A mountain greets the setting sun.

A man walks down the road.

Each has its own merits and differences.

There are mountains standing near the city, and people walking along the water.

The mountains reflect people, and the two do not hate each other,

Bai Jiu's mind is very chaotic, and he has thousands of thoughts, and he can't figure it out. After he was five years old, he had no home and no parents. Living in the Chen family now, he only studies to seek justice. Now he is in the limelight in Yong'an City, but there is a big problem with his cultivation body.

It would be nice if Second Brother Chen was here at this time.

Zhushan, the mountain that I have always longed for, seems to be really necessary.

At dusk, the sun is not brilliant, and the colors become monotonous and deep. The clouds are fiery red, like burning thoughts, and maybe the clouds at this time also have things that they can't understand.

The owner of the tea shop squatted outside the door, thinking about what to do with these unsold herbal teas?

The guy at the inn touched the table and wondered who would be the last guest today?

The little girl who bought flowers, looking at the weather that was not early, thought about the defeated flowers, and was about to cry.

Who in this world is not annoying?

..........

Walking along Dongcheng Avenue, Bai Jiu looked at all kinds of people in the merchants on both sides.

Out of the East City, Bai Jiu looked up at the thick blue bricks of the city wall.

Walking on the moat, Bai Jiu looked down at the shadows in the river.

To others, he looks like a child who has just come into the world, full of curiosity about everything. Actually, he's diverting his attention from thinking about so many things.

When Bai Jiu arrives in Zhushan, the sun is about to set, the sun is dim, and the sky is full of red clouds.

Even if the sun is not good, the dense bamboo forest on the bamboo mountain sways in the wind, but Bai Jiu still saw a figure in the bamboo forest.

Bai Jiu was very puzzled, wondering who it was, so he took a few steps towards the bamboo forest.

The rustling of bamboo leaves in the evening breeze sounded unusually clear in this quiet dusk.

Bai Jiu stopped, he felt that something was wrong.

The further up the hill went, the clearer the figure became, but the rustle of the bamboo leaves became more frequent. Bai Jiu remembered what Ouyang Luo had said before, there was a formation on Bamboo Mountain, and these seemingly irregular bamboos were part of the formation.

He glanced back, and the road that originally came up the mountain was a little blurred, and the originally unobstructed mountain road seemed to be much farther away at this time.

Bai Jiu clearly remembered that he had only walked a few steps, and the distance of a dozen steps would not be so far. Is the mountain moving? Or is it the road? Or is it the surrounding environment?

Bai Jiu didn't move forward anymore, Zhushan's formation had already felt his presence and began to operate, he didn't know if the formation was in danger here.

If you continue like this, the road behind will disappear sooner or later, and how to go down the mountain will become another problem at that time, and it will be even more difficult if you get lost in the formation.

At this time, he was still a certain distance away from the person on the mountain road, but with the help of the dim light, Bai Jiu could already clearly see the back of that person.

The man was wearing an ordinary green coat, which looked a little rough, without shoes, and was barefoot on the mountain road.

Bai Jiu looked at the person's clothes, and suddenly felt a little familiar. In my mind, I even remembered Ouyang Luo's description of a person, the second on the list of flowers, a reckless man from the deep mountains and old forests-Mo Kai.

There are many people in this world who advocate Zhushan, and Bai Jiu knows this. But he couldn't figure it out, Zhushan had already said that this year's Qianlong test champion had the opportunity to go up the mountain to learn, what was the purpose of this person coming to the mountain at this time?

He didn't move, he didn't make a sound, he just stood on this mountain path, quietly watching the next move of the person in front of him.

I couldn't hear any sound on the dusk bamboo mountain for a while, even the rustle of the bamboo had disappeared, and the wind didn't move, only two people on the mountain road, one in front of the other.

The man was going up the mountain, or he looked like he was going up the mountain. He raised his steps and took a step forward, as if he was walking this mountain road, without any obstruction, but Bai Jiu could see that his feet were just raised and then put down, and there was no distance to take a step forward at all.

He kept standing still, neither forward nor backward.

After some time, the man's footsteps stopped, and he stood there for a long time without moving. Bai Jiu thought, maybe he also saw the clue.

It should have been thought about for a while, the man did not lift his foot forward this time, but took a step back, this time the person moved, and the person really took a step back.

After retreating, there was a long period of hesitation, and then the next step. Until he retreated to the steps of the mountain road, the man never retreated.

Bai Jiu watched it for a long time, and naturally saw the truth in this.

At this time, he was not walking aimlessly on the mountain road, but was trapped in the formation.

After a long time, Bai Jiu looked at the sky in the distance, the sun had already set, and after a while, the figure of that person would disappear into the darkness, and when it was dark, Bai Jiu would not be able to see him.

He was about to turn away, but hesitated.

If this barefoot young man in Tsing Yi is really Mo Kai, then his strength is higher than Bai Jiu's.

