Xu Yin took the initiative to clasp his fists and said: "I am Xu Yin, who was originally a swordsman. His life span was greatly lost due to his mistaken entry into the secret realm.
Therefore, he looks like he is about to die. He also came here to seek the immortal way, hoping to find the method of immortality and regain his youth."
The middle-aged man named Tian and the old monk looked at each other again, and they were even more surprised.
But which secret realm you entered will cause your lifespan to be greatly reduced? This seems to be a private matter, so it is difficult to inquire in depth.
So we can only introduce ourselves to each other first.
The middle-aged man surnamed Tian, with a chubby belly, held his fists in the same etiquette and said: "Tian Buyi, the leader of Dazhu Peak of Qingyun Gate."
"Puzhi, a poor monk, is just an ordinary monk from Tianyin Temple."
Tian Buyi laughed and said: "Zen Master is so humble. Who doesn't know that you are one of the four great monks of Tianyin Temple and the smartest person in Tianyin Temple."
Xu Yin lowered his head slightly, he already knew which world this was.
It is the world of Zhuxian!
I just didn't expect to meet Tian Buyi from Qingyun Sect and Pu Zhi from Tianyin Temple. Both of them are related to the protagonist Zhang Xiaofan.
Now that Pu Zhi is not dead, Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu must have not yet encountered the incident in Caomiao Village and joined the Qingyun Sect.
So the current time point is before the official plot begins, but which time period it is, we have to wait and see.
Xu Yin clasped his fists respectfully and said, "It turns out that I am an immortal from the Qingyun Sect and a divine monk from the Tianyin Temple. I am lucky enough to be saved by these two."
Before entering that strange secret realm and encountering great changes, my lifelong wish was to join the Qingyun Sect to practice immortality and Taoism."
Tian Buyi looked at Xu Yin and shook his head slightly, "Looking at your words, you do sound like a young man. If you are around forty years old and have such martial arts training, it means that you are extremely qualified. How could our Qingyun Sect refuse you?"
outside."
The subtext is that you are so old now, even if you want to practice cultivation, it will be very difficult.
Of course Xu Yin will not give up easily. The only way to achieve immortality or return to youth in this world is through the major immortal cultivating sects.
Even if he is not one of the three sects of the righteous way, he is among the four sects of the evil way. His lifespan is limited, so he has to fight for it no matter what.
Puzhi said: "It's getting late now, and the Red Demon's strength will increase again after nightfall. There is only one village within a hundred miles around here, so let's go to the village for some repairs first, and then discuss how to eliminate the demon."
Tian Buyi said: "Also, my Qingyun Sect disciple disappeared here for no reason three years ago, and I am here to look for clues."
After that, Pu Zhi rescued the village woman who was being hunted and removed the corpse poison from her.
The village woman happened to be from the nearby Taoyuan Village, so she led the three of them to stay.
On the way, Tian Buyi and Pu Zhi did not control the magic weapon to fly. They only said that the restrictions here were weird. The higher you went up, the greater the pressure, and it required twice as much mana to be consumed.
Therefore, the four of them were all walking, and while walking, they talked about the dense forest and the story of Taoyuan Village. It turns out that Taoyuan Village was a group of villagers who lived in seclusion here three hundred years ago to avoid the wars in the last years of the dynasty, and they have never interacted with the outside world.
Of course, this is not only because they deliberately avoid the world, but also because the surrounding environment is complex, with dense virgin forests, permeable miasma, and mountains blocking the way, making it impossible for the secular court to implement effective administration here.
Therefore, it became a place outside the world, but whether it could be called a paradise? Looking at the harsh environment around it, Xu Yin could only shake his head slightly.
There are either mountains or jungles nearby, filled with miasma, swamps, wild beasts, and even monsters that harm people.
The human beings here can only survive as if their ancestral graves were smoking, so their lives must not be much better.
