Xie Qingyun just appeared behind Xu Huaigu, but Xu Huaigu was not surprised and continued to smile: "The Valley Master also likes to do things that lead to red strings. What do you want me to do? If it can be done, won't you be happy in your heart?" Qing Yun raised her hand to cover her mouth and smiled twice, which was regarded as acquiescence.
Smiling without showing teeth, among the monks, Xu Huaigu had only seen Xie Qingyun have such a habit. Xu Huaigu asked: "Where is that girl from?" Xie Qingyun replied: "The child's name is Chen Qi. Her father's surname is Chen and her mother's surname is Qi. She is a child raised by me in Qingfeng Valley. At that time, there was a disciple When I was patrolling the outer mountains, I picked her up in the mountains. She only had a note on her body, stating her parents' surnames, and nothing else. The disciple couldn't bear it in the snowy weather, so he took her back. After entering the mountain gate, she has stayed in Qingfeng Valley since then, and her senior brothers and sisters have brought her up. It has been eleven or twelve years now." Xu Huaigu praised: "As expected, she was raised in the valley. She is a good girl. .” Looking for a girl, how should I settle this account?" Xu Huaigu looked a little confused and said with a smile: "The owner of the valley is joking, why did I kidnap people from Qingfeng Valley?" Xie Qingyun shook his head and said: "In your own heart It’s clear, no need for me to say more.” Xu Huaigu remained silent.
After a long while, he asked: "Why did the Valley Master come to see me specially?" Xie Qingyun looked at the sky in the distance and said: "Nothing special, I just haven't seen you for many years and I want to chat with you for a while. Let's take a walk ?" Xu Huaigu nodded, and the two of them walked along the road.
Many Qingfeng Valley disciples were also walking on the road. When they saw Xie Qingyun, they would stop and salute, and Xie Qingyun nodded towards them.
After walking for a short time, the two of them turned into a fork in the road and headed to a quiet and uninhabited place. It was much cleaner now.
The two walked quietly for a long time. Xu Huaigu looked over from the corner of his eye, and saw that Xie Qingyun had changed his smile from before and frowned slightly. He was in a daze, and there was an unconcealable sadness all over his body.
When Xu Huaigu saw her like this, he couldn't help but feel a little worried. He spoke first: "I heard from Li Siqing yesterday that the Valley Master is planning to let Liu Waner take over Qingfeng Valley. Is this true?" Xie Qingyun nodded and said: "It's true." Xu Huaigu asked, "Has the Valley Master asked her for her own opinion?" Xie Qingyun shook her head and said, "I didn't ask her to believe it, she said it herself. Even I was a little surprised at the time. "Xu Huaigu said in surprise: "Did she say that herself?" Xie Qingyun smiled helplessly and said: "You probably haven't had time to see Liu Waner in the past two days, right? You'll know when you see her. She has changed. Quite a bit, maybe she is no longer the Liu Waner in your memory." When Xu Huaigu heard these words, he suddenly felt like he was struck by thunder. He opened his mouth slightly in shock and was speechless for a long time.
What he was most afraid of hearing was this sentence, but Xie Qingyun just said it in front of him.
When he was in Xingqing, he was worried about meeting his old friends. However, in the end, everyone was still the same as they were many years ago, so he gradually stopped taking these things to heart.
However, standing in Qingfeng Valley, Xu Huaigu suddenly became afraid again when he heard Xie Qingyun say that Liu Waner had changed a lot.
Time kills. She took on the hope of East Fuyao Continent and traveled to the Middle-earth to practice with a dozen other people. They were separated for six or seven years. When she returned, no one could tell what she would be like.
What Xu Huaigu was most worried about was that she would become like those people in the sect who only knew how to practice and didn't care about anything else.
That's not a monk, that's a dull and corrupt person in the secular world, the person Xu Huaigu despises the most. He thought of the safe and sound sign Liu Waner gave him back then. Now that sign was still lying quietly in his robe. He could still see it many times when he was rummaging for things.
Seeing it, Xu Huaigu will think of the carefree little girl back then, just like the Chen Qi he just met, as happy as a deer and as unfettered by all things as the wind.
But what has become of her now? Xu Huaigu was lost in thought for a long time and didn't speak for a long time. Xie Qingyun let out a long sigh and said sadly: "She has been burdened with too many things over the years, and some things are simply not something that her child can bear. What kind of swordsman genius, what kind of fire in Qingfeng Valley, these words make me I have never mentioned it to her, but I don’t know where she heard it from. It must have been said by the group of children and elders who went to Middle-earth with her. In my opinion, this trip to Middle-earth is really not the right one. It's better not to go." Xu Huaigu's heart tightened even more.
There was another long silence, and the two of them walked to a mountain stream. Xie Qingyun sat down on a piece of bluestone near the stream. Xu Huaigu, who was a little dull, also sat beside her, both of them immersed themselves in looking at the stream.
