Chang Dizhihua

Chapter 8, Wine Bottle Pour

Although the wall of the Five Spirits Sword Pavilion is high, it can't stop the young men who are as light as a swallow. Yun Tianqing inhales and leaps forward, stretching his feet on the wall halfway and using his strength, his body flips onto the glazed tiles. Looking back, he saw Xuan Xiao didn't move his hands and feet, but slowly floated up, his whole body seemed to be weightless, and he couldn't help but praised: "It's amazing! What kind of kung fu is this?"

Xuan Xiao fluttered down on the wall, and then replied: "I just started to practice the mind-opening method passed down by Master."

"You are so good at the beginning, Master Taiqing is so biased! Why don't you teach me?"

Xuan Xiao glanced at him disdainfully: "Practice what you learned before before you talk about it."

Just as Yun Tianqing was about to answer, he was tapped on the back of the head suddenly, only to hear Suyu's voice behind him: "You two, keep your voice down, what's wrong with being discovered?"

The two turned around to look, and saw Suyu propping her cheek with one hand, leaning on the roof tiles with her lips pursed and smiling, her feet were wearing buckskin boots, swinging around in mid-air, but they didn't know how she got up.

Seeing the senior brothers and sisters climbed up to the top of the wall, Su Xin felt anxious and said, "I want to come up and see!"

Su Yu chuckled, leaned down, grabbed the tile edge with one hand, and stretched out the other hand to Su Xin: "Junior Sister, jump up and grab my hand."

Su Xin raised her breath according to her words, and she really jumped up a few feet, but her kung fu was not pure, and she let out her breath when she was in mid-air, her body sank slightly, but was pulled up by Su Yu's arms.Su Xin only felt a rush of clouds and fog, and in an instant, her upper body was already lying on the wall tiles. She couldn't help being envious, and sighed: "Oh! When will I be as powerful as Senior Sister?"

Suyu touched her forehead: "You are still young, and you will surpass me in two years."

Su Xin said: "I don't dare to think about the realm of Senior Sister Suyu, as long as I can practice to be on par with Senior Sister Suyao."

Suyu couldn't help laughing: "How can I compare with Senior Sister Suyao?"

Before Suxin could answer, she suddenly heard the sound of bells and sheng in Jiange, ritual and music played, and the sound of Qingyue went straight to the sky.Several people hurriedly looked around, and saw that the banquet on the altar was filled with people, and they lined up to the edge of the cliff. The wind beats and beats.Under the pavilion stood Qionghua's sect head Taiqing Zhenren, and behind him stood five elders lined up.

After a while, Suyao, the deacon of the Ministry of Rites, waved her hand to stop the music, and then the voice of Daoist Master Taiqing resounded loudly: "Dear fellows, it's time to get rid of the old and bring out the new. I'm honored by all of you. My sect feels honored and favored." His voice was calm, and he could still hear it very clearly from a huge square, as if it was resounding in the ears, everyone on the field couldn't help but feel a shudder in their hearts.Although Qing Xiaoyu and the other three received his advice personally, they had never seen the master do it with all his strength. At this moment, they realized that his cultivation was like a vast ocean, unfathomable.Several people looked at each other, and then listened intently, the Taiqing person said again:

"The patriarch has a saying that people follow the earth, the earth follows the sky, the sky follows the way, and the way follows nature. As a person who cultivates immortals, all kinds of laws and regulations follow the way of heaven. Today, all the gods return to their original positions, and friends from all directions gather. Kunlun Qionghua The disciples are grateful for the beginning, so they set up an altar to thank the heavens, and may the gods protect the common people in the world, and bless my Taoism and Dharma forever."

After finishing speaking, he bowed and saluted, and all the Taoists in front of the table immediately got up to return the salute.After that, Daoist Master Taiqing led all the elders to board the shrine, burned incense with clean hands, threw the wine into the air, bowed nine times to welcome and send off the gods, and then the disciples of all sects filed up, with solemn expressions, and for a while they could only smell the underfoot. The sound of stepping on the wooden board, the subtle sound of the friction of clothes when prostrating.Yun Tianqing was interested in watching it at first, but gradually became impatient, only felt that the red tape was extremely boring, yawned, turned on his back on the roof, put his arms on his head, and said boredly: "I worshiped for a long time, but I didn't see a single person The shadow of the gods. The gods are busy in the sky, how can they have time to take care of us mortals? Demons are rampant in the world, and wars continue. If worship is useful, then the world should be no different from the heavens."

