When the darkness cleared, Zhang Xiao found herself lying in the cave again.

Is this the resurrection point?

This kind of real game experience, if you don't beat a lot of game manufacturers, you have to sell crazy if you put it out.

Compared with last time, I omitted a lot of the exploration process, packed my luggage directly, and just stepped out of the door.

The cold wind blew, and a faint mist suddenly appeared between the entire mountain field.

ZHANG Xiao:.

Did you skip it?

The female trick in the red wedding dress stood not far behind her with her head bowed:

"Don't have too many little Taoists."

"Okay, then I'll go?"

The rest of the girl's words were suddenly gone, as if she hadn't thought that Zhang Xiao would say this.

Quiet, silent, awkward.

After a long while, the female trick's voice sounded again:

"Where do you come from, where do you go back, there is a land temple on the way you come, after worshipping, take half a bowl of incense ash.

Every other moment, take a pinch of incense ash, let the wind blow away, and follow the direction of the incense ash.

Otherwise, you will never be able to get out. ”

The female trick disappeared again.

Zhang Xiao pinched her chin, her eyes flashed with interest, this female trick seemed to be quite special.

Generally speaking, a female trick with a lot of resentment rarely keeps her sanity.

Their thinking was, 'I just want to kill all of you in this room, or be killed by all of you.'" ’

People like this who can not only communicate, but also say such coherent and logical words are generally very special ghosts.

I just don't know what kind of female trick this kind is.

This time, he didn't wait for dawn, but simply packed his bags and ran straight towards the village at the foot of the mountain.

I walked for less than a moment.

The red-clothed woman reappeared, raised her hideous and terrifying face, and stared at him directly:

"Man. Not credible. ”

Zhang Xiao only felt that the hairs on his body exploded, and he instinctively turned on the golden light spell.

But this woman in red seemed to have a special ability, and Zhang Xiao only felt that the whole person was frozen.

Not to mention fighting back, I can't even move.

He even watched as the female trick turned into a blood-red shadow and circled around him.

Finally broke the golden light curse.

It was dark in front of him, and a faint voice came from his ears again:

"You're dead."

ZHANG Xiao:.

It seems that this female trick is like a rule line in the game, untouchable, and if the rules are triggered, it is death?

What if you just fight in full state?

Zhang Xiao rushed out.

In the open space outside the cave, there was a sudden thunder and explosion, and the golden light and red light were intertwined.

It didn't take more than five minutes.

Zhang Xiao appeared in the cave again.

Well, it's confirmed, you can't beat it, you can't beat it no matter how you think about it, unless the Qiankun bag is there, and you can directly throw out the talisman at the bottom of the box.

A wave of rational reasoning, this is a bit outrageous.

But even such a strong ghost can't do anything about Xiaoyang Village, what the hell is going on?

There are also those three ancestors who heard that there were evil ghosts in Xiaoyang Village, so they went to Xiaoyang Village to investigate.

This female trick obviously didn't cause any harm, on the contrary, she was very reasonable and easy to speak.

So, there are other evil ghosts in Xiaoyang Village?

Or just play the game like I used to, as long as I die enough, I'll take my life and make a way for you.

Die!

Die!

Die!

Zhang Xiao was lying in the cave, panting heavily, with a deep confusion in her eyes.

No, this village is poisonous, right?

Drinking tea will die, going to a tavern to eat will die, inn accommodation will still die.

Even the buns that I thought were safe before actually had problems.

I've died so many times that I've even started to feel a little anxious.

Suspicious and suspicious, I feel that there is something wrong with everything I see.

The question is, why did the people of Xiaoyang Village have to kill me?

Also, whether it's the woman in red or the little girl, let me go.

Especially that little girl

Except for the first time when she was given a meat bun, it didn't seem to be there later.

Zhang Xiao fell into deep thought.

In the early morning, Xiaoyang Village seemed to come to life again, Zhang Xiao changed his clothes, and looked like an ordinary peasant boy.

