Chapter 5 Chapter 31 Heyang

In a blink of an eye, it was August 15th. In the ordinary world, this day is the day of family reunion during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it is also one of the most important festivals of the year in Shenzhou Haotu.Although cultivators jumped out of the Three Realms, and few people paid attention to these mortal customs, after all, most of the Qingyun Bieyuan were young teenagers with unshakable mortal hearts, so this day was still much more lively than usual. Although there have been a lot of rumors before, including what Wang Xiaoyu said, but the senior brothers of the Qingyun sect who govern Qingyun Bieyuan didn't express anything, and Wang Zongjing didn't know much about it.Until the morning of August 15th, Ba Xiong, who had the most friends and faces in the same yard, volunteered to go out to inquire for a while, and then ran back happily to tell everyone that it was because there was a river god sacrifice in Heyang City. Because of this, on this day Qingyunmen allowed the disciples from other courtyards to go to Heyang City for a day, but they had to come back at dusk at the latest.

The news quickly spread in the Qingyun Bieyuan, and soon many teenagers and girls who had been bored in the Bieyuan for a month and a half became excited, calling for friends one by one, or in small groups, or laughing and cursing , walked to the outside of Qingyun Bieyuan one after another.Here in the No. 23 Courtyard of Yidao, Ba Xiong ran in and smiled and told the result, Wang Zongjing was also very happy. He liked to be active rather than quiet, so he immediately thought of going out for a walk when he had such an opportunity. But the happiest one is not him, but Xiao Ding.After learning that he could go to Heyang City to play, Xiao Ding immediately jumped up happily, calling everyone to go quickly, Wang Zongjing saw him very excited, asked him, and found out that the kid's parents loved him at the same time. Quiet and unwilling to go out, so Xiao Ding has never been to Heyang City when he is so old. On the contrary, Qi Xiaoxuan, who is one year younger than him, has gone with Tian Linger several times. Bring fun toys to Xiao Ding, or bring some delicious food, talk about something new in the city, but Xiao Ding is so envious.

Now that this kind of opportunity is finally available, Xiao Ding is naturally cheering. Ba Xiong looked at Xiao Ding's appearance from the side, moved his fat belly, leaned close to Wang Zongjing's figure and said in a low voice: "Zong Jing, it's not easy for us to take him. Xiao Ding is only four years old. What if something happens at such a young age? Accident, what if I get lost?" Wang Zongjing thought for a while, then glanced at Da Huang and Xiao Hui who were lazily following Xiao Ding, shook his head at Ba Xiong and said, "Forget it, his elders are assured that Xiao Ding will stay here alone, and we can't control him. "As he said, he paused for a moment, but glanced at the Zizifang, and said: "I think we should call Diaosi."

Ba Xiong nodded, walked across the grass in the middle of the yard, knocked twice on the door of the zizifang, and then shouted loudly: "Diaosi, it's rare to have a chance to go out today, let's go for a walk in Heyang City together .” There was movement in the room soon, and after a while, the wooden door opened with a "squeak", and Qiu Diaosi came out, frowning slightly, first glanced at Ba Xiong, and then saw the willow tree standing in the courtyard a little far away. Wang Zongjing and Xiao Ding at one end said, "I'm not going." Wang Zongjing also came over and looked at Qiu Diaosi, only to see that his face was pale and tired, so he asked in surprise: "Diaosi, did you sleep well?"

Since the afternoon conversation a few days ago, Qiu Diaosi, who was originally withdrawn, has become a lot more friendly to Wang Zongjing and Ba Xiong, perhaps it was because of the estrangement caused by his previous incommunication.At this time, hearing Wang Zongjing's words of concern, Qiu Diaosi obviously hesitated, shook his head, and said, "I'm fine." Ba Xiong next to him also saw something, and said: "I think you don't go out too often, and you look like you haven't been exposed to the sun. Okay, stop talking nonsense, let's take advantage of today's opportunity, let's go for a walk."

