At this time, there were still white clouds around, and there were no Qiongtai pavilions in sight, but since Zhao Xing said he was coming soon, this place was naturally not far from the heaven. The reason why he couldn't see the heaven was undoubtedly because of the barrier.
The so-called barrier is actually a type of spiritual energy barrier, but it is more powerful and stronger than ordinary spiritual energy barriers, and its coverage is wider.
The scenery changed very suddenly. One moment it was blue sky and white clouds, and the next moment a tall city wall appeared around it. The city wall was made up of huge stones. It was old and simple, magnificent, and it was several feet high and stretched from east to west.
The two of them are currently located on the south side of the city wall. Not far from the north side is a majestic city gate. The gate is nine feet wide, with one main gate and two auxiliary auxiliaries. It has three curved arches. The upper gate tower has octagonal cornices, a jade tile-covered roof, and a gate tower. There is a large plaque hanging in the middle, with three large Chinese characters on a tripod called Nantianmen, with gold background and red lacquer, solemn and majestic.
"This is the Nantian Gate." Zhao Xing put away his clouds and stepped forward.
Nanfeng tried to take a step and found that walking was not empty, but down to earth, no different from walking in the human world.
The place where the two men appeared was a hundred feet away from the city gate. As they moved, Nanfeng looked northward and saw a group of brightly armored heavenly soldiers guarding the city gate, moving back and forth, and guarding them tightly.
Outside the city gate, there were three people standing with bows. Since the three people were facing the city tower, they could not see their faces. They could only be identified as two men and one woman based on their clothes. Their clothes were the same as those in the world today.
Zhao Xing led Nanfeng towards the Nantian Gate. Not long after, when he arrived outside the city gate, Zhao Xing stopped and turned around, "The Earth Immortal stopped at the Tianmen Gate. Real person, please wait here. Later, the Heavenly Official from the Royal Court will come to entrust the ministers." .”
"Thank you, Zhao Tianguan." Nanfeng cupped his hands and thanked him.
Zhao Xing nodded and walked away.
Watching Zhao Xingyuan go away, Nanfeng withdrew his gaze and looked at the three people on the right. These three people were indeed two men and one woman. They were two elderly men and a middle-aged woman. They were all wearing secular clothes and were not Taoists.
The two elderly men were both in their seventies or eighties, dressed as academics, while the woman was about forty years old, extremely ugly, with a look of bitterness and hatred on her face.
The woman was closer to Nanfeng, so Nanfeng spoke to her, "Sister-in-law, are you from the human world?"
Nanfeng didn't say anything, but the woman was still looking at him from the corner of her eye. When he spoke, the woman tilted her head to the side and didn't speak to her.
"It turns out he is deaf." Nan Feng curled his lips. After saying that, he looked at one of the elderly men and said, "Uncle, are you from the human world?"
The old man looked unhappy when he heard this and said nothing.
Seeing him like this, Nanfeng asked again, and then the old man said with a drooped face, "Don't talk to elders if you are rude."
What the old man said was hard to pronounce, but Nan Feng understood clearly that he was being rude.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Nanfeng hurriedly apologized, "I would like to ask this old immortal, are you from the human world?"
The old man originally thought that he had really realized his mistake, but he never thought that he would follow up with such a sentence. A sentence of acknowledgment of mistakes can improve things greatly. Yan Yan held it in his stomach, snorted coldly, and ignored him again.
Seeing this, Nanfeng looked at the last old man again. Seeing that he had insulted the two of them before, the old man was afraid that he would insult him again, so he took the initiative and said without waiting for him to speak, "We are indeed from the human world."
"You became gods after you died, right?" Nanfeng asked.
"Ashamed." The old man replied hastily.
As the saying goes, a vicious punch should not hit a smiling person. Seeing that the old man was afraid, Nanfeng spared him and went to provoke the middle-aged old man, "Hey, old man, what kind of virtue have you accumulated during your lifetime?"
The old man did not ascend physically, but was rewarded by heaven, strengthened his soul, and was able to preserve his soul. This man should be a pedantic scholar, or he may be a stubborn fool like Boyi Shuqi who starved to death after the fall of the country. Loyal character.
