Chapter 11: Cloud Pool

The rain stopped, and the sun began to shine.

Ke'er came directly to the South Courtyard early in the morning, and in the space of Guapi, Guapi had just woken up. At this moment, the slap-sized bed marks on Guapi's face, his head down, the bedding fell to the ground, the wine gourd fell to the ground, and it was another night hangover.

Well? …… When Ke'er entered the door, she saw Guapi lying on her stomach in the eggshell room, tiptoed to the bed, squatted down and looked at him quietly.

"I didn't expect the master to drool. Haha......" Ke'er smiled, and was about to help Guapi clean up the futon on the ground, Guapi stood up with the bed board, and the melon brain who had just woken up was groggy.

"Go to the stone house and wait, you can't cross my door without my permission in the future!"

Guapi immediately jumped up from the bed, quickly tidied up his clothes, tied up his hair with a half-rotten plain cloth, put on shoes full of patches, hurriedly found a basin of water, patted his face with cold water with a stick, cough~~ out of the eggshell room.

Seeing the master come out, Ke'er greeted him with a smile, "Morning, master." Are we going to do the rice trough today? ”

Guapi touched his head, and there was a light in his eyes, "Don't make rice troughs, the wine made by two rice troughs is enough to drink, and the wine is not too expensive." Take you to Kunlun Cloud Pool today. ”

Ke'er was surprised in her heart, she didn't expect that the master would take her to Yunchi, and she didn't expect the master to say it so easily. Asked seriously: "Kunlun Cloud Pool is at the westernmost end of the Cloud Palace, where no one comes and goes on weekdays, where do we go?" ”

Guapi nodded, "You have been in the Cloud Palace for too short a time, and you don't know what the treasure of the Cloud Palace is." ”

Treasure?

Guapi talked and picked up the wine gourd and walked out, while Ke'er followed behind. "Kunlun Cloud Pool, it's not that no one comes and goes, it's forbidden to come and go. It is a good place to gather qi, and it is the best place for those who cultivate aura; The small branches of the aura of the world are gathered in a corner of the cloud palace, and that corner is the cloud pool, and at the west end of Kunlun, it is covered with cold and snow, and the wind and snow are accumulated all year round, and it is necessary to resist the strong wind and cold when you get to the cloud pool. There have been people who have tried to set foot in it, but they have returned halfway. The more western, the wind and cold become cold poison, and ordinary people can't resist it. ”

A hint of hesitation flashed in Kerr's heart, "What about us?" ”

Guapi still walked out and didn't care, "Cold poison is something that ordinary people can't resist, but your master is different, it's okay to go in and out casually." At first, he went to the west end by mistake, until he entered the cloud pool and was discovered by the elders and forcibly brought back, and he was unharmed. ”

Ke'er seemed to think of something, and was about to ask but was interrupted by Guapi first.

"More than a year ago, I was picked up by the elders of the Cloud Palace, and let me stay in the Cloud Palace as a nominal master, I don't know who I am about how I came to the Cloud Palace, but I only know that I am alive. Your master and I are better to die than to live, and I don't know why the Cloud Palace still keeps me, and one of the questions I'm thinking about is how to leave. ”

"Leave?"

"Yes, leave. I don't know who I am without leaving the Cloud Palace, and since I came back from my mission in Longyongdi, I have had this realization. But I didn't expect that before leaving, I was arranged by the Cloud Palace to have a troublesome matter, that is, to teach you this genius, I don't know when you will become a teacher, and I can only stay in the Cloud Palace and talk about leaving. ”

Ke'er was nervous, "It's the apprentice who troubles the master, but the master doesn't have to leave the cloud palace, the cloud palace is so good......"

"No matter how good the Cloud Palace is, it is not a dragon, no matter how I say it, I am still a visitor."

Ke'er gradually followed the melon peel behind, silent, and knew nothing about the master! Even the master himself is confused, what answer can he ask the master to give?

Seeing that the apprentice was silent, Guapi took a sip of wine and said: "I rushed to save you at the beginning, not only to complete the task, but to give myself an answer." ”

The two walked out of the academy and walked straight to the west end of Kunlun. Not long after walking, from early morning to now, the sun is warm, and it is not yet noon, with the advance route, the sun fades, and the body feels a slight cold. The peaks on the Kunlun Mountains are revealed.

"Master, look, Du Jiefeng! Legend has it that it is a battle relic left by its predecessors. And ......"

Ke'er saw the snow peak for the first time on the Cloud Palace, the climate of the Cloud Palace is impermanent, these snow scenes are not seen by himself in Longyongdi, and there are no days to see when he arrives in the Cloud Palace, except for cultivation every day, it seems that it is gone.

"Take a good look, cultivating and learning day by day, that's a genius's job, idlers like your master have long been tired of seeing it."

Ke'er said gratefully: "Master is not idle, don't you take me to see it... Thank you, master. ”

"Don't thank you, just give me the money if you want to thank me." After saying that, Guapi smiled and stretched out his little finger to fiddle with the hint in front of Kerr

Hee-hee~~ Master, I don't have any money.

