At noon on the second day, another bronze carriage drove into Youming Valley. Children of about the same age filed out of the carriage and gradually formed a group to stand in front of Chunxiang Hall.
This scene was seen by Qian Chao, who was walking alone with nothing to do, but he was not interested in those children. He was interested in a middle-aged man in gray who drove over. When the children came out in the bronze carriage, After a brief explanation with several disciples of the sect, his body floated up, and a big sword more than ten feet long appeared out of nowhere under his feet. The middle-aged man stood on the sword, standing with his hands behind his back in a relaxed and easy manner. The sword contained As he floated over the treetops, he reached the opposite mountainside in a moment, and then suddenly disappeared over the top of the mountain.
This scene made Qian Chao extremely excited.
That night, the cloud cards were sounded, and the children in the valley went to Chunxiang Hall to have dinner.
Qian Chao was dragged to Chunxiang Hall by Lu Pingchuan, who was very active in eating. The two people's dining tables were next to each other. Later, Tang Ping and Yan Xuan also came together. After seeing Qian Chao, he narrowed his eyes and smiled and sat down at Qian Chao's table. Talk to him on the other side.
Lu Pingchuan tasted the food on his table and muttered: "It's delicious, but there are more vegetables and less fishy food. Immortals wouldn't be so stingy, right? How can you gain strength if you eat like this all the time?" .”
After hearing this, Qian Chao picked up a plate of meat on his dining table and handed it to Lu Pingchuan and said, "Brother Lu, I have a small appetite and can't eat so much. Please help me eat it to avoid spoiling the food."
"Yes, yes, Brother Qian is right, you can't waste things." Lu Pingchuan said with a smile and hurriedly reached out to take the plate.
Tang Ping found Lu Pingchuan interesting when she saw it. Naturally, she and Yanxuan couldn't finish the food on their respective dining tables, so they also asked Qian Chao to pass their share of meat to Lu Pingchuan. Lu Pingchuan was even more happy now. He didn't know Tang Ping's name yet, so he said, "Thank you so much, girl. I'll go up the mountain to see if there are any wild boars or deer deer in the next few days and get one. My craftsmanship is still good." Not bad, I’ll invite you to taste it together when it’s baked, but it’s a pity that there is no wine.”
Tang Ping laughed and said, "Brother Lu, don't worry. As long as you roast the meat, I will bring the wine." She knew Lu Pingchuan's name through Qian Chao.
Lu Pingchuan was overjoyed after hearing this and said, "Then it's a deal!"
"It's a deal!"
Qian Chao looked at Tang Ping with a strange look on his face and said, "You are still drinking!"
"I want you to take care of it!" Tang Ping replied.
Unlike Tang Ping, Yanxuan felt a little embarrassed when he heard Qian Chao's words. He blushed for no reason and hurriedly lowered his head to take a small sip of his meal.
However, Yanxuan's gaffe and Qian Chao didn't notice it. He was attracted by another thing.
After the cloud sign in Chunxiang Hall rang, the children in the valley did not come to eat together. There were always those who came first and those who were late. However, the few sect disciples in charge of the valley did not care. Anyway, Chunxiang Hall only Meals are provided within half an hour after the sound of the cloud sign. If you don't wait after the expiration date, those who come late will have to go hungry.
This time, Li Jian came a little late. When he came in, he found an empty food table. When passing by Qian Chao and others, Qian Chao noticed that there were several boys opposite who were secretly looking at Li Jian, with full expression in their eyes. It's resentment.
Li Jian had practiced martial arts since he was a child, and had experienced several life-and-death fights in Luo Jing City. He had already been sensitive to his mental sensitivity. After noticing the unkind eyes, he slowed down his feet and turned his head to look at those people. When the boy saw Li Jian looking over, he quickly lowered his head and took out his rice, not daring to meet Li Jian's eyes.
Li Jian recognized those guys as the same guys who tried to bully him when he first entered the carriage but were kicked by himself, so he ignored them.
