Outside the tall wooden archway in Liantian Town, a white-maned wolf stands, its fur is black, its body is tall, its two pointed ears are erect, and it is holding a huge mallet in its hand, and the mallet is full of iron nails that look like wolf teeth.

"This king Tiansha Wuqi, the cave master of the Shuangsha Cave of Langya Mountain, the previous earth demon came to worship Zhuang, you were too heavy, and damaged the face of my Langya Mountain, today this Tiansha is going to come to seek justice!" The wolf demon who became Wuqi waved the mace in his hand.

The monster's worship of Zhuang stirred up waves in Ning Xiaoling's lifeless heart, she was excited, and after hearing the news, she hurriedly ran in the direction of the outside of the town, wanting to see the appearance of the monster.

Then, she found that everyone didn't seem to be very interested in the self-proclaimed demon Baizhuang.

The craftsmen never stopped, the farmers were also focused on the crops, their backs were not straight, only the other monsters were still concerned about the black wolf, discussing its origin, but at last they all laughed.

After Ning Xiaoling looked around, she felt that she was too excited.

"Senior brother, why don't they have the current sense of urgency of the great enemy?" Ning Xiaoling couldn't understand.

Ning Chang said: "Maybe I'm used to it." ”

The first to arrive outside the village were Ning Xiaoling and Ning Changchang.

In the overgrown field, on a lonely stone, Wu Qi stood with his stick on his stick, calmly, and after seeing the pair of senior brothers and sisters, he said coldly: "Just you?"

Wu Qi's eyes were disappointed.

"You yellow-haired girl, you also want to learn about our martial arts in Langya Mountain?" Wu Qi waved his mallet, as if he wanted to drive them away directly.

Ning Xiaoling's eyes were also disappointed, she sighed, thinking that this monster worship Zhuang was really thunder and raindrops, she didn't even bother to draw her sword, and directly rolled up her sleeves to fight against this demon wolf.

Three rounds later, Ning Xiaoling slashed down with a palm knife and cut its mace in two, Wu Qi looked at the broken stick, dumbfounded, and screamed "Count you ruthless", and then turned around and fled.

Ning Xiaoling was too lazy to chase.

She couldn't understand why such a weak monster had such a well-deserved name, and made people happy in vain.

This kind of worship lasted for several days.

In the past few days, Ning Xiaoling has gone to fight, and he has been disappointed more and more, but the townspeople here are very interested in the immortal master's shot, and there are more onlookers, after driving away the seventh-headed monster, Ning Xiaoling finally couldn't bear it anymore and decided not to bully the small animal anymore.

Later, after asking Qiusheng, they learned that there was a lotus seed festival in Liantian Town, and a lot of lotus seeds with aura would grow in the lotus pond at that time, and the townspeople of Liantian Town would also invite many monsters from the mighty side to come to the Lotus Seed Festival, so before the summer came, there would often be monsters who came to worship the village, just to prove their strength, and then get the qualification to be invited to the Lotus Seed Festival.

Only then did Ning Xiaoling know that the real big monsters around him had been bought by lotus seeds...... She couldn't lift any more energy.

"Before the end of the Godless Month, I will never take a step out of Liantian Town!" Ning Xiaoling swore a solemn oath.

Ning Chang smiled helplessly, he had heard too many complaints from his junior sister these days.

Ning Xiaoling also gave up struggling, and said, "I'd better practice hard for the rest of the half a month, senior brother, do you have any powerful spells to teach me, just the formation that can move far at once last time, I want to learn that ......"

"That's not something you can learn overnight. Ning Changchang said.

"How long has that senior brother studied?"

"I didn't learn, I realized it myself. ”

"......" Ning Xiaoling said angrily: "Senior brother is bullying people again!"

There were no more waves in the days that followed, although there were often monsters who came to worship Zhuang, but Ning Xiaoling had already sealed his sword and not left the mountain, I don't know who was going to fight, in short, those monsters who worshiped Zhuang did not get benefits.

Ning Xiaoling was eating fish, teasing cats, practicing swords, and visiting the town every day, while Ning Changchang was dragged by her junior sister to do these things together, and occasionally taught her some subtle Taoism.

The cold of spring gradually dissipated, and the light wandered everywhere in Liantian Town, and the mild was mixed with a little bit of dry heat.

