Chapter 19: The Most Beautiful Man in the Outer Hall
Three days later, in the morning, Ma Yilong walked out of the cave door with a smile. In the past three days, whether it is the intrusion technique or the three-element sword technique, Ma Yilong has made great progress. Of course, this also came at the cost of consuming all the mid-rank spirit stones on his body.
In terms of intrusion, Ma Yilong has broken through the first layer and is able to condense the condensing smoke. On this basis, his divine thoughts have also been greatly improved. At this time, Ma Yilong's divine thoughts could scan a radius of more than 100 zhang.
In the three-element sword technique, Ma Yilong successfully broke through the first layer, which was able to stimulate a sword qi. This is not surprising at all, the first four layers of this function are originally extremely simple, and it is easy to break through, and Ma Yilong uses spirit stones to assist in cultivation, so he naturally progresses faster.
The reason why many people don't like this exercise is because there are no moves in the exercise that can be practiced. And what Ma Yilong cares about the most is this, he was born in martial arts, and the thirteen-style fast sword inherited by the Ma family is already very mysterious in terms of moves. Ma Yilong used the inspired sword qi to fight the enemy with a fast sword move, and the attack power was also very strong.
At this time, Ma Yilong could not eat or drink for more than ten days, and at this time he walked out of the cave door because it had already reached the two months agreed by Jiang Shuyuan. Today, these new outer disciples were going to see Jiang Shuyuan together and make a decision on whether or not they wanted to participate in the trip to the Holy Land.
Ma Yilong, who was in a good mood, walked to Fang Ming's cave door. Knocking on the door several times in a row, but Fang Ming didn't come out, Ma Yilong scolded: "Damn! You can't see what people are doing, hurry up and get out and open the door!"
With Ma Yilong's divine thoughts, he glanced at it and found that Fang Ming was in the cave, lying on the bed. Ma Yilong was very puzzled in his heart, he neither cultivated nor came out, what was he doing lying on the bed, so he scolded angrily at the cave door.
Ma Yilong is not the kind of person who likes to swear, and he doesn't like to scold, that is, he has a good relationship with Fang Ming, if he changes someone else, Ma Yilong will definitely not be like this.
Fang Ming, who was in the cave, heard Ma Yilong's scolding, and turned over and sat up from the bed. It didn't matter if he sat up, Ma Yilong outside the cave instantly let out an exclamation. With Ma Yilong's divine thoughts, he could see clearly, Fang Ming's appearance at this time changed greatly, his whole face was pitch black, the skin on his face was also uneven, and his face was still a little distorted. In comparison, it is not as good as Ma Yilong's face!
Fang Ming slowly opened the door of the cave and looked at Ma Yilong with a bitter expression.
After Ma Yilong was stunned for a moment, he stepped forward and patted Fang Ming's shoulder, and said with a wry smile: "I'm really sorry, I have to sincerely apologize to you! I really wronged you just now, your appearance is indeed a bit unsightly!"
When Fang Ming heard this, his face was displeased, and he said angrily: "Damn, I've become like this, you kid is still making fun of me, are you still not a brother?"
Ma Yilong shook his head with a wry smile, and sighed: "I was a brother at the time! However, you have become like this, what else can you do! Let me tell you as a person who has come over, if you want to open some, just get used to it!"
When Fang Ming heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
Jokes are jokes, as brothers, after making jokes, they still have to be comforted. Under Ma Yilong's explanation, Fang Ming calmed down, it was pointless to hide in the cave and be depressed alone, the important thing was to figure out the reason. The two of them left Fang Ming's cave mansion and went to find other outer hall disciples.
Soon all the outer hall disciples gathered together, and in the process, surprise occurred again and again, until finally it was discovered that among all the outer hall disciples, except for Ma Yilong and Liu Lin, who gave Ma Yilong the pill, the other disciples all changed their appearances overnight.
The faces of these people became almost the same as Fang Ming, they were all pitch black, and their facial features were shifted. Everyone stood together, in contrast, in addition to Liu Lin, Ma Yilong became the best-looking one.
