After a while, Meng Ran changed the subject and asked softly, "Senior, why are you able to see me?"

"Guess. ”

"Guess the. ”

The man smiled, "It's a shame that you're still a scholar, why are you full of swearing, it's really insulting." ”

Meng Ran didn't talk back, just rolled his eyes.

The man paused for a moment and asked slowly, "Do you want to know the reason?"

"Of course. Meng Ran replied happily.

"If you're looking to be able to discern in the dark like I am, dismiss that idea. ”

"Why?" Meng Ran asked a little unconvinced.

The man smiled faintly, "The reason why I was able to see you was because of my martial arts cultivation, not for other reasons. ”

"Can I then?"

"Naturally, you can't, because you're a rookie. ”

Meng Ran pursed his lips and said, "Since you are a master, why did you appear here?"

The man didn't answer immediately, but let out a long sigh, and after a long time, he said slowly, "It's just that I'm trapped here." ”

"You have such a cultivation, where can't you get away, why are you willing to stay in this place where you don't see the light of day?"

The man sighed faintly, "If I could, I would also like to cross the world, but unfortunately, I have no face to appear in front of the world." ”

"Did you do something wrong?"

"No, it's not me who did the wrong thing. ”

"Huh, why are you ......?"

"Do you want to ask why I'm still here if I'm not wrong?"

Meng Ran hummed softly.

"It's just a punishment for yourself. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

The man smiled wryly and told his story in a mournful tone.

It turned out that this person's name was Li Haoran, a native of Chuzhou. He was originally a farmer in the countryside, and his family made a living by farming and selling vegetables, and he had been working hard at home when he was young. Later, when the county suffered a disaster and his family was destroyed, he left his hometown and began to go out.

When Li Haoran first entered the rivers and lakes, he rescued a seriously injured Jianghu man in a small town, and later learned the identity of the person, it turned out that the injured person was an elder of a third-rate small sect, and he was plotted when he was competing with others.

In the process of getting along later, Li Haoran knew more things. The person he saved was called Ye Xinxing, a person from Chuzhou, and the sect he was in was called Dadaomen, which still had some weight in Chuzhou.

Because of Li Haoran's careful care, Ye Xinxing's injuries recovered quickly, and he was able to get out of bed and walk around soon after.

After raising for a while, Ye Xinxing felt that he could go on the road, so he put forward the idea of returning to the master's sect, and he asked Li Haoran if he wanted to go with him.

Li Haoran agreed without thinking about it, he was a homeless person, and he didn't want to go anywhere.

After that, Li Haoran followed Ye Xinxing back to the Dadaomen in Chuzhou, and successfully entered the Shimen.

Since then, the fate of master and apprentice has been concluded......

Hearing this, Meng Ran couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "There are still many people in this world who know how to repay their kindness. ”

Li Haoran was silent for a moment, and then said, "Well, my master is indeed a good person. ”

In the period after Li Haoran's apprenticeship, Ye Xinxing taught him to read and write, taught him the secrets of martial arts, and taught him the principles of life.

What makes Ye Xinxing happy is that Li Haoran's talent is quite good, what others need to learn ten times he can learn three or four times, and he can understand the skills that others need to practice a hundred times to comprehend, he can understand it twenty or thirty times.

Within a few years, Li Haoran's martial arts have become small, and he is already among the best among the young people of the sect.

It's just that at this time, Ye Xinxing's old injury flares up, and a new illness is added, although Li Haoran has carefully served, but he still passed away soon after.

Li Haoran was heartbroken, so he could only handle the funeral for his master in linen and filial piety.

Ye Xinyue, the head of the big knife gate, and Ye Xinxing are siblings, and the relationship between the two is very good, so Ye Xinyue took care of Li Haoran very much after the death of her younger brother Ye Xinxing.

Three years have passed in a trance, Li Haoran went to filial piety clothes to change into new clothes, at this time he is already a second-rate top master, only a small step away, he can step into the ranks of first-class masters.

At this time, the head Ye Xinyue issued an order, "In order to better continue and develop the sect, now select a few candidates for the head of the younger generation, and then select the successor of the head of the sect." All the young disciples have to participate in the selection competition. ”

As soon as this order came out, there was an uproar up and down the big knife gate.

It turned out that after the death of his younger brother, Ye Xinyue, the head of the house, was sad in addition to grief, and his body was not as good as day by day, so he decided to directly determine the successor of the head of the family when he was still in charge.

In the next half month, Dadaomen launched a vigorous sect competition.

In order to obtain the qualification of the head candidate, everyone has different thoughts, including intrigues and intrigues, conspiracy, dirty methods, and face-to-face challenges.

After some fighting, the selection results were obtained, and the three best young disciples were listed, namely Senior Brother Liu Yuntian, Fourth Senior Brother Huo Xiaoguang, and the youngest Li Haoran.

After that, the head Ye Xinyue announced that he would select the successor of the head of the sect from among these three young disciples, but if he wanted to succeed the head of the house, he had to marry Ye Yufei, that is, his daughter.

Hearing the news, many young disciples secretly sighed and felt sad, and even worse, shed tears on the spot.