Qian Chao naturally recognized those boys and sighed to himself. It seemed that Tang Ping was probably right. This brother had dirty tricks. In this valley, he was afraid that those boys would eventually cause trouble for him. Then he remembered that Tang Ping had said that Qin Gongzi Qin Suijie would not let him go, so he glanced around the Chunxiang Hall to see where Qin Suijie was, and soon found a man wearing a green robe on the opposite side. Mr. Qin, who eats elegantly, Qin Suijie was focused on the delicacies on his dining table and didn't seem to care about the things around him. However, Qian Chao found that although Qin Suijie didn't look at him, there was a glimmer in his eyes. Twinkle seemed to be staring at herself again.
It seems that you really need to be careful about this person in the future, lest you suffer from him one day.
When he looked back, he found Liang Bake who was far away from Qin Suijie. The two of them were sitting so far apart. It was estimated that Liang Boke would no longer follow Qin Suixue's lead. He saw that Liang Boke was eating his meal seriously. When he inadvertently raised his head and met Qian Chao's eyes, his eyes were calm and without any panic. He nodded distantly to Qian Chao and continued to enjoy his dinner with his head down.
Qian Chao secretly thought that maybe this Liang Bake was really not an ordinary person.
When he looked back, he realized that Tang Ping next to him was looking at him with a smile. Knowing that what he had just done was seen by this clever girl, he said angrily: "It's all your fault."
Tang Ping ignored him, smiling brightly, and Yanxuan, who was also full, stood up and said, "Brother Lu, please take it easy." Then they walked out of Chunxiang Hall together.
Soon, both Qian Chao and Lu Pingchuan were full, and they walked slowly out of Chunxiang Hall and towards their residence. As they walked, Lu Pingchuan was bragging about his hunting skills.
Qian Chao discovered that Tang Ping was hopping under a flower tree trying to break a branch off the tree, but he couldn't catch it despite his short stature. Yanxuan next to him was already holding a bouquet of picked wild flowers. . Tang Ping also met Qian Chao and the other two, and when she saw Lu Pingchuan was tall, she called out, "Brother Lu, how about I help you?"
Lu Pingchuan walked over and almost pressed down the crown of the flower tree with his hands, which made the two girls happy. After a busy day, they each held a bouquet of flowers and were satisfied.
The new people who arrived that day occupied many houses in the valley, including Lu Pingchuan's big house. Several boys who came with them moved in when they saw that the room was large and there were many empty beds.
Because they didn't come together, these people naturally didn't recognize Qian Chao and Lu Pingchuan, but this made Lu Pingchuan, who liked the excitement, very happy.
That night, Lu Pingchuan snored loudly, causing the roof to rustle with dirt, and making his roommates toss and turn all night, unable to sleep.
Lu Pingchuan was picked up before dawn the next day. One of these people looked very strong, but the others just complained that this man wanted to drive Lu Pingchuan away because he had some strength.
Is this Lu Pingchuan a bullied master? With his eyes widened, he stretched out his hand and slapped the big man who couldn't restrain himself and wanted to do something. The guy was not convinced and wanted to hit him again, but Lu Pingchuan rode him and beat him again. The others saw that they couldn't afford to offend him. All became birds and beasts and scattered.
After the big man escaped, he saw that there was a single room next door, and Qian Chao was thin and thin, so he decided to bully Qian Chao. He broke into the room and directly ordered Qian Chao: "You move out, I want to live in this room." Room." After that, he glared at Qian Chao fiercely, which means that if you dare to refuse, I will beat you.
Qian Chao rolled his eyes and looked at the person in front of him. Although he was angry, his face was covered with fresh bruises. Secretly, he wanted to bully others just after being beaten. He felt funny in his heart, so he said: "I can give you a room, but are you sure you want to live here? Brother Lu next door has a bad temper. You have just suffered a lot. Do you really want to fight with him?" Be neighbors?”