"Yeah, let's go, or it will be too late!" These words were urged by Xiao Ding, who was excited and excited. Qiu Diaosi still had a somewhat reluctant expression on his face, it seemed that he felt most comfortable in the house all day long, but at this moment, the fat man Ba ​​Xiong snatched him away with a smile, and said with a smile: "Let's go!" Let's go, you see that Xiao Ding is in a hurry. I know you just want to practice, but it's not short of half a day's work. It's a big deal to practice at night. Anyway, trial disciples like us can only practice twice a day at most. , it is easy to make up for it.”

Qiu Diaosi looked a little helpless, but at this moment, he didn't intend to break free and go back. He just gave a wry smile and said, "Okay, okay, I'll go." Xiao Ding cheered, turned around and ran out first, behind him Rhubarb yelled a few times, and chased after Xiao Hui with his back on his back.Just when he ran to the gate of the courtyard, suddenly a figure flashed outside the door, but a man walked in, Xiao Ding almost couldn't hold back his body and bumped into it, staggered a few times and almost fell, so he barely stopped his footsteps, When he looked up, his complexion suddenly became ugly.

The man who walked in was Su Wenkang, the fifth son of the Su family in Luyang. He was also taken aback when he saw it. After glancing at Xiao Ding, he walked to the water-shaped room in the courtyard, and didn't even look at Wang Zongjing and the three standing in the courtyard. "Sister Qing, sister Qing." He raised his hand to knock on the door and shouted at the same time, not long after Su Wenqing opened the door wide and came out.Seeing his younger sister coming out, Su Wenkang smiled and said, "Sister Qing, it's rare that I can go out to relax today, let's go for a walk in Heyang City together."

Su Wenqing didn't hesitate too much, and nodded in agreement after a slight smile, then closed the door casually, and walked out with Su Wenkang.When passing by the courtyard, Su Wenqing was much cuter than her elder brother. He greeted Wang Zongjing and the others with a smile. But there are exceptions. Xiao Ding standing at the door looked at Su Wenkang with a displeased face. Wang Zongjing walked behind and saw his puffy appearance was quite cute. He almost laughed out loud. The little guy probably still remembers Su Wenkang's saying that he wanted to buy a big yellow dog that day.

After the two brothers and sisters of the Su family had gone far away, Wang Zongjing and Xiao Ding walked out. They saw that there were many disciples on the road outside the courtyard, most of them were walking towards the gate of Qingyun Bieyuan. Everyone smiled at each other and walked down. The steps also blend into the crowd. Sure enough, along the way, those Qingyun disciples who were usually guarded tightly did not intend to stop them. Wang Zongjing and others walked along the road smoothly to the side of the huge stone engraved with the word "Qingyun", and then they walked in the distance. It is the main road leading to Heyang City. At this moment, many teenagers who participated in the Qingyun Examination have already walked towards Heyang City. Wang Zongjing and others did not hesitate and walked on the main road together.

