chemical tail

To the east of the land of Daxuan there is the Endless Sea, and no one knows its vastness, and everyone calls it the Endless Sea.Among them are Shuijuquanke.There is often fog at the place where the sea meets Maotu, and when the fog rises, the sky and the earth are completely white and indistinguishable, and only a small mountain appears in the middle.The name of the mountain is Xiaojiao, which is more than twenty feet high and faces the turbulent sea of ​​fog.There is the Tumbling Temple on the top. There is no wall in the west of the temple and it faces the sea. There is no fog all year round but there is wind. —— "Xuan Tu Zhi"

The night is deep, the sea shakes the stars and the moon, and the golden shadows are swaying.

Li Dingtang stood on the edge of the west cliff of the Tuanteng Temple and recalled carefully, the biting sea water, the broken boat, the black hair, the blue to black eyes...

Not long ago, he was ordered to go to Wuyuan Sea to look for mirages, but unexpectedly, there was a heavy rain while sailing, and the vast mist receded. In an instant, the stars were hidden, and the waves rushed towards them wrapped in wind and rain, and the ship was instantly overturned.He was hit by the broken hull and struggled to survive in the sea half unconscious.

Suddenly there was warmth behind him, and Li Dingtang saw a few strands of black hair and a pair of strange-colored eyes in a trance, and then rolled his eyes and passed out.After waking up, he was already in the Tumbling Temple on the small reef by the sea without reason.Of the 62 people on this trip, he was the only one left.

Suddenly a silver light flashed on the surface of the water, as if some fish were churning.Li Dingtang recalled his thoughts from the memory, and there was a man standing on a rock under the West Cliff. He looked like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, with ill-fitting clothes wet on his body, and he was waving happily at him.The boy's eyes were slightly blue in the moonlight, and his jet-black hair was tied back casually.

Li Dingtang suddenly jumped off the edge of the west cliff.The Tengteng Temple was only three feet above the sea, and he fell into the sea with a "plop".He swam under the reef and asked the boy, "Are you cold?" The boy knelt down and poked his face, then shook his head.

Li Dingtang turned around, and his butt landed on the rock. He asked again: "You saved me? Two days ago." The young man nodded happily, and he said, "There were so many people that day, I could only fish Take one, the little beauty looks good." His voice was cool, like sea water passing through Li Dingtang's heart.

"Little beauty?" Li Dingtang laughed, he shook his head and asked the boy: "It's not little beauty, what's your name?"

"What's the name of the little beauty?" The boy asked him back.

"Li Dingtang."

"Then I'm also called Li Dingtang."

"..."

Li Dingtang wanted to refute but was speechless, and was silent for a while.

The sea breeze blows over the bells at the foot of the temple, and the sound of metal clashing is clearer and farther away.He said to the young man: "Your name is Ling'an. You saved me, so I can still hear the sound of the octagonal bell today." After saying that, without waiting for the young man——Ling'an replied, Li Dingtang grabbed his hand and held it He fell into the sea and kissed him hard.

The sea water is very cold at night, but Li Dingtang still feels hot and dry.He said to Ling'an: "You saved me, let me promise with my body?"

After hearing this, Ling'an didn't reply immediately, but went to the water behind Li Dingtang to fish it out, and pulled out a black sword.He stroked Li Dingtang's hair, handed him the sword, and said, "This sword used to be yours, but it fell into the water. I picked it up and it was mine. You also fell into the water. I picked it up." You are mine, so you are mine."

Li Dingtang frowned after hearing this domineering theory and tried to put on a pitiful look. He asked Ling'an: "My lord, I belong to you. What if one day you don't want me and want to throw me away?"

Listening to this, Ling'an frowned and said: "I'm not old yet, so don't call me your lord. Um - you can call me master. No, no, forget it, you should call me Ling'an. Don't worry, as long as you are obedient Listen to me, and I will take good care of you, and even if I don’t want you anymore, I will find you a good place to go. Now tell me about the place beyond Wuduhai, and I won’t throw you away.”

Li Dingtang supported Ling'an and sat back on the rock.He didn't say much, he slowly recalled his childhood and told Ling'an about it.

He talked about the bustling capital, the romantic youths and graceful girls in the capital, the catkins in the spring in the capital, the Anguo Temple, which is full of incense... While talking, Ling'an, who huddled around and listened, suddenly broke down. He yawned a lot, and then he mumbled to Li Dingtang, "You speak really well," and rolled into the water.

