Chapter 17 Chapter 43 World Affairs

Taoist Mingyang was stunned for a while, then with a look of astonishment on his face, he said: "Brother Master, how do you know this person?" Xiao Yicai suddenly remained silent, and looked at him indifferently. Taoist Mingyang immediately realized that he felt a sudden heat on his cheeks, subconsciously lowered his head, and said: "Brother, forgive me, I am talking too much." After a pause, he Seeing that Xiao Yicai still had no intention of opening his mouth, he pondered for a moment and continued: "Brother, there is indeed such a young man who was born in the royal family of Longhu in Youzhou, and he can be regarded as a child of an aristocratic family. However, his experience is also considered strange, it's like this... ..."

At present, the Yin-Yang Taoist briefly explained Wang Zongjing's life experience to Xiao Yicai, including the three years when he was looted to the depths of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.After listening silently, Xiao Yicai also seemed a little surprised, and asked: "Is he the child who was plundered by Cangsong from the Longhu royal family back then?" Taoist Mingyang nodded, and said: "Yes, because of this, Senior Brother Lin Jingyu guessed that he rushed to Youzhou. It was also Senior Brother Lin who rescued Wang Zongjing from the Hundred Thousand Mountains with his own hands in the future. When he fell out with the parents of Longhu Wang's family, Brother Lin also secretly helped him, it seems that this is quite optimistic about the young man."

Xiao Yicai nodded lightly, his eyes flickered, but he didn't say anything more on this matter, but turned around and walked towards the front of the Yuqing Hall, and said at the same time: "Let's go, Elder Zeng might be waiting impatiently. " Taoist Mingyang hurriedly followed, and secretly raised his head from behind to look at the figure of the elder brother in charge. He saw that figure walking slowly and tall, but he couldn't see what was going on in his heart at all. After passing the Jingtang and bypassing a small pond in the garden full of green lotuses, it is the entrance of the back hall of the Yuqing Hall.As soon as they came to the door, the two of them could already smell the unique trembling fragrance of the main hall. For many years, this kind of spiritual fragrance was used in front of the holy statue of Sanqing enshrined in the Yuqing Hall.

At this moment, in the majestic Yuqing Hall, there was only one person sitting on that row of chairs, and it was Zeng Shushu.Seeing that he didn't look anxious and impatient, he leaned back on the chair with his eyes slightly closed, and there was a big box by his hand, as if he was resting with his eyes closed, but when the footsteps sounded from behind the Yuqing Hall, Zeng Shushu He opened his eyes almost immediately and stood up, turned his head and saw Xiao Yicai and Taoist Mingyang came in one after the other, with a smile on his face, he called out: "Senior Brother Xiao. "After speaking, he turned his head to look at Taoist Mingyang, and nodded with a smile, as a greeting, Taoist Mingyang naturally did not dare to neglect, he showed a smiling face behind Xiao Yicai, and nodded in return.

When Xiao Yicai saw Zeng Shushu, a smile appeared on his face, and he said with a smile: "Junior Brother Zeng, you are here." After a pause, he said again: "You sit down first, I will go to offer incense." Zeng Shushu smiled and said, "Brother, please go ahead." After speaking, he stood aside, watched Xiao Yicai turn around, walked all the way to the tall Sanqing holy statue erected in the middle of Yuqing Hall, saluted and burned incense, lit the candle and worshiped three times before inserting it into the brass incense burner middle.A set of etiquette is not in the slightest. It can be said to be dignified, rigorous, and full of piety. When people look at it from the sidelines, a sense of respect spontaneously arises in their hearts.

