Chapter 2 Fang Cun Zong

Fangcun Mountain stands among the mountains in the southwest of the earth. The terrain of Fangcun Mountain is majestic, and the height does not know how high it is. The clouds on the mountain are steaming and misty, and it is difficult to distinguish. Every year in August, Fangcun Mountain will open the door to accept apprentices, and select those with outstanding qualifications to be accepted as disciples for inheritance.

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Lin Junxuan was not in a coma for a long time, and when he came in, he found that he seemed to be lying on a slope, with thick clouds and mist everywhere, and a clammy and cold smell in the air.

"Where is this?" Lin Junxuan's body was still a little weak, Lin Junxuan stood up and glanced around suspiciously. The grass is green and moss, the mountains and rocks and grass are not visible. I took a deep breath and inhaled the cold air into my chest and lungs, and I felt much more comfortable.

With a rumbling sound in his stomach, Lin Junxuan found the tuberous rhizomes of a few plants from the pile of rocks not far away, peeled them and ate them. , and then folded the stems of a few plants to wring out the juice, swallowed it in the mouth, and then quenched the hunger and thirst. These are the abilities to survive in the wild, some rhizomes can satisfy hunger, while other plants can squeeze out a large amount of sap from the stems, some of which can be drunk, and some of which cannot be drunk.

After replenishing food and water, and having strength in his body, Lin Junxuan was much more energetic. After glancing at the Quartet, Lin Junxuan chose to walk in the direction of the downhill. He didn't go far before Lin Junxuan stopped, and what appeared in front of him was a cliff. The cliffs are steep and the clouds below are just as misty. A gust of wind blew, blowing away the clouds and mist, showing a gap, only to see that the height below was not known to be tens of millions of zhang, and an official road under the mountain meandered through, but looking at the cliff Lin Junxuan threw in his eyes, the official road was as thin as an ant.

"This is a mountain...... such a high and dangerous mountain, ordinary people will not set foot in it at all, but it is very good for the monastic sect. Lin Junxuan's mind swept over what the 'master' said, and if he realized in his heart, this should be Fangcun Mountain. Looking back, Lin Junxuan looked at the peak, the thick clouds and mist on the top of the mountain were filled, such a high mountain, the wind on the mountain was even greater. Lin Junxuan stared at the mountain, waiting for the wind to blow and the clouds were thin, a majestic hall stood on the top of the mountain. The clouds and mist gathered and dispersed, and after the strong wind passed, they quickly closed, and the majestic hall disappeared into the clouds and mist again.

Along the direction of the top of the mountain, Lin Junxuan walked alone in the clouds and mist, and he didn't know how far he had walked, when a sound from a wind chime came from the clouds, and with the wind chimes, there was a sound of horses' hooves.

"It's strange that it's hard to walk up such a high mountain, how can a carriage come up. Following the direction from which the wind chimes came, Lin Junxuan walked over quickly, turned over several huge rocks, and saw a mountain road extending from the dense clouds and mist under the mountain, and the carriage bell came from the bottom of the mountain. The mountain road was wide and smooth, enough for a carriage to pass through, and after passing under Lin Junxuan, it sank into the clouds and mist on the mountain.

"This mountain is so high that it is extremely steep, and it is impossible for ordinary people to carve out such a wide and smooth path on the mountain, and only those who cultivate the path will have this ability and energy. Seeing the mountain road in front of him that should not have appeared, Lin Junxuan became more and more sure of the guess in his heart.

Deep in the clouds and mist below, the bell of the carriage is getting closer and closer, and through the fog, the light of a horse lantern can be faintly seen coming from the bottom of the mountain. Lin Junxuan jumped down from the mountain rocks and stood in the middle of the mountain road silently waiting for the carriage to come up.

"Grandpa, are you there? How far is it?" A childish voice kept coming from the clouds below the mountain, asking the same question over and over again, as if it would never get bored.

"It's here, it's almost there. As soon as the childish voice fell, an old man's voice would sound, patiently answering the child's questions over and over again.

The voices of the old man and the childish child got closer and closer, and after a while, the hazy light of the horse lamp came out of the thick fog, accompanied by the crisp sound of 'hooves', a black carriage drove out of the thick fog, and an old man in a thick cotton jacket held a horsewhip in one hand, and drove the carriage without answering. On such a treacherous mountain road, the carriage runs too fast, and it is easy to fall into the deep valley and never recover. The old man's spirit was very concentrated, and suddenly he saw a child wearing thin clothes appear on the mountain road, the old man was taken aback, and slammed the reins 'yell'!

As soon as the carriage stopped, the children in the carriage noticed it, and as soon as the curtain was lifted, a child full of aura poked his head out of the carriage: "Grandpa, what's the matter...... Huh?"

