Wancang never regrets

Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu walked last, followed the crowd towards the majestic and spacious gate of Yuqing Palace.

"Jing Yu." Zhang Xiaofan suddenly whispered.

"What?" Lin Jingyu looked at Zhang Xiaofan.

Zhang Xiaofan lowered his voice, said: "During the past few years, have you seen Second Uncle Wang?"

Lin Jingyu shook his head and said, "No, today is also the first time I have returned to Tongtian Peak."

Zhang Xiaofan's complexion was gloomy, and he said in a low voice: "In the past few years, I asked Senior Brother Qihao several times about Uncle Wang's condition, and Senior Brother said that he is still insane, running around on Tongtian Peak all day long, but there is Nagato Brother is taking care of him, there is no problem, I want to go and see him after this competition is over, are you going?"

Lin Jingyu nodded and said, "Okay, I want to meet him too."

At this time, they had already reached the main hall, Zhang Xiaofan saw Qi Hao and the seven people from Longshou Peak gesturing to him to let him go, Zhang Xiaofan looked at Lin Jingyu beside him, and said: "Shocked Yu, I went over to the senior brothers of Longshou Peak."

Lin Jingyu looked at Qihao's side, nodded, and said: "Well, I've also gone to the Big Bamboo Peak." Lin Jingyu said, his eyes began to search for Song Daren and the others, and when he found it, he walked back there , there were sparse conversations next to his ears, but Lin Jingyu's eyes fell on Cang Song who was sitting first on the left side of the hall.

After Cang Song returned to Yuqing Palace, he closed his eyes and sat quietly, but he was thinking about why Lingzun was angry today. At this moment, he felt a respectful and complicated gaze looking at him. Opening his eyes and looking sharply, he saw that it was Lin Jingyu. He lowered his head in shock when he saw him. Cangsong looked at him, frowned, then seemed to be in deep thought for a while, then raised his eyes again, But he looked at Zhang Xiaofan who was at Qihao's side, and there was a hint of reassurance in his eyes.

At this moment, a green shadow suddenly flashed above the main hall, it was Daoxuan who had returned to the Yuqing Hall, all the heads and elders of the Qingyun Sect stood up, their eyes fell on him, Cang Song walked forward, just about to speak , Daoxuan raised his hand to stop him, and winked at him again, Cangsong turned his eyes, but didn't speak.

Daoxuan turned around, and said to the dozens of Qingyun sect disciples standing on the main hall with a pleasant face: "Everyone is here, good, good, good."

All the disciples lined up in order, bowed their hands together and said: "I have seen the real master."

Daoxuan smiled slightly, walked back to his seat, sat on it, and glanced at Cangsong again, Cangsong immediately stepped forward, and said loudly: "Everyone, you are all outstanding young people of the Qingyun sect, I am from the Qingyun sect. It has been more than [-] years since the sect, and it is actually the orthodox Taoist, the leader of the righteous way. But the ancients said: industry thrives on diligence, and waste on play. There is also a saying: sailing against the current, if you don’t advance, you will retreat. I sent the ancestors of generations to warn Later generations, together with young disciples, passed down the grand event of the Qimai Martial Arts Competition, and it has been a full [-] years."

There was a burst of exclamation among the disciples of Qingyun, the 1000th session, counted once for one Jiazi, would be [-] or two hundred years old.

Cang Song looked at the reactions of the crowd, with pride and satisfaction in his eyes, but his eyes darkened for a moment, and he continued: "To this day, my Qingyun Sect is prosperous and prosperous under the leadership of Daoxuan Sect, which is far better than that of my previous life. , There are countless outstanding people in the younger generation. Therefore, after the discussion between the senior brothers and the heads of the various branches, the number of people in the big test has been increased to 64, so as to avoid any regrets."

Zhang Xiaofan looked at Cangsong, his eyes were full of admiration, respect and pride, this man, he is my master!

Cang Song continued: "This big test, the number of people has doubled, so there are some changes in the lottery, please take a look," he said, pointing to the open space on the right side of the hall, everyone looked, I saw a big mahogany box placed there, square and square, with only a small hole on the upper side for extending one's arm.

"In that mahogany box, there are a total of 63 wax pellets, and each of them is wrapped with a note with numbers from 63 to 64 written on it." There was a sudden commotion among the disciples, Taoist Cangsong ignored it, and said: "Drawing lots After the completion, the competition will be conducted based on the number, such as number one against 63, number two against 62, and number three against 64, and so on. In the second round, the winner of number one and 63 will be against the winner of number two and [-]. By analogy, until the final battle, do you understand?"

