Qingyun Mountain Tongtian Peak, in the majestic Yuqing Palace, the statue of Sanqing Statue on top is still quietly overlooking the people under the stage, as in the past.

Dao Xuan Zhenren sat on the main seat, and the first seat of the other veins was also all present.

What is different from the past is that the first seat of Longshou Peak has been replaced by Qi Hao, and Luoxia Peak and Chaoyang Peak have also been replaced by Chu Yuhong and Feiyun Daoren.

The atmosphere on the field was a little depressing, but after a long time, Tian Buyi pursed his lips and said, "I knew that those guys in Incense Valley would have problems sooner or later, and I should have taken precautions against them a long time ago." ”

Dao Xuan Zhenren frowned when he heard this, raised his head and glanced at his beloved apprentice Xiao Yicai at the bottom of the steps, then looked around at everyone, but finally fell on Shui Yue, and said, "Senior sister, what do you think." ”

Master Shuiyue didn't have any expression on his slightly cold face, just glanced up at Dao Xuan Zhenren, and said: "Since this matter was passed back by my disciple, there should be nine times out of ten that the evidence is conclusive, although she is very arrogant and frizzy on weekdays, but in these key matters, she is still more concerned." ”

Dao Xuan Zhenren nodded, groaning slightly, but turned his head to look at Qi Hao, the new head of Longshou Peak, who was silent on the side, and said with a smile: "What do you think, let's also talk about it." ”

Qi Hao, who had been silent all the time and was sitting on the side, hurriedly stood up when he heard this, bowed to Dao Xuan Zhenren, and said, "Back to the teacher, I think this matter needs to be carefully investigated before making a conclusion, after all, the Incense Valley should not be underestimated, it is better for us to be careful." ”

Hearing this, Dao Xuan Zhenren squinted his eyes and nodded. Just about to say something more, unexpectedly, at this moment, a white light suddenly lit up from the entrance of the Yuqing Palace, and with a scream, a strange white bird appeared at the door of the main hall and let out a long roar at Dao Xuan Zhenren.

Dao Xuan Zhenren's face changed slightly, and he suddenly put his inquiring gaze on Xiao Yicai, who saw this and nodded imperceptibly.

With a move of raising his hand, something on the white bird was grabbed by Dao Xuan Zhenren, and the white bird didn't stop longer when he saw this, his wings spread, and as soon as the white light of his whole body was released, he disappeared in place again.

The faces of several people in the hall changed slightly, but except for the few people who saw the movements of the white bird clearly, the rest of the people did not see how the white bird disappeared.

Tian Buyi looked at the place where the white bird had disappeared, his eyes were thoughtful, and he turned his head to look at the thing that Dao Xuan Zhenren was holding in his hand.

That thing was a cylinder, and after Dao Xuan Zhenren shook it, he actually raised his hand and pulled out a piece of paper folded together.

He looked up and saw that everyone was looking at him, so he opened the paper and looked at it word by word.

In the eyes of everyone, as time slowly passed, Dao Xuan Zhenren's brows slowly wrinkled, and after a long time, he looked at the letterhead in his hand and sighed softly.

Tian Buyi was more anxious, and hurriedly asked, "Senior brother in charge, but what's the situation?"

Dao Xuan Zhenren glanced at him, raised his hand and handed him the letterhead in his hand, Tian Buyi hurriedly looked down, but the more he looked, the more heavy his face became.

After a short time, this letterhead turned around in the hands of everyone in the field, and it was not until Xiao Yi, who was standing in front of the hall, gently placed the letterhead on the low table in front of Dao Xuan Zhenren, and the atmosphere on the field calmed down again.

After a long time, Tian Buyi snorted coldly and said: "What else is there to discuss, now that the facts are in front of you, that Yun Yilan is afraid that he has lost his mind and gone crazy, and he is willing to take such a big risk to do this thing that people and gods are angry about." ”

Speaking of this, he raised his hand and patted the low table in front of him, and then said: "Senior brother in charge, let me go and take a look, I can't really release those barbarians in the 100,000 mountains." ”

Master Shuiyue on the side also nodded, but didn't say anything.

Dao Xuan Zhenren frowned and thought for a long time, but still did not make up his mind, after all, southern Xinjiang has been the territory of the Incense Valley for hundreds of years, and the alien races in the 100,000 mountains have always been blocked by the Incense Valley, which is very popular in the local area, and outsiders rush to interfere, but they are afraid that it will backfire.

