Qingyun Mountain, Big Bamboo Peak.

The clouds are ethereal, and the white clouds and dogs, like gentle ribbons, are uncertain. The cool morning breeze in the early morning, slightly moist, crossed the emerald green bamboo forest and swept over the mountain of Dazhu Peak.

The bamboo shadows swayed, and a little bit of broken sun shone down, falling on several wooden houses in the bamboo forest.

Zhang Xiaofan was sitting in his room in a daze, stunned, his eyes were blank and empty, and he didn't know which way to look, this was the fifth day he had returned to Qingyun.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, Zhang Xiaofan was stunned, and couldn't help but look in the direction of the door, a moment later, but when he heard a squeak, the door was pushed open - Tian Buyi, who had a gloomy face, and Long Xuan, who had a calm face, walked into the room one after another and came to Zhang Xiaofan.

Zhang Xiaofan hurriedly stood up, but he didn't dare to meet the eyes of the visitor, lowered his head and said, "Master, Senior Brother Long!" Tian Buyi looked at him expressionlessly, and Long Xuan opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, just sighed softly.

I don't know how long it took, Tian Buyi finally opened his mouth to break the silence: "Old Seven," he frowned, not knowing what he was thinking: "Do you have anything you want to say to me?" ”

Zhang Xiaofan's body shook, but he didn't respond, and after a long time, he shook his head slowly but firmly. Tian Buyi stared at this little apprentice, and his hand shrunk in his sleeve slowly clenched into a fist.

"Tomorrow morning, the head of the Dao Xuan Zhenren will see you at the Yuqing Hall of Tongtian Peak," his voice was calm, as if he was hiding some of his thoughts: "The abbot of Tianyin Temple, Master Puhong, is also here, and some righteous masters will also be present to witness the conclusion of this public case by my Qingyunmen!" ”

Zhang Xiaofan's body trembled, a little scared in his heart, but more dazed and overwhelmed. In fact, since returning to the mountain, he has expected that such a day will come, whether it is interrogation, reprimand, or ...... He has already been mentally prepared, Master Puzhi is highly respected, and he has the grace to teach himself, he must not betray him.

After many years in Qingyunmen, he knew that there was a taboo on spying on his secret fax method in the righteous path, and if he really said it, he was afraid that the old monk with kind eyebrows would also have his reputation damaged and be criticized.

His heart was at war with heaven and man, and he thought of Puzhi Yinrong for a while, and then thought of the deep grace of his teacher, and he was stupid for a while. Tian Buyi saw that these seven disciples were pretending to be stupid in front of him again, and deep in his heart, there was suddenly a nameless fire that had been sleeping for many years, burning brightly, he snorted coldly, Huo Ran stood up, and walked away.

The cool mountain breeze blew gently from outside the open doorway, as if it still carried the sound of bamboo waves in the bamboo forest in the distance, but the people in the room didn't feel it. Zhang Xiaofan looked at the familiar back, stunned.

"Xiao Fan!" Beside him, there was a leisurely sigh, which made Zhang Xiaofan come back to his senses, he turned his head, and saw Long Xuan standing behind him. Zhang Xiaofan's face was solemn, and he bowed to Long Xuan: "Senior brother thanks Senior Brother for taking care of him over the years, but Senior Brother really has a last resort, and I hope Senior Brother will not ask again!" ”

Long Xuan was silent for a moment, but turned around and came to the window, pushed open the window, and greeted the moist morning breeze, he closed his eyes slightly, and said lightly: "Your 'Great Brahma Prajna' True Method," he turned around, and a trace of depth and wisdom flashed in his eyes, like an old man who has experienced thousands of years of wind and rain: "It was taught to you by Uncle Puzhi, yes or no?" ”

Zhang Xiaofan's body was shocked, he involuntarily took a step back, his face turned pale almost instantly, he raised his head and met Long Xuan's calm gaze, in that gaze, there was deep thought, pity, and incomprehension, but there was no consultation, not a trace.

