Zhao Ning instantly stepped outside the cave, and Guo Ying'er rushed over, grabbed Zhao Ning's arm and asked, "Zhao Ning, have you seen my little black tiger?"
"Ebony tiger cat?" Zhao Ning was stunned and shook his head, "I haven't seen it for a long time. What's wrong?"
Guo Ying'er walked back and forth, jumping in a hurry, "It's gone. Since I came to the inner gate with me, I only saw it on the first day. There are so many uncles and elders in the inner gate. If I collide with anyone, will I be killed directly?" it."
Zhao Ning comforted her, "No. The black sandalwood tiger cat is a spiritual animal. If it walks around at will, everyone will know that it is the owner's free range and will not be killed at will. Just relax."
"That's hard to say." But she didn't expect Guo Ying'er to refute her, "Two months ago, the little blue bird of Fairy Feixia of Zixiao Peak just settled in Lingxiao Peak Medicine Garden. The disciples guarding the garden didn't even ask, and just said When the wind blade went up, the little blue bird died on the spot."
Zhao Ning was stunned for a moment.
"Extremely merciless. Do you think I can take my time?! Hey, where did it go? I thought it knew you were back and came to play with you."
"Let me help you look for it." Zhao Ning said and went to the flower bed. A pill bottle appeared in her hand. The cork was opened, and the fragrance of pills overflowed. Two little demon spirits jumped out from nowhere, standing on tiptoe. Zhao Ning grabbed the elixir with her little carrot-like feet, and Zhao Ning raised it slightly. If he didn't give it immediately, the two little demon spirits immediately felt aggrieved.
Guo Ying'er came over in a few steps. The little demon spirit ducked to Zhao Ning's side with caution, but was reluctant to part with the Spirit Gathering Pill and did not leave.
"Little guys, have you seen my little black tiger, an ebony tiger cat." Guo Yinger knelt down, "If you tell me, I will give you another spirit-gathering pill."
The black grape-like eyes of the two little demon spirits turned around. Zhao Ning and Guo Ying'er knew something was going on at the first sight. Zhao Ning gave them the elixir bottle in her hand first. The two little demon spirits fought for the elixir and finally separated it. That’s it, one of the little demon spirits said, “That cat is the most annoying, it just likes to chase us!”
"That's right. Half of my arm was almost eaten by it last time!"
I wanted to ask about the tiger cat's whereabouts, but I didn't want it to be an on-the-spot accusation.
Guo Ying'er was helpless, "I'll give you another pill later. You just need to tell me where it went."
The little demon spirit swallowed the pill wholeheartedly, "We introduced it to the Beast Control Garden, hehe."
But Guo Ying'er took a deep breath when she heard this, turned around and left Yufeng without saying a word.
"Oh, why is she gone? Our elixir."
"Sister Fairy, she lied to us!"
There are monster beasts raised in the Royal Beast Garden, including the sect's large flying spirit beasts. If they are captured, the black sandalwood tiger cat will become the spirit beast's meal.
"You guys are in trouble. I'll go take a look."
Zhao Ning chased after him. The Royal Beast Garden was on the ninth peak of Qingxiao Peak, and the beasts in the peak roared endlessly.
When Guo Ying'er landed, the image of the dying black sandalwood tiger cat was already circulating in her mind.
He strode to the garden gate, but it was open. The gatekeeper was not there, and there were still some blood stains and scorched traces of lightning strikes on the ground.
There were more and more traces as they went deeper, and even several corpses of spiritual birds appeared. As they chased them, they suddenly heard the sound of someone getting angry in the forest.
"I insist on killing this thing. It disturbs the peace in the beast garden. Even the sleeping wind owl on the top of the mountain wakes up and everyone is restless."
"Hey, this thing bites me! I'm looking for death!"
"Wait." As soon as Guo Ying'er rushed over, Zhao Ning swung a ray of light and missed the man's stainless steel sword. The tiger cat took the opportunity to bite the man again, and was snatched back into his arms by Guo Ying'er.
The two people speaking in the forest were both Qingxiao Peak disciples. The bitten disciple was furious and said, "Okay, this turns out to be your civet cat. Look at my arm. Look at this spiritual bird in the garden. Let me see how you explain it."
The ebony tiger cat was restless in Guo Ying'er's arms and kept struggling. Guo Ying'er thought it was frightened and kept comforting it, ignoring the two of them.
