In front of the gate of the Tianyun Sect.

"Senior brother, it seems that someone is coming. A young disciple in a white robe said. He put his hands on his brows, shielded from the falling rain, and looked at the sky in the distance.

"Hmm. A person next to him answered, looking far away, trying to see the face of the comer, but the rain was too heavy, and he could only vaguely see the light of the two fairy swords, one green and one green, and the vague figure on the flying sword.

When the immortal sword flew closer, he finally saw clearly that the clothes of the comer were the purple robes of the Taiqing Sect, and one of them was Li Yuanxiao, the Taiqing Sect Master he had seen before. "Hurry up and report to the sect master, the Taiqing sect master is here!"

When the little disciple heard this, he quickly turned around and ran towards the sect.

There was still some distance from the gate, Li Yuanxiao and Yu Ruijiang slowly fell, and then came on foot. This is the rule of the immortal cultivation world. Compared with the other six major sects, the Tianyun Sect's Sect Protector Array has the smallest range, only covering a circle of the sect, but in terms of defensive ability, it is the strongest, because this magic array called the "Yin and Yang Liangyi Tiangang Array" was personally laid by the Tianyun Sword Immortal Ding Ruohai. Ding Ruohai was already proficient in metaphysical arcane arts such as feng shui and formations, and the Tianyun Sect was in the middle of the two qi associated lakes of Fuqin and Jilan, and the two lakes of yin and yang complemented each other, which made the defensive ability of this array improve a lot.

"I don't know if it's the arrival of the two seniors of the Taiqing Sect, and it's a long way off. The disciple bowed respectfully.

"We are here to visit Sect Master Ye, I don't know if he is in the sect?" Li Yuanxiao asked.

"Here, two seniors, please come with me. The disciple led the way in front of the two heads.

After entering the sect, Li Yuanxiao seemed to ask casually: "Little Daoist, there is a disciple in your sect named 'Chao Zhongwei', do you recognize him?"

"Oh, Senior Brother Chao, I know. The disciple replied, "I know him quite well." How did the seniors recognize Senior Brother Chao?"

"Well, I don't know him, but he has some connection to my two grandchildren. I don't know who his disciple is?

"Senior Brother Chao is a disciple of Sect Master Ye, and the realm should be in the early stage of the cave void. ”

Li Yuanxiao and Yu Ruijiang glanced at each other when they heard this, but they didn't expect Chao Zhongwei to be Ye Shenrong's disciple, which was a bit troublesome.

The majestic hall of Tianyun Sect - the Kite Flying Hall is facing the gate, and the highest part of the main hall is carved with a kite eagle flying with wings, looming in the thin light mist of the misty basin, which has the meaning of going to the sky and entering the clouds. This kite eagle sculpture is the symbol of the Tianyun Sect, which was originally carved by the Tianyun Sword Immortal Ding Ruohai with a sharp Gongbu Immortal Sword in a moment.

As soon as the three of them walked through the courtyard, the gate of the Kite Flying Hall opened, and Ye Shenrong, who had a mustache, greeted him: "It turned out to be Sect Master Li and Elder Yu, what kind of wind blew you here?" ”

"If you take the liberty of visiting, I hope that Sect Master Ye will forgive me. Li Yuanxiao returned the salute.

"Where, where. Ye Shenrong smiled.

After sitting down in the Kite Fei Palace, Ye Shenrong spoke, "Sect Master Li and Elder Yu braved this heavy rain to come to our sect, there must be something important, right?"

Li Yuanxiao smiled slightly, and said lightly: "It's not very important, Elder Yu and I passed by here and came to visit Sect Master Ye." I don't know what your sect has gained at this Ten Thousand Immortals Conference?" He was afraid that Ye Shenrong would be suspicious, so he didn't ask Chao Zhongwei directly.

"Hehe, isn't this the case at every conference? My Tianyun Sect's alchemy and sword-forging techniques are not as good as those of the Taiqing Sect, how can there be a lot of precious pills and high-grade immortal swords? It's just that I exchanged some ordinary immortal cultivation items for some medicinal materials needed in the sect. Ye Shenrong took a sip of tea, paused for a moment, and then said, "Such bad weather is really rare, Sect Master Li specially came to visit our sect, I don't think it is just to ask about this matter, right? ”

"Then I'll get straight to the point. This time I came mainly for Sect Master Ye's senior disciple, Chao Zhongwei. Li Yuanxiao had already prepared his speech in the courtyard just now.

"Zhong Wei, what's wrong with him, how could the two of you know him?" Ye Shenrong was full of doubts, Chao Zhongwei was a Tianyun Sect that he entered twenty-seven years ago, and he had good roots, and was later accepted as a disciple by Ye Shenrong, in less than thirty years, he had already cultivated to the early stage of the Cave Void, and the speed of cultivating immortals was really amazing. Chao Zhongwei himself is humble and polite, so he is very much loved by Ye Shenrong. Ye Shenrong wondered how Chao Zhongwei spent most of his time concentrating on cultivation and rarely left the sect, and he didn't know how Li Yuanxiao knew that he had such a disciple.

