Chapter 1075 Meeting Qilin

In the backyard of Yang's drug store, Su Dian, whose nickname is Rouge, this female martial artist is alone, guarding the empty backyard of the drug store.

Junior brother Shi Lingshan returned to his home in Taoye Lane.

Su Dian doesn't feel lonely or depressed. He has been used to it since he was a child. He feels uncomfortable when there are many people.

The medicine shop is in the style of a front shop and a back shop. Decoction and drying of medicinal materials are all in the backyard. Beyond the main house is Old Man Yang's residence.

The door to the east wing was closed. Usually only when Li Huai returned to his hometown and came here to hang out, Old Yang would open the door. Only the west wing was vacated early and given to Su Dian.

There is also a utility room in the corner of the yard, which is filled with all kinds of old objects, bottles and cans. The key to the room was left with Su Dian. Master once told her that when Li Huai returns to his hometown next time, he will fight with Li Huai. He said hello and told the guy in the room that a lot of old things had been left to him, and he could sell them or give them away as he pleased.

There was a bench placed under the eaves on the south side opposite to the main house on the north side. Su Dian never sat on it, and his junior brother was not allowed to sit there casually.

She was like guarding an old shop, and she also helped Master keep some old rules.

Su Dian is a martial arts fanatic, but tonight she is rare. She just sits on the chair in a daze, with her feet on the edge of the brazier, thinking about some past events.

Finally coming back to his senses, Su Dian lowered his head, stretched out his fingers, and twisted his trouser legs that were slightly hot from the fire.

The door of the drug store was ajar. Someone pushed the door open, walked through the front store, and lifted the curtain. The young man called out, "Senior sister."

Su Dian on the side room responded, it was his junior brother Shi Lingshan who came to visit.

Shi Lingshan entered the house, moved a bench, and sat next to the brazier. Su Dian smiled and said, "It's not unlucky for you to ask about the medicine shop for dinner."

Shi Lingshan stretched out his hand to warm himself by the fire, deliberately pretending to be stupid, "Is there such a thing?"

The family is more lively, with four generations living under the same roof, and the ancestral home is in Taoye Lane. They are not that poor, but Shi Lingshan is still worried that the senior sister will be alone and the drug store will be too deserted.

He knew that the senior sister had no relatives or friends in the town since the uncle she depended on passed away. It seemed that she didn't even have a poor relative with whom she could exchange greetings.

Shi Lingshan took out a pack of pastries from the New Year's shop from his sleeve and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Shi gave it to me over at Qilong Lane."

Su Dian hesitated for a moment, then reached out and took the pastry wrapped in oil paper, "Did you really ask about dinner?"

During the dinner on New Year's Eve, people from Fulu Street and Taoye Lane, and people outside these two streets and alleys, usually do not move around each other.

In the small town in the past, there were four surnames and ten tribes on Fulu Street and Taoye Lane. In the early days of the big families in the town, the four surnames, Lu, Li, Zhao, and Song, were always headed by the Lu family, because before the collapse of the Lu family, the Lu family was the suzerain of the Song family in Dali, and the founding emperor of the Lu family had a close relationship with Fulu. Jie Lu's family has numerous origins. In addition, the ten clans like Yuan, Cao, and Xie all had great figures in their ancestors. After they left Lizhu Cave, they all became famous. For example, Cao Hang and Yuan Xing, who were regarded as ministers of the Great Li Zhongxing, created In addition to the two major surnames of the Shangzhu Kingdom in the Dali court, there are also the Sword Immortal Cao Xi from the South Posu Continent, and the Tianjun Xie Shi from the North Ju Luzhou.

Just talking about the Mud Bottle Lane, there are Chen Ping'an, the hermit official, Song Jixin, the king of the Great Li vassal, and Gu Can, the direct disciple of Zheng Juzhong.

Over there is the Zhenhai Tower in Nan Po Suo Continent, where the ancestral residence of Cao Xi, the swordsman stationed, is located.

As for Su Dian, apart from her relationship with the drug store, the only person she knew in her hometown town was Hu Feng, who was a few years older than her. Hu Feng's family used to own a grocery store. He would often work as a day laborer with his grandfather, doing brick and carpentry work, or going from house to house to help sharpen knives. However, Hu Feng has also left his hometown, but even if Hu Feng stays here, Su Dian and he have nothing to talk about.

Shi Lingshan smiled and said, "Guess who I saw just now in Qilong Lane?"

Su Dian kept silent and chewed the pastry carefully. Anyway, no matter who he saw, it was not worth making a fuss about.

Years ago, there would often be an unkempt, sallow and skinny little girl on the Qilong Lane. She would pretend to pass by the Qilong Lane accidentally, walking very slowly, sniffing gently and smelling the fragrance of the cakes. The girl's belly became more and more painful. Grumbling with hunger.

The delicious pastries that I had only dreamed of when I was young, as well as the colorful fabrics in the cloth shop, once made that hungry and cold girl feel that they were the most unattainable good things in the world. However, when she grew up, she had everything on hand. With money, I don’t know why, but I don’t seem to think about it at all.

Shi Lingshan said: "When I looked at her from a distance, she seemed to be Wang Zhu from Qilong Lane."

He used to be a fellow villager in a small town just a stone's throw away, but now he is a big shot far away.

Su Dian just hummed. She was not from the same place anyway, and she was not interested in the wealth and fortune of these fellow villagers.

