A group of earth gods were summoned, and then they directly performed the method of moving mountains. It would be more accurate to say that they directly moved Qi Wuhuo, Chu Hongtu, and the land they were on away rather than escaping underground. This time, the young Taoist looked at the scene of escaping underground from a more bystander's attitude.

The scenery I saw was extremely mysterious. The earth veins were like qi, deep and heavy, brilliant and pure.

Chu Hongtu was clearly at the end of his life, and was also troubled, but it seemed to be his nature. Seeing this, he just widened his eyes and couldn't help laughing and exclaimed: "This is really an incredible scenery, hahahaha."

The young Taoist held up the little medicine spirit with his palm and let it lie on his palm. The little medicine spirit stared at the scenery with wide eyes.

Qi Wuhuo seemed to be thinking about something.

Water veins flow through all things in heaven and earth, just like the flow of Qi.

And this sedimented earth vein is like the [Qi] itself that has abandoned its flow and become even purer and thicker.

The young Taoist didn't need to cast a spell at this moment. He stretched out his hand to touch the vein of the earth, and felt the vein flowing between his fingers. The Qi in his body also changed slightly. The internal organs that were originally deficient seemed to have a faint trend of recovery. The young Taoist suddenly realized something -

Since various methods such as "Yuanshi Zuqi" and Beidi's Qi Refining Technique can solve one's own problems.

Then, the earth veins that possess the ability to [carry all things with great virtue], viewing this as Qi, may be able to repair the weakness and foundation problems of the internal organs by themselves. While the young Taoist was thinking, a strand of earth veins fell into his body, and then circulated around like his own Qi, and the injuries in his body actually felt slightly relieved.

The young Taoist was delighted and subconsciously circulated his Earth Qi even more.

In the past, he needed to control his innate Qi in order to use the orders of the earth god to perform this method of escaping underground.

Today, we need the help of these land gods.

I do have the energy and effort to try it.

However, when the young Taoist was thinking about trying, he suddenly heard a faintly familiar voice: "Huh?" The young Taoist raised his eyes and looked slightly into the distance, but he only saw the ground veins flowing. Chu Hongtu, who was staring at this magnificent scene with wide eyes, noticed the abnormality of the young Taoist and asked curiously: "Daoyou, what's wrong?"

The young Taoist said: "Nothing..."

Then he asked again: "Did you hear any sound?"

The God of Land laughed heartily, "Voice? You must be joking. We are transformed into something visible or invisible, and we move with the help of the earth veins. To some extent, this method of escaping underground is similar to the power of the altar. We are relying on the power of Hou Tu Huang Di Ji Niangniang, one of the Four Heavenly Emperors."

"It is said to be an earth vein, but in fact it is like the Qi of the Queen Mother Hou Tu."

"We, the gods of the earth, have to rely on the power of the empress every year, but we have never felt anything, nor heard any sound."

"Besides, this place is so deep that it is beyond words. It is so far away from the human world that it is almost like the underworld."

"Under the earth, everything is silent. Even the sound of the birth of all things cannot be heard."

The young Taoist smiled and did not continue talking about the matter.

I just don't know why, but I always feel that the surprised voice, with a gentle tone but with some surprise and smile, seems to be saying, Huh? It turns out to be you, little guy again?

The young Taoist priest always felt that he had heard this voice somewhere before, but it was very short and there was only one sound, and there seemed to be some special reason. His spiritual nature was obscured, so it was really difficult to tell who said it. The young Taoist priest recalled all the way but could not remember where he had heard this voice.

I just kept it in mind silently.

Many of the land gods are only equivalent to the means of the cultivator's innate Qi, but each of them has maintained the life of a land god in the mountains and rivers for hundreds of years, and has seen many interesting things. Chatting along the way is quite interesting and not boring. In half a day, they have traveled more than ten thousand miles and arrived in Hezhou. The air rose up in an instant and placed Qi Wuhuo and Chu Hongtu in front of the city.

