Chapter 21: The Vortex
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Dumb seemed to have become the man of the year in the Immortal Sword Sect, this newcomer who had been in the field for less than three months, with a shocking blue sword qi, he became the leader of Feilai Peak, and there were faint signs of inheriting the mantle of Taixuan Zhenren.
After obtaining the qualification for studying in the Jindan Cave as he wished, this master was not interested in the other rewards of the sect at all, and his eyes only kept searching among the people. At a glance, he saw Qiao'er's familiar figure, and was about to jump over, but was blocked by two old men. The two elders of Zixia were full of joy and overflowing. Dumb only listened to a rough idea, it seems that Zixia Palace has benefited a lot because of him, and even in the valley where he practiced swords, the second elder also intends to have a new name. After a long period of greetings, I let Dumb be alone.
A huge bonfire has been lit in the martial arts arena, and the sect's cloud swallows, sky-piercing monkeys and the like are screaming into the sky, and in the midst of the fireworks, Dumb is looking at it, and it is easy to show his face, but no one shares it for a while. This gentleman simply joined the celebratory crowd, looking for some delicious food and wine to suit the occasion, and tried to chew a sticky cake in his mouth, indignant in his heart: it turned out that except for a few old men, the people he knew were really limited.
Looking back at dusk, the four pretty figures were in the dim light, smiling and looking at themselves. The first person was that Shangguan Wan'er, and the bunch of grapes in her hand at this moment was already more green and purple. Dumb separated everyone and walked forward, seeing Qiao'er's tears in her eyes, she was about to reach out to lead, but the little girl turned around and walked away. This lord looked at Qing'er with earnest eyes, but the people were not sad or happy, and they turned a blind eye on one side. The eyes were inquired in turn, and the other two women glanced at their faces, and the four of them walked away from him hand in hand as promised. "When I was a plate of cucumbers, I recognized them but turned a blind eye, but you were very familiar. What do you mean? Hey, hey, hey,
"If you don't see it, you won't see it, the master will retreat tonight, a month, no!
"Oh, just right, the old man is looking for you, let's go, go into retreat......。 ”
But it was said that in the belly of the mountain on this day, Dumb groped forward along the second crack, but although the road was narrow, it seemed endless. For two hours, Dumb wanted to withdraw several times, but each time he was unwilling. I just stopped and walked, and I just felt like I was going all the way down, and I didn't know where I was there. Water droplets keep falling on the top of the head, slipping on the sides without leaving hands, and ups and downs under the feet. The further down you go, the cooler the temperature gets, and there's always a breeze in the air that leads to the assumption that a way out lies ahead. Turning a few corners, a few rays of light came out in front of him, and he suddenly saw the sunlight in the dark for a long time, dumb like a moth to a fire, regardless of whether there was danger or not, he only cared about his luck and moved forward.
Walked a stick of incense, but saw a good hollow place under the feet, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom of a radius of about 100 zhang, the top is hidden in a high place, the stalactites on it hang upside down like a Yaotai sky lantern, the sunlight penetrates from several cracks, and the round is like a pillar to transform into colorful light. Those rays of light are focused on a black pool at the bottom, and there are strange rocks on a high ground in the pool, such as a forest of steles, and a platform is faintly surrounded in the middle, and you can only see a rough picture as far as the eye can see. The position prescribed by oneself is more than enough than the upper and lower than the bottom, and it would have taken a lot of effort if it was in the past. There are several more fissures like this around the black pool, and the water in them is constantly falling into the pool, forming several small waterfalls like dragon's breath, and I don't know where these cracks lead.
A few ups and downs have already stepped on the high ground, and the rocks around them are as tall as walls blocking the way, but the texture is foreign. It was pitch black, with flecks of gold leaf, and I don't know what it was. Touching it with your hands, it feels hard and abnormal, as if it has been polished again, the surface is quite smooth, and the dark luck sword qi is crossed, faintly revealing only a line of dents, which is far more solid than the green jade on Feilai Peak. Dumb went back and forth a few times around him, and the stone forest arrangement secretly matched the number of Tiangang, which should be a formation, and he didn't feel ecstatic in his heart. There is a gap in the corner of the stone henge, as if a small door has been opened, and Dumb dodges in, as if he is in the maze corridor, and there is a gap in a few steps, guiding Dumb to the center of the stone henge. Where is it really a platform, chest-high above the ground, and there are ravines divided into several areas. At this moment, the pillar of light above his head was falling on the platform, and runes the size of teacups were revealed, and only a corner of the platform could be seen from the angle where Dumb was now. The master simply jumped onto the surrounding stone wall and looked down.
"It turned out that the entire large array was wrapped in layers of black-gold rock from the outside to the inside, spiraling and shrinking like a whirlpool until it reached this platform. The platform is divided into five areas of gold, wood, water, fire and earth according to the five elements, and the place around the five elements is a circular hole, where the eye of the array should be located. According to Yubi's record, if the 'innate spirit' is inserted into it, the great array will be activated." The text on the platform is written in the secret characters of the sect, this array is called 'Lingxiao Teleportation Array', the content is divided into several segments according to the five elements, although there are only a few lines, but there are certain restrictions on the people who belong to the five elements in the lifeline. For example, Dumb Life is a wood, the five elements are short of water, when the big array is launched, it should stand on the wooden level facing the water level, and its own tempering must reach the Qinglian Secret Realm, otherwise it will be teleported into the void, not to mention, and it will be wiped out if it is unbearable. Dumb was glad that he had the key to the innate spirit by chance, and he had the secret word of the sect to be able to peek through the warning of the big array, otherwise, it would be very dangerous to launch it rashly.