Li Dingtang immediately reached out but didn't catch anything.He jumped into the water, and there was no sign of Ling'an in the water.Ling'an's rolling was like a drop of water rolling down, immediately melting into the sea without leaving a trace.

Everything seemed like he had a ridiculous dream, but Wu Yejian was placed firmly on the rock.

☆, 2

There used to be a big monk and two young monks in the Tuanteng Temple, but now there is another Li Dingtang.

The life in the temple remained the same. The big monk cooked and chanted scriptures and meditated every day, while the young monks fought and swept the floor and lit the fire. Li Dingtang, who was left over, watched the clouds and the sea every day, and listened to the wind after listening to the scriptures.

Every night, Ling'an would sit on the reef and listen to Li Dingtang's storytelling.Li Dingtang has been talking for eight days. He talked from Wangdu to Hezhou in Sichuan, and from Hezhou to Beijiang.

Hezhou has continuous rain when the plums are yellow.When the light rain falls to the ground, insects respond.The water vapor between the sky and the earth is moist, and the rain falls on the hair, clothes and clothes - but Li Dingtang only felt it once when he marched through Hezhou; there are Dylan people with deep eyes and high noses in northern Xinjiang, the weather is dry and cold, and the days are short And the night is long, the star river in the sky is brilliant, the clouds are shining, there is heavy snow all over the sky, the westerly wind that rolls the grass, and the Sujin desert as endless as the endless sea-Li Dingtang has been guarding the border for seven years in northern Xinjiang, and he has seen a lot of scenery in northern Xinjiang.Now he was scratching his head to search for Beijiang's past, but found that Beijiang had nothing to talk about.

It was night, Li Dingtang jumped into the sea from the west cliff again, he smiled and shouted to Ling'an who was not far away: "The story is almost finished, should Master Ling'an throw me away?"

Ling'an shook his head at him, and happily called back with something in his hand: "Li Dingtang, come here quickly! I'll give you a good thing!"

Li Dingtang swam over, Ling'an was holding a bundle in his hand.In the bundle are a set of light and smooth inner garments, a cross-neck coat embroidered with ruyi patterns in silver thread on a sandy green ground, and a delicate white jade hair crown.

Li Dingtang took the burden and whispered "Thank you" softly in Ling'an's ear, and Ling'an sat next to him with her knees hugged as usual.

"Ling'an, it's your turn."

Ling'an supported his head with both hands and remained motionless, but his feet flicked in the sea water.Just when Li Dingtang thought he didn't want to talk, Ling'an spoke up.

"I live on the Profound Sea."

"Yes." Li Dingtang looked at him.

"There are often strong winds and waves on the sea without reason. During the day, there will be heavy fog on the seashore, and you will not be able to see anything clearly on the water surface, but there will be no fog in this place. There are many fish in the sea, including crabs, squids, octopuses, loggerheads, There are so many seahorses and whales. I can’t finish talking about them. Pulao also lives by the sea, but they live in the fog far south from here. Pulao is afraid of whales. When he sees them, he will cry continuously, which is very noisy. I I have seen the boat capsize three or four times, and the boat was swept under the water when the waves came. I don’t like fish very much, but shells and conch are delicious. I’m done.”

Ling'an rolled into the water, and got out from behind the reef again.He held an oyster in his hand, opened the shell with his hands and handed it to Li Dingtang, "This is delicious, try it."

Li Dingtang took a sip lightly. The oysters were very fresh, without the fishy smell as expected. The mouth had the salty taste of sea water and a little sweetness—a very peculiar taste.Ling'an stared at him as he swallowed, and asked him: "Is it delicious?" Li Dingtang smiled at him and said, "It's delicious, a little sweet." After hearing this, Ling'an was so happy that he wanted to look for it again, but Li Dingtang stopped him. he.

"Have you ever seen a shark?"

"I've never seen a shark..."

"What about the mirage?"

"Well—there are many mirages in Wuyuanhai. I heard that there is a very, very large mirage in Haixin, but I have heard of it. When the moon is full, there will be a mirage not far away, and it will soon dissipate. This The burden is what I exchanged there with gold nuggets and pearls, and things are expensive anyway.”

Li Dingtang stroked the cloth and felt warm inside.How can I do it?He pulled Ling'an over and kissed Ling'an lightly on the forehead.

"Aren't all the people doing business in Mirage?"

"It's a crab." Ling'an blinked.

"Are there any gods in the sea?"

"There are no gods in the sea, and there are no gods in the world."

