Quicksand Boundary, Dingzhou.

Dingzhou is the most barren place in the quicksand world, so it is called a poor state by the world.

Now, it is the first month of the new year, which is supposed to be the beginning of a good year, but the whole state is still dead and silent, and there is no new atmosphere. The occasional figure appears, or in rags, or in poor health, and it is difficult to see a person full of life.

A handsome young man of about twenty-two or three appeared on a mass grave, his eyes were like a regular, and he kept searching for something. After a long time, the royal fan flew, came to a stone tomb, respectfully performed three salutes, and said in his mouth: "This is a five-year-old boy's grave built for his parents? Second brother, what an amazing talent. ”

After standing for a moment, he left the place with a respectful expression and walked out of the forest. It is obviously impossible to enjoy the scenery in this place, so his steps are very fast.

Outside this forest, there is a wide stream, which is the source of water for the local people's life. On the edge of this stream, there are seven or eight scattered villages, and in one of them there is a very conspicuous mansion. It seems that this mansion stands out from the crowd, and it is so conspicuous and imposing.

The young man said softly: "Presumably, that is the Mo family, a big local family mentioned by the second brother!"

Ten miles along the stream, we came to a small village, apparently the smallest of them. Under a thousand-year-old willow outside the village, three children about 10 years old are playing by themselves. There are two of them, and their faces are somewhat similar.

The young man was slightly moved, and said, "Could it be that this is the twin sons of the second brother's cousin Dugu Yangming?" According to age, this cousin is ten years old, and it is normal for a son to be of this size." ”

When the three children were playing, they suddenly saw someone coming, and one of the most lively teenagers, who seemed to be the most courageous, saw a stranger coming, so he stepped forward and accosted: "This big brother, are you a foreigner?"

The youth nodded. The young man added, "We are very poor here, we have nothing, but you must not kill anyone! Because even if you kill them, they will have nothing of value on them." As he spoke, he went back to playing.

The young man pointed to the two teenagers and asked, "You two, are you from the Dugu family?"

The young man who spoke just now replied: "Only I am, he is not! He is the son of my sister-in-law! In addition, this big-faced man is a member of the Hu family in our village, two years older than us." We're very good friends!"

The young man was stunned in his heart, and wondered: "The second brother said that his cousin Dugu Yangmin is only two years older than him, why is her son already ten years old!" He couldn't help but sigh and said: "We, the toilers from the lowest level of the Hongmeng human race, for the sake of livelihood, alas!"

Then he asked, "What are your names?"

Just now, the young man replied loudly: "My name is Dugu Yang!" The young man who looked a little similar to him said slowly: "My name is Dugu Ming!" Another young man with a square face and a large forehead said: "My name is Tiger King!"

The young man named Dugu Yang said: "My cousin's surname is Wang, but my aunt's father is an alcoholic, and he is disgusted by his son, so he follows my sister-in-law's surname, which is the surname of our Dugu family." Big brother, do you know why we have that name?"

The young man shook his head!

When my little uncle was five years old, my father and my sister-in-law left him angrily! The little uncle was originally guarding filial piety to the eldest grandfather and grandmother, but after two years, there was no trace of him. Now, my aunt is an alcoholic, and my mother died because she gave birth to me, so my father and aunt both think that this is their retribution.

Originally, my cousin and I didn't call it this name, but after we both learned about my little uncle, we changed it for ourselves. ”

The young man showed a smile and sighed inwardly: "The people of the Dugu family, whether it is their personality or appearance, are so similar. Then he said, "Where is your father, Brother Dugu Yangming?"

Dugu Ming, who had rarely spoken, asked in surprise: "Hey, big brother, how do you know my uncle's name?"

The young Tiger King said in a low voice: "You two should be careful, this person may be a bad person!"

The young man said again: "I am your brother-in-law's sworn brother Linghu Xuzheng, I have something to ask to see Brother Yangming!"

"Liar!" Dugu Yang said loudly: "My little uncle has been dead for many years, how can you be his sworn brother? Hmph! Brother Tiger is right, you must be a bad person!"

