Chapter 22: Luoxia Peak
"From now on, you are the master of this sword. ”
The moment he touched the hilt of the sword, Xiao Chen felt a sense of coolness and tranquility all over his body, and many negative emotions such as resentment and unwillingness in his heart before turned into smoke and clouds in an instant, and his mind suddenly became clear, which was exactly what immortal cultivators needed.
Everyone in the distance looked over, their eyes were full of fanatical jealousy and envy, Mo Yu was also there, he looked at the white fairy sword, and his eyes revealed a blazing light.
"Brother Yifeng, you mean...... Gave me this sword?"
Yu Yifeng nodded: "This sword has gone through thousands of years, and there is already a sword spirit in the sword, I hope you will be kind in the future, don't get too much blood." ”
After that, he twisted his fingers, rode a sword light to the sky, and sent a sentence from afar: "Three days later, Lingtai Town will be twenty miles to the east, waiting for someone who is destined." ”
Xiao Chen quietly looked at the sky where he was gone, as if there were clouds and mist, like a dream, and after a while, Xiao Ruo said cowardly: "Young master, where are we going now?"
"Lingtai Town. Xiao Chenlang laughed and strode down the steps.
Three days later, he came to the eastern suburbs of Lingtai Town twenty miles, there is a river passing here, the water is murmuring, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds, there is a quaint small stone bridge on the river, it has been 500 years of wind blowing, 500 years of rain, 500 years of sun.
He found an open space next to the bridge, put the Yaoqin down, and asked Xiao Ruo to light the sandalwood on both sides, so he began to stroke the qin.
The sound of the piano goes to the palace tune, the middle is peaceful, like a stream under the moon, flowing slowly, and then the sound of the piano gradually increases, walking on the feather tune, and then changing merchants, and like a thousand feet of silver curtain, pouring down from the dome.
The sound of the piano is harmonious, and the seven rhymes resonate, gradually spreading, like layer by layer, setting aside the fate of the dust, and in less than a moment, it has attracted hundreds of birds in the valley, or hovering in the low sky, or falling on his shoulders, crying to each other, and singing into a rhyme.
Near noon, only a crisp bell sounded, from far and near, but a sandalwood carriage slowly galloped, the canopy was intricately decorated, hanging colorful bells, the curtain was woven of ice silk, and it looked brilliant and dazzling in the sun.
The driver was a thin old man over seventy years old, but the one pulling the car was a snow-white unicorn, between the four hooves, as if stepping on colorful auspicious rays.
Seeing that the river was blocking the road, the stone bridge was not much, it was just three points narrower, and the carriage could not pass.
I only heard a moving girl's voice coming from the jade curtain: "Uncle Tan, who is here to play the qin?"
The voice sounded soft and pleasant, like a pearl falling on a jade plate, like a gentle drizzle in March, like a generation of beautiful women, whispering softly in his ears, Xiao Chen couldn't help but move in his heart.
The thin old man who was driving the car glanced at the distance and said, "It's a teenager, maybe I missed this assessment." ”
No sound came from the car, and a moment later, a white wrist lifted the curtain, and it was a girl who looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, without a trace of dust on her body.
The girl got out of the carriage gently, every movement looked so gentle, she was wearing a white fairy dress, green silk like ink, hanging down to the vest, even though there are sinking fish and geese in the world, and the moon is shy and shy flowers, but it also looks too tacky.
She stood in the wind, quietly looking at Xiao Chen who was buried in the piano in the distance, and her eyes seemed to be rippling layer after layer, like a fairy who moved her heart and was degraded from Yaotai to the mortal world.
"Uncle Tan, go back. The girl said and walked towards the stone bridge.
Xiao Chen still plucked slowly with both hands, and every note was clearly handed out, and he suddenly said: "Girl, there is Lingtai Mountain in front of you, if you want to participate in the assessment, I'm afraid you will have to wait for another three years." ”
The moment he raised his head at the end of the words, Xiao Chen's heart suddenly tingled, and a picture in his mind that was already incomplete was once again shattered.
Suddenly, a figure flashed in the depths of his memory, disappeared in the blink of an eye, and suddenly felt a pain in his heart, a pain that came from the depths of his soul, the depths of his memory, and could not be made up for forever.
The man was dressed in white like snow, and when he thought about it again, he couldn't remember the other party's face, just like the figure in a dream in his previous life.
"I've never heard this song before, but it's familiar, can you tell me what your name is?" asked the girl suddenly.
Xiao Chen came back to his senses, immediately pressed the strings to stop the song, and said in the clearest voice: "This song is called 'Dust Edge Song Introduction'." ”
This piece was composed by him thousands of years ago, and he often played it alone in the mountain streams, and every time it attracted the harmony of a hundred birds.
The girl nodded slightly, and then walked across the bridge, her figure fading away.
After a while, Xiao Chen came back to his senses, and there was no trace of the girl, and he felt a loss in his heart, the person just now, obviously he had never seen it, but why did he seem familiar, could it be that he was the person who Brother Yifeng said three days ago?
