Chang Dizhihua

On the early morning of New Year's Eve, morning classes were exceptionally exempted. As the sixth watch approached, Yuan Yi poked his head out of the quilt, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and looked out through the window. With the faint shadow of fist wind and palm, he couldn't help being startled, and pushed Yuan Guang beside him: "Junior brother, don't sleep, there seems to be someone practicing sword on the back mountain."

Yuan Guang replied in a daze, "There is no morning class, who else is practicing swords? Don't make noise."

"Others may not go, but Uncle Xuan Zhen is the most diligent and self-disciplined, and he is probably the one."

Yuan Guang slept by himself, but just ignored him, listening to Yuan Yi whispering in his ear while he was half asleep and half awake:

"This trick is amazing! I've never seen it before!"

"It seems that there is more than one person! It's two, no, it's three people fighting each other! Maybe some elders have created some kind of kung fu, and they are participating in the training together."

"Junior Brother, Junior Brother, look quickly, look quickly, get up and look!"

Yuan Guang finally couldn't take it anymore, he lifted the quilt and sat up: "It's so annoying! The emperor and I can't stop me from sleeping even if I practice swords! After all, Master Tianqing has been away for a few days, how come you are more annoying than him?! "

Yuan Yi felt refreshed and happy, and was scolded by Yuan Guang without knowing it.In fact, they are so far away, how can he see every move on the back mountain clearly?It's just that when he saw the figure shaking, he imagined all kinds of superb swordsmanship, and knelt on the bed, chanting and gesturing randomly, trying to learn a move and a half.He had a lot of fun guessing here, didn't he know that the three of Qing Xiaoyu on the Duxian Bridge used snow as their weapons, and they had already formed a chaotic mess, just messing around, there was no rules at all.It would be really strange if Yuan Yi could really create a set of snowball fights based on this.

Yun Tianqing's head was pressed in the snow by Xuan Xiao, and he finally struggled out, his neck was covered with ice, and his teeth were shaking from the cold, but before he even had time to open his eyes, he swept across his legs, and the snow mist flew up in an instant , until Xuanxiao Suyu's body and face were covered with snow particles.The two backed up a few steps together, Suyu squatted beside a pine tree, and squeezed the snow under her feet into fist-sized snow balls. The snow ball was thrown towards Yun Tianqing uninterruptedly, but Yun Tianqing's movements were light and nimble, and he couldn't stand up to the violent bombardment. After a while, he was hit in several places on his body, and he had no strength left to fight back. He yelled: "Don't play anymore! I'm alone, how can I beat the two of you with four punches?"

Xuan Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly, and the corners of his mouth slightly curved: "It's good that you know you are afraid."

Yun Tianqing smiled disdainfully: "Who is afraid of you?" Before he finished speaking, another ball of snowball hit him hard. He couldn't dodge, and was hit firmly on the forehead. He fell to the ground without a sound.

Suyu was startled when she saw it, and hurriedly stood up, Xuan Xiao's heart skipped a beat, she didn't expect him to fall down with one blow, and asked tentatively, "Yun Tianqing, why are you pretending to die?"

But Yun Tianqing just didn't answer.Xuan Xiao and Su Yu had no intention of playing around at all, they rushed forward a few steps, and were about to bend down to pull him, when Leng might as well be caught by his feet, he threw himself forward, and fell into the mud in a very embarrassing situation .Yun Tianqing withdrew her legs, leaned back on the snow and laughed loudly: "This is called winning more with less! You two quickly admit defeat—" Xuan Xiao filled his mouth as soon as he finished speaking of snow.

Yun Tianqing spat out the snow with two bah bah bah, and then grabbed Xuan Xiao's wrist with his backhand. The two of them usually slept in the Datong bunk in the disciple's room, and it was commonplace to grab each other's quilts. They often beat and kicked each other when they fell asleep at night. They were very familiar with each other's moves, and at the point where they couldn't tell each other, Suyu suddenly said: "You two, look at the sky."

Only then did the two stop their hands, stood up and looked towards the edge of the cliff together, only to see that the sun had risen slowly, and the rays of light had dyed half of the sky magnificently, while the snow-capped peaks below the cliff were steep and majestic. The desert is endless, and the bitter mountain wind whizzes past, which makes people feel refreshed.Kunlun Jueding is full of clouds and mists all the year round, and it is rare to see such a clear and cloudless scene. The three of them were shocked in their hearts for a moment, and they had long forgotten the previous laughing and squabbling, and just stared at the sky in a daze.However, the disappearance of clouds and the birth of clouds was only a matter of an instant. Not long after, the sky and the sea gathered under the feet again, and the scenery below the mountain was completely blocked.

