Originated from mountains and seas, life never ends

Chapter 146 I thought I was different

"What did you say?!"

Meng Liyun paused and looked at Him in disbelief.

"I said, that's your business."

The mountain god looked at her and repeated it again.

"I think you humans are weird. It's you who started the war and caused so much suffering. It's you who killed people because of your momentary likes and dislikes. It's you who killed and humiliated your own kind... Aren't these disasters caused by you? Why are you asking me why I didn't save those people?"

"I didn't let anyone get hurt. Sometimes I even protected you and other creatures. I have never actively harmed any living being. Why do you blame me like this?" The mountain god seemed very puzzled.

Meng Liyun was choked for a moment when she saw His confusion and heard His questions.

"The disaster you encountered was not caused by me, nor by the natural environment, but by your own kind. Why don't you question and hate those humans, but instead hate me?"

"If it was a natural disaster like the flood, you can indeed blame me for my inaction, but...wasn't what you and your family suffered caused by you humans?"

The mountain god's words were like a hammer hitting Meng Liyun on the head, and it took her a long time to recover.

"Because... you clearly have the ability to rescue?"

Meng Liyun was silent for a long time, and even felt a little embarrassed after saying this.

Meng Liyun's face looked grim, her chest kept heaving, and in an instant, she couldn't help but bend down, holding her knees, and lowered her head.

"According to what you said, when you humans kill one or even a whole nest of insects, I have the ability to stop it, and even have the ability to avenge it... Then should I do it?"

"Oh, yes. Maybe you think I'm exaggerating a bit, but in my eyes, you are no different from those insects."

The mountain god's voice remained as steady as ever, without a trace of anger at her offense.

Meng Liyun's hands began to tremble and her breathing became rapid. For some reason, sweat flowed from her forehead and seeped into her eyes, making her eyes feel a little uncomfortable and she couldn't see the ground under her feet clearly.

Suddenly, a hand patted her shoulder. Meng Liyun trembled all over, raised her head in doubt, and met Xiao's cold gaze.

Xiao patted her shoulder soothingly. Although he didn't say anything, it was obvious that he supported the mountain god's idea.

"……sorry."

Meng Liyun lowered her eyes and spoke softly.

"You don't have to be like this." The mountain god shook his head. "It's normal to feel resentful when you find that we are standing by and watching when we can help."

Meng Liyun pursed her lips and stopped talking.

"However, in the past few hundred years, some of you humans have become powerful." The mountain god continued, "I heard from you humans that this process is called cultivation, and humans who cultivate vital energy are called immortals."

“Xianjia, does this mean immortals?” The mountain god tilted his head slightly.

"...Should be, yes?" Xiao said softly.

"What is Yuan Qi?" Meng Liyun looked at him and asked.

"Original energy is the spiritual energy between heaven and earth. Once a living thing acquires spiritual energy and absorbs it into its body for refining, it will be different from other creatures." The mountain god also explained to her, "The monsters in your human sense are another kind of spiritual energy-obtaining creatures, corresponding to the so-called immortals."

"...Do you mean that those immortal cultivators are the same as demons?"

"In my eyes, that's right." The mountain god nodded slightly, "They are all living beings who have the opportunity to cultivate their vital energy by chance."

Meng Liyun looked at Xiao and found that he still had no other expression.

Meng Liyun couldn't help but wonder: "Do you think so too?"

Xiao nodded lightly: "My master told me something similar before... Mo Ze also said so."

As Xiao said this, he couldn't help but lower his eyes, then raised his eyes to look at the mountain god: "I heard that kind of person is coming tomorrow."

"Oh?" The mountain god tilted his head, "I remember you seemed to be this kind of person too."

"Yes." Xiao nodded, "My master taught me."

"Mang Ling..." The mountain god seemed a little dazed, "Come to think of it, I haven't seen Him yet."

Xiao tilted his head slightly, obviously ready to listen to what He said next.

But the mountain god ended the topic and shook his head: "His personality is too strange. I guess I won't be able to say anything if I see him."

Upon hearing this, Xiao did not express any opinion. He looked at the moon, then at Meng Liyun, and seeing that she had nothing else to do, he said goodbye to her.

The mountain god did not try to stop them, but waved his paw at them. Before leaving, he seemed to have thought of something, and stretched out his tail to hit the two men on the forehead.

Meng Liyun only felt like a gentle breeze blowing across her forehead, without any physical sensation of being hit.

