Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Haze

Qingyun Mountain, Big Bamboo Peak. Many days have passed since the Battle of Qingyun ended, and the once-changing battlefield has gradually calmed down. All traces of the battle have been quietly erased during the cleaning process. During that day, I don't know how many people lost their friends and relatives. On the Tongtian Peak, I don't know how many corpses have been piled up. From the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, it is almost like the legendary hell. Perhaps it was because of luck that the thinnest lineage of Dazhufeng didn't lose a single disciple in this battle, but almost everyone was injured, even Tian Buyi who stayed behind at Dazhufeng because he wanted to open the seal of secrets. , also looked very tired.Among the disciples, the second disciple Wu Dayi and the fourth disciple He Dazhi were the most seriously injured. After these days, they are still resting in bed, but fortunately, none of them are injured, and it will not affect their cultivation. hinder.After Tian Buyi personally diagnosed and confirmed that nothing happened, he rested peacefully on the Big Bamboo Peak.

It's just that although they narrowly defeated the Beast God in a life-and-death decisive battle just now and saved the world from catastrophe, the atmosphere on the Dazhu Peak seems very dull.All the disciples have been unhappy for several days, even Tian Buyi has been frowning. In the early morning of this day, Tian Buyi was summoned by disciples sent by the master Daoxuan to Tongtian Peak to discuss matters. When he came back at noon, he saw his chubby face, gloomy, and his brows were knit together. Around noon, Tian Buyi ordered all the disciples of Dazhu Peak to come to the Shoujing Hall, even Wu Dayi and He Dazhi who were still lying in bed, Tian Buyi also asked them to help them to the Shoujing Hall and sit aside.

The Shoujing Hall, which had always been relatively quiet, suddenly became lively. Tian Buyi's wife Suru was also standing beside him. She was still so beautiful, but her left hand was wrapped with a white cloth bandage, and she was injured in that battle. . Tian Buyi walked back and forth in the Shoujing hall with his hands behind his back, glanced at the disciples who were sitting or standing in a row, and said in a low voice: "I called you here today, not for anything else, but for the Zhuxian ancient About the sword." The faces of all the disciples were dignified, but not many showed a look of astonishment. Obviously, most of them had already guessed it in their hearts.Tian Buyi and Suru looked at each other, then looked at all the disciples, and said: "This morning, the real master told me to go over, and the only one who went with me was your Master Shuiyue from Xiaozhufeng, as for saying What, you can probably think of it, that is, the damage to the ancient sword of Zhu Xian, you must keep it a secret no matter what, and you must not leak the slightest news."

All the disciples in Big Bamboo Valley looked at each other, and finally the eldest disciple Song Daren coughed and said, "Master, you also know how many of us there are, and we would rather die than say a word about such an important matter." Here, he hesitated for a moment, looked at Tian Buyi, lowered his voice, and said, "Master, not to mention that you and Master Mistress have reminded us time and time again, the real person in charge and Tongtian Peak alone are already the fourth This is the first time that such a message has been sent. Could it be... Could it be that they don't believe us, even Master and Mistress?"

Tian Buyi frowned, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Bold! What are you, you dare to speculate on the real master and teachers!" Song Daren's expression changed, he lowered his head and said, "Yes, this disciple knows he was wrong." Suru stood aside, sighed, came over to smooth things over and said: "Okay, okay, these are the words ordered by the head master, and the damage to the ancient sword of Zhu Xian is very important, so it's no wonder that the head brother is so concerned about it." I'm nervous, so I should ask more times and explain more times."

Tian Buyi turned his head aside and didn't speak, Song Daren and other disciples bowed their heads and said, "I understand." Suru looked at all the disciples one by one, and said softly: "I know that you feel a little bit wronged in your heart, you feel that the head master and the teachers can't trust you, in fact, in the final analysis, it's all because of the importance of the matter, it's just a last resort After the previous battle, our Qingyun Sect has an unprecedented reputation among the world's righteous way, and has suppressed all other colleagues. But to put it bluntly, all this is because the real head of the sect used Zhuxian and the beast god on the Tongtian Peak. In exchange for defeating it in a fierce battle. Our Qingyun Sect can have everything we have today, needless to say the weight of this Zhuxian Shenjian, I think you are as clear as I am."

