Sword comes

A mountain shrouded in clouds and mist all year round. The local people around it say that there are gods in the mountain.

Chen Ping'an and Ning Yao settled near the foot of the mountain, and saw a Taoist with an ancient appearance on the top of the mountain. He was sitting cross-legged on a cushion, breathing and refining qi. The Taoist's realm was not high, and he had not yet formed a pill, but his Taoist energy was not shallow, and he could actually affect the flow of qi in the mountains and rivers of the area.

Chen Pingan retracted his gaze, inevitably feeling a little emotional. Perhaps this is what is called "who has nothing to do but sit in an empty mountain for a feast?" What a god who has nothing to do.

They did not bother the hermit's meditation, and each of them made a hand gesture to shrink the earth veins to Huangniban Ferry, crossing the mountains and rivers like folding paper.

It was so hard to be alone together. I could temporarily ignore the heavens and the earth, the grudges on the mountain, and the general situation in the world.

So Chen Pingan and Ning Yao walked side by side at the Xianjia Ferry. He still used a layer of deception, wearing a green shirt and carrying a sword, looking relaxed.

It is true that he has a slender figure, but as to whether he can be considered as handsome, it probably depends on whether he is in Luopu Mountain or not.

As for Ning Yao, it was still Ning Yao, wearing an emerald green robe and carrying a sword.

On Haoran Tianxia's side, there are not many cultivators who know Ning Yao's true appearance, and most of them are on the top of the mountain.

Huangniban Ferry is located near the north bank of Dadu, while the nearby Cunzhuang Ferry is to the south. The names of the two Xianjia Ferry are both rustic.

Chen Ping'an smiled and explained, "Cunzhuang Ferry belongs to a fairy sect called Yuge Mountain. The temple is not big, and there are mostly female cultivators. They practice water magic, so they are good at keeping their youth, similar to Qingmei Temple. They are good at making a living by painting mirror flowers and water moons, but the money they earn is used to repair the surrounding mountain roots and water veins, and they have a good reputation in the mountains. They think Cunzhuang Ferry is really not nice, so they changed the name to Green Sand Ferry, but the cultivators in the mountain would never recognize it. After all, the 'village girl' of Yuge Mountain, the 'grandmaster' of the Invincible God Fist Gang, and of course the sword fairy of Zhengyang Mountain and the moral gentleman of Shujian Lake were all the golden signs of Baopingzhou in the early years."

Speaking of the current situation, the night banquet at Piyun Mountain has naturally overshadowed it.

Ning Yao smiled and said, "That's quite mean. Are the people in Zhengyang Mountain happy about it and don't mind it?"

Chen Ping'an was holding back his bad intentions, and said seriously, "There were so many immortal palaces and Taoist temples that didn't like the way the Sword Immortal of Zhengyang Mountain acted. The last time Liu Xianyang and I were guests at Zhengyang Mountain, how many cultivators felt very happy, as if we had vented their anger for them? This is called justice in the hearts of the people. If good people can use evil methods to defeat evil people, and make them lose their temper, it will always be a pleasure for bystanders to see."

Ning Yao said: "Regarding that boundary marker? Lu Chen seemed to have said something that sounded like a prophecy or prediction?"

Chen Pingan nodded and said, "Let's wait and see. To be honest, I hope to remove the inscription more than Zhengyang Mountain."

Ning Yao smiled and said, "You are not destined to enjoy a peaceful life."

Chen Pingan held the back of his head with both hands and said lazily: "Who said it wasn't true?"

The last time he was a guest at Shiwandashan, the old blind man talked about Ning Yao and reminded Chen Pingan that "learning increases day by day, but the way decreases day by day."

Chen Ping'an was not stupid. He knew that he was reminding himself to learn more from Ning Yao. After all, since ancient times, the practice of Taoism has been about seeking truth and simplicity. On the road to climbing the mountain to prove the Tao, having all kinds of martial arts at the foot of the mountain would become a burden, just like carrying a lot of gold and silver in a basket. What good would it do?

Chen Pingan recalled something and said, "I heard from Gu Can that he got some gossip from Chai Bofu that the main focus of Yuge Mountain is water magic, and the origin of its tradition seems to have some connection with Liu Chicheng's "Jie Jiang Zhen Jing". But Liu Zhimao didn't say anything, and Liu Chicheng himself has a bad memory, so outsiders can't verify it."

That Chai Bofu is really a wonderful person. He can bend and stretch, he can be both ruthless and cowardly, he has experienced ups and downs, it is common for him to fall and break through the realm.

