Chapter 29 Chapter 55 Perception

On the 15th day, the moon was 16 round, and on September 16th, one night, the night sky was clear, the moon was sparse, and a full moon was as bright as a jade plate, hanging above the night sky, emitting bright moonlight, sprinkled on the towering Tongtian Peak.The moonlight is like water, and the clear light is slightly cold, setting off the Yuqing Palace bathed in the night beautifully.The stone steps in front of the hall, the white jade railings, and the giant pillars and cornices all have a bit of quiet beauty at the moment.Taoist Mingyang stood outside the Yuqing Hall, leaning on the railing and looking into the distance, looking at the steaming clouds in the distance, looking at the bright and bright moon, his face seemed to be a little lost, and he didn't know what was going on in his heart.Occasionally, when he turned his head, he would take a look at the main hall of the Yuqing Palace, and then quickly look away.Compared with the outside of the hall, which was illuminated by the moonlight as bright as day, the Yuqing Hall was still lit with candles, but it still made people feel dim. Under the dim candlelight of the empty hall, there were two figures standing side by side in the three clear halls. Before Shengxiang, one was Xiao Yicai and the other was Wang Zongjing.Looking from a distance, Xiao Yicai's expression was indifferent, the candles on the incense table were flickering, and the light fell so that the ground turned into two sides of light and dark, and he seemed to be whispering something in a vague way.On the other hand, Wang Zongjing's expression changed, sometimes surprised, sometimes puzzled, sometimes at a loss, but he never spoke, just listened silently.Gradually, the expression on Wang Zongjing's face became numb.In this way, the figures of the two stood under the statue of the hall for a long, long time.Taoist Mingyang stood outside the hall, waiting patiently. No one knew what Xiao Yicai said to Wang Zongjing in the hall, but the expression of Taoist Mingyang when he stood alone, for some reason, always made people I feel a little depressed.It didn't know how long it had been like this, a burst of footsteps came from behind, and Taoist Mingyang turned around to look, only to see Wang Zongjing walking out slowly with a tired face and a bit of bewilderment at the same time, seeing Mingyang The figure of the Taoist standing outside the hall, Wang Zongjing nodded silently, but for some reason he looked extraordinarily tired at the moment, as if he had lost the strength to even say hello, so he just walked past the Taoist Mingyang with a dull expression , slowly walked down the stone steps of the Yuqing Hall.Taoist Mingyang was startled, he took a step and was about to say something, but he heard another voice from behind, it was Xiao Yi who came over, and said calmly: "Mingyang, it's getting late, you should go back and rest first." Taoist Mingyang immediately took back the steps he stepped out, and after looking at the lonely back of the young man walking away under the moonlight, he agreed in a low voice, then turned and left.Xiao Yicai watched Taoist Mingyang go away, then walked slowly to the white jade railing above the stone steps, looked down, and saw Wang Zongjing walking down the stone steps step by step, the moonlight was like water, shining behind him A thin shadow appeared.Pausing and pausing on the smooth and jade-like white stone steps.The stone steps are very long and long, and the mountain wind is very cold and strong, blowing on the body, as if there is an illusion of being lifted up by the strong wind and blown away.His clothes fluttered. In this empty night, Wang Zongjing walked down slowly, as if feeling too tired, he stopped and looked around.Not far below the stone steps, there is a pool with a large area and smooth water surface like a mirror.The bright moon is in the sky, reflected in the water, as if it is right in front of you.Around the water pool, there are continuous forests of trees, and farther away are hard and towering rock walls.Wang Zongjing vaguely remembered that when he was taken to the Yuqing Palace that day, many disciples of Qingyun stopped to salute when they passed by this pool.But to whom were they saluting?Wang Zongjing had this question in his mind at that time, but at this time, he only felt that his mind was blank, he didn't want to think about anything, and he acted on his own instinct.Subconsciously, he walked slowly to the edge of the pool, sat down against a small tree, then let out a long breath slowly, and buried his head in his arms.The moon was shining brightly, brightly and clear, and it was sprinkled in this clear water and cold pool, and the shadows of the trees were whirling, shaking slightly in the mountain wind, covering Wang Zongjing's figure in the shadow.I don't know how long it took, the water waves in the clear water cold pool suddenly fluctuated, and then quickly accelerated, and there