Hear the familiar young voice behind him.
Chen Xixiang turned around in surprise:
"Cui Ning?"
Behind him were four yellow and black horses. There was a person on each horse. They were all the same disciples who came to Qingcheng Mountain with him.
Cui Ning has the best bones, followed by Zhao Wenjing, Zhao Wenjing's cousin Zhao Chongyang, and finally Ning Changge.
After Chen Xixiang reined in his horse and stopped.
Cui Ning and others rushed over.
Chen Xixiang didn't wait to ask.
Cui Ning said in a gentle mood: "I have been practicing on the mountain for a year, but I have not been able to break through the level of the spinal dragon. The master said that I am missing a spirit in my cultivation, so he asked me to go down the mountain to have a look. The mountains, rivers and land of China.”
At this point, his tone changed with a hint of regret:
"A few days ago, someone from Wenjing's family received news that his father had passed away, so he followed me down the mountain."
Finally, he said: "Before going down the mountain, I heard at the Affairs Hall that you had taken on a mission down the mountain, so I thought I might meet you on the way, but I didn't expect to actually catch up with you."
After hearing this, Chen Xixiang first whispered comfort to Zhao Wenjing and Zhao Chongyang: "My condolences to you two senior brothers."
Zhao Wenjing was in a low mood, but she still put on a bitter smile and said, "Thank you."
At this time, Zhao Chongyang and Ning Jiuge, who were standing by, had somewhat inexplicable expressions in their eyes.
Obviously, if Cui Ning didn't have the best relationship with Chen Xixiang and heard that Chen Xixiang was also going down the mountain before going down the mountain, he would have chased after him.
Otherwise, based on their relationship with Chen Xixiang, they had already decided to give up after their first attempt to persuade Chen Xixiang to leave the Scripture Pavilion a year ago failed.
Since Chen Xixiang himself doesn't live up to expectations, they are not Chen Xixiang's parents and there is no need to worry about it.
It is expected that in the future, as their cultivation progresses further and further, apart from borrowing scriptures from the Sutra Pavilion, they will not have many opportunities to meet each other.
But I didn’t expect that I would encounter them on the way down the mountain this time.
Cui Ning tried his best to keep his tone clear of the arrogance that many true disciples have towards ordinary disciples. He said in a gentle tone: "It just so happens that our fellow disciples are going down the mountain together. I don't know where you are going. Maybe we can travel with you for a while."
Although he didn't say it out loud.
But the hidden meaning can be understood by everyone present.
Obviously, he planned to take more care of Chen Xixiang among his colleagues. After all, the situation at the foot of the mountain was complicated, and there was no guarantee that he would not encounter any problems along the way.
A few of them have gained the respect of famous teachers, and now Cui Ning has almost touched the "Spine Dragon" in the fourth realm of the physical body. Zhao Wenjing has also cultivated Yi Bone within a year and is close to Yi Marrow.
On the contrary, this "unsatisfactory" junior brother who has been wasting his time in the Sutra Pavilion for the past year, no need to think about it, knows that this year, he is probably not even as good as Ning Jiuge and Zhao Chongyang.
Chen Xixiang smiled slightly but said nothing, let alone rejected the kindness, and said: "I am going to Xiangyang. Where are you going? If we are traveling together, we might as well talk to each other more on the way."
When Cui Ning heard Chen Xixiang's tone of not caring about his current identity, he felt relaxed and said: "We are going to a village outside Lin'an City called Zhaojiacun. Wenjing and Chongyang are both from Zhaojiacun, so I will follow them first. have a look."
After that, he thought again: "Xi Xiang, what is your mission? Why don't you go to Zhaojiacun with us first, and then we can help you complete the mission."
Chen Xixiang waved his hand and said with a smile: "My task is very simple. If everyone is qualified to go with me, it will be too much work."
Ning Jiuge and Zhao Chongyang looked at each other silently after hearing this, shaking their heads secretly in their hearts.
Sure enough, it’s still a good thing.
At the beginning, they thought that Chen Xixiang was mostly because of his poor qualifications but good reputation. Then they were shocked by the results and wanted to give up on themselves.
Looking back now, it still looks the same.
Obviously if he and others wanted to help him, they could easily let him complete the task, but in the end they didn't appreciate it.
That's not bad.
