After Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu left the Jinguan Mansion, they decided to speed up the journey, because they were taking a wide official road, Qi Xuansu didn't want to waste the aura of the horse in vain, so he spent ten Taiping dollars to buy two horses, and when they arrived in the White Emperor City, they would sell them at a discount, and they would probably lose one or two Taiping dollars.

However, Qi Xuansu is very arrogant now, and he still has a deposit of four hundred Taiping money, and he doesn't care about this little money.

The two rode horses and galloped, but there were no incidents along the way, which was quite smooth.

On this day, as it was getting dusk, the two left the avenue, found a shelter from the wind, and prepared to spend the night.

After all, the two are not celestials, and they don't have the ability to sleep endlessly, and the horses also have to rest. Qi Xuansu ate a marching pill, which was considered a full stomach, and then took out the grass to feed the horses.

Zhang Yuelu went to collect some firewood and prepared to make a fire to keep warm. After all, it's the cold winter season, and there is no tent, so it's still a little difficult to spend the night directly in the wilderness.

After a while, Zhang Yuelu came back with a small handful of dead branches and threw them on the ground.

"Why is it so?" Qi Xuansu said, "This is not enough. ”

"There's movement over there, be quiet." Zhang Yuelu motioned for Qi Xuansu to follow him.

Qi Xuansu restrained his breath, lightened his steps, followed Zhang Yuelu all the way to the south, walked two miles, and came to the bottom of a stone cliff, about seven or eight zhang high, they stood at the bottom, they could see the top, but if the people above did not bow their heads, it would be difficult to find them.

Zhang Yuelu made a silent gesture to Qi Xuansu and pointed upwards again.

Qi Xuansu raised his head and looked at it, and saw a pair of young men and women on the cliff by the moonlight and starlight, the man was handsome and extraordinary, and the woman was beautiful and fragrant. To be honest, the above pair of men and women are much better looking than the two of them, Zhang Yuelu looks good, but he is not top-notch, mainly because he is beautiful and noble, and the key is temperament.

The man and woman were not dressed in regular robes, but wore crane suits, with fluttering clothes, like characters walking out of the painting, and the next moment they would go with the wind.

Not far from the two, there was still a person, a gentle and elegant Taoist, who did not wear a crane, but wore a Taoist robe, sitting on a smooth big bluestone and drinking.

The three were talking.

To be precise, it was the immortal couple who persuaded the middle-aged Taoist to ask him to meet their master, judging from the title, the middle-aged Taoist was the uncle of the immortal couple.

However, the middle-aged Taoist neither agreed nor refused, but just drank.

The two talked for a long time, and when they saw that their uncle was indifferent, they were a little discouraged.

The moon rises in the west.

After drinking the pot of wine in the hands of the middle-aged Taoist, he casually threw the wine jug and landed on Qi Xuansu's head, and then slowly got up and chanted: "I'm drunk and sleepy, and I'll go ......."

The voice fell, and the middle-aged Taoist stepped out and stepped out of the cliff, but it was hanging but not falling, but it was a volley, like climbing the building, step by step, walking towards a bright moon in the sky.

Qi Xuansu covered his head that had been smashed by the wine jug, and was shocked in his heart: "Celestial." ”

At this moment, the middle-aged man glanced back at Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu below, smiled slightly, and continued to "walk" upward, getting higher and higher.

The fairy couple on the high cliff could only look up at the back of the uncle getting farther and farther away, sighing helplessly.

It wasn't until the middle-aged Taoist completely disappeared that the two turned around and left the cliff, and from beginning to end, neither of them took a second look at the cliff under their feet, and naturally they didn't find Zhang Yuelu and Qi Xuansu.

After the two walked away, Qi Xuansu spoke: "That celestial man has discovered us, and I dare to conclude that his wine jug is deliberately smashing me." ”

"Indeed." Zhang Yuelu nodded in agreement.

Qi Xuansu said depressedly: "Why didn't you smash you?" ”

"Luck." Zhang Yuelu said.

Qi Xuansu was no longer bored with himself, and instead said, "Who are those men and women?" Looks more like an immortal than you. ”

Zhang Yuelu said lightly: "The young talents of the Daomen may not all be in Yujing, and there is no shortage of powerful people in the local Dao government. Besides, the ancestral court is so big, you know me as an immortal, right? ”

Qi Xuansu said: "Who made you famous?" ”

"I'm famous not because I'm an immortal, but because of the Jiangnan case, but in this way, the world mistakenly thinks that I am as talented as the Eastern Emperor." Zhang Yuelu shook his head and said, "If you say that they are similar to me, there are more than a dozen Yujing, but they are not in Tiangang Hall." ”

"And where are they?" Qi Xuansu asked curiously.

Zhang Yuelu said: "Of course it's Ziwei Hall, the first of the nine halls, isn't it better than Tiangang Hall?" The second is Beichen Hall, because it has the right and responsibility to picket illegality, so it is a higher level to see people, and it is also a place where many people are willing to go. Although Tiangang Hall was promoted quickly, but the casualties were also serious, generally speaking, few people would come to Tiangang Hall to practice, and the ancestral court would not put outstanding young people in Tiangang Hall, but more elite Taoist priests with experienced and experienced actions were recruited from the local Taoist government, just like Xu Kou. Moreover, the key to Tiangang Hall is not the Taoist priest, but the direct control of one-third of the spiritual officials of the ancestral court. ”

Qi Xuansu remembered: "You were originally from Beichen Hall, and you were later transferred to Tiangang Hall, but it can't be regarded as experience, you are already the deputy hall master." ”

Zhang Yuelu did not deny it: "Many people who are similar to me are now also four-grade sacrificial wine Taoists, but I am the only one who can achieve the level of deputy hall master for the time being, so I say that my fate is good." ”

Qi Xuansu picked up the wine jug again, looked at it carefully, and after confirming that it was not a treasure, he threw it aside: "In the future, this kind of thing will be less lively, this time people just hit me with a wine jug, if you encounter a bad temper, the end is unpredictable." ”

Zhang Yuelu didn't refute it, and was as good as a stream: "I'm just curious, so I won't take it as an example." ”

The two of them picked up some dead firewood and returned to the chosen place for the night to light a fire.

