Chapter 2 Chapter 77: Green Fire

I don't know how long it took, in the Hall of Yuqing, Xiao Yi finished his words of encouragement, smiled gently in the slightly excited eyes of the four young people, waved them back, and at the same time sent Taoist Fayang to rest by himself, soon, He was the only one left in the huge Yuqing Palace.Huge pillars and high domes, towering statues, and under the huge Sanqing holy statues, the reflections in the flickering candlelight cast huge shadows in this hall. Xiao Yicai stood in the shadows, and his figure seemed a little lonely. It was past noon when Guan Gao, Feng Heng, Tang Yinhu, and Su Wenqing came down from Tongtian Peak and returned to Qingyun Courtyard at the foot of the mountain.Usually at this time, most of the people in Qingyun Bieyuan would stay in their own houses and meditate, but today it was really different. Hundreds of people gathered at the entrance of the Bieyuan. Small.

Seeing this scene, the disciples of the Qingyun sect who were on duty standing at the door were a little helpless, but they also heard some news, knowing that the four most outstanding disciples of the Qingyun test were called to the Yuqing Hall of Tongtian Peak today. , I heard that the real head teacher will meet him in person.One must know that even the most outstanding disciples in the past several Qingyun Examinations have never received such treatment, which shows how much the teachers in Qingyun Sect attach importance to these few people. Among Qingyun's disciples outside the gate of the other courtyard, Liu Yun and Mu Huaizheng were both there. Mu Huaizheng, who looked very much like his master Song Daren, still looked solemn at the moment, but perhaps because he understood the feelings of these disciples, he had not A lot of words and reprimands.On the contrary, Liu Yun, who was usually quite cheerful and often talked and laughed, was uncharacteristically silent at the moment.

Mu Huaizheng has also noticed this point. Speaking of it, although they each have different backgrounds, he has a good relationship with Liu Yun, Wang Xiaoyu, Ouyang Jianqiu and other disciples who are from the Fenghui Peak lineage. Naturally, he also knows why Liu Yun in this way.Sighing softly in his heart, he walked to Liu Yun's side and whispered, "Are you all right?" Liu Yun looked up to see him, nodded silently, and then said in a low voice: "I'm fine." Mu Huaizheng pondered for a moment, and said, "Junior Sister Xiaoyu, how is she?" Liu Yun shook her head and said, "It's still the same, it makes people uncomfortable."

Mu Huaizheng frowned, feeling helpless, and didn't know what to say for a while, but Liu Yun lowered her voice and asked, "Senior Brother Mu, do you elders have any advice on finding the murderer who killed Senior Brother Ouyang Jianqiu?" What's on your mind?" Mu Huaizheng hesitated for a moment, then said: "Several elders have visited that house, including the identity of Qing Yunshi, who lives in that courtyard, and checked them one by one. There is no problem at all. According to my master , that murderer was extremely skilled and decisive, and killed Junior Brother Jianqiu almost instantly, cleanly and without any clues." Having said this, Mu Huaizheng glanced around subconsciously, and looked at him. Liu Yun approached again, and said in a low voice, "I heard from Master, I'm afraid this murderer has a lot of background, especially he knows very well about our Qingyun sect's Taoism."

Liu Yun was taken aback, obviously quite surprised, and said in astonishment, "Is there such a thing?" Mu Huaizheng nodded silently.Liu Yun looked in disbelief, and was about to ask further questions, when she suddenly heard a shout from the crowd in the distance, like a stone hitting the surface of the water, ripples were made, and the crowd became commotion.Everyone turned around and saw the four people headed by Guan Gao walking over from a distance with smiles and relaxed expressions on their faces, and were surrounded by crowds of people swarming up within a few steps.From the eyes of the Qingyunmen disciples who were still standing on the sidelines, these Qingyunshi disciples were quickly divided into several distinct circles. Among them, Guan Gao and Feng Heng were notoriously good friends, and they belonged to the same circle. The number of people surrounding the two of them is also the largest, almost more than half; and Su Wenqing is surrounded by a group of people headed by her fifth brother Su Wenkang, most of whom are children from Youzhou and some places around Youzhou. There are also many.

