This is the second time Xu Yan has come to Qixingdun, there is still a vast amount of snow here, but no matter what season it is, at a height of nearly three thousand zhang or so, it can only be such a cold scene forever, because such an altitude is too high, it will only reduce the surrounding temperature to a level that is difficult to melt after being covered with ice and snow.

Chen Qinghe and Gu Xueqing were both here for the first time, and it could be seen that on their faces, the obvious shock was greater than the joy, Xu Yan saw them react like this, he just smiled slightly on his face, but he didn't say anything, and when they walked into the seven-star array that had been opened by Zhao Bailian, and felt the temperature around them suddenly warm up to normal temperature, their hearts undoubtedly had a greater shock.

Zhao Bailian sent the three of them here, and after a few words of private explanation with Xu Yan, he immediately went down the mountain, after all, for him, there were still a lot of trivial matters that the sect didn't have, and he didn't have much time to waste on this.

Sensing that Zhao Bailian had left, Gu Xueqing, who came back to her senses, smiled at Xu Yan and said, "Thank you, junior brother, for winning this cultivation opportunity for me." ”

When Xu Yan heard this, he smiled and replied: "Senior Sister Gu doesn't have to be polite, the master and his old man are already very satisfied with your performance in the spring hunt this time, so this place falls on you, and it is well deserved." ”

Gu Xueqing heard that Xu Yan deliberately said this matter lightly, but she knew in her heart that if there was no other party to help bring this matter up, would Zhao Bailian think of her in such a trivial matter, it was difficult to confirm, but she was also not stupid, and she could naturally understand that Xu Yan did not want to be too entangled in this matter, so she was no longer hypocritical, and just nodded gratefully.

Chen Qinghe, who was looking at the environment here, saw that they had stopped talking, and then said to Xu Yan with a smile: "The reason why the Baishan Spring Hunt was able to take the lead this time is actually due to the little junior brother, whether it is the two golden hairpin stone orchids, as well as the inner pill of those spirit beasts, or the white fruit that you took out at the last moment to cover the coffin and finalize the result, it is all convincing, such a performance can be called perfect, the little junior brother is really a little ashamed of us as senior brothers and sisters!"

Xu Yan listened to him praise himself unabashedly, and he didn't think there was anything in his heart, so he just smiled and replied in the end: "Senior brother praised it falsely, maybe it's just that I was lucky, and I happened to come across these things." ”

In the past three years since Xu Yan entered the sect, Chen Qinghe had traveled with Xu Yan several times before this spring hunt, of course, there was a person above who ordered him to help take care of one or two things behind his back, but in fact, his perception of Xu Yan in his heart has always been not bad, although Xu Yan in the past was quite flamboyant in character, and even a little unpopular, but the other party's flamboyant and disdainful objects are most of the time the people who provoke him first, or just like Zhou Mi, who is a person with low eyes, but not like Zhou Xian, who will rely on his identity to run rampant and domineering in the sect, and he is invincible。

However, after Chen Qinghe and Xu Yan hunted the Demon Rock Fierce Tiger together and came back from Huangmaojian, he began to find that Xu Yan's personality seemed to have changed significantly compared to the past, as for what it had become, he and Xu Yan didn't have much intersection in normal times, but he couldn't say it, but it just made him more comfortable than ever when he got along.

Seeing that Xu Yan was so modest, Chen Qinghe pondered for a moment, and then suddenly said in a solemn tone: " In fact, the senior brother also knows that the little junior brother just doesn't want to be too prominent, so he deliberately said it so lightly, but the facts are the facts, anyway, there is no one else now, the senior brother should thank the little junior brother, he has to say thank you in person, if the little junior brother hadn't appeared in time at that time and repelled Wu Hao of the Chenyang Sect with his own strength, all the disciples of my Xia Zi Sect who participated in the spring hunt and the lives of Senior Sister Gu would inevitably fall into their hands, so for such a life-saving grace, Senior Brother must be thanked. ”

After Chen Qinghe finished speaking, he didn't care about Xu Yan's reaction, he shook his hands, and he actually slammed it to the ground, full of sincerity.

