The misty forest seemed to contain a deep and endless darkness, the creepy vines and monster trees, the mournful howls of birds and beasts, all of which made people feel deterred. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

A middle-aged strong man was shuttling through the forest mist, holding a bow in his left hand and an arrow basket on his back, hurrying to search for something.

Suddenly, there was the sound of many birds being startled away from the left, and the strong man flew up to the thick tree beside him and looked away.

This is a strange sight, a huge scorpion is circling around a small baby, and is about to start.

It was too late, it was fast, and he hurriedly stepped on the branches and made a few leaps to rush over, and while running, he took out the arrow from the back basket with his right hand, and shot an arrow over, blocking the attack of the scorpion, and successfully attracted the attention of the scorpion spirit, around which the scorpion spirit kept jumping and hiding in the surrounding trees, shooting at the scorpion spirit, looking for the enemy's fatal point.

The scorpion essence shell is hard, and it can't shoot into the flesh, and it plays majestically with its own artifact big tail and throws off the galloping arrows again and again, and the tail strength is so great that it throws the arrows back according to the line when they came, and counterattacks the strong man.

The strong man accidentally dodged, and his shoulder was crossed by a sharp arrow thrown back, and the scorpion spirit took the opportunity to stretch out its tail to the young baby on the ground, and the sharp tail hung down, intending to tie up the young baby.

Just when the tip was about to touch the baby's chest, suddenly, a burst of strong light erupted from the baby's chest, and the tail of the scorpion essence was opened by the strong light, and the tip of the tail was broken, and blood was dripping for a while. The strong man began to shoot the scorpion again, and the arrows beckoned to its wounded tail.

The scorpion spirit was helpless, although the child smelled very delicious. But there is a strange treasure on his body, he was injured just now, and this archer who only knows how to hide his head and hide his tail to sneak attack him, this delicious, I'm afraid I can't get it, what's more important than life? It's better to leave quickly!

seized a loophole, played a fake trick with teeth and claws, slipped away, and fled into the depths of the jungle with the tail of the scorpion.

When the strong man saw that the scorpion spirit had run away, he came over and picked up the baby, afraid that the scorpion spirit would go and return, so he picked up the baby's head and galloped away without looking back.

The strong man ran out of the forest with the young baby, came to a wooden house at the foot of the mountain, put the baby on the table, poured himself a glass of water, and bandaged his wounds, and then had time to observe the child he had just saved.

When I opened the swaddling clothes, it was a baby girl, who looked like she was only one year old, sleeping sweetly. I can't help but wonder why there are such young babies in this demon-infested misty forest? Isn't it born of a goblin?

Although she was suspicious, she couldn't detect the demonic aura on her body, but instead smelled a faint fragrance on her body, which was difficult to detect if she didn't smell it carefully.

In addition to the clothes wrapped in this baby, there is also a flower-shaped white jade hanging around the neck, which resembles a hibiscus, and there are naturally formed ink-colored auspicious cloud lines on the jade surface, which is strangely tight. I don't know what happened to his parents to leave such a child in such a dangerous place, and what is the identity of this child.

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Fifteen years later

"Come on, delicious rock sugar gourd, two strings of special price only pay a penny"

"Steamed buns, delicious hot steamed buns, hot steamed buns just out of the pot!" ......

In a border town, on the streets where people come and go, there are shops and stalls, and there is an endless clamor of selling.

In the corner, a little girl in a coarse cloth dress with a patch was looking up at her dirty little face, holding a rock sugar gourd sold on the side of the road, and her hands were tightly pinching a medicine bag and three copper coins.

The hawker who was shouting saw the child staring at his rock sugar gourd, so he bent down with bright eyes and seduced the child: "Little friend, do you want to buy our sugar gourd?" Today's big special, two strings are only a penny! It's delicious! ”

The little girl blinked her big eyes, lowered her head and swallowed her saliva, and ran away, the peddler shook his head and smiled, and the poor imp continued to shout.