"Are there any dragons in the sea?"

"I don't know, I haven't seen it."

"Ling'an, are you human?"

Hearing this sentence, Ling'an, who lowered his head slightly, suddenly raised his head, and said loudly to Li Dingtang: "Of course I am human! Human! Human! I have legs! Touch you!" He put his hand on his little white leg.

"Well, very thin and slippery legs" Li Dingtang thought to himself.

"Ling'an, your eyes are not black."

"Why aren't they black? You also said that Dylan's eyes are red, green and yellow!"

"Ling'an, tell me the truth, I will not be afraid of you or harm you."

Ling'an looked at Li Dingtang, his eyes filled with mist. "If I told you, would you take me to Wangdu and Beijiang?"

"Yes." Li Dingtang looked at the full moon over the sea, "of course."

"Let me think about it again. You come here tomorrow when the sun is at its highest. It can't be early, or I will throw you away. Just wait for me." After speaking, Ling'an swam into the sea.

After waiting for a moment or so, he emerged from the water again and handed Li Dingtang a big purse with great reluctance.Ling'an opened the purse and took a look. There were about half a pack of small pieces of gold and silver, six or seven pearls the size of lychee and a small transparent pearl the size of a handful of watermelon seeds.Ling'an said with red eyes: "This is all my belongings, you must keep them and give them to me tomorrow." Then another one disappeared.

Li Dingtang held the burden and purse, his heart was agitated.

"Ling'an, just trust me." He weighed the purse in his hand.

The next day is still early, and it will be unclear.Li Dingtang squinted for a while, then got up from the couch.

He got up and changed into the clothes that Ling'an gave him. The clothes had just been washed last night, and they still had a few traces of the cool and salty smell of sea water.The hair that had been tied up casually in the past few days was also tied up with a jade crown.The clothes fit well, and Li Dingtang spun around twice in satisfaction—if there were new steps, well, with a folding fan in his hand, he would really be Li Yan in the royal capital again. "Now the power is so powerful that it can't compare to you."

Li Dingtang pushed open the door, and the young monk was sweeping the floor outside without sleeping.He couldn't sleep and borrowed a shovel, and went to the edge of the vegetable field in the backyard of the Chuanteng Temple to dig a hole to bury the clothes and accessories he was wearing when he fell off the boat. After looking at it for a long time, he threw it into the pit like throwing poison.

There is a treasure well beside the vegetable field.Although Xiaojiaoshan is by the sea, there is sweet fresh water in this treasure well.Li Dingtang washed his face with water, found a few gourds, filled them with water, drank a few gulps, and then went to the fire room.

In the fire room, the great monk Juefeng was steaming steamed buns, and the little disciple was unconsciously burning the fire, and the little bald head reflected the light of the fire bit by bit.Li Dingtang pushed him but couldn't wake up and asked him to go back to catch up on sleep, and sat down to add fire to the stove.

"Master, thank you for your care in the past half month. Now I have made a decision, and it is time to say goodbye. There is not much firewood on the mountain, and I have chopped it and piled it outside the firehouse. After this day, the master cherishes it." , I hope that if you don’t sleep or wake up when you meet again, you have accomplished the Buddha Dharma.”

Juefeng smiled kindly at him and said: "The benefactor abandons the past and does good deeds sincerely, and there will be blessings in the future." Then he took eight big steamed buns from the steaming steamer and wrapped them in a piece of steamed cloth. Handed over.Li Dingtang took it, said "thank you" to Juefeng, and walked out.

He put the steamed stuffed bun and Ling'an's purse into yesterday's bag, and carried the bag with the Wu Ye sword and walked towards the gate of the temple.

Bushui finished sweeping the floor and was wiping the Buddha statue, he waved to Bushui, and Bushui ran over with a rag in his hand.

Li Dingtang touched Bushui's bare head and said: "Bushui, I'm leaving, don't secretly grill fish with Buxing in the future, I found out. See you in the future."

I didn't sleep when I heard him say that I was going to leave, and after hearing these words again, my small eyes were full of tears, and I squeamishly choked out a sentence for a long time, "Brother Li, I...I will miss you. I know...I know you Dead and buried in the dirt bag behind, woo woo woo woo woo..." Li Dingtang picked up Bushuo and flicked him with a crisp head, "Smart."

The moment Li Dingtang walked out the door, he suddenly remembered the days when he was guarding the border in northern Xinjiang. He stopped and strode out as if he wanted to understand.

