In recent days, the weather in Lin'an has been very hot. Since the morning, the scorching sun has been shining vertically, mercilessly scorching the earth, leaving no room for coolness.
That afternoon, as soon as Yuan Ji, Xiao Qi and I came out of the martial arts training hall, we saw Eunuch Zhou coming to report: "Guan family, Wei Xiaosi is outside the palace and said that he wants to see Eunuch Qi if he has something to do."
"Xiao Si is here, Xiao Qi, go and see what's going on."
I returned to Funing Hall and drank tea with Yuan Ji for a while. Xiao Qi hurried back: "Guan family, Xiao Siyan said, the Miao family's great wizards Jiang Yang, Hong Yuan and the leader Tian Jing are at Shifeng Trading Company. I want to see an official,"
"Great Wizard Jiang Yang, why is he here? Xiao Qi, please ask Xiao Si to receive him well. My husband and I will go there in a moment. By the way, by the way, let someone notify Shimoda Zuiyan and Tian Xiuyan so that they can also come to Shifeng. "
"Yes, the official family," Xiao Qi responded before turning and leaving.
"Your Majesty, Great Wizard Jiang Yang and Master Chen are from the same generation. He should be over eighty years old this year, but he is here for some unknown reason."
"I think it's not a bad thing,"
"No, the great wizard Hongyuan and the Tian Jingtou people came together, probably because of the Miao family's affairs,"
"Well, sir, you know Jiang Yang,"
"Back to Your Majesty, I heard the seniors in the Valley of the Kings mentioned it,"
"Oh, sir, let's go. You'll find out when you get there,"
We met Xiao Qi waiting at the side entrance to the north of the palace, and the three of us quickly arrived at the Lion Peak.
"Sir, all the guests are upstairs,"
"Well, Xiaosi, let someone call Fang Ling and Quan Yi to have dinner together in the evening."
"Yes, sir,"
"Xiao Qi, go and notify Lu Xiufu and ask him to come over."
"I understand, sir,"
As soon as Tian Jing and Hong Yuan in the room saw me, they saluted in unison and said, "Tian Jing, a grass-roots citizen, and Hong Yuan, a grass-roots citizen, have met the young master." After Hong Yuan saluted, he quickly pointed to the old man in plain clothes beside him and said, "Saint Sir, this is Jiang Yang, the great wizard of my Miao family,"
Similar to what Yuan Ji said, the old man in front of me was about eighty years old. His weather-beaten face was covered with deep wrinkles, and there was a glimmer of light in his deep-set but profound eyes.
"Jiang Yang of the Miao family has met Mr. Hu Yan. Jiang Yang came uninvited and wanted to see Mr. Haihan."
"You're welcome, Great Wizard. Everyone, thank you for your hard work coming from afar. Please sit down and talk."
Although the Miao people have a saying of "Eastern Jiang and Western Hong", the great wizard Hong Yuan once said that compared to the great wizard Jiang Yang, he is at least half a generation younger, and his cultivation level is much worse, just because the great wizard Jiang Yang has already He rarely moves around the world, so the Miao people put the two of them side by side. In the hearts of Hong Yuan and other Miao wizards, Grand Wizard Jiang Yang is the supreme among the Miao wizards, because Jiang Yang is the only great wizard who has been favored by the guardian in the past two hundred years. wizard.
After the three of them sat down, Jiang Yang immediately said: "Young Master, can you let me take a closer look at your appearance?"
I smiled: "What's wrong, just watch it, the great wizard,"
"Okay, thank you, sir," Jiang Yang said, his eyes suddenly flashed, and he sat upright, motionless, looking directly at my face.
I thought to myself, "This Jiang Yang is just like the Taoist master, he must be a warlock,"
Hong Yuan, Tian Jing and Yuan Ji, who were all present, looked at Jiang Yang quietly, wondering what Jiang Yang would see in my face. Jiang Yang's expression seemed to be changing constantly. He was quite calm at first, and then... Later, he frowned again and moved his fingers very fast, as if he was mentally calculating arithmetic problems. After a long time, Jiang Yang suddenly smiled slightly, then regained his composure and said: "Master Huyan, please forgive me for being rude."
"It doesn't matter,"
"I would like to speak frankly. Do you have any adventures, sir?"
"Qiyu," I didn't know why Jiang Yang asked this question. Could it be that he saw that I was a time traveler? This was unlikely. I asked instead, "What did the great wizard mean by this?"
"Young master, I claim to be proficient in physiognomy, but I can't see your true identity. If you don't mind, I can just tell you."
"Great wizard, please tell me if you have something to say."
"Master Huyan, if you only look at the face of the master, although he is an extremely noble person, he has not yet reached the level of a saint. However, there is a different voice in my heart, which keeps saying, look again, look again, So, I re-examined it and calculated it carefully based on the master's energy and spirit, but I found that the appearance of the master is no longer visible to me."
"No way, great wizard Jiang Yang," Hong Yuan said in surprise, "the great wizard's physiognomy is second to none in my Miao family. He has never made any mistakes. How could he not see it?"
Jiang Yang smiled and said: "Although I am proficient in physiognomy, I can only predict the appearance of ordinary people, but I can't predict the appearance of a young master."
I asked: "Am I not a mortal?"
Jiang Yang replied: "There is only one kind of person in the world whose appearance I cannot see."
Hong Yuan looked slightly nervous and asked: "Who is the great wizard Jiang Yang?"
