The vast moonlight, the stars are lonely, the field is empty, a hut is independent of it, and there is a sense of arrogance in the desolation.

The group looked at the self-standing hut not far away, and their eyes were suspicious. Chen Yucai looked at Song Xitong and asked, "Senior Sister Song, the 'Shadowless Thief' is here?"

Song Xitong sensed slightly, nodded, and said, "It's right there." ”

Everyone looked at each other, and their eyes were vigilant. In this empty place, there is not a single family within a radius of ten miles, if Song Xitong's judgment is correct, this "shadowless thief" is probably hiding in this hut. Chen Yucai put his finger to his mouth and motioned to everyone to move forward quietly, don't startle the snake.

At this moment, the front was replaced by Chen Yucai and Nangong Han, protecting everyone behind them. The group walked lightly forward, and soon came to the outside of this conspicuous hut. Looking closely, this is a room, clearly a small abandoned and dilapidated temple, with a few pieces of rags hanging from the windows that have not yet weathered, and there are many holes in the walls, and the faint light shines through the temple, which is really a little shabby.

Everyone's faces became more and more strange, with the skills of "shadowless thief", he came and went freely in Qixia Town, but why did he come to this dilapidated temple, as if he still lived here?

Approaching the ruined temple, Liu Zifeng squatted down on his waist, and happened to have a small hole in front of him that seemed to be made by a mouse, so he leaned in to take a look.

The inside of the ruined temple was full of dust, the ground was full of pits, and there were many weeds piled up on one side. A small lamp sits alone on the ground, emitting a dim glow. A seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy was half-sitting on the weeds, his face looked a little dirty, and there seemed to be another person in front of the boy, only to hear the sound of speech coming from inside.

"Wuying, how did you get the injuries on your body, and you went out to fight with people again?"

"Master, I'm fine, but I accidentally scratched a little skin while working, are you feeling better today?"

The person on the other side seemed to be an old man, his voice was slightly thick, and he seemed to have a tone of voice when he said this. There was silence in the broken temple for a moment, and only a vicissitudes of life but an unusually loud voice sounded in everyone's ears: "You are a guest from afar, if you are interested, you may as well enter my three-foot land for a while." ”

Outside the broken temple, Liu Zifeng and the others were shocked, and immediately understood that this old man was not shallow. Before everyone approached, they all used the concealment methods in their own mental methods, but they didn't expect to be broken by the old man. In desperation, everyone had to show their figures and stand at the gate of the broken temple and look at Chen Yucai.

Although Chen Yucai was surprised, his face was not flustered, and when he noticed that the old man was not malicious, he clasped his fists outside the door and saluted, and said loudly: "Don't blame the seniors, the juniors have taken the liberty to come here, it is really a last resort, and I ask the seniors to bear with me." ”

In the ruined temple, the old man seemed to chuckle, followed by a violent cough, and everyone frowned, and they didn't feel a little worried. After a long while, the gate of the broken temple suddenly opened, and the dirty young man Liu Zifeng saw strode out, with an angry look, looked at a few people and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Now that the situation is a little strange, Chen Yucai didn't answer, only heard the old man's weak and somewhat stern voice coming: "No shadow, it's a guest from afar, don't be rude to people!"

The young man's face was anxious, and he turned his head to the old man in the temple and said urgently: "Master, these people ......."

Before the young man finished speaking, the old man's voice sounded again: "Don't worry, are you still afraid that they will embarrass a dying person?" Don't say it, go boil some boiling water, don't neglect the guests!"

The old man's voice was unquestionable, and although the young man still wanted to say something, he finally fell silent, looked at everyone fiercely, and turned his head to boil water.

"Come in!"

Hearing the old man's voice, Chen Yu walked into the temple alone, and everyone followed.

When I entered the temple, the interior was really dilapidated, and there was dust everywhere. In the center, it used to appear that there were three bodhisattva Buddhas, but now only broken remnants can be seen, and there are broken stones and clods of earth everywhere. On one of the relatively intact walls, several layers of thick weeds were piled up, and a flickering oil lamp on the ground gave a dim glow. By the light, I saw an old man lying on the haystack in the corner of the wall, describing the withered trees, facing everyone.

Seeing such a scene, Liu Zifeng somehow felt a sour heart, as if recalling an unknown past. It didn't make sense, and even he thought it was strange.

After a while, the boy came with boiling water, and the only thing in the temple was a kettle and a few teacups. Pouring tea into the cup one by one, the young man reluctantly put it in front of everyone, and muttered, "Please use it." ”

After doing this, the young man turned his head and saw that the old man was struggling to get up, so he trotted over to help him, and said urgently: "Master, don't force yourself!"

After a long while, the old man sat up with difficulty, and everyone saw that his face was pale, and the center of his eyebrows was even darker, and they were all silent. Liu Zifeng couldn't bear it, and said loudly: "Senior, you better lie down and rest!"

The old man smiled slightly, his cloudy eyes seemed to become brighter, his eyes swept over everyone one by one, and said with a smile: "They are all young people, all of them are dragons and phoenixes, good seedlings, you are disciples of the four major sects, right?"

Chen Yu took a step forward and replied with his fists clenched: "The seniors have praised it, and the juniors are the disciples of the Luoxia Sect and the Xuanxin Pavilion. ”

Hearing this, the old man nodded slightly and asked, "Well, that's it." But now it's just past midday, why are you all here?"

