Nine years ago, in the first year of Lin De, Emperor Li Zhifeng was getting worse and worse, and the prime minister Shangguan Yi suddenly gave advice, asking for the abolition, but to no avail, Li Zhi since then let Empress Wu hang the curtain to watch the government, Shangguan Yi and his son Shangguan Tingzhi were all beheaded, but the queen repaid the grievances with virtue, read its tragic situation, and left her infant granddaughter Shangguan Wan'er mother and daughter punished with the court.

Since then, the emperor and queen of heaven and the two saints have come to the dynasty, the middle palace has gained power, and in the past few years, those immortal sects that have been hidden for thousands of years have coincidentally appeared after the stargazing platform, and the slightly better ones have enjoyed the royal worship.

In the past, the cultivation of immortals and cultivators in the common people thought that it was nothing more than the Buddhist disciples of the Heavenly Master Sect and the Shaolin Temple, but now, some people are rumored to have seen the real immortal masters who flew to the sky and moved mountains and reclaimed the sea.

For a time, the people flocked to it, all the temples and Taoist temples were full of incense, more than a hundred times in the past, especially with the stargazing platform, which is recognized as the world's first immortal gate as the head, Tianji Pavilion, Yaowang Valley, and the four major factions of the Ten Thousand Buddha Temple, almost all of them were squeezed out of the mountain gate by the believers who went up the mountain to seek immortals, but the real these transcendent sects are not willing to accept disciples, only some are slightly inferior to the immortal gate or open another courtyard, or include them in name, nothing more than to get more gold and silver, and no one has learned the real immortal arts.

The nearest immortal gate from Lanzhou Mansion is the Xingyun Gate of Taiyi Mountain, it is said that the Xingyun Gate opened the mountain and built the school for 2,248 years, and it can be traced back to the early years of the Shang Dynasty, the patriarch is called 'Miaofa', is a woman; although it is not comparable to the four major factions, but in the Tang Dynasty, the Xingyun Gate is also enshrined by the royal family.

Since the advent of the Nebula Gate, it has not added other courtyards, but directly recruited disciples from the original outer gates, which can be described as unique.

Fang Yuan waited in Lanzhou City for two years before he donated the repair expenses outside the Fang Yuan, and officially became a registered outer disciple of this sect, this year, he was eleven years old.

Taiyi Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, the canyons in the mountain range are all over, the terrain is dangerous, at this time in September, it has entered the late autumn, the whole Taiyi Mountain red maple is all over, it is shrouded by white clouds from above the mountainside, the sunset is obliquely shining, the glow is blooming, it is like a nine-day fairyland.

Fang Yuan had been in the Nebula Gate for more than two months, but he had only seen the master once, and he was not in a hurry, it was said that the outer gate was different from the inner gate, most of the disciples of the outer gate were children who had been donated by the big families in several surrounding cities to fill the façade, and as soon as the five-year cultivation period was over, they would return to their hometowns and continue to soak in the rolling red dust, not really cultivating the Tao.

Of course, there are also a few children who can't afford to eat at home, and are brought back by senior brothers or teachers who have traveled down the mountain, and such people are often mediocre in talent, so they are only arranged to do chores at the outer gate, and those with slightly higher talent are brought into the inner gate as nominal disciples to truly practice the Dao.

It is precisely because of this particularity that in the sect, most of the disciples look down on the outer sect, and the deacon elders of the outer gate, that is, the master of all the outer disciples, Qingyun Dao Chang, has a low status among the elders in the sect, and he often does not force him to be serious in teaching.

There are few cultivation rules for the outer door, but there are many rules of life, and these can often be solved by silver, such as accommodation, donating 100 taels as the minimum threshold, it is a kang room, several children sleep together, stay for two years, a little older, can be promoted to a double room, the room is separated by a curtain, 500 taels of silk can live directly in a double room, donate 1,000 taels to live in a single room, this is the best.

This year, the outer sect recruited thirty-six disciples, ranging in age from six to sixteen years old, a total of four people who donated more than 1,000 taels, Fang Yuan was among them, there was originally a six-year-old boy who was also one of them, but five days later, because he really couldn't stand the hardships of cultivation, so that he cried every day, and finally was sent back to the mountain by the master helplessly, leaving two' The big family is a man and a woman, the boy is two years old, the girl is one year older than him, the room is also on his right and left, next to each other, and the rest of the double rooms and kang rooms are in the front yard, so Fang Yuan is still very satisfied with this residence, at least after the six-year-old naughty boy left, it was not noisy or noisy.