After chatting for a few times, they said goodbye and went to chat and reminisce with the locals they were familiar with.

The old landowner bowed and said with a smile: "Master, please don't thank me anymore. Your sword saved the people. Although we can avoid disaster, we are also grateful for your kindness."

"It's just a small matter of moving things."

"It's just that we can't stay in Hezhou for long. From now on, you may have to go on your own."

"Thank you for your help."

"It should be. It should be."

The old landowner smiled and bowed. The five-foot-tall old man was holding a cane that was much taller than himself. He spun around on the spot. Only smoke and clouds were seen rising. In the blink of an eye, the old man had disappeared. No one knew where he had gone. The young Taoist turned around at this time and saw the city behind him and Chu Hongtu, who was dressed in a green shirt.

Seeing his eyes wide open as he looked at the city, the old man was already white-haired and had left the city for at least hundreds of years. He left home when he was young and returned when he was old, so he was naturally sad and nostalgic. The young Taoist was carrying a zither on his back. Since he carried the zither out of the underworld, he had put the sword box and other items into the jade pendant on his waist.

The jade pendant was refined by Ksitigarbha. According to legend, it can hold Mount Sumeru in a mustard seed and can accommodate things as large as a mountain.

Many treasures in the underworld are placed inside.

The young Taoist stood beside the old man and said, "Fellow Daoist Chu, let's go."

"Ah, um... okay."

Chu Hongtu looked at the city and suddenly said, "Fellow Taoist, do you have the documents for clearance?" The young Taoist shook his head. Chu Hongtu was about to say that he would use his magical powers to enter, but he saw Qi Wuhuo walking towards the city gate. Knowing that Qi Wuhuo must have something to rely on, he withdrew his gaze from the city gate, laughed loudly a few times, and followed him.

"Are there any documents?"

Qi Wuhuo shook his head and took out something that the King of Qin had given him at that time.

The soldier was startled and hurriedly went to call the city guard. After checking, he handed the token to him and said, "It turns out you are the chief professor of the Qin Palace. Please enter the city." The Qin Prince was a county prince, and the position of chief professor of the Qin Palace was an eighth-grade sinecure, but at least he was a rank official and could enter the city without the need for documents from local checkpoints.

Chu Hongtu smiled and said, "I never thought that fellow Taoist has an identity in the secular world."

The young Taoist said, "Identity is only external."

"The Taoist is me, and this so-called chief professor is also me."

"Please ask me for help."

"Buddhism saved me."

"That's all."

Chu Hongtu was startled for a moment, as if thinking of his own situation. He sighed for a long time and said, "Daoyou, you are right. It is indeed so..." He quickly recovered his composure and pointed to the road ahead, saying, "Come on, Daoyou, this is your first time in Hezhou, hahahaha, and let me lead the way for you."

"This main road goes straight through the entire city, and then branches out to both sides."

"There used to be a vendor selling braised beef in soy sauce here, and it tasted great. There used to be an old apricot tree there, and the apricot blossoms were extremely pretty in the spring. The apricots it produced were not the soft and mushy ones from Zhongzhou, but were crisp, sweet and sour. Hahaha, just imagining it makes my mouth taste good. It's a pity that winter has only just passed, and it will take some time for the flowers to bloom."

“When I was young, I loved riding horses here.”

The young Taoist raised his eyes.

When you were young?

At the beginning, Chu Hongtu said that he was young and from a poor family and lived in the countryside.

Of course, it is also possible that his youth refers to the time after he had mastered martial arts.

Chu Hongtu was very happy and took Qi Wuhuo to travel in the city of Hezhou. However, the braised beef shop he mentioned was no longer there and had become a pork shop. The place for drinking was also gone. Only the old tree was still there, but it was about to die. Its branches grew and twisted like a dragon, walking all the way down.

