Searching for meaning

"Can't get out."

You Sihe stretched out his hand from the opening of the hole, obviously the water curtain was close at hand, but he couldn't touch or touch the water, but his hand did disappear.

He paused, raised his foot, and stepped out of the hole: then let him try it himself.

# # #

At this time, Bi Fangli also came to his senses. He got up half of his body from the ground, and when he raised his head, he met an old man who was looking at him with a smile.

"Xiaowa, are you awake?" The old man was dressed in coarse clothes, with an extremely kind smile on his face, "I see that you have excellent muscles and bones, do you want to learn some fairy arts from this old man?"

"What do you think?" The old man waved his hand, and Bi Fangli seemed to be able to see the flash of lightning under the old man's sleeve.

"Old man, a man named You Sihe, I wonder if you have seen him?" Bi Fangli sat upright, his eyes moved slightly, the old man thought he was going to be a teacher, but now he asked an inexplicable question, which made him puzzled.

The old man stroked his beard and shook his head: "I've never seen it before."

Bi Fangli nodded: "Thank you very much."

After speaking, the man stood up and left just like that!The old man hurriedly asked behind Bi Fangli: "Xiaowa, do you want to worship me or not?"

Bi Fangli waved his hands to the back: "Thank you for your love, I don't need it anymore." He didn't come up to apprentice.

"Wait, baby, then I'll show you this fairy art first!" The old man raised his hand and fixed Bi Fangli in place, "You can think about it after you see it."

Bi Fangli thought to himself: It doesn't matter whether he sees it or not. Since he rejected him at the beginning, there is no reason to ask him to be his teacher if he sees some benefits later.

"Hey, I said you are a wooden fish head. The old man has told you so well. You are still like a donkey. If you don't accept me as your teacher today, I won't let you out!" Seeing Bi Fangli, he was unmoved. It seemed that the old man was enraged by Bi Fangli, and he raised his hands at the same level. Suddenly, countless vines appeared on the ground, and they seemed to have eyes, forming a square cage, and the cage galloped towards Bi Fangli.

How did Bi Fangli react to this?He has never seen it!So he was trapped tightly.

The old man walked towards him and proudly said: "As soon as you agree, I will release you."

This is also the way to be polite first.

The old man turned his back, his face was a little troubled: he did such a shameless thing in a moment of haste, how will it end later?But other people don't know how I recruited my apprentice, so it's not so easy to lose face, the key is how to recruit this apprentice.

He also knows that there are immortal cultivators talking face-to-face with that mortal not far away. It's okay to meet someone who can talk, if you talk about the advantages and disadvantages, just let it go; .

The person in front of me is really reckless. If a hundred years ago, he would have agreed to join the sect immediately, with threats and lures. If these methods can be used, they can be used next to each other, but they can't work now.

This is also a point to restrain the immortals, unless the mortals take the initiative to provoke them, there is a ban among the immortals, absolutely must not hurt the mortals in the slightest - this rule was also set by the ancestor when he asked to open the channel.

That ancestor always felt that mortals were no match for monks, so he imposed such a big restriction, but so did the suzerains who went to negotiate together, why were they so silent?If you can't really choose your disciples, how can the people you choose be worthy of great responsibility?The road to cultivating immortals is already bumpy, and at the moment of life and death, the threshold is so loose now, what should we do in the future?So even if there is someone in the sect who is in charge of the matter of recruiting disciples, the old man came this time by himself: he still has to check it out by himself.

"Speaking of Kan Daren, this, ah..." Thinking back to this point, the old man felt a little sad, and shook his head again, "Now I'm still thinking about what to do with the matter in front of me, let's first influence the wood, and then we'll talk about the later things .”

"You Sihe?" The old man said the name in his mouth while leaving Bi Fangli to dry, "I didn't even say whether it was a man or a woman, how could I remember where I met it, it's really tossing old man, but..."

