Chapter 15: Hall of Merit
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Outside the mountain gate of Zixiao faction, it is majestic and magnificent, and the iron pen on the tall stone gate outlines the three big characters of "Zixiao faction". Take a closer look, a majestic breath rushed towards him, strong bones and muscles, like a swimming dragon, it was really a heart. On both sides of the stone gate stood two Zixiao Sect disciples on duty, leaning slightly on the stone pillars on both sides of the stone gate, their eyes looking into the distance, looking a little casual. Looking inside, there is an open flat land, as far as the eye can see, there is an endless group of palaces, the golden glazed tiles shine dazzlingly in the sun, and around it are countless steep peaks, very spectacular, admirable.
In fact, most of the disciples of the Zixiao Sect who entered from the mountain gate were still shallow disciples, and most of the disciples with higher cultivation were directly flying into the sky. The two Zixiao Sect disciples on both sides of the stone gate who were on duty were mainly to inform the people of other sects when they visited, and if they did not enter the sect through the mountain gate and flew into it at will, they would be regarded as intruders and would definitely be killed on the spot.
"Finally back. "Not far from the Zixiao Sect Mountain Gate, a group of people came from afar, about twenty people. When they arrived at the mountain gate, everyone stood slightly, looked up at the huge mountain gate, and couldn't help but speak, their tones full of emotion.
That's right, this group of people is Chu Yunfan and the others, the cranes that everyone rode on when they left the sect had already been scared away by the bat group and the bats and beasts, and these well-trained cranes would leave on their own and return to the sect when they encountered danger, but this made Chu Yunfan and the others suffer. After a short rest, the crowd rushed back as fast as they could. After all, such an accident happened this time, Liu Hanting, Sun Qianping, Zhao Siyuan and others were seriously injured, and even the other disciples were slightly injured in the battle with the bats, so everyone was not in the mood to stop along the way, and hurried back to the faction.
"Okay, don't be stunned, let's go in quickly, I haven't entered this mountain gate for a long time. "Huangfu Shaoqi is also a god for a while, but he is different from others. Chu Yunfan and the others sighed that there was a feeling of escaping death and being reincarnated as a human being, while he was lamented that he had not walked into this majestic mountain gate for many years, and he had a feeling of being in a different world.
Under the reminder of Huangfu Shaoqi, everyone raised their footsteps and walked towards the mountain gate. When he came closer, he nodded slightly to the disciples on duty on both sides, and then stepped in.
Everyone walked and chatted, and before and after coming to the open space in the sect, Huangfu Shaoqi said to everyone: "Everyone, if I want to go back to Qingyun Peak to report this matter to the master, I will take the first step." By the way, junior brother, do you want to follow them to the Hall of Merit to receive the task reward, or go back to Qingyun Peak with Senior Brother. ”
"Fourth Senior Brother, I want to follow them to the Hall of Merit to have a look, I haven't been there yet. After receiving the task reward, I'll go back to Qingyun Peak. Chu Yunfan hesitated and spoke.
"Well, okay, it's okay to go and see, you will often come into contact with it in the future, it's good to get familiar with it first, senior brother, I'll go back first." After Huangfu Shaoqi finished speaking, the figure flickered, turned into a light and shadow, and swept towards Qingyun Peak.
"Tianhui, you and Senior Uncle Chu go to the Hall of Merit to receive the task reward, and I will accompany you three senior brothers to go back to heal first. After Huangfu Shaoqi left, Yuan Jie said to Meng Tianhui and Chu Yunfan.
"Senior Brother Yuan, don't worry, Tianhui will definitely handle this well. Meng Tianhui clasped his hands into fists and said respectfully.
"Well, I'm still very relieved that you're doing things. Yuan Jie nodded, said with satisfaction, and then turned his head to Chu Yunfan and said, "Uncle Chu, the four of us have to go back to Haoran Peak first, so I can't accompany you to the Hall of Merit, I'm really sorry." ”
"What are you talking about, I'm not a child, just have Tianhui with me, you should go back to heal first." When Chu Yunfan heard this, he hurriedly spoke.
"Then we're one step ahead. Seeing this, Yuan Jie and the four of them answered one after another. In my heart, I thought that you are not a child, although you act in style, but you are only thirteen years old, and you are a child in our eyes, of course, you dare not show it on your face.
After the four of them said goodbye to Chu Yunfan one by one, Meng Tianhui asked Chu Yunfan, "Uncle Chu, then let's go to the Hall of Merit now, shall we?"
"Okay, you lead the way. Chu Yunfan bowed slightly.
Meng Tianhui walked in front and led everyone towards the direction of the Hall of Merit, introducing the situation in the Hall of Merit to Chu Yunfan next to him as he walked, and after a while, everyone came to the Hall of Merit. Seeing that the palace was very tall, and the two beautiful carved sandalwood doors were open to both sides, Chu Yunfan paused slightly, and then followed Meng Tianhui into the Hall of Merit.
