Chapter 1: Youth
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Moissan.
A remote village.
Outside a simple wooden house, a few tall horses were parked, several tall men stood with swords on their shoulders, and the nearby villagers were crowded with onlookers, talking about something in a few words.
"It's really someone from the Moissanjian Mansion?"
"Then is there a fake? In this territory of Moissan, who dares to pretend to be a person from the Moisan Sword Mansion?"
"I really didn't expect that Lin Shu ran away from home back then, and he went for ten years, and he actually studied art in Moisan Sword Mansion. ”
"Lin Xi, this kid is also lucky, I heard that he was covered in bruises when he fell off the cliff, and he was unconscious, if it wasn't for Lin Laohan to adopt him, he might have been taken away by a wild wolf. Now that he has been protected by Lin Shu, now that someone from the Sword Mansion is coming, I am afraid that he will be taken away. ”
"God, then wouldn't he be able to become a disciple of the Moissanite Sword Mansion?"
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"What do you mean... Lin Shu is dead?" Lin Xi stared at the man in Tsing Yi in front of him, his expression a little complicated.
"Senior Brother Lin Shu unfortunately passed away while performing a mission to the sect. Senior brother, after you are Senior Brother Lin, the Sword Mansion specially gave you the qualification to open the Spirit Sea once, if you can succeed, you can become an inner disciple like Senior Brother and enjoy the rich resources provided by the Sword Mansion. Even if you fail, you can enter the Sword Mansion to practice, but it is not the inner gate, but you become a member of the outer disciples such as us. The man in Tsing Yi said with a smile.
"You should know that I am not related to Lin Shu by blood. Lin Xi said coldly.
"I've investigated this, and so does the Sword Mansion. The man in Tsing Yi smiled.
Lin Xi nodded and pondered for a moment, "Since that's the case, I'll leave for the Sword Mansion on the same day." However, there are still some trivial matters to deal with, so I won't have to wait for a few senior brothers, and within a month, I will report to the Sword Mansion. ”
"Okay, then I'll wait for my junior brother in the Sword Mansion. This is a token, and the junior brother must put it away. The man in Tsing Yi didn't say anything more, and after handing over the token, he bowed his waist slightly and turned to leave.
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"Senior Brother Yang, this kid is really arrogant and ignorant! Our Sword Mansion recruits hundreds of new disciples every year, and among these people, only one percent of them can open the spiritual vein! If this kid fails to open the spiritual vein, he is an outer disciple, and he doesn't have to obediently listen to Senior Brother's words. ”
Not far from the village, a burly man beside the man in Tsing Yi was a little dissatisfied with Lin Xi's attitude, and couldn't help but complain.
"Shut up! What do you know, don't say such stupid things in front of me in the future!" the man in Tsing Yi reprimanded.
"Senior brother, I'm ...... Senior Brother Yang is angry, it's the younger brother who is talking too much!" The strong man was about to defend again, and when he saw the gloomy face of the man in Tsing Yi, he immediately admitted his mistake.
"Although Senior Brother Lin Shu was unfortunately killed, his influence in the Sword Mansion has not diminished in the slightest. With this level of relationship, even if Senior Brother Lin Xi failed to open the spiritual vein, the Sword Mansion would not sit idly by and ignore him. The man in Tsing Yi said coldly.
"I see, thank you for the reminder!" the strong man hurriedly said.
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The sunset is like fire, dyeing the sky. In the barren area a few hundred meters outside the village, a lonely figure seemed extremely lonely. Lin Xi knelt in front of a low grave, and under the red glow, it was a handsome and immature face.
There were no tombstones or offerings in front of the grave, only a sparse patch of yellow paper, burning under the crescent moon and making a beeping sound.
"Grandpa, you can't imagine it, Lin Shu has been gone for ten years and actually became a disciple of the Moisan Sword Mansion, but it's a pity that the sky is jealous of the talent......"
"I heard that cultivators turn their hands into clouds and cover their hands into the sea, slaying demons and destroying demons, which is very powerful. But the cultivation realm is also full of dangers, and the slightest carelessness will shatter your bones, and there are not a few like Lin Shu. ”
Lin Xi muttered to himself in front of the grave, the yellow paper had turned to ashes, but he fell into deep thought for a long time.
A few years ago, Lin Xi was chased and killed by the enemy, was forced to jump off the cliff, there was no reason to survive, fortunately was hung by a big tree on the edge of the cliff, and was bumped into by the old man who went up the mountain to collect medicine, and was brought back to the village, as a close relative.
Without this kind old man, Lin Xi would have died seven years ago.