Today's Old Longzhou and Newchuzhou are recognized as a land of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, with many strange people and strangers gathering together. But from Sudian's point of view, they are incomparable to those in the past.

The first group of outsiders bought the fairy house on the top of the mountain in the western mountains. As long as they didn't resell it at a low price, it can now be regarded as a cornucopia of wealth.

Later, some well-informed monks who came after hearing the news, together with the local people, bought the ancestral houses in the town, or bought the snake gallstones picked up from the Longxu River at a "high price", and embedded them in the walls. The bronze mirrors, ancient coins, porcelain and other old objects seemed to have become extremely valuable overnight. The only things that became worthless were those that had been accumulated through hard work for generations. Broken silver, or gold and silver jewelry that every household brings to the bottom of the box.

Nowadays, many Qi practitioners who live anonymously in this small town live in seclusion all year round, using those dilapidated houses as dojos for their practice.

Their household registrations and mountain genealogy records are secretly managed by the Longquan County Kiln Supervision and Construction Office. As for the Huaihuang County Government, the identities and backgrounds of these mountain gods are still unclear. Anyway, no one is causing trouble. Compared with ordinary counties, it is simply It is a place where roads are not lost, so that the county government is extremely clear and clear. In the city, it is excellent every year. After all, there are not even any thieves jumping over the wall to steal, let alone trivial disputes between parents. .

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the luck of mountains and rivers, magical weapons and spiritual weapons, these foreign monks with sharp eyes and quick hands have indeed earned them all. Everyone has gained something, and almost no one has lost anything.

Let me just say one thing, someone once went to Tianmu to exchange fists with the ancient gods who crossed the border and violated the ban, and brought several golden rains to Aquarius Continent. Although almost all of them were captured by Wei Shanjun of Beiyue, even though they seemed to belong to the Piyunshan family After all, Wei Bo is a tiger in one continent, and the entire territory of Beiyue will rise with the tide. The luck of the mountains and rivers will become stronger, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will become more abundant. The Taoist monks who live in seclusion in Huaihuang County and the mountains to the west will eat. Xia drinks dew and eats to his heart's content. Over the past twenty years, monks have quietly broken through from time to time.

Shi Lingshan asked casually: "Senior sister, how many people do you think there are in our sect?"

According to the seniority division of their lineage, the genealogy couldn't be simpler. Anyway, there is only one master who teaches boxing. On the surface, Su Dian and Shi Lingshan, there are two senior brothers above, but Li Er and Zheng Dafeng, one drags the family. One of them went to Beiju Luzhou, and the other went to Wucai Tianxia. As for whether there are other senior brothers and sisters, it has always been a mystery. Old Man Yang didn't like to mention this. Shi Lingshan once asked about it, but he got scolded all over the face. Old Man Yang has always been like this, either he doesn't speak at all, or he speaks in an unpleasant way when he does. He scolded Shi Lingshan, a disciple, so he thought. When you go out to recognize your senior brother, do you want to make a fool of yourself, or are the Shi family in Taoye Lane hungry for you, so you have to go to another house to beg for a mouthful of hot shit?

After that, Shi Lingshan didn't dare to ask any more questions.

Su Dian thought for a while and said: "I don't know how many people there are specifically, how many people are listed in the family tree, and how many people are alive today, but apart from the two senior brothers Li and Zheng, there are indeed others. .”

Shi Lingshan raised his head, full of curiosity.

Su Dian shook his head and said: "I know the names of the two senior brothers and sisters, but the master has not said whether their identities can be revealed, so don't ask any more questions."

The two brothers and sisters in the room have very different personalities. From Shi Lingshan's point of view, the master didn't say it's not possible, it's just okay.

But for senior sister Su Dian, Master didn't say it was okay, it was just not okay.

Sudian suddenly said: "I plan to follow Master's instructions and spend this new year. When Li Huai comes back and tells him some things, I will go on a trip."

Shi Lingshan asked: "Where are you going, senior sister? How far is the journey? Is it an ancient battlefield site in another continent?"

He and his senior sister have not left Aquarius Continent yet.

Among the younger generation in the town, it seems that each one likes to travel far more than the other.

Su Dian knew that this junior brother had misunderstood, and explained: "I plan to practice alone this time, so I won't take you with me."

Shi Lingshan was disappointed, but he didn't bother because he knew that his senior sister had a very stubborn temper and she would never change her mind.

Su Dian rarely had a smile on his face and said, "Next time we meet, I'll treat you to a drink."

Shi Lingshan only cared about being happy and smiling stupidly.

Inviting others to a wedding banquet is even better.

The young man didn't notice that the senior sister's face, which was illuminated by the charcoal fire, had her head lowered, and there was some sadness in her eyebrows.

One is optimistic and the other is pessimistic.

In the eyes of the former, all long journeys are for the day of reunion.

From the latter's perspective, all encounters are foreshadowing of parting.

After this trip to gain experience, when Su Dian reaches the far-traveling realm in Haoran Tianxia, ​​she will find a senior brother named Xie Xinen.

The other party is far away in Qingming world.

According to the master, this senior brother Xie is doing well now, but he has changed his name and is no longer called Xie Xin'en.

Just by listening to Master's tone, Su Dian could guess that Senior Brother Xie had already accumulated quite a fortune in that world.

Whenever the master talks about these disciples, he usually has a bad look on his face. Even when he mentions his senior brother Li Er who is already a martial artist, he doesn't even smile.

