Lonely Immortal

There are ten miles of peach blossom nunnery, hundreds of miles of drunken redwoods, and azaleas blooming in the mountains. Looking back, I miss you.

There is a stretch of green field, sitting alone on a piece of moss, the sparrows flying away from the tomb, and the incense candles in front of the monument are weeping. Zhang Zhiwen is burning paper money, while lowering his head and thinking. It has been some years, his parents are no longer around, and he is alone in this world. I don’t know when I forgot my sadness and when I learned to be strong.

The graves of his parents are not big. Fortunately, the neighbors took care of them and provided a shelter from the wind and rain, and built a small house. After many years, when Zhang Zhiwen came here again, things and people had already changed, and he was no longer the same person. .

The paper money swayed high in the wind, flying in the mountains and forests, like rootless duckweeds. The surrounding area was much quieter, as if some faint sadness could be heard.

Zhang Zhiwen didn't look very sad, just calm. He remembered how he cried so hard at that time and how his neighbors comforted him. But at that time, Zhang Zhiwen didn't understand anything. He just felt that the world had collapsed, but Now, he was different. Why did his parents commit suicide like that? It's just because of some debts, why can't you think about it so hard? What's more, they have a son at their knees, and the son is still young. How can they bear this? What's the point of this? This is unreasonable.

After Zhang Zhiwen burned the last piece of paper money, he stood up slowly. The doubts in his mind did not diminish. Instead, he became more and more puzzled. He just stared at his parents' graves, and then a ray of spiritual consciousness swept out. .

Although he shouldn't disturb his parents' peace, Zhang Zhiwen couldn't help it, so his spiritual consciousness scanned the cemetery. He wanted to see for himself how his parents died.

But when his spiritual consciousness swept over, he was stunned. He had never looked like this before. No matter how big the dilemma was, he was quite calm and calm, but not this time. He was almost dumbfounded. , his eyes widened and his mouth opened in disbelief.

"How is this possible!"

Zhang Zhiwen couldn't help but exclaimed, and then used his hands and feet to start digging up the grave. All this was because after Zhang Zhiwen's spiritual consciousness swept over, he found that there was no body in the cemetery, not even bones, and it was empty. .

But Zhang Zhiwen couldn't believe it, so he wanted to dig it up and take a look. Although the result should be no different, he couldn't believe it anyway. Where were the bodies of his parents? He remembered very clearly that the neighbors had buried his parents properly, and it was impossible to remember that kind of memory wrongly.

Not long after, Zhang Zhiwen actually dug up the grave. It was really empty inside, but Zhang Zhiwen was shocked again, because there was actually something inside. After Zhang Zhiwen saw this thing, he recalled that when his parents were buried When he was born, he was indeed buried with his father. A token of love given to his mother was a jade ring. This jade ring was a finger ring. In the past, Zhang Zhiwen didn’t know what this thing was, but he thought it was quite beautiful. His mother always wore it close to her body, but now he naturally knows What is this? Isn't this just a message? This kind of thing is only available to monks. It is impossible for the secular world to have this kind of thing!

Zhang Zhiwen quickly took the jade ring and injected a bit of spiritual power into it. The jade ring actually responded, and then a broken intermittent sound came from inside. Zhang Zhiwen remembered that it was his father's voice.

"Ying... traveled... a lot... I... once..."

There are only a few words in this voice, and I can't hear what it means, but it is clearly done by the injection of spiritual power. This means that Zhang Zhiwen's father must be a monk, and Zhang Zhiwen's mother should also be a monk, otherwise he would hold this jade ring do what? If you're not a monk, you won't be able to use this thing at all.

But what does this mean? Why is it intermittent and I can't hear what is being said at all. Zhang Zhiwen held the jade ring with a serious look on his face. He guessed that the death of his parents was very strange, but he did not expect that it would be like this. He never thought that his parents were also monks. Since they were monks, how could they exchange for a mere amount of money? Just hanged himself? That is absolutely impossible.

However, Zhang Zhiwen was not in a hurry. He was extremely calm when encountering anything, especially such a major matter. Instead, he sat down to meditate and looked at the jade ring carefully. This jade ring was very ordinary, and it was difficult to find clues from the jade ring itself. , but a little It is certain that his parents have never been to Feixian City, which is the Feixian City where Zhang Zhiwen is now. Otherwise, the eldest brother guarding the city would not say that Zhang Zhiwen is a rare person he has seen in a long time. It belongs to the monks who came from Yuan Kingdom.

So the parents are probably from the Sanxiu family? If they are from a family of casual cultivators, then according to their father's surname, they should be from a family of casual cultivators of the Zhang family. Yuan Kingdom seems to have never heard of the Zhang family, so it can basically be ruled out that their parents are monks of the Yuan Kingdom.

Zhang Zhiwen then remembered that his parents had indeed hanged themselves. It was impossible to fake it in front of so many people. But if a monk wanted to pretend to be dead, secular people would not be able to tell. How could he die just by hanging himself?

Therefore, Zhang Zhiwen thinks that his parents may have decided to pretend to commit suicide to avoid someone, or an enemy, and then the news of their death spread, and then they fled separately?

This is also a possibility, and this possibility is very high. In addition, Zhang Zhiwen is young and it is not easy to take him with him, lest something happens to them and Zhang Zhiwen is implicated, so the young Zhang Zhiwen is simply abandoned outside, so like this It seems that the enemy must be very powerful.

