The first snow of early spring turned the county town white. And this county town, which is located in the northernmost part of the Xuanwu Continent, has a very poetic name - Yubei County. As the name suggests, the county seat is surrounded by lush pine forests. The perennial verdant pine forest surrounds the town like a flawless emerald disc.

Same time, same place. In the dojo in the center of the county town, dozens of teenagers were neatly arranged in a square, but the number of people at this time was already half of them. And on the high platform behind the dojo, an old man dressed in solemn clothes closed his eyes and stared. The old man wears a bronze hibiscus crown, and his clothes are red and purple. The old man's hands were staggered in front of his chest, and his lips were vibrating at a small high speed, and he should be chanting something silently.

Only to hear another distant bell, the old man slowly opened his eyes.

"Lush, bless me North County!"

After slowly spitting out a few words from the old man's mouth, he stretched out his hands and wrapped them around for a circle, and then staggered them again. Only this time the old man raised it above his head and bowed forward. This Gong either bowed to the blue sky, or bowed to these teenagers in front of him. After a solemn ceremony, a few words popped out of the old man's mouth again.

"Let's go."

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Today is the day of sending students to school, and even the Heavenly Master does not dare to slack off. There are still a few days before the opening of the state college, but it is generally a few days in advance. One is that it takes some time on the road, and the other is to help the uprooted teenagers adapt to the new environment.

Outside the county gates, a convoy of several carriages lined up in a line. Perhaps because the wait was a bit long, the horses stamped their hooves impatiently. From time to time, the coachman would pet the horse, as if to reassure the horse to be obedient. At the back of the convoy, a group of people lined up neatly at the rear. These people were uniformly dressed, all armed with long swords and wearing armor, and they should have been the escort of this trip.

Outside the queue stood a young man with slightly pale skin. The man was dressed in silver armor with a crimson cloak on his shoulders. From time to time, I looked into the city. The young man suddenly saw movement at the gate of the city, so he immediately put on the helmet that he held on his chest and straightened it. After doing this, he walked towards a middle-aged man next to him.

"My lord, they're out." The young man said.

"Hmm." The middle-aged man heard the movement and turned his head to look at it at the same time.

At this time, the group had already walked to the gate of the city, led by an old man who was wearing a bright red Taoist robe before. Probably because the crimson robe was too cumbersome to walk, the old man took off his crimson coat and only wore a sea green inside and a large cotton cloak outside. The old man was followed by two Taoist boys, followed by dozens of teenagers.

When the man saw the old man and his party go out of the city gate, he shook his sleeves and hurriedly greeted him and saluted.

"There's Lao Tianshi." Welcoming the team, the man crossed his hands to his chest, bowed slightly, and opened his mouth first.

"How dare you slack off on what you do." When the old man saw someone coming, he stretched out his hand and twisted his white beard as he spoke.

"Take the children into the carriage first." After the greetings, the old man instructed the two Taoist boys. After explaining this, he was polite to the middle-aged man for a while. After a brief exchange, the old man turned and walked towards the carriage.

By noon, the convoy had almost assembled. It's just that the families of the teenagers are still reluctant to leave.

The middle-aged man walked up to the young man in armor, who greeted him when he saw the comer, and it looked like the middle-aged man should be a senior official.

"Captain Lin, you must take good care of the children." The middle-aged man patted the other party's shoulder and spoke seriously.

"The last will be with all his might." After speaking, the left palm and right fist hugged together, and there was a "pop" sound, which was sonorous and powerful.

This man, known as Captain Lin, is the commander of this send-off mission, and he is also the captain of Yubei County. There are more than 200 soldiers in Yubei County, and the escort team is generally transferred, which shows that the county guard attaches great importance to this task.

The convoy set off under the eyes of everyone, and the relatives who saw off them were reluctant to leave, watching the long queue of motorcades gradually move away until they disappeared. And the crowd did not leave for a long time, and there was another man, who was the parent official of this county town - Li Taishou.

Seeing that the convoy had disappeared, Li Taishou turned around and waved at the crowd. The etiquette of scholars is often more complicated, but this does not seem to be official.

"The sons of each family are the pillars of the country, and Captain Lin will do his best to protect them. Just send it here, please go back. After saluting, Li Taishou said.

"Thank you for the county guard", as soon as Mrs. Li's words fell, everyone said in unison. After saying this, the people departed one after another. Those who return to the city return to the city, and those who return to the village return to the village.

After everyone dispersed, Li Taishou took one last look in the direction of the departure of the convoy, and then entered the city.

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After leaving the city, the convoy headed south, with a dozen sergeants in front of the convoy. Captain Lin rode a snow-white horse behind, and he looked heroic in a military uniform. In the middle part were several wagons and a cart loaded with luggage, and at the end of the line were dozens of sergeants.

Captain Lin managed the army well, and there was no exchange of heads and ears during the march. And he looks around from time to time to prevent unexpected situations. Inside the carriage, the Celestial Master and the two Taoist children closed their eyes and meditated. In such a rickety carriage, you can still settle down, and it is really a bit of cultivation. And the child was already asleep in the rickety carriage.

The convoy continued to move for some time before coming to a halt in a relatively open area. The sky was already gray, and the sun hanging in the west was starting to turn red, so that people could look at it squarely.

"Fix it in place!" Captain Lin dismounted and shouted at the team.