The two sat by the fire, looking at each other across the fire.

Zhang Yuelu said: "This time it's your turn to keep the first half of the night, and the second half of the night to change me." ”

As we all know, the first half of the night is always more comfortable, you can sleep until dawn, and the second half of the night, when you sleep halfway and then get up, is torturous. Zhang Yuelu is not too strong, but she is not squeamish, she will neither push all the hard work to others, nor will she take care of it all on herself, whoever it should be, it will be whom.

After getting along for a while, Qi Xuansu also understood Zhang Yuelu's temperament, and did not push and be polite, and said directly: "Sleep with you." ”

Zhang Yuelu didn't say anything more, gathered the cloak on his body, hugged his knees with both hands, leaned his forehead on his knees, and fell asleep directly.

Qi Xuansu was bored fiddling with the bonfire, and the scene of the celestial man stepping into the air always appeared in his mind.

This is the first time he has seen a celestial, and the legend says that the celestial man has the ability to fly to the sky and escape the earth, and it is indeed true.

I just don't know when I will be in such a state.

Just by cultivating slowly, I'm afraid that it will be a few decades later, and that is still a case of good luck. Most people will get stuck on a threshold and never get in again.

Qi Xuansu knew that his qualifications were not good, no better than Zhang Yuelu, and the further he went, the more difficult it became. Now he can barely keep up with Zhang Yuelu's pace in his twenties, but in another twenty years, I am afraid that it will be difficult to carry it.

The two drifted apart, and the relationship would not have been as close as it is today. At that time, Qi Xuansu was mostly just an old man in Zhang Yuelu's memory, and occasionally remembered it, sighed with emotion, and then put it aside.

This is also human nature.

Fortunately, Qi Xuansu found a strange way, that is, "Xuanyu", after stimulating "Xuanyu" with divine power, he could actually improve his cultivation and obtain various miracles. If he can get another piece of "Xuanyu", can he be among the truth? If "Xuanyu" is enough, then can he go one step further and move towards the legendary celestial mark?

At that time, no one can underestimate him, not only can he rise to the top, but he may also be able to fake the relationship between the two.

Qi Xuansu immediately thought of another question, he knew the benefits of "Xuanyu", Taiping Dao and Qingping would also know the benefits of "Xuanyu", Taiping Dao directly killed people and destroyed the door for "Xuanyu", it was obviously inevitable, and Qingping would not need to say more, he could have today, it was all the handiwork of Qingping Society. If you want to snatch food from these two families, you have to weigh it carefully.

As for picking up leaks in Yulan Temple like last time, it's all up to luck, and it's impossible to find it.

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but sigh.

"Why does the little brother sigh?" A voice rang out suddenly.

Qi Xuansu was startled, and followed the prestige, but saw that there was another person not far from him, and it was the middle-aged Taoist he had seen before.

At this time, he was sitting on a dead tree trunk, holding a wine gourd, and drinking slowly.

That's it, Zhang Yuelu didn't seem to notice it at all, and was still sleeping lightly.

In other words, there is an invisible barrier between the two and Zhang Yuelu.

It can be seen that the cultivation of this middle-aged Taoist is extremely high.

Qi Xuansu secretly complained in his heart.

It's really burning incense to attract ghosts, begging for hardship.

However, the matter has come to this point, and Qi Xuansu can only force himself to calm down, hold his breath and concentrate, and prepare to deal with the unexpected.

"I have no ill intentions." The middle-aged Taoist took a sip of wine and said slowly.

Qi Xuansu smiled reluctantly: "I don't know what the seniors have to say?" ”

"Don't be nervous." The middle-aged Taoist smiled, "It's just that I'm bored late at night, and my two nephews are too noisy and want to chat with my little brother." ”

Qi Xuansu settled his mind and said, "Under Qi Xuansu, I took the liberty to ask my seniors for their names. ”

The middle-aged Taoist said: "My surname is Ji, and now I am in the Shuzhou Provincial Government, and I am also a member of the Daomen." ”

Qi Xuansu was a little settled in his heart, and at the same time, he also had a plan, since this person is a genuine celestial man, and he claims to be in the Shuzhou Provincial Mansion, he should not be the master of the Shuzhou Provincial Mansion, and most of them are one of the many deputy mansion masters. The local provincial government is the same as the nine halls, there is only one house master and hall master, but there is no definite number of deputy hall masters and deputy hall masters, as few as two people, and as many as a dozen people. Some vice-governors have heavy sovereignty and can sit in the land of a state, such as the chief deputy governor of the Western Regions Provincial Government, Liaodong Provincial Government, and Jiangnan Provincial Government, and some deputy governors are only nominal and have no real power.

The one in front of him, like a carefree idler, is probably the latter.