This morning, the door of Qianchao's courtyard was pushed open by Tang Ping, and Tang Ping and Yan Xuan walked in.

"Let's go, boy Qian, let's go to Tianshui Lake to watch the excitement!"

Qian Chao was practicing his qi on the bookcase and drawing a talisman, and after finishing the painting, he asked, "Is it today?" ”

"That's right, even today, I have already told Brother Li and Brother Lu, and they are estimated to have arrived at Tianshui Lake now."

"Okay, let's go too." put away the drawn talisman, and Qian Chao walked out with the second daughter.

……

Tianshui Lake is so lively!

When the three of them came, the "Chengguan Building" by the lake was already crowded with people, and from a distance, it was full of people, Tang Ping took Qian Chao and Yan Xuan far away, and walked there.

It seems that the news has already spread, so there are really a lot of people who come to see the excitement, and the sect does not stop this, so that people can witness this event that is also a big event for the Five Spirits Sect.

Tang Ping's eyes were sharp, and he found Li Jian and Lu Pingchuan in a secluded but slightly distant place.

"Brother Li, Brother Lu, why did you choose such a far position." Tang Ping asked after he passed.

"There are few people here, it is easy to speak, and you can see clearly," Li Jian said, "This kind of thing, it is just a pomp and circumstance, and you can't see anything when you get close, but it is better to see it clearly here." ”

"That's right," Yan Xuan looked around and said, "It's a good place because of the high terrain here, but why are the people who come to see the excitement standing on the ground, wouldn't it be clearer if you fly up?" ”

"Monks are not allowed to fly here," Tang Ping said, pointing to the four-storey Chengguan Tower with his hand and said, "Look, Chengguan Tower, it is only used by VIPs from our sect, and it is not allowed to fly in this vicinity, and the same is true for the predecessors of Lian Dan, and, Sister Yan, look there, what is it?" ”

Yan Xuan looked over, Qian Chao and the others also looked over after hearing it, there was a platform downstairs in Chengguan, which seemed to be not small, and I didn't know what it was for.

Lu Pingchuan guessed: "Could it be a stage?" ”

Tang Ping said: "No, there is a ring there, once every ten years in our sect, it is called 'Chengguan En', also known as 'Xiaobi', and it is held there. ”

"What is the Chengguan Grace Test?"

"Actually, it's the ring," Tang Ping said, "Once every ten years, Qi refining disciples can participate as long as they cultivate to break through the small five levels, and the rewards are actually average, nothing more than spirit stones, pills or something, but the importance of this Chengguan Grace Test is that during the competition, those Jiedan seniors in the sect watched it from the Chengguan Tower, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is the day when those Jiedan seniors who want to accept apprentices choose apprentices, so those disciples who do not have a teacher in the sect attach great importance to it, and they must perform well on that day. In the hope of being able to be seen by a certain senior, in that case, the foundation will not be a problem, so this Chengguan En trial is very exciting. ”

Lu Pingchuan was very interested when he heard this: "Oh! And here's the thing! ”

"Brother Lu, you have a master, are you still interested?"

"Hehe, it's good not to participate to see the excitement!"

Li Jian asked, "Then when is the next Chengguan Grace test?" ”

Tang Ping thought for a while: "When was the last time, it seems to be seven or eight years ago, I heard what people said, anyway, the next time will be soon, let's refine the fourth layer of qi now, the one in front of us is the small five levels, and after the small five levels, Qian boy, Sister Yan, and Brother Li, the three of you are likely to participate, although Sister Yan and Brother Li both have elders who want to accept you as apprentices, but it is very likely that it will be after this Chengguan Grace test, especially Brother Li, after you perform a big kill in the Chengguan Grace test, That Cold Moon senior will take you as an apprentice again, and it will save her a lot of trouble. ”

Li Jian nodded when he heard this, and then put this matter in his heart.

