Starting from a thatched cottage, the farmer embarked on the road to wealth through imperial examina

Ye Changyan raised his eyes and looked around, and found that except for the cliff he had just descended, there were mountains on the other three sides. Then he looked at the little Taoist boy with some confusion.

"Little Taoist priest, didn't you say this was Yujing Palace? Why is there only mountains here?"

"To reply to my uncle-master's words, this is the forbidden area in the back mountain of Yujing Palace."

"Forbidden area? If it's all forbidden area, then why am I still in the forbidden area?"

The little Taoist boy pointed at the cave on the cliff and explained to Ye Changyan.

"The cliff cave in Yujing Palace is a sacred place for healing in the palace. Master Uncle was healing on the jade bed in the cliff cave. Three days ago, Master Uncle was covered in wounds. He lay on the bed for three days. Isn't his injury basically healed?"

Ye Changyan looked at the little Taoist boy in disbelief, feeling that he was telling him a fairy tale.

"Uncle Master, let's leave first. Since your injuries are healed, it is not advisable to stay in the forbidden area in the back mountain for too long."

Ye Changyan nodded to the little Taoist boy, and then followed him along a green mountain path out.

No wonder there was no one here except for himself and this little Taoist boy. This was actually the forbidden area in the back mountain of Yujing Palace.

Ye Changyan followed the little Taoist boy along the mountain path and walked out of a valley. The view in front of him suddenly opened up. The scene reminded Ye Changyan of a poem: There is a white jade capital in the sky, with twelve towers and five cities.

The scene before his eyes had only appeared in the movies and TV dramas Ye Changyan had watched in his previous life. Amid the clouds and mist, the endless jade buildings were looming. Ye Changyan really wondered if he was trapped in a dream.

He pinched himself quietly and felt obvious pain. It seemed that everything before his eyes was extremely real.

Ye Changyan felt emotional, no wonder this place was called Yujing Palace.

Ye Changyan followed the little Taoist boy, like a country bumpkin entering the city for the first time, looking around with surprise and envy on his face.

Coming out of the valley, there is a flat road paved with marble. Along this road, you can see many little Taoist boys in Taoist robes. They are practicing martial arts in the square between the beautiful buildings. Each of them holds a wooden sword and is concentrating on their practice. The passing of Ye Changyan and the little Taoist boys did not distract them at all.

Ye Changyan followed the little Taoist boy, passing through one white palace-like building after another, and walking through one white marble corridor after another, as if he was in a fairyland. After a long time, he saw a magnificent palace-like building with carved railings and jade bricks standing before him.

"Master uncle, this is the meeting hall. The Palace Master and the elders are waiting for you in the hall. I am young and of low status, so I am not qualified to enter the hall. Please go in on your own."

Ye Changyan saw the little Taoist boy standing respectfully in front of the steps outside the main hall, with a row of white marble railings carved with auspicious beasts behind him.

Ye Changyan raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the hall, and a magnificent and gorgeous hall was right in front of him.

Ye Changyan took a deep breath, then lifted his leather booted foot and stepped onto the steps in front of the hall.

Although the steps under his feet were flat, there were too many of them. Ye Changyan looked around as he walked, silently counting the steps in his heart.

"...July 7, July 8, July 9, Eighty, August 1"

There were a total of ninety-nine and eighty-one steps. Ye Changyan stepped onto the highest step. Just as Ye Changyan stepped onto the last step, the door of the hall behind the steps slowly opened inside.

From a distance one could see that the hall was spacious and bright. Ye Changyan could clearly see that there were quite a few people standing in the hall.

Ye Changyan took another deep breath, took a step forward, and walked into the hall.

When Ye Changyan stepped through the gate of the hall, the two young men in green Taoist robes guarding the door actually bowed to Ye Changyan, which scared Ye Changyan so much that he quickly quickened his pace.

After entering the hall and taking a quick look, Ye Changyan realized how spacious the hall was. On both sides of the hall stood two rows of monks in green Taoist robes. He walked all the way to the center of the hall. Wherever he passed, the monks standing there, without exception, bowed to him.

Although he was very confused, Ye Changyan still forced himself to remain calm and continued to move forward.

When they arrived at the center of the hall, they saw a row of monks in blue Taoist robes standing on each side of the hall. Judging from the color of their clothes and the positions they were standing in, Ye Changyan guessed that these people should be middle and high-level officials of the Yujing Palace.

Most of these people looked middle-aged, and the ones at the front were probably over 60 years old.

Just when Ye Changyan finally stood in the center of the hall, he saw the monks in blue Taoist robes on both sides of the hall all bowing to him in unison. Ye Changyan was frightened and almost fell to the ground.

What kind of situation is this? Most of these people in front of me are older than my father, and some of them are even my grandfather's generation. Yet they are bowing to me. How can I bear this?

"Hahaha……"

Just when Ye Changyan was feeling panic-stricken, he heard a loud laugh coming from the steps in front of the hall.

"Young man from the Ye family, I told you at the beginning that we would meet again someday. Now that we meet again today, I have to call you Junior Brother!"

Ye Changyan looked in the direction of the sound and saw five people vaguely standing on the high platform behind the stairs, but the light on the platform was quite strong and a little dazzling.

It took a long time for Ye Changyan to figure out that the old Taoist with white hair and beard standing on the far left of the high platform was actually the crazy old Taoist who gave the black stone to his original body in his mind.

"Old Taoist priest, it's you?"

When the old Taoist saw Ye Changyan's surprised expression, he burst into laughter again. The four old Taoists on his right also looked at Ye Changyan with smiles on their faces.

"I am Qing Xuanzi, the elder of Yujing Palace. Junior brother, you can just call me Senior Brother."

"Old Taoist priest, this is absolutely not allowed. Considering your age, if my grandfather were still alive, he would have to address you as an elder when he saw you."

"Hahaha, Junior Brother, since you can come to this place in the vast mountains, it means that you have already received the inheritance left by your uncle. Although you have not performed the ceremony of paying homage to your uncle, the fact that you are his only successor cannot be changed. My Yujing Palace has always respected teachers. In the sect, seniority is the only thing that counts, not age. So although you are young, you are of a high generation."

It seems that when the old Taoist who called himself Qing Xuanzi gave the black stone to the original body, he already knew that the stone contained a secret.

But why did Qing Xuanzi give the black stone to his original body? Did he know that in a sense, except for this body, his original body was no longer alive? And how much did he know about himself? These were all doubts weighing on Ye Changyan's mind.

But what is more urgent now is that he needs to know how he came to the Yujing Palace, and where are Liang Jingcheng, Lu Tingfeng, Sang Li and his servant who traveled with him now?