Longevity, starting from traveling and telling stories

Chapter 123: The Legend of the Three-Life Stone: Yuanguan

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Zhuxie brought the Nanming Lihuo unhindered and pierced through countless ghosts with one sword, destroying them, but this was not enough to scare them at all, and these ghosts continued to float towards them.

Ao Qin flew out from Ye Beixuan's body, and his dragon body suddenly expanded. With a strike of his dragon's tail, he wiped out countless ghosts at once, and even created a sense of emptiness in the space that was just filled with ghosts.

"I'm awesome, right?" she said proudly looking at Ye Beixuan.

Ye Beixuan looked at the little dragon's strength in amazement, his mind racing. How could this little dragon be so strong? And why was she so afraid of ghosts just now?

"Uh, awesome."

As if she thought of something, Ao Qin suddenly turned into a human form and quickly hid behind him with a scared look on her face. She was actually a green tea dragon.

The area that had just been cleared by Ao Qin was soon filled with a group of white smoke emitting a sinister smile.

Zheng.
With a sword chant, Zhanxian made his move, and the sword light illuminated the blood-red dark space with incomparable brightness.

To kill such a large number of ghosts, flying knives are not very useful, and swords are more convenient.

These ghosts seemed to be attracted by something and came from all directions without any fear, trying to swallow the two of them like a tide.

Ye Beixuan's face was calm as he only used the most basic sword technique, poking, stabbing and chopping. The power of his sword could even kill immortals, let alone these ghosts. Just a light touch of it would make the ghosts annihilate with a sizzling sound.

Ao Qin also raised his sword and kept killing. The two of them stood back to back, with their backs to each other.

No one knew how long they had been killing, Ao Qin's face gradually turned pale, and Ye Beixuan's hands were trembling slightly. There were simply too many ghosts, and they could not be killed all. Ghosts had been gathering here since the beginning of chaos and the birth of the path of reincarnation, so you can imagine how many there were.

They didn't know how many times their backs collided heavily with each other again, and their trembling bodies were telling each other that they had almost exhausted their physical strength. They were trying to use their bodies to support the other to prevent the other from falling.

Ye Beixuan began to feel violent in his heart. Could it be that he had overused the Immortal Slayer?
"Will you regret dying with me?" Ao Qin suddenly said.

"Regret?" Ye Beixuan raised the Immortal Slash and whispered, "I should be the one asking you this, because you were implicated because of me. I can only tell you that I will die before you."

When Ao Qin heard this, he felt infinite sweetness and joy in his heart.

"However, it's not certain at the moment!" Ye Beixuan stared at the countless ghosts and inserted the Immortal Slash in the middle of the Yellow Springs Road. He said, "This sword of mine can block us for a while. Take a break!"

Zhanxian suddenly emitted a cylindrical light curtain with it as the center, covering the two of them.

When these ghosts saw this, they rushed towards the light curtain with ferocious looks, roars, and madness. Although they were annihilated as soon as they touched the light curtain, they still couldn't withstand the large number.

Although it seemed safe for the time being, Ao Qin's heart sank to the bottom. She knew that it was only a matter of time before the sword's barrier was broken. She still couldn't fully control the Dragon Ball. If that time came...
Alas... With a sigh, she suddenly said, "Can you tell me a story to cheer me up?"

"Tell a story?" Ye Beixuan was stunned, feeling helpless. It wasn't sister, it was already this late, but it seemed like telling a story wouldn't be a big deal.

So he whispered, "You told me a legend about the path of reincarnation. How about I tell you a legend about the path of reincarnation?"

"Okay." Ao Qin blinked her big eyes, staring at Ye Beixuan, completely ignoring the ghost that was about to break through, as if the story at this moment was more important to her, and this might be their last swan song.

"Hmm!" The two of them were forced to sit face to face on the ground in close proximity because the light curtain kept shrinking. He could even smell the fragrance of Ao Qin's breath. Ye Beixuan cleared his throat awkwardly and said, "Speaking of which, there's a rich kid named Li Yuan who's good friends with the eminent monk Yuan Guan." (From "Yuan Guan" in Yuan Jiao's "Gan Ze Yao" in the Tang Dynasty)
Then he talked about how they traveled together to Mount Emei and met a pregnant woman who was three years pregnant and was fetching water.

"How can a pregnant woman stay pregnant for three years?" Ao Qin interrupted unhappily.

"Oh! Stories! They're always untrue, that's why they have a mysterious quality." Ye Beixuan explained. Ao Qin hummed and said nothing when he heard this.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Ye Beixuan went on to say that Yuanguan told Li Yuan that he would be reincarnated as her son, and asked him to recite the reincarnation scriptures for him. He also agreed that the woman would take a bath in three days and let Li Yuan visit him, and they made a smile as a promise. Then, thirteen years later, they met at Tianzhu Temple.

"Can people really remember their past and present lives after they die?" Ao Qin interrupted again at an inopportune time.

"I've already told you this, it's just a story!" Ye Beixuan reluctantly explained, then continued, "Sure enough, Zen Master Yuanze passed away that very night, and Li Yuan also left as agreed. And sure enough, the newborn baby smiled at him awkwardly and died that same night."

"Thirteen years later, Li Yuan arrived at Tianzhu Temple as promised and heard the shepherd boy singing the song 'The Old Spirit on the Three-Life Stone'."

"The shepherd boy was Yuanze's reincarnation. He told Li Yuan that his three-life bond with him was over and that they should no longer be close. Then he slowly walked away while singing."

[Storytelling Level: LV4 (42000/100000)]

Today's storytelling chapter 4: Increase lifespan by one day

[Yuanguan Completion Reward: Soul Crossing Song]

[Requiem: Like the Requiem, the Requiem is a trilogy, and the combination of the three is a complete cycle of reincarnation]

[Reincarnation Song: Helping those souls who cannot be reborn into reincarnation]

Samsara song? Ye Beixuan showed a look of shock. This Tongzi always gave rewards at the right time, but this was really like giving a pillow when you were sleepy, saving you from a desperate situation!
"Three Lives Stone?" Ao Qin's voice came to his ears, and he asked in confusion: "What is that? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Ye Beixuan was in a very good mood at the moment, and explained happily: "Legend has it that this is a stone left behind by a great god who was repairing the sky. Later, two divine patterns appeared and separated the stone into three parts."

"These three sections respectively describe the previous life, the present life, and the next life. It is said that they record the past of every person."

"Where is it? Where is it? Where is the stone?" Ao Qin started gossiping.

"Um, it seems to be in the Lethe River."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Ao Qin was immediately furious. This idiot didn't tell me earlier so that I could know whether we were destined to be together in our past and present lives.

"You didn't ask!" Ye Beixuan replied innocently, "Besides, it's just a story, it's not certain whether it's true or not!"

"Yes!" Ao Qin's face suddenly darkened as he said, "Even we don't know if there will be an afterlife. Perhaps we will be trapped here forever like them, unable to reincarnate."

Ye Beixuan suddenly stood up and walked towards Zhanxian, holding it and said: "I can guarantee that we will not die."

Clang...A slight sound of a sword being drawn was heard, and the Immortal Slayer was pulled out, and the surrounding light curtain suddenly became ineffective.

"what are you up to?"

Without the light curtain, ghosts began to surge in like a tide. Ye Beixuan put away the Immortal Slayer and had a jade flute in his hand.

"Come to me and hold me."

Ao Qin was stunned. This was the first time he had asked her to hold him. Did he give up resisting? Well, then, let's die together.

(End of this chapter)