Xu Mingshi left only one sentence without beginning and end, and he was about to leave. Liu Yan couldn't think of a reason for blocking for a while, so he pointed at Shen Jue and asked him to accompany him. Although Xu Mingshi, who took off his heavy padded coat after the spring, was in good spirits, he was an old man after all. Such an old man was alone, and Liu Yan couldn't let it go.

Shen Jue didn't say much, and quickly packed up and went out with him.

Xu Mingshi saw that Shen Jue followed and wanted to stop him, but in the end he only opened his mouth. He was old after all, and he was also afraid that he would have an accident halfway through. There was a young man who took care of him, and he felt a lot of peace of mind. It's just that he still didn't say where he was going. He refused to speak, and Shen Jue didn't ask much. He walked aside with his luggage on his back, as if silence did not exist.

All the way to speed up the pace, before the sun sets, the two have left Luofu Mountain five hundred miles away. With Shen Jue's foot strength, he could have walked farther, but Xu Mingshi was obviously unable to walk. He was only five hundred miles away, and he ran for a day without hesitation. When he stopped, his face was sallow and his forehead was sweating.

The two stopped in the field, the twilight was deep, Shen Jue looked around and felt that the scenery was a little familiar. After standing for a while, Shen Jue walked eastward, walked about three miles, went around a winding path, and crossed a wheat field. Shen Jue saw a temple unsurprisingly. Shen Jue hurriedly walked back and said to Xu Mingshi, "I found a place to stay. Let's go there for the night."

Xu Mingshi nodded, followed behind him, and the two entered the temple together.

The temple is not big, but a small one. Although it is simple, it is still clean. In front of the clay statue of the god, there is an offering of fruit. The ever-bright lantern is burning day and night. There is a little monk in the temple who is continuing the incense when he hears the sound of footsteps and turns his head. Seeing the visitor, he hurriedly saluted and said, "The donor is polite."

Shen Jue said: "I borrow your land for a night and leave tomorrow morning."

The little monk said: "It's easy to say," and asked again: "There is also food, but it's light. If the donor doesn't dislike it, you can still eat."

Shen Jue saluted and thanked, "Then there is little Master Lao."

The little monk nodded and went to prepare food for them.

Shen Jue walked to the enshrined statue and stood for a moment, then turned to Xu Mingshi and said, "Guess who this is?"

Xu Mingshi was a little tired. He sat on the side and fell asleep. Hearing this, he raised his eyes and looked at it. At first glance, he felt unfamiliar, and then he looked at it for the second time. After looking at it for a while, Xu Mingshi suddenly widened his eyes, and the sleepy insect flew away. He said in astonishment, "Hey, isn't this an old snake?!"

Shen Jue pointed to another mud tire on the left side, "What about this one?"

Xu Mingshi was stunned. With Yimo in front, he quickly recognized it this time, and said in a daze, "Why did your father and son ask someone to confess?"

Shen Jue walked over, took out the water bag from the bag and handed it to him, then said, "It's been some years."

Facing Xu Mingshi's curious old face, Shen Jue had to explain it to him. In fact, there was no need to make a fuss. Although they were monsters, they had saved many people, especially those who left the mountains to find Ji Jiu after Shen Qingxuan died. During the years, the father and son wandered around in the world, and when they met those who should not suffer, Yimo always asked Shen Jue to help, so that he could cultivate some merits. Therefore, it is not unusual to be offered as a bodhisattva.

The land under their feet was flooded more than two hundred years ago. At that time, the father and son of Yimo passed by, all the way is full of wailing and weeping. In the turbid water, the corpses that fell from top to bottom piled up into hills at the cut-off point, and some people who were still alive but could not get up from the water were buried in the pile of corpses. On dying.

The government and the local squire worked together to rescue people and retrieve their bodies. They had just rescued a few, but when it rained heavily, the hillside collapsed and the sediment fell, and the rescuers were swept away by the torrent. At that time, the situation was tragic, like purgatory on earth.

Yimo couldn't see it. He took his son to rescue the people from the mudslide in the rainstorm, and then brought up the dead bodies. It was not until the local government and wealthy families settled the suffering crowd. Leave here with Shen Jue. After they left, when the villagers who survived the disaster were rebuilding their homes, they built a temple for them, pooled money and hired a brilliant painter from a neighboring village to draw their faces according to oral descriptions, and hired craftsmen to take pictures of them. The shape on the top has shaped the mud tire, and the incense has been incessant since then.

Xu Mingshi listened, twitched his beard and smiled suddenly: "They know you are demons?"