Fortunately, his previous experience outside made him a little darker, but he had the temperament of a peasant boy.

The village is still the same as before.

There are already many people walking back and forth on the bluestone slab.

There are merchants and peddlers with carts, and there are farmers who seem to be going out with hoes.

The shop had already been opened, and large streams of white water vapor came out of the steamer, with the tempting aroma of meat buns, and rushed straight to the nose.

The owner of the grocery store yawned, removed the movable planks, and laid out a dazzling array of goods.

Zhang Xiao turned a blind eye to all this, just silently shuttled through the crowd, after many previous death experiences.

It seems that the less interaction you have with your surroundings, the less likely you are to die.

So be sure to make yourself ordinary enough that you won't even attract the attention of others.

In fact, this time he got the bet right.

This is the first time I have walked around the town completely, and I haven't 'died strangely' yet.

Zhang Xiao slowly withdrew from the original road, stood at the entrance of Xiaoyang Village, and looked back at the village again.

Now it's time to try something else - what if you don't follow the methods of female sophistication and just leave?

As soon as I entered the woods, the previous sunlight was covered by the overlapping trees.

The cold wind roars among the treetops, the ancient trees are towering, and the shadows of the trees are shading, covering the sky and the sun, as if walking into an ancient dream.

Occasionally, a ray of sunlight shines through the gap in the branches, but it looks even more eerie.

It was so quiet that it was palpitating, and there was nothing but the click of dead branches and leaves under your feet.

Zhang Xiao took two steps, only to feel that his body was getting heavier and heavier, and even took one step and was so tired that he was out of breath.

He stopped and looked at his hands.

The young man's powerful and delicate hands had turned into a wrinkled, stiff and rough appearance at some point.

It looks like it's seventy or eighty.

Zhang Xiao struggled to take out a wand and conjure a mirror, but saw that he had become a gray-haired old man in the mirror.

He found a large tree, leaned against its trunk, and sat down slowly.

I closed my eyes, pondered for a long time, and suddenly laughed.

In fact, the answer has been known for a long time.

Then the whole person seemed to suddenly lose his strength, and his head fell suddenly.

"You're dead."

In the cave, Zhang Xiao lay on the cover, motionless, just staring at the top of the uneven cave.

"It's a test."

He said to himself.

"It's like an exam, and you're familiar with it.

It's just a gamble at the end of the day, as you've done countless times.

What is the key and fundamental to doing the question? ”

Zhang Xiao closed her eyes and exhaled softly:

"It's to find out the thinking of the questioner. What does he want to test me? ”

Is it power? Is it magic mastery? Is it fighting skills?

Neither.

Zhang Xiao stood up, packed her luggage, and waved her hand outside.

Bye!

Sure enough, when setting off in the opposite direction, there was no female trick.

I didn't go far to see a dilapidated earth temple.

Well. It's kind of like Professor Flitwick's.

After the sincere worship, Zhang Xiao took half a bowl of incense ashes, and every other moment he pinched up a small pinch of incense ashes and scattered them in the air.

Follow the direction in which the incense ash is blowing.

Just go all the way.

By the time the incense ash ran out, Zhang Xiao had already come to a huge hole.

Am I in a cave?

He was stunned and praised it in one step.

"During the apocalypse of tomorrow, three of my disciples of Longhu Mountain, walking here, heard that there are demons in the mountains, and they cannot return to the mountains.

The Heavenly Master ordered Longhu Mountain to walk all over the world, and Zhuge Hong went to investigate.

Zhuge Hong was ordered to go, but he wandered around the mountain pass and did not dare to enter, so he used the magic of spiritual transformation to investigate, and returned in ten days.

Said: This scene is empty, and you will die if you enter it.

The Heavenly Master came in person, led one hundred and eight disciples of Longhu Mountain, and set up the Tiangang and Earth Evil Array, trapped in this scene for 16 days. ”

The faint male voice gradually faded away.

