Tai sui

The Tengyunjiao in the Shu Kingdom started late, using the old version of the moon-plated gold-plated steam engine, which can no longer be seen in the Wan and Chu countries.

The short and strong Mia laborer carried a shovel all the way to shovel coal into the boiler, and he himself was as dark as coal balls, only showing a pair of colorful eyes, and occasionally straightened his waist and looked around with a bit of a daze.

Teng Yunjiao's carriages are divided into four classes, and Haishilou can directly help get the private compartments.

The private box occupies an entire car, with teahouses, study rooms, and bedrooms. There are also dedicated male and female waiters, who will come as soon as you ring the bell.

There are first-class and second-class cars at the back, and those who come up are all respectable wing repairmen. The passengers in the first class have all boarded the car, and the lower class cars start to let people go.

As far as the third-class carriages, the "leading officials" on the platform will yell loudly like cattle and sheep, and push the passengers who are pushing each other onto the train, and the people who are squeezed at the end often leave before they can get on People had no choice but to pounce on it like locusts attached to rice, struggled to get out of the car, and then helped the old and the young to climb into the car while the people inside were swearing.

Until he boarded the westbound Tengyunjiao, Zhao Yudan still had a question endlessly echoing in his heart: Is Lingyun Mountain opened by your family?

Ascension monks like Tai Sui trespassed into other countries for no reason, and if they failed, they would be sacrificed to the gods of the mountain.Last time, Tao County's people were violating their taboos because they did not want to become enemies with their neighbors. The law does not blame everyone. This time, he is the only one. Can't say anything.

That is a fairy mountain in another country, an important place in the country, and the Zhenshan formation is connected to the land for thousands of miles. Foreign monks who entered the country illegally avoid it, so he will go if he wants to?

If this were in the state of Chu, Zhao Xidan might have suspected that Tai Sui had bad intentions, and wanted to use the trick of "marriage" to give some bearded middle-aged Lu Wu to someone as his wife.But here is Southern Shu, and Shu people are extremely cautious about marriage, but they don't like Xiang's family to get married everywhere like dogs pissing. If a child of any family has an affair with a foreign race, he would rather be killed to ensure that his blood will not be tarnished.

She was so curious that she was going to explode, but in the teahouse in the small box, Senior Tai Sui seemed to be in a state of mind, and Zhao Yudan didn't want to disturb her rashly.

No matter how foolish a spiritual mask a monk is wearing, when he enters meditation, his whole body will sink.

He is like a candle dragon, once he closes his eyes, everything around him changes according to his state of mind—the attendants of Tengyun Jiao who came in every once in a while to ask for warmth, inexplicably stopped bothering him, and with the ear power of Zhao Xiaodan's half-step foundation building, Tengyun Jiao drove The bumps and noises during the process can't be heard in the car at all.She felt that her spiritual consciousness was being pulled down by the aura of Shengling, and her hairy heart calmed down in a few breaths. One stop—she was dragged into a stillness by him unknowingly.

Zhao Yudan suddenly understood, no wonder the cultivation speed of the disciples who directly enter the inner sect is far faster than that of the outer sect, and the disciples who are lucky enough to be selected as direct disciples by a certain peak master are far faster than others. Resources and aptitude are one aspect. , can be taken by the other party to visit another height!

Tai Sui doesn't show up often, and most of the time he keeps in touch with them remotely, and he can't miss the opportunity. Looking around, the monks accompanying Lu Wu took the opportunity to follow their daily lessons. stand up.

However... General Zhi of Feiqiong Peak might not agree with her conclusion.

Returning to the throne according to the court made up for the breath of energy he was almost drained by the robbery bell, and gradually Zhixiu could catch his breath occasionally, instead of just "buzzing".

Whenever he had free time, he would run to Xi Ping's side and watch that kid learn how to use the sword, which meant that he would never die with the second sword.

In order to get him a furnace, Xi Ping sneaked under the nose of the Moonful Sage, and almost turned into a lotus root. How could the master say the unlucky word "death"?

So this big "filial piety" apprentice spent eight years learning a lot of crooked ways from the Lancang manuscripts left by Qiu Sha, and listening to a lot of grievances and grievances under the window root of the Three Heroes, leading Tao County to become rich. Developed the prototype of the draft newspaper with his infinite vulgar ambition, and let the printing culture sweep the entire continent... It can be said that it was a good time, but he didn't learn the second sword.

The eldest lady doesn't know that at this moment, the "senior" of Shengling, who is as profound as mountains and rivers in her eyes, is being beaten by Zhaoting.