When Suru said this, she smiled sadly, and said: "But I never thought that this divine sword would..." She paused for a while, as if she had to gather herself up before continuing, and said, "That day in the Huanyue Cave Mansion In addition, apart from the Dazhufeng disciples and a few female disciples from Xiaozhufeng, except for the real master and several Nagato masters who came later, there were only a few female disciples from the Dazhufeng line, who witnessed the destruction of the divine sword. Therefore, for the reputation of our sect and the world For the prestige among the people, the real person in charge should pay more attention to it and remind him many times. Don’t take it to heart, just remember to keep this matter in your heart forever, you understand?”

Song Daren and others looked at each other, and said in unison: "I understand, I will obey the orders of Master and Mistress." Suru turned to look at Tian Buyi, Tian Buyi frowned, his fat face was still very heavy, he didn't seem to be relieved by Suru's words at all, he just stretched out his hand and waved at the disciples, saying: "You guys You all remember what the teacher said. Well, let's go down." Song Daren and others saluted, turned around and went down together, Wu Dayi, He Dazhi and others who were handicapped were also supported by Song Daren and Du Bishu, and soon, all the people left, only Tian Buyi and Suru were left standing Shoujing Hall.

Suru looked at Tian Buyi's increasingly gloomy face, walked slowly to his side, and said in a low voice, "What's the matter, did the sect master lose his temper again?" Tian Buyi snorted lightly, and said: "It's not that he only lost his temper with me, even someone like Shuiyue, he even scolded him the same way, so what am I?" Suru was startled, and said in amazement: "What, the sect master brother even scolded Sister Shuiyue?" A trace of anxiety appeared on Tian Buyi's face, his pacing speed increased obviously, and his brows were also furrowed even tighter.

Seeing his expression, Suru was quite worried, but didn't know what to say, so she could only say: "Don't worry too much, the sect master brother was too anxious for a while, that's why..." Tian Buyi raised his head suddenly, and interrupted loudly: "If he is really too anxious, he will scold me a thousand or ten thousand times, and I don't care?" Suru lowered her head, but quickly raised it again, with a look of astonishment on her face, and asked, "What did you just say?" Tian Buyi mumbled non-stop, and walked quickly back and forth in the Shoujing Hall, his expression became more and more restless, and even faintly worried.Suru was even more worried, and said urgently: "What do you mean, tell me quickly."

