Chapter 14: The head of the house gives way
At the foot of the water Tianshan Mountain, perennial smoke lingers, and the evergreen trees of the four seasons form the mist that fills the Tianshan Mountain, and the smoke swirls up and crosses a small mountain peak to the flash waist of the main peak, and then, it rises to the air less than a foot before turning into nothingness.
Halfway up the main peak is the place where the water connects to the Tianshan Mountain, and in the Zhang Lao Pavilion on the north side of the water and the Tianshan Mountain, an old man with white hair looked at the two women and a man below, and turned to the middle-aged woman holding a long sword and asked: "I heard that she has arrived at the Tianshan Inn, but I don't know if she can learn to fly with a sword?"
"Ye Qingchen has already gone to the Tianshan Inn, and she will definitely be allowed to enter the Tianshan Mountains smoothly. It's just ......" The middle-aged woman squinted at the woman in Tsing Yi who had been turning the bamboo pen in her hand next to her, "It's just that I don't know if the third elder has seen the wrong person, if she doesn't have a painting spirit in her body, wouldn't we be busy in vain." β
The middle-aged woman still said the confusion in her heart, and she has always had a temperament to speak with a long sword.
"Hey, I said Second Elder, I know that you only value the common people in the world, and you are even more diligent than me in finding the painting spirit, but the painting spirit has never appeared since Lin Zhiqing's death, even if I am a spirit painter, it is difficult to give you an accurate answer. The woman in Tsing Yi lifted the bamboo brush in her hand, hugged it to her chest and tapped her left shoulder rhythmically, "However, I do like her talent in painting, and I will be happy if she is not the person you are looking for, so as not to make me feel guilty." β
"The three elders can teach her as a spirit painter, and as for whether it is right or not, it depends on the fate. The middle-aged man standing next to him said what the four people present were most concerned about, and immediately pointed out how to deal with this matter, "Recently, the seal of the magic bell is about to move, and we are also taking precautions, maybe we can find other solutions, so it's better not to let them know about this matter, so as not to extinguish the enthusiasm of young people." β
The other two women nodded in agreement, the white-haired old man sitting on the high seat was no different from the young man, and the white clothes were very flattering to his fairy wind bones, and he seemed to know something in his heart but he didn't break it, and walked down the steps in front of him with a heavy heart, touching the gray hair under his mouth with one hand, looking at the middle-aged man and the middle-aged woman holding a long sword, he said: "Just take care of what Ming said, this water connection Tianshan was originally created by you, and after the completion of this disciple recruitment ceremony, I will officially retire from the position of the head of the water connection Tianshan Mountain." β
"Master, if you are worried about the Demon Bell Seal, you don't have to do that. Zhao Yun stepped forward with a puzzled face and asked, since the three of them worked together to seal the magic bell a hundred years ago, they deeply felt that the magic cultivators in the Ruiguang Continent had made little progress, in order to improve the cultivators' magic cultivation more accurately and quickly, she and Gu Ming went to ask Mr. Gu, who was not going out in the world, to complete this lofty ambition with them, and in the end, Gu Mingxiaozhi finally invited the hidden Mr. Gu out with emotion and reason, and held the position of head of the Shuijie Tianshan Mountain until today, which had to make her suspect that it was related to the loosening of the magic bell sealγ
The third elder, who was leisurely playing with the brush in his hand, suddenly stopped the brush in his hand, flicked his cyan sleeves, his face was straight, and he had a very bad premonition. Although Mr. Gu is the head of the sect, in addition to preaching and receiving karma for his disciples, he usually only practices magic and divination, and he never asks about the things in the door, and only asks about Lin Weiran today.
"Could it be that Heavenly Dao has some instructions?" Gu Ming said the guess of the three elders, and his unwavering eyes instantly became a little anxious, and his mind was quickly guessing that if this matter was so serious that martyrdom was not enough to calm it, what other way could he deal with or transform this crisis.
"Without him, I just want to go to retreat without any scruples," Mr. Gu shook his head, his eyes were still as calm as water, as if no waves would splash a layer of ripples, and the Third Elder turned around and walked inside. "Third Elder, I have a technique here that can open up the blocked meridians of my own meridians, and you will teach her on my behalf. β
"You are really the master, since Gu Ming and Zhao Yun are disdainful of the position of the leader, why don't you pass it on to me?" The third elder looked at Mr. Gu who did not change his face, raised his eyebrows very mischievously, and saw that the head of the house shook his head without changing her face, she instantly held her mouth and sighed very reluctantly, "Hey, I am also an elder, but I won't even have the opportunity to compete for the position of head of the house, this person is going to leave and call me to work, master, are you sure you won't give me some benefits before leaving?"
"My limit is approaching," Mr. Gu looked at the woman in Tsing Yi with an unserious face, and handed the booklet he had just gotten in front of her, "This, you have to teach her well." β
"Master, you have lived for so long, why do you suddenly say that you are going to be gone?" she finally called out the title that she had called countless times, and she had never called him master since she went to the water to pick up the Tianshan Mountain. She suddenly had an intuition that it would be even more difficult to call the master in front of the old man if she didn't call now. "No, since the master deliberately broke them up, there must be something very important, what happened?"
