Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Mysterious Visitor I
"He should cut the candles in the west window, but when it rains at night in Bashan. "The lingering loneliness, the mysterious romance, often become the favored place of countless literati and ink writers, for thousands of years, the great poet Li Shangyin said in one sentence the most desirable aspect of Bashan Shu land for thousands of years. However, this is actually only part of the magical charm of Bashan Shudi, and the other half of its charm is in the Xiuzhen Holy Land in the depths of the green grass and white clouds.
Shu is mountainous and less river, the mighty Yangtze River flows out from the Sichuan-Tibet Plateau, communicates with the Minjiang River, Jinsha River and other branches in the hinterland of Bashu, and divides more than a dozen bifurcated tributaries in the middle, for thousands of years, nourishes countless fairy mountains and spiritual valleys.
According to ancient legends, in ancient times, the demon god Chi sprung up, and the god world was difficult to contend with, so the human world and the god world alliance fought against the demon world, and connected the god world and the human world with a divine tree, which is the Shushan god tree that countless cultivators yearn for. Ten thousand years ago, the spiritual power of the divine realm suddenly changed, and the Shushan Divine Tree connecting heaven and earth grew thousands of feet tall overnight, with roots like clouds hanging from the sky, branches like pillars of optimus, and the crown of the tree went straight into the heart of Pangu in the thirty-three days of the divine realm, directly absorbing the most powerful chaotic qi of the heart of Pangu.
In this way, another thousand years passed, and the boundless spiritual power of the sacred tree raised more than 100 peaks within a radius of 100 miles, floating in the air, becoming a pure land independent of heaven and earth. The spiritual power of these more than 100 peaks is strong, far more than any region between heaven and earth, and soon became the best place for people and demons to cultivate, for a time, almost every mountain has its own independent sect, large and small formed more than 100 different schools and scattered immortal caves, among them, the largest and most famous is the Shushan Sword School and the Emei Sword School, Qingcheng Mountain Sword School three sword schools.
The good times did not last long, and more than a thousand years later, the sacred tree of Shushan was directly connected to the heart of Pangu, causing the spiritual power of the human world to be too strong, and touching the six laws, causing an imbalance in the three worlds, and was ordered to be withdrawn by the Emperor of Heaven. Moreover, there is also a mysterious legend that circulates secretly among the various factions of Shushan, the 10,000-year-old tree spirit of the sacred tree is still hidden in a secret place in Shushan, and the person who gets this tree spirit attains the Tao overnight and soars in the daytime. The divine show of Bashan and the legend of Shu have attracted many heroic sons and daughters with dreams for thousands of years.
This day is the 60th birthday of Wang Xijiang, the leader of the Kuimen Gang in the White Emperor City, the Kuimen Gang sits on the source of the Yangtze River, and the two sides of the land and water are bought and traded, it is the first big gang in the White Emperor City, and the disciples of the gang leader Wang Xijiang are hundreds of people, occupying all the land and water wharf business within a radius of dozens of miles from the White Emperor City and the Xudu City.
Kuimen to help Wang Xijiang's house is full of lights, Wang Xijiang travels extensively, the guests who come to congratulate the birthday are endless, the living room lobby in the house has already placed more than 100 tables of eight immortal tables, the day is not over, more than 600 people have come, almost the lobby is full of sitting, the voice of congratulating the birthday and saying goodbye, friends reminiscing about the old days one after another, it is very lively.
The host Wang Xijiang did not appear in the lobby, this birthday star did not need to come forward by himself today, and more than a dozen shrewd and capable disciples had already taken care of everything clearly, just waiting for the auspicious time to come forward to meet the distinguished guests.
Sitting in the back hall, someone had already put the guest list and the long gift list on the desk, Wang Xijiang looked through it casually, and saw that several big gangs around him were on the list, and the gifts they gave were all valuable gems and jade, celebrity calligraphy and paintings. I can't help but smile alone, thinking of my outstanding achievements in the past few decades, and feeling a little proud in my heart.
But the gift list has been turned to the end, and Ma Xiaotian's name has not appeared, at this time it is less than half an hour before the auspicious time of the birthday, obviously all the guests should come, but Ma Xiaotian is missing, it seems that he will not come today.
Wang Xijiang was secretly proud, but at this moment a nameless fire flooded his heart, Ma Xiaotian is the leader of another big water gang in White Emperor City, the Flying Fish Gang, for decades, the Kuimen Gang and the Flying Fish Gang have fought against each other, both occupy the upper reaches of the Yangtze River waterway trading, the two gangs are fighting openly and secretly, but on the surface it is still a group of harmony, today Wang Xijiang's 60th birthday, Ma Xiaotian logically speaking, should come to the door to pay respects, he doesn't come, that is, he doesn't give Wang Xijiang face, even if there are thousands of guests, what is the use of the Flying Fish Gang Ma Xiaotian not coming?
Wang Xijiang snorted coldly, slammed the gift list on the table, suddenly felt that the sound of the gift list falling on the table was different, and he became suspicious, so he took the gift list back into his hand, walked to the window, and took a closer look at the sun. After reading it back and forth several times, Wang Xijiang sneered and tore open the hardcover cover, and sure enough, a delicate jade as thin as paper and as green as blue fell out of it.
Wang Xijiang took it in his hand and looked at it, his face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly asked the person who had just given the gift list to come in.
