She didn't know whether it was because she had a goal or because she wanted to get rid of her mother's fate through her own efforts. The sadness on Tang Ping's face became much lighter, but soon she realized how the girl in front of her who was three years younger than herself knew so much. ? These are things that I have never heard of.
Tang Ping leaned on the chair. The chair was not small, and her legs were swinging awkwardly. She looked at the curious Yanxuan with a smile, and said proudly: "Isn't it strange how I know this? Right? Come on!" As she said that, she opened the food box, put her head in and smelled the aroma inside, picked up a candied fruit from it and handed it to Yanxuan, then picked up another one and took a small bite, and said, "It's called Say hello to Master Tang, and I will give you your first lesson in Youming Valley."
"Wait, let me take a guess first. You must be the kind of person they say is from a family that cultivates immortals, right?" This time Yanxuan asked first without waiting for Tang Ping to speak.
Tang Ping smiled and said nothing. After stuffing the whole candied fruit into her mouth, she used her hands to conjure up a large handful of nuts and spread them out on the table. I thought I only had that little bit of delicious food, ha!" Then he took one and threw it into his mouth, motioning for Yanxuan to eat it together, and then said a little mysteriously: "Let me show you something good first." He took off a small cloth bag from his waist and placed it on the table. "Guess, what is this?"
This small cloth bag was very small and exquisitely made. The light blue satin surface was embroidered with exquisite cloud patterns. Yanxuan couldn't recognize what it was, but she guessed that it was probably a sachet, but it was a little bigger and smelled like a sachet. There didn't seem to be any strange smell.
"Is this a sachet?" Yanxuan replied.
"No." When Tang Ping answered, her big eyes had narrowed into two beautiful crescent lines. "Okay, let you see, my little baby." Then as she said that, Tang Ping reached out and untied it. The little rope tied to the little cloth bag.
"Come out, you've been bored for several days, come out and get some air." As she said that, Tang Ping stretched out a finger like a green onion to poke the small bag, "Come out quickly, don't act like a child, I just locked you up for a few days!"
The next scene made Yanxuan never forget it. She was so shocked that she leaned back on the chair and almost jumped up.
A snow-white little fox jumped out of the small bag and landed on the table with a ray of white light. Then with a slight jump, he fell into Tang Ping's arms and murmured "嘤嘤" Several times.
Tang Ping hugged the little white fox and stroked the fluffy white fur on its back and said, "Are you angry? What if someone sees you on the road and snatches you away? Right? Why are you so angry?"
The little fox ignored her, and after humping in her arms for a while, he jumped lightly and landed back on the table. He shook his fur, lowered his head and sniffed the nuts on the table, then walked over and smelled them again. Smelling the candied snacks in the food box, he put his head in and picked up a small piece of cake, then turned to look at Tang Ping.
"Foodie! I just know how to eat!" Tang Ping scolded with a smile, then she pointed at Yanxuan and said, "This is Sister Yan, go say hello."
Bai Hu hesitated for a moment, then placed the small cake in his mouth on the table, walked gently to Yanxuan, lowered his head and smelled Yanxuan's hand on the table, then squatted down in front of Yanxuan , a pair of blue eyes looked at Yanxuan curiously.
"Sister Yan, this is my little fox, named Xiao Bai." Tang Ping looked at Yanxuan who was still surprised with some pride, reached out and held Yanxuan's hand and said, "Sister Yan, don't be afraid, my Xiaobai doesn't bite." As he said this, he took Yanxuan's hand and stroked Xiaobai's pure white fur.
Girls of the same age as Yanxuan and Tang Ping usually like cute little animals like Xiaobai, so after petting him twice, Yanxuan no longer had any fear, and gently touched Xiaobai with both hands full of love. Xiaobai also raised his head comfortably and cupped it in Yanxuan's hand, then raised his head and let Yanxuan scratch his neck. His cute look made the two girls laugh.
After laughing, Yanxuan's eyes fell on the small bag on the table. The small bag was really not big, and it looked like it could barely fit one of Xiaobai's feet. Although Xiaobai was not big, it was still similar to Xiaobai's. It's about the same size as a tabby cat, how do you fit it in? She thought again of the bronze carriage she had arrived in, and her shock when she entered the carriage. The carriage did not look big from the outside, but once inside it was as spacious and bright as a palace.
Noticing that Yanxuan's eyes fell on the bag, Tang Ping said: "This is the spirit beast bag. It was given to me by my sixth grandfather, specially prepared for Xiaobai."
