"Little Keluo Xiaoyao has met Hall Master Lin." The next morning, Luo Xiaoyao met Lin Yi after being introduced by Shang You.
Lin Yi was not surprised that Luo Xiaoyao was known as the master of the hall. He also expected that Shang You would reveal his identity to this classmate and fellow apprentice, but he was greatly surprised by Luo Xiaoyao's cultivation level.
Lin Yi was nearly forty years old. He was tall and tall, and had practiced martial arts. He had already entered the realm of Mingqiao Valley. He had also seen Luo Xiaoyao's skills, but he was very surprised. He thought, Luo and Shang are the disciples of the two.
Where are they? How come one is more powerful than the other.
Thinking together, Lin Yi smiled and said: "It's really rare for Brother Luo to have such cultivation at such a young age. Lin asked Brother Shang several times where he was a disciple, but he didn't tell him, haha... I wonder if Brother Luo can do it?
Notice?"
Luo and Shang also guessed that Mo Bushan would offer the sword to the leader of the Jade Alliance. After some calculations, they decided to sneak into the Xingdao Alliance and wait for an opportunity to get Shuilongyin back.
Hearing Lin Yi's question, Luo Xiaoyao answered the question incorrectly: "Hall Master Lin was very complimentary. Fortunately, the teacher urged him sternly, and Xiao Ke just made some achievements. This time he left the mountain and wanted to find a place to go. He heard that Junior Brother Shang was following Hall Master Lin, and Xiao Ke
I also hope that Hall Master Lin will give me some guidance." Underlying his words, he had the intention of defecting to Lin Yi.
"Junior brother?" Lin Yi asked suspiciously.
Shang You hurriedly said: "According to the rules of the academy, seniority is ranked according to the order of admission. Although Shang You is five or six years older than Senior Brother Luo, he entered the academy later than Senior Brother Luo to study, so Senior Brother Luo is the senior.
.”
There are indeed such rules in the world, and Lin Yi trusts Shang You very much. Now that a person who has achieved great success in the Guizhen Realm has come to join him out of thin air, he is naturally very happy. Although Luo Xiaoyao has never said that he has left his master's school, he is also in his heart.
He didn't mind, and laughed loudly when he heard this: "Brother Luo thinks highly of Lin. Since he and Brother Shang are from the same sect and want to join the alliance, Lin will welcome him, haha...Brother Shang is the general
Have you informed Brother Luo about the situation in the alliance?"
Shangyou nodded.
"Okay, I think the skills of Brother Luo and Brother Shang are more than enough to be the guardians of Xiaofeng Hall. It will only be a matter of time before they can be enshrined in the Hall Master, and the Alliance Leader is also right..."
He seemed to have some scruples, and paused: "We'll talk about it when we get back to Jiangling Mansion."
From Xiazhou Zhouzhuang Ferry Road to Jianglingfu, the water was plentiful and the wind was smooth, and the traveling speed was actually no slower than riding a horse on land. We arrived at Jianglingfu City just after noon.
After entering the city, we came to a fish market, but we saw that the roads in the fish market were bumpy, the smell of fish was pungent, and there were few people in the market. They thought it was past the trading time, so Lin Yi led the two of them there.
Arriving at the door of a shop, a man with rolled-up sleeves and bare arms hurriedly put down his sleeves and came up to greet him: "See Hall Master Lin."
"Is Mr. Xu here?"
"Third brother seems to have gone to Lin Dahu's home..."
Lin Yi pondered for a while: "If he comes back...call him to the entrance of the hall to see the master of the hall."
After saying that, he turned around and took Luo and Shang away from the city. They walked nearly twenty miles to the west of the city and came to a village house. The hall in the atrium of this house was very large. There were landscape calligraphy and paintings hanging in the middle of the north wall.
There is a chair in front of the table below, and there are three rows of chairs on the east and west sides, three feet apart. There are four chairs in each row, separated by a coffee table, which is probably a meeting hall.
Lin Yi came to the middle seat and sat down. He motioned for Luo and Shang to take their seats and said with a smile: "The house here is the entrance of my Xiaofeng Hall. The two branches of Guixia and Xiazhou will come as usual at the end of every month."
Discuss the matter, the alliance leader’s birthday party will be held in three days, and they will surely arrive today and tomorrow. As for Brother Luo’s position... just like Brother Shang, he is the protector of the hall, how about it? "
How could Luo Xiaoyao care about the so-called position of Hall Master and Dharma Protector? His purpose this time was just to sneak into the alliance and retrieve the Water Dragon Song. Hearing this, he said: "But it depends on Hall Master Lin's arrangement."
