The terrain in the territory of Tang Province is mainly mountainous. The continuous Tangyin Mountains occupy almost one-third of the land of the Tang Kingdom, and they can be regarded as the top few mountains and rivers in the entire Central Continent. The other mountains and rivers in the Tang Country are a little insignificant compared to the Tangyin Mountain.

Among these "insignificant" mountains and rivers is a mountain range called Huai Mountain. Huai Mountain covers an area of less than 100 miles, and the mountain is not as steep and straight as Tangyin Mountain, and strange peaks and different rocks emerge in endlessly.

The shape of Huai Mountain resembles a large mound, and there are few human tracks on the mountain, so the natural environment has been kept intact. The pine and cypress are layered on top of each other, the fierce beasts in the forest are patrolling, and the birds and birds are singing together, which has its own artistic conception of being far away from the world and the fairyland.

More than 20 years ago, Ling Tiannan, an immortal in Jindan Realm, passed by Huai Mountain, and suddenly had a feeling, so he lived here for a long time, changed his name to Ling Nanzi, and created the Huai Shan School. Now, in the blink of an eye, 20 years have passed, and the small sect of blue bricks and gray tiles on Huai Mountain has gradually become a climate, and the figures in the front, middle and back three-layer courtyards shuttle, and the bells and drums are ringing in unison every morning, and the sound is transmitted far away, and there is quite a bit of immortal Yun in it.

Today, Wan Qing, the senior brother of the Huaishan faction, got up very early as usual, and the head of the sect has left Huaishan for more than a month.

On this day, Wan Qing was sitting in the main hall of the middle courtyard with his eyes closed, when he suddenly heard a commotion from the front yard. Wan Qingyi frowned, opened his eyes, and thought to himself that these little juniors and disciples were loosely disciplined on weekdays, and the master had only been out for a month, so they were making a loud noise in the front hall, what kind of system was it.

He stood up and was about to walk to the front hall when suddenly a young disciple of more than ten years old stumbled over and said with an open mouth: "Senior brother, senior brother, senior ...... Master ......"

Wan Qingyi frowned, grabbed the young man's shoulder, pressed his body slightly, fixed his figure in place, and said in a deep voice: "What are you panicking, if you have something to say, say it slowly." ”

The young man gasped again, looked at Wan Qing and said, "The master is back." Suddenly, the young man's eyes flickered, and he only felt that the pressure on his shoulders was light, and the usually steady senior brother had rushed towards the front hall like a cloud of green smoke, and when he rushed out of the door, he seemed to be in too much of a hurry, and he also touched the door, making a huge crashing sound.

"Obviously more panicked than me,......" the little disciple muttered to himself as he looked at the back of the senior brother who rushed out.

Wan Qing rushed to the front hall, only to see that the master Ling Nanzi was surrounded by a bunch of children at the moment, smiling and asking questions.

Wan Qing hurriedly stepped forward, bowed deeply at Ling Nanzi and said, "Master, you're back!"

Ling Nanzi looked at his eldest disciple, smiled and nodded, "Wan Qing, I don't work hard for you in this period of world, these little guys have caused you a lot of trouble." ”

Wan Qing didn't get up, and replied respectfully: "Master is serious, it is my duty to teach my mentor and younger brother. Moreover, all the juniors and disciples have been cultivating hard recently, in order to succeed in building the foundation as soon as possible and obtain immortal fate. Only ......" Wan Qing said halfway, but he wanted to stop talking.

Ling Nanzi stroked his gray beard and said with a smile: "What's the only, isn't there something wrong with Jianqiu's doll again?"

Wan Qing smiled bitterly and said, "Jian Qiu is active by nature, and he is young, so he is naturally more naughty than others. He often sneaked out to play in the town below the mountain, missing his daily cultivation work, and I talked about him a few times, but it seemed to have little effect. ”

Ling Nanzi nodded and said, "Okay, I know." When I came back this time, I brought back a little sister for you. Sheng Xue, come and see your senior brother. ”

Ling Nanzi beckoned, and Wan Qing noticed that in the inconspicuous corner on the side, there was a little girl of seven or eight years old, dressed in thin rough clothes, long black hair, and a miserable white face. After hearing Ling Nanzi's words, the little girl walked up to Wan Qing, saluted him, and whispered, "My name is Ling Shengxue, hello." ”

Wan Qing and the little girl looked at each other, and suddenly felt a cold air rising in their hearts for no reason, and they couldn't help but shiver. hurriedly replied, "Hello, junior sister." ”

Ling Nanzi continued on the side: "Sheng Xue is an orphan, living alone in the bitter cold land of the extreme north, which is very difficult. I met her this time, so I took her as a righteous daughter and brought her back to this Huai Mountain. After that, she practiced with a group of brothers and sisters in the morning and dusk. ”

Wan Qing was shocked when he heard this, the master had brought people back to the door before, and most of the disciples in this Huaishan sect came like this. However, it was really the first time that she had been accepted as a righteous girl, what was so special about this cold little girl? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but secretly glance at Ling Shengxue again.

Ling Nanzi waved his hand and said, "Wan Qing, I'll take Sheng Xue back to the apse to explain some things first, and you can help her prepare a room." Wan Qing answered, turned around and went to handle it.

Ling Shengxue followed Ling Nanzi through several hall doors and came to the apse, which was Ling Nanzi's retreat place, and the idlers would not come to disturb him. Ling Nanzi sat upright on one futon, and motioned for Ling Shengxue to sit on another futon, looked at the little girl who was looking around with wide eyes, and said with a smile: "Shengxue, today is your first day in the Huaishan Sect, I have three things to explain to you, you have to keep it in mind." ”

Ling Shengxue looked at the kind old man in front of her and nodded.

"First of all, in the Huaishan Gate in the future, in front of other disciples, you can only call me Master, not my father-in-law. ”

Ling Shengxue was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why is this?"

Ling Nanzi smiled slightly and said, "If you and I are commensurate with father and daughter, it will seem that you are a little different from other disciples. In this way, it is inevitable that other disciples will consciously or unintentionally alienate you, which is contrary to the original intention of bringing you to Huaishan for your father. These are all some small truths for dealing with the world, with your ice and snow intelligence, you can really understand it after getting along with your brothers and sisters for a long time. ”

Ling Shengxue nodded confusedly, these truths were still too profound for this little girl who had been growing up in an isolated environment.

Ling Nanzi continued: "The second thing is about the ice pith, you used to be in the Ice Palace, and you had been feeding on the ice pith until your body was full of cold qi, so you could live in that coldest place. But now that you have arrived in Huai Mountain, the climate here is warm and the yang energy is abundant, if you still let the cold air fill your body, you will not be able to reconcile the spiritual power of heaven and earth outside your body, and it will cause damage to your foundation. ”

Ling Shengxue nodded and said, "Okay, then I won't eat this ice pith anymore in the future." ”

Ling Nanzi nodded and said, "The cold in your body, I will gradually dissolve it for you in a month." In the future, you have to adapt to the diet of ordinary people, you are so thin, how can you grow up just by eating stones. ”

Ling Shengxue nodded, even if she had lived in isolation since she was a child, she could feel the deep care of the old man in front of her at this moment, is this what it feels like to be a relative?