There is a saying on the rivers and lakes that there are four cities in Zhongzhou, a god capital city, a ghost city, a Buddha city, and a city that never sleeps.

The so-called Shendu City refers to the Longmen Mansion, which has been inherited for thousands of years, the ancient capital of the Nine Dynasties; the ghost city refers to the Soap Pavilion Sect in the depths of the North Mountain, the ghost country cave heaven, stands majestically between the tombs and mausoleums of countless emperors, feeds ghosts and raises countless corpses, almost like the Yin Cao of the Xudu City; the Buddha City is the Jingchan Temple located in Zhongyue, the Jingchan Temple is big, a total of 1,000 palaces, among which there are three nine-storey buildings, the outer city of the Red Mountain is threefold, looking at it from afar, countless temples are stacked on top of each other, like the city in general, so it is named the Buddha City. The last city that never sleeps is the "Heavenly Paradise" located in the belly of Zixian Mountain.

It's just that now, the ghost country cave and Jingzen Temple have become an "empty city", that is, the "paradise of heavenly happiness", and because of the closure of the mountain, it is no longer prosperous and lively in the past.

"Heavenly Paradise", as the name suggests, is a paradise that is enough to make people happy, but for the women in it, it is a place of suffering. The origins of the women here are varied, some were ruthlessly sold by their parents because of the poverty of their families, some were abducted and trafficked, and there are even rumors that many heroines and fairies on the rivers and lakes were also poisoned by Tianle Sect and were tied up here.

However, since Bai Meiniang took charge of the "Tianle Taoyuan", the implementation of the policy of closing the mountain, for the drunken spring breeze era left behind many women have been disposed of, willing to go home, to send the silver out of the mountain, unwilling to go home or homeless, but also willing to stay in the "Tianle Taoyuan", that can also be the same.

Today, a guest came to the "Tianle Taoyuan", a woman, who was accompanied by Bai Meiniang to visit Tianle Taoyuan.

The woman is Shi Wuyue, her current identity on the face is the Xuannu Zong Ni Dressing Envoy, since the last time she met Xiao Shiyu, the two sisters are not completely reconciled, but also untied the knot. After Li Xuandu returned to the Taiping Sect from the Qing Weizong, he sent a letter to Xiao Shiyu, which can be regarded as mediation, and finally made the two sisters release their previous suspicions, Xiao Shiyu agreed that Shi Wuyue would return to the Xuannu Sect, or be her neon dress, as a thank you, Li Xuandu instructed Shi Wuyue to send the "Wan Miao Yin Female Skill" to Xiao Shiyu to help her make up for the foundation and strive to enter the heavenly man-made realm as soon as possible.

Xuannu Sect has six envoys under the suzerain, namely the Flowing Cloud Envoy, the Smoke and Rain Envoy, the Snow Moon Envoy, the Wind and Fog Envoy, the Ni Dress Envoy, and the Feather Cloak Envoy, among which the Ni Dress Envoy and the Feather Cloak Envoy are the leaders, in terms of authority, the Ni Dress makes the authority in his hands heavier, but the Feather Cloak Envoy is the next sect master. Now Yu Qingning is the feather coat envoy, and Shi Wuyue is the neon dress envoy, which is destined for Shi Wuyue to miss the position of sect master, but for Shi Wuyue, this is not a pity, after experiencing so many changes, she has already seen it. Therefore, although she has the name of a neon dress envoy, she has not returned to the Xuannu Sect, but just sent a letter to Yu Qingning, a nephew, asking her to work hard for her.

While Li Xuandu helped Shi Wuyue mediate, he also arranged Ning Yi to the Taiping Sect and gave him the status of a great guest, which was equivalent to the treatment of an elder, but he had no decision-making power. Because Li Xuandu deposed several elders led by Shen Yuanzhong, the strength of the Taiping Sect was weakened, so he put Ning Yi in the Taiping Sect, which could be regarded as a disguised supplement to the strength of the Taiping Sect. Now that Li Xuandu, with the full cooperation of Mrs. Lu, has completely mastered the Taiping Sect, and his prestige is increasing, and now it is not what it used to be, and there is no resistance to this matter within the Taiping Sect, the key

It's still Ning Yi's attitude. Ning Yi did not object to this, before that, he was the great guest of the Maiden Sect, and now it is nothing more than a different sect.

In this way, the five shopkeepers of the inn have a clear identity, the "proprietor" Qin Su is the suzerain of the Forgetful Sect, the "big shopkeeper" Li Xuan is the suzerain of the Taiping Sect, the "deputy shopkeeper" Li Feiyan is the deputy suzerain of the Qingwei Sect, the "four shopkeepers" Ning Yi is the big guest of the Taiping Sect, and the "little shopkeeper" Shi Wuyue is the envoy of the Xuannu Sect. Only the "three shopkeepers" Li Ru did not arrange an identity for him for the time being, and he was the same as Zhang Luanshan of the Zhengyi Sect, although he was not removed from the sect, but he was just an ordinary disciple.

Tianle Sect hollowed out the belly of Zixian Mountain, making the "Tianle Taoyuan" seem to be located in a valley bottom surrounded by mountains on all sides, and there are countless pavilions on the surrounding mountain walls to build on top of each other, and the corridors connected between them are like Qinshu plank road, digging holes in the mountain wall to frame wood, using wood as a beam support, laying wooden planks on the plank road, and setting railings on the plank road. Suddenly, it seems to be a huge Qionglou standing in the belly of the mountain, as long as you are in the "Tianle Taoyuan", no matter where you are in the Taoyuan, you can see it when you look up, and the hall that once belonged to the drunken spring breeze is even more eye-catching, located on the top floor of the "Qiong Tower", as if the heavenly fairy palace is general.

