The old man didn't wait for us to answer, and then asked, "How many of you have just come from the world?"

I stepped forward and saluted and asked, "How does the old man know?"

The old man stroked his beard and said with a smile: "A few people who are not in my Milo Lane must be new to the realm of joy." ”

He Xuanya stepped forward and said, "Originally, we thought that there was no Wa royal family living in the Huandou Realm, but when we arrived at Miluo Lane today, we learned that there were so many Wa royal family people—although those few people just now did not admit that they were Wa royal people. Since there are Wa royal family people living in the Huandou realm, with the wide territory of Huandou, is it only this Miluo Lane that is the place where the Wa royal family can live? ”

The old man smiled and said, "This little girl is right. ”

As he spoke, he was about to move forward.

I took two steps back and stopped him and asked, "I don't know if the old man knows where this old lady Hu has gone?"

The old man said: "He, he was about to go home, but he was stopped at the door by several teenagers and refused to open the door. ”

I was stunned for a moment, but then I understood. It turned out that this old man was Mrs. Hu. Just now, the sailor and Zhiyong were standing in front of the door like two door gods, and He Xuanya was blocking the path of the old man to the door. The old man walked forward, trying to bypass He Xuanya to the door to open the door, but I was stopped by taking two steps back.

When Mrs. Hu said this, He Xuanya and I both dodged to both sides, leaving a clear road. The sailors and Zhiyong also hurriedly gave way to both sides of the door.

Old lady Hu opened the door and said as she walked into the house, "Come in." ”

We followed Mrs. Hu into the house.

After entering the house, I turned two corridors and came to a hall. From the beginning of entering the door, I paid attention all the way, and found that the inside of the house looked lower than the outside of the house, and the old lady Hu was tall, not hunched over, and after entering the house, the top of his head was about to touch the roof with two fists.

The sailor whispered, "This house is so low, how can you live in it?" ”

Mrs. Hu asked us to sit down and said, "This is a low house specially designed by myself. ”

After saying that, he also sat down on the Lord's seat.

"When I first went underground, I couldn't see the sun and the moon turning, and day and night alternated, and I actually got depression. It has been cured for a long time and cannot be cured. For five whole years, every day my heart was anxious, my mind was heavy, as if I was living in hell, I was miserable, and I tried to die several times to no avail. One day, when I wanted to jump off a cliff and self-destruct, I suddenly felt relieved when I passed a low cave, and my depression was suddenly reduced by three points. I meditated in that cave for seven days and forty-nine days, and I was cured. When he returned, he tore down the high wall and built this low house. Since I built the low house, I have never had this depression again. As soon as Mrs. Hu sat down, she kept talking.

I said, "That's strange, living in a low cave and a low house can also cure depression." I don't know what makes sense of this. ”

Mrs. Hu said: "At the beginning, I didn't know the mystery. Later, I read the medical book and gradually understood. The survival of people depends on true qi. True qi is like the breath of breath, and there are also gatherings and dispersions. If you gather and disperse together, your heart will be quiet and happy, and if you gather and disperse unbalanced, you will be restless and sad. Most of the true qi of the human body comes from the light of the sun and the moon. The surface of the Wa royal family has always been enriched by the sun and the moon, and the true qi is full, and it has gradually formed a scattered body. And the Huandou people live in the earth, the light of the sun and the moon cannot shine, and the true qi is exhausted, so a large gathering body is formed. The Wa Emperor who came here lived in a place where his true qi was exhausted with his scattered body, which caused the true qi to gather and disperse and become unbalanced, and he had a knot. Living in a low chamber and relieving the spread of true qi from external obstacles, the gathering and dispersion of true qi will regain balance over time, and the symptoms will be cured. ”

He Xuanya sighed and said: "No wonder we all feel uncomfortable these days, it turns out that the true qi is gathering and dispersing and unbalanced. I just entered your room, but I didn't feel depressed at all, but felt much more comfortable. That's the truth. ”

Mrs. Hu said: "This is the proof that God is good for life, the living are suitable for the land, and the dwellers are suitable for the customs." ”

He Xuanya continued: "Just now you said outside the door that I was right, so do you still think that we are from the manifest world?"

Old lady Hu smiled and said, "Although you are reasonable in speculation, you don't know the history of the Huandou people.

"Ever since the Huandou people hid in the secret world, there have often been people from the world who have strayed into it. In the beginning, those who strayed into the Huandou realm from the Xian World would be taken to Chongshan and detained in a prison dedicated to the Wa royal family and their descendants.

As the group of the Wa royal family grew, the Huandou people gradually expanded the prison, and finally simply destroyed the outer wall of the prison and designated an area near the prison for the Wa royal family to live, and within the entire territory of Huandou, this is the only place where the Wa royal family and their descendants are allowed to live. This area is Milo Lane.

Later, when King Huandou saw that the number of the Wa royal family was growing, he was worried that the Wa royal family would be a threat to the Huandou people after their strength grew, so he abolished the Chen law that the two clans could not intermarry, and forced the Wa royal family to intermarry with the Huandou people, and after the second generation of the two clans intermarried, they should all be called Huandou people, although after a Wa royal family and Huandou people intermarried for five generations, the body of the offspring can show the characteristics of Huandou people.

