Walking to the main island floating at the end of the jade steps, there was a large square in front of it, and at this time, there were even more people who flew over, rushing from all directions to reach thousands of people. Fortunately, the square is large enough, and everyone is standing in the air, so it doesn't look crowded.

There is a little daughter-in-law holding the child and standing in the air to watch the excitement. There was also an old man who flew over with a cigarette pouch and pot and a chair, sitting and watching the strangeness while smoking a cigarette pouch, and the people below dodged away, so as not to fall the ashes on himself.

Is this to welcome guests or to watch a play, the old winger's face was also a little unbearable, and he opened his arms and shouted loudly: "What kind of mess is it!

The master of Zongdao is quite prestigious in the local area, and his voice is quite good, everyone shows apologies and flies away, and the sky above the square is finally quiet. The rest were all arranged reception escorts, and they all landed and walked across the square.

Ding Qi asked, "Sect Island Master, is this the place where all the clansmen of Jiufang Empty Island gather?"

Zong Feixia nodded and said, "Yes, this square is enough to accommodate 10,000 people. ”

Xian Hao pointed to the left and right sides and said, "The buildings on those two sides, I have seen similar ones outside, are middle schools and primary schools, not in the town, but on the road from the town to the gateway to the fairyland. But the outside is surrounded by a courtyard wall, but there is no wall here, is it also a primary and secondary school?"

Zong Feixia: "Yes, the left is the junior high school, and the right is the elementary school. Although we also built Sishui Town Middle School and Sishui Town Primary School outside, the principal and teachers are all from our own family. There is only a cover or to cope with inspections on weekdays, and the children in the clan prefer to stay in the fairyland when they go to school, and the parents are also relieved. ”

In fact, this is not that parents are relieved, but that parents usually stay in the fairyland, and of course it is convenient for the children to go to school in the fairyland. Ding Qi opened his mouth and asked, "What about the high school? I saw outside that the high school in Sishui Town is in the town, and where is the high school here?"

Zong Feixia explained: "There is no high school in the Nine Liberation Sky Island, only in the town outside. When the children here enter high school, they have to live outside the school and go home every two weekends. ”

Secretary Long added on the side: "This is a new clan rule issued more than ten years ago, which was summoned by the ancestor to discuss with the old clans. Both the elementary and junior high schools are teachers from their own ethnic groups, but the high school has external teachers, all of whom are excellent teachers hired with high salaries. ”

There are junior high schools and primary schools inside and outside Xian, and the schools outside are not built in the town, but are still some distance away from the town. But high schools are different, only in the towns outside, and there are external teachers in the school.

There may be many considerations for this arrangement, children are not strict and easy to talk nonsense, but after high school, they are relatively mature, and they will not easily confide in outsiders the secret of Jiufang's departure from the empty island, and keeping secrets is also a habit they have developed since ancient times.

Why do you have to go to school outside when you get to high school, this is to train the local people to adapt to the outside world, they still need to gain a foothold in the outside world, and they can't hide in the Nine Liberation Sky Island from life to death.

In fact, in ancient times, the people of Jiufang Empty Island did not live in the secret realm of heaven and earth, they were all villagers in the mountain villages of Sishuiping, and they kept a secret together, and only a few people knew the details of the secret realm of heaven and earth. Only under special circumstances, with the permission of the Council of Elders, can people enter the Nine Liberation Sky Island.

Before the highway was built, Sishuiping was almost an isolated place, and it was very inconvenient to get here, except for the local people who went out to do business, no outsiders would come, and the people here did not intermarry with the outside world.

However, in modern times, from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, there were endless wars, people's livelihood withered, social turmoil, and Sishuiping was also threatened several times. As a result, everyone didn't want to go out after they came in, and the mountain village outside was almost abandoned.

This situation did not gradually change until Zong Feixia became the patriarch, and Zong Feixia was not a native of the local, he was born in Chengdu, his parents ran the shops and guild halls outside the Nine Liberation Island, which was hindered by the war, and he was not able to return to his hometown until he became an adult.

Zong Feixia called on the clansmen to go out of the secret realm of heaven and earth to rebuild the countryside, and at first responded, but Zong Feixia was very capable, and his cultivation of the Nine Liberation Sky Island Secret Method was the highest in that generation, and later he became the owner of the island and broke through the Dacheng cultivation, and became more and more prestigious as time went by, and then gradually reversed the situation.

Ding Qi and Xian Hao saw most of what they saw during their visit to Sishuiping in recent decades, especially the most rapid development in the past two decades...... As he spoke, he had already crossed the square and continued to climb, which was a winding stone staircase along the mountain, which led to various buildings on both sides, which should be various public facilities here, and the whole floating mountain was like a garden.

From the seemingly casual conversation, Ding Qi got a very important message.

