Things were complicated, and in a blink of an eye it was December 14th.
The last month of the year has come, and at the same time, it has also come to the day when I had made an appointment with Nie Yun to get together.
Early in the morning, Shen Hao was waiting outside the teleportation formation in Fengli City. Just after the first hour of the morning, he saw Nie Yun walking out of the formation with a smile. After looking around for a few times, he saw Shen Hao and raised his hand to signal. He walked over quickly.
"Are you waiting here so early?"
"Brother Nie, isn't it so early? Have you had breakfast? There is a good oil tea seller over there, let's go together?"
"Camellia oleifera? Tsk, tut, if you don't tell me, I have almost forgotten the taste of that thing. I haven't eaten it in years."
It's not far away. Just on the left side of the teleportation circle is the oil tea stall that Shen Hao mentioned. The two of them ordered a bowl each and two meat pies, and sat at the small table in front of the stall, eating and chatting.
"You still have the silver gourd I gave you last time, right?"
"Bring it with you."
"When you get to Chang Baifeng, hang it on your body so that people can recognize your identity at a glance. Otherwise, people will keep coming to check your appearance, which will be very troublesome."
"Isn't it a celebration? Is it so strict?" Shen Hao swallowed a mouthful of meat pie and felt curious.
"Of course. Although Chang Baifeng is not among the first-class sects, he is still outstanding among the second- and third-class sects. Moreover, their ancestors once went to Wanjuanshu Mountain to study and were registered disciples there. Their status is different from that of ordinary second-class sects. It’s a third-rate sect, so the centenary celebrations are strictly guarded, and anyone who dares to cause trouble at the celebrations will be killed directly.”
Shen Hao nodded repeatedly. He was just here to watch the fun, so of course he would abide by the rules honestly.
After the two finished eating, they returned to the teleportation circle again, and then teleported thousands of miles to Lianfeng City in the east of Jingxi region.
It's Shen Hao's first time here, but it belongs to Jingxi and is also a hub city. The appearance of the city here is not much different from that of Fengri City.
The two of them did not stay in Lianfeng City. Shen Hao used his waist card to walk through the special passage to transfer the magic circle, and then transferred from Lianfeng City to a city named "Chengkou" under it.
Chengkou is the town closest to Changbaifeng.
"Shall we walk there?"
Shen Hao followed and found that Nie Yun was walking straight out of the city. But as far as he knew, this place was still more than fifty miles away from Chang Baifeng. Walking there... might take a long time!
"Of course? Otherwise, do you still want to fly there?" Faced with Shen Hao's question, Nie Yun seemed to take it for granted.
Shen Hao was speechless for a while and said: "Brother Nie, there are still dozens of miles to go. It will be difficult for us to walk there, and it will also be slow. Why not ride a horse or take a car? You see, there are carriages and horses over there, we... ..."
"No! Are you riding a horse? I'm fast enough to keep up." Nie Yun interrupted directly, with a look of disgust on his face.
What's going on?
Of course, Shen Hao couldn't really follow Nie Yun on his own feet. He turned around and went to the horse and carriage shop to rent a group of fast horses. After confirming repeatedly that Nie Yun didn't need them, he led the horses out of the city in confusion.
Nie Yun, who was fine just now, took the initiative to distance himself from Shen Hao, walking ten feet ahead.
Shen Hao asked, and Nie Yun said that he felt that the stench of animals such as cows and horses was something he couldn't get used to.
Shen Hao didn't continue to pester. After leaving the city, he got on his horse, thinking that he could just follow Nie Yun. But who knew that as soon as he left the city? Nie Yun, who was leading the way, unfolded his movement skills so fast that Shen Hao's horse could only I was able to catch up with all my strength and barely managed to not fall behind.
What surprised Shen Hao the most was that after more than fifty miles, Nie Yun didn't stop for a moment. The horses under him were running so fast that they were foaming at the mouth. Nie Yun actually still had time to open the wine bottle and take a sip of wine while running. ...
"arrive!"
Hurrying with all your strength? Just when Shen Hao dismounted and almost couldn't bear it anymore, he arrived at the place.
Compared to Guishan Monastery, the only sect that Shen Hao had ever visited, Chang Baifeng gave him the feeling of being "aloof". There was nothing higher or more dangerous than this mountain around. Moreover, the mountain wall near the north is almost straight, like a knife. Except for some short rock wall plants, there are large tracts of gray-white rocks.
On the front, there is a stone gate standing in front of the road up the mountain. The word "Changbai" is written on the stone gate, which also gives Shen Hao a dazzling sharp feeling and he dare not look at it for a long time. It seems that the masters in these sects like the words on the house number. I don't know what kind of tricks are hidden to make a fuss about this.
"Brother Nie? Why can't you look at those two words for a long time? It always feels dazzling? Like being pricked by needles. Are those words in front of the gate of your Guishan Monastery the same? What's the reason for this?"
Nie Yun tugged his lips and whispered: "It's all the trouble caused by those old men. They say it's to scare Xiaoxiao, but how could Xiaoxiao come to the mountain gate to cause trouble? If he really comes to cause trouble, he won't be Xiaoxiao, I think. It’s not a joke to scare away enemies with just a few words. As for the fact that you can’t read for a long time, that’s because the words embody the writer’s “intention”, which can be sharp, hot, cold, etc. You’ve been fooling around in the world all year round. I didn’t know this was normal.”
Shen Hao was at a loss. This was indeed the first time he had heard of such a thing as "meaning".
"Brother Nie, what is "meaning"?"
"How should I put it, a thing that has become a materialized idea? You can think of it as a force that is independent of entity and energy. It is an intangible substance but very powerful.
Take these two words on the gate of Changbaifeng Mountain as an example. The sharp aura on them is the restrained sword intention, which is a kind of "intent" unique to high-level sword cultivators.
If your cultivation level is low, you will just feel "dazzling". With my current cultivation level of perfect Yuan Dan realm, I will feel severe pain in my eyes when I look at them. Of course, if one could enter the Xuanhai, the sword meaning in these two words would no longer be worth showing off. "
"What if ordinary people see these two words?"
"You may just find them dazzling, but to an untrained eye, they will be no different from ordinary stone carvings."
Shen Hao nodded and became more knowledgeable. "Yi" sounds very powerful.
The two chatted for a few words before approaching the mountain gate.
There is still one day left before the official celebration, but most people choose to come early. At this time, many people have gathered in front of Changbaifeng Mountain.
Shen Hao also took out the silver gourd and tied it around his waist. He now became a registered disciple of Lao Shufeng of Guishan Monastery.
"Hello, Deacon Nie. I haven't seen you for many years. Your demeanor is even better than before!"
"Haha, Butler Nie is here so early?"
"Junior has met Deacon Nie, Master..."
Shen Hao has been following behind, and he has seen Nie Yun's popularity in the sect. Most of the monks who also bear the emblem of the sect are second- and third-rate sects. When they face Nie Yunde, it is similar to the scene Shen Hao inspected in hundreds of households in various places. All kinds of faces are full of expressions. Courtesy and sought after. It's not necessarily that he looks kind and has an evil heart, but it definitely means that the scene is hypocritical. Nie Yun probably only knows who he is really good with.
