"Apprentices?"

In Liu Yanchang's expectant and earnest gaze, the old man neither agreed nor denied, but just smiled: "Since you want to learn immortals, can you tell the old man why you want to cultivate immortals?"

"Because immortals can soar through the clouds and travel to the three mountains and five mountains, the five lakes and the four seas, and live forever and immortal......"

Liu Yanchang groaned: "You can still be at ease, unrestrained, carefree, and worry-free!"

"Freely, unrestrained, free of worries and sorrows?"

Hearing this, the old man's face first showed a look of self-deprecation: "Ha, hahaha......"

Then he laughed for some reason, and finally even laughed out loud, and the laughter was full of sarcasm and mockery.

"Old immortal, little life...... Is that wrong?"

Liu Yanchang's face flushed, and he whispered tentatively.

"The so-called right and wrong are just people's different views on things. ”

The old man shook his head lightly after laughing, and looked at Liu Yanchang again as he spoke: "Young man, listen to what you just said...... You seem to have a lot of worries and sorrows, huh?"

"Alas, I don't dare to hide from the old immortal, Xiaosheng's surname is Liu Mingxi, the word Yanchang, the family background is not solid, and my father is even worse after my early death at a young age, leaving only orphans and widows to depend on each other. ”

Liu Yanchang sighed and said: "It was my mother who raised me with hard work, so that I could go to the academy to study and read......

"Hehe, it looks like you're not having a good career!"

After hearing this, the old man pointed at Liu Yanchang and smiled.

"The old immortal is always clear, and the little student studies hard, and he doesn't dare to slack off, although he doesn't dare to call himself a talent, but he can be regarded as well-read, and he has become a talent very smoothly. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yanchang showed a trace of helplessness on his face: "But it wasn't until I went to the capital that I found out that the imperial examination was fraudulent, and it was basically monopolized by the wealthy and nobles, and the so-called imperial examination was just a way for them to embark on a career path." ”

Hearing this, the old man lowered his head and counted, sighed lightly, and said, "You have fallen for the second time?"

"The old immortal chief is really clever, Xiaosheng's family is already poor, and the travel expenses to the capital are already stretched, where can I have the money to take the examiner!"

Liu Yanchang nodded angrily and helplessly: "Now that I have seen the so-called imperial examination twice, it has made the students completely disheartened, and they have no face to return to their hometowns for the third time to see their fellow villagers, so they are willing to ignore mundane things and want to learn the way of immortals from the old immortal." ”

"What if the old man told you that the test paper that won the top spot in your second exam was bought from the examiner?!"

The old man's eyes flashed: "So do you still want to learn the Tao from the old man without desire?"

"Old Immortal, what did you just say...... The test paper used for that list...... Is it mine?!"

Liu Yanchang's gloomy face suddenly became excited, his body began to tremble, and he said with a mixture of joy and sorrow: "So...... That leader...... It was supposed to be mine?"

"Yes, this shows that you have an exemplary talent, are you willing to give up these and follow the old man to learn the ethereal fairy way?"

The old man said: "Think about your mother's hope, she is still waiting for you to return from the middle school and revive your Liu family, and then think about your thousands of days and nights of hard study, are you willing?"

"I'm not reconciled. ”

Liu Yanchang gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, but then his fist was powerless to let go: "But what can I do if I am unwilling, in front of that group of greedy examiners, how good my essay is?"

"The old man has a way!"

The old man smiled slightly: "Have you ever heard of being a national teacher?"

"Of course I've heard that Tianyizi Guoshi has vast magical powers, can fly to the sky and the earth, call for wind and rain, and is a fairy-like character. ”

Liu Yanchang said with reverence: "I am deeply valued by His Majesty the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty, who in the entire Tang Dynasty does not know about this matter?"

"He is a friend of the old man, if you want to gain fame, the old man can repair a book, and ask him to select a few fair and honest officials to recommend to the Tang King, so that they can serve as the examiners of this imperial examination."

The old man smiled: "The old man promises that if this is the case...... This imperial examination is definitely the fairest one ever, and it is also the best opportunity for you poor people, do you want to try it?"

"This ......"

Liu Yanchang made a difficulty.

"Phew!"

At this time, the old man stretched out his hand and pointed, and shot out two golden rays of light that turned into two pieces of paper and landed on the stone table in the cave.

"Those are the two choices you have to face. ”

The old man pointed to the table: "Whether it is an ethereal immortal road or an official way to seal your wife and shadow is up to you." ”

Liu Yanchang quickly came to the table, and saw the words "learning the Tao" written on a piece of paper, and the word "fame" written on a piece of paper.

"Old Immortal, which do you think I should choose?"

Liu Yanchang looked at the two pieces of paper on the table and hesitated.

"Whew!"

The old man raised his hand and shot out a golden light, which suddenly disappeared into Liu Yanchang's eyebrows, and immediately Liu Yanchang's mind had many pictures, a cloudy fairyland, an immortal with a pure heart and few desires, and a figure of a person who meditated and practiced hard......

After that, the picture flashed in his mind, and he became surrounded by beautiful women, dressed in fine clothes and food, hugging back and forth......

"It's ......"

Liu Yanchang was surprised.

"If you want to become an immortal, you have to be pure in heart and have few desires, abandon the outside world of red dust, and devote yourself to practicing meditation and meditation in the deep mountains, in order to achieve something. ”

The old man smiled and said: "Choose your fame, you will be promoted to become rich, and you will have a group of beautiful wives and concubines, and you will reach the peak of life...... It can be said that these are two completely opposite choices, but meeting is fate, and this time you choose whatever old man will help you. ”

That's right, this old man and everything were conjured up by the shepherd.

"I choose ......"

Liu Yanchang pondered for a long time, and one hand swayed on the two pieces of paper after all.

