Chapter 1: The Falling Sun

It was a crimson land, and the ground was full of hot magma, and the heat made the air around it faintly evaporate. There was no sign of life or any vegetation around, and the hill in the distance looked like a lump of melted sugar. It's been a hot place for two months, and countless creatures have been wiped out.

Two months ago, it was a busy scene of people coming and going, and it was full of life. And it was two months ago that a mutation occurred, and all living beings were reduced to ashes in that instant.

Two months ago, the sky suddenly changed here, a thousand feet of scorching sun fell from the sky, the crimson light shrouded the land, the scorching heat with the crimson light descended, all the living beings were instantly evaporated, the lakes dried up, and the mountains collapsed. The scorching sun set and smashed a huge pit of nearly 100,000 zhang on the ground, which was bottomless, and the dust splashed was as high as more than 100,000 zhang. The earth undulated like waves, thousands of miles away, and the waves fluctuated for more than an hour before they gradually subsided. And within thousands of miles, the land of magma that has completely turned red color, the high temperature continues to recede, and no one can enter this forbidden area formed by the high temperature. The heat here lasted for decades, and later people also called it the place of the sunfall.

And just above this red magma field, there was a gray light that was slowly moving. The light cluster was suspended in mid-air, moving slowly. From the outside, the light cluster looks like a viscous gray liquid, and a small figure is wrapped inside, and a small teenager is faintly visible. The boy was not very old, about twelve or thirteen years old.

The young man's body is slightly thin, his limbs are relatively slender, his face is ordinary and slightly dark, his nose is slightly large, his eyes are slender, his eyebrows are short and far apart, and he feels a little wide between his eyebrows. There are vaguely formed outlines, showing that the character is relatively resolute.

The boy moved slowly in the light cluster, the surrounding heat seemed to be isolated by this light cluster, where the light cluster passed, the air was a little distorted, and a faint anger appeared behind the light cluster. It's very peculiar from a distance.

The young man's name is Xiao Ling, and he has been walking on this red magma land for two or three months, alone.

Xiao Ling left home two years ago and went to Qingyunmen under the escort of young adults from several clans. Qingyunmen is a sect of cultivating immortals, and there will be an introductory trial every few years, and Xiao Ling is there to participate in the introductory trial, speaking of which, this is also an opportunity for Xiao Ling.

Xiao Ling's family is in Yunyang Town, it is a small family in Yunyang Town, and the whole family is a few thousand people, and Xiao Ling's family is just a very ordinary family in the clan, and they are just barely able to make ends meet. Xiao Ling has an older brother who is two years older than him, and a younger sister who is two years younger. Because Yunyang Town is located on the edge of a large mountain, there are many minerals and some rare materials and medicinal materials in the mountain, so the town gathers many families. The town has a radius of nearly 100 miles and a population of more than hundreds of thousands. It's a small town, but it's actually a small town. Of course, most of the people in the town make a living by going into the mountains to hunt for treasures, and some people do find some natural treasures in the mountains and get rich overnight. But many more people went into the mountains and never came out, but there were still a considerable number of people who went into the mountains for a little hope, despite the danger.

Xiao Ling's family is too small to have any power, just doing some small business in Yunyang Town to maintain the development of the family, while Xiao Ling's parents are just doing chores in the family.

Xiao Ling has been active since he was a child, but he is very smart, although he has no chance to enter the school, but he usually listens to the lectures of Mr. Zhu, who teaches outside the school, and actually learns more than the students in the school. Mr. Zhu knew that Xiao Ling's family was very poor and had no money to go to school, but when he saw that the child was smart, he let him listen to the class outside. Later, when I saw that Xiao Ling was serious in learning, I taught Xiao Ling some knowledge, which covered everything, including ancient texts, poems, songs, common sense, and so on. Xiao Ling only needs to remember it once after listening to it, it is a bit unforgettable, plus Xiao Ling's understanding is very good, which makes Mr. Zhu very satisfied, and praises Xiao Ling as a genius. However, although Xiao Ling is small, he still has to help the family, and he doesn't have much time to go to the school to listen to his teachings, so he can only borrow some books from Mr. Zhu and go home to light the pine oil lamp at night. Mr. Zhu also often talked to Xiao Ling about cultivating immortals, and his tone was quite yearning, but Mr. Zhu himself was not an immortal cultivator, but because of his knowledge, he had met some immortal cultivators and had a slight understanding of immortal cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, Xiao Ling has been listening to classes outside the school for three years, and in the past three years, Xiao Ling has learned Mr. Zhu's knowledge, and Mr. Zhu feels that Xiao Ling will not make any progress if he stays with him any longer. So Mr. Zhu told Xiao Ling that the way of heaven and earth is no longer much to learn, but how much to realize, with Xiao Ling's understanding, he should not stay in the secular world, but should take the road of cultivation, and the road will be successful in the future. So Mr. Zhu gave Xiao Ling a piece of jade pendant, the jade pendant has an emerald green surface, some runes flow on the surface, and there are four words "Qingyun Trial" on the back. Mr. Zhu told Xiao Ling that this was a token given to him by a cultivator in Qingyunmen more than ten years ago, and that people under the age of twenty had a chance to enter the trial with this token. Mr. Zhu asked Xiao Ling to take this jade pendant to Qingyunmen to participate in the introductory trial a few years later.

