Back in Yueqing, it was already the beginning of September, Ye Haotian went to the county to take a look first, and dealt with various affairs by the way.

Wang Ji came up very excitedly to report: "This year's sweet potato harvest is a bumper harvest, and one mu of land is more than 2,000 catties!"

"Don't eat them all, put them in the cellar and save them for next year's planting, ready to spread them on a large scale. After a pause, Ye Haotian asked again, "How is the matter of ocean trade?"

Wang Ji replied: "The two ships made two trips to Nanyang and made a net profit of 500,000 taels of silver, and all this silver was collected in the treasury, I don't know how to spend it?"

Ye Haotian thought for a while and said: "Next year, the people will pay half of the taxes, and the insufficient part will be offset with these silver, and the remaining silver will be used to pave roads, repair bridges, and build schools, and all schoolchildren will be enrolled for free." ”

Wang Ji was amazed when he heard this, and said in his heart: "This county order is such a big hand! What is rare is not to be greedy and unscrupulous, and to serve the people wholeheartedly!"

Subsequently, the manager of the ceremonial room came to report: "This year's autumn has been announced! There are three people in this county, who are among the best among the counties in the province, and have been commended by the governor!"

"If there is such a thing, the county will also order a commendation, and each person will be rewarded with 300 taels of silver, so that he can enter Beijing to take the examination in the coming year. ”

Li Tianle from the barracks also came to report: "Lord Qibing, there are 3,000 new militia members in the county, and the night drill has yielded great results, even if the Japanese invaders come with 5,000 people at a time, it will not be a big problem!"

"Okay!" Ye Haotian couldn't help but admire, and at the same time comforted: "You have all worked hard! All the affairs of this county are prosperous, and it is all due to everyone's credit!"

Everyone almost said in unison: "Where, this is all because of the great foresight and proper command!"

In the evening, the afterglow of the falling day was sprinkled on the shore of Yanhu Lake, and Lan'er was sitting on the grass to rest.

Ye Haotian stepped closer, stretched out his arm to wrap around her slender waist, and said softly: "The world is full of haze, but I don't know what the situation is in the fairy world? I want to go to the fairy world to have a look, and by the way, find a few immortals, and come back to help destroy the demons." What do you think?"

Lan'er snuggled her delicate body into his arms, and her eyes flashed when she heard the words: "Okay! But my skills are insufficient, if I venture to the fairy world, I am only afraid of causing disaster." ”

Ye Haotian smiled and said: "Mortals ascend to the immortal realm, that is called 'immortal fate'. Legend has it that many of them returned safely!"

Lan'er was fascinated for a long time and asked, "There are immortals on the ten continents and three islands, where does the son want to go?"

Ye Haotian pondered for a moment and said: "We are on the coast of the East China Sea, and the closest to this should be Zuzhou. The Heavenly Master once said: 'Zuzhou is in the East China Sea, 500 miles away, and 70,000 miles away from the west coast. There is undead grass on it. ’”

Lan'er frowned slightly: "The East China Sea is so big, if there is no specific location, how can you find Zuzhou?"

Ye Haotian was stunned when he heard this: "Isn't it? If you say 70,000 miles offshore, the range is too big! If there is no compass or something like that, it is really difficult to find." Besides, we haven't been there, and even if we do, we don't know. ”

At this time, he remembered the turtle mirror, so he sighed: "Brother turtle mirror, everything is entrusted to you!" said as he held up the turtle mirror with his left hand and sent out a fire mark.

The flames rose above his left hand, holding the turtle mirror up three feet out of thin air!

The turtle mirror drips and turns, gradually emitting dazzling white light!

Then, he picked up the watermark with his right hand and wrote the word "Zuzhou" on the turtle mirror.

But seeing that the two words gradually transformed into some islands and land in the white light, it was the appearance of a sea chart! One of the islands was shining, and I thought it was the ancestral continent that I was going to!

