The late autumn sun is warm and comfortable.

Fu Bo, whose hair had turned gray, took a broom and slowly swept the yellow fallen leaves on the bluestone slab in front of the Hidden Dragon Palace.

I saw the four figures on the Ten Thousand Steps Ladder early, but I didn't see it very really. In the end, he is old and has to admit defeat. The passion in Fubo's heart is also short-lived, his body can't keep up, and his energy can't keep up either. Seeing the little figure on the ladder, my heart was still a little sour, not a taste.

The two kittens that have become one black and one white are interestingly tight, and the white cat has a golden line on its forehead, which not only looks much better, but also has a hint of coercion, which makes people dare not approach.

Xiaobai lay on a pile of withered yellow grass, basking in the gradually setting sun, very lazy.

The active little black couldn't stay idle, one moment following the fallen leaves that were swept up by Fubo, the next moment he threw himself into the weeds and looked left and right, the next moment he rushed from the square into the Hidden Dragon Hall as fast as the wind, and the next moment he showed his claws along the mottled vermilion lacquer door panel and climbed onto the roof of the hall full of glass.

The night in Qianlong Valley comes relatively early, and the steep cliffs block too much sunlight, and the entire Qianlong Valley only has enough sunlight for three hours a day.

When the sun slowly set in the west, the valley gradually lost its light and became gray, and a layer of wave fog filled the entire Hidden Dragon Valley from nowhere, and the night became darker.

Jiang Ge and the four of them finally stopped and arrived at the guest house next to the Qianlong Hall before the valley was completely dark. The guest house, which had been quiet all the time, seemed to be lively after Jiang Ge and the four arrived, Xiao Hei still looked like he was ignorant of answers, and Xiao Bai rushed into Jiang Ge's arms with an excited jump, and he didn't dislike Jiang Ge's sloppiness at this time.

After looking at Jiang Ge's remaining blood stains and tired pale face in distress, Fu Bo didn't ask much, and after arranging the room for the three, he led the four to the hot spring against the cliff at the right rear of the Hidden Dragon Palace.

The hot springs are semi-circular and connected to the pitch-black cliffs, three feet square, and the water is waist-deep. A fist-sized stream of hot water gushes out from the stone wall of the hot spring pool, which is less than a foot long, and falls into the pool with a boiling wave of heat. In the middle of the pool, there is also a stream of water gurgling up from the bottom of the pool, and it looks like it is steaming. Around the semi-circular hot spring pool, there are more than a dozen small puddles the size of bowls, and there is a small finger-sized heat flow in the pits. The pit was like the bottom of a bowl, but it was as colorful as a rare ore, and it emitted a faint fluorescence at night.

Jiang Ge, who was naked, showed his head and upper body from the somewhat hot water, and sat on the stones in the hot spring pool, with his back against the edge of the hot spring pool. Throwing his wet hair behind him, he rubbed his hot face vigorously, and a layer of soaked grease fell off his hands piece by piece. swept away the previous pale and wilting, Jiang Ge at this time was like a newborn child, pink and dust-free.

Sitting in the water, the still huge Kui Shi leaned against the edge of the hot spring pool with his head exposed, his eyes closed and his snoring rumbled.

Lie Shanyuan was alone on the other side of the pool, lying on the edge of the pool, carefully playing with the quaint ring by the small puddle of light not far away.

Lian Shanyang sat next to Jiang Ge with a big grin, rubbing his sturdy shoulders and arms over and over again, looking like he had sent someone to rub his back, and whistled happily.

Jiang Ge saw that the three of them were doing their own things, and felt a little bored, and after his spirit and body recovered a lot, familiar pictures kept flashing in his mind, which felt like fragments, and he couldn't understand how to put them together. The experience of more than a year has been too tortuous and bizarre, and many things have no beginning and no end. Suddenly it appeared, and then suddenly it ended. Jiang Ge didn't have time to react at all, as if he was being coerced by something, he kept walking, but he was in a hurry. Like a dream.

Jiang Ge, who had been thinking for a long time, came back to his senses, and Lie Shanyuan was no longer in the hot spring, and even Shanyang and Kui Shi were snoring loudly.

Jiang Ge looked up at the pitch-black sky that seemed to be a glimmer of sky, as deep as ink, and there was no light at all. Jiang Ge, who couldn't sleep anymore, simply got up and took off the clean clothes that Fu Bo had prepared long ago from the stone not far from him and put them on neatly.

