Asking about longevity

"Xiao Shunzi and Xiao Shuizi, how have your cultivation been lately?" Mo Hua asked Lao Yutou.

Hearing this, Lao Yutou looked pleased, "These two children are quite diligent in their cultivation, and they are not slow in their cultivation. They have saved me a lot of worry. After all, it is all thanks to my benefactor. If it were not for my benefactor, If we help each other, I'm afraid these two kids will be in trouble. How can they still be as alive and kicking as they are now..."

As soon as he said this, Lao Yutou sighed with emotion.

Mo Hua said modestly: "I didn't do anything."

He turned his head again, looked deeply at the two children in the courtyard, and slowly said, "They haven't been unusual lately, right?"

"Abnormal?" Old Yutou didn't understand.

Mo Hua said: "It's about whether there are any problems in their practice, and whether they have any sequelae since they were captured last time."

It was about two young grandsons, and Lao Yutou's expression became solemn.

He thought about it seriously, frowned, and finally shook his head, "Nothing unusual."

Then he looked a little nervous again, "My benefactor, did something happen?"

"No," Mo Hua also breathed a sigh of relief, "I was just in case, so I asked by the way, as long as there is no abnormality."

Old Yutou was relieved.

He personally poured a cup of tea for Mo Hua and said, "Drink tea, drink tea."

Mo Hua said nothing more.

In this way, it passed noon, and as the sun gradually set, Mo Hua stood up and said goodbye.

"My benefactor, you might as well stay a little longer. The old man will prepare some fresh food for you in the evening and treat him well..."

Lao Yutou kindly asked him to stay.

Mo Hua was puzzled: "There are still things in the sect, so we can't delay our practice."

Monks regard cultivating the Tao as their top priority, and it is difficult to retain them if they are too old.

The two children, Xiao Shunzi and Xiao Shuizi, also woke up. Seeing that Mo Hua was leaving again, they looked a little disappointed and reluctantly sent Mo Hua to the outside of the village.

Mo Hua touched their little heads, smiled and gave a few instructions, then turned and left.

After that, Lao Yutou and his family began to work hard for their livelihood again.

Old Yu mended the net for a while, packed up the fishing gear, then bent down, hands behind his back, and left the small fishing village with his two grandsons to the Yanshui River.

Some fish traps were placed by the river.

The three of them, grandfather and grandson, began to collect the cages along the river to see if any greedy, stupid fish or shrimps were caught in the fish cages.

After traveling for a while along the way, we arrived at the ferry.

On the ferry, a ship docked.

On the boat was Yu Dachuan, Lao Yutou's son. He went down to the river early and caught a lot of fish. After that, the family of four began to pick fish on the boat.

If you are energetic and in good condition, keep the big fish for sale.

If the fish is of average quality and has some defects, it cannot be sold for a price, so keep it for yourself.

Some small fish that have not grown up are released back into the river.

The family works hard, and although it is hard work, it is also enjoyable.

After finishing their work, Xiaoshunzi and Xiaoshuizi said:

"Grandpa, we want to go fishing."

Old Yutou knew that his two little grandsons were tired and wanted to play, so he waved his hand and said, "Go, go..."

But he still warned with a serious face: "Just go to the river beach and don't go into the deep water, otherwise you will be dragged into the water by the water monster and eaten alive."

The two grandsons nodded, "Well, Grandpa, don't worry."

"Go ahead."

The two children ran away happily.

They ran along the river to the river beach downstream and started fishing in the river beach.

The river beach is shallow and full of small fish, not worth catching, but there are no water monsters, so it is generally a place for children to practice water skills and fish.

Xiao Shunzi and Xiao Shuizi played in the shallow water for a while and then started fishing.

What they touched was a very small, grass-like fish with a fleshy body and no spines.

The two children practiced the "Bailang Jue" that Mo Hua gave them, as well as the Bailang Body Technique, which has the same origin as the exercise, and the water-repelling and evil-repelling technique. The water properties are already very good.

In addition, it was once offered as a sacrifice to the river god, and the soul was assimilated and tainted with some of the river god's aura. Therefore, whether playing or fishing in the water, it seemed like a fish in water.

The breath of the two children was in harmony with the river water. Together with their quick eyes and quick hands, they could fish out a small fish with their little hands.

After fishing for a while, the slightly taller Xiao Shunzi said:

"I caught ten! What about you?"

Xiao Shuizi counted them and said, "Nine."

