Tianshi Village.

If the vehicle is driving outside the Heavenly Master Village, it will not be able to move forward.

The villagers blocked the road with stones, prohibiting vehicles from entering.

If you want to enter the mountain, you can only hike up the mountain.

Hu Deyong had no choice but to stop the car.

"My lord, the vehicles in front of you are no longer able to enter, and if you want to go up the mountain, you can only take the method of walking up the mountain."

Emperor Han nodded and got out of the car.

Above the ridge, many people from outside walked towards the Heavenly Master Village.

Some of these people were wearing delicate and expensive suits, some were ordinary people wearing simple and simple clothes, and some elderly people could be seen walking towards Tianshi Village with pious expressions on their faces.

Jin Song looked at these people, and his face was also a little puzzled.

"Hu Envoy, what are these people doing?"

Hu Deyong replied when he heard this: "Tianshi Mountain has become a pilgrimage place in Yucheng because of its long-standing reputation, and many people hope to come to Tianshi Mountain to pray for blessings and keep safe, and Tianshi Mountain has been closed for many years, so there is very little news from the outside world." Many people maintain a mysterious and hazy appearance of Tianshi Mountain, so these people think that Tianshi Mountain is a holy place, hoping to keep safe through worship, or pray for their wishes to come true. ”

"These people, including dignitaries, rich and noble families, ordinary people, and poor people, all believe that Tianshi Mountain can bring them good luck. It can only be, the conditions of Tianshi Mountain are really difficult, otherwise Yucheng will not do everything possible to make Tianshi Mountain a tourist attraction, what a potential market this is! ”

Jin Song nodded and continued to ask, "Where can we go up the mountain from?" ”

Hu Deyong raised his hand and pointed to the foot of a mountain in the distance, which was a few kilometers behind Tianshi Village.

Behind, there is a majestic mountain that towers into the clouds and plunges into the sky!

When you look up, you can see that the top of the mountain is surrounded by clouds.

"I don't know when Tianshi Mountain was called Tianshi Mountain, the earliest Tianshi Mountain is famous because of the emergence of the first generation of Heavenly Master, and later the lineage was passed down, and now the Heavenly Master is already the twenty-first Heavenly Master. After so many years of development, the Heavenly Master Mountain has become more and more powerful. Every period of time, the people on the Heavenly Master Mountain will go down the mountain to recruit their children, and many people will rush to send their children in. ”

"You must know that for these people, Tianshi Mountain is a mysterious, fairy-like existence! Whether it is a high-ranking official or an ordinary person, they all hope that their descendants can go up the mountain to learn a skill, and after going down the mountain, this is much more useful than worldly gadgets! ”

Hu Deyong looked at Jin Song and smiled, and said: "You came at the right time, tomorrow is the day when Tianshi Mountain will go down the mountain to recruit apprentices, and it is estimated that the gate of Tianshi Mountain can finally be opened." I don't know when it began, the gate of Tianshi Mountain became closed, prohibiting any outsiders from stepping in, even the people on Tianshi Mountain, if they want to go down the mountain, they have extremely strict requirements, and they can't step out of Tianshi Mountain for half a step without going through the orders of several high-level officials of Tianshi Mountain. ”

"But tomorrow, because of the special situation, there are a lot of people from the mountain who will come down to select disciples in this Heavenly Master Village, and every year they will select three or five people according to the situation."

"If adults want to go up the mountain, tomorrow is a good opportunity."

Jin Song listened to Hu Deyong's words and looked around, and many parents took their children and reluctantly walked towards Tianshi Village while coaxing.

The dense crowd has already exceeded 100 people, and I am afraid that there are thousands of people.

So many families who came to try their luck were only three or five people who were selected in the end, and this elimination rate is indeed too ruthless.

Tianshi Village said that it was not big, but it was not small.

The aborigines here seem to have become accustomed to the large number of people coming every day, and they have long been familiar with the outsiders walking around as if they were nothing.

"My lord, my subordinates have prepared a room in the Heavenly Master Village in advance, please rest in the village tonight, and I won't eat if I set off for the mountain tomorrow."

Hu Deyong has all the instructions.

Emperor Han nodded.

"Okay, rest at the foot of the mountain for the night."

Then, the group made their way through the dense crowd of people in the village and headed towards the prepared house.

Although it is specially prepared, it is impossible to find a hotel-sized house in this village.

Hu Deyong was a little apprehensive, this room was probably the cleanest and tidiest in the village.

He was afraid that after Emperor Han saw it, he would still be displeased, and then he would be angry with him, and he would not be able to find a better house than here.

However, his worries were clearly unfounded.

Emperor Han didn't mind the environment of the house.

In comparison, the living environment in the north is so bad, and he still persevered for ten years.

What kind of environment has not fallen asleep, I have long been accustomed to it and the clouds are light.

On the wooden steps outside the door, the afterglow of the setting sun shines.

The little Taoist priest's face was still pale, and he exuded a weak aura all over his body.