Suyu finally looked away and sighed: "It's no wonder that ordinary people want to practice Taoism and become immortals. It's really different to look down on the common people from the heights. It's no regret to be able to see such a beautiful scenery, even if it's only for a moment."

Yun Tianqing looked at her sideways: "Why do you say that? You want to watch the sunrise, so just come every day."

Suyu slightly lowered her eyelashes: "In an instant, life and death, the situation is ever-changing, come back in the future, I don't know what it will be like."

Yun Tianqing laughed: "I don't know what's going to happen in the future, that's fun. If you want to watch the same sunrise and do the same things every day, wouldn't you be bored to death?"

Suyu was startled, then burst out laughing: "Yes, you're right."

Xuan Xiao didn't say a word all the time, pointing to the depth of the sea of ​​clouds under the cliff, he sighed: "It is said that Daoyin, the patriarch of our sect, realized the method of ascending from the sky on this mountain, I don't know what he saw that day scene?"

Yun Tianqing was somewhat surprised when he heard this: "Did you say Master Yin has become a fairy?"

Xuan Xiao shook his head slightly: "I don't know. There are only a few mentions in Jinge's classics, and the words are also vague."

Yun Tianqing folded his arms around his chest, as if thinking: "If he really realized the way to ascend to immortality, why didn't he become immortal? If he became immortal, how could there be no records in the sect?"

Suyu said: "I think... Even if you understand how to become a fairy, if your own karma and realm are not enough, it will still be useless, right?"

Yun Tianqing sighed: "It seems that being a fairy is not so easy."

After hearing this, Xuan Xiao didn't take it seriously: "Immortals are all cultivated in the human body. If you practice Taoism with a pure heart all your life, how can you not become an immortal?"

Yun Tianqing looked at him with a smile, and asked, "Do you really want to become a fairy?"

Xuan Xiao didn't answer, but asked him instead: "You don't want to?"

This question really caught Yun Tianqing's attention, he tilted his head and thought for a while, and said with some hesitation: "This... I really haven't thought much about it."

"You don't want to become an immortal, so why do you want to come to Qionghua to be an apprentice again?" Xuan Xiao said, and then remembered that although he and Yun Tianqing practiced Taoism and participated in swordsmanship together, this was the first time he talked about this matter.I only heard him answering with a smile:

"Me? When I was wandering in the upper reaches of the rivers and lakes, I often heard that there are sword immortals on Kunlun Mountain. They use Qi to control the sword to defeat demons and eliminate demons. If I fall in love with you, I will join the Qionghua Sect."

"I see... what if you never met me?"

"Then I don't know, maybe I will go to Shushan again, or Yuxu, Taiyi, etc. Anyway, there are many sects of cultivating immortals on Kunlun Mountain—" Yun Tianqing said halfway, suddenly remembered something, and clapped his hands, " Oh, speaking of this, I don’t know what happened to those snow wolves? I haven’t seen them since they ran away last time.”

Suyu listened interestingly, and asked casually, "There are still snow wolves on this mountain?"

"There are so many!" Yun Tianqing said in a regretful tone, "We met four in a row on the day we got started, and we wanted to keep them for fun, but unfortunately they all ran away. I want to see them next time, and I will show them to you." .”

Suyu nodded with a smile.The three of them talked about it, not long after they had reached the Fuxi formation in the middle of the mountain, they stood in the formation for a while, and then they were passed to the gate of Taiyi Palace.The Qionghua School practiced austerely, without extravagance. However, as the Chinese New Year approached, red lanterns were hung on the four corner cornices of the palace wall, swaying lightly from side to side in the morning breeze, exuding a warm and happy atmosphere.

Entering the courtyard, there is another kind of scenery. In nine cold days, the entire Kunlun Peak is covered with frost and white snow. Only the Taiyi Palace is connected to the hot springs of the earth veins. It is still full of red flowers and green trees, and the spring is infinite.Under an old plum tree, there is a chess board with scales and two cups of tea. In front of the case, the two elders are sitting opposite each other. One is the master Taiqing Zhenren, while the other has white beard and hair and a pale face. There is a heavy cold jade sword beside him. The box is precisely the longest sword-wielding elder Zonglian in the faction.

