Around the Summer Solstice, it was extremely hot in Dayu.
Judging from the physical features, this empire located between Yanling and Liangxi was much lower than the two empires on both sides. If somebody looked down from the clouds, he could see that the terrain in the whole empire Dayu was lower than the other two empires. They were like a huge bowl, and the other two empires were the bowl edge, while Dayu was the bottom.
So in summer every year, it was matchlessly hot in this empire, which made the common people in this country hate the summer. Some rich men would leave home at this season and find a cooler place to spend the summer, but it would cost them a lot of money. The common poor people couldn’t afford that, and they had to make a living, so they couldn’t quit their jobs.
Qing Town was a small town at the border of Dayu. It got its name because it backed on Qing Mountain, which was not just a name, but this mountain was named Qing Mo
Wang Shi and the other three continued to climb up the mountain and headed to the Qing Temple. It was still early, and they were cultivators, so they didn’t feel tired while climbing. Li Baizhu was much more interested in the young Taoist on the mountainside than other things, so after she passed the mountainside, she was in low spirits.Both Wang Shi and You Muzhi were Taoists, but they had never been to the Qing Temple, so after they walked and stopped, they were confused as they couldn’t find the temple seemingly. As for the two ladies from Luoshui Academy, Leng Pingxue looked indifferent all the time and seldom talked while climbing. Seeing that they seemed to be unable to find the Qing Temple, she stopped and stood to have a rest beside the mountain path.Wang Shi stood aside and looked impassive, while You Muzhi got close to Li Baizhu and asked with a smile as he saw that this lady was not happy, “What’s the matter, Master Li? Do you feel bored on the
After the Summer Solstice, there were more and more strangers in Qing Town at the foot of Qing Mountain, and the town which was cheerless in other seasons became bustling in an instant. It was not too much to say that the visitors walked in rows like weaving. But it was only early summer now. At the height of summer, the number of tourists in this town would double at least, and it would be crowded with people and vehicles and bustling with noises then.Although it was still early summer, in fact, the pedlars in the small town had come out in droves. Some food to avoid summer heat which would show up in other places in Dayu in half a month could be seen in Qing Town. The vendors on both sides of the streets sold many kinds of food, which was rare somewhere else in Dayu. And after they accumulated day by day and month by month for so many years, the local people in Qing Town figured out many new kinds of food gradually. For example, the most popular food to relieve summe
As the top Taoist nowadays, the temple owner came to Qing Mountain in person, and anyway it was the greatest honor for Qing Temple since it was built. If it was possible, Yang Haizhi even wanted to beat drums and strike gongs and tell all people in the world. However, since he could be the owner of a temple, Yang Haizhi was clear about the order of priority, so after he met the temple owner, he gave up the plan to go down the mountain and turned back to wander with the temple owner on the mountain and watch the scenery.The temple owner dressed in plain clothes looked calm, talking about where he had been and what he had done after he left Chenxie Mountain this time, which made Yang Haizhi breathless with wonder. Although the news had spread that the temple owner went to Yuwu Mountain and almost destroyed the Tranquilization Pavilion, most people weren’t clear about what happened that day as they didn’t see it with their own eyes. However, when the temple owner talked a
Before the young Taoist Li Nianshan finished washing the clothes, he let Li Baizhu go down the mountain to purchase the things needed for him. After he washed and put all the clothes out to dry in the sun, he tidied up and turned around to close the door of the bamboo cottage. Then he went down the mountain.He originally planned to go down the mountain to see a girl and purchase things by the way, but since Li Baizhu offered to do it for him, he saved the time to buy things and just needed to see that girl.At the mention of this girl, in fact, Li Nianshan had a lot to say. When he saw her on the mountain for the first time that year, he was just a teenager, and he seemed to plant a seed in his heart. In the beginning, he didn’t consider if it had rooted and sprouted, yet after he saw her on the mountain again in half a year, he realized that it had rooted and sprouted. However, he was timid that year and his master pinned his hope on him, so he hid his fe
After the temple owner said okay, he turned to Yang Haizhi next to him while smiling. “We will have a fight. If we destroy your Qing Temple, please forgive us.”Yang Haizhi shook his head with a bitter smile. “This is the estate built up by the founder. Sir, please show mercy.”The temple owner stood up and didn’t look serious but sighed with emotion peacefully. “Qing Temple is a good place, much better than Yuwu Mountain. I am unwilling to destroy it, yet if I go down the mountain in person to see him, don’t you think that I flatter him too much?”Yang Haizhi looked at the mountainside. After they came up the mountain, the temple owner told him that this swordsman was at a high stage and almost finished the Revelation Stage. If the temple owner was at the peak of his strength as usual, he would think that it was rare yet he wouldn’t take it seriously. However, at the moment, the temple owner’s soul came out of his body and left Chenxie Mountai
When Xian Chunan climbed up the mountain and pressed the handle of the sword Hidden Fish all the way, the old Taoist Yu Zhen from Shouye Temple and the young teacher Li Jingle from Luoshui Academy started to climb up. Both of them were cultivators at the Sanctification Stage. Before they reached the mountainside, they felt the sword intent on the mountain, which was well-proportioned and moderate. As the Confucian cultivators said, a swordsman’s character could be seen from his sword intent. A swordsman with such sword intent must be a gentleman no matter if he practiced swordsmanship.The old Taoist Yu Zhen looked solemn. He kept silent for a long while and then said in a low voice, “He is a swordsman at a high stage, and it appears that his sword intent is full and still being accumulated. It seems that he is going to unsheathe his sword. Mr. Li, which stage do you think this swordsman is at?”Li Jingle frowned and thought for a long time. Then he replied
When both parties of the same stage fought against each other, in all people’s opinion, the cultivator was courting death if he was less than three meters away from the swordsman. After all, according to the killing force of the swordsmen, it was an inevitable result.But at the moment, Xian Chunan who was close to the Revelation Stage fought against the temple owner at the peak of the Ascending Stage, and he was much inferior to the latter. Although he made an out-of-body wandering and was seriously injured on Yuwu Mountain, anyway, he was the real number one Taoist and knew many Taoist skills. Xian Chunan, a swordsman at the Dawning Stage was no match for him. So after he wielded the sword, the temple owner didn’t even reach out his hand but just let the sword come near him. Not until then did he drive the colorful long river to stop it.Xian Chunan’s short sword dashed to the temple owner’s colorful long river. In an instant, the long river was dazzling
The last strike on the mountain path seemed to be not powerful, but in fact, it caused aftermath in silence, and almost everything on the mountain path was affected. After the temple owner withdrew his colorful long river, the strike’s aftermath spread, and many trees on both sides of the mountain path were cut off.Countless trees fell down suddenly and Li Jingle who hadn’t reached the foot of the mountain frowned after seeing the scenery. The power of the strike of this swordsman at the Dawning Stage was much stronger than he had evaluated.However, after only one strike, the sword Qi couldn’t be felt anymore, so Li Jingle was more astonished. He wouldn’t be surprised if a swordsman at this stage killed any Taoist on the mountain randomly at one blow, yet now there was no sound on the mountain, while the swordsman had sheathed his sword. Did somebody resist this strike? But would a swordsman at this stage be stopped by a Taoist on this mountain?