Although Yue Jiuxi was old, he was obviously quite unable to let go of the disciples of the Nine Great Sects whose cultivation was no less than him, and who were younger and had higher status. He smiled a little awkwardly, Sheng Hualan was already impatiently clapping her hands, "Okay, you are really grinding, you can go, if you don't go, you won't go, where are there so many and some don't." Forget it, we won't call him together! ”

Yue Jiuxi stood here, and was robbed of white by Sheng Hualan, his face suddenly became a little unsightly, he was not young, and he was also one of the masters in Yunze, otherwise he would not have come here, but he was reprimanded by Sheng Hualan like this, but he did not refute it, and his face suddenly turned blue and white.

Shen Mengli smiled and said: "Brother Yue is dignified and square, I'm afraid I can't mix with us young people, I just heard Xuanguang Zhenren say that although the sword washing pool has not been opened, there are still many places to enjoy in the Tibetan Sword Villa and the Tiger Hill behind the mountain, how about I have time to visit with Brother Yue?" ”

Yue Jiuxi was relieved by him, and he went down the slope, "Thank you." He arched his hand towards Shen Mengli and took his leave.

Sheng Hualan looked at Gu Yan, her face was a little unhappy, "What about you?" ”

Gu Yan smiled, she actually felt that Sheng Hualan, a little girl, was just a little arrogant and competitive, probably because she had been in the sect for a long time, and she had some meaning of being dustless, but her temperament was not bad, but she was not angry that others would steal her limelight. To deal with this kind of person, Gu Yan has his own means. She smiled and said, "Why don't you go?" If you don't call me, I'll go to Yunchi Sword Venerable and say that you are secretly causing trouble for the Hidden Sword Villa. Are you afraid? ”

Sheng Hualan couldn't help but stomp her feet and snorted: "Okay, then you have to remember, don't talk too much and make trouble!" ”

After a few of them discussed, they dispersed, and Qin Mingyue took a step back slightly and fell behind Gu Yan. said in a low voice: "My junior sister is spoiled, and it is inevitable that there is no seriousness in words, Gu Fairy don't care about it." ”

Gu Yan shook his hand and signaled that it was okay. She was thinking. It seems that among the nine major factions, there is indeed a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, and those who are really cultivated as treasures are all hidden by the master and have not come to the rivers and lakes to make a name for themselves. Like Han Qianyu on the Cangwu Continent, he is known as one of the few disciples in the younger generation, but look at these few people here now. Shen Mengli is as gentle as jade, Sheng Hua Lantian is talented, it is that Fang Shuo, really compared, his alchemy skills may not be able to cope with it, which one is not a few points better than Han Qianyu, Xia Ruoqiu and the others? It seems that the nine major factions have been standing for more than 10,000 years, and this heritage is really not something that others can shake.

She had heard Suman Arrow mention it. Sheng Hualan is a natural single spirit root, she entered the Tao at the age of four, and built the foundation at the age of thirteen. Seventy-eight years old, is the entire Cangwu cultivation immortal world, jaw-dropping speed, now more than one hundred and fifty years old, she has been promoted to the late stage of the Dan, the known as the world's first in the formation of the world's master Padmasambhava, this time let her come to wash the sword pool, inevitably did not look for opportunities, for the future to prepare for the future of the baby. It's just that this person is simple-minded, and he rarely goes down the mountain on weekdays. However, Xia Ruoqiu was interested in making friends with her, so she got a little blue eye. But it's not such a good friend, it's just that in Xia Ruoqiu's mouth, Gu Yan has tried to trouble her several times, which inevitably makes Sheng Hualan a little angry.

Qin Mingyue smiled gently at Gu Yan, and then walked out. Although her smile is warm and peaceful. But Gu Yan always felt that there was a bit of sadness in this Senior Sister Qin's eyebrows, and he didn't know where it came from. Maybe walking with such a junior sister is indeed a headache.

She walked out of the door one by one, and at this time Fang Shuo had already made an appointment with everyone, and she would leave for Gusu City early tomorrow morning.

She kept returning to the residence, but she didn't see Qin Feng and the negative fairy, and she didn't know if the two of them went together.