Linghu Xuzheng only then discovered that even if the current Dugu Yangming is a powerful figure in Hongmeng, it is impossible for these ordinary people in the countryside to know. I think back then, my three brothers and I were not like this. After thinking about it, there was really no token that could prove that he knew Dugu Yangming, and said, "I promise that I am a good person......!"

Before he finished speaking, a middle-aged man with unkempt hair came out of the village, and his coarse cloth shirt was washed clean, and he saw that he was chanting words, chattering constantly, listening carefully, as if he had been condemning himself, cursing, and saying something good and evil that would be rewarded.

Dugu Yang pointed his hand and said, "He is my father!"

Linghu Xuzheng dodged, stopped in front of the middle-aged man, and said respectfully: "Little brother Linghu Xuzheng, meet Brother Yangming!" The middle-aged man just glanced at him lightly and continued to walk forward. Linghu Xuzheng said loudly again: "Dugu Yangming is still alive!"

The middle-aged man turned around like an electric shock, rushed towards the head of a beast, and grabbed Ling Hu Xuzheng's shoulders tightly. If you are an ordinary person like this, you will definitely feel unbearable pain in your body, but for Ling Hu Xuzheng, who has cultivated the divine artistic conception, she has no feeling, at most, she just scratches her clothes.

The middle-aged man said frantically: "Say it again! My little brother is there, take me to meet him, I will bring him back, find him a daughter-in-law, and give our Dugu family the inheritance of incense." ”

Ling Hu Xu was gently breaking away, took out a three-grade spirit pill, and when the middle-aged man opened his mouth, he accurately hit it into his mouth. As soon as the elixir was in the stomach, the middle-aged man immediately quieted down, and the person gradually returned to normal.

Only then did he say: "I am Dugu Yangming's sworn brother Linghu Xuzheng, we worship together, and the eldest brother Dongfang Zhengyang, the third brother Nangong Mingxu, I am the youngest one." The second brother couldn't leave because he had important things to do, so he asked me to come to visit the people of Dugu's family. "Linghu Xu has been following Dugu Yangming for many years, and he no longer seems so roundabout, and his heart and eyes are gradually coming alive, this excuse is very good!

Dugu Yangming, who has recovered to a normal person, seems to know how to reason, first nodded slightly, and then said: "The family is poor, if the hero does not give up, please go to the house to drink weak tea first." If the hero really has news of my second brother, I hope to tell me the details, and the old man is grateful!" and turned back to greet the three children and go home together.

The Dugu family has been poor for generations, and this point is naturally in the hands of the True Martial Palace. Ling Huxu was looking at the small grass house in front of him, and the only grass room, and sighed: "Second brother, at least there is a home." I don't even have that. ”

Entering the humble courtyard, a smoky smell of wine came to him, and a drunken middle-aged man was lying on a bamboo bed, his mouth smacking a few times from time to time. Holding a wine gourd in his arms, like his own heart and liver.

Dugu Ming glanced at it with disgust, and followed into the only straw house.

Dugu Yangming carefully brewed a pot of farmhouse tea, filled it with a bamboo cup for Ling Huxuzheng, and then asked: "My parents are still alive, and his second elder and my little sister went to do some short-term work for the Mo family to earn some subsistence food." Why, this little hero, where is my second brother now? How is he doing? I don't know how many sins I have suffered over the years, all of which I have caused. As long as he is willing to go home, I would rather be a cow and a horse!"

Ling Hu Xu Zheng smiled slightly, and asked rhetorically: "Brother, you really haven't heard of a person named Dugu Yangming, how can you do it?"

Dugu Yangming sighed: "Not long ago, when my little sister was working in the Mo family, I heard about this incident, saying that there was a rising star named Dugu Yangming in the Zhenwu Palace, who overwhelmed the three palaces in the holy demon world and became the leader of the alliance. As for the rest, I don't know. Although we are rural laymen, we still know the True Martial Arts Hall in the quicksand realm. With this kind of 10,000-year-old giant faction, how could the second brother have the opportunity to enter. It's impossible to think about!"

