The continuous green hills, one after another, are stacked with obstacles, lush and green, surging from the front. The surrounding valleys, one after another, are criss-crossed, unfathomable, flying from under your feet to behind you. The holy white clouds, one after another, are piled up with snow, crystalline, above the head, and the illusion is impermanent. Between the endless green mountains and the vast white clouds and dogs, there are two white figures, each stepping on a white sword, shining silver, arms spread horizontally like wings, flying like wings, and like an eagle soaring, the silver phoenix dances proudly.

"Senior brother, look below! There is a fairy lake! It's so beautiful!" Xuanzhu shouted. The wind is strong in the sky, and the sound is so low that you can't hear it clearly.

Xuan Ming followed her shout and looked out, but saw that between the mountains and peaks, there was a blue lake, which reflected the surrounding blue peaks.

"Let's fly low!

"Good!" Xuan Ming replied loudly.

The two swooped together, and as far as the eye could see, the vast lake was immediately magnified many times, and the blue waves were boundless, and the water was rippling, like a pool of floating jasper. There are many black waterfowl, hovering in flocks above the lake, chirping and chirping, looking down at the floating food in the lake. A herd of wild antelopes galloped from the eastern slopes to the lake to drink, and a dozen elk came leisurely from the valley to the west, unhurriedly savoring the sweetness of the lake's fairy water.

"Senior brother, I haven't flown enough for three days!" Xuanzhu said in a loud voice, "Our Dahua's landscapes are so beautiful!"

Look at the col in front of you, with blue bricks and red tiles, and curling smoke, you should be the town of Luwei when you look at the landform. Shall we fly over this mountain and fall down to see?" Hyun Ming asked her in a loud voice.

"Okay, I'm a little hungry too!" Xuanzhu said.

The two stopped talking, calmed their spirits, accelerated their flight speed, and flew over several green mountains in an instant, so they recited the heart trick, pinched the sword trick in their hands, and slowly fell to the ground.

"Senior sister, do you think there seems to be a person down there?" Xuan Ming asked.

The two of them overlooked the bottom together, but they saw the earthy yellow mountain road, winding and coiling, like a snake. The trail goes around a raised hill, and at a slightly higher level, an ancient ginkgo tree with lush foliage grows. Under the tree, a young man in a dark coat stood there, looking at something facing the west.

The two of them first landed lightly twenty feet behind the young man in Xuanyi, and then walked lightly along the mountain road towards him.

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight...... There really is a nine-fold mountain!" The young man, who was dressed in a black robe with a white texture, muttered to himself and sighed. It seems that his mind is all focused on the front, and he doesn't even notice that there are two big living people around him.

"This son, but you're going to Ziyang Mountain to learn art?"

The young man in Xuanyi was looking ahead intently, when he suddenly heard a loud voice from behind him, and hurriedly turned around to look back, and saw that it was a man and a woman, two swordsman-like figures slightly older than him, looking at him with a smile. Both of them are dressed in white, the man is like a jade tree in the wind, the woman is like a fairy descending into the world, and the jade shadows are connected, like a pair of white bi.

"Exactly, how did Brother Tai know?" the scholar boy asked.

"Because we have the same purpose as you!" Hyunjoo said with a smile on her face.

"It turned out to be the same way, but it doesn't look like it! May I ask the names of the two honorable people?" said the scholar and the young man.

Xuan Ming replied: "My surname is Jin Yaozi Chenmu, a native of Yanzhou. This is my junior sister, you can just call her Yingzhu. What do you call a little brother?"

The scholar boy said: "My surname is Meng Mingqiang, Junxiong, a native of Yongzhou, and I live in Canglang Town, by the Canglang River in Cangyang Mountain. ”

Xuan Ming said: "I see that the little brother is dressed as a scholar, and he must also be a well-educated person." ”

The young man who called himself Meng Qiang said: "A well-educated person doesn't dare to be called in vain, but he has been familiar with the 'Four Books and Five Classics' since he was a child, and he is at least a bookworm with more than ten years of experience." ”

Xuanzhu said with a smile: "Why didn't that son go to the examination to gain fame and serve the court? Wouldn't it be a pity to change his career to learn the Tao and cultivate the truth?"

