The fine snow drifted overnight, and this morning it became more and more intense, and the eaves and ridges of the palace were covered with a layer of snow. In the cold winter night, I don't know which tuft of snow fell, and the branches made a light and muffled breaking sound.

About half an hour later, Liu Zhen'er and Xiao Yan came to the side hall where Tao Hongjing lived, and the pear trees outside the hall were thick. Hearing the familiar footsteps, Tao Hongjing hurriedly got up to greet him.

"Brother Tao, I don't know why you hurriedly summoned the two of us to the flying pigeon?" Xiao Yan asked, his posture was as tall as a pine, his chest was broad, his momentum was as strong as the sun, and his eyes were as bright as cold stars under his sword eyebrows.

"Seeing that your tone is very urgent, I won't even have time to draw Mo Danqing with the imperial brother." Liu Zhen'er opened her mouth delicately, although it was blame, but the words were intimate. She was dressed in a long white dress, embroidered with exquisite dark patterns, and the cuffs and neckline of her placket were decorated with pearls, like a snow fairy who had fallen into the world, showing her luxury.

"Tao is about two people to come, say goodbye, you know, I am a disciple of Maoshan. This time, we will go to Maoshan Mountain. Tao Hongjing took a step back, respectfully greeted the two, thinking of the three of them getting along a few months ago, this time they left, full of reluctance, and there was some enthusiasm in their eyes.

Liu Zhen'er was surprised by this farewell for a moment, biting her lip lightly, Xiao Yan didn't seem to expect him to make such a hasty decision, and the two couldn't help but glance at each other.

"Brother Tao, I'll go with you, I have longed to become a wandering swordsman, and I will go to Maoshan with you to meet the real monk life." Xiao Yan leaned against the door, his face was full of spirit, and his eyes were full of yearning.

"Xiao Yan, you—"

"I'll go too." Liu Zhen'er's voice suddenly sounded.

Before Tao Hongjing's words to dissuade Xiao Yan could be spoken, he heard Liu Zhen'er say this, which made his eyes widen.

"What? If he goes, I can't? The princess's face grew crimson.

How could Xiao Yan not understand the mystery of this? Busy finding a reason to hide and go first.

Tao Hongjing hesitated for a while, "Princess, your status is precious, and now it is even more prosperous." If you travel like this, if there is a mistake, Tao Hongjing will die. ”

"Are you going to make me miss it?" She asked very seriously.

Tao Hongjing's love was at the beginning of his life, and at this time he was also like a boiled shrimp, "Of course not!" I will protect you with my life! His voice was so clear that the princess's maidservants couldn't help laughing.

At this point, Liu Zhen'er's heart was like eating honey, "So you are much more dangerous than me." ”

Tao Hongjing was speechless for a while, "Then a... Go for it......" he stammered.

"This palace believes that Tao Qing will live up to me." After that, she lifted the hem of her skirt, smiled like a snow butterfly in winter, flew out, and ran away with light and cheerful steps.

Leaving Tao Hongjing alone to think about it, he couldn't sleep all night......

The jade sword of the rhino canal is a good family, a young man with a white horse and a golden bondage, sassy like a meteor, and the friendship of the young people is loud.

Maoshan, Tao Hongjing is here.

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Maoshan peaks and peaks, clouds and mist are swirling, the climate is pleasant, the strange rocks and strange stones on the mountain stand densely, the large and small karst caves are deep and secluded, the spiritual spring holy pond is dotted all over the place, the winding streams are criss-crossed and intertwined, the green trees cover the mountain, the green bamboo is luxuriant, and the treasure is abundant.

The main peak of Maoshan Mountain, Da Mao Peak, is like the head of the green dragon, and it is also the highest peak of Maoshan Mountain, where Shangqing Sect is located.

