Chapter 22: Disciples of the Mountain Guard
Seeing that Yu Xiao didn't go to the Dao very much, the disciple couldn't help but roll his eyes, and didn't say anything more, so he simply followed his mind and replied indifferently: "Okay, since you have made up your mind, I can only wish you good luck, do you want to be closer to Luoxia Peak, or farther away." ”
"Does it make a difference?" Yu Xiao also came to the Patrol Hall for the first time, and he didn't know much about the disciples who guarded the mountain.
"The difference is not big, it's nothing more than the length of time to travel back and forth to Luoxia Peak, if you want to communicate more with fellow disciples, then choose an area close to Luoxia Peak, if you want to be quiet and not be disturbed, then choose a place far away from Luoxia Peak." The disciple replied.
After some careful consideration, Yu Xiao chose a place far away from Luoxia Peak, he didn't know anyone in the Fuguang Sect, he usually cultivated alone, but he was used to being quiet.
After taking over the task of guarding the mountain disciples, Yu Xiao took the chores token and came out of the patrol hall, took out the jade slip marked with the location and scanned it, and then went straight to the area he was responsible for guarding.
Leaving Luoxia Peak, Yu Xiao drove the Yanyuan and flew northwest for more than two hours before he arrived at the target location, which was a land of lush mountains and dangerous peaks.
According to the map identification, there are a total of 12 mountains in this area, large and small, and the higher one is called the Night King's Peak, and from today onwards, he will have to live here for the next year.
For such a chory task, it is obviously impossible for the sect to build a luxurious wooden house for you in the deep mountains and old forests, basically using the ground as a bed and the sky as a quilt, or the disciples guarding the mountain give full play to their subjective initiative and build their own residences.
Yu Xiao summoned a small bronze sword, carved a large hole in the cliff wall on the relatively flat side of the Night King Peak, cleaned up the rubble, and decorated it casually, and the simple cave was built.
As soon as he had tidied up the cave, he suddenly sensed something and looked in the southeast direction, but saw a faint light galloping towards him, and it was approaching after a while.
The person who came was a twenty-five or sixteen-year-old man, with a hint of heroism between his eyebrows, and before he stopped, he let out a hearty laugh: "Haha, Daoyou must be the disciple of the Mountain Guardian of the Night King Peak." ”
"Exactly, I don't know if your friend is ......" Yu Xiao arched his hand and said in return.
"In Xia Ma Wenliang, he is a disciple of Zirui Peak, and he hasn't asked for the name of a Taoist friend yet?" The man replied with a smile.
"Zi Ruifeng?"
Yu Xiao thought for a while, and suddenly remembered, isn't Zirui Peak just south of the Night King Peak, the two peaks are not far apart, and they are next to each other.
"It turned out to be Ma Daoyou, in Xia Yuxiao, there was no name, just a name."
In this regard, Ma Wenliang seemed to have a different opinion, and smiled mysteriously: "Yu Daoyou, you don't understand, since you are a person who cultivates immortals, you are no longer an ordinary man, so naturally you have to have a name, just like me, I gave myself a name and called Jiuyi Jushi." ”
"Ah this, Ma Daoyou's name is really elegant, I'm afraid I can't think of any good name." Yu Xiao is really not interested in such a thing as a name, in his opinion, no matter how big the name is, it is not true to cultivate.
Ma Wenliang didn't dwell on anything in this matter, and instead asked, "Yu Daoyou thinks it's the first time to be a disciple of the mountain guard." ”
"Yes, it's the first time I've been a disciple of the mountain guard, I don't know how Ma Daoyou saw it?" Yu Xiao asked curiously.
"This is actually very simple, the general mountain guard disciple this kind of task, not many people are willing to do it, most of the mountains are empty, if you want to, you can not rotate, until the earth is barren, unless there is any irresistible force, such as the death of a mountain guard disciple."
Speaking of this, Ma Wenliang showed a touch of regret and grief on his face, and continued: "You can appear here, which means that the previous disciple of the Night King Peak Mountain Guard has fallen in this small test, hey, the sky has no eyes." ”
"I see." Yu Xiao nodded thoughtfully, it seems that Ma Wenliang has a good relationship with the original disciple of the Night King Peak guarding the mountain, otherwise he would not be so sad about his fall.
At this time, Ma Wenliang changed his words and invited very hospitablely: "Yu Daoyou, you came just in time, today I set up a banquet in the cave mansion, and invited two fellow disciples who are also guarding the mountain to have a drink, why don't you go to my cave mansion to sit for a while and have a few drinks." ”
Yu Xiao first arrived, in fact, he didn't have to have too much contact with Ma Wenliang, but he thought about it and agreed, maybe this time he could learn from other people's mouths about the experience of some mountain guarding disciples, so he responded: "It's okay, Ma Daoyou invited, how can there be any reason not to go." ”
"Haha, Yu Daoyou is really a refreshing person, please here!"
