When Xu Yan said this to the cardinal, he resolutely walked out of the small courtyard where he had lived for three and a half years, and never looked back, because in his mind, for some reason, a sentence suddenly came to mind, "The goodbye now is for a better reunion in the future." ”

When Xu Yan came to Lian Wu Square, it was around the hour, but in his sight, all the people who were going to leave this sect from today were already ready to go, Xu Yan swept their faces one by one, trying to match their faces with the names on the list, but in the end it was in vain.

Don't look at the Lotus Sect now, it can no longer be compared with its glory, but it still has a scale of thousands of people, therefore, Xu Yan has no acquaintance with the three men and two women who were personally selected by Zhao Bailian in front of him, but he doesn't know them, but they are like thunder to him, after all, the original selection competition, and his contribution to the entire spring hunt later, almost single-handedly stole everyone's limelight.

Seeing Xu Yan slowly walking towards him, Zhao Bailian, who was standing aside with his hands in his hands, just nodded lightly to him, and then said aloud to everyone present: "You are all the leaders of the younger generation of my Lotus Sect, so you can have the qualifications to enter Yong'an City to participate in the Six Sect Competition. So I hope that in this competition, you can show your best side, and go all out, even if the final result is not ideal, but you must also take advantage of the opportunity to bloom your own light, for your own blood, and finally, I wish you all to achieve a satisfactory result!"

Until Zhao Bailian turned around and left, everyone present was still immersed in silence, but Xu Yan could clearly see that almost everyone present except himself had a strong enthusiasm after the former's words, eager to show their skills immediately.

I have to say that Zhao Bailian gave Xu Yan a new impression today, and he couldn't help but think that it seems that being a qualified sect master is not as simple and free as it usually seems, especially in controlling people's hearts.

Most of the time, as a true superior, in order to successfully achieve the final result and goal, it is necessary to dissociate himself from his own personal reason and heroism, because in that case, morality and collectivity are more important than anything else.

Therefore, Xu Yan did not feel any discomfort for this, nor was he surprised by the two faces shown by Zhao Bailian, if he was really just a young man from Xujia Village, maybe when facing this scene, he would feel strong incomprehension and confusion, and even mental pain, but now he is destined to no longer be, and it is impossible.

......

After Zhao Bailian turned around and left, she did not go directly back to her Ruoshui Courtyard, but went to the Liuyun Courtyard where Xu Yan lived before, and then found that this young woman who had never dared to call her by her name or call her her granddaughter was sitting on a stone drum stool in the courtyard in a daze, as if at this moment, she had lost her soul.

Seeing this, Zhao Bailian couldn't help but sigh softly in her heart.

He walked over to the cardinal and sat down, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "If you want to go down the mountain together, it's still too late to chase after you, and I'll explain the situation to your grandmother." ”

When the cardinal heard this, it was extremely rare that she did not fight with him, and it was not until a long time later that she shook her head solemnly, but still did not say anything.

Zhao Bailian saw her reaction, and couldn't help but flash a trace of helplessness and melancholy in his heart, emotionally, he thought that he was a complete failure, and naturally he was not qualified to point fingers at the granddaughter in front of him, after all, his wife not only hated him to the bone, but also became his mortal enemy.

In the mutual silence between the two, perhaps sensing the melancholy that spread in Zhao Bailian's heart because of the touching of the scene, the cardinal turned her head to look at the man beside her who she should have called her grandfather, but she couldn't call it anything, she looked at the other party's eyes full of reminiscence, and after hesitating for a moment, she took the initiative to ask: "You...... Why did you and your grandmother become the way they are. ”

Zhao Bailian heard that she took the initiative to know about those past events, and a soft smile flashed on her face that was full of confusion, he didn't hide anything from her, but told her with a smile about the life process he had told Xu Yan at the beginning.

However, after talking about all his experiences, Zhao Bailian couldn't help but feel a trace of amazement in his heart, but he still smiled extremely far-fetchedly, and continued to say to the cardinal: " In fact, I never blame your grandmother, and I don't dare to blame her, after all, things will become today's situation, the responsibility lies with me, she was the person who was the most injured under that change, and in the end, I took the initiative to abandon her and left her alone in the sect, so she chose to return to her own home, and it was right to hate me, but no matter what, this is always the grievance of our generation, and it should not involve you anymore, whether it is for you or for Bing'er, but unfortunately, it still affects you in the end！”

Zhao Bailian sighed, and then turned her head to the cardinal and said with some guilt: "I'm really sorry for this!"

Cardinal remained silent throughout the whole process of his story, until he finished all the experiences, her heart did not feel a little relaxed because she knew these truths, but there was an inexplicable melancholy, but when she heard the other party take the initiative to apologize to herself, her heart, in addition to melancholy, there was a trace of indescribable touch, and even this made her a little unsure of how to face him for a while.

Do you hate him as you have always done, or do you forgive him?

Cardinal didn't know, she just suddenly felt that he had worked harder than she had imagined.

