"Senior, please tell me about the Baiyun Sect." Xiao Shisan bent even lower, his tone full of urgency.
"Young people are always restless. Look at the painting first, and I will naturally tell you the clues." Behind the desk, the old man finally raised his head, but he still looked lazy.
Xiao Shisan was stunned. He didn't know why the head of the Du family insisted on him seeing the painting, but the other party might have clues about the Baiyun Sect, and he didn't want to miss it.
Seeing him raising his feet, the head of the Du family walked aside, poured himself a cup of tea, and sat leisurely.
Xiao Shisan was puzzled, but he still came to the desk and put his eyes on the table.
There is a roll of canvas placed on the desk. The ink marks on it are not yet dry. It was obviously just painted by the old man.
Above the canvas is a majestic building, floating above the clouds, surrounded by fairy aura, unlike anything in the world.
Taking a closer look, there were three big characters written on the door plaque of the building, "Baiyun Sect".
Xiao Shisan's pupils shrank slightly. As expected, the head of the Du family knew about the Baiyun Sect.
"How's it going? Comment." The head of the Du family put down the teacup and looked at Xiao Shisan with interest.
Xiao Shisan smiled awkwardly. How could he know how to paint? He held it in for a while before saying, "Okay, it looks good?"
"You are so frank, baby. Okay, sit down, I know you are anxious." The head of the Du family picked up the teapot, filled it for himself, poured another cup, and pushed it to the opposite side.
Seeing this, Xiao Shisan couldn't resist, so he sat across from him, holding the teacup in his hand but not drinking.
"Before you speak, please answer a few questions. Be sure to tell the truth, otherwise I will have no comment."
Having said this, the expression on Mr. Du's old face changed. He no longer looked lazy as before and became extremely serious.
Xiao Shisan seemed to be infected by this atmosphere and straightened his body.
"Senior, please speak."
"First, are you a mortal who has no spiritual roots and cannot practice? Second, is your father's surname Xiao and first name Xiao Xingyuan? Third, why did you come to find the Baiyun Sect?" The head of the Du family took a sip of tea. , and continued, "Don't rush to answer, you have time to think."
Surprise flashed in Xiao Shisan's eyes. He did not expect that the Du family leader would ask such a simple question. After thinking for a moment, he directly chose to answer.
"Senior Du, I am indeed a mortal who has no spiritual roots and cannot practice cultivation. Secondly, my father's surname is Xiao and his given name is Xiao Xingyuan. As for the third question, it is a bit complicated..."
Without hiding anything, Xiao Shisan briefly told the story of recruiting disciples outside the city and Xiao Qing's attack by monsters after being taken away by the Baiyun Sect.
While speaking, he kept paying attention to the changes in the expression of the Du family leader. Unfortunately, the Du family leader was always in a preoccupation with himself and there was no change in his expression.
"Oh? Baiyun Sect recruited disciples a few days ago, why didn't I know?" The Du family leader poured another cup of tea and drank it slowly.
"To be honest, senior, I still haven't found out whether this happened or not." Xiao Shisan said with a look of shame.
What he had clearly seen with his own eyes was now becoming both true and false, so confusing that even he himself couldn't figure out what the problem was.
"You call me senior, then I will teach you a truth first. What you see with your own eyes is not true, and what everyone sees is not false!" The head of the Du family said with a smile.
Xiao Shisan was puzzled. The meaning of the Du family leader's words was very simple.
What he saw may not necessarily be real, but what Lao Zhou and the others saw may not be fake either. It was mysterious, but he still couldn't understand its meaning.
"You'll understand if you look at this painting again!"
The head of the Du family waved gently, and the scroll on the table flew to Xiao Shisan under the influence of spiritual power. Xiao Shisan turned his head in confusion and focused on the scroll again.
The content on the scroll actually changed quietly.
