It didn't take too long. Soon, the old Taoist drove the flying boat into the turtle shell.
Just as Bai Zhi had guessed, all the gathering places in the mountain and sea world are basically movable. The so-called "Millennium Taoist Sect" as the old Taoist said is hiding in this huge turtle shell.
Different from the gray tortoise shell on the outside, there is a different world inside the tortoise shell, where there is traffic, chickens and dogs hear each other, and there are fertile fields, beautiful ponds, mulberry trees, and bamboos, making it a paradise scene.
The only fly in the ointment is that although the environment here is much better than that in Tianqiu Valley, Bai Zhi and the others didn't see too many people all the way here.
Although there are endless sounds of chickens crowing and dogs barking below, there is not much popularity among them, and it looks particularly weird.
Regarding this strangeness, the old Taoist remained silent and just drove the slowed-down flying boat forward.
Tens of minutes later, the flying boat docked on a high mountain covered with bamboo forests, with waterfalls hanging next to it and filled with mist.
The landing of the flying boat startled a forest of bamboo birds, which rose into the sky amidst the chirping sound, and then returned to the forest.
—This is the image in the eyes of mountainside man Li and others when they came all the way.
But in Bai Zhi's eyes, everything in front of him had another strange style of painting.
The metal floors and houses, the mechanical dogs and chickens making noisy mechanical sounds, the verdant green bamboos are made of fine steel, and the black engine oil is billowing endlessly in the waterfall next to it.
Even the frightened flying birds are all plated with a metallic color. In other words, these flying birds can no longer be called flying birds, but should be called iron birds.
Metal, machinery, parts, gears?…
Everything around Bai Zhi is completely filled with this element.
The place where the old Taoist lives is a quiet courtyard. There is a clear lake in the courtyard. A maple tree stands in the wind beside the lake, and under the tree is a simple stone table.
As a gust of breeze blew by, red maple leaves fell with the wind and scattered one after another.
"What a hard leaf."
A few maple leaves that fell on his head almost hit him. Looking at the inexplicably heavy leaf in his hand, Phalaenopsis looked a little emotional.
"It is indeed a fairy home, even the leaves are so spiritual..."
Bai Zhi: "..."
Isn't that right? So many steel plates were smashed down...
"Excuse me, please rest here for a while. I'll prepare tea first. Please feel free to do so."
Putting the steel whisk in his hand, after saying these words to Bai Zhi and the others, the old Taoist went straight into the back room.
After the old Taoist left, the mountainside people Li and Phalaenopsis invariably set their sights on Bai Zhi.
"What do you want me to do? Just act accordingly."
Rolling his eyes, Bai Zhi took the lead and sat down in front of the stone table... or rather the iron table.
"Then you act based on my looks. Don't touch things you shouldn't touch, and don't drink things you shouldn't drink."
Due to some concerns in his heart, he did not choose to publish the abnormalities he observed... After all, there was no use in publishing them.
Until the reason is known, telling them both this is just asking for trouble.
"Okay... I thought the previous super city was the "Millennium Dao Sect". "
Phalaenopsis also sat at the table, looking resentful.
"Who would have thought that it would turn out to be in a turtle shell..."
"It's not a turtle, it's probably a spinner."
Looking at the metal fish swimming in the lake not far away, Bai Zhi answered casually.
""The Classic of Mountains and Seas" says: The strange water comes out of Yan, and flows eastward into the water of Xianyi. Among them are many mysterious turtles, which look like turtles and have the heads of birds and the tails of snakes. Their names are called whirling turtles, and their sounds are like wood. Wearing it will not make you deaf, it can be your foundation."
"Uh... how did you tell?"
Listening to Bai Zhi's story, Phalaenopsis was stunned.
"The spinner turtle has a black and red shell."
Bai Zhi's expression was concise and concise.
In preparation for this trip to the Mountains and Seas Realm, he had memorized the entire Classic of Mountains and Seas before. Not to mention memorizing it backwards and forwards, but in fact it was almost the same.
"… All right."
The corners of Phalaenopsis' mouth twitched slightly.
As for Hillside Man Li...he is pretending to be a sage/monk right now.
They were not kept waiting for too long. Only a few minutes later, the old Taoist walked out with a teapot and several tea bowls in his hands.
...and as expected, the metal teapot was filled with a black viscous liquid similar to motor oil.
However, Bai Zhi was not surprised by this.
After pushing the tea bowl in front of him aside, Bai Zhi, who had some considerations in mind, raised his head and looked at the mechanical Taoist in front of him.
"Let's be honest, why are you here specifically to come to us?"
"Huh... Aren't these people from this world?"
After picking up the tea bowl in front of him and taking a sip, the old Taoist showed a rare smile on his face.
"Including this one, I don't think they are from the pure land of mortals. If my guess is correct, some of them should be the legendary chosen ones. I wonder which world they come from?"
"The Chosen One...Why, in your Shanhai Realm, there is no so-called Chosen One?"
Looking at the mechanical Taoist in front of him, Bai Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly.
There are many kinds of titles for players, among which "the chosen one" is the most common one, so he is not surprised.
"It existed a long time ago, but since the "wave" reappeared, it has not appeared again for a long time. "
The old Taoist sighed in his mouth.
"I invite you here out of necessity, but I do have something important to entrust you with."
"Is it because of that super city outside?"
At this time, Phalaenopsis asked curiously.
