It took me about half an hour to finally reach the Ten Thousand Towers, and before I could get in, the sky changed and became gloomy, with dark clouds and thunder, and occasionally a few faint bolts of lightning slashed through the air that was not very bright.

"It's going to rain!" I muttered and walked towards the Ten Thousand Towers.

As soon as I entered the 10,000 tower, I saw that the square was full of people, about thirty or forty, Qing Xuanzi, Chen Tiannan, Wang Chuyao and the three of them were among them, and there were seventeen or eighteen middle-aged men standing behind Chen Tiannan, with very unfamiliar faces, judging from the clothes on their bodies, they were a bit like our Hengyang people, presumably Chen Tiannan's helper, at this time they were staring at the pillar not far away.

Following their eyes, there were more than 20 people around the pillar, not Songzi and a group of bodyguards, but a group of middle-aged men in light blue shirts, those people had heavy faces, holding a very strange stick in their hands, crooked, about three feet long, at the top of the stick, there was a wood carved swallow, especially the leader, he was holding a pu fan in his hand, a pair of eyes were staring at Chen Tiannan viciously, and said: "Boy, if you take this little person, you dare to go to the Ten Thousand Pagoda to make trouble, I think you are impatient." ”

When I got closer, the person in charge was none other than the wizard I had just arrived at the Su family and had seen at the wedding.

"Dao Chief, Tiannan!" I called out to them and walked in that direction.

"Brother Jiu, why are you here? What about sister-in-law? Chen Tiannan's face was relieved and asked.

Instead of answering his question, I pointed to the wizards and asked, "What are you doing here?" What about pine nuts for them? What about the old witch? ”

Before he could speak, Qing Xuanzi spoke first, and he said: "During the time you have been in the tent, a lot of things have happened, and I can't tell you clearly for a while, so I can only tell you simply that Aunt Lian has gathered three escapes. ”

As soon as I heard this, I was stunned for a moment, and then asked him, "What about her?" ”

"Top of the Tower!" Qing Xuanzi pointed to the Yan Tower.

I looked at the place where he pointed and saw everything white at the very top, and I couldn't see anything at all.

"Xiao Jiu, Xiaodao has something I want to trouble you." The Qing Xuanzi patted me on the shoulder and asked softly.

I was slightly stunned, glanced at him suspiciously, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

He sighed and said: "You also know the purpose of Xiaodao's visit to the Ten Thousand Towers this time, now Aunt Lian should be in danger at the top of the tower, Xiaodao wants to help her, but the master's heart knot for many years, I hope you will see the master in the future, and you can return this thing to him, just say, my Qingxuanzi's greatest achievement in this life is to meet the master and his old man." ”

As he spoke, he took out a palm-sized triangular iron lump, which was rusty, and he could vaguely see a symbol on the iron lump, like one of the directions of the Bagua diagram. He stuffed the thing in my hand and continued: "Xiao Jiu, this thing is very important, and I hope you must personally hand it over to Master Xiaodao." ”

I didn't understand what he meant, so I took the iron lump and looked at it, it was a piece of iron lump covered with rust, why did Qing Xuanzi look so heavy? More importantly, Qing Xuanzi wanted to help the old witch, which made me less interested in the iron pimple, but I was very puzzled by Qing Xuanzi's behavior, so I said: "Dao Chief, in the past ten years, the old witch has committed all kinds of crimes, do you need to think about helping her at this time?" ”

He smiled bitterly and said: "Xiao Jiu, life in the world, living is a clear conscience, if you didn't meet the master, Xiaodao can only farm in the countryside in this life, and there is nothing to do in your life, where can you get the degree plate of the Metaphysics Association, and where can you get the respect of the villagers of Dongxing Town, the master has the grace of reinvention in Xiaodao." Now, the master has been worried because of Aunt Lian's affairs, and always feels that the evil thoughts of the year have harmed her for the rest of her life, and Xiaodao, as his apprentice, naturally wants to solve problems for the master. ”

As he spoke, he slapped me three times on the shoulder, "Xiao Jiu, you are a straight person and a smart person, Xiaodao believes that you can understand Xiaodao's meaning." ”

Subsequently, he said a few words to Chen Tiannan, roughly asking him not to embarrass Aunt Lian, and said a few words to Wang Chuyao, roughly some words of blessing, when talking to Wang Chuyao, his eyes glanced at me intentionally or unintentionally, it should be hinting at Wang Chuyao something.

After talking for about two or three minutes, Qing Xuanzi said goodbye to them one by one, and gave each of them a small gift, saying that they knew each other and kept it as a souvenir, making the whole scene like life and death.

Frankly, I was very puzzled by Qing Xuanzi's behavior, and it wasn't until later that I understood what he meant, he didn't go to help the old witch, but to repay a favor, or to help his master repay a favor, even if this favor is to kill, Qing Xuanzi will do it, this is Qing Xuanzi, a Taoist priest who values favor more than anything else. Just as Lao Xiucai told me at the beginning, in this world, there are no absolutely good people, and there are no absolutely bad people, it depends on where the starting point of the matter is, for example, a filial son robs in order to save his mother, is this person a good person or a bad person?

"Dao Chief, are you sure you want to do this?" I looked at Qing Xuanzi and felt full of flavors.

He nodded, and did not speak, but took out a special sign, which was about the size of three fingers, was bronze, and was engraved with the three words 'Zhengyi', and three small characters were engraved in the lower right corner of the brand, Qingxuanzi. If I'm not mistaken, this brand should be my dream dish.

He took the sign and looked at it for a few seconds, then touched it again, there was some reluctance in his eyes, about five or six touches, he slowly said: "This is the degree plate of Xiaodao, if something happens to Xiaodao, this thing will be left for you to make a memorial." ”

"Dao Chief, that old witch deserves it... You—" I don't know what to say to him anymore.

He glanced at me and said, "Xiao Jiu, you and I are similar in temperament, if this matter is related to customs, will you stay out of it?" ”

After speaking, he didn't speak again, and walked straight towards Yan Tower.

Seeing Qing Xuanzi walking over, the sorcerer first stared at him vigilantly, then put the wooden stick in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Daoist, this is not where you came, get out of here." ”

Qing Xuanzi smiled slightly, made a standard Taoist salute to the Ma wizard, and said, "Aunt Lian is in danger at the top of the tower, and Xiaodao wants to help her." ”

"What do you mean?" The hemp wizard asked.

As he spoke, he pointed to the sky and continued: "As the saying goes, if the sky changes, strange things will happen, and this dull day should be related to the top of the tower." ”