But now the question is, why did his parents leave this jade ring? Did they know that Zhang Zhiwen would come back and dig up the grave? If so, didn't his parents know that Zhang Zhiwen could cultivate immortality?

But Zhang Zhiwen's path to cultivating immortality was just a coincidence, not something he did on purpose. Even at the beginning, Zhang Zhiwen didn't know that he had started cultivating immortality, but Zhang Zhiwen immediately figured it out. His parents' intention should be to wait for Zhang Zhiwen to come back. If Zhang Zhiwen cultivated immortality, he would definitely notice that the grave was empty and would definitely dig it out to see. If Zhang Zhiwen didn't cultivate immortality, he would continue to worship like this for the rest of his life and then live a dull life.

This is much more reasonable, at least Zhang Zhiwen thinks so, and his parents think that Zhang Zhiwen has cultivated immortality by chance, and maybe there will be a day of reunion? So what does leaving such a jade ring imply?

This is also true, because if there is a strong enemy chasing, then it is impossible to leak too much information, nor can it leave too many clues. The couple has not been in Wuping for many years, only eight years since Zhang Zhiwen was eight years old. For a cultivator, eight years is nothing, and it is easy to erase any traces of them in Wuping. In fact, Zhang Zhiwen really can't find more clues. He can't find them as a son, so it will be more difficult for a strong enemy. After all, Zhang Zhiwen knows his parents better, but his parents really don't have anything left.

Not only that, the jade ring left behind is also very ordinary. If it is not dug up, it is impossible to find it. Obviously, the parents did these things after careful consideration. This is generally the case for cultivators. Zhang Zhiwen can understand that he does things this way, otherwise it is difficult to survive in this cruel world of cultivation.

However, these things are all Zhang Zhiwen's guesses, and there is no evidence to prove them. But there is one thing Zhang Zhiwen can be basically sure of, that is, his parents are definitely monks, and they are very likely still alive. This is enough. This matter is too important for Zhang Zhiwen!

Zhang Zhiwen originally thought that he was alone, but he never expected that such a thing would happen. If his parents were still alive, Zhang Zhiwen would definitely find them. After so many years, he really wants to know what happened. If his parents were being hunted, he must also find a way to protect his parents. How could he watch his parents suffer, hide everywhere, and live an uneasy life?

But it is a bit unrealistic to say this now. Zhang Zhiwen is very clear about this. He has no news about his parents at all, and he has no way to find them. But Zhang Zhiwen is not in a hurry. As long as he knows that his parents are still alive, that's good.

This jade ring is basically damaged, and it should be damaged intentionally, otherwise the jade ring would be fine if buried in the ground for decades. But it is estimated that the parents destroyed it for fear of leaking the news, and the words left in the jade ring did not have any general meaning. It was useless to guess. It was better to calm down and think about what to do in the future. This was Zhang Zhiwen's idea after calming down.

Zhang Zhiwen took a deep breath, stood up, and looked at the green mountains in the distance. He knew what he was going to do next. It seemed that his parents' affairs could not be rushed now. Then, he searched the cemetery again, but there was nothing to gain. This was also expected, and Zhang Zhiwen was not disappointed.

But since his parents were not dead, he naturally did not need to worship anything. He left here. He would go back to Feixian City first. He wanted to inquire about the news of Xiaoxuanguan Dan, which was the key to whether he could break through to the seventh level of Qi Refining.

So, Zhang Zhiwen set off immediately. He was very fast now. In less than two days, he returned to Feixian City again and met the city guard again.

The city guard was a kindhearted man. Seeing Zhang Zhiwen come back safely, he was very enthusiastic: "Haha, little brother, you can kill the fake-faced man, right?"

Zhang Zhiwen nodded and clasped his fists to the city guard: "Thank you for letting me into the city."

"Haha, no problem."

The city guard seemed very happy, probably because Zhang Zhiwen was a cultivator from Feixian City, and Zhang Zhiwen killed another cultivator from Feixian City, so he was very proud. So the city guard took the booklet and registered casually.

You have to register when you enter or leave the city, but it's different from the first time you enter the city. Now it's just a routine registration.

After registering, the city guard suddenly said: "By the way, little brother, do you know that we are going to hold a ring match here soon?"

"Ring match?" Zhang Zhiwen didn't know about this and couldn't help wondering.

Besides, Zhang Zhiwen was not very interested in this kind of thing. Why fight and kill for no reason?

"Yes, here we have a ring match at this time every year, but this is not an ordinary ring match. You have reached the sixth level of Qi Refining now, so you are very suitable to participate." said the elder brother who guards the city.

"Oh? Why is that?" Zhang Zhiwen was somewhat interested after hearing what he said. It can be seen that the ring match that the elder brother of the city said should not be simple, and he also specifically mentioned that Zhang Zhiwen's current cultivation level is the sixth level of Qi Refining. This must be something special.

Sure enough, the elder brother of the city said: "Haha, you are new here, you naturally don't know, other casual cultivators have known it for a long time. This ring match, the first prize is very exciting."

"What reward?" Zhang Zhiwen already had a vague premonition, the sixth level of Qi Refining, and the ring match, it can't be such a coincidence, right?

"Hey, do you know Xiao Xuan Guan Dan?" The city guard narrowed his eyes and said with a smile.

Zhang Zhiwen was finally moved. Sure enough, the reward for this competition was Xiao Xuan Guan Dan!