As the old saying goes: the phoenix elephant is five, and the five-colored and red phoenix is the phoenix.

Since ancient times, the phoenix is a sacred object, it is the king of birds, the phoenix is male, the phoenix is female, and the phoenix has five colors.

Red is the phoenix, cyan is the luan, yellow is the bird, white is the bird, purple is the cormorant, the myth has said that every time the phoenix dies, it will be around the body of the real fire, and then it will be reborn in the flames, and obtain a more majestic vitality than before, this is the "phoenix nirvana".

Yangzhou was originally two families, about a hundred years ago in Yangzhou there was a down-and-out scholar named Lu Yue, fifteen years to get famous, since the age of seventeen to thirty years old, and finally on the list in the year of establishment, it was a good thing to cry with joy, but three days later, the news came, the son of the powerful in the DPRK, bought the examiner to top him, and all the grand wishes immediately came to naught.

Lu Yue's family is barren and poor, and he can't even scrape up a few pieces of silver, how can he go all the way to the capital?

In the midst of all thoughts, Lu Yue walked back to the barren mountains and mountains where he was born and raised. In the past, the residents of the mountains either moved outside to make a living or died silently, and even the tombstone became a luxury, as if walking to the end of the world, where there is an old sycamore tree that has lived for nearly 900 years.

The world says: "Good birds choose good trees to perch, mountains and rivers show the gods, can benefit the people, and countless incense money can be exchanged for a trace of movement of the gods?" Lu Yue just scolded and laughed at all bullshit, deceitful lies.

"If there is a phoenix, then show it to me today! Lao Tzu wants to see what it looks like, isn't it claimed that a divine bird can save people from suffering? It's all bullshit! Where is there still righteousness in this world! What gods are bullshit!"

Lu Yue burst into tears, kicked down the blue brick mud tire that had been piled up under his shoes, his neck was hanging on the hemp rope thick with his fingers, his body was convulsed, and when he wanted to swallow his last breath, a colorful light was reflected in his pupils, which was extremely gorgeous, and the wind and clouds were surging between heaven and earth, and a clear sound was deafening.

That thing slowly fell from the eastern sky, wrapped in a hundred kinds of glow, and there were thousands of immortal charms running through the top of the clouds, as if a stormy wave was coming, and a force cut the hemp rope.

The thing stood upright and stood still on the thick sycamore branches, the mottled color gradually converged and disappeared, and the thick fog slowly dissipated, it was a divine bird, with a chicken head, a snake neck, a swallow's jaw, a turtle's back, and a fish's tail, which was six feet high, and the divine bird groaned towards the sky, and suddenly the heavens and the earth changed day and night.

"Whew!" the nearly 1,000-year-old sycamore tree was dragged by the wind, and the roots of the tree buried deep in the ground broke through the ground one after another, and the hideous state was like a hellish demon in the world.

The ancient wood is crumbling, the lush forest within a radius of four miles is uprooted and razed to the ground, the yellow sand is long, like a whirlpool, the broken wood and rocks rise and fall in the high air, blocking the light, such as facing the abyss, and Lu Yue is the center of the whirlpool.

The dark clouds flowing in all directions condensed and blended, thick and dark, thunder and lightning continued to erupt in the clouds, the heavens and the earth were bright or dark, it seemed to have been brewing for a long time, and finally the first thunder punished the world, smashed out of the ten-zhang diameter long pit, and the aftermath was unabated, and the sandstorm was set off again.

There is a figure in the sky is blurred, the man's sleeves waved, countless thunderbolts flew, as thick as a water tank, there was a roar to shock the sky, like a wolf and a tiger, the resident branch of the bird raised its head and chirped, and suddenly spread its wings, soaring up to 90,000 miles.

The nine heavens are colorful, there are immortals condescending to look down on the mortal dust, there are divine beasts, immortals and birds fighting and fighting, Lu Yue is just an ordinary man, where has he seen such an azure scene, he has already been frightened, his feet are kneeling, curled up and kowtowed, his forehead was scratched by gravel, and he still kept kowtowing.

"Ask the great immortal for forgiveness, we mortals do not know the majesty of the immortals, and we are angry with the immortals, I hope to forgive, and I am grateful, and the ancestors of future generations are bound to worship the gods.

"I beg the great immortal to be merciful, don't worry about me and other ants!"

Above the heavy clouds, there was a burst of colorful light, and there were immortals talking, the sound was as loud as a copper drum, and mortals could not understand the mystery, floating like a harp.

"I'll take your life today, just ants are not worth my dirty hands. An indifferent voice from the human world slowly came from the clouds, and the immortal did not show his face.

The fog dissipated cleanly, and the heavens and the earth were clear.

The phoenix flew in the air, and after experiencing Fang Cai's vicious fight, he was full of radiance, as if he understood Lu Yue's pleading, and tilted his head, and the world fell into an ethereal silence in less than a stick of incense, as if he had not experienced such a catastrophe as Fang Cai, but the earth was full of holes.

