Qi Hao and Zeng Shushu saw Zhang Xiaofan here, more or less smiled and said hello, only Lu Xueqi still looked indifferent, but his eyes still glanced at him, and there seemed to be an unknown love flashing in the depths of his eyes, but it dissipated in a blink of an eye.

Dao Xuan Zhenren looked at the four people in the hall and said with a smile: "There is a matter for the four of you to come here today, and I want you to go down the mountain to experience it." ”

Qi Hao and the others were moved together.

Dao Xuan Zhenren told the matter of the "Ten Thousand Bat Ancient Caves" in Kongsang Mountain before, and said: "This matter is very important, and the four of you are my disciples, so I will send you to investigate." But the demon cult demon jiān is dangerous and vicious, and you all have to be careful about it. ”

The four of them said in unison, "Yes." ”

Dao Xuan Zhenren nodded and said, "In addition, in addition to my Qingyun Gate, Incense Valley and Tianyin Temple have sent out sè disciples to investigate together, you must not be rude in front of people, but you must not break the momentum of my Qingyun Gate." In addition, Senior Brother Xiao Yicai of Nagato has already gone to Kongsang Mountain to investigate this matter, if you find him, you will discuss everything. ”

The four of them glanced at each other and agreed in unison.

Dao Xuan Zhenren glanced at the four younger generation disciples carefully, and finally his eyes fell on Qi Hao, and beckoned: "Qi Hao, come here." ”

Qi Hao was stunned for a moment, stepped forward, Dao Xuan Zhenren looked him up and down, turned his head and smiled at Cangsong Daoren: "Senior brother, you have a successor to Longshou Peak!"

Cangsong Daoren's face was not very good-looking from just now, but at this time he finally showed a smile and said with a smile: "Senior brother is laughing." ”

Dao Xuan Zhenren smiled and took out an object from his arms, handed it to Qi Hao, and said, "Take it." ”

Qi Hao took a look, but it was a small mirror, with an ancient shape, bronze edges, engraved dragons on the top, tigers carved on the bottom, gossip directions engraved on the mirror, but the middle lens was not an ordinary copper mirror, and Huang Mengmeng couldn't see clearly.

Before Qi Hao could react, Cangsong Zhenren on the side was already overjoyed, and shouted: "Silly boy, what are you still doing in a daze, kneel down and thank you." ”

Qi Hao immediately woke up, knowing that most of the inconspicuous things in his hands were magic weapons "** mirror", so he quickly knelt down and said, "Thank you, Master Master." ”

Dao Xuan Zhenren smiled and said, "No need, no need, get up." Then he said to the others, "Go out first." ”

Everyone knew that he was going to teach Qi Hao the secret of the ** mirror, so they retreated together.

Walking outside the hall, Zhang Xiaofan first walked to the side with Tian Buyi, Tian Buyi glanced at him, and said lightly: "You are now burdened with a heavy responsibility, don't go back to Dazhu Peak, wait a minute, go down the mountain with the three of them, and I'll tell you about Dazhu Peak." ”

Zhang Xiaofan was taken aback, then lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Yes, Master." ”

Tian Buyi said: "In the month you have been recuperating from your injuries, I heard that your master has passed on some of your sword methods and Taoist secrets, have you written them down?"

Zhang Xiaofan nodded and said, "Yes, the disciples have all written it down." ”

Tian Buyi turned around and said slowly: "That's good, although your qualifications are not good, but you are always my Dazhufeng disciple, don't embarrass me when you go out." ”

Zhang Xiaofan immediately said: "Yes, Master, the disciple will never lose your old man's face." ”

Tian Buyi snorted, he turned his back, Zhang Xiaofan couldn't see his face, I don't know what his expression was, but listening to his voice, there was no anger. After a while, Tian Buyi seemed to sigh, turned his head to look at Zhang Xiaofan, didn't say anything, waved his hand, said hello, and then sacrificed the fairy sword to break through the air.

Zhang Xiaofan watched in a daze as the master's figure turned into a red light and disappeared into the sky, until someone patted him on the shoulder, startled, and quickly turned around, but it was Zeng Shushu who was smiling, and then looked around, the first seat of the other veins had gone, leaving only the two of them and Lu Xueqi who was standing in the distance.

Zeng Shushu said with a smile: "Count your fate, I'm still worried that you won't be able to pass this time!"

