Volume 5: The First Song Three Hundred and Thirty-Eight: The Examination of Chengguan Grace (21)
Night, Ruixuan Town.
It was already late at night, and the shop of Yaqiji had closed, but there were still a few lights shining through the windows on the second floor.
Liu Feng seemed to hear something, so he said:
"Here they are."
Then he got up and went out, and Zuo You was the only one left in the room sitting under the lamp, and soon the footsteps sounded, and when Zuo You looked up, he saw Qian Chao walking in, followed by Li Jian.
"Hey, Brother Qian." Zuo You got up with a smile to greet him, but he was immediately stunned, and two powerful spiritual pressures came from behind Qian Chao, which stunned Zuo You all at once.
Qian Chao smiled and signaled Zuo You not to be nervous, turned around and brought in the two behind him and said to Zuo You:
"Brother Zuo, come, let me introduce you, this is Senior Brother Xu Sheng of my Five Spirit Sect in Ruixuan Town, and this is Senior Brother Hang Xiao, both of whom were sent by the sect to help us."
In front of the two foundation building monks, Zuo You didn't dare to make a mistake, and hurriedly saluted and said:
"Zuo You has seen Brother Xu, Brother Hang."
Xu Sheng nodded to Zuo You, turned around and said with a smile:
"Brother Hang, please sit down, let's all sit down and talk."
Liu Feng didn't expect that Qian Chao would bring the leader of the foundation building monks of the Five Spirits Sect in Ruixuan Town here tonight, and he waited carefully, bringing a few new teacups to pour tea for these people.
"You're Zuo You?" Xu Sheng asked.
"Exactly."
"Well, I heard that you were entrusted by Senior Brother Qian to run outside the sect, and today Senior Brother Qian invited us to listen to the news you inquired about."
"Yes, Ma Hu came to Ruixuan Town to find me a few days ago......"
As soon as Zuo You said this, he was interrupted by Hang Xiao, he looked at Qian Chao with some curiosity and asked:
"What, Ma Hu is also involved in this matter?"
Qian Chao hurriedly said:
"Yes, Senior Brother Ma Hu has been involved in this matter from the very beginning, and he has made a lot of efforts from it, and the hiding place of those people was first found by Senior Brother Ma Hu secretly with someone."
"Well, he's out of luck, okay, Brother Zuo, you go on."
"Yes, after Ma Hu found me, he asked me to pay attention to the movement of a person, saying that the person would soon arrive in Ruixuan Town, well, sure enough, the person arrived the next day, and then met quietly with a few people in the town here, what did they say...... Belch...... I really can't know, but the people who met him afterwards left Ruixuan Town one by one, it seems that they are passing on the news, and I can't follow them at the same time, so Brother Liu also sent a few capable people to follow me quietly, well, I'll just talk about what happened to me along the way, the person I followed went to several families in a row, and each family sent some people to the Five Spirits Sect after the person left, and I still know some of these people, Yao ......"
Saying that, Zuo You took out a pile of papers from his body, picked them up and handed over a few, Xu Sheng took it and saw that it was a few portraits, well, not only portraits, these are the pictures used to reward people in the cultivation world, and under each portrait there is the name of the person, the family from which he was born, and the amount of spirit stones that were rewarded, etc.
Seeing Xu Sheng's surprised face, Zuo You smiled and said:
"Hehe, Senior Brother Qian should have told Brother Xu what he did to make a living, a few of those people were indeed rewarded for doing some evil things, I recognized them at a glance after seeing them, and I don't recognize the others, but I have a record of how many people have come out of each family here, here."
Zuo You said and handed over a few pieces of paper full of handwriting.
"It's all those families, how many people have come out of each family, whether they are men or women, what they look like, I have written them down, as for what people are looking for after they arrive in Ruixuan Town, those Brother Liu remember them."
When Liu Feng heard this, he hurriedly said:
"Yes, the people sent out in Xia mainly followed three people, similar to what Brother Zuo said, those people also went to a few families, and then some people came to Ruixuan Town and the other three towns one after another, how many people they came, where they lived, and who they met with, they all made records here, and now there are people staring at them, they have been waiting for two days, probably everyone should have arrived, it is estimated that these two days should be mixed in."
After Liu Feng finished speaking, he presented a booklet he used to record this incident in front of Xu Sheng.
