It was dark. In the courtyard sat a skinny old man in a tattered Taoist robe, looking very slovenly. He held a pipe in his hand, with smoke rings curling up. The flickering fireworks illuminated his old face.
The reason why Ling Xiao was surprised was that this skinny old man was the old man who set up a stall to sell Soul-Breaking Stone when he entered Tianshen City.
"You came?"
The skinny old man glanced at Ling Xiao indifferently, and a gleam of light appeared in his turbid eyes, as if he was not at all surprised that Ling Xiao would come.
"You knew I was coming here?"
Ling Xiao was slightly surprised.
The skinny old man said slowly: "Come in and talk!"
Ling Xiao, Old Sheep and others walked into the courtyard. It was a courtyard that looked very ordinary. Smoke was rising from the kitchen. A little girl who looked eight or nine years old, with her face covered in dust, was putting rice into the pot, lighting the fire with great effort, and cooking.
Soon, a faint aroma of rice wafted out.
"Young man, I want to talk to you alone, how about that?"
The skinny old man glanced at Ling Xiao and said lightly.
"good!"
Ling Xiao took a deep look at the skinny old man, and did not sense any malice from him, and the old man gave him a very familiar feeling.
"Ling Xiao, this old guy is not simple, you should be careful, we are waiting for you outside!"
The unscrupulous Taoist looked at the skinny old man with some fear and spoke slowly.
"Do not worry!"
Ling Xiao gave them a reassuring look.
Although Old Goat, Moon Goddess and others didn't know why Ling Xiao came to this small courtyard, they didn't ask much and went to the outside of the courtyard one after another.
The old man waved his hand, and a mysterious barrier suddenly enveloped the courtyard, isolating their breath and sounds.
"You are Ling Xiao, right? I didn't expect to offend the Nantian family as soon as I arrived in Tianshen City. Not bad, not bad!"
The skinny old man raised his head and glanced at Ling Xiao, with a hint of tenderness in his cold eyes.
"Does the old man have a grudge against the Nantian family?"
Ling Xiao's eyes moved. He could feel the fluctuation and anger in the skinny old man's voice when he mentioned the Nantian Family.
Moreover, although the skinny old man in front of him had an unfathomable aura, Ling Xiao could still feel that the skinny old man was seriously injured, like a candle in the wind, as if something was eroding his vitality.
A seriously injured old man, with a little girl of eight or nine years old, lived in seclusion in Tianshen City, selling some Soul-Breaking Stones from time to time. It looked very strange no matter how you looked at it.
"Have a grudge? Hehe, you're right, I have a blood feud with the Nantian family!"
The skinny old man said lightly, a trace of ripples flashed in his eyes, but his voice was calm.
"Ling Xiao, I know why you are here. You came here to look for the ancient stone, right?"
The skinny old man smiled and changed the subject.
"How did the old man know that I was looking for the ancient stone?"
Ling Xiao smiled faintly. He became a little curious about the identity of this old man.
"If I'm not mistaken, your gambling stone technique is not strong, or even you don't know any gambling stone technique. It's just because you have a treasure that can sense ancient stones, so you can cut out the treasure, right?"
The old man stood up, looked at Ling Xiao and spoke slowly.
There was a gleam of light in Ling Xiao's eyes. He saw that in the old man's turbid eyes, there seemed to be a hint of mysterious purple air, intertwined with Taoism, and hidden Taoist rhyme. It was exactly the same as the way Nan Tianzun looked at him, but there was something different.
"You also know the Purple Air Spiritual Technique?"
Ling Xiao's eyes flashed, and he suddenly thought of a family in the God of War Continent.
Ten thousand years ago in the God of War Continent, there was a great Feng Shui family named the Li family. Every member of the Li family was a Feng Shui master, specializing in the art of Feng Shui, finding dragon points, and gaining insight into the secrets of heaven. They were extremely mysterious.
It's just that the lineage of Feng Shui masters is said to have suffered divine punishment, and the strongest person in the sect is only half-step to the Supreme, and there is no way to prove the Supreme. The Li family's Shaking Dragon Sutra is famous all over the world. The Li family is on good terms with many martial arts holy places, and the Feng Shui masters of the Li family are also treated as guests of honor.
In Ling Xiao's previous life, he had a lot of dealings with the Li family. He once asked the Feng Shui master of the Li family to determine the dragon veins for Changsheng Mountain. He also had some understanding of the Hanlong Sutra, which is an unparalleled classic for comprehending the way of heaven and earth, Feng Shui, and the principles of yin and yang.
The magic of the Purple Qi Spiritual Art made it easy for Ling Xiao to associate it with the Dragon Shaking Sutra.
"What I know is not the Purple Air Spiritual Art, but the Universal Feng Shui Art!"
The old man said lightly, with a hint of self-mockery on his lips.
"Young man, let me tell you a story!"
The old man spoke calmly, as if he treated Ling Xiao as an old friend. Without any guard, he began to tell the story slowly.
“Two thousand years ago, Li Chunfeng and Nan Tianjue were good friends. Together they tried to comprehend the secrets of martial arts, hoping to uncover the greatest secret of becoming a god for countless years!
Li Chunfeng used the family's supreme secret book to comprehend two major secret techniques. If combined with the supreme secret book, he would be able to break through the pinnacle of martial arts, achieve the supreme god, and obtain eternal immortality!
Li Chunfeng was completely unreserved towards Nan Tianjue and even taught him the Supreme Secret Book. However, in order to keep the Supreme Secret Book and the two secret techniques for himself, Nan Tianjue decided to kill Li Chunfeng and steal the techniques!
Nan Tianjue's cultivation was very strong, so strong that Li Chunfeng was no match for him, and he did not expect Nan Tianjue to attack him! As a result, one of the two secret techniques was snatched away by Nan Tianjue, and Nan Tianjue even madly slaughtered Li Chunfeng's family...
Later, Li Chunfeng faked his death using a supreme secret technique to escape, but for countless years, Nan Tianjue still did not give up his determination to find another great secret technique!
Because only when the two great secret arts are combined, plus the supreme secret book of the Li Chunfeng family, can the secret of becoming a god be unlocked! Therefore, the Li family also suffered ruthless suppression from Nan Tianjue, and many members of the family were captured, and their souls were extracted and refined, just to find the whereabouts of the other great secret art... "
The skinny old man spoke slowly, his voice was very calm, but Ling Xiao could already see a hint of sadness and anger in the skinny old man's eyes.
When the skinny old man finished his story, Ling Xiao sighed and said, "The Nan Tian Jue you mentioned should be the current patriarch of the Nan Tian family, and the grandfather of Nan Tianzun, right? And Li Chunfeng is you, father-in-law! I didn't expect that the Li family, a Feng Shui family with a long history, would also suffer such a catastrophe!"
Ling Xiao felt very emotional. In his previous life, he had a lot of interactions with the Li family. The Li family also sent a Feng Shui master to participate in the design of the dragon vein of the Changsheng Gate. It can be said that the entire Eight Wildernesses has the hand of the Li family.
The reason why Ling Xiao can mobilize the power of dragon veins in the eight ancient countries of the Eight Wildernesses is inseparable from the Li family.
(End of this chapter)