When you enter the hall, the first feeling is that it is very vast, which makes people feel very comfortable. The ground under his feet is paved with white jade, and there is a jade list suspended on the wall directly behind the hall, which should be the Tongtian Lingbao Jade Emperor List in Meng Tianhui's mouth. This Jade Emperor List is a sect holy weapon, and it does not belong to an individual, but is controlled by the merit elders of each generation. Under normal circumstances, this Jade Emperor List is guarded in this Hall of Merit, and it is used for sect disciples to issue tasks and query tasks on weekdays.
On the left side of the hall is a row of rosewood counters, the counters are three feet high, and the disciples of the Hall of Merit sitting in the back are busy settling tasks for other disciples in the sect and distributing task rewards. At this time, although the huge hall of merit was not overcrowded, it was also very lively, and all kinds of voices were full of it.
"It's really lively here. Looking at the busy scene in front of him, although he had already prepared in his heart, Chu Yunfan couldn't help but sigh.
"Uncle Chu, this is not bad, if you encounter some special periods, crowded with people, it will be called spectacular, but the disciples who come in to do things will be uncomfortable. Meng Tianhui turned his head and said lightly to the people who were still outside the door: "Okay, you wait at the door first, and Uncle Chu and I can go in and receive the task reward." ”
After speaking, he raised his steps and strode towards the counter closest to the door, and the two came to the counter, Meng Tianhui smiled and said to the young man sitting behind the counter: "I said Chen Bin, help me settle this task first." ”
"Yo, isn't this Senior Brother Meng, it seems that he has returned from a big task again. Don't worry, no problem, leave it to me. The young man who Meng Tianhui called Chen Bin agreed very happily, and seemed to be very familiar with Meng Tianhui.
Chu Yunfan was stunned on the side, this is okay? There is still a long queue in the back, would people be willing to let you cut the queue like this? However, when Chu Yunfan turned his head to look at the people lining up in front of Chen Bin, he was a little surprised, these people did not have half a point of complaint and dissatisfaction with Chu Yunfan's two cutting in line, as if they were accustomed to this.
After Meng Tianhui explained the situation of the mission to Chen Bin, he threw a pale cyan jade plate to Chen Bin, turned around and whispered to Chu Yunfan: "Is Uncle Chu wondering why others didn't raise objections to our joining the queue?"
"Actually, it's not that they don't have complaints, but they don't dare to have any objections, you must know that people who really have strength and connections will obediently line up here, and the people who line up here are all disciples with relatively low strength or no background relationship. Meng Tianhui didn't wait for Chu Yunfan to answer, so he whispered to himself: "If you show dissatisfaction and offend the disciples of the Hall of Merit, you will be embarrassed everywhere at that time, and maybe you won't even be able to receive the task reward." ”
After listening to Meng Tianhui's explanation, Chu Yunfan's inner shock was conceivable, but he didn't expect that even this Hall of Merit was like this, so snobbish. This also made Chu Yunfan see the essence of this world more clearly, the law of the jungle of the jungle, if you don't have the strength, you can only rely on others to survive.
"There is one more thing I almost forgot, Uncle Chu, you don't have a merit jade medal yet, right?" Just as Chu Yunfan was immersed in the shock in his heart, Meng Tianhui asked again.
"What a merit jade plaque, this is the first time I have come to the Hall of Merit. During Meng Tianhui's questioning, Chu Yunfan came back to his senses and asked suspiciously.
"This merit jade plaque is used to record the merit points that everyone has, when we receive the task reward, they will assign the merit points of the reward to our merit jade plaque, and when we exchange the merit points for the spiritual weapons and elixirs in the sect, we can directly draw the corresponding merit points from our merit jade plaque. After getting along for a while, Meng Tianhui also understood that his Uncle Chu didn't know a lot of common sense things, so he patiently explained: "Senior Brother Yuan explained to me before leaving, let us give you half of the merit points rewarded for this mission, and later you can get a merit jade plaque by the way, and I will ask Chen Bin to give you the merit points too." ”
"This can't be helped, this task was completed by everyone together, and I didn't make any effort, how can I share half of the reward?" Chu Yunfan heard this, and hurriedly shook his hands and said.
"Uncle Chu, don't shirk it, if it weren't for Senior Brother Huangfu this time, we might not be able to save our lives, Senior Brother Huangfu definitely can't look down on this merit, then I can only give it to you, besides, this matter was ordered by Senior Brother Yuan, don't embarrass me." Seeing this, Meng Tianhui said earnestly.
Chu Yunfan also knew Meng Tianhui's difficulty, so he no longer shirked and nodded silently.
"I said, Senior Brother Meng, the reward for this mission is actually 10,000 merits for you, you have to treat you. At this moment, Chen Bin's voice came from behind the counter: "By the way, who is this next to you?"
"You think it's so easy to earn, if I had known that it was so dangerous, even if I didn't go with 100,000 merit points, we almost confessed there and couldn't come back. Meng Tianhui scolded with a smile: "Don't worry, the treat is on me, you first help my Uncle Chu get the merit jade card right, and mark half of the merit rewarded for this mission." ”
"What?Senior Uncle Chu?" Chen Bin couldn't help but exclaim after hearing Meng Tianhui's name for Chu Yunfan, this is no wonder he, Chu Yunfan is so young, he looks like Meng Tianhui's junior brother or something, but he didn't expect it to be Meng Tianhui's senior uncle.