The old man circled around the cage. Bi Fangli looked in all directions for a few times and ignored him. He stretched out his foot and kicked the cage: "Boy, are you looking for someone? The one named You Sihe."

Bi Fangli turned his head around. Although he controlled the expression on his face, he had seen so many people before, so why didn't he know that this kid had already taken the bait, hey.

"You came to the Immortal Realm to find him, right? Well, when did he come up?" The old man looked confident.

"Before January." Bi Fangli's tone was also very calm.

"A month ago, where was I?" The old man continued to circle around the cage, "Where was I? Ah, yes, I'm in Zongli!"

At this moment, Bi Fangli realized that he was probably being deceived.

"Don't worry, the fairyland is only so big, as long as you learn the magic, where can't you go here?" The old man didn't go around in circles, and said one by one what the kid should care about, "Are you looking for him? ? You will learn fairy art within ten years, and the old man pats his chest to assure you that you will definitely find it! Don’t worry on the way, since you are sure that the person has arrived in the fairy world, as long as he does not act rashly, no one will dare to hurt him. This is the rule .”

"It's just a matter of time, you will definitely find him." The old man showed a smile on his face, "Boy, do you want to be a teacher? The old man's surname is Shen."

The vines around him dispersed, and Elder Shen placed Bi Fangli in front of him. Bi Fangli twirled the rope around his wrist and nodded, "I bow."

"Okay, okay, then we can go out now, remember what you said, and then climb up to the top of the mountain. I have eight seats at No. 30, don't remember wrongly, and don't fall down on the way, hahahaha, I Waiting for you to come."

Elder Shen let out a hearty laugh, and disappeared in front of Bi Fangli in an instant.

The surrounding world also suddenly distorted, and the space that was originally empty seemed to be torn apart from the outside. Bi Fangli stood in the middle and opened his eyes wide, watching the cracks get wider and wider. After the cracks, they were still white , I couldn't see why, but he felt a stab in his head and passed out again.

When he became conscious again, Bi Fangli moved his eyes and found that he woke up at the place where he fainted just now, that is, the place where he heard the old man's voice.

"Secret technique of the immortal family?" Bi Fangli didn't think much, and continued to rush to the top of the mountain.

On the top of Qingyun Mountain, there are still people looking at the overall situation. Many people under the round platform have stopped sitting cross-legged in meditation. Three or two people seem to be talking about something in a low voice.

"Breaking the Sumeru Realm, it seems that that person not only succeeded in apprenticeship, but also received a gift." Someone who understood the mystery whispered, talking to his friends, "I don't know which sect or sect's elder is so generous. , and exerted such great strength."

"Only those who are inside know the situation in each Sumeru Realm, and we can't know about it outside, but this is also reassuring, otherwise it may not be possible for someone to interfere in the process of recruiting apprentices."

"There are fewer and fewer Sumeru Realms."

One person looked at the top of his head, there were many white spheres on it, and the spheres in the air were breaking one by one at this time, and the people who had disappeared on the round platform were constantly reappearing: most of the people on the stage now are There was a smile on his face, which was in stark contrast to the bitter face before, and there might be one or two people sighing beside him.

Day and night were reversed, somewhere in the sky, when the round sun suddenly appeared, a black spot appeared in everyone's eyes at the same time - it was the first person to go up the mountain in this disciple selection.

After this person went up the mountain, several people came up one after another.

Bi Fangli came up at noon, and then sat down to rest. Although he didn't feel hungry on the way, he was very tired now. He glanced around: most of them were adults, there were a few teenagers, and the only seven-year-old child who lay down and slept most notable.

Bi Fangli remembered what Mr. Shen told him, and looked around: "Eight seats in No. 30? Doesn't it look like a flat land here?"

The most people arrive in the afternoon, and most of them are children.

The people who came up seemed to know something, and sat down quietly to rest after coming up, even the children who had just arrived didn't mess around.

