Chapter 370 Homecoming(1/2)
In the mortal world, in the sea thousands of miles west of Jin State. Affected by the rise and fall of the tide, more than a dozen unmanned islands that were still above the sea a few years ago have now sunk to the bottom of the sea, among which Tang Yizhuo took Shi Wu to worship the Moon Palace.
On the undersea island where fish and sea crabs were already treated as home, a white light suddenly lit up in the dust-filled teleportation array, which scared the fish living here so much that they hurriedly swam away.
Under the white light, the formation that was originally marked with the crescent moon suddenly changed into a wind mark, and a jade plate with the wind mark appeared at the empty concave octave at the same time, followed by a figure in the formation.
"This is..." Before Shi Wu could react, the sea water poured into his nose and mouth everywhere. He choked and hurriedly covered his mouth with one hand and took back the jade plate in the teleportation array with the other. Then he swam out like the frightened fish.
Shi Wu, who swam to the sea, spit out the sea water in his mouth, thinking in his heart that it was fortunate that Xuanjia Village was surrounded by mountains and seas. When he was a child, he often went swimming with Xuan Haoran to play with him, otherwise it would be a joke if he drowned in the sea.
"Wait! I'm already a monk who can fly in the Foundation Establishment Stage. No matter what, I will never drown in the water." Shi Wu did not remember that he was already a monk until he took back the jade plate and put it in the seabag. When he saw the spirit of heavenly tribulation laughing in the thunder cyclone, he became more convinced of his thoughts.
The spirit body of the heavenly tribulation felt that Shi Wu was looking at himself in the "Nine Transformation Spiritual Art", so it quickly pretended to be serious: "Shi Wu, I heard that when you went up to the outer hidden world, you knelt on the ground and gave a big gift as soon as you came out. Why is it choking in the sea now? You are not very comfortable here and outside."
After saying that, the spirit of heavenly tribulation could no longer help laughing.
Shi Wu said seriously: "What do you know about your little spirit body? The old people in our Xuanjia Village said that this is called "sensation when encountering water," which is a good omen!"
After saying that, Shi Wu did not care about the ridicule of the spirit body of the heavenly tribulation. He used the spiritual cyclone and wrapped a layer of light blue spiritual power outside his body. He looked at the sun in the sky, determined the east direction and plunged into the sea again.
Shi Wu was still a little uncomfortable when he first entered the water, but when he calmed down and moved his energy away from his body, his body swam in the sea like flying in the air. The only difference was that he could not shout excitedly at the bottom of the sea.
Shi Wu was so close to the sea water for the first time, and the fish deep in the seabed saw the light blue spiritual power for the first time. They chased them curiously, and were left behind by Shi Wu for a while.
Shi Wu spent half an hour on the sea. In the middle of the journey, his "Nine Transformation Spiritual Art" sensed two turtles-like creatures in the third layer of Qi Condensation. As he passed, they hurriedly buried their bodies in the sand at the bottom of the sea. Shi Wu knocked on their turtle shells with interest and continued to swim forward quickly.
The two turtle creatures with three levels of Qi Condensation were so scared that they didn't dare to move when Shi Wu knocked them. They stuck their heads out after they felt that Shi Wu had gone away. The creature with bronze tortoise shell said to their companions in the language of a spirit beast: "The monk just discovered us."
Another creature with gray tortoise shell replied: "Yes, I almost scared to death just now. Fortunately, the monk just knocked on our turtle shell and left."
The bronze tortoise shell creature said with lingering fear: "Let's go quickly."
The creature with gray tortoise nodded in agreement. The two of them retracted their limbs into the tortoise shell, and then moved their strength and left here together.
When Shi Wu approached the sea, the light blue spiritual energy on his body attracted the attention of a tiger shark. The tiger shark regarded Shi Wu as a delicious fish, and slapped his shark tail and bit Shi Wu who was about to jump out of the sea.
Shi Wu naturally noticed the movement of the tiger shark. He chuckled, and his feet kicked the tiger shark's head as the tiger shark jumped and bit it. At the same time, his body also jumped into the air.
