There are countless pieces of clothing in the world, and most of them are worn clothes, and when the clothes are old to a certain extent, they will be discarded.

Although the clothes in Lao Dezhu's hands were also very old, and they looked like they were made of rags, not only were they not discarded, but they were also neatly folded.

Lao Dezhu handed the clothes to Xunben with both hands and said, "This is your clothes, it's better to return them to you." ”

Xun Ben took it suspiciously, holding the neckline in both hands, and unfolded it.

The cyan clothes had indeed become strips of cloth, and some of the purple spots had hardened, except for a circular pattern on the left chest.

A wooden stick that looks like a walking stick is stamped diagonally in the center of the pattern, and nothing else.

Xun Ben looked carefully at the clothes that had almost turned into strips of cloth, and said gloomily: "I didn't expect me to survive." ”

Lao Dezhu said: "Yes, you can survive, I have to say that it is a miracle, I have never seen a person who has been so seriously injured can still stand in front of me intact." ”

He looked at Xun Ben and said slowly: "Although there are many wounds on your body, especially the one on your chest that is extremely dangerous, you have avoided the key points, so you must not be an ordinary person."

Xun Ben was a little surprised, and said, "How do you say this?"

Lao Dezhu said: "It was the clothes that told me." ”

Xun Ben said: "The clothes can't speak, how can they tell you?"

Lao Dezhu smiled and said: "There are some things that you don't need to say, as long as you can watch them, you will naturally know them." ”

Xunben looked at him quietly and said, "But sometimes, you also need skills to see." ”

Lao Dezhu smiled slightly, and said: "Yes, there are thirty-two cracks on this dress, all over the body, all of which are made by sharp swords, because only a very sharp sword can make the cracks of this linen cloth look smooth and smooth, the largest crack is several feet long, the position is in front of the chest, the left two fingers and the right part have a clear angle, I think the person who wants to kill you has pierced the sword into the chest, and you have dodged it sideways." Glancing at Xunben, he continued, "Judging from the length of the angle, it should be an extremely sharp narrow sword. ”

Xunben's eyes flashed, but he didn't expect him to be so clear about the tears in his clothes, and said, "What else can you see?"

Lao Dezhu sighed and said, "I'm afraid that there will be more than one person who wants to kill you, and besides, these people have quite high attainments in using swords. ”

"In this way, it is indeed a miracle that I survived. ”

Lao Dezhu smiled again and said, "The miracle I am talking about is your strong survival **." ”

He looked at Xun Ben and said slowly: "Maybe you still have something important to finish, so you don't want to die." ”

Xunben smiled reluctantly: "I'm not what I used to be, why bother thinking about it." ”

Lao Dezhu said: "You are wrong. ”

Xunben was silent, and suddenly said: "But you"

Lao Dezhu interrupted him and said: "A person, only when he reaches the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, and has nothing to worry about, can he start a new life, you have not yet reached this age, there must be other things to do, your parents, your friends, may still be waiting for you to go back, a man, must not have a sense of responsibility, otherwise, when you reach my age, you will regret it." ”

"But yesterday you were still persuading me to forget the past and start a new life, but today you are persuading me to return to my old life," he shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I really don't understand what you mean." ”

Lao Dezhu said with a smile: "People don't live in the world just for themselves, if I kept forcing you to recall the past yesterday, can your head stand it." ”

Xunben was silent, and after a long time, he said slowly: "But I can't remember the past, how do you want me to go back?"

Lao Dezhu said: "It is not easy for a person to forget the past, but I still have many ways to remind him of the past." ”

Xunben said movingly: "Do you have a way?"

The corner of Lao Dezhu's mouth caught an unfathomable smile, and said, "It's just that the process may be a little painful." ”

Xunben's body has not fully recovered, and he can't travel for a long time, but fortunately, after getting out of the range of Goujian City, Lao Dezhu picked a remote road that is rarely visited and forked in.

Xunben followed him into a forest without hurry, the forest leaves were very dense, and after entering, it was almost impossible to see the way he came.

