"Master, the head of the family is here. The voice of his own disciple behind him quietly pulled his thoughts back.

He was stunned at first, then turned around, and saw that the person who came was indeed the senior brother in charge, so he walked over.

"Third child, you go down first. He said slowly to the Zhu on the side for no reason.

Zhu received the order for no reason: "Yes, Master." Then he turned around and slowly retreated, heading back the way he came.

Seeing that the figure of his disciple slowly disappeared into the forest, Zhao Huanran said with a straight face: "If there is something wrong with the senior brother in charge, just call me directly, why not drive to this remote place in the mountains?"

Qingyou Zhenren waved his hand: "Senior brother, there is no need for this between you and me. ”

Zhao Huanran was stunned again, and was silent for a while, but he didn't speak.

After a while, Qingyou Zhenren looked at the way where Shicai came, and said slowly to Zhao Huanran: "When I came, I met your daughter, and she really looked like Senior Sister Qiao." ”

Zhao Huanran chuckled lightly on the side: "The little girl is a little naughty, which makes the senior brother in charge laugh." ”

Qingyou Zhenren didn't care, and scolded: "The little daughter's family, nature is like this, how can you talk about smiling but not smiling." Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he frowned slightly and said, "What's the matter, Senior Sister Qiao is still in Qiushui Hall and hasn't come back?"

Zhao Huanran smiled bitterly at this time: "Since I quarreled with Yishuang twelve years ago and slapped her by mistake, she has never returned to this Yangjingtang once in the past ten years. ”

Qingyou Zhenren smiled slowly: "Senior Sister Qiao has a strong temperament, and I have already learned it when I was young. However, you are also wrong. ”

"Yes, yes. The younger brother knew that he was wrong. Zhao Huanran smiled bitterly again

Qingyou Zhenren didn't blame him too much, after all, this was still a matter for his husband and wife, and he, who was a senior brother, could only persuade a few words on the side.

At this time, he slowly moved his gaze to the towering tree that Zhao Huanran was looking at.

The breeze was gentle, accompanied by a few birdsongs in the forest, and the warm light sprinkled overhead, everything was so quiet and harmonious.

The two of them didn't know how long they stood in the forest, and then they slowly spoke, "What do you think about the Shadow Demon?"

Zhao Huanran was not surprised, and pondered for a moment before saying, "The sudden appearance of the Shadow Demon is indeed a bit strange. In the battle of that year, Master Yin Yan had already forcibly laid down the barrier partition of the passage of the Sealed Demon Valley, and now there were twelve elders guarding the formation day and night, but I am afraid that it was not the Tianqi Mountain that had a problem. ”

Qingyou Zhenren looked at him and nodded: "You are the same as I think." So what do you think went wrong?"

"I'm afraid it's the far north. Zhao Huanran did not hesitate this time and said in a deep voice.

This time, a strange light flashed in the eyes of Qingyou Zhenren, and after a while, he said slowly: "You have been to the snowy land with Senior Brother Qu of Wangfeng Hall, Senior Brother Ying Xin of Qingyi Hall, and Senior Sister Shangguan of Xianfeng Hall, but yesterday, none of the three of you talked about it to me, Senior Brother in charge, but Senior Sister Shangguan vaguely mentioned a few words. But you have some thoughts about the decision I made back then?"

Zhao Huanran was stunned when he heard the words at this time, and there were already some ripples in his heart, but he still respectfully said: "Senior brother doesn't dare." ”

Seeing him like this, Qingyou Zhenren smiled and waved his hand, and actually sighed: "Whether you dare or not, I, the senior brother in charge, are wrong after all." Lun is good at making decisions, and it should be that Senior Brother Qiu has foresight. Just ......"

At the end of the sentence, his brow furrowed slightly, as if he had thought of something.

What kind of character is Qingyou Zhenren, Zhao Huanran has never seen him say a single word in two hundred years, and their junior brothers and sisters dare not discuss it in private, but they didn't expect it to be like this in front of him today.

His heart was moved, so he asked, "What's it?" ”

Qingyou Zhenren glanced at him and took two steps forward, his majestic body actually looked much smaller under this towering ancient tree.

He groaned slightly, turned around and said, "Back then, I didn't listen to Senior Brother Qiu's words and left disciples to guard in the Extreme North, first, because the environment in the Extreme North is harsh, and the disciples of the Central Plains cannot resist the frost and cold for a long time. The second is ......" He paused for a moment before continuing: "The second is because I sent the ancestral teachings left by the patriarch Hyun Yizi. ”

Zhao Huanran's body was shocked, and he frowned: "Zu Xun?"

