On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 14, the moonlight is like water, and the night is hazy.

Zhongzhou, Shijia Village, a small village with more than 100 households, should have slept peacefully in this quiet night.

But somehow, at this time, it was jubilant, and every house was lit up and brightly lit.

Adults and children all put on new clothes, and banners such as "Welcome to the arrival of the immortal master", "Lingxiao Sect is evergreen", "Lingxiao Immortal Master has magical powers, and the magic power is boundless" on the lintel.

There are also many people with foreign accents, who also hold high such banners, and flock into this small Shijia Village with their children, blocking it to the point that it is filled with nearly 10,000 people for a time.

They all looked forward to it, staring at the towering Lingxiao Peak not far away, waiting for the moment of dawn.

At this time, more than ten miles away from Shijia Village, on a strange rocky stone mountain, there was a short black shadow climbing along the steep ridge.

The bright moonlight sprinkled on his body, and he saw that his round face was covered with sweat, and a pair of dark and bright eyes stared at the front smartly, and he was actually a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy.

He was dressed in a coarse cloth shirt, with patches on the cuffs of his placket and cuffs, and his hands and feet were bloodied by rough mountain stones, but he carried a huge burden on his back, pressing his small body to the side.

Suddenly, his feet slipped, and the whole person rolled down the steep ridge, and the boy screamed in surprise, and desperately reached out to grab it.

Finally, at the moment of the ** cliff, he grabbed a protruding rock with his hand, and his whole body was like a fallen leaf hanging in the air in the wind, swinging around.

The young man's heart was pounding with fright, but the burden behind him was cut by sharp rocks, and a new coat and a new pair of shoes fell into the cliff, and then clanged, and a large pile of pots and pans tumbled out.

"Ahh

"My darling!" he looked at the tumbling pots and pans in pain, and tears were about to fall.

The big iron pot is eighty percent new, it is made by the Mao family's blacksmith shop, the quality is excellent, and the stir-fry is never paste...... In short, they all begged their grandfather to tell their grandmother, and spent three years begging for treasures from their neighbors!

In addition to regretting, I felt that the consistent copper coin in the innermost part of the burden was still there, and I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, the money is still there, this is the living expenses of my mother and sister for a year!" stuck out his tongue and grinned: "If the thing is gone, you can buy it again, if the person is gone...... I'm a crow's mouth......."

It turned out that the young man's name was Shi Dong, and due to his poor family, he had been working as a partner in the nearby Surabaya City Teahouse. I went home this time because I heard the news that the Lingxiao Sect of the Great Sect of Cultivating Immortals was going to open the mountain gate and recruit disciples on the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15.

So I took a day off with the owner of the teahouse, and rushed home overnight with the odds and ends I had saved and the wages I had saved for frugality.

For a poor boy like him, if he can be selected by the immortal master, he will turn over from then on, not only will he not have to worry about eating and drinking, but he will also learn a skill, and his family will also follow him, which really fulfills the sentence - one person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven.

So when he heard such good news, he said that he would also gamble on luck, so he climbed the stone mountain at night, risked a shortcut and wanted to go back in the morning.

When he thought that the mountain was dangerous and difficult to climb, he almost didn't have a ** cliff, which really scared him into a cold sweat.

Shi Dong calmed down, gritted his teeth, and used all his strength to climb the ridge, first re-tie the broken burden, and then waved his sleeves to wipe his sweat, and looked in the direction of Shijia Village.

I saw that a faint white fish belly had emerged in the east, gilding the brightly lit Shijia Village with a layer of white light, like a dreamlike fairyland.

Looking at the beautiful Shijia Village, Shi Dong's eyes were a little moist, and after three years, he was finally going home.

He took a deep breath and clenched his fists fiercely: "There is still an hour before dawn, with a little more strength, you will definitely be able to arrive!"

Carefully trotting along the ridge path, just as he had climbed over the ridge and walked onto a secluded mountain road, he suddenly saw a group of people walking up from the foot of the mountain.

Shi Dong was startled, the word "bandit" flashed through his mind, and he quickly hid behind a rock.

"Come out, little one, I have seen you!" a voice came coldly from the group.