Master left a few messages to Senior Brother Xie, who had never been masked before, and asked Su Dian to help deliver the message.

The general idea is that after Xie Xin'en meets his junior sister Su Dian, he will teach her boxing and swordsmanship as if on behalf of a teacher. Then, when Su Dian reaches the top of the mountain, he will help his junior sister establish a sect there, take root and become independent. The door is open, and after that, the two parties go their separate ways, and do not reveal their relationship as members of the same family to the outside world.

As for how Su Dian goes to Qing Ming Tianxia and where to find Senior Brother Xie, Master has already arranged it.

Shi Lingshan asked curiously: "Senior sister, who is that Li Huai?"

It is said that the young hidden official once gave Li Huai a nickname, which made him a troubled person.

So in this small town, Li Huaizhen is the only one who can be a quarrel.

Su Dian shook his head and said: "According to what is said on the mountain, Li Huai himself has no background, he is just an ordinary human being."

But their master really treated Li Huai as his own grandson.

It's just that I can't envy this kind of thing.

Shi Lingshan sat in the room for about half an hour, then said goodbye and left. Su Dian walked to the door of the drug store. When her junior brother's figure disappeared around the corner of the street, she closed the door and returned to the backyard, staring blankly. The bench under the eaves.

I heard senior brother Zheng Dafeng say that this long bench has been here for many, many years, and no one is older than it.

The last time I saw Master, the old man was still sitting on the steps outside the main house, holding a tobacco stick and puffing away smoke.

Master said something that Su Dian couldn't understand.

The old man knocked the tobacco pole lightly on the steps, then lifted the tobacco pole, pointed to the bench, and said that the wooden bench was us.

Seeing that Su Dian was hesitant to speak, the old man said that if there is a chance to meet in Qingming Tianxia in the future, you can ask that person, he will definitely know the answer.

What does a wooden bench have to do with "us"?

Sudian was puzzled.

A woman with young appearance, green hair on the temples, graceful figure, like a fish swimming in the dragon's beard river.

She was patrolling her own territory as the local river god, and she was accompanied by a few children-like servants of the river god Shui Mansion. Among the children with immature faces, there were both boys and girls. In fact, apart from their pale faces, look Her appearance is quite eye-catching, and her attire, expression, and childish tone of voice are all no different from those of ordinary children on the shore.

Wandering and playing with the River Goddess, although they are all water ghosts, they have long been accustomed to the water, but occasionally they will appear to be choking on the water, their hands and feet will move wildly, and they will flutter a few times, just like a child in the world who is not good at swimming in water. Usually, it will just return to normal soon, and then everyone around me will make faces at each other, as if they think this is an interesting thing.

Because tonight is New Year's Eve, according to custom, the River Goddess gave these young followers a red envelope. The coins in the red paper envelope were all rusty copper coins left in the stream in the early years.

There is nothing I can do, my river god empress is famous for being frugal in housekeeping. To put it simply, she is stingy.

Malanhua, the orthodox Longxu River Water God of the Great Li Dynasty, still stopped at the mouth of the waterfall at the junction of Longxu River and Tiefu River, and then went upstream, passing by the blacksmith shop on the bank of Longxu River. , taking advantage of the fact that there was no one in the shop, she stuck her head out of the water and took a few glances.

There have been three sets of owners. The first one was Master Ruan, an ordinary blacksmith who turned out to be the last military sage who commanded Lizhu Cave Heaven. He was born in Fengxue Temple.

Later it was Ruan Qiong's apprentice Xu Xiaoqiao, a female swordsman who was missing her thumb on her right hand, and then Liu Xianyang, and Yu Qianyue, a foreigner who looked like her brain was not very bright.

Now the Longquan Sword Sect, the Tiger King Wei Bo personally helped move several mountains including the Ancestral Mountain Shenxiu Mountain to the north, which was regarded as a complete land transfer with the Lizhu Cave Sky of the past.

She would be particularly frightened every time she swam across the stone arch bridge where the Daliao Song family had removed the bridge corridor and no old sword bars were hung.

I quickly swam across the stone arch bridge and came to a deep pool with a blue stone cliff. Malanhua stopped and hung in the water.

A few children who had no time to stop bumped into each other lightly. After chirping and complaining, there was another burst of laughter.

The old woman who once lived in Xinghua Lane was visited by a female immortal master seeking revenge. Granny Ma, who was already old, died accidentally, but she was a blessing in disguise. Old man Yang gathered her ghost and became the river granny. He gradually regained his appearance, as if "the more he lived, the more he returned", and his appearance became younger and younger. The Longxu River was originally a stream. After the Tiefu River rose from the river to the river, the Longxu River, as the upstream and source, followed the trend and was upgraded to a river.

And she also rose from a river woman to a river god, and was promoted inexplicably. However, nearly thirty years have passed, and finally there is a temple with a shelter by the river. However, there is still no statue of the god in the temple, not even an incense burner.

How could there be such a shabby and embarrassed River Goddess?

But Malanhua didn't dare to have any dissatisfaction. Year after year, she counted her fingers and said that her days were like years. It was not an exaggeration. She asked an acquaintance from the land government to help find out how many old immortals there were in Zhoucheng who knew the name "Ma Lanhua" and recognized her appearance when she was young. It is said that there are only two old people from the same hometown who are about the same generation and age as her. The more this is the case, the more Ma Lanhua is in awe of the old man Yang in the drug store, because if there is no accident, she will only wait for the thirty-year deadline. By then, those two old people in the city will die?

