Chapter 1: Visions
The sky was gray and drizzling.
Qin Mu wore a square scarf, a green shirt, and an oil-paper umbrella, standing quietly in front of a small wooden two-story building, staring at the plaque hanging under the eaves.
On the plaque, the four characters of "Zhuangyuan Bookstore" are written in a majestic font.
The person who was sorting out the books in the bookstore happened to look up at this time.
It was an old man with a wide body, a fat body, a ruddy face, and an honest demeanor.
Looking at the age, it should be in his sixties.
"The owner?"
After the old man said in surprise, he hurriedly walked out of the store and asked, "How did you remember to go out in such weather?" ”
"You're not well yet, what if you catch a cold?"
As he spoke, he took the oil-paper umbrella handed over by Qin Mu.
"It's fine."
Qin Mu laughed and said, "The Ethereal Sect of the East China Sea will come to Guanhai City today to hold the 'Ascending Immortal Ceremony', and I am idle at home, so I want to come and see the excitement." ”
The old man's tone was slightly reproachful, "What are you anxious about, what kind of ceremony is held every year on the day of the sting, each time it lasts for many days, and it is not too late for you to come back after the rain stops." ”
As he spoke, he found a coat from the wooden box in the store and put it on Qin Mu's body, and said, "Boss, you find a place to sit down first, Lao Yu just heated a pot of ginger soup to ward off the cold, so I will bring you a bowl to warm your body." ”
"There's Uncle Lao."
Qin Mu replied with a smile, put on his coat, and sat behind the counter.
At the moment, despite the rain, the streets outside the bookstore are full of people.
The rain did not dampen the children's enthusiasm for running and playing.
They shuttled through the rain, laughing and laughing one after another.
After this scene came into view, Qin Mu's thoughts flew up.
Last year's stunning day, it was also so lively.
The original body was pushed by the crowd in this scene and participated in the 'Ascending Immortal Ceremony'.
It's a pity that he didn't have a spiritual root and was eliminated in the first round.
After returning home and sad for a few days, he could only recognize the reality and go to learn from his parents how to run a bookstore.
Not long ago, the original family of three went to the next door to buy goods in Daylight City, but encountered mountain bandits robbing the road halfway.
In addition to the silver taels that were purchased, the parents of the original body also died.
After the original body finally escaped with his life, he was met with a torrential downpour on the way back.
His already weak body was made worse by this, and after insisting on walking back to handle the funeral for his parents, he fell ill and finally died last night.
And Qin Mu also borrowed the corpse to resurrect his soul last night and came to this magnificent immortal cultivation world.
Before he finished his thoughts, Cangbo's voice was already ringing in his ears.
"Host, ginger soup."
Qin Mu came back to his senses, thanked him, and took the ginger soup from Cang Bo's hand.
After taking a sip, the spicy taste instantly enters the throat.
Cang Bo, who was standing on the side, saw his frowning brows, and said with a smile: "Although the taste of ginger soup is not very good, it warms up, drink a few more sips, and your body will warm up." ”
When Qin Mu heard this, he could only take another big sip.
At this moment, there was a sudden burst of exclamations outside the store.
"The immortals are coming!"
"Look at the sky!"
For a while, the streets and alleys became noisy.
People scrambled to look up at the huge building ship that slowly passed over Guanhai City.
Qin Mu turned his head when he heard the sound, and happened to see the shocking picture of the building ship floating in mid-air, slowly passing over the Zhuangyuan Bookstore.
The shadow of the building covered the entire street, making the already dark store even darker at the moment.
Even though he had seen many movies with realistic special effects in his previous life, the moment the boat sailed overhead, Qin Mu's face still showed a look of amazement.
After a long time, the building boat slowly sank in the distance, and gently landed on the stone frame that had already been cleaned in the center of Guanhai City.
Immediately afterwards, a sound of vicissitudes resounded throughout the entire sea viewing city.
"It's the day of the sting, the annual ceremony of ascending to the immortals begins at this moment, as in previous years, regardless of age, gender, and origin, anyone who has the heart to seek immortals can come to the fairy boat in the center of Guanhai City to participate in the assessment."
"This assessment is divided into two rounds, one is the spiritual root and the other is the state of mind."
"Those who pass both rounds of assessment can get started."
As the sound fell, men, women, and children in the streets rushed to the center of the city.
Not all of them went to participate in the assessment, most of them were there to see the excitement.
Not many people actually participate in the assessment.
After all, the Ascending Immortal Ceremony is held every year and has lasted for dozens or hundreds of years.
In the Zhuangyuan Bookstore, Qin Mu held the still steaming ginger soup, looking at the already crowded crowd, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
"The Ascending Immortal Ceremony has finally begun......"
