Tianhe County, Red Leaf City!

The day of the New Year is not far away, many people have put on new clothes, carrying money bags in their pockets and wandering around with their wives and children, on both sides of the street, the hawkers who buy Spring Festival couplets are shouting vigorously, and there are some literati and ink writers painting on the street, some are to subsidize the family, some are showing off their style, a group of immature children are chasing me on the street, laughing and laughing, full of New Year's flavor.

The winter snow has been falling for seven days in a row, and finally it is sunny, the temperature is gradually rising, the ice on the river surface has melted, and when the night comes, many tourists and tourists come to the moat to enjoy the lanterns, which is a very lively festival, attracting hundreds of people to participate.

To welcome the new year and say goodbye to the old, people will write their best wishes for the new year on the lanterns, go straight down the river, send them to the distance with the wind, and look forward to realizing their wishes as soon as possible.

Of course, there are many styles of this lantern, and the cheaper lanterns are woven from bamboo strips and white paper, and a few flowers or a few finches are painted to add a bit of ornamentality. The more expensive ones are much more exquisite, whether it is craftsmanship or ornamentality, they must appear magnificent.

On the side of the moat, there are already a large number of lanterns floating at this moment, lotus-shaped, mandarin duck-shaped, boat-shaped, innumerable, crowding the river and slowly flowing into the distance. One of the most striking is the delicate peony lantern, which is gently lowered into the river by a pair of small white hands, and with a slight push, it floats out of the city with the gurgling water, and after a short time, it is sent into the nearby Wujiang River with the river.

The owner of this exquisite peony lantern is a very beautiful woman, with a delicate nose, a small mouth, and a pair of bright black eyes like shining gems in the night sky. Her skin is like congealed fat, holding a woman's outfit, wearing a light blue Luo skirt like a blue lotus blooming in the valley, fluttering in the wind, words and deeds, revealing the elegant temperament of everyone's ladies.

"A year is coming, time flies, and no matter how beautiful the years are, they will pass with the years!" the young woman sighed softly as she gazed at the lanterns in the distance.

"Madam, it's cold outside, it's time to go back!, otherwise, the slave and maid will be punished by the son!" a young maidservant of seventeen or eighteen years old reminded softly beside her.

Luo Ningxiu frowned slightly, her heart was displeased, but her face was pale as usual: "The air in the mansion is turbid and full of dirt, it is rare to have time to come out and relax, why rush!"

"But, ma'am...!" the young maid wanted to say something, but was stopped by a stern look from Luo Ning.

The maid said half of the words, and swallowed the rest of the words back, not daring to say more.

Behind Luo Ning stood eight strong men in green robes, bound in brocade clothes, holding long knives in their hands, looking around fiercely, full of vigilance, and a fierce expression that no one should enter, frightened many passing tourists!

Surrounded by these people, in this Autumn Leaves City, Luo Ning felt like a canary that was carefully cared for, without a little freedom and private space. The more time passed, the more bored I felt.

Today, I have time to take a break, breathe fresh air in the river breeze, enjoy the scenery on both sides of the river, and feel the New Year's flavor close to ordinary people, and the depression in my heart gradually subsides.

After a long time, the people on both sides of the river dispersed a lot, the lively atmosphere gradually stopped, the cold wind was biting, and Luo Ning's delicate pretty face was a little pale.

Suddenly, a fox coat draped over her fragrant shoulders from behind, adding warmth to her thin delicate body.

Luo Ning looked back and saw that it was actually a young man with a hooked nose standing behind her, looking at her tenderly, his eyes full of love and pity.

"It's cold, if you don't go home yet, what should I do if I freeze my body, I'll be distressed!" Li Tianxing's generous palm held Luo Ning's fragrant shoulder, and said softly.

Luo Ning turned around, avoided the other party's hands without a trace, and whispered, "Go back!" However, when he raised his head, he inadvertently skimmed to the third floor of the attic opposite, and there was a mysterious man with a hat looking at this side, and that vague gaze made people feel like they were stabbed in the back.

Luo Ning was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head silently, and was hugged and left the river bank.

But Li Tianxing, who was following behind, sensed that something was wrong, he looked up in the direction of the second floor of the attic, and found that there was no one there.

He frowned, vaguely feeling that something was wrong, but he still caught up with Luo Ning's footsteps.

The night breeze is blowing, and a figure is floating on the river, quickly passing a line of traces, connecting points on the water surface several times, like a dragonfly dotting the water, each time it sweeps, it is more than ten zhang.

The black-clothed man's eyes were like electricity, and there were hundreds of lanterns floating in the river, and he just spent a cup of tea to find the peony lantern that Luo Ning put out.

Picked up the lantern and jumped on the shore, opened it, and found that there was a line of four big characters written on the inner wall, I wish you well!

The man in black lifted the light veil of the hat, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "She really hasn't forgotten me!"

The man in black is none other than Ji Yun, who has been missing for half a month, and the Xuanqing heavy sword is wrapped in gray cloth and carried behind him, and after a year, he came to Autumn Leaves City again, and he actually had the illusion that things are wrong.