He carefully identified the direction, and then gently picked up Lan'er: "Let's go! ”

Lan'er jumped up and quickly disappeared into the bag.

Ye Haotian rose into the air and flew towards the glittering island. He flew higher and higher, through the clouds to the top of the clouds, and the farther he flew, the brighter the sky became, and in a short time he saw the sun again! He flew east after the sun, letting the warm sunlight shine on his body, and under his feet was the vast sea, with thousands of waves, a deep blue, and a breeze blowing around him, which was refreshing.

Lan'er opened a small opening of the Qiankun Tips and enjoyed the boundless beauty with him.

After flying for about six hours, Ye Haotian's strength was half consumed, and he finally came to the island indicated by the turtle mirror.

The island is so big that you can't see the edge as far as the eye can see. The blue sky is picturesque, the white clouds are long, the flowers and plants are strange, and the dazzling array is dazzling. He didn't dare to go deeper, so he first took out five Cecilia Herb Pills and took them, and then meditated on the beach for two hours, and then flew in the air to take a closer look when his strength was fully recovered.

After inspecting for a long time, he found that there were very few people on the island, and there were only a few dozen houses and palaces on the large island within a radius of 500 miles!

"Why are there so few people?

He fell from the sky and came to a hut in the shade of greenery.

Dozens of feet away from the door, I suddenly heard a voice from the house: "Your guest is coming to the door, please enter the thatched hut." Before the words fell, a fifty-year-old scribe appeared by the door, with fluttering clothes and a good appearance, his face as white as jade, and his eyes were bright.

Ye Haotian entered the hut, bowed to the man and said, "Come uninvited, and ask Mr. for forgiveness." ”

The man said gently, "Please take a seat, have you just arrived here?" ”

Ye Haotian replied respectfully: "Ye Haotian, who was born late, is the first time to come to Guibao Land, please give me a lot of advice." What is your surname, sir?"

The man smiled slightly: "My name hasn't been used for a long time, and I used to ...... It seems to be called Liu Hai Toad. ”

Ye Haotian was taken aback when he heard this: "I have heard the name for a long time, like thunder! I really didn't expect that you would live in seclusion here!" He knew that Liu Haichan was one of the five ancestors of the Northern Sect, five generations, and once Liu Zongguang, the lord of Shiyan, was the prime minister.

Liu Haichan was also surprised: "It's been five hundred years, and there are still people who remember me!"

"You have been practicing for many years, so you must have cultivated to the Three Clear Realm?"

Liu Haichan shook his head slightly: "The Three Qing Realm and even the Supreme Realm, the vast universe, hundreds of millions of people, can cultivate to the Three Qing Realm, it can be said that there are very few." As for me, it's still far from it!"

Ye Haotian said: "There should be a lot of immortals on the island, everyone can learn from each other, and it will be of great benefit to think of it." ”

Liu Haichan sighed: "Immortals? Immortals all respect their identities, cherish their secrets, work behind closed doors, and don't get along with each other in old age and death!

Ye Haotian was surprised, he didn't expect the situation in the fairy world to be like this! After a pause, he changed the topic and said, "My predecessors have been away from their homeland for hundreds of years, have you ever thought about going back?"

Liu Haichan's face changed slightly: "Of course, I want to, but it's hard to go back, and it's useless!"

"I don't know what's the problem, is it because it's too far away?"

Liu Haitoad glanced at him and said slowly: "Distance is not a problem. Immortals have immortal rules, and according to the rules of the Heavenly Court, those who stay in the ten continents and three islands for ten days will have immortal status, and they will not be allowed to enter the mortal world privately! Otherwise, they will be punished with five hundred years of skill! With this rule, who would dare to go back?"

Ye Haotian was a little puzzled and asked, "Why is it so stipulated?"

"The two ways of immortals are said to be to protect ordinary people. ”

Ye Haotian was even more confused: "Could it be that cultivating to become an immortal has lost his freedom, and he can no longer have the joy of mortals?"

