"Are you sure he asked you this?"

In the Sect Master's Cave Mansion of the Temple of Heaven Mountain, Lu Shui looked at the Shanshui Mansion newspaper on the table, and asked Shen Shuo beside him with a puzzled expression.

"Well, I can be wrong about this kind of thing? Are you kidding! Shen Shuo said angrily.

Lu Shui carefully looked at the news, no matter how he looked at it, it was just a change of dominance in a small continent, and the only special thing was that the demon clan occupied an entire continent for the first time, and it was really difficult to see what the problem was.

"What else did he ask you?"

“……”

"Why didn't you say it?"

Shen Shuo said with some hesitation:

"He also asked the mortal emperor why he couldn't cultivate, whether it was true that the Atmospheric Fortune couldn't live forever."

Lu Shui was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed.

"Hey, hey, Lu Shui, how can you laugh at such a thing?"

"Hahaha, I laugh at you Shen Shuo for claiming to be a talent, but you are the same as those short-sighted fools, ridiculous, ridiculous!"

He smiled merrily, with an undisguised mockery and disgust in his smile.

"This is my first time, I hope he will do more things, and it is better to pull down those idiots!"

Shen Shuo sighed mournfully, Rao is face was also a little embarrassed, and pulled Lu Shui to stop him from laughing: "Strictly speaking, this kind of thing also has a share of our Falling Sword Sect. ”

Lu Shui looked at him with extremely disgusted eyes, and sneered: "It is precisely because we also have a copy of the Falling Sword Sect that I feel so disgusted, the Falling Sword Sect prides itself on going with the flow, I didn't expect to do this kind of thing!" ”

Shen Shuo has nothing to say, this kind of thing can't be put on the table at all, no matter what you say, it's their fault.

Fortunately, Lu Shui didn't continue to be entangled, he looked at the newspaper on the table, as well as the data sorted out on the side, closed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and then ordered:

"Go and call your half apprentice over, there are some things that should be clearly explained!"

Shen Shuo was silent for a moment, and finally didn't say anything, turned around and left.

Lu Shui looked ahead, tapped his fingers on the table, and said with a smile:

"What would you do?"

……

Qin Zi sat under a tree, casually holding a book and looking at it, when he suddenly saw a shadow in front of him, and looked up and bumped into Shen Shuo's old face.

"I thought Elder Shen would never go out."

Shen Shuo didn't joke with him, and looked at him with a calm face.

Qin Zi smiled and said casually, "Don't worry, Elder Shen, I know it all in my heart." ”

He sat up, patted his clothes, put the book into the jade pendant by the way, and then looked at Shen Shuo with a smile.

"Let's go."

Shen Shuo took a deep breath, squeezed out an "um" from deep in his throat, and then put one hand on Qin Zi's shoulder.

In just an instant, Qin Zi found himself in the Temple of Heaven Mountain.

To be honest, he has basically visited the sect in the past few years, but he has never been to the two highest peaks of Tiantan Mountain and Qingyunding.

"Formation?" He asked with a smile.

Shen Shuo didn't answer, he just led the way in front, and when he got here, he couldn't continue to use the teleportation array, considering Qin Zi's foot strength, he chose to walk.

Qin Zi didn't care either, smiled casually, thought about it, and then continued:

"Is it Old Chen, I always think he is a little special."

Qin Zi was talking about a handyman at the outer gate, who he saw when he went to Aunt Ning's place to play, he always felt that the old man had a sense of coordination, and it just so happened that another person he knew who had this sense of coordination was called Xiao Yuan'er, who was a genius of the formation.

Shen Shuo's pace paused, then returned to normal, took a deep breath, and spoke for the first time:

"Sometimes, I really think you're scary."

Chen Lao is the previous generation of the sect, he already belongs to the heritage of the sect, and now he is in retirement, and he will only make a move when the sect is alive and dead, and the current sect array is from the hand of that person.

However, such a secret was actually known to a small inner disciple like Qin Zi......

Qin Zi still smiled, and did not respond to Elder Shen's words, seeing that the talent was too good, many people would have such thoughts.

