Chapter 13: The Tragedy

A month has passed since the Dragon Tiger Gate ceremony, and the heat of this matter has not decreased, but it is getting hotter and hotter. It is rumored that there is a new foundation building master in Xuanqing Gate, who easily defeated Zhang Heng, the former number one master of Guanglong City. It is also rumored that the disciples received by Master Zhao Yuanlong during his early years of traveling abroad have now returned to the sect, and this person is Zhao Yuanlong's current senior brother, Zhou Changqing, who is now the first master of Xuanqing Sect, and also the first master of Guanglong. There are also people who speculate about Zhou Changqing's strength, saying that although he is a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building, his strength is comparable to that of a monk Jiedan, and this statement has been recognized by many people. The rumors intensified, and even spread out of Guanglong City through the caravan that came to Guanglong!

The situation in Xuanqingmen has improved a lot this month, although Zhao Yuanlong's strength is not very strong, but he is a good person, he does a lot of good things on weekdays, and he has made good connections. Now Xuanqingmen has Zhou Changqing, the first master of Guanglong, and his strength is much stronger than that of a third-rate sect, so now there are some people who go up the mountain to apprentice, and there are also old disciples of Xuanqingmen who have returned, and some chambers of commerce have gone up the mountain to seek cooperation, all of which are handled by Zhao Yuanlong, and the development of Xuanqingmen has finally improved, and Xuanqing Mountain is becoming more and more lively day by day.

Zhou Changqing was very leisurely during this time, practicing alchemy every day, and when he had free time, he went to the plane tree to learn chess skills with Zhao Yuanlong, or read a book under the tree. This tree is very different from the first time Zhou Changqing came to Xuanqing Gate, the canopy has almost covered half of the courtyard, in just two months, it seems to have grown a lot taller in height, and the whole tree exudes a sense of agility, reading a book under the tree, there is a feeling of comfort and comfort. Zhou Changqing can see that the sycamore tree is about to give birth to spiritual wisdom, this is the credit of Zhou Changqing in the past month, he has integrated one of his previous seeds into this tree, that seed contains the origin of the old tree, although the amount is not much, but the quality is extremely high, no accident This tree, there should be a certain chance to reach the previous achievements of the old tree in the future, but it will take countless time.

Zhou Changqing has been consolidating his cultivation these days, sorting out all the power he can master, and it is difficult to mobilize the Nanming spiritual fire in the sea of knowledge, after all, this kind of flame is too powerful, it is not something that his cultivation can use, and if he is not careful, he may be burned. The feather fan floating in the space of Zhihai can't be urged, and using this magic weapon to consume is not something he can have now. Not to mention the ray of sun fire wrapped in the Nanning spiritual fire. Fortunately, there are still a lot of spirit seeds left in the old tree, and the origin power is also a lot of power, this origin is in the same place as Zhou Changqing, and it is not difficult for Zhou Changqing to draw the origin of it, which is Zhou Changqing's current hole card. There are also some talents brought by the transformation of the old tree of Zhou Changqing, strong resilience, all kinds of resistance are very good, able to escape to the ground, and naturally able to affinity with various plants.

Zhou Changqing thought about it for a while, simplified his wood spirit forging method, and put it into Zhao Yuanlong's secret vault, this kind of secret method, not everyone can cultivate, the pain of forging the body at the beginning of cultivation is not something that anyone can bear, and he has to endure such pain at all times after cultivation, Zhou Changqing can only cultivate if he is immune to this pain on the basis of the old tree. The simplified Wood Spirit Forging Method reduces the spiritual power used in the Spiritual Qi Forging Body, and can only strengthen part of the body, not the whole, so the pain should be reduced a lot. Zhao Yuanlong is also already practicing this method now, and occasionally late at night, Zhou Changqing can hear the kind of moaning that wants to die from next door.

Today's Xuanqing Sect disciples have nearly sixty, and they have been divided into inner and outer doors, and there are only fifteen inner disciples, and the senior brother Zhuo Qingfeng finally broke through the foundation two days ago, and was promoted by Zhao Yuanlong to become an elder of the sect to help Zhao Yuanlong manage the inner and outer disciples.

Xuanqingmen is developing day by day. Han Long of the Dragon Tiger Gate has been very sad recently, and Elder Tan of the Houshan Mountain will ask about the Xuanqing Gate from time to time, and he will be angry with thunder from time to time.

"Hmph! There are only two months left in three months, and you told me that the Xuanqing Gate has not only not disappeared, but has developed well!" The old man surnamed Tan had a bad face.

"Old Tan, you can't blame me for this! You also saw Zhou Changqing's strength that day, and I can't deal with it at all, what do you want me to do?" Han Long's face was not very good-looking.

"Old Tan, as long as you are willing to get rid of Zhou Changqing, and I will kill Zhao Yuanlong, then the Xuanqing Gate will be self-defeating!" Han Long once again asked this old man surnamed Tan to make a move, this is the third time this month that Han Long has asked Tan Lao to make a move.

"Now the plan, I'm afraid it can only be like this! If you don't take action, I'm afraid that the Sword Sect will send someone to ask for the guilt! Then find a chance to get rid of the two of them!" Elder Tan's eyes were cold.

"This is the best! I'll find the opportunity, and I'll ask Tan Lao to make a move when the time comes!" Han Long was overjoyed.

On September 15, the weather was overcast, the sky was cloudy, and in the evening it was drizzling. Zhou Changqing, who was refining pills in the Dan room, was extremely unsuccessful in alchemy today, and eight furnaces of ten furnaces of pills were refined, he always felt uneasy, so he walked out of the Dan room, stood under the eaves at the door of the Dan room and looked up at the sky, always feeling that something was going to happen.

