Section XXXI

The height of the main peak where Qionghua Sect is located is unknown, and the platform used for flying and landing is molded into a protruding shape that slightly protrudes forward from the cliff wall.

The crane first fell down hundreds of meters in free fall, and then took advantage of a rising mountain wind blowing from below, spread its wings and flapped its wings, after a pair of crane wings opened, one wing was nearly a zhang long, and the wide and straight crane feathers held the mountain wind, and steadily lifted themselves together with the guests they carried, and flew towards the northwest direction.

The mountain protection array of Qionghua Sect is not external to the inside, and when the two of them left, there was no mirage of clouds and mist, and they left the territory of Qionghua Sect very smoothly.

The crane fairy flew much slower than the Xiaoqing that Li Yuntao rode on, and the mountains and trees swept away from below, so you could slowly enjoy the process of them leaving behind them from far and near.

Except for the panic and the bumps caused by the crane fairy's flight flapping its wings from time to time, I can't find anything wrong.

People are willing to send themselves to the Imperial Sword Gate, and they should be grateful to Dade.

There is an advantage to following Guan Yunqing on the road, before there is a meal on the way, the two of them will land on the outskirts of the nearby town, let the Yun Fairy rest for a while and forage for food by the way, and go to the city restaurant to eat.

The cost of food along the way was paid by Guan Yunqing, and he ate all the signature dishes that the chefs in the restaurant were good at, but he satisfied Li Yuntao's oral administration.

When he first entered the Dahua realm, Li Yuntao was unfamiliar with the people's livelihood and customs of Dahua, and if he didn't have Guan Yunqing to pay the bill, he would probably make a joke.

The towns of Dahua are quite different from those of Xiaoji Town, the houses are mostly built with fired blue bricks, the walls are plastered with slaked lime and painted white, the wooden beams are interlocked, and the beams on both sides will deliberately extend the roof range and upturn, and the image of the Rui beast that drives away evil spirits stands on it and rises to the sky.

The eaves are made large enough for passers-by to take shelter from the rain in the event of a torrential rain. The tiles of ordinary people's homes are mainly jet black, and the attic buildings of large households and official eunuchs with three floors and above are covered with green tiles, and only the temple of the city god is covered with glazed gold tiles.

Most of the windows opened in the house are round, and the opening method is to push them open from below, and then support them with wooden poles.

Under the eaves of some people's houses, they will use red ropes to hang various wood carved symbols that the temple prays for blessings.

With Li Yuntao's eyesight, he can see the reality of these talismans, which can be said to be all flowing with aura, and they are all accompanied by various functional formations.

After a day's journey northwest from Qionghuazong, it took only three hours to fly out of the mountainous boundary surrounded by mountains and deep forests, followed by rolling hills and plain farmland of different sizes sandwiched between hills and valleys, and the farmland planted with various crops looked like patches of different sizes and colors from the sky, embedded in the green earth. As it approached 10 o'clock in the evening, the hills and farmland were gradually replaced by water pools and reeds, and even if there were fields, most of them were paddy fields.

That night they stayed at a country inn passing by, and the next day at dawn they turned due north, flew along the edge of the lake area for most of the day, and then turned west.

By the end of the evening, the mountains below gradually rose, and the terrain also rose a little bit, and the lakes were thrown into the low plains and depressions in the south, and then flew forward to the woodland, the trees became more and more dense and tall, and the mountain streams and waterfalls emerged in endlessly.

The red sun that was about to set in the sky gilded the white-topped mountain shadow into golden red, and even if I flew after the setting sun, I still saw it fall into the back of the mountain shadow.

When the night fell on the two of them in the starlight, a peak jutting out of the jungle was already in front of them.

In the drowsy night, you can see the lights burning on the mountainside, and the outline of rare buildings is hidden between the mountains and jungles.

After another quarter of an hour, the Flowing Cloud Fairy began to lower in height and slow down, and when the lights approached, a large woodless clearing could be seen between the towering trees on the mountainside, in which many architectural silhouettes stood.

The crane opened its mouth and let out a loud crane chirp and began to circle and fall, and someone below lit a torch to guide her to the landing position. After a short time, the crane fairy landed on the overgrown platform square with the two of them.

"As soon as he saw this fellow Daoist, I don't know what the reason for visiting tonight is the same." The man holding the torch was an old man with a gray beard and a messy beard, who held the torch in one hand and made a handprint in the other, and bowed slightly.

