When Tang Ping walked out of her master's cave, she heard someone calling her. She looked over and saw Yanxuan, Qian Chao and others emerging from the door of his residence. Their faces were full of anxiety. She immediately Ran over.
"How is it, where is Xiaobai?" Yanxuan asked anxiously.
"it's here."
Tang Ping said and let Xiaobai out. Yanxuan hugged him and said:
"It scares me to death. I have always been worried that your master would unreasonably take away Xiaobai."
"No, my master handled this matter very fairly," Tang Ping said. "By the way, Mr. Qian, my master also gave me a book, saying it will be useful in the future."
Tang Ping took out the booklet Qiu Long gave her and showed it to Qian Chao. Qian Chao understood it after flipping through it and said:
"This book records where there may be spiritual beasts like Xiaobai in Central Continent. It will definitely come in handy in the future. Looking at the places recorded in it, your master must have traveled throughout Central Continent."
"I see."
…
In the cave, the only ones left now are Qiu Long, Qiu Huahe and Fairy Guhuo, and of course, there is also a fat baby who is eating fresh fruit.
After Tang Ping left, Qiu Long saw the two of them and said:
"That child Tang Ping is not in this room now. If you have anything to say, just say it."
Fairy Guhuo was the first to bow down and thank Qiulong:
"Thank you, Master, for helping that child."
Of course, Qiu Huahe didn't think so. He looked at his father full of resentment and said in a deep voice:
"You have made a great disciple a disciple, but you have delayed your own son?"
Then he looked at Fairy Guhuo and said bitterly:
"Where did that girl's white fox come from? I don't believe what Tang Bonian said at all. Huh, you must have found it. But you don't think about me as a senior brother who has been working hard for so many years. You only think about the future of your disciple. You can make a difference, right?"
Fairy Guhuo said:
"Senior brother, I did not catch Tang Ping's little fox. A few years ago, when Tang Bonian came to me and asked me to take Tang Ping as a disciple, that girl had that little white fox. I was I still hesitated because my senior brother has been looking for a white fox like that..."
Qiu Huahe almost roared when he heard this:
"Then why didn't you tell me, if I knew that girl had that white fox..."
Fairy Guhuo said:
"Senior brother, what can I tell you? Were you going to rob her at that time? She is Tang Bonian's granddaughter. You should know by now that Tang Bonian would do anything for this granddaughter!"
"Hmph! It's just that you don't want to offend Tang Bonian. He is an outsider and I am your fellow senior? If I had known about the little white fox at that time, I would have found a way..."
"Shut up!" Qiu Long shouted sharply.
Only then did the room become quiet.
After a long while, Qiu Long finally asked Qiu Huahe:
"You've been looking for that white fox all these years?"
"good……"
"It's not a short time, so you should have traveled all over Central Continent, right?"
"almost……"
"How long have you been looking for it?"
"It's...almost six hundred years."
"Well, it's been almost six hundred years. Haven't you woken up after such a long time?"
"Wake up? Wake up to what..."
"Well, originally I should have said this to you alone, but today I am not afraid of embarrassing you. The three of us, master and disciple, have a good conversation together. When Gu Ci was celebrating the formation of the elixir, you asked me which one is true? Spiritual Heir is suitable for you, right?"
"good."
"You've been looking for it since then, right?"
"good."
"Nearly six hundred years ago, huh, even a fool should start to understand. Have you never thought about why you can't find it?"
"It's because I didn't work hard enough, it's..." At this point, Qiu Huahe turned and glared at Fairy Guhuo.
"Alas, it seems you still don't understand. It's not that you haven't put in enough effort, or that Gu Ci doesn't miss you. It's just that you don't have this opportunity. Five hundred years of your life have been wasted in vain. You have been searching for half your life, running around and bumping into walls, but you still can't find it. That means you don't have this opportunity. If you don't have the opportunity, you won't find it no matter how much you look for it. If you have this opportunity, you don't have to look for it. I will come looking for you. Just like Gu Ci, her spirit beast just died in the battle and she accidentally discovered the traces of the Guhuo Bird. It is also a perfect match for Gu Ci. This is her chance. Another example is that girl Tang Ping, she is me She said she didn't even have to look for it, but by chance, the little white fox appeared beside her by itself. You should have woken up a long time ago, why are you so stubborn?"
