Chapter 32 Down the Mountain

When Qi Hao and Zeng Shushu saw Zhang Xiaofan here, they greeted him more or less with a smile. Only Lu Xueqi was still indifferent, but her eyes still glanced at him. There seemed to be an unknown emotion flashing in the depths of his eyes, but they disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Dao Xuanzhen looked at the four people in the hall and smiled and said, "It's one thing to let the four of you come today. I want you to go down the mountain to practice."

Qi Hao and others were moved together.

Dao Xuan Zhenren said about the "Wan Bat Ancient Cave" in Sangshan the sky the day before yesterday, and said, "This matter is of great importance. The four of you are the elites under our family, so I sent you to investigate. But the demons are treacherous and vicious. You should all be careful.

The four of them said in unison, "Yes."

Dao Xuanzhen nodded and said, "In addition, in addition to my Qingyunmen, Fenxiang Valley and Tianyin Temple have sent excellent disciples to track them together. You can't be rude in front of people, but you can't break the momentum of my Qingyunmen. In addition, Brother Xiao Yicai from Changmen has already gone to Kongsangshan to track down this matter. If you find him, you can discuss everything more.

The four of them looked at each other and agreed in unison.

Dao Xuanzhen took a closer look at the four young disciples, and finally his eyes fell on Qi Hao and waved, "Qi Hao, come here."

Qi Hao was stunned for a moment and stepped forward. Dao Xuanzhen looked up and down at him. He turned his head and smiled at the Taoist of Cangsong and said, "Brother, you have someone to succeed Longshoufeng!"

The face of Cangsong Taoist has not been very good-looking since just now. At this time, he finally smiled and said with a smile, "Brother, it's a joke."

Dao Xuanzhen smiled and took out something from his arms, handed it to Qi Hao, and said, "Take it."

Qi Hao took it and took a look, but it was a small mirror, with a clumsy shape, a bronze edge, a dragon engraved on the top and a tiger on the bottom. The mirror was engraved with gossip directions, but the middle lens was not an ordinary bronze mirror, which could not be seen clearly.

Before Qi Hao could react, Cang Song Zhenren beside him was already happy and shouted, "Stupid boy, what are you still doing? Kneel down and thank you."

Qi Hao immediately woke up and knew that most of the inconspicuous thing in his hand was probably the magic weapon "six mirrors". He quickly knelt down and said, "Thank you, master."

Dao Xuanzhen smiled and said, "No, no, no, get up." He said to the others, "You go out first."

Everyone knew that he was going to teach the secret of Qi Hao's six glasses, so they retreated together.

Walking out of the hall, Zhang Xiaofan first walked aside with Tian Buyi. Tian Buyi looked at him and said lightly, "You have a heavy responsibilities now. Don't go back to Dazhufeng. Let's go down the mountain with the three of them later. I'll tell you about Dazhufeng for you."

Zhang Xiaofan was shocked, then lowered his head and whispered, "Yes, Master."

Tian Buyi said, "In the month you have been recovering from your wounds, I heard that your master has passed on some secrets of royal swordsmanship and Taoism. Have you written it down?"

Zhang Xiaofan nodded and said, "Yes, I have written it down."

Tian Buyi turned around and said slowly, "That's good. Although you are not qualified, you are always under my Dazhufeng. Don't humiliate me when you go out."

Zhang Xiaofan immediately said, "Yes, Master, I will never lose your face."

Tian Buyi snorted. He carried his back, and Zhang Xiaofan couldn't see his face. I don't know what his expression was, but listening to his voice, there was no anger. For a long time, Tian Buyi seemed to sigh. He turned his head to look at Zhang Xiaofan and didn't say much. He waved his hand and said hello, so he sacrificed the fairy sword to break through the air.

Zhang Xiaofan watched the master's figure turned into a red light and disappeared into the sky until he was patted on the shoulder. He was shocked and quickly turned around, but it was Zeng Shushu who was smiling. Looking around, the heads of the other veins had gone, leaving only the two of them and Lu Xueqi, who was independent in the distance .

Zeng Shushu said with a smile, "You have a big fortune. I'm worried that you can't pass this time!"

When Zhang Xiaofan was with him, he felt much more relaxed. He smiled and said, "Yes, I was scared to death."

