There are not many people on the street, and the Xiaoyao Palace on the Qinhuai River outside is very majestic, and it is only on the side of the main road, with a very wide bluestone paved alley.

This palace, built in the Yang and Wu periods, was originally a small-scale Taoist cultivation site. After several dynasties, the vast surrounding houses and land were expropriated, and finally expanded to today's scale, and the pattern of five courtyards and palaces before and after is not weaker than some palaces in Jinling City.

Just like the obscure Shengyuan Temple, because it is a legal system of the Tiantai lineage, the end of the Sui Dynasty became a rare dojo of Zen. In the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty in the previous dynasty, because of the residence of several generations of Zen monks, it has become a Zen Dharma dojo. But Shengyuan Temple is far from being comparable to Xiaoyao Palace now, because the scale is less than one-fifth!

The two vigorous and curvy ancient cypresses at the entrance of the Xiaoyao Palace, and the relics branches watered by the gentle drizzle, make people look more profound and a little more immortal. Especially occasionally, a few cranes chirping and deer are heard, which makes people know that this is a fairy realm.

Today, because the Xiaoyao Palace opens the altar to preach to the outside world, you can also see secular people coming in and out, and you can't just see the bluestone road in front of the palace, and the people who come and go are all walking softly, obviously afraid of disturbing the fairy master in the palace and the people from all walks of life who listen to the sermon.

At this time, when the disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect in front of the palace were leisure, they suddenly saw someone walking quickly, led by two men with lofty spirits. The red-faced old man on the left, with three locks of black and white long beard under his chin, has a bit of style. Next to him is also an old man, with a white head and bright teeth, but he is vigorous and powerful!

The welcoming disciple at the door is Zou Fanzhi of Xiaoyao Palace, as a representative, he seems to know the two of them, while taking the initiative to go down the steps to greet them, while waiting for these people to come closer, looking at the two men in front of him, his bright eyes are looking forward to life, and he is looking at himself with a kind face, but it makes people feel a sense of awe.

However, Zou Fanzhi is not an ordinary person, there are many various characters who usually come to this Xiaoyao Palace, so he naturally will not have stage fright. On the surface, he still gave a salute to the two people led by him: "It turned out that General Yan and General Chen came, and Xiaodao greeted the master on behalf of the sect!" ”

"You little Taoist priest, you're getting more and more slippery!" A clear voice came, and in the fluttering drizzle, it was this white-headed man who spoke slowly. However, he smiled a little, obviously not feeling arrogant: "I haven't seen you for a long time, but my cultivation has improved a lot!" ”

Drizzle, bluestone, oil umbrella, casual clothes! This pedestrian is standing at the gate of Xiaoyao Palace, which makes people feel like a pair of danqing! A trace of surprise flashed in Zou Fanzhi's eyes, and the impression in his heart of this man who was not famous in Jinling naturally had a little respect: "Lord Chen praised it falsely, and Xiaodao is ashamed!" ”

But he didn't stay, watching these people spill over at the moment, I don't know why there was a little more in my heart, with a strange feeling. Then looking at the eyes of the man with a long beard and a slight smile, it didn't seem to make people feel public, and it made people feel a little more comfortable and quiet in their hearts: "The two adults came here to preach today?" ”

"Of course, it is rare to have the honor to listen to the high road ascending to the altar, and it just so happens that your family has a friend who invites you, so a certain cheeky face and Brother Chen came together!" What surprised Zou Fanzhi was that the long-bearded man beside Lord Chen seemed to feel something faintly, and when he saw Zou Fanzhi looking at him with a smile, although he was surprised in his heart, he nodded slightly quietly.

Zou Fanzhi found that behind this man, there were four people behind. It seems that there are ordinary people and practitioners, especially one of them is burly, although he is dressed in civilian clothes, but he is afraid of it. Zou Fanzhi can also be regarded as an outstanding figure of the generation of the Carefree School, looking at the appearance of this young man, he can't help but feel chills.