Similarly, Qian Chao and Yan Xuan also wrote down this matter, especially Yan Xuan, although that Zhong senior said that he would include himself in the door wall and become her top disciple, but now that I think about it, since Zhong senior has not accepted apprentices, but as a senior of Jiedan, there must be many people who want to worship under her, I heard that Zhong senior is still not accepting apprentices, it seems that he is waiting for himself to break through the small five levels, but think about Brother Li's matter, Zhong senior is afraid that there are many people staring at it, although there is still a period of time for that Chengguan En, it is almost here, If he can break through the small five levels and perform more brilliantly in the Chengguan Grace test, he will be able to block many people's mouths when he worships Zhong seniors as teachers in the future.

As for Qian Chao, he didn't have much thought about apprenticeship, many seniors within Jiuxuan, cultivation is naturally profound, and the guidance he can give himself must be enough, but the path that Qian Chao is taking now is not limited to any one senior, among those seniors are good at refining weapons, some are good at talismans, and some are good at formations, but Qian Chao wants to learn all three of these three and integrate them, after all, they can be regarded as rune learning, but unfortunately, none of these seniors in Jiuxuan satisfy Qian Chao, Compared with several other companions, and even many Jiuxuan disciples, Qian Chao's mentality is different, he is not waiting for the master to choose himself, but he wants to choose the master, of course, he has not said this, I am afraid that if he says it, he will be ridiculed by Tang Ping first!

After chatting for a while, Qian Chao saw that the person in front of the Chengguan Building was still just watching the excitement, so he asked, "When will that person arrive?" ”

Tang Ping looked at the sky, then looked at the place where the crowd gathered, and said, "It should be soon, you see that Chengguan downstairs, there are already seniors waiting there, if it wasn't almost there, they wouldn't be standing there." ”

Sure enough, downstairs in Chengguan, there are already a lot of Zongn's predecessors there, and today seems to be different from the past, these Jiedan seniors are dressed up and solemn one by one, and it seems that they attach great importance to today's affairs.

Lu Pingchuan stretched out his hand and pointed to the crowd over there, and said, "Eh, you see, there is no one standing there on the pier next to that building, is it that everyone who comes by boat?" ”

On the lake near Chengguanlou, there is a very magnificent wharf, where there is really as Lu Pingchuan said, no one is there, and there seems to be a few senior brothers who build the foundation are responsible for maintaining the wharf, so as not to let the crowd of people watching the excitement crowd and run to the wharf.

唐萍 says:

"That's right, the people who came must have entered our Five Spirit Sect by boat."

"Well, how long will it take to get to us by boat?"

"Brother Lu, they definitely didn't take a boat on the way, they just came to the edge of our sect, and then came in by boat from the Tianshui River, just like we came over in Youming Valley, this is a kind of etiquette, the etiquette of our Five Spirits Sect, to show respect for the guests, although Jiu Yuan is having a hard time now, but after all, it is a big sect, and the face that should be given must be given."

"Oh, then it's enough to toss people by flying here, I heard you say that it will take tens of thousands of miles to fly all the way from the northernmost part of Central Continent to us, right?"

Tang Ping smiled and said, "Tens of thousands of miles? It's a lot more! They walked all the way for two months, in fact, it didn't take so long, but the trouble on the way was enough for them to have a headache, I heard that they were chased and killed by the monks of the Sky Cliff at the beginning, back and forth, a lot of long detours, and several fights, naturally it will take a long time. ”

When Yan Xuan heard this, he asked strangely, "Will there be any danger on the road?" ”

"Of course there is danger, Motian Cliff and Mu Yang Sect definitely don't want to see our Five Spirit Sect and Jiu Gen Yuan form an alliance, as long as that Yanshuang is killed halfway, this alliance will be gone."

