After Lin Hai groped and walked for a day before coming out, he walked more than 100 miles according to the straight-line distance without turning around, so that there were about more than 200 miles in the straight line distance from Zhanghua Mountain, but the actual distance could not be estimated, although Zheng Yan spread his body and continued to leap on the rocks and trees, but at the end of the day, looking at Zhanghua Mountain in the distance, it still didn't seem to have much of a feeling of approaching, so he had no choice but to rest first and get something to eat and drink.

Being on the top of a mountain with open vision, looking at the mountains under the afterglow in the distance, Zheng Yan was stunned, a little addicted to such a scene, vast and remote, and the reflection on his own feeling is a kind of steadfastness and confidence, firmness and purity, this feeling is really good, these mountains are like his own body, but also like his fist intent, no wonder Wu Xiu wants to see the mountains and water.

Just when Zheng Yan's artistic conception was clear, suddenly there was a cry of a mountain eagle overhead, Zheng Yan couldn't help but smile slightly, this cry was like the finishing touch, and finally put his perception into practice. The mountain wind is fierce and a little cold, so let's stay down there.

It was another night of half-asleep, the cold was still there, and when he got up in the morning, there was a layer of hoarfrost on his hair on the blanket, and it looked like a white head overnight, Zheng Yan couldn't help but think of a story he heard when he was a child, saying that a scholar went to Beijing to take the exam and met a young lady from an official family.

The wedding was still carried out, but the person who the young lady saw unveiling her hijab was not her lover, and the original shy and happy expression was completely solidified, and the person in front of her was the son of her father's colleague, and then she remembered that her mother had vaguely said that the two families had been married.

The woman wanted to escape, but she was powerless, and this son still had cultivation, so she forcibly had sex with her, except for this young lady, almost everyone thought that as long as they had sex with each other, they would slowly get better, but the next day when the groom woke up, he saw a cold corpse.

The young man, who had been imprisoned overnight, turned white in the blink of an eye when he heard the news.

After listening to this story, Zheng Yan first asked Ying Yue next to him if he had a sweetheart, Ying Yue, who was seven or eight years old at the time, directly hugged Zheng Yan into her arms, and kissed her with a smile, even so, this story still touched Zheng Yan a lot, maybe because of his identity, Zheng Yan naturally put himself in the position of the groom, and told himself never to provoke a woman who didn't like him.

The third aunt and grandmother who told this story lamented that the people in the story were stubborn, and the people in the present world were good at abandoning them; the second aunt and grandmother on the side sneered at the white-headed young man, thinking that a big man's mood was too narrow and his feelings were too deep and he was derelict in responsibility; the fourth aunt and grandmother who were reading the book said that the young man was not comparable to the official eunuch in terms of background and conduct and knowledge, but because his master did not want him to indulge in love and family, he deliberately gave him a good one when he read the papers, so that his ranking fell to the background of the same jinshi, and the two officials may also understand。

In the end, the fourth aunt and grandmother also warned Zheng Yan not to have deep friendships with those who have firm beliefs, because when they need to choose between love and faith, they will definitely choose faith and abandon love, and we ordinary people regard love as more important than faith.

Therefore, Zheng Yan is not very willing to get close to Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Mo, these sects, and some side doors, education and learning are really a wonderful thing, sometimes a story can lay a creed for people, sometimes repeating a truth can also make people unconsciously convinced, and sometimes it takes great effort to arrange reasonable teaching but fails to achieve the expected results.

For some reason, when I am alone, a small touch will always inexplicably remind me of some past events and some people.

One walked like this for another two days, during which time he avoided several fierce tigers, among which there was a tiger spirit that controlled the wind and had obviously turned on his intelligence, and the tigers in the Taihua Mountains were indeed bigger and more ferocious than those elsewhere. Zheng Yan has been looking through almost all the geographical maps in the world for a long time, but there are still a few places that have not been explored and recorded in detail, and the Taihua Mountains are one of them, so he is both a little apprehensive and a little curious about this place, so he spent some time with the fierce beasts and beasts he encountered, and the plants and trees also found a lot of strange things.

After two days of walking, I finally stood at the foot of Zhanghua Mountain, Zhanghua Mountain produces aragonite, especially Baipi aragonite, this statement is still given by the clan, anyway, Zheng Yan has never heard of it in Luoyang.

Aragonite is generally carved and used as a desk of elegant play, some of which can be used to practice, it is said that it can raise the spirit and spiritual power of Haoran, Confucianism is often used when practicing exercises such as keeping one, cultivating qi and cultivating meditation, Zheng Yan has seen it in the old man of sacrificial wine and the sacrificial wine of the left and right, among which the green dragon seal of the old man of sacrificial wine is carved from a kind of green shirt aragonite produced in Dongou, and it is said that it was given by Zheng Yan's grandfather;

Baipi, the princes also, Pi, also do the murder. Baipi aragonite is also produced in other places, but it is very few, and the quality is not particularly good, but the best ones that Ouchi treasured or gave to important ministers are the best, and the original source is here.

