Chapter 10: Elders
The three of them walked to the front of the main hall at the end of the bluestone steps, Li Ziyang stopped and looked back, the huge and majestic square was in full view, and the mountains near and far were also unobstructed. After secretly counting it, he found that there were a total of 108 bluestone steps, and the last five steps were composed of five colored stones of different colors, which was very wonderful. These 108 stone steps have been trampled by millions of dollars, but they are not worn at all, the edges and corners are still so distinct, and the steps are still tightly knit without distortion. It seems that none of the buildings here can be judged by common sense. But thinking about Old Man Chu's heavenly methods, he was relieved.
Li Ziyang, who was thinking, suddenly felt a feeling of suffocation, and subconsciously he felt the attack of the crisis. This unprecedented sense of oppression made him breathless, as if he was a caged rabbit being aimed at a sharp sword, and there was no room for maneuver at all! He raised his right hand violently and obliquely in front of his chest, and stretched out his left hand to push Chu Ling outward!
A bronze coin shot out from the entrance of the main hall and hit Li Ziyang directly!
"Bang ......"
An invisible wall of qi appeared in front of Li Ziyang, and the bronze coin with great strength broke through the air and slammed into it, with a muffled sound, and the ripples in the circle rippled on the qi wall.
The "Ding ......" ancient coin lost all momentum and landed gently on the ground with a crisp sound.
"Awesome!
Four figures walked out of the main hall, led by a person dressed in ancient costume, a cyan robe was worn on a tall and strong body, a common ancient hair bun was tied on his head, and a warm and lustrous ancient jade hung on his waist, looking like a good style of literati. Most of the three people who followed behind were dressed like this, but they were not so tall, and one of them was even an old dragon clock, with a rickety figure and a hint of viciousness in their eyes no matter how they looked.
"Elder Wang, what do you mean by that?" Chu Tianhua's tone suppressed anger. This guy has always been at odds with himself, and after being defeated by himself in the election and losing the position of chief elder, he even went toe-to-toe with himself, which made him very annoyed.
"Elder Chu is serious. I've only been out for almost a month, and now I've finally brought back a candidate, and I'm surprised. Elder Chu was carefully selected, presumably he must be extraordinary, so he couldn't help but be tempted, haha. The middle-aged man known as Elder Wang laughed, but the sinister intent in his tone was undisguised.
"You ......" Chu Ling's face was flushed, very angry, although she had always liked to ridicule Li Ziyang, but the push he had just made was clearly protecting herself, and now she couldn't sit still, and couldn't help but scold.
"Lingling, don't be rude. It's not your turn to interject before we speak. Chu Tianhua stretched out his hand and stopped Chu Ling who stepped forward.
"Elder Wang, the candidates we brought back have all taken a lot of effort, and you don't want them to quit early or die young, right? Elder Wang, don't forget that when the candidate becomes the sword bearer, there is also the level that I have to pass the test, hmph. "For Elder Wang, who had just come back and killed the killer, Chu Tianhua was also ruthless. If there was really an accident on his candidate, Elder Wang's men would have a test before the Chief Elder gave the sword when they were promoted to sword bearer, and he would not show mercy at that time.
"Elder Chu is serious, it's just a temptation. Besides, this bronze coin was accidentally obtained by me when I was at work back then, it is already thousands of years old, and I am about to give it to Elder Chu's first senior disciple, so it should be regarded as a meeting gift, haha. Elder Wang was not ashamed to speak, with a smile on his face, but the few people behind him were very dissatisfied with Chu Tianhua's obvious threat just now, and their faces changed greatly.
"Since this is the case, then Li Ziyang will thank his seniors. Li Ziyang also roughly understood the current situation, bent down to pick up the coin, and raised his hand to Elder Wang to salute. For a while, the two looked at each other, each with their own thoughts. Li Ziyang secretly swore that he would nail this valuable gift to this insidious and vicious elder with his own hands one day!
"Young people just have a belly, I appreciate you, haha!" Elder Wang said with a smile.
"Let's go, I'll send you to settle down first. Chu Tianhua's face did not change, and he no longer entangled with them.
Li Ziyang and Chu Ling followed him to turn right and bypass the main hall and walk towards the courtyard of the back mountain.
"Chu Tianhua has become more and more arrogant recently, and now he has begun to take advantage of the opportunity of the formation of the sword holding group to develop his wings, and let him go down, there will be endless troubles. Seeing the three of them disappear around the corner of the main hall, the rickety old man said.
"What are Elder Chen worried about, the four of us are in the Elder Body, and this Extreme Evil Hall is now under our control. Even if the old man Qin wants to support Chu Tianhua, we will hold it firmly, and the victory and defeat will be divided decades ago. Another middle-aged man said to the rickety old man, it turned out that these four people were all elders of this elder group, and it was obvious that their faction was very different from the chairman faction headed by Chu Tianhua.
"Brother Zhao's words are wrong. Since ancient times, newcomers have beaten old people, even if we defeat Chu Tianhua, it will be difficult to defeat future generations of rookies in a few decades, cultivating newcomers is the most important thing!" Elder Wang, who was the leader, said in a deep voice.