"Concentrate," Zhi Xiu sighed weakly, "Xi Shiyong, what are you wandering about?"

Xi Ping was wronged: "I didn't lose my mind, Master, you can't see what I'm thinking, my consciousness has turned into the shape of a sword!"

Zhi Xiu really couldn't see what he was thinking, but he could feel that he didn't have any sword intent on Lingtai.

Ascension to learn swordsmanship is not about gesturing sword moves, you need to fully devote yourself to the sword intent, repeatedly tempering and polishing... However, Zhi Xiujiao, the rebel, "sinks into the sword intent", like dressing a wild cat - pressing his head and sticking out Claws, anyway, the dead piston does not go in.

"Sinking into the sword, people will lose their voice, and you are still talking to me!"

Xi Ping wondered, "Can you become speechless after practicing swords? Swordsmanship is too bizarre. Isn't everyone dumb after a long time? Master, could it be that you squatted on the snow-capped mountains for a long time and no one talked to you, and you forgot people?" How should I say... Ouch!"

Zhao Ting gave him another slap.

"Unreliable" may be an innate nature. Xi Ping probably grew up so old, he didn't know the feeling of "a clear heart, only one thing", and even "forget the world and forget myself"— ——When this kid was enlightened, he was broken into scum, and was pinched by His Royal Highness Duan Rui, and he was still poor with himself in his heart; There was a thunder strike, while he was still concluding with Zhou Ying how to keep a hand against Wu Xinlian.

"I was wrong as a teacher," Zhi Xiu sighed again, "It's a good thing you didn't follow me in the way of swordsmanship back then, otherwise you might not have been able to build the foundation."

These words touched the past lightly, and for a moment, Xi Ping was in a daze.

If he can't build a foundation, he may not be able to go down the mountain all the time. He can only be a naughty little disciple in front of the master, and he will go down the snow-capped mountain for nothing.

With a master, he might not grow up for the rest of his life. He spends 200 years on Feiqiong Peak, and when his lifespan is exhausted, he will walk away peacefully.At that time, Master will probably feel sad for a while, like raising a dead cat or dog, but there is no banquet in the world, and the peak master has lived to this age, and he has already seen it. Since he was worthy of each other in life, there is nothing wrong with saying goodbye relieved.Maybe the master is suddenly lonely, and he can take a step forward in the way of swordsmanship. After hundreds of years, he can still shed cicadas.

The world is turbulent, so what's the problem with him, Xi Ping?

What an ignorant and carefree life that would be.

Xi Ping smiled: "That's right, what a pity."

It's a pity that by mistake, he has seen the world and been a living being, and the eternal flame of transformation has passed into his hands.

Zhi Xiu was taken aback for a moment, then he understood what he meant. After a moment of silence, he pretended to be relaxed and said: "Forget it, you should think about it yourself, it's really not good... Tsk, it's really not good, wait until I get out of the customs, and then go There are two swords in your meridian, let you take them out to bluff people... Alas, Shiyong, you might as well be a piece of rotten wood, with a sword, even a rotten piece of wood that doesn't understand is better than a flea."

Xi Ping answered quickly: "Yes, Master, together with Commander, a rotten tree that doesn't understand is better than... Hiss, I didn't say anything!"

After Zhaoting beat him up, he calmed down, and Zhixiu's consciousness returned to Feiqiong Peak.

The wind knife and the frost sword pressed towards him at the same time. He had been prepared for a long time, and a sword energy without fear of gods and demons shot straight into the sky, and he carried it back for tens of thousands of times.

The elders thought that he was comprehending the meaning of heaven and earth, but in fact he had already finished comprehending it.

Tiandao's will is extremely clear, as long as he compromises, Zhao Ting will become a cone of Ding Shanhe, and the Jinping Dragon Vein that Zhao Ting reluctantly continued back then will never be turbulent again.

He has a complete Dao heart, is too forgetful, and has a connection with Lingshan, and will let go of everything that should be let go.

He will no longer think about the land of chaos, nor will he be troubled.

The Zhou family who caused the disaster in the East China Sea will eventually decline, and the "evil spirits" everywhere will be suppressed sooner or later.When the time comes when he hears the word "evil spirit", he will instinctively flash his murderous intent and move as usual, even though he understands rationally that evil spirits may not be heinous...but floods are not evil, earthquakes are not deliberate, and diseases eat away at people's bodies , but it's just out of instinct, if you don't do evil, you have to be cured, that is Lingshan's instinct.

He will be the new "saint".