Li Jian asked, "Why is that woman so important to this covenant?" ”

"That woman came here, it was our sect that insisted on requesting, Jiu Gen Yuan didn't agree at first, and then they were forced to have no choice, so they agreed to this matter, of course, it was not us who forced them, but Motian Cliff and Mu Yang Sect have been bullying Jiu Gen Yuan. To put it bluntly, sending a woman over to make a covenant would make Jiu Genyuan feel humiliated no matter what, not to mention that this woman was also the granddaughter of a Yuanying monk. On the way, the people of the Sky Cliff have been chasing and killing, in order to kill that Yan Shuang, if even a woman can't be sent to the Five Spirits Sect, then the strength of the Nine Immortals is really too disappointing, that Yan Shuang really died on the way, then it really doesn't matter if this covenant is or not. In the same way, after they entered the realm of the Five Spirits Sect, if they were in the realm of our Five Spirits Sect, those seniors sent out by the sect could not protect the frost thoroughly, and if something happened, it would be a big shame not to mention, not to mention that what they wanted was not only disappointed, but also completely offended the Nine Immortals, although it would not allow the Nine Immortals to unite with other major sects to find trouble, but in order to appease the anger of the Nine Immortals, the price paid was naturally higher. Therefore, they can be said to be a rain of swords and swords along the way, and every step is terrifying! ”

Li Jian nodded when he heard this.

Tang Ping continued: "Actually, it was really close to an accident, and it was within the realm of our Five Spirit Sect that those people were able to get their hands on it. ”

"Oh? Tell me what's going on. Qian Chao said.

"Just a few days ago, my master also went out for this matter, and after the trouble was resolved, my master came back early, and what I knew was what her old man told me. It is said that they were only entangled by the monks of the Sky Cliff all the way, and the Mu Yang Sect, which was much stronger than the Sky Cliff, had always stood still, and later waited for Yan Shuang and them to enter the realm of our Five Spirit Sect, only to find that Mu Yang Sect had arranged people into our chassis, of course, there were also people from the Sky Cliff, who were ready to kill Yan Shuang in one fell swoop here in the Five Spirits Sect, and what was even more insidious was that among the Nine Eternal Yuan monks who escorted Yan Shuang all the way, there were a lot of Sky Cliffs or Mu Yang Sect spies mixed in......"

"What! And what's going on? ”

"Well, they were originally going to take advantage of the chaos to kill Yan Shuang when Mu Yangzong's ambush people were in trouble, but they didn't expect to be seen through by Mu Xiufeng's Leng Yue senior, that Leng Yue senior cut a spy with a sword, and then warned everyone, which forced other spies to do it in advance, and then Mu Yangzong's ambush people saw this and had to rush over to help, although they saw through their plan at that time, but Mu Yangzong came to win too many people this time, fortunately, my sixth grandfather got some news in advance, Someone was arranged to come to the sect to send a letter asking for help, and a letter was specially sent to my master, and my master read the letter before going out to help. I later learned that there was a very famous person among the Jiedan monks from the Muyang Sect, but that person once killed one of my master's disciples, well, I haven't met that senior brother, it is said that the senior brother was very loved by my master back then, and after that time, my master went out to seek revenge for a long time, but that guy has been hiding in the Muyang Sect, so my master can't do it, so I heard that the person also came, my master went out immediately, and after arriving there, he beheaded that person, which is considered the end of a wish! ”

"I didn't expect it to be so dangerous, and there are so many things hidden behind it." Qian Chao sighed.

"Well, I heard my master say that Mu Yangzong suffered a big loss this time, the people who came from them were all good hands, but almost none of them escaped, but one of the people from the Sky Cliff was actually an old friend of my sixth grandfather, who was let go by my sixth grandfather for personal gain, and Mu Xiufeng's Leng Yue senior is not bad, and the Jiedan monk who died in her hands is afraid that there are at least ten or more people, but Leng Yue's senior seems to have also suffered some injuries, and he also returned to the sect in advance to retreat and heal."

"I see." Li Jian said, only then did he know why he couldn't see the Leng Yue senior this time, it turned out that he was sent out by the sect on a business trip, and Li Jian felt that the reason why the Leng Yue senior was able to see through the conspiracy was probably because of the sword heart Qingming, thinking of this, Li Jian only hoped that the Leng Yue senior could get out of the customs as soon as possible.

