[Jianwang III] Yellow sand is far above the sky

Above Huashan Mountain, the top of the cloud and mist.Clouds and fog flew all around, and suddenly there were a few arcs of light passing through the gaps in the clouds and fog, and across the edge of the cliff, dazzling like a bolt of lightning.There was no thunder after the rays of light, but the hazy snow color cracked the sky, making the coniferous stone patterns on the green pines and blue rocks clearly discernible.

This spectacle is called the arc of rain and mist. It is said that this is the golden sky cave where the White Emperor lived on the cliff. Because the clouds and fog obscured the eyes, it was very difficult for tourists to climb the dangerous road after the rain. bright path.

However, it is rare to see it at this time of year.

Xihe sat on the futon and stared out of the window, fanning the fire of the alchemy furnace with a slightly yellowed book.Different from the sizzling sound of ordinary stoves, the special charcoal in the pill stove burns quietly without the slightest sound.All kinds of rare elixir have been tempered for many years, so that the small elixir is always filled with a faint fragrance.

"Gather the spirit of hundreds of medicines, draw the five elements, add sulfur and half stone, two taels of wood ash, one coin of gilded rusty sand, three parts of rainwater, Guanyin soil... Guanyin... ah! ah! ah! I forgot again!" Xi Angrily, he beat the book hard a few times, wishing he could stuff the book into the alchemy furnace and burn it.

"Half a catty of Avalokitesvara soil is mixed with sunburn to make a pill, which is considered as a pill. It contains a hundred medicines for the spirit fetus, which is the gallbladder. The gallbladder is used as the base, supplemented with clothing, and the pill is condensed into a pill. On a cloudy and rainy day, take clear water and turn it into a pill. Take a pill, eat it to drive away the dampness and pain in the muscles and bones." A leisurely voice came from the other side of the alchemy furnace.

Xihe heard the sound froze, and then remembered that there were other people in the alchemy room, and put the book beside him obediently, feeling a little hot on his face.Turning to look, it was the familiar face of the young man.

This young man was obviously dressed as a Confucian scholar, but he was wearing a slightly bulky Taoist robe.The attire should have been nondescript, but when it was put on the young man, it showed a kind of freshness and handsomeness, with a hint of immortality.

"You, have you memorized this too?" Xihe looked at the young man who was resting with his eyes closed.

"You have memorized this alchemy for a long time, and I can understand it."

"Do you mean that I'm stupid?" Xihe looked at the boy with a feeling that his teeth were itching with hatred and he had nowhere to vent.

"That's not true, your qualifications are extremely high and your intelligence is extraordinary, but..."

"It's just? It's just a little bit worse than you, isn't it!" Xi He pouted, flipping through the yellowed scroll on the ground again.

"No, you are confused and restless right now. No matter how smart you are, you may find it difficult to remember." The young man's calm voice, although there was a little childishness in the clear voice, but the tone of his words was a bit like an old man. old man.

Xihe knew that the angry words just now had the heart of a villain, together with the gaffe when he endorsed the book just now, they might all fall into the eyes of the young man, but the young man was indifferent and refined, so he couldn't find any words to complain. It was the first time in my life that I felt this kind of cowardice that was suppressed by others and could not break out.

"I can't help it. Master will test me tomorrow. Don't look at his benevolent intentions. If he fails the test, he will be punished." Xihe frowned, remembering that a senior sister failed the test last time and was punished Cleaned up the monkey dung on the top of Lianhua Peak for a whole month.

"You can't memorize the left and right, why don't you find a place to confide your thoughts, wait until you have no more worries in your heart, and memorize it when you come back, maybe it will come naturally." The young man opened his eyes and looked at Xihe, then continued to close them and meditate: "You I have been out of my mind all the time, and my mind is wandering, there must be something I miss very much."

"Yeah, I don't know how senior brother is doing now." The little girl flipped the pages of the book listlessly: "Even if you don't like the Haoqi League, since they sincerely invite you, can't you just decline if you don't want to go? You have to scold them for nothing in front of their messengers, and say that Mr. Tao, the king of the Valley of the Wicked, is a real hero with blood..."