"Just now, this young man is not simple, he has no cultivation at all, but his perception is so keen, it must be a big trouble to grow up. Chu Ling's remnants are also extraordinary, Chu Tianhua must have secretly poured countless efforts over the years, and now he should be among the top three candidates in this session. Both of them are a threat. Elder Feng on the far left couldn't help but be worried.
"Hmph, what about the outstanding talents? Didn't Chu Tianhua's son and daughter-in-law also overwhelm the contemporary and no one dared to beat his edge? Didn't they both die in the end? Geniuses, too, have a chance to grow up!" said Elder Chen, who was the first to speak, said gloomily.
Hearing him mention this matter, the other elders also had hideous expressions on their faces. At that time, Chu Tianhua's two sons and daughters, that is, Chu Ling's parents, were not only far stronger than newcomers of the same generation, but also completed the task impeccably, and they were promoted all the way to one four-star sword-bearer and one-person three-star sword-bearer. If it weren't for the few of them joining forces, the Chu family would definitely be the dominant family now. Chu Tianhua is still in the dark about this matter, although he has never stopped investigating, but he has gained nothing.
"Don't mention this matter in the future, let's just cultivate new people with peace of mind, hahaha!" Elder Wang's expression changed, and he instructed the other three.
"Hahaha......"
A hearty laugh sounded outside the hall, and the pungent smell of conspiracy startled several cranes on the thousand-year-old pine next to them.
Taking the two of them to a courtyard at the back of the main hall, Chu Tianhua assigned one of the rooms to Li Ziyang.
"This is a temporary residence, the major elders and the candidates invited by other channels live in a few courtyards nearby, and you can do your own activities for these two days, and no one dares to embarrass you. However, there are a few guys with quite good strength among the younger generation of candidates, so be careful not to suffer. Thinking of the meeting with a few elders just now, Chu Tianhua was furious. Now the Extreme Evil Hall is the setting of one of the six elders and one chief elder, except for the newly promoted Elder Wu, four of the other five people are led by the powerful Elder Wang to form a faction, and they are in trouble with him everywhere. The other law enforcement elder was a loner, and the Law Enforcement Hall did not make it clear which faction it supported. Now in the entire Extreme Evil Palace, up and down, except for Elder Wu, only the former Chief Elder is on his side. In this way, it is indeed weak.
Now that the most potential of the Extreme Evil Hall and the most powerful force in the future - the new Sword Wing Regiment is about to be formed, the four elders have gathered more than a dozen candidates, according to the setting of the three halls of wind, fire and thunder of each Sword Wing Clan, most of their people will occupy two of them, and the current situation is not optimistic.
"Lingling, you took him around in the afternoon, familiarized himself with the situation, and by the way, he graded the candidates. I still have to hurry up and get the rest of the people back, time is running out. Chu Tianhua instructed Chu Ling.
"Grandpa, don't worry. ”
"Well, then I'll go first, you communicate more together, and Lingling tell him more related things. With that, he turned around and went out, disappearing directly from the courtyard.
"Although this girl has a lot of opinions about you, but what, it is very likely that we will be teammates in the future, and I will be able to support the boat in the prime minister's belly, regardless of previous suspicions!" Chu Ling does look like an atmospheric woman who is benevolent and forgiving others.
"That Xiao Li is really grateful, and I thank Miss Chu here. Li Ziyang didn't bother to bother with this unruly chief elder granddaughter.
"Don't talk about it, put your things down first, and I'll take you around. Although she was joking, thinking of her grandfather leaving in a hurry, Chu Ling also felt a sense of urgency, and she had to grow up with her teammates as soon as possible.
Li Ziyang put her things away and went out with her.
"The first place we arrived was the main square, and then the main hall, both of which are usually places where all members meet and important things are announced. You can also make an appointment with anyone in the square, the number of onlookers is definitely considerable, but with your current strength, you are ready to be beaten into a pig's head, haha. Walking all the way, Chu Ling introduced various buildings, although she was usually naughty and liked to mock others, but she was still serious and reliable in doing business, but a few words of ridicule were indispensable.
"Behind the main hall, the left half of the mountain range is mostly the living area of the people in the hall, and the right half is the council hall, the library pavilion, the martial arts arena, the law enforcement hall, the sword tower and other buildings, usually our practice, task, and elders are mostly over there, and many places over there have secret blessings, you don't break in, be careful not to know how to die. Chu Ling couldn't help but instruct in the end.
"You're a library pavilion, a cultivator, and a secret rune, how do I feel like I've traveled to a novel. Although Li Ziyang was surprised and pleasantly surprised by the experience of the past two days, he couldn't help but muttered after hearing this.
"I'll tell you, you really came to such a magical world, and others have dreamed of it all their lives and haven't had a chance, and you're still muttering here, like a village girl who has never seen the world, hum!" Chu Ling felt very unhappy about being suspected of being a cult.
"Yes, thank you Miss Chu for leading me into the world of cultivating immortals, okay"
"Cut!"
"Our main hall is on the mountainside of this mountain range, there is another hall on the top of the mountain behind the main hall, and the sword bearers below three stars are not allowed to go up, I don't know what treasures are in the hall, and grandpa won't tell me anything. There is a chance to sneak a look, hehe~~" Chu Ling showed a hint of cunning on her face.
Li Ziyang listened, his head full of black lines.
This guy is simply a gangster!