At this time, Long Yuan said calmly: "Master, someone else has set up a small barrier in this house. With your current state, you can't see what's inside from the outside."
Xi Zhong was interested, "What is the realm of the monks who set up this kind of barrier?"
"About the eighth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm."
Xi Zhong: "..."
Long Yuan added, "But if it can't withstand your punch, you can punch it to pieces."
Xi Zhong shook his head gently, "Forget it, forget it."
"What are you talking to yourself about?" The girl couldn't help but look back and glare at him.
Xi Zhong could only smile awkwardly.
He forgot to communicate with Long Yuan.
But the girl in front of me is extremely innocent.
He actually gave his back so generously to a stranger whom he had just met for the first time...
Such a simple little girl has suffered too little and experienced too little.
The girl came to the barrier and took out a jade token.
The jade tablet floated and melted into the barrier.
A small opening opened in the barrier.
The girl got right in.
Xi Zhong also followed and got in.
Then the scene inside changed again.
When Xi Zhong passed through the barrier, there turned out to be a quite large courtyard inside.
There are many children playing in the yard.
When those children saw the masked girl coming in, their faces instantly burst into happy smiles.
But when they turned around and saw a strange young man following behind them, their little faces fell instantly.
His face changed so quickly that Xi Zhong wanted to laugh.
However, they looked at Xi Zhong warily.
The girl immediately took off her veil, revealing her pretty face like clear water and a lotus. The smile on her face was very gentle.
However, Xi Zhong was standing behind the girl and could not see her appearance.
"Sister Xianyu, who is that person?" A little girl who looked five or six years old grabbed a little straw man and asked.
The expression of the girl known as "Sister Xianyu" changed and she became angry, "She's just a fool, don't worry about it!"
The little girl blinked, then looked at Xi Zhong, and asked in a cute voice: "Brother idiot?"
Xi Zhong's face turned dark instantly.
The other children looked older, about eight or nine years old, and their eyes looked at Xi Zhong very warily. It seemed that they understood their current situation better than this little girl who was five or six years old.
Xi Zhong came to the little girl and glanced at the girl. She was quite beautiful.
He looked at the little girl with a soft smile, "I'm not a stupid brother, I'm called a handsome brother."
"Handsome brother?" The little girl tilted her head.
Very confused.
She doesn't know who this big brother is.
But she felt that the person who could be brought in by Sister Xianyu was definitely not a bad person.
The other children were a little wary.
A few even squatted down secretly, then secretly picked up the stones and held them in their hands.
Xi Zhong pretended not to see it.
The girl noticed it, and she said to the group of children: "This is not our enemy. He will only stay here for a while and then leave."
The children's vigilance was reduced a lot.
At least the stone in his hand has been put down.
It seems that these children can be considered children with stories, otherwise they would not be so hostile to outsiders.
The girl didn't bother to explain to the children. She directly led Xi Zhong towards a house in the courtyard.
The cute little girl wanted to jump behind her, but was pulled back by an older boy and said, "Sister Xianyu has something to do, we can't hinder her."
The little girl said "Oh", then came to the threshold of the room, sat down with her little butt sticking out, and then said seriously to Xi Zhong and the girl who had already walked into the room: "Brother and sister, what do you do?"
Let it go, I won't disturb you."
Then he started playing with his little straw man on the threshold.
The little straw man was not very elaborate and a little scattered, but the little girl cherished it very much.
The girl took Xi Zhong into the house.
This house is quite big, it is a large house.
Xi Zhong smelled the smell of medicine when he came in.
The girl's expression didn't change much, and she finally led Xi Zhong to a bed.
An old man with gray hair was lying on the bed.
At this moment, the old man was leaning on the bed, frowning and reading a book.
When he noticed someone coming in, he turned around to look.
Then I saw Xi Zhong wearing a green shirt.
The old man didn't make a fuss or look wary. Instead, he smiled.
Greeting smile.
Xi Zhong also smiled and nodded, greeting the old man.
The girl whispered: "Master."
The old man nodded, then looked at Xi Zhong and asked, "Xianyu, who is this?"
"I met a fool in the foreign office." Xianyu was very direct.
Xi Zhong smiled helplessly.
The old man also smiled helplessly at Xi Zhong, probably meaning to say, young man, don't mind.
Xi Zhong smiled back.
The old man looked at Xi Zhong and asked with a smile: "So, what is the purpose of coming to this small town, little brother?"
Purpose.
This word is a bit special.
