this day.

Xu Chen was quietly drinking tea in a corner on the first floor of the inn, in a daze as usual.

At this time, a black carriage slowly stopped at the door of the Wangxiang Inn, if it was any other carriage, no matter how luxurious it was, Xu Chen would definitely not look at it.

However, this carriage attracted Xu Chen's attention, because on the side of this carriage, a symbol was outlined with white lines. This is the second time Xu Chen has seen this symbol, the last time was when Lao Wu died.

A simple hexagram, there is a straight line leading to heaven and earth in the middle, which is the symbol of the Redemption Mountain Sect, and it is a sign that Xu Chen still remembers.

After a while, a white-bearded old man walked out of the carriage leisurely, stepped out of the carriage and fell to the ground lightly, this person looked a little similar to Lu Yinguo's teacher, the old man's face was a little dusty, he was the master of the Doushan Sect, Wan Xu.

Wan Xu, who was wearing a yellow robe, said a word to the disciple who was driving the car, and walked straight into the Wangxiang Inn.

I don't know if someone has already told him about Xu Chen's appearance, or if he has the ability to predict the future, Wan Xuan walked into the inn and didn't pay attention to the courtesy of the second child in the store, but went straight to Xu Chen in the corner. His steps were gentle, but his eyes never left Xu Chen's cheeks for a moment, as if he wanted to see flowers from Xu Chen's face.

"Xu Chen?"

Walking up to Xu Chen, Wan Xuan asked tentatively, but his tone was full of indifference.

Xu Chen had been staring at Wan Xuan who had just walked into the inn, he seemed to have guessed something, and while looking at Wan Xu, he sighed at Chu Yang's ability.

He put down the teacup in his hand, stood up and bowed, "Exactly!" in an equally serious tone.

Wan Xuan nodded, "I'm Wan Xuan of the Dui Mountain Sect, come with me!"

After speaking, Wan Xuan turned around and walked towards the door of the inn, not caring about Xu Chen's reaction at all, nor asking Xu Chen if he was willing to move forward together, as if he had made an appointment in advance.

Xu Chen smiled slightly, but he followed and walked out, and got into the carriage with Wan Xu.

A crisp sound of horsewhips sounded, and the carriage started slowly, heading in the direction of the capital's gates.

Xu Chen and Wan Xuan sat face to face, looking at Wan Xu's eyes closed, there was no appearance of wanting to introduce at all, Xu Chen did not speak, just sat quietly. It seems that Wan Xuan doesn't treat him very well.

There was silence all the way, and the silence was a little embarrassing, which even made Xu Chen feel a little inexplicably hostile.

The carriage got out of the city gate and continued along the flat continent, which should be the Dugu Mountain where the Dushan Sect was located.

More than 300 years ago, when the Chaoyang Kingdom was founded, the Dushan Sect established a sect in the Duxagram Mountain. According to the past practice, the land and mountains outside the capital, in addition to being the fiefdom of dignitaries, can only be the hunting ground or mausoleum of the royal family.

However, the Dushan Sect is an exception. Some people even say that it was the valley where the sect was located that the founding emperor built the capital next to it.

This is more like a transaction, or a win-win situation, close to the Imperial City, the Mountain Sect can easily get some cultivation resources. And the royal family also got a little security through the Dushan Sect.

The mountain sect is the last guarantee of the royal family, and it is also the last hole card, but this hole card is well known.

Not long after leaving the city, Xu Chen heard the sound of birds and insects chirping outside the carriage, and when he opened the curtains, he could see that the flat road was lined with jungles all over the field, but it was different from the jungle in the wilderness, the trees on both sides of the road were extremely neat, and the specifications were also very consistent, which should have been artificially organized.

Xu Chen didn't have a good impression of the Dushan Sect, but at this time, he had an indescribable feeling, was it expectation? Xu Chen was not sure.

