Seeking Immortality

Yesterday's events are gone, everything is gone with the wind, and in the blink of an eye, seven years have passed.

When the clouds come, the mountains are more beautiful; when the clouds go, the mountains are picturesque; the mountains are dark and bright because of the clouds. Under the white clouds, the back mountain of Jiuhua Mountain is densely covered with trees and lush green grass. Birds and cicadas are chirping from time to time, and the cool breeze is gentle. Under the warm sunshine, the mountain scenery is more ethereal and distant.

On the hillside of the back mountain, two simple and elegant wooden houses are located on it, surrounded by lush trees and exotic flowers and plants. A tomb not far from the house is particularly conspicuous. It is Xu Qingfan's cave in the back mountain.

In one of the slightly larger wooden houses, Xu Qingfan was sitting on the chair that Yue Qingru used to sit on, holding a book called "Shanhai Yitan - Jingguai" with a focused expression and reading it with relish.

As the pages of the book turned over, Xu Qingfan's body suddenly trembled slightly, and the admiration in his eyes disappeared. He just stared at the page in front of him and became dazed.

On the page, a monster appeared on the paper. Although it was drawn with only a few strokes, it was lifelike. It was the blue-eyed cloud-kicking beast that had destroyed Xu Qingfan's home. There were only a few lines of small characters under the picture: The blue-eyed cloud-kicking beast has a violent personality and likes to eat spiritual medicine. Adults are three meters tall, with scales on their bodies, and are difficult to be injured by swords and guns, and are not afraid of water and fire. They can travel a thousand miles a day, see ghosts and gods, and breathe out fire and ice, and their roars can shock people.

Looking at the picture and introduction of the blue-eyed cloud-kicking beast on the page, Xu Qingfan's thoughts flew back to twenty-seven years ago, when the blue-eyed cloud-kicking beast flattened the entire Xujia Village because of a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum that was about to mature. The screams, roars, and cries, although eroded by time, still rang in his ears, and the scene of the elder being bitten off the head by the monster was still vivid in his mind.

Although the memory is still fresh, it seems very far away. Or maybe the memory has not changed, but the state of mind has changed.

Now thinking back, it seems that the extremely powerful blue-eyed cloud-kicking beast in the memory is no longer so invincible, and the fear at the beginning has long disappeared. What remains is only the desire to fulfill the long-cherished wish.

"Run away, now is not the time to talk about loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness! We have lived long enough, even if we are eaten by monsters, it is not in vain. But you are still young, the hope of rebuilding Xujiazhai in the future and the continuation of the Xu family bloodline, all of these depend on you. Go!!"

The second elder's last words before his death suddenly came to mind.

"Reconstruction, Xu family bloodline..." Xu Qingfan began to mutter unconsciously.

According to Lu Huayan, the blue-eyed cloud-kicking beast is a human-level high-level monster, and its strength is probably equivalent to that of a cultivator in the spiritual silence period. Now Xu Qingfan has the strength to fight him. Even if he can't beat it, he should still be able to escape.

Are the companions who escaped from Xujiazhai with him still there? After 27 years, has Xujiazhai been rebuilt? Or, have they already died in the vast southern wilderness? It's time for me to take revenge on the blue-eyed cloud-kicking beast, right? And the second elder's last wish, I should have the strength to realize it now, right?

Get rid of the blue-eyed cloud-kicking beast and avenge the tribe. Find the tribesmen who are still left in the world of Xujiazhai and help them rebuild their homes. This idea became so strong in an instant.

"It seems that many years of cultivation almost made me forget the original purpose of my cultivation." Xu Qingfan muttered to himself with a wry smile.

At this time, Xu Qingfan could no longer read the book quietly. Xu Qingfan knew that it was time to fulfill his long-cherished wish, otherwise he would no longer be able to practice quietly.

Thinking of this, Xu Qingfan walked out of the door and flew quickly to the front mountain with the "Three-foot Green Silk".

Unknowingly, time passed silently like water in cultivation. It has been seven years since the last internal competition. Since Xu Qingfan won the third place in the last internal competition, his treatment has changed. Not only can he browse the various strange Taoist methods in the "Lanjing Pavilion" at will, but Jiuhuamen will also regularly allocate a certain amount of spiritual medicine and spiritual stones to Xu Qingfan every year to help him practice.

After Xu Qingfan won the third place in the internal competition, he did not become proud and complacent, because he knew how much water there was in it. So Xu Qingfan not only did not become lazy because of winning the third place, but instead practiced harder and more diligently. Because he did not want to drag Jiuhuamen down in the newcomer competition held in the six major holy places later. God will not let down those who work hard. Xu Qingfan finally entered the spiritual silence period a year ago, and the thousand-year-old wood Yi Qi accumulated in his body was also refined by more than half, which was considered to be officially in the world of cultivation.