Xuan Xiao took a look at him, only felt that the words were out of order, but couldn't tell what was wrong.

Su Xin was also extremely bored, curled her lips and said in a low voice: "So that's what worshiping the gods is all about, I thought it would be fun!"

Suyu asked with a smile, "Do you want to leave?"

Su Xin thought for a while, but finally she couldn't bear it: "Wait and see what's behind."

After finally waiting for the end of the long ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, both the host and the guest finally relaxed a little. When the court food was served, laughter gradually sounded during the banquet. The cups and plates full of soup and vegetables were a little strange, and I pointed out: "Why is there no one over there?"

After asking this question, Yun Tianqing felt that Xuan Xiao's body around him trembled slightly, and she knew it clearly, so she stretched out her arm to put it on his shoulder.

Suyu tugged at the corner of Suxin's clothes, and whispered: "Junior Sister, don't ask any more."

But Su Xin was still puzzled, looked carefully at the mats, and saw a bamboo plaque next to the desk, with the word "Penglai" faintly visible, then she suddenly realized, regretted it, and said again and again: "Senior Brother Xuan Xiao , I'm sorry, I, I didn't think of it before..."

Xuan Xiao only shook his head slightly, and said calmly: "It's okay."

When several people were talking, one of the chairman and the guests in the Jiange suddenly stood up, one of them had the appearance of a young man with white hair, he was Elder Chongguang, the other was wearing Shushan School costume, but it was unknown who it was.

Su Xin was eager to divert the conversation, so she stretched out her hand and pointed: "Oh, oh, it looks like we're going to fight again."

The other three suddenly wondered: "What?"

Su Xin giggled, "I heard that Elder Chongguang and Taoist Master Canggu of Shushan are rivals. I don't know why, they have disliked each other for many years, and when they meet, they will compete with each other."

Seeing this scene, Yun Tianqing finally lifted his spirits: "The martial arts competition is so good, I'm almost suffocated to death, it's best for everyone to compete." The two vacated an open space and came out.

Master Taiqing knew the temperament of these two people well, so he didn't try to stop them, he just calmed down a little: "It's nothing to make friends with martial arts, it's just that when you learn martial arts, you need to go to the end, and you must not hurt your friendship."

Elder Chongguang smiled coldly, without answering, he drew his sword and stepped forward, Xiao's intent to kill increased, Daoist Canggu stood opposite him, also raised his sword, and made a gesture of raising his hand.Chong Guang raised his sword down, and there was a sound of piercing through the air. The sword light was stronger than the snow in the clear sky, and the sound of the two swords striking each other was like a shower. The two of them had removed seven or eight moves very quickly.At this time, all the guests saw that although the two swords were drawn very quickly, they really hit the point and did not use their internal strength, so they were relieved, and immediately applauded with some bold temperaments.

Suyu watched intently for a moment, then suddenly shook her head and said: "If these two are desperate, Uncle Chongguang's strength is definitely not enough, but the sword move alone has the advantage." As soon as she finished speaking, Chongguang's sword slanted Stabbed out, touched Canggu's neck, paused, then withdrew, returned the sword into the sheath neatly, nodded and said: "Accept!"

Yun Tianqing looked at Suyu, smiled and said: "You are quite right."

Canggu on the field let go of his hand, and the long sword in his palm fell to the dust with a jingle: "I lost."

Chong Guang snorted: "We will compete next time."

Canggu turned around to enter the table, another gray-clothed Taoist jumped out, stood in front of Chongguang, and said in a clear voice: "I heard that Qionghua School's swordsmanship is the best in the world, and seeing it today really deserves its reputation. In the Tianyuan of Yuxu School, I hope to meet with Elder Chongguang Learn sword skills."

Chong Guang cupped his hands: "That's ridiculous, please, Taoist Tianyuan!"

Tian Yuan then drew his sword and made a move. For a moment, the light of the sword was like geese flying in the sky, and the figures of the two interspersed in it, even more like a dragon swimming.The four teenagers behind the wall also looked at it with ease, and unknowingly leaned forward. Fortunately, everyone's eyes on the field were focused on the two contestants, and they had no time to take care of other things, so they were not noticed.After a while, the two swords of Chongguang and Tianyuan intersected, and they made a roar like a dragon's chant. Under the blow, they both retreated more than ten feet, and they were indistinguishable.

