The north-central part of the continent has traditionally been classified as the northern border. Qinshan Country is located here.

On the northern border, among the twenty-five military cities, the most important is Blackwater City, which stands at the northwest pass. The middle part of Blackwater City is Bogu County, the center of the city. There is a silver stream in the city, which flows in the north of the city and finally joins the Wanxiang River of the eight major rivers on the border.

It was early in the morning, and the area around Silver Creek was relatively remote, with only a young man and a woman sitting by the stream. The girl looked fifteen or sixteen years old, with a delicate face, long hair and breasts, and a childish spirit, while the boy had a somewhat ruffian countenance and a very flowing smile.

That girl was originally the adopted daughter of a peasant woman at the foot of Beichao Mountain in Blackwater City. When the newly transferred city lord He Zhe first came to Chaoshan a month ago, he stayed at their house. Girls mother and daughter are hospitalized. Recently, my mother was facing displacement due to the forced land acquisition of a wealthy family in the city. He Zhe saw that the girl was kind by nature but had a pitiful background, and she was quite eye-catching, so he accepted her as his righteous daughter. A few days later, he was named Heyue at the Blackwater City Conference.

She called the boy Brother Ergou. The boy's surname is Zheng, his big name is Zheng Ming, he has a special identity, and now he is a newly recruited servant of the Hefu, and for some reason, the city lord of Hezhe made him a servant of Miss Heyue.

Although it is a master-servant relationship, the young boys and girls are extremely close to each other, and He Yue has no young lady's frame. Instead, he pestered Zheng Ergou to play with her. Because she grew up in a poor family, her childhood life was to help her mother do farm work. And Brother Ergou has a lot of fun tricks, flying kites, origami, etc., and takes her to the street to watch dramas. It made Heyue feel very fresh all of a sudden.

"Miss, I don't understand, what's so fun about flying a kite? It's been half a month, why are you still so interested!" Zheng Ergou just took off the kite that He Yue put on the tree, panting and complaining.

"Brother Ergou, why do you fly so high, and you never get entangled in a tree?" the girl excitedly took the kite from him, completely ignoring his words.

Zheng Ergou turned his brain, and suddenly said to her with a smile: "You want to know, ask me to tell you!"

He Yue immediately punched him in the arm, widened his eyes and said, "Please?... In my mother's words, you're not big or small!"

"Little girl, you're lazy again, aren't you! This punch doesn't have any strength, and you haven't cultivated well? Gritting his teeth, he flicked He Yue's forehead as if he couldn't hold it up.

He Yue found that he had been tricked by him, but he also knew that he was wrong, rubbed his forehead, and muttered in a low voice: "That Qi Condensation Trick or something, it gives me a headache at a glance." There is also the method of refining the body, and it hurts all over the body once you use it. Brother Ergou, people are still girls..."

Zheng Ergou was speechless for a while, picked up the half-spread book on the ground, put it in He Yue's hand, and said earnestly: "Miss, this "Dream Beginning", but how many people want to read it, they can't read it." If it weren't for the city lord asking me to serve you, my brother wouldn't have shown it to you!"

He Yue laughed and stuck out his tongue, "Cut, who is rare." ”

"Okay, okay, it's not uncommon for villains to beg for you, okay! You can practice every day to give the villain a face! Test you the easiest, what are the first five realms mentioned in the Daoyuan chapter of "Dream Beginning"?"

He Yue bit her lip and thought seriously, "Condensation... Build... Tsuki?uh, then the void, the void, and finally... Finally, it's Yuanying, right?"

"The last one is wrong! Such an important thing, alas. You remember, the big difference between this exercise and other exercises is that the condensed Yuan Infant is not an entity, but an Void Yuan Infant controlled by the soul consciousness, so it is the Void Infant realm..."

"Ah, what are you talking about? It's so complicated..."These things that can be forgotten at a glance, He Yue can only avoid Zheng Ergou's earnest teaching by messing around.

"Forget it, teach you to me off! I know a delicious xiaolongbao shop in Bogu County, do you want to go there?" Zheng Ergou closed the book and said to He Yue with a grin.

"Think about it! Brother Ergou, if you can be so good, I will never complain to my mother again!" He Yue smiled when she heard this, and jumped on the green grass on the shore.

