When the summer solstice is approaching, the tide of Pengxuan Lake is surging, and the waves on Longzangpu are also mighty, and it is difficult for ordinary boats to travel.

Most ordinary people don't know that this is the twelfth year of the result of the Langji Shenke on Yingzhou Island, and at this time, the veins of Yingzhou Island are relaxed, and the pure qi rises, which is an excellent opportunity to refine qi and cultivate the truth, and it is also the day when Huaxu Kingdom holds the Yingzhou meeting.

At such a time, the heads of the various pavilions of Huaxu Kingdom and their outstanding children will gather together, or perform magic, or discuss Taoism, which not only has the intention of competing with each other, but also is an occasion for mutual exchange and confirmation, and making good fortunes.

At this time, I saw Zhao Huang stepping on the waves, his body fluctuated with the tide of the lake, his clothes were lightly raised, the ribbon was flying, and there was no dampness, and his demeanor was not like that of mortals.

Different from the previous boat crossing Pengxuan Lake, during the Yingzhou Meeting, if the monks want to go to the island to attend the meeting, they must show their magical powers, or ride the waves, or soar into the sky, which is the threshold set for all parties to attend the meeting.

"In ancient times, people with lofty aspirations for immortality, whether it was refining the Great Dan for the purpose of picking sesame grass, or visiting the immortals to seek the magic method, they would inevitably study the art of climbing the mountains and rivers." Zhao Xiao said with emotion: "The mountains and rivers are dangerous, and this difficulty is a test of my generation's desire to seek the Tao and seek immortals. ”

Zhao Xiao was pretending to be there, showing the demeanor of a senior person, and a voice came from behind:

"Senior, slow down, wait for us!"

Turning around, he saw five young monks of the Huaiying Pavilion walking with a knack in their hands, their hands and feet rippling, but they were standing on the water with endless waves, each of them seemed to be stepping on a single tree, their bodies were shaking, and they could only barely maintain the effect of the spell.

"I don't usually work hard, but now I know that I am complaining?" Zhao Xiao's expression was serious, imitating Zhang Duanjing's tone: "The Wave Chasing Wave Technique is not simply to use the internal qi to make the external qi, but to use the momentum of the waves to push the body. If the foundation of the technique is pure, it can also walk on the ground in the face of the torrential tide. As a result, you are crumbling one by one, and at first glance you lack training. ”

Those young pavilion students didn't dare to answer, and the stone fire next to them rose and fell with the waves, and said in a low voice: "Don't be too harsh on them, there is also the convenience of crossing the river and wading in the river, even if you are in a sparsely populated place, you can also use the support of charms, and you don't have to be distracted to sense the waves under your feet." ”

Zhao Xiao sighed: "The Yingzhou Club is not a monthly magic test school in the Huaiying Pavilion, and the competition between the pavilions begins at the level of landing on the island. Who can come to participate in the Yingzhou Society's pavilion monks who will lack spell magic weapons? But this is by no means the essence of Yingzhou Club! ”

Shi Huoguang nodded secretly, but the hall student was secretly resentful, and retorted: "Senior, your cultivation is superb, and you are highly respected by the lord of the country, this time you must book the next Shenke Immortal Fruit early." A few of us are here to be foils, so naturally we don't know what the essence is. ”

The corner of Zhao Xiao's eyes jumped: "If you think that Yingzhou will be an occasion to fight bravely and compete in spells, then you are very wrong!" In such a blessed land of immortals, your words and deeds are not only seen by the elders of each family, but also by the immortals outside the world. The Shenke Immortal Fruit is not captured by force, otherwise, where would it be our turn to get our Huaiying Pavilion? ”

Several hall students were speechless, Zhao Xiao sighed in his heart when he saw this, he suddenly understood Ling Xiao's dissatisfaction with him.

Obviously, he was instructed with his heart, and he was eager to break open and crush all the subtle truths to the grantor, but the other party just failed to understand them, and he couldn't wait to open their brains to see how much paste was inside.

Zhao Xiao's words earlier annoyed Lingxiao, so that she couldn't hide it deeply, and she didn't say a word for the past few months. Looking back now, in Lingxiao's view, Zhao Xiao is probably short-sighted and stubborn.

Zhao Xiao pondered here, and suddenly a strong wind blew in mid-air. Looking up, I saw seven monks forming a formation, galloping against the wind, and saw that they were all pale green, with sleeves like wings, obviously the monks of the Feilian Pavilion.

"Huh? Zhao Fu? The head monk paused and stood in the air, his eyes swept to see the black text yellow ribbon on Zhao Xiao's waist, and slowly fell down with the pavilion students behind him, and arched his hand: "Maybe I should call you Zhenminghou?" ”

"Yi Jiangzi?" Zhao Huang recognized it, this person also participated in the suppression of bandits in Xingluo County, and he was the Feilian Pavilion monk who was scolded by Zhao Huang.

"Exactly down there." Yi Jiangzi raised his hand and raised his sleeves: "I said goodbye in a hurry last year, and I still have a lot of things I want to say to Marquis Zhenming, I never wanted to meet here again." ”

Zhao Xiao coughed dryly: "At the Yingzhou meeting, there is no Marquis Zhenming, you and I are commensurate with Taoist friends." ”

"Haha, that's fine!" Yi Jiangzi raised his hair and smiled.

