Early in the morning, as the first rays of sunlight broke through the clouds to reach the ground, a gate guard slowly opened the heavy gate, and then yawned and stood in his place, sleepy-eyed.

After a while, another guard who didn't even wear a hat walked out of the door, glanced at his colleague who arrived a few minutes earlier than him, and laughed: "What have you been doing these days, haven't you rested, the dark circles under your eyes are almost on your chin!" ”

The guard who was ridiculed raised his eyelids and rolled his eyes: "In a few days, the internal guard will be selected, I don't have a good father like you, so naturally I have to work harder." ”

Hearing his colleague mention his father, the other guard's face was a little not good, but it was quickly disguised, and he opened the topic left and right: "What do you say we are doing here every day, usually no one enters or leaves from here, I have been assigned here for three years, and I haven't seen anyone who has gone out of the city and entered the city, it's a complete waste of time." ”

"Hmph." With a sneer, the guard's face was full of mockery, "You can say this in front of the chief of the guard, so that you don't have to waste time here in the future." ”

"......" didn't get a favor from the other party twice, he pulled the corners of his mouth and barely squeezed out a smile, picked up his hat and put it on his head and stood at his post, the low brim of his hat blocked most of his face.

Seeing that he didn't answer, and the guard didn't intend to say anything to him anymore, he rubbed his face and beat his spirits, and looked towards the end of the road.

The stone path that stretched out from the city gate suddenly broke off about two miles, and beyond that, there was a white cloud that seemed to lead to a fairyland. There are many cloud trees planted on both sides of the road, but because the flowering period has passed, there are only green shoots on the trees at this time, which look vibrant.

He had been a gatekeeper here for almost five years, and like his colleagues, he had not seen anyone go out of or enter the city through this gate in the past five years, but the gate still opened at sunrise and closed at sunset, as is customary, without a single day. At first, he was also puzzled as to why they were guarding a gate that no one had been in or out of, and if no one had passed, it was usually closed, and it was the same if someone had to open it after someone had passed, until one day, when the chief of the guard asked him to go with him on some errands, and he finally understood what they were doing.

That day, the chief of the guard received a task to deliver a letter, and he originally planned to let his deputy go with him, but he didn't expect that the two deputies could not come at the same time because of other things, so the guard who happened to pass by was arrested.

"Are you okay now? Don't work today? That's right, it's you, come with me. ”

Following the captain of the guard, the guard walked through the gate with some trepidation, and then continued on, and soon the two of them reached the end of the road.

Looking at the sea of clouds and mist that was close at hand, a mood called "fear" suddenly appeared in the guard's heart, and he involuntarily took a step back.

The chief of the guard put his finger to his mouth and let out a long whistle, and soon a large gray-black bird landed at the feet of the two, and its long beak rubbed against the arm of the chief of the guard, which seemed very intimate.

"This is my grey goose, our mount today, envy, right? Hahaha, when you pass the internal assessment, you will also get a spirit beast egg, and you won't have to envy me then! ”

Envy?

The guard looked at the gray goose's eyes flashing with disdain for himself, and suddenly his teeth itched: what is there to envy a flat-haired beast!

"Oh yes, you're out of town for the first time, right?"

"Hmm."

"Then you have to keep up when you get to the bottom, if you accidentally lose it, you will never come back."

"Yes!" Below? What's underneath?

But he didn't ask, and the chief of the guard didn't explain again. We'll find out later, won't we?

The two of them sat on the broad back of the gray goose, and the gray goose leaped forward, spread its wings and rushed into the clouds, so fast that the guards had to close their eyes temporarily, and even their breathing slowed a few beats.

The water vapor in the clouds was so heavy that with each breath, the guard felt like he was pouring water into his lungs, so he had to slow down his breathing so as not to choke to death.

And soon, he found that they were descending, and the gray geese were barely flapping their wings, just gliding, shaking their wings from time to time to adjust their direction, very fast.

It didn't take long for the guard to notice that the clouds around him were getting lighter and lighter, and it was estimated that he would leave the range of the clouds in a few moments, so he was full of anticipation for the upcoming scenery, and it was the first time he had left the city where he was born and raised!

However, when the clouds were all gone, the guards stared at each other at a loss.

They were in heaven, and as far as the eye could see, there was nothing around them. Below, there is a "large lake" that stretches as far as the eye can see, with several islands of various sizes, and there seem to be human-built buildings on the islands, which should be towns or something.

Where did their city go? Could it be that it is floating in the sky? What kind of lake is this, how can it be so big that you can't see the edge?!