Almost all of the locals were born in the "Wonderland" now, so if they leave the Wonderland and come back, if they don't have the cultivation equivalent to the Three Realms, they shouldn't keep their memories. It is possible that after the local children go to high school, they have to study in the town outside, which means that these high school children can retain their memories, otherwise the book will be meaningless.

Not only these high school students, but now the residents of the Nine Directions Departure Island will also be sent out on duty, especially those young adults, if they can't retain their memories when they return, it is simply impossible to do. In other words, after the local clansmen are basically adults, they all have at least equivalent to the cultivation of the three realms.

The island owner Lao Feixia has a great cultivation, which is rare but normal, but all the clansmen here have at least three realms of cultivation when they become adults, which is absolutely impossible. It is impossible to do any kind of secret method inheritance, no matter what master comes to teach it, but the facts in front of me have happened again, how can this be explained?

Ding Qi had seen Wen Jie in Jinshan Courtyard, and the other party completely remembered the experience in the Kingdom of Beasts, which was what he remembered, not Ding Qi who cast a spell to protect his form and god. But no matter how Ding Qi thinks of this mayor, he doesn't look like he has the cultivation of the Three Realms, otherwise he would step on the air and plant himself in the swimming pool when he walks normally?

What the hell is going on, Ding Qi didn't rush to ask, anyway, he had already come to Jiufang Empty Island, and he wanted to find the answer through his own observation and visit first.

The first place that the group arrived at was the ancestral shrine of Jiufang Empty Island. The front hall of the ancestral hall is very spacious and suitable for hospitality, but since ancient times, there have never been guests visiting Jiufangli Sky Island, and it is usually a place for clan elders to meet. Today, the seats have been set up in the hall, there are three large cases, a total of more than 30 people are present, first invite the distinguished guests to sit down and rest, drink tea and use some snacks.

On the way up the mountain, I don't know what kind of instructions everyone got from Zong Feixia, anyway, everyone followed behind and walked, and their behavior was no different from that outside, and they didn't see much abnormality, but after they sat down, it was lively.

There were also more than a dozen descendants who served as receptionists around the room, and these people had basically already been to Jinshan Temple, and when it was time to serve refreshments, cups, plates, pots and saucers were not brought up by hand, but flew in the air. Plates of snacks, teacups, and even pots of brewed hot tea flew like butterflies to the center of the table and in front of everyone.

This scene is stunning, not only people can fly, but even the things here can fly? Ding Qi had already seen that these items were controlled by the minds of those service personnel, and they flew from the air following their gestures.

Ding Qi was even worried that the tea in the pot would spill out and burn people? He really saw that a pot of tea was overflowing, but the girl who "served the tea" made a move with her hand from afar, and the spilled water went back.

It's easy to bump into each other in the air, Ding Qi and Xian Hao paid attention to it, and they could see that these people were staggered to control things, avoiding items from colliding in the air, and the scene looked dazzling.

Looking at the very exquisite Song porcelain cup that fell in front of him, Ding Qi smiled and said: "This place is magical and dizzying, can you not only fly, but also control items with your mind?"

Mayor Wen: "You can't do it outside, but it's very simple here, don't be an idiot, everyone can learn it." The people who came today have the best control of things, so as not to lose face in front of distinguished guests. ”

Old Winger added: "It's not so simple, if you say flying, it's similar to a child in the outside world learning to walk, if you say that you control things with your mind, it's a bit like learning to eat with chopsticks, it takes a process." The clan also has some rules that the children here should be taught from an early age not to laugh and play with things indiscriminately, so as to prevent danger......"

When he spoke, Xian Hao also stared at the cup in front of him, and without seeing her make any movements, the porcelain cup slowly flew up and fixed in mid-air. Everyone applauded and praised: "Xian Xian's friendly skills, you can learn it at a glance!"

As soon as Secretary Long raised his hand, he didn't grab the teapot, but the teapot on the table slowly flew up with his gestures, and the body of the pot tilted to pour a cup of tea for Xian Hao.

One of the rules that Jiufang has taught children since they were children is not to mess with the items that others have already controlled, which is easy to cause accidents. So Secretary Long just manipulated the teapot to pour the tea and didn't move the teacup, and then the teapot slowly fell back to the table without even making a sound.

Xian Hao smiled and snapped his fingers, only to see another jet of water flying out of the spout, pouring tea into Ding Qi's cup, which attracted a cheer from everyone. Then everyone snapped their fingers like Xian Hao, no one went to take the teapot, and the water jets flew out of the spout to pour their respective teacups.

