2. Lingshan Apprenticeship Part I
Jiechen waved the folding fan in his hand forward, and the huge lion flashed in a cloud of colorful light. But it's a lot smaller than before.
"This is the greyhound, my spirit pet. ”
Zhimeng took a deep breath when she heard this, and leaned over to the lion with the courage to do so, thinking that someone could really keep such a big lion as a pet. But it was really beautiful, and as soon as Zhi Meng stretched out her hand to touch it, the civet lion took the initiative to rub his head over, squinting his eyes and looking like he was enjoying the stroke. If it weren't for the fact that it was too large, Zhimeng even thought it would be a cat that was very cute.
And Juechen didn't let them get acquainted with it for too long, they just felt that as soon as their bodies were light, Zhimeng was hugged by Jiechen on the back of the spirit lion. After another bit of fog, and after about a stick of incense, they finally landed on the top of a mountain.
This mountain is very strange, it is very high, and it reaches into the sky. However, two-thirds of the bottom of this mountain is overgrown with trees, and the mountain is also very steep, which ordinary people cannot climb at all, but the miraculous thing is that the sea of clouds near the top of the mountain is a paradise. If it weren't for flying so high on the back of a spirit lion, no one would have been able to discover this fairyland treasure.
"This is Lingshan, where you and I will live in the future. As he spoke, Jiechen hugged Zhimeng, who had already seen the dumbfounded, from the lion's back. hugged her, but Jiechen's brows frowned slightly.
Why is this girl so thin, she is really skinny, and she has no meat at all.
"Master, can I really live here!" Zhi Meng looked at the beautiful scenery in front of him and marveled again and again, her eyes were wide open and she was reluctant to blink, and she jumped up and down and pulled the corner of her dusty clothes around in circles.
"I didn't say I would take you as an apprentice. Jiechen glanced at Zhimeng, pulled his sleeves, and turned to walk forward.
"Hey~ Master, you wait for me. Are there any other people on this mountain? Why is this called Lingshan? Why does Xiaobai call Lingshi? Are all the things on Lingshan surnamed Ling? But you don't have the surname Ling......
"Xiaobai?" Jue Chen stopped and looked at her with a smile. looked at a very quiet and introverted little girl, but I didn't expect it to be a self-acquaintance. "The greyhound is not the name, but its species. ”
"Variety, master, didn't you name Xiaobai? Then I'll call him Xiaobai, okay, master." After speaking, he also called out to Xiaobai to the civet lion who was lying on his stomach resting in the distance and basking in the sun, but unfortunately the civet lion didn't know that she was calling herself, so he ignored her.
Juechen looked at Zhimeng a little helplessly, thinking that Lingshan would be lively in the future. He stretched out his hand and gently hooked Zhimeng, ignoring Zhimeng's shouting of teeth and claws, gathered a gust of wind and carried Zhimeng to follow him to the house.
This is a very large mansion, located on the top of Lingshan Mountain. Looking around, the clouds and mist are shrouded, and it is really as magnificent as a mirage. From time to time, birds with colorful wings that they had never seen before flew overhead, chirping like orchestral strings. To the west of the house, there is a peach blossom forest in the distance, where there seems to be a stream, which winds and stretches here, and flows through the house to the bottom of the mountain.
"From now on, this will be your house. Jiechen faintly pointed to the room on his right.
"Thank you, master!" Zhimeng happily ran towards the house, jumped on the warm bed, and sniffed a few times, fragrant. That's what home tastes like.
At this time, Juechen suddenly found a large number of books out of nowhere. It was very neat and orderly in front of Zhimeng's room. Zhimeng turned her head and was really startled.
"Are you literate?"
Zhimeng nodded.
"Since you want to call me a master, then you have to make some achievements. Juechen pointed to the book beside him again. "This is the basic knowledge of martial arts and qin-related training, as well as books on pharmacology. I am the most proficient in martial arts, followed by qin. As for medicine, I only know a little about it. You memorize these books within two months and come to me to check. If I am satisfied, I will take you as an apprentice. ”
"Two months?" Zhimeng felt dizzy as she looked at the books that were taller than her. Is this the legendary introductory exam?
"Okay! Meng'er will definitely carry it all!" Zhimeng took a deep breath and held her chest high. She must pass the test and stay with her master.
After Zhimeng was settled, Jiechen came to the woods halfway up the mountain alone.
