eyes, and the attraction of Zhuji Dan to a casual cultivator in the Qi cultivation period was extremely huge.

"There are still two years left before the Tongzhou Society, and when the time comes, I will let my apprentice go down the mountain to find you. ”

Liu Xuan nodded and got up to say goodbye to him, it really made him feel a little uncomfortable staying in this Taoist temple where there was wind and rain leaking. Xuanyun Zhenren was not hypocritical, and waved his hand to let Liu Xuan leave.