I don't know where Fu Bo brought a set of light blue cotton and linen wide-sleeved robes that he had already brought or found, a pair of black cotton shoes that fit very well, and the same light blue belt and headband, Jiang Ge was neatly dressed, looking refreshing and handsome, with the feeling of a scholarly teenager.

Jiang Ge pulled a flower in the air with both hands, and the wide cuffs were tightly tied to the two wrists, and then Jiang Ge pulled a flower in the opposite direction, and the tight cuffs swung again, Jiang Ge learned how he looked when he saw the old master every day in Chang'an in his childhood, bent over the void, lowered his head lightly to the side, and then laughed, flicked his sleeves and walked towards the brightly lit Qianlong Palace.

Jiang Ge hugged the soft Xiaobai, followed by a pitch-black Xiaobai, one person and two pets leisurely stepped into the door of the Qianlong Palace, the fire candle was shining, and the hall was clear at a glance.

Fauber sat on a futon in front of the black and white pool, squinting slightly as if he was meditating. Jiang Ge wondered a lot in his heart, such as why Fu Bo had such a reaction as soon as he entered the Hidden Dragon Valley, and now he felt like a waiter. Why did Xiao Hei become black all over his body, and why did Xiao Bai have a trace of gold thread on his forehead.

Jiang Ge has been holding back and not asking in a hurry, he and Kui Kui Shi went to Phoenix Mountain, what happened to Fu Bo and the two pets who stayed in the Qianlong Palace, I don't know, and it is inconvenient to open up in front of the other three people and say that the secrets that belong to them, the less people know, the better.

Jiang Ge hugged Xiao Bai and sat gently on another futon next to Fu Bo, and he was not in a hurry to speak, just teasing Xiao Bai in his arms, Xiao Hei was lying on the ground far away, still facing Jiang Ge.

After a long time, Fu Bo woke up slightly, and the door of the Hidden Dragon Hall closed gently, and Jiang Ge, who was curiously looking at the black and white pool, immediately tightened his mind and sat down facing Fu Bo. At this time, Jiang Ge carefully saw an extremely familiar and somewhat unfamiliar face, Fu Bo, who grew up with Jiang Ge, was already a gray-haired old man, with furrows on his face.

Fu Bo looked at the young man sitting next to him, and sighed in his heart for a while, and only said in a slightly trembling voice for a long time: "Ge'er, I know that you have some doubts in your heart, and it is the same for people who have lived for most of their lives. ”

Jiang Ge stroked the golden hair on Xiaobai's forehead and asked: "The boy from Phoenix Mountain also had an adventure, he had a long, long dream, and after waking up from the dream, it was the same appearance you saw yesterday, he almost didn't slow down, and there was an extra sword in his hand, you have already seen it." ”

Fu Bo glanced at the Zhenshan Sword on the weapon rack on the side of the throne in the depths of the main hall and said: "Yes, it is a good sword, it is not as good as the sword that this world should have, I have seen many good things with the head of my family for so many years, and weapons are not rare." The material of this town mountain is not discernible at all, and its sturdiness and sharpness are even more than ever seen in my life. It's not an exaggeration to say it's an artifact. However, after I arrived in this Hidden Dragon Valley, I learned a lot of stories that were only rumored in the rivers and lakes before, and these stories are true. ”

Jiang Ge didn't interject, he felt at ease when he sat next to the familiar old man, even if the old man said that he would stay here in the future, Jiang Ge didn't feel too much unhappiness, he was only reluctant in his heart, and he was the only one left in the future. However, Jiang Ge is also happy for Fu Bo, he has constant adventures, Fu Bo can also feel things outside this world, and it is also a very good choice to be able to enjoy his old age in this place, it is much better than suffering with his own sin. It would be nice to come more often in the future.

Fu Bo's deep and old voice interrupted Jiang Ge's thoughts, Jiang Ge came back to his senses, adjusted his body, and looked at the old man seriously.

I only heard Fauber speak: "This story has also recently appeared in my memory, from the moment I entered the valley, I was actually no longer me, but another me. ”

Jiang Ge asked curiously: "Aren't you still you, nothing has changed, in my heart, you will always be a relative who grew up with me." ”

Fu Bo smiled happily: "Of course I am still your Fu Bo, but I am no longer a Fusheng in this world, because of your relationship, I have become the steward of this Hidden Dragon Valley, and I can also be called the soul keeper." ”

"Soul Keeper? Chamberlain? Jiang Ge asked curiously.