Guan Yunqing turned over and jumped off the crane's back in a chic manner, and also pinched a handprint to greet the old man.

"In the lower Qionghua Sect Guan Qingyun, the sect sealed the order to send this Li Yuntao friend back to the Imperial Sword Gate, this is polite." Guan Yunqing bowed and saluted, his attitude was extremely respectful, as if he was a little afraid.

"It turned out to be a friend from the upper sect, and the disciples of our sect also sent back from their friends, which is really hard." The old man glanced at the young man who had first thrown his salute on the ground and then carefully climbed down, and he only felt that his eyes were blank.

In the darkness behind the old man, two capable men in dark clothes slowly approached the range of the torch light while putting their swords into their sheaths. In the distance, several figures could be seen quietly disappearing into the dense forest at the edge of the clearing.

"It's no wonder that Taoist friends are all perennial habits, to prevent some demons who hold grudges from coming to the door to seek revenge by visiting." The old man smiled and lowered the torch to explain, grinning, full of yellow teeth, missing a central front tooth. This image combined with the swaying light of the torches below, it is even more terrifying than a ghost to see at night.

Guan Yunqing really shuddered, and said with a bitter smile: "How dare you, the Imperial Sword Gate walks in the red dust all the year round, expelling demons and evil spirits for the secular people to benefit the common people, and it is common to have a grudge against monsters and ghosts, and we still know it." I don't know if this senior He has a token in the door, so that I can confirm one or two, so that I can reply to the elders in the sect. ”

"A token in the door? It's easy to say, I don't know how many of the waist cards can be made? He Xunyi took a wooden card from his waist and handed it over, Guan Qingyun took it with both hands, and looked carefully, only to see that this wooden waist card was very old, and the beautifully carved card text was wrapped in a thick layer of pulp, and it was quite an old object at a glance.

He crossed into the wooden card with a trace of spiritual power, and the depths of the card lit up with wisps of light, and the two large characters of the imperial sword shone brightly on the wooden card.

Guan Qingyun took out a piece of paperwork from his arms, pressed the wooden card on it, and when he took it down, the white paper decorated with the boy had been branded with the two-character text of the sword. Seeing that the rubbing was completed, he breathed a sigh of relief, carefully put away the paperwork, and then handed the waist card back to He Xunyi with both hands.

"Thank you, seniors, since I have verified that I have returned Xiaoyou to the Imperial Sword Gate, I have an errand here, and I want to rush back to restore my life, so I won't bother you from the Imperial Sword Gate." He clenched his fists and saluted He Xunyi and the other two men who were standing with their arms on their chests and arms on their sides.

"That's it? It's not easy to come to this time, it's not too late to leave for a meal and rest for one night, don't let the rivers and lakes say that we don't know how to be hospitable. He Xunyi tried to stay.

"No, no, there is still something in the sect waiting for me to go back, the kid will leave here, don't send it off to the seniors. The rivers and lakes are far away, and there will be a period in the future. Guan Yunqing spoke, grabbed the slender neck of the crane fairy with one hand, turned over and rode up, and then hugged his fists and said goodbye.

The Liuyun Fairy seemed to know that the master was anxious, so she spread her wings and fluttered to run, and after rushing out of dozens of meters, she kicked her legs, and flapped her wings and flew away.

"Alas~ this is leaving? It's better to stay and have a cup of tea before leaving. He Xun was in place with a torch on one end, and he didn't want to catch up with the guest at all.

The crane flapped its wings hard, and after a while, the firelight and human figures on the ground were only the size of sesame seeds, and Guan Qingyun was completely relieved.

"Huh~~ This Imperial Sword Gate is still so scary, every time I come, I feel that I have arrived at the sect of fellow cultivators, and I have clearly entered the monster nest." He touched his chest and exhaled, only to feel that his forehead was a little cold in the mountain wind.

Perverse~~

The Flowing Cloud Fairy let out a long roar.

"I just felt murderous all around me, as if they were going to do it at any time, and I really didn't want to stay for a moment." A mellow female voice should be harmonious.