All the disciples of Qingyun standing under the hall were silent for a while, and suddenly someone shouted: "Excuse me, Master Cangsong, there are obviously 64 people, but why are there only 63 wax pills?"

Cang Song had already prepared for this question, coughed dryly, and said: "The rules of this competition are that each of the seven branches of the Qingyun Sect will send nine people, and the Nagato will have one more person. There are eight disciples, so one person is missing, so there are only 63 people."

For a moment, everyone's eyes fell on the face of Tian Buyi, the head of the Big Bamboo Peak. Tian Buyi glanced at Cangsong, and a look of anger flashed across his face, while the disciples of Qingyun below suddenly started to chatter and chatter.

Cangsong coughed and said seriously: "But it's not a difficult task. Among the 63 wax pills, as long as one of the disciples draws number one, that is extremely lucky, because there is no opponent number 64, so He had a first-round bye."

As soon as this remark came out, there was another uproar among the disciples of Qingyunmen, but Qingyunmen is a famous sect after all, and the family education is very strict. Although this method seems rather funny, no one objected.

Daoxuan stood up, looked around, his head master fell silent, Daoxuan smiled slightly, and said: "In that case, let's draw lots."

Above the main hall, everyone's eyes fell on the mahogany box. The seniors from Nagato's lineage smoked first, and then it was the turn of Longshoufeng's lineage's disciples.

Zhang Xiaofan waited for nothing to happen, then looked at the first seven seated people and the elders.Among these people, from Daoxuan down, Tianyun, Tian Buyi, Shang Zhengliang, Zeng Shuchang and other leaders of each line, he has met five years ago, only a female Taoist sitting on the last chair on the right has never met , but looking at it like this, it is probably the first water moon of the famous Xiaozhufeng.

Zhang Xiaofan usually heard his seniors mention this uncle, and heard that Xiaozhufeng is the only sect in Qingyun sect that only accepts female disciples, Shuiyue himself has a very deep morality and is well-known in Qingyun sect, and Xiaozhufeng came out of Qingyun sect. His disciples also performed outstandingly in the previous Qimai Martial Arts Tests.

Zhang Xiaofan took a few more glances at that Shuiyue, saw that she looks around thirty, oval face, slender eyebrows and nose, a pair of bright almond eyes, wearing a moon white Taoist robe, she looks graceful and graceful.And behind her, there was no elders standing, but a female disciple standing there, dressed in white as snow, extremely beautiful, with a long sword on her back, the scabbard and hilt were sky blue, bright in color, There is a faint wave of light flowing, and one can tell it is a treasure of the fairy family.

He was watching in a daze, the young woman seemed to feel his gaze, she turned her head suddenly, her gaze was like lightning, she stared at him coldly, Zhang Xiaofan's heart was shocked, as if being shocked by electricity, her eyes seemed to be stabbed , he was startled, and then his face turned red, seeing the woman's expressionless face, but there was a hint of contempt in her eyes, so he quickly lowered his head.At this embarrassing moment, someone next to him suddenly reached out and patted his shoulder, but it was Qi Hao who said, "Xiao Fan, what are you doing blankly, it's our turn to draw lots."

Zhang Xiaofan hastily said: "Ah, good." After speaking, he didn't dare to look at Shuiyue, turned around and followed Qihao to the mahogany box.

But after a while, all the disciples in the main hall finished drawing lots and were checking the wax pills one after another, while the elders sitting at the top of each line were also staring at the disciples of their own line, hoping that the disciples could draw a good lot. Naturally, it couldn't be better to get the note with "one".

As if responding to the mood of the teachers, Qing Yun's disciples uttered their voices one by one:

"Ah, I'm 26."

"I'm 33, hey, how much are you?"

"Oh, I'm 47, I don't know what number my opponent is, I'll do the math..."

……

I just watched the disciples talking for a long time, but no one said that they got that precious No. [-] note.

Cang Song frowned, coughed twice, and said loudly: "Who got the first lottery."

His voice was loud and full of momentum, suppressing all voices for a moment, the hall was suddenly silent, and suddenly there was a small voice in the crowd, with a hint of surprise and caution, it seemed that even he himself did not believe it, Said: "Master, number one is here with me."

Cang Song looked at Zhang Xiaofan at this sound, saw Zhang Xiaofan standing in the crowd, holding a note in his hand, standing there blankly, staring at him timidly, sighed in his heart.

In an instant, everyone's eyes fell on Zhang Xiaofan, everyone in Longshou Peak gathered around with all smiles on their faces, Qihao patted Zhang Xiaofan on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Xiaofan, you are really lucky."

