In an instant, everyone's eyes fell on this inconspicuous disciple of Dazhu Peak. Tian Buyi and Suru looked at each other, and Suru smiled slightly and nodded.
Everyone in Dazhu Peak was smiling and gathered around. Lu Daxin patted Zhang Xiaofan heavily on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You brat, I didn't know you were so lucky!"
Zhang Xiaofan scratched his head and stuck out his tongue. His initial surprise turned into surprise. Du Bishu on the side suddenly patted his head regretfully and said, "I should have known who would have won this number just now."
Make a bet on the signature, hehe, it will definitely be a big upset, all kills!"
"Go, go," Tian Linger spat at him, then turned to Zhang Xiaofan and said, "Xiaofan, it's useless for you to enter the second round anyway, why not give this lottery to me!"
Zhang Xiaofan didn't expect the senior sister to say such a thing. He was stunned for a moment, said "oh", and handed over the note with "one" written on it.
Song Daren's face changed slightly, he looked around, and whispered: "Little junior sister, don't be ridiculous."
Tian Linger smiled "chucklingly", as bright as a peach blossom, and the cheeks of her jade-like face turned slightly red. She stretched out her green onion-like fingers, flicked Zhang Xiaofan's forehead, and said: "Little fool, I
just kidding with you."
Zhang Xiaofan blinked and laughed.
At this time, Taoist Cangsong frowned on the elder's side, and then said loudly: "Okay, since the drawing of lots has been completed, all the disciples will come to me and report their names according to the lot numbers. I will post them on the red list later.
Now you know who your opponent is. Now let me ask the head brother to speak."
The originally noisy disciples became quiet when they heard that Master Daoxuan, the master, was going to speak. Master Daoxuan stood up from his seat, walked slowly in front of everyone, glanced at the disciples, and then said: "
Everyone, you are all the elites of the younger generation in our Qingyun Sect, with outstanding qualifications and talents. In the future, the heads, elders, and even my position as the head of the Qingyun Sect will most likely be held by one of you.
Leaders take responsibility.”
The disciples of Qingyun were in a state of excitement, and many of them had expressions of yearning and excitement on their faces.
Master Daoxuan showed a kind smile and said: "Of course, if you want to reach this point and sit in the position of the first elders behind me, you still need to work harder."
Everyone said in unison: "Yes."
Master Daoxuan covered his long beard with his hand, nodded, and said seriously: "My Qingyun sect has always been a famous sect since the founding of the sect by Patriarch Qingyunzi, and now it has become the righteous leader of the world's cultivation path. Now in this world,
The righteous path flourishes, the evil spirits retreat, and the world enjoys peace. However, the remnants of the demonic path are treacherous and vicious, and their intentions are not dead. They seem to be ready to move in recent years. At this time, it is even more important for us, those of the righteous path, to uphold the path and fight against evil, so you must concentrate on
Cultivating the Tao and being determined, as long as we are strong and self-reliant, there will be no gap for evil spirits and heretics to take advantage of us!"
The disciples shouted loudly: "I will obey the master's teachings!"
Master Daoxuan smiled and said: "Okay, okay. There is one more thing I want to announce to everyone: In order to encourage the disciples of Qingyun Sect to work hard towards Taoism and practice inspiringly, I discussed it with all the chief elders and decided to start from this
At the beginning of the next Seven Meridians Martial Arts Competition, after each grand test of the Seven Meridians Martial Arts Competition, a small reward will be given to the final winner."
"Ah!!" There was a commotion among the Qingyun disciples.
Master Daoxuan looked at these young disciples and said with a smile: "The prize this time is the '** Mirror'."
"What is it?" Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment. He had never heard of this thing before and couldn't help but look around him. He saw that Tian Linger, Du Bishu and others also looked confused, and the other young disciples from all walks of life around them seemed to be at a loss as well.
It’s not clear, but disciples such as Qi Hao, Song Daren, and Wen Min, who have been in the industry for a long time, have changed their expressions, with rare excitement and yearning showing on their faces.
