Chapter 35 of 100

Chapter 35

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Amu couldn't help but frown, then he raised his head. Indeed, after a moment, he saw a figure turn the corner of a small path ahead.

This person gave off an extremely strange feeling. At first, it seemed as if they were floating on the ground, their appearance somewhat blurry and indistinct, like a ghost. Gradually, Amu could see that the figure was a rather thin and gaunt old man in black, holding a black gourd in his hand. He was indeed walking on his feet, but his steps were slow, and he swayed with each step, looking quite leisurely.

As soon as this old man in black appeared, Amu felt an inexplicable sensation.

It wasn't the warmth of meeting a mortal, nor the reverence of meeting a celestial being, but rather a chilling and eerie feeling, indescribable.

Moreover, although he could see the old man clearly, Amu always felt as if there was something between them.

Who is this person? Amu wondered. This is a nameless mountain peak in the northern part of Beihan, where few people venture. Logically, there shouldn't be such a person here.

Could it be a hermit from within Beihan? But this old man in black didn't have even a hint of the refined and noble aura of people like Han Qianli and Bai Yifeng, nor did he show any unusual signs.

While Amu was thinking, he heard the old man in black muttering to himself.

"A laughable dream of inversion, a thousand years like floating clouds! Mundane affairs, why ask? See the sun and moon, rise and set! Visiting the tumultuous and surging places, I am the only one among the immortals!"

Singing a little tune and fiddling with the black gourd in his hand, the old man in black headed straight for Amu.

Listening to his words and observing his actions, Amu quickly became fully alert. The black vine was hidden in his right arm, ready to be used at any moment, and he slightly bowed.

After all, the immortal sects have many hermits. Since this old man in black appeared here, he must have some connection with the Beihan Sect. Therefore, Amu was cautious and didn't want to be impolite.

Amu slightly bowed, preparing to greet him, but the old man in black didn't even look at Amu, and was about to pass by him.

This level of disregard was extreme. He hummed a little tune, held a wine bottle, and seemed to be intoxicated by the surrounding mountain scenery, with no other concerns.

Amu couldn't help but be stunned: "What does this mean?"

"Disciple Amu of the Beihan Sect greets the senior!" Amu didn't want to be ignored, so he deliberately spoke loudly.

This voice did have an effect. The old man in black, who was intoxicated by the mountains and humming a little tune, suddenly stopped and looked around, as if searching for something.

Amu couldn't help but feel annoyed: "You're not blind, I'm right here next to you, and you can't see me? What are you looking around for?"

However, Amu didn't show his dissatisfaction and said again, "Disciple Amu of the Beihan Sect greets the senior!"

At this moment, the old man in black finished looking around and turned his gaze to Amu, frowned, and looked around again, confirming that there was no one else, before saying, "Are you talking to me? Did you see me?"

The old man in black's voice was quite hoarse, making it very uncomfortable to listen to.

Amu looked at the old man in black and thought to himself, "Who can't see a living person?" But he respectfully said, "Junior is indeed talking to the senior!"

"Hmm?" The old man in black's expression was even more surprised, "You can hear me talking?"

This question left Amu even more puzzled.

"Junior has eyes to see and ears to hear. How can I not see the senior or hear the senior talking?" Amu said.

This made the old man in black interested. He couldn't help but look at Amu carefully, then frowned and circled around Amu. The old man in black's expression was very strange, sometimes frowning, sometimes relaxing, and he observed for a full fifteen minutes.

Amu felt a bit uneasy under his gaze and said, "Is the senior a hermit of Beihan?"

To appear on this nameless peak of the Beihan Sect and sing such a song, "Visiting the tumultuous and surging places, I am the only one among the immortals," this person must not be an ordinary person. So Amu asked tentatively.

The old man in black, hearing Amu's question, first nodded subconsciously, then shook his head, looked at Amu a few more times, and muttered to himself, "Can't see through, can't see through," and finally asked Amu, "Boy, who are you a disciple of in Beihan?"

Amu felt that this old man in black was very strange and didn't dare to offend him easily, so he said, "Junior is just a cultivation child of the Beihan Sect, not yet a disciple of anyone!"

" Cultivation child? Not a disciple of anyone?" The old man in black looked at Amu in surprise.

"Exactly! Junior has only been on the mountain for less than three months," Amu said.

"Three months? Sigh! What a waste of talent! With a body of celestial bone, you weren't directly taken as a disciple by the sect leader, and you're just a cultivation child? The fools of the Beihan Sect!" The old man in black looked at Amu, then frowned again, "However, your celestial root that shows up is a bit strange? Can't see through, can't see through! Could it be... " The old man in black sighed but didn't continue.

The old man in black's words were not very clear, but his words seemed to express dissatisfaction with the Beihan Sect and pity for Amu. Amu could only say, "The sect leader intends to take me as a disciple, but some evaluations are still needed!"