Shen Jue replied: "At that time, we wanted to save people, so how could we do without casting spells? They naturally saw it. At first, they thought they were immortals. Later, when people were rescued, my father said we were demons, so they all knew."

Xu Mingshi stayed there for a while, then suddenly said: "I was going back to the teacher's door once, but I was in a hurry because it was dark, so I cast the magic and ran wildly. Later, when it was dawn, I looked back, hey, they all rushed out of the teacher's door. A hundred miles away."

After talking about this, Xu Mingshi said: "I often feel that I have no end in my work, and I am reckless. It turns out that your father and son are even worse than me."

No, it's only natural for gods to save people, and monsters save people and report their own family. Isn't it reckless? In case the world is down and the people are not old, not to mention offerings, there will be a major illness or a small disaster in the future, and it will be slandered because of the demonic energy that happened when the monster was saved!

Shen Jue said: "What do you do? How they live after they are rescued, it has nothing to do with us."

Xu Mingshi said, "That's right. I've been in the world for a long time, and I've been disturbed by the worldly benefits, and I care too much about honor and shame, and I feel ashamed."

The two were chatting, when the little monk came over with a curtain, holding a wooden drawer in his hand, and put a few steamed buns, a plate of green vegetables, and a plate of tofu, he said, "Please forgive me for the poor reception."

"Very good." Xu Mingshi said, "Thank you."

After waiting for the people to retreat and enter the room to recite the scriptures, Xu Mingshi listened to the sound of the wooden fish and asked Shen Jue in a low voice, "Then what happened to this monk?"

"How do I know," Shen Jue said, "I'm here for the second time. I think I came here because I saw it was quiet and unoccupied, so I practiced here."

Such a thing is not uncommon, Xu Mingshi did not ask again.

Shen Jue asked him, "Where are you going this way west?"

"Go to my master." Xu Mingshi said, and then stopped talking.

Shen Jue didn't ask anymore after seeing this.

Seeing Xu Mingshi go to sleep after eating, Shen Jue thought of Liu Yan in the mountains, wondering if he had eaten at home alone, thinking about whether he had boiled water when he went out, etc. After thinking about it, he felt that it was useless to think about it, so he calmed down. , sit cross-legged and practice breathing. Only when he was running outside would he think of cultivation, in order to recharge his energy for the next day's running, and at the same time to clear his turbidity. When he got home, he almost forgot that he was a fairy.

The next day at dawn, the two said goodbye to the little monk and started again. Xu Mingshi walked slower than yesterday. Shen Jue frowned and said, "I won't say where I'm going, if it's far away, why are you walking so slowly? Talent can be obtained? Why don't I carry you on my back."

When Xu Mingshi heard it, he almost jumped up and said fiercely in a tone of disapproval, "I don't want you to carry it."

After speaking, he left, but this time he was not convinced. He accelerated his speed and quickly exhausted his mana. Although he walked more than 400 miles in the morning, he sat on the ground and could not get up at noon.

Shen Jue said: "When you get old, you must obey the old." He ignored his stubborn resistance, and easily put the old man on his back and asked, "Or the west side?"

Xu Mingshi snorted and snorted as an answer, and then he felt his body sway. Shen Jue practiced all night, sucked up the spiritual energy of the world, ran fast, and the wind slashed his face like a knife. Xu Mingshi also obeyed at this time. He softened, lying on Shen Jue's back with one hand covering his face, and holding Shen Jue's shirt tightly with the other, fearing that he would run too fast and fly away his old bones.

It ran for an afternoon without a pause, and ran for more than a thousand miles. Seeing that it was getting late, Shen Jue put the old man down, feeling a little tired, and said, "Continue on your way tomorrow."

Xu Mingshi said, "It's almost here."

Since he said so, Shen Jue couldn't refuse, and put the old man who had resisted before and enjoyed it so much on his back, so he had to run down.

It was not until the dead of night that Xu Mingshi called to stop, and Shen Jue stopped, looking at the unfamiliar night scene ahead.

"You rest here," Xu Mingshi straightened his clothes and said, "I'll come when I go."

He came out to help Xu Mingshi, Shen Jue understood this very well, drank some water, sat cross-legged, and continued to practice under the stars.

The destination had arrived, but Xu Mingshi was a little hesitant, standing at the foot of the mountain, wondering if he should climb up. After all, he had never done such a thing, never before, and never will.

The stream gurgling in his ears, the bright moon and stars shining in the sky, Xu Mingshi stood until he sighed, and finally took a step, and went up the mountain road, all the way up, all the way up, he knew that at the top of this towering mountain peak, It's snowy.

