In July of the sixty-third year of the Sky God's Reign, in the extreme north.
When the sun rises at the beginning of the morning, the continuous snow-capped mountains are shining brightly, and the thick snow refracts the sunlight, forming a cloud-like mist, reflecting the layers of palaces on the top of the snow-capped mountains.
The palace is like a city, proudly hovering over the clouds, looking huge and magnificent from a distance, the overall color is blue, the color is simple and solemn, but the structure is gorgeous and exquisite, the floating clouds between the palaces are endless, those faint clouds mixed with snow, in the The extremely high and extremely cold place condenses into hexagonal plum-like snow, and the flowers fly down, and the three thousand jade steps are scattered all over the place.
Long smoke, snow and lonely city are closed, only for people to worship from afar, and enjoy the red dust and fireworks in the world.
Evergreen Temple.
The temple is actually a city, a city that has no guards, but is impenetrable.
There are several palaces in the city, distributed in a circular shape, guarding the most glorious hall in the middle. The isolated city is covered with snow all year round, but the side of the hall is full of flowers, beautiful like spring, and the lavender tung flowers float like clouds, deep in the clouds. place, floating endlessly.
The hall with a radius of hundreds of feet is silent, and in the middle of it is a strangely shaped god statue, who does not wear a crown or step on a throne. It turns out to be a half-turned posture with a flick of sleeves, wearing a large long robe, and the clothes are scattered in a graceful posture. In the palm of the right hand behind him, a lotus flower bloomed.
The statue of the god is extremely exquisitely molded, and the graceful posture of the clothes and belts is lifelike, especially the eyebrows, although it is only a profile looking back, it can still be seen that the brilliance is shining, the appearance is peerless, the youthful appearance, and the likeness of a person.
People wearing robes of various colors came and went, and when they passed the statue, they all bowed respectfully.
This is the statue of the founder of the Evergreen Temple, the supreme god of the Evergreen Temple.
Three hundred years ago, when the founding patriarch of the Evergreen Temple ascended to the throne, he passed down an edict: "From me, from me."
Many people do not understand the meaning of these simple six words, but they are sure that the omnipotent Hall Master must be able to understand the oracle of the ancestors, lead the Evergreen Temple, and be eternally evergreen.
There are many people coming and going in the hall, but they are all silent, especially when passing through the inner hall with deep curtains, their steps become softer, for fear that if they take a heavy breath, they will disturb the gods in the hall.
The gods are quarreling.
There is a long table in the inner hall, with a row of seats on the left and right sides. Everyone looks calm, seemingly sleeping, but the words that pop out of their teeth are like electric sparks, making crackling noises.
"I don't understand why the Palace Master insists on doing this?" The middle-aged man in a blue dress with a high bun on the left side of the seat had an angry expression on his face, "I, Skywalker, have been in the world for many years. I am good at the affairs of the temple and know the common people in the world. Why can't I be promoted to the third palace? Why can't King Kinnara be in charge of the Yasha Department?"
"It doesn't matter if the Jinnara Department is in charge of the Yaksha Department." On the right side of the seat, an old man with a high crown opened and closed his eyes, and said indifferently: "I'm afraid that if you hold the palm of your hand, all the upper three temples will belong to your Skywalker lineage. "
"Third Elder's words are wrong." The old man in the same clothes on the fourth right immediately retorted, "King Garuda just meant that King Kinnara was in charge of the Yasha Division, so why did the Third Elder get involved with the Third Palace? Tianbu It is under the direct management of the Hall Master, the Dragon Department is under the command of the Holy Lord, and the Yaksha Department has always been led by the Seventh Elder, and the Seventh Elder is already high in energy, so why not promote the young people now?"
"Yes, yes." Immediately another old man continued, "I don't have any opinion on King Kinnara's control of the Yasha Department, but I have some objections to King Garuda's promotion reason, although there are many people in the King Kinnara Department. Walker, but King Kinnara himself has very little worldly experience, King Garuda, don’t you find it a bit ridiculous to promote King Kinnara for this reason?”
"You're ridiculous!" The man in the blue dress and high bun raised his eyebrows at the beginning, "King Kinnara is not a Skywalker, so he can't be in charge of the Yasha Department. The Holy Lord is not in the temple all the year round, so why can he be in charge of the Dragon Department?"
Several old men from the opposition sneered and said nothing, and immediately showed the look of "I know you mean to go to the third hall".