Originally, Master Taiqing was obsessed with watching the chess game with one sunspot. When he caught a glimpse of Qingxiaoyu and the three kneeling in front of him, he threw the piece back into the chess basket and nodded slightly: "Okay, there is no need to be polite."

Yun Tianqing and Su Yu stood up as promised, but Xuan Xiao bowed down again, with shame in his words: "The disciples and others spent too much time in the illusion, and after a few days they were slack and lethargic. The meeting was late, and they failed Master's expectations. Master please punish."

Before Taiqing opened his mouth, Zong Lian looked up at the three of them, suddenly laughed, pointed at Taiqing and said, "You old man, why are you so old and disrespectful? Last time my Xuanzhen disciple was promoted Jiange deacon, if you want to pass your test, you will be deceived miserably, why don't you even tell your own apprentice the truth?"

Taiqing stretched out his finger and tapped the edge of the chessboard lightly, and said with a smile: "I said it takes an hour to go back and forth, but I'm not bluffing people. It's just that there is a difference between a month in the illusion and a day in the world." As he spoke, he flicked his wide sleeves and supported Xuan Xiao shoulders and arms, "Xuan Xiao, you don't have to blame yourself, get up quickly."

Only then did Xuan Xiao get up, and looked at the two people around him, both of whom looked puzzled.Yun Tianqing asked: "Master, uncle, what do you mean when you say that the illusion is different from the human world?"

Taiqing looked at Yun Tianqing, "Tianqing, tell me, how long have you been in that illusion?"

"Even if there is no day, there are seven or eight hours, right?"

"No, it's less than half an hour." Zong Lian explained from the side, "This illusion is the same as a dream, and it's all a dream. A lifetime is often visible in a dream, and it's only a short night when you wake up. Do you think time passes Quickly, it's not like that."

Yun Tianqing couldn't help being speechless: "Wow, it's so amazing?"

"It's not miraculous at all." Taiqing smiled and shook his head, "It's the same with life. Decades are in a hurry, but it's just a snap of your fingers. Only when you escape from the worldly dream can you glimpse the realm of immortals."

In one word, Yun Tianqing was only talking so that a chill came down his back, thinking about what he had experienced, could it be like that illusion, just a dream?And all kinds of things in the illusion have been deeply rooted in the mind, how can they be easily obliterated?He turned his head slightly, and saw Xuan Xiao and Su Yu standing beside him, pink and white plum petals fell all over the two of them with the wind blowing, it was so real and beautiful, even if it was a dream, the three of them had the same dream , then living in the dream would be happier, and thinking about this, I felt relieved.

Taiqing glanced at the three young men with their heads bowed in thought, and knew it was too early to say these things, thinking back when he was a young man, how could he listen to the words that life is like a dream?Then he changed his words and asked: "What happened to the three of you in the illusion, and what efforts have you made? Tell me all about it."

Yun Tianqing loves storytelling the most in his life, and he was overjoyed to hear the master's question. He first told the story of the previous experience, and the straightforward talk was full of hype. The biography of the Spring and Autumn Kingdoms was still wonderful, Taiqing frowned after hearing a few words, stopped him and asked Xuan Xiao to continue, and Xuan Xiao and Yun Tianqing were like two extremes, explaining all kinds of things in a few words , making people puzzled, until I asked Suyu again, the little girl smiled sweetly and articulated clearly, and finally told the ins and outs very closely.

After Taiqing heard it, Fu Xu pondered for a moment, and his eyes slowly swept over the three of them: "Tianqing has learned a lot, but it is not pure, Xuanxiao Xianshu has a small success in internal skills, but lacks sharp weapons , Suyu's swordsmanship is sharp and agile, but his strength is too weak. It's rare for you to work together and complement each other, otherwise it will be absolutely difficult to pass these tests." Speaking of this, he looked sideways at Zong Lian, "What do you think?"

Zong Lian looked at his old friend, with a sly look in his eyes: "You're right in what you said, and you still ask me what I'm doing? You're asking me for a sword?"

Taiqing didn't deny it either: "What's the harm in bringing out one or two of your hidden ones? What's the difference between a good sword that doesn't see the light of day, and rotten wood and mud?"