Zhang Xiaofan was with him, and he felt much more relaxed when he landed, and said with a smile: "Yes, I was also scared half to death." ”

Zeng Shushu patted him on the shoulder, looked him back and forth, and whispered, "Why didn't you bring Xiao Ash?"

Zhang Xiaofan said with a bitter face: "I was brought by the master early in the morning, I didn't expect to go down the mountain immediately, I didn't bring anything, where did I want to get Xiao Ash?"

Zeng Shushu said with a smile: "It's okay, I can borrow you clothes, or we can buy them in Heyang City at the foot of the mountain." As he spoke, he winked at Zhang Xiaofan and whispered, "Hehe, anyway, we can earn it this time." ”

Zhang Xiaofan was puzzled and said, "What?"

Zeng Shushu's eyebrows twitched, he glanced behind him, and snickered: "There are beautiful women walking with you!"

Zhang Xiaofan was angry and funny, but he still glanced at Lu Xueqi, and at the same time, as if Lu Xueqi also had a sense, he glanced here, and the two looked at each other from afar, Zhang Xiaofan only felt that her eyes were like frost, startled, and quickly looked away.

The two talked and laughed for a while, and Zeng Shushu was whispering to him about how to go on the road with Lu Xueqi in the future, but suddenly found that Zhang Xiaofan's originally smiling face suddenly stiffened, and his eyes became straight, staring behind him.

Zeng Shushu was slightly puzzled, turned his head to look, but saw that under the long steps, a man walked up crookedly, in his forties, his clothes were quite clean, but his face was dazed, his eyes were dull, and he said something indiscriminately without a preface:

"It's raining, it's dark, stinky mother, fairy, fairy, hey, fairy"

Under the gaze of Zeng Shushu and Lu Xueqi, who was watching from a distance, Zhang Xiaofan walked over, walking very slowly, as if it had been a long time before he walked to the man's side.

It's like, walking to the past!

"Second Uncle Wang, are you okay?" he desperately suppressed his excitement and said in a low voice.

The man's eyes didn't seem to have Zhang Xiaofan's existence at all, and he still had words in his mouth, so he shook off Zhang Xiaofan and walked over, and soon disappeared behind the main hall.

"Who is he?" Zeng Shushu walked up to his side and asked.

Zhang Xiaofan looked at the place where Second Uncle Wang's figure disappeared, and said sadly: "A madman!"

Zeng Shushu looked at his face, and didn't ask any more curiously. After a while, Qi Hao, who was full of joy, walked out of the main hall and greeted the three of them.

Zhang Xiaofan walked over with Zeng Shushu absentmindedly, and after several people discussed (Zhang Xiaofan was stunned and didn't say a word), they decided to go down the mountain to Heyang City first.

Zeng Shushu smiled and said to Qi Hao: "Senior Brother Qi, is the ** mirror passed to you by the master of the sect powerful?"

Qi Hao said with a smile: "**The mirror is the treasure of my Qingyun Gate, it is naturally powerful, I'm afraid that I don't practice enough! Hehe, okay, this is the top of the mountain, except for the first seat of the seven veins, the rest of the disciples can't resist the sword, let's go down to the sea of clouds, and from there the sword will fly to Heyang City." ”

Lu Xueqi's face was expressionless, Zhang Xiaofan nodded blankly, only Zeng Shushu was smiling, it seems that going down the mountain can be regarded as a happy event for him, a fun person.

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From Qingyunmen to Heyang City, along the way, the four most "sè" disciples of Qingyunmen came to Yujian, and others were all easy, but Zhang Xiaofan couldn't help but be a little struggling.

He was recuperating from his injuries for a month, and Su Ru seemed to have expected that he would be fine, so he passed on some of the secrets of the Qingyun Sect Dao Method, and also passed on to him the method of how to drive the magic weapon into the sky. In fact, it is also very simple, as long as the Tao is deep enough, the magic weapon is not too secondary, and the Qingyun Dao method is supplemented by the magic weapon driven by mental power. However, Zhang Xiaofan's cultivation is not deep, and the magic weapon is naturally not bad, but it is very strange, and he is also quite unfamiliar with the newly learned Qingyunmen Dao method, which is very troublesome to use.

At the beginning, Su Ru didn't expect that he would go down the mountain as soon as he got up to Tongtian Peak, and he also thought that he would first let him remember the trick, and then let him practice more after returning to Dazhu Peak. But I didn't know that Zhang Xiaofan secretly learned the Taoism, and practiced to the realm of "driving things" in a daze, but where did he know what the ability of the imperial sword was.