The little girl ran to a small stall, timidly asked the price of steamed buns, bought six steamed buns with the three cents in her hand, and carefully held them in her arms, thinking that this was the only ration that her father and herself had received, with wild vegetables and wild fruits, she should be able to hold on for a while, turned around and trotted away to the broken temple outside the town.

Outside the town, there is a dilapidated small temple standing alone on the edge of the woods, when the little girl approached with a medicine bag and steamed buns, there was a coughing sound inside, the little girl heard the sound and quickly ran in, a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties was lying on the grass made of thatch, covering his mouth and coughing wildly, the little boy hurriedly put down his things and fed the middle-aged man a bowl of water, which eased up leisurely.

The middle-aged man opened his eyes weakly, and saw that the little girl was back, so he asked the little girl to sit up and half-lean against the wall behind him.

The middle-aged man looked at the child's heart for a burst of reluctance, since picking her up has been fifteen years, because the jade pendant is the shape of a hibiscus flower, so she was named "hibiscus", which means that she can be like hibiscus, wherever she goes, she can live with vitality.

Time is like an arrow, fifteen years have passed in a blink of an eye, the girl Hibiscus has grown so big, over the years, the father and daughter have depended on each other, running around hunting and begging for a living, but they are also happy.

Although after he brought the child with him, he encountered more dangers.

Half a year ago, they encountered a thousand-year-old colorful poisonous spider, this poison is very difficult to deal with, although they tried their best to beat it away, but they were also poisoned to lose half of their lives, this poison is very strong, although most of it is forced out, but the residual poison has penetrated deep into the heart, and the sky is weak.

Sometimes he would think that if he could meet that immortal again, he might still be able to save himself, but unfortunately, even if he had that opportunity, this body would not be able to last until then.

Thinking that his time is short, the middle-aged man sighs that he has no regrets in his life, but he can't rest assured that this child who has been raised by himself for fifteen years will wander alone at a young age, how can he not be worried.

"Mu girl, you better keep it for yourself to eat, Daddy, I'm afraid time is running out, don't waste it" The middle-aged man turned his face away and stopped eating.

"What kind of frustrating words did Daddy say, Daddy will get better, the wooden girl still has to hunt with Daddy" Mu Hibiscus quietly wiped away her tears, and stubbornly stuffed it into the mouth of the middle-aged man with red eyes and big eyes, "Daddy, eat it, the wooden girl will go to decoct the medicine for Daddy later, and Daddy will be fine soon after drinking the medicine." ”

The middle-aged man sighed, and finally swallowed the steamed bun one by one, and after the middle-aged man finished eating the steamed bun, Hibiscus quickly took the medicine bag and ran to the makeshift stove outside to decoct the medicine.

The middle-aged man looked at the back of Mu Hibiscus hurriedly out, raised his weak right hand and searched in his arms, took out a thing carefully wrapped in a cloth, and spread out the small package, which was a yellow tassel sword spike.

The middle-aged man stared at Jian Sui for a moment, a trace of determination flashed in his eyes, and then he called Mu Hibiscus, "Wooden girl, wooden girl, you come in." ”

Hearing his father's call, Hibiscus hurriedly trotted in, squatted beside him, and asked, "Is Daddy thirsty?" The middle-aged man shook his head, "Mu girl, my father knows that his limit is approaching, and he may not be able to survive these two days." ”

Seeing that Mu Hibiscus wanted to open his mouth to refute, he continued, "You don't have to lie to yourself, Daddy's body Daddy knows that your father has no relatives and no reason in this world, only you are concerned, you are still young, Dad really can't let you go, Mu girl." After speaking, he hid his face and wept, unable to help himself for a while. When Mu Hibiscus heard this, he was also moved to pounce on the middle-aged man and whimpered, rubbing the tears and snot of the middle-aged man's front placket.

Halfway, the middle-aged man stopped crying, patted Hibiscus's little head with a smile, looked at the little guy who was crying and shook his little shoulders and said: "Mu girl, don't cry, get up quickly, Daddy still has something to explain to you, you must keep it in mind!" ”

Hibiscus raised her head, raised her sleeves and wiped a few handfuls on her dirty face, stared at her red and swollen eyes, pricked up her ears, and looked at the middle-aged man nervously, Daddy said it was very important, she must not miss it, En, yes, listen carefully, and then remember it firmly.

