Chapter 54: Undercurrent
Above the sea of clouds, the crowd began to riot due to Aoki's sudden move. There was an uproar, and all kinds of speculations arose. They all cast their eyes on the first seat of their own line, and a small number of people noticed that the blue-clothed young man with a black sword in his hand, he had already made a deep impression on everyone by blocking Aoki's blow strongly.
The cold woman in white finally had a hint of surprise on her face. And the cold Xue Yi's eyes were instantly full of heat, and a strong battle intent seemed to be released with the trembling of his hands. And in the crowd in the distance, there were two people whose eyes were also on Ye Xiaotian. They were Chen Yuan and Qin Yu who took the initiative from the stone room.
Chen Yuan finally had a hint of surprise under his lazy expression after seeing Ye Xiaotian blocking Aoki's sword, and muttered, "My Brother Ye, I didn't expect to hide so deeply, it seems that Xiao Lizi is really good at finding someone!"
On the other side, Qin Yu also saw this scene, and saw the corners of his mouth slightly raised, as if he was caught in a memory. After a long time, he let out a long sigh and muttered: "Demon Venerable, Demon Venerable, if you weren't so crazy back then, killing innocents indiscriminately, I would have recognized you as a lover!" After taking a deep look at the blue figure again, Qin Yu finally turned around and slowly disappeared into the crowd.
Here, after the initial commotion, Qingyuan Daoist and the first seat of the Qingyuan finally stabilized the situation, and Qingyuan even stood out from the crowd, and said loudly: "Everyone, up to now, the first stage of the Eight Veins Martial Arts has been completed, and we have also decided eighteen disciples. They are extremely talented, their Taoism is exquisite, and their spiritual power is even better than ordinary people, so the senior brother in charge has decided that these eighteen disciples will represent our Heavenly Sword Sect and go to Blackwater City to compete with the demon sect demons!"
However, the competition is far from over. Next, it is the second stage of the martial arts, where these eighteen disciples will face off in pairs, and the final winning disciple is expected to get the Chengying Pill!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar. Everyone knows that the Infant Pill can greatly increase the chance of becoming a baby, and once it breaks through to the Yuan Baby, then it has been sublimated in the cultivation of the Dao Law, and the cultivator is no longer simply cultivating spiritual power, and the spiritual power is transformed through the body of the spiritual element to form the Yuan Force. They can directly cultivate the body of the Spirit Yuan, that is, cultivate the Yuan Shen.
Therefore, the Yuan Infant Stage and the Yuan Shen Period are a watershed on the path of cultivation, although it seems that there is only one realm difference, but they are very different. It is conceivable that the preciousness of the Infant Pill is conceivable. And this was actually used by the head to reward the person who won the championship, and the people in the game were very excited, and the outsiders were extremely remorseful.
Qingyuan seemed pleased with their reaction. After a deliberate pause, he continued: "As for the specific matter and time of this competition, since most of these eighteen elites are now relatively tired, they can't be decided for a while, so we still need to discuss with the senior brother in charge. During this time, all the disciples can visit some of the wonders of Tongtian Peak on their own, or they can go back to their own mountain gate first, and stay until the time of the competition, and it is not too late to come back!"
"Haha, don't listen to this old man's nonsense, such an important competition, if you don't come early to occupy a position, you won't see a wonderful showdown!" Lei Li took Qing Yuan's words and said with a smile. He has a rough character, he doesn't hide his words when he speaks, and he dares to make jokes. But if you think that he is also very rough in doing things, then you are very wrong, when it comes to doing things, Lei Li is notoriously cautious among the first seat of the eight veins.
Qingyuan also knew that his junior brother spoke casually, so he had to smile helplessly and announce his disbandment. This farce seems to be over like this. However, Yun Shan's face was still extremely solemn.
After a long time, he relieved himself, sighed, and said to Qin Feng, who was pale: "Feng'er, you first follow your master and take Shi'er back to Zixia Peak to recuperate, there is still something to do here in Changmen for the teacher, and I will go back to see you when I am done!"
"Well, listen to Master's orders!" Qin Feng responded, and together with Liu Yao, he headed towards Zixia Peak.
And Ye Xiaotian, who seemed to have been neglected, also put away the waning moon after seeing Ye Shi'er go back, and prepared to return to Lanxin Courtyard later. But he had only taken a few steps when he was stopped by a majestic voice.
It was Yun Shan who stopped him, probably because of the scene five years ago, although Yun Shan was not angry, Ye Xiaotian couldn't help but feel a little flustered when he saw him walking towards him.
