Zhongfu, an attic in Jiuchongyuan.
In the living room, Pei Nanjin held a roll of jade slips with hesitation on her face. Thinking of so many wives and concubines in the Zhong Mansion, she felt bitter in her heart.
After a long time, she sighed softly, put the jade slips into her storage bag, and looked up at the door.
After a while, I saw the little junior sister sneaking in sneakily.
When their eyes met, Gongsun Nuannuan smiled coquettishly: "Fifth Senior Sister! Good morning!"
"Where are you going?"
"I didn't go anywhere. I just walked around my uncle's house. But I'm old and I haven't even finished shopping yet!"
"If you continue to disobey me, I guarantee that if you go back this time, you will never go down the mountain again!"
"Hmph~ If it doesn't come down, it won't go down!"
Gongsun Nuannuan pouted, then put on a smile in a flash, jumped forward, opened the storage bag on his waist and showed it to Pei Nanjin.
"Fifth Senior Sister, look!"
When Pei Nanjin saw a pile of spiritual stones placed inside, his expression changed slightly, and he scolded in a low voice and asked, "Where did you get so many spiritual stones?!"
"Hmph~ Senior uncle gave it to me! I didn't steal or rob, senior sister, why are you so nervous!"
As he said that, Gongsun Nuannuan took out the spirit stones one by one and placed them on the table while smiling and saying:
"Here, Fifth Senior Sister, these are for you, half for each of you!"
"You don't know, my uncle is so generous. He also has his family's specialties, which are delicious. I have never eaten such delicious dishes before, including sweet and sour pork ribs, sour and sweet..."
Pei Nanjin breathed a sigh of relief. He was really worried about where the troublemaker had stolen the spirit stone. At the same time, he felt warm in his heart——
Although the little junior sister is naughty, she is kind-hearted and grateful. She is close to all the senior sisters and always thinks of them when good things happen.
This is also the reason why Gongsun Nuannuan has always been loved and pampered by everyone in Qifeng even though he loves to make trouble.
"By the way, Fifth Senior Sister, my uncle knows how to wield the Great Void Monument!"
Pei Nanjin's eyes flashed and he asked in surprise: "Have you seen him do it?"
"Yes! It must be a big tablet master. The seal is exactly the same as that of Senior Sister and Third Senior Sister. However, the energy fluctuation is a bit weak. I don't know if Uncle Master is pretending on purpose... Uncle Master even promised to teach me!"
Gongsun Nuannuan was talking with great interest and a small mouth.
Pei Nanjin smiled, but after hearing Li Lin tell him the details about Zhong Yan, it was true that his qualifications were poor and his level was low. However, during this meeting, he was a little surprised that his level had improved significantly.
However, something clicked in her heart immediately, and she frowned with a thoughtful look on her face. The matter of the 'big monument bearer' showed that the relationship between this uncle and his master was better than imagined.
"He said he would teach you how to hold the monument?"
"Yes, my uncle will not lie to me and say that he will teach me when the time is right. Don't worry, Fifth Senior Sister. When Nuan Nuan learns it, I will also tell you the mental formula. This is our secret. I will not tell it to Senior Sister, but You have to promise to take me out to sea..."
The corners of Pei Nanjin's lips curled up, but he didn't pay attention. It is estimated that Zhong Yan, like his master, had no idea how long it would take for the so-called 'right time' to arrive.
"Also, Fifth Senior Sister, my uncle's family has a concubine who is very good-looking! She is even prettier than Sixth Senior Sister..."
Pei Nanjin was surprised. The seventh junior sister was the most beautiful girl in the Fire Cloud Sect, and being number one in the Fire Cloud Sect basically meant that she was the first in the entire Yan Kingdom. The younger junior sister actually said that there was someone more beautiful than the sixth junior sister. She must have really captivated the country. .
After some thought, Pei Nanjin took the little junior sister's hand and smiled and said: "Nuan Nuan, senior sister promised to take you out to sea, but you also have to promise me that you are not allowed to mess around or cause trouble. I will allow you to play with Qingyang City in the house, okay. ?"
Gongsun Nuannuan clapped his hands and cheered: "It's true! That's great!"
Afterwards, Pei Nanjin whispered instructions to her again.
