In other words, Hongmeng has just opened, and the turbidity is clear, and the heaven and earth are in order. The Flood Desolate Continent nourishes all living beings, and the race prospers. There are birds, animals, scales, insects. The birds are long with the phoenix, the beasts are respected by the unicorn, and the scales are the kings of the dragon clan. The struggle between the three clans caused the first tribulation of the dragon and phoenix, shattering the flood desolation continent, and the desolation was centered on the immortal realm, and its fragments fell to all parts of the universe for the heavens and all the worlds. And after the battle of the gods, the six saints were ordered by Hongjun to return to chaos, and there is a way:

Pangu opened the sky and broke the Hongmeng, and the turbidity was identified as the flood;

All things breed like stars, and the aura is like a tide to raise different species;

The dragon and the phoenix fight to shatter the heaven and the earth, and the Hongjun merges with the demonic qi to the end;

The scourge of the lich is prosperous, and the three emperors and five emperors are prosperous;

The gods fought without an emperor, and the Son of Heaven called Buddhism Chang;

The difficulty of measuring the catastrophe is hidden in the six saints, but I see the heroes of today.

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Among the heavens and ten thousand worlds west of the universe, there is a small world, known as the Xuanming Realm, which has experienced the first tribulation of dragons and phoenixes, the battle between lichs, and the battle of the gods. This realm is in the west of the universe, but it is rarely red and black, and there is no light. to see the sun and the moon. Therefore, it is called the Xuanming Realm.

The territory is divided into five continents, three seas, and one does not know (Youzhou). The five states are: Suzhou, Yunzhou, Quezhou, Nanzhou and Yuzhou. The three seas are the Lihai Sea, the Langhai Sea and the Indian Sea. And the source of the Yinhai Sea is the only forbidden place in this world, and you don't know the land. Legend has it that the living have to enter, and the living are not returned. It is extremely weird inside, the black mist covers the entire Youzhou, and there are no monks and mortals alive at all, so it is not included in the sixth state!

Yunzhou, one of the five continents, is located in the east of Xuanming. There is a mountain range in the north of the state, which is the Xuancang Mountain Range. The mountain range is thousands of zhang high, the main is divided into six peaks (Sanyang Peak, Canglang Peak, Zangrong Peak, Yunlong Peak, Xianhe Peak, Xiaoyun Peak), because there is a sect of cultivating immortals on the mountain, there are also cultivators who live on the top of the mountain for a long time, it is difficult to cover the snow on the mountain, only to wait for the time of the winter wax moon, only to see the white mist and shallow snow.

Under the Xuancang Mountain Range, next to the Xiaoyunfeng Peak, there is a village, the name of the village is Yundu. I don't know when this Cloud Twilight Village was built, and I don't know who took it......

In the early morning, the morning sun rises, and everything glows. The gentle sunlight reflects in the village, which is not a small village, but it is also surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the environment is beautiful. Yundui Village is backed by Xuancang, the white clouds on the top of the mountain are ethereal, and there are white cranes flying over, like a fairyland. I saw that the streams on the mountain flowed down in a hurry, converging into a river, there were willow trees gently stretching with the wind beside the river, and there were peach blossoms blooming, exuding a faint fragrance, there were wheat seedlings and vegetables in the farmland full of green, and there were also green grasses full of vitality. There are uneven houses in the village, and I can see strong men working at sunrise out of the houses, women weaving cloth and making clothes, old men going out with cows, and children laughing and playing. It's a paradise, full of poetry. And the bright morning sun is the beginning of a beautiful day. There are poems:

Spring is radiant, and the clouds are twilight;

Traveling in the blue sky, cranes travel on their own;

White jade Hui clear spring, next to the green willow Fu River;

The peach blossoms are colorful, and the rice grass is green;

The children in the bamboo courtyard are noisy, and the farmers are not afraid to be busy;

Just wait for the autumn wind to arrive, and sigh for the long years.

At this moment, outside Yundui Village, I saw a scalper, which was a little old, slowly bending his head to gnaw on the grass. On the back of the cow, there is a young man lying lazily on the back of the ox and humming a song, which looks very comfortable.

I saw him dressed in sackcloth, with a random braid on his head, and his hair was messy and scattered. Wearing straw sandals, lying on the back of a cow, legs crossed and cocked, hands resting on the head, eyes half empty, looking at the sky.