Long Xuan sighed secretly in his heart, although he had already guessed this, but this guess was too terrifying, if he didn't get it right, it might affect the friendship between Qingyunmen and Tianyin Temple for more than a thousand years.

He stood with his hands in his hands, looked at Zhang Xiaofan, who was pale and ugly, and said lightly: "You were introduced to the mountain gate by me, I don't know your origin, you will never have the opportunity to steal the supreme secret method of Tianyin Temple, unless someone from Tianyin Temple teaches you!" A terrifying light flashed in his eyes: "You have never been out of the mountain gate in Qingyun all these years, and the only senior monk of Tianyin Temple who has ever been in contact with you is Uncle Puzhi!" ”

There was a bang in Zhang Xiaofan's mind, and a faint voice was whistling, grabbing his heart. After a long time, he finally smiled bitterly and said softly: "Since Senior Brother has guessed everything, why are you still asking me what I am doing?" ”

Long Xuan sighed lightly, but there was a trace of inexplicable pity in his eyes, and said lightly: "This matter is very important, and I have to be cautious for my brother!" ”

Zhang Xiaofan's face was bitter, his voice was desolate, and he couldn't say the meaning of sadness and pleading. He lowered his eyebrows again and said in a low voice: "Since the big mistake has been made, the junior brother has nothing to say, but I am willing to bear the responsibility and wait for the master's fate." Uncle Puzhi is my righteous senior, and he has the grace of passing on his art to his junior brother, but his junior brother must not betray him! ”

Hearing him say this, Long Xuan couldn't help frowning, and a rare chill appeared on his face: "This time you made such a big move in Liubo Mountain, and the four sects of the Demon Sect took the opportunity to spread it everywhere, tiring me with a thousand-year-old reputation. The teacher has no other way but to summon some righteous celebrities to watch the notarization in order to end this public case and block the mouths of the people of the world! He looked at Zhang Xiaofan deeply, and smiled coldly: "Bear it, you have such a big face, can you afford it?" At the end, his voice suddenly rose up, and his tone turned sharp, Zhang Xiaofan was drunk by him, and there was a buzz in his head, which turned out to be chaos.

Long Xuan closed his eyes and breathed deeply, his voice returned to stability, but behind that, there was a faint flow of strange emotions: "When you were in Caomiao Village back then, you were not very good in terms of cultivation qualifications or your own roots, do you know why Senior Brother and I would try my best to lead you into the mountain gate?" ”

Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment, obviously a little uncomfortable with this senior brother's thinking jump. In fact, over the years, he had already heard some Qingyunmen people talk behind his back, saying that Senior Brother Long Xuan of Tongtian Peak looked away, and was stunned to treat a stubborn stone as a beautiful jade and introduce it into the mountain gate. This situation did not converge until he broke out with a certain strength in the Seven Veins Martial Arts.

"You are very much like one of my old friends, both in terms of heart and qualifications. Back then, he was also as ...... as you" Long Xuan said to himself, and at the same time looked up at the sky, with a trace of remembrance and complexity on his face, he suddenly let out a sigh of relief, as if he had made up his mind, and walked out of the door without looking back or saying a word.

Zhang Xiaofan looked at Long Xuan's back in a daze, a trace of sadness and helplessness flashed in his eyes, and he slowly lowered his head.

Just as Long Xuan was about to walk out of this room, he suddenly stopped again, but still didn't look back: "I owe that person a life, for his sake, this time I will do my best to exonerate you." But whether it succeeds or not, it all depends on the will of God, Senior Brother Zhang, you are so self-conscious! ”

With that cold voice, there seemed to be a soft sigh outside the door, and when Zhang Xiaofan raised his head again, the familiar figure had disappeared.

………………

The wind, blowing gently, with a biting cold, sandwiched with pieces of snowflakes, fluttered in the extremely cold land of northern Xinjiang.

