Text: Volume 3, Chapter 4, The Gate of Wonders

Listening to the sound of horses' hooves, stepping on the green plantain, and looking at the mountains and hills on both sides, Li Bingtong's mind faintly reflected some pictures of the past: It was also on this yellow mud mountain road with constant twists and turns, he used to jump and jump with several of his partners like monkeys, and he was once alone, flying diagonally and sprinting like the wind. But today, the Qingyang Sect Immortal Envoy who came to greet him looked up at him walking in front of him in white clothes and white horses, only to feel that his spirit was flying, and a feeling of envy was born in his heart, and he couldn't help but learn from him, holding his head high, clamping his legs on the horse's back, and chasing after him with a sound of "driving".

The two of them galloped forward without hurry, and in less than half an hour, they came to Miaomen Peak.

A majestic and abrupt, towering bluestone boulder is like a stone forest mountain blocking in front of you. In the middle, there seems to be a ghostly axe to split the bluestone forest in two, and a steep mountain gate is split straight out, especially like the sword pass on the book wall, and two vermilion seal characters are vigorously and forcefully engraved on it: "Miao Gate". In front of the "Miaomen", there are two magnolia trees three or five zhang high, and under the trees stand two young men of the Qingyang faction dressed in white.

Li Bingtong faintly remembered that there was once such a young man in white, perhaps it was these two disciples who guarded the mountain, who once drove them away from running away, and prevented them, naughty children, from climbing the two holy mountain rocks and boulders at the gate of the mountain, so he had to run into the distance, or climb those abrupt and towering strange rocks, or climb those flexible chestnut trees and ancient ginkgo trees, but due to the limited height, he could not see the scene behind the stone wall. Today, these two disciples guarding the mountain stand straight under the magnolia tree with white flowers and snow, which makes the jade tree even more handsome and upright, and it also makes people look forward to the Qingyang faction.

"Senior Brother Qingshan!" the two mountain guards waved their hands.

Liang Qingshan returned the salute with his fists and said, "These two horses will be handed over to the two junior disciples first, and they will be brought back to the mountain when the guard is changed." ”

"Honor!"

The two mountain guards led the white horse and tied it to the stump next to it.

"Didn't Senior Sister Qingyao come?" Liang Qingshan asked after watching the two of them tie the reins of the white horse.

"Senior Sister Qing Yao just left. She has been waiting for you here for a long time, and after receiving the news from the communication array, she will go back first, and she has something to hand over to you. The tall mountain guard disciple said, and the short one took out a boxy cyan coarse silk package from the bluestone niche behind him, which seemed to be a hard box inside, but it was tightly wrapped and nothing could be seen.

"This, Senior Sister Qingyao brought just now, and I have repeatedly told the two of us to take care of it together, and then hand it over to you together. What kind of treasure is inside?Senior Brother Qingshan?" said the short mountain guard.

"You two didn't open it to see?"

"How dare we!" Senior Sister Qing Yao said cruelly when she was leaving: 'No one is allowed to open it without permission to peek at it!' Otherwise, cut off his hands and throw them into Shanruo Water to feed the Xuan Turtle!'" said the tall disciple.

Liang Qingshan smiled slightly and said, "Actually, it's nothing, just a piece of clothing!"

"A piece of clothing?" the two men didn't believe.

"You'll see it in a moment. Liang Qingshan said with a smile.

After that, Liang Qingshan put the package on a polished bluestone table next to the bluestone niche, opened the green silk package, and revealed a refined light-colored camphor wood box with a wide blue paper seal on it. Liang Qingshan tore off the seal, and although he was very careful, the seal was not completely torn. Under the seal, a delicate bronze horizontal lock appeared.

"Damn, what precious clothes, so expensive!" The short disciple sighed.

"It can't be a golden jade robe, right?" guessed the tall disciple.

"Don't talk nonsense, I'll see it right away!"

