Qiu Ru heard that Taoyuan was going out again, and as soon as he got the news, he rushed to Qingyang Temple, and several juniors in the view were nowhere to be seen, only an old man in Taoyuan stood there alone, contemplating the old jujube tree.

When Qiu Ru walked over, Taoyuan happened to have his back to her and spoke, "I still remember the appearance of those two little cubs who brought disaster to my old fellow...... In my heart, Wuzhi and Xiao Zhao are still as small as they were when I first met them. ”

“...... Senior sister, we are also old. ”

Taoyuan's voice sounded inexplicably vicissitudes, not as energetic as before, and the rush for a while seemed to make his face, which had not changed over the years, also aged.

When it comes to the word "old", Qiu Ru used to lose his eyes, but the previous Taoyuan was not as pessimistic as it is now, he always felt that the next person to become an immortal was himself, and he also liked to talk about "longevity like Peng Zu......

But now it seems that everything is a little different.

"You want to go to Penglai?" Qiu Ru rolled up his sleeves, raised his eyes to see the new shoots on the tree, and stood beside Taoyuan.

Tao Yuan shook off his wide sleeves, held the piece of black wood in his hand, and looked at Qiu Ru.

Qiu Ru let out a "huh", frowned slightly and touched it twice, "This is the little fat man under Cheng Xiao who brought it out from the bottom of the cliff...... How did a piece of scrap get to you?"

Taoyuan didn't say a word, and looked at her with heavy eyes.

Qiu Ru was full of doubts, concentrated his divine sense on his fingertips, put his hand on the black wood and stroked it again, and his two fingers paused at the gap cut by the dagger.

After a moment, her eyes widened and she looked at Taoyuan in horror.

Taoyuan lowered his eyes and shook his head, retracted Kuroki into his sleeve, and put his hands together.

"This! this ......" Qiu Ru pursed her lips, only to feel that her mouth was dry and panicked, her eyes quickly looked around, and when she looked at Taoyuan, she wanted to speak again.

"Senior sister, you are a smart person," Taoyuan looked at the marks on the jujube tree with fixed eyes, one mark was the older one year of the two apprentices, "Do you remember the Fuhong Dao Elder in Penglai?"

Qiu Ru was stunned for a moment, while quickly recalling in his heart, because Penglai's Fuhong Dao Elder has always been lonely and difficult to get along, so a few years ago, I heard that he went into retreat to cultivate the last Dao realm, but when he came out, I didn't hear about it.

Taoyuan said in a deep voice, "These times, I have checked intermittently for a while. ”

"When the rattan demon made a monster in Qishan, he was subdued by the people of the nine major sects, and then accidentally called the rattan demon to flee because of a moment, and the vine demon cultivated for a great loss. Everyone felt that the vine demon would not live long, and slowly no one would look for it...... Only Fuhong Dao Chang has been tracking. ”

Qiu Ru pinched his fingers and calculated, his brows never relaxed, "As far as I know, Fuhong Daoist has not been investigated for long, and after about two or three years, Penglai has spread the news of Fuhong's retreat." ”

Taoyuan fingers hidden in his sleeve and pointed at the black wood, and sighed, "I am also friends with Fuhong, he is a brainless person, and he gives up before he finds it, unlike his style." ”

Qiu Ru suddenly shuddered when he spoke, her eyes unconsciously glanced at Taoyuan's hand, there was something she didn't dare to say.

- Maybe...... Maybe Fuhong has found it......

"You don't have to know too much about these things, the old man checked for himself, and it wasn't abrupt for me to visit my old friend in Penglai. Tao Yuan turned around and walked towards the hall.

"I know you suspect that this relic is Fuhong's," Qiu Ru said hurriedly, "but if so, what if this suspicion is true?"

Taoyuan didn't look back, and thought about it with his hands behind his back, "Bring three taels of Qingyang wine and go to pay tribute to my old friend." ”

The old man smacked his touch, and looked back at Qiu Ru, an old girl who had never been afraid of heaven and earth, "Why, if people are not in Lingying Mountain, then they are not made by the old man, and they still want to catch me and not let go?"