"Unless you cultivate to the Three Clear Realm. At that time, not only could you travel back and forth to the world, but you could also move to the universe. Liu Haichan paused for a moment and said: "In addition, there is another method, that is, if you leave early, don't stay in the immortal realm for too long, as long as it is not more than ten days, you will not leave a record of ascending to the immortal realm, and you will not be bound by the immortal rules." ”

"This is a method!" Ye Haotian breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Haichan shook his head: "There are many benefits in the fairy world, who is willing to go back? Besides, it is not so easy to go back! When a newcomer first arrives here, the long-distance flight consumes most of his strength, and it is difficult to fully recover without a month of cultivation." If you return unexpectedly, you will not be able to lose your strength and fall into the sea halfway!

Ye Haotian didn't care, he bowed down and said, "Thank you seniors for your advice!

Liu Haichan smiled: "One is the Lingzhi Immortal Grass, which can boost the strength, the second is the beautiful scenery, which is convenient for cultivating the mind and cultivating the Dao, and the third is that there are fewer calamities and is easy to cultivate the positive fruit." Therefore, for ordinary people, most people are reluctant to go back. ”

Ye Haotian groaned: "Legend has it that there is immortal grass in the ancestral continent, and if you eat it, you can live forever, have your predecessors eaten it?"

Liu Haichan smiled dumbly: "My luck is not so good! I came too late! Thousands of years ago, the immortal grass was everywhere! Later, the Heavenly Court was afraid that the cultivation of real people's skills would grow too fast, which might lead to overcrowding in the heavenly realm, so it did its best to eradicate the immortal grass! By the time I came, the immortal grass had become very rare, and I had been looking for a long time but I didn't find one! Fortunately, there were many other elixirs on the island, and their effects were several times stronger than those of the mortal world, and it was not in vain to stay this practice. ”

Ye Haotian scratched his head and said unrelentingly: "What does the immortal grass look like?

Liu Haichan said: "I have seen it at the Ancestral Continent Gathering Immortal Meeting, the immortal grass is shaped like blue grass, although it cannot immediately enter the Sanqing Realm after eating, it can greatly increase its strength." ”

After chatting for a while, Ye Haotian remembered his purpose for coming to the fairy world, and had to bite the bullet and say, "Don't hide it from my predecessors, I came here mainly to seek help in fighting against demons." Now that the demons of Middle-earth are rampant, no one can control them, and the people are in dire straits, and they urgently need the immortals to come to their rescue. Then he carefully described the evil deeds of the Nine Yin Sect.

Liu Haichan's face was embarrassed: "This ...... Once you go back, the path of cultivating immortals may be wasted...... That's a loss of five hundred years of skill, five hundred years, not a day or two! The suffering of cultivation has been experienced too much......" After a pause, he comforted Ye Haotian again: "The vicissitudes of life, the white clouds and the dogs, suffering is also a kind of fate; So don't be too upset!"

After pausing for a moment, he got up and said goodbye: "In two days, I will return to Middle-earth. ”

Liu Haichan was feeling guilty because he couldn't help him, and when he heard the words, he took out a booklet: "This is my new understanding of Dan Dao cultivation in the past five hundred years, you can help me take it back to Middle Earth and pass it on to future generations." ”

Time is precious, Ye Haotian took the book and went out.

After that, he hurriedly visited seven or eight immortals, including Wei Huacun, the first generation of the Shangqing Sect, and Kou Qianzhi, the representative of the Northern Heavenly Master's Dao, and so on, and everyone's statements were similar. As a result, I received three or four more training tips.

He wasn't very interested in these secrets, because everyone's cultivation was different, and if he wanted to break out of the cocoon, he had to find his own way. If everyone follows the crowd and always follows others, then you will not be able to become a generation of grandmasters.

