Gu Zhongxian came back with two hares and smiled and said, "I'm so lucky, the rabbit family is in trouble."

Hu Guiyang was surprised to see someone following behind Gu Zhongxian, "Why are you..."

Xiaocao didn't speak with a cold face, put down the skin in his hand, turned around and left.

"The little girl is very good at hunting and is more skilled than me. She goes to find some wild vegetables, Hu Guiyang, can you find some dry firewood? Let's stew rabbit meat."

"Uh... OK." Hu Guiyang nodded to He Sanjie'er and searched for dead branches near the village.

Although the immortals in the valley were old, their hearts were not old. They went to the stream to kill rabbits and peel them, and cut them into pieces with a knife. When they came back, Hu Guiyang had already set fire and boiled the water in the pottery pot.

The rabbit meat was put into the pot and the aroma soon emerged. Xiaocao also came back at this time, bringing a large handful of wild vegetables and wild fruits into the pot. During this period, he didn't say a word, and Hu Guiyang chatted with him for a few words, but he didn't get a response, so he had to give up.

He Sanjie was not idle either, so she went to find a few bowls, all of which were incomplete. She washed them clean and could barely use them. As for chopsticks, she could only use thin branches instead.

After a pot of meat was stewed, Xiaocao first took the largest bowl and transferred a portion for himself. There was more meat and less soup, and then walked aside to eat it, ignoring anyone.

"I offended her." Hu Guiyang smiled and gave He Sanjie and the immortals in the valley each.

He Sanjie had eaten little food and went to the stream to wash up. When she came back, Gu Zhongxian and Hu Guiyang were praising Xiaocao's ability, especially because she actually carried a salt bag with her. In the words of Gu Zhongxian, although it was only a few grains of salt, it brought a pot of meat back to life.

Xiaocao still didn't speak, pretending that she didn't hear it. She had the most meat in her bowl. After eating, she threw the bowl away, got up and walked into the dense forest. No one knew what she was doing.

Hu Guiyang looked at his greasy hands and was about to get up to wash by the stream. He Sanjie handed over the wet wipes and handkerchief. Hu Guiyang took it, smiled, and wiped his hands carefully.

The immortal in the valley did not have such treatment. He sat opposite him and looked at him enviously, smiling and said, "Cherish every moment in the present."

Hu Guiyang was about to speak, but He Sanjie gently pressed his arm and said to Gu Zhongxian: "Can you talk?"

"Yes." Gu Zhongxian turned his head and looked at the house next to him. "There were many villages in this area back then, but now they have been destroyed by officers and soldiers..."

"This is not something we care about." He Sanjie interrupted.

"You are probably all from the village."

"You are kidnapped here." Hu Guiyang said.

The immortal Gu smiled and shook his head, "Catch it? No need. Many families will send their young children to seek peace. I just need to make everyone believe that the gods need to offer sacrifices."

"This is deception, no difference from being a kidnapped."

"Well, that's fine. There are some children who bought them from outside the mountain. Not many, less than 10%. I have no impression of the specific origins of the two of you, nor do I record them."

"We are not here to look for relatives." Hu Guiyang didn't even understand why he wanted to take the immortal from Guzhong, and he would rather be alone with He Sanjie.

The immortal Gu Zhong raised his head slightly, "I remember a child who came from outside the mountain and was very smart. No matter what he taught, I would like to have high hopes for him."

The immortal Gu suddenly shut up, his face unfathomable.

"What then?" Hu Guiyang asked.

"Die." Gu Zhongxian said calmly, "In order to make the golden elixir be consumed by mortals, we have made many attempts. The smarter the children are, the more they come into contact with the golden elixir first. Alas, they finally did not sacrifice in vain."

"When you hear that, those dead children must be very happy." Hu Guiyang sarcastically.

The immortal Gu Zhong was not able to understand, but instead smiled and continued: "Later, some people rebelled, which attracted encirclement and suppression from officers and soldiers, so I decided to take a group of children to the south. At that time, I thought the wilderness would be safer, but the officers and soldiers arrived faster, and I was forced to sacrifice in advance."

"I remember that sacrifice." Hu Guiyang looked at He Sanjie'er, "She remembers too."

"It's rare. At that time, I buried a large number of golden elixirs, hoping to share the divine power with everyone. In order to ensure that the children can be obedient in the future, I asked you to take medicine and forget the past. Anyway, you don't have much of your past, and I only succeeded half of it."

Most children lose their memories but fail to gain "divine power".

Remembering the past, the immortal in Gu showed some regret. Hu Guiyang was not interested at first, but at this time he really wanted to pounce on the old and shameless face and punched him a few times.

He Sanjie'er's hand was still on Hu Guiyang's wrist. Although he didn't use any force, he was bound and could not punch.

"He Baiwan took away a few children, probably five. They all carried jade pendants for a long time." The fairy in the valley smiled at He Sanjie'er, "One of them is an impostor, and I and He Baiwan didn't know at that time."

"How did those five children be selected?" He Sanjie asked.

"There are a few other people. They were originally my disciples, but they lost confidence in me and planned to use their own methods to find the way of the golden elixir. I only found out later that they had been quietly observing and deliberately choosing five children who seemed the most incompetent to give them jade pendants at night."

"Did I not be sociable when I was a child?" Hu Guiyang was surprised. He thought he had many friends, but he just couldn't remember them.

"It should be like this." Gu Zhongxian had no memory of Hu Guiyang when he was a child.

He Sanjie'er had an impression and nodded, "You are indeed... a little withdrawn, but that's not your nature. You came late and have no friends, so..."

