Huaining County is located in the hinterland of Yeguo, with an area of more than 800 miles. Due to the numerous lakes in the county, pleasant climate, beautiful scenery, and several rare specialties, it has attracted many people to settle here.
Feilei City is located at the westernmost end of Huaining County.
This place got its name because during thunderstorms, lightning often cuts across the sky like sharp swords and lingers for a long time. The city is not big, and there are only tens of thousands of people who live here permanently. There are many nearby villages and towns, so people from Feilei City come and go. , quite prosperous.
Fifty miles north of the city, there is a mountain called Feilei Peak, which is more than 4,500 meters high. The peak is shrouded in clouds and mist all year round.
If we say that there is some mountain fog on high mountains, it is normal. However, the mountain fog on Feilei Peak persists all year round. Over time, it has attracted some people who seek immortality and Taoism to explore inside.
People who first enter the mountain mist often come out confused on the same day.
But I don’t know when people enter the mountain fog again. They are often trapped for several days, until they are exhausted and faint, and then they appear inexplicably at the foot of the mountain. Some are discovered in time and survive. Some are...
As a result, most people who seek immortality and Taoism have stopped thinking about exploring the mountains and fog.
"It's amazing to chase Yunzhou for thousands of miles. This place is five or six thousand miles away from our Xianhe sect. We'll be there in two days!" On Feilei Peak, in an antique room, the young man in gray had a look on his face. Marvel.
The young man who spoke was quite strong, wearing a long-sleeved gray coat with clouds and cranes embroidered on the chest. He had an ordinary appearance and a dark complexion. His biggest feature was his wide forehead.
Sitting on the futon beside him was a young man with a long sword on his back. This young man had a water curtain-like aura surging like a tidal wave around his body. There were two white air dragons floating around at the ends of his nose.
After hearing the words of the young man in gray, the young man's aura was restrained and he slowly opened his eyes.
"The Thousand Miles Chasing Cloud Boat is Senior Brother Wan's top-grade flying magic weapon. This is how it should be."
The young man has sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, a handsome and fair face, and a slender figure. He is also dressed in gray clothes, but there is a hint of a worldly look. As he speaks, he glances at the door of the room inadvertently.
This young man's name is Gu Qing, and the gray-clothed young man's name is Zhao Tieshan. Both of them are outer disciples of the Xianhe Sect, a small immortal sect in Ye Country.
The Xianhe Sect, located in the Huifeng Valley in the northwest of Ye Country, together with the Ziyun Sect and the Jinyang Sect, occupy the spiritual veins underground in the Huifeng Valley.
During this trip, Gu Qing and the two of them were invited by Xi Mengyun, an inner disciple of the Ziyun Sect, to return to their hometown to visit their relatives.
They and Xi Mengyun were from different batches of immortal seedlings from Huaining County. However, Gu Qing and the other two had poor spiritual aptitudes and entered the outer sect of the Xianhe Sect, while Xi Mengyun entered the inner sect of the Ziyun Sect due to their good spiritual aptitudes. .
Gu Qing thought that the mountains were high and the roads were far away. With his cultivation at the third level of Qi Refining, if he had to travel six thousand miles by himself, he might not be able to make the round trip in a few months, so he accepted Xi Mengyun's invitation.
Dong dong dong...
"The master of the temple invites all the immortal disciples who have come from afar to return to the Wind Valley and come to Fei Lei Palace to have a talk."
There was a knock on the door, and then the Taoist boy's somewhat childish voice came from outside the door.
Gu Qing swayed and opened the door with a creak. The speed was so fast that the two Taoist boys in light blue Taoist uniforms outside the door were startled.
"What happened to you recently?"
Gu Qing's eyes were lowered, and he glanced at the two Taoists with his peripheral vision, his tone did not fluctuate at all.
"What...what happened?"
The older Taoist boy on the left suddenly stumbled and panicked when he heard this.
"This Taoist brother is joking. The master of the temple is a famous casual cultivator in Huaining. How can anything happen to Feilei Temple with him in charge?"
The skinny Taoist boy on the right, who looked about thirteen or fourteen years old, had a low eyebrow and replied in a neither humble nor condescending manner.
Gu Qing took a deep look at the thin Taoist boy and nodded expressionlessly.
"Didn't you, the master of the temple, invite me to go to Fei Lei Palace to talk about it? Please lead the way." He left the door without saying a word.
"Senior Brother Gu, what's wrong?"
In the Taoist temple, two Taoist boys were leading the way. Zhao Tieshan caught up with them, came closer and asked in a low voice.
"It's nothing, just asking." Gu Qing said casually and perfunctorily, his eyebrows furrowed slightly.
This place is called Feilei Temple. The temple's owner, Feilei Taoist, is a famous casual cultivator in Huaining County. His cultivation has reached the middle stage of foundation building.