"First ...... Uncle Shi, what's the matter?"
"Hmm, just call me Uncle Yun!" Yun Shan said solemnly.
"Cloud ...... Uncle Yun!" Ye Xiaotian didn't dare to excuse himself, and hurriedly changed his words.
Yun Shan nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "It's nothing, it's just that you saved Shi'er's life just now, and I haven't been grateful to you! You blocked Aoki's sword just now, but you made a name for yourself!" Yun Shan looked at Ye Xiaotian with endless admiration in his eyes.
"Well, it's nothing, protect the poem...... Sister Shi'er, it's originally my business!"
"Haha, young hero, don't be nervous, I won't eat you again! Hey, Sister Shi'er? Oh, it turns out that you are the unconscious brother that Shi'er often talks about?"
"Hmm, yes, yes!" Ye Xiaotian nodded, and said to himself secretly: "At the same time, I am also the stunned young man who was assigned to Lanxin Academy by you five years ago, but you shouldn't remember me anymore!"
However, as soon as this thought flashed through his mind, he heard Yun Shan say: "I remember you, you are the one back then...... Hmm, that new disciple who has entered Zixia Peak, right?" he wanted to say the word "fool", but suddenly felt that it was inappropriate, so he changed his words directly. After a pause, he said: "When I assigned you to Senior Brother Tianhe, there was indeed something wrong with me, but at that time, your talent was really poor, and if you were assigned to other junior disciples, you could only achieve nothing in the end, besides, a great sect of cultivation like Tianjianmen valued talent and strength even more, so if you were in such a noisy place in the front yard, it might attract criticism and ridicule from your fellow disciples! So, do you understand what I meant by sending you to Senior Brother Tianhe at that time?"
"I ......" Hearing this, Ye Xiaotian was stunned, remembering the criticism in the crowd after he won the quota today, he suddenly felt that he had misunderstood this short, fat middle-aged man who looked stern. He was stunned for a long time before he said sincerely: "Thank you Uncle Yun!"
"Don't be in a hurry to thank me, after all, when I didn't know that you were Shi'er's younger brother, I really wanted to drive you down the mountain!" he suddenly let out a long sigh, as if he remembered someone, "It's just that I didn't expect that your kid was quite lucky, and he would meet Tianhe junior brother soon after going to Lanxin Academy!"
"Uncle Yun, have you seen Master?" Ye Xiaotian couldn't help but be surprised. He remembered that the master only said that he had gone to see his uncle three days after he came back, but he didn't know that he had also seen Yunshan.
"Haha, I have a very personal relationship with Senior Brother Tianhe, and it is rare for him to come back once, of course he wants to come back to see my old friend! But when he said that he accepted a closed disciple, I was still very surprised, a person like him who was bent on seeking the Tao would have the idea of accepting an apprentice! I wondered, what kind of pride of heaven made my junior brother move his mortal heart?"
I didn't believe it at the time, but I only told me how a mediocre disciple could learn all the tricks of his body, and now it seems that I was very wrong. He is not only very casual in his cultivation, but also very willful in accepting apprentices, but what I admire most about him is his apprenticeship, he can teach that young man with mediocre talent and dull qualifications like this, and only he can do it!"
"Hey, I was surprised when I saw an inner disciple on the high platform who had won the quota, and I also secretly laughed at the first seat that didn't have long eyes, and he didn't accept such a genius as a personal disciple, he was really blind! I didn't expect it, but I scolded myself!" Yun Shan shook his head, as if laughing at himself.
Looking at this middle-aged man who shook his head with a wry smile, Ye Xiaotian had a feeling. He felt that if he wanted to worship under him at this time and become a personal disciple, he would definitely not refuse. It's just that he didn't open his mouth after all, and some people, once there is a gap, it will be difficult to repair it easily.
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Lei Xiaofeng, in a quiet hut, Yun Shan and Lei Li were sitting opposite each other, and on a small table in front of them, a set of tea sets was being placed. This set of tea sets is made of green jade, crystal clear, and there is spiritual power on it, which makes people look at it. Undoubtedly, this set of tea sets must be a superior product that only the immortal family can have.
However, the two people sitting at this small table were not interested in drinking tea, and their faces were solemn. After a long time, Yun Shan opened his mouth and sighed: "Lei Daring, what do you think of the Instant Body Method of the Senior Brother of the Sect Leader today?"