The third aunt and the sixth mother-in-law accounted for half of it. They were the masters who pretended to be magic, the matchmakers who made connections, the steady women who delivered babies, and the Malanhua from Xinghua Lane.

As a result, another river woman appeared later...

Malanhua sighed quietly, and appeared in the deep green pool. Stepping on the water, the river spread to the stone cliff on its own. She just walked up, sat on the blue stone cliff, and took out a handful of white jade from her sleeve. Use a comb to comb your black hair and prepare to change your hair into a bun today.

The little guys also followed the Water Goddess, jumped out of the water, gathered on the cliff, ran around the stone cliff, and started to make fun. Under normal circumstances, Malanhua will never allow them to go ashore. Not to mention the daytime, the sun is like fire. Any exposure to the sun will make ghosts fly away, even at night.

What's more, they themselves don't dare to cross the border without authorization. Otherwise, if they collide with people from the Yang world, Yin Qi and Yang Qi will interact with each other, and if they can't fight, they will die.

Malanhua looked at these carefree children and sighed. She put on a smile, spoke in a soft voice, and told them a few repeated words: Don't get separated, be honest, and don't go to the shore, otherwise you will have to go home. The law waiter is hit with a brick wall.

In fact, their "Yangshou" on the shore is not very long. After becoming ghosts, it is like falling into a weird false age. They grow slowly. To be precise, it is difficult to grow up, unlike the children in the market. , grows so fast, as if in a few blinks of an eye, it will transform from a child to a teenager, and will soon reach the age of marriage, start a family, and have children of its own, and then become a very light sleeper, An old man who is used to getting up early, fell asleep one day without opening his eyes...

Malanhua raised her head and looked into the distance. Late at night, just looking at Piyun Mountain from a distance would make her eyes burn.

The Dali court was the first to establish three mountain temples. Piyun Mountain is the largest temple of the tiger, which is out of reach.

In the southernmost Luolu Mountain, there used to be a mountain god who was teased by his colleagues as the Golden-headed Mountain God. He used to be on duty there. There was also a mountain god temple of high standard on the top of the mountain. It was a pity that he was miserable in those years. It was a good one. The mountain god temple has almost become the "family temple" of the orphan in Mu Ping Lane. What kind of incense can it have? Malanhua knew that Song Yuzhang, the god of Jintou Mountain, had a long history. He had been a kiln supervisor for many years during his lifetime. In those years when there was no county government in the town, he was the only official. Cao Gengxin, the newly appointed superintendent, was young. After leaving office, he became a minister of Da Li. On the other hand, Governor Song created Mr. Song, a good man has a bad life, and he failed to catch up with the good time.

As for the mountain temple built on Fengliang Mountain, because the mountain top is strategically located at the northernmost part of the mountains, it is closest to the prosperous area of ​​​​the same city as the prefecture and county offices. The incense in the temple has always been very prosperous, with devoted men and women, and pilgrims like Yun, there is an endless stream of people going up the mountain to burn incense. On every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, the temple fairs on the mountainside and the top of the mountain are even more lively, making colleagues in the Shanshui officialdom envious. The main road up the mountain for the incense burning shrine is as wide and smooth as an official road. Daoyi Road is lined with teahouses, restaurants, inns and shops.

A landowner from the Fengliang Mountain Realm was familiar with Malanhua. He was an old and dishonest person, but he didn't dare to do anything to her. Every time they met, the old man would always find a way to say a few naughty words, just like his mouth. If you don't take advantage, you will die.

The immediate boss of this earthly master was the mountain god of Fengliang Mountain. Based on the face of the statue, Malanhua vaguely recognized him as the man who used to run a shop in a small town. Look at his current magnificence. Look at the situation of your own temple, it’s so irritating to see how many people there are.

To be honest, when the mountain god was young, he even asked someone to marry him.

It's just that for some reason, when she was He Po, the other party would come near Longxu River from time to time and meet each other, but it didn't take long before they became distant.

Malanhua is so angry. I just asked you to inquire about your grandson. Are you not willing to help with such a trivial matter?

In the Longxu River, the immediate boss is Yang Hua, the water god of the Tiefu River downstream. It is said that he is close to the Empress Dowager Dali. His face is so cold that Malanhua does not dare to get close. She occasionally participates in the water affairs of the Tiefu River. , she was also trepidatious. When she met those subordinates of the Shuifu who always put their eyes on the top, Ma Lanhua only dared to smile, never dared to put on any airs, for fear of saying something inappropriate or doing something wrong. You will lose your official status. Therefore, Malanhua could only speculate on what happened outside a state through the official newspapers from the city god's temple in the state.

According to the promise made by Old Man Yang, when thirty years have passed and the old man in the town who knows her young appearance and identity is almost gone, she can erect a statue, enjoy incense, and temper her golden body.

But Malanhua is looking forward to this, but also worried about it. Tiefujiang and Yuyejiangshui temples are very effective in seeking marriage, Mantou Mountain Earth Temple is also very famous in seeking children, and Song Du Zaopingdiao is also very famous. I went to Qidun Mountain and Fengliang Mountain. These two mountain temples are like scholars asking for signatures and making wishes, hoping that the imperial examination will go smoothly and the literary fortune will be protected. The results are quite good, so until now Malanhua has not thought of a way. Even if a statue of a god is erected in the future, where will the incense come from in one’s own ancestral temple? When it comes to suppressing water transport, who is her turn? In the boundaries of the state, there is no shortage of rivers and rivers.

