Chronicles of Celestial Origins

As the sun sets, in the small village, children laugh and scold one after another, and each one returns home amidst the shouts and shouts.

Smoke rises from the kitchen, water gurgling under the ancient bridge, willows on the riverbank caress the water, and not far away are endless wheat fields.

It is the autumnal equinox, when the fiery red wheat seedlings are growing vigorously, and the breeze blows, raising a wave of wheat.

This is a village in the southern part of Chu State. Because the people in the village all have the surnames Tang and Liu, it is called Tangliu Village.

The endless wheat fields outside the village are not planted with ordinary wheat and rice, but with spiritual wheat, also called Immortal Valley.

The Immortal Valley is specially provided for the adults of the Immortal family. Because the land is fertile and the air and soil contain a large amount of fire-attribute spiritual power, it is very suitable for growing spiritual wheat. Therefore, all areas within a fifty-mile radius are planted with this kind of wheat.

Immortal Valley bears fruit every three years, and when the fruits are mature, the adults of the Immortal Family will come to collect them. Each grain of Immortal Valley contains a large amount of energy. If a thin person accidentally eats it, he will suffer from minor illnesses. In severe cases, the body will explode and die.

Although Tangliu Village is within the territory of the Chu State, it is not under the jurisdiction of the Chu State. It is subordinate to the Qianyi Sect.

The Qianyi Sect is one of the top immortal sects in the Chu Kingdom. The five hundred miles around Tangliu Village are under the control of the Qianyi Sect.

People here mostly have a kind of awe, yearning and gratitude towards Qian Yizong. Qian Yizong not only exempts everyone in the village from taxes, but also gives a lot of silver every year to provide food and clothing for the people of Tangliu Village.

It is the autumnal equinox now, and in a month or two the adults of the Immortal Family of the Qian Yizong will come here to harvest the Immortal Valley.

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Tang Ning was leaning under the old locust tree in her yard, her clothes soaked with sweat.

There is a tradition in the village that on the last two days of the month, everyone does not have to work and can have a good rest.

For a child of his age, rest days are naturally spent playing with friends.

No, I've been playing all day since morning, and I was just called back by Tang's mother for dinner.

She had to work again tomorrow, and nine-year-old Tang Ning looked at the blue sky with reluctance.

"Xiao Ning, it's time to eat." Tang's mother shouted from inside the room

Tang Ning hurried in because there was no other reason than that there was meat to eat today. During the last two days of rest every month, Tang Ning's mother would prepare something delicious to reward the hard-working family.

Before he reached the house, the smell of rabbit meat reached his nose. This was what Tang's father had hunted up the mountain yesterday.

"When I hear that I'm eating, I run faster than anyone else. Look at you. You're covered in sweat. You know how to play around and don't know how to chop wood." Mother Tang complained, but her eyes were full of doting.

Tang Ning has no brothers or sisters, and he is the only child in the family. When Tang Ning gave birth to him, she had a massive hemorrhage and almost had an accident. Fortunately, the midwife who delivered him was a very experienced woman and the birth was successful. However, the root cause of the disease was also left behind and she can no longer reproduce. A child.

Tang's father was sitting at the door smoking tobacco. He was very addicted to cigarettes. He felt uncomfortable all over the body if he didn't smoke two bags a day. Because of long years of hard work, he already looked like a forty-year-old in his early thirties. Even his hair was thin. All white.

"Dad, it's time to eat," Tangning called while sitting on the stool in front of the table.

"You eat first! I'm not hungry." Father Tang said without looking back.

Tang Ning couldn't bear it any longer. She picked up the bowls and chopsticks and started eating them three bowls in a row. She felt full after eating.

"Eat slowly, no one will compete with you." Mother Tang said with a smile and touched his head.

"Ahem, I made an agreement with your sixth uncle. He is familiar with the Immortal Envoys. I asked him to take you to meet the Immortal Envoys and then to the Luoyun Mountains." Father Tang coughed twice and said, Perhaps due to long-term smoking, he developed a cough problem, and sometimes the cough was quite severe.

"Ah?" Tang's mother looked a little gloomy when she heard this, and whispered: "The child is still young!"

"Why is it so small? If he misses this time, will he still have a chance next time? Ahem..." Tang's father was a little angry and coughed loudly after speaking.

Mother Tang immediately went over and patted his shoulder and back gently.

When Tang Ning heard her father's words, she felt mixed emotions, including expectations, discomfort, and reluctance.

Uncle Liu is the head of Tangliu Village. Luoyun Mountain is where the Qianyi Sect is located. The Qianyi Sect opens the mountain to recruit disciples once every ten years. The opportunity to join the Qianyi Sect is not to be missed by anyone. , once entering the Qianyi Sect, it means that the carp will jump over the dragon gate from now on, bid farewell to mortal life completely, and enter the immortal family, and his family will surely prosper.

But he was the only son in Tang Ning's family. He bid farewell to the mortal world when he entered the Qian Yizong, and it was difficult to see him again.

