Chapter 2 Dreaming of This Life

After half a month, Xiahou and his son finally came outside the capital Tianhua City. From afar, the majestic and tall wall stood, a river flowed in front of the city, and a wooden suspension bridge stood on it.

When he walked in, two rows of soldiers in armor lined up on both sides to check the people who came and went. After a moment, it was Xiahou's turn.

Seeing that Xia Houyuan's martial arts were extraordinary, the soldiers immediately let him go after a general inspection. Xia Houyuan led Xia Houtian to the east and heard a mansion.

The golden plaque of the four words "Marquis Xia's House" hung in the middle, and the red door opened wide. Two well-dressed guards stood on both sides. Two stone-carved beasts stood in front of the door, with extraordinary momentum, which surprised Xia Houtian and sighed that it was much more elegant than his own family.

Xia Houyuan came forward, handed over a piece of jade pendant to the guard, and said, "Please inform me, just say that the old friend is visiting. This is a token."

Seeing the exquisite workmanship of the jade pendant, it came from everyone at a glance. The guard did not dare to neglect it and went in to report it.

A moment later, a middle-aged man came out, holding a jade pendant in his hand, and his face was full of excitement. He shouted, "Brother, you're finally here. It's so hard to wait for you for me."

"My brother is worried too much. I have arrived safely. It's very safe on the road. This is the dog Xia Houtian. Tian'er's name is uncle."

Xia Houtian saluted and said, "Xiahou Tian has met the uncle. The uncle is fine."

Seeing this, the middle-aged man smiled and said, "You don't have to do this. It's free to talk to the uncle's room."

Xiahou and his son followed the middle-aged man into the house, and saw a lot of guards in the house, heavily guarded, and a murderous atmosphere.

Xiahouyi, the elder of the Xiahou family, was awarded the title of "Pingnan Marquis" because of his outstanding achievements in the war in his early years. He has a strong power. In recent years, he has a hidden tendency to compete with his own family. He has practiced eight layers and is one of the top ten masters of the dynasty.

Marquis Summer Palace, Inner Hall

"Thanks to you, you arrived in time, otherwise you will definitely let others take advantage of it. The elders of my family are really abominable."

Xia Houyuan frowned and said, "Do I still refuse to agree to merge? There must be an internal and external division?"

Xia Houyi said, "Brother, you don't know anything. Since you left Xia Hou's family, the family has changed a lot. This quota dispute is to gather all the collateral leaders for my brother, which allows my family to give up a place. Unexpectedly, the time is coming, and the disciples with good cultivation have been assassinated one after another. My two children Zi also died of death.

Hearing the fierce fight, Xiahou Yuan clenched his fists, his eyes showed fierce light, and said, "At the same time, it's really abominable that the Xiahou family acted like this."

Seeing that the goal was achieved, Xia Houyi knew that his younger brother still supported him and said, "According to my brother's investigation, this matter is a ghost behind my back. Unfortunately, there is no evidence in my hand, so it is inconvenient to speak out. Xiahou's side saw that the children were seriously injured, and no one dared to go, so he asked his brother's son to go."

"Big brother, don't worry. Tianer will definitely go on time and won't lose my prestige."

"That's good. You're tired. Go down and have a rest first. God, I will send someone to protect you, and you won't make any mistakes."

Marquis Xia's House, West Wing

"Father, at the same time, Xiahou's lineage, why do you still fight like this? The child doesn't understand."

Hearing his son's inquiry, Xia Houyuan said, "Well, you will understand these things in the future. This opportunity is rare, and you must go all out."

"The child knows his father. No matter how dangerous it is this time, the child will definitely move forward bravely."

"Okay, it's worthy of being my son, Xiahou Yuan. If you are ambitious, go and have a rest."

Seeing that his father was in a much better mood, Xia Houtian withdrew from the room and walked to his room. He whispered in a low voice, "The world is for profit, and the world is bustling for profit. It seems that this is true. Why do you have to be embarrassed, father?"

Three days later, Xia Houtian practiced alone when he had nothing to do. The true qi slowly increased, and finally he could run three or nine weeks at a time, which was also rewarding.

Xiahou nationality

Early this morning, Xiahou Tian came to the Xiahou family with his father and uncle.

"I heard about the new mourning of Brother Yi's second son. I don't know why I have time to come to the family?" An old man said.

"Who am I? It turned out to be Brother Wen. Qingyun sent someone. How can I not get it?"

Xia Houwen, an old parent, has always looked down on the children of the collateral line. He has a lot of opinions on the collateral line. He is the sworn enemy of Xia Houyi and the seventh level of the cultivation period.