Strange to say, the nine-hundred-year-old sycamore was almost broken at first, but in the blink of an eye, there was no sign of injury at all, it was still tall and straight, the branches and leaves became more and more leafy, radiating a radiant green glow, and the beard bloomed with light purple flower clusters, dotted with stars, and it was beautiful.

Lu Yue did not die, returned to Yangzhou County to start business, it is strange that Lu Yue failed to gain fame one after another, but the business of the shop was like a ghost and god to help each other, ten years later became a small famous rich business owner, in the past 20 years among the first-class wealthy families, and so on 30 years later there are four major families in Yangzhou, Lu Mansion will account for one of them.

After Lü Yue's death, his son Lü Xiao visited a knowledgeable Confucian master in the ancient town of Yangzhou, and came to the door five times to seek advice, but in the end the Confucian master could not survive him. After a deep groan, he ordered on the spot, and asked him to send someone to buy two red toon wooden plaques with excellent color, and wrote the four characters of "Jing Du Zhi Zhi Delusion" and the four words of "Phoenix in the World", a total of eight characters, the general trend of the line, containing the righteousness of the Confucian sages, and the mellow and robust handwriting can make all the filthy demons and evil in the world cold, and these eight characters have the weight of a thousand gold.

There is this Confucian great master inscription, and there is the legend of "Phoenix Present" passed down by word of mouth in the folk teahouse, so the other name of Lu Mansion "Phoenix Mansion" has been quietly spread since then.

Lü Xiao has three sons, the eldest son Lü Hong, the second son Lü Xuan, and the youngest son Lü Zhan. Lv Hong was the general of the Yan Hussars in his early years, fifteen years ago he died on the battlefield in the battle of Yan Chu, Lv Xuan was the head of the Sky Dao of the Heavenly Master Mansion of Longhu Mountain, and he practiced wholeheartedly and did not ask about the worldly affairs, Lv Zhan was the leader of the Yangtze River Chamber of Commerce in Yangzhou, and he was the richest man in Yangzhou by curbing the throat of Sanjiang commerce.

The contemporary head of the Lu family is Lu Zhan, the eldest son Lu Jingyuan is the second son, the youngest daughter Lu Suhan and the youngest son Lu Qingheng were born to the favorite concubine Xu Shi, as for the other two heirs Lu Fu has not mentioned much to the outside world.

There are rumors that Lu Zhan's two concubines had difficult births when they gave birth, and the fetus and adults were not guaranteed, as for whether the news is true or false, no one confirms it and no one dares.

The huge garden backyard of Lu Mansion is full of all kinds of strange flowers and rare trees, there are very cold-resistant, every severe winter midnight side blooms a flower and looks like the dragon Phalaenopsis orchid, the fragrance is delicate, such as the woman whispering in the ear, there is a vertical posture such as the Bi Xiao bamboo of the righteous gentleman, the clear and isolated, upright and not a, there are more mountains and mountains reclining and the stream is roundabout, and the people who are only a few people in the Qiong Brick Pavilion are dazzled.

Weapons and armor were displayed around an open lawn, and seven or eight muscular men with naked upper bodies were fighting in close combat in pairs. The second son of Lu Mansion likes martial arts fighting, and on weekdays, he befriends a lone hero with high martial arts skills on the rivers and lakes, and invites him to be a guest in the house.

"Come again, you coward, I was accidentally robbed by you just now, if I fight once, I will definitely not lose to you!" A young man with a slightly dark complexion on the stage was knocked to the ground by the middle-aged uncle in front of him with a move of hugging his arms and backs, and he got up with a red face, and moved his shoulders vigorously, looking unconvinced.

"Young man, just now the old man just took advantage of the situation, if you fight once, it's nothing, if you lose again, then you have lost twice. "The middle-aged uncle with a beard on his face is quite strong, although he is not as strong as a shirtless young man, but it is not to be underestimated.

"Young man, let's make a move!" the middle-aged uncle was calm, as if he wanted to provoke the brute guy.

"Look at me if I don't knock you down this time!" The young man's feet were vigorous, he took off in one step and approached, clenched his right fist to make an impact movement, and his left hand was protected on his chest, and he rushed towards the opponent with an ordinary martial arts fist, and the punch that condensed his qi slammed over.

Uncle Hu raised his arms horizontally to resist the amazing punch, opened his lunge, and when the fist was close to his arm, there was a burst of air, like a breeze hanging the middle-aged man's hair.

He slowly took a few steps back, and the young man jumped up again, it was the trick "Dragon Running to the Moon", and he hit the middle-aged man on the side of the face with a sideways kick, and the man quickly raised his hand to block it. The young man's momentum did not decrease, and he twisted his body in the air, and his feet made a hissing sound, and everyone in the audience who watched it exclaimed one after another, and the middle-aged uncle was hit in the ear for a while, and lost instantly.

