Chapter 38: The Upper House and the Lower House
Yashan, when Tianjisu came to this mountain, it was almost still a primeval forest, and the road was rugged and bumpy. It is also thanks to a person with great perseverance like Tianjisuo that he founded a mountain here. The highest peak of Yashan Mountain, Cangcui Ridge, is more than 1,500 meters above sea level, and it can be regarded as a beautiful scenery. And the main gate of the Tianji Gate is located here. After so many years of operation, Tianjimen can be regarded as solid here, and of course, there will be no unsightly thieves who really dare to come to Tianjimen to do evil. At the beginning of the Tianjimen faction, it only did the business of selling news, and this business finally allowed the Tianjimen to gain a foothold in the Central Plains martial arts, and the Tianjimen was not a big martial arts school at that time, and it was not even a mid-stream, and those major sects in the Central Plains did not take the Tianjimen in their eyes at all. But just a few years later, Tianjimen not only gained a lot of money by selling news, but also recruited a group of amazing disciples. And the name of Tianji Zhou Li is gradually known by more and more people.
On this day, the master and apprentice finally returned to the foot of Yashan, which is located in the southern part of the Central Plains, only a mountain away from the Jawlong River, at this time it is the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and the scenery is excellent. Tianjimen is divided into the upper courtyard and the lower courtyard, the lower courtyard is at the entrance of the mountain, responsible for receiving all the guests who come to visit or buy and sell news, and the upper courtyard is the place where the disciples of Tianjimen stay in their daily lives. The steward of this lower courtyard is on duty, and today it happened to be Wu Qi's turn.
Wu Qi was lying on a rattan chair basking in the sun at this time, and it was definitely a beauty difference for Wu Qi to say that he came to the lower courtyard to take care of things. The other brothers and sisters were too lazy to take care of these chores in the lower courtyard, but Wu Qi just liked to take care of these, and living the life of a master in the lower courtyard made him feel greatly satisfied.
At this time, a little guy ran over and said, "Third master, the master of the door is back, third master!" ”
Wu Qi had been punished by Chu Mu in the Broken Soul Valley since he came back from the Garan Temple, and he had just been released, and he was thinking about the addiction of being in charge, when he suddenly heard someone say that the master of the door had returned. Wu Qi was so frightened that he jumped out of the rattan chair, quickly ordered someone to clean up the teapot and bowl next to him, and trotted all the way to the front door.
When he walked to the second gate, he saw that his master and Lao Qi were walking inside, Wu Qi took two steps, walked to Tianjisuo, and knelt down: "Apprentice to see Master, Master, you can count it back." ”
Tianjisuo helped Wu Qi up, and then pulled him to the back room, asking if anything had happened in the door recently, and what had happened in the rivers and lakes recently. Wu Qidu answered one by one. In the end, Tianjisu said: "I will rest here with Lao Qi, and I will go to the upper courtyard in a while, you go back with me today, and tomorrow I will open a church to accept disciples, and you will also go to participate." By the way, do you have any of my letters lately? ”
"Letters? That's too much, I don't know where Master is looking for letters. Wu Qi asked
"Well, do you have a letter from Creation Peak?" Tenjisu asked
"The golden-backed carving of Creation Peak did bring a letter five days ago." Wu Qi seemed to have known that his master would read it, so he took out an unopened letter from his arms and handed it to Tianjisuo.
Tianjisu hurriedly took it and opened it, only looked at it twice, and his face changed. He read the letter carefully several times with his eyes open, and then carefully carried it in his arms. Du Jie and Wu Qi glanced at each other, not knowing what was wrong with their master.
Du Jie had been staying with Tianjisu recently, and stepped forward and asked with concern: "Master, what's wrong." ”
Tianjisu shook his head and didn't answer him directly, but said: "You have a good rest today, Master has to go back to the mountain to deal with things first, and let your senior brother accompany you to the mountain tomorrow, he knows the rules here." ”
Wu Qiyi was stunned and said, "Master, are you going up the mountain?" The chairs weren't hot yet. ”
Tianjisu smiled and said: "You little rabbit cub can't wait for me to go, it's better than the addiction of the landlord of this lower courtyard." Third child, if you still haven't made progress in the year-end competition, I'm going to let you go to Shura Hall to train for a year. ”
Wu Qigang's face showed a slightly embarrassed expression after listening to the first half of the sentence, and when he heard the second half of the sentence, his face changed greatly: "Master, don't be like this, let's discuss everything." ”
"Humph!" Tianjisu didn't care about Wu Qi after snorting, turned his head and said to Du Jie: "When you enter the Tianji Gate tomorrow, I will first hand you over to your senior brother Chu Mu for a while, your senior brother knows a lot about the martial arts of our faction, you are a master with art, I will let him teach you a set of marksmanship first, and I will go out again in a few days for the teacher." ”
"Master, are you going out again?" Wu Qi and Du Jie were stunned after hearing this.
"Yes, it won't be long, you were born to practice martial arts on the cliff mountain, and the competition at the end of the year must be ranked at the bottom, otherwise you will have to suffer." Tianjisu smiled mysteriously, but Wu Qi's little face became bitter.
