The north gate of Ruzhou City, hundreds of people gathered early in the morning in the faint fog, and from time to time there were bursts of reluctant crying when parting in the noise.

On the official road at the north gate, there were hundreds of carriages parked, carrying the clothes and food of this group of Di family children along the way, and dozens of fierce guards were waiting on the side.

The Qin clan pulled Di Xinchen and cried, and the face of the pear blossom with the rain was full of reluctance, "Chen'er, I don't know when I will see you when I go to the northwest, it is said in Xuanzong that we mortals are not allowed to step into the visit, if you have the opportunity to go down the mountain, you must go back to Ruzhou to visit your mother." ”

"Well, mother, you must keep your health at home, I will come back to visit you and my father when I am free. Di Xinchen pulled his mother and comforted.

"Chen'er, if you go out alone, you can't compare to your home, so if you are more tolerant, don't argue with others and cause trouble for yourself. "The Qin family seems to have a full stomach to say.

"Well, I remember my mother!"

"Chen'er..."

Di Fanghai saw that the two of them were so grinding, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to get on the road at noon, so he quickly interrupted: "Okay, okay, when did Chen'er get you into trouble at home, I don't know what kind of person he is, Chen'er, rest assured that I will go on the road and I will arrange it all the way, take care of yourself." ”

At the urging of his father and the reluctant eyes of his mother, Di Xinchen stepped into the carriage, and at the age of nine and a half, he left Ruzhou for the first time, and went all the way north in the sound of "cooing" wheels. Outside the car window, Di Fanghai and his wife watched until they couldn't see the shadow of the convoy before turning around and walking towards the city gate.

"Fang Hai, Chen'er shouldn't have an accident along the way!" As the saying goes, the mother of a thousand miles is worried, which is not bad at all, but the Qin family, who sent away his son, is even more worried.

"Don't worry, what kind of person is my Di Fanghai? I can't count how many people I've seen with these eyes, although I Di Fanghai can't give birth to a son, but my adopted son is destined to be a dragon and not a worm, you can stay at home and wait for the letter!" Di Fanghai seemed to be swearing, but in the corner of his eyes, there was also a trace of worry that no one would know.

Beside them, a one-eyed blind man with a cloth banner in his hand and hunched over staggered past them, and the convoy raised the dust that had not yet fallen, and headed north along the official road.

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The carriage that Di Xinchen was riding in was the same as the other carriages in the convoy in appearance, but it was completely different inside, not only was it covered with expensive blankets, but the Qin family was afraid that his son would be tired, so he put on a small soft couch. However, after walking for a long time, Di Xinchen could only sit on the car board, and Di Xinjing, who was lying on the soft couch, was lying with Erlang's legs crossed.

"Brother Xinchen, my father asked me to ride in the same carriage with you all the way to protect you. As soon as Di Xinjing came up, he said a grand reason, but this reason was not only strange to Di Xinchen, but even Di Xinjing couldn't touch the edge, and said in a low voice: "It's really strange, yesterday I was still discussing how to kill you, why do you want me to protect you today?"

Di Xinchen just smiled faintly, he believed Jing'er's words, he thought that Di Fangcheng's attitude could change so much overnight, it must be related to his father Di Fanghai.

"Jing'er, are you homesick now?" Di Xinchen didn't want to discuss this issue anymore, so he put the topic aside.

"Why do you want to leave before you leave?" Di Xinjing knelt on the soft couch and replied happily as he stretched out his head to look at the scenery on the field outside the car.

"You have no conscience. Di Xinchen scolded secretly.

"Brother Xinchen, did you say that it is still snowing on Yuncheng Mountain now?" This is what Jing'er is most eager to know at the moment.

Di Xinchen counted on his fingers, now that it is almost April, although Yuncheng Mountain is located in the northwest, it will definitely not snow, but in order not to dispel Jing'er's positive surname, he said ambiguously: "It should still be." "But I said in my heart, it's still a fart, and it's going to be May.

Jing'er quieted down when she heard this, stretched out a finger and put it on her face and thought about it, "Then if I am chosen, you are not chosen, when it rains hail, how can you give me a gift?"

Di Xinchen could see it, Jing'er didn't take Xuanzong's selection of disciples to heart at all, she went to the hail, "It's okay, you remember, I'll make it up for you when you come back." ”

But Jing'er's question came again, "Then what if you are selected and I am not selected?"

"Then every time there is a hailstorm, I will prepare a gift for you to save and give it to you when I return. ”

"That's it, don't cheat. ”

"You're the only one who has ever cheated on you!"

"What the hell!"

Along the way, there is Jing'er, a playmate who can't stop talking, to talk to Di Xinchen, but there is also a lack of loneliness of travel, plus they have never been far away, looking at the mountains and rivers along the way, they can't help but be noisy and strange, just like that, they spent a month and a half day and night, the weather is getting hotter, but the wind is stronger, and the tall and majestic peaks in the distance are also faintly visible.

In the extreme west of the Great Li Kingdom, there is a group of mountains that spread for hundreds of kilometers, connecting the desert in the west and the snow-capped mountains in the north, which is steep and strange, tall and majestic. On the top of this group of mountains, at the end of the clouds, stands a pavilion in the air that is as misty as a mirage, because it is covered by clouds and fog all the year round, even on a sunny day, it is difficult to see the true face, so it is called "Cloud City" by the world! And this mountain range under the Cloud City is also named Cloud City Mountain because of "Cloud City".

