Yu Hongchen

The two hugged each other shoulder to shoulder, talking and laughing all the way to a restaurant in the city, and ordered a few jugs of wine to drink.

Sitting on the observation deck of the pavilion, looking at the sea of ​​people in the city, Xie Liuchen was full of emotions and poured down one cup after another. Fu Changning was weak. Take a few bites.

Xie Liuchen got very drunk, picked up a jar of wine on the table, stood up shaking his head, glanced at the people coming and going downstairs with his free eyes, and then gave up the wine cup on the table, holding the wine jar and drinking it. Here comes the wine.

Fu Changning hastily reached out and snatched the wine jar, and scolded: "I've never seen such a drinker, it hurts my body."

Xie Liuchen was drunk, thinking that he was going to snatch the wine from him, so with a wave of his left hand, he picked up the wine jar that was about to leave his arms, lifted his jaw and raised his head, and drank again.

His kung fu in grabbing things with one hand was unparalleled, Fu Changning hadn't got all the things in his hands, his hands were empty, he was surprised: "Xie Xiandi is so fast, have you practiced kung fu?"

Xie Liuchen burped and said with a smile, "No, I don't know much about kung fu."

Fu Changning looked at him with deep meaning in his eyes: "But this kind of hand speed is beyond the reach of ordinary people."

"Because I'm not an ordinary person, what kind of kung fu do I need to practice?" Xie Liuchen said, "I've told them that I'm not an ordinary person, I'm a monk, hmph, but they don't believe it."

Fu Changning asked, "Who are they?"

Xie Liuchen put down the wine jar and made a surprised look: "Are you interested in listening?"

Fu Changning hurriedly said: "No, no, brother, I just asked casually, and dare not ask my brother's private affairs."

"Actually, it's okay to tell you." Xie Liuchen shook the wine jar in his arms, and found that the wine in the jar was empty, and shouted a few more words at the top of his voice: "Boss, boss, have another jar of wine!"

Then he turned around and sat down, and said to Fu Changning who was at the opposite table: "Qiu'er knows it, and Uncle Saturday knows it too. Now, you are the third."

Fu Changning nodded slowly.

Xie Liuchen asked, "Aren't you afraid?"

Fu Changning was taken aback, and asked back, "What are you afraid of?"

"Afraid of what?" Xie Liuchen laughed at himself: "I'm afraid Uncle Saturday is right. I brought the disaster of him and Qiu'er, and they were killed by me."

Fu Changning was not frightened when he heard his crazy words, but he persuaded him earnestly: "Xie Xiandi, Sixth Uncle, the old man was so unreasonable because of the pain of losing his daughter. Now that the old man is gone, You don't want to be so brooding anymore, do you?"

Xie Liuchen sneered: "Ha! I don't want to worry about it! It's a pity that I killed Qiu'er and Uncle Saturday?"

The restaurant staff brought up a jar of old wine, but before Xie Liuchen got it, Fu Changning snatched it.

Xie Liuchen glared at him: "What are you doing? Give me the wine!"

Fu Changning grieved and said: "Brother Xie Xian, you drink so much that you hurt your stomach and spleen, and it's not good for your health."

Xie Liuchen said unhappily: "Why are you more verbose than Senior Brother Shang?" He snatched the wine jar back.His misty eyes were half-opened, he looked at the nameplate attached to the jar, and then sneered again: "Returning to forget your sorrows, ha! I want to see if I can really cure my worries by being drunk!" He drank the jar again do.

Seeing that it was useless to persuade him, Fu Changning had no choice but to give up.

After drinking for half a day, feeling drunk, Fu Changning suddenly asked beside him: "Have you heard of Yunshan Brother Xie Xian?"

Xie Liuchen's expression froze for a moment, but soon returned to his usual expression: "I haven't heard of it."

Fu Changning said: "Actually, as a brother, I also yearned for seeking immortality more than ten years ago, and I also traveled thousands of miles to visit the legendary Yunshan Mountain."

Xie Liuchen said: "Oh." He was a little drunk, and after hearing what Fu Changning said, he didn't realize what he meant by suddenly talking about Yunshan.

Fu Changning said to himself: "More than ten years ago, my brother went to the capital alone to rush for the exam. He didn't want to fail the imperial examination, and was robbed of the meager money by the street gangsters. I was alone and had no one to stay in the Taoist temple. I heard what the Taoist said in the temple. There is a fairy mountain outside, the cloud is misty all the year round, it is a place for immortals to practice, my brother had no hope of seeking an official at that time, so I thought of cultivating immortals."

Xie Liuchen said, "You found it?"