Zong Lian laughed, stretched out his long arms, and took the cold jade sword box beside him. As soon as the lid of the box was opened, the three of Qingxiaoyu felt hostile. The cold light of different swords came into the eyes, like a galaxy hanging upside down.Zong Lian focused slightly, then picked out one of them and handed it to Xuan Xiao.The sword was originally lying quietly at the bottom of the box, the body of the sword was gray and dull, unremarkable, if Zong Lian hadn't taken it out, no one would have noticed it at all.

Xuan Xiao knelt down on one knee, took the sword with both hands, the surprise in his eyes could not be completely covered, Zong Lian noticed it, but did not explain much: "The name of the sword is 'Hanguang', you will know it once you try it."

Xuan Xiao raised his hand and waved the sword according to his words, and with the sound of an extremely sharp piercing sound, the red glow of the blade loomed, and the brilliance was brilliant, as if it was suddenly injected with life.At the same time, a burst of extremely hot breath came from the sword, Xuan Xiao was astonished, and almost couldn't hold the hilt of the sword, and stepped back a few steps before stabilizing his figure.

Zong Lian nodded with a smile: "This sword has extremely strong yang energy, and it matches your martial arts skills. I hope you can use it well." After finishing speaking, he closed the lid of the box.

Yun Tianqing looked at the sword case reluctantly, and sighed: "Master Zong Lian, you have so many good swords, why don't you give me another one?"

Zong Lian said: "You kid, you even abducted your master's Chengying sword, what else do you want?"

Yun Tianqing giggled, "Why don't Master teach me how to make a sword?"

Zong Lian shook his head: "You are not single-minded enough to forge a sword." Then he turned his gaze to Taiqing, "No wonder you gave him your own sword, your apprentice is quite similar to you when you were young .”

Taiqing said lightly: "Old things, what's the point of mentioning them?" Then he waved, "Suyu, come here."

Suyu stepped forward and knelt down, Taiqing took out a book and handed it to her: "This book of Chang Geng's heart formula can just make up for your lack of internal strength, you should practice more frequently in the future." Suyu took the thank you, and for a while only I feel that the thin paper in my hand is as heavy as a thousand gold.

Zong Lian also asked warmly at the side: "Suyu, the 'Spine Training' that was given to you when you started, is it easy to use?"

Suyu lowered his head and replied: "The aptitude of the disciple is dull, so far he has not been able to fully use it proficiently."

Zong Lian saw her standing under the flower tree, with a narrow waist and thin shoulders. When she took the book with both hands earlier, the tiger's mouth was covered with long and thin scars, obviously scratched by the spine without a sword.Thinking of her posture as a willow, but fighting with swords and swords, her journey will be difficult in the future, she can't help but feel pity in her heart, she sighed slightly, and said: "It's hard for you."

Looking at the three apprentices in front of him, Taiqing stood up from the chessboard, slowly put away his smile, and said solemnly: "You have not been in Qionghua for a long time, and your skills are still weak, so the teacher has not allowed you to do so in the past few months. Go down the mountain. Now that you have passed the test of the illusion, you can be counted as masters. Subduing demons and eliminating demons is a matter of my generation, and if you have the opportunity in the future, you should also practice more."

Yun Tianqing was overjoyed when he heard that he could finally go down the mountain, and was looking at the two people around him with a smile, but Taiqing's two very serious eyes suddenly turned to stare at him, and he couldn't help but lower his head again , I only heard the master slightly raised his voice, and said solemnly: "I would like to tell you one more thing here: no matter what situation you are in, you must keep in mind the rules of my Qionghua sect when you act, and the sword of wisdom will always be in your heart, and you must not confuse it." Right and wrong, good and evil. Do you understand?"

The words were so straightforward that the three of them felt that they had a heavy burden on them, and they all bowed down to salute and said yes.Yun Tianqing thought that he had been nested in Qionghua for half a year, and now he could finally go down the mountain to slay demons and fight for justice. He couldn't help feeling proud, his eyes were burning, he raised his head, and added: "Master, just don't worry. .”

"Just remember." Taiqing nodded: "Today is the end of the year, so I shouldn't be too harsh on you."

Zong Lian said: "Since you know, you can say a few words less and let them play by themselves."

