The next to leave were Guangtianmen and Siqimen.
Song Shijun was eager to go back and reorganize his family. When he returns from this trip, he is determined to treat those big and small stewards who practice favoritism and malpractice with the ruthlessness of a harsh winter, treat the orphans and widows of Leigong Village with the passion of the scorching sun, and finally use the true love of the autumn wind to sweep away the fallen leaves to sort out the disciples in the sect, and strive to bring Qiu Yuanfeng to the forefront. Clean out these rebellious and resentful guys.
Yang Heying was clamoring to go home because his youngest son was frightened. The head of the Yang family, who loved his son dearly, naturally obeyed.
Everyone in Peiqiong Villa was the most polite and helped the Qingque Sect disciples clean up the messy Chaoyang Hall before leaving.
Zhou Zhizhen touched Cai Zhao's head and told her to go to Peiqiong Villa if she couldn't stay at Qingque Sect.
Zhou Zhixian also touched Cai Zhao's head and told her to eat well and not catch a cold.
Zhou Yuqian and Zhou Yukun were joking and wanted to touch Cai Zhao's head, but Cai Zhao slapped him back fiercely.
Then there’s the Fallen Valley.
Cai Pingchun sent Zen Master Juexing, his wife and children away, and was not in a hurry to return to the valley. He planned to visit the ruins of Changjiawu Fort first, and then come back to discuss with Qi Yunke about revenge for the Chang family.
In the end, only Cai Zhao was left.
She stood in front of the cliff for a long time, watching the people on the iron rope go further and further away, and finally disappeared in the thick fog.
Chang Ning knew that this was the first time she was away from her parents and relatives, so she comforted her: "Be open-minded, people have to grow up and be independent. Look, my family has been ruined, so isn't it okay?"
Cai Zhao: "...Please, don't use your mouth when trying to persuade others in the future."
Cai Zhao finally saw the small Chunling house that Qi Yunke carefully prepared for her. As expected, the house was exquisite and the scenery was graceful. There were flowers and trees in the front and a stream in the back. She could enjoy flowers in spring and fish in summer. Cai Zhao felt relaxed and happy. The only drawback is that it is close to the residences of other disciples, especially Song Yuzhi. There is only a stream and two rows of green bamboos between the two residences. If Qi Lingbo comes to molest Song Yuzhi, Song Yuzhi only needs to call out Cai Zhao. The road has been rough in the past.
Chang Ning completely disagreed with Cai Zhao living here and insisted that she go near her residence for personal protection.
Naturally, Cai Zhao was not happy and would rather Chang Ning move to Chunling Xiaozhu. However, Chang Ning was very convincing——
"Do you know why Wu Yuanying ended up in such an embarrassing situation?"
"...Because the Demon Cult is cruel."
"Was the Demon Sect so cruel the first day? We still have to look for the reasons from ourselves." Chang Ning said earnestly.
"Because Qiu Yuanfeng is despicable and cold, and Cang Qiongzi is too selfish?"
"Wrong! There are so many evil people in people's minds, and there are only a few good people. People like Qiu Yuanfeng and Cang Qiongzi can only be considered ordinary. The biggest mistake of Taichu Guan is that they have found the wrong friends!"
Cai Zhao looked confused.
Chang Ning asked her: "If your uncle risked his life to capture Elder Kaiyang, would your aunt and father be willing to trade this person for Wu Yuanying?"
"Of course I do!" Cai Zhao resolutely said, "In my aunt's heart, a hundred evil people are not worth one good person. At worst, we can do something secretly and secretly destroy the old thief before replacing him. As long as we can rescue Wu Daxia, it will be great." worth."
"You see, this is the difference." Chang Ning mocked, "Old Sect Master Yin is not willing."
He added, "Even if there are no exchangeable hostages in Luoying Valley, if Cang Huanzi was willing to put aside his prejudices and sincerely ask your aunt for help, would Cai Nuxia be the type to ignore her?"
Cai Zhao imagined his aunt Su Xing and murmured: "No matter what, she will go to find out the life and death of Wu Daxia personally."
