Immortal Formula

   Chapter 576 Moonlight on the Lotus Pond

  Although Yue Jiuxi is old, he is obviously not open to the disciples of the nine major factions whose cultivation is not inferior to him. He smiled a little embarrassedly, Sheng Hualan clapped his hands impatiently, "Okay, you're a really boring person, you can go if you go, if you don't go, you won't go, where are there so many and some are gone. Forget it, We won't call him together!"

Standing here, Yue Jiuxi was robbed by Sheng Hualan, and his face suddenly became a little ugly. He is not too young, and he is also one of the masters in Yunze. Otherwise, he would not have come here. Rebuked, but did not refute, his face suddenly turned blue and white.

Shen Mengli said with a smile: "Brother Yue is dignified and upright, I'm afraid that we won't get along with young people like us. I just heard Master Xuanguang say that although the Sword Washing Pond is not open yet, in the Tibetan Sword Villa, and the mountains After Tiger Hill, there are still many places to enjoy, how about when I have time to visit with Brother Yue?"

  Yue Jiuxi was relieved by him, so he went down the slope, "Thank you." He bowed his hands to Shen Mengli and left.

  Sheng Hualan looked at Gu Yan with an unpleasant expression on her face, "How about you?"

Gu Yan smiled, she actually felt that the little girl Sheng Hualan was just a little arrogant and competitive, probably because she had been in the sect for a long time, and she meant that she was clean, but her temperament was not bad, but she was not angry that others would rob her. the limelight. To deal with this kind of person, Gu Yan has his own means. She smiled and said, "Why don't you go? If you don't call me, I will tell Jianzun Yunchi that you are secretly causing trouble for Cangjian Villa. Are you afraid?"

  Sheng Hualan couldn't help stomping her feet and hummed: "Okay, then you have to remember, don't talk too much to cause trouble!"

The few of them had negotiated and then dispersed, Qin Mingyue took a step back, fell behind Gu Yan, and said in a low voice, "My junior sister has been spoiled by others, and it is inevitable that there is no importance in words, Gu Xianzi Wan Just don't care."

  Gu Yan shook his hand, indicating that he was okay. She was thinking, it seems that among the nine major sects, there are indeed hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and those who are really cultivated as treasures are all hidden by the teacher's sect, and none of them have come to the world to make a name for themselves. Like Han Qianyu on the Cangwu Continent, he is known as one of the few disciples of the younger generation, but looking at the few present here, Shen Mengli is as gentle as jade, Sheng Hua Lantian is a talented person, that is Fang Shuo, the real comparison When he got up, his body refining technique might not be able to handle it himself. Which one is not better than Han Qianyu, Xia Ruoqiu and others? It seems that the nine major factions have stood in Cangwu for more than ten thousand years. This heritage is really not something that others can shake.

She had heard Su Manjian mention that Sheng Hualan was born with a single spiritual root. She entered the Dao at the age of four, established the foundation at the age of thirteen, and established the pill at the age of seventy-eight. More than 150 years old, she has already advanced to the late stage of forming a pill. The so-called master of Padmasambhava, who is known as the best in the world, asked her to come to the Sword Washing Pond this time, but she did not look for the opportunity to prepare for the future birth of the baby. the meaning of. It's just that this person is simple-minded and seldom goes down the mountain on weekdays, but Xia Rouqiu deliberately made friends with her, so she got a bit of blue eyes. But it wasn't really a close friend, just in Xia Rouqiu's mouth, Gu Yan tried to find her trouble several times, which inevitably made Sheng Hualan a little resentful.

   Qin Mingyue gave Gu Yan a gentle smile, and then walked out. Although her smile was warm and peaceful, Gu Yan always felt that there was a bit of sadness in the eyes of this Senior Sister Qin, and she didn't know where it came from. Perhaps it is indeed a headache to travel with such a junior sister.

   She was the last to go out. At this time, Fang Shuo had already made an appointment with everyone to leave for Gusu City tomorrow morning.

