Jiang Lingyan is the only woman in control of the outer mountains of Wanjian Sect today. Among the four glances, two are obviously hostile and gloating.
Since she took over the authority of the Taoist Temple from the appointment of the dean, she has led Yuyang Taoist Temple for more than ten years. During this period, she has achieved the highest glory and also fallen into the trough like now.
But no matter which of the above situations she faced, this woman who was not yet fifty years old remained consistent and calm from beginning to end. She was never proud when she was brilliant, nor was she discouraged when she was defeated.
Standing tall and proud, standing tall on heaven and earth.
Du Jia saw that his dean quickly calmed down his unhappy expression and turned it into a calm one. He closed his eyes and said softly: "There is still half an hour before the conference starts, why are you in such a hurry?"
"Hmph!" Yu Chuan snorted coldly and looked at the disciples on the stage, "Half an hour before the start of the academy examination, all the disciples must arrive and prepare in advance. This is an unwritten rule of our sect. He won't come
, it means that disciples who are fearful and timid are not worthy of entering the three main peaks!"
In the past two years, because Yuyang Taoist Temple has been unable to deliver new power to the three main peaks, Yu Chuan learned from informants in the inner sect that some inner sect elders intended to remove Jiang Lingyan as the dean.
Now he happened to be in front of Elder Neimenlu. If he could lower Jiang Lingyan's face, it would greatly increase his chances of getting rid of this thorn in his side.
Hearing Yu Chuan's words, Lu Sheng frowned, waved his hand and said: "Yu Chuan, there is no need for you to target Dean Jiang like this. Come to the venue half an hour early. Since it is not written on the paper, are the disciples willing?
It doesn’t matter if you arrive early.”
"Yes..." Yu Chuan sneered and stopped talking.
"Du Jia." At this time, Jiang Lingyan suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Du Jia.
"Yes." Du Jia trembled and responded quickly.
"As a lecturer in a Taoist academy, your words and deeds are always seen by your disciples. How can you be so flustered?"
Jiang Lingyan's cold voice of admonishment made Du Jia lower his head and did not dare to say anything anymore. But in his heart, he did not hate the dean for this.
He knew that the dean was trying to excuse him. His rash step on stage was likely to arouse the dissatisfaction of the inner sect elder. If the inner sect elder opened his mouth and ordered him, the end would be much more tragic.
"You don't need to go down, it won't be long in half an hour, just wait and see."
Du Jia, who obeyed Jiang Lingyan's order, stood up and walked a few steps to her side, then stood aside and stopped talking.
"Heh, I want to see if you can wait for that kid."
When he looked around the arena earlier, he found that his disciple Gao Yi was not among them. Recalling his previous instructions to Gao Yi when assigning tasks, he guessed that Gao Yi might have made his own decisions and trapped Su Xing somewhere.
"Good job..." He said to himself in a very weak voice.
If Gao Yi also missed the academy examination because of this incident and failed to get the qualification to enter the three main peaks, Yu Chuan thought that maybe he could use something else to make up for it... As for what it was, that was a story later.
All in all, Gao Yi was very satisfied with how he handled this matter.
Time passed by minute by second. In the bustling venue, half an hour passed quickly. Soon, it was less than a cup of tea before the college examination started.
Du Jia looked down at the arena and found that each of the disciples was already gearing up and eager to try.
However, Su Xing has not appeared yet.
This made his heart sink. He looked at the dean beside him. He saw that the dean still looked calm, with his eyes closed and silent, like a sculpture.
But he didn't know whether this silence was the tranquility before the anger came.
As Su Xing's teacher, if he really failed to appear on this stage in the end, Du Jia was mentally prepared to resign as a Taoist lecturer.
He was ashamed of Jiang Lingyan.
At this time, Yu Chuan's voice sounded again at an inappropriate time.
"Elder Lu, you see that the academy examination is about to start, but the disciples from Yuyang Taoist Academy have not shown up... Do you think we should give him one more time to burn incense, or should we start here?"
The sinister words made Liu Su on the side couldn't help but cover her mouth and suppress her laughter.
"Ahem," Lu Sheng in black robe coughed twice, turned his head slightly and looked at Jiang Lingyan aside, but saw that the other party had a cold look, without even raising his eyelids.
