Fengmou in troubled times

Chapter 18

The Altar of Invitation to Immortals is located to the east of the Imperial Palace in the capital of Rongshao. Since the founding of Rongshaoshu, the Yan family has been in charge of all affairs of the royal family, including seeking good fortune, inquiring about disasters, offering sacrifices and worshiping gods. It is also a rare honor among the kingdoms of the seven lands and eight seas in the Kui Ruins.

In addition to the main hall dedicated to the statue of the genealogy, the residence of the Guoshimen, and the garden altar, there is also a statue of a goddess carved from white marble, more than ten feet high, on the northeast corner of the altar of inviting immortals.The carving of the statue is meticulous, showing the gentle and dignified grace and beauty of the goddess and the expression of pity for the sufferings of the world. From a distance, it looks like a nine-day fairy standing gracefully, with a long sword resting in the crook of her arm, her hands slightly Heshi prays sincerely for all sentient beings, praying that Rongshao Kingdom will have good weather for generations, and the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe.

Speaking of which, this goddess was born in the spirit world of Ike'an, and she helped the ancestors of the Shuyan clan to conquer the north and south, and together they founded the Rongshao Kingdom.There is even a legendary story that this girl from the spiritual world, whose boudoir name is Nuo Weichen, almost became the founding queen of Rongshao Kingdom, but in the end she broke through the world of mortals and rose to the top. The world's skilled craftsmen spent ten years carving out such a statue of a goddess to remember Yiren's fairy beauty.

At this moment, a figure stood at each end of the long sword placed between the goddess's arms.This statue is about 40 meters high, and even the height of this long sword is nearly 30 meters above the ground.The two of them did not borrow any foreign objects, and flew on them lightly and delicately. Under the background of the sky full of stars and the gentle evening wind, they really felt a bit like descending from the gods. Fortunately, few people were invited to the fairy altar, otherwise I'm afraid it will make a sensation in the whole city before tomorrow, attracting people to come to worship.

Standing at the left end of the scabbard, Ling Yan, the national teacher of Rongshao Kingdom, overlooked the imperial palace and the capital below, leaning on the left hand of the Goddess Heshi without any image, tilting his head and smiling at Yi Ke Anling who was standing on the right side of the scabbard The current patriarch of the world, said in a calm manner: "The master sister has come all the way, isn't it just to see my little apprentice?"

Standing beside the right hand of the goddess, Tan Ke'er was covered with a light veil and couldn't see her face clearly, but her bright eyes exposed outside the veil were clear and clear, without any trace of human emotions, as cold and noble as the statue in front of her. "Senior brother, since I still remember that I am your head sister, how can you just accept those two apprentices without telling the whole family? My family in the spirit world, although I have always acted according to my own will, I must respect heaven and respect the way." .Especially our master is cultivating the way of cultivating immortality, the ancestors of the past dynasties almost exhausted their efforts in alchemy and cultivation in order to become immortals, have all the past events, senior brother, have you forgotten?" Seeing Ling Yan's expression is not worried, Tan Ke'er is not polite , and continued: "I have met your big apprentice Fang Linyuan once before, and I barely know what plans you have in mind, but today I met your little apprentice Feng Yinran again. I will never see your little plan again." I don’t understand! Could it be that you really fell in love with these two children and accepted them?”

Ling Yan smiled noncommittally, as if she had already gotten used to the cold attitude of junior sister Tan Ke'er, "It's inevitable that there will be fate, this is a sign of heaven, and I dare not go against it."

Glaring at him fiercely, Tan Ke'er's angry look seemed to bring her back from the sky to the world, and she finally got some popularity, but she looked cute and cute, "Senior brother! Of the two of them, one is the one killed by Shura. God, one is to seize the house and revive the soul. In the future, there will be a bloody storm in the ruins. Why do you have to be involved with them? Folded in the hands of direct disciples, why don't you avoid it a lot, and instead accept such two extremely hard-fated disciples?"

Waving his hands nonchalantly, Ling Yan squinted his eyes, looked down at the brightly lit imperial city below, and suddenly said: "Ker, although our brothers and sisters are the most gifted and spiritual in this generation in Yi Ke'an's spirit world, A psychic, but still a mortal, can't break the road of life and death..."