   She kept returning to her residence, but she didn't see Qin Feng and the angry fairy, and she didn't know if the two of them went together.

In the early morning of the second day, Gu Yan got up early. Su Manjian seemed to have something in the sect, so she only asked a child to bring her a message, saying that she could not get away in the past few days, and she would reunite after she was busy, but let Gu Yan Fall in peace.

Although she was awake at this time, her injuries were still not healed, and she could not easily do anything with others, but she did not interfere with her actions and spells. She walked to the front yard and went to the side hall yesterday, and saw several people were already waiting. . Only Fang Shuo, Sheng Hualan, Shen Mengli and Qin Mingyue who I saw yesterday, Gu Yan said, "The fairy from yesterday..."

Sheng Hualan hummed: "Are you going to go against me? Let me tell you, Jiang Yaojia doesn't talk to me. She has always been without me, and I have not had her. If you deliberately stab me, Then don't go with us!"

  Gu Yan is also good-natured, she said neither angry nor annoyed: "So it is, I have overstepped."

  Sheng Hualan glared at Gu Yan. She had a straightforward temper, but when she met someone like Gu Yan who was not humiliated, she didn't know how to attack. She stomped her feet and said, "Fang Shuo, are you still leaving?"

A few people went out together. They were all distinguished guests of Cangjian Villa, and there was no need to report for entry and exit. They went with the boy who was guarding the door. When they reached the open space outside the door, everyone drove the flying magic weapon and broke through the air. .

Gu Yan drove Zi Yungui and looked at it carefully. Fang Shuo didn't seem to be using any magic weapon. He was controlled by the aura in his body veins and rode in the wind, while Qin Mingyue and Sheng Hualan had a pair at their feet. The jade pendant in the shape of a dragon and a phoenix is ​​very gorgeous, with lines engraved on it, and Gu Yan's eyebrows are slightly condensed. This should also be a magic weapon that can be used for formation. Born in Lotus Mountain, everything is inseparable from the formation.

As for Shen Mengli, Gu Yan couldn't see what magic weapon he was using, but Ling Feng was under his feet, and his eyes were very arrogant. Obviously, there must be a treasure under his feet to ride the wind, but it was Shen Mengli who saw Gu Yan's side. The purple light building looked at her slightly in surprise.

  Gu Yan smiled and looked back, Shen Mengli smiled, looked away, and turned to chat and laugh with Sheng Hualan next to him.

  Gusu City is about hundreds of miles away from Tiger Hill. For them, it is only a moment of flight. And this Gusu City, Gu Yan has been famous for a long time.

  The system of Nantang is different from that of Nanpu and Yunze. Since this is the seat of Cangjian Mountain Villa, there is no royal family in this huge country, and there are not many sects in charge. Very loose. But here in Gusu City, it is a little different.

   Most of the people who lived in the city of Gusu came from far away from Cangwu and went to the Tibetan Sword Villa to seek Taoism, but they were not included. Some of these people are still young, so they go back to explore on their own, while others are old and simply live in seclusion here. It has developed into a famous grand market in Cangwu and is the most prosperous trading place in the south of Cangwu. And Tibetan Sword Villa didn't even hear about it. Later, the mysterious Longyuan Pavilion rose up in Cangwu. For some reason, it was rumored that their pavilion master, the most mysterious master of Longyuan, actually lived in seclusion in the lotus pond in the city of Gusu. This place has even become a holy place in the hearts of those who travel from south to north. Every day, I don’t know how many rare and rare things will be traded here. But in the city of Gusu, the order is orderly every day, and no one will come to make trouble. I heard that there are secret troubles, and they are all cleaned up by the people of Longyuan Pavilion.

  Everyone fell outside the city of Gusu, and Shen Mengli explained: "Everyone who comes here must walk into the city to show respect for the master of Longyuan."

In fact, Gu Yan is not familiar with the master of Longyuan, and although Longyuan Pavilion has a big name in Cangwu, its origin is extremely mysterious, so she doesn't know much, so she asked: " What is the origin of this Master Longyuan, and how is his cultivation?"

