Master Zhenghui shook his head and said, "I heard this matter mentioned once when I was a teenager, and it had been fifty or sixty years since the catastrophe more than a hundred years ago, so there were many things that I couldn't know. But there are three people who should know more, but I don't know if the three of them are still alive?"

Ding Cheng asked, "I don't know which three of these three people the master is talking about?"

Master Zhenghui said: "These three are the three old-timers who live in the Guanzhong area of Shaanxi. One of them, Xuanyuanzi, lived in the Nanqing Palace of Zhongnan Mountain, another Taibaizi lived in the Taibai Palace of Taibai Mountain, and the last Tianlongzi lived in the Lotus Palace of the eastern peak of Huashan. Seven or eight years ago, Lao Gao had heard the news of these seniors, but these three seniors were already more than 100 years old, so Lao Gao said that it was not yet known whether the three of them were still alive. ”

Ding Cheng exclaimed: "The three seniors are already more than 100 years old! They can really be described as real land immortals!"

Master Zhenghui said: "What Ding Shaoxia said is true. These three seniors were the famous Guanzhong Three Heroes when they were young, and all three of them were humble and elegant, righteous and awe-inspiring. After the age of sixty, they met again to retreat on the three immortal mountains, and no longer cared about the affairs of the rivers and lakes. Perhaps it is this state of mind of being desireless, not greedy, and completely letting go of the worldly things that allows the three of them to prolong their lives and become immortals. ”

In the battle of Fuxian Lake's lonely mountain, Ding Cheng saw Yun Ying jump into the lake with his own eyes, and this incident has always been a hidden pain in his heart. He has always wanted to do something for Yun Ying, maybe figuring out the truth behind this matter is the greatest consolation for Yun Ying.

And he also faintly felt that a new battle for the treasure had begun, and the martial arts would repeat the mistakes of more than a hundred years ago. Therefore, he decided to make a trip to Shaanxi to see if he could get some useful information from the three elders of Guanzhong.

Rong'er and Ding Cheng reunited after a long absence, and they were reluctant to leave him. She held his hand tightly and said, "Brother Ding, I'll go with you!" Rong'er's tone was resolute and decisive, and her eyes were full of determination.

In fact, Ding Cheng was willing to part with Rong'er, so he nodded and said, "Okay, let's go together!"

So Rong'er went back to say goodbye to Mrs. Yijing, then left Dali with Ding Cheng and walked towards Shaanxi.

Along the way, the two of them were in a good mood, talking and laughing, and they didn't want to talk. And the two of them are not in a hurry, walking all the way, enjoying the scenery along the way.

After crossing the border of Dali and entering Sichuan, what the two saw in their eyes was very different.

Although Yunnan is located in the borderland, due to the constraints of conditions, the people live a hard life, but it can be regarded as safe and stable. After entering Sichuan, all the two saw were displaced people.

As a result of the long years of war, people's homes have been destroyed, and countless people have been killed and injured. Collapsed and abandoned houses are everywhere, and fertile fields are overgrown with weeds because no one cultivates them.

The Manchu army had already occupied many places, but there were still some remnants of Zhang Xianzhong entrenched in various places to fight against the Manchu army.

Rebellion, bandits, robbery, and massacres of civilians often occur.

The lives of the people can only be said to be in dire straits, and their lives are miserable.

Ding Cheng and Rong'er looked at the tragic scene in front of them, and they were embarrassed, and the boss in their hearts was not a taste.

Think about the old days, when the Ming Dynasty was still alive, the people were oppressed by corrupt officials and corrupt officials; now that the Ming Dynasty has fallen and the Manchu Dynasty has come, the people's lives have become even more miserable. It is in response to the famous sentence in Zhang Yanghao's "Hillside Sheep, Tong Caring for the Ancients" "Xing, the people suffer; ”

But what the two of them saw along the way was not only broken mountains and rivers, but also scars on their eyes. The scenery along the way is truly intoxicating.

The two met a large sea of bamboo on the road. The rolling hillsides in front of you are covered with verdant bamboo, and you can't see the edge as far as you can see. The word "sea" aptly shows this intoxicating beauty.

While resting in the bamboo forest, the two lay on the soft fallen leaves and looked up at the sky. The green bamboos are tall and straight, straight into the sky, squeezed into a ball in mid-air, forming a "green cloud".

Rong'er said softly: "If there is a chance in the future, if you can cut a few bamboos here, build a few bamboo houses, and then live in it, it will be quite good!"

Ding Cheng stretched out his hand to take Rong'er's hand and said, "I think we can still make your wish." ”

The two of them held hands in this way, lying on the bamboo leaves all over the ground, squinting their eyes, feeling this comfort, and forgetting the hustle and bustle and suffering outside for a while.

After this bamboo sea, not far north is the world-famous Mount Emei. After Mount Emei and further north, gradually entering Chengdu, the terrain began to become flat.

On this day, the two were walking on the mountain path, and suddenly saw a little white rabbit popping out of the bushes in front of them, followed by a chubby, black and white coat, bear-like guy.

That guy looks cute and cute, but he's not slow to act. I saw that it held down the little white rabbit, and then took it in its mouth, and quickly burrowed into the bushes.

Rong'er was taken aback, but when she saw that guy bullying the cute white rabbit, she wanted to follow him and save the little white rabbit from its mouth.

Ding Cheng grabbed her and said, "Forget it, in your eyes, it is a cute little white rabbit, but in its eyes, it is a meal." You saved the White Rabbit, and that guy is going to go hungry. Can you bear to hurt one thing in order to save another?"

Rong'er saw that this guy's cute appearance seemed to be better than the little white rabbit, and thinking that what Ding Cheng said made sense, she nodded and said, "Okay, it always has to eat." ”

Chengdu is also known as "Rongcheng" because there are a large number of hibiscus flowers growing on this land of Chengdu. At this time, it is the season of hibiscus flowers, and the hibiscus trees are blooming fist-sized flowers. There are pink, there are white, they are very beautiful.

The two went all the way north, and on this day they entered the territory of Shaanxi. The moment they saw Qinling, the two of them really knew what a high mountain was. The entire Qinling Mountains are like a giant dragon lying on the land of Sanqin, rolling and boundless.

Since considering the closest distance to Zhongnan Mountain, the two decided to go to Zhongnan Mountain to visit Xuanyuanzi's predecessors first.

The Qinling Mountains are majestic, and Ding Cheng and Rong'er enter the Qinling Mountains, from south to north, the higher the mountains go. Every time the two of them climbed to the top of a mountain, they could always see a higher mountain in front of them.

In the mountains, the mountains are high and densely forested, and the population is sparse. At the beginning, you could see many families, but the deeper you went into the mountains, the fewer people there became.

(End of chapter)