Cang Song looked at Zhang Xiaofan, frowned, but then said loudly: "Okay, since the drawing of lots has been completed, all disciples will come to me and report their names according to the lottery number, and post it on the red list later, so you will know who you are. Who is the opponent, now, please talk to the master brother."

The noisy disciples all fell silent when they heard that the head master Daoxuan was about to come out to speak.Daoxuan stood up from his seat, walked slowly in front of the crowd, glanced over the disciples, and said immediately: "Everyone, you are all elites of the younger generation in my Qingyun Sect, and your talents and talents are all outstanding. In the future, Qingyun It is very likely that the best of you will take the position of the chief seat, elders, and even me as the head of each sect."

All the disciples of Qingyun were shocked for a while, and many of them showed longing and excited expressions on their faces.

Daoxuan showed a kind smile, and said: "Of course, if you want to reach this step and sit in the position of the first elders behind me, you still need to work harder."

Everyone said in unison, "Yes."

Daoxuan covered his long beard with his hands, nodded, and said solemnly: "My Qingyun sect has been a well-known orthodox sect since the establishment of the sect by Patriarch Qingyunzi, and now I am even the leader of the orthodox path in the cultivation of the world. Fang today, the orthodox Prosperity, evil spirits retreat, and the world enjoys peace. But the remnants of the evil way, treacherous and vicious, and their hearts are not dead, seem to be ready to move over the years. At this time, it is even more necessary for us in the righteous way to uphold the way and eliminate evil, so you must concentrate on cultivating the way , Be firm in your resolve, as long as we are strong and self-reliant, there will be no gap for evil spirits and heretics to take advantage of!"

All the disciples shouted loudly: "Follow the instructions of the master!"

Daoxuan smiled, and said: "Okay, okay. There is one more thing, I would like to announce to everyone, in order to encourage my disciples Qingyun to work hard towards the Tao, to inspire and practice, I discussed with the chief elders, and decided to start from this time. From the beginning of the Qimai martial arts competition, every time after the big test of the Qimai martial arts competition, a small reward will be given to the final winner."

There was a commotion among Qing Yun's disciples.

Daoxuan looked at these young disciples and said with a smile: "The prize this time is Liuhe mirror."

"What is it?" Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment, he had never heard of this thing before, he couldn't help but look around, but saw a rare look of excitement and yearning on Qihao's face, so he leaned over and whispered: "Senior brother , What is a sextile mirror?"

Qi Hao said in a low voice: "The Liuhe mirror is a magic weapon handed down by the tenth generation patriarch of our sect, Wu Fangzi. I have never seen the specific appearance, but I have heard from the master before that it is one of the rare treasures of our sect. It is extremely powerful and even more amazing, as long as the user's spiritual power is strong enough, the Liuhe mirror can reflect all attacks and thus remain invincible."

Zhang Xiaofan opened his mouth wide when he heard the words, he said in surprise: "So powerful, isn't it invincible in the world."

Qi Hao shook his head, and said: "However, I don't know exactly what it will be like, but what Master said will never be wrong. This time," he glanced at Daoxuan, and said in a low voice: "It seems that this time the head and the master Master and the others seem to have spent a lot of money!"

Zhang Xiaofan groaned, looked at Cangsong, but saw Cangsong sitting quietly with his eyes closed.

Daoxuan stopped, smiled and watched the disciples discussing, and after a while he said: "Okay, that's basically it, you go back and have a rest, tomorrow morning, the Qimai Huiwu will officially start the competition."

Qing Yun's disciples saluted together, and said in unison: "Yes, Master Master."

Daoxuan nodded, and said, "You guys go."

All the disciples gradually withdrew, and only the head of the Qingyun sect's seven veins and a dozen elders were left in the main hall. Daoxuan turned his head and smiled at those elders: "Brothers, you should also go back to rest earlier. , starting tomorrow, there will be many competitions, and you still need to worry about it."

Some of those elders had white hair and wrinkled hair, some of them looked young and had good looks, now they heard Daoxuan's words, they went out one by one without saying much, and in the end, In the Yuqing Hall, only the head of the Qingyun Sect's seven veins remained.

Daoxuan slowly put away the kind smile he had been hanging on his face all the time, glanced at the other six people sitting on the chairs, and said indifferently: "Okay, now there are only seven of us."

Shang Zhengliang, the head of Chaoyang Peak sitting on the right, frowned and said, "Senior brother, do you have anything to say to us?"

Daoxuan nodded, with no expression on his face, and said slowly: "I just went to see Lingzun."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone's expressions changed.