Ling Hu Xuzheng laughed "haha" and said: "He is my brother-in-law, brother, your cousin! The second brother is a human being, with an indifferent temperament, and he is also at ease with family affection. Over the years, although he has never had the slightest grudge, he has never thought of coming back to see it. Because he has no concerns, this is probably also the inheritance of your Dugu family. Presumably, my brother must have understood. ”

Ling Hu Xu saw that there was no response, and said: "I came here this time because I want to ask my brother for something, and in addition, there is another thing that I thought of temporarily, and I also need to discuss it with my brother!"

Still didn't see a response, and when he was wondering, Dugu Yang said: "Big brother, my father is in a hurry, you can save him!"

Only then did Linghu Xuzheng realize that Dugu Yangming's eyes were dull, his body was stiff, and with a wave of the fan in his hand, a spiritual power caressed the key points of the whole body. After a while, Dugu Yangming slowly woke up, shook his head and said, "This is impossible, little hero, are you mistaken?"

Linghu Xu was secretly blaming himself, blaming himself for not thinking about it and not bringing a token to come, after thinking about it, he took out a jade plate and handed it to Dugu Yangming. Dugu Yangming didn't know a few words, but after seeing this jade plate, he was stunned and said, "I've seen this jade plate!"

Linghu Xuzheng was also surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Brother, when did you see it?"

Dugu Yangming recalled for a while and said: "Almost ten years ago in June, two people came, and this jade plaque was hung around their waists, and five years ago, two more people came, and they also had the same jade plaque. ”

"What are they doing here?"

"I don't know about this! I just remember that they were like tourists, walking around randomly! However, five years ago, after we passed by, as soon as I turned around, they disappeared. ”

Ling Hu Xu said secretly: "Ten years ago, it happened to be me and my second brother who worshiped under the True Martial Palace. Sure enough, as the second brother expected, the sect will definitely track down the origin of each new disciple. However, five years ago, they came, what happened?" For a while, I didn't know what to say, so I said: "There are two words engraved on it, 'Zhenwu', which are the signets of the disciples of our Zhenwu Palace. No one dares to pretend. After saying a few more things about Dugu Yangming, Dugu Yangming finally began to believe it.

Subsequently, Ling Hu Xu was asking about the situation of Dugu's family and whether there were any strange family heirlooms, and the result was: no. What is so special about such an ordinary farmer?

Dugu Yangming looked at Linghu Xuzheng and said puzzledly: "Are you checking my second brother......?

Ling Huxu was busy explaining: "Brother, don't get me wrong!" So he told Dugu Yangming about the two strange phenomena that happened to him one by one.

Dugu Yangming's face was solemn, and he said: "Dugu family, for a long time, most of the time it has been a single transmission, and occasionally two simultaneous transmissions. I've never heard my ancestors talk about this kind of thing, and this kind of weird thing has never happened to us. Perhaps, as you expected, it may be that the second brother ate something by mistake when he was young, and maybe he didn't know. ”

He asked again: "Second brother's body, is it okay?"

"Very good! If you want to say that the second brother's health is not good, then almost everyone in this world is sick. After Ling Hu Xu was silent for a while, he said, "Brother, right now, the True Martial Palace is recruiting new disciples again. I want to bring my two nephews back to Buzhou Mountain, so that they can also worship under the gate of the True Martial Palace. What do you think?"

The teacup in Dugu Yangming's hand suddenly fell to the ground, slowly twisted his neck, and asked, "Are you really from the True Martial Palace?"

Ling Hu Xuzheng wondered: "You Dugu family people, why are you all like this! After talking for a long time, my brother still doesn't believe me!"

Dugu Yangming smiled and said, "The Dugu family is an ordinary family, and they never dare to think about these things. When you say that, it's really hard to accept and even more hard to believe. Then he said to the two children: "You two little ghosts, one yells for a little uncle all day long, and the other yells for a little uncle all day long." Now, you have a chance to see it, do you want to go?"