In the early morning of the second day, Gu Yan got up early, Su Manjian seemed to have something to do in the sect, and only asked a servant to bring her a message, saying that she was not allowed to get out in the past few days, and she would get together again after being busy, which made Gu Yan feel idle.

Although she woke up at this time, her injuries had not yet healed, and she could not easily do anything with people, but her actions and spells were all unhindered, and she walked to the front yard, and still went to the side hall yesterday, and saw that several people were already waiting. There were only four people who saw Fang Shuo, Sheng Hualan, Shen Mengli and Qin Mingyue yesterday, Gu Yan said: "Yesterday's fairy ......"

Sheng Hualan snorted: "Are you going against me, let me tell you, Jiang Yaojia and I don't talk to me, there has always been her without me, and I without her." If you want to stab me, then don't go with us! ”

Gu Yan was also good-tempered, she said without anger: "I see, I trespassed." ”

Sheng Hualan glared at Gu Yan, she had a straightforward temper, but when she met someone like Gu Yan who was not shocked, she didn't know how to attack for a while, stomped her feet and said, "Fang Shuo, aren't you leaving?" ”

Several people went out together, they were all distinguished guests of the Hidden Sword Villa, and they did not need to report when they entered and exited, and they answered the door with the servants who guarded the door and went, and when they reached the open space outside the door, everyone took up the flying magic weapon and broke through the air.

Gu Yan drove Ziyungui and looked at it carefully, Fang Shuo didn't seem to use any magic weapon, he was all controlled by the aura in his body vein, and he walked against the wind, while Qin Mingyue and Sheng Hualan had a dragon and phoenix double-shaped jade pendant at their feet, which looked very gorgeous, with lines carved on it, Gu Yan's eyebrows condensed slightly, this should also be a magic weapon that could be used to set up a formation. Born in Lotus Mountain, sure enough, everything is inseparable from the formation.

And Shen Mengli, Gu Yan couldn't see what magic weapon he was using, but Ling Feng under his feet, his eyebrows were very arbitrary, obviously there must be a treasure under his feet to resist the wind, but Shen Mengli saw the purple light building beside Gu Yan, and glanced at her in surprise.

Gu Yan smiled and looked back at the past, Shen Mengli smiled, retracted his gaze, and turned to talk and laugh with Sheng Hualan on the side.

Gusu City is about hundreds of miles away from Tiger Hill, and for them, it is just a moment of flight. And in this Gusu City, Gu Yan has been famous for a long time.

The system of Nantang is different from that of Nanpu and Yunze. Because this is the place of governance of the Tibetan Sword Villa, there is no royal family in the huge country, and there are no several major sects to manage, the entire Nantang is divided into dozens of big cities, each big city is responsible for the local city lord, and the management is very loose. And here in Gusu City, it is a little different.

He who dwelt in the city of Gusu. Most of them came from all over the country to seek Taoism in the Tibetan Sword Villa, but they were not included. Some of these people were still young, and they went back to wander on their own. Some of them are old, so they simply live in seclusion here, they have experienced a lot of wind and frost in the world of cultivating immortals, and they have a wide range of contacts, and they have slowly developed this place into a famous big bazaar. It is the most prosperous trading place in the south of Cangwu. And the Tibetan Sword Villa didn't care about this. Later, the mysterious Longyuan Pavilion rose in Cangwu, and somehow, the legend said that their pavilion master, the most mysterious Longyuan master, actually lived in seclusion in the lotus pond in Gusu City. This place has become a sacred place in the hearts of those loose cultivators who come and go from the south to the north. Every day, I don't know how many rare and rare things there are. Will trade here. But in Gusu City, order is in order every day, and no one will come to make trouble. I heard that there were those who were secretly making trouble, and they were all cleaned up by the people of Longyuan Pavilion.

