Fifty-five years ago, on the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, it was also Chinese New Year's Eve, and the whole Shenxian Station was very lively, and the local people plus thousands of cultivators from all over the world gathered on the east coast before the sky was clear, looking forward to the arrival of Tongtian Island.

No one dared to make a loud noise or set off fireworks, and everyone looked at the sea with excitement on their faces, but fortunately, the area along the coast was vast enough that thousands of people did not feel crowded.

At first, the sea was calm, reflecting the blue sky like a mirror, and the sea and sky became one.

Just after the hour, the sky was brighter, and the red sun with a wheel of wheels emerged from the sea, at first it was an arc, and then the golden light was ten thousand ways, shining straight into the sky, and after a while, a semicircle came out, and the light was retracted, and when the red sun protruded from the water, the golden light was all taken back, turning into a white light, which was extremely dazzling.

At this time, an elder who had seen Tongtian Island pointed to the rising sun and said, "Everyone, take a closer look, Tongtian Island is about to drift from the sun!" ”

People squinted their eyes, filtered out some of the bright light, and stared straight into the sun.

At that time, Ren Shifa was in his fifties, and he had not yet witnessed the strange scene when Tongtian Island approached the land, and his heart was extremely excited, and the blood in his body seemed to be boiling, and his eyes stared at the sun without blinking, until his eyes hurt, and all he saw was white.

I heard someone shouting, "There's a black spot, is that the one?" ”

Ren Shifa rubbed his eyes and looked closely, and sure enough, he saw a round black spot in the middle of the sun, which was only the size of an egg at first, and gradually became the size of a bowl, floating on the sea, quickly approaching the shore, gradually getting bigger, and the appearance of the island appeared.

Some people cheered, but some people whispered: "Hugh is noisy and rude, mortals can see fairies, the blessings of several lifetimes, don't annoy them, so that they go away in anger!" ”

And they all stopped, and stared intently at the sea, and the whole coast was silent.

The island stopped at a place about two or three miles away from the land, and the flowers and trees on the island could be vaguely seen, the mountains and waterfalls, and the auspicious clouds around it, suddenly, from the island shot out seven rays of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, straight into the sky, only to hear the fairy music curling, only to see the colorful clothes fluttering, seven figures flew out from the seven-colored pillar of light, waving the ribbon and flying to the shore.

People were stunned one by one, as if in a dream, and they didn't even dare to come out of the atmosphere.

In an instant, the seven fairies have reached the shore, and slowly landed on a square high platform built by people, all of them are extremely beautiful, graceful, and the colorful clothes on their bodies are windless and automatic, and the fairy spirit is compelling.

Of course, standing at the front were the masters of the various sects of the righteous path, because the high platform was built by them, and they took it upon themselves to insert seven Chinese umbrellas in the order of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, and the seven fairies stood under the Chinese umbrella according to the color of their clothes.

The ordinary people in the audience opened their mouths wide one by one, their eyes widened, and they looked up at the fairies on the stage without any scruples, but the cultivators stood with their heads bowed respectfully, not daring to make a mistake.

The fairy in green clothes standing in the middle took out a silk scroll from his cuffs, held it in both hands and slowly unfolded it, lightly opened his lips, and a fairy-like voice floated out: "The Emperor of Heaven edict said: There are many geniuses and heroes in the mortal world, pious to the Tao, good self-cultivation, sorrow for the suffering of the world, pain for the diseases of the world, compassion, righteous deeds, punishment of demons, protection of the common people, in fact, on behalf of the Emperor of Heaven to govern the mortal world, the Emperor of Heaven deeply feels that his hard work is high, and his virtue is great, and he specially sent me to invite you to go to the heavenly realm, rank in the immortal class, and enjoy the same life of heaven and earth." ”

The fairy in Tsing Yi rolled up the silk roll, put it in the cuffs, glanced at the audience with his chin, and said: "The list I am carrying today is a cultivator who has been inspected by the Emperor of Heaven for a long time, and the Emperor of Heaven is merciful and lenient, if you don't want to go, you will never force it; And those who are not here today have missed the fate of heaven, which is a pity. ”

The monks in the audience trembled and did not even dare to raise their heads. The fairy in Tsing Yi took out a silk handkerchief from his cuff, unfolded it, read out the list, and the person who was ordered walked up the stone steps to the high platform and stood with the fairies.

Seven people were ordered in a row, three of whom were from the Magpie Gate, and they all arrived on the stage. The fairy in Tsing Yi called the village chief of the fairy post to the stage again, secretly taught the heavens, and then said: "Seven immortals, let's go!" ”

Then he and the other fairies rose into the air and flew towards Tongtian Island in fluttering clothes.

The seven newly promoted immortals congratulated each other, and while saying goodbye to their peers in the audience, the fairy voice of the fairy in Tsing Yi came from the sky: "If the seven immortals are still nostalgic for mortal dust, they don't have to follow!" ”

The seven did not dare to slack off, arched their hands under the stage, and flew away one after another.

Fourteen figures flew up to Tongtian Island, and the island slowly drifted towards the direction of the sun, drifting farther and farther, and finally disappeared at the place where the sea and the sky met, and the sea returned to its previous appearance, the auspicious clouds retreated, and the wind and waves were calm.