Taiqing finally shook his head and smiled, sat back at the table again, picked up the chess pieces again: "Come on, let's continue playing." He was extremely harsh when he reprimanded people before, faintly revealing the demeanor of a master, but this time Sitting down, he immediately looked amiable and amiable, without the airs of an elder at all. Seeing that he was playing chess with Zong Lian, the three juniors were not in a hurry to leave. Although fierce, but the layout is not stable, being flanked by Bai Zi back and forth, quite dangerous.

After a few more steps, Suyu frowned slightly when she saw that her master was in a bad situation, and wanted to point out, but just as she raised her hand, Zong Lian on the opposite side smiled and shook her head: "Girl, just watch the chess without saying a word."

Suyu blushed, pursed her lips and smiled, and withdrew her hand. After a while, Taiqing's defeat had already appeared, and suddenly she stretched out her sleeve and disrupted the chess game: "Play again, play again!"

Zong Lian smiled disapprovingly, and put the chess pieces back into the chess basket one by one: "After all these years, your temper of relying on losing has not changed at all."

Yun Tianqing laughed loudly, tugged Xuan Xiao and Su Yu's sleeves, and pointed to the door, the two of them understood, and then saluted together: "Master, uncle, the disciple will leave first."

Zong Lian waved his hand to let the three of them leave on their own, but Taiqing turned a deaf ear and just stared at the chess scale in front of him. When he walked to the gate of Taiyi Palace, he still vaguely heard his words: "This game will definitely win against you!" This old fox can't!"

***

When the three of them went out, the sun had risen to the halfway up the mountain, shining warmly on their bodies, and the whole Qionghua Sect seemed to wake up.It was the end of the year, and all the sects of cultivating immortals in Kunlun Mountain sent disciples to congratulate them. For a while, there were a lot of guests, and they all rested on the Mingyue Cliff in the front mountain, making all the disciples of the Xingtang very busy.Looking from a distance, there are people's shadows weaving between the courtyards, terraces and buildings, and there are Qionghua disciples in white Taoist robes everywhere. Across a cliff, there are faint bursts of noisy voices.

Going up the stone steps, as soon as I reached the gate of Wuling Jiange, I saw Suyao and Suxin rushing over, and almost collided with the three of them. Suxin was originally short-tempered, but it was okay, but This elder sister has always been dignified and rigorous, and this is the first time I have seen such a fiery look. Suyu just thought it was funny, and when she was about to ask, her arm was already held by Suxin, and she spoke a little faster than usual : "You guys came just in time, hurry up and help."

Su Yu wondered: "Senior Sister Suyao, Senior Sister Su Xin, what are you doing here?"

Su Yao frowned: "It's almost time to go to the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the gods, but there are still many places that haven't been finished, it's really useless."

Suyu smiled slightly: "If there is anything you need to help, please just ask the dispatcher." Saying that, she took a step forward, and Yu Suyao walked into the Jiange side by side.

But Su Xin missed it, and Yun Tianqing and Xuan Xiao beside her had disappeared. When she looked back, she saw that the two had quietly retreated a few feet away. She immediately stepped forward and stretched out her hand. Means: "Neither of you two will try to run away!"

Yun Tianqing blinked at her: "Aren't the female disciples in your Ritual Department responsible for such trivial matters? What can the two of us do to help?"

Xuan Xiao also nodded at the same side, and coughed: "Extremely. If Junior Sister Suxin is short of manpower, we will go down the mountain and invite a few junior sisters to come over—"

Just halfway through speaking, Su Xin caught his ear, and saw the little girl laughing and scolding beside him: "Senior Brother Xuan Xiao learned so badly from Brother Tian Qing! Stop talking nonsense, come here quickly." Then the two entered the Jiange.

The Five Spirits Sword Pavilion is located on the cliff platform directly above the Taiyi Palace. Five stone pagodas made of various spirit stones are located in one corner, which coincide with the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. The map of the astronomical phenomena, climbing high and looking far away, connected to the sky and the earth, implicitly has the meaning of looking up at the sky to observe the changes of time, and looking down at the common people to form the world.This Jiange is usually used by disciples with profound Taoism for retreat and practice, and it is locked all year round. If there is no important matter, it will probably not be opened. Therefore, the three of Qingxiaoyu have been here for less than a year, and this is the first time they have come here.