He put the secret note in the Qiankun Tips, and smiled secretly in his heart: "If I revise the Daozang in the future, the information I collect is guaranteed to be unheard of by others." ”

"What should I do next? Since I can't persuade the immortals here, I can only pull out the seedlings by myself! There are many masters close to the immortal realm in Middle-earth, as long as they can find the legendary immortal grass, they will not be able to create immortals!"

Before you know it, two days have passed, and there are less than eight days left.

Ye Haotian didn't dare to delay, so he had to pour his power into the Tongling Jade on his chest, and then he raised the supreme light skill and ran back and forth within a radius of five hundred miles from the ancestral continent, trying to find the whereabouts of the immortal grass.

Although he tried to avoid the places where the immortals lived, the result still alarmed many people. Everyone thought it was strange, thinking that there was a madman from the fairy realm! When he passed by, he often heard the cynicism of others, and some people even joked: "Come on, run three more laps and you will reach the heavenly realm!"

He didn't bother to pay attention to those people, he just ran vigorously, and when Baoyu was feverish, he stopped to investigate, and as a result, he picked a lot of rare medicinal materials along the way, but there was no immortal grass!

Seeing that it was another three days, and he hadn't seen the shadow of the undead grass, he couldn't help but be a little anxious.

The entire Ancestral Continent was run all over by him, leaving only a five-mile radius on the east side, full of thorns, and he almost wanted to give up at this time: "The immortal grass is the grass of the fairy, how can it grow in such a bad place?"

However, when he stepped on the top of the thorns and reached the center of the field, the Tongling Jade on his chest suddenly became hot, and he hurriedly stopped to take a closer look, but saw that among the thorns densely packed with spikes, there were several things like bluegrass, the leaves were pale green, the tips of the leaves were sharp, the leaves were about two minutes wide and about half a foot long, and each of the five leaves formed a bunch.

He felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, carefully pulled up a plant, and found that the roots were pale red, and the roots were less than half an inch, which was completely different from the bluegrass that he saw: "It seems that this is really an immortal grass!"

He searched the surroundings carefully, and found a total of twenty of the same plants.

After pulling out eight plants in a row, he stopped for a while, hesitating whether to pull them all out: "What would happen if I pulled them all out? On the one hand, pulling out the light actually conforms to the will of heaven." On the other hand, as long as it can bring blessings to the world, why worry about those boring immortals?" Thinking of this, he dug up eight more plants in a row with the soil.

There were still a few thorns in the distance behind, and he looked at it again and again, and finally gave up, and said secretly: "Enough is enough, too much, you can't be too greedy." The history books have always recorded that the ancestral continent produces immortal grass, and if it becomes extinct from now on, wouldn't it be a pity?"

With more than a dozen undead grasses in his arms, his heart was extremely relaxed, and he couldn't help but hum a little song and walked out.

Slowly come to the cliff on the east side of the island, in front of you is an extremely unique attic, which seems to be in the style of a Tang Dynasty palace, rich and splendid, and very different from the ordinary immortal dwelling.

A few steps forward to the attic, before he could speak, a warm and slow singing voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "The Han Emperor is heavy on the country, and Yuyu has been unable to ask for it for many years." The Yang family has a woman who has just grown up, raised in the deep boudoir people do not know...... "The singing is very beautiful, the prosperity of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, the luxury of the emperor's house, and the love of men and women are sung one by one.

Ye Haotian was confused for a while when he heard this, and he didn't know where he was for a while, as if he was in the Tang Deep Palace.

Lan'er also unconsciously appeared, took out the guqin and sat on the bluestone, twisting it gently and harmoniously.

At this time, the window of the pavilion quietly opened, accompanied by the singing, a dark blue figure appeared, the figure waved slowly with the sound of the piano, raised hands and feet, elegant and smooth, soothing and quiet.

