Chapter 008 - Pure Altar Mansion outside Baiyun City
The territory of the Great Xia Empire is vast, divided into nine states and counties, named after the location of the world, and even the smallest state and county have thirty-six cities. With such a vast territory, even if you rely on flying, it will take months.
Fortunately, each city has a small teleportation array, which goes directly to the county seat, and the county town has a large teleportation array, and the destination is not only the various cities in its own state and county, but also leads to the other eight county cities and the imperial capital of the Great Xia Empire.
No matter how big or small the teleportation array is, as long as it is used, it needs to pay 1,000 taels of silver, and the teleportation array can only be officially owned.
Baiyun City is a city in the southeast state of Great Xia. A hundred miles away from the south gate of Baiyun City, there is a hidden valley, which is surrounded by five spiritual mountains, so it is called Wuling Valley. There is a place in the Wuling Valley, which is called the Pure Altar.
"Sister Chen'er, this is the Jingtan Cave Mansion you chose?" Tong Ling'er suspected that she had made a mistake.
"En......" Mu Hongchen nodded.
"Or, let's go back to Muyun Village to spend the rest of our lives together..."Tong Ling'er rubbed her head and said.
"Why?" Mu Hongchen asked rhetorically.
"My egg hurts!" Tong Ling'er patted her forehead and looked sad.
"I'll help you rub it..."Mu Hongchen gently stroked Tong Ling'er's head and said.
“......”
It was dilapidated, the courtyard was rotten, and there was even a bird pecking at the door frame and constantly burrowing and biting insects, which was a pleasure to eat.
It's just a jamb, and there's only one jamb, just enough for one person to pass through. I don't know who wrote the four big characters of "Jingtan Cave House" on the door frame, well, it was really written, crooked, awkward, and even the word "house" of the cave house, the last stroke, because there was no ink, it was not written!
Behind the door frame is a mountain road, and the fallen leaves on the road are a foot thick, and there are no stone steps to be seen. This is not the point, the point is that there is nothing left and right of the door frame, which means that from the left side of the door frame, you can go up the mountain road, and from the right side of the door frame, you can also go up the mountain road, so what is the use of this door frame without a door, it is completely a fart to take off your pants, and this is a lot more!
"Let's go. Mu Hongchen said, taking the lead from the door frame to the mountain road.
Tong Ling'er wanted to walk around the door frame and walk the mountain road, but when she saw Mu Hongchen staring at her, she couldn't help but sigh and obediently walked from the door frame to the mountain road.
The two of them walked no more than a cup of tea when they saw a fork in the road.
One is still the uphill road, and the other is a flat road, but there is a sign on this flat road.
"What do you mean that this road is impassable, this road is obviously very flat, why is it not passable, at the end of the road, I have obviously seen the outline of the mansion, why is it not passable!" Tong Ling'er complained indignantly.
"Since it doesn't work, let's continue up the mountain. Mu Hongchen said lightly.
"! ruthless!" scolded at the sign, Tong Ling'er followed Mu Hongchen and continued to go up the mountain.
It was another cup of tea, and the two met the fork in the road again, which was still a mountain road, a flat road, and a sign stood next to the flat road.
"Is this road open?" Tong Ling'er looked at these four big characters, and suddenly felt that she had been tricked, and it was still that kind of trick.
"Now that it's through, let's go this way. From beginning to end, Mu Hongchen's expression did not change, and his expression was frosty and cold.
"Sister Chen'er, this road looks like there is no end to it, are we still going?" Tong Ling'er said speechlessly.
"If you don't go, go back. Mu Hongchen stopped where he was and handed over the choice to Tong Ling'er.
"Okay, okay, let's go, I can't walk, hmph, don't let me know who designed it, don't fall into my hands!" Tong Ling'er said through gritted teeth, and followed suit.
In this way, the two of them went around and around, Tong Ling'er who walked was about to die, and Tong Ling'er who walked was powerless to complain, and then finally saw a place...
Ruin?
Tong Ling'er rubbed her eyes, unable to believe what she was seeing.
There are a few broken and leaky courtyards, a few broken and leaky houses, and even a few unrepaired roofs with exposed roofs, if it rains, it is estimated that the people in the house will have to run outside to hide from the rain.
"This is the Jingtan Cave Mansion?" Tong Ling'er was dumbfounded.
Tong Ling'er doesn't understand why this place is called Jingtan Cave Mansion, isn't it good to call it ruins? How appropriate! This is still called ruins if it sounds good, and it is bad to say, what kind of special code is called a special code of broken place!
Mu Hongchen took Tong Ling'er to a house and said, "Ling'er, knock on the door." ”
Tong Ling'er looked at the plaque with the word "lobby" written on it under the eaves, and after confirming that the words on the previous door frame were all from one person, she lowered her head and rubbed her forehead, and said with a wry smile: "Sister Chen'er, according to my speculation, this lobby seems to have no door..."