"Girl, do you remember when I told you about your background?"

"Remember, Daddy said that you picked up the wooden girl in the misty forest, and it was almost eaten by a monster at that time!"

"Well, the only token you had on your body at that time was the jade pendant around your neck, girl, remember that no matter how hard and tired you will be in the future, you can't lose it and sell it, you know? This may be the only clue you can find your loved ones in the future. ”

Mu Hibiscus touched the jade pendant on his neck and nodded obediently.

The middle-aged man saw that the little guy listened to it and continued: "Daddy originally hoped that you could live an ordinary life, but you were born with a strange fragrance, which is easy to attract demons and monsters, and you want to swallow it quickly." ”

After a pause, he took a deep breath and continued to say to her, "In the future, if Daddy can't continue to protect you by your side, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to survive." Girl, no one in this world can protect you all the time, only when you are strong can you protect yourself, Daddy wants you to go to Shushan to learn art and protect yourself after I leave!

"Shushan? Where there are legends about immortals? ”

"That's right! Only there will you be safe. This is a sword spike, called Nine Dragons Silk, you give it to a Dao Lingyuzi immortal, if that immortal can accept you as an apprentice, then the father can also rest assured under the nine springs. ”

"Lingyuzi? Immortals? Is it an immortal? Is he powerful? Hibiscus seemed to be very curious about this person who might become her master in the future, thinking that her father asked her to worship him as a teacher, he must be very powerful, right?

"Well, a very powerful immortal, when your father and I traveled around and passed by the Black Wood Cliff, I was fortunate to meet him once, when I was encountering a giant python, and it was difficult to escape. Suddenly, a fairy wind bone, handsome and extraordinary immortal, only to see him holding a sword, the sword is five feet in total, the hilt is long, carved nine golden dragons, the scabbard is made of precious shark skin, inlaid with red sapphire and diamond diamonds, can be called priceless. However, with a few moves, he took away the 10,000-year-old python essence. It's a pity that the immortal didn't stay for a moment and left, and I didn't even have a chance to thank me in person. ”

The middle-aged man squinted his eyes, as if he was immersed in memories, and muttered yearningly.

"Then how does Daddy know that the immortal is the spirit jade of Shu Mountain?"

"Your father also learned about it later, there is an immortal who came down from the Shushan Wonderland, the Taoist name Lingyuzi, is carrying a Nine Dragons Sword, and the purpose of his descent down the mountain is to find the lost Nine Dragons Silk Sword Spike."

"Daddy wants the wooden girl to send this Nine Dragons Silk Sword Spike?"

"Silly girl, cough cough cough ......" The middle-aged man covered his mouth and coughed again in the middle of speaking, and Mu Hibiscus immediately smoothed his back a few times, turned around and went to serve water.

The middle-aged man lowered his head after coughing, saw a pool of blood stains on his palm, trembled with shock, saw Mu Hibiscus coming with water, hurriedly clenched his hand, hid it at his side, drank a few sips of water from Mu Hibiscus's hand, closed his eyes and continued to murmur: "The Nine Dragons Sword is a peerless sword, and the Nine Dragons Silk Sword Spike is the sword spike that matches it, but I don't know when and for some reason it was scattered, and it was not in the hands of the immortals, but it fell into the hands of the father by chance. For my father, I was thinking that one day I would be able to personally give it to the Lingyu Immortal to repay the kindness of the day, but I had no chance to do it in this life. ”

"But it seems that now sending this sword spike can also help you a thing or two, you go to Shushan to apprentice, if you send this sword spike, even if the spirit jade immortal can't look down on your qualifications, he will take care of it, and your road in Shushan will be better, remember Daddy's words?"

"Remember Daddy" Hibiscus wrapped the sword spike he received and put it close to his body.