Li Dingtang went around to the west cliff.Below the west cliff is the sea, which is not shallow, at least as deep as two Liding ponds.He hid the burden and the sword, and climbed up the rock wall to hide in a small cluster of reefs under the west cliff, staring at the reefs in the sea.

The sun had just risen from the sea, and there was not even a shadow of a fish on the sea.Looking at the still round sun, Li Dingtang recalled the past 20 years.

He seems to have seen the bustling Goulan Courtyard in the royal capital, the Xuande Street where cars and horses flow, and feels the cold wind from northern Xinjiang, the warm blood of Dylan people, and heard the emperor's old voice The voice grants him power.

"Li Yan, now that I am old, do me a favor. If you succeed, you will be the highest ranking and youngest general when you come back!" The emperor walked down and handed the dagger to him, and he patted Li Dingtang on the shoulder with a long sigh.

The emperor enjoyed the country for a long time, his body was tired, and he became more and more suspicious.

Li Dingtang was besieging the city in northern Xinjiang, and there were countless dead souls of Dylan people under a dark night sword. He had [-] soldiers in the vast northern border, but his kinship in the capital was weak.

Li Dingtang raised the corner of his mouth.Now he doesn't need to go to the court to be covered in red ink, to be stained with blood on the battlefield, he doesn't need to be powerful, he doesn't need to sing praises, he doesn't need to flatter him.

In just a few days, all he wants now is to listen to the heart that warms him.You don't need to gouge it out, just keep beating.

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☆, 3

Half of the head was exposed on the surface of the sea.Ling'an's black hair fluttered on the water, like a pen soaked in ink waving on the rice paper.

Ling'an looked around and climbed onto the reef.His hair is still black, his eyes are blue to black, and his ears are covered with thin blue scales, which look somewhat transparent in the sunlight.Blue scales can also be vaguely seen on his cheeks and arms, and blue translucent fins have grown from his elbows. The two little white legs touched by Li Dingtang last night combined into a faint blue tail—— Ling'an is indeed a shark.

Ling'an was still wearing the ill-fitting clothes, he touched his blue tail tenderly, then dug at his chest, and took out a bunch of rags, the dagger was wrapped in the cloth.

Ling'an held the dagger in both hands, lowered his head, opened and closed his mouth and muttered in a low voice, he slowly raised his head.

Li Dingtang saw Lingan's eyes were red.

Ling'an suddenly thrust the dagger deeply into the fish's tail with both hands.Li Dingtang yelled at Ling'an, "Ling'an stop!" and then jumped off the rock and swam towards Ling'an with all his strength.

Listening to his cry, Ling'an was frightened, pulled out the dagger and threw it casually, and plunged into the sea.His tail was injured, although the wound was painful, but he still swam very fast—anyway, Li Dingtang couldn't catch up at all.

Ling'an swam by, the dark red blood was diluted by the sea water, like pink flowers growing from the water and blooming on the water surface.

Li Dingtang floated to the surface of the water and shouted: "Ling'an—come here!"

Suddenly with a flash of silver light, Ling'an jumped out of the water, sat on the water with his tail curled up, sweeping the sea surface with his tail.The wound was still bleeding, drop by drop into the sea.

At some point on the rock behind Li Dingtang stood a man, that man was quite tall, wearing a black cloak embroidered with golden dragon patterns, he smiled at Li Dingtang who had turned around, and said, "I am..."

Before he finished talking, a figure slanted down behind him.The figure fell into the sea with a "plop", struggling and shouting, "Cang Fu, save me! Help... help! I...cough cough...I can't swim!"

Cang Fu's complexion changed, he hooked two fingers and dragged Ling'an over from a distance, and dragged the young man who was struggling in the water to the reef by the way.

Li Dingtang squatted down and looked at Ling'an, and while crying, Ling'an pushed him and shouted, "Li Dingtang, I don't want you anymore! I don't want you anymore! You...you give me back my purse!" The sea water splashed all over his face.

Li Dingtang picked up a few transparent beads from Ling'an's eyes and put them in his hands, then wiped his face with his sleeve, "It's okay, you don't want me, I want you. Ling'an, why do you want to do this? "

Ling'an finally stopped dropping beads, and he kept his mouth tightly shut.

Cang Fu spoke again, he pulled the young man beside him, and said, "Here is the Cang Talisman, from Mingli Yousou (sǒu) in Jiming Mountain. This is my servant Shen Su——"

The young man next to him stabbed the Cang Talisman with the sword in his hand, "Don't listen to his nonsense, this is Shen Sushang, a disciple of Zhenbai Zhenbai's disciple of Qiyuzong in Jiming Mountain. Yujian suddenly encountered a strong wind just now, making everyone laugh gone."

