Journey To Longevity

After a while, the two appeared in Huayuan City, the nearest city, and walked side by side along the street.

Although this phantom body is only transformed by Zhang Shiping's divine thoughts and has no real form, it is not difficult for him to use a little illusion to appear in front of the naked eyes of ordinary people.

"Brother Shiyu frightens my younger generations like this, bullying the younger with the big ones, it's really disrespectful. You came here on purpose today, you don't just want to chat with me, right?" Zhang Shiping asked in a calm tone.

Today's Huayuan City has more traces of the charm of time than when he came eighty or ninety years ago.

However, those mortals in the city have been replaced generation after generation, but the life of most people is the same as before.

He looked at the shops along the street in the city. The signboards were more than three feet high, lacquered with gold, or inlaid with mottled bamboo, or engraved with gold plates, with images of white sheep and black donkeys on them as signs. As for the horizontal plaques and couplets in the wine shops, or the high-hanging blue and white wine screens, there are also wooden poppy, tin cups and tassels of various colors hanging in front of several shops.

With the breeze, the wine and tassels flutter.

All of a sudden, the sound of gongs rang in front of us, and a few dark-skinned and tall guards rode straight forward on rough-haired horses, shouting loudly, "Congratulations to Mr. Lin Fu, Da'an Fang High School!" , Congratulations to Mr. Lin, Linfu, Daanfang, for passing high school."

Holding the reins in their hands, these people turned south, ran in towards the gate of Da'an Square, and came to a small courtyard with low walls and gray tiles. They quickly turned over and climbed off their horses, taking three steps as fast as two He ran over, holding the rusty iron door knocker, and slapped vigorously while shouting loudly.

A gray-haired old man inside heard the sound, and hurriedly ran out of the room staggeringly, asking repeatedly: "But I was hit, but I was hit?"

In the past, the three servants who were arrogant and did not even look at the poor scholar half-eyed, now with flattery on their faces, bent over and scrambled to reach out to help the old man.

One person was quicker and took the lead to help him up. He said joyfully, "I got it, I got it. Congratulations to Mr. Lin from high school."

Neighbors in the surrounding neighborhood flocked to hear the sound, and they also expressed their joy repeatedly, as if they were the ones in high school, looking proud.

The old man also straightened his back at this moment, and then suddenly thought of something, immediately pushed away the guard who was supporting him, reached into his arms, took out a gray cloth money bag, and poured out two or three pieces of broken silver. A dozen or so copper plates.

He generously put all the money into the hands of an officer, coughed a few times, and said in a solemn voice: "These are my rewards for the three of you, master, take them to drink tea, and go to have some fun."

"Thank you, Mr. Lin." The three guards smiled even more when they saw the silver and copper coins.

But soon there was a second wave and a third wave of news reports, all the way beating gongs and drums, and shouting loudly all the way to announce the good news.

The old man's face was even more joyful, and the decades of worthlessness seemed to be gone, but soon he frowned slightly with his empty purse.

Fortunately, a rich middle-aged man in silk and satin clothes, with the appearance of a country gentleman, pushed away the crowd under the protection of his servants, trotted to the old man, and said with a low eyebrow, "Congratulations to the third uncle's high school, congratulations to the third uncle's high school!" .”

Seeing this person, the old man snorted slightly with displeasure.

The middle-aged man immediately yelled and scolded the servants in black who were carrying the baskets behind him, "Did you guys not eat, why don't you hurry up and bring your things here."

The servants ran over quickly, panting heavily, and put down the two baskets covered with red cloth.

The middle-aged man immediately lifted the red cloth, and saw that it was full of golden copper coins. He grabbed several handfuls and threw them out, while shouting: "This is a reward from the old man, everyone is very happy." , there will also be a noble person in the family in the coming year."

Then he stepped forward again, took out a few pieces of silver, and sent the announcer away.

At this moment, the old man's complexion improved a lot.

And the scene here naturally fell into the consciousness of Zhang Shiping and Bai Shiyu in the distance.

Bai Shiyu didn't answer Zhang Shiping's words immediately, but instead asked: "Brother Shiping, look at that ordinary man who is old and was just a poor scholar a moment ago, but as soon as the ranking is released, his status immediately becomes different. When a person becomes an official in the future, should he be honest or corrupt?"

"Human nature is greedy, greedy for glory and wealth, greedy for power and beauty, greedy for immortality." Zhang Shiping shook his head lightly and said slowly.

When Bai Shiyu heard this, he laughed loudly, causing the pedestrians around to turn their heads and pay attention.

However, when the passers-by saw Bai Shiyu in a fine attire, they quickly turned their heads away, thinking that he was a bold and unrestrained person.

"Brother Shiyu agreed to Misty Valley, or was he greedy for something?" Zhang Shiping said unhurriedly.

"The few of us and fellow Taoists in Xuanming Palace are just greedy for the word 'equilibrium'. The Red Moon Tower is powerful, so Misty Valley cannot be destroyed. You Xuanyuanzong and Bixiao Palace are powerful, so we Shuiyue Yuan and Xuanming Palace are going to help Misty Valley. Everything here is nothing more than a way of balance. Over the years, the two seniors, Qing He and Yu Dan, have achieved Huashen. In the next few thousand years, Nanzhou will follow the lead of your two sects. Brother Shiping, what do you think about this?" Bai Shiyu said.

"As you said, Patriarch and Senior Yu Dan have already ascended to the spirit world, so what is your concern? In the end, it's nothing but worrying." Zhang Shiping said with a chuckle.

"Preparing for a rainy day is the way to go. I don't know if my explanation is satisfactory, Fellow Daoist?" Bai Shiyu shook his head and said.

"It's human nature, this kind of thing is normal. But if it's just such a trivial matter, there's no need to force me to show up, right?" Zhang Shiping said.

Although this spirit doesn't have a great influence on him, it's better not to consume it if it can't be consumed.

"Fellow daoists have already practiced the method of exchanging yuan and turning souls to such a high level. My soul is as far away as a monk of the same level. This mere loss of soul is nothing but a trivial matter to fellow daoists." Bai Shiyu said.

"It seems that the noble sect has been very concerned about my affairs all these years!" Zhang Shiping said without changing his expression.

"I'm just lamenting the profound blessings of Taoist friends. Not to mention the Nine Birds Order, but also the favor of Venerable Xiao, I passed down this "Changing Yuan and Turning Soul". "The Method of Returning to an Infant from Crude Crossing" can also be included in the bag, and together with the "Blood Soul Refining Formation" that we have sealed up, wouldn't the three methods of clan inheritance be complete?" Bai Shiyu said with a sigh.

"In that case, the noble clan must have contacted the monks of the clan." Zhang Shiping asked.

"Haha, I just like to talk to smart people. I can understand everything. I'm not like some guys who have broken their minds. They are very rigid. Venerable Hongyue is no longer there. I don't know that the big monk Xuan Yu is still stubborn. What are you looking for?" Bai Shiyu laughed.