"What is he doing with you? Is there something he has taken a fancy to you?" Yuan Miao recalled, remembering the scene of that day, and then said: "Yes, he said that you have any secret method, and you gave it to him?"

"I'm going to give it to him, he will definitely make a fuss about stealing the sword, I guess I'm not dead now, it's almost like death. Uncle Shi, I always hear you mention Yun Shan, did Yun Shan really die at the hands of Yuan Dao?"

Yuan Miao sighed, "I am also responsible for Yun Shan's death, if I hadn't insisted on telling the story at the beginning, Yun Shan would not have died." His expression darkened, and his eyes became deeper and deeper, telling the story of Yun Shan to Shi An.

Two hundred and seventy-two years ago, just in time for the "Recruiting Disciples Conference" held once every 50 years in the Four Elephants, a large number of young people who thought they had good spiritual roots came to the Four Elephants. ”

"When I was 14 years old, I had never traveled far away, so I came with a neighbor named Chen Yu to try my luck and see the world. The Chen family is a mortal like our family, but his family has been doing the rune paper business, and it is somewhat related to the Four Elephants. Chen Yu is two years younger than me, and I grew up playing and playing together, and we have a very good relationship. ”

"Back then, an outer disciple of the Four Elephants Temple who came to purchase rune paper said that he had a spiritual root, but as for the good or bad, he couldn't see it, so he encouraged him to go to the Four Elephants Temple to try his luck, at least he could mix with an outer disciple. My family was also worried about my future, and when they heard the news, they asked me to come with him to see if I could find a job near the Four Elephants. The result was far beyond our expectations, both of us were Twin Spirit Roots, and we were both accepted as inner disciples. The news exploded in the village, and people were spreading the word that the village was good in terms of water and soil, and there were two inner disciples at once, so later the whole county moved to the village like crazy, and the housing prices in the village also increased several times, and my family also made a lot of money. Speaking of this, Yuan Miaozi couldn't help but show a smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Entering the sect, we were all given the name of the Dao, his name is Zhengshan, my name is Zhengmiao, in addition to us, there were also nine inner disciples who were admitted back then, the oldest of the Zhengdao, twenty-six years old that year, from a Xiuxian family surnamed Wei, is one of the few disciples with art entry. The three of us were divided into a cave to practice, and twenty years later, the righteous path successfully left us and found another single cave. I lived with Zhengshan for nearly ten years, and after I successfully built the foundation and left, it took him another twelve years to build the foundation, and then he lived in the meditation lake hut that you used for cultivation back then. ”

"I'm still living there. Shi An interjected.

Yuan Miao ignored him, the meaning of memories in his eyes became heavier and heavier, and he was completely immersed in those old memories, "Zhengshan is the latest to build the foundation, because he is not concentrating on cultivation, but he is extremely obsessed with the improvement of the rune paper making process, I and Zhengdao kept advising him back then, but he turned a deaf ear to it, and he was still happy to do it, for which the sect also punished him for thinking for a month." Since we separated, there have been fewer interactions and our relationships have drifted apart. After another thirty years, Yundao and I have entered the middle stage of foundation building, and one day he came to my cave house in a hurry to say that he had developed a new kind of rune paper, which took a short time to use, and the materials required were extremely ordinary, and the success rate of making talismans could be increased by about forty percent. ”

Yuan Miao said this, glanced at Shi An, and explained: "The materials used in general talismans are very special, and the more mana runes they contain, the more difficult it is to find suitable rune paper, like this talisman," because his whole body was bound, he could only use his eyes to signal the golden talisman in Shi An's hand, "It is made of the skin of the third-level demon beast Huangshan Beast, so the mana is very strong, and the return to the sect that I escaped back to the sect is made of Tianshan jade." Generally, the primary spell runes used by the minor monks are made of ordinary rune paper, and the primary runes are very popular, and the success rate of making them is not very high, so the amount of rune paper is larger, and the innovation of Yunshan's rune paper manufacturing has indeed benefited a lot for the later rune world. It's a pity that I didn't realize the importance of this back then, and I was only obsessed with the cultivation of a few intermediate spells, so I didn't pay too much attention to it, and now I really regret it. Yuan Miao sighed lightly when he said this.

Seeing that I didn't give him more response, he left a little depressed, probably to find Yun Dao, after all, they have eaten and lived together for twenty years, and Yun Shan has no other friends. Later, I could occasionally see Yun Shan, but I always followed Yun Dao next to me, and the relationship was very close, although I also had some sour feelings, but I always thought that the avenue came first, and things like friendship were ultimately no match for life, and there was even a trace of 'don't look at your affection now, I'm still alive when you die'. ”

"Soon after, I heard that there was a kind of 'Chen's rune paper' on the market, which was cheap and extremely easy to use, which had a big impact on other shops and families that made rune paper. At this time, he was very cold to me, and when I saw him for the last time, he told me that he wanted to cooperate with me at the beginning, he came up with a secret recipe, and I found a way to open a store. ”

