After Chen Ping'an carried the basket ashore, he walked to the side of the green cow's back, I don't know if it was an illusion, the young man felt that the water level of the creek seemed to have dropped a little.

When he approached the blue stone cliff, he suddenly stopped, because he clearly saw many people standing there, each with almost a delicate face, and the reason why this was so was not because of the bright stars, but because on the back of the green ox, there stood a snow-white elk, the whole body was crystal clear, glowing with wisps of white light, like aquatic plants swaying with the water in the stream.

The white deer lowered its head, and a little girl in a big red cotton jacket stood on her heels and reached out to stroke its antlers.

Outside are two young men and women wearing Taoist robes, I don't know if it is the relationship between the white deer light, the skin of the two men and women is better than snow, crystal clear, for example, if the people of the town are the natives of the mud embryo, then these two foreign Taoists are the fine porcelain made of fire, and there is really a world of difference.

The style of the Taoist robe of men and women is somewhat similar to that of the Lu Dao chief who puts the fortune telling stall, and there are many different details, the Dao crown is the most different, the Lu Dao chief is the lotus crown, and the Dao crown on the heads of these two people is shaped like a fish's tail.

The straw sandals boy looked at it in a daze, only to feel that the men and women standing next to the white deer were like characters walking out of the statue of a fairy, as if they would fly away in the next moment, and picking stars and taking the moon were at their fingertips.

The other two stood a little farther away, one Chen Ping'an knew, it was the daughter of the swordsmith Master Ruan, the girl in Tsing Yi did not carry a package full of food this time, holding a small embroidered handkerchief in one hand, only a few delicate and lovely pastries, The girl lowered her head, very hesitant, and didn't know where to start. The person next to her, about thirty years old, carried a long sword and a strange ornament hanging from his waist.

At the same time that Chen Ping'an saw them, almost everyone also noticed the sudden appearance of the straw sandals boy, the young Taoist aunt was a little surprised, so she bent down and rubbed the head of the little girl in the red cotton jacket, while pointing in the direction of Chen Ping'an, while whispering, the little girl pricked up her ears to listen to the fairy sister's question, opened her eyes wide, looked fixedly, and vaguely recognized Chen Ping'an's appearance, and began to pour beans in a bamboo tube, which should be explaining Chen Ping'an's identity to the owner of Bailu, the fairy sister.

At this moment, Chen Ping'an also recognized the eight or nine-year-old little girl, the first time they met, was before he went to the dragon kiln to burn porcelain, he once met a little girl with pigtails in the mud bottle lane, very young, but running fast, holding a paper kite in his hand, two slender legs like thin bamboo poles, running like the wind, so that Chen Ping'an is particularly memorable. Later, I saw it a few times intermittently, once the little girl lay at the mouth of the iron lock well, secretly threw a stone into it, and was inadvertently bumped into her stubborn behavior by Chen Ping'an, the little girl was so frightened that she ran away quickly, ran out for more than ten steps before remembering that the sugar gourd fell on the well, she really couldn't stand the gluttony, so she ran back to the iron lock well, this time and again, too hasty, and then snapped, the whole person fell to the ground, stood up and grabbed the sugar gourd, and then suddenly stopped, opened her mouth, reached out and pulled out the crumbling tooth, put it in her pocket, she didn't cry or make trouble, and continued to run without saying a word。

That scene saw Chen Ping'an in a cold sweat. The last time I saw her, it was in the dilapidated place of the god statue overgrown in the grass, it was a dusk last autumn, Chen Ping'an left the dragon kiln and returned to the town, wandering around, only to see her busy catching crickets, rolling around, jumping, and fluttering in the grass, after she saw Chen Ping'an, she obviously recognized Chen Ping'an, and it was a gust of wind and fled away.

Later, Chen Ping'an heard Gu Cang say that although this young lady who was dirty all day long, although she looked like an uncontrolled wild girl, she was actually from the Li family on Fulu Street, and she was not a servant and maid. It's just that I don't know why, she just likes to wander around alone, and the family doesn't care, when Gu Cang finally talked about her, she was full of pride and contempt, saying that she didn't look at running fast, people are stupid, once the two of them happened to catch fish in the stream together, the stupid guy was busy all afternoon before he caught a crab, and he didn't catch a slate fish, and the reason why she was able to catch the big crab was because the crab's claws pinched her fingers fiercely. Gu Cang said this in Chen Ping'an's house at the time, laughing and rolling on the small wooden bed covering her stomach, saying that she was really stupid, and even deliberately raised her hand to show off to him, as if she had caught a crab How great it was, the key was that she was obviously caught by the crab claws and was about to cry.