Zhang Xiao slowly opened her eyes, this time it was not a cave after all.

"Awake? Okay, boy, it's only been less than 10 times since you reincarnated and found the only answer? ”

Zhang Chengdao and Li Qingshu were sitting on the Eight Immortals table in the room, looking at themselves with a smile.

Zhang Xiao shook her head vigorously, trying to sober herself up.

"I just figured it out in the end."

got out of bed and sat down at the table, Li Qingshu pushed over a cup of tea, and Zhang Xiao subconsciously wanted to hide.

But it's the sequelae left in the illusion before.

"Xiaoxiao, it's already out." Li Qingshu comforted Wen Yan, and released a golden light as he spoke, proving that what he said was true.

After a cup of tea, Zhang Xiao felt a lot more comfortable.

"Mom, Dad, so this is the first level of the pre-ordination test?"

Zhang Chengdao nodded:

"That's right, since the discovery of this illusion during the Apocalypse.

It's been used to test disciples. ”

Zhang Chengdao said meaningfully:

"Xiaoxiao, what do you think you need to walk the world, in addition to being proficient in talismans and passing the Dao skills?"

"It's to protect yourself!" Zhang Xiao said without hesitation.

This was the answer he figured out at the last minute, and if it weren't for figuring it out, I would still be stumbling in the illusion at this time.

"Yes, the most important thing in walking the rivers and lakes is to protect yourself.

Rather than sacrificing your life for righteousness, it is more afraid that you will die before you leave the school, and you will die before you leave Jiangxi.

Maybe sometimes, a glass of highly poisonous liquor, a simple trap, a clumsy lie, can make you doomed.

At least at this moment, if you are drinking tea, drinking and eating in the future, you will instinctively want to check if there is any poison.

That's what the Daomen wants to teach you.

Sometimes, the human heart is darker than demons and monsters. ”

Zhang Xiao recalled his previous experience, and he was still a little afraid, he really didn't want to recall the strange and complicated way of dying.

"Dad, how many times did you go through this level of reincarnation?"

Zhang Chengdao's face, which was originally a senior's style, suddenly collapsed, and the corners of his eyes and mouth twitched a few times:

"This."

Li Qingshu smiled and said nothing, but this time she was not ready to expose her husband's shortcomings in front of her son, sometimes it was too much, and once or twice it could be said to be funny.

If you expose it again and again, you can't really say it.

After all, Zhang Chengdao was a rare person who didn't hit the south wall and didn't look back, and plunged into Xiaoyang Village.

In the end, there are too many reincarnations, and the energy is exhausted and sent out in a coma.

Fortunately, this test does not require everyone to pass all of them, it is more like a class.

In fact, this illusion can only be used once, after all, the second time is prepared, and it will not have the effect of teaching and testing at all.

Zhang Xiao saw that her mother didn't mean to say it, and immediately turned the topic to the aspect he was most interested in.

"Mom and Dad, what's going on with that illusion? Did it really happen in history? ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Chengdao's face became much more serious, and he nodded slowly and said:

"That's right, the voices you hear in the illusion are the truth.

At that time, the world of Longhu Mountain was Zhuge Hong's predecessor, and this senior was already the first person of the younger generation of Longhu Mountain at that time.

It's like your dad and I am. ”

Li Qingshu and Zhang Xiao showed 'admiration' eyes together, and Zhang Chengdao cleared his throat twice:

But Zhuge Hong's predecessors arrived at the foot of that mountain, but they didn't dare to go in, according to the classics of Longhu Mountain.

Zhuge Hong's predecessors once said; 'Walking to the front of the mountain, sweating profusely, if you start the idea of moving, then the two tremble, and you can't restrain yourself'

His strength is strong enough, and Lingjue told him that there was a great terror ahead, but those three disciples may be because their strength level is slightly lower.

