Chapter 38: Apprenticeship
The next day, "Sister." ”
As soon as Zhan Yunxi raised his eyes, he saw a small ball rushing over quickly.
"Twilight, have you ever had breakfast?"
"Well, I'm full." Zhan Yundui patted her round little belly.
Zhan Yunxi wiped the corners of his mouth, stood up and took Zhan Yundu, "Then let's go!" ”
The carriage drove leisurely for a day before arriving in Yuewu County.
"Master, we've arrived in Yuewu County."
Zhan Yunxi lifted the curtain and took a look, "It's getting late, let's find an inn in the city to rest for the night!" ”
As soon as the carriage stopped, the little two who had a spirit came up attentively.
"Guest officer, are you sharpening or staying in the hotel?"
"Three upper rooms."
Zhan Yunxi came out this time with only four Ziyi, leaving Yin Li to assist Zhan Mingxuan.
"Eh, okay, please upstairs."
Xiao Er led them to the room.
"Deliver the food to the room."
"Okay, guest officer, wait a minute."
After Xiao Er left, Zhan Yunxi turned around and said, "You guys clean up, and come over to arrange a plan in a while." ”
Ziyi and the others quickly tidied up, and then returned to Zhanyunxi's room. All the talents sat down in a group, and Xiao Er came over to serve the food.
"Guest, your food."
When Xiao Er finished serving the food and was about to retreat, Zhan Yunxi suddenly called out to him.
"Xiao Er, do you know where Mingxin Valley is?"
"Yo, guest officer, you're also here to find that hermit master? It's not that I despise the guest officer, there are not a thousand but hundreds of people who come to find him, and no one is favored by that person, not to mention that most people haven't even seen that person, guest officer, you still have to rest here for a night, and you will go home tomorrow! ”
Zhan Yunxi chuckled lightly, and was not annoyed, "Thank you for the advice, but it's all here, you have to go and see it, don't you?" ”
Xiao Er scratched his head, rolled his eyes, and smiled wryly, "It's not impossible to tell you, it's just ......."
Nuan Yan immediately threw him a piece of broken silver.
"Eh, thank you guest officer, Mingxin Valley is just below the Qianlong Yuan, you will come out tomorrow, go all the way north, go out of the North City Gate, and then go to the right for three miles."
"Thank you very much."
"Okay, the guest officer is slow to use, and the villain has retired."
The door creaked shut,
"Hidden Dragon Abyss? Mingxin Valley? This great Confucian is also a high-minded and arrogant lord! Zhan Yunxi's beautiful eyes were slightly closed, the smile on his lips was wanton and lazy, his voice was half-deep, and his tone was unclear.
"Sister, I will definitely let the one who accepts me as a disciple." Zhan Yundui tilted his little head, staring at Zhan Yunxi with a wrong eye, and said very seriously.
Zhan Yunxi let out a doting smile and touched his little head, "Twilight is the smartest, only he doesn't deserve to be Twilight's teacher, how can he not accept Twilight?" ”
With the approval of her sister, Zhan Yundui's eyes brightened even more, revealing her wholehearted dependence and trust in her sister, which made Zhan Yunxi's heart warm.
"But tomorrow Twilight will have to do it all on her own, and my sister won't help you."
"Well, I must rely on my own ability to let that person accept me as a disciple."
The next day, "Master, everything is ready." ”
"Let's go!"
The closer he got to the Hidden Dragon Abyss, Zhan Yunxi felt Zhan Yundui pull his little hand tighter and tighter.
There was a helplessness in his eyes, after all, he was still a child! Zhan Yunxi lowered her head and softened her voice, her tone becoming more and more delicate, "Twilight, do you remember what my sister said yesterday?" ”
Zhan Yundui looked at her sister and nodded.
"Twilight is the best, if he doesn't take it, it's because he doesn't have the vision, he doesn't have the blessing, you know?"
Zhan Yundui responded obediently, and the movements of his hands relaxed a little.
Zhan Yunxi lowered her eyelashes, covering the complicated look in her eyes, and sighed in her heart, "Eh, sure enough, he acted too early, which added a lot of pressure to Twilight, and even made him feel a little inferior?"
The carriage finally came to a stop after staggering through the steep mountain road.
After several people got out of the car, they couldn't help but be shocked by the scene in front of them. They were on top of a cliff, and when they looked down, they could see a blue color below. In the meantime, the clouds and mist are shrouded, like a fairy breath.
Li Zhu looked carefully at the bottom and said, "Master, it seems to be a bamboo sea below." ”
"Master, this mountain wall is almost straight up and down, how are we going down?" Tassel looked at Zhan Yundui and Zhan Yunxi with some embarrassment, the four of them can go down with light skills, but if they bring one person, even they are not completely sure.
