This is what an immortal should be like

Chapter 120: The Man Awakes from His Dream but Still Drunk

After communicating for a long time, Li Hui suddenly asked a question.

"Senior Xi Miao, we've searched through the monks' belongings and found nothing special about their so-called magical instruments. Even if they were able to remove the boulder from the cliff, how would they transport it back to Xiangyang?"

"This is indeed a problem!"

Xi Miao looked at Li Hui seriously, then looked at the monk over there.

"People like them probably don't have any precious treasures that can hold objects, let alone the ability to store them. So they must be using some kind of external force to move things. But that external force isn't on them!"

As he spoke, Xi Miao looked at Liu Hongyu and the others again.

"Of the common methods of transporting objects, summoning spirits is the most demanding, calling upon spirits is the most unusual, and exorcising ghosts is the most common. For example, the situation with those monks is likely related to ghosts. Buddhist temples are often visited by incense and offerings, and are sometimes also good places to feed ghosts!"

Xi Miao placed the teapot in the center of the table and pointed to the front and back of the teapot.

"All large Buddhist temples, regardless of whether they are good or evil, righteous or unintentional, generally follow a pattern: the area in front of the temple is a good place, while the area behind the temple is an evil place. If there are evil spirits being kept, they are most likely outside the back wall of the rear hall!"

The five people sitting at the table nodded in agreement. They had learned something that even the teacher had not taught them.

"That's not right. If these monks don't go back, the people in Wanzhang Jinguang Temple will definitely find it strange, right? If we send people to Xianluo Mountain to investigate, won't they be alerted?"

The person who said this was Gao Ran. After he said this, Wang Min'er and the other two reacted immediately.

Xi Miao smiled and looked at the reactions of several people. Only Liu Hongyu remained calm and spoke calmly at this moment.

"Xianluo Mountain is over a thousand miles away from Xiangyang, with mountains, rivers, forests and wilderness in between. Do you think they can come and go as they please?"

"Papa~"

Xi Miao clapped his hands and praised.

"That's true!"

While speaking, Xi Miao was calculating something with one hand, and continued speaking as he continued calculating.

"This group of people set out from Xiangyang. They were actually quite fast, at least much faster than the average person, but they occasionally got lazy and messed around along the way. It took them about twenty days to find the stone wall under the Xianluo Mountain Xiantian Diagram. On the way back, even if they had the ability to use ghost luck, it would be impossible to move a huge stone weighing ten thousand pounds and carrying the Xiantian Diagram to Xiangyang overnight. It was already difficult for them to get it out of the mountain, and they still had to use carriages, horses, and boats to transport it."

Xi Miao smiled and stopped calculating.

"So normally, it would take at least ten days or half a month to get back to Xiangyang. Spreading the news would be faster, but it would only be a few days earlier at most! So, if you set off for Xiangyang immediately, starting from tomorrow, rounding off the numbers and keeping the whole number, you would have at least six days without having to worry about these dead people!"

Having said this, Xi Miao added another joking remark with a smile on his face.

"And even if these monks can still return to the spirit realm and speak in dreams, wouldn't it still take seven days?"

Liu Hongyu nodded. It seemed that time was a little tighter than he had expected.

"Since that's the case, we won't bother you any more. We'll set off for Xiangyang now!"

As he spoke, Liu Hongyu seemed to have thought of something. He hurriedly picked up the book box from the side and placed it in front of him. Then he opened the book box and began to rummage through it. Under Xi Miao's curious eyes, he quickly took out three peaches.

Liu Hongyu placed the peaches on the table. The peaches looked very extraordinary. They were fresh and juicy, as if they had just been picked, and they also had a magical and elegant and restrained aura.

"This is."

Xi Miao was slightly surprised. This peach looked very extraordinary.

Liu Hongyu hurriedly said.

"Before my master went into seclusion, he knew I would definitely come out to travel, so he specifically asked me to bring you something fresh to try. Although this fruit isn't particularly special, it is one of the more special fruits from the mother tree in the center of the peach forest. I hope you don't dislike it!"

Xi Miao subconsciously reached out and touched the peach, then picked up one and sniffed it. Only when she got close could she smell a faint fragrance.