"Go, my brother is usually very bad. Zheng Ergou got up. In fact, he had been thinking about one thing in his heart just now, hesitated for a moment, and smiled a little reluctantly: "Miss, in fact, I knew a very powerful old Taoist priest before, and he has been observing your cultivation for the past few days. Yesterday he told me that he wanted to take you as an apprentice, but only a named apprentice, and I will continue to teach you these things in the future, would you like to? If you can, I will take you with any interesting brothers in the future!"

"Huh, is it Master Mori Dao?"

The so-called Master of the Forest Dao is one of the most famous Taoist priests in Blackwater City. At least 100 years old, the reason why he is widely known is that he has been presiding over the Blackwater City General Assembly Examination for the selection of young talents for many years. I will try it that day, and it was Sen Dao who gave the name to Heyue.

"It's not. But he may be even more powerful than Mori Dao. And the common surname of this Taoist chief is also surnamed Sen!" Zheng Ergou laughed.

He Yue happily agreed, "Oh, that's whatever." Brother Ergou, you hurry up and take me back to the county. Xiaolongbao, I really haven't eaten it for a long, long time!"

Zheng Ergou was relieved. Looking at the bouncing appearance of He Yue walking in front, he sighed that it was okay that the eldest lady didn't have any heart now. He laughed too.

In the afternoon, Zheng Ergou returned to Yinxi with a satisfied Miss He. There was already a small, gray-haired man sitting under the tree where they had been waiting for them. Strangely, the pedestrians around him walked back and forth, as if they didn't notice him. As soon as the two of them appeared near Silverstream, the man immediately found them and cast his eyes on them.

Zheng Ergou patted He Yue's shoulder, she looked at his hand and was startled - although the man had gray hair, his face was very young, which could be described as a crane hair and a childish face. But if this is the Taoist elder that Brother Ergou said, shouldn't he be very old?

She didn't notice that after the "old man" glanced at her, the pedestrians around Silverstream began to leave at a strange rate. They all left naturally, and when Zheng Ergou pulled her to the man, there were only the three of them left in this area.

"Chief Sendao, this is the eldest lady of my family, take a look at ......" Walking next to him, Zheng Ergou bowed down and said very respectfully. Before he finished speaking, Sen Dao Chang stretched out his thin hand and gently brushed it in front of He Yue's eyes.

A feeling of the world spinning came, and He Yue hurriedly grabbed Zheng Ergou's hand. The next moment, she felt a lightness all over her body, as if she had entered a dream. A long, long time has passed. She dreamed that she had come to a very prosperous night market, where people were celebrating a festival called "Lantern Festival". There are a lot of lanterns on the street, and the styles are much more beautiful than those in Blackwater City. She stood there, but no one saw her. There are also many interesting riddles written on those lanterns, and the streets are crowded with people, guessing riddles around the lanterns with unique and bizarre shapes.

Walking past a stall selling something, He Yue saw a stove next to him cooking something. It emits an enticing scent. She was attracted and stood for a while, and the stall guy opened the lid of the pot, and there was something round boiling in it, I don't know what it was. After seeing him scoop this thing into small bowls, he began to sell "Selling Lantern Festival". Immediately a large crowd gathered around.

He Yue was greedy and took a step forward, only to find himself surprised to find himself passing through the body of the person in front of him. She glanced at the fragrant Lantern Festival, squatted down, and just wanted to stretch out her hand, but a tender Lantern Festival inside flew out directly and fell into He Yue's hands. No one around found out, she was overjoyed, secretly apologized, and sent the delicious Lantern Festival to her mouth. Then run away.

The entrance of the Lantern Festival is filled with bean paste. The rice noodles on the skin are also very refreshing, and He Yue is very intoxicated when he closes his eyes after eating it. At this moment, a group of people in strange costumes suddenly came in front of them, and the momentum was huge. They were clustered around a cloth golden dragon with candles inside, which was glittering with golden light, which was particularly attractive in the night. The clothes these people wore were all bright colors. They worked together to make the golden dragon dance, singing festive ballads, and dancing as they went, attracting people to stop and watch. He Yue felt very fresh and interesting when she saw it, and smiled excitedly.

