The words say:

The quiet room will talk about secrets privately, and the loyalty and treachery will depend on the heart. There are many smart and tired people in the world, and it is difficult to find the elixir of immortality at sea.

All are not admonished, and they climb each other, and the thirty-six plans make people cold. A hundred years of short red dust guests, what is the intrigue?

- Proposed "Partridge Heaven".

As mentioned earlier, the ordinary sprinkler boys in the lower courtyard of the mountain gate of the Zixu Immortal Sword Sect were invisibly divided into three factions, except for the Niu and Shi factions, the rest were neutral factions. But some of the neutral people are neutral on the surface, but secretly they actually listen to Mu Ansheng.

Among the people who listened to Mu Ansheng's words, of course, that Zhao Liqian was also included.

Zhao Liqian is a Niu faction on the surface, after all, he is now a disciple of Sima Gong in name.

On this day, on the martial arts training ground in the lower courtyard, all the boys were in the time of concentrated training and rest, and suddenly two guys started fighting!

As soon as there was a fight here, someone over there reported Mu Ansheng. When Mu Ansheng called the fighters over to give a lecture, he realized that these two guys, one bragged for Niu De, and the other boasted about Governor Yong, but the result was that the words were not speculative, and the boasting turned into mutual slander, and then they fought.

Mu Ansheng criticized, and the two guys admitted their mistakes.

When Mu Ansheng turned around to leave, when he saw Zhao Liqian, he didn't know what he thought of in his heart, so he called Zhao Liqian:

"Senior Brother Zhao, today you are in charge of the training of ordinary children, right? ”

So Zhao Liqian followed Mu Ansheng and left.

When he arrived at the quiet room, Mu Ansheng said: "Senior Brother Zhao, have you seen today's fight? This matter is in our lower courtyard, but it has not happened in a hundred years! Do you know what this means?"

Zhao Liqian shook his head, indicating that he didn't understand.

Mu Ansheng sighed, and then said: "You know the autumn of the world when the leaves fall, if you don't understand, forget it, don't mention it."

Let me ask you, Senior Brother Zhao, have you made any moves on Niu De and Niu Bijun recently?

Zhao Liqian said: "Senior brother, speaking of which, they didn't make any moves, but Niu De and Niu Bijun have been in retreat all along. I made some secret inquiries according to what you said, and what surprised people was that it seemed that their retreat cultivation was very similar to Master's sleeping skills!"

When Mu Ansheng heard this, he felt a little unexpected, thought about it, and felt as if it was expected, so he asked:

"Can you be sure that Erniu's cultivation is the same as Master's sleeping exercises?"

Zhao Liqian thought for a while, and then said: "Sima Gong nominally sits in Izumo Peak for Niu De, but in fact, he mostly stays in the Qiyun Upper Courtyard, and it took me a lot of effort to find out, it turned out that he was a Dharma protector for Niu De's retreat and cultivation.

I also inquired from Sima Ran and learned that the advantage of Niu De's cultivation of this exercise is that it is easy to combine with the "Nine Floors" exercises, and it is quick to enter the country;

Isn't this very similar to Master's Sleeping Skill, so I'm 100% sure that what they are cultivating must be Sleeping Gong!"

When Mu Ansheng heard this, he said: "Speaking of which, they and Shizu are both apprentices of Taishizu, and their cultivation techniques are all in the same line, perhaps, they have also secretly learned a little bit of sleeping skills, which is also possible." ”

Zhao Liqian has long been Mu Ansheng's confidant, so some aspects of what Mu Ansheng knows are still "shared" with Zhao Liqian.

Hearing Mu Ansheng say this, Zhao Liqian couldn't help asking, "Senior brother, didn't you say that Master once told you that they don't know how to sleep this skill?"