"Lingtu has some relationship with my two grandsons, so they know each other. This Ten Thousand Immortals Conference, I exchanged a piece of jade pendant for my grandson, and later heard that the jade pendant was originally a thing of the disciples, and the two of us passed by here, so I wanted to ask what happened. Li Yuanxiao's words avoided the truth, but in fact, he still didn't say the purpose of coming, and in this way, it can be inferred from Ye Shenrong's reaction whether he had anything to do with the tragedy of the year.

Sure enough, Ye Shenrong would be wrong, he thought that Li Yuanxiao was going to return the jade pendant to Chao Zhongwei, so he hurriedly said: "It's okay, Zhong Wei is not in the sect now, and he left for the Poison Refining Sect yesterday." It is his honor for Zhong Wei to have the honor to meet the grandson of Sect Master Li, and the transaction of the Ten Thousand Immortals Conference is fair, since it has been exchanged, I will be the master on behalf of Zhong Wei, and Sect Master Li can only give the jade pendant to Ling's grandson. ”

Since Ye Shenrong said so, Li Yuanxiao also knew in his heart, it seems that Ye Shenrong didn't know about what happened back then. However, Chao Zhongwei is very likely to be related to the tragedy of the year, otherwise why did he go to the Poison Refining Sect at this juncture, it is too coincidental.

"Chao Zhongwei is not in the sect, but it is convenient for me to act. Li Yuanxiao said secretly in his heart, but he followed Ye Shenrong's intention to be wrong: "Since this is the case, then thank Sect Master Ye." We stopped bothering each other and took our leave. ”

"It's rare for Sect Master Li and Elder Yu to come here, why don't you stay for a while? Ye Shenrong said.

"Thank you Sect Master Ye for your kindness, it's just that the rain is pouring down, and it hasn't stopped for a long time, so it's inconvenient for us to stay in your sect, and we will definitely come to visit again when the weather is fine." Li Yuanxiao pushed the road, stood up with Yu Ruijiang, and said goodbye together.

Ye Shenrong also got up and returned the salute: "Then I'll send the two out of the sect." ”

After walking out of the mountain gate, the three of them said goodbye again, and Li and Yu rose up with their swords and flew towards the north.

"Sect Master, it seems that we are going to go to the Poison Refining Sect to have a look. Yu Ruijiang said.

"That's nature. After we flew north out of the Misty Basin first, we then went to the east to the Poison Refining Sect, so as not to make Ye Shenrong suspicious when he saw it. ”

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It is said that this is a few days ago, Qiongzhou City, Tenglong County.

Qiongzhou is a prosperous state in the south of Tenglong County, and not far to the east is the continuous Jinwu Mountain. The traffic here is inconvenient, and there are mountains in the east, so it stands to reason that it should be a somewhat deserted small city, but Qiongzhou is large enough to be comparable to Qingzhou, the capital of the Ningjin Dynasty. The reason is simple: every spring, the top two sects in Tenglong County, the Red Sun Sect and the Rongyang Sect, recruit new disciples in Qiongzhou. The Red Sun Sect is the head of the sect in the Blue Dragon Continent, and every year at the recruitment conference, there are countless people who want their sons to come with their sons, hoping to send them to the Red Sun Sect to cultivate immortals. Even if you fail to enter the Chiri Sect, you can still go to the Rongyang Sect to try again, so the prosperity of Qiongzhou completely depends on the fame of the two sects.

There are many restaurants and inns in Qiongzhou, and you can find one every dozens of steps in the streets and alleys of the city, but even if there are so many, it is difficult to withstand the crowds that flock from all over the Qinglong Continent whenever the two sects of Chiri and Rongyang recruit disciples. However, once those days passed, the business gradually cooled down, so many shops took advantage of the crowds to ask for a lot of money and make a profit. The guests were helpless, they had to have a place to stay, and they would admit it if they were slaughtered. If the son successfully passes the entrance test, the parents must be in a good mood, no longer care about the price, and often order a luxurious banquet to celebrate. If the son fails the test of both sects, the parents will be depressed, feeling that all the hardships have been in vain, the travel and housing expenses have been wasted, and the grumpy people will quarrel with the black-hearted shopkeepers. Therefore, the territory of Qiongzhou is known as such a nursery rhyme:

"Qiongzhou is big, Qiongzhou is good, there are really a lot of Qiongzhou inns.

In the warm spring, the guests arrived, and the prices of drinks and dishes jumped.