Guan Yunqing hurriedly touched the crane's neck.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, isn't this a lack of action? No matter how you say it, the Imperial Sword Gate is also a decent family, and it will never do that murderous and oversold business, and we are sending them back to the disciples this time, and we are not going to pay off the debt, so there is nothing to fear. ”

Perverse~~

Watching the man and the crane disappear into the night sky, He Xunyi knocked on his back and shook his head: "Leaving in such a hurry, why do you seem to have done something wrong?" It saved a pot of good tea. ”

He handed the torch to a man next to him and turned his head to look at Li Yuntao.

"Doll, your name is Li Yuntao? Why don't I remember that there is such a person as you in the door, which apprentice is walking outside to collect it, right? The old man looked at the young man in front of him with a smile, but his image was a little crazy.

"The Edgeworth Gate is so big, how do you know you remember everyone's names?" Li Yuntao pretended to ask a child's question.

Belch?

He Xunyi and the other two looked at each other, and after two seconds of silence, they looked up to the sky and laughed at the same time, looking like a thief who had just drunk in the cottage.

After laughing for a while, the old man instantly accepted the laughter, turned around and showed half of his back to Li Yuntao: "The Imperial Sword Gate is very big, whether you believe it or not, this little doll, I really remember everyone's names, old man." Tell me, are you the disciple of the world? ”

"I don't believe it. What do you call them, and who are they hiding in the woods ahead of them? Li Yuntao stared at the old man with blazing eyes, still pretending to be childish.

"Well, let's introduce you little guy." The old man turned around and pointed to the middle-aged man who was slightly short but sturdy with a torch and said, "This is Hongming." ”

He pointed to another bearded man who was a little taller and had three scratches and scars on his forehead and said, "This one is called Chen Zhen." ”

"You doll has good eyesight, and several people who hid in the forest before were discovered by you, their names are Guo Huchen, Zhou Shoumo, and Jing Xing. But I'm telling you now, you're going to have to admit it again tomorrow during the day. Tell me, it was the one who took you as an apprentice? If you dare to fool me, old man, believe it or not, I'll throw you into this forest tonight to feed the tigers? He Xun narrowed his eyes, and a pair of eyes hidden under the long white eyebrows shot out a trace of dangerous brilliance, like a snake about to attack.

"My master's name is Song Tingyu, I heard in Qionghuazong that he was seriously injured, so I was so anxious and begged Qionghuazong's senior An to arrange for someone to send me back to see him, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to see this last one in a few days." Li Yuntao said with a look of resignation and resignation.

When the three of them heard this, their faces darkened.

"Bah, bah, the dog can't spit out ivory. Song boy is still decades away from dying, and he doesn't need your stinky boy to rush back to see him for the last time. He Xunyi spat three mouthfuls on the ground, and the other two followed.

Obviously, this matter is quite taboo in the Imperial Sword Gate.

"You said that you are a disciple of Song Tingyu, and you also know that he is now seriously injured and unconscious, but what evidence can prove your identity? Or did he mention anyone else in the door? You say come and hear it. He Xunyi continued to ask. The other two also looked at each other, and there seemed to be a hint of hostility in their eyes.

"There is a black cat next to the master, called Phantom Night Zhenjun, it knows me, and if it is there, it can also be called to recognize me. I still have the notes left for me by my master. Li Yuntao didn't dare to pretend to be stupid anymore, so he hurriedly reported the name of Phantom Night and took out the notebook that Song Tingyu gave him before parting.

"The little black cat is so shameless, he dares to call himself a true monarch outside, heh~" A sharp and cold voice sounded from where He Xunyi was, and then a small snake with a green body and a thin thumb came out of his arms, and the black letter flew up and down.

He Xunyi nodded sympathetically, and then looked at the notebook in Li Yuntao's hand, and the expression on his face was obviously much more relaxed.

"I can't say the demon number of the phantom night, I don't think it's fake. Come on, go into the house, this is just dinner, thousands of miles from Qionghuazong, the little doll is not light, right? Let's have a good night's rest tonight, and I'll talk about your arrangements tomorrow. His straight back collapsed, and the whole person instantly became a head shorter, as if he had become a hunchbacked old man who could be seen everywhere.

He Xunyi took the lead and took the lead to walk towards the mountain lights. Chen Zhen and Hongming silently lifted Li Yuntao's backpack, copper book package and crossbow machine, and hugged him to follow.

After leaving the overgrown square and walking on the stone path in the bush-shaded mountains for nearly ten minutes, Li Yuntao came to the lighted building complex under the leadership of He Xunyi.

