9 There are ravines in the fairy road, and the ancient kingdom is falling apart
As far as the eye can see, among the endless mountains and fields, there is only one color - endless white. People who have never been here www.biquge.info have seen such a scene for the first time, and they will be amazed by its beauty, so white and pure, there is no dirt between heaven and earth, and it seems that the soul can be purified by it to be ethereal and dust-free. But those who have been here for a long time will only find the color palette maddeningly boring, the same in all directions, so that you can't tell the difference between east and west, and no matter how much paint you use to outline the pattern, it will not be long before it is stubbornly covered up with a monotonous white. This is the northernmost point of the Dongzhou Continent, the Tianya Ice Sheet in the north of Youzhou, the closest place to the Yuanxing North Pole in Dongzhou, and in the middle of the vast ice field, is the Yulong Mountain Range that stretches for thousands of miles from east to west. The Niyun Palace, one of the top nine major sects in Dongzhou, is located in Beicang Mountain in the middle of the Jade Dragon Mountain Range.
Anyone who has been to Beicang Mountain has sung about the miracle of creation. The Yulong Mountains are about 2,000 miles from east to west, 800 miles from north to south, with an average altitude of about 3,000 meters, and most of the peaks are covered with snow all year round. But in the center of it, it suddenly sinks, forming a depression that is more than 100 miles long. The lowest part of the depression is only a few meters above sea level, and the highest peak in the territory is only 500 meters above sea level. The geothermal heat here is extremely abundant, with dense hot springs, large and small lakes, perennial mist steaming, and colorful neon flashing from time to time under the sunlight. Verdant vegetation covers all the peaks and valleys, and all kinds of exotic animals haunt them, forming a great visual contrast with the towering snow-capped peaks around them. Qiongyuan Immortal Palace, nothing more than that.
At the foot of Beicang Mountain, on the shore of Jade Lake, there is a courtyard-style ancient building complex in the eye, and the eaves and corners are haunted in the green shade, which is the welcome courtyard for Niyun Palace to receive visitors. Skirting the winding cloisters, it is an all-wood building that is half on the water and half on land. Below are dozens of giant wooden columns, lifting the wooden building of the eaves and arches into the air. The difference in roof height between the floor floor and an ordinary one-story house is similar. Climb the stairs, facing a pair of carved gates, and the lintel is written with three big characters 'Concierge Building'. Guests are being served in the building.
The visitor is a middle-aged man with a straight nose and a wide mouth and a dignified appearance, and he is one of the nine major immortal cultivation sects in Dongzhou, and the Nine Star Sect is the exercise of handling mundane affairs. The owner is a charming young woman, the head of the outer hall of Niyun Palace, red celery. There are also a few maids who make tea and play the piano, waiting for food. It should be noted that in the Niyun Palace, except for the visitors, all are women.
"Senior Sister Hong, is there really no news about the calendar?" Although I am not angry with the red celery and has been prevaricating, I have to endure the soft grinding and hard foaming. The reason for such compromises lies in the rules of Xianlutang.
Xianlutang is an institution that was jointly formed by the nine major sects under the command of the Tianwai Immortal Family thousands of years ago, and governs the management of Dongzhou's immortal cultivation affairs. In the past, there were instructions from the immortal family, and each sect was responsible for implementing them, and each performed its own duties, so there were no entanglements, disputes, and the like. The sects are equal in status and do not need to compete for power. However, two hundred years ago, the Flying Immortals suddenly cut off contact, and there is still no news until now.
Without the guidance of the Immortal Family, no one has flown to the Immortal Palace for two hundred years, and the predecessors who have ascended before are also nowhere to be seen. Xianlutang has been running according to the usual practice, and the small things are fine, such as checking the level of the martial artist, reviewing the title, registering the gang, etc., but the slightly larger things gradually reveal problems. For example, a hundred years ago, Liu Yong and Liu Sanbraid and the two demons poisoned the rivers and lakes, and it was difficult for Xianlutang to form a resolution to encircle and suppress. The second demon's skill is too high, and everyone is afraid of losing their manpower. In the end, Xianlutang's face was greatly damaged, and his authority was questioned, so he finally unified his opinion and worked together to kill. Even so, each family is not going all out, and each family has a spare hand. In the end, for the first time, Xianlutang did not make a condescending and irresistible way, but secretly reached an agreement with the two demons to see a dishonorable one.
