Chapter 878: Seeing the Light of Day Again
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Three hundred-zhang high stone mountains, standing opposite the horns, the houses on the hillside, and the three avenues under the hillside, are the whole picture of Bishui Town.
On the hillside to the north, next to the mountain road, there is a sake brewery.
The so-called liquor store has only two stone houses, half a shed, and is overgrown with weeds, which seems to be neglected and quite shabby. It was the shopkeeper, an old man with a wrinkled face, who was also sitting on the threshold with his sleeves crossed, looking listless. If it weren't for a bunch of wine jars in the grass, I'm afraid no one would know that this was a wine shop.
Although the wine shop is simple and shabby, there are customers who come to the door.
At the stone table in front of the door, three men sat down. Two of them are holding the jar and pouring it vigorously, very hearty, and the other is enjoying the sunset over the distant mountains, shaking his head and muttering: "The beautiful scenery is unique here, but intoxicated in the vulgar wine and turbid soup of the mountains and villages, what ......is the realm?"
This person likes to express his feelings through the scenery and show that his realm is extraordinary, but his unintentional words touched the heart of the old shopkeeper.
"Alas, the mountains and countryside are not without good wine!"
I saw the shopkeeper smiling at the guests, and sighed softly: "It's only been half a year since the little old man found the shop, so the taste of the wine is far from what it used to be, and I hope that the three masters will be one or two!"
"Hey, according to you, if you are given a hundred years, you can brew the elixir of the Immortal Family?"
"Can't ......"
"Hehe, Brother Ji, Ah Nian, look at this ordinary man, vulgar, how to taste the wine brewed, but the two of them are like drinking sweet and sweet......"
This guest is Guiyuan, who did not forget to make fun of the two companions while teaching the shopkeeper a lesson. And the two companions are none other than Ah Nian, and the Ji Sanren who met by chance on the way. The three of them walked together, and when they arrived in Bishui Town, Ji Sanren was reluctant to leave when he saw the wine shop, and Ah Nian also stroked his hands and agreed, he had to accompany him, but he was proud of himself and did not drink a drop of wine.
Ah Nian put half a jar of wine on the grass at his feet, wiped the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "Haha, it's just drinking, it's just a pleasure, where can I care about the elixir and turbid soup, Senior Ji, you said yes?"
He saw that Ji Sanren was sitting and drinking with him, not informal, and without the style of elders, he consciously joined the fate and added a little closeness.
And Ji Sanren only cared about holding the wine jar and "gurgling" it, even if the wine was wet and the hair and clothes were disregarded. In the blink of an eye, ten catties of wine were in the stomach. Only then did he throw away the empty wine jar, let out a long sip of wine, and then silently looked at the sunset over the distant mountains, but his eyes were blurred and his expression was gloomy.
The taste of the wine is really average, and being able to sit in a wine shop in a small mountain town again has the illusion of being in a different world.
It's been five or six years, and it's finally seen the light of day......
"Brother Ji, in this situation, drink the wine, do you have any understanding, and share a witty remark?"
Ji Sanren was still distracted, and was suddenly interrupted, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and said casually: "I feel sad all day long, vulgar and not vulgar, tired and tired......"
Guiyuan's face froze.
Ji Sanren turned around and grinned: "Hey, I'm a rough person, and I'm not as transcendent as the realm of the elder brother of the Guiyuan!"
Gui Yuan hurriedly shook his head and said, "Oh, brother is too ...... Qian"
Ji Sanren didn't want to say more, and asked instead: "Shopkeeper, you said to get back the shop? Who took your livelihood, and this wine shop is not worth much?"
"Alas!"
The shopkeeper owes his body, sat down again, leaned against the door frame, and sighed: "One day five years ago, for some reason, a group of immortal cultivators suddenly robbed the wine shop, pretending to be a little old man to sell wine, and how can the immortal cultivators know how to make a living by making wine and selling wine, not only that, but the inn and blacksmith shop at the intersection were also robbed, and it was not until more than half a year ago that Bishui Town was restored to its original state. However, the body and bones of the little old man are not as good as before, and he has no intention of making wine, and he just makes a living......"
There is such a change in the small town of Bishui?
Ji Sanren was very surprised and was silent.
Some people disdainfully said: "How can a mortal old man know a lot of ......?"
"Oh?"
Ji Sanren followed the sound and looked, only to see Guiyuan stretching out his hand to stroke his sparse beard, lowering his voice, and said incomprehensibly: "Brother Ji doesn't know, five or six years ago, there was a wicked person in Luzhou, burning, killing and looting, and doing all kinds of evil. So the masters of the Jade Temple and various families set up checkpoints in various places, just to bring him to justice, but they didn't see that person appear for a long time, which coincided with the chaos between the ghost clan and the demon clan, and the Jade Temple was too busy to take care of itself and had to give up......"
"The ghost clan and the demon clan are in chaos?"
"Hehe, my brother is still counting on more advice, but Brother Ji is so lonely and unheard......"
"Hey, since we're walking together, take care of each other!"
"Of course, and it's getting late, how about a place to rest?"
"Just as my brother said!"
Gui Yuan said that he would go, and took Ah Nian away.
And Ji Sanren took out a gold ingot and sent it to the shopkeeper, signaling that there was no need to refuse. He saw that the other party was old and frail, and it was not easy to live, so he felt compassion and intended to help one or two.
Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper didn't appreciate it, grabbed the gold ingot and didn't look at it, threw it on the ground, and said in disgust: "What the little old man wants is a spirit stone to prolong life, an elixir to dispel illness and strengthen the body, but the master fools me with gold, hum!"
Ji Sanren was bored, so he had to find a few spirit stones and throw them down, but he waved his sleeves, and by the way, swept away the dozen jars of wine in the shop, and then turned around and ran to Guiyuan and Ah Nian to chase after him.