Everyone fell outside Gusu City, and Shen Mengli explained: "Anyone who comes here must walk into the city to show respect for the master of Longyuan. ”

Gu Yan was actually not familiar with this Longyuan master, and although Longyuan Pavilion was famous in Cangwu, its own origin was extremely mysterious, so she didn't know much, so she asked, "This Longyuan master, what is the origin of the matter?" How is it cultivated? ”

Sheng Hualan sneered, obviously disdainful of Gu Yan's mentally retarded problem, Shen Mengli smiled: "When you enter the city, you can't call it this title, in Gusu City, everyone calls this the master of the lotus pond." He lived in seclusion in a lotus pond in the northwest of the city. It is said to be open once every 15th full moon night, so visitors are invited to enjoy the moonlight. As for the origin of Longyuan Pavilion, probably no one can say clearly, only know that thousands of years ago, Longyuan Pavilion rose silently in the Cangwu, and its shili was so big that it swept the Cangwu Continent at once, and I heard that far overseas and the Arctic Ice Abyss, there are their branch altars. But these people are only dedicated to business, and even if they open a branch altar, they are not involved in local affairs. And the master of Longyuan rarely appeared in front of people, and I heard that he didn't even take care of the affairs of Longyuan Pavilion, and only hid himself in Gusu City, with his lotus pond as his companion. ”

Everyone talked and laughed, and walked into Gusu City. The gate is open, and the monks come and go every day, and there is no one to guard it, and the entry and exit are extremely free.

Gu Yan was thinking about what Shen Mengli said, the owner of the lotus pond was undoubtedly a very wise person, he low-key put his shili under the cangwu cloth, but did not challenge the authority of the nine major factions, relying on his own means, he forcibly opened a gap in the impenetrable land of the nine major factions. The nine major factions each have their own shili range, and Longyuan Pavilion is all over the place, and the size of shili seems to be unclear.

And the owner of the lotus pond lives in seclusion in Gusu City, who knows if he is watching the changes in the world with a cold eye?

However, these people in front of them don't seem to have any more yearning for the owner of the lotus pond, after all, their lofty status makes it difficult for them to look at people and things with a normal heart. On their trip, they probably wanted to see if there were really any rare and incredible things in Gusu City, after all, the name of Dafang City here was also famous in the entire Cangwu.

At this time, Sheng Hualan said: "My master recently taught me a formation, called the Phantom Wave Lotus, but the golden lotus flower used to suppress the formation eye can't find the right material, Master has been too busy recently, and he has no time to go to the Infinite Pool to find it for me, I don't know if I can touch the clouds here?" ”

Qin Mingyue said softly: "Senior sister, you think too much. Phantom Wave Golden Lotus is the supreme spiritual root in the Infinite Pool, except for the master and his old man, how many people are qualified to go there to get things? Longyuan Pavilion is indeed a vast means, but to say that it is omnipotent, it is too much. ”

Sheng Hualan puffed out her nose and wanted to refute, but she seemed to be unable to speak, and her expression was very good-looking. At this time, Gu Yan suddenly remembered something, and said, "Brother Shen, there is something to ask, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Shen Mengli smiled: "But it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

Gu Yan said: "I have an old acquaintance in your faction, I haven't seen him for a long time, I have some worries, I don't know if I can ask?" ”

Shen Mengli said with a smile: "The disciples of this sect have a wide range of contacts, and it is common for Fairy Gu to have acquaintances, I don't know which one it is?" ”

Gu Yan said: "Among your sect, there is a Dao name Lingshu, is there any?" ”

Shen Mengli's face suddenly became a little strange, he quickly glanced at Gu Yan before he said, "Uncle Lingshu, he is dedicated to the Dan Dao, and he has not descended for decades. "By implication, you're not bluffing, are you?

Gu Yan smiled: "It's not with that Lingshu senior, he has a registered disciple." It's called Yan Huan, when we were in the southeast, we had several faces, and we were helped by him. Got a magic weapon, and then broke up when he left the southeast, and he has been missing it very much, I don't know if he has a whereabouts? ”

Shen Mengli tapped his forehead with his hand, thought for a while, and then said, "You're talking about that kid." Speaking of which, more than ten years ago. I did meet him once. I heard that he returned from his trip to the southeast, and he had officially succeeded in building the foundation, and he worshiped under the disciple of Uncle Lingzhu as an introductory disciple of Lingzhu Peak. However, we don't know much about Lingzhu Peak, so we are probably still practicing now, right? ”

Gu Yan was overjoyed, "Thank you!" Although it has been separated for more than ten years, it is in her heart. But I still remember the child's words. Back then, in front of him, he talked about Dandao freely, and he was a contradictory character who was radiant but a little autistic. He had left a deep impression on Gu Yan, and Gu Yan's Nine Peaks was obtained from his hands, and she still remembered this friendship. It's just that Yan Huan was captured by the people of Meridian Valley later, she once asked Duan Yingsleeve, and she only said that she was rescued later, and she didn't know his whereabouts. Now that he heard that he had returned to the Danding faction safely, he was relieved of his thoughts.