Tian Buyi walked in front of Suru, stopped in his tracks, remained silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Daoxuan senior brother invited me and Shuiyue to go there many times, and repeatedly told his disciples to keep secrets. There is nothing wrong with it. But in the past few times, I have seen that senior brother Daoxuan has become more and more wrong." Suru was stunned for a moment, and said, "It's not right, what does it mean?" Tian Buyi frowned and said: "In the past, do you remember that senior brother Daoxuan scolded people easily?" Suru was silent, shook his head for a long time and said: "Senior Brother Sect Master has profound morals and good conduct, his emotions are invisible, how can he get angry and curse at others so easily." Tian Buyi nodded and said: "That's right, that's it, even you know this. But after this battle, Senior Brother Daoxuan's temperament seemed to have changed drastically, becoming more and more irritable. Go, it's fine to give me some advice, but every time I start out with a pleasant face, I don't know why in the end, I get angry because of some inexplicable little things, or insults, or vent my anger, in short..." He shook his head, slowly raised his eyes to look at Suru, hesitated for a moment, approached Suru, lowered his voice and said: "I suspect that Senior Brother Daoxuan has been killed by the sword of Zhu Xianjian during the battle with the Beast God." Spiritual hostility backfired, that's why..." Suru's complexion changed, and she said urgently: "Shut up." Then she walked quickly to the outside of Shoujing Hall, looked left and right, after making sure that there was no one there, she came back and whispered to Tian Buyi: "This is my Qingyun sect's secret matter , You, you can't just talk nonsense!" Tian Buyi sighed, and said: "How important is this matter, how dare I speak nonsense. But in the previous battle, Senior Brother Daoxuan, in order to ensure victory, disregarded my repeated dissuasion, and forcibly opened the spiritual energy of the seven veins of Qingyun sealed by the ancestors of the past generations The Heavenly Secret Seal greatly increased the power of the ancient sword of Zhuxian. But every time I thought of the will left by the ancestor of the previous generation, I prepared that the ancient sword of Zhuxian was too fierce and murderous, and it seemed ominous, so I couldn't treat it as such. Wait a minute. When I came back today, I parted from Shuiyue at Tongtian Peak. Although the two of us have always been at odds, when we saw each other when we parted, it was different from usual. I guess that Shuiyue must have the same thoughts in my heart, but The matter is too big, neither of us dare to speak out." Suru was silent for a long time, her voice was astringent, and said: "Although so, in the final analysis, it is still above the ancient sword of Jade Immortal. Now that Jade Immortal has been destroyed, even if the senior brother who is in charge of the sect is unfortunately injured, firstly there is no source, and secondly, he is well-versed. God, as long as time goes by, most of them will gradually wake up and resolve themselves!" The heavy expression on Tian Buyi's face didn't fade at all, and he said lightly: "I hope so, otherwise, as Qing Yun's venerable, if something bad happens to him, the whole Qing Yun sect... really don't know how it will end." Suru thought for a while, then sighed helplessly, and said dejectedly: "Forget it, this is not something we can manage now, and you don't need to worry too much. There is one more thing I have been wanting to ask, after the ancient sword of Zhu Xian was damaged, How did you deal with it?" Tian Buyi pondered for a while, and said: "I also asked about this matter from a Nagato senior brother who knew about it. I heard that after Daoxuan senior brother instructed everyone not to leak it on the spot, he immediately picked up the broken Zhuxian sword. At the same time, they walked into the Huanyue Cave, and no one was allowed to enter the forbidden area of ​​the Huanyue Cave. So to this day, no one knows what happened to the ancient Zhuxian sword? Perhaps there is still hope for it to be repaired?" Tian Buyi said the last sentence on his own, but then shook his head and smiled wryly, apparently even he himself didn't believe such a thing.With a wry smile, he said casually, "We don't care about that sword anymore, but we went to Tongtian Peak today. Apart from being scolded for no reason, we also heard about a strange thing." Suru was startled, and said, "What's so strange?" Tian Buyi shrugged his shoulders, and said: "You won't believe it, how many disciples and elders died in the previous battle, and now they are being sacrificed in the Yuqing Hall of Tongtian Peak. But our senior Daoxuan I just showed my face and disappeared, but I went to the ancestor's ancestral hall in the back mountain every day to guard the spirit, don't you think it's strange?" Suru was stunned, and said in surprise: "Shou Ling, what happened to the ancestor's ancestral hall, could it be that some senior elder passed away?" Tian Buyi shook his head, and said with a sneer, "Where is the elder? I heard a few young disciples secretly talking about it. He was actually an old man who had been guarding and cleaning the ancestor's ancestral hall for decades. He died on that very day. How did he die?" Yes, no one knows, only that Senior Brother Daoxuan was stunned for a while and furious for a while when he found out about it. The strange thing is that the tablet he put in the ancestral hall of the patriarch turned out to be blank!" The more Suru listened, the more confused she became, and she was even more shocked in her heart, she shook her head and said, "What's going on, what's going on here, is the sect master brother really, really a little confused?" Tian Buyi sneered, and said: "No one knows if he is confused or not. Anyway, he was persuaded by someone, but he insisted on refusing to listen. Besides, he didn't go to take a good look at the spiritual seats of the disciples in the Yuqing Hall, but ran to the ancestor's ancestral hall I stared blankly at the blank spiritual seat. If this continues, I think this Qingyun sect will have an accident sooner or later, and sooner or later it will be destroyed by his hands..." Suru was silent and speechless, after a long while, she sighed faintly, and looked out of the Shoujing Hall, only to see that in this lonely