At this time, Tian Linger and others also noticed that Senior Brother and others seemed to know something, so they leaned over and asked quietly: "Senior Brother, what is a mirror?"
Song Daren whispered: "The ** mirror is a magic weapon passed down by the tenth generation founder of our sect, Wu Fangzi. I have never seen its specific appearance, but I have heard the master say before that it is one of our sect's rare treasures.
, it is extremely powerful, and there is something more magical about it. As long as the user's spiritual power is strong enough, the mirror can reflect all attacks, making it invincible."
Everyone opened their mouths, and Du Bishu stuttered a little: "Then, wouldn't that mean he is invincible in the world?"
Song Daren shrugged his shoulders and said: "Anyway, I don't know exactly what it looks like, but what Master said is right. This time," he glanced at Master Daoxuan, lowered his voice and said, "Look
This time, the leader and master seem to have spent a lot of money!"
Everyone looked a little weird, and most of them seemed to be secretly swallowing their saliva. It seemed that the rare treasures in front of them, even those who were cultivators, would inevitably be moved by the ordinary people.
Master Daoxuan paused for a while, smiled and looked at the young disciples talking about it. After a while, he said: "Okay, that's basically it. You guys go back and have a rest. The Seven Meridians Martial Arts Competition will begin tomorrow morning."
Qingyun's disciples saluted together and said in unison: "Yes, Master Master."
Master Daoxuan nodded and said, "You go ahead."
All the disciples gradually withdrew, and only the leader of Qingyun Sect's Seven Lineages and a dozen elders were left in the main hall. Master Daoxuan turned around, smiled at those elders and said: "Brothers, you should go back and rest early.
Well, starting tomorrow, there will be many competitions, so you need to worry more."
Some of the elders had white hair and wrinkles, but some looked young and had good looks. After listening to Master Daoxuan's words, they walked out one by one without saying anything. At the end
, in the Yuqing Palace, only the first seat of Qingyun Sect's Seven Meridians is left.
Master Daoxuan slowly put away the kind smile that had always been on his face, glanced at the other six people sitting on the chairs, and said calmly: "Okay, there are only seven of us now."
Shang Zhengliang, the leader of "Chaoyang Peak" sitting on the right, frowned and said, "Brother, headmaster, do you have anything to say to us?"
Master Daoxuan nodded, expressionless, and said slowly: "I just went to see the Spirit Master."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed.
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After walking down the steps, the disciples were still trembling when they passed by the clear water pool, but this time the water unicorn fell asleep peacefully and there was no movement at all.
After crossing Hongqiao and returning to the huge fairyland-like square of "Sea of Clouds", Lin Jingyu said a few words to Zhang Xiaofan, and then went with the disciples of Longshou Peak. Zhang Xiaofan watched him go away,
After walking back to the Dazhu Peak crowd, listening to Song Daren telling everyone some precautions and accommodation conditions, Zhang Xiaofan suddenly remembered something and shouted: "Oh, that's terrible!"
Everyone was surprised. Tian Linger stood beside him and asked in surprise: "Xiao Fan, what's wrong?"
Zhang Xiaofan looked around and said anxiously: "I was just talking to Jingyu and forgot about Xiao Hui. Now I don't know where he has gone?"
Only then did everyone remember that they had indeed never noticed the trace of the gray-haired monkey. At this time, they all looked around, only to see misty white clouds. The disciples of each lineage gradually dispersed, but there was no trace of the monkey Xiao Hui.
Zhang Xiaofan was very anxious. Ever since he brought Xiao Hui back from the valley two years ago, he had been living in the same house with one person and one monkey (and later the big dog Dahuang), and they had a deep relationship. Seeing the towering Tongtian Peak,
The space above and below the cloud is incredibly large. If Xiao Hui goes somewhere to look for wild fruits to eat, how can he find it?
While he was in a hurry, Zhang Xiaofan suddenly heard Tian Linger's "Eh" sound from the other side. He turned around and saw Tian Linger smiling, pointing forward, and said with a smile: "Look."
