Chapter 3 To Luoxiamen
"Xiaoxue, you're back! Let Grandpa see where you've been, ahem! Ahem, ahem! Old man Zhang coughed excitedly, and held Tianxuedi's hand to support him to get up.
Seeing his grandfather's withered expression, Tianxue couldn't help but cry.
"Grandpa, don't get excited, I'll tell you everything." As he spoke, he told all his adventures in detail.
After listening to this, Old Man Zhang pondered for a while before saying: "I didn't expect you to have such an adventure, when I picked you up, it was snowing heavily, but you had a ruddy face and a calm expression, at that time it was only magical, and now it seems that it may really be this chain protecting you." Now that you've decided that you want to embark on the path of cultivating immortals, let's go to Luoxia Gate. ”
"Grandpa, do you know Luoxiamen too?" Tianxue asked.
"When I was young, I also went out to work, and I saw the immortals of Luoxiamen, which is really an immortal." Old man Zhang was also a little embarrassed when he recalled the past.
"Can that immortal really fly with a sword and live forever?" Tianxue couldn't help but be a little curious.
"Really, the immortal I saw is three hundred years old, but his appearance is still the same as that of a young man in his twenties, and I heard that immortals who have cultivated to a higher level can also move mountains and reclaim the sea!." Old man Zhang said yearningly.
"Grandpa, then you go to Luoxiamen with me, maybe your body will get better!" Tianxue said.
"Ahem, ahem! Grandpa is old, Lang Zhong said that my limit has come, I'm afraid I can't go with you. Old man Zhang said.
"Then I'll go find that elixir for you to eat, and you will definitely get better." Tianxue was so anxious that she began to cry.
"Good boy, due to destiny, there is no need to force it." Old man Zhang already knew that his life was short, and he only hoped that Tianxue would have a good home.
"People will eventually die, I have always been concerned about you these days, if I go, what will you do as an orphan girl! Now that you know that you have the ability, it is good to be able to protect yourself. You must go to Luoxiamen, and you may be able to reunite with your family one day in the future. As he spoke, Old Man Zhang coughed even more violently.
"Grandpa! I promise you. Tianxue cried and said.
Subsequently, Tianxue took care of his grandfather at home every day.
When the neighbors went up the mountain to look for someone before, they found Tianxue's back basket, thinking that Tianxue fell to death in order to pick this purple grass, and no one swallowed it privately, so they sold all the fairy grass, and asked Lang Zhong to exchange money for old man Zhang to see a doctor. Now that I have the 6,000 money left, I can live for a while.
However, Old Man Zhang couldn't do it after all, even if Tianxue took care of him, he still died a month later.
Why? Why do people have to endure the pain of birth, old age, sickness and death? What is the Tao and what is the Tao pursued by immortal cultivators? Eternal life? Is eternal life immortal? The sad Tianxue thought ignorantly.
After bidding farewell to his grandfather, Tianxue embarked on the road to Luoxiamen.
Finally, after two months of arduous trekking, Tianxue came to Luoxiamen, just in time for the triennial gathering of disciples in Luoxiamen.
"Where did the little Hanako come from? Also come to Luoxiamen. I saw a dazzlingly dressed girl looking at the snow with disgust.
This girl is only eleven or twelve years old, but her body is extraordinary, wearing pink satin clothes, a few golden steps on her head are shining gold, her eyebrows and eyes are raised, and she looks at the ragged Tianxue with contempt.
"I'm not a little Hanako, I'm here to apprentice," Tianxue said angrily.
"Apprentice, I'm here to apprentice. I am Qi Yan, the county lord of Linchuan County, and only a noble identity like me is worthy of coming to this Luoxia Gate. You! Hum! The girl's arrogant expression deeply pierced Tianxue's heart.
"That is, even if it is the daughter of an ordinary family, who comes to worship the teacher, who is not bathing and fasting to show sincerity. Look at this little Hanako, dirty! And the crowd also stirred up. Tianxue looked at her tattered clothes, her feet were worn out, she bit her lip and lowered her head in shame.
"A cultivator should have no distractions in his mind and not be disturbed by the world. You are waiting to vote for me. But in front of the door to sing the praises of wealth and status, it is better to go back early! A sharp voice rang out.
This is the rare first-in-the-first disciple of Zhengyang in a thousand years. Zhengyang Zhenren doesn't like mundane affairs, doesn't take charge of affairs, and only cultivates wholeheartedly, so he can be said to be the strongest person in Luoxiamen. But this is the only disciple who heard that he picked it up in the 100,000 mountains 20 years ago. This streamer's character is even more ruthless than that of the master, and he will never be colorless. Therefore, although all the female cultivators were obsessed with that shocking appearance, they did not dare to be presumptuous.
"Senior brother is right, why don't you hurry up and line up, log in to the register, or get started and take the exam." When the disciple in charge saw the streamer appear, he also hurriedly put on a straight face and taught everyone a lesson.
