The old village chief looked at the three of them and said, "Why are you asking these questions? If you want to find someone or a place, just ask your parents to find them when you return home."
Hao'er's eyes flashed, and he said, "I heard from my mother before that there are immortals in the Phoenix Dynasty who practice Taoism, and that the ghost doctor is a very powerful person, so I am very curious."
"Immortal? Hahahaha." The old man smiled and stroked his beard, then he shook his head and looked at the three of them, saying, "You are just children. Where are the immortals in this world? They are all legends."
The three children were startled, their hearts tensed, and they felt a little uneasy. Yue'er said, "But, there really are immortals! My mother said so!" She insisted that there were immortals, and her beautiful eyes looked at him nervously.
"Hehe, that must be your mother trying to fool you. Immortals, that's a legend. I have lived for most of my life, and I have been to many places when I was young, but I have never heard of the existence of immortals. Those are all stories, legends, and lies." The old village chief smiled and waved his hands.
"What the village chief means is that there are no immortals in Jian'an Kingdom?" Hao'er looked at him and secretly clenched her hands.
"Haha, that's natural. If there were immortals, there would be no birth, aging, sickness and death." The village chief smiled and said, "You kids don't understand. If there were immortals in this world, no one would want to die, and everyone would want to become an immortal. Tell me, is this still a world of order?"
He stroked his beard and smiled, saying, "I've lived to this age. What immortals? They have never appeared. I just heard those people make up stories and say they are some legends passed down. In fact, there are no immortals in this world. There are none."
The three children didn't say anything, but just looked at each other, feeling a little uncomfortable. Is there no immortal cultivator in this place? Then can their parents find them? How can they go back
"Okay, okay! You guys, go take a bath and have a good rest, and stay here for a few days first! In a few days, the village will transport some firewood to the town to sell, and you can go with them in the donkey cart, so you don't have to walk." The old village chief smiled and stood up. He found it funny to hear the three children talking about immortals who practiced Taoism.
If there were immortals in this world, everyone would want to become one. However, immortals are just legends, and no one has ever seen one...
As soon as the old village chief left, two chubby little boys of seven or eight years old came up to them and looked at them curiously: "Are there really immortals? We have never heard our grandfather tell stories about immortals. What do immortals look like? Have you ever seen one?"
Hao'er and the other two looked at each other, stood up, and said, "We are going to take a shower and go to bed."
At night, the three children lay on a big bed. None of them could sleep. They stared at the dark ceiling with their eyes open. Yue'er tossed and turned. She couldn't help but sit up and whispered in a soft voice, "Brother, brother, why did the village chief say there are no immortals? Can we go back to find our parents? Can we go home?"
Mu Chen also sat up and said, "Obviously it exists, but they have never seen it."