Xi Zhong smiled and said: "Old sir, I don't have any purpose. I just happened to pass by here and am a little interested in the stories here."
The old man nodded slightly and asked, "Little young man, will you definitely leave this town if you hear this story?"
The girl also stared at Xi Zhong.
Xi Zhong said with a smile: "That's not certain. If I am really interested, can I stay?"
The girl said coldly: "You are looking for death."
The old man put down his book and said nothing.
Xi Zhong didn't care, and said with a smile: "What if, I mean what if, what if I can solve the problem you are currently troubled with?"
The girl was just angry, "You can solve the problem that even my master can't solve?"
Xi Zhong just smiled.
The old man raised his hand to signal the girl not to get excited, then glanced at Xi Zhong and said slowly: "Xiao Houyi, your current realm is only the first level of the Foundation Establishment Realm. What confidence do you have that you can say that you can solve our problems?"
Xi Zhong stretched out his hand, "How about I ask the old gentleman to tell me a story first?"
The girl is about to take action.
The old man then said: "Xian Yu, stop."
The girl looked at the old man angrily, "Master, this kid is just looking for death. If he can't leave early, are we going to let him stay here with us to wait for death?"
The old man looked at Xi Zhong, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Little young man, I know how to tell stories, but I hope you will leave after listening to them. This will definitely be a good thing for you."
Xi Zhong smiled and nodded.
Seeing that Xi Zhong did not listen to the advice, the girl snorted coldly and walked out of the door.
The old man looked at Xi Zhong and said with a smile: "Then I will tell you this story, Master."
"Don't call me Young Master." Xi Zhong waved his hands quickly and said with a smile, "I heard that I'm tired of hearing that, old sir, it's better to call me Young Master."
The old man in front of me seems to be a scholar.
But he is also a monk.
But he is a monk who is considered "terminally ill".
Because Xi Zhong had seen it through the Qi-gazing technique before.
The spiritual roots of the old man in front of him were already in a state of rupture.
For monks, not only the Dantian is important, but also the spiritual roots.
If a monk wants to advance in the realm, he must rely on his spiritual roots.
The quality of your spiritual roots determines your future achievements.
This is not an empty talk.
Even if he is an alien like Xi Zhong, when he has no spiritual roots, or when he only has pseudo-spiritual roots, doesn't he have to stay at the first level of the Qi Refining Realm?
Xi Zhong is the person who owns the AFK system and Long Yuan.
The protagonists who travel through time like Xi Zhong have stayed in the Qi Refining Realm for a long enough time.
Therefore, the old man in front of him has a broken spiritual root, which means that he has no future in his spiritual practice.
Moreover, looking at the old man's condition, it was obvious that his body was seriously injured due to the fragmentation of his spiritual roots, and he could only stay in bed.
The barrier outside was probably set up by this old man.
But the old man's state in front of him has already fallen to the second level of the Foundation Establishment state.
If it continues, the old man might even be able to fall to the Qi Refining stage in the end.
All in all, the current situation of the elderly is not optimistic.
Unless Xi Zhong redeems the top ten sacred elixirs in the experience point store at this moment, otherwise, the old man will have no room for salvation.
When the old man saw Xi Zhong waving his hand, he nodded and said, "Then I will tell a story next?"
Xi Zhong smiled and said: "Old sir, please speak."
The old man put the book next to the bed, and then said slowly: "Actually, there is no story in this small town. I believe you have also seen it, young man. This small town is full of weirdness, and the key is everything in the small town.
Almost all the people were controlled by the evil ghost using magic to control their minds and bodies. When I passed by here two months ago, this small town had not yet fallen, and the evil ghost was only planning secretly."
"After I passed by with my apprentice, I realized the purpose of the evil ghost, so I devoted all my spiritual power to write the ghost-exorting talisman in order to protect the people in the town from harm."
"But I still underestimated that evil spirit after all. That evil spirit knew how to control people's bodies, but I didn't notice it at the time. So no matter how many magic talismans I posted, the evil spirit informed the people of the town and let the people' themselves
' He started to remove the spiritual talisman, and the evil ghost also accelerated his speed and controlled most of the people. At the same time, he also used tricks to trap me and shattered my spiritual roots. Now I can only hold up the knot.
Realm, retreat to this place step by step."
After Xi Zhong listened quietly, there was not much in his heart.
In fact, we can roughly guess it.
Xi Zhong smiled and said: "Then what does the old gentleman plan to do now?"
"What else can we do?" The old man smiled bitterly and said, "How long can we last?"