And even if he sent someone over, this person must first outperform the southern Xinjiang in strength, so that the people in the Incense Valley dare not make a mistake.

But the matter has come to this, and he can't sit idly by, he glanced around at everyone, and finally didn't agree to Tian Buyi's request, just said to let him think about it, and waved his hand to let the heads of the veins go back.

Sitting on the empty Yuqing Palace, his face was solemn, and his heart was entangled for a long time, but in the end, he sighed, got up and walked towards the back of the hall.

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Qingyun back mountain, ancestral hall...

After so many years, there seems to be no change here, and the smell of incense is still quietly permeating.

In the open space in front of the ancestral hall, the old man held a broom, still methodically sweeping the fallen leaves in the open space. The surroundings were silent and empty, only the breeze crept in, stirring up the white hair on his sideburns, on which the years flowed.

After a long time, the fallen leaves on the open space were almost cleaned, and he took out a wooden barrel out of nowhere, wiped the offering table in the ancestral hall, and then poured himself a cup of tea, sat down at the stone table in the open space, and slowly tasted it.

The sky gradually darkened, and you could see the lights of the mountain in front of you from a distance, but all the fireworks seemed to have nothing to do with you.

Retracting his stunned gaze into the distance, the tea in his hand seemed to be a little cold, he frowned slightly, and splashed it in the grass on the side, and when he looked up again, there was already one more person at the table.

Dao Xuan Zhenren still had a dark green Dao robe, and at this moment, he really put his hands behind his back and looked at the old man in front of him.

The wrinkles on his face seemed to be deeper, and he couldn't even see the shadow of his youth.

"Oh, a rare guest!"

The old man smiled and sighed.

Dao Xuan Zhenren frowned and said, "Why are you old like this?" ”

The old man pursed his lips and replied, "Isn't that a normal thing? Who in this world can live forever?"

After saying this, he looked up at the whiteness of Dao Xuanzhen's sideburns, and said, "Aren't you old yourself, and you're embarrassed to talk about me." ”

Dao Xuan Zhenren was stunned for a moment, a few traces of complexity flashed in his eyes, and he slowly sat down on the other side of the stone table.

Seeing this, the old man took out another upside-down teacup from the tea tray on the table, gently placed it in front of Dao Xuan, and slowly poured a cup of tea for Dao Xuan.

"Did you encounter anything?" he asked softly, expressionless.

Dao Xuan Zhenren picked up the teacup and took a sip, glanced around, and then put his eyes on the old man, but he answered the question, "How long have you been here?"

The old man was stunned for a moment, looked at him suspiciously, tilted his head and thought for a while, and sighed: "It's been a long time, so long that I can't even remember..."

Dao Xuan Zhenren fell silent when he heard this, and the place fell into a long silence again.

The last glimmer of light disappeared into the distant sky, and the stars and moon gradually brightened, and the two of them sat for an unknown amount of time, until a figure broke the silence, and the two of them reacted.

Lin Jingyu stood on the open ground in astonishment, looked at the Dao Xuan Zhenren at the table, and hurriedly saluted: "I've seen the master uncle!"

Dao Xuan looked at Lin Jingyu, who was dressed in white and standing tall, a trace of complexity flashed in his eyes, nodded and stood up.

The old man looked at Lin Jingyu, but there was a hint of relief in his eyes, and said, "I'm back, not bad." ”

Hearing this, Lin Jingyu nodded happily and walked over, took out a jade bottle from his arms and put it in front of the old man, and said, "Senior, this is what Senior Sister Lin asked me to bring you." ”

The old man smiled and nodded.

Dao Xuan Zhenren watched all this silently, and after a long time, he stood up, turned around and left.

Halfway through, his figure paused, turned his head and took a deep look at the old man, and said, "There is something over there in the Incense Valley, you can prepare... Let's take a trip..."

With that, he lingered no longer, and turned and disappeared into the darkness.

The clearing was quiet again, but Lin Jingyu, who was standing on the side, was keenly aware that the old man's hand holding the teacup was trembling slightly, and he could hardly help himself...

The old man smiled silently and looked back at the brightly lit ancestral hall.

After hundreds of years of hard work, I finally got rid of the shackles...

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