Chapter 1: Black Rock City
Round dew drops fell from the petals and burst out on the leaves, impartially, and a few drops of water happened to splash on Ling Xi'er's fleshy little face.
"Ah~hmm......"
Ling Xi'er rubbed her sleepy eyes, and when the sunlight was not so strong, she slowly opened her eyes, yawned, stretched, and sat up directly from the grass.
"Xi'er, eat some dry food, pack up, and hit the road. ”
The bonfire had not yet burned out, and there was still a little red light in the firewood, and a white-haired old man next to him closed his eyes and meditated cross-legged, and spoke.
"Grandpa Jing, how long will it take to get to Black Rock City? The Qucheng Mountain Range is so big, we have been walking for six days, and every night the wolf worships the moon, and the noise makes me not sleep well, and I can't eat well!"
Ling Xi'er took out a meatloaf from the small bag and took a bite, complaining with a bulging mouth.
"If it goes well, go out at noon today, and you should be able to reach Black Rock City in the evening. ”
Jing Shi opened his eyes and spoke slowly, his hands tied up his white hair and tied a knot.
"Then let's go!"
Ling Xi'er seemed to be unable to wait, got up excitedly and patted her buttocks, put the leftover meatloaf into a small bag, and carefully pinned it to her waist like a baby.
Jing Shi saw Ling Xi'er's eager and impatient look, and said with a helpless wry smile:
"You're thinking about the meatloaf in Black Rock City!"
"Oops, let's go!"
Ling Xi'er was debunked the little plan in her heart, ran to Jing Shi's side, and was about to pull him by the hand, but the person was small and weak, and Jing Shi didn't move at all.
"Okay, good, little ancestor can be light, grandpa's old bones are not tossed!"
Jing Shi withdrew his hand and got up to brush away the dust of the cloth shirt, but saw that Ling Xi'er had already trotted away, so he had to sigh lightly and follow quickly.
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Qucheng mountain range, the mountains are continuous, most of the mountains are not high, but the victory is in the tossing and turning, like a giant dragon meandering, crawling on the earth, the dragon's tail enters the sea, the dragon's head goes straight to the inland, and the dragon's body is horizontal in the border of the human race's territory.
Somewhere in the dragon's whiskers, sunlight peeked through the cracks in the foliage and shot at a wood beetle on the trunk of a tree.
Not far away, two figures walked slowly, one big and one small, before the person arrived, the sound came first, the laughter of the girl like a silver bell startled the wood beetle to flutter its wings and fly away, and the two figures were naturally Jing Shi and Ling Xi'er.
"Grandpa Jing, look at that wood beetle flying so fast!"
"Grandpa Jing, what kind of sacred tree is this, it's so tall!"
"Grandpa Jing, there's a pheasant monkey looking at us, alas, it looks so cute."
"Grandpa Jing, do you think its meat will be delicious?"
Yasushi: "......"
Ling Xi'er jumped to the front like a deer, looking at Jing Shi with excitement on her face, hoping that the "erudite" Grandpa Jing would answer all her questions.
Jing Shi's old face twitched, and he looked at Ling Xi'er's hopeful eyes full of curiosity.
"Don't ask so much, it's important to hurry! You also heard that the wolf worships the moon in the past few days, and the wolf pack has a new king, if you don't hurry up, I'll take you and eat you!"
Jing Shi showed a headache and looked like you were hopeless, bypassed Ling Xi'er and continued to hurry, muttering in a low voice:
"Alas, I wouldn't have taken her out if I had known. ”
If it weren't for the "Qi (qi) Zi Ceremony" in Black Rock City, Jing Shi would not have taken Ling Xi'er out of the village.
Their village is at the dragon's claw in the Qucheng Mountains, but Black Rock City is at the dragon's head, and it takes more than half a month to go back and forth.
Jing Shi originally planned to go by himself, and he could go and return quickly, but Ling Xi'er had to go out with him, saying that he wanted to see the world.
Jing Shi was very clear in his heart, whether he wanted to see the world was not clear, and it was true that he wanted to taste a new taste of meatloaf, and he couldn't stand the repeated begging of this little girl, so Jing Shi had to agree.
I never thought that not long after entering the mountain range, Ling Xi'er didn't know where to get a wind bird egg and asked Jing Shi to make egg drop soup to eat.
Seeing Ling Xi'er swaying left and right holding a bird egg about the same size as her, Jing Shi couldn't cry or laugh, laughed and scolded a few words, and began to make a fire.
After a while, a bird's egg was beaten by the ancestors and grandchildren, Jing Shi just looked, most of them went into Ling Xi'er's little belly, and he couldn't figure out how this little girl could hold such a big bird egg, so Jing Shi simply broke his mind.
Of course, there is a price to eat and drink, the grandparents and grandchildren were chased and killed by the mother wind bird for three days and two nights, the eggs are still big, not to mention the adult birds, but the trees in the mountains are luxuriant, the mother wind bird can not fly in, and the grandparents and grandchildren can not do anything, and finally can only flap their wings, roll up the wind and blow the grandparents and grandchildren, and then fly away.
Since then, Jing Shi has asked Ling Xi'er not to leave his sight to prevent further trouble......
And Ling Xi'er listened to Jing Shi's threatening words just now, her little neck shrank, and she looked around nervously.
It was as if he saw a pair of green eyes staring at her, and he shuddered when he thought about how likely she was to be eaten if she was taken away.