The only houses lit up were a few low-rise bungalows, and most of the tall buildings were hidden in the darkness of the night. Following the light from the lights, Li Yuntao saw these buildings clearly.

The townhouses made of rocks and logs are primitive and rugged in style. Through the light from the square glazed windows, you can see that the square paved with fine sand and stone outside the hut is cleaned up, and there is a circle of exercise equipment such as various wooden stakes standing on the edge.

Smoke rises from a chimney at the far end of the townhouse, and you can faintly smell the food.

He Lao opened the wooden door of the large room in the middle of the townhouse and led the group into the room, where in the center of the room were two long tables made of wooden legs cut in half and directly above them. The table top is smooth and flat, and the grain of the log can be seen directly thanks to the transparent varnish.

One person hugs the thick wooden piers as seats, which are neatly arranged around the long table. There is a cabinet next to the wall, and black pottery cups, plates, rice bowls are stacked inside. The spare wall is hung with air-dried bacon and smoked fish, and common foods such as chili, garlic, and corn are common to farmers.

For no reason, Li Yuntao actually felt a little cordial, and seemed to have seen his own kitchen.

At this time, there was already a row of children of different ages sitting at one of the long wooden tables, and Li Yuntao counted them, five men and two women, no more, no less, exactly seven people. Seeing He Xun and the strangers coming in, the seven children stood up in unison. When Li Yuntao looked at them, the group of little guys were also looking at the new partners, some were curious, some were wary, and some were just looking at the other door in the room.

"It's not a big deal, I'll send you a fellow brother, and I'll take care of it in the future. Sit down, eat first, eat. He Xun smiled.

"Yes, Master." A group of children clasped their fists and said in unison, although their voices were still immature, but they were also quite imposing.

The doorman?

Li Yuntao opened his mouth wide and stared at the old man in front of him, he really didn't expect He Xunyi to be the master of the Imperial Sword Gate.

The owner of the door greeted him personally, and this face seemed to be really big.

But this bad old man......

Li Yuntao looked He Xunyi up and down again, the long gray and messy beard under his chin hung down to his chest, a bun was tied on his head and pinned with a wooden branch that didn't show anything strange, the length of the dark brown short cloth shirt on his body was just above the hip line, and a black coarse cloth belt was tied around his waist, hanging the identity wooden card he had just seen. Washed white green cloth trousers, with a pair of black cloth shoes under his feet.

That's it?

I am afraid that his whole body is not worth a single ingot of silver, even his father Li Lifeng is more particular than him.

Is this really a cultivation sect? He couldn't help but wonder in his heart, maybe this place might really be a den of thieves?

But Guan Yunqing had already inspected it just now, and the identity wooden card could not be faked.

"Hi ~ I have said a few times, don't do this, what is not the master, eat first, eat, people are iron rice is steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you are hungry and panicked, and the dolls are when they grow their bodies, and they can grow strong and powerful by eating more. Seeing you grow up, I'm happier old man than I am when I see all that nonsense. He Xun waved his hand and smiled and walked to another wooden table, and sat down on a single wooden stool.

"You, that's not good, the rules say that you have to stand up, otherwise our Edgeworth Gate will really have no face, outsiders come and see that the juniors and you are not big or small, I don't know what to say about us behind the scenes." Then a stout woman entered the dining room, holding a large barrel and pushing her shoulder against the door on the other side.

Bang!

She rested the large barrel on the wooden table, and the whole table trembled.

"Go and get the bowls, and wait for me to serve you?" She glared at the seven children.

The seven disciples were like mice seeing cats, and they quickly went to the cupboard to take out the dishes and chopsticks, first handed He Xunyi a pair of chopsticks, and then went to the woman to eat.

"If they like to talk, let them go, as long as my generation still has a sword in his hand, forgive them and don't dare to talk nonsense in front of others." He Xunyi took the chopsticks and said with a smile.

"You're right, we have real skills in our hands, and naturally no one on the rivers and lakes dares to say much. But you also have to plan for the future, there will always be times when we can't lift our swords, how many times have demons attacked our door? How many brothers and sisters just went like this? Tell me that we should also pick up and pick up, and we should make several more good sects, and we can also call some helpers when we encounter demons attacking the door, right? There are only so many apprentices in the small character generation so far, but none of them have built a foundation, can you expect them to withstand it when the time comes? The woman kept talking as she served her meal, and kept talking like a machine gun.

