Seeking Immortality

The place where he often met Jin Qinghan before was not far from Xu Qingfan's new home. Xu Qingfan only walked for less than a cup of tea and was almost there. Seeing the golden light flashing from afar, Xu Qingfan smiled knowingly, because he knew that it was the light emitted by Jin Qinghan when he was practicing Taoism.

"Next time! I will never lose to him again next time." Xu Qingfan couldn't help but think of the unconvinced expression and firm words on Jin Qinghan's face when he lost to Feng Qingtian last time.

Thinking of this, the smile on Xu Qingfan's mouth became stronger.

He believed that if Jin Qinghan kept working so hard, there would be no one he couldn't defeat.

Gently walking not far from Jin Qinghan, Xu Qingfan saw that he was concentrating on practicing Taoism, just like usual.

But the way he practiced Taoism today was very strange. He actually tried to gather all the spiritual energy in his body at one point on his fingertips. You know, it is not easy to gather the spiritual energy of the whole body at one point, and if the spiritual energy gathered together is too dense, it will easily explode his fingers if he can't control it well. But Jin Qinghan not only did it, but the golden spiritual energy gathered at his fingertips even gradually turned into a golden nail.

Golden nail carving!!! It turned out to be the intermediate-level advanced Taoist method Golden nail carving!!! Although Xu Qingfan also knew that Jin Qinghan was a genius that only appeared once in hundreds of years, he never thought that he could already start to practice intermediate-level advanced Taoist methods on his own!

After noticing Xu Qingfan coming, Jin Qinghan slowly dispersed the spiritual energy gathered in his hands, and then nodded to Xu Qingfan, his expression as cold and calm as always, only the flash of light in his eyes reflected that his heart might not be as calm as on the surface, and then he said lightly: "You are here."

Xu Qingfan smiled at Jin Qinghan and responded: "Long time no see."

Jin Qinghan did not ask Xu Qingfan why he had not appeared for four consecutive months and did not even say hello to him, because he knew that Xu Qingfan must have his own reasons, and believed that Xu Qingfan would give him a clear explanation. And Xu Qingfan did not rush to explain why he had not come these days, because he knew that with Jin Qinghan's character, he would not blame himself for this.

This is friends. Maybe they have different hobbies, different personalities, and different experiences, but they must have one thing in common, that is, mutual trust in friends.

True friends do not necessarily need to share hardships, nor do they need to spend too much time together. True friends are only people who are compatible with each other, treat each other honestly, and can trust each other in the most dangerous times.

Undoubtedly, although Jin Qinghan is aloof and Xu Qingfan is elegant, these two are true friends.

Some people have known each other for a long time and are still just acquaintances, while some people have become friends after just a few words. Jin Qinghan and Xu Qingfan are like this. A word "I'm here" can make up for everything.

Then, the two of them did their own things as if nothing had happened. Xu Qingfan continued to meditate, and Jin Qinghan continued to practice Taoism on the side, which was exactly the same as what happened every day four months ago, as if there had never been a break.

Time passed quickly during meditation. I don't know how long it had been. The moon was setting in the east, and Xu Qingfan finally woke up from sitting. Slowly opening his eyes, he saw that Jin Qinghan had finished his practice and was standing quietly by the side waiting for Xu Qingfan. He seemed to know what Xu Qingfan would say to him.

Seeing Jin Qinghan's look, Xu Qingfan's desire to confide in him became stronger. These days, he has suppressed too many emotions in his heart.

Isn't it time to need friends at this time?

Xu Qingfan now only knows Jin Qinghan and Yue Qingru in the entire Jiuhua Mountain, but unlike Jin Qinghan, Yue Qingru gives Xu Qingfan the feeling of an elder, kind and nagging, but not suitable for confiding.

"How have you been recently?" Xu Qingfan stood up, patted the dust off his body, and looked up and asked.

"Generally, the progress of cultivation is not great." Jin Qinghan said lightly.

Hearing Jin Qinghan's words, Xu Qingfan was speechless for a while. The "Golden Nail Chisel" that Jin Qinghan practiced just now is a mid-level advanced Taoist method, which can only be successfully performed after reaching the late stage of Bigu. Although he looked very strenuous in performing it just now, Jin Qinghan has undoubtedly reached at least the middle stage of the Bigu cultivation. Considering that Jin Qinghan was only at the early stage of Bigu cultivation half a year ago, it is easy to imagine how speechless Xu Qingfan was when Jin Qinghan said, "You haven't made much progress in cultivation." He could only understand that the standard of genius is different from that of ordinary people.

