Chapter 2: The Road Ahead
"Thank you, Mr. for your doubts, in fact, the kid is not ashamed to say a word, I want to go outside to see, I also want to see your so-called world of cultivating immortals, I don't want to do nothing all my life, I want to get out of my own way, I'm not afraid of hard work, but how do I go, where to go is the right place, and please give me some advice. ”
"Yo, your heart is really not small, tell you how to go slowly, do you think you have that qualification, Ang!" the old man scoffed
Jiang Xing actually solemnly bent his arms, folded his hands, and bent over the gentlemen who learned from the private school, and made a solemn salute: "Please also ask the old gentleman to solve his doubts, and the boy will listen to you." ”
The old man looked at him directly for a long time and said: "Okay, it doesn't hurt to tell you, I don't know the method of cultivation, but there is a road you can take, I tell stories all the way from north to south, passing by a boundary, you go to the north, there is a Cumulus Mountain about a thousand miles, there is a Sword Sect on the mountain, it is said that it has something to do with the immortal family, and it will accept some people, you can try it." ”
"Sir, what you said is true!" Jiang Xingxi was overjoyed, but he was not surprised.
"Hehe, boy! The old man doesn't have the heart to deceive people, look at your questioning, don't you believe it, hmph, think as you like. The old man glanced at him.
"Thank you Mr. for your advice, I don't believe it, but I'm too surprised, I finally found the way to go in the future, although it is more than a thousand miles away, I want to see it. ”
"Good boy, don't be hot, fart and forget. "Old man Yile.
"Haha, goodbye, sir, if I have a little achievement, I can get a glimpse of the immortal Taoism, and I will never forget the grace of guidance. Jiang Xing clasped his hands into fists and saluted, and ran away.
The storyteller lowered his head and poured a sip of wine from the gourd, and muttered: "This country boy still knows how to be polite, tsk............"
The next day, the sun is getting brighter, the morning weather is not as hot as noon, a little cool, the breeze blows through the green branches of the willows, the branches shake with the wind, the sound of hula leaves, close your eyes and feel the breeze, will always make people feel calm.
Jiang Xing stood at the dilapidated door of his house, brought two sets of tattered clothes for a change of clothes, slowly opened his eyes, and took a deep breath.
I said silently in my heart: I don't know when I will come back, or there will be no day to return, I said goodbye to the old lady yesterday without any concern, alone, Jiang Xing is not a mother-in-law, closed the door and said goodbye to the old storyteller, and resolutely embarked on the road to the north in his stunned eyes.
What the old man didn't know was that his boasting and preaching had made him a peerless power, and he was also the only person who had ascended to the immortal path for tens of millions of years, of course, this is all for later.
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His name is Erlenzi, and his original name is not called Erlengzi, but just a little bit of Tiger, so everyone nicknames her Erlenzi and is used to it. His family lives in the easternmost row of Beihe Village.
In the afternoon, the two stunned pulled their own big buffalo, and then went out to graze and rushed back. When he saw the door of his house open, he thought that his parents, who had collected wheat for the landlord, had returned.
But when he bolted the cow and entered the door, he didn't know this guy at home. Sixteen or seventeen years old, of medium height, with a dark face, slightly small eyes, sloppy hair that had not been washed for a long time, and the trousers on his legs had become strips of cloth, one by one, and the man was holding his mother's steamed nest head yesterday, and he was also looking at him with wide eyes.
The second was stunned for a moment, and then roared in a daze: "Hey, who are you? What are you doing? Why did you come in?"
The man walked straight to the second stunned man, with a nest head still stuffed in his mouth, and hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand, as if he wanted to speed up his chewing, and his right hand hurriedly patted the second stunned man's shoulder, as if he had something to say, but this mouth was not angry, and he couldn't swallow it, so he hurriedly turned over and poured water from the teacup on the table.
The second monk was stunned and looked at the guy who was a head shorter than him, and the second monk couldn't scratch his head. I saw him swallow the head of the nest with his saliva, and kept stroking his chest with his hand and opened his mouth and said: "Fat brother, it's me, Jiang Xing, you forgot, I am Jiang Xing of Jiangjiaao, your distant relative, where is the old uncle?"
"Who is the old uncle?" the second stunned man was even more stunned, and replied angrily while holding his head.
"Alas, fat brother, it seems that you still forgot me, you also went to my house when you were young, how good we played at that time, and then the elders in the family were too far away to go back and forth, so they slowly stopped coming and going, it seems that you still forgot about me" The person named Jiang Xing sighed and laughed at himself.
The second stunned man tried to look at the roof, scratching his head and trying to remember the friends who distant relatives played with him when he was a child......
"Alas, it's really poor and don't go to relatives, yes, you and I haven't been here, I will never set foot on your door again, let's cut off this relative, and don't have any more contact!"
Seeing that these two were stunned, they were anxious, if this was really a relative, and then let themselves be offended, and then the father would not be able to whip himself to death in the future.
Grabbed one foot and stretched out to the door Jiang Xing, "Brother and brother, I may not have a good memory, I don't have a good memory, don't be angry, besides, you're too dark I can't recognize you." ”
Jiang Xing slowly showed an expression of I forgive you a little, looked at him angrily and said, "Does the fat brother have water?" I will wash my face, and you will recognize me again. ”
"Hey, okay, I'll fetch water for you," the second stunned man hurriedly panicked.
After washing his face, the second stunned man took the good food at home, the two salted fish that his mother pickled and waited for the New Year, a lot of salted duck eggs, and gave Jiang Xing the new shoes and new clothes that he was reluctant to wear.
