Qian Chao and Lu Pingchuan were the last two to get off the bronze carriage.
After getting off the bus, Qian Chao found that all the children who came together were standing in front of a large hall. There is a black lacquer plaque hanging on the hall, with three large gilt characters "Chun Xiang Hall" on it. Several young people in green shirts were looking at the children who had just arrived under the plaque, and they did not see the old man named Tang who sent them here again.
Seeing all these children getting out of the carriage, a young man in blue shirt drove the carriage away, and then a man in blue shirt who looked older stood up, cleared his throat and said to everyone:
"Junior brothers and sisters, this is the Young Ming Valley. According to the rules of the sect, before officially entering the sect, you have to practice here for one year, go through the body refining period and enter the Qi refining period. Once you can enter the Qi refining period, You will then be able to officially enter the sect.
Since Master Tang traveled very quickly, you are also the first ones to arrive here. It is estimated that the uncles and uncles who are in charge of the other first-level selections will arrive within a few days. When everyone arrives, there will be senior brothers sent by the sect to give you enlightenment lectures. You have worked hard all the way. Just take a rest for a few days. "
Later, the senior brother made some arrangements for everyone here. For example, the Chunxiang Hall behind them is actually the place where everyone eats. After all, these children still need three meals a day, so whenever the cloud sign sounds, everyone can come here to eat.
The senior brother also pointed to the tallest building on the hillside in the valley and told everyone that it was Tingtao Pavilion. In the future, the sect's teaching brother would lecture everyone there. Everyone would go there when they heard the bell. Go to Tao Pavilion.
There is also the issue of accommodation. The senior brother told everyone that you can choose any house in the valley and all the practical things are ready.
Then let everyone disperse.
Qian Chao followed the crowd and walked slowly while curiously looking at this place called Youming Valley.
I have to say that in Qian Chao's opinion, the scenery in this place where he will stay for a year is still very good. The road under his feet is paved with small pebbles, winding through the valley and disappearing deep into the shade of the trees. There are many green bamboos on the roadside. Behind the bamboos grow various trees with lush foliage. Occasionally, there are green grass and red flowers in the open space, with bees and butterflies flying.
Among the bamboo branches and tree shadows, each exquisite house reveals its corner glazed tiles. All the houses are not far from the cobblestone road. At most two or three houses are clustered together, and you have to go through a section of flowers, plants, trees and bamboos to get to the next house.
The mountains on both sides of the valley are densely forested and green. The white clouds on the mountains in the distance and the birdsong in the nearby forests complement each other.
Qian Chao followed the dispersed crowd for a while and then fell in love with a house. He has been used to living in a room by himself since he was a child. When he went in, he saw that the room was not big, with a bed, a table and a chair, and the rest of the things were prepared for a person to live in. Although the furnishings A little simpler but he was still satisfied.
This place is relatively quiet, and there are not many houses nearby. There is only one larger house next to it. He made up his mind to live here. After looking at the clean and tidy table, Qian Chao put the baggage in his arms on the table, then went to the bed and stretched out his hand to press the bedding on the bed. It was not only clean but also very comfortable. He nodded with satisfaction.
As soon as he turned around, Leng Buding saw a person standing behind him, almost face to face with him. This made Qian Chao, who was unprepared, startled. When he looked carefully, he saw that it was Tang Ping.
"Hey! Why don't you make any sound when you walk? You're so scary!"
Tang Ping didn't say a word, just looked at him angrily.
"What are you doing! I liked this room first!" Qian Chao said again.
Tang Ping still didn't say a word, and still looked at him with an angry look.
Oh, I understand, Qian Chao then said to her: "Hey, I'm willing to admit defeat, but as you said, why does losing to me not count?"
Tang Ping then said bitterly: "Of course not. If you lose, you lose. But you are still a man. Why are you so stingy that you actually took them all away? Isn't it a shame?"
It turns out that Qian Chao didn't figure out Tang Ping's chess moves at first in the chess bet between the two of them, but after he became more confident, he started teasing Tang Ping, often losing to Tang Ping's preserves in three or four games. , he could win it back in one go, and he could also get a few hazelnuts from Tang Ping to eat. After several attempts, Tang Ping found out.
Being competitive, Tang Ping stopped Qian Chao from playing tricks on her and asked him to play chess with her honestly. As a result, Tang Ping lost everything when she arrived at Youming Valley.
This Tang Ping was also a greedy person. As soon as the crowd dispersed, she would come after the money tide. She planned to get some delicious food from him to satisfy her hatred even if she was cheating.
"Oh! Okay, okay, wait." With that said, Qian Chao opened the bag on the table, revealing the food box and a bag of hazelnuts inside.
Opening the food box, Qian Chao picked up a piece of candied fruit and gestured to Tang Ping.
