A few days later, Hengshan Zhurong Peak.

Yun Xuansu asked the carriage to stay at the bottom of the mountain and wait, and a group of six people climbed to the peak, the mountains along the way were pleasant, and the purple clouds were smoking, as if they were in a fairyland.

There are many Buddhist believers on the mountain road, all of whom are pilgrims who go to Shangfeng Temple to offer incense and make vows.

After several years of restoration, Shangfeng Temple is no longer the appearance of being cold in the Huichang period, the incense is prosperous, and the crowds are surging.

The entrance of the temple is full of small merchants and vendors, and there are some mountain dwellings nearby, so you can spend the night when you go down the mountain.

Yun Xuansu and others came to the top of the mountain and saw a deserted Taoist temple, with the word "Xi'an" written on the mountain gate.

It's like a paradise, with a "stop" sign.

When he came to the mountain gate, the servants inside came to inquire, Yun Xuansu stepped forward to answer, and the servants went in to report, and soon led a twenty-seven or eight-year-old Taoist back, followed by a fierce tiger.

"Lu Zhizhen, the eldest disciple of Poor Dao Master Liu, has seen Senior Sister Yun."

The person who came was Lu Zhizhen, the big disciple of the Hengshan faction, he is now proficient in "Xuanyuan Beast Trick", and he controls the tiger and leopard freely, and the people on this tiger mountain call it "Daxiong", quite humane, colorful all over, with a king character on his forehead, and a pair of giant eyes that are very impressive.

Wang Dudu exclaimed softly and hid behind the master, the Persian cat hair in his hand exploded, and he jumped down and fled to the tree next to him.

Yun Xuansu glanced down at the female apprentice slightly, pulled out the hem of her clothes that she was holding tightly, and returned the salute to Lu Zhizhen.

The two of them exchanged pleasantries and walked inside together, while the butler and four guards waited outside.

When I came to Liu Yuanjing's hut in retreat, the door was open, and the room was empty.

Yun Xuansu saw that the old Taoist priest who was over fifty years old had his eyes slightly closed, meditating on the ground, and a bowl of water was placed outside the door.

"The family teacher has been out of grain recently, senior sister, please take a seat." Lui Zhizhen pointed to the mat spread under the steps outside the house.

The grain is the valley.

Yun Xuansu took off his shoes, knelt respectfully on the seat, threw himself to the ground, bowed to Liu Yuanjing, and said: "Shangqing Sect sent Yun Xuansu to see Uncle Liu of Hengshan!" ”

The old Taoist priest opened his eyes, flashed a glimmer of divine light, and said, "No need to be polite, I don't know what Master Yun's nephew is doing when he comes to my Hengshan?" ”

Yun Xuansu straightened up, knelt on his calves with his buttocks upright, put his hands on his knees, and his attitude was extremely respectful: "The family teacher soared three years ago, and before he died, at the request of Senior Brother Zuo of Tiantai Mountain and others, he accepted a disciple and named him Xuanji, and temporarily suppressed her condition.

"This child followed his parents to Chang'an, and now he is five years old, which is the age when he can practice, but he is still inseparable from his parents, and his nephew is ready to go to Chang'an to teach her the "Yellow Emperor Yin Fu Sutra".

But there is another obstacle in this, it was Uncle Liu and Senior Brother Zuo who rescued this pair of children together, according to Senior Brother Zuo, the light dragon was divided into two and entered the body of the two respectively.

