Chapter 7 Favor
The next day, Zhou Qing led his maid Su Yun out of the house early. The two of them walked southeast. After walking for three or four miles, bright green clouds emerged in front of their eyes.
This is a large bamboo forest. The poles are green and flamboyant. The gaps between the branches and leaves are mixed with the sunlight leaking down, and the ground is bright and clean.
Zhou Qing and Suyun walked through the bamboo forest and arrived at the gate of Qingyun Garden.
“Who are you looking for?”
The servant at the door saw Zhou Qing, master and servant, and immediately asked before they could go up the steps.
"I am Zhou Qing, and I came here specifically today to ask to see layman Qingyun."
Zhou Qing spoke slowly and calmly, with an indescribable calmness.
"Okay, please wait a moment."
Seeing Zhou Qing's bright eyes, jade light on his forehead, and wearing a jade pendant unique to the clan, the gatekeeper immediately saw that Zhou Qing was a member of the clan. , not daring to neglect, agreed immediately and went back to deliver the message.
Not long after, the gatekeeper returned. Behind him was a middle-aged man with slender eyebrows, dressed in butler's clothes and with a smile on his face.
After the middle-aged man came out, he turned his eyes and saw Zhou Qing with his hands hanging down. His hair was tied up and he was wearing a silver crown. He was tall and tall. He seemed to be waiting. A strange color flashed in his eyes, which he quickly covered up. Go and say: "I am Zhou Heng, do you want to see my master?"
"Zhou Heng."
Hearing these two words, Zhou Qing's thoughts changed.
Before he came, he had done his homework in advance. So he knew that Zhou Heng was one of Zhou Xian's most trusted butlers whom he was going to visit. Originally, this person was not called by this name, but Zhou Xian spoke up, so he changed his name and took care of things.
"It turns out to be Housekeeper Zhou."
Zhou Qing stepped forward, took out the letter from his sleeve, handed it over, and said, "My uncle Zhou Ming's letter must be given to layman Qingyun."
Zhou Heng memorized the Hengnan Zhou family's "Heroes" by heart. As soon as he heard it, he immediately went over Zhou Ming's message in his mind. He thought of his master Qingyun layman's explanation, and the smile on his face became gentler and said: "Young Master Qing, please follow me to the mansion for a while. I will give you instructions after reading the letter."
Although Zhou Qing wanted to borrow the spiritual spring to practice as early as possible, he also knew that Qingyun Garden has There were rules, so he could only nod and replied: "Okay."
"Let's go, let's go into the house."
Seeing the relaxed and composed young man so close to him, as well as the calmness between his brows, a strange color flashed in Zhou Heng's eyes.
He was well-informed and knew that the young man in front of him was in a difficult situation. The tangible and invisible pressure gathered around him, almost bending him.
But when we met today, Zhou Qing didn't seem to be stressed at all, and he was very charming.
Zhou Heng was thinking about something and took Zhou Qing and Su Yun to a separate courtyard in the mansion to settle down. Then they came to the back of the manor, where there was a quiet wooden building surrounded by bamboo leaves.
A stream of water passes in front of the building, and the green bamboo leaves reflect the ripples of the stream, reflecting the depth inside the building.
When Zhou Heng arrived here, he stopped, saluted to the middle of the building, and said, "Master."
As he finished speaking, almost at the same time, the clouds in the bamboo building bloomed like lotus flowers, lifted up, and a figure disappeared from the sky. Really, sit on it calmly.
He wears a purple gold crown, colorful clothes, and a jade pendant hanging from his waist. He is extremely tall, and his outer skin has an unusual frosty white color, like the snow on the peaks in winter.
The middle-aged man on the throne held a jade in one hand and said in a gentle and pleasant voice, which was different from his cold appearance.
“Zhou Ming’s letter.”
Zhou Heng spoke concisely and to the point, took out the letter and handed it over.
The layman Qingyun in the Bamboo Tower took it, unfolded it and read it, then spoke and said: "Zhou Ming said in the letter that he wanted his nephew Zhou Qing to borrow the spiritual spring in Yiban Mansion."
< br>Having said this, he smiled again and said: "I owe Zhou Ming a small favor. Zhou Ming has been unsatisfied for so many years and has not spoken."
Zhou Ming values it very much. His nephew, his master, was also prepared to agree to Zhou Ming's request. After Zhou Heng heard these meanings from the words, he coughed, organized his words, and said: "Sir, this Zhou Qing has been having a hard time recently."
Layman Qingyun is sitting on the lotus, with an inquiring look in his eyes.