"This time, Jiu Gen Yuan is a big shame, when Yan Shuang came out, there were about forty people who were protected by the Jiu Gen Yuan faction around her, not a few, and they were all monks of Jiedan, but after that time, less than ten of them survived, and at least thirty percent of those forty or so people were spies, and many of them were killed by spies on the spot, and those who survived in the end waited to return to Jiu Genyuan, I am afraid that life will not be easy, I didn't expect that over the years, Jiu Gen Yuan has been infiltrated so badly by Sky Cliff and Muyang Sect!"

Qian Chao said: "There is another possibility, Jiu Genyuan sent all the suspicious people out this time, in order to lead them to take action, I am afraid that they have already discovered the matter of the spies, but they have not been able to see who it is, so let's take advantage of this matter to clean it up." ”

Tang Ping said: "Well, there is indeed such a possibility. ”

Li Jian said: "It's a little interesting, this big sect is also similar to the countries in the world, fighting wits and strength with each other, first making conspiracies and calculations, and finally seeing the truth in the killing field, I have found some old feelings." ”

Yan Xuan just listened to what they said, she had never thought that there were so many intrigues in the cultivation world in addition to danger, and she couldn't tell what she felt in her heart when she thought that she would also participate in it in the future.

Lu Pingchuan was not interested in these things, he kept staring over there, and suddenly pointed with his hand and said:

"Eh, are you coming, those people are going to the docks."

Several people looked over, and sure enough, those dressed up seniors all walked to the dock, and seemed to rank each other according to their seniority, and some of them were humble and courteous to each other.

Qian Chao looked at the people in that area and sighed: "So many seniors! ”

Tang Ping said: "More! Like my master, there are some identities, such things are too lazy to come out to join in the fun, and there are some people who have just married Dan, and they feel that their identity in the sect is not enough, so they don't want to come out. ”

Yan Xuan suddenly pointed with his hand and said, "Look, the ship is coming!" ”

Sure enough, at the mouth of the river where Tianshui Lake was about to flow out of the Five Spirits Sect and become the Tianshui River, a boat was sailing out of that waterway.

The boat is not very big, much smaller than the giant boat that Qian Chao and the others entered the sect from Youming Valley at the beginning, but it is luxurious and chic. The material of the hull must be some kind of unknown spirit wood, the overall look, the ship glows with a faint purple light, it looks full of treasure, the bow is raised high, the back is an empty deck, with all kinds of colored flags, there is no mast sail on the ship, in the middle of the hull is a three-story pavilion, also wooden, each floor has a raised cornice, carved window lattice, painted carved beams, extremely luxurious.

On the dock side, after the boat sailed into Tianshui Lake, the sound of pleasant silk and bamboo instrumental music sounded, and the disciples who were close to the excitement were also driven back by the Zhuji Senior Brothers, who were responsible for maintaining it, and gave way to the venue, while the many Jiedan monks who were already standing there stopped talking and stood solemnly waiting.

"That's Tang-senpai." Yan Xuan recognized that the old man standing on the high bow of the ship was Tang Ping's sixth grandfather, Tang Bonian.

"Well," Tang Ping nodded, "he was in charge of Yan Shuang's last journey, until they finally entered our sect." ”

As the sound of bamboo became louder and louder, the ship docked steadily.

Qian Chao saw Tang Bonian first saluting to the monks waiting on the dock, and then walked to the attic of the ship, and after saluting inward, he turned to one side and led many people out of the attic.

At the beginning, they were all elderly monks, Tang Ping said that those people were all monks from the Nine Plains, they came with Yan Shuang, and they were escorts, and several of these people still had status in the Nine Plains, so these people really represented the Nine Plains.

However, it seems that there are not many people, counting and counting, the monks of the Nine Immortals seem to be seven or eight, and it seems that in the spies and the ambush of Mu Yangzong a few days ago, there were indeed a lot of deaths.

After these people came out of the attic of the ship, they saluted to the many monks of the Five Spirits Sect waiting on the dock, and then they got off the boat and talked with these people without kissing them, talking with a smirk on their faces, presumably all tasteless polite words.

That's not really what people want to see.

Finally, from the attic, a woman finally came out!

This woman's two slender eyebrows, a pair of black eyes, the bridge of the nose is quite delicate, the cheeks are slightly red like peach, the cheeks are as smooth as jade, and the skin is better than snow and self-delicate. On the body is a wide-sleeved light green jacket with an apricot white dress.