Watching the others sacrifice the fairy sword, Qi Hao is the white sè's "cold ice" fairy sword, Lu Xueqi is the blue sè "Tianya" fairy sword, and Zeng Shushu is a fairy sword with a slight purple qi - "Xuanyuan". Zhang Xiaofan was nervous in his heart, and he forcibly held on to the "burning stick", but it seemed to be a little worse in feeling, and he didn't have the feeling that the Seven Veins would be handy.

Through the clouds and over the mountains, this section was supposed to be half a rì journey, but the four of them did not arrive at Heyang City until the sun went down. In order to avoid suspicion, Zhang Xiaofan and the other three fell to the ground in a secluded place outside Heyang City, their whole body was soaked, and their faces were pale.

This way in the sky, he couldn't grasp the burning stick several times, if it weren't for Qi Hao and others beside him to see that something was wrong, they didn't dare to get too far away from him, and helped him in time, but he was afraid that he, the new "disciple of Qingyunmen", would inevitably fall from the sky and die of broken bones, and before he won glory for his master, he would have left a stench for 10,000 years, making Qingyunmen lose face. Qi Hao and the others decided to stop outside the city and walk into the city, although they had the intention of avoiding suspicion, but they were also afraid that if they were in the middle of the city, in front of everyone's eyes, Zhang Xiaofan would not be able to plant it, and the lofty prestige that Qingyunmen had worked so hard to establish here for two thousand years would be destroyed.

After a short rest, when Zhang Xiaofan recovered his breath, the four of them walked towards the tall Heyang City in the sunset. Zhang Xiaofan walked at the end, feeling the puzzled glances of Qi Hao and Lu Xueqi in front of him from time to time, obviously they couldn't understand why a person who shined in the Seven Veins Martial Arts Test couldn't even use an ordinary sword. However, Zeng Shushu still walked with Zhang Xiaofan with a smile, never mentioning what happened just now, and introduced Heyang City to Zhang Xiaofan endlessly:

"Within a radius of 100 miles, this is the largest and most prosperous place. The people living in this city have 200,000 or 300,000 people, and the geographical location is good, and there are many business trips, which is even more lively."

Zhang Xiaofan listened to it, and really admired Zeng Shushu's erudition and knowledge, and said, "Shushu, how do you know everything?"

Zeng Shu wrote a sè and said: "What is this, I will naturally know if I read more books." Saying that, he smiled slyly, secretly attached his ear to Zhang Xiaofan's ear, and whispered: "Actually, I have been here many times, and I have sneaked down the mountain." ”

Zhang Xiaofan was taken aback and said, "You, you"

Zeng Shushu pouted and said, "Look at how scared you are? Since I practiced the art of the sword, I naturally had to practice it often, and I flew here and flew here, and I was tired of going shopping and shopping!"

Zhang Xiaofan was dumbfounded.

Listening to the two of them muttering in the back, Qi Hao smiled slightly, and said to Lu Xueqi beside him: "Senior Sister Lu, it's late, let's spend the night here tonight, let's hurry up tomorrow." ”

Lu Xueqi's face was as cold as ice, without the slightest expression, only nodded lightly.

Entering the city, in order to avoid trouble, they changed the clothes of the Qingyunmen disciples early in the morning, which did not arouse any suspicion, but Lu Xueqi's beautiful appearance caused a lot of sensation, causing many passers-by to stop and watch. Zhang Xiaofan glanced at Lu Xueqi on the side, and saw that although she was expressionless, a trace of anger flashed in her bright eyes, and she couldn't help but worry about these passers-by.

However, Lu Xueqi's cultivation was obviously much better than Zhang Xiaofan expected, and until they lived in an inn called "Shanhaiyuan", Lu Xueqi did not move. Qi Hao has the deepest experience among the people, and the four of them are faintly headed by him, and he also stepped forward to Zhang Luo for things like this, and then they were arranged by the store to live in the best back garden.

This Shanhai Garden is quite large, there are four other gardens in the back garden, the four of them live in the West Garden, each of them has a house, go back to rest, Qi Hao called everyone to eat in the front restaurant.

Shanhaiyuan has its own restaurant, located on the most lively street in Heyang City, but in the VIP hall on the third floor, it is very clean, there are less than ten tables in the spacious hall, and now there are about five tables with guests eating. Qi Hao called Xiao Er and ordered a few dishes, seeing that he was very familiar with this place, most of them were regular customers.