Dugu Ming preemptively said: "Yes!"

Dugu Yang said: "Bring Brother Tiger with you!"

Ling Huxu glanced at the Tiger King and asked, "Little brother, is there anyone else in your family?"

The Tiger King replied, "I don't want to, I want to take care of my grandmother!" and ran out. Dugu Yang's eyes were quick, he grabbed him, and said, "Brother Hu, don't worry! If you want to go, let my father and sister-in-law take care of Grandma Hu, if my father doesn't agree, I won't go." When my uncle comes home, I'll let him teach us!"

Ling Hu Xu was inexplicably moved, the scene with the second brother ten years ago appeared in front of him again, his eyes couldn't help but be hot, his heart was slightly sour, and he nodded: "Okay! It's rare that you are so filial, before I take you away, I will definitely take your grandmother properly, what do you think?"

Dugu Yangming also said: "Huzi, if you go to the Zhenwu Hall sincerely, Aunt Tiger will naturally have me to take care of it!"

The Tiger King, a young man, is extremely stubborn, and his current life with his grandmother is thanks to Dugu Yangming's care, and after Dugu Yangming said this, he also began to agree, but nodded slightly.

Dugu Yangming said again: "Little hero, since this is the case, why don't you rest for the night tonight." When my father and sister come back, I will cook some side dishes, and let me respect the landlord a little. Otherwise, if my second brother knows about this, he will be unhappy. Before, it was all my fault!"

Linghu Xuzheng also felt that it was appropriate, so he said: "It's okay, just according to my brother's words! However, brother, don't treat me as some young master! Now, there is still some time, my brother is familiar with this place, you might as well take me to find out the traces of the second brother, maybe you will find something!"

Dugu Yangming nodded, and went with his three children, looking for the direction from Dugu's house to the mass grave. Along the way, I didn't find anything. When he came to the grave of Dugu Yangming's parents, Dugu Yangming burst into tears, which made Hu Xuzheng also gloomy for a while.

Duguyang gently poked the two of them, and with a finger of his hand, he saw that on a stone tablet not far from here, there was a person sitting, holding a wine gourd and tasting it slowly.

Ling Hu Xu was out of his voice and shouted, "Senior Brother Ju?"

Ju Zhengqi didn't answer, Dugu Ming pointed to the other side, and the Tiger King also pointed in one direction, which made Hu Xuzheng shout in surprise: "Senior Brother Gong, Senior Brother Zhu, Senior Brother Zheng?

Gong Bofu nodded slightly, and said, "We are also the same as our junior brother, we came to track down the kind of vision of Senior Brother Yangming, what may have caused it. As a result, just like what the junior brother tracked, he found nothing. We have another purpose, but we may also think of it with our junior brother. ”

Dugu Yangming looked at Zhu Hong and said softly: "Which person, I came here once five years ago!"

Ling Hu Xu was awake and said: "It turns out that the sect has long been concerned about the Dugu family!

Zhu Hong said: "That's right! This time, we are going to pick up the two of them and go to Buzhou Mountain!"

Dugu Yang didn't know what the origin and identity of these people were, so he said loudly: "And my brother tiger! If you don't want my brother tiger, I won't go either! I'll wait for my little uncle to teach me!"

Gong Bofu smiled and said, "If you go with your cousin, you won't need to participate in the Zhenwu audition, you can get two places." If he goes, all three of you will participate in the Zhenwu audition, and whether you can pass or not depends on your ability,......!!

The three loud children's voices replied, "We are willing!"

Zheng Jun smiled loudly and asked, "Why?"

Dugu Yang raised his neck and said, "The eldest brother said just now that my uncle won the audition. I am a member of the Dugu family, and I am also my uncle's own nephew, and I can do what my uncle can do. ”

Zhu Hong was serious, and he also smiled slightly, and said: "The people of the Dugu family are really like, it's like going to the bones!"

Dugu Yangming smiled indifferently and said in a low voice: "It's all passed down from one root, where can it go!"