Everyone looked at it and couldn't help but laugh. They saw Xiao Hui sitting safely on the back of the big yellow dog Tian Buyi raised, shouting "Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi" and waving the monkey's paw towards Zhang Xiaofan, exerting force.
The big yellow dog running towards here had its mouth tightly closed, actually biting a meat bone that it got from nowhere.
Not long after, Dahuang ran up to him carrying Xiao Hui on his back. Xiao Hui jumped onto Zhang Xiaofan's shoulders. Zhang Xiaofan quickly touched its monkey head and said with a fake expression: "Where have you gone?"
Xiao Hui was not afraid. He smiled and pointed at Dahuang who was lying on the ground chewing meat and bones. He kept gesticulating and gesticulating with a "squeak" sound. Zhang Xiaofan looked at it for a long time and suddenly said: "Where do these meat and bones come from?"
Hearing this, Xiao Hui gestured again and pointed in a direction at the end of the square. Zhang Xiaofan looked towards Song Daren, and saw Song Daren quickly looking around, with a rather embarrassed and funny expression on his face. He lowered his voice and whispered: "
That’s the kitchen where Nagato’s disciples eat.”
Everyone was stunned, then laughed and shook their heads. Song Daren took the lead and walked to the other side, saying: "Let's go to the dormitory where we rest. By the way, junior sister, you are a woman, and we have arranged for you and Xiaozhufeng to
Do you have any objection to junior sister and junior sister living together?"
Tian Linger shook her head and said with a smile: "I originally wanted to chat with Sister Wenmin a little more, and at the same time I could help Senior Brother to say some nice things to you."
Everyone laughed, Song Daren's face turned red, he pretended not to hear, and strode out. Everyone behind him was laughing and talking. Zhang Xiaofan, who was walking at the end, did not join in, but stared at the gray monkey on his shoulder and said: "Death"
Monkey, if you become a thief again, let's see how I punish you."
Xiao Hui called out "Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi" twice and grinned. He didn't know whether he didn't understand or didn't take Zhang Xiaofan's words to heart at all.
Zhang Xiaofan scolded it a few more times, walked forward, and after a few steps, he remembered something again, turned his head and said loudly: "Come on, dead dogs know how to eat!"
Dahuang, who was lying on the ground gnawing on the bones, finally raised his eyes and saw that everyone was walking away. Then he stood up, picked up the half-chewed bones and chased after them lazily.
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In the Yuqing Hall, the first of the seven branches of the Qingyun Sect gathered here. At this time, their attention was attracted by Daoxuan Zhenren.
Taoist Tianyun, the leader of "Luoxia Peak", stood up first and said: "Brother, headmaster, can you tell what happened to the Spirit Master just now?"
Master Daoxuan sighed and said slowly: "I have carefully inspected it, and there is nothing unusual about the spiritual master."
"What?" All the leaders had a look of surprise on their faces.
Master Daoxuan looked at these fellow disciples and said: "That's true. I've looked at it several times. Everything is normal with the spirit master. I really can't figure out why it suddenly became so angry and disappeared so quickly!
"
Tian Buyi pondered for a moment and said: "I see that the targets of Spirit Master's attack seem to be a group of young disciples. Could it be that someone has offended it?"
Master Shuiyue, the leader of "Xiaozhu Peak", said: "Impossible. If the disciple really offended the spiritual master, how could the spiritual master give up in one blow?"
Shui Yue was quite beautiful, but when she spoke, her tone was cold, as if there was a hint of chill. Tian Buyi glanced at her and stopped talking.
Master Daoxuan shook his head and said: "Lingzun is an ancient spiritual beast, and his nature is psychic. There has never been such a sudden abnormality in thousands of years. There must be a reason."
Sitting at the head of "Fenghui Peak" on the left, with frost-white temples, Zeng Shuchang, who looked the oldest among the seven people present, said, "Is it possible that the head brother has already made a decision in his mind?"
