Chapter 7: Bullied!
A group of people were in high spirits, and it didn't take long to come to the Fang market at the foot of the mountain. It used to take almost an hour to go up the mountain, but in the past half a year, although the cultivation has not yet reached the first level of qi refining, there has been some progress, and the pace has been much brisker.
When I came to the market, I saw that a memorial arch was built outside, and the word Fang City was written on it, which was very simple and direct. After passing the torii, it was very lively.
I saw a wide and long street in the middle, and there were some temporary stalls on both sides of the long street. Many disciples of the sect and family were observing, negotiating, and trading in front of those stalls. The various voices come together and are very different from life on the mountain.
Cheng Ling also looked at the stalls next to the long street, they were all demon beast skins, as well as pills and talismans, and he couldn't tell the level, he was not interested in these, so he walked by casually, and he didn't find any interesting things and ingredients for a while.
He was not discouraged, and looked at the stalls one by one, and in less than a while, he came to the middle of the long street. At this time, there was a stall full of books in front of him, which attracted attention.
Cheng Ling is still very fond of reading, in the past, on the earth, he would take some time to read books every day, and he didn't pick any book, he read everything. In the past six months, he has read all the books in the Taoist Library, and his memory is good, so he remembers them all, so that he has more time when he is bored.
Now that I saw these many books, I thought that I could learn more about the current world, so I stopped and planned to buy a few books to go back and read them.
He flipped through a few copies, and the stall owner was impatient when he saw that he had been flipping through them. Just seeing that he was wearing a white robe, he could only force himself.
The ranks of the disciples of the Phaseless Sword Sect are still very tightly divided. The miscellaneous disciples wore gray shirts and trousers, which not only showed their identity, but also made it easier for them to work. The formal disciples wore long robes, but the color was dark.
As for Cheng Ling's dress, only the sect elders or the personal disciples of the hall master are eligible, and there are only hundreds of people in the entire Wuxiang Sword Sect. He knew all of this from Su Rui's mouth, and he didn't care about it, he just chose the books he was interested in and read.
It didn't take long for him to choose a few books, some of them were materials used to introduce the cultivation path, and some of them were some formation experiences, one of which was very broken, recording some observations, and it was very thick, many times thicker than regular books.
He asked the stall owner, "Senior brother, how many spirit stones are there for these books?"
The stall owner instantly came to his senses, and hurriedly said, "Five lower grade spirit stones!"
"Is there a discount for me to buy so much, or give a few copies!"
"This ...... Then you can choose two more copies yourself!"
Cheng Ling chose two books on kendo and spells at random, paid the spirit stone, and planned to go shopping further.
At this moment, a voice came: "Yo he~!Who did I think, it turned out to be the waste of the Chen family! What kind of shit luck did the kid go, he actually worshiped in the formation hall and became a disciple of the personal lineage, and there must be a lot of spirit stones on his body!"
Cheng Ling looked up and saw a disciple who was also dressed in a white Confucian shirt looking at him coldly and said. As he recalled in his mind, he remembered that it was a disciple named Liu Feng who beat him with Chen Lei half a year ago, and he didn't expect that he would now become a personal disciple.
He smiled indifferently, and didn't plan to bother, just planned to go around and continue to browse the other stalls.
But Liu Feng stopped him from walking, and said: "Senior Brother Chen, don't be in a hurry, I haven't seen you for more than half a year, and we are so close." ”
Cheng Ling sneered, looking at his appearance, he knew what his idea was, and said indifferently: "I am no longer from the Chen family, now my name is Cheng Ling, what do you want to do?"
"Oh~!I didn't expect the junior brother to be so backbone, and the family name said don't want it!" The disciples on the side also burst into laughter when they heard it.
Cheng Ling didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, and said: "If you have something to say, I don't know you well!"
"Come on, then I'll be straight to the point. Senior brother has been a little tight lately, anyway, you don't need spirit stones if your cultivation is so low, it's better to borrow senior brother and me first. ”
"I'm like brothers to you?"
"Not really!"
"Are you my brother-in-law?"
"Uh, it's not!" "Nonsense, just a waste like you, don't say I don't have a sister, even if I had, I wouldn't marry you!
"I owe you spirit stones?"
"Neither!"
"Then why should I borrow you?"
The disciples on the side were stunned by his strange question, and it was not until the last sentence that they burst out laughing.
Liu Feng was angry and said coldly: "Don't talk nonsense, all the spirit stones on your body today are left for Lao Tzu, otherwise don't think about the past." ”
Su Rui was also angry, so he said: "That's Cheng Ling's own spirit stone, why give it to you! Senior brothers, you also come to evaluate the theory, isn't he robbing it." ”
However, the disciples of those formations did not say a word, they just looked at everything that happened indifferently. Cheng Ling's cultivation is low, and his status is even higher than them, so he has long been unhappy, but he is just hindering Xuan Lingzi and does not dare to offend. Now there are people who are embarrassed, and they are venting evil anger in their hearts, where will they come to help.
Cheng Ling's heart was cold, and he didn't expect that the disciples of these arrays were ready to stand by and watch. Originally, he also knew that he was suddenly favored by Xuan Lingzi, and his status was above all the disciples, and he never put on a stand on weekdays, and he talked and laughed with them freely.