was a loud "crash" in a moment, and the water splashed everywhere. Indeed, a giant beast floated out of the deep pool. Yuan Zhiye's head popped up, and after a low growl, he walked slowly ashore.Countless drops of water turned into small rivers, and the moment the giant beast left the water, they rolled down from its rough and huge body skin. Under the moonlight, the giant beast's body was as big as a hill, with the head of a dragon and the head of a lion. The whole body is covered with incomparably hard scales, especially on a giant. The two eyes are almost the size of a child's head, shining brightly, like bright torches in the dark night. There are two huge The bloody mouth of the fangs is even more daunting.Wang Zongjing, who was in the shadows, saw this scene under the moonlight, especially the direction of the giant beast coming ashore, which happened to be coming towards him. Suddenly, his body tensed up. At that moment, it seemed to be returning When I arrived in the ancient forest, I met a terrible monster.But before he could react, the originally quiet monster immediately felt something. Its huge body suddenly paused, and it let out a low growl. Its giant eyes like copper bells suddenly looked over at the shadow, The big mouth opened slightly, slowly revealing two fangs.Behind it, I saw the quiet clear water and cold pool, suddenly felt as if I felt some stimulation, large expanses of water splashed suddenly, and then formed a rapidly rotating vortex, a thick water column, impressively slowly It rose up like a water dragon, and could even bend and twist in mid-air, slowly aiming at Wang Zongjing's hiding place.A suffocating feeling like landslides and ground cracks enveloped Wang Zongjing's whole body in an instant. He couldn't even move his whole body at that moment. A cold killing intent that he had never felt in his life submerged like a raging wave. Come and surround him.

At this critical juncture, Xiao Yicai's figure suddenly appeared on the stone steps not far from the clear water and cold pool. The mountain wind blew the dark green Taoist robe, and he frowned slightly, but waved his hand from a distance.The giant beast that came out of the cold pool of clear water turned its head, glanced at Xiao Yicai, snorted, and seemed to hum twice, then the circling water dragon paused, and seemed to lose its mystery for an instant The support of strength turned into countless large sprays, which fell from the sky like a light rain.The biting killing intent disappeared in the blink of an eye, and Wang Zongjing didn't let out a heavy breath until this time, gasping for breath, and then only heard Xiao Yicai's voice came from a distance, saying: "This spirit beast is called 'Water Kylin'. ', it is the spirit beast of our sect, who has been psychic for a long time, and has profound Taoism, and the disciples in the sect often call it "spiritual master"." Wang Zongjing was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at the giant beast, but He remembered something, and said in a low voice: "So, this is the Lingzun." He glanced over there twice, and he stepped forward, walked out from the shadow of the forest, and came to the bottom of the stone steps. You can vaguely see the Hongqiao bridge that looks like a startling dragon in the dark night, Xiao Yicai glanced at the dark and empty road indifferently, and said indifferently: "You can go on the rest of the road alone." Zong Jing was speechless. After standing still for a while, he finally turned around and walked towards the dark road alone.Behind him, there was a sudden commotion. Indeed, Shui Qilin seemed a little impatient to be disturbed by these ordinary people. He snorted twice, shook his huge head, and walked back to the cold pool of clear water, echoing with the low-pitched roar. , a huge body tossed and splashed, and then dived into the depths of the water.This year's Qingyun Examination, in terms of the number of people, is much larger than in previous years, and the reputation in the world has also increased a lot, but compared to the calmness of previous years, this year's Qingyun Bieyuan seems to be in constant trouble , especially for the people in the courtyard of Yidao 23rd Courtyard, this feeling is even stronger.It seemed that something was happening all the time, wave after wave came like a sea wave, until finally, the wave suddenly rose, like a turbulent wave hitting the shore, when the wave receded slowly, they found that the people in this courtyard had already one short.The fat man's name was no longer mentioned, and it seemed to have become a taboo unknowingly. Maybe after a while, the memory of this man will be quietly forgotten by everyone.In the end, there was no trace of him left in this world anymore.Where did he come from, where is he going, who is he busy working hard for, and behind his kind and smiling face all day long, who would know what he thinks in his heart?All this, after all, disappeared.Another sunny day.