"Listen to me slowly." Fauber said softly.

Jiang Ge stopped speaking and listened quietly.

Fu Bo said slowly: "The story has to start from the legend of the war of gods and demons, a period longer than ancient times, chaos first opened, heaven and earth evolved from nothingness to black and white, so the gods hatched in the bright place, and the demons were born in the dark place, the gods and demons were born in each other, and the gods and demons fought each other in countless years, with more and more new gods and demons, the two sides gradually formed a large-scale camp. This led to the emergence of the Protoss and the Demons. Later, a group of extremely powerful races appeared in the camp of the Protoss, and these races were fierce and numerous. This is also the green dragon, white tiger, vermilion bird and Xuanwu that we are familiar with. Because of the emergence and growth of these four races, the Light Camp completely overwhelmed the demon side, and then drove it out of the outer heavens. I thought that the world was peaceful, but unfortunately no one thought that the dark side left evil seeds in the camp of light. The former god of war Chiyou rebelled, and all the ten dragon kings in the dragon clan who had made great achievements rebelled against the holy dragon clan at that time. This was followed by a rebellion of many races. The Bright Camp is torn apart and mired in an extremely long fighting confrontation. In the end, after countless years, the human race was born, but the human race was only the servants of the dragon clan at the beginning, born for their greed, and was responsible for the collection and production of various rare treasures. At that time, human beings were like tools, until one day, a child suddenly developed his intelligence and developed rapidly, and the evil dragon clan was fighting with the gods at this time, and did not notice the human with spiritual intelligence. After a long period of development, human beings began to rise, and human beings with various talents were constantly born, and the human race, which could not be bullied by the dragons, rose up to fight against the evil dragons for tens of thousands of years. In the final battle, in order to completely solve the side of Chiyou and the evil dragon, the gods chose to die together, and finally the gods and demons were destroyed. And the dragon clan was completely suppressed by the mountains, rivers, rivers, lakes and seas formed by the great god Pangu, with the help of the White Tiger, Phoenix, and Xuanwu clans. The dragons were completely wiped out. ”

Fauber paused and continued: "The first human emperor who opened the spirit was also completely disbanded in that war, but in order to prevent the revival of the dragon clan, the human emperor was scattered all over the world after the disbandment, this is a chance, and anyone who happens to get the opportunity will become a prince or the king of a country. There are also some people who, by chance, will become the soul keepers of many dragon burial sites in the world, responsible for guarding the dragon tombs and preventing them from being damaged by man-made damage that will lead to the leakage of dragon qi or the escape of serious dragon souls. There are also a small number of people who were dragon slayers in ancient times, and they still have the natural power to slay dragons, and if the dragon soul escapes due to the destruction of the dragon tomb array, the people of the dragon slayer clan will go to hunt and kill the dragon soul. ”

"Once you become a soul keeper, time flies, time is like an arrow, a hundred years, as a reward, there will be an opportunity to appear as a reward for being trapped for a hundred years."

Fu Bo touched Jiang Ge's head and continued: "I have no descendants, you are my child, so when I came here, I was inexplicably chosen, and then I knew the cause and effect, and with an opportunity in hand, the old man can't leave you anything at his age, and he can live for a hundred more years." I can continue to watch you grow up, marry a wife, have children, and glorify your family. So, I became the soul keeper here. If you can't get out, the world is already gone, and you can only rely on yourself to fight for the future, and the old man can no longer accompany the young master to break into the world. ”

Hearing Jiang Ge's tears in the back, Fu Bo's deep and heavy love for Jiang Ge is no less than anyone else's, Jiang Ge, who has long regarded Fu Bo as a relative, is extremely moved in his heart, although Fu Bo can live for a hundred more years, but he can only exchange this way for an opportunity in this way in this hidden dragon valley, Jiang Ge feels guilty.