Master Daoxuan sighed softly and said: "To tell you the truth, I am also confused about this. But Lingzun is my Qingyun Sect's mountain-mounting spirit beast, which is not trivial. I originally wanted to use the 'spiritual technique' secretly taught by our sect.
After checking it out, unexpectedly..."
At this point, Master Daoxuan suddenly stopped. The people next to him had listened halfway, but suddenly stopped talking. Tian Buyi first asked: "Senior Brother, what's wrong?"
Master Daoxuan looked embarrassed and said: "This psychic technique is just a side skill, but it can be used to communicate with the spirit master. Unexpectedly, when I was about to use it, the spirit master had already fallen asleep. I
There is nothing we can do.”
Everyone was speechless.
Master Daoxuan coughed twice and said seriously: "Don't worry about this matter. We will discuss it in the long term after the spiritual master wakes up. There is another matter at the moment that I want to discuss with all the senior brothers."
Seeing that Master Daoxuan looked serious, as if it was no small matter, everyone put away their smiles and sat down seriously.
Master Daoxuan also sat back in his seat, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Everyone, do you know that there is an 'Kongsang Mountain' three thousand miles to the east?" (Note 1)
Everyone was stunned, Cangsong Daoist was the first to come to his senses and said: "Could it be that the head brother is talking about the Kongsang Mountain with the 'Ten Thousand Bats Ancient Cave' on it?"
Master Daoxuan nodded and said: "Exactly."
Uncle Zeng frowned and said: "I heard that the 'Ancient Ten Thousand Bats Cave' is a huge natural cave that goes straight into the ground and is unfathomable. It is cold and damp inside, and only countless bats live in it. It is said that there are millions of them.
.How can Senior Brother bring up such a barren land?"
Master Daoxuan said slowly: "You don't know. Although the Ten Thousand Bats Ancient Cave seems to be inaccessible to humans and animals, it was an important stronghold of the Demon Cult eight hundred years ago. The ancient cave is cold and damp, which is just right for
Those evil demons and heretics practiced demonic methods. Later, under the encirclement and suppression by our righteous people, the demonic cults were defeated and fled, and this place became deserted."
Master Shuiyue said coldly: "Then the head brother mentioned it again now, what does it mean?"
Shuiyue spoke to Daoxuan like this, and his attitude could be said to be quite unfriendly, but everyone here knew that Master Shuiyue always spoke like this to people, so Master Daoxuan didn't take it to heart. He just sighed and said: "Shuiyue
Junior Sister Yue didn’t know that, just half a year ago, I received a letter from Fenxiang Valley, saying that there seemed to be signs of activity by the remnants of the Demon Cult recently near the Ten Thousand Bats Ancient Cave, and asked for my opinion. I thought about it.
Then, I ordered my two disciples Yicai to quickly go to Kongsang Mountain to check it out."
Upon hearing this, Chaoyang Peak Shang Zhengliang smiled and said: "Isn't that great? Xiao Yicai's nephew is extremely talented and has profound cultivation. He is actually the best in the Qingyun Sect. He was even more impressive in the last Seven Meridians Martial Arts Competition.
Returning home after winning the laurels. With him here, what else can't be accomplished?"
Master Daoxuan smiled slightly and said: "Senior Brother Shang is overly praised, but Yicai went to Kongsang Mountain. A few months later, a message came back saying that people from the Demon Sect were indeed found to be active near Wanbat Ancient Cave, and
Their purpose is even more astonishing."
Everyone was surprised, Zeng Shuchang said: "What?"
Daoxuan Zhenren's face was calm, and he could not see any joy, anger, sorrow, or joy. He said: "According to Yicai's letter, he captured a member of the Demon Cult and asked him from his mouth that it turned out that the Wanbat Ancient Cave was a demon cultivator eight hundred years ago.
The main hall of the "Blood Refining Hall", a branch of the sect, is located. At that time, the Blood Refining Hall was very powerful and was one of the five major forces of the Demon Sect. However, after being defeated by our righteous ancestors, it fell into ruin and the Ten Thousand Bats Ancient Cave was abandoned.