Chang Ning: "It's hard for your aunt to kill Nie Hengcheng, but it's not a problem to take care of the elders and escape intact. What's more, at that time, there were many brothers who were passionate, joyful and trouble-making around her."
Cai Zhao thought for a while and felt that it was indeed what Chang Ning said.
Chang Ning said: "It was just a broken sword. Master and disciple Cang Huanzi felt that they had lost their face. They put on a cold face and refused to put down their bodies to ask for help. However, they regarded that old fox Yin Dai... as a close friend, but I don’t know if your hands have been slippery over the past few decades. It’s okay to do small things, but how can I be willing to take care of big things for you?”
"As for that, it's just about where you live. You deserve such a long speech." Cai Zhao said, "What are you going to say? If you continue to go around in circles, I'll leave."
Chang Ning frowned: "Don't you think you should stay away from those who are not worth making friends with? Cang Huanzi, master and disciple, ended up miserably because they made the wrong friends. Don't you have some insights?"
Of course Cai Zhao had insights, but not what Chang Ning said.
She said slowly: "My aunt said, don't laugh at poor people. Even if poor people are hateful, they have already suffered themselves, and others should not laugh at them."
"..." Now it was Chang Ning's turn to realize something. He said with emotion, "Nvxia Cai is truly compassionate."
"I like hearing that." Cai Zhao smiled, "Okay, I'll ask someone to move the luggage to your place."
Chang Ning: "...Why did you agree so readily?"
"Being kind makes you rich - anyway, if I don't agree, you will cry and make trouble until I agree, so it's better to save some energy." Cai Zhao put his hands behind his back, leaving him with an old-fashioned and leisurely figure.
Chang Ning's residence is called Qingjingzhai. It is surrounded by mountains and forests. It is very secluded. Turning to the right and left is a medicine house, which is convenient for brewing medicine and taking medicine. Turning to the left and right is a hot spring caged in a mountain col, which is convenient for dispersing toxins. Sect Master Qi had taken good care of Chang Ning, the son of his old friend, but there was nothing he could do about it when a mother and daughter who couldn't beat or scold him were doing bad things.
There was a row of vacant houses opposite Chang Ning's house, so Cai Zhao asked Fan Xing's family to clean it up, and then asked his servants to move all the suitcase cages that had not been unloaded and put them in place.
The manpower left by Ning Xiaofeng was very capable, so there was no need to alarm the Qingque Sect's stewards. The two maids and several servants quietly tidied up the several empty rooms and the row of rooms behind where debris was piled up, and even put them in order. Two small red clay stoves were set up to make tea and incense, and they could also boil medicine for Chang Ning.
When people at the foot of the Zeng Building kept running to dissuade them, they saw that the Qingjingzhai had been completely renovated. The curtains were floating, the fragrance was lingering, the bed, tables, chairs, cups, bowls and fruit plates were clean and bright, and a beautiful young girl was sitting on the big rocking chair in the corridor. As I dozed off, a warm and soft breath greeted me.
"Where's Chang Ning?" Zeng Tower looked around.
The round-faced maid replied: "Mr. Chang is doing exercises in the inner room to heal his injuries, while we girls are guarding outside."
Zeng Dalou scratched his head: "Zhaozhao should live back in Chunling Xiaozhu. This... is not always good."
The melon-faced maid said: "The young lady said that she will report back to the sect master on her own, without anyone else having to worry about it."
Zeng Building had nothing to say, and Fan Xingjia smiled and came to the rescue: "Have you two served junior sister since you were young? What do you call her?"
The round-faced maid is called Furong, and the oval-faced maid is called Feicui, both named by Cai Zhao.
Fan Xingjia praised: "She is just like her name. Junior sister chose these two names well."
Furong said: "Actually, my name was Furong Tofu, and she was originally called Jade Shrimp. Later, when she was two years older, the little lady found that these two names were too long, so she planned to remove two characters from each of us. Fortunately, the eldest lady stopped her. Otherwise, we would almost call it tofu and shrimp."
Jade said: "Poor Sister Xiajiao, she is already married and has children, so people only remember to call her Xiajiao."