Chu Hongtu sat by the window in a restaurant, put the knife in his hand on the table, and said loudly: "Shopkeeper, I want two pounds of beef, a pot of wine, a serving of Xiaoyaozui, a bowl of Yunjiyue, and one or two plates of fashionable fruits and vegetables to fill our mouths." Although he has an elegant appearance, a refined temperament, and white hair in his old age, his behavior still shows the temperament of a chivalrous knight.

Immediately he turned the upside-down teacup over and poured tea into it, saying with a smile:

"Fellow Daoist, Xiaoyaozui and Yunjiyue are both rare delicacies here. You can't eat them outside of Hezhou anymore."

"Xiaoyaozui means good fish, which can only be cooked after being drunk with wine. Yunjiyue means good wild geese. It is said that wild geese can catch the moon by flying through the clouds, which is extremely rare. Only people in Hezhou like to eat these foods. They also like the original flavor of the ingredients. When cooking, they don't add too many heavy ingredients. They are just boiled in water and eaten with the ingredients. The taste is really unique. You will know when you try it later."

"This method is not difficult, but it takes a lot of effort to get it just right, and it is even more difficult if you want to add this ingredient."

“It’s only here.”

The shopkeeper came forward and said apologetically:

"This guest is an expert, but it's a pity that we can't make these two dishes here."

Chu Hongtu was startled and asked, "What? Even the No. 1 building in Hezhou City has fallen?"

The old man was a little embarrassed, and he said with a bow: "Sir, this cannot be said to be our decline. It is really because you, an old gourmet, are too good. The method of making Xiaoyaozui has been lost for nearly three hundred years. No matter how we restore it, we can't reproduce the taste of the past. As for Yun Zhuiyue..."

"The Cloud Chasing Goose has been missing for a long time. It is said that there is a giant black turtle that eats an entire mountain with one mouth."

“山都没了，这依山而活的追云雁自也是慢慢消失了，这菜也已失传了很久。”

楚鸿图脸上先前浮现出的欣喜渐渐消失不见，最后也只是剩下了怅然：“是如此吗……”那店家道歉数次之后才离开，楚鸿图捏着茶盏，神色怅然至极，道：“岁月苍然，白驹过隙，忽然而已，对于老夫来说三百年是一生，但是对于寻常人，似已足以一个家族起落，一道名菜失传……”

“所谓的世事变化，一路仗剑高歌，回过头来才发现，自己所行之路已尽数陌生风景，都说是尘世不变，可哪里能不变呢……我所怀念的这府城，也已经不再是我记忆之中那个府城了，这贺州属于这个时代的人，可是属于我的那个贺州，又在哪里呢？”

楚鸿图怅然。

从酒楼的高处往外看去，指着那不远处的一处湖泊，道：“我还记得，原本这里是一家姓吴的大世家，也是江湖之中的大家族，十里亭台楼阁，当年的我第一次出江湖，这里却偏偏在比武招亲，我当年年少自傲，也就踏上这里比武。”

“我的刀法果断，学自于山中老猿。”

“自觉可堪天下无敌。”

“偏偏她也在这里，也是年少，女扮男装，和一位老者同行。”

“似乎是见我在这里出风头不服气，也就按剑而起，非要和我比斗，当年我不是她的对手，那家伙的剑术生涩，似乎是没有见过血的，但是却又偏偏既纯粹又凌厉，我被打得战刀脱手，是用出在战场上的脱手刀，刀锋斩开她的发簪，发丝落下，绝美无比。”

“哈哈哈，吴家大小姐当年可是被气到了，明明参与了比武招亲，胜者却是个女子。”

“之后我们……”

楚鸿图微怔，终于意识到，自己所说的根本不是自己的经历。

但是那一切，那发生的一幕一幕却又无比的熟悉，真实得像是昨天才发生，自己被剑法压制的不甘心，还有那脱手一刀，少女青丝如瀑，双目瞪大的一幕时，心脏几乎骤停的感觉，和吴家大小姐的游历江湖，真实得让他几乎要落下泪来。

就像是一场大梦，却忽然回忆起来过去的碎片。

“我，这，这不是我的经历……”