Xiao Ling took the jade pendant given by Mr. Zhu to the house and told his parents about it, but his parents didn't believe it, so they took Xiao Ling and took the jade pendant to find the patriarch. The head of the Xiao family is well-informed, and at a glance he said that the jade pendant was indeed real, and he had seen this kind of jade pendant when he was young. So the clan became busy for Xiao Ling's trial. Qingyunmen is the absolute lord of this place, and any town, family, or sect is under the jurisdiction of Qingyunmen (basically the disciple of Qingyunmen or the family where the disciple is located). These big families or sects collected some ordinary materials or medicinal materials necessary for cultivation for Qingyun Sect. As long as you become a disciple of Qingyunmen, even if you are a disciple of an outer sect, you will have quite a lot of benefits, not to mention a larger town management right. And once they can own a town, the Xiao family will get endless benefits, and the family will also develop by leaps and bounds. Even if Xiao Ling failed to pass the trial, the family would receive some rewards, which were equivalent to the income of the entire clan for twenty years. Thinking of these patriarchs was also excited. However, in order to prevent accidents, there are only a few people in the Xiao clan who know about this matter.

After a month of preparation, the patriarch of the Xiao family sent five of the strongest people in the clan to escort Xiao Ling on the road, because the road was long, so Xiao Ling set off three years in advance. The patriarch of the Xiao family specially spent a lot of money to buy more than ten Zhuyu grass for Xiao Ling and the others, and this grass will not feel hungry for a long time after eating, and it is full of energy. In this way, Xiao Ling and his party set off, the Xiao family was too small, and this trip did not attract the attention of others, so it was quite peaceful all the way. Until two months ago.

Half a year ago, Xiao Ling and the others came to a small place called Yuanyang Village, surrounded by beautiful mountains and rivers, and the people were simple. Xiao Ling and the others looked at the villagers coming and going in front of them, counting the days, they had been walking for nearly two years, and they would be able to reach their destination in about a year, and several people were still a little excited in their hearts. After all, such a long journey is not easy for a child. Although he was riding a horse, he was quite tired after a long journey. Fortunately, Xiao Ling has been very active since he was a child, and horseback riding is still very easy for him, and his horseback riding skills have increased a lot in two years, and his skills are also much more agile.

Xiao Ling looked at the scenery in front of him, thinking about the upcoming trial, a little fascinated, and his heart was very yearning. At this time, the celestial phenomenon suddenly changed, and the sky did not know when there was a round of scorching sun, which was still small when it first appeared, but gradually became bigger than the original scorching sun, and it became bigger and bigger. The sun is red, and the temperature around is rising.

Seeing that the flowers, trees, and crops on the ground are drying up, and the stream on the side of the road is constantly evaporating, the water level is constantly declining. Xiao Ling and the others were flustered, there must be nothing good under this kind of celestial phenomenon, but it was too late to leave, and the horses ridden by several people were weak in their legs and knelt down. Xiao Ling and the others hurriedly dismounted and poured the water they brought with them on their bodies to resist the high temperature.

Seeing that it was difficult for everyone to resist in the high temperature, in front of the scorching sun, a small gray light cluster appeared, the light cluster was small, but it moved quickly. And when Xiao Ling was resisting the high temperature, the light cluster had already reached the top of Xiao Ling's head, directly enveloping Xiao Ling.

By this time, the new scorching sun was very close, and the people and animals had silently turned to ashes, and they did not even scream. The stream dried up and cracked, the ground melted rapidly, and the distant hill was as red as if it were on fire, and soon collapsed, and the endless creatures disappeared in an instant.

At the same time as the gray light enveloped Xiao Ling, he quickly moved towards the air, and did not stop until it was hundreds of zhang high. At this time, Xiao Ling, who was wrapped in a gray light cluster and suspended in the air hundreds of zhang high, looked at everything that happened in front of him, and he could no longer describe it as frightened. When he saw the several clansmen escorting him turn to ashes in an instant, Xiao Ling's thoughts had stopped moving, and everything in front of him was even more terrifying than a nightmare.

