The auspicious time to greet the guests had arrived, and the white-clothed disciples removed the barricades across the road, and the disciples stood in line on both sides.

I saw waves of people coming up from the bottom of the mountain, without interruption, Ji Chengping and the disciples always had a smile on their faces, and kept greeting the guests.

Although there are a large number of people in all factions of the martial arts, the reception group of only twenty disciples can still cope with it easily, all thanks to Ji Chengping standing at the gate of Zhu Qi, it is his strategic planning and reasonable distribution that can be so calm and not overwhelmed.

At this time, the sun had set, and the disciples greeted countless guests, who were already tired and sweating.

Ji Chengping was quite satisfied with everyone's performance, and said: "Today is the first time for everyone to receive characters from all factions of martial arts, and the overall performance is excellent, which has won the praise of the guests. ”

All the disciples were overjoyed and said, "It all depends on the leadership of the senior brother. ”

Ji Chengping said: "After dinner, we will spend the night in the pavilion tonight, which has a number of elegant rooms, toiletries, daily necessities, everything, everyone can stay according to the brand." ”

The disciples breathed a long sigh of relief, and finally spent the first day safely, and all happily followed Ji Chengping to the dining hall in the pavilion for dinner.

Zhou Babao hurriedly followed Li Ji, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "I'm tired, my face is stiff with a smile, I have to eat a beautiful meal tonight." ”

Li Ji smiled and said, "Fatty, you should eat less, just use this time to lose weight." ”

Zhou Babao didn't pay attention to him at all, and just ran straight to the dining hall, but he was stunned, the dinner was all customized, one simple meal per person, one meat and three vegetables, which was even inferior to the usual village.

Zhou Babao took the simple meal, sat with Li Ji and Xiao Ling'er, and said in disappointment: "This is also called an extra meal?"

Xiao Ling'er pursed her lips and smiled, while Li Ji said, "You have such a large amount of food, I will give you this meat dish to eat." ”

Xiao Ling'er also gave half of the meal to Zhou Babao, and said, "Senior Brother Zhou always smiles, and his belly can accommodate people!"

Zhou Babao instantly said happily: "Thank you two for your righteousness, then I'm not welcome." ”

Before he was halfway through his meal, he heard a loud noise outside the pavilion.

Ji Chengping couldn't help frowning, and said impatiently: "What's going on outside?"

After asking a few times, the disciples guarding outside did not answer.

Ji Chengping secretly said in his heart that something was wrong, could something have happened?

So he hurriedly led everyone out to inspect, and in front of him, I don't know when, an old woman suddenly appeared, she was on crutches, slowly walking towards the pavilion.

The guards lay around, laughing wildly, tossing and turning in their ears with painful screams and terrible roars.

Ji Chengping secretly wondered in his heart, who was coming, in less than half a meal, he actually injured more than ten guard disciples without realizing it, his skills were superb and unpredictable.

Ji Chengping shouted loudly: "Bold fanatics, stop, who are you? Why did you hurt my disciples." ”

I saw the old woman wearing a white brocade robe, her whole body was spotless, her face was sick, but she had eyes that did not match her age, her eyes were blazing, and she was full of energy, like a grandmaster.

The old woman said, "Who are you? If you talk nonsense, you will be slapped in the face if you say a word in the future." If you are not afraid of a rotten mouth, just speak. ”

Ji Chengping saw that the person who came had a strange appearance, extraordinary skills, sharp words, and oppressive momentum, and he didn't know what the identity of the other party was, so he didn't dare to be rude at the moment, and bowed to the old woman and said: "Ji Chengping, the eldest disciple of the Taixu Palace, is here to welcome the distinguished guests, I wonder if the seniors were invited to go up the mountain?"

The old woman's gloomy face showed a hint of a smile, and said: "You kid is clever and well-behaved, and you know a few things about etiquette, not like these rude guys outside, who move their hands and feet as soon as they meet, isn't it a courtesy?"

Ji Chengping was very embarrassed by this old woman, and said: "I have been offended a lot, please don't be surprised, but I don't know what kind of sect my predecessors are?"

The old woman did not talk, but leaned on crutches and looked at the scenery of the Splendid Valley from afar.

After a while, the old woman's pupils contracted slightly, her brows furrowed tightly, and she glanced at everyone before she put her eyes on Ji Chengping, nodded at him slightly, and laughed: "Okay, good, Shenlong Mountain is beautiful, outstanding people, and it is indeed the first spiritual mountain in the world, but it is a pity that the disciples are not as good as the generation." ”

Everyone thought that this old woman was crazy and behaved strangely, and they didn't know what her intentions were.

So they held down the swords in their hands and raised their vigilance.

Ji Chengping said with a calm face: "Old woman, if you go the wrong way, please turn back, if you are invited to go up the mountain to participate in the spirit conference, please also show the invitation card of this faction." ”

After stopping for a while, the old woman suddenly grinned and said, "People are old, useless, and their ears are not good, what did you ask just now?"

Ji Chengping was obviously a little impatient with the old woman, and said, "Old man, are you lost? This is the forbidden land of Shennong Villa, and you can't enter it without an invitation." ”

The old woman nodded and said, "Oh, I want an invitation! I seem to have a rag on my body, I don't know if it's the invitation you said." ”

As she spoke, the old woman took out a roll of silk cloth from her arms and gave it away, and the silk cloth slowly opened as if it had wings, and flew to Ji Chengping.