"Yes, this is Chu Yunfan, our peak master's newly recruited disciple. Meng Zhengtian responded, and then teased: "I said Chen Bin, should you also call Uncle Chu." ”
"This ......"
"Senior Brother Chen, you can just call me Senior Brother Chu, don't listen to Tianhui's nonsense, we will have our own opinions. Seeing Chen Bin's overwhelmed and speechless expression, Chu Yunfan hurriedly spoke.
"Then you're welcome, come, Senior Brother Chu, I'll help you get the merit jade card first. After knowing Chu Yunfan's identity, Chen Bin became more and more attentive.
Listening to the conversation between the two, Meng Tianhui didn't mention how depressed he was, although he knew that everyone had their own opinions, he was still a little depressed, but he had to get used to it, and there would be more such cases in the future.
Just as Chu Yunfan and the three of them were talking, a trace of cunning light flashed in the eyes of the white-clothed young man next to Chen Bin. He remembered that Senior Brother He had instructed that if a Qingyun Peak disciple named Chu Yunfan came to do something, he must take more "care".
I didn't expect Chen Bin to greet them so warmly, no matter what, Chen Bin must have suffered this time, see if you Chen Bin dare to show off his might in front of me. It turned out that this young man in white did not agree with Chen Bin on weekdays, and he had secretly hated him in his heart for a long time, but now he found an opportunity to rectify Chen Bin. The young man in white glanced at the three of them with strange eyes, and then got up and walked inside.
"Okay, Senior Brother Meng, Senior Brother Chu, you take it away. After Chen Bin completed all the formalities, he handed the two merit jade medals to Chu Yunfan and Meng Zhengtian.
"Wait. Just as Chu Yunfan and the others were about to reach out to take the merit jade card, a deep voice came from behind Chen Bin.
Chen Bin was very familiar with this voice, and couldn't help but retract his outstretched hand, turned his head and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Zhao, I don't know what Senior Brother is?"
When he heard Chu Yunfan's name just now, he was shocked that Chu Yunfan's powerful background didn't react, and when he came back to his senses, he realized that Chu Yunfan was the object of Senior Brother He's special "care". But he and Meng Tianhui were already good friends, and they couldn't turn their faces immediately, so they wanted to help the two settle the task as quickly as possible, so that they could leave early and be fine, but they didn't expect that something went wrong in the end.
"Chen Bin, your courage is really getting bigger and bigger, and you dare to take advantage of your position to collude with other disciples in the sect to seek merit points. Zhao Chun's face was gloomy, and as soon as he came up, he put a big hat on the heads of Chu Yunfan and the others. said that Chen Bin colluded with other disciples to seek merit points, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was referring to Chu Yunfan and Meng Tianhui.
As soon as Zhao Chun's voice fell, Chen Bin was stunned. Seeking merit points, if this is confirmed, it must be a capital crime. Chu Yunfan and Meng Tianhui both have backgrounds, and this kind of trumped-up crime will definitely not be able to treat them well, but they will be miserable, and they may not be able to escape death.
Chu Yunfan and Meng Tianhui looked up and saw Zhao Chun with a stinky face at a glance. Chu Yunfan recognized him at a glance, this Zhao Chun was the man standing next to He Shaofei when he had a quarrel with He Shaofei at that time.
"Who should I be, it turned out to be Brother Zhao, I don't know what Brother Zhao means? I don't dare to bring such a big hat, my Haoran Peak is not something that can be bullied casually, you must explain it to me clearly today." Meng Tianhui had a little anger in his eyes, and said with a smile, anyone who is casually buttoned up with such a big hat may not have a good face.
"Oh...... It turned out to be Brother Meng, it seems that there must be a misunderstanding in this, it must be Chen Bin who wants to slap in with you, and he has to draw more merit points into your merit card. It's okay, as long as we return the extra merit points, we won't pursue this matter. Zhao Chun looked directly at Meng Tianhui and said with a fake look.
Zhao Chun knew Meng Tianhui's origin, so he knew that Meng Tianhui would not stop there. Even if they take a step back and suffer this dark loss, it will be better, so that things will not make a big fuss, and they can just give an account to He Shaofei.
"Today, I finally saw what it means to spew blood, and what it means to reverse right and wrong. If you say that we are seeking merit points, then come up with evidence. Chu Yunfan said lightly. Although he was calm on the surface, a wave of anger had already risen in his chest. At the beginning, he and He Shaofei just had a little quarrel, but they didn't expect them to be so grudgeful, so bold, and dare to make a fuss about the task reward.
"Evidence, your task is just to go to Blackwater Mountain to investigate the reasons for the successive massacres of several villages, how can you need so many merit points as ten thousand. Zhao Chun had already listened to the white-clothed young man report on the conversation between the three of them on the way, although he knew that the reward for issuing the task was not under Chen Bin's control, but he had to do it, and he had to bite them to death that their task was not worth these merit points.
With such a commotion, all the disciples of the Zixiao Sect in the Hall of Merit gathered around to see the excitement, and the people standing outside squeezed in vigorously, just to see what was going on.
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