Liu Qiao asked with a bit of luck: "Can I have a chance to become an immortal?"
Jiang Shang put down the chess pieces and urged: "Don't think too much. If you say it's impossible, it's impossible. Just make your move quickly. Why are you playing chess like an old lady with little feet? You're so verbose!"
"Alas..." Liu Qiao sighed and dropped the chess piece absentmindedly.
"Do you really want to become an immortal?" Seeing him like this, Jiang Shang raised his head and asked.
"I don't want it to be false. It would be better to become an immortal." Liu Qiao also said hesitantly.
After saying that, he shook his head uncertainly, "If I don't become an immortal, I would be satisfied if I could become a god."
"hehe…"
Jiang Shang chuckled lightly and said with some accusation: "First, your heart is not strong. Second, it is not as simple as you think. Third, you don't know what immortals are and what they are. Fourth...so,
Chatting with you is a waste of time."
After saying this in one breath, Jiang Shang shook his head, swept away the chessboard, stood up, and was about to enter the house.
Liu Qiao tugged at his sleeve and teased: "Master, let's talk again. Did you flip the table because you thought you were going to lose?"
In fact, Jiang Shang was able to master the Six Tao military strategy, but his chess skills were not comparable to that of Liu Qiao, a novice chess player. He was just an excuse to play chess.
The real purpose is to ask for guidance and clear up confusion.
"You kid..." Jiang Shang shook his head silently.
Liu Qiao chuckled, hurriedly asked Jiang Shang to sit down, and said sincerely: "I haven't seen Master's face in several years since I said goodbye to Chaoge. Not only do I miss you, I also have many doubts that I want Master to explain..."
A teacher is someone who preaches and resolves doubts. Although Jiang Shang is not an expert, he is also a rare and good teacher.
Seeing that Liu Qiao was so sincere, he sat down and waved his hands: "We masters and disciples, please don't talk nonsense. If you have any doubts, please ask immediately."
"Okay, what is the immortal?" Liu Qiao asked seriously.
…
A black line flashed across Jiang Shang's forehead, he pulled open his sleeves and turned his face to the side.
He really didn’t want to talk nonsense with Liu Qiao. I asked you what the concept of immortality is. You asked me what immortality is? Isn’t this my problem?
If I, Jiang Shang, had known about it, I would still be here talking about Dharma and Taoism with you. Why would I have been driven out of Kunlun? I would have become an immortal long ago.
"Uh... Master, don't blame me, I'm telling the truth!" Liu Qiao said sincerely.
Jiang Shang felt a little relieved when he saw that his face was serious and his tone was sincere, not making fun of himself.
After pondering for a moment, he said: "I have never become an immortal, so how do I know for sure, but I heard your master say that an immortal is transcendent, transcends the five elements, and escapes the three realms. He can be free from disasters, be pure, and be endowed with morality..."
When Liu Qiao heard this, his eyes were so bright that he almost jumped for joy and was fascinated.
The master and the disciple, one speaking, the other listening attentively, sometimes speaking, sometimes asking questions and debating, lasted a whole day.
Unconsciously, it was already dusk outside. Wu Ji felt sore all over and put away his weapons with Chang Long. He came over to pay homage and said: "Master, senior brother, it's already dark..."
Liu Qiao suddenly realized that a whole day had passed.
Jiang Shang waved his hand towards Wuji and said: "You guys go and have a rest. You will continue to practice martial arts, bow and horse tomorrow, don't slack off."
"Yes..." When Wu Ji heard this, he ran away as if he had been granted amnesty.
It had been a tiring day for him. He was already exhausted while studying and fighting against Chang Long. At this moment, he just wanted to find a place to lie down and take a nap.
"You can go back tomorrow. Now that you have developed your magic power, you should practice well in the mountains first. I will go visit my Taoist friends tomorrow, and there is no one here to entertain me." Jiang Shang said to Master Liu Qiao.
However, the magic power and Qi can only be cultivated outside the world of mortals, on the cliffs and dangerous valleys. If you are in the human world, there will always be things involved, and you may not advance but retreat.
"I want to go to the East China Sea to look for some opportunities. I don't know the time when I go there. I'm afraid I'll miss important events. Master should leave some time for me..." Liu Qiao said.
"Before I came down from the mountain, the head teacher once said a motto, saying that I have been in embarrassment for twenty-four years and paid homage to the general for ninety-three years to take over the military power. It has been eight years since I came down from the mountain. I think that the days of embarrassment will be over and a saint will come to visit me and enter the court soon.
Ninety-three years old, you can worship a general and hold military power. You can only worship a general at the age of ninety-three, which means that it may take more than ten years to officially appoint someone..." Jiang Shang said, shaking his head.
Ten years, there are still ten years left!
As a disciple, Liu Qiao naturally knew how old Jiang Shang was. Eight years have passed since he came down the mountain at seventy-two, and he is exactly eighty years old this year.
Ten years later, there will be a catastrophe of killing gods and a battle to confer gods.
If you want to do something in the calamity, you must have enough magic power and a magical weapon that is enough to make a name for yourself.
At present, the world is so vast that the only spiritual root Liu Qiao knows about is the extraordinary fruit that Chang Long said he used to open up the spiritual world.
