With the effect of the jade talisman to conceal the aura, Ye Chen and Xiaolongshen slipped into the village unknowingly. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The buildings in this village are quite elegantly built, although they are all made of bamboo, but the shape is unique, and the houses are scattered, which is not like the place where ordinary people live. It seems that this small village should have been built by the Heavenly Sect for those who came to seek the Tao to rest.

The little dragon was hidden in Ye Chen's clothes, and a pair of small eyes looked around, looking quite curious about the human residence. As Ye Chen walked, this little dragon actually scurried around in Ye Chen's clothes, hiding in Ye Chen's sleeve for a while, and then burrowing behind Ye Chen. A pair of small eyes looked around, curiously looking at the pedestrians around him, full of interest. Ye Chen felt Xiaolong's movement, and while crying and laughing, he also whispered a word of advice

"Xiaolong, don't make too much noise!"

"Oh oh" When Xiaolong heard this, he hurriedly shrunk into Ye Chen's clothes and hid himself tightly.

The village is not big, and Ye Chen turned around in less than half an hour. Looking at the houses in this village, the shape is almost the same, all of them are one floor, and on the doors of these bamboo houses are hung a wooden sign with some numbers written on it. Only a large wooden building sits in the middle of the village, which looks like a teahouse, and is supposed to be a place for these seekers to communicate and relax in private. At the other end of the village, Ye Chen found a ring built of bluestone, the edge of the ring was covered with moss, and on the ring, there were extremely dense sword marks and some gravel, thinking that coming here should be used for the assessment when Tianzong recruited new disciples, looking at the appearance of this ring, I think it has been quite a few years.

Looking at the sky, it was not too early. Ye Chen thought about it and was about to go to the teahouse to have a look.

At this time, in the main hall of Taoist Tianzong, Chi Songzi knelt in the upper hall with his eyes slightly closed. Behind the red pine nuts, there is a high platform, on which Xue Ji is enshrined. Below the hall, ten young men with sword eyebrows stood respectfully. These ten young men were all dressed in cyan long-sleeved swordsman costumes, holding swords in their hands, and their temperament was quite extraordinary, except for one blue-haired boy who was different from these ten people. The blue-haired young man was dressed in a light blue short-sleeved suit, and his hands were empty, not like the ten people who each held a sword.

"Xiao Ling, you will follow me to pick up that girl when you go down the mountain this time," Chi Songzi said lightly.

"Yes, master" Xiao Ling returned with a fist.

"Nangong Snow"

I saw the disciple at the head of the row step forward, clasped his hands into fists and said, "The disciple is here."

"This time you went down the mountain to recruit new disciples, are you ready as the chief examiner of this assessment?"

"Yes, Master. The disciple did not dare to slack off, and had been preparing for a long time. Nangong Xue returned seriously, and her expression was also a little proud, being selected as the chief examiner of the newcomer was also a kind of recognition of herself by the master.

"Every time you come to apprentice, qualifications are important, but you also need to pay attention to their character," Chi Songzi said seriously.

"Disciple, remember the words of the master!" Nangong Xue arched his hand and said.

"Alright, you wait and rest early, we'll leave tomorrow."

"Yes" Nangong Xue and the nine disciples respectfully hugged their fists at the same time, and then turned around and left. With the departure of Nangong Xue and others, at this time, only Chi Songzi and Xiao Ling were left in the main hall.

"Xiao Ling, do you know why I picked up that girl personally?" said Chi Songzi, opened her eyes, stood up, and walked to Xiao Ling's side.

"Eh, the disciple doesn't know" Xiao Ling lowered his head and said respectfully as he clasped his fists at Chi Songzi.

"You don't have to be so restrained," Akamatsuko said, putting her hands behind her back and shaking her head.

"Yes, master!" said Xiao Ling raised his head and lowered his hands, but his expression was still a little restrained.

"That girl's name is Xiaomeng, and two years ago, I participated in the Xueji battle again, and once again succeeded in winning Xueji. On the way back, I had seen this dream. It's really strange to say that this Xiaomeng is really strange, and when I saw her, there was a trace of inexplicable induction between Xue Ji and her. Chi Songzi said with his hands behind his back and his eyes looking into the distance.

