"Come after me, Xiao Ying" A burst of laughter shattered the silence in the forest. A young man in a coarse cloth peasant coat ran through the grass, turning his head from time to time to look at the girl chasing behind him. The girl was also dressed in a peasant dress, and her immature little face was full of smiles. The long hair flowed in the air, causing several flowers to bloom.

In early spring, the weather is still cold. On the calm surface of the lake, sparkling waves. The two children chased happily, and suddenly a scream came into the boy's ears, "Ah~~ Brother Xiang, come and help me." The girl sat delicately on the ground, pressing her ankles with her little hands from time to time, and curling her pink little mouth, looking aggrieved. The young man quickly ran to the girl's side and comforted, "Xiaoying, you didn't fall and get hurt, did you?" The girl squinted her eyes, a sly smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, and while the young man was not paying attention, she stood up suddenly, grabbed the sleeve of the young man's shirt, and shouted: "Brother Xiang, I caught you, you lost." The young man was stunned, stared at the girl blankly, and hurriedly said: "This is not good, you are cheating, do it again, and if you catch me again, you will win." "Why not, it's all said, I'll catch you, and you can buy me sugar gourds to eat." You don't mean what you say, I'll tell Uncle Xuanyuan to go in a while, hum!" After speaking, Cao Ying tilted her head, pursed her lips, and looked like she was about to turn around and leave. "Okay, okay, Xiaoying, I was wrong, wait until I buy you sugar gourds to eat. Cao Ying secretly covered her mouth and smiled.

After a while, the sunlight on the horizon had turned into a setting sun, and the sky and the earth darkened suddenly, leaving only the west side of the world to be blood-red. Everything seemed very quiet, except for the occasional "tuk-tuk, crackling" sound, which was the busy sound of a miner and a few of his apprentices on the hillside not far away. On a hill opposite, there are two children, these two people are Xuanyuan Xiang and Cao Ying, Cao Ying at this time, holding a string of sugar gourds in her hand and eating happily. The two children sat on the mountain like this, with the sunset in the distance slowly falling, even the wisp of blood red also dimmed, there was a lake not far away, there was a small island in the center of the lake, I heard the people here say, this island is called the island in the middle of the lake. The sky and the earth turned dark, startling many birds and birds, and for a time the shadows of the birds were mixed in the afterglow of the setting sun. A gust of wind blows, and you can still hear the rustling of the bamboo forest.

"Brother Xiang, you said that our Qiandeng Town is not the most beautiful place. Cao Ying, who was eating sugar gourd, suddenly asked faintly, breaking the silence.

"Of course, how beautiful our Thousand Lights Town is, I don't want to leave here for the rest of my life. Xuanyuan Xiang looked back at Cao Ying and said excitedly. Seeing that Cao Ying was slightly stunned, she lowered her head and was silent, and the hand holding the sugar gourd also hung down, Xuanyuan Xiang hurriedly asked, "What's wrong, Xiaoying, am I not right?"

"No, I also think our Qiandeng Town is beautiful, but... However, yesterday I overheard my father and my mother say that there is an Emei Mountain in the west of Chengdu, and there is also a sect called the Emei faction, and my father wants to send me there. Cao Ying kept her head down, her eyes fixed on the string of sugar gourds in her hand.

"Ah, Uncle Cao really thinks so? Wouldn't it mean that I will never see you again? For a while, Xuanyuan Xiang also became sad. The sky also suddenly dimmed, as if the sunset in the distance was also sad, and for a time the blood in the sky was thicker, and there were bursts of birdsong in the sky, showing a sense of sadness.

Suddenly, the two of them shouted behind them: "Xiao Xiang, Xiao Ying, the sun has set, don't go home for dinner!" Xuanyuan Xiang sighed lightly, then stood up, patted the soil on his body, and replied: "Got it, mother." With that, he picked up Cao Ying on the ground and walked towards the town. As the sun set, the heavens and the earth turned a touch of blood, and the figures of the two children gradually dissipated in it.

Qiandeng Town is located between Chengdu City and the Central Plains, surrounded by mountains, only the west and southeast have official roads connected to the outside world, because it is located in the southwest, traffic is blocked, the people in the town only know that the west official road leads to Chengdu City, as for the southeast official road, it seems to lead to the deeper part of the mountains, no one knows, because no one has ever walked. The mountains and rivers around this town nourish this simple town, there is a "Tianxiang Tea Forest" on the mountain on the side of the official road in the west of the town, because the "Tianxiang Tea" produced here is one of the best teas, so it is inevitable that there are some servants of rich and noble families who come here to order tea, and even the imperial court will come to transport away a batch every year, Qiandeng Town is more energetic because of this. The townspeople of Thousand Lights are simple and have a tradition that every household in the town will hang a few lanterns in the evening, which is said to be so that they can find their way down the mountain at night. Therefore, it has been passed down from generation to generation, so the town is also named "Thousand Lights Town"

"Daddy, do you know where the Emei faction is?" Xuanyuan Xiang was sitting at home at this time, holding a few mouthfuls of food in his hand, and his mind was full of the conversation he had just had with Cao Ying, so he asked word by word.

Hearing this, his father was slightly stunned, and soon returned to his normal demeanor, and slapped Xuanyuan Xiang's head with chopsticks, "Stinky boy, what are you doing here, hurry up and eat, and go out to chop firewood later." After a slight pause, he said, "In front of your mother, you are not allowed to mention the word "Emei faction", you know? ”

"Oh, I know, Dad" Xuanyuan Xiang replied reluctantly, not knowing whether he was answering the first half of the sentence or the second half.

The father frowned slightly, glanced at Xuanyuan Xiang, seemed to understand something in his heart, and said: "This Emei faction, on Mount Emei in the southwest of Chengdu, when your Uncle Cao went out to sell merchants, he happened to catch up with Emei to accept female disciples, so he wanted to send Xiaoying up." “

"Dad, how do you know. Xuanyuan Xiang looked surprised.

"Your Uncle Cao sued me,....... Also, the Emei faction only accepts female disciples, you... Don't think about it. The father glanced at Xuanyuan Xiang and saw Xuanyuan Xiang's thoughts, so he added the next sentence, "Stinky boy, go and call your mother to eat." Xuanyuan put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand and walked to his mother's room.