Chapter 51: Northern Xinjiang (2)
The Xingyin Sect is located in the northernmost part of the Great Zhou Kingdom, crossing the border city of the northern frontier, passing through the 10,000-year-old cedar forest, and you can see a magnificent building on the vast ice field, which is the Qianyi Han Palace of the Xingyin Sect.
The group rode a sweaty and bloody horse, day and night, and finally came to Fangcheng on the evening of the third day. Du Yong's injuries were too serious, and after being injured, he rushed back to the villa in order to save the incense, and then returned to Fangcheng with everyone, at this time he was exhausted and weak. Lan Jin saw that he couldn't support it, so he asked yรฌ to find a place to live first, and set off tomorrow to go to the Star Hidden Sect.
They bought some warm clothes in the city and settled down at an inn. Stealing Jade was already freezing at this time, and although she was wearing heavy cotton clothes and a big coat, she still couldn't stop her teeth from chattering. As soon as I entered the inn, a warm and dry atmosphere came to my face. Stealing Jade hurriedly rushed to the stove to roast the fire, and then felt alive again.
The shopkeeper was very enthusiastic, and seeing that Du Yong was weak, he specially arranged an upper room for him to rest. When the rest of the people had warmed up, they gathered together to eat. Roasted roe deer meat, fried candy, called flower chicken, simmered deer tendon in a casserole and other northern Xinjiang specialties, plus mellow and strong mare's milk wine, warm to people's bones.
After eating and resting enough, everyone began to discuss the plan of the operation. Originally, this Star Hidden Sect was difficult to enter, but because of this period of time, the sect leader Ghost Eye suddenly searched for beauties from all over the world and joined the sect as a wife. At the same time, recruit good talents as the right-hand man of the sect leader. It was this opportunity that Stealing Incense and Du Yong blended into the sect.
The group planned to use the same method to sneak in. The Qianyi Han Palace is located on an ice field, and there is nothing around it except the cedar forest. However, this dense and treacherous 10,000-year-old pine forest is not so easy to enter. In order to escape the world, the Star Hidden Sect specially set up a Qimen shield technique in the pine forest to hide traces, which is very similar to Xue's practice, and it needs to be led by people in the sect to find it. Recently, the members of the Star Hidden Sect, who had been elusive, were in Fang City, selecting beauties and wise men for the sect leader, and the scale was even grander than the previous time.
Several people wandered around Fangcheng for two days, and made many points in many ways, so that the stealing jade replaced a woman named Du Ruo. The woman had been sent by her family in exchange for a considerable amount of silver, and she was obviously very unwilling. Stealing Jade just took advantage of this opportunity to replace Du Ruo, and gave her a coil to let her leave.
As for the selection of capable people and wise men, there are more personnel, and the speed is naturally slower. But there are some unexpected things in this. Originally, it was just the sect leader who was selecting people to join the sect, but today, somehow, the Dharma Protector, who had always been low-key and unwilling to show his face, actually provoked disciples for himself. This is truly a first-of-its-kind event!
Stealing Jade watched from the side along with the members of the Star Hidden Sect, looking at the two of them waiting in the crowd. The Star Yin Sect is worthy of being the number one religion in Northern Xinjiang, and this battle to select people is not trivial. Occasionally, the church went to Fangcheng to deal with affairs or purchase materials, so he opened up a large area and built a palace. Now several elders and deacons of the Star Yin Sect have come to Fang City to take charge of the selection matters.
The ability to support and rely on the fence is not self-sufficient, and it is a sure thing to be selected. Towards noon, halfway through the crowd, a woman suddenly stepped out of the inner sanctum. The woman was dressed in black, with a long black skirt, a black black fox fur, long black hair without any decoration, and a pair of eyes that were as black as ink, so thick that it seemed that the night could not be dissolved. Only that skin, white and snowy, is a rare alluring beauty. It's just that her expression is too indifferent, and her eyes are cold and cold, like a 10,000-year-old ice abyss, without a trace of waves. As soon as she appeared, she immediately attracted everyone's attention. But her special cold aura also made everyone who had been standing in the cold wind for a long time feel a little colder.
