Chapter one hundred and forty-one, whispering swords flying
One hundred and forty-one, Whispering Swords Fly Together
Early the next morning, Xunluan sent people to worship the mountain, and there were four of them: Zhang Xi's sons Zhang Liubing and Zhang Liuhua brothers, Bao Min's daughter Bao Ran and his disciple He Deqing. Why did they come today?
Taoist Qianbei came here from Guangzhou, so it seems that the Xunluan Sect had already received the news.
It's a pity that Zhang Xi can't make the decision. He suggested that the acting head Lu Changlin come to Songhe Valley in person, but Lu Changlin is not interested. He is just like an overseas industrialist and philanthropist, and has nothing to do with the world's popular sect. Zhang Xi is not good at overstepping his authority.
So he went to discuss with Bao Min and sent four juniors over.
It was not appropriate for these four people to attend the ceremony for Xiang Xiaoli to succeed as the sect leader. Instead, they came to pay homage to the mountain and congratulate each other. The timing was also coincidental, just before the twelfth-year "ancestral sacrifice to the earth spirit hub" ceremony.
It is also a rare opportunity to see the operation of the Tianji Array. The elders naturally sent them here with this intention. Of course, the gifts they sent were also very valuable.
Since Xiang Zuohu disappeared inexplicably, Xiang Xiaoli, the successor as the sect leader, did not make a special trip to send invitations to the various sects of the Feng Sect. The guests who came this time, except Taoist Qianbei and Jiuxing Sect, were all Xiang Jiazeng who asked for help in private.
A member of Xiang Zuohu's sect, the Xiang family also asked Zhang Xi for help, asking him to search for traces of Xiang Zuohu in Guangzhou and the south.
You Fang has already met Zhang Liubing. Zhang Liuhua is a young man of 25 or 26 years old. He is very handsome, even a little too delicate. He has long hair and a ponytail, and his temperament is very similar to his.
Name - Liuhua. I heard that he is an architectural designer. He usually considers himself an artist and likes to hang out in the literary and art circles, which gives his father a headache.
Of course these four juniors came to the valley to greet everyone, but they did not see the famous Mr. Rand in the morning.
You Fang was respectfully invited away by several disciples of the Xiang family early in the morning. He did not eat breakfast. Not eating on that day was one of the rituals. Not only You Fang and the disciples of the Xiang family, but also all the visitors who attended the ceremony today
You were hungry. You Fang burned incense, washed your hands, bathed and changed clothes. Even the clothes were prepared. A set of elegant yet modern mid-range clothes, the size was just right.
On that occasion, you must pay attention to your dress and image. This is a kind of respect for the ancestors of the Xiang family.
After finishing grooming and dressing up, the eyes of the Xiang family disciples around him all had a look of amazement. Men also need to dress up well. They don’t have to be as polished as women, but they also need to be cheerful physically and mentally from the inside out. Previously, everyone only regarded him as a senior.
Master, I don't think of him as a handsome boy in my heart. Although I know he is quite handsome, I suddenly realized how handsome Mr. Rand is at this moment!
Even Xiang Yinghua was slightly surprised to see You Fang again and felt his eyes light up. When the two of them went out side by side towards the altar where the ceremony was held, everyone in the Xiang family behind them couldn't help but whisper: "Miss Yinghua invites Lan
It’s better for Mr. De to launch the Heavenly Secret Formation together, otherwise who can be worthy of it? What a golden boy and girl!"
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"Ancestor Worshiping the Earth Spirit Hub" is actually an ancestor worship ceremony of the Xiang family in Songhe Valley. Worshiping the ancestors left such a feng shui treasure land to protect future generations. It is also a ancestor worship ceremony of the Songhe Valley sect to pay tribute to the ancestors of the past generations.
The secret inheritance left behind.
When the disciples of the Xiang family and Songhe Valley knelt to worship their ancestors, visitors did not have to accompany them, but they all stood up and bowed in salute out of etiquette. After worshiping their ancestors, offering sacrifices to heaven, and offering sacrifices to the earth, we came to the climax that everyone was looking forward to -
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You Fang and Xiang Yinghua climbed onto the altar, one on the left, and saluted to the heaven and earth mountains and rivers side by side. It looked a bit like worshiping the heaven and earth to get married, but the man did not wear a big red flower, and the woman did not wear a red hijab. After the ceremony, one on the left and the other on the right.
On the right, they stood facing each other on both sides of the altar, with You Fang holding the Seven Obsidian Stone and Xiang Yinghua holding the Cold Cloud Crystal. They stared at each other with pure eyes without any trace of color.