"clang--"

On the top of Qingyun Mountain, that is, at the place under his feet, a distant bell suddenly appeared inexplicably. It seemed that it made no difference whether it was close or far away. The bell still rang in his mind.

"It's over." A thought came to everyone's mind.

After the bell disappeared, fairy music suddenly sounded on the flat ground on the top of the mountain, and dozens of discs appeared in the sky at the same time. Bi Fangli's heart moved: from the protruding one character, counting backwards, there are eight No. 30, then The mark on the bottom of the disc—the same mark that appeared next to his wrist!

"Everyone, you need to take the last step by yourself!" An inexplicable voice woke everyone up, and Bi Fangli walked towards the disc he had just determined without a teacher.

But they can only look up there, after all, they can't go up.

Almost everyone stood up, and the mysterious voice sounded again: "After confirmation, the elders of each sect can bring new disciples back to the sect. Please come to the round platform to record beforehand."

As soon as this was said, the discs on it fell down, and Bi Fangli saw the face of Mr. Shen again.

"Hahaha, come with me." With a wave of his sleeve, Boss Shen led Bi Fangli to the disc, and then a sword appeared under the two of them, "It's still comfortable to stand on my sword, now go over there and wait." , don’t rush, don’t rush.”

"Look at Old Shen, he brought back a man in his 20s, hahahaha."

"Really, anyway, it doesn't matter if you are seven or eight years old or in your twenties, or even older than you and me, as long as your bones are good and your comprehension is good, we immortal cultivators..." One person said casually, "Just follow the fate. "

"Actually, it's good to be a mortal."

"..."

On the way to register, many onlookers also walked this way, they were the supporters of various sects.Some looked for their family members and nodded slightly when they saw someone beside them, some understood when they saw that they were still alone, smiled wryly with the other, and left empty-handed.

Bi Fangli got the guarantee from Mr. Shen, and when Mr. Shen went there, he stood quietly by the side, ignoring the unexplained stares cast by others, and looked around to see if he could find it here. Get You Sihe.

Still not, Shen Lao came back again, now the two can go back to the clan.

On the way, Elder Shen told Bi Fangli: "After I lead you into the sect, you can use the exercises I gave you on the way to practice on your own. If you don't understand, come and ask me, and then let the suzerain live after it is effective. At present, the suzerain has not been in the sect recently."

Old Shen earnestly said, "Well, there will always be a day when you find the person you are looking for."

Bi Fangli nodded earnestly: Since he is a teacher, he should respect him from the bottom of his heart.

Elder Shen was quite satisfied with accepting a disciple, hummed a little tune on the way, and suddenly turned to Bi Fangli and said, "Master hasn't told you about our sect name, Qingyun, it's not Qingyun Mountain, One word is different."

"..." Bi Fangli was thinking about You Sihe at first, but he had nothing to say when he heard this: it's a blessing or a curse to be similar to that Da Zong's name.

"Don't worry, although our technique is not as good as other sects, in terms of inheritance, our history is longer than theirs."

Elder Shen told him all the big and small things about the fairy world along the way, half of the time was spent praising the sect they were going to, and the other half of the time was about the other Qingyun sect. Some embarrassing things, and with the time left, I talked with Bi Fangli about the future glory of Qing Yunzong.

"If you want to talk about Qing Yunzong, you lose if you didn't go to that secret realm with the other sects that day!" Old Shen stroked his beard, thinking of that day, he still regretted it so much that he wanted to slap his thigh.

"Secret Realm of the Immortal World?" Bi Fangli took over the conversation while Old Shen was staring at him.

"That's right, the secret realm of the fairy world! There are all kinds of treasures and various exercises in it, but at that time, your patriarch was at a critical juncture, and there were many enemies. He was afraid that someone would squeeze the persimmons, so he closed his sect for three months. Only after opening the Zongmen again did we know about this.”