Sheng Hualan saw that the two of them were talking enthusiastically, so she came over again. Without a trace, he said, "Senior Brother Shen, where should we go?" ”

She stood over casually, standing right in the middle of the two people, separating Gu Yan from Shen Meng, Gu Yan smiled, and walked to the side by herself.

Shen Mengli groaned and said, "I heard that the smoke and rain in the north of the city are upstairs. It is the preaching place of the reclusive monks here, and the Jietian Pavilion in the south of the city has many rare treasures, let's go there and take a turn. ”

In fact, according to Gu Yan's thoughts, she thought of going to Yanyu Building, although she is now an elder of Bixia Sect, but after all, she was born in casual cultivation, and the way of cultivation was mostly obtained by herself. It is precisely for this reason that she attaches great importance to the method of cultivation, and often talks about her experience with those fellow practitioners to confirm each other. In Bixia Sect, there have been many people who have benefited. This place is a gathering place for scattered people from the north and south to overhaul, and the person who preaches the sermon may not be without a powerful person.

In contrast, it seems that it is not so eager to turn around the market. She thought for a while, and then said, "You guys go to the Heavenly Pavilion first, and I want to go to the Yanyu Building to take a turn." Why don't you break up here? ”

Shen Mengli still had that smile, "Fairy Gu, please feel free, we will wait here for a day or two, and if we come back early, you can go to pick up the Heavenly Pavilion to find us, otherwise it is better to gather outside the city gate." ”

Gu Yan arched his hand, asked about the route of Yanyu Building, and walked leisurely towards the front.

The whole city of Gusu is a misty and misty water town, the river in the city is vertical and horizontal, some monks are in the river, driving a small boat, singing on the bow of the boat, very chic. Compared to the city that Gu Yan had seen before, this was the place with the strongest ethereal atmosphere.

She walked and swam, only feeling that in this water and sky, she seemed to melt into the smoke and rain, and she felt a little happy.

After walking for about half an hour, I saw a small building in the distance, revealing a corner obliquely, and a few apricot blossoms dotted in front of the building, adding a bit of spring charm to the color of the smoke and rain. She suddenly remembered the poem she had learned with her father when she was a child, "Xiaolou listened to the spring rain overnight, and sold apricot blossoms in the Ming Dynasty in the deep alleys." ”

She turned down the alley, and a small three-story building stood in front of her. There is a half-broken signboard in front of the building, with the word "smoke and rain" written on it, and the gatekeeper is also lazy, only when the eyes are occasionally raised, the glimmer of light revealed makes people know that this is a monk.

Before Gu Yan came, he heard Shen Mengli say that this Yanyu Building was built by several scattered cultivators in the city. Every day, there will be different people on duty, and there will be different people to preach, in the first floor, the most people sitting, are the monks who refine qi and build the foundation, they either sit on the ground, or sit in twos and threes, with solemn expressions on their faces, silent, listening attentively, as if the sound of Xianle Lun is passed down from upstairs.

Gu Yan smiled, and there was a sign at the corner of the stairs that read, "Build the foundation and stop here." She ascended the stairs, and the space on the second floor was a little smaller, all of them were long strips of cases, only a dozen people sat behind them, and their forms were much more profligate, some were drinking, some were feasting, but they all listened to the sounds of the upper floor.

Between the second floor and the third floor, there is no ladder to connect it, and the third floor is like a big basket being hung up. raised his glass to her, xiangshang pointed away, Gu Yan used a slight force under his feet, and his body went up.

A tremendous pressure came to her in an instant. The fire aura that had been accumulated in her body for a long time burst out like lightning, and countless tiny fire balls flew out of her body, as if they were about to produce an earth-shattering explosion, but they were exploded within a very small range controlled by her, and its sound was inaudible.