Ji Chengping saw that this silk cloth actually flew smoothly, and couldn't help but be surprised, the invitation of Shennong Villa is made of special materials, like cloth and non-cloth, thin like cicada wings, if it is not easy to fly flat in the air in all directions, with this hand alone, you can know that the old woman's skills are really unfathomable.

Ji Chengping took the invitation, his hand was smooth and flexible, it was indeed a thing of Shennong Villa, opened it and looked, Ji Chengping was shocked, bowed and saluted: "It turned out to be the ghost-faced mother-in-law of the Five Poisons Sect who is famous in the rivers and lakes, please forgive the younger generation for being rude." ”

The Five Poisons Sect is good at poison skills, and is quite famous in southern Xinjiang, as famous as the Tangmen in Sichuan.

The ghost-faced mother-in-law said: "Haha, the old body also wants to take advantage of the fact that he can still walk, travel around and practice, visit famous teachers and masters, refine the world's strange poisons, and the world's famous spirits will be martial, and the masters of all factions gather here, how can you miss it?"

Ji Chengping pointed to the injured disciples and said with an extremely respectful attitude: "Senior, what ...... The poison on these disciples?"

The ghost-faced mother-in-law smiled lightly: "It's okay, the old body is just joking with these young people, and one of them is a hundred laughs and scattered, and they can solve themselves if they laugh a hundred times." ”

Ji Chengping breathed a sigh of relief, respectfully returned the invitation, and said, "It's not early, let the junior let the disciples accompany your old man up the mountain!"

The ghost-faced mother-in-law smiled: "Good boy, you are still thoughtful and thoughtful, and the old body is not welcome!"

Ji Chengping turned around and said, "Li Ji, Xiao Ling'er, the two of you will accompany your mother-in-law up the mountain together." ”

Li Ji and Xiao Ling'er were slightly stunned and said, "Obey, senior brother." ”

So Li Ji and Xiao Ling'er supported the ghost-faced mother-in-law and slowly walked into the valley.

The road up the mountain is very steep, the lower is slightly slower, the more you go up, the steeper it is, when this road is repaired, you can only use a lot of bends to alleviate the steepness of the mountain, the road section is all paved with the stone steps that are more than wide in the zhang, there are careful people who have counted carefully, there are nine hundred and eighty-one bends in total.

After a while, I walked to the mouth of the small gorge of the Splendid Valley, the mouth of the gorge is lined with continuous stone peaks, although the cliffs are dangerous, but there are pure and soft lines like a girl, and the welcome pines are just right to dot between the cliffs, as if the mountain peaks are dressed in plain dresses.

After passing through a narrow road, Li Ji gently supported the ghost-faced mother-in-law to pass first, and then pulled Xiao Ling'er to walk carefully, and said: "The old woman must be careful, the cliffs here are precipitous, and it is not easy to walk, and the light is dim at this time, so it is more likely to have accidents." ”

The ghost-faced mother-in-law said: "You young man is really good, it's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity......"

Li Ji listened to her talking to herself, very strange, and I don't know why, thinking that masters should be like this, and her temper is more or less weird!

After walking for a long time, at this time, night fell, and the stone steps leading to Shennong Villa were no longer clear, Li Ji lit the lantern, and Xiao Ling'er continued to walk with Xiao Ling'er holding the ghost-faced mother-in-law.

The ghost-faced mother-in-law said: "I heard that there are many strange flowers and plants in this valley, have you ever seen any traces of people?"

Li Ji didn't understand why she asked this, and said, "What the old woman said, the younger generation doesn't know. ”

Xiao Ling'er also shook her head blankly.

The ghost-faced mother-in-law looked up to the sky and sighed: "It seems that he is still the same as before, and he likes to be alone in everything." ”

Li Ji didn't understand what the ghost-faced mother-in-law was talking about, and faintly felt a little strange, so he asked, "Mother-in-law, who is the person you are talking about?"

A strange look flashed in the ghost-faced mother-in-law's eyes, and she said, "Young man, it's okay to tell you, because you're about to see him." ”

Li Ji became more and more puzzled: "Why?"

Before Li Ji and Xiao Ling'er could react, the ghost-faced mother-in-law suddenly stretched out her hands and instantly held the two of them in her hands.

The two were stunned by the sudden attack of the ghost-faced mother-in-law, and they wanted to struggle, but they couldn't move at all.

The two couldn't help but ask aloud at the same time, "Old woman, what are you going to do?"

The ghost-faced mother-in-law bent down to pick up the lantern that fell to the ground, shone on the faces of the two, and suddenly said with a hideous face: "The man is handsome and chic, and the woman is beautiful and fragrant. ”

As she spoke, the ghost-like figure of the ghost-faced mother-in-law floated and leaped away in the air, like fallen leaves falling in the valley under the autumn wind.

Being in the valley is like coming to a paradise. The majestic cliffs are embedded with many pebble-sized crystals, which sparkle in the moonlight, and the scenery of the valley is unobstructed.

There are many kinds of trees, exotic flowers and plants, exotic animals, and a small stream flows out of the cascading valley, and walks along the stream into the depths of the forest.

The mist rose from the valley, winding in the mountains, and the ghost-faced mother-in-law twisted the two of them, walking quickly in the valley, moving quickly, without the slightest appearance of an old dragon bell.