Chapter 0449 Farewell

Many major events will happen in the autumn of this year and the following winter, some of which can be foreseen in advance, such as the Taoist sect finally uniting to fight against the demon clan. Therefore, the departure of several Taoists from Pangshan on a slightly cold morning was just a trivial matter at the time, and even carried a bit of sadness.

Among these people, Zuo Liuying is the most concerned. He has become the only Taoist who voluntarily withdrew from the Taoist sect in the history of more than 130,000 years. Many Taoists have conducted research on this and confirmed that this statement is correct.

After all, Taoists are Taoists. After half a night, there were many different opinions at the beginning, and only the correct statement remained: Zuo Liuying withdrew from the Taoist sect to overcome the calamity. Pangshan Prodigy encountered the Sighing Calamity, also known as the "Unsurmountable Calamity". All Taoists will fall in front of it sooner or later. Accepting it calmly is the only choice. Zuo Liuying insisted on challenging it, and also challenging himself. Many people admire his determination, but no one believes that he will succeed.

Perhaps even Zuo Liuying himself did not believe it, so he wanted to withdraw from the Taoist sect, stay away from the public's sight, stay away from those who were disappointed and gloating. He was once considered one of the most promising living Taoists to reach the Fu Yue Mang realm, but now he is forever stuck at the sixth level of Zhu Shen.

A rumor was proven to be wrong. Zuo Liuying's cultivation realm did not decline because of the art of breaking thoughts. He was indeed unable to exert his full strength, but that was because of the old injury from the battle of Duan Liucheng, and had nothing to do with the removal of memories.

What memories were removed from him? Since it was related to the secrets of the Taoist sect that only Zhu Shen Taoists could understand, naturally there would be no credible statements, especially since even he himself could not say anything.

In comparison, Mu Xingqiu received less attention, but more sadness. Ordinary Taoist priests are far from reaching the state of being emotionless and desireless. When they heard that Mu Xingqiu voluntarily transformed into a demon for Yang Qingyin, they all praised him, but they couldn't help but add a sentence, "Being trapped by love is not the right path. Mu Xingqiu got a star-falling inner elixir at a young age, but stopped in front of the love tribulation. This is probably the so-called "blessings and misfortunes go hand in hand."

The two Taoist priests who stopped in front of the Tao tribulation seemed to have a sense of sympathy for each other. Seeing them deviate from the right path and walk towards the dangerous wilderness and have to find the exact answer in the fog, it was difficult for the Taoist priests to give sincere blessings, so no one came to see them off that morning.

Shen Hao didn't come. He had said goodbye in advance and didn't want to add to the sadness when he really left.

Shen Xiuming was like an old mother sending her child on a long journey. She kept nagging all morning, "These are the fruits newly harvested this year. Eat them quickly. They will go bad if left for too long. These are some of your things. Shen Hao brought them back. Why did you buy a bunch of straw hats? The people in the city heard that you were living with me and sent many gifts. I know you don't like them, so I rejected most of them and only kept this one..." It was a folding fan with the whole poem "General's Journey" written on it in neat handwriting. Mu Xingqiu accepted it, and soon his treasure bag was not enough, so he had to use another Qiankun bag. Xiao Qingtao came to join Mu Xingqiu early, and received many gifts and nagging from Shen Xiuming, "You are a Taoist priest, you have your own ideas, I can't understand, but you are a female Taoist priest after all, why do you run to the group of demons? Xin Youtao will be fine, Xiaoqiu can send him back safely, not to mention there are eight Taoist sects, isn't the war about to begin? If you leave, people will gossip more..."

Xiao Qingtao learned how to deal with it from Mu Xingqiu, just nodded and smiled, without explaining.

"It's really strange, you always take risks everywhere, why this time..." Shen Xiuming held back the ominous words, this time was different from before, Mu Xingqiu took the demon pill. Shen Xiuming inquired, six Taoist priests have died because of demon transformation, Yang Qingyin and Pei Zihan are still alive, one wants to reverse, the other wants to continue, but they are stuck in the middle stage and can't move forward or backward. Mu Xingqiu can be said to have a narrow escape, and there is a more terrible result that he succeeds in demon transformation and becomes the target of the Taoist sect.

Shen Xiuming felt that he would not be able to get rid of the nightmare for a long time in the future.

Mu Xingqiu also left a few gifts, not for Shen Xiuming, but for the two children Shen Cunyi and Zhang Xianger, "Join Pangshan, give them each a Hundred Nights Candle, which is good for cultivation, condensing Qi into pills, and give them each a demon pill and a bone staff. Wangshan is closed, and it is very difficult to infuse magic weapons with magic. The bone staff is a demon weapon, which contains some demon seeds, and may be useful."

Shen Xiuming knew the value of these gifts very well. The ominous premonition became stronger and stronger. He felt sour in his heart and almost cried. He took the gift and turned around in a hurry, just in time to see Zuo Liuying.

Zuo Liuying stood at the door, wearing a Taoist robe, and like Mu Xingqiu, there was no hairpin on his head. I don’t know if it was an illusion or it was true. The mystery of the Taoist priest and the majesty of the head of the forbidden secret department almost disappeared on Zuo Liuying. Apart from that, he didn’t seem to have any memory loss.

Even so, Shen Xiuming still felt nervous, and hurriedly bowed and said goodbye, avoiding many embarrassing farewells.

The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Finally, Zuo Liuying spoke first, "When are we leaving?"

Zuo Liuying actually asked for his opinion, Mu Xingqiu was very uncomfortable, "Immediately, but I want to ask something."

"Yes."