Gongsun Nuannuan's eyes were spinning wildly when he heard this, and his eyes were extremely bright. He nodded repeatedly and said excitedly: "Well, okay, it's fun! Fifth senior sister, don't worry, Nuannuan promises to complete the task without being discovered by the uncle!"
"Well, please wait for me for a while. Senior Sister will send a message to Senior Sister and I will take you out to play later!"
Pei Nanjin quickly walked to the room inside and put down the soundproof shield.
Gongsun Nuannuan wrinkled his nose and muttered: "I won't know about the summons. It's mysterious..."
Half a quarter of an hour later, the two of them went out together.
Gongsun Nuannuan threw a roll of red silk with his hands. Seeing the rising wind, he jumped up and flew into the air.
"Fifth Senior Sister, it's so far away, come up together!"
"Hey~ Nuannuan!"
Pei Nanjin shouted, shook his head, smiled, and used his body skills to keep up.
The four maids looked at it with envy.
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Fire Cloud Sect, Seven Peaks, Wangyue Peak.
The mountains are undulating, and the clouds cover the fog.
On the top of a sky-high mountain, in the stone hall, Su Yue, the top disciple of Seven Peaks, sat cross-legged on the stone platform, thought for a long time, and shouted outside.
Not long after, two women walked in, bowed down and said in unison: "Senior Sister!"
Su Yue nodded: "Lao San, I remember you said you had met Zhong Yan. How much do you know about him?"
The woman in red, who was called 'Lao San', was slightly startled and asked, "What's wrong, Senior Sister? What happened to Fifth Junior Sister?"
After a pause, she explained: "I don't know too much. I met him once at the outer gate many years ago. In the past, Master always ordered the fourth junior sister to come forward to deal with Zhong Yan."
Speaking of the fourth junior sister, a dim light flashed in the red-clothed woman's eyes. She had been dead for six years, and it seemed like it was yesterday, and the time they spent together in the past was still vivid in her mind.
The woman in red said again: "Senior Sister, Fifth Sister has returned from the summons? What kind of difficulties did Zhong Yan encounter? Fifth Sister came forward, even if Lin Zhengping is in trouble, she will give him some face."
"It's not clear what the specific matter is."
Su Yue pondered for a moment and continued: "Lao San, go check Zhong Yan's past in the sect in detail and see if there is anything strange."
The woman in red was suspicious and nodded in agreement: "Yes, Senior Sister."
Su Yue looked at another younger woman in purple: "Lao Qi, you go to Qingyang City, exchange Lao Wu back, and follow Zhong Yan from now on."
"Follow him?" the woman in purple asked, not knowing why, "Then senior sister, what do I need to do?"
Su Yue said calmly: "Marry him."
The woman in purple's head buzzed, then went blank, and her body trembled.
The face of the woman in red changed greatly, and she hurriedly said: "Senior sister! How can Seventh Sister marry him? That Zhong Yan is just a monk in the early stage of Qi refining, and his spiritual roots are inferior!
Master only asked us to take care of him when he was in danger. Why did we do this? Wouldn't this ruin Qimei's lifelong happiness? "
Su Yue said calmly: "He is now at the sixth level of Qi Refining, and is a first-level high-grade Talisman Master."
The woman in red retorted: "So what? Please think again, senior sister!"
Su Yue said: "Now you all know the situation of Yan State, Zongmen, and Qifeng. We have to leave a way out for ourselves and operate outside the Zong in advance. Zhiqing, tell me."
The purple-clothed woman's eyes were sparkling, she bit her lip and bowed, "Zhiqing is entirely up to senior sister..."
The woman in red was about to speak but stopped.
Su Yue said: "Although it is for Qifeng and everyone, senior sister will not harm you. Before master left, why did he tell us to take care of Zhong Yan alone? Don't forget, master is talking about her good friend .”
She emphasized the word 'friend'.
The woman in red's eyes flashed and she was about to speak.
Su Yue added: "He is a great tablet player."
The woman in red and the woman in purple looked at each other, feeling incredible, and suddenly thought of a lot.
Su Yue continued: "He only reached the third level of Qi refining in the sect for more than 20 years. After a few years down the mountain, he broke through to the sixth level of Qi refining, and his Talisman Dao also improved rapidly. However, it is extraordinary and makes people think more about it. .”