As soon as the few people stepped over the threshold, they felt that their eyes were bright, the rocky cliff was open and magnificent, and the solemn and solemn atmosphere was heavy and oppressive.The snow in front of the Tianshen Altar had been cleared away, and hundreds of banquets were lined up without being crowded. At the end of the altar, there was a wooden pavilion for offering sacrifices to the gods. The figures of Qionghua's disciples were weaving among them, but they all looked solemn and spoke softly. .Wu, Ling, Yao, Li, and Jing are divided into five deacons to command and handle various matters, and they perform their duties without any confusion.

Suyao led Suyu to the Shuiling Pavilion in a corner, Suxin saw Xuanzhen standing by the stone platform, pushed Xuanxiao and Yun Tianqing over, and called in a low voice: "Brother, I will find you a Two helpers are here."

Xuan Zhen put down the roster in his hand, looked up, saw the two of them, and immediately smiled: "It's just in time, I'm short of people here, thank you, Junior Sister."

Su Xin pursed her lips and smiled, turned around and chased Su Yao's figure away, Xuan Zhen pointed to a heavy earthen pottery jar at his feet, and said: "Just now Junior Brother Xuan Ji brought the newly brewed medicinal wine, you take it How about carrying it to the shrine?"

Yun Tianqing couldn't help being a little surprised: "Isn't our sect prohibiting alcohol? Why does it also make wine?"

Xuan Zhen smiled and said: "This is a sacrifice, not for drinking."

Yun Tianqing sighed secretly in his heart, shook his head, and together with Xuan Xiao lifted the heavy wine jar up the wooden steps of the pavilion.When I came to the top of the pavilion, I saw the pattern of the Big Dipper carved on the smooth wooden floor. At the end, a row of ebony tables was lined up from east to west, filled with various sacrifices to the gods. The inside is still empty.

When Xuan Xiao was in Penglai in previous years, he followed his master to worship the gods of heaven and earth at the end of the winter solstice. He was familiar with all kinds of etiquette. It stopped an inch from the mouth, exactly.The biting mountain wind blew over the cliff, lifting the ends of his jet-black hair and the broad corners of his robe. Against his long eyebrows and phoenix eyes, he had a hint of immortal charm.And Yun Tianqing smelled the strong aroma of wine, and couldn't hold back for a long time, and when Xuan Xiao filled the wine, he quickly grabbed a glass and came over.

Xuan Xiao slowed down his movements and asked, "What are you doing?"

Yun Tianqing raised his eyebrows and smiled at him: "What are you doing? Drinking." As he said that, he raised his glass and raised his neck, and the wine in the bronze cup was immediately reduced by half.Before he could swallow the wine in his mouth, he looked embarrassed, and immediately spit it out again, shouting again and again: "What kind of wine is this, it's so disgusting!"

Xuan Xiao was stunned, then put the wine jar down for a meal, then came to grab his wine glass: "Put it down quickly, don't be disrespectful to the gods."

Yun Tianqing said with a bitter face: "Is this used to sacrifice to the gods? The gods are too pitiful, they don't even know what good wine tastes like. Besides, what's the point if I drink some of such a nasty thing for them Is it related?"

Listening to his nonsense nonsense, Xuan Xiao couldn't help kicking him over: "Don't mess around, it's serious to finish your work quickly and get out."

Yun Tianqing giggled and stepped aside, but he might as well have tripped over the wine jar, but when he heard a blunt thud, Xuan Xiao gasped, and hurriedly reached out to help, but it was too late.In an instant, the aroma overflowed, and most of the altar of clear wine was spilled out, and it was all fed to the wooden floor.The two of them were stunned for a while, and looked at each other for a while, before Yun Tianqing smiled wryly and said, "So... can it be regarded as offering sacrifices to the gods?"

Xuan Xiao said in a daze: "I don't know..." After speaking half a sentence, he suddenly woke up, turned around and ran down, "I'm going to apologize to Senior Brother Xuan Zhen."

Yun Tianqing grabbed him: "Your head is made of elm? The ceremony will begin in a while. What's the use of telling him that the wine has been spilled?"

Xuan Xiao looked at him, his eyes flickering: "Then what do you think should be done?"

Yun Tianqing chuckled: "That's easy!" As he spoke, he first stabilized the wine jar, and then poured back the wine in the bronze jue. After he tossed and tossed like this, a small half of the wine had gathered in the jar.

Xuan Xiao already vaguely understood what he was going to do, but still couldn't believe it: "You, you really want to do this?"

Yun Tianqing casually picked up the remaining snow on the jacaranda pillars, sprinkled it into the wine jar, raised her head and winked at him: "Hurry up and help."

