Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 141 The Man Who Responds to the Sentence
"I can only say that the pillow is in your hand, so it is you," the old Taoist priest replied.

"How is that possible?" Ren Yuan said in disbelief, "This thing was not given to me by my master. I have never even met my master."

"I just said that fate is determined by the result, not the process." The old Taoist priest smiled slowly and said, "It's like I'm about to die, but you came to me. This is fate. As for why you came and how you came, it doesn't matter at all."

"So it doesn't matter how this pillow got into my hands, what matters is that it's in my hands?" Ren Yuan said speechlessly: "Then if I give it to someone else, isn't that giving away its fate?"

"It's up to you." The old Taoist said, "As long as you can hand it over, it means that the other person is the one who is destined to be with you."

"..." Ren Yuan was a little confused by this sophistry of fatalism. But he had to admit that at least for now, he would not hand over the Youxian Pillow to anyone.

He did not dwell on this issue and changed the subject, saying, "We can talk about fate later. Senior brother, please tell us who our master is first."

"Master didn't tell me, so he must have his reasons." But Senior Brother said slowly, "I don't think you need to worry about Master's identity, because you will see him when the time comes. If you can't see Master now, it means it's not the right time yet."

"..." Ren Yuan couldn't help but curse secretly. It was really annoying that his senior brother was completely trapped in fatalism.

A Yao was so angry that her face turned red.

"Don't be angry, you two." Senior Brother smiled bitterly and said, "In fact, I don't know who our master is. He has used too many identities, and each identity would be abandoned after a few decades at most. It's useless even if I tell you. It's impossible to find him by following the clues."

"Brother, just say one word," Ren Yuan said with a wry smile, "At least let me feel a little more real about Master. Otherwise, in my mind, it's just two words."

"Okay." Senior Brother pondered for a moment and said, "One hundred and fifty years ago, he walked the world as Ge Hong."

"Oh my god..." Ren Yuan was stunned. "Immortal Ge?"

"Does this feel real now?" the senior brother asked with a smile.

"I feel even weaker now." Ren Yuan said helplessly.

"Hahaha, I'll tell you." The senior brother laughed twice and then began to breathe heavily like a bellows.

"Brother, are you sick?" Ren Yuan asked hurriedly.

"I've said it before, I'm not sick, I'm dying." Senior Brother smiled faintly and said, "But it doesn't matter. Now that you're here, I know my fate, so there's nothing to worry about."

"We'll talk about this later," he said to the two of them, "Let me formally introduce myself. I'm Sun Youyue, the current headmaster of the Shangqing Sect. May I know your names, my junior brothers and sisters?"

Ren Yuan introduced himself to his senior sister and explained the purpose of his visit.

"Ayao and Ayuan, I'll call you that." Senior Brother Sun said kindly, "You said that Chen Lingzhi from the Gou Chen Division asked you to come?"

"Yes." Ren Yuan nodded and said, "After she got on board, she helped me divine where the sword cultivator was, and the result pointed to this place."

After a pause, he said, "Of course this person is an important figure in the Gou Chen Division. I don't understand what his intentions are. I can only try my best and come here like grasping at straws."

"This person can be trusted." Senior Brother Sun said confidently. "Why do you say that?" Ren Yuan asked hurriedly. Whether he should completely trust Chen Lingzhi had always troubled him.

"Because she got on the boat." Senior Brother Sun's answer was still hard to explain. "And the master called that boat 'Destiny'..."

"..." Ren Yuan was speechless. He thought his senior brother had something to tell him. Swallowing his saliva, he asked again: "So is Miss Chen's prediction accurate?"

"Of course it's accurate. That's her magical power. As long as it doesn't involve gods, it can't be wrong." Senior Brother said calmly: "I am the sword cultivator."

"Ah? That's great!" Ren Yuan couldn't help but cheer. Now things were much simpler.

"Please teach me the sword skills so that she can survive!" He quickly clasped his fists and said, "Of course, it depends on my condition. If you are not feeling well, don't force it."

"Yeah." A Yao also nodded quickly and said, "I'm fine now, it doesn't matter if it's early or late."

"But I'm not in good condition now. If I wait any longer, I won't have a chance." The senior brother sighed and said, "You two come in. Be prepared and don't be scared by my ugly appearance."

"How could that be?" The two of them quickly lifted the curtain and went in. When they saw their senior brother's appearance, they couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Then I saw a fat man weighing over a thousand pounds, piled there like a mountain of meat. He was so fat that his shoulders and head were directly connected together, and his limbs were almost invisible...

"Brother, you look ridiculous, don't you?" A sad smile appeared on that fat face that looked like Maitreya Buddha, and he said, "My fellow Taoists down the mountain can't even get enough food, but I'm as fat as a pig."

"Brother, there must be a reason." Ren Yuan hurriedly shook his head and said, "Either you are sick or you are cursed. Otherwise, Taoist Zhang would not be like this. I respect you from the bottom of my heart."

"Junior brother, you are really warm-hearted. No wonder I even gave you the Immortal Pillow." Senior brother joked, "I was also a handsome man in my youth."

"It feels so good to be possessed by a corpse. Brother, the corpse god has lost control." A Yao suddenly said softly.

“Haha, you are worthy of being the master’s only female disciple. You hit the nail on the head.” Senior Brother smiled and said, “I forced a breakthrough in an emergency situation, but I didn’t have the skills to restrain the corpse worms. As a result, the corpse god became so powerful that I couldn’t contain it…”

"Isn't our sect's martial arts specifically designed to defeat corpse worms?" Ren Yuan asked in shock.

"Yes, Master created the talisman technique to completely solve the harm of external elixirs. He once said that the greatest harm of external elixirs is to strengthen corpse worms and turn people into monsters, so Master created the talisman technique to kill the three corpses and nine worms." Senior Brother answered slowly:
"Unfortunately, the time was short. At that time, Master only figured out the method to reach the Six Apertures. He warned me not to rush into a breakthrough before finding the next step." Senior Brother sighed again:
"Hey, why are you off topic again? I've done this, you should take it as a warning. When you want to take risks in the future, think of me. It will definitely be more effective than anything else."

Then he said to A Yao: "Little Junior Sister, relax. I will check on your condition first."

"Well, thank you for your hard work, senior brother." A Yao thanked him and quickly concentrated and calmed down.

The senior brother scanned her with his divine sense and found out everything about her condition. He couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why did your Creation Furnace disappear?"

"It's like this..." Ren Yuan quickly recounted the process of A Yao's injury.

"Amazing. Let me see what kind of sword courage can suppress the body of the Corpse King." The senior brother then focused on exploring the sword courage in A Yao's body, but with a "ah" sound, his huge body tilted back and almost fell to the ground.

(End of this chapter)