"Come out. ”
The mouth was not opened, but the words were clearly recalled in the ears, and a strong internal force spread out to the surroundings with the strong wind, shaking the whole forest with a rustling sound. A white-haired boy coughed softly as he slowly emerged from the depths of the woods.
"Mencius, I am grateful that you brought me to the person I was looking for. But I don't know what your intentions are, and you have been secretly following me all the time. The folding fan in his hand is elegant, but the tone is extremely unfriendly.
I saw Meng Ziran looking at Jiechen with a grin, just a moment of effort, and the sword peak had already pointed to Jiechen's heart.
Jue Chen couldn't help but admire in his heart, he was worthy of being a Meng ghost in the heavenly realm, how fast the sword was out, and he had the shadow of himself back then. But he stopped where he was and didn't move at all, just looked at Mencius quietly.
"I know what you're looking for her for, but I warn you, if you dare to hurt her, I'll cut you to pieces!" Meng Ziran said angrily, but the sword in his hand was unconsciously three points closer to the Absolute Dust.
"She?" said Jue Chen, raising an eyebrow. "You know the girl, so why didn't you take her yourself?"
Meng Ziran didn't answer, but slowly put down the sword in his hand, flicked his sleeves and turned his back to Jiechen.
"I didn't expect that Meng Ghost, who was so loved by the women of the Three Realms back then, turned gray early. It seems that the rumors are true, but you were seriously injured three hundred years ago. ”
Jiechen picked up a green leaf that had fallen on his shoulder and played with it in his hand, pausing seemingly nonchalantly and continuing. "I don't care what your relationship with this girl is, what I want to do, you defeat me to be qualified to speak. ”
Meng Ziran listened to Jue Chen's words, his white fingers clenched into fists, and a burning paste suddenly spread, and the soil under Meng Ghost's feet had been trampled down by more than half a foot.
"Hmph, I'm here to remind you, don't forget your agreement with the Jade Emperor. Mencius glanced at Jiechen with some contempt, turned around and put away his sword and flew towards the sky.
Jechen was the only one who could find the remaining half of Zhimeng's soul, and he had to bring Zhimeng to Juchen's side. But Mencius's words were like thunder, beating the heart of the absolute dust hard, and mixed it into a jar with all five flavors.
Yes, five hundred years have passed so quickly. He knew in his heart that it would not be easy to plant the origin of Zhimeng, but what he wanted to do, no one in this world could stop him. The man who had haunted him for hundreds of years appeared in his mind, and his eyes looked towards the mountain, as if he was looking intently at something, but his eyes were empty.
As Zhimeng saw, two-thirds of the area below Lingshan is very steep, and people who are not destined for immortals will never be able to climb it. And the upper third is above the clouds, gathering the essence of heaven and earth, all the creatures in the mountain are very spiritual, they can also be transformed into human form after thousands of years of cultivation, after guidance or choose to devote themselves to their own divine realm.
In this world, the four worlds of the human world, the fairy world, the demon world and the demon world seem to be peaceful on the surface, but in fact, they are all ready to move. Their stances, living habits, cultivation methods, and ideological concepts are all different. As the only immortal in this spiritual mountain, Jiechen has naturally become an example, shouldering some guiding responsibilities.
The house is surrounded by dense forests, and there are many exotic beasts and precious medicinal herbs in the forest.
What made people's eyes shine was the peach blossom forest on the west side, and Jiechen told her that the trees in this forest were all alive, and the peach blossom demon was born to be a medical master, and there was no one in the Three Realms who didn't want to conquer a peach blossom demon. But this peach blossom demon has a strange personality and is rarely willing to interact with foreigners. Legend has it that unless you are fully trusted by a Peach Blossom Demon, after that Peach Blossom Demon has practiced for a thousand years, it can transform into a human ornament to follow you and help you heal your injuries at any time.
Zhimeng couldn't help but sigh at the wonder of the world. What's even more amazing is that Zhimeng thought that it would be a lot of hard work to memorize so many books. But she didn't expect her memory to be so good, she could memorize the content of the book after reading it three or four times, especially the medical skills, and she basically memorized it after reading it once. Could it be that she followed the wise master and became smart herself?
So easily, it only took Zhimeng a month and a half to memorize all the books that Jiechen gave her, and when Jiechen was tested, Zhimeng answered all the questions easily.
Zhimeng's heart blossomed with joy. Hurriedly knelt on the ground and made three heads, and let out a loud "Hello master!"
Looking at Zhimeng, there was a little more complicated look in Jiechen's eyes. He slowly took out a colorful oval object from his sleeve and handed it to Zhimeng.
