After Li Xuandu left the Vientiane Academy, he returned to Qingping Garden and continued to retreat and cultivate. In the next few days, the various sects arrived one after another, and there were many turmoil in the city, and the brigades of the Heaven Repair Sect and the Forgetful Sect had also arrived, led by the four elders of the Qin family, and settled in a courtyard outside the city of Longmen Mansion. Among them is the most mysterious Qin family's chief housekeeper, Qin Buyi, but the old man did not show up, and he lived in a simple place.

In the end, the last Zhengyi Sect led by the Great Heavenly Master Zhang Jingxiu came belatedly and stayed in the Little Zhenren Mansion. On the day after the Great Heavenly Master Zhang Jingxiu came to Longmen Mansion, the major sect masters gathered in the Xiaozhen Mansion to discuss the matter of the attack on Beibi Mountain.

When Li Xuandu and Shen Yuanzhong came to the door, it was Zhang Yueshan who personally greeted them. Now Li Xuandu is different from the past, he is the master of a sect, if you talk about identity, although Zhang Yueshan is older, but he is still a step lower, so he took the initiative to bow and salute, and said: "I haven't seen you for many days, Brother Li is especially better than in the past, Brother Shi is in charge of the Taiping Sect as a disciple of Qingwei Sect, but it is a precedent for opening rivers and lakes, which is gratifying." ”

Because of Zhang Shishui and Dongxuandao, Zhang Yueshan and Li Xuan were not in harmony, and there was a sense of ridicule and provocation when he opened his mouth this time, and there was no smile on his face. However, Li Xuandu grew up in the Qingwei Sect since he was a child, and he was already surprised by this kind of yin and yang weirdness, and said calmly: "I am entrusted by Mr. Shen Da to take charge of the portal of the Taiping Sect, and to live in the position of the sect master, aiming to maintain the Taiping sect and rescue Mr. Shen. ”

If you talk about age, Zhang Yueshan and Zhang Haishi are not much different, after the wind, frost, snow and rain, they have long been happy and angry, at this time, I heard Li Xuandu say this, there was no reaction on his face, just said: "The twelve sects of the righteous path have always been in the same breath, and now the twelve sects are fighting together in Beibi Mountain, Mr. Shen Da's matter is not only the matter of the Taiping Sect, but also the matter of the twelve sects of the righteous path, since Brother Li Shi said so, this battle is necessary to rescue Mr. Shen Da." ”

Li Xuandu smiled: "It's so good." ”

Zhang Yueshan said again: "Sect Master Bai of the Cihang Sect, Master Wuzhen of the Vajra Sect, Sect Master Xiao of the Xuannu Sect, Mr. Haishi of the Qingwei Sect, and the sect masters and elders of the other sects have all arrived, please let Brother Li enter to meet each other." ”

Li Xuandu and Shen Yuanzhong arched their hands, stepped inside, and came to the main hall, where they could see that Bai Xiusheng, Wu Zhen, Xiao Shiyu, Sanxuan Zhenren, Wanshou Zhenren and other righteous path pillar figures had already arrived. Li Xuandu greeted everyone one by one, and Shen Yuanzhong also had old friends who had not seen each other for a long time, so he separated from Li Xuandu and went to the side to greet and reminisce.

After the ceremony, Li Xuandu saw that the Great Heavenly Master had not yet arrived, so he wanted to go to see if Qin Su had arrived, but suddenly someone patted him on the shoulder, and turned his head to look, it was the second senior brother Zhang Haishi, who was still beside him

There are Situ Xuanluo, the hall master of Tianji Hall of Qingwei Sect, and Li Rujian, the hall master of Tianjian Hall, as well as Taiwei Zhenren, the head of Donghua Sect, Nan Kezi, the hall master of Chongyang Hall of Danxia Peak, and they are all old acquaintances of Li Xuandu.

Li Xuan didn't say anything polite to Zhang Haishi, but just greeted a few other people.

Nan Kezi said: "Since Danxia Peak said goodbye, and Mr. Li has not seen each other for a year, that day Mr. Li went down the mountain alone, the old Tao thought that Mr. Li was going to make a comeback, never thought that the world was impermanent, Mr. Li failed to be the suzerain of Qingwei Sect, but he was the suzerain of Taiping Sect. It's okay to be like this, it's a family inside and out. ”

As soon as these words came out, Taiwei Zhenren's face changed slightly, and he was a little embarrassed, Situ Xuan coughed lightly and did not speak. After all, the current sect leader of Qingwei Sect is Li Yuanying, Li Xuandu wants to go up, Li Yuanying must come down, plus the two have been at odds for a long time, but this is a bit out of place, but Nan Kezi is not the kind of person who is scheming, most of these words are unintentional, and it is not easy to care about anything.

