It is said that the apricot blossoms and fireworks rain in the south of the Yangtze River, it seems that the beauty of the south of the Yangtze River is in the fireworks in March, in fact, the Jiangnan in midsummer is also not interesting, especially on the boating river, the green mountains on both sides of the river are endless, the color is dyed, the friendship of the undeclared, the yang black begins to slope, the river is surging, the river surface is wrinkled due to the wind, reflecting the slanting sun into pieces of golden scales, scattered endlessly.

Shen Tuan was fishing at the bow of the boat, Changning sat beside him and gave a, the sound of the flute was clear and thin, like a yellow warbler crying, the water flowed and bloomed, very clear and entertaining.

Yu Toad was stunned when she held her chubby little cheeks, she was no longer five or six years old, but became a little chubby girl about seven or eight years old, with a round face and round eyes. Her cultivation is insufficient, and the three points of the humanoid shape she turned into are still like a toad, and her appearance is quite cute, but she is really unsightly, Shen Tuan simply cast a spell to stereotype her, so that she becomes what she is now. Yu Toad'er's cultivation is not good, but she can work very neatly, just like she told Changning, she will do laundry and cooking, and she is serving Changning during this time.

At this time, the color is beginning to condense, the cooking smoke is everywhere, all the fishermen on the river stop the boat to cook, and the old man who drives the boat also set up a small red clay stove to boil water and make tea. The four of them in a boatload are all ordinary people, and they basically don't need fireworks to eat, so Jade Toad occasionally eats small snacks when he is greedy. This old man is the turtle grandfather of the jade toad raised since childhood, it is just an ordinary old turtle, raised by Confucianism at a young age, full of poetry and books, Confucianism let it go before he died, it does not kill, wanders around, swallows Yuehua every night with instinct, eats some water and grass when hungry, and lives for hundreds of years, and coincidentally cultivates to the peak of the foundation building period.

It originally sent the jade toad to the Shen family, and Shen Jian saw that it had a gentle temperament, thinking that his granddaughter would also need to be taken care of by an elder after he left, so he asked him if he was willing to be his own Dongfu spirit animal. The old turtle has admired Taishangzong for a long time, why is there anything he is not willing? When the old turtle was young, he traveled almost all the waterways of Middle-earth, and he was very familiar with all the waterways, and he was in charge of driving all the way.

Shen Jian put a piece of fish food on the hook, and threw the hook back into the river, although he was fishing, but the hook was straight, often after the fish pecked the fish food, he shook the tail of the fish and left leisurely, in Changning's words, he was feeding the fish, not fishing. After Changning finished blowing the song, Shen Shu said with satisfaction: "You played well, you have some talent in sound, I will teach you to play the piano tomorrow." ”

"How many instruments do I have to learn?" Changning didn't think that Ah Weng would let her learn so many musical instruments, and Ah Weng always told him that he was greedy and chewy, and only let her learn fine, not let her learn more.

Shen Shu said casually: "There are several kinds of musical instruments such as blowing, percussion, and plucking strings, since you are quite talented in sound, you can learn them all, you see which instrument can play the call of the cardinal more comfortably, no matter how good you are, it is not too late for you to specialize." ”

Changning nodded, she used to specialize in calligraphy and painting, and she only knew a little about piano and chess. But during this time, the image of the big bird in her dream became clearer and clearer, it was a gorgeous and dazzling cardinal, each of the cardinal's feathers was red with a faint golden light, and the two long feathers on its head hung down to the bird's back like silk, which was very beautiful. But it always seems to be dancing and chirping in the starry sky, and the sound is very pleasant, as if it were playing music.

After listening to her description, Shen Jian guessed that this cardinal should be one of the nine chicks of the Phoenix clan, Baiming, the phoenix clan is the royal family among the heavenly demon birds, and the five branches with the most noble bloodline are called five phoenixes, and under the five phoenixes are nine chicks, if the five phoenixes belong to the royal family of the phoenix clan, then the nine chicks are high nobles. The ancestors of the Phoenix clan of the Heavenly Demon were originally disciples of the Divine Phoenix, and later received the gift of the Divine Phoenix, and after refining the essence and blood of the Divine Phoenix, they were able to fade away from the demon body and turn into the acquired gods.

