What should I do if my junior brother becomes a bad old man?

It can't be blamed that Ren Zhen couldn't remember it at first, it was because the aura of the person at the door was very different from the junior in Ren Zhen's impression.

Back then, Ren Xun and his master lived together in this cave on the mountain. The master and the apprentice had the same temperament, they were both lazy to deal with outsiders, and they found it troublesome to set fires when making alchemy.Thinking that there are one or two boys doing these chores in ordinary fairy mansions, I decided to go to Xuandu Temple on the mountainside and pick a boy from among the little Taoist priests.

There are many little Taoist priests in Xuandu Temple, most of them are abandoned babies who were thrown at the entrance of Taoist Temple.The master of Xuandu Temple and Ren Xiao's master are chess friends, and they have a good relationship with each other. When they heard that their master and apprentice wanted to pick a boy, they gathered all the little Taoist priests between five and ten years old and let them choose at will.

The little Taoist priests knew that they were gods living on the mountain, and they were all willing to let them choose them.At that time, Ren Xun's junior was only five years old, he was good-looking, smart and sweet-talking, he was particularly outstanding among the group of children, so Ren Xun's master picked him out.

The master originally wanted Ren Zhen to accept this child as an apprentice, but Ren Zhen was lazy and resolutely refused, so the master had no choice but to personally accept the child as an apprentice and let him be Ren Zhen's apprentice.

Speaking of which, the two had a good idea at the beginning. With this boy, there will be someone to light the fire and someone to answer the door.However, this little junior brother is too young, he couldn't sit still if he was asked to look at the alchemy furnace; he was afraid of strangers if he was asked to answer the door, so before the outsiders could speak, he ran back crying to find his master and senior brother.What's more, he can't fast, and he has to be taken care of when he eats, drinks, and scatter. Neither of them has taken care of children, so they make trouble.

Fortunately, children grow up fast, and after a few years of raising them, they become like adults in a blink of an eye. They promise to do things well in the corresponding door, and they are gradually able to fast. They have learned a lot in alchemy and qi. , can often take care of the alchemy furnace.Ren Sha was thankful that someone had finally done the troublesome work.His junior brother suddenly ran away from home without warning, and never came back.

This incident has been going on for nearly a hundred years now, and Ren Xun has only been with that junior brother for ten years, and his memory at that time is no longer very clear.Besides, even though his junior brother was originally a mortal, but he learned how to breathe and breathe out from his master, and he can also refine immortal medicines. It is not difficult to maintain his youth for two or three hundred years and become an earth immortal or something.However, the person at the door was not only devoid of aura, but also gave off a sense of decay, which made it impossible for him to associate this person with the lively and lovely little junior in his impression.

Even so, Ren Sha opened the door again.

The man didn't leave, he was still standing at the door, when he heard Ren Sha open the door, he quickly raised his head.

Ren Sha hadn't paid much attention to that person's appearance earlier, but now she can see his appearance clearly.

If we compare the physical appearance of ordinary people, the person in front of him is nearly fifty years old, with gray beard and hair, very thin body, withered limbs like sticks, and his face is full of poverty.Although this person is not very old, but he has shown signs of decay.If Ren Xun were to calculate, I am afraid that his life span would not exceed ten years.

Ren Xun looked at his appearance carefully, and it took a long time to find some of the younger brother's eyebrows from the depression, but he couldn't feel his heart trembling again, but his face remained calm, and he just asked hesitantly. :

"Gu Xunzhi?"

Hearing his call, the person in front of him lowered his head in embarrassment, and said "um".

There are two steps in front of the mountain gate, the man standing at the bottom of the steps looks a lot shorter than Ren Xun, similar to the height of the junior brother back then, and his posture is exactly the same as when the junior brother made a mistake and asked him to punish him.Only in this way did Ren Xun confirm that the person in front of him was indeed his junior brother. Surprised and angry, he frowned and shouted sharply:

"Since you're back, why don't you dare to look up to see people?"

Gu Xunzhi was raised by his senior brother, so he was always a little afraid of him.Hearing him shout like that was like a blow to the head.Shrunk even more like a quail, just lowering its eyes:

"Xunzhi didn't follow Master's teachings, lost his Daoist heart, now looks haggard, and dare not see senior brother."

Ren Zhen sneered, picked up Chenwei casually, and hit him on the shoulder twice:

"Look up, let me see."

Gu Xunzhi was hit twice by his senior brother. Although it didn't hurt, he became more nervous.After listening to the scolding, he raised his head cautiously.But he didn't dare to raise it too high, for fear of meeting his senior brother's eyes, he had to lower his eyes to see the bright red lips of his senior brother.

After so many years, he has become an old man, but his brother's beauty is still the same as before.She was wearing a white robe that was extremely clean, and her whole body was about to shine, making people afraid to approach her even more.Gu Xunzhi stared blankly at his senior brother's face, his lips trembled twice, and his nose felt a little sour.

Ren Xun didn't know what he was thinking, she was a little impatient seeing him in a daze.Lost the tail of dust, turned around and said:

"come in."

Gu Xunzhi, as if he had received an amnesty, quickly entered the door, turned his head and carefully closed the mountain gate and bolted it.When I looked back at my brother again, I saw that he was going to the room where I lived before.