"Good baby, get ready for your new master!"
After a soft whisper, his mind moved, and he transmitted his thoughts to some being buried beneath the deep sea outside the city.
In a short time, the sound of the crashing waves echoed in the ears of everyone in the city.
Immediately afterward, the gloomy sea of clouds overhead quickly stacked up at a speed visible to the naked eye.
As the heavy clouds pressed down on the ground, the air seemed to become oppressive.
On the deck of the building, the disciples and deacons of the Ethereal Sect all raised their heads at this time.
They are much more sensitive than ordinary people, and when they see this unusual scene, they immediately feel that something is wrong.
The Ethereal Sect led the team this time was a deacon from the outer gate named Zhang Qianren, who had a pair of extremely sharp eyes on his old face, and his expression was even more serious.
"Wait to pacify the people quickly, and the old man will go to the sky to see!"
The next moment the voice sounded in the ears of many disciples, his thin body was like an arrow piercing the clouds, and the sword swished to a thousand feet in the air.
After coming to the sky, he immediately looked in all directions with a wary expression.
When the ink-colored robe rattled in the wind, Zhang Qianren also saw that the endless East China Sea was surging violently at this time, as if it was boiling.
"Could it be that there is a dragon at work?"
After seeing this scene, Zhang Qianren immediately frowned.
But no sooner had this thought come to mind, when I saw golden lotus flowers the size of a human head, shining with shimmering light, gushing out of the sea one after another from the depths of the inky water.
In the blink of an eye, these golden lotuses were already covering the entire sea as far as his eyes could see.
As the waves roll, the undercurrents also fluctuate these golden lotus rolls.
The original inky black sea surface was rendered into a piece of gold under the illumination of countless golden lotuses!
"This ......"
Zhang Qianren's eyes widened instantly.
Such a shocking scene has never been seen in his more than 80 years of practice.
The mutation has not stopped.
I don't know when, there is a strange fragrance in the sky.
As soon as Zhang Qianren heard it, he closed his breath in shock, but soon, his pupils trembled violently in his widening eyes.
He has been stuck at the pinnacle of foundation building for decades.
But at this moment, the barrier was loosened.
Before he had time to think about the reason for this situation, he saw a pillar of light formed by the nine colors of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, white, and black suddenly burst out of the sea and went straight to the sky!
After narrowly avoiding a pillar of light, his expression changed unpredictably.
"There is a strange fragrance in the sky, the sea is full of golden lotus, and there are nine colors of brilliance connecting the sky and the earth, could it be...... Could it be that under the vast East China Sea, there is a strange treasure born? ”
The next moment this thought came to Zhang Qianren's mind, he heard a loud 'boom'!
Then I saw a dazzling golden cylinder break through the tumbling sea and quickly rise from the ground!
At the same time, there was a sudden lightning and thunder in the sea of inky clouds!
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
In the deafening thunder, the golden cylinder quickly grew high to the position where Zhang Qianren was levitating, and bloomed with dazzling light!
Zhang Qianren was caught off guard and was shrouded in the dazzling glow, and subconsciously retreated.
And at this moment, the people in the city below who watched the sea were all the same, their faces were full of shock, and they looked up at the golden cylinder that stood in the sea, blooming with colorful glow, and standing up to the sky.
They could clearly see that the cylinder was dozens of zhang wide and as high as the sky!
No one knew exactly how high it was, and they could only see that the golden part had penetrated into the sea of inky clouds.
The golden cylinder they originally thought was only a golden hoop at one end of the cylinder, and the rest of the parts were all jet-black metal.
And on the body of the iron pillar, there are also engraved several fonts larger than the house.
Because these fonts bloomed with dazzling golden light, no one in Guanhai City could see what they were.
Inside the Champion Bookstore;
Qin Mu held the ginger soup in his hand, and looked at the big cylinder standing between heaven and earth in the distance with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Even if he had already understood this supreme treasure in his previous life and had prepared in his mind, when this supreme treasure showed its heavenly majesty, he could not help but be amazed by it.
A paragraph suddenly came to mind.
"The stick in my hand, up to thirty-three days, down to the eighteenth layer of hell, put some tigers, leopards, wolves, insects, monsters all over the mountain, and the seventy-two cave demon kings, all of them were so frightened that they kowtowed, trembling and scattering their souls."
At the same time, Zhang Qianren looked at this big iron pillar that was almost grounded from the sky from a distance, and he was speechless.
After a long time, he seemed to come back to his senses from the scene in front of him, and read the words on the iron pillar with a dry mouth.
"Ruyi...... Staff? ”