In the middle and late September, the hottest summer of the year in Qingyun Mountain has long passed, and it is the time when the sky is clear and the weather is clear.This morning, because the weather was fine, the No. 23 Courtyard of Yidao was rarely lively. Everyone went out to walk around in the courtyard. The mood seems to have improved a lot.Just standing in the yard, chatting in a low voice or walking slowly, some people occasionally look at the empty room when they turn their heads. A loneliness.Wang Zongjing moved his body a bit, and walked along the Chaoshou corridor. He seemed to have become a little taciturn these days, and even Xiao Ding, who was usually close to him, talked much less these days.Unknowingly, I walked past the window of the earth-shaped room, and saw that the doors and windows of the earth-shaped room were open, and the inside was empty, and the tables and chairs were a bit messy, which were the traces left by the disciples of the Qingyun Sect when they came to search that day. When I went, I could still see a piece of white paper scattered in the corner of the wall, stained with a bit of filth, and fell lifelessly on the ground.Wang Zongjing's gaze stayed on the white paper for a moment, then he took it back, turned around expressionlessly, and walked to the green grass in the courtyard, under two willow trees not far between, Su Wenqing and Qiu Diao Si stood there.Qiu Diaosi seemed to be saying something to Su Wenqing, Su Wenqing nodded slightly, and there was a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth, but for some reason, there was still a faint alienation in his polite expression.At this moment, seeing Wang Zongjing approaching, Su Wenqing's eyes lit up, and he waved to him with a smile: "Prince Wang, come and talk." Qiu Diaosi, who was behind her, had spoken half of the sentence, and frowned slightly. , also from Wang Zongjing's point of view, quietly concealed the rest of the words, and his expression was a little unhappy, but it disappeared in a blink of an eye.Wang Zongjing didn't notice anything, walked over to look at them, and said, "What are you talking about?"

Su Wenqing smiled and said: "It's nothing serious, it's just that my elder brother came to chat with me yesterday, but he mentioned that a senior brother he knew said that today Qingyun Sect will arrange another person to live in this courtyard." "Yes ?” Although Wang Zongjing said that he had been in a low mood for the past few days, he was still taken aback when he first heard the news, and his face showed a bit of strangeness, but soon he seemed to think of something, and some He said strangely, "The people who live in this Qingyun Bieyuan are all disciples who participated in the Qingyun Examination like us, but all of them have already allocated their residences. Why do some people still live in?" Su Wenqing shook his head. , said: "I don't know about this, I also asked my brother this question, but it seems that the senior brother who mentioned it is not very clear." She thought for a while, with a little hesitation, hesitantly said, " Could it be that at this time, will there be any newcomers included?" Wang Zongjing frowned, and before speaking, Qiu Diaosi, who was standing by the side, said coldly: "I don't think so, after all After two months of expiry, if you can still enter now, wouldn't it be unfair to the more than 900 people in this other courtyard?" Wang Zongjing was startled for a moment, only to hear Su Wenqing chuckle, but he said with a smile: "However, if the rookie really enters at this time, it will be two months less training than you, Young Master Qiu. In this way, the rookie is actually at a disadvantage." Qiu Diaosi's expression changed suddenly, but he did not attack When he came out, he just glanced at Su Wenqing silently, shook his head, hesitant to speak, Su Wenqing smiled lightly, but turned his head and said a few words to Wang Zongjing as if what he just said was unintentional , Qiu Diaosi looked at her beautiful figure standing under the tree, and the expression on her face gradually softened again.At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps from the other side of the