Lifting his finger and pointing at the tiny, ant-like figure in the distance, a cynical smile faintly appeared on Ling Yan's face, "Even those of us in the spirit world who try to cultivate immortality can only live seventy-eight days longer than ordinary people. It's just a year, and sooner or later, it's just a death, it's better to vigorously fight for a place in the history."

Seeing his resolute expression, Tan Ke'er sighed, and did not persuade him any more: "In this way, brother is determined to cultivate the road of entering the world, and he insists on tossing around in this suffering world. Is it time?"

He took off the jug around his waist and drank a lot in a cool way. Ling Yan couldn't understand how the little junior sister who had been behind him since childhood cared for him, and he couldn't help but soften his comforting tone, "The fate is fixed, why not Live willfully and recklessly every day? But you don't have to worry too much, don't forget that you are practicing the way of the world, and the seven emotions and six desires are the most taboo."

She gave him an annoyed look, Qin Ke'er bit her lips, and suddenly remembered something, "Speaking of which, senior brother, why don't you pay more attention to these two apprentices with strange fates, thinking that one of them is immortal, and the other Coming back from the dead, if we can get a glimpse of the mysteries of life, death and heaven from them, wouldn’t it be fulfilling our master’s wish?..."

"To put it bluntly, these horoscopes are just your estimates after reading their faces and birthdays. Could it be that just for this mysterious reasoning, let me, the master, kill two apprentices to see if they can do it?" Come alive again?" Ling Yan reached out and knocked on Tan Ke'er's head, completely ignoring whether she was the current patriarch of Yi Ke'an's spiritual world, "Sure enough, the patriarch has been in the job for a long time, and he believes in those messy things more and more. .”

Having been taught a lesson by her seniors who grew up together, Tan Ke'er, who is the head of the clan, did not dare to fight back, but muttered to herself: "What kind of mess, have you never studied these numerology and astrology by heart?"

"You still dare to talk back?" Ling Yan pretended to be angry, and threw the jug as if to catch her, scaring Tan Ke'er, flinging her sleeves and gracefully flying down to the altar below, "Now I don't have Master to protect me, Senior Brother Do you want to bully others? Don’t forget that you still ask me for your affairs, and if you are rude to the patriarch, I will not go to see that Emperor Rongshao tomorrow!"

"You girl..." Ling Yan smiled, but instead of chasing after her, she squatted down and sat down on the stone scabbard which was tens of meters high in the air.The night wind was blowing at the hem of his clothes, bringing with it some autumnal coolness, but Ling Yan didn't care, he just looked up at the starry sky, staring at the stars that were so familiar that he couldn't be more familiar.There are tens of thousands of astrological changes in the sky, and the master taught them one by one back then, and he was also familiar with them by heart.But as he got older, he became more and more unable to see through the various opportunities and changes in this world, and he couldn't bear to break through the ups and downs of the secular world.He hadn't thought about what his junior sister said.When he saw from the copper mirror that the forbidden area of ​​Qianxing Pavilion transformed into the ice purgatory where Feng Yinran stayed, the ecstasy of finally getting close to the mysteries of life and death that the masters sought for a lifetime almost made him forget himself, but after calming down However, what came to my heart was more loneliness.Yin and Yang have different paths, even if you see the boundary between life and death, how can you reach immortality in one step...

With one kick, it swept across the night sky like an eagle, and landed leisurely in the center of the altar.Ling Yan glanced back at the pity-faced statue behind him, curled his lips and raised a playful smile, the road to cultivating immortality is far away, so it's better to take it easy, live the present life comfortably is the serious thing...

……Dividing line……

The small underground city secretly built under the mansion of the Jinyang Prince’s Mansion has finally been completed. The ground paved with basalt stones is illuminated by the ever-burning lamps, faintly revealing a smoky black light, which adds to the gloomy and solemn underground secret room. The ghost is cold.