The child looked about the same age as Lin Junxuan, maybe even younger, poked his head out of the carriage, and the child looked at Lin Junxuan at a glance, with a pair of big black and white eyes spinning around the bones. When he was looking at Lin Junxuan, Lin Junxuan was also looking at him. The child was wearing a red fur hat and was obviously from a wealthy family.

"You also went to Fangcun Mountain to seek the truth?" Lin Junxuan hadn't opened his mouth yet, the kid's eyes rolled, and he opened his mouth first.

"Well," Lin Junxuan nodded, looking at the old man who was driving: "It's still far from the top of the mountain, uncle, can I take your carriage?"

"No problem, no problem!" The old man didn't speak, and the child in the car was already chirping, and after speaking, he turned his head to look at the old man: "Grandpa, right?"

"Hehe," the old man smiled fondly: "The young master is no problem, then naturally there is no problem." After that, he turned his head to look at Lin Junxuan, with a look of appreciation in his eyes: "Come on, child." ”

In the world, there are rich people, and naturally there are poor people, and not everyone can afford to sit in a carriage. At this time of year, there will be many orphans who come to climb from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, eating and sleeping in the open, just to climb to the top of the mountain and join the door wall of the 'Fang Cun Sect'. In the eyes of the old man, Lin Junxuan is obviously such a persevering orphan.

"Thank you, uncle. Lin Junxuan thanked him, opened the door, and entered the carriage. When the door was closed, the old man whipped his whip and the horses swayed their hooves and went up the mountain road.

"What's your name?" asked Lin Junxuan as soon as he sat down, and the child with a pair of aura on the other side asked.

"Lin Junxuan. Lin Junxuan said lightly.

"My name is Ying Donglai," the child said happily, and without waiting for Lin Junxuan to respond, he said with a familiar look: "My father said that when I was born, the five elements lacked soil, so he sent me to this 'Fang Cun Sect' to learn some Taoism, saying yes, the spell of the 'Fang Cun Sect' is written in the soil surname, which can be compared with the soil surname that makes up for my five elements." ”

"Oh," Lin Junxuan raised his head, his eyes showing some interest: "Your father is also from the Sect of Cultivation?"

Ying Donglai was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "No, no." ”

"Then your home should be near here, right?" Lin Junxuan said.

"Hey, you're so smart, yes, my family lives at the foot of the mountain. Ying Donglai said excitedly: "You are so powerful, you guessed it right at once." ”

Lin Junxuan smiled indifferently and was noncommittal. He is not a cultivator, but he knows some secrets of the monastic world, and only some sects are based on the people nearby. The secrets of the monastic world are generally not disclosed to the outside world, but the people who live near the sect are exceptional. It's not hard to guess.

"Let me tell you, every year in 'Fangcun Mountain', many people come up to the mountain to apprentice, my family lives at the bottom of the mountain, at least nearly 1,000 carriages drive up to 'Fangcun Mountain' this month. With so many people, Fang Cun Sect only accepts seven people every year, so you have to be prepared. - I don't care, it was my father's idea to go up the mountain to learn the Tao, and I don't really want to. ”

"Young Master!'" The old man's strange voice came from outside the carriage. Ying Donglai stuck out his tongue and made a grimace: "Grandpa didn't allow me to say these things, saying that I was so depressed, and before I entered the mountain gate, I lost my ambition." ”

"Hehe, if you work harder, you may not be able to get in. For this straightforward familiar child, Lin Junxuan had a good impression.

The two chatted all the way, and at about the end of the day, they finally arrived at the top of Dang Mountain.

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"Master, it's here, you can get out of the car. After the carriage stopped, the old man got out of the carriage and opened the door, and Lin Qunxuan and Ying Donglai walked down from the carriage.

It was already completely dark, and in front of the mountain gate, there were two rows of blazing torches diagonally inserted on the left and right, and in the firelight, two young disciples of the Fang Cun Sect who were wearing Taoist clothes stood motionless in front of the mountain gate. Lin Junxuan caught a glimpse of a sign on their chests, a slanting moon with three stars arched around it - this was the symbol of the 'Fang Cun Sect'.

"This sign ......" Seeing this sect symbol, Lin Junxuan suddenly had a strong sense of familiarity, but he was sure that it was impossible for him to see this symbol, because there was no sect in the world he came from.

"The child can stay, and everyone else leaves. "At the mountain gate, the two disciples of the 'Fang Cun Sect' said with a serious face. The old man took Ying Donglai's hand and looked at the child reluctantly.

"Two masters, then I'll go first, and this kid will trouble you. The old man said humbly.

