The flowers bloomed, the years did not leave a trace, and in an instant, ten years passed.

One night, a faint white light suddenly rose above a high-walled courtyard in the Minshan Mountain outside Tanzhou City, like a white halo reflected by a mirror illuminated by the moon.

On the grass in the courtyard, Qiao Zheng sat on the ground with a solemn expression. Opposite him, a young man in white was sitting cross-legged. The perfect melon seed face, the face is as white as jade, there is a hint of red in the whiteness, under the long eyelashes, a pair of big dark brown eyes glowing with Ling Ling Bo shining, like two crystal amber, revealing a little charming taste, the corners of the lips are slightly raised, provoking an uninhibited smile. His arms were slightly bent, palms were upward, and something was suspended half a foot high, milky white, with a white halo around it.

Two people, four eyes staring at the object in the aura. Through the dazzling aura, I saw a small white snake with the thickness of a pen barrel coiled in the center, the head of the snake raised was no more than the size of a copper coin, and the light red snake letter was free to swallow.

The young man's dazzling smile suddenly disappeared, his eyes widened, and he said with a dejected expression: "Master, it has been formed for three years, and I have grown a lot taller, but why is this loach still so small?" ”

Qiao Zheng's eyes were also full of surprise, "Happy, don't worry, maybe it's not long yet." ”

It turned out that this young man was the former Gao Le, and now he is happy.

Because of his diligent cultivation, there has been a talisman since five years ago, it is a small snake with the thickness of a pen, formed three years ago, but the strange thing is that no matter how he cultivates, the snake is still so small, no matter how he works, this little snake seems to be hibernating, except for the surrounding halo is increasing and increasing, the snake body has no violent reaction at all, and it is not at all possible to see what its function is, such as the little young snake that has just hatched out of the egg is very cute, very ornamental, but there is no lethality at all.

Looking at his talisman in frustration, he asked, "I said, who are you?" Wake up, I'm 'feeding' you like this every day, you should give you a reaction. ”

Qiao Zheng was also puzzled, and muttered: "I once saw a fire python, the snake's head is as huge as a bucket, its open mouth is bigger than your head, and its mouth breathes fire. But I really can't see what kind of snake you've cultivated. ”

happily pouted: "Playing with me, I've been busy for so many years, and I made such a useless loach out, and I also have a talisman, people can slap you into mud, and it's not vulnerable at all." But strange to say, when I closed my eyes when I was doing the exercises, I could clearly see it moving. ”

Qiao Zheng's body shook and asked, "What did you see when you were doing gong?" ”

"I saw it move, its body was swimming in the sky, and it was surrounded by a layer of transparent things, like ice wrapped around it, but when I opened my eyes, it was still so lazy to sleep, after all, it was still my whim." ”

Qiao Zheng frowned and muttered, "Could it be the Ice Snake?" ”

Happy smiled bitterly: "What is the ice snake?" ”

Qiao Zheng didn't mean to joke at all, and asked, "What do you see it look like?" ”

Said happily: "Although it is hazy and can't see clearly, it looks the same as this guy, but it is slightly larger than it." ”

Qiao Zheng was surprised: "I've also heard of ice snakes, but I haven't seen them, so I can't tell them, but why do you close your eyes and see them differently from what I see?" I've been staring at it, and it hasn't moved, except for its tongue. ”

With a wave of his hand, the little snake and the aura suddenly converged.

"Isn't my little snake too big to raise? Haven't I wasted my energy? He was a little dazed.

Qiao Zheng stretched out his hand, and a faint blue light appeared in his palm, and then a blue circle of light slowly rose.

He said: "My talisman is the Qiankun Circle, which is blessed with internal force, and it will increase with the increase of my cultivation, and my skill will also increase. ”

He secretly exerted his strength, and the aperture instantly jumped into the air, expanding into an aura about three feet thick and two feet in diameter.

He pouted happily and said, "Master, whose bucket did you steal?" ”

Gradually, the thick aura began to grow larger, until it became a huge aura with a diameter of three zhang, and with a slight flick of the finger, the aperture suddenly split into two, three, four, until it was divided into eight halos of the same size and two feet in diameter, suspended in the air.

He said happily: "Master, with so many buckets, your talisman is very special." ”

Qiao Zheng said: "The shape of the Qiankun circle is circular, at first I could only practice into a ring, then I can change its thickness, I can increase its attack power, and later, I can split it into two, before and after twenty years, it has reached the state it is today." ”

Happy looked up at these eight halos that glowed with blue halos, envious, and muttered in his mouth: "It would be nice if my little loach could also become eight, no, a hundred." ”

"What do you want so many loaches for? Stew soup? Glad, you're a snake, remember, your talisman is a snake! ”

Qiao Zheng accepted the magic weapon, and said: "This talisman magic weapon is cultivated by yourself, no matter what it is, it is connected with your spiritual vein, it is spiritual, it can protect you and protect your life at a critical time, so you have to be in awe of it." ”

"Oh, I see, Master." Happy to stand up.