Shi Dong held his breath and didn't move, but quietly grabbed a stone, his eyes fixed on the approaching people. To his surprise, there was a faint sound of sobbing from the crowd.

"Drop the stones, that's useless to me. The voice added.

Shi Dong was so frightened that his scalp exploded, and he didn't know how the man saw that he was holding the stone in his hand, and just when he was startled, the group had already arrived beside him.

There was a soft pop, and a turquoise fire lit up.

By the light of the fire, Shi Dong saw clearly that in front of him were two green-robed guests, a man and a woman, stepping on black clouds, followed by more than 20 teenagers, both men and women, all sitting cross-legged on the black clouds.

They lowered their heads as if they were asleep, but they still made a sobbing sound, which was very strange and terrifying.

The male green-robed guest smiled and said, "Little guy, come with us!" We are the immortal masters of the Lingxiao Sect, this time we came down the mountain to choose a disciple, and I saw that you have a clear root and a good qualification, and you are exactly the best disciple we need." Hey, hey, hey......"

The laughter was cold and dry, and there was a faint sound of gold and iron.

Shi Dong felt confused for a while, and couldn't help but want to go with him, but another voice shouted in his heart: "No, no, how could Ling Xiao Immortal Master happen to appear here, and how could he see at a glance that I am highly qualified?"

He subconsciously raised his eyes to look at the face of the green-robed guest, only to see that the turquoise flame was beating at his fingertips, reflecting a miserable blue and dark face, and an abrupt black mole appeared between his eyebrows, which was very scary.

Look at those eyes again, they are shining brightly, and they seem to be breathtaking.

Shi Dong had a sudden break in his heart, and quickly bit his tongue with his teeth, which hurt Shentai for a while, and took the opportunity to open his eyes.

He looked at Shijia Village at the bottom of the mountain, and saw that the scattered fires were moving, and many people were rushing here with lanterns and torches.

"It's not good, the identities of these two people are suspicious, there must be a mutation in the village!" Shi Dong subconsciously took a half step back.

"Huh?" The green-robed guest was a little surprised, as if he was surprised by Shi Dong's reaction, and then his eyes flashed with anger, and he snorted coldly.

Shi Dong's thoughts turned very quickly, knowing that the other party was already suspicious, no matter who they were, it would be no good to lie to himself and go with them. But if you don't obey, look at their weird appearance, and you're afraid of your own surname......

With a pop, Shi Dong knelt on the ground, his face showed ecstasy, and he said respectfully: "Hello Immortal Master, little one...... The little one had long heard that the immortal master of the Ling Xiao Sect was very capable, and he was more than ...... More powerful than the big bulls in the village. As he spoke, his eyes rolled wildly, looking for a way to get out.

"Hmph, nonsense, what is the big bull?"

"The big bull is the big bull! I have to eat three catties of forage at a meal, and I have so much strength that I can plow two acres of land in one go. Shi Dong blinked his little eyes, pretending to be stupid, hoping to delay the time and wait for the villagers to run up the mountain, and then he would have a chance to escape.

The green-robed guest heard that he was cursing around the bend, and immediately sank his face, "You kid, full of nonsense, come with us!"

Shi Dong tilted his head and hurriedly shouted: "Slow Immortal Master, the little one has long wanted to worship you as a teacher, but it's just ......"

"Huh! just what?"

"It's just that the young one has been away from home for many years, and he hasn't seen his family yet, so it's better to ...... Would it be good to let the little one visit his family first, and then go with the immortal master?" Shi Dong tilted his head, his dark eyes flashed with excitement and piety, and his attitude was so sincere that people didn't doubt it at all.

This is Shi Dong's ability to practice in the teahouse all year round, and the sweeter he often laughs, the more he scolds in his heart.

Sure enough, Shi Dong scolded in his heart: "Straight lady thief, where did this green turtle appear, and dare to deceive the master? The master kneels down to you, and you will be able to live for ten years!" But quietly, the stone in his right hand was sweating, and his legs were kicking the ground, ready to escape at any time.

"Hahaha...... the green-robed guest looked up and laughed, turned his head to his companion behind him and said, "Senior sister, this little ghost is so clever, he plays with me, you think it's funny?"