The handsome young Taoist glanced at Bailu and smiled at the young female crown Daoist: "Senior Sister He, let you be careful, don't spoil it too much, it's just less than ten years, and it's just a trick, and it won't hinder its freedom, you just don't listen." This is a collision for ordinary people, how is it good?"

After listening to the little girl's introduction, the Taoist aunt with a charming posture smiled and said, "Let it be." ”

The young Taoist frowned, raised his eyes again, and after a glance, he looked carefully for a moment, and really couldn't see that the straw sandal boy with a basket on his back had any good atmosphere, the sect where they were, looking at each other's qi and the ability to find dragon points, although it was not a continent, but it was also quite good, since this Taoist priest was able to replace the sect to come here to retrieve the winning thing, but also responsible for bringing back the treasure of the town and the mountain, safe and sound, and the future will be presented to the sect, of course he is not a thing in the pool, so when he did not see that the young man had too much strangeness, he did not have the mind to recruit him into the mountain gate, the young Taoist is good at seeing the appearance, and does not feel that he will look at the wrong person。

The division where the two of them are located is one of the three Taoist sects in Dongbao Aquarius, and it is the first sect of the Taoist system in a continent, which is extremely noble. This time, he and Senior Sister He went out of the mountain together, and as a reward, each of them had a precious place to recruit true disciples for the sect, and this disciple would be accepted by each of them as an apprentice at the same time. So he doesn't want to squander it at will, and he has to be cautious.

Everyone in the sect knows that Senior Sister He has re-cultivated her mind, so a sentence of understatement and going with the flow is very likely to move the idea of accepting disciples.

He and He Xiaoliang, known as the golden boy and jade girl of Dongbao Aquarius, the proud daughter of the heavens of Yizhou Taoism, are the kings of the world, and when they meet them, they must also be treated with courtesy, and the weight of etiquette is not inferior to the true monarch of the great country at all.

Because they are the cultivation geniuses within a continent who are most expected to rank among the Upper Five Realms.

When the young Taoist took the little girl's hand and walked off the back of the green ox together, and the psychic white deer followed, not only the young Taoist of the same disciple felt incredible, but the soldier giant who wore a tiger talisman on his waist and carried a long sword also showed a look of surprise.

When he saw the young Dao Gu coming slowly, Chen Ping'an was a little big, and the young man really didn't want to deal with these immortals from other places now.

Because Chen Ping'an knows that their simple love, hatred, joy and anger will determine their own life and death.

And Chen Ping'an knew that his luck had never been too good, so he was even more afraid of provoking them.

It's just that Chen Ping'an didn't run away because of this, on the contrary, he also symbolically walked forward for a while, so that in the eyes of others, it was decent.

Bailu quickened his pace slightly, trotted over, walked around the straw sandal boy, and finally lowered his head and took the initiative to rub the poor boy.

The white deer returned to her master, and she gently touched its back, and the next moment it took on the form of a horse.

Refers to the deer as a horse.

The young Dao Gu looked at Chen Ping'an, sighed slightly, said a word with a smile, and then looked down at the little girl in a red cotton jacket.

The little girl explained it into the town's dialect and said timidly: "Sister He said, 'You are a person who cherishes blessings, but unfortunately you and I are shallow and can't be friends.'" ’”

The boy was speechless, because he didn't know what to say without being rude.

Carrying a basket on his back, wearing straw sandals, and rolling up his trousers, the appearance of a young man looks particularly funny.

Dao Gu smiled and asked, "You also know the wonderful use of these stones?" Chen Ping'an, you don't have to worry, I just asked casually. ”

The little girl explained as she could, speaking quickly and in a crisp voice.

Chen Ping'an hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "A Taoist chief reminded me that I can often come to the creek to pick up stones and catch fish." ”

Even if Chen Ping'an had a good impression of this young woman, for the sake of caution, he didn't even reveal Lu Daochang's surname. And the person who really leaked the heavenly secrets, the person who broke the snake gallstone with a lot of value, was Ning Yao.

Dao Gu smiled and said, "You also know our Uncle Lu?"

Chen Ping'an was stunned.

Dao Gu smiled knowingly and explained roughly: "Junior Uncle Lu, strictly speaking, is not the same sect as us, it's just that Daoist Lu visited our sect many years ago, and he intersected with one of our senior uncles, and he stayed for many years, and our juniors are familiar with him, so we are naturally used to being called 'Little Uncle'." ”

Chen Ping'an grinned, completely unguarded.

The straw sandals boy is grateful to that Lu Daochang, and he will never forget it in his life.