Zhang Xiaofan thought so in his heart, he was born in a farmer's family, and had never been to such a luxurious place as Shanhaiyuan, when he passed the second floor just now, he saw the magnificence in the hall, but when he walked to the third floor, he saw carved dragons and phoenixes, mahogany beams, ancient and ancient, which was completely different from the second floor. He naturally didn't know that if people in the world were in a rich place, they would pursue their status and taste, even though some people like glory and luxury, but in order to let people say that they have some cultivation, vassal elegance is also common.

The four of them sat at a small table by the window, Zeng Shushu glanced at the layout in the hall, and said to Qi Hao: "Senior Brother Qi, the price here is not cheap, right?"

Qi Hao smiled slightly and said: "This is the best restaurant in Heyang City, naturally it is not cheap, but our Qingyunmen has a reputation here, and their boss can't wait for us to come, and he won't charge us much." ”

Zeng Shushu said "ah", nodded yes, after a while, the shopkeeper brought a few plates of side dishes to the table, especially at the end there is a plate of fresh stewed fish, see that the body of the fish is extended, the front part is subround, the back side is narrow, the body is dark brown sè, there are two pairs of whiskers, thick and long. The most important thing is that the meat is white and fragrant, which makes people appetize.

Zhang Xiaofan has always been interested in cooking, and he has never seen this kind of fish, so he couldn't help but say to the shopkeeper: "Little second brother, what kind of fish is this fish called, and how is it cooked?"

The shopkeeper laughed and said, "Guest officer, you really have a vision, this 'stewed fish' is the signature dish of our Shanhaiyuan, fragrant and tender, sweet in the mouth, within a hundred miles of this Heyang City, but it is very famous."

Zhang Xiaofan swallowed his saliva, picked up the chopsticks and put them in his mouth, immediately closed his eyes and nodded: "Ah, the meat is really good, but it is better cooked, the sweet part is to put some sugar, add ginger slices to remove the fish, uh, there is the fragrance of fried shallots, it must be fresh shallots, ah, the most rare thing is to put pepper, five spices, hey, and the taste of sesame oil is so good, amazing, amazing!"

He looked intoxicated, and Qi Hao and Zeng Shushu were dumbfounded, even Lu Xueqi also looked at him, with a strange look on his face, but the shopkeeper who was standing on the side was really impressed, and praised loudly: "The guest officer is really an expert, and he knows the goods!"

Zhang Xiaofan only noticed the appearance of the people around him at this time, his face turned red, and he hurriedly put down his chopsticks, but he still asked, "May I ask the second brother, where does this fish come from?"

Before the shopkeeper could speak, he suddenly heard a woman's voice at a large table next door: "This fish is a specialty of Zhugou Mountain in the south, and it is thousands of miles away from here.

Everyone was taken aback, looked over, and saw that on the big table, there were eight people sitting, six men in yellow, and two women, one woman was wearing a light purple dress, her face was covered with a light veil, and her face was not clear, but the exposed skin was snow-white; the other woman was the person who spoke, not very old, only sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed in a green shirt, with a beautiful appearance, thin eyebrows and snow skin, and a pair of bright big eyes that were very smart, which was eye-catching, and it was not inferior to Lu Xueqi.

Zhang Xiaofan said "ah", but after seeing the woman say this, his eyes fell on Lu Xueqi at his table, and he seemed to be surprised by Lu Xueqi's appearance. Women love beauty, and they are women like Lu Xueqi, who are as cold as ice, but at this moment, they can't help but look at the woman more.

The shopkeeper smiled at this time: "What this guest official said is, but you don't know, a hundred years ago, this fish was indeed unique to Zhugou Mountain in the south, but later Qingyunmen Dao Xuan Zhenren passed by Zhugou Mountain, specially moved this fish back, and put it in the Hongchuan of Qingyun Mountain, so far it has not only survived, but also gradually flourished." We are all thanks to the blessings of the Dao Xuan Immortals on Qingyun Mountain, so that we can have this blessing!" he said, and his face showed a god of extreme reverence.

Zhang Xiaofan and the others from Qingyunmen saw it, and they were naturally happy and smiling, but when the girl heard this, she turned around and glanced at the woman with a light veil, sat back, but snorted in her mouth.

