At noon, two human Taoist priests walked into Heluo Town.

"Take a break here. ”

Sun Wukong said.

Zhang Daoling looked around curiously.

This town is full of half-waist-high pulp pools and slender bamboo curtains, and it is a small town of papermaking.

Along the way, the small towns and villages they encountered were very martial, but this town was just the opposite, with people buying and selling paper products, and it was very bookish.

It was rare to come to this kind of town, and the two sat down in the tea shop.

At this time, a group of officers and soldiers walked in from outside.

"That's ...... Officers and soldiers?"

When the townspeople saw the arrival of the officers and soldiers, they all didn't believe their eyes.

"What are the officers and soldiers?"

Some teenagers asked.

For the first time, they met officers and soldiers.

"They were sent by the government to arrest robbers and collect taxes. ”

An older man replied.

"Isn't it the work of the Dao Masters of Qinglin Mountain to capture robbers and collect taxes?"

The teenagers were weird.

"Before the Taoist leaders came, it was the work of the government. ”

The old man was not at all surprised that the teenagers were unfamiliar with officers and soldiers.

Officers and soldiers have not been seen in Heluo Town for decades.

Since the disciples of the Three Thousand Immortal Dao descended to earth and established a Taoist temple on Qinglin Mountain, the government has lost its sense of existence, and the young children do not know the country, only the Taoist sect.

"Are these officers and soldiers here to collect taxes?"

The teenagers then asked.

"This ......"

The old people hesitated: "Probably not." ”

Heluo Town is the territory of Qinglin Mountain, and the officers and soldiers don't have such courage.

They looked at the officers and soldiers, and sure enough, they didn't do anything, just beat gongs and drums, and came to the town to say something.

The townspeople in the distance could only vaguely hear the way of all immortals, what kind of free learning, and so on......

"What is the Ten Thousand Souls Immortal Dao?"

"Who knows, it's been a long time since I've been to the royal city!"

The townspeople's usual trade was carried out in Qinglin Mountain, and they had not been to the royal city for decades.

The crowd watched for a while and then dispersed.

"Grandpa, is Wangcheng fun?"

A boy asks the old man.

"Leave it alone, you have to practice with your heart. ”

The old man pulled his curious grandson and said, "If you learn Taoism before you become an adult, maybe you will be able to go to Qinglin Mountain to be an outer disciple, and you will not have to worry about eating and drinking for the rest of your life." ”

"But I want to be an inner disciple like the sister of the Wang family. ”

Sun Tzu replied.

"Silly boy, the girl of the Wang family has an excellent spiritual root, and she has an inner disciple in ten miles and eight towns. ”

The old man said, "She's the one who wants to break the ladder, so don't think about it." ”

"Isn't the ladder accessible to anyone?"

In the tea shop, Sun Wukong asked.

"That's what I said. ”

The tea shop guy said with a smile: "Tiantai recruits a batch every year, everyone competes, and those who don't have a Taoist sect are eliminated." ”

The competition in the ladder is very fierce, and almost all of the people who have passed the assessment over the years have been cultivated by the Taoist temple, and few can pass by themselves.

Sun Wukong has some pity.

Less than a hundred years after the establishment of these three thousand immortal Dao, there was already a phenomenon of class solidification.

After a few sips of tea, Sun Wukong was about to get up when he noticed a green light flying from the sky.

"Wang Qing!"

A middle-aged scholar on the ground was chasing the green light.

The green light stopped, and a girl in a blue skirt with a fairy sword on her feet appeared.

The girl looked to the ground, and her eyes showed a look of amazement.

"I'm going to the ladder. ”

The girl said, "Master has high hopes for me, I can't let him down, you don't have to wait for me." ”

With that, she bowed and flew away.

The middle-aged scholar stood in place, his face pale.

"Alas, poor ......"

Sun Wukong heard the man's sigh.

"Poor what?"

He asked.

"That's the teacher in our town. ”

The guy then replied: "He grew up with that girl's childhood sweetheart, and he had already set up a marriage, but the girl was taken to Qinglin Mountain to practice." ”

The man shook his head: "I never thought that forty years would have evolved into what it is now." ”

Sun Wukong looked at Mr. Teach.

The two are not so much childhood sweethearts, their appearance is very different, but they can be said to be father and daughter.

The distance between the immortals and the mortals is even greater than the mountains.

Sun Wukong stood up after drinking tea.

"The Great Sage?"

Zhang Daoling looked over.

"I'll go back as soon as I go. ”

Sun Wukong walked towards Mr. Teaching.

Zhang Daoling was stunned for a moment, and then understood that Sun Wukong was most likely moved by compassion.

"The Great Sage is so kind-hearted, but he is not suitable to serve as a Heavenly Venerable. ”

Zhang Daoling couldn't help but think.

He saw Sun Wukong walking up to Mr. Teaching.

"Aren't you going to chase her?"

He asked Mr. Teach.

"Who are you?"

Mr. Teach asked.

"You don't have to know who I am. ”

Sun Wukong asked again: "Do you want to chase her?"

"I ......"

The man clasped his hand tightly: "Sir, is there a way?"

"I have. ”

Sun Wukong smiled slightly and said, "Go to the royal city to learn the Dao of Ten Thousand Spirits." ”

He said, "If you learn well, you will also have the opportunity to climb the ladder." ”

After saying this, Sun Wukong turned around and returned to Zhang Daoling's side, called him and left.

Zhang Daoling followed Sun Wukong in surprise.

"Great Sage, don't you want to help him?"

"He's qualified, it's enough to mention something. ”

Sun Wukong replied: "There is a road ahead, he wants to seize it, and naturally he has the opportunity to seize it." ”

Zhang Daoling looked back at the teaching gentleman.

"Can he catch it?"

"Where there's a will, there's a way. ”

Sun Wukong replied while thinking of Ao Luan.

Somehow, he suddenly remembered Ao Luan just now, and he couldn't help but want to mention that human.

"Why?"

Sun Wukong was a little confused.

After another two days, his and Zhang Daoling's investigation came to an end.

"Not far ahead is the territory of the Demon Kingdom, and you can't go any further. ”

Zhang Daoling reminded Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong took a look ahead with his fiery eyes, and the vast land was filled with black fog, full of ferocious aura.

"It's worse than I thought. ”

When Sun Wukong was thinking like this, suddenly a black mist condensed into substance behind him and pounced on him.

"Assert ......"

Before the black mist surged to Sun Wukong's side, the air echoed with oozing laughter.

Sun Wukong turned around, the golden light in his eyes swept through the black mist, and the ghosts in the black fog were taken aback, and before they could react, they let out a wail and disappeared.

"The ghosts in the mountains also dare to spread wild in front of the great sage. ”

Zhang Daoling shook his head, these unlucky guys can't even look at their opponents.

Sun Wukong's eyes can make most ghosts and spirits extinguish.

After the ghosts vanished, a black object fell to the ground.

"Huh?"

Sun Wukong looked over and turned out to be a black lotus.

"What is this?"

Sun Wukong wanted to pick up the black lotus, but as soon as his fingers touched, the black lotus was shattered by his protective immortal qi.

"It's like a mark. ”

Zhang Daoling said: "Maybe there is some big demon raising these ghosts. ”

"Feeding. ”

Sun Wukong frowned slightly, pinched his fingers, but couldn't calculate anything.

The two ended their investigation and returned to Kunlun Mountain.