Xu Changqing then lived next to the thatched cottage.

Every day he went up the mountain to collect firewood and make charcoal to supply the old Taoist alchemy. Gradually, he became familiar with Qingfeng and Mingyue.

I know they are all orphans. They have been adopted by old Taoists since childhood. The man's name is Qingfeng and the woman's name is Mingyue.

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

Strangely enough, after grandpa arrived here, he basically didn't say a word, but allowed him to eat the food provided by the two Taoist children.

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

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

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

It seems that they also came to seek immortals and visit the Tao. They were all accepted as coolies by old Taoists. Among them, the girl "red baby" seems to have come prepared and brought several precious medicinal materials.

Xu Changqing seemed to hear a choking voice when he entered the furnace.

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

While the other party is happy, he will occasionally occupy the mountains and rocks and begin to speak 'Tao'!

Although some words don't match, are messy, vague and confused... They seem to be confused, but sometimes they do speak some real skills.

Grandpa asked him to listen to him often, saying that although there was no "way", it was good for "entering the Tao".

After several days of persistence, Xu Changqing even sorted out several talismans of nourishing nature, prolonging life, taking demons and arresting ghosts, which made Xu Changqing feel that his trip was worth it.

……

On this day, Xu Changqing piled up the firewood, saw the red skirt nearby, and heard a silver bell like laughter: "hee hee..."

"Red baby girl." He saluted slightly and said, "all the firewood is here today."

"Uh huh..."

Red baby casually swept the firewood pile and looked at Xu Changqing: "which family are you from? Why are you so early?"

"Which one?" Xu Changqing was stunned: "I'm not from any family. I just heard that there are reclusive practitioners in this mountain, so I came to look for them."

"Oh..."

Red baby promised with meaning: "no wonder... Your name is Xu Changqing? I'll call you xiaoqingzi later... Don't die so easily."

"What? Death?"

Xu Changqing was stunned, but he 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 sees that you have a magic weapon and comes to test..."

Sulu replied.

"Test? Test what?"

"I don't know. In a word, you have to take risks for a seeker! You have to be flexible."

……

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

"Bad..."

The old Taoist stared at the pill stove in front of him, and his face was ugly: "there is still a lack of one medicine, one main medicine. If this medicine is lost, it will fall short!"

Xu Changqing, the scholar, the young Taoist and Hongying were all there and asked, "what kind of medicine is it? We'll find it!"

"I'm short of a 'human medicine'!"

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

He was obviously not in the mood to preach.

The four men looked at each other and could only retreat.

The next day, before Xu Changqing came to the Danlu with charcoal, he was stunned to see the old Taoist dancing in front of the Danlu: "human medicine has arrived, my way has become!"

"Congratulations, Taoist priest."

His nose moved, and he did smell a specious fragrance of medicine. It was fragrant and fishy and sweet. He couldn't help congratulating him.

"Don't worry, everyone has a share in this furnace."

The old Taoist was in a good mood, made a promise, and ordered Qingfeng to send meals, but the bright moon disappeared.

The next day, the breeze disappeared, and the medicine fragrance in the Dan stove became stronger.

On the third day, the young Taoist also disappeared.

"This... What's going on? Grandpa!"

Xu Changqing looked at the red baby who was not in a hurry. Like the scholar surnamed Li who began to become a little worried and no one else, the crazy old Taoist in front of the Dan stove felt more and more wrong.

It seems that I have fallen into a nightmare and can't extricate myself.

"Don't sleep tonight. Just watch the scholar..." Sulu's voice came.

"Good!"

Xu Changqing reached into his arms, held the black phalanx and answered coldly.

……

Midnight.

In a makeshift cottage.

He deliberately pretended to sleep and slept beside the scholar surnamed Li.

All sounds are quiet, only insects.

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

silent!

There was a dead silence around!

A dark shadow walked slowly into the cottage with a sharp dagger in his hand.

He approached and pointed the dagger at the scholar.

"Drink!"

At the critical moment, Xu Changqing shot fiercely.

He punched the enemy on the wrist with a blade, and then flew up a foot, right in the center.

"Ah!"

The shadow fell to the ground with a hoarse cry of pain.

"It's you, old Taoist!"

Xu Changqing lit the oil lamp and unexpectedly saw the old Taoist with red eyes and crazy expression.

But it's too easy.

In the fight just now, the existence of "non-human" evaluated by grandpa is so vulnerable?

"Ah!"

The scholar woke up with a start. Seeing this scene, he shouted, "old Taoist... What are you going to do?"

"He's going to kill you!"

Xu Changqing responded coldly and saw the red baby's face outside the window.

She was sleepy and yawned: "young boy... You are really not a powerful person. You don't even know the 'origin' here. It's very noisy in the middle of the night."

"Hey, hey... He's going to kill!"

Xu Changqing looked at the back of Hongying when she went back to bed. She felt that she was either crazy or crazy in this world.

"Human medicine! Human medicine!"

The old Taoist was absent-minded and muttered this sentence.

"You monster."

Xu Changqing was so angry that he opened the furnace cover before carrying him to the Dan furnace.

Boom!

Under the red fire, several faces floated and sank in the Dan stove.

There is not only the young Taoist, but also the face of the breeze and the moon

"Ah!"

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

He was so frightened that tears ran down his eyes that he looked like he was going crazy.

"Demon! I can't spare you!"

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

……

The next morning, he called Hongying and the scholar at the edge of the red stove: "I'm going to send the scholar out of the mountain, Hongying girl, what about you?"

The red baby twisted her hair and said with a smile, "continue to do chores and refine pills!"

"Huh?"

Xu Changqing was surprised.

Immediately, something even more surprising happened to him.

The old Taoist came out of the thatched cottage with a lofty look. As always: "today's Alchemy, you go to find firewood!"

For a moment, a cold sweat spread all over Xu Changqing.