Everyone's hearts were tight, and they didn't know how to speak at this time. In this situation, several people couldn't help but sigh in their hearts that the world was hot and cold. Chen Yu settled down, pretended to be nothing, and said: "It's nothing, I met the little brother of Shadowless in Qixia Town today, and I dropped something when I left, so I wanted to return it to him." It just so happened that my younger brothers and sisters and I went out to inquire about the situation, and we got here all the way, and it was fate. ”

The old man's expression moved slightly, nodded slightly, and then looked at the young man standing aside, and suddenly shouted coldly: "There is no shadow, you kneel down for me!"

The young man's face was frightened, and he fell to his knees with a thud, his body trembling, as if he was terrified to the extreme.

"Wuying, let me ask you, what was the first thing I said to you when you worshipped me as a teacher?"

The old man's eyes showed remembrance, but his expression was extremely stern, and he asked indifferently to the young man kneeling in front of him.

The young man blew his head, did not dare to raise it at all, and said in a trembling voice: "You can't do evil things......

"Be louder! I'm going to listen!"

The old man's expression was even more violent, and everyone was also confused by this scene, and they didn't know what was going on for a while.

The young man seemed to sobbed in a low voice, stopped sobbing for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Master said, don't ask me to respect my teacher and carry forward the inheritance, I just want me to stick to my heart, do more righteous deeds, and don't do evil things......"

The old man nodded slightly, looking a little excited, and began to cough violently again. The young man hurriedly got up and beat the old man's chest and stroked his back, only to hear the old man's voice coming: "That...... Ahem...... Then you tell me, ahem, ahem...... They...... Ahem, why are you here?"

Everyone couldn't bear it, and said in unison: "Senior, take care of your body!"

It took a long time for the old man to breathe a sigh of relief. When the young man saw that the old man was not panting, he still knelt on the ground as he had just now, and said in a low voice: "Master, the disciple knows that he is wrong, and he asks the master to punish him!"

The old man looked at the young man, and a touch of love welled up in the depths of his eyes, and everyone could see it clearly, and they were speechless for a while. And the old man's words next surprised several people.

"There is no need to punish or anything. From now on, you will no longer be my disciple, so go by yourself!"

The sound was like thunder, and it clearly reached the ears of the young man. Suddenly, the young man's face turned pale, his lips trembled, tears kept pouring out, and he cried: "Master! Master! The disciple is really wrong, please Master for the sake of the disciple who has followed him for many years, and don't expel the disciple from the sect! Master......

Everyone looked sideways, and they couldn't bear to look at it anymore, Zhou Yuru and Nangong Han's three junior sisters were already in tears, sobbing nonstop, and even Song Xitong didn't overdo it. Everyone couldn't see that the old man was seriously ill and knew that it would be difficult for him to live for a few days, so he took this opportunity to expel this only disciple from the sect and cut off the shackles.

The old man seemed to have tears in his eyes, and before he could shed it, he secretly dried it up, and sighed: "There is no shadow, the old man has taught you all his skills, and what you will do in the future depends on your personal efforts." You and I are a master and apprentice, and we have been serving on the side for many years. Now that you have done evil deeds, you must have the consciousness to bear evil deeds, and you don't need to call me Master, get up!"

Absolutely Wuying shook his head desperately, knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing, crying: "Master, don't drive me away! The disciple knows that he is wrong, and he knows that he is wrong......

The old man turned his head to look out of the ruined temple, and tears seemed to flow from his eyes. Liu Zifeng's eyes were slightly red, and the vicissitudes of Zhou Lao's back suddenly flashed in front of him, and he couldn't help muttering: "Old Zhou, Master ......"

For a long time, the broken temple was filled with sadness, and everyone had forgotten what they were here for. Suddenly, the eyes of the fortune divination were slightly red, and he stepped forward and persuaded: "The predecessors don't have to be like this, although Brother Wuying has done something wrong, but knowing that he has made mistakes and correcting them, it is a good thing." I think the real meaning of the predecessor is that he doesn't want to drag Wu Ying down, so he is ruthless and takes this opportunity to expel him from the division, right?"

The old man made a move with one hand, and saw a small black worm come out of the collar of the shadowless coat, flutter its wings and fly to the old man, burrow into his clothes and disappear. Jue Wuying's face changed, and he said in fear: "Master, do you know everything about these days?"

The old man didn't pay attention to him, but looked at the fortune divination and the people behind him, sighed, and said, "The old man's Dao is called Spirit Gu, and the world is called 'Spirit Gu Zhenren', and the Dao method practiced is the art of raising Gu. Back then, when I was out looking for a Gu worm, I met a lonely and miserable shadowless, so I took him back as a closed disciple. Most people in the world are afraid of Gu worms and the like, so the old man has never let him perform Gu magic over the years. ”

The old man's face seemed to calm down a little, and he took a sip of water and continued: "After coming to this Linghe Mountain Range, it is rumored that there is a strange insect growing here, which was raised by the Linghe Master himself. Although the Venerable Linghe is nowhere to be found, the old man still wants to try his luck, and he doesn't think that the Venerable Linghe's cave is actually guarded by a poisonous array, poisoning most of the Gu insects that I have carefully cultivated for many years, and even the old man almost confessed there. ”

Fortune Fortune's face was abrupt, and from the time he came in, he saw that the old man had a strange poison in his body, and when he heard this, he immediately understood in his heart.

The old man sighed, glanced at the shadow beside him who stopped sobbing, and sighed, "Later, it became like this. Shadowless and simple-hearted, the old man gave him some treasures to go to Qixia Town to sell in exchange for some silver taels and medicinal herbs to make a living. But when he first interacted with someone, he was deceived of everything, and he didn't dare to tell me when he came back. In desperation, he started stealing. ”