According to Han Lu, Bai Yujing, the largest city in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, was located above the main dragon vein of the continent, and its aura was at its peak. At the end of the dragon vein, countless tiny tributaries branched out, covering large and small worldly dynasties and supporting the emperor.

From Xiaocao Village, where Huo Rendong originally lived, to the direction of Bai Yujing, this trip is heavy and long. They could have chosen a more comfortable waterway, but Han Lu said that he was afraid that his family would be in a hurry, so the two of them first accompanied the caravan, and then bought their own carriage.

He was very anxious, not like he was going home to get married, but like he was in a hurry to do something.

Huo Rendong thought that she could endure hardships, but during the time she was away from home, she began to feel uncomfortable, and Han Lu said that it was not suitable for water and soil, and it was nothing serious.

The carriage had been on the road for a month. One day at sunrise, when she saw a shining mountain in the distance, Han Lu excitedly told her that Bai Yujing was ahead.

Surrounded by a barren mountain forest, there are no people in the fields, and it doesn't look like a bustling city is hidden.

It's just that the carriage went around and around through the valley, and when it came out again, the original bleak environment suddenly changed, and a town with people came and went for no reason.

Han Lu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the familiar archway stele.

"This is Qiushui Town under Bai Yujing, my home is here, and I finally arrived in a hurry."

A pair of slender hands lifted the curtain, revealing a delicate girl with a slightly haggard complexion.

Although it was not close, Huo Rendong had already noticed the difference between this place and other small towns.

Rao is outside the town, and the road surface is also paved with bluestone slabs, and the carriage is very smooth to drive. The archway at the entrance of the town is beautifully carved. There are several lush trees planted on both sides, the aura is quite strong, I don't know how many years it has grown, it is so thick that it takes several people to hug it, and there are many incomprehensible red runes hanging on the treetops, like a blessing tree in the temple and Taoism.

There were many people on the road, most of them ordinary people dressed as peddlers and pawns, and they carried their burdens to supply the people inside.

Even so, when these mortals passed through the town gate, they bowed their heads and looked cautious, not to mention laughing and playing, and they didn't even talk loudly, for fear of provoking some big people.

And the "big people" they fear and respect are naturally those immortal cultivators who dress well.

This was the first time Huo Rendong had seen the "Immortal Master" at close range, and unlike the powerful monks who raised their hands at every turn in Han Lu's mouth, these immortal cultivators who were mixed with pedestrians were also ordinary people who walked with two feet and were dusty.

Some are wearing Taoist robes, with long hair fluttering, and holding floating dust, which is very in line with the image of fairy wind bones in people's imagination. Some of them have ordinary faces, but the clothes they wear are like clouds and mist, and there are colorful brilliance circulating.

In addition to this, there are all kinds of strange creatures.

Huo Rongdong saw a white-haired old man, holding a green ox in his hand, this cow actually had two tails, three eyes, and the breath of the spitting carried sparks.

Seeing those people, even Han Lu unconsciously lowered his voice, and he greeted Huo Rendong.

"Come down, you are a mortal woman, and you can't take the car according to Bai Yujing's rules. Monks below the foundation period, everyone has to honestly line up to enter the door. ”

She nodded, endured the pain all over her body, slowly moved out of the car, followed the man, and hugged her coarse cloth bag tightly with both hands.

Han Lu straightened his clothes, coughed lowly, and joined the queue to enter the town with his head held up.

At the gate of the town, two young men in military uniforms stood on the left and right, checking the people entering the city and collecting the money for the passage.

In front of the two of them was a merchant who had brought rice and noodles into the town, and the ox cart was full of grain, and from under the thick canvas, it was impossible to tell if there was anything else entrained.

One of the men in military uniforms nodded the road guide in the vendor's hand, but he didn't even speak.

The merchant nodded and held a piece of broken silver in both hands: "The superfluous filial piety to the immortal master drinks tea." ”

"Count you as acquaintances, go over."

When the ox cart clattered past, it was Han Lu's turn. He didn't give the money, but just raised his hand to show the guide around his waist.

The man who checked looked at him more and said, "Yo, it turned out that Han Jiaerlang had returned home." ”

Han Lu arched his hand as a greeting. The other party has an early stage of Qi refining cultivation, and he himself is just inducing Qi into his body, so this attitude is normal.

"I've seen the second brother of the Li family, but I haven't seen you for a year, and your cultivation has improved a lot."

Seeing this, the man named Li Er pulled the corners of his mouth, but his eyes circled around Huo Rongdong's face behind him, and his eyes were amazing.

