Chapter VII: Investigation and Selection (1)
After a three-day journey, the three arrived at Lingsenkaku. Lingxian Pavilion is built in the middle of the mountain, surrounded by the mountain, the fairy spirit is floating, such as stepping on the clouds. Stepping on the Lingxian Pavilion must pass through a ropeway, 10,000 meters from the base, and it is dizzying to stand on it. The three of them crossed the ropeway tremblingly and stood on the wide stone steps on the periphery of the Lingsen Pavilion. The number of people who came to participate in the selection was innumerable and varied. There are children of rich families, there are also poor bachelors, and there are people from the rivers and lakes of unknown origin. While everyone was discussing, the door of the Reizen Pavilion opened, and a person stood in the center of the gate. This person is dressed in a plain red shirt, with a hosta on his head, a sword in his hand, standing behind his back, a red belt around his waist, plain cloth shoes on his feet, a fair complexion, clear eyes, sharp eyes, the corners of his mouth are slightly raised, and the breath around his body is constantly circulating.
"Everyone! Today, I opened the Lingxian Pavilion to select disciples. If you are interested in participating, please automatically line up in two columns and register on my right-hand side, and those who have registered are invited to wait in the Reisendengak. As soon as the words fell, everyone began to consciously line up in two columns and register in turn.
Entering the Lingxian Pavilion, the peach blossoms are splendid, the spring is clear, the distance does not know the end, and it looks like a fairyland up close.
Mu Jinggong: "It's cloudy and misty outside, but there's nothing inside!"
Xuan Zhuyi: "Isn't it?" This number one sect of immortal cultivation is worthy of its name! ”
Mu Zhixi: "The clouds and fog outside are all blinders, right?" As he spoke, the Lingxian Pavilion disciples outside the gate stood on the jade carving platform in front of everyone.
"Everyone! Since you have the heart to come to my Lingxian Pavilion to apprentice, you must go through the investigation and selection before you can enter the pavilion. The selection is divided into three parts and a test: the first part is called Tianyan, the winner enters the next level, and the loser leaves; The second part is called Painting Butterflies, the winners enter the next level, and the losers leave; The third part is called the Abyss, where the progressives enter the final test and the losers leave. If you're ready, let's move on to the first part, the Eye of the Sky. ”
"Wow! Wood girl! All of a sudden, I was so nervous! ”
"So are we!"
"The first part of the Heavenly Eye, which means the eye of heaven, can only be practiced with the permission of heaven. The first part is very simple, all you need to do is climb the Tower of Babel in my Lingsenkaku. As he spoke, the man turned sideways and pointed to a tall tower not far away, "This tower can reach the sky, and the sky is an immortal." Since its establishment, the Lingxian Pavilion has gathered the aura of all things in heaven and earth, and the place where it is located is also the most prosperous aura in the world, so the selection of disciples of the Lingxian Pavilion should be decided by the immortals. Whether you can enter the door of my Lingxian Pavilion or not, please also ask the immortals to decide. ”
"What is this? Can you tell the difference? ”
"Perhaps! Xu is really connected to the heavens. ”
At the beginning of the first part, everyone followed the disciples of Lingsenge Pavilion to the Tower of Babel. Babel Tower, high can reach the sky, the body is surrounded by fish patterns, the whole body is blue and white, the curtains are contrasting, the world is arrogant, overlooking all beings. Just when everyone was ten steps away from the Tower of Babel, the wind and clouds changed suddenly, thunder and lightning were combined, and the cold light was cold, as if everyone was angry and disturbed their leisure. A few bolts of lightning passed through the Tower of Babel and led them to the ground, causing them to fly sand and rocks.
"It's a game of death, isn't it? Do you want us to be electrocuted? ”
"Exactly. You only need to stand on the top of the tower, attract the qi of the whole body to the thunder and lightning, if you survive, it is a clearance. ”
"Why didn't you say it earlier? This is really a matter of life! ”
"I'm not married yet! Just dead! Woo ahhhh
"If you regret it, please go back." The disciple of the Lingxian Pavilion threw his sleeves and turned his back behind him, looking at everyone proudly. When the people heard this, many people turned around and fled in a hurry.
