The strange fish replied: "You don't want to go to the True Hui Continent, for the sake of the pill you gave me just now, I advise you to dispel this idea, the Gangfeng there is really not something that you can resist as a monk in the early stage of cultivation." ”

Luo Yan said: "You don't have to worry about this, I have my own way to deal with it, you just need to tell me the route." ”

For the strange fish, this route to the Zhenhui Continent is not a secret, he saw that the young monk in front of him was very serious, so he sorted out the memories of the year and passed them on to Luo Yan.

After Luo Yan looked carefully, he found that in addition to the few reference points he knew, there were some more small reference objects in it, and the situation was quite detailed, so he took out another hundred top-grade spirit stones and handed them to the strange fish, saying:

"These should be the reward for this map, and you can't go home empty-handed after you all the way. ”

Luo Yan was a little embarrassed when he said this, he didn't go to pick up the spirit stone, but asked in a hesitant manner, "Do you really have a way to get through the Gangfeng area?"

"Dissatisfied with Daoyou, I was lucky enough to comprehend the way of the wind before, so I should be able to deal with it. As he spoke, Luo Yan raised his hand to summon a whirlwind next to (shēn), and then waved his hand away.

"In that case, I also want to go with you, there are many people and companions on the way, so you can take me with you. The strange fish said after looking at it.

"Although your cultivation is higher than mine, but the heart (xìng) makes it difficult to disagree, and if I take you with me, I will inevitably give birth to other rights and wrongs. Luo Yan looked at him with some concern.

"Don't worry, fellow Daoist, as long as you promise to take me, I can swear again and listen to you in the future. After speaking, without waiting for Luo Yan to answer, the strange fish swore to the sky according to the mantra.

Seeing him like this, Luo Yan agreed to his request. Then he introduced himself: "In Xia Luoyan, dare to ask what Daoyou is called?"

"My name is Hua Chen, in fact, I was just a whim in the previous thing (qíng), I didn't expect to meet you the first time I did this, it seems that my luck is not bad, I didn't fall into this road. ”

After the strange fish finished speaking, he scratched his head and said with some embarrassment.

"Is this my honor, or is it my misfortune?" Luo Yan smiled, and then asked the puppet to urge the spirit boat to start moving forward, and the two sat on the deck to continue talking.

It's really not a fight, I don't know each other, after such an exchange, I know that the two actually have a similar experience, and the more they talk, the more they fall in love, and finally Luo Yan said:

"Huachen Daoyou, if your image is seen by others, it will be difficult to associate you with a good person, can you change your appearance, or you can show people with your body. ”

Hua Chen smiled and said: "Then I'd better change my image, if I appear in the main body for a long time, they will still be a little afraid of meeting the Terran monks in the future." ”

After speaking, he turned around in place, changing into a middle-aged man in a gray robe, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and looking polite.

After the change, Huachen bent down at Luo Yan and said, "What do you think I am like now?"

Luo Yan replied: "(tǐng) Okay, when we are together in the future, Hua Daoyou will use this image." ”

After that, under the guidance of Hua Chen, the spirit boat began to go up the river.

They flew for more than ten days, and then saw several warm yellow objects in front of them in the distance, moving slowly, and there was no breath of life fluctuations under the divine sense.

Before he could figure out the situation, Luo Yan raised his vigilance.

What follows

As the spirit boat moved forward, there were more and more such objects, and some of them were already less than a hundred miles away from their spirit boat.

At this time, Luo Yan had already seen clearly that this was a well-made sky lantern, with a light source made of demon beast grease inside, and a warm yellow brocade satin covering the skeleton outside.

Some of them are embroidered with dragons and phoenixes, tigers and lions, with different figures, and some have various wishes written on them.

He looked down again, and found that many of these warm yellow colored lamps had also appeared in the river on the ground, and they were slowly drifting away with the flowing water.

On a whim, Luo Yan casually took a nearby sky lantern into his hand and observed it.

On this lantern was a strange demon beast with three heads, six wings, and shēn (shēn) covered with scales, and five giant claws stepping on auspicious clouds, and spewing fire from its mouth.

Hua Chen saw that Luo Yan was interested in this, and explained on the side: "Luo Daoyou, not far from now on, we are about to enter the realm of the Taihe Clan, and these sky lanterns are released by them. ”

"This dao (tǐng) is interesting. Do they do this often?" Luo Yan asked with interest.

"Not really, in fact, this is a kind of ritual of theirs, which is only held once every hundred years, mainly to pray for peace for the next hundred years, and at the same time, an elected woman will seal the qi veins and push them into the river to appease the river gods below. Huachen explained calmly.

"Is there really a river god down there?"