After receiving the incense, Xiao Yicai turned around and walked over, chatted with Zeng Shushu with a smile, returned to the chair and divided the tasks.Taoist Mingyang stood behind Xiao Yicai, and had already called the Taoist boy who was guarding outside the hall to come in and serve green tea. Picking up the teacup and taking a sip, Xiao Yicai looked at Zeng Shushu, and said with a smile, "Did you work hard last night? It's so late, but I let you run away. I'm a little embarrassed as a brother." Zeng Shushu laughed, and said, "Senior brother Xiao, you are being too polite. What's the point of worrying about such a trivial matter? What happened last night was roughly like this..." After speaking, Zeng Shushu took himself to the Heyang Underground Palace before going down the mountain last night. He recounted what happened to Xiao Yicai, and there were some twists and turns in it, which made both Xiao Yicai and Taoist Mingyang slightly moved.

Finally, Zeng Shushu gently pushed the big box at hand forward, and said, "Senior Brother Xiao, this wooden box contains the Styx emerald crystal obtained in the Heyang underground palace last night. This thing is extremely cloudy and cold, and it is also One of the gods of heaven and earth, I think it was because of the birth of this thing that the precious light soared to the sky last night. Not enough, it is because of this strange stone and even the yin thing, the yin energy is permeating, so that the ghosts in the underground palace are nourished, resulting in many monsters It's rampant." Taoist Mingyang stepped forward to take the wooden box, put it down beside Xiao Yicai, and then opened it carefully, and sure enough, he saw a faintly icy emerald green light, shining brightly, making people's eyes shine , Xiao Yicai stared at Styx Cuijing in the wooden box for a while, and said: "Junior Brother Zeng, according to what you said, the rest of the ghosts and evil spirits are not serious harm, they are just ordinary evil things, only entrenched and black ones The Bone Snake Demon that occupies the Styx Emerald in the coffin is unusual, is it possible that it is related to the mount of the Beast God that was robbed by the Beast Demon in the past?"

Speaking of this matter, Zeng Shushu's face became serious, he nodded slowly, and said: "That's true. According to my careful observation last night, the remains of the bone snake demon look almost the same as the beast god's mount in the past. Or the power of Taoism, which is countless times weaker than that terrifying monster in the past, so it can be wiped out by Junior Sister Lu with a single sword." Having said this, Zeng Shushu's face became serious, and he said in a deep voice: "My little brother speculates that this monster may have been completely wiped out under Master Daoxuan's Zhu Xian sword formation in the previous year's battle, but ghosts and monsters don't know. What kind of supernatural power is there to leave some fragments and wrecks, and sneak into the ground to hide secretly. Let the bone snake demon's remains be nourished by the yin energy, and gradually recover its morality, if not for this accidental discovery of the underground palace, I am afraid that after many years, this monster will be in great trouble after recovering its morality."

Xiao Yicai said slowly: "If it really is so, it is actually a blessing. It's just that the Bone Snake Demon is so difficult to deal with, even the Zhuxian Sword Formation can't completely kill it." Zeng Shushu smiled and said: "Senior brother, don't worry too much. Think about how majestic and powerful the Bone Snake Demon was during the robbery by the Beast Demon in the past. Now, after so many years, it still can only hide underground, not daring to make any noise, and behaves well. It seems that it is still weak, so it can be seen how powerful the Zhuxian Sword Formation was back then, and it is easy to subdue demons."

Xiao Yicai nodded silently, the expression on his face suddenly became a little complicated, as if he missed private placement, and said softly: "My teacher has passed away for many years, and Yicai is unable to carry on the role of a teacher, so there is something unworthy, and I don't know if I can do it in the future. Do you go to see Master with a clear conscience." As soon as these words came out, Thong Shushu couldn't do it anymore, so he had to stand up, and at the same time, he looked at Taoist Mingyang behind Xiao Yicai, only to see Taoist Mingyang's face was respectful and surprised, followed by With a look of concern, he leaned close to Xiao Yicai and whispered a few words.Xiao Yicai trembled slightly, and escaped from his deep thoughts. Looking at Cheng Shushu standing below, he couldn't help laughing. He quickly waved him to sit down, and at the same time laughed at himself: "Master, do it quickly! Oh, you see, I don't know what to do. I think of my teacher, he passed away many years ago, my brother still remembers his teachings from time to time, just now I lost my composure and made my junior laugh."