Xu Sheng and Hang Xiao looked at the news that Zuo You and Liu Feng brought back, and after reading it for a while, their faces became a lot more solemn, Xu Sheng looked at Qian Chao and said:
"Senior Brother Qian, although Senior Brother Hang and I have seen the methods of the five of you, but the other party's manpower this time is too much, the manpower of the three aspects is brought together to nearly a hundred, and the people who come this time are no longer the scattered cultivators you have dealt with in the past, they are all Qi refining cultivators with clever means within the family, I have seen it, I have heard of several of the names, but I didn't expect them to work hard for Jing Jie. No matter how strong the five of you are, it is not easy to deal with so many people, my master Tang Bonian Tang is also worried about this, and his old man has no idea whether you can complete this matter now, if Senior Brother Qian, you think this matter is really difficult to do, then now as long as these people enter our five spirits, we can close the net, catch the trial trial, and we will definitely be able to ask out, you don't have to take this risk. ”
hang hao says:
"Yes, I also think the same way, Senior Brother Qian, don't be reluctant to ......"
Glancing at Li Jian, Qian Chao said:
"Two senior brothers, the five of us have discussed this matter together, if the two senior brothers take people to take people now, they will naturally not be able to run away, but then they can only catch some irrelevant characters, the person in charge behind them can be pushed clean as long as they have a hard mouth, even if Tian Du and Jin Zhang can convict them, but if Jing Yu is not present to hold them, if he asks afterwards, I think that the sect must take into account the feelings of several elders behind him and dare not easily use any means against him, even if you let him go, it's a pity. The two senior brothers rest assured, Senior Tang said from the beginning that this time we must catch them alive, so the five of us didn't plan to fight these people this time, we are not going to fight them this time, but to win by calculation. Of course, there is still something to help the two senior brothers, when the five of us take people to deal with these three groups, Tian Du, Jin Zhang and Jing Ji will definitely check the situation nearby, they will have to work for the two senior brothers to make a move, they will definitely struggle desperately if we take a shot, and if the two senior brothers show up with someone, first, they will be present to testify, and secondly, they will not dare to make a mistake, as long as we catch these three guys near those people, they will not be able to shirk the blame if they are full of long mouths. ”
After listening to this, Xu Sheng looked at Hang Xiao for a while, and then said:
"It's okay, but if we find that things are different from what Senior Brother Qian said, or if things are going in a direction that is not in your favor or you are obviously not against the other party, then we must intervene, which is also the attitude of the elders in the sect. If you go well, then we'll just catch those three guys. ”
"Okay, then do it." Qian Chao said.
Hang Hao asked again:
"Now, if the people they have gathered in these towns have been infiltrated, will you have any way of knowing their whereabouts?"
"Senior Brother Hang, don't worry, we already have arrangements for this, as long as they step into the Five Spirits Sect, they will be targeted, this time Chengguan En test, the other party has been staring at the five of us, so the five of us can't make any changes, but in fact, there are already people staring at them in private, and every move is under our control."
Hang Xiao nodded appreciatively.
"That's good," Xu Sheng said, "Also, do you know when they will do it?" ”
Money tide says:
"Then it depends on when we give them the opportunity to do it, the timing of their action is actually in our hands, if we don't go out, they won't have a chance at all, so we have the initiative, and the arrangement of the five of us is almost completed, probably after the Chengguan Grace test is over."
The matter is roughly finished here, Xu Sheng looked at Zuo You and said:
"Zuo You, you can be regarded as contributing to our sect this time, I heard my Senior Sister Tang say that you have also made great efforts for them before, well, you can't work hard in vain, if you are willing, I can get you the identity of a Five Spirit disciple afterwards, how about it?"
As soon as Zuo You heard it, he knew that this was Qian Chao thinking about him, to be honest, he was indeed a little moved, but after a little thought, he said:
"If it weren't for the rejection of Brother Xu's kindness, Miss Tang must have talked to Brother Xu about her own situation, alas, this situation is rare in the world, maybe it won't be controlled by Brother Xu at some point, and I'm used to being casual in Xia, thank you Brother Xu for your kindness."
Zuo You is worried about himself, he is a person with three souls, and he is worried that one day he will not be able to suppress and harm others.
"It's all up to you, since I have said it, even if I have given you a promise, if you want to in the future, you can come to me at any time."
"Thank you, Brother Xu."
Then Xu Sheng looked at Liu Feng again and said:
"Brother Liu, don't worry, your Liu family has also contributed a lot to the sect this time, the sect will definitely remember, if you have anything, you can also come to me to talk to you."
Liu Feng hurriedly got up and thanked:
"Thank you, Brother Xu."
After saying this, Xu Sheng looked at Qian Chao and Li Jian again:
"Okay, in that case, Senior Brother Qian, Senior Brother Li, you two don't stay here for long, you will definitely show up there tomorrow, it's better to go back, just send someone to summon us if you have something."