But the aura around her was blown away by her explosion. Gu Yan's control over the fire aura was so wonderful that the invisible aura cover above. Only one crack was broken, and she quickly sank in, and then closed silently.

As soon as she stepped on the ground on the third floor, she felt that this place was ethereal, as if it was standing between heaven and earth. The surrounding fog and tide really live up to the name of "smoke and rain".

On the third floor, there are only three or four people. There was a big man with a bare chest, sitting behind a long man. When he saw Gu Yan coming up, he asked, "Where did the guest come from?" ”

Gu Yan looked at the clouds under his feet, and replied with understanding: "Come from the clouds." ”

He asked, "Where are you going?" ”

Gu Yan said: "It stops at the poor place of water." ”

He hahadaxiao got up: "Please!" He raised the wine bottle in his hand. An arrow shot straight out.

The spicy breath suddenly came, Gu Yan picked up the wine bottle beside him, and drank it all. The man got up again: "If you can drink my thousand-year-old wonderful ling, there are only a few people in Nantang." You are in Gusu City, and you can already walk sideways. ”

The wine fell into Gu Yan's abdomen, and she only felt a "buzzing" sound of the meridians in her whole body, as if a trace of heat floated all over her body, and the violet heavenly fire in her body turned several times before it silently dissolved. Then I felt a hearty feeling rising from my heart, and I couldn't help but say. "It's really happy!"

She lifted the wine bottle, stood far away, and sat down to listen to an old man sitting in the middle.

The old man looked very old, and his two white eyebrows hung down so long that they almost covered his cheeks. He closed his eyes slightly, and the speed of his speech was extremely slow, and he only spit out a few words for half a day, but what he said was a great difficulty in his cultivation.

The foundation-building monks sitting at the bottom were at a loss, and some of them scratched their ears and cheeks, and occasionally realized a scale and a half claw, and they were overjoyed. And the middle-level Jiedan monks are like hearing the sound of Lun, daxiao clapping their hands, all of which are wonderful.

Gu Yan sat there, listening quietly, imprinting with what he had learned in his heart, only feeling that the avenue was different, but in the end, he ended up together, and the difference seemed to be not far away.

After three hours passed in a flash, she suddenly woke up, only to find that the sky was getting dark, the sun was setting, and the people around her seemed to have already gone away, including the big man who began to toast.

The old man also stopped talking at this time, and was looking at her with a smile.

Gu Yan stood up and bowed slightly, "What the Taoist chief said, such as Xianle Lunyin, is deafening, I want to ask for advice or two, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

The old man smiled and said: "You came here with the Great Dao, and you want to ask me for advice, aren't you begging for fish from the wood?" He stood up and smiled, "You have a distinguished guest there, I can't keep you here, so let's go!" ”

He stretched out his big sleeves, and a soft liliang popped out, soft and soft like a spring breeze, Gu Yan involuntarily fell out from between the window lattices, and when he looked back, the lights of the Yanyu Building were extinguished, and the third floor was hidden in layers of clouds and mist, and there was no trace.

When she thought of this half-day trip, she suddenly felt like she was in a dream, and she thought about it slightly and moved forward.

She still went back the way she came, but after walking for a long time, she didn't see the old road, and suddenly realized that she shouted: "Who trapped me with the formation? ”

She shouted with true anger, but there was not the slightest movement around her, and then a burst of piano sounds came, masking all these sounds.

She raised her head, only to see that she came to a lotus pond in front of her, countless lotus flowers in the water, the bright moon in the sky spit slightly, between the lotus leaves, a small boat docked, on the bow of the boat, someone was singing in a fluttering song, "Picking lotus in Nantang autumn, lotus flowers over people's heads, bow your head to get lotus seeds, lotus seeds are as clear as water." ”

The man stood alone at the head of the boat, his clothes were better than snow, he stroked the piano with one hand, and sang: "The sea dream is long, and I am also sad." The south wind knows what I mean, and blows dreams to Xizhou. ”

Gu Yan was shocked: "You are the owner of the lotus pond?" (To be continued)