"In Xia Lidingtang, this is my friend Ling'an."

Shen Sushang straightened his clothes, "If I guessed correctly, the reason why this little friend cut himself just now was because he wanted to change his tail——If Quan Ke wants to be like a human, he needs to use a sharp knife to cut off the fish's tail to get his legs. But little My friend, have you thought about it? To be honest, I am here to ask for something, and I only ask for a little friend's Quanke Pearl. If I am willing to give you a gift, I will help you change my tail, and—— When you want to change back, you will still be a spring guest, okay?"

Ling'an looked at him, and asked after a long time: "Really?"

Shen Sushang smiled, "Of course." He glanced at the Cang Talisman, and the Cang Talisman handed him a black scale.

Le'an nodded suspiciously.He rubbed his eyes, Li Dingtang patted Ling'an's back lightly and said: "Ling'an, bite if you are sad."

Ling'an gnawed on Li Dingtang's arm without hesitation, and he suppressed his crying and closed his eyes.But after a while when Ansong spoke, he touched the teeth marks on Li Dingtang's arm and asked Li Dingtang, "Where's my big purse?"

Li Dingtang took the pouch to Ling'an, and Ling'an poured the watermelon seed-sized beads inside into Shen Sushang, "You have to save it, this taste is very good, I usually don't want to eat it."

Shen Sushang couldn't laugh or cry, he withdrew his hand and said "Thank you".

Cang Fu looked at Ling'an's wound, and he said to Li Dingtang: "Brother Li, hurry to Ling'an. I will help him heal the wound, but it will hurt a little." He said to Ling'an again: "Ling'an, you have to trust me By the way, how old are you? Sixteen or seventeen? I am over a hundred years old, you can call me big brother. By the way, Brother Li, you can also call me big brother."

After finishing speaking, Cang Talisman stretched out two white and slender fingers from the cloak, and he exerted a little force to condense a ball of black air on his fingertips, "Don't look at the color of my aura, but the effect is really powerful."

Cang Talisman hung his fingers above Ling An's wound, then murmured a few words, black air rushed towards the wound.Ling'an's face turned pale from pain and bit Li Dingtang hard.When the black air dissipated, his wounds returned to normal, even the scales were attached.Li Dingtang casually rubbed his body and bit his bleeding arm.

Shen Su touched the black scales, he bent down and whispered something in Ling'an's ear, Ling'an nodded and took the scales and put them on the tail.The black mist floated up slightly, and then slowly dispersed, the black scales had disappeared, and Ling'an's little white legs were swinging in the sea water.Li Dingtang tugged Ling'an's clothes down.

Ling'an grabbed Li Dingtang's hand and put it on his lap, he took out two lychee-sized pearls from his skirt and gave them to Shen Sushang, and said to Cang Fu, "Brother Cang, thank you!"

Li Dingtang clasped his fists at Shen Sushang and Cang Fu, he pulled Ling'an up.

"Thank you two today, and Dingtang will help you with all your strength if you need it in the future!"

Shen Sushang shook his head, and said: "The seaside is foggy and foggy for no reason, and it is hard to find mermaids on the sea. You are the ones who helped Sushang today, so you don't need to thank you. I am destined to be with you two, and I will give you a Migraine flower. This flower It has the effect of not being lost. The nearest town is Baoquan Town. The two of you should tell the flower about Baoquan Town before you go on the road. "After that, he took out a white caterpillar-like rosemary flower and put it in Ling'an's hand.

"You two will meet later." He and Cang Fu nodded, boarded the sword and walked away.

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Li Dingtang stumbled and walked for a long time in the sea of ​​fog with Ling'an on his back. Walking in the misty fog, he had the illusion of stepping on the clouds.

Not far from the sea of ​​turbulent fog is Baoquan Town.

Baoquan Town is a good place, backed by Baoquan Mountain, not far from the east bank of Baier River.The Baier River originates from the mountains in the north of the border of Daxuan. The torrential water of the river stirs up ear-shaped white waves, rushing to the southwest and merging into the Henghai Sea in the south. The shipping on the river is well developed, and there are many berths on both sides of the river.There are hot springs on Baoquan Mountain, and many business travelers come to have a rest after unloading in Niuyang City.

