Seeking Immortality

Zhang Hualing's deep and gentle voice seemed to take Xiao Huazhe and Elder Yuchi back to the distant eight hundred years ago, allowing them to relive the rise and fall of Jiuhua.

"Eight hundred years ago, our Jiuhua was in its heyday. Including Zhang Xusheng, there were five masters in the Mahayana period. Their prestige in the world of immortality was unparalleled. The water overflowed when the water was full, and the moon waxed and waned. And my Jiuhua The decline of Huashan was also at that time.”

"At that time, monks often disappeared for no reason in the world of immortality. The last monk from the Valley of Ascetication unexpectedly discovered that it was Zhang Xusheng who secretly captured monks everywhere because he wanted to study evil arts, and then used the bodies and souls of these monks to conduct experiments. Extremely cruel.”

"After this matter was made public, the reputation of our Jiuhua Mountain was greatly damaged in the entire world of immortality. Zhang Xusheng defected from Jiuhua Mountain because he sensed something was wrong in advance. After Zhang Xusheng's defection, in order to bring benefits to the entire world of immortality According to an explanation, my master and three uncles took half of Jiuhua's alchemy-level monks to hunt down Zhang Xusheng, but they didn't expect that Zhang Xusheng had already integrated the skills of good and evil. Four Mahayana masters chased him, but not only did they not succeed, he killed three of the four Mahayana monks. Only my master survived, and even more so the Dan Jie monks who participated in the chase. No one survived. As a result, Jiuhua began to decline."

"But even though Jiuhua suffered heavy casualties that time, it didn't result in nothing. The master combined the power of three uncles to seriously injure him and beat out his heart, but he didn't expect Zhang Xusheng. The technique is weird, he can still live without his heart, but he escapes while the master is relaxed. "

"The evil magic that Zhang Xusheng studied in Jiuhua Mountain was precisely for the purpose of immortality. After his research, he found that the key to the length of human life lies in the human heart, which is the source of human vitality. Therefore, Zhang Xusheng's early research on His own transformation is focused on his heart. So his heart can be said to be the essence of what he studied for hundreds of years before betraying Jiuhua, and there are many secrets hidden in it. "

"But it is precisely because of this that Master believes that as long as the heart of Zhang Xu Holy Land is in our hands, Jiuhua, this Xu Holy Land will not be able to live long, but he did not expect that all the signs in the past 800 years have shown that Zhang Xu Holy Land is gone. Not only did the heart not die, it was actually still alive and well. Just because the heart is the key to immortality and is closely related to a person's soul, even though Zhang Xusheng has studied the human body to the extreme, he cannot use other hearts. Replacement. And because of this, the magic he studied has never been successful. This is why I said before that Zhang Xusheng has a physical disability, and it is precisely because of this that Zhang Xusheng must destroy my Jiuhua. . Because only in this way can he get his heart back." While Zhang Hualing was slowly telling the story of Jiuhua Mountain eight hundred years ago. After being silent for a long time, Li Xuhan finally spoke slowly.

"Indeed, since you have guessed it, I won't hide it. The reason why I can survive until now is because I studied the experimental results you left in Jiuhua Mountain and placed your heart in this gradually on the aging body to slow down the passage of life.”

Hearing Li Xuhan's words, Zhang Xusheng's eyes flashed with anger, and he sneered: "In the final analysis, you are just saying nice things, and you don't care about benevolence, justice and morality when faced with the threat of being trapped in reincarnation. I always say that my experiments harm the people. If I can harm the people, why can’t you? "

Li Xuhan ignored Zhang Xusheng's sarcasm and just continued: "When I took away your heart, I thought you would fall into reincarnation soon. So I originally planned to seal it and hide it forever. But... Unexpectedly, five hundred years ago, I found that my life was approaching, but all signs showed that you were still alive. I knew that if I died. No one in the Jiuhua lineage can compete with you, and sooner or later you will come back for revenge. "

"Really? You know me very well." Zhang Xusheng sneered.

Sighing, Li Xuhan continued: "After living for so many years, I have already thought about it, so although I am not willing to face death, I am not afraid. But it doesn't matter if I die, but I can't cause Jiuhua to die because of my death. The whole lineage will perish. Even if I die, I will not be able to rest in peace, and I will have no shame to see the ancestors of Jiuhua. So I thought of the experiments you did for immortality after I found out all the results of your experiments. , I am shocked, I must admit that you are a genius, you have so many strange ideas. Although many methods are cruel, they can indeed greatly extend the life of a monk."

