Zhu Xian

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In the early morning, the rain finally stopped.

The water droplets on the tree were crystal clear and fell quietly from the edge of the leaves. Because of the wind, they cut a beautiful arc in the air and hit Zhang Xiaofan's face.

The cold chill woke Zhang Xiaofan up from his dream. He opened his eyes and subconsciously shouted, "Master..." But there was no one in the four fields, only Lin Jingyu was lying beside him, and his dream was in full swing.

It seemed like a dream.

But the broken grassy temple in the distance, and the sleeping playmates beside him, all told him that it was true.

He thought for a while, shook his head, walked to Lin Jingyu's side, pushed hard, Lin Jingyu muttered a few words, woke up slowly, rubbed his eyes, and before he could speak, he felt a chill hit, and couldn't help but hit Ha Qiu.

He opened his eyes and saw that he and Zhang Xiaofan were soaked and lying under a pine tree in the wild. He couldn't help but be stunned and said, "Didn't I sleep at home, how did I get here?"

Zhang Xiaofan shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know either, but I'm very cold, so I'd better go back quickly."

Lin Jingyu had all kinds of questions in his mind, but he was indeed cold. He nodded at the moment, got up and ran to the village with Zhang Xiaofan.

Before they reached the village, the two of them had already realized that something was not right. Normally, the villagers had already woken up at this time, but today it was incomparably quiet, not even a single figure was seen, and with the morning breeze blowing, there was a faint smell of blood.

They glanced at each other and saw the suspicion in each other's eyes. At the same time, they quickened their pace and ran towards the village. Not long after, the two of them arrived at the entrance of the village and looked in from the road at the entrance of the village, but they saw that on the flat ground in the middle of the village, there were more than 40 households in Caomiao Village, more than 200 people, large and small, men and women, all lying on the open space, their bodies stiff and turned into corpses, blood flowing into rivers, flies flying everywhere, and bloody qi.

Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan were shocked to see this terrifying scene. Under the fright, they screamed and fainted.

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After some time, Zhang Xiaofan woke up and sat up. He gasped for breath and his hands trembled slightly. When he fell asleep, his mind was full of vicious faces, blood and bones, and nightmares.

He calmed down and looked around, only to see that it was an ordinary wing with two small windows. The furnishings in the room were simple and clean, with only a few pine tables and chairs, and there were water bottles on it.

Half of the room was occupied by a large bed with four beds. Apart from where he was lying, the bedding beside him was a little messy, as if someone had just slept. As for the other two, the quilts were neatly folded and meticulous.

On the wall directly above the four beds, there was a banner with the words:

Road!

Looking at it like this, it looked like an ordinary guest room in an inn, or a room where several disciples were sharing a room.

Zhang Xiaofan sat for a while, and a thought suddenly arose in his heart: Maybe everything last night was a nightmare? Maybe I slept here all the time? Maybe when I walked out of this room, my mother would laugh and scold him as usual: "You little slacker!"

He slowly got out of bed, put on his shoes, and walked towards the door step by step.

The door was open. From the c***k of the door, if there was a wind blowing in, it was cool.

He walked step by step, but his two small hands became tighter and tighter. His heart beat violently, holding his breath, and soon, he walked to the door and put his hand on the door.

At that instant, the wooden door was as heavy as a mountain and as heavy as iron.

He gritted his teeth and opened the door with a ruthless sound.

The bright light from outside suddenly shone in, making him squint his eyes. The warm and warm sunlight fell on him, with a faint warmth.

However, his heart suddenly fell into the ice cellar.

Outside the door is a small courtyard with a few pine and cypress trees, a few bushes of grass and trees, and a few fragrant flowers in the room, which bloom happily. In front of the door is a corridor leading to the outside of the courtyard. Four feet in front of the door, there are several layers of steps connecting the yard and the corridor.

At the corner of the stairs, a child sat alone, resting his face in his hand, sitting there in a daze, motionless.

Perhaps the sound of the door opening alerted him, and the child hesitated for a moment, then slowly turned his head.

Lin Jingyu.

Zhang Xiaofan opened his mouth wide, with thousands of questions in his heart, but when the words reached his mouth, he became silent.

He wanted to shout again, but he was depressed and couldn't shout.

Two lines of tears fell silently.

