Pawn Crossing the River

Traveling alone is always accompanied by isolation and loneliness.

When Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu were walking together, he always felt that time passed quickly, and the seemingly long journey always reached the end inadvertently. But when he was alone, he began to miss Zhang Yuelu. Even if he always encountered various emergencies when he was with Zhang Yuelu, it was much better than not seeing a single figure in his eyes.

It took Qi Xuansu three days to finally reach the edge of the salt lake.

Salt swamps, yellow sand in the desert, desolate and gloomy, and a few green spots not only fail to bring much vitality, but instead set off the vastness and silence of the Gobi.

However, the salt lake is not the sea of ​​death after all, so there are dots of human settlements on the edge of the salt lake and even in the depths of the salt lake. Now Qi Xuansu's top priority is to buy a horse for transportation. He still has savings of 300 Taiping, as well as the 500 Taiping given by Zhao Fuan, for a total of 800 Taiping, which should be enough to support him for a long time. At this time, Qi Xuansu no longer cares about revenge, it is more serious to survive first.

In addition, although the Spring Festival has passed, the weather in early spring is still very cold, especially in the Western Regions. It is even colder than in Wuzhou in the south of the Yangtze River. If Qi Xuansu had not had strong energy and blood, he would have been frozen to death.

The only advantage is that if it is not necessary, people from the Taoist sect are not willing to go to such a place to suffer hardships. Although it is right at the door of the ancestral home, it is rare to see people from the Taoist sect. It can be said that Qi Xuansu is safe now.

After nightfall, Qi Xuansu found an uninhabited leeward place, poured his true energy into the Zifu in his hand, used the talisman as firewood, and burned a ball of flame. It was not hot and hot, but Qiniang's face appeared in the firelight. The phantom of the upper body is only the size of a palm, and is slightly distorted as the flames dance, as if watching people through the fire.

Qiniang's voice came out from the firelight, slightly distorted: "Tianyuan, are you okay?"

"Qiniang, do you know everything?" Qi Xuansu asked.

Qiniang said: "The flying boat crashed. This is a big event that has not happened in many years. Not to mention that it spread all over the world in just a few days, but it is not a secret. How could I not know about it? I just didn't expect it. This once-in-a-lifetime thing happened to you, I really don’t know what to say.”

Qi Xuansu said: "Qiniang, you don't seem to be surprised at all that I am still alive."

Qiniang's eyes widened on the other side of the fire: "You heartless little thing, if I don't expect you to live, do I expect you to die?"

"That's not what I meant." Qi Xuansu had to explain, "I mean, when encountering such a thing, wouldn't your first reaction be that it is impossible for me to survive? When you were feeling sad for me, I suddenly contacted you, You should be surprised and happy, but you are very calm, as if you have already expected that I will survive. "

"So that's what you said." Qiniang said coquettishly, "Of course I believe you will survive. After all, you are a man of great blessings, protected by the gods, and blessed with great fortune..."

"Stop, stop." Qi Xuansu quickly interrupted Qiniang's nonsense, "Qiniang, don't pretend to be confused. What is going on? Is it related to the reform of Qingping Society you said? Also, don't pretend. The formations are interfering and you can’t hear me. There are no formations here, it’s a truly barren land.”

For this reason, Qiniang couldn't pretend to be stupid anymore and had to say: "Okay, it does have a little relationship."

"Is it related a little bit?" Qi Xuansu asked, "Is it just a little bit?"

Qiniang said: "This is what I find strange. Indeed, the transformation of the Qingping Society will bring you back to life. To be precise, it will make you enter a state of suspended animation, and then in the long state of suspended animation, you will slowly Slowly repair your body. The specific time required depends on the injuries you suffered before death, and it cannot be broken into pieces, beaten into powder, burned to ashes, etc. At least there must be a relatively complete body. Corpse. According to my calculations, it might take three months for you to wake up and contact me. How could you be back to normal in just a few days?"

Qi Xuansu immediately remembered something and asked tentatively: "Could it be related to...'Xuanyu'?"

"You got another piece of 'Xuan Jade'." Qiniang said, "When did this happen?"

Qi Xuansu told Qiniang about the story of Yulan Temple.

After Qiniang heard this, she did not immediately answer Qi Xuansu's doubts, but asked: "Then why didn't you tell me then?"

Qi Xuansu said: "I was with Qingxiao at the time and didn't have time to tell you."

Qiniang asked again: "So when we arrive at Yunjin Mountain in Shangqing Mansion, we should have some time, right? We can't still restrict the use of Zimu Talismans in Da Zhen Mansion."

Qi Xuansu felt guilty: "You sent Li Qingnu here, and I thought you already knew about it."

Qiniang snorted: "I found out some clues through other channels. It's my business. It's your business whether you want to tell me or not. It's not the same thing. To me, you are just a heartless white-eyed wolf." , I married a daughter-in-law and forgot about my mother. No, my daughter-in-law has already disowned me before she even entered the house."

