Wulin martial arts hegemony record

Chapter 184 Yan Ranling

Xue Chang frowned slightly, and then stretched it out again: "The son of Jiang Shenghuo mentioned by the host is Jiang Yifeng, right?"

"That's right, aren't you worried?" The host looked at him with a half-smile.

"Lanmeng can get the attention of the young heroes of Bashu martial arts, which shows that she is very good, but I believe that no one can take her away from me!" Xue Chang replied without hesitation.

The host laughed lightly: "Master Xue is quite confident, but don't worry...my senior sister thinks very highly of herself, she doesn't take Meishan Village seriously at all, and she didn't agree. But you can do it so easily today. Accompanying me to run here, I think my senior sister may really agree to your marriage with Lanmeng in the end, but—”

"Just what?"

The host didn't respond, but turned around and looked ahead, covered his mouth with his hands, and uttered a few crisp tweets.

Then Xue Chang heard the sound of flapping wings in the hazy tree shadow above his head, and then a very strange voice came from above: "Who is calling me? Who is calling me?..."

"It's me." The host said loudly.

Soon, the sound of flapping wings sounded again, and a dark object quickly passed through the white mist and broke into Xue Chang's field of vision.

The host stretched out his right hand, and the thing landed directly on the back of her hand.

It turned out to be a bird that was bigger than the palm of your hand. Its body was black with obvious metallic luster, its eyes were black and bright, and its forehead had long and vertical feather clusters, showing a crown.

Xue Chang asked hesitantly, "Is this... a crow?"

The black bird actually understood what he said, and immediately turned its head to look at him, opened its mouth and cursed: "You are the crow! You are the crow!..."

Although Xue Chang had already guessed, he was still surprised: Damn, a bird who can only understand human words and can also curse!
"My fourth sister is not a crow, but the smartest and most beautiful starling in the world!" The host dotingly reached out and stroked the black bird's feathers.

The starling held his head up and shouted loudly: "That's it! That's it!..."

This is actually a proud starling! ... Xue Chang looked at it closely with interest, but it turned around, with its butt facing Xue Chang, without looking at him.

"Fourth sister, help me bring this to your eldest sister." The host took out a small scroll and said to it.

But the starling stretched out a paw, touched the sharp beak, and screamed again: "Delicious! Delicious!..."

The host was well prepared and took out a handful of golden rice grains.

The starling immediately poked out its sharp beak and began to peck quickly. After a while, it ate it all up. Then it shook its wings, picked up the small paper scroll, and spread its wings far away.

The host looked back at Xue Chang, who was still a little dazed, and said with a smile: "Back then, my master once traveled abroad, and when he came back, he picked up an injured starling baby bird at the foot of the mountain. It was taken back to the mountain for treatment, but it never thought that it would not leave after it recovered, and followed my master every day. My master simply named it Simei. My master took in three disciples, and it ranked fourth, so it can be seen How much I like it, and I am even willing to feed it with the treasures of heaven and earth that it has picked so hard, so it is very smart and lives a long time. Don't look at it as small, in fact it has lived for 25 years, more than The lifespan of an ordinary mynah...Speaking of which, Lanmeng has been accompanied by her fourth sister since she was a child. She has a deep relationship with her fourth sister. Don't underestimate it. Lanmeng will be angry."

Xue Chang was dumbfounded when he heard it: Do I still have to curry favor with this bird in the future?From the point of view of seniority, it is still an elder of Lanmeng, Uncle Bird?
"Just now I asked my senior sister to bring the news of your going up the mountain to my senior sister, so that my senior sister can get ready and sweep the couch to welcome us when we enter the palace." The host specifically explained.

"Sweeping the couch to welcome you? I don't dare to expect that." Xue Chang teased: "As long as you don't drive me away."

"Master Xue, don't worry, no one dares to do this to the distinguished guests I personally brought up the mountain, not even my senior sister!" The host reassured rather forcefully, and then pointed forward: "The Goddess Palace is not far ahead, we Go slowly."

Xue Chang's heart moved, and he cupped his hands and said, "Thanks to Senior's care, I haven't asked Senior's name yet!"

The host politely refused: "It's not that I don't want to tell you, but that there are rules in the Goddess Palace, and you are not allowed to take the initiative to tell outsiders' names outside the Goddess Palace. Please forgive me."

Xue Chang didn't force it, but even if the other party didn't say anything, he had already guessed who the host was from the previous conversation.

Then Xue Chang felt that he was walking down, the white mist in front of him gradually faded, and his vision gradually became clear: this should be a mountain depression, and all kinds of flowers bloomed in the greenery, colorful and beautiful, Bees and butterflies were flying, and there were even various crisp birdsong in front of it, and the continuous roaring sound could be heard in my ears. According to the host, it was the sound of a waterfall...

Xue Chang followed the host and walked among the flowers, with the fragrance of flowers lingering on the tip of his nose, breathing the fresh and natural air, his whole mind was boosted.

At this time, he heard the host say: "The Goddess Palace is here."