Fan Xingjia:...
Zeng Dalou had no choice but to report back to Qi Yunke.
Qi Yunke did not object, because he originally wanted Chang Ning to be properly protected, but he was worried that Cai Zhao's accommodation was not spacious and comfortable enough, so he had to say that Chun Ling's small house should be kept by Cai Zhao, and Cai Zhao could live there after Chang Ning recovered.
In addition, Qi Yunke also had a cordial and friendly conversation with his young apprentice about his future life as a disciple. "We are here now, why not practice together with our fellow disciples, not only to make friends, but also to make some progress, wouldn't it?" Wonderful."
Cai Zhao said no, since she didn't plan to travel around the world in the future, why would she make friends with people in the martial arts world? It would be better to close the door and live quietly, "Just think that I am here to stay in Qingque Sect, and I will stay here for three years." I'm going to get married, and you will definitely come for the wedding banquet. Oh, and also, can I borrow a book from the library? If I don't understand, I will ask you."
Qi Yunke sighed, what else could he do but agree.
On the second day after the failure of the ceremony, Cai Zhao performed the apprenticeship ceremony, knelt down, kowtowed, burned incense, recited oaths, and paid homage to his ancestors. Qi Yunke murmured and asked the three pure gods to protect Miss Cai in the sect. Just be sure not to make any mistakes.
According to his past experience, even if Trouble tries to avoid Cai Pingshu, Cai Pingshu will come to the door and find Trouble out. I hope Zhao Zhao’s luck will not be like that of her aunt, Amitayus Buddha.
The apprenticeship banquet that night was extremely luxurious and rich, except for the soup made by a thousand-year-old bastard and the wine brewed from the tears of fish, except for the liver of dragon and the courage of phoenix. All the expensive ingredients that Gai Yin originally planned to use for the three-day banquet were used here.
Seeing all the disciples in the sect toasting to Cai Zhao, Qi Lingbo felt as if he had been fed a fly. He couldn't even eat a bite of the food. He twisted his waist and cried and got into Yin Sulian's arms to apply eye drops to Cai Zhao.
Cai Zhao, who seemed to be in a good mood, was challenged three times in one meal.
The first is the second senior brother Dai Fengchi. This guy said, "Junior Sister Cai is extraordinary, I want to use martial arts to make friends." But his eyes drifted to Qi Lingbo, who was in Yin Sulian's arms with red eyes over there - he made it clear that he was here for his sweetheart. Out of anger.
Cai Zhao was happy: "You and I have a competition. If I win, I will fly pigeons at night to pass the message. Half of the martial arts world knows that a little girl who has never been out of the house defeated the famous 'Wind Chaser Swordsman' as soon as she went up the mountain. Dai Shaoxia, if I lose, I will definitely go to Master every day and cry bitterly, saying that Second Senior Brother, you are bullying the younger one and deliberately embarrass me - Second Senior Brother, you must think carefully, there is no turning back when you shoot your bow."
Dai Fengchi froze. In fact, what he was afraid of was not defeating Cai Zhao. Even if he was blamed by his master, it would be worth it if he could win Qi Lingbo's joy; but if he lost... it would be a big shame, but he was not sure that he would win.
Seeing this, the dog leg next to him quickly stepped forward: "How can the competition between fellow students be publicized to everyone in the world? Junior Sister Cai is not broad-minded enough..."
"The master is talking, can the low hand get out of the way?" Chang Ning's handsome eyes were full of mockery, "Senior Brother Dai, look, I don't dare to interrupt." The implication is that Dai Fengchi, if you can't control the dogs around you, Legs, then I’ll talk about it too.
Dai Fengchi had obviously experienced Chang Ning's 'eloquence', and immediately said: "Junior Brother Cui, step back." He then pretended to say, "Since Junior Sister Cai is unwilling, let's forget about the competition."
The second person to challenge was Song Yuzhi.
The lights in the palace were brightly lit, and the pearls on the palace walls shone, making the handsome man's handsome hair appear cold and upright.
He also wanted to use force to make friends, but he was obviously more sincere than Dai Fengchi. Unexpectedly, he was still rejected by Cai Zhao.
Song Yuzhi was shocked: "Why is this?"
"I don't compete with anyone who has a fiancée." Cai Zhao smiled, "Lest the beautiful lady get jealous and come back to trouble me." Since ancient times, there are countless stories of enemies becoming lovers in the martial arts world, not to mention Qi Lingbo is a Troublesome.
Song Yuzhi's eyes flashed, and the girl under the lamplight had bright teeth and bright eyes, free and easy, just like a clear breeze in the mountains.
He drank the wine in silence and didn't say a word after sitting down.
Chang Ning was still unhappy. He felt that Song Yuzhi had been looking at Cai Zhao for too long, and his eyes were a bit unruly. He wished that he could heal from his injury right now, and let the little girl named Cai know what fireflies are. How could the light of fireflies be compared with the bright moon!
Unfortunately, he can't.
The last one to challenge was Ding Zhuo.
Ding Zhuo didn't even take the wine glass, and thrust it straight in front of Cai Zhao like a sword: "There is an open space in the back mountain. I practice martial arts there all year round. When you and I compete in martial arts, we don't need to be watched by others, and there is no need to let anyone know whether we win or lose."
Cai Zhao became serious. She saw in Ding Zhuo's eyes the enthusiasm of a martial arts practitioner. He didn't care about fame or gain, he didn't even care about winning or losing, he just pursued martial arts progress.
She thought for a while and replied: "Yes. But it will take a few days. Since setting off from Luoying Valley, I have been lazy for a long time. I need to tighten my muscles before I can take on the challenge."
Ding Zhuoshu unfolded his handsome face. He knew that although Cai Zhao was a young woman, she already understood that the way of a warrior should not be taken lightly, and she was not as frivolous and reckless as Qi Lingbo.
According to rumors, when top players compete against each other, they must go to a place on the top of a mountain among the clouds, burn incense, purify themselves, and fast for three days to show respect for their opponents; unlike now, many people must be gathered to watch during the competition, and the surroundings are noisy and crowded. Screaming and dancing is like watching a monkey show.
There are many children from famous and upright sects who grew up in fine clothes and fine food. They have enjoyed superior support since childhood and have the best training environment, but they have never known the meaning of martial arts. That is the only true meaning that distinguishes them from ordinary people.
Men are good, but if they don't work hard in cultivation, they will easily be relegated to the mortal world, or even be kicked out of the sect and become ordinary people. However, women still have a way to get married, which gives them an excuse to slack off in cultivation.
He had always looked down upon such people, regardless of gender.
But Cai Zhao was not. Although she was dressed a little too delicately, her eyes had the sharpness of a martial artist.
"Then in ten days, I will welcome Junior Sister." Ding Zhuozheng said in a loud voice.
Cai Zhao: "One word is settled."
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Chapter 23
Before dawn the next day, Cai Zhao got up.
Just like countless mornings with my aunt, I meditate for luck, concentrate on the pulse, listen to my slow and even breathing in the silence, feel the energy flowing in the meridians, hitting the acupuncture points all over the body over and over again, the familiar pain is not tight. The slow blows hit her body, causing pain, soreness, and crackling sounds from her muscles. She could only endure it slowly - this kind of reassuring pain allowed her to stand in front of anyone without fear. .
The mental methods of the six Beichen sects originated from the same sect, but subtle changes have occurred during the two hundred years of separate inheritance. People with extraordinary talents in the past generations will always add their own unique insights to the mental methods of this sect. But generally speaking, as long as you enter the door, cultivation depends on the individual.
Cai Pingshu once said: "The so-called cultivation means six points of endowment and four points of practice. If you can defeat the enemy and win by relying only on a unique secret book, why have the successive heads of the Qingque Sect always been unable to train their children to become leaders in the sect and then inherit their inheritance? The position of sect leader?"
——It is said that Cai Pingshu offended Yin Dai and his daughter because of this unintentional remark. However, she had offended many people in her life, and she never took it to heart.