Yun Tianqing couldn't help but praised: "Good swordsmanship!" Then he turned to Suyu, "Who do you think will win?"

Suyu said: "Uncle Chongguang's last sword strikes first and then strikes, he is a bit inferior to Taoist Tianyuan." After saying this, he saw Chongguang retreat to the banquet, and Elder Qingyang went to fight Tianyuan instead.The two of them were about to talk again when they suddenly saw Xuan Zhen who was sitting at the bottom of Zong Lian turn his gaze to this side. They were panicked and quickly lowered their heads and lowered their bodies to hide behind the edge of the room, not even daring to breathe , After a while, Xuan Zhen looked back.

With lingering fear in his heart, Yun Tianqing said, "Do you think Elder Brother has seen it?"

Su Xin stuck out her tongue: "Who knows? I hope he sees it and doesn't tell the master."

Yun Tianqing whispered: "Then shall we go?" As he asked, his eyes could not move away from the Jiange.At this time, Elder Qingyang had already defeated Daoist Tianyuan, Yuxu sent several disciples to join the stage, and Qionghua sent five deacons to form a sword formation, dozens of long swords danced together like a rain of flowers, It was dazzled to see.

Xuan Xiao was also fascinated by watching, and only hummed slightly: "What's the difference between going and not going? Even if you leave now, he already knows."

Yun Tianqing was stunned, and couldn't help laughing, but felt that the words were very agreeable: "Okay! If you dare to do it, don't be afraid of being caught, let's just keep watching."

A moment later, the first battle was over, Qionghua Yuxu and Qionghua Yuxu were indistinguishable. At this time, everyone's enthusiasm for victory was aroused, and all the sects took turns to take turns. All kinds of weapons and martial arts had their own merits. Slowly moving from the east to the top of the head, it was already noon without knowing it, and the few teenagers enjoyed watching it so much that they didn't even know the passage of time.Afterwards, Master Taiqing, who had been watching the battle with a smile on his face, also straightened his clothes and walked off the stage slowly. Yun Tianqing's eyes lit up: "Master is finally willing to make a move!"

As soon as the voice fell, a person behind him laughed and said: "You guys, haven't you seen it for a long time?"

The four of them were startled, and when they turned their heads, they saw a young girl standing on the snow, looking up at them, her eyes were like crescent moons, she smiled sweetly, and was a bit playful.

Suyu breathed a sigh of relief at first, but she also felt very embarrassed when someone caught her lying on the wall, so she called out a little embarrassedly: "So it's Senior Sister Suxi."

Su Xi pursed her lips and smiled: "Senior brother Xuan Zhen asked me to come over and tell you that after noon, the master uncle will start discussing scriptures and Taoism with fellow Taoists. If you continue to mess around like this, you will definitely be arrested. come out."

The four of them slowly slipped down from the wall, stood on the ground and looked at each other, they all felt their faces were hot, Yun Tianqing scratched his hair, and said after a while: "Junior Sister Suxi, thank you senior brother for helping us."

Su Xi said: "That's needless to say? If it wasn't for him, you'd all be spending New Year's Eve in the Valley of Thoughts Returning later, how can you thank him?"

Su Xin chuckled, coughed, and deliberately asked: "He comes and goes, who is 'he'?"

Su Xi rolled her eyes, and had made up her mind to ignore her, but couldn't help but blush.

Yun Tianqing then asked: "Junior Sister, when will this sacrificial ceremony end?"

"In another two hours, they will be gone after the evening meal."

"Then... after that?"

"After that? We cultivators are not as particular as in the ordinary world, but—" Su Xi approached mysteriously when he said this, "No one cares about New Year's Eve. We have invited a lot of people to go Zui Hua Yin Shou Sui, do you want to come together?"

Several people looked at each other, except for Xuan Xiao, the other three responded in unison: "Of course!"

Su Xi pointed in the direction of the Five Spirits Sword Pavilion, and warned: "Don't talk nonsense, if it reaches the ears of the sect master and the elders, none of us will succeed."

"This is natural." Yun Tianqing heard that Xuan Xiao didn't answer, so he secretly bumped him with his elbow.

Only then did Xuan Xiao chase after him in a low voice: "...I didn't say no."