This statement has always made Qiu Huahe unconvinced. He had considered the so-called chance, but he was still unconvinced. Now when he heard his father say this again, he said angrily:
"Why! Why do they have a chance but I don't? I don't accept it..."
"Why? Huh! Are your chances still small? You have been my flesh and blood since you were born, and you are my son. This is your chance! Why are you asking why? There are so many monks, why do you have it as soon as you are born? Pill-forming parents? Why don’t you worry about spiritual stones and elixirs since you were able to practice, let alone worrying that you will have no teachers in the future? In the past six hundred years, let alone the disciples in the sect you met when you were practicing Qi, even you Most of the monks you met during the foundation building have died now. Should they also ask you, why were you born in a monk's family and they were not? Think again about your senior brothers and sisters in the past. They may be better than you. You may have better qualifications or work harder than you, but why don't you think about it, among so many senior brothers and sisters, why can you form an elixir? Isn't it just because of the selfishness in my heart? Isn't it just because you are me? My son? This is your biggest opportunity! You can actually ask why you don’t have a chance! If you are not my son, then based on your qualifications and character, why should I accept you as a disciple? Why do you follow me to practice? Well, it’s also my fault that I don’t know how to educate my son, which makes you have such a narrow-minded and extreme temperament. You can only get all the benefits by yourself, and you will be jealous if others are even a little bit good. It’s not that Guhuo Bird is not suitable for you, is it that you would snatch Gu Ci’s spiritual bird at that time? His disciples brought that white fox with them when they became disciples, why should they have to give it to you? If they really gave it to you, how could you take it out? How can we compensate others?"
"Having said the opportunity, let's talk about what has been delayed by your stubbornness for nearly six hundred years! I can tell you about this matter. Gu Ci is in a dilemma. On one side is his beloved disciple, and on the other side is you. This senior brother. If it had happened to anyone else, she would have fallen out with you a long time ago, but Gu Ci has never conflicted with you, or even said a word of blame to you, right? Do you think she is jealous of you, your senior brother? Wrong, let me tell you, just because of your nearly six hundred years of delay, I can now see at a glance that regardless of cultivation and means, there is more than a slight difference between you and your junior sister. If she were not your junior sister and You turned your back, or maybe it was Gu Ci who broke into your cave that night instead of Tang Bonian. Not to mention your cave, even you were uncertain about your own life and death! You were the first one to form an elixir, compared to Gu Ci. Ci was many years too early! If she hadn’t had me as a master in her heart and didn’t want to make me look ugly, you would be even more ugly now! Even if I, the master, shamelessly asked her for the white fox, she wouldn’t You will think about how you can compensate your disciple, but you take her tolerance as something you should take for granted, bah!"
"As for other things, Tang Bonian scolded you very thoroughly that night. In the past six hundred years, you have delayed more than just your own practice. Gu Ci has made a name for himself in the practice world early on. Gu Huo Fairy's reputation is so great. How many things has she done for the Five Spirits Sect over the years? How much credit has she made? She has long been a transcendent figure in the sect below the Nascent Soul! What about you? Apart from being a member of the Five Greats in the sect, What else is there besides the reputation of being the second most reasonable person? This time, the sect’s council didn’t want to make me, an old Nascent Soul member, look bad, so I was asked to handle the matter. Otherwise, do you think the Five Spirits Sect really can’t deal with you? ? Just because you have done nothing for the Five Spirits Sect for so many years, why would they accommodate you? That night Tang Bonian broke into your cave and made a big fuss. The sect only grounded the two of you. That was actually It’s only because of Tang Bonian that I demolished your cave before being banned. Do you know why? Just because Tang Bonian also made countless contributions to the Five Spirits Sect. If you are not convinced, you can also find someone to demolish your cave and try it. Try it and see how the sect will deal with you!"
