As late autumn turns to winter, the scorched yellow dead branches and leaves are about to burst into flames. A bright light rises from the dark mountain forest, and the sky above seems to become brighter.
Maotou kept jumping around the bonfire, and after turning his little eyes in a circle, he used his two front paws to carry the remaining snake meat that Ye Tian had put aside to the bonfire and ran away.
"Chichi...chichi!" Mao Tou kept screaming as he jumped onto Ye Tian's shoulder.
"You foodie, keep your voice down."
Ye Tian patted Mao Tou's head angrily. He knew that the little guy was greedy, but thinking about the delicacy of Hericium erinaceus and snake meat, Ye Tian's index finger moved.
He found a few large rocks and built them next to the bonfire. Ye Tian fetched a pot of water and placed it on top. He poured all the remaining snake meat into it and put the remaining Hericium mushrooms into the water.
"Maotou, do you think there is an expert in this mountain?"
From the moment he lit the bonfire, Ye Tian was worried about gains and losses. This Shennongjia was the last straw for him to find the technique. He didn't know if this bonfire could attract people?
"Jiji?"
After hearing what Ye Tian said, Mao Tou tilted his head and looked at him, but his big eyes were full of confusion, obviously not quite understanding what Ye Tian meant.
"Oh, it's all in vain to tell you."
Ye Tian sighed, and when he saw Mao Tou stretched out his little head and kept looking into the pot, he couldn't help laughing and scolding: "You foodie, don't worry, the soup will take a while to boil."
It had been more than half an hour since the bonfire was lit, and there was no movement except for the sound of the mountain wind and the howling of wolves in the distant mountains.
Ye Tian shook his head. The master who lived in Shennongjia was not a little demon patrolling the mountains. How could he care about someone lighting a fire in the mountains every time?
"Chichi, chichi!"
Just when Ye Tian took out the bowl and was about to serve Mao Tou a bowl of snake soup, the little guy who was salivating suddenly suddenly all the hair on his body stood on end, and he let out a rapid and miserable scream.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Seeing Mao Tou's appearance, Ye Tian also stood up suddenly. He had seen Mao Tou's mother in a life-and-death struggle with that strange snake with wings, and her behavior was very similar to what she was doing now.
Although Ye Tian Yuan Shen has become a master, animals have a natural advantage in sensing danger, so Ye Tian did not dare to neglect and looked in the direction of Mao Tou's scream.
"Is there nothing?"
Apart from the woods and darkness, Ye Tian could no longer see anything else, and there was no sense of danger in his heart. Ye Tian couldn't help but tilted his head and looked at Mao Tou.
But at the moment when Ye Tian tilted his head, a green shadow quietly appeared behind Ye Tian, and a big hand brushed Zhou Xiaotian's head, and Zhou Xiaotian's body fell limply to the ground while he was in meditation.
"who?"
This time Ye Tian finally reacted, took a step forward, and then turned around suddenly, but the figure disappeared again at some point, leaving only Zhou Xiaotian lying on the ground in front of him.
"Xiao Tian?" Seeing that his apprentice was not sure whether he was alive or dead, Ye Tian was shocked. He no longer cared about the person hiding in the dark, and rushed to Zhou Xiaotian with a single stride.
"It's okay, I just fainted."
Ye Tian put his hand on Zhou Xiaotian's neck and could feel that his pulse was still beating strongly, and it didn't seem like his body had been hurt.
"Chichi!" Maotou seemed to realize that the other party had no ill intentions, but this time the cry was not as harsh as before, and the hostility had subsided a lot.
After putting down his apprentice, Ye Tian stood up, bowed deeply into the darkness, and said: "Junior Ye Tian, I would like to ask the master to show up. If there is anything presumptuous, please forgive me!"
Except for Ye Tian's voice echoing in the mountains, the dark woods were as silent as ever, as if nothing had happened. However, when Ye Tian's eyes saw what was under his feet, he couldn't help but be startled.
The pot of snake meat soup that had just been boiled suddenly disappeared, including the pot and soup. Only the bonfire was burning upwards.
"Damn it, is this a human or a ghost?"
Ye Tian, who had always been bold and brave, felt a chill in his heart when he saw this scene. The other party showed that he had knocked out Zhou Xiaotian, and then took the pot away without making the slightest sound, almost like a ghost.
With this kind of skill, if he wanted to kill himself, it would be easy. Although the bonfire around him was still burning, there was a trace of cold sweat on Ye Tian's back.
"Since senior doesn't come out, I'm offended!"
After standing there and waiting for a few minutes, there was still no sound in the forest. Ye Tian gritted his teeth, his eyes shot out a ray of light, and his consciousness left his body and explored the mountain forest.
Ye Tian came to Changbai Mountain here to look for an expert, hoping to find the method of refining the spirit and returning to the void. At this moment, it was clear that a senior was here. Ye Tian would rather offend this person than force him to show up.
However, Ye Tian was born in the lineage of Mai, and what he was best at was seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune. He had not felt any danger before, which was one of the reasons why he dared to release his soul.
"Um, no one?"