Tang Ping looked at Yanxuan, who had already held Xiaobai in his arms, and continued, "Sister Yan, I am indeed the kind of person who comes from a family of immortal cultivators as you mentioned. My family is in Fuquan, Jinghai Tang Family in Fuquan. You probably didn't listen. As I said, first of all, it’s too far away, and secondly, you’ve never come into contact with people who cultivate immortality before, so it’s not surprising.”
"My family is also in the medicine business. My mother is a doctor. The rare medicines she uses to treat illnesses are all shipped from your Fuquan, and they are very valuable. So I know Fuquan, but I really don't know about your family. I don’t know anymore.” Yanxuan said while hugging Xiaobai.
"Well, the Fuquan royal family's surname is Tang." Tang Ping said.
"Wow!" Yanxuan said in surprise again, "Then you are a princess?"
"No!" Tang Ping sighed and said, "But at least I am a princess. The Tang family is a relatively large family in the world of immortality. Fuquan Kingdom is completely directly controlled by the Tang family. Except for Fuquan, other people around it The Tang family also has considerable influence in several countries, and some important ministers or generals in those countries are members of the Tang family."
Seeing Yanxuan listening carefully, Tang Ping continued: "Actually, my parents have a very low status in the Tang family." Ignoring Yanxuan's surprise, Tang Ping said, "It's normal, because my father's spiritual roots are very poor. The cultivation level is also very weak, only a little stronger than ordinary people, and my mother is a completely ordinary person, with no spiritual roots and no cultivation level at all. However, my mother is a descendant of another immortal cultivating family. An alliance usually involves some descendants who have no spiritual roots but are direct blood relatives to form an alliance through marriage."
"A Ping," Yanxuan asked a little embarrassed, "What is a spiritual root?"
"This," Tang Ping was also a little confused, how to explain it to her. Tang Ping thought about it for a moment, and then said, "I really don't know this very well. Even when my sixth grandfather told me, I was confused. It's vague. It probably means that everyone in the world actually has spiritual roots, but not everyone can practice. Only those whose spiritual roots are good enough to a certain level can practice. Those who can't practice are generally said to have no spiritual roots. . Just like those trees, all trees can be regarded as wood, but some trees can be used to make the beams and pillars of the palace, some trees can be used to make tables, chairs, and benches, but some trees can only be used to make fires. "
"Oh" Yanxuan nodded with understanding, but then asked, "Then why do people without spiritual roots get married? Isn't it possible for those with spiritual roots?"
“Because for those who have the spiritual roots to practice, no one else can predict the future of their practice.
Generally speaking, monks only start to think about finding a Taoist companion after they reach the foundation-building realm. Reaching the foundation-building realm itself is a long process. Even if you reach that realm, in addition to finding a Taoist partner, you also have to consider the following: Whether the exercises practiced by two people can help each other, and whether the spiritual roots of the two people match, there are many other issues, which are very troublesome and I don’t understand them very well.
Anyway, for an aristocratic family, finding monks to find Taoist companions is a major issue for the family head to consider, while descendants who cannot practice are like chips, used by these family heads in any way that is beneficial to the family. This is the case for my father and my mother. "
"Didn't you say that your father is a monk?"
"My father is only a little better than ordinary people. His spiritual roots are not good, and no matter how hard he tries, it is in vain. He barely practiced for nearly twenty years, and was finally given up by the family. My father married my mother when she was in her thirties. , my mother was only seventeen years old at that time. My mother was born without spiritual roots. Her family did not spend any effort on her to cultivate her. When my mother reached the age of getting married, two aristocratic families wanted to Form an alliance, so that my father and my mother will get married. Moreover," Tang Ping looked at Yanxuan and said, "I didn't have spiritual roots when I was born."
"Can't, what about you?" Yanxuan meant that if he didn't have spiritual roots, how could he be brought to the Young Ming Valley of the Five Spirit Sect?
At this time, Fox Xiaobai had jumped back to the table from Yanxuan's arms and was concentrating on eating the little cake.
Tang Ping looked at Xiaobai chewing and smiled slightly: "Sister Yan, I mean I didn't have spiritual roots when I was born. When children of aristocratic families are born, they will be tested by the elders of the family to see if the child has any Spiritual roots and what kind of spiritual roots they are. The result of the test when I was born was that I did not have any spiritual roots, so I was basically abandoned by my family at that time. If this continues, when I grow up to the age of my mother, At the age of marriage, you will probably be forced to marry someone you don’t know, alas!”
