Chapter 10: Return to the Mountain Gate
Sky Splitting Sword Gate, Sword Gate Hall.
Duan Zhenkun, the master of the Heaven Splitting Gate, stood with his hands in his hands, and his mood was a little anxious, constantly pacing back and forth in the hall, and several disciples of the lineage were sitting on both sides, and their faces were also not good.
"I have long known that the Ji family's business can't be done, so I'm afraid that something will happen, but I didn't expect it to really happen, and I blamed me for being greedy for a while and couldn't withstand Ji Xiaotian's temptation of immortality. Duan Zhenkun looked anxious and muttered.
"Master, don't blame yourself too much, no one would have thought that such a thing would happen, that Evil Tiger Pond is a notoriously murderous place, and there was only one inner disciple of Yue Feng to escort it that day, so it's no wonder they. The eldest disciple Yu Hongchang said with a frown.
Yue Feng fell to his knees with a thud and cried: "The disciple should die, the disciple is guilty!" I couldn't sleep all night when I thought of the eight dead senior brothers, and I would wake up in my dreams every time. ”
Duan Zhenkun, the master of the Heaven Splitting Gate, sighed slightly, and Yu Hongchang helped Yue Feng on the ground up. Duan Zhenkun, the master of the Heaven Splitting Gate, continued, "You were the only one who came back alive that day?"
"Those pills and several senior brothers have sunk to the bottom of the Evil Tiger Pond, and I was lucky to escape! At that time, the Evil Tiger Pond was in a violent wind, and a strong force tore us all towards the Evil Tiger Pond, and the junior brothers ...... one by one" Yue Feng sobbed and whimpered.
It turned out that the Ji family of Ten Thousand Sword City bought a large amount of pills from the Heaven Splitting Sword Gate at a high price and transported them to the Ouyang family in Mufeng City as one of the dowries, according to the agreement between the Ji family and the Ouyang family, the dowry should be transported to the husband's family first, so the disciples of the Heaven Splitting Sword Sect who were responsible for escorting the pills set off first, but unexpectedly, more than a dozen disciples of the Heaven Splitting Sword Sect, including Long Xu, who encountered a mutation on the way, were all sucked into the Evil Tiger Pool, and only Yue Feng survived. Although the Heaven Splitting Sword Sect is a cultivation sect, it is not a big sect after all, and all kinds of food and clothing in the sect need to be spent, so the sect will naturally find ways to earn spar money and make a living, so it will often do things like sending darts and escorting darts.
Originally, Duan Zhenkun, the master of the Heaven Splitting Gate, was reluctant to take over the Ji family's business, because the Ji family had always been the most powerful near the Wolong Mountain Range, and after they married the Ouyang family in Mufeng City, they were afraid that they would be even more arrogant near the Wolong Mountain Range. However, Duan Zhenkun couldn't withstand everyone's persuasion, coupled with Ji Xiaotian, the head of the Ji family, who was kind enough to discuss and promised a lot of money, the Heaven Splitting Sword Gate was not a loss, so he was willing to sell this large amount of elixir. There are a total of 1,000 yellow-grade pills and 50 Xuan-grade pills, and the value is roughly calculated to be millions of spars. Because Ten Thousand Swords City is only a seven-day trip from Mufeng City at most, there are no powerful thieves along the way, and there must be no forces nearby that dare to fight the Ji family and the Ouyang family's idea, and more importantly, the Sky Splitting Sword Gate is equivalent to earning a lot of money and goods from the Ji family for nothing, which is also an important reason why Duan Zhenkun is willing to take this deal. After the loss of the pill, the Ji family had already sent people to ask for compensation many times, but after all, this was not a small amount, according to the list, it was worth close to two million spars, which was equivalent to the income of the Heaven Splitting Sword Sect for three years, not to mention that Duan Zhenkun couldn't draw out so much money at once, so he was upset about this matter at the moment.
At this time, a disciple ran in from outside the main hall, knelt down on one knee and reported to the door master: "Report to the door master, the outer disciple Long Xu is back!"
"What? you say it again?" Duan Zhenkun couldn't believe his ears.
"Outer disciple, Long Xu is back. The disciple repeated it again.
Duan Zhenkun snorted coldly and said, "That waste was able to come back alive and let him in." The disciple said yes and exited the main hall. Yue Feng's face on the side changed, he didn't know what he was thinking, and a look of disbelief appeared on his face.
After a while, Long Xu walked to the main hall, bowed down and said, "Door master, I'm back!" Long Xu looked at Duan Zhenkun, the door master, but his displeasure was not shown on his face at all.
Duan Zhenkun has always looked down on Long Xu, in the past, Long Xu was indeed too cowardly because he had no cultivation foundation, and he had always been looked down upon by the Heaven Splitting Sword Gate, even if he was slapped in the face, he would take the initiative to say sorry to others. But now Long Xu is naturally no longer afraid, because he knows that his cultivation has entered the rank of a martial artist, and secretly has that magical cobblestone body! Long Xu has also secretly sworn that in the future, he will not be trampled under the feet of others and insulted, he will become stronger, become strong enough, and stand at the top of this unreasonable world.
Duan Zhenkun glanced at Long Xu, made a voice from his nose, and said, "Well, you tell me about the situation of the day, you two will come back now." At the same time, Duan Zhenkun pointed to Yue Feng who was standing on the side, and Yue Feng was looking at Long Xu with disdainful and indifferent but puzzled eyes. Long Xu responded, recalled, vaguely remembered that the sun was shining that day, he set off with the team as usual, and when he passed through the Evil Tiger Pond, the wind suddenly rose, and the sky suddenly darkened, only knowing that several senior brothers around him were sucked into the Evil Tiger Pond with him.
