After the guard left, the old man called his personal guard, Xiao Li, and said, "Get ready. We're going back to Beijing tomorrow."
"Okay, old man, I'll get ready right away." Xiao Li replied, then asked in confusion, "Old man, you seem very happy living here, why are you leaving so soon?"
"Some things must be clarified. Also, notify Captain Red Sword and have Xiao Gucheng stay in the barracks. He is not allowed to go on any missions without my permission."
"Even if he wants to die, he has to wait until I return."
"Understood." Xiao Li bowed and left before returning: "Old Master, there's a Taoist priest outside who claims to be your old friend."
"Taoist priest? Is he here? My goodness, he has disappeared for twenty years. The Tianshi Temple is going crazy looking for him." The old man was stunned for a moment.
Then his eyes sparkled: "Let him in quickly, no, I'll go out and find him myself."
A moment later, in the pavilion by the lake, the old man met his old friend.
It was Xiao Chen's master, Zhang Huaigu. His Taoist name in Qingniu Temple was Xu Ruo, but his real Taoist name was Xuan Ruo.
Seeing Old Master Zhang, Xuan Ruo smiled slightly: "Xiao Zhang, it's been a long time since we last met. You don't look as energetic as before."
The old man called Old Song "Xiao Song" and there was no sense of incongruity because he was indeed Old Song's elder.
But he was nearly a hundred years old, so he didn't feel at all awkward when the Taoist priest in front of him called him Xiao Zhang.
Because no one knows how many years this Taoist priest has lived.
"Senior." Zhang Huaigu laughed bitterly. "Half of my body is buried in the ground, but I can still eat and sleep. I've already surpassed 99% of my peers."
"As for you, you looked exactly like this when I first met you sixty years ago. Sixty years later, you're still like this?"
Old Master Zhang couldn't help but sigh. Sixty years ago, he was still a young man in his thirties.
However, time flies, and decades pass in the blink of an eye.
He has long since grown from a young man to an old man on his deathbed.
But what I didn’t expect was that the old friend I met briefly sixty years ago still looks like this?
Although he looked hunched over, the old man still clasped his hands together, bowed slightly, and was very humble.
After all, he was the only one who knew how this old Taoist priest killed people indiscriminately with a sword sixty years ago, in the year Jiachen.
There was famine at the time, and the country was unstable, so bandits, roving bandits, and even some evil people started to cause chaos.
The old Taoist priest used the Taiqing sword to prove his truth through killing. The day with the most successful battles was when Old Master Zhang led his men to suppress the bandits in Heiyun Village.
When they arrived, the village was quiet, with only more than 30 headless corpses left.
The old Taoist priest was holding a sword and carefully counting the heads under his feet to see if there were enough and whether any were missed.
You have to know that there was no gun ban at that time, and the weapons of that group of bandits were enough to equip an entire company, even with homemade cannons.
These vicious bandits were like chickens in the hands of the old Taoist priest.
That year was called the Jiachen Demon-Slaying Year by the Tianshi Temple.
"When you helped us destroy the Tongsheng Society twenty years ago, why didn't you come out to see us?" asked the old man.
"The earthly ties are over, and the past is like a cloud of smoke. It doesn't matter whether we see each other or not." The Taoist priest smiled faintly.
"Then... why did you come to see me again today?" The old man was puzzled.
"I came to see you today because there is something important that I must explain to you in person." The Taoist priest's expression gradually became serious.
"Could it be something about the Tongsheng Association?" The old man had already vaguely guessed.
The Taoist priest nodded gently: "The matter of Tongshenghui must be taken seriously. They are not just a resurgence."
"Their appearance will be a catastrophe, affecting the fate of the Great Xia nation and the lives of millions."
"What's going on?" The old man's face suddenly changed.
It was a very scary thing to hear these words coming from Xuan Ruo's mouth.
"The secret of heaven cannot be revealed. You only need to know that the calamity is irreversible, and Xiao Chen is a variable in the calamity."
"Can you explain it more clearly?" asked the old man.
"That's all I can say." The Taoist priest shook his head and turned to leave.
"Hey, don't go, wait a minute..." The old man waved his hand and chased after him.
However, he jogged all the way, and although the old Taoist priest was not walking fast, he could not catch up with him.
"A tree without roots, a flower in its purest form, when will the lust for splendor cease?"
"Life is like a boat on a sea of suffering, drifting here and there without freedom."
"Without a shore to moor, I often swim in dangerous places where fish and dragons live."
"If you are willing to look back, you will find the shore. Don't wait until the storm destroys the boat."
The Taoist priest didn't walk fast, as if he was taking a leisurely stroll.
But every time he took a step, his body was already far away when he landed.
After calling for a long time, the old man gave up.
It was already an exception for this old Taoist priest to come out and meet with me and reveal a few words about the Tongsheng Society.
Alas, Tongshenghui, Tongshenghui, how come this thing has come back to life?
What is a kalpa? Could you explain it more clearly?
What does irreversible mean? Does it mean that there is no way to stop this from happening?
It's a mess, everything is a mess, but fortunately, there is a variable like Xiao Chen.
"Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen, the Beijing University Admissions Office called me and said I exceeded the passing score by a lot."
Before she even got home, Xiao Chen received a call from Song Ziyan. Even through the phone, she couldn't hide her excitement: "Tsing Hua University also called. Ah, we can study together again."
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