This young man looked at it from a distance, but his facial features were upright, and his long eyebrows were clear. It's a pity to look closely, but I see that his face is pale and sick. And the lazy and lazy temperament of the whole body does not have the vigor and vitality that young people should have.

At this time, he kicked the cow's belly slightly, the scalper tilted his head, looked at him suspiciously, and then bowed his head again and began to eat grass!

The boy rolled his eyes, a little helpless. So he got up, changed from lying down to straddle sitting, patted the bull's head, and was about to speak!

Unexpectedly, at this time, a fat boy about sixteen or seventeen years old appeared in his field of vision, waving his hand and shouting anxiously at him: "Robber, I knew you were here." Hurry back, Daochang Li is calling you again. ”

"Got it, Da Zhuang".

When the boy heard this, he pursed his lips, not impressed, and then jumped off the back of the cow. I saw him holding the old ox in one hand and a shepherd flute in the other, walking slowly towards the foot of Xuancang Mountain, his back slowly elongated......

This young man's name is Luo Zheng, but he is an orphan, and there is only one old Taoist priest left with him, except for the old scalper. Luo Zai was adopted by him since he was a child and lived in a dilapidated thatched house outside Yundui Village.

And when he went at this time, the Taoist had something to call him again......

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Sanyang Peak, one of the six peaks of Xuancang Mountain. It is named because the mountain peak resembles a pen frame, and it is located in the east, and the morning sun can be seen at dawn.

Under the Sanyang Peak, there is a dilapidated thatched house, standing alone in the middle of the slope, and there are no buildings around. The thatched hut was windy, old, and about to collapse, and was covered in and around it with grass and wildflowers, some of which were waist-deep.

And in front of the thatched house, an old Taoist priest sits cross-legged. The old Taoist priest has a childish face, a long beard on his chin, a wooden hairpin on his head, and is meditating with his eyes closed. The light bathes down, and the skin shines brightly, as if an immortal has come to the world. It is in stark contrast to the dilapidated thatched houses, but it blends in well......

This old Taoist priest's surname is Li Yiqing, he is a cultivator, and the legend is that he came down from Xuancang Mountain, and has been settled here for more than ten years.

At this moment, the old man sitting cross-legged seemed to have a feeling, opened his eyes, slightly hooked the corners of his mouth, and muttered: "It's coming."

Distance...... There was a young man holding a scalper, looking at it as he walked.

Before he got closer, Luo Zheng shouted: "Old man, I'm here, what's the matter?"

"Come with Me"

Li Laodao glanced at him, didn't say much, stood up, and walked into the house.

Hearing this, Luo Zheng loosened the reins in his hand, waved his hand, and followed into the thatched hut regardless of the ox.

When I entered the house, I saw Li Yiqing sitting on the bed with his eyes down. Looking around, the room was very simple, except for a bed and a cabinet, a sword diagonally stuck in the wall, a dust, and only the futon on the ground remained. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a family with four walls. He wanted to give a salute, but he saw Li Laodao wave his hand, and then asked softly, "Walked with your old scalper again?"

"What else can I do? I can't carry my body, I can't carry it on my shoulders, I can only herd cattle!" Luo Zheng rolled his eyes and laughed at himself.

Lao Dao frowned: "Still don't you feel angry?"

"No...... The black mist in his body is still troubled!" Luo Zheng restrained his smile, a little helpless.

“......”

Li Laodao was also a little helpless, he frowned, closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, as if he had made up his mind, looked directly at Luo Zai and asked softly: "Zao'er, do you know your life experience?"

"It's just an orphan, and it's a blessing to survive. Luo Zai scratched his head and said with a smile: "What else can you do?"

"Don't giggle! How can I not know your character after so many years of getting along?" Li Laodao scolded with a smile, and then said: "Well, after so many years, it's time to tell you about the things of the past." ”

"Actually, I was originally the peak master of Xuancang Mountain's Sanyang Peak. It's just that there was a black fog that came from the chaos and drifted to Yunzhou. The black qi is sometimes virtual and sometimes real, ordinary people are not visible at all, only I, the Xuancang Dao Master, noticed the vision, and immediately ordered me to go down the mountain to find out the reason. ”

"When I drove the clouds down the mountain and rushed to Duyun Village, I noticed the black fog, and I only felt that this fog was so evil that it might confuse the village. So I cast a spell to investigate, and the black mist was extremely domineering, and it turned around and rolled towards me. I know that I am invincible, and I am trying to lure it away. But the black mist slowly faded until it disappeared, leaving only a baby on the ground.

