Fire Captain

On the first day in Changliu, everyone fell asleep except Hua Qiangu. Perhaps she was too excited. Just as she was about to get up, she heard someone calling her.

"Small bones!"

As soon as Hua Qiangu heard it, she recognized it as Bai Ziyang's voice. She immediately put on her clothes excitedly and went out. Following Bai Ziyang's instructions, she walked to the back mountain and saw Bai Ziyang standing in the distance, wearing a long robe and smiling, waiting for her.

"Brother Bai!" Hua Qiangu flew over.

Bai Ziyang caught Hua Qiangu and said with a smile: "Xiaogu!"

Hua Qiangu looked at Bai Ziyang and said, "Brother Bai, why didn't you say goodbye to me when you left?"

Bai Ziyang said: "Didn't I tell you that we will meet if we are destined to do so? And now we have met."

Hua Qiangu said: "What are you talking about? I asked Yi Xiujun, the leader of Yi Xiu Pavilion. He told me that I could only find you in Changliu. I didn't expect that you, Brother Bai, were really in Changliu. He really didn't lie to me!"

Bai Ziyang asked: "Why did you think of looking for Yi Xiujun?"

After Bai Ziyang left, Hua Qiangu went to Shushan alone and encountered the Shushan barrier. After being pointed out by someone, she knew about Yixiu Pavilion. After breaking the Shushan barrier, she went to Shushan. Unexpectedly, the entire Shushan family was wiped out by Qi Sha. She was appointed as the leader of Shushan in a critical moment. After that, she told Bai Ziyang in detail about her participation in Changliu's examination and other things.

Bai Ziyang looked at Hua Qiangu and said, "Now that you are a disciple of Changliu, I will come down the mountain to visit you often. If anyone bullies you, tell Brother Bai and I will take care of him!"

Hua Qiangu happily took Bai Ziyang's arm and said, "No, no one bullied me. All the brothers and sisters in Changliu are very kind to me. Coming to Changliu makes me feel like I'm back home, especially with Brother Bai here, I feel more at ease."

Bai Ziyang pressed Hua Qiangu's little head and said, "Brother Bai hopes that you can live happily here forever."

Hua Qiangu smiled and nodded: "Xiaogu will! ...By the way, where do you live, Brother Bai? How can I find you?"

Bai Ziyang pointed to a small island in the sky and said, "I live in Xiaoyao Palace... But with your current skills, I'm afraid you can't fly to the island with your sword... So you should practice well. I will come down to see you often!"

Hua Qiangu looked at Xiaoyao Palace, nodded vigorously and said: "I will definitely work hard to practice, Brother Bai, don't worry."

As a result, reality gave Hua Qiangu a big blow the next day - when learning the sword-wielding technique, only two people's swords did not fly. Apart from her, Meng Xuanlang was even worse than her. In fact, Hua Qiangu didn't know that if she hadn't listened to Bai Ziyang's "Floating Life and Light Dream Song" to condense her soul, she might have been worse than Meng Xuanlang.

When Bai Ziyang sneaked over to find Hua Qiangu at night, he saw her still practicing sword-wielding.

Seeing Bai Ziyang, Hua Qiangu was extremely depressed and said, "Brother Bai... this sword is too heavy. I can't lift it at all."

After seeing Hua Qiangu's sword control, Bai Ziyang smiled and said, "You don't have any basics, so it's a bit difficult to let you practice sword control right away. In fact, the key points of sword control are to concentrate your mental power and control the sword. The latter focuses on mental skills and formulas, while the former..." He took out the jade flute and said, "I can help you with this."

As he spoke, he began to play slowly. When Hua Qiangu heard it, she realized that it was the dream song she often heard in Hualian Village. She had only felt refreshed when she heard it in Hualian Village, but now she felt relaxed all over, as if she was light from head to toe. The sound of the flute continued. Bai Ziyang transmitted a message to Hua Qiangu: "Xiaogu, hold the origin and keep the unity, concentrate your mind and gather your energy, think about the formula for controlling the sword, and experience the feeling of unity between man and sword. Try it again."

Hua Qiangu followed Bai Ziyang's instructions and performed the sword control technique again. The wooden sword that had been motionless before finally rose steadily this time. Hua Qiangu happily jumped onto the wooden sword and shouted happily: "Brother Bai, I succeeded, Brother Bai... I succeeded!"

Bai Ziyang played the flute with a smile on his face. When the song was over, Hua Qiangu was already able to fly slowly on the sword. Although not as good as Ni Mantian, it was much better than not being able to even lift the wooden sword during the day.

