There are four sects in the Yanming sect, namely, Medicine, Utensils, Techniques, and Beasts. Among them, medicine dominates and forms its own system, accounting for half of the sect. Xianyuan is a dividing line, and the west side is full of medicine sects, while the remaining three sects equally divide the east side. .
The sect has one sect leader and seven sect leaders, who jointly discuss major matters of the sect. The four sect leaders and the sect leader are all from the Yao Sect. The sect leader is named Cui Qingrui (52 years old), and the seven sect leaders are rich men of the Yao Sect. Zhe (32 years old), Ma Dairan (53 years old), Qu Hanrong (44 years old) and the female sect leader Zhi Weici (42 years old), Hu Xincheng (35 years old) of the Qi sect , Ma Guanzheng (49 years old) of the Shu sect, and Wu Lanmu (32 years old), the female leader of the Beast sect.
Today, in the meeting hall of Yan Mingzong, Sect Master Qu Hanrong angrily slapped the table and stood up. He first explained the reason. Someone from the inner sect ran to the Xianyuan and strung more than 800 charming rabbits on a rope. He grilled skewers and pretended to be an outer disciple and shouted, which attracted the outer disciples to break into the black wood forest, causing the outer disciple to be seriously injured.
Qu Hanrong couldn't suppress his anger, and he always spoke straightforwardly. He glared at Wu Lanmu, the leader of the Beast Sect, and said: "The outer sects are all waiting for an explanation. What should I do? You tell me."
Wu Lanmu was familiar with Qu Hanrong's temper. She glanced at him lightly and said in a strange tone: "Master Qu, why are you looking at my legs? Why are you still thinking about them after so many years?" Her two jade legs were folded, looming under her robe. , the raised right foot hooked on the shoe, swaying slightly.
"Wu Lanmu, stop pretending to be stupid here!" Qu Hanrong shouted.
Wu Lanmu rolled her eyes at him and turned her head without responding. Unexpectedly, the sect leader Cui Qingrui was also looking at him. Wu Lanmu lost his composure and asked suspiciously: "Sect Master, what do you think I am doing?"
Cui Qingrui said: "Xiao Wu, Xianyuan is within your jurisdiction after all. You really don't know about this?"
"I don't know!" Wu Lanmu replied.
"That person is a woman." Qu Hanrong said with a black face.
Wu Lanmu raised her chin and pointed at the sect leader Zhi Weici, and said: "She is still a woman. How can she protect her shortcomings? Hey...what do you mean? Sect Master Qu doesn't think that I did this."
"Haha, who else has this ability and this hobby besides you? Who doesn't know about the charming rabbit? Which of the disciples in the inner sect can catch all the rabbits in half a cup of tea?"
Ma Guanzheng said: "Don't talk about disciples, with half the tea Buddha skill, even ordinary elders can't do it without hurting the rabbit."
Ma Dairan then said: "Only first-class elders or people at the level of sect masters can have this strength. Strength alone is not enough. You must also have a sufficient understanding of the rabbit."
Wu Lanmu snorted and said, "When you two brothers sing together, don't you just want to say that I did it?"
Qu Hanrong slapped the table and said, "It's not who you are!"
"So what if I did it!" Wu Lanmu slapped the table and stood up.
Fu Zhe spoke and said: "All the sect masters, calm down your anger and listen to the sect master's wishes."
Zhi Weici also reassured: "Yes, yes, maybe some elder did it secretly. Let's not get angry first. Let's find the person and discuss it later."
Qu Hanrong sat down and said angrily: "Deliberation, discussion is nothing. You can see the result at a glance. You are mixed with wild animals and beasts all day long..."
Cui Qingrui, the leader of the sect, interrupted him sharply: "Okay! Don't talk anymore."
Wu Lanmu sat down and stared at Qu Hanrong fiercely. Hu Xincheng, the leader of the Qi sect, remained silent, instead looking at the teacup on the table in trance.
Cui Qingrui called him and asked, "Xincheng, do you have any ideas?"
