() Qinglong Continent, Kanglong County, foothills of Tiandao Mountain.

The Taiqing Sect, the great sect of cultivating immortals in the past, has gone to the mountain. The majestic 6,000 steps, moistened by the night frost and morning dew, are covered with moss. In late autumn, the leaves fall all over the ground. A man dressed in white, with a hat on his head, stepped on the dead branches and broken leaves, and walked slowly up the mountain.

At the top of the mountain, the black lacquered gate of the Taiqing Sect was closed, the steps were covered with dust, and the walls were covered with vine grass. Among the withered yellow vines, the mottled nicks and mutilations on the walls can be faintly seen.

The man looked up at the still upright "Taiqing Sect" plaque, and then looked at the couplets on the walls on the left and right sides.

"'Red dust is drunk and dreams for a thousand years'...... I want to fly alone in the white clouds, and I really want to be drunk and dream of death, and forget the painful things forever, and forget the people who can't be seen...... Once drunk for a thousand years, the soul is haunted by dreams. Patriarch, Patriarch, maybe I really understand your state of mind now. The man in white muttered to himself.

Gently pushed open the door of the dusty years, and a lot of dust fell down.

"Really...... It's been a long time......" The man in white's voice choked up.

The potholed yard had not been repaired, rubble was piled up in one corner, and the cloister next to the yard had long since collapsed and no one had repaired it. Recalling the prosperity of the past, the scene of desolation in front of me is more and more melancholy.

Passing through the courtyard, the moral hall, the sword hall, the sword hall, and the three major halls of the front mountain are in front of you. The still majestic momentum has witnessed the most prosperous period of a great sect of cultivating immortals, and the mottled traces on the pillars and walls record the ups and downs of the Taiqing Sect for thousands of years.

Follow the road next to the temple to the back mountain.

The Sanqing Hall has collapsed with beams and walls, and through the cracks in the ruins and broken walls, it can be seen that the statues of the three sword immortals of Yuqing, Shangqing, and Taiqing have been removed, and only a crooked incense ding and several broken candles are left in the place where the temple was originally located.

"Alas......" left a long sigh, and the man in white continued to walk forward.

Looking at the thirteen peaks of the Heavenly Dao in the distance, it still stands tall among the auspicious clouds. Stepping on the most familiar mountain trail, the mood of the man in white became heavier and heavier.

After turning a few corners, Wei Kongfeng came into view. The dense bamboo forest has obscured the small bamboo garden that could have been seen. Pushing aside the bamboo that stood in the way, the man in white couldn't help but reddened his eyes. A few crooked bamboo huts lay quietly on the floor, and even the thatch on the roof was gone.

The man in white stood in front of the bamboo garden for a moment, shook his head, and then disappeared into the clouds along the barely visible path in the bamboo forest.

This road leads to the Valley of Wind Law.

The moisture of the mountains muds the soil beneath your feet, and the road is covered with dead grass and thorns, mixed with rock gravel.

After walking along the path for a long time, the man in white walked slower and slower, and his steps became heavier and heavier. Wind Rhythm Valley was obviously ahead, but he became more and more hesitant.

Ming Beach is still that Ming Beach, and the Liuyin River is still the Liuyin River. The water was as clear as ever, and the sand was as white as ever. The man in white was in a trance, and in a hazy way, there seemed to be a piece of red and willow green in front of him, and the grass was like green. Under the guidance of their elder brother and sister, the three children practiced their swords, sometimes looking attentive and sometimes laughing and playing. There seemed to be the whisper of the breeze and the laughter of the river.

In the blink of an eye, everything suddenly turned into a phantom. There were four tombs in front of you. The wind is still blowing, but it is like a mournful cry, and the water, still flowing, but it is like a sad whimper.

The body of the man in white trembled slightly, stepped forward, took off the hat, knelt down with a "poof", and cried bitterly on the stone tablet in front of the tomb: "Master, master, the apprentice is not filial, and he has never come to worship." It's been thirty-two years, it's been thirty-two years, and the disciple Tianyao has come back to see you!"

