Qingyuan Immortal Mountain, located in the south of the Central Plains Continent, near the South China Sea, is shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, towering into the clouds. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At a mountain path on the secondary main peak, a middle-aged man in Tsing Yi stood in front of a trail connecting the secondary main peak and the main peak, staring at the moonlight in the mountain, silent.

"Senior Brother"

The middle-aged man in Tsing Yi turned his head, smiled slightly, and asked, "Why haven't you rested yet?" ”

The visitor walked up to him and replied with a slight dismay, "I'm looking for you!"

The middle-aged man in Tsing Yi touched his goatee embarrassedly and laughed.

The moonlight grew thicker, illuminating the reddish face of the middle-aged man and the beautiful face of the woman beside him.

The woman was also about thirty years old, dressed simply, with an elegant temperament, like a female teacher in an ordinary itch school, full of poetry and books, and full of charm.

"One step to hell... Why did my brother come here to see the moon? ”

"One step to hell?" The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows, realizing that she was talking about this path, touched his goatee with deep amusement, and said: "One thought of heaven, one step of hell, but it is also neat." ”

The middle-aged man looked up at the sheep intestine trail in front of him, which was not yet the width of an adult's foot, and continued: "I have come here unconsciously..."

The woman looked at the trail, looked up at the unattainable main peak connected at the end of the trail, and sighed: "It's been more than 2,000 years, don't say that this main peak is this trail, and no one has ever seen it." ”

The middle-aged man laughed and said, "Tianzun accepts apprentices, and he is different from others. ”

The woman sighed and said, "But this is too different, after so many years, Tianzun and his old man really don't plan to accept disciples?" ”

The middle-aged man touched his goatee and said, "Rather lack than excess, you also know the temper of the master." ”

The woman smiled slightly bitterly and said, "In the entire continent, is there anyone who doesn't know Shizun's temper? It's the one who Yandang, when he meets Tianzun, he can't do it, right? ”

As soon as the words fell, the two looked at each other and smiled, full of tacit understanding.

The wind in the mountains is very cool, blowing away the dryness of summer, the beautiful moonlight is bright, splashing on the whole mountain, quiet and mysterious, the sound of frogs and insects is heard everywhere, bustling and ensemble, but unexpectedly makes the people who are here feel calm and peaceful, relaxed and happy.

The woman tilted her head slightly, leaning lightly on the middle-aged man's shoulder, the middle-aged man raised his hand to take the woman into his arms, and the two snuggled up to look at the moon resting next to the majestic main peak, quietly enjoying the beauty of the moment of solitude.

After a long, long time, the middle-aged man said abruptly: "I always have a hunch..."

The woman hummed and motioned for him to continue.

The middle-aged man's eyes shone brightly, and he said, "After crossing this road, the person who climbed that peak will appear..."

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On the bare hills, the cemeteries of the families in the mountain villages are sparsely intertwined.

As night fell, the sun had set, and the earth had returned to darkness, except for the western half of the burgundy sunset, struggling to glow a little.

Wang Youdong looked at the thin figure that knelt down in front of the tombstone, and sighed distressedly.

He walked over, patted his cousin's thin shoulder, and persuaded, "Ah Ku, it's getting dark, go home." ”

The young man named Ah Ku didn't hear it, didn't get up, and didn't react.

Wang Youdong has been close to him since he was a child, and knowing that he is uncomfortable, he continued to persuade: "Don't be like this, Ah Ku, aunt she... She's gone, but you have to keep living. ”

"Live... Go down? The young man in front of the monument finally reacted, he looked up at You Dong with a wooden look, his soulless eyes looked heart-wrenching, and he asked, "Live... What for? ”

"What are you talking about?" You Dong's reaction was a little excited, afraid that he would be too sad for a while and do something stupid, so he hurriedly said: "You are only thirteen years old, and you still have a long way to go." In the past, because of my aunt's illness, you had to take care of it nearby, but now that my aunt is gone, you should go out and see more. ”

"Get out?" Ah Ku's eyes were full of confusion, like a lost child who can't find a way out.