"Where did the river god come from, it is a fish demon in the late stage of the merger, the appearance is similar to the one painted on the sky lantern you held, before using a woman, ready to break through the early stage of Mahayana, but was seriously injured by the thunder, the breakthrough failed, and now a woman is needed every hundred years to help him suppress the injury.

I had quietly gone down to see it before, and now he is in the middle of the strength, and it is ridiculous that these stupid Tae people still think that he is a dog (pì) river god. ”

"Then why didn't you get rid of it at the time and help them? Luo Yan asked puzzled.

"I have nothing to do with these Taihe people, why should I make trouble for myself, besides, that fish demon is my kind no matter what he says, although his approach makes me disagree, but it really makes me cannibalistic, unless it is absolutely necessary, I usually won't do it. ”

After speaking, this guy looked at Luo Yan with a strange look and asked, "You don't want to take care of this, do you?"

"You can try it. ”

Hua Chen said: "I advise you to forget it, although you can trap me, it's because I take it lightly, if you really fight, how can you, a monk in the early stage of cultivation, be an opponent in the merger period."

What's more, that guy is still a character who has experienced the Mahayana Thunder Tribulation, and although he is injured, he can't be underestimated. ”

"Let's go take a look first, if you really want to do it, you can just take care of yourself. After Luo Yan finished speaking, he urged the flying boat to fall towards the river.

Afterwards, they all took on the faces of the Tay people and began to walk to the people who were being sacrificed.

Although Hua Chen had some wishes in his heart, seeing that Luo Yan had already decided, he had no choice but to follow with a face of no wishes.

On the wide surface of the river, there are tens of thousands of water lanterns floating, which appear to be brilliant, and they flow quietly with the river, as if they take away all the troubles and sorrows of the people on the shore.

In the dark sky, there are also lights shining, like a dream, that distant point of light, belt

With the beautiful sustenance and hope of the people of Taihe, they disappeared into the black night.

Luo Yan found that the cultivation of these Taihe people was similar to that of the people on the Thundering Continent, and each of them held two lamps in their hands, a sky lantern and a water lantern, and the patterns painted on them were similar.

When he came to the crowd, he saw a woman from the late stage of Yudan next to him, who lit the lantern and raised her hands high, and watched the lantern fly up, and finally turned into a warm yellow point of light.

She had words in her mouth throughout the whole process, as if she was telling her wishes.

When the warm yellow light was gone, she picked up the krathong next to the shēn, went to the river, lit it, and gently pushed it into the river to let it flow down the river, and finally joined the other krathongs.

In the process, the woman also looked at the distant point of light with a reverent face, as if the wish in her heart had been fulfilled in this way, and when the point of light disappeared, she began to prostrate.

Luo Yan looked in the direction where the lantern floated, and saw a huge warm yellow dragon boat docked on the shore not far from here, with a temporary altar built out of wood and many flags of different colors planted around it.

On the edge of the altar stood more than a dozen monks in their infancy, all looking at the water with calm faces.

In the cabin further back, the lights were bright, and a group of people had gathered inside, but it was too far away for him to see what was going on inside.

Luo Yan hesitated slightly, but quietly released his divine sense and entered the cabin.

In the cabin, an old man in the early stage of the transformation of the gods, wearing a warm yellow robe, sat on a chair behind the steps, looking at the people who were talking below, and did not say a word.

To his left, too, sat an old man, with a full head of white hair and a faceless qíng.

The people in front of them were basically monks in the late Yuan Infant period, and everyone was full of excitement, talking about the grand plans for the next hundred years.

After reading it, Luo Yanxin (qíng) retracted his consciousness heavily.

At this time, more and more people gathered on the riverbank, and a sea of people had formed, and everyone began to gather in the direction of the dragon boat after putting on this warm yellow lamp.

The first arrivals crowded the riverside and watched the dragon boats up close, while the later arrivals took up a higher position and looked out over the river, while the late arrivals had to gather downstream.

But no matter where they stand, it's a watch (qíng) of anticipation.

About a cup of tea later, a loud bell sounded in the distance, and then an old man in the late Yuan Dynasty on the dragon boat shouted:

"The hour has come, and the saint is invited to the stage. ”

Two monks in warm yellow robes were then seen walking out of the cabin with a woman in a long white skirt (shēn).

Luo Yan found that the woman in the white dress was weak and weak when she walked, not so much as walking, but being held by the two female cultivators. It seemed that her qi veins were sealed.

Behind these three people (shēn) were followed by the old man in the early stage of the transformation of the gods, followed by the white-haired old man and a group of monks in the late Yuan Infant period.

When the group was outside, the two nuns walked up to the altar with the woman in the white dress, placed herself in a stone chair, and then began to put her hair in a bun, brushing the hair that hung down to the front behind her ears and making the final dress.

When Luo Yan saw that delicate face, his eyebrows suddenly jumped a few times, and he whispered, "Why is she?"