The store is black, sweating profusely, and it is inevitable to be slaughtered.

That being the case, why do you want to be a dragon.

The Red Sun Sect has a high threshold, and who can predict whether to enter or not.

If you can pass, someone laughs, and the daughter celebrates not a treasure.

There are many failures, and that can be suffered, and he is angry and angry.

Come to Qiongzhou, see the excitement, and know all the things in the world. ”

It's autumn now, and it's long past the season of opening and accepting disciples. Except for some very famous restaurants in Qiongzhou, most of the rest are crowded, and even many small shops simply close their doors and reopen in the spring of the following year.

The famous restaurant in the city, the Lion Tower, is still a market. The prices here are relatively reasonable, and there are many kinds of wine and vegetables, which are well-known far and wide. At the railing of the Lion Tower, near the street, a skinny, middle-aged man with a goatee was drinking alone. He carried two sword holsters on his back, and there were several delicate side dishes on the table in front of him, as well as three large wine jugs. The goatee has a hint of joy on his face, and he tastes the famous wine of Tenglong County - Dengtianke one by one.

"Among the seven famous wines in the world, this Tenglong County climber drank the most comfortably. The entrance is clear and sweet, spicy and mellow in the throat, and the aftertaste is endless in the stomach. The feeling of fluttering immortals, like a guest to the sky. Wonderful, wonderful!" Goatee swallowed a sip of wine, squinted his eyes, and muttered to himself pleasantly.

The shopkeeper who passed by the side heard it and answered: "Guest officer, you are right." Among the seven famous wines, the fragrance is the most durable, and the rhyme is the longest. And our Lion Tower's ascending guests are also like this in the entire Tenglong County," he said, brushing the rag on his shoulder and making a thumbs-up gesture, "If our Lion Tower recognizes the second, no store dares to recognize the first." His pride was palpable.

The goatee grinned: "You are really not modest in this shopkeeper." Then according to what you mean, your Lion Tower's Heavenly Climber is the best drink in the entire Qinglong Continent?"

The shopkeeper was proud, shook his head and said, "Guest officer, don't doubt it. Our Lion House climbers, there is not a bottle of wine that has been treasured for decades. The cereals and potatoes originally selected as the raw materials for brewing are of excellent quality, combined with the unique brewing secret recipe of my Lion House, which has been brewed by masters who have been immersed in brewing for decades, and then stored for at least 30 years. You say, in terms of this quality, can it not be the first?"

The shopkeeper spoke loudly, so that the guests on the second floor could hear it. The guests listened to Xiao Er's words, and they all smiled, regardless of whether his words were reliable or not, just talking about the mellow taste of this heavenly guest, I believe that there is no one who can find Tenglong County.

"Xiao Er, don't brag about it yet, hurry up and help me find a seat! This ghost weather is really unlucky, and you can't stop it with an umbrella. "From the staircase came a young man with a soaked lower body, dressed in a white robe, and the oil-paper umbrella in his hand was dripping with water.

The shopkeeper looked around and didn't find an empty table, so he nodded and said, "I'm sorry, this guest officer, there is no empty table upstairs." Are there any seats downstairs?"

"Isn't this, why should I come up and have a vacant seat down there? "The man didn't seem to be in a good mood.

Although the shopkeeper has no culture, he still knows how to look at the road. The robes on this person's body and the sword cover on his back all indicate his identity as an immortal cultivator. The shopkeeper secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said in his heart that such guests can't be provoked, so he laughed and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry." ”

"If you don't mind, you can sit at the same table with me. Goatee said suddenly.

The immortal cultivator looked to the side of the railing, and the goatee was looking at him with a smile.

"He calls me 'Daoyou', it seems that he is also an immortal cultivator, but his clothes are not a disciple of any sect, it is estimated that he is a casual cultivator. The young man pondered in his heart, and thanked him: "Since Daoyou is so gracious, it is disrespectful to you." With that, he walked over to the seat across from the goatee and sat down.

Goatee asked, "I don't know what sect you are?"

"In Xia Mi Junliang, a disciple of the Tianyun Sect. What about fellow Daoists?"

Goatee said in surprise: "I said why this robe looks a little familiar, it turns out to be a fellow Daoist of the Tianyun Sect, disrespectful, disrespectful." In the next is a scattered cultivation, the surname is Gongsun, and the single name is a central character. ”

"It turned out to be Gongsun Daoyou. Alas, I really want to thank you for placing me evenly, or I would have to brave the rain to find another place to rest. Mi Junliang thanked him.