Before Hu Xincheng came to his senses, Fu Zhe pushed him, and then he realized what he was doing. He turned around and said to Cui Qingrui, "Sect Master, my disciple performed a dance this morning. I was just reminiscing about it." Hu Xincheng belongs to Cui Qingrui. The first apprentice only later transferred from the Medicine Sect to the Weapon Sect, and gradually grew into the sect leader.
Cui Qingrui sighed, but didn't say much. He knew that his disciple was devoted to cultivation, and the sect could not count on him for such trivial matters.
At this time, a group of disciples walked in from outside the door. They were all disciples of various sect masters and disciples of the inner sect. Most of them were masters and disciples, but there were exceptions.
Fu Zhe did not accept a disciple. Qu Hanrong's disciple was his son Qu Yuezhi (seventeen years old), who was also the oldest among the latest batch of disciples in the Inner Sect Core Department. Zhi Weici's disciple was the girl Ru Nan ( Twelve years old), Ma Dairan already had one apprentice, his grandson Ma Kaiyu (eleven years old), and last year he accepted another one, Yang Youshi, who is now ten years old.
Hu Xincheng's apprentice is Gao Yang (13 years old), Ma Guanzheng's apprentice is his son Ma Yuhong (15 years old), and Wu Lanmu's apprentice is the little girl Feng Yueyi (9 years old).
After Cui Qingrui, the leader of the clan, saw these young faces, the melancholy on his face was wiped away, and he said with a smile: "These juniors are much better than us back then."
Ma Dairan answered: "That's natural. The two of us entered the core together. Do you remember that?"
"Which time?"
"Whose clothes were you stealing from and were beaten..."
Cui Qingrui coughed immediately and said anxiously: "Why bother mentioning old things again, Lao Ma, let's just move on."
Ma Dairan smiled maliciously, then called his disciples over and asked about their current achievements in practice.
Fifteen-year-old Ma Yuhong is at the highest level and is already at the sixth level of Qi training. Qi training is different from the seventh level of Qi condensation. It has nine levels, and Ma Yuhong has deliberately not continued to break through. This is also the case for all those who have reached the fifth level of Qi training. What the disciples often do is to continuously temper the spiritual energy in the body during the Qi training period, so that it can reach the most refined, pure and strong state. Only in this way can the foundation be built more perfectly. The quality of foundation building also affects the level of future practice.
Next is eleven-year-old Ma Kaiyu. Although he is young, he is a fifth-level Qi practitioner and is the absolute leader among the younger generation.
Furthermore, there is the thirteen-year-old Gao Yang, who came from a poor background. He is also the only disciple selected to enter the core department without any background and without offering any treasures. He is also at the fifth stage of Qi training.
Then there is the twelve-year-old Runan, who is practicing at the fourth level of qi and has high hopes from his master Zhiweici.
The two little girls, nine-year-old Feng Yueyi and ten-year-old Yang Youshi, are both at a certain level of Qi training.
Ma Dairan often praised Yang Youshi's extraordinary aptitude in front of others. Although he was young, he was familiar with thousands of medicinal herbs and their effects. He was a great talent in medicine. In just one year, he practiced to the Qi training stage, which is worthy of recognition.
Qu Hanrong's expression now is completely different from before. He seems to be restless, his eyes are evasive and he wants to burrow into the ground. It turns out that his seventeen-year-old son Qu Yuezhi is the oldest, but has the worst cultivation qualifications. , Now he has only practiced the third level of Qi, and is only a little better than two little girls. This is the only thing that he can't hold up in the sect.
Wu Lanmu added fuel to the fire, grabbed Feng Yueyi's little hand and said: "Yueyi, you have to practice seriously. You are at the bottom now. You are still two steps away from the ones in front."
Qu Hanrong blushed with anger and glared at his son with hatred. Qu Yuezhi also felt ashamed and stood at the end with his head lowered without saying a word.
Cui Qingrui said: "Children, I asked you to come because I have a mission. Three hundred miles away, there is a mountain lake and a pavilion on the lake called 'Acquaintance'. You bring the good things given to you by your respective masters. Later, Let’s set off and try to get there the day after tomorrow to meet the core disciples of other sects, talk more, do more things, and make more friends.”
