Under the afterglow of the setting sun, Qingmu leaned against the car door, smoking one cigarette after another, waiting at the gate of the design institute for Wang Xuan to come out from get off work.
He was a little worried. The master fled to Xinxing like a fire. It had not been like this for many years. What happened? He wanted to know clearly.
Wang Xuan was in a good mood, a big stone fell from his heart, and walked out talking and laughing with his colleagues.
"Xiao Wang, this way." Aoki called him.
"Someone is looking for me, see you tomorrow." Wang Xuan greeted a few people around him and walked quickly forward.
In the sunset, a group of migratory birds flew away, making the autumn look more and more deep and the sky high.
Qingmu took Wang Xuan to dinner and started asking questions on the way. When he heard that Lao Chen had an appointment with Yu Hua Zhenxian in the near future, he stepped on the accelerator and almost hit the car in front of him.
"Watch the road and be careful!" Wang Xuan quickly reminded.
There are many vehicles on the street. It is time to get off work. The traffic is a bit congested. Aoki's heart is also a bit blocked. What happened? Lao Chen was scared away by the female alchemist?
He knew very well that Lao Chenshu was a very powerful person. He was one of the rare superpowers. In addition, he was always smart and capable, and almost never suffered losses. However, recently he... suffered a loss.
Wang Xuan was very relaxed, and he was still in the mood to look at the red maple trees on both sides of the road. The maple leaves looked particularly warm in the sunset. Thinking that the female alchemist would no longer appear, he thought that he might really go to Xinxing with Lao Chen this time.
"What do you think will happen to my master?" After Aoki roughly understood the situation, he felt it was a bit outrageous. How could a man who had been dead for three thousand years still have dreams?
"Old Chen is a good man, I'm sure everything will be fine." Wang Xuan comforted him.
Aoki was never short of money, so he chose a high-end restaurant with a large private room and very quiet place. After ordering, he began to ask in a low voice what happened.
"You mean, Lao Chen blocked the disaster for you?" Aoki choked on his own cigarette, feeling quite speechless.
"Don't think too much, it's none of my business. The reason why the female alchemist is dreaming is that no one who has participated in the Daxinganling underground test site is innocent. Old Qing, you should be more careful these days!"
Wang Xuan felt refreshed and had a great appetite. While enjoying the delicious food, he kindly reminded him of some green wood, telling him that he had better prepare some talisman paper or something recently. Lao Chen was more experienced in this regard. After the incident, he took it directly
A bunch of them came out and were plastered all over the body.
At the same time, he also complained that Lao Chen was so stingy. When he asked for help on weekends, he gave him one. But when something happened to him, he stuck it to his body desperately and it was almost full of mud.
Listening to his outrageous complaints and warnings, Aoki grinned, feeling complicated, and blew out a smoke ring without saying anything.
"Lao Chen, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility." Wang Xuan commented.
Aoki glared at him, what kind of nonsense is this? This guy got an advantage and acted like a good boy.
"How can we help him?" Aoki frowned. He was indeed a little worried about Lao Chen. After all, he was his master.
Wang Xuan said: "I don't think it's a big deal. Old Chen has gone to Xinxing. The female alchemist must be unfamiliar with the place there. She probably won't get used to it. Sooner or later, she will bring Old Chen back."
Listen, what are these words? Aoki glared at him, and then discussed with him how about sending him to Xinxing to support and take care of Lao Chen.
Wang Xuan immediately refused. He had just jumped out of the fire pit, who would jump in again if nothing happened?
He glanced at Qingmu and said, "Don't worry about Lao Chen yet. I think you really need to worry about yourself."
"What do you mean?" Aoki put out the cigarette.
Wang Xuan glanced at him and said: "What else can you mean? Old Chen is cowarded and has gone to Xinxing. He will definitely not be able to help the female alchemist solve the problem. If she comes back by then, I guess it will be your turn.
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"You have a poisonous mouth, shut up!" Qingmu felt really unsure, and he felt that this was probably how Lao Chen was found.
He seriously suspected that the female alchemist probably went to see Lao Chen after hearing Wang Xuan's nonsense.
The more he thought about it, the more he realized what was going on. He warned him sternly, "Eat, and leave as soon as possible! You are not allowed to come to me during this period of time, and you don't want to be alone alone. Anyway, you don't want to in the near future."
Mention my name!"
"Old Qing, you are not being kind, you are talking as if I have opened my mouth." Wang Xuan was dissatisfied and argued that this matter had nothing to do with him and he was also a victim.
"Don't say anything. Let's draw a clear line between us for the time being. You are not allowed to contact me recently!" Aoki was about to check out and leave. He didn't want to stay any longer and almost didn't move his chopsticks.
Wang Xuan said: "Don't leave in a hurry. When will my five million be received? That is the compensation I paid for with my life in Qingcheng Mountain."
"It will arrive tomorrow!" Aoki stood up after saying that. He was quite happy about giving the money. Although the silver animal skin scroll has not been deciphered yet, the expert group unanimously felt that it was of amazing value, otherwise it would not be possible.
It would make an immortal alchemist stare at it until his death.