Xuan Xiao felt quite helpless at that moment, he really didn't understand why this kid never forgets to drag himself into the water when he does bad things.

The two worked together, and it took only a while to fill the wine jar. Xuan Xiao supported the wall of the altar with both hands, and sacrificed the Fire Spirit Immortal Technique. One, and then inseparable.Yun Tianqing dipped a little bit in his mouth and tasted it, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "The taste is a little weak, but it will be able to get over it. Just keep the meaning of respecting heaven and god in your heart. Immortals will never be so stingy, so drink less." The wine will blame us."

Xuan Xiao snorted, and slowly poured the wine syrup mixed with half of the snow water into the Bronze Jue: "You can do this kind of thing very well."

Yun Tianqing smiled and said: "Hey, did you see it? Let me tell you, when I was young, I went to my uncle's wine cellar to steal wine and drink it. I was afraid of being discovered by him, so I drank a little and poured a little water, but the taste became weaker and weaker. , it gradually becomes unpalatable."

"Did he find out later?"

"How could I not have discovered it? For this, I ate several meals of fried pork with bamboo shoots."

"……what?"

"Stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots is a board." Yun Tianqing smiled with his head down, the hair on his forehead covered his eyes, "But now that I'm so big and I've run so far, he won't be able to hit me long ago."

Xuan Xiao looked at Yun Tianqing, vaguely felt that the smile was different from his usual heartless teasing, as if there was something hidden, like melted water in early spring, it looked clear and gentle, but when touched by his hand, it was still mixed with tiny particles. ice cream.

"You—" Xuan Xiao just asked a word, Yun Tianqing suddenly raised his head and pointed out: "Hey, look, Junior Sister Suyu is below."

Xuanxiao turned around and saw Suyu walking under the stage of the gods, holding a bunch of bright red things in her hands, just a few steps away, Suxin chased up from behind, raised her toes and inserted it into her hair. A little white plum.Suyu smiled, stopped and didn't know what to say to Suxin, Suxin grabbed the corner of the ball in her hand, and shook it in the wind, the gold-embroidered red yarn, which was about ten meters long, immediately fluttered away, reflecting the white snow all over the ground. is bright.At this time, Xuan Zhen and Xuan Yi just took down the moon-white talisman curtain that had been hanging in front of the Tianshentai for a whole year, and the two girls immediately stepped forward and hooked the new curtain on the pillars of the Shenpai. The open and cool platform is also set off with a bit of festive atmosphere.

Yun Tianqing only thought it was extremely interesting, so he hurriedly took Xuan Xiao's hand, and led him to run down: "Let's go and have a look too."

Returning to the pavilion, the two young girls will hang up the red mantle. The mantle is huge, and on it is embroidered with gold thread the whole picture of Happy Travels. It is so exquisite that it is amazing.Just as Yun Tianqing was about to reach out to touch it, Su Xin slapped his hand away: "Don't touch it! It took the sisters from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Ling to embroider it for a month. If you break it, how will you pay for it?"

Yun Tianqing sighed: "I can't afford to pay for this."

Su Xin smiled at him rather complacently: "It's good that you know."

Just as he was talking, there was a sudden noise not far away, and he saw a group of disciples of the Ming Dynasty gathered in front of a table, discussing something.Xuan Zhen stepped forward a few steps, and said in a low voice, "What's the noise here?"

Several disciples saluted together: "Uncle Xuan Zhen, we didn't notice beforehand, and we didn't expect to make a mistake on the name sticker for coming to celebrate the new year. What should we do?"

"Just replace the wrong one, what's so difficult about it?"

One of them, Ming Heng, said with shame: "It's not that I made a mistake, it's that I wrote it wrong. From the Shushan school down, I made a mistake. I have to correct it all."

Xuan Zhen looked up at the sky: "How long is it until Chen Shi?"

"It's less than three quarters."

Xuan Zhen waved his long sleeves: "Bring a pen, ink and clear water."

All the disciples of the younger generation rushed to do so, Xuan Zhenan sat in front of a table, cleaned the mistakes on the bamboo tablet, dipped the ink and used the brush, and wrote again.He writes like flying, but there are many famous posts, and the progress is still quite slow.After Xuanji finished handling the matters in hand, when he heard that the nameplate was wrong, he immediately rushed over and said to Xuanzhen, "If you can trust me, how about I write for you?"

