Penglai Mountain, located in the South China Sea, is like a waterfront.
Penglai is different from the wind and snow, Kunlun, the sacred mountain that spans the sky and the earth. Compared with the land covered with snow for thousands of miles all year round, like the vast sea of sand with no borders and ruins, Penglai Mountain is a peach paradise that is evergreen all year round.
Clouds and clouds make brocade, and the eyes are green mountains.
Walking to the water, listening to the wind and lotus flowers, sweeping away fallen flowers with the immortals, riding the waves and boating, drifting with the water, as if you were a guest in the world of mortals.
The green sea and mountains are lush and green, and the abbot of Penglai is everywhere.
Although Penglai is located all over the world, after all, it does not belong to the world of mortals, a fairy in the mountains, or a person on the island.
Anyone outside the mountain, whether human or immortal, who climbs Penglai has clear regulations: they must climb the mountain on foot, they are not allowed to wield swords, they are not allowed to fly, and they are not allowed to use escape techniques, so they must be respected and respected.
Not to mention Yun Rong, who is the Thirteen Swordsman of Tianxi, even if he is the three heads of the righteous path in the world, he must put away his sword and walk up the mountain.
The green boat and bamboo raft ride on the water to the south, and the oars gently hit the spring rocks to reach the other shore.
Yun Rong, who was dozing in the sun, was awakened by the people around him. When he opened his eyes, he saw the legendary Penglai Fairy Mountain.
A heavy fog rises from the sea, trapping mountains and water and trapping people.
Bypassing a yellow sand shoal, we entered the ancient mountain forest. There were large tracts of Fusu flowers and trees planted in the mountains, embracing the strange fragrance of the grass and trees. The mountain branches gently pulled at the woman's belt, the wind blew, and the birds chirped sweetly, floating on the leaves. The gaps create a tune of its own.
In a corner deep in the mountain forest, there are wild deer hanging their necks to drink from the stream. The mountain stream is cool and the breeze blows.
Penglai is very far away and the mountains are very high.
If we don't use spiritual power to climb the mountain, we may take a long time to walk on this mountain road.
Yun Rong and Bai Lian were both observant of etiquette, so they would not mess with the rules of this mountain. They walked for an hour, and when they reached the mountainside, the evening bell rang at dusk, the afterglow of the clouds dispersed, and the sun set over the west mountain. Night is about to rise.
The sky is getting more and more misty, drizzle begins to fall from the sky, and the soaked wild flowers and plants become darker and darker.
Bai Lian suddenly stopped, opened the paper umbrella, and handed it to Yun Rong.
Yun Rong was looking at the shadows of the two people standing on the mountain road. Seeing him holding the umbrella without saying a word, he subconsciously took it: "Junior brother?"
There are three thousand hanging lanterns in the mountain. In the dim light, the young Master Tianxi stepped back two steps, squatted down, and smiled at her: "Sister, can I carry you up the mountain?"
Yun Rong looked at half of his shoulders that were wet by the drizzle and was slightly startled.
Although they have been married for many years, the only difference is that she moved from her Tingjian House to his Dongli Villa.
In addition, the two of them always stayed at Zongshan, were strict with themselves, got up in the morning to teach rituals, and stayed in the evening to copy scriptures, which was not much different from their pre-marriage life.
The family tradition of the sect leader is very strict. As the young master of Tianxi, he was born and raised in the study pavilion since he was a child. He is rarely arranged to go down the mountain by the sect leader.
Although Yun Rong was not subject to the education and control of the sect master, most of what he did when he came down the mountain was to eliminate demons and help the Taoist.
Like today, it was the first time in their lives that the two of them traveled far together and took a boat ride to see the five lakes and nine states.
The rules for climbing Penglai are to return to earth and see the world, and to enter the world with a body of mortals to refine your heart.
Unlike in the past, Yun Rong traveled to all the countries in the world. No matter how far away she was, she could escape with her sword in a matter of days. It had been a hundred years since she became an immortal. When would someone carry her up the mountain?
For a moment, Yun Rong felt a little strange. After visiting the legendary fairy mountain and ancient land, he became a mortal again.
The husband of her young master was an upright and upright person. Although Yun Rong knew that she was a married woman, she could not miss the wind and the moon day after day by his side.
So even now, she didn't have any shame and lay down openly.
The temperature was just right when the rain fell on the mountain and the gentle breeze blew. The fine rain fell on the paper umbrella without making any sound.