Shen Shuo also stopped talking and led him to continue walking.

The two of them were very fast, and they arrived at the gate of the sect master's cave after a while.

When he got here, Shen Shuo didn't move forward anymore.

He stopped where he was, looked at Qin Zi, and was silent for a while.

Qin Zi knew that he had something to say, so he didn't continue walking, and also stopped, looking at him with a smile.

Shen Shuo was silent for a long time, and finally squeezed out a sentence:

"You have a better attitude after you go in, Sect Master, Sect Master is actually very good, it's good if there is any misunderstanding."

Elder Shen still had illusions, Qin Zi shook his head in his heart, no matter how enlightened he usually was, in fact, he still had the common logic of cultivating immortals in his bones.

Qin Zi didn't say much, nodded, and then walked in.

Whether he can survive this time depends on what happens to this sect master who has never been masked.

Is it the logic of cultivating immortals like Elder Shen and them, or is it what they think?

……

"Knock knock—"

A dull knock sounded outside the door, and Lu Shui waved his hand to unlock the ban at the door, and then said:

"Come in."

Then there was a sound of footsteps, and judging by the sound of the steps, it was a young man, and his steps were very powerful.

To Lu Shui's slight surprise, the owner of the footsteps seemed to have a very strong control over his body, and the frequency of his steps was almost the same.

It's a rare genius. He thought to himself.

Soon he saw the comer, a sixteen-year-old boy with a tall figure and soft features, and a gentle smile on his face.

Whoever you are, you can feel good about it just when you see this face.

……

Unlike Lu Shui's frequent voyeurism, this was the first time Qin Zi had seen this Zhongxing master of the Falling Sword Sect, the rumored Sword Immortal Lu Shui.

There is no imaginary fairy spirit, the appearance is not handsome, and there is still a little stubble on the face, but it is not sloppy, and the first feeling is an amazing determination.

Qin Zi smiled, the moment he saw him, he was almost sure that he had made the right bet.

Lu Shui waved his hand and motioned for him to sit down, not at all like treating the juniors of the sect, but like his old friend.

"If I'm not mistaken, this is your fourth year in the mountain."

Qin Zi didn't answer, waiting for him to continue.

"I've been thinking about it, if I didn't accept you at that time, but asked Ning Muxue to arrange for you to be adopted by a family under the mountain, then what would happen to the Falling Sword Sect?"

This time Qin Zi answered:

"Comfort!" This was his first impression of the Falling Sword Sect.

yes, it's so cozy here.

The Falling Sword Sect itself is the top sect, but what is prevalent in it is not an enterprising atmosphere.

Under the influence of its natural atmosphere, the sect is too comfortable, everyone is really living and working in peace and contentment, and there is almost no oppression and confrontation, but ......

"It's like a pool of stagnant water, wasting the vitality of new life."

……

A few miles to the west of Luojian Mountain, there is a large locust tree.

It is a big locust tree, but it's just a big locust tree.

Although it is quite large, it is limited in size, and if mortals see it, they will only think that it is a locust tree that is a little old.

However, it was hard to imagine that this locust tree was actually older than the Falling Sword Sect.

Most people think that it is difficult to have other plants around a big tree, but this place is different.

This locust tree has been here for tens of thousands of years, almost never fighting for anything, and it has not continued to grow, but has maintained such a state, and it is a thousand years after that.

Because of this, its surroundings are completely unaffected by it, as if it exists or not.

And just a few days ago, it was struck by lightning.

At this time, the locust tree is almost dead, and all the original green leaves are gone, and if it continues like this, it will not be long before it will die completely.

However, in this situation, it still did nothing, did not plunder any life around it, as if it just wanted to die quietly like this.

Maybe when it dies, nothing will change around it, just as it did when it was alive......

It's like a stagnant water, lifeless!

……

Lu Shui was silent for a moment, did not continue the topic, but picked up a piece of paper on the table and asked casually:

"How many foundation building periods have been promoted in the sect this year?"

"How do I know that?"