"yes!" You Dong hurriedly squatted down and clasped his hands, only to find that his cousin's body was so thin under his wide patched robe.

"Where can I go?"

Ah Ku turned his head and looked at the two tombstones next to each other in front of him, and his heart hurt as if he had been pricked by ten thousand needles.

"I'm fatherless and motherless... Where can you go? ”

Wang Youdong looked at his cousin who was lying on his back, like a cousin pressed by thousands of mountains, and he wanted to say anything, but he couldn't say anything.

He knows his cousin's situation best.

Before the cousin was born, the uncle died, and the aunt who became a widow took her cousin who was born not long ago to take refuge in You Dong's father, who ran a pharmacy in Panshan Village, he and his cousin grew up together, studied together, and read together, if it wasn't for the aunt's sudden serious illness, maybe, he would have gone up the mountain with him to learn the Tao together...

Thinking of this, You Dong's eyes lit up.

That's right! Learn the Tao! Mountain! Why didn't I think of it!

He slapped his head, regardless of Ah Ku's struggle to resist, pulled Ah Ku up, and walked quickly down the mountain, constantly muttering: "I have a way, I have a way!" ”

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You Dong dragged Ah Ku down the mountain, brought a big wooden bucket with hot water from his house next door, and told Ah Ku to take a good bath, and then the people left in a hurry.

Ah Ku stared blankly at the steaming large bathtub in front of him, and his head couldn't turn slightly.

In the simple wooden house, the summer breeze blew through the half-broken paper window, and little by little blew up Ah Ku's white-washed robe, and there were so many patches on the robe that it was impossible to distinguish the original style of the robe.

"Ugh..."

Ah Ku let out a long sigh, obediently untied his clothes, ready to relax his tired body that had not been idle for a few days, and then think about the next thing.

After all, she still has to keep living...

The tattered robe was untied and placed on a hanger next to the tub, along with a washed and clean undershirt, a long strip of white cloth, and a pale green belly pocket embroidered with grass.

Pulling off the wooden hairpin, putting down his long hair, Ah Ku stepped into the wooden barrel with one foot, and let the warm hot water iron his tired heart.

Mother's death was not sudden, nearly ten years of sickness lingered, no improvement, Ah Ku's heart had long been ready to meet that moment, but when the expected death really came, Ah Ku was still overwhelmed by pain and helplessness.

Before she was born, her father went, maybe because she was afraid that she would be bullied by orphans and widows, or maybe she was afraid that a woman who had no son to support her would be forced to marry again.

Ah Ku didn't ask her why, just nodded silently, first, she had always listened to her mother, whether it was right or wrong; The second is that she has long adapted to the identity of a man, and if she changes back, it is estimated that she will not adapt to it either.

After taking a hasty shower and changing his clothes, Ah Ku took the changed clothes to the corner and put them away.

The cousin didn't know the identity of the woman, and she didn't want the other party to know about it.

The moon and stars are scarce, a light is like a bean, Ah Ku looked at the desolation of the room, and his eyes were still unconsciously red.

What's next?

The total amount owed by her mother's illness was eighty-five taels of silver, and she had no long things, she could only read and collect medicine, and although she had some life-saving efforts on her body, it was only a few furs, which were not as strong as a man. If you just rely on going up the mountain to collect and sell medicine, you may not be able to repay these debts in your lifetime.

She walked to the bed, touched her mother's beloved porcelain pillow, and once again asked herself in her mind, what should I do next? Mother...

A strong wind with moisture blew through it, blowing the bean lamp and the books piled up on the wooden table by the window.

It's going to rain...

She picked up the porcelain pillow and was about to walk over, when she heard a rush of footsteps outside, and the door of the cabin was pushed open.

"Ah Ku, good..."

A loud thunderclap interrupted You Dong's words, and also knocked down the porcelain pillow in Ah Ku's hand.

Listening to a crisp sound, the porcelain pillow instantly fell to the ground and turned into fragments, and an iron box rolled out of the fragments, and rolled to You Dong's feet with a clatter.

After the thunder, the room was quiet.

"It's... What? You Dong bent down, picked up the tin box, and looked questioning.

