Chapter 17: Branching Sects
The outer gate of Yuqing Sect, built in Chaoyang Peak, one of the five peaks, from the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, the courtyards of houses are built according to the mountain, and a wide stone step road runs up and down.
At the foot of the mountain, there is a compound with hundreds of houses, which is where the outer disciples stay. Outside the compound, on the wide field paved with bluestone, people of all kinds of clothes are coming one after another, some are in rags, some are in brocade robes, some are alone, and some are surrounded by slaves. These people are the secular people who came from outside the Yuqing Sect, and as long as they pass the entrance test, they will have the opportunity to become disciples of the outer sect.
No matter how depressed the Yuqing Sect is, it is also a sect that cultivates immortals, and those who want to enter may not all want to become immortals, as long as they learn a little skill, it is enough for them to exchange for a lifetime of wealth in the world. Not to mention anything else, even if it is just a mere Qi refining realm, it can be regarded as a master in the world, and worldly wealth is at your fingertips.
However, the highlight of the day is not at the bottom of the mountain, but on the summit of Chaoyang Peak. This Chaoyang Peak, not so majestic and towering, especially the peak seems to be cut flat by someone, into a huge flat top, today the outer gate Dabi is on this flat top.
Ye Zan, along with Elder Mo, first went to Yuquan Peak to meet with Wu Changsheng, the head of the sect, as well as the two Jindan Sect Masters Jin Dasheng and Luo Jinniang. After a few people greeted each other and sat down and chatted for a while, their respective swords went to Chaoyang Peak together, of course, what Ye Zan was stepping on was actually a flying skateboard made in the shape of a broadsword.
On the top of Chaoyang Peak, ten competition platforms have been set up outside Chaoyang Palace, and hundreds of outer disciples have been waiting here early. There are more than a hundred disciples of the outer gate, this is the current Yuqing Sect, all the disciples in the outer gate. I think that in the heyday of that year, the Yuqing Sect's outer door competition lasted for more than a month, and now it will be over in about a day.
said that it was a grand event, but to be honest, it really didn't deserve the word "grand event".
After Ye Zan and the others came to Pingding, Wu Changsheng, the head of the sect, took the stage and showed his face and said a few words of encouragement, and then Jin Dasheng announced the start of the outer door competition. After doing this, several people went directly into Chaoyang Palace, and they didn't bother to look at it at all, just waiting for the results of the final big competition to come out.
However, a few people had just sat down when they entered Chaoyang Palace, and Ye Zan was about to go out alone to see the excitement, when a disciple ran in and reported something.
"Qi Yu is in charge of teaching, and Grandmaster Luo Miao and his disciples came to watch the ceremony, and they are waiting at the bottom of the mountain at this moment. The disciple said after seeing the salute.
Immediately afterwards, another disciple came in from outside, and after saluting Wu Changsheng and the others, he said: "Qiqi is in charge, Wuzhu sent Grandmaster Wang Lianshan and his disciples to watch the ceremony, and he has arrived at the bottom of the mountain at this moment. ”
Someone came to watch the ceremony, which is a good thing, indicating that everyone has a good relationship and that others give themselves face. However, hearing the reports of the two disciples before and after, the faces of Wu Changsheng and the others suddenly became a little ugly.
"Senior Sister Luo, let's go and greet you. Wu Changsheng's tone was a little gloomy, and at the same time a little helpless, as if he did not welcome the two groups of people who came to watch the ceremony.
"Yes. Luo Jinniang also had a bad face, and although her answer was crisp but blunt, she got up and walked out after a sentence.
Luo Jinniang went out to greet the visitors, and the atmosphere in the palace seemed a little strange for a while, not as natural as before.
Ye Zan looked very strange beside him, and couldn't help but poke Elder Mo who was sitting next to him, and asked, "Old Mo, what's the matter, why aren't you happy when someone comes to cheer?"