It's not that there is no door, but Tong Ling'er is strange to find that with his current eyesight, he can't see anything in the house, and it is pitch black.
After all, Tong Ling'er still stepped forward, knocked on the door frame a few times, and shouted, "Is there anyone?"
It doesn't matter if Tong Ling'er doesn't shout, as soon as she shouts, all the houses are coming out one after another.
"Damn, there's a newcomer! ”
"Wow! How did I find a big beauty! That graceful figure, that peerless and independent temperament, it's over, I'm down!"
"Huh, that young man is so handsome! There is another junior brother to soak!"
Tong Ling'er was startled, she didn't expect that she would shout out so many people in her voice, there were twenty or thirty of them.
At this moment, a figure walked out of the room with the word "lobby" written on it.
Tong Ling'er looked at it fixedly, happy, isn't this a Maitreya Buddha! In the year of the Mandate of Heaven, he had a bald head, a fat head and big ears, a big waist and a round waist, and a body of fat and flesh was enough to feed a tiger. Tong Linger estimated that his belly might be too big and his clothes couldn't cover it, so he would be exposed.
At the same time that this "Maitreya Buddha" was looking at Tong Ling'er, he was also looking at Tong Ling'er, squinting his eyes and nodding from time to time, suddenly, he seemed to have discovered some earth-shattering secret, and his eyes suddenly widened: "The innate seven spirits are accessible?"
"Mansion Master. Mu Hongchen had already expected this, so he couldn't help but interrupt.
"Gaffes, Miss Mu is not strange, but it's really a little unbelievable!" Maitreya Buddha, who was called the master of the mansion by Mu Hongchen, covered his amazement with laughter, and then surrounded everyone and said. "Starting today, this ... What is your name? Tong Ling'er, right? This Tong Ling'er is your little junior brother! Just now he has passed the test and officially entered the school. Du Chao, you will be responsible for registering him and assigning the courtyard later. ”
"Got it, the lord of the house. A teenager in the crowd shouted.
"Oh, by the way, I would like to introduce you to this beauty... Beautiful Daoist, Miss Mu Hongchen, starting today, she will be stationed in the Jingtan Cave Mansion as Elder Keqing!Han Yue, you will make an Elder Token and give it to Elder Mu later!" The Mansion Master said again.
"What!Elder?" Tong Ling'er looked at Mu Hongchen in surprise.
"Wow, we also have an elder, and we are still a big beauty, now we are blessed!"
It was not only Tong Ling'er who was surprised, but also many disciples.
Mu Hongchen nodded to everyone, without any consciousness to make a speech.
Seeing that Mu Hongchen was not ready to speak, the mansion master waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's disperse." ”
When the disciples heard this, they discussed it one after another, and they dispersed in a hurry.
Only a young man came over and said to Tong Ling'er with a smile: "Hello Elder Mu, junior brother, hello, my name is Du Chao, I am your senior brother, come with me, I will take you to register, and by the way, I will arrange a courtyard for you." ”
Tong Ling'er returned the salute and said to Mu Hongchen: "Sister Chen'er, then I will come to you again later." ”
Seeing Mu Hongchen nodding, Tong Ling'er followed this senior brother and left.
"Miss Mu, you are giving a big gift to the Jingtan Cave Mansion, a genius who is too pure in the innate body, and it is difficult to find in ten thousand years!"
"Do you still remember the three chapters of our original covenant?" Mu Hongchen said lightly.
"Naturally, I remember that I don't ask you where you come from, and when you leave, I don't stop you for any reason, and I don't reveal your information to anyone. Is it still the same as what we said at the beginning?" said the Mansion Master.
Mu Hongchen nodded.
The lord of the mansion said: "It's just that I don't know something, and I don't know whether to ask or not." ”
Mu Hongchen looked at the mansion master and said indifferently, "You want to ask why we don't choose the top ranked big sects?"
"Yes, with Tong Ling'er's talent, even if it is the first sect of the Wentian Sect, he will hold the stars to the moon and cultivate him with all his might. What's more, coupled with your unfathomable cultivation, even I, in the Spirit Infant Realm, can't see through it. I believe that wherever you go, you will be taken seriously, but you have chosen the Pure Altar, a small sect at the bottom of the rankings. The mansion lord said meaningfully.
Although Mu Hongchen's actual age is thirty-four years old, no matter who looks at her, he will never guess how old she is, at most he will not look at twenty-four or five.
Such a young girl, cultivation is so that the mansion master can't see through it, I can only say that it is too rebellious and incredible.
Mu Hongchen said indifferently: "If you are looking for a backer, I will naturally not look for you, but Ling'er doesn't need a backer, he doesn't need the stars to hold the moon, and he doesn't need anyone to cultivate with all his strength, what he needs is training, experience, and stepping up on his own strength, because what he will carry in the future can only rely on himself and others? Hmph, even if you are the first sect in Great Xia, you can't afford it!"