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When Chen Ying opened his eyes, he was very uncomfortable with the strong sense of restraint all over his body.

He moved violently, and his vision gradually became clearer. Only then did he realize that there were still several people tied up around him. Seeing their appearance clearly, Chen Ying paused.

Chen Ying turned her head suddenly, looked at Gong Wunian who was sitting far away on the high seat, and met his downcast eyes.

For some reason, looking at Gong Wunian's gaze, Chen Ying felt a chill in his heart.

"woke up?"

As Gong Wunian stood up, Chen Ying shrank back unconsciously.

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

Gong Wunian walked slowly in front of Chen Ying, and knelt down: "I should be the one to ask this question, Chen Ying, what's wrong with you."

Gong Wunian's voice was unusually cold, Chen Ying was stunned by his question, the expression on his face was blank, and his eyes were full of bewilderment.

Gong Wunian flicked his sleeves, and a huge water mirror appeared in midair, which was exactly what Chen Ying looked like before entering the mountain.At that time, he was with his cousin. Although life was hard, his heart was always happy and joyful.They played together, helped their aunt to work together, and were sent to a private school for poor families in the town to study together.Later, Lanke Mountain recruited disciples, and they went up the mountain together.

Chen Ying looked at the water mirror, and slowly, thinking of something, his eyes gradually became dark.

The screen changed, and when the assessment was over, the disciples who participated in the assessment stood in front of the mountain gate. Chen Ying's name had been read long ago, and he had been waiting for his cousin's name, which was more important than he wanted to hear his own name. Nervous, but also urgent.

But one person, one person... another person, but no cousin.

When the last name was read, Chen Ying's heart was already in his throat, but what he read out was the name of Return.

A few years have passed, and Chen Ying's memory is very clear. He met his cousin's bewildered gaze, which was deeply etched in his mind, and he has been troubled ever since.

It is said that it is born from the heart, sometimes Chen Ying accidentally sees himself in the mirror, and forgets what he used to look like in a trance.

"Does it make you so dissatisfied to return to practice on the mountain?" Gong Wunian's tone was the same as usual, but his displeasure was already felt.

"Just because your cousin didn't pass the examination on Lanke Mountain and failed to go up to practice, you blamed Chonggui on you."

"Just because you think that Returning to Gui is low-talented, you can insult him at will. And you are not ashamed to say that Returning to occupy someone else's position."

"That's right!" Chen Ying's eyes turned red: "It's because of him! My cousin grew up with me since he was a child. He is very intelligent since he was a child, and his talent is not inferior to mine. We came to Mount Lanke together. Why should he If he fails the assessment, he will only follow his uncle and aunt into a wealthy family as a slave. He will be just a mediocre ordinary person for the rest of his life. What qualifications does he have to go up the mountain when he returns to such a waste?! Elder Pang thinks highly of him? Why is he loved by senior brothers and sisters? It’s obvious that he’s just a fool no matter how much he cultivates.”

Gong Wunian looked coldly at the roaring Chen Ying, chuckled lightly, and squeezed Chen Ying's chin with one hand: "This is the reason why you spent your time in the ghost city? This is why you brought the dirty things back to Mount Lanke reason?"

"At such a young age, my mind is so messed up, and my teacher and friend are in danger because of my own personal affair. Since you are so upset in your heart, it's fine for you to go down the mountain and accompany your cousin."

"Tomorrow you will go down the mountain."

Chen Ying's eyes trembled, a little unbelievable: "Master..." He didn't even have time to say the words of defense, and was blocked by Gong Wunian.

"Who did you make a deal with, and what kind of situation do you want to return to? Do you think that I can be deceived by you with a few words when I live to this age? Do you think that the tricks you did secretly can really Get out of sight of me and the elders? I just don’t want to talk to you.”

Gong Wunian looked at the other people who hadn't come to their senses, and there was a trace of disgust in his eyes: "I'm not interested in asking about the rest of them. I stayed on the mountain for a few years at least. You can be ruthless and cruel to your fellow disciples. It seems that Lanke Mountain can't accommodate you, so go down the mountain and find another job."

"However," Gong Wunian turned his gaze back to look at him: "Since you guys insist on going down the mountain in such a disgraceful way, you can't take everything on the mountain with you, and your cultivation must be abolished. Do it yourself, or I will do it yourself." help you?"

"Master!" Chen Ying shouted angrily, "You can't—"

Before he finished speaking, Gong Wunian had already pointed at the center of his brow, and a sense of fear of being pulled away made him writhe all over to break free.He shouted in horror: "Master, Master! You can't do this, it's not fair, it's not fair!"

The proud cultivation base was pulled out of the body bit by bit, and Chen Ying clearly felt that the spiritual veins were drying up.His face gradually turned gray, and he was still muttering: "Can't, can't..."

Gong Wunian looked at the glowing fire between his fingers, and extinguished it indifferently, his eyes were heavy: "If the heart is not right, the only way to practice is to go mad, sooner or later. It's better to stop thinking about it as soon as possible. "Gong Wunian remembered something, and mocked: "Just like what you said to Chonggui, what's wrong with going down the mountain to be an ordinary mortal."

Gong Wunian glanced at the other people who were still asleep, and drew a spell in the air, sucking out the spiritual power of the remaining few people, and destroying them in an instant.

After finishing all this, he paused, raised his eyes to look outside the door, and said, "You guys, when are you going to come in?"

After a moment of silence, Mo Tingchan took the initiative, and people entered the door one by one.They looked at each other a few times, they were both at a loss, they rarely saw Gong Wunian angry.

Gong Wunian sighed, turned his back and walked towards the side of the couch, sat on the side of the couch with his body crooked, and said:

"Take them back, pack your bags, and call them down the mountain tomorrow."

The seven people were silent, Xiaodong Pavilion was the first to have an accident, Pang Kui naturally didn't dare to say anything more, and Shui Yunhan had always been soft-hearted, so he couldn't help asking: "Is this how we let them go down the mountain? Maybe, we can give them A chance to repent."

The coldness in Gong Wunian's eyes had not completely faded, and he raised his eyes slightly: "Why, do you want to go down the mountain with them?"

Shui Yunhan shuddered all over, "Don't dare."

Gong Wunian withdrew his gaze and closed his eyes slightly: "Go. I'm tired."

"Yes."

No one dared to say anything more, silently led their disciples out of Qingshitai.

……

On the way back, the hearts of the seven of them felt a little heavy.

Shui Yunhan breathed a sigh of relief, and only relaxed after walking a long way, still feeling lingering fear: "I've never seen Master like this before."

Zhaoyan snorted coldly: "I think the punishment is still light."

Pang Kui felt a little guilty in his heart: "Master has always been like this. As long as you can correct your mistakes, you can do nothing too much. If you implicate others...there is no room for a grain of sand in Master's eyes."

Mo Tingchan was silent for a moment before saying: "In the final analysis, it is our fault. When Master was here 200 years ago, these pickled things have always been separated from Lanke Mountain. How harmonious the whole mountain is. Now... . . . it's really humbling."

The seven people stopped talking, and when they reached a fork in the road, they parted ways and went back to their respective places.