Tang Ping, however, misunderstood and thought that this kid was going to take a piece of candied fruit to kill herself. Just when she was about to have a seizure, she saw Qian Chao stuff the candied fruit into his mouth in one gulp, and then pushed the entire food box to her. Tang Ping He immediately smiled broadly and said, "That's pretty much it, let's go!", turned around, and ran away with the food box in his arms.
Qian Chao shook his head while chewing the candied fruit in his mouth.
But as soon as I swallowed the candied fruit, I heard noises from the larger house next to me. It seemed that several people were living in it. When I was thinking about going out to see who was living in, I heard another voice coming from the opposite house. Loud voices.
"Hey! Hey! There's an empty bed, so I'll stay here. There are a lot of people and it's lively." Without looking, you knew it was Lu Pingchuan when you heard Qian Chao's loud voice. At this time, Qian Chao had already walked out of his house, stood at the door and looked inside the house.
The children in this car all came together, so they naturally recognized Lu Pingchuan and Qian Chao. Originally, Lu Pingchuan was a rude and reckless person, and no one dared to offend him. They all felt that it would be okay if they just followed him, but this guy Everyone was aware of the snoring on the road. If they stayed here, no one would be able to sleep peacefully at night.
Those few people were thinking that there were a lot of empty houses in the valley now, and they were looking for some reason to change houses quickly to avoid this scary guy. Unexpectedly, they looked up and saw Qian Chao walking out of the adjacent house. , I really didn’t expect that vicious little evil star still lived next door. Now no one could stay in the house. They all ran away with oil on their soles. Only Lu Pingchuan was left there muttering: "What's the matter?" Run away, you bunch of boring guys!”
When Qian Chao was trying to figure out which of these guys had been scared away, Lu Pingchuan saw it and called to Qian Chao: "Brother Qian, you are also looking for a place to stay. Come, there are still many empty beds here."
Naturally, Qian Chao didn't want to hear Lu Pingchuan's snoring at night, so he pointed to his cabin and said, "Brother Lu, I can't get used to living in a big room. I feel empty. I live next door and we are neighbors."
"That's good, let's take care of each other in the future." Lu Pingchuan said, putting the big bundle on the bed, and then said to Qian Chao, "Brother Qian, come, the meat I brought from home is all made by my mother. Yes, it’s delicious, come and try it.”
Li Jian and Qian Chao have similar backgrounds. Although their respective families are both civilized and military, they are both considered wealthy families in the world. They have been served by people since they were young. Li Jian is more strict. After all, the Li family governs their families by military rules, and the Li family The daily life of the disciple is the same as in the army, and many things have to be taken care of by oneself. Both of his parents died when he was young. Although there are elders to take care of him at home, he is used to living alone. He followed the immortal master to Youming Valley, all the way. I had already looked down on those rich-faced children of aristocratic families, so I looked for a single-occupancy house. After entering, I took a quick look and made up my mind to live there.
After settling down, Li Jian began to worry about the war in Luo Jingcheng. After all, his two closest relatives were still there.
He didn't know about the elixir gifted by Senior Tang before leaving. He thought that his second uncle was seriously injured and was in a coma and his grandfather was old and weak. He didn't know what the safety of Luo Jing City was now. If he goes by what the immortal master said, now that he has come to the Five Spirits Sect, has the crisis in Luo Jingcheng been resolved?
Thinking of this, he wanted to know who wanted to kill him. There were corpses everywhere in Luojing City and rivers of blood. Could it be that he had caused all this? What is there behind the conflict between the two countries that I still don’t know?
Li Jian couldn't understand all this with his current knowledge. He was tormented in his heart now. He wished he could step back to Luo Jing City, but he also knew that he could only make the Li family more safe here. I was bored, so I just sat there holding my sword in silence.
Yanxuan walked around in a daze, holding her own baggage. Her past experiences made her feel somewhat at a loss here. Even though she was always bullied at home, she still had her mother here. As long as her mother was there, she would feel at ease. But now I don’t know anyone around me, they are all unfamiliar faces.
Oh, not entirely. Where did the little girl named Tang Ping in the lake blue dress go?
She was the only one who was kinder along the way. She took the initiative to let him sit next to her. As long as she was not playing chess, she would talk and chat with him. Although Yanxuan had no experience in reading people, he instinctively felt that Tang Ping was not harmful to him. Xinyan, but as soon as the senior brother finished speaking and the crowd dispersed, Tang Ping completely disappeared.
well! It would be great if she was here. Now that I am at a loss, I can at least ask her. That girl obviously knows a lot more than me. Thinking of this, Yanxuan looked around again, but still didn't see the lake-blue figure.
"This girl!" Several young ladies of about the same age on the roadside suddenly greeted Yanxuan.
Yanxuan wasn't sure if he was being called, but he was the only woman nearby, so he probably was calling her, so he stopped and looked over suspiciously.
