Chapter 53: Returning
Tian Tian and the others came here and quickly handed over the goods they brought to Qingfeng Sect's own shop, Guan Changsheng had already returned to Yun Ling'er with Lingmi and other food, only Tian Tian himself came to the door of the City Lord's Mansion, although it was called the City Lord's Mansion, in fact, it was just a slightly larger house, Tian Tian still asked a lot of passers-by to find it.
There are no guards in front of the door of the City Lord's Mansion, only a gatehouse with a missing arm, it is not uncommon for people with such limbs to be mutilated in Wasteland City, and it can also be seen how fierce the battle is here, Tian Tian was very unsuitable for this place when he first entered the city, the blood on the people here is too heavy, and he can smell it from a long distance, and no one even pays attention to the little blood stains on the street, Tian Tian is walking on the intention to avoid the bloodstains, and the behavior will attract the eyes of the monks in the city. After leading the deacon to tell Tian Tian about the situation here, Tian Tiancai understood why the people here acted like this, who would pay attention to their appearance in a precarious environment, and couldn't help but gradually began to admire the monks here, not only did they not give up on themselves because of this environment, but they were full of fighting spirit, and they were also working hard for higher cultivation, even those monks with disabilities were still making their own contributions to other people in the city. Tian Tian saw these and gradually understood the meaning of Yunyi's arrangement for him to come here, a person should not change himself because of the environment, but should maintain his original heart in different environments, only in this way can he continue to improve, if he can't follow his own path and continue to talk about becoming an immortal, although there have been no people who have become immortals for 10,000 years now, then what is the meaning of these monks' cultivation, Tian Tian has not had any answer to this matter, until today I understand that the purpose of monks' cultivation was not to become an immortal at the beginning, but to cultivate their own heart, and only by keeping their own heart and cultivating is meaningfulγ
After understanding these things, Tian Tian felt that his heart suddenly opened up, and the cultivation that had not entered the realm since breaking through to the Jindan stage actually began to slowly increase at this time, and the wonder of the Great Dao Spirit Body really couldn't be guessed with common sense.
Tian Tian, who had been thinking all the way, naturally stepped forward to salute when he saw the porter: "I have seen my predecessors, and Tian Tian, a disciple of the Kid Qingfeng Sect, asks to see the city lord of Wasteland City. β
The one-armed man in the porter glanced at Tian Tian, and didn't say much, just pointed inside, and then sat in the gatehouse in a daze, Tian Tian didn't care, walked inside, and said again when he walked to the door of the main room: "Qingfeng Sect disciple Tian Tian asks to see his seniors." β
It was an old voice from inside the door: "Come in, the old man is inconvenient to come out to greet you, and you don't have to be polite." β
Tian Tian pushed the door in, only to see an old man half-lying on the couch in the room, the wind and candles were in his old age, and he didn't feel any cultivation on the old man's body at all, and the smell of medicine was also permeated in the house, the old man now seemed to be leaving this world at any time, but he still showed a smile when he saw Tian Tian, and he couldn't see any fear of death in the eyes of the old man, only the relief when he saw an excellent junior.
The old man coughed a few times and then spoke again: "Sit down, the sect is finally here, the old man made a big mistake in a moment of confusion, and was punished for guarding the wasteland city for a hundred years, time flies really fast, the old man has participated in more than 10,000 battles in a hundred years, and has repelled the beast tide more than ten times, and there are always millions of various demon beasts and wicked people who died in the hands of the old man, this life is not happy, whose disciple are you?Do you want to hear the story of my dying man?"
"I am willing, I am a disciple of Tianyi Peak, and my family master is called Yunyi. Tian Tian has a special respect for this old man, what kind of person is it, who can fight non-stop for a hundred years, until his body has collapsed to such an extent, he still has an incomprehensible enthusiasm for fighting.
