Zhuxian Ertianhuo

South Xinjiang

The edge of Shiwanda Mountain

Qilidong

Surrounded by mountains, there is a piece of fertile, flat and open land.Houses with a strong Miao flavor rose up one after another, either built against the mountains, or closely connected.There is also a clear stream, originating from the deep mountains in front, meandering through this paradise-like land.Many houses of the five ethnic groups are built on both sides of the stream.

On the water surface, from a distance, the people of the five clans have built three bridges, two of which are wooden bridges, the simplest is two giant logs tied together and lying across the banks, it is considered a bridge .It's just that there are obviously incomplete stone bridge relics on both sides of one of the bridges, and it was repaired so simply on the original bridge site.

The other is a stone bridge, made of big stones, rough and solid, laid flat on the stream with a narrow water surface, and then built up with thick stone slabs, it is a bridge, which is a simple and practical bridge-building method here in southern Xinjiang.

The stream flows from west to east, and against the stream to the west, you can see the deep mountain where it originated. Not far to the north, there is a mountain with a height of more than [-] feet - Mashou Mountain, which may not seem so tall among the deep mountains here. , but in the hearts of the five ethnic groups, this is the tallest mountain.Because there is an ancient altar in the middle of the mountain, which is not only the place of sacrifice, but also the residence of the god-like wizard.

Down the altar, there is only a winding mountain road leading to the bottom of the mountain, and there are only four or five soldiers guarding the bottom of the mountain. I think it is because no one dares to mess around in such a sacred place.

There are only people living a hundred feet away from the intersection at the foot of the mountain. Perhaps he doesn't want to disturb the purity of the wizard, so he respects it.The houses on stilts are built on the hillside, row upon row, in a well-proportioned arrangement.Like a master of Danqing, the picture is harmonious and elegant, and the joyful voices of men and women fill the rice fields, suitable for young and old without losing prosperity.

It's just that one of the houses seems to appear abruptly in this beautiful picture.This house is also built on the mountain, but it is not a common building on stilts, but made of bricks and stones. Because it is on the mountain, several stone steps were built, and even planted beside the five-meter-long stone steps. some flowers.

Although southern Xinjiang has been greatly influenced by Central Plains culture in recent years, houses like this generally only appear on the flat land in the middle of Qilidong.How could anyone do such a laborious job of building a house like this at the foot of a mountain?Perhaps there is only one such house in the world!

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It was late summer.

This afternoon, the sun was warm and there were only a few clouds in the sky.Although the weather here does not change as quickly as in the depths of Shiwan Dashan, it is still unpredictable and rainy, and good weather like today is rare.

...Da da da...

A series of light and regular footsteps sounded on the bluestone steps in front of the stone house.

A child about ten years old walked slowly to the stone house.He was dressed in a sky-blue costume of the five clans, but now it looked dirty, with faint traces of dried blood and a little oil.The face is delicate and lovely. If you don't look carefully, almost everyone will think it is a girl.

The boy took a breath, puffed his mouth, and let it out again.

Squeak!Stretching out a white and tender little hand, he pushed open the wooden door.

"Uncle, I'm back!"

The furnishings in the house are roughly the same as those of the Central Plains people, except that most of the decorations are animal bones and other common things in southern Xinjiang.A table is placed in the middle.A man about 30 years old rushed to the door and sat behind the table, playing with a piece of strange-looking jade.If you look closely, you can also see a simple blue ring on his finger.

The man raised his head and smiled slightly.If there is a woman outside the door at this moment, she will definitely look straight.

Dressed in a green robe, with long fluttering hair, handsome face, open and closed eyes, seven points of heroism, but three points of vicissitudes, it makes people feel an inexplicable affection at the first sight.

The man put the jade into his arms, looked at the boy lovingly, and said, "Xiao An, have you finished everything in the shop?"

"Yeah..." Xiao An walked around the table and sat down on the left hand side of his uncle.

He rubbed to the right again until the distance between the two was less than a fist, raised his head, and looked at his uncle with a smile on his face.

The uncle reached out and touched Xiao An's head, and said, "Today is much faster than before!"

Xiao An raised his head to look at his uncle, his eyes were full of expectation, and said: "Then...for a while..." Xiao An's voice paused, for fear that his uncle would say something that would hurt him.I kept feeling uneasy, so I went to meet up with Ah Lei and Zhuang Zhuang in a while, and went to the tree of Uncle Long's house to steal... ah!No, pick the fruit and eat it.

Uncle frowned, and said: "For a while, of course I will go back to the house and read a book."

"Oh..." Xiao An immediately drooped her head like a flower that has just been drenched by rain.Xiao An and his uncle depended on each other since they were young, so he obeyed his uncle's words the most, and never disobeyed in the slightest. One can imagine the loss in his heart, but it has been a while, and Xiao An still looks slumped , neither moved nor spoke.I don't know if I want to protest with silence, or if I'm lost, I'm already in a daze.

