Chapter 142 Climbing to the Island
Yi Qingyang and Zhao Hongyao got off the boat and greeted Master Jue Mian and others who came to greet them.
After everyone greeted, Dong Shangyuan asked, "Hongyao, why don't you see the old master Xun?"
Zhao Hongyao replied, "I want to tell the head of the master, and the old master Xun left the ship on the way. He specially told his disciples to tell you and Uncle Yi that tomorrow's wedding ceremony will come to ask for a wedding wine and prepare a big gift for the two newlyweds.
Yi Qingyang stood beside Zhao Hongyao and was secretly looking at the upper plain of the cave. He saw that he was elegant and free in blue, with a dignified face like a crown and jade, and his hands and feet were not magnificent.
However, when Zhao Hongyao heard about the gift-giving of "Old Master Xun", her wings couldn't help but be shocked, and a ominous foreboding rose. Everyone present, except her, knows what this gift is!
The head of Bidong Sect, Shouyang, has a white fairy style and Taoist bone. He wears a bright yellow Taoist robe and carries a fairy sword on his back. He nodded and said, "The Lord of Xunmen is used to this. It's not surprising that the poor road has long been strange."
Yi Qingyang is the first time to see Shouyang Zhenren, the patriarch of Bidong, who is known as the first master of the Shenlu Taoist family. Compared with Dong Shangyuan, who always smiles like a spring breeze when talking, this old man is much more majestic.
Dong Shangyuan smiled and said, "In this case, let's go back to the Qing Palace together. We should have rested earlier."
His eyes floated gently over his wings, but he never mentioned the matter of escaping from marriage. With only the word "running thousands of miles", he covered up all the embarrassment without trace.
At the moment, the cave was leading the way, and everyone left the harbor to pick up the steps and went to the Shangqing Palace at the top of the peak.
At this moment, the sky is getting dark, and a cyan fog rises on the island, like a veil shrouded in the wind. A crescent moon slowly rose from the sea, and the bright jade flowers shone on the fairy island, and a layer of silver frost condensed on the mountains, forests, plants and trees.
The fairy birds returning to the nest in the sky flew to Shangqing Island from all directions. The Shangqing Palace at the top of the peak looked more and more brilliant in the night, and there was a faint green air rushing to the sky, like a crouching dragon in the clouds.
From the Zhichao Gate at the foot of the mountain to the Shangqing Palace at the top of the mountain, there are a total of 9,999 jade steps, just like a galaxy leaking down nine days splitting mountains straight to the sea, which is also named "the ladder of the Tianhe River".
There are clusters of trees and flowers on both sides of the Tianhe ladder, and the spirit beast fairy birds perch leisurely, and they are not panicked when they see people coming.
Yi Yanyang pretended to enjoy the scenery of the mountain, consciously fell behind, and listened to Zhao Hongyao's enthusiastic introduction to the surrounding scenery.
"Sister Wing, look, that's the demon-killing rock. I heard from my master that more than 80 years ago, the demon religion invaded Yu Yutian. At the critical moment, I launched the Zhendao fairy array 'Lock Tianhe'. In an all-a-a-a-life ladder of the Tianhe River, the sword spirit rushed to the sky. The disciples on the island turned to attack the demons and attacked the demons and horses in front of the demon-killing rock, and won a complete victory after a night of fierce battle.
Zhao Hongyao excitedly pointed to a huge mountain stone with a radius of thousands of feet in front of her left and said, "The master of the magic religion was killed and injured. The blood shed by hundreds of thousands of people dyed the stone red. After decades of wind and rain, it is still faintly visible."
Yi Qingyang just listened quietly and did not answer, and there was a strange silence along the way.
Inadvertently, her eyes followed Zhao Hongyao's finger, and she looked at the demon-killing rock, but she was stunned.
I saw Xun Yangjian sleeping with his eyes under a tree cross-legged and sitting on the demon-killing rock, snoring like thunder.
The wing was shocked. Shangyuan in the hole in front of him had already found it and said with a smile, "Well, Brother Xun, we have rushed to the crowd, but you are hiding here."