Ten miles southeast below the cloud city, there is a five-peak connected mountain, usually surrounded by clouds and mist, occasionally the sky can be seen when the sky is beautiful, but see the top of the mountain snow-covered silver light, and below the mountainside is a piece of emerald green, a piece of phoenix pavilion dragon tower carved fence jade in the waterfall strange stone, occasionally there are one or two monks, the white clothes flutter in the like a frightening flight between the peaks, like a fairyland on earth.

Here, it is the Yuncheng Sect that has been famous for thousands of years, and a few decades ago, it was still Taizong, if you count back a hundred years, the Yuncheng Sect is a rare extreme sect in the world, but now, it is only a mere Xuanzong.

Qingfeng Town is located at the foot of Xuanzong Mountain in Yuncheng, it is the only town within a radius of dozens of miles in Xuanzong of Yuncheng, but it is located in a remote area, and there are very few people living in the town.

When the hundreds of carriages of the children of the Di family arrived in Qingfeng Town, it was noon, causing a lot of sensation in the bustling town, not to mention that they were in the name of the descendants of the emperor, but this huge convoy and the more than sixty fierce guards who escorted all the way were not the pomp and circumstance of ordinary families.

Walking here, Di Xinchen's hanging heart was only steady, and even Di Xinjing, who was riding in the same carriage with him, rubbed his confused eyes and sighed in a disappointed tone: "Didn't you say that someone wanted to kill you on the road?

Di Xinchen couldn't cry or laugh, this girl's tone was clearly wishing someone would come to kill him, "Didn't you tell me?"

"yes, I said that. Jing'er, who was sitting in the car, shook her head and immediately reacted, "No, I didn't say it." ”

Di Xinchen didn't bother to mess with her, tidied up the clothes on his body, and got out of the carriage first, Jing'er came down later, stretched out his hand and put it on his forehead to block the dazzling sunlight, and looked at the mountain peaks in the northwest, and immediately looked bitter, "It's such a high mountain, how can I climb it!" Then his eyes moved up, and he immediately cheered again: "What a beautiful house, so much snow!"

Qingfeng Town has long been overcrowded, not to mention the inn, even the houses of the people in the town have been borrowed by the people who came first, fortunately, there are less than ten days before Yuncheng Xuanzong officially selects disciples, and the accompanying Di family steward found a vacant land in the northwest of Qingfeng Town, and one hundred and ten carriages surrounded a circle, and the thirty children of the Di family had to eat and sleep here, waiting for Yuncheng Xuanzong to open the mountain gate to select disciples.

Di Xinchen, who had nothing to do, took Di Xinjing and strolled aimlessly in Qingfeng Town, a piece of low houses surrounded a narrow street in the east-west direction, which was all of Qingfeng Town, and the most people on the street were people, groups of half-grown children like them who were seven to twelve years old, not to mention monkeys who danced big knives, and even those who sold snacks were scarce, and there was only one kind of snacks, the specialty of Qingfeng Town, baked sweet potato chips.

Di Xinjing looked at the roasted golden sweet potato chips and immediately bought a large bag, but after her chewing teeth were soft and she hadn't chewed a slice, she immediately shouted to go back to find the return of the roasted sweet potato chips to repay the money. Di Xinchen hurriedly grabbed her and pointed to a courtyard wall surrounded by a crowd of people on the side of the street, "Go in and have a look." ”

The two of them squeezed in to see that a notice was pasted on the snow-white wall painted with lime, which read:

"Yuncheng Xuanzong told the world's talents: Yuncheng Xuanzong recruited disciples once every five years will officially start on May 20, the primary selection criteria are the same as in previous years, one must be good looking, ear and eye, two must be able to see a thousand words to distinguish right from wrong, three must bear hardships and stand hard work and tenacity, where the above three are indispensable to admit, please do not meet the conditions to return by themselves. ”

"Brother Xinchen, what is written on it?" Di Xinjing was dizzy and wanted to sleep as soon as she saw the words, and after a hurried glance, she didn't understand anything, so she asked Di Xinchen beside her.

Facing her who had studied in the school for four years, Di Xinchen was completely convinced that she could ask so openly and honestly without shame. He pulled Jing'er out of the crowd and looked at her from head to toe very solemnly, "It says the conditions for accepting apprentices, the first choice is to congratulate you on passing the first condition, and the third condition can pass as long as you think about hail." ”

"What about the second condition?" Jing'er asked a little apprehensively, Di Xinchen's habit is to usually put bad things at the end.

"Can you recognize a thousand words?" Jing'er didn't say anything about this result, he also knew that he had to think of a way for Jing'er, isn't there still ten days.

Jing'er really lowered her head, she lowered her head not in shame, but in a serious way and counted how many words she knew with her fingers. The eyebrows that were counted and counted turned green, and Jing'er crossed her hands and asked viciously, "Is the word on the silver ticket counted!"

Di Xinchen was overjoyed, "Do you know the words on the silver ticket?"

"Yes, if it's okay, I like to take the silver ticket and look at it over and over again, and I don't know it, but I look at the fifty taels of silver tickets, and there are no 1,000 words on it!"

"It's okay, as long as you learn to get in, I have a way!" Di Xinchen patted his chest and promised, there are dozens of silver numbers in the Heavenly Sword Continent, and each one has a different line of writing, so I'm afraid that you Jing'er will not be interested in recognizing it.