After Ning Xiaoling calmed down, her heart was really calm, her leisurely life was so comfortable, when the warm sunlight fell on her white skirt, she suddenly felt like a small tree, growing and developing little by little in the light and rain, as if she would soon be able to become a fairy with a good appearance like her master.

Ning Changjiu also likes this kind of comfort, which makes him feel like he has returned to the Taoist temple in his previous life, and every day in addition to practicing without distractions, he is sitting on the edge of the cliff watching the sunset, or going to Dahe Town to visit the simple townspeople.

Now, when he was alone in the house, he often looked at the paintings in the house, feeling the slightly familiar brushstrokes on them, thinking about their origins and stories, and finally his eyes always came to the layout of the town in the middle.

Ning Chang always believed that there must be a demon when things go wrong, and according to the pen power of this old man, he should not paint such a mediocre work of poetry and painting.

And it's still hanging in the center.

Ning Chang couldn't see anything famous, and for more than 20 days, this old man lived alone in that small building, and he had been delivered by Qiusheng, and he never came to see these two guests.

And Qiusheng will also serve the two immortal masters well, life and living are not leaky, Xiaolian is also very well-behaved, she is as her name, often go to the vast lotus pond to put a boat, now the lotus leaves have taken the sky, in the endless blue color, the swaying lotus wind is like a girl's slightly swinging skirt.

What makes Ning Xiaoling happy is that in the past ten days of quiet cultivation, her realm has indeed been a lot solider, but she is stepping on this realm on the ladder of climbing, and her foundation is not strong, so no matter how hard she cultivates, she is still far away from the first realm of longevity.

Ning Chang calmly watched the passage of time day by day, thinking about the war letter that Lu married and the four summit swords half a month later, he had hidden worries, and he always felt that it was not peaceful.

And the godless moon is about to pass, and when the kingdom of the sin lord is about to open, it was the day before leaving the town, all the previous calm, as if waiting for the waves after a strong wind, and before the huge change came, Ning Changjiu, who was in Liantian Town, was still pulled by Ning Xiaoling to say goodbye to those little monsters one by one.

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Ning Xiaoling accompanied Ning Xiaoling through several alleys for a long time, and finally met the rabbit spirit on patrol, Ning Xiaoling stopped the rabbit spirit and said goodbye to it seriously, the rabbit spirit was still wearing the tile armor, and it was carrying three carrots on its back like a sword.

Knowing that Ning Xiaoling was leaving, the rabbit spirit hesitated for a while, reluctantly took off a carrot, held it with both hands like a sword given to a hero, and handed it to Ning Xiaoling, who solemnly took the carrot.

On the rooftops on both sides of the street, the lizard spirit and the toad spirit were still screaming at each other, and a mallard duck also shook its slightly fat body, and came to them through the streets and alleys, quacking to say goodbye to them.

Ning Xiaoling leaned down and touched its smooth feathers.

When she saw this duck for the first time, she still saw it being chased by a fish on the lotus pond, Ning Xiaoling was kind enough to relieve it, and she never thought that a month would pass in a blink of an eye

went.

"Senior brother, when will we also introduce some monsters to the mountain gate?" Ning Xiaoling suddenly thought.

Ning Chang's words dispelled her illusions: "Do you think your senior brothers and sisters don't have good food?"

Ning Xiaoling sighed, and while saying goodbye to those monsters, she walked towards the place where she lived.

Qiusheng caught a big sea bass today and boiled a thick pot of soup, and the black cat had already sat upright, staring at the steaming heat with the cat's eyes, and I don't know how much endurance it took to resist the temptation of the fish.

Ning Xiaoling sat next to the black cat, habitually took the cat into her arms and rubbed it, and then she picked up a piece of the most delicious meat on her stomach and sent it to the black cat's mouth, the black cat screamed a few times with satisfaction, but it sounded like a baby's cry.

By the time they had finished eating, the sky was covered with sunset.

The whole town is like a delicate painting, the light and shade from far and near, the red of the clouds in the distance, the blue of the clouds in the distance, the blue of the swaying blue, the dark silver of the lotus pond, all the colors are just right, and its appearance is outlined in a peaceful and silent manner.