Zeng Shushu shook his head and smiled and said, "Senior brother, why did you say that? Uncle Daoxuan is recognized as the leader of the righteous way in the world. The Sect of Defeating Demons stopped monsters and turned the tide several times. The people all over the world sincerely admire him, and all fellow cultivators respect him." he." Xiao Yicai smiled when he heard the words, a faint sarcasm flashed across his face, and said: "The common people have admiration, but as for how much the world's cultivators respect us Qingyun, it is unreliable." Uh... Zeng Shushu froze for a moment, his eyes turned slightly, and Taoist Mingyang who was standing behind Xiao Yicai looked at each other, but Taoist Mingyang also smiled wryly, shaking his head and saying nothing.Zeng Shushu sighed softly in his heart, not knowing what to say for a moment.In the last battle of the Demon Cult that year, although Qingyunmen finally defeated the Ghost King Sect's four-spirit blood formation and once again saved the common people in the world, but its own vitality was also seriously injured. The bloody battle was wiped out, not to mention the younger generation, the elder masters of the older generation were almost completely dead. Among the seven chiefs in the past, the chief of Fenghui Peak, Uncle Zeng, who was seriously injured, survived. It was settled down, but the situation was not much better, basically out of current affairs, and the first seat was soon passed to Zeng Shushu in the future. That is to say, in such an embarrassing situation, the Middle-earth sects that had wiped out the Demon Cult's lunar calendar ushered in a period of great prosperity and prosperity.Many families of sects rose up one by one, and many talented and strange people appeared, which in turn created an oppressive trend for Qingyun sect. Among them, some powerful and emerging sects did not respect Qingyun sect too much, so that disciples of Qingyun sect secretly had The feeling of cold teeth, no matter what the reincarnation of the world, after all, there is nothing to do, everything is just talking with the strength in hand. Fortunately, this Xiao Yicai can be regarded as a man of great talent. He devoted himself to governance, even disregarded Qingyun's ancestral system and tried to reform, which gradually pulled back Qingyun's family from the abyss of degeneration, which was gradually becoming bald. Now full of vitality.Coupled with the fact that the new generation of masters in the sect are endowed with talent and advanced in Taoism, they have finally regained their former glory, and they have a bit of pride in front of fellow practitioners all over the world. However, thinking of the unbearable past events in those years, it is obvious that the head teacher is still a little angry in his heart. Naturally, he has nothing to say about this, so he has no choice but to remain silent. It's just that Xiao Yicai is not an ordinary person after all, after sneering, he seemed to realize that he had lost his composure, he smiled casually, shook his head slightly and said, "Oh, I still haven't practiced enough, yet I still can't let go of this trivial matter." Zeng Shushu sat on his lower seat and said with a smile: "Senior brother, what he did to our Qingyun sect, Master Daoxuan must be very pleased to see all of this in heaven. Brother, don't blame yourself!" Xiao Yicai smiled slightly, changed the topic and said: "Let's not talk about these things, Junior Brother Zeng, besides these evil ghosts, I heard that some people with unknown origins also entered the Heyang Underground Palace last night, may there be clues to find out about these things?" What is the history of personnel?" Zeng Shushu nodded and said: "Many cultivators with unknown origins suddenly appeared last night and entered the underground palace, but suffered heavy casualties. I went to check the corpses, except for four people who can be confirmed to be from a young man named Shenguimen." Outside the sect, there are 20 other people whose origins are unknown, and there are no traces of the clothes and magic weapons on their bodies that can be traced." Xiao Yicai frowned and said, "What kind of sect is this?" Zeng Shushu explained: "This is a small sect with low morals, and the morality of the sect is generally not high, but they usually specialize in activities such as tomb robbery and geomantic omen, and their reputation is not very good." Xiao Yicai said "Oh", his gaze stopped on