He remembered something, bent down and bent his knees to put down the basket, picked up one of the stones that he had fallen in love with at first sight, as big as an egg, green and shiny, clear as ice, very different from other snake gallstones, handed it to the young Taoist aunt with a beautiful temperament, and asked, "Dao Chief, if you see Dao Chang Lu in the future, can you help me give him this stone?"

After listening to the little girl's explanation, she thought for a while, took the stone, and said slowly: "Before coming here, I just met the little uncle who left, he is going to Nanjian Country to attend an important ceremony of the Taoist sect, and it is really hard to say when we will meet next time, but as long as I see Uncle Lu, I will definitely help you transfer it to him." ”

Chen Ping'an listened to the little girl's words, smiled brightly, and bent down to thank this young Taoist aunt with excellent perception.

When it comes to the good or bad of strangers, the boy has always trusted his instincts.

Like for Fu Nanhua, Cai Jinjian, and like Lu Daochang and Miss Ning.

Chen Ping'an took out another snake gallstone and handed it to her again.

Among the young generation of Dongbao Aquarius, this Taoist female crown, known as "the first opportunity", did not refuse, accepted it with a smile, and did not forget to thank her.

The little girl in the red cotton jacket twisted the corners of her clothes with both hands and whispered, "I want a piece too." ”

Chen Ping'an turned around with a smile and went to pick up stones in the basket for the little girl.

The little girl ran to him and said cautiously, "I want a bigger one, okay?"

Chen Ping'an smiled: "As long as you can move, I will give you the largest block." But here to the town, to the home, not close. And I think the big ones in the basket are not as good as the small ones. ”

She thought for a moment and lay her hands on the edge of the basket, "Okay, then I'm going to pick a small, good-looking one." ”

Chen Ping'an picked a small lotus pink stone for her, which was moist and cute, and the little girl held it in the palm of her hand, very satisfied.

She tilted her head suddenly, grinned, pointed behind her teeth, and then smiled at Chen Ping'an, her face full of pride.

I guess she was showing off that her teeth were growing together.

Chen Ping'an said happily: "Next time, let's go catch crickets together." ”

The little girl's eyes lit up, but soon dimmed, and she nodded with a far-fetched smile.

Chen Ping'an picked up the basket, said goodbye to the young Taoist aunt and left, waved his hand at the little girl, and trotted back to the town alone.

is also a fairy, the gold content of this young female crown is far from being comparable to that of Cai Jinjian of Yunxia Mountain, it is almost the gold essence of the fairy family compared to secular gold.

She took the little girl and the white deer back to the back of the green cow, and the young Taoist withdrew his gaze from the back of the straw sandals boy, and closed the coffin and concluded: "The shallow edge is the blessing, and it is naturally not of great use." ”

There are many Taoist sects in Dongbao Aquarius, and a pair of "golden boys and jade girls" will be selected every 30 years , He and his senior sister He Xiaoliang are the natural Taoist couples of this session, but something surprising happened, the qualifications of the golden boy are not inferior to the past, but the opportunity of the jade girl is so good that it is outrageous, when she was born, there was one of the auspicious white deer, took the initiative to walk out of the mountains and fields, came to her side to recognize the Lord, and then set foot in the road of cultivation, it seems that there are no bumps in the road, the road is smooth, and some people even threaten that she will only encounter the first bottleneck after she enters the five realms.

Regarding her brother's contempt for the straw sandals boy, she was noncommittal and laughed at it.

At this time, a short boy came from near the deep pool under the covered bridge to the puddle under the back of the green ox, holding only a snake gallstone in his hand, and he was like a white deer before, shining in the night.

The young man held a stone in his hand, standing on a stone that was exposed to the water, like an immortal standing on the top of the sky, holding a small full moon.

The two big blue and red fish raised by the young Taoist do not enter the water, but only swim slowly above the stream.

If Chen Ping'an saw this young man, he would know that he was the grandson of Granny Ma in Xinghua Lane.

The boy has been demented since he was a child, and he was disgusted by his father and mother when he was very young, and Granny Ma took her grandson by herself, and the teenager was very unsociable, and often climbed on the roof alone to look at the clouds.

From childhood to adulthood, the boy who followed Granny Ma's surname Ma was bullied to the end, and felt that it was dirty to step on him.

That's why Granny Ma hates that maid very much, thinking that she is a shameless fox, and she must have taken the initiative to seduce her precious grandson.

The young female crown walked up to the man with the long sword on his back and asked, "Regarding Ma Kuxuan, there is really no room for maneuver?"

The man said in an indifferent tone: "Your little uncle, if you really want to accept this child as a disciple of the founding mountain, why don't you come by yourself? No matter how famous his name is? He has never fought with me, why should he give it to him? If he is not convinced, he will come to Zhenwu Mountain to find me, and if he wins, let him take this child." ”

The young Taoist smiled and said, "It's just to let our little uncle run one more time, why bother?"