Yuan Qianzhen jumped up to the demon-killing rock and smiled, "Brother Xun, your joke is a little too big, causing the head of the cave, Master Jue Mian and everyone to wait in vain for a long time."
Yi Qingyang shouted badly in his heart and said anxiously, "This little thief is bold and dares to dress up as the old master of Xun and sleeps here, but how can he escape Uncle Yuan's eyes? I'm afraid that the original shape will be revealed in a few words. What should I do then?
At this time, Xun Yangjian opened his eyes lazily under the tree and said, "It's rare for me to have a good sleep. You have to disturb me."
As soon as he opened his mouth, Yi Qingyang was even more shocked: "No, this voice is clearly the owner of Xun. Why did he come to Yu Yutian?"
Thinking that she was going to wear help immediately about her modification for Chu Tian's Yirong, and even her experience of staying in the same boat with the thief on the river for three days and nights could not be concealed. Her heart suddenly raised her throat and dodged behind Zhao Hongyao. While quickly turning her brains to think about countermeasures, she heard the master of sleep singing with her hands together. He said, "Amitabha, is the old master of Xun good and sound?"
"Blessed by the old monk, I have no illness and no disaster." Xun Yangjian's eyes looked straight through the crowd and greeted with a smile, "Little girl, let's meet again."
He tried to squeeze out a happy smile on his face and said, "Master Xun, which one are you singing?"
Xun Yang jumped down the demon rock with his sword and said with a smile, "I was so depressed on the boat that I simply slipped out. I didn't expect to make such a big noise. I was so tired that everyone went down to the peak to welcome me. It's a sin.
Yi Qingyang was stunned. He was ready to resist the death. Unexpectedly, the other party's answer was tightly stitched, as if he had rehearsed with himself in advance.
What's going on?
Everyone else was in the dark. When Shouyang Zhenren saw Xun Yang's sword, he also showed a smile on his solemn face and said, "You old monkey, are you going to steal wine again?"
Xun raised his sword and scolded, "Old bastards, don't wrong good people. I quit drinking three months ago.
Yi Yang listened to him shouting and scolding Shouyang Zhenren in public, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised. Unexpectedly, these two people have known each other since they became little swordsman and little Taoist priest. Later, they were born and died in several demon wars, and they were used to laughing and scolding each other.
Sure enough, Shouyang Zhenren was not angry when he heard this and asked in surprise, "You actually quit drinking. Why is that?"
Xun Yangjian sighed and said, "The child doesn't have a mother to talk for a long time. Three months ago, I was addicted to alcohol. I simply went to Jun Linfeng to taste two jars of Qiongcheng Laojiao with the old guy Lin Yingxu. Lin Yingxu was also polite. He invited me into the Tongtian Tower and said that it was easy to want Qiongcheng Laojiao, as long as he promised him a condition.
Everyone listened enthusiastically. Fan Yiqing, who had not said anything, asked, "What's the condition?"
"Wake up with him. If I win, he will give me two jars of Qiongcheng Laojiao every year. If you lose, do something for him, and you must not drink until then. Xun Yangjian replied, "I didn't hesitate to accept it on the spot. If you know that when I was a child, I grew up in a wine tank. I have never lost gambling with people.
Zhao Hongyao approached the wing and raised it gently and asked in confusion, "It's strange that I haven't seen the old master of Xun for half an hour. Why does he seem to be a different person, and even his voice has changed?"
Seeing that Xun Yang's sword did not pierce himself, Yi Qingyang's heart was slightly relieved and replied, "He is a senior master. He takes care of his identity in front of us, so he is a little reserved. Now there is no need to restrain him when he meets old friends."
Zhao Hongyao thought deeply about it and nod her head and said, "Xun Laomen is so bold that he dares to fight alone. Jun Linfeng asks Lin Laomo for wine."
Yi Qingyang guessed that the inside story would never be so simple. Asking for Qiongcheng Laojiao is probably just a cover.
Xun Yangjian continued in front of him and said, "At present, we have set the rules. No one is allowed to cheat, let alone secretly use skills to relieve the wine. The old man asked people to carry forty wine jars, lined up in front of the two of us, without a bowl, and everyone held the wine jar and drank happily.