Su Xi smiled again after hearing this: "Okay, you guys discuss it slowly, I also sneaked out, so I have to hurry back to the table."

The four of them watched Su Xi leave, Xuan Xiao caught a glimpse of Yun Tianqing staring at the Cangshan sea of ​​clouds in the distance, and asked, "What the hell are you thinking?"

Only then did Yun Tianqing retract his gaze, narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Do you know what I'm thinking?"

Xuan Xiao thought for a while, and then said coldly: "You want to go down the mountain."

Su Yu also looked at him with a smile on the side: "If you don't want to be caught by the disciples guarding the gate, then go and return quickly."

Yun Tianqing saw that her mind was guessed, and smiled: "Shou Sui tonight, wouldn't it be boring if there is nothing? Do you want me to bring something back?"

Xuan Xiao and Su Yu didn't care about the things outside of them, they shook their heads immediately, but Su Xin was very happy, pulled Yun Tianqing's clothes and said repeatedly: "Senior Brother Tianqing, can you help me bring back candied rice cakes?"

Yun Tianqing deliberately dragged his voice and asked: "It's okay to bring rice cakes, but what do you want to thank me for—"

Su Xin waved her fists: "I'll beat you up to thank you!"

Yun Tianqing yelled "Forgive me" with a smile, and ran down the mountain in a hurry.

***

The most prosperous town at the foot of Qionghua Wonderland is Boxian Town. Thousands of screens and thousands of peaks in the Kunlun Mountains block flying birds, but the terrain here is slightly slow. Merchants from the east and the west must rest here. Over time, a town has gradually formed. big town.The style of the Northwest desert is very different from the scenery of the Central Plains. The New Year is approaching, and the town is full of people. You can see young men and women laughing and talking all over the street. A big river flows down from the snow-capped mountains, passing through the city, and rushing southward. The season is not yet frozen, and the dense layers of felt tents are lined up to the sky, and the outside of the tents are painted with gold, matching the colorful furs and clothes of the people, and a strong festive atmosphere blows over us.

At this moment, Yun Tianqing was reclining in the big tent of the Oasis Restaurant, holding his chin and smiling as he looked at the crowds, all kinds of things he bought were piled up at his feet half as high as a person, and the top was half-wrapped in oiled paper Sesame candy glows alluringly under the candlelight of butter.On the table in front of him was a large copper bowl, half of which was filled with blood-colored grape wine.People outside the Great Wall are bold, and a glass of wine worth ten copper coins is the size of a sea bowl.Yun Tianqing lifted the bowl, raised his neck and took a big gulp, feeling the warm wine slowly slipping down his throat and into his internal organs, his whole body seemed to be alive, even his eyes lit up.

I remember the last time I drank here, the sun was still scorching hot outside the tent, but this time it was the end of the year, the Qionghua sect had strict rules and regulations, Yun Tianqing originally thought that if he could stay for a few days, he would definitely run away, but he didn't think about half a year Passing away in a hurry, he seemed to have taken root in this snow-capped mountain, and the thought of leaving was gradually dispelled, even he himself felt very strange.

While thinking wildly, the owner of the restaurant came over with two jars of wine and put them in front of him: "This sword fairy, the wine you want is ready."

Yun Tianqing only thought that the title "Sword Immortal" was fresh and interesting, but he deliberately said modestly: "Thank you very much, but I'm not a fairy, so please don't call me that."

The owner of the restaurant stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Aren't the immortals on the mountain all dressed like you? Even if I'm an old man, I can recognize them."

Yun Tianqing couldn't help laughing, looked up at the sky, saw the sun slanting towards the west, and the twilight appeared, so he poured down the remaining wine in the bowl, stood up, took out a hanging copper coin and put it on the table: "Master, Your wine is really good, I will invite friends to have a drink next time."

The boss was terrified, and hurriedly stuffed the copper money back into Yun Tianqing's hands: "If it weren't for the immortals to protect me from being bullied by monsters, how could Boxian Town be as prosperous as it is today? The money will be free."

Yun Tianqing thought that he had done nothing in the first half of the year on the mountain, and recalling Master Taiqing's advice this morning, he couldn't help but feel ashamed in his heart, so he just chuckled and shook his head: "It's my duty to help the poor and the needy, and it's only natural to pay for drinking. How can these two things be mixed together?" After that, he didn't take the copper coins, picked up the wine jar, fireworks, peach amulets, food and other things with his scabbard, carried them on his shoulder like a pole, and drifted away.