Seventeen-year-old Gao Xing has grown into a seven-foot-tall teenager with five feet tall, sword eyebrows and phoenix eyes, handsome wind gods, and his whole body exudes youthful vigor and vitality. He looked at Qiao Zheng, who was two inches shorter than himself, and said:

"Master, whether it's an ice snake or a loach, I don't daydream anymore, I'm sleepy, go back to sleep."

Qiao Zheng waved his hand, "Go ahead, I have to practice tomorrow morning." ”

Happy said: "Got it." By the way, Master, I have something good for you. ”

“…… What good things do you have for me? Qiao Zheng looked guarded.

happily said seriously: "Master, it's really a good thing, if you don't want me, I'll keep it for myself." With that, he turned to leave.

Qiao Zheng pursed his lips and said, "Okay, bring it to me and take a look." “

Happy took out something from his sleeve pocket and threw it at Qiao Zheng, "Master, catch it!" ”

Qiao Zheng stretched out his hand to take it, and suddenly a tingling sensation came from the palm of his hand, "Ouch", he exclaimed, panicked and threw the thing in his hand to the ground, and looked at it, this is a big round ball with a palm, and the body is covered with spikes, after it landed, it actually moved, and under closer inspection, it was actually a hedgehog.

"Happy-" With an angry shout, Qiao Zheng took off his shoes and smashed them at him.

Happy jumped up and ran, his feet were fast, like a white electric light, and he moved to the bedroom in an instant, and the door was closed with a "bang".

Looking at the closed door, Qiao Zheng couldn't cry or laugh: "Stinky boy, come and calculate me again."

He reached out and carefully pinched the hedgehog, and muttered, "The hedgehog is blessed to come home, so you little thing will stay with me." ”

He carefully placed the hedgehog on the grass next to the rockery and watched as the hedgehog spread out and crawled into the grass.

"Is it an ice snake?"

He was still thinking about the happy talisman, closed his eyes and groaned for a long time, suddenly, his face changed, he flew to the side of the rockery, the probe quietly looked at the courtyard wall, and two cold cold lights shot out from the gap in the thick eyelids.

I saw a slender black figure standing on the wall, the breeze blowing, the hem of the robe dancing gently, and in the dim moonlight, like a ghost, "floated" in from the wall.

Qiao Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand to tidy up his clothes, and walked out from behind the rockery to the "ghost".

The bright moonlight reflected on the "ghost", reflecting the face of a woman in her forties, with willow eyebrows and almond eyes, a high nose and thin lips, her hair in a high bun, a golden fox-headed hairpin slanted into her sideburns, and a black brocade dress.

Although at this age, the appearance is not glamorous, but it is still worthy of the charm of, and it can be seen that when I was young, my appearance was still very beautiful, but my face was unusually cold, and it looked more like I was angry with someone.

"You see?" Qiao Zheng asked.

She opened her mouth coldly: "What kind of thing did this kid practice?" ”

"A little snake."

"Fire snakes?"

"A little snake."

"Ice snake?"

"Just a little snake."

The woman sneered: "Qiao Zheng, I didn't expect the apprentice you brought to be so poor, this little snake has been born for three years, and there is no improvement, no change at all." ”

Qiao Zheng pursed his lips and said, "Who said that, I'm afraid the time has not yet come." ”

The woman said, "Haven't arrived yet?" He started practicing at the age of seven, and now it's been almost ten years, and he has practiced such a thing, and said that the time has not yet come, and you are still praising your apprentice in front of me for being smart and wise, with strange bones and very high qualifications, so you can continue to blow it, when I was twelve years old, the blue fox was formed, and the attack power at the age of fifteen was already very strong......"

Qiao Zheng said: "Okay, okay, you're amazing, okay?" Your family practices martial arts, you practiced at the age of five, he only started to contact at the age of seven, and it is already very good to practice magic weapons in five years, but speaking of which, his snake is so strange, and he has not seen a trace of aggression until now. ”

The woman said coldly: "It's wasted! ”

"No, it will never be wasted!" Qiao Zheng said firmly.

"Qiao Zheng, Qiao Zheng, I advise you to give up, when you brought back happiness that year, you didn't say that this kid would be able to help you in the future, now you understand, right? Still not giving up? The woman scoffed.