I just wonder if Zheng Juzhong can use this insight to create a new world for the Golden Elixir and Nascent Soul realms?

Chen Pingan said in his heart: "This Huangniban Ferry actually belongs to the Dali military, but the court has found a puppet in front of the stage. There are many similar territories, but they cannot be made public."

Ning Yao was surprised and asked, "Isn't the Dali Dynasty very rich?"

Chen Pingan was stunned. How rich is the Dali Dynasty? Chen Pingan only has a rough answer now, but Ning Yao actually talked about "money", maybe just like when she was cooking medicine in the blacksmith shop?

Ning Yao smiled and said, "I'll learn how to talk like you."

Chen Pingan laughed in silence, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Brother Cui actually always wanted to eat the word 'mountain' in Baopingzhou."

Ning Yao was a little confused. Chen Pingan stretched out his hand and wrote the word "Xian". Ning Yao understood that the immortals who practiced Taoism on the mountain seemed to have become human beings after the "mountain" was eaten.

Ning Yao asked, "Do you want to continue your senior brother's idea, and it's not just as simple as the people below the mountain managing the people above the mountain?"

Chen Pingan shook his head and said helplessly: "I'm afraid it will be more difficult than entering the Fourteenth Realm."

It is not easy for readers to truly understand history. It is even more difficult to write history well.

History is like a long river that never stops flowing. How many mountains upstream can a person who is always downstream remember?

Ning Yao caught a glimpse of Chen Ping'an's expression and asked curiously, "What are you so happy about?"

Chen Pingan suppressed his laughter and said, "I have prepared one for each of the three types of offerings from the Dali Criminal Department."

Ning Yao asked: "Then?"

Chen Pingan looked around, narrowed his eyes and smiled, "For example, if I meet a blind guy on the road later, I will take out the third-class peace card. If it doesn't scare him, I will change to the second-class. When they bring reinforcements and come to question me, I will take out the first-class peace card... It's interesting just to think about it."

However, Huangnibandu belongs to the border area of ​​the Dali Dynasty and is secretly owned by the Dali border troops, which means that there must be a Dali spy with a "nothing to do" card sitting behind the scenes. Therefore, the scene envisioned by Chen Pingan is almost impossible to happen. It is only possible to go south and pass Dadu.

Ning Yao's thoughts and ideas were always different from those of ordinary people. He asked, "Aren't you afraid that the other party will misunderstand you as an official of the Ministry of Justice of Dali, who is responsible for issuing the "no-issue" certificates in the government office?"

Chen Pingan felt a little embarrassed, or maybe he also found it funny, he tried to hold it in but couldn't help laughing out loud with a bright smile.

Ning Yao seldom saw Chen Pingan like this. Since he met him, he rarely saw Chen Pingan with such an expression and such laughter.

It seems that all the disappointments in his life have not made him despair. I don’t know if he really wants to tell others or remind himself that many stories, big and small, end with two words, “OK.” And the annotation of “OK” is probably “hope.”

So Ning Yao also smiled.

Chen Ping'an chatted about some things that were not written in the travel notes. He said that when he went on a long journey for the second time to find her, he once heard an old man say at the wine table that he had never seen a bad person become good in his life.

The drunk boy was stunned and shocked, but he refused to believe it.

The old man was not angry and said let’s bet on a hotpot meal and whoever loses will treat him.

Ning Yao asked, "Have you decided who won and who lost?"

Chen Pingan said: "It's hard to say. Maybe Brother Song just wants to eat hot pot, it doesn't matter who pays."

Once upon a time, I watched kites from afar during the day and heard the sound of reading from afar. Once upon a time, a tall boy went into the mountains holding a torch and shouted the name of the boy in straw sandals.

The four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter in the east, west, south and north; the joy, anger, sorrow and happiness of birth, old age, sickness and death; the wealth of humans, ghosts and gods; are there really such things as the law of nature and justice in the world?

There happened to be a fairy ferry at the ferry crossing that went to Cunzhuang Ferry, which would arrive in less than half an hour. Chen Pingan bought two bamboo signs for boarding the ship, which were similar to the short-distance passes at the foot of the mountain. Perhaps because the shopkeeper saw that he did not look rich, he gave him an extra reminder that the wooden sign indicated the place to disembark. If one had not disembarked after passing Cunzhuang Ferry, he would be fined a lot of money once it was discovered.

