If you say which positions are the most important in the entire Jiuhua, then it is the head, the Taishang Dharma Protector and the Mountain Protector Elder.

The head of the sect is in charge of the overall situation, the Taishang Dharma Protector is responsible for the training, rewards and punishments of Jiuhua disciples, and the Dharma Protector Elder uses the "Nine Pole Array" to defend against foreign enemies, and investigates and controls every move in Jiuhua Mountain.

In addition to these three positions, there is also a very special position among the elders of Jiuhua. That's the deacons and elders.

Compared with the previous three, the deacons and elders are responsible for the daily affairs of Jiuhua Mountain, and can receive guests, attend various immortal cultivation gatherings on behalf of Jiuhua Mountain, and even represent Jiuhua Yimai to express their attitude on a certain number of Cheng dù. To put it simply, the deacon elder is a position that assists the head of Jiuhua in managing Jiuhua Mountain, similar to the role of the chief housekeeper in the secular house.

But this is not the reason why Xu Qingfan was surprised, the elders of Jiuhua may be profound, but they are not always good at dealing with these miscellaneous things, so it is not surprising that Zhang Hualing let him be a deacon elder with Xu Qingfan's previous appearance.

But what Xu Qingfan thought of was a sentence that Yue Qingru had said to Xu Qingfan when he introduced Jiuhua Mountain before his death.

The deacons and elders, another way of saying it is the preparatory head of Jiuhua Mountain. The reason why the deacons and elders are allowed to assist the head of the door in handling the affairs inside the door is to let him be familiar with the things inside the door as much as possible, so as not to be in a hurry when he takes over.

Although this statement is just a legend, there are a series of things that can illustrate the truth of this legend.

For example, Zhang Hualing, the current head of Jiuhuadi, was a deacon elder of Jiuhua before. And the previous head of Jiuhua, Li Xuhan, also served as a deacon elder. Jiuhua's traitor Zhang Xusheng's identity at the time of the rebellion was the deacon elder, and it is rumored that Li Xuhan was unable to advance an inch because of his cultivation at that time, so he was ready to give up the position of head to Zhang Xusheng, while he concentrated on cultivating immortals.

And the deacon elder before Xu Qingfan was Bao Qingfang, who had already been killed by He Jian, the first master of the previous "Qing" generation, and the next successor of Jiuhua.

And Zhang Hualing, at this time, actually let Xu Qingfan take the position of Jiuhua deacon and elder after receiving the empowerment, but what did he mean? Does he want Xu Qingfan to take over as the head of Jiuhua?

Although this was the most likely scenario, Xu Qingfan couldn't believe it. Because he didn't know that he had attracted Zhang Hualing in that regard, he actually asked Zhang Hualing to treat him as the successor of Jiuhua.

But this legend is only a legend after all, Jiuhua did not clearly stipulate that the deacon elder will definitely be the head of Jiuhua in the future, and Xu Qingyuanfan couldn't ask Zhang Hualing, "Do you want me to be the head?" Therefore, Xu Qingfan could only suppress this question in his heart, and silently bowed to Zhang Hualing.

And although Zhang Hualing's eyes were indifferent and peaceful, he seemed to see through Xu Qingfan's words in an instant, including Xu Qingfan's thoughts at this time, but he didn't explain much, but still said in a flat tone: "Then it's okay, there is still a month and a half before the next opening of the Nine Pole Cave." You have just reached the stage of attainment, and during this time, you should do your best to stabilize the dìng realm. Go back now. ”

Although Xu Qingfan's heart was full of questions, when he heard Zhang Hualing say this, he didn't want to ask again. could only bow to Zhang Hualing silently, and then leave gently.

In this way, in this deserted hall, Zhang Hualing was once again the only one left.

Silently watching Xu Qingfan's departing back, until he disappeared, Zhang Hualing suddenly raised his head, and his deep gaze seemed to penetrate the deep wall of Hualing Hall and shoot straight to the top of Jiuhua Mountain. There seemed to be the answer he was looking for there.

"Master, since you want Xu Qingfan to be my successor, then I will follow your wishes, let him be a deacon elder first, as the first step to become the head.

"It's just, master. What do you think is Xu Qingfan's temperament. Is it really suitable to be the head of a faction? He has too many concerns. ”

"I just hope that in the lifetime of you and I. I can transform him into what a head of the house should be. ”

At the top of Jiuhua Mountain, Liu Huaxiang, who was looking at Jin Qinghan and the others smiling silently, seemed to feel Zhang Hualing's gaze, and turned his head to look at the location of Hualing Hall on the mountainside of Jiuhua, but his eyes were deeper and more distant than Zhang Hualing's. After Xu Qingfan returned to the top of Jiuhua Mountain, he did not mention to Jin Qinghan and others about the fact that he would be appointed as the new deacon elder of Jiuhua, after all, this matter was too shocking in some aspects, so he just suppressed the doubts in his heart and accepted the congratulations of Li Yuhan and others one after another.