Gu Xueqing, who was on the side, who had actually been saved twice by Xu Yan, saw this, and immediately learned from Chen Qinghe and also made a big gift to Xu Yan.

Xu Yan couldn't cry or laugh when he saw Chen Qinghe with such a serious look, he knew that the other party was well-behaved and very upright, but he didn't expect the other party to be so meticulous when thanking others, so he could only accept this thank you gift calmly, however, he didn't forget to praise Chen Qinghe's trip and said: "I have long known that the senior brother is upright and upright, and the grievances are clear. If everyone in the world can be as bright and upright as the senior brother, I guess there will be no intrigue and deceit, right?"

When Chen Qinghe heard this, he couldn't help but say with a little shame: "Little junior brother's words will be tormenting senior brother, I am just adhering to the teachings of the saint." ”

When Xu Yan heard this, he smiled and stopped continuing to study this topic, otherwise it would really be endless, so he had to laugh and quip: "Senior brother, let's stop complimenting each other, otherwise Senior Sister Gu will be sick to her stomach, I still have to hurry up and cultivate, by the way, although in the previous selection competition, there was a clear rule that we will only cultivate on the Seven Star Pier for one month, but you must remember that you must cultivate in this big array for six months, that is, half a year." ”

Hearing this, Chen Qinghe's face was calm, after all, after he obtained this place, Han Yu, the Supreme Elder of the Xia Zi Sect who was his master, naturally couldn't help but tell him the mystery of Guan Yu's Seven-Star Great Array, but just after the replacement quota was determined, Gu Xueqing, who was temporarily in battle, seemed a little caught off guard.

So, Gu Xueqing immediately asked Xu Yan: "Little junior brother, why is this, if we cultivate here for half a year, wouldn't we be able to rush to Zhongzhou?"

Hearing the other party's question, Xu Yan and Chen Qinghe couldn't help but smile at each other, but in the end, Xu Yan took the initiative to explain: "It's not a secret, the big array we are in at the moment is mysterious and abnormal, not only can it keep us at room temperature, but at the same time, when it is running, the passage time inside the big array will be about six times slower than outside, so we have been in the formation for half a year, in fact, only a month has passed outside the array." ”

Hearing this answer, Gu Xueqing couldn't help but be surprised, this was undoubtedly an incredible cognition for her.

Sensing that she was already in a huge shock at this moment, Chen Qinghe, who was on the side, said with a smile: "It's normal for Senior Sister Gu to feel incredible about this, when I first learned the news from my master, I was also speechless in amazement. ”

However, after hearing Chen Qinghe's words, Gu Xueqing showed a hint of embarrassment on her face, and said with a wry smile: "But I only brought a month's worth of dry food from the disciples of the Mission Pavilion, and I can't last six months at all, and I can't go down halfway to replenish supplies, how can this be good." ”

Hearing that this was the case, Chen Qinghe was immediately stunned, this was a dilemma that he didn't expect, but at this moment, Xu Yan smiled and handed over a storage bag, which was the dry food that Zhao Bailian had prepared for him. He opened his mouth and said, "Sure enough, Senior Sister Gu has this problem, I will give you this dry food, which has exactly six months' worth of dry food and drinking water." ”

Seeing this, Gu Xueqing immediately refused and said: "How can this make it, the little junior brother gave me all the food, what can you do yourself?" No, I can't accept your storage bag, it's a big deal that I'll go down the mountain in advance after a month." ”

Without waiting for Xu Yan to speak, Chen Qinghe, who was on the side, hesitated for a moment, but still took the initiative to speak: "It's better like this, I will combine this dry food with this junior brother's, plus the weight of this month brought by Senior Sister Gu, although the total is still not enough for us to cultivate for half a year, but if we save a little, it is estimated that we can cultivate for four and a half months." ”