Originally, after Xu Qingfan won back Lu Huayan's relic "Three Zhang Qingling", he wanted to bury this magic weapon next to Lu Huayan's grave. However, Lu Huayan, as a well-known guardian elder of Jiuhuamen, was buried in the ancestral tomb of Jiuhuamen after his death, and Xu Qingfan could not enter and exit at will. When Xu Qingfan told his thoughts to the supreme guardian Zhou Huahai, he was scolded by Zhou Huahai. According to Zhou Huahai, this magic weapon was given to Xu Qingfan by Jiuhuamen for the newcomer competition between the six holy places ten years later. How could it be used for other purposes? Xu Qingfan had no choice but to use it temporarily, but he secretly made up his mind to find an opportunity to return the "Three Zhang Qingling" to his master Lu Huayan.

The flying speed of the "Three Zhang Qingling" was extremely fast, and the scenery under the mountain passed by quickly. Xu Qingfan liked the feeling of flying in the air. Looking at the countless living beings under his feet, Xu Qingfan would have a feeling of freedom and unrestrainedness.

Borrowing the power of the "Three Zhang Qingling", Xu Qingfan came to the foot of the front mountain in a short while. He landed in a place called "Welcome Hall".

The moment Xu Qingfan landed, two disciples with different styles came out from the "Guest Reception Hall". One of them looked gentle and elegant, and the other was cold and serious. They were the two "Yu" disciples, Li Yuhan and Sheng Yushan. I didn't expect that these two people were still working here after so many years.

"Uncle Xu." Li Yuhan and Sheng Yushan looked at Xu Qingfan in surprise at first, obviously surprised by Xu Qingfan's breakthrough, and then bowed in unison.

"Nephew Li, Nephew Sheng, long time no see." Xu Qingfan also bowed in return.

After so many years, Xu Qingfan can already call others "nephew" with ease. But he knew that although the two people in front of him were only "Yu" disciples, their strength was far above that of ordinary "Qing" disciples, so he didn't dare to neglect them at all. It has been seven years since the internal competition. Now looking at these two people, both of them have improved their skills, and they are only a step away from the spiritual silence period.

"Yes, since the end of the sect competition seven years ago, Master Uncle has been practicing in seclusion in the back mountain, and rarely comes to the front mountain. We two want to ask Master Uncle for advice, but we have no chance." Li Yuhan said with a smile.

"It's not a seclusion practice, just reading books and planting flowers and plants." Xu Qingfan said with a faint smile.

"Master Uncle has a good taste, unlike us who have to run around for the sect's mundane affairs all day long." Li Yuhan said with a smile.

"May I ask what Master Uncle Xu has come to us for?" Sheng Yushan interrupted the conversation between the two and asked coldly.

Xu Qingfan didn't care, because he knew that Sheng Yushan's character was like this. So he said: "I want to go down the mountain to do some mundane things. I heard from my fellow disciples that these things are under your management, so I came here to register."

"Master Uncle Xu wants to go down the mountain to handle mundane affairs, but there are only three years before the newcomer competition jointly held by the six major holy places. If Master Uncle goes down the mountain for too long, it will be difficult for us to explain when the head master uncle asks." Li Yuhan frowned and said.

"Don't worry, I will be down the mountain for at least ten days or at most a year. It won't take too long." Xu Qingfan said with a smile.

"Since Uncle Master said so, we are relieved." Li Yuhan breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, Xu Qingfan registered with Li Yuhan and Sheng Yushan, and got a waist badge representing the disciples of Jiuhua Mountain and three summoning talismans that can be used to call fellow disciples around in times of crisis.

After everything was handled, Xu Qingfan hesitated and flew to the back mountain again. After returning to his cave, he first wrote down his whereabouts and the reason for going out, and left it in the room. This is because he was afraid that if Jin Qinghan came to find him and found that he was not there, he would have insignificant worries. Originally, Xu Qingfan was going to go to Jin Qinghan's cave to tell him about these situations in person, but considering that Jin Qinghan was in seclusion and it was inconvenient to disturb him, he left a note.

Then Xu Qingfan flew to the "Herb Garden" in the front mountain to say goodbye to Master Liu who was in charge of the Garden. In Jiuhua Mountain, Xu Qingfan really recognized these two people in his heart.

After agreeing to help Master Liu collect seeds of exotic flowers and plants after going down the mountain, Xu Qingfan finally had no scruples and flew out of Jiuhua Mountain with the "Three-foot Green Silk".

After using a special talisman to open the Jiuhua Gate's mountain protection formation and flying out of Jiuhua Mountain, Xu Qingfan turned around in mid-air and looked at Jiuhua Mountain under his feet, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart.

Twenty-seven years ago, when Xu Qingfan had not yet cultivated immortality, Jiuhua Mountain in his eyes was just a barren mountain. And now Xu Qingfan will naturally not be fooled by this illusion. Looking at Jiuhua Mountain again at this time, the mountain protection formation turned into a fairy mist covering the entire Jiuhua Mountain, with waves of spiritual energy. Recalling the surprise and disappointment in his heart when he saw Jiuhua Mountain twenty-seven years ago, Xu Qingfan suddenly felt as if he was in another world.