wooden character room, and the three people in the courtyard looked over in a blink of an eye, only to see Xiao Ding striding out, full of energy and smiling, Rhubarb and Xiao Hui followed behind him, looking unexpectedly There is also a bit of excitement.Wang Zongjing smiled and said, "Xiao Ding, is today the day to go home again?" Xiao Ding laughed and waved, "Yes. Brother Wang, Sister Su, Brother Qiu, I'm leaving first, and I'll be back tomorrow. "Wang Zongjing smiled and nodded, watching Xiao Ding run out of the courtyard door with Da Huang and Xiao Hui bouncing, then turned his head and said: "Talk slowly, I'll go back to my room first." Su Wenqing looked at him With a glance, with some concern, he said: "Young Master Wang, you don't seem to be looking very well these few days, what's the matter?" Wang Zongjing was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, nodded slightly to Su Wenqing, and said: " It's okay, I'm fine." Then he nodded to Qiu Diaosi who was standing next to him, and then walked back to his room, Su Wenqing watched him go quietly, was silent for a moment, turned around and smiled With a smile, he said to Qiu Diaosi: "I also want to go back to read, see you later." Qiu Diaosi nodded his head, and when the slim and graceful figure walked away, he turned around slowly, his huge Unknowingly, he was the only one left in a yard.

Xiao Ding walked out of the gate of Qingyun Bieyuan all the way. Those guarding disciples of Qingyun Sect were familiar with him and greeted him a few times with a smile. Came over to pat his head, twisted his chubby cheeks twice, and made fun of him a few times, and then let Xiao Ding leave the other courtyard.Xiao Ding walked along the road to the forest path, muttering in a low voice along the way, touched his face with his hand, seemed a little reluctant, and said resentfully: "Cut, you know how to bully me all day long, When I grow up, I will pinch it back for you." Talking to himself, when he walked to the edge of the dense forest, the pollution reduction tripod only felt a blur in front of his eyes, and a vague figure suddenly flashed in front of him, the speed was extremely fast, it seemed that he would appear in front of Xiao Ding in the blink of an eye, After he was taken by surprise, before he could react, he felt that his body was lightened, and he was indeed thrown up. At the same time, a burst of hearty laughter came from his ears. "Smelly brat, I caught you!" "Oh!" Xiao Ding screamed, and when he looked back, the strange man in between was Zeng Shushu, standing on the ground with a smile on his face, then lightly stretched his arms, and It was the body that steadily dropped the small tripod and caught it.Xiao Ding giggled, raised his head and said, "Uncle Zeng, why did you come to see me?" Zeng Shushu said with a smile, "I happen to have something to go to Dazhu Peak, and I remembered that today is the day you go back to the mountain, so why don't you come over and take me with you?" You go together." Xiao Ding struggled twice, jumped back to the ground, and then there was a trace of suspicion on his face, he glanced at Zeng Shushu, and said: "Is that so?" Zeng Shushu stared, and said: "Stinky boy , would I still lie to you?" Xiao Ding tilted his head and said, "You wanted to see my father, but you came to see me because you were afraid of being scolded by my mother?" , Said: "Nonsense!" Xiao Ding said "Oh", turned around and walked away, shrugged and said, "I thought you were always afraid of my mother?" Zeng Shushu snorted and said, "It's ridiculous, anyway, I was also with you in the Presbyterian Church." He's on an equal footing." He turned his head, glanced at Da Huang and Xiao Hui who were still standing behind him, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, "hehe" laughed twice, but bent down, and waved to Xiao Hui "Hello, Xiao Hui." Xiao Hui raised his head and glanced at him next to "Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi", Da Huang raised his head, and looked at Zeng Shushu with dog eyes.Zeng Shushu didn't pay much attention to Rhubarb, he just looked at Xiao Hui, smiling all over his face, and said, "Xiao Hui, you're just playing