Zeng Shushu patted him on the shoulder, looked back and forth at him, and whispered, "Why didn't you bring Xiaohui?"

Zhang Xiaofan said with a bitter face, "I was brought by my master early in the morning. I didn't expect to go down the mountain immediately. I didn't bring anything. How can I get Xiaohui?"

Zeng Shushu smiled and said, "It's okay. I can lend you the clothes, or we can buy them in Heyang City at the foot of the mountain." With that, he winked at Zhang Xiaofan and whispered, "Ha ha, we made money this time anyway."

Zhang Xiaofan was puzzled and said, "What?"

Zeng Shushu's eyebrows shrugged, looked behind him, and smiled secretly and said, "There are beautiful women walking together!"

Zhang Xiaofan was angry and funny, but he still looked at Lu Xueqi. At the same time, it seemed that Lu Xueqi also had a feeling. He looked here. The two looked at each other from afar. Zhang Xiaofan only felt that her eyes were like frost. He was shocked and quickly looked away.

The two talked and laughed for a while. When Zeng Shushu was secretly talking to him about how to go on the road with Lu Xueqi in the future, he suddenly found that Zhang Xiaofan's smiling face suddenly stiffened, and his eyes became straight, staring behind him.

Zeng Shushu was slightly puzzled. He turned his head and saw that under the long steps, a man came up crookedly. He was in his forties, and his clothes were clean, but his face was blank, his eyes were dull, and he said something nonsense:

"It's raining, it's dark... Stinky... Mother...! Immortals, immortals, hey hey, immortals..."

Under the gaze of Zeng Shushu and Lu Xueqi, who had seen it in the distance, Zhang Xiaofan walked over slowly and slowly, as if it was a long time before he walked to the man.

It's like walking to the past!

"Uncle Wang, how are you?" He tried his best to suppress his excitement and said in a low voice.

The man's eyes did not seem to have Zhang Xiaofan at all. He still said something in his mouth. He shook off Zhang Xiaofan and walked over. Soon, he disappeared behind the hall.

"Who is he?" Zeng Shushu came to him and asked.

Zhang Xiaofan looked at the place where Uncle Wang's figure disappeared and said sadly, "A madman!"

Zeng Shushu looked at his face and didn't ask any more questions knowingly. After a while, Qi Hao, with a happy face, came out of the hall and greeted the three of them.

Zhang Xiaofan walked over absent-mindedly with Zeng Shushu. After discussion (Zhang Xiaofan was stunned and didn't say a word), he decided to go down the mountain to Heyang City first.

Zeng Shushu said to Qi Hao with a smile, "Brother Qi, is the six-in-one mirror sent to you by the head of the master good?"

Qi Hao smiled and said, "The Liuhe Mirror is the most precious treasure of Qingyunmen. Naturally, it is powerful. I'm afraid I don't practice enough! Ha ha, well, this is the top of the mountain. Except for the first seat of the seven veins, the rest of the disciples can't control the sword. Let's go down to the sea of clouds and fly to Heyang City from there.

Lu Xueqi's face was expressionless, and Zhang Xiaofan nodded blankly. Only Zeng Shushu was smiling. It seemed that going down the mountain was a happy event for him, a funny person.

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From Qingyunmen to Heyang City, along the way, the four most "excellent" disciples of Qingyunmen came with their swords. Others were relaxed, but Zhang Xiaofan couldn't help but have some effort.

After recovering from his wounds for a month, Su Ru seemed to have expected that he would be fine for a long time. She passed on some secrets of Qingyunmen Taoism to him, and also passed on the method of how to drive the magic weapon to control the air. In fact, it's simple to say. As long as the Taoism is deep enough, the magic weapon is not too inferior. It is enough to use Qingyun Taoism to supplement the magic weapon with mind-driven magic weapons. However, Zhang Xiaofan's practice is not deep, and the magic weapon is naturally not bad, but it is very strange. He is also quite strange to the newly learned Qingyunmen Taoist method, which is very troublesome to use.

At the beginning, Su Ru didn't expect that he would go down the mountain as soon as he got on the Tianfeng. She also wanted to let him remember the formula first, and then let him practice more after returning to Dazhu Peak. Of course, the heads of other veins did not know the details of this strange boy. Looking at his performance in the Seven Yes, I know. But he didn't know that Zhang Xiaofan secretly learned Taoism and confusedly practiced to the realm of "driving things", but he didn't know what the ability of the sword.