Yanxuan was silent when she heard this. She thought of her mother, and she didn't expect that the situation of those who couldn't practice in those legendary immortal cultivation families was also so unsatisfactory. They were no different from ordinary people.
"Then at least you are still a princess." She said to Tang Ping.
"That's thanks to my sixth grandfather." Tang Ping said, "My grandfather's cultivation is said to be pretty good in the family. He ranks fifth among his generation. My sixth grandfather is his biological brother. My father said that my grandfather and my sixth grandfather had the best relationship. But I have never met my grandfather. In the early years, my family had a conflict with another family and fought with each other. My grandfather was seriously injured in the fight. After returning to the family, He died soon after.”
"Some people also say that my grandfather was injured because he was trying to save my sixth grandfather. I don't know about this. Anyway, my sixth grandfather takes great care of my family. Originally, my father had no hope of practicing cultivation and just ran errands in the family. It was my sixth grandfather who spoke for my father in the family that made my father become a powerful prince in Fuquan."
"Wow, your Sixth Grandpa is so awesome and treats you really well." Yanxuan said enviously.
"Do you know who my sixth grandfather is?" Tang Ping said looking at Yanxuan's pretense.
"Then how do I know?"
"It's the little old man who came to your house and brought you here!"
"It's that senior!" Yanxuan was quite surprised this time. She immediately remembered the smiling old man with white hair and beard in the courtyard of her family. He handed a jade Ruyi to her to hold. I still remember the gentle look in the old man's eyes when he looked at me.
"I heard that the person who presided over this election was a very high-status elder from the Wuling Sect. Could it be that..."
"That's right, my sixth grandfather is an elder of the Five Spirit Sect's Shuiyun Valley, and one of the chief elders of Shuiyun Valley. This time he came out to pick up these people. Originally, my sixth grandfather didn't need to come forward, and he was sent casually. An uncle who is on duty is enough, but my sixth grandfather was very restless when he came here and wanted to go out for a walk; secondly..." Tang Ping glanced at Yanxuan and said with a blush, "It's time to return to the family and take care of the past. I’m going to turn down a marriage arranged for me by my family.”
"Wow!" Yanxuan was surprised again. She looked at Tang Ping with wide eyes and asked in disbelief, "You are actually engaged. Please tell me who your husband's family is!"
"Oh, you are so annoying. I told you that my family arranged the marriage for me, but I didn't know whose family it was." Although Tang Ping knew that the person who arranged the marriage for her was a child of the Qin family, she did not want to tell her. In embarrassment, he stretched out his hand to pinch Yanxuan's waist. At this time, the two girls acted like little girls, squeezing each other, laughing and scolding each other, causing Xiaobai, who was eating cakes at the table, to stare at them curiously for a while.
"But your Grandpa Six is really nice to you!" After the quarrel, Yanxuan said while arranging his hair that was messed up by Tang Ping.
"Yes, my sixth grandfather is a genius in cultivation. His spiritual roots are not particularly good. However, he is very smart and willing to endure hardships. He also has a lot of opportunities, so he uses less than two Jiazi. In time, I became a monk in the Danjie stage. Among the entire Tang family, the sixth grandfather has the highest cultivation level, followed by the current head of the Tang family, my third grandfather."
"But I don't like him. I heard from my father that it was my third grandfather who arranged the marriage for me."
When Tang Ping said this, her tone was full of hatred. Hearing this, Yanxuan laughed again. Tang Ping was so angry that he wanted to fight, and Yanxuan quickly begged for mercy.
"By the way, you just said that you didn't have spiritual roots at first, so how come you got them again later?" Yanxuan asked curiously.
"I really don't know about this. I remember that when I was five years old, I was playing in the garden of my house. I met my father with an old man with a white beard. That was my sixth grandfather. He hugged me, and then I told my father that this child obviously has water spiritual roots, so why did the test back then say I didn’t have spiritual roots? That was the first time I heard about spiritual roots.”
"Later, he told my father that this child most likely has a physique with hidden spiritual roots. It was normal that the test did not show it at the time. It was God's will that he discovered it. Later, my father told me that he actually also had hidden spiritual roots. How old was I before I discovered that I could practice cultivation, but I started relatively late. If I had discovered it earlier, perhaps the practice would not have been so difficult. Fortunately, my father discovered his hidden spiritual root late, otherwise he would not have been able to practice. If you are good, you will definitely not marry my mother, and there will be no me." Tang Ping said with a sly smile.
"Later, my sixth grandfather refused to let me practice in the Tang family, and said that he would bring me to the Wuling Sect to practice beside him. Naturally, my father and mother were full of joy, and the elders in the family also had no objections. I just don’t want to.”
