"Master, can you tell me who my father and mother really are?" asked a ten-year-old boy who was Ling Yichen.

Ling Yichen's master is also forty years old, his scattered and neat white hair naturally droops, draped over his shoulders, the white robe is very neat, and the rough hands exposed in the long sleeves are still playing with something, is that thinking about someone? He stroked his little head lovingly, and said with a smile: "Even though you are ten years old now, I still can't tell you who your father and mother really are!" ”

"Why?"

"It's about your future path, if I tell you now, it will affect your future, not only me, but they don't want you to know anything, and you can't blame them. Or you go for clues yourself, and you'll know who they are."

"Got it. ”

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Six years is always a short time, and a ten-year-old boy has grown into a sixteen-year-old boy. Walking in the rain and looking into the distance, he wondered what it was like to go down the mountain.

His master came over with an umbrella, propped it on his head, and said, "It's raining, why don't you hold an umbrella?"

"Master, you said that sooner or later I will go down the mountain, but what is life like under the mountain?" Looking at the other side of the mountain from afar, perhaps hoping to know the life under the mountain, hoping that one day, I can go down the mountain to break through.

"Don't speculate, I'm sure you'll leave Master and go down the mountain in a short time, right, Ling Yichen?" Xuanyuan You said. It may be that he saw his future, and one day, Ling Yichen would leave him and leave this cabin where he had lived for sixteen years. There is a vague feeling of reluctance.

"Yes, Master, but I don't want to leave you, I can't bear you. Although Ling Yichen wanted to go down the mountain, he was a little reluctant to think that he would leave his master.

When he turned around and went back to the house, he fainted, but Xuanyuan You was not surprised, he just said: "It's been sixteen years, sixteen years, there will always be a few times a year, every time I have a seizure, I will help you suppress it, but this time, I can't help you, this time, you have to go down the mountain, whether you can succeed or not, it can only depend on your ability, so let's do it!

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When he saw Ling Yichen wake up, Xuanyuan You said, "Ling Yichen, how do you feel?"

He looked at himself and said, "Thank you, Master, I feel much better." Master, will I be like this in the future?"

"Not exactly, but you need to go down the mountain tomorrow to Chang'an City, but you still have to continue to cultivate, because this year there will be a scientific examination (short for imperial examination), and the first person in the scientific list will have a chance to ask the gods any questions. Or, I'll exhaust all my cultivation to eliminate the root cause of the disease for you, but the process will be painful. Xuanyuan You said.

"Master, how could I possibly let you exhaust your cultivation for me to help me with this incurable disease, you said that I would go down the mountain, then I will go down the mountain tomorrow. ”

Xuanyuan You stroked Ling Yichen's head and said, "Since this is the case, then you have to be more careful, Chang'an City is not as calm as you seem on the surface. ”

"I see. ”

"There is no feast in the world, but, Ling Yichen, we will definitely meet. Well, after descending the mountain, don't go to that place, the Wilderness Forest, because it's still more dangerous there. ”

"Yes, Master. ”

Day 2. Xuanyuan You had already prepared the baggage, and there was a sword, he said: "Then go, your baggage, and your matching sword." ”

Ling Yichen was very puzzled, sixteen years, he didn't know that he had a matching sword, he asked, "Mine, matching sword, when did I have this sword." ”

"This sword is called Solitary Arrogance, this sword was left to you by your father, and the scabbard is 'Kuangshi', which is the same as the name, it can hold all things, even spiritual power, and matches Solitary Arrogance. By the way, I put everything I needed. Alright, let's go!"

"Yes. Ling Yichen walked a few steps, then stopped, he knelt down, kowtowed to Xuanyuan You three times, and said, "Master, the apprentice is leaving, here, I want to thank the master for his sixteen years of teaching, and the apprentice will remember it in his heart." ”

Xuanyuan You didn't want to see such a picture, so he entered the house, and at the same time, Ling Yichen also went down the mountain.

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In Chang'an City, people come and go, and the goods are even more exquisite, so prosperous Chang'an City, it is really in vain that the imperial city will be here. Ling Yichen carried the burden and held the sword, wanting to get familiar with it here. He wanted to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion, but he didn't know where, and under the guidance of passers-by, he came to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The guards in front of the mansion blocked him, and Ling Yichen took out the golden token, which was given to him by his master Xuanyuan You, and when he asked Ling Yichen to come to Chang'an City, he had to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion first. He said, "Brother Shiwei, please report it. ”

The doorman took the token, looked at it, and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go and report it first." The guard ran to the prime minister and said, "Report, Prime Minister, there is a person outside the door who asks to see him, and there is this token." ”

The prime minister looked at the token and said, "Let him in!"