What Nan Feng said was rude, and the old man's face was livid with anger, but he did not speak out to argue with him.
Nanfeng hated seeing such a person who suppressed himself and catered to others, so he sarcastically said, "I like old men like you the best. Even if I slap you a few times, you won't fight back."
The old man was already dead, and there was no way he could die again, otherwise he would probably be angry with Nan Feng and vomit blood this time.
"You old fool, I'm asking you a question." Nan Feng teased.
"I, I, I, I..." The old man was so angry that his whole body trembled.
"Don't be angry, don't be angry. You've been pretending all your life to become a god, but don't be so angry before you're even granted the title." Nan Feng said with a smile.
The old man finally couldn't hold himself back anymore and became confused, "Shameless boy, slander my reputation, I will fight with you."
"The Tianmen is solemn and no noise is allowed." The Heavenly Soldier's reprimand came from outside the Nantian Gate.
Hearing the Heavenly Soldier's scolding, the old man was so frightened that he hurriedly returned to his original position and bowed down to wait.
Nanfeng was still so relaxed and casual. He was polite to Zhao Xing before because Zhao Xing was very friendly to him. It wasn't that he was afraid of anyone. He had already offended the one who deserved to be offended. The uncle had already taken the blame. This time he was just pretending. The grandson is of no use anymore, he might as well have a dead pig that is not afraid of being scalded by boiling water and hard to the end.
The Earth Immortal couldn't even enter the Nantian Gate, so he could only wait outside. He only had a stick of incense while waiting, but no one came to assign duties.
The three people had been bowing and waiting. Nanfeng was bored and wanted to tease the woman beside him, but seeing the sadness on her face, he must have been a chaste woman in life, so he didn't mess with her.
Logically speaking, a person with only one soul should not feel tired, but when he came to the heaven, he felt tired after standing outside the Nantian Gate for so long. Outside the Nantian Gate was an open space covered with stone slabs, with no vegetation. Looking around, there was no shelter, so he simply sat down on the ground.
While others were standing and waiting, he was sitting and waiting. While waiting, he was also picking at dirt from the cracks in the stone slabs. There is also dirt in the heaven, and it is no different from the dirt in the mortal world.
Not only was he tired, but it could be seen that the other three were also very tired, but they kept standing with their heads bent, looking frightened.
"Have you ever thought that they made us wait on purpose to give us a showdown?" Nanfeng sat crookedly, almost lying down.
The three of them regarded him as a nuisance. They were annoying and afraid, so they would not pick up on him.
Nanfeng didn't expect the three people to answer the call, so he looked back at the sun in the sky. There is also a sun in heaven, and it is the same as the sun seen in the human world. Even the position of the sun in the sky is the same as that in the human world. It can be seen from this that There are twelve hours in heaven and on earth, but I don’t know whether the twelve hours in heaven are the same as the twelve hours in earth.
Just when Nanfeng was bored and wanted to lie down, someone finally came. They were two heavenly officials in official uniforms. One was a middle-aged man in his forties, and behind him was a young man holding a wooden tray. , age should be between seventeen and eighteen years old.
If you lose your true body, you will also lose your Dragon Eye and Heavenly Eye. You can’t tell what the cultivation level of these two people is, but judging from their clothes, they should both be of the Heavenly Immortal level.
When a Taoist ascends to the heavenly realm, he or she may not necessarily wear the same clothes as the previous Taoist. Most of them wear official uniforms. Therefore, it is difficult to determine whether this middle-aged man is an ascended Taoist, an immortal, or a god.
However, this young man is undoubtedly a god, because at his age, if he takes the path of cultivation, it is impossible to reach the level of an immortal so quickly. In addition, this person should not become a god after death. Given his age, so Being young, it is unlikely to accumulate a lot of merit. If nothing else, this person should be a descendant of the gods.
Before the two people arrived, Nanfeng stood up. The two heavenly officials saw that he was sitting before, but when they came closer, they did not scold them, but said to the four of them, "Congratulations to all of you for being ranked among the immortals." .”