Only then did people dare to raise their voices, some cheered, some exclaimed, some talked loudly, and some knelt down in worship, until the sun rose in the sky, and still did not want to disperse.

After Ren Shifa finished speaking, his expression was still quite excited, and he gasped for a moment and said: "The old man is clumsy and stupid, it is really difficult to describe the scene at that time, if he is not present, no matter how many words can not experience that state of mind, he feels the magic of heaven and earth, feels the insignificance of the mortal world, feels the ethereal of existence, feels the nothingness of life and death, it is difficult to say a word, it is difficult to say a word!" ”

After drinking a glass of wine, he said: "After witnessing that wonder, the old man realized that the word 'sea and sky meet' is not a metaphor, the end of the sea is the sky, the end of the sky is the sea, and the mortal fairyland is one." ”

Everyone listened with fascination and was speechless for a long time. Although the shopkeeper standing behind the counter had heard this story told by Ren Shifa and some of the elderly people in the area countless times, when he listened to it again, he did not feel annoyed at all, but had to put down his work every time and listen to it again, which was really tireless.

For a mortal, not to mention becoming an immortal, it is a glimpse of the immortal face, how far away it is, fortunately, in another five years, Tongtian Island will descend to the mortal world again, and it is not in vain to be able to see that wonder in his lifetime.

The shopkeeper glanced at the back door and saw a teenage boy standing in the back doorway, dressed in a patched homespun coarse coat, half leaning on the doorframe, revealing half of his face, and one eye looking pitifully at the people in the hall.

The shopkeeper walked over and whispered, "Do your job, you've heard this story eight hundred times!" ”

The boy pointed at Song Yuxin and Hu Gaixie, and said timidly: "I don't listen to stories, I'm watching them." ”

The shopkeeper asked, "Do you know them?" ”

The boy shook his head.

The shopkeeper said, "You don't know people, what do you see?" ”

The boy said: "But I know Li Yuan and Pu Chaoying, they are my sworn brothers, and they also practice on Magpie Mountain, I want to ask ......."

The shopkeeper interrupted him impatiently: "What do you ask, and it's useless to ask?" They are them, you are you, you have good qualifications, you were picked up by the elders on Magpie Mountain, and you are separated from them by 108,000 miles! Go and do your work, don't think about becoming an immortal, it is your great blessing to be a person! ”

The boy let out a frustrated sigh and was about to turn around to leave, when Song Yuxin shouted, "That kid, what are you talking about me?" ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly laughed and said: "Don't pay attention to him, he is a miscellaneous guy in the store, obsessed with cultivating and becoming an immortal, but his qualifications are too poor, and he has not been in the mood of the elders of the noble sect several times. Song Yuxin beckoned to the boy and said, "Come here!" ”

The boy glanced at the shopkeeper with an inquiring gaze, and before he could get permission, he stepped over the threshold with one foot, trotted over, and stood in front of Song Yuxin and Hu Gaixi.

Song Yuxin looked at the boy and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The boy said, "My name is Ren Zifei?" ”

Song Yuxin was stunned for a moment, looked at Ren Shifa, and before he could ask, the boy pointed to Ren Shifa and said, "He is my grandfather!" ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly came over and explained: "He has no father or mother, we picked him up, and he usually lives in the store, just because Mr. Ren treats him affectionately and teaches him to read and write, so he calls Mr. Ren grandpa." He originally didn't have a surname, only called Zifei, and later added a 'Ren' surname. ”

Song Yuxin said: "This name is a bit interesting, who gave it to you?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "He was not called Zifei, but Zilai, just because he came uninvited, the guys called him 'Zilai', and he became his name, and he was so ugly that he changed it to Zifei." ”

Song Yuxin became interested and asked, "Why did you come uninvited?" ”

The shopkeeper snorted and said, "One day twelve years ago, when it was dark, I came down from the upper floor, and the child was in the local area, and it was about the full moon at that time, and the teeth had not yet grown, and the people in our store raised him. ”

Song Yuxin sighed, raised his hand and stroked Ren Zifei's hair, and said, "I heard you say just now, do you know Senior Brother Li and Senior Brother Pu?" ”

Ren Zifei nodded and said: "We are still sworn brothers, Li Yuan grew up to me a year old, I am the eldest brother, I am the second brother, Pu Chaoying is one year younger than me, is the third brother, we were a blood alliance, to practice the Tao together, they went to Magpie Mountain the year before last, and never came back, but I couldn't go." ”

As he spoke, his expression was a little gloomy, and his eyes were shining with tears.

Song Yuxin patted Ren Zifei's shoulder, and said with a smile: "You still have a blood alliance?" Do you know what blood is? ”

Ren Zifei shouted: "Why don't you know? You see, the knife on my finger is still there! ”

As he spoke, he stretched out the middle finger of his left hand and stretched it out in front of Song Yuxin.

Song Yuxin pinched his fingers and looked at it, and sure enough, there was a faint trace of blood, and he groaned: "It stands to reason that at your age, your self-healing ability is very strong, and it is only a matter of a few days for the old skin to grow into a new skin, how can this little injury stay for so long?" No wonder ......"

He stopped and sighed softly, the implication was that it was no wonder that you couldn't fall for the Magpie Sect elders, it was really because the qualifications were too poor, not ordinary, and even ordinary people were inferior, let alone meet the strict conditions for recruiting disciples in the Magpie Sect.