Liu Yan, who was at home, was always worried, not knowing where they went and what they were going to do. After all, Xu Mingshi only said that he could survive the winter, but he did not say which season he could not survive. On the contrary, the black snake did not have the slightest sadness. Although it was still his spring, he had a happy time, and he had done what he had to do. Even if he was still not feeling well after a day, he did not go out to find the female snake again. When I got home, I was also lazy. In this warm season, I was still lying in Liu Yan's arms and dozing off. Occasionally, I slipped down to find a place to solve my inner urgency, and then crawled back lazily again.

He has always been lazy, and the only time he was not lazy in these days was to find the mother snake. It seems that this is the only one time, the diligent consumption of it, the bird fell from the air, pecking at the grain in the yard, he leaned on Liu Yan's chest and stuck his head out to look, as if considering whether to catch or not to catch, finally He decided that he wasn't hungry anyway, so he didn't even bother to catch the birds, and he made up his mind. If there were birds flying around, he wouldn't even look at them.

Sometimes Liu Yan would put it down to do something, and no matter how long he came back, he would still be lying on his stomach where he had put it down, motionless. When he noticed that Liu Yan was back, he raised his head and spat at him, motioning to continue holding him to sleep.

Finally, he was so lazy that even the sparrow knew that it was a dead snake. After Liu Yan left, he fell down, stepped on the body of the "dead snake" with two claws, pecked twice unceremoniously, and then looked up to admire the sky.

When Liu Yan dug up some bamboo shoots and came back from the courtyard, what he saw was such a spectacle.

I couldn't help but sigh: can be lazy like this!

Fortunately, no matter how lazy he is, there will be a little time every day when he is willing to shake off his lazy bones and fight with Liu Yan. No matter how troublesome he is or whenever he wants to be stubborn, Liu Yan is always with him.

For the black snake at this time, such a day is really the most suitable and most comfortable.

Liu Yan also felt that there was nothing wrong with such a day.

It rained at night, because Xiaobao was not around, so Liu Yan woke up in the early morning and lay down for a while. When he woke up, the black snake knew it, slipped his head out of the quilt, licked his face, licked After that, he drilled back, lying on Liu Yan's chest and enjoying the comfort of being touched by him.

The air was fresh and the atmosphere was peaceful. Liu Yan opened and closed his eyes, saying to himself, "I want to eat wild mushroom soup."

Mushrooms are the most fresh after a heavy rain. Liu Yan was suddenly aroused by greed, and he couldn't help it. He simply decided to bring some back and boil a pot of fresh soup to satisfy his appetite. After getting up and grooming, leaving the black snake at home, Liu Yan went out with the bamboo basket on his back.

He left home with only a stick of incense, and Shen Jue and Xu Mingshi came back, but he was mortal and didn't know anything about it.

Back home, Shen Jue was about to find Liu Yan, but Xu Mingshi, who was silent all the way, grabbed her wrist, and Xu Mingshi said, "Don't go."

Shen Jue frowned and looked at him suspiciously.

"I can make Yimo recover." Xu Mingshi said, "Your father won't agree to know it."

The first time he heard someone say that Yimo could recover, Shen Jue immediately became overjoyed. After hearing the last sentence, the joy turned into doubt, and he hurriedly asked, "Why?"

Xu Mingshi said, "I'm old, and this technique is fatal."

"One life for another, your father knows that he will take the old snake away overnight." Xu Mingshi smiled "hey": "I don't have the strength to run and chase people."

Shen Jue fell silent.

Xu Mingshi said, "Wait for me here."

"It's not a relative, not a relationship, why do you want to help us?" Shen Jue asked.

"My master also asked the same question." Xu Mingshi said, "He said that I am not related to the old snake, so why should I help him?"

Xu Mingshi raised his eyes and looked at Shen Jue, and asked seriously, "Really, is it true or not?"

Shen Jue was silent again.

Standing in front of him, Xu Mingshi remembered the conversation when he was on the top of the mountain. The master is already a god. Where did he find it? He just learned Yimo's method and went to the top of the mountain to dig his carefully brewed wine. Just coerce him out.

He had never done such a thing in his life.

The first time I did it, it did well. Xu Mingshi suddenly felt that he had the potential to be a big villain.

Facing the master who became immortal, even though he knew that they were thousands of miles apart from each other, he was annoyed that he would be wiped out at any time, and he was willing to give it a try.

Because it's not like that.

Three hundred years of acquaintance, how can it be so easily taken away by these indifferent words?

