C502 return
C502 return
Xiao Budian, no, it should be Kong Xuan who smiled and said: "Elder sister, I didn't do it on purpose. I was also tricked by this old man, if you want to blame, go blame him."
Shi Zhongyu was so angry that his beard was trembling, he was too lazy to bother with Kong Xuan.
After who knows how long, Liu Du woke up and found himself on the same bed.
He opened his eyes in a daze. At that moment, an old woman walked in and suddenly burst into tears. "My son, my son, you're finally awake. I'm so worried about you."
Liu Du was startled. She's my mother? Just as he was thinking of this, his mind trembled and an overwhelming amount of information surged over.
My name is Liu Du, I am from Qingzhou, and I only have one mother in my family. For the sake of the gold ranking, I studied hard for dozens of years, and finally obtained the title of High Scholar.
But why did it feel so weird? Liu Du struggled to get up from the bed.
His mother forcefully pushed him onto the bed. "You're not ready yet, so don't move. Lie down first."
Liu Du forced out a smile: "Mother, I'm fine."
His mother glared at him and left the house. Soon after, she brought him a bowl of porridge and said, "You're weak. Eat the porridge first."
Liu Du's tears couldn't help but fall down. He felt that he owed his mother too much, and hadn't even given her a day's worth of good life.
That night, Liu Du slept soundly. In his dreams, he dreamt of being his high school's top scholar.
As the days passed, Liu Du focused on studying.
In the three year competition, he was the top scholar in high school and had entered the imperial court as an official. He had finally allowed his mother to live a good life.
Thirty years later, he was already in the position of Prime Minister. Above one person, under ten thousand people, he suddenly felt bored and returned to his hometown.
When he left the capital, all his friends and family came to see him off.
Minister of Rites Gu Tian said, "Brother Liu, you are getting stronger and stronger, how can you just return to your homeland like that? Without you, the operation of the imperial court would have become a problem."
Liu Du stroked his white beard, and said: "Brother Gu, my mother is so sick, I must go back and take care of her." Although Liu Du brought his mother to his side after entering the imperial court, she quickly got tired of living in the capital and returned to her homeland. Liu Du tried to persuade her to stay but to no avail. He could only let her go, but it wasn't time for the important festival, he would definitely return to accompany his mother.
This time, once he heard that his mother was very ill, he returned to his hometown, and no matter how many times the Emperor tried to persuade him to stay, it was all to no avail.
Gu Tian said, "Since that's the case, Brother Liu, have a safe trip."
Liu Du left.
Not long after he returned to his homeland, his mother still could not bear it and finally died. He cried in front of his mother's grave for three days and three nights, and his hair completely turned white overnight.
On this day, he was taking a walk by the river when a man with a clear wind and a strong dao heart walked over.
That person said in surprise, "You should be from the same sect, how did you become a mortal?"
When Liu Du heard these words, a flash of inspiration struck his mind, as if something had cracked but he did not know what had happened.
It was night. Even after thinking for an entire night, he still did not have a clue.
This year, his homeland was flooded, and countless refugees were displaced. He used up all his wealth to fight the victims, but it was as if nothing had happened. For a moment, the land was filled with hunger and desolation.
Seeing the miserable state of the world, Liu Du pointed his finger at the sky and cursed. When he did that, the lightning bolts would strike him and just as it was about to hit him. Suddenly, he felt enlightened. The heaven and earth were heartless, and everything was grass. Suddenly, he remembered many things from the past. No, it was not the past, but the real existence.
This place is only an illusion. Yes, I'm going through a test.
Just as Liu Du was thinking about this, he suddenly opened his eyes.
The old man looked at Liu Du and was very surprised as well. He said joyfully: "Congratulations, you have passed the first stage."
Liu Du bowed towards Shi Zhongyu and said, "Thank you for fulfilling my wish."
Only Liu Du knew that in that fake world, although his cultivation did not increase, he gained more insights.
Shi Zhongyu smiled and continued, "There are two more tests. Do you still want to accept them?"
Zhao Yunyun looked at Liu Du curiously and said, "Liu Du, what did you experience in that illusion just now?"
Liu Du smiled without saying a word. Everything that he had experienced in his dream would become his fortune. He would cherish it well and keep it in his heart as a beautiful memory.
Kong Xuan teased from the side: "Master, did you experience happiness, anger, sorrow, and life in your dreams? That's why you don't dare to say it now."
What Kong Xuan said was right, Liu Du had indeed experienced all of these before.
It was this that further improved his enlightenment.
He looked at Shi Zhongyu seriously and said, "I am willing to accept the remaining two tests."
Shi Zhongyu looked at Liu Du and said, "You must think this through clearly. The remaining two tests will not be as easy to pass as the first.
Liu Du nodded, showing that he understood.
With a wave of Shi Zhongyu's hand, space crumbled and Liu Du was swept up by the spatial turbulence.