Not far ahead, under the background of green trees and flowers, and surrounded by clear water, stands a white palace, with intermittent water mist lingering in it, and birds with bright and colorful feathers fly from it from time to time, behind it There is a white water column pouring down from above... This is simply a palace in the sky!
When he got closer, in front of Xue Chang stood a tall white jade gate, engraved with three beautiful characters "Goddess Palace" on it.

Passing through the gate, there is a small arched white jade bridge in front of it. Two starlings are squatting on the railing at the head of the bridge. Seeing them coming, they immediately screamed: "Welcome! Welcome!..."

This is sweeping the couch to welcome you? … Xue Chang curled his lips, turned his head and glanced at the host, his eyes widened.

At the place where the host was originally standing, there was a beautiful woman with fair complexion. She was wearing the same Taoist robe as the host, with the same bun, with a sly smile on her face, and her voice was clear and clear: "Master Xue!" , why, you don’t know me anymore?”

"It turns out that senior was easy-going before." Xue Chang responded.

"Now that I have entered the Goddess Palace, I can answer your previous questions." The host's eyes became bright and clear, with only a few crow's feet in the corners of the eyes faintly visible. It seems that I am not young: I am the elder of the Goddess Palace, Gu Shijing's junior sister Yan Ranling. "

Sure enough, she was Guo Huaishou's unrequited love for decades!In retrospect, when I visited the Goddess Temple, I didn’t see him say anything. I’m afraid he didn’t know that Yan Ranling was the host in the Goddess Temple... Xue Chang recalled Guo Huaishou’s talk during the trip, “Since that meeting, he hasn’t met again since that time. When I saw Yan Ranling's melancholy and bewildered expression, I couldn't help sighing secretly, but on the surface, I bowed my hands and said: "It turns out that it is the goddess Gongyan Elder, this junior is disrespectful!"

"To be honest, I don't like to wear a mask every day. I hide my head and show my tail like I'm a thief, but the damned rules of the Goddess Palace make me helpless." Yan Ranling noticed Xue Chang's strange expression at the moment, and thought that the other party He was a little dissatisfied with her disguise, and after explaining a sentence, he pointed to the starling and said, "These two are the children of the fourth sister, but it's a pity that they are far less intelligent than her."

As she spoke, she approached one of the starlings, stretched out her hand, and said, "Come to me, little one."

The mynah tilted its head, spread its wings and flew away shamelessly, and the other one followed suit.

"Look." Yan Ranling spread her hands out of self-mockery, and walked onto the arch bridge, followed closely by Xue Chang.

The stream under the bridge is clear, with duckweed blooming and schools of fish swimming.

After crossing the arch bridge, we really came to the gate of the Goddess Palace.

Standing on both sides of the gate was a beautiful young girl in white clothes. They both bowed to Yan Ranling and saluted: "Bailing (Cangxue) pays respects to Master Yan! Welcome back to the palace!"

"You two have worked hard!" Yan Ranling asked with a smile: "Where is your master?"

"She is waiting for you in the hall."

Yan Ranling nodded and stepped into the door.

The two girls looked at Xue Chang who was following him curiously, but they didn't ask or stop him.

After entering the Goddess Palace, Xue Changyou looked around, but saw exotic flowers and grasses everywhere, green trees, pines and cypresses, pavilions and pavilions were hidden among them, and paths paved with smooth white stones meandered and connected, and birds of various colors were often seen Striding on it, they didn't panic and dodge when they saw them, some of them even took the initiative to meet them, singing non-stop, as if they were begging for food.

On the way, I saw some girls in white clothes, either cleaning up bird droppings, or pruning branches, or collecting flowers and plants...all seemed very busy.

"There are quite a few disciples in the Goddess Palace!" Xue Chang sighed.

"There are actually not many disciples in the Goddess Palace." Yan Ranling said lightly: "My master's generation only had two people, our generation only had three people, and Lanmeng's next generation only had four people. I accepted three, and Second Senior Sister only had one, and I don’t like to accept apprentices, so I am at ease by myself.”

Xue Chang pointed to the girl in white clothes working on the side of the road in surprise, and asked, "Then are all these girls called your uncle?"

"When I was young, there were no such beautiful buildings here, but just a few small wooden houses..." Yan Ranling did not answer directly, but recalled the past, and said slowly: "Later, my uncle fell in love with the old man who lived in Bashu at that time. The former emperor, who claimed to drive out the northern barbarians and restore the Central Plains, later became the imperial concubine of the Great Zhou Dynasty. At that time, my master had died of illness. She took the three of us to Luoyang to take care of us, and let us return to Wushan after we grew up.

She told us many times, "Nowadays the world has changed, and all schools of martial arts are valued by the imperial court. As a famous martial arts school with a long history, Goddess Palace is also related to the current imperial family. The residence is too simple. All martial arts sects looked down on her... In short, she persuaded the first emperor, so the imperial court allocated funds, spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build this Goddess Palace..."

(End of this chapter)