The next day, he almost blinded everyone's eyes. He was still a mortal the day before, but the next day he could fly with a sword? However, the one who cried the most was Wu Qingluo, because she had just made a bet with Huo Xi yesterday, betting that the sword could only fly after the Hua Qiangu Dao Fairy Sword Conference. Now she had to wash Huo Xi's dirty clothes for a month...

Two days later, Bai Ziyang was meditating in his Xiaoyao Hall when he saw Li Meng, a disciple of Bai Zihua, coming over: "Dao Zun, His Majesty invites you to the main hall."

Bai Ziyang didn't ask what was going on, and staggered to the main hall. When he arrived, he saw Hua Qiangu kneeling in the center of the hall with a nervous look on her face. The three statues were sitting on top, especially Mo Yan, who looked at Hua Qiangu as if she were an enemy.

Bai Ziyang walked to Hua Qiangu's side, looked at the three people above and asked, "What's going on?"

Mo Yan spoke first: "Junior brother, this audacious Hua Qiangu actually spoke nonsense in class and ruined my Changliu's reputation."

Hua Qiangu's heart, which had just been beating fast, seemed to calm down after she saw Bai Ziyang. She quietly tugged at the corner of Bai Ziyang's clothes with one hand. After hearing what Mo Yan said, she bravely asked, "May I ask if the disciple of the World Honored One has said anything wrong?"

Mo Yan said angrily: "You...you...don't quibble, tell me how you know these things?"

Hua Qiangu was at a loss and said, "Ah? So not everyone knows these things?"

Mo Yan angrily slapped the armrest and shouted, "Hurry up and tell me!"

Hua Qiangu was at a loss and said: "Replying to the Buddha, disciple...disciple learned it from a book!"

Everyone was stunned, and Sheng Xiaomo asked curiously: "Book? What book?"

Hua Qiangu said: "It is... the Complete Book of the Six Realms!"

"Then where did you get this book?" Sheng Xiaomo asked.

Hua Qiangu said: "This book was written by Taoist Qingxu and given to me!"

"That's nonsense..." Mo said sternly, "How could Taoist Qingxu give such an important book to someone else? Well, you should give me the book!"

Hua Qiangu hesitated for a moment, and Mo Yan pointed at her and said, "You can't take it out... I think you must be a spy from the Seven Killers who sneaked into my Changliu. Come, punish Hua Qiangu with a stick and see if she will tell or not..."

Bai Ziyang was confused the whole time. Suddenly, he heard Mo Yan was going to torture him, so he quickly said, "Stop it. Let's see who dares to do it!"

Mo Yan said: "Junior brother, don't worry about it..."

Bai Ziyang said, "I'll take care of this matter. Don't make a move. Wait for me to ask what's going on." Then he squatted beside Hua Qiangu, shielding the two of them with his fan, and asked quietly, "Xiaogu, what did you say to make Senior Brother so angry?"

Hua Qiangu also said nervously: "I just told you about the history of Changliu and the Seven Killers, the ten divine weapons and the power of the great wilderness..." Then she repeated what she had said in class.

After hearing this, Bai Ziyang bared his teeth and looked at Hua Qiangu. He angrily poked Hua Qiangu's forehead and said angrily and helplessly: "You, you, what can I say about you... Is this what you can say? You are such an adult, but you don't know what you can and cannot say?..."

Hua Qiangu covered her head with her hands in grievance and muttered softly: "Brother Bai, please stop talking about me. The World Honored One is frightening me to death... What should I do now?"

Bai Ziyang glared at her, stood up and said, "Brother, this is a misunderstanding. When Taoist Qingxu passed away, he did give the Complete Book of the Six Realms to Hua Qiangu. Xiaogu told me about this."

Bai Zihua also said: "Brother, when Taoist Qingxu died, Hua Qiangu was indeed in Shushan."

Mo Yan still didn't believe it and said, "That doesn't prove the existence of this book. Besides, even if there is a Complete Book of the Six Realms, why would Taoist Qingxu give this book to such a little girl?"

Bai Zihua had indeed never seen this book, nor had he seen Taoist Qingxu hand the book to Hua Qiangu, so he had no choice but to keep silent.

Bai Ziyang saw that Bai Zihua was stumped by Mo Yan's question after hearing such a "useless" sentence, so he rolled his eyes and said to Mo Yan: "Brother, let me tell you, Hua Qiangu is not a spy of the Seven Killers. She has lived in Hualian Village since she was born, and she just left the village. How could she be a spy of the Seven Killers? Brother, you are too paranoid."

Mo Yan said casually: "You guarantee? What can you guarantee?"