After entering the water, the tiger shark swam forward again without consent, preparing to wait for Shi Wu to fall and bite him.
But it waited left and right, but what was waiting for was Shi Wu hanging in the air saying to it: "I will not kill animals when I return home today."
As Shi Wu said, he used the fire-driven technique to evaporate the water vapor on his body. The flames transformed by the spiritual energy scared the tiger shark immediately turned his head and sneaked into the seabed.
After his whole body was dry, Shi Wu bumped into a white conch found from the seabed in his hand and rushed towards the east.
When the fishermen who drove the boat to fish, they saw Shi Wu flying through the air, they hurriedly knelt on the fishing boat and said, "Hello, immortal!"
Shi Wu glanced at the fisherman's strange dress, and thought he was a citizen from other nearby continents. Shi Wu ignored him and continued to fly eastward.
Shi Wu flew past, and all the fishermen he met would kneel down and kowtow to him, and kept calling out the immortal. Shi Wu suddenly thought that if he flew into Xuanjia Village like this, would the villagers of Xuanjia Village kneel down and kowtow to him like these fishermen? This is something Shi Wu didn't want to see.
The flying height of Shi Wu General was raised a lot, and even if the people below saw him, they would only treat him as a bird. After flying with all their might for about three hours, Shi Wu vaguely saw a trace of a continent. He couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He wanted to go back to Xuanjia Village as soon as possible, but he was afraid that everything there had changed. The so-called timidity in the neighborhood should be like this.
Shi Wu fell at an intersection near the seaside. At this time, he had no map, so he was not very clear about where Xuanjia Village was. While playing with the white conch, he walked towards a crowded place.
The golden autumn of October is the season for harvest in the mortal world. The middle-aged men in villages all over the country are working in the fields. The children who are unattended follow the older children and play the game of playing heroes at the entrance of the village. While they are having fun, a little girl of seven or eight years old will see a young man wearing a dark blue cloak and a high ponytail coming over the main road of the village. The handsome young man with a beautiful and handsome man gives people an unattainable feeling, but the white conch in his hand looks like something that only a teenager can do.
The little girl couldn't help but say, "Is that big brother a hero?"
As soon as the little girl said that, the group of children looked at the person coming. The child who was already playing the hero still wanted to belittle the young man a few words, but as soon as he saw his face and his eyes as charming as a starry sky, he stood there and couldn't make a sound.
The young man obviously saw them too, and he walked over and said, "Hello, how can I get to Xuanjia Village?"
The boy who played the hero was about thirteen or fourteen years old and asked, "Are you a hero?"
"Hero?" The young man who was asked this suddenly smiled. He looked at the children who were expecting his answer and said, "I am not a hero, I am a passerby who has returned home."
"Oh." The children walked away disappointed after hearing this.
The young man who played the hero happily called his companions to continue playing the game of exploring the world.
"Hey... Although I'm not a hero, who can tell me where Xuanjia Village is? I can give him this white conch. This is what I found in the deep sea. It's very beautiful." Shi Wu said quickly when he saw that the children were going back like this.
But when those children heard Shi Wu say that he was not a hero, they became uninterested in him. Even if Shi Wu is handsome in their eyes, he is not as attractive as a hero.
Only the little girl who saw him was still there, she blushed and asked Shi Wu: "Brother, is there a Linjia Village next to Xuanjia Village?"
Seeing that the little girl knew, Shi Wu hurriedly said, "That's right. I wonder if you can tell me?"
The little girl pointed to the main road ahead: "When my father took me to Taiping Town last year, I told me that as long as I follow this main road north, there will be two divisions after walking about 80 miles. The one on the left is to Xuanjia Village and Linjia Village. The one on the right is to Taiping Town. My father said that there was a very powerful hunter in Xuanjia Village. Many young people in nearby villages admire him very much and are honored to join his team."