Xiao Shunzi nodded, "Then I will catch ten more, and you will catch eleven more. They are exactly the same, and we will go back. These small fry can be raised with just a little water. When Brother Mo comes next time, we will treat him to a small roast. fish."

Xiao Shuizi said crisply: "Okay!"

They remembered that Mo Hua was good, and they also remembered that Mo Hua treated them to spiritual meat today, so they also wanted to treat Mo Hua to delicious small grilled fish.

Mo Hua on the side was slightly startled, with a complicated expression.

He saw all this.

When he left the village, he did not return to the sect. Instead, he hid his figure and quietly followed Lao Yutou's family.

With his current nineteen-mark spiritual consciousness and his mastery of the Little Five Elements Concealment Technique, it is impossible for any monk in the entire small fishing village to be able to see through his concealment.

He didn't expect that the two children, Xiao Shunzi and Xiao Shuizi, would take him so seriously.

Mo Hua felt a little moved for a moment.

The simpler the kindness, the more precious it is.

The two children are still fishing.

Xiao Shunzi was slightly older, more intelligent and lively, and could touch faster. He quickly touched ten more small fry.

After that, he stopped and waited until his younger brother Xiao Shuizi also caught 11 fish. They both caught 20 fish, exactly the same. Then he said:

"Let's go back."

"Yes." Xiao Shuizi said happily.

The two children, each carrying a small fish basket, held hands and returned to the village without any worries.

After they left, Mo Hua slowly appeared in front of the deserted river beach.

Looking at the backs of the two children, Mo Hua looked confused and murmured in a low voice:

"Nothing unusual... Could it be that I guessed wrong?"

After a while, Mo Hua's figure disappeared again.

The setting sun dyed the sunset red.

In the small fishing village, the fishermen who went out to fish also returned home one after another, and the smoke from cooking rose.

Xiao Shunzi and Xiao Shuizi also returned to their own homes.

The family gathered together and had dinner with laughter and conversation. After dinner, Xiao Shunzi and Xiao Shuizi practiced for a while and fell asleep peacefully.

Mo Hua's eyes narrowed slightly, and he sat cross-legged on the branches of a big tree outside the village, and began to close his eyes to rest.

Time passed little by little.

The crescent moon hung high in the sky, the night darkened, and the small fishing village became quieter and quieter.

As the night approached, Mo Hua, who was resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes.

At the same time, there was movement in the fishing village.

Two small black shadows quietly flipped out from the wall of Old Yu's house, and after landing, they walked out of the village along the village road.

They were the two children, Xiao Shunzi and Xiao Shuizi.

Mo Hua's eyes flashed slightly, and he followed quietly like a ghost.

The two children were completely unaware.

They walked all the way to the outside of the village, and in the dark night, they walked downstream along the lonely river beach, and they walked more and more remotely.

They walked all the way to the foot of a desolate mountain.

The two children looked at each other, and then supported each other, and climbed up along the rugged rocks.

Climbing all the way to the middle of the mountain, the mountain is flat and the ground is covered with weeds.

And there is a cave among the weeds.

The two children knelt in front of the cave and said respectfully: "Senior, we are here."

After a while, an old voice came from the cave: "Okay, I will teach you the skills, have you practiced well?"

Xiao Shunzi said respectfully: "We remember the instructions of the senior and have not slacked off."

Xiao Shuizi also nodded on the side.

"Very good..."

The voice in the cave seemed a little weak, accompanied by a suppressed cough.

After a while, the old voice said again:

"Next, I will teach you something else."

The two children's eyes lit up, "Senior, what else are you going to teach us?"

"Didn't you say..." The man in the cave coughed, "Your grandfather, parents often went down to the river, afraid that the water monster would eat them, so they wanted to learn some self-defense methods, so that in critical moments, they would have the power to save themselves and others..."

"Next, I will teach you a spell that can turn the water power you practice into dense hidden weapons to paralyze and kill the enemy."

The two children were overjoyed and kowtowed:

"Thank you, senior!"

Xiao Shuizi was a little curious and asked, "Senior, what is the name of this spell?"

"Yes, there is also the method that the senior taught us, I don't know what it is called..." Xiao Shunzi also said.

The man in the cave said in a hoarse voice: "Don't ask, and there is no need to care. No matter what inheritance I teach you, just learn it well."

The two children hesitated.

Although they were young and grateful for the kindness of the senior, they were not stupid. There were some problems with the inheritance without telling the origin and even the name.