"It's not that there are still brothers and sisters who are walking outside will accept disciples, maybe they haven't brought them back yet, but when the brothers come back at the end of the year, there will be more disciples." Hongming said while cooking.

"This is Senior Brother Song's new disciple outside." Chen Zhen pointed at Li Yuntao and said.

"Oh~ This kid is a new child taken in by Senior Brother Song outside? Don't you say that I forgot to ask him where he came from, so weak-voiced, he doesn't even know his name? The strong woman's gaze turned to Li Yuntao, and a pressure landed on him, making him feel as if he was being targeted by a bear, and the aura circulation in his body accelerated under stress, sweeping away the invisible pressure.

"Boy Li Yuntao, in his hometown town, Song Tingyu Immortal is a teacher." He met the woman's gaze, clenched his fists and spoke loudly, and after speaking, he handed over the snack box that Cen Yuping had ordered to pack when he left.

"Yo, the sea of air has opened? This kid is a bit of a doorman. The woman raised her eyebrows, and couldn't help but look Li Yuntao up and down carefully. Instead, he turned a blind eye to the food box, as if he didn't care at all.

"Eat first, and talk about his arrangements tomorrow. After eating later, I will take him to see Song Boy, this kid has not moved since he came back, it would be good if he could wake up like this. He Xunyi took the rice bowl handed by the juniors, sniffed the aroma and said.

"Sit down, just sit casually, you don't need us to teach you to eat, right?" Seeing that Li Yuntao was still standing there, the sturdy woman said to him.

After the woman spoke, Li Yuntao, who had just arrived, accompanied him carefully to the table of the junior characters and sat down. The eldest of them handed him the dishes and chopsticks, and went to get new ones for himself.

'Good fellows! Li Yuntao looked at the rice bowl in his hand, this rice bowl is one foot in diameter, and any bigger one is enough as a washbasin. The rice contained in it is crystal full and full, each grain is like a jade carving, revealing a clear emerald color, piling up a small 'mountain bag' high, and the floating aroma of rice is even more hooked Li Yuntao's mouth saliva can't stop flowing down.

'How many years?' I've always wanted to eat this mouthful. ’

Li Yuntao, who was used to eating rice in his previous life, after being reincarnated in this world, the staple food of Xiaoji Town was all kinds of pasta, millet, and sorghum, and it was the first time he had seen rice when he grew so big.

Before he could move, the saliva in his mouth was already dripping into the bowl.

"Another poor little fellow." The old man He Xunyi looked at Li Yuntao and shook his head. "In this world, ordinary people are very happy if they can eat a full meal, have a warm house to sleep in, and have clothes to cover their bodies."

"Who said no, these monarchs and nobles call back and forth when they have nothing to do, and there are demons that plague the township, and ordinary people are really having a hard time." Hongming nodded, falling into a brief memory: "Recently, there seem to be a lot of soldiers around the border between Dahua and Donghuang. It is said that it is a change of garrison, but I don't know if it is true or not. ”

"Let him go, we are not the worship sects of the two countries, and it is not our turn to be in a hurry." Chen Zhen couldn't wait to serve the food, so he took a bite of rice directly into his mouth, ignoring the hot rice that had just been served from the wooden barrel.

At this time, from the door where Li Yuntao entered, a big yellow dog entered the restaurant with a white deer, a purple-haired little squirrel, a gray-haired fox, and a black cat.

Outside the door, a blue-striped boar with a head wider than the door frame stuck its nose into the door and sniffed violently.

The big yellow dog, the fox, and the black cat each took their own bowls, and went to the sturdy woman to serve the meal, and the white deer went to the room and lay down on a corner of the futon, and looked quietly at the people in the room, while the squirrel climbed up to the beam, took an ear of corn, returned to the children's table, and sat down.

"It's time to eat, it's time to eat, it's Uncle Ben's own kitchen today, and we have to eat it clean if it's delicious or not~!"

A high, hearty voice rushed through the door in the direction of the kitchen, and a young woman in a big red short-cut outfit slammed open the wooden door with two trays and followed her voice into the dining room.

"Little villains, you can make enough meat today."

Hum Hum Woo

The boar smelled the food and was so anxious that it hummed at the door.

Li Yuntao looked at the black cat who returned to the children's table after queuing up for dinner, and forgot to drool.

"Uncle Shi......"

Let's go

The rice bowl in the black cat's mouth fell on the table. "You kid..."