▁one ▁of ▁the ▁official ’ s ▁attend ants ▁sees ▁the ▁girl ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁and ▁reports ▁this . ▁The ▁official ▁arr ests ▁C ui ▁and , ▁once ▁he ▁he ars ▁the ▁entire ▁story , ▁sends ▁men ▁to ▁capture ▁the ▁neg rito ▁slave . ▁But ▁Mo - l ê ▁esc apes ▁with ▁his ▁d agger ▁( app ar ently ▁his ▁only ▁possession ) ▁and ▁f lies ▁over ▁the ▁city ▁walls ▁to ▁escape ▁app reh ension . ▁He ▁is ▁seen ▁over ▁ten ▁years ▁later ▁s elling ▁medicine ▁in ▁the ▁city , ▁not ▁having ▁aged ▁a ▁single ▁day . ▁ ▁T ao ist ▁influence ▁Mo - l ê ’ s ▁gravity ▁def ying ▁ab ilities ▁and ▁ag eless ness ▁suggests ▁the ▁fict ional ▁character ▁is ▁a ▁pract ition er ▁of ▁es oter ic ▁life - pro long ing ▁exer cis es ▁a kin ▁to ▁Chinese ▁imm ort als . ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁tale ▁attributed ▁to ▁the ▁T ao ist ▁ade pt ▁Ge ▁Hong , ▁some ▁hun ters ▁in ▁the ▁Zh ong nan ▁Mountains ▁saw ▁a ▁n aked ▁man ▁whose ▁body ▁was ▁covered ▁in ▁black ▁hair . ▁When ever ▁they ▁tried ▁to ▁capture ▁him ▁he ▁“ le apt ▁over ▁g ul lies ▁and ▁valle ys ▁as ▁if ▁in ▁flight , ▁and ▁so ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁over t aken ." ▁After ▁finally ▁amb ushing ▁the ▁man , ▁the ▁hun ters ▁learned ▁it ▁was ▁in ▁fact ▁a ▁ 2 0 0 ▁plus ▁year ▁old ▁woman ▁who ▁had ▁learned ▁the ▁arts ▁of ▁imm ort ality ▁from ▁an ▁old ▁man ▁in