When Jin Qinghan and the others all left, Xu Qingfan couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart anymore, and relayed Zhang Hualing's words to Liu Huaxiang.

I have to say that unconsciously, Xu Qingfan has regarded Liu Huaxiang as a dependent, but he has never hidden anything from him.

After hearing Xu Qingfan's words, Liu Huaxiang was also slightly surprised, because his idea of cultivating Xu Qingfan to become the next head of Jiuhua has always been in his heart, but he has not mentioned it to anyone, but he didn't expect Zhang Hualing to guess that he really deserves to be Liu Huaxiang's disciple, not only did he not have any complaints about Liu Huaxiang's practice of arranging his successor without notifying him, but also quietly tried his best to help Liu Huaxiang realize his idea, which is really valuable.

It's just that Zhang Hualing so eagerly arranged for Xu Qingfan to become a deacon elder, does it show from another aspect that Zhang Hualing's body has begun to slowly collapse after he forcibly performed "Acting for Heaven"?

Thinking of this, a trace of gloom flashed in Liu Huaxiang's eyes. He knew that he only had a few decades to live, so what about Zhang Hualing? Will he let his white man send a black man in the end? Seeing Liu Huaxiang's silence with a hint of gloom, Xu Qingfan, who was waiting for Liu Huaxiang's answer, couldn't help but wonder in his heart.

saw that Liu Huaxiang just glanced at Xu Qingfan deeply. He turned around and left without saying a word.

As Liu Huaxiang's back disappeared into his grass hut, Liu Huaxiang's old voice suddenly sounded in Xu Qingfan's ears.

"The deacon elder is not necessarily the future leader, and the future head does not necessarily have to be the current deacon elder, you don't have to think about these things, go to the realm of peace of mind. ”

Hearing Liu Huaxiang say this, Xu Qingfan was helpless, just patted Ting'er on the shoulder, and walked towards his own thatched house.

At this moment, Liu Huaxiang's voice suddenly sounded again.

"Since you are about to become a deacon elder, then I will say one more thing. When the position changes, the responsibility changes. In the past, you wanted to protect Ting'er and the partners around you, but in the future, you have to think more about the whole Jiuhua. Qingfan, your vision and heart. It's time for a change. ”

Xu Qingfan was slightly stunned, stopped, and thought that Liu Huaxiang would say anything more, but after waiting for a long time, the grass hut where Liu Huaxiang was was still silent, shook his head helplessly, and went to meditate.

In the following days. Xu Qingfan's days have returned to monotony and leisure, and after entering the Dan period, in addition to the great increase in skill, the realm insight is also very different. It is still more than enough to guide Ting'er, a monk in the valley period, at least she will not be evaluated by Liu Huaxiang as a "misguided child".

In addition to reading books and drinking tea, Xu Qingfan was ready to continue to debate with Liu Huaxiang according to his habit, but Liu Huaxiang no longer seemed to be interested in these debates, but just kept proposing some things and asked Xu Qingfan how to deal with them if he encountered them. And after Xu Qingfan answered, no matter whether it was right or wrong, he did not refute it. It's just that after you will act according to Xu Qingfan's method, you may tell Xu Qingfan about the consequences one by one, although there is no cynicism in the words, but thinking of these consequences, Xu Qingfan still can't help blushing.

During this period of time, Xu Qingfan felt that he had a lot more knowledge. It's only been a little over a month. Although Xu Qingfan has been reading poetry and books for the past sixty years. But there are some things that you can grasp more than just a book.

Besides. After Xu Qingfan stepped into the Dan period, while clarifying the original doubts in his heart, he became more puzzled about the cultivation of immortals, such as the transformation between the five elements of heaven and earth, such as the relationship between the soul and the divine consciousness, or how the inner pill in the body drives the body's aura.

For these, Liu Huaxiang is at his fingertips, and uses the most easy-to-understand language to explain these seemingly esoteric things clearly, which makes Xu Qingfan have a sense of epiphany. Compared with Xu Qingfan's stubbornness and immaturity in dealing with human affairs, Liu Huaxiang was satisfied with Xu Qingfan's understanding of Taoism.

But faintly, Xu Qingfan always felt that Liu Huaxiang's insight was far beyond the Cheng dù that a monk in the Yudan period should have, especially Xu Qingfan had come into contact with Xiao Huazhe, who was about to reach the realm of the Mahayana period, and felt that the breadth of knowledge was far inferior to Liu Huaxiang.