Wait!Why is this guy Yue Feng okay? Long Xu was suspicious in his heart, because according to the normal route, the team would not take the route of the Evil Tiger Pond no matter what. There must be something strange about this matter, but Long Xu hasn't found a clue yet, so he roughly recalls the situation that day. Of course, as for how he got out of trouble, Long Xu deliberately made up a lie that he was swept up by the wind and swept up the tree. Long Xu didn't want to be known the secret of the magical round stone, which was his biggest secret now.
"Long Xu, I didn't expect you to have the same fate as me, and if you don't die, there will be a blessing in the future. Yue Feng, who was standing on the side, said coldly.
Long Xu's tone was cold, and he said, "TOEFL, TOEFL!" Long Xu's intuition told him that there might be something wrong with Yue Feng, why all the people died cleanly, but he came back intact, of course, he picked up a life in the Evil Tiger Pond because of his adventure.
"Let's go down. Duan Zhenkun waved his hand and didn't even look at Long Xu. Long Xu glanced at the main hall and slowly retreated outside the hall.
At this time, a young girl in Tsing Yi trotted all the way over, and said with a happy face: "Brother Xu, are you back alive?"
"Hey, how do you talk? I won't come back alive, will I come back dead?" Long Xu pursed his lips and smiled, this is Duan Rong, the only daughter of Duan Zhenkun, the master of the Heaven Splitting Gate. There were only two or three people in the entire Heaven Splitting Sword Sect who got along well with Long Xu, and the other cadres all looked down on him because of his background, inability to cultivate, and lack of strength. Long Xu was adopted by the Sky Splitting Sword Gate since he was ten years old, of course, this adoption is conditional, that is, he will serve the Sky Splitting Sword Gate for the rest of his life and must not betray. Duan Zhenkun, the master of the Heaven Splitting Gate, adopted a lot of such children, and raised them to become free labor in the Heaven Splitting Sword Gate, these people have no family, and if they die in battle outside, they can also save a lot of money for settling in, this period of Zhenkun is not shrewd.
Duan Rong was born as a girl, and she had few playmates when she was a child, while Long Xu was slightly older than Duan Furong, and the two of them became playmates and often played together. Therefore, Duan Rong has also regarded Long Xu as an elder brother since he was a child, and even Duan Rong's own brother Duan Yu also regards Long Xu as a brother, and his relationship is very good. The light in Duan Rong's eyes flashed, and she said movingly: "I really thought you couldn't come back, Yue Feng said that you were already dead like those people, which made me sad for several days." ”
"But to be honest, I'm really almost not coming back, but fortunately, my life is just confiscated by Lord Yama. What Long Xu said was actually the truth, but in Duan Rong's ears, he took it as a complete joke, raised his pink fist and slammed it on his chest twice, and scolded: "Nonsense, and my brother Duan Yu is also very worried about you, but now he has retreated, and he is preparing for the selection of inner disciples in two months, and he originally promised to go to you as soon as he leaves the customs!"
"Oh, Inner Sect Disciple Selection?" Long Xu suddenly remembered that two months later was the biennial Inner Sect Disciple Selection, once there were outer disciples in the Heaven Splitting Sword Sect who had reached the rank of martial general, they could be promoted to Inner Sect disciples after selection. The status of the inner disciples and the outer disciples is very different, the inner disciples can have a separate room and a good income, and they can also enter the special cultivation place in the Heaven Splitting Sword Sect to practice, and the Heaven Splitting Sword Gate will also assign three outer disciples to take care of their diet and daily life. Of course, the highest status in the Heaven Splitting Sword Sect is the sect master Duan Zhenkun, followed by the four henchmen and disciples, and there are about twenty or thirty disciples in the inner sect in total, and their status can be imagined.
Duan Rong's immature little hand gently tapped on Long Xu's head and said, "Look at your memory, you even forgot about it." But it's no wonder, you don't want to become an inner disciple anyway, hehe. Duan Rong stuck out her tongue and said half-jokingly.
"Who said I can't be an inner disciple? I'm going to show you. Long Xu also half-jokingly replied to Duan Rong.
"Okay, then Miss Ben will wait and see, but how about we still make some color?" Duan Rong turned a few times with a pair of smart big eyes, and said, "If you lose, take me down the mountain for a day, and I will eat all the good things nearby." "This Rong has been very favored by Duan Zhenkun since she was a child, and in order to worry about Duan Rong's safety, she naturally rarely lets Duan Rong go down the mountain.
The corners of Long Xu's mouth moved, a shallow smile escaped, nodded slightly, and said, "Okay, but if you lose, then you have to marry me as a wife!"
"Ah...... I won't marry you!Miss Ben has a famous flower!" Duan Rong ran mischievously into the distance, her cyan skirt waving in the wind, like a lotus flower that came out of the mud and was not stained.
Looking at Duan Rong's back in the distance, Long Xu unconsciously sighed that the difference between the personalities of the father and daughter was too great, one was innocent and the other was scheming, I hope Duan Rong will not become a victim of Duan Zhenkun. What Long Xu didn't know was that when Duan Rong returned to her room, she put a bag that had been packed back into the cabinet, sighed lowly, and muttered: "It's good that I'm back, otherwise Brother Xu is not here, how can I find you alone......"