Zhao Ning said on his behalf, "I'm sorry, you two, the loss of the spiritual bird will be borne by us. Your injuries are only in the flesh. I have a rejuvenation pill here that can treat all external injuries."
The bitten disciple took the elixir with a cold face, "Let's forget it? We spent several days catching this guy and delayed our cultivation. Shouldn't you make up for it together?!"
Zhao Ning's brows furrowed inconspicuously, and Guo Ying'er's temper was already boiling, "You are trying to blackmail me! If I tell you that you are your own trash, it would take you several days to catch an Ebony Civet, and you want to blackmail us for the Spirit Gathering Pill!"
"What do you mean by this? This fairy wants to compete!"
"Let's compete, who's afraid of you!"
But they didn't expect that this disagreement would almost lead to a fight.
"Ying'er? What are you doing here?" Suddenly heard someone's voice in the air, Guo Ying'er looked up and was pleasantly surprised, "Brother, they are bullying me!"
The person who came was none other than Guo Congheng, and Mingluo and Chen Tan were also following him.
Guo Ying'er exaggerated the matter, focusing on the blackmail and extortion of the Qingxiao Peak disciples. She was so angry that the Qingxiao Peak disciples would have cast the spell if not for Guo Congheng on the spot. Zhao Ning felt that something was wrong, and was about to stop Guo Ying'er when she heard Mingluo calling her.
"Zhao Ning, come here." After saying that, he pulled Zhao Ning behind the tree.
"I have something to ask for your help." Mingluo said, "The Yuhua Sect will come to the sect to discuss matters in the near future. The sect arranged for Uncle Guo to entertain us, and we will also have to help. However, the problem is that Chen Tan and I just met a few days ago. If you accept a sect mission and don't go, your contribution points will be deducted."
Chen Tian saw that Mingluo was embarrassed, so he took over, "We want to hand over the task, so we want to trouble you. This training task is not difficult. Someone from a small affiliated family is missing. It only takes a little investigation to find the results or find the person. .”
Zhao Ning has never taken the initiative to take on sect tasks, so he needs more experience. Besides, Min Luo and the two asked for it and agreed.
"But, can I alone help you all keep your contribution points?"
"Don't worry about it." Mingluo smiled, "We reported this matter to Uncle Guo. It was Uncle Guo who suggested that Guo Ying'er take one of the places. That's why we came to look for you, but we bumped into each other here."
"Okay, let's leave it at that." During the conversation between the three of them, Guo Congheng also listened to Guo Ying'er's embellished description, threw a bag of spiritual stones to the Qingxiao Peak disciples, and pulled Guo Ying'er to leave. The Qingxiao Peak disciples were furious, " Uncle Guo, why are you like this! The way you are dealing with this is just to play with power and bully us ordinary disciples."
Guo Congheng's sword flew into the air, and he cast a look of contempt, "You know you are ordinary disciples, so how can you stop me?"
After saying that, he took the sword and left. Mingluo and Chen Tian just snorted and followed closely.
Zhao Ning stood there in shock, their attitudes...
Wanting to calm down a bit, Zhao Ning went to the Qingxiao Peak disciple and said, but she saw the Qingxiao Peak disciple was furious and his eyes were red, "Then let's go and talk in front of the real person to see who is responsible." After saying that, Yufeng left quickly.
The wind was rustling, and Zhao Ning felt helpless for the first time.
Was it because she was unable to dissuade him?
But why does everyone seem to be instigating confrontation, intensifying conflicts, and triggering conflicts?
Chapter 132
This series of things, which seemed normal but seemed weird, twisted Zhao Ning's thoughts into a mess. After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Ning headed towards the second peak of Yunxiao Peak, thinking of asking Uncle Qin to clarify his doubts.
But when Zhao Ning came to Congfeng, he realized that Qin Keyuan was not in the sect. The disciples of Yunxiao Peak told Zhao Ning that the leader left the sect a few days ago and has not come back yet.
After the man left, Zhao Ning hesitated for a moment and transmitted the experiences and doubts of the past few days into the Second Congfeng Stone Tablet.
The stone tablet is from the forbidden core of the peak. Once the peak master returns, he will naturally know that a long time ago, Zhao Ning quietly hid Yun Jinfan's affairs in it. He wanted to wait for Qin Keyuan to wake up and make a decision, but he didn't want Yun Jinfan to escape beforehand. .