Watching others sacrifice the fairy sword, Qi Hao is a white "cold ice" fairy sword, Lu Xueqi is a blue "Tianye" fairy sword, and Zeng Shushu is a slightly purple fairy sword - "Xuanyuan". Zhang Xiaofan was nervous and forced him to sacrifice the "fire stick", but it seemed to be a little worse in the feeling. He didn't feel comfortable on the day when the seven veins would fight.

Crossing the clouds and crossing the mountain, this was originally a half-day journey, but the four of them didn't reach Heyang City until the sun went down. In order to avoid suspicion, Zhang Xiaofan and the other three fell to the ground in a secluded place outside Heyang City. His whole body was soaked and pale. It seemed that this situation was harder than that day.

Along the way in the sky, he couldn't control the fire stick several times. If Qi Hao and others hadn't seen something wrong beside him, he would not dare to be too far away from him and help him in time. He was afraid that his new "excellent disciple" of Qingyunmen would inevitably fall from the sky and die of death. Before Face to face. Qi Hao and others decided to stop outside the city and walk into the city. Although they had the intention to avoid suspicion, they were also afraid that in case of a downtown in the city, Zhang Xiaofan would not fall down in full view of the public. The lofty prestige that Qingyunmen had worked hard to build here for 2,000 years would be destroyed once in a while. Who

Take a break. When Zhang Xiaofan recovered, the four of them walked towards the tall city of Heyang in the sunset. Zhang Xiaofan walked at the end and felt Qi Hao and Lu Xueqi's doubtful eyes from time to time. Obviously, they couldn't understand why a person who shined in the seven-vein martial arts test could not even use an ordinary sword. On the contrary, Zeng Shushu still walked with Zhang Xiaofan with a smile. He never mentioned what had just happened, and introduced Heyang City to Zhang Xiaofan endlessly:

"Within a hundred miles, this is the largest and most prosperous place. There are at least 200,000 or 300,000 people living in this city, and the geographical location is good. There are a lot of business trips, and it is even more lively..."

Zhang Xiaofan listened and admired Zeng Shushu's erudite knowledge in his heart and said, "Shushu, why do you know everything?"

Zeng Shu's writing was colorful and said, "What's the matter? If you read more books, you will naturally know it." With that, he smiled sly, secretly whispered to Zhang Xiaofan's ear, and whispered, "Actually, I've been here many times, and I've all sneaked down the mountain."

Zhang Xiaofan was shocked and said, "You, you..."

Zeng Shushu curled his lips and said, "Look at how scared you are? What's this? From the time I practiced the art of the imperial sword, I naturally had to practice it often. I flew here and flew here. What's so great about going shopping when I'm tired!"

Zhang Xiaofan is dumbfounded.

Listening to the two of them muttering behind, Qi Hao smiled and said to Lu Xueqi beside him, "Sister Lu, it's getting late. Let's spend the night here tonight. Let's hurry up tomorrow."

Lu Xueqi's face was as cold as frost, without any expression, but nodded faintly.

Entering the city, in order to avoid trouble, they changed the clothes of Qingyunmen disciples early in the morning, which did not cause any doubt. However, Lu Xueqi's beautiful appearance caused a lot of sensation, causing many passers-by to stop and watch. Zhang Xiaofan glanced at Lu Xueqi. Although she was expressionless, a flash of anger flashed in her bright eyes. He couldn't help worrying about these passers-by. In case she came out of the sheath, I was afraid that the ancient city with a long history would be half destroyed first.

However, Lu Xueqi's self-restraint was obviously much better than Zhang Xiaofan expected. After they stayed in an inn called Shanhaiyuan, Lu Xueqi did nothing. Qi Hao had the deepest experience among the crowd. The four of them were led by him. For example, he also came forward to live in such a store. After that, they were arranged by the store to live in the top-class back garden.

This mountain and sea garden is quite large. There are four gardens in the back garden. The four of them live in Xiyuan, each of whom has a house. After going back to have a rest, Qi Hao called everyone and went to the front restaurant for dinner.

