I rely on length to cultivate immortality

Li Xiuchang had known for a long time that the neighboring brothers and sisters basically knew each other through senior brother Zhang Wanzhi.

Except for Lu Yang and his wife, no one else knew each other at first. They all became friends with Zhang Wanzhi first. After Zhang Wanzhi introduced them, they got to know each other and became a close-knit six-person group.

Of course, after Li Xiuchang joined, this group of six has become a group of seven.

And Li Xiuchang found out that before he joined, there was another senior brother in this gang!

"His name is Wang Jingxing. He is the Supreme Elder of the Fairy Dust Sect and has been a close friend of mine for many years. We have known each other since we were young. I ascended one step ahead of him, but we came to the lower realm together. Unexpectedly..."

Zhang Wanzhi, who is usually cheerful and optimistic, was rarely in a low mood at this time.

Li Xiuchang was stunned. He didn't expect that the senior brother he had never met before was actually a senior of the Xianchen Sect!

Is it related to the fact that the senior brothers are nesting in Xianchen Sect?

Mentioning this senior brother Wang Jingxing, all the senior brothers and sisters looked sad.

Li Xiuchang can also understand that if any of his brothers and sisters are missing, he will probably do the same.

Wang Jingxing joined the Xianchen Sect since he was a child, and he rose to prominence at a young age. He cherished the hero Zhang Wanzhi, who was also famous at a young age, and became a close friend.

On the road of cultivation, the two encouraged each other and continued to compete. In the end, Zhang Wanzhi took a step forward and ascended to the Tianhuang Realm first.

But not long after that, Wang Jingxing also ascended and reunited with Zhang Wanzhi in the Tianhuang Realm. The temporary passage they discovered together also returned to the Immortal Shadow Realm.

Therefore, Zhang Wanzhi and Wang Jingxing have known each other for the longest time, and they can almost be regarded as "young children".

Under the organization and introduction of Zhang Wanzhi, the group of seven gradually took shape. However, unlike other senior brothers and sisters, Wang Jingxing did not choose to live the life of idle clouds and wild cranes after returning to the lower realm. Instead, he returned to the Xianchen Sect and served as the leader of the Xianchen Sect. The Supreme Elder.

"Disciples of the Xianchen Sect often have a strong sense of belonging and identification with the sect, and Jing Xing is no exception, but I don't want this to pave the way for something to happen to him in the future."

Zhang Wanzhi fell into memories and recounted the past:

"About 2,000 years ago, there was a period when he was very busy. Every time a few of us got together, he was always absent. Even when we chatted with him via voicemail, he always ended in a hurry and could not say a few words.

“I didn’t take it seriously at first, but gradually I realized something was wrong. Even some details such as word usage and tone during chatting were different from before.

"So a few of us took the initiative to visit us, and on the pretext of celebrating Lao Mo's birthday, we invited him to a restaurant outside the Fairy Dust Sect. He couldn't resist, so he agreed to come.

"But after a few words of conversation, we felt that something was wrong. Although he tried his best to pretend, the closeness that we have known for many years cannot be faked. It is not difficult to detect the alienation and defensiveness he hides under the surface of enthusiasm. ”

Motu on the side said in a deep voice: "What's more important is that that day is actually not my birthday, but Lao Gui's birthday, but he didn't notice anything was wrong."

Just because he couldn't remember his birthday, Li Xiuchang didn't think it was a big deal. After all, monks lived a long life, and they didn't have the habit of celebrating birthdays every year. They would only celebrate their birthdays at least once every hundred years.

But it can also be heard from other aspects that something is obviously wrong with this senior brother Wang Jingxing.

Zhang Wanzhi seemed to guess what Li Xiuchang was thinking and explained:

"If you know him well, you will understand the problem. He is a delicate and thoughtful person. No one who knows him has anything bad to say about him.

"He clearly remembers the birthdays of several of our close friends and some of his elders. He will send congratulatory gifts every ten years. It is impossible to remember the birthdays of Lao Mo and Lao Gui."

Li Xiuchang frowned: "Did Senior Brother Wang have his body taken away? Or was he possessed by something?"

"Or is he actually no longer Senior Brother Wang?"

That was all he could think of.

Because this is no longer a drastic change in temperament, but a memory problem.

It feels like a completely different person.

"We also suspected this at the time." Lu Yang sighed, "But if it is to seize the body, it is equivalent to changing the soul. The fluctuations of spiritual consciousness and soul aura will change. Others pretending to be Wang Jingxing cannot hide it from the Xianchen Sect at all. You can’t hide it from us.”