He has practiced the skill of controlling the sword very purely, and it took only a moment to go up to the middle of the mountain, looking down, the path of Taiyi Fairy is covered with snow, and there are a few wooden houses scattered here and there, half buried by the heavy snow. Seeing this scene, with a thought in his mind, he recited the mantra secretly, and landed in front of the wooden house. He raised his eyes and saw that the board of the post station hung in front of the house was still there, so he stepped forward and knocked on the door.

After a while, there was a faint sound of footsteps in the house, and the door creaked open. With the heat blowing in, a girl's face was revealed. Seeing Yun Tianqing, she was stunned for a moment, and then a surprise burst out. Smile: "You, you are—"

Yun Tianqing tilted his head and smiled: "Xilin, I still remember your name, but you forgot me?"

"You are Yun Tianqing, why don't I remember?" Xilin looked him up and down, and said happily, "You really became a sword fairy, and you came down the mountain to find me!"

Yun Tianqing smiled and said: "I'm going back to the mountain, and I'll stop by to see you, are you and your father okay?"

Sirin nodded: "Thank you for remembering, we are all fine." As she spoke, she pulled him into the room: "Hurry up and sit down, it's cold outside."

Yun Tianqing was not polite to her either, so he went into the room and sat down, looked around, saw that the center of the main room was burning with charcoal fire, the same as the old decoration, except that there were fewer people, so it seemed a little deserted, so he asked: "No one has been there recently. People go up the mountain?"

Sirin frowned slightly: "Isn't it? It's so cold in winter, who else will come? It's just a matter of time for us to rest, and we can talk about it in the spring of next year."

"Brother Balza isn't there either?"

"Today's end of the year, my brother said he was going to get some wild game and come back to roast. He went out all afternoon and still hasn't come back." When Xilin said this, she suddenly remembered something and hurriedly stood up, "I almost forgot, I made milk tea for you Pour a bowl." As he said, he ran all the way to the kitchen, and when he came back with milk tea, he saw Yun Tianqing was taking out things from the bag behind him, local finger cakes, sugar melon pastries brought from the Central Plains Wait, it's all over the floor.Sirin panicked immediately, and said again and again: "We are friends, we invite friends to drink milk tea, and we don't need food in exchange."

Yun Tianqing smiled at her: "We are friends, I bring things to see you, so don't be polite."

Sirin froze for a moment, then giggled.The two chatted for a while, it was getting dark early in winter, and before Shen's time, the sky outside the window was getting darker, and the wind was getting louder, blowing the window lattices rattling, and the snow falling on the cedar outside the house.Xilin became more and more worried, and kept looking out of the window. Yun Tianqing saw it clearly, and comforted her: "The road on this mountain is dangerous, maybe your brother won't be able to come back if he walks far away, why don't I help you?" You go and see?"

On weekdays, Xilin would never want to trouble others, but now that it is getting late and her brother has not returned, she is anxious in her heart, and she no longer cares so much, so she nodded: "Please!"

Yun Tianqing didn't delay anymore, and went out with Chengying Sword, and followed the footprints in the snow to find the trace of Brother Xilin, but the snow had cleared for several days, and the various footprints in the past few days were mixed together, making it impossible to distinguish them.Yun Tianqing searched for a while, then raised his sword into the air, originally thought that he could see it better from a high position, but the forest was so dense that it blocked the sky and the sun, and he couldn't see the ground from a height, so he had to go into the forest again to search on foot .After about half an hour like this, I still got nothing.At this time, the sun had disappeared behind the mountain, the forest was dark and hazy, and the cold wind was extremely cold.Fortunately, Yun Tianqing had cultivated Qionghua's inner strength, so she was no longer afraid of the severe cold, and still patiently explored slowly.

Walking in front of an open field, there was a wolf howling not far away, so sharp and shrill that it made people's hair stand on end.Yun Tianqing's heart trembled, he secretly clenched his saber, and ran quickly following the voice.At the end of the clearing is a cliff, on the edge of the cliff, a white wolf threw a man in a hunting suit to the ground. The man struggled violently on the snow, and drew out a hunting knife from his waist to stab the wolf in the stomach. The white wolf snarled in pain. Howling, he let go of his claws, and the Orion took the opportunity to turn over and stab the white wolf in the eyes again.The white wolf moved quickly, retreating back, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, about to bite Orion's arm from the side.Under the deep twilight, it was covered with scarlet demon patterns, and even its eyes were blood red. It was not a beast, but a demon.