But Liu Huaxiang is a Mahayana monk after all, it is too unbelievable, so even if Xu Qingfan has this thought, it is only a flash.

In the past month and a half, in addition to discussing with Liu Huaxiang, he also often discussed with the visiting Jin Qinghan.

In fact, after Jin Qinghan received the empowerment and stabilized the realm, he had been looking for Xu Qingfan, but thinking of Xu Qingfan's gloomy expression before everyone went to the "Nine Pole Cave", he was afraid that Xu Qingfan would become more depressed after seeing him get married, so he forcibly endured the thought and did not go.

And now that Xu Qingfan has also reached the stage of knotting, he will not see the scene and injury, so Jin Qinghan no longer cares, just like the two of them were cultivating in the back mountain before, they often look for Xu Qingfan, but they are also blessed by misfortune, and they have received a lot of guidance from Liu Huaxiang together with Xu Qingfan.

I have to say that although Jin Qinghan is indifferent at this time, he is disproportionately delicate in treating his friends.

A month and a half of time passed in a hurry, and in this month and a half, Xu Qingfan not only stabilized his realm, but also realized a lot, and these realizations were not just

On this day, it is the day when the "Nine Pole Cave" is reopened, and it is also the last time that Jiuhua Mountain will open the "Nine Pole Cave" after the retreat. Xu Qingfan said goodbye to Liu Huaxiang and Ting'er early, and then joined Jin Qinghan and the others and flew towards somewhere in Jiuhua.

Xu Qingfan knew that the so-called "Nine Pole Cave" was not a real cave or underground cave, but only a stable aura vortex in the "Nine Poles Array", so Xu Qingfan thought that the location of the "Nine Poles Cave" would be in the "Nine Poles Array".

But when Jin Qinghan and others took Xu Qingfan to their destination, Xu Qingfan was strangely just an ordinary open area, but there was no "Nine Pole Cave".

But I didn't know that although it was much easier to enter the "Nine Pole Hole" from the "Nine Pole Array", the "Nine Pole Array" had been sealed at this time. But they can't get in at all.

On the ground, Zhang Hualing and a group of elders and other elite disciples who were going to cultivate in the "Nine Pole Cave" had been waiting for a long time, and after seeing Jin Qinghan, Xu Qingfan and others coming, they all looked at Xu Qingfan. His eyes were full of surprise.

At this time, everyone already knew that the person who had reached the Dan stage before and caused the change in Jiuhua Mountain was Xu Qingfan, and they were surprised when they thought of Xu Qingfan's qualifications, so their eyes were full of weirdness when they looked at Xu Qingfan.

But Zhang Hualing just glanced at Xu Qingfan casually, and didn't seem to have any special expectations for Xu Qingfan.

And Xu Qingfan, at a glance, saw Feng Qingtian in the crowd. Ten years no see. Feng Qingtian's skill is higher, according to Xu Qingfan's estimate, Feng Qingtian's cultivation at this time is only a thin line away from the late stage of the Void Dan, compared to Jin Qinghan, who has just reached the middle stage of the Void Dan. It's a notch higher.

But as his skills deepened, Feng Qingtian's personality seemed to become more and more arrogant, compared to the people who gathered together, he just stood far away, and with the look on his face, he seemed even more unsociable. And Feng Qingtian was also the only one among the people who did not look up at Xu Qingfan.

Xu Qingfan originally planned to say hello to him, but now that he saw Feng Qingtian's appearance, he could only stay away.

After seeing the people coming. Zhang Hualing nodded lightly at the other elders, and then began to pinch the fingers with a group of elders, and the aura on his body was vigorous, gathering together and constantly fluctuating in a strange pattern.

It didn't take long for a black whirlpool to suddenly appear silently in front of everyone's eyes, which was the entrance to the "Nine Pole Cave". It is not inconsistent with the huge scene that Xu Qingfan expected before.

After seeing the entrance to the "Nine Poles Cave" appear. Feng Qingtian didn't say a word, and immediately flashed into it. It seems that he does not want to delay for a moment.

Seeing Feng Qingtian's movements, whether it was those Jiuhua elite disciples or the Jiuhua elders, they all frowned deeply, but since Feng Qingtian had entered the "Nine Pole Cave", everyone couldn't say anything.

But seeing that Zhang Hualing's face remained unchanged, he just said to the disciples in front of him: "I don't need to mention the risks in the Nine Poles Cave, you should be careful after entering." ”

After everyone responded, Zhang Hualing said to the Jiuhua disciples who had not yet reached the Dan stage: "In addition, because some disciples entered the Dan stage some time ago, only the first seven of you who have reached the Dan stage can receive the empowerment of the elders, so you have to work harder. ”

Hearing Zhang Hualing say this, everyone looked at Xu Qingfan again, but Xu Qingfan just smiled quietly.