The ancestor of the phoenix clan and the same sister gave birth to five sons, because the two phoenixes were no longer demon bodies at that time, and the heirs were also qualified, respectively, the red bird, the bird (yuanchu), the green luan, the cormorant (yuezhuo), the white bird (hu), this is the five phoenixes with the most noble blood of the phoenix clan later, and the five phoenixes then gave birth to their own children, which led to nine chicks, except for the five phoenixes and nine chicks, the others belong to the little demons in the phoenix clan.

The attack power of Baiming Theory is not the highest in the Phoenix Clan, but it is gifted with vocal powers, and Mingsheng can manipulate people's minds at will. Shen Jian asked his granddaughter to learn more musical instruments, hoping that she could make good use of Bai Ming's natural powers. And Changning also lived up to his high expectations, her talent in vocal music was really outstanding, they set off from Pingjiang Mansion, and it only took three or five days to sail all the way, and the dong flute had already been blown by her. It's just that Shen Yan is better at calligraphy and painting, and he can only be considered a little general in music theory, and can only teach his granddaughter basic skills.

At this time, the old turtle also came up with the cooked tea, "Lang Jun, girl, let's drink a cup of tea to moisten your mouth first." ”

When Changning saw the tea, he thought of the pot of tea made by Uncle Zu, "Ah Weng, what kind of tea did Uncle Zu drink for us last time?" It's delicious. ”

Shen Shu said: "That is the tea of your treasure tea grandfather, he was one of the twenty tea trees that your ancestor brought from the world, accompanied your ancestor for nearly 10,000 years, has already turned into a human form, the road number treasure tea, you should see him after you enter, you can call him grandfather, he has always liked children, you are well-behaved, he will give you some tea." ”

Changning exclaimed, "Uncle Ancestor has been cultivating for 10,000 years? ”

Shen Shu smiled and said: "Your ancestor uncle has long been a Yuan Baby, if he hadn't dedicated himself to supporting the reincarnation of his master, he would have already achieved the Yang God, what is the rarity of cultivating for thousands of years?" I guess this time he will hit the Yang God when he goes back. ”

Shen Xuan's words made Changning, Gui Lao, and Jade Toad all think about it, Changning because so far, the close monks she has seen have not cultivated below Jindan, these words are not much shocking to her, Gui Lao and Jade Toad are just two demon clan scattered cultivators, and it is a great fortune to be able to invest in the name of Shen Lu's Jindan real person, and now I heard that the master has a senior brother who is about to become a Yang God, and happiness comes quickly, so that the two demons don't know how to react.

Shen Jian saw that the sky was cloudless and the sky was clear, and he expected that the moonlight would be good tonight, so he carried a can of chilled fruit wine and sat on the bow of the boat to drink alone. Changning drank tea, turned over another sheet music, picked up the flute and blew it intermittently, the jade toad child's heart couldn't bear to sit for a long time, and turned into a prototype and jumped into the river to swim.

"This old man wants to buy shrimp?" The childish voice sounded, and Shen Yan looked up, and saw a handsome boy with long eyebrows and starry eyes driving a small boat towards them. The boy looked no more than twelve or thirteen years old, but he was like a fly, and with both hands he pushed and pulled the boat lightly and quickly, and in a short time he reached the side of their boat, and when he was about to collide, the boy pushed forward with his left hand, and rowed back with his right hand, and the boat came lightly, and came to the side of the big boat, and did not touch the big boat at all. This amazing skill was unmatched by ordinary boatmen, and the boy put a hook on the side of the boat, and the boat was fixed to the big boat.

"Do you want to buy shrimp? The shrimp here are all freshly fished from the river, the freshest. The boy looked up and asked Shen Wei, apparently seeing that he was the one in charge of the boat, he held up a bamboo basket full of large shrimp jumping around.