Since then, the old and the young have depended on each other. Over the years, the old man has been talking about it most often, and it is his son Lin Shu.
This person ran away from home ten years ago, apprenticed to Moisan Sword Mansion, and became an inner disciple with his extraordinary talent, which can be said to be a matter of glory to ordinary people, but unfortunately the old man didn't know anything about it.
Three years ago, my grandfather had passed away.
This is an eternal pain in Lin Xi's heart.
In addition, Lin Xi had one more thing in his heart that had always made him linger.
Ever since he was brought back by his grandfather, he found that his memory was blank, and over the years, he had tried everything he could, but he could not find any trace of the past.
That is, in recent years, as he grew older, there were often some small fragments in his dreams, although they were not real, but they gave Lin Xi a familiar feeling.
Maybe that's what he remembers.
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The night sky is deep and full of stars.
A strange voice sounded out of nowhere...
"Please, please..."
"Please, please..."
Please...
Over and over again, over and over again.
The mountains and wilderness are quiet, and there are white clouds curling in the distance, and the cranes are fluttering, like a fairyland on earth.
The whole world is silent.
Only the baby, kneeling on the hard bluestone steps, kept pleading.
"Please..."
"Please..."
Please...
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Please?
Who the hell?!
He woke up in shock, drenched in cold sweat.
"It's this dream again!"
This scene had appeared in his dream a year ago.
That time, the baby also knelt on the cold bluestone steps like this, and kept pleading, "Please, please..."
Lin Xi rubbed his head, his head gradually became clearer, and doubts flashed in his eyes-
"Who the hell is that baby?"
"What happened before the age of seven?"
He looked up, and a deep sadness appeared in his eyes...
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His clothes were wet with cold sweat, and it was very uncomfortable to stick to his body, and there seemed to be something on his chest, like warm water, emitting a faint warm current, which lasted for a long time.
He reached out to touch it, and couldn't help but be stunned, and only after taking it out did he see clearly that it was the half of the residual jade that he had carried with him over the years.
"This jade..."
The reason why it is called residual jade is because this piece of jade is only half of it. The color is simple, heavy in the hand, and there are strange patterns carved on it, which cannot be seen because of the damage.
It seems to be a utensil played by a rich and noble family, and there is nothing surprising about it.
Grandpa said that this piece of remnant jade was brought on his body before he lost his memory, and it might help him solve the mystery of his life experience.
Lin Xi has always regarded it as the most precious thing.
"Do I have parents?" he whispered, looking out the window.
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A day later, he packed his bags, left the village, and headed for Moissan.
This walk is half a month.
A dark mountain road, Lin Xi walked up the stairs and walked very slowly. The trail seems to have been unwalked for a long time, and the stone steps are covered with moss and slippery.
Lin Xi walked from early morning to evening, and finally came to the top of the mountain.
I saw that the entire top of the mountain seemed to be slashed down with a sword, revealing a platform several acres of land, but it was empty, and there was no figure.
Lin Xiyou glanced around, found a piece of clean ground, and sat down cross-legged.
Time passed little by little, and Lin Xi's sitting was a day.
He didn't have much savings, and yesterday he spent the last few taels of silver in order to find out where the Mosanjian Mansion was, and now he has no money except for some dry food and water.
A day later, there was a sudden sound of footsteps from far and near on the mountain road, and Lin Xi, who was meditating, opened his eyes, only to see a figure not far away, and a young man with curly hair and a broad nose appeared.
The boy is about fourteen or fifteen years old, as old as Lin Xi, but his face is still vaguely childish, and he looks much more immature than Lin Xi.
The young man was stunned when he saw Lin Xi, and after looking at Lin Xi a few times, he hesitated to step forward, arched his hand and said, "Excuse me, Your Excellency, may I ask if this is the place for the newcomers of the Moisan Sword Mansion to report to work?"
Lin Xi nodded, "Exactly." ”
The young man was overjoyed when he heard this, and then asked, "This big brother, I don't know if you are the person who was introduced by the Sword Mansion or..."
"Like you, I'm here to report. Lin Xi said.
The young man breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, sat down beside Lin Xi with a big grin, and said, "Then I should call you Senior Brother, my name is Gao Gong, I don't know what Senior Brother is called?"
"Lin Xi. Lin Xi replied lightly, closed his eyes, and stopped talking.
Gao Gong couldn't help grinning when he saw this, and immediately stood up, pretending to observe the scenery and going around the top of the mountain, then he found a place more than ten meters away from Lin Xi and sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes and said nothing.
