In the chaos, the mysterious old man stood there alone, his expression became more and more hesitant and confused, his eyes became more and more hollow, and he became more and more lifeless. He looked like an old man who had been cultivating for many years.
, the souls of those who practice cultivation become demented, their consciousness is blurred, and they are like an old man, which is quite pitiful.
"How about we find a place to have a drink or two?"
After finally meeting a master from the Wudao era, Gu Qingfeng originally thought he could inquire about something. However, this old man might be really lost, or he might really have forgotten everything.
In this case, Gu Qingfeng didn't bother to ask any more questions. Seeing how pitiful the old man was, he proposed to have a drink.
"Two drinks? What to drink?"
"Of course I drank, otherwise what else could I drink?"
Looking at the mysterious old man's confused look, Gu Qingfeng asked: "What's wrong? You have forgotten what the wine tastes like, right?" As he spoke, Gu Qingfeng took out a jar of wine and poured a glass.
, hand it over.
The mysterious old man took the wine glass without hesitation. He raised his head and drank it all in one gulp. Then he closed his eyes, as if he was reminiscing about something. After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes. A complex emotion flashed through his empty eyes.
Color, said: "If this is what is called wine, then I must have drank it before."
"That's good."
Gu Qingfeng looked around and said: "This place is no longer decent because of your troubles. Don't look for it. Just drink here."
At that moment, Gu Qingfeng was not polite and took out dozens of jars of fine wine, sat down anywhere, opened a jar, and started drinking with the mysterious old man.
To say that this old man is really good at drinking, he drank one jar after another without gasping for breath. He drank more than ten jars in one breath, and he looked like he still had more to drink. He drank it happily.
"I say, old man, let's drink slowly and don't be in a hurry. There's plenty of it, so we'll definitely take care of it."
"Young man, thank you for the wine. I haven't had a drink for a long time. It's really unforgettable."
"Hey, what? Listening to the voice, do you think of something?"
"No, I just have some aftertaste of this feeling."
"Since I have some aftertaste, let's drink more. Come and take a drink."
After drinking three cups in a row, the mysterious old man said: "Young man, if you find something wrong later, please leave immediately."
"What's wrong?"
"My consciousness is up and down. Don't worry, I'm still awake now, but maybe it will become blurry the next moment. When my consciousness is blurred, I can't control it at all, and I don't know what I will do."
"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on it." Gu Qingfeng raised his glass and drank, and asked: "But then again, don't you remember anything about the Wudao Era?"
"I can't remember...I really forgot, I forgot everything..."
"Who has forgotten your old self?"
"Forgot..."
"Okay, so what do you mean by those two sentences you said when you first came in? Are they all false?"
"I don't know, I don't know either. I just feel this way, so I talk nonsense. Don't take it seriously."
Accepted.
Gu Qingfeng was completely convinced, but he still refused to give up and continued to ask: "Let's do this. I won't ask you what you already know. Just tell me what you still remember. You can't keep your head empty.
There’s nothing there, right?”
"I don't remember, I don't remember anything. Even if I do remember, it's mostly incomplete, intermittent and vague memories."
"Then do you know where this place is?"
"have no idea."
"Since you don't know, why are you rushing in?"
"Find a mountain."
Hearing that the mysterious old man was looking for a mountain, Gu Qingfeng immediately became energetic and asked quickly: "What mountain? Is it Wudao Mountain?"
"I don't know, I don't remember, I don't even know why I'm looking for that mountain."
Gu Qingfeng took out the picture of annihilation and selflessness from his storage bag again, pointed at the Wudao Mountain above, and asked: "Is it this mountain?"
The mysterious old man took the picture of Annihilation and Selflessness and looked at it carefully. At first, there was nothing there, but after looking at it for a while, the expression of the mysterious old man gradually began to change. His eyes were no longer empty, he became excited, and his expression was no longer hesitant.
, became excited, and it seemed that even the muscles at the corners of his mouth were twitching unnaturally.
"It's this mountain, yes... it's this mountain, I've been looking for this false mountain!"
"Xuwu Mountain?" Gu Qingfeng asked doubtfully: "Isn't this Wudao Mountain?"
"No! This is False Mountain! It must be False Mountain! It can't be wrong! I will never admit my mistake, this is False Mountain!"
Perhaps because he was really too excited, the mysterious old man grabbed Gu Qingfeng's hand and asked: "Young man, do you know where Xuanyuan Mountain is?"
"Old senior, to be honest, I am also looking for this mountain."
Gu Qingfeng pondered that maybe Wudao Mountain was just a name given by later generations, or maybe the real name of this mountain was the False Mountain mentioned by the mysterious old man.
"But why do you always look for this mountain?"
"What to do? That's right... Why am I looking for Mount Xuwu?" The mysterious old man's expression became dazed and hesitant again, and he murmured: "Why am I looking for Mount Xuwu, and what is Mount Xuwu?"
The mysterious old man closed his eyes and recalled. After a while, he shook his head and said in despair: "I can't remember... I really can't remember. I only remember that Xuwu Mountain is where everything begins, and it should also be where everything ends.
...It should be like this...as long as you find Mount Xu, everything will be revealed, everything...will...everything..."
"Where does it all begin? Where does it all end? And what is the truth?"
"I don't know, I can't remember...I forgot."
After chatting with the mysterious old man for so long, Gu Qingfeng became more and more tired as he chatted, feeling as if he was chatting with a madman.
"Forget it, since you can't remember it, forget it. Come on, have a drink."
"Young man, I'm really sorry. I really can't remember it... and I can't do anything to help you."
"It's okay, just make friends."
"Friend?" After hearing the word friend, the mysterious old man fell into deep thought again.
"how?"
"No, it's just that the word friend seems too unfamiliar and far away to me."
"That was before. From now on, with me as your friend, you will definitely redefine the meaning of the word friend."
The mysterious old man shook his head, but he didn't know why or what he meant.
"Young man, I have a question. I don't know whether to ask it or not."
"Old senior, please speak."
"Just now you said you were also looking for Mount Xuwu, why?"