Malanhua combed her hair and sighed.

On this bumpy blue stone cliff, children from the small town used to have their own "seats" when they came here to fish in the water.

After becoming a mountain and water god, the vision is completely different from that of ordinary masters in the world.

Located at the border between the mountains and the town in the west, the inconspicuous Pearl Mountain is actually the location of a Li Pearl.

The Dragon Beard River at the foot of Malanhua is a veritable "dragon beard", which is why so many priceless snake gallstones appeared in the water back then. As for the other dragon's beard, it is the main street of the town. Crab shops, iron lock wells, and old locust trees are lined up on the street, spreading all the way to the east and stopping at the east fence gate. There was once a gangster who was not stingy. Zheng Dafeng, a young bachelor and janitor, now has no idea where he died, leaving only a yellow mud house that no one lives in.

There is a literary saying that the tiger sits on the dragon's plate, just like the mouth of the dragon kiln is built on the body of this dragon.

In fact, over the years, Malanhua was afraid that the thin and frail girl from Mud Bottle Lane would come to settle old scores with her.

After all, when she used to carry water from the iron lock well, every time she saw the lowly maid next to "the illegitimate son of Governor Song", Malanhua was often the one who took the lead and said some unpleasant things. After all, the widow and the orphan in Mud Bottle Lane, no matter how poor they are, they are not from humble backgrounds, and no matter how poor they are, they still have an innocent identity, but this little girl with a weird name, on the other hand, lives a comfortable and luxurious life... …

The small-town women of those days, let alone criticizing Zhigui, as long as they quarreled and cursed, no matter who you were, you could always find a lot of faults and say some words that were heart-wrenching and spine-tingling in person. , for example, what if you have a few bad money in your family? Do you have a kid with a handle now? If you are careful to cut off the incense of your ancestors, who will get the money in the future is not a matter of two opinions... This kind of mutual exposure is really... It's too common to wait until one party can't say anything more, and then scratch the hair and face.

If we just talk about bickering and don't talk about fighting, then Granny Ma in Xinghua Lane, the widow of the Gu family in Mubo Lane, the woman from the Li family in the far west of the town, the wine seller Huang Erniang, etc. are all top-notch masters.

This simple folk custom, blacksmith Ruan, Lu Chen who runs a fortune-telling stall, Governor Cao who is drunk every day... these outsiders have all experienced it personally, and it is not enough not to give up.

In fact, everyone who has come into contact with the younger generation in small towns, regardless of their status or status, will have similar feelings.

Just talking about the meeting in the Confucian Temple, someone's words gave two famous new nicknames to Fei Ran, the co-leader of the Wilderness, and Zhou Zhou, the closed disciple of Wenhai. One of them became the co-leader of a world in just a few seconds. "The saint lying on Tuoyue Mountain", and the "lost saint in Jiashen account" who has never won a victory. The young official also threatened to give these two great heroes in the world a private seal carved by his own hand, "A hundred deaths." "No regrets", "Heart to Haoran"...

It made the great wild demons who were qualified to participate in the discussions at Tuoyue Mountain increasingly feel that the young hermit official was not one of their own. It was a pity, it was such a pity.

Malanhua rubbed her cheek.

I was once slapped hard by that sharp-tongued little woman.

She took out several old Shanshui Di newspapers from her sleeves. The only similarity was that there was news about her grandson in the Di newspapers. In fact, she was already familiar with the contents and knew them by heart. In these years of idleness, the River Goddess began to find ways to learn more words.

This type of official landscape newspaper is issued from the city god's temple in the state. Basically, there will be two or three every quarter. The city god Zhang Ping will ask the Yin Mingxu officials to send them to the city gods and landscape gods at all levels. This made Ma Lanhua particularly proud. When she was the River Goddess, she could only get a few official residence papers throughout the year. After being promoted to the River God, her official status was equivalent to entering the officialdom of Dali Mountains and Rivers. She received many official residence papers every year. The number suddenly doubled.

More than what is lacking is more than what is lacking.

To live life, people go to high places and water flows to low places. Look up and look at those who are doing well. This is called living with hope. Then look down and look at those who are not as good as yourself, and your heart will be at peace.

The woman forgot who said the words.

People live hard and deceive themselves, which is hope.

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Lu Yan took Xiao Mo and Qing Tong along the corridor to somewhere else, intending to let the two scholars, who were very different in age, talk about "common matters".

The Holy Master smiled and asked: "Chen Ping'an, how did you come up with the idea of ​​eating books?"

Chen Pingan was stunned for a moment, but soon figured out that the so-called "eating books" meant practicing calligraphy.

Chen Ping'an explained: "Before, there was really nothing to do over there at the top of the city. It happened that Li Zhen, who was over there at the top of the city next door, gave me this Landscape Travel Notes, so I came in handy."

The Holy Master smiled and said: "It's a coincidence, it's just right."

Chen Pingan raised his head and glanced at the sky.

The Holy Master obviously meant something.

If Chen Pingan had not refined all the words in the landscape travelogue and some chance, even if Chen Pingan had stayed at the city for ten thousand years, he would not have thought of what his senior brother Cui Chan would do.

Probably as Li Zhen later slandered, only those with sick brains can chat with fellow-minded people who have sick brains, and they can make some sense and understand each other.

The Most Holy Master's mind wandered far away, and he remembered faces one after another. They were all in the camp of ancient sword cultivators.