This is a special activity that is tacitly accepted by all the sects on this continent. The core disciples of the new generation are destined to be the powerful figures of each sect in the future. It is necessary for them to get to know each other in advance, and many centuries-old grudges are often there. The meeting of the new generation turns the page.
After sending the disciples away, the sect masters began to quarrel over the matter of Xianyuan again. Qu Hanrong had lost face with his son and always wanted to regain his place here, so he had to put Wu Lanmu on the trial table. In the end, Wu Lanmu was too lazy to talk to Qu Hanrong. He just said hello to the sect leader and walked out of the door. Fu Zhe followed and called her out.
"Mei Mu, wait."
"Don't come to me. This Yan Ming Sect should just be called Yao Sect! You guys are so powerful. If you say you are black, you are black, and if you say you are white, you are white!"
"Mei Mu, this matter..."
Before he could finish speaking, Wu Lanmu interrupted him and said, "I did it. Who else besides me? The woman and the head of the sect also have perverted hobbies. Yes, it's me. You are here to discuss the matter with me." Really? You are here to judge me!"
"That's not what I meant," Fu Zhe said. "I know you are not the person who can do this. You spend all your time with the beast, but you treat the beast sincerely. How could you harm the outer disciples with such kindness?"
"You are so good at talking, why didn't you just say it! I was arguing with the four of them. The sect leader didn't talk to me, Hu Xincheng ignored me, and the two old men from the Ma family almost pointed at me and cursed me when they sang and harmonized. Now you Come and act like a good person!"
"I..." Fu Zhe said awkwardly: "You also know that I...I can't speak. I will help you clarify the matter. Just leave it alone and go back to rest."
Wu Lanmu snorted and walked away angrily. Then he turned around and said angrily: "If you can't hold it up, don't hold it up. It's not like I don't have a place for you here!" After that, he left without looking back.
Walking back to the meeting hall sadly, the quarrels had stopped. Ma Dairan touched the tea cup and said: "This girl, ha... I have said before, don't let her come up, her temper will make things happen? Let's see, she will cause trouble today. This little misfortune will lead to a big disaster tomorrow." Then he stood up and said, "My children still have to practice, so I won't get involved. You can deal with it how you want to deal with it."
As soon as he left, Ma Guanzheng also left. Hu Xincheng was still immersed in his own world. Zhi Weici said: "Sect Master, why not stick to the same routine, give out more benefits, and deal with it in a low-key manner."
Cui Qingrui nodded, and Zhi Weici added: "But after that..."
Cui Qingrui frowned and said, "We can't blame Lan Mu without sufficient evidence."
Qu Hanran said angrily: "What more evidence do you need? Sect Master, who else can we have besides her?"
Fu Zhe said at this time: "Sect Master, I am willing to investigate this matter thoroughly and find out the truth within three days."
"No need." Unexpectedly, Cui Qingrui refused directly and said, "This matter will be resolved according to what Master Zhi said. You all go back, Fu Zhe, you stay."
The other sect masters all stood up and left. Qu Hanrong was very dissatisfied and stopped for a long time before leaving. There were only two people left in the hall. Fu Zhe couldn't help but ask: "Sect Master, why don't you let me check?"
But Cui Qingrui asked about another thing and said, "It's been a year, is there any news?"
Fu Zhe was startled, looked outside the door warily, and replied: "No, I also went to Dongchen Sect to inquire about him, but there is no news about him."
Cui Qingrui pointed at the table, recalling all the possibilities in his mind, and wondered: "Where will this guy go?"
"I know my master's temper best. Although he is greedy, he knows his priorities well. It is impossible for him to defect. He must have been imprisoned or assassinated."
Cui Qingrui shook his head and said: "Your master Bai Zhu came from a humble background. He became the master of the sect mostly because of his own hard work and practice. It is not that easy to kill him or capture him. At least, we should be aware of it. "
"Indeed, my master is at the Golden Core stage. Killing him requires at least the Golden Core stage. It's impossible for us not to be aware of that kind of existence."
