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Chapter 1: I’m Bai Xiaochun

Mount Hood lay in the Eastwood Mountain Range, and at its base was a quaint little village. The villagers there lived off the land, and didn’t have much to do with the outside world.

Currently it was dawn, and the villagers were congregated at the village gate to see off a young man of fifteen or sixteen years of age. He seemed thin and weak, but had a healthy, fair complexion, and an overall charming appearance. He wore an ordinary green robe that had apparently been washed so many times it was nearly worn through. Something about the way he was dressed, plus the innocent look in his eyes, made him seem exceptionally quick-witted.

His name was Bai Xiaochun.

“Dear Elders and fellow villagers,” he said, “I am on my way to learn about Immortal cultivation. I shall miss all of you!” The young man wore a slightly pained expression, as if he couldn’t bear to part with his fellow villagers. This made him look even more charming than before. 1

The surrounding villagers exchanged glances, shrugged helplessly, and then pretended to look even more reluctant to see him leave.

A white-haired old man stepped out of the crowd and said, “Xiaochun, ever since your dad and mom left us, oh so long ago, you… you have been, er–” he paused for a moment “–such a good kid!!” Seeing that Bai Xiaochun hadn’t left yet, he continued, “Don’t tell me you’re not interested in living forever? All you have to do is become an Immortal, and then you can live forever! That’s a really, really long time! Well, it’s time for you to leave now. Even a baby eagle must learn to fly eventually.

“No matter what situations you run into out there, you have to hang in there and keep moving forward. Once you leave the village, you can’t come back, because your path will always lie ahead, not behind!” The old man patted Bai Xiaochun kindly on the shoulder.

“Live forever….” Bai Xiaochun murmured. A tremor ran through him, and a look of determination slowly filled his eyes. Under the encouraging gazes of the old man and the other villagers, he nodded his head seriously and looked around at everyone one last time. Finally, he turned and walked away from the village.

As he disappeared off into the distance, the villagers started to look more and more excited. Their forlorn expressions turned to those of joy, and the kind-faced old man began to tremble. Tears even streamed down his face.

“Justice from Heaven! The weasel… is finally gone! Who was it that told him they saw an Immortal in the area? Whoever it was, I’m going to give you a huge reward on behalf of the village!” 2

The village was soon echoing with cries of rejoicing. Some people even took out gongs and drums and began banging them excitedly.

“The weasel is gone,” someone said, “but oh, my poor chickens. He hated the roosters crowing at dawn, so he somehow got all the kids in the village to eat every chicken we had….”

“Today is the beginning of a new era!”

By this point, Bai Xiaochun was still fairly close to the village, and could actually hear the sounds of the gongs and drums. He even caught wind of some of the cries of excitement.

He stopped in his tracks, a strange expression on his face. After a moment, he cleared his throat and proceeded on his way. Accompanied by the faint sounds of rejoicing, he began to make his way toward Mount Hood.

Mount Hood wasn’t a very tall mountain, but it was covered with thick vegetation. Therefore, despite the fact that it was dawn, beneath the trees, it was dark and quiet.

“Double-Dog told me that he was hunting some wild pigs a few days ago and saw an Immortal flying around….” Bai Xiaochun proceeded along, heart thumping. Suddenly, a rustling sound could be heard from some nearby shrubs. It almost sounded like a wild pig, and it immediately caused Bai Xiaochun to grow extremely nervous. The hair on the back of his neck stood up straight as he asked, “Who is it? Who’s there?!”

He quickly pulled four axes and six machetes out of his travel pack, but that in and of itself didn’t make him feel much safer, so he also produced a bit of black incense from within his robe, which he clutched tightly in his left hand.

“Don’t come out!” he shouted, trembling. “Don’t even THINK about coming out! I’ve got axes AND machetes, and this incense can call lightning from the Heavens, and even summon Immortals! If you dare to show your face, you’re DEAD!” Finally, he turned and ran toward the mountain path, simultaneously juggling all of the various weapons in his hands. Clanking sounds could eventually be heard as axes and machetes began to fall to the ground left and right.

