Transcendent Dawn

So Xu Changqing lived beside the thatched cottage.

He goes up the mountain every day to collect firewood, make charcoal, and supply the needs of the old Taoist alchemy. Gradually, he also gets acquainted with the two Taoist boys Qingfeng and Mingyue.

Knowing that they are all orphans, they were adopted by old Taoist priests since they were young. The boy's name is Qingfeng, and the girl's name is Mingyue.

After eating his snacks, he would call him brother very sweetly, which reminded Xu Changqing of the innocent faces of the children in Xiaozhai Village.

The strange thing is that after the old man arrived here, he basically didn't say a word, but allowed him to eat the food provided by the two Taoist boys.

In this way, half a month passed by in a trance.

During this period of time, he had a few more 'companions'!

A scholar in green clothes, a young Taoist with inverted triangle eyes, and a girl in red.

They also seemed to be seeking immortality and visiting Taoism, and they were all taken in as coolies by the old Taoist priests. Among them, the girl "Red Baby" seemed to have come prepared and brought several very precious medicinal materials.

One of the Huang Jing in the shape of a human face, Xu Changqing seemed to hear a choking sound when it was put into the furnace.

In any case, the arrival of these three people finally freed him from the heavy labor, and accelerated the progress of the old-fashioned alchemy.

While the other party was overjoyed, he would occasionally occupy the rocks and start preaching the 'Tao'!

Although some words are incoherent, messy, vague and confusing...it seems to be delirious, but sometimes, they do speak some real skills.

The grandfather asked him to listen to lectures often, saying that although there is no 'method', it is good for 'entering the Tao'.

After persisting for a few days, he even sorted out a few talismans for nourishing one's nature and prolonging one's life, restraining demons and restraining ghosts, which made Xu Changqing deeply feel that the trip was worthwhile.

...

On this day, when Xu Changqing piled up the firewood he had cut, he saw a flash of red skirt next to him, and a silver bell-like laughter came from his ear: "Hehe..."

"Miss Hongying." He bowed slightly and said, "All the firewood is here today."

"Uh-huh……"

Hong Ying casually swept the woodpile and looked at Xu Changqing: "Which family are you from? Why did you come so early?"

"Which family?" Xu Changqing was stunned: "I am not from any family, but I just heard that there are hermit practitioners in this mountain, so I came here to look for it."

"Oh……"

Hongying agreed meaningfully: "No wonder...your name is Xu Changqing? I'll call you Xiao Qingzi from now on...don't die so easily."

"What? Dead?"

Xu Changqing was startled, but saw that the red baby left without looking back.

He touched his head: "Grandpa, what's going on?"

"That female doll is not simple... She should be a real practitioner. She saw that you are carrying a magic weapon and came to test..."

Sulu replied.

"Test? What is the test?"

"I don't know either. In short, it is a path-seeking machine, so you must take risks! You can adapt to the situation."

...

In the blink of an eye, another half month passed.

"Oops……"

The old Taoist stared at the alchemy furnace in front of him, his face was ugly: "There is still one medicine missing, one main medicine. If this medicine is lost, all achievements will come to naught!"

Xu Changqing, the scholar, the young Taoist, and the red baby were all there,

Asked: "What medicinal material is it? Let's look for it, there will always be!"

"It's missing a taste of 'human medicine'!"

The old Taoist shook his head and said, "I can only find this medicine, so go down."

He was clearly not in the mood to preach.

The four of them looked at each other and could only retreat.

On the second day, before Xu Changqing brought charcoal to the alchemy furnace, he was surprised to see the old Taoist priest dancing in front of the alchemy furnace: "The human medicine has arrived, and my way is complete!"

"Congratulations to the Taoist priest, congratulations to the Taoist priest."

He moved his nose, and indeed smelled a specious medicinal fragrance, rich and fragrant, with hints of fishy sweetness, he couldn't help but congratulate.

"Don't worry, everyone will have a share in this furnace of alchemy."

The old Taoist was in a good mood, made a promise, and ordered Qingfeng to bring meals, but Mingyue disappeared.

On the second day, the breeze disappeared, and the medicinal fragrance in the alchemy furnace became even stronger.

Then on the third day, the young Taoist also disappeared.

"What... what's going on here? Grandpa!"

Xu Changqing looked at Hongying who was not in a hurry at all, just like the scholar surnamed Li who was beginning to become a little worried, and the normal people, the crazy old Taoist priest in front of the alchemy furnace felt more and more that something was wrong.

It seems that I have fallen into a nightmare and cannot extricate myself.

"Don't sleep tonight, you will know by guarding that scholar..." Sulu's voice came.

"it is good!"

Xu Changqing reached into his arms, held the black finger bones, and responded coldly.

...

midnight.

In a temporary hut.

He deliberately fell asleep and slept next to the scholar surnamed Li.

Everything is quiet, only the sound of insects.

When the bright moon came to the middle of the night, the insects suddenly disappeared.

silence!

There was a dead silence all around!

A black shadow walked slowly into the hut, holding a sharp dagger in his hand.

He approached and pointed the tip of the dagger at the scholar.

"drink!"

At the critical moment, Xu Changqing made a sudden move.

He swung a punch, hitting the enemy's blade-wielding wrist, and then kicked up, right in the center of the fovea.

"what!"

The black shadow fell to the ground and let out a hoarse cry of pain.

"It really is you, old Taoist priest!"

Xu Changqing lit the oil lamp, and saw the old Taoist priest with red eyes and crazy expression without any surprise.

However, it was too easy.

In the fight just now, the existence that was evaluated as 'inhuman' by the old man was so vulnerable?

"what!"

The scholar woke up suddenly, saw this scene, and shouted: "Old Taoist...you, what are you going to do?"

"He's going to kill you!"

Xu Changqing responded coldly, and saw the face of the red baby outside the window.

Her eyes were sleepy, and she yawned: "Little Qingzi... You really are not a powerful person, and you don't even know the 'origin' here. It's the middle of the night, and you're making a lot of noise."

"Hey... he's going to kill someone!"

Xu Changqing looked at the back of the red baby going back to sleep, and felt that either he was crazy or the world was crazy.

"Human medicine! Human medicine!"

The old Taoist lost his eyes and muttered this sentence.

"You monster."

Xu Changqing was so angry that he carried him to the alchemy furnace and opened the furnace cover.

boom!

Under the crimson fire, several faces floated and sank in the pill furnace.

There is not only the young Taoist, but also the faces of Qingfeng and Mingyue...

"what!"

Seeing this scene, the scholar immediately vomited: "I...I don't want to live forever, I want to go home...I want to find my parents..."

He was so frightened that he burst into tears and looked like he was going crazy.

"Monster! I can't spare you!"

But Xu Changqing was furious, and he cut off the old demon's head with a knife, and threw it into the furnace.

...

In the early morning of the next day, he called Hongying and the scholar over by the alchemy furnace: "I am going to send the scholar out of the mountain, Miss Hongying, how about you?"

Red Baby twirled her hair and said with a light smile: "Continue to do odd jobs, alchemy!"

"Ok?"

Xu Changqing was taken aback.

Immediately, something even more surprising happened to him.

The old Taoist came out of the hut with a lofty expression, as always: "Today's alchemy, you'll go find firewood!"

Suddenly, a cold sweat spread all over Xu Changqing's body.

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