"What are you laughing at?" The man in blue clothes with a high bun also sneered, "According to my position, I can't say His Highness the Holy Lord, but anyway, I am also his elder, and today I will presume once, and I know that you hold him because he is a genius , just because he is the most worthy person in the temple for three hundred years, and because he is bestowed by the gods..." He had just said this, when he suddenly heard a slight cough from above, he stopped immediately, snorted and continued, "However, wizards don't matter. However, it doesn’t matter if it’s a great job, if you don’t care about it at all, what’s the use? What’s the use of what you Baba offered, which is not rare at all? A careless Holy Lord can be in charge of the Dragon Department. King Nara, why can't you be promoted to the Yasha Department?"
His words seemed to hit the spot. A few sneering old oppositionists remained silent, a few supportive elderly looked ridiculed, and the others who had been silent showed deep thought. The man with the high bun rolled his eyes, smiled triumphantly, and He cast his gaze upwards at the old man who had been silent except for a slight cough.
Above, the old man in feathers and a high crown, has been sitting calmly with his eyes closed, his pale golden face without wrinkles is calm, he does not listen to the disputes of the people, and in the face of the eager eyes of the people, this supreme and authoritative master of the temple has not even raised his eyebrows. None of them trembled at all, and their unmoving figure was hidden in the light blue mist, looking more like a god than a man.
There is a breath-holding silence on all sides. Although these eight heavenly kings and the elders of the temple are all aloof and highly respected, in this man who enjoys absolute authority and has firmly ruled the Evergreen Temple and even the sky for more than sixty years, he has cultivated into a semi-immortal body. In front of the old man who was about to give birth to spiritual consciousness, he still didn't dare to be presumptuous. Even the middle-aged man in the blue dress with high bun who looked the most unruly, also restrained his complacent eyes a little.
It wasn't until he was sure that the silence had overwhelmed the commotion just now that the palace master spoke lightly, but what he said was something irrelevant to the topic just now: "There is a strong man coming from the south, why didn't the Kinna Luo tribe report it?"
One sentence made the middle-aged man in blue change their colors immediately. The Kinnarabe is responsible for collecting and reporting information across the country, and someone who can be called a "strong man" by the palace master goes north to the sky. He must be an extremely strong person. Such a person enters the sky The national border, the Kinnara tribe failed to report in time, isn't it a major dereliction of duty
With just this one sentence, the attitude of the palace master has been clearly revealed, but even King Garuda, the blue-clothed man who wanted to fight for the power of the Yasha tribe for King Kinnara, said nothing for a while—Kinnara's dereliction of duty, Jinnara's dereliction of duty. What qualifications does King Naluo have to compete for King Yasha
Several elders who originally supported King Kinnara fell silent immediately, and the middle-aged man in blue clothes changed his face, and he gritted his teeth for a while and remained silent.
With a word to settle the matter, the Master of the Evergreen Palace no longer gave an opportunity to discuss this matter, and directly changed the topic: "This seat was in retreat the day before yesterday, and I have heard the immortal instructions, and the time for ascension is just around the corner."
Everyone was shocked, Qi Qi showed joy, stood up and bowed: "Congratulations to the Palace Master!"
The middle-aged man in blue was still very happy, but it didn't look like he was happy for the palace master. His eyes flickered, as if he couldn't stop thinking about it.
However, the second sentence of the Palace Master immediately dispelled his joy.
"Recall the Holy Lord."
"The Holy Master is still in the mainland, just now..." A man just said a few words, and the old man had already got up.
Everyone immediately silenced, bowed down, and heard the old man's tone, which was unquestionable.
"recall."
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"Old foolish!"
In the inner hall, members of the highest ruling class of the Evergreen Temple gradually dispersed. Several elders left the inner hall one after another if they looked at the middle-aged man in blue meaningfully, leaving him alone, full of remorse and anger.
He kept a sullen face all the way without saying a word, and went straight into his own Garuda hall amidst the silence of the disciples around him, until he entered the inner hall, and suddenly overturned the book case in the hall.
"Wow!"
The scrolls on the desk were smashed all over the floor, and the man was still angry and roared, "I'm so stupid!"
All the people in the hall bowed their heads to the ground tremblingly, not even daring to pick up the scattered books.
"...It's him! It has to be him! Why must it be him no matter what! We have worked so hard to travel all over the world, and he sits on the lotus platform with ease. If you don't want it, you have to force it to him!" The man is like a trapped beast. Generally, the ground was running around endlessly, kicking away the person kneeling in front of him after a while, and cursing, "Get out!"
Everyone backed out, the man fell down on the chair, raised his head to the sky and let out a long breath silently, as if he wanted to get rid of the frustration in his heart.
Under the bluestone ground, there was suddenly a faint knocking sound, which sounded dull and distant.
The blue-clothed man Garuda Luowang was stunned for a moment, as if thinking of something, he frowned, held his chin in thought for a while, then suddenly raised his foot and kicked the table.
