Chapter 12: Guilt (1)

This is the second time Bao has set foot in the main hall of Shangyao, and the last time was ten years ago. At that time, she was only six years old, and she was led in by several high-level disciples, and was deeply shocked by the dreamlike grandeur in front of her.

The upper hall is a place where the head and elders are used to discuss matters, meet guests, divination and astrology, and the entire hall is shrouded in illusion, and it is like walking on the stars in the dark night. Twelve towering pillars support the dome of the main hall, the dome is extremely high, and the inner wall is inlaid with countless large and small night pearls, arranged in the shape of twenty-eight nights.

Seeing this scene for the first time, Ah Bao even forgot how to walk, in front of everyone in the hall with his left leg and right leg, he fell firmly on the ground paved with white marble, and his face hit the ground first.

On the wall at the end of the main hall hang two giant scrolls, on which two figures are painted with exquisite brushwork, on the left is the patriarch of the Shangyao Creation School, the first head of the sect Fu Nian, and on the right is Fu Nian's best friend, who succeeded the head of the sect after the death of his immortal, and has been in charge of the sect for hundreds of years, but now his whereabouts are unknown.

The appearance of Fu Nian is no different from the immortals imagined by the world, with a childish face, a whisk in his hand, white clothes fluttering, and fairy wind bones. And the immortal monarch on the side is not the same as what she heard from folklore or scholars, and she looks like she is clearly a talented and elegant noble son and young man.

He was born extremely handsome, with a slender body, a jade tree in the wind, a pair of phoenix eyes, upturned eyes, curved lines, and extremely light eyes. There is a faint red mole in the center of the eyebrows, which adds some amorous charm to the originally slightly faint facial features, and it is difficult to take a look off the eyes.

At that time, Po looked at the mole, and only felt a strange feeling gushing out of his heart, and it filled his entire heart in an instant. Out of nowhere, her intuition told her that she had seen that little mole that could almost eclipse everything in heaven and earth.

Later, someone told her that the painter who painted the portrait had been used by the royal family, and after resigning, he retired to the mountains and forests, and although his brushwork was excellent, it only depicted one-ten-thousandth of Changshengjun's own temperament. The painter was depressed afterwards, and died with regret shortly after descending the mountain. Changshengjun felt deeply remorseful for this, and since then he has not allowed others to paint for him. Although he has been in charge of the sect for hundreds of years, he has suddenly disappeared, and there is nothing left in the sect other than this painting to remember.

It has been ten years since he stepped into the hall again, and Ah Bao's state of mind is very different from ten years ago.

On the high platform at the end of the main hall are six Taishi chairs made of golden silk nanmu, the one facing the portrait of Changshengjun is empty, and the other five chairs are sitting on the five elders who are currently in charge of the sect, ranking them according to their seniority and status.

Fu Qingzhen, as the acting head, sat near the middle, and when he saw the disciple bring Ah Bao in, he nodded at him. The disciple understood, and after saluting the elders present, he respectfully withdrew from the main hall, leaving Ah Bao to stand alone under the stage, being condescendingly scrutinized, a little overwhelmed.

"Yun Bao." The voice of the innocent person sounded, echoing in the empty hall, as if coming from all directions: "You don't need to be nervous. I just want to ask you about some questions, and you just need to answer them truthfully. Do you understand? ”

Po lowered his eyes and nodded silently.

The Qing Zhenren looked around and cast an inquiring glance at the others, and the Fanxiang Zhenren who was sitting on the outermost side did not wait for others to express their opinions, and took the lead in speaking: "Since I am closest to Yun Abao, I will ask questions first, and I think you have no opinions, right?" ”

Seeing this, the rest of the people did not object. As we all know, there have been several festivals between Yun Abao and Fanxiang's apprentice, and this time she was a blockbuster in the competition, defeating a talented female disciple under her, and now no one dares to stop her from doing what she wants to do. It's just that with her consistent personality and style, this Ah Bao will inevitably have to suffer some hardships again.

Fanxiang Zhenren turned to Ah Bao, examined her from top to bottom, and said slowly: "The old body is now more than a hundred years old, maybe he is old and confused, and he can't remember some things clearly, so I want to ask you for verification." After a slight pause, he spoke again: "Ten years ago, when you first came to Shangyao, it was personally verified by me and others that you did not have the spiritual root and wisdom root of cultivation, and if it weren't for the fact that you were lonely and had nowhere to go at that time, you would have been sent down the mountain long ago. Is there such a thing? ”

Po nodded and pursed his lips.

"That's weird." Fanxiang Zhenren said: "Although the five of us are not as good as the head of the family in terms of cultivation, but in the end they have also practiced for more than 100 years, and I still have the ability to look at people, if we can even see this wrong, we will all go to the kitchen to help the kitchen like you, and there is no need to be an elder here, and embarrass the lord." ”

Ah Bao's tone was so unkind when he heard her speak, although he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, he didn't react, just lowered his head. In recent days, there have been absurd things in the sect one after another, and the piles have risen because of Ah Bao, all of which are related to the disciples of Fanxiang Zhenren, and this elder has always been a very protective of the short, so it is no wonder that she wants to sprinkle all her anger on Ah Bao's head.

However, Yuan Yang Zhenren, who was sitting next to him, was kind and kind, and he also liked to talk and laugh with his disciples on weekdays, and the last thing he wanted to see was that these little girls showed a look of grievance in front of him. ”

Fan Xiang Zhenren glanced at him lightly: "Senior brother is serious, but he is just an ignorant junior, what should I be angry with her?" Even if she used some kind of sideways to forcibly cultivate, it was also our negligence as elders and elders, and since we were at fault first, how could I embarrass her? ”

Ah Bao was shocked at the moment and hurriedly shook his head. She knew that she would definitely face such a question after making a move on the martial arts, and she was ready to reveal the truth and the truth of Yi Gu's marrow. It's just that she didn't expect that the elders would connect themselves to the side door.

"Bao, we are not speculating in this way because we are aiming at you." Seeing Ah Bao's panicked face, Fu Qingzhen opened his mouth to explain: "A few days ago, a disciple came to report to me and Elder Youdao, saying that he had encountered a demon beast of unknown origin in the courtyard where you lived, but is there such a thing?" ”

Ah Bao felt in his heart, this should be rhubarb. At the beginning, it followed itself out of the bottom of the cliff and went up the mountain, but he left it behind out of impulse, and recklessly let it mess around, bumping into many disciples and causing a lot of trouble. Po clenched his fists and nodded in acknowledgement.

"If my guess is right, that demon beast should have been met by chance in the valley of the back mountain after you fell off the cliff that day, and then brought back to the mountain, right?" Fu Qingzhen asked again, seeing that Ah Bao did not deny it, he sighed, changed his words, and said earnestly: "Ah Bao, you have been on the mountain for all these years, maybe we have neglected you too much and made you suffer a lot of grievances, if you are resentful because of this, it is understandable." ”

This is something that Bao can't understand, it's true that she has suffered a lot of grievances on the mountain, but what does this have to do with rhubarb and today's events?

At this time, in the eyes of the Qing Zhenren, Ah Bao's stunned appearance became a default expression, and he thought that the conjecture that Fang had just discussed with the other elders had become true, and his face began to become serious and solemn.

"Having said that, as a disciple of Shangya, you should know from the first day that cultivating through a method similar to absorbing the power of the primordial gods of demons is absolutely intolerable in a decent person like Shangya."

Po was shocked, and her back seemed to have a thin layer of ice, making her shiver a little cold.