Qiao Zheng smiled bitterly: "You don't know, my wish in this life is to accept an apprentice, I can't let me have no successor, I have taken a fancy to this child, and now I can't give up halfway, right?!" ”

"By the way, although the little snake is motionless, but happy to say, he can see in his consciousness that the snake has become bigger, and it is still swimming around it with frost, you say, what is the situation?"

The woman said angrily: "Just like you, daydreaming all day long." ”

Qiao Zheng was not angry, and said, "I don't think it's that simple, you can help me." ”

The woman sneered: "Yo, you haven't asked me for help for decades, but now you have spoken to me for this kid, I heard you right?" ”

Qiao Zheng pouted, reached out and grabbed her sleeve, shook it like a child, and said, "Min Feng, you just look at my old face to help him, helping him is helping me." ”

The woman was angry: "What do you do?" What are you thinking in your heart, I don't know, you haven't forgotten her for a moment, she is really so important in your heart? ”

Qiao Zheng's face gradually changed, and he said in a low voice: "You and her are as important to me. ”

"Phew! Hearing is false, seeing is believing. ”

"Look at it, you don't believe it again, I asked you both to marry me in the past, but you just won't want to."

The woman suddenly stretched out two fingers and grabbed a piece of meat on his arm and twisted it gently, gritted her teeth and said, "Are you embarrassed to say?" If you want me to be small, there is no door, she has been dead for so many years, and I haven't seen you marry me, I think you have only two pieces of mouth left now. ”

Qiao Zheng grinned and whispered: "That's why you dare to do anything to me, be quiet, be quiet, don't be happy to hear it." ”

The woman said, "Are you still afraid that people will hear it?" Do you still want your old face? ”

Qiao Zheng cried and begged for mercy with a sad face: "Oh, this old face still needs it, I'm almost fifty years old, let go, let go, it hurts, do you know?" ”

The woman then let go in indignation.

Qiao Zheng rubbed his sore arm vigorously and said, "Hey, Min Feng, no matter what, you still have to help this kid." ”

The woman grimaced and said, "There is no shortcut to cultivation, everything has to rely on himself." I know, you want revenge, look at you, what have you done to yourself all these years, you haven't reached fifty yet, but you are like my father. If this kid can really help you, it's your shit luck. ”

After that, he turned around and left, leaving the next sentence without looking back: "I'll come back tomorrow night." ”

Hearing this, Qiao Zheng smiled, and pretended to be ambiguous at her back: "Min Feng, wait for you!" ”

The woman didn't look back, just threw off her big sleeves, flew up the wall, and disappeared again.

Qiao Zheng happily turned around and went back to the house, and when he looked up, he saw Xing Xing standing at his door and looking at him with a smile.

"Stinky boy, you haven't slept yet, and you're actually hiding here to peep?"

Qiao Zheng knew that everything he had just done for him to see, so he simply didn't hide it, and said, "Don't be surprised, an old friend is here." ”

He smiled happily and said, "Master, I didn't peek, but I was standing in front of my room generously, but you two were really 'too engaged' and didn't see me, Master, what are you whispering?" ”

Qiao Zheng walked straight to his house and said, "She will come to see your little snake tomorrow night." ”

"Look at the little snake? Then I'll charge for it. Happy chased after him and followed him into the house.

Qiao Zheng turned his head to look at him, and said indifferently: "You kid is really a money string, you have the ability to ask her if you want, but she has a bad temper, don't blame me for not reminding you if something happens at that time." ”

Happy said indifferently: "What can happen then?" I'll just charge ten cents, look at the aunt, ah, no, sister, she looks pretty good, so naturally she won't be reluctant to give up that little money. ”

Qiao Zheng nodded and said, "Well, she likes to hear what you say." I'll talk about it tomorrow, and now you can go back to my room and sleep!" ”

He looked at him with a happy smile and said, "Master has worked hard, the washing water has been prepared for you, you have washed and rested early, and I will go to sleep." ”

"Well, the kid is quite filial, go to sleep."

"Gone." Happy put his hands behind his back and swaggered out.

Qiao Zheng stood in the room and thought about what Min Feng said, after a while, he walked to the basin in the corner of the house, and when he saw it, sure enough, the basin was filled with water, Qiao Zheng smiled with satisfaction: "This kid." ”

He took a hand towel to wash his face, just washed it twice, and suddenly found that there was a hot feeling on his face, knowing that something was wrong, he hurriedly put his nose close to the hand towel and sniffed carefully, there was a faint smell of chili pepper that was extremely difficult to detect......

Happy to return to the room hurriedly tied the door, turned over to the bed, two big eyes purring, pricking up ears in anticipation of something.

"Happy—"

There was a heart-rending roar from next door, and I happily pulled the quilt over and covered it from head to toe......