In fact, in the eighteen years of living in the Lotus Sect, Zhao Bailian gave her love, she can clearly feel it, for example, some time ago in Xu Yan, she was extremely selfish and wanted to interrupt his plan on her own, which undoubtedly made him a little angry at the time, but in the end he didn't blame her for this, you know, this is related to the demise of the sect. Looking back now, if she had really stopped Xu Yan at that time, then the current sect would probably have completely fallen.

However, in the face of such a situation, he has never turned his face with her, which is enough to prove how much he dotes on her in his heart.

In addition, when her grandmother came to Liuyun Xiaoyuan and asked her to go to Baihe Sword Village together, he did not come forward to stop her, but gave her complete freedom to make her own choices, even if he was obviously very reluctant.

After a long time, Cardinal sighed softly in his heart and sorted out the intricate emotions. In the final analysis, she hated him, not because she hated how he handled the feelings of his own generation, she just couldn't forgive him, how could he so ruthlessly take away the care and companionship that he should have had in his childhood, like everyone else in the world, and let her practice alone on the cold mountain.

The cardinal was silent for a long time before he suddenly said to him, "Actually, that night, I saw my grandmother pierce your chest with a sword. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Bailian's face was immediately stunned, but then he couldn't help but smile bitterly, he looked into the distance, and then said in a strange tone: "It turns out that you are all looking at it, and it is really a little embarrassing." ”

Seeing Zhao Bailian's somewhat cramped and embarrassed appearance, Cardinal's face couldn't help but smile lightly, but it quickly faded away, and then she asked softly: "Actually, in your heart, you still love your grandmother, right?"

When Zhao Bailian heard this question, she just turned her head to look at her, smiled on her face, but did not answer, but there was no doubt that the tenderness on his face was the first time she had seen it since she was born. Then, she was asked by the calm-eyed Zhao Bailian: "What about you, do you like Xu Yan?"

Cardinals are not like most women in the world, they will feel shy at every turn, so when facing Zhao Bailian's question, she actually thought about it very seriously, but in the end, she still shook her head and replied: "I don't know, I just hope that he can always be safe and sound, but when he said that he would come back to see me as soon as possible when he left, I was very happy." ”

When Zhao Bailian heard this answer, he already knew it in his heart, so he nodded seriously, but he didn't say anything more on this issue, after all, emotional matters have to be handled by themselves after all, and only by letting them find it by themselves can they appreciate the beauty in it.

So, Zhao Bailian changed the topic and asked: "Since you don't plan to go down the mountain with him, what are your plans next, do you want to go to your grandmother's place, even if it's just to visit her, if she knows that you went to visit her, she will be very happy, besides, you hurt Bing'er in a fit of anger before, this matter is always a little ......" Zhao Bailian paused and couldn't find a suitable adjective, so she continued: "She is your sister after all." ”

Cardinal didn't show any intention of refusing his proposal, but she didn't accept it, she just thought about it very seriously for a long time, but in the end, she still shook her head and said to him: "Let's talk about this later, from tomorrow, you can send me to practice above." ”

Zhao Bailian had no objection to her answer, so she nodded lightly.

......

After Zhao Bailian left the small courtyard.

Cardinal took out the wooden box that Xu Yan had given her before, and then gently opened the lid and found that there were two small porcelain bottles inside.

Seeing this scene, the cardinal frowned slightly, and then she picked up one of the porcelain bottles and uncorked it, and smelled a familiar smell, which was the breath of Pei Yuan Dan that she had used to treat Xu Yan's injuries, however, Xu Yan's practice made her whole face cold in an instant, because it couldn't help but make her feel that the other party seemed to be returning the favor and wanted to break off the relationship with her.

Cardinal resisted the urge to toss the vase aside, and picked up another vase, but this time, she only smelled a faint fragrance, but she didn't know what it was.

So, she could only pour out the contents of the porcelain vase to take a look, only to find that it was a golden yellow bead the size of a red date, but no matter how she looked at it, she couldn't recognize what it was, but although she couldn't recognize what this golden bead was, she could clearly feel the huge energy it carried, which was more abundant and pure than the Pei Yuan Dan.

Without any hesitation, she hurriedly and carefully flipped through the wooden box in her hand, and sure enough, at the bottom of the box, she found a piece of letter paper folded in half.

She took out the letter and opened it, and then saw the words written on it, not many words, but there were more than three hundred words, and I saw that it read:

"Hey, Sister Hong, when you saw this letter, I should have already gone down the mountain, the reason why I wrote to you is because I really don't know how to say goodbye to you, originally this wooden box was wanted to be given to you last night, but you didn't give me this opportunity, so I can only hand it over to you today."

The contents of the box are a little bit of my heart, one is the Pei Yuan Dan won from the selection competition, and it was only after I got it that I realized that it was this very precious pill that you gave me before. But when you see that I return Pei Yuan Dan to you, you should be very angry, right? Ha, don't be angry, because compared to the other thing I left you, you know that I don't mean to repay your kindness.