On a small slope by the roadside is a side-by-side house that looks like it can accommodate several people. Several young ladies in bright and luxurious clothes were looking at her with smiles. The one in the most beautiful dress was the one who called out to her.
"Are you calling me?" Yanxuan asked timidly.
"Yes! It seems that this girl hasn't found a place to live yet. How about we sisters live together. We can also be companions in the future and have someone to talk to, right?" The beautiful young lady said with a smile.
Yanxuan was a little hesitant at this time. He didn't want to go. He was really lonely. Go, and I feel that I don’t know any of them, but I still think it would be great if I could find that Tang Ping. Although that Tang Ping is a little bit spicy, she is still relatively familiar. Just as he was hesitating, he heard someone talking behind him. To his surprise, it was Tang Ping who he had never found.
"Hey, are you looking for servants to order or personal maids?" Tang Ping was holding the food box snatched from Qian Chao behind Yanxuan and looking at them with disdain. A little lady.
"Hey! What did you say!" The young lady who was talking to Yanxuan immediately lowered her face and scolded him.
"What are you talking about? Humph, do you not understand or are you pretending to be stupid? Do you think I don't know? If my sister Yan lives with you, I'm afraid you will have an extra girl to call your orders in the future, right? In addition to daily life Sasou, I don’t know how many of your own things you still want to push to her, did I say something wrong?"
Tang Ping's words were not wrong at all. These young ladies had exactly this idea. When they were at home, they were rich ladies, and they were served by people inside and outside. Although it was a good thing for him to come to the Five Spirits Sect, it was an annoying thing not to be able to bring all the maids and women. None of these eldest ladies had ever served him.
So when they saw Yanxuan, who was dressed in civilian clothes and had a cowardly look on her face, they planned to bring her to live with them. In this way, some trivial chores and rough things in the future will be left to her, and I can feel less relaxed. If she doesn't want to, just give her some favors or scare her with glares. It's very easy to deal with a little girl who is obviously born in the world and has never seen much of the world.
Unexpectedly, the idea was very good, and when he was about to succeed, he didn't want to show up halfway.
The little lady who was confronting Tang Ping was about to get angry, but a clever person came up from behind and whispered a few words in her ear. Then, the little lady just said: "I don't know how to praise!" and turned around to talk to her. The rest of the people entered the house.
Tang Ping did not let them go, and said loudly: "Don't look down on others, look down on this, look down on that, be careful of being too narrow-minded and too small, and you won't even be able to enter the inner door in the future. If you want to call us Senior Sister, I don’t know what you will look like at that time.”
With a "bang" sound, the carved wooden door of the house was slammed against the door frame.
"Okay, Miss Tang, let's go." Yanxuan hurriedly came over and grabbed Tang Ping.
When Tang Ping scolded those young ladies, except for the "inner sect" thing, which she didn't know clearly, she understood the rest. It seemed that their plan was thwarted by Tang Ping. She was grateful but didn't want Tang Ping to offend others for her sake, so she wanted to leave quickly with Tang Ping.
"Fortunately, I caught up with you, otherwise those little girls would have succeeded. Sister Yan, look, I just went to get it from that brat. It was very delicious. That brat was too stingy. He wanted to run away after winning. , how can it be so cheap!" Tang Ping proudly showed off the food box in her arms to Yan Xuan.
Yanxuan didn't care about the food box and the delicious food in it. She wanted to find a place to live now. "Miss Tang, let's find a place to stay first." Now Yanxuan really wants to live with Tang Ping.
"Don't worry, Sister Yan, come with me. There are fewer people here and more houses. There must be a good place for us to live. Just follow me."
The two little girls walked for a while, and Tang Ping led Yanxuan to a house. This was one of the few independent houses in the valley. It was surrounded by flowers and trees and was very elegant and secluded. Unexpectedly, Yanxuan was a timid person. He looked at this lonely hut nearby and couldn't help but feel a little worried. There must be some people nearby to make it safer, so he said to Tang Ping next to him: "It's too secluded here. some."
"Sister Yan, there are more men than women here, so it's just right here. Do you think there are so many gangsters nearby making noise here? Besides, with me here, what are you afraid of? Come on, come on." Freeing up one hand, he pulled Yanxuan toward the house.
Yanxuan thought that what Tang Ping said made sense, so he let Tang Ping pull him into the house.
When she arrived at the house, Tang Ping stretched out a white finger and scratched it on the table. After seeing that there was no dust on her finger, she nodded with satisfaction and put the food box in her arms on the table. He stood on the table and looked around at the other furnishings in the room, such as shelves, boxes, cabinets, chairs, beds and the floor. He nodded with satisfaction and said to Yanxuan, "Although it's not as good as at home, it's not bad." ”
Yanxuan looked around and said, "It's better than the one my mother and I live at home." He also put his baggage on the table.
