Chapter 358 Early Autumn Gardenia
In the Huangshan Taoist Palace.
Xu Xiaoli, who is already over 50 years old, became the second Palace Master of Huangshan Daojun Palace three years ago under the guidance of Fang Yi's incarnation.
She has been practicing under the guidance of Tieguai Li's incarnation for many years, and with the traces of the spirit-summoning technique imprinted in her soul by Fang Yi, her practice has increased day by day. At present, the limit of her physical endurance is that she can borrow power from Fang Yi to a level roughly equivalent to the beginning of the third transformation of "Mr. Chen's Inner Alchemy Technique".
In other words, if Xu Xiaoli used the borrowed power to exert her full strength, she could probably destroy an area within a radius of one kilometer.
Such powerful strength is rare among humans, so there is no problem in becoming a native.
But at this moment, standing under the Golden Building and looking up at the huge space battleships in the sky that were as big as dragons, Xu Xiaoli felt a sense of powerlessness.
"Brother, what are you thinking about?"
A young man's voice came from behind.
Xu Xiaoli, who was wearing a Taoist robe, knew without even turning her head that the person speaking was her master's third disciple, Li Shiyuan.
Originally, Fang Yi had no time to accept disciples as he was cultivating Yang Shen, but he had eight incarnations, including a sacrificial incarnation guarding the earth, so he naturally had time to accept disciples.
About twenty years ago, that is, one year after Fang Yi's soul cultivation passed away, the sacrificial incarnation went to Qingcheng Mountain to accept Li Shiyuan as his disciple.
Li Shiyuan is now in his thirties, and with his extraordinary talent, under the guidance of the sacrificial incarnation and the help of the summoning technique, his strength is even stronger than Xu Xiaoli. If he bursts out with all his strength, he can probably reach the level of Fang Yi when he just entered the fourth level of the golden elixir, that is, destroying everything within a radius of four kilometers.
Xu Xiaoli naturally knew how powerful her junior brother was, but compared with those space battleships in the sky, the gap was still too big.
She couldn't help but sigh and pointed to the sky, "What else can I think of? It's nothing more than these aliens."
Although Li Shiyuan is very powerful, he still knows his own limitations. Upon hearing this, his face also became very solemn. "These alien spaceships are too scary. Although it was not reported in the news for fear of causing panic among the people, my master's incarnation told me yesterday that these aliens have a very powerful cannon. With one shot, they melted everything in millions of square kilometers of the Sahara Desert. To be honest, it's really scary."
Xu Xiaoli nodded solemnly and said, "If the Master's incarnation is willing to help, these space battleships are nothing. But I asked the Master's incarnation, and he said that he would not help until the human race on Earth suffered a catastrophic disaster. Now I heard that the aliens are demanding cession of land and compensation. It is obvious that the human race has not suffered a catastrophic disaster. I am afraid that the Master's incarnation will not help."
If Fang Yi's sacrificial incarnation does not take action, with the current technology of various countries on Earth, as well as pseudo-supernatural beings such as Xu Xiaoli and Li Shiyuan who borrow Fang Yi's power, it will be impossible to repel the Psychic's warships.
What would happen if countries around the world ceded territory and made compensation?
Everyone knows that if aliens really take over the earth, humans will be enslaved sooner or later.
Xu Xiaoli has been practicing Taoism for more than 20 years. She has long lost her innocent and naive personality. The years have made her calm and steady. At the same time, after reading Taoist scriptures, she has become somewhat compassionate and does not want people to be enslaved by aliens.
However, she was the second Palace Master of Huangshan Daojun Palace, but she was powerless in the face of a catastrophic disaster. The oppressive feeling made her Taoist heart slightly collapse.
Li Shiyuan also seemed silent. Yes, if the master's incarnation was unwilling to take action, the fate of mankind on Earth might become very miserable.
A faint sense of depression rises.
The two stood in the inner courtyard and neither of them spoke, but they felt a lot of pressure.
…
Zhu Changqing, who is far away in Suzhou, is already over eighty years old.
His father Zhu Shounian passed away a few years ago.
But the good news is that Master Fang's sacrificial incarnation took Zhu Shounian's soul to the "fairyland" and made him a god.
The sacrificial incarnation of Master Fang also specifically instructed Zhu Changqing to set up a tablet for Zhu Shounian at home and to worship him sincerely every day.
Moreover, the sacrificial incarnation of Master Fang also promised Zhu Changqing that if he waited until the end of his life, he would take his soul into the fairyland.
Looking at the steel behemoths in the sky, the extremely old Zhu Changqing, standing on the balcony, couldn't help but sigh.
He is not afraid of death.
Anyway, you can enter the fairyland after death.
only……
Zhu Changqing involuntarily turned his head to look towards the other bedroom, where he heard a baby crying. It was his great-grandson.
"Xiaoyao was just born. If the aliens want to destroy the world, how pitiful Xiaoyao will be."
Xiaoyao is the nickname of his great-grandson.
Not only great-grandchildren, but also sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, granddaughters-in-law and other relatives, and there are still plenty of years to live.
Zhu Changqing really doesn't want his relatives and friends to die young in their prime.
But he was not an extraordinary monk. He only knew some divination and feng shui and had no ability to stop the aliens.
As he thought about it, Zhu Changqing felt so depressed that he was about to suffocate.
Master Fang, you have disappeared for more than twenty years. Now that humanity is facing an unprecedented disaster, aren't you going to show up?
Zhu Changqing's heart was heavy, and he could only pray in his mind that Master Fang would show up soon and save the tens of billions of people on Earth.