Liang Qingshan said, untied a small golden key tied to the jade pendant from his waist, gently opened the lock, lifted the lid of the box, and a softer green silk package appeared in the box. He opened the package directly in the box, and sure enough, it was a neatly folded white garment. Liang Qingshan took it out gently, grabbed the upper shoulder with both hands and shook it gently, and a white gauze robe immediately appeared in front of him. The white gauze robe flutters in the wind, shining silver in the sun, crystal clear, the texture is clear, and the texture is even more unparalleled.

"Third son, put it on!"

"Let me wear it?"

"Just wear it outside. ”

After Liang Qingshan finished speaking, he helped Li Bingtong to put it directly on his body.

"It's a bit big! Immortal Envoy!" Li Bingtong said with a smile. The sleeves of the white robe were long enough to cover the hands, and the hem was long to the feet.

Liang Qingshan said: "It doesn't matter, it will shrink and fit on its own in a while, you can pull up the cuffs first!"

Li Bingtong asked, "What kind of clothes is this?"

Liang Qingshan said: "Lingxi shirt." ”

The two mountain guarding disciples exclaimed in unison: "The Zhenshan Treasure Shirt of the Ziyang Sect is the Purple Yang Spirit Rhino Shirt!"

Liang Qingshan said: "Exactly." Our Qingyang Sect only has three sets of six pieces, and this is one of them. ”

The short disciple sighed to the tall disciple: "Zhang Changsheng, today the two of us have opened our eyes!"

Li Bingtong said: "Immortal envoy, I heard that wearing it on your body, flying in the thunder and fire is not afraid of burning, sinking in the ice water without soaking the cold, stepping on the water surface of rivers, lakes and seas does not sink, falling into the void for half a day can still float in the wind to save your life." It will grow as it grows taller, and it will follow when it shrinks. Is that so?"

Liang Qingshan said: "That's true, this is also the reason for you to wear him today, you can feel it in a while." Then he re-locked the camphor box, tied the finished package, and retrieved the key. Then he said goodbye to the two disciples guarding the mountain: "When the two of you return to the mountain, please send the white horse to the Ceres Palace with the parcel box." ”

The two said in unison: "Respect your life!"

Liang Qingshan took Li Bingtong and stepped into the "Miao Gate" on foot, actually walking into a deep valley of a stone stream one or two zhang wide.

Li Bingtong asked as he walked: "Immortal envoy, I heard that Miaomen Peak was open to the world in the past, why do you send people to guard it now and strictly prohibit people from entering it?"

Immortal envoy Liang Qingshan said: "In the past, except for the Lingxu Pavilion, Miaomen Peak and Ethereal Peak were all open to the outside world, but now the world is not peaceful, bandits are rampant, terrorist attacks, murder and goods, abduction and deception, and the peaks of the Qingyang faction have not been open to the public for more than 30 years. ”

After walking dozens of steps, a fork in the shape of a "human" appeared in the valley, and on the oblique stream stone wall forked to the left, two big black and brown characters were engraved: "trance"; on the oblique stream stone wall forked to the right, two big red characters were engraved: "Vientiane". Li Bingtong followed the immortal envoy into the "trance" gate on the left, and on both sides were more than ten zhang high knife-like blue rock cliffs, but the foot gradually turned into a deep valley and stream less than one zhang wide.

After walking for dozens of steps, the spirit rhino shirt on his body really felt like it was gradually shrinking. The flat stone road becomes an upward bluestone step, one by one, overlapping and up, like a stone ladder to the sky, sandwiched in this green stone crevice, and you can't see the top. He followed him, step by step, climbing for a long, long time, panting, always unable to reach the top, and always unable to see the head. Although the stone stairs are high and steep, the cliffs on both sides are higher and steeper, from the initial ten zhang to the later dozens of zhang, obviously feel that they have climbed to the top of the mountain, but look up, or can only see the high line of blue sky above the head, the two of them are like walking at the bottom of the deep stream cliff.