I wanted to pinch my fingers, but there was no warning in my heart, and I wanted to get rid of it with a sword, but the baby suddenly cried loudly, and after thinking for a long time, I couldn't bear it in my heart, and I couldn't kill it. ”

"Is that the baby me?" Luo Zheng asked with a long sigh and a forced smile.

Li Yiqing nodded, grinned at the corners of his mouth, and said with a light smile: "At that time, you didn't have a piece of clothing, and you were cute and chubby." ”

"But at that time, I was very suspicious, afraid of being contaminated with cause and effect, I just wanted to pick you up and let the villagers raise you, if you can live an ordinary and healthy life, you will be content. So I will find a pregnant woman in Duyun Village to feed you, and eat a hundred family meals. I never thought that your body was in condition, and the black fog entered your body that day. The flesh-colored skin slowly became dark, skinny, and sick, bleeding from seven holes, stiff all over, and the black mist all over the body was running around, which was very difficult to raise. When I saw that every time you got sick and miserable, I felt that my heart was uncomfortable, so I simply adopted you. At that time, you had a piece of black jade with the word Luo hanging around your neck, which was named Luo Zheng for you with your surname, and taught you to cultivate the Tao to heal your body. It wasn't until later that you gradually returned to normal, and time has been like water, and it has been sixteen years now......"

After Li Yiqing finished speaking, he saw Luo Zheng bowing his head and saying nothing, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart. Then he sighed, "Alas...... But your body is too weird. The body exhales spiritual energy, and it is all swallowed by the black qi in your body. Over the years, although the black qi has entered his chest and turned into a black lotus, it is also chaotic from time to time. And preaching your Dao Fa, you haven't even cultivated the first level of qi induction into the body. I have to pick the dew of the morning sun every month, absorb the qi of the early sun, and introduce it into your body to resist the black qi, so that you will not be tormented by illness, although you are now like an ordinary person, but your body is a mess. Maybe...... It's also fate, yesterday I was summoned by the Taoist Lord to return to the mountain, but I thought that you were sick and wanted to take you back to the mountain to find a cure, would you like to follow me up the mountain?"

"If you enter the Dao Gate, you can be cured?" Luo Zheng heard this, and his heart was a little apprehensive.

"There are so many Taoist methods, how can they not be?" Li Laodao showed a kind smile.

"Well, I'll go up the mountain with you. ”

"If you want to go up the mountain, then worship under my Sanyang Gate, now, you ...... Would you like to call me a master?"

"How can you not want to? My life is saved by you, and my illness is healed by you, and now you are willing to take me up the mountain to seek the Fa. This kindness is better than that of parents, and it is a blessing for disciples to enter the master's door. ...... Please accept the disciple's three bows" Luo Zheng took a deep breath and wanted to bow down. But he was supported by Li Laodao, he was silent on the surface, but he was very pleased in his heart, and instructed: "Although you and I have the love of master and apprentice, we also need to enter the Canglang Hall to worship the master, and after everyone watches the ceremony, there is the reality of master and apprentice."

Luo Zheng was a little excited, and grinned: "Can I take Lao Huang up the mountain?"

Lao Dao waved his hand casually and replied softly: "Since you have entered my Sanyang Sect, you will be my disciple, whatever you want to bring, you can bring it?"

"The disciple went back to the village again to say goodbye to Aunt Zhang. By the way, bring some luggage, I heard that the wind is strong on the mountain, I am afraid of the cold......" Luo Zai bent down and got up to reply.

"Go, but the worldly things. It's better to go up the mountain with me earlier. ”

Luo Zai nodded, turned around and walked out of the thatched house, to lead the old ox, but as everyone knows, just led the ox to take two steps, but it was a dizziness, there were thousands of shadows in front of him, a roar in his ears, and in an instant, the sky was spinning, bleeding from his mouth and nose, and his face was unusually pale. Before he could stand firmly, he had fallen to the ground.

Li Laodao heard the muffled sound outside, asked for a levy, and then seemed to guess something, and quickly got out of bed and went out of the room.

As soon as he went out, he saw that Luo Zheng had already fainted. So he hurriedly stepped forward to support him, only to see the black mist on his chest scurrying around, like a wild horse on the loose, and hurriedly stretched out his left hand to pinch his middle man, and then took out a pill with his right hand and stuffed it into his mouth, and flicked his finger on his throat, and the pill slowly slid into his abdomen. Then Li Laodao picked up Zhenyuan and slapped it on the back a few times.

