On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, Tian Xiaoding called together the leaders of the peaks of Dazhao Mountain for a meeting. All members of the original Tianyang Sect were placed in public. Among them are also the last two remaining Jindan monks of Tianyang Sect, Zhenren Yuheng and Zhenyue.
These two elders of the Tianyang Sect are very old, but their cultivation level has not improved much. Therefore, they proposed to practice in seclusion and did not intend to participate in the affairs of Tianyao Village.
Especially Master Heng Yue, he saw that his former beloved disciple Cheng Yaowei had also broken through to the Golden Core stage in the years since he left Tianyang Sect, and was already a monk of the same level as her. While this surprised her, it also shocked her mentally.
As a master, his apprentice actually caught up with him in cultivation. Moreover, it took the master one to two hundred years to form the elixir, but it only took the apprentice more than twenty years to form the elixir. How can this make the master feel so embarrassed?
Moreover, Master Heng Yue and Master Yu Heng saw that Xiao Ding, an outer disciple who had been cannon fodder in Tianyang Sect, had directly surpassed them in cultivation in just twenty years after leaving Tianyang Sect. , and also created a large foundation for Tianyao Village, and became so prosperous that even Yuanying monks could kill at will, which further stimulated the hearts of the two of them.
Therefore, for Masters Yuheng and Hengyue, finding a quiet place to practice in seclusion is their best choice. To avoid being unable to hold your head up in front of the younger generations.
After settling everyone in the original Tianyang Sect, Xiao Ding announced that training would begin on the third day of the new year.
During the Spring Festival this year, Xiao Ding only gave everyone in Tianyao Village a three-day holiday. That is, these three days are the 30th day of the year, the first day of the lunar month, and the second day of the lunar month.
After the meeting, all the people in charge of each peak left, and there were still only three people, Xiao Ding, his wife, and a few handymen left on Dazhao Peak.
Xiao Ding asked the yard workers to clean up an empty room in the backyard of his residence. Then he took out the two altar tables that he had used before, the tablets of Su Lanlan and Tang Yunzhi, some burning incense and two incense burners from the jade pendant space. He also asked the handymen to prepare some offerings and place them on the two offering tables.
In the past, every Spring Festival, Xiao Ding would offer sacrifices to Su Lanlan, Tang Yunzhi and Zhang Erniu. This year Zhang Erniu has been successfully resurrected, so the only people Xiaoding wants to sacrifice are Su Lanlan and Tang Yunzhi.
Since he goes through this process every year, he collects the tools needed for each sacrifice into the jade pendant space. When using it, he just needs to take it out and use it.
Although Xiaoding came to pay homage to Su Lanlan and Tang Yunzhi as in previous years, his mood this year was obviously not as sad as in previous years.
Time can indeed make people forget everything. Xiao Ding came to Tiankun Planet. Although he did not spend more than twenty years like others, the time he spent added up to a total of five or six years.
In the two years after Su Lanlan and Tang Yunzhi passed away, Xiao Ding was still very sad. But as time goes by, the previous sadness is slowly fading away.
The next day it's New Year's Eve. On the seven peaks of Dazhao Mountain, there are busy figures of Tianyao Village members everywhere.
The Tianyang Sect disciples who joined later also happily helped with the decoration.
For a time, the seven peaks of Dazhao Mountain were filled with a festive atmosphere.
On this day, Xiao Ding was not idle either. He was busy drawing low-level talismans.
There are no fireworks on Tiankun Star, only firecrackers.
The so-called firecrackers are to burn bamboo on the fire and make a crackling sound, which is called setting off firecrackers.
However, when cultivators celebrate the Spring Festival, they will use talismans instead of fireworks on the 30th and 30th nights.
The talismans that can be released during the Spring Festival are basically fire and thunder talismans and light and thunder talismans. These two kinds of talismans have both dazzling light and loud thunder and explosion sounds. If there are a large number of them released at the same time, they will look very beautiful in the night sky.
However, there are not many monks who can draw these two kinds of talismans.
Because, to draw these two kinds of talismans, the monk must be good at either fire and thunder techniques, or light and thunder techniques. Otherwise, it would be difficult to draw these two talismans.
Coincidentally, in Tianyao Village, Xiao Ding happens to be good at the three systems of fire, thunder, and light. His ultimate trick, Shenguang Tianhuo Lei, is based on these three techniques.
Therefore, in order to have a good time tonight, Xiaoding spared no effort to draw the talismans all day long.
Before evening, he sent all these talismans to various peaks, and asked the person in charge on each peak to distribute the talismans to the members of Tianyao Village.
In the evening, when midnight came, all the members of Tianyao Village on the seven peaks of Dazhao Mountain held more than a dozen fire and thunder talismans or light and thunder talismans in their hands and sacrificed them to the sky together.