"How's that, have you been shocked? Hahaha, I almost fell off the back of the grey goose the first time I came down! ”

"Sir, this is ...... What's going on? ”

"Since I've brought you down, it's okay for me to tell you. The place where we live is a piece of land floating above the clouds, and it is the place where the floating king was born in ancient times, and it is called the floating island by the world. However, because there were so few people who could reach the floating island, people who didn't know the truth thought that it was the name of this sea, so the islands below us were also called floating islands. Because there are three floating land, in order to distinguish these two floating islands, the island owners call the floating island in the sky the upper three islands, and the corresponding lower three islands are the three largest islands in the lower sea, and what we are going to now is 'Changying Island', one of the lower three islands. ”

The guard slowly digested the news that subverted his perception with shock, and was speechless for a moment.

The chief of the guard continued: "The people of the upper three islands are carefully selected for their talents, and all of them are spiritual, but the lower three islands and the other islands in this sea area are different, the vast majority of the people living in these places have no spiritual talent, they are ordinary mortals, like you, the guards of the city gate of the upper three islands, if they are placed on the lower three islands, at least the chief of the guard of a city, let alone those who are assessed to enter the internal guard." ”

The guard had lived in a spiritual world since he was a child, and he had no concept of "mortal" at all, and he couldn't define it in his mind just by imagining, so he asked, "Ordinary mortals...... Who is it? ”

"It's just people who can't cultivate the spirit and don't have spiritual power."

"......" does not understand.

"Do you think it's boring for you to keep guarding an empty gate?"

“…… No. "Yes.

"Hahaha, you don't have to lie to me, that's how I came, at that time, I didn't like to go to the thorn of the city gate, and I was trained countless times."

"Not really." It turns out that the chief hates the task of guarding the city gate more than I do.

"Actually, you are staying there so that you can bring those spiritual cultivators who have entered the upper three islands with their own ability into the city, a long time ago, there were very many such people, and sometimes even the guards would not be enough, but then I don't know why there are fewer and fewer, and in the past few hundred years, there is simply no one, so I am idle, but the rules have not changed."

“…… I see. ”

"We're almost on the ground, I'll tell you the rest when we're done."

"Yes, sir!"

……

Just as the guard was recalling his past memories, the clouds in front of him suddenly moved, and he suddenly came back to his senses.

Could it be that someone from the lower three islands came up on their own?

With a bit of anticipation, the guard stared at the end of the road and didn't even dare to blink his eyes, for fear of missing something.

After a few rolls, a figure broke through the clouds and landed firmly on the ground.

It was a slender female cultivator, and her appearance was very stunning, which made the guards' eyes shine!

After landing, the nun looked around, then fixed her gaze on the plaque above the city gate, and paused.

"Autumn Cloud City? Looks like I've made a bit of a detour...... Forget it, stay farther away, I'm back. With that, the nun walked straight to the city gate, without even glancing at the two guards at the gate.

The guard was stunned, but he still stepped in front of the female cultivator and asked, "May I ask who you are?" ”

Blocked in the way, the nun looked a little unkind, but she didn't do anything excessive, just took out a sign and handed it over.

Frightened by the female cultivator's gaze, the guard felt that if he had a tail, he must have exploded, swallowed and took the sign and looked at it, this look didn't matter, he almost threw the brand out with a shake of his hand.

"Heaven, Heaven, Celestial Guardian ?!!"

"Can you let me go?"

The guard was startled, and hurriedly respectfully handed the sign back with both hands, bowed down to make way of the way, and made a gesture of please: "Your Excellency, please." ”

Taking the sign back, the nun walked into the gate without squinting, and disappeared between the buildings in a few moments, much to the relief of the guards.

The other guard, who had not dared to move on the side, finally dared to speak at this time: "Is that Tianwei?" ”

Tianwei is the title of the top individual spiritual cultivator in the inner guard of the upper three islands, and every spiritual cultivator who has obtained this title is not lower than the late Yuan Infant period, and has great power in the upper three islands, and it is the existence that these spiritual cultivators who are not even internal guards can only look up to.

The guard didn't answer his colleague's words, but sighed: "Tianwei, I don't think I will be able to reach that level in my life, it's already an eye-opener to see one today, tsk, I must pass the internal guard assessment in a few days!" ”

Hearing this, the other guard was silent for a moment before returning to his place, but the determined look hidden under the brim of his hat showed that he was not at peace. Perhaps, he should have a goal.