And after the shopkeeper got the spirit stone, he was still complaining: "Hmph, the little old man is not afraid of the masters, he will die, and he will be reincarnated as an immortal in the next life, and he will deal with the thieves who rob the wine shop......"
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On the top of the hill, there were three people sitting.
When night falls, the moon rises high, and the mountain breeze is cool, it is also refreshing.
Guiyuan played a ban to seal the surroundings, and said with a smug smile: "Hehe, the wind and moon here are clear, not only far better than the chaos of the inn, but also the beautiful scenery of heaven and earth!"
Ah Nian nodded again and again, and echoed: "Well, if you save spirit stones, at least a dozen spirit stones will be saved......"
Gui Yuan's interest did not decrease, and he said: "Brother Ji, in this situation, why don't you learn from the Tao and discuss the realm ......?"
This place is located a hundred miles away directly north of Bishui Town, and it is a hundred zhang stone mountain surrounded by jungle. The top of the mountain has a square circle of several zhang, the four sides are empty, and the bright moon is in the sky, and the night is boundless. But as Ah Nian said, the key is to save the spirit stone. To live in an inn, it costs more than a dozen spirit stones, and the three of them are not easy to make up the number, and no one is willing to suffer, so they can only live in the wilderness in the end.
And Ji Sanren sat aside, holding a wine jar and drinking silently alone, as if he was not strong enough to drink, he slowly lay down, waved his hand at Guiyuan and said: "This time I was forced to get out of the customs, the realm is not good, let me rest for a night, and it is not too late to talk to my brother another day!"
With that, he closed his eyes and looked like a sleeping person.
"It's okay, it's okay, Brother Ji is resting!"
Gui Yuan was still generous and understanding, but quietly signaled: "Brother Ah Nian, see no, the realm is indispensable, otherwise it will be like Brother Ji." And you and I should be diligent, and breathe and breathe......"
The night is getting darker, and everything is silent.
Guiyuan and Ah Nian, sitting in place and practicing with peace of mind. The temperament and cultivation of the two are different, but their dedication to the immortal path is no different.
At this time, someone who seemed to be sleeping soundly slowly opened his eyes, while he was still lying on the ground, silently looking at the bright moon in the sky, silently thinking about his thoughts.
The reason why he changed his name Ji Sanren, changed his appearance, and hid his cultivation was because he was a villain who moved everywhere, and he was blameless for making trouble in Dragon Dance Valley.
That's right, Ji Sanren, it's no blame.
After he escaped from Dragon Dance Valley, he was chased by his husband Daozi and others and had no way to escape, and finally had to escape into the sea in order to survive.
That husband is extremely difficult to deal with.
So he shook a shot without blame, and used the trick of the Yin Mu Fu in exchange for a chance to breathe, and immediately escaped to the bottom of the sea, but did not hide on the spot, but used the water technique to escape. And the heaven and earth prohibition in the depths of the sea is quite powerful, and it is not easy to travel through it, but fortunately, with the help of the Xingyue silver armor body, he can avoid the search of Fu Daozi and others, and then he spared no effort to escape in one direction. When he was exhausted, he finally escaped to a desert island tens of thousands of miles. And after discerning the direction, he realized that he was not far from danger. He rested for a moment and retreated into the sea again. When he was unable to continue, he could only hold on to the five-colored stone and grit his teeth to hold on.
It's hard to do that. Four or five months later, I met a deserted island in the middle of the sea again.
Unable to move forward, he plunged headlong into the depths of the desert island, and then used what he did best, which was to dig a pit and bury himself. And take the opportunity to heal the wounds, will recuperate physical strength. After a few more months, no one came after him.
At that time, the blameless injury had already healed, and the cultivation realm was hovering between the second and third layers of the Earth Immortal. As a last resort, he took out all the remaining five-colored stones, frantically absorbed and cultivated, and finally stabilized the undulating realm at the third layer of the Earth Immortal. But it took a year of hard work and the last five-color stone.
Now that his injuries have healed and his cultivation is fine, should he go to Luzhou to find Wei Chunhua, Guangshan and the others?
And the five priests, such as Fu Daozi and Long Que, are not ordinary people. The Jade Temple behind it is even more powerful and unpredictable. And since the other party knows the origin of his blamelessness, how can he give up. If he is lucky, he will pay a terrible price for it and regret it for the rest of his life.
After weighing it again and again, he finally dispelled the idea of recklessness. He continued to hide underground on a desert island, and was entitled to a retreat to practice.
And the five-colored stone is long gone, and with the only spirit stone, it is no longer enough to cultivate. He figured out the "Ancient Sword Formula", "Heavenly Poor Technique", "Shenwu Decision", "Xuangui Sutra", "Ten Thousand Sage Formula", "Demon Transformation Technique", as well as talismans, formations, and other exercises, and gradually immersed himself in them and forgot about them. When you are tired, you will take a sip of wine and rest for a while, and then continue to understand all kinds of mysteries......
I don't know how long it took, and I woke up from the meditation again. suddenly realized that he had a bad memory, and he once again forgot the specific year.
Is it two years or three years to hide underground like this?
And two or three years have passed, has Fu Daozi given up the pursuit at sea?
What's more, hiding like this is not a long-term solution. It's better to find out the wind and then think about it.
I don't blame for making up my mind, but I'm still cautious.
He left the desert island and did not show his head, but continued to escape in the sea with the help of water walking. It took several more months to reach the shore. He still didn't dare to be careless, and fled directly, until hundreds of miles away, and then quietly appeared in a small secluded canyon. When he was bathed in the bright sun, he couldn't help but lie lazily on the grass. And before they had time to rest, Guiyuan and Ah Nian happened to pass by. After a little hesitation, he became a Jisanren......