"Daoyou is representing Feilian Pavilion to participate in the Yingzhou Meeting?" Zhao Xiao asked.

Yi Jiangzi replied: "Yes, I was taught a lesson by Zhao Daoyou last year, and then I experienced a fight on the battlefield, so I knew that I had many shortcomings." After the war, I returned to the museum to retreat for more than half a year, and my cultivation was a little refined, and I would like to thank Zhao Daoyou. ”

This made Zhao Huang a little embarrassed, he was in Xingluo County at the beginning, and he didn't get along well with fellow monks in the other pavilions. But I didn't expect this Yi Jiangzi to go through a once-in-a-lifetime experience, not only did he not dwell on past grievances, but also entered the country a lot.

"Daoyou is so open-minded, but it makes me ashamed." Zhao Xiao smiled helplessly.

Yi Jiangzi said: "At the beginning, the monks of the various pavilions who participated in the suppression of bandits in Xingluo County counted your Huaiying Pavilion as the highest achievement. Luo Gongzi is now in charge of the party, and Zhao Daoyou is the deacon of the Jinding Division, although I am in the mountains to cultivate, but I also learned that Zhao Daoyou was awarded the title of Marquis of Zhenming, and he is very prosperous in the court of Dongshengdu! ”

Zhao Xiao shook his head and waved his hand: "It's all a false name, I am now entangled in mundane affairs, and I am full of all kinds of interests and calculations, but I envy that Taoist friends can cultivate in the mountains." ”

Yi Jiangzi shook his sleeves and said: "The mountains are bitter cold, lonely and empty, each has its own benefits, and each has its own difficulties. ”

"That's right, like a fish drinking water, it knows its own warmth and coldness." Zhao Xiao's shoulders were loosened, and the killing in Xingluo County really changed many people and many things.

At this time, I saw that there was a faint glow in the middle of the air in the south, paving a light path, and four or five slender female cultivators, draped in silk and flying, like a jade girl descending to earth, fluttering and coming.

"It's a fellow Taoist of the Mingxia Pavilion." Yi Jiangzi saw that those Mingxia Pavilion monks did not stop, and flew straight in the direction of Yingzhou Island, so he arched his hand and said, "Zhao Daoyou, I will go first!" ”

"Fellow Daoists, please, I'll be there later." Zhao Xiao watched the Feilian Pavilion monks form a formation again, and rode the wind and waves to soar.

"Sure enough, it's convenient to be able to fly." After the people flew away, Zhao Xiao sighed, and when he turned around, he saw that the hall students were still struggling to maintain, he really couldn't stand it, pinched his fingers, and spread his qi in the water, making the surrounding water surface as flat as the ground, so that everyone could stand firm and take a breather.

"Seniors have such a wonderful method, why don't you use it earlier?" A young pavilion student asked.

Zhao Xiao shook his head: "If I do all the difficult things, then how do you have to practice?" ”

"The other pavilions are flying across Yingzhou, only we are walking on two legs." Another person complained: "With our little ability, it will be a fool to go to Yingzhou." ”

"Feilian Pavilion is good at resisting the wind, and Mingxia Pavilion is proficient in dining Xia, and they cast spells in formation, which is unique, which is their respective inheritance." Zhao Xiao said: "You don't have to be envious, you don't know the hardships that others have paid, it's better to work hard yourself, don't think about comparing with others all day long." ”

"Senior, you are all Zhenming Marquis, of course you don't have to compare with others." Someone muttered under his breath.

As soon as these words came out, even Shi Huoguang couldn't help it, and he was about to speak, when Zhao Xiao interrupted: "The first one arranged for a few of you to participate in the Yingzhou Meeting, just to see that your talent is still acceptable, and now that the fairy fate is in front of you, you don't want to waste it." ”

A few of the hall students responded casually, but there was no enthusiasm.

"Do you have complaints?" Zhao Xiao noticed something unusual.

A hall member said: "Senior Zhao, we can all see it clearly in the hall, the first seat is too partial to you." You have taken advantage of it, and you are not allowed to say a few words? The Huaiying Pavilion is like the private property of your master and apprentice. ”

Zhao Xiao frowned and said, "What do you mean by this?" When did I take the Huaiying Pavilion as private property? ”

"Senior Zhao naturally doesn't know about it in Dongshengdu." The young hall student said: "Most of the seniors in the hall went to the Jinding Division and became your subordinates, and the teaching in the hall has also become mainly based on the Fu soldier sacrifice, and even in the name of the homework examination, the Fu soldier sacrifice is forcibly apportioned. ”

Originally, regarding the Fu Bing, Zhao Xiao planned to use it as a school examination homework, so that the Huaiying Pavilion could monopolize the benefits obtained from the Fu Bing Sacrifice. Even if the imperial court now sets up the Jinding Division, there is more than one monk in the Huaiying Pavilion. However, the Fu Soldier Sacrifice is almost still dominated by the Huaiying Pavilion, and it is not surprising that there is some apportionment.