Although he knew that it was impossible for these two people to make trouble, Zou Fanzhi's eyes were also dilated, and he glanced at this man, but it was only for a moment, and he restrained the essence in his eyes, lowered his eyelids, and did not dare to look at this person again. I secretly wondered in my heart that I didn't know such a character in Jinling, so I was naturally surprised.

Of course, Zou Fanzhi immediately stood aside as if nothing had happened: "Could it be that General Chen and General Yan are the distinguished guests invited by the elders of this sect to listen to the sermon?" ”

"You don't dare to be a guest, but it's really your invitation to Xiao Cheng Xiao Daoyou, I don't know if it will disturb?" However, this General Yan is a little low-key, and he looks like an ordinary person. But he seemed to feel something, glanced at the man behind General Chen, and instinctively straightened up: "Could it be that the sermon has already begun!" ”

"It turns out that it is really a distinguished guest of Uncle Xiao, Xiaodao is really slack!" It seems that he didn't feel anything, for the two guests who had just arrived, as well as the four people behind him, to be able to get Xiao Cheng's invitation, as the basic disciple of the Xiaoyao Sect, Zou Fanzhi naturally had to be polite: "The sermon has begun, you distinguished guests are invited quickly!" ”

At this time, the two people that Zou Fanzhi saw were naturally Yan Jingquan, the general of the Tang Kingdom, whom Xiao Cheng met in Yiqunlou, and Chen Xu, who was known as the iron general! Yan Jingquan was captured and sent to Bianjing with Bian Hao, Xu Wenzhi, and Yang Shouzhong, and was sent back to Jinling by Zhou Taizu Guo Wei for ten years.

And this iron general Chen Xu, naturally he was the number one general under the original Min lord Wang Yanzheng, and later he was destroyed in the Min State and he threw himself into the Tang State, and he was one of the strongest generals in the Tang State except for Bian Hao, the god of war. The strongest Baisheng army led by him in the Tang Kingdom is now in the hands of his son Chen Decheng.

Regarding Zou Fanzhi's politeness, Chen Zhi was a little noncommittal. Because Xiao Cheng took the initiative to invite, Chen Yu came to the appointment early with Yan Jingquan today. Although Zou Fanzhi didn't know what the meaning was, his skills were still in the ordinary innate stage, and Zou Fanzhi, whose status was only an ordinary disciple and senior brother, could only do it according to Xiao Cheng's intentions.

Seeing the people around Chen Yu and Yan Jingquan, although Zou Fanzhi was a little surprised in his heart, he didn't have the slightest surprise, so he naturally didn't dare to ask. After all, Xiao Cheng is a disciple of Elder Taishang, and during his time in Xiaoyao Palace, Zou Fanzhi was not less envious, so it can also be said that he did not dare to neglect the people invited by Xiao Cheng.

What's more, the identities of Yan Jingquan and Chen Xu, even if the Loose Sect is a little proud in Jinling City, but at this moment, Zou Fanzhi seems that he and the two men around him are not at the same level at all. And seeing the burly man behind Chen Xu, how could he be an ordinary person?

Chen Zhi didn't seem to care at all about Zou Fanzhi's politeness, standing half a step behind Yan Jingquan's side, side by side with the burly man behind him. However, there is no idea of complimenting everyone because he is a proud figure in the court, or because he is the original leader of the Baisheng Army, and he does not mean to say much to Zou Fanzhi.

Yan Jingquan and Chen Xu, who have only known Xiao Cheng for a few days, have some inexplicable feelings about this reckless teenager. This time I came to make an appointment with Xiao Cheng, in Yan Jingquan's view, it was nothing more than hoping that this young man would be closer to his children. And Chen Yu obviously has a great interest in the rumors of Xiao Cheng and Bian Hao.

After all, Xiao Cheng had just come to the Xiaoyao Sect to practice, and he had only just seen the Fa Decision for the beginning, so to say that his attainments in cultivation were not worth mentioning in Chen Xu's opinion. However, knowing that Xiao Cheng has obtained the inheritance of Bian Hao, as a congenital master, Chen Yu is naturally full of expectations!