Xuan Zhuyi: "It's so scary! Wood girl? What about you? ”
Mu Zhixi: "I'm going to give it a try anyway." If I die here, it's my life. ”
Mu Jinggong: "Where my sister goes, I will be there." ”
Xuan Zhuyi: "...... Well, if I die here, it's my life. Man! After all, you have to fight. With that, Xuan Zhuyi stepped forward and bowed his hand to the disciples of Lingxian Pavilion, "Senior, I want to enter the Tower of Babel first, I don't know if it's okay?" ”
The Lingxian Pavilion disciple waved his sleeves and pointed, "Please!" ”
Xuan Zhuyi stepped forward and climbed to the top of the Tower of Babel one by one. Xuan Zhuyi looked up at the sky in the distance, the sky was clear. Xuan Zhuyi looked at the disciples of Lingxian Pavilion under the Tower of Babel, and ran his breath according to the instructions, causing the lightning in the sky to flow down and flow on Xuan Zhuyi's body. The lightning turned to the ground, and the flying sand and rocks became more violent than at first, and everyone jumped to dodge. And Xuan Zhuyi, who was standing on the Tower of Babel, was already in a dying state, but he still tried his best to support himself standing on the tower. A moment later, the lightning receded on its own, and Xuan Zhuyi flew down the tower, looking at everyone with his eyes open. After a long time, he fell to the ground and did not wake up......
It was late at night, and something screamed tirelessly. In the haze, there seemed to be someone standing in front of the window looking into the distance, only to feel that his limbs were weak, his whole body was sore, as if he had no strength to open his eyes, so he fell asleep until noon on the second day.
Mu Jinggong: "Master Xuan? How do you feel? ”
Xuan Zhuyi: "How do you feel?" ”
Mu Zhixi: "You won't even forget what happened yesterday, right?" ”
Xuan Zhuyi: "... Yesterday... What happened? ”
Mu Jinggong: "You were struck by lightning yesterday. ”
Xuan Zhuyi: "I was shocked? No wonder I feel so tired. ”
Mu Zhixi: "Look at you like this, maybe you forgot everything, right?" ”
Xuan Zhuyi: "... Oh! I seem to remember! It's just that I'm still alive after being electrocuted? ”
Mu Zhixi: "Not only are you alive, but you also successfully passed the first round of selection. ”
Xuan Zhuyi: "Really! Looks like I'm still the chosen one! That... Miss Mu wants to come, you also passed? ”
Mu Jinggong: "That's nature, it's just that none of us reacted as much as you." You were the first to go up, and you scared the hell out of us! ”
Mu Zhixi: "Yes! Even the seniors were shocked, thinking that you were out like this, but I didn't expect you to be thinking about it endlessly, so it proves that you are still alive. ”
Xuan Zhuyi: "Endless? What did I say? Why am I not impressed at all? ”
Mu Jinggong: "We didn't hear the details very clearly, but I remember that you seemed to say, 'I must go to Lingxian Pavilion, and I will definitely become a disciple of Lingxian Pavilion.'" 'What makes you so obsessed?' ”
Xuan Zhuyi: "I don't know. Maybe, I want to be an immortal, right? Hahaha! ”
Mu Jinggong: "I think it's the same. ”
During the conversation, nearly 100 people had gathered in the main hall before, all of whom were outstanding talents who came to Lingxian Pavilion to learn art and passed the first check. After a while, the disciples of Lingxian Pavilion, who promulgated the rules for selection on the first day, stood in front of everyone again.
"Yesterday you passed the first check, today we will carry out the second and third contents, and those who have advanced will take the last test and be assigned to the disciples of your masters. Now, you're going to make the second selection – painting butterflies. There is a butterfly called Lingwu Water Butterfly in the Reissenkaku, which will be transparent under strong light, and it will look like an ordinary butterfly in low light, but it will show different forms according to different environments, and in the dark, it will appear dark blue and emit a confusing weak light. All you have to do is to find ten different forms of dancing water butterflies within the two pillars of incense, draw them on the cloth and return to the front of the temple. Remember, don't hurt the Dancing Butterfly during the search, if anyone inadvertently hurts the Dancing Butterfly, they will be out immediately. Winners will be determined based on time and the number of Dancing Butterflies found and drawn. Do you know the rules? ”
"Clear."
"Good luck then!" After speaking, everyone had an extra piece of cloth and a pen in their hands, and then the incense burned in the white jade incense burner, and everyone quickly dispersed, looking for the dream-like spirit dancing water butterfly.