"You••••••" Xia Houwen was speechless for a moment and walked away.

At noon, a green light galloped in the distance and stopped in the Xiahou clan. A young man appeared in front of the crowd and walked to the patriarch of the Xiahou family and said, "Poor Yunfeng, entrusted by the master, came to pick up the three Xiahou children and go to the sect for trial."

"The fairy is very polite. The three of them have been waiting here for a long time. Please take a rest inside."

"No, call them out. I'll take them to the mountain gate immediately."

Yunfeng, an official disciple of the Qingyun School, has been practicing for 20 years. In the early stage of building a foundation, he is one of the top ten rookies in the world of immortal cultivation, making countless female immortals fall in love with him.

Xia Houtian, Xia Houfeng and Xia Houyu stood in front of Yunfeng. Yunfeng asked, "But they?"

"It's these three people. I hope the immortals will take more care of them. The Xiahou family is very grateful."

Yunfeng stopped talking, pinched the law, and became bigger with his sword. He said, "Hide on the flying sword."

Xia Houtian and the other two quickly stood up and only heard the words "Royal Sword Flying, Disease." The giant sword slowly flew into the sky and flew into the distance.

"Don't worry, brother. Maybe you will become a fairy in the future, and you can also enjoy happiness. I'm afraid that if the emperor sees you, he will let you get some points." Xia Houyi joked.

Xia Houyuan smiled bitterly: "Big brother, don't say that. If you want others to know, you have to make trouble again."

Xia Houyi laughed, pulled up Xia Houyuan and walked in; Xia Houyuan looked at the distance and blessed silently in his heart, hoping that his son would have a safe journey.

However, Xia Houtian was very excited at this time. The giant sword under his feet moved forward quickly and looked at the earth. He was so small that he was determined to learn to fly with the sword no matter what.

Yun Feng saw the excitement of the three people, and his eyes were full of smiles, as if he had seen himself in the past. That was he, like them, with infinite dreams.

In fact, Yunfeng is not optimistic about the three people. Xia Houtian practices three layers of Qi, and the other two people practice four layers of Qi. I'm afraid it's difficult to pass the entry test.

Qingyun School, Qingsongfeng, Trial Pavilion

On that day, Yunfeng took the three people back to the Qingyun School and handed them over to an old man, but he did not appear again, which made Xia Houtian's idea of flying with his sword fail.

Today, three people were brought here, and hundreds of people came together. The venue suddenly seemed a little crowded, and the conversation was endless.

"Quiet••••••" An old man appeared and stopped the noisy scene.

"Today, when you come here, you will participate in the introductory trial. Those who pass will be accepted as disciples, and the losers will be taken home. I hope you can do your best. I will click on the name later and enter the trial pavilion in order."

Xia Houtian thought that he would be directly accepted as a disciple, but he didn't expect to go through trials. Thinking of his own cultivation, he couldn't help but feel dark.

His father's smile came to his mind, and Xia Houtian's heart was firm: "Anyway, you must join the Qingyun School."

"The Xiahou family - Xiahou is in front of the sky." Hearing his name, Xia Houtian stepped forward.

After confirming, the old man said, "Enter the trial pavilion for an hour. If you get the Aoki token, you will be regarded as a pass. If you enter the true qi into the token, it will automatically take you out. Do you understand?"

Xia Houtian shouted, "I see. Thank you, grandpa."

When the old man heard Xia Houtian's name, he laughed and said, "Grandpa? Interesting child." Unfortunately, Xia Houtian had gone in and didn't hear the old man's words.

When the disciples next to him saw that the elders were so happy, they all guessed who was going to be unlucky again, hoping that it was not themselves and so on.

The old man, named Feng Xing, is the elder of Qingyun School. He is the current teacher's younger brother. He is humorous, likes to play tricks on others, and has a strange temperament. He is nicknamed "Madman" in the later period.

Trial Pavilion, Glazed Dream

Entering the trial pavilion, the scenery in front of him changed. Xia Houtian appeared at the mouth of Hejian Town, with his mouth wide open and a different face, with a surprised expression. He didn't understand why he came here.

Xia Houtian pondered and thought to himself, "What's going on? Did I fail the trial and was sent home? No, why do I have no memory of the trial at all? It's strange. It's better to be careful."

Walking into Hejian Town, the familiar Qingshi Road, familiar people, familiar shops, everything in front of you is so familiar.

Walking to the door of the house, it is the same. Everything is so natural and harmonious, and there is no flaw, as if it were.