The members of the Nine Congresses are of equal status, and as long as there are different opinions, it is difficult to resolve the matter. Even if only one family disagrees, it is not easy to do, and there is no system where the minority obeys the majority. If they go their own way, needless to say, the entire Xianlu Hall will be scattered, which is what everyone does not want to see. Without the Immortal Road Hall, these nine major sects would not be able to control Dongzhou. Twenty years ago, Emperor Yang conferred the title without the permission of Xianlutang. There are disagreements on how to deal with this obviously provocative action, not only among the gangs, but also within the sects. As a result, some radicals acted secretly in private, creating the illusion of Emperor Yang's accidental death. In this way, the rift in Xianlutang inevitably expanded.
On the other hand, with the disappearance of the immortals, some large and small forces in Dongzhou slowly refused to be completely manipulated by the Xianlutang, and gradually revealed their own interests. In this way, it is inevitable that there will be a conflict of interests and power with the Nine Great Sects of Xianlutang. Later, it became more and more out of control, not only the local second- and third-level forces, but also the nine overlords gradually had their own small abacus, so there was a shocking change in Xixi, and there was the chaos in the entire Dongzhou today.
Now, even the hardliners are realizing that if this continues, it will be completely chaotic, and the monks at the highest level of the Nine Congresses, who do not care about secular affairs, have to come forward to negotiate, but there is still no perfect plan. It is just a matter of letting each family conduct an inspection of WTO accession and maintain timely contact to find a solution. The vigorous exercise in Hou Chu's mouth is the exercise history sent by the Niyun Palace.
Hongqin smiled and responded: "Giggles, how dare the little sister deceive Senior Brother Hou." Senior brother should know that this palace is located in the northern wilderness, and it is blocked by the uninhabited ice fields at the end of the world, so it is really inconvenient to communicate with the Central Plains. After Senior Sister Li left the palace, she rarely had contact with the palace, and her whereabouts were even more erratic. Where she is now, the little sister really doesn't know. Isn't there a channel of communication between you exercising? How could he come all the way to the Northern Wilderness to find her? ”
"Hey, why did your palace send it," he wanted to say that the history was not stable enough, but in the territory of Niyun Palace, blaming the people of Niyun Palace, it was not easy to speak. "Senior Sister Li has always been a loner, and she has never been in contact with the branches of Xianlutang in various places. Except for one time in Longdanjin, Qiongzhou, five years ago, there has been no news. ”
Hongqin hurriedly apologized, "Senior Sister Li is a free and easy person, and she is good at playing games, so she has caused trouble to your senior brothers." ”
"It's so troublesome, the key is that the other eight have put forward their own claims. Your palace also has to have an attitude, right? Everyone knows that it is not a matter to drag it all the time. The turmoil in the world has greatly affected the foundation of Xianlutang, and the Saixian Club has been suspended for nearly 20 years. Hou Chu said helplessly.
Hearing this, Hongqin's face instantly turned from sunny to cloudy, and she replied coldly: "Senior Brother Hou means that all the responsibilities are in this palace." The Saixian Club was suspended, it seems that it was because of the Xixi Shock. Could it be that the Xixi Shock was also the work of this palace? The question that follows is distinctly sarcastic. Although there is no evidence to prove who operated the Xixi Shock, everyone knows it in their hearts, and it has absolutely nothing to do with Niyun Palace.
Hou Chu lost his mouth for a while, and immediately made the atmosphere awkward, "I didn't mean that, didn't I want to end the chaos as soon as possible." "As the number one master below the cultivator of the Nine Star Sect, it goes without saying that the cultivation talent is not good, but the speaking skills are really not good. As soon as these words came out, the scene was even worse, and I obviously wanted to apologize, but it seemed that the meaning was that the responsibility for not ending the chaos was indeed in Niyun Palace.