Just like this, more than ten seconds passed, and everyone was waiting with bated breath. Many outsiders didn't know the details of this ceremony and thought it had to be such a process. Xiong Jushi, Liang Guanghai, Niu Jinxing and others were still thinking in their hearts:
"How beautiful it would be if I stood in Senior Rand's position!"
Xiang Xiaoli frowned slightly and thought to himself: What is this kid Yinghua doing? Why is he not stimulating the secret formation? Could it be that the handsome guy is looking at the beauty, and the beauty is looking at the handsome guy, so he is distracted? Don't be distracted at this time!
Only You Fang secretly complained in his heart, using Leng Yun Crystal and Qiyao Stone as spiritual guides to stimulate his consciousness and activate the yin and yang evil formation. He and Xiang Yinghua did not need to make any moves, they only needed to control it with their consciousness.
.But something unexpected happened. His skill was just a little short of the mark, and he was unable to activate the Nine-Nine-Guiyi cluster of crystal trees dozens of meters above in the middle of the mountain.
It seems that Xiang Yinghua still overestimated him a little bit. There is just a slight gap in his skills, just like a thin layer of window paper that has not been pierced. But he has already stood still and cannot stop to discuss with everyone: "
Everyone, my skills are a bit lacking, how about we move the ceremony location up and stand at the door of the stone niche halfway up the mountain?"
It was impossible to get off the stage in this situation! At the same moment when Xiang Xiaoli frowned, You Fang and Xiang Yinghua seemed to have a clear understanding of each other. They suddenly moved at the same time. Their bodies floated towards each other, then turned around and started dancing.
They were actually dancing swords, or more precisely, they were refining a sword dance together. Just like last night, there was no sword in their hands at this time, but they were holding the Seven Obsidian Stone and the Cold Cloud Crystal respectively. The sword intent they activated was Yin and Yang.
The spiritual hub of the formation of evil spirits is rotating. As the figure dances, the spiritual consciousness of the experts present suddenly responds. The yin and yang on the altar wax and wane, and the evil spirits change. A huge Tai Chi formation is formed between the movement of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
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This Tai Chi is invisible and can only be sensed with spiritual consciousness. You Fang and Xiang Yinghua are the pivots of the yin and yang fish, and their spinning and dancing figures are full of agility. This dance of yin and yang laws is so wonderful and wonderful that many younger disciples look at it.
See everything clearly!
At this moment, the great array of heavenly secrets operating throughout Songhe Valley was activated. Almost suddenly, the heaven, earth, mountains and rivers surrounding Songhe Valley seemed to suddenly become "alive" and have a life of their own. You can feel it.
Its breathing, its vitality and rhythm, its endless nourishment of all things in heaven and earth, ruthless yet seemingly sentient feelings.
This is not an artist's description. If you have mastered spiritual consciousness, this is a real feeling. If you have insufficient cultivation, you have only mastered spiritual awareness, which is an indescribable artistic conception.
In the realm of turning the spiritual pivot, you can very intuitively sense the natural spiritual pivot movement between heaven and earth, which has been endless since ancient times. If you don't know anything, even ordinary people watching the excitement will enter a state that seems to be hypnotized.
Realm, inexplicably feeling that my soul was shaken and baptized by the heaven, earth, mountains and rivers.
Once the formation is activated, it cannot be stopped. According to the rituals passed down from ancient times, this process will last for an hour. Of course, the person who feels the most profound about all this is You Fang on the altar. He no longer has any distracting thoughts at this time, and his soul has completely integrated into the world.
In agility.
He suddenly realized that today's dance with Xiang Yinghua was very similar to the witchcraft ceremony of the ancient Southern Chu tribe in Chuyang Township. The so-called secret method has been passed down to this day, the hard work of past generations, and future generations have their own cleverness.
The Heavenly Secret Formation in Crane Valley does not require manpower to deliberately activate it. In the natural operation, it can use such a ritual to make everyone present feel its mystery.
But compared with the ancient ritual of stimulating the building of wood, although this formation is more exquisite and clear, it seems to be missing something, not accompanied by the mysterious "heart disk". Of course you can know the so-called heart disk technique, but you can't activate it.
That kind of strange and mysterious heart disk. He didn't know that Xiang Zuohu had already thought about getting Liu Li's heart disk, which was secretly passed down by the earth masters of all generations, but his ideas coincided with each other!
You can't think wildly in the formation. You have no distracting thoughts, just natural understanding. Everyone present has gained something. The entire sleeping Songhe Valley seems to have awakened and taken on life. The more than 100 people in front of the altar are completely silent.
After coming down, many people were fascinated by the graceful dance on the stage, while most of the elders closed their eyes and concentrated on entering.