After finishing speaking, Zhang Hualing waved his hand and said, "Go ahead." ”

When Xu Qingfan followed everyone into the "Nine Pole Cave", he felt a vibration in front of him.

When the entrance of the "Nine Pole Cave" appeared, Xu Qingfan looked at the silent scene, and was disappointed in the "Nine Pole Cave", thinking that there was no exaggeration in the legend.

But it wasn't until he entered the "Nine Pole Cave" that Xu Qingfan knew that not only did not have the slightest exaggeration in the legend, but did not describe the magic of the "Nine Pole Cave".

As Xu Qingfan knew before, the "Nine Poles Cave" is not a real cave, and the aura vortex that measures a steady dìng, after entering, only a chaotic scene appears in front of you, not wide, long and far-reaching, as if the heaven and the earth are not opened, but it is colorful and dazzling, but it is the spiritual light of the five elements of aura.

Although it is not far-reaching, it is as if there is no gravity in it. It can be suspended in the air without the slightest effort. And there is a viscous feeling in the air around him, as if he is in the mud, but it is precisely because the aura is dense to the extreme, and it has been liquefied.

But I don't know why the aura in the "Nine Pole Cave" is so abundant, but everyone at the entrance can't feel a trace of aura, which is very strange in retrospect.

Just when Xu Qingfan was shocked by the qi qi in front of him, he heard a Dharma Protector Elder who followed him raise his voice and said, "Now that everyone is free to choose a place to cultivate, I and the other elders will keep an eye on your situation at all times to prevent you from going mad." Also, as you guys know. Because it takes a lot of spirit stones to maintain the Nine Pole Cave, this will be the last time you will enter the Nine Pole Cave to cultivate, and it will only be a matter of ten years, so please hurry up. ”

After all that is said. The elder floated in mid-air and sat cross-legged and began to close his eyes and recuperate.

And after hearing this elder's words, everyone also realized that time was pressing, ten years was a long time, but for the cultivation of immortals, it was just a flash, so they began to find a place to meditate and cultivate. Under Xu Qingfan's environmental test, the people who are now entering the "Nine Pole Cave" have already sat down cross-legged and cultivated except for him, but he is the only one who is standing, so that he has a feeling of standing out from the crowd. I couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook my head, and I also knew that everyone found a secluded place to sit down cross-legged, and closed their eyes to cultivate.

It's just that although Liu Huaxiang, Zhang Hualing and others have told him many times before, and Xu Qingfan is also on guard in his heart, he still underestimates the risk of this "Nine Pole Cave".

Because he didn't dare to increase the mutation and withering qi, Xu Qingfan was running the Feng family's exercises at this time, as well as a set of unknown exercises that Liu Huaxiang taught him.

But at the moment when Xu Qingfan meditated and exercised. The sticky aura around him was like an orphan had found a home, and they rushed towards Xu Qingfan's body, both in degree and quality were more than ten times higher than outside the cave, and Xu Qingfan was taken aback by surprise, and he was busy with various exercises and began to absorb and refine these aura that rushed into his body.

At the beginning, Xu Qingfan was still able to refine these spiritual qi that rushed into his body one by one, but the number of these spiritual qi was so large. The quality is so pure. As more and more aura rushed into Xu Qingfan's body, Xu Qingfan was a little in a hurry. Although full absorption. But it is still far from being in short supply. Whether it was the Feng family's secret method or the unknown set of exercises that Liu Huaxiang passed on to him, the refining degree was far from catching up with the degree of spiritual energy rushing in. The excess aura was piled up in Xu Qingfan's body, and as the aura accumulated more and more, Xu Qingfan only felt that his body had a feeling of expansion.

And when Xu Qingfan wanted to stop, he was shocked to find that he couldn't stop at all, otherwise the earth aura that kept rushing into his body would have to make him explode and die.

It was only at this time that Xu Qingfan finally understood the risk of the "Nine Pole Cave". Cultivating here, it's not that you want to become stronger, but that the environment here forces you to become stronger, and once you slow down a little, you will be harmed by the environment here.

It's a pity that Xu Qingfan comprehended too late, at this time the aura had already filled his entire body, and Xu Qingfan felt that as long as there was a little more aura, his body would explode.

And those who were originally the elders of the Dharma Protector did not react to Xu Qingfan's change in the slightest!!

In desperation, Xu Qingfan could only run the set of "Kurong Decision" that he had been deeply concerned about at the same time, in addition to running the Feng family's secret method and unknown exercises.

And as Xu Qingfan began to run the "Withered Glory Decision", the two auras of Mu Yi's aura and mutated withered qi also began to run quickly in his body.

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