Zhao Qian and Dugu Qingxiao looked at each other, and then Dugu Qingxiao frowned and said:
"These nine palaces have clearly executed Chu Ping'an secretly, but they don't want to admit it and are still searching."
Zhao Qian shook his head helplessly and said:
"If they don't do this, the casual cultivators in Liuxian Town may rebel."
Immediately, the two of them stood up and walked out the door while talking.
"boom!"
As the guest room door was slammed shut, the room suddenly became dead silent. .??.??
But just a moment later, an apple placed on the table suddenly shook, and then rolled down from the fruit bowl to the table with a "dong dong dong" sound.
Then, there was a "click" sound, and a snow-white little monkey jumped out from the split apple.
Then, I saw this little snow monkey hugging the Sword Asking Token on the table, then took out a jade tablet from its mouth, and said to the jade tablet:
"Sister, the eight methods of Tiangang you taught me are so useful!"
Not long after, a woman's voice came from the other end of the jade sign——
"Ping An, did you get the sword order?"
Little Snow Monkey immediately held the jade token in both hands and responded in a low voice:
"Sister Lingyue, I got it and will send it to Brother Taiping."
…
Liuxian Town, in a very remote inn.
"It's safe. Just get your things. Be careful when you come back."
Fairy Lingyue was communicating with Ping An, who had sneaked into the residence of the head of Qingxuan Sect.
Xu Taiping on the side also breathed a long sigh of relief after listening to the conversation between the two.
Although his name is already on the list of people who will ask the sword for tomorrow's Sword Leader meeting, he will not be able to enter the venue without the sword-asking order.
And he didn't want to alert the leaders in advance and cause unnecessary trouble.
Therefore, the little monkey was allowed to fetch it safely and quietly.
If you really can't get it, then
no solution anymore.
Fortunately, when Ping An was in the cave in Jinting, he learned the Eight Heavenly Gang Techniques from Fairy Lingyue and knew some basic transformation techniques. In addition, Xu Taiping already had the Qingxuan Sect pass token on his body, so he successfully sneaked into the head of the sect.
room, and found an opportunity to get the Sword Questioning Token.
However, just when Xu Taiping thought that the Wenjian Order could be successfully obtained, Ping An's anxious voice suddenly sounded from the jade tablet——
"Sister Lingyue, the leader and the others seem to have suddenly returned."
"Sister Lingyue, he seems to be here to ask about the sword order!"
Hearing this, Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue looked at each other, and then made a decisive decision:
"Ping An, put the sword-asking order back in its place, and you hide!"
A somewhat panicked Ping An immediately responded:
"good!"
Fairy Lingyue on the side put down the jade token, and then said with some regret:
"We're just a little short of getting the Sword-Questing Order back."
Xu Taiping nodded, and then said helplessly:
"Now it seems that I can only ask the boss in person tomorrow for it."
Fairy Lingyue suggested at this time:
"Taiping, why don't you go and meet with the leader Zhao Qian and your second senior brother in person."
In her opinion, even if Xu Taiping exposes his identity in front of the leaders Zhao Qian and Dugu Qingxiao, there won't be any big problem.
Xu Taiping shook his head firmly and said:
"no."
Fairy Lingyue asked very puzzledly:
"Why?"
Xu Taiping smiled bitterly and explained:
"Sister Lingyue, I'm afraid that if I see them, I won't be able to accept this sword question as fearlessly as I am now."
Hearing what Xu Tianping said, Fairy Lingyue immediately understood.
She just nodded and said:
"People's moods are indeed unpredictable. You might as well not go see those old friends at this time."
Xu Tianping then added:
"Furthermore, with the eyesight of the leader and the second senior brother and their understanding of me, I'm afraid I can't hide some things from them. When the Wenjian competition starts tomorrow, if I ask them for the Wenjian Order, even if they want to ask, it will be too late.
."
If the head Zhao Qian and the second senior brother Dugu Qingxiao were to know that the opponent he was about to face tomorrow was not a monk from the Five Directions World, but a demon cultivator carefully selected by Jiuyuan, they would not be able to agree to Xu Taiping's appearance on the stage.
Questioning the sword.
After Fairy Lingyue thought about it seriously, she also felt that it would be safer to ask for it in tomorrow's competition, and immediately nodded again and said:
"Then let's wait until tomorrow to ask for it."
While the two were talking, the jade slip in Fairy Lingyue's hand that had been silent for a long time finally sounded again -
"Sister Lingyue, the leader took away the sword-asking order, and when he left, he said something strange to Brother Qingxiao who was standing beside him."
Fairy Lingyue immediately asked curiously:
"What words?"
"Ahem, cough, cough, that's what the master said." Ping An, who was in the jade slip, imitated the master's tone and said:
"When we parted, your junior uncle told me many times to carry Taiping's Sword Questioning Order with me."
"He, the old man, has believed from beginning to end that Taiping will definitely be able to catch up with this sword challenge."
"Well, if Taiping really fails to catch up this time, I'm afraid he will be a little bit surprised."
"After all, he probably can't wait until the next Jiangui meeting."
"well……"
"Peace, peace."
"Do you know that we are all thinking about you?
."
Hearing this, Fairy Lingyue sighed softly, and then looked at Xu Taiping aside.
Xu Taiping seemed to be in a daze, quietly looking at the bright moon outside the window.
After a long time, he turned around and looked at Fairy Lingyue with a smile and said:
"Sister Lingyue, I really like this feeling of being missed by others."
As he spoke, Xu Taiping raised his hand to shake it, then lowered his head and continued with a somewhat lonely expression:
"After my grandfather left, I thought that there would never be another person in my life who would miss me as much as my grandfather did."
After Xu Taiping was silent for a moment, he raised his head and said with a smile on his face again:
"But now it seems that I was wrong."
When Fairy Lingyue heard this, she stretched out her hand with a hint of pity in her eyes, and patted Xu Taiping's head very gently, just like she did when she was a child.
Then she smiled and said:
"Peace, this is what you deserve."
Xu Taiping nodded heavily and said "Yeah".
Then, I saw him take a deep breath, put his hand on the handle of the knife at his waist, and his eyes became extremely firm and said:
"At that time, I failed to cure grandpa, but it is different now."
"Unless you break my hands and feet."
"Unless you break the knife in my hand."
"Otherwise no one can take them away from me!"
Listening to the sonorous words of Xu Taiping, Fairy Lingyue, who was standing behind, suddenly had the illusion that what was standing in front of him at this moment was a mountain instead of a person.
…
The next day.
Taiyue Mountain, Tianzhu Peak and Jianping.
"Invite the thirty sword-asking monks from the Heavenly Sword Group to come on stage!"
As the voice of Elder Shoushan rang out, the noise in the stands around Jianping immediately fell silent.