The person who gave the gift list was a small guy doing chores, listening to the helper shouting to let him in, he hurriedly walked into the inner hall, only to see Wang Xijiang holding a small jade jue in his hand, half of his body kept trembling, the helper was so nervous and gaffe, it was a scene he had never seen since he started, and he knew that something big must have happened.
Before anyone could speak, Wang Xijiang asked sharply: "Where did this gift list come from?" ”
The subordinate was startled, and hurriedly said: "Qiyu Gang Master, it was Steward Liu in the front hall who gave it to the villain." ”
"You call Steward Liu to me immediately. Wang Xijiang said sharply.
The subordinates hurriedly agreed, and hurried to the front hall to pass on Steward Liu.
Steward Liu is Wang Xijiang's fifth disciple, shrewd since childhood, especially in business, talented, unmatched in the house, even Wang Xijiang himself is sometimes ashamed of himself, so he slowly handed over most of his business to this Liu Steward to take care of, for decades, all kinds of business under his dots, clear organization, clear accounts, never made any mistakes. He is one of Wang Xijiang's most trusted disciples.
Steward Liu was arranging for the disciples and subordinates to welcome guests in the front hall, and he was very busy. Listening to the master's urgent call to himself, he didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly entered the inner hall.
"Master, all the distinguished guests have arrived, and the auspicious time is almost here, so hurry up and get ready to go to the lobby. As soon as Steward Liu entered the door, he urged repeatedly.
After waiting for a while, he didn't see the master answer, and when he looked up, he saw the master holding a jade jue in his hand, and he didn't speak, so he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Master, what happened?"
"Liu An, he's here!" Wang Xijiang said in a deep voice.
"Master, who's coming?" Liu An was confused, and didn't know what to do at all.
"Liu An, you are Master's most trusted disciple, you immediately pack up your things, take your wife, leave White Emperor City from the back hall, go to Qingcheng Mountain to find Xuanzhen Daoist, and tell Xuanzhen Daoist that that person is back again, let him prepare early. Wang Xijiang turned his head, his eyes blazing, and looked at Liu An.
Liu An had never seen Master so panicked, he wanted to abandon his family business and flee overnight, guessing that there must be a powerful enemy, and asked, "Master, what happened? ”
Wang Xijiang ignored it, turned around and picked up the pen, brushed it and wrote down a letter, handed it to Liu An, and said urgently: "You don't need to ask more, then give this letter to Xuanzhen Daoist, he will understand when he sees it, go quickly." ”
"What about you, Master?" Liu An saw that the situation was urgent, and hurriedly put the letter in his arms.
"I'm staying, but I want to see how he has grown over the years?" Wang Xijiang said slowly. As he spoke, he waved at Liu An and motioned for him to leave quickly.
Liu An didn't dare to ask any more, so he hurriedly walked out and arranged for Wang Xijiang's family not to mention it.
Wang Xijiang watched Liu An's back walk away, slowly poured a cup of tea, but didn't drink it, put it on the table, settled down, and saw that when the auspicious time arrived, he was dressed and ready to go to the lobby to greet the VIP.
was about to step out, when the figure in front of him flickered, and there were already two more people in front of him. Two people, a man and a woman, are in their twenties, the man's white shirt and blue pants, about 1.8 meters tall, thin and straight, the appearance is also attractive, the woman is dressed in purple, melon seed face, fair skin, a pair of big eyes are very bright and vivid, indescribably delicate and cute.
Wang Xijiang was shocked and angry, and shouted: "Who are you waiting for? How can you get into the inner hall?"
The man arched his hands and smiled slightly: "Gang Master Wang, congratulations." I'm here to celebrate my birthday. ”
Wang Xijiang looked at the two of them with a smile on their faces, without respect, and said angrily: "Junior, He Shou is in the front hall, how did you two come in?"
The man smiled again and said, "Gang Master Wang, this should be blamed on your untalented apprentices, we came in from the main gate and came all the way to the inner hall to congratulate Gang Master Wang on his birthday, and no one stopped us." ”
Wang Xijiang snorted and said in his heart: "Just because these two people appeared in front of him quietly, this little light skill is not even an opponent for himself, let alone others." He nodded and said, "Yes, although you two are young, your light skills are extraordinary." Who are you, what kind of sect are you, and what are you doing here?"
The woman said in a coquettish voice: "Gang Master Wang, at the moment of the great enemy, you don't arrange a strategy to control the enemy, but you can still calmly interrogate the details of my two sects, this calm kung fu makes people have to admire." ”
Wang Xijiang was shocked again, but his face did not move, and he said in a deep voice: "What this girl said, but the old man can't understand, today is the old man's 60th birthday, what kind of big enemy is present." If you two have nothing else to do, please get out of the way quickly, the old man is going to the lobby to meet the distinguished guests. ”
"Chong Wang Gang Leader Jin Mian, it's not difficult for the two of us to get out of the way, as long as the Wang Gang Leader leaves 'Pan Long Jue', the two of us will leave immediately. Never delay the auspicious time of the king's help. The man's gaze fell on the jade pendant in Wang Xijiang's hand.
"What! How do you know 'Pan Long Jue'? Who are you?" When Wang Xijiang heard this, he could no longer pretend to be calm, and asked sharply.
"Don't hide it from the king's helper, in the next leaf Boyu. The man replied with a smile.
Readers are encouraged to watch the next chapter, "The Mysterious Visitor – Part II"