Li Dingtang and Ling'an were very tired after traveling to Baoquan Town, and Ling'an fell asleep on Li Dingtang's back.

Li Dingtang found an inn, he put Ling'an on the bed and covered him with a thin quilt, and went out.Li Dingtang went to a pawnshop to pawn a piece of Ping An Jingpei, and then went to a tailor shop to buy some clothes for Ling'an.

Ling'an woke up in a daze, Li Dingtang handed the clothes to Ling'an.Ling'an took the clothes and frowned, he looked at Li Dingtang, Li Dingtang suddenly realized and turned around.

Ling'an changed into Qing Haibo's outer shirt with spring blue ground bronzing, he was not familiar with how to wear it, and the collar was slightly messed up.He patted Li Dingtang, Li Dingtang turned around, he helped Ling'an fix her clothes and pinched Ling'an's face frivolously, "It looks good."

Ling'an's face was slightly red, he rubbed his sleepy eyes, "You look good too, little beauty."

Li Dingtang was wearing a dress embroidered with clouds and cranes on a magpie-gray ground, and he was bright and clear, with a very elegant demeanor.He laughed, "Not as good as adults."

Li Dingtang called Xiao Er, and ordered a golden shrimp ball and a few miscellaneous dishes.The golden prawns are served very quickly. The fresh river prawns are peeled and gutted, then wrapped with egg white, starch, and fine salt, and deep-fried. After frying, the color is golden and the taste is tender.

Ling'an poked the shrimp balls with his chopsticks and ate them, and he gave a "huh" as a compliment.Li Dingtang gave Ling'an a duck leg, "Ling'an, I will try some later."

"There are many hot springs in Baoquan Town, will you go with me?"

Li Dingtang touched Ling'an's head, "Of course. How about we take a hot spring bath later, and then go shopping?" Ling'an nodded.

Just after noon, most of the people in the inn were taking a nap.The sun is shining slightly, and the wind is very light, occasionally blowing through the noisy cicadas on the treetops.

In the backyard of the inn there is hot spring water brought in from the mountain. Li Dingtang found the waiter in the inn to hire the backyard bathhouse and took Ling'an to take a bath.The hot spring water has a faint sulfur smell, and the water mist in the room is steaming.

Ling'an conjured up a fish tail, he sank in the bottom of the water, only his tail occasionally surfaced to lift the water on Li Dingtang's body.After a while, Ling'an only exposed his head to talk to Li Dingtang.

"Ling'an, is the water hot?"

"It's not hot, it's very comfortable, like basking in the sun on the sea during the day, but it's not so comfortable to bask in the sun. I didn't feel cold in the sea before, and I don't feel hot now."

"The sea water is very cold at night." Li Dingtang shook his head. "The night you first found me, I jumped into the sea. I was not ready for the cold when I touched the sea water. I almost jumped up. So when you speak, your lips are trembling. That kind of cold is like sleeping in Beijiang just after taking off your clothes and the quilt is not warm, but when you warm up in Beijiang, the quilt becomes hot, and the clothes can’t dry after waiting for a long time at sea.”

"No wonder the first thing you said to me was 'Are you cold?'" Ling'an laughed a few times and dived back into the water. The slightly scalding water surrounded Li Dingtang, and his comfortable bones were almost brittle.

Li Dingtang and Ling'an chattered and soaked in the water for half an hour.After soaking in the hot spring water for a long time, both of them were a little sleepy, so they got up, got dressed and went to catch up on sleep.

Li Dingtang and Ling'an had a long sleep, and it was already the next morning when they woke up again.He wakes up Ling'an, and teaches Ling'an to wash up, and at the same time, he uses a white jade hair crown to tie up Ling'an's hair.

The two walked around the street for a long time, eating some miscellaneous snacks such as small wontons, trough cakes, glutinous glutinous rice balls and the like.In the afternoon, when we went to Baoquan Mountain, Li Dingtang rented a donkey, and Ling'an sat on the donkey's back, and he walked slowly in front of the donkey.

"Ling'an, how does it feel to ride a donkey?"

"It's weird to bump and bump. It's not comfortable to lie on your back. Li Dingtang, why don't you ride a horse?"

"Riding on a horse is even more exciting. Let's ride a donkey first to feel it. After two days, the clothes are ready. Let's ride a horse to Niuyang City, and then take a boat to the capital. Ling'an, you can just call me 'Dingtang' from now on."

"Oh, Dingtang. Your surname is Li. Is my surname also Li?"

