The matter of the one hundred taels of silver came to nothing.

After seeing the power of books, Xiang Kun has already listed Chen Luo as one of the people who should not be provoked. Apart from beating up his son, everything else was as if nothing had happened. He neither visited Chen Luo nor went to recover the 100 taels of silver.

Xiang Kun is certainly no fool, as he was able to replace Liu Gang and become the confidant of the Nanjun prefect.

He knows who to mess with and who not to mess with.

Only Xiang Tao looked unwilling. He felt that his investment had just begun when it was stopped by his father, and his plan to become a hero in troubled times was aborted.

Life still goes on peacefully.

Half a month later, the Xiang family father and son, who had collected military rations, left Anning County. The small town, which had originally attracted little attention, became deserted after the departure of the Xiang family father and son.

Apart from teaching his two children, Chen Luo basically never goes out.

Time flies, and ten years pass in a flash.

Hongying and Wang Xiaohu have grown up. Hongying has grown into a graceful young girl. Wang Xiaohu has also grown into a big boy. Although he is not yet old, his physique is definitely enough. Growing up with Chen Luo, it is impossible that he has not learned anything.

On weekdays, when Chen Luo was resting, he would teach the two siblings some martial arts. These martial arts were taught to him by Ma Quezi when he was in Yue State. This ordinary boxing technique appeared in the two siblings again, which was also a wish of Chen Luo.

Both Yunniang and Hongniang have aged a little.

Crow's feet appeared at the corners of their eyes. Although they still looked young, their spirits were obviously not as good as before. The sequelae of fleeing famine gradually became apparent. Although Chen Luo had helped them recuperate, the loss of lifespan could not be made up later.

"Hongying is so lucky to be favored by Master Zhang."

Chen Luo, who was writing, suddenly heard a sound coming from the next yard. He spread his consciousness and saw Hongniang sitting beside the washing basin, chatting with a woman wearing a red flowered cotton jacket and rouge on her face.

"This is indeed a good thing, but I still need to ask Mr. Chen's opinion."

"Old Chen from the bookstore? Why ask him about this? It's the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. I've never heard of asking the old man next door." The woman looked at Hongniang with suspicion.

But he quickly reacted and the smile on his face turned into a gossipy one.

“Is it possible?”

"That's not something you can talk about."

Hongniang's expression suddenly turned serious.

"The master is a hermit master. It doesn't matter to me as a widow, but if I ruin his reputation, I will definitely feel bad."

"I understand."

The woman opposite immediately showed a look of understanding. At the same time, she couldn't help but glance at the bookstore where Chen Luo was.

This 'reclusive master' is very good at playing around. No wonder the two widows in the bookstore don't want to marry anyone. It turns out they already have someone!

Hongniang's face suddenly darkened.

But there was no way to talk about this matter any more. I could only remind the old lady again and again not to spread it.

After sending the people away, Hongniang turned around and went back to the house. After returning to the wooden door of the bookstore in the backyard, Hongniang stopped hesitantly. Unlike the people outside, Hongniang and her friends had seen Chen Luo's methods and knew that Chen Luo was not an ordinary person.

After a while, there was a knock on the door.

"gentlemen."

Matchmaker's voice sounded behind the door.

"Hongying is already at the age of getting married. Granny Sun came over just now to propose a marriage to her. It's with Young Master Zhang from the county magistrate's family."

Hongniang stood at the door and told Chen Luo what had happened.

Chen Luo listened quietly.

Life is full of different aspects.

He had never paid attention to these things before, but this time his spiritual power was excluded from the stars, allowing him to see many things he had never seen before. He remembered that a long time ago, when he had not yet cultivated immortals, his third uncle's greatest wish was to see him get married.

But after so many years, he almost forgot about it. The only time he got married and started a family was when he was in the inner demon calamity. Once the spiritual power was added, he would become that lonely cultivator again.

Longevity became his obsession.

When he suddenly heard Hongniang mention this matter, he suddenly reacted.

People like Hongying are different from him.

"He's a nice guy. I asked someone to find out about him. Hongying has met Master Zhang before, and they get along pretty well."

Hongniang told Chen Luo her ideas and the people introduced by Grandma Sun.

She herself didn't know why she asked Chen Luo.

Theoretically, Chen Luo was only Hongying's teacher and had no blood relationship with them. Even if she really wanted to marry Hongying off, she shouldn't have asked Chen Luo. But somehow, Hongniang wanted to hear Chen Luo's opinion.

"Does Hongying know?"

"I haven't had time to tell her yet."

Seeing Chen Luo speak, the matchmaker at the door breathed a sigh of relief. She herself didn't know why, they had been together for more than ten years, but every time she saw Chen Luo, she would subconsciously get nervous. Not only her, but also Wang Xiaohu's mother Yunniang was the same.

