Above the source of Tao

A few days ago, Shangling City was as bustling as usual.

The main street runs through Shanglin City from west to east. There are many small vendors on both sides of the street, selling a wide variety of goods. The stall owners are shouting their wares, and people are bustling about, making the street very lively.

There is a restaurant on the north side of the street, named Zuixianlou. It is three stories high, with pavilions and terraces, a spire-shaped top, a wooden structure, and two columns at both ends, standing upright, which is very spectacular.

Entering the restaurant, there is a large platform in the middle, surrounded by four or five steps. On the platform is a red wooden table, behind which sits a man, holding a wooden stick in his left hand.

With a snap...

As the anecdotes about Shanglin City were told, the diners in the audience sometimes laughed out loud and sometimes applauded.

It is said that decades ago, Shanglin City was still an extremely poor small town. It took the previous city lord decades of continuous efforts to make it what it is today. As he was speaking, a silver-white light descended from the sky in the city lord's mansion, like the Milky Way falling into the world.

"A strange phenomenon appeared in the sky. What happened in the City Lord's Mansion?" People on the street stared at the strange phenomenon in amazement.

Soon, many people arrived in front of the City Lord's Mansion, where a lot of people gathered and talked.

After one stick of incense, the silvery-white light slowly disappeared.

Lin Yuan'er passed out in the room because of the light entering her body. She had a high fever for several days.

What a vision this is!

Manager Sun came to the gate of the City Lord's Mansion and explained to everyone.

"The city lord's daughter was born with a miracle and her Yuan bone was opened. From now on, she can embark on the path of immortality and cultivate immortality to achieve enlightenment!"

Before Manager Sun could finish his words, a strange phenomenon occurred in the direction of the Zhou Mansion. A golden light sank into the Zhou Mansion, but the light was smaller than that of the City Lord's Mansion.

At this point, the storyteller had two more strange things to say...

In the following days, people in all parts of the city were talking about this.

The front hall of the City Lord's Mansion...

In the hall, a middle-aged man, seven feet tall, steady, full of energy and blood, wearing a purple brocade robe embroidered with yellow pear patterns, was talking to a man in a dark gray plain robe.

"Master, there is a letter." The man in plain clothes bowed humbly, clasped his hands in front of his chest and whispered to the middle-aged man.

He took out a sound-recording stone from his clothes and handed it to the middle-aged man. This sound-recording stone is a kind of ore. There is a mountain called Tangshan two hundred miles east of the Wuyuan Domain Numa Mountain Range. There are many tall and strong trees on the mountain. There are many white monkeys in the mountain, living in groups. Where they are, there must be sound-recording stones. This stone is not big and oval, only the size of a palm. People only need to speak to this stone, and the sound will be recorded in it. They can hear it by just putting it close to their ears.

This is a very important tool for spreading information among mortals.

The middle-aged man took the sound stone and put it to his ear to listen.

After a moment, the middle-aged man showed a look of joy, and the voice recording stone said that Shangyang Sect had sent two disciples to Shanglin City in seven days to recruit disciples.

boom......

"who?"

I saw a figure tiptoeing out from the side hall.

"father......"

She was a little girl about eight or nine years old.

The girl's skin was as white as snow, as delicate as silk, and her skin was cool. Her face was beautiful and a little childish, with a pair of bright and clear eyes with a light sky blue color, a slightly straight nose with a beautiful arc, two thin lips, slightly red with a little white, and thick black hair tied into two buns, like a Chihuahua. She was wearing a three-color golden butterfly dress and a colorful silk long sash around her waist, showing her wealth.

"It's Yuan'er. You're eavesdropping on daddy's conversation again." The middle-aged man said with a kind smile.

"I didn't mean to eavesdrop. My kite broke and I ran to the front hall. I came here to look for my kite..." Lin Yuan's voice became smaller and smaller, as if he had done something wrong. He lowered his head and did not dare to look up.

That’s right, this man is the Lord of Shanglin City, Lin Gujun. He used to be an elder of a certain sect. Because he offended the deputy leader of the sect, he was demoted to Shanglin City by the leader to be the lord of this city.

"Manager Sun, go find a kite for the young lady." Lin Gujun turned to Manager Sun and gave him an order, his voice filled with unquestionable authority.

Manager Sun immediately took the order and left, leaving the father and daughter behind.

"Did you hear what I said just now?" Lin Gujun said as he picked up Lin Yuaner and gently pinched her face.

"Dad, are the disciples from Shangyang Sect going to come here to recruit disciples?" Lin Yuan'er raised her head, her eyes gleaming with anticipation.

Um......

Lin Gujun was silent for a moment, then he gently said to Lin Yuaner, "You opened your Yuangu with Zhou Yuanxiong, the eldest son of the Zhou Mansion, a few days ago. The Shangyang Sect is considered a top sect in the Wuyuan Region. The sect's resources are also very powerful. With Yuaner's talent, if she went to such a powerful sect and practiced hard, her cultivation would surely advance by leaps and bounds. "

"Dad, I feel like there's something new in my body these days, and I feel a lot lighter..."

Lin Yuan'er looked at her father and said softly.

Ever since she got sick that day, she always felt that she could sense some hazy things between heaven and earth, which she couldn't see or touch. But she could feel them entering her body through her breathing and skin, and she didn't feel uncomfortable, but felt refreshed and at ease.

Lin Gujun carefully examined Lin Yuaner's body, and then said excitedly

"This is drawing the Qi into the body! This is truly a natural talent!"

Drawing Qi into the body is a critical step for practitioners. It means that a person begins to be able to sense the vital energy between heaven and earth and can draw it into the body. It is the first step in cultivation. With a talent like Lin Yuaner, it is extremely rare among ordinary people and is enough to move anyone.

"It's okay, this is brought to you by that light, it won't do any harm..." Lin Gujun calmed himself down and said to her.

Oh......

"You kid! Why did you get here? I had to look for you for a long time. You're just getting well, so you can't run around. But you're here to play with your kite."

I saw a beautiful young woman who looked like Lin Yuan'er, with a hint of anger between her brows, speaking to the father and daughter.

Lin Yuan'er moved slightly behind her father, holding the corner of her father's clothes tightly with both hands.

Sticking out tongue...

"I'm already well, but mom won't let me play. Daddy, look at mom..."

The woman asked the maid to take the young lady back to the room to rest.

"Seven days later, the Shangyang Sect's disciples will come to recruit disciples. Let Yuan'er go." Lin Gujun said

Are you really relieved that he left home at such a young age?

The woman looked sad, gave Lin Gujun a look and stopped talking. She knew that this was her husband's expectation. Since he did not continue on this path, she placed all her hopes on her daughter.

……

An hour ago...

The sun has risen...