Lu Sheng's expression suddenly turned gloomy. He didn't expect that the dean of a mere outer mountain Taoist temple would dare to be so disrespectful to him when he was in the wrong. This was really beyond his expectation.
It seems that those old guys are right. This Jiang Lingyan is not very capable, but her temper is not bad. After returning this time, she must report this matter to the sect leader. Discuss carefully whether Jiang Lingyan is still qualified to be a
Dean!
Thinking of this, Lu Sheng's words suddenly became cold: "Jiang Lingyan, although there is still time for a cup of tea before leaving the hospital, for your sake, I can give that Su Xing one more time to burn incense.
"
After speaking, he stared at the other party coldly, wanting to see how she would react.
Facing everyone's gaze, Jiang Lingyan slowly opened her eyes, and light appeared in her dark eyes. The corners of her mouth were slightly raised, and she said briskly:
"Elder Lu has troubled himself, but... we don't have to wait any longer, he is already here."
"ah?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment.
At this moment, the sound of a crane suddenly came from above the clouds, and a figure quickly passed through the clouds and fell straight towards the huge arena in Wanjian Square.
…
On the arena, the Xuanguang disciples who were preparing to compete gathered together to cheer each other on.
And among these people, only one person is an exception.
Guan Yan'er did not stand with her brothers and sisters to encourage each other, but stood alone a foot away from the crowd, holding a wooden box in her hand and looking around.
This situation had been going on for a while, and a senior fellow from Xuanguang Taoist Academy winked at Fang Xueyu, indicating that she should go and take a look at the situation.
Fang Xueyu took the idea, walked quickly to the girl's side, and grabbed her arm.
"Yeah!" Guan Yan'er was startled by the sudden attack and screamed, causing the senior brothers and sisters in the distance to chuckle.
"Xueyu!" She glared at Fang Xueyu angrily, but quickly looked away and continued to look around.
"Who are you looking for? Oh~" Fang Xueyu followed the girl's gaze and scanned the ring, and soon noticed something strange, "Isn't Su Xing here?"
"Well..." Guan Yan'er lowered her head and responded in a low voice.
"Is this guy running away because he was afraid of the competition?"
"No," Guan Yan'er immediately responded to Fang Xueyu's question and looked up at him, "He asked me to refine a pill for him a few days ago and said he would pick it up in person on the day of the hospital exam."
"Elixir? What elixir?" Fang Xueyu was slightly startled when he saw Guan Yan'er carefully opening the wooden box.
A pill with milky yellow fluorescence lay quietly on the mat in the wooden box, and a fragrant medicinal fragrance suddenly swept into Fang Xueyu's nose.
"This is the Qi-Consolidating Pill? What does he want with this?"
The Qi-Consolidating Pill is a top-grade mortal elixir, which can stabilize the foundation and precipitate the vitality of martial arts disciples who have just made a breakthrough.
But Fang Xueyu remembered that Su Xing had already reached the Yuan Transformation Stage. Since there was no breakthrough, what was the purpose of the Qi-Consolidating Pill?
Guan Yan'er shook her head, "I don't know either, but he did say that to me."
"He... isn't he playing tricks on you? Otherwise, the college exam will start soon, and you won't even see his shadow."
Hearing Fang Xueyu's repeated questions, even Guan Yan'er, who was originally very determined, was a little shaken at this time.
After thinking about it, she felt that what Fang Xueyu said made sense. As a martial arts disciple who had reached the Yuan Hua Realm, Su Xing was not allowed to continue to break through before entering the three main peaks. What did he want with this Qi-Consolidating Pill?
Could it be... was he really kidding himself?
Sighing secretly in her heart, Guan Yan'er saw everyone waving to her in the distance and thought that maybe she shouldn't be so naive.
After all, Su Xing is a disciple of Yuyang Taoist Academy. Whether she comes or not has nothing to do with her being a Xuanguang disciple.
"Let's go, everyone is still waiting for us."
"Um."
In response to Fang Xueyu's words, Guan Yan'er raised her legs to prepare to follow him back to the team.
At this moment, there was a sudden crane cry above her head that echoed throughout the mountain peak, causing her to stop in her tracks.
She looked up in surprise and saw a crane flapping its wings rapidly through the clouds and flying toward the ring at high speed.
And on the back of the crane... stood a yellow figure!