"Okay!" Wang Xuan was satisfied. For a newly graduated student, having such a huge sum of money was really a huge surprise.
"You should eat some." Wang Xuan persuaded Qingmu, and then said: "You really want to leave, don't you want to send me back?"
Aoki ignored him, accelerated his speed, and disappeared in a blink of an eye, and made up his mind not to go near Wang Xuan's residence in the near future.
The next day, Wang Xuan received a text message from the bank indicating that a large sum of money had been credited to his account. He counted six zeros in total and found that it was indeed five million. His mood suddenly surged.
Soon, he remembered another thing. Have you paid taxes? He quickly asked Aoki, but Aoki hung up on him five times and ignored him!
In the end, perhaps because she really couldn't stand him, Aoki sent a text message to tell him that he had already paid it on his behalf and would give him 5 million after tax.
"Lao Qing, you are awesome!" Wang Xuan quickly typed a few words and replied.
Aoki took a look and blocked him directly. He always felt that if he had too much contact with him recently, something would happen. The more he thought about it, the more he thought it was true. He shouldn't go to him and invite him to dinner. Lao Chen learned from the past.
In the evening, Wang Xuan called his parents and told them to go back this weekend and get vaccinated in advance, saying: "I won the lottery!"
In the next two days, Wang Xuan studied Taoism, practiced root techniques, and thought about feather fossils. This time when he returned home, he must go to the mountain to see if there was anything left behind.
After getting off work on Friday, Wang Xuan quickly rushed to the station. His home was in a neighboring town, only more than a hundred kilometers away, which was not that far away.
When he returned home in the evening, although his parents were very happy at first, they became much calmer than he imagined later. In Lao Wang's words, what's the use of having so much money? Just spend enough to cover your needs. This mentality may also lead to
Wang Xuan usually has some big-hearted reasons.
"You can keep it for yourself, buy a wedding room, and get a wife back as soon as possible." Lao Wang said happily, not forgetting to urge the marriage.
Wang Xuan came back only once a week or two, so after the couple saw him, although they were in a good mood, they were relatively peaceful.
"I just graduated. It's too early. Let's wait two years and transfer the money to you first." Then, Wang Xuan ignored it and completed the transfer directly.
After dinner in the evening, he asked his parents about the Black Mountains dozens of miles away from the small town. There had always been a legend about a fairy girl in that place.
He remembered that when he was a child, there used to be a Taoist temple on the mountain, but it fell into disrepair and it completely collapsed without a single Taoist priest. He didn't know what happened now.
Lao Wang recalled and sighed: "There are indeed some legends there. The incense was still very popular when I was a child. Later, the villages and towns at the foot of the mountain were demolished and people moved away. Most of them moved into the city, and the incense gradually stopped.
In the end, even the Taoist priests were gone, and now the place is overgrown with wormwood, and I heard that the foundations of the Taoist temples can no longer be found.”
Wang Xuan said: "Tomorrow I plan to make an appointment with two young people to go around. It's been a long time since I've been to Dahei Mountain. In autumn, it's just a good time to see if there are any hazelnuts, pecans and the like."
In the evening, he started to make appointments with people. The two boys were very happy to know that he was back, and they hurriedly agreed. One would prepare a car tomorrow, and the other said that he would borrow some local dogs and take them into the mountains to chase rabbits.
However, the weather was unfavorable and the weather forecast for Saturday would turn from sunny to cloudy. As a result, it started to rain steadily, and the rain became heavier and heavier. The two of them felt a little regretful and rescheduled their trip to Daheishan on Sunday.
Wang Xuan couldn't sit still. Even if it rained heavily, it would have no impact on him, a person who practiced old skills. He took action directly.
He put on his rain gear, walked out of the house and out of the small town, and then started running wildly, all the way to Daheishan.
The main reason was that the legend about the fairy girl seemed to be related to rain. Taking advantage of this environment, he went into the mountains to take a look.
After practicing the Golden Body Technique to the fourth level, even if it is dozens of miles away, it is nothing to Wang Xuan.
Finally he entered the mountain. The mountains and rocks were so black that if there were no vegetation, they would look like light ink from a distance, so it was called Black Mountain, or Daheishan.
According to his memory, Wang Xuan rushed directly to one of the peaks and climbed the mountain quickly. However, when he reached the top of the mountain, he felt suspicious. The Taoist temple was missing. Even if it collapsed, there should be foundations and rubble. Why was it so bare?
He felt as if the foundation had been dug away.
Did I remember it wrong, it’s not this mountain?
Wang Xuan went to other mountains to search, and climbed several hills one after another, but did not find the collapsed Taoist temple.
boom!
Thunder exploded between the sky and the earth, and dazzling lightning flashed across the rain curtain, illuminating the dark sky and making the entire Daheishan Mountains briefly bright.
Inadvertently, Wang Xuan looked up, what did he see?
On the main peak where he first thought there was a collapsed Taoist temple, a creature appeared. It was not small in size. It was a...husband, carrying a person down the mountain.
Moreover, as the wolf ran down, the mountain was shaking slightly, heading towards him!