This golden bead is taken from the golden hairpin stone orchid that is more than 100 years old, that is, its flower-core, and you should know the specific effect, so you must take it again when you break through the upper three realms.

In the end, I will definitely rush back to see you as soon as possible as I said in person, I hope that Sister Hong at that time has successfully broken through to the upper three realms.

- Xu Yanliu!"

After reading the letter, the cardinal's incomparably clear eyes were one of the few eyes full of redness, and then irrepressibly tumbled down a crystal clear jade bead from the eye socket.

She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes a little angrily, but she still couldn't stop them from rolling out of her eyes, and then she could only choke on the teardrops, while smiling at the corners of her mouth, and said softly: "This stupid." ”

......

After Xu Yan and the others went down the mountain.

In the White Crane Sword Village, Bai Haijing also began to say goodbye to her granddaughter Bai Bing.

Bai Bing looked at Bai Haijing with a complicated face, and tears were already falling in those very good-looking eyes, after all, she had just been reunited with her dearest relatives not long ago, but now she was going to be separated again, and this time the separation, although she was no longer separated by the mission of reviving the family, but if she could successfully enter the Sword Martial Arts Academy, then when she came back, I don't know how many years later.

Bai Haijing looked at Bai Bing's tear-filled appearance, which was only grim, and a trace of gentleness flashed on her face, she said to Bai Bing: "Since you have almost prepared, you can go quickly, as long as you can practice well, you can come back to reunite with us one day, before that, I hope you can keep in mind my expectations for you, although you broke through to the sixth floor in advance, as long as you are willing to work hard, If you endure hardships, you may not be able to successfully break through to the upper three realms, and I have heard that the tutors in that academy are all very powerful characters, as long as you are good enough to attract their attention, maybe they will be able to make up for the sequelae you left behind. ”

When Bai Bing heard this, he quickly wiped his tears and replied, "Yes, grandmother, Bing'er will definitely strive to enter the Sword Martial Academy and practice well." ”

Hearing this, Bai Haijing nodded with satisfaction, but then sighed softly, she took the initiative to reach out to help Bai Bing wipe away the last teardrop hanging from the corner of the latter's eye, and then said to her: "Your sister was a little willful when she attacked you in the Lotus Sect before, but she also has her own reasons, I hope you don't hold a grudge against her." ”

When Bai Bing heard this, he just shook his head and replied, "Well, I know." ”

Bai Haijing saw that her expression was a little gloomy, and she wanted to say a few more words of comfort, but in the end, after some words and stops, she still didn't say anything more, she reluctantly smiled and said, "Okay, you go and say goodbye to your mother, and then go north." ”

Bai Bing nodded in response, turned around and was about to leave, but in the end, she suddenly seemed to remember something, so she hesitated and said, "That ......"

Bai Haijing saw her slurking, so she asked bluntly: "What's the matter, what do you want to say, just say it." ”

After Bai Bing heard this, he whispered, "Grandmother...... Can you spare Senior Sister Cai's life, after all, I have pushed her off the cliff once before, even if I want to repay the favor, in fact, she doesn't owe anything to our Sword Village. ”

When Bai Haijing heard this request, her face turned cold instantly, but after seeing Bai Bing's pitiful appearance and thinking carefully about the words in her mouth, she finally nodded indifferently.

......

After Bai Bing left, Bai Haijing came to the place where Cai Zhenjing had thought about it

She looked at her own personal disciple who was getting thinner and thinner, and there was a faint pain in her heart, once upon a time, why didn't she treat the other party as her own granddaughter and favor her?

Bai Haijing looked at the disciple who was kneeling on the ground and saluted him, and sighed slightly in his heart, but his face was still stern and asked, "Do you know what is wrong?"

Cai Zhenjing opened his mouth and replied: "The disciple knows his mistake. ”

"What's wrong?"

"A disciple should not break the rules. ”

"So, you still don't think it's wrong for you to like a man?"

"The disciple doesn't know whether it's right or wrong for me to like him, but I can't forget the fact that he saved the disciple's life repeatedly, and even later, as soon as I close my eyes, I think of him in my mind. ”

"You...... You are hopeless!"

Seeing Bai Haijing Huo Ran standing up from her seat, her face full of anger, Cai Zhenjing did not have the slightest fear, she respectfully bowed to the former three times, and then said in a firm tone: "The disciple knows that he is guilty, so he does not dare to ask for the master's forgiveness, but I only ask the master to let the disciple apologize for his sins with death!"

After Bai Haijing heard this, she closed her eyes in pain, her lips trembled, but she couldn't say anything, and in the end, she just said coldly to Cai Zhenjing: "You go, I have abolished your cultivation, and from now on, you have nothing to do with my White Crane Sword Village!"

......

An hour later.

Cai Zhenjing came to the mountain gate of Baihe Sword Village with tears in her eyes, she turned to this majestic and majestic sect, knelt down again and bowed three times, and then turned to leave.