At this time, it was noon, and the spirit dancing water butterfly was transparent, which made it more difficult for everyone to find it. Xuan Zhuyi and the Mu sisters are looking for the spirit dance water butterfly.
Xuan Zhuyi: "This water butterfly is a butterfly, right?" It's no different from a normal butterfly, right? ”
Mu Zhixi: "That's not necessarily, the people who watch Lingxian Pavilion attach so much importance to this spirit dancing water butterfly, it should be some treasure of Lingxian Pavilion." ”
Xuan Zhuyi: "I didn't mean that, I mean that this water butterfly should exist in flowers and plants as much as butterflies, right?" ”
Mu Zhixi: "That's certain, no matter how precious it is, it's still a butterfly." It's just that where this butterfly is, even we can't see it. Even if it flies in front of our eyes, we don't necessarily notice it. ”
Mu Jinggong: "I see! Don't we have cloth? We can use this cloth to block part of the sun, if we see a butterfly on the way, we will catch it and put it in the sun to see if it will have some changes, if it changes, it must be a spirit dancing water butterfly. ”
Xuan Zhuyi: "Wow! Awesome! It makes sense that you didn't speak earlier. ”
Mu Zhixi: "Then let's get started." ”
The trio worked together and soon found five dancing water butterflies. The three of them were rejoicing when they suddenly heard a cry for help, and when they looked up, they saw that they had walked into a dense forest, and the cry for help was getting closer and closer.
Mu Jinggong: "What's that sound?" ”
Mu Zhixi: "Is someone shouting 'help'?" ”
Xuan Zhuyi: "Hurry up, hurry up!" Stop it! It's just someone shouting 'help'! I seem to see a man hanging from a tree in front of me! ”
The three of them hurried forward, and a man hung in the air with a net over a thick tree not far away. When the man saw someone coming, he shouted, "Hey! That son! Two young ladies! Help me! ”
Xuan Zhuyi: "Wow! It's a girl! Let's go and save her! The three of them ran under the tree and looked up at the girl, who kept crying for help.
Xuan Zhuyi shouted: "We are here to save you!" Don't worry, we'll save you! ”
Mu Zhixi: "So tall? How can we save it? ”
Xuan Zhuyi: "Otherwise, I'll climb up and cut the rope." ”
Mu Jinggong: "It's a hundred feet high here, even if you climb up, you cut the rope, then my sister and I can't catch this girl if she falls!" ”
Xuan Zhuyi: "Yes, yes!" So what to do? Why don't we go find a helper? ”
Mu Zhixi: "This girl doesn't know how long she has been trapped here, what if we leave and she can't hold it alone?" What if I can't find my way back? ”
Xuan Zhuyi: "That... It doesn't work, it doesn't work either. What shall we do? No matter! I climbed up and cut the rope, and then I pulled her down with her. ”
Mu Zhixi: "No! How do you do so many things alone? ”
"No way!" Xuan Zhuyi raised his eyes and looked at the girl on the tree, the girl had no strength and fainted, "And there is no time!" With that, Xuan Zhuyi climbed the tree and approached the girl step by step. The girl wore a pale pink veil, dressed plainly, her hair ornaments were simple, her eyes were slightly closed, and her long eyelashes were covered with a few sparkling tears, and her face was calm and elegant. Xuan Zhuyi trembled and climbed up the branches of the tree, and when he arrived, he drew his long sword from behind his back and slashed the rope with his sword. The girl fell to the ground, Xuan Zhuyi hooked the tree trunk with his foot, grabbed the girl's arm upside down, and the sword fell to the ground. The two of them hung from the trunk of the tree, unable to move.
Mu Zhixi: "Master Xuan? How's it going? You okay? ”
Xuan Zhuyi gasped and said, "It's okay, it's okay!" I can hold on! ”
Mu Jinggong: "It's not a way for you to hang like this!" That's right! Isn't your sword spiritual? Why didn't it save you? ”
Xuan Zhuyi: "That's right! I forgot about it! As he spoke, Xuan Zhuyi looked at the sword on the ground and tried to activate the aura in the sword. The sword on the ground trembled, and then slowly flew to the girl's side. Xuan Zhuyi put the girl on the sword, the sword slowly fell to the ground, Xuan Zhuyi rose up and grabbed a branch, slid down lightly, and then jumped to the ground.