At this time, his father Xia Houyuan came out of the room and saw Xia Houtian stop in front of the door. He looked lonely and said, "Son, don't be disappointed. Although you failed the trial, you are still my Xia Houyuan's son and the pride of my father."

The familiar words made Xia Houtian burst into tears and thought to himself, "Maybe all this is true. It seems that I care too much about the cultivation of immortals, and it's really wrong to make my father worry so much."

He slowly put down his vigilance and said to his father, "Father, I'm fine. I remember I was just preparing to participate in the trial. Why did I go back to the river all of a sudden?"

"Son, it's been a few months since the trial, and you still can't let it go. If you don't pass, just be safe."

Then he learned from his father that he failed the trial that day and was brought back to the clan. He looked very frustrated. His father had to take him back to Hejian's home and carefully recuperate. Then he recovered. However, the failure of the trial cast a shadow on him and never lingered.

Hearing this, Xia Houtian understood, stopped talking, said goodbye to his father, and returned to the room.

Xia Houtian sat next to him and muttered to himself, "Is what my father said true? Is it true? If not, then everything here is so true. How to explain it?"

The real scene in front of him deeply shook Xia Houtian's heart. In order not to worry his father, Xia Houtian gave up his dream of cultivating immortals and began to read the collection of classics and history, preparing to embark on an official career.

Xia Hou's astronomy talent is good, and he soon got a scholar, followed by Ju Ren and Jinshi, and finally the top student in high school, the ups and downs of the eunuchs, and the official of the Ministry of Officials, and the first-class member.

As the years went by, Xia Houtian was married and had a child in a blink of an eye. Xia Hou Yuan was also dying. Before his death, Xia Hou Yuan asked Xia Hou Tian to protect Xia Hou Tian's side branches. Although Xia Hou Tian was disgusted with the family struggle, he could not bear his father's death and agreed.

Not long after, when the battle between the Xiahou family reached its fiercest, countless family members died tragically. Originally, Xia Houtian had been out of the matter, but he was at peace with each other, but his father's instructions before his death made Xia Houtian resolutely intervene in the family struggle and preserve his collateral bloodline.

With many years of connections and the integrated forces of Xiahou, a few years later, Xiahoutian reached a settlement with his family on behalf of the collateral line. The Xiahou family unified and became the largest family of the Tianhua Dynasty. Xiahou Tian was also elected as the patriarch and managed family affairs.

But the emperor of the dynasty was old. Seeing that the Xiahou family was strong, he wanted to pave the way for his son and secretly launch an attack to kill thousands of people in the Xiahou family.

Fortunately, Xia Houtian had many ears and eyes. He had been on guard in advance, commanded his own forces, and began to fight with the emperor. After three years of war in the army controlled by the two sides, the victory was finally decided.

Xia Houtian stood in front of the palace, with the broken palace in front of him and the army behind him. Xiahou Tianling waved the flag, and the army submerged the palace in an instant.

In the end, Xiahou Tian seized the imperial power, ascended the throne and established the Xiahou Dynasty. Since then, he has been diligent and loves the people. In his old age, he passed the throne to his eldest son, so he did not ask about the government.

One day, with painstaking effort**, Xia Houtian returned to Hejian Town. The town in those years had become a big city, which was extremely prosperous, and the young flowers were gradually getting old.

"Xiaohua, how are you? It seems that we are all old..."

"Brother Xiaotian, when you were a child, your dream was to cultivate immortals. I didn't expect you to be an emperor. What a fool."

Xiaohua's casual words made waves in Xia Houtian's heart: "Yes, my childhood dream, I didn't expect it to be like this now. Am I wrong?"

"I seem to have forgotten something, what is it?"

"Hongmengjing"! By the way, I forgot this magic weapon. His heart moved casually. Xia Houtian came to Hongmeng in an instant. The scenery was still the same as before. He walked to the river and was about to cross the bridge. Suddenly, his eyes tightened, and a tender face in the river appeared in front of him.

"Are all the hallucinations you just experienced?"

The heart moved casually and returned to Xiaohua. A kind of enlightenment surged into his mind. Xia Houtian was not wandering, and his heart was firm. The illusion in front of him suddenly disappeared, and a token floated in the distance.

Xia Houtian was overjoyed. Just as he was about to get the token, a white light shrouded it. He returned to the trial pavilion, looked at him with regret and said, "Son, although you finally broke through the illusion, it's a pity that you were a little unlucky and still failed to pass."

Xia Houtian was very frustrated when he saw the failure of the trial. He remembered his father's expectant eyes, and his heart was sore.