"Hey! The woman's hair was really white, it was the first time I had seen it. Lu Pingchuan said in surprise when he saw the woman.

Not only Lu Pingchuan, but the black onlookers also buzzed after seeing the woman.

"It's really gray hair!" Yan Xuan also sighed, the woman was really beautiful, but in her opinion, she was a little similar to the senior sister Mei in Qixia Mountain's 'Mei Min Shuangshu', although the appearance is different, but they are all the same, and the temperament is a little cold.

"Why is she dressed so plainly, shouldn't she be dressed for a festive day like this?" Yan Xuan asked again.

"Jiuganyuan is located in the northland, where the snow does not melt all the year round, so the people there take white as the beauty and the plain as the precious.

As soon as he got out of the pavilion on the ship, Yan Shuang first bowed deeply to Tang Bonian, and thanked the senior for taking care of him on the road, and Tang Bonian also returned the salute slightly because of the identity of this woman. After walking down the dock, Yan Shuang also saluted to the many waiting Five Spirit Sect monks, and then was led into the Chengguan Building.

……

At this time, he was also in a secluded place, farther away than where Qian Chao and the others were, and under the cover of the trees, there was a person who was also quietly watching the woman who walked down from the boat. Because it was farther away, the person's eyes were shining, obviously leaving the aura in his eyes, in order to see it really, he saw the woman's beautiful face, and also saw the woman's white hair, but also saw the cold gaze in the woman's eyes inadvertently, perhaps the reason for the joy in the heart of such a beauty, that person's face has always had a little smile.

This man's hair is gray, and if it were a few years later, I am afraid that he would be full of gray hair like that woman.

This person is the gentleness who returned to the sect from the outside, and he must take a look at today's events with his own eyes.

Those Nine Hundred Plains monks who got off the boat were all in his eyes, hum, there are only a few of them, it seems that life is not easy on this road! I heard that a few days ago, the people of Mu Yangzong were ambushed, and the spies who had been planted in the Nine Plains for a long time made them lose a lot of people at once, but that Yan Shuang survived, and the people of Mu Yangzong finally failed, not only that, but also vaguely heard that the people of Mu Yangzong suffered a big loss this time, many people died, and even the Gui Changfeng did not escape, it seems that the woman who had a grudge against him from the Imperial Spirit Sect killed him, which is a good thing, in the past, this Gui Changfeng in the Mu Yang Sect was always in the way, and now he is dead, Then he won't be able to interfere with the next thing, good thing!

However, there is another thing that is a little unexpected, in the news I heard, this Yanshuang is not only here to be a hostage, but also to marry! Then the person who will marry this Yanshuang in the future will not be that person, right? Well, things in the world are always unexpected, this matter should be watched closely, everything is traceable, and watch for a while, make preparations for both, but no matter who this woman is going to marry, I have to meet that Han Ji tonight.

At this time, a person came over from below, and when he came to his side, he whispered: "Senior Brother Wen, I inquired, it is said that the people of the Nine Immortals Yuan will talk to these people in the sect for a while on the Chengguan Tower, and then Yanshuang will be taken to the Jade Pot Mountain. ”

The person who came was Yan Jing.

"Oh?" Wen Liang glanced at Yan in surprise, "Who did you get this news from?" ”

"I asked from a senior brother I knew below."

"Hmm" Wen Liang nodded, looking up, through the branches in the canopy, he couldn't see the sky above his head, but he was looking in the direction of the jade pot mountain on the vast Tianshui Lake.

I really didn't expect the old guys on Yuhu Mountain to attach so much importance to this Yanshuang, if you want to say this, you will have to be more cautious in the future, and plan more carefully, those old guys will definitely not interfere, but it is enough to make a show, and the defense around this Yanshuang will definitely be tighter in the future, I am afraid that it will be difficult to start!

"You keep an eye on these things these days, I still have something to do after I met Han Ji tonight, but I will leave when I finish it."

Wen Liang said and walked down.