Although Ye Tianyuan Shen has not yet taken shape, as soon as his spiritual thoughts came out, in just a few breaths, he had already explored the surrounding 100 meters, but what surprised him was that there was not even a single figure within the 100 meters radius.
"Hey, that's interesting!" Just when Ye Tian didn't know what to do, a voice suddenly sounded in his head.
"Who, who is talking to me?" Ye Tian took his soul back and looked around.
"Chichi!" Maotou looked at Ye Tian strangely. Except for Ye Tian, it didn't hear anyone's voice.
"You have Yuan Shen, no, your Yuan Shen is also a little weird, and you have no real Yuan at all, but you know how to get the Yuan Shen out of the body. This is the first time I have seen a cultivator like you." Ye Tian thought in his mind.
The voice sounded again.
Ye Tian didn't know how that person transmitted the voice into his mind. He bowed to the people around him and said, "Young man, Ye Tian came to Shennongjia just to clear up some confusion and ask the senior to show up!"
This person didn't even show his body, but he saw the problem with himself. In addition to the ghostly movements just now, if it were applied to an ordinary person, he would definitely think that he saw a god or monster.
"Showing up? But I can't meet ordinary people!"
The voice seemed a little troubled. It was silent for a while, and then it sounded again, "You have Yuan Shen, so you can barely be regarded as a cultivator. Your mink is also a little weird, so you can be regarded as a demon cultivator. I will meet you."
Bar!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Tian sensed a flower in front of him, and a thin Taoist priest about 1.6 meters tall and wearing a green Taoist robe appeared three meters in front of him.
However, this person had his back to Ye Tian, and Ye Tian could not see his appearance clearly except for the messy white hair on his head.
As for this person's aura, Ye Tian couldn't feel it at all. He stood there, as if he was integrated with the heaven and earth. If it wasn't visible to the naked eye, Ye Tian would not be aware of his existence at all.
"Jiji!" Mao Tou was frightened when he saw a figure suddenly appearing in front of him, and quickly ran to the tree above Ye Tian's head.
"Maotou, don't make any noise!" Ye Tian took half a step forward, clasped his fists in his hands and saluted, and said, "Boy Ye Tian, pay homage to my senior!"
"Your name is Ye Tian? Where did your soul come from, and why did your body disappear?"
For some reason, the man in front of him never spoke, and the voice was directly transmitted into Ye Tian's mind.
"Senior, I studied under the lineage of Mai, and my ancestor was Taoist priest Mai in the Northern Song Dynasty..."
Ye Tian thought for a moment and then said: "The Yuan Shen was cultivated for me, but when I was forming the Yuan Shen, I encountered a catastrophe. The Dantian Qi sea was broken, and there was no way to cultivate the Yuan Shen, so I entered the mountain.
I want to find my senior!"
Ye Tian's soul was formed inexplicably. He was in a coma at that time, but the fact was not far from what he thought, so it was not a lie to this person.
After hearing Ye Tian's words, the man seemed a little surprised, and a voice sounded in Ye Tian's mind: "Taoist Mai Yi of the Northern Song Dynasty? It seems that there is this Taoist lineage. Your lineage should be inherited from Wang Xu. Why don't you have the skills to cultivate the soul?"
Fa? Isn’t this wrong?”
"Wang Xu?" Ye Tian was stunned when he heard this, and asked: "Senior, are you talking about Wang Chan Guiguzi?"
There are many people named Wang Xu in the world, but the only one who has ever been named Wang Xu is probably Gui Guzi in history. That person's surname was Wang Chan and his name was Xu.
Wang Chan can be said to be the most mysterious and legendary figure in history. During the Spring and Autumn Period, he often went to Yunmeng Mountain to collect medicine and practice Taoism. Because he lived in seclusion in the Ghost Valley of Qingxi River, he called himself Mr. Guigu.
During the Warring States period, the strategists Sun Bin and Pang Juan, the political strategists Su Qin, Zhang Yi, etc. all came from his sect. Wang Chan also had the ancestral mantle of the Yin and Yang family and the fortune-telling of the world as a prophet, so the world called Gui Guzi a wizard.
talent.
Ye Tian knew that Gui Guzi once circulated a book called "The Seven Techniques of Yin Fu in the Ben Jing", which described the method of practicing Qi and nourishing the spirit. Of course, to this day, the "Seven Techniques of Yin Fu in the Ben Jing" has long been lost.
"Senior, the skills I learned were passed down by Taoist Mai Yi and have nothing to do with Guiguzi."
Ye Tian really didn't know that their lineage came from Guiguzi Wang Chan, because since records began, they had always worshiped Taoist priest Mayi as their ancestor.
"Why doesn't it matter? All the divination and hexagrams in the world were handed down from him."
The man said disapprovingly: "Taoists call Wang Xu the "True Immortal of the Ancients", and even his master admires him. His skills must be very powerful, why can't you?"
"Master...Master? Senior...senior, are you kidding me?" Ye Tian was shocked by the other party's words. This person was so powerful that he was actually someone else's slave?
Moreover, Ye Tian lived in modern times and there was no such thing as servants and slaves. This man's words also made him feel very uncomfortable, as if he was in the old society.
