Chapter 622

Blackpool house, a barren mountain somewhere.

"It should be... Here it is."

Wearing a bamboo hat and coir raincoat and carrying a bamboo basket, Xu Changqing looked at the clouds in the deep mountain: "Grandpa... According to those people on the market, it seems that there are real Taoist practitioners living in seclusion in this unknown deep mountain."

"Well, you can go and have a look, but you should also pay attention to safety."

Sulu calmly reminded.

After the last comprehensive settlement, Xiaozhai village has no other foreign invasion.

Xu Changqing's cultivation has reached refining God. There is no way to practice martial arts. He must embark on the journey of seeking immortality and visiting Taoism.

In this regard, Sulu gave him two suggestions.

The first is to join the government!

The Royal Court of the great Luo Dynasty can suppress Kyushu and have the effect of immortals. There should be no shortage of internal immortal cultivation skills. After joining Zhenyao department and other institutions, they will slowly accumulate meritorious deeds and be able to exchange them sooner or later.

However, Xu Changqing just killed a nine grade patrol. It was a time of guilty conscience. In addition, he didn't have much favor with the government and refused directly.

The second suggestion is to find some immortal sects.

Sulu didn't have a good clue in this regard, so he had to let Xu Changqing look for the trace of immortals in heize mansion.

If you can't find it in the mansion, you can only expand the scope to Lingzhou.

"To tell you the truth... It's too dangerous in the wild, especially in this deserted mountain. Is there really anyone living in it?"

Xu Changqing shuddered inexplicably at the thought of his experience in the wild.

If I hadn't refined myself, plus the advice of my grandfather and some luck, I might have been buried by the side of the road.

This also made him deeply understand why villagers in this era are unwilling to migrate.

"Of course not for ordinary people, except for monks!"

Sulu replied, "I just hope it's not like the previous rumors..."

This is not the first place Xu Changqing looked for. He also found several Taoists who are said to have accomplishments before.

But after a trial, he found that most of them were divine sticks. Occasionally, several people who had practiced two handed martial arts could not even beat him, which made Xu Changqing speechless.

"This should have some real skills, otherwise I dare not live in the wilderness and deep mountains."

Xu Changqing stepped into the mountainous area shrouded in fog: "and... The legend of this old Taoist has been circulating for decades... Some woodcutter said he had met him before. It seems that he may have really mastered the secret of not being old and not dying?"

"Yes or no, you can tell at a glance."

Sulu remained silent.

There is no path to the nameless barren mountain, but Xu Changqing's martial arts are good. He walks through many strange stones like walking on the ground.

Half a day passed quickly, and he stopped by a spring with nothing.

"The mountain doesn't feel right. It's best not to take local things..." Sulu reminded.

"Yes."

Xu Changqing put down his hand to scoop the spring water and instead grabbed the wine bag around his waist.

In ancient times, the alcohol level was very low. It was not easy to get drunk or deteriorate. It was a good alternative when it was inconvenient to get water during long-distance travel.

He drank a few mouthfuls of wine and felt the pungent taste all the way down his throat. His body, which had been invaded by the cold, suddenly warmed a little.

A moment later, Xu Changqing found a stone and sat down, ready to eat the dry food with him.

After chewing a few mouthfuls of steamed bread, his ears moved back and forth and heard a song:

"Kong De's appearance is only followed by Tao. Tao is a thing, but in a trance..."

This means that virtue is determined by the Tao. However, Tao has no fixed form.

"This is a song!"

Xu Changqing came to the spirit and got up to catch up with the place where the song came.

Before long, he saw an old Taoist.

The other party was wearing a dark and ragged Taoist robe and was walking through the mountains and forests with a wooden stick.

"Taoist, please stay!"

Xu Changqing flew forward and stopped the Taoist priest, but was surprised.

The Taoist has half black and half white hair, prominent cheeks, sparse teeth, and some subtle disharmony between his eyes and nose. It's as if someone installed it at will. It's incredibly strange.

However, he was only surprised in his heart and saluted respectfully on the surface: "I've seen Xu Changqing, I've seen Zhenxiu!"

"Old man is not a true practitioner... He is just a Taoist who lives in a deep mountain." The old Taoist opened his mouth, his voice hoarse and slow, like a broken bellows: "Why are you looking for me?"

"Seek immortality! I want to learn the method of cultivating immortality!"

Xu Changqing has a firm face.

Not Xiuxian? How to recover the blood debt of Xiaozhai village?

"Fairy?" The old Taoist smiled low: "in your opinion, what is an immortal?"

"This..." Xu Changqing couldn't answer. He followed Su Lu's proposal and asked, "please give me some advice."

"The immortal, the Tao also! The so-called seeking immortality is actually just seeking the Tao!" The old Taoist said solemnly.

"What is' Tao '?"

"Tao is a thing, but only in a trance. In a trance, there are images; in a trance, there are things; in a lean, dark, there are essence, the essence is very true, and there is faith. From now on and ancient times, its name does not go away, so as to read the fu..."

The old Taoist chanted in a long voice: "we are just humble, small and foolish people... Why do we have a shortcut? We can only ask for 'external alchemy'! I think you have some strength and can contribute to the 'external alchemy' refined by the old Taoist. Are you willing to help me?"

"Yes!"

Xu Changqing did not hesitate to tunnel.

"Good!" The Taoist priest brushed his sparse beard and said with a smile, "when Dan becomes a success, I will give you one to help you get a shortcut."

……

"Grandpa..."

Following behind the old Taoist, Xu Changqing thought of his smile and felt that the other party's face was a little fuzzy.

He asked in his heart, "is this man a real monk?"

"Who told you he was human?"

Sulu asked back.

"Not human?!"

Xu Changqing turned his hair upside down and felt that there was something terrible hidden under the other party's shabby Taoist robe.

"Xu Jushi?"

If the old Taoist priest turned around and said, "what's the matter?"

"No... nothing."

Xu Changqing reluctantly replied, only feeling that with the darkness of the sky, the terror of the other party was constantly recovering.

……

The old Taoist lived in a thatched hut in an unknown barren mountain.

He took Xu Changqing to the thatched house and shouted, "clear wind, bright moon!"

The two Taoist children came out of the thatched house and called themselves master.

Both of them have red lips and white teeth, a little cinnabar mole in the center of their eyebrows, and a naive and bright smile, which makes Xu Changqing feel a lot relaxed.

The old Taoist priest took him to an alchemy stove and said, "the old Taoist wants to refine 'external alchemy'. He lacks a few herbs and flint. It depends on your strength..."

"Please don't worry, Taoist priest. I'll do all the firewood and charcoal I need."

Xu Changqing patted his chest and promised.