The masters are right, there is no need to stumble over trivial matters and favors. These small causes and effects should have been taken lightly on the road of spiritual practice.
It seems that I have to find time to have a good talk with Cui Ning. There are some things that I should look away from.
After Cui Ning heard Chen Xixiang's polite refusal, he showed a helpless smile, then he didn't care and said:
"Then let's go together for a while first."
They have been down the mountain for seven or eight days, and have already left the six states of Qingcheng Mountain. It is estimated that they will be separated in less than a day or two and go east and west.
Seeing the sun setting in the west.
The dome of the official road is filled with the golden glow of sunset, as if the sky is drunk, and a red blush is produced at the end of the ground. This scene is also intoxicating to the eyes.
We haven't seen each other for more than half a year. In addition to chatting about Qingcheng Mountain on the way, when we came down the mountain this time, everyone was curious about the mountain, and inevitably talked about a major event that happened recently.
Cui Ning looked to the north of the Song Dynasty and thought of the man he had heard about on the mountain: "Master told me to be careful of people from the Kingdom of Jin when I went down the mountain. I heard that some time ago, the Five Saints of the Central Plains fought with the No. 1 in the world in Changbai Mountain. After the Demon War, it seems that because of some changes in that battle, many forces from the Jin Kingdom began to quietly infiltrate the Central Plains, and there were also undercurrents among the major factions in the Central Plains."
Zhao Wenjing exclaimed at this time: "If nothing else, the old Black Mountain demon is really terrifying. We, the Five Saints of the Central Plains, are headed by the Confucianists Cheng and Zhu in the dynasty, and also include Yue Wumu, and Quanzhen Nan Er. Ancestors Zhang Ziyang and Bai Yuchan attacked him together, but they were each injured and failed to kill him."
"With such a terrifying cultivation level, this old Black Mountain demon deserves to be the best demon in the world!"
After hearing the words, Chen Xixiang also had thoughts in his mind.
This "battle between good and evil", which was called the most important event in the Central Plains of the Song Dynasty some time ago, even though he did not go out in the Qingcheng Sutra Pavilion, he heard it mentioned by many fellow disciples who came to borrow Taoist scriptures.
It is said that a peerless great demon was born in the black water of Changbai Mountain, named Black Mountain Old Demon. His ferocious flames dominate the world, and he is the god of the Jin Kingdom outside the territory of the Song Dynasty.
For this reason, people in the Song Dynasty often referred to the Kingdom of Jin as "demon gold" or "demon people of the Jin Kingdom".
But when Chen Xixiang heard about the reputation of this peerless monster in the Sutra Pavilion, he vaguely realized that this old Black Mountain monster was definitely not the monster transformed from the Black Mountain in A Chinese Ghost Story.
But a more terrifying existence.
At this time, on the way, I heard Cui Ning and others talking about the "Black Mountain Old Demon vs. the Five Saints of the Central Plains" some time ago.
Chen Xixiang's thoughts fluctuated in his heart:
"I don't know if this old demon just has the same name, or if he is really the one who controls the movement of heaven in the legend..."
…………
It will be dark.
Chen Xixiang and four others from his sect walked into a city in the north of the Song Dynasty called Xiangzhou while chatting about anecdotes about China's rivers and lakes and some rumors about various sects.
"Let's find an inn to rest and stay."
Several people led the horses to an inn. Before entering, Chen Xixiang saw the "Danding" pattern embroidered on the cloth bags hanging on the two horses at the door of the inn.
Completely true.
Cui Ning also saw it later.
Ning Jiuge hesitated and spoke slowly:
"It seems that there are Taoist priests of the Quanzhen lineage in this inn."
Nan Zhengyi.
Bei Quanzhen.
These are the two sources of Taoism that divide the Central Plains Taoism into two.
Their Qingcheng sect is a branch of Zhengtianshifu. It preaches in the thirty-six states in the south and has many followers.
However, except for the Zhengyi who was the dominant one in that era of the Ancestral Heavenly Master, all subsequent dynasties were suppressed by Quanzhen. Whether it was incense or Taoist temples, the Zhengyi lineage was at a disadvantage everywhere.
Zhao Wenjing snorted coldly when she heard this:
"What are you afraid of? We've already reached the door. Do we still have to go around? It really seems like I'm afraid of him at every door."
With that said, several people handed the horses to the waiter and walked into the inn.
