Chapter Twenty-Three: Old Friends and New Knowledge
The morning light was faint, but many people had gathered in the open space of Wangji Peak, and it was rare to have a large-scale Qi Refining Period sect mission, led by Jin Dan Zhenren, and many old disciples of the Qi Refining Period had rushed back to participate. For the new disciples of the outer gate, they only have envy, but the inner disciples who have rarely seen since they started and are particularly strong and proud every time they appear, and even the personal disciples who have never seen them will participate, which is enough to make them curious.
"Pei Ning, you said that you know a disciple of the Ancestral Lineage, is it true?" someone asked.
"It's true. Feng Peining nodded, "I came out of a small pavilion with her before." β
"Then can you talk to that senior sister and ask her to come with us?"
"It depends on Senior Sister Du's meaning, it's not for me to decide. Feng Peining replied with a smile, but she just sneered in her heart, she has good qualifications, she got the qualification to enter the inner gate back then, and in the past few years, she has seen the means of the inner disciples, among which the intrigue is not necessarily inferior to the outer door, and it is not as peaceful as the floating Xiaoxie. In the past few years, she can only say that the good and the bad are mixed, the excellent people are really good, and there are a lot of scum, except for a pair of qualifications, there is nothing to do. Besides, she has not seen people with real good qualifications, Du Lan is really much better than some people who claim to be geniuses, and she has not seen her arrogant. Although these people in front of her are amiable to her, they may not be true friends.
"Maybe this Senior Sister Du doesn't look down on us, and she is only willing to associate with Senior Sister Feng, but I don't know. "Somebody played round.
"I haven't seen Senior Sister Du for a long time, and I don't know if people are still willing to deal with me. Feng Peining just smiled, and a few people changed the topic and talked about something else. Although Feng Peining was talking to someone, he was still thinking about what he had just said in his heart. She and Duran really haven't seen each other for years, I wonder if Duran will really be the same as before?
The people in the open space waited for about two quarters of an hour, and the inner disciples were almost there, and after another quarter of an hour, Jin Danzhen, the leader of the team, was late and announced his departure, Feng Peining looked left and right, and did not see Du Lanzhen, she was a little puzzled, before she and Du Lanzhen made an appointment to go to Hongchun Cave Mansion together through the news.
No matter what she thought, Jin Dan Zhenren would not take it to heart, and announced that he must go, he summoned the treasure ship dedicated to the large-scale mission of the sect, which was difficult to visualize, gorgeous and extraordinary, brilliant and magnificent, and the disciples got on the treasure ship with amazement, and sailed out of the realm of the Extreme Dust Sect, flying high and far.
Halfway through, a streamer flew far away, stopped on the side of the treasure ship, the ban on the treasure ship was opened, the streamer quickly approached, fell on the second floor of the treasure ship, everyone looked up, a female senior was facing away from the downstairs, her face could not be seen from downstairs, the leader of the Jin Dan real person greeted with a smile, the female senior just nodded, said two words to the slightly shorter girl next to her, and then left, the leader of the Jin Dan real person smiled and said something to the girl, the girl nodded, and when the real person turned away, he also turned his head, and was facing the eyes of the people downstairsγ
The people downstairs were shocked when they saw the girl's face. She is about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a goose egg face of great classical beauty, her skin is as white as jade, her eyebrows are like spring mountains flying into her temples, and her facial features are picturesque. Her eyes were full of autumn water, as if she was disgusted and happy, and the corners of her lips were slightly upturned, diluting some of the nameless sense of distance, making her seem like a pearl and dizzy, beautiful and shining.
The girl obviously didn't expect to meet the eyes of so many people when she turned her head, she raised her eyebrows slightly, as if she was a little surprised, and then smiled slightly, nodded to everyone, and turned around and walked away.
Feng Peining was very surprised, that girl seemed to be Du Lan Zhen, but she never thought that Du Lan Zhen would be so beautiful now, and then she thought that the female senior who sent Du Lan Zhen also had a Jin Dan cultivation, she felt a little bitter in her heart, and unconsciously, the gap between her and Du Lan Zhen was so big. She lowered her eyelids and sighed softly, the days of talking under the candlelight seemed very far away.
The second floor is where Jin Dan Zhenren rests, Du Lanzhen naturally will not stay, she walked down the stairs slowly, and saw that the first floor was full of people.
"Lan Zhen. Wei Wei stood not far away and waved at her, and in the crowd, he seemed to be particularly conspicuous, and many people around him were clearly centered on him. When Du Lan really saw him, he walked over, and along the way, everyone was in awe of her identity as a Yuan Ying, and they all gave her a debut, Du Lan Zhen smiled and greeted, and walked straight to the front of the guard.
"Looks like you've gained a lot?" the guard asked, smiling, as he glanced at her.
"It's okay. Du Lanzhen didn't say much, but just asked, "What's going on in the Red Spring Cave Mansion?" I was in a hurry to come out before, and I didn't wait for an explanation. β
"Damn, I'm just here to explain it to you?" Wei Rank is not happy, Duran is really just laughing, after four or five years, the two have become very familiar, the relationship is very close, and it is common to joke and quarrel.
"A month ago, a section of the riverbed of the Shungao River dried up, and a formation was revealed for the first time, and after the identification of the people of the Biluo Sect, it was the cave of the ancient monk Hongchun Yuanjun, and it was the cave house before she sat down. But because of the special formation inside, it can only accommodate the monks under the foundation, once it is exceeded, it will produce an aura explosion, and it is a formation arranged by the ancient immortals, and it will destroy the cave if it is dismantled rashly, and for protection, only those of us Qi refining monks are allowed to enter. Wei Zhi said lazily, "So, the disciples of the six major sects have been sent out." β
Duran Zhen nodded, "I see. Secretly, he transmitted the voice to the guard, "What is the sale? Hurry up and explain, what is so strange in it?" "If it is just the cave mansion of the Yuanying overhaul, although it is precious, it will not let them pass it on to these Yuanying relatives, generally speaking, the sect will not allow the personal disciples to join the competition for this kind of relics out of the psychology of protecting ordinary disciples. Besides, they are all inherited by Yuanying, and it is really hard to believe that if you really value that inheritance.
"Why don't you keep holding your shelf? The guard title rolled his eyes and sent her a message, "There is Lin Huanzhu in it." β
Duran Zhen immediately understood, "Are you sure?" she asked.
"Absolutely sure. The guard nodded at her, "And there are quite a few of them, maybe seven or eight." β
"Together. Duran was so serious that he made an agreement with him.
"Of course. The guard hooked the corners of his lips, "If you have someone you can trust, you can bring it with you." β
"Who do you have there?" Duran thought for a moment.
"No one. Wei Rank shook his head, seeing that Duran was really a little unconvinced, and explained, "When it comes to this kind of big thing, few can be trusted. β
That's right. Duran couldn't help but sigh, "How can I trust a person like you who is not formal, serious, and hanging, and doesn't look credible." β
"I wonder how I can have a good relationship with someone like you, who pretends to be fairy-like but is actually scheming. Wei Rank couldn't help but roll his eyes again, "Besides, your cultivation is not as high as mine, don't hold me back, right?"
"Up and down the Extreme Dust Sect, there are many people who want to be with me, I can pick any one of them who is higher than you. Du Lan really sneered, "Make it clear, you cultivated three years earlier than me, and you can't win martial arts." β
"I'm cultivating three years earlier than you now, and I'm still cultivating three years earlier than you in a few hundred years, and I'll always be a head ahead of you. The guard said triumphantly.
"I'll catch up with you in a few years. Du Lan really looked at him like this, and he always felt itchy teeth, "You just wait to call me senior sister." β
The two of them frowned, their faces were still serious, and they were talking kindly, and the inner disciples around them couldn't interject, nor were they annoyed, they all listened respectfully, Du Lan really knew that what they respected was not her, but the identity of a personal disciple and a genius of the sect, but she was not disgusted, but both adapted and enjoyed this feeling, the weak admired and relied on the strong, which is part of the motivation why the strong are willing to work hard to become strong.