"Hmm! That's right!" Then the old man in black said, "What is the current cultivation level of the Beihan Sect leader?"

Hearing these words from the old man in black, Amu could basically determine that the old man in black was not from the Beihan Sect, otherwise, he wouldn't speak ill of the Beihan Sect and not know the sect leader's cultivation level. At the same time, Amu determined that the old man in black must be a great hermit, perhaps like his master Wang Jue.

So, Amu hurriedly said, "According to junior, the sect leader is at the initial stage of the Spirit Saint realm!"

"Spirit Saint initial stage?" The old man in black shook his head, then seemed to nod reluctantly.

This head-shaking and nodding action made Amu dizzy, not knowing what the old man in black was thinking.

"May I ask what senior is a great person, and can you give me your name?" Amu said.

"Forget it, forget it, you don't need to know. I'm living quite comfortably, why did I meet you today? Let me tell you, don't tell anyone you met me! Otherwise, you will surely have great trouble!" The old man in black warned Amu solemnly.

Although Amu didn't think much of it, seeing that the other party didn't want to say more, he nodded in agreement.

"Hmm!" The old man in black was satisfied with Amu's attitude, then glanced at the half-immortal tiger on the ground, "Did you kill it?"

"Exactly, junior killed it," Amu said.

"Being a cultivation child and killing a half-immortal tiger, not bad! We have a connection, so I'll take the half-immortal tiger to make wine! What do you think?" The old man in black looked at Amu.

"If the senior likes it, junior will naturally offer it!" Although Amu was a bit upset, he had worked hard to kill the half-immortal tiger, and it was taken away by the old man in just a few words, as if Amu had gained a benefit. However, Amu didn't hesitate at all, and it was better to befriend such a strange old man.

"Good! Little guy." The old man in black didn't hesitate either. He raised the gourd in his hand, and a black light appeared. The half-immortal tiger was sucked into the gourd, and the blood on the ground disappeared.

Amu was greatly surprised, and the old man in black chuckled.

"How about it, this gourd is no worse than your Qiankun如意bracelet! See you later, young man!" After saying this, the old man in black didn't care about Amu's stunned expression, swayed his body, hummed a little tune, and walked away, swaying with each step.

However, after taking three or four steps, the old man in black turned around and said to Amu, "Let me give you a piece of advice! Be careful of the things on the walls of the Heavenly Numbered Cave. Remember, don't tell anyone you saw me! This is to save your life!"

As he said this, the old man in black flicked his hand, and a black jade pendant was thrown into Amu's hand.

Amu was even more stunned. Seeing that the old man in black didn't turn around again and slowly walked away, Amu felt that the old man in black's appearance became blurry and indistinct, as if he was not walking on the ground but floating a foot above it.

"On the road, yesterday's self... This life must forget the red dust, cultivating the three thousand paths of the mortal world, you and I are fellow travelers..." The indistinct tune came.

"Amu, Amu!" At this moment, Amu suddenly saw Lishui riding the Tianxuan flying saucer coming over.

An even stranger thing happened. Lishui and the old man in black met head-on.

But Lishui didn't see the old man in black at all, and the old man in black didn't even look up, just passed by Lishui, then turned around and waved the black gourd in his hand at Amu, and gradually walked away.

"Amu, are you okay?" Lishui asked Amu with concern, as he had been knocked unconscious by the tiger's roar and woke up to find Amu gone, so he hurriedly came to look for him.

Amu gently shook his head, indicating that he was fine, but his eyes were still fixed on the direction from which Lishui came.

"Amu, what are you looking at?" Lishui couldn't help but look behind him, but there was no one there, nothing to see.

"Senior Brother Lishui, did you see anyone else just now?" Amu asked.

"Anyone else? In this desolate mountain, who would come? If you met someone, it would be a ghost!" Lishui said.

"Hmm!" Amu's back was really cold, because he could still see the old man in black, although he was far away, but Lishui couldn't see him at all.

At this moment, Amu was extremely shocked. Who was this old man in black?

He could see that Amu had a celestial bone, and that Amu had the Qiankun如意bracelet, and even that Amu was cultivating in the Heavenly Numbered Cave on Luoyun Cliff.

Such insight was not that of an ordinary cultivator, at least it should be at the level of the ancestor of the Beihan Sect.

And why could only Amu see him, but not others? What did the warning about the Heavenly Numbered Cave mean?

Amu had many questions, but he couldn't answer them for the moment.

"Amu, where is the half-immortal tiger?" Lishui asked.

"Ran away!" Amu said, deciding not to tell Lishui about the old man in black for the time being, as the old man in black was too mysterious.

"Um, what a pity, but it's good that you're fine! Let's go back!" Lishui said.

Amu nodded, and with a thought, the black jade pendant given by the old man in black was secretly stored in the Qiankun如意bracelet. The two of them got on the Tianxuan flying saucer.

In the air, Amu looked down, memorizing the location of this nameless mountain peak, and then set off for Tongtian Peak.

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