"Xuanji is still young, and after she starts practicing, if that half of the light dragon attacks, I'm afraid she won't be able to bear it. Therefore, I would like to ask the boy who Uncle Liu took in to go out of the mountain and go to Chang'an together, and find a way to extract the entire light dragon to eliminate hidden dangers for their future cultivation. ”

Liu Yuanjing pondered for a moment and said, "This matter is not proper, I can't go to Chang'an in vain." ”

Lu Zhizhen also said: "Senior Sister Yun, it's better to go to Chang'an and bring that girl here, it's safer to do anything with the master watching here." ”

Yun Xuansu paused again and said: "Originally, I thought the same way, but my sister's father Shen Zhao went to Chang'an three years ago and went to his uncle's house, and his uncle had no children under his knees, and after discussing with Shen Zhao's parents, he succeeded Shen Zhao to his uncle's family as a son." Now that these two elders are sick in bed, Shen Zhao and Liu Yanniang can't leave Chang'an at all, and Xuanji can't do without the care of their parents. By the way, Shen Zhao's uncle's surname is Yu, and now Shen Zhao has changed his name to Yu Chengzhao, and my junior sister has also changed her name to Yu Xuanji. ”

Liu Yuanjing still shook his head and said, "Then wait a few years, a year or two late cultivation is not a big deal, let that girl study and read well." ”

Yun Xuansu peeked and found that Liu Yuanjing's complexion was not very good, and his right hand had been hidden in his sleeve and refused to take it out.

Seeing the other party's resolute attitude, she changed her tone and said: "My nephew understands, then I will bring my sister to Hengshan in a few years." ”

Liu Yuanjing's face was slightly pale.

Yun Xuansu inquired about Guo Hong's name before setting off from Chang'an, but at this time he deliberately asked: "Senior sister and Lingtu each have half a light dragon, and it can be regarded as fate, I don't know the name of this junior brother yet......

Lu Zhizhen said: "My junior brother's name is Guo Shangzao, and now he is the son of the real person in charge. ”

Yun Xuansu smiled slightly and said, "I don't know if you can take me to meet this Senior Brother Guo, and I can tell Senior Sister when I go back." ”

Liu Yuanjing nodded slightly, and said to Lu Zhizhen: "You can arrange it." After that, he closed his eyes and continued to meditate.

Lu Zhizhen bowed and said, "Yes, Master." ”

Although Liu Yuanjing did not open his eyes again, Yun Xuansu still bowed respectfully and said goodbye, with meticulous etiquette, beautiful movements, and elegant manners, which made Lu Zhizhen's eyes shine when he saw it.

The two bowed and retreated, and Lu Zhizhen led Yun Xuansu back to the mountain gate.

"Senior Brother Guo is not in Xi'an now, it's getting late today, and I will take Senior Sister to the mountains to find him tomorrow."

Lu Zhizhen arranged Yun Xuansu and his entourage to rest in the guest room.

Early the next morning, Yun Xuansu and Wang Du both got up to watch the sunrise, and there were many Taoist priests on the mountain who got up in the morning to practice martial arts, so that the Taoist temple, which seemed to be cold and deserted during the day yesterday, actually felt a little lively.

At this time, there were only two registered Taoist priests on the mountain, Liu Yuanjing and Lu Zhizhen, the second senior brother Zhao Zhongxian, the third senior brother Wang Yuanshang, and the fourth senior brother Tian Jingxuan, either going down the mountain or traveling in all directions, and they would not come back until a few months later.

Due to Wang Jufang's repeated harassment, Liu Yuanjing no longer went to the Zhenzhen Palace, and entrusted it to He Deng and Zhang Xuanjing.

After breakfast, Lu Zhizhen came to take Yun Xuansu and Wang Dudu to set off.

They were going to the forbidden land of the Hengshan faction, and Wang Zhongnu and the four guards could only stay here and wait.

The tiger Nobita was pacing slowly in front, and Wang Dudu was still a little scared at first, but later found that this big insect did not bite, so he tried to touch it, and soon became acquainted.

The Persian cat also returned, and when it saw that Nobita was honest, he slowly came over as well......

Lu Zhizhen watched Yun Xuansu in Taoist costume lift the veil, and only felt that this senior sister's every move was graceful, she was really a beauty who captivated the country and the city, and couldn't help but feel a little moved.

But he didn't know anything about Senior Sister Yun, so he could only press the throbbing in his heart, pretending to be casual, and gossiping while leading the way: "I don't know if the scenery on this side of Hengshan is still in my eyes?" ”

"The peaks and peaks, the sea of clouds and waves, is indeed the style of the fairy family."

