Jiuxiao

Ji Shi had been waiting at the gate of the yard long ago, and when he saw two figures, one big and one small, one in front and one behind, he smiled and went up to meet the child, wanting to hug the child, but in the end Helian flashed, He didn't want to be hugged in a daze, his small mouth soaked in the icy-cold river water was tightly squeezed, and the austere and mature expression on Bai Nen's face was completely inconsistent with it, but it was not intimidating, on the contrary, it couldn't help but make people want to laugh.

As expected, Mrs. Ji burst out laughing. Seeing that the two were all wet, she straightened her face again: "Da Lang, are you taking your younger brother to play in the water again?"

Zhou Da scratched his head, he couldn't say that Bao'er ran to the middle of the waterfall by himself, otherwise he might frighten Ji Shi, but he couldn't make up a lie, so he could only stammer, but Helian said: "I'll catch you!" Fish, extra meal at night."

Seeing the carp in Zhou Da's hand, and seeing the drops of water on his youngest son's face, Ji Shi felt even more distressed, and couldn't help but take his hand and walk back: "Go back with Auntie and change your clothes, Da Lang, you Come in too!"

Helian couldn't break free, so he had to let her go, and there was inevitably a trace of helplessness in his unmoving eyes.

He was born as an orphan in his previous life. Later, by fate, he embarked on the road of cultivating immortals and became a demon cultivator. Since then, his relationship has become weaker. Thousands of years seem to be a long time, but for cultivators, they have to travel all over the mountains and rivers to find the right one. My own magic weapon is to fight with fellow sects, to deal with provocations and conspiracies from Taoist cultivators, and most importantly, to retreat from time to time for enlightenment, when I close my eyes, there is nothing outside, and often when I open my eyes again, it is dozens or even tens of thousands of times. A hundred years later.

Therefore, in He Lian's view, not to mention the love between men and women, even family affection and friendship are very superfluous things, which are not beneficial to oneself, but will hinder one's cultivation, because not everyone in this world has the aptitude to cultivate immortals, and immortal cultivators are chosen from thousands of miles away. One, once you decide to embark on the road to longevity, you must abandon everything in the world.

A hundred years have passed, and when you are still young, your relatives are already gray-haired. Therefore, unless you are a couple of dual cultivators, ordinary immortals will not invest too much affection on others.

Helian is no exception.

It's just that he didn't expect that there would be a day when he would have his parents and relatives again.

One day, this woman who is holding her hand will slowly grow old, her black hair will be stained with gray, and eventually turn into a pile of loess.

The three mother and son entered the house, the Zhou family was the head of the family, and Zhou Chai greeted him cheerfully. Regardless of Helian's dripping wet, he hugged him and kissed him. Seeing his son's face darken in an instant, he laughed loudly.

"Little Bao'er went to the river to play in the water again?"

Ji said angrily: "Hurry up and put the people down and let them change their clothes. If you hug you again, you will get wet."

Zhou Chai laughed and said, "I'm so scared, I'm in good health and won't get sick!" After finishing speaking, he put Helian down and stroked his head, "Dalang, take Bao'er in to change clothes."

Zhou Da responded, and walked into the back room with Helian.

Ji's smile faded away, and his brows frowned slightly: "Have you decided where Dalang Bao'er is going?"

Zhou Chai also stopped laughing, sat down, and nodded heavily: "I heard from the village chief that there will be a fairy head here to accept disciples in a few days. I want Dalang and Bao'er to go and see if they can be accepted into the gate wall. , that is the blessing of the third generation of Xiu!"

There are several ways for ordinary people to embark on the road of cultivation.

One is that there are many people with outstanding aptitude in the family, which have been passed down from generation to generation to form a family of cultivation. The children in the family naturally have many opportunities to come into contact with the world of cultivation that others may never see in their lifetime, but this kind of family is extremely powerful after all. Not many, and there are only two or three on the entire continent.

The second is that as a mortal, he encountered some kind of opportunity and began to see the way for the first time. Helian was like this back then. He didn't have a master. Outstanding, this is the step by step achievement of the later legend.