Hidden needles.

The man with the sword charm narrowed, "Oh?"

The young female crown was a little depressed, glanced at the same junior brother, the young Taoist laughed, then did not confront the man, looked up and said, "The moonlight is so good today." ”

She was a little helpless.

As long as it involves the little uncle of her own sect, don't say that it is her and her junior brother, I am afraid that all the young Taoist priests in a continent are honored.

On the other side of the bridge, under the steps, stood a barefoot monk with a square face and a look of tenacity and fortitude.

The ascetic did not look up at the gold-lettered plaque, but looked at the ground where Song Jixin had planted incense before, folded his hands, bowed his head and said compassionately: "Amitabha." ”

The short boy went ashore, came to the back of the green ox, looked at the two fluttering young Taoists, and then looked at the man with the sword on his back who was not smiling, and finally he stared at the latter who was about to hang the tiger talisman, gritted his teeth and said: "I don't want to learn any immortal avenue, can you teach me to kill?!"

The man smiled proudly: "My soldier's sword cultivation has been the number one killing power in the world since ancient times!"

The young Taoist smiled and said, "Oh?"

The young female crown shook her head, knowing that the overall situation had been decided, she felt that she had failed the trust of her little uncle, and felt guilty.

For a while, on the back of the green ox on the bank of the stream, the sword was tense, and the atmosphere was solemn.

The little girl in the red cotton jacket of the Li family hurriedly hid behind the fairy sister.

The girl in Tsing Yi had just finished eating the last piece of pastry, and she was in a very bad mood, so she said angrily: "You have the ability to call my father!"

The man, who had a lot to do with the girl and her father, no longer had a straight face, and said with a smile: "How to fight?"

The young Taoist quipped: "Ruan Xiu, this is a bit of a bully." Your father is the next saint to succeed Mr. Qi, just like the master of this heaven and earth. ”

The girl in Tsing Yi pursed her lips and did not speak.

The monk walked slowly and climbed on the back of the green ox.

The young female crown said: "The Leiyin Pagoda of your Buddhism, the seal of the Heavenly Master of our Taoism, plus a small sword mound of the soldiers, and of course, the Confucian mountain jade plaque. The four victorious things left by the first four saints, not to mention how they intrigue within Confucianism, only to say that we are three parties, each of us will take it back this time, although it is justifiable, but if you really don't say hello to Mr. Qi, isn't it not appropriate?"

The monk didn't say a word.

The young Taoist said worriedly: "It's a bit unkind, but the will of the boss is difficult to disobey, senior sister, you better not draw snakes." ”

The soldier sneered, "I'm not here to get close to anyone. ”

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On the other side of the town, Chen Ping'an returned to the alley where Liu Xianyang's house was located, and saw Mr. Qi standing at the door.

The young man ran quickly, and without waiting for him to ask, Qi Jingchun handed him the two private seals, and said with a smile: "Chen Ping'an, it's not for nothing, it's because I have something to ask for, if the Mountain Cliff Academy is in trouble in the future, I hope you can help as much as you can." Of course, you don't have to deliberately inquire about the college. ”

The boy only said one word, "Good!"

Qi Jingchun nodded, and said earnestly: "Remember what I told you before, 'The gentleman doesn't save', that is my heartfelt words, not to test people's hearts." ”

The boy grinned, "Sir, I can't guarantee this. ”

Qi Jingchun wanted to speak and stopped, but in the end he didn't say anything, and was about to leave.

He originally wanted to say that if there is a big predicament in the Mountain Cliff Academy in the future, Chen Ping'an, you don't need to feel guilty, just if you haven't seen or heard about it, you don't have to do it deliberately.

But Qi Jingchun didn't know why, deep down in his heart, he had a trace of luck, and even he couldn't figure it out.

After thinking about it, the mountain master of the Mountain Cliff Academy only came up with one answer. It turned out to be just because of the young man in front of him, whose surname was Chen Ping'an. He doesn't seem to be like anyone else.

You entrust him with a thousand difficulties, even if you know that the young man will not be able to do his best in the end, but you can really be sure of one thing, as long as he agrees, he will definitely do it, he can't do it with great strength, and he is willing to grit his teeth and exert twelve points of strength.

That's a reassuring thing.

This was something that Qi Jingchun had been begging for many years but couldn't, and this scholar, who took the initiative to ask for debasement here, originally only felt that heaven and earth were foreign lands everywhere.

When Qi Jingchun was about to turn around, the young man who was still carrying the basket on his back hurriedly saluted with great difficulty.

In the alleys, the Confucian sage returned the boy's salute one by one.