The two children, just like that, looked at each other in silence.

In an unknown place in the distance, there is a quiet birdsong, the sky is blue, and there are a few white clouds.

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Zhang Xiaofan sat on the other side of the steps, lowered his head, and looked at the stone-paved path in the small courtyard.

In the small courtyard, there was silence.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Jingyu said slowly, "I woke up earlier than you. There were still a few people in the room at that time. I asked them, this is Qingyun Mountain Tongtian Peak."

Zhang Xiaofan whispered, "Qingyun Mountain..."

Lin Jingyu said, "I heard from them that it was a few disciples of Qingyun Sect who passed by. When they saw the village, the village..." At this point, his voice could not help but choke.

He reached out and rubbed his eyes hard, took a breath, and continued: "Later, they found the two of us at the back of the village and brought us up the mountain."

The corners of Zhang Xiaofan's mouth moved, but he didn't look up and said, "What should we do in the future, Jingyu?"

Lin Jingyu shook his head and said sadly, "I don't know."

Zhang Xiaofan wanted to say more, but suddenly he heard an unfamiliar voice from the corridor behind him: "Ah, are you all awake?"

The two of them looked back at the same time, and saw a young Taoist standing there, wearing a blue Taoist robe, quite heroic. He walked over quickly and said, "It just so happens that several masters also want to see you and ask you some questions. Come with me."

Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu looked at each other, stood up, and Lin Jingyu said, "Yes, please take us there."

The young Taoist glanced at Lin Jingyu, nodded, and said, "Come with me."

Following the Taoist priest, the two walked out of the courtyard, and what appeared in front of them was a longer and larger circular corridor, with a red pillar every two meters at the edge. There was also an arch between every two pillars.

They walked along the corridor and passed through the arches and pillars. Only then did they realize that in each of the arches was a small courtyard that was almost the same as before. It seemed that this was where the disciples of Qingyun Sect lived and lived.

Not to mention anything else, just from this scale, such a small courtyard is afraid of not less than a hundred rooms, which shows that there are many Qingyun disciples.

After walking for a while, he saw a towering white wall at the end of the corridor. There was a door below, and two thick wooden doors were ten meters high. He almost looked up, and he didn't know how he found such a huge piece of wood in the first place.

The young Taoist priest turned a blind eye, probably going in and out on weekdays, and was numb. There was no expression on his face like the two children, and he walked straight out of the door. Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu quickly followed.

As soon as they stepped out of the door, the two children held their breaths at the same time, looking at everything in front of them in disbelief.

This place was almost like a legendary fairyland.

A huge square, the ground is paved with white marble, the light is shining, and at a glance, it gives birth to a small heart. The white clouds in the distance are like light yarn, and they are all floating under their feet. In the center of the square, there are huge copper tripods placed every few dozen feet, divided into three rows, three in each row, a total of nine, arranged in a regular manner. Light smoke floats from time to time in the tripod, and its smell is clear and does not dissipate.

"Go here." As if he understood the thoughts of the two children, the young Taoist priest showed a smile on his face, which made them watch for a while before waking the two and continuing to walk forward.

"This is the'Sea of Clouds' in the Six Views of Qingyun, and there are better ones ahead!" The young Taoist said as he walked.

Lin Jingyu couldn't help but ask, "What is it?"

The young Taoist priest pointed and said, "Hongqiao."

The two looked far and wide, and saw that in the distance ahead, at the end of the square, behind the fog-like hazy clouds, there seemed to be something shining. They quickened their pace and walked forward.

Gradually, the sound of water came, and there were one or two strange sounds like thunder, which came from nowhere.

They got closer and closer, and the clouds were like gentle fairies, gently surrounding them, gradually pulling back the veil, revealing a clear face.

At the end of the square, a stone bridge rose from the sky without any piers, one end was placed on the square, and it stretched directly upward into the depths of the white clouds, like a dragon leaping into the sky, with an imposing and arrogant manner. There was the sound of thin water, and under the sunlight, the whole bridge emitted colorful colors, like a rainbow in the sky, falling into the world, gorgeous and beautiful.

Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu were stunned.

The young Taoist priest smiled and said, "Come with me." After saying that, he walked onto the stone bridge first.

