Chapter 22: Conflict
Immediately following Hua Rong, his body disappeared into the pale golden light, and Li Ding felt a coolness coming from his skin, but in just a moment, the coolness disappeared, and the scene in front of him changed greatly.
Li Ding, who was still on the stone path of the mountain forest just now, found that he was now in a dim and dense forest. Through the gaps between the branches and leaves of the trees, Li Ding faintly saw that the sky was silvery-white, and there was no sun. The soft ground is covered with fallen leaves, exuding a faint [***] atmosphere, and strange stones of different sizes and shapes are scattered all around, and the humid environment makes some of the rocks covered with moss, as if monsters are crawling.
Looking at the surrounding scene, the sudden change made Li Ding somewhat surprised, but the soft feeling wrapped around his hand made him calm down suddenly.
Although the others were nowhere to be seen, Hua Rong was by his side, and from the previous conversation, Li Ding learned that this girl was a master of collecting medicine, so she naturally knew the situation in the enchantment well, so she asked, "Is this the inside of the enchantment?"
"Ah!" Hua Rong responded: "After entering the enchantment, you will always be randomly teleported to a place, now we should be in the Chaotic Stone Forest, and we will go to the small square when we go forward, where the exit is located, and there is a guard in the door." As he spoke, he pulled Li Ding forward.
This time, Li Ding didn't ask Hua Rong to let go of himself, but followed silently, looking at the light red figure in front of him, he didn't feel a little trance-like.
Suddenly, the eyes lit up, and Hua Rong walked out of the dense forest with Li Ding.
"Haha, Uncle Xue, you are the highest in the realm here, and we will ask you to take care of it more this time. ”
With a burst of laughter, Li Ding pulled his palm from Hua Rong's hand. When I turned my head to look, I saw several men in black in a small square hugging a young man in white, talking and laughing. The white-clothed young man looked like he was fifteen or sixteen years old, with a slender figure and a face like a crown of jade, and it was a sign that he was born.
What made Li Ding strange was that the young man in white was only fourteen or fifteen years old, and the man in black standing next to him should be a disciple of the Jinguang Sect in his attire, and the younger one was about the same age as him, but he was much older than the man in white, but at this time, he was all with a flattering smile, calling this young man in white Uncle Xue.
"Senior Uncle Xue, could it be that this person is Hua Rong's senior brother? Looking at the young man in white, Li Ding said in his heart.
Li Ding had already known from Hua Rong that her master Liu Yun also had a disciple named Xue Yun, who was also a cultivation genius, only fourteen years old like herself, but she was already in the late stage of Ning Yuan.
The young man in white was Xue Qu, and he had seen Li Ding a long time ago, seeing that Li Ding had been staring at him, Xue Yun's face was slightly cold, but when he looked at Hua Rong on the side, he immediately turned into a smiling face, stepped forward and said, "I don't know why Sister Rong is here?"
Seeing this, the people beside Xue Yun also immediately bowed their hands to Hua Rong and said, "Hello Uncle Hua Rong." ”
"Hmm. I have nothing to do to come and pick up medicine to play, so why are you here?" Hua Rong suddenly looked like a young man and an old man, and said to everyone.
Seeing everyone calling a little girl uncle, Li Ding always felt weird, but he could see that these people were actually just called this out of flattery, and most of them should not have become official disciples. But it's weird, he didn't ask much, just looked at Hua Rong's appearance, and didn't feel a little funny.
In this regard, the white-clothed young man surnamed Xue frowned, and said to Li Ding: "I don't know what this brother is called?" As soon as the words fell, a black-clothed young man behind the white-clothed young man hurriedly said: "I know this person, he is that Li Ding." ”
Li Ding found that he happened to know the young man in black, it was Gao Jin, a tall young man who had a relationship in front of the hut, and remembered that Gao Jin and his two companions were going to give a wind spirit fruit to Xue Yun in front of him.
"Haha......"
Everyone's laughter made Li Ding stunned, he was wondering for some reason, but Xue Yun smiled implicitly: "It turns out that you are that Li Ding, only the inferior wood surname Yuanqi, right, but I don't think you need to be too sad about this matter, cultivation is a matter of going against the heavens and taking the merit of creation, maybe you can also do something by chance?"
Hearing this, Li Ding suddenly understood, obviously the result of his Qiyuan had spread in the Golden Light Gate, Xue Yun's words sounded like he was persuading Li Ding, but his tone was full of disdain, making people feel a sour taste.
"Yes, Uncle Xue is right, Brother Li can't give up on himself, don't hurry up and thank Uncle Xue. That Gao Jin immediately helped.
Hearing this, Li Ding's face couldn't help but turn slightly pale, and he said in his heart, Is this Gao Jin such a person? No wonder he wanted to make friends with him at the beginning, but as soon as he heard that he was fourteen years old and had not yet Qiyuan, he was in a hurry to leave. Hua Rong's face sank even more, obviously these guys already knew what happened to Li Ding, but they didn't really persuade him, they just sneered here.
