Chapter Forty-two: The Three Set Out Again

  I nodded and said I was. At this time, the Nine Springs Taoist shook his head in disbelief and said to me: "It's really unbelievable, a dead man has come back to life again. How strange."

  "What do you mean, Ninth Uncle?" Little Rong asked.

  Neither of them knew about this matter, and I hadn't had a chance to mention my death to Xiaoyu yet. As for the Nine Springs Taoist, he wouldn't know either. The person who saved me was actually his disciple, Tang Bingxue.

  The Jiuquan Daoist smiled and said, "Nothing, it's just that I had a brief encounter with this young man back then, but his three souls and seven spirits were all gone. Now he's standing in front of me again. In my over 200 years of roaming the world, I've never encountered such a thing."

  Xiao Rou was taken aback for a moment, looked at me, but didn't continue to ask me. I guess it's because Jiuquan Daoist is present, because I'm clear in my heart, although Xiao Rou calls him "Bo Bo", this is all superficial, these two people are not the kind of relationship imagined. As for why Jiuquan Daoist appeared here to save Xiao Rou, I don't know.

  "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. The world is vast and full of wonders. Now that the sky has brightened up, you should hurry to Fengmen Village. I have something to attend to, so I'll leave first." As he spoke, Jiuchuan Daoist flicked his sleeve with a flourish.

  "Hold on, Daozhang!" I stopped him at this moment.

  "Anything else?"

  "I want to know where you've taken those vengeful spirits from Yin Yi Town?" I couldn't keep the words bottled up inside me, and earlier during the fight, I was a bit far away, so I wasn't even sure if there were any of those ghosts from Yin Yi Town among them.

  At that time, the Jiuchuan Daoist was taken aback, furrowed his brow and said to me: "Those ghosts, I have given them salvation, after some days, they will be reincarnated into one of the six paths."

  "Is it true?" I asked further.

  The Jiuquan Taoist smiled and said: "You little kid, at my age, how could I deceive you?"

  Although he said so, I still don't believe it. In my heart, a concept has already been formed - that is, he has raised those ghosts in the hidden town. I wanted to ask him something else, but Xiaoyu pulled my arm.

  And he seemed unwilling to listen to me continue speaking, put the duster in his sleeve and started walking away...

  When he left, I was stunned too. His feet seemed to be floating in the air, about 5-6 cm above the ground. Xiao Rou's expression was okay, but my eyes and Mo Jing Xiu's were not the same. After his line of sight disappeared from our view, Mo Jing Xiu and I said in unison: "Is he still human?"

  Perhaps in our hearts there is a concept that people must stick their feet to the ground and walk, those floating things are no longer considered human.

  Xiao Rou said to us: "Jiuquan Daoist has lived in the mortal world for over 200 years, cultivating Taoist techniques. He has reached a state of transcendence and is able to summon ghosts. The technique of flying through the air is too simple for him. What we saw earlier was only one-third of his true abilities."

  "What?" The eyes of the sunglasses-wearing man nearly popped out. "That means that old man could have caught that ghost general just now?"

  "Uh-huh!" Xiao Rou nodded and said to Mo Jing Xia, "Yes, Chen Sheng Ge, he has the ability to capture the ghost general."

  "But why didn't he catch it instead of letting it escape, and what's with the blood in his mouth?" I looked at Xiaorou with a face full of question marks.

  Xiao Rou shook her head and said to us, "I've been puzzled about this too. What is he thinking? What benefit does he get from releasing the ghost?" She then turned to me and asked, "By the way, earlier Jiuquan Daoist said you had already died once. What's going on with that?"

  "It's like this, I forgot to tell you that day after you left. I was planning to head towards Fengmen Village, but...". I told Xiaoyu about my experiences before and after I died.

  After listening, Xiaorou asked excitedly: "Are you talking about Tang Yinxue? The Tang Yinxue who always holds a peach wood sword in her hand?"

  Seeing her so happy, I was a bit stunned. Could it be that the two of them were old acquaintances? I replied: "Yes, it's her. She has also saved my life many times, just like you. But she said she is a disciple of the Jiǔquán Daoist."