Only Tang Yinhu, the only one among the four with a surly face, seemed to have written the words "don't get close to strangers" written on his face. Almost no one approached him, and he didn't care about it at all, just caring about himself. Hold your head high and stand on the side of the crowd. Apart from those who surrounded these apparently promising people, there were still quite a few Qing Yunjian disciples who were standing still. They seemed to be watching, but many people also showed some envy and desire on their faces. .This kind of expression was seen by Mu Huaizheng, which made him feel uncomfortable.Although the facts are now in front of our eyes, the four teenagers who went to Tongtian Peak Yuqing Hall and were personally interviewed by the head teacher must be outstanding in the future. Fang Zheng was a little hard to accept.

Did you gain power before getting started... He frowned, took a step forward, and when he was about to step forward, suddenly a catkin stretched out from the side and grabbed him.He turned his head and saw it was Liu Yun, and after a moment of silence, he said calmly: "So many people gather here, it's always a bit out of place." Liu Yun sighed softly, and said: "Senior Brother Mu, today is different from the past, these people have different identities. Not to mention the others, Guan Gao alone is probably the number one teacher in charge of Daoist Personal disciple, the future status in the sect, in a few years, I am afraid that it will be above us, and most of the others will worship under the elders. Don't make troubles, small things, let him handle it Bar."

Mu Huaizheng was silent, he was upright, but not pedantic, how could he not understand the joint, he nodded to Liu Yun immediately, thanking her for these points.Turning his head, his eyes inadvertently glanced at the crowd standing on the sidelines, and suddenly let out a soft "Huh", and looked at somewhere in the crowd. Liu Yun followed Mu Huaizheng's gaze, and soon saw two people standing in a corner of the crowd, but they both lived in the No. 23 Courtyard of Yidao, Nanshan and Qiu Diaosi.At this moment, I saw that the expressions of the two of them were different, with uncertain expressions on their faces, as if they were both thinking about something in their hearts.

Mu Huaizheng shook his head, and said: "There is always a lot of trouble in the 23rd courtyard, and I don't know what Fengshui is? Although Su Wenqing was mentioned, one person died inexplicably in front of him, and another person was expelled from the gate. They were taken back to the Big Bamboo Peak, so they quit the Qingyun Trial. After calculations, they are the only ones still in that yard." Liu Yun nodded silently, but her heart was from the disciple who was kicked out of the gate wall. Thinking of Wang Xiaoyu again, he sighed again in his heart. At this moment, Mu Huaizheng suddenly said "Hey", Liu Yun looked up and saw the little fat man Nanshan in the crowd, who seemed to have finally made a decision after thinking for a long time, the slightly fat man A smile appeared on his face, and he slowly approached Su Wenqing's circle.

As he gradually approached, although most of the people over there were focused on Su Wenqing, who was smiling sweetly in the center of the crowd, some people still noticed it. In a blink of an eye, someone soon gave a cold snort. On the boundary of Youzhou, it has long been an open secret that the Su family in Luyang and the Wang family in Longhu are fighting openly and secretly.Nan Shan was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously stopped, but there was not much surprise and panic on his face. Obviously, he should have expected this kind of reaction, but more and more people turned around and looked at it coldly. At that time, as the number of stern gazes increased, the invisible pressure seemed to increase rapidly, and some cold sweat oozes from his forehead.