The first condition for recruiting disciples of the Qianyi Sect is to meet the age limit, which must be between six and sixteen years old, so everyone only has one chance in his life.

"When you're full, you can go wash up and go to sleep! Your mother and I... ahem... talk about something."

"Oh." Tangning nodded, stood up and went outside to fetch water for a shower.

"From today on, the food the child eats every day should be better, and the travel expenses to Luoyun Mountains...and Uncle Six's place should not be too..."

"We now have... what Erdan did last time..."

"Uncle Dashan...I told him..."

When Tang Ning heard the vague words of Father Tang and Mother Tang in the yard, she felt extremely melancholy in her heart, as if she had dropped some treasure.

After taking a shower, I returned to the room, lay down on the bed, and thought about what my father said, about going to the Luoyun Mountains with my sixth uncle the year after next.

Where are the Luoyun Mountains? What kind of people are there? After going there, can I be like the adults of the Immortal Family? But what should I do if my parents go away?

I have never left the village since I was this old. Are the people outside the village very vicious? Will my parents miss me if I leave?

And Ruru…

With these things in mind he fell into a deep sleep.

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The next day, at dawn, Tang Ning woke up as soon as the rooster crowed. She got out of bed and went outside to chop fodder. After chopping the fodder, she put it in a basin and carried the basin to the pigsty. There were three pigs in the pigsty. They are the most valuable treasure of their family. The three pigs are two males and one female. The whole family is looking forward to this sow giving birth to piglets.

He put the fodder into the pigsty, washed his hands and came into the house. The table was already set with dishes and chopsticks. Breakfast was the same as before, porridge and white flour steamed buns. But when he came to the table, he found that there was an extra one today. egg.

He thought of what his father said yesterday, and felt sad again.

Father Tang and Mother Tang had already gone to take care of the Immortal Valley at this time.

The village allocated three acres of land to Tang's father, Fairy Valley, and assigned it to his family to take care of.

For the people in the village, Immortal Valley is a top priority and must not be taken lightly.

After eating, Tang Ning put on her galoshes, carried the basket on her back, took a hatchet and put it in the basket, and trotted all the way to her neighbor Liu Erbo's house.

"Ruru, Ruru, have you done it?" Tangning shouted loudly

Not long after, a little girl ran out of the house and came to him. The little girl was very beautiful, with willow eyebrows, big eyes, a small nose and a cherry mouth. Her skin was as white as snow, as if she were carved from pink and jade. She looks like a porcelain doll, and she also carries a small basket on her back.

The little girl's name is Liu Ruhan. She has played with Tang Ning since she was a child. The two have the best relationship in the village, and Father Tang and Father Liu also have a particularly good relationship.

Another thing I have to mention is that the little girl is Tang Ning's fiancée.

The two of them had arranged to get married as babies. Liu Ruhan was a few months younger than Tang Ning. When Tang's mother and Liu's mother were pregnant, the two families had agreed that if there was a boy and a girl, they would get married.

People in the village don't have those formal things, such as documents and treaties.

Anyway, what I said is what I said, it’s a matter of red lips and white teeth.

Liu Ruhan was born with a hidden disease. She was mute and unable to speak. She asked several outside doctors to see her but they couldn't cure her.

She also had an older brother who died when he was three years old, so Uncle Liu was very kind to Tang Ning and treated him like his son.

"Let's go!" Tangning held her hand and walked towards the back hill.

The task of the two of them today was to go up the mountain to chop wood and pick some fruits. Tangning had been going up the mountain to chop wood and hunt with his father since he was a child. Although the mountain road was rugged, it was very familiar to him.

Tang Ning held her hand and hummed softly along the way, walking briskly, while Liu Ruhan followed behind him unhurriedly. The warm sunlight shined through the leaves on their two small bodies, making them peaceful and quiet.

After walking for a while, the two came to a pear tree. Tangning unloaded the basket, held the trunk with both hands and climbed up little by little: "Ruru, you can continue to order from below."

Liu Ruhan stood under the tree holding the basket in both hands. After a while, the basket was filled with more than a dozen pears. The two leaned against the big tree and ate one each. After taking a short rest, they continued to move forward to where he usually chops wood. Place.

After working for half an hour, the two of them were already sweating profusely.

"Ruru, let's take a rest and then go back!" Tang Ning took out two pears and handed one to Liu Ruhan and said

The two of them leaned under the tree and ate pears.

Halfway through eating, Liu Ruhan suddenly pulled his finger and pointed to the grass on the left.

Tangning heard it without her reminding her, as if something was ringing.

The noise became louder and louder, and Tang Ning felt something was wrong. It didn't sound like a human voice. She took Liu Ruhan's hand and stood up. She picked up the hatchet with her other hand and looked at the jungle warily.

If there are any typos or misnames in all chapters of this book that I have not noticed. I hope everyone can point it out and I will modify it one by one.