This is what an immortal should be like

Chapter 118: Believe Him or Me?

About a quarter of an hour later, Mu Hongwen and his group of four came back.

Li Hui helped carry the bookcase, while Gao Ran carried a fainted monk, and Mu Hongwen and Wang Min'er followed.

The four of them passed through some places where the soil was raised and the trees were crooked. The people they saw were basically dead. It was obvious that the eldest brother had taken action.

However, apart from feeling a little uncomfortable at seeing so many dead bodies, the four of them had no objection to the eldest brother's action. In their hearts, the eldest brother was the wisest person besides the master. Since he determined that these people should be killed, then they must be killed.

"I'm back, sooner than I expected!"

Liu Hongyu smiled at the four people who came back, while Xiaowen over there was already pointing at the monk that Gao Ran was carrying and asking for credit.

"Big Brother, they were so quick that they left no one alive. But I'm different. I left a tongue, which I think might be useful!"

Although Liu Hongyu had already asked many questions, after thinking about it, he felt that what Xiaowen said made sense, so he nodded.

"Okay, just leave him there. Come over here and take a look at the Xiantian map!"

"Yes!" "Okay!"

Several people responded and walked over. Gao Ran also threw the person on his shoulders to the ground and walked over, but they also looked to the other side of the stone wall.

The monster seemed to have risen a little, and was shrinking over there like a small hill. Although it was a little unclear as a whole, it looked more like it was kneeling than sitting.

"Big Brother, is it okay?"

When someone asked this question, Liu Hongyu glanced at the monster.

"We arrived just in time, and its origin wasn't too damaged. Oh, and give me the bookcase."

Li Hui came over and quickly put down the book box on her shoulder. Liu Hongyu walked over and opened the book box to search. The other four people were not in a hurry to see the murals, so they just watched from the side.

After a while, Liu Hongyu turned out a peach. The peach was the size of a fist, with a green bottom, a pink-white middle, and a fiery red top. The three peach leaves stuck to the bottom of the peach stem were still moist, as if they had just been picked from the branches.

Liu Hongyu walked up to the monster with the peach. He stood in front of the monster's huge body like a person standing in front of a several-story building, but the aura between the two seemed to be switched.

The goblin knelt there with his body huddled, with a look of awe mixed with fear. Liu Hongyu, on the other hand, stood calmly, in a position that brought a sense of oppression.

"Don't be so afraid. If Master finds out, he'll think I'm bullying you. Since you're so devoted to cultivation and can remember his teachings, I'll help you too. Take it!"

Seeing the person in front of him handing over a fruit, the monster hesitated for a moment, not daring to refuse, and carefully reached out to take the peach.

"You are a spirit of earth, stone, and vegetation, connected to the spirituality of the mountains and earth veins. Guarding the Xiantian Diagram is a natural advantage, but your cultivation is too poor, and you almost died today. You have a righteous heart and a connection with the Xiantian Diagram. You should have great ambitions. Since your cultivation is poor, you should practice even harder."

As he spoke, Liu Hongyu pointed outside.

"This piece of land, the earth veins running through it, and the mountains and rivers they represent, are your world. Practice diligently and courageously, forge ahead with determination. In the future, your spirit will merge with the earth veins, and you will rule over the mountains and rivers here. What's wrong with becoming a mountain god?"

After Liu Hongyu finished speaking, he looked at the innate diagram again.

"You've been looking at this diagram for three years, but I'm afraid you still haven't grasped its true meaning. Today you're lucky, little Wen Huier, go look at the Xiantian diagram and tell me what you feel later!"

As he spoke, Liu Hongyu looked at the monster who was kneeling there and holding the peach carefully.

"Listen along for a while, and then eat this peach. Then, practice hard in Xianluo Mountain and strive for a breakthrough as soon as possible. You can also take care of this Xiantian Diagram for my sect!"

Anyway, in Liu Hongyu's mind, this innate diagram was created by his master, and it was passed down because of his master's thoughts and fate. But whether it exists for a day, a year, or a thousand years, it is also the property of his own immortal sect. This is the truth no matter how you say it!

Moreover, after seeing this innate diagram, Liu Hongyu, who was well aware of its extraordinary nature, even intended to let more younger generations in the sect see it in the future.

"If someone wants to see it, it's fate that they found it here. Just let them see it. But if they don't know what's good for them and want to move it away, don't be polite! Of course, if you're not strong enough, you can't force it. Even if this thing doesn't exist, you have to hold it firmly if you want to take it away!"

