"Dong-dong-dong-"
The sound of the bell was far away and its tone was extremely deep, washing away the glitz and fatigue of the night.
Nan Xiao woke up from a deep sleep and found a pair of black cloth shoes and clothes embroidered with silver leaves beside the bed.
The sika deer has been waiting at the door for a long time, with wet eyes full of joy.
Quickly putting on her white clothes and cloth shoes, Nan Xiao trotted towards the school with the sika deer leading the way.
The fairy mountains are ethereal and the majestic peaks are dangerous.
On the gentle slope, there are lush terraces.
There are pavilions and buildings dotting the high places, and houses in the valley.
The monk in blue robe stood on the ridge of the canal, with a bright belly, waving a big cattail leaf fan and blowing the seedlings.
The early sun shines in the east, and the divine rainbow is in the sky.
Nan Xiao looked up and saw a clear spring stretching like silk in the sky.
There is a fairy in a purple dress with waterfall-like hair, driving springs in mid-air for irrigation.
Water comes from the sky and is scattered by the wind.
Nan Xiao was fascinated. She didn't expect that practice could replace human power to a certain extent, so she slowed down her running speed and admired it carefully.
Not long after, the fairy Yu Hong went away.
The wind gradually subsided and the water became sluggish.
People in gray robes came from the valley, some leading oxen, some carrying plows, yawning, and started another day of work.
Perhaps in the future, cultivators will come to loosen the soil and weed.
I didn’t see any deer this time.
Nan Xiao chased Mei Hua around the mountain road for less than half an hour.
In front of you is a jade building with about three floors.
Outside the stairs, the moss in front of the steps is thick and green.
Nan Xiao heard the sound of books on the second floor, but there were no footprints on the front steps, so she was in trouble.
"Meihua, I seem to be late, how should I get in?"
Nan Xiao rubbed her head. She was still out of breath. She did not rush up the steps to the second floor. Instead, she wiped the sweat from her forehead and asked the Sichuan Medicine Deer, who was very humane.
Her voice was low and gentle.
The sika deer shook his head, then stared at the moss on the steps, his eyes gleaming, and his four hooves moved together, ready to move forward to eat.
"Snapped!"
There was a crisp slapping sound from above.
The reading on the second floor suddenly stopped.
The sika deer whined lowly, and a silver collar appeared around its neck, binding it in place.
Nan Xiao stood nearby, not reaching out to rescue him, but looking up to find the source of all the strange things.
really!
On the second floor of the splendid jasper, there is an old man with white hair and childlike face leaning on the railing and looking down.
Nan Xiao bowed slightly, holding the full moon jade pendant in both hands, and said: "Disciple Nan Xiao, a disciple of Elder Zilu, pays homage to the Master."
"Since he is the son of an elder, why don't he understand the rules? He was late on the first day, missed the morning meal time, indulged in medicinal deer, and the moss used to warn the younger generations not to be lazy was almost destroyed!"
The old man's tone was very serious and rude, and he pointed out Nan Xiao's problem directly.
Nan Xiao did not deny it, but maintained her posture and listened quietly to the old man's teachings.
"This is your first offense, and your master is my senior brother, so you will only be punished with three precepts."
Seeing that Nan Xiao's attitude was quite upright, the old man turned his back.
The sound of books above began to ring again.
Nan Xiao stood up straight and found that the collar around the sika deer's neck had disappeared.
The bronze door on the first floor of the Jasper Building also slowly opened.
"Meihua, you go back first, you don't have to wait for me."
After saying this, Nan Xiao crossed the threshold and entered the Jasper Tower.
It's not dark inside, it's even brighter than the early morning light outside.
Except for the nine bronze hanging lamps hanging high above the head and the rotating wooden ladder in the center, there is nothing else.
After roughly scanning the overall layout, Nan Xiao quickly walked up the inner stairs to the second floor.
The layout and desk placement on the second floor are roughly the same as what Nan Xiao saw in Banyuespo Academy.