Gu Xunzhi thought that the senior brother was leading the way for him, so he hurriedly followed, but he saw the senior brother stopped, without looking back at him, he just said:

"Your room has been changed into a pill room. There is no place for you to live here. Take a bedding at night and go to the master's room for the night. Fortunately, it is spring now, and the room is not too cold. "

Listening to the senior brother's tone, his temper has obviously calmed down, and his voice is cold and indifferent, which makes people feel chills.But Gu Xunzhi didn't care about listening to his senior brother's tone, he was taken aback for a moment, and asked:

"What about Master?"

"You went out within a few years after you left, and it looks like you didn't plan to come back. Why, do you have something to do with Master?"

Gu Xunzhi quickly shook his head:

"No, it's fine."

After Ren Zhen answered, she ignored him, and didn't ask him what he was doing when he came back. She just pretended that he didn't exist, and turned her head into the alchemy room.

Gu Xunzhi was stunned for a while, trying to figure out his senior brother's expression and tone, he didn't dare to approach the alchemy room, and just walked around in the remaining grottoes.The master's room has already become a study, but the brother's bedroom is still the same as before.Gu Xunzhi didn't dare to enter, so he had to sit in the master's original room.

The master's bedroom has now been converted into a study by Ren Xun, with scriptures and books everywhere, and there is only one narrow couch to rest on.Gu Xunzhi stood in the mountain wind all night before, but now his strength is weak, he just wants to rest.But he didn't dare to lie down, so he only sat half of his buttocks on the narrow couch.

He just sat down when he saw his senior brother coming again and throwing him two wax pills.

Gu Xunzhi squeezed open a wax pill, and saw that it was a middle-grade Bigu pill that had just been refined.

He looked at his brother with a troubled look on his face.

The senior brother frowned:

"What? But after going out for a few years, you don't even know how to bigu?"

"It's not..." Gu Xunzhi answered with great difficulty, "I'm getting old, and I want to eat Bigu Pill... I can't overcome it."

After Gu Xunzhi finished speaking, he raised his head to look at his senior brother, and he was not surprised to see his eyebrows raised high, showing a surprised face.

Ren Sha really didn't expect it.

It has been nearly a hundred years since his junior brother left here. Looking at his appearance, it is also known that he has long since put aside his cultivation.Ren Zhen could imagine that he had gone through a lot of ups and downs in these years, but what he didn't expect was that his junior couldn't even do bigu.

What kind of life has this guy been living all these years?He can't even eat Bigu Pill, no wonder his appearance is so decayed.

Ren Sha snorted:

"I don't have anything for mortals to eat here, you can figure out a way for yourself."

Gu Xunzhi nodded with a smile:

"As you know, I brought the dry food myself, so I don't need to bother senior brother."

Seeing his nodding and bowing appearance, Ren Zhen was very displeased.If Gu Xunzhi had shown such a submissive look back then, Ren Xun would definitely have taught him a lesson, but now that he hadn't seen him for a hundred years, Ren Xun didn't know how to deal with the sudden appearance of his junior, so he could only snort again , turned around and left.

Gu Xunzhi poked his head up and saw that his brother had returned to the bedroom, then he sighed and completely relaxed.He took out a rice bowl, put some fried noodles in the bag into the bowl, boiled some boiling water and poured it on, and ate it with some pickles. Finally, he felt warmed up and refreshed.

He saw that there was no bed in the study, and he didn't know how to sleep at night, so he went to the utility room and found an old quilt.This quilt has not been used for many years, it is old and damp, but it is not too worn out.Gu Xunzhi didn't care too much, and carried the quilt to the door to dry.Gu Xunzhi had just warmed up in the house, when he went out and saw the cold wind, he shivered unknowingly.

Although the wind is cold outside, fortunately the sun is still sufficient.Gu Xunzhi didn't know whether the weather could dry the bedding well, so he had to move out first to try.

There was no clothesline outside, so Gu Xunzhi moved two chairs out of the house and put the quilt on them.His physical strength is very weak, but after doing such a little work, he is so tired that he is covered with sweat, and his limbs are a little out of control.He was afraid of catching a cold, so he hurried back to the cave, and sat on the narrow couch in the study to catch his breath.

He sat for a long time to catch his breath, looked down at his withered arms, and sighed unconsciously.

Gu Xunzhi is already 97 years old this year, which is a very old age for ordinary people.However, by the standards of practitioners, 97 years old can still be regarded as a young man.If he hadn't left here back then, he would still look like a young man now.When he left without saying a word, he made himself into this appearance, so it's no wonder that senior brother got angry when he saw him.

But... no matter how angry senior brother is now, there is nothing he can do about it.

Now he is an aide in the palace, this time he came back to look for his senior brother, he was ordered by the prince.He said he was ordered, but in fact he volunteered on his own initiative.Last spring, when he counted his lifespan, he knew that his days were numbered.From then on, he always dreamed that he was still a teenager, living with his senior brother on the mountain.

These dreams tormented him so much that when he woke up every morning, he could always find tears on his pillow.Gu Xunzhi understood that he missed his senior brother.

Now he purposely came to look for senior brother, mainly to see senior brother one more time before he died.

The author has something to say: There is another chapter at 6:6 p.m., which is tentatively scheduled to be updated at [-]:[-] p.m. every day. If there is any change, we will notify you.