When several elders saw the woman coming, they all stood up respectfully and said, "Respectfully, Lord Night." โ
The woman just bowed her head lightly and sat down on the main seat. She didn't speak, but looked at the deacon indifferently. The deacon immediately said to the rest of the people, "This is Lord Ye, the Great Protector of this sect. Lord Night is also going to choose one person to be her disciple today. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so don't miss it. โ
After saying this, the crowd was immediately in an uproar. This Dharma Protector only chose one disciple, and the meaning of this was naturally clear. It seems that this cold and brilliant Dharma Protector is going to choose a reliable person to cultivate and inherit his mantle. If this is chosen, it is much better than being an obscure cultist by the side of the sect leader! For a while, many people lined up in front of the night, eager to try. But the night only got up, walked back to the temple, and carried the people behind their backs, "Whoever wants to follow me, come in." โ
Watching the cold woman disappear into the inner hall, her body was light and weird, like a ghost, which made everyone who was originally excited suddenly hesitate, and even retreated. In the end, only twenty people entered the hall with the night, and the door of the vermilion gold paint was slammed shut with a "creak".
Half an hour later, the door opened again, and all the people who had entered in high spirits walked out with blue faces. The better, with wandering eyes, fell to the ground; Those who are less able to bear it vomit in public and even faint. Only a man in a black cloth robe stood beside Ye, his expression indifferent, obviously having passed the trial.
When Stealing Jade saw the man's appearance clearly, he almost bit off his tongue! Although the luxurious brocade robe, white jade belt, and jade pendant ring have faded, the elegance and shrewd eyes of the crown world cannot be concealed. Especially compared to the other people who went to the trial together, he was very graceful, and he did not have the wolf bรจi of the rest of the people. Except for Tang Bushu, who else can be like this?
Just looking at him from such a distance, Stealing Jade's eyes turned red, and his mind drifted. Crossing the vast crowd, through the hazy tears, she could also feel Tang Bu staring at her. But soon, the night pointed to him and said to the deacon; "That's him, the one I chose."
The deacon hurriedly asked, "Dare to ask what the son is called?" โ
I saw that he bowed his hand without surprise for a few weeks, and said: "My surname is Tang, the fourth in the family, and my parents used homophony and named it 'Tang Shi'." This 'wanton' is wanton. โ
"Tang Xian......" Ye carefully recalled the name, "It's a good name, it fits my heart." โ
After a few days of screening, the Star Hidden Sect selected a total of four beauties, ten Magi, plus the "Tang Yan" selected by Ye himself, a total of fifteen people. When everything was finalized, these fifteen people followed the sect members and elders to the Qianyi Han Palace on the snowfield.
Before leaving, they slipped into the inn to visit Du Yong. After two days of recuperation, his complexion has improved, but the whole person is still thin and haggard. Hearing that they had already mixed into the Star Hidden Sect, Du Yong was a little excited, and insisted on following them in so that they could take care of each other. Under the persuasion of the jade stealers, especially when they heard that Tang Bujing had also mixed in, they gave up.
Early the next morning, the dozen or so selected people were blindfolded and taken to the soft-scented carriage prepared in advance. Stealing Jade was in the same carriage with the other three beauties, and Tang Bujing's treatment was much better. There were only two people in the huge car, him and Yaya, and because of Ye's trust, he didn't even cover him. It can also be seen from this that Ye is very satisfied and loving this newly earned disciple. In this way, after driving for two hours without being seen at all, the Qianyi Han Palace finally arrived.
The blindfolded cloth was taken away at once, and the eyes that were accustomed to darkness couldn't accept the vast snow white for a while, and Stealing Jade only felt a little stinging in his eyes. After a while, her eyes were able to see again, and she was greeted by the magnificent building that stood above the vast ice field. The cold palace, which covers an area of 100 acres, is all built of ice bricks made of 10,000-year-old ice. Those huge blocks of ice are immensely strong for thousands of years. The cold, single color gives people a great visual shock. I don't know how much manpower and material resources the Star Hidden Sect spent on building this ice palace back then. It seems that this sect in a remote place in the extreme north is not inferior to Tianshan Villa in terms of strength and wealth.
Sure enough, the others were equally shocked by the building in front of them, and there was silence in the crowd for a while. Stealing jade walked in the middle with her head down, and followed the crowd in. The interior of the Qianyi Han Palace is also magnificent, and it can be seen that the management in the sect is very strict, and all the disciples are respectful and strict, and they perform their duties. The disciple's room, the elder's chamber, and the sect leader's dormitory were separated. The disciple's room and the martial arts training ground are on the outermost side, and then there are the halls and halls of the sect, the elders' pavilion in the middle, and the innermost side is the wing room of the sect leader's inner family, the dormitory of the great protector, and the dormitory of the sect leader. All the palaces are arranged in a circle.