A figure walked in the rain curtain, with a cyan light shining on its body, blocking the rain. The person who came was Zhao Yuanlong, and Zhao Yuanlong's expression was also a little anxious at this time.

"Senior brother, I can be regarded as having found you, I don't know why I always feel a little uneasy today!" Zhao Yuanlong said a little hurriedly.

"Do you feel this way too? It seems that someone wants to deal with us, or against Xuanqingmen! Otherwise, you and I don't feel this way!" Zhou Changqing frowned.

"Could it be the Dragon Tiger Gate? They haven't made any moves in the past month!" Zhao Yuanlong pondered.

"I don't know, junior brother, get ready! I don't know when something bad will happen!" Zhou Changqing's face returned to calm.

"Alas, what an eventful season!" Zhao Yuanlong sighed and returned to his residence.

At the foot of Xuanqing Mountain, there is a village and town, which is called Zhaojia Village, Zhao Yuanlong grew up in this village since he was a child, because he showed extraordinary martial arts talent since he was a child, and was accepted as a disciple by the head of Xuanqingmen at that time, and then became the head of Xuanqingmen, therefore, this village is the key village and town of Xuanqingmen, and there are often Xuanqingmen disciples here.

The next day, although the rain stopped, the weather was still gloomy.

"Master, Master, Oh no!"

A hurried footstep came into the ears of Zhou Changqing and Zhao Yuanlong, who were discussing the development of Xuanqing Gate.

Zhou Changqing and Zhao Yuanlong stopped talking and looked at an outer disciple who hurriedly ran in from the door, this is the outer disciple who is in charge of guarding the door today.

"What's going on? so flustered!" Zhao Yuanlong asked.

"Something happened in Zhaojia Village at the foot of the mountain! Yesterday Senior Brother Lu Cheng was in charge of guarding Zhaojia Village, and he still didn't come back this morning.......

"What did you find?" Zhao Yuanlong's face turned pale, and the bad premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger.

"I found that the whole village of Zhaojia Village was dead! Even Senior Brother Lu Cheng ...... Also...... It's dead!" Zhao Yuanlong suddenly froze in place.

Zhou Changqing's face was also gloomy, it seemed that something had happened.

"Senior brother, please mourn, the top priority is to find out the real culprit, the opponent is likely to come to Xuanqing Gate!" Zhou Changqing turned his head to Zhao Yuanlong and said.

"Senior brother!" Zhao Yuanlong reacted at this time, but his face was sad.

"Take us to see!" Zhou Changqing said in a deep voice.

Immediately, the disciple led Zhou Changqing and the others in the direction of Zhaojia Village.

When he came to the entrance of the village, Zhou Changqing saw a familiar corpse, which was Lu Cheng's corpse. Lu Cheng's chest was pierced and he fell a few steps away from the entrance of Zhaojia Village, Zhou Changqing looked around, and found no traces of fighting, Zhou Changqing concluded that the strength of the comer was far above Lu Cheng, and Zhou Changqing could even imagine the situation at that time. It must have been Lu Cheng who sensed something, and went out of the village to check, and the opponent was extremely fast and pierced his chest with a sword.

For Lu Cheng, Zhou Changqing felt that this was a very ordinary but very courageous monk, and he did not flinch in the face of the giant wolf from that time, and then tactfully persuaded Zhou Changqing to join the Xuanqing Sect, and his popularity in the sect was also very good, and he had never lost his temper with anyone, and he was a good man. But this was the first monk Zhou Changqing had ever seen, and he took him into this Xuanqing Gate, and Zhou Changqing was still grateful to this man who was about forty years old and was actually over ninety years old. I still remember that the last time I saw this man was in the martial arts training ground of Xuanqingmen, he was practicing spells, Zhou Changqing greeted him, he seemed to have given up his expectations for Zhuji, and his only wish was to be able to do more for Xuanqingmen, and he had regarded Xuanqingmen as his home. However, this good old man has been lying here forever at this moment, and the anger in Zhou Changqing's heart is burning.

After letting Lu Cheng's body be collected, the three of them entered Zhaojia Village, the village was very clean, but it was eerily quiet, and the doors and windows were closed, thinking that yesterday's rain made everyone in the village close their doors and rest at home.

Zhao Yuanlong went straight to the village chief's house, which was his only surviving relative, his third brother Zhao Lianghan, an old man who was over eighty years old, and Zhou Changqing had also met once. The moment he opened the door, a pungent smell of blood came to his face, Zhao Lianghan's family of six was lying quietly in the lobby of the main house, neatly arranged, Zhao Yuanlong's body trembled, and his eyes were red.

"Who is it?!" Zhao Yuanlong's voice was hoarse, his expression hideous.

Soon Zhou Changqing found a note on the table in the main room, which read. "Do you want revenge? Then come to Dong Kip Stone Valley!hahaha!"

Zhao Yuanlong had a momentary impulse to go to Dongkip Stone Valley to find the enemy desperately, but he seemed to think of something again, and the steps he had just taken were retracted.

"My generation of monks is cultivating a leisurely avenue, talking about a happy enmity, I will accompany my junior brother to meet these bastards who have lost their conscience!" Zhou Changqing patted Zhao Yuanlong on the shoulder, he also wanted to seek justice for Lu Cheng.

Zhao Yuanlong asked the disciples of the sect to bury the bodies of the people in Zhaojia Village in the Zhao family cemetery, and stood silently outside the cemetery for a long time, and after handing over the affairs of the sect to Zhuo Qingfeng, he and Zhou Changqing set foot on the road to the East Kip Stone Valley.