"Is that super city the same place as your "Millennium Dao Sect"? "
"No, that city suddenly appeared just a few days ago. It was one of the foundations of my "Millennium Dao Sect" that continues to this day, but I didn't expect that it would cause such a huge disaster. "
When he said this, the old Taoist had a sad face.
"You have also seen the situation here along the way. If the crisis cannot be resolved, my "Millennium Dao Sect" will be destroyed in one day, and I will really be unable to see my ancestors. "
"...can you tell me in detail?"
After a moment of pondering, Bai Zhi reached out and knocked on the table.
"Since you have also guessed that we are from outside the world and are still seeking help from us, then we should be honest with each other... What do you think?"
"I'm sorry, what I just said is my original wish, but it is..."
Shaking his head, the Taoist did not continue talking, but changed the topic.
"That being the case, I will tell you the story from the beginning. In the distant past, the world of mountains and seas itself was not as desolate and bad as it is now. Instead, birds and beasts gathered in flocks, everything was intact, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and they were prosperous... But also I don’t know when it started, but someone started going crazy.”
"go Ape… ?"
"Yes, it was a chaotic utter madness."
The old Taoist sighed deeply.
"It would be fine if they were ordinary people, but those who fall into extreme madness are existences with powerful power. What is even more terrifying is that this kind of madness has no reason at all, and it continues to spread among those powerful people. It happened to people. At that time, the world was in chaos. It was the most chaotic era. I don’t know how many inheritances and pasts were completely lost in the chaotic history. At that time, the past could no longer be tested. When all the dust settled, the world It has become what it is now.”
"Then?"
Looking at the old Taoist in front of him, Bai Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly.
What the other party said was pretty much what he knew.
The severance of the Immortal Path was not something that could be accomplished overnight. No one could have imagined that after the war was won, such misery would come.
"Then? Then we discovered to our horror that cultivating immortals has gradually become a dead end."
The old Taoist showed a wry smile on his face.
"The higher the level of cultivation, the more terrible consequences will be caused, but in order to survive in this world, we actually have no choice. Buddhism still has the method of "Pure Land", but we Taoists want to To perform the art of "outdoor scene", immortal cultivation is an indispensable part, so we have to become immortals. "
"The art of "outdoor scene"..."
Bai Zhi reached out and touched his chin, with a thoughtful look on his face.
"That's right, the place we are in inside the turtle is built with the help of "exterior scenery". "
Looking up at the sky, the old Taoist let out a long sigh.
"However, the way of immortality is wrong. Immortals have fallen into the category of strange and chaotic gods and cannot be tolerated by the world. Therefore, every certain number of years, immortals who have a premonition that they are about to come to an end will leave everything behind and end it on their own. Things are passed down to future generations. The "Millennium Taoist Sect" has been passed down to my generation for thirty-two years. "
"this… "
Listening to the secrets of the past told by the old Taoist, Phalaenopsis couldn't help but be stunned.
The weird fairy is a very scary existence, this is what she knows in her heart.
After all, in the past, she was almost tortured to the point of death just because she was contaminated by a little bit of pollution from the corpse of a weird fairy, let alone a weird fairy
But here in the "Mountain and Sea Realm", the Immortals are the most selfless people. They become immortals for no other reason than to protect all living beings.
This was such an extremely strong contrast that for a moment, she didn't even know what to say.
"Amitabha."
Putting his palms together, Li from the mountainside chanted the Buddha's name in a low voice.
But compared to the two of them, Bai Zhi suddenly realized a fact.
"Wait, if you say that, wouldn't you..."
"Yes, I am the contemporary immortal of the Millennium Dao Sect. "
With a wry smile in his mouth, the old Taoist nodded.
"Tao number: Wuwei."
Volume 2 The Miracle of Improbable Probability: Chapter 1627 Chapter 701 The So-called Immortal of this World (6k)
As Taoist Wuwei said this sentence, the expressions of the mountainside people Li and Phalaenopsis changed.
Previously, a corpse of a strange immortal in Tianqiu Valley had brought them so much trouble, but now, a living immortal was sitting in front of them.
"Are you an immortal?"
Looking at the mechanical Taoist in front of him, Bai Zhi frowned slightly.
"But I remember that the bodies of weird immortals usually carry extremely strong pollution."
"Weird Fairy... This title is quite appropriate."
Taoist Wuwei nodded.
"It seems that you know us very well. Yes, as time goes by, we immortals in this world will accumulate countless filth and pollution, which will become more serious as time goes by, so existences like us are invisible People tend to live in solitary confinement.”
"But you are not contaminated now."
"This is why I want to help you."
Putting down the tea bowl in his hand, Taoist Wuwei sighed.
"You all saw it when I came here before. There was a dead silence in the "Millennium Dao Sect". There are millions of people in my "Millennium Dao Sect", but as of today, the number of people who are still active is not even worth a thousand. "
"Qianyu... what happened to the rest of them?"
Phalaenopsis couldn't help but ask.
"… They all became the living dead."
After a moment of hesitation, Taoist Wuwei gave what he thought was an appropriate answer.
"Uh... what do you mean living dead?"
Phalaenopsis suddenly found that she couldn't understand something.
"They are still alive, but they are also dead at the same time. As for what happened to them, I have no idea at all."
As he spoke, Taoist Wuwei flicked his sleeves to the side.