On the day after the Qingming Festival, on the training ground of Xianjian Hall, Pu Zixuan was showing the results of his cultivation of the "Absolute Heart Sutra".

"Tempest Blaster!"

Pu Zixuan gathered the power of the Star River Dragon King in his hand, faced the rockery that was divided into three, exerted all his strength, waved his fist like a gale, and shouted on his lips in order to help: "Break-"

I saw that the three rockery boulders, under their attack, became broken pieces.

Pu Zixuan withdrew his breath, exhaled lightly, and asked around, "How is it?" ”

Su Sanniang applauded and said, "It's okay, there is a lot of progress." ”

He Xichen also clapped his hands and applauded: "Brother Pu is really powerful, if he continues like this, he will definitely be able to surpass Qin Yong." ”

Only Zhu Yafeng kept silent with a dark face, and Zhu Shihua saw it in his eyes and explained: "Now do you know why the teacher passed the "Absolute Heart Sutra" to Pu Zixuan? The so-called "absolute vein" is to temporarily close the meridians in one's body by adjusting the Great Zhou Tian, so that the purification power can gather and expand in the acupuncture points in the body, and then suddenly let go, so that it is like a spring, and can obtain a greater instantaneous explosive power than under normal circumstances. This kind of strategy is very suitable for Pu Zixuan and Wei Shi, who rely on frontal close blows, but it has little effect on the long-range attacks of the two of you, so I considered this way, and it is definitely not for the sake of the teacher. ”

Pu Zixuan arched his hand and said: "The apprentice is very grateful to the master for his unstinting teachings, and in the future, he will continue to cultivate and become more proficient in the technique of cutting the pulse, so as to continuously enhance his strength and add glory to my hall." ”

Zhu Shihua said again: "However, there is still one thing I need to explain to you as a teacher. ”

"Master, please speak."

Zhu Shihua squinted his eyes and said: "Master only said that there was no need to compensate for breaking the rockery, but now the rockery stones have been destroyed into fragments again, and the ornamental function has been completely lost, so you have to ask someone to clean it up, so you have to compensate eighteen taels of silver according to the price." ”

Pu Zixuan originally thought that Zhu Shihua was going to explain to him the matters to be paid attention to when cultivating the Absolute Pulse Technique, but he didn't expect to ask for money again, so he smiled bitterly: "Master, how does the apprentice feel that he has become your cash cow?" ”

Zhu Shihua laughed and said: "The old man loves money, the world knows it, you have to get used to it." ”

Pu Zixuan thought to himself, under his guidance, his skills had indeed grown a lot, and he didn't bother to care, so he nodded and said, "Okay, it's on the head of the apprentice." ”

He Xichen smiled and stuck to Pu Zixuan's side and handed over a handkerchief: "Brother Pu, wipe your sweat and rest." ”

Several people were resting on the training ground for a while, and at this time, the doorman came to report: "Report to Hall Master Zhu, there is a person named Li Zhong outside the door who asks to see him." ”

As soon as he heard Li Zhong's name, Pu Zixuan couldn't take care of resting, got up and said hurriedly: "Then invite him in, he must have brought news of Xiao Jiu!" ”

He Xichen has been accustomed to not having news of Chen Shuqing for many days, and it seems to be a matter of course to be alone with Pu Zixuan, as soon as he saw his eyes shining, his cheerful expression suddenly disappeared, and his mouth turned high: "When you talk about her, you always have this expression!" ”

Zhu Shihua waved his hand and said: "Wait, I have already told you before, during the cultivation period, you must maintain extremely focused, and you must not mess up your mind because of that Chen Shuqing, so let Li Zhong go back." ”

The doorman said: "Li Zhong said, there are 100,000 urgent matters, if you can't see the two of Zhu Hall Master and Pu Zixuan, just sit at the door and wait." If you don't see each other, wait for one day, and if you don't see you in January, you will wait for one month! ”

Pu Zixuan was shocked: "One hundred thousand urgent?

Master, I'm afraid that something has gone wrong in the Hall of Forgotten Worries, and I hope you will break this case once. ”

Zhu Shihua said: "Well, since that's the case, let's invite him to this training ground." ”

After a while, Li Zhong walked in quickly, didn't even want to pay respects, and said to Pu Zixuan with a frightened face: "Something is wrong, something is wrong...... Yesterday was the Qingming Festival, in the afternoon, I went out to the grave of my relatives, and was about to go back to the Hall of Forgetting Worries, in a cloth shop on the outskirts of the city, I saw a man buy a black cloth, wrapped up a comatose woman, and walked away...... The woman was clearly Chen Shuqing, so I followed the man, and when I saw him arrive at the Meridian Street Eternal Life Gate Branch, I exchanged a few words with the porter, and then entered the door, and after about a cup of tea, the man walked out, but Chen Shuqing was missing in his hand......"

When Pu Zixuan heard this, he couldn't help but interrupt Li Zhong and asked Zhu Shihua: "Master, how can you take Xiao Jiu and sell it?" ”

Zhu Shihua said angrily: "Bold, the matter has not been clarified, how dare you question the teacher at will?" He asked Zhu Yafeng again, "Have you ever given such an order?" ”

Zhu Yafeng has long had a grudge against Pu Zixuan, and when he came to this Xianjian Hall, he first insisted on asking for the release of the eight sons he had worked so hard to recover from Yunnan, and then he won the favor of his grandfather, and learned the "Absolute Heart Sutra" that he couldn't learn, and now he questioned that Xianjian Hall had captured Chen Shuqing, and suddenly a wave of anger ignited in his heart, and he wanted to settle the old accounts with Pu Zixuan's new accounts, and shouted: "Pu Zixuan, the four major sects all have monster trading, and someone sold Chen Shuqing to the Eternal Life Gate, you actually questioned us, what are your intentions?" ”

Zhu Shihua didn't want the two to have a conflict, so he used gestures to suggest that Zhu Yafeng stop, and explained in a positive voice: "In this Immortal Sword Hall, only Feng'er and I have the right to order the demon catch, and now our minds are all about defeating Qin Yong and seizing the position of the alliance leader, and we don't have the idea of buying and selling monsters at all, this matter should be done by others." ”

The audience talked about Chen Shuqing every word, and Li Zhong hurriedly said: "You haven't listened to me yet!" Let's talk about it first, more terrible things are yet to come......"

