Wilderness.

At dusk and sunset, the snowy peaks are reflected, and birds fly in the sky. A cow, a car, squeaky and twisting, staggering.

In the northwest frontier, the Altai Mountains, on the shore of Kanas Lake, in this fairyland-like quiet world, an ox cart suddenly broke into the meadow by the lake, and the old cow walked and stopped, leisurely, stopping from time to time to gnaw on the fresh grass on the ground;

There was an old man sitting on the wheel, white clothes and white beard and white hair, his eyes were slightly closed, as if he was driving a car, like a nap, but he didn't care whether the old cow was moving forward or not.

"Master!" a childish voice came, and the curtain on the front-facing side of the trunk was lifted, and a small pink face appeared behind the curtain.

"Master, have you arrived at Tianhu?"

"Come on!" the old man spat out these three words, but he didn't seem to be sure.

"Then I'll go down and fetch some grass to feed the old cow!"

With a "click", the bamboo door on the side of the carriage was pushed open, and a girl in a red coat jumped out of the ox cart.

The little girl looks handsome, her eyebrows are like spring silkworms, her eyelashes are like willows, and her big eyes are flickering, as if she can speak. The small nose is slightly upturned, the red lips are like cherries, the blush is like a peach, the pink neck is like a lotus, the red clothes and green pants are small flower shoes, at a glance, it is definitely a little beauty embryo with a bright water.

"Be careful!" the old man squinted, his wrinkled old face showing endless love.

"Senior sister, I'll go too!" a chubby boy jumped out of the ox cart, he was stout, with a flat head and a round face, about the same age as the little girl, eight or nine years old, holding a wooden barrel in one hand and a small sword at his waist.

"Senior brother, what are you doing?" the little girl looked at him with a smile.

"I ...... I'm going to fetch water for the cows!" the boy held up the bucket in his hand.

"And what are you doing with your sword?" the girl's big eyes blinked with curiosity.

"I want to protect my sister!" the boy drew his little sword and raised it in his hand.

"Hee-hee...... Who wants you to protect you, there is a master here!" The little girl giggled and ran away, "You are not an old cow, you want to follow me to eat the grass by the river......"

"Senior sister, wait for me ......" The little boy carried the barrel and ran after the little girl to the river.

"Don't go into the water to play, there's a big monster in the lake!" cried the old man, but the two children didn't seem to hear.

The old man shook his head helplessly, took out a tube of leather paper from his bosom, and spread it out on his lap.

This is a picture scroll depicting the graphics of the landscape route, there are several tall snow-capped mountains, and a beautiful lake in the mountains, on which the word "Tianhu" is marked with seal characters, and below the picture, a few lines of seal text are written:

"The first day of the year, the month is not new, and the day is ugly

Tianguan rushed to crape myrtle, the green dragon came out of the heavenly lake, and when he ascended to heaven. ”

Kanas Lake is located at the southern foot of the Altai Mountains, and to the north of it, there are several majestic and tall main peaks, from which you can clearly see the reflection of those snow-capped peaks on the surface of the lake.

He looked at the peaks that were reflected golden by the setting sun dozens of miles away, and there was a hint of hesitation in his eyes, "It should be here, right? Do you want to continue to go north to find Tianhu? Tomorrow is the day of your own ugliness, and I am afraid that it will be too late to rush such a long mountain road." ”

The old man's name is Zhang Ruizong, and he is the younger brother of Zhang Sizong, the twenty-sixth generation of the Heavenly Master of the Zhengyi Sect of Longhu Mountain, and his legal name is Donghua Venerable.

A year before his elder brother Zhang Sizong succeeded to the throne of the Heavenly Master, he once gave him a picture scroll of unknown origin, and he told his younger brother that he could get the opportunity to ascend to heaven according to the map.

Zhang Ruizong, who was bent on seeking immortals, carried this scroll and traveled all over the major foothills of the northwest border, in order to find the place of ascending immortals marked on this map.

Over the decades, the years have exhausted his vitality, his body has gradually aged, and his mind has gradually become gray.

About 9 years ago, when he was passing by Mizhi in Shaanxi, he picked up the two abandoned children in the county town, the two little girls and boys who ran to play.

The time when the two were picked up was less than an hour, but the little girl picked it up first and became a senior sister, and the boy who picked it up later had to become a junior brother.

The girl was picked up at the back door of a family surnamed Lu, so he named the girl Lu Xiaozhi, and similarly, the boy picked it up behind the Ouyang family's house, so he named Ouyang Lie.

From then on, he bought an ox cart and took the two children with him as their home and cattle as their companions, and slowly drove towards the last land of hope in the northwestern Altai Mountains.

After several years of trekking through mountains and rivers, eating and lodging, they arrived at the Kanas Lake, which is known as "the fairyland on earth and the garden of the gods", and the two children they picked up have grown into big children.

Today is May 25 of the first year of Song Renzong's reign, that is, the day before the day of Xin Weiyue Jichou in the first year of the first year of the first Wu Dynasty, and if he misses this date, he will have to wait for the next 60 years.

"Master, Master!" the old man's thoughts were broken by a shout, and when he looked up, he saw that it was Lu Xiaozhi walking towards this side with a basket full of grass on his back.