The two old men spoke of fear and shame respectively, while the woman lowered her head and said nothing. Nan Feng raised her hands to the two of them but did not answer.
"Thank you for your kindness, sir. The imperial court has inspected your life achievements, combined with your moral integrity, and has made arrangements for your duties." The middle-aged Tianguan casually took out a document from the wooden tray held by the young Tianguan. Open the book and read it. This is the official document of one of the old men. The first part contains a lot of praise, saying that he is loyal, abiding by etiquette, and abiding by his duties. There are also a lot of other things. To put it bluntly, he is praised for his honesty. His duty is to be kind to others all his life, and the Heavenly Court felt this, granted him a special reward, promoted him to the rank of Earthly Immortal, and sent him to the desolate desert to build a piece of land.
After reading the document, the old man who was almost angry to death from Nanfeng stepped forward to hand back the imperial edict scroll, and took a wooden box with both hands. This wooden box contained official uniforms and official seals.
The middle-aged Tianguan then took another document, which belonged to another old man. He said that he upheld the teachings, built bridges and paved roads, helped the poor, and did good deeds and accumulated virtues. He could be a teacher and a model. He was rewarded with a river god, and the river The name of the river is very unfamiliar, and I don't know if it is in some bad place where rabbits don't poop.
Then they distributed official uniforms and official seals.
The third one is the middle-aged woman. She really lives up to the bitterness and hatred on her face. She is really a chaste woman. It is said that she has been a widow for more than 20 years and has never exceeded her duties of etiquette and law. After constructing several chastity memorial arches, the God of Night Travel reported her deeds to Heaven, who granted her a special award and ordered her to serve as a mountain god in the wilderness and use her personal experience to impress and educate the barbarians there.
Nan Feng was already worried about his own situation. Seeing that the three people were trapped in poor mountains and rivers, he became less and less optimistic and gave the middle-aged woman the official seal. Finally, it was his turn.
Nanfeng originally thought that his appointment documents would be written horribly, but he never thought that was not the case. "Nanfeng is the director of the three academies of Thunder, Fengyu, and Yanyun. He has a clear view of Yin and Yang, and he cultivates diligently. He has corrected miscellaneous errors, corrected shortcomings, promoted righteousness, and has made great contributions. After discussion by the imperial officials, he was awarded a special award, promoted to Earth Immortal, granted the land of Chang'an, and took up his post immediately."
Nanfeng was already prepared for misfortune, but he never thought that there would be a sudden reversal. Chang'an is a good place, and being a land from there is probably the best treatment for an earth immortal. Could it be that he treated a gentleman with a villain's heart before? Is it wrong to underestimate the magnanimity and magnanimity of this heavenly family
I couldn't figure out why, so I could only go forward and return the imperial edict despite being confused, and came back with the wooden box.
"Congratulations to all of you," the middle-aged Heavenly Official thanked the four of them again, "Before you take up your duties, I would like to give you a few words of advice. As an official, you should be upright and honest, be fair in dealing with matters, be compassionate and save suffering people, educate and educate all living beings, and You must not pretend to be public for personal gain, bend the law for personal gain, leave your post without permission, or bully your colleagues. You must know that the power of God is powerful and you can clearly see everything. If you exceed your limits, you will definitely be punished."
The two old men said "I have learned something", the woman said "yes", and Nanfeng said "yes".
"Go to your post immediately, without delay." The middle-aged Tianguan said this and turned to leave.
"You can return to the human world at the end of your journey south." The young Heavenly Official and the four others pointed out the path, turned around and walked away.
After the two walked away, the four turned around and walked away. The three were very dissatisfied with the ministry and looked sad without saying a word.
"I'm leaving first. You guys have time to go to Chang'an to play. I'll be the host." Nan Feng was so proud.
The three of them looked even uglier when they heard this. If they could run around, they wouldn't be called land lords.
Nanfeng was eager to return to Chang'an, so he took three steps and two steps at a time. Soon he reached the end of the road to heaven, jumped back to the earth...