The spirit couldn't speak, but it could barely understand human language. Now it finally understood its situation and knew it was no longer in danger.
That night, Liu Hongyu and the other four stayed in front of the stone wall, looking at the innate diagram together, trying to comprehend its mysteries, and exchanging their findings with each other.

As a disciple of Zhuang Lin's orthodox immortal classics, with the connected aura, his understanding of the innate diagram is naturally extraordinary, and the monster that has been hiding in front of the stone wall is also listening attentively.

The night passed quickly, and Liu Hongyu and others gained something. Xiaowen even sat there quietly for several hours, which was considered a small enlightenment.

But when it comes to the biggest gain, it was relatively speaking the giant monster.

It’s not that the monster is stronger than the five people, but that its foundation is too poor. For the five people, it is to use the innate diagram to further understand the "Tao", while for the monster, it is equivalent to a qualitative change in the understanding of practice.

This kind of change is accidental and is a product of chance. If it depends solely on the spirit itself, such an opportunity may appear in a year or two, or it may not appear even if you look at the innate map for a hundred years. What's more important is to seize this fleeting opportunity.

But now everything is no problem. Xiaowen and others looked at the pictures and exchanged their thoughts, and Liu Hongyu finally corrected some of their ideas. All of this was heard by the monster. Even if there were things it didn't understand and couldn't express, it would be no problem to remember them.

The peach in the monster's hand will also help it to firmly grasp the insights gained last night.

As the sky brightened, Liu Hongyu left with several of his fellow apprentices.

When they left, the five of them also enjoyed the same treatment that Zhuang Lin had given them. The monster kept kowtowed to their backs until it could no longer see them.

Having experienced the immortal from that year and met several of the immortals today, the monster, although feeling stupid, still remembered the similar aura between them.

By the time it was completely light, the monster had already "cleaned" everything around the mountain wall.

Those corpses have "sunk" into the ground along with the objects they brought with them, and will nourish the surrounding leaning trees in the future.

The spirit then merged the peach into its body and disappeared into the ground.
This time, Liu Hongyu did not take the four people with him to walk slowly in the mountains. The main reason was that what happened last night made him more concerned after a night.

I still remember Master saying that if you encounter problems outside and find them difficult, you can go to Xiaosheng Mountain to find Senior Xi Miao.

So at this moment, Liu Hongyu took Yufeng with him and headed straight for Xiaosheng Mountain. Even his original plan to visit Wang Miner's hometown on the way was put on hold and put aside for the return trip.

Xiaosheng Mountain is located 200 miles southeast of Xiangyang City. It is a mountainous area east of the Han River. The mountains here are not steep, there are no high peaks, and there are not even any very obvious features.

But because he had read some books written by Xi Miao himself and there were a few books in the bookcase, so with that faint sense of qi, as long as the direction was roughly right, Liu Hongyu would not be unable to find the Little Holy Mountain.

The five people rode on the breeze and soon arrived above the Little Holy Mountain. Of course, there was also a monk who had woken up but was terrified.

The only worry is that Master said that Senior Xi Miao was going to practice in seclusion, and I don’t know whether he has come out.

Everyone in the sky was looking at the mountain below, and Li Hui asked worriedly, "I wonder if Senior Xi Miao has come out of seclusion. Besides, this mountain is so vast, how are we going to find her?"

Liu Hongyu was also thinking about this.

"Let's go down first. Little Holy Mountain is Senior Xi Miao's territory. I'll definitely run into her there!"

As they were talking, a breeze had already brought them to the center of a mountain area and landed them on the most prominent rocky ridge.

There is an underground cave inside the Little Holy Mountain. The cave is not only very spacious, but also not in a primitive style.

The stalactites in the cave are still there, but there are also some pavilions and towers, as well as a small stream where the stalactite water converges, emitting wisps of faint spiritual light flowing in the cave, which is also the place where the spiritual charm of the underground river converges.

But in such a huge cave, there seemed to be only one person in it.

At this moment, a woman in white was lying on her side on a small bridge over the stream in the cave, supporting her head with one hand and playing with her messy hair with the other. She seemed to be in a dream, and out of boredom, she let one bare foot hang under the bridge and kicked the water for fun.

Suddenly, the woman's mind moved slightly, and then she opened her eyes.

"Huh? Someone is coming!"

The woman did not stand up for the time being. Instead, she calculated with one hand, then raised the corner of her mouth slightly, patted the bridge lightly with one hand, and stood up with her clothes flowing. She shook off the water droplets on her feet and ran away dragging her shoes.