After waiting for the boat, they stood by the railing, with the sea of ​​clouds and green mountains under their feet, and looked out at the "Autumn Wind Temple" floating above the central part of Aquarius Island.

Ning Yao was at a higher level, and he could see the Autumn Wind Temple clearly, like a great formation that circulated endlessly, condensing the incense into pink mist, and then dividing it into countless ethereal red threads, scattered on the ground in densely populated areas. It was just that the temple was magnificent, and it was definitely not a side door red powder formation, rouge field, or the like.

The territory of Qiufeng Temple is located on a suspended lake. On the island in the middle of the lake, there is an ancient building complex similar to a temple. There is a three-character plaque with the two complete characters "Qiufeng" and only half of the last character "Si". It is thought that the vertical heart radical was lost, so it was named Qiufeng Temple. Over the years, the mountain has attracted countless visitors, all of whom want to find out and see if they can take this place into their possession and turn it into a private Taoist temple.

Unfortunately, it is still an ownerless land that cannot be taken away by force.

A few years ago, they attended the sect ceremony at Luopu Mountain together. Xie Songhua took Chen Li, Gao Youqing, Yu Xianfu and Lin Junbi to visit the Qiufeng Temple. Later, Chen Qingliu and Xin Jian also visited the Qiufeng Temple.

Ning Yao asked curiously, "Such a place still has no owner?"

Chen Pingan shook his head and said with a smile: "Enter my Qiufeng Temple and enter my Acacia Gate. You must be a pair of infatuated lovers made for each other to have a chance to become one. But it seems that you need to pay a price, you need to fill the vacant position of the god, become a god on the spot, and be in charge of some of the marriages in the world."

This place is where Wu Shuangjiang and Liu Qi, together with Cai Daohuang, the one who runs a wedding shop in Lizhu Cave Heaven and Hu Feng's grandfather, secretly built an engagement shop, the Marriage Department.

It appeared at about the same time as the Night Cruise, the Sea Viewing Tower in the Mountain City of Jinjiazhou, and the secret place in Tongyezhou that was said to have a great opportunity to ascend to heaven by taking elixirs. Qiufeng Temple was a very special secret place with mountains and waters. There were no restrictions on immortal arts, and cultivators could enter and exit freely. It was unlike ordinary ruins, which were either traps or formations, with layers of obstacles blocking visitors.

Chen Pingan asked: "Want to go and have a look?"

Ning Yao said: "I have already seen it."

There are strange phenomena in the Qiufeng Temple, with the sound of drums and divine crows, the Changsheng Palace where a beautiful woman dances gracefully with long sleeves bent at the waist, peach blossom fans scattered all over the ground that the monks cannot pick up, a ditch covered with red leaves with poems inscribed on them, and a white jade bridge hung with love locks... The Taoist couples on the mountains of Baopingzhou, worldly lovers, and infatuated men and women who are in unrequited love are all willing to go there to burn incense and pray for a happy marriage.

Nowadays, there are several immortal ferries that go specifically to the Qiufeng Temple, which can be said to be a good way to make money.

Chen Pingan said: "It's different when you look at it from a distance or up close."

Ning Yao shook his head and said, "It's not that interesting."

When Liu Tui's Liuxia boat arrived near Dadu, he began to split into several groups. Except for Chen Pingan and Ning Yao who got off the boat first, Nie Cui'e, Hua Qinggong and the other three rushed to the Qiufeng Temple, which was said to be very effective in marriage fortune telling. After joining in the fun, they went directly to Luopu Mountain. As for the celebration of Chen Jianxian's inauguration as the Dali National Master, after some discussion, they decided that they should not go to the Dali capital, especially since Nie Cui'e had her master's order to pay a visit to the Jingqing Patriarch.

She really couldn't imagine what kind of cultivator, what kind of merits and virtues, could be so respected by the Master?

Liu Tui and Qi Tingji also got off the boat soon. They were going to visit the offshore ruins located at the northernmost tip of Aquarius Island. Xiuhu once merged the territories of the two continents into one.

Liu Tui actually gave the Liuxia Boat to Nianxin casually, and got off the boat to catch the wind with Qi Tingji. Nianxin didn't hesitate, so she drove the Liuxia Boat and brought the sword immortals of the Dragon Elephant Sword Sect to the ferry outside the capital of Dali, moored at the shore, and holding a first-class peace sign, she went to the National Master's Mansion in the capital.

While riding the wind, Qi Tingji said with a smile: "You are quite generous."