[Shadow Guardian] The Wind Rises from the Wild West

Yun has been a gentle person since childhood.

He never loses his temper, and always tries his best to think of others, finds his own faults first when encountering things, and pampers the people around him a little bit.

Such a person is not suitable for martial arts.But he still entered the shadow gate, practiced martial arts, and guarded Qishan.

Shadow Gate is located in the depths of Qi Mountain, behind the Twelve Emperors' Tombs, hidden in the dense forest.In addition to guarding the imperial tomb, this is also the place where the royal training shadow guards.The shadow gate is passed down from the blue bird, the blue bird is what the folks call the fire bird, and it is a divine beast that followed the ancestor emperor to conquer the world.For hundreds of years, the shadow guard in black has never left the emperor's side, and is the emperor's strongest sword and strongest shield.

Yun was trained as a shadow guard and grew up.Now that he has just turned sixteen, he has achieved success.

He was holding a roll of bamboo slips and sitting on the stone in front of the bamboo house.It was at sunset, when the tired birds in the mountains returned to the forest, the setting sun illuminated the brand marks on the back of his hand through the bamboo forest, and the fire bird totem was about to fly.

This is what the little girl Ah Jin saw when she tried to sneak back to her room by beating around the bush.

"Master, what a coincidence." She stopped in embarrassment, knowing that she was found after sneaking down the mountain, but she was not very afraid.The door owner has always been good-tempered and never beat or scolded them.

"It took two hours to come back from the mountain. You are running farther and farther now." Yun put down the bamboo slips, his tone was gentle, and he did not mean to blame.

"Master, it's terrible!" Ah Jin stomped his feet and changed the subject: "Someone from the imperial tomb has come to worship the ancestors again! It's from Tiandu! Master, they must have come to pick you up!" Yingwei Xun If it is done, it is natural to go to the emperor's side.After the Heavenly Capital moved to the east, it was already a routine rule that the officials who worshiped the ancestors would go into the mountains to take away the shadow guards.

The training of shadow guards is very difficult, every few years there will be one who succeeds and becomes the head of the shadow sect.After that, they will go to the emperor's side, and the next one will naturally take over the position of sect master, and it will be passed down from generation to generation.

Ah Jin clearly remembered how the former sect master left.It's only been four years now, and it's Yun's turn.She was very reluctant.

"Don't you feel cold?" The young man in Tsing Yi looked at her.

Ah Jin was sweating all over from running, and shivered involuntarily when the mountain wind blew him, only then did he feel something was wrong. "I'm going back to practice!" Yingmen's internal skill is called Blazing Flame, which is very fierce and domineering.Ah Jin's internal energy only reached the sixth floor, and it was still too much to run for hours.

"Come here." Yun stretched out his hand helplessly.

Ah Jin knew that the sect master was soft-hearted, and immediately approached him kindly and knelt down, obediently handing over his wrist.Yun held her wrist veins, and a gentle internal force poured into her meridians to help her adjust her breath and recover.

Ah Jin looked at the sect master pitifully while doing his exercises, "Why did they come so early, sect master, I don't want you to leave. There are not many people in the shadow sect, and if you leave, it will be even more deserted." Her eyes Suddenly, something came to mind. "I think the footsteps of those guards are flimsy, and they are not very useful, or if we don't do it, we will continue..."

She looked at the face of the head of the sect, and quickly changed her words: "I mean, if we don't do anything, we will never stop, and we will not be knocked down if we hide. Anyway, Qishan is so big, if we hide in the mountain, no one will be found!"

What a child's talk, Yun couldn't help laughing. "People from the Shadow Gate always have to leave." He withdrew his hand in a timely manner, his internal energy had reached the ninth level, and practicing energy for too long would be harmful to Ah Jin. "Besides, you can go to Hanquan to practice kung fu after I leave."

Ah Jin curled her lips and said, "I don't care about cold springs. As long as you don't leave, I don't need to practice kung fu."

It's just that children are looking for an excuse to avoid practicing qigong.Yun didn't say anything to break Ah Jin's small thoughts, but just accommodated: "Okay, I just don't leave."

Ah Jin didn't expect him to agree, and his eyes lit up immediately.Thinking about it again, Tiandu came to the Shadow Gate, there would be nothing else, it must be that the emperor is going to replace a new shadow guard.How could Shadow Gate refuse?The door owner was just coaxing himself. "The door master must be coaxing me."