Zhou Heng told what he knew. From his words, he could vaguely see an invisible dragnet trapping Zhou Qing inside, making it difficult for him to fly. He finally said: "Zhou Luoyun has really put his mind into it." . "
Layman Qingyun looked at ease. Hearing this, he became interested and raised his eyebrows and asked: "What ability does Zhou Ming's nephew have to make Zhou Luoyun target him like this? "
< br>Zhou Heng shook his head and said that he had not found out. After a long time, he said tentatively, "Master, is it related to the Jingchen Dharma Assembly?"
Zhou Luoyun was in Hengnan Zhou Among the younger generation of the clan, he is dazzling and almost no one can compete with him. It is said that he does not plan to develop in the clan, but is determined to join the sect and show his ambition. For the children of the Zhou family in Hengnan, the upcoming Jingchen Dharma Ceremony is the best opportunity to join the sect.
Many people in the clan know that Zhou Luoyun is preparing for the Jingchen Dharma Ceremony.
"This Jingchen Dharma Assembly."
Qingyun layman seemed to have thought of something, his eyes gleamed with brilliance, and then he lowered his eyes again, pondered for a while, and said: "Go and send Zhou Qing to Shuixiang Primary School. "Build."
"Master."
Zhou Heng had the intention of reminding him. In this way, he was helping Zhou Qing and hurting Zhou Luoyun.
Zhou Luoyun is just that. After all, he is still young and does not have enough influence in the clan. However, the person behind Zhou Luoyun is extraordinary, and even Qingyun Yuan has to worry about it.
The figure of layman Qingyun gradually disappeared, and in the end, it was completely gone, leaving only a golden jade-like lingering sound, whirling like a crescent moon, saying: "I just asked Zhou Qing to go to Shuixiang Xiaozhu and allow him to approach the spiritual spring inside. As for the rest, I won’t care.”
Zhou Heng looked at the empty Baolian, confused at first, and then thought of the current situation in Shuixiang Xiaozhu, and his eyes gradually became enlightened.
"That's it."
Zhou Heng understood his master's "good intention". He left the bamboo building and went to the door of the other courtyard to find Zhou Qing inside.
It was noon at this time, the sun was dancing in the shadows, and the ground was golden. I saw a young man with tied hair and a crown sitting peacefully on the stone table, with an indifferent expression, like a clay statue.
But as soon as you get close, you can hear a subtle and clear sound, like the wind moving on the water and the drumming waves moving forward. It is the internal energy flowing back and forth around the sky. He looked at the young man who was practicing seriously and felt a touch in his heart.
After Zhou Qing circulated his inner energy for a week, if he felt anything, he opened his eyes and saw the figure at the door. He stood up, walked up to him, and said, "Steward Zhou "
"It's really hard work." Zhou Heng smiled kindly and said: "Bringing you good news, my master allows Young Master Qing to stay in Shuixiang Xiaozhu and get close to the spiritual spring inside."
< br>Zhou Qing seemed to be overjoyed after hearing this. He did not forget to thank layman Qingyun and the housekeeper Zhou in front of him.
"Let's go to Shuixiang Xiaozhu first."
Zhou Heng walked in front, leading Zhou Qing, one behind the other, to the back hill of Qingyun Garden.
After a while, after crossing a stone bridge, heading north, a mountain gate jumped out, with a pure black plaque hanging on it and a pure cyan two-character "水香" iron hook painted on it. During this time, there is a sense of lightness and change.
As soon as he stepped up the steps, Zhou Qing heard a gurgling sound from behind the door. At the same time, he felt wisps of moisture coming from under his feet. He was startled and thought to himself: "The moisture here is It is so abundant that it is beyond my expectation. It is indeed suitable for me to practice the "Yuanhuang Dragon Transformation Picture". "
When I opened the door and entered, the water vapor was even stronger, and there was a light water everywhere. Fog, vast expanse of white.
Butler Zhou was in front and led Zhou Qing to walk for a while. He saw a rattan ladder going from top to bottom, surrounded by thousands of strange little flowers, which could not be blown by the wind. The other end was submerged in the air and extended to the sky. In the monastery.
“Bingliu.”
Seeing Zhou Qing raising his head to look at the empty monastery, Housekeeper Zhou smiled and said: “For this period of time, Young Master Qing will live in this No. 6 monastery... ..."
Zhou Qing nodded and took a breath silently. He only felt that the pores on his skin were slowly opening, and there was a sense of coolness, as if the moisture from the outside was penetrating in.
This is of course an illusion. After all, it is impossible for a monk to actively attract the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body unless he completes the foundation building.
However, this also shows the abundance of water vapor, which is indeed amazing.
“I have already told you how to use the Jingshe, there is nothing else to say.”
Butler Zhou’s eyes became deep, glowing in the hazy moisture. , said: "I just have to remind Mr. Qing that there are people living in some of the other monasteries in Shuixiang Xiaozhu."