Ah Ku stared at the golden dagger full of gems and valuable money that fell at his feet, and did not answer for a long time.

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"Ah Ku, it's time to arrive!"

Ah Ku raised his eyes hidden under the hat and looked at the magnificent and mountainous Qingyuan Xianshan Mountain Gate in front of him.

The stone gate of the mountain gate is intertwined, hanging in it like a window decoration, a very special style, A Ku has never seen it, the upper and lower two platforms of the curved ruler type, implying the principle of yin and yang Taiji mutual restraint, there is a special interest. What attracted Aku's attention the most was the eight seal characters carved on the two stone pillars on the inside of the gate.

"The green cow goes west, and the purple gas comes east."

Wang Youdong looked at Ah Ku, whose eyes were already nailed to the stone pillar, and there was joy in his eyes as if he had met a bosom friend.

"That's all right! I was staring at it for a long time when I first came here. ”

"At first glance, it looks ordinary, but on closer inspection, it feels unusual, cousin, who wrote this?" Ah Ku's eyes finally left the stone pillar and looked up and asked.

You Dong smiled, raised his head and chest, was very proud, and said, "Of course, it is our head, Xianding Heavenly Monarch." ”

"Manifest the Heavenly Monarch?" I repeated it bitterly.

Ah Ku has never cultivated, and he doesn't know anything about immortals, but he only vaguely heard his cousin say that the Central Plains Continent has a vast terrain, and there are many cultivators, but there are very few people who cross the dragon gate to become immortals.

This Heavenly Monarch can be in charge of an immortal mountain, and he can write such a simple and unpretentious and inclusive character, he must be a character.

Of course, just to be a medicine boy himself, he must not have a chance to see it.

"Ah Ku", You Dong patted Ah Ku's shoulder, pointed to some young disciples wearing cyan Qingyuan Taoist robes in front of the mountain gate, and said, "You find a cool place to wait for me, and I will go over to say hello to the senior brothers." ”

Ah Ku nodded and replied obediently: "Okay." ”

Seeing You Dong hurrying over, Ah Ku found a nearby shade where no one was there and sat down. Today is the annual enrollment day of Qingyuan Xianshan, and there are a lot of people, and she saw that her cousin struggled to squeeze for a long time before squeezing to the long table set up by Qingyuan Mountain.

In the center of the long table sat a Qingyuan disciple with a handsome face and a vermilion seal on his forehead, he seemed to be very familiar with his cousin, and after opening half of the registration procedures, he pulled his cousin and chatted happily.

That's nice...

Ah Ku looked at his cousin who laughed happily from time to time with envy.

If my mother hadn't been sick, would I have become one of them at this moment?

She can recognize words faster than her cousin, and she can read better than her cousin, that is, the pharmacology and medical science that her cousin is exposed to from time to time, and she is also a few points better than her cousin, so since her cousin was admitted at the beginning, how could she not be tested?!

Ah Ku understands that he is a sour grapes, but Ah Ku, who was born poor and does not have his father's love, has a strong sense of self-esteem and desire to win, and strives for the first place in study, the first in exams, and the first in medical science, even if she is a woman, just because she is a woman, so she has to be the first in everything.

And these past and feelings have been wiped out by the cold eyes of debt-borrowing relatives in my mother's serious illness for nearly ten years...

"Ugh..."

Ah Ku sighed deeply, as if he wanted to sigh out all the helplessness in this life.

"Oops"

Ah Ku touched the top of his head that was suddenly hit by a hard object, looked at the murder weapon that fell from the sky and rolled on the ground-a big apple, looked up at the empty tree, and didn't understand why the apple suddenly fell from the sky and smashed on the top of his head.

"Ah Ku..."The cousin in the distance was beckoning her to come over, and the disciple who had just spoken to him was also looking at him with a smile.

Ah Ku hurriedly stood up, packed his suit, took a deep breath, and walked slowly over with a nervous mood and pretending to be calm.

A person walked across from him, and Ah Ku remembered that it seemed to be the young man who had just been thrown there after completing half of the formalities, fifteen or sixteen years old, also wearing a hat, and his whole face was hidden in the shadows, and he couldn't see his expression.