Beside him, sat Xiaoluo, who was like a curious baby, with cute big eyes, curiously looking at the pedestrians coming and going in the village chief.

Because these people don't have a place to stay, and they don't want to miss tomorrow's Tianshi Mountain selection, they would rather find a random place to spend the night at the foot of the mountain.

Many people look for a tree on the spot, or lean against the door of a house, and seem to find some sense of security through the eaves.

"Little Taoist, is this your home?"

Xiao Luo held his chin in both hands, blinked his eyes, and looked at the little Taoist priest with a smile.

When the little Taoist priest heard this, his originally pale face flushed slightly.

This is the first time Xiaoluo has looked at him so seriously.

"Yes, yes! This is the village below my home, and the place where I grew up is still on it. ”

"On that mountain? But I can't even see the top of the mountain! ”

"Yes! There are 9,999 stairs on this mountain! Last time I went down the mountain, I was going to break my leg! And I heard my master say that it is a mountain with aura, just like people, who know human nature! ”

"Huh? Really? But isn't the mountain dead, how can it be like a man? ”

Seeing Xiao Luo's suspicions, the little Taoist priest straightened up and explained to Xiao Luo, and his mental state appeared on his face again.

"Really! I've heard the sound of Tianshi Mountain's breathing at night! ”

"Breathing?"

"It's true!" The little Taoist priest was afraid that Xiaoluo would think that he was lying, so he quickly explained: "Before I went down the mountain, I heard a loud breathing sound from the mountain at night! This sound is like thunder, a rumbling sound. ”

"But." The little Taoist priest suddenly had a sad expression, "My senior brothers and sisters all said that they didn't hear it, saying that I was lying to people at such a young age, and they also said that they would tell my master and ask my master to punish me for confinement!" ”

Xiaoluo saw the sad expression of the little Taoist.

Suddenly, she gently shook the little Taoist's hand.

"Qianxiang, I believe you, you will not lie to me!"

"Really, really? Will you believe me? ”

The little Taoist's originally lonely eyes suddenly regained their brilliance.

Xiao Luo's smile was like a touch of warm sun in autumn, and the little Taoist priest felt that the pain in his body had disappeared.

......

Night falls.

Tianshi Village entered a sleep, and everything was silent.

In the village, there are people everywhere who sit on the spot, or lean on some object, they take out the sleeping bags they carry and put them on their bodies to rest on the spot.

Having lost modern equipment, the village was left in total darkness.

The only remaining light is the candlelight in the aboriginal houses.

The little Taoist priest lay on one side of the bed, and Xiaoluo lay on the other side, falling into a deep sleep.

I don't know how long it took.

The little Taoist priest felt that in the dream, a sound like thunder exploded!

The thunder made his head concuss, and the sweat on his forehead flowed down, and he woke up violently.

"Whew! Hahu! ”

On the little Taoist's pale little face, sweat kept flowing.

"Xiaoluo, do you hear the breathing of the mountain?"

He stared at Xiao Luo, who was sleeping tightly, and the words retracted.

in the village.

He seemed to be the only one who woke up.

The little Taoist priest looked around, and there was a huge thunderous sound in the air, one by one, and the thunderstorm roared, shaking his heavenly spirit cover as if it were about to crack!

"Why didn't they hear it?"

The little Taoist priest lay down from the bed with difficulty, he put on a thin coat, and wanted to take advantage of the moonlight to go outside.

The door frame creaked and then slowly shut, not waking anyone.

The little Taoist priest showed an uncomfortable expression and looked in the direction of Tianshi Mountain, the whole mountain in front of him, as if it had turned into a living giant, was crawling on the ground, breathing non-stop.

"It's uncomfortable!"

The little Taoist priest covered his head with difficulty.

All the people around them slept peacefully in the village, and no one seemed to wake up.

At this moment, the little Taoist priest felt like an orphan abandoned by the world.

Suddenly, the little Taoist priest felt a burst of refreshment all over his body.

It was as if something was holding down the top of his head, and a clear force was removing his pain.

The little Taoist remembers, aren't everyone asleep?

Could it be that there is anyone like him who also hears the breath of the mountain?

He jerked his head back, and behind him stood a familiar face.

Emperor Han slowly withdrew his healing hand and looked towards Tianshi Mountain with a serious face.

"This is, the breath of the Heavenly Master."

"Huh?!"

When the little Taoist priest heard this, his face turned pale with fright.

"Could it be that the master is not a man, he is a mountain? Oh my God, isn't the master a monster! Then he raised me, did he want to eat me when I grew up? ”

Emperor Han glanced at the little Taoist priest speechlessly, this child's imagination was too rich.

"No, the Heavenly Master is not a mountain."

"Then you say it's the sound of his breathing......"

"The sound of breathing is indeed his, it is clear that the Heavenly Master is doing his best to impact the Nine Rank Realm!"

Emperor Han bowed slightly, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he was a little puzzled.

"Little Taoist, how long has your master been like this?"

"Huh? Think about it. It seems like this has been going on since before I went down, and it's been going on for a long, long time. ”