A hundred miles south of Wujin County, there is a nameless mountain that ends in the panic forest.

There is a main peak at 30 miles in the eastern section of Dashan, which is called Qingdang Mountain. The reason why this mountain is well known to the locals is only because there is a grand Taoist temple on the cloudy mountainside - Dingyun Temple.

On the night of the dark cave, the front hall of the Taoist temple is not distinguishable everywhere, and there is no life, but the fourth entrance of the temple is brightly lit, and there is a red hall here.

This red hall is majestic and magnificent, and the whole body is painted with red color, and it looks more powerful at night.

The hall was extremely spacious, and there was no one at this time, and there was a dead silence. A red velvet carpet leads straight into the hall from the front of the door, and the carved wooden chairs on both sides are placed in sequence, and in the middle is a copper incense burner that is more than human high, at this time the smoke is filled, like a fairyland. On the steps at the end of the red carpet, there is a blue jade platform with a width of one zhang, which is repaired by a whole piece of jade, and the whole body is warm and moist without any miscellaneous spots.

There is an ancient wooden table on the blue jade stone platform, the wooden chair behind the desk is empty, and there is a six-foot-wide screen behind the chair, and the screen with black gauze covers all the light, leaving only endless darkness behind, and in the endless darkness, an old Taoist in a brocade robe and a thin body sits here.

Compared with the majestic majesty of the main hall, it seems mysterious here.

The old Taoist on the bench was motionless, as if he had been dusted for thousands of years, although his body was thin and his cheekbones were protruding, his sharp eyes were as sharp as a falcon.

The old Taoist is the one who was mentioned by everyone at the Xiangji Temple Buddhist Conference, the sect master of Zhengyi Sect and the protector of the country - to a real person.

At this time, seeing his eyebrows tightened as if he had something on his mind, and it was a big thing that worried him, suddenly his expression tightened, and his body was slightly low, at the same time, the door of the temple was pushed open, and a little Taoist boy hurriedly broke in, and was stumbled by the red carpet under his feet, knelt down, and said timidly: "Zong...... Sect Master, Protector Xiao is back. ”

Through the black veil, I faintly saw that Zhiyi Zhenren buried his emaciated figure in the bench again, and his face was shrouded in darkness and could not distinguish the slightest, only the cold light flashed in his eyes, which made people shudder.

"Oh...... What?" asked Zhiyi Zhenren calmly.

"Zhenren, Xiao Protector asks to see. Xiao Daotong said.

"The deity is asking you, why are you so anxious?" asked Zhiyi Zhenren with concern, "Is it hurt?"

"Oh, no, it's okay, I was careless, I didn't stand firm......" Suddenly, Xiao Daotong seemed to remember something, and instantly his body trembled like sifting chaff, and he hurriedly kowtowed and begged, "Xiao Tong should die, Xiao Tong should die, please let a real person spare my life!"

"Oh, where did this begin?" asked Zhiyi Zhenren, as if puzzled.

Xiao Daotong hesitated for a moment, and said with an ugly face: "He, they all say that the true humane law is mysterious, and he has never asked about the world, but if he suddenly cares about anyone, he will take him to become an immortal." ”

"Oh, so you don't want to ascend to immortal?" asked Zhiyi Zhenren rhetorically.

"Yes...... Yes, no, yes, I just don't want to ...... now."

Before Dao Tong could say any more, a black gas burst out from behind the screen and slapped directly at Xiao Dao Tong's face, and before he could react, his small figure had instantly turned into charcoal.

Zhi Yizhen turned a blind eye, and then shouted loudly: "Mu Han, come in!"

Before the words fell, a young man walked in outside the temple gate, wearing a black gold fang-faced armor, covered with dust-covering armor, and holding a "Xiao Shou" mask made of gold leaf.

He walked quickly past the little Taoist boy who had become black charcoal but still knelt down, and the black charcoal human form instantly dissipated like powder, and the young man was unmoved, and took two steps to give a deep salute to the screen in the distance, and said loudly: "I've seen a real person!"

The voice echoed in the empty hall for a long time, and behind the screen, the cold light that pierced the bone marrow was also hidden in the eyes of its owner.