There was no movement at all, and this caused the disaster. ”

Zhang Chengdao suddenly stopped talking and smacked his lips: "Some mouths are dry." ”

Zhang Xiao poured a cup of tea with a very eye-catching look and held it with both hands:

"Dad, moisten your throat, and then what?"

"Yes, incense! Sweet! ”

Li Qingshu snorted, and then said:

"Mom told you, this Zhuge Hong's predecessors can't advance, but if they retreat, I'm afraid that this place will become a source of calamity.

He sat down at the gate of the mountain peak, and used the spiritual technique of the Daomen, with the illusion, to go in and investigate.

He searched for ten days and finally came back to his life.

After hearing this, the Heavenly Master led people there, this is a big move that Longhu Mountain has been able to count for hundreds of years!

In the end, the Heavenly Master went alone, and after he came out, he laid down a great array of heaven and earth, and it took sixteen days to wipe out that place. ”

Zhang Xiao was like listening to a commentary, she didn't dare to breathe, and pricked up her ears to listen carefully:

"And then, the Heavenly Master must have found out something, right? And what about the three ancestors? ”

Zhang Chengdao sighed:

"You've seen all three of them."

"I've seen them all?"

"Little girl, the land lord, the female ghost in the wedding dress."

Zhang Xiao only felt that his whole body was full of a trembling tingling.

He never thought that those three were the three ancestors, but it seemed that they were the only three of them in the entire small village who were releasing kindness to him.

But how did those ancestors become like that?

"The Heavenly Master said that it was distorted and abnormal, and it had become a strange domain, and the two senior brothers were killed one after another, but the last senior brother found an important clue at the end.

But he couldn't hold it anymore, so he released the trick he had collected before he came here, and fed the trick with his body, leaving a little spirituality.

It was because he knew that the Daomen would definitely continue to send people here, and when the time came, he would be able to remind the people in the Daomen that this place was ominous, so don't waste your life.

The other person used the technique of sitting down to condense all his spirituality into his bones.

Burn the self (harmony) with divine fire, leave the ashes, and guide the people of the Dao Gate out.

The last senior brother is the most shallow, and his spiritual preservation is not intact, and only by giving her a bun can she be prompted.

Because of that female brother, when she was a child, her favorite thing was steamed buns.

The fact that the bun will turn into something like air-dried powder is also a reminder that everything you see is false.

The more exchanges and communication are generated, the deeper they get trapped, and in the end they are assimilated and cannot extricate themselves. ”

There was silence in the room, and Zhang Xiao let out a long breath, and she didn't know how many times a story like this had happened in the long river of history.

And how many thrilling things are not known to outsiders.

Zhang Chengdao and Li Qingshu stood up: "Xiaoxiao, take a good rest, although you have been in the illusion for a long time, in fact, only an hour has passed."

Tomorrow there will be two other official tests.

This is a hard condition, and if you can't get through, you really have to wait for next year. ”

Zhang Xiao nodded and said that she knew, but when her parents walked to the door, she suddenly remembered something:

"Dad, is that Xiaoyang Village really called Xiaoyang Village?"

Zhang Chengdao's body paused for a moment, and said softly:

"It's not. Its original name was Peach Blossom Spring. ”

Zhang Xiao was like a robot, lying stiffly on the bed, covered with a quilt, but she couldn't sleep.

All that goes over and over in my mind is the Peach Blossom Spring, and the unforgettable Peach Blossom Spring.

In the Jin Dynasty, the Wuling people fished for their business.

Walk around the river, forget the distance of the road.

Suddenly, the peach blossom forest, hundreds of steps between the shore, there are no miscellaneous trees in it, the fragrant grass is delicious, and the fallen flowers are colorful.

The fisherman is very different, and he goes forward again, wanting to exhaust his forest.

When the forest runs out of water, there will be a mountain, and the mountain has a small mouth, as if there is light.

Drop off the boat and enter from the mouth.

At the beginning, it is extremely narrow, and only then can it be passed. After dozens of steps, it suddenly became clear.