Gongsun Yang looked very bold: "Hey, where is this." You and I are both immortal cultivators, what's the harm in a good position?" he waved his hand to Xiao Eryi, who was pouring tea, "Xiao Er, there are a few more hot dishes here, if it's good, bring three pots of wine!" Then, he said to Mi Junliang, "This table of wine and food, please don't be polite, it's all counted in my account." ”

Mi Junliang thanked him again: "Since Brother Gongsun is so hearty and open-minded, then I won't shirk." ”

Hearing that Mi Junliang called himself from "Gongsun Daoyou" to "Brother Gongsun", Gongsun Yang was a little fluttering, and he said enthusiastically: "Brother Mi can enjoy the wine and food." I don't know why Brother Mi came to Tenglong County?"

Mi Junliang replied, "Isn't the east of Qiongzhou Jinwu Mountain?" My master, that is, the Tianyun Sect Master, ordered me to send a letter to the Chiri Sect Master. Originally, it would be fine after delivering the letter, and I wanted to take a tour on the way back to Zong, but who would have thought that it would rain so heavily as soon as I came down the mountain, and I bought an oil-paper umbrella that couldn't block the wind that rolled the raindrops. What about Brother Gongsun, is it a wandering cultivation passing through here?"

"No, I came to Tenglong County to participate in the Ten Thousand Immortals Conference. After the conference, I went all the way south to Qiongzhou. I just wanted to leave, but it rained heavily, so I simply went into the lion building to drink and watch the rain, and waited for the rain to stop before leaving. ”

"Brother Gongsun is really interested. Listening to the rain and watching the scenery on this railing, tasting side dishes, drinking wine, coupled with my brother's hearty personality, really swept away the depression in my heart. Come, I have the honor to meet Brother Gongsun today, and thanks to Brother Gongsun's warm hospitality, I will toast you first!" Mi Junliang raised his wine cup.

"Brother Mi is also a bold person, and my grandson Yang loves to make friends the most in his life. Come on, do it!"

After drinking, Xiao Er served a few more hot dishes with all the color and flavor, and the two began to talk while eating.

"Brother Gongsun, I don't know what you have gained in this Ten Thousand Immortals Conference?" Mi Junliang asked casually.

This sentence was asking the most beautiful thing in Gongsun Yang's heart, so he replied with a happy face: "Yes, there is a great harvest! At this conference, I finally changed to my favorite fairy sword. ”

"Oh, then I'm going to congratulate Brother Gongsun, no wonder you are carrying two sword holsters. I don't know what grade of fairy sword it is?"

Gongsun Yang was a little hesitant at first, whether to tell the truth about the grade of the Red Qiang Immortal Sword, and then thought about it, as a disciple of Mi Junliang Tianyun Sect, he shouldn't care about his mid-grade immortal sword. "It's a medium-grade fairy sword. He leaned closer to Mi Junliang and whispered.

Mi Junliang felt a little funny, a mere medium-grade fairy sword was still so mysterious, it seemed that Gongsun Yang had really never seen anything good. "Medium-grade. Can you lend me a look?"

Gongsun Yang pondered for a moment: "Brother Mi, it's not that I don't want to, it's just that there are many people here, and you can't expose your wealth! Otherwise, when I find a secluded place, I'll show you the fairy sword, how about it?"

Mi Junliang couldn't help but smile: "Brother Gongsun is thoughtful, and what he says is extremely true. Okay, let's continue drinking and enjoying the rain!"

The two of them drank until dark, and the heavy rain still had no intention of stopping. So they went to the Xueqing Inn together to stay overnight.

The next day, heavy rain was still falling. Mi Junliang couldn't wait and wanted to return to his sect. Gongsun Yang didn't have any specific destination, so he traveled with him. Since Mi Junliang was still in the realm of harmony and did not know how to resist the sword, after leaving Qiongzhou, Gongsun Yang took him to fly to Xiaozhou in the southeast of Tenglong County.

The heavy rain affected the speed of travel, and the two of them flew for three days, but they had not yet reached the realm of Xiaozhou. At the foot of a low hill, there was a pavilion in disrepair, with two pillars collapsed, and the whole pavilion hung diagonally at the top, and the plaque had fallen to the ground and was broken, and it was covered with mud. Through the washing of the rain, you can vaguely see the three big characters on the plaque - Nanshan Pavilion.

It was a barren mountain, and there was rubble on and under it, and there was not a single tree. The two of them were tired and went to the pavilion to rest.

Mi Junliang shook the water on his sleeve and said, "Brother Gongsun, thank you for taking me with me in such a heavy rain." ”

"Where, Brother Mi and I hit it off at first sight, and Ben has no direction, so it's a pleasure to walk together. Gongsun Yang smiled, "By the way, Brother Mi, when I first met in the Lion Building a few days ago, you mentioned that you wanted to see my medium-grade fairy sword, and now there is no one in Siye." He pulled out the Red Qiang Immortal Sword on his back with a "puff", the blade of the sword trembled slightly by the wind, and the red light of the sword body lingered, which was very good-looking.