"In addition, after seeing the immortal, be sure to ask him to cast a spell for you to hide the fragrance, you have become more and more fragrant in recent years, no matter how much sandalwood musk is smeared, there is no obvious effect, once the fragrance leaks, then you will have endless troubles, you must know, the bad people in this world, not only demons and monsters, sometimes people's hearts are more unpredictable, if you go to Shushan, you will meet many strangers, do not casually tell others the secrets of your body, born with incense is an anomaly, if not recognized, it will only bring disaster to you. Remember: the husband is not guilty, he is guilty, and the people's hearts are sinister, so they have to be guarded against. Although he didn't quite understand what was not sinful, Hibiscus nodded his head and said that he remembered.

The middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief and let the hibiscus go to his own business, just barely said so many words, he was already exhausted, and continued to lean against the wall to close his eyes and recuperate......

At dusk, the dark clouds suddenly hit the entire sky, and the ground also became very dark, and I couldn't see my five fingers, and suddenly there was a burst of lightning and thunder in the sky, and one by one purple flashed, as if the black clouds were lifted apart.

In the broken temple, Hibiscus was frightened by the sudden thunder and shook twice, patted his little chest and smoothed his breath, and couldn't help but worry when he saw that the wind and rain were coming, this nearly half of the broken temple collapsed, and I didn't know if it could block the wind and rain. My father fell into a coma again, what if he suffered from the wind and cold again at this time?

Taking advantage of the fact that it had not rained for a while, Hibiscus hurriedly put all the clothes on the middle-aged man's body, nested next to him, and silently prayed that this half of the ruined temple would not also collapse.

Suddenly, there was a bang, and an old locust tree in front of the door of the small broken temple was blown up by Dao Lei, and the smell of burnt was bursting. Hibiscus turned white with fright, squinted his eyes, and his little hands tightly tugged at the corners of the middle-aged man's clothes.

Bean-sized raindrops rushed down, slapping mercilessly on the dilapidated roof. The wind carried the rain stars, as if looking for something on the ground, east and west collided, extremely hard, smashed up a lot of dust, smashed a small pit on the land, ......and in the second half of the night the rain finally subsided, the small broken temple finally survived the disaster, protecting the people under the eaves, and the hibiscus had already curled up on the side of the middle-aged man with a thin body and fell into a deep sleep.

In the early morning after the rain, the air was full of a strong smell of dampness, puddles of muddy water on the ground and crooked trees on the side of the road blocked people's footsteps from going out.

A few rays of sunlight shone through the hole in the roof, and Hibiscus's eyelashes trembled, slowly opening her hazy sleepy eyes, and she stood up and stretched her sore back.

Then habitually came over to probe the middle-aged man's forehead first, stroked his forehead and couldn't help but be startled, it was cold and cold, there was no trace of temperature, so he reached out to probe his nose tremblingly, but he didn't find the breath, and he was so shocked that he pounced on the middle-aged man and grabbed Lao Dao's arm and shook it in a panic, hoping to shake his father awake as usual.

"Daddy, woo, wake up, don't scratch the girl, the girl will be well-behaved, no longer skinny, woo, daddy......" It's a pity that no matter how hibiscus cries, the middle-aged man finally couldn't open his eyes again.

Mu Hibiscus buried the middle-aged man under the stout banyan tree next to the ruined temple, found a long wooden board as a tombstone, and used the arrow of a sharp arrow to engrave "The Tomb of the Adoptive Father Mu Qingtian" on the wooden tablet and inscribed "Beloved Daughter Mu Hibiscus Li" in the lower right corner

Mu Hibiscus leaned against the stone tablet and was stupid for a while, and finally remembered his father's instructions and decided to follow his father's instructions to go to Shushan to learn art. Then he walked to the tombstone and knelt down, kowtowed three times, squinted his swollen eyes, and shouted to his father's new grave: "Daddy, Hibiscus will come back to see Daddy, please Daddy must bless the wooden girl to successfully apprentice and return from school!" ”

After that, he stood up and carried the burden on his back, and resolutely embarked on a journey to the legendary Xianshu.