"Haha... Okay, Brother Shang, let's take Protector Luo to change his clothes."
"As ordered." Shang You stood up and responded with his hands raised, leading Luo Xiaoyao to the east wing of the backyard.
"Senior Brother, just wait a minute. I'll go to the front yard to get some clothes..." After a while, he took out a set of blue robes and handed them to Luo Xiaoyao, and said in a low voice: "This house is the place where affairs are discussed in the ordinary hall. Lin Hall
The Lord’s family members are all in the city, and the main house in the backyard is just a place where Hall Master Lin occasionally stays and rests. The wing room opposite is my house, and this room will be where my junior brother will stay in the future.”
"Hehe, this protector is like a guardian... The clothes in this hall are somewhat particular. When discussing matters, everyone must put on clothes that match their status in the hall."
"The hall leader is brown, the protector is cyan, the ordinary leader is black, and the ordinary gangsters are gray. I heard that these rules were set by the alliance leader so that one can see one's status in the alliance at a glance. Just like court officials, these rules
In the alliance, blue clothes are considered the official uniform of second-grade officials in the court, haha..."
Luo Xiaoyao couldn't help laughing when he heard this. The two changed their clothes and came to the atrium meeting hall. They saw a man in black sitting in the hall, but Lin Yi was not seen. The man saw Shang You and Luo
Xiaoyao came in and hurriedly stood up and saluted: "I have met the Protector... my subordinate Xu San, what do you call this Protector?"
Xu San saw Luo Xiaoyao wearing the Tsing Yi that symbolized his status as a protector, but he didn't recognize him. He was surprised and hurriedly introduced himself.
Before Luo Xiaoyao could answer, he heard Lin Yi coming from behind and responded with a smile: "Xu Laosan, this is our hall master's brother Luo, Protector Luo."
"Xu San has met Protector Luo."
Luo Xiaoyao replied: "Brother Xu, there's no need to be polite."
Lin Yi also changed into brown clothes at some point. He still carried the long box with the sword in his hand all the way. He came to the main seat and sat down. He put the long box on the coffee table and said to Xu San: "Lao San, what about Lin Dahu?"
how to say?"
I saw Xu San with an angry look on his face: "This old man Lin... Hey, I heard from the guarantor of the fish market that this big man Lin actually sold the ambergris to the ancient hall master of Xingyu Hall. It would not have been allowed without the order of the hall master.
Show your identity, this ambergris..."
"Oh? This old man, I think he used some kind of deception... However, this hall master has found a treasured sword this time, so I will give him the ambergris."
It turned out that a wealthy family named Lin got a piece of century-old ambergris from nowhere. Lin Yi originally wanted to ask for it as a gift to the leader of the alliance. Later, he heard that a general in Yinzhou had a sword in his hand, so Lin Yi made two preparations.
, while instructing Xu San to go to Lin Dahu to buy it, he took Shang You to Yinzhou to seize the sword.
Xu San was overjoyed when he heard this and glanced at the long box on the coffee table: "Congratulations to the hall master, congratulations to the hall master."
"Haha... Third brother, in two days it will be the day of the alliance leader's birthday banquet. Please inform the other deacons and ask the brothers below to be more alert and not to embarrass Sao Feng Hall."
"If my subordinates know this, they will not embarrass the hall master."
"It has been three years since the Xingdao Alliance was established. This year, for the first time, the alliance has been selecting ministerial positions. The ancient leader wanted to compete for this position based on the ambergris, but he was also out of his mind... Let's see what he said about the ambergris then.
Where it comes from, haha..."
Seeing the puzzled expressions of Luo and Shang, Lin Yi smiled and said: "To obtain the position of worship, one must first have at least one of the skills to enter the realm of spiritual thoughts or enlightenment. The more dangerous the source of the treasures obtained, such as the imperial palace."
The more famous martial arts sects in the inner world can prove the courage and intelligence of the person who seizes the treasure."
"The leader of the alliance took this opportunity to announce the selection of the ministers for worship. This is exactly the intention, so as to prevent the brothers in the alliance from fighting with real swords and guns and hurting the harmony."
"Half a month ago, the leader of this hall couldn't find any treasures. He wanted to give up the fight for the enshrinement position this year. However, he wanted to coincide with the leader's birthday party, so he wanted to ask for ambergris to offer it as a token of his affection. He didn't want to use the power of ambergris.