The peaks of the Hexagram Mountain have loomed, and the white clouds are floating between the two peaks, adding a bit of dusty atmosphere to the originally not majestic Hexagram Mountain.

The two peaks of the Hexagram Mountain are Muyun Peak and Lingshou Peak.

Muyun Peak is the place where ordinary disciples live and cultivate, but Lingshou Peak is unknown to outsiders.

If the Hexagram Mountain is a forbidden place for mortals, then Lingshou Peak is a forbidden place for ordinary disciples, except for the elders in the general who can go there once in a while, ordinary disciples don't even think about it. This is probably the mysterious place of the Shan Sect that is rumored in the world.

Within an hour, the carriage slowly stopped, Xu Chen was thinking about what to do after entering the Dushan Sect, but Wan Xuan on the other side said coldly, "You can get off the car, someone outside will take you." ”

Although he spoke, Wan Xuan never opened his eyes.

In the face of Wanxu's contempt, Xu Chen didn't react, or didn't dare to react, after saying thank you, Xu Chen picked up the curtain and got out of the carriage.

Contrary to Xu Chen's expectations, after Xu Chen got out of the car, the black carriage continued along the gentle mountain road, as if it was going directly to the top of the mountain.

This is the foot of the hexagram mountain, looking up, there is really some taste of the immortal residence, think about the noisy capital more than ten miles away, it is really a feeling of being suddenly separated from the world.

Just when Xu Chen was wondering, a person who looked like a disciple who was a few years older than Xu Chen walked up slowly.

He walked up to Xu Chen and bowed politely: "Go down Li Tianming again, and take you up the mountain on the order of the master." ”

Xu Chen also smiled slightly, returned the salute and said, "Oh! That's troublesome." ”

The whole hexagram mountain seems to have been carefully carved, and even the mountain road up the mountain is gentle and wide, which is extremely easy to walk.

Xu Chen followed behind Li Tianming and walked slowly forward, he did not ask about the situation of the Dushan Sect, but looked at the surrounding scenery casually, his expression was calm, but his heart was extremely complicated.

Perhaps feeling a little embarrassed, Li Tianming suddenly slowed down his pace, walked side by side with Xu Chen, and said softly: "Senior Brother Xu Chen, let me first introduce you to the basic situation of the general department." ”

Xu Chen bowed again: "Then there will be labor." ”

"You're welcome!"

Li Tianming waved his hand and said, "Our Dushan Sect is divided into two pavilions and three courtyards, and the three courtyards are the Five Dragons, the Three Qings and the Gathering Spirits. I am a disciple of this Gathering Soul Academy, and of course, you are also a junior brother. As for the two pavilions, they are the Blue Kite and the Drizzle, the Drizzle Pavilion can only be entered after reaching a certain height, and the Blue Kite Pavilion ......"

Speaking of this, Li Tianming's expression was interesting and hesitant, and after thinking for a moment, he said with a little shame: "As for the Blue Kite Pavilion, I won't tell you, I have been here for more than ten years, and I don't know anything about the Blue Kite Pavilion except for the name. ”

Xu Chen nodded politely.

After a pause, Li Tianming continued: "Little junior brother, there is one more thing I have to tell you, although the three courtyards are the same on the surface, but our Gathering Soul Courtyard is different, all the children of high-ranking officials and nobles have been assigned to the Gathering Soul Courtyard, so the little junior brother should be more careful in the future, those children have always been very arrogant, and their temper is also very big, they must not be easily provoked, but behind them are all standing a faction of forces in the court." ”

"Oh?"

Xu Chen was a little surprised, and assigned all the children of high-ranking officials and nobles to one courtyard, was this intentional? He had heard from the innkeeper that many of the children of officials and eunuchs had only entered the Duishan Sect by virtue of their connections, and that was not to say that they were going to enter the weakest courtyard, but after thinking about it carefully, he was relieved, because he himself did not come in through normal channels.