Balian was not walking fast. A paper umbrella, mottled figures overlapping each other, and two rows of deep and shallow footprints on the ground soaked by the green rain, gradually moved away.
The Xue Xue Sword was slung behind Yun Rong, the light blue sword tassels hanging from her shoulders, and the soft tassels falling on his ears.
Balian seemed to feel some itching, and his ears kept twitching.
This little movement caught Yun Rong's eyes, and she found it a bit interesting. She didn't expect that his ears were as sensitive as cat ears.
"Junior brother." She called softly.
"Yeah." Balian responded.
"Junior brother, the crowning ceremony is coming soon. I should have gone to Zhongyou to pick up the empress first, but because of my imprinting the sword spirit, I delayed such an important matter. I'm afraid the empress will blame you."
Balian smiled: "No, my mother once said in the letter that she is not in good health this year and does not need to travel far to Tianxi. Since she told me so, I guess there is no use in picking her up."
Yun Rong saw that he seemed sad and sad, so he guessed that the sect leader and Empress Yingji might have had bad feelings again.
The couple had been extremely loving for the first few years since they got married. As time went by, due to some sectarian prejudices in the world, the two gradually drifted apart and drifted further and further apart.
She remembered that on the eve of her wedding to her junior brother, Empress Yingji received the good news and worked all night to embroider the couple's wedding clothes with her own hands, and came to Baituo Mountain one day in advance.
But before she arrived at Dongli Xiaozhu, she met the sect leader. Before the two could exchange a few words of greeting, they started arguing fiercely.
The sect master burned the pair of dresses in anger. Yun Rong didn't know what happened next. He only knew that on the day of the wedding, the empress was not in the Tianxi Sword Sect's auditorium. Even if the marriage was held in the hall, the sect leader was the only one. .
The arms around his neck tightened, and she said softly: "It doesn't matter, after the crowning ceremony of junior brother is over, it will be the same for you and me to go to Zhongyou to visit the empress."
Bai Lian looked at her sideways, his eyes treacherous: "I quietly told my senior sister that my mother said that when your sword spirit matter is settled, she will let me take you to Zhongyou Small House to stay for a while. Prepare a crowning ceremony for me in advance that is different from the one at Baituo Mountain. Let’s go quietly and not let my father know about it.”
Yun Rong rubbed his twitching ears, pursed his lips and smiled: "Okay, junior brother, please don't have too high expectations of me. Although there are thousands of spirit beasts in Penglai, it is the place with the widest range of spirit beasts in the world, but I may not be able to successfully refine the sword spirit."
"But don't worry, junior brother, no matter whether it succeeds or not, I will go with you to Zhongyou and accompany you to participate in the Zhongyou Crown Ceremony."
Balian let her pinch her ears: "Senior sister is born with a sword bone and is extremely talented. Even if you can't imprint the sword spirit, you don't need to be too persistent. Whether you succeed or not, just follow your heart."
Yun Rong was surprised, she didn't expect him to say that.
Not to mention the vast number of monks in the world, even the immortals in the ninth heaven, all attach great importance to the weapon spirit.
Those who practice swords must cultivate their sword spirit, and those who practice swords must also have their sword spirit.
Whether defensive or offensive, a true monk mostly has a weapon spirit of his own.
Looking at the entire Thirteen Swords of Tianxi, she is the only one who has been unable to inscribe the sword spirit.
As Balian said, she was born with a sword bone and was highly regarded by the sword master. However, all the thirteen swordsmen had survived the tribulation and became immortals, but she never had a sword spirit of her own.
If she is a sword cultivator without a sword spirit, no matter how talented she is, her path to success will be much narrower than that of her peers.
Therefore, Sword Master Yu did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to ask Penglai Immortal to open mountains to search for beasts to help her complete the mission of the sword spirit.
It can be seen that the sword master attaches great importance to this matter.
The junior brother, who had always been respectful and respectful to his father, actually told her that there was no need to force the sword spirit, just follow your heart.
No one had ever said such a thing to Yun Rong. She blinked and said, "If I follow my junior brother's suggestion and the sect leader blames me, what should I do?"
What seemed like a frightening sentence came out of Yun Rong's mouth calmly, without any fear at all. She just simply wanted to see his reaction.
Her junior brother had always had a calm and indifferent temperament, but even when encountering demons and evil spirits in the Soul Awakening Realm attacking the mountain, he remained calm and fearless.
If there is anything in this world that can scare him, it is probably the Sect Master.
