Buddha's Book of Beauty

The next day, Chunyue's first exam began.

All the disciples stayed up late yesterday to review, hoping that they could guess the test center correctly.The invigilator was Mr. Peng Xian. Although he had a very white beard, he still had a young face with an amiable smile.But what he said next surprised everyone.

"Everyone, this year Chunyue has changed the way of testing. The table in front of you looks like an ordinary table, but when you put your hands on it and concentrate your thoughts, there will be test papers on it. These test papers will be based on your Everyone's talent and physique automatically combine the questions, everyone's questions will not be exactly the same, or even completely opposite, so if you want to be opportunistic, it will not work!"

"Ah——" Among the disciples, some of them are from prominent families. They have spent energy and money to buy reference answers from professionals. At this moment, they are helpless and scratching their heads in front of the random test papers.

"The exam time starts from the appearance of the test paper, and the paper will be handed in an hour later. If you find that you are still answering the questions, you will be disqualified from the exam." There was another wail.

After half a stick of incense, almost half of the disciples had test papers on their desks.Gu Tao crossed his legs and put his hands on the table for a stick of incense, but not a single test paper appeared, and everyone around him started answering the papers, but she was not in a hurry.When Ruan Mei watched, she couldn't help but sneer, four test papers appeared on Gu Tao's desk, eight test papers appeared on Rong Yu's desk, and Yan Anzang and Yan Yaoling's desks appeared. Four papers appeared on the desks of the three of Shen Suruan, and two papers appeared on the desks of the other disciples. Most of the papers appeared on the desks of the other disciples.The more test papers appear, the more directions can be cultivated, and vice versa. Ruan Mei looked away, very unwilling, but obediently went to do the test papers.

But no matter how many test papers appear, there is only one hour. Everyone has to choose which test paper to do and decide on the major they want to practice.

Gu Tao flipped through the test papers, selected one and began to answer the questions.

An hour later, everyone handed in the papers and walked out of the examination room. Some were checking the answers, and some just wanted to forget the nightmare they had just experienced.Seeing that they had all gone away, Peng Xian began to collect the papers. When they arrived at Gu Tao's desk, eight more papers suddenly appeared on the table. Peng Xian stroked his long white beard and waved away the extra papers.

The results will be released after five days. During this period, apart from the trials protected by barriers, the disciples can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Chunyue, or go to the foot of Chunyue Mountain to have fun.

Xue Qingluo wrote to say that she lived at the foot of Chunyue Mountain, Gu Tao went down the mountain, Su Liquan insisted on following, Shen Shu saw that Su Liquan followed, she also followed, but she didn't know why the second senior brother Xing Xiaoyao also followed them.The other disciples have been preparing for the exam these days, and they are also looking for ways and places to relieve their boredom.In addition to drawing talismans and refining formations these days, Yan Yaoling stayed at Luomengzhu in Chunyue. Here she could hear the sound of wind, smell the breath of rain, and see the color of light. She felt that staying here With that, I feel quite calm.Ruan Mei was fined to clean the outer hall for three months, so she couldn't do without Chunyue.

Rong Yu was not used to crowds, so he stayed in Chunyue.Yan Anzang often came to him to play chess and chat, although Rongyu didn't talk much, but he liked to pester him.One day, Rong and He Yan Anzang made cakes together. Each residence is equipped with a small kitchen, and they don't have to go to the food garden to eat every day.

"Taste this." Yan Anzang put a piece of glutinous rice cakes to his mouth, and said calmly, "I have no sense of taste, so I can't taste good or bad." His tone was extremely flat, but Yan Anzang's heart trembled when he said it acid.

"One day, you will be like ordinary people, knowing the ups and downs, and being able to rejoice as you please." Yan An's eyes were warm, like a thousand-year-old jade being held by someone, emitting a deep and warm light.

Rong Yu didn't take these words to heart, he was born with no heart, he couldn't laugh, cry, and taste, he was already used to it.

Yan Anzuo was only joking, "Although this muffin cake is fragrant, has Rong Rong ever thought about adding an orchid, maybe the taste will be even better!"

Rong Yu paused for a moment when he called him "Rong Rong", and Yan Anzang showed a subtle smile.Rong Yu looked at the orchid in his hand and gently picked it up, "Will the two scents be mixed together to cancel each other's scent?"

"No, orchid will make the smell of pine needles clearer, and it will also increase the taste of pastry." Hearing what he said, Rong Yu added a flavor of orchid into it, waited with him for more than half an hour, and took it out of the steamer The pastries are really fragrant, and the pastries are softer, but the taste is unknown.

