Chapter 34: The Old Man
Bai Fan Haoming, who was sitting on the big wine gourd, looked at the sea of clouds churning on the side of the gourd, and couldn't help but tremble a little, for fear that one would accidentally fall down, and it was estimated that if he died at that time, he would become the laughing stock of the world.
Qing Turbidity Pan sat on the front section of the gourd, but his mind always paid attention to Bai Fan and Hao Ming, who were sitting in the back, and naturally noticed their changes.
"Don't worry, there is a protective barrier on this gourd, so you won't be allowed to fall, if you're still scared, don't look down. Qing Xun kindly reminded.
"But junior brother, you also have to adapt as soon as possible, after all, with the improvement of your cultivation, one day you will be able to walk in the sky like this. ”
Listening to Qing Xun's words, the two decided not to continue to look at them, and they also had some expectations for the future in their hearts.
Not long after, the gourd began to sink, and when it passed through the clouds, Bai Fan also felt a chill.
The gourd landed in a wood, and the three of them jumped off the gourd, clasped the trick with both hands, and the spell moved slightly, but saw that the gourd shrunk to the previous size again, and flew back into the hands of Qing Xun.
"Let's go, the last senior brother is in Qiyun Village. As he spoke, Qing Xun had already re-hung the gourd on his waist.
Bai Fan and Hao Ming didn't expect that there was also a cultivator hidden in this mortal world.
Before entering Qiyun Village, Qing Xun had already let Bai Fan and the others change their clothes, and they themselves had also changed, no longer dressed as Taoist priests.
At this time, the behavior of the three of them was like mortals, inconspicuous, and walking in Qiyun Village did not make people see any clues.
"Senior Brother Qingyun, I didn't really understand before, why did the cultivator be so shy about revealing his identity in front of mortals?" Bai Fan couldn't hold back any longer, and when he found that no one was paying attention to him, he stepped forward and whispered to ask Qingyun.
Qing Xun didn't speak, just smiled. But a clear voice appeared in Bai Fan's head.
"Little junior brother, you don't understand this, although our cultivators live under the same heaven and earth as mortals, they are not people from the same world. ’
To use an easy analogy, it's like the relationship between the emperor and the commoners. ’
Although our generation has no intention of separating ourselves from the world, the most direct thing is that the power we have is enough for the world to consciously let them consciously regard our existence as independent and think that we are immortals. ’
'Actually, where are the gods, won't they all turn into gray and gray loess in the end?'
The last sentence is obviously a clear self-exclamation.
So when I walked in the world, I would hide my identity, and gradually everyone reached a consensus that all cultivators were forbidden to interfere with the mortal world. ’
'Then, what if a cultivator interferes in the affairs of the world?' Bai Fan tried to ask Qing Turbidity in his mind.
Of course, they will be attacked by cultivators, of course, most of the righteous path monks will not interfere, and if they meet, most of them will be demon monks, so they will not have so many scruples, and there are many people who take mortal or infant refining medicine. ’
'That's right. Bai Fan muttered softly.
He thought of Qian Xuan, the national teacher of Zhao State, although he had not been in contact with the cultivation realm for a short time in the past few days, it also made him understand the power of gods and ghosts in this world.
One can really control the power of heaven and earth through cultivation.
That Qian Xuan is also a member of this cultivation realm, and through the conversation with his senior brother just now, he also understands that Qian Xuan is probably the so-called demon monk. ’
At this moment, he thought of a lot, and combined with Qing Xun's description of the Demon Gate, he also guessed a lot.
'I'm afraid that the so-called Divine Pill was also used by Qian Xuan to trick the Dog Emperor, and Qian Xuan's real purpose is to use mortals to refine something, or magic weapons?' Bai Fan remembered the obsession soul and ghost general that Qian Xuan mentioned before, and he already had a rough idea in his heart.
Feelings, himself, Bai Xiao, or the emperor are also all chess pieces of this Qian Xuan.
Bai Fan laughed bitterly twice at himself.
Although he hadn't confronted Qian Xuan face to face, based on the information he already knew, Bai Fan was eighty percent sure that this was the truth.
"Now is not the time, wait until I have completed my studies in this heavenly courtyard, and then go to Kyoto to find that Qian Xuan, and the new and old grudges will be broken together!" Bai Fan thought to himself in his heart.
"Hey, what are you thinking? Senior Brother Qingyun is almost gone, hurry up and keep up. Hao Ming held the folding fan in his hand, knocked on Bai Fan's shoulder, and reminded him kindly.
"Ahh
"It's okay, let's go. Bai Fan just made a sloppy look, so he and Haoming sped up their steps and trotted all the way to follow.
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Led by Qing Xun, the two came to the door of an old academy.
Pushing open the old and somewhat corrupted wooden doors of the academy, you are greeted by an open-air school and somewhat desolate courtyard.
Although the courtyard is a little decayed, it is very neat and clean, which adds a bit of antiquity.
In the school, an old man with a white beard was sitting on the stage, and about twenty or thirty young children were sitting neatly under the stage.
"At the beginning of people, nature is good, sex is similar, and Xi is far away......"
The sound of reading echoes in this small school with a little immaturity, and it sounds unique.
The arrival of the three did not stir up much turmoil.
