At this time, everyone in the hall was talking and seemed to be talking about something. The young Taoist priest who led Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu dressed up his robes outside the door and said respectfully: "Master, uncles and disciple Chang Jian, I have been ordered to general
Two little ones..."
Before he finished speaking, a shrill cry suddenly came from above this sacred and solemn hall, interrupting him: "Ghost, evil ghost! Ghost!..."
Chang Jian was startled, but Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu were even more surprised. Although the voice was sharp and unpleasant, it was extremely familiar. Zhang Xiaofan couldn't care less and rushed into the hall at once, shouting: "Second Uncle Wang
, Uncle Wang, is that you?"
In his panic, his shouts were a bit anxious and a bit crying. Everyone saw this and felt a little unbearable in their hearts. Behind the crowd, in the corner of the hall, was a middle-aged man dressed as a woodcutter.
Holding his head with both hands, he huddled tightly in the corner, his whole body trembling, and the sound of "Ghost, ghost..." came from the gaps in his handwriting.
Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu, who followed him, immediately recognized this man as a woodcutter in Caomiao Village. His surname was Wang, the second oldest. He was kind-hearted and smiled all day long. He was also very good to their group of children. He usually went to the mountains to hunt.
After providing firewood, he would bring some wild fruits from the mountains and distribute them to the children.
Zhang Xiaofan rushed over without thinking, ran to Uncle Wang, grabbed his shoulders with force, and said loudly: "Uncle Wang, what happened? Why are everyone in the village dead? And, where is my mother?
Where is my dad, how are they? Tell me!"
Uncle Wang heard Zhang Xiaofan's repeated questions and seemed to be touched. He stopped saying "ghost, ghost" for the time being and slowly raised his head and looked at Zhang Xiaofan in front of him.
Everyone in the main hall was suddenly moved, and everyone fell silent. Even some people sitting on the chairs couldn't help but stand up and look at this place.
But Uncle Wang's eyes were red, full of fear and confusion. He looked at Zhang Xiaofan for a long time, but said nothing and frowned, as if he was thinking hard about something?
At this time, someone in the Qingyun Sect couldn't help but take a step forward. Just as he was about to speak, he was quietly held back by someone beside him.
Zhang Xiaofan saw that Uncle Wang didn't respond for a long time, but just looked at him lifelessly. He was very worried and said loudly: "Uncle Wang, what's wrong with you?"
Unexpectedly, when Uncle Wang shouted loudly, his whole body trembled, with a look of fear on his face. He suddenly rolled to the side and crawled to the side. He held his head in his hands, huddled up, and kept wailing: "Ghost, ghost, ghost, ghost, ghost!"
What a ghost!..."
Sighs suddenly broke out in the hall, everyone in Qingyun Sect had a look of disappointment on their faces, and those who had just stood up also sat back slumped. Zhang Xiaofan was still waiting to ask, but he was grabbed by Lin Jingyu who was standing aside.
Zhang Xiaofan turned around in confusion, only to see tears in the corners of Lin Jingyu's eyes, and said sadly: "It's useless, he has gone crazy!"
There was a "boom" in Zhang Xiaofan's head, and he froze on the spot, speechless.
Lin Jingyu was one year older than him, and his thoughts were more detailed. He took a look at the people in the hall and saw that everyone in the hall was wearing Qingyun sect clothes. There were men and women, with morals and customs. Most of them had weapons.
Most of them have long swords. Among them, the six people sitting on the chairs are even more outstanding and outstanding. Among these six people, there are three Taoism and three seculars, especially the one sitting in the middle who is wearing a dark green Taoist robe, has a crane-bone fairy style, and has warm and bright eyes.
, naturally it is the famous Qingyun Sect leader Daoxuan Zhenren.
Lin Jingyu didn't say much at that moment. He pulled Zhang Xiaofan and ran to the six people. He knelt down in front of Master Daoxuan and kept kowtowing "bang bang bang".
Master Daoxuan looked at the two of them carefully, sighed slightly, and said, "Poor children, just get up."