Feng Peining looked at her from a distance, only feeling that she was both familiar and unfamiliar. The people around Du Lan Zhen are either Yuan Ying's own descendants or the top ones in the inner door, is she really rare as a friend? Feng Peining, is she really qualified to be Du Lan's real friend? Feng Peining secretly asked herself, she is from the Hou Sect, no matter how clear, friends also need to have equal status, if one party is weaker and the relationship between the two is not equal, it will gradually become no friends. But if you give up, you are so unwilling.
I don't want to believe that I'm not qualified to be friends with others, I don't want to admit that I'm not good enough, and I don't want to be ordinary.
Feng Peining took a deep breath and secretly made up her mind that even if her qualifications were not as good as others, she would never give up, and one day, she would not be worse than anyone else.
Du Lanzhen inadvertently swept her eyes, and when she saw Feng Peining, she hesitated for a moment, and said to Wei Zhi, "I saw a friend, go over and talk." β
She walked towards Feng Peining, but she was weighing in her heart. Is Feng Peining qualified to act with her and the Wei title? After four or five years, she has not changed much? Is she still credible? Uncle Jiang once told her that she would choose her friends and circles, and Du Lanzhen thought about it for a long time. She thinks that friends should be people with similar personalities, and circles are people with similar levels. She is cautious about looking for friends, so over the years, only the Wei title can be called a good friend, Feng Peining was originally counted, but the two of them are busy, they haven't seen each other for a long time, and they don't know what changes have happened to each other.
Getting closer, Du Lan really glanced at Feng Peining with a smile, she was already refining qi at the sixth level, and she wanted to cultivate on weekdays, but it was still very reluctant to compete for Lin Huanzhu, she and the guard title were not very sure, and they couldn't take care of it. She made a very rational choice in her heart, but she was still a little gloomy, if she could, she didn't want to treat her friends so coldly, but Lin Huanzhu was really important to her.
"Pei Ning, long time no see. She smiled.
Feng Peining couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she saw that she was as close as ever, but after all, she was not shallow, so she just smiled, "It's not easy to see you." β
"I live next to my senior sister, so naturally I don't dare to be lazy. Duran waved his hand, "Long time no see, how are you?"
The two exchanged pleasantries a little rustily, and gradually regained the feeling of talking about nothing.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you this time. Du Lan said with some regret, "I have some things to solve with the other sects, I'm afraid it's very dangerous." She assured, "But when the Red Spring Cave Mansion is over, I can go out on a mission with you." β
"It doesn't matter. Despite being a little disappointed, Feng Peining smiled and said, "Then you have to keep your promise." β
"It's a deal. "Du Lan really doesn't take the task of the sect seriously, anyway, she goes out to practice, and she is confident that she can handle everything.
The two chatted affectionately, and Du Lanzhen found that Feng Peining was still so knowledgeable and personable, and her views often brought new perspectives to people, even though they hadn't seen each other for several years, their views were still so compatible.
After four or five years of joining the sect, Duran has really met many people. Their qualifications are different, their looks are very different, and even their cultivation directions are varied, she has met many people who want to please her, slap her, win her favor, and want to be friends with her, but many times, words and deeds will expose a person.
Your thoughts, your minds, are not something that a person can pretend, these things are immersed in a little detail, even if you have a heart, you will be powerless. Those people are either optimistic about her qualifications, or value her family background or beauty, and the more people want to cater to her, the more she understands in her heart that not everyone can be her friend.
There is no shortage of people like Duran Zhen, who are both beautiful and qualified, and they even take it for granted, and think from the bottom of their hearts that it is a natural thing. They never feel inferior, nor do they feel afraid of being flattered by others, because they know in their hearts that others do what they do because they are good and they deserve it.
Duran is no longer naΓ―ve to think that everything will still be the same, as she continues to become better and work harder, she will always drift away from some people, and she will always meet new friends. Feng Peining may not be affected, it is inevitable that she will be a little flattering, this is all something in people's subconscious, it doesn't matter whether she is flattering or not, it is just the inevitable treatment of the outstanding, as long as the other party has strengths and advantages and matches her personality, she is willing to be friends with others.
But the hardest thing in the world is to have similar personalities.
Thankfully, they can still be friends.