Feilei Taoist has settled here for many years, and the long-lasting lightning nearby is the magic that Feilei Taoist displayed during his cultivation.
Among the Ziyun Sect's outer sect, there is a Tsing Yi disciple from Huaining County named Qi Changyue, who is a blood descendant of Taoist Fei Lei.
It was this woman who invited everyone to stay at Feilei Temple for a few days.
Unlike the Xianhe sect, which has three melons and two dates as its outer disciples, and does not need to be divided in such detail, the Ziyun sect has thousands of outer disciples alone.
Among these thousands of outer disciples, there are gray-clothed disciples, green-clothed disciples and black-clothed disciples. Among them, the black-clothed disciples are the deacon disciples and have the highest status, followed by the green-clothed disciples. The gray-clothed disciples are the largest in number and have the lowest status.
Silently all the way, Gu Qing and the two were led to Feilei Temple, a magnificent hall.
There were already two familiar faces in the main hall.
"Senior Brother Gu! Senior Brother Zhao!"
Liu Feng, a fat little white guy with a fat face, stood up from his seat and came over to greet her, looking extremely enthusiastic.
This little fat guy Liu Feng is a new outer disciple of the Xianhe Sect this year. He has acceptable spiritual qualifications. However, for some unknown reason, he has not broken through to the first level of Qi refining even after being introduced for almost half a year.
One after another spiritual meals were brought up by the Taoist boys who came and went, some of which Gu Qing had seen before, and many more that he had never seen before.
"In your opinion, you are very wealthy. Just the three items on this table: Blood Lotus Root, Monkey Brain, and Golden Honey. I'm afraid not even ten low-grade spiritual stones in the market can afford it." Gu Qingsi With emotion, he shook his head.
The Taoist boy who led the way did not reply.
Zhao Tieshan and Gu Qing took their seats one after another, and the two Taoist boys who led the way stepped back with relief.
"Is this spiritual pig meat?"
Zhao Tieshan, who was eye-opening, swallowed his saliva, pointed to the second plate on the left, and quietly asked Gu Qing who was sitting beside him.
"Junior Brother Zhao, how many magical talismans did you bring with you this time? The Hexi County where you were born is still more than five hundred miles away from here. I think that Senior Brother Wan also has important matters and will not take us on the last journey."
Gu Qing ignored Zhao Tieshan's question, looked around the hall, and asked.
There are a dozen positions in the main hall.
At the top of the list, Taoist Fei Lei has not shown up yet, and Senior Sister Qi Changyue is also nowhere to be seen.
Xian Miao, who was born in Huaining County, has a total of eight people returning to their hometown to visit their relatives this time. In addition to Gu Qing himself, Zhao Tieshan and Liu Feng, there are Fang Xian who is drinking alone, and a young man who is concentrating with his eyes closed.
Fang Xian joined the Xianhe sect at the same time as Liu Feng. He looks like a decadent young man and seems to be about the same age as Gu Qing.
He had only been a beginner for half a year and had yet to break through to the first level of Qi refining. Unlike Liu Feng's enthusiasm, this junior brother Fang Xian just raised his eyes to look at the arrival of Gu Qing and then continued drinking.
The young man who closed his eyes and meditated was named Xu. He was an average-looking man and was dressed in long-sleeved gray clothes. He was an outer disciple of the Ziyun Sect like Qi Changyue, but he was the lowest-ranked gray-clothed disciple. He was at the fourth level of Qi Refining. He has a withdrawn personality. When he was on the boat flying thousands of miles away, he didn't say a word for two days.
"Senior Brother Gu, don't worry. This time, Junior Brother, I have brought four magic talismans."
Zhao Tieshan nodded, and with difficulty he looked away from the spiritual meal and looked at Gu Qing, feeling a little moved in his heart: "Senior Brother Gu, you actually remember that I was born in Hexi County!"
Two years after joining, Zhao Tieshan has not made any friends.
The outer disciples of the Xianhe Sect either looked at him like a country bumpkin and wanted to take advantage of him, or they looked indifferent and had no intention of having a close relationship with him.
After entering the school, besides Senior Brother Gu, the person who treated him best was Senior Sister Lu from the Beast Garden.
In the past three months, he has been taking care of the spiritual beasts and often goes to the Beast Garden at the outer gate.
"I just remember it." Gu Qing said calmly and calmly, "The village where I grew up is also near Hexi County, but it has long been abandoned."
While Gu Qing was talking to Zhao Tieshan, Wan Yinglong, Xi Mengyun, and Qi Changyue entered the palace one after another.
"Senior Brother Wan."
Gu Qing and Zhao Tieshan stood up at the same time and saluted with clasped fists.