Sitting high above the main hall, Fang Linyuan, who was wearing a black robe embroidered with the wings of a swallowtail butterfly to represent the identity of the young master of Helian Shengjiao, got up and pushed away the official documents piled up on the table, and there was a well-behaved subordinate Die Sheng who was waiting beside him. He came over with an exquisite teapot.I saw the clear water column pouring down from the spout of the pot, rolling like a dragon in the white porcelain peony cup with entwined branches, stirring up bursts of refreshing tea fragrance, and the warm water vapor immediately rushed to the face, refreshing Fern is intoxicating.The pure white hands of the delicate and pretty girl are covered by the dense mist, which seems to have the elegant meaning of red sleeves and fragrant night reading.Fang Linyuan tapped lightly on the table with his fingers habitually, but did not reach for the cup of fragrant tea. He looked sideways at a congregation of the Holy Cult standing at the bottom of the steps, and asked casually: "Didn't I tell you Are you sure to escort the leader back to Mount Duheng safely? Why did you come back so soon?"

"Reporting to the young master," the congregation dressed in gray looks ordinary enough to make people forget it at a glance, but it is also his best protective color as a spy of the hidden guard, "the master came to Heyin City and suddenly wanted to go around the city. Go for a walk, and send your subordinates to come back first to report to the young master. The master said that he will not go back to Duheng Mountain for retreat in the near future, and will return to the Duheng main altar after she has visited the famous cities she visited in the early years. The affairs of the church are all handled by the young master, and this seal of the leader is also ordered to be brought to the young master for safekeeping."

Die Sheng, who had been serving Fang Linyuan since childhood, immediately put down the teapot upon hearing the words, took the seal for the young master, and handed it to Fang Linyuan.This glazed seal has both colors and is made into the shape of a ring, but a series of alien characters are carved on the surface, which is the token of the leader of the Helian Sacred Church.Fang Linyuan saw this treasure that everyone feared in the holy religion, but there was no trace of joy on his face, he just picked up the ring and put it on the ring finger of his left hand.He also pointed at it as a knife, cut his right index finger, and smeared the blood on the engraving of the ring.

I saw the slightly reddish light flashing away, and a faint fragrance wafted from the seven-colored ring. Not long after, a glazed swallowtail butterfly, which was regarded as the supreme by the Helian Sacred Cult, appeared out of thin air, and flew to Fang Linyuan's side in search of fragrance. , Yingying stood between his fingers.When Die Sheng and the congregation under the steps saw this sacred object with graceful and huge wings and a pure blue luster shining on the black velvet background, they quickly knelt down respectfully and said in unison. He recited the prayers of the Helian Sacred Cult, while congratulating the young master for being blessed by all the demons in Fan Bo and taking charge of the holy teaching.Seeing this, Fang Linyuan frowned slightly, but did not interrupt their devout prayers, and allowed them to finish reading this speech before gently blowing away the glazed swallowtail butterfly that flew from nowhere, and waved his hands to call out. The congregation retreated.

"Young Master," Die Sheng rolled up his sleeves and said softly while grinding ink for Fang Linyuan, "Just now, Qi Youniang from Yanyu Tower sent someone to report that it was the young master of the Feng family who sent people from the Wangxuan Pavilion to say Merging the Yanyu Building into the Luxuan Pavilion, the benefits and benefits are so analyzed that even Qi Yuniang is almost tempted."

Fang Linyuan picked up the teacup and took a sip, looked down at the fluctuating tea in the cup and said, "Didn't you never find out where the main pavilion of the Qianxing Pavilion is? Since Ling Yan and Yin Ran who were in charge of the Qianxing Pavilion successively both made peace A place of fireworks like Xuange is closely related, presumably these two places must be inseparable. Yin Ran has this idea, let Qi Youniang merge it under the banner of Xuange. However, in the future, those who report to the sect It’s time to be extra careful.”

"Yes." Die Shengfu responded, and put the ink ingot lightly, "Young master, Feng Yao was adopted and trained by my holy religion since childhood, and sent to Feng's house to monitor Fengtong. Do your best." As she spoke, she peeked at Fang Linyuan's expression, and continued cautiously: "Die Sheng doesn't understand why the young master has been refusing to meet her in his true colors since he came to the capital of Rongshao Kingdom for so many years. If the wind Rumor has it that the seventh prince is the young master, and if the young master is the seventh prince, wouldn't it be more convenient for you to communicate with her so frequently, young master?"

