Bevan Mountain

There is a dense forest not far west of the city, through the dense forest, a wide river is a few steps away, and the shadows of the treetops are cast on the river, swaying and swaying with the flowing water.

The old alchemist shook his whisk lightly, walked leisurely, and came to the river, just squatted down to wash his hands, when he felt a figure not far from one side.

Turning her head and looking, it was the girl in black clothes sitting cross-legged on a rock by the river that day. The tree shadow covered her, making her whole body melt into the darkness again.

The girl noticed that someone was looking over her, she turned her head slightly and glanced back, her expression indifferent.

"Strange, why is it her again? Look at this girl's simple and plain attire. If you say she is some kind of alchemist, it seems that she has nowhere to go;

If it is a cloud traveler, it is weird and quaint, neither of which can be touched;

The small bag on his back was even darker, it really didn't look like it contained any precious magic weapon.Why do I feel that her eyes are so penetrating..."

Thinking of this, the old alchemist calmed himself down first, and smiled at the girl, "Little friend, it's such a coincidence that I met you again."

The girl didn't answer, and turned her head to look at the river again.

The old alchemist was rejected, but he was not annoyed, as if it was expected.It's just that he was determined to ask something, so he scooped up the river water, and while washing himself slowly and casually, he continued to talk to himself: "Your friend is not a local, is he?"

"But staying in this city temporarily?"

"Where are you going?"

"Have you tried the steamed mandarin fish, a famous dish here? That's... hey, don't go!"

The girl was disturbed by his questioning, so she got up and walked upstream along the river.

The old alchemist chased after her, stopped her with a whisk, and put on a serious face: "Who are you? Why are you following me?"

The girl glanced at the fly whisk in front of her, turned her back as if she didn't hear anything, and walked towards the lower reaches of the river.

The alchemist was quite helpless. Seeing her supercilious look, he wanted to give up, but he was also worried that there would be an accident when he cast the spell three days later.

After all, he met her twice when he came out of Wei's house, what's more, this person's eyes seemed clear and clear at first glance, but they seemed deep and unfathomable when he looked again.

I had no choice but to think of another way, and chased after him again, saying kindly: "Little friend, don't play tricks on the old man anymore, if you follow me like this, then... don't I, an old man, have trouble sleeping and eating."

"I didn't follow you." The girl finally opened her mouth coldly, but her voice was as cool and pleasant as the shady mountain water caressing talcum.

The alchemist had a pleasant face and was not relentless: "If you want something, let's discuss it..."

A hint of impatience finally appeared on the girl's indifferent face, she strode away from the alchemist, and continued to move forward.

The old alchemist frowned, and looked at the girl's weak back, but if there were a few more sharp teeth, what can I do with a dumb person?

But I didn't know the details of this person, and I was very puzzled in my heart. I couldn't ask any questions when I saw it, so I rolled my eyes halfway, and took out a talisman from the peach wood box...

At this moment, the girl in front stopped her feet.

The alchemist paused in his hand, and hurriedly put the talisman back.

The girl stood still for a moment, then turned around, glanced at the wooden box on the alchemist's waist, and said, "Go and do your deception yourself. Don't follow me."

The alchemist immediately trembled in his heart, clenched his hands, let them loose again, put on a calm look, and walked to the side: "Oh? How did I deceive people?"

The girl's eyes were cold, and she said bluntly, "Master Wei, an ordinary person who doesn't practice magic, where did he get his energy?"

"You!" The alchemist finally changed his expression and said angrily, "Where did you hear that?!"

The girl was still calm, with a disengaged tone: "When you were talking with the two stewards in the courtyard, I happened to pass by outside the wall."

"A little girl's family actually did such a despicable thing as eavesdropping on the corner!" The alchemist was a little annoyed.

"I said I was passing by."

"Hmph..." the alchemist argued, "I was talking about breathing energy, not inner alchemy energy, you misheard—I didn't see that little friend also understands Fang Xian's Taoism."

"I've heard about it. But..." The girl calmed down, "No matter what kind of energy, I have never heard of the magic method of using it to borrow life. Could it be that you rely on the remoteness of this place, and there are very few people who know alchemy, so you just take it casually." A name to deceive people?"

The alchemist sneered and said, "There are so many spells in the world, how can you say that they don't exist if you haven't heard them? Don't spit blood without proof!"

"Evidence..." The girl recalled a little, and said, "On the day the master of the Wei family passed away, I saw a yellow-haired boy holding a hollowed-out Taoju on the side of the street. When Master Wei passed by, the child put down the Taoju, pretending not to Be careful, with one kick, it landed on Master Wei's back.