"Hmm... Then I don't know why the head didn't bring her back to Tianzong at that time?" Xiao Ling paused and said.

Chi Songzi glanced at Xiao Ling, and then said

"If you want to talk about seniority, Rao is because of your brother and sister's background, and she has a high seniority in this family, but this Xiaomeng's seniority is still above you, and even I can only call myself her senior brother. ”

"My sister and I don't understand my background, the disciple doesn't understand?" Xiao Ling heard this, looked at Chi Songzi, and asked with doubts in his eyes.

Chi Songzi did not answer Xiao Ling, but asked

"Do you know the source of this battle for the snow ji?"

"Well, yes, the disciple knows. Xiao Ling paused and said, "Three hundred years ago, our Taoists split into the Heavenly Sect and the Human Sect because of their different understandings of the Dao. And Xue Ji was left by the ancestor after his ascension, which naturally became the focus of the competition in this sect, and the two sides agreed to compete every five years, and the winner was in charge of Xue Ji. ”

"Not bad," Akamatsuko nodded, then asked

"Then do you know how our Taoist understanding of the Tao is different?"

"This... Xiao Ling hesitated, "The disciple doesn't know"

"Tianzong advocates nature and conforms to the way of heaven. And the people are all together, and they attach importance to the role of people themselves. A hundred years ago, about two hundred years after the split of our Taoism, a figure comparable to the ancestor appeared, "Chi Songzi turned around and looked at Xiao Ling."

"A character comparable to the ancestor?" Xiao Ling thought for a moment, and a look of thought flashed in his eyes. Then he raised his head in surprise, "What the head of the sect said is Zhuangzi Patriarch?"

"Not bad. It is the Zhuangzi patriarch. I had the privilege of hearing Patriarch Zhuangzi say that I was only ten years old at the time, and Patriarch Zhuangzi had no intention of participating in the struggle between the Heavenly Sect and the Human Sect, so he left Taoism more than 60 years ago and traveled all over the world. And when I met Xiaomeng, she was following Patriarch Zhuangzi!" As she spoke, a hint of surprise flashed in Chi Songzi's eyes.

"What, Patriarch Zhuangzi is still alive?" Xiao Ling asked in surprise.

"Yes, when I met Patriarch Zhuangzi at that time, I couldn't believe what I saw. Akamatsuko shook her head and said.

"However, Patriarch Zhuangzi recognized me at a glance and saw me holding Xueji, Patriarch Zhuangzi glanced at Xiaomeng and asked her, 'What do you think of that sword?', and Xiaomeng gritted his teeth and said uncertainly, 'I don't know, I just think, it seems quite familiar.' At that time, Patriarch Zhuangzi just stroked his beard, but he didn't see any movement, and Xueji came to him, Patriarch Zhuangzi took Xueji and looked at it, said 'good', and then threw Xueji back to me. Chi Songzi also said with emotion, obviously shocked by Zhuangzi's cultivation.

"So, what about later?" Xiao Ling's eyes widened.

"Later, Patriarch Zhuangzi left with Xiaomeng, but as he left, he said to me as he walked, 'I had a dream that I had become a butterfly, and when I woke up, I couldn't tell whether I dreamed of a butterfly or a butterfly dreamed of me. So I left home and looked around for answers, and in this girl, I found the answer, so I named her Xiaomeng and adopted her as a righteous daughter. Two years later, Xiaomeng will go to Tianzong, and you will temporarily teach her as a senior brother.'"

"Is this why the head of the sect went in person?" Xiao Ling asked

Hearing this, Chi Songzi nodded.

"But what does this have to do with my and my sister's backgrounds, and what exactly are my brother and sister's backgrounds?" Xiao Ling asked with doubts.

"Oh, there's no connection, it's just a seniority. As for your life experience, the spiritual clothes and jade wear, one yin and one yang, under the Luosheng Hall, Qiulan is immortal. That's where your names come from," Akamatsuko said.

"Please let the head know!" said Xiao Ling, kneeling down on one knee and clasping his fists to Chi Songzi.

"It's not the time yet, you'll know later. Chi Songzi shook his head, "It's not early, your sister should be in a hurry, let's go back first." ”