Chapter 131 [Half a lifetime is wasted and the road ahead is lost]

   "..."

  The old turtle by the river is still in shock.

  In the middle of the night, I was alone by the cold river under the moon, and when I was mourning and crying, a human suddenly appeared and talked to me.

   This is too scary.

  It's a pity that turtles don't have sweat glands, otherwise they will break out in cold sweat.

   Unaware!

   This human came behind him in this way. The whole process was not silent, but he didn't even notice it when he was emotionally excited.

Fortunately, the tone behind the other party was gentle, and listening to the tone, there was a faint sense of concern or curiosity about his crying, not the kind that he subconsciously thought, suddenly appeared to give a name, and then cut off himself as a monster A violent practitioner.

   This made him feel a little more relaxed. After all, at present, if the other party wants to kill him, he will definitely not be able to escape.

  My speed on land is too slow, and now I am still a few feet away from the water. If the opponent makes a move, I may not have a chance to jump into the river, and I can only kill with my neck.

   After calming down, the old turtle let go of his vigilance a little bit, retracted his outstretched claws, and was about to retract his round head in the shell at any time, stretched out a little, and shouted:

   "Brother, you are so silent, it's too scary!"

   Being so frightened, Lao Gui didn't have the mood to cry anymore, but concentrated on dealing with the person in front of him.

The old turtle looked intently at the person who came, and saw that the person was dressed in plain clothes, with a thin silver hairpin inserted in the bun, with a handsome face and a rather long figure, standing under the moonlight, with the corners of the clothes and the tie fluttering with the night wind , Xiaoyao is not like a mortal figure.

   What caught his attention the most was that when viewed from the front, there was a handle protruding from the back of the visitor, like a long sword, which made the old turtle feel fearful.

  Fang Chang smiled slightly, like spring breeze melting snow: "It was my negligence, sorry."

  Hearing these words, the old turtle settled down a bit, and a shy expression appeared on his chubby face: "It's because I lost my composure because of grief, and made my brother laugh."

   Waving his hand, Fang Chang expressed his understanding.

However, the old turtle thought about the man in white in front of him, who should have a high level of cultivation and knowledge, and perhaps because of his own chance, he said what he was crying: "What I am sad about, little demon, is that I have not seen him for a long time." Shapeshifting."

"oh."

  Fang Chang thought, this is another monster stuck at the Transformation Pass.

  It seems that as a major hurdle on the path of monster cultivation, the transformation is really well-deserved. Situations like the old turtle are too common.

  This level is like a big sieve, every monster has to go through it, but the mesh of the sieve is very fine, so only a small number of monsters can be lucky enough to seize the opportunity, be able to transform into a human, and find the way to practice later.

  The words that have been suffocated for a long time are like a blocked sluice. Once there is a beginning, the next thing will be poured out, and it will never be blocked again.

   Therefore, the old turtle couldn't help but began to babble to the stranger in front of him:

"I named myself Guiyuan. Counting from Kaihui, I am a thousand years old this year... I have been living in this river, I was born here and grew up here. The memories of those days are so long gone."

   "A thousand years is really too long. It is so long that the situation that I thought could be remembered for a lifetime is gradually erased from my mind. Maybe at some point, there will be no trace."

"Now that more than half of my lifespan has passed, I practice diligently every day, but I still don't feel that the opportunity of transformation is approaching. I think that maybe this life is hopeless, and I can't help but feel sad, so I lean on the river and cry. I was bumped into by my brother. It’s really embarrassing.”

   "I have been mediocre for most of my life, but I have nothing to make here. It is really 'the time is only feared, and half of the life is wasted', alas..."

  After all kinds of non-human creatures develop spiritual intelligence and become demons, their lifespan will have a leap, but the increased lifespan is also affected by their own lifespan.

Turtles are often difficult to transform, and most turtles do not live long, but this old turtle in front of me is a relatively rare long-lived species among turtles, but this brings about the difficulty of transforming him. double.

  Seeing that the turtle demon was still ashamed of crying just now, Fang Chang cupped his hands and said, "I'm being rude."

  Old Guiyuan pondered slightly, and continued: "Brother, you must be a person with great ability. I wonder if you can see how long it will take me to have a chance to transform?"

   "Hmm." Fang Chang pondered for a moment, and asked, "Have you ever eaten a human or a demon in these years?"

"No, I met an expert when I was young and told me about it. I never dared to try it, and I wasn't interested in it." The old turtle shook his head, "I was still a little demon at that time, and I was not qualified to cling, but I just strictly followed orders. .”

   "That's good." Fang Chang said.

  Then he thought, since he met himself, it could be regarded as the fate of the turtle monster in front of him, so he turned his eyes and looked above the turtle.

   "The news is not good." Sighing in his heart, Fang Chang shook his head and said, the tortoise on the other side was shocked by his words, and he immediately gathered his energy to listen to Fang Chang's next words.

   "From the point of view of my humble beginnings, there is no hope for the transformation of the turtle brother in a hundred years."

  He told the truth.

  The expression of Gui Yuan on the opposite side instantly dimmed.

   Seeing the other party like this, Fang Chang cupped his hands and didn't continue talking.

   Fate cannot be forced, even if Fang Chang is already a successful practitioner, he still can't break through it, and pushing the seedlings to encourage them will only be counterproductive.

  The deep disappointment on Old Gui's face could not be concealed at all.

  He saluted Fang Chang lightly, then turned his head desolately, and jumped back into the river again.

  Fang Chang looked ahead, the moonlight sprinkled on the river, and the ripples stirred up by the turtle entering the water randomly reflected the moonlight everywhere, and the moon shadow also became broken in the ripples, like broken porcelain sprinkled all over the ground.

  He shook his head, turned back and walked back.

  ...

  …

  The morning sun is very bright.

  Fang Chang got up very early, after a brief practice, he was leaning against the bulkhead to read a book.

  At this point, the act of waking up early every day to absorb the real fire of the sun after experiencing a breakthrough after seeing one’s nature is of little use.

  However, Fang Chang still maintains the habit of morning classes. He will probably have to wait until he has made great progress, and he will cancel this habit when he no longer needs to practice by himself.

  The boatman and his son also woke up quite early, they have already prepared breakfast, and they are calling Fang Chang to eat:

   "Morning, the guests are coming for dinner~"

   "Okay, okay, I'll come right away." Fang Chang put down the book in his hand, stuffed it back into the package, and then walked to the dining table.

  Breakfast is mainly porridge, and the boatman even boiled an egg for Fang Chang, which is also a special treatment for guests.

Zhou Changduo is very energetic. It seems that the drunkenness yesterday evening did not cause any negative effects on him, but made him sleep more steadily. said:

   "After breakfast, I will set off on a boat. We will be able to dock at Xingqing Mansion this afternoon."

   Thank you Zuo Sheng, Qingquan_Taoke for your reward.

  

  

  (end of this chapter)