"Well, Master Ling'an. Yes, you and I have the same surname." A surname is mine.Li Dingtang snickered in his heart.

☆, 5

Li Dingtang and Ling'an came to the foot of Baoquan Mountain while chatting, and the mountain was lush and beautiful.

Baoquan Mountain is located slightly to the north. During the summer months, a few Albizia julibrissin trees at the foot of the mountain are in bloom with velvet flowers, and there is a thin layer of fallen stamens underground.Ling'an got off the donkey's back and stepped on the ground, Li Dingtang led the donkey and followed behind Ling'an, he could feel the velvet petals breaking under his feet through the thick soles of his boots.Occasionally, a clump of phlox blooms on the mountain, and the wind blows off the powder.White horse bones, wild Gastrodia elata and carnation grow sporadically under the trees, and the sound of mountain wind blowing leaves, insects and birds singing and gurgling water can be heard.

Li Dingtang asked Ling'an: "Do you like it?"

Ling'an grew up in Wuduhai. It was the first time he saw such a large area of ​​light and thick green. He asked Li Dingtang: "Can I take off my boots and socks and walk?"

Li Dingtang replied: "It's best not to. There will be bugs in the invisible places in the grass, and it will be uncomfortable if the mud gets in between your toes and nails. But you can squat down and squeeze a pinch of soil with your hands, and smell the flowers with your nose." Ye. The one with white flowers is a white horse bone, not poisonous."

Ling'an broke off a small branch, and threw the branch into the distance as soon as she smelled it, "...It stinks, you lied. Li Dingtang, didn't you say that flowers are fragrant."

Li Dingtang held back a smile and said, "There are good-looking fish and ugly ones, and there are also fragrant and smelly flowers."

The two continued to walk up the mountain. Li Dingtang heard from the waiter in the shop that the mountain was not deep, and he could complete the detour in half an hour. He walked up the bamboo pipe for water diversion, and there was a small pool on the mountainside. The hot springs were bubbling in the water. Moreover, the water in the small pool is hot, and there is a clump of moso bamboo growing on the edge of the pool.

Ling'an's legs were sore, and he rode on the donkey's back after walking a few steps.Li Dingtang took the little donkey and picked a few flowers and put them on the donkey's ears.He turned his head and asked Ling An if he was okay, and happened to catch a glimpse of a figure flashing behind the donkey.

Li Dingtang picked up the Wu Ye Sword hanging on the donkey, he listened for a while, then turned around and threw a branch - the branch fell to the ground without hitting anything.

Li Dingtang suddenly threw Wu Yejian out again - a man walked out from the bushes beside him, holding Wu Yejian just thrown out by Li Dingtang in his hand.

He was a middle-aged man in his 40s, with slightly slender phoenix eyes and a beautiful beard. He was wearing a mink gray brocade shirt with auspicious clouds pattern, and a light jade blue fine gauze gown. His slender fingers held a jade whisk. .

"Poverty Taoist Yao Yaoling is a disciple of the Qiyu Sect. His Dharma name is Shocking Judgment. I have offended you just now, so I will return the original." After finishing speaking, he put the whisk under his arm and walked over with the Wuye Sword in both hands. .

Li Dingtang took the sword, he stood in front of Ling'an and said: "Let's go to Li Dingtang, this is Ling'an. Daoist Jingjue is polite, but what is the purpose of Daoist following us?"

Jing Jue stroked his beard and said: "I don't dare to be a real person. Jing Jue is cool everywhere. How old are the two head of the poor Taoist priest? You just need to call the poor Taoist Jing Jue. Just now, Pindao was walking in the mountains and happened to catch a glimpse of Ling An. Little brother, I feel that he is extremely genious. Pindao thought, if Brother Ling'an has spare Quanke beads, can I give him a few of them, and Pindao will definitely give him a generous gift."

Ling'an jumped off the donkey, and he stood side by side with Li Dingtang.

"Cool Taoist priest, I am human."

"Cool Daoist" Jingjue waved his whisk, and he said with a smile: "Little Brother Ling'an, don't be joking. Although the poor Daoist is not talented, he is also the second disciple of Zhenbai Zhenbai of Qi Yuzong and the uncle of Shen Sushang. Look Human eyesight is still there. You are a spring guest, and you should have a piece of dragon scales on your body to help you transform your tail—this is the technique in Qi Yuzong's "Seventeen Jue of Yilin", and there are few people except me in Qiyuzong I can recognize it again."