When Mu Ansheng heard this, he explained to Zhao Liqian: "I also heard from the master, the master is suspicious of Niu De, Niu Bijun, as well as Governor Yong and Shi Zhen, the four of them can join forces to deal with our master, it should not be entirely for the head of the family. ”

Zhao Liqian said he didn't understand when he heard it, so Mu Ansheng explained again:

It turned out that Niu De and Niu Bijun were from Funiu County, Governor Yong and Shi Zhen were from Mirage, Niu Jia and Shi Jia, Funiu County and Mirage, and the contradictions between them were brought from the world to the Zixu Immortal Sword.

According to the traditional family practices of these meritorious families of the True Dao Immortal Kingdom, it is normal for family disciples to join the Immortal Cultivation Sect, of course, these people join the Immortal Cultivation Sect just for the benefit of the family, after all, there is a Cultivation Immortal Sect in the family, and the deterrent power cannot be underestimated.

As for controlling a certain Immortal Cultivation Sect in their hands, this may be the idea of some families, but it can only be a pipe dream, and no one dares to do this, because once the Immortal Cultivation Sect turns its face, the anger is not something that the secular family is willing to bear.

Niu De and Niu Bijun, Shi Zhen and Governor Yong, although they are apprentices of the same master, but they belong to the Niu family and the Mirage historian of Funiu County respectively - at present, in the Zixu Immortal Sword Sect, Niu Shi's internal fighting is due to the dispute between the two secular families.

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for the four of them to cooperate with each other in two miles. However, they actually cooperated and killed Shizu, and there may be other reasons for this.

Regarding this inducement, Gongsun Fu believed that the temptation of being the head of the sect or controlling the Zixu Immortal Sword Sect alone was not enough for the four of him to join forces.

At this time, after Mu Ansheng gave these explanations to Zhao Liqian, Zhao Liqian seemed to understand: "Senior brother, are you saying that the position of head of the family, or the mission requirements given to them by their family, is not enough for them to join forces to kill our ancestor?"

Mu Ansheng nodded and continued: "So Master suspects that there is something more that can tempt them, which can make them abandon their previous suspicions and join forces. ”

When Zhao Liqian heard this, he suddenly said with a sense of realization: "Senior brother, I understand, they are all sent to worship our Zixu Immortal Sword to cultivate immortals because of their family mission, and it is precisely because of this that although they have all become apprentices of the Taishi Ancestor, their faces and hearts are not in harmony in their bones. But it must be something very tempting to make them give up their mutual mustard for a while!"

Mu Ansheng nodded to admit that Zhao Liqian understood correctly, and then asked, "What do you think can be so tempting?"

Zhao Liqian didn't hesitate at this time, and said in one mouth: "It's the sleeping skill that the Taishi Ancestor secretly passed on to the Shizu!"

Mu Ansheng smiled and frowned again: "Master thinks so too—for a long time, I haven't had the opportunity to get close to them and find out if they have cultivated the Sleeping Skill.

What you said today just made me conclude that Master's inference was correct, and they were indeed the ones who killed Master!"

Zhao Liqian couldn't help but ask, "Senior brother, what should we do?" Do you have a way to relay this news to Master?"

Mu Ansheng can't answer this question with real evidence, because this is tantamount to revealing Gongsun Fu's invisibility. That place, only Gongsun Fu and Mu Ansheng knew. Gongsun Fu asked his eldest disciple, Mu Ansheng, not to tell anyone about his hidden retreat!

At this time, Zhao Liqian asked this question, and Mu Ansheng could only tell a lie: "Senior brother, this matter, then you can only wait for the master to come back, otherwise, there is really no way to let the master know." ”

Zhao Liqian said: "Senior brother, I am sometimes quite worried that Sima Gong will find out that I have sleeping skills in cultivation, if he finds out, I will definitely die." I didn't think of this before, but now I worry when I think about it. Niu De cultivates sleeping skills, so Sima Gong must also know sleeping skills. ”

When Mu Ansheng heard this, he comforted Zhao Liqian: "Don't worry too much, after all, you spend more time in the lower courtyard and less time in front of him, and when you are in front of him, you are basically not cultivating, not to mention that he may not really be able to see it."

Sleeping exercises, according to Master's words, are extremely secret exercises of this school, and only our Master can really know it.