Shanhaiyuan has its own restaurant, which is located on the busiest street in Heyang City, but in the VIP hall on the third floor, it is very clean. There are only less than ten tables in the spacious hall. Now there are about five tables with guests eating. Qi Hao called Xiao Er and ordered a few dishes. He seemed to be very familiar with this place, and he was probably a regular customer.

Zhang Xiaofan thought to himself that he was born in a farmhouse and had never been to such a luxurious place as Shanhaiyuan. Just when he passed the second floor, he saw the magnificent hall, but when he went to the third floor, he saw carved dragons and phoenixes, mahogany beams, and antique, which was completely different from Naturally, he doesn't know that if people in the world are rich, they will pursue the taste of identity. Even if some people like glory and luxury, in order to let people say that they have some cultivation, vassal elegance is also common.

The four of them sat on a small table by the window. Zeng Shushu took a look at the layout in the hall and said to Qi Hao, "Brother Qi, isn't the price here cheap?"

Qi Hao smiled and said, "This is the best restaurant in Heyang City. Naturally, it's not much cheaper, but our Qingyunmen is famous here. Their boss wants us to come and won't charge us much."

Zeng Shushu said "Ah" and nodded. After a while, the shopkeeper took several plates of fresh vegetables and stir-fried them on the table, especially a plate of fresh stewed fish at the end. Look at the extension of the fish body, the front is sub-circle, the back side is narrow, the body is The most important thing is that the meat is white and moist, and the aroma is overflowing, which makes people's index finger move.

Zhang Xiaofan has always been interested in cooking and has never seen this kind of fish. He couldn't help but say to Xiao Er in the store, "Little second brother, what is this fish called and how is it cooked?"

Dian Xiao Er laughed and said, "Mr. You are really discerning. This 'stewed fish' is the signature dish of our Shanhaiyuan. It is fragrant, smooth and tender, and the entrance is sweet. It is within a hundred miles of Heyang City, but it is very famous..."

Zhang Xiaofan swallowed his saliva, picked up his chopsticks and put it in his mouth. He immediately closed his eyes and nodded: "Ah, the meat is really good, but it's cooked better. The sweetness is to put some sugar and add ginger slices to remove the fishy smell. Er, it smells like fried green onions. It must be Eh... By the way, the taste of sesame oil is so good, awesome, awesome!"

With an intoxicated look on his face, Qi Hao and Zeng Shushu were stunned. Even Lu Xueqi looked at him with a strange look on her face, but the shopkeeper standing aside was really impressed and shouted, "The guest officer is really an extant and knows the goods!"

At this time, Zhang Xiaofan noticed the appearance of everyone around him. His face turned red and he quickly put down his chopsticks, but he still asked, "Excuse me, little brother, where is this fish from?"

Before the shopkeeper spoke, he suddenly heard a woman's voice next to a big table next door and said, "This fish is a specialty of Zhugou Mountain in the south. It is thousands of miles away from here. How can it be transported? Isn't your shop a lie?" ( Note 1)

Everyone was shocked and looked over. There were eight people sitting on the big table, six men in yellow, and two other women. One woman was wearing a light purple dress, with a light veil on her face. She could not see clearly, but the skin exposed was snow-white; the other woman was the speaker, who was young. Look He was only sixteen or seven years old, dressed in water-green clothes, beautiful appearance, thin eyebrows and snow skin, and a pair of bright big eyes were extremely flexible, which was eye-catching, even a little inferior to Lu Xueqi.

Zhang Xiaofan said "ah", but after seeing the woman say this, his eyes fell on Lu Xueqi at his table, as if he was also shocked by Lu Xueqi's appearance. The woman who loves beauty is Lu Xueqi, who is usually as cold as frost, but she can't help looking at the woman at this moment.

Dian Xiaoer laughed and said, "What this guest officer said is, but you don't know that a hundred years ago, this fish was indeed unique to Zhugou Mountain in the south, but later Qingyunmen Dao Xuanzhen passed by Zhugou Mountain and specially moved the fish back and put it in the Hongchuan River of Qingyun Mountain. Now it has not Sheng. We all have the blessing of the Taoist immortals on Qingyun Mountain, so that we can have this blessing!" As he spoke, there was a look of reverence on his face.