"What about you?" Jin Qinghan asked back.

After hearing Jin Qinghan's question, although Xu Qingfan had a lot to say, he didn't know where to start for a moment. After hesitating for a while, he smiled and said to Jin Qinghan, "My new home is not far away, and there are two pots of sake. How about we talk while drinking?"

Xu Qingfan suddenly found that the atmosphere of drinking helped his narration.

"New home? Okay." Jin Qinghan nodded.

When Jin Qinghan saw Xu Qingfan's new home, he showed a look of surprise, because Xu Qingfan's new home was simple, and because Xu Qingfan could actually build a cave on his own. But he didn't ask anything because he knew Xu Qingfan would give him an answer soon.

When Xu Qingfan introduced Jin Qinghan to his senior brother Yue Qingru, Yue Qingru was very happy that his junior brother could make a good friend and warmly entertained Jin Qinghan. Jin Qinghan also greeted Yue Qingru politely. For Yue Qingru, who has the temperament of an elder like a teacher, it is difficult for anyone to have a bad feeling towards him, even an aloof person like Jin Qinghan.

Under the bright and clear starry sky, the surrounding green color merged into one piece. Two jars of wine, three cups, and an old moon served as companions for the three people's gathering. The wine was leftover after paying homage to Lu Huayan, and the cup was Yue Qingru's collection.

After silently drinking a glass of wine with Jin Qinghan, Xu Qingfan finally organized the words he wanted to say, and slowly began to describe his experiences these days. Talk and drink at the same time, a word, a glass of wine. It seemed that he wanted to vent all the suppressed emotions in his heart during this period into the wine.

When talking about the magic weapon that Lu Huayan gave him, Xu Qingfan drank and cried with laughter, while Yue Qingru also sighed. When talking about Lu Huayan's death, Xu Qingfan drank and burst into tears, while Yue Qingru looked sad. When talking about what the leader Zhang Hualing did, Xu Qingfan drank, laughed, cursed, and shed tears. Yue Qingru comforted him, but soon fell silent.

The emotions Xu Qingfan had suppressed for many days, including joy, sadness, and anger, were finally completely vented in this drink.

Jin Qinghan, on the other hand, just listened to Xu Qingfan's narration silently from beginning to end. At the end, he patted Xu Qingfan's shoulder heavily with his hand as a comfort, but did not say much because he knew that he was going to All he did was listen quietly, because he knew that he couldn't help Xu Qingfan yet.

As for Yue Qingru, after hearing Xu Qingfan talk about his experiences these days, he became even more sad and lamented, and unknowingly shed tears.

"Am I useless? I watched helplessly as they took away my master's relics, former residence, and even his disciples. But I couldn't do anything about it." Xu Qingfan drank a glass of wine and asked after finishing his story. I don't know whether he was asking Yue Qingru and Jin Qinghan or himself. Or perhaps, he was asking about that thing called "Heaven".

"Junior brother, I can't blame you." Yue Qingru sighed sadly.

"You have tried your best." Jin Qinghan said after having a drink with Xu Qingfan.

"The world of immortality is really different from what I imagined. When I still called immortality cultivators gods, I knew from a few words in the book that there were still immortality cultivators in the world. In my imagination at that time, immortality cultivators A person should be free and free, but after I actually entered the world of immortality, I realized that my previous ideas were wrong, not only wrong, but also very wrong." Xu Qingfan drank another glass of wine. Then he said: "It turns out that immortal cultivators are not carefree. They work hard for immortality all day long. Immortal cultivators also have desires, which are even stronger than mortals. Immortal cultivators are also philistines, and their actions are even more extreme than mortals."

His voice was low and hoarse, and he didn't know whether it was because he had drunk too much wine or because he was excited.

When Yue Qingru heard what Xu Qingfan said, he sighed, but didn't know what to say.

"Immortal cultivators are also human beings, and they will have hopes if they are human beings. If you can't change, you can only adapt." Jin Qinghan said.

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Just like that, the three of them were chatting and drinking, and before they knew it, it was already dawn. After this conversation, the emotions that Xu Qingfan had suppressed for a long time these days finally disappeared silently into the sake in his cup.

As the sunlight secretly overflows into the sky, a new day is finally about to begin.