After a while, Luo Zao woke up slowly, opened his eyes and saw that it was Li Laodao, and said with a forced smile: "This is the second time this month, right?"

"It's okay, there are many ways for the immortals on the mountain, you have to believe that there are more ways than difficulties, and there will always be a way for you. Go and say goodbye in peace, or go up the mountain with me. Lao Dao waved his hand and said with a smile.

Luo Zai got up from the ground, felt that his body was no longer abnormal, casually patted the ash on his clothes, led the old scalper and waved his hand at Li Yiqing, turned around and went to Yundu Village.

When he walked away, Li Laodao walked back and forth, his brows furrowed, and he muttered: "What is that black qi? It looks like an evil spirit, like a demon, it can't be drawn, and it can't be extinguished! Now that the attack time is getting more and more diligent, I don't even have a solution, where is this kid coming from? What does the black lotus transformed by the black gas represent? I always feel that the future is worrying...... But this child was saved by me, and how could I bear to see him suffer, and I don't know whether it would be a blessing or a curse to lead this child into the Dao!

Outside Yunyun Village, Luo Zheng was walking slowly with his head down and leading the old ox, and before he knew it, he had come to the entrance of Dusk Village. When I looked up, I saw the villagers farming and weaving and children frolicking, and I felt a little melancholy. First, my body has been weak since I was a child, and I can't do even a little heavier work. Second, since I have entered the Daomen, I am afraid that I will have to get farther and farther away from this mortal custom. Third, after all, I have lived here for more than ten years, and I suddenly have to leave this familiar place, and I am inevitably a little reluctant in my heart.

After entering Duyun Village, Luo Zai came to a house and saw smoke rising, apparently the owner of the house was already cooking on a fire.

Luo Zheng paused for a moment, then pushed open the bamboo door and entered the courtyard. shouted loudly: "Aunt Zhang, I'm here to say goodbye to you!"

There was a ding-dong sound in the house, and then a fat woman came out, holding a spoon in her hand, who was Aunt Zhang? Aunt Zhang saw that it was Luo Zheng, pursed her lips, and scolded with a smile: "Boy, where do you want to go? Running away from home? Except for Li Shenxian's thatched house, this is half of your home, what's wrong? The wings are stiff, and you want to fly away?"

Luo Zheng scratched his head, his face flushed. Just because he was the same age as Da Zhuang, when Li Lao Dao carried him into the village, he was so hungry that he cried, and the old Taoist priest was at a loss, and he didn't know what to do. Lao Dao himself has already opened the valley, and there is no need to eat. Luo Zheng is different, he is a baby, and he has not eaten a few meals, where can he bear it. At that time, only Aunt Zhang was taking the child, and when she saw him crying, she fed him. And Li Laodao has no Taoist couple, no heirs, and no children at all, and he relies on her to sleep and feed. Later, when he was a little older, in addition to meditating and learning calligraphy at Li Laodao's place, he lived in Aunt Zhang's house and ate at her house, so that he could successfully grow to the age of sixteen without being starved to death.

Although Aunt Zhang speaks loudly, she is a warm-hearted woman. When cooking, I often ask Luo Zai to eat, and when I make clothes for Da Zhuang, I also remember to make him one, a typical knife-mouthed tofu heart.

Thinking of this, Luo Zheng was a little touched, and twisted: "Because Old Man Li has planned to take me as an apprentice, he is about to return to the mountain to resume his life, and he is going to take me with him, and by the way, go back to the mountain to find the immortal classics to see if there is a way to cure my stubborn disease." I need to go back to the mountain with him, so I have come to say goodbye to you. ”

Aunt Zhang listened, smiled slightly, and then smiled: "This is a happy event, Immortal Li is willing to accept you as an apprentice and take you up the mountain, you will be an immortal in the future, and you will definitely never be tortured by the black fog of that Laoshizi again." But since you're here, you have to eat before leaving, I have to ask your Uncle Li to come back in exchange for a few catties of meat, so that you can eat enough and then go up the mountain. With that, he ran out of the door and went to the farmhouse.

Luo Zheng stretched out his hand, wanting to stop Aunt Zhang, but seeing that she had already run away, he had to put down his hand helplessly and sat on the threshold in a daze......

He supported his head with both hands, looking at the traces of life in this courtyard, thinking that he was suddenly going to leave the place where he had lived since he was a child, Luo Zheng was a little dazed in his heart, and he was still a little reluctant in the end............