Wiping his tears and crying, he said: "I don't need any chance, Fubo can easily and happily enjoy his old age is the happiest thing for the kid." For the sake of chance, you will be imprisoned here for a hundred years. Among them, loneliness can be imagined how difficult it is. Let's not take this chance, you go back to Taohuawu with me, good wine and meat every day, and a few clever people, go out and wander around if you have nothing to do, find someone to play chess and listen to the play, and you can still live a long life. ”

Fu Bo was cloudy by the old eyes of Jiang Ge, who was kind at heart, and couldn't help but wipe his eyes and soothe: "No matter how long you live a hundred years, you can't live another hundred years, Ge'er will be nineteen years old this year, you are still so young, isn't it normal to live another hundred years?" The old man can stay with you for another hundred years, this kind of thing is hard to find, and there is no way for the emperor Lao Tzu to increase his life. The 100-year life span of my white pick can still give you a chance, I'm not confused, I'm making a lot of money now. The emperor didn't have any luck with us. ”

Jiang Ge, who was relieved and laughed by Fu Bo, also wiped his tears and said, "But Fu Bo is the only one here, and there is no one to speak." If you want to play chess, you don't have anyone to accompany you. ”

Fu Bo smiled, waved his big hand, and suddenly two men stood aside with great humility, Jiang Ge was surprised: "Where did they come from?" ”

Fu Bo then waved his hand again, and the two disappeared, and Fu Bo, who was full of smiles, said: "There are a lot of living people in this Hidden Dragon Valley, they are all working in this underground, you just don't know." ”

Jiang Ge said incredulously: "Where are the people, what kind of work?" ”

Fauber waved his cuffs slightly, and an image appeared not far in front of them. Hundreds of people are constantly collecting colorful gems from a large gray-white keel, and then throwing them into a melting pot. The melted juice flows in eight directions with eight small grooves. As soon as the gems on the keel were dug up, they began to slowly form new gems, and so on.

Fauber wiped it twice in the air, and the image disappeared. Touching his beard, he said: "There are thousands of giant dragon bones pressed under this Hidden Dragon Valley, these bones are full of divine power, and those gem crystals are the manifestation of divine power. The furnace is the heart of this great array, using the divine power of the dragon's bones into the power of the sealing array, and one day the bones will no longer produce gem crystals, which means that these dragons are completely dead. This great array will naturally disappear. It's just that the years are long, and I don't know when it will end. As for those people, they are all people who have come to rob tombs or explore for generations, and they have a long lifespan, but their thoughts have been solidified, they are completely integrated into this world, chatting and playing chess are normal, and the other seven emotions and six desires seem to be imprisoned. So I'm okay, I'll talk to them, drink, play chess, not just one person. And I can also farm and raise some animals. It's clean here, and it's more comfortable than the gods. ”

Jiang Ge, whose jaw was about to fall to the ground, rubbed his forehead, no wonder Fu Bo decided so quickly. It's a really comfortable day. Except that you can't get out, there's nothing bad about it.

Immediately, Jiang Ge also put his mind at ease and said: "Fu Bo will make a list at night, I will send you everything I need when I return to Linyuan tomorrow." Anyway, I'll stay here if I'm fine, and I can accompany Fauber. ”

Fu Bo said with a happy face: "Give the young master a list tomorrow, and trouble the young master to help buy it, and there will be a letter from the master's side to accuse him, people are old, greedy for enjoyment, and I hope the master will be fulfilled." ”

Jiang Ge held Fu Bo's hand and said, "Since this place is better than the outside, I don't know how much, let's stay here, and my father won't say anything more." Besides, this kind of adventure, he can't envy it. ”

Thinking of this, Fu Bo laughed heartily for a while, remembered what was going on, and then said to the throne in the depths of the Hidden Dragon Palace: "Ge'er go to that throne and try to sit and watch. ”

Jiang Ge turned his head to look at the huge golden throne that was two or three people high, and the jewels were shining. At the urging of Fu Bo, Jiang Ge got up and walked over.

The golden dragon that originally existed on the wide golden throne had turned into the golden thread on Xiao Bai's forehead. The absence of the golden dragon throne was a little incongruous, but its majesty was undiminished. Jiang Ge stroked the handle of the seat and rubbed it gently, then slowly turned around and sat upright.

Suddenly, a dazzling golden halo illuminated the golden splendor of the main hall, and after a few breaths, the brilliance disappeared, and the warm yellow candlelight returned to the hall. The quiet hall has not changed, but Jiang Ge sitting on the throne is eye-catching.

Jiang Ge, who was wearing a light blue wide-sleeved robe before, was wearing golden jasper armor at this time, with a dragon roaring on the left and right shoulders of the armor, a monstrous blue sea carving on his chest, and golden dragon scales shining.