The desolate cry echoed through the valley, and the sound of the wind and water told the broken hearts of the heartless.

After a long time, He Tianyao wiped away his tears, kowtowed ten times to the tombs of Yu Ruijiang and Hua Qianxue, and stood up. The tomb is made of blue bricks, and the handwriting on the tombstone is strong and powerful. "At first glance, it is the handwriting of the elder brother. He thought to himself.

He cast his gaze on two other graves in the distance. One of them is also a blue brick tomb, but the tomb is smaller. The farthest one is a loess tomb, without even a tombstone.

He Tianyao came to the two tombs and bowed three times to Xiao Liying's tomb: "Senior Sister Xiao, in the past, Tianyao was repeatedly taken care of by you, but unexpectedly, the kindness was not repaid, but the yin and yang were separated...... Alas......"

The last mound is He Tianxiao's. Because he was a remnant of the sword demon, and because he disobeyed the sword immortal, He Tianxiao was recognized by the immortal cultivation world as a hateful demon cultivator and a shameful betrayer. Because of this, Han Mingfei and Tang Junhe couldn't even build a monument for him, lest his tomb be scolded by future generations and disturb his peace.

He Tianyao gently removed the yellow weeds on the grave, sat in front of the grave, and took off the package on his back. After opening it, there was actually a large jar of Kanglong County's famous wine - Drunken Haibo.

Take off the two wine bowls that are fastened to the mouth of the altar, open the altar seal, and fill them with each other.

"Brother Tianxiao, Brother Yao has come to see you, but don't blame me for being late!" He Tianyao put down the wine jar, raised a wine bowl with one hand, touched it, sprinkled a bowl in front of the grave, and drank the bowl with his head up.

After filling the wine, he raised his bowl and said: "You should have continued to cultivate immortals and practice swords like me, and finally you could worship the sword immortals as teachers together and go out of the mountains together, how good it would be......! Alas, it's done!"

"Ding" touched the bowl, "bang" poured wine, He Tianyao burst into tears again.

"As a result, you have to go to practice demons and practice swords, this is good, not only did you harm Senior Sister Xiao, but also put your own life into it, it really outweighed the loss! It's a pity that there is no regret medicine to take in this world, otherwise I would have stopped you no matter what." Forget it, don't say it! You and I are brothers, I will never forget the brotherhood, love

Friendship is full of arms, here is the wine!" He Tianyao raised his head and drank the wine in the bowl.

The four seas are peaceful and the turmoil is fixed,

Seven counties are peaceful and happy.

As soon as the green dragon rules the world,

Cultivating immortals is alone and hides away from relatives and friends.

Thinking about the past happiness is short,

I feel lonely now.

Lu Mo Mountain is looking for his hometown,

The past is sad and nostalgic for the old people.

Looking at the East Peak Bamboo Garden,

Listen to the sound of Nishitani.

The head is cool and the breeze is clear,

The foot pedal is fine and the sand is fine.

Covered with yellow grass frost,

The dead wood and fog to the sky are muddy.

Things are people, not where they are,

It's like a world away, tears are dripping.

Since the end of the "Immortal Demon War" initiated by the Dragon Clan, the immortal cultivators of the Qinglong Continent have left the devastated sect holy land and founded a new unified sect, the Qinglong Sect, in the mountains of the Wuling Mountain Range. Originally, the seven major sects of the seven counties were divided into the seven veins of the green dragon, and the scattered cultivation method was the eighth vein, which was called "Canghai".

The red sun, the Taiqing, the clouds, the ethereal, the night, the cold moon, the wind, the sea, the eight veins of the green dragon are located in the eight mountain areas. These eight mountain domains were also opened up by many immortal cultivators after the great merger of the immortal cultivation world.