When he looked before, there was nothing under the door plaque, but now, there was a person standing under the door plaque, wearing a white robe, with a simple bun tied behind his head, standing with his back to him, looking at He couldn't even tell the difference between male and female without looking at his appearance, but Xiao Shisan felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity when he saw the person in the painting.
"Is it familiar?"
The head of the Du family asked, which made Xiao Shisan even more confused.
Suddenly, a long-lost memory broke into my mind.
That was a few years ago, when Xiao Qing was seriously ill, and Xiao Shisan's predecessor was squatting in front of the bed to take care of Xiao Qing. At this time, the door opened, and a rickety yet tall figure stood at the door.
"Thirteen, take good care of Qing'er, I will be back with the medicine soon!"
It was raining heavily that day, and it was also the last time I saw my father.
"This is my father?" When Xiao Shisan looked at the scroll again, he finally overlapped the two back figures and said in surprise.
"Oh? Really? Can you take a closer look?" The head of the Du family still showed a faint smile, with some inexplicable meaning in his eyes.
Xiao Shisan turned back in confusion and looked at the scroll again. This time, there seemed to be no change. He was still standing alone under the door plaque.
Wait, that person has changed. He is not the same person just now. The person who now appears in the scroll is two points shorter, his shoulders are not as wide as the previous person, and his black hair is tied with a grass ring on the back of his head!
This is Xiao Qing!
Xiao Shisan remembered that this grass ring was given to Xiao Qing when he went to the mountain to collect herbs half a year ago!
"Senior, what's going on?" Xiao Shisan could no longer suppress the surprise in his heart.
"Okay, everything you want to know is in this painting. Take the painting and leave. Your friend seems to be unable to hold on any longer!"
The head of the Du family poured himself another cup of tea, but this time the tea seemed to be too full and he didn't drink any more.
Xiao Shisan stared at the head of the Du family, trying to see something on his face, but the head of the Du family always looked lazy and indifferent, unable to see anything at all.
At this time, a loud noise came, and the two of them looked towards the city gate at the same time.
No, there are strong men in the city taking action, and Duanmu Ling may not be able to hold on!
"Thank you, senior!" Xiao Shisan took a deep look at the head of the Du family, took the scroll into his arms, bowed sincerely, and left anxiously.
The room became quiet again. The head of the Du family stared at the teacup shaking on the table, his tone full of helplessness, and said to himself: "These boys really don't let me, old man, live in peace!"
...
Xiao Shisan rushed to the city gate as quickly as possible and saw Duanmu Ling leaning on the city wall, with a trace of blood hanging from the corner of his mouth, obviously injured.
In front of her, stood an old man. The old man's spiritual power surged around his body, and he wanted to take action against Duanmu Ling.
Xiao Shisan was immediately in a panic, and without caring about anything else, he directly summoned the armor, which sent two laser beams straight towards the old man.
The old man seemed to have eyes on his back. When he sensed his attack, he formed a spiritual shield with his backhand to block it in front of him.
The laser beam arrived in the blink of an eye and directly hit the spiritual shield. What Xiao Shisan never expected was that the devastating laser beam was dissolved by the shield and dissipated in the air without causing any waves.
But it didn't matter, he had already arrived at Duanmu Ling's side.
"How is it? Is the injury serious?" Xiao Shisan anxiously checked Duanmu Ling's body.
"Can you go slower?" Duanmu Ling coughed twice before standing up with great effort.
"Senior, we have no intention of challenging the rules of Luoyang City, please forgive me!" Seeing that Duanmu Ling was fine, Xiao Shisan quickly explained.
"Are you Xiao Shisan? Breaking the rules of our Luoyang City cannot be solved with just forgiveness!"
But the old man in front of him seemed to be even more angry after seeing Xiao Shisan. He condensed two more spiritual skills and seemed to want to directly obliterate Xiao Shisan and the other two.
grass! Xiao Shisan cursed secretly and stood in front of Duanmu Ling. He actually wanted to rely on his armor to receive the attack!