"Yes!"

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After Ling Yichen came in, he bowed his head without losing his manners and said, "Prime Minister!"

"What's the matter with me?"

Ling Yichen took out a letter, asked Shiwei to hand it over, and said, "Prime Minister, my master asked me to hand this over to you. ”

The prime minister opened it and looked at it, and it read: Prime Minister, I haven't seen you for a long time, my apprentice is coming to Chang'an recently, I hope you can take more care of it. - Xuanyuan You.

"Heh, you've been hiding for more than ten years, and you've finally appeared. He said to Ling Yichen again: "Your master has entrusted me to take care of you, you don't have to worry, if you have any difficulties in the future, you can tell me." ”

Ling Yichen lowered his head and said, "Thank you, Prime Minister." Dare to ask the Prime Minister, how do you participate in the scientific examination?"

"You have to enter the academy first, there are seven academies in Chang'an City, but there is a college you like, I can help you apply, or come to my Chaotian Academy, after all, it is relatively safe here." The prime minister said.

"Thank you Prime Minister for your guidance, but I'm not interested in Chaotian Academy, and I'm not interested in other colleges, for me, that Lenche Academy is better, and I think it's more suitable for me. Ling Yichen said.

"Lingche Academy, I'm afraid it's a little difficult, but in this case, I can give it to you, as long as you can break its seal, then it's yours, and it's been sixteen years, Tang Taizong is looking forward to the person who broke the seal?"

"Understood, farewell!"

On Suzaku Street, the noise is both gratifying and worrisome. Ling Yichen walked in this crowd, but a sixteen-year-old girl collided with Ling Yichen because she was in a bit of a hurry, and the girl said, "I'm sorry, I'm in a bit of a hurry." ”

The girl looked behind her, pulled up Ling Yichen, and said, "Run!"

"Alas!

In an alley where no one was around, they stopped, and the girl said, "Hello, my name is Momo!"

"Hello ......"

A hand patted the girl's shoulder from behind and said, "Am I so terrible that you can run so fast?"

"Brother, brother, don't arrest me again. "The girl looks scared of the boys. The young man saw Ling Yichen and said, "Momo, you troublemaker, what a lot of trouble you have caused me, how many holes I have made up for you, see if I don't repair you well." Only caring about the girl in front of her, she noticed Ling Yichen next to her, and said, "Hello, my name is Lu Xiu, and I am the emperor of Momo, ahem, brother." Sorry, I just broke the rude, please forgive me. ”

"My name is Ling Yichen, I just came to Chang'an, and I am not very familiar with this place. However, the relationship between your brother and sister is quite good, and I am quite envious. Ling Yichen said.

"You're laughing, maybe it would have been better if she hadn't been in trouble. Just arrived in Chang'an!Well, don't look at the bustling Chang'an, in fact, seeing is not necessarily believing, sometimes Chang'an City is still more dangerous, after all, foreigners are not necessarily as good as us, you have to be careful by yourself. Lu Xiu said.

"Well, thanks for the reminder, I took my leave. ”

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Passing by the inn, Ling Yichen looked at the sky a little late, and thought, "Let's go in first!"

Seeing Ling Yichen stepping into the threshold, Xiao Er came over and said, "Yo, guest officer, it's the first time I've come to our store, come on, come inside, please." ”

"Well, Xiao Er, bring me a room, give. "Okay, guest officer, please go up. "The screeching sound of the door opening, I don't know how long it hasn't been opened, and I don't know how many people haven't lived in this room. "Guest officer, no one has lived in this room for too long, but there is only this one left in the store, don't you mind, I'll clean it for you later, can you see it?"

"Well, good!" Looking at the customers in the inn, they looked peaceful on the surface, but it could be seen from their eyes that the original kindness had been buried, and in exchange for only the fierce gods, in fact, there was more than infighting. Ling Yichen said: "Sure enough, as Master said, Chang'an City is really different. "As Lu Xiu said just now, seeing is not necessarily believing, it's best to be careful and subtle. Perhaps, this inn is only a small part! I don't know how many years of open and secret fighting have passed here? At least, this was the case during the period of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan.

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