Zhang Lingtian looked at the silk silk that was unfolded by him, didn't speak for a long time, and was so anxious that the people around him came forward to see what words were written on the silk, but when he looked at it, he found that there was not a word on the silk.

"Master Zhang, do you know what this means?" Although the Master of the Sky is well-informed, at this time, he also feels incredible.

Zhang Lingtian sighed and said: "This shows that my three apprentices are in danger, and before they have time to write a letter for the carrier pigeon to bring back, the pigeon cage will be opened, and the carrier pigeon will naturally fly back." ”

When Zhang Lingtian said this, he only heard a few "cooing" sounds in the sky, and a carrier pigeon fell into the courtyard, struggled a few times underground, and passed out.

Seeing this situation, a disciple of the Heavenly Spirit Dao stepped forward, picked up the pigeon, took off the bamboo tube tied to his feet, and handed it to Zhang Lingtian.

Zhang Lingtian took the bamboo tube, skillfully pulled out the stopper, shook out a roll of silk silk from the bamboo tube, opened it quickly, and found that there was still not a word left on the silk.

"In my opinion, since the three disciples of the Heavenly Spirit Dao have gone to Kunlun Mountain, let's go to Kunlun Mountain to find it first, we have been waiting here for almost three months, and it is not a way to go on like this."

Master Xuyun's words were approved by most people.

"Yes, we should go to them, the pigeon is flying back now, which means that even if they are in danger, it is only a matter of three or two days, and this matter cannot be delayed." Ling Shanzi, who has never liked to talk, couldn't help but say.

At this time, the crowd heard a "cooing" sound overhead, and another pigeon staggered and landed next to the pigeon coop.

Seeing this, Lan Ling'er rushed up to the attic, took off the bamboo tube on the pigeon's feet, and went downstairs to hand it to Zhang Lingtian.

As before, the silk in the bamboo tube is still not a word.

"I observed that the three carrier pigeons were all coming from the northwest direction, and they were just exhausted, and the pigeons could fly for three days without eating or drinking in the air, and from the direction and the distance of the pigeons' flight for three days, the place where the pigeons took off should be in the Altun Mountains between the Tianshan Mountains and the Kunlun Mountains." Master Empty said.

"That place is inaccessible, are they being attacked by the Soul Chaser Witch and Linghu Wuji?" Lu Bucai couldn't help but ask.

"It's hard to say, but as far as I know, there is a sect in the Western Regions called the Tocharian Sect, which was often active in that area decades ago, but I don't know if it's still there." Master Empty said.

"The father of the Shadowless Man of the Sun God Sect is from the Western Regions, and if you can't get it right, the two still have a deep relationship." Zhang Lingtian said.

"In that case, let's set off early and find Master Zhang's three disciples before we make plans." Ling Shanzi said.

"Let's go and prepare first, this time, there will be no half a year and a year, I'm afraid it will be difficult to return to the Central Plains."

The Sky Master made a final decision.

From Zhongnan Mountain to the west, it is sparsely populated, sparsely vegetated, and desolate and vast.

Everyone brought enough dry food and supplies, rode horses along the trail to the northwest, and began the long journey.

Considering that the disciples in Zhongnan Mountain were all disciples of the third generation of Tianling Dao, and their martial arts were not high, Zhang Lingtian asked all the disciples in the Dao to stay, let Xie Fei and Xie Yan take charge of the affairs in the Dao and take care of their families, and sent disciples to the Wuliang Sect, the Diancang Sect and the Tianlong Sect to inform Dao Fu, Dao Chung, Yan Kun and Yang Rourou of the whereabouts of the people, and if possible, let them go to Altun Mountain to find everyone to help.

Although they were on horseback, the road ahead was a vast mountain, and the road was difficult and slow, and it was not until it was dark that they walked out of the hundred miles.

Seeing a small village in front of them, everyone drove their horses into the village, and came to a wide courtyard door, and the blue sky dismounted and knocked on the door.

When the door opened, an old man showed half of his head.

The old man carefully looked at the people in front of him and said, "Where did you come from?" Do you want to spend the night here? ”

"I'm waiting to come from Zhongnan Mountain, and I'm going to the direction of the Western Regions, and I want to disturb you at your house tonight." The Master of the Sky dismounted and said to the old man.

