4. Taoism
Chen Mo spent a night, and finally climbed up with difficulty, he was embarrassed, like a man in the mountains, his half-naked upper body was carrying a willow branch, and his pants had already been scratched in tatters in the previous run.
The tiredness of the night, coupled with the slight coolness of the early morning, made Chen Mo can't help but sneeze in this hot summer.
His body trembled, but he couldn't resist the slight coolness from the outside world, and he lay on the stone steps, just like that, looking at the sky that was obscured by leaves.
Suddenly, he heard a voice nearby, and wanted to get up and hide, but after thinking about the current situation, there was no need, so he simply closed his eyes and remained motionless.
Feeling the noise from the outside world and his own warmth, Chen Mo fell asleep inexplicably. Chen Mo is not a big-hearted person, but in the current situation, he is indeed asleep.
I don't know how long it took for Chen Mo to wake up in a daze, and after waking up, he sat up all of a sudden, looking around vigilantly. How could he fall asleep when he was just too lazy to move? He was full of doubts that he shouldn't be such a person. But he was indeed asleep, and he slept soundly, and at this moment he could fully feel the full strength overflowing from his body.
He settled down, looked around, and saw that this was an ordinary house, with a small balcony with floor-to-ceiling windows, and the furnishings in the room were simple and clean, with only a few tables and chairs, and there were kettles and cups, which were antique and charming. On the inside of the room are the four beds under the table. Except for the one he was lying on now, the bedding in the other beds was a little messy, as if he had just been slept in. There was only one of them, and the quilt was neatly folded and meticulous.
It looks like an ordinary dormitory in a school, but judging by the size of the space, it doesn't look like a student house.
Chen Mo got up and sat down for a while, and a thought suddenly involuntarily rose in his heart: Where is my willow strip? He hurriedly rummaged until he found that the willow branches and the sweat-soaked envelope were neatly placed on the table beside him.
Chen Mo, who was relieved, immediately looked at the still bright sky outside, and scratched his head a little puzzled, "How long have I been sleeping?"
He slowly got out of bed, put on the clothes he had prepared for him, put away his belongings, and walked towards the door step by step.
The door is hidden. From the crack in the door, if there is a wind blowing in, it is cool.
Step by step, he reached the door, and put his hand on the door. With a "whoop", the door opened.
The bright light from outside suddenly shone in, causing his eyes to squint. The warm and warm sunlight fell on his body, and there was a faint warmth. Somewhere in the distance, there was birdsong, the sky was blue, and there were a few white clouds.
Outside the door is a small courtyard with pines and cypresses, plants and trees, and small flowers, which bloom pleasantly. In front of the door is a corridor that leads to the outside of the courtyard. Four meters in front of the door, there are several steps that connect the courtyard and the corridor.
On either side of the stairs stood two men like doormen and guards, standing motionless.
Perhaps the sound of the door opening alarmed them, making them slowly turn their heads.
"Uh, how are you?"
Chen Mo opened his mouth wide, his heart full of questions, but when the words came to his mouth, they turned silent. He didn't know where to start, for example, this room, or this small courtyard, obviously not where the students lived, but how could the teacher live with four people?
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Chen Mo sat on the other side of the steps, lowered his head, and looked at the two people who were as immobile as statues, they guarded themselves as if they were imprisoned, not letting themselves go out, and not talking to themselves.
In the small courtyard, there was silence.
I don't know how long it was, but I suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice from the corridor behind me, "Are you awake?"
Chen Mo looked towards the sound, and saw a young Taoist priest standing there, dressed in a Taoist robe, quite like an ancient. Seeing him walk over quickly, he said, "It just so happens that the principal and a few teachers want to meet you and ask you some questions, so come with me!"
Chen Mo was taken out of the courtyard by him, but the two guards did not stop him.
Following the Taoist priest, the two walked out of this courtyard, and what appeared in front of them was a longer and larger stone staircase, with different colors of green plants on the edge, and occasionally a small pavilion in the distance for people to rest.
They walked forward along the stone steps, passing a huge arch and pillars, and only then did they find that what appeared in front of them was a vast campus, where people came and went, bustling, and it seemed that this was Xuanqing. Not to mention anything else, just from this main gate, this Xuanqing can be seen to be not small, and it is worthy of being the head of the Dao Alliance.
After walking for a while, after several corridors in a row, he saw that at the end of the trip, he was presented with a magnificent palace with a gate directly under the palace, and two large wooden doors with thick wooden panels, almost looking up, and I don't know how it was built in the first place.
The Taoist priest turned a blind eye to this, and walked straight through this door, with an expressionless face. Chen Mo hurriedly followed.
As soon as he stepped into this door, Chen Mo held his breath and looked at everything in front of him in disbelief. Here, it's almost the royal palace. A very huge square, the ground is paved with something unknown, the light is shining, at a glance, it makes people feel magnificent.
In the center of the square, it is divided into two columns, the two columns extend all the copper tripods, almost every few meters they place a copper tripod, until the front is placed in a regular manner, until the center of the giant tripod, there is still light smoke floating up from time to time in the giant tripod, light and fragrant, and it does not disperse for a long time.
"Go here. The Taoist priest showed a disdainful smile on his face, as if Chen Mo was a country man who had never seen the world, reminding him to continue walking.
"It's just a school hall, and there's even better outside!" said the Taoist priest proudly.