But Yan Anzhao picked up a piece of slightly cooler pastry and put it to Rong Yu's lips, Rong Yu didn't want to eat it, but smelling the smell made him feel a little hungry, so he took his hand and took a bite.Yan Anzuo seemed very happy, watching him finish eating the pastry with a smile.For some reason, Rong Yu's problem of cleanliness seems to be less serious, and he is willing to let people get so close to him.

After packing up the cakes, Rong Yu delivered a copy to Gu Tao's room, and then went to play chess.

There are few people coming and going at the empty pavilion on the back mountain. The whole mountain is bare, only pine trees.But there is no thick accumulation of leaves on the ground, but it is cooler than other places.

Tolerance and like quiet, this is a good place.There was an empty stone table and a stone bench outside the pavilion, they were very clean, so Rong Yu sat down, set up the chessboard, and started to play chess with himself - when Dad was there before, he could play against him, Ah After his father and mother left, his younger sister didn't want to go back to Kunlun. He followed his father's orders and guarded Kunlun alone for 1000 years. He was used to watching the snow and playing chess in the long days.

When he reached Xingqi, he actually stagnated in one place, with the white chess in his hand, unable to make a move for a long time.At this moment, a pine needle fell off the chessboard lightly, falling silently on the chessboard, he lowered his head to pick it up, but someone touched the pine needle at the same time as him, touched his hands, Rong Yu looked up, and his forehead lightly touched Yan Anzuo's lips .He started up, and the sleeves of his robe disrupted the chessboard.

"Rong Yu, why are you so flustered?" Yan Anzang asked, tilting his head with puzzled eyes.

It was only then that Rong Yu remembered that the imprint of "Yi Shui Jian" had disappeared between his brows.Father said that if his mark is kissed by someone, then he can only swear with this person in this life, and there will be no one else.With a little peace of mind, he involuntarily put his fingers to his mouth—he had a habit of biting his fingers when he was nervous, and he hadn't done this action for many years.He tried to stay calm, and apologized, "Brother An Zang, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were here."

"It turned out that I saw you playing happily and couldn't bear to disturb you." Yan Anzhao rearranged the chessboard for him, and said, "I heard that there is a chessboard in the Kunlun Realm, which has the effect of setting the world, and every chess piece on it is the most important person in the world. .When the world changes and the dynasties change, the people represented by the chess pieces will also be different. Have you heard of Rong Rong?"

"En." Rong Yu would not lie, and could only answer him briefly.

"I also heard that this chessboard was created by the God of Kunlun and later passed on to the God of Time. This God of Time has the ability to control time. There is also a magic weapon called the White Horse Whip, which can be used to control the speed of time. did you know?"

"En." Rong Yu's face turned pale, and he sincerely hoped that Yan Anzhao would stop asking.

Yan Anzhao looked at his face, smiled secretly, and felt a little distressed, so he stopped mentioning it.An Zang looked down, secretly hid a chess piece in his hand, and said, "Rong Rong, you have already lost this game." Rong Yu saw that the black chess had become encircled, and the white chess had no way out.He didn't realize that a chess piece was missing, but slowly put away the chessboard.Yan Anzang watched Shengyu's slender fingers move across the chessboard, and he stayed quietly by the side, just accompanying him like this, not thinking or saying anything.On the soft ground, the sound of falling pine needles and each other's breathing can be vaguely heard.

"I'll go back with you!" Seeing that he had tidied up, An Zang smiled and nodded.

Arriving at Rong Yu's room, Yan Anzhao went in very familiarly, insisting on supporting Rong Yu to lie down to rest, making him tea and feeding him medicine, Rong Yu didn't want to be taken care of like this, but he had no choice but to obey obediently in the end.

The two got to know each other these days, and Yan Anzhe's speech became more and more lively, and he always liked to tease the serious Rong Yu.

At night, Rong Yu couldn't sleep for the first time, so he folded the quilt and put the pillow away.Turn on the light, sit upright, and play with the chessboard under the light.After fiddling for a while, he walked out the door again and saw that the light in Yan Anzang's room was still on. He walked over in disbelief, but stopped when he reached the door, turned around and came back.The door behind it opened.Knowing that he was coming, Yan Anzang said, "Rongrong, I'm playing chess, and there's something I don't understand, can you come in and talk to me?"

When Rong Yu heard the word "play chess", he turned back and entered Yan Anzang's room. This was the first time he entered a stranger's room—he was still a man, and he felt inexplicably nervous, but the face There is still no expression on the face.