Hearing this, the old man opened the door, motioned for everyone to dismount and enter the courtyard, and said, "I am quite spacious here, but it is a little shabby, everyone can live casually." ”

The old man looked to be in his sixties, with white hair and hair, but his eyes were bright, which was different from that of ordinary old farmers working in the fields.

Sure enough, when Lan Tian asked the old man what he did on weekdays, the old farmer said: "My family has been hunters for many generations, I have been hunting with my father since I was a child, and my ancestors have been hunters for many generations, and after my wife died last year, I didn't go to the mountains to hunt again." ”

"Old man, who else are there in your family?" Xuyun Master asked.

"I have three sons, one is married, has children and lives by myself, and I also hunt and farm for a living on weekdays, and the other two are officials in other places after taking the meritorious examination, and they only come back once a year or two."

"I see, no wonder the home is so spacious, it seems to be a well-off home with no worries about food and clothing." The Void Cloud Master said enviously.

"It's normal, there are idle rooms on the right-hand side, everyone can just push it away and live casually." As he spoke, the old man led everyone to open the door room by room and enter the room to check.

There are five rooms in the house on the right, and each room has a bed, a sheet, a quilt, a table, chair and a bench, and it seems that it is often cleaned.

Master Kongkong roughly estimated and said, "Although there are many people, you can still live if you squeeze it." ”

After arranging for everyone to stay, the old man came to the kitchen and asked his son and daughter-in-law to prepare dinner for everyone.

After dinner, the four sons of Qingcheng and Lan Ling'er went back to the room to rest first, Lu Bucai didn't like the excitement, so he also said goodbye and left first, and the others chatted with the old man in the courtyard.

Master Kongkong asked the old man: "Old man, seeing that you live in such a remote place, you still read and write to test your fame, this is a custom passed down from your ancestors, right?" ”

The old man smiled and said, "I'll show you my family's library." ”

The old man took the lead and led everyone to a large house behind the hall, and he couldn't help but be amazed when he saw tens of thousands of books neatly placed on the wooden shelves in the house.

"According to the genealogy, our Yangjia village was immigrated from Zhongnan Mountain hundreds of years ago."

Hearing the old man say this, everyone suddenly became interested, it turned out that the old man's surname was Yang, I don't know if it was the descendant of Yang Guo who carved a gloomy ecstasy palm in the grotto.

Everyone sat down on a stool in the middle of the room, and the old man's two teenage grandsons poured tea for everyone.

"Old man, how is your Yang family tree written?"

Master Zhang Lingtian knew that genealogies were generally not allowed to be shown to outsiders, so he didn't let the old man take out the genealogy to take a look, but just asked.

"The genealogy records that our ancestors are the descendants of two surnamed Yang, and their parents are martial arts masters, and they took the two of them to live in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain, and when the two became adults, their parents let them go down the mountain to fend for themselves." Old man Yang said.

"Why did they settle here? Wouldn't it be better to make a living in the city not far from Zhongnan Mountain? Lan Ling'er asked puzzled.

"They have lived in seclusion in the mountains with their parents since they were young, and they don't like to be busy, I heard that one morning, their mothers let them go all the way to the northwest, where they went to settle down, and finally, they came here, and they lived here, and now, the descendants of the two have been eight generations, except for those who go out to make a living, there are more than 100 families in the village, all of whom are descendants of the two in the same lineage."

"Is your ancestor who lived in seclusion in the mountains called Yang Guo?" Zhu Yu couldn't help but ask.

"Exactly, little brother, how do you know?" Old man Yang asked strangely.

Zhu Yu told the poems on the cliff wall of Zhongnan Mountain and the sarcophagus and martial arts cheats in the grotto.

After hearing this, Old Man Yang lowered his head and muttered for a long time before he said: "I have read the poem, but I don't know that there is a grotto behind the stone wall, and naturally I haven't entered it. ”

"By the way, Uncle Yang, after so many years, haven't you practiced martial arts again?" Lingyazi asked.

"The kung fu of self-defense and physical fitness, the ability to ride a horse and shoot arrows has to be practiced since childhood, and those profound martial arts, but not passed down, the ancestors said that practicing martial arts is not enough to make a family prosperous, and the practice of writing can make a family endure, so our Yang family has changed to learn literature, more than two hundred years, but there have been many court officials and literati and ink writers, of course, if you can't go out, you will rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and make a living by hunting and farming and collecting and digging medicine."

Hearing Old Man Yang say this, all the masters couldn't help but sigh.