Chapter 170: July Apricot Leaves Yellow Soul Comes Back
Chapter 170 Apricot leaves turn yellow in July, and the soul returns
When Jingji was still thinking about it, a figure suddenly appeared beside Jiang Xuan.
Looking at the figure that suddenly appeared next to him, Jiang Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then asked curiously:
"Master, didn't you say you had something to do two days ago? Why did you come to my Zhushan Mountain today?"
Ye Jing looked at Jiang Xuan angrily when he heard this:
"You are my apprentice. If you make such a big noise over there, I can't come and see you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Jing stretched out his hand and picked it up in front of Jiang Xuan.
A moment later, an illusory incense copper coin appeared in his hand.
Throwing away the copper coins in his hand, he asked with some confusion:
"Didn't you say that you brought those foreign barbarians here to study the so-called science? Why did you suddenly become a believer in incense?"
"With your talent, you have the slightest possibility of peeking into the realm above supernatural powers and accomplishing an unprecedented feat. Is there any need to consider what will happen after you now?"
"If you really want to make a plan, can't you wait until your time is approaching to make a plan?"
"Or are you plotting against your parents and the soldiers under your command, preparing them to become gods?"
Seeing Ye Jing stretching out his hand to make a gesture, revealing a hair-thick gap between his index finger and thumb, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but sigh:
"Master, do you believe me when I say this was all an accident?"
Seeing that he still looked like he was listening to your excuses, Jiang Xuan explained, "This is really an accident."
"In those foreign countries outside the Ming Dynasty, the extraordinary power is controlled by the so-called royal family, nobles, and the Holy See."
"In order to stabilize their rule, these people artificially set up a shackles on the extraordinary power, and promoted that it is the power of gods and noble blood. Only those recognized by gods and noble blood can have access to this power."
"No matter how much money ordinary people in a foreign country have, it is difficult for them to come into contact with extraordinary power. Even if they come into contact with it, they will be classified as demons and lichs and be beaten and killed."
"The same goes for these scientists."
"They have never seen extraordinary power in their lives. When they see their disciples building a city from the ground, they naturally think that this is something that only gods can do."
"In addition, there is a belief in gods there, so under the leadership of the first person, there were all the disciples of the faith."
Ye Jing showed a hint of surprise when he heard this, and then changed his voice and said:
"What happened to the city from the ground?"
"That place occupies thirty-six hills. Although they are all small hills, even if you are a teacher, even if you have entered the magical realm, you cannot achieve this level."
"how did you do it?"
Hearing this, Jiang Xuan suddenly laughed:
"Master, although you cannot rise up from a city like a disciple, it is not difficult to destroy it, or even destroy an area ten times the size, right?"
Seeing Ye Jing's head, Jiang Xuan immediately said:
"This is what is called specialization in a skill."
"Master, you use thunder to enter the Tao. Your thunder method is fierce. Naturally, you are not as familiar with these delicate tasks such as construction as your disciples."
Ye Jing fell silent again when he heard this.
After a while, he finally said, "Have you understood the earth path?"
"No, I also saw iron bars in those houses. Have you also understood the golden path?"
Jiang Xuan chuckled:
"Master, you can be more bold in your guess."
After finishing his words, Jiang Xuan stretched out five fingers in front of Ye Jing, "Like the Five Elements?"
Seeing that his cheap master fell silent and lost his mind again, Jiang Xuan thought for a while and still didn't take out the "Thunder Ruin" he drew.
He was afraid that his master would be hit too hard all at once.
Take your time, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future.
As the thoughts in his mind turned, Ye Jing asked again:
"What's the matter with you deceiving those scientists? Studying so-called science?"
"Everything they research will be paid as tribute, and there are backups at the door."
"If you want to see it, just ask at the door. Why go all the way to find someone?"
"Disciples naturally have their own thoughts."
Ye Jing didn't understand the prospects of science, but Jiang Xuan couldn't understand it.
In his opinion, the destructive power that technology can achieve is no less powerful than that of monks.
Not to mention various imaginary technologies, the destructive power displayed by the 'little boy' and 'fat man' who exploded on the Japanese island in their previous life far exceeded that of ordinary monks of the Four Realms.
This is still their equivalent.
If the equivalent is enough, the destructive power displayed should not be lower than that of monks in the fifth or even sixth realm.
What’s outrageous is that this thing can still be mass-produced.
As for monks, even those who can advance all the way to the fifth realm just by relying on big medicines, if they want to reach the fifth realm, they have to practice for many years.
In order to have the power to resist the monks, mushrooms will undoubtedly be developed in the west of this world.