"Okay."
After copying the few pieces of paper that Liu Feng and Zuo You took out, Qian Chao and Li Jian quietly disappeared into the night after they came out of the Ya Weapon Collection.
……
At the end of another day's competition, Yan Xuan and Tang Ping first went to Gu Won Fairy's Cave Mansion to see the little knife mantis beast that was still soaked in the potion.
The good news is that the little guy finally woke up after soaking for a few days, but after all, the body was penetrated at that time, and the injury was too serious, although he woke up still sick and unenergetic, Gu won the fairy changed several drugs, and continued to let the "stupid brain" soak in it and not allow it to come out, see you today, the little guy's spirit is obviously better, it seems to be really suffocating in the soak, and when he saw Tang Ping, he kept knocking on the inner wall of the crystal jar with the knife arm "Dangdang", thinking that Tang Ping could release it.
Coming out of Tang Ping, Yan Xuan returned to his master's cave.
Fairy Zhong Yao opened up a medicine garden for Yan Xuan in the cave, and recently because of the Chengguan En test, he has not gone out, so every time he finishes the day's competition, Yan Xuan has to check it in the medicine garden, and the spirit grass she planted is growing well, either green or oil green, Yan Xuan looked carefully at one of the plants, touched it, kneaded it, and confirmed the color of each spirit grass.
Not long after, her master, Fairy Zhong Yao, came over, and after watching her disciple busy for a while, she said:
"These spirit grasses seem to be growing well."
"Well, Master's Cave Mansion is full of spiritual energy here, and it is a good place for these spiritual grasses to grow, much stronger than the spiritual grass garden on the mountain."
Speaking of this, Yan Xuan suddenly remembered something, and asked:
"The disciple also watches the competition in the ring every day in Chengguan Tower, is there anyone who performs well and deserves to be included in the door wall by Master?"
Hearing this, Fairy Zhong Yao smiled and said:
"I've just accepted you as an apprentice for a short time, and I don't plan to accept another disciple so soon, well, at least in a few more years, or wait for you to build the foundation or wait for you to think about it when you are close to building the foundation, in fact, those disciples who participated in the Chengguan Grace Examination will not be able to apprentice immediately even if they perform extraordinary on the stage, unless they are extremely outstanding, but there has been no such character in the past few days. I secretly observed you for a long time before I accepted you, a few years, and the same is true for other elders, generally speaking, those elders will keep in mind the disciples who can be seen in the stage competition, and then secretly observe for a while, and then if they think that the child has a good character and temperament, then they will open the mountain gate to accept disciples. Alas, speaking of which, I'm taking you as a disciple now! ”
Yan Xuan listened and listened, and when he heard the last sentence, he was suddenly startled, and looked at Fairy Zhong Yao in a panic and asked carefully:
"How...... Is the master dissatisfied with the disciple? ”
Fairy Zhong Yao immediately laughed when she saw that Yan Xuan was fooled:
"Haha, that's of course, I will accept you as a big disciple, you have a good spiritual root, you have a superior fire spirit, you can tell me, what kind of one should I receive for my second disciple? Now don't talk about finding someone stronger than you, even if it's similar to you, it's hard to find, so you can only wait, won't it delay me to continue to accept apprentices? ”
When Yan Xuan heard this, she realized that it was the master who was joking with her.
Fairy Zhong Yao said again:
"However, accepting you as a disciple is indeed a bit of a high starting point for me, it is said that the other elders of Jiedan are all selected for the first time, and then the apprentices behind are also thinking that they should be better than their own big disciples, so accepting the first two disciples is still very tangled for Jiedan monks, and it may be better when the third disciple comes. Oh, by the way, there is one more thing, it is about you to compete on the stage next, originally I arranged for you to compete with the disciples of Elder Jiang Chen of Qixia Mountain, but there were some changes today, and in the afternoon, Elder Jiang from the council hall came to me to discuss, saying that the sect has selected an opponent for you......"
Hearing this, Tang Ping immediately became curious and asked:
"Oh, I actually asked Elder Jiang about the competition, and he changed an opponent for me?"
"That's right, I don't have anything to say after Elder Jiang said it, anyway, I just want to see your methods, Elder Jiang Chen will go and say to Elder Jiang, well, do you know who the opponent for you is?"
"I don't know."
"Hehe, I'm also surprised when I hear it, the person you are going to meet on the stage is not from our Five Spirits Sect, nor is it a disciple of the family, but a disciple from Meng Cailou, named Qi Ruoyuan."
"Qi Ruomi......"