"We even asked Lao Gui to spend a lot of his life for divination. We can confirm that Wang Jingxing is still Wang Jingxing and has not been taken away or replaced by others. Then the only possibility we can think of is that you said he was possessed, or was possessed by someone. Someone else is controlling it in some way.”

"There are many such methods in the world of immortality, such as Chu Ya's Taoist emotion. If we want to get rid of it, we must at least know what kind of method it is, so we asked Lao Gui to continue to speculate."

"The result is like peeling off a cocoon, but this thread can't be pulled out, but it involves many things. The problem behind this is far more complicated than we imagined. It is so complicated that I have spent a lot of life, but I can only figure out a little bit."

Chen Changsheng took over the conversation and concluded: "In short, we confirmed that Jing Xing's problem was related to Xian Yin. We investigated afterwards and found that he had visited Xian Yin once before that, and he was with several elders of Xian Chen Sect. He went there, and he behaved abnormally after returning from Immortal Shadow."

Li Xiuchang suddenly remembered something and asked, "Were there two other Supreme Elders missing at that time?"

He had seen this news in the library of Dengxian Pavilion, saying that the Immortal Dust Sect organized an exploration of Immortal Shadow at that time, and in the end, two Supreme Elders lost contact.

Zhang Wanzhi nodded: "The cause of the matter is that several inner disciples accidentally entered the Immortal Shadow for some unknown reason. At that time, an elder from the Immortal Dust Sect led people into the Immortal Shadow to search for them, but they never returned. In the end, the Taishang Elder was alarmed. I don't know why. Which Supreme Elder came up with the idea, and several Supreme Elders went into the Immortal Shadow to find someone.

“In the end, all the missing disciples and elders were found, but two more Supreme Elders disappeared in the Immortal Shadow. Jing Xing was also one of the Supreme Elders who entered the Immortal Shadow, but they managed to come out.

"We have always thought that he encountered something in the Immortal Shadow that caused his temperament to change drastically. But judging from Lou Yu's experience, Jing Xing probably also entered the shadow world, but came out very quickly."

At this time, Li Xiuchang finally understood why the brothers seemed to be sure that it was Lou Yu when they first found out Lou Yu's identity.

I also understand why the senior brothers are so concerned about Xianyin and Lou Yu.

If Lou Yu and Wang Jingxing had the same experience and had the same changes in their bodies, then it would explain why Lou Yu did not return to Yintian Sect, but chose to remain anonymous and wander in other worlds.

Because Lou Yu returns to Yintian Sect, there is also the possibility of being exposed, just like Wang Jingxing, who discovered something was wrong as soon as he came into contact with Zhang Wanzhi and others.

The reason for not returning to Yintian Sect is not because of anything else, but because I feel guilty and dare not return.

"Senior brother, have you told the Xianchen Sect about this?" Li Xiuchang asked.

If the Supreme Elder in the sect has a problem, the Xianchen Sect will not ignore it.

Xia Sijun folded his hands around his chest, half-leaning on Lu Yang, and said: "You still don't know the status of the Supreme Elder in the Xianchen Sect? The Supreme Elder is the real top level of the Xianchen Sect. Only the Supreme Elder can control him. There are not many Supreme Elders who are more powerful than him in the Xianchen Sect.

"Besides, when a few of us outsiders went to file a complaint, saying that someone else's Supreme Elder had a problem, do you think they would believe us or their own Supreme Elder?"

Zhang Wanzhi added: "In addition, although Jing Xing has many flaws in front of us, no one in the Xianchen Sect found anything unusual. He has completely lost many memories about us, but he knows everything about the internal affairs of the Xianchen Sect. Chu, this is very puzzling to us.”

Chen Changsheng analyzed: "First of all, as an elder, it is very simple for him not to expose his flaws. Some elders live in seclusion all year round and may not see anyone for thousands of years. If he goes into seclusion directly, who would suspect him? ?

"And he has not lost all his memories of us. At least he still knows us, but he doesn't seem to be that familiar with us anymore. Therefore, unless he is a particularly familiar person, no one will suspect that there is anything wrong with him."

Having said this, Chen Changsheng paused, looked at Li Xiuchang specifically, and then said:

"Another important reason why we don't try to seek help from the Xianchen Sect is that we suspect that among the Supreme Elders of the Xianchen Sect, there are others with the same problems as Jing Xing and Lou Yu, and... more than one Bit!"

Li Xiuchang was startled. After thinking about it carefully, it was really possible!

If nothing else, let’s just say that there was more than one Supreme Elder who entered the Immortal Yin Realm with Wang Jingxing to look for someone!