Perhaps whatever it was that had been rustling around in the shrubbery really did end up getting frightened by him. The sounds ceased, and no wild animal burst out of the bushes. Bai Xiaochun hurried toward the mountain, wiping the sweat from his brow. By this point, his face was pale, and he was almost considering giving up this crazy idea of climbing the mountain, but then he thought about the incense stick, which his parents had handed down to him before they died. Supposedly, it had been passed down from their ancestors, a gift bestowed by a down-and-out Immortal they had saved. Before departing, the Immortal had given it to them to pay back the kindness they had shown. Furthermore, the Immortal had even promised to take a member of the Bai Clan as a disciple. He told them that merely burning the incense stick would summon him to their side.

Bai Xiaochun had actually lit the incense stick more than ten times in the past few years, and yet, no Immortal had ever shown up. It had eventually reached the point that Bai Xiaochun was starting to suspect whether or not the story about the Immortal was even true. Finally, he’d resolved to climb the mountain. For one thing, the incense stick was almost used up, and also, there was the matter of the flying Immortal being sighted recently.

And that was how he ended up in his current situation. His theory was that if he could get a bit closer to the Immortal, then perhaps it would be easier for that Immortal to sense the incense stick.

Standing in front of the mountain, he hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and decided to keep going. Thankfully, the mountain wasn’t very high, and it didn’t take long to reach the peak, where he stopped, panting. He looked at the village down below, and an emotional expression appeared on his face. Then he glanced at the finger-nail sized bit of black incense. It had clearly been burned on numerous occasions, and was almost completely used up.

“It’s been three years. Bless me, mom and dad. It HAS to work this time!” Bai Xiaochun took a deep breath, and then carefully lit the incense. A stiff breeze instantly kicked up, and in the blink of an eye, dark clouds filled the sky. Lightning crackled, and deafening thunder boomed in his ears.

The majesty of the entire scene caused Bai Xiaochun to tremble, fearful that he might be killed by the lightning. He very nearly spit on the incense to extinguish it, but managed to hold back.

“I’ve lit this incense twelve times in the past three years, and this is the thirteenth time. I have to let it burn! Come on, Xiaochun! The lightning won’t kill you. At least probably not….” All twelve times that he had lit the incense in the past, there had been lightning and thunder, and yet no Immortal had ever appeared. Each time, he had gotten so scared that he spit on the incense to put it out. He actually found it a bit strange that a supposedly Immortal stick of incense could be extinguished with some ordinary saliva.

Bai Xiaochun sat there shaking in fear as the thunder boomed around him. Suddenly, a streak of light appeared in the air off in the distance.

It was a middle-aged man wearing luxurious clothing. He had the demeanor of a transcendent being, yet he looked weary and travel-worn. In fact, if you looked closely, his eyes seemed to flicker with extreme exhaustion.

“Finally I can see exactly what moron has been lighting that incense stick all the time for the past three years!”

Every time the man thought about what he had experienced during the past few years, he got extremely annoyed. Three years ago, he had sensed the medicinal aura of an incense stick he had given away back when he was in the Qi Condensation stage. That immediately caused him to recall the debt he owed back in the mortal world.

The first time he flew out in response to the incense stick being lit, he had assumed it would be a simple matter of heading out and then immediately returning. He had never imagined that before even being able to find the incense, its aura would suddenly vanish, severing his connection to it. If it had happened only once, it wouldn’t have been a big deal. However, over the course of three years, the aura had appeared more than ten times.

Over and over again his search was interrupted, ensuring that he was constantly leaving his sect and then going back. Back and forth, back and forth. It was torment.

As he closed in on Mount Hood, he caught sight of Bai Xiaochun. Fuming with numerous frustrations, the man landed on the mountain top and waved his hand, instantly extinguishing the sputtering incense stick.

The thunder ceased, and Bai Xiaochun stared at the man in shock.

“Are you an Immortal?” Bai Xiaochun asked cautiously. Still unsure about what exactly was going on, he slipped his hand behind his back and grabbed an axe.

“You may call me Li Qinghou. Are you from the Bai Clan?” The middle-aged cultivator’s eyes shone like lightning as he measured up Bai Xiaochun, ignoring the axe behind his back. To him, Bai Xiaochun seemed delicate, almost pretty, and reminded him of his old friend from years ago. Furthermore, his latent talent seemed suitable. Li Qinghou’s anger gradually began to fade. 3

Bai Xiaochun blinked a few times. Although he was still a bit scared, he sat up straight and quietly said, “Junior most definitely is from the Bai Clan. I’m Bai Xiaochun.”