Shi Wu didn't care about the hunter and other things. He only wanted to know the location of Xuanjia Village. Now that he finally learned about it, he was excited to bow to the little girl, but when he thought that the little girl didn't know what bowing meant, he said thank you seriously.
After Shi Wu took a few more steps on the main road, he felt that the little girl was still looking at him. He turned around and said, "Is there anything wrong?"
The little girl's face turned even redder when she heard Shi Wu ask. She turned her fingers to speak.
A boy who was very familiar with the little girl came up to her and said, "Didn't you just say that anyone who told you the location of Xuanjia Village would give you the beautiful conch in your hand? Xiao Taozi told you so carefully, but you are going to leave directly. You are indeed not a hero!"
After being told by the boy, Shi Wu patted his head and said, "I'm sorry, I'm happy for a moment and I forgot about this."
Shi Wu returned to the little girl, took out a red spirit fruit and a medium-grade spirit stone from the storage bag and said, "Are you called Xiao Taozi? This fruit is called the red spirit fruit. After eating it, you can strengthen your body. Just treat this stone as a talisman. Carry it with you to ensure safety."
As he said that, Shi Wu carefully used spiritual energy to penetrate a small hole in the medium-grade spirit stone the size of a child's fist so that she could wear a rope.
Seeing Shi Wu creating these two rare items like a magic trick, the children playing the game surrounded him again.
At this time, the women in the village were going to deliver food to the man who was harvesting crops in the fields, and Xiao Taozi's mother was also among them. She saw a strange man taking things to Xiao Taozi. She was worried and immediately walked over to protect Xiao Taozi by her side, looking at Shi Wu cautiously said, "Are you?"
Before Shi Wu could answer, the boy said to the woman: "Aunt, he is just a question for directions."
Shi Wu also replied: "Hello, I am from Xuanjia Village, named Shi Wu. Because I don't know the road, I asked your daughter. I originally thought of her to give her this white conch, but I was happy for a moment and almost left first. After I was really sorry, I took these things for her."
Shi Wu knew that this woman was eager to protect her daughter, and anyone would doubt her when she saw something from a stranger giving her children, so he did not take the woman's vigilant eyes to heart.
But Xiao Taozi's eyes were looking at the red spirit fruit and medium-grade spirit stones in Shi Wu's hands without blinking. If her mother hadn't suddenly come over, she would have gone up to get it.
The woman said to Xiao Taozi: "You can just tell others about the way, why do you still use other people's things?"
After all, Xiao Taozi is just a child. Not to mention her, even those children who ignored Shi Wu in front wanted to get the red spirit fruit and medium-grade spirit stones from Shi Wu's hands.
Xiao Taozi pouted and said, "Mom, it's what my elder brother wants to give it to me."
The woman twisted Xiao Taozi and said, "You kid still learn to talk back."
Shi Wu hurriedly advised, "Auntie, your child helped me out of kindness. And I voluntarily gave it to her, so don't be angry."
The women who were going to deliver food all surrounded him when they saw the excitement. A few older ones pointed at Shi Wu like they watched a show, and even whispered the gossip between Xiao Taozi and Xiao Taozi.
Shi Wu didn't expect that his kindness would cause them so much trouble. After thinking about it, he had to use the technique of controlling the air.
When those people saw Shi Wu flying up, they immediately linked him with the legendary immortal. They knelt in panic and kowtowed, "Go to the immortal!"
Shi Wu had to pretend to be solemn and said, "I will give her the immortal fruit and immortal stone if I have a fate with this girl. Whoever dares to argue is vain, then I can only serve the immortals."
Seeing that the flames suddenly appeared on Shi Wu's hand, the old women who were still pointing fingers just now were frightened and lowered their heads and said, "I dare not! I dare not!"
Shi Wu put away the magic and flew over to hand the red spirit fruit and medium-grade spirit stone in his hand to Xiao Taozi. He sent a voice with his spiritual energy and said, "You can eat this red spirit fruit. As for this medium-grade spirit stone, it's better to wear it on your body in the future. If your parents want to sell it, just leave it."