I don't know how long I climbed, and the spirit rhino shirt on my body had gradually merged unconsciously, so that the cuffs that had been rolled up before had to be released, but after letting go, it was just the right length. Li Bingtong felt exhausted, his legs were sore and heavy, and he could barely take a step. The white figure of the envoy stopped above him, and he noticed that the envoy seemed to be standing on a platform, because behind him it was gray and there were no more steps.

"It's the top, the Immortal Messenger!" he shouted.

"Yes, Third Prince, I'm standing at the end of the steps, waiting for you!"

Li Bingtong suddenly felt a force under his feet, climbed up in one breath, and sure enough, he climbed to the top of the stone staircase. But in the blink of an eye, there were still steep mountains and rocks dozens of zhang high on both sides, and people were still at the bottom of a deep valley, but the blue sky above their heads had quietly disappeared, and they had turned into gray fog at some point.

"The immortal envoy is the false praise of the secular people just now, I dare not take it, after entering the mountain, everyone will be the same door, and you will call me Senior Brother Qingshan in the future!" Liang Qingshan instructed.

"Yes!"

Li Bingtong replied respectfully. He only felt that Senior Brother Qingshan was powerful but not solemn, polite but not false, martial but not unrestrained, and literary but not pretentious, which was the idol in his heart, and he did have the demeanor of an immortal.

Standing there for a while and taking a few breaths, Li Bingtong followed Liang Qingshan and continued to move forward. The stone path beneath his feet became smoother, the valley widened, and a gray mist began to rise around him. The further you go, the thicker the fog becomes, the cooler it gets, the wetter it gets, the more condensed it becomes, and the bluestone walls become distant and blurry. Later, the bluestone walls on both sides were completely invisible, he couldn't see the sky above his head, and he couldn't see the bottom of the bluestone stream under his feet. This made him feel boundless depression, his heart was depressed, and the 'Blue Energy True Qi' stored in the sea of qi took the opportunity to rush out, and his internal organs suddenly became hot, his chest and abdomen were full, and his heart and chest were almost suffocated.

"Third Prince! The 'Chaos Cave' has arrived! Take a few steps further, and you will see that there is no zenith above and no underground below!" Liang Qingshan stopped and whispered to him.

"There is no zenith above and no earth below!" he couldn't help but be taken aback, hurriedly turned around, and asked Liang Qingshan in a loud voice anxiously, "How do we get over?"

At the moment when he shook his body and suddenly made a sound, a lightning-like light suddenly shone beside him, and at the same time, there was a thunderous sound of "click", and then there was a "click" spark sound, and a tall pillar of light flame immediately ignited around him, a pillar of light that shimmered like countless night pearls condensed into a glittering light.

"Senior Brother Qingshan, what is this shining pillar?" he asked hurriedly.

"This is the 'Yin and Yang Trap', because of your violent movements and the sound of your True Qi just now, you stirred up the Wuji Qi in the 'Chaos Cave', and thus occasionally felt the Yin and Yang Trap. This 'yin and yang trap' cannot be touched, otherwise you will be struck by lightning, but fortunately, you put on the spirit rhino shirt. Do you know how to swim?"

Liang Qingshan was obviously in a hurry, but his voice was very low.

"Yes, I wonder if you're going to breaststroke, butterfly, or freestyle?"

"It's okay to do anything, it's best to be like a frog. I'll teach you the 'Wuji Jue' first, you memorize it first, and then you will recite it three times with your heart, stand in a row with me, and you can swim through it together as I jump, but you have to recite the 'Wuji Jue' with your heart while swimming. I'll recite the 'Wuji Jue' first, so listen well. ”

The sky is cloudy, the earth is down, there is no image, there is no sound, there is chaos, and there is no name.

It seems to be gas but not gas, like fog and not fog, like rain and not rain, like milk and not milk, it is not bright above, and it is not ambiguous below.