Tianyun, the head of Luoxia Peak, stood up first, and said: "Senior brother, can you see what happened to Lingzun just now?"

Daoxuan sighed, and said slowly: "I checked carefully, and there is nothing unusual about Lingzun."

"What?" Surprised expressions appeared on the faces of all the heads.

Daoxuan looked at a few people, and said: "That's true, I checked it several times, and the Spirit Venerable is as usual, I really can't figure out why it suddenly has such a big anger, but it just disappears so quickly."

Tian Buyi pondered for a while, and said: "I see that the target of Lingzun's attack seems to be a group of young disciples, could it be that someone offended it?"

Shuiyue, the head of Xiaozhu Peak, said: "Impossible, if the disciple really offended Lingzun, how could Lingzun give up after one blow?"

Shuiyue looks quite beautiful, but when she spoke, her tone was cold, as if there was a hint of chill, Tian Buyi took a look at her, then stopped talking.

Daoxuan shook his head, and said: "Spiritual Venerable is an ancient spirit beast, its nature has been psychic, there has never been such a sudden abnormal situation in thousands of years, there must be a reason."

Zeng Shuchang, the head seat of Fenghui Peak sitting on the far left, said, "Could it be that the head brother already has a conclusion in his mind?"

Daoxuan sighed lightly, and said: "To tell you the truth, I'm also confused about this, but Ling Zun is my Qingyun Sect's mountain-suppressing spirit beast, it's no small matter, I wanted to find out with the secret psychic technique of our sect. ,unexpectedly……"

Speaking of this, Daoxuan suddenly stopped, the people beside him listened halfway, and suddenly heard him stop talking, Tian Buyi first asked: "Senior brother, what's wrong?"

Daoxuan showed embarrassment on his face, and said: "This psychic technique is a small skill, but it can be used to communicate with the Lingzun a little bit. Unexpectedly, when I was about to use it, the Lingzun was already asleep. Nothing can be done."

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Daoxuan coughed twice, and said seriously: "There is no need to worry about this matter, we will discuss it in the long term after Lingzun wakes up, and there is still one matter right now, I want to discuss it with you."

Cangsong didn't open his eyes until this time, while the other first seats saw Daoxuan's serious face, as if it was not a trivial matter, they all sat back to their seats seriously.

Daoxuan also sat back in his seat, pondered for a while, and then said: "Everyone, do you know that there is Kongsang Mountain three thousand miles away in the east?"

The heads of the five veins were all taken aback, only Cangsong had a strange look in his eyes, and said quietly: "Could it be that the master brother is talking about the Kongsang Mountain with the ancient cave of ten thousand bats?"

Daoxuan nodded and said, "Exactly."

Uncle Zeng frowned and said: "I heard that the ancient cave of ten thousand bats is a huge natural cave, which goes straight into the ground and is unfathomably deep. It is cold and damp, and only countless bats live in it. It is said that there are millions of them. Planting barren land, why did senior brother bring it up properly?"

Daoxuan said slowly: "I don't know, everyone, although this ancient cave of ten thousand bats does not seem to be close to humans and animals, but 800 years ago, it was an important stronghold of the Demon Cult. The cold and damp in the ancient cave is just suitable for those evil spirits. Heretics practice demon law. Later, under the siege of my orthodox people, the devil's evils retreated in defeat, and this place was abandoned."

Shuiyue opened her mouth coldly, and said, "What is the meaning of the sect master bringing it up again at this moment?"

Shuiyue spoke to Daoxuan like this, his attitude can be said to be quite unfriendly, but everyone here knows that Shuiyue has always spoken to people like this, Daoxuan didn't take it seriously, he just sighed and said: "Junior Sister Shuiyue I don't know, just half a year ago, I got a letter from Fenxiang Valley, saying that there seemed to be signs of demonic remnants of activities near the Wanbat Ancient Cave recently, and I asked for my opinion based on this, I thought about it , and ordered the second apprentice, Xiao Yicai, to rush to Kongsang Mountain to check it out."

Upon hearing this, Shang Zhengliang of Chaoyang Peak smiled and said: "It's okay, Xiao Yicai's nephew is exceptionally talented and profound in practice, he is really the best in Qingyun sect, and he was even more outstanding in the last martial arts test of the Qimai Contest. Returning with laurels, with him gone, what else can’t be done?”

Daoxuan smiled slightly, and said: "Junior Brother Shang is overrated, but Yicai went to Kongsang Mountain, and a few months later, a letter came back, saying that Dao indeed found that there were people from the Demon Cult who were active near the Wanbat Ancient Cave, and they The purpose is even more astonishing."