"I used Tian Zhan to calculate a hexagram, after my limit, Xiao Wuya is very likely to be reborn. He once watched the sky at night, and when he saw that the stars in the sky were different, he calculated a hexagram, and the hexagram showed that the white star fell from the wolf star, and he had already seen through life and death after cultivating immortals for so many years, but as a soothsayer, he still couldn't escape the fate of the soothsayer, and Xiao Wuya, who showed signs of survival, and the recent seal of the magic bell was about to move, so he had to risk peeping into the heavens to count it.
"What, master, you didn't hesitate to exchange your life for this illusory hexagram?" As soon as Tianzhan came out, even cultivators who were close to becoming immortals would lose the opportunity to ascend to immortals, and even their lifespan would not exceed three years. It is said that the fortune teller can't escape the fate of being eaten by the Heavenly Dao, I used to think that the master you have a low heart and will definitely be able to become an immortal, but I never thought that even the master could not be spared. After some ups and downs in her heart, she remembered who Xiao Wuya was in her master's mouth, "Xiao Wuya, isn't he the demon who was jointly killed by Lin Zhiqing, Great Elder Gu Ming and Second Elder Zhao Yun a hundred years ago?"
No wonder the master wants to break them up, if they know the news, they will definitely immediately rush into the water to pick up the Tianshan Mountain, and look for the culprit who once killed their family.
"If that's the case, then it's really true that we can't save the Ruiguang Continent by collectively martyrdom," the eyes of the three elders suddenly became confused, and an extremely bloody and cruel scene flashed in their eyes, and their fingers pinched the flesh of their palms tightly, still without any pain. "Master, do you have a solution?"
"Do you think that I plan to cut first and then play and secretly take the wooden card to the Lin family in Fengzhu Villa and I will not know about it?" Mr. Gu did not answer the rhetorical question, and a loving light flashed in his eyes when he looked at her, and it was fleeting.
The Third Elder looked up at this old man who was still immortal in surprise, his eyes rolled around, and then he asked with a surprised face, "Could it be that Lin Weiran really has a painting spirit in his body?"
"I don't know about it. According to the results of my Tianzhan, if you want to solve this dilemma, you need the help of outsiders," the white-bearded old man shook his head and sat down on the chair next to him, "And this outsider may be this Lin Weiran, who has a great change in temperament and has a good painting skill that makes you not hesitate to steal the Shimu card. β
"It's a shame that the apprentice thought it was because the master was dizzy and didn't see a wooden sign missing. Although she said lightly, her face was as bitter as Coptis chinensis, not dumb but afraid to speak, she was afraid that once she opened this mouth, her sad emotions would not be able to be recovered.
"So, whether it's her or not, we can only bet on this one. For fear of complications, you must not let them know about the things of the party, but there are many obstacles to her cultivation, and you have to put more effort into it. Mr. Gu emphasized again, although he knew in his heart that she was not as good as he seemed to be, Xu felt that his limit was approaching, so he couldn't help but say a few more words, one day as a teacher and a lifelong father, so many years of master-apprentice love can not be said to be able to give up.
He looked at the back of the figure who turned around and wanted to leave, and said softly: "Ah Wu, I have watched you grow up since I was a child, and I believe that you will be able to do this well." β
"Master. The three elders, who were about to leave, suddenly turned around, fell to their knees with a "poof", and looked at the white-haired old man with a somewhat lost expression with tears in his eyes and kowtowed three times. "Ah Wu, I will definitely keep it in mind. β
"Ye Qingchen, will you protect me?" Lin Weiran, who was hanging on the tree branch, shook his two arms very angrily, looking at Ye Qingchen, who had only flown in front of him at this time, he was even more angry and grinned and made a little beast that wanted to bite him hard before stopping, "Those who do not keep their promises will be eaten by jackals, tigers and leopards and abandon their bones, and then ...... And then it is not good to die. β
"So do you want me to die badly, or do you just want to come up and bite me?" Ye Qingchen looked at the girl in Tsing Yi who was stuck very firmly on the branch, a wicked smile rose at the corner of her mouth, stretched out her right hand and dangled back and forth in front of her, and then spread out her palm, "Also, what I just said is not to protect you but to catch you, didn't this branch just catch you?"
"Woo...... See that I don't bite off your hand. Lin Weiran desperately stretched out his head to bite the hateful man's hand to relieve his hatred, but after a few rounds of attempts, he was still trapped by this extremely strong branch, and he couldn't break free from the "claws" of this branch.
Ye Qingchen was quite proud when she saw that she was struggling desperately but still couldn't escape from the branch, but the evil forest was unstained but collapsed on the branch in frustration, and she got rid of a "frog" that was tied to her belly.
"Xiao Ran, this branch has to use magic to break free, just rely on your little bit of Taoism or continue to stay here and hang like a frog, this prince will go to the shade of the tree in front of you and wait to watch the sunset. β
"Dare to call you Xueba Lin's name, and even insult my appearance, I think you really owe bite. Lin Weiran's mind suddenly appeared with the picture of herself turning into a frog and then letting Ye Qingchen shake it to play, so angry that she suddenly clenched her fists. In one go, the feeling of flowing water that was drawing a rope at that time was conveyed through the wrist that drew the angular objects. She only heard a few "clicks", and the branch that stuck her instantly became a small piece of wood falling down and cutting neatly.
The girl in Tsing Yi put the fingers of her right hand across her chest, and the sword inserted in the ground fell on her feet with a "whoosh", and the man in the aqua blue clothes chasing in front of her shouted angrily: "Ye Qingchen, you are dead." β