"It's not to coax you." Yun stood up and looked in the direction of the Twelve Emperors' Tombs.The emperor's shadow guard has only one person, and there can only be one person, who is honored as the shadow.Each generation of emperors has its own shadow.Just like the Twelve Patriarch Emperors before moving to the east, their shadows guarded their sides throughout their lives, and they were buried in the imperial mausoleum after death, which means that life and death accompany and protect forever.

He said softly: "I swore that I would never be a shadow of the royal family." His voice was as gentle as ever, it was the official voice of Tiandu with a little bit of Wuyue's softness, but he was definitely not joking.

Ah Jin was pure in heart, and Yun had never lied to her before, so he was immediately relieved.In a blink of an eye, he noticed the wound on Yun's palm. "What's going on here? Who can actually hurt the sect master?"

"It's okay, I met a few poachers in the mountains today, and I have persuaded them away."

"Persued to leave?" Ah Jin knew what was going on.Who would listen to your good words, if it weren't for the presence of martial arts, Qishan Mountain would have become a big hunting ground long ago.

"Go and prepare for the envoy of Heaven."

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When the envoys from Heaven came to pay homage to the imperial tombs one by one, when they arrived at Yingmen, it was already completely dark.Here, the mountains are dangerous and the forests are dense, the roads are damaged, and several people abandoned their carriages, overcoming thorns and thorns, the journey was miserable and filled with complaints.

After finally arriving at the place, I found that it was dilapidated and unsightly.Originally, the size of a large temple was complete with altars, halls, pavilions, and bookshelves. They were all made of large stones, which was very simple and magnificent.But now it has already collapsed, piled up in troubled times, tall grass grows, and giant trees grow into the stone wall, and the former glory has long been lost.There are only a few side halls deep in the woods, and a few newly built bamboo houses, which can still be seen to be inhabited.

If they hadn't known the location, no one would have thought that there was such a place in such a remote mountainous place.

A twelve or thirteen-year-old girl came to greet her, she was dressed in green clothes, spoke sarcasticly, and wrote "not welcome" from head to toe, leading them all the way into the hall.

The old servant looked up and saw that the room was only a few feet wide, which is not considered spacious. The brick and beam couches were simple in style, and there was an old look everywhere.In Tiandu, even ordinary rich houses are better than this.Looking around, there were not many servants, only an old hunchback servant and a dirty boy servant waiting by the door.There was contempt in his heart, Shadow Gate was mysterious, so it turned out to be nothing more than that.

As the head of the sect, Yun sat on the head seat.He was dressed in an ordinary green cloth shirt, clean, his complexion illuminated by the copper lamp, very handsome.But he was not very polite, with a calm expression on his face, he neither greeted him nor nodded his head.

The old servant frowned, feeling displeased.As the Son of Heaven is close to others, he knew that the shadow guards were raised since childhood, and worshiped the emperor as their master when they were young.Right now His Majesty's shadow guard has only been used for four years, and he has to be replaced in a hurry. The left and right are just used as objects, and their lifespan is not long.

The ceremonial official who came with him nodded and said: "The master of the sect is well." The two of them are envoys from the heavens, so there is no need to salute.

Yun raised his hand and said softly, "Please sit down."

The old servant saw the imprint on the back of the boy's hand at a glance. Only a slave would have the imprint of the master's family on a conspicuous place on his body.He felt humiliated. "A mere lowly slave... a certain came here on imperial order, so hurry up and bow down!"

Yun frowned slightly.Yingmen is hidden in the deep mountains, and has little contact with outsiders.Except for the gods of heaven and earth, they only worship the emperor and recognize the Lord.He didn't remember such a rule before.

The courtesy officer teased the old servant, signaling that he was busy.The two of them each took out the white jade tokens and imperial imperial edicts they carried with them.Only two people raised their voices and said: "The edict and imperial order are here, it is like the emperor's presence!"

Logically speaking, at this time, the head of the Shadow Gate should kneel down and respectfully accept the emperor's order.Yun, on the other hand, hesitated, looking at the complacent servant, he didn't want to move at all.

Ah Jin has a quick temper and doesn't think much about it.She came down and took the silk book in one hand and the emperor's decree in the other, and turned around to present it to the sect master.

Yun brushed his clothes and stood up, raised his hands and leaned over, made a scribe's normal salute, and just accepted the imperial edict.The top-quality white jade token was held in the hands of the young man in Tsing Yi. Under the candlelight, his hand was like a jade carving, and the jade was like water. Only a clear brand of fire and phoenix on the back of the hand was a sight to behold.

A lowly slave, but disrespecting the king's order, put on such an arrogant demeanor!The old servant screamed loudly: "Wu that lowly slave, how dare you disrespect His Majesty? Be careful when you go back to Tiandu and tell the truth to Your Majesty, you can't afford it!"