in this other courtyard, it's so boring, if I have time, I'll take you there!" Halfway through the sentence , Zeng Shushu jumped up suddenly, and turned his head to look, "Dead dog, why are you biting people?" Rhubarb opened his mouth wide, and for some reason, he suddenly stepped forward and bit Zeng Shushu's ankle hard. A severe bite could not move his muscles, but the pain was unavoidable, and his face turned pale for a while.Xiao Hui opened his mouth wide and laughed loudly, and ran over to pat Da Huang on the head. Da Huang quickly let go of his mouth obediently, but still looked at Zeng Shushu with a lot of hostility, and then carried Xiao Hui who jumped up on his back. Hui strode forward to chase Xiao Ding ahead.Zeng Shushu stood on the spot and groaned twice, rolled his eyes at the wild big yellow dog, and said resentfully: "Damn dog, I know that because of your master's strength, you are so rampant and dare to bite me, sooner or later you will I know how good I am!" He said bitterly and walked forward, all the way into the dense forest, the shadow of the trees covered the path above, only occasionally a few small pieces of sunlight leaked through the thin gaps, on the path in the woods shaking.The surroundings gradually quieted down, Xiao Ding was still walking ahead innocently and lively, Zeng Shushu caught up all the way, and walked by his side, and at the same time asked about the trivial matters in Qingyun Bieyuan, Xiao Ding also said nothing Answering, making Zeng Shushu laugh out from time to time.It's just that at this seemingly peaceful moment, when Zeng Shushu just asked a question and was about to continue speaking, his brows suddenly frowned, but his body stopped suddenly. Standing in the center of the dense forest, his gaze turned cold Get down, turn around quickly, and look into the depths of the surrounding dense forest.Xiao Ding, Da Huang, and Xiao Hui Science also felt that something was wrong, they stopped in surprise, and turned to look at Zeng Shushu.Zeng Shushu had a strange expression on his face, as if he had noticed something, he was a little cautious but contemplative, looking at the forest sharply, as if he was looking for something.And in the deep part of the dense forest, in a dark corner where even a faint shattered sun can't enter, a black figure that exudes a faint chill during the day quietly hides in the dark shadow under the giant tree, standing there After a while, he slowly backed away, sinking into a deeper darkness.On the path in the forest, Zeng Shushu had a strange look on his face, but he seemed to relax slowly, and the sharpness in his eyes disappeared. His colleague looked at the forest thoughtfully.At this time Xiao Ding came over and said in amazement: "Uncle Zeng, what's wrong?"

Zeng Shushu hesitated for a moment, smiled a little, and said: "I was wrong, it's okay, let's go." Then he stretched out his hand and took Xiao Ding's arm, but suddenly grabbed Xiao Ding, squatted He lowered himself down, then took out a sealed letter from his bosom, smiled and said to Xiao Ding: "Xiao Ding, uncle suddenly has something to do now, so I won't go to your house, you put this letter away, Give it to your father when you get home, okay?" Then he touched Xiao Ding's head, and told him, "Don't lose the letter." Xiao Ding laughed, took the letter and went directly to Stuffing it into the small cloth bag on his waist, he waved the chubby hand and said, "Got it." After speaking, he took Dahuang and Xiaohui and walked up the mountain road behind the huge rock.Zeng Shushu sent them away and stood there without moving. When Xiaoding's figure disappeared at the corner of the mountain road, the smile on his face also faded and disappeared. Then he turned around slowly, his gaze once again Once he became sharper, he looked at the deep and dense forest coldly.A moment later, his figure suddenly rose, and a yellow sword light flashed out, carrying his figure straight into the deep forest again, this time, he flew straight into the dark shadow, and the wind blew up, passing over the branches of the trees. Only the head was left, and bursts of stern sounds echoed in the depths of this quiet dense forest.