Is this an egg? Zhimeng looked at the thing in her hand and was confused. Is this what the master rewarded her to eat? Thinking in her head, Zhimeng took a bite of it. was knocked on the head with a fan by Jechen.
"Master......" Zhimeng touched her little brain aggrievedly. This egg is so hard, like a stone, her teeth hurt when she bit it, and she was beaten by the master for no reason.
"You have come under my door, this is a gift from the master. Reach out. ”
Jiechen took Zhimeng's hand and gently swiped it on her hand, and a drop of bright red blood dripped onto the egg, which was instantly absorbed.
Zhimeng pouted, looking at the strange colored egg with her fingers, she couldn't eat it, and it would suck human blood.
"Most immortal realm disciples will have a spirit object of their own, this egg needs you to take with you every day, so that it is familiar with your scent, and transmit your own spiritual power to it, and feed it a drop of your own blood, and in ten days it will hatch a spirit beast. ”
"It's complicated, but I'm not going to send spiritual power to it. Zhimeng frowned.
"For the next few days, you can take it with you to practice. Jue Chen said lightly.
"Oh, that's good. Then master, will I also have a little white of my own?" Zhi Meng tilted her head and asked, but she was very happy in her heart. Xiaobai knew to sleep every day when she came to the mountains, and she didn't pay attention to her at all, she was almost bored to death. If you have a little white yourself, you will definitely.
"There are a total of seven hundred and forty-nine different varieties of spirit beasts, and each spirit animal has its own different characteristics. And everyone looks at their own cultivation and fate to hatch different spirit beasts. I don't know what you'll be hatching in ten days' time. ”
I don't know which one? Zhimeng's eyes were even brighter when she heard this, she must cultivate a cute and well-behaved spirit animal, so as not to be like Xiaobai, who knows how to sleep every day, and gets rid of a big lazy cat dressed in the skin of a lion. Thinking about it, he made a grimace at Xiaobai, who was lying motionless outside the house.
"Zhimeng. Jiechen called lightly, but Zhimeng shuddered when she heard it, and hurriedly sat straight to face Jiechen.
"Starting tomorrow, get up in the morning and learn martial arts and internal strength with me, and in the afternoon, you can learn whatever you like and arrange freely. ”
"Yes, master. ”
I thought that learning martial arts and internal strength should be a very interesting thing, but what Zhi Meng never thought about was that this early in the morning, the master pulled her to the waterfall in the peach blossom forest, and let her sit quietly in the waterfall for a whole morning. To say what to learn martial arts, we must first start by consolidating internal strength.
Zhimeng asked how long it would take to sit under the waterfall, but Jiechen replied that when he sat under the waterfall and his clothes were not wet, then he could move on to the next step of cultivation.
Dizzy, Zhimeng's heart suddenly seemed to fall to the bottom, her whole little face was full of entanglements, and her brows were twisted like twisted flowers, so she couldn't speak. I thought to myself that this must be the master manipulating her, she probably has to do it all her life to drench in this lake. But I had no choice but to do it.
The water power of this waterfall is already great, and Zhimeng's thin body is crumbling in the lake, one morning, Zhimeng is already tired and paralyzed in bed, without any strength, and her stomach is still gurgling, and the spirit egg seems to absorb people's strength, she only feels a thousand pounds when she holds it. Seeing that she was so serious, Jiechen made some porridge and sent it to Zhimeng's room.
Zhimeng looked at the porridge, and tears were already flashing in her eyes. Where to find such a good master, this porridge became very sweet in his mouth, and his physical strength seemed to have recovered most of it in an instant.
"This is for you, take it back and study hard" Seeing that Zhimeng was almost recovered, Jiechen took out a scroll-like thing from his pocket and handed it to Zhimeng.
"What is this, master?" Zhimeng took the scroll and opened it, but there was no blank word, how did she learn, could it be the second trick of the whole person?
"You try to gather the internal force into your hands, and then transfer them from your hands to the scrolls. ”
Jiechen seemed to answer her very patiently. But it's very simple to say so, but Zhimeng is still in the clouds when she hears it. She tried to gather internal forces as written in the book. But no matter how much he pointed at the scroll, the scroll didn't move at all.
Jiechen looked at Zhimeng and yawned, "Wait until you open this scroll and come back to me." He waved his sleeves and walked away. At this time, Zhimeng was already a head or two, and she felt like she was about to cry.