"It's very difficult to do things without money in the land of interest in Cloud Palace, you have a rich remuneration in Cloud Palace every month, and you will ...... when the time comes" Guapi laughed even more

"As long as the apprentice has it, it must be given to the master."

Guapi wanted to be drunk on weekdays, but suddenly there was such an apprentice who changed himself a lot. Hee-hee, how old is this year? Ke'er thought for a while, and immediately replied: In terms of dragon mediocrity, I am eighteen, but in terms of the normality of eternity, I am only sixteen.

Oh? Guapi is interested, and he is so old.

"Longyong Land is a beastly place, and humans and beasts are divided, so they are naturally different."

Guapi had a bold thought: "Then are you a man or a beast?" ”

Ke'er was asked a question about herself by the master for the first time, but she didn't think it was this question, "Of course the apprentice is a human." ”

Oooh...... The two masters and apprentices walked to the west end with a laugh, and a snowy road was right in front of them.

"This snow road leads directly to the cloud pool, there is a snowy horned beast on the road, which is similar to the shape of a deer, it is the protective beast of the cloud palace, no one is allowed to intercept and kill, and if it is found, it will never enter the cloud palace!"

"So strict?"

"It's the order of the Cloud Palace Gongling Palace."

As soon as Ke'er heard that it was the order set by Zero's predecessors, she suddenly understood, and she wanted to protect these rare beasts in her heart.

"There are a lot of things to pay attention to in the Cloud Palace, every grass and tree is the Cloud Palace's, and outsiders who dare to move will be punished! So outsiders want to enter the Cloud Palace, you and I are also people from the Cloud Palace, and I don't know how envious I am outside. ”

Listening to Guapi's words, Ke'er was very grateful to the Cloud Palace, of course, she was most grateful to the master in front of her.

Walking into the snow road, I occasionally saw the footprints of the snowy horned beast, but I didn't see it. The snow road here is very circuitous, and it is impossible to catch up with the road at all. For a while, the snow was falling, and after a while, it was a frozen section of the road, and Ke'er was very careful with every step. And what I'm more worried about is the unstoppable cold!

Before he came out, the master didn't give himself clothes, and his thin body carried the cold, shivering step by step. On the other hand, Guapi really walked on the snow road as he wanted, and a tattered dress was still thinner than Ke'er's, but he didn't feel the cold.

"This cold is unexpected, I thought you were the first to carry it, come here." Guapi stood in place and waited, and Ke'er didn't forget to complain

"Your master has nothing special, except for knowing a little about drinking, but his body is very cold-resistant! Come, give me your hand. ”

Ke'er looked puzzled, but still ran to the melon skin tremblingly, and put her hand on the melon skin's hand.

It's okay to keep your hand down, but this time, Ke'er's whole body was shaken, and the chill was shaken away.

"Why?"

"You ask why, and I want to know why."

If Guapi is not afraid of cold at all, it is limited to him. But when Kerr came into contact with the melon peel, in the same way, Kerr couldn't feel the cold of the wind and snow.

"No matter, you're not afraid of the cold anyway, let's go."

"Well... Okay..."Feeling the warmth from the master's hand, Ke'er's face turned red, after all, it was the first time in his life that he was held by a man, and he couldn't say the words of nervousness.

Guapi walked in front, held the apprentice's hand, and didn't say a word. The snow road is getting deeper and deeper, and the wind and snow are getting stronger and stronger, but the melon skin is still unflustered. I don't know how many times I've walked this road, and one more person will be afraid? The two of them gradually entered the edge of the cloud pool, and the snow fell, and it took a long time to pass through a section of ice and snow on the way, and the rest of the road was quickly completed.

"I don't know how much time has passed on the snow road, but I will know when I get to the cloud pool."

Ke'er looked around, the snow road was almost at the end, and the sun shone on the top of Kunlun Mountain again. As far as the eye could see, there were small hills made of snow, and the sky above the hills was clear white, and the clouds covered the peaks with mist, and there was a crystal blue cloud at the end of the road.

"Master, that's?"

"The western end of Kunlun, Yunchi."

Guapi took Ke'er's hand, the two walked through the clouds, a bright scene came into view, Guapi slowly let go of his hand, looked at the crystal blue lake and smiled, and then walked down the stone steps step by step towards the shore of the cloud pool.

"Wow~~" Kerr bet in her heart that this was the most beautiful scenery she had ever seen. The whole cloud pool seems to be set in the sky, the lake is crystal blue, and the light reflected in the sunlight dyes the clouds at the end of the snowy road; The place where I stand is a large stone staircase, you can see the whole picture of the cloud pool, and if you want to enter again, you have to go down the stone steps, and the stone steps are another scene.

Following the footsteps of the master, after going down the stone steps, he walked to the shore of Yunchi, and there are two big characters carved by Xueling on the shore: Yunchi melon skin bent over the shore, and the lake water was filled with a gourd after drinking.