There was a series of rattling sounds, and the brocade carpet under the desk split, revealing a downward staircase, deep and dark with no lights.
King Garuda walked down the stairs, walked a long way, then turned to the right, and stopped in front of a basement.
The basement is narrow and the ground is full of grass. If a tall and strong person enters, it will be difficult to turn around, sleep, sleep, and stand up. It is a purely tortured place.
But someone was lying down soundly, and his voice shook the sky.
"Dead ghost!" King Garuda cursed in a low voice, squatted down in front of the basement door, and called, "Hey! Get up!"
The man rolled over and turned his ass on him.
"What are you pretending to do!" King Garuda cursed loudly, "Didn't you knock on the ground just now?"
The man didn't move, and slept comfortably.
King Jialouluo cursed again, sat down in front of the prison door, and said helplessly: "Old ghost, at least you and I have known each other for many years, and it's not that I imprisoned you here, you just take care of me."
Probably the man would eat soft but not hard. After a long while, a black paw stretched out from the haystack, waved it, and signaled him to "reason".
"Do you want to go out?" King Garuda sat thoughtfully in front of the cellar and asked for a while.
The man turned over on the haystack and turned to King Garuda, his eyebrows and eyes could not be seen clearly in the dark basement, even if there was light, the dirt on his face was enough to make people unable to distinguish his eyebrows and eyes.
"what?"
The voice was a bit hoarse, the man coughed, and with a bah he spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm without any regard for hygiene, and was spitting on the lower end of the luxuriously dressed King Garuda's robe.
King Jialou raised his eyebrows and was about to get angry, but he smiled wryly for a long while, endured it, turned his head to stare at a certain direction above, and said solemnly: "If you want to go out, do me a favor."
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The further north you go, the colder the wind becomes. At first it was like icy water, but then it turned into ice skates. Those ice skates skimmed the frozen ground, cutting vertical and horizontal knife marks. , those flakes of snow fell on the eyelashes, and did not melt for a long time. After a long time, they condensed into ice beads, blinked, and made a "ding".
And this day Meng Fuyao raised his head, and suddenly found that the distant snow-capped mountains had rushed over from the horizon.
"We're going so fast." A foot ahead of him, Tuoba Mingzhu leaned close to his eldest grandson Wuji, and smiled at him, "It's almost to Evergreen Mountain."
"You and I are away every day, and we are responsible for the important tasks of the temple." The eldest grandson Wuji smiled, "It's better to go back earlier, and the task is delivered, so you can relax."
Tuoba Mingzhu was in high spirits, her expression was filled with joy of "falling in love quickly", she said with a charming smile, "That's all up to you."
They were whispering on one side, while on the other side Uncle Di Feitian glanced at them, approached Meng Fuyao, and said, "Hey, look, someone has moved on, so don't you too?"
"Okay." Meng Fuyao agreed very readily, and raised his hand to try to hug Lord Yuanbao on his shoulder, "I've decided to love my Yuanbao, return my lover to me."
Uncle Di snorted coldly and turned his head away.
Master Yuan Bao made a proud "squeak", folded his arms and turned his head in disdain. Meng Fuyao didn't bother to pay attention to it. Looking at the backs of the two people in front of him, she thought that she was prepared to rush all the way from the moment she entered the Qiongtian Kingdom, and she didn't want to Using the "beauty trick" along the way, under the guise of Tuoba Mingzhu, and relying on the protection of the Jinnara God Envoy, she went through the border of half of the sky smoothly, which is really rare luck.
During the period, I also met some subordinates of the temple who seemed to have missions, but their status was lower than that of Tuoba Mingzhu, and the level of the temple was strict. These people avoided them far away and never came to ask questions.
The only thing that feels strange is that on the day they entered the sky port, there was obviously a lot of commotion, but the temple didn't seem to respond, which is really unreasonable.
Is it because of... him
Meng Fuyao looked at the back of Changsun Wuji, sighed silently, and murmured: "At least the journey went smoothly..."
"Successful what?" Di Feitian beside her heard it, and said with a sneer, "You think you are really lucky?"
Meng Fuyao looked at him suspiciously.
The emperor looked at her with his noble nostrils, and said arrogantly: "From the moment I entered the sky, every time I passed a city, there was a magic formation, but I solved it silently for the uncle."