The former sword cultivator Guan Zhao was not the talkative Li Zhen he was later, but a notoriously boring gourd who hardly talked to anyone. Every time he had a secret meeting, he would hide in a corner or stand next to Chen Qing. , without saying a word from beginning to end.

But as long as you observe and do not take action, once you decide to challenge someone with swords, you cannot say that you will win completely, but at least you can ensure that you are in an invincible position.

It can even be said to a certain extent that Kuanzhao's life seems to be spent living for others, practicing and passing swords for the overall situation, so Kuanzhao has the least easy life among all sword cultivators.

On the other hand, the sword cultivator of the same generation, Long Jun, simply likes to talk to others about swordsmanship, as if winning or losing doesn't matter. Every time he encounters a war, he doesn't care about life and death. He is far more unrestrained than the "dare not die casually" Kuan Zhao.

The three prisoner sword cultivator leaders, Chen Qingdu, Guanzhao, and Longjun, are the founders of the Great Wall of Sword Qi.

Not long after they had just established a foothold, under the leadership of Chen Qingdu, three sword cultivators went on a journey together.

The far-reaching sword-asking Tuo Yue Shan succeeded in blocking the Tuo Yue Shan Grand Ancestor who was only half a step away. As the first co-owner of the barbaric world, the latter failed to refine a world with the right time, place, and people, and became the leader of the world. Fifteen realms.

The three of them, Chen Qingdu, also paid an extremely heavy price. Chen Qingdu's natal flying sword "Duckweed" was completely shattered and had to join the Great Sword Qi Great Wall. As a result, Chen Qingdu lost the hope of reaching the fifteenth level. .

Otherwise, according to Daozu's calculation, as long as Chen Qingdu is given another two or three thousand years of sword refining time, he will have a chance to become the pure sword cultivator of the fifteenth level who is "unprecedented and unprecedented".

It was unprecedented because those sword cultivators who were expected to reach this level died on the way due to the suppression of the ancient gods.

There will be no one to come after him, but once Chen Qingdu reaches this level, it will be like one person monopolizing the entire sword path, standing on a single-plank bridge, with no way to give way.

The Holy Master once took Li Sheng to the Great Wall of Sword Qi to persuade Chen Qingdu, but to no avail.

Chen Qingdu blocked the two "scholars" in just two sentences.

"We sword cultivators may not necessarily do the right thing."

"You scholars, remember to keep your promises."

Lord Long was originally extremely dissatisfied with the sword cultivator being reduced to a prisoner, so during that long trip, Lord Long never thought of returning to the Great Wall of Sword Qi alive.

He was going to act as a pure sword cultivator, not a prisoner or refugee on the Sword Qi Great Wall. Long Jun was going to end his life in a spectacular way.

So after his "death", Lord Long no longer owed anything to the Great Wall of Sword Qi or to Chen Qingdu, an old friend who had fought alongside him.

Lord Long's natal flying sword is called "Daxu Immortal Tomb". After the mountain climbing battle, and before the mountain climbing, countless senior sword cultivators on the earth died without burial places. It was a blessing for him, Dragon Lord, to be able to use his natal flying sword as a tomb.

And Guanzhao possesses a more special natal flying sword.

In the two or three thousand years ago, the sword cultivator who was targeted the most by the ancient gods was none other than Kuanshou, who had a natal flying sword called "The Long River of Time".

Therefore, the journey of cultivating the path of Kuanzhao is the most bumpy and dangerous. There is an endless stream of swordsmen cultivating the path of Kuanzhao, one after another. The number of ancient "earth immortal" swordsmen who have died can be counted on both hands.

The Holy Master put away his thoughts and asked: "What if we trace back to the origin? Mountains have their origins, dragons and rivers have their origins."

Chen Ping'an said: "Mr. Li had a talk with Xiao Nuanshu back then. Although he was just a listener, I have always remembered it since then."

Li Xisheng from Fulu Street once went to Mu Bottle Lane to find Chen Pingan.

At that time, Chen Ping'an was returning from his first trip, and there were a boy in Tsing Yi and a girl in pink skirt around him.

At that time, Li Xisheng taught the kid in Tsing Yi who was used to "talking without restraint" a truth, saying that all words in the world are powerful. Words are composed of words, words are connected in series to form sentences, sentences are connected to form sentences, and the great road lies in it.

Chen Lingjun didn't take this sentence seriously, and it went in one ear and out the other. But it made Chen Ping'an remember it deeply. Although it was not engraved on the later bamboo slips, it was always kept in mind.

After that, Xiao Nuanshu plucked up the courage to ask the scholar a question that she had been wondering about for a long time: why when she was reading, she suddenly seemed not to recognize a certain word and felt strange.

Li Xisheng smiled and gave the answer, saying that it was because at a certain moment, the words in the book were secretly borrowed by some saints.

At that time, Xiao Nuanshu obviously didn't believe this kind of godly statement, so she directly refuted Mr. Li. In the eyes of some onlookers, she was "teaching" Mr. Li a lesson.

This is a rare and rare scene.

After that, Cao Jun, a swordsman from Nanposuzhou whose ancestral home was in Niping Lane, casually used the excuse of "making trouble on Tai Sui's head" to cause trouble for Chen Ping'an.

As a result, the current worshiper at the bottom of Xiandu Mountain had a fight with Li Xisheng, who took the initiative to take charge of the matter. They met in a narrow alley and each refused to give way.