It has to be said that Yun Jinfan's escape cast a shadow on Zhao Ning's heart, constantly hinting that chaos might be coming. Unfortunately, Yun Jinfan kept his words hidden, so Zhao Ning had to make guesses bit by bit.
Zhao Ning returned to Chixiao Peak, and she needed to report to Grandmaster Huo Rong about her sect training.
When they arrived at the alchemy room, it happened that the alchemy room exploded again, with thick smoke billowing, and Grandmaster Huo Rong walked out in disgrace.
"I've met the Grandmaster." Zhao Ning greeted him softly, but he was still so shocked that Grandmaster Huo Rong hid in the room, trying to hide his almost gone image.
Realizing that it was Zhao Ning, he moved out angrily, "Zhao Ning, why do you bump into me every time I blow up the stove? I'm afraid I have no image in your mind."
Zhao Ning smiled and said, "The grandmaster is joking. The grandmaster has a tall and majestic image in Zhao Ning's heart, so why should we think too much about it."
The Yueshuang Dantong who was serving next to him quickly performed a Dust Cleansing Technique to help Grandmaster Huorong clean the dust from his body. He was extremely skilled in the magic technique and also cleaned up the traces of explosions in the alchemy room.
Grandmaster Huo Rong pointed at Zhao Ning angrily, "Okay, you girl, you don't even think about me. I'm sorry that I still help you find a good master."
Zhao Ning smiled helplessly and did not dare to say this again.
Grandmaster Huo Rong was just joking, "By the way, you are here by chance. I told Qin Keyuan about the apprenticeship. Qin Keyuan had no objection, but he took over the sect affairs again, and the Yuhua Sect was clamoring to challenge the four major sects in advance. , I’m afraid the apprenticeship will be delayed for a while.”
A smile gathered in Zhao Ning's eyes, "It doesn't matter. Uncle Master is willing to accept Zhao Ning as his disciple. Zhao Ning is happy in his heart and is willing to wait as long as he wants."
Thinking of Grandmaster Huo Rong's mention of the Yuhua Sect, "How come the Yuhua Sect wants to challenge in advance? According to the challenge period, there is only about half a year left, so why be so impatient. I heard that the Yuhua Sect is coming to visit the sect recently. Could it be for this reason?" About this?"
"Exactly." Grandmaster Huo Rong bowed his robes and led Zhao Ning into the inner hall. He sat down on the main couch in the inner hall, "Who knows what the people of Yuhua Sect are thinking in their heads to challenge the four major sects? A matter as big as the sect's sect will be changed at any time. I guess the relationship between his sect and the Luoxia Sect has been tense recently, and I'm afraid that the quotas for the four major sects that are about to be obtained will be disturbed by the Luoxia Sect."
Zhao Ning thought of the gossip circulated at the previous night market auction and the confrontation between the representatives of the two sects, and roughly understood what Grandmaster Huo Rong was referring to.
"The challenge has not yet begun, so there is no saying that the quota has been obtained. Zhao Ning feels that the Yuhua Sect is so anxious that it is better to spend the past six months quietly polishing and practicing Taoism, so as to be more successful in the challenge ceremony."
Grandmaster Huo Rong didn't express anything about this, he just smiled inexplicably and changed the topic, "By the way, you came to the courtyard for something?"
Zhao Ning informed Mingluo and Chen Tan of the sect's mission. Grandmaster Huo Rong nodded, "It's time for you to go out and practice. In just a few years, your girl's cultivation has reached the peak of Qi training. If you continue to practice hard, when will the opportunity come for you to break through the foundation building? You can rest assured."
"Thank you, Grandmaster Huo Rong." Zhao Ningli wanted to retreat, but he paused and looked at Grandmaster Huo Rong. Uncle Qin couldn't solve the problem without him, so Grandmaster Huo Rong could give some advice.
"What's wrong, there are other things."
"Zhao Ning was walking around the sect recently, and I didn't know what to say when I encountered something." Seeing Grandmaster Huo Rong looking at him curiously, she said bluntly, "A few days ago, I was dealing with the death of a disciple with the ancient master uncle of the Punishment Hall. I saw an inner disciple. Some dirty things hidden in the dark, although Master Mu dealt with them in time, the only way to deal with them was to kill them all. This matter always felt too rough. I heard that Master Gu brought Master Mu back to the punishment hall. It’s just a matter of asking a few questions.”