At most, they know a little bit about the skin, and they still learn it from the Taishi Ancestor and the Master Ancestor. Also, because of the infighting in this faction, it is our master who does not teach everyone the skill of sleeping, me, you, and Zhang Asheng ......"

When he said this, Mu Ansheng's heart moved: Ouch, I will lose if I say too much! If I say this, won't it arouse the suspicion of Senior Brother Zhao? He will definitely wonder: Is there more than three of us as Master's apprentices? Master has other disciples who have not learned the skill of sleeping?

- It's not good to cause Zhao Liqian to have this kind of thought!

Thinking of this, Mu Ansheng changed his words halfway: "That is, the three of us, we are the disciples of the master, how can others have the opportunity to learn?"

Zhao Liqian listened to Mu Ansheng's words, but he didn't think much about Mu Ansheng, he was preconceived, he was used to listening to Mu Ansheng's words, and he didn't expect that Mu Ansheng's words contained the meaning of "Master's apprentices are not only the three of us".

Mu Ansheng had already changed the topic: "Senior Brother Zhao, in the future, when I am assigned to patrol the mountain, I am not in the same team as you, and when I don't go, you just go to Xianyun Intermediate Courtyard to have a look." ”

Zhao Liqian said: "Senior brother, I listen to you, I will do whatever you arrange." ”

Mu Ansheng nodded and said, "Senior brother, the specific arrangement is like this, in the next step, I plan to change the rotation of our lower courtyard mountain patrol disciples, like you and me, from the original once a month to once a half month."

Although we have worked harder in this way, we have twice as many opportunities to observe the movements of the upper and middle courts......"

While he was talking, there was a sudden sound of footsteps coming very quickly, Mu Ansheng and Zhao Liqian immediately shut up, and when they listened carefully, the footsteps were coming towards Mu Ansheng's quiet room!

Mu Ansheng frowned, and whispered to Zhao Liqian: "This guy must be Yuanhu! Recently, this guy has become more and more presumptuous, and he always drills into my quiet room, and he is not afraid of being disgusted!"

Speaking of this, Mu Ansheng said loudly again: "Senior Brother Zhao, next month's mountain patrol rotation, your group will ......"

At this moment, someone knocked on the door outside and said loudly, "Senior Brother Mu, is Senior Brother Zhao on your side?"

Zhao Liqian replied, but his tone couldn't help but be a little weird: "What, Senior Brother Yuan is looking for me Zhao Liqian has something to do?"

As he spoke, Zhao Liqian had already gotten up and stepped forward to open the door of the quiet room.

Yuan Hu stood at the door, with a smile that made people's hearts greasy: "Senior Brother Zhao, you are really here!Hehe, I am not only looking for you, I am also looking for Senior Brother Mu, it just so happens that both senior brothers are here!"

Zhao Liqian said coldly: "What's the matter? Could it be that as a former disciple of the lower courtyard, I have been staying in the lower courtyard now, can't I visit the deputy master of our lower courtyard?"

"Of course you can, of course you can!" said Yuan Hu busily.

Speaking of which, although Zhao Liqian is secretly a person from Gongsun Fu and Mu Ansheng, he ostensibly belongs to the Erniu camp, while Yuanhu really belongs to the camp of Governor Yong and Shi Zhen.

At present, the disciples of the two camps, like the masters and ancestors above them, are at odds with each other, and even often turn against each other and speak ill of each other.

Today, this Yuan Hu is not taking Zhao Liqian's cynicism seriously, and insists on sticking a hot face to Zhao Liqian's cold ass, what's going on?

Mu Ansheng deliberately reminded Zhao Liqian not to say anything too much at this time, so he said with a smile: "Ouch, Senior Brother Zhao, Senior Brother Yuan, no matter what, we are all senior brothers! It's rare that you all came to me today, Senior Brother Yuan, you also hurry in and sit down." ”

Yuan Hu listened, and while claiming that Mu Ansheng was right, he raised his legs and came to the quiet room, and at the same time said a piece of news, which surprised Mu Ansheng and Zhao Liqian!