If Huo Ran hadn't taken the initiative to speak, Xiao Yao Zhenren would never have imagined that this was the diligent and intelligent little apprentice back then.

With a slight movement in his eyes, Xiao Yao Zhenren found that he could no longer see through the cultivation of the little apprentice.

He couldn't help but hesitate to ask, "Are you in the Yuan Infant Stage now?" ”

In the face of the people she trusted, Huo Ran didn't hide it, and her current cultivation didn't need to hide it.

Seeing Huo Ran's nodding with a smile in the corner of his eyes, Xiao Yao was a little sad while being happy.

He was also a highly anticipated genius in his early years, but he didn't expect to be trapped for many years after entering the Jindan period, and now he is not as good as his little disciple.

"Master, look at this."

Huo Ran thought about taking out something from the storage bag and handed it to the master.

Xiao Yaozhen's face changed slightly, stared at the hairpin in his hand and asked, "Where did this come from?" ”

Seeing Xiao Yao's real expression, Huo Ran knew that he had not guessed wrong, and he picked and chose his experience.

The hairpin was obtained from Zhang Qingniu.

At that time, I felt familiar when I saw it, so I deliberately exchanged it with Zhang Qingniu.

However, many things happened after that, so that Huo Ran had no time to investigate. When she remembered it, she suddenly realized that it was quite similar to a hairpin that her master had given her.

Hearing Huo Ran's words, Xiao Yao Zhenren sighed slightly: "You guessed right, this is exactly what was refined by the master back then, one was given to you, and the other was given to your senior brother." ”

"Senior brother?"

"Yes, Master Wei once told you that there was another disciple before you, who was a junior in my clan. The talent is the same as yours, but he has never been heard from since his travels down the mountain. ”

Xiao Yao Zhenren was born in a small family and entered the Xuantian Sect because of his excellent qualifications. His family took advantage of the situation, but the cultivation qualifications of the juniors in the clan were limited, except for one of his nephews.

When he was five years old, he found out that his nephew had good qualifications, so Xiao Yao Zhenren took him with him to teach him carefully and brought him up with his own hands.

After he built the foundation, he also had a little bit of self-preservation before he was released from the mountain by Xiao Yao Zhenren, but he didn't expect it to be a farewell since then.

"Master, have you been looking for news from your senior brother all these years?"

Xiao Yao Zhenren nodded: "I've been looking for decades, and there is no news." It seems that your senior brother disappeared as soon as he left the sect. ”

"Just out of the sect" Huo Ran pondered for a moment, a flash of inspiration, and hesitated: "Master, what year was the senior brother when he left the sect?" What kind of spiritual root is he? ”

Xiao Yao Zhenren lowered his head and calculated: "Seventy-eight years ago, I still remember that year when your Uncle Liu Feng was poisoned and gave birth to a weak girl, the sect was very busy for a while in order to detoxify that little girl. Your senior brother has the same qualifications as you, but he is a wood spirit root. ”

"Master, do you know how to extract other people's spiritual roots?"

As soon as Huo Ran's words fell, Xiao Yaozhen's color immediately changed, and he asked extremely sternly: "Who told you this?!" ”

"Master, I have a guess, but there is not much evidence. Even if you say it directly, I'm afraid you will be suspicious. Why don't you go back to the sect now, start from seventy-eight years ago, and check it sixteen years ago to see how many disciples have suddenly disappeared like your senior brother. Huo Ran opened her mouth slowly, she wasn't lying, it was just a whim.

Xiao Yaozhen's face changed back and forth, Huo Ran didn't say much, but he was not a fool, so he naturally understood her hint that his eldest disciple was killed by someone.

"Okay." Xiao Yao was categorical, "I'll investigate!" If it is true, my disciple must not die in vain."

"Master, I've encountered some things recently, let's see you here in a month."

Huo Ran didn't tell Xiao Yao all about himself, but he still revealed that he was being hunted down and killed, and he could only reverse his name and so on.

Seeing off Xiao Yao, who couldn't wait, Xue Luo showed his figure and sat down.

"Sister suspects that the senior brother was killed by Lei Tianming?"

Huo Ran nodded, "I'm not sure." It is not a simple matter to snatch people's spiritual roots, but Lei Tianming did it very calmly that day, so I guess he has secretly tried many times. ”

As the sect master of Xuantian Sect, Lei Tianming would easily plan a few disciples.

"I don't know which friend it is?"

Huo Ran was exchanging his thoughts with Xue Luo when he suddenly noticed a trace of aura fluctuations, and immediately said loudly.

Xue Luo on the side looked displeased, she didn't even notice anyone approaching!

"Mo Daoyou, I haven't seen you for many years."

A tall figure appeared in front of Huo Ran.

"Zhang Daoyou, the sect master is here, it's really brilliant."

Huo Ran put one hand on Xue Luo's arm to soothe her emotions.

Zhang Zechen nodded slightly, still expressionless, without the slightest embarrassment of being caught peeping.

"You may be seated."

Huo Ran pointed to the position opposite him.

Zhang Zechen glanced at Xue Luo: "Ice Lotus, Mo Dao is friendly and lucky." ”

"Zhang Dao's friendly eyesight." Huo Ran's eyelids drooped slightly, this was the first person to see through Xue Luo's true body.

She has nothing to do with Zhang Zechen, except for getting started together. Then he is for

Zhang Zechen looked at Xue Liu's cold eyes, and said calmly: "Mo Daoyou, don't worry about it, I have the same goal as you, and we both want to target the one in the back mountain." ”

Xue Luo immediately signaled Huo Ran with his eyes, Huo Ran shook his head, no need to move.

Zhang Zechen's attitude is obvious, first naming Xue Luo's true body, and then mentioning the back mountain, he is not here to provoke.

"Why?"

"For a wish. Back then, someone was found to have excellent qualifications, but unfortunately he was destroyed because of the inner house before he entered the sect, so he hoped to become the sect master of the first sect. Zhang Zechen said indifferently: "If you want to complete the task of the first sect master, that demon cultivator who hates human cultivation naturally can't exist." ”

Wish, task, these two hints made Huo Ran's heart move, he was identifying himself.

Zhang Zechen is also an executor?

After doing the task for so long, Huo Ran has met colleagues who are also executors, and he has also encountered opponents disguised as executors.

The opponent was naturally unceremoniously killed directly, and the colleagues did not get along very happily.

The executor he met at the beginning was calculated by Huo Ran and the mission failed.

For the identity of this "Zhang Zechen", Huo Ran still needs to communicate with the system Xiaobai, and as far as she knows, the systems can communicate with each other.

In fact, from what Zhang Zechen did, Huo Ran already had a preliminary judgment. Their opponents, the executors, aim to plunder resources, and they strike ruthlessly and ruthlessly; And Zhang Zechen didn't have much blood on his body.

After a while, I received Xiaobai's answer, and the other party was indeed a colleague.

"Yes, we can cooperate."

Huo Ran pondered for a while, there was no conflict between the tasks of the two sides, and the help sent to the door, cooperation was the best choice.

Hearing Huo Ran's answer, Zhang Zechen's tense body loosened slightly, obviously he was also hesitating.

Due to the presence of Xue Luo, the two did not mention each other's identities too much, and began to exchange information about both parties.