Suddenly, the singing voice changed, and the sadness and indignation sang from the cherry red lips: "...... Yu Yang Mo came agitated and shocked the "Song of Ni Clothes and Feathers". The nine-fold city is full of smoke and dust, and thousands of people ride southwest. Cuihua swayed and stopped, and went out of the capital for more than 100 miles in the west. The Sixth Army was helpless, like a moth eyebrows and died in front of the horse...... "There is no raised voice, nor a hoarse voice, just singing shallowly, unwillingly, not angry, sad, desperate, helpless, frightened, sad, and the voice is exciting.

The angry singing voice only heard Lan'er's blood boiling and almost gushing out.

Ye Haotian saw that her face was flushed, and hurriedly sat behind her, stroking his vest through a few skills, and at the same time said "Nine Immortal Song".

Lan'er felt that her heartbeat was slowing down with his help, so the sound of the piano changed, and she played the "Nine Immortal Songs" carefully excerpted by the two of them.

“...... On the seventh day of July, the Palace of Eternal Life, when no one whispered in the middle of the night. In heaven I wish to be a winged bird, and on earth I wish to be a branch. The days are long and sometimes endless, and this hatred lasts forever. At the end of the song, the door of the pavilion opened, and a woman in a sky blue dance dress appeared by the door, with a jade-colored brocade ribbon tied up her long hair, no makeup on her face, her complexion was like white jade, and her eyes were like Qiu Hong, and she seemed to be more radiant than Lan'er.

Ye Haotian stood up and bowed deeply, and said loudly: "The younger generation has just come to the fairy world and disturbed the fairy, please forgive me." ”

The woman looked at the two of them again and again, and suddenly smiled, the sunset on the horizon dimmed, and said softly: "How many years, I finally heard "Purple Cloud Song" again." ”

Lan'er was puzzled: "You said I played "Purple Cloud Song"?"

When Ye Haotian heard the name of the song, he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, and asked, "Forgive me for being reckless, I don't know the origin of the music." The fairy is familiar with this song, can you briefly describe it?"

The woman was silent, and seemed to fall into boundless memories, and said for a long time: "In the past, Emperor Ming followed Fashan to the Moon Palace, and came to the 'Mansion of Guanghan and Qing Xu', and saw a huge laurel tree in front of the court, with lush branches and leaves, and under the laurel tree, there were countless fairies in white clothes, dancing on the white luan, and there were some fairies on the court steps, accompanied by musical instruments. When they saw the two of them come in, they continued to play. Fa Shan said: 'These fairies are called Su'e, and the white clothes they wear are called neon clothes and feathers, and the music they play is called 'Purple Cloud Song.' 'Emperor Su Xiao danced to the rhythm of the music, and memorized the two hands one by one. Later, he returned to the palace of the world and passed down the tunes and dances, and changed the name to "Neon Clothes and Feather Clothes". ”

Hearing this, Ye Haotian suddenly said: "So the "Purple Cloud Song" is "The Song of Ni Clothes and Feathers". However, according to historical records, Emperor Ming loved the concubine deeply and only passed on the "Song of Ni Clothes and Feathers" to her. After the concubine fairy left, there was no more transmission in the world, which is really a big pity. ”

The woman said with a sad face: "You are right. In the past, the concubine Cha got this song, she was ecstatic, practiced all night, pondered with concentration, and even neglected her kindness to the Ming Emperor, so that there was a later Ma Weipo rebellion. However, if this song is lost, it may not be true. ”

"Really, I really played "Purple Cloud Song"?" Lan'er hurriedly asked.

The woman glanced at her and said slowly: "The concubine once showed half of the score to her brother, and he passed it into the music workshop. Therefore, there are some incomplete fragments in the later generations of Yuefu. I thought that after so many years, there was only a drop in the bucket in the world. But it is a miracle that the little sister played it now covers half of the score! Unfortunately, there are still many mistakes in it. ”

Seeing that the other party was graceful and amiable, Lan'er couldn't help but step forward to give a salute: "Ask the seniors for guidance." ”

The woman was not polite, and immediately took the guqin and played Lan'er again.

Lan'er listened attentively, and sure enough, she heard that there were dozens of places that were extremely clever, which was unheard of, and she was suspicious of nature, and she didn't feel happy.