At this time, something even more terrifying happened, thousands of feet of scorching sun roared, brushing gray light and crashing into the earth. A loud bang resounded through the heavens and the earth, and hundreds of thousands of feet of dirt and dust splashed in all directions. The ground set off huge waves that spread out in all directions, reaching thousands of miles away. It took nearly an hour to subside, and at this time, there was no living soul except Xiao Ling in the light group for thousands of miles, and at a glance it was an endless red color, and the entire land was like magma flowing through.

The light stopped in mid-air, insulating the heat and the air waves from the impact. The temperature in the light cluster was abnormally cold, and Xiao Ling looked at everything in front of him with dull eyes, as if he was stunned. Time passed little by little, and Xiao Ling did not move.

One day, two days, three days

For three whole days, Xiao Ling in the light group remained motionless. Suddenly, Xiao Ling's body in the light group shook violently, his face turned red, and his expression kept changing, as if in a nightmare. Xiao Ling calmed down after the meal, and Xiao Ling's expression was not abnormal at this time. It is clear that what happened earlier has been calmed down. At this time, the gray around him faded, and Xiao Ling felt that most of the gray light clusters had invaded his body and condensed into a cluster in his lower abdomen.

Xiao Ling comforted himself at this time that it might be his great opportunity to come, and he thought that if he didn't die, he would have a blessing. Xiao Ling calmed down, no longer wanted to disappear the clansmen, but secretly decided that he would compensate the families of several clansmen in the future, and several people took care of Xiao Ling a lot along the way, if there were no these people, Xiao Ling might not be able to come here.

Xiao Ling looked at the direction and took out a Zhuyu grass to eat, it was obviously impossible to find something to eat here, but fortunately, there were a few more plants in the clan. Otherwise, Xiao Ling would really starve to death here.

As soon as Xiao Ling's mind moved, the light group wrapped Xiao Ling forward, looking full of spirituality. Xiao Ling walked forward in the direction he was originally traveling, there was still the sun in the sky, and the direction was not difficult to find. However, Xiao Ling was still in the gray light cluster, levitating in mid-air, this scene was extremely strange.

For a month, Xiao Ling did not walk out of this melted earth, and he still did not walk out of the land for two months, three months...... Half a year, I still haven't walked out of this place of falling sun. However, Xiao Ling knew that it should be soon, because the melted ground had already shown some signs of solidification, and at this time, Xiao Ling's light cluster was only half a foot above the ground. This incident also surprised Xiao Ling very much, the gray light cluster has been wrapping Xiao Ling continuously moving down in the past two months, until it is almost on the ground now, and the gray light cluster seems to have spirituality. However, it took half a year for Xiao Ling's state of mind to completely calm down, and now he is just thinking about the trial he is about to participate in, after all, once the trial is passed, it will be the greatest comfort to his parents, and he can step into the path of cultivation he longs for.

"Hello little guy, can you please come and do me a favor?" As Xiao Ling was thinking about the trial, a slightly old voice came from not far away, with some tiredness and weakness in his voice.

Hearing the voice, Xiao Ling was taken aback, after all, he had never seen a living creature since the disaster, and the sudden appearance of the voice made Xiao Ling have a thought in his heart - there is a ghost.

"Don't be afraid, I'm not a ghost. I'm just a cultivator, trapped here, and there's no way out. Only you can help me here. I'm on a pile of rocks not far in front of you. The old man's voice seemed to know what Xiao Ling was thinking.

Xiao Ling saw that there was indeed a semi-melted stone pile in front of him, and it was more appropriate to say that it was a stone pile than a semi-melted magma pile. There was half a man on the stone pile with long hair and dry hair, about fifty or sixty years old, his skin was like charcoal, and his original appearance was not clear. However, the eyes are very bright, and Xiao Ling has never seen such bright eyes. The eyes are as bright as the stars, revealing an alluring force. Xiao Ling was secretly frightened, this person could control people without speaking, and the strange appearance in this place made Xiao Ling feel a little abnormal. Half a year of lonely walking has greatly tempered Xiao Ling's state of mind, he doesn't believe that the person in front of him is just asking him to do a favor, maybe something will happen, thinking of this, Xiao Ling didn't move forward.

There was a faint "Huh!" from the old man's voice, as if he was quite surprised that Xiao Ling was able to calm down so quickly, and he was not confused by his eyes!

"Oh, little one, be careful! Don't worry, you're just a mortal, and there's nothing worth it for. And I'm just a little bit of my mind power that the soul is supporting now, but only for half an hour, and after half an hour I'll fall into a coma. Of course, I won't let you do me in vain, I will give you great benefits. I see that your qualifications are still very good, and you will go far on the path of cultivation in the future. But before I do that, I have to make sure that something entered your body before the crash?" said something that surprised Xiao Ling.