“Alright, well tell me this,” Li Qinghou said, his voice cool. “Why did you light that incense so many times over the past three years!?” He very much wanted to know the answer to this question.

As soon as Bai Xiaochun heard the question, his mind spun as he tried to come up with a good answer. Finally, a melancholic expression appeared on his face, and he looked down toward the village at the bottom of the mountain.

“Junior is a sentimental and righteous person,” he said. “I simply couldn’t bear to part with my fellow villagers. Every time I lit the incense, I was overwhelmed with feelings of sorrow. The mere thought of leaving them behind was far too painful.”

Li Qinghou stared in shock. He had never considered such a possibility, and as such, the anger in his heart faded even more. He could tell from this young man’s words alone that he was definitely good material.

However, the next thing he did was send his divine sense down toward the village, and he heard the sounds of drums and gongs and rejoicing. He even heard the villagers talking about how glad they were that ‘the weasel’ was gone. An unsightly expression appeared on his face, and he felt a headache coming on. He looked back at the charming and pure Bai Xiaochun, who seemed like he wouldn’t hurt a fly, and suddenly realized that this kid was a villain to the core.

“Tell me the truth!” Li Qinghou said, his voice echoing like thunder. Bai Xiaochun was so frightened that he started shaking.

“Hey, you can’t blame me!” Bai Xiaochun said, sounding very miserable. “What kind of crappy incense is this anyway!? Every time I lit it, lightning would start crashing around everywhere! I almost got killed on several occasions! In fact, avoiding that lightning thirteen times was quite a feat!”

Li Qinghou looked silently at Bai Xiaochun.

“If you were so scared, then why did you light it over ten times?!” he asked.

“’Cuz I’m scared of dying!” Bai Xiaochun replied indignantly. “Isn’t the point of Immortal cultivation to be able to live forever? I want to live forever!”

Li Qinghou was once again struck speechless. However, he found the kid’s fascination with living forever laudable, and realized that his personality might change a bit after some hard training in the sect.

After a moment of thought, he waved his sleeve, sweeping Bai Xiaochun up into a beam of light that shot off into the distance.

“Alright, come with me,” he said.

“Where are we going?” asked Bai Xiaochun, suddenly realizing that they were flying. “Ah, we’re so high….” The ground was very, very far down, causing the blood to drain from his face. He immediately dropped his axe and grabbed onto the Immortal’s leg.

Li Qinghou looked down at him clutching his leg. Feeling a bit at a loss, he replied, “The Spirit Stream Sect.”

Content（中文版）

第一章 他叫白小純

帽兒山，位于東林山脈中，山下有一個村子，民風淳樸，以耕田為生，與世隔絕。

清晨，村莊的大門前，整個村子里的鄉親，正為一個十五六歲少年送別，這少年瘦弱，但卻白白凈凈，看起來很是乖巧，衣著盡管是尋常的青衫，可卻洗的泛白，穿在這少年的身上，與他目中的純凈搭配在一起，透出一股子靈動。

他叫白小純。

>“父老鄉親們，我要去修仙了，可我舍不得你們啊。”少年滿臉不舍，原本就乖巧的樣子，此刻看起來更為純樸。

四周的鄉親，面面相覷，頓時擺出難舍之色。

“小純，你爹娘走的早，你是個……好孩子！！難道你不想長生了么，成為仙人就可以長生，能活的很久很久，走吧，雛鷹長大，總有飛出去的那一天。”人群內走出一個頭發花白的老者，說道好孩子三個字時，他頓了一下。

“在外面遇到任何事情，都要堅持下去，走出村子，就不要回來，因為你的路在前方！”老人神色慈祥，拍了拍少年的肩膀。

“長生……”白小純身體一震，目中慢慢堅定起來，在老者以及四周鄉親鼓勵的目光下，他重重的點了點頭，深深的看了一眼四周的鄉親，轉身邁著大步，漸漸走出了村子。

眼看少年的身影遠去，村中的眾人，一個個都激動起來，目中的難舍剎那就被喜悅代替，那之前滿臉慈祥的老者，此刻也在顫抖，眼中流下淚水。

>“蒼天有眼，這白鼠狼，他終于……終于走了，是誰告訴他在附近看到仙人的，你為村子立下了大功！”