Dong Shangyuan smiled and said, "Don't ask. As a result, Brother Xun was defeated by Lin Laimo, so he had to quit drinking."
Xun Yangjian sighed and said, "It's really evil. I've never heard that Lin Yingxu can drink, but he can drink more than me!" I don't know how many jars of wine I drank that night, until my eyes were straight in the dark, and the old guy's face was still red as if nothing had happened. I admire it, I admire it!"
Shouyang Zhenren muttered, "Did he tamper in the wine, or take the wine medicine in advance?"
Xun Yangjian shook his head and said, "We chose forty altars of wine at will. We can't cheat if we grab it. As for the antidote - unless Lin Yingxu can calculate and knows that someone will come to ask him for wine, he will not have a chance to take the medicine under my eyelids.
Yuan Zhenzhen said with concern, "Brother Xun, what on earth does Lin Laomo want you to do for him?"
Xun Yangjian waved his hand and said, "You will know it in a few days. Anyway, I have lost a lot this time."
He seemed to think of something. He turned around and said softly, "Little girl, remember that you owe me a drink."
Yi Qingyang understood what was in Xun Yang's words. Obviously, he knew about Chu Tianqiao's disguise and intended to cover it up for himself. Although she couldn't figure out why he was like this, she was also grateful, so she responded cheerfully, "I prepare good wine every day, just waiting for you to drink it."
Everyone talked and laughed quickly, and they didn't feel boring all the way. They came to the Shangqing Palace at the peak.
Yi Qingyang said that he was tired, and Zhao Hongyao led him to the "flower-throwing small building" in the palace to rest. Others went straight to the flower hall to chat with tea.
When a group of righteous figures sat down, Dong Shangyuan said, "You must have heard of the recent outbreak of civil strife in the Northern Underworld Mansion, and the two major forces led by Ni Tiangao and Li Shangqiu fought fiercely. The so-called evil deeds of heaven can still be violated, and self-inflicted crimes cannot be lived - I and Brother Yi and I have been discussing and planning in private for many days, and I want to take this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to flatten the North Ming Mountain in one fell swoop, grow my right path for thousands of years, and destroy the arrogance of his demon family!"
Because the leaders of the other four major factions also received a secret letter jointly written by Dongshangyuan and Yi Tianxiang when they received the wedding invitation, they were not surprised that the letter was exactly what happened.
But whether it was Shouyang Zhenren or Fan Yiqing, who attended on behalf of Haikong Pavilion, they bowed their heads and drank tea after listening to the words of Dong Shangyuan, and they were not in a hurry to make a statement.
Master Jue Mian said, "It's good. Brother Yi has indeed mentioned this matter to Lao Na. It's just that Shenlu has finally had decades of Qingping years, and He Ren's good use of knives and soldiers to make life suffer again.
Xu Zhilin, the elder of Yu Yutian, who was sitting on the original head of the cave, coughed and said, "The master's mercy is admired by the people. However, the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop. Whether it is the magic religion or the three major demons, they are all tigers and wolves. Sooner or later, they will harm the world. Xiaoci is a thief of great compassion, and he is not with me when he removes demons and defends the road!"
Shouyang Zhenren said lightly, "The hundred-legged insects die but not stiff. The Northern Underworld Mansion is in charge of great vitality, but its strength still exists. It may not be appropriate to raise troops easily."
Dongshangyuan didn't expect that Master Jue Mian and Shouyang Zhenren would oppose their proposal with one voice. Looking at Fan Yiqing's high eyebrows and closing his eyes to refresh himself, Xun Yangjian sat down and drank tea with a smile, and did not mean to help him at all.
As I was anxious, I saw a man striding into the flower hall and said loudly, "It is because the hundred-footed insect is dead and not stiff, we should work together to eliminate it. You can know that there have been frequent changes in the Northern Underworld Sea recently, and the great changes in the Youyuan Hall have been born, which are all harbingers of the return of the demon king. If you don't take action, the end of Shenlu will not be far away!"
In an instant, there was silence in the flower hall, but his voice was deaf and rumbled...