Xiao Taozi also wanted to ask Shi Wu some questions, but Shi Wu had already flew away in the air.
When the women and children saw that Shi Wu had not spoken for a long time, they slowly looked up and saw Xiao Taozi stuffing the last bite of the red spirit fruit into their mouths.
The boy who helped her speak swallowed and complained: "Little Taozi, what does this fairy fruit taste like? Why don't you keep a mouthful for me?"
Xiao Taozi said with her mouth: "This fairy fruit is crisp and sweet! And it was my elder brother who asked me to eat it. He also told me that I would wear this medium-grade spirit stone, and if my parents want to sell it, it will be sold."
Those people looked at Xiao Taozi with envy after hearing this. The woman knew the reason for the crime of possessing a treasure, so she immediately took Xiao Taozi to the field to find her man.
Shi Wu didn't expect that he could make such a big noise when he asked about the road. Fortunately, he already knew the direction of Xuanjia Village at this time, and he immediately flew towards the location of Xuanjia Village.
After flying for almost half a moment, the familiar village and the wisps of smoke rising from the cooking stove were approaching. Shi Wu was particularly excited. He floated down after no one was on the road to the main Xuanjia Village. He sorted out his clothes and felt that it was quite right before walking towards Xuanjia Village.
Before Shi Wu could reach the village, he smelled the rich fragrance of osmanthus flowers at the entrance of the village. He recalled the first time his father made osmanthus crisps that year, and then strode in.
There were still a group of old men and uncles at the entrance of Xuanjia Village talking about strange stories everywhere. When Shi Wu passed by, he said the same as when he was a child: "Go back and have supper soon."
"I know, I know." The old men and uncles who were in a circle were in a hurry, and when they heard someone urged them to go back for dinner, they replied perfunctorily.
After the old man finished telling a story, he asked around him: "Who has just passed?"
Those people didn't pay attention, and saw a young man. A middle-aged man said, "I don't know, maybe whose child is back. No matter what, Mr. Xuan, please continue to talk, the Qin State's backer is really that powerful."
Uncle Xuan continued to speak, "That's not! But the more powerful one is his eldest son Shi Qiyu, who is a real immortal..."
Shi Wu was excited every step on the road of Xuanjia Village, because it was not much different from when he left. He looked at the grocery store, thinking that he wanted to eat a piece of candy with Xuan Haoran before and watched outside the store every day, but in the end, Xuan Xiang passed by and paid the money for them.
Shi Wu passed by Xuan Xiang's noodle shop according to his impression. Seeing that it was still open as before, he felt inexplicably at peace. Especially when he saw Xuan Xiang's wife's rolling pin was still on the table outside, a sense of intimacy arose.
I heard Xuan Xiang’s wife nag Xuan Xiang a few words in the noodle shop, and then saw that someone seemed to be buying noodles outside, so she spat and then came out.
Looking at Xuan Xiang’s wife with white hair and deep wrinkles on her face, Shi Wu couldn’t help but shout: “Grandma Xuan.”
Xuan Xiang's wife, who wanted to ask Shi Wu if she wanted flour or noodles, was stunned when she heard Shi Wu's words, Grandma Xuan. She looked at her eyes that were not very easy to use. When she found that the young man in front of her was very similar to Shi Wu who had left eight years ago, Xuan Xiang's wife said excitedly: "Xiao Wu!"
"Yes!" Shi Wu nodded.
Xuan Xiang's wife happily stepped forward and hugged Shi Wu in her arms, shouting inward: "Old man, see who is back!"
Xuan Xiang's ears were no longer as enlightened as before. He vaguely heard his wife shouting outside. When he cursed a few words, he saw his wife holding a young man crying and laughing.
Xuan Xiang also wanted to go up and scold his wife, saying how old you are, you are still hugging others in public and crying and laughing. But when he got closer, the man in his wife's arms looked more and more familiar. He opened his mouth wide and said, "Xiao...Xiao Wu!"
Shi Wu smiled and said, "Hello Grandpa Xiang!"
To be continued...