Yun Tianqing reminded loudly: "Be careful!" While shouting, he drew his sword and flew over.

Seeing Yun Tianqing rushing out, the hunter was startled, but he didn't slow down, and threw the hunting knife with his backhand, hitting the white wolf's forehead.The wolf twitched a few times and fell to the ground. Blood gushed out from its head and belly, dyeing the white snow beneath it red.

The white wolf was mortally wounded, but the Orion was still vigilant, and shouted sideways: "Little brother, don't get too close, this is not an ordinary beast, it is a white wolf demon on the snow mountain, it will be terrible to be caught! "

Yun Tianqing took a look and saw that the Orion had a strong figure, but his young face was full of beards. He was undoubtedly Xilin's elder brother, so he immediately called out: "Brother Balza!"

Balza was very surprised: "You recognize me?"

Yun Tianqing stepped forward and replied: "When I went up the mountain, I was taken care of by your family."

Balza looked at him for a few more times, the expression on his face gradually became surprised, and he suddenly realized: "You are Brother Yun, aren't you?"

Yun Tianqing nodded: "Brother still remembers."

Balza said, "Why don't you remember? Everyone still remembers the fine wine you brought us last time."

Yun Tianqing said with a smile: "I brought wine this time too, if I have time I'll have a drink with my elder brother."

Balza laughed loudly and patted him on the shoulder: "Good!"

When the two were talking, the white wolf was dead, the demon marks on his body faded, and the original silver-white fur returned, but he still refused to close his eyes. With a touch of sadness.Yun Tianqing felt a chill in his heart when he looked at it, turned his face away, but suddenly saw a black spot on one of the white wolf's hind hooves, which was very familiar, he couldn't help being startled, and said in a low voice: "I have seen this wolf before. Pass!"

Balzaqi said: "Have you seen it? This monster is extremely vicious. Didn't it hurt you then?"

"No." Yun Tianqing shook his head, recalling that when he first landed in Qionghua, those little wolf cubs were no different from Xueqiu, but he didn't want to see each other half a year later, and turned into this appearance, he couldn't help feeling slightly sink.

Balza squatted down in front of the wolf corpse, pulled out the hunting knife, and cut a knife at the veins of each of its limbs, draining the dirty blood. His movements were light and precise, obviously used to this. Yun Tianqing looked at it for a while, Pointing at the wolf corpse: "How could this monster suddenly hurt people?"

After hearing this, Balza replied quite complacently: "No matter how powerful it is, how could it hurt me? It was I who set up a half-day trap to lure it into the hook." Then he talked about how valuable the fur of the wolf demon was, how the wolf Teeth can ward off evil spirits, and wolf bones can be used as ornaments. If you can find a horse and sell it, you will be able to live for half a year without worrying about it.He spoke very cheerfully, Yun Tianqing was listening, but was silent for a while.

When the blood of the wolf was exhausted, Balza carried the wolf on his shoulders and walked back together affectionately holding Yun Tianqing's arm. It was rare for him to hit a precious wolf demon. He was in a good mood and asked Yun Tianqing endlessly along the way. Recently, Yun Tianqing was too lazy to talk, and only asked questions and answered one sentence.As soon as he returned to the gate of the post station, he saw Xilin coming out to welcome her, her eyes were red as if she had just cried.Balza stretched out his big hand to caress his sister's head, and said with a smile that the little girl was worthless, and he was so frightened that he cried when he was alone at home. Only then did Sirin give him a blank look, then laughed through tears, took the wolf corpse and hung it in the house. Finally, wait until tomorrow morning to clean up slowly.

The brother and sister asked Yun Tianqing to spend the New Year's Eve together, but she refused with a smile. It was the same as half a year ago, leaving only a jar of fine wine, sugar cakes, fireworks, etc., and disappeared without a trace.The little girl looked at his back gradually disappearing into the forest, and she couldn't help feeling sad, she didn't know how long it would be before she saw him again.

***

As soon as Yun Tianqing entered the jungle, there was a slight sound of snow treading behind him, he turned his head hastily, and his gaze met a pair of green wolf eyes.One man and one wolf confronted each other for a long time, then the monster slowly lowered its body and let out a threatening growl.Yun Tianqing took a step forward, twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, and said in a low voice: "Do you remember me?"

