Although the human race and the demon race coexist in this world, they are hostile to each other, restrain each other, and there are constant local frictions, but from a macro level, it can barely be regarded as a peaceful world.
At least for the high-level human monks, this is the situation in the world.
As for some unimportant news, for example, the village was massacred by a brutal monster by the bank of a certain stream, a rare deer demon in a certain ravine was presented to the royal family as a gift for entertainment, and a riot broke out in a demon garden in a certain county town. The monster clan that rushed out of the garden slaughtered the city...
What does that have to do with the monks who are retreating in the mountain gate
As long as it wasn't a wave of monsters attacking the city, or big monsters gathered to kill the mountain gate in a swarm, many disciples and elders could naturally keep their ears to the outside world and focus on practicing the longevity technique.
In their eyes, even the change of the dynasty is not a big news. At most, they sigh a few times, feeling the suffering of the world, and thanking themselves for being able to escape from the world and pursue the Dao, that's all.
But in recent years, several major events have indeed occurred in the peaceful practice world.
The first thing is that Elder Xie of the Tiangang Sect announced his departure from the sect.
The Tiangang Sect did not announce the reason, but there are rumors among the people that Xie Ziyou was trapped by love. When he left the sect, he brought a pregnant snake demon with him.
This matter caused an uproar in the cultivation world, and some people were righteous and reprimanded Xie Ziyou for his misconduct, for fighting with the lowly monster clan and ruining the morality of the cultivation world. There are also people who said sourly that the snake demon is a good at flattering people. When they do that thing, they have a thin tail wrapped around their waist, and their singing voice is moving.
No matter how they gossip, after Xie Ziyou and his party left the Tiangang Sect, a dense fog rose suddenly, misty and far away, sealing all the mountain passes they passed through, and also blocking the trailing people sent by the Tiangang Sect.
In the early morning of the next day, the dense fog gradually dispersed, and only the grass and leaves in the mountains were covered with delicate morning dew. It was no longer possible to trace the traces of Xie Ziyou and others.
Not long after that, a second thing happened.
Tens of kilometers away from Tiangangzong, the tiger demon on Tianmo Ridge was killed.
Tianmo Ridge was originally not called Tianmo Ridge, but it was changed because of the arrival of the Tiger Demon.
This tiger demon is domineering and domineering. He claims to be the Tiger Roaring Heavenly Lord. He has a cruel temperament and eats people's hearts. The villages several miles down the mountain suffered terribly.
The Tiangang sect sent people to get rid of the demon, but they didn't expect the tiger demon to be very flexible. Seeing that the situation was not good, he immediately hid in the deep mountains, leaving the people who came to surround him in vain.
After doing this several times, the people of Tiangangzong became irritable.
They couldn't stand the villagers' begging for help, so they reluctantly sacrificed their training time to catch the monsters. They wanted to earn some fame for the sect, which would help them open up mountains and recruit disciples in the future.
Who knew that it would be so troublesome to exterminate a mere tiger demon
After another miss, the monster-hunting team angrily dismissed the challenger.
quit!
With this kung fu, wouldn't it be good to run a few weeks of profound energy
Is it because the rare and wonderful banquet on the mountain is not delicious, or the scenery is not charming, as cultivators, they deserve to suffer
Anyway, it doesn't hinder the affairs of the Tiangang Sect, as long as they don't invade the Tiangang Sect's territory, whoever wants to suppress this tiger monster will be suppressed, and Tiangang will not serve them!
Tiangangzong withdrew the people nonchalantly.
At the same time, the suffocated monk arranged to open the barrier of the Zongmen to isolate the villagers who migrated, saying that they had evil spirits on them, which would damage the feng shui of the mountain gate.
The villagers pleaded bitterly outside the barrier, kowtowed their heads like pounding garlic, and the sound of wailing resounded through the sky - but they couldn't move the monk at all.
Seeking to no avail, the impoverished villagers had to support each other and staggered away.
— Not long after, news came that the tiger demon had been wiped out.
Tiangangzong: "???"
It wasn't considered a big deal at first, but now being compared to others, the monks of the Tiangang Sect were furious and felt ashamed.
They sent people again, preparing to chase the villagers back, expressing their intentions, and at the same time went to Tianmo Ridge with these people to find out.
They failed to find the villagers.
... and even failed to find Tianmo Ridge.
The villagers and the head of the mountain disappeared out of thin air, and the skylight in the entire mountain range had a wonderful change. The monks walked inside, and the ancient trees on the side of the road were towering and swaying. The rocks and mountain scenery seemed to be carved out of the same mold, so that they walked around for several days, and they walked straight along the mountain road, but returned to the original place inexplicably.
This matter is too mysterious. After discussing it, the monks of the Tiangang Sect suspected that an unknown secret place had been born, so they sent disciples with advanced inner sects to inquire.
But the disciples came one after another, and in the end they even invited several elders to come out of the mountain, but they all brought back the same conclusion—they couldn’t feel the clear fluctuation of profound energy.
Not only was there no obvious fluctuation of profound energy, they also felt that the concentration of profound energy in the mountains continued to decrease, as if overnight, all the profound energy changed the direction of flow, scattered in all directions, leaving a huge cloud in the center. hollow.
It's puzzling.
At first, the Tiangang Sect didn't believe in evil, and sent disciples to investigate every few months, but as they failed again and again, the inspection time was gradually extended to once every three months, once every six months, and finally once a year...
The probing eventually stopped after a decade.
The name Tianmo Ridge is also faded in the world, and few people know that many years ago, there was a mountain outside the sect, and there was a tiger demon on the mountain.
…
For a cultivator with a long lifespan, ten years is just a flick of a finger.