Gong Bofu stepped forward, took out a low-level Ruyi magic weapon, a silk scroll, and a cloth bag, handed it to Dugu Yangming, and said in a deep voice: "This is a cultivation method that can be passed on with the consent of the real person in charge of this sect, only you and Ling Mei and his wife can practice, and others should not give it." The things in the Ruyi magic weapon, when you use the spirit crystal in the cloth bag to cultivate to the middle level of the Qi Refining Realm, you can open it and take it out.

Today, we're going to take the two of them away, do you think there's anything wrong?"

Dugu Yangming took the things, habitually weighed them, and said: "If the real person is willing to agree, bring the tiger with you! Brother Tiger and Sister-in-law Tiger left early, and for a long time, the ancestors and grandchildren have depended on each other, and it is not easy to live." If you can get this precious immortal fate, and there is another creation, Brother Tiger and his wife will also smile at Jiuquan. ”

Gong Bofu asked: "Are you also willing to let your son and nephew participate in the Zhenwu audition? Once you participate in the audition, unless you win, there is no guarantee at all! If the two of them do not participate in the audition, according to the rules of the sect and with the merits of the senior brother of Yangming, the two of them can directly get the quota." ”

Dugu Yang said: "Brother Tiger doesn't go, we won't go!" When he said this, he grabbed the right arm of the Tiger King, but in fact, he was afraid that the Tiger King would run away.

After Gong, Zhu, and Zheng muttered for a while, Gong Bofu said: "In this case, all three of them will participate in the Zhenwu audition! If they don't pass, we will send them back safely! Farewell!" After a pause, he said: "I think, the two junior brothers will take the three of them back to Juancheng!" After speaking, the three fellow senior brothers took the lead in leaving.

Ling Hu Xu stepped forward quickly, took out a green crystal bead, a blue crystal bead, and three bottles of spirit pills, handed them to Dugu Yangming, and said in a low voice: "Brother, in my humble opinion, before my brother reaches the advanced level of the Qi Refining Realm, it is better to be cautious." After arriving at the Ning Yuan Realm, I don't think there will be much trouble. Please take some time to repair the graveyard of my uncle and aunt, and renovate the place where my second brother once lived. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will send you spirit crystals and other things. ”

Dugu Yangming has been poor all his life, looking at the crystal beads of the glazed spirit, his eyes are dull, and he said slowly: "Brother Linghu, this is ...... , too precious. I heard that our largest family in Dingzhou has only more than 1,000 spirit crystals. This ......!"

Ju Zhengqi came over and said, "Brother, don't you know which of my Dugu senior brothers, but even the entire Lingjing Mine has been moved away." Not to mention this kind of very inferior green crystal beads and blue crystal beads, even amethyst beads he has a lot. Swallowing his saliva, he said, "Since Senior Brother Linghu is so generous, I can't be left behind, otherwise, someone will say bad things about me." As he spoke, he also took out two crystal beads and handed them to Dugu Yangming.

Dugu Yang said: "Are you really from the True Martial Palace?"

Ju Zhengqi exclaimed: "You still don't believe it, how can you people from the Dugu family be like this!" Ling Hu Xu was smiling and silent, because he had already understood.

Dugu Yangming said again: "The second brother has so much property, so did he marry my younger brother and sister and give birth to a nephew? He must not be sloppy in this matter. ”

Linghu Xu and Ju Zhengqi laughed loudly, and when they left, Ju Zhengqi said: "Old brother, don't worry, I will definitely bring this!"

The two took their three children and went away. Ju Zhengqi was carrying Dugu Yang, Dugu Yang suddenly laughed, and said loudly: "This big brother, why is your head so small!"

"Little ghost, you say I'm small-headed, be careful that I throw you on the ground!"

Dugu Yang watched everyone leave, came back to his senses, thought about it for a while, took all the things with him, and went home as if nothing happened. He is not a stupid person, he naturally knows how to protect these belongings, and along the way, he chattered again: "The little brother is still alive!" The villagers who occasionally passed by teased him a few words, and regarded him as a delirious Dugu Yangming on weekdays.