In this way, the number of the Wa royal family was controlled, because after five generations, the Wa royal family would be transformed into a complete Huandou person.

"Now in Miluo Lane, most of the people who look like the Wa royal family have been displaced to the realm of Huandou within five generations. ”

I muttered, "No wonder those people who looked like the Wa royal family just now said that they were Huandou people." I heard that you are the only real Wa royal family member in this Milo Lane. How did you get to this secret place?"

Old Lady Hu's face suddenly sank, and she said slowly: "This is a long story.

"This lofty mountain was called Tianmen Mountain in the Middle Ages. Because from the surface of the earth, this mountain is ten thousand feet high, extremely steep, extremely difficult for ordinary people to climb, and the top of the mountain is not above the clouds all year round, the ancients thought that this mountain is the gateway to the sky. Since the Qin and Han dynasties, the study of alchemy and immortal cultivation has arisen in the world, and there are many people in the world. Chongshan has become a place where the world's warlocks compete to go.

"Many people have been trying to climb to the top of the mountain all their lives, because they think that climbing the mountain is to enter the gate of heaven and become immortals. But with the danger of the mountain, there is no one in ten thousand who really reach the top.

"Most of the ancestors of the people in this Milo Lane are those who have worked hard and luckily to reach the top. They did not become immortals, but became captives of the Huandou people, and then became wanderers who lived alone in other races.

"I am one of the warlocks.

"Back then, I followed Master to practice at Zhongnan Mountain. One year, Hongmao captured Jingshi, and the Empress Dowager fled to Chang'an. She heard that my master was an immortal on Zhongnan Mountain, so she sent someone to Chang'an to make alchemy for her. At that time, I was ten years old, and I also followed Master to Chang'an.

"Later, the Empress Dowager returned to Beijing and brought our master and apprentice to Beijing.

"Eight years later, the Empress Dowager Xi was seriously ill, and she heard that Tianmen Mountain could lead to the heavenly realm, so she ordered my master to go to Tianmen Mountain and climb to the top of Tianmen to ask for life-saving elixir for her.

"Master took me all the way west, to Chongshan, and halfway there, I heard that the Queen Mother was dead.

"Master thinks that the Queen Mother is dead, and there is no point in asking for immortal medicine, and he is ready to take me back to Zhongnan Mountain.

At this time, the master fell ill.

"I was an orphan and was raised by Master, who is the only relative in my life.

"Naturally, I wouldn't have watched him die like that.

"In the end, I made a bold decision to take Master to Chongshan and climb to the top of the Heavenly Gate to ask for life-saving elixir for Master.

"At first, Master was able to move, but in the end, he had problems even moving. So I found a car and dragged Master all the way to Chongshan.

"After three years, we finally arrived at the foot of the mountain.

"After settling down Master, I went to climb the mountain alone.

"After two years and a thousand failures, I finally climbed to the top of the mountain.

"When I saw the temple on the top of the mountain, I was so excited that I cried out and scratched my scalp.

"I thought that when I arrived at the Heavenly Palace, I could finally get the elixir and save Master, and then I would return to the picturesque Zhongnan Mountain, which made me think about it for a long time, and live a quiet life away from the world with Master.

"But it's not the Heavenly Palace, it's the royal palace of the Huandou clan. Not only did I not find a life-saving elixir for Master, but I was detained by the Huandou people and stayed here forever, because according to their law, once the Wa royal family entered the realm of Huandou, they were forever forbidden to return to the manifest world. ”

We are very sympathetic to Mrs. Hu's experience. Tears oozed from his eyes.

Old lady Hu said casually: "Hey, these were all sixty or seventy years ago. When I arrived, far from my homeland, I would never have fled from war to war, starvation, and death from time to time. Unlike the frequent wars and turmoil in the world, the Huandou people have been peaceful and peaceful in recent centuries, and people live and work in peace and contentment. For me, it's a great place to take refuge. I've been deeply involved with the land and the warm and peaceful people of this subterranean world for decades, and I've long made it my home. The only thing that worries me about that bright world is the eyes of Master lying on the sickbed looking at me in the distance. Hey, he must have died many years ago. ”

From Mrs. Hu's words, I deeply felt his sincere heart for the Huandou clan, and I could hear that he now loves this dark and shining land.

The sailor suddenly asked, "Mr. Hu, you just said that you saw the palace of the Huandou clan when you climbed to the top of Chongshan?"

Old Lady Hu nodded.

The sailor then asked, "What is that palace up there?" said the sailor and pointed in the direction of the palace.

Old lady Hu said: "That's the palace." ”

The sailor asked curiously, "How many kings are there in the Huandou clan?"

Old lady Hu said: "The king of the Huandou clan is the co-head of the whole clan, of course there is only one. ”

The sailor scratched his head and said, "Then how can there be two royal palaces?" ”

I was also wondering about this question, and when I heard the sailor ask this, I also waited curiously for the old man's answer.

Old lady Hu smiled and said, "The Huandou clan once had two palaces. Do you think that the palace I saw on the top of the mountain is two different palaces than the one we see now?"

We didn't say anything.

Mrs. Hu said, "Actually, it's the same one. ”