"Luo Ning, I'm back looking for you, don't worry. This time, I will take you out of this ghost place, go away from home, and wander the world!" Ji Yun threw the peony lantern back into the river, turned around and left, and gradually disappeared into the night.

.....

Wuxi County, the southernmost part of a high mountain, named Wofo Mountain, the altitude is nearly 500 zhang, the top of the mountain is covered with clouds and fog, perennial smoke and clouds, the mountain trees on the mountainside are lush and green, and in it, there is a big Buddha lying at the foot of the mountain, revealing half of the lake.

After the reflection of the lake, it is reflected with the half of the reclining Buddha exposed at the foot of the mountain, forming a complete huge reclining Buddha, from which the Reclining Buddha Mountain derives its name.

After three days and two nights of non-stop, Lu Chen finally came to the southernmost Wofo Mountain in Wuxi County.

The reclining Buddha has a solemn and solemn expression, taking into account compassion, and its large mouth is slightly open, forming a large mouth for adults to enter and exit, and the inside is dark, and it needs to be entered with a torch.

When Lu Chen entered, he didn't take a few steps, and he saw the remaining traces of fighting on the ground, a huge demon beast corpse lying in the dirty mud, blood stains were filled, and the air exuded a strong rancid smell, it resembled a lion, with a huge body, and its body surface was covered with a thick layer of dark red scale armor, although it had been dead for many days, the remaining ferocious aura of the past was still terrifying. Not far away was the corpse of Elder Thunder Tiger, who had been dead for many days and had become stiff and cold.

"Innate Demon Beast, Firescale Lion!" Lu Chen looked at this demon beast slightly, and then he recognized the origin of this demon beast.

"Elder Thunder Tiger?" Lu Chen looked at the corpse not far away, and sighed secretly, this Thunder Tiger is really unlucky, it was actually calculated by Ji Yun, could it be that there is a certain number in this darkness.

I think that day, when he and Ji Yun entered the sect to visit the elders together, this Lei Hu saw that they were unpleasant in every way, and made difficult things everywhere, but today he got this tragic ending, and it was really good and evil were rewarded, not that they did not report, and the time had not come.

"Is this where Ji Yun found the traces of the Xuanqing Heavy Sword? How could this guy know that there is a Xuanqing Heavy Sword here? and also know that he used the Innate Demon Beast Fire Scale Lion to deal with Elder Thunder Tiger, could it be that he had already thought about all this in advance before entering the sect?" Lu Chen lowered his head and thought, holding a torch and continuing to walk deeper into the cave.

"This place is dark and far-reaching, lurking with the innate demon beast Fire Scale Lion, and the Xuanqing Heavy Sword, it should not be an ordinary place!" Lu Chen stepped on the slippery rock, walking through the complex rock cave, ticking and ticking, only to hear the sound of water drops constantly coming from the depths of the cave, empty for a long time, and the echo continued.

Whew, a gust of wind mixed with a faint fragrance came, blowing on Lu Chen's body, and he moved the tip of his nose, which suddenly made his eyes light up: "There is wind, and there is also a faint strange fragrance? It seems that there is something in front, and the position is not far away from me." ”

After walking for a while, we came to an open-air sinkhole, the bottom of which was a pool of clear spring water, on which the cold moonlight sprinkled, like a large hourglass, absorbing the sun and moon from the outside world.

Standing in Lu Chen's position, you can even see the stars and moon in the sky, and the mountain wall is surrounded by strange stones that glow with blue fluorescence, inlaid horizontally and vertically, like valuable night pearls.

In the middle of the waterhole there was a sand dune, and a three-foot-tall turquoise plant grew, and when the dreamy moonlight poured down, you could see two orange-yellow fruits under the emerald green leaves, the size of an egg, which were very eye-catching, and the faint fragrance of the cave emanated from these two fruits.

Seeing this scene, Lu Chen's pupils suddenly shrank, his heart pounded, and he couldn't help but feel a burst of ecstasy: "Holy Spiritual Fruit, Jin Bodhi, also known as Yan Xian Fruit, has a powerful tonic effect on 'God', it has appeared four times in the history of Kyushu, I only heard its name, I didn't see it, I didn't expect it to be discovered by me!"

He jumped into the sand dunes in the pool, gently picked two of the fruits, and without washing them, he bit off one of them, and the bitter juice filled his mouth, and his brows twisted slightly: "My mother, it's so bitter!"

It's nothing more than a dumb person eating coptis!

Compared to its miraculous effect, this bit of suffering is not worth mentioning at all.

After taking the first Golden Bodhi, Lu Chen suddenly clearly felt that the 'god' in his Mud Pill Palace was rapidly transforming and growing, and that feeling was very wonderful!

As if the soul had been purified, the senses of the six senses improved rapidly, and the movement within a radius of 100 meters could be clearly felt.

For example, ten feet behind him, a flying insect is inciting its wings, greedily sucking the dew from the blades of grass.

In the soil at the foot of the mountain wall, a young grass is struggling to stretch its green shoots and break through the soil, ready to welcome the new world.