"Hmph!" The kid thought rightly. It was better to be a neighbor than to be a neighbor with this guy who was so powerful in his snoring. So he stopped bothering about the money, turned around and left.
Seeing the man leaving in a hurry, Qian Chao chuckled and shook his head. He didn't care about such a guy.
There was a sound of tables and chairs moving next door and Lu Pingchuan's curse: "Straight bitch, if you don't live in the same room with me, you'll be thrown down. I'm happy to sleep in such a big room alone! I sleep here in the first half of the night and sleep in the second half of the night." Here, grandma’s, no, it’s better to make a big bed to sleep on.”
Qian Chao came out of his room, walked to the door next door and looked in. He saw that Lu Pingchuan had gathered four or five beds in a room together to make an extra-large bed. He was lying on it with his legs crossed. Still aggrieved there.
Seeing Qian Chao, Lu Pingchuan said, "Brother Qian, how are you? Is my big bed nice?"
However, the experience in the morning made Qian Chao think a little more. Are the children around him, most of whom are a few years older than him but a few about the same as him, all here to cultivate immortality?
Qian Chao also noticed the behavior of these children these days while strolling around. Among them, some were arrogant, some were calm, some were mature, some were childish, some were deep, some were shallow, and some were Some were elated, some were crestfallen, some were chirping, and some were silent.
Will these children really become those legendary immortals with fluttering clothes and slaying demons?
The immortals written in the book are all detached from the world and dedicated to defending morality and eliminating demons. Will these children do those things in the future and be praised by the world for generations?
Qian Chao does not deny that he is also a child, but deep down in his heart, he already has an invisible psychological advantage over the children around him. This psychological advantage is just like the bunch of cousins he saw in Qian Mansion. You are a concubine, you were fooled around by me, and you still have to help me count the money after I sold you!
Thinking of this, in Qian Chao's eyes, the fairyland-like Youming Valley was somewhat similar to the ordinary world.
However, their spiritual roots are probably better than mine, Qian Chao thought, at least among these people who will come one after another in the next few days, there probably won't be too many with "fair" spiritual roots.
Probably because they are all children, wherever there are many children, they are divided into groups, and each group has a child head.
Qian Chao was keenly aware that the children in Youming Valley were gradually showing signs of this. Qian Chao had also observed these so-called child heads, and even inquired about them quietly.
In Youming Valley, these children who are the heads of children have just a few things: First, they have a prominent family background. Of course, a prominent family background in the world of immortality naturally refers to a large family with a large number of high-level monks in the clan; second, they have outstanding spiritual roots, which will bring them great success in the future. The prospect of practicing is very good and unlimited; Sanma is very scheming and has the ability to make a group of children gather around him and let him drink around. Often children have all three of these points.
However, Qian Chao was neither envious nor jealous of this.
In fact, this is no different from the cousins of the eldest uncle's family and the cousins of the second uncle's family each leading a group of younger brothers to form troops in the garden of the Prime Minister's Mansion, swinging bamboo poles and throwing stones at each other.
If there is any difference, it is that, except for those children, the children who are willing to run around and cheer for the children are not as careless and innocent as the little brothers in the Qian Mansion. Most of them do this intentionally. , deliberately showing willingness, closing the distance between the child's head without leaving any trace, but inadvertently revealing a cunning and suspicious look.
interesting. Qian Chao thought that this world of immortality didn't look like an otherworldly place, but a bit like the officialdom that his father didn't want to get deeply involved in.
At least it looks like it now.
Others were forming cliques, but he was still alone and easily bullied, so he had better keep a low profile. He thought again of Brother Lu Pingchuan next door. Now it seemed that Brother Lu was really an easy person to get along with.
A few days later, one after another, the monks who presided over the first election sent their children to Youming Valley, so Youming Valley became lively day by day.
Now that everyone is here, it's time for the disciples in Youming Valley to go to Tingtao Pavilion to listen to the sutras and become enlightened.