"Shepherd boy, which one do you think he will choose?" Zhong Ling said.

"People's hearts are unpredictable, how do I know, but it is likely to be famous. ”

The shepherd said: "Isn't there a saying that says: Everyone in the world knows that the gods are good, but they can't forget their fame?"

"But don't you owe him the opportunity to become an immortal?" Zhong Ling said.

"So I gave him two choices, a chance to become an immortal, and a chance to reach the pinnacle of life, which are now in front of his eyes, what can he do if he doesn't choose me?"

Mu Changsheng said: "I saw the peaches on the plate of immortal fruits on the table, the top grade of the peaches, you can become an immortal by eating one, it is better than any five-turn elixir at the beginning, if he chooses the fairy road, the peach in this top grade is enough to pay back even the profits." ”

"Shepherd boy, I suddenly discovered one thing, that is, no matter what this kid chooses, it seems that he has nothing to do with your daughter-in-law. ”

Zhong Ling said: "You see that if he chooses fame, he will not be able to run away with your boy's style, and then a large number of powerful people will definitely line up to marry his daughter to him in order to win him over, if he becomes a god, it will be impossible under the rules of heaven." ”

"No, I just owe him. ”

The pastor said: "After this time, if he still comes to provoke me in the future, I promise to make him lose his soul." ”

"I choose this!"

After a while, Liu Yanchang finally made a decision, gritted his teeth and grabbed a piece of paper, on which the word "fame" was written.

Compared with the pure heart and few desires of the immortal road, or the prosperity and fame of the world can move his heart more, and he has studied hard for more than 20 years, in order to get ahead and return to his hometown?

Now his family is surrounded by walls, and he owes a lot of debts to enter Beijing to catch the exam, and his old mother has worked hard to raise him......

"Or you kid knows people's hearts more clearly, and for scholars, you really can't forget this fame!" Zhong Ling sighed.

"Okay, young man, you can take this letter, the old man has informed the national teacher. ”

Mu Changsheng said: "When you go to the capital, someone from the national teacher will come to pick you up, and when you meet the national teacher, you will give him the letter." ”

As he spoke, he casually threw out a letter and fell into Liu Yanchang's hand

"Another ......"

Mu Changsheng pointed to the stone table again, and something appeared a burden: "Inside is the coil and dry food that went to the capital." ”

Liu Yanchang opened it and saw that there were at least twenty taels of silver in it, and hurriedly said: "It's a lot, five taels for Xiaosheng to go to the capital is enough, how can twenty taels be made!"

"Not much, not much, there is still an old man looking at your face......"

Mu Changsheng began to talk nonsense again: "Although he has the qualifications of a general, it does not match the word your Yanchang, and there is an image of an untimely death!"

"Ah, how does that work?"

Liu Yanchang was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Dare to ask the old immortal chief, is there a way to remedy it?"

"Another word. ”

The shepherd said in a deep voice: "Look at the old man...... You can change the word Yanchang to immortality, and completely change your bad luck, otherwise you will still be difficult to pass this imperial examination!"

But he wanted to lose the name Liu Yanchang!

"Yes yes yes, I change, I change ......"

Liu Yanchang breathed a sigh of relief, nodded again and again, and said, "I'll change it immediately when I go to the capital this time!"

Shepherd Changsheng said: "Well, just remember, it's not too early, let's get on the road!"

Liu Yanchang turned around and wanted to leave, but his expression suddenly moved, and he turned around and asked: "Xiao Sheng just saw that the old immortal chief was clever, can you ask the old immortal to calculate what the future of Xiao Sheng's trip is?"

Hearing this, the shepherd was calculating for a while, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, you will be in the top three!"

"Plop!"

Hearing this, Liu Yanchang was excited and fell to his knees.

"Xiaosheng was captured here by gangsters today, but I didn't expect to meet the old immortal chief, but it was really a blessing for Saion to lose his horse. ”

Liu Yanchang said: "In the future, if Xiaosheng can really soar, he will not forget the kindness of the old immortal today, and build a temple and statue to repay him!"

"No need, as long as you don't become a traitor in the future, just do more good things for the people, go!"

Raising his hand as he spoke, Liu Yanchang immediately felt that he was being wrapped in a force and sent out of the cave.

When he came back to his senses again, he had already come to a big road at the foot of the mountain, and everything that had just happened was like a dream, only the burden on his shoulders reminded him that it was not a dream just now.

Liu ...... Immortal ......"

Liu Yanchang lowered his head and whispered, and then walked towards the capital with his head held high.

On top of a mountain.

Mu Changsheng stopped to look at Liu Yanchang on the road, his eyes flashed, and he didn't know what he was thinking

"Shepherd boy, did you really give him your name?" Zhong Ling said.

"No, this is his name, and the surname Mu, this face, I won't use it in the future. ”

He shook his head slightly, and the facial features on his face began to slowly disappear: "In this way, after he reaches the peak of his life, all the cause and effect between me and him will be broken." ”

"Don't call the shepherd to give birth to ......"

Zhong Ling was surprised: "Then what is your name?"

"yes, what's my name?"

A figure said to himself on the top of the mountain: "I have lived as someone else for a thousand years, and after losing these things today, who am I?"

He has had many identities in this world, but they are all based on the face of the name Mu Changsheng and the body.

Later, he had his own body, but his name and face were still the same, and today's appearance of Liu Yanchang made him make up his mind to cut off everything related to the original pastor Changsheng.

After a long time.

"I am not who I am, I am myself, and I live as him......"

The face of a faceless person suddenly glowed, and a new resolute face appeared, and what remained unchanged was the fierce gaze that gradually rose in the eyes that slowly opened: "And now I am the Qiankun Holy Lord!"