Xiao Ding became more and more happy, jumping up and down on the road, looking around, he was full of energy, Wang Zongjing and others followed behind him, talking and laughing in low voices, the sun was setting and the breeze was relaxing, in such a fine weather, Even Qiu Diaosi, who has always been taciturn and withdrawn, gradually smiled a little more, and talked a lot more when talking with Wang Zongjing and Ba Xiong. But the four people walked about a mile away, and the fat man Baxiong suddenly changed his face, the muscles on his face seemed to be distorted, and he yelled twice, showing pain.Both Wang Zongjing and Qiu Diaosi were taken aback, they turned around and grabbed him, asking, "What's wrong?" "I can't do it anymore. I suddenly felt so much pain in my stomach that I couldn't even walk." Ba Xiong said with a sad face while moaning. "Ah?" Wang Zongjing and Qiu Diaosi looked at each other, they were speechless for a while, most of the teenagers who participated in the Qingyun test took Bigu pills, as for those who didn't take it, they must have taken better pills , so I've never heard of anyone having internal urgency. Ba Xiong looked up and saw the weird expressions on their faces, he seemed to guess what they were thinking, and said with a wry smile: "Don't guess, I just ate my stomach, I was impatient when I practiced in the morning, and I accidentally ate Two grains of Bigu Pill, presumably it's happening right now." Wang Zongjing was stunned for a moment, and didn't know what to say. Could it be that Fatty even took the wrong medicine?Qiu Diaosi at the side shook his head while pulling the fat man up, and said: "Why don't you go back and rest for a while, I don't think you can go a long way with this appearance." Ba Xiong nodded with a sad face, then waved his hands weakly, and said: "I'm fine, you go, don't worry about me." Wang Zongjing saw that there was another layer of sweat on his fat face at this moment, and couldn't help asking: "Fatty, are you all right?" Ba Xiong waved his hands, turned his head and walked towards Qingyun Bieyuan, and said: "It's all right, don't worry about me, today is a rare opportunity, let's go to Heyang City." Wang Zongjing turned his head to look at Qiu Diaosi, Qiu Diaosi shrugged and said: "Since the fat man himself said so, it is estimated that there is probably nothing serious, since we are out, let's continue to Heyang." Wang Zong nodded and said, "Alright." After finishing speaking, the two of them glanced at the staggering back of the fat man, and then continued to walk forward, while Ba Xiong's pace of walking back was relatively slow at first, but gradually began to speed up, I don't know if it was The pain in his body was unbearable, which made him a little impatient. Heyang City is the closest city to Qingyun Mountain, the distance between the two places is not too far, but for ordinary people without Dao skills, it takes at least half a day to walk. Too close to the hustle and bustle of the world. It's just that along the way, Wang Zongjing didn't care about it at first, but gradually realized that something was wrong. The three people walking together seemed to be fine on the surface, but their walking speed was unknowingly much faster than before. Which one, even Xiao Ding, did not show the slightest tiredness on their faces.When the towering city walls of Heyang City appeared in their eyes, Wang Zongjing looked at the sky and made a calculation in his heart, thinking that it would take at most an hour and a half to get here from Qingyun Mountain. During these days, especially after Wang Xiaoyu secretly gifted him a gourd of "Yangyuan Pill", even though he still had some palpitations about the pain of Ling Chi, Wang Zongjing still gritted his teeth in order to be able to enter the Qingyun Sect smoothly in the future. He began to practice the weird method modified by Xiao Ding's father. It was still painful to the point of death, and it was still the feeling that life would be worse than death, but behind the unbearable pain of ordinary people, Yangyuan Pill really played the magical role of the immortal family's elixir, nourishing the spirit. Consolidating qi, nourishing energy and regulating breath, allowed him to quickly recover from the exhaustion after the completion of the practice.At the same time, this kind of weird cultivation method is also very obvious to Wang Zongjing's Taoism. Although it is not exaggerated that he can cultivate the second level of Qingfeng Jue overnight, the feeling of spiritual power tempering the body is still at a speed that Wang Zongjing can almost feel. is accumulating rapidly. At least for the past two days, every time he went to the back mountain to climb the giant tree in the forest, he felt that his strength, agility and even flexibility had increased a lot. If things went on like this, the door of the immortal family's Taoism would be opened for him sooner or later. However, with his strong body now, after walking such a long distance to Heyang City, neither Xiao Ding nor Qiu Diaosi pulled down.To be honest, Wang Zongjing wasn't too surprised by Xiao Ding, the mysterious little guy, but for Qiu Diaosi, Wang Zongjing, who was standing in front of the gate of Heyang City at the moment, was somewhat impressed.I don't know whether this withdrawn boy had some