"Master, Xiao Lie is disobedient again, he went to the lake to catch fish!" She was sweating profusely, her face was flushed, and while wiping the sweat with her sleeve, she ran to complain, "What if he is caught by the lake monster!"

The old Taoist shook his head helplessly, Ouyang Lie's kid is very active when he is young, and he is not controlled, in recent days, he often feels mentally tired, and his sister Lu Xiaozhi will control this junior brother on his behalf, but Xiaozhi is weak and weak, where can he control this brute boy.

He wiped the sweat on the little girl's face with his sleeve, his eyes were full of love and pity, "Xiaozhi, you have to cultivate that Ziwei Heart Sutra diligently, so that you can control your junior brother!"

"Yes, Master, Xiaozhi knows. When the little girl had finished complaining, she carried the basket and went to feed the old cow.

The crape myrtle Heart Sutra mentioned by the old man is a cultivation technique behind the picture scroll, its origin is unknown, but it seems to be very suitable for the little girl to practice.

"Alas...... What a cute girl, it's a pity that she won't live to adulthood!" The old man looked at the busy figure of the little girl, his eyes showed a trace of sadness, he guessed from his most proud Da Yan Technique, Lu Xiaozhi was born with a short life, and he could not live to be 15 years old, this time he came to the northwest to find Tianhu, but also for the opportunity of this little girl, in case he met the immortals, he would have the opportunity to ascend to immortals, and Lu Xiaozhi's lifespan problem would be solved.

"Master, I caught a big fish, I have a fish to eat tonight!" In the distance, the chubby boy was struggling to carry a bucket of water, and as he ran, the water in the bucket was still spilling out.

......

At sunset, the night is deep, and a family of 3 people is around the fire and enjoys grilled fish together.

After dinner, the old Taoist taught the two children to practice the Gong of Tuna, and when they arrived at the unitary, the night sky was already full of stars, and the two children got into the car and lay down to rest, and after a while they fell asleep, the old Taoist tucked the bedding for them, pressed the curtain, and then fell into meditation.

The old cow lay on the grass on the hillside, quietly scribbling the grass in his stomach, the bonfire slowly extinguished, and the wilderness fell into darkness again.

......

The sky, the vastness of the universe, the stars shifting, and an inexplicable storm seems to be brewing.

In the early hours of the morning, an unusually bright star suddenly appeared at the eastern Tianguan star, which was shaped six points, like a small sun, so that the bright light of the surrounding constellations was all obscured.

If at this time, this Donghua Venerable looked up at the sky, he would immediately be surprised, because this was a new guest star, and it was located in Tianguan, and the stars pierced Beidou!

Tianguan guest star!

Tianguan Star, also known as the Star of Guarding the Gate, has always been considered to be the soul star of one of the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper. And the Shaking Light Star is the direct guidance portal of the Ziwei Star Wall, so the location of the Tianguan Star is not trivial in ancient astrology, it can be said that it is the guardian star of the Ziwei Palace.

"Tianguan guest star out, demon chaos crape myrtle!" is a Taoist proverb that has been passed down for a long time.

When Lu Xiaozhi was sleeping soundly, she was suddenly awakened by a howl outside, she hurriedly lifted the curtain and looked out, but she was scared to death: On a hillside near here, a pair of green eyes were staring at this ox cart!

"It's wolves!" the little girl was frightened at this moment, and she hurriedly pushed the old Taoist who was sleeping on the side: "Master! There are wolves! Master......

But strangely, no matter how she pushed, the master didn't move!

Lu Xiaozhi was shocked, she hurriedly went to visit the master's snort, and the master had already had no snort!

Master died suddenly!

"Ah......h

The little girl was frightened, but her face was pale and she was stunned.

She was shocked that the six gods had no master, and her soul was about to fly into the sky!

The fat boy was also awakened by her, and he hurriedly got up to call the master, but where did he wake up!

The two babies immediately burst into tears.

Surrounded by wolves, the master died suddenly, they were powerless to resist at all, except for crying, but what!

"Whoa......!" the wolf commanded, and the wolves on the hillside immediately attacked, pounced on the ox cart.

"Moo......!" the old ox was frightened by the wolves, and immediately jumped up, spread his hooves, and ran with the ox cart with all his might. The wolves were in hot pursuit, and seeing that they were about to be overtaken, the old cow panicked and jumped into the Kanas Lake.

The cow was so frightened that after jumping into the lake, it swam vigorously towards the center of the lake, and the ox cart behind it was also dragged into the dark lake, farther and farther away from the shore!

The bullock cart began to enter the water, and the icy water of the lake reached knees, and the items on the cart floated one after another, floating out of the cart along with Master's already stiff body.

Lu Xiaozhi wanted to hold the master, but he only got one thing in his hand, which was a picture scroll in the arms of the old Taoist leader. They watched Master's body drift farther and farther away, but they had to hug each other and cry.

"Senior sister, look, what is that?" Ouyang Lie's eyes were sharp, and at a glance, he saw a black guy swimming in the depths of the lake, more than ten zhang long, with a pair of antler-like horns on his head, and a pair of big copper bell-like eyes staring at them, swimming towards them.

"Lake monster!" Lu Xiaozhi was so frightened that her soul was about to fly away, there was a lake monster in this lake, this was what she had heard from her master, and she thought it was just a master scaring herself, but now, the lake monster really appeared, and now they are going to die.