A low sigh came from the companion behind the green-robed guest.

"Come here, stinky little ghost!" the green-robed guest stretched out his fingers and stretched out his hand to grab the stone.

Seeing that the speed of this grasp was extremely fast, Shi Dong could not avoid it, and suddenly heard an angry shout in the air behind him: "Stop!"

Phew――

A sharp white light broke through the air, and the green-robed guest waved his hand to block it, and he heard a loud bang, and the white light quickly changed direction and rushed into the middle of the young man sitting cross-legged next to him.

With a few pops, half of a teenager's head was cut off, and two teenagers instantly cut off their arms and thighs, and brains and blood splattered everywhere.

Because Shi Dong stood too close, he suddenly felt a burst of hot rain accompanied by a strong bloody breath spraying on his body, which frightened his heart almost to stop.

Woo woo woo -

The white light hovered in mid-air, fell back more than a dozen zhang away, and was grabbed by a Taoist priest in his hand, turning into a sharp sword, with white light on it, as if it had a spiritual surname.

There were also four or five Taoist priests standing beside him, all with angry faces, all holding such sharp swords in their hands, each stepping on auspicious clouds under their feet, floating in the air.

The leading Taoist priest raised his sword and pointed at the green-robed guest, and shouted angrily: "Ah! The demon of the Demon Demon Sect dares to run to the territory of the Lingxiao Sect to rob people! He also impersonates and ruins the name of my Lingxiao Sect! Hurry up and arrest it, lest the Daoist cut off your head with a sword and make you ......."

"That's a lot of nonsense!" The green-robed guest raised his bleeding right hand and glanced at it, the light in his hand flashed, and suddenly a small black flag appeared, and immediately a strange atmosphere spread around.

Shi Dong suddenly felt an inexplicable panic, as if if he waved the small flag, he would never be able to escape again.

The current situation is obvious, these two blue-robed guests are from the Demon Demon Sect, and they are mortal enemies of the Ling Xiao Sect.

And the Demon Gate is......

Shi Dong remembered the terrible legend he had heard since he was a child, and couldn't help but shudder, jumped up, and desperately smashed the stone in his hand at the small flag of the green-robed guest.

Burst!

As soon as the stone touched the small flag, it immediately turned into powder, and the stone turned around and ran.

The green-robed guest's face was full of anger, and he shouted: "Give me all death!"

A terrifying ghost horn sounded, a black hole cracked on the small flag, and dense ghost shadows spurted out in a hurry, like a torrent sweeping towards those Lingxiao Sect monks.

The monks of the Ling Xiao Sect all looked frightened, and while releasing their flying swords to resist, they shouted, "It......'s not good! He was no ordinary foundation-building monk...... Ahhh......h

The ghosts danced wildly, pounced and gnawed around them, making a tooth-aching click.

Seeing that the monks of the Lingxiao Sect, who were quite majestic just now, they hugged their heads and ran away. Two of them were left behind, and they were swarmed by ghosts, gnawing and screaming, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into two white bones. In the blink of an eye, even the bones were gnawed clean.

Shi Dong saw all this in his eyes, ran more than a dozen steps and was stunned to the ground, his whole body seemed to freeze, and there was only one voice in his heart: "It's over, it's over!" Mom...... Sister ......"

Tears welled up in his eyes, and he looked towards Shijia Village in a haze, as if he saw his sister supporting his sick mother with her immature shoulders, and the two snuggled up to the head of the village, looking forward to it with their eyes in anticipation......

The green-robed guest walked up with a smirk, and with a wave of his fingers, the miserable blue fire disappeared into Shidong's forehead.

He only felt dizzy in his brain, collapsed to the ground, was grabbed by the green-robed guest, threw the black cloud behind him, and immediately flew up with the teenagers.

The burden on Shi Dong's body ** on the stone mountain, falling apart, hundreds of copper coins burst out in all directions, jumping and spinning on the rocks, each one was polished, shining with beautiful light in the rising morning light.

It's like the eternal hope in Shi Dong's heart.

"Mom, sister, I'll definitely be back!"