Liang Houzai said on the side: "The road ahead, can't you bypass behind the Golden Fire Hall?" ”

Luo Fei still shook his head: "No, some arrangements have been made near each hall entrance in Baiwu Mountain, and some roads can only be walked from the front of the hall entrance." ”

When I saw that there was no light in the Golden Fire Hall, I thought that there was probably no one inside, and no one wanted to stay in an ancient building like this that was about to collapse.

Standing in my current position, I can see the hut where I met the old master last time, and I don't need Luo Fei to lead the way, so I greeted everyone and walked straight towards the entrance of the Golden Fire Hall.

Although it is very likely that there is no one in the Golden Fire Hall now, I am still a little more careful, and my right hand has been placed on the Fantian Seal.

When I passed by the entrance of the hall, there was still no movement in the Golden Fire Hall, and I was a little relieved, but when I looked towards the open door, I was startled by the sight in front of me.

There's someone in the house!

An old man with messy hair sat on the Taishi chair facing the doorway, staring straight at me.

I immediately felt the green steel sword behind me, but at this time I noticed that the old man's eyes were away from me and turned to something else.

At this time, Luo Fei also walked to the door, she looked at the old man in the house, and the old man also saw her.

When the old man looked at me just now, there was no brilliance in his eyes, and they were cold, but as soon as he saw Luo Fei, his eyes softened in an instant.

Luo Fei called "Uncle Wang".

The old man sat up straight from the Taishi chair and asked Luo Fei with some worry: "Why are you back, Zhao Dekai is looking for you everywhere now!" ”

Luo Fei didn't respond to the old man's question, but stopped talking: "Uncle Wang, how did you become a ......?"

The old man waited for Luo Fei's next words, but Luo Fei didn't say anything after all, he smiled bitterly, followed by a series of sighs: "Alas, Baiwu Mountain has changed the sky, the sky has changed." ”

After saying that, he turned his gaze to me again: "You guys captured Luo Fei back?" The beast raised by Zhao Dekai! ”

I took a deep breath and hugged my fist at him: "Soul Village, there is a way on the left." I'm here to meet your leaders. ”

The old man looked very surprised: "Zuo Youdao, Chai Zongyuan's apprentice?" How did you get in? Luo Fei, you brought them in? ”

I replied for Luo Fei: "Actually, it's not the first time I've come, the last time I came, I also met with the seniors of the Sect of Charge. ”

The old man stared at me in a daze, and didn't say a word for a long time.

I said to him again: "We are here this time for Zhao Dekai's business. ”

The old man let out a long, long breath from his mouth: "Yes, Zhao Dekai's matter has nothing to do with me, don't bother me." ”

When he spoke, his tone was a little unpredictable, and I took a moment to figure out what he meant, and then asked him, "Does the Boss come here often?" ”

He ignored me, staring blankly at the ground, unsure of what he was thinking.

I hugged him again and turned away.

Luo Fei opened her mouth at the old man, as if she wanted to say something, and I quickly pulled her and motioned for her to follow my pace.

The hut where we had a secret conversation with the old master last time was only a few dozen meters away from the Golden Fire Hall, and we arrived quickly, and the door was locked, so we came to the shadow on one side of the house, and sat down and waited.

At this time, the old man sitting in the mouth of the golden fire hall shouted: "Hai time, serve tea!" ”

I nodded in the direction of the Golden Fire Hall, though I knew that the old man couldn't see what I was doing.

After we waited near the hut for a while, Xian'er was probably bored, so she came up to me and asked, "Hey, there is a way, don't you think Baiwu Mountain is weird?" ”

I said, "It's not blame, it's decay." It seems that Zhao Dekai has now controlled Baiwu Mountain to a large extent, and he can make Baiwu Mountain what it is now, and some old people who are loyal to Baiwu Mountain should hate him to the core. ”

Liang Houzai said: "I listened to what the person just said, Zhao Dekai did bring outsiders in. And for these outsiders, Baiwushan is also helpless. ”

I agreed with Liang Houzai's statement and nodded.

In fact, what makes me most puzzled now is not the decline of Baiwu Mountain, but Zhao Dekai's making Baiwu Mountain what it is now, doesn't the old master care, although he doesn't have much real power, but he is the head of Baiwu Mountain after all, in terms of qualifications, seniority, and cultivation, which one does not suppress Zhao Dekai?

Could it be that something happened to the old master?

I thought this to myself, and began to worry that if something happened to the old master, things would become even more troublesome.

Also, the old man shouted just now, "Hey, tea!" What does that mean? Does it mean that the old master will come here at the right time, or does it mean something else?

Originally, I wanted to go back to the Golden Fire Hall to ask for clarification, but as soon as I had this thought, I saw two people wearing black Taoist robes walking towards the Golden Fire Hall from a distance, and the direction they came from was the direction where the Hundred Refining Hall was located.

