Yinhuang City.

This is a secular town, densely populated, densely populated rivers, intertwined boats, and extremely prosperous.

There are crowds of people on the streets, and there are all kinds of people from all walks of life, including scholars, vendors, warriors, artists, storytellers, and tricks. They can be seen everywhere.

When Chen Xi had just arrived at Yinhuang City, he felt a strong worldly aura coming towards him. The world was full of prosperity and dreams, which was very different from the world of cultivation.

"Qingfeng buns, Qingfeng buns that have just been released from the cage...Bi Zu once worked in the imperial kitchen of the palace. Taizu Ye visited him in a private private visit. He had eaten steamed buns by Bi Zu himself, and he praised him."

"Dear readers, this feather fan was sewn by the most talented woman in Shuyulou. The words written on the fan are from the hands of Langzhuang Wuyu, the top scholar of the Imperial College. The feather fan is fragrant and the afterglow of the ink treasure. It is only sold for 80 gold. Don't miss it when you pass by." This is a vendor selling feather fans, shouting.

"I saw the immortal Jingsi, with an embroidered mouth, and sprayed out a magic sword, just like a white rainbow that penetrated the sun, and the cold light rustled across the sky, covering the sun, which scared the old demon of Hualiu, and the souls were so big that he seemed to want to escape..." In the teahouse, the storyteller was spitting and flying.

"Ah, it turns out that it is Brother Qingxian. Do you want to go to Beijing to take the exam? I heard that the examiner of the Hanlin Academy is Lord Xiao Jinyu. He is upright, selfless, and vigorous in writing. He hates the most beautiful and elegant articles. When we do articles, we must carefully understand Lord Xiao Jinyu's preferences, otherwise we will be defeated."

"What Brother Feng Bao said is that we have been studying hard for ten years of hard work, just to be famous all over the world. After I pass the exam, I must go to the Zhuiyunlou, which is known as the world's number one brothel in the capital, and have a meal of flower wine and find the first prostitute to have fun."

"Hahaha, when I was in the golden list, I met an old friend on the wedding night, and I met an old friend in a foreign land. Isn't these three great things in life the ones that I admire and yearn for? Brother Qingxian, let's have fun together, and don't let down this wonderful years."

On the street, two scholars wearing Confucian clothes and blue shirts walked and talked, like scholars who went to Beijing to take the exam, full of longing and yearning for the future.

Looking at the scenes in front of you and listening to the various sounds on the street, Chen Xi's mood became calm unconsciously.

He strolled on the secular streets, experiencing the joys, sorrows and sorrows of ordinary people, and watching them busy with their livelihoods for a day, thinking about something in his heart.

This is the secular world, the turbid waves of the world, and all living beings travel through it, birth, old age, sickness and death, and each one is in a state of destiny. Although it is as small and ordinary as an ant, it is endless, forming the world and promoting historical changes.

"The monk struggles under the heavenly way and works hard to gain eternal life. Ordinary people rise and fall in the human way and work for their own livelihoods. It's ridiculous that monk despises mortals and thinks he is above and regards sentient beings as sluts, but under the heavenly way, who is not a slut in the small sluts?"

"If you can stand on the way of heaven in this life, can you transcend all things?"

Chen Xi stopped in the endless worldly world, looked at the sky, and his thoughts were faint. For the first time, he had a strong impulse to break the shackles and stand on the way of heaven.

He really wanted to know what kind of scene he could see when he stepped on the way of heaven under his feet.

"Big brother, do you want to buy a pair of straw sandals?"

Next to the street where Chen Xi stopped, there was a middle-aged woman selling straw sandals. Next to it was a little girl. She was short and thin, dark and dirty, with only a pair of big eyes that were pitch black and clear, as bright as stars.

When the little girl saw Chen Xi stopping in front of her straw sandal stall for a long time, she thought he was attracted to the straw sandals woven by her mother. After hesitating for a while, she mustered up the courage to ask softly.

"Daya, don't talk too much!"

The middle-aged woman's face changed and she scolded her, saying that the demeanor she showed was obviously not comparable to ordinary people. She was worried that her daughter would instead cause Chen Xi's displeasure, which would be troublesome.

"Mom, but we can't make up enough money for medicine. What should I do if my brother's illness is." The little girl lowered her head, her hands tangled together uneasily, and said weakly.

Chen Xi had already woken up from her thoughts and saw that the mother and daughter had patches sewn in their clothes, which was very shabby and obviously lived a very poor life, which was very pitiful.

And on the stall in front of the mother and daughter, there were pairs of straw sandals, full of them. You can tell at a glance that a pair had never been sold.

It was already dusk at this time. If nothing unexpected happened, it would be impossible for them to have any income on this day.

"I want all these straw sandals."

Chen Xi moved his palm and handed a piece of silver to the middle-aged woman, "Take it home and treat the child quickly." This piece of silver is enough for a poor family to live a stable life for many years.

"Ah, thank you, thank you, thank you..." The middle-aged woman had a heavy silver ingot in her hand. She couldn't help but be stunned. She immediately thanked her quickly, and was so excited that she was a little incoherent.