"The road we took into the mountains was not available before. Senior Brother Guo led nearly 10,000 parts of Xi'an, Zhenzhen Palace and Jiuzhen Temple, and with the help of Hengzhou Xiao Thorn History and thousands of Xinshan, it took two years to excavate it. Nowadays, there is no longer a need to detour from outside the mountain from Xi'an to the Zhenzhen Palace, and you can reach it directly by taking the mountain road, which is much more convenient than in the past. ”

Yun Xuansu was surprised in his heart, he couldn't imagine that this Guo Shangzao could organize the opening of the mountain and the road.

She looked closely at the mountain road under her feet, the stones and the wooden railings on the side of the road were relatively new, so she had a more intuitive feeling for the title of "Nanyue Little Fairy".

That's the power of a call!

I'm afraid that Wang Jufang sent someone over two years ago, and before he entered the mountain, he was heard clearly by the other party, and he was not wronged at all.

This person's martial arts are outstanding, and his discharge kung fu is even more incomprehensible, and with such a great appeal in Hengshan, it is very difficult for the emperor to send troops to catch him.

"That's Tianzhu Peak over there!" Lui Che Chin pointed to the west.

The trail beneath their feet is carved along the ridge from north to south, and the view is excellent.

"The one next to it is Shiqiao Peak."

廪 means granary.

Yun Xuansu followed Lu Zhizhen's fingers and saw that the two bare peaks were full of vegetation and trees, and there were whole patches of earthy yellow rocks everywhere, which looked like two huge granaries from a distance.

"The purple cover is connected to the heavenly pillar, and the stone is thrown to Zhurong." She gently recited two lines of Han Yu's poem.

This was originally a deep mountain and old forest, it is difficult for visitors to enter, and now Guo Shangzao has dug a mountain road, which can be regarded as doing a good deed to benefit the people.

She looked at the mountain scenery as she walked, and the clouds of Hengshan were very interesting, draped diagonally on the peaks, like a gentle gauze scarf.

Lu Zhizhen took Yun Xuansu to a stone platform protruding to the west, and continued: "Senior Brother Guo, they are on the side of Tianzhu Peak, let's wait here. ”

As he spoke, he took out a flute, and the sound was crisp, echoing through the mountains.

"I didn't expect that my junior brother was also proficient in the flute."

Lu Zhizhen hurriedly shook his head and said: "Where is it, I just use it to transmit messages and control beasts, for convenience, senior sister wants to listen to the tune, and I have to ask Senior Brother Guo, he is now one of the best flute masters in the mountain." ”

Yun Xuansu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered something, so he asked: "I happened to see Senior Brother Guo the day before yesterday, he seems to be sixteen or seventeen years old, not like he is only fifteen years old?" ”

Lu Zhizhen said with a smile: "He trains martial arts quickly, and his ancestor is Guo Fenyang, after all, the Jiangmen family is different from ordinary people, and he will definitely be a big man in the future!" ”

While the two were talking, a black dot in the air from the direction of Tianzhu Peak was getting bigger and bigger, and the outline gradually became clear.

Yun Xuansu opened her mouth in surprise and exhaled softly, and her apprentice Wang Du covered her mouth and screamed loudly.

It was a giant wooden bird, the size of a hut, flying towards this side, and a young man was sitting on it, it was Cao Shouzhen.

"This, is this the wooden kite handed down by Mozi and Lu Guogong in the Spring and Autumn Period?" Yun Xuansu asked.

Lu Zhizhen nodded and said, "Yes, it is the Mo family's trick." ”

Only when he flew close to Yun Xuansu did he see that the wings of this giant bird were fixed, and his belly was made into a huge cabin, which could seat four or five people.

The wooden kite circled for a few weeks and landed, with three wheels under the bird's belly, and landed from the stone platform, rushing out for hundreds of paces until it stopped on the mountain road.