Xie Qingyun suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly and asked: "I heard that Wei Caiyi from Luoyun City in the Middle Earth had been to the border a few days ago, and before leaving, he went to Zixia Sect and Fuyao Sect respectively. , is this true?" Xu Huaigu replied: "Senior Wei did go to the border, and when she left, I also heard her say that she was indeed going to Zixia Sect and Fuyao Sect. Two important businesses need to be done. Why, the Valley Master has also heard of it?" Xie Qingyun squinted his eyes, nodded, and said, "That's true." Xu Huaigu asked, "I didn't know that Senior Wei went there specially. What kind of business does Zixia Sect and Fuyao Sect want to do? She didn't explain it to me at the time, so I couldn't ask her." Xie Qingyun sighed and said, "She went to two big sects and did the same thing. This is a business. I heard people from the Zixia Sect say that Wei Caiyi built an excellent Feng Shui treasure land in Zhongtu, which was suitable for the mountain gate to open the sect. He also managed all the surrounding landscapes, gods, and secular countries. As long as the Zixia Sect nodded, the entire sect could move there to avoid the war in East Fuyao Continent and continue the sect's fragrance. She used this as a bargaining chip to get the two heavenly things from the mountain gates of the Zixia Sect and the Fuyao Sect. Spiritual treasure." After hearing this, Xu Huaigu was shocked again and murmured: "It's really a big deal for two large sects to move to the Middle Earth."
"Isn't it? If it weren't for her, who else in the Central Territory could promise such a deal? This is already considered a taboo in the monk world, but she is still willing to do it. It shows that she really wants those two heavenly spirits. Treasure." Xu Huaigu suddenly nodded, and then asked: "Did Zixia Sect and Fuyao Sect agree?" Xie Qingyun shook his head and said: "None. I heard that Wei Caiyi returned to the center empty-handed. Earth." Xu Huaigu sighed: "I would rather die in the East Fuyao Island than sell the treasure of the Heavenly Spirit and go to the Middle Earth. I really have the spirit of a great man." Xie Qingyun laughed at himself and said: "Then I am probably the least. Such a brave person." Xu Huaigu looked at her and saw Xie Qingyun lowering her head and looking at the stream in trance, with a rather disappointed expression on her face, and a touch of sarcasm hanging on the corner of her mouth, which was mocking herself.
Xu Huaigu couldn't help feeling a little distressed, and asked quickly: "Why did the Valley Master say this?" Xie Qingyun continued to look at the stream in trance, and said softly: "I often think about what is the most important thing for a sect. Some people think that the integrity of the sect is the most important, some people think that the incense of the sect’s ancestor hall is the most important, but I think the talents in the sect are the most important.”
"Actually, I really want to do this deal with Wei Caiyi, but it's a pity that I, Qingfeng Valley, don't have anything that she can appreciate." When she said this, her expression was extremely dejected, so dejected. He didn't look like the leader of a sect at all, but more like a wild dog that had been beaten and fled on the street. There was a deep sense of powerlessness and despair in his dejection.
In fact, Qingfeng Valley used to have a precious object, which was the sword stone placed on Zhujian Mountain and left behind by Qingfeng ancestor thousands of years ago.
However, the sword intention in the sword stone was later eaten up by Xu Huaigu, and it was worthless at this time.
Xie Qingyun naturally knew this in her heart, but she did not want to mention it in front of Xu Huaigu, otherwise she would make him feel too guilty.
Maybe this is the fate of Qingfeng Valley. Xu Huaigu looked at Xie Qingyun worriedly and said, "Senior Xie..."
"You and I have seen the fate of the Xingyue Sect. Although I am very frustrated to say it, with the strength of Qingfeng Valley, I am nothing more than a mantis in front of the demon clan. As the leader of a sect, not only can I not strengthen Qingfeng Valley, It's really ridiculous and sad that we can't even let the people in the sect live a good life." Xu Huaigu advised: "Thank you, senior, and don't blame yourself too much. There is really nothing we can do about this matter. I will follow the promise I made to my senior before. Just like everyone else, I will do my best to draw the sword for Qingfeng Valley. Please rest assured, senior." Xie Qingyun shook his head and said: "Let's change the conditions. I don't want you to draw the sword for Qingfeng Valley. You take Liu Wan'er and leave, let her live, okay? Okay?" Xu Huaigu paused, nodded seriously and said, "Okay." Xie Qingyun smiled and said, "Thank you very much, then." She finally sighed, put away the sadness on her face, and smiled instead. He said: "Only you have seen this look. I really can't hold it back, and there's no one to talk to, so I can only come to you. Please bear with me for bringing you any displeasure." Xu Huaigu smiled quickly and said: " Stop saying that. Senior is the person who saved my life. If you are so polite, then I really have no face to stay here. If there is anything I can help with in the future, senior, just ask and I will never refuse." Xie Qingyun smiled at him and said, "Okay, do you have any other plans today?" Xu Huaigu replied, "I made an appointment with Li Siqing and the others yesterday. Tonight, Xie Qingyun nodded and said, "Okay, then. Have fun. I still have a lot of things to be busy with, so I won’t leave with you. I’ll take my leave first. "Xu Huaigu bowed his hands and saluted. Xie Qingyun covered his mouth again, smiled, and said
"Let's go", he left with his sword and returned to the Patriarch Hall. Xu Huaigu looked at her leaving back and was stunned for a long time.
He then looked at the sword at his waist. In the scabbard was the phoenix feather sword. Wei Caiyi once said that as long as a suitable craftsman is found, this phoenix feather sword embryo can be made into a heavenly treasure.
I wonder if Wei Caiyi was interested in this sword?