The third is that the Xiuxian sect will go to the secular world to select disciples every once in a while, and then classify them according to their aptitude. Those with good aptitude will be accepted as disciples by important elders, and those with average aptitude may be sent to the outer sect for observation first. And so on, and for mortals, these cultivators are gods in their minds, so down to the common people, up to the royal family and nobles, they all feel honored to be selected by the famous sect.

And the third way is what Zhou Chai just said.

Ji hesitated: "But didn't you say before that you want to send Dalang to study? There is a distant cousin in my natal family. I heard that many years ago, he was accepted as a disciple by the fairy head of Jinghaimen, and he never came back. , if Dalang and Bao'er also...then, then..." She couldn't continue, she lowered her head and wiped her tears.

Zhou Chai sighed: "Why don't I want them to learn the ways of sages? In the future, the old Zhou family may produce two seeds of study, but the world is so chaotic now. I heard that Dongyue's soldiers have already arrived in Anyang. ..."

Ji's face turned pale with shock: "When did this happen? When I returned to Ning a while ago, didn't I hear from my brothers that the emperor didn't want to fight and wanted to negotiate a peace?"

Ji's natal family is in the county seat, has been in business for generations, and has a small surplus of money. All the boys before her were born, so she was loved by her parents and elders since she was a child, so that when she married into the Zhou family, there was a lot of trouble. The turmoil, but after a few years, Ji's family saw that the husband and wife were more affectionate, so their doubts were dispelled.

"The minds of the high officials in the imperial court are something that we country people can understand. We are afraid that there will be a war. We can't take care of the children in the county government. We have to worry about them. It's better to send them to learn Taoism and say Maybe I can become a fairy..."

Ji said with tears: "That's what I said, but how can I be willing to let my child go to such a far place, Bao'er is still young, and Dalang is not yet fifteen!"

"If you don't give up, don't I. Don't cry, it's not good for the children to come out and see..." Zhou Chai persuaded her in a low voice.

The couple spoke in a low voice, but the soundproofing effect of the room was not good, Zhou Da and He Lian were in the back room, so they could hear them clearly.

Zhou probably didn't understand what his parents said about cultivating immortals, but he also heard that his parents were discussing a major matter, which was related to their fate and future. "

"Dalang, Bao'er, come out after changing your clothes!" Zhou Chai's voice came from outside.

The two walked out of the back room, Zhou Chai thought for a while, and briefly explained the result of the discussion between the husband and wife just now, and Ji Shi hurriedly got up to cook, in fact, he secretly wiped away his tears with an excuse.

Zhou Chai looked at the ignorant Zhou Da and his cold-faced youngest son, and sighed: "Father originally wanted to send you to study, but now it seems impossible, but if you can be picked by the fairy head, it is also a good idea." People with great blessings, I hope you don't blame Dad."

He Lian thought to himself, with his own qualifications, if someone from a first-class sect came, he would definitely not be favored. On the contrary, it was Zhou Da, who was very likely to be selected.

Zhou Chai said again: "In the past, I didn't pay much attention in the village. Now if I want to send you out, I can't call you Dalang Baoer anymore. It's time to give you a proper name."

As soon as the words fell, Helian said: "Yin."

"What?" Zhou Chai was taken aback.

"Zhou Yin, the seal of the seal." He Lian had no expectations for Zhou Chai's ability to name at all. If he wants to go around with a name like Zhou Bao'er and Zhou Bei'er, it's better to just use the name from his previous life.

Helian's full name is Helian Yin, but this name is rarely known, and no one has called it in his life. The world only knows his name as Helian, and even thinks that his surname is Helian.

It's not that Zhou Chai didn't know that this little son was born with precocious intelligence, and his appearance completely inherited the advantages of the Ji family. He is delicate and cute, with a calm demeanor, unlike ordinary country children, but he didn't expect that he could name himself.

"Bao'er, why do you want to be called this name?"

Helen fell silent again.