"Let's talk about disciples, how many disciples does Gu Ci have, and how many do you have? Most of Gu Ci's disciples are already people that the sect relies on outside, and their cultivation is not weak. Well, when it comes to teaching disciples, even I'm not as good as your junior sister. Look at you, how many disciples do you have? One or two? Are they all from the Shangguan family? No wonder Tang Bonian said that you don't accept disciples to train disciples for the sect, but to train disciples for the sect. A family just repays a personal favor. Even if you accept a disciple, you should be a disciple. You have not established a disciple for so many years. Are you not ashamed to be a master? Not only did you not teach, you also did not care. You just went out to look for your fox, and didn't discipline your disciples at all. As a result, your eldest disciple not only acted recklessly in the sect, but also got involved in the mysterious death of another female disciple many years ago, and was expelled from the sect. You said afterwards Your disciple was wrongly accused, and someone framed her, but as a master, why didn't you discipline her in the beginning? Since your disciple was wronged, why didn't you investigate and clear her name? Alas, let alone the disciple, just treat her as a spiritual beast Generally speaking, your human-faced owl was the best I could find at that time, and it is still top-grade now. But look, Gu Ci's Guhuo bird can already transform, so what about your human-faced owl? "
After Qiu Long finished scolding, he was still a little excited. He looked at Fairy Guhuo and said:
"Gu Ci!"
"Master."
"This is the first time Master mediates the matter between you and your senior brother, and it is also the last time. No matter how thick Master's old face is, he can't stand such trouble. Today I have something to say in front of you two. Speak out. If you brothers and sisters have any conflicts in the future, don't go to me again. I won't take care of it anymore. You two can solve it yourself. It's up to you how to solve it. I don't want to know the outcome. You understand. Yet?"
"……yes"
If Qiu Long had scolded Qiu Huahe like this in private when they were alone together, the depth of the scolding would be the deepest love, and Qiu Huahe would definitely be greatly touched. However, he was scolded like this by his father in front of his junior sister. He scolded, feeling both ashamed and somewhat unconvinced in his heart. After Qiu Long said the last sentence just now, Qiu Huahe knew that his father would ignore any disagreements he had with his junior sister in the future, so he asked:
"I will just stop fighting with my junior sister in the future, but after my father said this, what will happen to my son in the end?"
Qiulong said:
"Let me ask you, after this incident, are you going to find another white fox?"
"This... my son has been searching for so long. Finding a nine-tailed sky fox has become his obsession. After such a long time, do we really want to give up halfway? With so much sincerity, can the golden stone be real? Can’t it be opened by me?”
Qiu Long's eyes flashed with disappointment, but he was his biological son after all, and he had to find a way to bring him back from this road of no return. He made a plan before going down the mountain, so he took out a small cell phone from his arms. The thin scroll was thrown directly to Qiu Huahe without opening it:
"No matter how you can find it if you keep running around like a headless fly before, I have a map here. It was very difficult to get it. I have been to the places drawn on the map, and I did see some spirits there. fox……"
As soon as he said this, Qiu Huahe suddenly became excited, thinking that his father was pointing out a clear path for him. With trembling fingers, he untied the leather rope holding the scroll and unfolded it to see. Regarding that scroll, even Gu Fairy Huo was very curious as she listened and kept looking at her senior brother's hand.
When the scroll was unfolded, it turned out to be a map. It was tanned by some unknown animal skin. What was drawn on the skin was an island. It should be a large island, with several crisscrossing mountains on it, and a blue pen. In addition to the topography of the lakes depicted, the map of Shanghai depicts many images of spiritual beasts and monsters with fine brushstrokes, and Qiu Huahe also found several small foxes from one corner of the map, with fiery red ones. Colorful ones, some indigo, and of course snow-white ones. When I saw Qiu Huahe here, my heart suddenly became excited. Sure enough, my father still loved me. With this map, I would be able to find the nine-tailed sky fox by following the map.
But he didn't know where the island was. He couldn't see it on the map. The island was drawn on it, and there was no adjacent land or river. When he was about to ask, he saw his father staring at His eyes and his heart moved, and he blurted out:
"Could it be that... what this map depicts... is not in Central Continent?"
Qiu Long smiled and said:
"You have some knowledge. Naturally, the one on the map is not in Central Continent, but in another large land in the vast sea called 'Da Qing Continent'. I have only been there twice."
Qiu Huahe was a little at a loss. If it was in Central Continent, he would definitely be able to find it. But it was not in Central Continent, but in a place in the vast sea. How could he get there?
"Father, how... should we get there?"