Meng Liyun followed Xiao down the mountain. Because they were in a hurry, they did not take the road built by the bandits, but slid down the hillside directly.

When Meng Liyun saw Xiao pick up a piece of tree bark and say he was going to sit on it and slide down, the cold figure in her heart suddenly cracked.

"...Is this really possible?" Meng Liyun looked at Xiao with doubt.

Owl remained calm and rubbed the bark a few times. It didn't break, so it was obviously very resilient. "I tried it. It's quite convenient."

Meng Liyun: ...

Hearing this, Meng Liyun stopped asking questions and followed suit, picking up a piece and sliding down the hillside. But perhaps because of his lack of experience, he had an accident while sliding down, his foot accidentally hooked on the vines next to him, causing him to jump out of the tree bark, and in an instant he fell down like a barrel.

In the end, it was Xiao who grabbed her in front of a steep cliff, otherwise she would have rolled directly into the valley.

Meng Liyun was still in shock and kept holding onto Xiao's robe for the rest of the way, fearing that she would slip again and fall.

It was not until they reached the mountain village that Meng Liyun reluctantly let go.

After dinner, Yuwei came to see them with her children.

The child in front of me looked about seven or eight years old. Maybe because he often went out, his skin was a little tanned. The child had beautiful facial features, eyebrows and eyes like his father, mouth and ears like his mother, and eyes were surprisingly bright, like two beams of light, shining directly on her face.

Meng Liyun couldn't help but narrow her eyes. She didn't know what physique was, but she saw that the child was in good spirits, so she patted his shoulder and said, "You have a good physique, and you are a good candidate for martial arts training."

When the child heard this, he raised his head proudly and said, "Of course I have been practicing martial arts with my father since I was a child. Now, no one of my age in the village can beat me."

Meng Liyun was startled and smiled: "That's amazing."

The old lady sitting next to him smiled and squinted her eyes when she saw him, then patted him on the shoulder: "You look quite well behaved..."

Yu Wei was sitting on the side, feeling a little embarrassed when she heard them praising her: "You're exaggerating. This child is very naughty..."

Xiao walked in, and it was obvious that he was called in by someone. It should be Yu Wei who called him before. After entering the door, he looked at the child, and the child met his eyes and froze for a moment.

Meng Liyun raised her eyebrows, not knowing what was going on with his reaction.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" The child couldn't help but ask, "It's like a knife cutting me."

Yu Wei patted him: "Don't talk nonsense."

As he said that, he smiled at Chong Xiao and introduced him to him.

"This is my child. Those two said he looks very talented, but I don't think so."

"Mom, you always look down on me. The immortals have said..." The child seemed a little dissatisfied and said with a pout.

"Mom, how could that be? I was worried about you..." Yu Wei touched his head and looked at Xiao.

Xiao nodded slightly, looked at the child twice, and suddenly stretched out his hand, pinching the child's neck with his palm accurately.

Everyone was stunned. Just as Yu Wei was about to say something, the child started to struggle violently.

"Let me go, you—"

The owl let go of the child before he could finish his words.

"Yes, a little." Xiao glanced at him, "Did those people teach him how to draw Qi into his body?"

"...No." Yu Wei hadn't recovered from the incident just now. "What did you do just now?"

"Check his tendons and veins." Xiao gave her a strange look, "Didn't you ask me to come here?"

Yu Wei: ...

"You're being a little... too rough." Yu Wei said softly.

Xiao frowned, a little puzzled: "I didn't use any force."

Yuwei pursed her lips and said nothing.

Seeing this, Meng Liyun patted her hands, winked at her, and whispered: "Well, you know him... He is just like that..."

Yu Wei may have thought of Xiao's words and deeds in the past, and her expression eased a lot: "Then why are you asking this?"

Xiao glanced at Meng Liyun and said, "Didn't they say he had a good physique? I checked and it's true. And the first step in cultivating immortals is to draw Qi into the body. Didn't they help him do that?"

"Ah..." Yu Wei's face was a little complicated after hearing this. "They did mention this thing, but they told us that we would help him make it after he became their disciple... or given my child's qualifications, it would be easy. I don't know if it's true or not."

"The muscles and bones are indeed good." Xiao nodded lightly, "Since they said so, let's wait and see tomorrow."

Meng Liyun raised her eyebrows, a little surprised.

She thought he would help him lead it directly.

Yuwei was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

……

The next morning, just after breakfast, I heard a noise at the door.