Not long after breakfast on this day, I could hear the distant ringing of bells coming from the direction of Tao Pavilion, so the disciples scattered throughout the valley were either in groups or alone, and they soon gathered into a dark mass in twos and threes. , walking towards the tallest building in the center of the valley.
Disciples sent by the sect had been waiting in front of the gate of Tingtao Pavilion to restrain everyone from making any noise.
When everyone had almost arrived, a senior brother named Li walked up to everyone and spoke. He told everyone to keep quiet after entering and not to laugh or talk. The first floor of the pavilion was where everyone listened to the scriptures. Wherever they arrived, everyone looked for Just sit on a futon and wait for the senior brother sent by your sect to give lectures.
Senior Brother Li also said that there is a scripture book on each futon, and the senior brother who lectures on the scriptures gives lectures based on this book. After today's class is over, everyone can take this book back for study.
Then they let everyone enter Tingtao Pavilion.
Passing through a corridor paved with purple oil-wood floors and pink and white walls on both sides, a group of Young Ming Valley disciples filed into a lobby.
The hall here is quite vast, with no pillars or beams, and a very good view. When everyone enters, the doors and windows of the hall are open, and a beautiful view of the valley filled with flowers and green trees can be glimpsed from the window. As the mountains pass by, countless green leaves turn and make a rustling sound, just like the sound of the tide on the pillow when lying in the river pavilion at night. This is probably the origin of the name of Tingtao Pavilion here.
In the hall, futons were covered like fish scales on the same purple oil-wood floor. The disciples who entered the hall followed what Senior Brother Li just said, and each found a place they liked and picked up a book on the futon. , and then sit on it.
Qian Chao found a random place, bent down to pick up the book on the futon and sat down.
As soon as he sat down, a burly man sat down on a futon next to him. When Qian Chao saw it, it was none other than Lu Pingchuan.
Lu Pingchuan saw Qian Chao looking over and smiled at Qian Chao, but Qian Chao found that Brother Lu sat down without even taking the book on the futon, so he pointed his finger at an unoccupied futon in front of Lu Pingchuan. The book signaled him to sit his book under his buttocks.
Unexpectedly, Lu Pingchuan would get it wrong. He leaned forward and grabbed the book on the futon in front of him. Someone was already trying to sit on the futon, but Lu Pingchuan snatched the book on the futon. I didn't dare to provoke him when I left, so I had to find another place. Qian Chao couldn't laugh or cry when he saw it and ignored him.
Qian Chao discovered that there were no futons in the center of the hall and around all the futons. There was only a large clean straw mat. All the futons in the entire hall were arranged in circles with this mat as the center. Probably this mat It was the place where the senior brother sent by the sect gave enlightenment lectures to everyone.
Among the crowd in the hall, Qian Chao also noticed Tang Ping and Yan Xuan sitting opposite. Tang Ping also noticed Qian Chao looking over, made a face and ignored him, talking to Yan Xuan in a low voice.
Qian Chao also spotted Li Jian sitting upright, frowning at the book in his hand.
After looking around, Qian Chao also opened the book in his hand.
There are auspicious clouds embroidered with gold on the brocade cover, and there are only three words "Jade Sea Sutra" in the middle. After opening it, I found that this sutra is not long, only a few pages. However, after reading it, Qian Chao found that the person who wrote this scripture really cherished the words as much as gold, and tried his best to express the subtle meaning. The content was even more clumsy and obscure. Qian Chao recognized all the characters in it, but with his intelligence, he could only understand about 40% of the content.
Reluctantly, I closed the book and put it on my lap, patiently waiting for the arrival of the senior brother who was going to lecture everyone.
Although senior fellow apprentice Li had warned not to laugh or talk in Tingtao Pavilion, how could these many people restrain themselves? Although everyone did not dare to speak loudly, senior fellow apprentice Li lowered his head and spoke quietly to the neighbors on the left and right, but ignored him. At this time, the whispers in the lobby were like countless spring nibblers eating the rustling of mulberry leaves.