Jiang Yang did not answer Hong Yuan, but looked at me and said: "Young Master Huyan, although I cannot deduce the true identity of the young master, I dare to assert that the young master has surpassed the status of a saint and stepped into the status of a guardian. doorway,"
"Guardian," everyone exclaimed at this time, including me, of course.
"Sir, I only have the face of the guardian or the spokesperson of the guardian. I can't see it, but you can still see some clues about the other faces."
Hong Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It turns out that the realm of saints is so high, it is a level higher than the saints we imagined. Then from now on, my subordinates will call you Lord Guardian."
"Great Wizard Hongyuan, that's not necessary. I think the title of saint is quite good, and I really don't know if I am the spokesperson of some guardian."
"Lord Saint," Jiang Yang suddenly stood up and saluted again: "My subordinate Jiang Yang has met Lord Saint,"
"The great wizard doesn't have to be like this. It's better to sit down and talk."
"Yes, Holy One," Jiang Yang said after sitting down, "Holy One, twenty years ago, I received a revelation from the previous guardian of the Miao people in Jiuli Mountain, the holy mountain of the Miao people, saying that a saint of our clan is about to appear in the world. Let me find a successor to practice with the saint. If the practice is perfect, I may be able to get the guardian's inheritance. So, in accordance with the guardian's will, my subordinates found the newly born Xiuyan in the village of Tian Jingtou. For ten years, his subordinates have hardly left home and devoted themselves to teaching Tian Xiuyan various knowledge and skills. This year happened to be when Xiuyan turned 20, so his subordinates asked him to wait in Zhenxi Village. A few days ago, Hong Yuan The great wizard came to my residence and said that the saint had been born, so he couldn't wait to come to Lin'an. Firstly, he wanted to verify the authenticity of the saint, and secondly, he also wanted to clear up the saint's doubts."
I knew that what Jiang Yang was talking about was about guardians, so I asked: "I also know a little bit about guardians. The guardians of the Han and Miao tribes were inherited from Xuanyuan Huangdi and Huangdi thousands of years ago." The great god Chi You and the great wizard Jiang Yang, if the guardians of the two races appear at the same time, each for his own race, will there be another Han-Miao war?"
As far as I know, the legend of the guardian only exists in the Han and Miao tribes. As the emperor of the Song Dynasty, I must first consider the unification of the country. If one day, the guardians of the Han and Miao tribes emerge, wouldn't it be possible? The world is in chaos. Although I am not sure whether the great wizard Jiang Yang knows my true identity, as a Han Chinese, I also do not want to see the war between Han and Miao reappear in the world.
Jiang Yang said: "Young Master, I definitely don't understand this."
Seeing Jiang Yang's resolute attitude, I hesitated: "Why is that?"
"Young Master, this starts with Senior Xuanyuan Huangdi and Chi You. You may not know, Young Master, that these two ancestors of mankind are brothers from the same sect,"
"Brother, this is the first time I have heard of this,"
"If you are interested, young master, please let me tell you about that past incident,"
I was about to answer when I heard Yuan Ji say with a smile: "Sir, wait a moment, the person who likes to listen to stories is here." As soon as Yuan Ji finished speaking, I heard a knock on the door from outside.
Of course I knew the person Yuan Ji mentioned who liked listening to stories was Fang Ling. I smiled and said, "Come in,"
As soon as the door opened, Fang Ling, Zhang Quanyi and Tian Zuiyan walked in.
"Why, isn't it time to repair your face yet?"
Fang Ling smiled and said: "Brother, Tian Xiuyan is at the Military University, which is relatively far from here. It can't be so fast."
I said "yes" and stretched out my hand to indicate to the three of them to sit down: "Let the great wizard Jiang Yang tell a story first, and we will talk about old times later."
Jiang Yang continued: "A long time ago, on Kongtong Mountain in the southwest of Ruzhou, there was a group of Taoist practitioners. Among them was an outstanding person named Guangcheng. There were two lay disciples under Guangcheng Immortal Seat. My senior brother is Xuanyuan Huangdi, the founder of the Han nationality, and my junior brother is Chi You, the founder of my Miao family. They both worshiped the Great Immortal Guangcheng at almost the same time. At that time, the world was dominated by tribes who were constantly fighting with each other. Human life was very difficult. About two decades ago, the world was dominated by tribes. Ten years later, Great Immortal Guangcheng summoned the two of them and said, "You two have just mastered your skills, but because your mortal mind has not been extinguished, it is difficult to continue practicing here. The world is now in chaos, and there is an urgent need for the enlightened master to be born. You go down the mountain to quell the disputes in the world." , just practice in this world by the way. However, you need to remember that there is only one master of the world. In the future, if it is the two of you fighting for hegemony of the world, the loser will no longer be able to start a war for the master of China. The two of you will fight for the master of China. The day before they went down the mountain, they each got a sword. The two swords were the weapons used by Guangcheng Daxian when he was young. They were called male and female swords. After they went down the mountain, they returned to their own tribes respectively. Everyone knows what happened next. The subordinates will not explain it one by one. After the Zhuolu Battle, Chi You was defeated and returned to Jiuli Mountain to recuperate. In the end, due to excessive injuries, he became immortal in Jiuli Mountain. Before becoming immortal, the great god Chi You transformed the sword in his hand into a magic weapon. Jiuli Mountain was sealed, and a copy of Chiyou's Heart Sutra was left behind and given to his only disciple. That disciple could meditate on the Heart Sutra in Jiuli Mountain and be able to travel freely between Jiuli Mountain and the outside world, becoming my disciple. The first guardian of the Miao family,"