Only Zhang Haishi had a little smile on his face, and said: "What Brother Nan Ke Dao said is extremely true, Qingwei Sect and Taiping Sect both belong to the same lineage of Taiping Dao, and it is the same to be the sect master. If the Taiping Road is re-established in the future and a leader is proposed, only the virtuous can live in it, and this is the key. ”

Hearing Zhang Haishi say this, Situ Xuan pointed out slightly: "If you say that a person with high moral integrity is naturally the old sect master. ”

"It's nature. Zhang Haishi said lightly: "But life is not more than a hundred years, and after a hundred years of the old sect master, there will always be descendants." ”

Situ Xuanluo was about to speak, when he suddenly heard someone say: "Mr. Haishi, the Purple Mansion has arrived, but the poor road is too late." ”

Li Xuandu followed the prestige, and saw an old Taoist with white hair standing not far from him, his face was slightly unfamiliar, but his eyes were familiar, it was the Great Heavenly Master himself.

Li Xuandu hurriedly saluted and said, "I've seen the Great Heavenly Master." ”

The others also saw Zhang Jingxiu and prepared to salute.

Zhang Jingxiu waved his hand and said loudly: "You don't have to be polite, please take a seat." ”

The main hall of this small real man's mansion is built in imitation of the main hall of the big real man's mansion, the same size, except for the position of the top that belongs to the great heavenly master, there are fourteen chairs on the left and right, divided into two rows, seven in the front and seven, a total of twenty-eight chairs, symbolizing the twenty-eight nights.

The sect masters and elders took their seats, but as for the ordinary disciples, they were not qualified to set foot here.

Great Heavenly Master Zhang Jingxiu walked to the main seat, not in a hurry to take a seat, and hugged his fists and said, "Fellow Daoists, please." ”

Then he held the back of the chair that symbolized the throne of the Great Heavenly Master, and said slowly: "Today, we gathered in the Longmen Mansion for the crusade against Beibi Mountain. I think I'm on the right path

The two sects have always been in the same spirit, and they have joined hands in alliance for hundreds of years, advancing and retreating together. Poor Dao Xi is the leader of the Twelve Sects of the Righteous Path, and he has also been there for many years. It's just that in recent years, there have been a lot of major events in the rivers and lakes, the people of the five sects in the northwest have frequently attacked, arrogant, and all the sects have suffered from it. ”

Among the six sects of the righteous path, Zhang Jingxiu is the leader of the indispensable, then Bai Xiusheng is the second person after Zhang Jingxiu, at this time she was the first to get up and echoed: "What the Great Heavenly Master said is extremely true, now the situation has reached the point where there is no way to retreat, first the Xuannu Sect was attacked by the Xuannu Sect, and then Mr. Shen Da of the Taiping Sect suffered, and then the Earth Master personally led the evil masters to attack the Zhengyi Sect, and then said that the abbot of the Jing Zen Sect and Mr. Shen of the Taiping Sect were also poisoned by the Earth Master. The Confucian sages once said: 'Repay virtue with virtue and repay grievances with straightforwardness.' Such a new hatred and old hatred have come to avenge it. ”

All the sect masters present nodded their heads one after another, and at this time, someone spoke: "Since it is the twelve sects of the righteous path, then it is necessary to make up the number of twelve, Zhengyi Sect, Qingwei Sect, Taiping Sect, Cihang Sect, Donghua Sect, Miaozhen Sect, Shenxiao Sect, Shingon Sect, Vajra Sect, Xuannu Sect, and Faxiang Sect have all arrived, but there is still one Quiet Zen Sect missing." ”

As soon as these words came out, the hall was silent.

Zhang Jingxiu smiled faintly, and finally sat down in the position of the Great Heavenly Master, and said, "What Sect Master Zuo said is true. ”

Li Xuandu followed the prestige, but saw that the person who spoke was a middle-aged man, with a slender figure, elegant appearance, a pair of Danfeng fine eyes, and a slightly feminine temperament. On Taiping Mountain that day, Li Xuandu had seen most of the sect masters, only the sect master of the True Transmission Sect and the sect master of the Faxiang Sect had never seen it, since the Great Heavenly Master called him "Sect Master Zuo", and he was not dressed as a monk, that was the sect master of the Faxiang Sect.

As far as Li Xuandu knows, the current suzerain of Faxiangzong is surnamed Zuo, named Zuo Yuhan, who took over the position of suzerain after the previous suzerain of Faxiangzong died at the hands of Song Zheng of the "magic knife".

Li Xuandu opened his mouth and asked, "I don't know what Sect Master Zuo has?"

Zuo Yuhan said: "The battle between good and evil is black and white, and there is no compromise to ease. Now that the five sects in the northwest have been perverse and have suffered for a long time, the five sects of Liaodong are all on the side of righteousness, and the Jing Zen sect, as one of the twelve sects of the righteous path, can stay out of the matter? If we are friends, we welcome each other with wine, and if we are enemies, we are served by swords. ”