The unsmiling old man wore a green robe and held a sapphire ruler in one hand to check the lessons of the apprentices in white robes.
"Disciple Nan Xiao, a disciple of Elder Zilu, pays homage to the Master."
Seeing that the old man ignored her, Nan Xiao had no choice but to give him up again.
Suddenly, the full moon jade pendant in Nan Xiao's palm was raised by a gentle force and fell steadily back into Nan Xiao's arms.
Then the sapphire ruler in the old man's hand turned into green light and slapped Nan Xiao's palm three times.
"Crack! Crack! Crack!"
Each sound is crisper and clearer than the other.
Nan Xiao endured the heartbreaking pain and remained silent, but the tears in her eyes fell uncontrollably.
The palms, which had already developed bleeding calluses from climbing, were shattered by the green light, and the hard flesh on the skin fell to the ground along with the dirty blood.
This all happened right at the top of the stairs.
In addition to Nan Xiao, there were eight boys and girls wearing white robes sitting on bamboo benches not far away.
There are ten desks in total, arranged in two rows.
The first four rows are full, and the last two desks are still vacant.
The group of children who are about the same size as Nan Xiao are all exquisitely carved, some are white and pure, or some are round and fat, like porcelain dolls.
At this time, most of these porcelain dolls were holding their noses and their eyes were full of complaints.
The old man probably didn't expect that Nan Xiao's palm would be like this. He frowned, took out a palm-sized copper lamp from his arms, and blew the candlelight gently at the filth.
The tongues of fire swept through the hard meat and dirty blood, burning away the dirt before the burnt aroma spread, leaving only a pool of black ashes on the spot.
Putting away the copper lamp, the old man waved his wide sleeves, and the swirling wind and strands of water cleared away the scorched blackness on the ground.
The jasper floor is once again spotless.
"Find an empty seat and sit."
"Thank you, Uncle Master!"
Due to her difficult childhood and precocious intelligence, Nan Xiao calmly chose the corner seat to sit down amid the disdainful eyes of everyone.
"My name is Master Qingxuan, the cultivator of Shenqiao. In the next three months, I will guide you in your cultivation, medicine refining, and animal taming. I have already told you the instructions for the Sea of Bitterness chapter in the Taoist Scriptures. Now, If you have any questions, please ask.”
Master Qingxuan was sitting on the bamboo chair at the front, with no ruler in his hand.
"Master, I am the younger brother of Lan Yuguxian Miao, and my name is Yu Tan. What I want to ask is, is there really endless death energy in the dry sea of suffering? Why is the first step in spiritual practice is to seek death? Woolen cloth?"
Yu Tan, the boy sitting at the front, was the first to ask. Although his clothes are white like those of Nan Xiao and others, a golden leaf can be seen on his collar.
Master Qingxuan nodded, admiring Tan very much, and affirmed: "Yes, human practice is to cultivate the way of life in the land of death. The sea of suffering is death, and naturally it is all endless death energy. But the human body's wheel of life The essence escapes due to practice and eventually floats on the surface of the sea of suffering. As long as you practice further, you can make full use of the essence overflowing from the wheel of life and open up a spring of life in the sea of suffering, thus laying the foundation for the subsequent journey to the other side of the God-shaping bridge. Base."
The girl sitting in the first row with Yu Tan wore two croissant watches and muttered. She wanted to be the first to ask a question, but she was overtaken.
This did not mean that Tan continued to ask questions. The girl quickly shouted: "Master, it's my turn! I am Bao Fei, and my brother is Bao Wan. He is the childhood sweetheart of Fairy Qingcheng. Our family is here." The Wangxian Market at the west gate of Shu Road in Qingya Blessed Land is a home of merchants who provide mortal treasures to the immortals!"
Master Qingxuan opened his thin lips slightly and interrupted: "Tell me the question."