Hua Rong suddenly said to Xue Yun: "Have you said enough?" Xue Yun, I didn't expect you to be such a villain. After speaking, she glared at Xue Yun angrily, and Hua Rong obviously felt very uncomfortable about these people's actions.
Li Ding, who was on the side, found that the atmosphere suddenly became tense, and knew that everyone was only targeting him, so his face softened, and he hurriedly said: "Uncle Xue, right? I remember what you said, thank you here, how did I first arrive, I don't understand many things, Hua Rong...... Uncle Hua Rong is explaining to me, so I won't bother you and leave first. After speaking, he took Hua Rong's hand and was about to leave.
Seeing this scene, Xue Yun's face suddenly became gloomy, and he shouted sharply: "Li Ding, you are too big or small, are you so unruly to your elders?" suddenly found that Xue Yun's eyes had been on his right hand, but he understood it somewhat, and hurriedly let go of the soft and lubricated little hand.
Seeing Li Ding so knowledgeable, Xue Yun's face softened slightly, but he said in a stern tone: "Remember, you are just getting started, in terms of seniority, Hua Rong is definitely your elder!"
Here, seeing Li Ding let go of his hand under Xue Yun's scolding, somehow, Hua Rong seemed to be a little disappointed in her eyes, and couldn't help glaring at Xue Yun, and said angrily: "What elders and juniors? Xue Yun, my grandfather has made Li Ding a registered disciple in the pharmacy, I think you should know, the pharmacy can never confiscate a registered disciple, since you have entered the pharmacy, sooner or later it will become a regular." If Li Ding is accepted as an apprentice by my grandfather, he will be your fellow disciple. ”
"What?" Hearing Hua Rong's words, Xue Yun couldn't help but be surprised, but he immediately reacted and said: "You said that this kid became a registered disciple of the Medicine Hall, but I heard that the Master of the Hua Hall never accepts disciples easily, except for Lin Xiao and Qi Zheng, so many talented junior Hua Hall Masters have not taken a fancy to it, and even Chen Yu, who is the only one who has been promoted to a second-grade alchemist in ten years, is just worshipping under Lin Xiao's door, not to mention that he is not qualified to become an alchemist at all?"
"Yes, who doesn't know this, except for Master Lin and Master Qi, Master Hua Tang has never confiscated any disciples, even the fellow disciples who have the talent for refining medicine are only Bai Lin and Master Qi as teachers. The fellow disciples behind Xue Yun immediately helped.
"Is it possible that my grandfather still has to report to you that he can't accept apprentices, harvest early and late and sooner or later, quickly, call Uncle Li. Hua Rong didn't give in, pointing at the few fellow disciples who were still talking and shouted. Those people were stunned for a moment, but they turned their eyes to Xue Yun.
Hearing this, Xue Yun already understood that Hua Rong was deliberately raising the bar with herself, and she couldn't help clenching her fists, and a nameless fire rose in her heart, and her sleeve robe was puffed up without air. Seeing this, Hua Rong also had a small face, and stood in front of Li Ding, facing Xue Yun in the front, and there was a flash of fire in her eyes.
"Such a waste, why do you want to protect him?" Seeing Hua Rong's actions, Xue Yun was obviously enraged, and his voice trembled a little: "For the sake of this kid, don't you want to do it with me." ”
"That's right, what's so good about this kid, usually Uncle Xue is the one who cares about you the most, Uncle Hua Rong. The person who helped on the side also said immediately, but he didn't know that these words were particularly harsh to Xue Yun's ears.
Xue Yun and Hua Rong are both gifted, their cultivation qualifications are higher than ordinary people, and they have been getting along since childhood, Xue Yun usually takes care of this little junior sister in every way, and in the eyes of everyone, Xue Yun and Hua Rong are a natural pair. But at this time, it seems that the affection between the two for many years is obviously not as deep as Hua Rong and Li Ding, a bastard boy.
"Sister Rong, don't you understand my intentions for so many years. Looking at Li Ding standing behind Hua Rong, Xue Yun's face became more and more gloomy.
Hearing Xue Yun's words, Hua Rong's face tightened, stared at Xue Yun and said, "Master has long said that you and I are just senior brothers and sisters, so don't you have any thoughts about me?"
"You ......" Facing Hua Rong's words, Xue Yun was speechless for a while, and his eyes suddenly turned fierce when he looked at Li Ding, "Will you just hide behind the woman in a daze?" Xue Yun gritted his teeth and yelled at Li Ding.
Suddenly, Xue Yun's footsteps moved slightly, Hua Rong couldn't help but turn pale, seeing that Xue Yun seemed to have the intention of making a move, but she heard a burst of coquettish laughter behind her.