But in the end, he also wanted to give the surname Han three points of thin noodles, so he quickly waved his hand and let him go.

The two of them passed the checkpoint gate smoothly and entered the town along the bluestone path.

The town of Autumn Water is much larger than the ordinary towns of the Mortal Kingdom, with a patch of houses and crowded pedestrians.

Although there are also vendors selling soup cakes, sugar figures, and steamed steamed buns on both sides of the market, the smell of sweat and cow and horse feces is very mixed. But Huo Yongdong just felt that as soon as he came in, his mind was clear, and the whole person even breathed comfortably.

Han Lu looked at her and couldn't help but smile and said, "There are dragon veins under Qiushui Town, and immortals and mortals live together in the town, even if you don't cultivate, people will live much longer than outside." But the mortals in Bai Yujing can't enter, so even for the slightest opportunity to cultivate immortals, those mortals will pour in like pigs and dogs. ”

His words were rude, and there was a little more arrogance on his face that he didn't have when he was in Xiaocao Village, Huo Rendong looked at such a fiancé, and there was a faint sense of crisis in his heart, which was very uncomfortable.

Along the way, Han Lu often greeted people, and most of the other parties were children of the same age as him, and the same qualifications were not good.

Occasionally, he met a child who was only hanging down, but he had to bend down respectfully to give way.

Huo Rendong asked, but he didn't elaborate, his face was a little embarrassed: "Regardless of the worldly wealth in the cultivation realm, only the cultivation is high and low. ”

The Han family is also a big family in Qiushui Town, with more than 100 people, and they are not considered servants. The Korean house is located in the western corner, and the scale is very magnificent.

Two mortal servants stood at the door and waited, and when they saw the two of them, they called the third prince in their mouths.

Han Lu was familiar with the way in, and walked through the corridor of copying flowers, and there were many mothers-in-law and maids in the courtyards on both sides doing their work, turning over clothes, grain, and the little maids were taking care of some strange-shaped monsters.

After another moon gate, it was noticeably quieter. The houses are planted with beautiful flowers and trees that cannot be named, the smoke is curling, and there are bird bells hanging under the eaves, and when the wind blows and vibrates, it will make a crisp jingle sound, which is a bit of fairy style.

It's just that Huo Rongdong looked at the dark doorway, and felt that there was a man-eating beast hidden in it, and a trace of retreat sprouted in his heart.

Han Lu was already standing by the door waiting for her: "Why don't you come over quickly?" ”

Huo Rendong frowned, lifted his skirt and stepped forward.

At this time, a young girl broke into the corridor on the other side, who looked no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, with a gorgeous hairpin ring and a delicate dress.

The girl's unscrupulous gaze was on Huo Rongdong, and she looked up and down wantonly for a long time, with some jealousy in her eyes, and only after a while did she face Han Lu and said coldly.

"Third brother, do you finally remember to come back?"

She pointed at Huo Rongdong, "Who is this, why do you bring all the women from the mountains and villages to your home." Carefully clean up the mud on your body, don't dirty the threshold of my house, it's an eyesore to look at. ”

With that, he snorted and walked through the doorway on the other side.

scolded both brother and sister-in-law in one sentence.

Han Lu's face was not very good-looking, but he didn't have a trace of brotherly majesty in the face of this arrogant little sister.

"This is the seventh girl of my family, Han Yuzhi. She is a double spirit root talent, and she has been valued by the head of the family since she was a child, and her temper has always been like this. ”

Huo Rongdong nodded, his face was impassive, and he couldn't see any displeasure.

It's just that she disdains it in her heart.

What about cultivating longevity, even ordinary etiquette and shame can't be taught, a good girl in the prime of her life is so disgusting.

Han Lu led her into the backyard and turned around to a slightly remote courtyard.

In the hall, a middle-aged man in his thirties, wearing a brocade robe with copper coins, and holding a string of prayer beads in his hand.

Huo Rongdong was still wondering about the identity of this person, so he saw Han Lu kneel down in his robe: "Father! ”

She was surprised, but she immediately followed suit. Han Lu is nineteen years old, but his father is only thirty?

Han Tuo's gaze swept over his son, moved to the well-behaved Huo Rendong in the rear, and nodded with satisfaction: "Get up." ”

Han Lu introduced Huo Rongdong, but the young father didn't seem to be interested in his future daughter-in-law, and only repeatedly confirmed that she had no family members alive.