"You are a cultivator, and you are my disciple. Now you want to ask for someone for a monster. It's not a relative or a reason, so you can't justify it." The old fairy said.

They were all mortals at first, and then one became immortal, and the other fell into the world and became old.

Face to face, not without gaps, at least one person is a failed cultivator.

However, Xu Mingshi was silent for a long time, but he breathed a sigh of relief, and said slowly: "When I was young, I was impatient, and if I disagreed with people, I would have a big fight. At that time, Shen Qingxuan was still there, and he regularly persuaded me."

"Shen Qingxuan is gone, although I have changed my temper after suffering a lot of losses, but I often make mistakes and cause a lot of trouble, because I have the treasure clothes that Yimo gave to protect myself, I have never been seriously injured... Once, I provoked a monster that I couldn’t subdue. I ran for my life in a hurry. Finally, I thought of the old demon snake, so I ran to find him. He cleaned up the mess for me. Since then, whenever I encounter an accident, I can’t ask anyone else. , go to him."

"Although he is harsh, he likes to pick a thorn and say a word or two, but he always helps me in time and never delays."

"That old demon looked cold. I always thought he was willing to take care of me because of Shen Qingxuan, but only later did I realize that after 13 years of friendship, he also regarded me as a friend."

"So when I'm in danger, he always helps. When he's in a hurry, he'll come to me too...Although it's only once, he still believes in me."

"Now that he is in danger, I naturally want to help him."

"What danger is he in?" The old immortal glared unexpectedly: "I see that he eats and sleeps every day, and is very happy."

Although Xu Mingshi was surprised by Master's tone, he didn't think much about it, "How can he be so smart and become a stupid snake?"

"I think he is very good." The old fairy said, and waved his hand to chase him away: "How do you know the mystery of this?"

"I don't understand, and I don't want to understand." Xu Mingshi was also angry, "The whole family is sad about it. I can't see it, but I want to take care of it!"

"If you want to take care of it, you can take care of yourself. He has asked enough from me, don't think about me taking care of his business." The old fairy said, and then he left.

Xu Mingshi was in a hurry, and kicked the wine jar on the side. The wine jar rolled twice and fell off the cliff - it shattered.

The old fairy blew his beard and stared. Even Yimo, the old demon who was used to wanton, was only trying to scare him, but the disciple in front of him was not so good. He really threw his wine!

Immortals are to the point where people come to people to make troubles every day, and the old immortal suddenly doubts whether he has an immortal or evil fate.

Can't start killing. The old immortal looked helplessly at the wine that he rolled under the cliff, and a hundred real heartaches.

"Since you want to help him, then help."

Finally calmed down, Lao Xian took out a pill and handed it over: "I exchanged it for wine a few days ago." He glared at him: "It's the jar you just kicked off."

Xu Mingshi immediately shrank his neck.

"Let that snake eat it, and I'll teach you another technique to wash his animal bones, restore his soul, and be a human being for the rest of his life.

"It's just that once you cast the spell, you won't be able to stop. With your current practice, you will only achieve what you want if you are blown away." The old fairy asked, "Do you still need help?"

"What do you mean by soul flying away?" Xu Mingshi asked. He was very familiar with these four words, but as soon as he heard it, he seemed to be unfamiliar and had never heard it before.

The old fairy didn't answer, just looked at him.

Xu Mingshi suddenly felt that the mountain was too high and it was really cold.

Finally, he knelt down, kowtowed seriously, and said softly, "Thank you, Master, for your accomplishment."

"The cycle of cause and effect, the cause and the end," the old immortal looked down at the old man kneeling at his feet, "You have received too much favor from him, and you should return it."

Xu Mingshi said: "Yes."

"Since that's the case, I won't lie to you." The old immortal continued: "He used a thousand years of Taoism to exchange his love for his three lives with me. Therefore, he is a snake at this time, but in the next life, he will be with Shen Qingxuan inseparable. You Knowing this, do you still want to help him?"

Xu Mingshi thought about it for a long time before replying: "His next life may not have anything to do with my next life. I only know that I want to help him now, and also help his family."

While speaking, Xu Mingshi added: "I knew he was cunning."

The old immortal agreed with this sentence and said, "Apart from Shen Qingxuan, when has he suffered losses?"

That's right, he has lived for a thousand years, except that he was treated as a demon at the beginning, when did he suffer later?

He is too lazy to be competitive, and he is willing not to be fooled.

But let many people be favored by him, thanks to Dade. It is impeccable that a demon can do this. In other words, his cunning is evident here.

It's just that he hides it so deeply that he may even forget himself, let alone others.