Turning his head to look at Die Sheng, who is in the prime of his life, Fang Linyuan, as the young master of Helian Sacred Cult, has always been ruthless in the Holy Cult, but he is tolerant and doting to this maidservant who has been with her since she was a child, listening to her petty questions, Not angry, just smiled and said: "Didn't I tell you? The seventh prince of Cangjue Kingdom and the leader of Helian Shengjiao are two people. Don't forget Die Sheng."

Turning his eyes, Die Sheng seemed to have figured out all kinds of joints, and nodded vigorously, "Die Sheng remembers, just like the young master will not reveal his identity as the young master in front of the young master of the Feng family, right?"

Fang Linyuan, who was correcting the affairs of the church, paused, squinted his eyes, and his voice suddenly became cold, "When I kept you by my side, I also said that you can only ask questions once a day. Haven't you seen me for a few days? , Have you forgotten all the rules you set before?"

Kneeling down in a hurry, Die Sheng didn't care that his forehead was pressing on the hem of the young master's clothes, he just kowtowed to beg for forgiveness, and said in a trembling voice: "Please forgive me, please forgive Die Sheng this time, Die Sheng I will never dare again..."

Thinking of something, Fang Linyuan looked at the trembling girl, his face softened a little, "You go down first, if it's nothing serious, tell them not to bother me."

"Yes, young master, Die Sheng resigns." Die Sheng, who had been pardoned, hurriedly got up on hands and feet, with tears in her eye sockets but stubbornly refused to fall, turned around and retreated.She was taken in by the Holy Church when she was still a baby waiting to be fed, and she was favored by the young master since she was a child, so she forgot the taboo for a while.For the first time in so many years, she was reprimanded so severely by the young master, probably not because she asked one more question, but because her question mentioned people who should not be mentioned.She really wanted to meet the young master of the Feng family who made the young master lose his temper many times——Feng Yinran...

It wasn't until the entire empty hall returned to silence that Fang Linyuan put down the pen and paper in his hand in a dispirited manner, pushed aside the table and fell on his back on the soft cushion under him.With the brilliance of the countless night pearls inlaid on the dome, Fang Linyuan seemed to be staring at his right index finger that he had just cut with great seriousness. In just a moment, the small wound had disappeared without a trace, as if there had never been a wound. Just a little scar.

Almost monstrous repair ability... Fang Linyuan twitched the corners of his mouth and snorted mockingly.If he hadn't been born with this appalling self-healing ability, how could he have survived to this day in the cannibal Cangjue royal family?But if he didn't have this terrifying power, why would he continue to stay in his life and endure those sufferings... Life is reincarnated, it's really ridiculous...

The wide sleeve slid down with his raised arm, revealing a string of prayer beads folded and twisted around his right wrist.The delicate dark brown beads are carefully selected small phoenix-eyed bodhi seeds, which are connected in series with black agate beads. There are a total of 36 beads, which were worn on his wrist by Yin Ran himself a few days ago. of.At that time, Yin Ran was still talking about the Buddhist saying that there are six faculties in life, and each faculty has six kinds of afflictions, six six 36, [-] afflictions in each life, then there are one hundred and eight afflictions in three lives.And each phoenix-eyed bodhi seed of this bead string can eliminate one trouble, so it is called Sansheng Wuyou.Thinking of Yin Ran's earnest appearance at that moment, Fang Linyuan's worries were all gone, and he really had no worries.Can't help but lightly caress the polished phoenix-eyed bodhi seeds, Fang Linyuan stood up and dangled his sleeves, with that calm and impeccable elegance on his face.Since this ridiculous god gave him this strange body, why didn't he accept it readily and make good use of it?Let's see how Fang Linyuan turned his hands into clouds and turned his hands into rain, using the world as a chess game and the common people as pawns, working hard for his mother and Yin Ran, to build a new dynasty that truly has no worries for three generations!