"Young man, your combo is good, the strength is heavy, and my hands hurt the old man. Uncle Hu, who had a slightly brown complexion, patted his arms, shook his neck, made a crackling sound, and moved his five fingers gently, without the teasing attitude he had before, and tightened his expression.

"Then use your housekeeping skills, my kicking skills are not so easy to deal with, if you are so capable, then you will not blame you for being ruthless!"

"Today's fight is really comfortable, then I will also let you open your eyes, lest I say that I am not victorious, and look at which is stronger or weaker between my "slapping the mountain palm" at home and your Tangmen "whirlwind legs"!"

"Young man, take a serious look!"

Uncle Hu suddenly closed his eyes to recuperate, and a breath of qi was pulled from his nose and mouth to all parts of his body, and his arms were slightly bent at this time.

The palm of the palm is facing the fingertips of the sky and the fingertips are relatively pressed on the abdomen, and the horse steps are still in a sitting posture that is almost suspended, absorbing the countless invisible qi in the torso, just like a hundred rivers from the east to the sea, from the dantian to the arms and wrists, the muscles of the forearm are spasmodic and expanding, and the epidermis is like a dragon meandering.

The ancient book has recorded a kind of martial arts internal qi cultivation exercises, called "Twelve Styles of Watching the Sea", written in the book "The trip of the sun and the moon, if out of it, the stars and Han are brilliant, if out of it", at this moment, the middle-aged martial artist condensed in the body of the qi machine is quite sunrise in the east mountain, setting off stormy waves.

After just drinking a cup of tea, the middle-aged man's surface qi changed and rose and rose.

The young man with a slightly dark complexion suddenly came back to his senses for a moment, and his heart was not good, this old man seemed to have some great killing move!

He took one step into the air, and a huge force exploded under his feet.

The middle-aged uncle suddenly opened his eyes, and there were wisps of silver swimming around, waving his palm and slashing at the flying legs, as heavy as a grinding plate, alternating left and right to meet the attack, and waving twenty-eight palms in the blink of an eye.

The dust burst out, forming a circle of canopy centered on him, constantly expanding outward, gratuitously breeding a sense of persecution like a large army pressing the formation, as if to crush all obstacles.

"Does the boy have any other tricks? It's like tickling. ”

The young man was stunned to find that the man's palm was getting stronger and stronger, at this time, he could not attack, but it was difficult to retreat, and he was completely occupied by the other party, and he was beaten without the power to parry. The palm wind shuttled like a sandstorm, and the qi gang as thin as a grain of sand quickly slashed through the outer skin of the young man in the air, like a knife cutting an arrow, which was treacherous and difficult to prevent, and he became more and more frightened.

"This old man is hiding so deeply!"

The young man's face was extremely embarrassed, and he wanted to cry.

"Then it's time for you to lose a second time!"

At this moment, Uncle Huhu quickly grabbed his ankle and pulled him down, clamping the man's ankle like a pheasant, and the next moment he burst out of the martial arts arena with huge strength, and a series of actions flowed smoothly in one go.

Everyone watching under the ping was shocked, this middle-aged man with an unattractive appearance has been hidden deeply, and now he has defeated the most skillful person in the audience in one fell swoop, how can it not be surprising?

"Yes, yes, it's really an eye-opener early in the morning, the old man Yu Huai is nearly half a hundred years old and still has a sword, and he still has few opponents like back then, which is respectful and admirable, you should be convinced arrogantly on weekdays." It was a handsome man who spoke, who walked over slowly and leisurely, and gently raised a pair of white palms, but the originally silent martial arts field suddenly sounded a series of crisp palm sounds.

The man who suddenly broke in was wearing a white fox brocade coat on his shoulders, wearing a fluttering white phoenix wide sleeved shirt, with a yellow dragon jade belt around his waist, and a purple bamboo hosta with fine workmanship pinned to his hair bun.

"The second son is really tormenting the old man, the old man is just a barbarian martial artist in the rivers and lakes, thanks to the second son of Lu who looks down on the contemptible, I am still grateful to the old man for the kindness of the second son, and I dare not make a mistake!" The middle-aged martial artist with a full face and beard heard the voice and was sincerely frightened, and when he saw the luxurious figure, he quickly jumped off the Wuping, very ashamed, and in the blink of an eye, the proud momentum of swallowing mountains and rivers disappeared.

"Old man Yu is modest, all the knights present are my Lu Mansion guests, it is a blessing to be able to get acquainted with you, and I hope not to be stingy in the future when I am useful to someone in Lu. ”

"There are thousands of warriors of my generation, and only the words love and righteousness should be the same. ”

Lu Jingyuan raised his hand, and the faces of more than ten people under the ping were even more respectful, the local people in Yangzhou knew that the second young master of Lu Mansion respected martial arts, and many people from nearby states and counties admired martial arts swordsmen, Lu Jingyuan not only admired martial artists, but also knew some guns and swordsmanship, but outsiders rarely got a glimpse of his martial arts level.

In Lu Jingyuan's words: When people walk in the rivers and lakes, whoever penetrates the bottom first will be stabbed first.