After eating, Xiaolian suddenly ran to the small wooden building, and then ran out quickly.

was still chatting with Qiusheng, saying that he was going to see Ning Xiaoling, who was a strong snake, and the clothes behind him were ripped off.

Ning Xiaoling turned her head and looked at Xiaolian's wide eyes, the little girl opened her mouth and babbled something, Ning Xiaoling heard it half-understood.

Ning Changjiu on the side suddenly opened his eyes.

After Qiusheng heard what his sister said, he also frowned, looked at the two immortal masters uncertainly, and said, "Grandpa...... Well, Grandpa invites you in. ”

"I haven't seen you in a month, what are you doing at this time?" Ning Changjiu asked.

Xiaolian pinched and twisted her fingers, drew horizontally and vertically, and then compared the outline of her body.

This time, Ning Changjiu understood: "The old gentleman wants to paint a portrait of me?"

Seeing that he understood his words, Xiaolian jumped up excitedly, pointed to the courtyard, and motioned for them to enter.

Ning Changjiu smiled and said, "Since the master invited, there is no reason not to go." ”

Ning Xiaoling subconsciously glanced at the lifelike black cat hanging on the wall, and knew that this old gentleman's painting skills were not simple, if he could get two paintings, he would be able to show off when he returned to the peak.

Ning Changchang and Ning Xiaoling walked towards the small wooden building.

In the twilight, the old building is like a symbol of loneliness.

Today, the bolt of the door was not closed, and when the door was opened, the smell of ink came to my nose.

Ning Xiaoling looked around the inky bamboo building in surprise, there were many paintings hanging on the walls, those paintings were difficult to trace, the edges of the painting paper were faintly yellow, and those paintings were of different styles, either delicate and elegant or majestic, which caught Ning Xiaoling's attention in a thousand ways.

Therefore, Ning Xiaoling didn't pay attention to the expression of the senior brother around him at all.

The moment Ning Chang walked into the house, his breathing was a little sluggish.

He thought about some things from the past, and those three months of studying painting suddenly came to mind, and the layout of the building in front of him was so familiar, and even some of the paintings on the walls overlapped with some of the pictures in his memory.

This should just be a coincidence......

Ning Chang thought like this, and then saw the old man standing in front of the table at the corner, his arms flickering up and down, the old man was not too old, he was wearing a blue and yellow robe, maybe because of the long-term sitting at the desk, his back was slightly stiff.

Ning Xiaoling walked out towards the old man, curious about what he was drawing.

Ning Changjiu suddenly grabbed her hand and stopped.

The senior sister's arm hurt, she turned her head suspiciously, and then she was also stunned, he rarely saw such an expression of the senior brother.

I saw that Ning Changjiu's eyes were staring at the old man in front of him without blinking, his expression was too calm, terrifyingly calm, as if the air in the room had also frozen with his gaze.

"Hmm...... Ahem...... "The old man lifted his pen, his other hand clenched into a fist and covered his mouth, his body shook with the sound of coughing, and the air flowed again with his cough.

The old man turned slowly.

The coincidence became a reality.

"Mr. Zhang. Ning couldn't suppress the impulse in his heart for a long time and called out his surname.

He recognized the old man in front of him, this was Mr. Zhang, who had been worshipping him as a teacher in Dahe Town and had studied painting for three months!

Only then did he remember the brushstrokes of those scrolls, but Mr. Zhang from Dahe Town was a hidden master, and the traces of cultivators could be clearly seen between his brushes, and the old man in front of him, all the paintings were the works of mortals, so Ning Chang only felt familiar, but he had never connected them together.

And today, before nightfall, the old man met them for the first time, and Ning Chang heard the beating of the drum in his heart.

Dahe Town and Unobservable belong to the same hidden mountain, if the memory of his previous life is correct, he was eight years old when he was sent to Mr. Zhang to learn painting, and now Mr. Zhang should have been in Dahe Town a long time ago. It's because time goes back in time, and a lot of things have changed with it......

Then, he immediately thought of the most crucial thing.

This old painter probably knows the way to Big River!

In a very short period of time, Ning Xiaoling just raised his head and blinked twice, and countless thoughts floated in Ning Chang's heart.

"Do you recognize me?" Mr. Zhang looked at his strange eyes and asked lightly.

