Wu Bei was secretly surprised. Not to mention Dongzu, this Gengzu was probably over 700 years old. As far as he knew, the lifespan of those who cultivated in the three realms of Earthly Immortality was only 800 years at most. Even so.
Even if he is cured, he may not live for a few more years.
Tang Shengke saw that Tang Tianjue insisted on this, and he said in a deep voice: "Tianjue, Dongming is immersed in his own world, it's best not to disturb him. Gengzu's injury is extremely serious. For hundreds of years, he has been soaked in medicinal liquid to extend his life.
, if you lead people to interrupt rashly, Gengzu will definitely be angry."
Tang Tianjue frowned: "Uncle Wu, what you said is too serious. I will bear all the consequences."
Seeing his persistence, Tang Shengke stopped trying to persuade him and just shook his head.
Tang Tianjue continued: "From tomorrow onwards, Wu Bei will be the chief protector of Tiansha, assisting Bingyun in taking care of Tiansha."
Wu Bei said hurriedly: "Yes. Thank you, Master, for your support."
"Wait!" another person said.
This man has triangular eyes, is very thin, not tall, has a scar on his eyebrow, and has a cold expression.
Tang Tianjue looked at the man and said, "Tang Tianxing, do you object?"
This man's name is Tang Tianxing, the Sixth Elder.
Tang Tianxing: "Sect Master, according to the rules of the Tang Sect, only those who have gone through the initiation ceremony can officially become a member of the Tang Sect."
Tang Tianjue said calmly: "It's just an initiation ceremony, it can be held now."
Tang Tianxing: "The Tang Sect's entrance ceremony is divided into three parts and must not be careless. This time, I will personally preside over it!"
Tang Tianjue narrowed his eyes and said, "Tang Tianxing, what do you want to do?"
Tang Tianxing said calmly: "Master, I just act according to the rules of the Tang Sect!"
When Wu Bei saw these two people arguing over the so-called initiation ceremony, he couldn't help but wonder, and asked Tang Bingyun: "Bingyun, what is this initiation ceremony?"
Tang Bingyun sighed softly and said: "The initiation ceremony is divided into three parts, namely worshiping the sky, worshiping the ancestors, and swearing an oath."
After hearing this, Wu Bei said: "It seems to be nothing."
Tang Bingyun: "You don't know something. You swear that you will undergo a short hypnosis at that level. Those who do not sincerely join the Tang Sect will be exposed."
Wu Bei immediately understood why Tang Tianjue and Tang Bingyun were worried. He did not join the Tang Clan to be loyal to the Tang Clan, but to support Tang Bingyun. At this stage of swearing, it is easy to express his true thoughts. And there are
With such an idea, naturally there is no way to join the Tang Clan.
However, he was not afraid. When it came to hypnosis, he was not afraid of anyone present. He immediately said: "I am willing to participate in the initiation ceremony."
Tang Tianjue glanced at Wu Bei, who nodded slightly to him.
Tang Tianjue: "That's fine, we can choose a date to hold the initiation ceremony. After the ceremony, Wu Bei will be promoted to the post of Chief Protector of Heavenly Slaughter."
The Tang banquet lasted for more than two hours. Wu Bei discovered that Tang Tianjue's control over the elders was not strong. The group was obviously divided into two factions. One faction was headed by Tang Shengke, and the other was from Tang Tianjue. In addition, Di Xin
The controlling forces swung to Tang Tianjue's side, otherwise Tang Tianjue would be at a clear disadvantage.
Wu Bei secretly shook his head, Tang Tianjue was like this as a sect leader, but he, an outsider, would probably be even more difficult to get along with, right?
During the Tang banquet, Tang Tianhe kept asking Wu Bei for advice on how to make alchemy, but Wu Bei only told him one-third of it. This made the Tang clan elder scratch his head and wished he could kneel down on the spot and worship him as his teacher.
Finally, Tang's banquet was over. Tang Xi came over and said with a smile: "Master Wu, thank you for your help today. I have invited Master Longyin to stay at my home. I wonder if you can give me a favor and stay at my home tonight?"
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Tang Xi warmly invited Wu Bei, who couldn't refuse, so he immediately said: "Then I'll trouble Elder Tang."
Tang Xi smiled and said: "It should be."
Tang Tianhe's eyes lit up and he said, "Tang Xi, I will also go to your house tonight."
Tang Xi smiled and said, "If you want to go, of course I won't dare to stop you."
Later, Tang Yan drove the group to Tang Xi's house.
Tang Xi's residence is a continuous building. Not all people in the Tang family live together, but live in separate places, each performing their own duties.
Master Longyin also arrived, and when it was time for dinner, Tang Xi ordered a banquet to be entertained.
Not long after, several more people arrived, including Tang Hongyi and two other strangers. Neither of them had any cultivation level, but they were sick. One was a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, who was timid.
The other one is a man in his early twenties, who is very fat and pale, and is sweating constantly.
Tang Hongyi introduced to Wu Bei: "Master Wu, these two are my relatives. I would like to invite you to come and take a look at your body. Isn't it convenient?"
Wu Beidao: "Of course it's convenient."
He asked the two of them to sit down, first felt the girl's pulse for a moment, and said, "This is a girl who suffered great torture when she was young."
The girl's body trembled slightly, as if she thought of something terrible.
Tang Hongyi sighed and said: "She did experience terrible things when she was a child, which caused her to have nightmares and sleep for no more than an hour a day. I'm afraid that if she continues like this, she won't survive a year."
Wu Bei nodded: "Indeed, her vitality has been severely damaged. If she continues to be frightened and sleepless, she will have a year and a half left at most."
When she heard that it was so serious, the girl immediately started crying, her voice was very miserable.
Wu Bei looked at her and said, "Girl, can you tell me what you went through? If you tell me, I might be able to help you."
The girl looked up at him. Wu Bei's gentle words and encouraging eyes made her relax a little. She looked at Tang Hongyi again.
Tang Hongyi nodded: "Lingzhu, don't be afraid, tell the truth."
The girl named Lingzhu nodded gently and recounted everything she had experienced in her childhood.
It turned out that the girl's name was Yue Lingzhu, and she was the granddaughter of Tang Hongyi's cousin from her hometown. When Yue Lingzhu was ten years old, she was abducted by traffickers and sold to a small village in the mountains.
There are dozens of bachelors in the village, some in their 30s and some in their 60s and 70s. It is a famous bachelor's village all over the country. These old bachelors have little education, are lazy, and are mostly cheating and slippery people.
The village once sent special personnel to help them get rid of poverty, providing sheep, cattle, and seeds. However, they ate the sheep, sold the cattle, cooked porridge and drank the seeds, but refused to work.
If things go on like this, no girl from other villages is willing to marry into this poor village. Anyone with some ambition in the village has moved away, leaving less than half of them singles.
This group of bachelors couldn't find a wife, so each of them used the more than 3,000 yuan in poverty alleviation funds they had just received to pool together tens of thousands of yuan to buy a "daughter-in-law" to share in other places, and the person they bought was
Yue Lingzhu, who is only ten years old.
From then on, Yue Lingzhu began to have a tragic experience. A group of beast-like men, young in their thirties and old in their fifties and sixties, entered the stone house where she was imprisoned every day.
At that time, Lingzhu's screams would sound every once in a while.
On the first day she came to the village, she fell ill, had a high fever, and was bleeding profusely from her body.
A bachelor with a bit of humanity sent her to the clinic. But after getting the injection and taking the medicine at the clinic, Lingzhu was taken back to the village.