At that moment, he smiled wryly, took back his steps, and slowly shrank back. At the same time, out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Guan Gao and Feng Heng's circle, and even looked at the lonely Tang Yinhu along the way.Unexpectedly, at this moment, a gentle laugh came from the crowd, and a beautiful figure appeared not far in front of him. It was Su Wenqing, smiling, and said to him: "Junior Brother Nanshan, are you Came for me?" Nanshan was obviously taken aback, and he was hesitating, but Su Wenqing smiled and said: "I heard that Junior Brother Nanshan also got an Aoki Token during this trip to a foreign land. It can be said that the real person does not show his face. In fact, you and I are both born Youzhou, now they are far away from their hometown, and they are cultivating in this Qingyun sect, and those elders are arguing about trivial matters, I think there is really no need to take it to heart." Nan Shan suddenly raised his head, and saw Su Wenqing smiling and nodding, standing in the crowd, he had a faint feeling of standing out from the crowd, and the kindness in her words was even more obvious, which was beyond his expectation.Overjoyed, Nanshan walked over quickly, with a respectful expression, and even a natural flattery in his smile.At the same time, after Su Wenqing showed his favor, although the people around were a little surprised, it was obvious that in the small circle headed by Su Wenqing, Su Wenqing's meaning was the most important, so everyone soon looked at this little fat man Nanshan. Then he calmed down, and within a short while, Nanshan became one with the people around him, and it seemed that he was gradually blending into that circle. In the distance, the corners of Qiu Diaosi's eyes twitched slightly as he watched the scene from beginning to end, but his complexion became more and more gloomy. It could be seen a few times that he also wanted to approach one of the small circles, but somehow he still Standing still.Nanshan still has a green wood order in his hand to talk about things, but his luck is not good, and the trip to the foreign land is empty-handed. Finally, these juveniles surrounded happily, after saying enough words of praise and flattery, they all went into Qingyun Bieyuan one after another, and the only ones left outside the house were some poor people who looked at each other in dismay, were alone and had no identity and background. The wind blows by with a somewhat desolate feeling. Many of them walked away with a sigh, but Qiu Diaosi stood silently in the crowd with an extremely ugly expression, but turned around abruptly, and strode away into the distance. At this moment, no one will notice him, anyway, he is just an ordinary person who is difficult to find out if thrown in the crowd. He walked faster and faster, and after leaving Qingyun Bieyuan, when there was no one in front of him, he suddenly started to run in big strides, running forward with all his strength, but he didn't know where the target in front of him was, just a gloomy energy gathered in his heart , It made him feel that he couldn't breathe, and he just wanted to stay away from that towering mountain, that fairy resort. Under the sun, he ran for a long distance, and unknowingly strayed from the road. When he was finally exhausted and forced to stop and panted, he realized that he had run to a strange place. Outside the village. It looks like a peaceful small village here. The village is full of people, and there are many people coming and going. Some people saw him panting while holding a big tree by the roadside at the entrance of the village, but they just smiled kindly at him and said nothing. He didn't say much, but in Qiu Diaosi's eyes, it seemed that even these ordinary villagers looked down on him. Qiu Diaosi looked at the village in front of him in a daze, and felt an unreasonable irritability in his heart. At this moment, two villagers walked by the road from the entrance of the village, and walked past Qiu Diaosi while talking. He glanced at it but didn't respond, so he just walked over, and at the same time continued the previous conversation with the people around him: "Old Guo, don't believe it, the black knife can definitely sell for a good price if you take it to the blacksmith shop in Heyang City. I tried it early in the morning, and it is so sharp that it can cut off any kind of firewood." Beside him was an old man who sneered when he heard the words, obviously disapproving, and said: "Who are you scaring with that thing? It's not like I haven't seen it before, it's just a weird black knife, and I don't know how to cut it." There is a big slit on the body, and it looks like it will be broken in two. Can such things be sold for money? Do you really think that there are really good things that fell from the sky into your field?" "Hmm..." At first, the man's face became pale, and he murmured, "It makes sense to hear what you said." As he said that, he took out a black knife from a linen package beside him, stretched it against the wind, looked at it several times, sighed, wanted to throw it away, but was a little reluctant, and finally took it back. And almost at the same time, Qiu Diaosi, who had been standing silently by the side of the village road, suddenly trembled, as if he felt something, he suddenly reached into his bosom, touched it for a while, and when he took it out again, there was already an extra one in his hand. The small stone shimmering with cold light is the remnant corner of "Styx Emerald".At this moment, the Styx Cuijing suddenly lit up for some reason, as if it echoed some mysterious thing. Qiu Diaosi suddenly raised his head, his eyes were as cold as a knife, and he stared at the backs of the two ignorant villagers who were walking forward and chatting in front of them. Xiao Yicai stayed silently in the Yuqing Hall for a while, then turned around and walked into the back hall, walking all the way, walking through the halls and pavilions, until he returned to the study room where he