"Seeing the development of those sects getting better and better, our hearts are really indescribable, what's more... Hey, here we are, look, that's where it is." Old Shen stopped talking, pointed to Bi Fangli, The flying swords under their feet also descended.

Bi Fangli looked down—there was a valley, and there seemed to be a hall in the middle, but there was nothing else.

He ignored the trace of strangeness in his heart and followed Elder Shen, and then Elder Shen pressed a wooden sign somewhere, and the door of the hall suddenly opened.

# # #

"It's back to the original position." I don't know if it was a moment or a long time, but after You Sihe walked out of nothingness, he was still in that cave. He closed his eyes and opened them again, and his condition improved slightly. little bit.

Since the water curtain cannot be crossed, this is a place where people once lived. At least the stone bench cannot be carved naturally, so there must be an exit here!

You Sihe began to look for the exit in this cave.

In the blink of an eye, he had already stayed here for three days. Although he couldn't see the outside clearly, he could still feel the change of the sun and the moon.

Although the place is harmless, it seems that everything here is watching him indifferently: you can't get out, stay here and become eternity with us.

You Sihe stopped the inexplicable thoughts in his head and went to the entrance of the cave: he wanted to try again.

Those people here don't know whether they can find him or not. He is already hungry now, and if he doesn't go out, he may die here.

The water curtain is still flowing.

You Sihe stepped in again.

There is still a vast expanse of whiteness in front of him, but this time he is prepared. Since this place is vast and expansive, he will add some color. If this is a space, if he passes through the middle, he will be able to reach both ends.

He drew a mark on the ground with the stone he found, but when he stood up, the mark disappeared.

You Sihe was prepared, took out a handful of soil from his arms, and sprinkled it on the ground. It was not wiped off, and he walked forward.

# # #

Bi Fangli followed Mr. Shen to practice. I don't know if it's because he is very talented or what, but he entered the door in just two days: the spiritual energy entered the body for a week and a half.

When Mr. Shen heard his words, he almost tore off his beard and nodded: "Okay, okay, then you continue to practice, we have another book after the practice."

"It seems that there are not many people in the sect, but there are still many exercises." Bi Fangli said in a low voice.

Elder Shen must have heard it too, and waved his hand: "Apprentice, what's the use of having a large number of people? They will also compete with you for resources. You see, in our sect, all the resources are only for the four of us to practice. Isn't that very rich? "

Yes, according to Old Shen, there are only four people in this huge Qingyun Sect besides himself who just joined the sect: Old Shen is an elder, the person who is in charge of recruiting new disciples is Old Xie, and there is also a senior brother who is out wandering. , and there is the suzerain who is also away, Mr. Shen said that he will probably be back in the next few days.

"You haven't gotten used to bigu yet, go make something to eat." Elder Shen left the key to the back door for Bi Fangli, and left gracefully.

Bi Fangli opened the back door, and there were some spiritual herbs, and next to it was the vegetable garden left by the senior brother who traveled far away, with all kinds of vegetables growing in the lower realm, and a rabbit kept in a cage: but the look in his eyes He was so agile that he didn't dare to make a move for no reason.

After picking some food, Bi Fangli went to look for the pot again, now he had two experiences in his mind: one is that the elder brother is probably also a mortal who was tricked by someone;

"Not a fairy?" Bi Fangli ate some side dishes: he must have thought too much.

# # #

You Sihe hasn't starved to death yet, and even his clothes are still clean, the sun and the moon can't be seen in this pale space, and it seems that even time has stagnated.

The last handful of soil in his arms was about to be scattered, but the end of the space still hadn't seen its true face.

The situation is hopeless.

You Sihe, who hadn't had a big expression on his face for so long, continued to walk forward, but the blood was pinched from the palm of his hand, dripping down, like a flower branded on the ground.

You Sihe noticed it, so he simply took out the first stone and scratched it on his hand-beads of blood kept dripping on the ground, forming a winding but forward road behind him.

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