Zhang Xiaofan and others at Qingyunmen looked at it. Naturally, they were all happy and smiled, but the girl listened and looked back at the veiled woman. She sat back and hummed.

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After the delicious dinner, Zhang Xiaofan and others returned to their residence with satisfaction. Qi Hao said to everyone at the gate of Xiyuan, "Let's rest here tonight. Tomorrow morning, we will rush to Kongsang Mountain."

Zhang Xiaofan and Zeng Shushu answered, but Lu Xueqi didn't say a word and went straight back to her room and closed the door with a bang. Qi Hao was stunned for a moment, smiled bitterly at the two of them, and said, "Two brothers, go to bed early."

Zhang Xiaofan took a look at his handsome face and saw that under the sunset, Qi Hao's spirit was not inferior to the past. On the contrary, he still had a little sense of being out of the dust. Suddenly, he was frustrated and couldn't lift his spirit. He reluctantly said hello to Zeng Shushu. Unexpectedly, he ignored Qi Hao and

Zeng Shushu smiled and joked with Qi Hao, and the two also went back to their rooms to rest.

This night was the first time that Zhang Xiaofan left Qingyun Mountain in five years. I don't know why he didn't sleep well all night. It was not until the middle of the night that he went to sleep in a daze, but suddenly he dreamed that he was covered with blood and stood in the sea of blood with a ferocious face. At the same time, in the depths of his heart, there was an indescribable crazy murderous intention, as if the red blood in front of him was Get all this.

"Ah!"

Zhang Xiaofan woke up from his dream, suddenly sat up, gasped, and sweated all over his body. After a while, his beating heart slowly calmed down.

He sat in the dark for a long time, inadvertently reached out his hand and touched the burning stick next to the pillow, and a cold feeling surrounded him. This dream is very similar to the nightmare he has been dreaming of over the years. It seems to have become another person. The murderer who devours blood in the dream makes him afraid of himself.

There was silence around, and it was dark around.

He crossed his legs, sat up straight in the dark, took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and put his hands together in front of him.

The darkness is like a gentle woman, gently wrapped around his body, and a faint golden light loomed from his body. Reflecting the faint light, Zhang Xiaofan's face seemed to be covered with a layer of solemnity that he should not have.

I don't know how long it took for this golden light to gradually dissipate. Zhang Xiaofan opened his eyes in the dark and was in a peaceful mood. At this time, he especially misses the kind and wise monk.

He was no longer sleepy. He went to the door, opened the door and went out. The rooms next to them were all dark. Presumably Qi Hao and the others were asleep. The back garden of Shanhai Garden is built in a garden, and there are four courtyards in the southeast and northwest. Zhang Xiaofan walked out of the Xiyuan where he lived and went to the garden in the center.

At this time, it was late at night. Looking up at the sky, the sky was full of stars, and a full moon hung on the edge of the sky. The night wind is blowing, with a faint trace of fragrance. The path twists and turns deep, leading to the unknown place ahead. By the roadside, grass and shrubs, all kinds of flowers, open everywhere.

Zhang Xiaofan was stunned and walked down the path. The breeze brushed his face, bringing a trace of coolness.

On such a quiet night, a teenager walked alone in the deep garden, recalling the past.

On the roadside, a small flower trembled in the night wind, with crystal dewdrops attached to the pink and white petals, exquisite and clear. Zhang Xiaofan stopped and unconsciously looked demented.

The faint fragrance came secretly.

Suddenly, a delicate jade hand seemed to reach out from the eternal darkness, with a little quiet beauty, imprinted with the moonlight and starlight in the sky, reaching to this flower.

Fold it down!

At that moment, Zhang Xiaofan made a "bang" sound in his mind, as if the moon had lost its luster, and the garden suddenly fell into darkness.

He turned his head and looked over, with a little inexplicable hatred.

A young girl in water green clothes stood there, as if to attract the light of the sky. She gently put the flower in front of her nose and smelled it deeply.

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Note 1: "The Classic of Mountains and Seas · The Fourth Volume of the Classic of Mountains · Zhugou Mountain": The south water travels five hundred miles, which is called the mountain of the hooks, without vegetation and sand and rocks. It's a mountain, a hundred miles from a wide area, and a lot of fish.