The echo from the depths of Lingshan came from the cliff on the north slope: What's wrong?

What's wrong?

"Woo!" With a long blade piercing the air, Zhi Xiu once again split a gap in the ubiquitous Will of Heaven.

But his little disciple will be disappointed.

Why do you always go to see Xi Shiyong?

In fact, Zhi Xiu had already seen that the boy's thoughts were too complicated, he was not suitable for learning swords, and of course he was not afraid of shame - anyway, the boy had already embarrassed him.

It's just... the legendary General Zhi is also a mortal, and he will be weak. If he didn't have this unruly disciple, he might have compromised long ago.It was the pressure from the younger generation that kept him here. Before he made any choices, he had to weigh carefully: There is a child who has no moral heart and is using him as a yardstick. Does he deserve it?

That's the light behind him.

He is not dead yet, and he still wants to show future generations how far a mortal can go in the world that "has always been like this".

If the iron law that evil spirits cannot ascend to the spirit can be broken, then can this impenetrable sky be able to crack another inch...

A dignified swordsman, it's not easy to lose to a weapon refining dao who is known for being weak, right?

Wanjun's pressure was put on Zhao Ting, and although the Sky-Mending Sword was a bit thinner, it had been tempered in the outer furnace and screamed, and the sword energy that was more radiant than before shot out, knocking a gap in the snow-capped mountain .

Jianxiu exhausted all his energy for a while, and hibernated again... and a fragile sprout protruded from the crack of the snow mountain.

On the main peak, Princess Duanrui suddenly opened her eyes and felt the tribulation bell tremble.

She listened intently for a moment, then raised her head expressionlessly, and a burst of icy spiritual energy shot out, holding down the doomed bell that was about to ring.After a while, the trembling of the robbery bell subsided, and she withdrew her hand as if nothing had happened, and squeezed out a letter to ask the sky: Zhou Ying is a direct descendant of my Zhou family, you can enter my family, and be recorded as the sect of Bitan Peak.Bitan Peak does not accept men, but he is in the outer sect all year round. If he needs to retreat and study, he can go to Qianxiu Temple by himself.

Tengyunjiao from the Western Continent let out a long groan. It was raining at the front of the train, but it was still sunny at the rear. The long dragon-like train passed through the small rain curtain, exhaled billowing smoke from its head, and rushed into the rainforest on both sides of the road.

As soon as Xi Ping opened his eyes, the "bang" sound of Teng Yunjiao running over the gap between the rails immediately filled the entire carriage, and the mortal world, which was isolated by the aura of ascending spirit, came back to him.

Zhao Xidan woke up suddenly, a handful of spirit stones in his palm had been completely turned into powder.

She couldn't recover for a while, so she heard Xi Ping say, "It's almost here."

A moment later, they came to a small town at the foot of Lingyun Mountain, called "Quancheng", which was not very big.

Because further ahead is Lingyun Mountain, and idlers are not allowed to enter. There is a sentry post for descending dragons at the border of the town. The border of Zhenshan Great Formation is less than sixty miles away from Quancheng, and the faint coercion of Lingshan can already be felt here.

Quancheng is the end point of this trip to Tengyunjiao westward. A large number of merchants and hired workers get off at this stop, because there is a market here: Lingyun Mountain will sell some spirit beast skins, furs and bones that are not needed in Taoism. Take it out and auction it to mortals. Many wholesalers are waiting to find the goods here. They will go back and deal with them a little bit, and make them into unique decorations, which are more expensive than any pearls and jade.

Only the big businessmen with the most connections and financial resources are eligible to come to the spirit animal fur auction in Quancheng. Lu Wu spent a lot of money for this purchase channel in the early years.Xi Ping came in a leisurely manner. The other big buyers had already arrived first. He was very familiar with this group of people. He had just arrived in Quancheng and had three social gatherings in one night.It was only then that Zhao Yudan knew that the spirit beast furs that were featured in each season were created by this group of people after discussion. They tacitly maintained a cooperation framework, and secretly competed with each other secretly.

On the night when the auction ended on the fifth day of the lunar new year, Zhao Yudan met a special person.

That was a bunch of chaotic people.

Bai Luanmin's complexion was pale, with only a few scattered hairs on his head, the stature of a half-grown child, and his back was as stooped as a shrimp.His fingers are bent and deformed, like a pair of disproportionate claws, his face is full of grooves, and when he smiles, his mouth is full of sharp teeth, looking like he wants to suck blood and flesh at any time.

Zhao Xidan had never seen a hundred disorderly people before, and when he opened the door, he was startled, thinking what kind of monster it was, and almost drew his sword.