Zhou Chai had always had nothing to do with him, so he patted his head and didn't ask any more questions: "Okay, then it's Zhou Yin."

Turning to Zhou Da again: "Da Lang, then your name is Zhou Zhang."

Helen: "..."

He was suddenly a little curious about what the "father" originally wanted to name the two of them.

Three days later, the village head really asked all the villagers to bring their children to gather at the entrance of the village. When Zhou Yin and Zhou Zhang followed Zhou Chai, they saw a dozen people dressed in blue clothes with jade hairpins in their hair. , the man with the long sword on his back stood there, accompanied by the village chief, with a respectful expression on his face.

Among those people, the oldest one is the Taoist priest in the middle, with a beard on his lips, he looks more than 30 years old, and the men and women in the back are about eighteen or nineteen years old, but once the immortal cultivator gets the golden core, his appearance will stay In the original appearance, permanent youth.

Helian only took a look at them, and then turned his eyes back. Although he lost his cultivation, his eyesight was still there. These people obviously haven't reached the level of alchemy. The middle-aged Taoist priest should be at the foundation building stage, while the others People are no more than five or six layers of Qi refining at most, even so, such a group of people with outstanding temperament stands out among the people in Zhoujia Village, and they have long been regarded as gods by the villagers. .

The other party was obviously very satisfied with the result. The middle-aged Taoist was still able to maintain a serious expression, but the young men and women behind him couldn't help raising the corners of their mouths, looking proud and confident.

The middle-aged Taoist said a few words to the village chief, who nodded repeatedly, turned around and said loudly to the crowd: "These are the fairy elders of the Jintingmen, who are here to recruit disciples, each family will bring their children here, let them The fairy inspects the qualifications."

The sect of Jin Ting Sect is very unfamiliar to Zhou Yin. It has not existed for 5000 years. Even if it exists, it is not a big sect, otherwise it would not go to such a place to select disciples.

Everyone stepped forward one by one according to the words, and the middle-aged Taoist put his hand on the top of the child's head to check the spiritual root attributes of each person. A child in a remote mountain village naturally has nowhere to look. When the people at the court gate saw Zhou Yin, their eyes lit up.

"What's the child's name?" The middle-aged Taoist asked for the first time, which surprised Zhou Chai on the side.

"If you go back to Immortal Chang, his name is Zhou Yin."

The Taoist nodded, and put his hand on top of his head as before, slowly injecting spiritual power, but soon showed disappointment.

"next."

Zhou Chai was startled, and hurriedly asked, "Prince Immortal, can this child not do well?"

The Taoist glanced at him, as if he felt that he couldn't understand what he said, paused, and said simply: "The spiritual roots in his body are very thin, not suitable for cultivation."

This answer was expected by Zhou Yin. He had a calm face and stood beside him like he was just now. He didn't jump around like other children of the same age without stopping. This made the middle-aged Taoist even more regretful. , was originally the most suitable for cultivating immortals, but it is a pity that the talent is not good, and everything else has become a foil.

Zhou Chai was in a hurry and was about to say something when he saw Zhou Yin tugging at the corner of his clothes.

"And brother."

Suddenly, Zhou Chai quickly pushed Zhou Zhang over. "Oh yes, Immortal Elder, please take a look at my Dalang too!"

The middle-aged Taoist is a little impatient. He spent a few hours here and only picked out a few unsatisfactory ones. He thought that he should go to a bigger place next time. It is really difficult for such a small mountain village to produce any talents. .

Even though he thought so, but the errand still had to be completed, he put his hand on the top of Zhou Jia Dalang's head, and after a while, his expression gradually changed.

"How?" Zhou Chai was very nervous.

The middle-aged Taoist let go of his hand and took a long breath: "This son has outstanding aptitude and is a talent to make."

Even the young men and women behind him were surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Uncle, what kind of spiritual root is he?"

The middle-aged Taoist stared at Zhou Dalang as if looking at a treasure, and even his eyes softened: "He is an ice spirit root, his meridians are full of spiritual energy, and he is born to be a good material for cultivating immortals."