"Oh, Mu Han is here, come and sit down. Behind the screen, a real person is intimate and authentic.

Hearing the call, the young man slowly raised his head, a dark red mark appeared on his forehead, and he took a few steps to stand under the blue jade stone platform and sat on the wooden chair beside him.

"Mu Han, you've worked hard all the way, can you get anything from going this time?" asked Zhiyi Zhenren.

The young man hurriedly got up and bowed his head and said: "Back to the real person, the Pavilion Soap Sect with the Dragon and Tiger Sect and the Maoshan Sect has been flattened, but it is just ......"

"Just what!?" asked Zhiyi Zhenren in displeasure.

The young man's body trembled slightly, and he said: "The Taoist priests in the Guanzhong were all sent to Xisai by the government, but Lu Yongming, the head of the Pavilion Soap Sect, was not in the Guanzhong, and the disciples failed to capture him. ”

"Not in the middle of the view...... Do you know where to go?"

"Listening to the disciple in Guanzhong, he had left for Xiangji Temple half a month ago. ”

"Incense-accumulation-temple?" to a real person, word by word, authentic.

"Yes, it is said that Xiangji Temple is sending invitations all over the place, and among them is his family in charge. ”

"What does the post say?" asked Zhiyizhen.

"Except for the time of going to the appointment, there is nothing special, just some pleasantries. The young man replied.

There was suddenly no sound behind the screen, and after a long time, a sneer came out, and said, "What a Xiangji Temple!"

The young man was full of excitement, and he hurriedly bowed down and said, "The disciple is incompetent, please punish the real person!"

Zhiyi Zhenren's tone changed suddenly, and he comforted: "Mu Han, you are not an ordinary disciple, the deity has always treated you as his own child." Come, sit down. ”

The young man sat back in resignation.

"Mu Han, I heard that you are at odds with that Lingdu Daoist, but is there such a thing?" asked Zhi Yizhen with concern.

As soon as the young man sat down, he hurriedly got up again and replied, "Don't dare to hide the real person, exactly." ”

"Hehe, it's no wonder. The deity originally sent you to Namao Mountain, but I don't know what he had in mind, so he fought forcibly. The deity remembered that he was old, so he accommodated him, and made you lose face in front of everyone, you won't blame the deity, right?"

"The real person is serious, and the disciple is terrified. But if there is a real Fa Yu, the disciple dares to disobey it? It's just that the Heavenly Dao Protector Ling Du Dao ......"

"Alright, alright. Zhiyi Zhenren comforted, "He has a strange temper, don't be like him, you must remember to be in the same mind as the Dharma Protectors and the Six Paths robbers, so that you can overcome all difficulties together." ”

The young man agreed, bowing his head and saying nothing.

Behind the screen, Zhiyizhen's eyes brightened again, like two streams of electric light penetrating the screen and gathering in front of the young man's forehead.

"Come, Mu Han, let the teacher inspect one or two more for you, and see if you can improve your cultivation. To a real person said happily.

The young man immediately stepped onto the blue jade platform, walked around the table to the screen, rolled up his sleeves and handed his thick arm in, it was not the first time to see his skillful technique, even if he still did not understand the master's intentions.

Behind the screen, Zhi Yizhen's skinny fingers poked out of the wide sleeves of his coat and rested on the young man's veins.

For a long time, there was no sound behind the screen, and even the sound of breathing could not be heard.

Outside the screen, the young man's eyes were glazed, and the expression on his face showed extreme discomfort.

Suddenly, in the darkness behind the screen, two fierce lights suddenly appeared. "Bastard!" Zhi Zhenren scolded as the young man's arm was jerked out.

The young man's body staggered backwards, and he barely stood until he retreated to the edge of the steps, and he immediately bowed down and said, "The disciple should die!"

The thunderous fury behind the screen was like Mount Tai pressing down, and he couldn't breathe.

It was a scene he was all too familiar with, almost every time they saw each other in the past ten years, but there was no resentment in his heart, only fear.

After a while, a real person seemed to feel that something was wrong, and said earnestly: "Mu Han, you get up." Do you remember when I brought you up the mountain nine years ago?"

Hearing what Zhiyi Zhenren said, the young man's brain went blank, and his thoughts went backwards to nine years ago.