.But somehow, in recent years, the Blood Refining Hall, which has been in decline for a long time, seems to be showing signs of rising again. According to legend in the Blood Refining Hall, during the battle at the Ten Thousand Bats Ancient Cave, although all the main figures of the Blood Refining Hall were killed by our righteous people,
Under the sword, there is an extremely secret treasure cave in the Ten Thousand Bats Ancient Cave. There are many rare treasures and evil books in it, and no one has ever discovered it."
At this point, everyone had understood. Cangsong Taoist sneered and said: "The devil is crooked and has wishful thinking!"
Master Daoxuan shook his head and said: "Regardless of whether this rumor is true, but as far as I know, after the battle eight hundred years ago, the righteous people did not find any secret cave treasure house in the Wanbat Ancient Cave. Others.
That’s fine, but if there really is this secret cave for hiding treasures, I’m afraid there will be a very dangerous thing in it, but we must guard against it.”
Everyone looked at Daoxuan, and Taoist Tianyun said: "Senior brother, what kind of dangerous thing are you referring to that is so important?"
Master Daoxuan glanced at everyone around him and said in a deep voice: "Blood-devouring beads!"
Everyone was shocked and Taoist Cangsong asked in surprise: "Didn't this evil thing disappear long ago when the black-hearted old man died?"
Master Daoxuan shook his head and said: "Otherwise, even though the black-hearted old man dies, the blood-devouring beads may not be lost in the world. It seems that such a powerful and evil thing cannot be grasped by ordinary people. If the demon sect has not practiced enough, it will be better to collect it."
It’s unknown. Moreover, the old man with a black heart was born in the Demon Sect’s Blood Refining Hall, so I speculate that the blood-devouring bead is probably in this secret cave.”
After hearing what Master Daoxuan said, everyone was silent for a while. After a while, the cold Master Shuiyue spoke up and said, "What do you want, senior brother?"
Daoxuan Zhenzhen said: "After I received the letter from Yicai, I immediately informed Fenxiang Valley and Tianyin Temple. Soon these two sects also responded and said that they would also send their proud disciples to Kongsang Mountain to stop the demon.
Teach the evildoers and uphold the law to eliminate traitors."
Tian Buyi frowned and said, "What does the head brother mean..."
Master Daoxuan showed a smile on his face and said: "Speaking of it, this is also a rare and great training opportunity. Although there are many young talents in our Qingyun Sect, most of them have not gone out to practice. Moreover, the world has been stable in these years, and they have never had any conflicts with demons.
The Demon Cult confronts each other. Taking advantage of this opportunity of the Seven Meridians Martial Arts Competition, I plan to send the top four young disciples to Kongsang Mountain together. On the one hand, this can prevent the Demon Cult from going the other way, and on the other hand, they can also gain experience.
I have learned a lot. Moreover," he put away his smile and turned his face serious, "and I heard that in the past hundred years, Tianyin Temple and Fenxiang Valley have produced several outstanding disciples with outstanding talents. Let's go again.
If you sit back and ignore it, I am afraid that the status of this righteous leader will not be guaranteed in the future. If this is the case, I, Daoxuan, will not be able to see the ancestors of all generations!"
At the head of the crowd, Taoist Cangsong said first: "Senior Brother, the leader, is far-sighted and what he said is absolutely right."
Daoxuan looked at the leaders and said: "In that case, you all have no objections."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Master Daoxuan said: "Okay, then it's decided. We have arranged residences for all the senior brothers in Yuqing Palace. Please go and have a rest." As he said that, he clapped his palm three times in a row and immediately turned closer to the door.
Several Taoist boys. "You will lead everyone to your room to rest."
The Taoist boys came forward in response, and each leader stood up, bowed to Master Daoxuan, and then followed.
Note 1: From "Dongshan Jing", the fourth volume of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas": The first of the two eastern scriptures is called Kongmulzhi Mountain, facing Shishui to the north, Juwu to the east, Shaling to the south, and Mingze to the west.