The wolf demon still looked at him warily, with scarlet demon marks on his face, and his eyes turned dark red, which was very terrifying, but Yun Tianqing was not afraid at all, stepped forward a few steps, squatted down, and asked : "You want to avenge your brother?"

The wolf demon lowered his head and howled mournfully.

Yun Tianqing stretched out a hand tentatively, and seeing that the wolf demon did not move, he slowly stroked its head: "You can't beat that guy, and if you go, you will die." The wolf demon seemed to understand people's words , leaned over, and lay next to him on the snow, Yun Tianqing felt a little sore when he thought of the past, touched its back, and asked, "Where are your other brothers? Are they gone?"

The wolf demon closed his eyes, and a low-pitched whimper rolled from his throat, like a long sigh.

Yun Tianqing sat there for a while, then suddenly stood up: "Go, don't come back again."

The wolf demon raised his head and looked at him pitifully, with some puzzlement in his eyes.

Yun Tianqing ignored him, raised his sword and shouted: "Get out, or I'll cut you off!" Seeing that the wolf demon was still standing there, he raised his hand and slashed down a bolt of thunder.The wolf demon backed away in fright, Yun Tianqing drew his sword out of its sheath again, and made a few gestures in front of it, the wolf demon eagerly wailed a few times, and finally turned around and fled into the forest, disappearing in a moment.Yun Tianqing watched it disappear, and then Yujian flew into the air and galloped towards the top of the mountain.

Back in Qionghua, the stars have just risen, the application time is too early, the sacrificial ceremony has ended, and all the disciples return to their positions.Yun Tianqing stepped up the stone steps leading to the front mountain step by step, thinking that he would be caught by the disciples guarding the gate and spend the New Year in the Valley of Thoughts Returning.However, he walked all the way to the gate of Baiyu Mountain, but no one stopped him. While he was surprised, he suddenly saw a dark mass under the pillars of the gate, as if someone was relying on him.He stepped forward, and at a glance, he saw Xuan Xiao leaning against the pillar with his sword in his hand, with his eyes closed, he had already fallen asleep, and Suyu was sitting on the other side, hugging his legs, with his chin resting on his knees, looking at the stars Under the snow-capped peaks in a daze.

Suyu heard footsteps, turned to see Yun Tianqing, was stunned for a moment, then immediately reached out to shake Xuan Xiao's shoulder: "Senior Brother Xuan Xiao, Tian Qing is back."

Xuan Xiao didn't sleep deeply at first, but he woke up after shaking for a while, raised his eyes and saw Yun Tianqing standing in front of him, stood up immediately, and said with a cold face: "You still know how to come back?"

Yun Tianqing tilted his head and smiled: "It's been a long time since I went down the mountain, so I played for a while."

Suyu exhaled: "It's good to be back." She said with a slight smile, "Fortunately, it's my turn to take the post today, senior brother Xuan Xiao, if it's other senior brothers, I'll definitely catch you."

Yun Tianqing knew that they were not the two who were in charge of guarding the gate that day, but she didn't say anything, she just whispered: "Thank you very much."

Xuan Xiao snorted: "No need! Since you are uncomfortable staying on the mountain, you don't need to come back."

Yun Tianqing shook his head: "No, I...I like this place."

Xuan Xiao didn't expect Yun Tianqing to say this, but felt that his behavior since returning to the mountain was very strange, and glanced at him sideways, only to see that he was also looking at him, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, His eyes were shining, as if reflecting the light of stars.

Suyu took the burden from Yun Tianqing's hand, weighed it, and asked, "What did you bring back? It's so heavy!"

Only then did Yun Tianqing seem to have come to his senses, raised his eyebrows, and replied mysteriously: "Anyway, they are all good things, but you are not allowed to look at them now, and we will dismantle them when we are in Zuihuayin!"

Suyu pursed her lips and smiled: "Okay, since everyone is here, shall we go?"

Yun Tianqing clapped his hands again and again in agreement, and rushed forward first, but as soon as he lifted his steps, Xuan Xiao swept away like the wind, leaving him far behind.Yun Tianqing was startled, but saw him turn his head back, raised his chin slightly and said, "How about the strength of your feet?"