Cao Shouzhen beckoned them to help turn the wooden kite around, and Yun Xuansu pushed it together, finding that the giant bird looked huge, but it was actually very light.

After turning the corner, the four men followed the ladder into the cabin.

Yun Xuansu saw that there were two rows of seats in the cabin, and each seat had two pedals, each with a round gear.

"You all have to pedal these pedals so you can move forward, or you won't be able to fly! After flying, you have to keep pedaling to have the power to rise. Cao Shouzhen said.

He sat in front to control the direction, Lu Zhizhen sat next to him, and behind him were Yun Xuansu and Wang Dudu.

"What about Nobita?" Wang Dudu asked, she liked the big worm too much.

"It runs over on its own, and it won't lose it." Lu Zhizhen replied.

"Take off your hats, the wind is strong in the sky, and you will be blown away!"

Yun Xuansu and Wang Du both untied the hat on their heads and hung it on their backs according to their words, and the Persian cat followed, finding a corner and sitting on their own.

"Gone! Begin! Step on! One, two, one, two......" Cao Shouzhen shouted.

The four of them worked together, and soon the wheels under the wooden kite slowly turned, and they galloped forward, gradually increasing their speed.

Yun Xuansu saw Cao Shouzhen holding the ends of a semi-annular rudder with both hands, and his hands jumped suddenly.

The speed of the wooden kite became faster and faster, and finally rushed out of the stone platform they were standing on, Yun Xuansu only felt a slight sinking downward, and then rose upwards again.

Wang Dudu looked to the side, knowing that he had left the ground, he hurriedly closed his eyes tightly, and couldn't help but scream in his mouth!

Cao Shouzhen moved a bracket, and there was a clicking sound from below, and the mechanism under the wooden kite changed, no longer linked with the wheels, but drove a row of wood chips under the wings, constantly fanning to provide a little help.

All four of them have studied martial arts and have very good physical strength, but Cao Shouzhen still told the two women behind him against the wind: "Take turns with both feet, rest with your right foot when you are working hard with your left foot, and vice versa, so that your legs will not be stiff, and if you feel nervous, you can breathe." ”

Yun Xuansu and Wang Du both exhaled and inhaled according to the method of internal qi cultivation, and sure enough, their mood slowly relaxed.

Wang Dudu secretly opened his eyes and looked outside, and found that he had flown to the top of the valley and was gradually rising.

Yun Xuansu said to himself: "I can't imagine that the world can really go straight to the clouds!" ”

The wind was blowing very strongly, and Wang Dudu asked loudly, "Master, what did you say?" Didn't I hear clearly? ”

"Straight to the clouds!"

"What?" Wang Dudu still didn't hear clearly, and shouted at the top of his voice.

"Poor and blue! Sky! Sky! Sky! ……”

The sound echoed through the valley.

The wooden kite flew over the valley, Wang Dudu reached out of the porthole to feel the cold wind in the air, a large cloud in front of her face, and she shouted loudly: "Can you fly slowly, don't crash into the mountain!" ”

The corners of Cao Shouzhen's mouth grinned slightly, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the front, not daring to be careless.

The wooden kite still flies mainly by the wind in the mountains, and soon the air currents below lift them upwards.

Looking at the white rock wall close at hand in front of him, Yun Xuansu's face was also a little pale.

At this time, the wooden kite snorted and rode straight up to the wind and crossed the top of the Tianzhu Peak!

Cao Shouzhen breathed a sigh of relief.

It was the most dangerous section just now, and if you were not careful, you would crash into the mountain.

The wooden kite he manipulated circled around the mountain twice, and when he saw the flat ground carved out of the hillside, he descended downward.

Wang Du was carried out of the cabin by Lu Zhizhen and went down to the ground, vomiting a lot.

Yun Xuansu bit her lip tightly, and her face turned pale.

She sat in the cabin for a while more before making her way down the ladder with difficulty.