"Now that the imperial court has set up a new army, it needs to be equipped with a large number of Fu soldiers." Zhao Xiao explained: "Jin Ding Division is short of manpower, and there is no way to let everyone in the pavilion help, just get through this while." ”

Seeing that the other party didn't answer, Zhao Xiao asked, "You seem to have other ideas?" There are no others here, you just say it, I won't pursue it. ”

A student of the pavilion plucked up the courage and said, "Senior Zhao, we didn't come to Huaiying Pavilion to be coolies. Since ancient times, people who cultivate immortals and learn the Tao, where will they build weapons and armor for ordinary people all day long? Labor and homework are occasionally done, how can it be our turn, all day and night are such lowly craftsmen? ”

"Cheap?" Zhao Xiao couldn't hide his anger: "That's how you see it? ”

The heads of those young pavilion students shrank, and Zhao Xiao restrained his anger: "Fu Bing is to let ordinary soldiers have the strength to fight in the face of enemy cultivators. Otherwise, we have to deal with it ourselves.

A few of you have never seen the Great War of the Five Kingdoms, and you have never experienced the bandits in Xingluo County, so you don't know the dangers of the battlefield. When you really get to the battlefield, your little bit of cultivation is mana, and it's hard to even ask for self-protection!

Fu soldiers sacrifice, one to benefit the soldiers, and the other to be able to stay behind and away from the battlefield, what are you not satisfied with? Do you have to let the world provide for you and do nothing yourself? ”

Several of the hall students did not respond, and looked at each other a few times, obviously dissatisfied. Zhao Xiao had no choice but to put on an elder's style: "If you have something to say, don't spit out!" ”

"We just think, why should we be the only ones in the Huaiying Pavilion who are so tired and take care of all kinds of difficult and trivial matters, while the other pavilions can enjoy themselves?" Someone looked evasively: "A few seniors who worked in the Jinding Division returned to the hall before, and they also complained. ”

"What's the complaint?" Zhao Xiao closed his eyes and asked.

"They said that Senior Zhao, you are arbitrary in the Jinding Division, and you only discuss everything with a few cronies around you, and the official arrangements for various magic objects and spells have overwhelmed them." The young pavilion said: "They said that they had been in Dongshengdu for a few months, and they had been facing the Dan Furnace Talisman all day long, not to mention the cultivation of mana, and there was even a risk of retreating. ”

When Zhao Huang heard this, he didn't feel a little angry in his heart, he turned his head to look at Shi Huoguang and asked, "You think so too?" ”

Shi Huoguang was stunned for a while, and finally said: "You are also dedicated to serving the imperial court, a little harsh, I think everyone can understand your mind." ”

"The other pavilions are also set up by the imperial court, why don't you let them serve more?" A hall student rushed to speak: "And shouldn't we monks be based on seeking immortal immortal paths? Why do you become slaves and maids, and serve those ordinary people? ”

"Who taught you these words?" Zhao Xiao stared at the hall students with a serious expression.

"No one taught!" Those hall students, you say a word: "Many people in the hall have been complaining for a long time, and everyone dare not say to the first seat, isn't Senior Zhao allowed us to plead a single or two?" ”

Zhao Xiao suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness, he didn't expect that this trend of abandoning mundane affairs would also breed in the Huaiying Pavilion, and looking at this posture, there were not one or two people who echoed it.

Now Zhao Huang can also see that the original intention of Hua Xu Guo to set up a pavilion is not to support a group of Qing cultivators who are not engaged in secular affairs, but precisely to cultivate magicians who serve the country.

It is no surprise that Zhao Xiao is a typical example here, and it is very suitable for a person like him to serve as the deacon of the Jinding Division.

However, the system of the Huaxu State Pavilion still retains the foundation of cultivating immortals and learning the Tao, and the Xuanmen Immortal Dao is a distant and mundane affair, which is indeed very different from the system of the pavilion to pursue promising and useful learning.

What's worse now is that before the post-school students of the pavilion have truly understood the essence of the Immortal Dao, they have the idea of abandoning mundane affairs, and even regard themselves as superior. This kind of state of mind made Zhao Xiao can't help but think of Liang Shuo.

Judging from the words and deeds of these young monks, Zhao Huang vaguely guessed that the teacher Zhang Duanjing was definitely not in the hall these days.

If Zhang Duanjing examines his words and deeds and examines his school's cultivation homework, it is impossible not to be unaware of these situations, and he will definitely respond appropriately, and he will not let this kind of words and deeds go.

It is difficult to be self-disciplined all the time, but it is easy to be self-indulgent. Especially without strict discipline from the elders, not everyone can consciously practice diligently.

Obviously, even the Huaiying Pavilion presided over by Zhang Duanjing cannot avoid this situation. And now these pavilion students still use Zhao Xiao's demanding requirements as a reason, which makes people unable to justify.

"The Yingzhou meeting is close at hand, and now that all the masters are gathered together, don't mention these things, I will discuss with the first seat afterwards." Zhao Xiao sighed helplessly, and could only suppress the matter for the time being.