Chen was silent and followed closely.
As we walked through the Great Hall, it seemed to be darkening, which had not been the case before. Looking towards the end of the front, something seemed to sparkle, and they quickened their pace and walked forward.
Gradually, the sky turned into night, and there were a few stars streaked by, and I don't know where they came from.
They got closer and closer, and there was a slight mist under their feet, like clouds in the sky, white and translucent, and the white mist gradually thickened, gently surrounding them, gradually pulling the faint veil, revealing clearly ahead.
At the end of this, there is a waterfall, which appears out of thin air, rises in the sky, goes straight down, and there is a stone bridge between the waterfalls, one end is in front of Chen Mo's eyes, but the other end stretches straight and obliquely, straight into the depths of the waterfall, like a flying dragon rising, like a fish jumping over the dragon gate. The sound of the waterfall hitting the stone bridge is illuminated by the sunlight, and the whole place exudes colorful colors like a rainbow into the world.
Chen Mo was dumbfounded.
The Taoist priest smiled disdainfully again, "Come with me!" he said, and walked onto the stone bridge first.
Chen Mo kept his eyes on it, and quietly opened his eyes to see what was in front of him, but unfortunately he returned in vain. This is the second time that Chen Mo has encountered something that the Heavenly Eye can't see through since he came here, it has never been like this before, even if his own Dao method is insufficient, he will see one or two.
This stone bridge is not long or high, but I don't know what kind of technique was used, let the two walk on it, only to feel that the white clouds on the left and right gradually sink to the feet, through the waterfall, the white clouds dispersed, the night turned bright, and the eyes were bright, which was the place where this Xuanqing's office was located. The office is located on the top of this peak, surrounded by clouds, and sometimes there are cranes flying over with a long song, I don't know whether it is true or false, such as the land of the fairy family, which is admirable.
Walking through the high stone steps, I came to the front of the office, only to see that the door was open, and the light inside was abundant, enshrined in all kinds of immortals, **extraordinary. And in front of the god seat, there were several people sitting, talking to each other, and it seemed that they were all the contemporary teachers of Xuanqing.
The Taoist priest who led Chen Mo came to the door with a whole robe, just like the ancients, swaying from side to side, and then saluted respectfully: "Master, teachers, disciple Bai Yu, I have brought people." ”
Chen Mo's mind was more meticulous, and he looked carefully at the people in the main hall, and saw that everyone in the hall was dressed in clothes and modern times, some men and women, and several of them even wore swords.
After counting carefully, there are a total of seven people, one of whom is dressed in ancient costumes, which is obviously different from the other six, and it is obviously only the master that Bai Yu said before. Looking at his seat again, it was obviously centered, and the other six people were talking, so they were naturally slightly respectful to him, so naturally he should be the contemporary Xuanqing talker, the school principal, and the Xuanqing Zhenren.
Every generation of Xuanqing people will implement the name of Xuanqing, so it is not wrong to call it a Xuanqing person.
Xuan Qingzhen smiled slightly, stopped talking with the surroundings, looked at the visitor, and said slowly: "You are the person who was rescued in the mountains and wilderness? ”
Without waiting for Chen Mo to speak, he continued: "The disciple who rescued you said that he met you in the middle of the road, so why did you come to my Xuanqing?"
Chen Mo was slightly stunned, and replied respectfully: "Study!"
This answer was not unexpected, Xuan Qing Zhenren seemed to have already guessed this, and then waved his hand: "Child, I'm glad you can come, but our Xuanqing has stopped recruiting students a few months ago, so please go back." ”
Chen Mo was shocked, and hurriedly took out the letter of introduction given by Wei Hua from his arms, and handed it over respectfully.
Xuan Qingzhen took the envelope and was stunned at first, "Even if there is a letter of introduction, you can't break the rules." Having said that, Xuan Qingzhen still tried to open the envelope to see who wrote it, and the moment he opened the letter, he found that the letter had some doorways, frowned slightly, and then made a gesture in the air, and then the envelope was naturally opened.
After reading it, Xuan Qingzhen looked up at Chen Mo several times, and checked the content of the letter several times, as if he saw something that shouldn't be, he frowned, and was silent for a long time, until the people around him reminded him, and he slowly came back to his senses.
"Then, you will be included in the new Daozi series. ”
"Senior brother, I'm afraid this is inappropriate?"
"Headmaster?"
Xuan Qingzhen waved his hand and motioned for everyone to stop talking for the time being.
"Bai Yu, you take this new junior to familiarize yourself with the environment and make arrangements. ”
Bai Yu stepped forward, clasped his fists and saluted like the ancients, and then retreated, all in one go. Chen Mo followed him away like this.
When Chen Mo was far away, the surrounding people exploded. You must know that the people in the first department of Daozi are all one in a thousand, one in a thousand, and they can only enter after strict selection, and sometimes they will recruit a person who has not been seen for several years, which also leads to the scarcity of students in this department, but they are also adhering to the principle of rather lack than indiscriminate, and now, a sudden Chen Mo made Xuan Qingzhen break this rule.
Everyone is curious about what kind of relationship this is.
"Headmaster, this needs to be explained, right?"
Facing everyone's doubts, the old principal got up slowly, leaving only this sentence, "This son has a fate with me." ”
No matter how everyone asked, the old headmaster stopped talking, and the matter had to be stopped.