But for the folks, ten years is enough for a babbling child to grow into a vigorous young man. When the Tiangang Sect opens the gate again, a new batch of candidate disciples are ushered in. Shui Ling, with delicate eyebrows, fresh clothes and angry horses, his eyes seemed to sparkle when he looked at the towering mountain tops.
Teenagers and girls of appropriate age lined up in long queues, waiting for the test results.
Not long after, a disciple in Tsing Yi walked out of the mountain gate, holding a golden scroll in his hand, coughed lightly, and slowly read the name on it.
As the names were read out one by one, people continued to cheer and rush into the sect, while others returned dejected and disappointed.
Wu He is one of the losers.
He waited for a long time, but failed to hear his name, so he lowered his head angrily and clutched the corner of his clothes tightly.
Although he was dressed in brocade cloth, the colors had been washed off, and there were holes in several places. The original precious cloth could not be found, so he had to cut a few pieces of coarse cloth to fill it in, which made the young man look a bit nondescript.
When mixed with a group of glorious peers, this sense of incongruity becomes more prominent, like a little chicken strayed into a flock of cranes.
Along the way, Wu He did receive countless blank stares and ridicules.
He could only grit his teeth and endure it.
His family has fallen, and this is the only clothes he can afford. Joining the Tiangang Sect is also the only chance for the young man to save himself. Now that he can't join the Sect, from now on, he may have to... wander alone.
Thinking of the possible miserable life in the future, Wu He turned pale and hugged his arms helplessly.
He was out of his mind and staggered along the mountain road, not knowing how long he was going or where he was going.
... If you encounter a cliff, just jump off it, and it will be over once and for all.
But when he really met the cliff, Wu He hesitated again.
No, no.
I'm still young and I don't want to die!
The cold wind blew across his cheeks like a knife, and the young man lay paralyzed on the top of the mountain, looking at the bottomless cliff, so distraught that he couldn't help crying loudly.
"Hello!"
A suspicious call suddenly came from behind him, and then footsteps approached, standing still beside Wu He.
The person who came was puzzled and said, "Let's go, aren't you home yet? Why are you crying?"
Wu He was immersed in the pain, only caring about howling and crying, turning a deaf ear to the words of the people around him.
The man waited patiently for a while, feeling a little helpless.
"Well, I'm sorry." He considered his tone and tried to speak in a gentle tone, "If you want to cry, can you step aside a little and don't get in the middle of the road?"
In the middle of the road
Wu He's chest was filled with suffocation, and while weeping, he suddenly turned his head and rolled his eyes fiercely at the visitor.
He stood on the edge of the cliff, one step forward is the cliff, where is the road
The visitor knelt down beside him and let out a long sigh.
"I understand, you are not from Taoyuan, you want to commit suicide, right?"
"... I didn't intend to commit suicide!"
Shouting this sentence urgently, Wu He choked on his saliva, covered his mouth and coughed violently, and still kept his eyes wide open viciously, staring at the person who came.
It was a very handsome young man, with clear features, clear eyes, long hair neatly tied up behind him, gently swaying in the wind, emitting a bright light like broken diamonds.
"I didn't want to commit suicide. Why are you crying here?" He smiled and said, "Do you... have nowhere to go?"
Wu He glared at him fiercely.
—Can this person talk, just expose other people's scars
He just coughed and didn't speak, but the increasingly turbulent water in his eyes exposed everything.
The visitor looked at Wu He with a dazed expression, as if recalling something from a long time ago, he sighed wistfully and shook his head.
He took a step forward and grabbed Wu He's sleeve.
"Let's go, I'll take you to Taoyuan for a walk. If you like it, it will be your home in the future, and I will be your referrer... Cough, although the lobbying said that Taoyuan is not yet ready for external expansion, but I will discuss it with him After discussion, it is no problem to ask for a few more places."
The young man whispered softly beside his ear, Wu He was stunned for a moment, and before he had time to react, a sudden force pulled him down the cliff, a whirlwind suddenly blew up, and the two of them flew into the air!
That boy actually dragged him off a cliff!
"Damn it, you're crazy!"
Wu He struggled desperately, unable to rely on the air, he opened his mouth, and the violent long wind poured into his throat, cutting his soft throat painfully.
But with the pain in his throat, he yelled frantically: "If you want to die, die yourself, don't drag me, I don't want to die!"
The boy looked at him in bewilderment and made a mouth shape.
"What did you say?"
Wu He's chest almost exploded with anger.
"I said, I—don't—want to—"
Before he finished shouting the word "death" at the top of his lungs, the surrounding scenery suddenly changed.
They seemed to have fallen into a soft cloud, and the warm wind gently lifted their bodies, like two broad palms, pulling them up slowly, and finally landed firmly on the ground.
The word "death" stuck in Wu He's throat.
His pupils constricted violently, and an unbelievable light shone in his eyes.
Xie Heng plucked his ears aside, and said doubtfully: "The road is windy, if you have anything to say, you can say it later—what did you just say?"
"me… "
Wu He's voice trembled, every syllable was trembling, and it floated into the distance with the joyous and circling wind.
In front of him was a snow-white wall.
Not far away, there is a city.
A city made of materials he had never seen before, that seemed to glow in the sun.
There are people coming and going in the city, even demons, who don't hide their identities, show their ears or tails with big thorns, walk on the street openly, and greet the residents with smiles.
Wu He was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a moment.
On the side, Xie Hengke smiled knowingly, and thoughtfully gave him time to react.
It was only an understatement, but with a hint of pride, he said something softly.
"Welcome...to Taoyuan."
The author has something to say: This block is over~ There are about 10 more chapters to explain the story w
ps I'm sorry, I set the schedule to tomorrow again! (つд?) Fortunately, I discovered it early this time... Sorry everyone, half an hour late QAQ