The original Red Sun Sect Master, Zhu Honglie, was the proposer of the creation of a new sect, and was later elected as the first Sect Master of the Blue Dragon Sect. The task of planning to open up the sect's territory naturally fell on him. According to his design, many former sect masters and elders practiced and led the disciples of the Immortal Cultivators to work day and night to open up the eight mountain domains according to the direction of the eight trigrams.

The red sun vein belongs to fire, and it is the first to leave the position in the east. The Taiqing vein belongs to the sky, and it is in the north dry position. The Tianyun vein is thunder, and it is located in the northeast seismic position. The ethereal vein belongs to the mountain and occupies the northwest position. The night leaves the vein territory, and it is located in the north kun position. The cold moon vein belongs to water, and it is the first in the west. The wind Ling vein belongs to the wind and occupies the southwest Xun position. The veins of the sea belong to Ze, and they occupy the southeast position.

Eight mountain ranges surround one of the main peaks. This main peak covers a wide area, and together with the surrounding secondary peaks, it forms the ninth major mountain area - Tiancheng Domain.

This domain can be described as the forbidden land of the Green Dragon Sect, and it is also the holy land of the Green Dragon Sect. Only the eight elders and immortal cultivators above the Mahayana realm could enter this mountain domain. This is not only a place for immortal cultivators to prepare for the final heavenly tribulation, but also a place to store the nine peerless immortal swords. The danger of crossing the catastrophe is uncertain, whether it is success or failure depends on the will of God, so the name of this mountain area is "Tiancheng", which is a beautiful meaning. Due to the special nature of this mountain area, people generally only talk about the eight mountain areas on the periphery of the Blue Dragon Sect.

Among the eighteen peerless immortal swords in the Qinglong Continent, there is one of each of the eight major sect veins, which are the Pure Jun Sword of the Red Sun Vein, the Dingguang Sword of the Canghai Vein, the Chengying Sword of the Taiqing Vein, the Gongbu Sword of the Tianyun Vein, the Liujing Sword of the Ethereal Vein, the Qingshuang Sword of the Night Separation Vein, the Flying Immortal Sword of the Cold Moon Vein, and the Panying Sword of the Fengling Vein. There are eight peerless immortal swords in the Tiancheng Mountain Domain, namely the Xuanyuan Sword, the Zhanlu Sword, the Chixiao Sword, the Tai'a Sword, the Longquan Sword, the Seven Star Sword, the Moyang Sword, and the Zhengang Sword. There are also two, one is the sword immortal who took away He Tianyao - the giant sword in Jiang Chengdong's hand, and the sword of victory over evil that was passed on to the people of Hua Junmen - Hua Qingyu in accordance with the instructions of Lu Chengxuan.

There are four masters of the Tribulation Realm who survived the battle of immortals and demons more than thirty years ago, namely Huangfuyu, Helianxin, Du Lanshuang, and Qiao Xiaoyu. Among them, Huangfuyu, Helianxin, and Qiao Xiaoyu are all in the late stage of the tribulation, and Huangfuyu and Helianxin ushered in their own catastrophe eighteen years ago and fifteen years ago respectively and left the Qinglong Sect. Qiao Xiaoyu also sensed the date of the catastrophe eight years ago and left quietly. Whether the three of them succeeded in the tribulation or not, no one knows. Due to the fact that the Mahayana masters of the world died in battle during the Great War of Immortals and Demons, there were not many masters left in the Silent Annihilation Master, so there were not many masters cultivating in the Tiancheng Mountain Domain now.

The original Red Sun Sect Master, Zhu Honglie, ascended to the Mahayana realm twenty-seven years ago. Twenty years ago, Tai Qian also reached Mahayana and relieved himself of the affairs of the elders of the Feng Ling Vein and entered the Tiancheng Mountain Domain. Since then, the original sect leaders of the seven major sects of the Blue Dragon Continent have been replaced. Just like the Immortal Cultivation Realm, the position of the King of the Seven Counties was also rotated more than ten years ago. Among the original seven county kings, Qin Yongshan, the king of Youlong County, Zheng Xiangnan, the king of Pingyu of Xianglong County, Kong Yingren, the king of Dingjun of Shenglong County, and Meng Xiangwu, the king of Ningjin of Tenglong County, were all killed in battle, and Bai Wenchao, the king of Angui of Feilong County, was killed as early as the first demon beast riot, and the eldest son Bai Yunbo, who took over the throne, was also killed in the battle of the fairy and demon war. Among the only two remaining kings, Yan Guangyu, the king of Guangxing in Qianlong County, died of illness shortly after the end of the war, and Qi Sifan, the king of Dongchang in Kanglong County, also died thirteen years ago.