Li Tianming seemed to see Xu Chen's thoughts, and explained: "Little junior brother, you don't have to worry, although some of these children are not doing their jobs, most of them are still extremely serious in their cultivation, and of course some of them have a very high level of cultivation, but their temper is a little bigger. ”

As they spoke, the two had already walked halfway up the mountain, and a huge square came into view, which was many times larger than the square in the backyard of the Xu Mansion.

The square is surrounded by dense pavilions, and the outer part of the complex is a dense jungle.

"This is the Gathering Courtyard. ”

Li Tianming pointed to this open field and said.

Xu Chen nodded, the Gathering Courtyard was not the same as he imagined, there was no imaginary wall, and there was no imaginary old classical.

Li Tianming took Xu Chen to a row of huts close to the mountain wall, and prepared to arrange a place for Xu Chen to live.

At this time, out of nowhere, a large group of student-like people poured out, all of them were wearing uniform clothes, black clothes, black headbands, and only a white logo of the Dushan Sect was painted on the back, and at first glance they were the disciples of the Dushan Sect.

These disciples surrounded the two of them, looking at Xu Chen, who had just arrived, with burning eyes, as if they were looking at a monster.

Xu Chen didn't know what they were here to do to greet him, but their strange expressions were not smiling. They didn't do anything to teach the new disciples?

Just when Xu Chen was a little puzzled and wanted to salute these people politely, a sturdy young man walked out of the crowd.

He has a handsome face, a hint of arrogance between his eyebrows, and a domineering spirit that does not belong to his age in his gestures. He stopped two feet away from Xu Chen and the others, glanced at Xu Chen with contempt, then looked at Li Tianming and said, "Senior brother, is this the kid who just entered the sect?"

Li Tianming seemed to have expected such a thing a long time ago, and he also knew what these disciples were here for, he smiled slightly and said, "Exactly!" He stretched out his hand and said: "This is the little junior brother who has just started, his name is Xu Chen, everyone will have to take care of it more in the future." ”

Xu Chen also smiled at the crowd, and then bowed.

"You know what we're here for, don't you?" said the leading young man.

Li Tianming is very embarrassed, although he is the elder brother of the Gathering Soul Academy, but he comes from an ordinary family, and his personality is also quite kind, and even in the words of these junior brothers and sisters, he is a little cowardly.

Although Li Tianming's cultivation is very good, there is always an indescribable inferiority complex in front of the children of these powerful people.

After a moment of silence, Li Tianming said to the young man: "Ximen Wenyu, you should leave with the junior brothers and sisters, today is the first time the junior brother is here, don't make trouble, it would be bad if the master and the head of the sect knew." ”

"Troublemaker?"

Ximen Wenyu shouted loudly, as if there was no senior brother in front of him at all, "Shizun knows that I am not afraid, I just came today to see who can break the rules of the sect." There is no recommendation, no test, and it is not in the year when the disciples are recruited, and those who are silent can enter the Dushan Sect. ”

Maybe it was because he was too excited, Ximen Wenyu's face turned red, "I thought he was some kind of peerless genius, so we wouldn't say anything, but now it seems that he is just an ordinary person, why can he be like this, and no one will take care of the Mountain Sect?"

With his series of questions, the other disciples were also noisy, and the pace of insulting words was nominally about the rules of the Mountain Sect, but in fact, every word was going towards Xu Chen.

Looking at the noise of the disciples in front of him and the dominance of Ximen Wenyu, Xu Chen was about to take a step forward and say something.

At this time, his tightness was pulled by Li Tianming, and he whispered in Xu Chen's ear: "Little junior brother, don't be impulsive, Senior Brother Ximen is the only son of General Ximen, you ......"

Hearing the word General Ximen, Xu Chen turned his head to look at Li Tianming, and asked calmly, "Ximen Wang?"

"You know that, too?"

Li Tianming looked at Xu Chen in surprise.