The room was tidy and tidy, there was indeed a chessboard on the soft couch, Rong Yu sat down, looked at the chessboard, and was about to talk to him about key points, but he coughed a few times and his face turned red.Rong Yu remembered that when Gu Tao was sick last time, she also looked like this. Yan Anzang told her to test the temperature on Rong Yu's forehead, then put it on his own forehead, and compare the temperature to determine whether he had a fever.Thinking of Yan Anzang's care for himself and his younger sister, he put his hand on Yan Anzang's head, and then on his own head. The temperature was different. It seemed that Yan Anzang had a fever.It's just, how could it be like this all of a sudden, seeing him this morning is still fine.

"Rongrong, you go back, I'll just lie down for a while. I wanted to discuss chess with you, but who knew it would happen suddenly." Yan Anzang coughed twice again.

Rong Yu couldn't hear the attention in his words, so he got up and said, "Then I'm leaving."

Yan Anzang regretted his slip of the tongue, and directly fainted on the chessboard.Seeing that his condition was so serious, Rong Yu naturally couldn't just leave like this, so he helped him to lie down on the bed, covered him with a quilt, remembering that Xu Changfeng had already gone down the mountain, and the master was in retreat again, so he didn't know who to ask about this for a while. How to treat the disease - he has been a mortal for these years, although he has been sick, but he was beaten, rested for a while, and then passed.Now seeing Yan Anzang like this, he doesn't know what to do.I had to find a cool towel first and put it on his forehead.

"Thirsty..." Yan Anzang called, and Rong Yu fed him water, and when helping him up to drink, his fingers lightly brushed his lips, and he couldn't help but feel a strange feeling.

"Cold..." Yan Anzang murmured, Rong Yu found a quilt and put it on for him, but he still called out cold.

"There are three quilts, is it still cold?" Rong Yu sat on the edge of the bed, seeing his brows frowning, it seemed that he was very uncomfortable.He wanted to smooth the wrinkles between his brows for him, but Yan Anzang grabbed his hand unconsciously, put it on his heart, closed his eyes and murmured: "Warm..." Rong Yuxin said that this person is really strange, but his hand is covered by him Holding on, he could only lean against the bed and close his eyes slightly.

As if sleeping but not sleeping, waking up but not waking up, he faintly felt that someone had brought him into the bed, but he was too sleepy at that time, so he thought it was just a dream.

This time, he slept extremely peacefully, without the silence of Kunlun Snow Mountain, and without the blood and worry of killing the enemy.It's just that when he woke up, he was startled and almost fell off the bed, but he actually put his arms around Yan Anzang's waist!However, his surprise wasn't about the relationship between men and women, he just felt that he didn't like to be in contact with people, so how could he take the initiative to touch someone's waist?After much deliberation, he could only attribute it to his dishonesty in sleeping. After all, Yan Anzang was still sick, his face was pale, and he had no strength to move.

Fortunately, Yan Anzang hadn't woken up yet, he opened his hands, tucked up the corners of the quilt for him, and got off the bed lightly.At that time, Gu Tao had already returned to Chunyue, and couldn't find Rong Yu, so he came to Yan An's Tibetan room, saw the door was ajar, pushed the door open, and happened to encounter the scene where Rong Yu got out of bed, Rong Yu felt that someone was there Looking at her, looking up, he just saw Gu Tao's astonished gaze.He thought that Gu Tao's astonishment should be the same as his own, so he didn't explain, but just beckoned her to come over, Gu Tao closed his surprised chin, but didn't go in, instead he went out like a marionette.

"Why are they so strange recently?" Rong Yuxin said, after tidying up the creases on his clothes, he went to the kitchen to cook some porridge, put it on the cabinet next to Yan Anzang's bed, and called him up to drink. Cai woke up in a daze, and said "thank you", but his hands and feet were so weak that he couldn't afford the porridge, so he just said that he would drink it later.Rong and naturally couldn't understand the implication, so he really let it go.Yan Anzang coughed violently a few times, Rong Yucai said: "Your illness came on so suddenly, I will accompany you to see a doctor."

"No need, it's just an occasional typhoid fever, just eat more food. It's just that I don't have the strength right now, so I have to wait for the porridge to cool down before drinking it."

Rong Yujin took the initiative to comprehend the "subtext" in the world, "Oh" suddenly realized, and said: "If you don't mind, I'll feed you."

"Then, thank you very much." Yan Anzang accepted the kindness with a sense of peace of mind.