Zhu Shihua said: "Okay, you continue." ”

Li Zhong's voice trembled and said: "After I left the Eternal Life Gate Branch, I immediately rushed back to the Forgotten Sorrow Hall, but what I saw was the bodies of Dr. Wu Youxiang and Xiaoyan lying in the courtyard, and Qingxia was nowhere to be found, and there was still a pool of blood on the ground, which was estimated to be a bad luck ......."

Zhu Shihua's squinted eyes widened: "How can this be?" This...... It's even more unlikely that my church is doing it, either a robber or a demon. ”

Li Zhong continued: "It was late at night, I was so frightened that I went to report to the government, and a few arresters came to the scene, but they were at a loss. I didn't dare to go back to the Hall of Forgetfulness, so I stayed in the inn for the night, and I came to ask you for help this morning! ”

Zhu Shihua sighed: "Although our hall is not to subdue demons and eliminate demons as its own responsibility, but Dr. Wu has also been very helpful to our hall for many years, if it is done by robbers, the government should take responsibility and avenge them, if it is a monster, then we must wait until we find out the truth, and then make plans." Li Zhong, you go back first, and then come to us when there is further news. ”

Li Zhong nodded, said goodbye gloomily, and withdrew.

Pu Zixuan couldn't hold it anymore, and said anxiously: "The top priority now is to go to the eternal life gate to ask for someone." Master, please be sure to be the master of this matter, otherwise, the disciples will disobey your orders and will go to them to settle accounts! ”

Zhu Yafeng shouted:

"Presumptuous, talking to grandpa, why are you so rude?"

Zhu Shihua once again persuaded Zhu Yafeng, for embarrassment: "Alas, it's not that the teacher is unwilling to come forward, but between the four major sects, the buying and selling of monsters is their own business, and outsiders are not allowed to interfere, not to mention, the other party is still the leader of the alliance." How can you tell them as a teacher? Say that Chen Shuqing is my friend? Is it your friend of Pu Zixuan? Do they know who you are? In addition, the most taboo of the four major sects is to purify the messenger and the monster, the monster regards us as food, we regard the monster as a pet, and now the New Year is about to begin, everyone is gearing up, but they want people to release a monster, what a bad thing? What do you want to say as a teacher? ”

Pu Zixuan said: "Then I'll go by myself and redeem Xiao Jiu!" ”

Zhu Yafeng laughed and said: "Haha, Pu Zixuan, in this world, there are many things that money can't do. Do you remember how Qin Yong intercepted my Tang loot in the first place? The ownership of monsters can only be decided by the hall master and the head of the house, you go to the branch to redeem people, isn't this as domineering as Qin Yong? We and the Eternal Life Gate have finally resolved the misunderstanding, are you going to stir up trouble again? ”

Pu Zixuan asked, "Then, how can I meet Master He?" ”

Zhu Yafeng responded: "When the day of the New Year, the four major sects will gather in the Broken Intestine Valley, and when the time comes, you will see him, but if Master He doesn't give you this face, I'm afraid it won't be easy to say." ”

Pu Zixuan shook his head: "I can't wait for that day, everything I do now is for Xiao Jiu, if Xiao Jiu has three longs and two shorts, what Qin Yong, what Shou Sui, what Demon Emperor, nothing to do with me!" Pu Zixuan saw that the two grandchildren refused to stand on his side, and asked Su Sanniang again: "Sanniang, Xiao Jiu is also your companion, what do you think?" ”

Su Sanniang also said with a sad face: "Alas, if there is the slightest possibility, I will do my best to rescue Chen Shuqing, but the master and senior brother are not unreasonable, I am afraid that this matter will have to be ......" After speaking, he glanced at Pu Zixuan and glanced at He Xichen next to him.

He Xichen's heart was already like knocking over the five-flavor bottle, but finally, he still said righteously: "Brother Pu, if you need me to go, I will go, I am the daughter of Master He, maybe I can say a few words." ”

There was no other way, Pu Zixuan asked He Xichen for help: "Xichen, if you can help me save Xiao Jiu, I must, I must ......."

Pu Zixuan suddenly sighed, yes, what can I promise? Give her money? Or marry her?

He Xichen said in a deep voice: "Brother Pu, you don't have to promise me anything, now, I have figured it out, no matter what I say or do, it can't change Sister Shuqing's status in your mind." I shouldn't have appeared, I shouldn't have seen you, in this case, I can help Brother Pu do one more thing, so that you don't feel so sad anymore, I think, I don't know you in vain. ”

After saying a few words, Pu Zixuan was moved, and sighed lightly: "Really, thank you very much." ”

"Don't do that!" He Xichen lifted the corners of Pu Zixuan's mouth up with his fingers, and said with a forced smile, "No matter what happens, I want you to be happy, like this, like this...... Yeah. ”

Pu Zixuan kept the corners of his mouth upturned and said, "Well, I promise you." ”

"Then I'll go." He Xichen said as he walked, "At most, two hours, whether it is successful or not, I will come back to give you an answer." ”

At the moment when He Xichen turned around and broke away from the three of them, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, and tears poured out like a broken embankment.