>“這白鼠狼終于肯離開了，可憐我家的幾只雞，就因為這白鼠狼怕雞打鳴，不知用了什么方法，唆使一群孩子吃雞肉，把全村的雞都給吃的干干凈凈……”

>“今天過年了！”歡呼之聲，立刻在這不大的村子里，沸騰而起，甚至有人拿出了鑼鼓，高興的敲打起來。

>村子外，白小純還沒等走遠，他就聽到了身后村子內，傳出了敲鑼打鼓的聲音，還夾著歡呼。

>白小純腳步一頓，神色有些古怪，干咳一聲，伴隨著耳邊傳來的鑼鼓，白小純順著山路，走上了帽兒山。

這帽兒山雖不高，卻灌木雜多，雖是清晨，可看起來也是黑壓壓一片，很是安靜。

“聽二狗說，他前幾天在這里被一頭野豬追趕時，看到天上有仙人飛過……”白小純走在山路上，心臟怦怦跳動時，忽然一旁的灌林中傳來陣陣嘩嘩聲，似野豬一樣，這聲音來的突然，讓本就緊張的白小純，頓時背后發涼。

“誰，誰在那里！”白小純右手快速從行囊中拿出四把斧頭，六把柴刀，還覺得不放心，又從懷里取出了一小根黑色的香，死死的抓住。

>“別出來，千萬別出來，我有斧頭，有柴刀，手里的香還可以召喚天雷，能引仙人降臨，你敢出來，就霹死你！”白小純哆嗦的大喊，連滾帶爬的夾著那些武器，趕緊順著山路跑去，沿途叮當亂響，斧頭柴刀掉了一地。

或許是真的被他給嚇住了，很快的嘩嘩聲就消失，沒有什么野獸跑出來，白小純面色蒼白，擦了擦冷汗，有心放棄繼續上山，可一想到手中這根香是他爹娘去世前留給他的，據說是祖上曾偶然的救下一個落魄的仙人，那仙人離去時留下這根香作為報答，曾言會收下白家血脈一人為弟子，只要點燃，仙人就會到來。

可至今為止，這根香他點過十多次，始終不見仙人到來，讓白小純開始懷疑仙人是不是真的會來，這一次之所以下定決心，一方面是香所剩不多，另一方面是他聽村子里人說，頭幾天在這看到有仙人從天上飛過。

所以他這才到來，想著距離仙人近一些，或許仙人就察覺到了也說不定。

躊躇一番，白小純咬牙繼續，好在此山不高，不久他氣喘吁吁的到了山頂，站在那里，他遙望山下的村莊，神色頗為感慨，又低頭看著手中的只有指甲蓋大小的黑香，此香似乎被燃燒了好多次，所剩不多。

>“三年了，爹娘保佑我，這次一定要成功！”白小純深吸口氣，小心的將香點燃，立刻四周狂風頓起，天空更是眨眼間烏云密布，一道道閃電劃過，還有震耳欲聾的雷鳴在白小純耳邊直接炸開。

>聲音之大，氣勢之強，讓白小純身體哆嗦，有種隨時會被雷霹死的感覺，下意識的就想要吐口唾沫將那根香滅掉，但卻掙扎忍住。

>“三年了，我點這根香點了十二次，這是第十三次，這次一定要忍住，小純不怕，應該不會被劈死……”白小純想起了這三年的經歷，不算這次，點了十二次，每次都是這樣的雷鳴閃電，仙人也沒有到來，嚇的本就怕死的他每次都吐口唾沫將其熄滅，說來也怪，這根香看似不凡，可實際上一樣是澆水就滅。

在白小純這里心驚肉跳，艱難的于那雷聲中等待時，距離這里不遠處的天空上，有一道長虹正急速的呼嘯而來。

長虹內是一個中年男子，這男子衣著華麗，仙風道骨，可偏偏風塵仆仆，甚至仔細去看，可以看到他神色內深深的疲憊。

“我倒要看看，到底是個什么樣的人，竟然點根香點了三年！”