This kid, I'm afraid it was also transformed by you with the trick of changing appearance and transforming your eyes.

On the bow, there should be... a resident soul talisman, which can make a living person seem to die after an hour, and stop breathing for seven days and nights.

After seven days, the spell will be lifted on its own, and the person cast the spell will be safe and sound, but they don't know what happened during these seven days. "

Hearing the young girl's nonchalant explanation of the matter one by one, the alchemist became furious: "Who the hell are you! Why do you keep following me?!"

"I happened to be passing by."

The girl answered without ups and downs, as cold as a pool of deep water at the end of a valley.Annoyed, the alchemist straightened his back and yelled: "You are my enemy in the last life! How come you turned around!"

This question made the girl a little helpless: "I don't know, I just encountered it."

The alchemist was so angry that he couldn't decide whether her words were true or not. He only thought about it for a moment, then smiled and said: "As you said, this place is remote, and the people know little about spells. Why don't we make a bet? Let's see if the Wei family believes in you or me."

The girl was puzzled: "Why should I bet with you?"

"..." The old alchemist was at a loss for words, he really didn't know whether he was distracted by her or by himself.

"Well... this talisman is not a curse that hurts people's lives, and there is no need to do a special method to break the curse. As soon as the time comes, the talisman in the body will disappear by itself. It doesn't matter if you are on the scene or not. ..."

The girl said casually, as if her playful heart had been hooked out, and she meant to be playful, "Furthermore, let me calculate the shapeshifter you have now - today's time limit is coming soon... If you are here with me again After a while, or if I have been following you, I should be able to see your true form, and then—"

"And you said you didn't follow me!" Hearing this, the alchemist couldn't help jumping, and pointed at the girl with the end of his whisk shaking and yelling.

The girl was a little innocent: "It's true that I didn't follow before."

"Student!" The old alchemist stomped and cursed.

"..." Deng Tuzi blurted out this sentence, but the girl was not embarrassed. Looking at the white beard who was trembling with anger, she didn't know how to answer.The scene is very strange...

"Although I haven't seen how strong this person is, but since he can see through my illusion, he is probably superior to me..."

Thinking of this, the old alchemist raised his eyebrows slightly, and glanced at the black cloth bag that the girl was carrying.

From the beginning of the conversation to the present, in less than a stick of incense, the old alchemist has changed several faces, and this time he said kindly: "Little friend, I don't know, I am doing a good deed. Let's use this Only harmless methods can let Mr. Wei tell who is the sincere person by his side.

What's more, a mere 1000 taels is just a drop in the bucket for his Wei family.This love and money, which is more important? "

The girl followed the alchemist's words and began to think: "Master Wei never made such a request, right? How do you know he doesn't know? How do you know whether he wants to know?"

"Is this..." The old alchemist braced his back that was a little sore because he had been hunched all the time before, and pretended to wave the dust: "The layout is clear, the authorities are obsessed, and some personnel matters are not clear. Whether you want to or not, it doesn't matter." It should cover up the deep affection."

The girl didn't want to pay attention to his nonsense, she didn't want to spend time listening to his nonsense, she just walked away.

Suddenly hungry, a few grunts sounded in response.The girl's ears turned red immediately, and she turned her head away subconsciously.

The alchemist didn't believe the nonsense of her frequent encounters, wishful thinking that she wanted something bad, and was worried that there was no way to solve it, when he heard the sound of hunger, he quickly made a living in his heart, concealed his joy, and hurriedly said: "Young lady, don't stop me, right?" When it's a charitable deed with the old man, after the deed is completed, the legal remuneration will be divided between me and the girl. How about it?"

Before the girl could answer, the old alchemist took out another ingot of silver from his bosom: "Miss, you haven't eaten for a long time? This silver is regarded as a set money, and you can take it first. After three days, I will get the legal reward, and I am still here." share it with the girl."

After finishing speaking, he threw the silver at the girl.The girl took it casually, looked down at the silver in her hand, and said thoughtfully, "I'm not..." When she looked up again, the old alchemist had already walked away quickly.

But the alchemist walked quickly into the depths of the dense forest, muttering in his mouth: "It's bad luck, but it's really bad luck, and I ran into a money-loser, ah... this year's money will not be enough again... "

Suddenly he stopped and looked back for a while, making sure that no one was following, then he complained and walked forward with his sleeves.