Meng Fuyao thought carefully about the past few days when she passed through the Zhucheng Gate, and she couldn't remember any formations. However, looking at Di Feitian's expression, she didn't seem to be fake. She also knew that although he was not a good person, he never bothered to lie. Changsun Wujiguai's decision to come here is extremely wise. The kingdom of the gods in the sky is no less mysterious than Fufeng. If you rush in recklessly, you will be discovered at the beginning of entering the country, right
This place is close to the extreme north, and the temperature is extremely low. Meng Fuyao turned up his collar, and went to the cart behind to look at the condition of Yunhen with a little worry. He fell asleep peacefully. Although he didn't wake up, he could see Because of the improvement, Meng Fuyao even felt that the flow of divine light on his face became more and more obvious, as if there was something in his body waiting to be broken through.
Meng Fuyao was quite pleasantly surprised. She knew that Yun Hen and herself were considered as masters. The essence of this kung fu lies in the experience of life and death. After passing through the ghost gate once, the skill will be improved. The heavier the degree, the better the effect. If Yun Hen Because there is a breakthrough in this catastrophe, it is really a blessing in disguise.
Putting down the curtain of the car, Meng Fuyao turned around and brushed past a servant carrying a basin. The servant was sent by a passing altar owner to serve her in order to please Tuoba Mingzhu. He just went to the river to serve her. Tuoba Mingzhu was fetching water, the weather was cold and the road was slippery, his steps were a little unsteady, but he walked fast, bumped into Meng Fuyao, and the edge of the copper basin brushed against Meng Fuyao's hand.
Meng Fuyao only felt a pain in his fingers, a drop of blood came out from his fingertips, landed on the edge of the copper basin, and slid down slowly, the boy let out an "ah" and hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Meng Fuyao swayed He waved his hand, glanced at it nonchalantly, and saw that the copper basin was not polished very smoothly, and the edge was a little protruding and sharp, and said with a smile: "The edge of this basin is not neat, brother, be careful when holding it."
The boy thanked him and brought water to Tuoba Mingzhu, the eldest grandson Wuji looked over, Tuoba Mingzhu smiled and said: "Did you fetch water? Just right, my boots are dirty, wipe off the mud."
She stretched out her hand to scoop water, glanced at the red marks on the edge of the basin, and immediately became furious, raised her hand and overturned the basin, brows bristling: "You bastard, you used such dirty water for the envoy of God to use! "
The boy hurriedly kowtowed to plead guilty, the eldest grandson Wuji didn't see what happened to the water, so he asked, "What's wrong?"
"I don't know where this bastard got the dirty water!" Tuoba Mingzhu was still angry, kicked the pot away, and even kicked the boy. down.
"The servants are thick-handed and thick-footed, so why bother to have ordinary knowledge." Changsun Wuji looked at the clear water on the ground, and smiled to persuade him. Tuoba Mingzhu's temper came and went quickly, especially to the elder grandson Wuji, and immediately smiled, "Naturally, everyone It's up to you." Raising her hand to adjust the reins, her fingers brushed Changsun Wuji's hand intentionally or unintentionally, but Changsun Wuji suddenly leaned over to get the water bag from the saddle, intentionally or not, her hand fell through again.
Tuoba Mingzhu frowned and was about to speak when suddenly he heard the sound of horseshoes in front of him. A group of people came galloping from a distance. The black flag was embroidered with a golden python. The python body was huge and hideous. This group of people was not like the previous group. Tuoba Mingzhu's guard of honor avoided the road, but galloped straight forward, and the first person called out from a distance: "Ahead is the envoy of Jinna Luobu?"
"Ah, Mahulaka God Envoy." Tuoba Mingzhu looked at the banner and greeted with a smile, "Are you going back to the temple too?"
"I won't return for the time being." The other party reined in his horse, "Should the Divine Envoy of the Ministry of Heaven have received the order from the Ministry of Heaven, right? Is there anyone who found the order to check?"
Meng Fuyao felt wrong when he heard this sentence, he looked at Changsun Wuji in his heart, Changsun Wuji's expression remained unchanged, but he slowly moved his horse back a bit, mistaking Ba Mingzhu's line of sight.
"Ah, I'm ashamed, the envoy hasn't found it yet." Tuoba Mingzhu said, "The envoy has ordered his subordinates to search for it, but there is still no trace of the other party."
"That's right." The middle-aged man Mahuraka Goddess sighed, "We also couldn't find it everywhere. Earlier, there were clues that we found traces of that person in several places, but we couldn't find it... It's really strange. "
"Those people entered from the western region with the intention of harming our country. They must have taken a mountain road." Tuoba Mingzhu suggested, "Looking at the direction your envoy came from, it seems that he came from the other side of the sea. The direction is wrong, so he probably can't find it?"
"Western Territory?" The Mahuraka envoy raised his eyebrows in surprise, staring at Tuoba Pearl as if he didn't know him, "Western Territory? Where did the Western Territory come from? That person came from the port—"