Putting on the new clothes, it looks much whiter than before, but my distant cousin doesn't like to laugh very much, and he always has a tense face, hey, don't say that if you look closely, it really seems that you have seen it somewhere. The second stunned thought in his heart.
When Jiang Xing solved the two fish, there were two more big nests, several salted duck eggs, rolling his eyes, and burping.
looked at the stunned man standing aside and said, "Thank you for the hospitality, brother, you still haven't forgotten me, I don't know what I would do without you." I really have no relatives except for your family. ”
The second stunned man felt a sense of accomplishment, and hurriedly waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, who made us relatives, it's okay, it's okay, I'll definitely be happy when my father comes back." ”
"Yes, yes, the old uncle will definitely be happy when he returns. Jiang Xing muttered: "Hey, where is your thatched house, fat brother, maybe the salted fish is a little sluggish, and the stomach is not very comfortable, gurgling." ”
"Oh, then go and go, it's right behind,......" the second stunned man said, pointing behind the door.
In the evening, at the house of the second stunned son, Jiang Xing's "old uncle" took the whip of the bull, scolded the Hanwa to see that I didn't smoke you to death, and the crying narrative with the second stunned.
At this time, Jiang Xing was walking on the way north......
Don't be ashamed of Jiang Xing's behavior, if you haven't experienced hungry red eyes, you won't experience any way to get a bite to eat, you will want to go to the pit and cheat and steal, he has been lonely since he was a child, this cold society has taught him how to survive.
At the age of ten, for the landlord's swill bucket, he was bitten by the landlord with two big wolf dogs in the ice and snow, and the landlord next to him either laughed or watched coldly.
If it weren't for the fact that the big landlord was afraid of a lawsuit for his life, he would have been dead for a long time, and he knew that this was the way of the jungle. Later, he took a boning knife that killed the pig Liu Lao Er and stabbed the ruffian Liu in the village, so that no one dared to bully him. If you are not a human being, you will put away your senseless dignity and face, and there is no other way but to work hard.
Qinhuai Town is less than 50 miles away from Cumulus Mountain, and it is not a small town, definitely not comparable to the small village in his hometown, just look at the hotel in front of him, the spacious three-story building, the threshold, the windows are all vermilion lacquer, and the two stone lions at the door are called a magnificent.
The plaque is hung with four gilt characters of Yuelai Inn. At noon, both sides of the street were bustling with vendors who were buying and selling, and there was an endless stream of people.
I just inquired, and it is more than 50 miles from Cumulus Mountain here. It's not too far from the destination, and it's not been in vain in the past few months, and this experience has finally arrived.
Jiang Xing's journey is not hard, fortunately this is not a cold winter, this weather, during the day, at night to find a grass nest cave will also spend the night. If you are hungry, you can either hunt some game and mountain fruits, or go into the villages and towns to find some fun. There is always truth to the saying that wolves travel thousands of miles to eat meat.
Jiang Xing continued to walk forward and looked around, occasionally glancing to the left and right, and secretly muttering to himself that this big place was really eye-opening.
But the footsteps did not stop. He stopped and looked to the right, and set up a small table on the side of the road, boxy, with a white cloth on the table, and behind the table sat a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, with squinted triangular eyes, pointed chin, and a goatee.
He was dressed in a white robe, holding a pen in his right hand, and a notebook on the table, looking at the passers-by, and behind him stood two young men in the same bun, about sixteen or seventeen years old.
Of course, this is not what surprised him, people? Who has never seen a Taoist. Surprised, the person on the right behind him was holding a banner in his hand, and there were three big black characters written on it-------- Sword Sect!
This can make Jiang Xing confused, what is the situation? There is nowhere to find it when you step on the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it, and it just happens to bump into it, so ask.
"Hello Dao Chief, I see what this signboard means by writing the Sword Sect!" Jiang asked after walking two steps to the table.
This Dao chief has been looking at the passers-by, looked at Jiang walking over, looked at him and said: "Oh, we are recruiting people into the sect, originally we recruited a batch after the New Year every year, but this year's situation is special, so we are recruiting people again." ”
"Oh, the kid has admired the Sword Sect for a long time, and he has been looking forward to joining the Sword Sect for a long time, so see if I can join the Sword Sect. ”
"Are you an adult?"
"Yes, it's almost eighteen. ”
"Yes, report your name, and I'll give you a record of where you live,"
"The kid's name is Jiang Xing, Jiang Jiaao"
"Jiang Jiaao?" Lao Dao raised his head and thought about it, but he didn't ask too much, Xu didn't care too much. After writing for a while, he turned his head to the man on his right who didn't hold a disguise and said: "Qiu Shan, plus this Jiang Xing, there are just seven people, you take them back to the mountain gate first, and stay here for a few days as a teacher." ”
The young man on the right answered yes, and took Jiang Xing to an inn behind the street, and the owner of the inn Xu knew this little Taoist named Qiu Shan and greeted him with a smile.
The young man named Qiu Shan also responded, telling the boss to let him prepare the carriage and say that he was going back to the mountain gate. The boss smiled and agreed to find Xiao Er and let him arrange it. Jiang Xing followed the Taoist all the way, and the newcomers didn't want to talk much.
When Qiu Shan took Jiang Xing to a room on the second floor of the inn, he heard a bunch of people in the house chattering outside the door, Qiu Shan pushed the door open and went in, Jiang Xing followed into the room, and there were six people in the small room, most of whom were about sixteen, seventeen or eight, sitting on stools or lying on the bed. When he saw Qiu Shan coming in, he immediately quieted down.
Qiu Shan's eyes swept around, and he said, "Let's get ready." It's ready to go.