………
The next day, outside the Panxi bamboo forest.
Wuji and Wulu Shen bid farewell to Master and Disciple Liu Qiao.
As for Jiang Shang, before dawn, he went out to collect the Five Elements Qi, and then left without saying a word.
That's right, I left, leaving Wu Ji and Wu Lu Shen to practice martial arts in the bamboo forest and look after the house, while I used the Five Elements Escape Technique to travel around the mountains and five mountains to visit friends.
All in all, Lao Jiang Tounong and Liu Qiao only spent two days together before they went out to wander around again.
[Perhaps for one or two days, or for three to five days, the stalks of water chestnuts will float around, and when encountering mountains and rivers, teachers or friends will talk about mysteries and Taoism, so there is no regular schedule.]
Although he was powerless, he could climb cliffs to gather energy, and he could fly with flying skills. He traveled hundreds of miles, and was restless. He hid in Panxi River and went out every now and then to seek immortals and visit the Tao.
Liu Qiao put his hands behind his hands at the edge of the bamboo forest and called out: "Yuan De, let's go too..."
"Yes..." Chang Long agreed, said goodbye to Wu Ji, and took the armored horse to transform into a crane.
Yuande is the nickname given to Chang Long by Jiang Shang.
Taking the original root and practicing it deeply means virtue.
Adhering to Yuan De and transforming into Chi Ruo Shen, which means "Heaven", it contains Jiang Shang's great expectations.
As for Liu Qiao, in fact, Jiang Shang had already given him a pseudonym: Yushu.
Take the path of mop and porosity, turn the ice and brightness into jade, hold on to the cardinal principles of yin and yang.
It's just that Liu Qiao never liked him very much, so he didn't call himself that to the outside world.
Furthermore, except for close friends and elders, no one would call him by name, otherwise it would be offensive.
"Junior Brother Wu, you must practice martial arts and study strategies." Liu Qiao turned to say goodbye to Wu Ji.
Wu Ji had just seen the "magical power" of this immortal senior brother a few days ago, and he was so impressed that he was an upright person.
He is an upright person. He nodded heavily when he heard this and said: "Senior brother, have a good journey. I will definitely study hard and try to catch up with him!"
…
Several black lines flashed across Liu Qiao's forehead, "Have a good journey, Junior Brother Wu, are you talking humanly?"
With a smile on his face, he said: "Well, Junior Brother Wu has a very high level of ability and is valued by Master. His future achievements are limitless, and he will have to be supported by Junior Brother when the time comes."
Wuji was as happy as if he had eaten honey after hearing Senior Brother Xianren's praise. He cupped his hands and said, "I will, I will. I will not forget Senior Brother when the time comes."
"Okay, I think junior brother has the qualifications to be a great saint! Goodbye!"
At the end of the day, Liu Qiao also borrowed Chang Long's mantra, whether it was true or not, just give him a try first.
After saying that, he led Chang Long, who had a slight smile on his face, and climbed onto the white crane. With a loud roar, he flew straight into the sky.
Sitting cross-legged on the crane's back, he asked Chang Long beside him: "Yuande, do you think our current abilities are better than that heretic?"
"Hmph, with the master's magic weapon, the bone flag, and my martial arts, I can dominate the world, let alone a mere leftist!" Chang Long replied decisively.
"Didn't you say that he also has a magic weapon?"
Chang Long said arrogantly: "His weapon is a left-handed magic weapon, but it is of the lowest level. How can it be compared with Master's Ghost White Bone Flag, which is so majestic and righteous that it can be easily broken by him."
Liu Qiao turned his head speechlessly, but he was too lazy to listen to Chang Long's boast. Evil magic weapons like the ghost bone flag could also be blown into righteousness and Lingran.
The journey was uneventful, and the crane flew very fast. After a while, we passed Tongguan, not far from Mianchi, and passed Mianchi in Luoyang, where Jinshi Mountain is located.
"Master, do we want to go back to rest and recuperate?"
Liu Qiao shook his head and said: "No, time is tight, go directly north."
"We are just going to steal spiritual roots. Shouldn't we go to the East China Sea? How to go north?" Chang Long asked puzzledly.
In fact, he still had an even more puzzling question. He didn't understand why his master, who was young and extremely talented, was always so impatient to increase his magic power.
What's more, I can't understand that the fairy was born in a cave and slept in a cave for decades, but the master kept saying that time was running out.
But every time he wanted to ask, Liu Qiao kept him away. Gradually, Chang Long got used to it and found it difficult to ask again.
"The spirit is yours at all. How do you say you stole it? It should be borrowed." Liu Qiao corrected him.
Chang Long nodded heavily and said: "If I can't borrow it, I'll just grab it. It's my spiritual root."
Liu Qiao nodded and smiled without saying a word. He held a jade plaque in his hand and was distracted, thinking about Jiang Shang's parting words.
"There is a little misfortune for you to go here. There is opportunity in the difficulty, and it is also your hope to escape the disaster in this life..."
"I have an old acquaintance with the True Monarch of Ziyangdong Daode, so I will give up this face. Go to Qingfeng Mountain and give him this jade tablet. He will know about it, so he can take care of himself..."