Xiang Xiaoli did not expect that the two people on the stage would come to such an event. This kind of scene had never happened in previous ceremonies. For example, when he and Xiang Zuohu entered the formation twelve years ago, they just stood on one side and the other on the right.
It’s just there. But I have to admit that the scene at this moment is more entertaining and shocking!
He didn't even see the flaw. Only Xiang Yinghua knew that you almost screwed up, but luckily he managed the situation and the ceremony was completed perfectly.
An hour later, as the spirit pivot rotated, the two people stopped facing each other. The position they stood in was exactly the same as before it was activated. The Tianji array was still running silently, but the induction of the divine consciousness had disappeared. Look again.
Xiang Yinghua's face was pink and his breath was hot. It was obvious that he had exhausted a lot of physical strength. However, You Fang didn't seem to have a drop of sweat. There was no abnormality, but there was deep tiredness in his consciousness.
The two turned to the south and knelt down again. At this time, everyone in the valley stood up and knelt down together. This was not to worship an elder or the ancestor of a family, but to express their respect for the rotation of heaven and earth since ancient times.
awe. At this point, the ceremony officially ended.
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This day is the Cold Food Festival. Since ancient times, many places have had the custom of not making fire and making smoke. Xiangjia’s tradition is not to eat for a day. When visiting Songhe Valley, you have to abide by other people’s rules. Visitors from all walks of life are waiting until the evening.
No food. Especially the four disciples of the Xunluan sect. They drove all night and were almost hungry all day and night. Fortunately, they were all disciples of the secret method, so it was not a big deal.
You Fang was really too tired, not because of physical exhaustion, but because the one-hour formation dance consumed so much of his consciousness that he could hardly continue. Xiang Yinghua also knew his true identity completely, so after the ceremony, he personally sent him to sit in a pavilion halfway up the main peak.
Breath control is the most effective way to nourish the soul here, and no one disturbed me for half a day.
The Xiang family couldn't let the guests go hungry. As soon as midnight passed, Fuliang officially opened the banquet in the middle. This time, the guests and the host enjoyed the feast. You Fang only recovered five or six successes, but his performance was not good.
If anything unusual happened, he didn't even have time to change his clothes. He came down from the mountain directly to attend the banquet, and was beaten down by everyone with respectful enthusiasm.
I really drank a lot of wine this time. If it weren't for the huge amount, I would have been drunk long ago. Even so, I was a little dizzy. In the end, I was helped back to rest by two disciples of the Xiang family.
Of course, several disciples of the Xunluan sect also toasted to Mr. Rand, looking at him with admiration in their eyes. Especially Zhang Liubing, who inexplicably felt that You Fang had a sense of familiarity and intimacy. Of course, he did not recognize that Mr. Rand in front of him was actually
Senior Li Feng, it’s just an indescribable feeling.
The Zhang brothers also asked: "Senior Qianbei left one of Mr. Rand's magical artifacts with my father. When will you pick it up? We are ready and waiting for you." They did not say that they would send the Iron Lion.
, but instead invite tourists to visit us.
You Fang replied: "I will leave after dawn. I still have some personal matters to take care of, but sooner or later I will arrive in Guangzhou. It may take more than a month. At that time, I can ask your Zhang family to send someone to send the two realgar stones to Songhe Valley."
After chatting less and sobering up quickly, You Fang said goodbye and left Songhe Valley early the next morning. Xiang Xiaoli wanted to persuade him to stay, but the excuse You gave was ridiculous: "My broken motorcycle is...
I borrowed it from the police station. I originally said it would only be used for one or two days, but I didn't expect it to be delayed for three or four days. I have to return it quickly so as not to delay the Hunan Province police's handling of the case."
Everyone respectfully saw Mr. Rand off outside the pavilion at the entrance of Xiangjia Village. Many colleagues also left at this time. Taoist Qianbei joined in the fun. There were so many good cars that he would not sit in, so he had to go with You Fang.
You Fang smiled and said, "Taoist master, please sit tight. This old motorcycle is very bumpy. Don't accidentally bump it down the mountain."
Taoist Qianbei laughed and said: "It doesn't matter. I am walking up the mountain and driving down the mountain. I can't let you show off your coolness alone in front of everyone!"
You Fang rode a broken motorcycle with Qianbei Taoist and left Xiangjia Village quickly along the winding mountain road. On the roads here, this kind of motorcycle is the best, even Xiang Yinghua's Q7 off-road
No, he was the fastest, leaving everyone far behind.