I'm going to compete for the position of worship, but that old man... Hehe, usually he is very greedy for wealth and loves to put on airs in various halls, so I'm afraid he will make up the idea that this ambergris was taken from the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea, haha..."
Turning to Xu San, he asked: "Has the old man ever seen you? Does Lin Dahu know your identity?"
Xu San shook his head and said: "My subordinate followed the hall master's instructions and asked a guarantor from the fish market to go there. He has never revealed his identity and has never met the ancient hall master."
Lin Yi laughed when he heard this: "Haha, there will be a good show then."
Three days later, in the early morning, Luo Xiaoyao and Shang You came to the meeting hall and saw about twenty people sitting in the hall. Among them, two middle-aged men were dressed in brown.
When Lin Yi, who was sitting, saw Luo Xiaoyao arriving, he introduced to everyone: "This is the new Protector Luo of our hall, and the Protector Monk is a fellow disciple."
Everyone was surprised to see him at such a young age, but they did not dare to look down upon him. They hurriedly introduced themselves one by one. After everyone met Luo Xiaoyao, Lin Yi stood up and said: "Brothers, please keep your spirits up and we will go later."
Don’t lose your momentum when you reach the general stage.”
After making some arrangements, he led everyone out of the house and walked westward for more than twenty miles. They came to the edge of a large lake. There were already five or six small boats waiting by the lake. Lin Yi smiled and said: "Dr. Luo, this is the boss."
The altar is on "Wolong Island" ten miles away in the lake. Unless it is the birthday party of the leader of the alliance, no one who is not the leader of the hall can go up."
Luo Xiaoyao's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. He didn't expect that the main forum of the Taoist Alliance would be on the island in the lake. He looked at Shang You, but saw that Shang You shook his head slightly, wanting to calm him down.
Luo Xiaoyao was a landlubber. He thought that even if he had the opportunity to obtain Water Dragon Song later, he might not be able to escape easily. Looking at the sparkling blue waves, he smiled bitterly in his heart.
About an hour after the incense stick, several ships docked at the edge of an island with green trees. An old man in steward's clothes came up to him. He held his hands to Lin Yi and others and said, "I have seen three hall masters, Xiao Feng."
Tang was the first to come, he is really a caring person, please invite me."
"Thank you very much for thanking you, Deacon Yan." Lin Yi bowed his hands in greeting, turned to Xu San and others and said, "Carry up the gifts and follow."
Then they chatted and laughed with Deacon Yan and entered the island together. They walked on the bluestone path and had a cup of tea. They saw a large courtyard not far away, with white walls and green tiles lined with green willows and branches.
With his head over the wall, the breeze was blowing, and there were two rows of well-dressed men standing at the entrance of the courtyard. When they saw Lin Yi and others arriving, they all bowed their hands and saluted. Deacon Yan said to Lin Yi: "I still have to go to the port to greet the people of Xingyutang and others.
"Everyone, please go to the village first, He Da, and lead the way."
Then a man stepped forward and said, "Please follow me."
There are winding corridors in the courtyard, surrounded by thousands of flowers, and pavilions and pavilions built one after another according to the terrain. When they came to a flat courtyard with pavilions, He Da said to Lin Yi: "The three hall masters can give gifts to
When you get to the courtyard, someone will receive you."
He turned around and said to Luo Xiaoyao and others: "The rest of you will follow me to the meeting hall."
This arrangement was probably due to their status. Luo Xiaoyao and Shang You looked at each other, then said hello to Lin Yi, and followed He Da to the east. After passing through a small bamboo forest, they saw a building on the left and right.
There was a pavilion with a wing, and a plaque with three words "Meeting Hall" hung in the middle. There were several servants and maids walking around in front of the wing, as if they were preparing food. He Da led everyone into the hall and left.
I saw that the hall was nearly ten feet wide and more than five feet deep, like a palace. There was a red blanket in the middle, and a desk more than three feet high and five feet long was placed in the middle. There were two three-foot-long tables on the left and right sides.
Tables with long feet are placed side by side.
There are several rows of low tables on the east and west sides of the hall. There are three tables in the front row and six tables in the back rows. Each two tables are side by side. There are fruits and melons on the tables. A man in his late forties
The man in black came over and bowed his hands to everyone: "The row in front is for the heads of each hall, followed by the guardians. The rest can take their seats as they please. The seats to the east are the Sao Feng Hall, and the seats to the west are the Xing Yu Hall."