Gu Xueqing's face was embarrassed, of course she couldn't let the two of them lose a month and a half of cultivation time in vain because of her mistakes, and she was about to refuse again, but she didn't expect Xu Yan on the side to suddenly smile and replied: "Don't be so troublesome, I brought two dry foods, and I'll just give this one to Senior Sister Gu." ”

When Gu Xueqing and Chen Qinghe heard this, they were both stunned, and the former hesitated for a moment before he said with a hint of suspicion: "Little junior brother, don't deliberately give me food to ......."

When Xu Yan heard this, he directly took out another storage bag that Cardinal had prepared for him, and took out a few dry biscuits from it to show that he was not lying, and he replied with a smile: "Senior Sister Gu can rest assured that I will accept it, I naturally won't coax you in this kind of thing, I really prepared two dry foods." ”

Gu Xueqing saw that he really didn't look like he was lying, so she took the storage bag he handed over with some hesitation, but she still asked with some skepticism: "Is this true junior brother?"

Xu Yan couldn't help laughing at this, so he nodded and replied affirmatively: "Naturally, it's true." ”

When Gu Xueqing heard this answer, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, but just after she thanked her, she popped out another sentence and said, "But junior brother, you are really strange, why do you prepare two dry food for yourself?"

When Xu Yan heard this, he was speechless, and he didn't know how to answer at all, after all, he couldn't tell the other party that in fact, these two dry foods were not prepared by himself, but in the end, he still smiled and joked back: "I've never done this before, but after this experience, I really have to bring two supplies when I travel in the future." ”

Hearing that the other party was ridiculing herself at this moment, Gu Xueqing's face immediately turned red, and she replied with a little shame: "Little junior brother, you ...... You actually made fun of me. ”

......

When immersed in cultivation, time was unintentionally fleeting, so Xu Yan and the three of them had quietly spent a full forty days in the Great Array at the moment, but for the outside world, it was actually only a short time of seven days.

For Xu Yan and the others, today is still not anything special, but for Song Yu, the Taishang Elder of the Chunzi Sect, it is a day of walking on thin ice, but fortunately, at the last moment, he finally sorted out the information of thousands of people from the Chunzi Sect into two thick booklets according to Zhao Bailian's instructions.

Looking at the two yellow books placed in front of him, recording the names, identities, origins, ages and other details of all the personnel of the entire Chunzi Sect, Song Yu's face still did not show the slightest relaxation and relaxation, he looked at the only son Song Qing in front of him who had been busy with himself for the past seven days, and found that after seeing a reluctant look on the other party's face, he was immediately furious, and he asked coldly: "Are you sure that in these two yellow books, all the personnel of my Chunzi Sect have been recorded in detail word for word?"

Song Qing, as the son of Song Yu, is undoubtedly an existence in the Chunzi Sect that covers the sky with one hand and calls to the disciples in the door, so in the past seven days, he has to rely on his own busy sweaty hard errands, naturally he has never done it, but when facing his father, he is still a little afraid, so he replied: "Sure, how uncertain, I personally asked for this information in the yellow book one by one, and let people record it on the spot, there can be no omission." ”

Although Song Yu hated his son a little bit because iron could not become steel, but after all, the other party was his only son, and he was an old man, so he naturally loved and doted on him very much, and now he was really relieved when he heard that the other party answered in a very positive way, and then he asked the latter again: "Zhou Manting, have you sent someone to take strict care of you?"

Song Qing has also learned about the various events that have happened in the sect recently, but he doesn't know why his old father suddenly asked him to take care of the partner who has secretly 'cooperated' with his side for many years, but although he is not successful enough on weekdays, he is also a little clever, at least he knows what he should ask and what not to ask.