“可是为何，为何我会记得，我会如此痛苦。”

少年道人刹那之间出现在楚鸿图的背后，抬手按住他的肩膀，先天一炁压制，楚鸿图许久才缓过神来，双目微微泛红，道：“道友，我，我想要出城去，去看看我最想要去的地方……”

“嗯。”

等到了店家上菜的时候，这里已经无人，只剩下了些许的银子。

齐无惑此刻和楚鸿图并行，后者似乎对于御风之术极有心得和造诣，在御风之术上，几乎不逊于真人，少年道人自他这里得到了些建议，于是御风之时更为从容，终于不再是在中州炼阳观时那样的粗糙，有了三两分风的无拘无束。

一路前行，站在了山上，见到了远远山下的一处城镇，颇为繁华。

“就是这里了……”

“不知道为何，我那些不知是真是假的记忆里面，就这里极为清晰。”

楚鸿图呢喃，少年道人背着琴，也随着那迈步往前的楚鸿图，就连药灵和小孔雀，此刻都似乎是感觉到了什么，变得安静许多，少年道人双鬓斑白，看着楚鸿图似乎梦呓般地行走在这城镇之中，道：“奇怪……，我的记忆之中，这里只是一个村子而已。”

“一两百年的时间会变成这么大的城池吗？”

“道友记忆里面，这里发生了什么吗？”

楚鸿图安静许久，道：“我记得，我是和她游历在这里的，还有吴家的姑娘，当年我们是追杀一尊炼血为神通的魔头，后来又遇到了灾劫，那里的火山喷发了，我当时，我当时……”

他捂着额头，隐隐抽痛。

脑海之中浮现出的画面，是自己拥抱了那少女，而后将她击昏，交给了吴家那位大小姐，然后让她立刻回到村子里，最好能够带着村子里的人迅速转移，那位柔美的吴家少女双目含泪询问自己要做什么？

“我？”

“大丈夫行事，唯独行侠仗义而已。”

记忆之中的自己放声大笑，放走了自己的战马，而后飞腾而起来，仗刀奔赴火山熔岩，长刀横栏，刀锋森然若雪，直接劈斩而去，炽烈的火焰，生死交锋，楚鸿图抬手捂着额头，额头微微**，在记忆之中自己拼死了那魔头，可是火山难以阻拦。

于是选择自毁道基，为苍生斩出一刀。

那是当年那已证真人之境的自己，最强最灿烂的一刀。

刀锋直接拦住了那恐怖熔岩。

记忆画面奔走如洪流，楚鸿图呢喃道：

“我，我……我记不得，我好像，拦住了这里的火山之灾？”

旁边有老人见到外人来此，本是好奇，闻言却是大笑起来，道：“噫？老哥你是不是看书多了，得了癔症，还是做大梦呢？咱们这儿虽然说是有过这么一段传说，但是那可已经是八九百年前的事情了啊。”

“咱们可是为当年的英雄立了碑的。”

“碑？”

“是啊，就在那儿呢。”

顺着老者所指的方向，看到了一座石碑，楚鸿图脚步踉跄走过去，伸出手抚摸碑文，岁月的苍茫，使得这些文字已经变得模糊，但是仍旧大致可以辨认——【时有灾劫，天地大变，吐火若流光，有豪雄按刀，以一人之力，横栏山前，搜山所见，已是濒死，是故每逢灾厄，当有雄杰出】

【其为贺州府城人士，自言年少桀骜，纵马于大道之上，曾入军中，官拜骑都尉】

【后遇道侣，游行天下，行侠仗义】

楚鸿图双目不觉泛红，泪流满面。

记忆之中的自己以手指弹刀，鲜衣怒马，放声长笑：

“天下风云出我辈，一入江湖岁月催。”

“鸿图霸业谈笑中，不胜人生一场醉。”