The young man in Tsing Yi just nodded, indicating that he heard it.

The ceremonial officer said earnestly at the side: "Seeing the emperor's order is like seeing the emperor, and seeing the silk script is like hearing the imperial order. The head of the door should act carefully. Now that you have received the edict token, you should hand over all the affairs in the door, and follow us to Tiandu Resurrection is."

Yun lowered his eyes and seemed to be thinking about how to speak.After a long while, he slowly opened his mouth and said, "Your Excellency is familiar with history books. We know that there is an inscription about the blue bird in the Emperor Ji at the beginning of the founding of the country." His tone was soft, like a young scholar who asked his husband for knowledge.

This topic turned a long way off topic, but the ceremonial officer was conceited that he was rich in learning and was a good teacher, so he continued: "I know it. The emperor rarely traveled in Qishan, and he met the blue bird and treated him with sincerity. The blue bird contracted with fire and followed the emperor. Going out of Qi Mountain, Huo De conquered the ears of Kyushu. It is about the early years of Cheng Zu."

He looked at the displeased old servant at the side, and kindly explained to him: "It is said that when Cheng Zu was young, he was playing in Qishan Mountain and met the blue bird, which turned into a mortal. After signing the fire contract, he was willing to be driven, and followed Chengzu out of Mount Qi. Then..."

"I understand!" The old servant interrupted violently.

The young man waited for them to finish talking before raising his eyes, and said seriously: "This is the origin of the fire deed. The Shadow Gate is passed down by the blue bird, and it is where Qishan and the royal tomb are guarded. The twelve ancestor emperors buried in the royal tomb, They all went to Qishan to sign the fire contract. This emperor's order..."

He handed back the emperor's decree, "It only appeared after the capital was moved."

After such a big detour, it turned out to be an excuse that the emperor had never come in person and rejected the emperor's order!

The old servant was stunned for a moment before turning the corner, with an expression of disbelief.Could it be that this young man has a different heart after seeing the Tian family decline year by year? "You... dare to defy the king's orders!"

As soon as he raised his hand, the four guards behind him immediately understood, their swords were unsheathed, and they made a fierce posture.The Shadow Gate is already ruined, there are only a few people left in front of them, nothing to be afraid of.

Ah Jin cheered, the blue shadow flickered, and the swords in their hands fell to the ground with a clang before they could move.She clapped her hands, turned her head and giggled, and said, "Master, have I improved?"

"Ah Jin, don't be unreasonable." The boy reprimanded.

The group of people couldn't help being shocked, the little girl in front of them was only twelve or thirteen years old, she looked delicate, but she was so powerful!Looking at the young man in Tsing Yi sitting in the first seat, he realized that he was not a young slave that everyone could bully, but a shadow guard with unpredictable martial arts.Legend has it that the black-clothed shadow guard never leaves the emperor's side, and is the emperor's strongest sword and strongest shield.

However, he rejected the order of the emperor!

"My lord, please go back to Tiandu." The young man said softly, "Please tell Your Majesty, the Shadow Gate inherits it with a blue bird, treats it with sincerity, and treats it with fire." His tone has always been gentle, but there is something that cannot be changed. Naively stubborn.It seems that as long as the ancient rules are adhered to, the emperor does not have to go up to the mountain to invite him, so he does not have to leave Qishan Mountain.

He ignored them, looked out the window, and said in a low voice, "Don't the guests outside come in?"

Everyone was stunned, and they all looked at the door, only to realize that someone was coming outside, and they didn't know how long they had been eavesdropping.

There was a loud laugh outside the window, and a burly figure swayed in from the door, bringing a burst of coolness from the mountains.The visitor was a tall man in his twenties, with a fiery red cloak and a dusty armor. He did not look like the Central Plains people's soft, rough-edged face, full of stubble, deep-set eyebrows, and clear eyes.

The two officials recognized it immediately, and their faces changed: Isn't this Xi Yanbo Honghan who traveled all the way together!That barbarian from the western region, a shameless warrior! "How did you come!"

"Oh, my lord is also in awe of the tombs of the former kings, and wanted to come here to pay homage, but came here by accident." Opening his eyes and talking nonsense, Hong Han didn't blush at all. "I didn't expect it, but I knew such an allusion. It really was a worthwhile trip."

He locked his eyes on the young man in the main seat, wearing armor and holding a knife, and walked into the hall step by step: "Then, I, Honghan, personally went to Qishan, and I sincerely invite you to be my shadow guard. Treat me with sincerity." Let’s do it with a contract of fire! Then there’s no problem!”