However, the Tao of science and technology is also Tao. Since it has sprouted, there is no need to kill it.
But although it is not strangled, there are some things that are more reassuring to have in one's own hands.
So Jiang Xuan expressed his plan:
"Master, now those foreign countries have created something, and then brought these things over as offerings."
"But the disciple feels that this is not possible."
"Disciples feel that we should give them what we have, and then they can have something."
"The initiative should be in our hands."
Looking at Jiang Xuan in surprise, Ye Jing couldn't help but ask, "Are you very optimistic about so-called technology?"
"The disciple is very optimistic about it."
Jiang Xuan didn't say the reason, but he believed that his master would support him.
The result was not what Jiang Xuan expected.
Seeing that Jiang Xuan had made up his mind to develop technology, Ye Jing didn't say anything. He just told Jiang Xuan not to let his cultivation level fall behind and not to sacrifice his strengths for the sake of inferiority. He then left Zhushan after giving some instructions again.
Not long after Ye Jing left, the little tiger suddenly came to the mountain.
Then he sniffed east and west, and finally floated to Jiang Xuan:
"Little master, has the master been here?"
"He must have been here, right? I can smell his breath."
Looking at the little tiger with a slumped face, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but hold him in his arms and smooth his fur:
"Your master, the eldest master, and the old master have something to do, something very important."
"So your master won't have time to visit you until July 15th."
After hearing what Jiang Xuan said, the little tiger's eyes suddenly lit up:
"Really?"
"real."
Jiang Xuan nodded firmly.
"I can rest assured that."
The little tiger rubbed Jiang Xuan's hand:
"Master hasn't come to see me for so long, I thought he didn't want me anymore."
Jiang Xuan didn't say anything, and just scratched the little tiger's chin.
After a long time, Jiang Yao, who was almost inseparable from the little tiger, did not catch up. Jiang Xuan couldn't help but curiously said:
"Where's my sister?"
"Aren't you guys playing together? Why didn't you bring her with you when you came over?"
The little tiger was stunned when he heard this, and immediately flew out of Jiang Xuan's arms:
"It's over, Xiao Yao'er and I are playing hide and seek. If Xiao Yao'er doesn't find me for too long, she will cry."
"She cried for a long time last time."
"Sir, I'm leaving first."
Seeing the little tiger descending the mountain in a hurry, Jiang Xuan laughed and walked down the mountain.
It's just that the little tiger went to the back mountain of Zhushan Mountain, toward the Cangwu Mountain Range.
But Jiang Xuan was just walking towards the front mountain.
Following the road built by Tu Yaobing, Jiang Xuan came to a village full of ginkgo trees. It was already the end of the curtain.
He raised his head and glanced at the setting sun on the horizon, then took a look at the golden ginkgo trees all over the village. Jiang Xuan then focused his attention on the figure drinking alone at the entrance of the village:
"Fellow Daoist Shen is in such good spirits that he drinks alone under the tree at the entrance of the village."
Shen Xuzi sighed after hearing this:
"I don't want to either, but if something goes wrong there will be a monster, and I can't leave."
After saying that, he took out another wine glass, filled it with wine, and gestured to Jiang Xuan.
He reached out and took the wine glass from Shen Xuzi's hand and drank the wine. Looking at the golden leaves on the ginkgo tree, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but nodded:
"Apricot leaves in Sixi County usually turn yellow in November, but it is still a hot day in July, and the apricot leaves have turned yellow like this. It is indeed abnormal."
Having said this, Jiang Xuan turned his attention to Shen Xuzi again:
"But if you Taoist friend stays here in Ginkgo Village, it doesn't mean that you can't leave."
Shen Xuzi laughed when he heard this and did not explain.
Seeing this, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but ask:
"The ginkgo leaves have been turning yellow for almost half a month. Have you noticed anything?"
Shen Xuzi nodded:
"The ginkgo trees in this Ginkgo Village have turned yellow for no apparent reason five times in total, seventeen years ago, seven years ago, the year before last, and twice this year."
"As for whether there are any abnormalities when the ginkgo leaves are about to turn yellow, I don't know."
"In the past few times, it was yellow for a day or two and then returned to normal, but now it has been yellow for half a month."
Reaching out to pick off an apricot leaf that had fallen in the wind, Shen Xuzi exhaled and said:
"Although the apricot leaves turned yellow a few times in the past few times, they did not fall."
"This time, in addition to the fact that the apricot leaves turn yellow much longer than before, the apricot leaves also begin to fall."
"I can feel that the condition of these almond trees is as if it is really the beginning of winter and they are really ready to lose all their leaves."
