This time, Tong Yan implements his words and deeds, hoping to make Xiao Lou realize his mistakes and make up for them.
No matter how reluctant Xiao Lou was, under the threat of force and food rations from Tong Yan, he had to stand in the field and clumsily push the herbs that were not dead back into the soil.
Tong Yan doesn't really have to do it all by himself. First, there are many types of herbs, and some of them are grown in different ways. If you leave it to him, he won't be able to handle it.
Moreover, according to the way Xiao Lou pressed the seedlings into the soil, it looked more like he was here to destroy evidence.
She was afraid that if she just watched from the side, she wouldn't even want a single seedling.
"Lift your feet, lift your feet! You're stepping on my dead grass." Tong Yan patted Xiao Lou's calf heartbroken.
The leaves of dry leaf grass are like dry leaves, usually five to ten inches long, and are one of the materials for refining the Foundation Building Pill.
She has no use for the Foundation Establishment Pill, but the medicinal herbs are dug up and sold in the city. One plant is worth at least fifty spiritual stones.
Xiao Lou slowly raised his feet, glanced at it and said indifferently: "It's just a weed."
Tong Yan glared at him, "Have you read the book I gave you last night? It's full of introductions about these medicinal herbs. You think dead grass is a weed. Are you right?"
Xiao Lou looked around with guilt, "Of course I did, but... I accidentally fell asleep while watching it."
I knew he didn't look good!
Tong Yan snorted coldly, was too lazy to pay attention to him, and buried his head in the herbs in his hand.
At this time, we descended from Luohua Peak.
"Senior brother, can you help junior sister to report to Senior Uncle Tong that Wang Jiayu has something urgent and wants to see her?" Wang Jiayu begged sincerely to the disciples guarding the peak.
The disciple guarding the peak gave her a cold look and said, "Uncle Tong has been busy practicing these past few months and has never even left the peak. I don't have time to see you, so leave now."
Wang Jiayu said anxiously: "Brother, I really have something urgent to do with Uncle Tong. If you tell her that Huo Qizhi is missing, she will definitely meet me!"
The disciple guarding the peak became impatient, "I don't care who of you is missing or not. Leave quickly. Is Luo Huafeng a place where you can be unruly?"
No way, Wang Jiayu could only leave first and then think of a solution.
For two consecutive days, there was a female disciple guarding outside the peak.
Luo Dong saw him once, but he didn't care. He brought dinner to Tong Yan as usual.
Wang Jiayu happened to see Luo Dong's back after entering, and hurriedly stepped forward to try to stop him.
But as soon as he got close, he was stopped by the disciples guarding the peak, "How dare you break into the peak gate!"
With this interruption, the person walked away.
Wang Jiayu felt unhappy and puzzled: "Why can he enter?"
"Senior Brother Luo is the young sect leader's personal attendant, so naturally he can come out at will."
"He can see Tong Yan...Uncle Master, right?"
"nature."
Wang Jiayu stuffed a storage bag with twenty spiritual stones in it. She smiled and said, "Senior brother, you have worked hard guarding the peak gate every day. I wonder when will senior brother Luo come out of the peak again?"
The Peak Shou disciple took it calmly, coughed slightly and said, "Senior Brother Luo will go out to the peak every day at noon and Youshi. He is the only one who can freely enter and exit Luo Hua Peak here. We Peak Shou disciples only stay at the peak.
You are not allowed to go up here without an order."
"Thank you, senior brother, for informing me."
At midnight in the afternoon, Wang Jiayu stopped Luo Dong who was returning to the peak.
"Uncle Luo, could you please give me a message to Uncle Tong? Huo Qi from the outer sect disappeared after going out for training. Her life and death are uncertain. I also implore her to come out to the peak."
Luo Dong glanced at her and asked, "Which peak are you a disciple of?"
"Disciple Wang Jiayu."
"How did you, an outer disciple, enter the inner sect?" Wang Jiayu was wearing the clothes of a handyman disciple.
Wang Jiayu panicked and hurriedly apologized, "This...disciple borrowed the token of the inner sect brother to come in. Please forgive me, but it was an urgent matter and I had no choice but to violate the rules and enter the inner sect privately."
Luo Dong said coldly: "Go to the Punishment Hall to get the ten sticks yourself, and I will bring them to you."
Wang Jiayu lowered his head to accept the punishment: "Yes, thank you very much, Uncle Luo."
On Luohua Peak.
"What?! Huo Qizhi is missing!" Tong Yan stood up in shock, "Where is Wang Jiayu? I'll go find her."
She dropped what she was holding and ran out in a hurry.
Luo Dong caught up from behind, "Outer disciples who enter the inner gate without authorization will be punished with ten sticks. If there is no one under the peak, you can go to the punishment hall to find him."
"Okay, help me look after Xiaolou."
As soon as the voice fell, it flew away.
Fortunately, Wang Jiayu was still waiting outside Luo Huafeng, and Tong Yan saw her as soon as she came out.
"You said Huo Qizhi disappeared. What happened?"
Seeing Tong Yan so anxious about Huo Qizhi, Wang Jiayu felt a little uncomfortable.
In the past, Huo Qizhi wasn't hers alone, why was it suddenly different?
But now that his safety was important, Wang Jiayu gathered his thoughts and told Tong Yan the story succinctly.
"Five days ago, he went out for training with other disciples from the outer sect, but everyone else came back and he was the only one who didn't come back. They said that after Junior Brother Huo followed him out of the sect, he left on his own halfway, so they didn't know where he was.
, and I have been sending messages to him for the past two days and he has never received a reply."
"The team that left on its own halfway?" Tong Yan frowned in thought.
"Take me to find those disciples who are going with me."
Wang Jiayu understood, nodded and led the way.
When the two found the other three members of the team, they were on their way to the canteen.
They were all lucky enough to meet Tong Yan once during the apprenticeship ceremony, so they recognized him quickly.
"May I ask when Master Tong came to see us?" they asked in a low voice, with sincerity and fear.
Tong Yan didn't waste any time and asked them directly, "I teamed up with Huo Qizhi for training a few days ago. Why didn't the others come back with you?"
The three of them looked at each other, and one of them said, "He left halfway, and we also know why he didn't come back."
Tong Yan looked at the three of them forcefully, "I have never seen you interact with him before, why would you suddenly invite him to practice together!"
The short disciple hesitated and said: "This...just happened to be missing one person. He was going to practice again, so I stopped by to find him."
"By the way? Just don't have any premeditation." Wang Jiayu received it quietly from the side.
Although this statement makes sense, it is too coincidental.
Tong Yan couldn't help but glance at her, maybe it was really possible. He looked back at the three of them and said sternly: "Where is the place where you practiced, where was he, and in which direction he left. Tell them all truthfully.
If you let me know that you are concealing the inside story or harming a fellow disciple, I will tie the three of you to the punishment hall, and as punishment for killing fellow disciples, you should have your cultivation level revoked and be expelled from the sect!"
This is already a severe punishment. If they are expelled from the sect, they can only become precarious casual cultivators. What's more, if their cultivation is abolished, they will probably die.
The three of them were so frightened that their legs went weak and they knelt down on the spot, begging for mercy: "Uncle, this is none of our business."
"Tell me, did anyone instruct you?"
The three of them secretly exchanged glances again, and Tong Yan said angrily, "What are you looking at? Look at me and tell me!"
The short one shouted, "Brother Huo and we just happened to go to practice together. There really was no one to instigate us. Please be kind to Master Tong and let us go."
At this moment a voice suddenly broke in.
"Hey, the young sect master's disciple is indeed majestic, disrespectful and disrespectful."