the wooden box at hand, and he pondered: "Could it be that they went to the underground palace to dig graves and look for treasures?" "I think so." Zeng Shushu nodded and said, "But it's hard to say about other people. It seems that their origins are really mysterious, and..." Zeng Shushu hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Xiao Yicai, Xiao Yicai was a little surprised, and said: "Junior brother, are you a little embarrassed to say that?" Zeng Shushu shook his head and said: "No, it's just that on my way to the underground palace last night, I suddenly ran into a masked woman. In hindsight, it should be the wonderful young master of the Devil's Cult—Jin Ping'er." "Huh?" Even with Xiao Yicai's level of concentration, he was immediately moved when he heard the Demon Sect Yu Jin Ping'er, looked at Zeng Shushu and said in a deep voice: "Junior Brother, is there any confirmation on this matter?" Zeng Shushu thought for a while, then nodded heavily and said: "It's probably the same, it should be him, but after the war of the Demon Cult, this girl disappeared, and she suddenly appeared last night, could it be the remnants of the Demon Cult who are doing something stupid again?" ?” Xiao Yicai pondered silently for a long time before slowly nodding his head and saying: "No matter what the matter is, even if it is related to the Demon Sect, you should not be careless. I will let someone secretly investigate this matter, so you don't have to worry about it, um, I worked hard last night. You should also sleep early!" Zeng Shushu nodded and stood up, said: "Since this is the case, Senior Brother will be responsible for everything, and I will take my leave." After saying that, he cupped his hands at Xiao Yicai, then turned and left. Taoist Mingyang stood behind Xiao Yicai and watched Zeng Shushu leave the Yuqing Hall. When he turned his head and was about to speak, he suddenly saw Xiao Yicai put his hand on the box containing the emerald crystals of the Styx River, and tapped gently and slowly. He said, his brows were slightly frowned, and he was silent. He had followed Xiao Yicai for a long time, and he knew that this was the figure that the master teacher was contemplating, so he didn't dare to disturb him immediately, and stood behind him quietly waiting. After a while, Xiao Yi slowly raised his head, stood up, looked at the blue sky outside Yuqing Palace in the distance, stared at it for a while, and suddenly said: "Mingyang." Taoist Mingyang agreed, and said, "Brother Master, what's the matter?" Xiao Yicai took a step with his hands behind his back, walked forward, and at the same time said softly: "You go for another walk, and invite Junior Brother Lin Jingyu to come and meet me." Under Qingyun Mountain, in another courtyard In the 23rd courtyard of Yidao, the atmosphere of this day is a bit unusual, all the doors are open, the breeze blows through the branches of the trees in the courtyard, the shade of the trees swings lightly, bringing a bit of silence. Wang Zongjing, Su Wenqing, and Ba Xiong were all gathered in the golden room where Qiu Diaosi lived. Looking at Qiu Diaosi, who was lying on the bed with a pale face and eyes closed, and was still in a coma, everyone was silent. Speechless, Wang Zongjing sat by the bed for a while, feeling that the room was quite hot and stuffy, so he walked over and opened the window, a gust of fresh wind blew into the room from the window, bringing a bit of coolness, making him feel He was also chilled, and after taking a deep breath, he slowly turned around and looked at Qiu Diaosi who was still lying on the bed, a complex look flashed in his eyes, and at the same time, he felt that there was also a Similar eyes looked at him, but when he turned his head to look, Su Wenqing also looked at him indifferently.The eyes of the two met in mid-air.Without words, one can see the doubt hidden deep in the other party's heart. After the thrilling battle last night, Xiao Ding followed his parents back to Qingyun Mountain first, but Wang Zongjing and Su Wenqing still stayed in the underground palace.Because of this, they both witnessed the scene where Qiu Diaosi crawled out of the black coffin and fell into a random coma.To know.That black coffin was the place where the white-bone snake demon was entrenched. The monster slaughtered last night, but there was no mercy from the beginning to the end.With such a fresh and fleshy body, how could the Bone Snake Demon allow him