Fu Changning smiled wryly: "I found it, but I found it. It's a pity, it's a pity—"

Xie Liuchen continued casually, "What's the pity?"

Fu Changning's eyes were confused, as if he was lost in memory. For a moment, he raised his head and smiled slightly: "At that time, I was nostalgic for the foot of the mountain, and I only hoped that the immortal would see me with a sincere heart for my brother, and come out to meet me, even if I told me One sentence, I am so weak that I can't knock on the fairy gate, and it is okay to let go of my wishful thinking. Unfortunately, it is a pity that even though I endured the wind and rain at the foot of the mountain, no one cares about me for several years, and finally I had to give up .Haha, now that I think about it, if there is really a fairy fate, how can I search for it without any results?"

Xie Liuchen secretly smiled.Cultivators are obsessed with cultivation, day and night, who would be so bored that they would make a special trip down the mountain to meet a mortal with mediocre aptitude and guide him into the path of cultivation?What's more, Yunshan Mountain has a great reputation, and there are countless mortals who come to seek longevity and enter Taoism. If everyone can get what they want, then no matter how many cultivation resources there are on Nanling, it will not be enough.

He thought that the scholar really had some dementia, but he couldn't laugh at it face to face, so he coaxed: "There are no immortals or monks in this world. I lied to you."

Fu Changning sighed quietly: "Whether it's true or not, who doesn't have a dream of longevity?"

Xie Liuchen smiled disdainfully: "The so-called practice is nothing more than aptitude and character. In my opinion, it's nothing special."

Fu Changning still said in a dazed manner: "Things that have never been owned are always particularly desirable. Sincerity is what makes gold and stone open. I believe that the ears of immortals will listen to all directions, and one day I will hear my brother's heartfelt voice. Give me the way to enter the Tao. Brother Xie Xian, are you really drunk, and you can even say such nonsense?"

Xie Liuchen laughed and said, "It's obviously you who are drunk, you've fallen into vain, hahahaha..."

Fu Changning wasn't annoyed, he just sat smiling, looked at his drunken face, and after a while, asked suddenly: "Brother Xie Xian, is there something on your mind?"

Xie Liuchen's smile stopped, and he said coldly, "No."

Fu Changning sighed: "I'm talking nonsense, are you still talking? This is already your fifth altar of wine, and if you drink any more, it will only make you feel more and more uncomfortable. Brother Xie, it's not a good idea to use alcohol to relieve your worries. "

Xie Liuchen sneered and said: "Drinking is uncomfortable, and not drinking is even more uncomfortable. It's better to be drunk to death!" Lifting the wine jar, he was about to take another gulp.He drank all the wine in the altar long ago, not even a drop left.He was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly, he threw the empty wine jar violently to the ground, then covered his chest with his hands, lay down on the desk, and sobbed.

There was only a sound of "split and pull", and the debris was all over the ground.Fu Changning immediately stood up: "Brother Xie Xian, are you crying?"

Xie Liuchen's muffled voice came from under the table: "Leave me alone! Anyway, I am loved by no one, so I deserve it!"

He cried quietly for a while, then raised his head suddenly, with tears in his eyes: "Brother Fu, tell me, how can I make him forgive me? How can I go back?"

Fu Changning sighed, put his arms around him, and patted his shoulder: "Sleep, sleep, wake up and you'll be fine."

Once Xie Liuchen's tears came out, he couldn't take them back.The harder he cried, the tighter Fu Changning hugged him.The other party's white robe smelled of flowers and ink.He smelled this smell, and his head became dizzy. After a while, the tense strings in his head were loosened, and he fell asleep completely.

He opened his eyes, and a strange fragrance came into his nostrils.

The front and rear window lattices of the wooden house were supported by bamboo strips, and he could see the dark blue night sky while lying in the house.

There was an intermittent coughing sound from the door.

He found himself lying on Fu Changning's bed, covered with Fu Changning's quilt.

He slowly stood up and said softly, "Brother Fu..."

The coughing stopped at the door, and Fu Changning walked into the wooden house with his back turned to the stars all over the sky, and said with a warm smile, "Brother Xie Xian is awake, is your head still hurting?"

His white robe was stained with dew and petal fragments, making his face even paler.

Xie Liuchen rubbed the acupuncture points on his forehead, and said angrily, "...I just...did I go crazy with alcohol?"

Fu Changning said: "That's nothing. People have been suppressed for a long time, and it is inevitable that there will be times when they need to vent."

Xie Liuchen usually would not lose his composure in front of others, but since he left Beilu, he often dreamed that Senior Brother Shang was asking him to blame him for killing Qi Huan. noisy.He couldn't tell whether his heart was more tired or his body was more tired. He only felt a little pain in his head and shook it a few times.In a trance, I suddenly heard Fu Changning ask softly: "Brother Xie Xian, do you have someone you like?"