"What I want to ask you is, what is the constitution of those fairy seedlings? Why are they called fairy seedlings?" Bao Fei has a rosy face, and you can tell at a glance that she was raised in wealth, and she has the air of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers.
After hearing this question, Master Qingxuan sat up slightly and said solemnly: "The sky belongs to birds because birds have wings and are suitable for flying. Scale fish belong to rivers and seas because their breathing method is suitable for survival in water. . Tigers hunt with sharp teeth, snakes and insects possess poison..."
"The same goes for human beings. Some people are born suitable for cultivation. This type of people, whether it is the refining and movement of the essence of heaven and earth, the understanding and deduction of Tao and principles, and the deduction and appropriation of the four seasons and fortune. A step beyond ordinary people. And the best among this type of people have a natural physique. They are given special names based on the brilliant achievements of their ancestors. Such as the feathered body of Zhongzhou, the divine body of Donghuang, and the divine body of Nanling. The celestial demon body and so on, there are also the innate Tao embryos that can wield the Dao, the Pluto body that connects the underworld with visions, the lunar body and the solar body are rare in ancient times, and the chaotic body is rare in the world. Throughout the ages, except for the legendary chaotic body, the ancient The Holy Body can be regarded as one of the strongest physiques. According to legend, they are..."
When Nan Xiao heard about the ancient holy body, his body trembled, and he tried to sit forward, trying to hear clearly what was going on. However, Master Qingxuan's voice became lower and lower, and in the end it was almost inaudible.
Master Qingxuan seemed unwilling to expand on this issue, so he stopped elaborating on those special physiques that were even more powerful than the fairy seedlings.
"Master, I know the ancient holy body!"
Bao Fei slapped the case and stood up, then glanced back at Nan Xiao, then turned to Master Qingxuan and smiled sweetly: "My home is in Wangxian Market, and the dirty girl who bled just now is a beggar, a born bitch! So what if his brother is the Holy Body? He is not dead!"
Master Qingxuan did not stop him, as if he was indulging Bao Fei, and said softly: "I haven't been down the mountain for a long time, and I don't know much about these things. Can you explain it to me?"
As soon as these words came out, Bao Fei, who was originally quite reserved, was like a chicken pecking rice, and kept shaking out the stories she heard in Wangxian Market.
"His brother was the ancient holy body. He was discovered by the Yuhua Divine Dynasty and taken away! As a result, his life was cheap and he was useless than a mortal soldier. He died within a few years! The second son of the Wang family who turned to selling meat buns in Banyuepo said it himself. !" Bao Fei was very excited, concise and to the point.
Nan Xiao was sitting in the corner, feeling a little at a loss.
Angry, but she didn't dare to resist, after all, their strength was far different.
Ignore it, but she doesn't want her brother to be laughed at and slandered by others.
He wanted to make a fist, but his hand, which had been bound with a white robe, was still dripping with blood.
Nan Xiao could only sit there, clenching his teeth, looking pale, and trying his best to stay rational.
Sitting in the second row, a chubby boy laughed out loud and asked, "The second oldest child in the Wang family? What the hell is this name?"
"Hi! The eldest son of the Wang family was gored to death by a wild boar, so the second eldest son of the Wang family got scared and stopped working as a butcher. Now he specializes in buying ready-made meat and selling steamed buns instead!" Bao Fei replied loudly. She enjoyed the feeling of being supported by everyone.
In order to stir up the atmosphere, Bao Fei continued to vividly describe the tragic situation of brother Nan Xiao's death, as if she wanted to drag down the unattainable holy body in Master Qingxuan's mouth from the altar.
She grinned widely, her teeth were not fully grown, and her speech was a bit leaky.
Bao Fei, who looks as clear as morning dew on the outside, is domineering and perverse on the inside.
In the beginning, human nature is indistinguishable.
Nurture is only part of the determining factor.
Some children who have not learned to pretend are born evil.
At this time, Nan Xiao, who had been patient for a long time, was extremely angry.
She couldn't bear it anymore!
