Early the next morning, the owner of the house told Qi Xuansu that Qi Niang had left.

Qi Xuansu was not surprised, Qi Niang has always been elusive, coming and going without a trace. After breakfast, he also left this contact point and prepared to go to the Daomen Ancestral Garden.

The Daomen Ancestral Courtyard is located in West Kunlun.

Kunlun is the ancestor of ten thousand mountains, but also the origin of the dragon veins in the world, located at the end of the Western Regions west of Liangzhou, tens of thousands of miles away from Huainan Mansion, where Qi Xuansu is now located.

From the Central Plains to Kunlun, a round trip, to say the least, it will take several months, extremely inconvenient, and the road is full of desolation, wind and food, sleeping in the open, many Taoist disciples will return to the ancestral court to report on their work as the first class of hardship.

Sensing this, Daomen added flying boats in various places.

The so-called flying boat, as the name suggests, is a big ship that can walk on the sea of clouds, its manufacturing process is very cumbersome, it is said to take the skeleton of the dragon as the keel of the ship, driven by the dragon ball of the dragon, and supplemented by various talisman formations, in order to make the big ship leave the ground, fly in the sky like the dragon, so the flying boat is also named dragon boat.

With the flying boat, it only takes one day and one night to go to Kunlun from all over the country.

For this reason, the Daomen hunted and killed the dragons on a large scale, causing the dragons in the coastal sea and rivers and lakes to flee to the sparsely populated far sea, which is now difficult to see.

Nowadays, there are a total of 20 flying boats in the Daomen, each of which can take 100 people, because of the restrictions on the number of shifts and the number of people, non-Daomen disciples are not allowed to take the flying boats, even if they are Daomen disciples, they cannot take the flying boats for free.

Jiaolong is close to the water, the dragon ball needs to absorb water vapor to supplement its own consumption, if it is in the sea with strong water vapor, the flying boat seems to go with the wind, the consumption is very small, if it is in the arid land, the water vapor is thin, the flying boat is like going against the wind, the consumption is very large. Kunlun is located in the northwest inland, water vapor is scarce, in order to ensure that the flying boat can reach Kunlun smoothly, to supplement the water vapor of the Dragon Ball with "Xuanhuang".

The so-called "Xuanhuang", there is a saying in the "Jiuding Shendan Sutra": "Take ten catties of mercury, twenty catties of lead, Nadan kettle, under the fierce fire, lead and mercury spit out its essence, purple color, take it with an iron spoon, called Xuanhuang." ”

"Xuanhuang" belongs to gold, and gold gives birth to water, so it has become the "tonic" of Dragon Ball and the fuel of the flying boat.

Daomen has a Xuanhuang Division specializing in refining "Xuanhuang", to maintain the operation of the flying boat, many Taoist people are engaged in this kind of livelihood, each person's monthly salary is three yuan Taiping money, a year is thirty-six yuan Taiping money, according to a family of three a year to spend ten yuan Taiping money, not only can support the wife and children, but also have a surplus of more than 20 yuan, it can be said to be extremely rich.

There are more than 1,000 Taoists in the Xuanhuang Division, and the annual labor expenditure alone is nearly 40,000 Taiping money.

The price of raw materials is not cheap, not counting the consumption of lead and coal and oil for the time being, one yuan of Taiping money can buy six catties of mercury, twenty catties of mercury can refine one or two "Xuanhuang", and a round trip by flying boat needs to cost about 1,800 catties of "Xuanhuang".

Because of this, the price of a flying boat ride is quite expensive, 100 Taiping per person for a one-way trip, unless you are on official business and have the relevant vouchers, you can ride for free.

Qi Xuansu has no errands, if you want to take the flying boat, you must spend 100 Taiping to buy a boat ticket, if you are not willing to do it, or you are shy in your pocket, then you can only rush to Kunlun by land, and you may not be able to arrive in time before August 15.

After Qi Xuansu pondered it several times, he still reluctantly decided to take a flying boat to Kunlun Ancestral Court.

Furthermore, there is not always a flying boat, only on the first and fifteenth days of each month, there will be a flying boat to Kunlun Ancestral Garden, if you miss it, you have to wait for half a month.

Today is July 13, and there are only two days left until July 15.

Fortunately, Huainan is the capital of a state, and there is a flying boat port on Taiping Mountain outside the city, which is not far away, only half a day's journey.

Qi Xuansu didn't dare to delay, and immediately went out of the city to Taiping Mountain.

Although Qi Xuansu has never been to Taiping Mountain, Taiping Mountain is not difficult to find, in addition to the function of a flying boat port, it is also the location of Luzhou Provincial Government, and there is a second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest in charge.

Taiping Mountain is continuous, from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, built with stone steps. After Qi Xuansu came to Taiping Mountain, he climbed up the stone steps in the mountain. After walking for about an hour, you can faintly see the continuous terraced fields, the layers are distinct, looking from afar, it is like the steps built for the gods in the sky, and there are many Taoists who are working in the terraces at this time.

After another journey, the mountain road gradually became steeper, and the mountain rose and fell, until finally we came to a cliff, where there was a huge hanging basket, the size of an ordinary carriage, with iron locks attached to the top of the gondola, leading up to the vast mist.

There is a huge cross-shaped mechanism next to the hanging basket, which needs to be pulled with both hands, and next to the mechanism is guarded by a nine-rank Taoist priest.

After Qi Xuansu showed his basket, he walked into the hanging basket, and the Jiupin Taoist priest next to him pulled the mechanism, and then listened to the sound of the "click" mechanism, and the hanging basket began to rise slowly, and there was a noose winch on it, and the hanging basket was twisted up.