talked to Wang Zongjing that day. The room was full of scholarly fragrance and the light was bright. After Xiao Yi closed the door, he stood in the study room that only he could enter in the Qingyun Gate. His expression seemed to be suddenly relaxed. After taking a deep breath, there was a faint smile on his face. tired look. Leaning against the small window on the side of the mountain wall, the mountain wind blows in from the half-opened window, skimming over the book case, blowing up a few pages of the stack of ancient books above, making a slight "click" sound.Xiao Yicai stood there silently for a long time, as if he was contemplating something. After a long while, he walked over slowly, gently picked up the topmost book, patted the cover with his hand, and blew lightly, as if I need to blow off some dust, then take the paperweight from the case and press the pages down. Afterwards, he walked to the desk and sat on the big sandalwood and black wood carved chair with a calm face. He did not know where to press the desk with his hand, only to hear the sound of "cluck" in the study. After a while, But he saw that big chair slowly sinking into the ground with his body. The rattling sound lasted for a while, stopped, and sounded again after a while, and the big black wooden chair was slowly raised up again, but the figure of Xiao Yicai on the seat had disappeared. Deep underground, in an unknown and hidden mountainside, Xiao Yicai stood tall, and was now in a rather spacious secret room.Look at this secret room hidden under the study room, the area is even larger than the study room on the surface, and in front of him is the strange black flower that he hid in another secret room in the past , I don't know what method Xiao Yicai used to move this strange black flower here, and at the same time, the strange pool full of sticky black water under the black flower also appeared here. Compared with the small secret room back then, this secret room was at least five times wider, but the strange black flower that had not been seen for a long time seemed to have grown up a lot at this time.For some reason, in the secret room, people always feel a bone-piercing gloomy coldness. From time to time, a sticky bubble will pop up in the black pool water, making a low gurgling sound.The black flowers growing in this weird black water, at this moment, the stems, leaves and branches are much thicker than before, some of the black branches and leaves have grown to the hard stone wall, and a small part of those seemingly soft branches and leaves have penetrated deeply stone wall. But the most conspicuous thing is naturally the six emerald green faint flames that are still burning on the black strange flower. They are distributed on both sides of the black flower's trunk in turn, burning quietly, except for the green flame at the bottom right. It has been a little wobbly since the last time, and it seems to be even more sluggish now. Xiao Yicai's gaze swept over these green fires, and he stayed on the last green fire that was obviously decaying for the longest time. After looking at it for a long time, he finally looked away.There was no strange expression on his face, but there was still a trace of solemnity in his eyes. Standing in front of the strange black flower, Xiao Yicai stood silently for a long time, then reached into his bosom and took out a small and exquisite black jade bottle.His eyes fell on the black vial, and a complex look flashed across his eyes. In the quiet secret room, a low voice suddenly sounded. The strange black flower seemed to sense something and moved by itself. On one side, the black branches that seemed immature slowly stretched out in front of Xiao Yicai, and stopped motionless. This scene looked a little weird, but Xiao Yicai's expression was normal, he just silently looked at the black branches in front of him, like a hand stretched out to beg, and even trembled very slightly.After a while, he moved his fingers lightly, only to hear a "poof", the lid on the black jade bottle was opened, and a faint smell of blood wafted out. Xiao Yicai stretched out his left hand, gently grabbed the only black leaf growing on the tender branch in front of him, then slowly tilted the black jade bottle, a stream of bright red blood flowed out from the black jade bottle, and fell on the leaf drop by drop. As if frightened, the black leaf suddenly twisted like a convulsion, as if it wanted to shrink back, but Xiao Yicai's hand held it firmly, the black leaf could not move, and the red blood on the black leaf was like When it boiled at high temperature, Gulu Gulu writhed for a moment, then suddenly trembled, the bright red color instantly turned into a faint green flame, just like the other six burning green flames on the black flower. After the corners of Xiao Yicai's eyes twitched slightly, he slowly let go of his hand. The black branches slowly retreated with a slight trembling, and a brand new green flame was quietly burning at the end of the black branches.At this moment, all the green flames on the black strange flower suddenly lit up together, as if they felt something, those strange flames were shining brightly at the same time, even the green flame that was a bit sluggish, also lit up at this moment a lot.After a while, these strange and mysterious emerald fires slowly quieted down again, and returned to their original appearance of burning silently. At the same time, in the far distance, a young man walking on the desolate ancient road suddenly staggered, with his hands on his chest, his face was pale, showing pain, and he calmed down after a while; Or the dark places in different corners of the darkness, as if some people hidden in the darkness felt something, slowly raised their heads, and stared deeply at a certain direction on this vast and boundless land. Black flowers and green fire, burning faintly, seemed to have passed through countless time, in this unknown secret room, reflected in Xiao Yicai's eyes, turned into two green flames, burning blazingly.