Meng Liyun opened the door and went out, only to see two snow-white figures standing in the air, with long swords under their feet and flowing robes.

Meng Liyun was stunned and looked the two of them up and down.

One of the two men had white hair and a childlike face with stern features. The robe he wore had more gold patterns than the one next to him. The other had waist-length black hair and slightly younger features.

Meng Liyun took a look and couldn't help frowning.

She sensed the same arrogance from them as from the previous few.

This arrogance is different from the arrogance of ordinary people. It is a kind of condescending and disdainful arrogance. It seems that in their eyes, the people around them are not their own kind, but a group of insects and ants.

Meng Liyun couldn't help but think of the afterimage she saw on Xiao many years ago. She could clearly see similar emotions in those golden eyes, but the feeling was completely different.

There was no contempt in those eyes, only endless indifference, an indifference to everything around him.

As for these two people, she could clearly sense a strong disdain from them. They were very disdainful of the bandits who surrounded them, and even had a sense of arrogance.

Meng Liyun frowned and felt disgusted.

Although in her heart, those who practiced Taoism were indeed different from ordinary people like them, and she did have some yearning and admiration for these immortal arts, she just didn't like such arrogant people.

"Oh, is that the immortal?" A voice came from the side, it was the old lady.

"……Yes."

"Hmm... it's a little different from what I thought." The old lady seemed a little disappointed. "Why can't I feel the kind of immortal spirit described in the book?"

"...Indeed." Meng Liyun looked over there again.

The two men looked at the people who had gathered around them with their eyelashes drooping, half-opened and half-closed, and seemed to say something. The people around them retreated like a tide and made way for them.

The white-haired man took a step first, then suddenly stopped, looked at the mud on his feet, frowned, and seemed a little disgusted.

"Ah, it rained a few days ago, and there is water here. The soil is indeed softer." Yan Ying's hearty voice reached her ears clearly.

"...Yeah, no problem."

The white-haired man just waved his hand, and the mud on his shoes disappeared immediately, and his shoes became clean again.

Meng Liyun narrowed her eyes, turned over, and jumped off the plank road.

"What do you think?" Meng Liyun quietly approached Xiao, who was observing quietly nearby, and asked him.

Xiao glanced at her and said, "It's true."

"Oh?" Meng Liyun raised her eyebrows, then frowned, "But I don't like them."

"why?"

"It's just their aura... it's annoying." Meng Liyun tilted her head and muttered softly, "I always feel like they look down on people."

"That's normal." Xiao tilted his head slightly and imitated her in lowering his voice, "There are always some people who think they are different."

"I always feel like they are superior to us..." Meng Liyun said, frowning again, "Although being able to practice is indeed something to be envied."

Xiao looked at the two people in the distance who were like the moon surrounded by stars, shook his head gently, and said nothing.

Meng Liyun and Xiao followed behind the crowd, watching Yan Ying and the two men talking coldly. The two men were arrogant and didn't even look at Yan Ying when they talked to him.

They arrived at the lobby and Yan Ying waved his hand to let everyone go, leaving only Yu Wei and the two of them by the side. He poured tea for the immortal and talked to them with a smile.

"This is the best tea in our village, please——"

The tea Yan Ying prepared for them was the same. Meng Liyun raised the cup and took a sip. As soon as the tea entered her mouth, a fresh breath followed, the water flowed into her throat, and the aftertaste was slightly sweet. The tea flavor that touched her nose was also fragrant, and even Meng Liyun, who didn't like drinking tea very much, could feel fond of it.

"It's really delicious." Meng Liyun whispered to the owl next to her.

Xiao also took a sip, looked at her when he heard it, said nothing, and just nodded slightly.

Meng Liyun turned her gaze to the two people, but saw that the white-haired man did not raise his hand, only the black-haired man sniffed lightly and then put it down.

"It smells really good." The black-haired man smiled at Yan Ying.

Meng Liyun couldn't help but curl her lips.

Really pretend...

Yan Ying also paused, his fingers slightly tightened, but his face remained smiling: "That's good, you see my son——"

"I don't understand." The white-haired man interrupted Yan Ying and spoke.

Yan Ying stopped talking.

"We have taken a fancy to your child and want to bring him into the Immortal Sect. You have refused several times before, which has already made people dissatisfied. Now you let outsiders listen to our conversation. Don't you think you are looking down on us?"

The white-haired man spoke in a deep voice. As he spoke, he glanced at Meng Liyun with his eyes slightly narrowed and his tone was slightly dissatisfied.