Chapter 332: Reunion with Old Friends

Yang Baozhen has become old, with gray hair and wrinkles on her once exquisite face. Five years have passed, but it feels like twenty years to her. Her waist is still straight, but she has lost her former majesty. . .

Many Taoists do not care about their appearance and allow themselves to grow old slowly. However, no matter how white their hair is and how many wrinkles they have, their temperament will not change, and their gestures will still show abundant vitality. Yang Baozhen is different. She is like a mortal who refuses to admit old age. Although she has not completely lost to the years, she has no chance of turning defeat into victory.

Mu Xingqiu was so surprised that he could not speak. Yang Baozhen's tone was still as cold as before, but her eyes were scattered. Obviously, she no longer recognized this little Taoist who had a deep grudge against the Shen family.

She walked up to Mu Xingqiu and looked him up and down. "You can't teach a good disciple by sitting on a chair."

Mu Xingqiu seemed to have returned to Yangshen Peak again. Facing the most severe Dujiao, he stood up involuntarily.

Yang Baozhen walked to Xiaohao again, "Get up."

Xiaohao was very obedient and patted the dust on his Taoist robe, "You know the Heart-building Bone-forging Fist? You don't look like a Taoist priest."

"There is only one set of Bone-forging Fist, where does the Heart-building Bone-forging Fist come from? And the Heart-building Bone-forging Fist has long been extinct, Taoist priests shouldn't even think about it."

Xiaohao scratched his head in confusion, "Let me see your Bone-forging Fist."

Yang Baozhen took a stance, and was already out of breath after a few moves, so he had to stop, "It's really strange, the Bone-forging Fist is obviously very easy, why am I..."

Yang Baozhen looked confused, as if he had forgotten that there were other people around him, whispering to himself, and walked away along the corridor.

"This person is quite interesting." Xiaohao looked at Yang Baozhen's back, "There is no such Taoist priest in Luanjing Mountain. What's wrong with her? Was her inner elixir taken away by someone?"

Mu Xingqiu nodded and looked at the direction where Yang Baozhen left. Taking away the elixir was the only explanation.

"You have seen Yang Baozhen."

Yang Qingyin, Shen Hao and Xiao Qingtao came from another direction at the same time, with little expression on their faces. They were already Taoist priests of Canxia, ​​and they would not be particularly excited because of a long-lost reunion.

"Is that Yang Baozhen?" The bald man had been playing with his hair behind Mu Xingqiu. He was startled when he heard Yang Baozhen's name, and smiled at his companions first, "Old lady, you are more majestic, Xiao Qingtao, you are more beautiful, Shen Hao, you are more... I will be back soon."

The bald man flew to catch up with Yang Baozhen.

Mu Xingqiu saluted the three people. He was excited in his heart, but the other party had the demeanor of a Taoist priest of Canxia. He couldn't act too childish.

Shen Hao responded formally, "We heard about your return last night. There were many things to do at Yangshen Peak, so we only made time today."

"You all have been appointed as chief teachers, congratulations."

"Except for the Five Elements Department, all departments are short of people, and we are also reluctant. Pangshan rarely let young Taoist Canxia be chief teachers in the past, you know. Being a chief teacher will affect your practice." Shen Hao stared at Mu Xingqiu for a while, "I heard that you are still in the seventh level of inhalation, what's the matter? What happened?"

"The news spread so quickly?" Mu Xingqiu smiled, "My problem is that nothing happened. I am stuck in the inhalation realm."

Shen Hao was about to speak, but Xiao Qingtao spoke before him, "You can't force cultivation. There's no point in talking too much. Brother Xiaoqiu finally returned to Pangshan. Let's find a place to sit for a while."

The bald man flew back, but he didn't find Yang Baozhen. "She has changed a lot. It must be because her children are not easy to take care of. My mother always said that she would age ten years in raising me for a year."

Xiaohao came over and said in a rather formal tone, "My name is Duan Caihao. I am a disciple of Luanjing Mountain and a disciple of the Mind-Reading Department of Pangshan."

The three of them recognized her identity from the shape of her hair bun. When they heard that she was also a disciple of the Mind-Reading Department, they all showed a hint of surprise.

For the Taoist priest, this was a very normal meeting.

The Taoist priest's house was too narrow, so Xiao Qingtao led the way. Several people went to the nearby dining room. No one invited Xiaohao, so she followed at the end consciously, not feeling redundant at all.

Mu Xingqiu glanced at Yang Qingyin and felt a little strange. Apart from telling Xiaohao her name, she had not spoken a word and seemed very cold. She was originally three points similar to her aunt Yang Baozhen, and now she was even more similar.

There was no one in the dining room. Five people sat at a corner of the long table. The bald man fell on the table. No one spoke for a long time. Although more than five years was not a long time for a Taoist priest, their friendship seemed to have broken down.

"Of course not." Xiao Qingtao smiled. Her appearance did not change much, but her voice was not as sweet as before. Otherwise, it would be difficult for her to take on the position of the chief teacher. "Yang Baozhen voluntarily offered her inner elixir."

The topic started with Yang Baozhen.

Yang Baozhen let Shen Geng go in Luanjing Mountain. At that time, she was already sober. After hearing about her son's actions in Yangshen Peak, she knew very well that this was an unforgivable crime, which was different from accidentally injuring a disciple's life during a competition. If caught, he would definitely be imprisoned in the Demon Cave. Between the Taoist's duty and her son's life, the Starfall Taoist Yang Baozhen finally chose the latter, urging him to flee, but forcibly leaving Yangshen Peak.

Yang Baozhen voluntarily accepted the punishment. Although she was a starfall Taoist that was in short supply in Pangshan, the rules could not be broken here. The mother-son love she showed had already destroyed the integrity of the Taoist's heart, so she was deprived of the elixir.