In the early spring, several people took care of the matter and finally set off for Maoshan. Liu Zhen'er wanted to try the flying of the sword, but was told by Tao Hongjing that Maoshan had an enchantment, and he could not cast any exercises and spells, so he could only climb the steps, a thousand stone steps, showing his sincerity and spirit, and the prestige and status of the immortal family.

Liu Zhen'er was slightly disappointed, "It's okay, let's go, I'll try not to drag you down, Brother Tao." "She lives in the palace gate all the year round, although compared to most official ladies who are about to fall when the wind blows, she often follows Dr. Wu to practice martial arts, and she is not as delicate and frail as them.

Tao Hongjing heard her words, and admired the princess even more in his heart, she was a princess, but she was not pretentious at all, and her gestures were full of everyone's demeanor.

"No, princess, you don't have to worry, everything is with me and Brother Xiao. Yes, Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan stood with his sword in his hand, standing at the foot of Maoshan Mountain, but he still had some momentum, Tao Hongjing bumped his shoulder and motioned for Xiao Yan to say a few words.

Xiao Yan snorted coldly, he didn't like women approaching, Liu Zhen'er was a generous and lively character, he didn't like Liu Zhen'er to go together, but because Brother Tao was interested in the princess, he agreed with the three of them.

"Isn't that, the princess is delicate and frail, this time she climbed to the top of Maoshan Mountain, she couldn't come down for three days and two nights, you couldn't hold on, but Brother Tao and I could bear it." Xiao Yan's eyebrows were arrogant, and he did not give in at all because of Liu Zhen'er's noble status.

Liu Zhen'er's eyes were red with anger, her little pink face was tightened, and she said angrily, "You look at it, Xiao Yan, you are inevitably too underestimated." Mo muttered, "If it weren't for me, how would you have entered the palace gate to see Brother Tao so many times?" ”

The two of them got along like this, Tao Hongjing helplessly stroked his forehead, "Princess Mo Qi, wait for me to make a silence spell and let him shut up." Liu Zhen'er saw that Tao Hongjing favored her, and glanced at Xiao Yan proudly, and the meaning of her eyes was clear: Look, I am more important than you here with Brother Tao.

Seeing this, Xiao Yan didn't continue to worry about her, and said, "My master took me through a path before, which can shorten the journey by about a day, and you follow me." ”

"Where did you come from, Master?!" Liu Zhen'er looked puzzled and puzzled.

"Dragon Tiger Mountain's eighth generation Heavenly Master Zhang Zhen." Tao Hongjing took over the conversation and said for Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan bowed his head lightly and looked at Liu Zhen'er with a smile.

Zhang Jiong is wearing a collar of green clothes, weaving with silk grass around his waist, with mango shoes and hemp spaced under his feet, green sideburns and red face, Geng Geng is completely vulgar, and he travels the rivers and lakes all year round to eliminate demons and help the world. In that year, he bravely entered the demon palace in Longhu Mountain, killed all the snake demons, and benefited one party, and his reputation has been revered all over the world since then.

Liu Zhen'er naturally knew, and bluntly said that she didn't expect Xiao Yan's master to be Zhang Jiong, learning from Tao Hongjing's usual appearance, "Disrespectful and disrespectful." Tao Hongjing and Xiao Yan were amused, the three of them usually get along, although Xiao Yan and Liu Zhener have many noisy moments, but they never drop the chain at critical moments, and several people can tolerate each other.

Maoshan is half upside down, the mountain peak is like a sharp sword straight into the sky, the top of the mountain is shrouded in the deep flowing clouds all day long, the peaks of the tall and steep mountain are suspended above the sea of clouds like an isolated island, the mountains are all towering trees, the mountains are vast, the spring water is beautiful, the fairy mist is filled, the stream is deep and the valley is secluded, the sky is light. Thousands of gullies are flowing, and the sound of water is murmuring. The fairy birds sing, and the colorful butterflies flutter; Spirit monkeys play, piano frogs play, strange flowers pave the way.