All in all, today's Qinglong Continent is no longer the same as before.

After leaving Tiandao Mountain, He Tianyao went to the Yundu Villa under Dongshi Mountain to worship his parents. The villa was destroyed in the fairy and demon war, and a few remnants were left, but fortunately, the tomb of the parents was still there, but no one had been sacrificed for a long time. There were countless casualties in the war, and who among the people who survived still remembered the righteous and thin man of Yunyun Villa back then?

With a sense of melancholy, He Tianyao walked along the avenue into Xuzhou City. Walking through the familiar and unfamiliar streets, watching the pedestrians come and go, no one seems to remember the catastrophe that swept the entire continent more than 30 years ago. Is it because the years have passed, or is it because you don't want to remember that painful experience and seal it in the corner of your heart?

"Maybe it's both," He Tianyao thought to himself, "The people of Li Min are no better than immortal cultivators, and more than thirty years is even half a lifetime for some people. The so-called 'life is too short,' and in a limited life, why should we dwell on the sufferings of the past? The Qinglong Continent has been completely reborn since the Great War of the Immortals and Demons, and with the passage of time and the passage of time, the people of Li who live and work in peace and contentment live a peaceful and peaceful life, and where can we still see that this place has experienced miserable turmoil? Nothing in the world is immutable, and the pain of the past may only leave traces of history in the abandoned land of the sect......

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw a plaque on a storefront across the long street

Curtain - Xueqing Inn.

Speaking of Xueqing Inn, you can't help but think of an old man, He Tianyao's solemn face couldn't help but show a smile, he stared at the plaque, and said in his heart: "Senior brother, second senior sister, Qingyu sister, Xiaomin, we haven't seen each other for a long time, I wonder if you are okay?"

The Xueqing Inn was still as prosperous as it was before the Great War, with guests coming and going from north to south, and no one paying attention to the man standing in front of the gate in a daze.

"Xue'er, don't be reckless, there are so many guests, be careful to spill the wine and food!" There was a shout from the inn.

He Tianyao, who was in a daze, was awakened by this shout and came back to his senses. "It's the shopkeeper of the inn. He Tianyao's heart was shocked, why did this woman's voice sound so familiar?

Curious, he raised his legs and stepped into the inn.

"Shuang'er, don't be greedy over there, go and help my sister!" the female shopkeeper shouted again.

This sound made He Tianyao's eyes lock on the woman who was standing at the counter and was busy.

The beautiful face bears traces of the past, the familiar figure evokes memories of the past, the name comes to her lips and is about to come out, but her heart is incredulous, how can she be here?

The female shopkeeper who was facing the door on the side caught a glimpse of someone entering the door, and hurriedly greeted: "Please be inside the guest officer, do you want to play the tip or stay in the hotel?"

"It's really her!" He Tianyao's lips trembled with excitement, and he was speechless.

"Guest officer?" Seeing that the visitor did not answer or leave, the female shopkeeper stepped forward suspiciously. He Tianyao took the hat, and the female shopkeeper didn't recognize who he was.

He Tianyao raised his hand tremblingly, slowly took off the hat, and finally spit out the long-lost name from his mouth: "Xiaomin, it's my ......"

Zhu Xiaomin was stunned, looking at He Tianyao in a daze, and even the account book in his hand fell to the ground.

"Brother Tianyao!" Zhu Xiaomin howled loudly and threw himself into He Tianyao's arms, crying bitterly.