At this point, Qiniang hid her face and said: "Come on, come on, come on, I think it's because I'm blind. I thought I would have someone to rely on when I get old, but I didn't expect that I would be an ignorant white-eyed wolf to try to get Zhang Zhang." Go home, Gaozhi, go quickly."

Qi Xuansu looked helpless, not feeling distressed at all, and he had no intention of immediately apologizing and confessing. They said that parents are the best teachers for their children. Qi Xuansu's ability to pretend is not to be self-taught. There must be a teacher, that is, the person in front of him. .

Seeing that Qiniang's emotions were rising, and she seemed to be planning to close the mother-child talisman under "sorrow and anger", Qi Xuansu hurriedly said: "Don't try to get away with it, you can't deceive me. You clearly know everything, and if you don't explain it clearly, this matter will never be over. , unless you never see me again and keep avoiding me."

Qiniang had no choice but to put down the hand covering her face, wiped the corners of her eyes again, and said, "You are so unfilial, even if your mother is crying like this, you are indifferent."

Qi Xuansu immediately thought of Qiniang's declaration that she was his godmother. He was not disgusted with it. After all, in fact, the relationship between the two was almost that of adopted mother and adopted son. However, it is not easy for women to raise children alone in today's world, so most of them It is an adopted father and an adopted son, and an adopted mother is still relatively rare. Qi Xuansu also admitted from the bottom of his heart that Master and Qiniang had filled the void of his having no parents, but Qi Xuansu was unforgiving: "I have never seen a mother who acted in front of her own children. It's just a matter of deceiving others. cheat?"

The two looked at each other for a long time. Qiniang was the first to compromise and said: "I'm really afraid of you. Okay, I'll do it. Isn't it enough if I do all the moves? It is indeed related to 'Xuanyu', Qingping will collect 'Xuanyu' It’s also related to this matter.”

This was something Qi Xuansu had guessed a long time ago, so he was not surprised. He asked again: "So what exactly is the transformation of the Qingping Society you mentioned?"

Qiniang replied: "When you were pierced through the heart with a sword, although it cannot be said that it is difficult for gods to save you, with my ability, I couldn't save you. So I used the idea of ​​treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor. Let you accept the transformation of Qingpinghui. The principle is not complicated. Since your heart is rotten, just implant a new heart. "

Qi Xuansu was startled and immediately remembered that there was no heartbeat in his chest when he just woke up. He subconsciously pressed his heart and asked urgently: "This, does this mean that I am an unintentional person now?"

"Of course not. If you don't have a heart but are still beating, it will be easily misunderstood and it will be very inconvenient." Qiniang shook her head and said, "Amputated limbs can be regenerated, but it takes time. Of course, the heart can also be regenerated, which also takes time, but the heart People will die if they don't beat for a long time, so the general idea is to replace your heart with something else to maintain your vitality and give your heart enough time to slowly regenerate and heal itself. Recover and use your heart again.”

Qi Xuansu suddenly said: "This is why I went through several inspections later."

"Of course we need to check. If we don't check, how will we know how your heart is recovering?" Qiniang said matter-of-factly.

Qi Xuansu asked again: "Then what is this thing that you are talking about that temporarily replaces the heart?"

Qiniang said: "As for this thing that replaces the heart, Qingping will call it the 'vice heart', which roughly means that there is a main and a deputy, just like the hall master and deputy hall master of a Taoist sect. If the hall master is not there, the deputy hall master will Act as director. If your heart disease is over, we will let the deputy heart act as director. Once the heart disease is cured, we will return the heart to its original position."

Qi Xuansu had some guesses and quickly asked: "Where is the so-called 'secondary heart'?"

"Of course it's still in your body." Qiniang looked at Qi Xuansu with a look that looked at her stupid son, "Do we have to disembowel you again to take out this 'secondary heart'?"

Qi Xuansu covered his heart, took a few steps back, managed to avoid falling backwards, and said with difficulty: "In other words, the reason why I didn't die this time was because of my 'secondary heart'?"

"There is also 'Xuanyu'. The piece of 'Xuanyu' you got seems to mean 'life'." Qiniang explained, "The power of 'Xuanyu' has entered the 'Vice Heart', and when you were faking death , the 'auxiliary heart' replaces the stopped heart and injects this life into your whole body, healing your injuries, so that you can turn death into life in a short time. "

Qi Xuansu said in disbelief: "It is truly a work of art that surpasses the heaven and earth's creation."

"Look at you, you look like you have never seen the world." Qiniang said with disdain, "Actually, the Taoist Huasheng Hall can also do it, but because the cost is too high, you low-level Taoist priests can't enjoy it, and the heavenly and human stage High-quality Taoist priests don't have to use these methods to save their lives, they can ignore this kind of injury."

Qi Xuansu suddenly calmed down and said cautiously: "The cost is very high. In other words, Qiniang, you helped me advance the 'medicine fee'?"

Qiniang glanced at him: "Well, Qingping will still bear the big head, so it's okay if you want to leave Qingping, but you have to pay off the debt, and I gave you the name of the brand 'Golden Cross Knife', just to make you remember this a little."

"In short, one sentence. Qi Xuansu, pay back the money!"