Lao Dezhu said: "Come to me, let's speed up the pace." ”

Xun Ben saw Lao Dezhu closing his eyes, silently reciting words he didn't understand, and then, a transparent cover appeared in front of him.

Xun Ben was shocked, looked at the transparent cover in shock, and said, "Magic cover?!You are an eighth-order magician?!"

Lao Dezhu smiled and said: "Old, old, just put a cover out and have a formula, it's really old." ”

Lao Dezhu said lightly, as if he was talking about something very ordinary, but he was shocked when he heard it.

Suddenly, the dense branches and leaves instantly rushed to the eyes, and then the ground automatically separated to the two sides, and the next moment, the blue sky was already in sight!

Xun Ben turned his head in surprise, only to see that the dense forest was getting smaller and smaller at a very fast speed.

It's not just a bit faster, it's a lot faster than before.

Xunben silently looked at the back of Lao Dezhu, and had mixed feelings for a while.

Because he knew that flying in the air was an ability only for sixth-order magicians, but that kind of flight was only suitable for short distances, just because if the flight time was long, not only would his face be tightened and hurt by the oncoming wind, but also his body would look like he had just escaped from the wilderness.

Look at this magic cover again, not only is it very stable, but it is also very tight, and there is no wind at all.

It was as if the inside and outside of the magic dome were two very different worlds.

Xunben's tone was no longer as casual as before, and he said, "I'm afraid you have the strength of a ninth-order magician." ”

Lao Dezhu didn't look back and said, "Maybe there is, but after a long time, I can't remember clearly." ”

Xun Ben smacked his tongue and said secretly: "Is the ninth-order magician so unbearable?"

The two men in the magic cover flew over several majestic mountains and wide rivers, and finally stopped at a small mountain bag.

Originally, Xun thought that Lao Dezhu was going to take him to an extremely secret place, but he didn't expect to fall in such an inconspicuous place.

Lao Dezhu said: "Are you a little confused, I took so much trouble to bring you here?"

Xun Ben didn't speak, just looked at him quietly, as if he had acquiesced to his words.

Lao Dezhu continued: "Just because the most inconspicuous place is also the safest place. ”

It suddenly darkened in front of me, as if I had arrived in another world.

Xun Ben never imagined that there could be such a large space in a mountain bag that looked only a few tens of feet high.

When he bathed in the soft glow of a quietly burning magic lamp, all the doubts in his heart were solved at once.

Not only is it very private, it's also very safe.

Old Dezhu has changed into a golden and red coat, and the old man, who was originally a little haggard and sloppy, seems to have an indescribable wisdom and majesty at this moment, as if his eyes can see through the hearts of even the most treacherous people in the world.

Xunben looked at him blankly, unable to speak for a while.

Lao Dezhu said: "I couldn't see through your cultivation method before, but now I put on this alchemy fire, but I still can't see through it," he shook his head with a smile, as if talking to himself: "I can still see such an interesting person now, I really have lived in vain." ”

Xun Ben looked at Lao Dezhu quietly and said, "Presumably, this 'Alchemy Fire' on your body is an extremely powerful magic weapon, otherwise I wouldn't feel so uncomfortable." ”

Old Dezhu laughed and said, "It's both a good thing and a bad thing that you can feel uncomfortable. ”

Xunben said: "Oh?"

Lao Dezhu said: "The reason why you feel uncomfortable is because your spiritual power is very strong, strong enough to make this 'alchemy fire' react, and it is a bad thing because you often suffer a lot because you can't control your powerful spiritual power. He muttered, "No one knows what it feels like to be in pain better than I do." ”

Xunben showed a strange look in his eyes, was silent for a moment, and said directly: "When will we start?"

Old Dezhu said: "When you are ready." ”

In the huge space of the mountain, the magic lamp is still burning quietly. It's as if they've fought against darkness with this fearlessness since time immemorial. They persevere in burning time into nothingness, and one day, they will be annihilated in nothingness.

When Xun Ben suddenly woke up from the painful memory, beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down from his forehead.

He had remembered enough things, and he had remembered enough pain. Those memories that were more painful than touching seemed to have become an indestructible shackle, locking his mind and his happiness.