At this time, it was almost night, and layers of fog rose from the mountains, and it seemed that there would be frost in the second half of the night, Zheng Yan began to climb the mountain, since the clan's hundred aragonite stones were obtained from here, there must be a mining cave, and when the time came, just go into the cave and pick up a piece casually, but is it really that simple? How could those old men set such a simple task? Maybe it's reverse thinking, it's really that simple? Zheng Yan fell into a tangle.

It's just that soon Zheng Yan is no longer entangled, but full of helplessness, things really won't be simple, because after walking for a long time, he returned to the same place, what kind of means can transform the feeling of going down the mountain into the same as going up the mountain?

It will definitely not be a clan elder sent by the clan, because it is impossible for the clan to occupy a certain place in the Taihua Mountains, and the mining of aragonite is only occasional, and it can also be regarded as picking up or exchanging, is it the big demon who occupies this mountain? I believe that the world will never know much about the Taihua Great Demon, anyway, Zheng Yan has no clue.

Since he used illusion instead of directly speaking ill of each other, and there must have already been people who participated in the trial, this action is definitely not a warning, but a reminder that he can take out the money to buy the road?

Zheng Yan thought quickly, thinking about whether to call someone out and let him open conditions, and of course the solution to the problem was to think in the most simple and direct direction first, so Zheng Yan really opened his throat and shouted,

The sound rolled and dispersed, and after a while, there was a burst of echoes, and after waiting for a while, no one appeared and no one answered, it seems that it is not suitable to climb the mountain today, Zheng Yan turned around and walked to the other side, remembering that there is a valley on the eastern side of the mountain, I will go there tonight to spend the night, it should not be very cold.

In a depression in the valley to make a hay nest, Zheng Yan lay down comfortably, the next moment he turned over and sat up, began to make a fire to roast rabbits, and found a piece of wild sweet potato at the bottom of the valley, so he dug a few out, and found a forest of golden dates, so he picked a bag of golden dates, probably due to the topography and environment, the golden dates here are particularly sweet, and there are some glutinous noodles, chewing in the mouth like eating snacks.

Soon there was a burst of meat fragrance by the bonfire, first get out the sweet potatoes that were almost ripe, and when you break them and don't smell them, there will be a strong fragrance coming to your face, "It's only a delicious day to be pleasant", Zheng Yan couldn't help but sigh,

"Can you calm your mind under the desire of the mouth?", a soft, magnetic and meteorological voice suddenly came from the darkness next to him,

Zheng Yan was not surprised, in fact, this uninvited guest deliberately increased his pace when there was still some distance, and the next moment a middle-aged man with a face like a crown of jade and a wide coat walked out, even if there was only a halo from the bonfire in the dark night, Zheng Yan still saw the appearance of the middle-aged man clearly, very brilliant, and his bearing was extraordinary, like a recluse bachelor who was full of poetry and books.

"Yes", Zheng Yan simply replied with one word,

The middle-aged man looked at Zheng Yan's eyes seriously, smiled slightly after a while, raised his hand to ask if he could sit down, Zheng Yan was not guarded, nodded and said that there was no problem, so the middle-aged man sat cross-legged on the flat ground next to the fire, looking at the bonfire a little distracted, Zheng Yan handed over the washed golden dates, the middle-aged man came back to his senses, nodded in thanks, and said softly, "My name is Wenzhang, I guess you must have guessed, it is indeed the big demon of this Zhanghua Mountain, and the body is a piece of Baipi aragonite",

Zheng Yan didn't expect this person to be so frank and direct, and he couldn't think of anything for a while, but fortunately, the middle-aged man said again after a pause,

"There is a academy on the mountain, which I and my friend Yang Yuanhua are running together, he is the deputy mountain master, and the only gentleman who teaches is the two of us, and the students are all spirits who are close to the left."

Zheng Yan nodded and said softly, "My name is Zheng Yan."

The middle-aged man named Wen Zhang smiled, thought about it and said" There is a light on your body, vast and warm and chaotic and clear, and it is constantly condensing a flying sword yuan, as if it is like a childish child who opens his teeth and claws and vents indiscriminately;

Zheng Yan looked weird, and muttered, "I thought those methods were that Mr. didn't want me to climb the mountain smoothly."

This time it was Wen Zhang's turn to be puzzled, and then he was a little clear, and chuckled, "It is estimated that those children are making trouble, but it is true that many of your Zheng family's children have come in the past two days, and there were some uninvited guests earlier."

Zheng Yan was a little embarrassed when he heard this, the body in front of him was a piece of Baipi Wenshi, and he and his brothers and sisters were all here to collect aragonite, and then he thought of another person, the current King of Qi, the ninth brother of his grandfather, and there was a scholar in the form of Baipi Wenshi beside him, but he was lit by a heaven-level monk, not transformed by himself.