basic foundation before taking the Qingyun Examination, or he was born a genius with excellent bones, and he entered the realm of Taoism very quickly. But at the beginning, Ba Xiong didn't seem to have heard that among those geniuses who gradually became famous in Qingyun Bieyuan, was his name? Entering the city of Heyang, one can hear a burst of noise from a long distance away, the streets and alleys are decorated with lights and colorful lights, and the pedestrians on the road are packed like ants, it is really very lively.At this time, Xiao Ding's eyes were full of new things, the child's temperament was immediately exposed, and he ran around happily, looking at this and that, very excited. Wang Zongjing and Qiu Diaosi looked at each other, and they both smiled helplessly, but Xiao Ding usually had this playful and troublesome temperament, so the two of them were not surprised, they just kept walking behind him anyway, looking at this The hustle and bustle of the city and the prosperity of the secular world are also different. After walking like this for a while, I heard a sudden burst of gongs and drums in the distance ahead, followed by the deafening "cracking" sound of firecrackers, which startled a large group of people around, even those who had been following Rhubarb and Xiaohui behind Xiao Ding were also agitated.Xiao Ding ran over quickly, raised his head and looked around, but he was still too small to see the excitement ahead, so he pulled Wang Zongjing in a hurry and said, "Brother Wang, hug me and hug me." Wang Zongjing laughed, bent down and tried hard, only to feel that the hand was quite heavy, and the little guy was quite heavy.Immediately, he raised Xiao Ding over his head with all his strength, let him sit on his neck, and said with a smile, "Have you seen it now?" Xiao Ding applauded and laughed, pointed to the front and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, you see, that is the team to welcome the gods." Sitting next to Da Huang's back, Xiao Hui also became excited when he saw it. He was more powerful than a human. At this time, he looked left and right, screamed a few times, and suddenly rushed over, casually grabbed Wang Zongjing's clothes and trousers, swished twice and climbed up, Wang Zongjing Before he could react, Xiao Hui easily climbed onto his shoulders, and with a "huh", imitated, grabbed the smiling Xiao Ding's body, and sat on his neck, then raised his hand To cover the eyes, scholars usually do it like looking from a distance, which looks very funny. "Crack!" But Xiao Ding was not happy, stretched out his hand to pull the gray-haired monkey down, and complained: "Xiao Hui, you are too heavy, don't be like rhubarb in the future, you know how to eat all day long." Xiao Hui almost fell off Wang Zongjing's body, but fortunately, he quickly grabbed a corner of his clothes and turned it over again. This time, he sat obediently on Wang Zongjing's shoulder next to Xiao Ding, with a worried expression on his face. The ground screamed "Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi", and after a while, Da Huang suddenly barked twice, rolling his eyes at Xiao Ding and Xiao Hui. In the distance, the welcoming team came over with gongs and drums, and the crowd on the street stepped aside one after another. Wang Zongjing and others stood in the crowd, listening to the cheerful people talking and laughing with each other, they probably knew that this was the year. Once the River God Festival is held, the people around Heyang City will gather here to watch the ceremony.This long team that came over was sending tribute to the big river outside the city to worship, praying to the river god to bless the weather and the harvest. Most of the people around were watching the fun, and Wang Zongjing and Qiu Diaosi also had fun watching it. Coupled with the laughter and laughter of the surrounding people, it was worthwhile to come here.But at this moment, Xiao Ding, who was originally happily sitting on Wang Zongjing's shoulder, was taken aback for a moment, but turned around and shouted loudly to the crowd several meters away: "Uncle Lin, Uncle Lin!" Wang Zongjing was taken aback by him, looked in the direction of his call, and was startled for a while, but saw a man with a handsome face in the vast crowd, amidst all the joyous laughter and laughter. , standing with his hands behind his back and his long sword behind his back, looking at the team of welcoming gods, his face was faintly tinged with a trace of inadvertent blankness, and he was a little dazed.Countless people crowded around him, but it seemed that they couldn't cover up his radiance at all, just like the famous sword with green light flowing behind him, it was outstanding. But who is it if it's not Lin Jingyu? Wang Zongjing was filled with surprises for a moment, and Lin Jingyu also felt something over there. Turning his head, he first saw Xiao Ding, and then his eyes fell on Wang Zongjing, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he walked towards them. come over. Qiu Diaosi stood at the side and also noticed Lin Jingyu approaching, that person knew at a glance that he was not an ordinary person, he was stunned and asked Wang Zongjing: "Who is this person?" Wang Zongjing couldn't talk to him in detail for a while, he could only say: "He is