His pupils suddenly contracted, and his hands trembled slightly. The mysterious old man in front of him was so vivid in his memory that the moment he saw his face, he immediately blurted out the familiar title:

"Yes...... Yes, Grand Elder!!"

Excitement and surprise blended, Long Tao never dreamed that this old man would be the most familiar and cordial elder he was most familiar with, let alone that the two of them would meet in such a hurry.

When the old man saw his shocked look, he first took a step back. He immediately reacted to such an angle, Long Tao could see his face very clearly, which was his negligence.

Long Tao has experienced so many things, and he wants to tell the Great Elder about everything. He had buried a lot of emotions in his heart, and he had hidden them for so long that when he really saw the Great Elder, he was so snorted that he couldn't say a word.

The deep longing made Long Tao's eyes red, and the hot and bulging tears kept pressing and refusing to fall.

When the Great Elder saw that he had learned the truth, he no longer hid it. He raised his hand to take off the hat, revealing the kind face in Long Tao's memory.

"Great Elder...... You, you're finally back......" Long Tao wiped his tears with his wrist and smiled sincerely, "Long Tao, disciple of Long Halberd, welcome the return of the Great Elder!"

However, the Great Elder only smiled bitterly.

Long Tao suddenly noticed at this time that the Great Elder looked even older than before. His hair was all white, and he was messily coiled on top of his head, and his face had many furrows, and he looked weak and weak.

"Hehe......" The Great Elder's withered eyes were still the kind and kind look of the past. He looked at Long Tao and said leisurely: "The kid back then has grown up to be a young man who can win glory for the sect today. ”

“...... Be. Long Tao lowered his head and said, his eyes still glancing over the Great Elder's face.

"Great Elder...... I don't know if I should ask. Long Tao thought for a moment and decided to ask, "Your retreat cultivation, now...... Is it a complete accomplishment?"

The Great Elder's eyes loosened slightly. He looked at this favorite little disciple and thought for a moment before he said slowly: "Long Tao, you have always been very clever. ”

Long Tao raised his head uneasily, although he had been praying in his heart not to be what he thought, he felt more and more intensely, as if his premonition was about to be truly confirmed.

The Great Elder took a deep breath. As if he was afraid of hurting Long Tao's heart, he muttered for a while before he finally slowly confessed:

"My cultivation, completely, failed. ”

............

At the same time, inside the jade-faced rakshasa halberd, Su Beizhi followed the whereabouts of the white dove and found the most secret place in the sect all the way.

It was one of the most inconspicuous dilapidated side halls in the jade-faced Rakshasa Halberd sub-hall complex, which looked as if it had not been repaired for many years, and was already covered with cobwebs and dust. If Su Bezhi hadn't followed the white dove here, he wouldn't have guessed that this was their core secret place.

He cautiously cated behind the wall, craned his neck and watched as the white dove flew into it along the broken window. There is no light in the black hole inside, and it is very likely that there is some secret passage, secret door or the like.

"It's so meticulous, I'm afraid who will see it. Su Beizhi whispered to himself, "Don't let the uncle in, the uncle still wants to go in to find out." ”

So saying, he looked around to see that there was no one, and at once he jumped out from behind the wall, and when he saw the wide window, he also leaped in with light and agility, and fell silently to the ground.

He fell to his knees and wiped the ground. Sure enough, there is no thick dust on the ground inside, which means that people often enter, so there must be a lot of mystery in it.

The white dove flew in and disappeared, and Su Bezhi looked around, but there was no sign of the white dove. In the pitch-black room, you can't see your fingers, and it's hard to find mechanisms and secret passages.

He still remembered that the ghost master was the holder of the Xuan Emblem, and if he used coercion to investigate here, he would definitely be able to detect it. Therefore, after thinking about it, Su Beizhi had to regretfully give up this easy method.

He refused to give up, groping around the room with his hands, trying to find a discovery.

Subetsu clings to the wall, looking for clues inch by inch like a gecko. However, there was a broken table in the innermost corner of the room, and Su Beizhi didn't notice it for a while, and his knees went up at once, and he grinned in pain.

"Damn, who put this depressing broken table......" He covered his knees with one hand and held the table with the other to stand up straight, but as soon as his palm was placed on the table, he immediately got a little wet.

"It's ...... What?"

He was just about to shake his hand away, but suddenly his spirit was attracted by the thing in his palm. Since this thing is wet, it means that it has just been produced.

He put his hand to his nose and sniffed it carefully. Smell it a little......

"*, bird!" he cursed in a low voice.

However, he immediately thought of the white dove just now, and the ideas instantly collided with sparks. Suddenly, he stared at the bird in the palm of his hand with understanding, and he understood.

Su Bezhi immediately lay down on the table, carefully observing. He reached the bottom edge of the table, and sure enough, he found that it was connected to the ground.

This shows that under the table, there is a secret passage that they bother to hide. It's really hard, but he still let him find it.