Many of the guests who were eating and drinking in the hall knew that Zhu Xiaomin was the owner of Xueqing Inn, and when they saw her hugging strangers, they couldn't help but look at them curiously.

The curtain of the inner hall was opened, and a man strode to the two of them, patted He Tianyao's shoulder, and laughed: "Senior Brother He, I haven't seen you for a long time!"

"Qin ...... Senior Brother Qin?" He Tianyao was dumbfounded, "What, you, you ......" He was so surprised that he even stammered when he spoke.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled with tears: "Everything is a long story. Let's go to the back room and sit down and talk. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, today my husband and wife have come to visit after decades of absence, please forgive us for closing here, you can continue to enjoy delicious food and wine, you don't have to pay for today's wine and food, count us as a treat!" Qin Yuejie excitedly shouted to the guests in the hall.

The guests cheered and said to the three of them: "Congratulations!"

He Tianyao followed the two of them through the inner hall, it turned out that there was a large courtyard behind the restaurant, and walked along the corridor for a while, and came to the front of a delicate two-story building.

"This is where we live, you go in and talk, and I'll tell the kitchen to prepare a table for a banquet. Qin Yuejie said.

He Tianyao stopped him: "Hey, Senior Brother Qin, don't bother, let's just talk together." ”

Where is Qin Yuejie willing to listen: "How can that happen? We haven't seen each other for more than 30 years, and if we don't get drunk, we'll be sorry for the friendship in the past! Wait a while, I'll be back soon!" After speaking, he turned around and ran away.

"He's right, it's rare to meet an old friend, and we must have a good drink. Come in!" Zhu Xiaomin pushed open the door.

On the ground floor is a small hall, which is simply decorated and does not have too many extravagant household items.

The two sat down at a round table in the middle of the hall. He Tianyao couldn't wait to ask, "Xiaomin, why are you here? Listening to Senior Brother Qin's words just now, you have also formed a Taoist couple?" Thinking of the young man from the Taiqing Sect who was extremely verbose in the fight but got stuck when he saw Zhu Xiaomin, He Tianyao couldn't help laughing, "Senior Brother Qin finally got his wish, I'm really happy for him." ”

"Brother Tianyao, we can't be called 'Taoist couples', just ordinary couples. You don't know, since you were taken away by the Sword Immortal, I left the Taiqing Sect. Zhu Xiaomin said.

"Where did you leave Taiqing Sect?" He Tianyao didn't react to Zhu Xiaomin's meaning for a while.

"Completely detached, give up cultivating immortals, and return to the world. Zhu Xiaomin replied lightly.

He Tianyao stood up "Teng", and his mouth opened wide in shock enough to fit a goose egg.

Zhu Xiaomin looked up at him with a smile, quietly waiting for him to speak.

He Tianyao held back a sentence for a long time: "You...... You're crazy!"

Zhu Xiaomin laughed "poof": "Don't be so surprised. Just like my grandmother, since she has no attachment to cultivating immortals, it is better to be a mortal. ”

"What about Senior Brother Qin, he also gave up cultivating immortals?"

Zhu Xiaomin nodded.

"Crazy, all crazy......" He Tianyao sat back on the stool, "If Master and Grandpa Quanxia knew about it, I'm afraid they would also be angry with you...... Ah, no, I'm so angry with you that I'm alive!" he was a little incoherent.

"Haha, what are you talking nonsense?" Zhu Xiaomin laughed and sighed wistfully, "I really hope that Master, Master, and Sect Master Grandpa can come back to life...... By the way, there are also Brother Tianxiao and Senior Sister Xiao......" said, her eyes turned red again.

"The people of the past have passed away, we can only mourn......" He Tianyao suddenly remembered something and asked, "Xiaomin, what about Sect Master Zhu, how could he allow you to give up cultivating immortals?"

"Grandpa Zeng was indeed very angry at that time, but I had already made up my mind, and he didn't stop me. By the way, you go back and see what it is. Zhu Xiaomin pointed behind He Tianyao.