Chapter 20: The Council of the Ten
The conversation in the teahouse seems to be bland, but one of these two is Rou Qingya, who lent his gold membership card to He Xuansheng not long ago, and the other is He Xuansheng's master, Shangguan Wenxiu!
"Hahaha, of course not. Rou Qingya laughed twice, looked at Shangguan with dead eyes, and asked, "Let me ask you, do you know He Xuansheng?"
Shangguan's eyelids jumped, and he said, "What's the matter, did you see him?"
"Hey, hey, he's your apprentice!" Rou Qingya said with a smile.
Shangguan didn't avoid anything, nodded lightly and said, "Is it the Wolong Spear?"
Rou Qingya nodded, and said in a teasing tone: "That kid is very good!"
Looking at Rou Qingya's strange eyes, Shangguan's tone changed and he said seriously: "Don't even think about it, he is already my apprentice!"
"Hahaha!" Rou Qingya laughed and said, "Old ghost, what are you panicking about, I'm not here to fight with you for apprenticeship!"
"Oh, with your character of not going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, do you have any plans?" Shangguan said with a look of disdain.
Rou Qingya looked at Shangguan and said helplessly: "What kind of expression do you have! I just want to tell you that cultivating apprentices should not just stay in the place where he lives, but also go out and see the world more." ”
Shangguan nodded and said, "Of course I know this, when Xuan Sheng breaks through the double layer, I plan to take him out of the He family." ”
"You actually know?" Rou Qingya pretended to be shocked, "You, a stuffy oil bottle who hasn't been out for decades, would want to take him outside?"
"You're enough!" Shangguan said helplessly. "What's the matter, I sneaked out of the meeting!"
Rou Qingya looked at Shangguan, his face suddenly lost a little bit of laughter, and with a turn of his right hand, an ancient cyan scroll appeared out of thin air, and sighed: "When that kid breaks through the triple layer, give this to that kid." ”
Shangguan took the scroll, and after looking at the words printed on it, his face couldn't help but change greatly, and he said in surprise: "Qingfeng Yan? isn't this..."
Without waiting for Shangguan to finish speaking, Rou Qingya stopped Shangguan and said, "Maybe you're right, in this era, we shouldn't just take care of ourselves." ”
Looking at Rou Qingya's sad gaze, Shangguan sighed helplessly and said, "Don't think about it, it's not your fault that incident." ”
"I don't care whose fault it is, all I care about is her..." A few crystal tears slowly slipped from his eyes, and dripped into the teacup with a tick, creating a circle of ripples, and also sweeping away the infinite sentimentality in his heart.
"I'll give him this scroll. Shangguan said softly, "And you better go home and have a look." It's been 20 years, and even if you don't miss your relatives, your relatives will miss you!"
"Missing?" Rou Qingya said jokingly, "Do you know where she died......?" It was on a small hillside less than a hundred miles! I was in Canterlot at the time, so I couldn't get to her quickly when she was under siege, do you know how many distress warrants I applied for from the family? Eighteen, a full eighteen! But what? The family didn't care about my distress warrant at all, until she died, and the family's response to me was "Outsiders are not eligible for a distress warrant".....
As he spoke, Rou Qingya lost his voice and cried bitterly. Shangguan's spiritual power swayed slightly, helping Rou Qingya to ease his emotions. Rou Qingya waved her hand and continued: "I can never forgive the family for what they did, they tried everything to break us up in order to promote my marriage, and the family immediately asked me to participate in the marriage after her death.... I will not betray her, even if she is no longer alive, I will never betray her!"
"So, is this the reason why you left the family?" Shangguan said softly.
"Hehe, I'm not from there anymore!" Rou Qingya wiped away her tears and said, "No matter how much those guys think of me, I can't go back there!"
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Canterlot, the Palace of the Guardian of the Soul.
The meeting of the ten houses was held in the central chamber of the Guardian Palace. In the center of the council hall was a large circular table, on which there were a total of ten seats, and each of the ten elders of the Guardian Spirit Palace sat from each of the ten families. The outside of the large circular table was divided into several different areas, and other personnel such as the Ten Guardian Families, the Continental Kingdom, and the Duchy forces were seated.
"Please be quiet!" A green-haired woman in the center slowly stood up, her hands made a downward pressing motion at the same time, and the faint spiritual power gradually spread around her, and the faint spiritual power fluctuations between the two breaths had filled the entire huge conference hall.
Looking at the crowd that gradually quieted down, the green-haired woman spoke, "My name is Wen Yuelou, and I am the chief elder of the Holy Palace. Today, we gather here to discuss matters related to the Guardian Son and the defense against demons. ”
"Elder Wen, in my opinion, there is nothing to discuss. As the son of the guardian spirit, our family Yanmeng deserves the best training and education in the whole continent. Therefore, I propose to select ten of the best masters from the mainland to jointly guide Yanmeng so that he can grow quickly. ”
The first person to speak first was none other than the Supreme Elder of the Kaiyang Family, Kaiyang Lie.
As soon as these words came out, many of the people attending the meeting suddenly frowned.
"Elder Kaiyang, there are only a few high-level teachers in the entire Aura Continent, and you have occupied ten of them at once, you can't help but be a little greedy!" At this time, it was the elder of the He family who spoke, He Chenghong.