Mu Xingqiu thought about this question all night, "Why do you want to follow me? You can travel around the world, you can live in seclusion, the world is so big, there are places for you to continue practicing everywhere, there is no need to follow me and watch me transform into a demon."

Xiao Qingtao lowered her head involuntarily. After all, Zuo Liuying was a Taoist priest, and Mu Xingqiu actually spoke in a questioning tone. She still couldn't accept it.

Zuo Liuying thought for a while, as if he was struggling to find a reason from the remaining memories, and finally he said: "I believe what you said about the origin of Dao Fire."

Mu Xingqiu was stunned. He thought his words would only be ignored and ridiculed, but he didn't expect Zuo Liuying to take them seriously.

Note that no matter how weird the Taoist priests are, they will never lie.

"Give you another choice, between the Taoist priest and the Patriarch's Tower, which one will you protect?" Mu Xingqiu asked.

"The Patriarch's Tower." Zuo Liuying answered without hesitation, as if this was a secret signal, "No matter how long-lived the Taoist priest is, he will eventually die, but the Patriarch's Tower will live forever, so no matter what the circumstances, the Patriarch's Tower is The only option.”

Both of their voices were calm, but Xiao Qingtao could hear a bit of toughness. She felt even more nervous. She looked up at Mu Xingqiu and found that he was actually smiling.

Zuo Liuying was slightly confused, "Pangshan can't possibly allow me to take away the Patriarch's Tower. What do you want to decide?"

"When to set off, when to rest, whether to fight or make peace, whether to retreat or advance, these are all decided by me."

Zuo Liuying's mind didn't seem to stay in this room. His eyes were always slightly lowered, staring at the insignificant ground, as if he was communicating silently with some distant Taoist priest, but he did hear Mu Xingqiu's words. and be able to answer, “I agree.”

Mu Xingqiu suddenly realized that he was too childish. He had nothing to decide. After thinking about it, he picked up a straw hat and put it on his head, "Then let's go."

Zuo Liuying reached out and picked up a straw hat, stared at it for a while, as if he had never seen such a thing before, and then put it on his head.

Xiao Qingtao was extremely surprised. She didn't like straw hats, and it had a long hairpin on her head, so it was inappropriate to wear it. Seeing that the other two people had walked out of the room, she stuffed the whole pile of straw hats into her Qiankun bag and quickly followed go out.

Xiaohao came over yawning. She neither went back to Pangshan nor went to find her fellow disciples in Luanjingshan. She just stayed in Shen's house for the night. She didn't pay attention to all the news that spread last night. When she saw Zuo Liuying was not surprised, "Hello... first seat."

"Hello, Duan Caihao."

Xiao Hao spoke very casually, but Zuo Liuying was a little too formal.

"Are we leaving now?" Xiaohao asked Mu Xingqiu.

"Let's go now."

"I can't fly, any one of you can take me down."

"We are going to Baizhang City, not back to Pangshan."

"Yes, I just want to go to Baizhang City with you. I've thought about it. I really have no interest in practicing boxing without you watching. It's better for you to be by my side at all times from now on." Xiao Hao's eyes went back and forth between the three of them. Scan for someone to fly with.

Zuo Liuying pressed down the brim of his hat slightly, "Is this something that requires you to make a decision?"

Mu Xingqiu straightened his expression and said to Xiao Hao: "No, you are a burden. We can't take you with us. You stay and concentrate on practicing boxing until I come back to check."

Mu Xingqiu rose to the sky with his sword, and suddenly saw something running from the front yard, which startled the servant who was sweeping the floor. When the door did not come, the thing jumped over and landed easily. The unicorn flea also came. It was huge and jumped like a puppy. One moment it wanted to bite off Mu Xingqiu in the sky, and the next moment it circled around Zuo Liuying to prevent him from flying up.

Mu Xingqiu was determined not to fall to the ground again, Zuo Liuying stretched out a hand and gently pressed Qilin's forehead, "You are a Pangshan spiritual beast, but we are no longer Pangshan Taoist priests, stay here."

The flea stopped moving, lowered its head sadly, rubbed Zuo Liuying twice, then raised its head and looked at Mu Xingqiu, with expectation in its bright yellow eyes.

"Let's go." Mu Xingqiu said, taking the lead and flying out of the city, followed closely by Zuo Liuying and Xiao Qingtao.

Mu and Zuo did not look back, but Xiao Qingtao kept looking back. Seeing the figures of Flea and Xiao Hao gradually getting smaller, she suddenly felt sad in her heart.

More than ten miles away from the city, Xiao Qingtao had lost her sadness and became stronger. However, Zuo Liuying suddenly stopped in the air, turned around and looked back. The other two people did the same and saw a scene that shocked them. The Pangshan Iron Qilin, which had never shown the ability to fly, actually ran in the air with its four hooves carrying the wind - and the flea caught up with Artemisia on its back.

"Haha, we two are not a burden." Xiao Hao shouted excitedly, let out a long whine, rode a flea past the three of them, and continued flying west.

"What's your decision?" Zuo Liuying asked.

Mu Xingqiu raised his hand to scratch his head, but what he encountered was a straw hat, so he laughed and said, "Hey, I already owe Pang Shan a lot of favors, so let's steal two more things."

This year is the 642nd year of the thirty-seventh ancestor of Taoism. It has been six years since the ancestor disappeared and the Old Ancestor Peak was destroyed. The Tao-monster war is about to resume. Four Taoist priests and a unicorn left Duanliu City and took away the It is a weak hope, a hope that almost no one believes in - the origin of Tao Fire.