"They are either my master's juniors, or they are with Mr. Qing also came in with my master’s permission. He is young and very energetic.”
“If there are many people, it may not be as clean as one person. However, Xiaozhu has its own rules and will not go too far. "
After hearing this, Zhou Qing frowned inconspicuously, and then said: "Thank you for reminding me."
Butler Zhou smiled one last time, turned around and left, and soon disappeared in the mist. , disappeared.
Zhou Qing meditated for a moment, and his expression returned to calm. He stretched out his sleeves, followed the vine ladder, step by step, and arrived at the floating pavilion steadily.
The floating pavilion is not big. It has jade stools, jade tables and jade beds, all of which are smooth and spotless from top to bottom.
However, Zhou Qing only glanced at it and turned his attention to the large floor-to-ceiling window in the front. The glass there reflected the spiritual spring below, which was five or six feet wide, surging and rising like a boil. Around it, there are stone railings, layer after layer, engraved with wonderful patterns, and there is a faint power of the magic circle, leaping above it, protecting the spiritual spring in the center.
Zhou Qing stood high and looked at the spiritual spring. His eyes reflected the strings of water drops pouring out of the spring. They were round and round. Under the skylight, they glowed with a colorful color, which was fascinating.
After observing the Lingquan, he moved his eyes and immediately saw that around the Lingquan, many jingshe and floating pavilions were looming in the water mist, as if the stars in the sky fell into the waves, twinkling and twinkling. , a mixture of light and dark.
"There are people in the floating pavilion of the Jingshe."
Zhou Qing raised his eyebrows, looking at the floating pavilion of the Jingshe that seemed to be floating in mid-air, thoughts going back and forth in his mind.
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.
What's more, there are people with malicious intentions outside. Even if they come to Shuixiang Xiaozhu, they will try their best to cause trouble and prevent themselves from being safe.
“Zhou Luoyun.”
Zhou Qing’s heart still felt heavy when she thought of the person behind Guan Ping.
He is really extremely talented. In his last life, he made a splash at the Jingchen Dharma Conference and successfully entered the Shangxuanmen Zhenyi Sect. And all the way from an inner disciple, to a true disciple, and then to one of the top ten disciples, he was extremely dazzling.
Not only that, he also intervened in the clan affairs of the Zhou family in Hengnan, supporting his cronies and attacking dissidents. In the end, his main line was completely dominated by one family, while the branch lines were dying.
The Hengnan Zhou family, a thousand-year-old family, was almost eliminated by him with one word.
In this journey, lofty ambition, tenacity, deep mind, skillful handling, etc. are all indispensable.
The current Zhou Luoyun is not as elegant as he was in his heyday, but with the resources mobilized in the Zhou clan in Hengnan, he is even more powerful. The gap between himself and himself in the Tongmai realm is too big, and he is completely passive and beaten. There is no countervailing power.
Zhou Qing's eyes were heavy. Only by breaking through to the marrow cleansing and activating the power of the Immortal Bones could he stand firm and be able to use various means to move around and find opportunities to thwart Zhou Luoyun's bullying.
If you fail to practice marrow cleansing, you will be in the current situation, where you are constantly being plotted and frustrated to the point of being unbearable.
"Clean the marrow."
Thinking of this, Zhou Qing couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency in his heart. He must break through as soon as possible, otherwise things will change later.
Once an accident occurs, all the uncle's efforts and the "reward" he thought of for breaking the situation will be in vain.
“Cultivation.”
Zhou Qing thought about what Butler Zhou had told him. He restrained his thoughts, took half a step forward, sat down on the jade bed in the jingshe room, and started to run the Biyou Palace. The next moment when the real skill "Yuanhuang Transforms into a Dragon" was heard, the sound of springs seemed to be heard everywhere, and the unprecedented water vapor rose up and surrounded it.
After a monk steps into induction, he can sense the spiritual energy between heaven and earth. After building the foundation and shedding his mortal body, he can actively attract the spiritual energy from heaven and earth into his body.
Zhou Qing is currently only at the level of meridians. Of course, it is impossible for him to take the initiative to bring the spiritual power of heaven and earth into his body for cultivation. However, because the floating pavilion is connected to the spiritual spring and then passes through the special magic circle, the water vapor that is guided up is too strong. The spiritual energy seemed to be real, and coupled with the extraordinary nature of the "Yuanhuang Dragon Transformation Picture", he was able to passively absorb wisps of spiritual energy through his skin.
This is incomparable with a monk who actively introduces the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body after building a foundation. One is on the ground and the other is in the sky, but the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, even if it passively enters the body through the skin one by one. The water-qi spirit is transformed by the true power and integrated into the inner force, immediately producing mysterious and incredible changes.
(End of this chapter)