Li Dingtang lowered his head and asked Ling'an, "Ling'an, do you want to change?"

The donkey behind snorted, and then "oh-ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"Ling'an grabbed the hair on the top of the donkey's head, "I want to change it, but I can't cry now, and I don't have any extra beads in my hand."

Li Dingtang lowered his voice and whispered in Ling'an's ear: "Lord Ling'an—you can just say 'I like Li Dingtang' quietly."

Ling'an said as usual, "Li Dingtang is mine, I like Li Dingtang."

After hearing this, Li Dingtang just wanted to pinch Ling'an's face, but considering that the "Cool Taoist" was present, he coughed and took out a purse and handed it over.

"There are a few Quanke beads in the purse, the Taoist priest must keep his word."

Jing Jue took the purse, opened it, read it, and put it away.He stretched out his white hand and turned it lightly, and there was an extra section of bamboo in his hand—one section looked like an ordinary bamboo, with a yellowish color and a smooth surface.But when he tapped the bamboo, the bamboo trembled violently.

The sun is slanting to the west, and the sun is slightly darker.Baoquan Mountain suddenly stopped, only the sound of water and wind remained.The bamboo tube no longer trembled, and there was a faint blue light overflowing from the bamboo tube, like a burning flame suddenly surging along with the wind.

The donkey screamed in horror, and fainted after uttering a series of ugly "oh-ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" and then fainted.The light suddenly seemed to explode, and there was a "bang--".

The rays of light reunited and condensed into a strange blue transparent fox.The fox yawned and stretched, then squinted its eyes and spoke—"You mortals, what do you want from me?" The voice was distant and empty.

Both Li Dingtang and Ling'an were taken aback, they watched the fox coming out of the bamboo tube for a long time without saying a word.Jing Jue tapped the bamboo tube with his finger, and the fox figure swayed.

"Zhe Gan, speak well." Jing Jue said, "Don't play tricks, who do you want to bluff when I'm here?".

The fox called Zhegan wagged his tail and reluctantly said: "Master, no, I live in this bamboo tube, and the three of you can't get into the eyes of the master. So, if you need something, you can ask for it." Serve one roasted chicken and one roasted duck." After speaking, he rolled his eyes and disappeared.

Jingjue coughed twice in embarrassment, handed the bamboo pipe to Ling'an and said a few spells in a low voice: "Zhegan is the soul of a fox. I traveled to Tuze to catch carp a month ago. I found him. Strange to say, after the death of ordinary spirits, their souls are annihilated immediately, but Zhegan stayed in a group of algae at the bottom of the muddy water. When the poor Taoist saw him, he was already emaciated, so he was made into a tube fox and sealed in bamboo Tube to restore energy."

He paused, "Pindao asked about the cause of Zhe Gan's death, but he never wanted to say it, but Zhe Gan said conclusively that he died on Yourong Peak in Tadang Mountain, not Tu Ze, and asked Pindao to take him to Yourong Feng remembers the remains. It’s just that Pindao has something to go south, so he can’t complete this entrustment, so I have to trouble the two of you to take Zhegan to Yourong Peak. Zhegan’s demon power is quite strong, so Pindao handed him over to Ling Brother An, when you need it, Brother Ling'an just needs to tap on the bamboo tube, and Zhe Gan will help you." After finishing speaking, he reached out to find a small porcelain vase and a handful of blue chive flowers,

"Inside the porcelain bottle is the Chiyu Zhixi Pill. Eat it... um.... It goes up and down smoothly, so you don't need to be discouraged." Jing Jue said, "This flower is Zhuyuhua, which looks like a long-lived chive flower, but it tastes wonderful. Add Sydney, Fresh orange peel and rock sugar are mashed and eaten with watery white radish, and you won’t be hungry for three days.”

Li Dingtang crossed his arms, he smiled and said: "The Taoist priest has a good plan. Does this mean that we will go to Yourong Peak after receiving Zhe Gan?"

"Yes, this is a matter of the poor, but can you two help the poor?".

Ling'an shook his head, "Master Daoist, I don't even know where Yourong Peak is."

Jing Jue thought about it for a long time, "Forget it, Pindao is thinking too much." He turned around and wanted to leave.

Ling'an took out the rosemary flower and shook it, he stuffed the bamboo tube into his sleeve, "Master Dao, you gave me the bamboo tube, then I will help you."

Jing Jue stretched out his foot and kicked the donkey, "Thank you. Pindao has a predestined relationship with the two of you, and I will be able to have a long talk with you in the future."