In an instant, Ma Yilong already understood what was going on. At the beginning, two pills were issued, and one pill had been confirmed to be indeed a Qi Condensing Pill, so the problem must be with the other pill. However, the gentleman has made a promise, and Ma Yilong is also a person who keeps his promises, he has already promised Jiang Shuyuan, so it is naturally impossible to talk about this matter again.
Seeing everyone standing in one place analyzing the reasons for the great change, Ma Yilong felt very uncomfortable, but there was nothing he could do. After some discussion, it was Liu Lin who made a "correct" analysis for everyone.
Just yesterday, Liu Lin invited everyone to the cafeteria for dinner, and he greeted the canteen in advance, and he had already prepared the wine and food there. Everyone went to the cafeteria together and found that only Ma Yilong was missing, Liu Lin gave an explanation at the time that Ma Yilong was practicing behind closed doors, and everyone didn't think much about it.
And at the moment when it was time to eat, someone from outside came to look for Liulin, and after apologizing to everyone, Liulin followed someone and left. Everyone didn't think much about it, and after waiting for Liu Lin to come back, they ate it themselves. It wasn't until everyone walked out of the cafeteria after eating that Liu Lin came back.
Liu Lin analyzed to everyone, there must be something wrong with those drinks and dishes, if it weren't for the fact that he had to go out because of something, he was afraid that he would not be able to escape this catastrophe. When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized that they must have made such a thing, and they went to the canteen manager in a hurry.
Ma Yilong felt helpless and kept shaking his head secretly. Liu Lin's analysis was undoubtedly misleading, and Ma Yilong had already thought in an instant that Liu Lin must have a special relationship with Jiang Shuyuan or the head of Chiyun Dao.
Everyone didn't ask for any results in the cafeteria, and they went to Jiang Shuyuan again after mentioning it in Liulin. Everyone gathered in front of Jiang Shuyuan's cave door and told him what happened, Jiang Shuyuan said on the spot that he would help find out the reason and leave immediately.
After waiting for a stick of incense, Jiang Shuyuan returned to everyone and announced the results of the investigation:
An outer disciple who was doing chores in the cafeteria had always been unwilling and jealous of the inner disciple. On that day, when he saw an opportunity, he took revenge, and did something in the food of the people. That disciple was about to be executed, and there was no need to pursue the matter anymore, as compensation for the loss, the victimized disciples were each given fifty middle-grade spirit stones.
Jiang Shuyuan glanced at everyone, saw that everyone had no objections, pointed at Ma Yilong, and said with a smile: "Since everyone has no objections, the matter is settled! I'm very busy and don't have time, I'll hand over the spirit stone to Senior Brother Ma later, and he will send it on my behalf!"
"Senior Brother Ma?"
As soon as Jiang Shuyuan's words came out, everyone looked at Ma Yilong with surprised eyes. Others call Jiang Shuyuan his uncle, but Jiang Shuyuan calls Ma Yilong his junior brother, which can't help but make everyone wonder about him.
Ma Yilong complained bitterly in his heart, and also secretly scolded Jiang Shuyuan, he suddenly brought his relationship with him closer, if this matter is suspected of Jiang Shuyuan, he will also be involved, and it will be difficult to explain it clearly.
What Jiang Shuyuan said was the truth, and Ma Yilong had no way to refute it. Not long ago, he had just agreed to Jiang Shuyuan, and the two have been called brothers since then. Although he knew that Jiang Shuyuan intended to pull himself in, he had no way to explain it.
Ma Yilong lowered his head and pondered for a while, had an idea, and said to Jiang Shuyuan with a smile: "Senior Brother Jiang, since you trust us so much, I can't shirk it." However, I think that the compensation of fifty middle-grade spirit stones per person is still a little less, and at least one hundred yuan should be compensated!"
Jiang Shuyuan is sophisticated in the end, and he knew as soon as he heard it that Ma Yilong intended to distance himself from him. Jiang Shuyuan smiled slightly, and said: "The sect has the laws of the sect, according to common sense, fifty spirit stones are enough, it is impossible to give more! However, the relationship between me and Senior Brother Ma is extraordinary, I must give you face, since you have spoken, I will do as you say, and each person will compensate one hundred middle-grade spirit stones!"