Bai Ziyang said, "I'll guarantee it with my character..." Seeing the contemptuous looks of the three people, he touched his chin unconsciously and said, "Although I don't have much character, I don't have to do this... Then I'll guarantee it with my life!"

"What?" Mo Yan and Sheng Xiaomo exclaimed at the same time.

Hua Qiangu tugged at the corner of Bai Ziyang's clothes and shouted, "Brother Bai!"

Bai Ziyang blinked at Hua Qiangu and said, "It's okay!"

Mo Yan said helplessly: "Junior brother, don't make trouble! This matter concerns the reputation of our Changliu, but this girl easily said it in front of so many people. According to the laws of our Changliu, she should be punished with fifty strokes of the cane!" After saying that, he looked at Hua Qiangu and said: "Beat her!"

"Stop, stop, stop..." Bai Ziyang raised his hand and shouted, "Big Brother, you still don't want to listen? Are you really going to do it? Why are you so stubborn? I'm driving you crazy!"

"Hmm?" Mo Yan looked at Bai Ziyang.

Bai Ziyang reluctantly pulled up Hua Qiangu who was still kneeling on the ground, and used the handle of his fan to pick up the coat around her waist. He said to Mo Yan, "Brother, look at what this is?"

When Mo Yan saw the object hanging around Hua Qiangu's waist, he couldn't help but asked in surprise: "The leader of Shushan, Gong Yu?" He looked up at Bai Ziyang, then at Hua Qiangu, and finally looked at each other with Bai Zihua and Sheng Xiaomo.

Bai Ziyang looked at Mo Yan with amusement and said jokingly, "What? Why don't you give the Shushan Sect Leader a seat?"

Looking at the chair behind her, Hua Qiangu looked at Bai Ziyang at a loss. Bai Ziyang pushed Hua Qiangu onto the chair and said, "It's okay, sit down!" He still stood beside Hua Qiangu.

Looking at Bai Ziyang who was always by her side, Hua Qiangu felt warm in her heart for some reason.

Mo Yan stood up and said, "Hua Qiangu, are you really the leader of Shushan?"

Hua Qiangu said: "Yes! Before he died, Taoist Qingxu entrusted me with the Shushan Sword Technique and the Six Realms Complete Book, and asked me to take over the position of the headmaster temporarily!"

"Nonsense!" Mo Yan said after hearing this.

Hua Qiangu frightened Mo Yan. Bai Ziyang quickly patted Hua Qiangu on the shoulder and said, "What are you doing? I know about this."

Mo Yan said, "Nonsense, nonsense! You two... How can you be the masters of Shushan and yet be disciples of Changliu? Junior brother, you should have followed suit and made nonsense... Hua Qiangu, you can't stay in Changliu any longer, get down the mountain quickly."

Hua Qiangu anxiously whispered to Bai Ziyang: "Brother Bai... I..."

Bai Ziyang said, "There is no rule that the head of Shushan cannot be a Changliu disciple. Hua Qiangu was a mortal at the time and had no ability to protect herself. Wouldn't she be waiting to die if she stayed in Shushan? Anyway, I don't care. Since Hua Qiangu is already a Changliu disciple, no one can drive her down the mountain unless she is willing."

Mo Yan had no way to deal with Bai Ziyang's rogue behavior. He pointed at Bai Ziyang and trembled with anger and said: "You...you..."

Bai Ziyang was not afraid of him at all, and said to Bai Zihua: "Bai Zihua, you clay figurine, say something!"

Sheng Xiaomo watched the excitement for a long time, and then leaned over to Bai Zihua's ear and whispered, "It seems that Junior Brother is really anxious. Senior Brother, let's not provoke him, or else we won't be able to stop him if he really starts making trouble!"

Bai Zihua hummed lightly. Sheng Xiaomo stood up and walked to Mo Yan and said, "Big Brother, I'm afraid that Taoist Qingxu of Shushan is also entrusted with this task in times of crisis. The various sects should help each other. I think it is our responsibility to help. What's more, what Junior Brother said makes sense. Look at this Hua Qiangu, she can't even fly a sword. If you drive her down the mountain and she encounters the Seven Killing Sect, isn't it obvious that she is sending herself to death!"

Mo Yan also hesitated in front of the two, and finally said: "This... Zihua, Hua Qiangu should leave or stay, you decide!"

Bai Zihua said: "Hua Qiangu can stay for the time being, but Shushan cannot be without a leader. I will inform the people of Shushan that their leader is in Changliu. By then, I'm afraid they will have to choose between being the leader of Shushan or being a disciple of Changliu." After saying that, he got up and left.

Seeing this, Mo Yan and Sheng Xiaomo also left, leaving Hua Qiangu and Bai Ziyang.