Du Jie looked at Tianjisuo, and then at Wu Qi, a little puzzled why they had such expressions. Tianjisu laughed, then got up and left the lower courtyard. Waiting for Wu Qi and Du Jie to see their master leave, Wu Qi turned his head to look at Du Jie, and then circled around the latter three times, looking up and down carefully. In the end, he said: "Senior brother has been famous for more than half a month. ”
Du Jie didn't understand what he meant, and asked, "What does Senior Brother mean?" I have been honestly following our master for the past half a month. ”
Wu Qi had a knowing expression: "Senior brother knows that senior brother knows, although senior brother has always been by the master's side, but the matter of being recognized by the Nine Heavens Soul Chasing Gun has been known all over the world, and it has been spread all over the world in the past ten days, saying that it is you Du Jie who has unlocked the secret of this Nine Dragons Soul Chasing Gun, and since then there has been a powerful descendant in the rivers and lakes, and now the martial arts know that there is such a Du Jie as you, which really makes the senior brother envious." ”
Du Jie smiled after hearing this: "I thought it was something, but it turned out to be this." Isn't there still seven stars for senior brother? ”
Wu Qi shook his head and said: "How can I be the same, this star picking is different from other weapons, I not only want to snatch it from Gu Wu's hand, but also from the old man of the Northern Monk Monk, I don't know how long I can take it, this star picking is a famous murder weapon in the weapon spectrum, how can I have the grandeur of the Nine Dragons Soul Chasing Spear of my junior brother." ”
Du Jie shook his head and didn't speak, Wu Qi continued to chatter: "Master asked Senior Brother to teach you marksmanship again, Senior Brother has always loved Senior Brother, when you didn't come before, the benefits were taken by the Sixth Brother." ”
"The benefits? What benefits. Du Jie asked strangely
"Senior brother doesn't know? Oh, it's no wonder that Master may not have time to tell you that the martial arts of our Tianjimen originated from one of the three branches of Taoism, and were mixed into the martial arts of Zen Buddhism by Master. That's why we have the martial arts of our Tianji Gate, which is independent of any sect. And not far from Yashan, there is a place that includes the cheats of the martial arts of the rivers and lakes, in the Wanbao Mountain's Wanjuan Tibetan Flower Cave guarded by Ding Feng's aunt, usually our teacher has time to teach us personally, and if there is no time, let us go to the Tibetan Flower Cave to learn, but the time to go to the Tibetan Flower Cave to learn martial arts is also certain, and it is completely in accordance with the year-end martial arts exam to allocate time. I can't get a few days a year. The youngest disciple can enter the Hidden Flower Cave at any time as long as he is led by the senior brother in charge. Wu Qi said as he cast envious glances at Du Jie.
Du Jie's eyes lit up after hearing this: "Oh? And this kind of good thing, by the way, senior brother, just now you said the secret of this Nine Dragons Soul Chasing Gun, my grandfather also told me that there is a big secret hidden in this gun, senior brother, do you know what it is? ”
"You don't know?" Wu Qi glared and said, "You don't know how to get the Nine Dragons Soul Chaser Gun to recognize you as the master?" You don't even know where I'll know! ”
"Senior brother doesn't know either?" Du Jie took the gun off his back, stroked it with his hand, and said
Wu Qi thought for a while and whispered: "I don't think there is any secret in this Nine Dragons Soul Chasing Gun, I'm afraid that our master himself has a gimmick, and his old fox can make any moves, I think the eight achievements are." Wu Qi nodded to himself as he spoke, and the more he talked, the more he felt that what he said made sense.
Du Jie was also happy to see his senior brother say this, and then smiled: "Don't talk about this, senior brother, I have been following the master for more than ten days and have been bored, has there been any interesting things in the rivers and lakes recently, tell me quickly, take me to walk around this courtyard in a while, I am the first time to come, and I will have to rely on the third senior brother to take care of it in the future." ”
"Haha, rest assured, in the three-acre land of Tianjimen, as long as I Wu Qi says it, even Lao Zhoutou has to think about it, rest assured." Wu Qi laughed and put his arm around Du Jie, and then patted the latter's shoulder.
At dawn the next day, Wu Qi and Du Jie got up early, and after breakfast, the two of them brought their respective weapons with them, and then Wu Qi instructed the housekeeper here. He and Du Jie went out of the lower courtyard and ran to the upper courtyard.
On the way from the lower courtyard to the upper courtyard of Tianji Gate, there are three major maze arrays and countless mechanisms. Some of these are at the mercy of Tianjisuo himself, and some are designed by Lao Liukong Miaozhi, and they are all very special and difficult to crack mazes and mechanisms. Therefore, this road up the mountain must be carried by someone who is familiar with the way, otherwise I am afraid that I will be trapped and die on this cliff mountain.
But I don't know what's wrong today, Wu Qi and Du Jie have been walking for two hours, and they haven't reached the top of the mountain yet, Du Jie is okay, thinking that this mountain is so high, but Wu Qi is sweating heavily at this time, Du Jie even wonders if Wu Qi has long forgotten how to leave because he has not returned to the courtyard for a long time. Wu Qi wandered around an intersection for a long time at this time, and then raised his head and shouted: "Sixth, you little rabbit cub have changed the mechanism and formation, come out for me." Otherwise, I'll catch you and beat you up. ”