Baizhu was originally the head of the Yanming Sect. He went out a year ago and has not returned yet. His disciple Fu Zhe knew why Baizhu left. Perhaps because he was afraid of poverty when he was young, Baizhu was greedy for gold and silver. Over the years, he took advantage of the conflicts between the fourteen cities behind the mountain and the barbarians to help the barbarians enter the city again and again, and then pretended to help, thus plundering money in the city. This way of making money made Baizhu extremely wealthy.
Fu Zhe is a man of integrity. Although he is a student of Baizhu, he never goes along with others. He has tried to stop the incident many times. Six years ago, Baizhu Dongchuang incident happened. Cui Qingrui ordered him to be banned from leaving the sect for seven years. He waited until Cui Qingrui left the sect a year ago. While doing business, Baizhu sneaked out again, planning to repeat his old tricks, but he disappeared for a whole year and there is still no news.
No one knew that Baizhu was dead, and was killed by a punch from Sun Zikai, who was only twelve years old at the time. Not even the scum was left.
After a moment of silence, Cui Qingrui said: "Don't pursue Xianyuan's matter, lest it be detrimental to Lan Mu."
"You think it's her too?"
"I can't say for sure, but it's probably her."
"I do not believe."
"I can't help but you don't believe it." Cui Qingrui felt outside the door and made sure there was no one within fifty feet. "Why should I carry you and Lan Mu up?" He looked at Fu Zhe meaningfully.
Fu Zhe whispered: "In order to compete with the Ma family..."
Shhh... Cui Qingrui shook his hand, then tapped the table, and said: "Stand still, boy, there are many people who want you two to go down, you should also accept disciples, otherwise, twenty years later, Yan Mingzong's true surname will be Horse."
Fu Zhe said: "They have occupied all the top resources of the Medicine Sect, and with the blessing of precious medicines, they have cultivated so-called 'geniuses'. Who can compare with them? It would be better for you, the sect leader, to recruit disciples yourself and use the sect's resources. Let’s cultivate new people.”
"If I do this, I will really break my face and it will be difficult to deal with. You should explore more down there, and don't let go of the outer door. You may meet a talented person."
"How can there be so many geniuses in this world, hey..."
It is said that Sun Zikai led Jiang Yujin into the cultivating room, followed the procedures, wrote down a list, and spent two hours grinding, and finally got a set of clothes and a brand. Now he joined the cultivating room and became a formal disciple. .
But the way to survive in the cultivation place was unexpected to the two of them. There is no idle people here. All it can provide you is a place to live. You have to earn all the food, drink, life and cultivation necessities by yourself. How to earn it?
There are two clear ways. One is to accept the task of cultivating a place. Very few of them are completed within the sect, and most of them are outside the sect. And once you go out, your life will be in danger. If you complete the task, you will get the corresponding reward. . The second is to hold a job within the sect, and you will be rewarded for completing the set tasks every day, such as the disciples who clean the ancestral garden and the disciples who guard the gate. This kind of work is stable and safe, and it is the best choice for the disciples who are cultivating the sect. Everyone wants to grab it.
Rewards and rewards are mostly money or things, which are used to replace daily necessities. The practice of outer sect disciples is different from that of the inner sect. In the inner sect, one elder is usually responsible for multiple disciples, and the disciples concentrate on their practice, and the required resources and Cultivation methods are easy to come by, but it is even more difficult for outer disciples to find guidance from elders. Not only do they have to please the elders, but they also have to be prepared to be abandoned by the elders at any time.
The cultivation methods required by the inner and outer sect disciples are all in the "Manqian Building", the central building on the west side of the Yanming Sect. This building has ten floors and displays tens of thousands of cultivation methods. All disciples have to rely on the income from tasks to exchange for their choices. There are opportunities for Dharma, and inner disciples have three opportunities to choose for free every year, but they are limited to the seventh floor and below. Only core disciples on the upper three floors can read it for free, and the remaining disciples also need to replace it with their income.
A cultivator disciple led the two of them to their residence, without speaking all the way, until they arrived at a remote house in the middle of the Xianyuan Garden. The house was not small. When they opened the door, they found a courtyard. The furniture is simple but complete.