The hanging basket kept rising, Qi Xuansu looked up, only to see the white mist, after a while, he could see the clouds and mist floating overhead, and after a while, he was in the clouds and mist, looking down, but seeing the white expanse, he couldn't see anything.

After a long time, the basket stopped. It has come to the top of the mountain, the first thing that catches your eye is a huge archway made of white jade, and the four golden characters on the archway are "Taiping worry-free", shining golden light in the sun.

Ordinary people want to think that the philistines have actually made the names of gold and silver yuan into the archway, but people who know the inside story will not think like this, and will only feel that the Taoist gate is magnificent, because the names of gold and silver yuan are derived from this archway. It can be said that there was this archway first, and then there was worry-free money and Taiping money.

Not far from the archway is a huge wheel, which is ten zhang high, is slowly turning, circulating endlessly. There are many long unicorn arms connected to the giant ship, and I don't know where it leads.

Qi Xuansu came here for the first time, and he only felt extremely shocked.

The top of the mountain is the same as below, there is also a cross-shaped mechanism next to the huge winch, and there is also a nine-grade Taoist priest, who is not surprised to see Qi Xuansu like this, and introduced: "That is the Tianji wheel, and the Daoist brother can come up in the hanging basket, and it is because of this thing that there are nine Tiangang wheels in the mountain, which maintains the operation of the entire Taiping Mountain." ”

Qi Xuansu is a little confused about the word "running", it is simply the word "running", of course he knows what it means, as the so-called "the sun and the moon run, a cold and a summer", to put it bluntly, it is to run over and over again, but the mountain is a dead thing, and it can't move like the sun, moon and stars, how to run?

It's just that he didn't want to show his timidity, didn't ask deeply, and continued to move forward.

After passing the torii, there is a straight stone road, and then there is an extremely long staircase.

When he got closer, Qi Xuansu suddenly discovered that these steps made of unknown materials were actually moving, and they were divided into two, moving up on the left and down on the right, as long as he stood on the top of the steps, he didn't have to take a step, he would go up and down with the steps under his feet. From the bottom of the stairs, there was a clear "click" sound. Qi Xuansu looked carefully, and through the gap between the steps, he could see that the large and small gears were constantly rotating.

Qi Xuansu was even more surprised.

Are these steps actually alive? Is it also because of the heavenly wheel?

In the blink of an eye, the steps have come to an end, is a magnificent palace, three zhang high, carved beams and paintings, with white as the main color, such as the heavenly palace. In front of the door, there is a huge sundial and a huge drip on the left and right, counting the time. Stepping into the temple, the floor is paved with black marble, like a mirror, and the human figure can be reflected.

Qi Xuansu inadvertently glanced up, the dome of the temple was actually a star map, I don't know what kind of material it was made of, the big and small stars not only emitted a faint light, but also moved slowly according to a certain law, it was daytime at this time, it was not obvious, if it was night, I don't know what a magnificent scene it was.

At this time, Qi Xuansu seemed to have entered the palace like a bun, and he only felt dazzled.

Anyway, Qi Xuansu, a seven-grade Taoist priest, has seen some of the world, and he is still like this, it is conceivable that if ordinary people come here, they will definitely think that this place is a heavenly fairyland, and it is no wonder that some people call the Daomen Ancestral Court the heavenly white jade capital.

Qi Xuansu settled down, looked around, and found a counter made of black marble not far away, and walked over quickly.

Behind the counter stood a female crown with a good face, also a nine-grade Taoist priest, seeing Qi Xuansu showing the urn, he asked with a smile: "This Taoist friend, but you are going to Kunlun Ancestral Court?" ”

Qi Xuansu had already put the prepared large ticket in his sleeve pocket, and at this time, he unhurriedly took out a large ticket with a faint ink fragrance, and said in a deep voice: "A boat ticket to the ancestral court." ”

"Okay." The female crown took the official ticket with a denomination of one hundred yuan Taiping money, and skillfully took out a special jade plate and handed it to Qi Xuansu, "Please go to the apse and wait for the flying boat, and when you board the boat, please show the Taoist friend and this jade plate." ”

Qi Xuansu took the jade plaque and looked through it, there was nothing surprising, but the number "sixty-three" was embossed on the front, which meant that Qi Xuansu was the sixty-third person to take this flying boat.

Qi Xuansu put away the jade plaque and walked towards the apse in the direction of the female crown's finger.

When I came to the apse, I suddenly opened up.

The entire north-facing wall of the apse is not a masonry structure, but is replaced by Western glass, which is clearly visible from the outside of the hall.

Outside the hall was a lake, shining in the sun.

Inside the hall is a fixed arrangement of futons like a chessboard, at this time there have been many people sitting in twos and threes, all of them are Taoist disciples, with six-grade Taoists and five-grade Taoists in the majority, as well as a few four-grade sacrificial wine Taoists, like Qi Xuansu such a seven-grade Taoist is rare, after all, one hundred Taiping money is not a small amount, with the net worth of a seven-grade Taoist, it is not so luxurious.

However, no one dares to underestimate Qi Xuansu, the seven-grade Taoist priest who can take out a hundred Taiping money to take a flying boat is going to Kunlun Ancestral Court, and most of them have a big background.

Many people just glanced at Qi Xuansu, and then closed their eyes again, closing their eyes to recuperate.

Qi Xuansu sat down cross-legged in an inconspicuous corner, closed his eyes and recuperated, waiting for the flying boat to come.

It is not difficult for a congenital person to meditate for two days without eating or drinking.

After a day's work, someone said, "The flying boat has arrived." ”