Yun Rong knew that Balian grew up under the severe whipping of the sect master. It was not because he was playful when he was young, but that the sect master was extremely strict with his outstanding only son. He would scold him if his studies were not perfect. Beat and scold.
Although he is a young master and deserves to be honored, Yun Rong has grown up all the way and only in recent years has he come to know the hardships of being a human son.
"If father is to blame..." Bailian looked up at the green leaf pattern on the paper umbrella, smiled, and said: "Then he is unreasonable. If he is unreasonable, I won't want the Sword Spirit next year. Let’s see if he still dares to get angry and curse.”
Listening to his half-joking but serious words, something seemed to tug at the tip of Yun Rong's heart. Before she could recover, the feeling passed quickly without a trace.
Although the mountain road was long, it eventually ended. When Bailian carried her to Tianhen Peak in Penglai, the rain had stopped.
After Yun Rong put away the paper umbrella, he saw two women from the mountain fairy envoys came to greet them with lanterns. Since the sword master Yu had greeted him in advance, in addition to not breaking the rules in the mountain, the Tianxi Sword Sect and Penglai could be regarded as permanent members. Have good relationships.
Since Yun Rong and Bai Lian came here to observe the etiquette, Penglai would not neglect the guests.
Under the guidance of the immortal envoy, the two of them had a dinner of spiritual fruits in the mountains. The immortal envoy in the mountain was very hospitable and took them to a natural warm water spiritual spring in the territory.
That spiritual spring was conceived by the energy of the earth, fire, and heaven. It has existed since the creation of the fairy world and is very precious.
If you are not a distinguished guest, you will rarely receive him with this spring.
The area of the hot spring is not large, only a dozen meters wide. The spring is a living spring that is endless. Although this spring is small, it nourishes thousands of living things and plants in the mountain.
After the guide angel retreated, Yun Rong looked at the hot spring pool made of snow jade and fell into deep thought.
Although she and Balian have been married for three years, they often sleep together at night.
It's just that she has a sword in her heart and has never fulfilled her duties as a wife. Instead, she somewhat bullied her junior brother because he was 'young and ignorant'.
Since he was born as a child, he has rarely left Dongli Xiaozhu. The most time he spends every day is just with the bookstore. Even when he is about to grow up, this life routine has never changed.
The Tianxi Sword Sect focuses on pure cultivation. Although the sect master never restrains his disciples, he himself is self-disciplined and austere. Therefore, as a young master, Bai Lian has not been around other nobles like other sects since he was a child. , there is a maid who serves tea and takes care of her.
At most, Yun Rong only gave instructions and took care of swordsmanship from time to time. As for the bookstore, there were all obscure and profound Taoism, Buddhism and clan sword scriptures. He didn't even have a book of human stories, let alone want to learn from them. Get things done between men and women.
He inherited his father's fine tradition, and he also had a poor temperament since childhood. He never needed anyone to wait on him when bathing and changing clothes.
Yun Rong did not focus on the way of serving. Three years have passed. Although they have a matchmaker, a matchmaker, and six beauties, they live like a fake couple.
It wasn't until today when Yun Rong looked at this hot spring that she felt subtly that this way of getting along seemed to go against the rules of husband and wife.
How did the two little immortals who led the way know about the little connection between the young master of the Tianxi Sword Sect and his wife? They knew that this spiritual spring was precious and there were rules about access control in the mountain, so they thought of sharing it with the husband and wife. Bathing in a pool is a matter of course and not a big deal.
Yun Rong had a headache for a moment and didn't know how to speak.
Balian didn't notice her troubles, and looked at the hot spring with curious eyes for a moment. Without any unnecessary thoughts or too many avoidances, he bent down and took off his boots and socks, and walked on the snow stone in a polite manner. I put my clothes neatly, took off my outer shirt, took off my hair crown, and went down to the spring to test the temperature.
Yun Rong thought for a while and said, "Junior brother, you should bathe here alone. It's getting late. I don't want to get my hair wet, so I won't go into the water today."
Bailian said in surprise: "Senior sister has always loved cleanliness. We took a boat all the way to Penglai to enjoy the rain and the wind, so we were somewhat contaminated with wind and dust. Why not wash it off? The temperature of this spring water is just right, which can drive away the coldness of the night rain."
Yun Rong thought in her heart that as her wife, it was against the rules to shirk and resist her. Not to mention taking a bath together, it was not too much to do the husband and wife ceremony at night.
Since you are married to him, why should you imitate those cool fairies who are not stained by the mortal world and put on airs to make people annoying.