Tang Ping saw an empty vase on the window next to the table. Thinking that there were many wild flowers nearby, she picked up the vase and said, "I'm going to pick some flowers." Then she ran out.
Yanxuan put his luggage in a cabinet in the house. There were several neatly folded blue robes in the cabinet. It seemed that they were prepared for the disciples who had just arrived here. The style was the same as those of those disciples who had just arrived. The sect brother in charge is dressed somewhat similarly, but it seems that the clothes prepared here are not differentiated between men and women.
He took out two pieces, compared the sizes and put them on the bed. Just when he was thinking about whether to go out and see Tang Ping, he saw the girl running in from outside in a hurry and placing a bottle of brightly blooming wild flowers on the table. On the way, he saw water drops still hanging on the outside of the vase, so he asked Tang Ping: "Is there a pond near us?"
"No, there is a mountain spring next to us, which is very clean."
Yanxuan sat at the table and took care of the flowers in the vase.
However, Tang Ping picked up the blue robe that Yanxuan had put on the bed and looked at it. While comparing the measurements, she said, "This shabby robe is still so ugly. You can't tell the difference between a man and a woman when you put it on." Then she threw down the robe and jumped into the air. He threw it on the bed, buried his face in the quilt and stretched out comfortably, then exposed his face and looked at Yanxuan.
Although Na Yanxuan was plainly dressed in a commoner skirt and hairpin, when viewed from the side, he had an Emei-shaped face. The skin around his neck was as fair as jade. He couldn't help but murmured: "Sister Yan, you are so beautiful. I really don't know who will be lucky in the future." Guy."
Yanxuan's face turned red after hearing this, and he couldn't help turning his head and said: "Don't talk nonsense."
"Ha!" Tang Ping sat up from the bed, swinging her feet unladylikely by the bed, and asked Yanxuan, "Sister Yan, what are you thinking about?"
"Me? I didn't think about anything." Yanxuan said.
"Hmph! Don't try to lie to me," Tang Ping jumped out of the bed, pulled up a chair and sat next to Yan Xuan. She spread her arms on the table and tilted her head on her arms to watch. Yanxuan.
"Don't tell me, let me guess what you are thinking," she glanced at Yanxuan's face a few times and said, "Sister Yan, you must be homesick for your parents, right?"
Yanxuan sighed softly, followed Tang Ping's example, put his arms on the table and rested his head on it, and said, "Well, I miss my mother." After saying that, she tilted her head and looked at Tang Ping and asked again, "What about you, Miss Tang, don't you miss your family?"
"Wait a minute," Tang Ping tilted her head and stretched out a finger towards Yanxuan, "Sister Yan, don't always call me Miss Tang, Miss Tang. You are three years older than me, so I call you Sister Yan." , you always call me Miss Tang, it seems so lively, well, just call me... call me A Ping, my family all calls me that."
Yanxuan smiled when he heard this and said: "Okay, I will call you A Ping from now on."
"That's right!" At this point, Tang Ping sat up straight from the chair and said a little seriously: "Sister Yan, what's the use of being homesick? There are only two ways to go home to see your parents."
"What two methods?" Yanxuan asked quickly.
"One is to officially enter the Five Spirits Sect and become an inner disciple. When your cultivation reaches the foundation-building stage, you will be freer and can go home to visit your family. However, this requires many years of practice to achieve. Generally, it takes After more than ten or twenty years, or even longer, some people will never reach that point in their lifetime. It’s another kind of thing.”
Having said this, Tang Ping glanced at Yanxuan, who was looking thoughtful, and continued, "The other option is that you cannot become a formal disciple of the Wuling Sect here, and then you have to stay in the Wuling Sect as an outside disciple for five years. Within these five years, you have to do menial work in exchange for support from your master, and you have to practice on your own. If you still can't break away from body refining and enter qi refining, you will be sent back to your hometown by the Five Spirits Sect."
Yanxuan didn't understand what Tang Ping meant about the inner and outer doors, Qi refining, body refining, and foundation building, but she understood the other meanings, that is, no matter what, for a long period of time, She must stay here and endure the pain of leaving home.
However, the latter method mentioned by Tang Ping obviously cannot become the legendary immortal and be sent back. If that is the case, she will be sent back five or six years later. At that time, she will be the age of marriage and leave home. What my ex-mother said: "There are some things, if I don't do this, my mother can't decide."
This was probably what her mother was worried about. She was most worried that she would be like her in the future, marrying an inhumane person. If that was the case, Yanxuan didn't dare to think about what would happen to her, so she sighed softly. I think it's better to stay. At least if you stay here and truly become an immortal, not only you, but also your mother's life will be much easier.
Then, try to become an immortal, Yanxuan thought secretly in his heart.