"Zhao Ning feels uncomfortable and doesn't act according to the sect's rules?" Grandmaster Huo Rong answered himself, "You should be more naive."
He huddled on the main couch and looked at Zhao Ning with a lazy smile, "A sect, or one of the top sects in the world of cultivation like Qingxiao Sect, has complex internal forces, and one move can affect the whole body, so many things are handled vaguely. It's unusual. After all, the truth involves too many elders and will cause division within the sect. You have to know that a sect that has stood for thousands of years is never afraid of attacks from external enemies, only afraid of collapse from within. "
Zhao Ning understood what Grandmaster Huo Rong meant, but if even the rules within a sect were in vain and the internal forces were divided and involved, wouldn't this be a kind of division?
Grandmaster Huo Rong saw that Zhao Ning was still frowning, so he smiled again and said, "Qingxiao Sect has existed for nearly ten thousand years, and many things cannot be changed in a short time. When Qin Keyuan was young, he was just appointed by the sect leader to take charge of all major affairs of the sect. , At that time, the sect’s power was more complicated, each peak was separated and each had its own affairs, just like a small sect. Now, more than 20 years have passed, and the situation you see now is pretty good.”
"So, Zhao Ning, take your time. If you encounter something unpleasant, just say it directly like I did. Dogs and we are not in the same place!"
Grandmaster Huo Rong smiled cheerfully, Zhao Ning lowered his eyes, "Zhao Ning is not as free and easy as Grandmaster."
"Hey, you are still young, a girl of sixteen or seventeen, and you have just started. Besides, you are cultivating an ancient path. You need to polish and understand your character bit by bit. Don't be too impatient."
"Zhao Ning saves the trouble." After Zhao Ning responded, he asked again, "Isn't it possible to cultivate one's state of mind by cultivating the Spiritual Root Avenue?"
"Why do you ask this question? The Spiritual Root Avenue is not cultivated in the early stage. Killing mortals in the Foundation Establishment realm is just a formality for them. The only level to reach the Nascent Soul realm is to form pills. In other realms, the accumulation of spiritual power and true If the Yuan Transformation is in place, you can be promoted smoothly."
As he said this, he felt as if he knew why Zhao Ning asked this question, and said, "You should not arbitrarily change the spiritual root path to avoid mental cultivation, but the disaster in the Yuanying realm is more serious, and you need to take a longer view. Those ordinary disciples think that the strongest person in the world is nothing more than Master Nascent Soul."
Zhao Ning did not expect Grandmaster Huo Rong to be able to figure this out. Although she was moved, she completed her worried words, "Grandmaster misunderstood. Zhao Ning has met several people recently. Everyone is impetuous and emotional. It’s an extreme act.”
"normal."
But Grandmaster Huo Rong waved his hands and didn't care at all, "Those people on Linggen Avenue don't cultivate their character, and their moods are unstable when they see big events. Look at the turmoil in the sect these days. First, Jia Rui wants to worship Nascent Soul. You messed up Renren and was banished to Demon Abyss, and Qin Keyuan formed a high-grade golden elixir. When these two things are put together, it is inevitable that I will doubt myself."
It seemed to make sense, but Zhao Ning was helpless. Could it be that the source of all these weird things was still in himself and Qin Keyuan?
Grandmaster Huo Rong saw that Zhao Ning had not spoken for a long time, so he asked Zhao Ning to go back and prepare well. There was no need to report again before departure. He was going to retreat in Shen Xin to refine alchemy again.
Zhao Ning obeyed the order and returned to the cave. She stood on the cliff of the cave, with high mountains and low clouds. Finally, she sighed and returned to the cave to practice.
Three days later, Zhao Ning opened her eyes while practicing. She was worried. Grandmaster Huo Rong's principles had not convinced her. Her practice had been affected by her state of mind in the past few days, and she had not made any progress. She was about to go out to practice today.
She summoned the little demon spirit, used the spirit-gathering pill for the little demon spirit to run errands, and asked them to call Lin Ke and others.
Lin Ke and the other three came very quickly. At this moment, they knelt down and saw Zhao Ning's expression becoming more and more respectful.
"You guys don't have to be like this, please sit down."