Seeing this, I can't bear to sink such a teenager. Although luck is also an indispensable part of the cultivation of immortals, when I see Xia Houtian like this, I can't help saying, "Son, there is another way for you to stay, but it's about life and death. I don't know if you want to have a try?"

The popular words are like a bright lamp in the dark and a lighthouse in the sea, which rekindles hope in Xia Houtian's heart.

"Grandpa, what's the way for me to stay?"

"This is not the only kind of trial for our Qingyun School to recruit disciples. This is the trial place for formal disciples, and there is also a trial for registered disciples. I don't know if you are willing to participate or not. Although it is extremely dangerous, you can be accepted as a registered disciple after passing and leave it to practice immortality."

As if it were a life-saving straw, it was caught by Xia Houtian: "I'm willing to have a try. Please do it."

"Okay, I have the courage. I didn't misread you." Then he called a disciple and led Xia Houtian to the registered disciple's trial place.

The Qingyun School has a long history. In the past 5,000 years since the establishment of the school, outstanding people have emerged. It is one of the three major schools of Tianhua, tied with the Hundred Flowers Palace and the Five Gates. There are three types of disciples: elite disciples, official disciples and registered disciples.

Because of the meritorious treatment of the elders, the Xiahou family was allowed to participate in the official disciple trial directly as an exception, while other mortals participated in the registered disciple trial. Although they could join the sect after passing, the treatment was very different, which was simply very different.

Green Pine Peak, Yaowang Cave

Xia Houtian came to the registered disciple trial office. There were far more people who signed up than the official disciple office, but it was very quiet. Here, the elder received a letter from Fengxing and asked Xia Houtian to enter the Yaowang Cave to take the test.

When I first entered the cave, the strong smell of Chinese herbal medicine came to my nose, and there was a lot of herbs. In a stone table in the distance, there stood a middle-aged man.

Walking forward, Xia Houtian said, "Xia Houtian, come to try."

"There are hundreds of herbs here. Within an hour, if you eat half of them, you will pass the test." After saying that, the man closed his eyes and stopped talking.

Hearing this, Xia Houtian felt that although the name test was simple, it was very dangerous; while the formal disciple seemed difficult, it was very safe.

However, Xia Houtian still did not hesitate. He squatted down and carefully distinguished herbs. He quickly identified more than 70 kinds of herbs. Thanks to Xia Houtian, he used herbs to cut hair and wash the marrow since he was a child. Otherwise, he had to die here. Later, he identified more than a dozen poisonous herbs through the elimination method.

After separating the herbs, Xia Houtian found a problem: more than half of the poisonous herbs are obviously, so this is not a fatal result. Qingyun School should not be like this.

After careful observation again, Xia Houtian found that several non-toxic herbs could just relieve the toxicity of several toxic herbs. This discovery made him know the intention of such a trial. In this way, he separated nearly 40 herbs that could be taken, and the rest could not be distinguished. Xia Houtian decided to try his luck.

Soon, he will take herbs in turn. When the middle-aged man saw that Xia Houtian had eaten more than 40 kinds, he opened his eyes and stared at Xia Houtian.

Seeing that there is less and less time and no longer hesitation, Xia Houtian chooses several herbs that are not too dangerous to eat quickly.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man shook his head slightly, because in the last herb eaten by Xia Houtian, there was a kind of herb called rabbit pouring, which was very poisonous, and the middle man would die.

Xia Houtian felt that his throat was dry, his eyes were golden, his limbs were weak, his face was blue and purple, and he fell to the ground. Death seemed to be close at hand.

"Goodbye, father. The child has lived up to your expectations." Xia Houtian said silently in his heart.

Just as Xia Houtian was waiting for death to come, in Dantian, "Hongmeng Realm" Huang Mang won, and the poison of the whole body was gradually eliminated from the body.

Seeing that Xia Houtian came back to life, the man was very surprised, but his face remained unchanged. He threw a wooden token to Xia Houtian and closed his eyes.

Xiahou Tian was very happy to see that he passed the trial. After thanking the man, he walked out of the cave. What he didn't know was that the man in the cave was very curious about Xia Houtian. He didn't understand how Xia Houtian could remove the poison of the rabbit. He just guessed that it might be a mixture of several herbs that could relieve toxicity.

Seeing Xia Houtian coming out with a token, the elder here was surprised and said secretly, "The person recommended by the popular elder is really not bad."

"Xiahou Tian passed the trial, and in the future, he will be a registered disciple of the Qingyun School. He will practice at Lusongfeng, and he can't slack off."

"Disciples understand."