"Lu'er, you have been away from home for more than a year and have delayed your cultivation. Now that the once-in-a-decade sect election is about to begin, the Tianyan Sect, the Thousand Machine Pavilion, and the Sun Moon Sect will all open mountains to accept disciples, and there are only a dozen people of appropriate age in the clan. You have to concentrate on cultivation and make the most of this opportunity. ”

After speaking, he seemed to think of something again, "By the way, take Miss Huo to the ancestral hall to test the spiritual root." ”

Han Lu arched his hand: "Yes, I will live up to my father's expectations." ”

After saying that, Han Tuo closed his eyes and waved his hand, and Han Lu took Huo Rendong and retreated respectfully.

A servant took them to a more remote courtyard, which was already next to the outer wall of the house.

"This is the courtyard where I used to live, there are two wings, and I have to go to the academy to practice with my clan brother on weekdays. You stay in the courtyard for a long time, and if there is anything missing, inform the servants in the house, and someone will send you three meals a day. ”

Huo Rongdong heard the perfunctory meaning in his words, and couldn't help but grab the man's sleeve: "Han Lang, do you want to leave me alone?" ”

Han Lu saw her beautiful eyes and comforted: "As long as I enter the sect election, our marriage will go smoothly." This is a big deal, Han Yuzhi I met just now, she has been dragging her feet and refusing to go to the small sect for the past few years, just waiting for this time to accept disciples into the big sect. ”

There was a clear unwillingness in his tone.

After speaking, he didn't look at her again, raised his feet and walked out of the dilapidated courtyard, without even looking back.

Huo Rongdong stood at the door of the small courtyard, still holding his coarse cloth package.

Soon, she lived the life of carved beams and paintings, brocade clothes and jade food promised by Han Lu.

It is said that it is rich, but it is actually not very good.

Han Lu's qualifications are extremely poor and he is not pampered, and his yard is already very old. The furniture, tables and chairs are all gloomy colors, and in some places even the paint is peeling off, and everywhere is shabby and dilapidated.

But there was a mother-in-law and two maids who served her.

The mother-in-law was sent by Han Lu's mother, the Wang family, and stared at her all day long, talking about serving but doing nothing.

The two little maids are not very old, and they don't know what to ask.

In the afternoon, the maids brought several fine satin dresses, all of which were bought in the tailor's shop. There are also two boxes for jewelry hairpin rings, mostly silk flowers, which are not too valuable.

First, Huo Nindong had no long things, and his linen clothes looked even simpler than the servants. Second, I probably also wanted to deal with a dying person like her, so there was no need to bother and send things away.

Huo Rendong was already stunning, and he couldn't even hide his good appearance with a jingchai cloth skirt, but now he changed into satin clothes, and he was even more lined with "pretty like a peach in three springs, and a chrysanthemum in nine autumns", which stunned the two little girls.

Huo Rongdong looked at the gold and silver silently, and there was no wave in his heart.

On the second day, Han Lu came to visit, and he wanted to take her to the ancestral hall of the clan to test the spiritual root.

Seeing Huo Rendong dressed up, he couldn't help but be amazed, but there was a struggle in his eyes, and finally he returned to a dead silence.

"Let's go, let's go and test your spiritual root." Although she said so, neither Huo Rongdong nor Han Lu herself thought that she would have talent.

The two bypassed the noisy main courtyard and went to the secluded ancestral hall at the back. Along the way, walking on the bluestone path, the fallen leaves of the huge ginkgo biloba on the side of the road fell under their feet, rustling.

But they no longer have any sympathy for each other when they were in Xiaocao Village.

Huo Rongdong wanted to speak several times, but was blocked by his cold face.

She bit her lower lip hard, and her heart became more and more uneasy.

The gray walls and black tiles of the ancestral hall dedicated to the ancestors, coupled with the mottled blue bricks at the door, and the moss spreading in the corners of the walls, are full of a strange and dead atmosphere.

There was only Han Lu at the scene, and his steps were fast. Huo Rongdong barely followed, she subconsciously turned her head sideways, and saw the spirit flags floating in the ancestral hall, and the immortal spirit positions were densely packed, like human faces.

In the middle of the hut on one side was a large thing that looked like a stone grinding disc. It's just that it's wrapped with red rope for prayer, and there are a lot of incense around.

"This is our ancestral spirit stone, which can measure the spiritual root." Han Lu stretched out his finger and pointed, there was suppressed nervousness in his tone, "Go ahead, put your hand on the spirit stone." ”