Everyone was obviously praising Xian Hao, but looking at the past, only Xian Hao was not very well controlled, and there were a lot of water droplets sprinkled on the table, but the others were very skillful when pouring tea, and not a drop of water was spilled on the table. Xian Hao smiled bitterly: "My skills are still far worse than yours, and I am not subtle enough to learn at first glance." ”

Someone comforted: "Xian Xianyou is too modest, it's okay to control tangible things, but controlling invisible water is the most difficult skill to master, and I have been practicing it for more than half a year." ”

Someone else said, "Half a year is nothing, I didn't know it when I was a teenager." ”

A junior next to me interjected: "When I was in junior high school, I used my own handpot, and my mother wouldn't let me pour water in the air." ”

This is equivalent to opening the conversation, and everyone began to recall how old they were when they began to master this trick, how long it took, and what accidents they had encountered, what injuries they had suffered, how they were beaten by their parents, and so on. While most people say it's meant to be humble, they still can't hide their smugness in front of guests.

The scene was lively and chaotic, like a tea party, and the laughter was constant. Zong Feixia coughed and said, "Okay, okay, don't talk about this, it's not your own ability, what's there to brag about?"

Ding Qi smiled: "What everyone said is quite interesting, we love to listen to it very much, and it is also very rewarding for me to understand the process of mastering such skills." ”

It was through everyone's chatting and farting that Ding Qi gradually sorted out a clear vein. He also understood why people here didn't want to stay outside. You can fly freely in the Nine Liberation Sky Island, and you can also control various objects with your mind, which is not only extremely convenient for doing anything, but also an indescribable enjoyment.

This feeling may not be experienced normally, but once you go out, you will feel it very deeply, because outside they will become a different kind of person, a person who has lost all kinds of magical abilities. But the old wingers were right, it wasn't their own business, and in essence, they were no different from the people outside.

All the magic comes from this secret realm of heaven and earth, not from themselves. What they do since childhood is to familiarize themselves with and use the rules or laws of the world. In fact, it's the same in the outside world, many things that are taken for granted or even taken for granted do not come from their own abilities, but are given by the world.

Thinking of this, Ding Qi asked again: "When you learn to fly, it should probably be the period when you develop your sense of spatial position and speed and distance in motion, right?

Zong Feixia smiled: "Teacher Ding's words are so professional, but I probably understand the meaning, and this is indeed the case." ”

Nine release from the world rules of the Sky Island so that people here can fly by birth, but not by birth. The ability to fly is gradually cleared with self-awareness, and the people around you begin to observe and imitate it, and gradually become an ability of oneself. The ability to accurately manipulate objects with the mind is much later, with the brain and sensory organs developing perfectly, until the teenage years.

Everyone chatted here for a while, and then someone suggested going to visit the "fairy pool" on the mountain, and then come back for dinner. Everyone left the ancestral shrine and continued to climb the mountain, and many people's mentality was relaxed, and it seemed that they were walking on foot, but in fact, they didn't touch the ground and just made a look, just flying there.

Xian Hao also tried it, and whispered to Ding Qi: "This also consumes physical strength, but it is much less laborious than climbing outside." ”

If Tan Hanchuan were here, he might make another summary: what happened here does not seem to violate the law of energy conservation, especially when it comes to manipulating objects with his mind. The difference is that people use their minds, not their bodies, so much less energy is wasted.

The human body is not a very perfect transmission structure, and when doing a lot of actions, most of the energy is actually consumed by itself. For example, when we lift a bucket of water upstairs, the main energy to do is actually consumed to overcome weight, and secondly, it is consumed in the body.

When people here are in the air, they actually need to consume energy, including fighting wind resistance, and controlling their bodies to rise or accelerate. But the real magic lies in keeping a body or object in the air while being controlled by the mind, using little or no energy, even when moving slowly and horizontally at the same altitude.

Climbing a mountain at the same height and walking up it as if it were flying directly in this way theoretically consumes the same amount of energy, but in practice flying is much less physically demanding and of course much faster. So people here are used to flying, and if they can fly, who wants to walk slowly?

There are a total of nine floating islands on the Nine Liberation Islands, among which the main island is the largest in area, which can be called a heavenly immortal mountain. The eight surrounding islands are scattered in height, but the highest is no longer than the peak of the main island in the middle. Near the peak, surrounded by a mountain cliff, there is a lake with a radius of one mile, which is where the white jade hooves grow.

Zong Feixia's mansion is by the lake, and there are several two-story small buildings around the lake, which are the residences of the clansmen who guard the fairy pond. The white jade hoof and the jade hoof pill refined from it are very important elixirs here, but only here can they grow, and the stable output is only more than 100 pieces per year.

According to Zong Feixia, he and his ancestors also tried to transplant the white jade hooves to other places, including finding suitable water areas in the mountains and wilderness outside, but they were all unsuccessful. It can be seen that this thing can not grow anywhere, and there are white jade hooves in the country of birds and beasts, which is really rare!