However, Lin Jingyu did not stand up. He looked up at this immortal figure and said sadly: "Sir, we are young and ignorant. We suddenly suffered such a big change. We really don't know what to do. You have great magical powers and can
Knowing the past and the future, please make the decision for us!"
Zhang Xiaofan was not as good at talking as he was, and his mind was in a mess at the moment, so he also said: "Yes, Grandpa Immortal, you have to make the decision!"
Everyone couldn't help but smile after hearing this. Zhang Xiaofan was childish and ignorant, but then everyone's eyes fell on Lin Jingyu.
Lin Jingyu was young, faced with great changes, and facing a world-famous master like Master Daoxuan, but he still spoke in an orderly and clear manner. This calmness was far better than that of ordinary children, not to mention the clueless
As far as I know, Zhang Xiaofan still regards Daoxuan as a god.
The massacre in Caomiao Village was an unheard-of thing that had never happened to the Qingyun Sect in thousands of years. It happened at the foot of the Qingyun Sect, and the Qingyun Sect was shocked. After receiving the report, Master Daoxuan was shocked and angry, and immediately summoned the heads of the other six branches for discussion.
.At this moment, except for Master Shuiyue, the leader of the "Xiaozhu Peak" lineage, the leaders of the other five lines are all present.
The person who can serve as the leader of the Qingyun Seven Meridians is naturally the top person in the Qingyun Sect; and the top person in the Qingyun Sect is naturally the top person among the practitioners of Taoism in this world. Everyone here has a burning gaze,
At this time, they all said in their hearts: "What a beautiful piece of jade."
Master Daoxuan smiled slightly and said: "I don't know the future or the past, but you live at the foot of Qingyun Mountain, and I, the Qingyun Sect, will naturally not ignore you. It's just that I have a few questions to ask you, and I hope you can answer them well."
Lin Jingyu nodded and said: "Yes, I will tell you everything I know. Please ask the real person to ask."
Master Daoxuan nodded and said, "How did you escape this disaster?"
Lin Jingyu was stunned and said: "To tell you this, I remember sleeping in bed at home last night, but when I woke up in the morning, I was lying under a pine tree in the wild with Xiaofan. I don't know what happened. Later, Xiaofan
Fan woke me up and we ran back to the village together. When we saw that, that, that scene, we fainted from fright."
Master Daoxuan frowned, looked at Zhang Xiaofan, and said, "You woke him up, so what did you do?"
Zhang Xiaofan thought for a moment and said, "I didn't know how I ended up there. When I woke up, I saw Jingyu next to me, so I woke him up."
Master Daoxuan and the other leaders looked at each other with confusion in their eyes. If there was an expert to rescue them, why did they only save these two children? If not, they couldn't explain it anyway!
Master Daoxuan pondered for a moment and said, "That means you know nothing about what happened last night."
The two said in unison: "Yes."
Master Daoxuan sighed and called out: Song Daren."
"Disciple is here." A Qingyun disciple came out in response. He was tall and burly, dressed like a layman. The position he was standing just now was behind a short and fat man who was sitting. It seemed that he was a disciple of that person.
Master Daoxuan said: "You were the first to discover the incident in Caomiao Village. Please tell me again what happened that day."
Song Daren's voice was thick and clear, and he said: "Yes. Early this morning, the disciple and several fellow disciples returned from doing business and flew back in the air. When passing over Caomiao Village, the disciple inadvertently lowered his head and discovered that there were more than 200 corpses in the village.
The dead bodies were piled up together, and it was too horrible to see. The disciples and others hurriedly went down to check, and only found these two children at the back of the village. Seeing that they were unconscious, they asked a junior brother to send them back first. Later, they were in the toilet at the edge of the village."
He pointed at Uncle Wang, who was huddled in the corner, and said, "I found this person. But his eyes were dull and his mind was in a trance. No matter how the disciples asked, he didn't answer. He only repeated the words: ghost, ghost, evil ghost."
"
Lin Jingyu trembled and said in a trembling voice: "Brother, have you counted the number of people?"