That is, not long after Liu Hongyu and the other four landed on the ridge, Xi Miao, who appeared in the distant mountains, had already seen them, but did not show up immediately.

The five people walked with a monk who was not tied up but did not dare to move at all. They searched in the mountains without any purpose, mainly hoping to find some special smell.

Suddenly, Liu Hongyu frowned slightly, and a faint fragrance wafted over, which was significantly different from the flowers in the mountains.

What kind of aura is this, a demonic aura?

But very special
A thought flashed through his mind, and Liu Hongyu immediately reacted and bowed to the people around him.

"Senior Xi Miao, I'm Liu Hongyu. Following the orders of my master, Zhuang Lin, I've brought my fellow apprentices to visit you. Please show yourself!"

"Ah? Senior, are you here?" "Senior Xi Miao?"

The rest of the people were also cheered up and shouted around, but the monk was the only one who looked pale and trembling.

"Oh my! You have such a keen sense! I just got a little closer and you spotted me!"

A clear and magnetic female voice came.

Then, about a few hundred steps away, a wisp of white smoke came with the wind, and when it reached the hilltop, it transformed into a tall woman in a white dress. There was no gorgeous magic light, just like the natural transformation of smoke and haze, like a dream, and yet so real.

The person's hair was loose, simply tied up on top of her head, with a few hairpins hanging diagonally as if about to fall down. She looked everyone up and down with a smile.

"Are you Mr. Zhuang's disciples?"

As he spoke, Xi Miao blinked at a few people.

When Liu Hongyu saw the real Senior Xi Miao, he was stunned for a moment, shook his head slightly, and instinctively avoided looking at him.

Gao Ran's face was flushed and he didn't dare to look at Xi Miao. Only Xiao Wen, Li Hui and Wang Min'er were staring at Xi Miao blankly with a bit of daze.

"Oh, so beautiful!" "So this is what Senior Xi Miao looks like?"

"Hey, you said it in a hurry, it's a bit sloppy!"

Xi Miao retracted the breath she had just deliberately released. Liu Hongyu noticed it and looked at her again. Xi Miao had already approached Li Hui and Wang Min'er with a smile.

"What pretty girls! They are indeed the master's disciples. Their waists are so slender that they can be held in one hand."

While talking, Xi Miao put his arms around the two girls, and with a smiling face, he moved closer to take a closer look at them. Although they were both women, the other party was a senior, and being so intimate when they met for the first time made Li Hui and Wang Min'er feel embarrassed and their faces flushed.

Fortunately, although Xi Miao was next to the two of them, he quickly straightened his expression and glanced at the trembling monk on the side.

"I suppose he's not the master's disciple?"

Liu Hongyu explained on the side.

"To answer you, Senior, it's not him. It's an evil monk we met on the road. He's said to be a monk from the Wanzhang Foguang Temple in Xiangyang City. I'm sure there's something fishy about the temple too. That's why we're here!"

The monk's face was pale, as if he felt a great chill. His body half-collapsed at Liu Hongyu's feet, shaking like a sieve. He huddled there and didn't dare to look at Xi Miao at all.

"Oh? Wanzhang Foguang Temple? Hmm, you seem to know me?"

Xi Miao left the two girls and approached the monk. She reached out and grabbed his chin, twisted his head little by little, and looked down at him, but the latter just closed his eyes tightly.

"I'm asking you a question!"

Xi Miao's words seemed to bring great fear to the monk. Sweat broke out on his forehead. Although he closed his eyes, he answered with fear.

"You, you are Xi Miao Niang from the Fairy Fox Cave of the Small Holy Mountain."

Xi Miao frowned slightly. This monk actually knew her. She glanced at Liu Hongyu and then looked at the others.

"Let's go, take him to my house first!"

"No, no, I won't go. If I'm favored by the Fairy Fox Goddess, I'll be neither able to live nor die, and I'll never be able to escape. My soul will be trapped forever, unable to reach paradise, and even the gods and Buddhas can't save me. Kill me, kill me."

The monk actually began to struggle violently. Before this, he had never felt so frightened when he was suppressed by Liu Hongyu, but he became extremely excited after hearing Xi Miao's words.

This reaction made Liu Hongyu and others subconsciously look at Xi Miao with strange eyes, which made the latter feel a little embarrassed and couldn't help but knock the monk's head hard.

After a "dong" sound, the monk fainted.

Xi Miao grinned and looked at the people around him. It seemed that he couldn't explain it clearly at this time.

"Do you believe him or me? Or do you believe the master or him?"

(End of this chapter)