It was almost twilight, and Xiao Chen was about to return to the town after receiving the qin, when suddenly a sword light fell extremely quickly.
"Senior brother stays!"
Xiao Chen looked back and saw that it was the green clothes in the green and white duo, and asked, "I don't know what senior brother commands?"
Tsing Yi stepped forward and said with a smile: "Senior brother, don't worry, Elder Fang Cai has already said that you can become a disciple of Luoxia Peak." ”
"Luoxia Peak?" Xiao Chen frowned and asked.
"Hehe, Luoxia Peak is our outer door. ”
"Oh, Xiao Ruo goes, let's go to the Canglan Sword Sect. ”
"Hey, junior brother, stay and don't go. ”
"Senior brother, what's the matter?" Xiao Chen turned around and said.
"That one, in fact, the outer door is not bad, it is not as bad as the junior brother thinks. Tsing Yi smiled bitterly.
Xiao Ruo pulled his sleeve and whispered: "Young Master, why don't we go to Luoxia Peak, there are too many rules in the inner door, Xiao Ruo is afraid that the young master will not be able to stay up." ”
Tsing Yi smiled bitterly: "Yes, yes, if you go to the outer door, you can also bring your little sister with you, if it is the inner door, you can't." ”
Xiao Chen thought about it for a while, and seemed to have some truth in what he said, his purpose was to practice the Fa, so that he could reach the foundation as soon as possible, and then went to the Purple Mansion and said, "Okay, then let's say it first, I won't squeeze a room with other people, and so will my little sister." ”
Tsing Yi said with a smile: "This junior brother can rest assured, someone has already arranged a place for the junior brother to cultivate." ”
Xiao Chen nodded, thinking that the contrast between these people was too great, and it must be related to the girl who crossed the bridge at noon, who is she?
Luoxia Peak is not as majestic as the other peaks of Lingtai Mountain, on the contrary, it looks relatively short, but it is surrounded by mountains, in the valley of Qingxi, the scenery is quite quiet, and it has a more earthly atmosphere, not as lonely and cold as the first peak Canglong Peak.
And the hundreds of disciples of Luoxia Peak are not as rigorous as the inner disciples of other peaks, they have something to do on weekdays, nothing to do fishing, catch two hares to roast and eat, and even sneak down the mountain to go to the nearby town Fengyue place to play, many times, the elders of Luoxia Peak also turn a blind eye when they see it, as long as you "burn enough incense" on weekdays, they will not embarrass you.
And most of the princes and nobles here, the ladies of wealthy families, some are rich, although they seem to be a little depraved on the surface, but in fact, everyone is still quite motivated, the competition is also big, bloodshed often happens, and they all hope to be promoted to the inner door one day.
Taking advantage of the twilight, Tsing Yi brought Xiao Chen to the peak, many people saw it, and they all nodded to Tsing Yi to say hello, and at the same time, many people pointed at Xiao Chen, because few inner disciples brought someone to the outer gate.
As for the newcomers who saw Xiao Chen this time, they were surprised and talked about it.
"Isn't he gone, why did he come back?"
"Who is this man?"
"He was the best performer in this assessment, but for some reason, he was not selected by the elders in the end. ”
"Oh, it turns out that he is also an unlucky guy who can't enter the inner door. ”
"Shh, senior brother, be quiet, this person is very big, didn't you see that he was personally brought by the senior brother of the inner gate?"
Along the way, Xiao Chen saw many people pointing at him, which made him feel a little uncomfortable, and at the same time, he also saw some scattered houses.
It is the dormitory of the outer disciples, the price of Luoxia Peak is very high, a small bungalow a few zhang square, you need to pay thousands of taels of silver a year, you know, a thousand taels of silver, even in a big city like Cloud City, you can build a mansion that is not small.
But it doesn't matter, people here have money, even if it is not an exaggeration to describe it as dung.
After walking for half an hour, Xiao Chen came to a small courtyard with a quiet scenery, far away from the ordinary disciples' dormitory. Pushed open the courtyard door, but saw that the mountains and rocks inside were clumsy, the pond water was clear, the willows were blooming, and a gust of breeze came, with a few white petals, falling on his hair and shoulders.
"Wow, young master, this place looks even more beautiful than the Wisteria Pavilion in our house!" Xiao Ruo said happily.
Xiao Chen nodded, and noticed that there were many snow vitex trees planted in the courtyard, the flowers were pale white, slightly fragrant, like orchid and light, and when the wind blew, it fluttered like light snow in the winter moon.
This was once a woman's dwelling.
"May I ask Senior Brother, I wonder who lived here in the past?"
Tsing Yi scratched his ears and said with a smile: "Senior brother, don't ask so much, anyway, you will live here in the future, and no one will come to disturb you." ”
"Oh. Xiao Chen walked in, and immediately felt an abundant aura, compared to the first peak, it was not much better, and he couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart, someone actually set up a formation to gather the aura of the surrounding valley in the courtyard for people to cultivate, it seems that the previous master here is not low, and he is definitely not an outer disciple.
Taking a step further, his eyes suddenly lit up.