A morning passed quickly, and Lin Zize finished reading the four dusty household registration books.

These four household registers record the inclusion of Daolingshan's outer disciples from eight years ago to twelve years ago.

It didn't matter if he looked at it, but Lin Zize was stunned.

Because under his rough estimate, he found that in just these four years, the number of outer disciples was more than 10,000!

Coupled with the nearly 20,000 outer disciples in the household register of the past eight years that I saw yesterday, the number of outer disciples can reach a terrifying 30,000!

You must know that the current number of disciples of the outer sect of Daoling Mountain is only 30,000, if it is just like this, the number is in line.

However, the situation of the outer gate is not so simple, the outer disciples can be as old as six or seven years old, and as old people as old as more than 100 years old, that is to say, the range of disciples in the outer gate is a hundred years! If you count the disciples who have died in the war over the years or who have been promoted to the inner gate, it is completely impossible to fill the number of people missing.

The most important thing is that Daoling Mountain only accepts young people between the ages of six and eighteen, and more disciples enter the mountain gate at the age of twelve, and nearly twenty years of practice is enough for them to enter the period of defending the Dao, so the age of thirty to forty is the golden moment for the monks to practice, and they gradually become the pillars of the sect and handle a lot of the sect's external affairs.

But in fact, there are not many disciples in the outer sect! It's more like there's a fault!

The majority of the disciples of the outer sect are still between the ages of 20 and 30, and even the young people of the twenty-four or five-year-old basically account for nearly sixty percent of the number of the outer disciples.

So the question is, where are those disciples who have been in the business for more than 20 years?

Lin Zize suddenly broke into a cold sweat on his back, and he was keenly aware that there was an aura of conspiracy in it......

Lin Zize quickly went to check the earlier household register, however, the earliest household register here was only recorded sixteen years ago!

Sixteen years ago!

Sixteen years ago again!

Lately there has been more and more talk about these words sixteen years ago!

Bai Xiyan caused a disaster to the world 16 years ago! The old turtle searched for a person for 16 years! The household register only recorded 16 years ago!

A series of coincidences erupted at the same time, which proves that there is a line that always colludes with these things!

Slow! Bai Jiangli is surnamed Bai! Bai Xiyan is also surnamed Bai!

"Could it be that this Bai Jiangli is Bai Xiyan's descendant?

Lin Zize was shocked by his association, but was it really such a coincidence? In an instant, he vetoed the idea again.

Bai Xiyan is a woman, if her Taoist companion is Wu Tongxuan, then shouldn't her descendants be surnamed Wu?

But after a while, Lin Zize once again threw away this new idea.

There is such a sentence in the hexagram of "Sanshenglu", "Yin is prosperous and yang is declining, and it is unfavorable to the future", and it may not be said that this Wu Tongxuan is a rich one.

After all, the Great Elder only had Bai Xiyan's only daughter, and as the inheritor of Daoling Mountain, he would definitely not let his only descendant have someone else's surname.

With a deep exhalation, Lin Zize threw away all the immature thoughts in his heart, if he continued to search for the truth with this preconceived notion, it would only damage the accuracy of his judgment.

Of course, in the household registration book in the past sixteen years, Lin Zize did not find anyone named Bai Jiangli or Wu Tongxuan.

But the clues are not completely broken, Lin Zize plans to find those called "Li Jiangli, Wang Jiangli, He Jiangli" first, they may not change their surnames for some reason.

Seeing this Lin Zize sighed, He Zhiliao on the side posted it, he had a very good impression of Lin Zize, and he also knew that his arrogance was not likable, because he didn't have many friends.

And the monk who can endure his bad temper, Lin Zize is one of the very few.

He enjoys chatting with his friends about the past and the present, and he has a deep sense of satisfaction when his friends see his erudition and talent.

So if Lin Zize encounters any difficulties and can rely on his erudition to solve them, he will definitely not be stingy with helpers.

"Senior Brother Lin, are you distressed because of this household registration book?" Lin Zize flipped through the household registration book all morning, and this could not be hidden from his eyes.

Lin Zize was awakened in contemplation, he raised his head, found that it was He Zhiliao, and said with an indifferent expression: "Yes, I really want to know, why is this household registration book only sixteen years ago?"

He Zhiliao laughed softly: "Naturally, it was only sixteen years ago, because this household registration department was built sixteen years ago!"

Lin Zize was stunned: "Is that so? So, where is the household registration book of the outer disciples sixteen years ago?"

He Zhiliao thought for a while and said, "Sixteen years ago, that year, it should have been the Great Elder who had the information of the outer disciples. Oh, the Great Elder I'm talking about is not the current Great Elder, but the current head of the sect. ”

Lin Zize knew what He Zhiliao meant. Sixteen years ago, the Great Elder was actually the master of his master, Daoqing, that is, his master.

At that time, the position of the head of Daoling Mountain was still in the hands of the heirs of Baizi Dao.

It's a pity that later the master died, Bai Xiyan slaughtered Fancheng, and the great elder was deprived of the inheritance of the head of the family, and the head of the gate was served by Daoqing, who should have taken over the outer gate, and the outer gate was managed by the current great elder.

"So, does Senior Brother He know why there are so few disciples in the outer sect? According to what I have observed, the number of outer disciples in the past sixteen years is definitely more than 30,000, but all the disciples in the outer sect are less than 30,000!"

"Oh, in recent years, the demon world has invaded the human world frequently, and there have been many cases of outer disciples going out of the mountains to destroy demons, and the death rate of injuries is not small, and it is not surprising that the number of people is less than 30,000. ”

He Zhiliao's answer could not satisfy Lin Zize, the injury rate of hunting demon beasts was very high, Lin Zize was sure, if the mortality rate was very high, Lin Zize resolutely did not believe it.

Because the hunting task of the outer disciples is not difficult, most of the targets are the demons in the demon subduing period or the guardian period, and even for their safety, while the task is carried out, Daoling Mountain will also match them with the Jindan senior brother in the inner gate, so that they can save their lives under the premise of full exercise.

What's more, this answer from He Zhiliao cannot explain the situation of the fault line in monks between the ages of thirty and forty.

Seeing that Lin Zize didn't think so, he was slightly unhappy in his heart, and he said bluntly: "Senior brother has other opinions on this?"

Lin Zize shook his head and said the reason for his doubts: "I don't have any other way, as far as I know, there are very few disciples between the ages of thirty and forty among the disciples of the outer sect of Daoling Mountain. According to the average age of the disciples accepted by Daoling Mountain, if they entered the mountain at the age of twelve, that is to say, from eighteen years ago to twenty-eight years ago, there must be some reason that caused their number to drop sharply. ”

"Eighteen to twenty-eight years ago...... He Zhiliao frowned, "and let me think about it." ”