The old voice in the cave said:

"Some things are a disaster if you know them, but a blessing if you don't know them."

"Knowing everything too clearly may not be a good thing."

"Don't you want to improve your cultivation? Don't you want to build a foundation? Don't you want to look forward to the golden elixir after building the foundation? Don't you want to learn a good skill, live upright, and never be bullied again?"

The two children looked stern and nodded:

"I want to!"

"Since you want to, then study hard and don't ask other questions."

"Yes, senior."

The man in the cave said: "From now on, I will teach you the formula of this spell, the key to the operation of spiritual power, the meridians that are connected... Remember it well."

Xiao Shunzi and Xiao Shuizi said solemnly: "Okay!"

Then the old voice began to teach the key points of the spell.

The two children listened very seriously.

"This spell is in the same vein as the technique I taught you. Only after learning the technique can the spell be more powerful. Without the technique, the spell is just ordinary stuff."

"The most important thing about the use of this spell is to attack the enemy by surprise. Once the spiritual power is condensed into a hidden weapon and penetrates into the body of others, it will be like a poisonous maggot attached to the bone, causing great pain and difficult to eradicate."

"And the difficulty of this spell is that the control of spiritual power requires extremely high requirements, and the meridian circuit is complicated. It takes years of practice to be able to..."

The man in the cave suddenly stopped talking here.

Xiao Shunzi asked in confusion: "Senior, what is your ability?"

"Nothing..." The old voice slowly said, "Do you remember what I taught you just now?"

Xiao Shunzi and Xiao Shuizi nodded, "I remember everything."

"Okay, there is one more thing... You must practice this magic diligently on weekdays, but don't use it easily unless it is absolutely necessary, and don't mention to anyone that I taught you the skills and magic." The person in the cave said solemnly.

"Senior, we remember it." Xiao Shunzi and Xiao Shuizi said seriously.

"Well, that's all for today, you can go back."

Xiao Shunzi and Xiao Shuizi bowed respectfully to the cave, and then climbed down the mountain along the mountain wall.

After the two children left.

There was silence in front of the cave halfway up the mountain.

The night was dark and the moonlight was cool.

After a while, the old voice came out of the cave again, "Fellow Daoist He Fang, since you are here, why don't you show up?"

Mo Hua, who was thinking outside the cave, was startled when he heard the words.

He actually discovered himself?

I'm afraid it's a master...

The man in the cave said again: "We just met by chance, and I have no ill intentions. Why don't you hide yourself? Why don't you show yourself?"

Mo Hua thought for a moment and slowly showed his figure, but the night was dark and blurred his figure and he couldn't see it clearly.

The man in the cave saw that there was indeed someone, and his tone immediately sank and asked:

"I wonder where this Taoist friend came from? What are you doing here?"

Although he pretended to be calm, Mo Hua could hear that there was a deep sense of vigilance and a hint of hidden hostility in his tone.

This person's behavior is strange...

Mo Hua thought silently in his heart:

"I don't know how he saw through my hiding, but since he can find me, it means that his consciousness is stronger than mine..."

"At least the peak of foundation building, no, even the peak of foundation building may not be able to find me, it should be at least Jindan..."

"But his breath is weak, and his internal energy is insufficient. Obviously, he is seriously injured."

"He hid in the cave and dared not show up. I guess the situation is not optimistic."

"And this is the second-grade state boundary. Even if he is Jindan, under the suppression of the heavenly way, he is as helpless as Uncle Gu and can only exert the strength of the peak of foundation building..."

Mo Hua quickly judged the general situation, and then began to set up the formation outside the cave without saying a word.

The people in the cave also immediately noticed the abnormality, and their tone changed immediately:

"Daoyou, what do you mean?"

"Daoyou?"

"Daoyou, why don't you say a word?"

...

Mo Hua ignored him at all.

When the situation was unclear and he didn't have the initiative, he was too lazy to talk nonsense.

As the formations were laid out more and more, the attitude of the people in the cave became much more relaxed.

"Daoyou, if you have any needs, feel free to ask."

"Daoyou, I have no ill intentions."

"Daoyou, why don't you come into the cave, let's talk and make friends..."

Mo Hua still ignored him and continued to draw his formations as if no one was around.

He didn't stop until he finished drawing the formations.

At this time, the surroundings of the cave were already filled with dense killing formations.

These killing formations, like a huge spider web, wrapped the entire cave in it, full of dangerous murderous intent.

Mo Hua nodded, and then said:

"Okay, now we can talk..."