Song Qing poured a sip of tea into his mouth, and replied vaguely: "Look, my father is relaxed, but I have sent a full five elders to surround the south, east, west, and northwest sides of his pavilion, even if he has wings, he will not want to escape from me." ”

When Song Yu heard this answer, he was quite satisfied. For this kind of dirty thing, he knew very well that his son had always done a very good job, so he nodded and said, "You have done a good job in this matter", then he stopped talking and began to be silent.

Today's Jade Heart Pavilion is still empty, except for the little boy who is in charge of his diet, only his father and son are in the attic.

Song Qing saw that his father fell into a long silence, so he asked tentatively: "Why did my father suddenly ask me to do these things?"

When Song Yu heard this, he didn't answer him directly, but said in a solemn tone: "You don't have to know the reasons for these things, you just need to do what I told you to do." ”

Song Qing pursed his lips dissatisfiedly when he saw that the other party was even hiding himself, but he didn't continue to ask, after all, if it wasn't really a very important matter, his father would usually tell him.

So, time passed slowly in the silence of father and son, until after nightfall, in this empty courtyard, a green shirt suddenly loomed uninvited.

After seeing the person clearly, Song Qing, who was sitting on the side and bored, stood up in an instant, and then saluted the visitor tremblingly and said, "Song Qing, see you...... I've seen the Sect Master!"

Unlike Song Qing, Song Yu didn't have to be so flustered, after all, whether it was in terms of seniority or seniority, he had to be one level higher than the other party, so Song Yu just arched his hand slightly and said, "I've seen the sect master." ”

Seeing this, Zhao Bailian waved her hand and didn't say anything.

He did not admire the worldly red tape, which had been deeply influenced by his mentor for more than twenty years in his youth, but now he had to accept it because of his position.

He walked into the living room, chose a chair and sat down, and asked straight to the point, "I don't know what happened to Elder Song about the things I entrusted to Elder Song before?"

When Song Yu heard this, he immediately squeezed out a smile, then sent the two yellow books to his hand, and replied: "The old man has already ordered the dog to finish this matter, please ask the sect master to take a look." ”

Zhao Bailian stretched out his hand and took the two thick yellow books, just flipped through them casually, nodded after reading about two or three pages, closed the books again, and then said in a flat tone: "Your father and son have done a good job in this matter, I will read it carefully when I go back." ”

When Song Yu heard this, the tension in his heart that was originally tightly tied together suddenly relaxed a lot.

Zhao Bailian then asked, "How is Zhou Manting?"

When Song Yu heard this question, he immediately glanced at Song Qing, who was sitting on the side trembling, and after the latter felt this look, he hurriedly replied: "Back to the sect master, Zhou Manting has now been arranged by me in his own attic, and he can't go anywhere, and at the same time, I have also ordered five elders to watch over him day and night, and it is absolutely impossible for him to sneak away from the sect like before." ”

Seeing that he was so serious, Zhao Bailian smiled dumbly, and replied: "It doesn't have to be like this, as long as you don't let him go down the mountain, but I do have some use for keeping this person, so you usually spend more time on him, and I will naturally not treat you badly afterwards." ”

Song Qing immediately said in a deep voice: "Song Qing should go all out. ”

Zhao Bailian nodded again at this, and then he stood up and faced Song Yu, and said to the latter in a voice transmission way: "Elder Song, don't worry, as long as you can help me slowly bring the sect back on the right track, I will leave a place for your son Song Qing afterwards, and I will never treat him badly." ”

Song Yu almost burst into tears when he heard the other party's words, which was equivalent to giving him a reassuring pill, but in the end he still took a deep breath and forcibly held back this emotion, and he said to Zhao Bailian: "The sect master is benevolent, the old man thanked the sect master for Qing'er first, and from then on, the old man will also be a precipice and serve the sect wholeheartedly." ”

Zhao Bailian learned his reply, and then strode away.

......

And just when Zhao Bailian flew back to her own courtyard.

Seven Star Pier.

There is a white rainbow piercing the sky.