If he was trapped in the mountains, wouldn't it be the same result if he went to rescue him for a long time?

It's a bit tangled.

The sun was about to set, and Bai Jiu stomped his feet to make himself less nervous.

Unable to leave at last, he took a few big strides, looked back, and then ran sharply towards the man on the trail.

The bamboos on both sides of the mountain road turned into two shadows.

Bai Jiu was moving forward quickly, he was running fast, naturally not because he was in a hurry, he wanted to see if this formation could keep up with his speed, so that when he pulled that person, he could still see the way back.

There were a few steps on the mountain road, and the staggering road seemed to turn into a straight line, and Bai Jiu's speed became faster and faster.

The rustle of bamboo leaves began again, and it became faster and denser. Bai Jiu hurriedly glanced back, the mountain road was staggering, and the road was still there.

He rushed over and grabbed the arm of the man in front of him. Without even thinking about it, he hurried back and ran.

Then just one step, Bai Jiu stopped.

..........

Like the abyss, like a peek into the valley.

This may be how Bai Jiu felt at this time.

He looked at the mountain road in front of him and hurriedly stopped, the mountain road was still there, but it had changed in his eyes at this time.

An abyss sits at the foot of the abyss.

..........

Mo Kai looked at the person next to him with some doubts, he was startled by the sudden pull, and stopped in one step, which made him feel shocked, and now he came back to his senses carefully, and only then did he see the appearance of this person clearly.

"How are you?" Mo Kai was a little surprised.

Bai Jiu was also stunned, because this person he had seen was the beggar-like young man sitting under the tree outside Yong'an City.

Bai Jiu asked, "It turns out that you are Mo Kai." ”

Mo Kai said: "It turns out that you are Bai Jiu. ”

Mo Kai grew up in the green mountains of Shudi, taciturn, withdrawn, and naturally not a person who likes to inquire about things. But he now lives in the Temple of Selection, where there are many people who are considered to be the center of the conversation, and the most famous of them is Bai Jiu. So even if he doesn't inquire and doesn't do anything, he knows.

The reason why he recognized it was also because of Bai Jiu's appearance, the pair of eyebrows that were drawn together lined on his green face, and there was a sadness that did not match his age. The deeds are famous, and the physiognomy is also famous.

And he did see such a person outside the city.

"You look exactly what you say." Mo Kai said.

Bai Jiu glanced at his bare feet and said, "You are the same." ”

.........

Bai Jiu saw that Mo Kai couldn't get out when he took a step forward on the steps, and he stopped after taking two steps back, and the bystanders were confused at the time, but now they have become the authorities, but they understand why.

The two of them were standing on the edge of the cliff at this time, and a step back was the abyss. Directly in front of it is a dense bamboo forest with no mountain paths.

"I've kept walking, and I can't get out of this forest. Behind me, there is this abyss. He seemed to follow me. Mo Kai said.

Bai Jiu looked at the abyss in front of him, and he could only see a haze in the pitch black. He looked at the bamboo forest behind him again, and it was as dense as a meadow, and he couldn't see what was inside.

Bai Jiu thought about what he saw when he went down the mountain.

"If I'm not mistaken, this is not true to the abyss, it should just be an ordinary mountain road in front of me."

Bai Jiu stretched out his hand to probe there, but it was not as he expected, his hand reached into it for a long distance, it was already as deep as two steps, but he still couldn't touch anything. All the hands felt was the air and the cold wind blowing from the valley floor.

"I see, this should be the illusion generated by the Zhushan Formation. Not only the vision, but also the sensations of the body are affected. But not so much........"

Bai Jiu glanced at Mo Kai and found that he didn't care about the abyss behind him from beginning to end, but kept his eyes on the woods.

"So you really want to climb the mountain!"

Mo Kai looked at the dense bamboo forest and nodded.

The formation on the Zhushan Mountain Road is indeed terrifying, but this is only at the bottom of the mountain, and the formation is just some illusions that confuse the mind. What Bai Jiu can easily see through, Mo Kai, who is the second on the flower exploration list, has no reason.

Master Wensheng is a contemporary Confucian sage, and Zhushan is the place where he educates his disciples, and it is natural that Mo Kai yearns for nature.

As if he saw Bai Jiu's thoughts, Mo Kai shook his head.

In fact, the purpose of his coming to Zhushan was not to study with a teacher, and the reason why he came to participate in the Qianlong Test was only because of the admonition of the Jiannan Divine General. So he was not interested in Zhushan in the first place, the purpose of his entry into the mountain today was for a humility in front of him, and he needed that Guiyuan Dan.

From listening to the mouth of the master of the Xuelou Jianglou, I learned that Guiyuan Dan was sent to Zhushan. Lord Jiang said that he didn't really need it, but he still came.

Bai Jiu felt a little incredible, so he asked why.

Mo Kai squatted down, and Bai Jiu also squatted down.

In this way, Mo Kai told Bai Jiu the reason why he came to Zhushan.