"I remember that the clan here will occasionally supply some aragonite produced here in Ouchi, what were the rules before, what do you need to exchange?", Zheng Yan tried his best to make his tone softer,

Wen Zhang smiled and said, "There are no conditions, it's useless for me to guard these stones, to be honest, because I am here, it is difficult to have aragonite stones to open the spiritual wisdom, it is better to let them go outside to find opportunities",

Zheng Yan said a little embarrassedly, "I left in a hurry this time, I should bring a few books to Mr.", the implication is that I originally wanted to exchange books for your aragonite, but I didn't bring books here, do you think there is any other way?

Wen Zhang pointed to the sweet potatoes and the roast rabbit on the bonfire, and said with a smile, "Invite me to dinner, and you can take the aragonite when the time comes."

Zheng Yan naturally nodded busily, and the reader was really reasonable. In this way, the two chatted about some of their own things and finished a fairly good dinner, Wen Zhang invited Zheng Yan to the academy as a guest, Zheng Yan did not postpone, and also wanted to see the appearance of the academy that only taught spirits, and after thanking him, he packed up his things and prepared to leave, only to see that Wen Zhang just waved his sleeves, and the bonfire was extinguished, and the next moment Zheng Yan had appeared at the foot of the mountain, and the next moment there was already a black lacquer gate open in front of him.

There is a grass yellow lantern hanging on both sides of the door, and through the light, he can see that the plaque on the door is written with "Zhanghua Academy" four very charming characters, Zheng Yan couldn't help but look at this plaque a few more times, and then noticed the couplet on the doorpost on both sides, "Taihua opens up to welcome the heaven and the earth, and the academy stands alone on this avenue."

"How?" Wen Zhang's warm voice came from behind him,

Zheng Yan reluctantly smiled and said, "It's good, I don't dare to hide it from Mr., I can't read my words at all, as for reading and learning, Mr. and the deputy mountain master bet that Mr. should win",

Wen Zhang smiled heartily and motioned for Zheng Yan to enter the door, when the door closed behind him, Zheng Yan seemed to smell the fragrance of books and ink in the courtyard, which guy said, Sven only exists in the state of etiquette in the land of education?

The courtyard behind the gate is not big, less than 20 zhang square, with some chic lampposts in the yard, Zheng Yan also roughly sees the layout of the yard, there is a small pond in the middle, there is a lake stone in the middle of the pond, there are some lotus leaves around the lake stone that have not completely withered, and then there are some green plants and flowers, there are rooms on three sides, only the front one is lit;

A figure appeared at the door of the lighted study, and when Zheng Yan followed Wen Zhang in, he saw that he was also a middle-aged man, with white hair and a slightly ordinary face, in fact, it was just that compared to Wen Zhang, his temperament was more bookish and magnificent, Wen Zhang was bookish and dusty, these two people were very compatible, Zheng Yan suddenly had such an idea in his mind.

"This is our deputy mountain master Yang Yuanhua", Wen Zhang introduced with a smile, and seemed to be a little lively and proud of winning the bet.

Zheng Yan saluted and called "Mr. Yang",

The middle-aged man named Yang Yuanhua also looked at Zheng Yan as seriously as Wen Zhang before, nodded after a while, and asked with some doubts, "Since you are a child of the Zheng family, how can you be dissipated by people?"

Wen Zhang next to him was a little surprised, Zheng Yan was nothing, and said with a smile, "It's nothing, I don't know the specifics, probably they are useful, Mr. Yang is proficient in Wangqi?"

Yang Yuanhua nodded, but he didn't dig into the problem anymore, but his expression seemed to be a little strange, the three of them entered the house and sat down separately, basically Zheng Yan and Wen Zhang were chatting, Yang Yuanhua had been silent, and sometimes he was a little distracted.

It is also this small talk Zheng Yan knows that Wen Zhang has founded this academy for 500 years, and there have been some other gentlemen one after another, Yang Yuanhua has been here for more than 40 years, and now there are thirteen students in the academy, and the teaching content is very extensive, mainly because the semester is long and generous, and now the earliest one among these thirteen students has been more than 200 years, Zheng Yan is full of shock when he listens, reading books for more than 200 years, teaching students for more than 500 years, how much perseverance this has!

Seeing that the time was not early, Wen Zhang called a young man in his twenties and took Zheng Yan to a guest room, the young man didn't have any annoying eyes when he looked at Zheng Yan, but he was a little curious, especially a few more glances at the spear, Zheng Yan wanted to say a few more words to the young man, but the young man left after settling Zheng Yan, Zheng Yan was also relaxed, these days he was finally able to sleep in a bed, and there was a neat and warm room, and he was actually in a academy located in the Taihua Mountains.

Early the next morning, Zheng Yanzhen heard the sound of reading aloud.