Meng Qiang said: "The Dahua Dynasty has been in the country for nearly 300 years, and the world has been peaceful for a long time, but in today's world, the gate valve has been formed, the powerful ministers are domineering, and the dynasty is only a false name, and the scientific examination is not controlled! The whole court is like a pool of stagnant water, and the waves are not alarmed, is this still a normal phenomenon? The country is full of crises, and the edifice is crumbling!"

Xuan Ming couldn't help but be impressed when he saw that the other party was so young, but he said such an insight into current affairs, and nodded: "Little brother is indeed a high opinion. However, does this really have anything to do with Childe going to learn the Tao and cultivate?"

Meng Qiang said: "The world is so silent, and the silence will not last long. The ancients said well, the prosperous era of learning literature, the troubled times of martial arts, I heard that Ziyang Mountain every year on the sixth day of the fourth month of the Yangxia Festival, open the pavilion to recruit new people, recruit apprentices to pass on the merits, so they went to Ziyang Mountain to learn martial arts. ”

Xuan Ming understood what he meant, and suddenly said, "I see! Why did the prince sigh in the direction of Ziyang Mountain just now?"

Meng Qiang said: "Brother Tai doesn't know, although this place is less than three hundred miles away from Ziyang Mountain, but you see that it is still separated by nine mountains! It is said that this mountain road has eighteen bends, and it is bent around and around, and it is estimated that it will not be able to reach it if you don't walk up a rugged mountain road of 1,800 miles." I'll come over today to take a look at the Tao, but I have an appointment with someone, and I have to wait for three or four days, and then I will walk together when the people come, but this nine-fold mountain road doesn't need to walk for ten days and a half months? I'm afraid that I won't be able to catch up with the new entrance exam in Ziyang Mountain, so I sighed. ”

Xuanzhu said: "I heard that there is a valley near here, and there is a shortcut that can be crossed directly, only three hundred miles away!"

Meng Qiang said: "What the two of you are talking about refers to the Luwei Valley in the north of Luwei Town! Yes! The Luwei Valley could have been directly traversed, but this year it is not possible. ”

Xuanzhu hurriedly asked, "Why? Is that section of the ancient Qiang plank road blocked?"

Meng Qiang said: "That's not it. Although I heard that there is a section of the ancient Qiang plank road in the middle, which needs to be climbed along the cliff, which is rugged and difficult to walk, it is said that this steep mountain road is not too long, but it is only 100 miles, as long as you don't rush in the rainy season, you can still pass it. ”

Xuanzhu said: "It is the late spring season, and the weather is dry and rainy. It is said that the recruitment date of Ziyang Mountain has been changed before the rainy season in recent years, just to facilitate the passage of candidates. ”

Meng Qiang said: "The two of you have just arrived, and you don't know that this year, the valley is closed again, not because the plank road is muddy, but because there are ghosts and demons inside." ”

Xuan Zhu exclaimed: "There are ghosts and demons!" Xuan Mingzi was naturally taken aback.

Meng Qiang said: "The two of you just arrived here, it seems that you don't know anything about it, this valley crosses from the middle of the mountains, and it takes two days and two nights to travel day and night, I heard that there are demons and demons lurking in it, and they always come out at night to hurt people and kill people, and now no one dares to pass." In order to catch the exam in time, those who came early took a detour from the side of this nine-fold mountain to the west in advance. ”

Xuan Ming said angrily: "It's really unreasonable!"

Meng Qiang said: "Don't worry, it's useless to be anxious! Let's go to the town to rest and rest, and pass through this nine-fold mountain with everyone tomorrow morning, and we can still catch up in time." I arrived yesterday and live in this clan town. Over there—" Meng Qiang said and pointed north, and when the two looked along, they saw a faint smoke rising from a mountain col in the distance.

"That's the town of Luwei, which is a mysterious and ancient clan town, where the Luwei tribe has lived for generations, but recently a lot of young men and women from all over the world have come to the city, and it has become lively again. Meng Qiang continued.

"Why are all the young people rushing here?" asked Xuanzhu.

"It's the same as us! The swords of the two of them are extraordinary to look at, what kind of sword is it?" Meng Qiang asked curiously.

"It's nothing, it's handed down from our ancestors. Xuan Ming said lightly, so he had to hide the truth.

Meng Qiang said: "The two of you must be tired and sleepy after a long journey, let's go to the town to rest first! ”

Xuan Mingzi arched his hand and said, "Thank you, little brother." ”