The ecstatic Jiang Ge touched left and right, and quickly ran to the clear sink next to Fu Bo, looking at the armor on his body left and right, laughing and browning.

Fu Bo also touched his beard and kept looking at the armor on Jiang Ge's body and exclaimed: "This Jinghai Ao Dragon Armor is a perfect match for the young master, mighty and chic, handsome, a real young general." It's just a pity. ”

Jiang Ge, who was rarely so happy, touched Aolong, who was on his shoulder, and asked, "What's a pity?" ”

Fu Bo said lightly: "This set of armor was made after a general named Jinghai killed an Aolong during the period of the Emperor of the People, a famous artifact at that time, but unfortunately it was killed by the Aolong King during the decisive battle with the Emperor of the People, and Jinghai was also torn apart, among which the Aolong helmet and the Aolong gauntlet and the Aolong combat boots disappeared." The armor is preserved here in the Valley of the Hidden Dragons. This is also known as serendipity. The young master just needed it, although there were a lot of battle armors in the Jiang family's treasure house, they were all vulgar things, and they might be worth ten thousand gold when they were taken out, and they couldn't be compared with this one. ”

The young Jiang Ge ran to the weapon rack next to the throne in a very good mood, took down the Zhenshan long sword obtained from the Phoenix Secret Realm, and unsheathed the long sword with a bang, the steps under his feet were light, and his body was fast, and the sword light in the hidden dragon hall of a set of seven-star swordsmanship dance was shining, and the sound of breaking the sky echoed endlessly.

Fu Bo watched from the sidelines with a pleasing eye, and his heart was full of emotion, the boy in Tsing Yi in the past, the fearless young man who fought bravely to kill the enemy on the city wall, the heroic spirit of the bloody Fang Gang when he crossed to the south, the strategizing and the hundred cavalry rushing into battle when he saved his father, and now the young general who walks in all directions with a chic and freehand sword. The growth step by step, so that whoever looks all the way, does not sigh in his heart that the years are like a shuttle, but he is very gratified.

A set of hearty swordsmanship is unfolded, the Zhenshan sword walks as you like, when you break the sky, there is like the sky pressing the top to suppress all the might, the battle armor on the body is not as rigid and bulky as the traditional armor, but the weight is extremely light, it looks powerful and complex, and there is a scale armor possessed, in fact, the dexterity and softness do not hinder the movement of the body at all, and it seems to be customized The size is comfortable and fit.

Jiang Ge happily touched the armor on his body and sat on the futon again, wanting to take off the armor, but he couldn't do it.

Seeing this, Fu Bo smiled happily and said: "Young Master, this is not an ordinary armor, you have to think about it, and this armor can be changed into the style of an ordinary robe, which is similar to the cyan robe worn by the young master." ”

Jiang Ge smirked after listening to it, and then closed his eyes and thought that the armor had turned into a robe, and in an instant, the mighty armor on Jiang Ge's body had turned into a dark cyan narrow-mouthed robe, with rolling wavy shading embroidered with silver thread on the placket and cuffs. Simple and elegant, the atmosphere is restrained. It has both the literary atmosphere of a scholar and the unworldly atmosphere of a chivalrous man.

Jiang Ge touched and looked at it with satisfaction, very satisfied, and being able to change it at will, it was simply too fantastical, unprecedented.

Fu Bo also nodded with satisfaction and said, "Whether it is the appearance of the battle armor or the appearance of this robe, it complements the young master's body." This Zhenshan sword is not an ordinary thing. The young master has extraordinary luck and adventures, and with these two little beasts, the future is promising. ”

Jiang Ge adjusted his mentality, recovered from the joy just now, and said: "Although I have had many adventures and opened the window of another world, I am still ignorant, and I feel that everything is a dream. These adventures are so different from this world. I don't know what will happen anytime soon. And I don't know what the outside world looks like now. In the more than a year since the incident in the north, so many people who died tragically and those who were devoured by the war are vividly vivid. ”

"I don't know if these adventures are good or bad for me, and I don't know what I can do in this complex world. I only hope that my father, you, and your people will survive this ordeal. Jiang Ge said with a frown.

Fu Bo gently touched Jiang Ge's head and muttered, what a good boy.

Xiao Bai in Jiang Ge's arms was quiet and well-behaved, and Xiao Hei lying on his stomach in the distance was motionless.

The Hidden Dragon Hall is quiet and peaceful, and I hope everything can be like this.