Xihe stopped the movement of his hands, staring at the beating fire in the alchemy furnace, his eyes were full of the situation of that day: "Of course Master Zhuo can't tolerate such rebellious remarks from his disciples. Aunt Yu hurriedly persuaded Zhuo My uncle said, "I'm still young when I hear the rain, so I don't know what to do when I'm young", and my master also persuaded me, "Everyone has his own aspirations, why should he think about it? It's not necessarily the right way to enter the world and then go out of the world." It's all said, brother, he just borrowed a step to go down, after all Does Master Zhuo always show his righteous attitude in front of other people's arrogance messengers? But brother, he insisted on being honest with Master Zhuo in front of so many people, why did Master Xie and Guzhu Wang call them "sword demons" at the time? 'Snow Demon', if Guzhu Wang is crooked, isn't the old master also crooked..."

Xihe shuddered, remembering Master Zhuo's beard and hair all stretched out, looking like a madman.On weekdays, he obviously thinks highly of his senior brother, but in a fit of rage that day, he picked up a few hundred kilograms of incense burner and threw it at his senior brother viciously.If Master and Aunt Yu hadn't joined forces to stop Master Zhuo's sword from behind the incense burner, Brother Zhuo probably... probably wouldn't have had the chance to be kicked down the mountain.

In a trance, he suddenly felt something hit his skirt.Looking down, it was a sandalwood food box.Xi He looked at the young man suspiciously. The young man was slowly arranging his sleeves, which were obviously wrinkled when he pushed the food box over just now.

Xihe opened the food box, and several exquisite snacks were listed at the bottom of the box, giving off a wonderful sweet aroma.

"It's for you." The young man finished straightening his sleeves, and continued to sit upright with his eyes closed and meditate.

"Oh, thank you." Xihe didn't know what to say, she should have declined, but the gluttons in her disappointing stomach were already hooked.You must not be so useless next time, Xihe scolded himself secretly, and then put a piece of snack into his mouth: "You talk very strangely, but you still have a good heart."

"I just want to stuff your mouth with snacks, it's too noisy..." An imperceptible narrow smile slipped across the corner of the boy's lips.

"..." Xihe was furious, wishing he could throw the snack on the young man's face.

"I told you to tell you what's on your mind, but I didn't say that I want to listen." The young man seemed to know what Xihe was thinking, and opened his eyes with a half-smile. The girl was still a little agile, but her pupils revealed an impenetrable depth, which made people dare not look directly at her.

Xihe looked away angrily and ignored the young man, and kept pouring snacks into his mouth as if angry.The young man looked at the little girl's side face full of joy and anger, and shook his head with a slight smile: "I heard that the official Taoist said that you are called Xihe, and ride the six dragons on a golden chariot to the East China Sea to Jiuxiao, which means Riyao."

"That's not true. Aunt Yu said, 'during the four seasons of Yaohou, I ordered Xi and the four stars to take advantage of the time'. She is an ancient astrologer! It means that I want to see the secrets of heaven and cultivate the way!" Xihe finally found To refute a young man's chance, he finally let out the breath that was pent up in his heart.

A trace of desolation flashed across the young man's expression: "Seeing through the secrets of heaven, cultivating the great way...it's not easy."

Xihe was about to taunt a few words, but accidentally caught a glimpse of the young man's dim eyes, and swallowed the words: "Hey, you are not a disciple of Chunyang Palace, so what are you here to learn? Alchemy? Sword Dharma? Or is it the learning of the Dao that the ancestors ascended to the heavens?"

"Meditate." The boy slowly closed his eyes again.

"Meditate? What's the use?"

The boy's expression suddenly changed, and at the same time, Xihe also felt his heart vigilant.

The air outside the window was stagnant, and with the sound of piercing through the sky, a pitch-black crossbow arrow broke through the window, drawing a long line of ink marks in the air.

Boom!Being hit by the pill furnace, there was a deafening sound, and the lingering sound echoed repeatedly in the pill room.

The author has something to say: