"Who do you say this Zhang Feiyang is? Why have I never heard of it before? He can actually go to the Alchemy Department? Does he have a personal relationship with Senior Brother Huo?"

"Absolutely. Otherwise, such a good opportunity, why did Senior Brother Huo let Zhang Feiyang go if he didn't let the other junior brothers go in? Entering the Alchemy Department means that you have a greater chance of becoming an inner disciple in the future. The Alchemy Department is the only department that has the opportunity to have contact with the senior brothers of the inner gate. When will I have such good luck? ”

"Who doesn't envy it? I heard that this laundry department with the lowest status among the six departments of the department where Zhang Feiyang used to stay. If he followed the normal path, he probably wouldn't have a chance to become an inner disciple in his life. The head of the laundry department didn't seem to like the male disciples. She has never shown "Qi Refining Technique" to her male junior brother. ”

In the medicine collection department, at this time, a large group of male and female disciples gathered together, sorting out the medicinal materials that had just been collected from the mountain, classifying them, and putting the same type in the same basket, while talking excitedly.

Zhou Zhou Xian had just carried a basket of medicinal herbs from a distance, and rushed back tiredly, just put down the basket in his hand, wiped a handful of sweat with his sleeve, and heard the discussion of this group of people.

Seeing so many people gathered together, laughing and discussing some interesting topics, he also participated with curiosity and excitement, but as he listened, his face became ugly: "What nonsense are you guys talking about?" Senior Brother Zhang and Senior Brother Huo have nothing to do with each other. I can guarantee it. ”

Since the beginning of this discussion, the views of all the disciples here have tacitly maintained psychological agreement, Zhang Feiyang can easily get this opportunity, it is impossible to rely on any good qualities such as integrity or honesty, he can finally get this place, there are only two ways.

Or, relying on some valuable treasure, or some shady deal, in exchange for Hodan.

Or, it's some personal relationship with Hodan.

But as long as you think about the place where Zhang Feiyang was assigned the first time, a fool can see that Zhang Feiyang can't have the ability to make a deal with Huo Dan.

Naturally, he would only be able to get this place through the second possibility.

It was precisely because of this method that all the outer disciples who coveted that quota were unwilling, but they were helpless, so they couldn't help but talk about it, trying to vent their dissatisfaction in their hearts in this way.

In this way, it is inevitable to splash dirt on Zhang Feiyang.

In their opinion, the darker Zhang Feiyang is smeared, the more decompressed and happy it is, as for what consequences this will cause to Zhang Feiyang himself, who cares?

But Zhou Xian cares.

After all, he was the first outer disciple to have in-depth contact with Zhang Feiyang since he entered the outer gate of the Firefox Sect, and he was also the disciple who had been in contact with Zhang Feiyang for the longest time.

Although, in terms of friendship, it is not said that there are many behind, but when he heard someone in front of him, he kept pouring dirty water on Zhang Feiyang's body, and he looked triumphant, Zhou Zhou Xian's heart was very uncomfortable, as if he felt that the dirty water was splashed on himself.

"Hey, you're enough! Senior Brother Zhang is not Senior Brother Huo's male pet. Let's stop talking about it, okay? Senior Brother Zhang can get this position because there is something shining in him that the rest of us don't have. For example, he works hard and complains. Right. I think that's probably the reason for this. At least when he was in the laundry department, he never complained that he couldn't practice the Qi Refining Technique. ”

After listening to it for a long time, he finally couldn't help but defend Zhang Feiyang.

But this is tantamount to violating everyone's taboo and breaking the default rules of this group of outer disciples.

When they looked at Zhou Xian in unison, it was as if they were looking at a person of a different race, and they no longer had the kind eyes like brothers and brothers between the other herb collection departments.

Zhou Zhou Xian had seen this kind of formation, and his face turned white with fright, he lowered his head, picked up the basket, and wanted to move far away and leave this dangerous place.

But he has already become the target of public criticism, and this is the chassis of these senior brothers from the medicine collection department, how could they spare Zhou Xian lightly?

Seeing that Zhou Zhou Xian turned around to leave, a few older people glanced at each other, rushed up, pounced on Zhou Zhou Xian from behind, held him down with both hands and feet, and smashed him in the face with a fist, asking him to apologize for what he said just now, join them, and slander or smear Zhang Feiyang together.

But Zhou Zhou Xian was unusually firm, and he did not compromise from beginning to end.

Such a response naturally caused more dissatisfaction among people, causing him to be beaten more violently, the corners of his mouth and eyes were cracked, the skin on his head was broken, and half of his face was swollen, as if he had become a little fat man.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, the leader of the medicine collection department passed by here and stopped the brawl in time, and Zhou Xian's life was finally saved.

In the evening, just after dinner, Zhou Zhou Xian quietly slipped out of the medicine collection department, returned to the laundry department, and pushed open the hut where he lived with Zhang Feiyang, wanting to meet him again and talk to him.

"Senior Brother Zhang. I'm back! Congratulations......"

But seeing that the house was quiet, the luggage inside was still there, Zhang Feiyang's person was gone, and it was clear that the garbage collection cart at the door was still there, obviously Zhang Feiyang was not going to collect garbage as usual, and he was worried about it and knocked on the house of a senior sister not far away.

"Senior sister. Hello. I am an immortal. Where has Senior Brother Zhang gone, do you know?"

The senior sister shook her head, her face dazed.

Zhou Zhou Xian had no choice but to bow down and continue to knock on the door of another senior sister's house, trying to find out Zhang Feiyang's whereabouts.

It's a pity that none of the people in the laundry department know where Zhang Feiyang went.

Even after Sister Qiao pushed open the door and saw Zhou Zhou Xian, the response she gave was the same, but she was not as worried as Zhou Zhou Xian.

"Senior Brother Zhou. Didn't you go to the medicine department? It's so late. Senior Brother Zhang will be fine. He must have been tired from playing somewhere, so he slept outside. Wasn't it all like that before? Instead of worrying about others, you worry about yourself. The herb collection department is not good. Go back and rest early. Otherwise, you will die tomorrow if you are affected by the collection of medicine. ”

Zhou Zhou Xian sighed, said goodbye to Sister Qiao, went back to Zhang Feiyang's hut and sat for a while, lit an oil lamp, and waited.

After the oil lamp burned out, but seeing that Zhang Feiyang still hadn't come back, he had no choice, shook his head, and finally left the laundry department.

At this time, if he took the wrong path and did not go back to the medicine collection department halfway up the mountainside, but went to the alchemy department, he would be able to meet Zhang Feiyang.

It turned out that in order to continue to investigate the murder of Xiang Dong, Huo Dan called Zhang Feiyang over for questioning after the evening, and the location was the house where Xiang Dong of the Alchemy Department originally lived.

There is also a yard seven or eight zhang long and wide behind Xiang Dong's house.

After calling Zhang Feiyang over, Huo Dan seemed to have a whim, or maybe to improve his mood, so he didn't leave Zhang Feiyang in the room for interrogation as usual.

As soon as he saw Zhang Feiyang coming in from outside the door and bowed to him respectfully, he smiled and stepped forward and took Zhang Feiyang to the courtyard at the back of the house.

This is obviously beyond Zhang Feiyang's expectations.

He didn't know why Hodan suddenly came outside to talk, glanced at the herbs growing in the courtyard around him, faintly felt a little wrong, put away his relaxed mood, and looked at Hodan vigilantly.

As if reading the nervousness from his face, Huo Dan smiled slightly, stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder, and said a few jokes to ease the atmosphere: "Senior Brother Zhang." Why are you so nervous? Senior Brother Xiang wasn't killed by you. You just want to kill him, and you don't have that strength. Relax, I'm just asking you a few questions on a routine basis. Once you've asked, you'll be able to go back. ”

Zhang Feiyang pretended to be relieved, nodded, and squeezed out a smile, but he still didn't dare to be careless in his heart.

He kept wondering why Hodan didn't choose to ask questions in the house, but took him outside.

Huo Dan smiled slightly, took out a booklet from his arms and glanced at it, and after closing it again, he began to interrogate Zhang Feiyang with a few simple questions.

These questions are such as "where was the last time you saw Senior Brother Xiang", "Have you ever seen any suspicious people with Senior Brother Xiang", and so on.

Zhang Feiyang responded truthfully one by one.

Then, the topic suddenly changed, and finally came to the most critical topic.

The smile on Huo Dan's face retracted, became serious, and said to the cave: "Senior Brother Zhang." In the area of activity of our outer disciples, there is a very remote fork in the road, and there is a cave there. Have you ever been?"

Zhang Feiyang shook his head, in order to prove that he didn't know, and asked curiously, where was it and where was the cave.

Reacting to Zhang Feiyang's blank face, Huo Dan nodded, took out a pair of shoes from his arms, and threw them to Zhang Feiyang: "Senior Brother Zhang, I have a pair of shoes here, please try it." ”

Zhang Feiyang sat on the ground without thinking, changed into his shoes, and immediately took two steps.

The whole process was smooth and natural, without any nervous reaction, on the surface, Zhang Feiyang looked calm, an innocent person's reaction, but only Zhang Feiyang himself knew how nervous he was in his heart now.

For this reason, even though he had already rehearsed this series of actions hundreds of times in the residence of the laundry department, but when it came to the end, he really wanted to do it in front of others, Zhang Feiyang still felt that his heart was beating faster, and his body was constantly getting hotter, as if he had turned into a furnace, getting hotter and hotter as time went by, and he was about to sweat.

Fortunately, at this time, a cool breeze blew in the yard, which dispelled a lot of Zhang Feiyang's heat.

Seeing that Huo Dan never meant to let him stop, he stopped, looked at Huo Dan suspiciously, and asked, "Senior Brother Huo." Do you want to go?"

At this time, looking at Zhang Feiyang's appearance of putting on his shoes and coming and going freely, Huo Dan had already seen it, and this sentence suddenly pulled him back to reality.

He smiled slightly, and asked Zhang Feiyang to take off his shoes.

The smile between Huo Dan's eyebrows and eyes came from the heart, without any appearance of continuing to ask, Zhang Feiyang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he still behaved very calmly, not daring to expose it at all.

After Huo Dan carefully put away his shoes, he suddenly asked an inexplicable sentence: "Senior Brother Zhang." I meant to let you come to the Alchemy Department. I think you're a good fit for the position. You don't blame me, do you?"

Zhang Feiyang couldn't guess what he meant, shook his head with a smile, bowed respectfully, and behaved very happily: "Don't dare, don't dare." Senior Brother Huo gave me such a good opportunity, I can't be grateful. ”

Hodan patted him on the shoulder, smiled slightly, and as if inadvertently, a word full of curiosity suddenly popped up.

"That's good. Senior Brother Zhang, I hope you will work hard in the Alchemy Department in the future. I'm sure you won't let me down. I heard that on the last day before Senior Brother Xiang disappeared, he personally came here to talk to you. I don't know what you're talking about?"

But when these words fell on Zhang Feiyang's ears, it was no less than a thunderbolt that exploded in the flat ground, full of danger.