This fruit has such a strong introverted power that even though it has been picked, it still contains spiritual energy, which is obviously very strange.

"What a shame! Why pick it so early?"

Xi Miao's question stunned Liu Hongyu and others.

"This"

"Whenever a precious spiritual fruit is produced, there are generally three types of changes. Normally, spiritual energy overflows. When it matures, the fragrance spreads everywhere. Anyone who can smell it knows it's extraordinary, and many people come to take it or guard it. This is the most common situation!"

"Another type is like this peach. The fruit is naturally endowed with spiritual energy. Connected to the veins of the mother tree, it absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the essence of the sun and the moon, and everything is stored in the fruit. It contains spiritual charm and nurtures mysteries. The conditions required for such rare flowers and herbs are generally extremely harsh, and it is difficult to find them in ordinary wild places!"

"The third transformation is also based on the second. Although it's more difficult, if the fruit is truly ripe, there will be another mystery. It's such a pity to pick these three peaches!"

Xi Miao sighed and sniffed the peach again. Although she said it was a pity, she also bit her lower lip lightly. She was already greedy when she smelled the fruity fragrance just now.

However, Liu Hongyu and the others were embarrassed. After hearing Xi Miao's words, they felt a little wasteful. There were still several hidden in the bookcase.
"This, this is what the Master asked me to pick for you."

Xiaowen said this shyly, and Liu Hongyu subconsciously echoed it awkwardly.

"Yes, Senior, this is Master's kindness."

Xi Miao put on a smile and nodded.

"Since it is a kind gesture from Mr.

Logically speaking, this kind of fruit is most useful to the children in front of her, and Xi Miao also knows that although this fruit is extraordinary, it is picked too early, and the spiritual charm inside is dispensable to her.

But damn, it looks really, really delicious. It might be hard to get it after this time. I want it so badly! And the kids should still have a chance to eat it at Mr. Zhuang's place. Maybe they've already eaten it.
"Well, then, I'll take it!"

Liu Hongyu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Fortunately, Senior Xi Miao did not ask too many questions.

In fact, Zhuang Lin only said that he would bring a peach for Zhao Langjun, and never mentioned bringing anything for Xi Miao. This was just a sudden idea on their part.

If Senior Xi Miao asks, "Why does your master let you pick them at this time?", then I will have nothing to say.

"Uh, Senior Xi Miao, since we don't have much time, we won't bother you anymore. We'll set off for Xiangyang now!"

"Yes, only six days left, it's time to go!" "Big Brother is right!"

Upon hearing this, Xi Miao shifted her attention away from Taozi and nodded.

"That's fine. This time, focus on the process and don't worry too much about the results. For you, this is just a drop in the ocean of what you've seen during your cultivation. I'll see you off!"

The host and the guest got up one after another, and took the monk's body with them and left the Fairy Fox Cave.

However, Xi Miao's so-called farewell only went so far. He just watched from the mountain as the five people rose into the sky and flew towards Xiangyang.

After some contact, Xi Miao already knew that these five people had definitely not been practicing for a long time.

Most of them are disciples selected in recent years after the real person appeared.

But even so, these five people should not be underestimated.

The four are obviously in the stage of awakening their spirits, but their spirituality is already extremely outstanding, and they must be good candidates for cultivating immortals.

The oldest Liu Hongyu is even more extraordinary. He has obviously truly crossed the barrier of breaking delusion and established the foundation of immortality. Although he knows how to hide his energy, every change in the Immortal Fox Cave is under Xi Miao's control.

That stream with outstanding charm, every stream of water almost had a faint feeling of wanting to move closer to Liu Hongyu when passing by the small pavilion.

Very slight, but it is there.

As expected, the birth of a true person is an opportunity for those who truly seek the Tao in the world!

Thinking of this, Xi Miao suddenly realized something and hurriedly ran into the cave. He soon returned to the small pavilion inside and returned to the desk.

Faced with three tempting peaches, Xi Miao could no longer restrain herself. Since there were no juniors around at the moment, she picked up one and took a big bite without caring about her image.