"Hehe, you are a disciple of the Nine Elders, what a blessing, the entire sect may only be able to understand me by the Nine Elders," the old man smiled bitterly and continued: "The old man is a disciple of the Seventh Elder Yun Zhan, and he used to be the chief deacon of the Battle Qi Pavilion. That year, there was an unprecedented beast tide in the Northland Wasteland, and many of the masters of the Xiuzhen Alliance died in battle, and finally they turned to the sect for help, and the Council of Elders ordered the Battle Qi Pavilion to send out to aid the Wasteland City, and I was the captain of that operation. When the old man said this, his face was full of yearning for reminiscing about good things, and he stayed for a long time before continuing: " At that time, I led the hundred disciples of the Battle Qi Pavilion to the Northern Wasteland, the Wasteland City had long been lost, many monks fought with demon beasts in the wild, and the demon beasts that took the lead were extremely high-level, often several monks could replace a demon beast, and the demon beasts of the infant transformation period could be seen everywhere, and even saw a few big demons that had been transformed, you must know that these demon beasts were often stronger than the monks of the human god transformation stage, but we were not afraid, the disciples of the Battle Qi Pavilion also had the cultivation of the Yuan Infant Stage at the very least, and with the advantage of the battle array, we still resisted wave after wave of demon beast attacks, and soon became the core of the battlefield, just when the form gradually improved,Suddenly, a part of the monks began to snatch the useful resources of the slain demon beast in an orderly manner, and openly killed more than a dozen monks who stepped forward to stop it, I didn't know what the specific situation was at the time, so I broke away from the team and stepped forward to inquire about the situation, only to know that these things were actually the disciples of Wei Yuan, the leader of the Xiuzhen Alliance, who led his servants on behalf of him, I didn't suppress the anger for a while, and killed him on the spot, but the battle was urgent, and I didn't have time to communicate too much about it, until more than ten days later, the beast tide receded, no one said about it, and the Xiuzhen Alliance sent someone to ask the sect to hand over the murderer, I don't know where I found a group of witnesses, saying that I fought with that person in order to grab resources, and the Battle Qi Pavilion suffered from no evidence at that time, so I could only report the matter to the Council of Elders for adjudication, and the Council of Elders wanted me to go with the Xiuzhen Alliance to be questioned in order to calm the incident, only my master asked the Nine Elders to come forward to take over the matter. Later, the Nine Elders not only fought the Xiuzhen Alliance to let Wei Yuan come forward to explain the matter, and killed the person who committed perjury, but also fought a big battle with Wei Yuan, who would have thought that the Nine Elders defeated Wei Yuan within ten moves with only one hand, and left words on the spot, 'Your Wei Yuan's disciple will be killed if you are killed, if you are not satisfied, you will go to Tianyi Peak to find me for revenge, and my Battle Qi Pavilion will hold the wasteland city for you for a hundred years, and strive to protect the city from losing, and this matter is over. So, I have been in this wasteland city for a hundred years, and the wasteland city has never changed hands for a hundred years, and today I can finally return to my master and the nine elders. β
After hearing this, Tian Tian not only had a new evaluation of his master's strength in his heart, but also had great respect for the disciple of the Qingfeng Sect in front of him, just for a promise, he would not retreat for a hundred years, and he actually injured a monk who had exceeded the Yuan infant stage to the point of running out of oil and lamp.
Tian Tian stretched out his hand and took out a letter brought by Yun Yi from the storage bag and handed it to this person, this person raised his hand to take the envelope, took out a piece of letterhead inside, and saw only one sentence on it, "A hundred years of perseverance, hard work, you can go back, the sect is waiting for you." β
The old man took out a small cloth bag from his bosom and handed it to Tian Tian, "Here are the identity tokens of the thirty-five Battle Qi Pavilion disciples who came with me, I have already put my token in it, please take us home." After saying that, he slowly stood up and raised his head and sang: "In the past, my comrades stood at the head of the city, and they never complained for a hundred years, but they couldn't cross the northern plains, and they would fight again in the next life." Go back, go back. Then he died of exhaustion, but he did not fall again.
Tian Tian was moved in his heart, but he couldn't cry here, that was disrespectful to the hero, these thirty-six people were all tough guys, and crying in front of them was the biggest insult, Tian Tian picked up the old man's body, walked out of the house step by step, and saw that the one-armed man in the gatehouse was already standing in the courtyard, and it was not surprising to see Tian Tian holding the old man, but he just signaled to Tian Tian to follow him, Tian Tian did not hesitate to follow the one-armed man, the two came all the way to a small hill outside the city, only to see that there were thirty-five mounds neatly arranged on the top of the mountain, there were no tombstones and no traces of people coming to worship, the one-armed man pointed to a small piece of space that was still empty in the middle and said: "This is it, the city lord said that he is here and his brothers are watching the wasteland city, don't go, you go back with the city lord's token, the task of the rest of my life is to guard the city lord here, he is no longer a disciple of the sect, he is the city lord of the wasteland city, is the soul of all the monks here, this is the city lord's token, you can give it to any monk in the city, go back." β
Tian Tian opened his mouth and couldn't say anything, so he could only nod, put the old man's body on the ground, gave a deep salute, took the token and turned around to leave, but he didn't dare to turn his head anymore.
Running all the way, Tian Tian seemed to want to run out with a ball of fire in his heart, but the more he ran, the more angry he became, as if a volcano was about to erupt, wanting to burn all the demon beasts here, wanting to burn the Xiuzhen Alliance, wanting to melt this Northland wasteland, everything seemed to be his enemy.
Even until Tian Tian returned to the city and saw that the monks who came and went here were like seeing the enemy who killed the old man, and the monks next to him were at a loss to avoid some when they saw Tian Tian, Tian Tian's eyes were now red, and the original cynical aura on his body was completely gone, replaced by endless murderous aura, and the whole person seemed to be a monster crawling up from the Nine Nether Styx.
I walked all the way to the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, and saw a monk who was passing by, and when I saw Tian Tian's appearance, I just wanted to dodge away, but I was caught in front of him by Tian Tianyi, and held the City Lord Token that I had been holding in my hand to the monk's eyes and said: "You see, this is the City Lord Token, you hand it over to the Xiuzhen Alliance of Wasteland City for me, and tell them that the task of the thirty-six warriors of my Qingfeng Sect Battle Qi Pavilion for a hundred years has been completed, and the next thing is the enmity between me Tian Tian and their Xiuzhen Alliance, let them wash their necks and wait for me." β