Sheng Hualan sneered, obviously disdain for Gu Yan's mentally handicapped problem, Shen Mengli smiled: "When you enter the city, you can't call this name anymore. In Gusu City, everyone calls this the owner of the lotus pond. He lives in seclusion in the lotus pond in the northwest of the city. It is said that it will only be open once every fifteenth full moon night. Visitors are invited to enjoy the moonlight. As for the origin of Longyuan Pavilion, probably no one can say clearly, only thousands of people know about it. A few years ago, Longyuan Pavilion rose silently in Cangwu, and its power was so great that it swept across the Cangwu Continent at once. I heard that far overseas and the Arctic Bingyuan have their altars. But these people are just doing business wholeheartedly, even if they set up a sub-altar, they are not involved in local affairs. And the owner of Longyuan rarely shows up in front of people. He heard about the affairs of Lianlongyuan Pavilion. I don’t care much, I just hide in the city of Gusu and keep my lotus pond as my company.”

  The crowd chatted and laughed and walked into Gusu City. The door is open, and the monks come and go every day, and there is no one to guard them.

Gu Yan was thinking about what Shen Mengli said. The owner of the lotus pond is undoubtedly a very wise person. He quietly established his own power in Cangwu, but he did not challenge the authority of the nine major factions, relying on his own means. , forcibly opened a gap in the land of Cangwu, which was blocked by the nine major factions. The nine major factions have their own spheres of influence, and the Longyuan Pavilion is all over the place. It seems that the size of the force is not clear.

   And the owner of the lotus pond, who lives in seclusion in Gusu City, who knows, is he watching from the sidelines and watching the changes in the world?

   However, these people in front of them seem to have no more yearning for the owner of the lotus pond. After all, their high status makes it difficult for them to view people and things with a normal mind. The reason for their visit was probably to see if there was really something rare and extraordinary in Gusu City. After all, the name of Dafang City here is also famous throughout Cangwu.

At this time, Sheng Hualan said: "My master recently taught me a formation method called Magic Wave Shenglian, but the golden lotus used to suppress the eyes of the formation cannot always find suitable materials. I'm too busy to go to the Infinite Pond to find it for me, I wonder if I can touch the cloud here?"

Qin Mingyue said in a low voice: "Junior sister, you are thinking too much. The Magic Wave Golden Lotus is the supreme spiritual root in the Infinite Pond. Except for the master and his old man, how many are qualified to go there to get things? Longyuan Pavilion It is true that the means are vast, but to say that it is omnipotent, it is over.”

  Sheng Hualan puffed her nose and wanted to refute, but she couldn't seem to say it, her expression was very good-looking. At this time, Gu Yan suddenly remembered something, and said, "Brother Shen, I have something to ask you, may I ask?"

  Shen Mengli smiled and said, "But it doesn't matter."

  Gu Yan said: "I have an old acquaintance in the noble faction. I haven't seen him for a long time.

  Shen Mengli smiled and said, "The disciples of this sect have a lot of friends, and it's not unusual for Fairy Gu to know each other. I don't know who it is?"

  Gu Yan said: "Among your sect, there is a Taoist named Lingshu, is there?"

Shen Mengli's face suddenly became a little weird. He quickly looked at Gu Yan before saying, "Uncle Lingshu, he is all focused on the alchemy way, and he hasn't peaked for decades." The implication is that you are not Intimidating, right?

Gu Yan smiled and said: "It's not with that senior Lingshu, he has a named disciple named Yan Huan. When we were in the southeast, we had several relationships, and with his help, we obtained a magic weapon. Later, we left the southeast. When we broke up, I have been missing him very much, I wonder if he has any whereabouts?"

Shen Mengli tapped his forehead with his hand, thought for a moment, and then said, "You're talking about that kid. Speaking of which, I did meet him more than ten years ago. I heard that he returned from a trip in the southeast. The official foundation has been successfully established, and I have joined Master Lingshu's door as an introductory disciple of Lingzhu Peak. However, we don't know much about Lingzhu Peak, and Huayan Peak is probably still practicing now, right?"