…
Another place is the Tianshi Mansion in Longhu Mountain.
Zhang Tianshi and Qiu Daochang, who had taken the golden apple to extend their lifespan by 200 years, were sitting in the room.
Although the moon is very bright tonight, the huge space battleships are shrouded in layers of shadows under the moonlight, making people feel extremely depressed.
Zhang Tianshi and Qiu Daochang were in the same mood as the night.
"Master, is there still no news about Master Fang?" Taoist Qiu couldn't help but ask.
Zhang Tianshi smiled bitterly and shook his head. "No, I asked Yu Lin to go to Huangshan Daojun Palace to inquire about the news. Abbot Zheng Xian told Yu Lin that the immortal has not returned to the palace in the past 20 years."
Master Qiu fell silent again.
Zhang Tianshi hesitated for a while and said, "But I heard that the real person has an incarnation guarding the Daojun Palace. I don't know if he can help to eliminate those aliens."
Taoist Priest Qiu sighed even more, "The incarnation of the real person is definitely capable of destroying the aliens, but if the incarnation of the real person wanted to do it, he would have done it a long time ago. Why would he wait until we beg him to take it?"
Zhang Tianshi thought about it and felt that it made sense.
The two of them once again glanced at the densely packed steel behemoths floating in the sky, wondering in their hearts, is it true that Master Fang is really going to watch humanity perish without taking any action?
…
In the hospital.
Chu Qing, who is already in her fifties but has not yet married, recently fell seriously ill.
She knew her life was coming to an end, but even with an oxygen tube in her nose, she still tried to hold her diary and keep writing.
This diary has more than a hundred pages.
She started writing on the day she was hospitalized.
Perhaps it was because she had experienced a lifetime of development in another direction in the world of "distorted reality", and she knew that she and Fang Yi would never have any results, so after she learned that she had a terminal illness, she wrote in the first line of her diary: "Fang Yi, don't save me, I just want to live an ordinary life quietly."
I don’t know if it was a wish that came true, but Fang Yi hasn’t appeared in these years.
While Chu Qing felt regretful, she was also very happy that Fang Yi respected her choice of life.
She believed that Fang Yi could sense it. After all, he was the only true immortal living in the world. How could he not have this ability?
Naturally, Fang Yi never showed up after being hospitalized. In Chu Qing's view, that was Fang Yi's respect for her.
Today, she had a premonition that her life was at its end and she might not survive until tomorrow morning.
So, Chu Qing picked up the pen with great effort and tried her best to write down the last words she wanted to say in her diary.
"Fang Yi, after spending my whole life in that illusory yet real world, my heart is filled with you... I dare not ask for anything else, but my parents who gave birth to me are still alive, and my relatives and friends are all here, so I want to ask you one last thing, don't let the aliens destroy our homeland, okay?"
After she finished writing, she was completely exhausted and the pen slipped from her palm.
Plop.
The pen fell to the ground with a dull sound.
This dull sound seemed to indicate that her life was about to come to an end.
Chu Qing just felt physically and mentally exhausted and slowly closed her eyes.
There is a rumor that a person's brain replays their life in the three seconds before death.
Chu Qing didn’t know whether it was true or not before, but when she closed her eyes, scenes of her past memories began to appear before her eyes. Some of these memories had long been forgotten.
For example, when she was a child, she tasted popsicle for the first time while wearing open-crotch pants.
Chu Qing saw the scenes of herself going to kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, etc., and it was so detailed that it seemed like she was reborn.
Soon, memories came to college.
It was a sunny early autumn day, and the whole city was filled with the fragrance of gardenias.
She had just arrived at the campus gate when she accidentally dropped her luggage.
Just then, a boy wearing a white shirt and looking like a freshman passed by.
The boy was kind enough to help her pick up her luggage.
Chu Qing was so busy picking up things at first that she didn't notice the boy's appearance. It was only after she had picked up all the things that she looked up and thanked him, "Thank you."
When she raised her head, she finally saw the boy's face clearly.
In terms of appearance, this boy looks very average and not the type that would make people fall in love with him.
Maybe it was because the sun was shining brightly today, and the boy was wearing a plaid shirt that Chu Qing liked very much. For some reason, her heart beat slightly when she saw the boy, as if some seed had been planted.
In the memory, Chu Qing asked weakly, "Classmate, what's your name?"
The male student smiled brightly and said, "My name is Fang Yi, what's yours?"
Chu Qing's face was slightly red, and she didn't know if it was because of the sun or because she had a crush on a boy. At least she didn't know in her memory, but she still answered, "My name is Chu Qing, thank you for today, I'll buy you some milk tea."
According to my original memory, the male classmate named Fang Yi would say "No thanks", then wave his luggage and leave with a smile.
But when the memory played to this point, there was a slight deviation.
Chu Qing only saw the boy named Fang Yi in her memory glowing red, and responded seriously, "I promise you!"
ah?
Promise me?
What did you promise me?
Chu Qing, who was in the state of memory replay, was a little confused by Fang Yi.
But then she suddenly came to her senses and recalled the request she had just written.
In an instant, Chu Qing's eyes were filled with tears. He had indeed been protecting me and even agreed to my last request. My peerless hero was going to save the world!
I don’t know if it’s an illusion.
I clearly had no strength left in my body just now and was about to leave this world.
However, at this moment Chu Qing felt that her whole body became strong again, and the faint scent of gardenia in her memory came from her nose. She slowly opened her eyes and saw that she had held a gardenia in her palm without knowing when.
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