afternoon, the outside was also empty, only the blue sky in the distance. The mountain wind blew past, and the sound of bamboo waves in the back mountain was faintly heard, but for some reason, it added a bit of loneliness. ※※※ Qingyun Mountain, Tongtian Peak, and the Ancestral Hall of the Patriarch of the Back Mountain. The place is as quiet and solemn as before, the tall ancestral hall still stands tall, and the surrounding forests are as green as before. It seems that the earth-shattering battle that happened on Qingyun Mountain a few days ago has no impact on this place at all. In addition to the absence of an old man who was cleaning, there was also a strange and blank spiritual tablet in an inconspicuous place among the countless tablets on the dim divine table. Lin Jingyu knelt silently in front of the blank spiritual tablet, dressed in linen and filial piety, with a brazier in front of him, two white candles on the table, three sticks of fine incense, curling light smoke, gently floating, and soon merged with other offerings In the incense, they can no longer be separated. Lin Jingyu had a sad expression on his face, his lips were tightly pursed, and he knelt on the ground woodenly, slowly throwing a stack of paper money into the brazier in front of him, watching them gradually curl and turn yellow, gradually turn into ashes, and then slowly Put in new paper money. From time to time, he raised his head to look at the blank spiritual tablet, and put this old man's spiritual tablet in the ancestor's ancestral hall. It was the head teacher of the Qingyun sect, Daoxuan, who insisted on it alone. After Master Daoxuan defeated the Beast God in one fell swoop, his reputation became incomparable for a while, and everyone saw that he was persistent, so they had no choice but to follow him. It's just that although this matter was beyond Lin Jingyu's expectation, what happened next surprised him even more. Reverend Daoxuan actually put a blank spiritual tablet into the ancestor's ancestral hall. For this reason, Lin Jingyu even dared to ask Reverend Daoxuan who came to pay homage asked, but unexpectedly Reverend Daoxuan just asked indifferently, then refuted Lin Jingyu speechlessly: "Then do you know his name?" Lin Jingyu was dumbfounded, although he followed this mysterious old man to practice for ten years, but regarding this senior's identity, the old man never confided in him the slightest bit, and at this moment, Lin Jingyu really had no choice but to tell him anything.Just looking at Daoxuan's appearance, it is obvious that he knows something about this old man, but he has no intention of revealing it.Although Lin Jingyu was puzzled in his heart, he didn't dare to be too presumptuous with the master teacher, so he could only retreat silently.Anyway, in his heart, although the memorial tablet of this old man is empty, his voice and smile are engraved in his heart, and it has not faded in the slightest. He had also visited the former monkey sacrifice, but he always felt that there were countless disciples worshiping there, but this senior, although possessing peerless knowledge, passed away so quietly, he would do it for him no matter what. At the end of the day, Master Daoxuan seemed to have tacitly allowed him to come here to clean up the old man's funeral.And as the head of the sect, he ignored the astonished eyes of many disciples, and often came to the ancestral hall to visit the old man's blank spiritual tablet, which caused many speculations, but Lin Jingyu couldn't control it. At this moment, there was another sound of footsteps coming from behind him, Lin Jingyu has been familiar with these footsteps for several days, and immediately knew that it was Daoxuan Reverend. He stood up and looked back, whispering: "Master." Reverend Daoxuan slowly walked into the Patriarch's Ancestral Hall. The lights in the ancestral hall were dim, even though Lin Jingyu had been staying here, he couldn't see Daoxuan's face clearly for a moment, he could only vaguely see Daoxuan's figure, standing in the shadows, looking silently at the blank spiritual seat beside him. For some reason, Lin Jingyu looked at the blurred figure in the darkness, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, but he just felt a heartbeat for no reason, and felt a little nervous. "He, is he alright?" Reverend Daoxuan finally spoke, his voice was quite deep, a little hoarse, and seemed to be exerting some force, suppressing something, it was quite different from his usual tone. Lin Jingyu was even more puzzled, but he still replied: "This disciple keeps watch for senior day and night, burns incense on time, and never neglects." The figure in the shadow moved for a moment, and said slowly: "He has you so devotedly to his death, it's not in vain that he has taught you for ten years. Hehe..." He laughed coldly, in this dim ancestral hall It actually added a bit of gloomy meaning, "I don't know if I die, and..." He stopped suddenly, as if he felt that he had said something wrong, Lin Jingyu naturally didn't dare to say much, and stood there with his hands down.The patriarch's ancestral hall fell into silence, and after a while, Daoxuan Daoxuan said: "Go out first, I have something to say to him alone." Lin Jingyu was startled, then responded, "Yes." Saying that, he stepped out. As soon as he walked out of the ancestor's ancestral hall and stood on the sunny open space, Lin Jingyu immediately felt refreshed. Only then did he realize that in that ancestral hall just now, there seemed to be a kind of oppressive feeling. He walked around the open area around the ancestral hall, waited for half an hour, but still did not see Master Daoxuan coming out, when he was wondering, he turned his head and saw a figure disappearing in front of the path leading to the Huanyue Cave.Since the end of the war, the Huanyue Cave Mansion has once again become a forbidden area, and the only one who can enter is Daoxuan. Lin Jingyu glanced there a few times, shook his head, turned around and walked back to the ancestor's ancestral hall.He walked up to the blank spiritual seat, and saw that three incense sticks had been reinserted in front of the spiritual seat, and there seemed to be a lot of ashes in the brazier in front of him, as if someone had burned some paper money here. Lin Jingyu pondered for a moment, then slowly raised his head, only to see the blank tablet still standing quietly in that secluded corner, silent...