"Why is your sixth grandfather so kind to you?" Yanxuan asked in confusion.
"Well, it's okay to come to the Five Spirits Sect, but even if you come, you can't escape the clutches of that old man. You don't know how troublesome that old man is, he is stingy and greedy, picky about many things, and he is petty-minded at his age. Just like Needle Nose, not many people are willing to be his apprentice, so he sets his sights on his granddaughter. He doesn’t worry about putting any good things anywhere, and he looks at you like he is guarding against thieves. Well, one year later, It would be better to join another sect instead of going to Shuiyun Valley."
Listening to Tang Ping's continuous criticism of her sixth grandfather, Yanxuan felt a little dizzy. This was not at all the same as the old man with white hair and white hair in her impression, and then she murmured. asked: "If we don't enter Shuiyun Valley, wouldn't we go to Wuling Sect? What kind of place is Shuiyun Valley? Why do you still say we will go to another sect?"
After asking, she found that Tang Ping was looking at her blankly. She felt embarrassed again and stuck out her tongue at Tang Ping.
"Oh my God!" Tang Ping whispered, "Xiaobai, Xiaobai." She reached out and picked up the little fox that was still eating, and held it in front of her face to face with her, "You and Sister Yan, please change your names. , Sister Yan is the real novice, haha!"
Yanxuan was so angry that he reached out and flicked Tang Ping on the forehead, then reached out and grabbed Xiaobai and held him in his arms.
"Okay, let's stop making trouble. It seems that you really don't know, Sister Yan. Come on, Master Tang is here to answer your questions, haha."
"Sister Yan, we are indeed going to the Wuling Sect. This Wuling Sect is a general name. It has five gates in total, namely Shuiyun Valley, Houtu Temple, Muxiu Peak, Qixia Mountain and Jiuxuanmen."
"Shuiyun Valley is one of these five sects. My sixth grandfather's identity outside is the elder of Shuiyun Valley of Wuling Sect. Of course, he is one of them, because there are several elders in charge, and he is not the only one."
"In addition, Shuiyun Valley is divided into three sects according to different cultivation techniques: Bibotan, Yulinglan, and Yueyinglin. Each sect has its own unique inheritance of techniques. According to this, my sixth grandfather's identity It is also the worshiping elder of the Bibotan sect in the Shuiyun Valley sect within the Wuling sect. This sect, sect, Sister Yan, do you understand?"
When Tang Ping said this, she stretched out a small hand and clasped her fingers back and forth while explaining to Yanxuan. It was not as if she was afraid that Yanxuan would not understand, but as if she was afraid that she would not understand. Xuan looked interesting, but he understood clearly and lived up to Tang Ping's preaching.
"I finally understand, but it feels so complicated." Yanxuan said.
"Of course it's complicated. The south of Zhongzhou belongs to the Five Spirits. Among the six sects in the world, the Five Spirits Sect is not a small one, so it's certainly complicated inside."
"Six sects, like the Wuling Sect, there are six in total?" Yanxuan asked.
"Well, you haven't been to the sect, so you don't know how big the Five Spirits Sect is. Well, you will know in the future. There are five other sects that are about the same size as the Five Spirits Sect, and the remaining sects are smaller. There are countless doors.”
"So many!" Yanxuan murmured, "Why haven't I heard of them before?"
"It's normal. Practitioners seldom show their whereabouts in front of ordinary people. Of course, they know less. For example, people all know that there is an emperor in their country, but among so many ordinary people, how many of them have seen the emperor, and how many of them have seen it? How many of them know what the emperor usually lives like, what he likes to eat, and what he usually does for fun? It makes sense."
Yan Xuan could not help but nod his head after what he said.
"Come, Sister Yan, let me show you something fresh." As she said that, Tang Ping took out another small blue bag. It was not big, about the size of Tang Ping's two fists.
Tang Ping held the bag, and with her other hand, she rummaged through it with her little fingers while muttering, "Where did you put it? This one isn't the one, and this one isn't either. Oh, here it is!" As she said that, she pulled it out of the small bag. A long paper tube came, almost as high as the ground to the table. Tang Ping opened it casually and looked at it, pouting and saying, "It's still wrong, I'll look for it again."
Then she pulled out five or six paper tubes of the same size from the small bag one after another, leaving Yanxuan dumbfounded. Not to mention putting the paper tubes into the small bag, they could just be rolled into paper balls. It's amazing how much it doesn't fit into that little bag.