The schedule of the outer door is much more relaxed than that of the inner door, the morning class, the morning meal, and then to noon is the practice of the Taoist foundation "Pure Heart Sutra", the afternoon time can be arranged freely, and then the Shen time dinner, after the two hours of evening class.

"Senior Brother Fang Yuan, wait. ”

At this time, just after dinner, Fang Yuan was about to go back to the room to rest for a while, but was stopped, looking back, there were four faces, thick eyebrows and thin eyes, a emerald robe, a three-foot Qingfeng hanging obliquely on his waist, standing in front of him more than a head taller than himself, it was the third senior brother of the outer gate who was also his own Lanzhou fellow villager Sun Yu, in the past two months, the disciples of the same door have long been acquainted, Sun Yu went up the mountain at the age of eleven, this year is the fourth year, and the Taoist practice is not outstanding in the outer door.

He turned around and bent over.

"Hello Senior Brother Sun. ”

"Fang Yuan, I'm going back to Lanzhou Mansion tomorrow, I'm here to find you, do you have a letter from home? I'll bring it back to you by the way." Sun Yu waved his hand, put his arms around him, and said with a smile, "Let's go, go and sit with you for a while." ”

"Hmm...... Senior brother, please. ”

The two went straight to the backyard, Fang Yuan saw that the room on the left side of the room had been lit by candlelight, he went into the house and poured a glass of water for Sun Yu, and said, "I have just been on the mountain for two months, and I don't have a family letter to take back. ”

Sun Yu took off his saber and lay down on the Fang Yuan bed with a big grin, and said: "Cheng Tian and that big snoring are crowded in the same room, and I can't sleep well, and you will go to evening class in a while, and I will take a nap for two hours with you." If you don't have a family letter, forget it, then wait for the senior brother to come back and bring you some food from your hometown. As he spoke, he lowered his voice again, pointed to the next door, squinted his eyes and said, "You sleep next to Feifei all day long, isn't it a special taste...... Hey, hey, hey. ”

"Feifei?" Fang Yuan was stunned.

"It's Senior Sister Bai, Senior Sister Bai, how is it?"

Fang Yuan realized this, the 'big family' girl who lived in the room to his left was surnamed Feifei, but although everyone lived closely, that girl seemed to have the same temperament as Fang Yuan, she was usually not enthusiastic about people, and everyone's contact was just a daily greeting.

He looked at Sun Yu's face, and he didn't know what he meant, but he didn't intend to continue this boring topic, so he just shook his head and smiled, and didn't answer.

Sun Yu didn't give up, sat up with a smile, and said with a smile: "You are still young, you don't understand this, senior brother taught you, don't look at Senior Sister Bai is now in the age of golden hairpin, but looking at the skin quality of her eyebrows and eyes, she is definitely a stunning embryo.

Senior brother has traveled down the mountain for half a year, and he has been to the capital, but he has never seen such a beauty...... Don't miss out. ”

Fang Yuan shook his head, he didn't disagree with Sun Yu's words, when he first saw Bai Feifei, that appearance really made him feel that his eyes lit up, but he said: "Senior Brother Sun, don't laugh, let Senior Sister Bai hear it badly, we live close, but there is not much contact, I will sit down for a while and go to the evening class, you can just rest here." ”

Sun Yu shook his head and sighed: "You said that you are a child, and you are not on the road."

Oh yes, she's still a year older than you, but it doesn't matter, after five years of cultivating the "Pure Heart Sutra" and going down the mountain, everyone is transcendent from the world, and who cares about this.

Let me tell you, now Senior Sister Bai's name has already spread into the inner door, and even Senior Brother Liu, who is on duty for half a year this time, treats her differently, otherwise you will pay attention to Senior Brother Liu's eyes when he looks at her, I heard that there are many other senior brothers in the inner door who are worried about it, and they are scrambling to be the first to be this rotating teacher. ”

Transcendent worlds, is it worth spending money to buy them...... Fang Yuan sighed in his heart.

"Don't look at the kid surnamed Chen next door to you, but although that guy is older than you, he is stubborn, and his temperament is not as calm as yours. ”

Fang Yuan really couldn't stand his chatter, he felt a buzzing in his ears, and finally interrupted his words, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I know that Senior Brother is for my good, I just pay more attention."

By the way, Senior Brother, I have something I want to ask Senior Brother. ”

Sun Yu said: "That's it, you must pay more attention, I am your fellow brother, of course towards you." What do you have to ask?"