Zhan Yunxi looked at the valley below, and instead of answering the tassel question, he lowered his head and asked Zhan Yunxi, who was standing next to him, "Twilight, how do you think you want to go down?" ”
Zhan Yundui pursed her lips, put on a small face, looked up at her sister's encouraging eyes, hesitated for a moment, and still said her thoughts: "This place is called Qianlong Yuan, which means that this person compares himself to Wolong, and thinks very highly of himself, and the place where he lives is called Mingxin Valley, which means that this person is determined and indomitable, and will not give up his ambitions easily. ”
Zhan Yundui paused, looking at her sister with some apprehension, Zhan Yunxi's smile was like a flower, full of affirmation and encouragement.
Zhan Yundui continued: "Since his purpose is to select disciples who are suitable, naturally he will not let a heavenly trench block the talented Confucian scholars, so there should be an escalator or hidden staircase near here. ”
After speaking, he tilted his head and looked at his sister with bright eyes. Zhan Yunxi also praised without hesitation, "Twilight is amazing. ”
Ziyi and the others immediately dispersed to find a passage.
After a while, there was a call from the warm smoke, "Master, there is a ladder here." ”
Everyone rushed to the warm smoke to take a look and couldn't help but hesitate. It turned out that this was really a ladder, and I don't know what unknown vines were woven with, and it stretched down to the clouds, and it looked very unreliable. Seeing this scene, even if he was as indifferent as a clear cloud, he couldn't help frowning. She couldn't risk her brother's life.
Zhan Yunxi's afterglow seemed to sweep something, and when he looked closely, it turned out that there were small depressions at intervals next to the ladder, like small platforms. Zhan Yunxi estimated that he could probably accommodate a stout adult man to stand.
Zhan Yunxi thought about it for a while, and finally made up her mind, "Twilight, can you go on?" ”
Zhan Yundui looked at the bottomless canyon, nodded, and said firmly, "Sister, I want to go down and give it a try." ”
"Even if something could have happened?"
"Well, sister, I'm going down."
"Okay, in that case, my sister will accompany you down."
"Sister (master)!" Zhan Yundui, Ziyi and the others all screamed.
"No, my sister's body is so weak, how can she go down?"
"Yes! Master, otherwise, let us escort the young master down, and we will definitely guarantee the young master's safety. ”
Zhan Yunxi smiled and shook his head, but the firmness in his eyes made it impossible to refuse, or it was useless to refuse.
"Don't worry, I'm not kidding with myself and Twilight's life, but if you look closely, there are actually small round platforms next to the rattan ladder below, just big enough for one person to settle into. I'm guessing that each platform should be almost the same distance from each other. Tassel, you go and bring the rope from the carriage. ”
The tassel used light skills, and after a few sweeps, it turned back.
"Tassel, you have the best light work, you tie it first, and then go down, Lizhu, you then, see how much space is between the two platforms, whether it is the same distance."
"Yes, master."
The tassel tapped its toe and landed directly on a round platform.
Zhan Yunxi couldn't help but say: "Tassels, be careful, don't be reckless." ”
"Don't worry, master!"
Tassel stuck out his tongue, didn't dare to use light work anymore, climbed down the ladder, and landed smoothly on the platform below. Seeing that she was already in place, Lizhu held the rope in her hand and fell directly to the first platform, then slowly retracted the rope until the rope tied to the tassel was straight. Then the two of them climbed down at an almost identical frequency, just as the tassel reached the third platform, and Lizhu reached the second platform. After seeing that she had done it, Tassel untied the rope on her body, and the two of them quickly climbed up.
"Okay, then the tassel is the first, then I am the second, Ziyi is the third, Twilight is the fourth, Lizhu is the last, Nuan Yan stays here, ready to pick us up at any time, the distance between each person is the distance between the two platforms."
Several people quickly tied up, ready to climb down.
"Everybody's better at the same speed."
Several people straightened their faces, looked at each other, and began to climb down. Take a break every quarter of an hour. Gradually, Zhan Yunxi's face became whiter and whiter, but Zhan Yundu's face turned red. Fine beads of sweat oozed from Zhan Yunxi's forehead, but Zhan Yunxi didn't dare to relax at all, allowing it to roll into his shirt along the snow-white gooseneck.
The warm smoke left on it was not easy, staring at them with fear, not daring to deviate at all, for fear of an accident. However, it was not only the warm smoke that was anxious to stay on it. The treetops of a large tree not far away were quivering.
Darkguard Sixteen and Darkguard Seventeen looked at each other, anxious but overwhelmed. The master ordered them to protect Miss Zhan in secret, but now that Miss Zhan has gone down, they can't be exposed, if Miss Zhan makes any mistakes below, the master will definitely pull them out of their bones. The two sighed one after another, suppressed the impatience in their hearts, and stayed aside, but they also knew that they would probably not be punished.
Fortunately, all of Nuan Yan's attention was focused on Zhan Yunxi and the others below at this time, otherwise these two secret guards would not only have failed to protect Zhan Yunxi, but also exposed themselves.
After an hour, I finally saw the scene below. However, Zhan Yunxi and the others were not relieved, but couldn't cry or laugh.