And Chen Xi had already left.

"Mom, have we met a god?"

Chen Xi disappeared all of a sudden, which made the little girl rub her eyes, thinking it was an hallucination.

But after searching for the past, I could no longer see Chen Xi. Only the silver ingot was still in my mother's hands, which made the little girl think that she had met the legendary god, and her big dark eyes were full of excitement.

...

Outside Yinhuang City, there is a deserted ridge of ghosts.

This is a gloomy place that makes everyone in the city afraid of talking. There are evil ghosts floating in it and appearing at night, specifically to capture people's hearts and lungs, which is extremely terrifying.

It is said that those evil ghosts were killed when some of the rioters of the previous dynasty rebelled. The corpses were everywhere, blood flowed into a river, and the resentment continued to dissipate, and eventually turned into evil ghosts.

For hundreds of years, almost no one dared to approach this ghost place, which was rarely visited by people, just like a forbidden land.

However, tonight, a steep and elegant figure came to the deserted ridge, in a temple that had long been dilapidated.

The temple has all the walls of collapse, and there are no dust and spider webs everywhere. The statues in the temple are also blurred and broken, and have already collapsed. It is impossible to see which god is offering to it.

Rumble!

As night fell, dark clouds covered the sky, and no five fingers were seen. Suddenly, a muffled thunder sounded, and the silver snake danced wildly, and heavy rain poured down.

Thunder, fury, heavy rain... made this wilderness and ruins even more gloomy and terrifying.

Pang!

A wisp of flame suddenly rose up, igniting the dried firewood collected from the ground, burning wildly, giving the gloomy and broken temple a hint of warmth.

"One hundred and seven assessment tasks have finally been completed. After all, I have calculated that it has been more than a month since I left the sect, and there are less than seven days left before the peak test..."

The fire swayed, reflecting on Chen Xi's handsome and resolute face. His eyes swept the black beads the size of a pigeon egg in his hand, and then he turned his hand away.

This is the ghost ghost bead, which was obtained after he killed an evil ghost in the deserted ridge of the Ghost Crest. It is not very precious, but it is a necessary material for refining a heavenly level spiritual pill.

"Um?"

At this moment, Chen Xi raised his eyebrows, as if he had discovered something, "Evil ghosts are everywhere, monsters are everywhere, and the evil spirits are extremely strong. It is also the late night when heavy rain is pouring and thunder is shattering. How could anyone come here at this time..."

"Hey, it's them."

Chen Xi's spiritual consciousness spread. In an instant, he saw that at the foot of the barren mountain, a mother and daughter were braved by heavy rain and wind, heading towards the barren mountain, staggeringly, her clothes were soaked, and she was extremely embarrassed.

They were the poor mother and daughter who lived by selling straw sandals that Chen Xi saw in Yinhuang City.

"Strange, don't they know the danger here..."

Chen Xi frowned and felt something was strange. Ordinary people like them came here and were undoubtedly like sheep and tigers. After all, those evil ghosts did not distinguish between good and evil when they killed people.

"Mom, there is a fire here. Let's go in and take shelter from the rain first. When the rain stops, let's go home overnight?"

"Okay, Da Ya, please slow down and be careful to fall."

Not long after, the mothers came to the deserted ridge and hurriedly walked towards the ruined temple, pushing the door open and entering. When they saw Chen Xi beside the fire, they were both stunned, as if they never expected that they would meet Chen Xi here.

"Sit down and roast the fire first." Chen Xi stood up and said to the mother and daughter who were soaked in the water.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you..." The middle-aged woman thanked Chen Xi gratefully while helping Da Ya wipe the rain on her body, and repeated the same sentence. Although she was a little nagging, it can be seen that she was a simple and kind woman.

Soon, Chen Xi learned that the mother and daughter lived in a village on the other side of the deserted ridge. There was originally another road leading directly to the village, but in order to seize the time to treat their son, they didn't care about anything else, so they could only take this shortcut and rushed back overnight.

"Big brother, why are you here? This is a ghostly ridge with many evil ghosts. Aren't you afraid?" Da Ya raised her little head and asked Chen Xi.

"Since there are evil ghosts, why aren't you afraid?" Chen Xi asked with a smile.

"I'm afraid, but my mother and I still have to go home to decoct medicine for my brother. He is very ill. My mother and I are so worried that we can only go home overnight." Da Ya said with a smile.

Chen Xi looked at the romantic smile that was squeezed out from the little girl's dark face, and suddenly became stunned, with a trace of speechless touch and shock in her heart.

This is just a five or six-year-old child. In order to treat my younger brother, he can even forget his fear and even put his own life and safety aside...

What kind of relationship does this make her so brave and fearless?

"Big brother, this is a crane I have knitted for you. See if you like it or not." Da Ya suddenly said excitedly. She carefully opened her close-fitting pocket and fumbled for a long time, but only took out a bunch of wet grass trousers.

"The crane has been crushed...Big brother, I'm sorry." Da Ya looked at the grass trousers in her palm, and a layer of tears gushed out of her big eyes, and she said quietly.

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