Uncle was startled, couldn't help smiling, and said with a smile: "Then you can go and play for a while."

"Ah?" Xiao An raised her head and blinked her big eyes, thinking that she had heard something wrong.

"Go and play!" Uncle said again with a smile.

It was only then that Xiaoan believed that her uncle, who was always strict, would really let her play so readily, so she quickly responded, smiled happily, got up and walked out the door quickly.

Seeing Xiao An leave the house, and hearing Xiao An go down the steps, the uncle slowly got up, walked to the door, held the door frame, and looked out.

Xiao An's figure in the field of vision gradually moved away, and the uncle's smile also slowly faded away.

Reaching into his bosom, he slowly took out a piece of black letterhead.

He didn't open it, but looked at it solemnly, and then looked into the distance. It was obvious that he had opened it and looked at it.

"Why did she come to see me?" Uncle frowned deeply.

A four-legged bronze tripod was printed on a corner of the unnoticed letterhead, and there were faint patterns on it, but it was too small to see clearly.

A gust of wind blew, and the flowers beside the steps swayed for a while, and the fragrance of the flowers wafted along with it.The green robe was raised amidst the fragrance of flowers, and his frown became even heavier.Along with that crumpled up was the letter paper.

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In the evening, the sky will be dark, and the clouds are very low, but the upper layer of the clouds can still be seen to be dyed red by the sun that has hidden half of the mountain.

Xiao An was walking home feeling her full stomach, still feeling rejoicing in her heart, fortunately she ran fast, thinking about Uncle Long's appearance at that time, she still shudders a little now.Zhuang Zhuang really, if the report is a little later, none of the three of them will be able to escape.But this time the black heart fruit is delicious, who made Uncle Long so greedy, he charged a high price for the fruit, which scared away the merchants in Longhu, Youzhou, and they couldn’t sell it this time, if it weren’t for us, we would have died on the tree?Um.Yes, he still has to thank us lol.

Thinking of this, Xiao An couldn't help laughing.

Just like that, I was about to get home before I knew it, and the sky became dark again.

Xiao An began to feel dim, raised his head, the sun was approaching the western mountain, and the remnant clouds were red, he realized that it was already late, scratched his head, and thought to himself: Am I too playful?Will uncle blame himself?Then I can only admit my mistake when I go back... I will take the initiative to read medical books for another half an hour, and then hurry up to practice the exercises.Xiao An made up her mind and nodded secretly.

When it comes to cultivation, the disciples of Xiao Anbi's Martial School do not give up much. His uncle taught him two scriptures since he was a child. Seems to be the same, after all this is for a teenager, now think about it:

"The beginning of the heaven and the earth, a period of time, the creation of things, the birth of the sky, the intangible form of Qi, the congenital formation of the heaven and the earth, no one can see its shape, no one can know its name...empty and unyielding, Move and get more out, if it is continuous, if you don’t use it frequently. Concentrate the spirit and embrace it, focus on the energy and soften it, and wash away the mysteries.”

These things are indeed difficult.However, one of the scriptures has a kind of warm and pure yang atmosphere when he cultivates. Whenever he introduces spiritual energy into his body, he can feel like he is in a stove within two weeks of operation, and his body is extremely comfortable. Uncle said This technique is of great benefit to his unmentionable illness.

Xiaoan is still thinking about it: then go to the store tomorrow morning to kill animals, skin them, and debone them... Even though I have been doing it for several years, I still feel bloody. I remember the first time I vomited. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but frown.

The sun had penetrated halfway into the mountain, and the stone house with strange architecture was in front of him. Xiao An could already clearly see the little flowers beside the steps in front of the stone house, so he couldn't help speeding up his pace.

But standing in front of the house, before stepping on the steps, Xiao An stopped again, glanced timidly at the dilapidated wooden door, mustered up her courage, gritted her teeth, and stepped up the steps.

With a creak, the wooden door was pushed open from the inside!

Xiao An looked up and froze in place, the one who opened the door was not uncle, but a woman!

A gorgeous woman in light yellow dress!

"Huh?" The woman let out a light snort, but Xiao An's body suddenly trembled. This casual spit sound was like wind and rain, and there was a bit of innocence in the coquettishness. If it was in the white clouds, even if this voice told him to die, he would not hesitate.

This female fruit is extremely beautiful, but she only looks about twenty, with a graceful figure, she hardly looks like a normal person, even the slightest charm she exudes while standing there turns the surrounding air into a spring breeze.