"That's it, how can you let us raise our children like this?" As soon as Elder He's words came out, they stirred up a thousand huge waves, and for a while, the people attending the meeting spoke out one after another to accuse Elder Kaiyang, and the entire council hall changed back to a noisy appearance.
"Silence!" Wen Yuelou slapped the table slightly angrily, and the spiritual power covered the entire council hall in an instant, and the noise of the people was suppressed almost in a few breaths.
Wen Yuelou looked at the crowd that was gradually quieting down, turned his head to Kaiyang Lie and said, "Elder Kaiyang, there are only a handful of high-level teachers in the entire continent, if you occupy ten at once, then it will be even more difficult for other families to find high-level teachers. ”
Saying that, Wen Yuelou turned his head back to the front of him again, and said lightly: "In my opinion, although Kaiyang Yanmeng is the son of the soul protector, how much he has achieved the day after tomorrow still depends on his own efforts. So I propose to select two high-level teachers to teach Kaiyang Yanmeng, what do you think?"
As soon as this remark came out, it immediately won people's recognition, after all, two and ten are indeed nothing, but on the other hand, looking at Kai Yanglie, his expression instantly became much more solemn.
"Alright, turn the page first. Wen Yuelou looked at He Chenghong and said, "Elder He, what you said about the Spirit Protector Pillar a few days ago, is it convenient to say it again?"
He Chenghong was stunned for a moment, then nodded to Wen Yuelou and said, "I think everyone knows that with the birth of the Guardian Son eight years ago, the Holy Pillar was full of light. But in fact, as early as a month before the birth of Kaiyang Yanmeng, the holy pillar had some changes. At that time, the holy pillar would emit some strange light from time to time, but it was as if there was some kind of barrier, and every time the holy pillar was about to really erupt, it would be forcibly suppressed. So I wanted to get permission to do some research on what was going on. ”
Listening to the speech of his own elder, He Zhuo was speechless in surprise. Because he clearly remembered that the month before Kaiyang Yanmeng was born, it was the day when his own He Xuansheng was born!
"Hmph, in my opinion, it was the Holy Pillar that anticipated that Yanmeng was about to be born, so there would be those abnormal movements!Our focus now should be on how to resist the Demon Race, rather than discussing some illusory things such as the abnormal movement of the Holy Pillar!" Kai Yang Lie teased at He Chenghong.
Perhaps anticipating the upcoming scolding battle, Wen Yuelou hurriedly spoke: "Regarding the matter of the Holy Pillar anomaly, we will send some professionals to conduct some research in the future. Okay, now let's talk about the next thing......."
According to the original plan, the meeting of the 10 schools was originally planned to last two days, but due to many unexpected things to discuss, the time has been changed to three days for the time being.
The first day of the conference was over in the blink of an eye. Early the next morning, the He family and the others all left the hotel and went to the Holy Palace to attend the meeting, leaving only He Xuansheng and Yunya and some guards to stay in the hotel. And by the time He Xuansheng woke up from his cultivation, it was already noon.
"Xuan Sheng, where do you want to go today?" asked Yun Ya as he ate his lunch.
"I don't know. He Xuansheng looked at Yunya helplessly and asked, "Is there anything else interesting in Central City?"
"I looked at the map yesterday and found that there is a very famous park in Canterlot, which is said to have been built to commemorate the heroes who made great contributions to mankind during the Great War of Man and Demon 2,000 years ago, so we can go there and have a look. ”
"Park?" He Xuansheng was stunned, nodded lightly and said, "Okay, let's go there!"
After lunch and a short rest, He Xuansheng and the others went out to the park. Along the way, He Xuansheng would always have the figure of a little girl popping up in his mind from time to time. I don't know why, although the two of them have only met once, He Xuansheng can't forget her in his heart. Her smile can always easily tug at He Xuansheng's heartstrings.
The park was not much away from He Xuansheng's residence, and He Xuansheng and the others walked for about forty minutes before arriving at their destination.
Walking into the park, a strong sense of leisure hit them, making the two of them subconsciously take a few more breaths. To be honest, the place where the He family is located belongs to the kind of place where life is leisurely, and the busy and compact life here is completely different states, so at the end of the day, both of them feel a little pressure on the days in Central City. And this park seems to be a pure land in the steel forest, giving some respite to the busy people.
It's a place to have fun and rest, but no one is going to do anything too much here. Because for the whole of mankind, the people who fought bravely for mankind 2,000 years ago are all worthy of respect, and they are all great people who cannot be disgraced.
At the entrance to the park is a large man-made garden that houses nearly half of the continent's common flowers. Inside, there is a straight path, which is full of green trees and flowers, and some equipment for leisure and entertainment is scattered all over it. But what attracted He Xuansheng's attention the most were the two rows of stone statues neatly arranged on both sides of the road.
Walking in, these stone statues turned out to be all heroes who fought to the death for mankind and won the victory when the demons invaded.
He Xuansheng looked at these stone statues, and a passionate aura gradually burst out from the bottom of his heart. The powers of 2,000 years ago are long gone, and now humanity is once again facing the crisis of the demons, and the mission of resisting the demons has long been handed over to the young people.
He Xuansheng clenched his fists and said secretly in his heart: "Ancestor, I will live up to your expectations and eradicate the demon race!"