"You're wasting your own time!" Lu Shui's tone was a little heavy for the first time.

Qin Zi paused for a moment, and made a look of being forced to answer:

"As far as I know, there are one hundred and fifty-one."

"Hmph, what about the Jindan period?"

"Sixty-five."

Lu Shui sneered:

"It seems that our Falling Sword Sect is about to reach the day of great prosperity!"

"Which of these people are related to you?"

Qin Zi looked at him innocently: "What do you mean by this, why does it have anything to do with me?" ”

"Still pretending to be garlic, do you have to let me say it?"

He picked up another piece of paper on the side and said:

"According to the previous figures, the foundation building period for breaking through every year is only a few dozen, and the Jindan is no more than twenty, why is there so much more this year?"

Qin Zi pursed his lips, and then replied:

"It's not that you did it yourself, the martial arts ethos, if it weren't for the above, I don't believe it would have become popular so quickly."

"Yes, we did it ourselves, because in troubled times, we will advocate force to make it easier for disciples to survive in the future."

Lu Shui looked at him with a gloomy face, and then said fiercely:

"This is also the smartest part of you, because we did it ourselves, so no matter how fast the promotion becomes, you can't doubt it, because this is the result we originally wanted."

"Originally, you made a "Tianjiao List", I didn't understand what you were doing at the time, and I thought you wanted to ease the atmosphere in the sect through this method, but I didn't expect it, I still underestimated you."

The "Tianjiao List" compiled by the young man, in fact, basically every sect outside has it, even if he doesn't do it, the sect will do it himself.

It's just that Qin Zi is different, according to him, the rankings are all evaluated according to the comprehensive situation, Lu Shui thought at first that this was to make the martial atmosphere in the sect not completely become the supremacy of force, so he didn't care about it until later.

The smile on Qin Zi's face gradually converged, and he looked at Lu Shui expressionlessly:

"I don't understand what you're talking about."

Lu Shui took out a jade cylinder from the side and threw it to him:

"I didn't understand it at first, but don't forget, wherever you walk by, there will be traces. I talked about the new foundation building period and the Jindan period of the sect one by one, and combined with those who were at the top of the Tianjiao list, I finally found the problem. ”

Qin Zi's expression changed slightly, but it quickly returned to normal.

Lu Shui captured this momentary change and continued:

"There are photos of each conversation recorded in that jade tube, and it is not difficult to get out the words of those young people, not to mention that they have no intention of hiding it."

"Of so many people, more than half of them have shown the intention of going out to subdue demons and eliminate demons; There is a small half of them who have strong intentions, are very hateful to demons, and at the same time have the idea of protecting mortals; In the end, there are even a very small number of people who are willing to sacrifice their lives for mortals, including Geng Han. ”

"Don't continue to pretend to be stupid, I was watching this on the day Geng Han had an accident, you should know this, my killing intent was not hidden at that time."

Qin Zi looked at him and nodded slightly, expressing his acknowledgement.

Lu Shui smiled and exclaimed:

"Divine and ghost means, it is really a divine and ghost method! can unknowingly affect the psychology of other people, and at the same time help the other party to be promoted. ”

Qin Zi shook his head: "Most of the people who can be influenced by me have similar thoughts in their hearts, I just guided them out, and besides, my help to their cultivation depends on my understanding of cultivation, as well as their own talents. ”

"The worse the talent, the greater the help, but it is only to give full play to their potential, and there is no role above Jindan."

In fact, it's not all like this, people like Geng Han who have good talent but lack of heart can also be influenced, and they have a great impact.

Lu Shui continued to laugh:

"I didn't understand at first, how did you do it, but then I investigated the whereabouts of all of them, don't look at me, these things will be automatically recorded by the formation in the sect."

"I checked for a long time, and finally found the problem, many of them passed through a place more or less before they were promoted, the old peach tree in the martial arts field."

"When I searched for it, I finally found out how you did it—it was a small piece of Dao rhyme!"

Qin Zi's expression changed for the first time today, he stood up, frowned and asked:

"You say there's a rhyme there?"