Hurriedly caught up with Jing Shi, grabbed his sleeve, looked around with his little eyes, and followed step by step.
No more words along the way.
It was getting late, Jing Shi took Ling Xi'er all the way, and finally saw a huge pitch-black city lying there quietly, like a black giant tiger roaring and facing the Qucheng Mountain Range, so a green dragon and black tiger fight!
This black tiger is Black Rock City.
Due to the location of the dragon head in the Qucheng Mountain Range, there are often large-scale fierce beast riots, so the whole body of the city wall is made of black rock steel, which is indestructible, and can resist the attack of most of the fierce beasts in the mountain range.
At noon, the old and young had already walked out of the Qucheng Mountain Range, and Ling Xi'er's tense little heart had already been put down.
The "Qizi Ceremony" is not only for ordinary beings like Jingshi and Ling Xi'er, but also for monks.
Black Rock City is also at the head of the dragon in the Qucheng Mountain Range, a little closer to the center of the Terran territory, so it is inevitable that you will encounter Terran mortals and Terran monks of various identities along the way, and I am so surprised that Ling Xi'er's small mouth has been "wow" endlessly.
Seeing that she was about to reach her destination, Jing Shi breathed a sigh of relief, urging Ling Xi'er to speed up and enter the city before dark, but why use him to urge Ling Xi'er couldn't wait to rush towards Black Rock City, after all, in her eyes, Black Rock City was so big and prosperous, there must be many flavors of meatloaf......
Stop~
A blue streamer in the sky in the distance approached quickly, and it seemed that it was heading straight for Black Rock City.
"Wow, Grandpa Jing, look at someone in the sky!"
Ling Xi'er couldn't help herself with excitement, and pointed to the sky and shouted.
"Little Ancestor, you can be quiet, let the adults above hear, and you will wait to be made into a meatloaf!"
Jing Shi hurriedly caught up with Ling Xi'er's small mouth to prevent her from saying anything more unscrupulous, and he couldn't help but look towards the streamer, only to see a white-robed man with long hair fluttering, standing on top of the silver and blue long sword with his hands in his hands, and quickly left, flying into Black Rock City and disappearing.
Jing Shi muttered to himself: "The Lord of Black Rock City is only in the Dharma Realm, this white-robed man can fight the sword, I am afraid that the lowest is also the Runyuan Realm, a monk of this realm, at this time, what has happened to Black Rock City? It seems that this place is not suitable to stay for a long time." ”
After speaking, before Ling Xi'er could take a breath, Jing Shi carried her on his shoulders and ran towards Black Rock City quickly, only to roll his eyes at Ling Xi'er on his shoulder.
"Meat, meatloaf, it's going to fall!"
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When I had to queue up to pay the entrance fee, the sky was completely dark, and at this moment the city was already brightly lit and crowded, compared with the dark and silent color outside the city, it seemed to be two worlds.
Jing Shi took Ling Xi'er through the bustling crowd to the mundane area, during which she couldn't stand the little girl's stalking, and bought her a few meatloaf with different flavors, until the grandparents and grandchildren found an inn for ordinary people to live in, Jing Shi paid for the accommodation and took Ling Xi'er to the upstairs guest room.
Ling Xi'er had never seen such a comfortable sleeping couch, lying on it on all fours, taking out the meatloaf and biting it a few bites, but she threw the tiredness of these days behind her.
"Xi'er, go to bed early, the ceremony will start tomorrow. ”
Jing Shi gently closed the door, found a more pleasing place to put down the futon, sat cross-legged on it, ate some dry food, and was about to meditate.
Ling Xi'er stared straight at the roof thoughtfully, chewed the meatloaf and swallowed it, as if thinking of something, turned sideways and asked:
"Grandpa Jing, is the person who can fly today an immortal?"
"That's a Runyuan Realm monk. Jing Shi replied patiently.
"Runyuan Realm... It's a pity that I can't cultivate..."Ling Xi'er was a little fascinated and sat up again. "Grandpa Jing, are you a monk?"
"Grandpa isn't. ”
"Then why do you meditate all day?"
"Cultivation"
"Then will you fly?" Before Jing Shi could answer, Ling Xi'er figured it out by herself, "Grandpa Jing can't fly!
“......”
"Giggles", Ling Xi'er couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.
Jing Shi had a black line, so he simply closed his eyes and meditated with peace of mind.
Ling Xi'er then asked a few more questions, as if she saw that Jing Shi did not respond, and as if she was tired from the journey, she finally fell asleep.
After a while, Jing Shi opened his eyes, looked at Ling Xi'er, sighed helplessly, got up to Ling Xi'er's side, pulled out the meatloaf she was holding tightly, and covered her with a quilt.
Jing Shi then walked to the window and paused, then jumped down.
The sense of lightness that should not belong to a mortal old man suddenly appeared at the feet of Jing Shi, and the dragonfly tossed and turned a few times like water, flashing into the dark place of the alley behind the inn and disappeared.
After a while, Jing Shi went and returned, and his palm pushed horizontally to shoot out a strong wind of Yuan Li, which was strong and fast, and the strength near the window seemed to be dissipated, and it was softly caressed on the window leaves.
Chirping~
The two window leaves were tightly closed, Ling Xi'er turned her body over, and continued to sleep, she was so tired, the sound of the window leaves was really not enough to affect her to taste the delicious meatloaf in her dreams.
Jing Shi in the alley nodded with satisfaction, turned around and quickly disappeared into the darkness.