After the flood that lost both parents, he entrusted his sister Ma'er to his friend Ayuhiro, and decided to leave with his own life.

And just when he passed out, he was rescued to Dingyun Temple and worshiped Zhiyi Zhenren behind the screen as a teacher.

The young man is Buhong's big brother Xiao, Xiao Muhan.

From the moment he was rescued to the temple, he regarded Zhiyi Zhenren as a close relative, and obeyed his orders. As for the skills that have been passed on, they also practice three times in winter and three times in summer, and they dare not slack off, in order to repay their teacher's kindness one day. At the same time, it is also to find the only relative, Zhen'er, and his friend Buhong, which is also the master's promise to him.

The past flashed through his mind, Xiao Muhan slowly stood up, and said categorically: "Nine years ago, the disciple died once! If it wasn't for the mercy of the real person to save me, I am afraid that the bones have long been gone, and the disciple will never forget the grace of the reinvention of the real person!"

"Silly child, what bones, eternal life?" Zhi Zhenren's eyebrows and eyes gradually showed a sad color, and his tone was also heavy, "Alas, the deity is saying that I am getting older, I am old and useless, and my temper is getting more and more strange...... It used to be like this, but now it's even worse!"

"Real people are all thinking about me, seeing that I am not good at Taoism, I hate not to be steel, and I am anxious for my disciples!" Xiao Muhan said.

As if he was emotional, at this time, if there was a glint in the eyes of a real person, he sighed deeply and said, "Mu Han, I didn't expect you to understand me so well! That's good, that's good...... Maybe the time has not yet come, you have to practice hard and refined, do not slack off, and wait for half a year to be the teacher and then examine for you. After comforting Xiao Muhan, he asked, "Mu Han, as a teacher, you should pay attention to people who are the same age as you and have similar dark red spots on your forehead, can you get something?"

Xiao Muhan bowed his head and said, "I haven't met it yet." ”

Zhiyi Zhenren was expressionless when he heard this, and only nodded thoughtfully.

I thought that the master was going to make trouble, but I didn't think about it this time, but I didn't blame myself, after thinking for a while, Xiao Muhan had the courage to ask: "The disciple has a matter that I can't understand for a long time, and I don't know whether to ask or not." ”

"But why ask?"

"Why is Master searching for that 'man of destiny'? Is this person more ...... a real person?"

"More important than you?" Zhi Zhenren said, "Naturally not, how can you have such an idea?" There are thousands of disciples of the deity, but you are the one who loves you the most, don't you know?"

"The disciple understands, please forgive the sins of the real person. ”

"You ask the deity why he is looking for the 'man of destiny', and I will tell you in detail today. Zhi Zhenren sighed and said, "It's really hard to disobey the destiny of heaven! In today's world, yin and yang are reversed, and a group of evil demon foreign sects, each with a ghost fetus, hooks up with a chain, and wants to steal the sky and change the day. As a protector of the country, how can the deity sit idly by and ignore the divine grace of the Son of Heaven? As a result, he has no taste of food every day and sleepless nights, but he still has no way to do it, and he blames himself and blames himself! Mu Han, can you understand that you are a teacher?"

Seeing that Xiao Muhan nodded in empathy, Zhiyi Zhenren looked very pleased, and then said in a loud voice: "Fortunately, with the blessing of the ancestors, on the day nine years ago, the deity calculated the 'Mandate of Heaven' was born in the world, and it was in Puxiang, not far from here...... But if you can find the 'man of destiny', you can turn this misfortune away, save the country from danger, save the people from fire and water, cleanse the filth, and clean up the world. ”

After that, Zhi Yizhen pointed to Xiao Muhan's forehead and said in a straight voice: "The 'man of destiny' that the deity is looking for is just like you, and there is a dark red mark between the two eyebrows...... You don't have to think about it, no matter whether you are a 'man of destiny' or not, or if you find a 'man of destiny' for the deity, the strong family affection between you and me, which is not father and son, but is better than father and son, will never change!"

The sincere words to a real person sounded another feeling to Xiao Muhan, no less than a thunderbolt in the clear sky, he had to mobilize all his true qi to suppress the slight tremor of his body, and then showed a calm and calm appearance, but his heart had already turned over.