A few people walked halfway up the mountain, the sun was in full bloom, Liu Zhen'er was tired and sweaty, and he had no exercises, so he couldn't use internal force to drive away the dryness like Xiao Yan and Tao Hongjing, so he could only choose a lush young ancient pine to avoid the shade and rest for a while.

"Be careful, there are many Phantom Valley distributions here, be careful to fall into the stone cave, and be sucked by the spirit beast." Xiao Yan observed the surrounding atmosphere and reminded.

Tao Hong nodded, Liu Zhen'er had never seen a spirit beast, and his eyes widened curiously when he heard this. "Princess, wipe your sweat." Tao Hongjing saw that Liu Zhen'er was so tired that he was holding his chest and panting, so he hurriedly took out a clean and neat square handkerchief from his arms and handed it to her with concern.

"Thank you, Brother Tao, I'm sorry for you." Liu Zhen'er saw him so considerate and thanked him gratefully.

The sun sets, the sky soon darkens, the lifeless stones that seem to be seen during the day next to the mountain road are not like elephants, they show their living spirituality under the cover of night, they become a scenery by themselves, the mountains have their own beautiful colors, the peaks in the hazy night, they are extraordinarily handsome and full of spirituality, by the shroud of light gauze fog, add several mysterious colors, make people confused.

The Phantom Valley in the back mountain of Maoshan is covered by dense forests, there is a deep stream in the valley, the water is murmuring, there is a mysterious lake at the bottom of the valley, the water surface is often filled with phantom qi, cultivators can enhance the power of phantom spells when cultivating here, and have the ability to confuse the enemy.

Phantom Valley is inhabited by mysterious spirit beasts, they can manipulate phantoms and disorient enemies, and the most precious spirit grass in the valley is the phantom grass, which is said to enhance the phantom ability of cultivators and increase their strength.

In order to prevent falling into the valley covered by the tall grass of Qiongxian and causing him to lose his way, Tao Hongjing cast a spell on the cloth strips, and used it as a rope to tie the waists of the three of them, and slowly moved forward.

Suddenly, Xiao Yan felt empty under his feet, and then fell into the dark valley all of a sudden, Tao Hongjing and Liu Zhen'er also slid down quickly with him, Liu Zhen'er was so frightened that her face was discolored, and she screamed again and again. Xiao Yan hurriedly summoned the saber and inserted it into the cliff to freeze his body.

But the rock is loose, and there are faint stones sliding, and the green tendons on Xiao Yan's forehead are rising, "Brother Tao, it's not good, you take Liu Zhen'er up." ”

The sword could not bear the weight of three people, Tao Hongjing understood what Xiao Yan meant, his face was worried, and then he nodded, "Brother Xiao, you take care of your life at the bottom of the valley, don't worry about the illusion, I will settle Zhen'er later and come to rescue you quickly." ”

Xiao Yan naturally responded well, saw the opportunity, pulled out the divine sword, and cut off the strip of cloth connected to the two of them, while Tao Hongjing hugged Liu Zhen'er's waist, climbed the protruding cliff or wild tree, performed light skills, and flew up.

"Knock knock—" When Xiao Yan opened his eyes, the crisp sound of water droplets fell from the rock wall, the faint moonlight sprinkled, he was lying on a shallow beach, soaking wet, Xiao Yan opened his eyes and tried to stand up.

"Roar—" The beast sounded, and in a short time a half-human squirrel appeared, with large black-brown eyes, purple stripes on its back, and two ears perched on its round head, always on the lookout for movement.

The little squirrel and Xiao Yan stared wide-eyed, and the air seemed to be stagnant, "Squeak, who are you, why did you come to Huayang Cave?" "Its small face, embedded with a pair of large sparkling eyes, reveals a kind of wit, a dexterous little nose, a pointed mouth can actually speak human words.

Huayang Cave Heaven? Where is this? Xiao Yan was shocked, and wanted to use his mana to protect the Dharma for himself, as if he was suppressed, he fainted again because of his lack of qi and blood.