After a while, the two of them came to Zirui Peak, and the place below where the lotus leaves were clustered and the lotus flowers were full of color was Ma Wenliang's cave.
There is a lotus pond in front of the cave, in the center of the lotus pond, there is an elegant small pavilion, there is a stone table of eight immortals in the pavilion, four stone benches, it is full of wine pots and jade cups, fairy treasures and exotic fruits, and the faint fragrance of wine floats with the wind.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Yu Xiao had already judged that this Ma Wenliang must have been in Ziruifeng for a long time, otherwise there would be absolutely no time to arrange these scenes.
Compared with his unpretentious cave mansion, Ma Wenliang's cave mansion can be called a luxury villa, and the two are not at the same level at all.
Not long after the two arrived, Yuntou saw two more figures, both of them were twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old men, the two of them fell down very quickly, hugged their fists and smiled: "Jiuyi Jushi, I haven't seen you for many days, I miss it very much." ”
"Haha, Yun Shuzi, Qinyin Daoren, you came just in time, let me introduce you, this is Yu Xiao Yu Daoyou, the new Mountain Guardian disciple of Night King Peak."
Ma Wenliang led the three of them to sit down, and at the same time explained the identities of the two to Yu Xiao: "Yu Daoyou, this is Wei Kang Wei Daoyou, Haoyun Shuzi, this is Yang Shiping Yang Daoyou, Haoqin Yin Daoren, they are the disciples of Zhuxi Peak and Donglin Peak respectively. ”
"Wei Daoyou, Yang Daoyou, polite!"
"Yu Daoyou, when you meet for the first time, you don't need to be polite, everyone drinks and talks freely, and you don't ask about unpleasant things in the world." Ma Wenliang was very free and easy, poured wine for the three of them, and drank it himself.
Wei Kang, Yang Shiping and Ma Wenliang are also old friends, they don't see anything at all, they raise their glasses and drink, and they have nothing to say.
Although Yu Xiao is not a lover of wine, the cup of fragrant immortal wine in front of him still makes him salivate, and he can't help but take a few sips, and then drink it all.
"It's really good wine!" Yu Xiao let out a sigh of admiration, although he had never drunk the wine of this world before, but compared to the wine of his previous life, this was definitely the best wine.
"That's nature, the narcissus elixir of Jiuyi Jushi is also a must in Luoxia Peak, if you are not an acquaintance, you don't have a chance to smell the wine, let alone take a sip." Wei Kang took another drink, and his face was still unfinished.
Ma Wenliang is not a stingy person, and immediately put down his words boldly: "If Yu Daoyou likes it, you can come to me every three or five to drink a few glasses, and the others dare not say, the wine is definitely enough." ”
At the wine table, the four of them talked happily, although Yu Xiao was a listener most of the time, but this did not affect anything.
When the three of them talked about the other registered disciples, Yu Xiao couldn't help but ask: "Ma Daoyou, I heard the senior sister of the patrol hall say that this mountain guarding disciple is boring and boring, why are the three Daoists so happy in this mountain wilderness." ”
On this matter, the answers of the three were surprisingly unanimous.
Ma Wenliang looked very open, and quipped: "It's not a secret, I have been in the sect for eleven years, and I have participated in two small tests before and after, although I have passed by luck, but I have not gained anything, and now I am only at the fourth level of qi refining, and I have no chance to enter the disciple in this life, and even the foundation building is hopeless, and I don't know if I can return to Zirui Peak alive in the next small test."
The road of eternal life is ethereal, there are thousands of seekers, and there are a few people who can return to the past and present, since the practice has been so bitter, why not have fun in the suffering, sit in the clouds, drink and talk, and it is not in vain for me to go through the red dust. ”
"Yes, the Great Dao is ruthless, but whether you are a prince or a real immortal, when it is your turn, you can't escape, I wait for these named disciples, their qualifications are mediocre, they can't compare to those with outstanding talents, no matter how many cultivation resources you have, you can't turn iron and stone into jade." Yang Shiping sighed.
Wei Kang nodded, as if he had a deep understanding of this, and echoed: "If we can't break through the foundation, in the end, we won't turn into a handful of loess after a hundred years, we are actually no different from mortals, we are just a more powerful insect, and we can live for a day." ”
These words set off thousands of waves in Yu Xiao's heart.
Yes, even if he is a cultivator in the Qi refining period, if he can't break through the foundation building period, his lifespan will be comparable to that of mortals, and he seems to be beyond the mundane, but in fact he has already entered the shackles of the Great Dao, which is a road with no way back.
The four of them drank until the night was getting darker, and after Yu Xiao returned to the cave, he was still pondering those words.
After a while, he didn't waste any more time on meaningless thoughts, and immediately poured out a Qi Absorbing Pill from the porcelain bottle in the storage bag, swallowed it in his stomach and began to cultivate.