"Yes."

Yan was shocked and hurriedly followed.

During the journey, Yan Jing also inadvertently caught a glimpse of Qian Chao and others in the distance, which made his heart move, and he wanted to tell Wen Liang about it, but after thinking about it, he should not know that Qian Chao, if he let Senior Brother Wen know that he had plucked this Wang Lingzhong and others to fight with several of Qian Chao's companions, and then he killed Wang Lingzhong and others, maybe Senior Brother Wen would say that he did things Meng Lang, so he didn't speak, only looked at a few times and followed Wen Liang all the way.

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And Qian Chao's side, he also inadvertently saw a back from a distance, his heart moved but he couldn't remember who that person was, at this time Wen Liang was in front, Yan Jing was behind, Qian Chao's position could only see this familiar back, and there was another person next to that familiar back, that person's hair was actually gray and white, it seemed to be an elderly person, but looking at the figure looked like a young man, which impressed Qian Chao, who was that familiar back? And look at the person with a familiar back, following the gray haired man, cautious look, very deferential, this is really interesting, who is that person, gray hair, and what is his identity?

Qian Chao was restless for a while, after coming back this time, he always had this feeling coldly, and now looking at the two of them, this feeling has come again!

However, a person who can't remember where he met followed another person he didn't know, he naturally had no clue about either of them.

And Qian Chao only has some impressions of the familiar back, but who is it?

Qian Chao couldn't think of it for a while.

The people present to watch the excitement have now begun to disperse, Yanshuang that beauty has already seen it, in fact, everyone is just looking at it, after all, white-haired beauties are rare in the world, but after seeing it, there is no novelty, besides, this woman will practice in the Five Spirits Sect in the future, maybe she will meet it in the future. There are even people who feel that the praise of Yanshuang's beauty is a bit exaggerated, and it is not as beautiful as a certain senior sister or junior sister, so one after another some people feel bored and leave. Since the monks were not allowed to fly here, they all left on foot, and when they saw that the black oppression was scattered in all directions, they went their own way.

Seeing people leaving, Lu Pingchuan said: "Hey, there's nothing lively to see, shouldn't we also go!" ”

The other people didn't react to this sentence, but in Qian Chao's ears, it was like a sledgehammer smashing on a bronze bell!

What did Brother Lu just say!

There's nothing buzzing to see!

Watch the excitement!

That's right!

I remembered whose back it was!

The one who watched the excitement outside the sect, the one who watched Brother Li, Brother Lu, Tang Ping, and Sister Yan defeat the four middle-level cultivators!

He hasn't made a move, very weird, and finally asked him, and he said he was here to see the fun!

That's him!

What a pity! I don't know who this person is, and there has been no news of Ma Hu in the past two days, alas! Where did this Senior Brother Ma go, and why didn't he come to the door when he wanted to find him?

Thinking of this, Qian Chao quickly turned his face and looked in the direction of the two backs, but unfortunately, there were already figures there, and I couldn't see those two people anymore.

"What's wrong with you?" Tang Ping noticed the strangeness in Qian Chao's eyes and asked puzzled.

"It's nothing, I just saw someone who is very familiar, maybe I saw it wrong." Qian Chao replied.

At this time, there were already people walking over and passing by their side one after another, Lu Pingchuan was asking where to go next, Qian Chao was thinking about what happened just now, and he didn't care about the people passing by, his hand hung down at his side, and at this time, someone stuffed a ball of things into his hand and walked over, pinching what seemed to be a ball of paper.

Qian Chao was stunned in his heart, but he still didn't move his expression for a while before he turned around and glanced at it casually, and seemed to recognize one among the many backs, but he hadn't seen him for a long time, and he wasn't sure that it was that person, but what did it mean to stuff a paper ball to himself mysteriously like this?

What will it say?

"Hey! What the hell are you thinking? Tang Ping stared at Qian Chao curiously in front of him.

"Oh, what's wrong?"

"What's wrong with you, it's like losing your soul, I just asked you where we're going next?"

"Oh, Brother Li's place is pure, let's go to Brother Li's place and talk."