One: the sealed baby

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The night sky is extremely dark, and you can't see your fingers. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 There was a death-like silence, and from time to time a few thunderbolts flashed, and the thunder god's angry white practice cut through the sky like a sword blade. The rain poured down in an instant, like beads falling from the sky. The thunder flashed again, and the thunder shook the sky.

At this moment, several figures disappeared into the distance. In the night sky, the voice of an old man whispering quickly came from the sound of the huge rain. "Give me the child." "Don't think about it. "Then you're going to die. Before the words fell, the light flashed in the night sky, and a man died with a scream, their voices quickly interrupted by the sound of thunder. No one could see their faces or where they came from.

The killer sighed: "The children are all sealed, and they really have a back hand." The deity chased for so long and got nothing, alas. ”

In this way, the legend of a sealed baby spread in the rivers and lakes, and many people got such news, and no one knew the origin of the baby. This seal is very terrifying, and it takes the power of the heavens to break it, otherwise you may be counterattacked. And the circle will bring constant energy to the baby, so he won't die.

After a long time, the sealed baby disappeared inexplicably. In this way, a well-publicized incident finally slowly disappeared from the rivers and lakes.

Not too far from the place of the incident. A small village surrounded by mountains, with dozens of families living at the bottom of the mountain. At the back of the village there was a low adobe house, the roof was covered with miscellaneous thatch, and the earthen wall had obvious cracks that could be stuffed into the boy's fist, as if it could collapse at any moment. The windows on the wall didn't even have window paper, and it was dim to look through the broken wooden door. Even in the middle of the day, it was impossible to see what was inside.

An old man dressed in tatters and unkempt sat in the corner smoking a large cigarette pouch. "Let's go. A sound came, and a puff of green smoke came out of his mouth. From time to time, he raised his head to look at the intersection, his sleepy eyes did not seem to see what he wanted to see, and he hung his head on his lap and continued to smoke and bask in the sun.

"Old head, haven't you eaten lunch? A passing neighbor villager said. "Ao, it's Lao Zhang, I haven't eaten yet, the third baby went to the woods to find some wild vegetables, and he should be back in a while!" he replied without a word.

Lao Zhang looked up, pointed to the end of the road and said, "Oh, the third baby is back." At the intersection in the distance, a teenager dressed in patches, with a thin face and a dirty face, was trotting over with a broken basket full of all kinds of wild vegetables.

"Dad, we've got lunch over. The old head got up from the ground, patted the ash on the wall, and raised his hoarse throat and said, "Three boys, go cook." ”

Lao Zhang said: "Then you cook, I'll go to other people's houses." The father and son began to get busy after a while, and it was almost noon, and this was their first meal of the day. Sanwazi is his nickname, and everyone in the village calls him that, and he also has a name called Gu Ning. Back then, it was a name that the old head specially asked for from the fortune teller in the village. At that time, the fortune teller once saw that this child had a rich appearance, and he would definitely be rich and wealthy in the future, and the old head listened to it with a happy smile. However, no one would believe that the Gutou family was the poorest in the village, and few people would look down on their family.

The house was very shabby, very dimly lit, only a kerosene lamp, and the walls were all blackened. A broken bed, only a musty quilt. Two low broken stools were not picked up by other people's houses, and there was a stove next to them. That's all their possessions, and nothing else. Gu Ning once heard others say that their family is all from outside. The ancient head appeared in this village twenty years ago, and settled here, without a wife and children, without land, without everything.

He has a very strange temper and does not like to communicate with people. It wasn't until fifteen years ago that he picked up a child from outside and came back, that is, three children, and finally formed their family. He was surprised when he learned about his background, and he didn't ask, but he was grateful in his heart. There were only two bowls of green vegetable porridge on the table, and a plate of pickles sent by a neighbor who couldn't stand it. When eating, Gu Tou still smoked on the side, and the smoke filled the house, and Gu Ning was used to it.

The ancient head said: "Three babies, in a few days, Wushuang Pavilion will come to our village to recruit outer disciples, I want you to participate." Gu Ning frantically shaved rice, for fear that he would have no food to eat in the next second, and said while eating: "It's not my turn again, what am I going to do." Gu Tou said: "This time, there are only seven people in our village who are ten to twenty years old, and they have given ten places!" Gu Ning said: "They were all vacant before, didn't they let me go? “

He also complained a little, those villagers look simple, but the key moment is still so powerful, their own family is poor, no one will pay attention.

Gu Tou said: "Eat, I have already discussed this matter with the village chief." This time I will definitely let you in. Although Gu Ning didn't know how his father helped him get in, the first thing now was to fill his stomach. A fifteen-year-old boy is the best age for physical development, and he will cry hungry after eating four meals a day, not to mention that he does everything in the family. Those rice porridges are useless at all, and you will be hungry for a while, and you can eat as much as you can.

After a long time, the old man's voice suddenly changed: "Baby, I let you go this time, you must succeed, I want you to avenge me, otherwise you will never come back to see me." The sudden change in his expression startled Gu Nin's heart, and he had heard his father speak of his own hatred more than once. But when he wanted to ask the key things, he never said the key things. Gu Ning said: "What if I don't get selected!" Gu Tou's cloudy eyes gradually became clear, and a glimmer of light flashed, and he said lightly: "Don't worry, you can definitely do it." ”

With his father's words, he didn't say anything.

