Pingyang Town is an inconspicuous small town in the outer suburbs of Xianzhou City. It is about a hundred miles away from Xianzhou. The population of the town is only a few hundred households, mostly farmers. There is only one street in the town, and there is only one person on the street.
The innkeeper's surname is Gao.
It was getting dark and the lanterns were starting to turn on. Shopkeeper Gao personally brought a plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cloud cake to a table and said with a smile: "This plate of snacks is a specialty of the shop. It is given to you two today. Please use it slowly."
There are cups and plates on the table, and the dishes are extremely rich. Although it is an inconspicuous shop, there are many special dishes. One of the two people dining at the table is a man, with sharp eyebrows and tiger eyes, but his clothes are extremely ordinary.
The other is a woman in a purple shirt, with a slim figure, a dark red complexion, and uneven appearance, which makes her look a bit ugly. She is Chen Yunsheng and Liu Xiaoshan.
Chen Yunsheng hurriedly went to seek refuge with his uncle, but after asking passers-by, he found out that Tianqiong Mountain is about a thousand miles away to the west of Xianzhou City. Since his spiritual energy had yet to be restored and he could not escape, he walked instead. Passing by Pingyang Ancient Town, he saw Tianse
It was already late, so I spent the night at Shopkeeper Gao's inn.
Chen Yunsheng has been practicing hard in the mountains for ten years. When he first came down from the mountain, he had no experience in human life, so he seemed a bit dull in dealing with people along the way. Naturally, he could not show his face, so Liu Xiaoshan took care of everything on the way. Although this woman looked extremely mediocre,
But he is very articulate, knowledgeable about people and affairs, and is even better at asking for directions and ordering food.
Chen Yunsheng couldn't help but twitch his fingers in front of a table of exquisite dishes. You must know that all he had in the mountains was bacon and potatoes. The two acres of cold-resistant wheat could only be produced when the harvest was good, and there was no fine workmanship.
Take the wheat bran directly into your stomach.
However, because Liu Xiaoshan ordered too much food and Chen Yunsheng was unwilling to waste it, his stomach was so bloated that he could no longer move freely. Of course, he was not the only one with a bloated stomach. Jin Ling held his round belly beside him and fell asleep soundly.
But this monkey is caused by not knowing whether it is hungry or full.
Liu Xiaoshan seemed to be a woman who had seen the world. She chatted mostly with Chen Yunsheng but seldom moved her chopsticks. Liu Xiaoshan seemed to like the sweet-scented osmanthus cloud cake that the shopkeeper served at the end. He ate a few pieces in a row and talked to each other while eating.
Chen Yunsheng said: "Brother Yun doesn't know that there are a lot of osmanthus in my hometown. Every autumn when the fragrance of osmanthus comes, my family will make osmanthus cake. The taste is no worse than the one here."
Chen Yunsheng looked at the snacks on the plate and felt a little sour in his heart. He originally lacked maternal love, and his father also passed away when he was not yet an adult. The family experienced great changes. His second uncle who usually loved him turned out to be the one who was chasing him.
Only he himself knows the pain and suffering. As his cultivation gradually deepens, he hides this trace of sadness deeply. Today, Liu Xiaoshan accidentally touched him, and his mind was in turmoil.
Seeing that Chen Yunsheng was silent, Liu Xiaoshan asked, "Brother Yun is thinking of his family. I wonder where your home is. It's very hard to practice during the day. You probably can't go home at will."
"All my family members have passed away." Chen Yunsheng raised his head and met Liu Xiaoshan's eyes and said. Although he is a practitioner, he is not sure about the proposition of reincarnation of life and death, but he would rather believe that reincarnation exists in the world.
Seeing that her question was inappropriate, Liu Xiaoshan made a silent expression and looked at Chen Yunsheng with a slightly strange look. Then the conversation changed to spiritual practice, a topic she was quite interested in.
"Brother Chen, what kind of magic is practicing? That day I only saw the black-bone seniors using magical powers, but I didn't see your skills. I think it must be more unusual. Can you tell me about it?" Liu Xiaoshan stretched out his green onion-like fingers.
, made a gesture of casting a spell.
"Brother Heigu performed the Ice Cone Technique that day, which is a water-type Taoist technique. It has many changes and is extremely mysterious. I am much worse, and I can also cast a fireball or something like that."
He looked at Liu Xiaoshan's fingers again, and then said: "Your ten slender fingers are most suitable for performing water magic."
"Then, Brother Chen, can you ask the Black Bone Immortal to teach me how to do it, so that I won't encounter such rude people again."
"This..." Chen Yunsheng put down the half-eaten chicken drumstick, "Cultivating Taoism depends on your qualifications. If your qualifications are not good, there is no point in begging him. Come on, eat this drumstick, don't starve yourself." He said and tore it apart.
He took off another chicken leg and handed it over. Liu Xiaoshan took the huge chicken leg and put it on his own plate without eating it.
"On the mountain, if you waste food, you will be scolded by the master. Although you are not short, you are very weak, so you need to eat more. Don't worry, as my servant, I will make you fat and strong.
Strong." Chen Yunsheng pointed at Liu Xiaoshan and Jin Ling and said.