After passing the well-built winding mountain road outside Xiangjia Village, and passing through the bumpy mountain country roads, we finally arrived at a town with a road passing through it. Outside the town, Qianbei Taoist asked the tourists to stop and jumped down to take pictures.
He patted the dust on his body, shook his head and said with a smile: "I thought you would have to shed your skin even if you don't die, so I came all the way here, but I didn't expect you to get away so bright and tender. You are so young and capable, you
Master has finally found the right successor after all these years!"
Tourist: "If you hadn't paved the road first and escorted us later, how could we have escaped so easily during this trip to Songhe Valley without you, Taoist Master?"
Taoist Qianbei curled his lips and said, "You came to Songhe Valley because you had your sights on Xiang Yinghua, and you also knew that fellow sects from all the rivers and lakes were here, and that the truth about killing Sun Fengbo was known. If I wasn't here, you could still get away. I'll come
It's just to set up a ladder for you, and take advantage of the situation to support you. It's all your own doing to show your face. If you don't have the opportunity to turn it into real means, others won't be able to support you even if they want to!
Not to mention the beautiful dance, the generous gift of crystal stones, and the neat handling of people. Just because of the child Hua Youxian, Pindao really admired her... The night before yesterday, you and the Xiang family
The girl went to the city for a long time, and she went out most of the night the day before yesterday, what did she do? "
You Fang said seriously: "Eating, walking, and talking about serious topics, do you believe it?"
Taoist Qianbei shook his head: "I don't believe it!"
You Fang: "Since you don't believe me, why are you asking? It's okay to joke with me, but it can't affect the girl's family's reputation."
Taoist Qianbei looked at him with some confusion: "Looking at you like this, have you ever done anything sorry for others? This is impossible. Xiang Yinghua is not a weak woman. If that's the case, how can I let you go!"
You Fang trembled in his heart and said quickly: "You said it's impossible, so what are you talking about? Stop talking about this, Taoist priest, if you want to get off the car here, is there something wrong?"
Taoist Qianbei smiled again, his expression a bit pretentious, which reminded people of his other identity in the world - Taoist Master Zhou Hong who came down from Qingcheng Mountain to catch monsters and ghosts. He blinked and said, "I do have something to discuss with you.
, can you guess which one it is?”
You Fang also laughed, picked a branch and drew a simple map on the ground, pointed and said: "Let's divide the territory, Chenzhou has Zixing, Guiyang, Yongxing, Yizhang, Jiahe,
The eight counties and one city of Linwu, Rucheng, Guidong, and Anren; the four counties of Guiyang, Yizhang, Jiahe, and Linwu belong to you; the four counties of Rucheng, Guidong, Anren, and Yongxing belong to me.
When the city is revitalized, whoever goes first will get it, it all depends on luck, what do you think?"
What slanderous talk are they talking about? I don’t know, but I think they are talking about war and turf war, but they are actually talking about picking up bargains on Taobao. Chenzhou has “specialties” such as mineral crystal handicrafts. Although Chenzhou city has been plundered by tourists, don’t forget it.
It also has nine counties and cities under its jurisdiction! Although there may not be as many as Chenzhou City, there are shops selling mineral crystals. Although secret crystals are rare, they are still possible.
This kind of thing is regarded as a souvenir handicraft. It may be sold in places where the tourism industry is developed and there are many tourists. Even if the probability of finding the secret crystal is extremely low, it is worth trying your luck. How could a person who knows how to live like a young wanderer miss this opportunity?
Those fellows in Songhe Valley definitely have the impression of You Fang as spending a lot of money while talking and laughing. They probably never dreamed that the first thing he would do as soon as he left Songhe Valley would be this.
Last time he didn't sweep the surrounding counties and cities. On the one hand, he was anxious to return to Guangzhou because his stay was short. At that time, his spirit was exhausted and he had no energy left to search for it. On the other hand, the more important reason was that he did not realize that the secret crystal was actually there.
So valuable! Although I tried my best to do what Master instructed me, I didn't put any more thought into it, but the situation is different now.
It seems that Taoist Qianbei is also very good at living. You Fang can guess what he is thinking by looking at his expression, so the two draw a plot of land on the roadside to "contract".
Taoist Qianbei patted You Fang on the shoulder and said: "Brother, even if you don't have the kindness of your master, after today's incident, if anything happens to you in the future, I am willing to help you. I am very happy to make friends with someone like you."
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You Fang chuckled and said, "It's my good fortune to be friends with the Taoist priest! Let's set off now, and I'll give you a ride?"
Taoist Qianbei waved his hand: "You'd better ride this crappy motorcycle by yourself. I'll go to the town to catch someone and make a motorcycle. I'll see you later!"