What these two people said at the door of the Golden Fire Hall, their voices were not loud, I could only hear a few muffled notes, and I couldn't hear what they were saying.

After a while, the old man walked out of the hall and followed the two people in the direction of the Hundred Refining Hall.

The last time I came to Baiwu Mountain, Yan Xiaotian once told me that the Taoist clothes of the disciples of Baiwu Mountain are all striped on a white background, and the higher the level, the darker the color of the lines. The two just now were all dressed in pure black, and they were definitely not from Baiwu Mountain.

When the old man followed them around a corner, he seemed to subconsciously glance at us, and then his figure was blocked by the ancient building on the side of the road.

Seeing the scene of the old man being taken away, I always had a very awkward feeling in my heart, but I can't say why I feel this way.

Liang Houzai was silent for a moment, and then said to me: "It seems that Zhao Dekai should have grasped the handle of Baiwu Mountain, or the lifeline, to make these old people in Baiwu Mountain obey him. ”

I said, "Who knows what's going on." Alas, I didn't expect Baiwu Mountain to become what it is now. Wait, when the time comes, if the old master doesn't come, let's find another way to find him. ”

What followed was a long wait. During this time, there was little communication.

It wasn't until the clock of the watch had just passed the position of nine o'clock in the evening that there was a sudden sound of light footsteps not far away.

The sound came out of nowhere, I don't know where it came from or how far it came from, but when I heard it, it was less than ten meters away from me.

Yan Xiaotian said that the old master was born psychic and could pinch and calculate, and he already knew that there were people hiding near the hut early on, so he deliberately hid his footsteps.

However, it is still uncertain whether the person who came is the old master.

I slightly bare the edge of the wall, and under the bright street lamp, an old man in good spirits walks towards us, and when I see him, his eyes are fixed on where I stood.

The person who came was indeed the old master, but at this time he seemed to be dozens of years older than the last time I saw him, especially those eyes, which gave people an indescribable vicissitudes of life.

I ducked out of the shadows of the room and clenched my fist respectfully towards him.

The old master had already arrived at someone near the house, but he didn't seem to expect it to be me, and he was surprised the moment he saw me, but soon the expression on his face was calm.

He came to the front of the house, slowly opened the door, and said to me lightly, "Come in." Then he entered the door.

I followed him into the room, and Luo Fei followed closely behind me.

The furnishings of this room are not much different from when I first came, except that there is an additional portrait on the east wall, on which is a very thin old man, dressed in a robe, holding a horn, with one foot in tattered straw sandals, and the other bare.

It can be seen that the person who painted this painting was extremely skilled, whether it was the old man's movements or demeanor, they were painted vividly, but probably due to the age, the picture was seriously decolorized, and the whole portrait showed an old yellow.

There is also an offering table under the statue, on which are placed incense burners and several plates of vegetarian offerings.

The old master walked to the table, lit a stick of incense, bowed three times to the statue, and carefully inserted the lit incense into the incense burner.

After doing this, I sat down on the small bed that was only more than a meter wide like last time, looked at me, then at the person behind me, and asked me, "Xiaotian asked you to come?" ”

I shook my head: "I came this time, Yan Xiaotian didn't know. ”

The old master first said "oh", and then sighed and said: "I thought he had poked out all the ugly things in Baiwu Mountain, but he said that it was the same whether he said it or not, since you are here, what is the current situation of Baiwu Mountain, I also see it in my eyes." What did Lao Chai prepare for me this year? ”

He said this in a way that confused me.

What do you mean by what my master has prepared for him this year?

I looked at it stunned, but he stretched out his hand to me: "Take it out." Whatever it is, it's not worse than last year's. ”

Probably seeing that I didn't respond for a long time, the old master became puzzled again: "Aren't you here to deliver something?" ”

I shook my head.

The old master became more puzzled now: "Then what are you here for?" ”

Speaking of which, this meeting with the old master really made me puzzled for a while, and it wasn't until later that my master confessed to me that he and the old master would give each other something on each other's birthdays every year, but due to the complicated relationship between Baiwushan and Jisoulzhuang, the two of them could only be secretly friends.

And the time we came to Baiwu Mountain was also very coincidental, the old master's birthday was exactly a week away, and in previous years, my master's gifts were often delivered at this time.

It was for this reason that the old master regained his composure after only a brief moment of astonishment when he saw me, and he thought that I had brought him a gift.

When the old master asked me what I was doing in Baiwu Mountain, I was still wondering what he meant by what he just said, so I didn't respond for a long time.

So he asked, "What are you doing in Baiwu Mountain?" Also, why is Luo Fei here, don't you know that Zhao Dekai is looking for you everywhere? ”

Luo Fei responded: "Actually, we are here for Zhao Dekai's business...... It's also for Yan Xiaotian's business. ”