[Xiu Xian] Master, let's talk about life

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"Then he said to me: 'In the days to come, you can retreat with me. Your foundation is too weak, and it will take some time.' Then I only have this last day of freedom." Chen Xiuping sat on the rock, He took advantage of the last day before the retreat to talk to Meng Xiaobao, and incidentally said what Cheng Yin said yesterday, with some anticipation in his words.

Meng Xiaobao saw it, so he didn't say much, he just asked: "The trial at the end of the year, can you catch up?"

Chen Xiuping thought for a while and said, "Master didn't say anything."

Although Cheng Yin didn't say anything, he must have his own plan in mind, he even gave Chen Xiuping a Taoist name, and he thought he sincerely accepted this apprentice, so Meng Xiaobao didn't ask any more questions.

After chatting for a while, Chen Xiuping said goodbye first: "I don't know how long it will take to retreat on the mountain this time, and I don't know what the result will be. I just hope that when I go down the mountain, you won't have forgotten me."

Meng Xiaobao laughed, and said: "What you said is heartless. Do you know how I raised you? In my whole life, I have raised a child like you. What I am most familiar with is your temper. , If I forget you, I must have lost my mind."

Chen Xiuping also laughed. He thought of how Meng Xiaobao got along with him in the past ten years. He was also a brother and a father. Even if he had an extra master now, he couldn't replace him. .

Meng Xiaobao looked at his figure behind him, but his smile gradually narrowed.

He thought: In fact, Dabao is different, but he himself didn't realize it.

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Ling Jianfeng is actually in the center of Xunxianzong. Its main peak is like a sharp sword, piercing straight into the center of the sect. There are thousands of miles of mountains around it, which actually covers a very large area.

The place where Cheng Yin took Chen Xiuping to practice was not on the main peak.

Chen Xiuping followed Cheng Yin, and he lost his sense of direction after a while. He only felt that there were tall and low trees all around him. Occasionally, apes screamed and grabbed the branches and passed by, startling a group of flying birds. The sunlight could hardly penetrate the dense forest. Konoha, Chen Xiuping has not been exposed to the sun all the way.

When he was thinking "Where is this place?", Cheng Yin suddenly said in front of him: "I brought you here on foot, mainly because I hope you can remember the topography here, after all, I can't always be by your side. "

Chen Xiuping said "Ah?", and he couldn't help but said, "No, Master, I want to stay here and get lost every minute."

Cheng Yin didn't speak anymore.

Chen Xiuping thought that what he said just now was so unstandard that his master was speechless, so he quickly corrected it: "But I have only one shortcoming, I just don't know the way, I don't have a good sense of direction, but my memory and comprehension are very good, really. Really."

Cheng Yin let out a "huh" and continued walking.

I don't know how long he walked, but Chen Xiuping relied on his perseverance to support him, and when the snow was about to start falling, he finally saw a few thatched cottages.

I don’t know if this thatched house is made of thatch, but it is a kind of grass. There is a small yard surrounded by a fence outside, and there are three cottages inside. Chen Xiuping was taken by Cheng Yin to a room on the left. There is a wooden barrel inside, which is emitting light gray mist.

Looking at the color of the mist, Chen Xiuping knew that there was something wrong with it.

He looked at his master.

Cheng Yin was already standing beside him, and said to him calmly at this moment: "Go in and take a bath, no matter what, you have to soak for two hours. After two hours, come to the middle room to find me."

The corner of Chen Xiuping's mouth twitched.

Two hours...four hours...this skin is still wrinkled into a monkey! ! !

But the teacher's order must not be violated, Chen Xiuping nodded and agreed.

Cheng Yin raised his hand and lit a stick of incense at the door: "When the incense goes out, the time will come, don't let it pass." After speaking, he gave him a nod and went out.

Although Chen Xiuping complained about it in his heart, but when he actually implemented it, he took off his clothes and soaked it in. It was not until he soaked in that he had no time to research what the ingredients were.

Although the smoke is light gray, the liquid inside is very clear and not hot, just lukewarm water. Chen Xiuping studied it for a long time, and even wanted to taste it, but in the end, he still didn't go after a psychological struggle. To die, but to soak obediently.

Taking a bath, the water temperature is suitable, the environment is quiet, and people's hearts are calm. It is very easy to make people slack off their minds and relax their bodies. In addition, this liquid has no strange smell, and there is no other strong feeling after soaking. Chen Xiuping soaked While soaking, I fell asleep...

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Chen Xiuping woke up from the cold. He opened his eyes and saw that it was pitch black outside the window, and the incense at the door had been extinguished—but he didn't know how long it had been extinguished, and the water was as cold as if it had been frozen.

He quickly jumped out, wrapped himself up and ran out, and when he opened the door, he saw Cheng Yin.

Standing in the middle of the yard, Cheng Yin looked up at the sky. His long jet-black hair fluttered like running water in the night wind, and his jade-like skin seemed to be shining under the starlight. Chen Xiuping was stunned for a moment.

Then he heard Cheng Yin say: "You are half an hour late."

Chen Xiuping was speechless, really embarrassed to say that he fell asleep.

In the silence, Cheng Yin's voice sounded like an ice edge breaking in a mountain stream: "On the road to cultivating immortality, the most important thing is to avoid mistakes. The journey to immortality is long. Most of the time, you have to walk by yourself. If you don't restrain yourself, just ask others for help. It is determined that the journey will not be long. In this case, you don't have to worship under my sect, just go down the mountain directly."

Chen Xiuping's legs went limp, his eyes darkened, he felt a roar in his ears, and he knelt down immediately.

But he himself didn't notice that he knelt down at first, he just felt confused and almost lost all strength in his body, and then his strength suddenly came back like a flash of light.

He found himself kneeling on the ground, knocked his head down, and hit the ground with a heavy muffled sound.

Then he said: "The apprentice is lazy, please give me another chance, Master."

He heard Cheng Yin's voice: "I once asked you why you cultivated immortality, but now you only ask yourself why you cultivate immortality."

Chen Xiuping felt that his hands and feet were trembling, and many memories suddenly skipped in his mind. Some memories he planned to bury in his heart forever and never remember again, but today, he suddenly revealed everything .

Those memories are like grains that are about to rot, exuding a stale musty smell.

Then he heard his own voice: "If you cultivate immortality, you should become a master; if you cultivate immortality, you should prove Taoism and live forever."

Then he felt ice on his forehead and lost consciousness.