手指拂过，看到石碑最后的文字，其名，楚鸿图。

妻·妙。

一模一样的名字，楚鸿图如遭雷霆，许久不曾言语，不觉已泪流满面。

少年道人道：“你，记起来了吗？”楚鸿图摇头呢喃：“那是我，那是我经历的事情……但是我只记得那一些，那真的是我吗？若是我，为何我始终记不起来，若不是我，为何此心，痛如刀绞。”

他双目泛红，少年道人沉默许久，道：“我或许有办法，但是，那要付出代价。”

少年道人五指微微张开，一朵墨色之草浮现在掌心，散发出淡淡的灵韵，旋即又取出了一个杯盏，里面有透明之水，双鬓已白的少年道：“这是断肠草，服下之后，可令前尘往事，尽数回忆起来，但是代价是，你的寿数将会只剩下三天。”

“而这……是忘情水。”

“服下它，这些量不至于让你忘却一切，却足以让你忘记这些让你怀疑自己的记忆，忘记这些东西，重新恢复平静，亦或者，二者都不要，仍旧保持现状。”少年道人右手收回，让这两件宝物悬浮虚空，三生石需要对魂魄发挥作用，那是死者前往奈何桥边观看的东西。

楚鸿图呢喃：“我，我选择……”

少年道人忽而感觉到了虚空之中的凝滞，有过经历的他已知道了这是玉妙师姐特有的手段，心境通明，右手叩剑，毫不犹豫，猛地横拦，他的实力远远逊色于玉妙，但是他预判到了此刻心境失衡的师姐会做什么。

灿烂明净的剑光逼近。

招式玄妙无边。

少年道人提前预判，掌中之剑以相同，但是精妙似乎更甚一筹的剑招阻拦。

恢弘之剑光，哪怕只是打算擒拿这少年道人，哪怕顾及到了周围的普通人收敛了大部分力量，却也不会是齐无惑能够阻拦的威能，但是剑光接触到了这剑鞘之上的淡淡流光，却忽而散去大半力道——

天河弱水，仙神不可踱步，飞羽不能横加。

哗啦声中，少年道人脚踏八卦行势，身子偏转卸力，袖袍如水云鼓**，剑鞘在下一刻崩塌，但是却未曾湮灭，而是化作了奔走的黄泉，黄泉冰冷，行走于十八层幽冥，容纳苍生之执念，于是那一道剑光所携带的仙人剑意被黄泉吞灭。

黄泉奔走，水流悬在虚空，冰冷。

少年道人的道袍翻卷翩飞。

黄泉便盘旋在少年身边，簇拥着他袖袍的水云纹清晰若真实，顺势而转，血剑已出，纯粹剑招之上的精妙，得到大道君指点的少年道人硬生生将地仙一剑破去，血剑按着一柄寻常之剑，令其抵着地面，而黄泉之水盘旋于身周，只在瞬息重新落在剑身上，化作了剑鞘。

一剑一拦，只在转瞬，兔起鹘落。

玉妙已现身。

少年道人看着眼前的眼眶微红的少女，还是按住了剑。

本来是来还因果，但是他没有想到，自己会站在师姐的面前。

“师……”

The young Taoist paused and said, "Daoyou, this time, please wait and see what he chooses."

Yu Miao held the sword and said, "Since you follow the Taoist's idea of ​​non-action, why are you stopping me?"

The young Taoist said: "Do nothing to follow the wishes of all living beings."

"But there is nothing I can't do."

"Do everything to protect the people."

"Doing nothing means doing everything. It is the cycle of one thought. One cannot use force to put one's will above all others. Everything should follow the thoughts of the living beings and move according to their original thoughts. This is doing nothing. But if one encounters something unfair, one should not draw the sword for one's own desires, then one can do everything."

"It is up to him to decide how to choose, fellow Taoist."

Two Taoists from the same sect looked at each other, and the young Taoist used the sword in his hand to block Yu Miao's sword.

Behind him, Chu Hongtu glanced at Yu Miao with the same determination as he had back then.

Swallowed the herb.