The juice bursts into your mouth as the flesh enters your mouth, releasing the hidden charm mixed with spiritual energy, and a wonderful sweet and sour flavor hits your taste buds.
"woo"

Xi Miao carefully and forcefully pressed the peach against her mouth, as if the sweetness and charm would escape as soon as she opened her mouth. She then took a deep breath through her nose to absorb some of the escaping fragrance, then chewed it repeatedly and swallowed it. For a moment, she was so moved that she almost cried.

It’s delicious, really delicious!
Fortunately, I didn't refuse for the sake of my senior's image and justice. It turns out that face is not important sometimes!
On the other side, Liu Hongyu led four people to fly on the wind. It was only two hundred miles, so it naturally wouldn't take too much time when flying on the wind.

"Pay attention to some basic questions and try to control your accent. Talk less and listen more. Six days is a long time, so don't rush. Just treat it as a small test!"

"I understand, Big Brother!" "Yes!" "With you here, we're definitely not in a hurry!"

Liu Hongyu nodded, keeping a stern face, but in fact, as the eldest brother, he was not always calm in his heart. This small test tested his younger brothers and sisters as well as himself.

"Big Brother, instead of going directly to the temple, I think we should go find Mr. Zhao first. He's an official in Xiangyang, so he should be quite powerful!"

"Right on my mind!"

As they spoke, a breeze blew over to the outskirts of Xiangyang. From afar, a huge ancient city surrounded by walls appeared before their eyes. It was far more magnificent than Wuling City.
The most famous banquet hall in Xiangyang City is located on one of the busiest streets in the city. Peddlers and tourists are everywhere here. Shops are densely packed on the roadside. The streets are bustling with people and buildings. The streets are crisscrossed with cars and people, showing the prosperity of Xiangyang.
And diagonally opposite the Banquet Hall, in a one-story tavern, Zhao Chenyu, with his head wrapped in a kerchief, sat alone, drinking a pot of warmed old wine with two plates of side dishes.

Although he had used all his connections to get a job as an official in Xiangyang, he was just a small literary official, filing books, just like a petty clerk.
In just over two years, Zhao Chenyu's ambition was almost exhausted.

Recalling the passion and comfort of the past, I think of the people I have met.

Having known Tao Yuanliang for many years, I can't help but envy his unrestrained and natural talent, which seems to be innate.

I've only been around Zhuang Zi'an for a short time, but I know he's a man of profound learning. But his carefree, carefree nature and sense of detachment from the world are also ethereal and otherworldly.
Looking at myself now, the road ahead is bleak and it seems that there is no way I can make a breakthrough. I have neither the talent and ability of Tao Yuanliang, nor can I be as carefree and content as Zhuang Zi'an!

Having ideals but little talent, great ambitions but little talent!

As Zhao Chenyu drank, his consciousness gradually became blurred. He seemed to have returned to the time when he was studying, playing with Tao Yuanliang. It seemed that Zhuang Zian came along the way, and the three of them went traveling around the world together, enjoying the mountains and rivers and forgetting their worries.

"The road ahead is frozen by frost, I am drunk and lying in the clouds. A young man is traveling on a boat, doubting there is a way forward. I rock and rock, the boat sways constantly, carrying me forward, flowing freely."

In his dream, Zhao Chenyu was lying on a small boat, just like lying in the clouds. He stroked the water with his hands, feeling comfortable and relaxed. His body swayed with the boat, which made his two friends laugh.
"Master Zhao, Master Zhao, please wake up, please wake up, the wine has spilled."

A waiter in the tavern kept shaking the murmuring Zhao Chenyu, waking him up from his drowsy dream. He shook his head slightly, and after waking up, he found himself in the tavern, lying in front of the drinking table.

The wine jug had been picked up by the servant, but the spilled wine not only soaked Zhao Chenyu's hands, but also wet a part of his clothes.

"It's not water, it's wine."

Zhao Chenyu murmured with some disappointment, while the servant continued to remind him.

"Mr. Zhao, we're almost closing. Why don't you come back tomorrow?"

"Closed? Is it that late already?"

Zhao Chenyu looked outside. The sky was still bright, but it was already a little dim. However, his consciousness seemed to be still in a dream.

Even imagination can only be released in dreams, and only in dreams can one dare to stand shoulder to shoulder with those outstanding people.
(End of this chapter)