"There is a way to go... of course, but I won't tell you now. I went there after I broke through the Nascent Soul. The first time I went there, I almost died there, and I came back after a few days; the second time The situation was slightly better when I went there, but I couldn't go deep. I just wandered around the edge, which can be regarded as a startling step. This map was exchanged with a foreign monk I met on the island. Come here, there are almost no monks in Da Qing Continent. Even if there are any, they are looking for rare spiritual beasts like me. Some have come from Central Continent, and some have come from other foreign lands. If you are not careful there, you may lose your life. , your cultivation is just elixir formation. In Zhongzhou, it seems good in the sect, but in Daqingzhou, any monster or spirit bird can kill you. I don’t want my son to die so soon. So now I want to let you know that there is probably the white fox you want there, but don’t even think about how to get there from me. Unless you break through the Nascent Soul, even if I take you there, you will injure both of us. Die there.”
"Then...I..."
"Boy, now it's your turn to choose between two things. The first is to continue wandering around Central Continent without giving up until your life span is exhausted. If this is the case, return the map to me, and then let's see Can you find the white fox you want before you die? Secondly, to go to Daqingzhou, you must have the cultivation of Nascent Soul. If you want to go there, you must listen to me. From today on, I want you I need to stay in seclusion for a long time. You are not allowed to run around anymore. Practice well. Well, if you can break through the Nascent Soul's cultivation before I ascend to immortality or die, then I can still have a try with you. , it is much better for two people to be together than to go there alone. Maybe your opportunity is waiting for you there. It is not too late to get a nine-tailed sky fox with Yuanying cultivation. At least it can be regarded as a late bloomer. Now it’s up to you to choose.”
The room was quiet for a while. Qiu Huahe looked at the map in his hand in a daze. His father just didn't make a wish. Once he made a wish, he was required to have the cultivation level of the Nascent Soul. How difficult is it to break through the Nascent Soul? Qiu Huahe Hua He knew clearly in his heart that if the number of monks in a generation was calculated in tens of thousands, only one in ten thousand could finally break through the Nascent Soul. It was unknown how many thousands of cultivators it would take for one lucky person to set foot on Yuhu Mountain. But if he ignores his father's suggestion and continues to go out to look for it... he has already seen Tang Ping's little white fox. If he is asked to go out to look for him again, he won't be able to cheer up anyway, and the word "chance" is as big as a mountain now. He thought about it for a while, and the room was quiet for a while. Finally, Qiu Huahe bowed to his father as if he had made up his mind:
"Son, listen to your father and go back to retreat now. You won't come out until Nascent Soul."
Qiu Long nodded and said:
"Don't be too impatient. It's not like you are in retreat. It's better to wait for a hundred years or even shorter. Come and see me after you come out. I can give you some pointers. As long as you persevere, all the time you spent in the past will be gone." If you can catch up, well, now that you have made the decision, today’s matter is settled, I have nothing else to say, just go back and start retreating when you are ready.”
"Yes." Qiu Huahe saluted, stuffed the scroll into his arms, stood up and left.
Fairy Guhuo was not sure whether her senior brother could break through the Nascent Soul, but at least the master was doing a good job. On the surface, he was punishing him by going into seclusion for a long time, but in fact, he was supervising his practice. Now that Qiu Huahe turned and left, only the master and apprentice were left in the room. Some things that could not be said in front of Qiu Huahe could now be said.
Qiu Long sighed and said:
"When I started, I did think about it. I thought it would be better to wrong the child Tang Ping, and let me, the master, compensate her and let your senior brother get what he wants. At that time, I didn't know much about the whole thing. Not much. Humph, you don’t know how capable old man Mo is on Yuhu Mountain. In just one day, no matter whether other old people have gone into seclusion or not, they all know that my Qiu Long’s son has robbed his nephew. There was a lot of discussion, oh, my old face was so embarrassed that there was almost no place to put it. Later, he found me and told me something, Gu Ci, if this disciple of yours is really some kind of 'Fifth Patriarch', then Maybe our Wuling Sect will really have a disaster in the future."
Fairy Guhuo said:
"About the 'Fifth Patriarch', I heard it from Tang Bonian. I dare not tell lies in front of Master. I am half-convinced about this matter. After all, it is too illusory. However, one thing is true. The Five Patriarchs The cultivation of the two children is indeed in sync. They always made breakthroughs at the same time when we were not together before, and it was the same later. Perhaps it is true as Patriarch Mo said, the five of them will be the 'Fifth Patriarch' in the future."
"Whether it's true or not, this child is not bad. You just have to educate her well. I don't have any hope in Qiu Huahe. The only way to make an old man like me look good in the future is through your lineage. .”
"Master's words are serious."