But Tai Sui stood up, came out to meet him and said, "Que Ru is here."

The chaotic people bowed and cupped their hands upright, with a sharp trembling sound from their throats, and they spoke clearly and slowly: "The fire will not go away, and the cicadas will sing endlessly-have you seen Tai Sui, don't come here without any harm."

"Fuck you, come in quickly." Xi Ping said with a smile, "Wei Chengxiang won't teach you how to do it."

Zhao Xidan opened his eyes wide, and thought to himself: This is Ah Xiang's... person?Is it human?

"That's not what you said, Tai Sui, you see it's a meaningless slogan, but it sounds like spring thunder to people in dark places. When you can't make it through, there must be a spell to pull people around." The chaotic people didn't panic. Walked in the door without haste, took off the bamboo hat, and cupped his hands at Zhao Xidan calmly, "The old man's surname is Li, the upper part is full and the lower part is long, and the small characters are absent. Because he was born in a chaotic place, his appearance is shocking. Miss, it's a sin." .”

Zhao Yudan was even more puzzled, because it is said that because of losing the shelter of Lingshan, the people in disorder turned into ghosts and ghosts, killing people and eating carrion, living like animals and wild animals.For the first time, she knew that the chaotic people could speak...they had names, surnames and characters, and they could speak Wan language in a polite manner!

"Okay, you have a lot of reason." Xi Ping poured him a cup of tea and said, "Why do you come here by yourself? You are so arrogant?"

The chaotic people who called themselves Li Manlong thanked him neither humble nor overbearing, and then said: "People's arrogance is gone at the beginning of the year."

Xi Ping paused.

"The cultivator in charge of the spirit beast farm was negligent, and the magic circle was not repaired in time. Two lightning raccoons ran out. It happened that Renjiao was on duty that day, feeding the wild beast area. They couldn't dodge and were bitten." Li Manlong said , "Seeing the blood seal the throat, there is no pain, Tai Sui can rest assured."

It was only then that Zhao Yudan realized that these disorderly people belonged to the spirit beast farm at the foot of Lingyun Mountain.

Humans and animals co-exist in Lingyun Mountain. Except for the master-recognized spirit beasts raised by the beast-controlling monks, the other spirit beasts are in the breeding ground, breeding, training...or as raw materials for pills and weapons.There are monks in charge at the Spirit Beast Farm, but how can a high-ranking monk do such dirty work as feeding and shoveling excrement?In the past, mortals were recruited to do it, mainly Mia people who were good at animal husbandry.

But the Spirit Beast Field belongs to the outskirts of Lingyun Fairy Mountain, and it is full of spiritual energy. After a long time, some of those mia workers will passively open their spiritual apertures like the miners in the South Mine.

The Xiuyi people thought that the Mia people who were chicken thieves did it on purpose, and provoked a few times. In the end, the Lingyun Mountain Spiritual Beast Farm forbids mortals to enter, and only pulls relatively clear-sense people from the chaotic land to use.Hundreds of disorderly people are physically abnormal, so they cannot open their spiritual orifices. They are only a little smarter than dogs.It's okay for these clumsy things to die, there are plenty of them in the chaos, just catch another batch and come back to be honest.

Li Manlong said calmly in his shrill voice: "The world is like purgatory. We struggle to live, but we are not reconciled. Death is also a relief. Tai Sui doesn't have to worry about it. Besides, the management of the spirit beast farm is so loose. It may not be a good thing. Although Renjiao is gone, I am not alone. Many brothers in the spirit beast farm are now ours, but I waited for the mouthpiece to mutate, and it was not easy to learn to speak. I was afraid of being too old, so I didn’t bring it here today.”

"It doesn't matter," Xi Ping said after a moment of silence, "my teacher often says that the people I can speak are limited."

After finishing speaking, Master Jiu Xiaoyun and Hundred Chaos People looked at each other, but they both laughed.Zhao Xidan's heart felt hot, and goosebumps popped out.

Then I heard Tai Sui pointing at her and said: "Miss Zhao is also a close friend of Ah Xiang. Recently, she said that she has a strong heart and wants to find a place to build a foundation. How about the spirit beast farm?"

Li Manlong said solemnly: "The old man's life is too light, and I will guarantee Miss Zhao's safety with dignity."

"Okay, I'll leave it to you. Your dignity is higher than this shit Lingshan," Xi Ping said, taking out a kit with a handful of reincarnated wood seeds from his bosom, "Send me to Lingyun Mountain."