One is just a qi practitioner in the sea-viewing realm, and the other is a swordsman who claims that his realm is between "eight and nine". The reason why Cao Jun said this strangely is because at that time, he was in the golden elixir realm, which was not worthy of the name, because the sword heart was broken. , a Taoist heart is smashed, and the mental image is reduced to a pond full of dry lotus. You must know that before the heart of the sword collapsed, Cao Jun had excellent sword training qualifications in Nanbosu Continent and was the leading swordsman embryo.

It's just that a sword cultivator who is still in the Golden Core Realm, no matter how half-assed, no matter how good he is at making bamboo strips, is actually on the side of a Sixth Realm monk. No matter how hard he tries to use his sword, he still ends up with nothing.

As for that martial arts competition, Chen Ping'an only had a rough look at it back then. As his horizons broadened, especially after he became a swordsman, he felt more and more unusual about it.

A Qi practitioner who is not a sword cultivator, facing a sword cultivator who is at a lower level than the opponent, can actually win with certainty?

Back then, Li Xisheng's calm and seemingly extremely skillful way of receiving the sword was like handing it over to the future swordsman Chen Ping'an, a silent truth.

Since sword cultivation can break all kinds of magic with one sword.

The method to crack it is "very simple". You only need to accumulate ten thousand and one methods.

In the coming years, Chen Ping'an feels that the two fights are closest to Li Xisheng's "realm".

Once near the hut at the head of the Jianqi Great Wall, and once on the battlefield outside the city.

Cao Ci’s boxing skills.

Excellent swordsmanship.

Not only was their ability to predict the enemy's opportunity beforehand very similar to Li Xisheng's technique back then, but there was also an aura and state of mind that emanated from Cao Ci and Fei Ran.

No formations, magical powers, flying swords, or any external blessings are needed to create a small world of its own.

Besides the fight, there were two people who would give Chen Ping'an this feeling.

On the second floor of the Luoluosangzhu Building, Senior Cui was teaching him boxing.

And Cui Dongshan sitting in front of the chessboard, preparing to make a move.

People who practice Taoism all say that the human body is a small world.

But these few people seem to be the world themselves.

The Holy Master remembered the serious boy in green clothes in the small town and kindly advised Daozu that the name "Daozu" was too big and it was best to change the name. The Holy Master couldn't help laughing, smiled and joked: "Your Taoist friend Jingqing has some Taoism."

Chen Pingan felt helpless and laughed at himself: "It's like inviting a little ancestor home."

But when he said this, the young mountain master's eyes were gentle.

In Luopo Mountain, even if Chen Pingan is used to being a hands-off shopkeeper, as long as he returns home every time, there is no gossip that the young mountain owner does not know.

On the surface, all the credit goes to Xiaomi Li, but in fact, Chen Lingjun is also a behind-the-scenes hero who cannot be underestimated. One is diligent in patrolling the mountains, and the other likes to wander. He can't hold back what he sees and hears.

The Most Holy Master said: "When Chen Lingjun went to Dadu, Luzhou, Beiju, he felt that he had made a mistake. It seemed that he was not trying to hide anything, but thinking about returning home early. The worst he could do was to get scolded by you, and in his heart A big stone is settled. You must know that most people make mistakes, no matter how big or small, they always hope that God does not know about it, and it is best that God does not know about it. This is human nature. "

Chen Ping'an was puzzled. He didn't know why the Holy Master would talk about Chen Lingjun.

The Most Holy Master asked: "Chen Lingjun either wants to save face, but with you, he seems to be completely indifferent between face and face. Do you know why?"

Chen Ping'an really hadn't thought about this. After thinking about it for a while, he tentatively replied: "Because I walked through Shujian Lake."

All the people in Luolu Mountain, whether monks or martial artists, have a tacit understanding and seem to deliberately avoid the lake of letters and never touch this topic.

The more flawless a person is, the greater the invisible pressure will be when others get along with him.

Especially for people like Chen Ping'an, who has a delicate mind, and since he was young, the orphan in Mud Bottle Alley has been tirelessly pursuing the word "faultless" throughout his life.

A person who drinks frequently but never gets drunk once is very scary.

It is precisely because of the regrets and mistakes in his life, and those unknown consciences, that Chen Ping'an became a good drinker who rarely got drunk, but would eventually get drunk.

The Holy Master said: "In addition, there is another intention. Cui Chan knew that the situation was urgent and it was too late to use a relatively gentle method. He simply helped you create a bottomless pit in your heart first, and then forced Let you use other things to fill this huge hole, whether it is conscience, guilt, or some kind of more harmonious knowledge, in short, no matter what it is, it has a place to go."

The Holy Master intended to be a bit reserved. In fact, Cui Chan seems to have used a method that is the opposite of "checking for leaks and filling in gaps". It is inappropriate to say that he is digging a well. He is basically directly removing Chen. Within the peaceful state of mind, a waterless inner lake is carved out. As for the sewing, it's up to you, Chen Ping'an. Difficult? Bear it!

Otherwise, Chen Pingan's original Taoist heart would not be able to bear that divinity. To be precise, Chen Pingan, whose two lines of good and evil are very close to each other in his heart, would be too in line with divinity. The more he practices, the higher he climbs, the more human he is. Moving closer to divinity is an involuntary general trend. Just like before, the most holy master used a whisk to draw a circle to discuss the Tao, and deliberately asked Chen Pingan how many possibilities he had in the end, but Chen Pingan couldn't answer. In the view of the Holy Master, if he is not careful, there is very likely to be only one outcome. Zhou Mi, who ascends to the sky and occupies the ruins of the old heaven, will lose to Chen Ping'an, who seems to have stayed in the world and lost the first move, because The divinity of the latter becomes more pure.