Zhang Xusheng also sighed slightly and said: "Yes, those are the results of my three hundred years of research, but it is a pity that they are all still in Jiuhua Mountain."

"But unfortunately, those methods of yours were too cruel, which made me hesitate to use them. As a result, after hesitating, when I made up my mind, I found that my time was running out. There was no other way, I could only do it before Before dying, I captured an evil cultivator to Jiuhua Mountain and used one of your experiments to transfer my consciousness to his body. Unfortunately, that body was too weak and could not withstand my power. After completing the invasion, I found that this body was almost dead, so I replaced your heart into this body and survived until now with the power of your heart. That's why I look like this. In this situation, in order to avoid being recognized, I have been hiding at the top of Jiuhua Mountain all year round, claiming to the outside world that I am the last disciple I took in before my death. Only Hua Ling knows my true identity and is waiting for you quietly. Go back to Jiuhua Mountain.”

After quietly listening to Li Xuhan's narration, Zhang Xusheng remained unmoved and just clapped lazily: "Wonderful!! Wonderful!! I have to say that your story is indeed well written, but you are so Whether you do it because of fear of death or because of Jiuhua Mountain, only you can understand. "

Li Xuhan said calmly: "I didn't expect you to believe it, but when I face you, I can't help but tell you clearly what happened over the years."

After hearing Li Xuhan's words, Zhang Xusheng was slightly startled. He couldn't help but think of the time when he first entered Jiuhua Mountain to cultivate immortality. At that time, their master had been in seclusion for many years. His cultivation at the beginning was entirely based on Li Xuhan's transmission of skills from his master. Facing Zhang Xusheng, his junior brother, Li Xuhan did not hide any secrets and explained every Tao method clearly, lest Zhang Xusheng would not understand it at all. For Zhang Xusheng, Li Xuhan was actually both a teacher and a friend.

But unfortunately, more than a thousand years have passed by in a flash, and now things and people have changed. Even though Li Xuhan back then is still Li Xuhan today, Zhang Xusheng today is no longer the same Zhang Xusheng. He was once a close brother. , have turned against each other, and only one person can survive.

Destiny? Carry?

But after being stunned for a moment, the sarcastic smile hung on Zhang Xusheng's lips again, and he said leisurely: "If you really take Jiuhua Mountain so seriously? Then how come you didn't do anything when Zhou Huahai rebelled?" No matter what? Don't you know that because of Zhou Huahai's rebellion, Jiuhua Mountain will lose half of its elders and one-third of its most elite disciples? From now on, Jiuhua Mountain will only be considered second-rate in the world of immortality? It's not as serious as what you said. If I didn't go back to Jiuhua Mountain to get my heart back, would you show up?"

Li Xuhan said calmly: "I know you were behind Zhou Huahai's rebellion, so I won't stop it because I'm not sure how you will react after I show up. If you don't show up because of this, The gain is not worth the loss. I know that letting Zhou Huahai do what he does will cause heavy losses to the Jiuhua lineage, but what I value more is the inheritance of the Jiuhua lineage. As long as I kill you, the Jiuhua lineage can be passed on safely. Sooner or later, Jiuhua will be able to recover one day. Otherwise, Jiuhua will never feel at ease facing your threat. Now that you are here, I finally have the opportunity to kill you, and I can finally get rid of this life of a walking zombie. Completely left this world.”

Zhang Xusheng applauded again and said: "Good thoughts and good intentions. If what you said is true, then I must admire you. Just like you can never understand my thoughts, I will never understand my thoughts." I can't understand your thoughts. However, it's a pity that your hard work has come to nothing. I admit that your appearance was unexpected, but what difference does it make? You couldn't defeat me eight hundred years ago. Now your strength is not as good as before, and you understand my current strength even if you think about it, do you think what you have done is useful? "

As he spoke, Zhang Xusheng showed a sarcastic smile again on his face.

But suddenly, the smile condensed on his face, and he quickly put it away. At the same time, he slowly turned around and squinted his eyes to look at the skinny old man behind him. With his skill, he didn't even sense when this old man appeared behind him.

"Deaf, dumb and blind, you are finally here."

Seeing the sudden appearance of this old man, a hint of joy flashed across Li Xuhan's face, and he slowly bowed and saluted.