Xuan Zhen didn't raise his eyebrows, just nodded slightly: "I'm sorry."

Xuan Ji didn't say much anymore, so he sat opposite Xuan Zhen. After a while, Xuan Xiaotianqing, Suyu Suyao and others also came to help. The bamboo slips were washed with thick ink, and in less than two moments, hundreds of name stickers were rewritten.The six people took their own writings for comparison, and saw that Xuanzhen Xuanxiao's handwriting was precise and rigorous, Suyu Suyao's silk was beautiful and beautiful, and Xuanji's azure handwriting was elegant and free and easy.

As soon as the name stickers were placed in front of the table, the morning bell came from the mountain depression, and it turned out that the time of day was approaching.Everyone turned their heads and looked down the mountain, only to see the main entrance of the Wuling Jiange opened. From the Mingyue Cliff in the front mountain to the Taiyi Palace, there was a long stream of people. At the front was the Qionghuamen in white clothes and blue shirts. Kunlun, Taixu, Shushan and others, as well as various sects of cultivating immortals, are too far apart to see clearly.Seeing this scene, all the young disciples withdrew from the back of the sword platform one after another, but Su Xin refused to leave, pulled Xuan by the corner of his clothes and said, "Senior brother, I have been here for two years, and I have never seen the grand ceremony with my own eyes, please be considerate. OK?"

Xuanji said: "Men wear [-] crowns, and women wear [-] bows. When you pass [-], you can stay and watch the ceremony."

Su Xin said disappointedly: "15 years old... and one more year..." Saying that, she turned her head to look at Xuan Zhen again, "Brother——"

Xuan Zhen smiled: "Your Senior Brother Xuan Xiao and Senior Brother Tian Qing are both at the same age as you, who have not yet performed the Crown Ceremony."

Suxin heard that Xuan Xiao and Yun Tianqing couldn't stay, so she cheered up a little. Seeing this, Suyu reached out to stroke her somewhat disheveled hair, and said softly, "Junior Sister Suxin, I won't go either, stay How about accompanying you?"

Su Xin smiled happily and said: "Okay! I was left alone in the disciple's room two years ago, it's so boring—" At this point, she changed her mind and smiled, "Senior sister, it's a pity if you don't go and see ah."

Suyu couldn't help laughing: "It's okay to come back next year, and it's the same if I ask Senior Sister Suyao to tell us."

Suyao nodded slightly at her: "Alright, Junior Sister Suxin will take care of you."

Suyu returned the gift with a smile, took Suxin's hand and walked out, just as she stepped out of the Five Spirits Sword Pavilion, all the guests had already filed in.Su Xin looked back and saw that the back door was slowly being closed by Xuan Ji, and heard all kinds of bustling noises inside the door, she looked at it reluctantly.She turned around in three steps, Suyu and the others walked extremely slowly in order to wait for her, and it took a long time before they got down halfway up the mountain, Yun Tianqing looked sideways at Suxin's reluctance, and couldn't help but sneer.

Su Xin was furious immediately: "What are you proud of? I can go next year, and you have to wait another three years."

Yun Tianqing dragged out his voice and said, "I, if I want to see it, I don't need to go to such trouble."

Su Xin heard something in his words, her eyes lit up immediately: "What can you do?"

Seeing that the rest of the disciples had gone far, Yun Tianqing turned around and raised his head, pushing his chin towards the high wall of Wulingjian Pavilion.

Seeing Xuan Xiao at the side, he couldn't help but frowned again: "Could it be that you want to climb the wall to peek?"

Yun Tianqing took the opportunity to point at Xuan Xiao, suppressed a smile and said: "This is all your brother Xuan Xiao's idea, I don't know anything about it."

Su Xin immediately stuck to it: "Senior brother Xuan Xiao, take me to have a look."

Xuan Xiao looked embarrassed: "Yun Tianqing, you—"

Yun Tianqing finally laughed out loud: "Okay, I actually want to see it, do you dare to follow?"

He put the emphasis on the three words "dare or dare", and his words were provocative. Xuan Xiao knew what he meant, but he couldn't bear his provocation. In fact, he wanted to see it, so he glanced at him and replied coldly: " Your skill is low, if I don't go, you will probably be caught on the spot."

Knowing that he agreed, Yun Tianqing looked back at Suyu again: "Will junior sister come too?"

Suyu smiled: "It's such a fun thing, I