Chapter 49: Essence of the Immortals

These thoughts that came to mind made my heart uneasy, and even my breathing became rapid. I wanted to go in, I really wanted to go in, but鈥擨 didn’t have the money.

So, I could only leave the scene in a state of anxiety. In fact, even if I had the money to get in, could I afford the price the old ghosts were asking for? If it was a matter of breaking the bottom line, even if I saw my master because of this, he would not recognize me because of it.

The short twenty minutes passed quickly, and I left the trading floor without anyone cleaning up after me. I took off my mask and comforted myself, thinking that it didn’t matter. I had already achieved my goal, and I could still find Master Liu to get clues.

Just as I was thinking about this, someone suddenly patted me on the shoulder. I turned around and saw it was Chengxin.

But I was a little surprised. I had never seen Chengxin like this before. His gentle eyes had become feverish, and his spring-like smile had disappeared. He was completely in a strange state of excitement.

“Brother Chengxin, you…” I couldn’t help but ask.

But before I could say more, Brother Chengxin grabbed me and ran, leaving me with a cold sweat! The two of them looked like a couple running away together, running away together, still running in the wind!

The valley was already quite large, and I was dragged by Cheng Xin Ge all the way to a secluded place.

When we got there, Brother Chengxin was panting heavily. I knew that, given our physical condition, he was definitely not tired, but excited.

“Cheng…” I was really going crazy and spoke again.

Chengxin suddenly stood up straight, looked at me with a crazy look in his eyes, and put his hands on my shoulders. I was sweating all over, and I almost blurted out, “Chengxin, don’t confess to me. I still love Ruoxue.”

But I guess he would beat me up if I said that, right?

Fortunately, the next moment, Brother Chengxin said what he wanted to say: “Chengyi, essence, essence…”

“Vital essence? Brother, did you get some kind of magic formula that can make vital essence and protect the kidneys?” I didn’t quite understand what was going on, but as soon as I finished speaking, I felt a tingling sensation on my shoulder. Before I could react, the tingling sensation disappeared. When I looked again, I saw that my brother was quickly playing with a golden needle, which reflected a beautiful golden light in the moonlight.

What kind of person is this! Without saying a word, I made a gesture of a ghost-summoning technique. Dare to stab me, I have to scare him even if nothing happens.

Seeing this, Chengxin quickly pulled me back and scolded me, “You deserve to be stabbed. I am a Taoist, and even if I am not a medical practitioner, how can I not know about ginseng essence? This ginseng essence refers to the essence of ginseng, which is a spirit!

Of course, I couldn’t take Chengxin seriously. It’s normal for us to fight and play around. Just like when Chengqing and I were fighting and couldn’t sleep, we fought from the bedroom to the living room, and then made Ru Yue and Qin Huai, who were trying to stop us, cry and laugh.

I also shouted back, “How could I not know about the essence of ginseng? You’re acting like a lunatic, dragging me here for no reason, then grabbing my shoulder and yelling, ‘The essence of ginseng, the essence of ginseng.’ Anyone who doesn’t know you would think you’re impotent. I’m already giving you face by reacting like this.”

Chengxin suddenly couldn’t laugh or cry. He had indeed done something like a fool. The two of them were silent for a long time. I suddenly realized what he had said and jumped up and yelled, “What did you say? Ginseng essence? And that thing? You didn’t lie to me?”

Chengxin brother put on his glasses and looked at me with contemptuous eyes and said, “Chen Chengyi, you are indeed famous for being slow.”

Now, I had nothing to say. Brother Chengxin gracefully took out a pipe from his bag, twisted some tobacco, and began to slowly fill the pipe. He liked to see me speechless.

When Chengxin finished assembling the pipe, I had completely calmed down from the shock of the ginseng essence and asked, “Brother Chengxin, you haven’t traded it already, have you? How much did the ginseng essence cost?”

Cheng Xin Ge took a puff on the pipe without lighting it, enjoying the clean flavor of the tobacco, then slowly lit the pipe with a match, with a look of enjoyment on his face…

I was impatient with this set of actions, and I shouted, “Say something!”

“The price is to use a special method to support that ‘good brother’ to practice for ten years. You know that our medical lineage can heal people, and it can also ‘treat’ ghosts, regulate the body of ghosts (ghost energy, let’s just explain it like this), not to mention that I promised it, and it will accompany me to find the essence of ginseng. This is a deal with a ghost, it’s impossible not to be reliable, it’s just that we may encounter some unpredictable things.” Chengxin exhaled a long puff of smoke and said gently.

The anger in my heart was building up, and I asked, “Like what?”

Chengxin said with his trademark smile: “There are so many things in the old forests of the northeast, maybe you’ll meet an old monster.”

He was being so casual about it, and I exploded. What does he mean by maybe meeting an old monster? Although I haven’t seen any monsters, does that mean there are monsters? I kicked him in the butt and yelled, “Fuck, do you think I’m a member of the same sect as you?”

This was a controlled kick, so Brother Chengxin only stumbled and didn’t fall to the ground. But he was also angry after being kicked, and turned around and grabbed my collar, yelling, “What are you going to do? Are you going to hit people because you have a lot of strength?”

I pushed him away and yelled, “Come on, hit me. You crazy bastard, you can talk, but I can’t win an argument with you! But I know that you’re even offering up ghosts for cultivation. What kind of karma is that? This is even more against the laws of heaven and earth. Have you discussed this with me? Ginseng, ginseng! What else do you have in your heart besides medicine? Come on, hit me. I’ll beat you up today!”

“Your big brother can teach people, right? I’ll tell you today that in my heart, in addition to medicine, there are also my master! And my uncles! And all of us who are in the same school. What is the offering of ghosts? I’m just going to find the ginseng. I can’t, but I have an ancient recipe. You see, I’ll find the ginseng and I’ll offer you up. When your power goes against the heavens and is higher than your master and uncles, Kunlun is nothing. There is the heavenly court, and the heavenly court will send you there too.” Chengxin rushed up like a madman and pushed me.

My anger gradually subsided, but my chest was still heaving. I really didn’t expect Chengxin to be so restrained and calm, always with a gentle disposition. I never imagined that he, like me, was constantly suffering from the longing for the older generation.

I didn’t say anything, but Chengxin brother squatted down and put his head in his hands and said, “I have no choice, Chengyi, I have no choice. This Kunlun has been a legendary place since ancient times, not the Kunlun Mountains in Xinjiang and Tibet. How the hell am I supposed to find it? The practice of the medical character pulse is never as good as the mountain character pulse. You are my hope. I want to see my master. I really want to see my master. You know that we have followed our master since we were young, and we don’t even have parents. I don’t care what anyone says about obsession, crazy, or letting go. I just want to see my master again, even if it’s just for a moment.”

As he said this, tears rolled down Chengxin’s face. My heart felt like it was being stabbed by a needle. Even if it was just one more glance, the pain of this sentence was so great that I couldn’t breathe smoothly.

I walked over and put my hand on Chengxin’s shoulder. After adjusting it for a long time, I slowly said, “Don’t worry, I’m here. I’ll go to the old forest in the northeast.”

Yes, I will always be there. I will follow our destiny with my fellow disciples. No one can blame us, including Master. Didn’t he follow in the footsteps of his own master? He didn’t let go at the age of 81, so why should we?

“Good.” Chengxin wiped away his tears and regained his calm tone, saying, “Chengyi, you’ve matured a lot. In the past, when we talked about these things, you were the first to go crazy. You’ve really matured a lot.”

Then, we were both silent.

Just as we were about to have a big fight here and decide on a plan for the future, we didn’t expect that someone was already waiting for us in our dormitory.