Soon, the recitation of the three-character scripture was also completed, and it was only then that someone noticed the three people standing not far from the school hall one after another.
"Master, there seems to be someone outside. One of the students in the audience raised his hand and spoke.
The old man on the stage subconsciously looked outside the courtyard, only to find that there were three more people in the courtyard.
The old man who saw the three of them seemed to be a little moved, and after a few words of instructions to the children in the audience, he got up and left the school hall and came to the three people outside the courtyard.
"Senior brother, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come here unharmed. Qing Xun said, seeing the gray-haired old man in front of him, his eyes were a little bitter.
"Senior Brother Qingturbid, decades have passed, and your appearance is still the same, but I have become a bad old man. The old man sighed.
"Senior brother, what's the matter, it's just a pair of skins, maybe I'll be like you in a hundred years. Qing Xun shook his head and said.
"Little junior brothers, this is also the last senior brother you want to see, Qi Siyuan. ”
"Disciple Bai Fan (Haoming), meet Senior Brother Qi. When Bai Fan and the others heard this, they didn't dare to slack off, and bowed.
"Haha, after a hundred years, I didn't expect Tianyuan Peak to accept new disciples, I didn't expect that I would be able to see my juniors in my lifetime, which can be regarded as God's favor for me. Qi Siyuan smiled a little heartily.
But the cloudy face on the side was a little bitter.
"The two junior brothers, the old man is poor, and he really has nothing to give you, so he can only say some words of blessing, I hope you can go further and further on the path of cultivation. Qi Siyuan said.
"Where's the senior brother!" The two of them said with some trepidation.
"Hehe, if you don't dislike it, I wrote some essays when I was in Baiyun Sect before, and now I should still be in the Heavenly Courtyard Library Pavilion to eat ashes, if the two junior disciples have nothing to do, you can go and take a look. Qi Siyuan patted the shoulders of the two with both hands and said.
"Master, and senior brothers and sisters, how are they now?" After Qi Siyuan and Bai Fan exchanged pleasantries, they turned their gaze to Qing Xun and asked.
"They're all fine, but senior brother, don't you really plan to go back to Baiyun Sect?" Qing Xun opened his mouth to persuade.
"My bones can't stand the toss. Although Qi Siyuan did not directly refuse, the meaning of rejection in his words was undoubtedly revealed.
"Oh well. Qing Xun sighed helplessly.
The children in the academy also stretched out their little heads and looked at this side curiously.
"What will the Master say to them?"
"I don't know. ”
"It's too far away to hear clearly. ”
"Hey, don't push me!"
"Let me hear it!"
The school was bustling, but no one came out, although they were very curious, they still respected Qi Siyuan very much, Qi Siyuan asked them to stay in the school before leaving, and none of them dared to leave the school.
After a while, the children saw Qi Siyuan and the three of them talk, and then sent them out of the academy.
By the time Qi Siyuan returned to the school again, the children had already returned to their seats, looking at Qi Siyuan curiously with little faces.
Although they were still sitting there, looking at that look, they were afraid that they had already gathered around Qi Siyuan to ask questions.
"Those three people were friends from a few years ago, and they just happened to be passing by here to greet me. Qi Siyuan looked at the immature little faces looking at him, and his originally somewhat gloomy mood also improved.
"After reading the three-character scripture for a day, everyone must be quite tired, so let's talk about some digressions for the rest of the time. Qi Si sat back on the stage and continued to ask.
"I wonder what you want to do in the future?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a child raised his hand and replied.
"I want to make a name for myself and become a big official after I have achieved something in my studies, so that my family can live a good life. ”
When the children saw that someone was taking the lead, they immediately began to coax, and there was a sound of chirping.
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
Qi Siyuan took the ring ruler in his hand and knocked it on the table, the sound was not very loud, but it made the noisy children obediently close their mouths. The school was quiet again.
"You don't need to be in a hurry, just say it one by one. ”
Qi Siyuan said and pointed to the fiercest child he just said with a ring ruler.
"You come first!"
The named child stood up excitedly and said proudly.
"In the future, I want to be a general, I will be drunk and look at the sword, and I dream of blowing the horn and the company camp, and the battlefield is where men should go. The child said triumphantly. It seems that his eyes have reflected his heroic posture of fighting bloodily on the battlefield.
"Yes, yes. Qi Siyuan nodded with a smile and said.
Then another child was ordered, and five or six children were ordered back and forth.
Most of the answers are officials and generals, and some say that they want to be chivalrous and chivalrous.
This is Qi Siyuan ordering another child.
"Tell me what you want to do in the future, right?"
The child who was ordered quietly put down the book in his hand, got up and bowed to Qi Siyuan.
"I don't have the ambitions of my classmates before me, I just want to calm down the world through what I have learned all my life, and there will be no more people who have lost family and friends because of the war. I don't want to see the corpses of those who starved to death in the streets because of famine and were taken away by wild beasts. ”
Qi Siyuan listened to the words that came out of that immature mouth, and his expression was moved for the first time, and it was hard to imagine that these were words coming from the mouth of a child.
"Good, good, good, my generation should be like this!"
Qi Siyuan got up and walked over to the boy and patted him on the shoulder.
"Ren Zimo, I hope you can fulfill your promise. ”
"Master, the student knows. Ren Zimo saluted again.