This courtyard should be cleaned regularly, but it is alone. It is close to the garden to the west, and there are weeds within a hundred feet to the north, south, and south. There is a hillside to the north, and the house is at the bottom of the slope. If it rains, the mud will flow down the slope. The consequences would be disastrous, so Sun Zika deliberately moved to the back. Sure enough, the wall behind the house was covered with mud and had many cracks.
He also sensed that in the invisible Xianyuan, there was a lot of vitality and energy hidden with evil intentions, and he knew in his mind that most of the disciples who brought them here were also completing their tasks. This arduous task was to take this difficult task that no one dared to do. Houses to live in are assigned. This place is two hundred feet away from the nearest sect building complex, so even eating is difficult.
The disciple pretended to be calm on the surface and said: "Similar to other residences, we will only give you free accommodation for one month. After one month, you will have to spend money to pay the rent. Of course, you can also buy it out from the sect. Money and so on. You have to earn it by yourself, don’t look at this place, you get a bargain, others only give you a bed, this is a courtyard, you can also deal with the places outside as you like, the place is big, the rent is indeed expensive, once a month Thousands and five hundred liters.”
Sun Zikai thought to himself, one coin is one hundred and fifty Wen, and ten coins is one tael of silver. This shabby yard that no one wants actually costs one tael per month. He almost screamed, a gatekeeper for one year The cost of the drink is not more than a penny.
"No!" Sun Zikai frowned.
The disciple's eyes were clearly panicked, and he said anxiously: "Although the price is expensive, I can't bear how big it is. No one has bothered me yet. The elders can say, you can do whatever you want within fifty feet from the north, south, and east. Such things Good things, how can others have them?"
"There's not a lot of noise here at night. The house leaks when it rains. Even if we buy food and wine, no one will deliver it here."
"You...how do you know...Okay, let's go, I'll take you back."
"I want it too," Sun Zikai said.
"Really?" The disciple became more energetic, but seeing Sun Zikai's evil face, he also thought about it and asked: "Tell me, what are the conditions? As long as you live here."
"Tell me first what's going on with this house and what you can get from it. Don't lie. I'll find out sooner or later."
The disciple said distressedly: "This was built by the Beast Sect to study the high-level beasts in the original garden. Later it belonged to the current Beast Sect leader Wu Lanmu. After she became the sect leader, she no longer had to live here, but she didn't I was willing to demolish it, so I assigned a task of renting it out. It was close to Xianyuan. It was like the devil knocking on the door at night. It was so remote. Who dared to live there? But the adult still sold it for such a high price. However, the task The reward after completion is indeed good. It is not easy for us outer disciples to read a book full of cultivation methods in the building, but the reward for this task is to give you the right to read two books for free, so..."
"I'm staying." Sun Zikai said lightly.
"Really, tell me what your conditions are!"
Jiang Yujin tugged on Sun Zikai's clothes and said, "Are you sure you want to stay? There is no one around here."
"It's better to have no one around, so you can do things with peace of mind."
"What are you going to do?" Jiang Yujin asked suspiciously.
The disciple looked at Jiang Yujin with a wicked smile and said, "Okay, you two brats, at your age, you really know how to play."
"You...what do you mean?" Jiang Yujin couldn't understand.
But the disciple urged Sun Zikai to tell him the conditions.
Sun Zikai thought for a while and then said: "We don't even have money to eat. Please give us some money so that we can eat. That's fine."
"that's all?"
"That's it." Sun Zikai said calmly.
"Brother," the disciple grabbed Sun Zikai's shoulders with both hands, "I will remember you all my life. Brother, you must hold on for one month and pay the next month's rent, otherwise I will consider the mission a failure. .”
As he spoke, he took out his wallet, took out two slings of money, put it in Sun Zikai's hand, and walked away with runny noses and tears, or ran away.
The two of them stood at the door, and Sun Zikai said, "Should I let him pay our rent next month?"
Jiang Yujin said: "He said he remembered you, but he didn't even ask your name."
The two walked into the courtyard and closed the door. The big house and the empty yard made Sun Zikai a little overwhelmed. After a while, they walked out again and followed the dirt road that was almost buried in the weeds. Outside, go buy some wine and food.
On the way, many people were watching them secretly, because the news that the disciple had sold the house spread, and everyone was betting on how long these two people could hold on tonight.