Yun Rong didn't think otherwise. He walked to the spring pool and imitated Bai Lian's actions just now. He took off his boots, socks and outer robe, and entered the hot spring wearing only a white singlet.
As soon as she got into the water, her slender figure became even more slender against the thin clothes, which pressed against her slender shoulders and well-defined back, forming a perfect and attractive frame.
Fortunately, Bailian didn't ask to take off the thin shirt on his body, which made Yun Rong secretly relieved.
But after she breathed a sigh of relief, she couldn't help but feel a little helpless and ridiculous about her state of mind.
Having practiced Taoism for hundreds of years, she prides herself on the beauty of the world. The worldly etiquette has nothing to do with her true heart. Her body is like an idle cloud, and her heart is like flowing water. There is no need to suffer from the seven emotions of this world.
But her current state of mind was telling her that she was just an ordinary woman after all. It turned out that she would also become confused and nervous in front of a man of the opposite sex, bathing in the same water together.
Balian looked at her wet hair in the water and said warmly: "It's okay if you get your hair wet. I'll just use magic to steam it dry for senior sister when I get back."
Yun Rong hummed and wanted to take off the crown and wash her hair.
Unexpectedly, Balian suddenly committed himself, reached into the water, and groped towards her.
As soon as his toes were touched by his fingertips, Yun Rong shrank her legs subconsciously, looked at him in confusion, tilted her head and asked, "Junior brother, what are you doing?"
Bailian squatted in the hot spring, his long and handsome eyebrows were very handsome, and his eyebrows were wet by the spring water. He looked very good: "Senior sister is not good at physical training. I walked on the mountain road for a long time today. I saw you secretly rubbing it several times. Your legs must be tired from walking. Let me rub them for you to relieve the soreness and fatigue. Otherwise, when you wake up tomorrow, the fatigue will be in your bones and you will suffer a lot.
Tomorrow, senior sister will go to Fengzhi Island to choose spiritual beasts. There will be a hard battle. My father only asked for one spot to enter the island, so I will definitely not be able to accompany him. "
After hearing this, Yun Rong couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
After being married to him for such a long time, she has not fulfilled her duties as a wife and taken care of his daily food and daily life.
Now, he was caring for her with tenderness and consideration. For a moment, it seemed that their identities had switched places.
Staring at the name of the young master's wife, enjoying the young master's treatment...
No matter how big-hearted Yun Rong was, he would not be so shameless.
Just as she was about to refuse, Balian noticed her hesitation, lowered her head and smiled softly, then gently reached out and held her beautiful feet in his hands, placing her soles on her feet with some cherishment and care. On his own lap.
"Since I am senior sister's husband, I can't usually care for my wife like Sect Master Su. If I don't care about such a trivial matter, then I'm really a bastard."
Yun Rongwan never thought that he would have such thoughts of self-blame, he frowned and said: "Since junior brother got married, junior brother has suffered a lot for me and never said a harsh word to me. How can he know that he Not enough care."
Balian shook his head, his eyelashes drooped lightly, and his deep eyes hid his thoughts that only he knew. He looked up at Yun Rong and said seriously: "Not enough. It will be very difficult for me, senior sister, to marry me."
Yun Rong also felt that it was hard for him to marry a woman like herself who was neither gentle nor considerate.
She originally thought that getting married was a very unfree thing, but after marrying him, what she once had never changed for a moment, and he gave her what she never had.
Just like in the past, if her hands were sore and tired from practicing swordsmanship, no one would be willing to rub her shoulders and legs to relieve her fatigue.
Looking at his serious expression, Yun Rong couldn't help but laugh. She stretched out her wet fingers and pinched his cheek: "I have never felt bitter when I can discuss swords with my junior brother every night until dawn."
Balian lowered his head and kneaded and massaged her carefully. His voice was slow but solemn: "I am willing to discuss swords with my senior sister for the rest of my life."
His voice was light, like a light feather. When Yun Rong heard the words, for some reason, when he heard the word 'lifetime', he felt that weird feeling of gentle tugging in his heart again.
Balian's kneading technique was gentle and powerful, which made her feel extremely comfortable. He rubbed away the soreness in her ankles, gradually relaxing her mind, and she gradually fell asleep leaning against the spring stone.
Afterwards, Yun Rong was steamed dry by him, and put on a clean robe without realizing it.
Balian held her small socks and soft boots in his hands, hugged her sideways, and walked out of the hot springs, making a silent gesture to the two angelic women who had been waiting for a long time.
Finally, under the envious eyes of the two angels, he carried her back to the room.