Everyone was taken aback, but Cang Song rolled his eyes, but his face was serious, Zeng Shuchang said: "What's wrong?"

Daoxuan's expression was calm, he couldn't see any joy, anger, sorrow or joy, and said: "According to Yicai's letter, he captured a member of the Devil's Cult, and from his mouth, he found out that the ancient cave of Wanbat was the center of the Devil's Cult 800 years ago. The main hall of the blood refining hall of a branch is located. At that time, the blood refining hall was powerful and one of the five major forces of the demon sect. However, after being defeated by my righteous ancestors, it fell into a slump, and the ancient cave of ten thousand bats was also abandoned. But somehow , In recent years, the Blood Refining Hall, which has been in decline for a long time, seems to be showing signs of rising again. According to legend in the Blood Refining Hall, in the battle of Wanbat Ancient Cave, although all the main characters of the Blood Refining Hall fell under the sword of my righteous people, but In the Ten Thousand Bats Ancient Cave, there is an extremely secret hidden treasure cave, which contains many rare treasures, demon books and evil scrolls, which have never been discovered by anyone."

Speaking of this, everyone has already understood, Cang Song sneered, and said: "The evil spirit is crooked, wishful thinking!"

Daoxuan shook his head, and said: "Whether this rumor is true or not, but as far as I know, after the battle 800 years ago, the orthodox people did not find any secret cave treasures in the Wanbat Ancient Cave. Forget it, but if there is such a hidden treasure cave, I am afraid that there will be a big ominous thing in it, but we must guard against it."

Everyone looked at Daoxuan, Tian Yun said: "Brother, what kind of evil thing are you referring to, so important?

Daoxuan glanced at everyone around him, and said in a deep voice, "Blood-devouring beads!"

Everyone's expressions were solemn, only Cangsong had a strange look in his eyes, and said in surprise: "Didn't this murderous thing disappear with the death of the black-hearted old man?"

Daoxuan shook his head and said: "Otherwise, even though the black-hearted old man died, the blood-devouring orb may not disappear from the world. It seems that such a fierce and evil thing cannot be grasped by ordinary people, and if the demon cultivator does not practice enough, it is not enough to store it. It can be seen. And the black-hearted old man was born in the Blood Refining Hall of the Demon Cult, so I speculate that it is very likely that the Blood-devouring Orb is in this secret cave."

Cang Song nodded expressionlessly, but sneered in his heart, while the other five people were silent for a while after hearing these words, after a while, Shuiyue asked, "Then what is the master's intention?"

Daoxuan said: "After I received Yicai's letter, I immediately informed Fenxianggu and Tianyin Temple, and soon these two sects also replied, saying that they would also send their proud disciples to Kongsang Mountain to stop the demon sect from evil. Disciples, uphold the Tao and eliminate traitors."

Tian Buyi said: "Then the sect master brother means..."

A smile appeared on Daoxuan's face, and he said: "Speaking of which, this is also a rare and great opportunity to practice. Although there are many young talents in my Qingyun Sect, most of them have not gone out to practice, and the world has been stable in these years, and I have never fought with the devil. The demon cultists confront each other. Taking advantage of this opportunity of the Qimai martial arts competition, I plan to send the top four young disciples to Kongsang Mountain together. I have learned a lot. Moreover," he put away his smile, turned serious, and said: "I heard that in the past hundred years, Tianyin Temple and Fenxiang Valley have produced several outstanding disciples with outstanding talents. If I just sit back and ignore it, I am afraid that the position of the leader of the righteous way will be difficult to protect in the future, if so, I, Daoxuan, will have no face to meet the ancestors of generations."

Cang Song snorted coldly in his heart, but nodded on his face, and said: "Brother Sect Leader is far-sighted, that's right." The other five people also nodded one after another.

Daoxuan looked at the leaders, and said: "Since that's the case, you all have no objections."

Everyone nodded yes.

Daoxuan said: "Okay, that's the decision. In the Yuqing Palace, we have arranged a residence for you, please go and rest." As he said, he clapped his palm three times, and immediately walked into several roads outside the door. child. "You lead everyone to the room to rest."

The Taoist boys responded, except for Cang Song, the other five stood up, bowed to Daoxuan, and then followed, while Cang Song stood up now, bowed to Daoxuan , without knowing how Xuan would react, he turned and walked towards the entrance of the main hall.

Daoxuan behind him looked at Cangsong's leaving back, his originally bright eyes suddenly dimmed, Junior Brother Cangsong, you still hate me, for more than 100 years, no matter how late, you have never been with me. Stay overnight on the peak.