Transcendent Dawn - 622. Chapter 622 Barren Mountain (for subscription)

Blackpool Mansion, somewhere in a barren hill.

“It should be… this is it.”

Xu Changqing, wearing a hat and a bamboo basket, looked at the clouds and mist in the mountains: “Grandpa…According to the people at the market, this unknown deep mountain seems to live in seclusion with real Taoists.”

“Well, you can go take a look, but you also have to pay attention to your safety.”

Su Lu reminded indifferently.

After the last time everything was resolved, Xiaozhai Village had no other external troubles.

However, Xu Changqing had no way of martial arts and had to embark on the journey of seeking immortals and visiting Dao when he cultivated the gods.

In this regard, Sulu gave him two suggestions.

The first one is to join the government!

The Daluo court can suppress Kyushu, and there are immortals. There should be no shortage of internal immortal cultivation methods. After joining the Town Demon Division and other institutions, they will slowly accumulate merits and will be able to exchange them sooner or later.

However, Xu Changqing had just killed another Nine-Rank inspection. It was when he was guilty of heart, and he didn’t have a lot of affection for the government, so he refused.

The second suggestion is to find some cultivating sects.

Sulu didn’t have any good clues in this regard, so he could only let Xu Changqing look for the fairy in the territory of Blackpool Mansion.

If the Fuzhong can’t be found, then the scope can only be expanded to Lingzhou.

“To be honest… the wild is really too dangerous, especially in such uninhabited mountains. Is it really inhabited?”

Xu Changqing shuddered inexplicably when he thought of his experience in the wild during this period of time.

If it hadn’t been for the practice of God, plus the grandfather’s points, and some luck, perhaps he would have been buried on the side of the road long ago.

This also gave him a deep understanding of why the villagers of this era are unwilling to migrate.

“Of course ordinary people can’t, except for monks!”

Sulu replied: “I just hope it’s not the same as the previous times…”

This is not the first place Xu Changqing has looked for. He has also found several Taoist priests who are said to have cultivation bases before.

But after some trials, it was discovered that most of them were magic sticks, and occasionally a few who practiced martial arts with two hands, even he couldn’t beat them, leaving Xu Changqing speechless.

“This should be a bit of a real skill, otherwise I dare not live in the wilderness and deep mountains.”

Xu Changqing stepped into the misty mountain range: “And… the legend of this old way has been circulated for decades… There was a woodcutter who said that he had met him before, and it seems that he might really have mastered what is immortal and immortal. The secret?”

“Is it right? You can tell at a glance.”

Sulu remained silent.

There is no path in the unnamed barren hills, but Xu Changqing’s martial arts is already good, walking among the many strange rocks, like walking on the ground.

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

“This mountain doesn’t feel right, it’s better not to use local things…” Sulu reminded.

“Yes.”

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

The alcohol content in ancient times is very low, it is not easy to get drunk, and it is not easy to deteriorate. It is a good backup option when it is inconvenient to fetch water for long-distance travel.

He drank a few sips and felt the irritating taste all the way down his throat, and the body that had been hit by the cold suddenly warmed a little.

After a while, Xu Changqing found a rock and sat down, ready to eat the dry food that he brought with him.

After eating a few mouthfuls of steamed buns, his ears moved and he heard a song:

“Kong De’s content, only Tao is obedience. Tao is a thing, only trance…”

This means that virtue is determined by Tao. But “Tao” doesn’t have a fixed shape.

“This is Taoism!”

Xu Changqing came to the spirit, got up and chased where the ballad came from.

It didn’t take long before he saw an old Taoist priest.

The other party was wearing a dark and tattered Taoist robe, walking through the mountains and forests with a wooden staff.

“Taoist, please stay!”

Xu Changqing Fei stepped forward and stopped the old way, but was taken aback.

The Taoist’s hair is half black and half white, his cheeks protruding, his teeth are sparse, his eyes and nose and other facial features are slightly inconsistent, as if someone installs it at random, which is indescribably weird.

But he was only surprised in his heart, and on the surface he saluted respectfully: “Under Xu Changqing, I have seen real cultivation!”

“Old mortals are not true cultivation…just a seeker living in the mountains.” The old Taoist said, his voice hoarse and slow, like a dilapidated bellows: “Why are you looking for me?”

“Seeking immortals! I want to learn how to cultivate immortals!”

Xu Changqing looked firm.

Don’t cultivate immortals? How to recover the blood debt of Xiaozhai Village?

“Xian?” The old Taoist smiled lowly: “In your opinion, what is an immortal?”

“This…” Xu Changqing couldn’t answer. He obeyed Su Lu’s proposal, and asked, “Lao Zhang, please advise.”

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

“Then what is’Tao’?”

“Tao is a thing, only trance, but trance. Trance, there is an elephant in it; trance, there is something in it; when it is dark, there is essence in it, and its essence is true, and there is faith in it. In ancient times, the name does not go away, in order to read the public…”

The old Taoist chanted with a long voice: “We are only the humble, small and ignorant… Why do we have a shortcut? You can only ask for the’external pill’! I think you have a bit of strength, and can be the’external pill’ for the old way. “Do your best, can you help me?”

“willing!”

Xu Changqing said authentically without hesitation.

“Goodness!” The old Dao brushed his sparse beard and smiled: “On the day of Dancheng, you will be divided into one to help you get closer.”

…

“Grandpa…”

Following the old Dao, recalling his smile, Xu Changqing actually felt that the other party’s face was a little fuzzy.

He asked inwardly: “Is this person a true monk?”

“Who told you that he is a human?”

Su Lu asked back.

“not human?!”

Xu Changqing’s hair stood upright, feeling that under the other party’s ruined robe, he didn’t know what terrible things were hiding.

“Jushi Xu?”

Old Dao turned his head if he noticed, “What happened?”

“No… it’s okay.”

Xu Changqing reluctantly answered, only to feel that as the sky dimmed, the horror in the other party was constantly recovering.

…

The old Taoist priests lived in an unnamed barren mountain, and their residence was a thatched shed.

He took Xu Changqing to the thatched cottage and shouted, “Cool breeze, bright moon!”

The two Taoist boys greeted them from the thatched hut and called them Master.

The two of them had red lips and white teeth, a little cinnabar mole between their eyebrows, and their innocent and brilliant smiles, which made Xu Changqing’s mood a lot relaxed.

The old Taoist took him to an alchemy furnace and said: “The old Tao wants to refine the’external pill’. It lacks a few medicinal materials and the use of flint. It depends on your strength…”

“Please don’t worry, the chief minister, I will take care of all the firewood and charcoal needed.”

Xu Changqing promised, patting his chest.