Then, the Ice God of War, who had never served anyone before, fed a man porridge for the first time.

"It's really weird! It's weird—" Gu Tao came out of Yan Anzang's room,

Gu Tao walked out in a daze, and looked at Lanyue Mountain in the distance, which shot straight into the sky, feeling like the world was turned upside down.There is no snow all year round in Chunyue, and the seasons are like spring, but at this time she feels an evil cold for no reason.It's not that she doesn't want her brother to have a sweetheart, and it's not that she hates Long Yang's goodness, it's just that Yan Anzang only took two months to get such care from her brother, her heart can be traced.

In the past, when we were in Tiangong, there was no lack of beautiful and attentive people, but Rong Yu just ignored these proactive people, why would he be so special to a Taoist?Yan Anzang was kind to Rong Yu for no reason at the beginning, and was even willing to risk his life to save him from a walking corpse. As a member of the Yan family, he was at the center of the power struggle, so there was no need to put himself in danger for an outsider.Furthermore, from the location and time of Wuti Village's "Sacrifice to the New Year", it can be deduced that this formation should be laid down by Yan Anzang. It sacrifices human life and acts against the heavens. What is the purpose of this formation?

She was thinking while walking, completely ignoring the person walking in front of her. After bumping into someone, she apologized and continued walking forward.But the man changed direction, blocked her way, and threw a magic talisman forcefully. Gu Tao was startled, and hurriedly turned to the side. A pair of peach eyes were looking at her, and the Diancui hair ornament shook slightly. Tao looked at her and remembered that this was Yan Yaoling.It's just that they don't have much contact with each other. Since the Chilian King Snake has recognized her as the master, Yan Yaoling has nothing to argue with her.

Her palms were frozen and she broke the talisman. She turned around and left, but Yan Yaoling turned around again, blocking her way.Gu Tao stopped and raised his eyebrows to see what she was going to do.

"You, aren't you human?" Yan Yaoling couldn't see any aura in her body before, but she was able to escape the walking corpse, and was recognized by the Chilian King Snake. She was injured by a god-level weapon and survived. A mortal body , how could it be so evil?If it's not human beings, then it's ghosts and gods.

Gu Tao was startled, the girl in front of him was only fifteen years old, but the words she said were hard to answer.Thinking of the Dao talisman just now, it seems to be the Zhong Kui talisman used to catch ghosts.

Seeing that Gu Tao was silent, Yan Yaoling said again: "Are you a god?"

Gu Tao saw that this person spoke interestingly, so he joked: "Yes, this god can grant you a wish, how about it?"

Yan Yaoling was startled, stroked her hair and said, "Oh, how can there be such a frivolous god like you?"

"Then in your eyes, what should a god look like?" Gu Tao raised his eyebrows.

Yan Yaoling touched her hair with her hand, and stopped halfway through the touch. She snorted coldly and walked away.

Gu Tao didn't know the girl's intentions, so he went back to the room without thinking too much.

Uncovering the quilt, Huahua was still asleep, and it had become quite lethargic these past few days. She thought that maybe it would be better after spring.When she came back just now, Junju stopped her and gave her a Huiyuan Pill.When he saw the Chilian King Snake that day, he could tell at a glance that it had been poisoned by the corpse. He seemed to understand the reason why Gu Tao insisted on becoming an inner sect disciple. He counted the days and gave her a reward when he came back. Yuan Dan.

This also means that she must be Junju's disciple.

After returning from Bihaiyan, she spent some spiritual energy on Huahua, and fed him some of her blood. The poison of the corpse spread a little slower, so there was no need to be so anxious to detoxify, but she always felt uneasy. Hui Yuandan couldn't feed Huahua who was asleep, so he had to wait until he woke up before feeding.Remembering that she hadn't finished practicing the sword today, she picked up the sword and went out again.

After Yan Yaoling and Gu Tao separated, they wandered around, but came to Yan Anzang's room, Rong Yu had already gone back, the door opened, Yan Anzang walked out, seeing Yan Yaoling, he didn't really want to say hello, but Nodding slightly, he closed the door and wanted to leave.

"Hey, Yan Anzang, are you hiding from me like this because you know what you have done?" Yan Yaoling didn't even want to put on a fake smile, with a contemptuous and disdainful expression on the corners of her mouth, as if in Look at something extremely nasty.In this world, there are mostly things she hates, but she won't show her disgust so clearly.