And it’s not just the Supreme Elder, there have been four major immortal sects and other sects. There are countless people who have entered the Immortal Shadow. Theoretically, these people may have problems!

Just the elders of the four major immortal sects, there are countless people who have entered the Immortal Shadow.

After all, the problem does not necessarily require immortal cultivation, and Lou Yu did not become an immortal when he entered the Immortal Shadow.

Even Li Xiuchang himself has entered Immortal Yin, and all his neighbor brothers have also entered.

So is it possible that there are people with "problems" hidden throughout the Immortal Shadow World?

The more he thought about it, the more horrified he became. Li Xiuchang couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body.

He told his senior brothers what he thought, and Chen Changsheng shook his head and laughed: "This is also the reason why we didn't want to tell you earlier, because we were afraid of scaring you and even losing trust in the elders of the Immortal Dust Sect."

Lu Yang said with relief: "There is no need to worry so much. Now it is almost certain that only those who enter the shadow world may have problems, and the shadow world is not something you can enter just because you want. Several of us have entered the fairy world more than once." Yin, but never entered the shadow world.

"Even if you, Senior Brother Gui, lived in Xian Yin for a while, nothing happened, so you should be careful about Xian Yin, but you don't need to be overly afraid.

"Of course, I am not saying this to ask you to imitate your senior brother Gui. Every time he enters Immortal Shadow, he must have calculated his safety before daring to go."

Li Xiuchang thought secretly: I can't tell if there's something wrong with you guys!

However, people close to the person who has the problem should be able to detect the abnormality, and as long as there is no problem with Senior Brother Gui, his hexagram skills should not put other senior brothers and sisters in danger.

A divination master like Senior Brother Yougui is equivalent to buying an insurance for everyone.

Finally, he asked the question he wanted to ask from the beginning: "How is Senior Brother Wang Jingxing doing now?"

As soon as this question came out, everyone fell into silence for a moment. Finally, Zhang Wanzhi spoke:

“We confirmed that something was wrong with him, so we found the right opportunity to stop him when he was out and asked him what was going on, but he just kept silent and chose to run away.

"We wanted to catch him and check his specific situation, but he directly killed us without caring about our past friendship. We had every opportunity to kill him at that time, but how could we bear to do it? In the end, two more people rushed Come support him...

"His two helpers hid their identities, but from their appearance, they seemed to be the supreme elders of Xianchen Sect. With their help, and because we couldn't bear to kill them, we had to let them escape.

"Therefore, we are more certain that there are other problematic supreme elders in Xianchen Sect, and his two helpers should be them. Moreover, it is not only Xianchen Sect, but also the other three major immortal sects."

Hearing this, Li Xiuchang felt a little complicated. Just like what his senior brother said, as a disciple of Xianchen Sect, he has always felt a sense of belonging to the sect and recognized it in his heart.

But now, this sect, which he regarded as a big family, suddenly learned that there were snakes, insects, rats and ants mixed in, which made him very uncomfortable.

Zhang Wanzhi continued: "Not long after, the Xianchen Sect spread the news that Jingxing died in Xianyin, and the soul lamp he left in the sect had also been extinguished. ”

Dead?

Li Xiuchang was a little unconvinced. This felt too strange. His identity was discovered by his senior brothers, and he died soon after. He died in Xianyin, which felt more like faking his death and escaping.

Zhang Wanzhi obviously thought so too, and continued: "Of course we don't believe it either. He died in Xianyin, with no body, and only a soul lamp went out. What can it mean? As the supreme elder, it would be easy for him to do something with the soul lamp.

"But we asked Lao Gui to predict his life and death, but he couldn't predict his life or death, and his whereabouts. It has been like this for all these years. He doesn't know whether he is dead or alive, and his whereabouts are unknown!

"But after Lao Gui paid a lot of his life, he finally predicted a glimmer of hope. That glimmer of hope fell on the outer gate of Xianchen Sect. So we disguised ourselves as outer disciples and took turns guarding the Donggeng area of ​​the outer gate.

"On the one hand, we are waiting for the arrival of that ray of hope, and on the other hand, we are also monitoring the Supreme Elder of the Xianchen Sect, trying to find out who has the same problem and ask the truth from them."

Chen Changsheng looked a little disappointed: "Our purpose has always been simple, to find him and save him. As long as he is alive, we will not give up on him."

Motu said in a rare soft tone: "If we are in danger and difficulty, he will not give up on us."

Xia Sijun lowered her head slightly, hiding the sadness on her face: "He was always so good, good to everyone, so good that we always ignored his existence when he was here. Now he is gone, but we can always think of him in every bit of life."

Lu Yang hugged Xia Sijun and patted her back: "We miss him."