Ye Haotian was also happy for her, thinking in his heart: "Such a beautiful fairy song, listening to it once is already fate, and being taught is even more unattainable." ”

The woman returned the guqin to Lan'er and said with a smile: "It's rare that someone from Zuzhou has come to distinguish music theory! ”

Ye Haotian said regretfully: "Don't hide it from the fairy, we have been here for less than ten days, and we will go back soon." ”

"Are you leaving? Why do you want to go back? Are you really leaving?" The woman's face showed nostalgia, and after a moment's hesitation, she suddenly took out something from her sleeve, handed it to Lan'er, and said, "Seeing each other is fate." This is the complete score of "Purple Cloud Song", which I have treasured for many years, so I will give it to you. ”

Lan'er stood on the spot, holding the score in her hand and not knowing what to do.

The woman was afraid that she would not understand the value of the song, and said, "The Purple Cloud Song is an immortal song. Immortal opera is not trivial, not only has the merit of self-cultivation and family name, but can also increase the skill! If you are gifted and intelligent, and practice diligently, you will be able to ascend to the immortal realm in just 10 years, and you will be able to cultivate to the divine realm in 100 years! I had medium qualifications and no skills, and I escaped a catastrophe after only three years of cultivation. For many years, I have only practiced this song and cultivated my skills to the third level of the Divine Realm! Little Sister Lan has a good heart and a Dao foundation, so it won't take two or three years to reach the Immortal Realm!"

Lan'er bowed down: "Thank you master for passing on the song!"

The woman lifted her up: "Hurry up, you and I are destined, don't be so polite." ”

Ye Haotian was grateful, and hurriedly took out an immortal grass and presented it to him: "Since I have been taught immortal songs by my predecessors, I am grateful, and I am willing to return the tribute with immortal grass, please accept it." ”

This time it was the woman's turn to be surprised! I saw her take it with trembling hands, caressing her for a long time, and suddenly her face was melancholy, and she said faintly: "I took it, but only one leaf is enough, and I want to ask two of you to give the rest to one person." ”

Lan'er was very happy with the music score in her hand, and asked with a smile like a flower: "I don't know who to give it to, but the master has a life, and the disciple must do his best." ”

The woman hesitated and said, "Please wait for a moment." Saying that, he turned around and entered the house, came out after a while, took a sachet in his hand, and whispered to Ye Haotian: "There is a wordless tablet in Qianling, and there is a nameless stone tomb in the three zhang behind the stele, please open the sachet and put it in front of the tomb, and someone will come out of the tomb soon, and the son will give the immortal grass to that person." At this point, her eyes were full of hope.

Ye Haotian said: "Don't worry, this matter will definitely be done! It's just that the younger generation still has a question in his heart, after the Ma Weipo rebellion, what happened to the concubine Niangniang and the Ming Emperor?"

The woman hesitated for a moment and said, "The concubine is not dead. Emperor Ming is also very human, he is not only good at music theory, but also proficient in Dan Dao, how can he only live for a hundred years?"

Ye Haotian said: "I remember that in the "Miscellaneous Records of the Ming Emperor", it was said that in the twilight years of the Ming Emperor, he avoided disaster in Sichuan because of the Anshi Rebellion. One said that the flute played the music, and suddenly the two cranes arrived, dancing with the song, and the cranes disappeared at the end of the song. Emperor Ming sighed: 'I am Kong Shengzhen's next life, and now the mission is over, and I should go. ’”

The woman seemed to know everything well, and she was silent for a long time and said: "A hundred years ago, Xu Feiqiong came to Zuzhou and said, 'The Jade Emperor was angry, and the Emperor Ming saw that the concubine died in front of the horse and could not be saved, so he relegated him back to his family to practice again'. ”

Having said that, everything is clear.

Ye Haotian didn't dare to stay, so he immediately said goodbye and flew into the air towards Yanhu.

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