Stepping onto the stone bridge, the two of them realized that water was constantly flowing down both sides of the bridge, which was incomparably clear, but the middle part was not dripping. The sunlight shone on the bridge through the clouds, and the water was refracted, resulting in a gorgeous rainbow.

The Taoist priest looked at their ecstatic expressions and said, "Be careful, this bridge is a bottomless abyss. If you accidentally fall into it, you will die without a burial place."

Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu were both startled, and quickly calmed down and walked carefully.

The rainbow bridge was extremely high and long, and the three of them walked on it, only to feel that the white clouds on the left and right were gradually sinking under their feet, and they wanted to go higher and higher. And the strange sound in front of them kept coming.

After walking for a while, the white clouds gradually thinned, and he actually walked out of the sea of clouds, and his eyes suddenly lit up, only to see the long sky as if it were washed, and the blue one was as transparent. The sky on all sides was boundless; there was a vast sea of clouds below, gently floating and sinking, and at a glance, his heart suddenly became one wide.

And right in front, is where the main hall of Qingyun Temple at the top of Tongtian Peak, "Yuqing Hall" is located.

The green mountains contain green, and the hall is sturdy. "Yuqing Hall" is located on the top of the peak, surrounded by clouds, and there are a few Swiss cranes from time to time. Changming flies, and the air cannot be circled.

At this time, the Hongqiao no longer rose, made an arch in the air, and landed on the edge of a blue-green pool in front of the hall. At the same time, Taoist songs faintly came from the Yuqing hall, and there was a sense of immortal momentum. And that strange sound became louder and louder.

The three walked down the Hongqiao and came to the edge of the pool. A spacious stone step led up from the edge of the pool to the gate of Yuqing Hall. The pool was green, clear as a mirror, and the shadows of people and mountains were clearly visible.

They walked up the stone steps and were about to walk towards the door when they suddenly heard a roar from the depths of the pool, the sound was like thunder, it was the strange sound from before. Looking around, a huge vortex suddenly appeared in the center of the pool, and after a while, a huge wave rolled up, a huge figure leaped out, and water splashed in the sky.

The young Taoist priest seemed to have been on guard for a long time. With a pull from his left hand, his body floated up in the air, and he quickly floated back more than two meters and stopped in the air. And where could the two children escape, they were immediately drenched in soup.

However, the two of them did not notice their own situation at all, and only stared blankly at a behemoth that appeared in front of them, more than five meters tall, with a dragon head and a lion body, scales all over, huge eyes and a big mouth. Two sharp fangs gleamed in the sun, and their faces were ferocious and fearful.

The monster shook its body, and a burst of water rushed over again, and then as if it had discovered something, it stretched its giant head towards the steps.

Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu saw that the monster's head was much bigger than the two of them. Under the sunlight, their sharp teeth were clearly visible. Looking at it getting closer and closer, they were really afraid.

At this time, the young Taoist priest floated back at an unknown time, put his palm on his chest, and said respectfully: "Spirit Venerable, they were specially summoned by your masters."

The monster glared at him, snapped its nose, and turned its big eyes around, as if someone was thinking. Then, ignoring the three of them, it staggered to the side, lay down on the dry ground by the pool, yawned, and lazily bowed its head, basked in the sun, and fell asleep.

The young Taoist signaled to the two people who were still in shock to continue walking, and said, "The Spirit Venerable is an ancient exotic beast that I sent Patriarch Qingye to subdue a thousand years ago, named'Water Qilin '. Back then, Patriarch Qingye was brilliant in Qingyun, and it sent demons and demons. Now it is the Zhenshan Spirit Beast of our Qingyun Sect, respectfully known as'Spirit Venerable'."

After he finished speaking, he saluted to the water qilin again. Zhang Xiaofan could see his god, but he was pulled by Lin Jingyu. Seeing him wink, he also respectfully saluted to the water qilin.

After the trio finished their salute, they continued on their way. Walking past the high stone steps, they could see a golden plaque with the words "Yuqing Hall" written on it. Before arriving at the majestic hall, they saw that the door was wide open, and there was plenty of light inside.

In front of the throne of God, there were dozens of people standing in the hall, both Taoist and vulgar, and it seemed that they were all under the Qingyun Gate. In front of everyone, there were seven sandalwood chairs, three on the left and three on the right, and another one at the front of the center. There were only six people sitting on it, and only the last chair in the right row was empty