"Master said that the "Pure Heart Sutra" is the basic technique for our Xingyun Gate, but I don't know how far we have to practice to be considered a great achievement to be able to enter the inner gate?

I see that you and other senior brothers are still practicing this exercise, can you only practice the others if you enter the inner gate?"

Sun Yu was stunned when he heard this, he didn't seem to expect Fang Yuan to ask this, as far as he knew, it seemed that no other outer disciple had ever asked this question over the years, because ...... They don't care, although the outer gate is a long one, but the mediocre disciples are not much different from the other courtyards added by other sects, and there has not been a disciple in the outer gate of this Nebula Gate for decades who has cultivated the "Pure Heart Sutra" to the fullest completion and entered the inner gate within five years, most of them want to survive the five years as soon as possible, and then return to their hometowns to enjoy the status of 'transcendental', and be respected as an immortal master by the neighbors and the government yamen.

He got down from the bed, paced a few steps, and then looked at Fang Yuan for a long time before he said, "Xu is that you can really learn and succeed in five years, so that you can fight for the senior brothers and sisters of the outer sect." ”

Sun Yu told Fang Yuan that although the "Pure Heart Sutra" is an introductory exercise, it is also the most orthodox exercise of the real Xingyun Gate, because this is the only true scripture passed down from the ancestor Miaofa Zhenren, no one knows how far the "Pure Heart Sutra" will reach when it is practiced to Dacheng, because the Founding Patriarch Miaofa Zhenren did not practice it to Dacheng, but according to legend, the Miaofa Zhenren of that year relied on this sutra to fight for three days and three nights with the two heads of the Stargazing Platform and Tianji Pavilion, and finally won or lost.

Fang Yuan was shocked in his heart, "Is there still this matter?"

Sun Yu said proudly, as if he was talking about his own deeds.

"Don't believe it, let me tell you, the stargazing platform more than 2,000 years ago was much more powerful than it is now, not to mention the Tianji Pavilion, and besides, I heard that the battlefield back then was on this Taiyi Mountain under our Nebula Gate......

Everyone knows that today's Taiyi Mountain is divided into two mountain ranges, Taibai and Zhongnan, and our Xingyun Gate has also established an outer gate and an inner gate on the two mountains respectively, and our outer gate is Zhongnan Mountain, but as everyone knows, before that war, there was only one peak!"

'Is this kind of ability to open the heavens and slash the earth?' Fang Yuan's heart was shocked, and his hands were subconsciously clenched, and the breath in the room condensed, as if even the air was still.

......

'Oh, this melon baby...... Old man, will you let me go? I'll let you have a set of carts and horses for this plate. ’

'No, you can't. ’

[Fall]! I'm going to Nima's.

'I'm not playing anymore. ’

......

Sun Yu only felt a tremor in his heart, and he didn't know what was going on, but when he saw the junior brother in front of him frowning and not moving, he said, "What's wrong with you?"

Fang Yuan came back to his senses, only to realize that he had almost injured Sun Yu by mistake unconsciously, he hurriedly let go of his hands and said with a smile: "Senior brother, you go on, could it be that these two mountains were split by the Ancestor and their fighting methods at that time?"

Sun Yu scratched his head, his heart was strange, and when he saw Fang Yuan asking him, he stopped thinking about it.

"Of course, legend has it that at that time, the two heads of Tianji Pavilion and Stargazing Platform couldn't fight with the patriarch for a long time, and they actually thought of a trick, which caused the Miaofa patriarch to vomit blood on the spot, and his mana was greatly reduced, so he had to resort to the "Pure Heart Sutra" In the Dacheng spell, the two were forced to retreat, but the magic was too powerful, the aftermath fell from the sky, and it was also divided into two Taiyi Mountain, and now the Fengshen Valley between the two mountains is the witness of that move, since then the ancestor of the Miaofa has a sword to seal the gods, and is admired by the people of the world, and then the Nebula Gate was built here, and the descendants of the head of the family in order to commemorate the ancestor, and only then did the valley be named 'Fengshen'. ”

"In this way, isn't our Nebula Gate even more powerful than the Stargazing Observatory and the Tianji Pavilion combined......?

"Why are you such a small family now, right?"

Sun Yu said it for Fang Yuan, and said with a smile: "Don't say it's you, everyone who knows this secret is very puzzled, but what can it be? After all, it is two thousand years, the years are ruthless, the Immortal Law of the Wonderful Law Patriarch is all over the sky, only ......" Sun Yu said here and sighed gloomily, "But it is a woman, and she is an extremely beautiful woman." ”