He stopped a ginkgo leaf from falling towards the wine glass and held it in front of him. Looking at the golden fan-like apricot leaf, Jiang Xuan showed a hint of curiosity in his eyes:
"What about other than that? Do fellow Taoists have any other discoveries?"
"Of course there is."
After brushing his sleeves and putting away his glass of wine, Shen Xuzi stood up holding a lantern.
"I found that every time the ginkgo withers and turns yellow, it seems to be related to the old lady of the Huang family."
"Every time the old lady of the Huang family gets seriously ill, these ginkgo trees will turn extremely yellow."
"It's just that from the looks of it, the old lady of the Huang family is just an ordinary person, nothing special about her."
"So fellow Taoist, do you want to go and have a look?"
Looking at Shen Xuzi, who said he was asking a question but was already walking towards the village with a lantern, Jiang Xuan smiled helplessly:
"You are already leading the way, and you still ask me if I want to go and have a look. Isn't it a bit unnecessary?"
Shen Xuzi also laughed when he heard this:
"It does seem a bit unnecessary."
Walking into the village while laughing and chatting.
Not long after, Jiang Xuan's sight appeared in a courtyard that was slightly larger than other courtyards in the village.
Stepping on the golden ginkgo leaves and approaching the courtyard, Jiang Xuan could clearly feel that the closer he got to the courtyard, the thicker the pile of ginkgo leaves under his feet became.
But strangely, although the apricot leaves on the ground were piled thickly, there were no signs of withering on the apricot leaves on the trees.
It's as if these apricot leaves have appeared for no reason.
"This is the courtyard where the old lady of the Huang family is."
Shen Xuzi and Jiang Xuan pushed open the courtyard door and walked into the courtyard. The next moment, three men with red eyes came to greet them.
"Master Shen, are you here? Who is this?"
"This is a good friend of Pindao. I came here to check on you after hearing about your village and your father's house."
After hearing what Shen Xuzi said, the three people were about to kneel down, but they were stopped by Jiang Xuan and others.
"For my mother's sake, I troubled the Taoist priest to come to my humble residence many times, and the three brothers and I are heartbroken..."
Waving his hand to indicate that there was no need to be polite, Jiang Xuan then entered the house with Shen Xuzi and found the old lady of the Huang family in the house.
After walking through the path vacated by the old lady's grandson and granddaughter, and walking to the bed and seeing the old lady of the Huang family for the first time, Jiang Xuan's brows immediately wrinkled, and then he and Shen Xuzi looked at each other.
"Fellow Taoist, what did you see?"
After hearing Shen Xuzi's message, Jiang Xuan looked at the skinny old man on the bed and nodded:
"If Pindao is not mistaken, this old lady from the Huang family has died a long time ago. She is holding on with just one breath at the moment."
"When the breath dies, the person will leave."
Shen Xuzi nodded:
"The old lady was like this when I came here, and she is still like this now."
"With this tone, she has lasted at least seven days."
"If I hold on any longer, I'm afraid she'll turn into a corpse."
Hearing this, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but look at Mrs. Huang's eldest son:
"Do you know about your mother's situation?"
Huang Ya nodded with red eyes:
"I called many doctors to come and see her. The doctors said that my mother is hanging on her breath."
"The doctor also said that my mother has long since run out of energy. It can be said to be a miracle that she can survive until now. But every moment she lies in bed, my mother is suffering."
Having said this, he touched the corners of his eyes again:
"The doctor said it would be better to let her go down early."
Feeling the sadness that didn't seem fake, Jiang Xuan thought for a moment and then asked again:
"What do you want?"
Huang Ya opened his mouth and said nothing, but Jiang Xuan already knew what was going on.
So without waiting for his reply, he took a strand of Old Mrs. Huang's hair and called Shen Xuzi out of the house.
"Fellow Taoist, do you have a solution?"
Coming outside the house, Shen Xuzi couldn't help but look at Jiang Xuan curiously.
As soon as he finished speaking, expectations rose in the eyes of the three Huang Ya brothers who were following them.
Jiang Xuan nodded slightly, "It is possible, and it should be possible."
"It's just that what I do may be different from what you think."
After seeing Mrs. Huang, he used "Star Number" to calculate.
So he knew the cause and effect, and he also knew why Mrs. Huang kept saying this, and he also knew why the ginkgo leaves turned yellow.
Everything can only be described as "love", and there are indeed infinite possibilities.
While thinking, Jiang Xuan led everyone to the dry well outside the yard, glanced at the moon in the east and the setting sun in the west and nodded.
"The time is just right."