to live in the black coffin?What kind of strange things did Qiu Diaosi encounter overnight? Wang Zongjing couldn't figure it out here no matter what. Looking at Su Wenqing, she also had this doubt on her clear and beautiful face. Obviously, she was in the same mood as himself. This woman has always been careful and cautious. It seems that from last night Since returning from the underground palace, I have such doubts, but last night, Elder Zeng Shushu of Qingyunmen presided over the overall situation, searched the underground palace again, and at the same time checked the body of the bone snake demon, including Qiu Diaosi, and did not say anything unusual , directly asked Mu Huaizheng and others to bring them back. Mu Huaizheng looked at the two of them with bad eyes, and Wang Zongjing and Su Wenqing felt a little guilty. After all, he violated Qingyun’s rules and followed the brigade honestly. , but Mu Huaizheng seemed to have other things, he didn't bother to trouble the two of them, he just said that Qiu Diaosi was put in the house, and told everyone to take care of him, then he went straight, and he didn't come back until now. Wang Zongjing felt a little uneasy, and didn't know if he would be punished, but anyway, those were funeral affairs, and now he had to take care of Qiu Diaosi, and Ba Xiong, who came back early last night with abdominal pain, heard about these things and hurriedly After following him, his fat body was sitting on a stool at the moment, looking at Qiu Diaosi who was sleeping with his eyes closed, the fat man kept stretching out his hands to check his sweat, and at the same time murmured: "Strange thing, strange thing...how come there are more than 900 people in another hospital? No. 1, is it that the people in our yard have encountered such a strange thing?" Wang Zongjing glanced at Ba Xiong from the side, and saw that his forehead was sweating like water.Although he felt a little stuffy, Wang Zongjing didn't think it would be so hot, so he couldn't help but said to Ba Xiong: "Fatty, do you really feel this hot?" Ba Xiong was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Wang Zongjing and said, "Could it be fake? Look at my sweaty head." Wang Zongjing shook his head and didn't say anything else. Su Wenqing stood aside and suddenly said, "Young Master Qiu has been unconscious since last night, but Senior Brother Mu and the others have checked and found nothing serious, so what's the matter?" What's going on? It's really strange." Wang Zongjing's gaze lingered on Qiu Diaosi's pale face for a while, feeling a little uneasy in his heart, but he couldn't tell what it was like, he always felt that a tiny thorn had accidentally pierced into his heart, but he couldn't help it. At this time, Ba Xiong wiped his sweat, stood up and said: "I see, you two have been tired all night, why don't you all go back to rest first, I'm here to watch Qiu Diaosi That's fine. I'll call you over later when he wakes up." Wang Zongjing said "hmm" and turned to Ba Xiong, "Then I will trouble you, fat man." Ba Xiong waved his hands with a smile and said, "Okay, it's a trivial matter, you guys go to rest!" Immediately Wang Zongjing and Su Wenqing got up and went out, Ba Xiong sent them to the door, watched them leave and then turned to close the door, at this moment, he suddenly heard a movement on the bed behind him, Ba Xiong turned back in surprise I thought it was Qiu Diaosi who woke up, but who knew it was Qiu Diaosi unconsciously turning over on the bed, turning her body to the inside, lying on her side, facing the wall, other than that, she was still exactly the same as before, not waking up at all. signs of coming. Ba Xiong shook his head silently, walked over and pulled up a thin quilt, and put it lightly on Qiu Diaosi's abdomen, then turned around and sat aside, feeling that beads of sweat were rolling down from these movements. In a hurry, I reached out to wipe my sweat, and muttered in my mouth, I don't know what I was complaining about. On the quiet other side of the bed, Qiu Diaosi, who was originally asleep, suddenly twitched his pale face and then opened his eyes soundlessly. Other than that, his body didn't move at all. Xiong didn't feel anything unusual at all. Passing over the corner of the bed in the eyes, a faint green light suddenly slowly floated in the pair of quietly opened eyes, flickering in the deep pupils, twisting into a thin slit, revealing a trace of green light. Weird breath.