  "That's just it, she's not wrong, really didn't think that we actually have a pretty good fate, I haven't seen her for two years either, and I'm a bit like her."

  "Black Glasses Hero rolled his eyes and said, 'This wild girl, what's there to think about? Two years ago, she bit me on the arm and it still has a mark now. Don't believe me? Take a look.'"

  While speaking, the sunglasses knight also rolled up his sleeves. I can tell from Tang Bingxue's bite on the sunglasses knight that these people were old acquaintances. But why do I feel so unwell in my heart? Is it because Tang Bingxue bit the sunglasses knight and I'm jealous?

  "It seems that way, and it can be determined that Little Dragon is not an ordinary person. Who knows, maybe he will also embark on the path of cultivation in the future."

  "Me?" I was stunned at that moment, pointing at myself with my hand.

  "Really, don't you want to cultivate the Tao?" Xiao Rou looked at me with her beautiful big eyes, and of course, her tone was very gentle. It felt very delicate!

  "Of course I'm willing, I'm extremely willing, I'm a hundred times willing." As I spoke, I was so excited that I couldn't contain myself. What Xiaoyu said was something I had been dreaming of, and after being saved by two girls for so many days, I was ashamed to death, especially after seeing the magical powers of Mojing Xiang and Jiuchuan Daoshi, which further solidified my aspirations.

  "But can I really do it? Can you and Big Brother Mo teach me?"

  The sunglasses hero took off his sunglasses at this time, put them in his pocket, patted my shoulder and said: "Brother, you'd better think about whether you can survive or not. The nine-tailed demon fox is about to come out, and your heart demon, as well as that Wang Xiaoya, haven't even started yet. I reckon you'll have to go drink soup at the Naihe Bridge."

  When I heard this, my heart sank. The words of the Ink Glasses Hero were all true. At this time, Xiaoyu stretched out her hand and held mine, saying: "Since you've already died once, the following days shouldn't be fatal, and remember what I said, you're different from others, so look on the bright side."

  I still looked unhappy, so Little Rou quietly kicked the Sunglasses Knight with her foot. Although she was very careful, I still discovered it. The Sunglasses Knight smiled at me and said: "Yes, Little Rou is right. I see that you have a surprising skeleton, born with an arrogant bone, and in the future, you will definitely surpass Old Man Jiuquan."

  "Alright then, if I can live, I absolutely won't die, to repay the kindness you've shown me in saving my life." I seem to have given these two people some confidence.

  "That's good, no need for revenge then. As for that big turtle, it'll still be a lot of trouble for you." The sunglasses-wearing hero said with a smile.

  "Alright, let me take care of that big turtle next."

  Xiao Rou tried to stop me, but I had already run towards the giant turtle's direction. Actually, I knew that Mo Jing Xia was just joking with me. But I still followed his lead because I felt like I owed him one. On the way, the two of them kept helping me out, especially Xiao Rou, who even pulled the giant turtle from the front. The scene looked quite comical to me, and it reminded me of movies and books featuring beautiful women, but this was my first time seeing a beautiful woman with a turtle. If my phone hadn't run out of battery, I would have definitely taken a photo.

  Like this, the three of us continued to walk side by side. Since the ghosts were chased away, the eerie atmosphere dissipated a lot and instead, we had more sunshine. This suddenly improved our mood greatly, especially Mò Jiàng Xiá (Ink Glasses Hero), whose occasional jokes made me and Xiao Rou laugh so hard that we almost fell down holding our bellies. This state instantly pulled us from the realm of horror to joy.

  I asked the Sunglasses Knight if his humor was innate or acquired. He responded in a serious tone, saying that eight or nine out of ten things in life are unsatisfactory, but he turns those bad things into good ones, so there's absolutely no dissatisfaction in life. I'm the Sunglasses Knight, and I speak for myself. As he spoke, he even made a pair of scissors with his hands, and at that moment, I almost burst out laughing.