Chapter 1 Receiving Disciples
"Master!! I deserve this thousand-year-old punishment of divine punishment! β
In the Alchemy Tower on the bank of the Heavenly River, countless soul chains passed through a man's body and placed them on top of the flames, and a woman in a red shirt knelt silently at the feet of an old man with fairy wind bones and begged bitterly.
"All the blame for the guilt has been borne by one person, and it is useless for you to say more. After a thousand years, there is a cycle of both cause and effect. Naturally, you need to make up for the sins you have committed, and since he has borne the unwarranted result, he will have to repay the cause of the result. Everything is fixed and cannot be forced. β
The old man is the only god in this world, the Heavenly Divine Venerable. The man who was tortured on the flame and the woman kneeling next to him were his apprentices, the gods who maintained stability and order in the worldβXuan Repentance and Zhan Lian.
Those who can be punished by God are guilty of the heinous sins of the wrath of man and God, and it is not known what kind of sin they are......
A thousand years later...
Legend in the world is that there is a certain temple on the top of Tianwu Mountain, and there is a god in the temple, named Zhan Lian, no one has seen her, but in this thousand years, she has only guarded the peace and order of all things in the world with her own strength, and killed countless evil demons.
At this moment, in front of the Ding'an Temple in Tianwu Mountain, a man wearing armor and a sword pinned to his waist led two children on his left and right, kneeling on one knee at the door of the temple:
"I am Shen Yao, the general of Nanrong Kingdom, and I came to ask for the god on the order of the lord of Nanrong, Nanrong is in the midst of war, the country is in turmoil, the country is worried about internal and external troubles, and it is in danger, and the lord of the country has no other way, so I have to order me to take the two princes and the national seal, and go to this Tianwu Mountain to seek the protection of the god!"
At this time, an ethereal and very majestic female voice came from the hall: "There is a certain number of rise and fall of the country, and there is a fate in life and death for the king and the defeat." Needless to say, go back. β
When Shen Yao heard this, his heart suddenly turned to ashes, this god lord didn't even see his face, and he simply refused, I was afraid that he wouldn't help. However, Nan Rongguo's situation was afraid that it would be a dead end to go back, Shen Yao felt ashamed of the entrustment of the lord of the country, and he had no face to go back, so he took out the sword on his waist and slashed his neck horizontally, but the sword in his hand was suddenly knocked down by a force.
I saw a woman with an otherworldly temperament who came out of nowhere and landed lightly on the steps in front of Shen Yao, and he didn't even notice it after practicing martial arts for decades.
The woman is wearing a white wide-sleeved long skirt with a light pink tulle cardigan, a lotus-shaped jade pendant hanging from her waist, her long hair is like a waterfall, and she only uses a hosta to gently pull up a bundle of hair and hang it down behind her head.
She didn't look at them, but casually looked into the distance. This woman is by no means different from mortals, Shen Yao, who has read countless people, can guess at a glance that this is about the god lord of this Ding'an Temple-Zhan Lian, and he hurriedly kowtowed:
"God! Seek protection! β
"As I said, life and death matter, I will not protect any of you. Go back, and don't die with me. Zhan Lian's voice was soft and ethereal, but it was extremely intimidating.
"God! When Nan Rongguo is in danger, there is really no way, the two princes are still young, please have mercy on the gods! Save their lives! Shen Yao burst into tears and kept kowtowing.
The two children around him are named Nan Rongcheng and Nan Rongli, both of whom are only five years old, Nan Rongcheng was only born a few days later than Nan Rongli, and Nan Rongcheng was born by Nan Rongguo, and Nan Rongli was born by the concubine.
The two of them looked at Shen Yao for a while, and looked at the beautiful sister in front of them for a while. Seeing Shen Yao crying miserably, and the beautiful sister was unmoved, Nan Rongcheng got up, walked towards Zhan Lian with rampant small steps, and gently tugged at her sleeve, Zhan Lian lowered her head suspiciously, Nan Rongcheng pointed at Shen Yao and looked at her with a frown: "He's crying, can't you see it?" β
Zhan Lian looked at Nan Rong who admitted that he was really angry and was stunned for a few seconds, and then looked up at Nan Rongli beside Shen Yao, Nan Rongli was also looking at her curiously with a pair of blue eyes, this time Zhan Lian smiled, they were still two very bold children. Shen Yao saw that Zhan Lian suddenly laughed, and he didn't know what he meant, so he asked tremblingly, "God... God? β
"That's it, I'll go, and these two children will stay." Zhan Lian looked at these two little things with a smile, she gently took Nan Rongcheng's little hand, and gently beckoned Nan Rongli with her other hand, Nan Rongli was not afraid, got up and walked towards her, grabbed her outstretched hand, Zhan Lian led the two of them, turned around and walked up the steps.
Shen Yao was excited when he saw this: "Thank you for your mercy!" Thank God for His mercy! He also wanted to tell the two princes, but the two children followed Zhan Lian and didn't look back, he was afraid that Zhan Lian would regret it again, so he had to wipe his tears and watch them walk into the temple, fortunately, the national seal had already been placed on Nan Rongcheng, and important things were said on the way. Now he can go back to meet the lord of the country with peace of mind.
The main hall in the temple is very empty, there is a soft couch directly above the main hall, white curtains are hung on both sides of the hall, burning agarwood, it looks casual and makes people dare not relax, Zhan Lian let go of his hands, walked up the steps, sat down on the soft collapse, leaned lightly on the soft couch, and looked at the two children below with lazy eyes:
"What's your name? How old are you? β
"You seem to be very good, so guess what?" Nan Rongcheng squeezed his eyebrows at her quirkily. Nan Rongli lowered his head after Nan Rongcheng spoke, Nan Rong's royal family is different from his inferiority, although he is an elder brother, he is not from the queen, so his status is one level lower than Nan Rongcheng.