The woman's eyes fluttered, and she landed on the handsome and lovely child who was not far away, but was dumbfounded at the moment.She covered her mouth and smiled softly, and said, "Whose child is this, so cute? Hehe, is he the one you mentioned?" As he spoke, he brushed his hair, with a soft voice, the last sunset was shining on It was as if she was emitting a faint light on her body.

"Xiao'an!" There was a soft shout from inside the house, and Xiao'an felt like a gust of cold wind blowing, "Ah!" With a cry, he woke up suddenly, dripping with cold sweat, and fell into the ice cellar. When he raised his head with difficulty, his uncle had already passed by. Swept out of the room.

Uncle glanced at Xiao An, then landed on that charming woman, and said:

"Miao Gongzi, goodbye."

"Hum..." Young Master Miao snorted softly, neither answered nor turned his head, but looked at Xiao An again, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, purple light flashed all over his body, turned into a ray of light and flew away to the north.

The moment she left, the sky suddenly darkened.

Everything in front of Xiaoan's eyes went dark.

It was as if her leaving took away the last ray of light left here.

Night fell.The peaks and pavilions in the four fields are like beasts crawling, and the first lights are like scarlet eyes.

Xiao An's figure fell in the uncle's eyes, it was so insignificant.

inside the house.It was as dark as the outside.But reveals a touch of warmth, and security.

Uncle lit a candle and stood it in the middle of the table.

Both uncle and Xiaoan sat down at the table.No one spoke.The room was silent.

A candle, weak and flickering, could not illuminate the darkness of the entire room.In Xiao An's eyes, he could only see the candlelight fluctuating back and forth on his uncle's face like a tide, and there seemed to be light shining in his eyes.

I don't know how long it took before my uncle broke the calm with his voice, "Xiao'an, do you know why I set up a store to make you do bloody things every day?" It wasn't about that charming woman.

Hearing this, Xiaoan sat up straight, did not dare to neglect at all, and replied seriously, "Uncle, I am more like a girl, and I want to make me stronger, and the world is not stable today, and people will be unpredictable in the future. Killing decisively, in order to exercise my xinxing."

"Yeah." Uncle nodded, sighed, and quietly looked towards his room, as if he wanted to see through the walls and constraints. "Do you want to know where your parents went?"

Xiao An's body was shocked, and he was shocked. He had never seen his parents since he was a child, only his uncle lived with him, and he often saw other children laughing and laughing with their parents. How can you not be envious?It's not that I never asked about my uncle's parents when I was a child, but every time my uncle shook his head with a sad face, Xiao An was too scared to ask any more questions.Could it be?Is uncle going to tell me where my parents are going today?Xiaoan's heart was pounding. Although she was looking forward to it, she still seemed to be a little apprehensive and uneasy.

Xiao An calmed down and said firmly, "I want to!"

Uncle stared at Xiao An, said calmly, "I won't tell you yet."

Xiao An was taken aback for a moment, feeling a little lost in her heart.But he didn't wait for Xiaoan to think about anything.Uncle said another sentence that made Xiaoan's expression tremble

"The weak are not qualified to know the truth!"

The uncle paused, then continued: "Your illness just broke out a few days ago, and these days are relatively safe. I will give you a task tomorrow. You prepare for a day and finish it the day after tomorrow. I will tell you something about it when you come back. about your parents."

Xiao An was stunned for a while, then nodded heavily, and didn't ask any more questions.

"Then you go back to practice first, remember to rest early."

Xiao An obediently walked back to her room.At the moment when the door was about to close, he couldn't help but take a peek at his uncle.At this time, my uncle had already withdrawn his gaze, and his side face in the candlelight was so resolute and lonely.

Xiaoan's bedroom is very simple, with a bookshelf about ten feet high and a wooden bed placed by the side.Xiao An was so thoughtful, she didn't even look at the bookshelf, she took off her shoes and got on the bed, sitting cross-legged.

Close your eyes, practice the exercises silently, a warm breath slowly travels all over your body, forcibly calming your mind.

Two hours passed, Xiao An opened his eyes, pulled the thin quilt beside him and lay down.His eyes were fixed on the roof, and he didn't feel sleepy at all.

Xiao An is a clever child, he knows that there must be a reason for his uncle not telling him.But I still think, who are my parents?Where did you go again?Would it have been already... ah!Hope not.But why did I take my uncle's surname?

My uncle's surname is Yan, and my name is Yan Xiaoan.

And uncle, call Yan Hui!

After all, it was too late, and Xiao An was still a child, so she fell asleep before she knew it.

It was late at night, and Yan Hui still hadn't fallen asleep. He left his room and glanced at Xiao An's room. The lights were turned off early, and he could hear his breathing evenly. Then he opened the door, turned into a blue light, and went south.

That direction is where monsters and beasts run rampant, a hundred thousand mountains!