"Ha," Hongqin smiled angrily, "It seems that Senior Brother Hou's search for Senior Sister Li today is fake, and the accountability of Niyun Palace is true." It turns out that the culprit of the chaos in the world is actually this palace, haha······. ”
"Senior Sister Hong, don't be angry," the person who answered was not Hou Chu. Under the guidance of the maid, Cheng Yao happened to step into the gate. "I know that my junior sister doesn't like to deal with stinky men like me, so I don't have to use this method to send my senior brother away." One sentence skillfully defused the atmosphere in the venue.
The visitor was a guest, and Hongqin hurriedly got up to salute, "I've seen Senior Brother Cheng, please sit down." Serve tea. After the three of them greeted each other and sat down again, Hongqin pretended to be cunning and said: "As soon as Senior Brother Cheng came, he bullied me as a weak woman, which is not manly enough. ”
Cheng Yao gagged as soon as he saw Hongqin coming, and he suddenly couldn't speak out, but he couldn't run in vain, "Don't dare, don't dare." He chuckled and said, "In the past, at the Immortal Race Meeting, I was fortunate enough to get the guidance of Deputy Palace Master Jing, and I didn't dare to forget it. I came to pay my respects today, can my sister be accommodating? ”
Everyone knows the meaning, Cheng Yao, Hou Chu came here to make a statement in the Niyun Palace, which has been silent. And Hongqin really can't decide this matter, she knows that the palace master and the elders will be disgusted with some of the practices of other sects and don't want to get involved. But as one of the nine factions, the others can't ignore it, so the Neon Cloud Palace must have an opinion, but as a calendar for exercising, it flies out of the sky. So I knew Cheng Yao's thoughts, but because I talked about my ancestor, I couldn't go beyond it, so I had to nod and say: "Since that's the case, then the little sister will go back to the mountain to ask the ancestor to see if she has time." Wait for the two senior brothers. ”
Cheng Yao, Hou Chu hurriedly got up, "Why wait slowly, the northern fairyland, it's beautiful, I'll just take a look at it again." "Senior sister, please." So, Hongqin left the maid to lead the two to enjoy the lake and mountains, and went back to the mountain to ask for instructions.
From the lakeside welcome courtyard to the north of Cangshan Mountain, about more than 100 miles. If the spirit priest exerts all his strength, he can go back and forth in more than an hour, and if he walks at the speed of ordinary people, it will take a day or two. Seeing the red celery curling away, Cheng and Hou couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly. You're in a hurry, and people don't care at all. It seems that I don't want to hear back today.
Early the next morning, two more people visited one after another, namely Jing Ming of the Tianyi Sword Sect and Leng Hong of the Wanling Gang. As soon as they met, Jing Ming asked: "Brother Cheng has a leisurely tour of the mountains and rivers, could it be that the history has opened the golden mouth?" ”
Cheng Yao smiled bitterly: "Don't talk about the calendar, I can speak almost nothing." ”
Leng Hongren said bluntly as his surname: "If you see it, you see it, if you don't see it, you don't see it, what does 'almost' mean?" "I all know that Leng Hong is such a personality, and no one is angry with him.
Hou Chu explained at a glance, "Yesterday, I saw Hongqin, the head of the Foreign Affairs Hall, and she said that she went back to the mountain to ask for instructions, but she hasn't come back yet, and seeing it is almost the same as not seeing it, so she said 'almost'." ”
Leng Hong ignored the rigid Hou Chu, "Niyun Palace is dragging it like this, what is it for, do they want to do it alone?" ”
Hou Chu said condemningly: "It's the Wanling Gang who is acting alone and privately." ”
Leng Hong disdainfully argued, "Everything the Ten Thousand Souls Gang does is selfless, it is all for Xianlutang. ”
Hou Chu sneered: "Let's look at today's full of Cangyi, just ······." ”
Seeing that the more he spoke, Jing Ming immediately interrupted Hou Chu's words, "Two, we're not here to quarrel. How to solve the current chaos and guide the future direction is what we should discuss. Brother Cheng, the head of their welcome house is available? Ask her to release the eagle and interrogate, how long will it take for Master Red to return? ”
"This person is here, I'll ask." Cheng Yao turned and left. Leng Hong also turned around and returned to the rest building arranged for him by the welcome house.