Zhao Yunyun's eyes were filled with worry, Kong Xuan laughed: It's fine, he will be fine, if anything happens to him, I will fight it out with this old fogey.
Kong Xuan couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, even though he looked like a child.
Shi Zhongyu laughed, "Kong Xuan, so many years have passed, and you're still as reckless as before. Even if you cultivate for a few more thousand years, you won't be my match. You should give up."
Kong Xuan glared at Shi Zhongyu angrily, "Old bastard, do you think I'm afraid of you? If you want to fight, then I will fight.
Shi Zhongyu did not bother with Kong Xuan anymore, and quietly stood by the side. The cool breeze blew his hair, and he looked like a master.
Kong Xuan didn't bother about it anymore and angrily walked to the side.
When he walked out covered in blood from the void turbulence, even Kong Xuan frowned. His master was really brave, he did not know where Shi Zhongyu was sending Liu Du to.
And the third test was heavenly tribulation. This heavenly tribulation was not like the other heavenly tribulation, in the heavenly tribulation, Liu Du had almost lost his soul and body. When he walked out covered in wounds, Zhao Yunyun's eyes turned red.
He smiled towards Zhao Yunyun: "Yunyun, I'm fine."
"Senior, I have already passed the three tests. Where is the other shore stone?" Liu Du passed the test and asked for the other side of the rock from the middle of the rock.
Shi Zhongyu laughed, "Look at your Cosmic Bag, isn't that one of them?"
Liu Du quickly went to check on the Cosmic Bag, and indeed he saw a rock that was glowing with a golden light.
Just as he was about to speak, he heard Shi Zhongyu say, "Originally, you were going to personally go get the Soul Devouring Flower, but this old man has a good relationship with the owner of the Flower, I think that this young man will take it for you, take care of yourself, this old man will go too!"
With that said, Shi Zhongyu's body slowly turned illusory, and finally disappeared.
Liu Du was startled. He had thought that he would need to retrieve the Soul Devouring Flower, but he didn't expect that even the Stone Center Jade would help him retrieve the Soul Devouring Flower.
Kong Xuan once again turned into a phoenix as the Spiritual Sense sent a sound transmission to Liu Du. "Master, we have obtained the things we need.
Since he had already collected all three items, Kong Xuan wanted to leave this place. The reason he had to recognize Liu Du as his master was actually because it wanted to leave the Bu Zhou Mountain. Of course, Liu Du saving it back then was also one of the very important reasons. From the day he was born, Kong Xuan knew that he couldn't leave the Bu Zhou Mountain unless a human cultivator entered this place, and he was willing to become their spirit beast before he could leave.
However, the Taoist Bai Yun did not know where he was. What should he do, that fellow was in a corner right now, he really could not just leave like that.
He said to Kong Xuan: "I still need to wait for someone. It's not good to leave like this."
Zhao Yunyun knew that the person Liu Du was talking about was Taoist Bai Yun, but she did not know where Taoist Bai Yun had gone to.
Kong Xuan said: "Master, there's no need to wait for him. He should be able to find the exit by himself, and there aren't any assassination attempts in the Bu Zhou Mountain. He probably left long ago."
Kong Xuan scouted and found that they had already left the Bu Zhou Mountain.
As for Taoist Bai Yun, he was originally going to look for Liu Du and the others, but was sent out of the Bu Zhou Mountain by a mysterious force.
Taoist Bai Yun muttered to himself, "I don't know when that evil fiend will come out. Damn it, if I had known earlier that I would bring a few women back, they would have worshipped me this much and willingly followed me out."
However, what he did not know was that if he dared to take even a single blade of grass or tree from the Bu Zhou Mountain with him, he would definitely be struck by lightning and killed.
"Ahh, it's my fault. We shouldn't have brought him in here. What kind of place is this? How can a person with his cultivation sealed enter here?" The Taoist Bai Yun thought.
Suddenly, he turned around and looked at Liu Du who had appeared in front of him with pleasant surprise.
He was pleasantly surprised, "You didn't die?"
A pile of black lines immediately appeared on Liu Du's forehead. He patted Taoist Bai Yun's shoulders and said, "If you didn't die, then how would I die?"
Taoist Bai Yun laughed: "Oh yes, have you obtained the thing yet?"
Liu Du said: "If you did not obtain it, then why would I come out? I did not ask you, where did you go to have fun?"
The Taoist Bai Yun revealed an embarrassed look and said: "Where can I go, I should just casually walk around."
He didn't dare to speak the truth, as who knew if this fiend would settle the score or not.
Liu Du understood clearly, but he did not point it out, and allowed Kong Xuan to return to his original form, carrying the rest of them as he flew.
Seeing Kong Xuan's true form, the Taoist Bai Yun immediately asked what it was. When Liu Du said it was the Phoenix, he almost fell off Kong Xuan's back. This fiend had actually subdued a phoenix. What sort of world was this? Why wasn't he so lucky?