In fact, he doesn't know what Dao Yun is, but just by listening to the name, he can still understand it.

"That's right, that's Dao Yun, I can feel it from time to time now, but I can't make anyone else feel it, and as far as I know, no one can do that."

Qin Zi sat down and regained his composure:

"That's actually not exactly my own means, to a large extent, I have to borrow Senior Brother Ling's methods, I have to say, he is really a genius. As for those things," he said after a moment of distillation, "what I have left there is my 'knowledge' in my eyes." ”

"Knowledge?" Lu Shui was a little puzzled, such a thing could be "kept", but it was not time to think about these things yet, it was nothing more than his means.

"At this point, I finally understood. Needless to say, Qiu Heng's kid is his own righteousness, so you didn't do anything to him. ”

Qin Zi interrupted: "I used to guide a little, but he is my friend, and I won't take advantage of my friend." ”

Lu Shui smiled and didn't respond, not knowing whether to believe or disdain.

"Anyway, your purpose is mortals, and you want to let the disciples of the Falling Sword Sect try their best to keep more mortals in the troubled times in the future."

Qin Zi was silent.

At this time, his own situation is still secondary, but after all, the man in front of him is a man who can control the entire Falling Sword Sect, and his attitude largely determines the countermeasures of the Falling Sword Sect in the future.

"Sect Master Lu, what you said is basically correct, but you still missed a little." He looked at Lu Shui, ready to say the final decision.

"You say." In fact, Lu Shui now also wants to know, where is he still missing?

"Before this, everything I did was indeed selfish, and I didn't ask for too much, after all, no matter how I hinted at the psychology of those people, it was you high-level executives who decided everything at that time, so these are actually just things I have done casually in the past few years, and I just hope that I can save as much as possible when the time comes."

"It is conceivable that in this regard, you are willing to gamble your life to make this idle move, at least your heart for mortals is worthy of my respect."

"It's not like that, the qi of mortals is still in the mortals themselves, and you immortals will never be able to save them." He was reluctant to reveal more thoughts and interrupted the topic, "But Sect Master Lu, have you noticed anything different recently?" ”

Lu Shui pondered for a moment, and there was indeed always a strange feeling lately, like floating in the air, always feeling unsteady.

Qin Zi smiled: "Sure enough, although you checked all the people who were promoted before, you still missed a little." ”

His face sank instantly, and he said with a solemn face:

"From five days ago to today, in just five days, do you know, in five days, when you were investigating other people, in just five days, three foundation building periods and one Jindan period actually appeared out of thin air!"

Lu Shui's face changed, he understood what this meant, Qin Zi spent a year, and it was suspected that he had paid a great price to promote such a point, and it actually appeared again in just five days.

"And I'm sure these people have nothing to do with me, they just got promoted all of a sudden!"

"Besides, Sect Master Lu, why do you think you found out about me so quickly? Is there any basis for it? ”

Indeed, Qin Zi's arrangement is not seamless, after all, it can be found out at a check, but hidden in the background of the recent prevalence of martial arts in the sect, it is actually difficult to detect.

Lu Shui thought about it, and he was the basis for doubting him at that time...... There is absolutely no basis for it!

"What do you mean?"

"I can feel that something has changed in this heaven and earth, and since five days ago, the spirituality between heaven and earth has been extremely active."

That's right, Qin Zi had actually discovered a long time ago that anything in the spiritual realm was essentially a projection of realistic knowledge, and what was wrapped in it was spirituality!

Since five days ago, things in the spiritual realm have changed too quickly, and the spirits have gathered and dissipated, which is not at all what a normal situation should be.

And these are manifested in reality, that is, this world, it is easier to give birth to strong people or geniuses.

"The withering of flowers and plants without warning, and the enhancement of medicinal power of medicinal herbs out of thin air, these are all signs, and even you can subconsciously discover the truth, which all indicate that the world of great controversy is coming."

As he spoke, Qin Zi took out a copy of the Shanshui Mansion newspaper from the jade pendant, pointed to the small character in the corner and said:

"And this is the starting point of the general trend!"