The mountain has a small opening, and suddenly it opens up.

Shangri-La!

Although she tossed and turned in bed for a long time before falling asleep, Zhang Xiao still felt refreshed when she woke up the next day.

The clothes had already been delivered, neatly stacked and placed on the table.

After washing, Zhang Xiao couldn't wait to pick up the folded clothes.

It was a plain white robe, similar to what several of Mao Xuexian's disciples wore when he was looking at the river.

is also like the one in "Under One Man", the kind that Wang also wears, but the color is different.

Dad mentioned this point, under Longhu Mountain, or the secular Daomen, most of the rules are inherited from their own blessed land.

It's just that because of some necessary factors and unnecessary factors, the original things are expanded and more cumbersome and complicated.

Dad said. This is because secular Taoism needs rituals more, but why it is ritual, Zhang Chengdao did not say.

So at this moment, there are not so many rules in Shanglonghu Mountain, in fact, it was originally, and Daomen actually inherited more of a Taoist idea of mixing other things.

Zhang Xiao looked at it for a while, then let go of his hand, and the clothes writhed and walked over.

made a posture of opening his arms and put it directly on Zhang Xiao's body.

The cloth shoes also flew up by themselves, and I don't know what the cloth shoes are made of, and they are very comfortable on the feet.

After the robe was tied, he didn't wear a crown, but he just pulled up his half-length hair and tied it in a bun on the top of his head.

Use a wooden hairpin to fix it at will.

It's better to be a door!

That is, when the altar is sacrificed to the heavens, it is necessary to wear ceremonial vestments.

Other times, they were dressed up casually, but everyone was basically wearing three kinds of robes: blue, white, and blue.

In the small courtyard, Zhang Chengdao and Li Qingshu also changed into similar dresses, with fluttering robes and elegant charm.

I have seen a lot of parents in suits and leather shoes, and the two of them look like at this moment.

Zhang Xiao couldn't help but be amazed:

"Dad, Mom, it's so chic and beautiful! Immortal couple! ”

Li Qingshu smiled: "Okay, okay, let's go, fast today, two pills of Bigu Dan per person."

Oh, it's yours. ”

Zhang Xiao took two round Bigu Dan, which were about the same size as longan, and remembered that the taste was difficult to eat, just like sawdust.

Because it is delicious, there will be greedy little Taoist children who will eat Bigu pills as snacks.

Put one into his mouth and chew it casually twice, Zhang Xiao stared at his eyes and clenched his fists, and tried hard to swallow the Bigu pill.

It's really unpalatable!

It's just that the effect is quite good, just a short time after the stomach, Zhang Xiao felt a warm current gradually dissipate from the stomach.

The feeling of fullness came over immediately.

"Mom and Dad, I'm ready, let's go!"

Zhang Xiao followed her parents to a huge square, and after a rough glance, she felt a little inexplicably familiar.

The square is paved with huge pieces of white marble.

There's a huge gossip in the middle.

The edge of the square is shrouded in mist, like a fairyland.

Isn't this the square in the Golden Book of Jade?

It turns out that the golden book and jade book are rubbed here?

At this moment, there are already many people coming to this square, and there is a steady stream of people coming from all directions in various ways.

Zhang Xiao saw jasper-like leaves, gourds, boats, and even kites and the like.

It's like a clutter meeting.

It's more like a family of their own, calling friends to come over.

Everyone was elated as if they were attending some kind of assembly, found their favorite position, and stood up together in twos and threes.

"Dad, are they all here for the assessment? Is this assessment so popular? ”

Zhang Xiao saw that the number of people was almost in the thousands—because the size of each Hogwarts banquet was not even a tenth of that.

How many people attend a Hogwarts banquet?

There are less than 500 faculty members

"It has always been like this, although this Dragon and Tiger Mountain is a blessed land, there is no activity ceremony worth talking about.

Except for a few major ceremonies, everyone was more of a Qing cultivator, or to help Zhao Yuanxu solve some very difficult problems.