Yan Anzang turned around and walked down the steps, "You have hated me for so many years, do you want to continue to hate me?" There was no shame in Yan Yaoling's vision in his eyes, but the compassion overlooking all living beings, a kind of elegant lotus flower , The feeling of coming out of mud but not stained.

"Hmph, Yan Anzang, do you think you can wipe away the blood and filth in your hands by pretending to be a fairy? Oh, that tolerance is good, why, after thinking about it these days, when will you use him to sacrifice?" What about the array?" Yan Yaoling smiled coldly, as evil as a lotus in hell, watering it with blood and breathing out ghost energy. ,

Yan Anzang was touched by someone, and his sleeves moved slightly, but soon there was no movement, "Yan Yaoling, the death of my parents was neither my intention nor my actions, I have already explained it. But You don't want to believe what I say, you only want to believe what you see, and I can't do anything about it."

"It has nothing to do with you? Yan Anzang, do you really think that I am young and ignorant and simple-minded?" Yan Yaoling's face changed, with anger in his eyes, "Born in a cloudy year and a cloudy moon, it attracts evil spirits the most, haunted by a hundred ghosts, It’s really burning, and my parents still remember pushing you out of the evil formation, but I lost my life!” She said excitedly, “I watched them burn to death, but I couldn’t do anything! But what about you? They died, indifferent, and just said to me, "This is the fate". In your eyes, Yan Anzang, father and mother's sacrifice, is it worthy of death?" Recalling the past, Yan Yaoling's eyes fell into tears.

"I'm sorry, but that...is absolutely not what I want..." Yan Anzang didn't know how to explain to her, so he could only get closer, trying to comfort her.

Yan Yaoling made a quick move, took off the cuizi from his head, and stabbed it at Yan Anzang's chest. Yan Anzang did not dodge or dodge, and caught her attack. The hairpin was only an inch away from the mouth, and Yan Yaoling There were still tears on his face, but there was no more sadness and anger, only hatred and unwillingness. "Since you hate me so much, I should let you relieve your anger." Yan Anzang led her hand and stabbed her right side of the chest. Yan Yaoling was startled by his action.

"I will go to hell eventually, but not now...but it will be soon. At that time, your hatred will be gone." Yan Anzang pulled out the hairpin, took out a handkerchief to wipe off the blood on it, and helped Yan Yao The spirit is fastened again. "Sister, although you don't admit that I'm your elder brother, if you need my help, I can help you, so feel free to ask." Yan Anzang turned his head, wiped away the blood with a wave of his hand, and walked away with his sleeves.

Yan Yaoling stood there in a daze, "You can't die, do you want to sacrifice my parents' lives? Do you think that you can get my forgiveness by saying soft words? You people always think that I am weak Deceitful, stupid, easy to deceive? Yan Anzang, I, Yan Yaoling, will definitely avenge this..." She knelt down, buried her head in her knees, and sobbed, revealing her timidity and helplessness at this age.After Gu Tao practiced the sword, he restrained his breath and watched from the beginning to the end.She didn't have much time to comfort Yan Yaoling, so she looked around for a while and went back by a detour.

The day when Chunyue released the list was also the time for apprenticeship.

But the strange thing is that the elder brother Xu Changfeng is not there, so Xing Xiaoyao presides over it, and the apprenticeship ceremony is held at Yulongyue.

Where the fish and dragons are jumping, the koi are jumping, the sun is shining, on the shadow cloth stone, there are even cranes coming to visit, all kinds of birds are singing together, all kinds of herbs are decorated on the jade steps, and the four teachers are sitting on the high position, waiting for the disciples to come to see them.

This time Chunyue accepted a total of [-] disciples, Yan Yaoling and Gu Tao joined Jun Zhu's sect together, Yang Ange, He Shou and Rong Yu joined Boya's sect, Yan Anzang, Shen Shu and Ruan Mei joined Peng Ya's sect. Under Xian's sect, Mu Qi, Su Liquan and Fu Qi joined Ziqi's sect.The rest, etc., each worshiped under the sect of other teachers.

Jun stood up, looked at the kneeling disciples, and said admonishingly: "During the spring and the moon, I hope that you can understand your heart, know why you came and why you came to this world once; In this way, I will not forget what I want to protect in the first place. Everyone, can you hear me clearly?" Jun stood like a green bamboo, his voice was like a bell, and the concise words echoed in everyone's heart, but everyone's face , all with different expressions and different thoughts.

Jun looked at them and smiled lightly.In this world, some people can see clearly but can't do it, and some people can't see clearly but do it indiscriminately. These disciples will see themselves in the future.

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