However, everything was beyond Xu Yin's expectation. After walking along this gravel road for more than ten miles, the scene in front of him opened up and he could see the fields connected by the streets. The crops had grown very high and it was almost time to harvest.
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Going deeper, there are orchards, mulberry orchards and even tea mountains opened by villagers, where free-range chickens, ducks, geese, sheep, dogs and other poultry roam freely for food, without any fear when encountering strangers.
If you live here in seclusion, self-sufficiency seems to be enough. If you can mine and smelt iron, there seems to be no need to pursue too many other things.
Xu Yin happened to ask this, and the village woman smiled and said: "Just now I saw the old gentleman dressed like this. I thought I had met the same kind of red-haired monster, so I fainted to the ground. Please don't blame me."
Xu Yin said awkwardly: "Xu is not old..."
The peasant woman didn't take it seriously and said: "Sir, when you talk about iron smelting, our ancestors came here to escape the world. In addition to carrying iron tools with them, they were indeed short of iron. The villagers often fought over an iron plow.
But not long after, I discovered that there were black rocks and coal deep in the mountains, and the mineral deposits were quite rich, so I became self-sufficient."
Xu Yin and Tian Buyi looked at each other and were a little surprised. In this way, this place looks like a barren land, but it is actually rich in resources.
It's a pity that except for Xu Yin, the two people present are outsiders and not interested in these things.
However, Xu Yin has rich experience in governance. He knows that once a place is rich in resources and products, there will be no foreign troubles.
As time goes by, it is inevitable that the population will explode, which will lead to insufficient allocation of existing resources, leading to internal troubles and other incidents. This is the way of human beings and cannot be violated.
In two hundred years, the nearby farmland alone may not be able to support the exploding population, unless this Taoyuan Village can have its own family planning...
Therefore, he asked curiously and tentatively: "Your village has been away from the world for two hundred years. Hasn't the population increased significantly?"
The peasant woman's face changed when she heard this. Tian Buyi and Puzhi, who were just listening in the audience and were not interested, also felt the subtle changes.
The peasant woman forced a smile and said: "Sir, you are a guest from afar and you have been lost in the forest for a long time. You might as well go into the village, wash yourself and change into decent clothes."
There are very few outsiders in our village. I have only seen three visitors today since I was a child. You three might as well go to my house to have a meal and rest first, and then I will take you to meet our village chief later."
With that said, she pretended to be warm and polite and invited the three of them to her home. On the way, she met other villagers. Although they all greeted them friendly and warmly, and many of them took the initiative to entertain them, Xu Yin always felt that something was wrong.
The peasant woman's surname is Yao, and her husband's surname is Tie. These two surnames are common in this village.
This family only has two children, a boy and a girl, who seem to be twins, very cute.
Xu Yin was bathing in the courtyard of this house. There was a well in the center of the courtyard. He didn't plan to take a hot bath, so he started washing himself with the water in the well.
While scrubbing, he observed the house. The main body of the house was built with adobe bricks, and the main load-bearing structure was mostly made of large trees cut from the mountains.
The tiles on the top of the head are obviously specially made, indicating that this village is not just about agriculture, but also has certain handicrafts. Otherwise, how could there be so many supplies when it is isolated from the outside world?
In addition, the house occupies an area of about 200 square meters, with two entrances: inside and outside. If placed in the ancient world that Xu Yin had entered before, it could be called a home for landlords and rich peasants.
When entering the village, it seems that every household is like this, which shows that the village is prosperous.
If you don't think deeply about it, Taoyuan Village is indeed a very good place to forget your worries and escape from the world.
But how could Xu Yin give up thinking? On the contrary, the deeper he thought, the more he felt that the village revealed this unspeakable ghostly energy.
For example, Xu Yin noticed that a coffin was hidden in the attic above the patio.
This is not very strange, but what is strange is that Xu Yin can sense with his spiritual sense that the coffin is not empty. There seems to be a corpse sleeping there!