So when He Sanjie'er, when she was a child, took the initiative to show her friendship, Hu Guiyang immediately accepted it and even took the initiative to hand over the jade pendant.

Hu Guiyang shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "Okay, the five unlucky guys who are not sociable are selected like this, and it turns out to be useless."

The fairy's eyes lit up slightly, "It's useful. In fact, everything today comes from the decision I made. So I was wrong, they were right."

"Um?"

The immortal Gu Zhong was still looking at He Sanjie'er, "When Kongzi is your master, he went to teach magical skills and found that one of the five children was very surprised, but he decided to let it go, pass on your secret technique, and teach another child the Fire God Art."

"Why didn't you choose a girl?" He Sanjie remembered very clearly that several adults only went into the boy's room to look for someone that night.

This was the first time she heard about her master’s name, but she didn’t care at all.

"They think that boys are pure yang and yang is strong, and they are easy to fold and are more likely to be affected by jade pendants. In fact, they don't have time to carefully choose because I opposed their plan at the time."

"Three children died." He Sanjie said, unwilling to mention their names.

"In the failed attempt, they learned the Fire God Art, and the content was slightly different. If they incorporated a little bit of the Five Elements technique, it turned out to be completely useless."

Hearing now, Hu Guiyang also understood and was extremely surprised, "Can it be... He Wu Madman who succeeded?"

Gu Zhongxian nodded with a smile, "Yes, He Wu's Fire God Art proved useful. He is the first one, but there are still flaws. We have made some improvements to let He Baiwan teach it again."

In order to avoid the trouble of explanation, He Baiwan simply pretended to teach Wen Kongzi's Fire God Art. He Wu's madman didn't see it, and He Sanjie discovered the flaws early, but did not understand the profound meaning.

"Crazy He Wu..." Hu Guiyang didn't expect that guy would be so important, so he turned his head to look at He Sanjie'er, "You saved my life!"

A total of five children got jade pendants. If Hu Guiyang did not hand over the jade pendants, he would learn different contents of the Fire God Art, just like other children. The success of He Wu Crazy Man means that the other four people will fail.

He Sanjie smiled. It was not her intention to save people, but it did make her feel better. "Where is the magic of heaven?" she asked, "What about the hidden danger?"

"There is no hidden danger in the Heavenly Secret Technique itself. The hidden danger is the ingenuity inside. The power contained in the jade pendant is too strong, and even a little bit is enough to make the contactor weaken quickly."

"We both have been in contact with jade pendants since we were young, and they are fine."

"The jade pendant you got was only a small piece of red in the middle, and it was infused with the least amount of divine power. Even so, you should be damaged within ten years. Hu Guiyang handed over the jade pendant and escaped. You, He Sanchen, have opened up another path for us."

"Me?" He Sanjie'er was a smart person, but she was a little confused at this time.

"Yes, those five jade pendants are not exactly the same. Each one is added with different mortal skills to suppress divine power. The purpose is to observe which one has the least harm. But if you get all five into your own hands, it is logically more harm. You should have died long ago, but you didn't die, and you even secretly learned the Fire God Art, and your skills grew faster."

The immortal in the valley sighed, not a regret, but a relief, "We tried the five techniques repeatedly and found that if three of them were combined, the suppression effect would be the best. In this way, the Golden Pill and the Fire God Art finally matured, everything was ready, and only the east wind was lacking."

He Sanjie'er had nothing to ask, so she lowered her head and recalled her years of experience to confirm that what the immortal in the valley said was correct.

But Hu Guiyang became more and more surprised when he heard it, "But there are hidden dangers in the golden elixir."

"This is not what we care about. As long as we can send the Heavenly Secret Ship to the sky, no matter how big the hidden danger is, it can be accepted."

"What does Tianji Ship have to do with you? You are not a lucky person!" Hu Guiyang felt even more incredible.

"Because I want to see this ship with my own eyes."

“That’s all?”

"You won't understand. I have believed that the group of dwarfs were immortals who came down to earth since I was a child. The Heavenly Ship is a cave of gods and palaces in the sky. Slowly, I found that the dwarfs were not omnipotent. Instead, they wanted to use the power of mortals to be called real gods. But all the divine power of the Heavenly Ship comes from this, which is incredible and unparalleled. I have devoted my life to it, just to be able to see the true appearance and see what it looks like after it ascends."

"Why don't you board the ship now?"

Gu Zhongxian smiled and shook his head, "No, I can't withstand the temptation of Tianji Pills. You can, He Wufeng can, maybe he is more determined than you. This is related to your contact with jade pendants since you were a child."

"We have not only come into contact with jade pendants since childhood." Hu Guiyang looked at He Sanjie'er again. The number and time she had contacted with jade pendants were the most.

"At the beginning, the road will gradually fade away. It makes sense for our disciples to choose a withdrawn child to give jade pendants. He Sanchen is different. Since he was already tempted back then, the temptation will only become stronger when he grows up."

Gu Zhongxian looked at the two people close together, regretting their mistakes and snatched away all the credits by their disciples, and also felt quite interesting.

"So I said that you two cannot live without Yunyang Mansion. If you cannot return to the vicinity of the Dan Cave for a long time, He Sanchen will kill you. This is her nature and the influence of the Golden Pill."

Hu Guiyang shook his head and expressed his disbelief, "Where is Xiaocao and Fengniang? They have never been in contact with the golden elixir."

"So you can't leave Yunyang Mansion, Hu Guiyang, you and He Wu are not affected much, that little girl." Gu Zhongxian looked back and didn't see Xiaocao. "You will be saved."
Chapter completed!