After saying that, he stretched out his right hand to pick up the strand of white hair and drew it in front of him.
“There are nine heavens above and nine ghosts below;
The soul ascends to the nine heavens, and the soul ascends to Zhuling;
Shenxiao's Talisman Order, general notification to Fengdu;
The post dragon conveys the welcome and leads to Huangquan;
The soul is back~"
As he finished speaking, a strong wind suddenly came out of nowhere and rolled up the golden apricot leaves all over the sky.
There were dark clouds in the sky with low pressure for no apparent reason, which gave people an inexplicable feeling of depression.
As the trickling sound of water came from the dry well, Jiang Xuan raised his eyebrows and looked at Shen Xuzi:
"Borrow the light."
A flash of understanding flashed in Shen Xuzi's eyes, and then he gently shook the lantern in his hand.
The next moment, the sky and the earth became pitch black, but the area a thousand meters around the small courtyard was as bright as daylight under the light.
"Who can overcome the darkness and the darkness?
The light is your guide, so why not return home?"
After Jiang Xuan finished speaking, the sinister wind that corroded bones emerged from the dry well.
One by one, pale arms stretched out from the well, bringing up strands of faint yellow well water to the edge of the well. The veins on their hands popped out, as if they were struggling to escape from the miserable place and come to this prosperous place. The Yang world.
"snort."
Before the three Huang brothers could express their panic, another cold snort came from the bottom of the well.
As a cold snort sounded, those arms turned into green smoke and lingered on the well.
After another moment, a slightly illusory figure wearing a Confucian robe took shape in the green smoke. He looked around with nostalgia and then bowed to Jiang Xuan and Shen Xuzi and bowed deeply.
Seeing this, Jiang Xuan and Shen Xuzi looked at each other and smiled before moving away, revealing the yard behind them that was filled with apricot leaves.
It also revealed the little figure sitting on the threshold wearing a large cotton-padded jacket and pigtails, looking forward to it.
Just like the figure in Confucian robes who appeared on the well, that small figure also stood at attention without a trace, with an illusory figure.
Seeing Jiang Xuan and the others move away, the figure in Inoue saluted them again, then nodded to the three Huang brothers and walked towards the yard.
When he settled down, the apricot leaves on the ground were dancing and circling with him, turning the sky and the earth into a golden color.
The moment he walked into the yard, the little figure sitting on the threshold immediately stood up with a big smile on his face.
Even though it was silent at the moment, Jiang Xuan still seemed to hear the joyful laughter ringing in his ears.
The childish child held his clothes and asked: Why is it too late to come back?
Who will compete for time and win the hair on the sideburns?
Family love is always one of the most beautiful things in this world.
Seeing two figures, one large and one small, holding hands, and watching them return to the well with a sky full of apricot leaves, Jiang Xuan could not help but wave the fly whisk in his hand:
"Now that the world is over, it's better to return to the netherworld as soon as possible."
As his words fell, the figure in Confucian robes bowed to him again, and the little girl holding his hand waved her hand towards him.
Not long after, the rising sun from the east broke through the gloomy mist, and amid the sound of trickling water, the two figures on the dry well disappeared.
Only a blue flower of the other side was left swaying by the well.
Reaching out to pick off the blue "ideal" flower, Jiang Xuan pondered for a moment and then looked at Shen Xuzi.
But Shen Xuzi seemed unable to see the flower in Jiang Xuan's hand.
"Why do fellow Taoists look at me with this expression?"
Seeing that the doubts radiating from Shen Xuzi did not seem to be fake, Jiang Xuan became puzzled:
"Fellow Taoist, can't you see the blue Bana flower in my hand?"
After looking at Jiang Xuan's hand, Shen Xuzi shook his head:
"can not see."
Looking down at the "Ideal" flower swaying in the morning sun, Jiang Xuan put it away in a flash of thought, then took out a Yang Pearl, crushed it, and sent the Yang energy to the three brothers of the Huang family.
When a mortal sees Yin Ming, his life span will not be more than nine years.
Huang Quan Yinming was brought here by himself, so Jiang Xuan would not just slap his butt and leave.
As Yang Qi entered their bodies, the three brothers of the Huang family, who had been in a daze, finally came back to their senses.
"Master Dao, just now"
Seeing a few people hesitating and speechless, Jiang Xuan continued what they were saying:
"Your grandfather came up just now."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone ran out of the room in a hurry.
"Dad, it's not good, grandma, grandma."
Before he finished speaking, the three Huang brothers ran towards the house without looking back.
After a while, there were sounds of painful crying in the house.
When the crying stopped and the Huang brothers went out again, who else was there?