When everyone heard this, they were overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down to thank Jiang Shuyuan.
Jiang Shuyuan smiled and waved his hand, glanced at Ma Yilong, and said to everyone: "You don't have to thank me, if you want to thank Senior Brother Ma! If it weren't for his face, I would never have easily doubled the spirit stone!"
When everyone heard this, they thanked Ma Yilong together. However, although he thanked him on his lips, he inevitably thought about it in his heart. Everyone was the same when they started, and in just two months, Ma Yilong turned out to be Jiang Shuyuan's brother, and everyone was suspicious.
Ma Yilong was speechless in his heart, he knew that this matter was getting darker and darker, but he was afraid that he would not be able to explain it clearly in a short time.
The matter had been decided, and Jiang Shuyuan began to ask if everyone agreed to participate in the trip to the Holy Land. Before that, Jiang Shuyuan only said one sentence: The water of the spiritual spring in the holy land where the spell has failed can restore everyone's appearance!
There is only one sentence, but it is enough. The trip to the Holy Land has become a choice that everyone has no choice, and no one wants to be like this forever, and everyone agreed to participate in the trip to the Holy Land on the spot. And Liu Lin unsurprisingly said that he would not participate in the trip to the Holy Land.
Everyone looked at him and didn't think much of it at all. Liu Lin had already refined his cultivation at the thirteenth level, if he agreed to participate in the trip to the Holy Land, he would have to let his cultivation stagnate within three years, and his appearance was not damaged, so there was no need to do so.
Only Ma Yilong knew that Liu Lin entered the mountain gate with a special purpose, and now that the task has been completed, he naturally has this decision.
Ma Yilong's analysis is indeed good, Liu Lin came with two tasks that day, and now they have been completed. Liu Lin's first task was to persuade everyone to take the pill on the day it was distributed. The second task is to secretly assist Jiang Shuyuan in dealing with this matter, so that everyone will not suspect Jiang Shuyuan.
Speaking of which, Liu Lin really contributed to this matter. The pill in question was called Jiazi Yirong Dan, and the reason why it was called this was because it took sixty days for the effect to take off. And the reason why the sect wanted to configure such an elixir and delay the effect of the medicine for such a long time was to prevent people from suspecting Jiang Shuyuan or the sect.
A very important problem is that everyone has seizures at the same time, and they are all 60 days into the beginning. It shows that the time when everyone takes the medicine is on the day of entry. The reason why such an effect can be achieved is that on the day of entry, Liu Lin visited all the outer disciples except Ma Yilong and persuaded them to take the pill in person. When everyone faced Liu Lin's words from the peak disciple of Qi Refining, they all thought it was good intentions, and they didn't doubt it at all.
And when all the disciples broke through the first layer of Qi refining overnight the next day, Liu Lin also became the object of everyone's gratitude. In this way, Liu Lin successfully completed the first task, and he has not yet noticed anything!
This meal arrangement is his second task, to help cover up. Everyone has always had a good impression of him, and he arranged for everyone to have a dinner, and everyone must have doubted it, and he arranged a reasonable reason to leave, so that things went extremely smoothly.
Twice before and after, Liu Lin excluded Ma Yilong because Ma Yilong's appearance had already changed greatly and he didn't need to be involved. He gave his pill to Ma Yilong that day, but he didn't think too much about it, and he didn't expect that Ma Yilong would get more benefits from Jiang Shuyuan's hands.
Since Liu Lin did not agree to participate in the trip to the Holy Land, according to the prior agreement, he would leave the inner gate and outer hall and become a disciple of the outer gate. And in this way, among the new entrants, Ma Yilong has become the most beautiful person!
Ma Yilong was originally the most beautiful man in Fengyuan Town, but he became the ugliest person overnight. When he came to the sect, he was also the ugliest of the outer disciples. In just two months, things changed again, and overnight he became the most beautiful person among the new disciples of the outer hall.
Such repeated ups and downs made Ma Yilong sincerely sigh: The world is impermanent, the wind and clouds change, and beauty and ugliness are all relative!