Only now did he realize that the reason why the master looked at him differently was not because he sympathized with his miserable background, but because he was born in Puxiang and had a dark red mark on his forehead. I remembered that whenever the Master checked his pulse, he must have not detected the signs of the Mandate of Heaven before he became angry.

Xiao Muhan couldn't be clearer about the dark red mark on his forehead, he clearly remembered that he didn't have it when he was a child, and after going up the mountain, the master found that he was only caused by a joke on weekdays, and when asked if the mark was born, he lied and said that he didn't remember, and he didn't tell the truth to the master. And at this moment, it is even more impossible to explain it to the master, even if the master in front of him is as kind to him, but thinking of his moody temperament, and the disciples who were taken by him to "ascend to immortals" wantonly...... Xiao Muhan couldn't help but gasp.

"Mu Han, what's wrong with you?" Seeing that Xiao Muhan was speechless for a long time, Zhi Zhenren asked with concern.

Avoiding Zhiyi Zhenren's gaze, Xiao Muhan bowed his head and said, "The disciple is thinking about how to find the 'Mandate of Heaven' for the real person. Although the disciples have not dared to slack off in the past few years, the people they are looking for are either of the same age or their family backgrounds are not compatible. Master said that the life of the Mandate of Heaven was born in Puxiang, Wujin, nine years ago, the villages under the jurisdiction of Puxiang, including Xiaojia Village, where the disciples are located, were all flooded, and the villagers were scattered after the disaster, and now that nine years have passed, there is no way to find it, but ......"

"What's the matter?" asked Zhiyi Zhenren alertly.

Inadvertently glanced at Zhiyi Zhenren, Xiao Muhan shuddered, because at this moment, he felt that the master seemed to have guessed what he had not said.

Just a few days ago, Xiao Muhan passed through Xiaojia Village, and in his hometown, he thought of his sister Zhen'er and his playmate Bu Hong, who had been looking for many years, and suddenly his hair stood upside down when he recalled, because he clearly recalled that Bu Hong's eyebrows were born with a dark red trace! At that time, he was still hesitating to explain it to his master, but now after weighing and thinking about it, he made up his mind and never mentioned it!

In an instant, Xiao Muhan decided to risk his life to make up a lie.

"Nine years have passed, and although there is no way to find it now, it is ...... Please rest assured that even if you can't find the 'man of destiny', the disciple will do his best to share the worries and solve problems for the real person, even if he is broken and will never give up!"

"Oh!?" Zhi Yizhen jerked his body up from the back of the chair and stared at Xiao Muhan without saying a word, as if his sharp eyes could penetrate everything.

Being scrutinized like this by a real person, Xiao Muhan felt as if time stood still, and what frightened him even more was that he felt that what he was hiding in his heart was about to be seen through.

Just when Xiao Muhan was about to lose his support, but behind the screen, Zhi Yizhen smiled and said: "The deity has a vain Muhan, and he has no regrets in his life!" ”

Like a warrior, Xiao Muhan said energetically: "Please let the real person descend the decree." ”

"Incense-accumulation-temple!" said to a real person, word by word.

"Obey!" Xiao Muhan replied, then got up and strode away, and not long after he walked out, he heard a vicious curse from behind the screen: "Bastard!"

This voice made Xiao Muhan shudder, and he turned around sharply and bowed his head again.

"Oh, Mu Han, why don't you go yet?" asked Zhi Yizhen behind the screen, as if he didn't know it.

Xiao Muhan's heart tightened, and he reluctantly raised his voice, and said, "Yes, the disciple will retire, prepare to stop, and set off immediately!"

"Slow!" Zhi Zhenren said, "The master suddenly remembered something, it is reported that the traces of the beast have been found, you quickly tell the Heavenly Dao Master to know, and let him work together to find it." ”

"Obey the law of the real person!" Xiao Muhan turned around and left, the wind armor thrown behind him did not fall in time, and his figure had disappeared into the vast night outside the hall.

Behind the screen, Zhi Yizhen buried his body in the bench again, and he closed his eyes slightly, until his eyes full of fierce light were completely hidden, and between his eyebrows, he tightened again.