Chapter 125: Riding the White Cloud to the Emperor's Township (Part 1 of the Second Watch)
Lan Meng's auspicious clouds equaled Yan Zixiu: "Mr. Yan, you are flying for the first time, right?" ”
Yan Zixiu admired the picturesque land and replied, "This is the first time to use a spiritual weapon. We have mechanical planes there, which can also fly. However, it is noisy and the seats are narrow, so it is not very fun. ”
"Oh? Mortals can fly by machinery, so your refining skills are good. But I think this kind of flight is really poetic. ”
Yan Zixiu knew that the refining tools of the immortal cultivation realm corresponded to the industry of the local world: "It's okay, our refining tools have only been developed in the past few hundred years." I agree with what you said, it's the clouds that make sense. With all due respect, the way your uncle hangs in the air, how to say, it's like a hanging puppet. ”
He recalls the scene. Jindan monk Li Mingyuan just stood in the air, feeling that he was very majestic, but it was actually very funny.
He thought for a while and said, "There is an ancient man named Zhuangzi in my hometown. He said that a thousand years old are disgusted with the world, go to the immortals, ride the white clouds, and go to the emperor's hometown. ”
Lan Meng listened to these words, and only felt that the words were beautiful and the artistic conception was lofty: "Yes, the white clouds are fluttering, and they are called immortals." My uncle's, that, it's really not very elegant. ”
"There are some myths in our world, and the gods recorded in them are all flying on clouds or stepping on lotus flowers."
"What? Can you lend me a look? "Lan Meng likes to read, and when he hears that there are good books, he wants to see them.
"I'll look for it." Yan Zixiu didn't know if there were such books in the Zangjing Building, so he investigated and found a copy of "Journey to the West" in the common classics. He asked the Tibetan Scripture Building to replace it with the text of the immortal cultivation world, and then passed it to Lan Meng with a bundle of immortal ropes, "This is the book, "Journey to the West." Let's take a look first. ”
"Good. Thank you, Mr. Yan. Lan Meng put it away, "I have decided, even if I reach the Jindan stage and the infant stage, I will use this auspicious cloud pocket." Haha, you can't be like you said, hanging in the air like a puppet with hanging wires. ”
The earth is picturesque, the auspicious clouds are fluttering, and the two of them are flying all the way, and they are in a good mood.
If you are in a good mood, you will hurry up, and more than a thousand miles seem to have passed in a short time.
Lan Meng suddenly pointed forward: "Look, that's Lan Xin City." ”
Yan Zixiu looked down, and sure enough, next to the green mountains and green water, there was a city with a radius of hundreds of miles: "This city is not small." The ancient city of our hometown is only about ten miles away. Are you looking at your hometown in this heaven? Or do you want to do it? ”
"It's 500,000 miles away from the Medicine Master Sect, and I can't get there for a while. Why don't you go to the city and find an inn to stay in tonight. I'll go to the Medicine Master Sect tomorrow, right? ”
Yan Zixiu understood what Lan Meng meant, she still wanted to take a look at her family quietly: "Okay, let's land early." ”
The two landed ten miles away in Lanxin City.
Lan Meng played with Xiangyun for a while before taking back the storage bag: "Mr. Yan, such a treasure is something that even the Yuanying Monk would rob, you really gave it to me?" ”
"I never thought of taking back what I sent." Yan Zixiu likes a saying: Kindness does not seek retribution, and people do not regret.
"Heroic!" Lan Meng gave a thumbs up, "If I were a man, I would bow to you and marry Jin Lan." ”
"That's all formality. After worshipping the handle, are there fewer people who stab the knife again? If you don't kiss or not, you have to get points. ”
"Kiss or not, the road is divided. What is the meaning? Lan Meng was a little curious.
"That is to say, like-minded people, no need to engage in any form, the heart is naturally close."
"That's an interesting statement. It's also ha, even if it's related by blood? There are more people who turn against each other. Lan Meng sighed.
"But when you talk about worshipping the handle, our ancients really had the opposite sex worshipping the handle."