Saying that, Taoyuan also snorted, seeing that he was leaving, Qiu Ru hurriedly chased after him and whispered, "Have you ever thought about whether this Fuhong will be gone when the news of his retreat comes out in Penglai!"

Taoyuan's mind was not as meticulous as Qiu Ru, and he was stunned when he heard this, but he quickly reacted.

- If the person is long gone, why does Penglai create the illusion of his retreat?

Taoyuan is a kind person, and he subconsciously doesn't want to think about this, he wants to go to Penglai this time, and he still thinks that he is going to see an old friend.

He took two steps with a calm face, suddenly walked quickly to the study, took out a letter from a pile of books on the desk, stuffed it into Qiu Ru's hand, and spoke absent-mindedly for a long time, "Ruo...... If I do not return within five days, I will send this letter to the Minxi Taishou Mansion. ”

Qiu Ru hurriedly put it away, looked up and instructed Taoyuan, "If you go, you will say that you are visiting an old friend." ”

Tao Yuan nodded, and suddenly remembered something, "By the way, according to previous years, the competition meeting of the nine major sects, is it just in the near future?"

"You didn't come back outside before, but this year it was held in Lingying Mountain, and the temple has begun to prepare closely. Qiu Ru looked worried, "Yingfeng Zhenren is not in good health now, and the atmosphere in Lingying Mountain is also much lower. ”

Taoyuan patted her on the shoulder, put away Hao Yuanling and Babaohu, "I will leave immediately, and within five days at most, I will protect my two apprentices for me." ”

Qiu Ru nodded hesitantly, looked at Taoyuan's rickety back, and swallowed back the words.

Yun Zhao was given a death order by Taoyuan, and she could only stay closed for the past five days, and only Xue Wuzhi came to accompany her every day to send her food, and she would also come to see Heng, and every time she came, she would tell her something outside.

"In the past few days, a lot of people from other places have come to Shu County, and I heard that they all live at the foot of Lingying Mountain, and they are going to go up the mountain to participate in the competition meeting in two days. ”

Yun Zhao heard Heng say, with a smile on her face, but she was surprised that after Taoyuan left, she locked herself in this room and closed the door, and she didn't know that three days had passed.

"This morning, I also saw Senior Brother Zhang Jing!" Jian Heng said with wide eyes.

Xue Wuzhi couldn't help frowning when he heard this person's name.

Yun Zhao didn't feel anything, she just felt like a world away, and the ridiculous things in the past were just a little bit of slapstick between children in her heart. And Zhang Jing has also learned a lesson, and now she doesn't hold much grudges.

Yun Zhao was a little curious in his heart, "What kind of specification is this competition, why haven't I heard of it before?"

"The competition is held once every six years, and according to the competition, the disciples who win in each session will receive some rewards, such as the right to choose teachers, rare treasures, elixirs, elixirs, and so on. Xue Wuzhi patiently explained.

Yun Zhao nodded.

In this way, when the last session was held, I was still in Changxi Mountain.

"Senior Brother Xue is the strongest among our disciples in the last competition!" Jian Heng hurriedly added.

Seeing that Yun Zhao looked at him, Xue Wuzhi blushed a little, he suddenly looked like a child, and touched the back of his head, "It's not ......."

"Huh?" Yun Zhao's eyes widened with curiosity, and he was rarely happy, "Senior brother never mentioned it to me, so what reward did you get?"

Xue Wuzhi took out the Duchen sword on his waist and put it in front of Yun Zhao, "That's it." ”

"Senior Brother Xue can get a lot, but he just needs to be dusty," Seeing Heng's face and honor, "That's right! I heard that the Qingshuang Sword was also given to Senior Brother Xue, but Senior Brother Xue gave it to Senior Sister Yuanyuan!"

Xue Wuzhi paused, unconsciously raised his eyes to look at Yun Zhao, and was speechless for a while.

"Coincidentally," Yun Zhao didn't seem to take it to heart, but smiled slightly, as if thinking of some good memories, "My sword was also given to me by my master." ”