Yun Tianqing was aroused by him, and he was eager to win, and immediately smiled: "Suyu, we surpassed him!"

The three of them rushed forward together, Xuan Xiao's figure was chic, straight like flowing clouds and flowing water, the sky was elegant and agile, like Lingbo's steps, Suyu's steps were light, like catkins and duckweed, each was different, and it was difficult to distinguish between them.The drunken flower shade is in a depression in the front mountain, the road is not close, the three of them went straight and arrived when there was a stick of incense.As soon as you step into the valley, you will feel drunk and fragrant. This place is the same as the Taiyi Palace. The surface is connected to the hot spring of the earth veins. Dozens of Qionghua's disciples gathered in the open space, the surrounding wax torches were burning high, and the charcoal fire in the middle was like burning.

Everyone was sitting or lying down, laughing and talking Yan Yan, and everyone lost their usual restraint. When they saw Qing Xiaoyu and the three of them coming in parallel, they all burst into laughter for a while, surrounded the three of them, and said repeatedly: "Everyone who comes late be punished!"

Yun Tianqing yelled that it was unfair, but no one paid any attention to it. Everyone was talking about what to punish. Some junior disciples who were used to being bullied by Yun Tianqing racked their brains to come up with some difficult problems. They were as tricky as Su Xin Su Xi wished that Senior Brother Xuan Xiao would sing a folk song on the spot. Xuan Ji watched coldly from the side, a strange smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth, and lightly said: "Why don't the three of them go and invite the head master together?" Let's watch the year."

As soon as these words came out, countless voices echoed from below, Yun Tianqing glared at him, thinking that he had spoiled some of his herbs, but at the critical moment, he would make such a mess, this day really cannot be passed.

In the end, senior brother Xuan Zhen was kind and said with a smile: "Don't embarrass them. In the grand ceremony this morning, the seniors used martial arts to make friends. How about we let the three of them do a sword dance?"

The three of them looked at each other, and felt that this proposal was the easiest thing to do compared to the previous difficulties, so they stopped hesitating and stood opposite each other in front of the open space, each showing their long swords.As the warm wind picked up, the three of them moved, their swords were brighter than the snow, their white shirts fluttered lightly, and the bright red phoenix petals fluttered down one after another, like a fragrant snowfall.When all the disciples saw the intoxicating place, they applauded all over the place, and some people beat festivals to wish happiness, and it was very lively for a while.

After the sword dance, Yun Tianqing unwrapped the huge package he had brought, and took out all kinds of food from it as if by magic, and at the end, he even brought out a few jars of wine.Some people who strictly abide by the rules, such as Xuanzhen, Xuanyi and others, could not help shaking their heads when they saw it, and said: "I'm going to prohibit alcohol, let's forget about it."

Xuan Zhen smiled when he heard it: "Drinking Tusu wine at the end of the year is shared by all people in the world. It's okay to drink a little." After finishing speaking, he took a tea bowl, poured half a cup, walked in front of Suxin, and said, "Drink this Tusu wine. The rules of drinking water are different from usual, you are the youngest, you should drink first."

Even though Su Xin was young, she was also a slanderer, her eyes lit up when she heard this, and she quickly took it and drank it dry.After Su Xin, it was the turn of Yuan Yi Yuan Guang and other junior disciples, followed by Xuan Xiao.Xuan Zhen was about to pour wine, Yun Tianqing hurriedly stopped him and said, "It's so boring to drink in such a small bowl!" Then, he took a few large bowls and lined them up, "Senior Brother Xuanxiao, Senior Sister Suyu and I Let's drink together, all in this big bowl."

Xuan Xiao had never drank alcohol before, and felt his tongue was so hot that it was numb when he put it in his mouth, and he almost spit it out, but seeing Yun Tianqing's unbeatable smile, he thought how could he be looked down upon by this kid?So he poured down the whole bowl quite boldly.Suyu raised the bowl, first took a sip, then drank it slowly, without even frowning, just like drinking water.

Among the disciples of Xuan's generation, Xuan Ji is the oldest, Xuan Zhen is the longest, and in the end they are the only two who haven't drunk the Tusu wine.Xuan Zhen walked up to Xuan Ji, poured out two glasses of wine, and said to him: "We two drink together." Xuan Ji nodded and held up the wine, and after drinking with Xuan Zhen, the two looked at each other and smiled