In this way, without interfering with each other, the night passed, and it was not until noon the next day that someone came up from the mountain road.
Lin Xiru didn't notice the arrival of these people, and just meditated silently, but the young man opened his eyes for the first time and looked towards the mountain road.
The person who came was an old man with a girl in white, followed by five big men, all wearing short shirts, standing across the sword, very strong.
The old man was dressed in a cyan robe, his hair was gray, his eyes were blazing, and although he was thin, he exuded an aura that was stronger than several strong men.
And the girl in white, who looked like she was only thirteen or fourteen years old, had a very beautiful appearance, but her complexion was slightly sickly pale, and when her eyes swept over Lin Xi and the others, her face was expressionless, giving people a feeling of being unapproachable.
When these people saw that someone had already climbed to the top of the mountain, they were stunned, and secretly looked at Lin Xi and the others a few times, and then walked to another place on the top of the mountain, found a clean place and sat down.
Soon after that, several people took out a clean white cloth from the package and spread it on the ground, and took some food and water.
At this time, Lin Xi opened his eyes perceptively. And Gao Gong's gaze had been on the strong man since just now, and his curious eyes were watching all this without blinking.
"I'm from the Moissanist family, this time I accompanied my young lady to apprentice to the Sword Mansion, if the two brothers don't dislike it, come over and eat something together. The strong man stopped seven or eight meters away and said to the two of them one by one.
Hearing this, Gao Gong hurriedly got up and returned the salute, and said, "Thank you Miss Wang for the invitation, I brought some dry food with me, I just ate it before going up the mountain, thank you for the kindness of this big brother." ”
Lin Xi also got up to thank him, but politely refused.
The strong man returned the salute and walked back.
The old man not far away nodded to the two of them from a distance of more than ten meters, which was regarded as a greeting.
The two naturally returned the favor.
After that, the group began to eat, but the girl got up and came to the edge of the cliff, looking at the green mountains in the distance and wondering what to think.
When she returned, the old man whispered a few words to her, and then the girl closed her eyes and said no more.
In a peaceful atmosphere, the three groups of people waited at the top of the mountain.
In the next few days, many people came up to the top of the mountain, and the further they went, the more people came, and as time passed, the top of the mountain became more and more lively, and there were already dozens of people at a glance.
Five days later.
As soon as the sky was brightened, a small hum suddenly came from the distant sky, although the sound was not loud, but everyone on the scene looked at it as if they were aware.
I saw a black shadow in the sky getting bigger and bigger, flying towards here at an extremely fast speed, and as it got closer, everyone found that it was a huge spirit boat, about 20 meters wide and nearly 100 meters long, covering the sky and the sun, roaring.
"The one who took it has arrived. ”
The crowd suddenly let out a burst of admiration, and with a respectful look on their faces, they all retreated around, leaving enough space for the spirit boat.
In the blink of an eye, the spirit boat had already flown above everyone's heads, but it had not fallen for a long time.
Just when everyone was puzzled, a colorful spiritual light suddenly flashed on the spirit boat, and a stone staircase descended from the sky, and the steps were paved to the top of the mountain.
"I'm the usher of the Moisan Sword Mansion, and the person who has the guide token, come up now. A voice seemed to fall from the clouds.
"Pick up the token!"
When Lin Xi heard this word, he remembered the jade plate left by the young man surnamed Yang that day, and hurriedly took it out.
At the same time, the others also took out the same jade plaques and walked up the stone steps one by one in an orderly manner.
The stone steps seem to stand in the void, but stepping on them is like walking on the ground, which is very stable.
Lin Xi followed the person in front of him up the stone steps, and when he came to the top of the spirit boat, he found that the space here was several times larger than he had imagined before, with an area of several acres, both the bottom and the side of the boat were covered by a layer of gray light, and after looking at it for a long time, he would feel dizzy.
At this time, there were already more than a dozen teenagers and girls sitting cross-legged on the boat, and in front of these people was a young man in white, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and his eyes were like knives, making people dare not look directly.
At this time, there were already several people in front of them who handed over the jade plate in their hands to the young man, and after testing it, they walked to the open space behind him one by one and sat down.
The young man took the jade plaque, flicked his fingers, and shot out a spiritual light, which fell on the jade plaque, and disappeared into it with a touch.
The jade card trembled slightly, and a white light curtain erupted, and the young man glanced at Lin Xi at the light curtain and nodded.
Lin Xi had already seen the detection process of the person in front of him, bowed his waist, and then walked towards the open space.
Unexpectedly, at this time, the young man in white suddenly opened his mouth and asked, "Are you the descendant of Senior Brother Lin?"