"The first time I sat on the wooden kite, it was inevitable that I felt a little uncomfortable, but it will be fine after a while." Lu Zhizhen supported his senior sister, looking at the woman's dark temples in front of him, the bun that was blown by the strong wind, and the white jade neck under the hair, and his heart secretly rippled.

Yun Xuansu sat on a piece of bluestone, feeling a little better, she gently broke free of Lu Zhizhen's hand, and said to Wang Dudu: "Come here." ”

Wang Dudu was already much better, and walked over to the master and sat down.

Yun Xuansu untied the bun for Wang Dudu, re-combed and tied it neatly, and then broke up his scattered hair, bent down and tied it with a head rope with both hands, then straightened up, and wrapped his long hair neatly on the top of his head a few times, pinning it with a hairpin.

Lu Zhizhen's eyes straightened.

Yun Xuansu smiled slightly, and Wang Du made a grimace at Lu Zhizhen.

The master and apprentice talked about this first apprentice of Hengshan last night, and Wang Du said that he looked at the master with a smile.

Yun Xuansu is now a little cautious, in order to make Lu Zhixin moved.

Then I can inquire about some confidential information.

Although she verbally promised Liu Yuanjing, she did not give up hope in her heart, and wanted to contact Guo Hong again to see if there was a chance to move the other party.

Cao Shouzhen's face was expressionless, he had no feelings for other women since he fell out of love, so he pulled Lu Zhizhen's sleeve and said, "Let's go, Senior Brother, Senior Brother Guo, they are still waiting!" ”

Lu Zhizhen came to his senses, felt very embarrassed, his face was flushed, and he quickly turned around, turned his back to Yun Xuansu and said: "The front is the forbidden land of this sect, and it is also made out by Senior Brother Guo in the past two years. ”

The four of them turned the hillside and followed the trail all the way down to the valley behind.

Yun Xuansu found that there was no other way here, it was completely an enclave carved out of the mountains, and if he wanted to enter, he had to go through the mountains and mountains.

In the mountains, they walked on the stone steps, twisting and turning, and the stream around them was murmuring, which was particularly quiet.

When it comes to the valley, the tall walled gate closes the entire valley, which can be said to be easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The gate is completely part of the mountain, and it has been hollowed out by people, and a wooden door has been installed to become a portal.

The ridge above the gate was guarded, and when he saw them, he turned the winch and pulled up the gate to reveal the passage.

Yun Xuansu walked through the deep cave door, and the scene in front of her dazzled her.

This valley was originally a closed narrow basin, paved with a huge stone atrium, a row of grottoes carved out under the cliff on the left, in the middle is the Sanqing stone statue, five zhang (fifteen meters) high, the statues in the grottoes on both sides have not yet been completed.

At the top of the mountain, a stream of water falls down to form a stream, which flows from the Sanqing stone statue to the valley.

There is also a cave under the cliff on the right, which seems to be a mine, and the carts loaded with iron and stone are constantly transported, and on either side are the blacksmiths, carpentry shops, and lodging places.

The valley is full of peach trees, and the branches are full of peaches, and the bottom of the trees is red mud dyed with petals.

The peach blossoms bloom between February and March of the lunar calendar, and this time is May, which is long past the flowering period, and the peaches have begun to ripen.

There were a few busy crowds in the valley, and Yun Xuansu had seen a lot of the mines and blacksmiths, so her attention was on the carpentry room.

A larger wooden kite is being made here, and it is now nearing completion, with only one side unsealed.

Only then did she know what material the wooden kite was made of: the keel and the main support frame were made of wood, and the surface and wings were made of bamboo, crisscrossed to make a frame, and then covered with skin, which looked like wood from the outside.

The unsealed area revealed the structure beneath the chamber, a complex row of gears, staggered and snapped together, while the carpenter was nailing the reinforced iron frame.

"It's really a miracle!" The more Yun Xuansu looked at it, the more he admired.

There were a few other wooden objects that she couldn't even see the use.