Qingyou Zhenren looked at him and nodded, and said, "Yes, I also took over as the head of the house later, and I only found out when I went to the "Land of No Phase". ”

"You should also know that this 'Phaseless Land' is the place where the Patriarch Hyun Yi laid out the 'Guanxiang Array' to penetrate the Heavenly Dao and obtain the Dao Feathering, and it belongs to the forbidden land of our faction. For more than 2,000 years, only the heads of the past generations were allowed to enter. It was there that I saw the ancestral teachings left by Patriarch Hyun Yi on the huge stone stele. ”

"Patriarch Hyun Yi may have seen the future scenery of my Tianqi in the 'Guanxiang Array', and expected that a great catastrophe in the human world would occur in the extreme north because of my disciples. Therefore, I made an ancestral precept that all my disciples of Tianchuan should not set foot in the snowy regions of the extreme north in the future, so as to avoid this worldly calamity. Now it seems that this person is only afraid that after all, it is not as good as heaven......" His old voice drifted away with a little helplessness in the breeze.

Zhao Huanran was still a little shocked at this time, and he couldn't imagine that there was such a past in his heart, it seemed that he and the first seat were wrong to blame the senior brother in front of him.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a little guilty and said, "Please punish the senior brother in charge." ”

Qingyou Zhenren slowly retracted his gaze from a distance and shook his head: "You are not wrong, it is my fault as a senior brother......"

Zhao Huanran stood beside him, didn't speak, and he didn't know what to say at this time.

After a long time, Zhao Huanran said: "Yesterday, the senior brother in charge said that he would put the matter of the shadow demon on hold and wait for the three factions to gather to discuss it, but today he came to Yangjing to find me in person, does the senior brother have other arrangements for the matter of the shadow demon?"

Qing Youzhen's eyebrows twitched slightly when he heard this, and then he quickly stretched out again, although he didn't speak immediately, but his eyes already had a sense of approval for the junior brother next to him who knew him well.

He looked deep into the woods.

But seeing the branches and leaves, the shadows of the trees are swaying, and it is a pleasant scenery.

"Back then, Uncle Fan said to the previous head of the previous generation, Lu Shibo, that when he wanted to pass on the first seat to you, many masters present had some objections. Later, he strongly rejected public opinion and said that you are beautiful in your heart, calm in nature, and make decisions in the hall, and it will be beneficial to defend against the enemy outside the hall. Now it seems that his old man is really discerning. Qing Yu Zhenren looked into the distance and slowly recalled.

Zhao Huanran stood in place and was stunned for a moment, and then said humbly, "Senior brother in charge, you have won the award." If there is a sending, it is okay to say. Qingyou Zhenren slowly turned around at this time, looked at Zhao Huanran and was silent for a while before saying, "I,

I want you to take a trip to the Far North. There was a bit of solemnity in his tone, and it seemed that he had thought about it for a long time before deciding on it.

Zhao Huanran didn't look surprised, and only said in a deep voice: "But the matter of exploring the shadow demon?"

Qingyu Zhenren nodded slowly: "The appearance of the Shadow Demon is indeed a variable that I never expected. I originally thought that if I only repaired the sword array of the Sealed Demon Valley, this world might still be peaceful for a lifetime or two. It's just that now it seems that the world has begun to be chaotic......"

"When does the senior brother in charge want me to go?" Zhao Huanran knew in his heart at this moment that this shadow demon was harmful, if he left it alone, he was afraid that he would cause chaos in the future, so he didn't say much at the moment, only asked softly.

"Without further ado, or as soon as possible. A heavy voice came from front of him.

Zhao Huanran frowned slightly when he heard this, but after thinking for a moment, he said, "That being the case, after I have arranged the affairs of the hall in the past two days, I will set off immediately." ”

Qingyou Zhenren looked at him again, and said slowly: "This time I went to the extreme north to explore, and it was very difficult. You know the anxieties of my heart. Therefore, I did not send anyone else to accompany you, and I ask you to be careful. ”

For more than two hundred years, Zhao Huanran has never seen such a quiet real person today. He is a leader of the righteous path, and his joy and anger have long been invisible, but he didn't expect that today he would repeatedly show a sad face in front of him, so he said lightly: "Senior brother, you can rest assured." ”

Seeing that he had his own sense of proportion at this time, Qingyou Zhenren nodded slowly and did not speak again.

In today's world, the people who are famous all over the world stand under this towering ancient tree on the mountain behind Yangjingtang, standing silently, letting the plain gray and white Taoist robe gently stir with the mountain wind......