Here, mountains, valleys, basins, and plains are all covered in snow and ice, and it is rare to see spring after several snowmelts in most areas of the year. Such a harsh environment naturally causes the snowy areas of northern Xinjiang to be sparsely populated and the vegetation is barren.

At this time, it was midnight, the snow was vast, the sky was dark, there was no moon and starlight, and the boundless darkness shrouded the entire ice and snow wasteland.

However, at this moment, there is a faint green rainbow shuttling through the wind and snow, seemingly unaffected, sometimes flipping, sometimes flying, and passing by in the blink of an eye.

I don't know how long it took, Qinghong paused in front of an ancient pavilion on the side of the jade mountainside, the brilliance faded, and a young man in a cyan Confucian shirt appeared, he didn't seem to be very old, but a pair of eyes were as deep as the sea, his face showed a bit of vicissitudes, and there was a bright red tear mole under the corner of his eyes, which made him look extremely mysterious!

At this moment, in the gazebo, there is an old man in black standing with his hands down, the cold wind is blowing, and his sideburns are white and clear, as if he is also telling the passage of time and the vicissitudes of life.

The young man breathed a sigh of relief, came to the old man, and stood side by side with him: "I haven't seen you for a long time, Yin Demon, don't come unharmed?" The old man smiled and said coldly: "My old man has not seen the light of day under the ruthless seabed, how can you compare to Yuantian and you are happy in this Kunlun Mountain?" His face was cold, and there seemed to be endless evil aura condensed in his eyes: "Say, you don't want to be blessed in your Tianchi Palace, why did you ask me to come to this group of jade mountains thousands of miles away?" ”

If Long Xuan was here, he would definitely be shocked, because this old man in black was the old man of the Yin Demon under the ruthless sea of the Necromantic Abyss, this old cultivator was unfathomable and arrogant, and this young man named Yuantian could let him face each other with an equal attitude, which was obviously not simple!

Yuan Tian's eyebrows furrowed, and there seemed to be a flash of anger in the depths of his eyes, as if no one had ever dared to speak to him like this, but he looked back at the old man of the Yin Demon, but saw that he was full of white hair, much older than himself, and suddenly there was a dazedness, and the anger disappeared.

"I'm here to ask for your help this time!"

The old man of the Yin Demon raised his eyebrows, and his face showed a hint of surprise, but he smiled strangely: "The source heaven Dao is cultivated to the sky, and there are a group of little rabbit cubs from the Heavenly Dragon Hall to help him, where do I need this old man to come out and sacrifice his ugliness?" ”

"Whew!" Seven cold and pale-eyed flames ignited out of thin air, and the inexplicable sound echoed in the ice and snow, becoming more and more demonic, as if the evil ghost had awakened. Yuan Tian took a few deep breaths, and finally suppressed the anger in his heart, for the first time, he felt that it was a mistake for him to ask the old man of the Yin Demon to come over to help, he hadn't seen him for more than a thousand years, and this old man's ability to make people angry was getting more and more exquisite.

"I'm not kidding you, this time it's the sealing enchantment of Tongtian Valley that has a problem......" Yuan Tian said lightly, when he mentioned Tongtian Valley, his voice suddenly became lower, and his body trembled slightly, with an irrepressible fear on his face.

"What?" The old man's face changed drastically, and he involuntarily clenched his fists, his eyes were full of solemnity, looking at the old friend in front of him who had been friends for thousands of years, and said astringently: "Could it be that those old ghosts in the Divine Domain want to renounce the oath of Zhengjie Dazun and return to Shenzhou?" ”

"No, it's not that serious yet!" Yuan Tian lowered his voice and said lightly: "Some time ago, the seal inexplicably broke a hole, and a little fox of the Lieshan clan rushed out, at that time, I was busy repairing the formation pattern of the magic array and did not make a move, the little fox received a heavy blow from the current hall master of the Heavenly Dragon Palace, and used the secret method to escape away......"