When the little monkey heard Chen Yunsheng mentioning him, he immediately patted his round belly and squeaked twice, as if he was very grateful for Chen Yunsheng's words. Liu Xiaoshan's brows formed a black line, because her skin was already dark.
So it's not obvious.
"I won't let you be humiliated again, because you are my maid." Chen Yunsheng suddenly said seriously. In his mind, the meaning of the word maid was already far from its original meaning.
"Then I have to thank you very much." Liu Xiaoshan's tone was a little depressed. She originally said it casually, but she didn't expect that the other party had no intention of being humble at all. He called the maid one after another, which broke her heart.
"Do practitioners need to eat on weekdays?" Liu Xiaoshan asked casually.
Chen Yunsheng pointed to his belly and said, "Then what do you think I was doing just now?"
Liu Xiaoshan suddenly felt that his question was a bit silly, and said with an embarrassed smile: "I have heard of the theory of inedia, so I asked this question."
"Those with low cultivation levels cannot fast. Once their cultivation reaches a certain level, they can practice fasting. However, they must be in a place where spiritual energy gathers. Otherwise, even if their cultivation level is high, not eating or drinking for a long time will cause physical damage." Chen Yun
Sheng replied.
"Xiaoshan heard that people who practice Taoism can fly into the sky and escape from the earth, and travel thousands of miles. Is this true or false?"
"I can't answer you. I can't fly now." Thinking that the other four elements of escape can fly, but he sadly chose the earth escape as a substitute spell, Chen Yunsheng really
Somewhat depressed.
"Then can a person who cultivates immortality marry a wife and have children?"
"I really don't know about this. I can try it with a female monk in the future." Chen Yunsheng answered honestly. His mind was completely blank on secular etiquette, so he didn't mind what he said.
…
Chen Yunsheng felt very helpless for this Miss Liu. It turned out that in the mountains, he only faced Jin Ling, Hei Gu, Fei Yunzi, or all the orangutans. He only had eye contact with Jin Ling and basically did not need to speak. Hei Gu
He is very old-fashioned, talking about the past and the present, and most of the content he talks about is strange things that happened in the world of immortality, such as spiritual beasts and monsters.
Fei Yunzi is the person closest to him, but he talks the least. Half of it is asking for advice on cultivation techniques, and the other half is sarcasm and teasing. The girl Liu I met today talked about everything from her family background to the method of cultivating immortals, from the local customs and customs
When it comes to gorgeous clothes and delicious food, there is no intention of stopping at all. She looks like a little girl who has just escaped from a catastrophe, her family was destroyed, and she is still in shock.
The two of them had been eating the meal for an hour. Shopkeeper Gao happened to pass by and heard that the two of them were discussing something related to cultivating immortals. He couldn't help but feel moved. After the two of them finished eating, he ordered the waiter to remove the dishes and serve two
Holding a cup of tea, he said with an apologetic smile: "I just heard what you two said about how lively it was to fly to the sky and escape to the earth. I think you two are also great monks in cultivation."
Liu Xiaoshan said with a smile: "The shopkeeper made a mistake. What kind of great monk is my little girl? Of course the great monk is the man opposite me." As he said this, he pointed two fingers at Chen Yunsheng.
When the shopkeeper saw that his guess was correct, he immediately bowed deeply to Chen Yunsheng and said, "I have been looking forward to it all day long and I have finally found a cultivator with great magic power. I also hope that the monk can cast immortal magic.
Please save the people in my town."
"Easy to say, easy to say." Chen Yunsheng felt a little surprised, wondering why he encountered such a bloody plot.
Shopkeeper Gao sighed deeply and said: "Speaking of it, although Pingyang Town is a small town, the folk customs have been simple all year round. Neighbors treat each other as guests, and the people live and work in peace and harmony. There has never been any theft or robbery.
. He used to not pick up lost things on the road and never close his house at night. He was praised by the commander-in-chief of Xianzhou as..."
"Can you tell me the key points?" Chen Yunsheng couldn't help but interrupt Mr. Gao's nagging.
Shopkeeper Gao nodded and lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of being heard by others, "Every night, children in this town disappeared one after another. Most of these children were lost at night. Later, people would leave their homes at night.
The children were guarded and not allowed to go out. The first two days were fine and no children seemed to be missing."
"But then something even weirder happened. Even if the children of some townspeople did not go out at night, they were missing the next morning. It was like those children disappeared out of thin air."
"I asked a few villagers who lost their children, and they said they didn't hear anything at all at night. Even if they slept well, the sky would be bright as soon as they slept." Shopkeeper Gao's brows condensed into a knot.
"Didn't anyone see any strange phenomena in the town at night?" Chen Yunsheng asked.
"This..." Shopkeeper Gao pondered for a while, "Why not? Wang Er, who is working the clock in our town, saw something. Unfortunately, he has been frightened to the point of going crazy. He has been ghosting all day long. He
With this said, the residents of the town are even more afraid to go out at night. Some of those with children at home have already packed their bags and gone to see relatives in other places to avoid the limelight. Alas, if this continues, this town will be deserted." Shopkeeper Gao's old face was full of anger.