Fengming Hall was not mentioned either.
Luo Xiaoyao and Shang You looked at each other and came to sit next to each other on the embroidered pier in the second row to the east. Shang You frowned and said softly: "Brother, take a look at it slowly."
There were many people at this time, so Shang You could only remind him loudly. Luo Xiaoyao nodded, but Xu San said behind him: "Two guardians, this banquet should start in the afternoon. The island's manor has beautiful scenery, you might as well go out and have a look...
"
Shang You shook his head and said: "The hierarchy in the alliance is very strict, so people are probably not allowed to move around freely."
Xu San whispered, "If I can find a position in the general forum...ah." It seemed that his idea was impossible to realize, so he sighed.
A man in green who was sitting across the aisle from Shang You said with a smile: "Why should Deacon Xu sigh? If Hall Master Lin gets the position of worship, wouldn't Deacon Xu get his wish by asking for the status of a follower?"
Xu San's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he must have had this idea in his mind. He chuckled and said, "Yes, I hope that as Protector Zhang said, I can live peacefully on this lake and island surrounded by mountains..."
A man in black said with a smile: "Third brother, could it be that my wife gave birth to a son last year and she started to be greedy for life and afraid of death? Haha..." The rest of the people laughed softly after hearing this.
"A lake island surrounded by mountains?" Luo Xiaoyao suddenly felt something. He remembered hearing Chu Nanfeng mention it and understood Master Jue's assertion that "there are immortal shadows in a thousand mountains and one lake." He instantly felt that his wife Ma Xilan might be in the lake.
On the island, not in the mountains where the master guessed there was a lake.
At that moment, his heart was shocked and he said to Shang You: "Junior brother Shang has been in Jingzhou for more than a year. Have you ever heard of... Qianshan Lake, Qiandao Lake or a large lake with many islands?"
Shang You was startled when he heard the words, and thought for a moment: "There are many lakes in the land of Jingchu. If we talk about lakes with many islands, there are also quite a few. I have never heard of Qianshan Lake and Qiandao Lake."
The Protector named Zhang continued: "Protector Luo, if there are many lakes and islands, there are also many in the Southern Tang Dynasty. I wonder what other characteristics the islands mentioned by Protector Luo have?"
Luo Xiaoyao pondered for a moment, repeating in his heart: There are immortals in thousands of mountains and lakes. After a while, he suddenly raised his head and asked: "Is there ever a lake or island name with the word "immortal" in it?"
The protector Zhang thought for a while and said with a smile: "There are many lakes and islands with the word "immortal" in the rivers and lakes, but when it comes to unnamed ones... there is a lake near Zhang's hometown Yuanzhou called Fairy.
lake."
"Fairy Lake?" Luo Xiaoyao's heart moved and he asked quickly: "Where is this Fairy Lake in Yuanzhou?"
"It's more than a hundred miles east of Yuanzhou, but I don't know if it's the lake island that Protector Luo is looking for..."
"Thank you so much, Protector Zhang, for informing me." Luo Xiaoyao thanked him with his hands, thinking that after finding Shuilonglin and asking about the whereabouts of Monk Mingwu, he went to Fairy Lake to investigate.
The protector Zhang was about to return the favor when he heard a burst of laughter at the door, and then more than 20 people walked in. The six leaders were all dressed in brown clothes, and they were from Xingdao Alliance Xiaofeng and Xingyu.
The leader of the hall, Mo Bushan, who calls himself Mo Er, is among them, and the other nearly twenty people are the protectors and leaders of Xingyu Hall.
Luo Xiaoyao was sitting at the front seat of the second row to the east. Lin Yi had not yet taken his seat in front of him. Na Mo Busan naturally saw Luo Xiaoyao, his expression changed, and he couldn't help but stop. Lin Yi, who was walking side by side, suddenly stopped when he saw him.
He couldn't help but be startled, and saw Mo Busan looking at Luo Xiaoyao, with a look of surprise on his face, thinking that he was jealous that he had harassed another master, so he smiled proudly and said: "How is it? Hall Master Mo also saw that Lin
Isn’t the new protector very skilled? Haha, come on, come on, Lin will introduce to Hall Master Mo, introduce..."
After Mo Bushan escaped from seizing the Water Dragon Song, he noticed that Luo Xiaoyao's skills seemed to be more than perfect at the Return to True Realm, and he was quite wary. He thought that a weak-headed young man's skills had reached the realm of divine thoughts, and he was carrying a sword, and the masters behind him were afraid.