一想到自己這三年的經歷，中年男子就氣惱，三年前他察覺有人點燃自己還是凝氣時送出的香藥，想起了當年在凡俗中的一段人情。

這才飛出尋來，原本按照他的打算，很快就會回來，可沒成想，剛尋著香氣過去，還沒等多遠，那氣息就瞬間消失，斷了聯系。若是一次也就罷了，這三年，氣息出現了十多次。

使得他這里，多次在尋找時中斷，就這樣來來回回，折騰了三年……

>此刻他遙遙的看到了帽兒山，看到了山頂上白小純，氣不打一處來，一瞬飛出，直接就站在了山頂，大手一揮，那根所剩不多的香，直接熄滅。

雷聲剎那消失，白小純愣了一下，抬頭一看，看到了自己的身邊多了一個中年男子。

“仙人？”白小純小心翼翼的開口，有些拿不準，背后偷偷撿起一把斧頭。

>“本座李青候，你是白家后人？”中年修士目光如電，無視白小純身后的斧子，打量了白小純一番，覺得眼前此子眉清目秀，依稀與當年的故人相似，資質也不錯，心底的惱意，也不由緩了一些。

>“晚輩正是白家后人，白小純。”白小純眨了眨眼，小聲說道，雖然心中有些畏懼，但還是挺了挺腰板。

>“我問你，點一根香，為什么點了三年！”中年修士淡淡開口，問出了他這三年里，最想要知道的問題。

白小純聽到這個問題，腦筋飛速轉動，然后臉上擺出惆悵，遙望山下的村莊。

>“晚輩是一個重情重義的人，舍不得那些鄉親們，每一次我點燃香，他們也都不舍得我離去，如今山下的他們，還在因為我的離去而悲傷呢。”

>中年修士一愣，這個緣由，是他之前沒想到的，目中的惱色又少了一些，單單從話語上看，此子的本性還是不錯的。

可當他的目光落在山下的村子時，他的神識隨之掃過，聽到了村子里的敲鑼打鼓以及那一句句歡呼白鼠狼離去的話語，面色立刻難看起來，有些頭疼，看著眼前這個外表乖巧純樸，人畜無害的白小純，已心底明朗對方實際上一肚子壞水。

>“說實話！”中年修士一瞪眼，聲音如同雷聲一樣，白小純嚇得一個哆嗦。

>“這不怨我啊，你那什么破香啊，每次點燃都會打雷，好幾次都差點霹死我，我躲過了十三次，已經很不容易了。”白小純可憐兮兮的說道。

>中年修士看著白小純，半晌無語。

“既然你這么害怕，為什么還要強行去點香十多次？”中年修士緩緩開口。

“我怕死啊，修仙不是能長生么，我想長生啊。”白小純委屈的說道。

>中年修士再次無語，不過覺得此子總算執念可嘉，扔到門派里磨煉一番，或可在性子上改變一二。

>于是略一思索，大袖一甩卷著白小純化作一道長虹，直奔天邊而去。
>“跟我走吧。”

>“去哪？這也太高了吧……”白小純看到自己在天上飛，下面是萬丈深淵，立刻臉色蒼白，斧頭一扔，死死的抱住仙人的大腿。

>中年修士看了眼自己的腿，無奈開口。

>“靈溪宗。”

結束語

看完英文版，再回頭來看中文版，真他么。。怪怪的。總感覺像是考試完對答案的時候看閱讀的翻譯一樣。但是我感覺這玩意稍微多看一點，會對語感單詞之類的英語技能有比較大的提升，所以推薦給大家。好吧，我這兒的內容引用并未征得作者同意，不過本文旨在傳播看英文玄幻小說的樂趣，應該僅此一次了。所以，希望耳根大大不要介意我的借用啦。另外。Wuxia World 我算是幫他們拉了點流量的說，雖然人家在國外的瀏覽量大的要命，不過給他們推開一下中國市場的大門也是不錯的嘛。廣告費久不收了。容我借用一章就OK！～～對了。上一個很有意思的手打表情，佩服開發出這個表情的人。。。～（--T）凸
另外，對于下面的這些介紹，我也是笑崩了。好像我這么一個看了十年網文的老司機都沒往這么深去想過～～外國人腦洞真大

Bai Xiaochun’s name in Chinese is 白小純 bái xiǎo chún. Bai is a surname which also means “white.” Xiao means “little.” Chun means “pure”
The word for weasel is literally “white rat wolf,” the first character being the same character as Bai Xiaochun’s surname
Li Qinghou’s name in Chinese is 李青候 lǐ qīng hòu. Li is a very common surname, also the same surname as the Li Clan in ISSTH. Qing means “green, blue, black, azure, etc.” Hou means a lot of things including “time” and “wait”