Chapter 6: The Mysterious Team
When they arrived at the main hall, the lady sat on the main seat, Gu Yan sat unceremoniously on the guest seat, the young man also sat down, and the Taoist priest stood behind the young man. Madam smiled at Gu Yan and said, "The concubine's name is Huayang, this is the head of Qingyangzi, and this is the condition of Nanze's family."
When Gu Yan heard her talk about the Nanze family, he knew that this must be a family of cultivating immortals. Presumably, this young man is a descendant of the Kuang family, so he can have such cultivation at a young age. At this time, I heard Mrs. Huayang ask her: "I don't know the surname of the son, how to call it?" ”
She replied briefly: "My surname is Gu." But the name was not said.
Guo Zhen's eyebrows raised: "Are you a child of the Yunyang Gu family?" ”
Gu Yan said lightly: "Gu Hengchen is the great-ancestor of the family. "Gu Hengchen is the head of the Gu family, just over 100 years old this year, he is a monk in the early stage of foundation building, and he is also one of the four foundation building monks of the Gu family.
Mrs. Huayang said happily: "It turns out that Gu Gongzi is a son of a famous family, and it can't be better." ”
Gu Yan said with a smile: "I came out to travel, I have been away from home for a long time, I feel homesick, I wanted to go home, I heard that someone was going to Yunyang, so I had the heart of companionship." May I ask Madame, why do you want to go to Yunyang? ”
Mrs. Huayang frowned and said, "The concubine's maiden name is Qin, and she is in Nanze with the Guo family. Back then, the ancestor of my family had an agreement with Great-Ancestor Ling......" She hesitated for a moment, and then said, "This time I went to Yunyang to send a token to the Gu family." ”
Gu Yan was very surprised, listening to her tone, it seemed that she was also a member of the Immortal Cultivation Family. The "ancestor" she refers to should be the elders in the family who concentrate on cultivation, generally regardless of mundane things, and devote themselves to cultivation, but their mana is usually higher than that of the family master. From her, she didn't feel the breath of cultivation, and looking at the young man's attitude towards her, she didn't look like a hidden master. Why did the affairs of the two immortal cultivation families have to be handled by her as a mortal? It's just that Gu Yan never knew about the Gu family, and he was afraid that he would make a mistake, so he just nodded and didn't ask in detail.
Mrs. Huayang said with a smile: "This matter must be unclear to the son, go home and ask Ling Zengzu, and you will know the details." She turned back to the maid and asked, "Mrs. Xu is up?" ”
The maid said: "Senior Xu is meditating indoors...... Before she finished speaking, she heard a loud voice say, "Madame, are you back?" With this loud voice, a tall man strode in. He was about forty years old, with a green stubble on his face, a leather robe that showed half of his chest and one of his arms. A pair of bright eyes glowed with cold light. On his back he carried a wide iron sword.
As soon as he came in, Mrs. Huayang and Mrs. Guo Zhen both stood up and saluted him: "I've seen Mrs. Xu." Gu Yan was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't expect that this tall and strong man would be called "Madame". She let go of her divine thoughts, and felt that the aura on this Mrs. Xu's body was extremely huge, and her divine thoughts were swallowed up like a drop of water into the vast ocean, she was startled and quickly took it back. I just feel that the breath on his body is a little unstable, could it be that he is injured?
Mrs. Xu's eyes swept towards Gu Yan like lightning, "Who is this doll?" ”
Mrs. Huayang replied respectfully: "He is a son of the Gu family in Yunyang City, and he walked with us. ”
Mrs. Xu snorted: "We have to rush to Yunyang before April, we can't delay, let's start today!" ”
Gu Yan looked at it coldly, among these people, it seemed that this Mrs. Xu was the leader, and everyone listened to his orders. He glanced at her and said, "Senior Xu is a loose cultivator of Nanze, and he was entrusted by the head of the Qin family to go with us. ”
Gu Yan saw that he no longer had the same cold face as before, so he smiled at him, which was regarded as a response. It's just that I am more and more confused in my heart, a powerful loose cultivator, a disciple of the immortal cultivation family, protecting a mortal, what is this strange combination for? She suddenly regretted her decision to go along.
Mrs. Xu was very resolute in her work, and after noon, they packed up all their bags, and Mrs. Huayang sat in a very luxurious carriage, and strangely, Mrs. Xu actually sat in the same carriage with her. Mrs. Xu carried a long package behind her, and the two of them sat opposite each other in the carriage, not speaking.
There was also a carriage, which was sat by several maids, and every once in a while, one person took turns to serve in the carriage in front. The rest of the people were all on horseback. As for Gu Yan, she was originally going to invite her to ride in the car, but since she was a woman dressed as a man, she excused herself, rode a horse, and followed behind the carriage.