It's not simple. At this time, most of the martial arts masters are hiding in famous mountains and rivers, and there is no way to guess. I secretly warned myself to be more careful in the future, but I didn't expect that today I would meet at the Xingdao Alliance's main forum.
After hearing that it was Lin Yi's new protector, Mo Bushan calmed down and thought, the sword has been given to the alliance leader, and the alliance leader will solve the problem when the time comes. However, after hearing Lin Yi's words, he didn't seem to know the inside story.
Then he smiled and said: "Congratulations to Hall Master Lin. Since ancient times, heroes have been born in young men. Okay, okay, let's get to know Mo."
When he came to Luo Xiaoyao, he didn't say anything yet, but he saw that Luo Xiaoyao looked like he was smiling but not smiling. He had already stood up and raised his hands to greet him: "Luo Xiaoyao has met the Second Hall Master Mo."
"Nice to meet you, nice to meet you." Mo Busan returned the greeting with a smile, then turned around and sat down in the middle of the front row opposite.
Lin Yi was stunned and said to Luo Xiaoyao: "Protector Luo knows Hall Master Mo? Mo Er?"
Luo Xiaoyao smiled: "When I was in Xiazhou, I had an acquaintance with Hall Master Mo and drank a jar of wine together. At that time, Hall Master Mo called himself Mo Er, and my subordinates were afraid that there would be "flying to the sky and escaping to the earth"
"The capable Hall Master Mo forgot, so he calls himself Mo Er... Just a reminder."
The underlying intention was to ridicule Mo Er for escaping into the water. The reason why Luo Xiaoyao taunted him was not to show off his rhetoric, but to test Mo Busan's reaction.
Before coming to this main forum, he had some calculations in his mind. At this time, he was also considered a member of the Taoist Alliance. If Mo Busan became angry due to shame, Lin Yi would definitely not stand aside and watch by saying that Shui Longyin was taken away by Mo Busan out of greed.
Mo Busan, who was more than ten feet away, also heard the sarcastic words, but he raised his eyes to the door as if he hadn't heard it.
Lin Yi was stunned again when he heard this. He thought that Mo Busan was the head of the Xiazhou Hall of Xingyu Hall. It was possible that he would meet Luo Xiaoyao, but hearing the sarcasm in Luo Xiaoyao's tone, Mo Busan, who was usually very face-conscious, was
He turned a deaf ear, guessing that there might be some trouble between the two of them, but at this time, it was not convenient for him to ask in detail.
He has a rather defensive personality. After sitting down, he turned to Luo Xiaoyao and whispered: "If this guy bullied Protector Luo, just tell him. After today, Lin will go and reason with him."
Seeing his sincere expression, Luo Xiaoyao was grateful: "Thank you very much, Master, for your concern. I will take care of it myself."
Lin Yi became more convinced of his thoughts after hearing this, and looked at Mo Busan opposite with a half-smiling look.
The several hall leaders of this Taoist Alliance were all bandits and water thieves working in their own way at first. When the Jade Alliance Leader appeared from the sky and subdued them by force, they often had conflicts with each other. The details of the Jade Alliance Leader were unknown to everyone.
You know, no one knows how long this Taoist alliance will last, so secretly everyone is wary of each other and makes each other worse. Lin Yi takes great care of his fellow countryman Shang You, and he is also partial to Luo Xiaoyao, plus Mo Busan looks like
It was a mistake, so I wanted to take the opportunity to suppress Mo Bushan.
Mo Bushan listened to Luo Xiaoyao's sarcastic words. Although he didn't hear the words, he was thinking for a while. He focused on practicing Qinggong and water nature, just to escape when he was unable to fight with others. His state of mind was originally
If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, you will naturally not forget your destiny when you see the benefits, and strive to obtain a position of worship. This is also for the benefit of getting more salary and doing less risky things.
He knew nothing about Alliance Leader Jade, like Lin Yi. He knew in his heart that Alliance Leader Jade was just using him and others. If the master behind Luo Xiaoyao was a tough opponent, he might not end well by then. Seeing Lin again
Yi had a wicked smile on his face, and felt regretful about taking the sword. However, thinking that the sword had been given to the Jade Alliance Leader at this moment, if Lin Yi knew the truth, he would not dare to attack himself. Thinking of this, he
He has the courage to talk and laugh with his subordinates all his life.