Zhou Chai was mixed with worries and joys, he was happy that his eldest son was selected, and worried that his younger son was not selected. According to the fairy elder, he has no chance of immortal journey in this life, but if this is the case, is it really necessary to send Bao'er to study?

In the future, there will be no children with outstanding aptitude, but with Zhou Zhang as a baby, Jintingmen will be considered a success, let the seven selected children go home to say goodbye to their parents and relatives, and then go with them.

But Zhou Zhang refused. Zhou Dalang, who just got his official name, was unwilling to leave home, let alone his parents and brother. He couldn’t figure it out. His parents were getting older and his brother was still young. When Chai works and takes care of the housework, the well-behaved ones have to learn some Taoism or become immortals. Could it be that after becoming an immortal, the younger brother will have new clothes to wear and delicious food to eat?

Back home, Zhou Chai and Ji's persuasion failed, but Zhou Zhang held Zhou Yin and refused to let go.

Zhou Yin was born delicate and cute. Although he is usually silent and uncommon, he is the baby of the whole family. Zhou Zhang naturally loves this younger brother to the extreme. Now he would rather stay at home and help his parents, like his father. The ancestors lived their whole lives so diligently, and they were unwilling to pursue the immortal way that others could not get into.

Seeing this, Ji said with tears: "Since Da Lang is unwilling to leave, let him stay."

Zhou Chai stamped his feet: "I have long hair but short knowledge! Am I the only one who wants to? Is it for the sake of the children!"

The family was crying and arguing, unable to make a decision for a long time. Zhou Yin frowned slightly, and suddenly said: "You have become a fairy and come back to protect us."

If it was Zhou Yin's previous life, how difficult would it be to protect them well with just a flick of a finger?But today is different from the past, he has no power to restrain the chickens, he can only plan a safe way out for them, Zhou Zhang can enter the sect, that is the best.Zhou Yin thought, regardless of the size of Jinting Gate, with Zhou Zhang's talent, once he enters, he will definitely be valued. If he is not happy, he will be picked up when he recovers his original strength in the future. At that time, he wants to stay. Whether it's at the Jinting Gate or following him, he can choose.

Zhou Chai nodded again and again: "Da Lang, you see how sensible my brother is. You went to learn the skills and come back. If the battle comes here, you can take our whole family to escape!"

Hearing this, Zhou Zhang's resolute reluctance to go began to waver: "Then brother will come with me too?"

"Stupid, the elder fairy only took a fancy to you, and didn't say he could take his younger brother with him. As soon as you left, Father will send your younger brother to school in the county town and entrust your mother's uncle to take care of it. It will be fine."

Anyway, Zhou Zhang finally nodded and agreed, but he hugged Zhou Yin and refused to let go. He said repeatedly that Bao'er was waiting for his brother to come back, and then he followed Zhou Chai step by step and turned around.

The days that followed were not peaceful, and news of the war kept coming. Anyang was just a small country, the emperor was mediocre and incompetent, and the whole country’s army was abolished. Dongyue had planned for a long time and suddenly sent troops. See, in less than two months, the land of Anyang fell again and again, and the emperor of Anyang panicked and moved the capital from Yunzhou to Songzhou.

These news spread from the county town to Zhoujia Village. Zhou Chai immediately decided to take his wife and children to the county town to join his wife and uncle. Outer disciples.

The Jinghai Sword Sect is located on the nearby Jinghai Mountain. Zhou Yin has never heard of the Jinting Gate, but he has heard of the Jinghai Sect because it was considered a big sect thousands of years ago. Reduced to a third-rate little sword sect, his gaze was fixed on the Jinghai sect disciples' gorgeous clothes, which were obviously not as gorgeous as those of the Jin Ting sect, and an idea came to his mind.

Rao, the other party didn't expect to find good seedlings in this kind of place. After hearing the village chief say that Jintingmen had been there, his face was still cold, and he didn't care much about picking other people's leftover "crooked melons and split dates" Interested, after looking at a few children casually, his eyes fell on Zhou Yin.

"What's your name?"