After losing the inner elixir, she became no different from an ordinary person. Unable to bear hundreds of years of memory, she chose to forget her ten children, most of her magic and all the Taoists she had known, and became an ordinary old woman wandering in Pangshan Terrace.

"I think this has something to do with her not breaking off the mortal bond." Shen Hao said that Yang Baozhen and her husband Shen Zhun never broke off the mortal bond after they formed a mortal bond. After that, they still reached the Xingluo realm. This was once a famous thing that Taoist Pangshan was familiar with. The story turns out that one person is obsessed with evil and the other is evil because of love. It once again proves the difficulty of spiritual practice. The so-called finding another way is ultimately a dead end.

Shen Hao made up his mind to ask clearly, "Xiaoqiu, you haven't experienced the love crisis, have you?"

Mu Xingqiu is still in shock. He has never had a good impression of Yang Baozhen, especially since she let go of the murderous Shen Geng. But her experience is still embarrassing. The contradiction between love and Tao is still there. It becomes irreconcilable here.

"Xiao Qiu?" Shen Hao raised his voice.

"No, I didn't survive the love tribulation." Mu Xingqiu came back to his senses, "But I haven't risen to the dining rosy realm either, so this doesn't have much impact on me. My mental illusion..."

"You can't always stop at the seventh level of inhalation." Shen Hao's slender eyes no longer had the slightest bit of ferocity. All he exudes is stability and majesty. In Yangshen Peak, he is the most respected cultivator. "Unlike others, if you have this strength, you should at least reach Xingluo instead of stopping when you inhale."

Cultivation is a voluntary act. Taoist priests encourage and compete with each other, but rarely persuade. Shen Hao is so concerned about Mu Xingqiu's state. Therefore, it seems extremely unusual and difficult to explain even in terms of friendship.

"I will work hard." Mu Xingqiu said, his eyes scanning the faces of the three old friends, waiting for them to reveal their true intentions.

Xiao Hao decided to express her opinion, "The state of inhalation is very good. It has inner elixir, can cast spells, lives longer than ordinary people, and does not have to work as hard as a high-level Taoist priest. My goal is to inhale the third level, refine Just fly your own magic weapon, don’t fly too fast, and you can still watch the scenery along the way.”

Shen Hao snorted softly. He really didn't want to argue with a disciple like Xiao Hao.

"You go out and practice the Bone Forging Fist ten more times." Mu Xingqiu said.

"But I'm tired. I want to rest. It's interesting to chat with you." Xiao Hao was neither coquettish nor lying. He simply stated a fact and smiled at everyone after saying it.

"No, boxing is the foundation of mental illusion. If you can't stand this kind of suffering, go back to Chaos Jingshan." Mu Xingqiu himself had never complained about suffering, and he was not soft-hearted towards his new disciples.

Xiao Hao and Mu Xingqiu looked at each other for a while, seeming to test his bottom line, "Okay, now you have the final say."

Xiao Hao stood up and left the hall. Mu Xingqiu said to Baldy: "You must look at her ten times."

"Yes!" Baldy liked this task and flew out immediately.

Xiao Qingtao smiled and said, "This little disciple of yours is quite special. It's quite strange that Shen Jixian allowed you to take her in."

"Pangshan needs new disciples and wants to please any Taoist family." Shen Hao took over, then changed the topic and asked: "Are you still Mu Xingqiu guarding Duanliu City?"

"You have to explain things clearly before I can answer you." Mu Xingqiu quickly glanced at Yang Qingyin, wondering why she was so silent today.

"Pangshan can't wait any longer, and the entire Taoist tradition can't wait any longer." Shen Hao slapped the table and stood up. He survived the love disaster and had the heart of a Taoist priest, but this does not mean that he does not care about anything and is ruthless. Wuyu is a state that only high-level Taoist priests above the Xingluo realm can have. "It has been almost six years since the demon tribe occupied the ancestral land of Pangshan. The masters and leaders are still discussing endlessly. They only think about how to deal with the demon species and are unwilling to If we waste our strength on the demon clan, then let us low-level Taoist priests kill the demons. They will slay the demons, and we will slay the demons.”

Shen Hao was filled with indignation, with a fierce glint in his eyes, and his stability and majesty immediately disappeared.

Mu Xingqiu waited for a while and asked, "Whose idea was this?"

"A few of us." Xiao Qingtao tried to calm down the atmosphere, "There are others. Several other Taoist orders also have our supporters. .a.c. are all Taoist priests below the realm of swallowing smoke. The total number is about a hundred."

"If we can publicly raise our arms, I believe that more Taoist priests will join, and it will be several times as many as now." Shen Hao suddenly sighed and sat back on the stool, "Originally, you were supposed to be our leader, but you You haven’t reached the realm of Dinxia… But it doesn’t matter, everyone still remembers what you did in Duanliu City…”

"Really?" When Mu Xingqiu first returned to Pangshan, no one even knew him. He did not feel at all that he was the leader that the lower Taoist priests expected.

"The new Taoist priests have never even heard of Laozu Peak, and of course they don't know your deeds. However, a few people who participated in the Battle of Duanliu City still remember you, and they have not forgotten it even after they returned to their own Taoism. It is because of you. Name, we can gather more than a hundred low-level Taoist priests. How about joining? As long as we can gather 500 Taoist priests, preferably 800, we can destroy the demon army in one fell swoop. , retake the ancestral land of Pangshan, and even invade the land of Sheshen and the demons, and eliminate the threat of the demons once and for all before the demons arrive. "

Shen Hao was full of expectations, Xiao Qingtao's eyes were shining, but Mu Xingqiu looked at Yang Qingyin, "Why haven't you spoken?"

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