jdhmnovel Chapter 724 The Mysterious Old Man
Chapter 724 The Mysterious Old Man
An old man appeared at the door. He had a hunched back and a bent waist, and his face was full of wrinkles, like the dry bark that was about to fall off.
There were a few gray strands in his silver hair, and his withered arms looked like rotten dead wood, as if they would break at any time!
But it was obvious that the man with half of his body lying in the coffin made Shu He feel an unmatched power and terror.
Because, he used only his hands to pull open the two doors weighing thousands of pounds!
He actually pulled apart the lightning-struck wood that ordinary people couldn't even touch with his bare hands, and it seemed effortless!
Is this the old man buried up to his neck in the earth?
Isn't it too scary?
The old man opened the door and looked up with seemingly great effort. When he saw the person coming, a glimmer of light flashed in his cloudy and dull eyes.
"Coming!"
The hoarse and vicissitudes of life voice seemed to be telling the story of some kind of accumulation of years, which made people feel an indescribable mystery and curiosity.
Baili Moqing smiled and nodded, then asked, "Master Kun, how have you been lately?"
"I'm already in the earth from the neck down, so what's good or bad about it?"
When he lowered his head, his eyes swept across Shu He, and then swept back.
His silent gaze searched her face left and right, as if confirming something.
Shu He subconsciously tightened her grip on Baili Moqing's hand, not out of fear, but out of nervousness. It was as if her soul, imprisoned deep within her sea of consciousness, was being silently torn apart, exploring her deepest secrets.
The old man seemed to notice her discomfort and immediately looked away.
He turned around and asked Baili Moqing to bring Shu He in.
In the courtyard, there is only a majestic five-story building. In the entire Tianqi, except for the Zhaixing Building which has ten floors, this library is the tallest building in the entire palace.
The first floor is a huge hall without any books. It is more like a large simple study and living room.
On a long table on a gray bamboo mat, there was only a set of tea sets and brewed tea.
Baili Moqing took out a box of tea, which was the Tianshan Snow Bud collected by Shu He, and was extremely precious.
It turned out that he asked her for Tianshan Snow Buds because he wanted to give them to the old man.
"Tien Shan Snow Bud?" The old man's cloudy eyes lit up slightly, and his originally slow movements became agile. He stretched out his hand and snatched the tea box from Baili Moqing's hand.
Shu He was stunned for a moment.
This old man's movements are obviously very fluent, so why does he look like he can't lift his hands?
The old man seemed to be able to read Shu He's mind. He knew what Shu He was thinking without even raising his eyes.
He spoke slowly, "Don't look at me like that. I'm old and don't like to move, so I'm moving slowly."
"Just bear with it."
Baili Moqing snorted, "Master Kun, why don't you say that you are just lazy and don't want to move more?"
The old man raised his eyes and glared at him.
Then he looked at Shu He again, "Your personality has become a bit like your childhood. It should be thanks to this girl, right?"
Baili Moqing lowered his head, touched his nose lightly, and a very strange smile appeared on his face.
The old man glanced at him, and a stiff and speechless expression appeared on his haggard face.
Didn't see it!
"You are so lucky, you can hold such a wonderful person in your arms. It's such a pity for this girl!"
Baili Moqing smiled at first, but then he felt that what he said sounded a little strange. Why didn't it feel like he was praising him?
"Master Kun, you are already 130 years old, why are you not so steady in your words?"
"You're a steady person, yet you were poisoned, brutally murdered, exiled for four years, and nearly died!" The old man snorted in disgust. "Fortunately, no one knows you learned from me, otherwise, you'd be completely humiliated!"
Baili Moqing was embarrassed, "Master Kun, this matter is complicated, you don't understand the reason..."
"No need to understand, it's just stupidity!"
Baili Moqing was speechless and didn't know how to tell him.
Well, let him say whatever he wants!
Seeing that he was silent, the old man took out some Tianshan snow buds.
All the tea he had originally brewed was poured out, and a look of disgust appeared on his face.
This scene made Shu He feel a bit amused and helpless. How could he still be so fickle at such an old age? The tea he brewed earlier was also a top-grade tribute tea, which ordinary wealthy people could not afford. Yet, he actually threw it away with such disdain!
At this moment, he simply poured the tea, and the tea went straight through the long front hall and spilled out the door!
Shu He stared, not knowing how to describe this feeling...
This old man has such profound skills that he can save energy even when doing a movement, but he is willing to use it to pour tea... He really knows how to have fun!
"Girl, where are you from?"
He poured hot water into the teapot, and the elegant and fragrant snow buds instantly burst out with a strong scent of snowy mountains, as if what was rising was not hot air, but the cold breath from the iceberg.
"This……"
Shu He felt that none of the shocks he had ever experienced in his life were as severe as those he had experienced in just a quarter of an hour!
Is this old man still a human being?
Baili Moqing patted her shoulder and said with a smile: "Let me introduce you to Master Kun, my childhood enlightenment master."
"I'm not really a master. I only studied with you for a few days. I didn't even get to drink the apprenticeship tea!"
The old man glanced at him with a look of disgust on his face.
Baili Moqing was speechless. He always felt that the old man's attitude towards him was much worse this time, and he seemed to look down on him!
The old man ignored him and asked Xiang Shuhe again, "Girl, you haven't told me where you are from?"
Shu He looked at him, somewhat doubting what he really meant.
"Master Kun, she is from Kyoto..."
"I didn't ask you!" The old man glanced at him again, and his dislike for him seemed to have reached its peak.
Well, Baili Moqing finally realized that this old man didn't want to talk to him at all!
Shu He vaguely guessed what he meant, but she was a little bit unconvinced.
Is this old man so magical?
Shu He picked up the tea the old man handed to her, stared into the pair of eyes that seemed cloudy but were actually extremely shrewd, and asked tentatively, "Master Kun, do you think I should come from somewhere?"
The old man's face was stiff as he smiled at her. "Many years ago, I heard someone say that there is a very wonderful world in this world. It seems to stand in another space, beyond the distant horizon, and yet it seems to be right before our eyes..."
He said the last sentence while staring at Shu He, as if telling her that he had seen through her background.
Shu He stood there in a daze, looking at him in horror.
He really saw it!
Baili Moqing also fell silent at the same time.
He came here originally to ask about Shu He's rapid cultivation of internal strength, but he didn't expect that the old man saw through another shocking secret!