His eyes were sometimes filled with unspeakable pain, and at other times with intense anger.

It was a long time later, when the memories swept away like a million iron horsemen trampling madly, and he showed a tired look.

Lao Dezhu seemed to be a little tired, because the hardness of Xunben's spiritual power was something he never expected, so he had to spend a lot of twists and turns.

Xunben looked at Lao Dezhu, there were three points of awe and three points of expectation in his eyes, he hesitated for a long time before he said astringently: "The younger generation Qi Kai has seen the seniors, and the seniors will never forget the grace of saving lives." ”

Lao Dezhu said with relief: "Don't be polite, you and I still don't have to be good, there are few people in the world who can make me feel interesting, if even you are vulgar, wouldn't I still be very lonely." ”

For so many years, no one knows better than him the horror of loneliness.

It was a terrifying silent force that could easily crush the best man in the world.

He then sighed, "People don't live to enjoy loneliness, do they?"

Qi Kai looked at Lao Dezhu, even though he had a lot of things to say to him in his heart, he couldn't say them.

Lao Dezhu looked at Xun Ben, with a hint of loneliness in his eyes, sighed, and said, "Can you bear to refuse a poor old man?"

Qi Kai suddenly remembered what he said before: "But you are a happy old man", at this moment he wanted to say it again, but he couldn't open his mouth, as if a big stone was choked in his throat.

He only replied stiffly: "Don't dare." ”

Lao Dezhu's sigh was longer, and he lowered his head and muttered: "You and I really still have a rough life, I have no ambition in my youth, and I only made a career in middle age, I thought that I would not be lonely when I made friends, who knows that too many friends are not a good thing," he seemed to have a raging flame in his eyes, and said sadly: "In a person's life, there is no need to make too many friends at all, as long as you make a sincere person, it is enough." ”

Qi Kai looked at Lao Dezhu, as if he was looking at the old man who was bent down and pulling the waste, so lonely, so pitiful, and suddenly said: "Loneliness is indeed a terrible thing, but you are at least a happy old man." ”

Lao Dezhu raised his head suddenly, with a look of surprise in his eyes, and even the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise a pleasant arc, and kept saying in his mouth: "Okay, good, good, I really didn't mistake you, you are still willing to be friends with me, aren't you?"

Qi Kai said: "No one will refuse to be friends with an interesting old man, but you have to take off this ugly dress first." ”

If the prisoner's sweetheart heard Qi Kai's evaluation of the 'Alchemy Fire' that he had spent his whole life trying to build, he would surely be so angry that he would come back to life and die again.

Old Dezhu changed into his 'work clothes', and the two of them walked on the road to the garbage dump for the first time, Qi Kai still followed him all the way without hurrying, and his emaciated back looked so old and weak, as if a gust of wind could blow down the limping body in front of him.

But Qi Kai knew that even if a level 20 wind blew away the entire Goujian City, it would not be able to blow down this old man who was walking and staggering.

Old Dezhu walked very slowly, because few people could walk with him so patiently, and although he was very reluctant to let the young man go, he had to let him go.

No matter how long the road is, there will be a day to finish, not to mention that it is only a road that is not too far.

Lao Dezhu stood at the intersection, looked at the afterglow of the sunset, and said: "The road ahead is long, the sunset is just right, I hope we will not meet too late next time, otherwise I am afraid that my old bones will not be able to wait." ”

Qi Kai also looked at the horizon when the sun was about to set, and said in a rambling voice: "I only hate that when you are exhausted, the kid will come back to visit you in the future." But he secretly said in his heart: "As long as I have my life back then"

Qi Kai walked towards the horizon, towards the distant horizon, and the lonely figure gradually melted into the dim sky.

Lao Dezhu looked at this figure without moving, and suddenly smiled: "I hope that the next time we meet, you will tell me in person that your name is Xunben." ”

He then sighed and said gloomily: "The sun is setting, just so that it can rise higher tomorrow, young man, although I know your difficulties, and I also know that you wanted to ask me to help, but I can no longer show my face, I must not show my face again, so I can only wish you good luck."