There is also a part of the responsibility that has to be in the mountains all the time.

So. That's what it looks like. ”

Zhang Chengdao said a few words and patted his shoulder: "Go to the gossip to gather, the time is almost up."

Don't stress anything! ”

Li Qingshu also rubbed Zhang Xiao's head, and also clenched his fists to cheer him on.

Zhang Xiao took a few deep breaths: "Well, I'll go." ”

On top of the gossip, there are already some people standing scattered, some old and some young, and the big one looks middle-aged.

The small ones are about seventeen or eighteen, and they add up to about eighty or ninety people.

This is who is going to participate in the Conferral this year?

Seeing Zhang Xiao, a 'young man' with a tender face, many people showed a look of surprise.

Others pondered.

"Little Daoyou, whose disciple are you? Today is the day of the conferral test, go back quickly, find your master or adult, and watch from the sidelines. ”

A middle-aged man with a rather innocent face asked with a smile, and as he spoke, he raised his head to see if anyone was looking for the child.

Zhang Xiao was just about to salute and talk, but someone grabbed the middle-aged man:

"Senior brother, this is a child of the Shaotian Master's family, Zhang Xiao, who is the same generation as us, and this time he also participated in the conferral test."

The middle-aged man immediately looked abrupt and patted his head embarrassedly:

"The master mentioned it to me, but I didn't think about it for a while, little junior brother, forgive me."

How can you take this little thing to heart?

Zhang Xiao smiled and said two words, and a small turmoil that was not even a misunderstanding was eliminated.

Those disciples with flexible minds have spread Zhang Xiao's identity, but they don't have the slightest intention of hiding their secrets.

At the same time, the melon-eating crowd outside also noticed this obviously much smaller Zhang Xiao.

Zhang Xiao only felt that there seemed to be thousands of eyes focused on him.

However, what surprised Zhang Xiao was that both off-court and on-field.

Everyone's eyes were more curious and surprised.

Others are scrutiny, and skepticism.

Hostility can't be said to be absent, but it's quite rare, and Zhang Xiao prefers to call it competitiveness rather than hostility.

It's a look that sees itself as an important opponent and wants to compete.

Daomen per capita moral pacesetter?

Hey, I thought it would be too showy, too ostentatious, there would be jealousy, dissatisfaction and the like.

It seems like everyone is friendly now.

"Ahem."

A faint cough instantly spread throughout the square, and everyone subconsciously quieted down.

Zhang Cunyi's figure appeared on the doorstep steps of the Jade Emperor Palace, just wearing a very simple robe.

The hair is simply pulled up in a bun, and the clear face is smiling.

The eyes of the divine light scanned the square and stayed on his grandson for a moment.

The smile on his face became a little more intense.

Zhang Xiao reacted at this time, and after coming back for such a long time, he hadn't met and chatted with his grandfather.

I obviously have a stomach full of questions I want to ask grandpa.

Everyone on the square cleaned up their clothes, the smile on their faces disappeared, and they all bowed down to Zhang Cunyi and saluted:

"Heavenly Master!"

Zhang Xiao hurriedly saluted as everyone looked, and then heard Zhang Cunyi's voice ring in everyone's ears:

"Okay, okay, if you go on like this, I want to learn about the world, and I'll talk about it briefly."

Everyone seemed to have long been accustomed to the appearance of the Heavenly Master, and straightened up in disbelief, with a smile on their faces.

It seems that I am very much looking forward to the Heavenly Master to say a few simple words.

Zhang Cunyi waved his robe, tilted his face slightly, and said to the elderly version of Zhang Chengdao:

"Hey, I don't want to say it, but it happens every year anyway, so"

The Heavenly Master's face became serious:

"What are you waiting for? The Great Exam – Begin! ”

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1. Commuter pass 2. Recommended ticket

7000 is completed today, and the end of the East is probably the day after tomorrow

(End of chapter)