Mortal bone

"I've heard it."

Taiping nodded, and then said with fascination:

"Uncle Zhao at the entrance of the village said that there are immortals on Yunlu Mountain not far from our village. A few years ago, the snake demon in Qingshui Town was killed by the immortals on the mountain.

The old man laughed when he heard the words, and then asked:

"Then Taiping, do you want to be like those immortals, live forever, fly into the sky and escape from the earth?"

"I do, of course I do."

Little Taiping nodded without hesitation, but immediately scratched his head in embarrassment and smiled:

"But Uncle Zhao said that if you want to cultivate, you must have a natural spiritual bone. If you are a natural spiritual bone, your name will automatically appear on the fairy book. At that time, there will be a fairy who will come down the mountain to pick you up Cultivate on the mountain, otherwise you will not be able to cultivate immortality with a mere mortal bone."

It can be heard that Taiping's tone is actually somewhat disappointed.

"Peace..."

The old man hesitated for a moment, then looked at Taiping seriously, and asked in a low voice:

"If there is a chance that allows you to obtain immortality, but you have to risk your life, would you be willing?"

"Can I... get immortal status?"

Little Taiping was stunned at first, and then began to think seriously.

"Grandpa, if there is such an opportunity, I want to try it."

After a while, he raised his head and looked firmly at the old man on the bed.

"Why? That's life-threatening."

The old man stared at Xiao Taiping's clean eyes with a smile on his face.

"If I become a god, I will be able to help you cure your illness, Grandpa?"

Xiao Taiping replied with a matter of course.

The old man was startled when he heard the words, and then smiled again.

"Taiping, take...take it"

Then, he raised his hand vigorously, and handed a somewhat worn-out wooden box to Taiping's hand.

"grandfather?"

Taiping looked at the wooden box in his hand with some puzzlement.

As long as he can remember, grandpa has kept this wooden box very carefully, and no one will let anyone see it.

"Hit... open."

The old man said in a very difficult tone.

"it is good……"

Although he was a bit puzzled, Taiping nodded obediently and opened the wooden box.

After opening the wooden box, Little Taiping only saw a vermilion wax pill and an ordinary soybean seed inside.

"This red wax pill was given by a Taoist I met ten years ago. It is also called Spirit Bone Pill. After taking it, it can turn mortal bones into spirit bones, and make your name appear on the fairy book. "

Without waiting for Taiping to ask, the old man pointed to the red wax pill in the box and explained.

"There is such a fairy medicine in the world?"

The little boy Taiping had an unbelievable expression on his face.

"The world is so big and full of wonders, what is a spirit bone pill?"

The old man nodded seriously.

"Since this spiritual bone pill has such miraculous effects, why didn't you take it, Grandpa?"

Little Taiping suddenly thought of a question.

"The Taoist said that this spiritual bone pill must be taken by children between the ages of nine and 11 to be effective. When your grandfather and I got this spiritual bone pill, he was already sixty-three. Your father, second uncle, and third uncle , and have reached the age of forty, it is useless for me to obey."

The old man gave a wry smile.

It can be seen that he has regrets in his heart.

If it is possible, who would like to miss this fairy fate?

"Furthermore, after taking this spirit bone pill, the effect of the medicine is only half a year. If you can't cultivate the gas transformation state that the immortals say within half a year, you are a mere mortal, and you will be discovered by the sect, and your name will be changed." Excluded from the fairy book, at least one will be expelled from the mountain gate, at worst, the memory of the spirit and soul will be wiped out, and one will become a fool."

The old man then frowned.

Taiping was taken aback when he heard this.

But after thinking about it for a long time, he still nodded, looked at the old man earnestly and said:

"Grandpa, I still want to try."

In his opinion, when he entered the fairy gate and practiced fairy art, he would be able to heal grandpa's illness.

So worth the risk.

"it is good."

Seeing Taiping's determination, the old man nodded in satisfaction, then took the wax pill in his hand, peeled off the top layer of wax coat, and brought it to Little Taiping's mouth with his own hands:

"Eat."

Little Taiping didn't hesitate, and swallowed the spirit bone pill in one gulp.

After the elixir entered his stomach, Taiping only felt a warm current, like a warm hand caressing his whole body.

But other than that, nothing special.

"Is that... okay?"

Little Taiping asked the old man with a look of surprise.

"In a few days, a fairy from the mountain will come down to pick you up."

The old man smiled and nodded.

At this time, his expression was complicated, with both joy and worry in his heart.

Needless to say, he is delighted, Taiping is his favorite grandson, and he is naturally happy to be able to embark on the road of seeking immortals and asking questions.

And worry, because this road is bound to be extremely bumpy, Xiao Taiping may not even survive half a year, and will be expelled from the mountain gate, reduced to an idiot, and lived a miserable life.

"It's a long road to the world of mortals. If you don't experience all kinds of dangers in the world, how can Qionglou open the first line of heaven?"

The old man suddenly remembered the words that the old beggar said leisurely before he left.

Thinking of this, his eyes became firm again - "It is right to let Taiping walk on this road!"

"Grandpa, what's the use of this bean?"

Feeling a little apprehensive, Taiping suddenly picked up the soybean in the wooden box.

"This is also left by the old Taoist, but he didn't say the specific function. He only said that if one day you are destined to enter the fairy gate, you will use the spiritual soil in the mountain to plant this soybean. At that time, you will have another great opportunity ..."

The old man replied weakly.

"Cough cough cough..."

After saying this, he began to cough violently.

"Grandpa, drink some water and stop talking."

Taiping was a little worried and stepped forward to help the old man.

"Taiping... put away that bean... what grandpa told you tonight... can't... can't tell... tell anyone..."

The old man firmly grasped Little Taiping's wrist.

"Grandpa, don't worry, I won't tell anyone!"

Xiao Taiping nodded vigorously.

"Taiping, although you are wise early, the world is dangerous, so you must be extremely careful..."

At this time, the old man who coughed so much that his mouth was bleeding, suddenly embraced Xiao Taiping's shoulders with both hands, then stared at him firmly, and shouted loudly with all his strength:

"Taiping, grandpa has been looking for the fairy road all his life, but he was finally trapped by this mortal bone. You have to fight for your breath! For the mortal bones in this world, fight for your breath!"

After saying this, the old man froze and fell straight on the bed.

"Grandpa... Grandpa?"

Little Taiping felt a chill in his heart.

He stretched out his small hand tremblingly to the old man's nose, and found that the old man was no longer breathing, his eyes dimmed immediately.

"I... I don't have a grandfather..."

Little Taiping stood there in a daze, tears kept rolling in his eyes, and finally, he cried out with a "wow".

He didn't cry when his parents died a few years ago, he didn't cry when he rolled down the hillside while picking herbs, and he didn't cry when he was blocked by jackals at the entrance of the cave for several days and nights without eating or drinking.

Because he knows that he is not alone, he still has grandpa.

……

That night, little Taiping lost his grandfather.

That night, on the list of the Qingxuanmen Spirit Bone Monument on Yunlu Mountain, there was an extra name——Xu Taiping.

"In Qingniu Village at the foot of Yunlu Mountain, a young man named Xu Taiping gave birth to a spirit bone. He quickly notified the peak master of the Seventh Peak and asked him to send his disciples down the mountain to pick him up."

The elder guarding the spiritual bone tablet put a letter into the beak of a white crane in front of the door.

"Disciple obeys."

The white crane spit out human words, then stretched its wings and flew away.