Ning Changjiu shook his head: "I don't know, I just heard Qiusheng talk about it." ”

No, Senior Brother must know!

Ning Xiaoling's body suddenly had goosebumps, she could clearly feel the thoughts of her senior brother, at that moment the senior brother's spirit fluctuated too much, it was a deep panic, and even her heart was a little swaying, this is an emotion that can never be hidden.

But how did the senior brother know him, and why did he have such complicated feelings?

The smile on Ning Xiaoling's face gradually faded, and when she looked at the old man again, her eyes were full of vigilance.

Mr. Zhang didn't have any doubts, he half turned around, his fingers brushed the rolling paper, his voice was neither light nor heavy, and said: "The two paintings have been almost painted, but the look of these eyes has never been the essence, so I want to take a closer look at you." ”

Ning Chang hesitated for a moment, and walked over calmly with Ning Xiaoling's pretense.

Ning Xiaoling looked at the table, and her expression froze again.

She didn't know when this old Mr. Zhang started to write, but now in front of them, there are two paintings that are almost finished, the picture scroll is a young man in white clothes, a girl in a white skirt, the eyebrows and eyes are realistic, and the meticulous and ingenious workmanship.

Then, Ning Xiaoling thought of a very terrible thing - to be able to draw them in such detail, could it be that this old man had been secretly observing them in the dark on weekdays?

Ning Xiaoling thought of those dark corners of life, imagining that there was always a pair of eyes hidden there, and the cool breeze was swishing in her heart.

Ning Chang knew Mr. Zhang's ability, he was not so surprised, and looked at this painting seriously

Draw.

Except for the eyes, the whole painting is a little dull, and there is no place to find fault with the rest of the painting.

"Good drawing. "Ning Chang appreciated.

Mr. Zhang disagreed, and said: "I have been painting for a lifetime, and I don't know other skills, but I envy you and have entered the road of cultivation at a young age." ”

Ning Changchang asked, "The old gentleman can't practice?"

Mr. Zhang glanced at him, smiled, and said, "How can a person who cultivates immortals be a painter." ”

This sentence sounded very convincing, Ning Changjiu nodded on the surface, but he didn't believe it in his heart, he knew that Mr. Zhang was a very powerful cultivator, he was a master eight years ago, and of course he is even more now.

"This painting is quite immortal, old gentleman, have you ever visited the immortal and asked?" Ning Chang asked.

Mr. Zhang shook his head and said, "I'm not interested." ”

Ning Chang said: "Sir, this dress looks like a Taoist robe?"

Mr. Zhang didn't raise his head, put the pen into the jar and stirred it, and replied casually: "I have indeed cultivated the Tao for two years." ”

Ning Changjiu continued to ask: "I don't know what Taoist temple Mr. went to?"

Mr. Zhang asked rhetorically: "What are you asking for, it's not appropriate for a good immortal to be a Taoist?"

Ning Changchang replied with a smile: "My junior sister and I were Taoist priests before we entered the Sword Sect, and now I miss Mr. in this Taoist robe. ”

Mr. Zhang replied: "There are no Taoist temples nearby, I ...... back then."

He retouched the ink with his pen.

Ning Chang wanted to wait for him to continue, but Mr. Zhang seriously put down the pen and nodded to his eyes.

"Didn't the old man say that he wanted to take a good look at our eyes?" Ning Xiaoling interjected and asked.

Mr. Zhang replied while carrying the pen: "I have already seen it." ”

From beginning to end, he only looked at it twice.

And Ning waited until he finished painting the two paintings, but he couldn't ask about the origin of the Taoist temple.

It was getting dark.

Ning Changjiu was too focused on his thinking, so he suddenly raised his head and saw Qiusheng pacing nervously outside, as if he was waiting for him in an emergency.

Mr. Zhang finished the painting, he read it from beginning to end, and nodded with satisfaction: "Before leaving tomorrow, I will give you this painting." ”

Ning Chang did not answer.

Ning Xiaoling could feel her senior brother's worries, she didn't know what her senior brother was worried about, but the old man sent the painting, and she still expressed her gratitude out of politeness.

When Ning Changjiu and Ning Xiaoling walked out of the house, the bright moon was already in the sky, the moonlight was like water, and it looked like a lonely lamp in the corner of the eaves.