  Gu Yan was overjoyed, "Thank you!" Although she had been apart for more than ten years, in her heart, she still remembered that little child Yanhuan. Back then, in front of him, he talked eloquently about Dan Dao, and that contradictory character with high spirits but a little autistic, once left a deep impression on Gu Yan, and Gu Yan's Jiuyi Ding was from him. In the hands of her, she still remembers this friendship. It was only later that Yan Huan was captured by people from Ziwugu. She had asked Duan Yingxiu, and she only said that she was rescued later, and she did not know his whereabouts. Now that he heard that he had returned to the Dan Ding faction safely, it was a matter of letting go.

  Sheng Hualan saw that the two were talking warmly, so she came over and said without a trace, "Senior Brother Shen, where should we go?"

   She came over casually, standing in the middle of the two people, separating Gu Yan from Shen Meng, Gu Yan smiled and walked to the side by herself.

  Shen Mengli said ponderingly: "I heard that the upper floor of Yanyu in the north of the city is the place where the secluded monks preach. There are many rare treasures in the Jietian Pavilion in the south of the city. Let's take a look there."

  Actually, according to Gu Yan's mind, she thought of going to Yanyu Tower. Although she is now the elder of Bixia Sect, she is from a loose cultivator after all. It is precisely because of this that she attaches great importance to the method of practice, and often shares her experience with those fellow practitioners to confirm each other. In Bixia Sect, many people have benefited. This place is a gathering place for major cultivators scattered in the north and south, and the preachers may not be all powerful.

   In contrast, it is not so eager to go around the market. She thought about it for a while, and then said: "Everyone, go to Jietian Pavilion first, I want to go around Yanyu Tower. Why don't you break up here?"

  Shen Mengli still had the same smile, "Fairy Gu, please feel free. I'm going to stay here for a day or two. If you come back early, you can go to the Tiange Pavilion to find me and wait, otherwise it's better to gather outside the city gate."

  Gu Yan cupped her hands, asked about the road to Yanyu Tower, and walked leisurely forward.

  The entire city of Gusu is a misty and rainy water town. The rivers in the city are vertical and horizontal. Some monks are in the river, driving small boats and singing on the bow of the boat, which is very unrestrained. Compared to the city Gu Yan had seen before, this was the place with the most elegant atmosphere.

   She walked for a walk, only to feel that in this water and sky, she seemed to melt in the mist and rain, and she felt a little reluctant to think about Shu.

   After walking for about half an hour, I saw a small building in the distance, showing a corner slantingly, a few apricot flowers dotted in front of the building, adding a bit of spring charm to the misty rain. She suddenly remembered the verse she had learned with her father when she was a child, "The small building listens to the spring rain all night, and the deep lane sells apricot flowers in the Ming Dynasty."

   She turned along the alley, and a small three-story building stood in front of her. In front of the building stood a semi-indestructible signboard with the word "Misty Rain" written on it. The gatekeeper was also lazy. Only when his eyes were lifted up, the gleam of light revealed that he was a cultivator. .

  Gu Yan heard Shen Mengli say before he came, that this Yanyu Tower was built by a few scattered cultivators in the city. Every day, there will be different people on duty, and different people will give sermons. On the first floor, the most people sitting are monks who cultivate Qi and build foundations. They sit on the ground or sit around in twos and threes. , with a solemn expression on his face, silent, and listened intently, as if what was passed down from the upstairs was the sound of Xian Le Lun.

  Gu Yan smiled, and there was a sign at the corner of the stairs that read "Build a foundation and stop here". She ascended the stairs, and the space on the second floor became smaller. They were all long strips of several cases. Only a dozen people sat behind them. , Some are feasting, but they are also listening to the voices upstairs.

There is no ladder connecting the second floor and the third floor. The third floor is like a big basket hanging up. There is a person who is lying on the table and holding a wine glass. When he sees Gu Yan coming, he asks her As soon as he raised his glass and pointed upwards, Gu Yan exerted a little force on his feet, and his body rose upwards.