In an instant, there were bursts of thunder and fire, almost lighting up the entire night sky. As the talisman in their hands rose into the sky, everyone cheered in unison.
The entire Dazhao Mountain area was immersed in an atmosphere of joy.
The food for the New Year's Eve dinner is also very sumptuous, and everyone rarely drinks alcohol. Everyone had a great time drinking tonight...
On the early morning of the next day, except for a few people on duty on each peak, everyone went to the martial arts field at Dazhao Peak.
Counting the Tianyang Sect monks who joined later, Tianyao Village now has more than 250 people.
The reason why everyone came to Dazhao Peak today is because Xiao Ding had previously ordered that he would hold a reward ceremony today.
At the conference, Xiao Ding commended the person with the fastest growth in cultivation of the year, the person with the most contribution to the copycat of the year, the person with the best dedication to his duties of the year, etc...
Of course, these selections are not random selections, but are selected based on the recommendations of each peak and the votes of the village members.
It is true that if we say that the people with the fastest annual growth rate are Xiao Ding and his wife. However, Xiao Ding did not want to take up this quota, so he still chose other members of the village for this reward.
For other copycat members who have not been selected, Xiao Ding will still give them an encouragement award.
Of course, the prizes also include weapons, elixirs, techniques, resources, etc...
Xiao Ding stood at the pile of prizes and distributed them to everyone personally, while senior sister Cheng Yaowei was responsible for reading the names from the list.
At this time, the senior sister suddenly shouted: "Next, Zhao Jue'er of Nanzhaofeng, step forward to receive the award!"
After Xiao Ding heard Zhao Jue'er's name, he also looked towards the crowd.
In his impression, Zhao Jueer is a beautiful and charming woman.
However, what Xiao Ding didn't expect was that a middle-aged woman who looked to be in her forties came out from the Nanzhaofeng group. Although her facial features can reveal some of her charm back then, her face now is full of wrinkles engraved with vicissitudes of life...
Moreover, her figure was now out of shape, her waist was almost as thick as her upper and lower girth. When walking, her steps no longer had the frailty and coquettishness of the past, but instead became a bit more steady and clumsy.
Is this still the charming Zhao Jueer back then? Xiao Ding couldn't help but wonder in his heart.
But Zhao Jue'er came to Xiao Ding, stared at him for a long time, and then said: "Junior Brother Tian, I didn't expect that you would break through to the Golden Core stage now, and you would also become the leader of Tianyao Village. Village leader, how do you keep your appearance unchanged?"
After hearing this, Xiao Ding was finally able to confirm that the middle-aged woman in front of him was none other than Zhao Jue'er from the Tianyang Sect.
Otherwise, how could you say these words to Xiao Ding?
Xiao Ding looked at Zhao Jue'er in front of him with a lot of emotion in his heart. Time waits for no one. Ever since I left for outer space early in the morning, more than twenty years have passed on Kunming Planet for no reason.
Even Zhao Jue'er, who was so charming back then, has now turned into an old woman. What has she experienced in these years?
Xiao Ding didn't know the explanation, but it was not convenient to ask, so he had to say: "It turns out to be Senior Sister Zhao. I haven't seen you for many years. I didn't expect that you have changed quite a lot..."
Zhao Jue'er's face froze, then he smiled bitterly and said, "It's true.
Commander, Junior Brother Tian, you should come and listen to me again when you have time. "
Xiao Ding heard Zhao Jue'er call herself Junior Brother Tian, and suddenly remembered that when she was in Tianyang Sect, Zhao Jue'er called herself Senior Brother Tian, but now she calls herself Junior Brother Tian,
From the change in this title, we can see that Zhao Jueer has also undergone tremendous changes psychologically over the years.
When Zhao Jueer called Xiao Ding Senior Brother Tian, she just wanted to make herself look younger in front of Xiao Ding. But now, when he saw that Xiao Ding's appearance was still the same as before, she was embarrassed to continue calling Xiao Ding her senior brother.
Xiao Ding nodded to Zhao Jue'er, and then said, "Okay, let's catch up on old times when we are free later."
After saying that, Xiao Ding picked a prize from the pile of prizes in front of him, handed it to Zhao Jue'er, and said, "What do you think of this item? Do you like it?"
Zhao Jue'er took the gift from Xiao Ding and said, "I didn't expect that we disciples of Tianyang Sect would be able to get prizes not long after we came here."
Xiao Ding said politely: "We were all from the same sect before. This time you encountered a disaster and came to our Tianyao Village. How can I treat you differently? From now on, everyone is tied to the same rope. I’m a grasshopper, it’s the Chinese New Year, how can I care about this little prize?”
Zhao Jueer took the prize and said: "Junior Brother Tian is kind and righteous in his work and has a noble character, which is really rare. Senior sister is here to represent us as people of Tianyang Sect. Thank you to Junior Brother Tian for your trust..."