"Do you still want to ask me, you should also know what it means to master the method of instantaneous body!" Lei Li glanced at Yun Shan and said in a deep voice.
"Yes, since Senior Brother in Charge can use the Instantaneous Body Method, it proves that he is one step closer to the Immortal Realm, and he has risen one step in the comprehension of the Law of Space, worthy of being Senior Brother in Charge, we have been left far behind by him!" Yun Shan sighed, and then said: "It's just that I can't figure it out, Senior Brother in Charge didn't use the Instantaneous Body Technique to save Shi'er, but instead saved the nerve-stricken Aoki Naji!"
"What, are you still jealous?" Lei Li finally picked up the teapot and began to scald the green jade cup. looked at Yunshan with a smile in his eyes.
"It's all at this time, you're still in the mood to joke!" Yun Shan smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I think that the senior brother in charge still has an opinion on me, after all, I was very close to Senior Brother Tianhe back then, and Senior Brother in charge was the most jealous of Senior Brother Tianhe! I am afraid that Senior Brother in charge deliberately let Aoki be like this, after all, a person like Aoki who is usually timid and cautious, doing this today is a little too out of line!"
"Shhh, Senior Brother Yun, you can just talk to me about this, you can't just talk nonsense! You know, Senior Brother in charge is the most jealous of others in front of Senior Brother Tianhe in front of him, not to mention suspicious of him!"
"I know, that's why I'm here to say to you! Others think that you are bold and open-mouthed, and dare to say anything, but I know that you can say whatever you should say, and never say what you shouldn't, so I came to you to talk to you and express my doubts...... Do you think that after the senior brother in charge broke through the Dacheng stage, his personality became more and more eccentric, and I sometimes even think that when he broke through the Dacheng stage and experienced the heart demon tribulation, it was very likely that he would ......"
"Shhh, Senior Brother Yun, Senior Brother in charge is the head of a faction, what we think about as the first one should be how to help him carry forward the sect, instead of speculating! Hmm, let's talk about who is the most promising winner of the big competition this time, haha!"
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Tongtian Peak, the ancestral hall behind the Seven Stars Hall. Aoki was sitting quietly on the futon, looking at the tablets in front of the statue of Sankido in a daze. Suddenly, a figure slowly walked in through the door. He walked straight to the statue of Sancheongdo and knelt on the futon next to Aoki.
"Senior Brother Boss, are you here?" Aoki didn't turn his head, but suddenly asked the person who came.
The person who came was Tianyun, who was dressed in a dark cyan robe and had white hair, and when he heard Aoki's greeting, he just responded lightly, and continued to look at a tablet in front of him. For a moment, the quiet hall was silent again. Aoki seemed to be waiting for Tenyun to finish something.
After a long time, Aoki spoke again, "Senior brother, I don't understand!"
"How don't you understand!"
"I don't understand, why did Senior Brother save his disciples of Yunshan, didn't you send a message to me......"
"Aoki, don't talk nonsense, I said I could kill that girl, but only if she was controlled by the demons!"
"Senior brother, that's not what you said when you communicated to me......!
"What, do you want to say that I, as the head of a faction, deliberately want to kill the disciples in the sect?"
“...... No, I don't dare, but at that time, I was really sure that I would kill the girl, and my brother shouldn't have stopped it!"
"Hmph, when you killed that girl, did I stop it? If I hadn't blocked Yunshan's sword for you at that time, I'm afraid you would have died by now! It's just that you are not good at learning and the Dao is not deep, even a junior can block your sword!"
"Division...... Senior brother, it was an accident, I saw that Qin Feng's spiritual power was weakened, so I didn't go all out, I ......"
"Hmph, Aoki, others don't know how you became the first seat, don't I know yet? Your qualifications are already relatively mediocre, even if you use all your strength, you can't break through that young man's defense! Of course, I can't blame you, I can see it today, this little Zixia Peak is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger! With Qin Feng, the pride of the sky, and Ye Shi'er, who is all talented, there is one more young genius who is not born in the world today, hey, my junior brother of Yunshan, it is really lucky!"
"Senior brother, our Chen'er of Grass Peak, Qing'er, and Xin'er are all geniuses, not just his Zixia Peak......"
"Hmph, Aoki, if you want me to say something good about you, your three so-called geniuses, I'm afraid they are not as powerful as that young man, but don't be depressed, it won't be long before Yunshan will be happy!" At this moment, the head of this usually gentle faction showed a ruthless and resolute look on his face.