Shen Jian saw that the boy was wearing a thick glove shirt, the shirt was full of layers of patches, the trouser legs were rolled up to the knees, revealing a pair of legs full of scars and calluses, and a pair of straw sandals under his feet had been blistered, and he couldn't help but feel compassion, "Why did you come out to fish as a child?" What about your family? ”

The boy's expression was a little gloomy when he heard this, "My mother has been sick for several days, sir, you can buy some shrimp, this shrimp will not be fresh for a while." ”

Old Turtle took the bamboo basket, "Xiao Langjun come up and speak." ”

The boy's hand was on the side of the boat, and his body jumped to the deck lightly, and his flexible appearance made Changning can't help but look sideways, he knows kung fu, right?

When the boy went up to the deck, he saw a girl with hanging hair carved like Qiongyu sitting beside the old man, with a pair of apricot eyes black and white clearly looking at him curiously, the boy's face was slightly red, and he said to her: "I don't know that the little lady is here, the boy is offended." As soon as his voice fell, there was a "grunt", and he screamed very cooperatively, and the boy's face suddenly turned red.

Changning didn't laugh at him, but got up and went to the cabin to get a plate of sweet cakes made of pine nuts and poria powder for him, she walked all the way, saw too many children like boys, thought of those happy children in modern times, and then looked at these children struggling on the food and clothing line in front of her, she couldn't help but sigh, it is still good in modern times, even if that society has all kinds of bad, but most people will not starve to death.

The boy took it gratefully, the tempting aroma of sweet cakes lingered on the tip of his nose, he forced the urge to swallow saliva, and secretly glanced at Changning again, thinking in his heart that this little lady is also beautiful, and she is a good person like the old man.

Shen asked the boy, "What is your mother's disease?" My old family knows a little about medicine, and maybe they can cure your mother's illness. ”

"My mother has been sick for several years, and many doctors have said that my mother's illness is still not curable." Speaking of his mother's illness, the boy's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and he said to Shen Shu: "The eldest lord bought my shrimp and gave me snacks to eat, I was supposed to serve the eldest lord here, but my mother took medicine and just slept for a while, so I was in a hurry to go back for fear of waking up and calling people away."

Shen Jian saw that his maid was filial piety, and told the old turtle to go back with him, "You go with him to see his mother's illness." ”

The boy knelt down and kowtowed to Shen Tong three times, "Boy, thank you for your kindness." ”

After Changning waited for the turtle elder and the boy to leave, she raised her head and asked curiously, "Ah Weng, did that kid know martial arts just now?" ”

Shen Jian couldn't help but laugh when he saw his childish granddaughter talking about other children seriously, "Yes, he should be good at martial arts, and his true breath is not weak, and he has opened up the three meridians, but I think the inner breath method running in his body is very shallow." Shen Jian initially took pity on this child for coming out to fish at a young age, and after seeing that he had opened up the three meridians at a young age, he still practiced the most superficial internal strength and mental method, and he couldn't help but love talents.

"Ah Weng, do you want to bring him back to the sect?" Changning asked.

Shen shook his head and said: "I asked Elder Gui to explore the situation of his family, ordinary fishermen should not teach their children to cultivate internal breath." "The most important point of Taishang Sect's acceptance of disciples is that the disciples' family backgrounds must be innocent, this innocence does not refer to the status of the disciples' families, but refers to their own origins, even orphans will not appear out of thin air. This kind of requirement is even stricter when it comes to the true disciples, there are orphans among the true disciples, but they will find their parents and relatives when they cultivate to a certain extent, and it is also thanks to Changning that he was raised by Shen Tuan, and he has reported to the Xuanyuan Ancestor and Xiyin Daojun, otherwise he would have been brought back to the inner gate and locked up, where would he be free now.

Yu Toad also jumped on the deck from the river at this time, and after rolling it became the appearance that Shen Tuan helped her fix, she first poured two glasses of water for Shen Tuan and Changning, and then picked up the bamboo basket to release the fresh shrimp, she has been raised by the turtle and shrimp essence since she was a child, loves the house and the black, and these turtles and shrimps that have no wisdom are very good, she is a natural alien, born to swallow Yuehua, never killed, and has never eaten meat.

Changning raised the dong flute and was about to continue to blow the flute, but Shen Jian suddenly raised his head and said lightly: "Friend, haven't you come out to say hello after watching it for a long time?" ”