Then there was a flash of golden light in front of him, and it was all over. He Yue came back to his senses and found that he was still sitting on the green grass by the silver stream at noon. Zheng Ergou looked at her, and there seemed to be some worry in his eyes. At this time, the forest chief spoke, "Do you think it's the same as the real thing?"

He Yue calmed down and nodded vigorously, no matter what the origin of this Sen Dao Leader was, "Yes, Dao Chief, you are really amazing! Where did I go just now?"

He Yue looked at his face carefully at this time, this forest Taoist looked really young. If you only look at her face, it looks like she is only the age of her father, Ho Zhe.

The chief of the forest said with a smile: "Your mind is simple and malleable, and it has won the heart of the poor Dao, yet!"

He Yue didn't understand what he was talking about for a while, and then he heard Sen Dao Chang continue: "Child, the Dao method I did on you just now is one of the secret methods of the Poor Dao Sect. What Zheng Ming has taught you these days is the foundation of this Dao method. I saw that you weren't interested in this sect before, but now that you read it, how do you feel?"

The naïve He Yue didn't think much about it, and quickly replied: "It's really amazing, if I can, I want to learn it too!"

Sen Dao Chang smiled, "Aren't you learning? Poor Dao saw that you had good understanding and bones, so he intended to accept you as a disciple." It just so happened that Zheng Ming and I had known each other, and it was a good opportunity. However, the rules of this sect cannot be broken, if you really intend to further your studies, the poor road can only accept you as a registered disciple for the time being. ”

He Yue smiled happily, "That... Then I..."

"Silly girl, aren't you called Master?" Zheng Ergou breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and said happily.

He Yue didn't care about anything with this subordinate at this time, so he hurriedly bowed down and shouted loudly: "Meet Master!"

Under the command of Sen Dao and Zheng Ergou, He Yue completed the apprenticeship ceremony. She stood up excitedly, suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Master, where do you live?" If the apprentice has a problem with Brother Ergou's cultivation, can he go to you?"

At this time, Zheng Ergou and Sen Daochang secretly glanced at each other. Zheng Ergou's eyes were inexplicably a little nervous.

And the chief of the forest road laughed, "Where does the poor Dao live? I can't tell for sure! Don't worry, if you cultivate these basic things now, that kid's level is still enough." When the time comes, Poor Dao will come out and personally guide. ”

"But on my father's side, I'm ......" He Yue suddenly thought that she was still the eldest lady of the He Mansion, and she couldn't practice with the Sen Dao Master every day in the future, right?

"It's okay. The poor path takes you to cultivate, and naturally it will not force you to leave your original life. During this time, you only need to follow Zheng Ming to practice every day, and then give you timely guidance, and when you have made obvious progress, Poor Dao will go to discuss the future with the city lord of Hezhe. Don't worry. ”

He Yue was very happy, thanked him again and again, and stammered a little when she spoke.

"Okay, Zheng Ming, you can put on the piece of soul jade I made for He Yue for her. After the soul jade recognizes the master, you will be a disciple of this sect. Remember, the soul jade is a very important thing for a monk, and it contains part of the monk's luck and divine soul thoughts. It's too early to tell you some of this, and you don't understand it very well. However, it is something very important to you and must be kept safe!"

Watching Brother Ergou put the cyan jade-like soul jade in the hands of the chief of the forest on his neck, He Yue felt extremely happy. The appearance of this beautiful jade stone won her heart, not to mention that this thing was a sign that she had become a full-fledged disciple of the Dao Sect! When did she ever think that such a great supernatural power as Master Sen Dao could also be learned by herself, and there was even a very powerful master who was willing to accept her as a disciple and teach her the profound Dao method!

He Yue, who felt extremely happy at the moment, did not think about it carefully—the sun hanging in the sky should not have been so gentle and soft, and the ancient town would not have been so peaceful at this time.

And she herself was not so innocent and lively in the first place, and that unfathomable Taoist Daoist should not have appeared here.

She shouldn't have anything to do with the word monasticism

For He Yue, everything in front of her should be a false dream, but she doesn't know it here and now.

Speaking of which, it's a long, long story......"