A huge pressure rushed towards her in an instant, and the fire aura that had been accumulated in her body for a long time came out like lightning, and countless tiny fireballs flew out of her body, as if an earth-shattering explosion was about to occur. And Shengsheng was controlled by her in a very small range, and the sound was inaudible.

   But the surrounding aura was blown away by her. Gu Yan's wonderful control of the fire aura caused the invisible aura cover above to only break open a gap, she quickly submerged in, and then closed it silently.

   As soon as she stepped on the ground on the third floor, she felt that the place was misty and cloudless, as if standing between heaven and earth. The surrounding fog and tide really lived up to the name of "misty rain".

   And there were only three or four people sitting on the third floor. There was a big man with a bare chest, who was sitting behind the table. When he saw Gu Yan coming up, he asked, "Where did the guest come from?"

  Gu Yan looked at the clouds under his feet, and replied, "From the clouds."

   He asked again, "Where are you going?"

  Gu Yan said: "It will stop where the water is poor."

   He laughed loudly: "Please drink!" As soon as he raised the wine bottle in his hand, a water arrow shot straight out.

  Spiciness came suddenly, Gu Yan picked up the wine bottle beside him and drank it. The man laughed again: "There are only a few people in Nantang who can drink my thousand-year-old Miaoling. You can walk sideways in Gusu City."

The drink fell into Gu Yan's belly. She only felt a "hum" sound from the meridians throughout her body, as if a trace of warmth floated up her body. go. Then, I felt a hearty feeling arise in my heart, and I couldn't help saying, "It's really good!"

   She raised the wine bottle, stood far away, sat down, and listened to the preaching of an old man sitting in the middle.

The old man looked very old, with two long white eyebrows hanging down, almost covering his cheeks. He closed his eyes slightly and spoke very slowly. It took only a long time to spit out a few words, but what In other words, it is a great difficulty in practice.

   The foundation-building cultivators sitting at the bottom were all at a loss. However, the middle-level alchemy cultivators laughed and clapped their hands like Wen Lunyin.

  Gu Yan sat there, listened quietly, and shared what he had learned in his heart. He only felt that the road was different, but in the end, they came back together, and the difference seemed not far away.

   Such three hours passed in a flash, and she suddenly woke up, only to find that the sky was getting darker, the sun was setting, and the people around seemed to have already left, including the big man who started toasting.

   And the old man stopped at this moment and was looking at her with a smile.

  Gu Yan stood up and nodded slightly, "What the Taoist priest said is like the sound of fairy music, which is deafening. I would like to ask you a question or two, if I don't know?"

  The old man smiled and said, "You came here with the Dao in mind, but you want to ask me for advice, aren't you?" He stood up and smiled, "You have a distinguished guest there, you can't stay here, you better go!"

He stretched out his sleeves, and an extremely soft force popped out, making people feel like a spring breeze. Gu Yan involuntarily fell out of the window lattice. When he looked back, the lights in Yanyu Building were all extinguished, and the third floor was hidden. In the layers of clouds and mist, there was no trace.

   Thinking of this half-day trip, she suddenly felt like she was in a dream, she thought about it, and walked forward.

   She still went back along the way she came, but after walking for a long time, she didn't see the old way, she suddenly realized something, and shouted sharply: "Who is trapping me with the formation?"

   She drank this sound with true energy, but there was no movement around, followed by a sound of the piano, which covered up all these sounds.

She raised her head, only to see a lotus pond in front of her. Countless lotuses were sprawling in the water. The bright moon in the sky was slightly spit, and among the lotus leaves, a small boat was docked. In the autumn of Nantang, the lotus is over the head, and the lotus seeds are as clear as water.”

  The man stood alone at the head of the boat, his clothes were better than the snow, he played the qin with one hand, and sang: "The sea is a long dream, and you worry about me too. The south wind knows what I mean, and blows the dream to Xizhou."

   Gu Yan was frightened: "Are you the owner of the lotus pond?"

   (end of this chapter)