Everyone is familiar with each other, plus they are also disciples of the Formation Hall, they should be able to help one or two, but I didn't expect these disciples to be discordant with each other, and I wish I was making a fool of myself, he knew that today's matter could not be good.
Sure enough, Liu Feng saw that the disciples of the Array Hall didn't say a word except for Su Rui, and he was even more arrogant, and urged again: "How about it, do you hand over the spirit stone yourself, or do you suffer some flesh and blood and then grab it." ”
Liu Feng is not afraid of Xuan Lingzi, his master is an elder of the Sword Hall, and his status is also quite high, and he also learned from his master that Xuan Lingzi's life is not many years left.
Besides, there are contradictions between disciples, teachers generally do not surrender their identities, they only compete with each other, and the same is true within the sect, as long as they don't cause trouble, they all turn a blind eye.
Cheng Ling knew that he was not Liu Feng's opponent, but he was unwilling to let him send the spirit stone to them so obediently. At this time, he secretly regretted that he hadn't cultivated well in the past six months.
He gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay to borrow spirit stones, but I didn't bring much today, I bought these books, and when I return to the mountain, I will send the spirit stones." ”
In desperation, he could only delay temporarily, and when he returned to the sect, he would stay in the Taoist temple and not come out, and he didn't have the courage to blackmail himself under the nose of Xuan Lingzi.
Liu Feng didn't believe it at all, he expected Cheng Ling to put the spirit stone on his body, so he said coldly: "That's the case, then don't blame the senior brother for being rude, give it to me, restrain him, I'll search him first!" The disciples behind him all hugged him and grabbed Cheng Ling's hands and feet.
Cheng Ling tried his best to resist, but he didn't even reach the first level of qi refining, and he was small, where was the opponent of those disciples, and in less than a while, he was caught.
Su Rui was in a hurry, rushed forward to help, and shouted at those disciples in the formation hall: "Senior brothers, are you the disciples of the formation hall being bullied by their sword hall?"
A few array disciples couldn't look at it either, their bodies moved slightly, but they heard a voice say: "Senior disciples, don't worry, Senior Brother Liu is just joking with Cheng Ling, what's there to be surprised about." ”
When the disciples heard this, they didn't move.
Cheng Ling followed the voice and saw that it was a disciple of the Chen family, named Chen Feng. On weekdays, he always wants to talk happily with his clansmen, but he can't imagine that at the critical moment, he even prevents others from helping. He hated a lot in his heart, and it seemed that half a year of comfortable life had worn out his vigilance.
But this is not the time for him to regret it. Both hands and feet were grabbed and he couldn't move, Liu Feng's hand stretched out towards his body again, his mind turned sharply, and he thought hard about countermeasures.
But after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't think of any way, seeing that his hand was getting closer and closer to him, he saw the sword hanging on his waist out of the corner of his eye, and hurriedly said loudly: "Wait, I'll lend it to you!"
Liu Feng's hand paused, and he said with a sneer: "Senior Brother Cheng really knows current affairs, it would have been better to do this earlier, and we would have to spend more time and feet!"
"Let them let me go first, so I can get the spirit stone!"
As soon as Liu Feng waved his hand, those disciples let go of his hands and feet.
Cheng Ling rubbed his arm that was pinched and painful, and said, "Why do you use so much force, it hurts my hands, and it's inconvenient to take spirit stones." ”
Liu Feng looked at him coldly and did not speak.
Cheng Ling stretched out his hand into his arms, suddenly looked ahead in surprise, and said, "Master, why are you here too!"
Liu Feng and the other disciples were shocked, and they all looked back, only to see that the back was empty, how could there be the shadow of Xuan Lingzi.
At this moment, Liu Feng felt a movement in his waist, and the sword weapon hanging from his waist was grabbed by Cheng Ling. He was furious and shouted coldly: "Stinky boy, you are looking for death!"
After speaking, he stretched out his hand to grab Cheng Ling, and those disciples hugged him again.
Cheng Ling slashed the sword weapon everywhere, for a while, everyone didn't dare to get close, Liu Feng saw it, and shouted, "Surround it, he doesn't know how to make sword moves, just start when you find an opportunity!"
Everyone hurriedly surrounded him on all sides, and Cheng Ling was not good this time. He could take care of the front, but he couldn't take care of the back, and in less than a while, he was hit several times.
But he held on, clutching the sword in his hand, just slashing around. But he didn't cut at all, and the disciples of the Sword Hall found out after looking at it for a while, and they all looked at the flaws and hit him, and several disciples rushed towards his sword-holding hand.
Cheng Ling knew that the only thing he could rely on was this sword, so he gritted his teeth and never let go. Su Rui also blocked him several times on the side.
After a while, Cheng Ling was beaten to the point of severe pain all over his body, knowing that it was not a way to go on like this, he was ruthless, so he crossed the sword to his neck and said: "Liu Feng, if you are aggressive again, I will kill myself, so many pairs of eyes are watching, my master will definitely not give up, you are ready to bear the anger of his old man!"