"But why is the text engraved on the platform the secret character of this sect? Who built this teleportation array? Could it be that the Immortal Sword Sect has existed since ancient times?" Dumb looked around blankly, and accidentally found a line of text in the dust under his feet: In the twenty-sixth year of Taisho, Nanyunzi soared with this array. Immediately after that, a shallower line of text appeared above: When I was young, I left home and went back, I don't know what year it was tonight, Sanxiao Situ Qiong, Qiu Luo returned to Kyushu in the fifth autumn. Dumb walked all the way to the stone, more and more inscriptions appeared, similar to a trip here, with this flying clouds, almost every rock has a few lines, those who left the words are both people from Kyushu, and people who don't know where to go. The most bizarre thing is that no matter whether the text is simple or not, whether the penmanship is different, all of them are secret characters of the sect. It's just that the number of people in Kyushu is very limited. Dumb came to a conclusion: This array has been here for an unknown number of years, and the people who come and go should be from the same sect, the Immortal Sword Sect. And the Immortal Sword Sect has existed for tens of thousands of years in other realms, and there are many talented people in that unknown region, and it is really prosperous. From these few words, Dumb seemed to see how busy this teleportation array was back then, a wave of immortals came to travel here, and disciples with the dream of cultivating immortals started here and went to the ascension realm in their hearts.
In the end, Dumb finally found the words left by the patriarch of this sect 1,200 years ago: In the first year of Yanqing, with the blessing of the ancestors, he became a Qinglian secret realm, and he thought that the sword would not hurt after three years. At this point, I know that compared with the cultivation of our ancestors, they are really ants. I will go to Jiuxiao to extend my lifespan, and I hope that the knot will be successful. Disciples of later generations, if you come here, be cautious and cautious!
When Dumb saw this, he couldn't help but be arrogant, and found a blank space to depict: the vast road of cultivating the truth, the immortal stepping on the sword, the secluded green lotus realm, and the young man cutting thorns. After a little hesitation, he waved his pen and said: The junior of the fairy sword is dumbfounded and does not enter this door, and he hates it deeply and will come again. pondered for a while, and then read the words of the predecessors, memorized them attentively, and couldn't help but linger, and suddenly remembered that today was the autumn test, and he promised to teach the old man to show his face well, I don't know what time it is at this moment, and I don't know if I can catch up.
Returning the same way, this lord is the boss is unwilling, looking for a place of light and flying up, and a few borrowings will emerge from the artemisia grass. Looking at the surrounding environment, I am on the fifth peak of Qinglian at the moment, looking at a large courtyard on the lotus peak from here, it should be the place where Qiao'er, Qing'er and other disciples live, seeing that the sun shadow has passed noon at this moment, I don't know if they are still there.
Dumb ran all the way to the courtyard of Liantai Peak, without encountering any obstacles, and said in his heart: Oops, everyone has gone to the Sword Casting Cliff, I'm afraid that this place has already been empty. Knowing that no man was allowed to trespass here, Dumb took a detour to the back wall and jumped on the roof, just in time to see Qing'er sitting against the railing, this stunned father jumped down happily, not wanting to exclaim behind his back: "What kind of person, trespassing into the forbidden land of Qinglian?"
"Senior Sister Lian'er, you're here too, great! Don't talk about anything else, you just say that you don't look like Sister Qing'er? Oh yes, her name is Li Ruoqing, and she's about the same age as you. Qing'er, come and see you, this is the junior sister Shangguan Lian'er I told you. ”
Lian'er had just met Li Ruoqing in the garden, and she was looking at each other from afar, not knowing how to deal with it, and she didn't want this reckless person to fall into the dust at this time, disrupting a good show of recognizing each other. Dumb was in a hurry, and the three of them had to talk while walking. Qing'er didn't want to participate in other people's affairs, but she couldn't be stupid, Lian'er was afraid that this reckless person would have more trouble in and out of Qinglian Peak, and she had a lot of questions about Li Ruoqing's life experience, so she followed. Along the way, Dumb picked up some key points and Lian'er, many of which were joking plots, which made the seventh princess just want to shut up quickly. Lian'er listened attentively, her feet did not stop, and she followed Dumb closely behind her during the great display of her skills, and saw that the peak of the fourth layer of the inner interest money was not far away, which really impressed this master. Qing'er was worried that Dumb was speechless, and tried her best to follow, and a set of butterfly strings of flowers was quite pleasing to the eye, although she was out of breath, she barely lagged behind.
Dumb mouth is like hanging on the river, and will tell the story before and after the acquaintance with the second daughter, and some embarrassing plots will naturally pass by in a flash. Shangguan Lian'er is out of the realm at the moment, and for the past twelve years, she has always had the same dream, and in the hazy and hazy way, she is like this sunny face, constantly calling herself. I have asked my sister and always said that it is not the time, but in recent years, I have stopped asking her about it, but I know in my heart that this dream has been deeply rooted in my heart, and I will never forget it in this life. If you want to say that this Qing'er is like herself, it is better to say that she is very similar to the ...... person in her dreams.