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After eating a delicious dinner, Zhang Xiaofan and the others returned to their residence satisfied, and Qi Hao said to everyone at the gate of Xiyuan: "Tonight, you will rest here first, and we will rush to Kongsang Mountain early in the morning." ”

Zhang Xiaofan and Zeng Shushu responded, but Lu Xueqi didn't say a word, walked back to his room directly, and closed the door with a "bang". Qi Hao was stunned for a moment, smiled bitterly at the two of them, and said, "Two junior brothers, let's rest early." ”

Zhang Xiaofan glanced at his handsome face, and saw that under the sunset, Qi Hao's expression was not inferior to that of Xiang Rì, but there was a bit of dust, and suddenly he was disheartened and lazy, and he couldn't mention the god of jīng, so he reluctantly said hello to Zeng Shushu, and actually ignored Qi Hao, and walked back to the room by himself.

Zeng Shushu smiled, laughed with Qi Hao, and the two went back to their rooms to rest.

This night was the first time Zhang Xiaofan left Qingyun Mountain in five years, tossing and turning, and for some reason he didn't sleep well all night. In the middle of the night, he finally fell asleep in a daze, but suddenly he dreamed that he was covered in blood, standing in the sea of corpses and blood with a hideous face, and at the same time, there was an indescribable fanatical killing intent surging in the depths of his heart, as if the red blood in front of him was like a luscious spring, attracting him, seducing him, and making him can't help but think of guò killing to obtain this qiē.

"Ahh

Zhang Xiaofan woke up from his dream, sat up suddenly, gasped for breath, sweating profusely, and after a while, his fiercely beating heart slowly calmed down.

He sat in the darkness for a long time, and unintentionally reached out and touched the burning stick that was lying next to the pillow, and a cold feeling surrounded him. The dream was very similar to the nightmare he had dreamed of all these years, it was as if it had changed into another person, the blood-devouring murderer in the dream, which made him feel terrified himself.

There was silence all around, and it was pitch black all around.

He crossed his legs, sat up straight in the dark, breathed deeply, closed his eyes, and folded his hands in front of him.

The darkness was like a gentle woman, gently wrapping around his body, and a faint layer of golden light emanated from his body loomingly. Reflecting that faint light, Zhang Xiaofan's face seemed to be covered with a layer of solemnity that he did not deserve.

I don't know how long it took for this layer of golden light to gradually dissipate, Zhang Xiaofan opened his eyes in the dark, and his mood was peaceful. At this time, he especially missed the benevolent monk Puzhi.

He didn't feel sleepy any longer, walked to the door, opened it and walked out. The next few rooms were pitch black, presumably Qi Hao and the others were asleep. The back garden of Shanhaiyuan is built in a garden, and there are four courtyards in the southeast, northwest and four directions. Zhang Xiaofan walked out of the West Garden where he lived and went to the garden in the center.

At this time, it was already late at night, looking up at the sky, the sky was full of stars, and a full moon hung in the sky. The night breeze is blowing, with a faint hint of fragrance. The trail is winding and deep, leading to an unknown place ahead. On the side of the road, grass and shrubs, all kinds of flowers, bloom everywhere.

Zhang Xiaofan's heart was confused for a while, and he walked down the path, with a breeze blowing on his face, bringing a trace of coolness.

On such a quiet night, a teenager walked alone in the deep garden, reminiscing about the past.

On the side of the road, a small flower trembled lightly in the night breeze, with crystal dewdrops, attached to the pink and white petals, exquisitely clear, Zhang Xiaofan stopped, and he didn't feel that he was stupid.

The faint fragrance came secretly.

Suddenly, a slender jade hand, as if stretched out from the eternal darkness, with a bit of clear beauty, printed with the moonlight and starlight in the sky, probed into this flower.

Fold it off!

At that moment, there was a "boom" in Zhang Xiaofan's head, as if the sky and the moon had lost their brilliance, and the garden suddenly fell into darkness.

He turned his head and looked over with a hint of inexplicable hatred.

A young girl in a green dress, standing there, seemed to catch the light of the sky, gently put the flowers in front of her nose, and smelled them deeply.

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Note 1: "Mountains and Seas by the Mountains and Mountains Book of Mountains Volume 4 Zhugou Mountain": The south water travels for 500 miles, and it is said that the mountain of Zhukou has no grass and trees, and there are many sand and stones. It is a mountain, a hundred miles wide, and many fish.

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