"Go ahead, you just wait at the bottom of the mountain. If he can't get through, we'll send him down. As for the mountains, you don't have to worry. If you enter the mountain gate of our 'Fangcun Sect', you will never be fine. ”

The old man thanked him, reluctantly handed Ying Donglai into the hands of a disciple, and then drove the carriage down the mountain.

"You two follow me. A disciple beckoned to the two men, took a torch from the rocks on either side of the gate, and led them inward.

"The ceremony will not be held until a certain period of time, and during this time, you should stay in the wing, do not run around, and be ready to obey the call at any time. Walking on the road, the disciple of the Fang Cun Sect instructed. The two of them should be again and again.

After a while, the group of three finally came to a large wing room, in which candles were lit and the figure of a person was faintly visible on the window paper.

"Senior brother, there is a new apprentice here?" In the corridor outside the wing, a man wearing a long sword at his waist walked out of the darkness.

"Well, these should be the last two. Senior Brother Wan, these two children will be handed over to you. ”

"It's okay, senior brother, you still have something to do, so let's go down first. Senior Brother Nawan said. After the two of them shook their heads at each other, the Fang Cun Sect disciple at the mountain gate turned around and left.

"Come here, both of you, and take them to the chamber to rest. Senior Brother Nawan turned around and waved into the corridor, and two more Dao Uniform disciples walked out.

Lin Junxuan and Ying Donglai didn't have time to say anything, so they were led by one of these two disciples and walked in two directions.

"You can rest in this side room in the future, someone will send three meals to the side room, nothing to do, don't walk around." Dropping these words, the disciple turned around and left.

It was quiet, dark. Pushing open the door, with the faint light, Lin Junxuan felt the fire fold from the wooden table in the wing room and lit the candle. There was only one bed in the room, and a neat quilt was laid on it.

"This Fangcun Sect is worthy of being a big sect, so many children who go up the mountain to seek the Tao, everyone can live in a wing room alone, and there are only a few wings here. After looking around the room, Lin Junxuan sighed.

Close the doors and windows, and after thinking about it, Lin Junxuan hid "Dao Fa Zhengzang" and "Qimen Dunjia".

"I have been following the master for half a year, and I have never had time to practice the 'Star Receiving Qi Technique' well, and now that the 'Fang Cun Sect' is about to accept disciples, I might as well take advantage of this time to practice the third layer of the 'Star Receiving Qi Technique'. "Although Lin Junxuan has not practiced the Dao method before, he has practiced some martial arts and stood on some piles before. I know all things, whether it is martial arts or Taoism, the basic things are naturally as solid and reliable as possible.

This principle is like building a house, the foundation is not stable, no matter how hard you work in the future, you will not be able to build it!

About an hour later, a disciple of the Fang Cun Sect brought dinner, and after dinner, Lin Junxuan felt that the room was a little stuffy, so he pushed open the paper window behind the side room.

The air on the mountain was exceptionally cold, and the moment the paper window opened, a gust of cold wind came in front of you. Lin Junxuan looked around, and saw that behind the window, a long line composed of rows of side rooms went all the way to the top bunk, and the side rooms were bright. At the top of the row of chambers, a magnificent palace with bright lights stood far away on the top of the hill, separated by a long mountain road between the chambers and the main hall.

"Here, it can only be regarded as the periphery of the 'Fang Cun Sect'!" Looking at the magnificent palace standing tall in the darkness in the distance, Lin Junxuan was full of endless longing, and he didn't know what the sect of this world was like.

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"Bell!—"

In the distance, a loud bell vibrated like water, and it rippled from the palace on the top of the mountain along the surface of the mountain in all directions.

"Lights out!—"

"Lights out!—"

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With a long drink full of energy, all the side rooms fell into pitch black, and it was pitch black outside the window, and Lin Junxuan also extinguished the candle. Under the darkness, from the top of the mountain to the wing, there was a cold silence. In this atmosphere, even these children do not break the rules at will.

In the darkness, a faint and faint light emanated from Lin Junxuan's collar, which was the light emitted by the star-shaped pendant chain.

"It's better to practice the third layer of the 'Star Receiving Qi Technique' tonight. Looking at the dark sky outside through the window, Lin Junxuan thought silently.

Regardless of whether there are stars or not, at night, the stars are always there. People can't see the stars, just because of the clouds, which can't hide the power of the stars. Lin Junxuan could feel that on this high mountain, the star power was stronger than under the mountain.

Closing his eyes, Lin Junxuan silently moved the 'key to peace', and soon entered the state of the ancient well without waves. Lin Junxuan visualized the stars in the sky, and gradually, wisps of dreamlike star mist appeared in the darkness......

(To be continued)