"Let her choose for herself."

Chen Luo walked to the door, opened it and said something to Hongniang.

In ten years, the number of books in Chen Luo's bookstore has reached nearly a thousand, and the number of pamphlets is close to ten thousand. There are more than a thousand brains in the external brain, and now there are more than six hundred, and there are only four hundred left to finish writing.

Chen Luo had a hunch that when he finished writing the lives of the more than a thousand brains in the external brain, the power isolated by the stars in the sky would be projected down, and this world would be completely opened up by him.

Today's bookstores are like a den of demons.

It's okay during the day, but once night falls, who knows how many strange book monsters will appear.

night.

Chen Luo stood at the window, looking at the bright moon in the sky. A cold wind blew, and a hint of chill penetrated his body.

Ten years later, Chen Luo found that his body had aged a bit. Just as he had guessed a long time ago, this body was indeed aging, and this process was irreversible.

He had a feeling.

If he cannot leave this world before the deadline, he may be left here forever and turn into dust like those ordinary people.

This change made him unable to tell whether the world behind the stone gate was real or illusory.

'It may also be a dead end.'

An idea suddenly popped up in an unknown brain among the external brains.

“True or false is in the mind, never waver.”

The second brother Zhao Qi's mind suddenly came up with this idea, but he suppressed it.

“It’s time for these books to come out.”

Chen Luo gathered his thoughts and made a decision in his heart. He originally wanted to finish writing all the more than a thousand brains in the external brain before releasing the book. Now it seems that while he is prying this world, this world is also affecting him.

It was as if somewhere he couldn't see, there was an invisible hand influencing his thoughts.

The thought that just popped up is the most intuitive expression.

Fortunately, he has a lot of brains and only affects one insignificant part of the overall situation.

Chen Luo left Anning County again.

This time he left quietly, and did not even attend Hongying's wedding. Like He Shimei, Hongying restrained her former fierceness after getting married and began to take care of her husband and children seriously. Chen Luo, the son of the county magistrate who married her, went to see her and found him to be a down-to-earth young man, and a good match for Hongying.

Another three years.

Wang Xiaohu also got a wife, who was also introduced by Granny Sun. Chen Luo still did not return, as if he had completely disappeared from this world.

Yunniang and Hongniang would still help him clean the bookstore as usual. All the tens of thousands of books originally stored in the bookstore were gone, leaving only rows of empty bookshelves.

'The gentleman may never come back.'

Every time Hongniang and Yunniang came to clean the bookstore, similar thoughts would flash through their minds.

Bishui County.

The place where the Liangjie Mountain is rumored to be.

Doctor Luo and Liu Gang came to this place after they left. After decades of exploration, they finally found the entrance to Liangjie Mountain. Since Liu Gang's defeat in the camp of the Nanjun governor, the Liu family has put almost all their energy here.

"Why do so many people suddenly appear?"

Liu Gang looked at the figure in the valley with bloodshot eyes, and he looked a little crazy. Doctor Luo beside him also lost his original momentum.

He was in his seventies, skinny, his clothes were tattered, and his hair was a mess.

"A talking turtle, a changing crow. I must be crazy."

Doctor Luo ignored Liu Gang beside him. He grabbed his straw-like hair and muttered to himself.

When they first found Liangjie Mountain, Liu Gang and Doctor Luo thought they had found their destiny as immortals. For this reason, they abandoned all the splendor and wealth of the mortal world and prepared to seek immortality here.

It’s a pity that ten years have passed.

The two of them have been traveling around the Liangjie Mountain for a full ten years!

The immortal has not been found yet.

Not to mention people, they haven't even seen anyone in the past ten years.

Liangjie Mountain seemed like an infinite world. No matter how hard they explored, they could not find the end. The road in the mountain was rugged. The two of them made countless marks, but every time they went to look for it, they saw a different road. The marks they left behind never appeared.

Until three years ago, they suddenly met someone here.

An alchemist named Du Jian!

At that time, the two were overjoyed, thinking they had found the immortal of Liangjie Mountain. They followed this immortal Du Jian to practice, and originally thought they had touched the threshold of immortality, but who knew that when they woke up, Liangjie Mountain was like a vegetable market, with a lot of people suddenly appearing.

The most exaggerated thing was that they actually saw a turtle walking upright and a crow covered with black hair in the crowd!

Snow.

Chen Luo stuck the shovel into the snow pile and pushed open the coffin in front of him. A stiff corpse appeared in front of him.

This man is Liu Gang's father.

Chen Luo has been in this world for so long, and he is the only person he has sensed who possesses "spiritual energy".

Chen Luo searched in the coffin for a while, and finally found an ancient book with yellowed pages in the wooden box under the corpse's head.

The title of the book is: The Demon God of the Valley. (End of this chapter)