After an afternoon of marching, the horses and soldiers needed to rest and recuperate. From Yubei County to Xuanyu City, it takes a day and a half to ride alone, while the convoy takes at least three days. So for the convoy, the pace of the march is very important.

And this point is undoubtedly very clear to Captain Lin, who is not the first time to participate in the escort mission. After Captain Lin looked at the sky, he walked to the first carriage.

"Heavenly Master, let's take a break before we hit the road." Captain Lin said to the carriage. Although I don't know if the people in the carriage can see it, as a soldier, the etiquette should not be forgotten.

"Okay, let's get some rest before we hit the road." Hearing Captain Lin's words outside, the Heavenly Master did not open his eyes, and replied with his eyes closed.

The rest of the carriages were silent, and the children were probably still sleeping. The sergeants gathered in groups and began to chat.

"Brother Song, you have the most missions, and when you told us about the mission, did you encounter anything?" A few sergeants gathered together and chatted happily.

"In the past two years, I have lived relatively peacefully, and nothing has happened on the road. Occasionally, I encountered some bold thieves from the deep forest of mist, but they were all solved by Captain Lin and others. The middle-aged soldier called Brother Song took a sip of the liquor in the water bag and wiped his mouth.

After speaking, he took another sip, and didn't wipe his mouth in a hurry: "But the mission was more chaotic a few years ago, I remember that I had just joined the army at that time, and I followed the old captain and the heavenly master on a mission." ”

"How were those years?" When a few young soldiers heard that there was a mess, they were so excited that they couldn't do it, and they urged to arrive.

"It was a wooded place that year, and we rested here. Not long after the team disbanded, the Celestial Master suddenly burst out of the carriage and startled everyone. However, the terrible thing was still to come, and suddenly a big tree the thickness of a well mouth was thrown down from the sky. The middle-aged soldier watched the crowd listen attentively and spoke vigorously.

"And then, then what?" Everyone listened attentively and asked again and again.

"The big tree with the thickness of the wellhead flew straight towards the convoy, and if it fell down, the convoy would suffer. I thought that I couldn't let the babies get hurt, so I hurriedly picked up my sword and went forward. The middle-aged soldier said proudly, and his hands moved as he spoke.

At this time, a soldier of his age next to him, after listening for a while, patted a young soldier on the shoulder to signal to move his position, and then joined the crowd.

"I think you Brother Song was brave back then, hiding behind a tree with a sword and not daring to come out!" The man chimed in laughing.

The middle-aged man was obviously a little disappointed when he saw someone coming to dismantle the stage, but he was not unhappy.

"It's a good time, your uncle came over to dismantle the stage, didn't he never see the world back then!." The middle-aged soldier grumbled at the man who spoke, and the man was silent and just smirked. The soldiers also laughed happily after reading it, and the middle-aged soldier coughed twice, pulling everyone back to his story.

Just when everyone was shocked by the giant tree and didn't know what to do, the Celestial Master was already floating above the convoy. When it was too late, the Heavenly Master closed his hands and pointed again, only to see a flying sword galloping out of Dao Tong's hand. Flying into the air, the flying sword was divided into several more. The man spoke attentively, and his hands kept moving.

Several flying swords flew towards the tree like eyes, and in an instant the tree was turned into firewood that could be stuffed into the stove. Before the firewood landed, I saw a flying sword fly back into its scabbard. We were dumbfounded, and we almost clapped our hands. ”

"And then? And then? "It was as if they were listening to a storyteller.

"Later, as soon as the large branch that was chopped to pieces fell to the ground, more than a dozen people appeared out of thin air more than ten feet away from us. These dozen people were all masked and wearing black robes, just like human figures. The old lieutenant commanded us to form a sword formation, and the Heavenly Master flew out of thin air again. I remember very well that there was still the sun at that time. But it was such a sunny day, and suddenly a thunderbolt struck the group of black shadows. ”

"And then, then what?" Someone in the crowd chimed in.

This heavenly thunder directly slashed most of this group of black shadows away, and the remaining ones were also half-disabled. It's just that the black-robed man headed by this one also has some Taoism, and he just used the disc-like magic weapon in his hand to carry this thunder and not fall. Ordinary people don't dare to think that if they eat this, they are afraid that there will be no scum left. ”

"It turns out that the Heavenly Master is so powerful!" There was an exclamation from the crowd.

As soon as the words fell, the speaker was met with the eyes of everyone. It seems to be laughing at him that he has never eaten pork, and he has never seen a pig run. However, if this example is known to the Heavenly Master, I don't know what it will be like.

"Later, only the boss of the black-robed man was left to compete with the Heavenly Master for a while, but he was not the opponent of the Heavenly Master. After dozens of returns, he was once again scorched on the outside and tender on the inside by the Heavenly Master's heavenly thunder. However, this black-robed boss also has some ability, and he can throw out clusters of dark red flames with his bare hands. It's just that the strength is a little worse, and they are all blocked by the Heavenly Master, but it's a pity that this forest, the fire Heavenly Master can't extinguish, and he can only watch the forest burn. The man said with a little regret.

After listening to the story, everyone seemed a little unsatisfied, but Captain Lin gave the order to continue on the road. Everyone had to hurriedly return to the team, pack up and prepare to go. The convoy staggered on the road again, arriving at the post station before dark.