Because as long as you marry this Senior Sister Ye and become the fast son-in-law of the head of Ye Xinyue, even if you can't become the head of the Dadao Sect, you can at least become the upstart of the sect, and you will be unspeakably expensive in the future.

Putting aside this interest and identity, just talking about Ye Yufei, she is also a senior sister with a gentle temperament and beautiful appearance, I think there is probably no one who is unwilling to marry her.

Just when the big knife door was talking about who could hold the beauty, Huo Xiaoguang, one of the candidates, disappeared mysteriously.

After this incident, everyone searched all the neighborhoods of the sect, but still did not find any traces.

Subsequently, all kinds of gossip continued in the door, and everyone's speculation became stronger and stronger.

Seeing that things were about to deteriorate further, Ye Xinyue, the head of the house, came forward, and he said: "I think it's also Xiao Huo who is not blessed, and he is not blessed to accept the position of the head of the house." In the future, the door shall not discuss this matter, otherwise the door rules will be disposed of. ”

The crowd also suppressed the turmoil in their hearts and waited for the change of the situation.

For these, Li Haoran just ignored them, he practiced martial arts and studied every day, and his life was very fulfilling, and he did not have the slightest sense of urgency to compete for the successor of the head.

It's a pity that you don't provoke the autumn wind, but the autumn wind comes to provoke you.

Speaking of this, Li Haoran suddenly stopped, as if he was stuck in memory.

There was silence in the dark cell, except for two breaths of varying lengths and the creepy sound of rats crawling.

After a long while, Meng Ran took the lead in asking, "Senior, what happened after that?"

Li Haoran said slowly: "My senior brother Liu Yuntian, he has always admired Senior Sister Ye, so in his heart, the position of head of the family is in his pocket, and he can't tolerate the slightest difference. For me, the head candidate, he is very jealous, and he also has a great sense of crisis. ”

In the dark, Li Haoran told everything that happened back then.

Soon after Huo Xiaoguang disappeared, the head Ye Xinyue found Li Haoran and talked with him for a long time. On the one hand, he relied on the eldest disciple, and on the other hand, the younger brother's apprentice, it was difficult for him to choose.

In Ye Xinyue's heart, although Liu Yuntian has average qualifications, he is older, calm and scheming, and is the best candidate for the head of the house; although Li Haoran has good qualifications, he has experienced too few ups and downs to take on heavy responsibilities.

After some conversation, Li Haoran understood his situation, he knew that he was weak, and he wanted to succeed the head, I was afraid that there was no hope, instead of colliding with people here, it was better to go down the mountain as soon as possible, so that he could go to the rivers and lakes to experience it.

After making up his mind, Li Haoran was very relaxed all over, and then began to pack his bags, preparing to leave Dadaomen in a few days.

During this period, Liu Yuntian learned that the head Ye Xinyue had talked to Li Haoran, and he found Li Haoran when he was out of balance, and there were a lot of ridicule and suppression between words, but Li Haoran endured it.

It's just that Liu Yuntian has lost his mind at this time, he thought that the position of the successor of the head of the family was missing out on him, and he was angry and found Li Haoran several times, every time it was a humiliation, but Li Haoran endured it.

Liu Yuntian only thought that Li Haoran was trying to win everyone's sympathy and reputation for tolerance and generosity, and he was even more angry and acted more and more excessively.

Li Haoran had no choice but to say his decision in front of his peers, "I, Li Haoran, in view of my actual situation, choose to withdraw from the list of candidates for the head of the family and give up the opportunity to succeed the head of the family." ”

As soon as this incident came out, there was an uproar up and down the big knife gate.

That night, Liu Yuntian came to the door and asked Li Haoran sharply, "Why did you choose to quit? What do you mean?"

Li Haoran said respectfully: "Senior brother, I am dedicated to martial arts, and I have no intention of participating in these, and it was also a helpless move to be selected as a candidate for the head of the sect before, and now I want to go down the mountain to experience." ”

"Oh, do you look down on me?"

Li Haoran waved his hand again and again, "No, I don't know how to run a sect, so I am not suitable to be the head of the sect, and I still need a senior brother to do it." ”

"Do you need to give up my position as head?"

There was a dispute between the brothers and sisters, Liu Yuntian took the lead in making a move, and Li Haoran had to deal with it.

The two fought, but did not distinguish between winners and losers, and under the persuasion of their peers, they gave up and made peace.

originally thought that this matter would pass like this, but I never thought that Liu Yuntian's behavior would be even more crazy.

On this day, Li Haoran prepared his bags, left a book, and prepared to leave the division secretly.

When he walked halfway up the mountain, he was stopped by Liu Yuntian, who wanted to fight Li Haoran to the death.

For the sake of the friendship between his peers and the relationship between his brothers and sisters, Li Haoran endured and regressed in every way, but he was forced to the edge of the cliff.

Liu Yuntian shouted frantically: "Li Haoran, if you don't compete with me, I will dig your master's grave." ”

With just this sentence, Li Haoran was furious, others could slander him, they could slander him, but they couldn't be sorry for his master.

"Well, I promise you, we're going to have a fair game. ”

Needless to say, Li Haoran and Liu Yuntian had a point-to-point battle under the witness of many fellow students.