Qiusheng waited anxiously outside the door for a long time.

"What's wrong?" asked Ning Changjiu.

Qiusheng said nervously: "Nothing happened, right? Grandpa Zhang didn't embarrass you, right?"

Ning Xiaoling was very puzzled, thinking that Mr. Zhang was obviously very kind...... Could it be that I missed something?

Ning Changjiu replied, "No." ”

Qiusheng breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and said in a low voice: "Two immortal masters, follow me!"

"What's wrong?" asked Ning Changjiu.

Qiusheng didn't speak, just ran into the hall quickly, and said a few words to Xiaolian, and then he said solemnly to Ning Changjiu and Ning Xiaoling: "Immortal Master...... Actually, I've been hiding something from you, I thought it wouldn't happen, but it didn't happen...... Well...... I'll show you the town's biggest secret!"

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The town's biggest secret.

As soon as he said this, there was a strange magic, and the whole world seemed to have changed something inadvertently.

Ning Changjiu walked out of the house and looked back, I don't know if it was his illusion, the bright moon in the sky seemed to be a little lighter, and it was robbed of its light by the lone lamp hanging on the wall.

The shadow of the lamp is like water.

Qiusheng led them through the town and came to the lotus pond in the back.

There is a layer of mist on the lotus pond, and the moonlight shines through the mist, like a heavy white veil.

The three of them embarked on the lotus boat together.

"Immortal Master, please move forward. Qiusheng said.

Ning Chang tapped on the side of the boat, and the lotus boat sailed into the distance.

Passing through the middle of the lotus pond, the huge and terrifying black shadow appeared again under the water surface, and the black shadow was hidden under the water, only a dark cyan head poked out, and the snake's head always looked calmly ahead with the movement of the body.

It walks with the lotus boat.

The lotus leaves are sometimes sparse and sometimes dense, and the fog is getting deeper, if there is no spiritual energy to protect the boat, they will be covered with dew at this moment.

The lotus boat gradually moved away, Ning Xiaoling looked nervously at the depths of the cold fog, for fear of seeing some terrible monster, and she suddenly found that the black shadow of the big python beside the lotus boat disappeared at some point.

Ning Chang knew that it disappeared when the second white mist blew up, and it should have dived to the bottom of the water, perhaps even it didn't dare to approach the field in front of it.

Akiyo was nervous the whole time and didn't say anything.

Ning Changjiu and Ning Xiaoling did not ask questions, and the atmosphere remained in an eerie quiet.

Ning Chang could feel that the area in the white mist had strange fluctuations.

Ning Xiaoling muttered in her heart, although this lotus pond is very large, but in the past, you can still see the opposite bank from afar, why did the lotus boat travel for so long today, and still did not leave this fog?

"Senior brother, are you really walking in a straight line?" Ning Xiaoling asked uneasily.

Ning Changjiu's fingers tapping on the side of the ship did not change, he nodded, and looked at the fog in silence, his pupils glowing with golden light.

He saw far away.

It's still just a fog.

Lianzhou didn't know how long it had been sailing, so long that Ning Xiaoling's heart that had been nervous was not too nervous, and in front of her eyes, a light finally appeared.

Ning Xiaoling's face was happy.

Ning Chang's expression was even heavier.

The lotus boat broke through the fog, and the countless heavy white veils were finally left behind, and Ning Changjiu's action of knocking on the side of the boat stopped.

Ning Xiaoling looked ahead and exclaimed uncontrollably: "How can this be!"

In front of the shore where they docked, there was a memorial arch, and three words "Liantian Town" were clearly written on the memorial arch.

And the familiar town was so dense in the mysterious moonlight.

Qiu Sheng pursed his dry lips, his voice was a little nervous, but also with guilt, he looked ahead, and said, "Although there are immortal masters in the town every year, in fact, we don't have that kind of Halloween saying, this ...... It's our Halloween, but the time of its arrival is uncertain, sometimes once in a few months, some will not be there for several years, the last time was three or four years ago, I can't remember, in short, um...... We bumped into each other by accident. ”

In the town, the sound of bangs came out again.

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(Thank you to the alliance leader Ji Chanxi for rewarding a lot of vertical and horizontal coins again!!Thank you for your strong support and encouragement~)