After breathing a sigh of relief, he said again, "After about five or six years, one day the sect summoned all the inner disciples to punish Yun Shan, the inner disciple who attempted to defect. According to the statement of the sect leader Uncle Yuanyao back then, Yun Shan fled the sect with the "Four Elephants Heart Method" privately, and according to the laws of the sect, he should abolish his cultivation, destroy the spiritual root, and then expel him from the sect. I went to see him the night before I was executed, although according to the rules of the sect, I was not allowed to see the disciples of the sect privately, but after all, I had a fight with his brother for many years, and it was inseparable from him to embark on the path of cultivating immortals, so I went to the prison cell, which is where we are now. The outer disciple who guarded the cell had a good personal relationship with me, and I had told him some cultivation experience on weekdays, and I had also given him a lot of benefits. The outer disciple met Yun Shan with me, and he told us the truth of the matter. ”

It turned out that after the Chen rune paper was sold, the Chen family gradually became rich. At this time, he realized that his cultivation progress had fallen behind, so he began to retreat and cultivate, leaving the level about once every twenty days. Finally, as soon as he got out of the customs this time, he saw Yun Dao waiting for him outside the door, and as soon as he saw him, he hurriedly told him, 'Your servant came to say that something happened to your family, and asked you to go back immediately, I sent him back first, and waited for you to get out of the customs here, and now that you have come out, hurry home and take a look.' Yun Shan was anxious to go to the sect master to ask for leave, Yun Dao told him that the family leave had been taken for him, and even the application things were ready, and handed him a storage bag and asked him to leave quickly. ”

At that time, Yun Shan left the sect without thinking too much, and said to the outer disciples guarding the door that there was something at home, and he had asked the sect master for leave Yun Yun. The village was very close to the Four Elephants, but before he could get home, he was arrested by the elder in charge of the Law Enforcement Hall, saying that someone had reported his apostasy. After being escorted to the Sect Law Enforcement Hall, the sect master also said that Yun Shan did not ask him for leave, and from the disciples who investigated the Chen family, he also knew that nothing happened to the Chen family, let alone send someone to invite Yun Shan. Then he opened the storage bag he was carrying, and in addition to the things he used for daily use, there was also a jade slip of the cultivation experience of the foundation building period of the Four Elephant Mental Method. With all the above facts in front of him, it is irrefutable to judge his defection to the sect. ”

"How did that piece of jade slip come from? This is the biggest doubt, as long as you find out whose jade slip it is, it will be clear. Shi An couldn't help asking.

"I asked him the same question at the time, but he sighed and said, 'Alas, all this is the ghost of Yundao, and the matter of Jade Jian is even more difficult to argue, and I want to be opportunistic. Because I had too many distracting thoughts in my heart when I first cultivated, and I didn't understand a lot of basic content, I had asked Yun Dao a lot of cultivation questions, and he was annoyed when I asked too much, so he said that he wanted to make a jade slip of cultivation experience for me, which stated the main problems and solutions when cultivating in the early stage of foundation building, and I was naturally very grateful in my heart, but I had never seen that jade slip at all. Now this piece of jade slip just appeared in my storage bag, and it really recorded the cultivation experience of the early stage of the foundation building of the water and earth spirit root, which did not match the spirit root of the cloud path and the cultivation realm, but it happened to be the same situation as mine, so all of this was definitely my work in the eyes of outsiders. ”

"Tricking me into leaving the sect and planting me again, it seems that he was premeditated. Yun Miao, I really responded to the old saying 'knowing the face but not the heart', this guy in Yundao is too selfish, and he will do whatever it takes to obtain benefits, I am eighty-eight years old this year, and I am already an old man who abolishes my cultivation, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to survive the torture of the waste spiritual root. After I die, the Cloud Dao will surely take over my Chen's rune paper technique. Alas, I can't live by myself, I really deserve it, and the words of people's hearts are really true. I hope you will remember my lesson in the future, and at least remember that Yundao is a mercenary and profit-seeking person. Also, if you have the opportunity to help the Chen family, it will not be in vain for our brothers.'" When Yuan Miao said this, the old tears were rampant, and he couldn't speak anymore.

Shi An was also concerned, waited for a while, and softly broke the silence, "Uncle Shi, then Yun Shan died?"

"Sure enough, he didn't survive the torture, the person who executed it turned out to be Yun Dao, and his hands were extremely heavy, and Yun Shan had already lost his breath when his cultivation was dispersed. Afterwards, the sect master praised Yun Dao, not only because he could kill the traitors with his own hands, but even exposed Yun Shan's apostasy by him, which was the reason why Yun Dao gained power later. I regret that I didn't come forward when I knew the truth, because I was afraid, afraid of the sect's rules that the traitor who met privately would also end up with the traitor. The next day, I took leave and rushed to Chen's house, but Chen's house was already a scorched earth and no one survived. Yuan Miao ran out of tears at this time, looked at the sky with empty eyes, and muttered: "Yunshan, Chen Yu, it's me who is cowardly and afraid, it's me who is selfish, I'm sorry for you, I didn't guard the Chen family for you, and it's difficult to face your spirit in the sky." ”