Song Daren had sympathy in his eyes and said: "I found a junior brother who trades firewood with your village on weekdays. He is very familiar with the situation of the villagers in your village. After his identification and our counting, forty people in Caomiao Village
There are a total of 247 people in the two families, and except for the three of you, they are all dead."
Although they had already had a premonition in their hearts, after hearing Song Daren's clear and affirmative words, Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan couldn't help but their eyes darkened and they almost fainted again.
Master Daoxuan sighed softly, flicked his left hand, and a red bead flew out of his sleeve. It flew to Zhang and Lin, and rolled a few times on their foreheads and hearts. Suddenly, there was a cool air,
Entering through the body. Somehow, the tense nerves in their hearts seemed to relax. Suddenly they felt exhausted mentally and physically. They couldn't help but lie down on the main hall and fell asleep.
Master Daoxuan waved his hand, and all the standing disciples saluted, and then retreated one by one. Only six of them were left in the hall.
At this time, the short and fat man said: "Brother, you are temporarily calming them down with the 'Calming Pearl', but what are you going to do with them after they wake up?"
Master Daoxuan pondered for a moment, turned to the Taoist sitting first on the left, and asked: "Junior Brother Cangsong, what do you think?"
Daoist Cangsong is tall and has a solemn appearance. He is the leader of Qingyunmen's "Dragon Head Peak" lineage. Among Qingyunmen, apart from Daoxuan Zhenren's Nagato, his Longshoufeng lineage is the most powerful. Cangsong has a serious nature.
, in addition to managing the disciples of his own lineage, he is also in charge of the punishment of the entire Qingyun Sect. Although the Qingyun disciples usually have great respect for the leader Daoxuan Zhenren, what they are most afraid of is the unsmiling Cangsong leader.
At that moment, Taoist Cangsong frowned, and after a while, he said: "There are many doubts about this matter, and I'm afraid I won't be able to find out clearly in my hurry. But the villagers of Caomiao have always been simple, and we can't ignore their orphans. I think it's better to
Let’s take them both under our wing.”
Master Daoxuan nodded and said: "Yes, that's what I mean. These two children are lonely and we have to take care of them. But I haven't accepted disciples for many years. I wonder which junior brother can take them under my disciples?"
"
At this time, the short and fat man, Tian Buyi, the leader of the "Dazhu Peak" lineage of Qingyun Sect, said: "Brother, in my opinion, it is best not to let the two of them belong to the same sect. They have similar life experiences.
If you stay together, every time you see the other person, you will think of the past, and if you are so angry, I am afraid that the future will not be good!"
Master Daoxuan thought for a while and said: "Junior brother Tian is right. They have suffered such a big change at such a young age. We should resolve their resentment. It is really inappropriate for them to live in the same place. Then we need two people.
A junior brother has come to take them in." As he said that, he looked towards everyone.
I saw the heads of the other Five Meridians, headed by Cangsong. The eyes of Tian Buyi and others fell on Lin Jingyu almost at the same time, wandering around and refusing to leave, but no one paid attention to Zhang Xiaofan who was beside him.
In the way of cultivation, qualifications are extremely important. There is often a saying in the world that genius enlightens the Tao, which is better than a hundred years of practice. And the people of the Qingyun Sect have a deep understanding of this. When the Qingyun Sect was at the end of its road, only one person with amazing talents and extraordinary talents could
Qingjiu, each lineage appears to be friendly on the surface, but inside they all have the intention of competing with each other. Seeing Lin Jingyu's extraordinary qualifications, no one can say for sure whether he will be the next Qingye Patriarch, not to mention that the worst he can do is earn a few disciples.
He is a disciple, but he will not let other branches get the opportunity. Originally, no one would dare to compete with the prestige of Daoxuan Master, but Daoxuan himself said that he would not accept it. How can you miss such a good thing?
As soon as Shang Zhengliang finished speaking, Taoist Tianyun, the first of "Luoxia Peak", said at the side: "Senior Brother Shang, you have two hundred disciples under your sect. If all of them are destined to be with you, your fate will be inevitable.
Too much."