Isn't that old man Yang from the drug store gambling? And won't lose. Regardless of whether Chen Pingan has pocketed all the divinities on the gambling table, whether Chen Pingan loses or wins in this tug-of-war between humanity and divinity, in the eyes of Old Man Yang, it is all a matter of left hand in and right hand out. That one. In the past, the ancestor of the male Earth Immortal, one of the twelve high-ranking gods, held an ascension platform for the Qingtong Tianjun. He had been waiting for ten thousand years, and his work was not in vain.

That's why Cui Chan took action early. Then one day, Chen Ping'an will really become the queen, successfully gather the divinity of all the people who are fighting for it in the Dewdrop Cave, and become the last person left on the gambling table, most of the pure divinity , even if it is originally uncontrollable, the worst thing is that divinity is like a waterfall, falling from the sky, pouring into the lake of the heart. When discussing things, it saves worry and effort, and when discussing people, it can also benefit practice.

The Holy Master suddenly asked again: "Have you ever thought about why Cui Dongshan is afraid of Li Baoping? When you went to Sui Academy to study, Cui Dongshan never fought back when he was with the little girl in the red cotton jacket, or even scolded her back. ?”

Chen Pingan was stunned on the spot, another question he seemed to have never thought about before.

Then Chen Pingan's expression quickly became complicated.

The second time I visited the Great Wall of Sword Qi, I reunited with my senior brothers there. In fact, at first, none of them recognized the younger junior brother, and no one thought that he was their senior senior brother.

But Chen Ping'an has the most complicated feelings towards his elder brother Cui Chan, who "bullies his master and destroys his ancestors".

"Because Li Baoping and Baopingzhou share weal and woe and depend on each other for blessings and misfortunes. Who do you think is the author of the 'Peach Generation Li Jang' incident?"

The most holy master revealed the secret of heaven with his words, "Bai Yujing's great leader Kou Ming has lofty ambitions to transform the three qing dynasties in one breath. He must use three identities to finally truly integrate the cultural roots of the three teachings. Shen Gaozong Zhou Li is a Taoist priest, and Fu Lujie Li Xisheng is a Confucian scholar, and Cui Zhang is right. Li Xisheng knows the truth and will still protect the safety of his sister Li Baoping. Li Xisheng makes such a choice, what about Bai Yujing, or even Qingming Tianxia? Do you believe it? The war in Aoping Continent was unfavorable, and Dadu and Peidu could not be defended. The Great Li cavalry had to retreat to the northern capital. If Li Baoping was in trouble, Li Xisheng would directly break through the realm and return to the Fourteenth realm in one day, choosing to face it head-on. Zhou Mi? What choices will Junior Brother Yu Dou and Lu Chen make at that time? Is it even possible for Dao Ancestor to make an exception for this first disciple who has the highest hopes?"

"uncertain."

The Holy Master said slowly: "But Cui Chan only needs this 'not necessarily', that's enough."

"So when Qi Jingchun said, 'A gentleman can bully others,' he was speaking not only to you, my junior brother, but also to my senior brother Cui Chan. He hoped that the latter's work and knowledge would not go too extreme. It's a pity that Cui Chan didn't listen. If he said it was "nearly human", I really can't blame him. No one leaves any way for himself to escape. How can we ask Cui Chan for more? what to do."

The Holy Master clasped his hands behind his back and looked up at the sky.

A great Jia Sheng of the past, once a wild and careful man, is now the new master of heaven.

With his own power, he can force the three patriarchs to join forces to deal with it.

Chen Pingan was silent for a long time and asked: "Can't it count? Even Dao Ancestor can't do it?"

The Most Holy Master shook his head and said: "It really can't be counted. Some things are extremely complicated. If the deduction of the great road just evolves into hundreds or thousands of roads and leads them to the end one by one, no matter how many there are, it is not difficult, so casual A monk in the upper five realms can run to become a Yin Yang family. The difficulty lies in the fact that the heart of heaven can change when the human heart is moved. For example, if we only talk about Feng Yuanxiao in the colorful world, Daozu can certainly count her appearance. Let’s go on Suppose Dao Ancestor is angry and must target her, then Dao Ancestor is competing against the great avenues of the colorful world, and is destined to be thankless and will only press the gourd and float the ladle."

"After all, he is not the same as the ancestor of the military strategist back then."

"But if there are just a few of us, each of us trying to transform the world, and we only talk about it in our own territory, of course it will be considered as exhaustive."

"I don't think it's interesting. The Taoist ancestor believed that knowing and stopping the world will rectify itself. The Buddha believed that it is his own business for all sentient beings to become Buddhas. Anyway, the few of us, as the earliest 'Taoist priests' in the world, all feel that the Tao is in the world."

Chen Pingan's eyes suddenly flashed with flowers, the vision flashed away, and then his Taoist heart was shaken.

When I looked again, there was no trace of him.

Just now, I seemed to have seen a legendary... Qilin, passing by from the field of vision.

The Most Holy Master looked calm and said with a carefree smile: "Three cups lead to the great road, and a fight leads to nature. What are you doing in a daze? Let's get another pot of wine."