The footsteps of the people are very fast, they have walked for three days, and they have walked more than half of the distance, and they have seen the branch of Tianmu Mountain on this day. Walk northwest along this mountain range for another two days, and you will reach Yunyang City. For the past two days, they have been picking up the paths and avoiding the main roads, so everyone seems to be dusty.
Mrs. Xu got out of the car, looked at the sky, and said, "Hurry up again, I remember that there is a place in the mountains where you can rest." ”
In the past few days, everyone has taken the mountain path, and Mrs. Xu is actually very familiar with the path, where it is rugged and difficult, where there is a water source, where to rest, and where to avoid wild beasts, he actually knows everything. Gu Yan was very strange, she got along with Guo Zhen for a few days, and felt that this person was cold and warm-hearted, and it was not difficult, so she found a gap and asked Guo Zhen for advice.
He glanced at her and said, "Senior Xu was originally from Tianmu Mountain, and later became a casual cultivator. Not only in the territory of the Yue Kingdom, but even the monks in other places have heard of his great name. ”
"Oh?" Gu Yan was a little curious, after all, this Mrs. Xu was just a monk in the Qi refining period, or a casual cultivator, why could she make such a big name? Seeing her doubts, he said, "He's a refiner!" ”
In the world of cultivating immortals, such as alchemy, refining, arrays, talismans, etc., are all regarded as side doors, and immortal cultivators must pursue immortality and the Great Dao within a limited lifespan, and it is usually difficult to take care of these things that require countless energy for each of them, and only those who are extremely talented will focus on these things. Now on this shijie, a haode refiner is already rare.
Guo Zhen said: "Senior Xu's refining techniques are very unique, especially the sword refining is unique. Even some sect disciples would ask him for help. Don't look at his cultivation is not very high, but he has a wide range of exchanges and friends all over the world, so ordinary people don't dare to offend him. ”
Gu Yan nodded, she was just curious, and she didn't want to provoke that strange-looking man, so she just heard it. It's just that the behavior of this group of people is very strange, as if they are hiding some secrets, and they are hiding from her alone, which makes her feel a little depressed.
The group entered the mountain and walked a long way along the path, by which time it was completely dark. They set up a few tents here, one for each of them, and the maids were crowded into one. Gu Yan entered his tent, meditated cross-legged, and vomited.
There was a dark silence all around, and Gu Yan slowly swallowed the vitality between heaven and earth. Tianmu Mountain is indeed a spiritual vein, and since she entered here, she obviously felt that the spiritual energy was much thicker than that of the outside world. If you go deep into the spiritual veins of Tianmu Mountain, I don't know how good it will be. Gu Yan sighed, this is just a thought, those spiritual veins are controlled by various sects, how can they be easily given to others?
She has been cultivating hard for four years, and she can still only barely cultivate to the first level of qi refining, this time when she came out, she saw monks who were more powerful than herself, which made her joy when she had just succeeded in refining qi has disappeared, and other book friends read it normally:.
Gu Yan meditated for two hours and felt refreshed, so he stood up. Walking outside, she saw that there was silence, only the occasional birds flying through the air, she looked around, and suddenly felt a little strange.
Since they entered Tianmu Mountain, all they saw were lush forests, but here it was bare. She thought about it carefully, when she first set up camp, there seemed to be a few trees on the stone platform over there, and now the weishenme is gone? Her nerves tensed all at once!
Although Gu Yan is young, she has lived alone for a few years and has a strong sense of self-preservation. She pressed the short sword on her waist tightly with her hand, the aura of her whole body gathered, her spirit adjusted to the highest point, and she gently walked to the edge of the tent and shouted in a low voice: "Brother Guo, Brother Guo!" ”
As soon as her words came out, she felt the ground suddenly shake, and then countless fine lines cracked, and green vines poured out of it, almost covering the ground. Those vines were about the thickness of a thumb, as if they were spiritual, and they suddenly wrapped around Gu Yan's feet.
Gu Yan shouted loudly: "There is an enemy attacking!" Then he slashed down with a sword. But her sword was just mortal iron, slashing at the vine, making a sound like a metal clash of metal, and it couldn't stop slashing it. Gu Yan looked at the sword body again, and it had already collapsed a few gaps the size of rice grains.
The vines in the ground were still entwined, Gu Yan pinched a spell, twisted his lips and blew lightly, a blue-white flame rose on his fingers, and then he flicked his fingers, and a ball of fire the size of a bean flew down.
The vines slowly retreated in fear as if they were afraid of these fireballs. At this time, everyone was awakened by her voice. They came out of the tents one after another. Seeing her standing outside her tent, he was a little surprised, and looked at her with strange eyes.
Gu Yan couldn't say anything else, pointed to the vines on the ground and said, "Everyone be careful!" ”
He said lightly: "It turns out to be a wire vine, if you are careful, it will bite." As he spoke, he took out a magic weapon bag from his arms, and with a light finger of his hand, a small sword flew out of it, glowing with a cold glow, circling in mid-air, and those iron vines were cut to pieces by this sword.