Shang Zhengliang blushed and was about to speak, but Tian Buyi said first: "Senior Brother Tianyun is right. When it comes to the number of disciples, the least of you is more than a hundred, but my Dazhu Peak lineage only has seven people. Tai
It doesn’t look like it. It’s not as good as…”
At this time, Cangsong Taoist interrupted him and said: "Junior Brother Tian, these two children have such pitiful life experiences. What we want to give them is the best care, rather than taking into account the number of ourselves." After speaking, he
He turned to Master Daoxuan and cupped his hands, saying: "Senior Brother, this child is indeed a good material. Please allow me to take him into my sect. I will teach him carefully and make him become a talented person, so as to comfort the souls of the dead in Caomiao Village."
."
Master Dao
Come to the door."
Cangsong smiled slightly and said: "Thank you very much, Senior Brother."
Everyone saw that they had been in the same sect with Cangsong for a long time. They knew that Cangsong was usually stern, but today he smiled with great joy, and they couldn't help but feel angry secretly. But Master Daoxuan said something, and Cangsong's Longshou Peak lineage
He was so powerful that he had no choice but to swallow it.
Daoxuan paused for a moment and then said: "Then this other one..."
Shang Zhengliang coughed and closed his eyes; Tianyun looked at the ceiling of the main hall and suddenly seemed to find that the patterns there were particularly beautiful; Tian Buyi laughed dryly, suddenly sleepiness came over him, and he was about to fall asleep; but he hadn't plugged in just now
Zeng Shuchang, the leader of the other lineage "Fenghuifeng" whose mouth had been snatched away, simply fell into trance and seemed to have ignored the affairs here from the beginning.
Only Taoist Cangsong, who had won the victory, looked at everyone coldly, but his eyes were full of smiles.
Master Daoxuan couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, but he was such a person, so naturally he wouldn't say why you don't want him because of his poor qualifications. He just thought about it and immediately found a scapegoat.
"Junior Brother Tian." Master Daoxuan's smile looked so kind at this moment.
Tian Buyi's heart skipped a beat and he immediately jumped up. Just as he was about to speak, Master Daoxuan preempted him by saying: "The incident in Caomiao Village was first discovered by your disciple Song Daren. It seems that this child is very close to your Dazhufeng lineage."
It's fate. Hehe, you'd better accept it as my disciple."
Tian Buyi was very worried. Zhang Xiaofan's qualifications were average. He could tell at a glance that he was just a burden to his disciples, so he naturally didn't like it. He was about to tell the difference, but Daoxuan was willing to give him a chance to speak, and said: "Okay
, this matter has come to an end, all junior brothers should also pay attention to investigate this matter, do you understand?"
Cangsong and others stood up together and said in unison: "Yes."
Master Daoxuan nodded, coughed a few times, and quickly walked into the back hall without looking at Tian Buyi. After his figure disappeared in the main hall, there was sudden laughter in the Yuqing Hall of Qingyun Gate.
came out.
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Song Daren, a disciple of Dazhu Peak, had been waiting outside the door of Yuqing Hall. He finally waited until the masters came out and went to greet him. He saw Master Tian Buyi holding Zhang Xiaofan in his arms. He couldn't help but be startled and said: "Master, what's wrong?"
When Tian Buyi saw him, he felt angry and said angrily: "What? You are stupid, aren't you! Why don't you take it over quickly?"
Song Daren quickly picked up Zhang Xiaofan, who was still sleeping. Tian Buyi was furious, but he happened to glance at Shang Zhengliang who walked out at the same time. Tianyun and others snickered to themselves, and they were even more annoyed in their hearts, and shouted to Song Daren.
: "Let's go now, why are you hanging out there?"
After saying that, he ignored the rest and made a stroke with his right hand. Red light flashed through the air. He raised a long red sword. Without seeing how he moved, he floated the sword and flew away through the air.
Song Daren was confused for a moment, but at least he understood that he had an extra junior brother. He looked at Zhang Xiaofan in his arms and couldn't help but said: "Little junior brother, I don't know your name yet?"
Zhang Xiaofan, on the other hand, remained in a deep sleep, unaware that his fate had turned a big turn without even realizing it.