It was a simple pass, but it changed its flavor in a low taunt from the other party.

"Which parent's mongrel is not ashamed to go through the back door!"

Ah Ku's advancing leg paused instantly, and You Dong, who was not far away, didn't know what was going on, and was looking at Ah Ku who was still in place questioningly, while the Qingyuan disciple beside him changed his face slightly.

Which parent's mongrel is not ashamed to go through the back door!

Which parent's mongrel is not ashamed to go through the back door!

Which parents gave birth to a mongrel

Which parents

"Stop!" Ah Ku turned around and drank violently, the sound was as loud as thunder, and the originally noisy registration scene suddenly quieted down, and everyone's eyes gathered. And the culprit of this dispute also stopped as she wished.

"Say it again." Ah Ku's eyes were full of storms, but her voice was extremely calm, as if the roar just now did not come from her mouth.

The hat man turned around step by step, stood facing her head-on, raised his right hand, lifted the corner of the hat, his eyes were contemptuous and arrogant, and he said loudly word by word: "Which parent's mongrel is not ashamed to go through the back door!" ”

With a "bang", the crowd exploded.

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"Where did the mad dog come from, biting indiscriminately here!" You Dong has always had a gentle temper, and at this time, like the lioness who protects her cubs, she rushed over violently and protected Ah Ku behind him.

The man's eyes were still contemptuous, he raised his head higher and said, "What? Where did I say it wrong? ”

"This little brother, in front of the public, you have spoken foul language, insulted your parents and elders, and even slandered me Qingyuanmen, saying that we have opened the door of convenience, I want to ask you, where are you right?"

The Qingyuan disciple who was familiar with his cousin slowly paced over, and there was no dryness in his speech, let alone anger, and his bearing was tolerant, as if he was comforting the compassionate immortal of Hongchen sentient beings.

"Senior Brother Xizhen", Ah Ku heard his cousin in front of him whispering.

A clear and holy aura came to her side, but Ah Ku didn't look at the thoughts of the people around her, she was now burned red by anger, and she didn't pay attention to the people and things around her, she just stared intently, stared intently at the bastard who insulted her father, and wished that she could burn his mouth with the anger in her eyes.

For this Xizhen senior brother, the hat man showed a lot of respect, he clasped his fists and saluted, and said respectfully: "Xianjun misunderstood, I have no disrespect for Guixian Mountain, but I don't agree with the practices of some people in your faction, so I am just indignant." ”

You Dong, who was alluded to some people, glared angrily and scolded: "If you have something to say, just say it!" Don't scold Huai in this! ”

"Then I'll be blunt!" The hat man put down his saluting hand, looked at You Dong, and said sharply: "Wang Youdong, don't rely on the goodness of the innocent monarch, just take your relatives to the immortal mountain for personal gain, here is the place where all living beings seek the Tao and cultivate immortals, not your backyard, you can bring whoever you want to bring in!" ”

"You fart!" Wang Youdong's face flushed, and he said: "My cousin went up the mountain just to be an ordinary medicine boy, and he has nothing to do with cultivating and becoming an immortal!" ”

"An ordinary medicine boy?" The man with a hat looked disdainful and said, "When did Qingyuan Immortal Mountain accept an ordinary medicine boy?" Even if you are mediocre, you can be regarded as a medium-itch monk, you can tell me, before you, when did your master accept a monk below the golden pill as a medicine boy! ”

"You !!" didn't expect the other party to know so many things, Wang Youdong was speechless for a while.

"How?" The hat man looked provocative, making it clear that he was not afraid of You Dong.

"Let's talk about it", Ah Ku, who had been standing silently behind You Dong, finally spoke, "You just want me to take the entrance exam." ”

Unexpectedly, the other party actually went straight to the point, and the hat man raised his eyebrows in surprise and said, "You can say that, it's okay." ”

"So, what good do I get if I take the test the way you want it to?" Ah Ku's eyes were clear, like a sharp sword.

The hat man's eyes flashed slightly, he didn't expect Ah Ku to say this, but the matter has come to this point, and he can't retreat anymore, and said in a hard voice: "Listen to it!" ”