Zhan Lian helped her forehead, looked at Nan Rongcheng and said with a headache: "Child, I'm much better than you think, so you can answer whatever I ask, otherwise, I have a lot of ways to treat you." β
"You dare! I'm the crown prince of Nam Rongguo! If you dare to hurt me, I will let my father kill you. Nan Rongcheng hugged his arms and said triumphantly.
"If Nan Rongguo could protect you, he wouldn't have sent you here, kid, this is not Nan Rongguo." Zhan Lian's eyes swept towards him, and Nan Rongcheng soared into the air, his short limbs waving in midair.
"Ahh Put me down! I'm afraid... Brother~" Nan Rongcheng asked Nan Rongli for help.
Nan Rongli bowed respectfully to Zhan Lian and said, "My younger brother has such a temperament, he didn't mean it, please let him go." β
"Well, you're still very well-behaved." Zhan Lian smiled with satisfaction, and didn't tease Nan Rongcheng anymore, so she slowly put him on the ground.
"Say it."
"I... My name is Nam Young-seung and I am 5 years old. Nan Rongcheng had palpitations, and his voice trembled when he spoke.
"My name is Nan Rongli, 5 years old." Nan Rongli still said respectfully.
"5 years old, heh..."Zhan Lian couldn't help but laugh, she was more than 5,000 years old. Then he put away his smile and coughed lightly: "Ahem, from today onwards, I will take you two as apprentices, how about you call me master?" β
"Yes, Master."
"Yes, Master."
Nan Rongli was afraid that Nan Rongcheng would ask for trouble again, so he answered first, and Nan Rongcheng also followed him. But there were some doubts in my heart: "But Master, what can I learn from you?" You're a girl. β
"Huh.. Naturally, it's to learn magic kung fu, what do you think you want to learn? Zhan Lian was amused by his twisting and pinching appearance.
"I thought I would learn how to dress, sing, and dance......," Nam Young-seung muttered quietly.
Zhan Lian was amused by him again.
"Then will you teach us as well as you do? Can you knock General Shen's sword off at once and fly around? Nan Rong danced and made a set of movements and asked Zhan Lian.
Zhan Lian smiled and nodded: "Well, then it depends on whether you are smart or not." Then she got up from the soft collapse and straightened her clothes: "All right, that's it for today, I'll take you to your quarters." β
After saying that, Zhan Lian walked down the steps and walked towards the innermost part of the main hall, there are many courtyards in all directions behind the main hall, and there are many little fairy children walking around cleaning, Zhan Lian led them through several corners, and passed through twelve pavilions to a place called the Hall of No Regrets, and the three words of the Hall of No Regrets are golden.
It is as big as the Ding'an Temple, but it is more magnificent than the Ding'an Temple, and there are beds, cases, chairs, shelves and couches made of golden silk nanmu in it, a full set of jade wine vessels are placed on the case, and glass lamps, calligraphy and paintings, jade flutes, jade Xiao, swords and so on are hung on the walls...... Those shelves are lined with jade lions, corals, jadeite, and all kinds of gold and jade ornaments.
Every brick and tile on this hall is made of gold and jade, and even the walls are gilded, how can it be exaggerated, pure and exaggerated, without any beauty, it is very different from the Ding'an Temple, and it is not like the style that Zhan Lian will like, even Nan Rongcheng and Nan Rongli came out of the two royal families to see this, and the corners of their mouths twitched.
"This is your future dwelling, remember, everything in it is a treasure, and you must not break it, or I will not spare you." The corners of Zhan Lian's mouth were lightly raised, although it was a warning, she said it lightly.
"Yes, Master."
"Can you live here? I couldn't even open my eyes. Nan Rongcheng pouted in disgust.
Zhan Lian squinted at him, glanced at the hall again, squinted her eyes, as if it was a little dazzling, some people treat this place as a treasure, and they are so disgusted, she chuckled and touched the tip of her nose, turned to leave, and five words came slowly:
"No, just stay here."
"Hey!!" Nan Rongcheng sighed deeply and walked towards the hall. Nan Rongli also followed.
Zhan Lian returned to his lotus hall, the lotus hall is much simpler than the hall of no regrets, pale pink gauze, simple beds, and a few lotus flowers in the hall, simple and elegant.
Before Zhan Lian could sit down, a man who looked very evil suddenly appeared in the hall, wearing a red robe, his hair was tied up with a red ribbon at will, and a sachet was pinned to his waist, this was the divine beast that Zhan Lian subdued thousands of years ago - White Tiger Zai Ze, Zai Ze looked at Zhan Lian with a pair of narrow phoenix eyes and gently picked the corners of his mouth: "It's a good mood to accept two apprentices?" β
"Well, it's good." Zhan Lian sat down in front of the tea table and poured herself a cup of tea, and gently sipped it into her mouth.
"I didn't know that taking in two apprentices would make you happy. How? What's so special about it? Looks better than me? β
"Zai Ze" Zhan Lian looked at him seriously, and said, "It's really better than you." β
"Heh... It's just two children, what do you think about it, a thousand-year-old thing? Jae Ze scoffed.
Zhan Lian drank the tea in the cup disappreciatively, not bothering to pay attention to him. Zai Ze sat down in the temple by himself, and refused to leave as soon as he sat down, day after day.