Ke'er stepped forward, "Master, are you there?" ”

"The water of Yunchi Lake is the fusion of the spiritual energy of the heavens, and it is a must in the world to draw some water and go back to make wine!"

When Ke'er heard this, she also bent down and tried to make water with her hands, but was immediately stopped by Guapi.

"Don't touch! The water of the cloud pool contains the ultimate aura, which does not touch the flesh and blood of mortals, and if an ignorant person dives directly into the water, he will be squeezed by the aura and explode......"

Boom! Before Guapi finished speaking, Ke'er's hand had already reached into the lake, as if it had been sucked up, and it couldn't be pulled back. But Kerr didn't do anything at all, she showed a feeling that she had never felt before, her fingers touching the water as if she was reborn!

"It's ...... The power of pointing. ”

Ke'er was surprised and incredulous, the power contained in this cloud pool has the same existence as the power of his own inheritance, that is, ignition. Generally speaking, the beast eight let themselves evolve to the extreme under the guidance of the owner, and this point is the point of ignition, which is a kind of evolution, but it is the most difficult one to appear.

"Great! Bead... Pearls! ”

Ke'er immediately thought of Zhu'er, when she first met Zhu'er, Zhu'er was just a fast-passing clam spirit in the sea and lake, and she accidentally ignited Zhu'er, and Zhu'er survived in the form of an elf for eternity. And Zhu'er is the beginning, and it has not completely succeeded, after all, he can't control this power...... If you let Zhu'er go to this cloud pool to gather spiritual energy, maybe you will complete the ignition!

The thought of this made her happy, but before she could turn around, Guppi grabbed her hand and pulled it out of the water.

"Are you alright?" Guapi asked worriedly

Seeing the master sweating nervously on his head, this is something I have never seen before. Ke'er stretched out his hand to let the melon peel check, the melon peel breathed a sigh of relief, his apprentice's hands were clean, and there was nothing wrong.

"It's okay. You're going to have an accident, or Du Fu will kill me......"

"Thank you for your concern, the apprentice is fine."

Ke'er flashed to the master's side wistfully, for fear that Guapi would scold herself. Guapi didn't scold, seeing that it was okay for her bare hands to reach into the water, she secretly said in her heart: Her qualifications are understandable, can she have this apprentice, and she has the qualifications to scold? It's good not to dislike yourself as a waste master.

"It's okay, follow the teacher, it's time to do something."

"Doing things?"

So you think I'm just bringing you here? Guapi muttered a few words, and walked all the way along the shoreline of Yunchi, and Ke'er obediently followed behind. After walking for ten minutes, he stopped.

"Fleur?" Ke'er observed the surroundings, the lotus leaves of the large crystal white fan were covered with water droplets, like people who had just woken up in the morning, this was a water lily?

"These hibiscus are only found in Kunlun, and unlike other species, the lotus leaves are crystal white, and the stems and veins on the leaves are visible; There are also its flowers, only crystalline yellow, layer upon layer of overlapping bloom, known as the heavenly creation, Kunlun lotus. ”

The melon peel took one off the shore and handed it to Ke'er, "Help me hold it, this Kunlun Lotus is extremely spiritual, I want to choose it if I want to make an altar hibiscus." ”

Keer took the lotus, she really felt the aura contained in the lotus, and then looked at the lotus flower carefully, the pieces of crystal yellow, still shining in the sun, and sighed in her heart, this lotus is a treasure of eternity, and if you tear down one, you will have one less, but now it has become a thing in the master's wine......

One... Two... The master picked a total of 11 flowers! Ke'er held the lotus in her hand, stared at the melon skin, and pursed her lips.

"It's okay, master, everything has a spirit, it's not easy for these lotus flowers to sprout and thrive in the cloud pool, if the master wants to make wine with it, it's better to try it first, if it's not good, then you don't have to pick it."

The words stopped, Guapi stopped, not because of Ke'er's words, but because the lotus next to him was broken by himself, and if he wanted to fold it, he could only enter the pool.

Looking at the lotus flowers in Ke'er's hands, "These are enough, take a rest, we should go back." ”

The wind blew the lotus leaves and swayed, and Ke'er quietly felt the coolness brought by nature, with a glimmer of light in her eyes. The melon peel took the wine gourd and tied it to his waist, and quietly watched his futile in a daze!

"This Nizi, talented and beautiful, why did she put up with me? Didn't I just complete a task and change to an apprentice? ”

"Give it to me."

Ke'er held the lotus in one hand and let the master lead it. After passing through the clouds, he began to return to the snow road, the time was the same, not fast or slow, and when he returned to the South Courtyard, he just saw the last bit of sunset.

"After you go back, don't tell your master Du Fu that I took you out of the academy, otherwise she will report to the old man of the Cloud Palace again, and I will have a big deal."

Seeing that Ke'er nodded, Guapi added the last sentence: Don't pay too much attention to my teachings, what you have to learn is the ability, in all walks of life in the world, you won't even recognize the road if you don't have any ability.