also a Qingyun sect senior, who saved my life in Youzhou back then." Qiu Diaosi snorted, didn't say anything more, just stood aside and looked at Lin Jingyu.Lin Jingyu walked up to him, glanced at Xiao Ding, and a rather complicated expression flashed across his face, but after a while, he still showed some affection, and said, "Xiao Ding, why did you run to Heyang City by yourself? coming?" Xiao Ding scratched his head, "Hehe" laughed dryly, and said, "Uncle Lin, don't complain to my mother." Lin Jingyu frowned, ignored the brat, looked at Wang Zongjing, Wang Zongjing took a step forward with surprise on his face, and said, "Senior, I" Lin Jingyu glanced at him, showed a slight smile, and said: "It seems that you have passed the inspection and entered Qingyun?" Wang Zongjing nodded heavily, and said, "Yes, all this is thanks to senior for his guidance." Lin Jingyu shook his head, and said: "There is nothing to thank, it will still depend on yourself in the future, if you can be selected among the forty people in a year, then just come and find me." Wang Zongjing couldn't believe his ears for a moment, even Qiu Diaosi, who was standing beside him, was shocked suddenly, with a strange look of astonishment on his face.After a while, Wang Zongjing put the little guy on the ground regardless of Xiao Ding's yelling and protesting, and almost stammered, he said to Lin Jingyu: "Lin, senior Lin, what you just said is true Is it?" Lin Jingyu took a deep look at him, smiled and said nothing. Wang Zongjing only felt a burst of joy suddenly rising from his heart, filling all the corners of his body in an instant, as if the bones of his body were much lighter. Under the ecstasy, na na didn't know what to say, and finally there were thousands of words in his belly, only It turned into a sentence that clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, blushing: "Don't worry, senior, I will definitely not let you down!" Lin Jingyu smiled, stretched out his arm and patted Wang Zongjing's shoulder. Next to him, Xiao Ding didn't feel anything about the conversation, he just shouted that he couldn't see anymore, but under Wang Zongjing's excitement, Lin Jingyu was the only one in his eyes, so he couldn't care less about him, no matter how many times he shouted, it was still a little reaction No.Xiao Ding had no choice but to entangle Qiu Diaosi again, asking him to carry him on his back. Lin Jingyu said a few words to Wang Zongjing, and then turned his gaze to the long procession of welcoming the gods. Wang Zongjing was full of joy, and just when he didn't know what to say, he suddenly heard Qiu Diaosi walking over, but It was to Lin Jingyu who asked: "Senior, this junior is unclear about something and would like to ask for advice." Lin Jingyu turned his head and glanced at him, then turned to Wang Zongjing, Wang Zongjing hurriedly said: "His name is Qiu Diaosi, he is also a disciple who participated in the Qingyun Examination, and he lives in the same courtyard as me." Only then did Lin Jingyu nod his head. Seeing that he had no intention of rejecting him, and at the same time, Qiu Diaosi felt a little impulsive in his heart, so he took a step forward and asked in a deep voice: "Senior, this Heyang City is not far from the Qingyun Mountain Gate. , as far as the younger generation knows, the surrounding areas of the Qingyun Mountains all believe in the Sanqing Taoist school. Why is there a custom of offering sacrifices to this river god in Heyang City? These small gods may not conform to the teachings of Taoism, and Qingyunmen have no intention of banning it? " Lin Jingyu frowned slightly, and glanced at Qiu Diaosi, there was nothing unusual about this glance, but Qiu Diaosi's heart skipped a beat, and almost threw the tripod down.After a moment of silence, Lin Jingyu said lightly, "This river god is indeed different from Qingyun's teachings, but the river god sacrifice here has a long history, probably no less than a thousand years, and it can be regarded as a kind of sustenance for the elders and elders in and out of the city. The fault is not a crooked sect, but just praying for good omens, so the Qingyun sect has no intention of intervening in this matter. On the contrary, the folks and elders in Heyang City believe in our Qingyun lineage, and have invited them to join the sect over the years The elders came to preside over the sacrifice, so there is no conflict between this river god sacrifice and our Qingyun." He turned around and looked into the distance. Looking at the bustling scene, it was the warmest and warmest time in the ordinary world. For some reason, there seemed to be a trace of pain on his calm face, with a bit of bewilderment, and he said quietly : "Every year, people from the villages and elders near Heyang City will come to see such a procession, no matter if they are old people, young people, women or children." His voice gradually became lower and his expression became colder. Only one pair of eyes was still silently staring at the receding team of welcoming gods. A memory that has been lost in the past years, comes quietly, and then goes away without a sound, until finally it turns into flying smoke and dust, and disappears quietly, leaving no trace. Time is like water, after all, it drowns the past and the past, and there is no way to turn back.