At the same time as several people were arguing, a white snow eagle swept over the top of the South Jade Dragon Mountain, circled a few times, and then shot down, and then gradually spread its wings and glided down gracefully. Then, slowly ascending, pulling out a huge parabola, flying towards Beicang Mountain.
In the evening, Hongqin finally returned to the reception courtyard and hosted a banquet on the third floor of the concierge building to entertain the four guests. The third floor has no walls, only a few columns and railings, and the scenery on all sides is in full view. The sunset is covered by the peak of the West Yulong Mountain, which makes the west peak look a little dark, but the snow peaks on the north, south and east sides are mottled in color and beautiful under the reflection of the slanting sun.
The red celery dress flutters, and the slender jade fingers hold the crystal wine glass, leaning against the railing, with the colorful snow-capped mountains as the background, like a peerless painting. It's a pity that none of the people present have the romantic feelings of knowing and knowing, and the topics discussed are even more striking.
Hou Chu's inappropriate words yesterday made Hongqin angry, and he didn't dare to speak casually, looking at Jingming. Jingming has always been in the middle to reconcile the contradictions of various families, and there is a faint implication of the first exercise of the Nine Congresses. Of course, this is also due to the fact that the strength of the Tianyi Sword Sect is at the forefront of the various factions. Jing Ming was pondering his words, but Leng Hong didn't care about it, "Senior Sister Hong, what does your palace mean, do you keep us hanging out like this." ”
Hongqin glanced at Leng Hong in disgust, "This palace has never invited Leng Xing to come to the erection, nor has it blocked the snow mountain and blocked Leng Xing's way, so why don't you say it." Leng Hong's breath was short, his face flushed, and he was obviously angry.
Without waiting for him to speak again, Jing Ming hurriedly grabbed the conversation, "I'll wait for you to come uninvited, disturbing the purity of your palace, forgive me." Today's chaos is in turmoil, blood is flowing and drifting, even if you don't say that the immortal family is merciful, in the long run, it will be detrimental to us and other factions. Isn't this in a hurry, what does your palace master say, I hope my senior sister will tell me. The four of them were put together in the words, which not only comforted Leng Hong, but also because of the modesty of the tone, so as not to offend Niyun Palace.
Hongqin turned to face Jing Ming, "Have you eight ever reached an agreement?" ”
"Not yet." Jing Ming replied.
"If not, what's the benefit of having one more proposition?"
Jing Ming choked for a moment, "This ······, after all, the Xianlu Hall is shared by the nine factions, and everyone should do their part." ”
"Yes," Hongqin nodded in agreement, "What the palace master means is that since she has sent the calendar to exercise, naturally everything is up to her to decide. Raised his hand to stop Cheng Yao's interjection, "Don't worry, you want to say that you can't find her, right?" The palace master also said that if you haven't found the calendar after the eight of you have reached an agreement, then this palace will follow your common decision, and this will always be okay. In addition, she has just received a summons from Liyan, and she may be in Lizhou recently. If you have to find her, go to Lizhou. ”
"Lizhou? Nothing big there, right? Cheng Yao wondered.
"Liu Liu's two demons appeared in Qianzhou, is it for those two?" Leng Hong's sect was not far from there, and the wind and grass in the vicinity could not avoid their ears and eyes.
Hongqin replied, "Even if it doesn't hit, it's not far away." The main thing is to confirm the two apprentices. ”
"Apprentice?" Everyone was puzzled.
Hongqin nodded, "Yes, apprentice!" And it's probably someone you've all been searching for for a long time. ”