He raised his head inexplicably, and met Fu Changning's eyes, but was startled.I saw that the other party brushed off the petal fragments on his body, and was looking at him with lingering eyes, his eyes were full of stars.

Xie Liuchen shuddered, thinking that he hadn't woken up after drinking, so he blinked, and then looked over, the other party's eyes remained the same.He suddenly felt that the situation was weird, and he said falteringly: "Brother Fu... To tell the truth, my younger brother left home to travel far away, and the wife is in the room..." As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he realized that he had been with Fu Changning for a while, and he couldn't even speak. Become polite.

Fu Changning was surprised and said: "I didn't expect Xie Xian to be young, so he already has a family." He smiled, "Then you can rest assured as a brother. Xie Xian's temperament is uncertain, and he should find a good couple to be a good man. Internal help, always assisting from the side."

Xie Liuchen hummed for a moment, and thought embarrassingly: "So I misunderstood." Brother Fu brought his unconscious self back to Zhoujia Village.He smiled embarrassingly and joked, "Why didn't Brother Fu get married?"

Fu Changning coughed a few times: "Do you think that brother's crippled body looks like he can start a family and start a business? It's better not to delay the decent girl."

Xie Liuchen said: "Brother Fu is a talented person, but also a person with a lot of interest in life. Whichever girl marries you is a blessing accumulated in the previous life."

Fu Changning coughed until tears came out, but he still smiled and said: "Brother, when I was young, I met a magician who told me that my body is weak in this life, and I can only live to be 50 years old at most."

Xie Liuchen frowned and said, "What nonsense wandering warlocks, brother Fu's pulse is weak, but as long as he takes good care of him, he will live to 80 years old without any major problems."

Fu Changning wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said with a smile: "Brother, life and death are destiny, why force it? Besides, I have been in bed for a long time because of my brother's lingering illness, I am afraid that the medicine will be ineffective."

Xie Liuchen didn't like to hear such dejected words, so he said angrily: "Master Nanxing was a famous pharmacist back then, do you want any panacea? Yes, there are still many herbs left by Master Nanxing in the house, I will bring them to you Take it!"

It seemed that this plan was very clever, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it should be so.Anyway, Master Nan Xing is gone, so it's useless to keep medicinal herbs, it's better to use them to save people.Moreover, he felt very sorry for misunderstanding someone just now.He put on his shoes and got out of the bed, leaving a sentence: "Wait for me, I'll go gather medicine for you!" and hurried away.

He ran all the way back to his own yard, and pushed away the pile of firewood under the thatched shed, revealing the aromatic herbs under it.

He squatted down, reached out and pulled out the herbs in the mud by the roots.This herb was left unattended, and it could grow so vigorously after being raised here for ten years, so he didn't need to be afraid that his actions would be too rough, so he pulled it out in one go.

Suddenly a red light flashed out, and the grass roots were pulled out of the soil.Xie Liuchen froze.

A piece of red jade was lying on the soil.

This is a piece of Yuetian stone, which is from the same source as the material for his Xiuming sword.

He ignored the medicinal herbs and picked up the Yuetian stone in the soil with one hand, feeling more and more surprised.

How could there be a stone that surpassed the sky buried here?

Who put it here?

Holding the Yuetian Stone, he was stunned and remembered an incident a long time ago.

That was the first time he went down the mountain, entered the Purple Abyss Secret Realm, and met Senior Brother Shang.At that time, Senior Brother Shang suspected his identity and attacked him. Later, in order to repair the relationship, he agreed to help him forge the natal sword, and what was needed to forge the sword was a sky-surpassing stone.

He carefully recalled every word of Senior Brother Shang at that time——

"It is said that most of the Yuetian stones in this world are refined by traveling through three thousand worlds and absorbing the spirit of different worlds... There was once a man with a firm and soft temperament who fell into the world of mortals because of the calamity of love. There is also a sky-surpassing stone in the sea..."

Only by traveling through the endless space can one get a piece of sky-surpassing stone.

There will be no one else who puts the Yuetian Stone here except Master Nan Xing.

And the medicinal herb planted by Master Nan Xing is nourished by the aura of this Sky-surpassing Stone, so it can survive until now.

As if he had been enlightened suddenly, his heart lake, which had been silent for half a year, finally turned into a huge wave again. All the things that had been incomprehensible and troubled for a long time before, at this moment, came to light.

From Nanling to Xiya Mountain, from Beilu to Zhoujiacun...

He murmured: "I know who I am now, and I know my own life experience."