My heart is not young, my pulse is long, quiet is the restless king, the void is quiet, the fusion can swim, and the combination can be measured.

"Wuji Jue" is less than a hundred words, catchy, and he quickly memorizes it. Then he followed Liang Qingshan and took three steps forward, stood in a row, and recited silently in his heart three times. It is strange to say that in his silent thoughts, he actually felt that it was more effective than the exercises of contemplation and meditation and exhalation of luck taught by Mr. Yibo before, and his mind gradually became empty, but there was a soft call in his ear.

"Third son, follow me!"

At the same time, a white figure leaped forward, like falling into a river, with both hands and legs, like a frog crossing the water, and swam out. He followed Liang Qingshan's example, and also jumped out, and suddenly felt that his whole body was cool and wet, like falling into the water, but it was sinking rapidly.

"Recite the 'Wuji Formula' happily and learn from me to swim frogs. Liang Qingshan hurriedly shouted.

He hurriedly held his breath and silently recited the 'Wuji Formula', which was strange to say, his body gradually floated, but it was still immersed in the "water". He followed the example of Senior Brother Qingshan, swam breaststroke, followed Liang Qingshan, and swam forward.

"Yes, I am immersed in the murky waters, not in the clouds. He thought.

But if it is water, the weight of this water is very light and light, and it is slippery, like cow's milk, and you can hardly feel friction and fluctuations. The color is not as bright and white as milk, gray and misty, just like the sky made of drizzle, the sky is cloudy and the rain is thick.

Liang Qingshan swam very fast, the white figure became smaller and smaller, and finally turned into a white bright spot, flying forward like a ghost, disappearing from time to time. Li Bingtong moved his limbs rapidly, and his body flew with the white bright spots, or in other words, in the hazy vision, it was the white bright spots that guided him to fly, guiding him to swim under the chaotic "water". He silently recited the "Wuji Jue", and the acupoints in his brain seemed to be embedded in the magnetic needle, and it seemed to be deeply attracted by the white and bright magnetic pole in front of him, bound by its invisible magnetic field and the control of magnetic field lines. He felt that the true qi began to circulate throughout his body, the heat in his body gradually subsided, his chest and abdomen were no longer so full, and his heart and chest were no longer so depressed and depressed. He swam more and more slowly, and the white bright spots slowed down with him, and he swam fast, and the white bright spots flew fast at the same time, but always kept in sync with him, and at a roughly constant distance.

I don't know how long he swam, but the white shadow in front of him gradually became larger and closer, and finally in his blurred vision, it reappeared as a white figure. The white figure was speeding away, and he was flying the same way, but it was a little involuntarily. He was very strange, because he suddenly found that the white figure was no longer swimming like a fish, but standing up straight like an immortal, flying in the air. And he himself stood up unconsciously, and became a standing posture, as if he was being pushed by someone, without taking a step, and followed him closely, and galloped. At this time, he felt that the true qi was constantly replenishing the brain and marrow, expanding the meridians and pulses, and his energy was quickly filled and abundant, and his body gradually became powerful, his heart was light and calm, and his mind was at peace.

I don't know how long it took, only to hear a "bang", the two of them suddenly leaped forward and upward, and suddenly jumped out of the chaotic world like milk and mist, a white step with a railing and a thousand-year-old pine tree with a thick hug, suddenly appeared in front of him, Liang Qingshan's footsteps spread lightly, and fell. Li Bingtong was in a hurry, and he also drew a scoop according to the gourd, learning from Liang Qingshan's appearance, and instantly showed his footsteps, but he obviously stepped on the air, and he almost fell, and Liang Qingshan hurriedly supported him. Looking back at the "Chaos Cave" that he had just swam through, except for a vast sea of clouds, everything else was invisible.

Li Bingtong looked up and looked forward, only to feel that his eyes suddenly lit up, and he was suddenly stunned by the scene in front of him.