The people stood as they were told, and said no more. Tianxue secretly looked up, only to see that the young man who had spoken up had disappeared into the mountain gate, and couldn't help but thank himself in his heart.
The young man's words were not so much a reprimand as a reprimand, but not for himself. Although she is an orphan girl, she has not done anything wrong, and she should be neither humble nor arrogant. I was so ashamed that I was shaken by a few words from others just now. Tianxue thought silently in her heart.
After the disciples in charge have registered all the applicants, everyone will enter the test to participate in the test.
"The first level: the hiking trail. One hour is limited, and those who do not reach the top of the mountain are eliminated! Don't use your spiritual power! After the disciple in charge finished speaking, everyone began to climb the mountain.
Tianxue grew up in the mountains and forests since she was a child, and she thought that climbing the mountain would not be a difficult task, and the others set off with confidence.
At first, the snow can be relaxed, but when I climb to the mountainside, I feel that my legs are as heavy as lead. Sure enough, the confident contestants just now were already out of breath, and some stopped to rest.
"This mountain is really weird, my legs can't be lifted at all, I want to take a break" The person who spoke was a man named Zhang Qiang.
"Don't let you use your spiritual power yet, your legs won't be wasted when you go up!" The thin scholar on the side shouted.
After walking for a long time, Tianxue also felt tired, but he did not stop. Others still have a home to go back to, but what about themselves? Grandpa is dead, where is he going to be an orphan girl? This is his only hope, just climbing the mountain, how can he give up easily. After strengthening her belief in her heart, Tianxue gritted her teeth and continued to move forward with heavy steps.
"Hey! Little is called Hanako! Aren't you tired? I'm so tired, let's talk, so we can distract ourselves. "I didn't expect this golden and noble county lord to follow, Tianxue was very surprised, it seems that it is not useless!
"My name is Tianxue, don't call me Hanako anymore."
"Okay, my name is Qi Yan, I won't call you Hanako."
"You are the lord of the county, why don't you go home and enjoy the glory and wealth, you have to come and suffer this hardship." Tianxue asked casually.
"If you want to take care of it, I'm willing!" Qi Yan didn't want to talk about his situation.
It turned out that although Qi Yan was the county lord, her mother died early, her father remarried, and her stepmother wanted to marry her to an old man, so she escaped.
"What about you, look at you as dirty as a little flower, don't you have a family?" Qi Yan asked casually.
"I didn't have parents, and my grandfather died." Tianxue didn't hide it, and said bluntly.
When Qi Yan heard this, he felt a little sympathetic. Looking at Tianxue's young age, I can't help but regret a little bit, whether what I said just now was a little too much.
"Oh, my mother died early, we both have the same disease, and no one dislikes anyone." Qi Yan said happily.
"You are the county lord, how can I compare." Tianxue said.
"Didn't Senior Brother say it just now? After entering the Xianmen, the wealth and identity are all things outside the body, anyway, I am going to enter the Luoxia Gate. Maybe I'm your sister. Qi Yan is still so arrogant.
Tianxue was defeated by this logic, and just now he called himself a little Hanako, and now he is ashamed to be his senior sister. This county lord is really straightforward.
Two very different girls fight with each other, you come and go. I didn't expect to climb to the top of the mountain in this way.
Looking up, there were already eight or nine people on the top of the mountain, all of whom were so tired that they collapsed to the ground. Tianxue and the two of them also sat down to rest immediately, just because they were girls after all, and they also took a little care of their image. Later, four people came up one after another, and no one came up again.
Tianxue looked up, from thirty or forty people who had just entered the mountain, to these fifteen people, and more than half of the people were screened out at this first level. I don't know what kind of danger the next level will be, Tianxue thought.
"Congratulations everyone, you have passed the first level of assessment, please follow me" At this time, the disciple in charge appeared, with a yellow disc flashing under his feet, and everyone walked over nervously and walked to this disc.
"This is the teleportation array, don't be afraid," perhaps seeing everyone's worries, the disciple in charge explained.
As soon as the words ended, everyone appeared in front of a row of houses.
"Tomorrow, the second level of assessment, today everyone is tired, you can go to the wing room to rest by yourself. Two people in one room, free matching" As soon as the words fell, everyone couldn't wait to go to the room, and Tianxue naturally chose a room with Qi Yan.
"There is Bigu Dan in the room, one grain can last a day, you don't need to eat again, everyone please have a good rest, gather here tomorrow, you are not allowed to be late" The disciple in charge told him again and again, and left.
"Bigu Dan, it's amazing." As he spoke, Qi Yan picked up a pill from the bottle on the table and swallowed it, then turned his head and handed the other one to Tianxue. Tianxue was curious, and took it and ate Bigu Dan.
I only felt that the feeling that I was still hungry just now disappeared immediately, and I was full of strength.
"Ah, I'm so tired, let's get some sleep!" Saying that, Qi Yan lay down with his head down, and after climbing the mountain for a day, Tianxue also felt that his legs were tired, so he fell asleep together. The two girls snuggled together and spent the first night of entering the Luoxia Gate.