After a few days, the village was bustling. A richly dressed, fat-bodied, meaty-faced middle-aged man stood behind him with two young men and women in Taoist robes, they stood there with few words, it was the middle-aged man who spoke, and the beauty of his otherworldly temperament seemed out of place in this dilapidated little village.

Not far away, a tall carriage with two horses was parked. The big **** is incomparable, and it takes a lot of effort to climb from this valley to the top of the mountain, and you don't have to think about it if you don't have the strength. It's actually just a small nameless village, very poor, and the name of the village lives on cultivation all year round, but because this village is located under a world-famous mountain.

And on the mountain, there is the famous Immortal Family Sect Wushuang Pavilion. Their mountain is called Luoxian Peak, it is the first peak in Xuzhou, in the era of ancient wars, the immortals descended to the mortal world and fell here to finally become this mountain. This is where the war ended, so people throughout the ages believed that there was spirituality here. Of course, these spirits were later possessed by the Wushuang Pavilion family, and not everyone could get them.

This nameless village is given a special honor for helping them grow crops. Once in three years, they will get a special opportunity to enter their outer sect and help the cabinet deal with the external affairs of the sect. Generally speaking, being able to enter the outer sect is almost the dream of generations of people in their village. Listening to the old man in their village, over the past hundred years, their village has sent dozens of batches of boys and girls, but so far only one person has been hired, and all the others have been returned to continue to work as civilians. And that person was mixed up in the sect outside the Wushuang Pavilion, helping the sect to collect items and other things, which was very oily and watery, and it didn't take many years for their family to get a few houses in the town, and they had a head and a face. And the current village chief is the grandson of that person back then. The village chief has seen a little of the world when he goes out, and he is much more able to speak than the villagers who have barely been out.

The village chief smiled a little flatteringly: "Third brother, this time there are seven in our village that meet the requirements, and you should take care of it a little more when you go over there." As he spoke, everyone realized that this richly dressed man was his distant cousin, and a descendant of the man who walked out of this village back then. He patted the third brother's hand, took out a bag from his arms, and stuffed it into his hand while no one was paying attention. The third brother weighed his hand, his eyes turned around a few times and showed a satisfied smile and said, "We are all a family, why are you so polite." ”

As he spoke, he unceremoniously put the bag into his arms. All this was done in front of the two young Taoist priests, who turned a blind eye and did not have any expression on their faces. At the same time, he took the list of children who were included in the selection this time, looked at it carefully, and nodded while looking at it, and when he saw the bottom, he suddenly said: "Who is this Gu Ning, how can I never hear of it, is it a child from other places, then I really won't want it." If the church knew that I was a ghost, I would lose my own job, and I would definitely not break the problem of principle. ”

The village chief smiled: "Principle, of course it won't be broken, this Gu Ning is the three babies picked up by the ancient head of the back village, this time he spent ten taels of silver in order to let the baby enter." That's probably all the blood of their family. When the third brother heard this, he shook the meat on his face and said in a low voice: "I want to see how their family wants toads and toads to eat swan meat, okay, you let all the children come over!"

The village chief then asked the seven children to inform them, and they started talking here. For a time, the valley became lively. Before the time of a stick of incense, the seven children were found. Seven children, four boys, three girls, three girls are slim, although the clothes are not bright and gorgeous, but there is a bit of a taste of the first female growth. And the four boys, three of them were dressed well, a little white, and they tried to wash the mud stains off their faces, but they were still a little dark. There is also a child, he is Gu Ning, the shortest of the four boys, he has a yellow face and thin muscles, a patched clothes, and his face that used to be full of dust is rarely washed, revealing his original posture. looks like an ordinary teenager, a poor and sour look, and no one can remember him at all.

When the seven children saw a stranger staring at them, their faces were a little shy, especially the three girls, who lowered their heads and were a little embarrassed. On the contrary, only Gu Ning, although he was the most torn and dirtiest on his body, raised his head and looked at the very tall third brother. His father once taught him that no matter when, raise your head and be an upright person, that is a real man, a real man. This move made the third brother admire in his heart.

"Children, I am the third brother of your village chief, you can call me the third uncle, do you want to go out of this mountain to see?" Not only do they want to, but even their parents think very much. There are many people in their village who have never been out of the mountains in their lives, and generally only those few people will follow the village chief to Wushuang Pavilion to deliver goods, and no one else has thought about it. They knew that the nearest town to their village had to cross three mountains and thousands of miles of mountain roads. Once you go back and forth, it will take half a year.

Zhang Dahu of Second Uncle Zhang's family at the end of the village glared at his eyes and said, "Third Uncle, can we really go out?" The third uncle smiled: "Of course, just follow me." Children, go and say goodbye to your parents, it's noon, and you have to hurry!"

When it came to leaving, those children were reluctant. They have grown up here since they were children, and it is the first time they have gone far away, and there is some inexplicable panic in their hearts. The three girls cried as soon as they said "wow", and the other three boys were also a little more reluctant in front of their parents. The third uncle shook his head and sighed in his heart, without a single word.

At this time, Gu Ning walked to the back of the crowd, looked at the father who was lying in the corner and smoked a dry cigarette, and said, "Dad, I'm leaving, you are going to suffer at home alone." After saying that, he knelt down and kowtowed to his father. The old head didn't even raise his eyes and said: "Okay, be careful on the road, that bit of silver saves some flowers, and you have to remember what I said." ”

On the contrary, Gu Ning's style made the third uncle change his opinion just now, this child is not simple. Finally, surrounded by everyone, the children got into the carriage and left the village to start a new journey in their lives. And Gu Ning, his way, how to go!

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