The woman in red mused: "Senior sister, do you mean that Zhong Yan has something to hide? Is it ironic that Master asked us to take care of him? In fact, Master had already anticipated the escape route arranged for us today?
After a pause, she continued: "By the way, senior sister, isn't the fifth junior sister the most beloved by the master? Before leaving, you went to her alone to explain something and asked her to take care of Zhong Yan. Didn't you ask her? "
Su Yue pondered for a moment, shook her head and said, "Master has his own arrangements, and the fifth person who can speak will speak for himself."
"We Qifeng are all women. We left the sect and came down the mountain. The marriage is reasonable and reasonable. As for why it is Zhong Yan, I will leave it to the master later and say it was the master's arrangement before he left."
"I chose Zhiqing because you stay on the peak all year round to take care of the medicine garden. You keep a low profile and have little contact with people in the sect."
"Besides, your cultivation level won't be much higher than Zhong Yan, and it won't appear too incredible."
"Originally Nuan Nuan is more suitable, but she is still young, naughty and ignorant..."
"Zhiqing, when you arrive in Qingyang, you can hide your identity and approach Zhong Yan first to find out what's going on."
"If he is really just an ordinary monk, and Master is caring for him for other reasons, your visit will just fulfill Master's wish, and you can completely maintain the last bottom line..."
After a detailed explanation, Su Yong asked: "Remember?"
The purple-clothed woman Yuan Zhiqing has calmed down and bowed: "Yes, Senior Sister, Zhiqing has written it down!"
The woman in red couldn't help but said: "Senior sister, hasn't Si Feng always wanted to marry Sixth Junior Sister? How about..."
Su Yue shook her head: "It's easy to backfire and think we did it on purpose. I can still delay it for a while with Lao Liu."
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Qingyang City, Zhongfu.
Gongsun Nuannuan and Pei Nanjin walked up and down, and soon arrived at the third courtyard, just in time to see Zhong Yan and three others coming out of the house.
"Senior!" Gongsun Nuannuan shouted happily from a distance, quickly approaching the landing.
Pei Nanjin stopped his movement in advance, stepped forward and bowed his hands.
"Friend Zhong Dao, Mrs. Zhong!"
Her face looked a little unnatural. I don't know if it was because the junior sister had broken the window of her identity, or there were other reasons.
"I'm sorry, Friend Zhong Dao, my junior sister is naughty and flies around wantonly, disturbing the purity of the house."
Zhong Yan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter."
Gongsun Nuannuan stepped forward and took his arm, "Senior, your pickled fish is so delicious!"
Zhong Yan touched his head and said with a smile: "Let the servants do it later."
Yu Qingyao blinked and looked at the little girl. She didn't know when she had become so close to her husband.
The five of them went to the main hall of the first courtyard together.
In the main hall, six monks were chatting and joking.
In addition to "fake guests" Wu Yang and Chen Wanmiao, Bai Siyuan and Pang Bao also came.
In addition, there are two young men, Han Jiuping and Zhang Dongzhuo, who are the guards of Huoyun Pavilion in Yangquanfang City. They are both at the ninth level of Qi Refining.
"Senior Brother Han, Senior Brother Zhang!"
Zhong Yan took long strides and held his hands as he walked, "Two senior brothers are here to greet you. Junior brothers are welcome from afar!"
The two of them joined the Huoyun Sect after him. They had been together in the outer sect for quite some time and had a good relationship in private.
This time I came to the house as a guest. In addition to the original appointment to reminisce about old times, I happened to catch up with someone from the Shen family. I specially invited him and adjusted my vacation time to enhance my appearance.
After greeting each other, both of them couldn't help but look at Pei Nanjin and Gongsun Nuannuan, suspicious in their hearts, because neither of them could see the realm of cultivation, and they felt that the older Pei Nanjin looked familiar.
Zhong Yan did not introduce much, and nodded to Bai and Pang. Before they could exchange greetings, a guard came forward to report.
"Sir, Mrs. Yao, a man and a woman who call themselves Xu Yun and Xie Xinjie are here to visit."
Zhong Yan and Yu Qingyao looked at each other.
"please come in!"
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