"Hmph," Elder Mo snorted coldly and said, "What kind of support, those who come are not good, and those who are good don't come, they are here to smash the field." ”
"The Jinguang Sect and the Wuzhu Sect were originally the branches of my Yuqing Sect, and the two factions stood on their own thousands of years ago, and they have been fighting against our sect everywhere since then. They are here to watch the ceremony, but in fact, they just want to see what rising stars we have, which is worthy of their attention and recruitment, and even ......" Wu Changsheng said slowly, he couldn't hear much anger anymore, and he was more helpless.
After listening to Wu Changsheng's explanation, Ye Zan also understood, no wonder they would look like this. Those two factions said that they were here to watch the ceremony, but in fact, they were to see who was worth digging, and if they couldn't dig up, they would find a way to strangle them, such as Qi Qianjun's encounter is an example. Don't underestimate those outer disciples, that is the foundation of a sect, and the practice of the two factions is like digging the root of the Yuqing Sect.
But in the face of such a situation, what can Yuqing Sect say and what can it do?
Not to mention the Golden Light Sect and the Wuzhu Sect behind them, no one knows which great sect is standing. Just talking about the current strength of the Yuqing Sect, in fact, it can't suppress these two factions, the Jinguang faction and the Wuzhu faction also have the Yuan Infant Ancestor in charge, but they have no deterrent effect at all.
Moreover, regardless of what means the two factions play behind their backs, they don't let people find fault on the surface, people in the righteous path have always been the best at doing this kind of thing. Just like this to watch the ceremony, if Yuqingzong directly refuses, the first is that he is not close to people and does not give face, and the second is that there are no three hundred taels of silver here. Therefore, no matter how unhappy you are in your heart, you have to send someone to meet them, and no matter how much you hate them in your heart, you will have a smile on your face.
In fact, in the final analysis, this is the sorrow of the weak, if you have enough strength, you can not give face to anyone, and if you don't have strength, you can only be a man with your tail between your legs.
After a while, Luo Jinniang walked in with two groups of people. is still the same sentence, not to be provoked on the surface, after Luo Miao and Wang Lianshan came in, they greeted Wu Changsheng and the others with smiles on their faces, and they couldn't see that there was so much dirt in private. On the side of Yuqing Sect, naturally he couldn't fall into the hands of others, and responded with the same hypocritical smile.
"Uncle Mo, I don't know who this fellow Daoist is?" After greeting him, Luo Miao's eyes fell on Ye Zan, and when he saw a young man sitting next to Mo Rushi, he immediately felt very curious, especially when he found that this young man was actually only a cultivator in the Qi Refining Realm.
Since it was only the cultivation of the Qi Refining Realm, it would definitely not be a guest recruited by the Yuqing Sect from the outside. But if it is a disciple or nephew of Mo Ruyi, then it should not be sitting next to him, but standing behind him.
"Yes, Uncle Mo, this Taoist friend is very angry, I don't know if you can introduce it?" Wang Lianshan also followed up and asked, obviously curious about Ye Zan's identity.
The Jinguang Sect and the Wuzhu Sect used to be branches of the Yuqing Sect, don't look at it, they are all independent, but they are still the same ancestor when they go up. The generations can't be messed up, people in the righteous path pay the most attention to this, no matter how Luo Miao and Wang Lianshan feel in their hearts, they still have to be called Uncle Mo on the surface.
"Haha," Mo Ru laughed twice hypocritically, then pointed to Ye Zan beside him, and said: "His surname is Ye Mingzan, he is the disciple of the old man's recent substitute teacher, and he is the old man's junior brother, and you two should also call him uncle." ”
As soon as Mo Ruyi's words came out, Luo Miao and Wang Lianshan were stunned for a moment, and they seemed to wonder if their ears had heard wrong. If they want to say that they are apprentices who are accepted, they can barely believe it, after all, there was a Qi Qianjun more than twenty years ago, and it is not too surprising to accept another apprentice now. However, accepting apprentices on behalf of the master is often because the master has a will, but the master has been dead for hundreds of years, how can he only accept the apprentice on behalf of the master now.
Could it be that it is just to embarrass us, so let us call Uncle Shi by accepting a Qi Refining Realm on behalf of the teacher? Luo Miao and Wang Lianshan thought about it like this, and thought that it was really possible, after all, Yuqing Sect could only take advantage of it verbally.