At this time, Bai Meiniang and Shi Wuyue walked along the corridor to the top floor of the "Qiong Building".

Shi Wuyue looked at the bottom of the mountain wall, it was dark and gloomy, and said: "I heard that the 'Tianle Taoyuan' is day and night, hanging lanterns and lighting lamps and candles, looking around, the pavilions are stacked on top of each other, and the corridors are connected to the corridors, all of which are brilliant and full of red, like a city that never sleeps." When I see it today, I don't see the brilliant lights, at most the lights are light. ”

Bai Meiniang smiled bitterly: "After all, it's not the time to open the door to do business, so there's no need to waste so much candle and lamp oil." ”

Shi Wuyue suddenly asked, "What if someone is hiding in it?"

Bai Meiniang was startled, looked at the countless pavilions shrouded in darkness, and muttered, "What does Madam Shi mean that that person is hiding in the 'Heavenly Paradise'?"

"I'm just guessing. Shi Wuyue shook her head and said.

Bai Meiniang breathed a sigh of relief, but she was still worried about the next journey. Although she was full of joy when she was in front of Li Xuandu, when the real thing came, she still couldn't help but feel upset and fluctuating.

Soon, the two came to the highest place of the "Qiong Tower". The palace here is extremely majestic, and it was once the residence of the drunken spring breeze.

After entering the hall, you can see that twelve lacquered red pillars are arranged left and right, the pillar is decorated with gold pattern, and there are double dragons playing with pearls in relief, which is exquisite. On the pillars hung curtains of various colors of silk and satin, which blinded people's eyes. In the middle is a straight passage, paved with red carpet, on both sides of the straight road is hollowed out into two large pools, with white jade to stick to the wall, with green jade paving, there is clear water, blue Yingying can see its bottom, and there is a waterway, around the main hall around, the two pools are connected, there is a lotus lantern floating on the water surface, with the water around the hall, the whole hall is illuminated.

At the end of the straight road, that is, the deepest part of the main hall, there is a screen of twelve fans, painted with "Heavenly Master Dengxian Map", above is thousands of white clouds holding up the nine-fold heavenly que, below is a vast lake, under the heavenly que there is purple gas permeated, there are ninety-nine cranes on the lake are about to flutter their wings and fly, the whole picture composition is huge, magnificent

Heaven, only between heaven and earth, there is a little white figure, looking up at the sky full of purple qi and the heavenly que behind the purple qi, it is the heavenly master. This picture is not a copy, but a Danqing Holy Hand who was fortunate enough to witness the work of the Great Heavenly Master Dengxian with his own eyes.

At the moment when the two stepped into the main hall, the light of the lotus lantern in the hall suddenly dimmed, and the "Heavenly Master Dengxian Map" on the screen seemed to come to life, the clouds gathered and dispersed, the cranes flew high, and then there were faint clouds in the palace, and the sound of cranes chirping sounded in the ears of the two.

Although he knew that there could be no clouds and cranes here, he couldn't see the slightest flaw, as if it was real.

Shi Wuyue's face became solemn, this was an extremely clever attempt to make a fake come true, it was difficult for a martial artist to have such a means.

Suddenly, a voice came from behind the screen: "Bai Meiniang, you really found a helper." ”

Shi Wuyue shouted: "Your Excellency is also a generation of grandmasters, why hide your head and tail and pretend to be a ghost?

When the words fell, a gust of wind arose out of thin air in the hall, blowing the water waves, blowing the tents and hunting, and blowing the lights brightly and dimly. The winds then converge into a vague humanoid, which then extends into a number of lines that seem to be virtual and solid, crisscrossing and crisscrossing each other, and in the blink of an eye, a humanoid silhouette with clear edges is outlined.

As soon as the outline of the figure is formed, more and thinner lines are subdivided from these lines, which continue to interweave and begin to fill in the blank parts of the outline, as if an embroiderer is drawing with threads, and the lines gradually outline other details.

Immediately afterwards, these translucent thin lines began to change color, and according to different parts, they were transformed into the color of clothing, the color of various accessories, and the color of skin, and in the blink of an eye, a lifelike boy appeared in front of the two of them.

The key to the subtlety of Taoism is to make the fake true, so no matter how incredible things seem to be, the Taoism can do it, because it is fake itself. Martial arts is different, the cultivation of physical qi is all real, and there can be no fake, so martial arts are very powerful when fighting with people, but in other aspects, it is inevitably narrow, far less extensive than Taoism. The clouds and cranes of the genius, and the current body and breeze, are not something that a martial artist can do.

Shi Wuyue said coldly: "Extreme Heavenly King!"

The person who came was the Extreme Heavenly King, and he smiled lightly: "Miss Shi, I haven't seen you for many years. I heard that you have switched to the portal again, and now you have become a subordinate of Li Xuandu?"

The Extreme Heavenly King deliberately accentuated the tone of the word "again", alluding to the fact that Shi Wuyue had betrayed the Xuannu Sect and switched to the Xuannu Sect.

Shi Wuyue didn't care, and said: "You want to use this matter to ridicule me and stab me, but you have miscalculated, it is better to move out of Song Zheng, but you don't dare, because Song Zheng has already entered the immortal realm, and he is still your master." ”

The expression on the face of the Extreme Heavenly King remained unchanged, but the bottom of his eyes suddenly sank.

Shi Wuyue got straight to the point and said, "What you want is in my hands." ”

The Extreme Heavenly King was not surprised, "Sure enough, as I expected, that thing was taken away by Li Xuandu." ”

"Not bad. Shi Wuyue said, "However, the Purple Mansion did not practice this method, but gave it to me, if you want, I can make a deal with you." ”

The Extreme Heavenly King asked, "What deal?"