Lan Meng urged: "Then you can talk about it." ”
"We have had a great and splendid era in China, also called Datang. Before and after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, there were three heroes, two men and one woman, known as the Three Heroes of Wind and Dust. Among them, the woman's name is Zhang Chuchen, who was originally the maid of the minister, and often held the red whisk. That's why everyone calls her the Red Whisk Girl. ……
"That Li Jing has a magnificent appearance, great ambitions, and a deep understanding of the art of war. But at that time, the dragon was lurking in the abyss, and no one appreciated it......
"The bearded man became a brother and sister of the opposite sex with the Red Whisk Girl, gave all the family property to Li Jing and the Red Whisk Girl, and then left overseas and established himself as the king......"
Yan Zixiu spoke very eloquently, and Lan Meng listened to it with fascination: "Mr. Yan, this story is so beautiful. It's so generous, intense, and heart-wrenching. I decided, I will be called Red Whisk under a pseudonym in the future. ”
"Uh......" Yan Zixiu didn't expect to tell Lan Meng a pseudonym when telling a story, "Okay." Anyway, you can't use your real name when you get to Lanxin City. ”
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Lanxin City is a large city with a radius of 100 miles, the city wall is ten zhang high, and it is made of cyan boulders. It was covered with patterns, and according to Lan Meng, it was some runes that strengthened the city wall. Because sometimes there are monster attacks, it must be built very strong in order to defend it.
"You have monsters here?" Yan Zixiu asked.
"Right? Don't you have it there? Lan Meng asked rhetorically.
"We only have wild beasts there."
"That's right. Your aura is thin there, and you can't produce any demon beasts. ”
Walking to the gate of the city, Lan Meng showed a jade plaque of the Lan family.
The gatekeeper saw that the person who came was a monk in the foundation building period, and he was very respectful. Looking at it again, it was still his own guest, who was even more polite and bowed down to make way.
Yan Zixiu observed that when the others entered the city, mortals did not charge. Some immortal cultivators have to hand over a low-grade spirit stone.
Entering the city, Yan Zixiu asked, "Lan... That red whisk, the entrance fee of Lanxin City, has a lot of income, right? ”
"Monks from outside pay a spirit stone every six months. The annual entry fee adds up to several thousand yuan. The cost of raising people and repairing the city is also large. In the end, there are not a few left. As the future head of the family, Lan Meng knows the accounts very well.
"It seems that the family is big, and there are big difficulties. Where do we live today? ”
"Autumn Water Inn."
In Lanxin City, the street is full of traffic, and there are many shops on both sides of the road. The city lord's mansion is tall and majestic, the mansion area is full of luxury, the civilian area is quiet, and the commercial area is bustling and noisy. A wide variety of goods, a dazzling array of everything.
Yan Zixiu considered whether to make a big purchase of these exotic commodities and give them away, or sell them for money when he traveled thousands of miles abroad.
Along the way, Lan Meng gave him pointers on what district this is and what are the characteristics there.
The people in the city, when they saw the two immortal cultivators, did not look afraid, but respectfully moved away a little. On the whole, the residents of the city live and work in peace and contentment, and the atmosphere is very peaceful.
Yan Zixiu praised and said: "Red Whisk, this ancestor of the Lan family seems to be a benevolent person." ”
Lan Meng raised his head: "I have been to many towns. A better place than Lanxin City, basically nothing. ”
Yan Zixiu agrees with a sentence in the Tao Te Ching: The saint has no heart, but takes the heart of the people as his heart.
Before he came to Lanxin City, he was not sure whether he would help the ancestor of the Lan family, whose life was near, to extend his life, or help the Lan family produce another foundation building monk.
Seeing that the people in Lanxin City and Yushanglou Town under his jurisdiction lived so peacefully and quietly, his idea was determined: help, help.
But how to help, you have to investigate and investigate specifically, and carefully sum up. Just don't make a mess.
Qiushui Inn is diagonally opposite the Lanjia City Lord's Mansion in Lanxin City. In front of the inn is a large square where you can park your car, horses and sedan chairs. The style of the inn is very ancient, and there are four big characters on the plaque: Qiushui Inn.
(End of chapter)